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"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On"
A love that's strong in mind
A love that's strong as mine
"21st Century Christmas"
Magic mold
Magic morn
"A Girl Like You"
Angry face
Angel face
"A Little in Love"
You say you're willing to murder
You say you're willing to learn
"All My Love"
You were not on my mind
You were no longer mine
"Baby You're Dynamite"
Explosive vigilante
Explosive situation
"Big Ship"
Love is a big s***
Love is a big ship
"Blue Turns to Grey"
For maybe just an owl
For maybe just an hour
"Broken Doll"
You can't wind her up
I've all the pieces.
You can't wind her up
Although the key fits.
"Can't Keep This Feeling In"
Not for another mammoth
Not for another minute
"Carrie"
Carrie had a date with the wrong kind of fate
It's plain to see
Another missing person
One of many, we are sure
The young wear their freedom
Like cheaper fuel
(It's useless information)
Return to my car
(A helpless situation)
You're nothing at all
You're just another message on a payphone wall
Carrie had a date with her own kind of fate
It's plain to see
Another missing person
One of many we assume
The young wear their freedom
Like cheap perfume
(It's useless information)
Returning my call
(To help the situation)
They've nothing at all
You're just another message on a payphone wall
I've listened to this several times now, and I can't hear he sings anything other than "like cheaper fuel" - and I've always thought he sang nothing else. Other people have confirmed what I hear. An Iranian oil strike in late 1978 lead to the early 1979 oil crisis where fuel prices rose considerably - it could be that was on Cliff's mind when he recorded this at the time. Being British, he would pronounce perfume as 'PER-fume', so it would be hard to sing it differently. Anyway, the young using up their freedom like cheap fuel sounds so plaintive and so very much better. (He mouths like 'cheap per-fume' in the video, but this was recorded after the fact). Of course I also much prefer my lyric "Carrie had a date with the wrong kind of fate - It's plain to see" - this complements the dark tone of the song much better as well.
"Carrie"
If I tell my folks
If I telephoned
"Congratulations"
Congratulations and copulations
Congratulations and jubilations
"Congratulations"
Congratulations and jubilations.
I want the world to know I'm happy as can be.
Who would believe that I could be happy and contented.
I used to think that happiness hadn't been invented.
But that was in the bad old days before I melt you.
Congratulations and jubilations.
I want the world to know I'm happy as can be.
Who would believe that I could be happy and contented.
I used to think that happiness hadn't been invented.
But that was in the bad old days before I met you.
"Congratulations"
Congratulations and urinations
Congratulations and jubilations
"Congratulations"
Ejaculations and jubilations
Congratulations and jubilations
"Constantly"
Me of you, Considine
Me of you constantly
"Daddy's Home"
Your best friend Robin told me
You had tear drops in your eyes.
or
Your best friend's mother told me
You had tear drops in your eyes.
Your best friend wrote and told me
You had tear drops in your eyes.
"Daddy's Home"
Your best friend Roland told me you had teardrops in your eyes.
Your best friend wrote and told me you had teardrops in your eyes.
"Devil Woman"
And I knew it was the splashy cat
And I knew it was a spell she cast
"Devil Woman"
I knew she was a Spalche cat.
Same cat with them evil eyes, and I knew it was a spell she'd cast.
"Devil Woman"
I've had nothing but bad luck
Since the day I saw a cat eat my dog
I've had nothing but bad luck
Since the day I saw the cat at my door
"Devil Woman"
I’ve had nothing in Bedrock
I’ve had nothing but bad luck
"Devil Woman"
Just a devil woman, beneath a lot of woman
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you.
"Devil Woman"
On a night in the badlocks
[Later]
Same cat with them evil eyes
And I knew it was a smashy cat.
I've had nothing but bad luck
[Later]
Same cat with them evil eyes
And I knew it was a spell she'd cast.
"Devil Woman"
Same cat with them evil eyes,
and I knew it was a spam she-cat.
Same cat with them evil eyes,
and I knew it was a spell she'd cast.
"Devil Woman"
Same cat with them evil eyes, and I knew it was a squelchy cat.
Same cat with them evil eyes, and I knew it was a spell she'd cast.
"Devil Woman"
She's just a better woman
She's just a devil woman
"Devil Woman"
She's just a devil woman
With evil autumn eyes
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
"Devil Woman"
She's just a devil woman that's evil all the time
She's just a devil woman With evil on her mind.
"Devil Woman"
She's just a devil woman
That evil aunt of mine.
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind.
"Devil Woman"
She's just a devil woman
with evil ornaments
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind.
"Devil Woman"
She's just a devil woman
Medieval undermind.
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind.
