Adam And The Ants

Cartrouble (Part 1 & 2)


And I know it's been a long time
Is this the wrong time to tell me
You should try to put your foot down
It's such a put-down to snow me
It's OK tell me so say the word and we will let it drop
But you need to call the shot call me up and call it a day
OK

And even though you're lying I know that you're trying
To tell me honey
It's OK we will work it out
And even though you're lying thankyou for trying
To tell me honey
It's OK it's the thought that counts

And I guess that I should probably tell you now
Sophie wasn't sleeping on my couch
And Suzy took me home and we've been playing house
I hope this makes it easier for you

There was a time when you loved me
Before you shoved me in the corner
There were nights when it felt good
More than it ever could but it's over
And now I see you don't know how to let me down
I've done whatever I can
To help you confide I'm on your side
I've made it easy for you

And I guess that I should probably let you know
Stacie's house is where I go to shows
And Jennie thinks that we broke up four months ago
I hope this makes it easier for you

And I won't be around to see you sad see you frown
It's such a stupid game to play
These things happen dear it's obvious it's very clear
That it is time for me to say

Even though you're lying I know that you're trying
To tell me honey
It's OK we will work it out

Cartrouble Remix


Cartrouble (Part I)

I've got a pizzaland complexion
bright green sox
I am the happy little face
on the charity box
but you don't look in my direction
you always look away
you thank the Lord God above
you were not modelled my way

and then I woke up
right in the middle of a horrible dream
yes I woke up
I dreamt I was a spastic, but my boots were clean

you are a solid instigator
of the human code
you held back the traffic
while I crossed the road
but please don't try to be a martyr
the good samaritan play
because my silly cuban heels
will give your games away

and then I woke up...
right in the middle of a horrible dream
yes I woke up
I dreamt I was a spastic, but my boots were clean
I woke up
I woke up

pray for me (x4)

then I woke up,
right in the middle of a
I woke up
I woke up

(Part II)

have you ever had a ride in a light blue car?
have you ever stopped to think who's the slave and who's the master?
have you ever had trouble with your automobile?
have you ever had to push push push push?
cartrouble

you might have seen them very busy at the weekends (oh oh)
licking and polishing the beep-beeps into shape
and then its proudly up the M1 M2 M3
and keep your feet off the upholstery Ronnie
cartrouble oh yeah

and remember this:
you don't need anything after an icecream

I used to sit at home silently and wonder
why all the preference is polishing the chrome
while all the mothers and the sisters and the babies
sit and rot at home
cartrouble oh yeah

and remember this: (on your way home)
you don't need anything after an icecream

car carcar trouble car carcar trouble ...
(repeat till end)

Catholic Day


Cartrouble
(The 'Chris Hughes remix')

have you ever had a ride in a light blue car?
have you ever stopped to think who's the slave and who's the master?
have you ever had trouble with your automobile?
have you ever had to push push push push?
cartrouble oh yeah

you might have seen them very busy at the weekends (oh oh)
lick lick and polishing the beep-beeps into shape
and then its proudly up the M1 M2 M3
and keep your feet off the upholstery Ronnie
cartrouble oh yeah

car carcar trouble car carcar trouble
car carcar trouble car carcar trouble
car carcar trouble car carcar trouble
car carcar trouble car carcar trouble

and remember this:
you don't need anything after an icecream

I used to sit at home silently and wonder
why all the preference is polishing the chrome
while all the mothers and the sisters and the babies
sit and rot at home
cartrouble oh yeah

and remember this:
you don't need anything after an icecream

car carcar trouble car carcar trouble
(repeat till end)

Cleopatra


Cle-o-pa-tra!

C-Cleopatra did a ten-thousand
in her lifetime
now that's a wide mouth
C-Cleopatra gave a service
with a smile-oh
she was a wide mouthed girl
a wide mouthed girl

C-Cleopatra did a hundred (1-0-0)
Roman centurion
for after dinner mints
C-Cleopatra used a suction
oh so unheard of
she was a wide mouthed girl
a wide mouthed girl (believe it)

show me a bigger mouth
show me a bigger mouth
show me a bigger mouth
show me a bigger mouth (yeah)

what a weak distorted image
Elizabeth and Richard gave upon the screen
of that wide mouthed girl
wide mouthed girl (oh yeah)

