1. |
Dotted Line
03:37
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Dotted Line
Make up your mind, it’s not my job to do
We can either shop at Asda, or just enjoy the view
I need a crisis loan, to buy a tin of beans
The Wolf is at the door, with a pistol in his jeans
Neither do the bad
It’s really not so bad
The ugly good and bad
Do what you want and do it all the time
You don’t have to sign on the dotted line
Everything is shut, or either closing down,
The streets are getting dark, the Sun is winding down
Money to burn, wealth galore,
A little on the side, and then some more
Neither do the bad
It’s really not so bad
The ugly good and bad
I turned a big corner
Another one appeared
I counted to ten
And made it disappear
Make up your mind, it’s not my job to do
We can either shop at Tescos, or just enjoy the view
I need a crisis loan, to buy a tin of beans
The Wolf is at the door, with a pistol in his jeans
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2. |
Ramshackle Blues
03:36
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The Ramshackle Blues
It’s a crazy old world, stuck in a rut
Karl Marx said, read my book
The price of oil, is thick and crude
The cost of living, has just been sued
Have you heard the news, about the ramshackle blues
The Bank of England, has blown a fuse
Eyes like coins, smile like cash
The ghost of Mammon, has come to pass
Tell you something, without a shadow of doubt
I’m not really sure, which way is out
Have you heard the news, about the ramshackle blues
Buckingham Palace, is not amused
Dead Calm sea, storm overhead, boat sailing all alone
Sitting on top a mountain of debt
There’s one way down but not quite yet,
Count your blessings, pay your dues
Stand up straight when the deal goes down
You’ve only got nothing to lose!
Well it’s one for the money, two for the show,
Three to get ready NOW GO CAT GO!
The law of the jungle, has run amok
Karl Marx Said, read my book
Have you heard the news, about the ramshackle blues
The Houses of Parliament, they don’t have a clue
Dead Calm sea, storm overhead, boat sailing all alone
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3. |
The Great American Dream
05:50
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The Great American Dream
We were talking about Frank Sinatra
And how he loved the Mafia’s might,
We were singing Frank Sinatra’s
‘Strangers in the night’
We were saying how the Rat Pack
Snapped their fingers in time,
We were talking about Frank Sinatra
‘Buddy can ya spare a dime?’
We were talking about Elvis Presley
The King of Rock and Roll,
And how Colonel Tom Parker
Owned his mortal soul,
We laughed about his movies
And his rhinestone Vegas years,
But we sang those early songs
Then raised a glass of beer.
We were talking about Michael Jackson
And his disastrous fall from grace
We were talking about Michael Jackson
And the mask he calls a face,
We were talking about Neverland
And the room without a view,
We all agreed animals should be free
And not kept in a Zoo.
We were talking about the Great Gatsby
And the Great American Dream,
We were talking about feet of clay
And the fame and wealth machine,
We talked about the President
And how the last one was a fool,
And how Gatsby lost his American Dream
Face down in a pool.
We did a lot of talking that night
As the flags and banners waved,
We talked about the land
They call the home of the brave,
We talked about the truth
How nothing’s what it seems,
We talked about Martin Luther King
And his Great American Dream.
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4. |
Topsy-Turvy
02:57
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Topsy Turvy
Colonel Chaos and General Malaise
Are determined never to change their ways
They walk around in a permanent state
Of never been early or even being late
It's been this way
Forvever it seems
A man built a cage
For another man's dreams to die.
Here comes Nigel with a takeaway for Anne
She's working over time, he's a new age man
The stock market's crashed but the Vindaloo is nice
Peshwari Naan and a plate of Pilau rice.
What's wrong with suburbia?
It used to be so dull
Now they're fighting for survival
In the economic cull
Topsy Turvy, you're havin' a laugh
Topsy Turvy, you're havin' a laugh
You must think I'm daft
You're havin' a laugh
You're havin' a laugh at me.
Humans learnt survival like no other creature
But soon became bored with this extra feature
They invented the bow, the arrow and the spear
And just for good measure, they cultivated fear
Now this did the trick
Things were looking bad
And with guns and bombs
They really went mad
Topsy Turvy, you're havin' a laugh
Topsy Turvy, you're havin' a laugh
You must think I'm daft
You're havin' a laugh
You're havin' a laugh at me.
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5. |
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Excuse me, do you have a problem with me?
I see you speaking to people on ignore
Nodding and smiling to the biggest bore
Am I too uncivil for your unaquired taste?
