Post-Punk 1976-1979
Tracklist
1.
Romantic Me - Polyrock
2.
Fly In The Ointment - Wire
3.
Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
4.
Nice N' Sleazy - The Stranglers
5.
Mind - Talking Heads
6.
Jo The Waiter - Tubeway Army
7.
The Passenger - Iggy Pop
8.
Saturday Night - Ultravox
9.
Fashion - David Bowie
10.
TV - Flying Lizards
11.
See No Evil - Television
12.
No Love Lost - Polyrock
13.
Another The Letter - Wire
14.
Communicate - Alternative T.V.
15.
I Love A Man In A Uniform - Gang of Four
16.
Her Story - Flying Lizards
17.
Don't Worry About The Government - Talking Heads
18.
Rocket From A Bottle - XTC
19.
Start!- The Jam
20.
Glow In The Dark - The Bongos
21.
Jumping Someone Else's Train - The Cure
22.
The Girls Want To Be With The Girls - Talking Heads
23.
Everything's Gone Green - New Order
24.
Marquee Moon - Television
About Album
Artist:
hifiBOX
Label:
hifiUFO
Genres:
Disco, Funk, Punk
Available Lyrics
Romantic Me - Polyrock
I hope that no one's listening
Anticipating someone's there
Romantic me
Romantic me
Romantic me
Romantic
Talk
Big, big clock
I see a
See a girl beside her dreams
Romantic dreams
Romantic dreams
Romantic dreams
Romantic
Talk
Big, big clock
Big, big clock
Tick, big...
I fear
Fear a man beside his schemes
Romantic schemes
Romantic schemes
A selfish dream
Such a selfish...
Swim, big fish
Swim, big...
Swim, big fish
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Billy Robertson / Tommy Robertson
Anticipating someone's there
Romantic me
Romantic me
Romantic me
Romantic
Talk
Big, big clock
I see a
See a girl beside her dreams
Romantic dreams
Romantic dreams
Romantic dreams
Romantic
Talk
Big, big clock
Big, big clock
Tick, big...
I fear
Fear a man beside his schemes
Romantic schemes
Romantic schemes
A selfish dream
Such a selfish...
Swim, big fish
Swim, big...
Swim, big fish
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Billy Robertson / Tommy Robertson
Fly In The Ointment - Wire
Crawling, over your window, you think I'm confused
I'm waiting for the divergent wasp
To complete my current ruse
You use a plate-glass screen
To protect my chosen target
But there's an air-pellet hole
I can crawl through to you
I am the fly in the ointment
I can spread more disease than the fleas
Which nibble away at your window display
Yes, I am the fly in the ointment
I shake you down to say please as you
Accept the next dose of disease
Songwriters: Lewis / Newman
I'm waiting for the divergent wasp
To complete my current ruse
You use a plate-glass screen
To protect my chosen target
But there's an air-pellet hole
I can crawl through to you
I am the fly in the ointment
I can spread more disease than the fleas
Which nibble away at your window display
Yes, I am the fly in the ointment
I shake you down to say please as you
Accept the next dose of disease
Songwriters: Lewis / Newman
Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
The change will do you good
I always knew it would
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
The sins of the flesh
Are simply sins of lust
Sweat's running down your neck
Sweat's running down your back
Heated surface in the sun
Colder surface in the night (never saw your body)
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
A change will do you good
I always knew it would
You know the change will do you good
You know the change will do you good
Damaged goods
Send 'em back
I can't work, I can't achieve
Send 'em back
Open the till
Give me the change you said would do me good
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
The change will do you good
I always knew it would
You know the change will do you good
You know the change will do you good
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye (bye)
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye (bye)
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye (bye)
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye (bye)
Songwriters: Dave Allen / Hugo Burnham / Andy Gill / Jon King
Damaged Goods lyrics © Wb Music Corp., Bmg Gold Songs, Elastic Purejoy Music, Hugo Burnham Pub Designee, Bug Music Ltd (gb), Bug Music Ltd
I always knew it would
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
The sins of the flesh
Are simply sins of lust
Sweat's running down your neck
Sweat's running down your back
Heated surface in the sun
Colder surface in the night (never saw your body)
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
A change will do you good
I always knew it would
You know the change will do you good
You know the change will do you good
Damaged goods
Send 'em back
I can't work, I can't achieve
Send 'em back
Open the till
Give me the change you said would do me good
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
The change will do you good
I always knew it would
You know the change will do you good
You know the change will do you good
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye (bye)
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye (bye)
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye (bye)
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye (bye)
Songwriters: Dave Allen / Hugo Burnham / Andy Gill / Jon King
Damaged Goods lyrics © Wb Music Corp., Bmg Gold Songs, Elastic Purejoy Music, Hugo Burnham Pub Designee, Bug Music Ltd (gb), Bug Music Ltd
Nice N' Sleazy - The Stranglers
We came across the west sea
We didn't have much idea of the
Kind of climate waiting
We used our hands for guidance
Like the children of a preacher
Like a dry tree seeking water
Or a daughter
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy
Does it does it does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy
Does it does it does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy
Does it does it does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy
Does it does it does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
An angel came from outside
Had no halo had no father
With a coat of many colours
He spoke of brothers many
Wine and women song a plenty
He began to write a chapter
In history
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Does it every time
Songwriters: Burnel Jean Jacques / Cornwell Hugh Alan / Duffy Brian John / Greenfield David Paul
Nice ’n’ Sleazy lyrics © Albion Music Ltd.
