I got a letter from the government the other day I opened and read it, it said they were suckers They wanted me for their army or whatever Picture me giving a damn I said never
Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed
Reasons to be cheerful part 3
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Summer, Buddy Holly, the working folly Good golly Miss Molly and boats Hammersmith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet Jump back in the alley and nanny goats
you never close your eyes anymore when i kiss your lips and there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips you're trying hard not to show it, baby but baby, baby i know it
Big William got it right ... has to be Plaistow Patricia. May not be the greatest song ever (although it is good) but as a set of opening lines they are incomparable.
My personal favourite is:
Irish blood, English heart
This I'm made of
There is no one on earth I'm afraid of
And no regime can buy or sell me
God said to Abraham "Kill me a Son"
Abe said "Man you must be putting me on"
God said "No", Abe said "Whaatt"
God "Well you can do what you wann do but..
the next time you see me you better run"
Abe said "Where d'you want this killin' done?"
"That way, out on Highway 61"
step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the
contrast of white on white.
and in between the moon and you the angels get a better view of the crumbling
difference between wrong and right
Why boasteth thyself
Oh, evil men
Playing smart
And not being clever?
I said, you're working iniquity
To achieve vanity (if a-so a-so)
But the goodness of Jah, Jah
I-dureth for-I-ver
There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their please.
The trouble with the maples,
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade.
There is trouble in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
As the maples scream "Oppression!"
And the oaks just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
"The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."
Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.
pick it, pack it, fire it up
come alooooong, and take a hit from the bong
put the blunt down just for a second don't get me wrong its not a new method
inhaaaaaale,
exhaaaaaale,
just got an ounce in the mail.
clash
police and thieves in the street.......ow yeah!
scaring the nation with there.......guns and ammunition.
From the sublime to the ridiculous by indulging my fondness for old show tunes: I've been married and married, and often I've sighed
"I'm never a bridesmaid, I'm always the bride."
I never divorced them, I hadn't the heart
Yet remember these sweet words: "Til death do us part!"
I married many men, a ton of them.
And yet I was untrue to none of them,
because I bumped off every one of them
to keep my love alive.
(from "To Keep My Love Alive" by Rodgers and Hart. I recommend the Ella Fitzgerald version)
'You'll never know just how much I love you You'll never know how much I really care' Billy J. Kramer :'Do you want to know a Secret' (written by Lennon/McCartney) It was 'our' song in '64. Wonder where she is now!
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Don't you know you might find,
A better place to play...
I opened and read it, it said they were suckers
They wanted me for their army or whatever
Picture me giving a damn I said never
Jane in her dress, Henry?
Are you cleaning up Lou's tale of cross dressing banker and his squeeze, mate?
Placebo - A Song to Say Goodbye
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Reasons to be cheerful part 3
1 2 3
Summer, Buddy Holly, the working folly
Good golly Miss Molly and boats
Hammersmith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet
Jump back in the alley and nanny goats
and there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips
you're trying hard not to show it, baby
but baby, baby i know it
There's a row going on down near Slough.
My personal favourite is:
Irish blood, English heart
This I'm made of
There is no one on earth I'm afraid of
And no regime can buy or sell me
I'm going senile or something. How did I get that wrong. Used to play in when I was in a band but that was 30 + years ago.
Shame on me.
Classic.
I say that to Lady Irving everytime we are going to leave a pub or whereever.
With me and the girl from Clapham
Out on a windy common
That night I ain't forgotten
I'm in time but somebody's missing
Maybe I can find a hand for my hand
If i find a well for my wishing.
Always liked 'Allo' ... Once bitten twice shy... Ian Hunter
Are you ready Mick, Sweet Ball Room Blitz
Abe said "Man you must be putting me on"
God said "No", Abe said "Whaatt"
God "Well you can do what you wann do but..
the next time you see me you better run"
Abe said "Where d'you want this killin' done?"
"That way, out on Highway 61"
contrast of white on white.
and in between the moon and you the angels get a better view of the crumbling
difference between wrong and right
Must be the ones who start
To mould a new reality
Closer to the heart.
Oh, evil men
Playing smart
And not being clever?
I said, you're working iniquity
To achieve vanity (if a-so a-so)
But the goodness of Jah, Jah
I-dureth for-I-ver
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their please.
The trouble with the maples,
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade.
There is trouble in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
As the maples scream "Oppression!"
And the oaks just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
"The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."
Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.
pick it, pack it, fire it up
come alooooong, and take a hit from the bong
put the blunt down just for a second don't get me wrong its not a new method
inhaaaaaale,
exhaaaaaale,
just got an ounce in the mail.
clash
police and thieves in the street.......ow yeah!
scaring the nation with there.......guns and ammunition.
I've been married and married, and often I've sighed
"I'm never a bridesmaid, I'm always the bride."
I never divorced them, I hadn't the heart
Yet remember these sweet words: "Til death do us part!"
I married many men, a ton of them.
And yet I was untrue to none of them,
because I bumped off every one of them
to keep my love alive.
(from "To Keep My Love Alive" by Rodgers and Hart. I recommend the Ella Fitzgerald version)
Says she gonna by some records by the Status Quo
Woah Yeah.....Teenage Fanclub - The Concept
See you get older every year
But you don't change
Or I don't notice you changing.....Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows
There's a problem with love
It's stronger than drugs
You take all you want bit its never enough....Brian Jonestown Massacre - Nailing Honey To The Bee
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (REMIX) by Saint Etienne
Listen to the true Queen of Pop
- to hear this first line go to 4 minutes and 20 seconds
Dah, dah, dah, dahhhh ...
You'll never know how much I really care'
Billy J. Kramer :'Do you want to know a Secret' (written by Lennon/McCartney) It was 'our' song in '64. Wonder where she is now!
Headmasters breaking all the rules
Having fun and playing fools
Smashing up the woodwork tools.
this was on the first record i ever bought, Complete Madness (yes...LP record) i was 12 and thought these lyrics were so cool