1. |
Alphabet City
02:13
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ALPHABET CITY
Alphabet City, Alphabet City, I'm going back there to get my fix
Alphabet City, Alphabet City, I'm going back to 1976
Insanity on every corner
Down every avenue you head
Bodies lying on the pavement
Are they drunk or drugged or are they dead?
Alphabet City, Alphabet City, I'm going back there to get my fix
Alphabet City, Alphabet City, I'm going back to 1976
Avenue A then you're adventurous
Avenue B you're bold, no dread
Avenue C then you're courageous
Avenue D you could end up dead
Alphabet City, Alphabet City, I'm going back there to get my fix.
Alphabet City, Alphabet City, I'm going back to 1976 (x2)
Music fills Tompkins Square Park
Riots in the days to come
New York Dolls stand on the corner
Egg creams, heroin, they're having fun
Alphabet City, Alphabet City, I'm going back there to get my fix.
Alphabet City, Alphabet City, I'm going back to 1976.
Tucked away behind the Bowery
Lower East Side melting pot
Music's bubbling, ideas forming
Ready to give it their best shot.
Alphabet City, Alphabet City, I'm going back there to get my fix
Alphabet City, Alphabet City, I'm going back to 1976
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2. |
Someone's Slave
02:50
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SOMEONE'S SLAVE
Radio heralds in another Monday morning
Sun shines through the unlined curtains bright
Last night's beer tastes stale upon your tongue
You're paying the price for another rock & roll night
Body's tired, bones all ache, you head throbs
Need to find a way out of your bed
Need to get to work to earn your living
Sick of feeling like the living dead
You're someone's slave for the next eight hours
You sell your soul and you do what you're told
You bite your tongue, collect your wages
But it's your self respect that has been sold
The daytime clock goes by so very slowly
The night time hours they race past
Time at work just seems to last forever
But weekend hours always speed by fast
You go to work in darkness, you come home and it's the same
The daylight comes and goes while you're in there
Your life is slipping quickly away from you
And every working day is just a pain
We all need to work to earn our living
But they screw you for everything they can
Leave you an empty shell of who you could be
We'd love to burn their fucking building down
You're someone's slave for the next eight hours
You sell your soul and you do what you're told
You bite your tongue, collect your wages
But it's your self respect that has been sold (x2)
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3. |
Control Freak
03:50
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CONTROL FREAK
Come on admit it you depend on me
I'm more important than the air you breathe
You need me to control your days
Every minute, every second in every way
I'm a control freak
Just a control freak
I'm a control freak
I'm a control freak, taking over you
Check who you've called on your mobile phone
No girlie nights out, you're better off home
Never a punch, never a bruise
Mental control is the method I use
I'm a control freak
Just a control freak
I'm a control freak
I'm a control freak, taking over you
What do you mean you're leaving me?
Don't call me weird I'm not a freak
I will stalk you night and day
Never going to let you get away
I'm a control freak
Just a control freak
I'm a control freak
I'm a control freak, taking over you (x3)
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4. |
Tightfisted
03:35
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TIGHTFISTED
You're so mean, you'd cause a scene
If someone found a pound where you had just been
You don't flush the toilet when you've been for a pee
Use the milk from your cereal in your tea
Haggle for a deal in a charity shop
You'll always try to save money you'll never stop
Teabags are always used twice or more
Always shop at the discount store
Use the same poppy every year
And always try to drink someone else's beer
You're so tightfisted you never buy a round
Even when it's being insisted
So tightfisted any reason to open your wallet must be resisted
So tightfisted generosity is something that's never existed
So tightfisted you'll finish up bitter, lonely and twisted
Wetherspoons stopped sachets of ketchup 'cause of me
A fool and his money are soon parted is what I see
Saving money is my obsession
There's nothing better than a money-saving lesson
You're so tightfisted you never buy a round
Even when it's being insisted
So tightfisted any reason to open your wallet must be resisted
So tightfisted generosity is something that's never existed
So tightfisted you'll finish up bitter, lonely and twisted
You're so tight that you think it's all right
That money-saving expert is your favourite web site
Save electric charge your phone at work
Seem to think it's some kind of perk
Spend your time counting all your money.
