Amazon exiles discussion

Oh babe you are the one I love,
You are the one I'm thinking of.
You know it's still a long long way,
But I'll be home at the end of the day.

I'll sing my songs just for you
And I'll bring my love home to you.
I can hardly wait to see your face again,
But I'll be home at the end of the day.

Just miles and miles of rosy sky,
I'll fall asleep by and by.
I'm crying now 'cos you're so far away
But I'll be home at the end of the day.

Oh babe you are the one I love,
You are the one I'm thinking of.
So many words I need to say.
You'll hear them all at the end of the day.
But I'll be home at the end of the day.

Sandy Denny

I'll be working my way back to you, babe
With a burning love inside
Yeah, I'm working my way back to you, babe
And the happiness that died
I let it get away.... been payin' ev'ryday
When you were so in love with me
I played around like I was free
Thought I could have my cake and eat it too
But how I cried over losing you
See me down and out, but I ain't about
To go living my life without you
For every day I made you cry, I'll pay and girl till the day that I die
I'll keep working my way back to you, babe
With a burning love inside
Yeah, I'm working my way back to you, babe
And the happiness that died
I let it get away. ... been payin' ev'ryday
Oh, I used to love to make you cry
It made me feel like a man inside
If I'd been a man in reality,
You'd be here, babe, lovin' me
Now my nights are long and lonely
And I ain't too strong, babe, I just miss you so
I'll keep working my way back to you, babe
With a burning love inside
Yeah, I'm working my way back to you, babe
And the happiness that died
I let it get away. ... been payin' ev'ryday
(The Spinners)

You've seen my face, Hey, don't you know my name?
It wasn't all that long ago, I had my fifteen minutes of fame
If it was you caught in a crazy game? ...
Would you still look as good standing in the rain?

Whatever gets you through the night, Take it from me - it's gonna be alright

Been there! - done that! I've been there - then somebody takes you back
Been there! done that! So hard, so hard to avoid the trap
'Cause if you're cool enough to buy into it, Believe in your own heart
Been there! done that! (Been there, done that, done that!)

They break your heart - why do we let them in?
The drug is strong but the will is weak, We make the same mistakes again
There comes a time we all gotta rise above ...
Look inside and redefine, Just what it is we want from love?

Whatever gets you through the night, Take it from me - it's gonna be alright

Been there! done that! Been there - still working my way back
Been there! done that! So hard, so hard to avoid the trap

And when you feel strong enough to face up to it, You're gonna do just fine
Been there! done that! (Been there, done that, done that!)

Whatever gets you through the night, Take it from me - it's gonna be alright

Been there! done that! Been there - still working my way back
Been there! done that! So hard, so hard to avoid the trap

Been there! done that! (Been there, done that, done that!)

(Christopher Cross)

I see the clouds that move across the sky
I see the wind that moves the clouds away
It moves the clouds over by the building
I pick the building that I want to live in
I smell the pine trees and the peaches in the woods
I see the pine cones that fall by the highway
That's the highway that goes to the building
I pick the building that I want to live in
It's over there, it's over there
My building has every convenience
It's gonna make life easy for me
It's gonna be easy to get things done
I will relax alone with my loved ones
Loved ones, loved ones visit the building
Take the highway, park and come up and see me
I'll be working, working but if you come visit
I'll put down what I'm doing, my friends are important
Don't you worry 'bout me
I wouldn't worry about me
Don't you worry 'bout me
Don't you worry 'bout me
I see the states, across this big nation
I see the laws made in Washington D.C
I think of the ones I consider my favorites
I think of the people that are working for me
Some civil servants are just like my loved ones
They work so hard and they try to be strong
I'm a lucky guy to live in my building
They own the buildings to help them along
It's over there, it's over there
My building has every convenience
It's gonna make life easy for me
It's gonna be easy to get things done
I will relax along with my loved ones
Loved ones, loved ones visit the building
Take the highway, park and come up and see me
I'll be working, working but if you come visit
I'll put down what I'm doing, my friends are important
I wouldn't worry 'bout me
It wouldn't worry about me
Don't you worry 'bout me
Don't you worry 'bout me
(talking heads)

Someday my baby, when I am a man,
and others have taught me
the best that they can
they'll sell me a suit
they’ll cut off my hair
and send me to work in tall buildings

So it's goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I'm off to the subway
I must not be late
I’m going to work in tall buildings

When I’m retired
My life is my own
I made all the payments
it's time to go home
and wonder what happened
betwixt and between
when I went to work in tall buildings

So it's goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I'm off to the subway
I must not be late
I’m going to work in tall buildings

So it's goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I'm off to the subway
I must not be late
I’m going to work in tall buildings


John Hartford

Flat block of two dimensions. Neon tote-board to the sky,
Keeping scores of people stacked up so high
Above the ground,
where all they can hear is the sound
Of the wind in the antennae.
It's a human zoo: a suicide machine.

