It Ain't Democracy
Busy on the phone line shovelling out another lie, every second has it's price; making money
Third World bargains boost your profit margins, another bastards laughing; making money
Religion has a virtue Christ has a value, Churches are busy too; making money
Government and politics bankers in their back pockets, selling out on promises; making money
(chorus) Am I the only one who can see all these things that you see are not quite what they seem?
No there not and you better believe me!
No it ain't no it ain't democracy
Dealing on the stock exchange driving up the share rate speeding to the crash date; making money
The middle class are gaining ground the unemployed are losing out - economy turns trickle down? making money
Read the power in the press selling lies selling sex, who the hell do they represent? making money
Government and politics wankers out for self profit, selling out on promises; making money
(chorus)
Nein das ist nicht demokratie mehr
Here the old guys tell us all how they went to fight a war, freedom's what they did it for such a noble cause
The more I hear the less I see, tell me please how can this be? fifty years of peace brings less democracy that I can see
No it ain't no it ain't democracy.
Caravan Song
And many times before my kin have walked this ancient walk
and when I see this place I know it's always been this way
I'm like a drifting leaf I settle where my heart is free
and when I see this place I know it's always been this way
All my spirit needs is freedom and the mountain breeze
and when I see this place I know it's always been this way
I wish the trees could talk they'd whisper truth and much much more
and when I see this place I know it's always been this way
(chorus) Just my noble horse my dog and just my caravan
I am seeking things that only I can understand
Just my pots and pans my pipe and in these clothes I stand
In my simple way .....I love this land......it's my home
And you may know my face but to you I may still seem quite strange
But when you move me on I know it's always been this way
And you may burn my home so more and more of us should know
that when you move me on I know it's always been this way
This life may reach an end when laws are made and fences fence
but when you move me on I know it's always been this way
And when I find a place that's one on one with nature's grace
that's when you move me on I know it's always been this way
(chorus)
Fuck my noble horse I've got a transit van and I am doing stuff that you'll never understand
Just my roaming life it doesn't fit your plan........in my simple way........................
Russian Girl
Harry fell died today but not enough to spare his pain
abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front
Survival is the only law fighting hand and door to door
abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front
(chorus) Oh I met a Russian Girl in this bloody place so far from home
All the horrors of the streets of Stalingrad they would fade away in the arms of my Russian Girl
Wounded screamed as they lay in pain they asked for morphine that never came
abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front
Saw a sniper blow away a child who'd never learned to play
abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front
(chorus)
Felt his bullet hit my leg turned in time to shoot him dead
abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front
When my papers finally came they never sent the rescue plane
abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front
(chorus)
Little Bit Of Love
The world can seem so dark now waiting by the phone
longing for your call to come sitting here alone
Another drunken night on cheap lager and cheap wine
wondering what our love could be if you could spare the time
Well I guess you'll never know because I haven't got the heart
to tell you just how much it hurts when were so far apart
So don't tell me that you love me when you walk out of the door
your words can be like hand grenades in our private war it's WAR
So now I spend my days in a million different ways
learning how to pass the time and live the great escape
Your friends can come and go but in a word they seem remote, huh,
when there's only one thing on my mind that's the love your letting go
So I guess you've got to know that the problems not with me
so stop running down and running round in circles you can't see
Your past may be a cross but don't pass its weight to me
Oh your insecure my love is the cure and this should set you free
(chorus) It takes much more than a little bit of love
a little bit of love to make it, much more than this to see it through
All the dreams that are in my head become nothing more than emptiness
when you can't even show how much you care
All the things you could have said and done with me but then instead
you prefer the space you get elsewhere
(chorus)
Sacred Cow
Hey little girl would you like to take a ride
cus he bought himself a brand new motor car
Tuned up Ford with the music on board
gonna turn it up loud so the Bass rips through the doors
Gonna drive all day gonna drive all night
gonna drive to the pub gonna drive wherever he likes
Smart chip boost for the throttle to the floor
gotta noisy exhaust with a baked bean tin sized bore he's a big big bore
(chorus) If I should ever wonder why wonder why
there's a hole up in the sky ( x 3 )
would you cry a tear for the world would you die - burn your sacred cow?
Wanna have a slice 'cus your told it's very nice
gonna sell the world away for a piece of humble pie
Living in a boom 'cus you think you got the room
got the room to consume to abuse whatever you like
Discounts freebies wheeltrims alarms
don't pay until you have to on zero APR
Radio and TV glossy ads and VT
women in bikinis gonna sell you a GTI nice GTI
(chorus)
Put another tape in your stereo and shut out the world
Cus you don't wanna hear don't wanna fear about the damage you do as you pollute (repeat)
(chorus)
What You Gonna Say?
