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Beat Teenage Cancer - Tribute to The Beat

by Various Artists

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Mirror in the bathroom Please talk free The door is locked Just you and me Can I take you to a restaurant That's got glass tables You can watch yourself While you are eating Mirror in the bathroom I just can't stop it Every Saturday you see me Window shopping Find no interest In the racks and shelves Just ten thousand reflections Of my own sweet self, self, self, self, self Mirror in the bathroom You're my mirror in the bathroom You're my mirror in the bathroom You're my mirror in the bathroom Mirror in the bathroom Recompense For all my crimes Of self defense Cures you whisper Make no sense Drift gently into Mental illness Mirror in the bathroom Please talk free The door is locked Just you and me Can I take you to a restaurant That's got glass tables You can watch yourself While you are eating Mirror in the bathroom Mirror in the bathroom Mirror in the bathroom Mirror in the bathroom Mirror in the bathroom Mirror in the bathroom
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Just out of spite, I confess I've ruined three lives Now don't sleep so tight Because I didn't care till I found out that one of them was mine. Night after night time time after time. Done too much of both types of w(h)ining. Still wasn't right fight after fight Till "Get out of my life get away from me get away from that gun" "No it's not a joke it's cards on the table time Yes I could have phoned I could have spoke But how to break the news without beaking your heart Being dead don't hurt, No only dieing Cards on the table time, Sometimes it's right to say goodnight." Always searching for paradise, I'll admit that I'm good as blind Darling I confess yes I've ruined three lives And didn't care till I found out that one of them was mine. I confess Our love seems like a punishment And I confess, If it's all the same to you I'll stay indifferent I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess. No-one wins and there's no denying, Don't pretend like you don't know why, Just a little word here a little push there Darling I confess look I confess that I don't really care I confess I confess I confess. Out like a light, Another boy who's given up trying, Blinded by fright, He scream my life's not open, Please get out, I know I'm shouting, I like to shout. It's not a joke it's cards on the table time It's not a joke it's cards on the table time I could have phoned I could have spoke But how to break the news without beaking your heart Being dead don't hurt, No only dieing Cards on the table time, Sometimes it's right to say goodnight." Always searching for paradise, I'll admit that I'm good as blind Darling I confess yes I've ruined three lives And didn't care till I found out that one of them was mine. I confess I deserve some type of punishment I confess If it's all the same to you I'll stay indifferent I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess I confess
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Two dozen other dirty lovers Must be a sucker for it Cry, cry but I don't need my mother Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it Sooner or later your legs give way, you hit the ground Save it for later, don't run away and let me down Sooner or later you'll hit the deck, you'll get found out Save it for later, don't run away and let me down, you let me down Black air and seven seas, all rotten through But what can you do? I don't know how I'm meant to act with all of you lot Sometimes I don't try I just, "Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na" (One, two, three, four) Sooner or later your legs give way, you hit the ground Save it for later, don't run away and let me down Sooner or later you'll hit the deck, you'll get found out Save it for later, don't run away and let me down, you let me down You runaway and runaway and let me down Two dozen other stupid reasons Why we should suffer for this? Don't bother trying to explain them Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it Sooner or later your legs give way, you hit the ground Save it for later, don't run away and let me down Sooner or later you'll hit the deck you'll get found out Save it for later, don't runaway and let me down, you let me down You run away, run away, run away, run away, run away Run away and let me down Run away, run away, run away, run away, run away, run away, run away Run away and let me down
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Guess there's no use in hangin' 'round Guess I'll get dressed and do the town I'll find a crowded avenue Though it will be empty without you I can't get used to losing you No matter what I try to do Gonna spend my whole life through Loving you Called up some girl I used to know After I heard her say, hello Couldn't think of anything to say Since you're gone it happens every day I can't get used to losing you No matter what I try to do Gonna spend my whole life through Loving you I can't get used to losing you No matter what I try to do Gonna spend my whole life through Loving you I'll find somebody wait and see Who am I kidding, only me 'Cause no one else could take your place Guess that I am just a hopeless case I can't get used to losing you No matter what I try to do Gonna spend my whole life through Loving you Can't get used to losing you No matter what I try to do Gonna spend my whole life through Loving you
