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Boyfriend
1.
I had a boyfriend when I was seventeen
he was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen
met him on a bus, I think the 159
going out with my friends on a Friday night
loitering on corners
looking for a fight
hanging out in playgrounds
asking have you got a light
caught sniffing fuel
you didn't have a clue
sold all your records
for a bottle of lighter fuel
2.
Me, my best friend Sara, and Sean
followed him up to Steatham Common
watched him sniff and dance like Marcel Marceau
and tried stopping him from running into the road
we tried and we tried
we swore half blind
nothing we could do
to stop his self-destruction
for hours and hours on end
sitting with my best friend
we used to have such a laugh,
don't know where it all went...
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Deadhead
1.
People, you just don't know
How it hurts me so
To take a life
To wield a pruning knife - in laughter land
Dead head - Dead head - Dead head my roses on a sunny afternoon
It seems I should have atoned for my crimes,
It seems I should have atoned
And now that I've done my time
I suppose I should have learned
Dead head - Dead head - Dead head
2.
Holding my brand new trug
Wearing my neat little gloves
Out in the night
I creep out of sight, to LaLa Land
Dead head...etc
3.
Hosing down the path
I just had to laugh
Oh what a bother
It's just a little murder - in Happy Town
Dead head... etc
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End of the Affair
1.
Languid and warm, reclining on my red chaise longue
You look so comely and divine, so peaceful and sublime
And so very...
I cannot fight this feeling of delight
That your warm red hot embrace
It sends shock waves down my face
It's a disgrace
You were so very beautiful and calming
Tender and so charming
Gorgeous and alluring
I find it quite alarming
2.
But then suddenly you stuttered with a plea
Kept asking me the time, demanding what's the train line?
...already
Had to get home to your wife, to
your suburban other life
I had not thought of this as I surrendered to your kiss
How remiss
You were deceitful, selfish and unable
Laddish and unstable
Willing to deceive me
I find you really seedy
Ch: Oh, wouldn't it be grand?
Oh, wouldn't it be smart?
I could feel sad, only I don't care -
It's the end of the affair
3.
When sense came I don't know,
But I'm glad it made a show
That your stunned and stupid face
Looked entirely out of place,
Out...I sent you reeling
As I lay there staring at the ceiling
I packed you off to Ealing
Wife-swapping down in Chiswick
And shopping in the Whitgift
Ch: Oh, wouldn't it be grand?
Oh, wouldn't it be smart?
I could feel sad, only I don't care
It's the end of the affair
I walk around and I can't find
My own peace of mind
Tell me - how can you?
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Kill David Hasselhoff
1.
I grew up with a rosy vision
I grew up in a neon glow
I grew up watching television
I could watch some flowers grow
Oh no, everything's not right
Oh won't you please get out of sight?
I'll do anything and everything
matricide, suicide, yes I know it's not right
He's on my television
I call it terrorvision
He fills me with derision
He's no Frank Bough
Kill David Hasselhof
2.
I grew up with a rosy vision
I grew up in a neon glow
I could watch a cloud collision
I could watch some cultures grow
Oh no, I'm not choosy
I could watch Richard and Judy
I'm from the blank generation,
I'll see you in Hell
He's still on my television
Still on my television
Maverick dick, noxious prick
Kill David Hasselhof
Call me in when everything's over
Call me when the TV's free
Disinfect the Nicam flatscreen
Won't you please resuscitate me?
Genuine as the Turin Shroud
He's on my television
He's on my television
He's on my television
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Perivale
1.
you walked right out of my life
you never gave a second look
you never even said goodbye
your look of love I mistook.
I wanted you to stay
I hoped to hear you say
those words you left unsaid
I'm trying not to beg
and hanging on by a thread
My words are torn they're ripped to shreds.
2.
It's the price you have to pay
when love don't go your way
and all that's left to say
is what's the weather like today
It's looking very pale
it's sunny up in Hayle
though cold winds will prevail
even building to a gale
and it's pissing down in Perivale
I can see which way the wind is blowing.
Chorus:
hold me close, once again
I know, we can't be friends.
3.
you walked right out of my life
nothing will ever be the same
I begged for you to think again
for that I'll always be ashamed
It now seems all so clear
signposted from here to here
hindsight's very well
but no good when you're burning in hell
and you're stuck in a bedsit in Perivale
it's so very tawdry, so small scale.
Hold me close, one more time
I know, it's the end of the line.