Childhood of concrete cube-shapes. A fly-paper stuck with human life,
Caged-up rage, swarming hornets' hive.
Tear out the telephones. Rip out the pages of directories
And wreck all these
High-speed lifts and elevators.
Be a sabotage rebel without a cause.

High rise
(Living in a high-rise)
High rise
(Living in a high-rise)
High rise
All stacked up in a high-rise block.

Starfish of human bloodshed. The tentacles of human gore
Spread out on the pavement from the ninety-ninth floor.
Well somebody said he jumped
But we know he was pushed.
And he was just like you might have been
On the ninety-ninth floor of a suicide machine.

High rise
(Living in a high-rise)
High rise
(Living in a high-rise)
High rise
All stacked up in a high-rise block.

(Hawkwind, after JG Ballard)

I never was one to complain or disagree
About the way things are run
Ain't up to me
What you've gone and done no
But things are different
And times change
And we change too
Come and look for an opening
Hey I'll tell you just what to do

Listen

And you get busy
Before it´s to late
Cos we don't need it
Anyway
And I say
High rise living
It gets me down down down

I'm living on a high rise block
I've got no future
Got no job
Got no prospects
Ain't never went to school
Ain't got time to get forward with you no
You can get it in London
And you can get it in the smoke
But you think it's easy
We think
You don't know
(chelsea)

I'm runnin' away from Cinderella
Don't want to go to Rapunzel's hairdresser
Get me outta this, this, this here fairytale
According to me dreams are hell

I don't wanna kiss that faggot froggy
Don't want to fall in love with the beast or the beauty
Get me outta this, this, this here fairytale
According to me dreams are hell

All I want is an apartment
All I need is an apartment
If you've any leads on an apartment, tell me please
'Cause I'm runnin' away from Cinderella

I don't wanna fly on a dragon
God knows I've had so many drags, so many of them
Get me outta this, this, this here fairytale
According to me real life is swell

All I need is an apartment
All I want is an apartment
If you've any leads on an apartment, tell me please
'Cause I'm runnin' away, I'm runnin' away
I'm runnin' away from Cinderella

Shirley Bassey

"faggot froggy" - shirley, really?

well i live in a car,
yeah i live in a car
well i ain't got no television set or stereo
cos i live in a car
don't try to call me up on the telephone
cos i won't be home,
i live in a car
234
well i live in a car,
yeah i live in a car
well i ain't got no yard,
no i.d.card cos
i live in a car
cops try to get me
but i don't care
i'm never there
yeah i live in a car
234
(u.k. subs)

'Fore I was born, there were no limitations
Said my goodbyes at the greyhound station
Here I am half a mile from where I grew up
In a parking lot sittin' in my pickup truck
And I'm thinkin' bout burnin' it down, boys
Thinkin' bout burnin' it down

Nothin's ever gonna be the same in this town
Ten gallons of gas and a bottle of propane
I took the lighter off my grill and I still can't
Say for certain that this thing'll blow.
But if it does I'm gonna be the first one to know.
I'm thinkin' bout burnin' it down, boys
Thinkin' bout burnin' it down

Nothin's ever gonna be the same in this town
I'm thinkin' bout burnin' the Walmart down.
Always used to say I'd come back some day and settle down.
I'm getting old. Got no place to go. It's all come unwound.
So I'm watching' the faces comin' and goin'
Some of them strangers some that I know and
It doesn't matter how much, how long I wait.
'Cause the door's always open and it's never too late.
And I'm thinkin' bout burnin' it down, boys
Thinkin' bout burnin' it down

Nothin's ever gonna be the same in this town
And I'm thinkin' bout burnin' it down, boys
Thinkin' bout burnin' it down
Nothin's ever gonna be the same in this town
I'm thinkin' bout burnin' the Walmart down.
Thinkin' bout burnin' the Walmart down.
I'm thinkin' bout burnin' it down.