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I just found out the name of your best friend You been talkin' about yourself again And no one seems to share your views Why doesn't everybody listen to you kid? How come you never really seem to get through, is it you? Talk about yourself again, you Talk about yourself Always you, you, you Talk about yourself again She's on a holiday She's got her summer frock on Suck on an ice cream It's meltin' in the hot sun First date's made you pray for more I wanted you, wanted Everybody knows the score I wanted you, wanted What are we pretendin' for? Let's talk about ourselves on the floor Let's talk about yourselves, nothing more I promise Talk about ourselves again I just found out the name of your best friend Talk, talk, talk about yourself again Yes I just found out the name of your best friend I just found out the name of your best friend You been talkin' about yourself again And no one seems to share your views Why doesn't anybody listen to you kid? How come you never really seem to get through, is it you? Talk about yourself again, you Talk about yourself Always you, you, you Talk about yourself again, again, again I just found out the name of your best friend Just found out the name of your best friend I just found out the name of your best friend I just found out the name of your best friend Just found out the name of your best friend I just found out the name of your best friend Just found out the name of your best friend
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I've never been one for the punch-up But look I really hate those nazis A certain something starts to wind me up How could I hate them oh so violently When two swords slashing at each other Only sharpen one another And in the long run even he's your brudda' Said even though that c*nt's a nazi [nazi] Always attack those things in someone else, Reflections that you can't face in yourself, To make precious fascistic feeling gone It makes you turn into a bigger one Because ... Two swords slashing at each other Only sharpen one another And in the long run even he's your brudda' Said even though that c*nt's a nazi [nazi] Fighting the Front or just fronting a fight? Sometimes it's hard to see the left from the right Are we angry or are we looking for peace? Or just tryin' to win the war... ...by killing all the enemy off Just to kill all the enemy off Kill the enemy off Kill the enemy off I've never been one for the punch-up But look I really hate those nazis [nazis] A certain something gets to wind me up How could I hate them oh so violently When two swords slashing at each other Only sharpen one another And in the long run even he's your brudda' Said even though that c*nt's a nazi [nazi] Even though that c*nt's a nazi [nazi] Even though that c*nt's a nazi [nazi]
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Don't attempt to explain this incredible strain Now confusion's become far too simple a word for it Is what you make That's the usual mistake If you're happy with pain you can take it from me That they're all out to get you They're painting your life in a permanent grey They're all out to get you It takes more than tears to get rid of the stains Sometimes You're scared you might slip when you're holding a knife Lose your fingers or more in a lathe on the nightshift You're scared that your babies Get born with no legs You're so scared of death You don't know what life is So they're. . . All out to get you, all over nothing They're painting your life in a permanent way They're all out to get you, but all out forgetting It takes more than tears to get rid of the stains sometimes Until you accept that you're just like the others You're a boy or a girl Then a man or a woman And your clothes never fit And your skin's the wrong colour So you make do with fear You get more than you need. Yes they're all out to get you, all over nothing They're painting your life in a permanent grey They're all out to get you, but all out for getting It takes more than tears to get rid of the stains Sometimes It takes more than tears It takes more than tears It takes more than tears To get rid of the stains.
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All set luncheonette, Kitchenette to let I bet to get hamburgerette again. We met in a launderette and kissed beneath the air jet No threat no sweat Another one in the back of the net. When I met Jeanette, Substitute Ronette, She said "Will you remember?" Said I could never forget her Au naturalette, Her mom's a millionette So we shared one last cigarette and swapped false addresses, Jeanette, Jeanette. Dangerous She's like damp dynamite Oh boy, enjoy, have a nice night Won't you promise to wrote me whenever you can Make sure you warn me if you're coming to Birmingham. I get Jeanette Substitute Ronette She said "Will you remember?" Said I could never forget her, Jeanette No no no I'll never forget you. Touching your skin has proved one thing, That love's still exciting. We're getting there We're nearly there Just one final fling, Pushing into a new love steady deep and strong Steady on You know we shouldn't talk like this. I met Jeanette Substitute Ronette She said "Will you remember?" Said "I could never forget you." Au naturalette, Her mom's a millionette So we shared one last cigarette and swapped false addresses, Jeanette No no no I'll never forget you. Jeanette No no no I'll never forget you.