Take your house and mortgage too, oh, take your job and mind abuse
armani suit and gucci boots and dance their merry tune
You're up at six and out at eight you're running scared you're never late
They got you in a willing state to dance their merry tune
Just look at all those glossy ads that sell you crap that never lasts
plastic this buys plastic that to dance their merry tune
Once a year is it worthwhile for beer and sex on costa pile
package deal or package trial to dance their merry tune
(bridge) And when it's all but done you've had your years of fun
you've sold the world away for two weeks in the sun (repeat)
(chorus) What You Gonna Say What You Gonna Say What You Gonna Say
You Gonna Do It All Again (And Just The Same)
They took your house and money too they gave your job to someone new
so get in line boy join the dole queue and dance their merry tune
Your up at six and drink til' late pissed up by the hostel gate
falling through the welfare state to dance their merry tune
Remember all those glossy ads that sold you crap that never lasts
they sold you out and took your cash to dance their merry tune
And once a year was it worthwhile for beer and sex on costa pile
Your package deal became a package trial to dance their merry tune
(bridge to chorus)
Hardly Anything
Schoolboy comedy victim of tragedy power crazed bullies and childhood nightmare
Parents and teachers all claim they care but who can I turn to when nobodies there?
(chorus) Hardly anything matters to me hardly anything matters at all
Hardly anything matters to me hardly anything matters at all yea yea yea yea
Young and homeless in search of some hope pushed to the edge by the men in grey coats
Treated like cancer cut to the bone ready to cure with a cut of my own
(chorus)
Here am I sitting on death row killing time in an eye for an eye
Strapped to the mast of whichever way whim blows caught in the eye of political storm
(chorus)
No more tragedy; No more agony; No more tragedy; How far, far can I fall?
Fools fools come swallow it all the rich get the justice the poor get the law.
Hey Hey Hey
6 am on a misty morn the redcoats come they were charging like the devil blowing horns
Rampaging hordes some kind of war against a viscous foe with fur and 2 feet tall
armed with claws teeth and all who was running scared to hang on to their coats save their throats
run some more - is this what you call sport?
(chorus) Hey Hey Hey can you explain how you have the right to treat a life like shit you flush away?
Look what you've done you piece of scum !!!!!!!!
5 am before the dawn the lines were drawn as we gathered in the field beyond the hill
With scent and skill and well worked drill we would have the bastards caught in our own trap
Back to back confuse the pack so the horse and hound would split and stop the chase
Fox be saved run no more - now that's what I call sport
(chorus)
Run run run run run run run fox run run run run run Hey ! (repeat)
(chorus)
Losing My Faith In You
All the smiles and all the handshakes and all the pictures in all the papers
and all those TV ads that you appeared
All the kisses on all the babes and all their mothers you promised favours
and all the good intentions you revealed
(chorus 1) You sold out you sold us down the river
Sold out you failed to deliver
Sold out on the promises you made of something new
All the heartache and all the tears and all the pain of Thatcher's years
and all the minor Major show endured
For all the miners out of work and all their families who still hurt
and all the stupid laws we endured
(chorus 1)
(chorus 2) I'm losing losing losing my faith in you when there's something I wanna believe in
For all the people who couldn't get their treatment on the NHS
because of all the money spent on arms
For all the food that we consumed that wasn't safe like we assumed
the pollution the waste the roads and all those cars
(chorus 1)
(chorus 2)
Screaming
Many miles and many smiles many highs have passed me by
Not ashamed to say I've cried at the lies I've left behind
So afraid to face the world with a crime I can't deny
'Cus what I've done don't amount to much except killing time
(chorus) When it hurts and I feel like Screaming,
I only end up dreaming that you care, do you care?
When it hurts, do you care, when it hurts, do you care, you don't care at all, not at all !!!!!
Shooting stars that stole my heart have come crashing down to earth
Hidden words that should never be heard can hurt beyond their worth
Never thought I would ever become just a bullet in another mans gun
Can't say can't explain how it ever got to be this way
(chorus)
And I know that's the way it goes, and it goes and it cuts me right through
(chorus)
Don't Call This Living
(chorus) Don't call this living
Don't call it life
Don't call this living
When all you want is an easy ride
If I shout fuck how many of you would be shocked
If I talk political stuff how many of you would turn off
And if I, I want war, how many of you would die, die for a cause
And if I ask why how many of you would turn, turn a blind eye
(chorus)
If I shout think how many peasants would be wise
And if I want the truth, how many of you would just lie
And if I cry for help how many of you would give your life to try
If I give love, how many hardened hearts would I really touch
(chorus)
They've got you lives all planned but some can't even see
Their laws are well designed so their money keeps you weak
The only thing they teach us well is contentment in deceit
What kind of world is this that makes prisoners of the free
Fuck them and their system, fuck them and their system
They've got you just where you want to be
Yea, they've got you just where you want to be
(chorus)
Conspiracy
Your disneyland looks so grand your picket fence and garden planned
Close the road keep out the foe - security
Buy a dream and shut the door escape the world and all its flaws
Close the road keep out the foe - security
Build a wall, change the law ignore the plight of all the poor
Close your mind your ears too - lunatics
You have a job that pays so well you've never felt the pain we've felt
Close your mind your ears too - lunacy
(chorus) I can't believe, can't believe your world ignores my screams
I can't believe, can't believe your world is all it seems
You never say what you will do, you closed the mines and factories too
You sold our land to just the few - conspiracy
You wear a suit and collar too, to justify the things you do
Sold our land to just the few - conspiracy
You see a problem build a gun start a war and kill our sons
Close your mind your ears too - lunatics
You cause the crime and shout for rope so our estates have got no hope
Close your mind your ears too - lunacy
(chorus)
Wishing The World Away
That child has a gun, and he's come as far as he could ever come
And play with me, I'll show you truth but a truth that has no love
It's all around, born of you cus' all you do is knock
Hard at my door, bring me fear and famine and another war
(chorus) I'm in an aeroplane but I'm not, no I'm not, here on holiday
I'm in a world of pain, gonna' wish gonna' wish that world away
That man he has a car, a belly full of beer but he just farts
Instead of talk, he sees my world on his T.V. and he laughs
Cus' he is rich and I am poor because his country crafts
This world divide, he goes to church but still my children starve
(chorus)
Wishing the world away; Wishing the world away
Wishing the world away; Wishing the world away
(chorus)
Third Eye
Were you busy in your youth defending your rights and standing your ground?
