b-side lyrics
 

 


Swallows In A Heatwave
 
I want to contributeTo natural selection
Find myself a razor
Watch Swallows In A Heatwave
meet the rebel leaders
They're coming cause they need us
Ooohooooohoooooo
Ooohooooohoooooo
I don't have a history……….
For religion
Going out to get one
Get into my Volvo
Drive into the Mountains
Watch Swallows in a heatwave
Ooohoooooohooooo x7
 
 
 
All Your Life
 
Put a new shirt on, wash my face in beer
Fall through the crowd, and disappear
In the teenage magazines, and shopping malls
Walk through the wildlife for miles, and miles
Hold my breath and count a hundred and ten
And back up the hill to start again
Watching spiders on the bedroom ceiling
They got big plans, so they're not breathing
Feel the frisson of tomorrow today
I could get up but it won't go away
Do nothing to impress my friends
Just rub my eyes for hours on end
Oh England, my love, you lost me, made me look a fool

I need someone to tell me
Everything'll be alright
I need someone who'll hold me
When the day turns to night
I need someone who loves me
More than you do
Oh we say that's not true
And you and me in line as double bill
Surrogate heroes on TV and films

I've never met anyone like you
I've never done the things you like to do
On the way to heaven in a comedy car
The new stars of melancholia
There's nothing to get angry about
We're too hung over to be bad shout???
Oh England, my love, you've tattooed your past all over me

I need someone to tell me
Everything'll be alright
I need someone who'll hold me
When the day turns to night
I need someone who loves me
More than you do
Oh we say that's not true
And you and me in line as double bill
Surrogate heroes and welcome you will
I've got a feeling that nobody's sold
I've got a feeling that I should let myself go, go, go

And days will be like this
All your life
And days will be like this
All your life
And people will always miss
All your life
And people will always miss
All your life
And days will be like this x3
 
 
 
Dancehall
There are ghosts in hereAn easy laze
They dance all night
With a vacant gaze
They stand in rows
And buy alcohol
We're having fun at the dancehall
I've got my pills and I've got my toysPin-up girls and pin-up boys
My lips are frozen to another can
I could kill him, but I just kiss his hand




Woodpigeon Song
Disingenious and tame
Everybody makes mistakes, sometimes
Woodpigeon in strip light
Does it every night

It's a feeling that's around
It's a feeling that's around
Woodpigeon in strip lightDoes it every night
 
 
 
Get Out Of Cities
I got the licence
I got dirty knees
I've been swinging in trees
A paid up member
I've been eating fleas
Running naked in the breeze
Catatonia itch
Catalonia stitch
Oh, I've been running for miles
I start to tingle from my head to my toes
Oh, tomorrow it's a taint on the nose
hetty hetty hetty hetty oh it's a taint on the nose
Get out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeahGet out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeah
Get out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeah
Get out of cities, return to the trees
She's in a sort ofA capital freeze
Cos the petrol's done a whole lot for me???
Catatonia itch
Catalonia stitch
Pray tomorrow is it-chy itchy itch
Go to yourself on your map
Get out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeahGet out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeah
Get out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeah
Get out of cities, return to the trees
Get out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeah
Get out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeah
Get out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeah
Get out of cities, and return to the trees
Get out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeah
Get out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeah
Get out of cities, return to the trees, yeah yeah
Get out of cities, and return to the trees



Polished Stone
 
Now I fall to the groundI can't get up, well never mind
I know you'll pull me up by my bones
And say I'm sand to polished stone
Today's gone and it won't be longBefore we fall asleep and forget what we've done
We won't get up cos today is fun
We're alone
Now you bite my tongueAnd when the alcohol's gone
I won't feel a thing
So you can't carry on
Today is gone and it won't be long
Before we fall asleep and forget what we've done
We won't get up cos today is funWe're alone