Even Scrooge would find it funny
You're so tightfisted you never buy a round
Even when it's being insisted
So tightfisted any reason to open your wallet must be resisted
So tightfisted generosity is something that's never existed
So tightfisted you'll finish up bitter, lonely and twisted
So tighfisted, whoah, whoah (x8)
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5. |
Good At Being Lazy
02:55
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GOOD AT BEING LAZY
Just chilling out with nothing to do
Just chilling out and dreaming of you
My teacher said I'm good for nothing
But I might be good for something maybe?
I drive them all crazy
'Cause I'm good at being lazy
Just chilling out and watching TV
Good way to spend the day it seems to me
My parents said I'm good for nothing
But I might be good for something maybe?
I drive them all crazy
I'm good at being lazy
Don't do today what you can put off till tomorrow
Rather do nothing don't you know?
Having something to do is so depressing
It feels much better when I'm just resting
Just chilling out and lying in the sun
Just chilling out and nothing gets done
My boss he said I'm good for nothing
But I might be good for something maybe?
I drive them all crazy
I'm good at being lazy
Don't do today what you can put off till tomorrow
Rather do nothing don't you know?
Having something to do is so depressing
It feels much better when I'm just resting
Just chilling out and having a drink
Just chilling out and having a think
The judge he said I'm good for nothing
But I might be good for something maybe?
I drive them all crazy
I'm good at being lazy
I'm good at being lazy
I'm good at being lazy
I'm good at being lazy
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6. |
Takeaway
02:29
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TAKEAWAY
It's half past 12 and I haven't pulled
Got a hole in my belly where it should be full
I drank 10 pints of this Miller Lite
Fuck knows where I got this appetite
I love little lambs, I really want to meet them
Especially in kebabs so we can eat them
I know chicken legs help the bastards crawl
But tell me what the fuck are chicken balls?
I don't care what it is
Just want to eat it when I've drunk this piss
I don't care about the sell-by date
Stick it on a tray or on a paper plate
All this stuff must be so nutritious
Or else is wouldn't taste so fucking delicious
Chips are part of my five a day
Don't tell me I can't have my takeaway
What d'ya mean you're closed
I can't believe you're closed
What d'ya mean you're closed
I can't believe you're closed
Home and hungry and the cupboards bare
Tins of cold beans in my underwear
E. coli and salmonella
End up skinny like that Paul Weller
It's half past 12 and I haven't pulled
Got a hole in my belly where it should be full
I drank 10 pints of this lager shite
Fuck knows where I got this appetite
What d'ya mean you're closed
I can't believe you're closed
What d'ya mean you're closed
I can't believe you're closed
Don't tell me I can't have my takeaway
Don't tell me it's not part of my five a day
Don't tell me you've stopped serving anyway
I just want to have my lovely takeaway
SO OVER YOU
Told all your friends you had me there
I told mine I didn't care
You thought you had me under your spell
That's what I wanted couldn't you tell?
I just said what you wanted to hear
And I want to make it perfectly clear
I never loved you, no I never did
Who do you think I was trying to kid?
I'm so over you, never loved you very much anyway
I'm so over you, never coming back no matter what you say
When you finished it you got there first
It's what I wanted but in reverse
I sometimes think that I am cursed
And don't you think I'm in a state
I'm just drinking to celebrate
I'm so over you, never loved you very much anyway
I'm so over you, never coming back no matter what you say
I love you is what I said.
That was to get me in your bed
I'll make it plain so even you can see
You never meant anything to me
I'm so over you, never loved you very much anyway
I'm so over you, never coming back no matter what you say (x2)
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7. |
Smartphone
03:34
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SMARTPHONE
Our mate Billy said we should write a song
About smartphones, it shouldn't take long
They take over your life he said with a sigh
Okay Billy, we'll give it a try . . .
