OUR FRANK

Our frank and open

Deep conversations

They get me nowhere

They bring me down, so

Give it a rest, won't you ?

Give me a cigarette

God give me patience

Just no more conversation

Oh, give us a drink

And make it quick

Or else I'm gonna be sick

Sick all over

Your frankly vulgar

Red pullover

Now see how the colours blend

Our frank and open

Deep conversations

They get me nowhere

They just bring me down, so

Give it a rest, won't you ?

Now will you just give over ?

The world may be ending

But look, I'm only human

So, give us a drink

And make it quick

Or else I'm gonna be sick

All over

Your frankly vulgar

Red pullover

Now see how the two colours blend, my friend

Won't somebody help ?

Won't somebody stop me

From thinking

From thinking all the time

About everything

Oh, somebody

From thinking all the time

So deeply, so bleakly ?

So bleakly all the time

About everything ? (Who I am, how I ever got here)

Somebody stop me

From thinking

From thinking all the time

So bleakly, so bleakly

So bleakly all the time

ASIAN RUT

Day oh so late

Strangely the sun still shone

Ooh Asian boy

What are you on ?

Day oh so late

Strangely the sun still shone

Oh Asian boy

What are drugs are you on ?

Oh... strange

Tooled-up Asian boy

Has come to take revenge

For the cruel, cold killing

Of his very best friend

Tooled-up Asian boy

Has come to avenge

The cruel, cold killing

Of his only friend

Ha! La, la, la, oh ...

There's peace through our school

It's so quiet in the hall

It's a strange sign for one

Of what's to come

Tough and cold and pale

Oh, they may just impale you on railings

Oh, English boys

It must be wrong

Three against one ?

Oh ...

Brakes slammed, and

His gun jammed, and

As far as I could tell

Brave Asian boy

Was dealt a blow and fell

I'm just passing through here

On my way to somewhere civilised

And maybe I'll even arrive

Maybe I'll even arrive

SING YOUR LIFE

Sing your life

Any fool can think of words that rhyme

Many others do

Why don't you ?

Do you want to ?

Oh...

Sing your life

Walk right up to the microphone

And name

All the things you love

All the things that you loathe

Oh, sing your life

The things that you love

And the things you loathe

Oh, sing your life

La, la-la, la-la, sing your life

Others sang your life

But now is a chance to shine

And have the pleasure of

Saying what you mean

Have the pleasure of

Meaning what you sing

Oh, make no mistake my friend

All of this will end

So sing it now (sing your life)

All the things you love (sing your life)

All the things you loathe

Oh, sing your life

The things that you love

And the things you loathe (sing your life)

Oh, sing oh...

La, la-la, la-la, sing your life

Don't leave it all unsaid

Somewhere in the wasteland of your head, oh

Head, oh, head, oh, head, oh

And make no mistake, my friend

Your pointless life will end

But before you go

Can you look at the truth ?

You have a lovely singing voice

A lovely singing voice

And all of those

Who sing on-key

They stole the notion

From you and me

So, sing your life (sing your life)

Sing your life (sing your life)

Oh, sing your oh...

Oh, sing your

Sing your life

Oh, sing your oh...

(Sing your life)

Sing your life

(Sing your life)

MUTE WITNESS

Your poor witness

Crying so loudly on the floor

Oh, well, she's only trying to tell you

What it was that she saw

She is only trying to tell you

What it was that she saw

Now see her standing on the table

With her small arms flailing

And you feel such compassion

In your soul for

Your mute witness

Still testing the strength

Of our patience

Oh, well she's only trying to tell you

What it was that she saw

She is only trying to tell you

What it was that she saw

Now see her pointing to the frisbee

With a memory so fuzzy

And her silent words

Describing the sight of last night

4 A.M. Northside, Clapham Common

Oh, god, what was she doing there ?

Will she sketch the answer later ?

Well, I will ask her

"Now dry your tears, my dear"

Now see her mime in time so nicely

It would all have been so clear

If only she had never volunteered

"Your taxi is here, my dear"

La, la, la-la...

KING LEER

Your boyfriend, he

Went down on one knee

Well, could it be

He's only got one knee ?

I tried to surprise you

With Vodka

Or Tizer

I can't quite quite remember

But you didn't thank me

You didn't even thank me

Because you never do

Your boyfriend, he

Has the gift of the gab

Or, could it be

The gift of the grab ?