It's numb
It's numb
It's numb


Day Upon Day
  • Waiting on this empty day
    It's just the same as any day
    An' although I got nothing to say
    I'm going to say it anyway
    Day, day upon day, day upon day
    Day upon day
    Day, day upon day, day upon day
    Day upon day
    Everybody's here with me
    We're in the smallest rooms you see
    An' although we got nothing to do
    We going to do what do I do
  • Dizzy
  • I pump poison
    Into my body
    To forget
    That I am me
    It feels good
    Wonderful
    I forget I have feelings at all
    You're dizzy
    I floated up
    Fifteen miles high
    Stuck my head through
    All the holes in our sky
    I looked out across the universe
    And thought of you
    You're dizzy
    And I am dizzy too
    I became lunatic
    With rolling eyes
    Squirming on the ground
    Frozen in ice
    Called to my mother
    Said "Mother, please
    Feed me before the sky
    Falls in on me"
    You're dizzy
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    Es Schmecht
  • Looking out for number oneThe conversation in the dayroom's gone
    It's a brutal thought but you thought it
    And in the future it'll be the same
    Waltzing on an autobahnThere is cause for alarm
    It's a neurotic thought but you thought it
    And in the future it'll be the same
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    I'm All Over
  • I always knew that there would be someone somewhere
    Who had it in for me
    I always knew that there would be no-one nowhere
    Who was anything like me
    I'm all over
    All over
    All over
    I'm the only one
    I'm hanging around
    Going nowhere
    Waiting for it to happen to me
    I always knew that there would be no-one nowhere
    Who was anything like me
    I'm all over
    All over
    All over
    You're the only one
    I always knew that there would be someone somewhere
    Who had it in for me
    I always knew that there would be no-one nowhere
    Who was anything like me
    I'm all over
    All over
    All over
    You're the only one
  •  
    Mace
  • Pedalling on a bicycle
    I'm on my way to make a call
    I try to touch you
    Through the double glazing
    But the curtains were drawn
    The family gone away
    Who is to know
    But now you don't
    No-one can see
    When they get mace in their eyes
    They're papering the walls
    And the windows
    No light in here
    In or out
    The heating's on
    And I'm feeling drowsy
    I fall asleep
    And dream of burning down the house
    I'm pedalling on a bicycle
    I'm on my way to make a call
    The sun is out
    And I'm feeling drowsy
    I fall asleep
    And dream of burning down the house
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    Magpie
  • I was angry with my friend
    I told my wrath, my wrath did end
    I was angry with my foe
    I told it not, my wrath did grow
    And I watered it in fears
    Night and morning with my tears
    And I sunnŽd it with smile
    And with soft deceitful wiles
    And it grew both day and night
    Till it bore an apple bright
    And my foe beheld it shine
    And he knew that it was mine
    And into my garden stole
    When the night had veiled the pole
    In the morning, glad, I see
    My foe outstretched beneath the tree
    And sometimes I
    See magpie
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    Mr Briggs
  • Mr Briggs is on holiday
    But he stays in his room
    He's too cold to go out for his evening smoke
    The lady down the hallway
    Is deaf and dumb to what you say
    She's too busy dreaming of chihuahua dog
    Say goodbye
    Slowly drift away
    To somewhere
    Mr Briggs needs sleep now
    He's been up for a week
    He can hear a buzz buzz buzzing in his head
    He has a three-bar heater
    But it can't keep him warm
    If he bought another then he'd have three more
    Say goodbye
    Slowly drift away
    To somewhere
    Mr Briggs while on holiday
    Never left his bed
    Walked around in circles but only in his head
    The lady down the hallway
    Is running out of pills
    She could pull herself together but she knows she never will
    Say goodbye
    Somewhere
     
     
    Peter Panic
    Hello Peter Panic
    You've landed on our planet
    What a strange thing you are
    With little pissy eyes
    You got in the television
    Turned us all old and wisened
    Then disappeared
    To a distant star
    And we remember you as
    Peter Panic
    Who lives forever
    Peter Panic
    As light as a feather
    And he says it's ok
    When you blow him away
    He'll be back for you some other day
    When you're running out of sugar
    He left his secret with the chemist
    Who made it taste very pleasant
    Now everyone
    Has gone to his star
    Happy to be with...
  •  
    Sing
  • I can't feel
    ''Cos I am numb
    I can't feel
    ''Cos I am numb
    So what's the worth in all of this
    What's the worth in all of this
    Sing to me
    So what's the worth in all of this
    If the child in your head
    If the child is dead
    Sing to me
  •  
    Threadneedle Street
  • The time has come
    Not to be cautious
    He must be careful not to make mistakes
    For every half hour
    In twenty-four
    And operations rose
    Faster than they did yesterday
    And the lending rates on your side
    So there won't be
    Much of a problem
    Then past midnight
    There is a rise
    When everybody's asleep at home
    He becomes nervous
    And sees a change
    Today Futures
    Watch the markets from the street
    In a pocket in a grey flannel suit
    Read tomorrow's crash today
    And check your pulse
    Base metals crawled onto the kerb
    And softs dropped in a summer turn
    And sugar melted in the mouth
    Of a rude girl
    Who knew a better option
    She thinks for a while
    And it could be
    A long time before he thinks again
    And then he looks at the papers
    And looks again
    Today Futures