"Devil Woman"
She's just a devil woman
An evil lotta mm-hmm
We wear the devil woman
She's gonna get you.
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you.
"Devil Woman"
She’s just Havana woman
She’s just a devil woman
"Devil Woman"
She’s just a bagel woman
She’s just a devil woman
"Devil Woman"
She’s just a damn old woman
She’s just a devil woman
"Don't Talk to Him" (MP3)
And if he tells you, I'm a tooth
And if he tells you, I'm untrue
"Dreamin'"
Foreign clock
4:00
"Dynamite"
I'm gonna feel Lennie's bosom.
I'm gonna feel an explosion.
"Flying Machine"
I go up in the end
I go up in the air
"From a Distance"
Carmen's watching us
God is watching us
"From a Distance"
Playing songs of the Pope
Playing songs of hope
"Gee Whiz It's You"
You're the one who can't be you
You're the one who can't be true
"Good Times"
Everything is coming up noses
Everything is coming up roses
"Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha"
Sam, I'm leavin' the game
Sam, I'm leavin' the gang
"Healing Love"
You can take my head
You can take my hand
"Hey Mr. Dream Maker"
Joseph's gone now
Josie's gone now
"Human Work of Art"
All these frozen drinks
All these broken dreams
"Human Work of Art"
I can't complain
I can't explain
"I Ain't Got Time Anymore"
Only know she's dumb
Only know she's gone
"I Can't Ask for Anything More Than You Babe"
And made me lose my mom
And made me lose my mind
"I Cannot Give You My Love"
You called me swallow
You caused me sorrow
"I Could Easily Fall"
If I was left on the shell
If I was left on the shelf
"I Just Don't Have the Heart"
Can't remember
Can't be mended
"I Just Don't Have the Heart"
Happy ending
Can't be mended
"I Love You"
Some nights I can't sweep
Some nights I can't sleep
"I Love You"
Your love means more to me
Than all the vicious women in the sea.
Your love means more to me
Than all the fishes swimming in the sea.
"I Still Believe in You"
And I believed in simple men
And I believed in Superman
"I'll Come Running"
We both make steaks
We both make mistakes
"I'll Love You Forever Today"
Love will be in France, she says
Love is being friends, she says
"I'm the Lonely One"
But now it's gone
But now it's done
"It'll Be Me"
Gonna look in every lavatory.
Gonna look in every tree.
"It'll Be Me"
If you find a new lump in your Super Bowl
If you find a new lump in your sugar bowl
"It's All Over"
Didn't feel a sting
Didn't feel a thing
"It's All in the Game"
Many a year has to fall
Many a tear has to fall
"Lean on You"
The furthest step to heaven
The first step to heaven
"Let Me Be the One"
You and I can have a repair
You and I could have an affair
"Little Town"
Oh, little tongue, oh Beverly Hand.
Oh little town of Bethlehem
"Little Town"
Oh, little town of Beverley Ham.
Oh, little town of Bethlehem.
"Living Doll"
Gonna lock her up in a trunk
So no big hull can sail her away from me
Gonna lock her up in a trunk
So no big hunk can steal her away from me
"Living Doll"
Got to do my best to please her,
chest 'cause she's a, Living Doll
Got to do my best to please her,
just 'cause she's a, Living Doll
"Living Doll"
So no big monk can steal her away for tea.
So no big hunk can steal her away from me.
"Living in Harmony"
Don't wanna make you try
Don't wanna make you cry
"Lucky Lips"
A pair of lips of you
A pair of lips so true
"Marianne"
Of what you need for me
Of what you mean to me
"Miss You Nights"
But these tissue nights are the longest
But these miss you nights are the longest
"Mistletoe & Wine"
A time for hating and biting to cease
A time for hating and fighting to cease
"Mistletoe & Wine"
A time to rejoice in the goolies we see
A time to rejoice in the good that we see
"Mistletoe & Wine"
Children drinking whisky and wine.
Children singing Chris-tee-an rhyme.
"Mistletoe & Wine"
Children singing Christie and rhyme
Children singing Christian rhyme
"Mistletoe & Wine"
Christmas time, Omicron and wine
Christmas time, mistletoe and wine
"Mistletoe & Wine"
Christmas time, mistletoe and swine
Christmas time, mistletoe and wine
"Mistletoe & Wine"
Gifts on the fire logs on the tree.
Logs on the fire gifts on the tree.
"Mistletoe & Wine"
Kids on the fire
Logs on the tree
Logs on the fire
Gifts on the tree
"Mistletoe & Wine"
Love and laughter and joy ever after
A house for the taking, just follow the master
Love and laughter and joy ever after
Ours for the taking, just follow the master
"Mistletoe & Wine"
With dogs on the fire
And crisps on the tree
Logs on the fire
Gifts on the tree
"Mistletoe & Wine"
With logs on the fire and kids on the tree
With logs on the fire and gifts on the tree
"Mistletoe & Wine"
With love on the counter and gifts by the tree
With Logs on the fire and gifts on the tree.
