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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…
Behind the Counter
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Lyrics They’re always hitting on meBut I’m getting thin from waiting onThey just want me to be behind the counterBehind the counterBehind the counterThe hen centre was always picking on meThere they are tucking in all over shopGot no time for dinner or teaBehind the counterEvery car I see is always picking on meThey take…
I Can Hear the Grass Grow
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Lyrics The Move (Roy Wood) See the people all in lineWhat’s makin’ them look at meCan’t imagine that their mindsAre thinkin’ the same as meI can hear the grass grow I can hear the grass growI see rainbows in the eveningMy head’s attracted toA magnetic wave of soundWith the streams of coloured circlesMakin’ their way…
Bury! #2+4
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Lyrics I’m not from Bury I’m not from Bury, manI’m not from BuryI’m not from Bury, manStop messing around, palI’m Wolverine I’m from BuryA French prince, I saidThis song means somethingEvery song means somethingAutomatic Swap againBillsI got billsI got billsOn my elbowsAnd two kids to go with it[ ]I’m on, I’m onAll that road is…
Oh! Brother
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Lyrics Ich hasse, die masse, die kleine, gemeine, die lahme, die zahme, mein hertzblut, raubtOh, little brother, we are in a messDon’t look at me that wayDon’t put me to the testWhen I first saw youPeople said, “He scrutinised a little monster”And disappeared through red doorNow everyone is disinformationDisinformationDisinformationHe says, “won’t you give me one…
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…
God Box
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Lyrics MES: It’s good that one innit. What is it?BES: It’s something I’m working onMES: RightCouldn’t comprehend what happened to meI turned on U.S. TVEarly empire sleeping, Pacific time threeRedhead skinny with back leg braceHe danced behind a singerWho sung just like meGod boxGod boxGod boxGod boxGod boxGod boxGimme god boxI say god boxGod boxEarly…
L.A.
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Lyrics OdeonSkyUncannyBushes are in disagreement with the heatL.A.UncannyPersonThey have filled boulevards with white snow, scum-ballL.A.This is my happening and it freaks me outThis is my happening and it freaks me outThis is my happening and it freaks me out Commentary < Post in progress > Footnotes Sources / Links
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…
I Can Hear the Grass Grow (slow version)
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Lyrics The Move (Roy Wood) See the people all in lineWhat’s makin’ them look at meCan’t imagine that their mindsAre thinkin’ the same as meI can hear the grass grow I can hear the grass growI see rainbows in the eveningMy head’s attracted toA magnetic wave of soundWith the streams of coloured circlesMakin’ their way…
City Hobgoblins
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Lyrics Spiders know these thingsGremlins know these thingsTap, tap, tap, tapYou think it’s the pipesBut who turns on the lights?Our city hobgoblinsOur city hobgoblinsUbu le Roi is a home hobgoblinAnd at nights all readyOur city hobgoblinsOur city hobgoblinsInfest my home at nightThey are not alrightTen times my ageOne tenth my heightOur city hobgoblinsOur city hobgoblinsBuzz…
(We Are) Mod Mock Goth
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Lyrics Mod Mock Goth (Interim) We take Viagra, and go to Camber SandsOur shirts are well out of our pantsWe are mod mock gothMod mock gothAll week we work inAll week we work for daytime TVWhen we laugh we say “tee-hee-hee”We are mod mock gothsRound the worldLook out, baby!We are mod mock gothAround the worldWe’re…
All Leave Cancelled
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Lyrics He said, why don’t you tell me?Why don’t you tell me?Next time you ringWhy don’t you tell meNext time you ringWhy don’t you tell me?All leave’s cancelled againAll leave cancelled!Why don’t you tell meThe next time you ring Why don’t you tell meThe next time you ringAnd, why can’t you ring and tell me?Why…
Mess of My
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Lyrics A note of your own choice, boys and girlsInadequate writers, methadone stubbiesYou got energy vampiresMore hands on the tranquillisersAn unholy allianceAnd jokes about faithOh, give me another drinkYou’re as strong as your weakest linkA mess of my ageA mess of my youthA mess of our radioI remember the times this was a beginning of…
Clasp Hands
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Lyrics Peel Session version We’re going down to SkagaströndN.Y.C.And God put it hereClasp handsWell, I went out the night before lastI saw a queue outsideClasp handsAnd they didI was empoweredAnd the empowerment made me gentle in my baldnessI was so gladIt was part of the job club Fulfilled, I wasOver the death march of the…
Putta Block