Steve Earle

I'm all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for that special offer
A guaranteed personality
I wasn't born so much as I fell out
Nobody seemed to notice me
We had a hedge back home in the suburbs
Over which I never could see
I heard the people who lived on the ceiling
Scream and fight most scarily
Hearing that noise was my first ever feeling
That's how it's been all around me
I'm all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for that special offer
A guaranteed personality
(the clash)

Tech says - “faggot froggy" - shirley, really?


It won’t surprise you to hear it’s by young Mr Wainwright! It was for a great album called ‘Performance’ - songs written specially for her by modern songwriters. I’m not usually a fan of Shirl but there’s some good stuff on it.

should've known! bad influence! :)

Over and over, I tried to prove my love to you
Over and over, What more can I do?
Over and over, My friends say I'm a fool
But, over and over, I'll be a fool for you

'Cause you've got personality, Walk, with personality
Talk, with personality, Smile, with personality
Charm, with personality, Love, with personality
And plus you've got, A great big heart
So, over (over and over) and over, Ohhh, I'll be a fool for you
Now, over (over and over) and over, What more can I do?

'Cause you've got personality, Walk, with personality
Talk, with personality, Smile, with personality
Charm, with personality, Love, with personality
And of course you've got, A great big heart
So over (over and over) and over, Ohhh, I'll be a fool for you
Now over (over and over) and over, What more can I do?

Over and over, I said that I loved you
Over and over, Honey, now it's the truth
Over and over, They still say I'm a fool
But, over and over, I'll be a fool for you

'Cause you've got personality, Walk, with personality
Talk, with personality, Smile, with personality
Charm, with personality, Love, with personality
And of course you've got, A great big heart
So over (over and over) and over, Ohhh, I'll be a fool for you
Now over (over and over) and over, What more can I do?

(Lloyd Price)

Boom, boom, boom, boom
I'm gonna shoot you right down
Knock you of your feet
And take you home with me
Put you in my house
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow
Hmm, hmm, hmmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmmm
I love to see you strut
Up and down the floor
When you're talking to me
That baby talk
I like it like that, oh yeah!
Talk that talk
Walk that walk
Won't you walk that walk?
And talk that talk
And whisper in my ear
Tell me that you love me
I love that talk
When you talk like that
You knock me out
Right off my feet
Ho, ho, ho, ho
Well talk that talk
And walk that walk
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Talk that talk,babe
(John Lee Hooker)

It's never been easy living with you, Dish of the season, fishing for truth
But we got it rolling right on the track, Here's to the future with no turning back
We're taking half and half in mystery, We're making love to love so easily
And still I can't believe what's going round? I don't believe you'd ever let me down

But I hear talk, I hear the writing's on the wall
Too many private eyes and party lines, Secret signs, friends who seem to know it all?
I hear talk, I hear talk, Talk

I look in your eyes and what do I see? Everything I needed looking at me
Beyond all suspicion, dreams on the side, Hold that position, ticket to ride
So when it's all wrapped up, Like it's meant to be, The only trap that's left is jealousy
And still I can't believe what's going round? I don't believe you'd ever let me down

Yet I hear talk, I hear the writing's on the wall
Too many private eyes and party lines, Secret signs, friends who seem to know it all?
I hear talk, I hear talk, Talk

Chinese whispers circulate, There's a newsman leaning on the garden gate
If you don't wanna headline? - better use your head ...
'Cause I heard someone say something you said ...

And I hear talk, I hear the writing's on the wall
Too many private eyes and party lines, Secret signs, friends who seem to know it all?
I hear talk, I hear talk, Talk, talk, talk

(Bucks Fizz)

When my friends told me you had someone new
I didn't believe a single word was true
I showed them all, I had faith in you
I just kept on saying

Oh no, not my baby
Oh no, not my sweet baby
You're not like those other guys
Who lead you on and tell you lies

My mama told me when rumors spread
There's truth somewhere and I should use my head
But I didn't listen to what she said
I just kept on saying

Oh no, not my baby
Oh no, not my sweet baby
You're not like those other boys
Who play with hearts like they were toys

You and I, we got a special thing
We go together just like summer and spring
They're all jealous of the love you bring
And I'm gonna keep on saying

Oh no, not my baby
Oh no, not my sweet baby
Oh no, not my baby
Oh no, not my sweet baby

Carole King

Is it worth it? A new winter coat and shoes for the wife?
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday?
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
By the women and children, Soon we'll be shipbuilding

Well, I ask you? The boy said 'Dad, they're going to take me to task
But I'll be back by Christmas
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
Somebody said that someone got filled in
For saying that people get killed in, The results of their shipbuilding

