Author: dannyno

  • Kimble

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    Lyrics Lee Perry XXXX The Fall I’m hot!I warn yaHe’s out!Rrrrrrrr tch tch tch tch tch tch tchYou never knew I was aroundThat’s why you tried to climb on my backYou step on my toes and pretend you never knewBut you mess with this catBut let me warn you my friend, never do that again…

  • Free Ranger

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    Lyrics In 2001, a life codeIt pays to talk to no-one, no-one!Proliferating across the earthAlso Sprach ZarathustraFaction EuropaFree rangeFree range2001 – Also Sprach ZarathustraProliferating across the earthPressure guiltGrudge matchTwelve c.m. flak unitRange one stroke thirty-fiveThis is the spring without endThis is the summer of malcontentThis is the winter of your mindFree rangeFree rangeBy 2001, Also…

  • The Knight, the Devil and Death

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    Lyrics AccelerateQualifies, that’s what Göring said The knight, the devil and deathThe knight, the devil and deathUsurpingThe knight, the devil and deathThe knight, the devil and deathUsurping cost cuts, that’s why we [ ] [ ] smart-alecThe knight, the devil and deathThe knight, the devil and deathThe knight, the devil and deathUsurpingUsurpingAccelerate! Accelerate! Accelerate!The knight,…

  • Pumpkin Head Xscapes

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    Lyrics Laughing now? You’re happy now?As the senile morons who run KLF flatsKLF flats in their brains Pumpkin head escapesPumpkin head escapesWe’re coming, we’re coming, LeoWe’re coming, we’re coming, Leo But you will not appreciate anything on your lifeUntil your life veers straight to the crossFull autobiograph self-pity crapSearching now, you’re happy nowSearching now, you’re…

  • Ed’s Babe

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    Lyrics Edward lived with MaryLike sister and brotherTill one nightMen are this, men are that(DIY)Women too (DIY)(DIY)Then there was three(DIY)A new start(DIY)A weird wake(DIY)It all changed after Ed’s babe(DIY) (DIY)Ed’s babeEd’s babeEd’s babeSee Ed on a plane(DIY)White bundle(DIY)In his arms(DIY)Ed’s baby(DIY)See them working away(DIY)In bar working(DIY)Folly is a cloak of knavery(DIY) (DIY)Ed’s babeEd’s babeEd’s babeEd’s…

  • Married, 2 Kids

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    Lyrics In 1978, was in a hotel in Notting Hill GateNow in 1992, staying in a hotel in Notting Hill Gate AbjectI’m too busy to thinkToo busy to workJust can’t cut itMarried, two kidsMarried, two kidsI pretend to go to workI pretend to go to workGot a porta-faxAftershave like mustard Two pints of lager do…

  • Gentlemen’s Agreement

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    Lyrics We plough the fields togetherIn all types of intemperanceOur bones cracked in unisonGentlemen’s, gentlemen’s agreementYou know what he is, and probably still isSticking his colours to whatever new mast there isBut our agreement is overI thought we had some kind of agreementBut with you it was just prurienceYou’re addicted to excitementMy energies are down…

  • Just Waiting

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    Lyrics Hank Williams The old maid’s waitin’ for leap year to comeThe crooner’s just waitin’ to singThe old cow’s standin’ by the Bull Durham signJust awaitin’ for the grass to turn greenThe bar-fly’s waitin’ for an easy markAn’ the hitch-hiker’s waitin’ for a rideThe life-termer’s waitin’ for a prison breakThe beachcomber’s waitin’ for the tideFarmer’s…

  • Two-Face!

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    Lyrics Two-face, that’s what they call meThey call me a two-faceTwo-face, that’s what they call meThey call me a two-faceTwo-face, boat race disgraced, his face displaced againInto two dimensionsInto two directionsTwo-face, boat race displaced, my face disgraced againInto the dimensionsInto two directionsNowhere for him to goNowhere for him to goThat’s what they call meThey call…

  • Immortality

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    Lyrics You try and change itYou try and arrange itYou try and shape itBut it’s immortality, yeahIt’s immortality You cannot change itOr rearrange itIt’s immortalityImmortalityImmortalityThat’s where you’re at, dearYou’re shedding your mentalityBut it’s immortalityAnd you cannot buy itYou cannot put it in your pocket bookYou can’t put it in your BCI Don’t try and shape…

  • Time Enough At Last

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    Lyrics It’s time I started thinking on my feet instead of on my backNow I got time, time enough at lastTime enough at last, boyTime enough at lastIt’s been the bane of my lifeBut I’ve got time enough at lastI got timeTime enough at lastTime enough at last, boyTime enough at lastAnd sometimes people think…

