Line Up


Drivel Head wears her glad rags,
She's got her keys, money and fags,
I know that her mind is made up,
To get rocked.

Drivel Head needs a new man,
As only a drivel head can,
He's a hormonal nightmare,
So beware.

Another victim of line up in line,
Line up in line is all I remember.
Oh, how their favours change,
You could have been kinder.
Yes, yes, line up in line,
Line up in line is all I remember.
Oh, how their favours change,
You could have been kinder.

Drivel Head knows all the stars,
Loves to suck their shining guitars,
They've all been right up her stairs,
Do you care?

Drivel Head knows all the bands,
Knows them like the back of her hands.
You can't see the wood for the trees,
On your knees.

Another victim of line up in line,
Line up in line is all I remember.
Oh, how their favours change,
You could have been kinder.
Yes, yes, line up in line,
Line up in line is all I remember.
Oh, how their favours change,
You could have been kinder.

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Annie


Annie, told me,
Get out of here, head for the sea,
The sun is hot and the air is clean
The best things in the world are free
And Mister Murphy
Likes his Jackanory
Holsten Export times three
Jimi Hendrix and Thin Lizzy
Annie, Annie, Annie
Met a mate in the afternoon
Holsten shore-line pub-crawl
Looking for some cold beer
Missed the stone punch drunk Judy
Tony, brandy, M.G., Andy
Vodka, scotch and loads of beer
It's so great we want to stay here
Annie, Annie, Annie

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Connection


Riding on any wave
There is the luck you crave
They don't believe it now,
They just think it's stupid
So got anything ?
Anyone could have done
Who would've cared at all, not you

Another heart has made the trade
Forget it, forget it, forget it
I don't understand how a heart is a spade
But somehow the vital connection is made

Riding on anything
Anything's good enough
Who would've thought it of someone like you
Just as they brought me round
Now that they brought you down
Roundabout and roundabout
Who wants a life anyone ?

Another heart has made the grade
Forget it, forget it, forget it
I don't understand how the last card is played
But somehow the vital connection is made

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Car Song


You could call me a car lover
'Cos I love it in a motor
And the way it feels
To ride around on new wheels.

I hardly know you
But I think I'm going to
Let's go siesta
In your Ford Fiesta

Here we go again
I'm riding in your car
Let me count to ten
'Cos it's gone way too far
Up my street to nowhere
You know what detours are
Here we go again
And it's gone way too far

Sometimes I just can't function
My heart's spaghetti junction
Every shining bonnet
Makes me think of my back on it.

I just can't escape the feeling
That I'd rather be free wheeling
In every little Honda
There may lurk a Peter Fonda, ho

Here we go again
I'm riding in your car
Let me count to ten
'Cos it's gone way too far
Up my street to nowhere
You know what detours are
Here we go again
And it's gone way too far

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Smile


One, Two, Three, Four
Peaches and cream
Where have you been ?
Did you know I've been waiting all night ?
Whose bed were you in ?
Whose head were you turning ?
Don't you know I've been out of my mind
'Cos I know what you fear you will find
Oh why...

Sweetness and light
I don't wanna fight you
But I don't wanna listen to lies
Your face is a mess
You know you should drink less
I said I don't want to hear how time flies
'Cos I know from the look in your eyes
You were talking to some girl
Who'd seen you on her T.V. set
She said that she felt like she knew you
Although you'd only just met
Oh yeah...

Don't stop talking shop
I'll see you down the time swap
I've been tested and tried
Lost on the tide
So cold inside
Do you know I've been out of my mind
'Cos I know what you fear you will find
You were talking to some girl
Who said that she'd seen you before
Oh my head's such a mess
'Till I hear your key in the door
Oh yeah...Oh yeah

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Hold Me Now


Don't stop shaking it's my head
That makes me want to second guess at a distance.
Hoping there's a method to your madness, baby,
I might just understand if you obey me.

