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1. |
But It Stays
03:40
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It's getting all out of phase
What is that stuff in the way?
It never moves, but it stays
And that's strange
And if the future's started, don't you think we should be told?
We've been waiting for tomorrow, since a long long time ago
And we cannot wait forever for forever to unfold
It's such a shame to keep us waiting, don't you know?
We're feeling fruity for change
We're not at home on the range
The notions we entertain
Come round again and again ...
And if the future's started, don't you think we should be told?
We've been waiting for tomorrow, since a long long time ago
And we cannot wait forever for forever to unfold
It's such a shame to keep us waiting. Still waiting ...
And we remember photographs of rocket cars
And we're longing to be shot towards the vacant stars
But we're not prepared to sing a different tune
Everybody wants the future soon ...
And it can't come soon enough
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2. |
The Funny Side
02:36
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I don't want to itch in my hair shirt
I don't want to move in a line
I don't want to angst, with the rest of the cranks
But I can't find the funny side - oh no
I can't sing round corners, but I've never felt so sure
That all the things that bother me, are not at home next door
For this is my life
And I will swap it if I like
This is my life
And forever and ever, seems ever such a long long ...
Maybe I'm part of the scenery
Or maybe I'm out to lunch
But baby knows she can rely on me
Or maybe that's back to front, that could be back to front
So don't call me and I won't call you
But please don't worry 'cause everything's cool
Twinkle twinkle little car
At one hundred thousand miles per hour
This is my life
And I will swap it if I like
This is my life
And forever and ever seems ever such a long long ...
Time
It must be time for a change
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3. |
Given The Hard Shoulder
03:04
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He used drive the lonely road
All Kerouac and back
And to and fro
So where did all of the romance go?
He don't know
But it isn't any fun anymore
No it isn't any fun anymore
What a bore
The people in their diggers
They cannot control their sniggers
As the road keeps getting bigger and bigger
And it isn't any fun anymore
No it isn't any fun anymore
What a bore
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4. |
Rocket In The Garden
03:04
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We've been watching the late show
And it's getting later all the time
And we've been wishing we were miles away from here
But everywhere seems so near
And we've got to admit that we are bored
With feeling so alone and so ignored
Are we caught in a permanent pause?
Yes, I think that it's time that we tried to make good some escape ...
Let's build a rocket in the garden
And let's get the Dickens out of here
Lets build a rocket in the garden
Can anybody be a pioneer?
We've got nothing but more time kill
And we seem to spend most of it feeling so ill
Oh, we'd love to be chasing a thrill
But there's few to be found when you're stuck high on top Muswell Hill ...
Let's build a rocket in the garden
And lets get the Dickens out of here
Let's build a rocket in the garden
Can anybody be a pioneer?
And if the sky is big enough
To make some room for our tiny craft
Then we may as well
You never know
It might just be a laugh ...
Lets build a rocket in the garden
And lets get the Dickens out of here
Lets build a rocket in the garden
Can anybody be a pioneer?
Let's, let's - let's, let's - let's get going
Let's, let's - let's, let's - let's get going
Let's, let's - let's, let's - let's get going
Let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, take it away ...
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5. |
Operating Instructions
02:07
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This machine
It has been
Letting me go outside again
Don't stop
Which way is the wrong way up?
This is the Sun
And this is the Moon
And you made then both
Here in this room
This machine
It has been
Kicking tin cans down rusty dreams
I think it's time we oiled you up
This is the Sun
And this is the Moon
And you made then both
Here in this room
I think it's time
To find
The operating instructions
I think it's time
To find
The operating instructions ...
It's time
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6. |
Volcanoes
04:25
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Wouldn't it be nice
To be standing
Close together
In some foreign place
Where we could take
An epic snapshot
On your brother's
Stolen camera
For as you and I and everybody knows
There is more to life than visiting the Albert Hall
And as you and I and everybody knows
Making progress can be dangerous when searching for ...
There is life
Life on Earth
But there isn't
In our neighbourhood
And so we'd better
Go take ourselves
To where the fire
Burns forever
For as you and I and everybody knows
There is more to life than visiting the Albert Hall
And as you and I and everybody knows
Making progress can be dangerous when searching for ...
Volcanoes
Jump the sleeper
To wherever
We are nearer
To the flow
And make up stories
For the readers
Of the National
Geographical
All about
Volcanoes
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Raise a glass and drop the book
Go outside and take a look
Take the chance, you never know
You just might like it
Because everything's a mess
Not step by step
It isn't enough to
Float bottles of dust and
I'm not in the mood for
Why isn't post modern life all it's cracked up to be?
Save me, save me
You say that it's warm tonight
Don't tell me what that is in Fahrenheit
That won't set the Moon alight
It isn't enough to
Float bottles of dust and
I'm not in the mood for
Why isn't post modern life all it's cracked up to be?