A blot on the margins of your space of waste
Excuse me, do you have a problem with me?
You’ve had my cash my pin number too
You’ve never had to take an I.O.U
I’ve bought your books of conscience and faith
Is it the cut of my cloth or the angle of my face?
Excuse me, do you have a problem with me?
Well I fled the sleepy suburbs
For the vibrant inner city
I felt like Billy Liar
And I looked like Walter Mitty
But I’d never turn my back, on my sister or brother
I’d walk naked through Hell, and never run for cover
Excuse me, do you have a problem with me?
The Cathedral’s standing beside the sandwich bar
Taste and belief are on a same par
I’m pushing through the aisles in the Soul Supermarket
You’re standing at the checkout and I feel like a target
Excuse me, do you have a problem with me?
Confess, confess, you know it’s for the best
Galileo, confess, confess, you know it’s for the best!
Excuse me, do you have a problem with me?
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6. |
Some Other Place
05:30
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Some other place
It’s nice to arrive back here
After being some other place
I can see through the rear window
Now she’s finally removed her case
I could have driven her home
But I’ll never forget her face
It’s nice to arrive back here
After being some other place
The ring she slipped on me
Hurts my wedding finger
Clouds gathering in the South
Are carried by the stormbringer
I could easily carry on driving
Disappear without a trace
It’s nice to arrive back here
After being some other place
I’ve been trying to iron out
All the creases in my life
Given all my shirts to Oxfam
My jacket to the Vicars Wife
I’m gonna get a new look
And not give up the chase
It’s nice to arrive back here
After being some other place
I’ve carried this ladder too long
Foot stuck on the bottom rung
It’s time to rise above
All the things that I’ve done wrong
Chesney Hawkes ain’t the one and only
I simply fell from grace
It’s nice to arrive back here
After being some other place
The service station’s a shell of light
Sanctuary from the road
I can taste black coffee on my lips
From a cup too hot to hold
The music and the heat is piped
It’s time that I touched base
It’s nice to arrive back here
After being some other place
It’s nice to arrive back here
After being some other place
I can take my foot off the pedal
and move at a slower pace
I could have driven her home
But I’ll never forget her face
It’s nice to arrive back here
After being some other place
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7. |
Cross Eyed Horse
03:13
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Cross Eyed Horse
You’re stupid
Put all your money in a bank made of ice
You’re stupid
You didn’t do it once but you went and did it twice
You placed a bet on a cross eyed horse
You got a good tip about a cross eyed horse
The Jockey on the horse was cross eyed too
When the winner crossed the line
They were still coming into view
You’re selfish
You knew it was folly but still spent the lolly
You’re selfish
Now you’re standing in the rain and you can’t afford a brolly
You look your best but you could look better
You love yourself even though you’ve never met her
The food you eat is clearly undercooked
The grass on your patio is fake like your butt
It’s a cartoon world full of badly drawn folk
It’s a cartoon world going up in smoke
It’s a cartoon world acting like it’s real
In a cartoon world it’s difficult to feel
You’re silly
You could have had more but you settled for less
You’re silly
I don’t know why and I couldn’t care less
You placed a bet on a cross eyed horse
You got a good tip about a cross eyed horse
The Jockey on the horse was cross eyed too
Was cross eyed too
When the winner crossed the line
They were still coming into view
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8. |
Midnight Train
04:47
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Midnight Train
Never had my heart so badly broken
Never had a dream so rudely awoken
I lost a part of me on Bushbury Hill
The part of me that loves you still
CHORUS:
If I had my time all over again
I’d make damn sure I caught that plane
If I had my time all over again
I’d get on board that midnight train
When I was a boy my heart was a fort
My soul was a ship that was never in port
Now the moat's dried up & the river has turned
There's a man overboard losing all that he earned
CHORUS:
So how many chances does a prisoner get?
When the keys are in the lock & the guards have fled?