We didn't have much idea of the
Kind of climate waiting
We used our hands for guidance
Like the children of a preacher
Like a dry tree seeking water
Or a daughter
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy
Does it does it does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy
Does it does it does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy
Does it does it does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy
Does it does it does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
An angel came from outside
Had no halo had no father
With a coat of many colours
He spoke of brothers many
Wine and women song a plenty
He began to write a chapter
In history
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Does it every time
Songwriters: Burnel Jean Jacques / Cornwell Hugh Alan / Duffy Brian John / Greenfield David Paul
Nice ’n’ Sleazy lyrics © Albion Music Ltd.
Mind - Talking Heads
Time won't change you, money won't change you
I haven't got the faintest idea
Everything seems to be up in the air at this point
I need something to change your mind
I need something to change your mind
I need something to change your mind
I need something to change your mind
Drugs won't change you, religion won't change you
I haven't got the faintest idea
Everything seems to be up in the air at this time
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, mind
Science won't change you, looks like I can't change you
I try to talk to you to make things clear
But you're not even listening to me
And it comes directly from my heart to you
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, yeah
Songwriters: Byrne David / Harrison Jerry
Mind lyrics © Wb Music Corp., Index Music, Inc.
I haven't got the faintest idea
Everything seems to be up in the air at this point
I need something to change your mind
I need something to change your mind
I need something to change your mind
I need something to change your mind
Drugs won't change you, religion won't change you
I haven't got the faintest idea
Everything seems to be up in the air at this time
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, mind
Science won't change you, looks like I can't change you
I try to talk to you to make things clear
But you're not even listening to me
And it comes directly from my heart to you
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, mind
I need something to change your mind, yeah
Songwriters: Byrne David / Harrison Jerry
Mind lyrics © Wb Music Corp., Index Music, Inc.
Jo The Waiter - Tubeway Army
o the waiter worked for me
Serving wine in basement bars
Only madmen ever stay, "got no time"
If you're mindless please take mine
Jo the waiter held me close
Behind the door marked 'gentlemen'
Just for now that's all I need
Won't someone call me 'friend'?
Long gone, I recall good times
I must confess, I cried
We burned out and the line went dead
At six o'clock I felt so alone
I crawled inside, where else to go?
I could be dead for all you know
Everyday I died for you
Valium boys with painted eyes
Young men need love special
I don't think I want it at all
Long gone, I recall good times
I must confess, I cried
Me, I've retired to a back street flat
Picture 'eyes in a cold steel frame'
The freaks arrive, broken needles and blood
"What you on, man, to get those eyes?"
It's very touching, I'm so close to me
False smiles I've rehearsed for days
Come inside, you won't know I'm wrong
Give me your heart, I'm so quickly gone
Songwriters: Gary Webb
Jo the Waiter lyrics © Universal/momentum Music 3 Ltd., Gary Numan Usa Universe
Serving wine in basement bars
Only madmen ever stay, "got no time"
If you're mindless please take mine
Jo the waiter held me close
Behind the door marked 'gentlemen'
Just for now that's all I need
Won't someone call me 'friend'?
Long gone, I recall good times
I must confess, I cried
We burned out and the line went dead
At six o'clock I felt so alone
I crawled inside, where else to go?
I could be dead for all you know
Everyday I died for you
Valium boys with painted eyes
Young men need love special
I don't think I want it at all
Long gone, I recall good times
I must confess, I cried
Me, I've retired to a back street flat
Picture 'eyes in a cold steel frame'
The freaks arrive, broken needles and blood
"What you on, man, to get those eyes?"