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    Won't Do Me
  • So much to be and so much to see
    There's very little here for me
    It's really hard to get through
    So won't do it anymore
    Don't feel it anymore
    Won't do it anymore
    Can't feel it anymore
    There's so much I'd like to say
    You're not bothered either way
    It's really hard to talk to you
    So won't do it anymore
    Don't do it anymore
    Won't do it anymore
    Can't feel it anymore
  •  
    Young and Lovely
  • Friday's child is planning to go out for the first time
    Says
    Don't worry Mum
    I won't be out that late
    Done me playing those passive games right now
    They're out of date
    You're awfully sweet
    Haven't got the time
    Growing up so fast
    Got better things to do
    You can get what you want
    So young and lovely
    Kicking around in the centre of the town
    Looking in shop windows
    Those mannequins
    Look far too real at night
    Friday's child doesn't know if it's awake
    Or if it's dreaming
    Says
    Don't worry Dad
    I'll do my bit
    I'll raise the flag
    I'll be just like you
    You can get what you want
    So young and lovely
    Don't worry Mum
    I'm not that dumb
    I'll be just like you
    Oh, no, why
    Why d'you do it?
  •  
    Badgeman Brown
  • This is the voice of someone
    Calling from a lonely hill
    To the hard of hearing
    For those who never will

    A long legged someone
    Seen walking away from home
    Look a vacant dreamer
    Walking alone alone

    Ways that turn and turn
    Which is what we'd learn
    As suffering believers
    In the book of Badgeman Brown

    They're dropping like flies
    In a suburban house
    From a lack of anything
    Anything to keep their hands in

    And the town keeps screaming
    From a lonely hill
    Another lack of people
    Those who never will

    Ways that turn and turn
    Which I what we'd learn
    As suffering believers
    In the book of Badgeman Brown

    This is the voice of someone
    Calling from a lonely hill
    For the hard of hearing
    For those who never will

    The days will turn and turn
    Which is what we'd learn
    As average believers
    In the book of Badgeman Brown
  •  
    Fried
  • Oh you are very strange
    Sometimes I think you've gone insane
    Twisted hearts you've gone insane
    In this giddy world
    Couldn't you begin to go
    Where odd lines we hardly know
    Couldn't you put in a goal
    Just for me

    Did I say I want to know
    Talking about a goal
    Would you please leave me alone
    Can't you see I want to be on my own

    Oh I would like to give you your head
    Just to see if you are dead
    Oh I'd like to get into that pretty head
    And it would amuse me to see
    How you feel about me
    How you feel about always getting fried

    Did I say I wan to know
    We're talking about a goal
    Would you please leave me alone
    Can't you see I want to be on my own
    Can't you see I want to be on my own

    Did I say I wan to know
    We're talking about a goal
    Would you please leave me alone
    Can't you see I want to be on my own
    Can't you see I want to be on my own

    Oh I'm going to fry
    Oh I'm going to fry
    Oh I'm going to fry
  •  
    Got Yer!
  • Look at Him, Grumpy old man
    You sour old bed pan
    He's gone dropped his fag He's got a fly between his ears
    it catches life
    And buzzes in my head

    It's a long time isn't it
    fumes of life

    Who put that bleeding goose in here?
    Got yer!
  •  
    Hanging Over
  • I'm alive
    I can breathe the air
    I can hurt you
    I can float up here
    So soft and tingling
    You can't touch me
    I'm floating away

    I woke up
    And went down next door
    I'm getting up with nothing on my mind
    I went down the stairs
    With a pain in my head
    I should have never got out of bed

    Then everything shattered
    Just at the point that it mattered (x2)
    Aha

    I'm alive I can breathe the air
    I can hurt you
    I can fall down there
    Right into your mind
    Don't put it around
    You can't catch me
    And carried away

    I woke up, woke up every day
    There is noting, nothing to say
    Halfway down the stairs
    I feel a pain in my chest
    I should have never got out of bed

    Then everything shattered
    Just at the point that it mattered (x2)
    Aha

    I'm alive, I can breathe the air
    I can hurt you
    Halfway down the stairs
    I get a pain in my chest
    I should never got out of bed

    I should never ever ever
    I should never.
  •  
    Inertia
  • Fear of being left behind
    Can take you over
    Suddenly you will choke
    Maybe it's just a joke
    I'm not sure of you

    I can't hear you now
    There's too much that's going around
    You seem a worried fool
    So don't think I'm cool
    Makes me me unsure
    Of you-