Looking forward to your future
Or were you digging in deep, so deep you started to drown?
What about your passion, or are you angrier now there's a phoney in town?
Don't forget the revolution cus' its happening now
But somehow they're missing you out
Can you see those nobles dancing, can you hear those rich folks laugh at you
Can you hear their cash tills ringing as these emperors are starting to sing
(chorus) You can fool all the people nearly all of the time
You can talk through your third eye but go on tell me
How much more do you think I can make em' take?
In the 21st century you can get all you need to satisfy all your greed
Looking forward to a future in a place you can be, living life happily
You can be a consumer, but the price that they say is not the price that you pay
We've all become a "logo" no-go-going back cus' it's a prison we've made
Can you see those nobles dancing, can you hear those rich folks laugh at you
Can you hear their cash tills ringing as these emperors are starting to sing
(chorus)
It's lacking in reason, it's out of control
Don't show me your money, show me your soul
Stop talking in circles, hiding within
Rome is now burning, can you hear these emperors sing?
(chorus)
My Country
This so called green and pleasant land
Social lessons never learned
They cull them where they stand
As the funeral pyres burn
What happened to those summer days
Of ice cream cones and big parades?
Environmental tragedy
This land where I cannot breathe
That's my country
Towns and cities flood again
But not enough to drink
Even travelling by train
Is detrimental to your health I think
What happened to those summer days
Of ice cream cones and big parades?
No foot and mouth or BSE
This land where I cannot breathe
That's my country
Is there a curve to their learning
Do you swallow all the swill that they're serving
Yeah yeah, my country
Yeah yeah, my country
Crisis in the countryside
Poisoned rivers fed by farms
Superbugs in hospitals
'Aint it funny how big money talks
What happened to those summer days
Of ice cream cones and big parades?
Environmental tragedy
This land where I cannot breathe
That's my country
Yeah yeah, my country
Yeah yeah, my country
She Brings Sun
How does it feel to dream, about the times you had, when you were seventeen?
I bet your world has changed, and all of your beliefs got lost along the way
So welcome to this paradise, of all material things were even love has got a price
You're not divorced just a little detached, you're comfortable and dumb!
Given up before you begun?
Whatever happened to your Sun, did it set when you were young?
Did you lose the light of love on your road to Babylon?
But when your Diva comes she'll be dancing in the sun
She'll be singing songs of love and planting flowers in your guns
Here she comes - Here she comes
Here she comes - She brings sun
Here she comes - Here she comes
She brings sun
How does it feel to scream? When no-one near can hear, even care about your needs?
What kind of heart just bleeds, but carries on the same, just dealing with the pain?
But then you can't reveal, what every child has learnt, before they start to hurt
So you just share a little company, yea yea, with every fool you know
But you never let it show?
Whatever happened to your Sun, did it set when you were young?
Did you lose the light of love on your road to Babylon?
But when your Diva comes she'll be dancing in the sun
She'll be singing songs of love and planting flowers in your guns
(chorus)
So Glad 2B Alive
(chorus) I, I ,I, feel glad to be alive
Oh Yea, I'm so glad that I've done the things I have, yea I'm so glad
I wanna wake up in the morning feel the sun upon my face
I wanna hear the street kids playing just to know that they are safe
I wanna take the road from here, head west along the coast
Feel the sea breeze in my lungs just to know the world has hope
I wanna drink a pint of beer with friends that I can share
All the good times, all the bad times, all the things that we hold dear
I wanna drive an E-type Jaguar, before all the oil's gone
Fly like the child I am through the clouds of never land be another Peter Pan
(chorus)
I wanna see the beauty in your face, a smile is all it takes
I wanna walk with you in a new place every day until I ache
I wanna lie with you, laugh with you, do the things that lovers do
Be afraid, full of joy, be emotional and a little coy
I wanna stand on top of mountains and shout until I'm heard
I wanna dive into falling water and catch an echo word by word
I wanna ride a steam train to the Orient, eat caviar with chips
Dance in the sand in a foreign land, sing in a band in a language we all understand
(chorus)
I.N.S.T.R.U.M.E.N.T.S. Of The State
I.N.S.T.R.U.M.E.N.T.S. of the state
I.N.S.T.R.U.M.E.N.T.S manipulate me
I.N.S.T.R.U.M.E.N.T.S subjugate me
Who is the enemy?