Using my smartphone ain't so smart
We're not talking for a start
Sat in the pub just swiping the screen
Telling everybody where I've just been
Go on Facebook, give my location
Tell everybody my situation
I really should be in despair
Because they don't really care
Why can't I leave my phone alone?
Because I'm obsessed and I'm addicted
Why can't I leave my phone at home?
I guess that I've become addicted
Social media's not social at all
Fools me into thinking I'm having a ball
I think I've got a thousand friends or more
But I've no real friends 'cause I'm a bore
Staring at the screen waiting to load
So frustrating it seems to have slowed
Life without my phone would be a disaster
I wish this connection was a little bit faster
Must check if I've got any emails
Nigerian investor he wants my bank details
Must check how many likes I've got
I could have a lot. But probably not.
Go out with a girl on a date
I'm on my phone so she'll have to wait
Sitting there in embarrassed silence
While I commit some Candy violence
I'm tweeting here and I'm tweeting there
What makes me think they really care?
The Facebook life is just an illusion
Everybody's boasting is my conclusion
Why can't I leave my phone alone?
Because I'm obsessed and I'm addicted
Why can't I leave my phone alone?
I guess that I've become addicted (x2)
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8. |
The Berlin Wall
02:54
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WALL CAME TUMBLING DOWN
Back in the year 1961 too many people had already gone
They kept the rest in Soviet thrall by building up the Berlin Wall
Police and Stasi kept everyone down.
Keeping em on their side of town
Do you want some real Levi Jeans?
You'll be lucky - in your dreams!
Then the people stood up to be counted
And the wall came tumbling down
The need for freedom could not be doubted
And the wall came tumbling down
Life was hard, life was tough
And the wall came tumbling down
Then they decided they'd had enough
And the wall came tumbling down
They were tired of the Soviet cause
The tanks and soldiers and Cold War
Life looked better in the West
McDonald's and Coke had to be the best!
Charging through the crumbling wall
Cheering at the Soviet fall
Trabants chugging into West Berlin
Land of opportunity and capitalist sin!
Then the people stood up to be counted
And the wall came tumbling down
The need for freedom could not be doubted
And the wall came tumbling down
Life was hard, life was tough
And the wall came tumbling down
Then they decided they'd had enough
And the wall came tumbling down
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9. |
Piers Morgan
03:09
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PIERS MORGAN
Oh Piers you have no shame
You just think you're playing the game
But you're just a smug little git
See a smirking face I wanna hit
Oh Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan
He's got a square head and a lop-sided grin
Oh Piers Stefan Pugh Morgan
Wouldn't you like to smash his face in?
Yes we would, yes we would, yes we would
Piers your judgement is sadly lacking
Insider dealing and phone hacking
But still he avoided the nick
Quite frankly he makes me sick
Oh Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan
Friend of New Labour and Donald Trump
Oh Piers Stefan Pugh Morgan
Wouldn't you like to give him a thump?
Yes we would, yes we would, yes we would
Oh Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan
He's got a square head and a lop-sided grin
Oh Piers Stefan Pugh Morgan
Wouldn't you like to smash his face in?
Yes we would, yes we would, yes we would
Published fake photos of our troops
Was even too much for Mirror Newsgroup
Just proved he was a lying hack
And it finally got him the sack
Oh Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan
Friend of New Labour and Donald Trump
Oh Piers Stefan Pugh Morgan
Wouldn't you like to give him a thump?
Yes we would, yes we would, yes we would
We suffer your smarmy face on TV
It's not really what I want to see
How he does it I don't know
When he's on I don't watch the show
Oh Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan
He's got a square head and a lop-sided grin
Oh Piers Stefan Pugh Morgan
Wouldn't you like to smash his face in?
Oh Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan
Friend of New Labour and Donald Trump
Oh Piers Stefan Pugh Morgan
Wouldn't you like to give him a thump?
Yes we would, you know we would, yes we would,
you know we would, yes we would
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10. |
Cowboy Nation
04:13
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COWBOY NATION
Where there are guns there will always be death
How this goes on, well it just takes my breath
Have you seen some of the people you arm?