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This world is upside down The rights and wrongs don't get much wronger Mistakes found in the past Turn into rules protecting power It's falling down, it weighs a lot So you should not depend on it This world is upside down But look, I can't hang on for much longer Sugar and stress, do everything at least twice Catch your fingers in your private vices Sugar and stress, with a heart like ice Hope Heaven comes in a number of size These thoughts are so unfair If something's there then it's worth taking We know where our hearts are, right behind our wallets Yes and that's where they're staying Grow up together but we grow apart Always climbing up is our downfall A change of blood or a change of heart Another change of address will do no good Sugar and stress, do everything at least twice Catch your fingers in your private vices Sugar and stress, with a heart like ice Hope Heaven comes in a number of size This world is upside down The rights and wrongs don't get much wronger Mistakes found in the past Turn into rules protecting power It's falling down, it weighs a lot So you should not depend on it This world is upside down But look, I can't hang on for much longer Sugar and stress, do everything at least twice Catch your fingers in your private vices Sugar and stress, with a heart like ice Hope Heaven comes in a number of size Sugar and stress Catch your fingers in your private vices Sugar and stress Hope Heaven comes in a number of size This world is upside down This world is upside down This world is upside down But look, I can't hang on for much longer
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There's a training course boys and girls of real ambition start a new job in a factory where they're making ammunition but it makes them think of stealing when they read between the lines through the owners of this funfair you won't find a ride you like just get-a-job, get-a-job manufacture rubbish although no one can afford it you could make a profit more than anyone deserves so you find you're left with poison so you dump it in our water and so create the kind of problems only radiation cures through get-a-job, get-a-job oh you young people are revolting 8 to 5 should give the jolt needed in a few years you won't feel quite the same you'll be playing their get-a-job games there's a training camp when you come from from saving nations get a new job and a new leg social rehabilitation every time you thing of leaving you get caught between the lines it's the training for the funfair you get taken for a ride you! just get-a-job, get-a-job just get-a-job, get-a-job
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I told my friend I'd check for you He told me that he liked you too But then I saw him kissing you I could've died when he said, hands off she's mine Said hands off she's mine Hands off she's mine Hands off she's mine, I want her all the time Hands off she's mine, hands off she's mine. I knew that this was real although It usually comes mixed up with fear. I knew that I could wait Although it just might take a thousand years. Said hands off she's mine Hands off she's mine Hands off she's mine, until the end of time Hands off she's mine, hands off she's mine. La, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, La, la, la, la. Now we're going steady, been together several weeks I check out all the other guys who we see on the streets When I say, hands off she's mine Hands off she's mine Hands off she's mine, it takes up all my time Hands off she's mine, hands off she's mine. I said hands off me DAUGHTER I tell ya get yer hands off me DAUGHTER C'mon mek me said don't mess around on ya, C'mek mek me tell ya don't want ta get ya. La, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, La, la, la, la. Funny how the best things never last for every day I thought she was my girlfriend 'Till I heard that someone else was saying, Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine.