  • The Birmingham School of Business School

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    Lyrics The car is at the roundaboutThe policeman is at the roundabout But I’m full of surprises nowAnd my friend, he said I’m full of surprises nowLet me tell you about scientific managementAnd the theft of its concealmentThe Birmingham School of Business SchoolIn BirminghamIt’s main themeWeave a web so magnificentDisguise in the art of conceitGive…

  • So-Called Dangerous

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    Lyrics The selfish smiling fool and the sullen frowning fool shall both be thought wiseThinkThinkLike mountain climbing or skiing in the AlpsThink of it, I don’tIt was a big fat FebruaryWet, the ugly pavement crackedPause, unsafeI thought, insect posse will be crushedIt was a bit of Code SelfishThere was not much going on in the…

  • Dangerous

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    Lyrics The selfish smiling fool and the sullen frowning fool shall both be thought wiseThinkThinkLike mountain climbing or skiing in the AlpsThink of it, I don’tIt was a big fat FebruaryWet, the ugly pavement crackedPause, unsafeI thought, insect posse will be crushedIt was a bit of Code SelfishThere was not much going on in the…

  • Return

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    Lyrics God bless the cold winds and its refreshing consequence, uh huhOh please, returnHellas did tremble Hellas did go to wasteFinding it difficult to stand in its fury over the ironing boardBut still this golden curl vented its Hellas furyReturnBaby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, come back to meCome back to meReturnI was told to…

  • Everything Hurtz

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    Lyrics Come to meCome unto meAll ye that labourYou that are heavy ladenCos everything hurtsAnd everything hurtsI’ve been pursuing the fuel too longGot a big fat pain in my chest boneGot an empty pocketbookGot a big fat no no in my chequebookAnd everything hurtsAnd everything hurtsI got the disease tinnitusI’m speakin’ like I’ve got Tourette’sAnd…

  • Free Range

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    Lyrics In 2001, a life codeIt pays to talk to no-one, no-one!Proliferating across the earthAlso Sprach ZarathustraFaction EuropaFree rangeFree range2001 – Also Sprach ZarathustraProliferating across the earthPressure guiltGrudge matchTwelve c.m. flak unitRange one stroke thirty-fiveThis is the spring without endThis is the summer of malcontentThis is the winter of your mindFree rangeFree rangeBy 2001, Also…

  • Sinister Waltz

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    Lyrics He must go downHe must go downHe must come downHe mustHe must go downHe must go downHe must go downHe mustWas fraternising with JamesHe embraced the hordes from eastHe must go downHe must go downHe must come downHe must go downHe must go downHe must go downDown with the curseHe must go downAnd reinforced…

  • Rose

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    Lyrics The step goes downI hope you are alrightI am alrightThere’s a letter marked “urgent”I have not yet read itRoseRose RoseI hear you are in Hampstead I hope you can get marriedRoseRoseHear that wah-wah going?Remember you started itFrecklesRoseIt is now all the rage with the younger set Your replacement, he is a good manRose RoseI’ve…

  • The Mixer

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    Lyrics The Mixer The mixer is close to meHe turns his head and smiles at meAnd I am blessed he earns my salary The mixer In Español restaurants the people and staff they clapThe mixer sweatsIn comic type lettersThe voices are sayingClap, clap The mixer sweatsThe mixer sweatsThe mixer of Jamaican originBorn, raised in the…

  • You Haven’t Found It Yet

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    Lyrics Where are you going?This work has not yet reached cessationYou haven’t found it yetHaven’t found it yetYou just haven’t found it yetFound it yetFound it yetFound it yetLook at the glass, turn your headYou haven’t found it yetMoving down the lane insideIt’s flashy Camden Town It’s that London lyric againYou haven’t found it yetYou…

  • Shift-Work

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    Lyrics She’s ten-to-five But I’m shift-workAnd my woman aliveShift-workShift-workI thought shift-work would work but it’s good as broken us apartLights flash over meTwenty-four hour bulbI’m just home for teaBut she’s in work modeShift-workShift-workAnd they will shake you by the hands for shift-workBut being abandoned by your woman is the price for shift-workShift-workShift-workShift-workShift-work, you let me…