With all the will in the world, Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls

It's just a rumour that was spread around town
A telegram for a picture postcard
Within weeks they'll be reopening the shipyard
And notifying the next of kin once again
It's all we're skilled in, We will be shipbuilding

With all the will in the world, Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls

It's all we're skilled in, We will be shipbuilding
With all the will in the world, Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls ... When we could be diving for pearls
When we could be diving for pearls

(Elvis Costello & The Attractions)

Talking 'bout war, and rumours of war
Talking 'bout the coming of Jah
The time is not far
Oh my majesty, please rescue me
Oh my majesty, can't you rescue me?

Wars, rumours of war
Talkin' 'bout the coming of my Father
The time is not far

God when I reach home
How happy I'll be
Knowing I am home
Where I am free

Talking 'bout war, and rumours of war
Talking 'bout the coming of the Negus
The time is not far

And when I reach home, how happy I'll be
Oh my, oh my, oh my, majesty
Can't you rescue me..
(peter tosh)

Above of the dark town, After the sun's gone down
Two vapour trails cross the sky, Catching the day's last slow goodbye
Black skyline looks rich as velvet
Something is shining like gold, but better, Rumours of glory
Rumours of glory

Smiles mixed with curses, The crowd disperses
About whom no details are known, Each one alone yet not alone
Behind the pained fear, Etched on the faces
Something is shining like gold, but better, Rumours of glory
Rumours of glory ... glory, glory, glory

You see the extremes, Of what humans can be?
And in that distance some tension's born, Energy surging like a storm
You plunge your hand in, And draw it back scorched
Beneath it's shining like gold, but better, Rumours of glory
Rumours of glory ... glory, glory, glory

Rumours of glory, Heyyyyyy, yeahhhhh, whoahhhhh
Rumours of glory, Rumours of glory ... glory, glory, glory
Rumours of glory ... Rumours of glory

(Bruce Cockburn)

Somebody told me Adrian Chiles was in town but it was just an ugly rumour! Here's one for all those Trump supporters out their......

Say it ain't so Joe, please say it aint so
That's not what I want to hear Joe
And I've got a right to know
Say it ain't so Joe, please say it ain't so
I'm sure that they're telling us lies Joe
Please tell us it ain't so
They told us that our hero had played his trump card
He doesn't know how to go on
We're clinging to his charm and determined smile
But the good old days are gone
The image and the empire may be falling apart
The money has gotten scarce
One man's word held the country together
But the truth is getting fierce
Say it ain't so Joe, please say it aint so
We pinned our hopes on you Joe
And they're ruining our show
(Murray Head)

Ohhh why do they leave? ... Ohhh why do they leave? ...
On the day that you needed them the most
Simple cards and things, Rose-colored sunsets, no flowers for me
Simple cards and things, Rose-colored sunsets, no flowers for me
Lover, why do you leave? ... Lover, why do you leave? ...
On the day I want you for me?

Say, say it ain't so? That he will take you tomorrow
And I will sit here today the worst
Simple cards and things, Rose-colored sunsets, no flowers for me
Simple cards and things, Rose-colored sunsets, curtains for me
Lover, why do you leave? ... Lover, why do you leave? ...
On the day I want you to be ... the one?

(Ryan Adams)

I can see the kitchen light from the road where I park my bike
And it's dark there, as it often is these days.
And the gloomy living-room really needs a dust and broom
But I can't brush your memory away.

Now I can feed and dress and wash myself and sleep without the lights on.
Honey, I'm a big boy now.
I don't know what she does with all the money that I send her.
She's running round the town with the young pretender.

Her father was an admiral in someone else's navy
And she had seen the world before I met her.
She would wash and cook and clean and all the other things between,
And like a fool I just sat there and let her.

Now I can feed and dress and wash myself and sleep without the lights on...

I haven't touched the garden since the day she walked away
From a love-affair that bore only bitter fruit.
She took everything she wanted, which is why she left me here
With these pots & pans and my old wedding suit.

Now I can feed and dress and wash myself and sleep without the lights on...

A letter came one morning that she would not let me see
And from that day I began to realise
That she would one day break the home we tried to make
For sinners cannot live in paradise.

Now I can feed and dress and wash myself and sleep without the lights on...

I don't know what she does with all the money that I send her.
She's running round the town with the young pretender.