It's very touching, I'm so close to me
False smiles I've rehearsed for days
Come inside, you won't know I'm wrong
Give me your heart, I'm so quickly gone
Songwriters: Gary Webb
Jo the Waiter lyrics © Universal/momentum Music 3 Ltd., Gary Numan Usa Universe
The Passenger - Iggy Pop
I am a passenger
And I ride, and I ride
I ride through the city's backsides
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, they're bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight
I am the passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city's ripped back sky
And everything looks good tonight
Singin' la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la, la la
Get into the car
We'll be the passenger
We'll ride through the city tonight
See the city's ripped backsides
We'll see the bright and hollow sky
We'll see the stars that shine so bright
Oh, stars made for us tonight
Oh, the passenger
How, how he rides
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see?
He sees the silent hollow sky
He sees the stars come out tonight
He sees the city's ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you and me
'Cause it just belongs to you and me
So let's take a ride and see what's mine
Singin' la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la, la la
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window's eye
He sees the things that he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city asleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
So let's ride and ride and ride and ride
Singin' la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la, la la
Singin' la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la, la la
Songwriters: James Newell Osterberg / Ricky Gardiner
The Passenger lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
And I ride, and I ride
I ride through the city's backsides
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, they're bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight
I am the passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city's ripped back sky
And everything looks good tonight
Singin' la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la, la la
Get into the car
We'll be the passenger
We'll ride through the city tonight
See the city's ripped backsides
We'll see the bright and hollow sky
We'll see the stars that shine so bright
Oh, stars made for us tonight
Oh, the passenger
How, how he rides
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see?
He sees the silent hollow sky
He sees the stars come out tonight
He sees the city's ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you and me
'Cause it just belongs to you and me
So let's take a ride and see what's mine
Singin' la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la, la la
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window's eye
He sees the things that he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city asleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
So let's ride and ride and ride and ride
Singin' la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la, la la
Singin' la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la, la la
Songwriters: James Newell Osterberg / Ricky Gardiner
The Passenger lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Saturday Night - Ultravox
Right!
Fat guy jets by, bony in a zodiac
Picking up trouble, maybe looking for a heart attack
All-night boys in the Piccadilly Arcade
Boozy losers cruising, maybe trawling for some rough trade
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
(Hey!)
Can you feel the time bomb ticking in your head?
(Hey!)
Too many memories are burning in your bed
(Hey!)
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
Stands in the dole queue, face like a statue
Laugh like a maniac, walk like a king too
Spiked hair, don't care, Oxfam outlaw
Rap band rips it out, you're buzzing like a chainsaw
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
(Hey!)
Can you feel the time bomb ticking in your head?
(Hey!)
Too many memories are waiting in your bed
(Hey!)
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
High-rise reptile sucking on a cigarette
Ripped suit, zip boots, dancing like an insect
Tottenham court road, litter skitters in the wind
My, the city's pretty dead but the nights are still alive
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
(Hey!)
Can you feel the time bomb ticking in your head?
(Hey!)
Too many memories are waiting in your bed
(Hey!)
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Songwriters: John Foxx
Fat guy jets by, bony in a zodiac
Picking up trouble, maybe looking for a heart attack
All-night boys in the Piccadilly Arcade
Boozy losers cruising, maybe trawling for some rough trade
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
(Hey!)
Can you feel the time bomb ticking in your head?
(Hey!)
Too many memories are burning in your bed
(Hey!)
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
Stands in the dole queue, face like a statue
Laugh like a maniac, walk like a king too
Spiked hair, don't care, Oxfam outlaw
Rap band rips it out, you're buzzing like a chainsaw
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
(Hey!)
Can you feel the time bomb ticking in your head?
(Hey!)
Too many memories are waiting in your bed
(Hey!)
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
High-rise reptile sucking on a cigarette
Ripped suit, zip boots, dancing like an insect
Tottenham court road, litter skitters in the wind
My, the city's pretty dead but the nights are still alive
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
(Hey!)
Can you feel the time bomb ticking in your head?
(Hey!)
Too many memories are waiting in your bed
(Hey!)