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Every story has to be about something I suppose this one says I lose my head As the feeling starts to grow you know? I can feel love thumping at the doors of my heart Feel love thump as it tears me apart Feel love pump as the worrying starts I can feel love thumping at the doors of my heart again At the doors of my heart again I can feel love thump Bom-bom, be bom-bom Everybody needs someone They can cling to now and then No more defense, no more pretense No reasons to explain it You can feel love thumping at the doors of your heart Feel love thump as it tears you apart Feel blood pump as the worrying starts And you can feel love thumping at the doors of your heart again At the doors of your heart again You can feel love thump Bom-bom, be bom-bom Bom-bom, be bom-bom This one your unity rocker, Lord Stick him in your living room and turn off the light eh Bet you wouldn't know if he was black or white Boy, say what's the use in fighting? Man say, I say you shouldn't really fight Tek him to a disco tek Tek him to a pub eh Tek him to a blues and then You play him rub a dub eh Say you shouldn't really fight, man say Say you shouldn't really fight Each and every day I walk through the streets And I see man and man war and kill each other Because you are black or you are white So what's the use in fighting? War alright Because it's strictly love and unity We a deal in today And that we will never throw away We will never throw away, war alright I say just because you're brown You no fe g'wan like a clown Just because you're white You no fe broke a likkle fight eh Say what's the use in fighting, boy I say, you shouldn't really fight Every time it happens, seem to act a little touched In this at least, you're just like me I think we think too much Why can't we just Feel love thumping at the doors of our heart Feel love thump as it tears us apart Feel blood pump as the worrying starts I can feel love thumping at the doors of my heart again At the doors of my heart again I can feel love thump Bom-bom, be bom-bom I can feel love thump Bom-bom, be bom-bom At the doors of my heart again At the doors of my heart again I say, I can feel love thump Bom-bom, be bom-bom Bom-bom, be bom-bom
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It's too late now It's twenty past two I spent the night just watchin' you I watched you dance I watched you move Can't breath and still i watched you move away Now i think quite a lot as i stare at my shoes About all these things that i put myself through Now there's nothing to say And there's nothing to do You're just too nice to talk to Too nice to talk to You're too nice to talk to You're too nice to talk to The Radcliffs wouldn't come after you I glance but you just stared me through Felt such a fool i felt you knew But you might tell me to go away Now i think quite a lot of my own point of view Is that all i have that's in common with you EMOTIONS SO GUARDED My heart is retarded You're too nice to talk to Too nice to talk to You're too nice to talk to You're too nice to talk to This evening hasn't gone like i planned Should i take the situation in hand Can't go on but i can't seem to dance You chain my feet I stamp and stamp and stamp Because nothing i do ever seems to be right The same dance of mine Every saturday night Out the window You might say I'm out of of my mind But you're too nice to talk to Too nice to talk to You're too nice to talk to Too nice to talk to You're too nice to talk to Too nice!
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Rotating head, keeps on the right side Coiled up and tense remains on the lookout Expects to be shot or get given the bullet Rotating head tries to look on the bright side of things Rotating head, friends in high places No need to guess what he's got in that briefcase A mind like a gin-trap, one swollen ankle The rotating head tries to stay on the right side of things On the right side of things Living on tip-toe Waiting for the next step The wages of death What a life for a swivelhead Understand, underhand, underarm protection Each new passer-by a new wave of suspicion In less than an hour the plane will be leaving The lights and the cameras Then sleep on a prayer and a wing, rotating Living on tip-toe Waiting for the next step The wages of death What a life for a swivelhead Rotating head look on the bright side Coiled up and tense remains on the lookout A mind like a gin-trap, one swollen ankle The rotating head tries to stay on the right side of things That's the right side of things
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Yes, I'll be down your street again quite soon And don't ignore me when I wave at you For although I'm looking rather sad I'm all you've ever really had And when you're desperate, you will hold me Hold me to that Took your hat off in Wisconsin Took your head in Vietnam Just dying to become a man Well, I am your flag Spend all of my time just looking For the big hit So long getting there There's no time left to use it So let's raise a smile of victory Impressed in dental surgery When you need cover, you can use me Buried at sea Freedom's just a new deodorant The money's spent, and you've been had You don't believe me? Ask your dad I am your flag So, as I fly so proudly, you will see That you won't dare break up this family See the happy children on parade With wooden guns that mother made And see me dancing in the breeze That blows them away I ran into Northern Ireland I ran into Afghanistan Dying to become a man? I am your flag