Family of Noise


a lot of people in this great big world
say "love everybody"
a lot of people busy busy busy busy busy
being very modern

the family of noise is here
and it's come to save everybody
the family of noise is here
and it's come to save you and me
it goes:

the family of noise is here
and it's come to save everybody
the family of noise is here
and it's come to save you and me

a lot of people in the ancient world
they loved only quiet
and then along came the machine
and a new direction

the family of noise is here
and it's come to save everybody
the family of noise is here
and it's come to save you and me
it goes:

family of noise
family of noise
the family of noise

she loves you yeah yeah yeah
she loves you and the family of noise
she loves you yeah yeah yeah
she loves you and the family of noise
she loves you yeah yeah yeah
she loves you and the family of noise
she loves you yeah yeah yeah
she loves you and the family of noise
and the family of noise

in the morning
last thing at night
in the darkness
standing in the light

a lot of people in this great big world
just searching for the pure sound
they're just looking to the machine
they don't listen to the noise

the family of noise is here
and it's come to save everybody
the family of noise is here
and it's come to save you and me
it goes:
in Croydon

The Idea


I went to the zoo
to look at the animals
the first thing I saw
was a wallfull of handicapped

some wearing green hats
and all sucking chocky bars
so I went and looked at
the three horned chameleon

the idea

he walked up and down
just trying to get close to me
a split little hand
scratching at the glass

I looked at the snakes
and I looked at the crocodiles
you'd better show me the man
who made all of this

the idea

the idea

I could be religious if ...
you didn't have to kneel down
I could be religious if ...
a god would say "hello"

I could be religious if ...
an angel touched my shoulder
I could be religious if ...
they set the hymns to disco
(like this)

holy holy holy
lord god almighty
god in three persons
beloved trinity

holy holy holy
all the saints adore thee
christ in three persons
beloved trinity

the idea

5 Guns West


Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni
Ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs
just like glorious Amazons, Ann Bonny, Mary Read
ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs
this stuff I'm talking buddy-bob
don't give me any grief
5 Guns West
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna take a whirl with a big tough girl
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my life with a big tough wife
a woman's wrath hath no man, and this all men must fear
these were ladies from hell, carving crimson careers
ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs
this stuff I'm talking buddy-bob
don't give me any grief
5 Guns West
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my day in a big tough way
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna take a whirl with a big tough girl
5 Guns West
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my life with a big tough wife
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna take a whirl with a big tough girl
Im' a big tough man and my name is Stan
gonna take a ride with my big tough bride
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my day in a big tough way

Animals and Man


One, Two, Three, Four
Marinetti Boccioni, Carra Balla Palasechi!
Marinetti Boccioni, Carra Balla Palasechi!
Futurist Manifesto!
Futurist Manifesto!
War is the worlds lowly hygeine
Energy and fearlessness
Racing car the beauteous beast
Hurl defiance at the stars
Futurist Manifesto!
Futurist Manifesto!
Voices of animals, animals... men!
Voices of animals, animals... men!
Marinetti Boccioni, Carra Balla Palasechi!
Marinetti Boccioni, Carra Balla Palasechi!
Futurist Manifesto!
Futurist Manifesto!
Noises obtained by percussion
Metal, wood on skin and bone
Voices of animals and men
Laugh and shout and scream and moan
Futurist Manifesto!
Futurist Manifesto!
Voices of animals, animals... men!
Voices of animals, animals... men!

Antmusic


Well I'm standing here
Looking at you
What do I see?
I'm looking straight through you
It's so sad when you're young
To be told you're having fun
So unplug the jukebox
and do us all a favor
That music's lost its taste
so try another flavor
Antmusic
Well I'm standing here
What do I see?
A big nothing
threatening me
It's so sad when you're young
To be told you're having fun
So unplug the jukebox
and do us all a favor
That music's lost its taste
so try another flavor
Antmusic
Don't tread on an ant
He's done nothing to you
There might come a day
when he's treading on you!
Don't tread on an ant
You'll end up black and blue
Cut off his head
Legs come looking for you!
So unplug the jukebox
and do us all a favor
That music's lost its taste
so try another flavor
Antmusic