(Billy Bragg)

Tonight my head is bowed in sorrow
I can't keep the tears from my eyes
My son calls another man daddy
The right to his love I've been denied
My son calls another man daddy
He'll ne'er know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place
Each night I laid there in prison
I pictured a future so bright
For he was the one ray of sunshine
That shone through the darkest of nights
Today his mother shares a new love
She just couldn't stand my disgrace
My son calls another man daddy
And longs for the love he can't replace
My son calls another man daddy
He'll ne'er know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place
(hank)

The star in the window took my place for a while
But I know that I'm still in your heart
My place at the table has been empty for so long
But soon I'll be ready to start

So put another chair at the table, Set another place there for me
I know that you've been blue, And you have missed me too
But now I'm coming home to you, my dear
So put another chair at the table, Put another chair there for me

Put another chair at the table, Set another place there for me
I know that you've been blue, And you have missed me too
But now I'm coming home to you, my dear
Put another chair at the table, Put another chair there for me

The time will soon be here, When I'll be standing there
Right back where I belong
So put another chair at the table, Put another chair there for me

(The Mills Brothers)

She went away and left me

Oh She never said a word
And even if she would have told me
I probably never would have heard
Well she once said no other woman honey
Could lay up in her bed

Now theres cum stains on the pillow
Where she once laid her head
Cum stains on the pillow
In the middle of the bed

I found me a true fine momma
And she got some damn good head
But i hope shes out there listening
To every word i said

Cause theres cum stains on the pillow
Where she once laid her head
(david allan coe)

Send me the pillow that you dream on
Don't you know that I still care for you?
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling, I can dream on it too

Each night while I'm sleeping oh so lonely
I'll share your love in dreams that once were true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling, I can dream on it too

Send me the pillow that you dream on
Maybe time will let our dreams come true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling, I can dream on it too

I've waited so long for you to write me
But just a memory's all that's left of you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling, I can dream on it too

Johnny Tillotson

I can't take it
I'm so lonely
Gee I need you so

I can't take it
Oh I wonder
Why you had to go

But Baby, every night I wake up crying
Tears on my pillow
An pain in my heart
You on my mind

I remember all the good times
That we had before
Oh I remember an now my heart
My very soul cry's out for more

But baby, all your love for me is dying
Tears on my pillow
Pain in my heart
You on my mind
(johnny nash)

I cry myself to sleep each night
Wishing I could hold you tight
Life seems so empty since you went away
The pillow where you laid your head
Now holds my lonely tears instead
And it keeps right on a-hurtin'
Since you're gone

Johnny Tillotson again

Walking backwards into the sea
Bodies, angels, like musical peaks
Dreamed up by you and me in our sleep
You come walking over, pillows and sheets

Walking backwards into the night
Caught tight in the sheets
Our dreams entangled, twisted by our heat
You come walking over, pillows and sheets
It's the coldest part of the night
(b-52s)

My heart is crying lonely teardrops
Lonely teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come home
Just say you will, say you will
Say you will, say you will, say you will
Hey, hey, say you will
My heart is crying lonely teardrops
Lonely teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come home
Just say you will, say you will
Say you will, say you will, say you will
Hey, hey, say you will
Just give me another chance for our romance
Come on and tell me one day you'll return
'Cause every day that you have been gone away
You know my heart does nothing but burn
Crying lonely teardrops,
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come home
Just say you will
Say you will, say you will, say you will
Hey, hey, say you will
Say it right now baby
Say you will, come on, come on
Say you will, say that you
Say it right now baby
Say you will, come on, come on
Say you will, hey, come on
(Jackie Wilson)

Satin pillows to cry on ... Satin pillows to cry on ...
You've got nothing else to rely on (Satin pillows to cry on)
You gave up the most precious thing in life
You turned from love to be a rich man's wife
The man you married is colder than all his gold
You're something he bought to keep from growing old

Now you've got satin pillows to cry on ... Satin pillows to cry on
You've got nothing else to rely on (Satin pillows to cry on)
And you've got fancy dresses and big cars
Diamonds that outshine the brightest stars
But diamonds can't replace the love we knew
They won't keep you warm like my arms used to

Now you've got satin pillows to cry on ... Satin pillows to cry on
You've got nothing else to rely on (Satin pillows to cry on)
Satin pillows to cry on ... Satin pillows to cry on

(Bobby Vinton)