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It's a one shot magazine, give it a spin Open your mouth slide the barrel in If you don't like it just don't do it again Itchy finger, finger, trigger, trigger Click click, click click click One in thirty five is saying sorry through a bottle Say it's your job to scrape a living up, that's all it does Well think it back over it, hurts twice as much as living Itchy finger, finger, trigger, trigger Faster faster faster faster One shot, this is it, did you delay You call it a nightmare, now I call it a day You hold yourself steady at the edge of the bed As you say finger, finger, trigger, trigger Click click, click click click Click click click Faster faster faster faster Faster faster faster faster Faster faster faster faster Stop
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Yes, I've seen you go to work in your big car Yes, you're fat and can afford to be tasteless You're a big shot You want the whole lot And if I like it or not You still control me You tell me what to think and what to be I like it best in the freezing winter, boy I like to sneer as I sail past your bus stop I watch you struggle and it gets me red hot I wander 'round in my empty office block Big shot I want the whole lot And if you like it or not I still control you I tell you what to think and what to do So you listen to the smoking industry You listen to the guys in the factories You listen to the wealth and the misery You listen to the power of money For a big shot Who wants a whole lot And if you like it or not He'll probably get it He'll tell you when to beg and when to sit You look like a government minister Or a high ranking military officer I don't think you care You're just a big shot, yeah Yes, I've seen you go to work in your big car Yes, you're fat and can afford to be tasteless You're a big shot Who wants a whole lot And if I like it or not You still control me You tell me what to think and what to be
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a valentine from a politician three pages of your dog's ambitions the stabbed lover and the furious bunny stare too long and your eyes go funny yes i agree we're reading tissue paper but we can talk about real things later cheated cheated win a greenhouse to warm your sex life cheated cheated i read about the victims crying all night news...blurred photos of the latest plane crash; news, girl shivers as she heards the car door slam; news, t.v. guides you through uncomfortable questions doctor advises it's the communist problem to change the truth until it's worth money it's a joke, but it's not that funny cheated. our correspondent made to wait in the lobby torn to pieces by three have a go bobbies young swimmers in these sun dialling times sweeping the nation with a dance called the breadline it's in our water, and our education we are oppressed into association cheated cheated it's a joke, but it's not that funny cheated cheated change the truth until it's worth money cheated cheated win a greenhouse to warm your sex life cheated cheated read about the victims crying all night cheated cheated it's a joke but it's not funny cheated cheated change the truth until it's worth money cheated cheated drawing level means overtaking cheated cheated missed the point because you were too busy faking it
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The only limits we set what can we get away with? in that at least we're the same the only way we find of hiding the hurt we feel is more unnecessary pain each time you draw in like a breath it comes out like a knife you feel like offering yourself out tonight on what a fight the little you can expect to get to get from anyone else makes you look after number one the only helping hand you'll ever be offered is the one at the end of your own arm draw in like a breath it goes tight like a wire you're trying to shout but your lungs are on fire draw in like a breath it comes out like a knife you feel like offering yourself shoplifting my little brother shoplifting my little sister said all you got to do is just a forward through the door but when they come fe check you out you no come back for more shoplifting my little brederen shoplifting my little sister tell me which one would you prefer one hundred pound fine or three months in prison me old cock sparra? shoplifting shoplifting shoplifting, but a shoplifting
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Cross your fingers, say you're on high Pretend you're in debt and see what life brings But all of this taking things as they come Tends to make you forget to put anything in The longer you dwell, the more it's like hell You sit by the well just making a wish It would be a shame to take too much blame Look, we're all the same, it's only a game Ackee 1-2-3 Ackee 1-2, 1-2-3, did I just catch you laughing? Ackee 1-2-3 Ackee 1-2, 1-2-3 Forward, where the knocks are hardest Some to failure, some to fame Never mind the cheers or hooting Keep your head and play the game Try to keep your feet on the ground Without getting them stuck in the mud You will soon be over the moon or twice as hot as the sun Ackee 1-2-3 Ackee 1-2, 1-2-3, did I just catch you laughing? Ackee 1-2-3, ackee-ackee-ackee 1-2-3 Ackee 1-2, 1-2-3 Ackee, ackee 1-2-3 Cross your fingers, say you're on high Pretend you're in debt and see what life brings But all of this taking things as they come Tends to make you forget to put anything in The longer you dwell, the more it's like hell You sit by the well just making a wish To make it plain, I'll sing it again We're all the same, it's only a game Ackee 1-2-3 Ackee 1-2, 1-2-3, did I just catch you laughing? Ackee 1-2-3, ackee-ackee-ackee 1-2-3 Ackee 1-2, 1-2-3 Someone just smiled for no special reason It looks liken the smile's come back into season It's easy, doesn't have to be a nice day Just the only one you've got and it's coming, ready or not Ackee 1-2, 1-2-3 Ackee 1-2, 1-2-3
