The Fratellis

A Heady Tale

Pull me up a chair and keep your money
there's no guarantees
Would you please forgive me but you know
Cold blooded women make me sneeze
And I'll kick you out the door if for just one minute you lie
And they'll come crashing through the wall
And leave you crawling till the minute you die

Pour yourself a drink or three
And maybe we'll think clearer for a while
You may be an embarrassment but
I love the way your clothes are never in style
Living's much too easy
And dying would be some kind of bore
Well you swear that you're original
But I know I've seen those jealous eyes before

So steal the watch from off my wrist
Oh and shake me by the hand
We could disappear for days
And they wouldn't understand
Gypsy blood will get you far
And they will not miss you when you go

Tear another hole in my brown shoes
And we can all sleep for a while
Well I told you once before I love your braces
And your hesitant smile
But please don't get me wrong it's only right
That you can stomp on my heart
Well I've seen you and your friend some place
You know I just can tell you apart

Though they'll hunt you like a dog they won't take you alive
Cause you made them piles of money
Stacked up twenty stories high
And the boys in every bar
They will not miss you when you go

So steal the watch from off my wrist
Oh and shake me by the hand
We could disappear for days and they wouldn't understand
Gypsy blood will get you far though it's far away from me
Look me up when you get home and maybe then we'll see

Though they'll hunt you like a dog they won't take you alive
Cause you made them piles of money
Stacked up twenty stories high
And the boys in every bar
Well they'll miss you when you're gone
You can tell a heady tale
And they'll both keep screaming on

La la.....

Acid Jazz Singer

Well let me tell you something let me tell you so
This could be the one thing that you really need to know
You got to stop once in a while
And shake off that face of yours
Cause nothing comes easy no it just comes free
You could sing it better if you'd sing it for me oh sister

Well I cannot claim this advice as my own
I learned it in the gutter one night coming home
She said "Don't you look ridiculous"
I checked her out meticulously
I would've stopped to argue but my
Teeth were broke
I said " I'd love to contradict you
But my life's a joke oh sister"

She said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer come on

Well I'm a lucky man and maybe so is she
And maybe this is just the way it has to be
It's all based on speculation seems a crazy occupation to me
And though I didn't much beliebe here I was bound to call
I really didn't want to miss a single thing at all oh sister

She said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer come on

She said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer
I haven't seen her lately man I have to ring her
Put your hands together for the Acid jazz singer come on ...

Baby Doll

Babydoll do you believe they'll catch you when you fall
And when morning comes the sun is gonna shine
Don't forget your minor keys your half lit cigarette
Cause when morning comes god knows that you'll be mine
So let me in I'm ready to beg and to sing for my sins
Not leave it to chance and sweet coincidence
Cause that's just crazy and you know it's true

Well they said you was long gone
I just laughed and said alright
Bring her home tonight
And I heard you was graciously put on
I just laughed and said good night guess it's alright

Babydoll the men who hang like flowers in the hall
Are asking when your love is gonna grow
And who knows why the love your need
Will always pass you by
Well I heard it's true your love is gonna grow

So let me know cause I can stay or honey I can go
Just to wherever you tell me so
And find my place there and there I'll stay

Well they said you was burned out I just laughed
And said come on she's not burned she's just gone
And it took me too long till i found out
Faces that you know the best oh well I guess
And they laughed when you said you was leaving
Everybody knows you well except for me can't you tell
And you watched from the wings of the late show roses
By you're feet of red all for me you said

Babydoll...