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night in the city of the dead
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Sat'day night
Songwriters: John Foxx
Fashion - David Bowie
There's a brand new dance
But I don't know its name
That people from bad homes
Do again and again
It's big and it's bland
Full of tension and fear
They do it over there
But we don't do it here
Fashion, turn to the left
Fashion, turn to the right
Ooh fashion
We are the goon squad and we're coming to town
Beep-beep, beep-beep
Listen to me, don't listen to me
Talk to me, don't talk to me
Dance with me, don't dance with me
No
Beep-beep
There's a brand new talk
But it's not very clear, ooh bop
That people from good homes
Are talking this year, ooh bop, fashion
It's loud and it's tasteless
I've not heard it before, ooh bop
You shout it while you're dancing
On the dance floor, ooh bop, fashion
Fashion, turn to the left
Fashion (Right)
Fashion
We are the goon squad and we're coming to town
Beep-beep
Listen to me, don't listen to me
Talk to me, don't talk to me
Dance with me, don't dance with me
No
Beep-beep, beep beep
Ooh bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Fa fa fa fa fashion
Ooh bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Fa fa fa fa fashion, la-la-la-la la la la la
Ooh bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Fa fa fa fa fashion
Ooh bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Fa fa fa fa fashion, la-la-la-la la la la la
Songwriters: David Bowie
Fashion lyrics © Tintoretto Music
But I don't know its name
That people from bad homes
Do again and again
It's big and it's bland
Full of tension and fear
They do it over there
But we don't do it here
Fashion, turn to the left
Fashion, turn to the right
Ooh fashion
We are the goon squad and we're coming to town
Beep-beep, beep-beep
Listen to me, don't listen to me
Talk to me, don't talk to me
Dance with me, don't dance with me
No
Beep-beep
There's a brand new talk
But it's not very clear, ooh bop
That people from good homes
Are talking this year, ooh bop, fashion
It's loud and it's tasteless
I've not heard it before, ooh bop
You shout it while you're dancing
On the dance floor, ooh bop, fashion
Fashion, turn to the left
Fashion (Right)
Fashion
We are the goon squad and we're coming to town
Beep-beep
Listen to me, don't listen to me
Talk to me, don't talk to me
Dance with me, don't dance with me
No
Beep-beep, beep beep
Ooh bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Fa fa fa fa fashion
Ooh bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Fa fa fa fa fashion, la-la-la-la la la la la
Ooh bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Fa fa fa fa fashion
Ooh bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Fa fa fa fa fashion, la-la-la-la la la la la
Songwriters: David Bowie
Fashion lyrics © Tintoretto Music
TV - Flying Lizards
I knew you'd go far
In my white convertible car
Recline in my seat
Lying back in this heat
Look me up on channel three
So sophisticated
Charming and educated
And I hope you don't mind
Nothing's harder to find
Someone sensual like you
Elton John's style
With an eagle profile
Small screen smile
Coquilles Saint-Jacques
Coquilles Saint-Jacques
I think you're very, very, very
Very, very, very, very, very, very...
Etends moi
Au dessous de toi
Je suis une sphinx
Les genoux a chacque cote
De vos cuisses
It won't take long
Oh you're so strong
Recline in my seat
Back in this heat
In my white convertible
I told you before
You've made me so sore
With your foot on the floor
All the way to my door
Your beautiful teeth, what's underneath?
There's nothing left to do
I think you're very, very, very
Very, very, very, very, very, very...
In my white convertible car
Recline in my seat
Lying back in this heat
Look me up on channel three
So sophisticated
Charming and educated
And I hope you don't mind
Nothing's harder to find
Someone sensual like you
Elton John's style
With an eagle profile
Small screen smile
Coquilles Saint-Jacques
Coquilles Saint-Jacques
I think you're very, very, very
Very, very, very, very, very, very...
Etends moi
Au dessous de toi
Je suis une sphinx
Les genoux a chacque cote
De vos cuisses
It won't take long
Oh you're so strong
Recline in my seat
Back in this heat
In my white convertible
I told you before
You've made me so sore
With your foot on the floor
All the way to my door
Your beautiful teeth, what's underneath?
There's nothing left to do
I think you're very, very, very
Very, very, very, very, very, very...
See No Evil - Television
What I want
I want now
And it's a whole lot more
Than 'anyhow'
I want to fly
Fly a fountain
I want to jump, jump, jump
Jump a mountain
I understand all, I see no
Destructive urges, I see no
It seems so perfec, I see no
I see, I see no, I see no evil
I get ideas
I get a notion
I want a nice little boat
Made out of ocean
I get your point
You're so sharp
Getting good reactions
With your BeBo talk
I understand all, I see no
Destructive urges, I see no
It seems so perfect, I see no
I see, I see no, I see no evil
Don't say unconscious
No don't say doom.