Ant Rap


Put some wax on the trax and slide on onta here
Hane, hane, hane, hane, hane
Hatches in the corner ears to the ground
Improve to the groove get down to the sound
Buttons and bows and blew blanc rouge
All things lively must be used
Libert�, egalit�, au jour d'hui c'est tr�s tr�s tr�s
Voici I opportunit� nous Incroyables
I got the moves they got the grooves
Summoned the Gods and they all approved
Bad vibes akimbo on the shelf
Bit of a rap thing going for myself
this gold on the teeth's no sense at all
It only matters when it's on the wall
I'm standing here with my four men
Let's start that rapping thing again :
Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and yours truly
In the naughty North and in the sexy South
We're all singing I have the mouth
In the naughty North and in the sexy South
We're all singing I have the mouth
I have the mouth
So tired of anarchists looking at me
Don't need their credibility
"destroy", "they say", "defy ! condamn !"
As long as you don't destroy them
With twenty years of drugs and drink
I thought the time had some to think
About standing up and saying that
It's a tragedy and such old hat
I'm standing here with my four men
Let's start that rapping thing again :
(I got) Marco, Marrick, ...
These happy feet are al we need
Summoned the Gods and they all agreed
These feet won't stop they're in such a hurry
I knock it on the heed and I go for a curry
Staying sober can be neat
Get drunk on these here happy feet
Keep on trying to pin me down
"Why a title for your sound ?"
I'm standing here with my four men
Let's do this rapping thing again
I got Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and yours truly
In the naughty North and in the sexy South
We're all singing I have the mouth ...
And I have the mouth
And you have the mouth
And they got the mouth

Ants Invasion


Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni
10:35 and I hope I've made
the right decision
heart is beating I'm alive
but I don't call this living
rationalise till I'm blue in the face
you cannot lose if you throw the race
I'm still searching for the
ants invasion
10:36 and I hope I've made
the right decision
ninety eight point four's the bore
with twenty twenty vision
you want a thrill so you come and see me
a cheap line in fantasy
but I'm still searching for the
ants invasion
if I'd the courage
I would make my way home
too many antics in the forbidden zone
10:38 and I think I've made
the wrong decision
another lifeless man with a strange incision
I hope that insect doesn't see me
he's not renowned for his courtesy
I'm not searching for the
ants invasion

Beat My Guest


well tie me up
beat me with a stick (and hit me with a stick)
beat me beat me
yeah use a truncheon
or a household brick
beat me beat me

(chorus)
i'm black and blue
baby i love you
be your dog
for just one more flog
you don't hear me plead
make me bleed
beat me beat me

well use a truncheon
or a cricket bat
beat me beat me
a good beating's
really where it's at
beat me beat me

(repeat chorus)

Can't Set Rules About


I feel suspended in a space
In another time and place
To talk would burst the bubble
Just want to lie next to you
And appreciate the view
And hope it lasts forever

We do not have to play games
Or listen to all the names
They have for Russian roulette
If its good enough for the Gemini Guys
Then its good enough for me

You can't set rules about love
You can't set rules about love

So the I becomes we
We make our own chemistry
To move is too much trouble
I hope we won't separate
Return to our normal state
As long as we're together

So if it's yes or no
Chime time says the radio
Why don't you kiss me deadly
If and when you slip away
Just don't let me hear you say
good morning and goodbye

Revolution - the forth and final part
Revolution- afterplay with my heart

Cartrouble


Adam Ant
have you ever had a ride in a light blue car?
have you ever stopped to think
who's the slave and who's the master?
have you ever had trouble with your
automobile?
have you ever had to
push push push push?
cartrouble
you might have seen them very busy at the
weekends licking and polishing the beep-
beeps into
shape and then its proudly up the M.1. M.2.
M.3.
and keep your feet off the upholstery Ronnie
cartrouble oh yeah
and remember this:-
you don't need anything after an icecream
I used to sit at home silently and wonder
why all the preference is polishing the
chrome
while all the mothers and the sisters and the
babies
sit and rot at home
cartrouble oh yeah
and remember this
you don't need anything after an icecream
car carcar trouble car carcar trouble ...

Dog Eat Dog


You may not like the things we do
Only idiots ignore the truth
It's easy to lay down and hide
Where's the warrior without his pride?
We're gonna move real good - yeah right
We're gonna dress so fine - OK
It's
Dog eat dog eat dog eat dog
Eat dog eat dog eat dog eat dog
Leapfrog the dog
And brush me daddy-O
It's easy to lay down and hide
Where's the warrior without his pride?
You may not like the things we say
What's the diffrence anyways?
We're gonna move real good - yeah right
We're gonna dress so fine - OK
It's
Dog eat dog eat dog eat dog
Eat dog eat dog eat dog eat dog
Leapfrog the dog
And brush me daddy-O
It makes me proud so proud of you
I see innocence shining through� �

Dont Be Square



Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni
music for a future age
don't be square be there
all good clean fun
(whatever that means)
Antmusic for sexpeople
Sexmusic for antpeople
get off your knees
and hear the insect prayer
Dirk wears white sox
the brain will suffer
so ride hard ride clean
how reputations scare
and love goes to war
(whatever that means)
Antmusic for sexpeople
Sexmusic for antpeople
get off your knees
and hear the insect prayer
you may not like it now but you will
(the future will not stand still)

Feed Me to the Lions


Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni
too emotional am I?
too emotional am I?
with a spirit soaring
ten miles high
I sing loud words that make me cry
too emotional are we?
too emotional are we?
defying all security
I mean to keep this fire in me
because you're feeding me
to the lions
you're feeding me
to the lions
feeding me
to the lions
too emotional are you?
too emotional are you?
with just one heart
to see you through
a world where facts are so untrue

Jolly Roger


Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni
In days of old, when ships were bold
Just like the men who sailed them
and if they showed us disrespect
we'd tie them up and flail them
often men of low degree
and often men of steel
who'd make you walk the plank alone
or haul you 'round the keel
hoist the Jolly Roger!
hoist the Jolly Roger!
hoist the Jolly Roger!
it's your money that we want
and your money we shall have!
of all the pirates on the seas
the worst of them was Blackbeard
so damnable a fiend from hell
he was the one they most feared
any man who sailed with him
was taking quite a chance
he'd hang them from the gallows
just to see if they could dance (ha! ha!)

Killer in the Home


Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni
I live the life that I've been left
I leave most things unspoken
but deep inside Geronimo is tearing me apart
I've seen him in the streets
and I've seen him in the pictures
killer in the home
killer in the home
now's the time I must digress
from going through the motions
take my head out of its sling
free the warrior
I'll fight him in my dreams
and I'll fight him till he kills me
killer in the home
killer in the home
they cut you in half with a gun
and give you a bandaid
they gut you in half with a gun
and give you a bandaid
killer in the home
killer in the home
killer
is the home

Kings of the Wild Frontier


A new Royal Family
A wild nobility
We are the family
(Fronti-er...)
I feel beneath the White
There is a red skin suffering
From centuries of taming
"No method in our madness
Just pride about our manner!
Antpeople are the warriors!
Antmusic is the banner!"
A new Royal Family
A wild nobility
We are the family
"No method in our madness
Just pride about our manner!
Antpeople are the warriors!
Antmusic is the banner!"
And even when you're healthy
And your colour schemes delight
Down below those dandy clothes
You're just a shade too white
Shade too white!
Shade too white!
I feel beneath the white
There is a red skin suffering
From centuries of taming...�

Los Rancheros


A few dollars more
They'll hang me high
But still my spirit
will survive
There's money over there
but not for long
Soon my worries
will be gone
(chorus)
Rancheros (Clint)
Rancheros (Eastwood)
Rancheros (Clint)
Rancheros
Rancheros (Clint)
Rancheros (Eastwood)
Rancheros (Clint)
Rancheros
And there's a bullet with my name on it
Time's a-comin'
when a new breed say
Welcome tomorrow
instead of yesterday
My time's a-comin'
when those despised
take shelter from the power
of my Kiowa eyes
(chorus)
Rancheros (Clint)
Rancheros (Eastwood)
Rancheros (Clint)
Rancheros
Rancheros (Clint)
Rancheros (Eastwood)
Rancheros (Clint)
Rancheros
And there's a bullet with my name on it

The Magnificent Five


Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni
long ago in London town
a man called Ant sat deeply sighing
he was wondering
which side of the fence he was on
prick up your ears...
time went by and soon
the one was five young hombres
burning fire
they were in no doubt
which side of the fence they were on
prick up your ears (mag-nificent five)...
he who writes in blood
doesn't want to be read
he must be learned by heart
he's got to be learned by heart
they believed in sex and looking good
with their own brand of music
they weren't pandering
so which side of the fence
are you on?

