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No Half Measures

by Verbal Warning

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1.
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
2.
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)
3.
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)
4.
Tightfisted 03:35
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)
5.
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
6.
Takeaway 02:29
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)
7.
Smartphone 03:34
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)
8.
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
9.
Piers Morgan 03:09
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
10.
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 . . . .
11.
So Over You 02:56
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)
12.
Jumpers 03:57
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 . . . .
13.
That's It 02:35
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

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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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