Oh yeah
I'm up on the eleventh floor and I'm watching the cruisers below
He's down on the street and he's trying hard to pull sister Flo
Oh, my heart's in the basement, my weekend's at an all-time low
'Cause she's hoping to score, so I can't see her letting him go
Walk out of her heart, walk out of her mind, oh not her
She's so swishy in her satin and tat
In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
Oh God, I could do better than that
She's an old-time ambassador of sweet-talking, night-walking games
And she's known in the darkest clubs for pushing ahead of the dames
If she says she can do it, then she can do it, she don't make false claims
But she's a queen and such are queens that your laughter is sucked in their brains
Now she's leading him on, and she'll lay him right down
Yes, she's leading him on, and she'll lay him right down
But it could have been me, yes, it could have been me
Why didn't I say, why didn't I say, no, no, no
She's so swishy in her satin and tat
In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
Oh God, I could do better than that
(dave bowie)

Don't try so hard to be different
The cracks are beginning to show
You drift like a cloud through the festival crowd
In a frock coat from Saville Row

You've just been to a all-night party
Where I have to admit it takes pluck
To go out on the floor and proclaim "What a bore"
In a T-shirt that reads "Disco Sucks"

Yes, here he comes, the not-so-young
Pretender to the throne
He's singing 'Rag, Mama, Rag'
Won't you give that poor dog a bone?

And he's wondering why we can't connect
When he's sworn to us that he's totally wrecked
On the rustic charm that he affects
On a public schoolboy whim

With a raggle taggle plastic gypsy
Robert Zimmerframe
With a synthesized accordion
A-scramblin' up my brain

With a fiddle-dee-dee a fiddle on high
Excuse me folks while I kiss the sky
Or at any rate give it one more try
Before I die, before I die

The overrated hit the stage
Overpaid and over here
And their idea of counter-culture's
Momma's charge account at Sears

And they're wondering why we can't connect
With the ritual of the trashed guitar
One more paltry empty gesture
The ashes of a burned out star

Yes here they come, both old and young
A contact low or high
The gathering of the tribes descending
Vultures from a caustic sky

The rotting carcass of July
And ugly sun hung out to dry
Your gorgeous hippy dreams are dying
Your frazzled brains are putrifying

Repackaged, sold and sanitized
The devil's music exorcised
You live, you die, you lie, you lie, you die
Perpetuate the lie just to perpetuate the lie

Yes yes yes it's the summer festival
The truly detestable
Summer Festival

(Edwyn Collins)

They went and cut the record, the record hit the chart
And someone in the newspaper said it "was art"
Disco Cassanova said "it's heavy on the riff"
The local teeny bopper band was playin' it to death

Shake and pop, shake and pop
Shake and pop, shake and pop

The telephones are ringing, the boys are getting hot
They're jetting out to Rio and some other sunny spots
Some senoritas say "The singers sound terrific"
Their personal appearances are stopping the shops

Hey long distance its a rock and roll romance
CBS is going to pay a great big advance
Hey Atlantic come on take chance
Arista say they "love you but the kids can't dance to it"

They cut another record, it never was a hit
And someone in the newspaper said it "was shit"
The drummer is a bookie, the singer is a whore
The bass player's selling clothes he never would have wore
(nick lowe)

He met her one evening last summer
At a scruffy bar in the city
And he'd been drinking and thinking
She looked like a singer in an indy band

She met him one evening last summer
At a scruffy bar in the city
And she'd been drinking and thinking
He looked like a singer in an indy band

They partied all last summer
Getting high and watching DVDs
They bought guitars - they were keen
To be heard and to be seen

Take me - I'm your number one fan
You gave birth to the man
I've become.

They practiced every night that summer
They jammed till dawn, getting stoned
It was a moment to savour
Recorded an album, it immediately found favour

He lived in East Brunswick and rode a bike
She finished her PhD on being a dyke
They became big on community radio
Both filled with an inner glow

He said he needed to rest
She became a brand strategist
She secretly copyrighted their songs
He thought love would be forever, he was wrong.

(Stephen Cummings)

May I have this dance?
Can I get in your pants?
May I squeeze on them shoes?
Sing you maybe some blues?
I wanna wear your rain coat.
Dance around the house.
Your leopard skin and chain tote.
Has got me so aroused.