I tried to surprise you

I lay down beside you

And ... nothing much happened

And you didn't phone me

You didn't even phone me

Because it's not your style

To dial

Your boyfriend, he

Has displayed to me

More than just a

Real hint of cruelty

I tried to surprise you

I crept up behind you

With a homeless chihuahua

You "coo"-ed for an hour

You handed him back and said :

"You'll never guess - I'm bored now"

FOUND FOUND FOUND

Found found found

Someone who's worth it

In this murkiness

Someone who's never

Seeming scheming

I've ...

Found found found

Someone who's worth it

In this murkiness

Someone who's never

Seeming to be scheming

(Oh, but if I'd never found)

Oh, but if I'd never found

I do believe that

The more you give your love

And I do believe that

The more you give your trust

And the more you give your love

The more you're bound to lose

(Oh, but if I'd never found)

Somebody who wants to be

Who wants to be with me ...

...All the time

DRIVING YOUR GIRLFRIEND HOME

I'm driving

Your girlfriend home

And she's saying

How she never chose you

"Turn left", she says

I turn left

And she says

"So how did I end up

So deeply involved in

The very existence

I planned on avoiding ?"

And I can't answer

I'm driving

Your girlfriend home

And she's laughing

To stop herself crying

"Drive on", she says

I drive on

And she says

"So how did I end up

Attached to this person

When his sense of humour

Gets gradually worser ?"

And I can't tell her

I'm parking

Outside her home

And we're shaking hands

Goodnight, so politely

THE HARSH TRUTH OF THE CAMERA EYE

Churchillian legs

Hair barely there

Mmm, the harsh truth of the camera eye

Your eyes signal pain

Because of the strain of smiling

The harsh truth of the camera eye

Telling you all

That you never wanted to know

Showing you what

You didn't want shown

My so friendly lens

It zooms into

"The inner you"

And it tells the harsh truth

And nothing but

Laugh with us all now, here

If you can

Then take the pictures home

And scream

Oh, ooh; telling you all

That you never wanted to know

Showing what

You didn't want shown

This photographer

He must have really had it in for you

"Ooh, I don't want

To be judged anymore

I don't want to be judged

I would sooner be Loved

I would sooner be

Just blindly Loved ..."

(I’M) THE END OF THE FAMILY LINE

With no complications

Fifteen generations

(of mine)

All honouring Nature

Until I arrive

(With incredible style)

I'm the end of the line

The end of the family line

The end of the line

No baby pulled screaming

Out into this seething whirl

By chance or whim

(Or even love ?)

Our family tree hacked into decline

And I'm spared the pain

Of ever saying

("Goodbye")

I'm the end of the line

The end of the family line

The end of the line

The decision is mine

The end of the family line

The end of the line

I'm the end of the line

The end of the family line

The end of the ...

THERE’S A PLACE IN HELL FOR ME AND MY FRIENDS

There is a place

Reserved

For me and my friends

And when we go

We all will go

So you see

I'm never alone

There is a place

With a bit more time

And a few more

Gentler words

And looking back

We will forgive

(We had no choice

We always did)

All that we hope

Is when we go

Our skin

And our blood

And our bones

Don't get in your way

Making you ill

The way they did

When we lived

Oh, there is a place

A place in hell

Reserved

For me and my friends

And if ever I

Just wanted to cry

Then I will

Because I can

TONY THE PONY

Still drinking on the corner

Just don't say I didn't warn you

Always nagging big brother

He's only looking out for you

Tony The Pony

You're still standing on the corner

Just don't say I didn't warn you

Old and jealous big brother

You had your time and you spent it

Crying

Now, Tony The Pony

Tony The Pony

So, that's what they call you now ?

When you're free outside

So cold and hard and in control

And ...

There's a free ride on

Tony The Pony

Oh, why do you always wanna stop me

From doing the things in life that make me happy ?

And when I'm outside with friends, laughing loudly

Why do you always wanna stop me ?

Oh, I would never

I would never

But you will carry the can for anyone

The free ride on

Gullible Tony

You're drunker quicker

And you're sicker even quicker

For something heavy is gonna fall on you

Oh ...

And what do they call you now ?

When you're free outside

So cold and hard and in control

And, oh ... been a lark

There's a free ride on

Fucked-up Tony

I will never say I told you so

Or how I knew that something bad

Would happen to you

I don't wanna say I told you so

Oh, but Tony, I told you so !!!

I told you so