"Mistletoe and Wine"
Dreams of Samsung
Dreams of Santa
"Mistletoe and Wine"
Dreams of Saxon
Dreams of Santa
"Mistletoe and Wine"
The child is a kid
The child is a king
"Mistletoe and Wine"
The child is a king, this carol I sing
The child is a king, the carolers sing
"Mistletoe and Wine"
With lords on the fire and gifts on the tree
With logs on the fire and gifts on the tree
"Misunderstood Man"
His votives
His motives
"More to Life"
And your eyes on your face
And your eyes are ablaze
"My Kinda Life"
Mike had a light yeah, Mike had a light yeah
My kinda life yeah, my kinda life yeah
"My Pretty One"
Well I've searched the hallway through
Well I've searched the whole world through
"Never Let Go"
All these frozen drinks
All these broken dreams
"Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)"
If you want to end
If you want to win
"Nine Times Out of Ten"
I'm stubborn as a dog on you
I'm stubborn as a doggone mule
"Ocean Deep"
Love catch you when you're alone
Love , can't you see I'm alone
"Ocean Deep"
Oh Shanice
Ocrean Deep
"Ocean Deep"
Solitary rule
In my solitary room
"On My Word"
I will never stray from your stride
I will never stray from your side
"On the Beach"
Than Danson on the beach
Than dancing on the beach
As in actor Ted Danson.
"Peace in Our Time"
And a freedom in our fries
And a freedom burning bright
"Peace in Our Time"
We're never gonna break down these walls and build a prism with a stone
(Later)
We'll keep on keeping on 'til all the teachers are dry
We're never gonna break down these walls and build a prison with a stone
(Later)
We'll keep on keeping on 'til all the tears are dry
"Please Don't Fall in Love"
But I'm baking for you, baby
But I'm begging you, baby
"Please Don't Tease"
You love me like a Burger King
You love me like a hurricane
"Power To All Our Friends"
Power to all of France
Power to all our friends
"Power to All Our Friends"
And caring for the beans
And caring for the bees
"Remember Me"
Lean on me, someone to lean on
And you need someone to lean on
"Santa's List"
Left nothing for Disney
Let nothing you dismay
"Saviour's Day"
Where's your glasses?
Raise your glasses
"She's So Beautiful"
She's so beautiful
She's some kind of freak.
She's so beautiful
She's so kind and free.
"Silhouettes"
Cigarettes, cigarettes, cigarettes
Silhouettes, silhouettes, silouhettes
"Silvery Rain"
While a light airplane
While a light aeroplane
"Sing a Song of Freedom"
Wal-Mart
One night
"Some People"
So endlessly
So aimlessly
"Somethin' is Goin' On"
I have seen your snout
I have seen you smile
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World"
I'll watch them move for me and you
I'll watch them bloom for me and you
"Stronger Than That"
Something 'bout a nude kid in town
Something 'bout a new kid in town
"Summer Holiday"
We've seen it in the boogie
We've seen it in the movies
"Sunny Honey Girl"
Such a phony girl to love me
Such a funny girl to love me
"Take Me High"
For in the moment
For in the morning
"Take Me High"
Once there was ballet
Once there was L.A.
Once there was a way
"Thank You for a Lifetime"
I can see him out
I can see him now
"The Best of Me"
I'll always have in my life
I'll always have in my mind
"The Day I Met Marie"
When nothing's a movie
When nothing is moving
"The Millennium Prayer"
But deliver us from eagles
But deliver us from evil
"The Millennium Prayer"
Halloween thy name
Hallowed be thy name
"The Minute You're Gone"
I stare into Empty Nest
I stare into emptiness
"The Miracle"
Oh, love is the pee
Oh, love is the key
"The Only Way Out"
I've been through the days
I've been through the maze
"The Time in Between"
That I don't seem alive
That I don't see a light
"The Young Ones"
And the young ones shouldn't be afraid
And the young hearts shouldn't be afraid
"The Young Ones"
And young ones shouldn't be afraid to love, loathe while the flame is strong,
And young ones shouldn't be afraid to live, love while the flame is strong,
"The Young Ones"
Itching in trouble
Ich ging in Java
"Theme for a Dream"
You are my team for a dream
You are my theme for a dream
"Time Drags By"
Cat told Frog
Fat told Frog
"Twelfth of Never"
I'll still be Mother Goose
I'll still be loving you
"Two Hearts"
That your car never had
That your heart never had
"Visions"
My darling, delicioso
My darling, I miss you so
"We Don't Talk Any More"
He's a phoney, and we don't talk anymore.