Who is the enemy?
Who is the enemy?
Is it YOU?
Propaganda
Do you feel lonely, have you always felt this way?
Do you feel angry, no-one understands your pain?
Do you ask questions but the answers always the same?
Do you want freedom, not a debt of promises and lies?
Lies, no more lies, it's the truth they hide
Lies, no more lies, it's the truth they hide
(chorus) Propaganda, it's all they hand you
Propaganda, to keep you blind
Propaganda, it's all they hand you
Propaganda, to keep you blind
Do you feel cheated, as they leech your life away?
Do you feel needed, or just a pawn in the games they play?
Do you know that warfare is just a tool of their economy?
Do you want justice, not another apology and lies?
Lies, no more lies, it's the truth they hide
Lies, no more lies, it's the truth they hide
(chorus)
You have the information but do you understand?
It's not just the information it's your views and where you stand
Just listen to the T.V. and the violence of the press
The lies of politicians these dictators who oppress
Is money and big business the only path to choose
When we have a wealth of culture we should learn from not abuse
Don't blame it all on foreigners for them it's just the same
Cus' unless we have a future it's just more terror, war and pain
(chorus)
Promised Land
She was just a child, she was all alone,
Watching too much T.V. in the twilight zone
Yea, she had her dreams, kind of fantasy,
About her perfect heaven, normal family
Mom and dad don't care no more they're too busy counting score, in their divorce
(chorus) She said, take me to your Promised Land, it's a place I want to go
She said, It's all I need but I'm so afraid of going there alone
She said, take me to your Promised Land, it's a place I want to go
She said, it's all I need but I'm so afraid
So take me to your promised land
She's a teenage rebel, in a drunken state,
Got a boy meets girl thing, daddy's virgin's late
She's in trouble now, got a child to come
But she can't see how, do you call this love?
Mom and dad don't care no more they're too busy counting score, in their divorce
Let's all get divorced!
(chorus)
Na na na na na na na na na na (repeat)
She's all alone and needs some love, but what the hell is going on?
(chorus)
For Another Day
Like a fish out of water we are drowning
Like a rich man in the ghetto we're not beggar men we are thieves
Like a God giving orders the world keeps turning
Like a drunkard in an alley we're just pissing up the wall
(chorus) Hoping it's all right in the morning and the sun will rise
Yea, it's all right for another day
Like a drug we are junkies we keep taking
Like a soldier in the battle we just shoot before we care
Like a dog in a pack shitting and fighting
Like a model in stiletto's we're just praying we don't fall
(chorus)
If we light a fire on the top of the hill would the beacon burn forever?
Would it light the sky, turn our eyes, to another side of heaven?
Or would the devils shout, put it out, then speak words that sound so clever?
Hide the lies behind a child's cries make us feel that they know better
(chorus)
Brand New State
Raised on a diet of burger and chips
Cheap thrills T.V. of bingo and tits
Caught in the crossfire of a heroin war
Where there's blood on the streets for the price of a score
Black versus white for the right to be right
While the right force us all to take sides in the fight
The children prepare while their parents declare
They can't understand where it's all gonna' end
(chorus) In England, this England, Brand New State of the U.S.A.
In England, this England, Brand New State of the U.S.A
Feed me more Mc'crap cus' I wanna get fat
On forgetting the questions I should really ask
Like is war from the sky just a video game
Where we all fall down but we get up again
Does Washington bark to get London to bite
Cus' they know that the Brits' are always up for a fight?
Is the world that we know ruled by corporate elite
And it's they who decide who starves and who eats?
(chorus) (repeat)
Black Country Bomb
My home town's a steel town, I make my money off my brow
Cap in hand work in lieu, come rape me like a prostitute
Clocking in and clocking out, every second made to count
Presses drop the workers cry "you stole the best years of my life"
My Life, you stole the best years of my life
Welcome to the U.S.A. here in England here to stay
New Mc'jobs and poverty pay replace the jobs we lost yesterday
Bricks and stone and steel and sand look so different on this land
See the faces in the queue on the dole recession's due
It's due, recession's due, you better believe it's due
(chorus) (Black Country Bomb, Black Country Bomb)
Same old routine running the track, after 18 years give me the sack
A golden watch just to prove you care,
Yea Yea Yea
Now everyday just seems the same, turn on the T.V. video games
Get the smack pumped through my veins, to neutralise my pain
Put all my future in this place, watched 18 years wash down the drain
See no sense in this it's insane, is there another way?