Baby Fratelli

I said oh my oh no not I I was just busy
Watching everyone go by
Outside the shite bar in your old red car
Me and your girlfriend and your sister with the big scar
I said oh christ I told you twice it's just not easy going
Through all these things thrice
What's this I once heard you drive a bluebird you got no
Money for the petrol that's what I heard

And it's all right she'll be sucking fingers all night
Wearing those shoes oh any excuse to go to the gang fight
And though she's alright everybody says she's uptight
Sick in the head but first in the bed
So easy to be Friday's nightmare

I said oh no oh please just go you got no
Eyelids and sweet Ella loves me so
She got my number though I can't stand her
I can't help diggin her I hope I guess I wonder
And though it's clear you want me dear it
Would be easier if I was never here
You got the money I got the reason
I'll stick around with you for just another season

And it's alright, she'll be sucking fingers all night
Wearing those shoes oh any excuse to go to the gang fight
And though she's alright, everybody says she's uptight
Sick in the head but first in the bed
So easy to be Friday's nightmare

She's just getting along but don't tell me
She's yours hh please tell me I'm wrong again
It's all in a day but what can you say just sleep in your
Shoes with the window box blues
Any time you choose oh yeah

She said oh my oh no not I I was just busy
Watching everyone go by
What's this I once heard you drive a bluebird you got no
Money for the petrol that's what I heard

And it's alright, she'll be sucking fingers all night
Wearing those shoes oh any excuse to go to the gang fight
And though she's alright, everybody says she's uptight
Sick in the head but first in the bed
So easy to be Friday's wonder

Chelsea Dagger

Well you must be a girl with shoes like that
She said you know me well
I seen you and little Steven and Johanna
Round the back of my hotel oh yeah

Someone said you was asking after me
But I know you best as a blagger
I said tell me your name is it sweet?
She said my boy it's dagger oh yeah

I was good she was hot
Stealin' everything she got
I was bold she was over the worst of it
Gave me gear thank you dear bring yer sister over here
Let her dance with me just for the hell of it

Well you must be a boy with bones like that
She said you got me wrong
I would've sold them to you
If I could've just have kept the last of my clothes on oh yeah

Call me up take me down
When you go I could be your regular belle
And I'll dance for little Steven and Johanna
Round the back of my hotel oh yeah

I was good she was hot
Stealin everything she got
I was bold she was over the worst of it
Gave me gear thank you dear bring yer sister over here
Let her dance with me just for the hell of it

Chelsea Chelsea I believe your dancing
Slowly sucking your sleeve
The boys get lonely after you leave
It's one for the Dagger and another for the one you believe!

Chelsea I believe your dancing
Slowly sucking your sleeve
The boys get lonely after you leave
It's one for the Dagger, another for the one you believe!

Cigarello

Everybody's giving me a hand me down
For my cigarello of yellow and brown
Everybody wants me to be there side show
A brown 'n yellow cigarello dancing under your window

Filthy rag dolls in the bed
I can't listen to what they said
Don't get silly don't get so sick
Get some trousers and get some quick
All the wasters they come in threes
Honey that's no excuse to tease
Is this your house do you live here?
You're not as sick as you appear

In the day
Though your dumb
In a way

And everybody's giving me a hand me down
For my cigarello of yellow and brown
Everybody wants me to be there side show
A brown 'n yellow cigarello dancing under your window

Can we watch movies on your TV
Don't have to get dressed just for me
We could stay home and get drunk quick
I could wear your dress and your lipstick
Or we could go out and steal a car
Both get loaded and drive real far
Is this your house do you live here?
You're not as sick as you appear

In the day
Though your dumb
In a way

And everybody's giving me a hand me down
For my cigarello of yellow and brown
Everybody wants me to be there side show
A brown 'n yellow cigarello dancing under your window

And everybody's giving me a hand me down
For my cigarello of yellow and brown
Everybody wants me to be there side show
A brown 'n yellow cigarello dancing under your window

And everybody's giving me a hand me down
For my cigarello of yellow and brown
Everybody wants me to be there side show

Creepin' Up The Backstairs

She said "I'm Rosie"
I said "I thought you were Lucy"
She said "No Rosie, I told you so"
Was here with your sister
But she's going out the back
I wanna dance and have fun y'know
Of all the shitty little places I meet you it's here
And I'm freaking out
I heard you got a brand new name
Selling Es in the dark
But hey it's nothing to shout about

Don't just say yes to tease me
Do your utmost to please me
I don't mean to be sleazy
Being you can't be easy

When you're creepin' up the backstairs
Mother's nightmares
Falling in the front door
My my
Climbing in the window
Get dressed, let's go
Take your brother's car keys
Bye bye