    Fear of being left alone
    Can take you over
    Slowly you will choke
    And say it's just a joke
    I'm not sure--of you
  •  
    Luminous
  • Don't look at me as
    Your only regret what you don't see
    You know more than I
    So think for me
    Think what your not

    Ah ah ah ah

    Love substitute for the
    Never knew who you were
    Half your life has been explained
    You want the other half

    Ah ah ah ah

    Don't look at me as though I'm not here
    Your only regret what you don't see
    Half my life has been explained
  •  
    Mace
  • Pedaling on a bicycle
    I'm on my way to make a call
    I've tried to touch you
    Through the double glazing
    But the curtains were drawn and the family out the way

    You used to know but now you don't (x3)
    No one can see when they've got mace in their eyes

    They're papering the walls and the windows
    No logic here in or out
    The heating's on and I'm feeling drowsy
    I fall asleep and dream of burning down the house

    You used to know but now you don't (x3)
    No one can see when they've got mace in their eyes

    I'm pedaling on my bicycle
    I'm on my way to make a call
    The sun is out and I'm feeling drowsy
    I fall asleep and dream of burning down the house

    You used to know but now you don't (x6)
    No one can see when they've got mace in their eyes
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    Maggie May
  • Wake up Maggie
    I think I've got something to say to you
    It's late September
    And I really should be back at school
    I know I keep you amused
    But I feel I'm being used
    O Maggie I couldn't have tried any more

    you led me away from home
    Just to save you from being alone
    You stole my heart
    That's what really hurts

    All I needed was a friend of lend a guiding hand
    You turned into my lover
    And mother what a lover you wore me out
    Al you do is wreck my bed
    And in the morning kick me in the head
    O Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore

    You led me away form home
    Just to save you from being alone
    You stole my heart
    I couldn't leave you if I tried

    I suppose I could collect my books and go back to school
    Or steal my daddy's cue
    And make a living out of playing pool
    I'll find myself a rock n roll band
    That needs a helping hand
    Maggie I wish I'd never
    Seen your face

    You made a first class fool out of me
    But I was blind as a fool can be
    You stole my heart
    But I love you anyway
  •  
    Peach
  • Chemical Eats
    Best part of the peach
    You're always the way you are
    What of that going to close you in
    You got a gaping hole in your head
    Id let the birds nest there instead
    Aha aha aha aha

    A gun in your pocket
    And hair in a locket
    Around your neck
    From the girl you once loved
    where is she now, you've gone crazy
    You've got a gaping hole in your head
    I'd let the birds nest there instead
    Aha aha aha aha

    You've got a gaping hole in your head
    I'd let the birds nest there instead (x4)
    Aha aha aha aha
  •  
    Theme From An Imaginary Film
  • What if I told you I love you
    What if I called you with rhyme
    In this world there's nothing that's left
    Well nothing that's new

    What if I told you without you
    Loving is limply a lie
    Although she moves into the night
    O tell me your mine
    Please say it's true

    O shame is over
    I was the light and the days of them all
    Well push me over
    I'm flat on my back and having a ball
    And just look who's laughing

    What if I flew like a dove dear
    What if I would you in rhythm
    There's nothing left
    Nothing that's good left for me now

    O I'll just go and sleep with strangers
    I'll live like a lord in a tower
    'Cos in the city there's too much air
    That I can't dream at night
    Well not anymore

    O shame it's over
    It been such fun and we had a ball
    Well push me over
    But I'll be the last of people to fall
    Well just look who's laughing

    O shame it's over
    How like a cow bloated on grass
    Well push me over
    Me on my back and you on your arse
    Such a shame it's all over
    There are so few days left to grasp
    So push me over
    We on our back and you on your lazy arse
    Well just look whose laughing
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    When the Cows Come Home
  • Good morning
    Wake up

    Wake up with purpose and polite efficiency
    Stuff vitamin pills down your health guarantee
    A kiss and cuddle with a lucky girl
    You get fed and watered
    Makes your hair curl

    And when the day draws in
    You put on a record
    Put on something gentle
    And wait for the cows to come home

    Wake up a little voice says
    To you eagerly
    You mustn't let yourself sink financially
    Don't listen to the accusation that you're tight
    You could be the first man on your street to get it right

    And when the day draws in
    You going to go into waltz time
    For once it was a good time
    Wait for the cows to come home
    All your life

    Ha da de da da
    Ha da de da da
    Ha da da de da
    Ha da de da da da


    Wake up with purpose and polite efficiency
    So you get fed and watered with good company
    And when the day draws in
    You go into waltz time
    For once it's a good time
    Wait for the cows to come home
    All your life