| Modern Life Is Rubbish Lyrics |
For Tomorrow
He's a twentieth century boy With his hands on the rails Trying not to be sick again And holding on for tomorrow London ice cracks on a seamless line He's hanging on for dear life So we hold each other tightly And hold on for tomorrow Singing La la, la la la La la la la la la la la x3 Holding on for tomorrow ...oh, oh, oh, oh, oh... She's a twentieth century girl With her hands on the wheel Trying not to make him sick again Seeing what she can borrow London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes But we're we're lost on the Westway So we hold each other tightly And hold on for tomorrow Singing La la, la la la La la la la la la la la x3 Holding on for tomorrow Trying not to be sick again And holding for tomorrow She's a twentieth century girl Hanging on for dear life So we hold each other tightly And hold on for tomorrow Singing La la, la la la La la la la la la la la x3 Holding on for tomorrow Jim stops and gets out the car, goes to a house in Emperor's gate, Through the door and to his room, Then he puts the TV on, Turns it off and makes some tea, Says Modern Life Is Rubbish I'm Holding on for tomorrow, Then Susan comes into the room, She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile, Says let's take a drive to Primrose Hill, It's windy there and the view's so nice, London ice can freeze your toes Like anyone I suppose I'm Holding on for tomorrow..
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Colin Zeal
Colin Zeal knows the value of mass appeal He's a pedestrian walker, he's a civil talker He's an affable man with a plausible plan Keeps his eye on the news, keeps his future in hand And then he... Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself He's so pleased with himself, ah ha While sitting in traffic, Colin thinks in automatic He's an immaculate dresser, he's your common aggressor He's a modern retard with a love of bombast Keeps his eye on the news, doesn't dwells on the past And then he... Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself He's so pleased with himself, ah ha He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself He's so pleased with himself, ah ha And then he... Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself He's so pleased with himself, ah ha He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself He's so pleased with himself, ah ha He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself He's so pleased with himself, ah ha He's pleased with himself, he's so pleased with himself He's so pleased with himself, ah ha He's a modern retard, he's terminal lard He's an affable man, with a carrotene tan Because Colin Zeal's ill Colin Zeal's ill Colin Zeal's ill) 'Cos Colin Zeal knows
Pressure On Julian
Only the magical transit children, sing sing a lullaby bah, bah, bah Sitting on a pavement sucking on a long straw It's colourful, It's colourful, but it washes you out Here is my violence and here is the excuse I learnt it all, but only second hand Falling into walls, well what is it with you You'd never know, never know, never know We planned it all this way, we planned it all this way Pressure on Julian Swimming in yellow pissy water, sand getting in between the ears No blood in head in this bloody weather Irate people with yellow tongues Only the magical transit children, sing sing a lullaby bah,bah,bah Falling into walls, well what is it with you You'd never know, never know, never know We planned it all this way, we planned it all this way Pressure on Julian There was pressure on Julian, pushing trolleys in the car park From B to A then back to B Pressure on Julian Passing out, precious little snout The birds are singing at night The birds are singing at night, Pressure on Julian We planned it all this way, we planned it all this way Pressure on Julian
Starshaped
Wash with new soap, Behind the collar Keeps a clean mental state Don't usually bother in cold weather But still I'm getting into work late And I don't need the practice I've been making plans (For the future) Become an unconscious man (All for the good) I feel so unecessary (We don't think so, you seem starshaped) Have a couple at the weekend, Keeps up camaraderie And my mind boggles in the muddle, At the possibilities And I don't need the practice I've been making plans (For the future) Become an unconscious man (All for the good) I feel so unecessary (We don't think so, you seem starshaped) And I've been making plans (For the future) Become an unconscious man (All for the good) I feel so unecessary (We don't think so, you seem starshaped) I wash with new soap behind the collar Helps keep down the laundry And now I bother in cold weather Because it cleans me mentally And I really don't need the practice I've been making plans (For the future) Become an unconscious man (All for the good) I feel so unecessary (We don't think so, you seem starshaped) I've been making plans (For the future) Become an unconscious man (All for the good) I feel so unecessary (We don't think so, you seem starshaped)
Blue Jeans
Air cushioned soles I bought them on the Portbello Road on a Saturday I stop and stare awhile A common pastime when conversation goes astray And don't think I'm walking out of this She don't mind Whatever I say, whatever I say I don't really want to change a thing I want to stay this way forever Blue, blue jeans I wear them every day There's no particular reason to change My thoughts are getting banal, I can't help it But I won't pull out hair another day And don't think I'm walking out of this She don't mind Whatever I say, Whatever I say I don't really want to change a thing I want to stay this way forever If you don't mind Whatever I say, Whatever I say I don't really want to change a thing I want to stay this way forever You know it's to be with you Don't give up on me yet Don't think I'm walking out of this She don't mind Whatever I say, Whatever I say I don't really want to change a thing I want to stay this way forever If you don't mind Whatever I say, Whatever I say I don't really want to change a thing I want to stay this way forever You know it's to be with you