Someone will always come to harm
Cowboy nation, it's time to throw your guns away
Cowboy nation it's too big a price to pay
The Second Amendment needs amending
Your death and hurt is never ending
Cowboy nation – please do it today
Please don't bleat to me about self-defence
When you are challenged you just take offence
But where was the defence for Columbine High?
Fort Gibson, Heritage, West Side and Heath High?
Cowboy nation, it's time to throw your guns away
Cowboy nation it's too big a price to pay
The Second Amendment needs amending
Your death and hurt is never ending
Cowboy nation – please do it today
For a nation that elected Reagan top gun
A movie cowboy as your president
The Terminator as a governor too
Is the irony not lost on you?
Cowboy nation, it's time to throw your guns away
Cowboy nation it's too big a price to pay
The Second Amendment needs amending
Your death and hurt is never ending
Cowboy nation . . . .
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11. |
So Over You
02:56
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SO OVER YOU
Told all your friends you had me there
I told mine I didn't care
You thought you had me under your spell
That's what I wanted couldn't you tell?
I just said what you wanted to hear
And I want to make it perfectly clear
I never loved you, no I never did
Who do you think I was trying to kid?
I'm so over you, never loved you very much anyway
I'm so over you, never coming back no matter what you say
When you finished it you got there first
It's what I wanted but in reverse
I sometimes think that I am cursed
And don't you think I'm in a state
I'm just drinking to celebrate
I'm so over you, never loved you very much anyway
I'm so over you, never coming back no matter what you say
I love you is what I said.
That was to get me in your bed
I'll make it plain so even you can see
You never meant anything to me
I'm so over you, never loved you very much anyway
I'm so over you, never coming back no matter what you say (x2)
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12. |
Jumpers
03:57
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JUMPERS
From the smell of coffee and faxes whirring
To the open sky and the smell of burning
From keyboards clicking to the sound of screaming
The day changed quickly and without warning
From out of nowhere the aeroplanes came
Through office walls amid the flames
A surreal moment beyond any nightmare
But no time left to stand and stare
Because there's workers jumping from floor 95
The final rush of being alive
From keyboards clicking to the sound of screaming
The day changed quickly and without warning
Another drab day had laid ahead
Bulging in-trays, calls to be made
Deadlines met and emails sent
Earn your money to pay your rent
Now just one choice, which way to die?
To stay and fry or a chance to fly?
To leave this world on the ultimate high
To leap out into the smoky sky
And join the workers jumping from floor 95
The final rush of being alive
From keyboards clicking to the sound of screaming
The day changed quickly and without warning
So holding hands they jumped together
Colleagues, strangers into forever
No time to say goodbye to loved ones
A one way ticket to the great beyond
What must have gone through all their minds?
Seconds before they hit the ground
It shows how quick you life can pass
So live each day as if your last
Workers jumping from floor 95
The final rush of being alive
From keyboards clicking to the sound of screaming
The day changed quickly . . . .
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13. |
That's It
02:35
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THAT'S IT
That's it she says she means it
This time I crossed a line
There's no more excuses
Whatever the truth is
There's no going back this time
It might be something I said
Or every single thing I did
Can I just mention?
Now I've got your attention
I think it's all in your head
There's no point in trying to talk to you
It always ends up in a row
You're only content with an argument
I bet you're enjoying this now
That's it she really means it
just like she did last time
If I knew that I did it
I'd probably admit it
And everything would turn out fine
Here we go round in circles
Here we go round again
We break up and make up
And make up and break up
Playing her favourite game
There's no point in trying to talk to you
It always ends up in a row
You're only content with an argument
I bet you're enjoying this now
That's it you've got what you wanted now
It was your idea not mine
That's it you've got what you wanted now
That's it now I'm calling time
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Verbal Warning Nottingham, UK
Still rocking crowds everywhere,
The last line-up of VW had lasted 10 years, before Lee and
Ian decided they'd had enough
In the meantime, Paul and John recruited the new duo and put them through their paces for several months of sweaty rehearsals.
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