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This songs called the rough rider, Yeah, ya'know I say gwarn like a spider Tell ya say gwarn like a tiger, ya know She was a rough rider A strong winer Who start to winey, winey Dem had a hard night Last night Lord he feel so broke up today Lord he feel so broke up today Lord she feels so mash up today He was a rough rider A cool stroker A strong whiner Him want de bush She chops de wood They had a hard night Last night Yeah all right They was a rough rider A rough rider Your body saw'n and then jink up besider her Me take off me jeans And she starting to scream Take off me brief And then she says, "Good grief!" What a bly release, awar Say what a bly release, Lord A say me take in me bed And she gwarn like she red Show up an take ah some me beer, brrrrrr, awar Till your body son and you got to come around As I would say, yeah 'Cause there's a hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, Dear Liza 'Cause there's a hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, Dear Liza Well I don't know what you'd say If you seen me yesterday And I don't know what you'd say If you speak to me today She was a rough rider Rough rider A solid winer Ah she solid like dis, She come ah she come ah She winey bush I say you wine and you grine, Say you feel alright Dem hard a hard night Aye she had a hard night Last night Last night is a fine night For I-Ranking Roger, yeah Last night I say fe him some love and unity, Him want it fe humanity Tonight Last night I had sugar and spice Tonight As I would tell ya Brrrrr...
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I've never been one for the punch-up But look I really hate those nazis A certain something starts to wind me up How could I hate them oh so violently When two swords slashing at each other Only sharpen one another And in the long run even he's your brudda' Said even though that c*nt's a nazi [nazi] Always attack those things in someone else, Reflections that you can't face in yourself, To make precious fascistic feeling gone It makes you turn into a bigger one Because ... Two swords slashing at each other Only sharpen one another And in the long run even he's your brudda' Said even though that c*nt's a nazi [nazi] Fighting the Front or just fronting a fight? Sometimes it's hard to see the left from the right Are we angry or are we looking for peace? Or just tryin' to win the war... ...by killing all the enemy off Just to kill all the enemy off Kill the enemy off Kill the enemy off I've never been one for the punch-up But look I really hate those nazis [nazis] A certain something gets to wind me up How could I hate them oh so violently When two swords slashing at each other Only sharpen one another And in the long run even he's your brudda' Said even though that c*nt's a nazi [nazi] Even though that c*nt's a nazi [nazi] Even though that c*nt's a nazi [nazi]
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Rankin' come forward. Full Stop, say Ranking Full Stop. Full Stop, say Ranking Full Stop. My name is Ranking Full Stop So all you really got to do Is just-a move you little feet And just-a rock-a to the beat, As I would say, yeah, alright And when you hear the signal You must stop, I said rock I said you rock it And you shock it and you, ooh, say so, oh lord. Now hold on down there. Take it easy, yeah, alright Said are you ready, Said are you ready to stop, Said are you ready, Said are you ready to stop, I said stop. Ready, said are you ready to go, Said are you ready, said are you ready to go. Full Stop, me, stop, Full Stop, Ranking Full Stop, Now that's the name I would really, really say, Full Stop. Ranking Full Stop. Said Ranking Full Stop. Brr-yeah. You move your little feet, You rock-a to the beat, You hear this song and you gotta come around, I see you upon the street, you look so sweet, I see you with your dancin' feet, yeah. Said are you ready, said are you ready to stop, Said are you ready, said are you ready to stop, I said stop. Ready, said are you ready to go, Said are you ready, said are you ready to go. Full Stop, me, stop, Full Stop Say Ranking Full Stop. As I would tell ya 'bout this song, so c'mon. Full Stop. Ranking Full Stop. Say Ranking Full Stop. Brr-yeah. Your dancing took it over y'know I say you come from Dover y'know And I would really, really tell ya and show you all To do the Ranking Full Stop. I said you move to your left And then you move to you right, Tell you 'bout this song and you got to unite. You move to your left And then you move to your right And then you do it 'till midnight y'know All singing are you ready, Said are you ready to stop, Said are you ready, Said are you ready to stop, I said stop.