Well I see your yellow fingers
And your crucifix bones
All covered in cellophane
Was there when your best friend said
"Sweetheart, I'm just here to get drunk again"
I wouldn't move if I was you
I wouldn't wanna caught when the lights go out
She said "You think you're so special"
I said "Sunshine I'm just just bored I'm just checkin' out"

Don't just say yes to tease me
Do your utmost to please me
I don't mean to be sleazy
Being you can't be easy

When you're creepin' up the backstairs
Mother's nightmares
Falling in the front door
My my
Climbing in your window
Get dressed, let's go
Take your brother's car keys
Bye bye

Don't just say yes to tease me
Do your utmost to please me
I don't mean to be sleazy
Being you can't be easy

When you're creepin' up the backstairs
Mother's nightmares
Falling in the front door
My my
Climbing in the window
Get dressed let's go
Take your brother's car keys
Bye bye
[2x]

Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night

Whistle for the boys now don't be shy
Give us all a song and a reason why
Baby got the bones and a hand me down
Says her heart is black but her eyes are brown
Give the boys a flash and they'll love you so
Give the girl some cash cause your mother said so
And take em out to look at the queen
And any old girl who's in between

Lay yourself down by the side of the bed
Oh you naughty girl you know you tickle me red
You look so dumb and you sound so twee
And you can only wish that you was married to me

Well, that's what you get
Oh don't get upset
Ridiculous you
Waiting in the queue oh whoopee doo
You could have been
The best that I've seen
Under the red light
Everybody knows you cried last night

Give us all a go till your face turns red
Little Greg said you went home instead
If you stick around you'll get an alibi
And we'll try and keep your pretty face bone dry
Rent a honey rent a honey one two three
Keeping all the boys from your door cant be easy
Well ruby said you was wrecked
But your was never well behaved the last time I checked

Lay yourself down by the side of the bed
Oh you naughty girl you know you tickle me red
You look so dumb and you sound so twee
And you can only wish that you was married to me

Well that's what you get
Oh don't get upset
Ridiculous you
Waiting in the queue oh whoopee doo

You could have been
The best that I've seen
Under the red light every body knows you cried last night

Lay yourself down by the side of the bed
Oh you naughty girl you know you tickle me red
You look so dumb and you sound so twee
You can only wish that you were married to me

Well that's what you get
Oh don't get upset
Ridiculous you
Waiting in the queue oh whoopee doo
You could have been
The best that I've seen
Under the red light
Everybody knows you cried last night

Flathead

Well
Just because she feeds me well
And she made me talk dirty in a pink hotel
Doesn't mean she's got eyes for me
She might just want my bones you see

Hey flathead dont you get mean
She's the second best killer that I ever have seen
They don't come much more sick than you
I could go on if you want me to

It's just so wrong so very nice
And I told you once and you killed me twice
I saw you one time at the back of the club
Chewing on glass and a ticket stub

I heard they kicked the boy 'till he bled
Then stood and said oh my god till she said
bara bap bara ra ra ra bara bap bara ra ra ra ra...

Well
Everybody knows you're the one to call
When the girls get ugly round the back of the wall
Josephine says you got a bleedin nose
So taking it with her wherever she goes

Hey flathead don't check me in
Well hers is a tonic and mine is a gin
They don't come much more slick than you
I'd drive your car if you asked me to

Said the boy's not right in the head
So he stood and got a kickin instead till she said
bara bap bara ra ra ra bara bap bara ra ra ra ra...


Bap ba da da do

Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh

And she said the boy's not right in the head
Then I stood and said oh my god till she said

(clapping)

Bara bap ba ra ra ra bara bap ba ra ra ra ra...

For The Girl

La la la la la la........

Oh she said I know but I just cant tell
Everything that you've just been saying
Lucy was there aswell in the dark
When the kids in the band were playing

No-one can hear a word or tell
What the girl was singing
See she must've been 16 or 18
Or just past caring

She was into the Stones when
I was into the Roses
She was breaking my bones when
I was busting her noses
She would tell me a secret
I would lose it the next day
Young love pleases you easy
Makes you sick in a bad way

And all the while the girl sang
La la la la and she sang
Kickings for my sweetheart
Bruises that I just dont miss

And she said "I can't love you anymore than this!"