  • The War Against Intelligence

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    Lyrics The war against intelligenceWar versus intelligenceNotebooks out plagiarists The war against intelligenceWar versus intelligenceThey got a lot of debris yesterdayThey stuck out its golden hornsAnd volunteered its essenceThe war against intelligenceThe war against intelligenceThe war versus intelligenceThe war against intelligenceHey pseud! Why did you defect to the other side?Hey dude! Give the info a…

  • The Book of Lies

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    Lyrics You keep reading me the Book of Lies You keep reading me the Book of LiesAnd you keep giving meAnd you keep reading me The Book of LiesThe Book of LiesBook of LiesYou keep telling me, Book of LiesThe Book of LiesBook of LiesBook of LiesThe Book of LiesYou keep reading me the Book…

  • Pittsville Direkt

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    Lyrics No current is waned where it wants to goSome are only happy in the throes of bitter argumentsReady and packedTo ride there by train ride, by plane ride, by walkingOr from the insidesI can’t deal with Pittsville DirektI don’t wanna go Pittsville DirektNo, no, no, no, Pittsville DirektYes, yes, yes, Pittsville DirektStood off the…

  • Edinburgh Man

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    Lyrics It’s springtime but I still miss the streets at dawnAnd in the morning walking your bridges homeAs I sit and stare at all of England’s soresI tell you somethingI wish I was in EdinburghI don’t mind being by myselfDon’t wanna be anywhere elseJust wanna be in EdinburghI wish I was an Edinburgh manYou can…

  • Idiot Joy Showland

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    Lyrics Idiot groups with no shape or formOut of their heads on a quid of blow The shapeless kecks flapping up a storm Look at what they are, a pack of worms Idiot Joy ShowlandIdiot Joy ShowlandIdiot Joy ShowlandIdiot Joy ShowlandThe nylon leaves are falling From the twisted shell of your craniumYour mystic jumpsuits cannot…

  • So What About It?

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    Lyrics So What About It? Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!The Year Number One has gone and turned into Year of Bomb TV wars twenty-four hours, but it happensFall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Shaking my bones down the M40, passenger seat gripped tightIn a Series ThreeI cannot sleep, but I’m happyI cannot eatSo…

  • Don’t Take the Pizza

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    Lyrics All that is gone is shredded by the Automan The glass ceiling it did shake and then it did undulate Don’t take the pizza off meSlumber I told yerDon’t take the pizza off meDon’t take the pizza off meDon’t take the pizza off meBirmingham nonsense from city that once was bronzeQED each dayQED is…

  • Christmastide

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    Lyrics Xmas with Simon Do not fret, rest your head, Jesus had no fearDo not fret, rest your head, Christmas time is hereCastle in the snowSouthern white signNo explanation for the lightsEmpires were tumblingPity the people in the desert, Jesus didPity the people who had too much dessertJesusBig old nice old houseIt’s ChristmasIn old English…

  • Xmas with Simon

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    Lyrics Xmas with Simon Do not fret, rest your head, Jesus had no fearDo not fret, rest your head, Christmas time is hereCastle in the snowSouthern white signNo explanation for the lightsEmpires were tumblingPity the people in the desert, Jesus didPity the people who had too much dessertJesusBig old nice old houseIt’s ChristmasIn old English…

  • High Tension Line

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    Lyrics High tension line, step downHigh tension line, step downHigh tension line, step downHigh tension line, step downJeanette Fletcher is strange but not in a horrible wayAnd Michelle Spencer is this tight, come and hear her todayAnd see forty year olds in multicoloured shirts It never used to concern me, but now it’s making me…

  • The Funeral Mix

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    Lyrics < Instrumental > Commentary < Post in progress > Footnotes Sources / Links

  • Life Just Bounces

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    Lyrics The Dredger EP Dr Boring had a relationship with the drug company tooAnd I’m half-associated with the Softness Group PLCOn TV today somebody claimed their dog had been molested by a textile chemistBut life just bounces so don’t you get worried at allSometimes life just bounces so don’t you get worried at allThe prescription’s…

  • Zagreb (Movements I+II+III)

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    Lyrics Walking at night past the closed shopBehind the counter crouched a blue figureIt sang this songYou get five minutes with me, then I’m off around the worldYou get five minutes, Johnny, with me, then off around the worldOpen-plan graves Blown over treesMuted mystics impasseGlittering beachJohnny he replied backWith me you struck a pactZV day…

  • Zagreb (Movement II)

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    Lyrics Walking at night past the closed shopBehind the counter crouched a blue figureIt sang this songYou get five minutes with me, then I’m off around the worldYou get five minutes, Johnny, with me, then off around the worldOpen-plan graves Blown over treesMuted mystics impasseGlittering beachJohnny he replied backWith me you struck a pactZV day…