Hold me now, I need assistance.
I'd take somebody else if I could.

Walking down tree-lined place so pensive in the country,
I can't take the voodoo that you do.
Just lust easier sussed real love makes me untrue.
It's hard to make a stew when the meat keeps looking up at you.

So, hold me now, I need assistance.
Follow down the path of least resistance.
Hold me now, don't keep your distance.
I'd take somebody else if I could.

Hold me now, I need assistance.
Follow down the path of least resistance.
Hold me now, do I need a license to hold you?

Hold me now, I need assistance.
Follow down the path of least resistance.
Hold me now, ( While I take the ... time to hurt you )

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S.O.F.T


And now we find
Looking back at your state of mind,
Was it all just a cover up,
Woke your mother up,
You were on TV.

Did the devil say to you,
You can make it through,
I'll take you to the top
And now that you're heaven bent
And it pays the rent,
Is it hard to stop ?

S.O.F.T.
Thought you knew the score
S.O.F.T.
Always wanted more
S.O.F.T.
Are you sure you're sure
S.O.F.T.

And now we find
Looking back at your state of mind,
Was it all just a cover up,
Broke your mother up,
On my TV.

Did the devil say to you,
You can make it through
I'll take you to the shop
And in a dress too small
To be a dress at all
Is it hard to stop ?

S.O.F.T.
Thought you knew the score
S.O.F.T.
Always wanted more
S.O.F.T.
Are you sure you're sure
S.O.F.T.

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Indian Song


If you want to,
Then you've got to
Let it show,
It is waiting,
It is waiting.

If you want to,
Then you've got to
Let it go,
It is waiting,
It is waiting.

If you want to,
Then you've got to
Let it show,
It is waiting
Heaven is waiting.

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Blue


John's gone his senses loaded over by Your house it's so basic
One, two, three, four
John's gone his senses loaded
Over by your house it's so basic
I think you're faking have a good time
But don't get into my head.
Do you recommend I wait a while
Direct and live or keep it constant
And selective blue.
I can read your mind,
If you want to
I will let you blue.
I can read your mind,
If you want to.

John's gone, he needs attention
Do you understand his inclination?
I've seen you shaking,
Come down here and I'll show you the wrong way
Try to rearrange this tired old line
Connect this smile and keep it standard
And reflective, blue
I can read your mind,
If you want to
I will let you blue.
I can read your mind,
I will let you
If you want to.

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All Nighter


It's nearly eleven
Do you think we'll stand the test of time
You're a cloud short of heaven
But you know I want you to be mine
Am I sitting here waiting
Yeah, and it's getting frustrating

Got to go to the garage
Got to get some fags and make some tea
Can you lend me enough wedge
Do you want to walk up there with me
And I'm sitting here waiting
Yeah, I'm tired of debating

We've been up all night
I can feel a strange attraction
Now it's getting light
But I can't spur you into action
Sure not alone
But so on my own, oh.

It's a quarter to seven
Don't you think we've stayed up half the night
You're a cloud short of heaven
But I'd love to see you strut your stuff
And I'm sitting here waiting
Yeah, and it could be X-rated
We could be oh so happy,
We could be oh so happy.

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Waking Up


I'd work very hard but I'm lazy
I can't take the pressure and it's starting to show
In my heart you know that it pains me
A life of leisure is no life you know

Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh oh, I think you should know.
Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh, oh, I think you should know.
Oh, oh, I think you should go.
Make a cup of tea, and put a record on.

I'd work very hard but I'm lazy
I've got a lot of songs but they're all in my head.
I'll get a guitar and a lover who pays me
If I can't be a star I won't get out of bed.

Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh, oh, I think you should know.
Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh, oh, I think you should know.
Oh, oh, I think you should go.
Make a cup of tea, and put a record on.

Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh, oh, I think you should know.
Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh, oh, I think you should know.
Oh, oh, I think you should go.
Make a cup of tea, and put a record on.