Mile High Club


Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni
747 or a VC10
winter, summer who knows when?
takeoff passion flyaway love
Mile High Club
it's got its ups and downs
it's got its ups and downs
it's got its ups and downs
it's got its ups and downs
I never heard that noise before
don't be treated like a pound
let currencies go up and down
Mashed Potato, Rocksteady Rub
Mile High Club
it's got its ups and downs
it's got its ups and downs
it's got its ups and downs
it's got its ups and downs
I never heard that noise before
never give up never say die
ignore the fools when they cry
"If this thing fails - nothing at all!"
It won't fail
it's got its ups and downs
it's got its ups and downs
it's got its ups and downs
it's got its ups and downs

Mowhok


Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni
London town 1730
women drunk, children dirty
they'd seen the pictures from afar
down in Gin Lane
over the bar
yo ho ho - Mowhok!
yo ho
yo ho ho - Mowhok!
yo ho aee yo ho ho hoh
here we are in the eighties
Mohican, proud and fair
goes to show that a fashion
can survive
so beware!
yo ho ho - Mowhok!
yo ho
yo ho ho - Mowhok!
yo ho aee yo ho ho hoh
ha ha hilla hey hallah hollo lo ho
Mowhok!
ha ha hilla hey hallah hollo lo ho
Dey hoh
ha ha hilla hey hallah hollo lo ho
Mowhok!
ha ha hilla hey hallah hollo lo ho...

Never Trust a Man


A man and a woman walking down the street
With a son and a daughter it was oh so sweet
When Mummy turned to Daddy and she said: "My dear,
Write out your will the end is near"
Then she pulled out the gun,
I saw the sparks
Messed up the suit that he'd bought from Marks
Because
She'd heard the voices from Outer Space
She'd heard the voices from Outer Space
She'd heard the voices from Outer Space
Saying "Never trust a man with egg on his face"
Three months later Mrs B stands
A smile on her face, blood on her hands
The kiddies got scared and have run home to bed
The headlines in the papers said that
She was the victim of an awful plan
Announced through the mouthpiece of a little green man
She'd heard the voices from Outer Space
Saying "Never trust a man with egg on his face"
Never trust a man with egg on his face
La-La, La-La, La-La, La-La, La-La, La-La
La-La, La-La, La-La, La-La, La-La, La-La
La-La, La-La, La-La, La-La, La-La.

Physical


Adam Ant
I want to date you maybe
I want to take you out
I want to wine and dine you
I want to twist and twist and shout
I want you hard in my arms
I want you soft on my bed
You get the keys to my heart
When you wear that sweet dress
(You know, the short one)
But you're so physical
Physical
For me
You're just too physical
Physical
For me
I want your rough house baby
I want this right in your ear
You let me feel your danger
I let you make this feeling clear
I want the touch of your charms
The heat of your breath
I want to say all those things
(Those dirty things)
That would be better unsaid
Oh you're so physical oooh
Oh you're so physical oooh woooh
Oh you're so physical oooooooooh
Oh you're so physical oooooooooooooooh

Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios


Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni
See the Spaniard eating chocolates
see the Spaniard have a ball
see the Spaniard trust in no one
he's on quality street
he's on quality street
as the masters rot on walls
and the angels eat their grapes
I watched Picasso visit The Planet Of The Apes
as the masters rot on walls
and the angels eat their grapes
I watched Picasso
Pablo Picasso
visit The Planet Of The Apes (yeah)
see the Spaniard seek companion
see the Spaniard take it all
see the Spaniard sell his friends out
he's on quality street
he's on quality street
and pretenders pretend
to their patronage lend
but it's the ones we don't see
that always fascinate me
as the masters rot on walls
and the angels eat their grapes
I watched Picasso visit The Planet Of The Apes
as the masters rot on walls
and the angels eat their grapes
I watched Picasso
Pablo Picasso
visit The Planet Of The Apes (yeah)
as the real heroes died
and their ideas supplied
to a fat little magpie
with money in his eyes
they bowed and they scraped
as opinions he shaped
now every little sketch a fortune will fetch
and the bleach killer kills
and the bleach killer kills yeah
and as the masters rot on walls (see the Spaniard sell the whole
world)...

Press Darlings


Adam Ant
we are guilty, we are beyond hope
we beg to differ, we are a terminal case
press darlings, press darlings, press darlings
press darlings, press darlings
we depress the press, darlings
we're on the outside, but we're not looking in
we are the vaseline gang, don't play your little games
press darlings, press darlings, press darlings
press darlings, press darlings
we depress the press, darlings
and if evil be the food of genius
there aren't many demons around
if passion ends in fashion
nick kent / bushell is the best-dressed man in town
are we different? - no
we are exactly the same
there are no boxes for us
the ones you love to hate - so read on!