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Compromise around the corner Can you hear the accountants call? Could you refuse another dollar? Could you stop yourself from falling? So in between the sleepless nights You dream that you are winning fights But then it happens, dreadful thing A wave appears too big to swim You're drowning, you're drowning. Buy a beach before next summer? How do you feel in the morning? If the light's an awful bother I could always close the curtains. Just close your eyes and count to ten See if you still remember when Your life seemed easy, you had friends But that was different than that was then You're drowning, you're drowning Round and round and round You're drowning In a frenzy now You're drowning You want fe go in a de ocean, a so me say I saw you drowning in slow motion, and now me learn Far too late to make a commotion Too late for you to show easy motion A say you go down to the bottom Say you can't reach the top Get stuck on the bottom Say you can't reach the top Two days later say they find you 'pon the rocks Say ha ha ha ha ha bad luck! Eh? so ... Tell yourself until you're certain Can you hear the accountants call? You'll buy a beach before next summer Swim away and leave it all. So underwater deaf and blind Under such pressures you might find A secret right before the end That makes you want to breathe again You're drowning, you're drowning Round and round and round You're drowning Inner frenzy now you're drowning Round and round and round and round You're drowning, drowning You said you're unhappy And you've taken all these tablets Just turn on the television
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Something shows in your face Aren't you forgetting yourself Nearly let your mask slip Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl Emotion packed in every tear Emotion mirrors your fears Smile and say hello dear Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl Walk into a niteclub See you standing in there Both your eyes are on me Wonder what makes you care Wonder what makes you stare Walk into a niteclub All your friends are in there Is that really blond hair? Why don't you play fair, You could be in Mayfair? You broke my heart in several pieces Not supposed to be that easy Have to read the books again Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl But you can't hurt me anymore I haven't got a heart no more No feelings get in my way Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl Did you think that i'd return Emotions all i need to learn Now you're gonna feel the same Vice-a-versa love and pain Vice-a-versa love and pain Did you think that i'd return Emotions all i need to learn Now you're gonna feel the same Vice-a-versa love and pain Vice-a-versa love and pain Now i've made a new way Now my mind is rearranged Now i can't be sure again Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl Are we really happy or maybe just pretending I can't tell the difference Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl I can have a new face I can have a new body I can have a new boy I can have a new girl I can have a new world I can have a new face I can have a new body I can have a new boy I can have a new girl I can have a new world I can have a twist and crawl I can have a twist and crawl Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
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Rotating head, keeps on the right side Colied up and tense remains on the lookout Expects to be shot or get given the bullet. Rotating head tries to look on the bright side of things. Rotating head, friends in high places No need to guess what he's got in that briefcase A mind like a gin-trap, one swollen ankle. The rotating head tries to stay on the right side of things, On the right side of things. Living on tip-toe, Waiting for the next step, The wages of death What a life for a swivelhead. Understand, underhand, underarm protection Each new passer-by a new wave of suspicion. In less than an hour the plane will be leaving The lights and the cameras Then sleeep on a prayer and a wing Rotating. Living on tip-toe, Waiting for the next step, The wages of death What a life for a swivelhead. Rotating head look on the bright side Colied up and tense remains on the lookout. A mind like a gin-trap, one swollen ankle. The rotating head tries to stay on the right side of things, That's the right side of things.