It's true, it's true
I know, it's true.
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Silver Suit
1.
Ooh you're sturdy maybe, but what can I do?
You know you drive me crazy, I keep looking at you.
So immense, you could fill the Albert Hall
Round, like a great big glitter ball
Ooh, ah - you look real good wherever you are
Ooh, ooh - scintillating in your silver suit
Ch: You're my bigga bigga chunk of love (etc)
I don't know if I'm good enough
2.
Oh you're tubby maybe - but what can I say?
You know you drive me crazy, please don't turn me away
Why can't you see I'm reeling?
Oh no - I'm going astray...
Ooh, ah, (etc.)
Ch.
Right now I find myself
Frustrated, belated on the shelf
No self esteem as I dream
Of lying with you, my Silver Suit
Right now, I wish that you could see,
How scintillating you are to me
No self regard, no tub o'lard
I've turned into a love retard...
Ooh, ah, (etc.)
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Stand Up
There was a time when I could have loved
you,
but that's not now
you wouldn't care if I'd been killed somehow
but when I needed to be alone... well there you were
I've been waiting at the station for twenty five minutes
hey now honey, don't you stay at home
I've been looking for you from the corner of my eye
Baby, don't you leave me alone
I've been sitting here for far too long
but you don't care, you only wanted me when I weren't there
you're living on borrowed time, but it's all gone.
The last time we met was as sad as it gets
you fooled me with that empty smile
I was too young to know - I had too far to grow
it's too late honey for one more time
I've been sitting here for far too long
but you don't care, you only wanted me when I weren't there
you're living on borrowed time, but it's all gone.
I don't pretend to need you
but it still tears me apart when I hear you're gone
I don't pretend to need you tonight
Jim Kelly
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Straightjacket
1.
Joanie had a little axe
and gave the lovers fifty whacks
hacking with no finesse
in her designer Dior dress
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh
Mommy Dearest
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh
Mildred Pierce
Mommy Dearest
2.
Bette spat and saw red
And aiming for dear Joanie's head
She really had a lot to lose
By Joan in her "fuck-me-shoes"
Uh oh, etc...
Big red lips, hands on hips
Lawdy mama, she's laquered to the fingertips
Puffing on a cigarette,
Fighting tooth and nail with Bette
There's no wire hangers in the cupboard
She's put her faith in L.Ron Hubbard
3.
When she'd stopped and done 'em over
Hitched up with Mr. Pepsi Cola
Raised some brats whose names aren't clear
And called herself Mommy Dear
Uh oh, etc...
Big red lips, hands on on hips
Lawdy mama, she's laquered to the fingertips
Puffing on a cigarette,
Fighting tooth and nail with Bette
There's no wire hangers in the closet
There's no alimony to deposit
Uh oh - it's you and me dear
Uh oh - nothing to fear
Uh oh - she's so blessed
Uh oh - Mommy Dearest
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Summer Fun
1.
Got a confession I have to make
I really didn't try to take him away - I'd say -
it was more of a fatal attraction
it was sort of a love reaction - he's fine -
this boy is mine
I feel that this time I could really win
I'm feeling like my ship has just come in
and there's no way in the world I'll give him back to you
don't sit around waiting, cos I'm no fool
Ba, bababa ba, bababa baÉ
Why are you lying there in the sun?
It's not just all about having fun
Where do you go when the summer's gone?
2.
He's got a following of beauty queens
he's built on the lines of the American dream
he's so square... but I don't care
he's got big muscles, he don't look frail
he has fun in the sun, he don't look pale
he's my king - my love thing
His body is great but his brains are not
he can dance with the best - he don't read a lot
he sits alone slumming by the pool
I don't think he learnt that much at school
Ba, bababa ba, bababa ba...
Why are you lying there in the sun?
It's not just all about having fun
Where do you go when the summer's gone?
this summer's not never-ending
there's no happy ending
oh no, oh no...
so it's sink or swim,
so it's sink or swim,
so stop crying,
yeah you're pretty dim
yeah you're pretty dim
so stop trying
no you'll never win,
no you'll never win
summer's dying... bye bye, summer fun, now it's all done
bye bye, summer fun
bye bye, summer fun, now it's all done
summer love - summer fun - he's my summer love - summer fun...
he's my summer gone
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all lyrics by Alodie Fielding
- copyright Alodie Fielding
except 'Stand Up', by Jim
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