If you got to say it
Let me leave this room
Cuz what I want
I want now
And it's a whole lot more
Than 'anyhow'
I understand all, I see no
Destructive urges, I see no
It seems so perfect, I see no
I see, I see no, I see no evil
I'm runnin wild with the one I love
I see no evil
I'm runnin wild with the one-eyed ones
I see no evil
Pull down the future with the one you love
Pull down the future
Songwriters: Verlaine
See No Evil lyrics © Verlaine Music, Double Exposure Music, Inc.
I want now
And it's a whole lot more
Than 'anyhow'
I want to fly
Fly a fountain
I want to jump, jump, jump
Jump a mountain
I understand all, I see no
Destructive urges, I see no
It seems so perfec, I see no
I see, I see no, I see no evil
I get ideas
I get a notion
I want a nice little boat
Made out of ocean
I get your point
You're so sharp
Getting good reactions
With your BeBo talk
I understand all, I see no
Destructive urges, I see no
It seems so perfect, I see no
I see, I see no, I see no evil
Don't say unconscious
No don't say doom.
If you got to say it
Let me leave this room
Cuz what I want
I want now
And it's a whole lot more
Than 'anyhow'
I understand all, I see no
Destructive urges, I see no
It seems so perfect, I see no
I see, I see no, I see no evil
I'm runnin wild with the one I love
I see no evil
I'm runnin wild with the one-eyed ones
I see no evil
Pull down the future with the one you love
Pull down the future
Songwriters: Verlaine
See No Evil lyrics © Verlaine Music, Double Exposure Music, Inc.
No Love Lost - Polyrock
I will never know
I will never know
I will never know
I will never know
Another day, smoke a pack of cigarettes
I will never know
I spend my life looking for a simple way
I will never know
Hello, romantic ? another day a way
No love lost
I will never know
I will never know
I will never know
Another day, smoke a pack of cigarettes
I will never know
I spend my life looking for a simple way
I will never know
Hello, romantic ? another day a way
No love lost
Another The Letter - Wire
Passed to hand, behind the curtain
The letter brings change, now things are uncertain
Hand to hand, the letter moves on
Like a series of shocks, but the contents are known
Oh faint heart, when the letter arrives
You suddenly find things getting life-size
Once the air rang with things unsaid
Now cruel outlines are easily read
Behind the curtain, in the yellow bulb light
The letter reads: I took my own life
Songwriters: Bruce Gilbert / Colin Newman
Another the Letter lyrics © Carlin Music Corp
The letter brings change, now things are uncertain
Hand to hand, the letter moves on
Like a series of shocks, but the contents are known
Oh faint heart, when the letter arrives
You suddenly find things getting life-size
Once the air rang with things unsaid
Now cruel outlines are easily read
Behind the curtain, in the yellow bulb light
The letter reads: I took my own life
Songwriters: Bruce Gilbert / Colin Newman
Another the Letter lyrics © Carlin Music Corp
Communicate - Alternative T.V.
It’s the same it’s always been
Nobody heard, nobody seen
Time to open up your minds
Aren't you fed up eating lies
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
I see hope in every day
I see the truth you're well fed
Ideas can be found
Get your ears to the ground
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
Communication is a game
Your life’ll never be the same
Reach up and take its hands
It will lead you to the promise land
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
Nobody heard, nobody seen
Time to open up your minds
Aren't you fed up eating lies
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
I see hope in every day
I see the truth you're well fed
Ideas can be found
Get your ears to the ground
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
Communication is a game
Your life’ll never be the same
Reach up and take its hands
It will lead you to the promise land
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Communicate
I Love A Man In A Uniform - Gang of Four
Time with my girl I spent it well
I had to be strong for my woman
(You must be joking, o man you must be joking)
She needed to be protected
The good life was so elusive
Handouts, they got me down
I had to regain my self-respect
So I got into camouflage
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform [Repeat: x4]
To have ambitions was my ambition
But I had nothing to show for my dreams
Time with my girl I spent it well
(you must be joking, o man you must be joking)
The good life was so elusive
Handouts, they got me down
I had to regain my confidence
So I got into camouflage
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform [Repeat: x4]
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
To have ambition
Was my ambition
Time with my girl I spent it well
(you must be joking, o man you must be joking)
The girls they love to see you shoot
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
(they love to see you shoot)
I love a man in a uniform
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love to see you shoot)
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a, they love a, they love a)
(they love to see you shoot)
The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you're dead)
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a they love a they love a bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a they love a they love a bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)
The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you're dead)
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a they love a they love a bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)
The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you're dead)