La la la la la la la...............
La la la la la la la...............

Oh she said she said oh no no no
But then again yes why don't you kill me
I said wait a minute stop right there sweetheart
you know that don't thrill me
Said I would've been there for if you had been a little bit nicer
I was dead by Sunday half dead scint just trying to please her

She was getting the pills when
I was into her best friend
She was chasing her thrills
And living out in the West End
She was pretty in places
I lived under her window
She said take me to London
Tell me something I don't know

And all the while the girl sang
La la la la she sang
Kickings for my sweetheart
Bruises that I just don't miss

And she said "I can't love you anymore than this!"

La la la la la.....
La la la la la.....
La la la la la.....

She was into the Stones when
I was into the Roses
She was breaking my bones when
I was busting her noses
She would tell me a secret
I would lose it the next day
Young love pleases you easy
Makes you sick in a bad way
And all the while the girl sang
La la la la she sang
Kickings for my sweetheart
Bruises that I just don't miss

And she said I don't like you
You can't stand me
I can't love you anymore than this

Got Ma Nuts From A Hippie

Well I met her in a bar, the men with big guitars were playin
And I listened with my ears but I couldn't hear what she was sayin
And I guess she talked with her mind
But didn't want to seem to unkind so I just laughed
And kept my eyes peeled to the door
Wondering what I was there for

But it's alright, it's alright
It's alright, it's alright
I got my nuts from a hippy in a camper van on Saturday night

Well I asked if she believed in Adam and Eve the fable
And I guess she would've given me an answer if only she was able
And she danced like a medicine man
Drew a crazy picture on my hand and told me
She wanted to change my point of view
Asked me where I was going to

But it's alright, it's alright
It's alright, it's alright
I got my nuts from a hippy in a camper van on Saturday night

Well she whispered in my ear we got to get us out of
Here to the country
I asked her for a ride she took me aside said “try me”
I thought I'm gonna wake pretty soon
In the middle of a Sunday afternoon just dreamin
And it was warm in the back of her van
Where she made me a real man

She made me cry, she made me cry, whoa she made me cry, whoa she made me cry.
But its alright, well its alright, well its alright, well its alright.
I got ma nuts from a hippy in a campervan on saturday night (x4)

Henrietta

Henrietta we got no flowers for you
Just these three miserable cunts
Sitting on the back seat turning on the off beat
We know you love us and you probably do
Although you're husband may cut us
He's such an animal though everything is possible

Give us a kiss and maybe we can go out
It's hard to miss you when you follow us about
Buy us some shoes and maybe take us for cola
We'll get you there in some filthy big gondola

Clean out the bank and bump off your daddy
You can come live with us amongst the has beens and the addicts
These are crazy times down at Costello music
You can answer the phone and talk nice anyway you choose it
Come on
Oh come on
Oh come on

Dear Henrietta we're just three lonely boys
Though the girls love us we're so
Into you incredibly we'd love to see you terribly
We'd love to hate you but we don 't have no choice
Come be our wa ha ha ha
Honey, honey three four one time once more

Give us a kiss and maybe we can go out
It's hard to miss you when you follow us about
Buy us some shoes and maybe take us for cola
We'll get you there in some filthy big gondola

Clean out the bank and bump off your daddy
You can come live with us amongst the has beens and the addicts
These are crazy times down at Costello music
You can answer the phone and talk nice anyway you choose it

wa wa wa woooooowwww
wa wa wa wa wa wa wow
wa wa wa woooooowwww
wa wa wa wa wa wa wow

Clean out the bank and bump off your daddy
You can come live with us amongst the has beens and the addicts
These are crazy times down at Costello music
You can answer the phone and talk anyway you choose it
Come on
(repeat)
Oh come on
Oh come on
Oh come on
Oh come on
Oh come on

Look Out Sunshine!

