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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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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
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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…
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 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,…
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…
Bill is Dead
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Lyrics Last week after “Dynasty” I had crow’s feet under my eyesPaid two days for getting highFreezingWheezingGot pasted in a barI hope I’ve got the numberThese are finest times of my lifeThis is the greatest time of my lifeThis is the greatest time of my lifeThese are the biggest times of my lifeBut just lately,…
British People in Hot Weather
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Lyrics British people in hot weatherBritish people in hot weather British people in hot weatherBritish people in hot weatherFill green envelopes and send them to yerOn train ride, read Marx tractsPlay walkmans loud behind yerDemonstrate on Oxford StreetAbout what the hell they couldn’t tell yerBritish people in hot weatherHave a heart-to-heart with your sisterPeople in…
Telephone Thing
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Lyrics I hear you telephone thing, listening inI hear you telephone thing, listening inHow dare you assume I want to parlez-vous with youSorry to be so short with youBut I’m tappedBut I’m tappedI hear you telephone thing, listening inI hear you telephone thing, listening inThe use of nodule and your smug advertisements of your tendril…
Mollusc in Tyrol
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Lyrics TestingMollusc (role)Ziggurat grave Tombstone states[ ] to Tyrol[ ] back on your streets (slave)Destined to meetTo Weymouth on back [ ] I’m a mollusc (role)I’m a mollusc (role)I scrub the wall, circle, bisexual and [ ] molluscM O D L L U S CCheck the numberI’m a mollusc (role)I’m a mollusc (role)The mollusc was…
Squid Lord
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Lyrics Squid Lord Good man, lend a hand, help me kill some scumI hate their existenceThey think three on one a normal thingNetwork Seven encouraged them But today they picked the wrong manSquid Lord, just, vastHis intelligence spreads Number One squat with grey turn-up jeansStuck-up white hairstyleObviously sheep-shag mill townSquid lord, revenge, justHis intelligence vastThe…
H.O.W.
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Lyrics I can treat you to visits to coastal pillboxes I like to delve in destruction, lust and debauchesAnd I am the one who stamps on all agesFrom sixteen to forty, over and underI’m monolithic, and the black ice on the corner Hiss, hiss, hiss Hiss, hiss, hiss Hiss, hiss, hiss Hiss, hiss, hiss As…
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…
Dead Beat Descendant
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Lyrics Shout!Here’s a dance that is pure hellEnter at your perilTake five dead beat stepsDo a strollAct like you just got outta gaolYou must be repellentDance dead beat descendantDead beat descendantShout!Come back hereCome back hereTurn left shout and shout come back hereThen hot-tail it right outta thereYou are now descendantYou are now descendantDead beat descendantShout!Make…
Guide Me Soft
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Lyrics William!Glorious repressionArticulate, immaculate, glorious revolutionCoast to coastLord guide me softFrom coast to coastGod guide me softI come for your goodsI come for your goodsPray guide me softPray guide me softCoast to coastLord guide me softCoast to coastGod guide me softI come for your goodsI come for your goodsPray guide me softFrom coast to coastLord…
Cab It Up!
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Lyrics LP version Cabbing it uptownYou’re moving it uptownYou’re taxiing uptown, uptownAnd you’re moving it south-westYou’re cabbing it uptownYou’re moving up sideways, sidewaysAnd you’re cabbing it uptown, uptownCabbing it uptown, uptownYour business friendYour business friend’s AustralianAnd when he comes it’s Gotterdammerung!But you’re cabbing it uptownYou’re moving up south nowYou’re moving it uptown, uptownSideways, sidewaysMain strips,…
Bad News Girl
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Lyrics (What you say is true, bad news girl, is bad news girl)Insistent girlI’d appreciateNot is stuffHot stuff girlHot stuff girlAfter troubled place, is talking to youBut I’m acclimatised to your mindWhat you say is trueHot stuff girlWhat you say is trueBut jaded lust and tiresomeness are not what I want to look atHot stuff…
Yes, O Yes
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Lyrics LP version Yes!Stretch!Stretch!The god you rejectMakes ours the bestAgent disgustingGo Joe [Slabowski?Slovaski?]Phoenix bird of ashesStretch!An ordure from this planetthat could not be extinguishedAngelic devil songYes O Yes CD version Yes!Stretch!Stretch!Oh go Joe slow…bird from ashesThe god you rejectMakes ours the bestStretch!O ye swivelheadsBird from ashesAn ordure from this planetThat could not be extinguishedAngelic devil…
Van Plague?