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This song's called the jackpot, Well look at that Say hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah Hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah You got your jackpot, You got your jackpot when you hit the top You got your jackpot, You got your jackpot when you call the shots Say what a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joyful sound Say what a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joyful sound A woman's touch, A woman's touch is here tonight, aha A woman's touch, A woman's touch for me tonight Say what a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joyful sound. Say so, oh lord Say what a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joyful sound. Good God! Say hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah Hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah Hip, hip horray, yeah Hip, hip horray, yeah Say I was walking down the road With my heavy, heavy load Try to keep it secret, But now everybody knows Darling won't you stay Please don't stand in love's way Darling won't you stay I just can't stand another day Cause you're a pretty young lady Don't come a' tease You're a pretty young lady You're a pretty young lady, lord Cause youre a pretty young lady, whoa If you're getting hot, You gotta enter the spot 'Cause this one's called jack pot! Boy! Say do you feel alright Did the Beat come all over you tonight? Say did we make it right, Did the Beat come all over you tonight? Say what a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joyful sound. Say what a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joy, What a joyful sound. Say hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah Hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah Hip, hip horray, yeah Hip, hip horray, yeah I'm sorry to say But I'm on my way I won't be back for many a day Say goodbye everybody Goodbye everybody Goodbye everybody Say goodbye everybody Say it's a love and unity song Goodbye everybody Say goodbye everybody Goodbye everybody, yeah I say I'm sorry to say But I'm on my way I won't be back for many a day
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Did you lie through your teeth did you lie in the dark? Which side of the bed did the argument start? Who slammed the door with a stupid, glib remark? Who started the next operation on our hearts?There is no cushion, feel nothing at all. When you're too tired to beg, I'm unwilling to crawl. So either... ...you've got to big, or I've always been too...small. That means, I would lose your hand, but I'm scared, scared that I might fall, so... ...let me lie through my teeth, let me lie in the dark. On this side of the bed, where the argument start[ed]. Yes, I slammed the door with a stupid, glib remark. Who started the next operation on our hearts?A slap in the face, it could come to that soon. Look out, sweep by me say, "Please don't come into the room." I won't hesitate, I won't let you make me lose. So don't come into my rage 'cause I'm scared, scared what I might do, just... ...let me lie through my teeth, let me lie in the dark. Miles away from the bed where the argument starts. Look, I've stopped my own mouth, I've stopped making remarks, But please, no more operations on my heart...on my heart.
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She said to leave it till the end of the party Do it now, you know there's never a next time How come the feeling that it's only just started Pull back your cover, I could love you for all time But do it now, you know there's never a next time. The bees are busy, Now there's gold on the hill The branches waving But our hearts are wrapped up inside And then you leave me, so I start missing you a lot No argument oh do I love you or not No argument, you have all the love that I see as mine Pull back your cover, I could love you for all time But do it now you know there's never a next time. She said to leave it till the end of the party How come the feeling that it's always just starting The bees are busy, Now there's gold on the hill. The branches waving But our hearts are wrapped up inside Soon as you leave me then I start Missing you a lot No argument oh do I love you, I love you or not. Oh treat him like a baby please, All night. Oh treat him like a baby please, All night. Strength is not the same as anger Put the taste back into hunger Searching the box? Looking for what? I love you, I love you or not? Strength is not the same as anger Put the taste back into hunger Searching the box?, Looking for what? Pushing the gear back into top? Put the first back into class Lose your bottle break the glass You'll wind up high and dry with just this slow cold comfort. Oh treat him like a baby please, All night. Love you or not? Oh treat him like a baby please.
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