Well look out Sunshine here they go
You've got yesterday's heroes in last nights clothes
You're a game old boy judging by the way you walk
Well there's no use telling me to leave
I've seen a half a dozen ghosts but I don't believe
I'm a cynical cunt and I'm much too lazy to change
And tell my friends I'll be around
Getting nowhere sleeping somewhere
With a girl I dreamed oh yeah
And sing that old song how does it go?
Look out Sunshine here's the punch line
No one gets you any more

Well look out Sunshine here they come
But they only play for money you better not run
It's the sell out show that no one wants to go to, yeah
Well there's non so blind as them that don't agree
They steal the money from you're pockets almost viciously
You're a sane old boy and you're much to crazy to change

And tell my friends I'll be around
Getting nowhere sleeping somewhere
With a girl I dreamed oh yeah
And sing that old song how does it go?
Look out Sunshine here's the punch line
No one gets you any more

But what do you mean you were born to love this scene
And they would string you up gladly
If they knew just how lazy you'd been

Tell my friends I'll be around?
And tell my friends I'll be around
Getting nowhere sleeping somewhere
With a girl I dreamed oh yeah
And sing that old song how does it go?
Look out Sunshine here's the punch line
No one gets you any, no one needs you any
No one gets you any more

Lupe Brown

Well just slow down come on Lupe Brown
Tell Desdemona that I'm ready to leave
Well she's nothing much to look at and she's hard to believe
Don't go down throw your arms around
Every little psycho that you happen to see
Well you meant everything to them
But you meant nothing to me

Well you're girlfriend made me itch
And though I'll keep you in mind I would be happy to switch
I don't know where you got that voice
I would sell you to London if you gave me the choice

Check those old clothes and those red bows
Though you're a scrawny pup I
Would be happy just to cheer you up, oh yes

Well just slow down come on Lupe Brown
Tell Desdemona that I'm ready to leave
Well she's nothing much to look at and she's hard to believe
Don't go down throw your arms around
Every little psycho that you happen to see
Well you meant everything to them
But you meant nothing to me

You got nothing I wish to steal
Cause I got nothing to give you on account of Lucille
She don't walk like a cripple should
Well she's Columbia's finest oh she's better than good

Wednesday's DJ's came in side ways
Yelling for the mother of the sister
And the brother of Orla the tease

Well just slow down come on Lupe Brown
Tell Desdemona that I'm ready to leave
Well she's nothing much to look at and she's hard to believe
Don't go down throw your arms around
Every little psycho that you happen to see
Well you meant everything to them
But you meant nothing to me

Milk And Money

Tell me where you've been to point me to the door
I've seen you around but I really can't be sure
And all the hatchet men are busy climbing up the wall
Banging on the window tearing down the hall

And the last chance girl in a first dance swirl
Leans her head down on the wooden floor
Won't be dancing anymore

And where do they go when the thrills have gone?
And the last song plays down at babylon
Five hundred kids shout what's the deal?
It's a very confusing way to feel

The radion is silent except for wicked bands
Sounding like the last one always in demand
And now the city is off limits to everyone in blue
Nothings getting in there no one's getting through

And it's no surprise when the last light dies
And the girl upon the wooden floor
Won't be dancing anymore

And where do they go when the thrills have gone?
And the last song plays down at babylon
Five hundred kids shout what's the deal?
It's a very confusing way to feel

Mistress Mabel

Mistress Mabel seriously wrong
Clears my table badly then she's gone
Takes a liberty if you let her
Yes she's bold but she should know better
Oh dear Mabel please don't put me on

Mistress Mabel all the kids agree
You're unstable curious and free
Wind them down and then keep them kickin
Sunken eyed and all panic stricken
Oh dear mabel it still worries me

Hem line rat bag so they told her
Last nights name tag across her shoulder

And tell me where all the days have gone
When you robbed my cradle tell me Mabel
Where'd you go when you can't go on
With this filthy fable tell me Mabel

Mistress Mabel won't you marry me?
I'm unable to take it seriously
I'll be good and you'll be a minute
I wish you would or I'll drop you in it
Oh dear Mabel won't you marry me?