Save me, save me
Save me, save me
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Don't adjust your TV set, get the picture
You're inclined to blank your mind to the future
And it is not as though your head is full
Of many bright ideas and oh so beautiful
Designs for life
Designs for life
So please don't switch me off
I wish you wouldn't switch me off
Because every time you switch me off
I want to be switched on again, to resume normal programs
You pretend that everything counts for nothing
But I have seen between the weave in your bluffing
There is no need to walk around the block
If only then to report, that you just haven't got any
Designs for life
Designs for life
So please don't switch me off
I wish you wouldn't switch me off
Because every time you switch me off
I want to be switched on again, to resume normal programs
Do not think yourself alone, I've hidden the remote control
Do not think yourself alone, I've hidden the remote control
Do not think yourself alone, I've hidden the remote control
Do not think yourself alone, I've hidden the remote control
Click
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9. |
A Night On The Tiles
03:30
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Up on the roof of the dream house
You put a warning sign
"You'd better keep your distance
I've got a lot on my mind"
Now nobody said you were perfect
We know that you've got your faults
But it's only because you're allergic
That we can get near you at all
And please, believe
Me when I say
I think, that you are
Truly amazing
Don't wake up
You say you talk to the angels
You say they seem polite
Now I've never talked to the angels
But I never know I might
We could sit up together
Just spinning around and around
No it probably wouldn't be clever
And we'd probably never be found
Found
And please, believe
Me when I say
I think, that you are
Truly amazing
Don't wake up
Let's make the best of a bad lot
And let's make a start before we both stop
Dreaming
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10. |
Cruel (album version)
03:30
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You're so cruel
And you're so small
And you don't care
You're so cruel so ...
Who put the rain on the window again,
Tell me who put the rain?
Who stole the leg, from the man that was lame?
Tell me, who's in the frame?
You're so blank
And you're so dank
And you'd drown me
In your fish tank
You're so blank so ...
Who put the rain on the window again,
Tell me who put the rain?
Who stole the leg, from the man that was lame?
Tell me, who's in the frame?
You're so spent
Like wet cement
I don't want you
Inside my tent / tent!
You're so spent so ...
Who put the rain on the window again,
Tell me who put the rain?
Who stole the leg, from the man that was lame?
Tell me, who's in the frame?
Well I think it could be you
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11. |
Woolf 'Babe' Banarto
02:43
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She tries but can't get through
He's right outside
He's in her corridor
He's erudite
He knows he's horrible - hello
Well you can wait
Wait and wait
Woolf "Babe" Banarto
He's OK
He's right outside
He's in her corridor
He's erudite
He knows he's horrible - hello
Many hours gone
And many more to come
Many hours gone
And many more to
Come
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12. |
Tomorrow Peachy
02:53
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Bump around, in the dark
Heaven knows if this is art?
But maybe if
We can find the right switch ...
And it's got to be in here someplace
Oh if only we could find a clue
And it's got to be in here someplace
But there's so many buttons to choose
And it could go like this
And it could go like that
And it could be the front
Or it could be the back
But whatever it is
We are going to try
To keep tomorrow peachy
Don't get cross
Down the front
Disappointment comes to everyone
So you may as well dance
And it's got to be in here someplace
Oh if only we could find a clue
And it's got to be in here someplace
But there's so many buttons to choose
And it could go like this
And it could go like that
And it could be the front
Or it could be the back
But whatever it is
We are going to try
To keep tomorrow peachy
Bump around in the dark
The dark
We all
Bump around in the dark
The dark
Bump!
Bump!
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13. |
Jet Wash (album version)
03:41
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This is the waking up
This is the long lie in
This is the best of luck
And the rest of the morning spins
On needles and pins
This is the cheap red wine
This is the crazy pave
This is the soft she shine at the base of the seventh wave
It could be one of those days
And a river flows between my toes
And it seems to me this very nearly goes to show
That in life, things are very rarely right
If we could only remember the last lines ...?
This is the fizzy pop
This is the jumping Jack
This is the nearest stop to the top of the mad man's hat
Hands up who know about that?
This is the changing shape
This is the jet wash
This is the right mistake to make at the lowest cost
There could be nothing lost ...
And a river flows between my toes
And it seems to me this very nearly goes to show
That in life, things are very rarely right
If we could only remember the last lines ...?
Is it normal that we want our freedom?
And is it normal to play punk for Sweden?
That's something to believe in
Something to believe in
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14. |
Like Cosmonauts
03:18
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Are we girls or are we boys?
Wrapped up in leather wrapped up in noise
All we need is something else
All we need is something else
Beauty things with tired eyes
Us and them - like cosmonauts, collide
And then, collide again
Collide, and then, collide again
They collide
Where is the fascination?
It's in the beat box of a passing car
Motor lights like tracer fire
Say goodnight or take me higher
Turning off and on again
Turning off and on again
Under the shelter of a dizzy rain
Dizzy contestants in a dizzying game
They switch, cut and paste
From lane to lane
Where is the fascination?
It's in the beat box of a passing car
At all night shops and petrol stations
Where other people don't know who we are
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15. |
We're Only Telling You
03:00
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So whatever happened to
Putting people on the Moon?
Such a lonely thing to do
I wonder if they'd still send you?
We haven't got a moment to loose
Somewhere else is calling you
Hurry up your fastest shoes
Adventure is your avenue
Not so very long ago
The ocean was the place to go
Down with the fishes, down way below
That's just the ticket for your show
Would you like to live underground?
Would you like to live underground?
Would you like to live underground?
Would you like to live WAY underground?
We haven't got a moment to loose
Somewhere else is calling you
Hurry up your fastest shoes
Adventure is your avenue
We're only telling you
Because we don't like to see you make mistakes
And you just won't listen when you're awake
Will you?
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16. |
Frozen Milk
01:55
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An ashen kiss to make you spit
This really is the end of it
Frozen milk and a frozen heart
And a ten AM appointment start
And you've had enough for one day
On special offer, cheaper talk
You've almost lost the will to walk
Those shaky TV shows that rain
Can't penetrate you perfect pain
And you've had enough for one day
Hey, it's another, very nearly, ordinary day
It's another ordinary day
And you've had enough for one day,
Haven't you?
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Curtains England, UK
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