Another way, there's no other way, is there another way?
(chorus)
Queen of Happy
She said hello, hello, hello
Last night I had a dream
She came to me with open arms
A smile so fresh a thought so clear
She promised me a brand new start
I breathed for the first time
It's been so long I can't remember
The words she spoke were words of truth
She told me things only God should know
(chorus) She said hello, hello, hello,
I'm the queen of happy; and I'll never let you go
Are you happy so happy so happy
That you'll never let ME go
She said hello, hello hello;
I'm the queen of happy
Met a queen in hell today
She said she'd take me far away
To drink with kings, dance with thieves
Talk with men whose lies I believed
Telling tales of another place
A magic land where you're not afraid
A sentient and sensual fulfilment of time and space
I turned around and I saw her face
Made love for the first time
In a way that love could never be
Enjoyed the ride while it seems to last
'Cus the world falls short unless you take a chance
(chorus)
Bose Liebe (some kind of love song)
You're on my mind and I can't get you out
I see your face even when you're not around
I can smell the perfume that you wear
It's like you're always there
I can sense your presence in my room
I can taste your kisses when they've faded from my lips
I feel my heart race all the time
It's like you're always there
(chorus) She said.. don't. you.. Ever fall in love with me
I'm so scared, so scared where this love may take me baby
She said.. don't. you.. Ever fall in love with me
I'm so scared, so scared where this love may take me baby
So I say, take my hand it will be ok
And then all your fears will fade away, if you can just love me
I never dreamed it could be like this
From hardened cynic to a lovelorn in a spin
You're all I think of every day
It's like you're always there
And when we talk I treasure every word
I want to be with you in every way I can
Hear you laugh and hold you tight
It's like you're always there
(chorus)
Million Miles
She's making babies in her head
Before we've talked it through
She dreams the family idyll
Through and through
We may be lovers'
But I'm not sure that we are even friends
She wants it all
But all I see is a bitter end
(chorus) All night long I'm staring at the ceiling
(in a midnight hole)
All night long I'm a million miles away
All night long I'm staring at the ceiling
(in a midnight hole)
All night long I'm a million miles away
A million miles away
A million miles away
A million miles away
She dreams of things that she can buy
All shiny and new
Don't waste your time buying a lie
That isn't true
I wanna get stoned on the drug of life
Not be sober like you
She wants it all but I'm not sure
I want the same things she do
(chorus)
I Wish I'd Never Met You
Staring at your picture
Tell me what the fuck did I ever see in you?
Now I hate you through and through
Love is all a mind game so everyone will know
The world revolves around you
Why do you do the things you do?
When love is on the rebound
I wish I'd never bounced right into you
Now I hate you through and through
And now that love is broken
I'm a token of the man that used to know you
Why do you do the things you do?
(chorus) I wish I'd never met you
That's the way you make me feel
I wish I'd never met you
That's the way you make me feel
I wish I'd never met you
That's the way you make me feel
I wish I'd never met you
That's the way you make me feel
Listen up now here's the deal
I wanna say, Fuck off!
Now I know what love is
It's a lemon squeezed of reasoning with you
Now I hate you through and through
Go on, tell me that you love me
These words are like a weapon used by you
Why do you do the things you do?
I wish I was a soldier
I could the take flak and bullets fired by you
Now I hate you through and through
All because I fucked you
Why should I spend my life in sufferance to you?
Why do you do the things you do?
(chorus)
Requiem
I wish you'd take me home
Show me all there is to know
Feed my mind and quench my soul
'cus I feel like I'm not worthy
I had dreams like any man
Laid foundations had a plan
Now it seems I've lost control
And I feel like I can't help it
(chorus) Sometimes I wish that this would all fall down
All fall down, until there's nothing left at all
I turn around and all I see
A world of fear and inequality
We have the ways but not the brains
And I feel that we won't make it
All your guns won't make you brave
Technology will never save
The broken minds and shattered lives
Of the people we've betrayed
(chorus)
I wish I was a stronger man
Learned the truth much younger and.
If I knew now what I knew then
I'd feel my life wasn't wasted
Love was all I had to give
Reciprocation is a precious gift
But diamond rings are all there is
And I know that some girls fake it
(chorus)
Anxiety
If I could fly where would I go?
I don't know I've just got so many questions.
If I could dream what would I see?
I don't know I've just got so many questions.
If I were rich what would I do?
I don't know I've just got so many questions.
If I could trust who would it be?
I don't know I've just got so many questions.
(chorus) Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh
All the words I need, my hopes and fears,
The things I want from life,
Don't come easy, I got anxiety
No they don't come easy, I got anxiety.
If I met God what would I say?
I don't know I've just got so many questions.
If I got lost would I be afraid?
I don't know I've just got so many questions.
If I had the power would I change the world?
I don't know I've just got so many questions.
If I could love who would it be?