Hem line rat bag so they told her
Last nights name tag across her shoulder,

And tell me where all the days have gone
When you robbed my cradle tell me Mabel
Where'd you go when you can't go on
With this filthy fable tell me Mabel
Tell me Mabel tell me Mabel

My Friend John

Well the room was pink and the signs were serious
Paperback dolls being slapped delirious
Feeling like a joke in the bar underneath
And if it was Saturday night in the year of the good theif

Well I tumbled up the stairs the wrong way round
I hit my head on the ceiling when my feet hit the ground
And then the big dumb blonde in the gold fish bowl
Cried "Ella's in the band but she's got no soul!"

My friend John was the serious one
Buttoned up the back and a job half done
Lazy old boy when the good girls turn
His teeth get itchy and his rubber souls burn
When will he ever learn?

Well my night was spent and my money was young
And then I had to get home before my neck was wrung
And everybody danced in the same old way
And if I'm feeling old and desperate I'll be back someday

My friend John was the serious one
Buttoned up the back and a job half done
Lazy old boy when the good girls turn
His teeth get itchy and his rubber souls burn
When will he ever learn?

Ole Black 'N' Blue Eyes

Well she wants to be a singer in the band
Maybe I'll give the girl a hand & a mircophone looks like she's all alone
She can bring a friend though she's not my kind of friend
She keeps staring me out with her... o black & blue eyes

And I can take her dancing just to give the girl a chance
And I was never that good at being nice when I should
I guess she'll still forgive me right before she trys to kill me
Coz I sold her on yesterday's

Come take me home eye..eye..eye..eye..eye's

And I can take her waltzing just so she could kick my head in
o i do believe I was drunk and both of my heads had shrunk
I guess her name was Tina coz before I'd even seen her
I was lost in her whats ya name

just get me fucked ....eye eye..eye..eye..eye's
o take me home, eye...eye..eyes..eye..eye's


And Chelsea said she's got nowhere to go
And if she does she's getting there slow
And I can help her out but I've got somewhere to be
And thats the very thing when your dealing with me

Young soul shagger,
Begging me to bag her, filthy heart & swollen hips
And she said o my dearest im not pretty, isn't it a pity
That you wont kiss these rotten lips
Or take me o home..eye..eye..eye..eye.. eye's
Ole black & blue eye..eye..eye..eye..eye's

And Chelsea said she's got nowhere to go
And if she does she's getting there slow
And I can help her out but I've got somewhere to be
And thats the very thing when your dealing with me

Do do do do do do do do do...

Shameless


Well there's nothing more to add before I leave
This thing of ours is dead but don't you grieve
Is it me or are they younger every night?
Just because they can it doesn't make it all right

I'm hanging by my teeth waiting on quick relief
While the kids don't sleep for days
I could die in a hundred odd ways

And I'm so sick of hearing how your love for this has died
But don't tell me you could do it if you tried
It's a shame or a sham he's half as old as I am
But don't tell me he could look good if he tried

Well it terrifies the life from out of me
It's really such a lazy way to be

Hiding in the bedroom climbing up the walls
You've got to kick it out of me gently
Till it begs and pleads and crawls

And I'm so sick of hearing how your love for this has died
But don't tell me you could do it if you tried
It's a shame or a sham he's half as old as I am
But don't tell me he could look good if he tried

And I'm so sick of hearing how your love for this has died
But don't tell me you could do it if you tried
It's a shame or a sham he's half as old as I am
But don't tell me he could look good if he tried

And wont you make sure
My mother gets half my weight in gold
Tell her I just did what I was told
Grab your expensive coat and bury it inside
But don't tell me you could do it if you tried

Stacie Anne

How can the things she said all possibly be true?
That everything I ever got I give to you
Is this a bam up? Oh cause this is sick you know
You know I’ll break your fingers then I’ll break your toes
Y’know my dealer takes me everywhere he goes
He got a pure white tan
Yes he’s my every man
Don’t make me sink my teeth into your bloody nose

I met her, there on the backseat
Oh oh oh oh oh
On the backseat
Oh oh oh oh oh
On the backseat
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

