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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


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


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


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


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




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


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


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