Chemical World
The pay-me girl has had enough of the bleeps So she takes the bus into the country Although she got herself rosy cheeks She didn't leave enough money to pay the rent The landlord says that she's out in a week What a shame she was just getting comfy Now she's eating chocolate to induce sleep In a chemical world, It's very, very, very cheap And I don't know about you But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes It's been a hell of a do They've been putting the holes in, yes, yes Peeping Thomas has a very nice view Across the street at the exhibitionist These townies they never speak to you Just stick together so they never get lonely Feeling lead, feeling quite light-headed Had to sit down and have some sugary tea In chemical world, in a chemical world It's very, very, very cheap And I don't know about you But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes It's been a hell of a do They've been putting the holes in, yes, yes, yes I don't know about you But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes It's been a hell of a do They've been putting the holes in, yes, yes And now she's found about you But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes Well I don't know about you They've been putting the holes in, yes, yes
Sunday, Sunday
Sunday, Sunday here again in tidy attire You read the colour supplement, the TV guide You dream of protein on a plate Regret you left it quite so late To gather the family around the table To eat enough sleep Oh, the Sunday sleep Sunday, Sunday here again a walk in the park You meet an old soldier and talk of the past He fought for us in two world wars and The England he knew is no more He sings the Songs of Praise but always falls asleep For that Sunday sleep But he knows what he knows Sunday, Sunday Oh, that Sunday sleep.... Sunday, Sunday here again in tidy attire You read the colour supplement, the TV guide You dream of protein on a plate, regret you left it quite so late You gather the family around the table to eat enough to sleep And Mother's Pride is your epithet That extra slice you'll soon regret So going out is your best bet, then bingo yourself to sleep Oh that Sunday sleep....
Oily Water
Lead in me and me in water, Dangling in my world I swallowed too much oily water, it keeps slipping down my spine In a sense of self in decline, growing fat on sound It's only an early morning dream, and the whole world will be alright (CHORUS) My head is full of suspicion, I'm coming home sometime I've swallowed too much oily water, it keeps slipping down my spine In a sense of self in decline, lying on my back It's only an early morning dream, and the whole world will be alright (CHORUS)
Miss America
Miss America sits in the shower She's plucking hours from the sky Picks up the telephone, into another home Don't ask me why I don't mind I don't mind at all I love only you She's a well wisher and she wishes you well Wish away, wish away She no jellybean, she a jemima ho ho Wish away, wish away I don't mind I don't mind at all I love only you Da, do, da, da, do Da, do, da, da, do Here is here and I am here, where are you? Far away, far away She no jellybean, she a jemima ho ho Wish away, wish away I don't mind I don't mind at all I love only you Da, do, da, da, do (x3)
Villa Rosie
Practice doesn't make perfect whan you're interbreeding Speaking drivel can it get confused with heavy breathing Mixing drinks at water holes get snarled up in the suburbs Meandering through this and that, you are suspected of vagueness When work is done, go to Villa Rosie every night So tasty Go form a queue at Villa Rosie every night So tasty Across the common every day, you come across the fine line But wearing boots can prevent the leeches in the long grass Eating between meals stifles the appetite is it healthy Coming home that nagging doubt there in your belly And all the while at Villa Rosie every night You're tasty A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night So taste.... All this has come to Villa Rosie every night They're waiting So form a queue at Villa Rosie every night So tasty Don't break your own back at Villa Rosie every night We're tasting A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night So tasty
Coping
Primal, evil what am I Tongue-tied 'til the day I die There's no love made mermaids It's just distraction or so they And I'm too tired to care about it Can't you see this in my face, my face When I feel this strange can I go through this again? When I feel this strange can I go through this again? It's a sorry state you're getting in The same excuse is wearing thin There's no self control left in me What was not will never will be And I'm too tired to care about it Can't you see this in my face, my face When I feel this strange can I go through this again? When I feel this strange can I go through this again? (....Or am I just coping?) And I'm too tired to care about it Can't you see this in my face The emphisis on coping Can't you see this in my face, my face When I feel this strange can I go through this again? When I feel this strange can I go through this again? (x2) (Can I be dreaming?...Or am I just coping?)
Turn It Up
Kazoo, kazoo you are mine, kazoo kazoo every time Turn it up, turn it off, turn it in (x4) Anyway you choose, anyway you choose at all Sometimes you get too much, some days it all gets too much Kazoo, kazoo you are mine, why do you turn your back on me? Turn it up, turn it off, turn it in (x4) Anyway you choose, anyway you choose at all Some days you do too much, some days it all gets too much Kazoo, kazoo you are mine, kazoo kazoo every time Turn it up, turn it off, turn it in (x4)
Resigned
I think too much On things I want too much It makes me hateful And I say stupid things Only you can fill my blank heart And I'm resigned to that I wish the sun Could just keep me warm And I'm resigned to that I'll forget to breathe someday I never stop to think why