SUEDEHEAD

Why do you come here ?

And why do you hang around ?

I'm so sorry

Why do you come here

When you know it makes things hard for me ?

When you know, oh

Why do you come ?

Why do you telephone ? (Hmm...)

And why send me silly notes ?

I'm so sorry

Why do you come here

When you know it makes things hard for me ?

When you know, oh

Why do you come ?

You had to sneak into my room

'just' to read my diary

"It was just to see, just to see"

(All the things you knew I'd written about you...)

Oh, so many illustrations

Oh, but

I'm so very sickened

Oh, I am so sickened now

Oh, it was a good lay, good lay

It was a good lay, good lay

Oh, it was a good lay, good lay

Oh, it was a good lay

It was a good lay

Oh, a good lay

Oh, it was a good lay

Good lay, good lay

It was a good lay

SUNNY

We're really missing you

Oh, and you've only just gone

Oh, well, you punched and fell

Then you felt embarrassed

My heart goes out to you

So I offered love

And it was not required

Oh, what else can I do ?

What else can I do ?

We're really missing you

And you've only just gone

So, Sunny, send at least one thoughtful letter

My heart goes out to you

Tell us all how things are so much better

My heart, it left with you

What else can I do ?

Oh, they've not forgiven you

And you're not even gone

Oh, with jean belt wrapped around your arm

Oh, Sunny, my heart goes out to you

And with a needle pressed onto tight skin

Sunny, I cry when I see where it's taken you

Aah ...

I'm here, I won't move

Aah ...

I'm here, I won't move

Aah ...

I'm here, I will not move

Aah ...

BOXERS

Losing in front of your home crowd

You wish the ground

Would open up and take you down

And will time never pass ?

Will time never pass for us ?

Your weary wife is walking away

Your nephew, it's true

Well, he thinks the world of you

And I have to close my eyes

Oh...

Losing in front of your home town

The crowd call your name

They love you all the same

The sound, the smell, and the spray

You will take them all away

And they'll stay

Till the grave

Your weary wife is walking away

Your nephew, it's true

Well, he thinks the world of you

And I have to close my eyes

Oh...

Losing in your home town

Hell is the bell

That we'll not ring again

You will return one day

Because of all the things that you see

When your eyes close

Your weary wife - walking away

Your nephew, it's true

He still thinks the world of you

And I have to dry my eyes

Oh...

TOMORROW

Tomorrow

Will it really come ?

And if it does come

Will I still be Human ?

All I ask of you is one thing that you never do

Would you put your arms around me ?

(I won't tell anyone)

Tomorrow

Does it have to come ?

All I ask of you is one thing that you'll never do

Would you put your arms around me ?

(I won't tell anybody)

Tomorrow

And what must come before ...

Oh, the pain in my arms

Oh, the pain in my legs

Ooh, my shiftless body

Tomorrow

It's surely nearer now ?

You don't think I'll make it

I never said I wanted to !

Well did I ?

Oh, the pain in my arms

Oh, the pain in my legs

Oh, yeah; oh, yeah

No, yeah; no, yeah

Through my shiftless body

Tomorrow

All I ask of you... oh...

Is: would you tell me that you love me

Tell me, tell me that you love me

Tell me that you love me !

Ah, I know you don't mean it

Tell me, tell me that you love me

Tell me, oh, tell me, oh

Tell me, oh, tell me, oh, tell me, oh

Tell me, oh, tell me, oh

INTERLUDE

Time is like a dream

And now, for a time, you are mine

Let's hold fast to the dream

That tastes and sparkles like wine

Who knows (who knows)

If it's real

Or just something we're both dreaming of

What seems like an interlude now

Could be the beginning of love

Loving you

Is a world that's strange

So much more than my heart can hold

Loving you

Makes the whole world change

Loving you, I could not grow old

No, nobody knows

When love will end

So till then, sweet friend ...

Time is like a dream

And now, for a time, you are mine

Let's hold fast to the dream

That tastes and sparkles like wine

Who knows (who knows)

If it's real

Or just something we're both dreaming of ?

What seems like an interlude now

Could be the beginning of love

What seems like an interlude now

Could be the beginning of love

What seems like an interlude now

Could be the beginning of love

EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY

Trudging slowly over wet sand

Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen

This is the coastal town

That they forgot to close down

Armageddon - come Armageddon!

Come, Armageddon! Come!

Everyday is like Sunday

Everyday is silent and grey

Hide on the promenade

Etch a postcard :

"How I Dearly Wish I Was Not Here"

In the seaside town

...that they forgot to bomb

Come, Come, Come - nuclear bomb

Everyday is like Sunday

Everyday is silent and grey

Trudging back over pebbles and sand

And a strange dust lands on your hands

(And on your face...)

(On your face ...)