He said you’ve been stealing my best moves now for days
I could’ve killed you in so many different ways
But you’re so funny and I kinda like your band
I hate these cunts from London they don’t try enough
They think they’re mental cause they’ve tried harder stuff
But they’re just rich kids yes, all in a fuckin mess
I tried to kiss her but she’s lookin pretty rough

I met her, there on the backseat
Oh oh oh oh oh
On the backseat
Oh oh oh oh oh
On the backseat
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

Oh my dearest won't you let us
Be my nearest don’t forget us
Lye, la, la, lye
Ella said you’d gladly give us
Everything but wont forgive us
Lye, la, la, lye
La, la, lye
La, la, lye

I met her, there on the backseat
Oh oh oh oh oh
On the backseat
Oh oh oh oh oh
On the backseat
Oh oh oh

There on the backseat
I met her, there on the backseat
Oh oh oh oh oh
On the backseat
Oh oh oh oh oh
On the backseat

Stragglers Moon

You can find her scratching around in the dark
Just another candle chasing a spark
You can find her screaming along with the ghost
Reminds you she's the one you needed the most

And then you're out there on your own again
No one believes you when you lie
I still see all the old girls now and then
Catching the moonlight when they cry

The wrong way round's the right way up when she calls
You can laugh but it won't mean nothing at all
Yes you can find her scratching away in a room
Stumbling round by the light of the stragglers moon

And then you're out there digging holes again
Six million people can't be wrong
Some day you'll by the perfect soul and then
You can get back where you belong

And then you're out there on your own again
No one believes you when you lie
I still see all the old girls now and then
Catching the moonlight when they cry

Tell Me A Lie

Aahaahaha [6x]

Well once I was peruaded to open up my head
I told them how it was and went and got it wrong instead
I said would you believe me if you only knew
I'd been stealing everything this conversations through

And the boy cried hang him at three
I saw him on the front page laughing at me
He worked in a fairground in a tall hat
He's a liar he's a liar and a good one at that
Say what you want to say what you will
Write your number on my telephone bill
Walk like a monkey kick like a mule
I could be your beggar but i'd rather be just as cruel

So I told them all I could about what could they expect
But I lost my sense of smell and I gained myself respect
They told me I was curious I told them they were slow
They asked me were I get this stuff I told them I don't know

And the boy cried whoopy de dee
There's a woman with a mustache who won't let me be
Though she was born on a monday
She's a hundred and four
She's a liar she's a liar and a little bit more
Say what you want to say what you will
Write your number on my telephone bill
Walk like a monkey kick like a mule
I could be your beggar but i'd rather be just as cruel

And the boy cried hang him at three
I saw him on the front page laughing at me
He worked in a fairground in a tall hat
He's a liar he's a liar and a good one at that
Say what you want to say what you will
Write your number on my telephone bill
Walk like a monkey kick like a mule
I could be your beggar but i'd rather be just as cruel

The Gutterati?

Well I was chasin down flys and shootin up women
And tryin to get the whole thing straight in my head
Lookin for a girl to come with me swimming
And come and play tunes at the end of my bed

And all the hard men were drinkin down petrol
And bamming up the girl when in came the law
Heading for the door and getting tongue tied
When they asked me what exactly I saw

So I’ll get some monte christo
And we can all go see the band
Well I may not be a looker, yeah
But I’ll help you any way I can

Back at my room I was making me nervous
Watching TV and picking my feet
Wishing I was pretty and burning my shoes
And wishing for once I’d kept the receipt
I called myself and wondered out loud
Tried to get the whole thing straight in my head
I left the tape running and played it back twice
But I couldn’t make sense of what I had said

So I’ll get some monte christo
And we can all go see the band
Well I may not be a looker, yeah
But I’ll help you any way I can

It may not make you handsome and it may not even make you feel alive
You may not have the ransom but you can always count on this
It’s him and them and she and me
And sick and muddy, everybody

So I’ll get some monte christo
And we can all go see the band
Well I may not be a looker, yeah
But I’ll help you any way I can