(they love a, they love a, they love a)
(I love a man in a uniform)
Songwriters: Andy Gill / Jon King
I Love a Man in a Uniform lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC
I had to be strong for my woman
(You must be joking, o man you must be joking)
She needed to be protected
The good life was so elusive
Handouts, they got me down
I had to regain my self-respect
So I got into camouflage
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform [Repeat: x4]
To have ambitions was my ambition
But I had nothing to show for my dreams
Time with my girl I spent it well
(you must be joking, o man you must be joking)
The good life was so elusive
Handouts, they got me down
I had to regain my confidence
So I got into camouflage
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform [Repeat: x4]
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
To have ambition
Was my ambition
Time with my girl I spent it well
(you must be joking, o man you must be joking)
The girls they love to see you shoot
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
(they love to see you shoot)
I love a man in a uniform
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love to see you shoot)
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a, they love a, they love a)
(they love to see you shoot)
The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you're dead)
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a they love a they love a bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)
The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a they love a they love a bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)
The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you're dead)
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a they love a they love a bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)
The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you're dead)
(they love a, they love a, they love a)
(I love a man in a uniform)
Songwriters: Andy Gill / Jon King
I Love a Man in a Uniform lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC
Her Story - Flying Lizards
Knights in shiny armor
Always takes the key
History, history, hypocrisy
But you can still make money
By singing sweet songs of love
I own you
You don't own me
You are my territory
This is a love song
This is a love song
I blame our books
I blame the tv
I blame top twenty for my jealousy
But you can still make money
By singing sweet songs of love
Always takes the key
History, history, hypocrisy
But you can still make money
By singing sweet songs of love
I own you
You don't own me
You are my territory
This is a love song
This is a love song
I blame our books
I blame the tv
I blame top twenty for my jealousy
But you can still make money
By singing sweet songs of love
Don't Worry About The Government - Talking Heads
Lyrics
I see the clouds that move across the sky
I see the wind that moves the clouds away
It moves the clouds over by the building
I pick the building that I want to live in
I smell the pine trees and the peaches in the woods
I see the pine cones that fall by the highway
That's the highway that goes to the building
I pick the building that I want to live in
It's over there, it's over there
My building has every convenience
It's gonna make life easy for me
It's gonna be easy to get things done
I will relax alone with my loved ones
Loved ones, loved ones visit the building,
Take the highway, park and come up and see me
I'll be working, working but if you come visit
I'll put down what I'm doing, my friends are important
Don't you worry 'bout me
I wouldn't worry about me
Don't you worry 'bout me
Don't you worry 'bout me
I see the states, across this big nation
I see the laws made in Washington, D.C.
I think of the ones I consider my favorites
I think of the people that are working for me
Some civil servants are just like my loved ones
They work so hard and they try to be strong
I'm a lucky guy to live in my building
They own the buildings to help them along
It's over there, it's over there
My building has every convenience
It's gonna make life easy for me
It's gonna be easy to get things done
I will relax along with my loved ones
Loved ones, loved ones visit the building
Take the highway, park and come up and see me
I'll be working, working but if you come visit
I'll put down what I'm doing, my friends are important
I wouldn't worry 'bout
I wouldn't worry about me
Don't you worry 'bout me
Don't you worry 'bout me...
Songwriters: David Byrne
Don't Worry About the Government lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc
Rocket From A Bottle - XTC
Birds beware, expect me up there
Me and air are feeling light today
Jets should hide, I'll fly alongside
Me and pride are bolted tight today
I've been set off by a pretty little girl
I'm like a rocket from a bottle shot free
I've been just explosive since you lit me
I've been up with the larks
I've been shooting off sparks
And I'm feeling in love
I'm a rocket from a bottle shot free
I've been just explosive since you kissed me
I've been up in the clouds
I've been shrugging off shrouds
And I'm feeling in love
Hate step back, my smile might just crack
Can't stop grins from going wide today
Hell look sharp, angels play your harp
I feel strong like the tide today
Songwriters: A. Partridge
Rocket From a Bottle lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Me and air are feeling light today
Jets should hide, I'll fly alongside
Me and pride are bolted tight today
I've been set off by a pretty little girl
I'm like a rocket from a bottle shot free
I've been just explosive since you lit me
I've been up with the larks
I've been shooting off sparks