I don't know I've just got so many questions.
(chorus)
Bad Choices
Mood shaper
Dream maker
Thought changer
Open your eyes
Smoke weaver
Blood soother
Pain reliever
Open your eyes
(chorus) Oh yes it can make the world seem ok
Bad things go away
Oh yes it can make the world seem ok
For five minutes a day
She's got the power to make you high
She's got the power to make to make you high
She's got the power to make you high
She's got the power to make to make to make to make to make to make
Bad choices...seem so right
Life lifter
Good sister
Peace giver
Open your eyes
Change bringer
Faith trigger
Love rigger
Open your eyes
(chorus)
Bad life, bad place, bad drugs, bad choice, bad luck
And this is how the damage gets done (x 4 )
(chorus)
Beam Me Up Scottie
She's got the beauty she's got the face
She's got the body but she's got no brains
Cus' she's up on the catwalk dancing with fur
She's a fashion victim all that matters is her
He's got a big house he's got two cars
All he thinks abouts' money and he talks through his arse
He's got a big dog cus' it makes him look hard
He hates all the foreigners is he some kind of retard?
Beam me up Scottie, I can't stand what's going on
All the women here are shallow and all the men are dumb
C'mon C'mon, beam me up Scottie 'cus this madhouse leaves me numb
The doctors here are as mad as the patients;
So good evening and welcome to the asylum
She watches shopping T.V. reads trash magazines
She's into her soaps and she loves the Queen
She goes to Ibizia; holiday's in the sun
Her kids aren't important as long as she's having fun
He's got a big mouth and he reads The Sun
Believes all it tells him about what England's become
Cus' he cannot see that his country's what he is
Intolerant ignorant with no respect and no love
(chorus)
She's so shallow
He's so dumb
They worship the hollow
And they're passing it on
Bones in Their Cupboard
Are you scared?
With the pictures? Yea their pictures!
That they show you.
What do they show you on their news?
Its all a spin its all a lie its all corruption 'til you die
From the day that you are born they are twisting every chord
Turning black into a white with a greyer shade of spite
Until you don't know what to think they say jump you say how high?
Never judge a book by its cover
Go read it for yourself
Never judge a book by its cover
Then you might find the twist and discover
There's bones in the cupboard.
Are you scared?
At this freak show? This circus.
Is this war?
Undeclared or is it mind control?
Go spend a penny in this toilet that they keep
Did you know they got their cameras every place to force the peace
Got their guns on the street so if you speak you get a bullet
If you hate this fucking system then you gotta' learn to read
(chorus)
Whoa ohh ohh ohh -o-oh oh
Whoa ohh ohh ohh -o-oh NO
Whoa ohh ohh ohh -o-oh oh
Whoa ohh ohh ohh -o-oh NO
(chorus)
Fear of the Dark
Calling all of the people in all of the lands
Can you see the clouds forming and its turning black
As you walk through the valleys the shadows are tall
Cus the sun is still falling beyond the new dawn
Whooooooo whoooooo
When you were younger were you so afraid
Of the demons you dreamt of or dya' know they were fake
But as time passes by and their presence is made
Well is it now that you realise you made a mistake
(chorus) In these times, yes, these bad times, do you dream that you're not afraid of the dark
In these times, yes, these bad times, do you dream that you're not afraid of the dark
Whooooo whoooo
Sometimes there is no turning back from the path
Of the choice you have made when you've walked it too far
So hold to your nerve and just see the battle through
And the enemy guns will fall silent for you
Whoooo whoooo
Sometimes all that you fear is all that you've done
Or all that you hope to become
Not all of the prisons have walls made of stone
And a mind can be as lethal as the shot from a gun
(chorus)
Kings of Evermore
Kicking in the doors of sense of these castles in the sand
Well the tide is turning fast why can't you seem to understand?
That perpetual motion hurts, making dizzy with the head,
Well the world moves much to fast how long will this madness last?
Now I know I'm right
But I'm hoping that I'm wrong
All it seems to me, all you wanna be are the
Kings of evermore
Now I know I'm right
But I'm hoping that I'm wrong
All it seems to me, all you wanna be are the
Kings of evermore
Staring at the sun on the promises they spun
Like Lemmings on the cliff you wait in line for the ultimate hit
As the world becomes undone why can't you see what's going on?
Oh yea, you're information rich, so tell me are you deaf and dumb or thick?