You can bring your waster’s banjo and your sister and your friend Diane
Well I may not have a big boy’s pistol but I’ll help them any way I can
You can call me Cinderella, call me your best man
Well you may be a right old queen but I’ll help you any way I can

Too Much Talk In Tokyo

Wishin' away all the hours and days
In a dirty old room, with my stinky old case
I said "I love you" she said "Behave"
What a thing to say

Yes but it's one two three four ten
I never said I love you or I'll love you again
I'll tell you why and you tell me when
We can both go home

I love her like a carcrash
She loves me like a rag
Me and my blue-eyes
Came as no surprise
Sunday brought me down
Monday broke my heart
I must be lonely
Tokyo's only gonna confuse me
I can't tell them apart

Wishin' away all the hours and days by crackin' the wall in a hundred odd ways
Please take me home I said I'll behave
We can be there in less than a week
And it's more than easy to say I'm a clown
Sit there and laugh then just stand there and frown
Baby doll is draggin' me down
Though she's loveable as hell

She loves me like a carcrash
I love her like a rag
Me and my blue-eyes
Came as no surprise
Sunday brought me down
Monday broke my heart
I must be lonely
Tokyo's only gonna confuse me
I can't tell them apart!

Vince The Loveable Stoner

Now vince was a loner
a loveable stoner (aha)
he lived in a bluebird
spelled his name backwards (aha)

Hes so pretty
He always looks shitty (ahah)
born on a monday
such a very good day (aha)

chorus
and i havent seen a pupil in his eyes for 16 days
the catholic girls love him in a hundred million different ways
an hes been up for days
in a thick malaise
hes only listenin to the solid days

rock a honey rock a honey woo hoo
sleeps all day and he dreams of you
rock a honey rock a honey wee hee
dines in the city where the girls are free

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

now vince got a big crush
on the girl from redrush (aha)
took her out for tacos
said she liked burritos (aha)

and he said shes so easy
brought up in the country (aha)
she gets naked for a living
she aint afraid of giving (aha)

chorus
and i havent seen a pupil in his eyes for 16 days
the catholic girls love him in a hundred million different ways
an hes been up for days
in a thick malaise
hes only listenin to the solid days

rock a honey rock a honey woo hoo
sleeps all day and he dreams of you
rock a honey rock a honey wee hee
dines in the city where the girls are free

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

and i havent seen a pupil in his eyes for 16 days
the catholic girls love him in a hundred million different ways
an hes been up for days
in a big malaise
hes only living till the salad days

rock a honey rock a honey woo hoo
sleeps all day and he dreams of you
rock a honey rock a honey wee hee
dines in the city where the girls are free

rock a honey rock a honey woo hoo
sleeps all day and he dreams of you
rock a honey rock a honey (wooooo hoooo)
sleeps all day and a dont touch me a dont touch me

Whistle For The Choir

Well it's a big big city and it's always the same
Can never be too pretty tell me your name
Is it out of line if I was to be bold and say "Would you be mine?"

Because I may be a beggar and you may be the queen
I know I may be on a downer i'm still ready to dream
Though it's 3 o'clock the time is just the time it takes for you to talk

So if you're lonely why'd you say you're not lonely
Oh you're a silly girl, I know I heard it so
It's just like you to come and go
And know me no you don't even know me
You're so sweet to try, oh my, you caught my eye
A girl like you's just irresistible

Well it's a big big city and the lights are all out
But it's much as I can do you know to figure you out
And I must confess, my heart's in broken pieces
And my head's a mess
And it's 4 in the morning, and I'm walking along
Beside the ghost of every drinker here who has ever done wrong
And it's you, woo hoo
That's got me going crazy for the things you do

So if you're crazy I don't care you amaze me
but you're a stupid girl, oh me, oh my, you talk
I die, you smile, you laugh, I cry
And only, a girl like you could be lonely
And it's a crying shame, if you would think the same
A boy like me's just irresistible

So if you're lonely, why'd you say you're not lonely
Oh you're a silly girl, I know I heard it so
It's just like you to come and go
And know me, no you don't even know me
Your so sweet to try, oh my, you caught my eye
A girl like you's just irresistible