It's so funny how we don't talk any more.
"We Don't Talk Any More"
I ain't losing sleep and I hate cotton sheets.
I ain't losing sleep and I ain't counting sheep.
"We Don't Talk Any More"
It's so funny while we don't talk anymore.
It's so funny why we don't talk anymore.
"We Don't Talk Any More"
P*** off honey 'cos we don't talk any more.
It's so funny how we don't talk any more.
"We Don't Talk Any More"
Piss off, honey, now we don't talk any more.
It's so funny how we don't talk any more.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
And I ain't got cheap.
And I ain't counting sheep
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
And I ain't gotten shit
And I ain't counting sheep
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
But I ain't losing sleep and I ain't got no sheep
But I ain't losing sleep and I ain't counting sheep
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
Disco Barney, how we don't talk any more.
It's so funny, how we don't talk anymore.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
Disco Bunny how we don't talk anymore
It's so funny how we don't talk any more
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
Disco Bunny!
Now we don't talk anymore.
It's so funny
How we don't talk anymore.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
Disco Bunny, now we don't talk anymore.
It's so funny how we don't talk anymore.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
Disco bunny how we don't talk anymore.
It's so funny how we don't talk anymore.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
Disco bunny, how we don't talk anymore.
It's so funny, how we don't talk anymore.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
Disco bunny
It's so funny
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
He's a bunny
It's so funny
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
I ain't gotten cheap
I ain't counting sheep
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
I hate garden shears.
I ain't counting sheep.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
It's a pony, and he don't talk anymore
It's so funny why we don't talk anymore
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
It's somebody
It's so funny
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
P*** off honey
Now we don't talk anymore.
It's so funny
How we don't talk anymore.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
Sore itchy fanny, why we don't talk anymore
Its so funny, how we don't talk anymore
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
This old bunny, why we don't talk anymore.
It's so funny, how we don't talk anymore.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
This old party, how we don't talk anymore
It's so funny, how we don't talk anymore.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
This old party, how we don't talk anymore
It's so funny, how we don't talk anymore.
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
Tits and fanny, how we don't talk anymore
It's so funny, how we don't talk anymore
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
Well I ain't on a losing streak
And I ain't got 'em cheap (cheap!)
Well I ain't losing sleep
And I ain't countin' sheep (sheep!)
"We Don't Talk Anymore"
You were the only wah
You don't know what you gah.
You were the only one
You don't know what you got.
"We Don’t Talk Anymore"
But I ain’t losing sleep
And I ain’t gonna cheat
But I ain’t losing sleep
And I ain’t counting sheep
"We Don’t Talk Anymore"
It’s somebody and we don’t talk anymore
It’s so funny why we don’t talk anymore
"We Should Be Together"
That's why we invented plays
That's why we invented planes
"What Car"
I never left the town
I never left the house
"When I Need You"
Let's go out
But don't shout
It's cold out
But hold out
"When the Girl in Your Arms..."
And never let her grow
And never let her go
The full title of this song is "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart", but all that wouldn't fit in the box.
"Wind Me Up (Let it Go)"
I'm just a little can of soda in your hand
I'm just a little tin soldier in your hand
"Wired For Sound"
I like small people, I like tall people.
I like small speakers, I like tall speakers.
"Wired For Sound"
I like smiles, people I like ties, people
I like small speakers I like tall speakers.
"Wired For Sound"
I want Thumbelina to the plastic AM/FM
I feel so ecstatic now.
Power from the needle to the plastic AM/FM
I feel so ecstatic now.
"Wired For Sound"
Power, thunder, leave on to the plastic
Power from the needle to the plastic
"Wired for Sound"
Big, fat music - they're wired for sound
...
Go sit in the park and I'm gonna use it
...
I went from the needle to the plastic
...
I said: "You love me, but love means you must like what I like"
...
She said, "I'm not a girl you can own as a standby"
If they've music they've wired for sound
...
Cassette in my pocket and I'm gonna use it
...
Power from the needle to the plastic
...
I said you love me then love means you must like what I like
...
She said, "I'm not a girl you put on at a stand by"
What sort of awkward lyric is "If they've music they're wired for sound" (very British). My lyrics are much better - eg. why does the writer say "Power from the needle to the plastic" when the revolution is about Walkmans/Walkmen? 'My man' has come off heroin to 'get into the plastic'!
"Wired for Sound"
I like toasties and I like sausages
I like small speakers, I like tall speakers.
"Wired for Sound"
I was small boy who don't like history
I was small boy who don't like his toys
"With the Eyes of a Child"
So tell me "I'm sorry"
So tell me a story