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Lyrics What a dynamic entranceI put a block on the wordsI put a block on the wordsI put a block on the wordsI put a block on the wordsThis I hear on a trainThis I hear on a trainWe had salmon on a busAt Epsom no races lost We don’t bet we just takeWe don’t…
Taking Off (Live)
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Lyrics Take off!Six p.m. Bonjela complexion Taking off!Stress at four is forbidSilence six p.m.Bonjela completionTo servantTo servant, to stressTake it offToo stressedTo Simon, to chef Ersatz! Ersatz!Invest, toupee!Enter, tidying, tied in!Echoed eyeballsBy skipsTake off!Grating three-foldWithin a thorough lack of paperTake offYou never told me, Simon, about the forty carat scum at Newquay train station Take…
Bingo-Master
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Lyrics Two swans in front of his eyesColoured balls in front of his eyesIt’s number one for his Kelly’s eyeTreble-six right over his eyeA big shot’s voice in his earsWorlds of silence in his earsAll the numbers account for yearsChecks the cards through eyes of tearsBingo-master’s break-out!Bingo-master’s break-out!Bingo-master’s break-out!All he sees is the back of…
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…
Touch Sensitive Dance Mix
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Lyrics John Peel Session Heeeey! Hey! Hey! Hey!Well everyone you meetIn the pubs and the streetIs touch sensitiveDon’t frown and you’re a creepIf you smile you’re bitterIf you don’t say, “It’s bitter cold”You’re drunk or too oldHey! Hey! Hey! Hey!Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!They say what about the meek?But I think that I’m indiscreetI think they’ve…
Various Times
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Lyrics Right, we’re gonna go back to 1940No money, and I live in BerlinI think I’ll join up, become a camp guardNo war for meAn old Jew’s face dripping redI hate the prisonersI hate the officersThey’ve no fightI think I’ll join the Red RoseLeave BelsenI’ll go to SwitzerlandHuman raceHuman raceDon’t think, ask himHuman raceHuman raceDon’t…
Hey! Student
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Lyrics When I’m walking down the street it’s always you I seem to meetLong hair down and sneakers on your feetAnd write your letters to the Evening News I clench my fist and sing this tuneI said hey student, hey student, hey student, you’re gonna get it through the headI said hey student, hey student,…
My Ex Classmate’s Kids (Live Cologne 2001)
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Lyrics AhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhCry for them, five days per weekI cry for me, three days at leastI cry for me, I cry for theeOn radioPolitburo suckerOn cooking showOn cooking showAhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhAhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhMy ex- classmates’ kidsAhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhMy ex- classmates’ kidsPressure under and overPressure over the skipsOver price advertsBroken-down laptopsAhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhMy ex- classmates’ kidsAhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhMy ex- classmates’ kidsTalking show not endThey cheat the kidsI…
Jetplane
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Lyrics Diane Worstock and Dr Geoffrey Henning first came up with their innovative new idea whilst standing in an airline queue of all places(On the Milan to London flight on a cold Italian [ ] their London flight had been delayed by two hours)Standing in the queue, who would’ve thought that this innovative new idea…
I’m into C.B.
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Lyrics Well, I’ve never had a carI’ve never been near a lorryGot a nasty habit of scratching my noseMy codename’s Happy Harry I’m into C.B.I’ve had loads of jobs for very minute lolly Creation schemes, so I suppose I was luckyAnd the money it took to buy the C.B. set took lines off my bellyMy…
Pat-Trip Dispenser
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Lyrics He moves slow at the petrol stopIt’s Pat the trip dispenserIt’s Pat the trip dispenserHe came with solvent in his hairThe trip dispenserSpine-führer of Hoboken It’s Pat the trip dispenserIt’s Pat the trip dispenserFriend of Syndicate of Sound Pigeon-toed bandMcGinty thought he could fool The Fall with his imitation speedsBut he had not accounted…
Hot Aftershave Bop
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Lyrics Hot aftershave bopCanisters from orange boxBop aftershave shockCourtesy orange boxHey diggy diggety dogHot aftershave bopFurniture defrostBop aftershave bopBop aftershave bopBop aftershave bopHey stranger, I love you a lotHey baby, I love you a lotBut here is us moaningDigging in our pocket againAre these your English friends?Fill the blender to the top againBop aftershave bopBop…
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…
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…
Clear Off!
