Tag: Covers
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Lost in Music
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Lyrics Sister Sledge We’re lost in musicCaught in a trapNo turnin’ backWe’re lost in musicWe’re lost in musicFeel so aliveI quit my nine-to-fiveWe’re lost in music[Verse 1]Have you ever seen some people lose everything?First to go is their mind (Huh)Responsibility to me is a tragedyI’ll get a job some other time, uh-huhI want to join…
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Why Are People Grudgeful?
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Lyrics People Grudgeful (Joe Gibbs) People Funny Boy (Lee Perry) The Fall All over the world – deference, deferenceAll over Europa – deference, deferenceCome on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come onWhen you were down and outI always helped you outAnd when you go outYou just chat and…
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C’n’C-Hassle Schmuck
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Lyrics Three months, three yearsThree months, three yearsMore lecturesYes it’s them againYou’ve heard Blob 59We’re gonna move on three yearsMusic centre irritantGet yer suits off, get yer jeans onI can see, I have dreamsI was by the fireplace at home The date was two O one OAll England was a university town, all you could…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Black Monk Theme Part I (The Monks, “I Hate You”)
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A reworking of The Monks’ “I Hate You”
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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”.
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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,…
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Black Monk Theme Part I
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Lyrics The Monks Hey woman, I hate you with a passion baby(But call me)Well you know my hate’s everlasting, baby(But call me)Do you, do you, do you, do you, do you, do you, do you, do you [ ] know why I hate you baby, huh, do you now?(But call me)Well, it’s because you make…
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Pinball Machine
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Lyrics Lonnie Irving XXXX Seminal Live I’m an old road-hog, I drove a big truckShot the pinball machine, but it brought me bad luckIf oceans was whisky and I was a doveI’d dive into it and never come upI wish they’d outlaw them old pinball machinesMany weeks they have caused me to live on sardinesLast…
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Jerusalem
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Lyrics William Blake/Hubert Parry And did those feet in ancient time,Walk upon Englands mountains green:And was the holy Lamb of God,On Englands pleasant pastures seen!And did the Countenance Divine,Shine forth upon our clouded hills?And was Jerusalem builded here,Among these dark Satanic Mills?Bring me my Bow of burning gold:Bring me my Arrows of desire:Bring me my…
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Victoria
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Lyrics The Kinks Long ago, life was cleanSex was bad, called obsceneAnd the rich were so meanStately homes for the LordsCroquet lawns, village greensVictoria was my queenVictoria, VictoriaVictoria, ‘toriaI was born, lucky meIn a land that I loveThough I’m poor, I am freeWhen I grow, I shall fightFor this land, I shall dieLet her sun…
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There’s a Ghost in My House
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Lyrics R. Dean Taylor There’s a ghost in my houseThe ghost of your memoriesThe ghost of the love you took from meWhere our love used to beOnly shadows from the past I seeTime can’t seem to eraseThe vision of your smiling faceThough you found someone newI can’t get over youThere’s a ghost in my houseI…
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Mr. Pharmacist
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Lyrics The Other Half Mr. PharmacistCan you help me out todayIn your usual lovely wayOh Mr. Pharmacist, I insistCan you give me something that will persistMr. PharmacistDear Pharmacist, won’t you pleaseGive me some energyMr. PharmacistMr. PharmacistHey Mr. PharmacistI’ll recommend you to my friendAnd they’ll be happy in the endOh Mr Pharmacist, can you helpAnd send…
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Rollin’ Dany
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Lyrics Gene Vincent Everybody’s talkin’ about workin’ DannyNobody’s talkin’ about rollin’ DannyEverybody’s talkin’ about workin’ DannyNobody’s talkin’ about rollin’ DannyRollin’ Danny, he was a rollin’ man, man, man, manWell, Dan walked into the old dance hallTold the women that he loved them allLined six women up against the wallWell I’m tellin’ you man, this cat…
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Louie Louie
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Lyrics Richard Berry and The Pharoahs Louie Louie, me gotta go Louie Louie, me gotta goFine little girl, she wait for meMe catch the ship for cross the seaI sail the ship all aloneI never think I’ll make it homeLouie Louie, me gotta goLouie Louie, me gotta goThree nights and days, me sailed the seaMe…
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1969
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Cover of The Stooges’ “1969”, from their eponymous debut album. Lyrics inserted into The Fall’s performance of “Hot Cake” at Casa de Musica, Porto, Portugal, 17 January 2009. Full cover version performed by The Fall at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, 1 October 2009.
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A Day In The Life
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Lyrics The Beatles I read the news today, oh boy About a lucky man who made the gradeAnd though the news was rather sadWell, I just had to laughI saw the photographHe blew his mind out in a carHe didn’t notice that the lights had changedA crowd of people stood and staredThey’d seen his face…