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Lyrics From over the ocean came plagueVia the ocean, plague camePlague came and we’re not the sameAll around is pure tensionBeliefs and tears now and againFrom where has this great sadness cameFrom sou’west flew plagueFrom what has plague came?I laughed at chicks with frustrationFear of plague has sent us homeFor love at least of our…
Win Fall C.D. 2080
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Lyrics X Commentary < Post in progress > Depending on the format, this song goes by various names. I’ve adopted the original LP track title as the canonical title. Footnotes Sources / Links
Wrong Place, Right Time
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Lyrics Wrong place, right timeI used to think I could do what I wanted toRight time for me aloneI walk the streets of complete full homesWrong place, but I’m bound to stick with what I intend to see throughSee you, in wrong placeRight time but there’s miles in betweenI keep on knocking but there’s no…
Kurious Oranj
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Lyrics Kurious, kurious, kurious oranjKurious oranj, kurious oranj, kuriousThey were kurious oranjThey were kurious oranjThey were kurious oranjThey were kurious oranjPained and intense, manThey were inquiringThey were kurious oranjThey were kurious oranjThey rode over peasants like youThey rode over peasants like youAnd their horses loved them tooAnd their horses loved them tooThey were kurious, kurious,…
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…
Dog is Life
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Lyrics You don’t see rabbits being walked down the streetAnd you don’t see many cats on leadsDogs pet dogs dogs rapacious wet dogsOwner of dogs slow-witted dog ownerOwner of rabid dog saving fare for tunnelEuro-dream of civil, civil liberation for dogsSociety secret societyInevitable nightmare of drift dog pet dogs street bullshitDog shit baby bit ass-lick…
New Big Prinz
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Lyrics Rockin’ recordsRockin’ recordsRock the recordRockin’ recordsThe guy’s rock recordsBig priestBig priestBig priestRockin’ recordsRock the recordsRock rock recordsDrink the longDrink the long draughtDrink the long draught for big priestDrink the long draught downDrink the longDrink the long draughtBig priestHe is not (appreciated)Drink the longDrink the long draughtDrink the long draught for big priestRock the recordsCheck…
Oswald Defence Lawyer
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Lyrics How could he cope with the flashing by pastThrough my vid earphone amp I had to tapI relate the tractOswald defence lawyerLawyerOswald defence lawyer embraces the stuffed corpse of Mark Twain Oswald defence lawyerHow do you think that jury made up of putrid mass embraced theory of triangle bullet lines turning in circles twice?Then…
Athlete Cured
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Lyrics Ahhh-ha-haaa [ ] Look underLook underFrom the hotbed of creationIn dream-stateThe cure, bulletin, zeitungWas in no pillLook underThe cure was in no pillThe German athletic star was continually illFor months doctors were puzzledThe star would complain of the smell in his roomOn visiting him this was found to be trueAn odour resembling hot-dogs permeated…
Guest Informant
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Lyrics Bazdad, space cog, analyst You’ll never guess who informedIt was Craig and SteveBazdad, space cog, analyst The stool-pigeons, cha cha cha cha cha cha cha chaBazdad, space cog, analyst Bazdad, space cog, analyst Bazdad, space cog, analyst Guest informantGuest informantGuest informantGuest informantI followed the colonel to the cheap hotelI tapped the beds, I wired…
Bremen Nacht
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Lyrics Bremen Nacht Something happened in BremenI know something I don’t want toSomething under the ceiling mutteredSomething in its steel shuttersUnderlining, my usual timing, aligning casual set-listAnd it aligned knowing where right room isI was more than usual pissedWas first ashamed at bruise on wristWas then annoyed at skin patch on backThen I did myself…
The Steak Place
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Lyrics Head down Head downHead, head, head downFool of the Commonwealth drove down thereDown turnpikeDesperate for food, desperate for respiteThe steak placeThe steak placeCheap carpet lines the wayAluminium tack door handlesCandelabra lion’s headVia butchers display tooThe steak placeThe steak placeVia a carcass rowThings are brought forward and eatenI see the corners filled with hitmenTwo young…
In These Times
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Lyrics In these times – a flat seasonIn these times – vision goneIn these times – picture frame itIn these Times – say so longMy Aqua-cat is where it’s at, new to mammal range But you know it would never suit territories AlpineIn these times – meeowwwIn these times – fish-cat motherIn this time -…
Get a Hotel
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Lyrics Get a hotel todayGo get a hotel todayGo get a hotel todayBefore the idea slips awayGet a hotelGo get a hotel todayThat was the first question raisedThere was a question raisedGet a hotelWanna get inWanna get inBut this is not the place to bring it upGo get a hotel todayGo get a hotel todayBefore…
Carry Bag Man
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Lyrics I’m in love with the carry bag manI love the carry bag manI’m in love with the carry bag manI love the carry bag man(I’m in love with the carry bag man)(I love the carry bag man)Carry bags strewn all around the roomAh, carry bag man, I am himCos I am the carry bag…
Frenz
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Lyrics (Da da da da da da da da)(Da da da da da da da da)Da da da da da da da daDa da da da da da da daDa da da da da da da daDa da da da da da da daDa da da da da da da daMy friends (Da da da…
Twister
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Lyrics The magnificent structure straddled the riverAs I dictated my autobiography to my biographerWhen I heard this tuneMy title was “Renegade Genius”, but was interrupted much too soonInterrupted much too soonI received this lineTwisterTwisterTwisterTwisterTwisterTwisterTwisterFrom me in Hampstead he received a letterI headed it “Dear Twister”Up from West Hampstead I visited KeswickOn permission from the guardsI…
Tuff Life Booogie
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Lyrics You let me down againAnd then your goth, slag brain saysTuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!All you ever sayIs round revival boogieIt’s a revival boogieIt’s aIt’s a small flat babyTuff life yeah baby!Tuff life yeah baby!It’s all you ever needTuff life jeopardy!Tuff life…
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…
Australians in Europe
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Lyrics MES: So what if it goes all right, er, say… say it works out real good, would you be up to doing something, say, around like March, April? We could get it… I’d like to take it around to Liverpool, Manchester and places like that, y’know. Trevor Stuart: Yeah, you can have me until…