Now I know I'm right
But I'm hoping that I'm wrong
All it seems to me, all you wanna be are the
Kings of evermore
Now I know I'm right
But I'm hoping that I'm wrong
All it seems to me, all you wanna be are the Kings of evermore
Come on sing the Kings of evermore we are the Kings of evermore
Come on sing the Kings of evermore we are the Kings of evermore
TV video DVD mobile phone PC laptop walkman gameboy satellite stereo digital
Brand new debt means brand new death
New house new car new clothes new shoes 3rd world sweat shop oil slick new war enemy right wing bullshit brings a
Brand new debt and a brand new death
Come on sing the Kings of evermore we are the Kings of evermore
Come on sing the Kings of evermore we are the Kings of evermore
Love is Someplace Else
Well I heard she cried just the other day
She feels bad and is missing you in every way
She said if - she had to do it all over again
She would not - do things the same
Well I - guess it's true what the wise men say
You only miss what you had when it's gone
When you turn back the clock and you realise
You fucked up the one chance you got
(chorus) 'cus love is - someplace else, calling your name
love is - someplace else
Where the grass is always greener and the sky is always blue
But the only thing that turns out blue; Is you, yea it's true; Is you, yea it's true
And how all those memories just left you numb
It's the price of pain not the cost of love
'cus with every smile there comes a sigh
When you look back and see it was all a lie
So I guess it's not true what the wise men say
You only miss what you had when it's gone
'Cus now you've learned to live again - walk so tall
Turn you back on the devil when she's minded to call
(chorus)
You can feel something's changed when your worlds been re-arranged
And you know you're never gonna' be the same inside again
The man you were before well he's left you that's for sure,
With all your pieces on the floor, now he's gunning, running for
Some - place - else
But is it calling your name? Yea,
Some - place - else
But is it calling your name?
(chorus)
Palestine
You sing the sad songs
Because the world can look so bleak
But you only see the things you want to see
Like a child of Palestine
With a shattered sense surround
The bulldozers here have flattened all your dreams
What sense of purpose
Can fill the mind of fools
When you become enraged because it fuels the pain you feel
Don't pretend you like it
Standing there alone
When one by one - your friends have gone - your smile's all but faded
(chorus) Look to the future
Tell me what you see
Is the road ahead straight and clear
Or is it blocked with your life's debris?
Look to the future
Tell me what you see
You should still dream dreams
Of impossible schemes
Like you did when you were a kid
Where are all those happy song's
Like the ones' you used to sing?
You used to laugh you used to play you used to have such fun
You played with fire
And your passion burned so bright
But what broke your heart tore your world apart left you cold inside and bitter?
Where do you go now?
Which footpath do you choose?
Do you talk the talk walk the walk when your mistress comes a-calling?
Walk into your forest
Under dark of blackened skies
When around the world - the sun will rise - you're blind so you deny it
(chorus)
Patriotic Crap
What makes you proud to be English,
Have you ever thought about that?
Is it waving a flag, yes the Union Jack,
Celebrating a war from our Imperial past.
Is it football and sport soaked in racist support,
Wearing logos on shirts made in sweatshops abroad?
Believing the lies of the right wing press,
Blaming it all on some foreign, some left wing, some Muslim excess!
Does this make you proud to be English?
Have you ever thought about that?
Does this make you proud to be English?
Have you ever really thought, really thought about that?
What makes you proud to be English,
Have you ever thought about that?
Is it the struggle against our oppressers?
From the Tolpuddle Martyrs to the Suffragetes?
The eccentric voice of our comedy,
The tolerance of those we don't understand?
The welcome we give to the Refugee,
The passion we feel for our freedom, our liberty, our democracy?
Does this make you proud to be English?
Have you ever thought about that?
Does this make you proud to be English?
Have you ever really thought, really thought about that?
(football chant style) England, England, England, England
Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Crap.
Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Crap.
Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Crap.
Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Crap.
Politics and Love
Dreams, dreams, dreams,
Oh you're all I need to get me through
Love, love, love,
It's the only kiss I want from you
Sex, sex, sex,
I want some fun so please consent
Faith, faith, faith,
We don't need clothes when we embrace
Politics and Love, Sex and Understanding
Politics and Love, Sex and Understanding
Politics and Love
We can make a better world
If we just re-apply these words to our own life so we make something new
Dreams, dreams, dreams,
What does freedom mean for you?
Love, love, love,
Free to be with who you choose?
Sex, sex, sex,
There's not just hetrosexualness
Faith, faith, faith,
If you drop the mask we can all be saved
Politics and Love, Sex and Understanding
Politics and Love, Sex and Understanding
Politics and Love
We can make a better world
If we just re-apply these words to our own life so we make something new
Something Good
Sing Na Na Na Na
Did you ever see the world as set against you?
Every step you ever took was so tough
It almost breaks you in two
And when you're looking forward to something that's so important to you
Shit will always happen to spoil it
Bad luck is the lady that made you it's true
All you need for the pain
Is for something good to happen today
All you need for the pain
Is for something good to happen today
All you need for the pain
Is for something good to happen today
All you need for the pain
Is for something good to happen today
Sing Na Na Na Na
Did anyone ever tell you that you're one in a million that's you
A boosted ego feels so good just before they try and
break you in two
And when everything seems ok and the sun is shining on you
Rain will always spoil the view it's those thunderclouds
That made you it's true
All you need for the pain
Is for something good to happen today
All you need for the pain
Is for something good to happen today
All you need for the pain
Is for something good to happen today
All you need for the pain
Is for something good to happen today
Sing Na Na Na Na
Stupid People
Cackle cackle - waffle waffle - bullshit bullshit - blah blah blah
Switching on and switching off
Listen to me cus' you've got nothing to say, to say, to say
It seems the world's become enraged
In this the information age
More points of view than you can see
But what's the truth what can you believe?