Everyday is like Sunday

"Win Yourself A Cheap Tray"

Share some greased tea with me

Everyday is silent and grey

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

Police car with a screaming siren

Pneumatic drill on ripped-up concrete

Baby wails, a stray dog howling

Brakes screech as a lamp lie blinking

That's Entertainment

Smash of glass and a rumble of boots

Electric train and a ripped up phone booth

A hot day and a sticky black tarmac

A hot day and I'm wishing I was far away

That's Entertainment

La, la, la

Days of speed and a slow time Mondays

Wake up at 6 AM and think about your holidays

Open window and breathe in petrol

Cold flat with damp on the walls

Yes, That's Entertainment

That's Entertainment

La, la, la

Two lovers kissing over screams of midnight

Two lovers miss the tranquility of solitude

Read grafitti of slash-seat affairs

Splattered walls and a kick in the balls

Is all that you get - in the name of entertainment

La, la, la

La, la, la ...

HOLD ON TO YOUR FRIENDS

A bond of trust

Has been abused

Something of value

May be lost

Give up your job

Squander your cash - be rash

Just hold on to your friends

There are more than enough

To fight and oppose

Why waste good time

Fighting the people you like

Who will fall defending your name

Oh, don't feel so ashamed

To have friends

But now you only call me

When you're feeling depressed

When you feel happy I'm

So far from your mind

My patience is stretched

My loyalty vexed

Oh, you're losing all of your friends

Hold on to your friends

Resist - or move on

Be mad, be rash

Smoke and explode

Sell all of your clothes

Just bear in mind :

Oh, there just might come a time

When you need some friends

MY LOVE LIFE

Aah ...

Come on to my house

Come on and do something new

I know you love one person so

Why can't you love two ?

Aah ...

Give a little something

To My Love Life

My Love Life

Oh ...

Aah ...

I know you love one person so

Why don't you love two, love?

Oh, love to ...

Give a little something

To My Love Life

My Love Life

Oh ...

I know you love one person so

Why don't you love two, love ?

Love to ...

Oh, give a ...

Love

Aah ...

Love

Aah ...

I know you love

Oh, I know you love

I know you love

Aah ...

Love

Oh, love

Love

Aah ...

Oh, I know you love

I know you love

Aah ...

Oh, I know you love

I know you love

Aah ...

I know you love

Come on to my house

Aah ...

INTERESTING DRUG

There are some bad people on the rise

They're saving their own skins by

Ruining other people's lives

Bad, bad people on the rise

Young married couple in debt

- ever felt had ?

Young married couple in debt

- ever felt had ?

On a government scheme

Designed to kill your dream

Oh mum, oh dad

Once poor, always poor

La la la la la

Interesting drug

The one that you took

TELL THE TRUTH - IT REALLY HELPED YOU

An interesting drug

The one that you took

God, it really really helped you

You wonder why we're only half-ashamed ?

"Because ENOUGH is TOO MUCH!

...and look around ...

...can you blame us ? CAN you blame us ? "

On a government scheme

Designed to kill your dream

Oh mum, oh dad

Once poor, always poor

La la la la la

Interesting drug

The one that you took

TELL THE TRUTH - IT REALLY HELPED YOU

An interesting drug

The one that you took

God, it really really helped you

You wonder why we're only half-ashamed ?

"Because ENOUGH is TOO MUCH!

...and look around ...

...can you blame us ? CAN you blame us ? "

OUR FRANK

Our Frank and open

Deep conversations

They get me nowhere

They bring me down, so

Give it a rest, won't you ?

Give me a cigarette

God give me patience

Just no more conversation

Oh, give us a drink

And make it quick

Or else I'm gonna be sick

Sick all over

Your frankly vulgar

Red pullover

Now see how the colours blend

Our Frank and open

Deep conversations

They get me nowhere

They just bring me down, so

Give it a rest, won't you ?

Now will you just give over ?

The world may be ending

But look, I'm only human

So, give us a drink

And make it quick

Or else I'm gonna be sick

All over

Your frankly vulgar

Red pullover

Now see how the two colours blend, my friend

Won't somebody help ?

Won't somebody stop me

From thinking

From thinking all the time

About everything

Oh, somebody

From thinking all the time

So deeply, so bleakly?

So bleakly all the time

About everything? (Who I am, how I ever got here)

Somebody stop me

From thinking

From thinkin all the time

So bleakly, so bleakly

So bleakly all the time

PICCADILLY PALARE

Off the rails I was and

Off the rails

I was happy to stay

GET OUT OF MY WAY

On the rack I was

Easy meat, and a reasonably good buy

A reasonably good buy

The Piccadilly palare

Was just silly slang

Between me and the boys in my gang

"So Bona to Vada. OH YOU

Your lovely eek and

Your lovely riah"

We plied an ancient trade

Where we threw all life's

Instructions away

Exchanging lies and digs (my way)

Cause in a belted coat

Oh, I secretly knew

That I hadn't a clue

(No, no. No, no, no. You can't get there that way. Follow me...)