Freedom & love they're a threat to the state
They're the enemies of power stranded by the gate
CHORUS:
I see you everyday but it's not really you
I thought I had the answer but I didn't have a clue
The Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
Now there's a film I like to rewind (inside my mind)
CHORUS:
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9. |
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Old love never dies (it simply fades away)
You knocked on my door like a hammer to the chest
Cleared out memories that caused you unrest
Stamped your authority without delay
Controlled the night, seized the day
The Bard of Stratford was heard to say
Old love never dies, but simply fades away
One broken night on the journey South
You couldn't resist opening your mouth
Pin point sharp and steel bright
Your needle words could puncture light
The Queen of England's been heard to say
One’s love never dies, but simply fades away
If the Universe were white
And the stars were deepest black
I wouldn't reverse my opinion
I still wouldn't want you back
I thought you were a gift from God
Throwing me a line for doing a good job
Now we've slipped of the page like earth from a spade
Nothing remains of the life we made
My friends have heard me say (Of late)
Old love never dies, but simply fades away
Old love never dies it simply fades away
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10. |
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Dance around the dead man
Saint Peter told Delilah there’s a hole in your well
At the bottom of your bucket there’s another one as well
She toiled, she labored, the whole day through
Some people never listen but they act like they do
Oh Constantine, oh Constantine,
You made me wash my feet so clean
I caught a train to Waterloo
The shops are closed but still they queue
Dance around the dead man
Dance around the dead man
Dance around the dead man
You rob Peter and I’ll kill Paul
Sunlight beating on a crowded street
Geometric slabs of light and heat
It’s been a bad winter all this summer
The weather is dumb getting dumber
I’ve done my tour of duty
Three parts truth and one part beauty
I’ll return one day to the countryside
Where the cycle of life is easier to ride
Dance around the dead man
Dance around the dead man
Dance around the dead man
You rob Peter and I’ll kill Paul
I lost my zig, I lost my zag
The corporate world makes time drag
Designer coffins and a family plot
No peace for the wicked even as they rot
The economy of greed has fallen sick
A cash injection’s needed quick
Keep your pony fresh and strong
The path you take is yours alone
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11. |
Electric Barn
03:43
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The Electric Barn
Make your way to the Amusement Park
Closed for the night and laughing in the dark
Steal your way through the underpass
Through shut down trees and unplugged grass
Soft foot through the Graveyard stones
Close your ears to the deep Crypt moans
Shortcut through the chainsaw farm
Peer through the slats of the Electric Barn
Scientists in the local pub, trying to find a cure for Love
Out of contact out of sight, sitting on a ledge at the edge
Of the world tonight
Night Owls coughing up Rodent bones
A click and a clack like old tap phones
Mote notes float on a Raven’s wing
A web of chords and a cloud that sings
Laboratory rats and perfume cats
Smoking dogs and bloodless bats
Experiments on DNA
A Petri dish on a silver tray
Scientists in the local pub, trying to find a cure for Love
Out of contact out of sight, sitting on a ledge at the edge
Of the world tonight
Welcome to the electric barn
There’s batteries on the Chicken Farm
Parties for the Chimpanzees
Ebola strain in cups of tea
Step inside the electric barn
Securities tight don’t so don’t be alarmed
Take your key enjoy your sleep
The woods are lovely dark and deep
Scientists in the local pub, they’ve finally found a cure for Love
Out of contact out of sight
Slipping off a ledge at the edge of the world tonight
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12. |
Interlude
00:26
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Hello.
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13. |
Pick It Up
04:28
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Pick it up
I’m penniless in Gaza, and I want what’s owed
Success is a bomb, ready to explode
Rabbit playing chicken, in a country road
How many times, can a rabbit be told?
Pick it up pick it up
You dropped your litter on my floor
Pick it up pick it up
You eat my apple down to the core
Pick it up pick it up
You drank my wine and still wanted more
Pick it up pick it up
Take what you left and leave by the door
Expiry dates, on packets of food
Cash in hand, was never so crude
Saw a big light, in Pornography street
I heard a voice, and felt the heat
Pick it up pick it up
You dropped your litter on my floor
Pick it up pick it up
You eat my apple down to the core
Pick it up pick it up
You drank my wine and still wanted more
Pick it up pick it up
Take what you left and leave by the door
Standing by a well, I wish I had a coin
Been cut so deep, You can still see the join
My flexible friend, Just snapped in two
The American Express, Is pulling into view
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14. |
Comeback
05:13
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Comeback
Love is like the waves
I’m staring at the sea
Love is like the waves to me
Love is like a cup
We went and broke it up
Love is like a cup of tea
Looking at your letter
You could have written it better
Looking at your letter to me
Life can be so lonely
When you know you’re only
Thinking that you can’t be free
Love is like the sea
I’m staring at the waves
Love is like the sea to me
Love is like a Wolf
Hungry as can be
Love is like a Wolf to me
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