The thing about the blind is they think that they can see
And the stupid people too, yea, well they all agree
They know more than you and me
Channel channel - TV TV -- shopping shopping - dross dross dross
Switching on and switching off
Listen to me cus' you've got nothing to say, to say, to say
Praise the new God praise those screens
This virtual reality's a social disease
Now everything is now understood
War is peace and lies believed
The thing about the blind is they think that they can see
And the stupid people too, yea, well they all agree
They know more than you and me
Stupid people have stupid views
Ask stupid questions only hear what they want to
Stupid people live in a bubble
They'll ignore your cries if you're in trouble
Stupid people see in black and white
Why is it stupid people all talk shite?
But the worst of all are those you meet
The one's so stupid they don't even know it!
The thing about the blind is they think that they can see
And the stupid people too, yea, well they all agree
The thing about the blind is they think that they can see
And the stupid people too, yea, well they all agree
They know more than you and me
The Attic in Berlin
I saw the fading pictures in an attic in Berlin
200 staring eyes, trying to share what they had seen
Cigarettes and coffee stains on burnt and wooden floor
Plastic spoons in lines like some symmetric cemetery of war
A dark forbidding silence and musty morning air
A window without purpose venting light to missing stairs
Graffiti spells out "murdered" and traitors must beware
And I can only dream what horrors fate had led them there
And as the world keeps turning round
I wonder did they wonder too?
That in their darkest hour
That salvation could be found
In the attic in Berlin
Footsteps on the stairs long gone echo like chilling stone
That's cold and hungry for the love we need when facing things alone
Whispers in an alley and orders from some law
Of screeching tyres conspiracy and soldiers kicking doors
Rifles point to places like a torch of man's despair
If this is all we've learned of life then please don't take me there
But now that I am dreaming I'm with them and I am there
So I'm thankful that I wasn't and my innocence is spared
And as the world keeps turning round
I wonder did they wonder too?
That in their darkest hour
That salvation could be found
In the attic in Berlin
And now The Wall has been and gone
I sit and question who might care?
Is it just another story of a tragedy we're spared
So I light a scented candle and place another spoon in line
In memory of my visit to the attic in Berlin
The Damage You Do
I know there are beautiful places in the lands that lie far from the west
And I see so much good in the faces of people that I've never met
And If I see a man full of sorrow I'll offer to be a good friend
And if the world should stop turning tomorrow I know that it ain't necessarily,
it ain't necessarily, it ain't necessarily, the end of end
Oh but I ........
Don't believe it when you say that you'll care for me
Oh I ......
Don't believe it when you say you'll be there for me
You say you'll be there for me, say that you'll care for me, say you'll look after me
But I saw you with someone new, someone new, someone new, someone new
You just screwed
Put all my trust and my faith and my hopes in you
Now it feels shit to be cheated and so abused
Put all my trust and my faith and my hopes in you
Now it feels shit to be cheated and so abused
It's the damage you do
I dreamt once that all the child soldiers didn't die in some war all in vain
I imagined that I could die daily to save all these souls from their pain
And if Jesus to you is a stranger I hope you have plenty of friends
So when the all of the world turns to anger you've someone to turn to,
someone to turn to, someone to turn to, to soften the end
Oh but I ........
Don't believe it when you say that you'll care for me
Oh I ......
Don't believe it when you say you'll be there for me
You say you'll be there for me, say that you'll care for me, say you'll look after me
But I saw you with someone new, someone new, someone new, someone new
You just screwed
Put all my trust and my faith and my hopes in you
Now it feels shit to be cheated and so abused
Put all my trust and my faith and my hopes in you
Now it feels shit to be cheated and so abused
It's the damage you do
War on Terror
Fuck the CIA, fuck MI5,
It's all disinformation, murder, politics and lies,
So what you gonna say, what you gonna do,
When you realise the truth that you're just getting screwed?
Cameras on the streets, satellites in the sky,
Your credit card is tagged like some kind of personal spy,
So be careful what you say, be careful who you meet,
There's a file on your life and is your lover who she seems?
This is the war, the war, the war, the real war on terror, and its terror on you;
This is the war, the war, the war, the real war on terror, and your freedoms too.
Democracy is dead, long live El Presidente,
Superpower crimes, Terrors chicken or the egg?
Patriotic con, banging freedoms drum,
While they're dreaming up new laws to keep you motherfuckers stumm,
So come on, tell what is new cus' its jihad déjà vu,
The only thing that's changed is the U.S. has it too
So if you preach a holy war where Exxon oil keeps the score,
You better be prepared for a thousand years or more
This is the war, the war, the war, the real war on terror, and its terror on you;
This is the war, the war, the war, the real war on terror, and your freedoms too.
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