Baby you got the clothes.
Baby, you've got romance.
You got the moves.
So, while I got the chance...
I wanna get in your pants
I wanna get in your pants
I wanna get in your pants
I wanna get in your pants

To just unzip the back
Baby, that's where it's at
Can I try on that hat?
Give you my baseball bat
Oh baby it's uncanny
Bout them there Sunday panties
Hey, today ain't Sunday
Get 'em off o'your fanny

Oh, under your underpants
You got a wonderful ass
It's in the back o' my mind
But, meanwhile, back at the ranch
I wanna get in your pants
I wanna get in your pants
I wanna get in your pants
I wanna get in your...ooh

Did I tell you I'm in a band
And I can do handstands too
I got this burning desire
To don that darling attire
How that elastic snaps
Against my kneecaps
I wanna wiggle into
Your powdered rubber skin...ooh

Baby, you got the clothes
You got romance
You got the boots
So, I just gotta ask
Can I get in your pants?
Can I get in your pants?
I wanna get in your pants
I wanna get in your pants
(who else? the cramps!)

Suspenders and stockings
Look more sexy than the tights girls are wearing
But even there, weren't the time wasted?
Time that could be spent completely nude, bare, naked
Virgins are boring
They should be grateful for the things they're ignoring
Why be smug about the time wasted?
Time that could be spent completely nude, bare, naked
Knickers and panties
We are groping under knickers and pants
But is it worth it, all that time wasted?
Time we could have spent completely nude, bare, naked
With nothing on at all
Nothing, no clothes on
Nude, naked, bare
(Soft Machine)

Big and I'm bad
And I want you to know
I hang around
Where the grass is greener
Totally naked, baby
Totally nude
'Cause if I want to
Who's gonna stop me?
I'm absolutely free
Living in the trees
The birdies and the bees
'Cause I'm a nature boy
Locked up inside
You can't tell me where it's at
Open up, open up, open the door
Rocks and trees and physical culture
Some days you hide
I guess you wonder where you are
Nature boy, nature man, take me along
We got a life that's undiscovered
(talking heads)

Come with me
Into the trees
We'll lay on the grass
Let the hours pass
Take my hand
Come back to the land
Let's get away
Just for pne day
Let me see you
Stripped down to the bone
Let me see you
Stripped down to the bone
(Depeche Mode)

Insect, insect, insect, insect
Incest, insect, incest, insect

Nick the stripper
Hideous to the eye
Hideous to the eye
Well, he's a fat little insect
A fat little insect
A fat little insect
A fat little insect
And OOOOOOHHHH!
Here we go again

Nick the stripper
Dances on all fours
Dances on all fours
He's in his birthday suit
He's in his birthday suit
He's in his birthday suit
He's in his birthday suit
And OOOOOOHHHH!
Here we go again
(the birthday party)

Picture yourself when you're getting old, Sat by the fireside a-pondering on
Picture book ... pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago
Picture book ... of people with each other, to prove they love each other a long ago

Na, na, na, na, na na ... Na, na, na, na, na na ...
Picture book ... Picture book ...

A picture of you in your birthday suit, Sat in the sun on a hot afternoon
Picture book ... your mama and your papa, and fat old Uncle Charlie out cruising with their friends
Picture book ... a holiday in August, outside a bed and breakfast in sunny Southend
Picture book ... when you were just a baby, those days when you were happy a long time ago

Na, na, na, na, na, na ... Na, na, na, na, na, na ...
Picture book ... Picture book ... Picture book ... Picture book ...

(The Kinks)

The future is bulletproof
The aftermath is secondary
It's time to do it now and do it loud
Killjoys
Make some noise
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na
Drugs, gimme drugs, gimme drugs, I don't need it
But I'll sell what you got, take the cash and I'll keep it
Eight legs to the wall, hit the gas, kill them all
And we crawl, and we crawl, and we crawl you be my detonator
Love, gimme love, gimme love, I don't need it
But I'll take what I want from your heart and I'll keep it
In a bag, in a box, put an X on the floor
Gimme more, gimme more, gimme more, shut up and sing it with me
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
(From mall security)
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
(To every enemy)
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
(We're on your property)
Standing in V formation
(my chemical romance)

I'm hot and when I'm not, I'm cold as ice
Get out of my way, just step aside or pay the price
What I want I take, what I don't I break
And I don't want you
With a flick of my knife I can change your life
There's nothing you can do
I'm a problem child
I'm a problem child, yes I am
I'm a problem child
And I'm wild
Make my stand, No Man's Land, on my own
Man in blue, it's up to you, the seed is sown
What I want I stash, what I don't I smash
And you're on my list
Dead or alive, I've got a forty-five
And I never miss
Oh, I'm a problem child, yeh!
I'm a problem child, owh!
I'm a problem child
Desperate and wild
Every night, street light, I drink my booze
Some run, some fight, but I win, they lose
What I need I like, what I don't I fight
And I don't like you
Say bye bye while you're still alive,
Your time is due
'Cause I'm a problem child, owh!
I'm a problem child
I'm a problem child
I'm a problem child
Problem child
(AC/DC)