  • Zagreb

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    Lyrics Walking at night past the closed shopBehind the counter crouched a blue figureIt sang this songYou get five minutes with me, then I’m off around the worldYou get five minutes, Johnny, with me, then off around the worldOpen-plan graves Blown over treesMuted mystics impasseGlittering beachJohnny he replied backWith me you struck a pactZV day…

  • Blood Outta Stone

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    Lyrics Unfortunately I’m coming from a bad endAnd I’m destined for the bad endBut hanging round with you is like blood outta stoneGetting stuff outta youse is like blood outta stoneBlood outta stoneBlood outta stoneYou’re historyYou’ve quit existationYou’re green grub Because hanging around with you is like getting blood out of a stoneAnd getting stuff…

  • White Lightning

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    Lyrics The Big Bopper XXXX The Fall In North Carolina way back in the hillsLived my pappy and he had him a stillHe brewed White Lightning till the sun go downThen he’d get out a jug and pass it around Mighty mighty pleasing Poppa kept a- squeezingCalled it White Lightning G-men, T-men, Revenue tooSearching for…

  • Whizz Bang

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    An early version of “Butterflies 4 Brains”. Whizz Bang was recorded for a Peel Session on 17 December 1989, but not transmitted. It was released many years later.

  • Butterflies 4 Brains

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    Lyrics Whizz Bang The one I left turned out to beI caught a stylish mambaBut the road is distant to this monthMy devoid means butterflies for brainsWhizz bang, dilly dang, yeahWhizz bang, dilly dang, yeahDeath fish blue carpI’ll have it, pleaseWondrous skeleton’s death headShiny cunt coming on brainButterflies for brainsButterflies for brainsWhizz bang, dilly dangWhizz…

  • Arms Control Poseur

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    Lyrics Death of a sense of humourAnd death of senseHow do you recover from this?What do you fear? Being found outThen why do you always give yourself away?What do you want to do? HideThen why go out and make an exhibition of yourself?What do you seek? OblivionAnd drugs walk the streetsWhat you want to be…

  • And Therein…

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    Lyrics You know by now the Lord lays hard trailsWhen you see that man outside in the bucketing rainYou picture it in your cosy homeYou think you’ve blown a fuseDon’t know how to reactYou don’t know where it’s atAnd therein lies the difference, and therein And therein lies the difference, and therein And therein lies…

  • The Littlest Rebel

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    Lyrics There’s loads of people trying to suss out the sceneSniffing about and sticking their noses inRebelRebelRebelBut she was the littlest rebelBlue suit with nylon weaveShe wears jet-black high heelsShe throws Nikes down the wellShe’s the littlest rebelRebelRebelRebelBut she was the littlest rebelShe consigns them all to hellShe’s the littlest rebelHer tormentors jet past in…

  • Chicago, Now!

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    Lyrics Do you work hard?Do you work hard?You don’t!You don’t!You don’t! Chicago, now!Do you work hard?Do you try hard?You don’t! Chicago, now!All is commission timeCommission C.T. timeSit down, sitting downC.T., C.T. timeChicago, now!Chicago, now!Work hardDo you try hard?Dear crewTry hardChicago, now!That’s it, you don’tThat’s it, you don’tChicago, now!Chicago, now!You sit down, just sitting downYou sit…

  • Hilary

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    Lyrics Hilary, where’s the sixty quid you borrowed off me for the gas, or I won’t give you a kissHey Hilary, HilaryHey Hilary, yeah Hilary”New Faces” on Saturday at six brought you back to meHilary, hey HilaryHilary, ah ha HilaryI’m sure it was you in the new Audi Outside Sainsbury’s Hey Hilary, ah ha HilaryAh…

  • Popcorn Double Feature

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    Lyrics The Searchers XXXX The Fall Everybody’s going through changesEverybody’s got a bag of his own Everybody’s talking about places That can only be found in the greater unknownPeople are dying, and babies are crying Don’t nobody care at all? There’s love and disaster And good things come after Just follow the paths alongPopcorn double…

  • Black Monk Theme Part I (The Monks, “I Hate You”)

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    A reworking of The Monks’ “I Hate You”

  • Black Monk Theme Part II (The Monks, “Oh, How To Do Now”)

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    A reworking of The Monks’ “Oh, How To Do Now”.

  • Black Monk Theme Part II

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    Lyrics The Monks (Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)Well, I been waiting a long, long, long, long, long, long time(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)Well,…