And I'm feeling in love
I'm a rocket from a bottle shot free
I've been just explosive since you kissed me
I've been up in the clouds
I've been shrugging off shrouds
And I'm feeling in love
Hate step back, my smile might just crack
Can't stop grins from going wide today
Hell look sharp, angels play your harp
I feel strong like the tide today
Songwriters: A. Partridge
Rocket From a Bottle lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Start!- The Jam
It's not important for you to know my name
Nor I to know yours
If we communicate for two minutes only
It will be enough
For knowing that someone in this world
Feels as desperate as me
And what you give is what you get
It doesn't matter if we never meet again
What we have said will always remain
If we get through for two minutes only
It will be a start
For knowing that someone in this life
Loves with a passion called hate
And what you give is what you get
If I never-ever see you (if I never-ever see you)
If I never-ever see you (if I never-ever see you)
If I never-ever see you again
If I never-ever see you (see you, see you)
If I never-ever see you (see you, see you)
If I never-ever see you again
And what you give is what you get
And what you give is what you get
And what you give is what you get
And what you give is what you get
Songwriters: Paul John Weller
Start lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Nor I to know yours
If we communicate for two minutes only
It will be enough
For knowing that someone in this world
Feels as desperate as me
And what you give is what you get
It doesn't matter if we never meet again
What we have said will always remain
If we get through for two minutes only
It will be a start
For knowing that someone in this life
Loves with a passion called hate
And what you give is what you get
If I never-ever see you (if I never-ever see you)
If I never-ever see you (if I never-ever see you)
If I never-ever see you again
If I never-ever see you (see you, see you)
If I never-ever see you (see you, see you)
If I never-ever see you again
And what you give is what you get
And what you give is what you get
And what you give is what you get
And what you give is what you get
Songwriters: Paul John Weller
Start lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Glow In The Dark - The Bongos
'Flash lights when ready'
That's what she said to me
'Flash lights when ready'
That's what she said to me
'Some assembly required'
That's what I said to her
'Some assembly required'
That's what I said to her
Oh, we're gonna glow in the dark
We're gonna glow in the dark tonight
'Flash lights when ready'
'Flash lights when ready'
That's what she said to me
'Some assembly required'
That's what I said to her
'Some assembly required'
That's what I said to her
Oh, we're gonna glow in the dark
We're gonna glow in the dark tonight
We're gonna glow in the dark
We're gonna glow in the dark tonight
Alright
Ohhh
Ohhh
Songwriters: Richard A Barone
Glow in the Dark lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing Llc, Miniature Music
That's what she said to me
'Flash lights when ready'
That's what she said to me
'Some assembly required'
That's what I said to her
'Some assembly required'
That's what I said to her
Oh, we're gonna glow in the dark
We're gonna glow in the dark tonight
'Flash lights when ready'
'Flash lights when ready'
That's what she said to me
'Some assembly required'
That's what I said to her
'Some assembly required'
That's what I said to her
Oh, we're gonna glow in the dark
We're gonna glow in the dark tonight
We're gonna glow in the dark
We're gonna glow in the dark tonight
Alright
Ohhh
Ohhh
Songwriters: Richard A Barone
Glow in the Dark lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing Llc, Miniature Music
Jumping Someone Else's Train - The Cure
Don't say what you mean
You might spoil your face
If you walk in the crowd
You won't leave any trace
It's always the same
You're jumping someone else's train
It won't take you long
To learn the new smile
You'll have to adapt
Or you'll be out of style
It's always the same
You're jumping someone else's train
If you pick up on it quick
You can say you were there
Again and again and again
You're jumping someone else's train
It's the latest wave
That you've been craving for
The old ideal
Was getting such a bore
Now you're back in line
Going not quite as far
But in half the time
Everyone's happy
They're finally all the same
Cause everyone's jumping
Everybody else's train
You might spoil your face
If you walk in the crowd
You won't leave any trace
It's always the same
You're jumping someone else's train
It won't take you long
To learn the new smile
You'll have to adapt
Or you'll be out of style
It's always the same
You're jumping someone else's train
If you pick up on it quick
You can say you were there
Again and again and again
You're jumping someone else's train
It's the latest wave
That you've been craving for
The old ideal
Was getting such a bore
Now you're back in line
Going not quite as far
But in half the time
Everyone's happy
They're finally all the same
Cause everyone's jumping
Everybody else's train
The Girls Want To Be With The Girls - Talking Heads
The girls don't want to play like that,
They just want to talk to the boys.
The just want to do what is in their hearts,
And the girls want to be with the girls.
And the boys say, "What do you mean?"
And the boys say, "What do you mean?"
Well there is just no love,
When there's boys and girls.
And the girls want to be with the girls,
And the girls want to be with the girls.
Girls want things that make common sense,
The best for all concerned.
They don't want to have to go out of their way,
And the girls want to be with the girls.