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2:1


Keeping a brave face
In circumstances
Is impossible
Cannot describe
So many decisions
It's impossible
To know which is
The proper order
The best position
To be in
Take advantage
Or so it seems
The way it goes.

It's tragic
Sandman comes
Laid down on your side
Two to one
Too easy
In the dark
You know that, you know
Dark reflections
You're soaking wet
In my head
You talk too much
In my bed
It's not necessary
Again

Before the ice melts
Sandman goes
I just want to say
Two in tow
This racket's yours
Wet and dumb
Don't ask for more
Three's the number
'Cause somewhere along the line
Coming down
Coming round again
I've forgotten already

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See That Animal


See that animal get some heavy metal
Watch the world go singing sha-la-la-la
White stick happiness, will we ever know how it feels, how it feels?
I feel your tatoo on mine, but I can't wash it off this time
Oh it's time, oh it's time, oh it's time, oh it's time.

See that drug act, that AC/DC drag act on the wires in the sky tonight
Fifteen new cities, but will we ever know how it feels, how it feels.
I feel my tatoo on you, it's a sweet thing Terry, but it's not true
It's not true, It's not true, It's not true, It's not true.

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Stutter


No need to whine, boy,
Like a wind-up toy you stutter at my feet,
And it's never the time, boy,
You've had too much wine to stumble up my street.
Well it isn't a problem,
Nothing we can't keep between the sheets,
Tell me you're mine, love,
And I will not wait for other bedtime treats.

Is there something you lack,
When I'm flat on my back,
Is there something that I can do for you?
It's always something you ate,
Or it's something you hate,
Tell me is it the way that I touch you?
Have you found a new mate,
And is she really great,
Is it just that I'm much too much for you?
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah

Don't feed me a line, boy,
I can hear that voice you use upon the phone,
And there's no need to be coy,
That is something you can do upon your own.
Well it isn't problem, nothing we can't solve so just relax.
And I on the wrong train, love,
And will I have to tie you to the tracks.

Is there something you lack,
When I'm flat on my back,
Is there something that I can do for you?
It's always something you ate,
Or it's something you hate,
Tell me is it the way that I touch you?
Have you found a new mate,
And is she really great,
Is it just that I'm much too much for you?
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah
I really want you to
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah
I really want you to
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah

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Never Here


It's a sign of devotion
You made everybody else seem insane
You filled my head with your notions
You made everybody else seem so tame
In your bed I lay reeling
You made everybody else seem a shame
I knew from the way I was feeling
Nothing could ever be quite the same

I moved straight into your shoes
I took up your cause and answered your phone
I couldn't really imagine
What life was like when I was alone
Then I started to worry ( then I started to worry )
I thought of our lives left on the shelf
Too much TV and curry
Too much time spent on ourselves.

We were sitting in waiting
And I told you my plan
You were far too busy writing
Words that didn't scan
And you lent me your records
And I leant you an ear
Funny how it seems to me now
That you were never here
Never really here.

In our bed I lay reeling
You made everybody else seem insane
I knew from the way I was feeling
Nothing could ever be quite the same
It's a sign of devotion
You made everybody else seem so tame
Then it felt like going through the motions
First impressions never remain

We were sitting in waiting
And you told me your plan
I was far too busy writing
Rhymes that'll never scan
Now I've sold all your records
'Cos they give me the fear
Funny how it seems to me now
That you were never here
Never really here
Never really here

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Vaseline


( Louder, louder )

When you're stuck like glue
When you need some goo
When you're stuck like glue,
Vaseline
When you're black and blue,
Vaseline
La la la la la la la la la la
When you're stuck like glue,
Give me some
When you're stuck like glue
If you'd like to woo,
Vaseline
La la la la la la la la la la
If it's hot like you,
Give me some
Do you need a clue,
I want some
Vaseline, Vaseline, Vaseline,
Vaseline, Vaseline, Vaseline.

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