Stealin' cars lost in bars
Treating hard-to-be's like superstars
I want to come home at 3AM
I love my records
Alright and I'm going to play 'em
Problem child, problem child
We think you live much too wild
Problem child, problem child
When you get home
Your daddy's gonna tan your hide
I gave a dose to my sister
Only need to be a teen-dream hipster
Don't care about my grades at school
Or my teacher
My Probation lady says, you ain't so cool
Problem child, problem child
We think you live much too wild
Problem child, problem child
When you get home
Your daddy's gonna tan your hide
(the damned)

Well you always were a problem,
Always running wild.
Trouble is your middle name:
You know you're the wayward child.

You always get your feet wet,
You always play with knives.
Watch that you don't cut yourself:
You know you're the wayward child

They call you the wayward child.
Well you've always gone your own way.
Sometimes you play with fire.
Well can you run forever
Before you run right out of time?
Will you run right out of time?

Nothing's gonna change you.
It ain't no use.
Well who is gonna tame you?
Tie you in a noose?
Well no one's gonna change ya.
Ain't no use.
And no one's gonna tame you:
Tie you in a noose.

Well you always were a problem,
Never meek and mild.
Life is just a street fight:
Well you know you're the wayward child.

(Rory Gallagher)

Problems! Don't let it get you down!
Hmm-mmm

Don't let problems get you down
It will put you in a hole
Just have faith and remember God
He'll guide you along
With His heart and soul

Remember brother and sisters
Problems a must
It comes and goes any time
So don't do wrong
Just have faith and
Trust in God

And don't let problems get you down
It will put you in a hole
Just have faith and remember God
He'll guide you along

Those who sow the good seed
Shall surely reap, plenty of food to eat
For their family, eternally

So don't let problems get you down
It will put you in a hole
Just have faith and remember God
He'll guide you along
With His heart and soul
(horace andy)

Problems, problems, problems all day long
Will my problems work out right or wrong?
My baby don't like anything I do
My teacher seems to feel the same way too

Worries, worries pile up on my head
Woe is me, I should have stayed in bed
Can't get the car and my marks ain't been so good
My love life just ain't swingin' like it should

Problems, problems
Problems
They're all on account of my lovin' you like I do
Problems, problems
Problems
They won't be solved until I'm sure of you

You can solve my problems with a love that's true
Problems, problems, problems all day long
Problems, problems, problems all day long

The Everly Brothers

Everyone got problems; who can solve them?
Everyone got problems; who can solve them?

A hear some people complaining,
They got money problems.
A hear some people complaining,
They got food problems.
Still I hear more complaining,
They got love problems.

Everyone got problems; who can solve them?
Everyone got problems; who can solve them?

A hear the rich man complaining,
He got rich problems.
A hear the poor man complaining,
He got poor problems.
Everywhere you go, is problems.
Pure problems.

Everyone got problems; who can solve them?
Everyone got problems; only Jah can solve it.
(horace andy, who seemingly had a load of problems!)

Dear Abby, dear Abby
My feet are too long
My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong
My friends they all tell me that I've no friends at all
Won't you write me a letter, won't you give me a call
Signed, bewildered

Bewildered, bewildered
You have no complaint
You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster, and listen up good
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood

Dear Abby, dear Abby
My fountain pen leaks
My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks
Every side I get up on is the wrong side of bed
If it weren't so expensive I'd wish I were dead
Signed. unhappy

Unhappy, unhappy
You have no complaint
You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster, and listen up good
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood

Dear Abby, dear Abby
You won't believe this
But my stomach makes noises whenever I kiss
My girlfriend tells me it's all in my head
But my stomach tells me to write you instead
Signed, noise-maker


Noise-maker, noise-maker
You have no complaint
You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster, and listen up good
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood

Dear Abby, dear Abby
Well I never thought
That me and my girlfriend would ever get caught
We were sitting in the back seat just shooting the breeze
With her hair up in curlers and her pants to her knees
Signed, just married

Just married just married
You have no complaint
You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster, and listen up good
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood
Signed dear Abby

(John Prine)