Girls are getting into abstract analysis,
They want to make intuitive leap.
They are making plans that have far reaching effects.
And the girls want to be with the girls.
And the boys say, "What do you mean?"
And the boys say, "What do you mean?"
Well there is just no love,
When there's boys and girls.
And the girls want to be with the girls,
And the girls want to be with the girls.
Songwriters: David Byrne
The Girls Want to Be With the Girls lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc
They just want to talk to the boys.
The just want to do what is in their hearts,
And the girls want to be with the girls.
And the boys say, "What do you mean?"
And the boys say, "What do you mean?"
Well there is just no love,
When there's boys and girls.
And the girls want to be with the girls,
And the girls want to be with the girls.
Girls want things that make common sense,
The best for all concerned.
They don't want to have to go out of their way,
And the girls want to be with the girls.
Girls are getting into abstract analysis,
They want to make intuitive leap.
They are making plans that have far reaching effects.
And the girls want to be with the girls.
And the boys say, "What do you mean?"
And the boys say, "What do you mean?"
Well there is just no love,
When there's boys and girls.
And the girls want to be with the girls,
And the girls want to be with the girls.
Songwriters: David Byrne
The Girls Want to Be With the Girls lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc
Everything's Gone Green - New Order
Help Me Somebody Help Me
I Wonder Where I Am
I See My Future Before Me
I'll Hurt You When I Can
It Seems Like I've Been Here Before
Confusion Sprung Up From Devotion
A Halo That Covers My Eyes
It Sprung From This First Estrangement
No One Have I Ever Despised
Is This The Way That You Wanted To Pay
Won't You Show Me Please Show Me The Way
Is This The Way That You Wanted To Pay
Won't You Show Me Please Show Me The Way
Songwriters: Hook Peter / Sumner Bernard / Morris Stephen Michael / Gilbert Gillian Lesley
Everything's Gone Green lyrics © Be Music, Vitalturn Co. Ltd.
I Wonder Where I Am
I See My Future Before Me
I'll Hurt You When I Can
It Seems Like I've Been Here Before
Confusion Sprung Up From Devotion
A Halo That Covers My Eyes
It Sprung From This First Estrangement
No One Have I Ever Despised
Is This The Way That You Wanted To Pay
Won't You Show Me Please Show Me The Way
Is This The Way That You Wanted To Pay
Won't You Show Me Please Show Me The Way
Songwriters: Hook Peter / Sumner Bernard / Morris Stephen Michael / Gilbert Gillian Lesley
Everything's Gone Green lyrics © Be Music, Vitalturn Co. Ltd.
Marquee Moon - Television
I remember
Ooh, how the darkness doubled
I recall
Lightning struck itself
I was listening
Listening to the rain
I was hearing
Hearing something else
Life in the hive puckered up my night
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Ooh, there I stand neath the Marquee Moon
Just waiting
I spoke to a man
Down at the tracks
And I ask him
How he don't go mad
He said, "look here, junior, don't you be so happy
And for heaven's sake, don't you be so sad"
Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death, the embrace of life
Ooh, there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
Hesitating
Well, the Cadillac
It pulled out of the graveyard
Pulled up to me
All they said, "get in, get in"
Then the Cadillac
It puttered back into the graveyard
Me, I got out again
Life in the hive puckered up my night
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Ooh, there I stand neath the Marquee Moon
But I ain't waiting, uh-uh
I remember
How the darkness doubled
I recall
Lightning struck itself
I was listening
Listening to the rain
I was hearing
Hearing something else
Songwriters: Tom Verlaine
Marquee Moon lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Ooh, how the darkness doubled
I recall
Lightning struck itself
I was listening
Listening to the rain
I was hearing
Hearing something else
Life in the hive puckered up my night
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Ooh, there I stand neath the Marquee Moon
Just waiting
I spoke to a man
Down at the tracks
And I ask him
How he don't go mad
He said, "look here, junior, don't you be so happy
And for heaven's sake, don't you be so sad"
Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death, the embrace of life
Ooh, there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
Hesitating
Well, the Cadillac
It pulled out of the graveyard
Pulled up to me
All they said, "get in, get in"
Then the Cadillac
It puttered back into the graveyard
Me, I got out again
Life in the hive puckered up my night
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Ooh, there I stand neath the Marquee Moon
But I ain't waiting, uh-uh
I remember
How the darkness doubled
I recall
Lightning struck itself
I was listening
Listening to the rain
I was hearing
Hearing something else
Songwriters: Tom Verlaine
Marquee Moon lyrics © BMG Rights Management