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Lyrics [Note: Gavin Friday’s vocal contributions in parentheses]When the off-licence asks, I’ve been two monthsChecks the crack on their foreheadShould comb a hair over thatAnd these Czech shoes are a bloody reminderAnd this town is not much differentThe clothes, the stooped appearance(Over the hill)Over the hill goes killer civil servant(Over the hill)Over the hill goes…
Lucifer Over Lancashire
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Lyrics “What I’m saying to you really, is that the training that you must have in discussion at your own level regarding the existence of God is far greater than everybody that’s ringing you tonight.””I have to disagree, I don’t have any training at all of that sort…””So…”Saw six men under a tall towerBreak it…
Chilinist
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Perfect Day (new version)
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Lyrics The Saints XXXX The Fall Don’t talk to me ’bout what you doneThere’s nothing changed it still goes onBut I’ll keep laughing to the endAnd I’ve been around this old big worldIn all your cars and sexy barsIt’s all so funnyYour perfect dayYour mummy saysYour perfect dayI can’t laughThere’s no high times, only badIt’s…
Disco (City)
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Lyrics There’s official offal, manufactured unofficiallyPaper and procedures got big wheels rollingPlaque-ridden officials keep swimmingI get to crew themYou’re not welcome here in the cityOn a small island part of townBeachifiedPlayed up so much that you could see the teeth falling outAfternoon disco, bald-head idiotsWouldn’t let them in a barn danceInclude the town, it is…
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…
Amorator!
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Lyrics The Remainderer EP version Fade in nowFade it in Hat’s on in a spotThat resembled an attempt to knit flagTunnel imploringTunnel exploding Our intersection colludesInto a vacation you became When your profession Dropped you in a job, exhilarantIt hits you And the terrorOur heartsWe are …[ ]Never forget, your brain is a bubble of…
Room to Live
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Lyrics Some people have stars for eyesSome people want eyes of starsThey’ve been like that for yearsThey’ve been like that for yearsI suspect they’re just if if ifI just want room to liveThere’s a new club in townPlenty of space to posy aroundIt was copy of the Peppermint LoungeI’ll stick around the centre always, even…
I Wake Up In The City (Mix 5)
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Lyrics Turn the music upWhen I wake up in the cityI look around to see who’s with meAnd all the thoughts that pollute meCanal and the galleryHow many of you are stable?And the boxer with thiefThe Deputy Collector is the Command in ChiefI wake up in the cityI look around to see who’s with meA…
Cosmos 7
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Lyrics Laptop Dog O2 always meant well Cosmos seven, with five eyesWith green false green sprocket head of O2’sSettingAnd Cosmos four and five missed Little GrunwoldLittle Grunwold repent Cosmos sevenFury of Cosmos sevenReptilian mythical sea tremblesCosmos sevenCosmos awakeSee literalMythical stylo to you in fountainsIn pig in green isleO2 prisonCosmos sevenCosmosCosmos awake!Cosmos sevenCosmos awake!Smoke awakes!Smoke awakes!…
Glam-Racket
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Lyrics Stop eating all that chocolate, eat salad instead In fact, you’re a halfwit from somewhere or otherWhy don’t you bog off back to Xanadu in IrelandGlam RickGlam Rick(Glam Rick)Don’t try to cheat me, I’m fragileYou hang around with camera crews in shell-suitsYou lecture on sweetsYou read Viz comicGlam Rick(Glam Rick)Glam Rick(Glam Rick)You are bequeathed…
Ivanhoe’s Two Pence
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Lyrics (My name is Ivanhoe)(Ivanhoe? There was a time when I used to know a boy called Ivanhoe)(That was many years ago)(A fine lad)(Are you speaking of Ivanhoe the Norman?)(That’s the one, yes) Dropped some money down thereAnd it’s only two penceIf you are a light and dark knightHow can you turn from your happy…
Wings
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Lyrics Day by day the moon gains on meDay by day the moon gains on mePurchased a pair of flabby wingsI took to doing some hoveringThere is a list of incorrect thingsHovered mid-air outside a studyAn academic kneaded his chinSat in the dust of some cheap magazinesHis academic rust could not burn them upRecruited some…
Acid Priest 2088
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I Wake Up In The City
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Lyrics Turn the music upWhen I wake up in the cityI look around to see who’s with meAnd all the thoughts that pollute meCanal and the galleryHow many of you are stable?And the boxer with thiefThe Deputy Collector is the Command in ChiefI wake up in the cityI look around to see who’s with meA…
Hot Cake – Part 2
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Lyrics Hot came the windHot came the windIt was wateryIt was Chino, like last song Rolled oatsA man, a nasty slice of innocentStep alligatorAre we near to a skip?I went into a dripI can’t open the doorI can’t open the doorMy dialogue is stuckMy dialogue is stuckHot cakeAnd God say somethingBills is on TVI can’t…
In My Area
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Lyrics The dwarf plays pool to prove his heightPeople play games when they lose in lifeThere’s no sport, lad, just acid tension stomach flashA madness in my areaI have seen the birth of badI have seen declining tracksI have seen the madness in my areaUnderstand time till I’m asked about itYears cross-check, days become a…
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…
Entitled
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Debut recording: “Hey! Luciani” 12″ (1986). Credits: Hanley/Scanlon/Mark E. Smith