The Piccadilly palare

Was just silly slang

Between me and the boys in my gang

Exchanging palare

You wouldn't understand

Good sons like you

NEVER DO.

So why do you smile

When you think about Earl's Court ?

But you cry when you think of all

The battles you've fought (and lost) ?

It may all end tomorrow

Or it could go on forever

In which case I'm doomed

It could go on forever

In which case I'm doomed

Bona Drag ...

P.S.:

bona - good

drag - clothes

vada - see, look at

eek - face

riah - hair

OUIJA BOARD, OUIJA BOARD

Ouija board

Would you work for me ?

I have got to say Hello

To an old friend

Ouija board, ouija board, ouija board

Would you work for me ?

I have got to get through

To a good friend

Well, she has now gone

From this Unhappy Planet

With all the carnivores

And the destructors of it

Ouija board, ouija board, ouija board

Would you help me ?

Because I still do feel

So horribly lonely

Would you, ouija board

Would you help me ?

And I just can't find

My place in this world

She has now gone

From this Unhappy Planet

With all the carnivores

And the destructors of it

Oh hear my voice ("hear my voice")

Hear my voice ("hear my voice")

The table is rumbling ...

The table is rumbling

The glass is moving

"No, I was NOT pushing that time"

It spells : S.T.E.V.E.N

The table is rumbling

The glass is moving

"No, I was NOT pushing that time" :

P.U.S.H.O. double F.

Well, she has now gone

From this Unhappy Planet

With all the carnivores

And the destructors of it

YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME, FATTY

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One I really, really love

And I will stay

Promise you'll say

If I'm in your way

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One I really, really love

And I will stay

Promise you'll say

If I'm ever in your way

A-hey

All over Battersea

Some hope; and some despair

All over Battersea

Some hope; and some despair

Oh ...

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One I really, really love

And I will stay

Promise you'll say

If I'm in your way

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One I really, really love

And I will stay

Promise you'll say

If I'm ever in your way

A-hey

All over Battersea

Some hope; and some despair

All over Battersea

Some hope; and some despair

Oh, oh ...

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One I really, really love

And I will stay

Promise you'll say

If I'm ever in your way

A-hey

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One for me, a-hey-hey

A-hey

A-he-he-he-hey

WE HATE IT WHEN OUR FRIENDS BECOME SUCCESSFUL

We hate it when our friends become successful

Oh, look at those clothes

Now look at that face, it's so old

And such a video !

Well, it's really laughable

Ha, ha, ha ...

We hate it when our friends become successful

And if they're Northern, that makes it even worse

And if we can destroy them

You bet your life we will

Destroy them

If we can hurt them

Well, we may as well ...

It's really laughable

Ha, ha, ha ...

You see, it should've been me

It could've been me

Everybody knows

Everybody says so

They say :

"Ah, you have loads of songs

So many songs

More songs than they'd stand

Verse

Chorus

Middle eight

Break, fade

Just listen ..."

La, la-la, la-la

THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS

Dear hero imprisoned

With all the new crimes that you are perfecting

Oh, I can't help quoting you

Because everything that you said rings true

And now in my cell

(Well, I followed you)

And here's a list of who I slew

Reggie Kray - do you know my name ?

Oh, don't say you don't

Please say you do, (oh) I am :

The last of the famous

International playboys

The last of the famous

International playboys

And in my cell

(Well, I loved you)

And every man with a job to do

Ronnie Kray - do you know my face ?

Oh, don't say you don't

Please say you do, (oh) I am :

The last of the famous

International playboys

The last of the famous

International playboys

In our lifetime those who kill

The newsworld hands them stardom

And these are the ways

On which I was raised

These are the ways

On which I was raised

I never wanted to kill

I AM NOT NATURALLY EVIL

Such things I do

Just to make myself

More attractive to you

HAVE I FAILED ?

Oh...

Oh, the last of the famous

International playboys

The last of the famous

PREGNANT FOR THE LAST TIME

Femme lapels for the last time

Corn beef legs for the last time

Oh, we're so glad

That you've finally decided

But then you see someone new

And you want someone new

So you have someone new

I don't blame you

We would all do the same as you

If ever we had the nerve to

Chips with cream for the last time

The People's Friend for the last time

Oh, we're so glad

That you've finally decided

Tiny striped socks for the last time

Pokes and prods for the last time

And the doctor said

"Don't nod your head until June !"

But then you see someone new

And you want someone new

So you have someone new

I don't blame you

We would all do the same as you

If ever we had the chance to

Sick at noon for the last time

And who is going to clean up ?

Would you be so kind ?

Oh, everybody's staring

At the strange clothes that you're wearing

Bad advice for the last time

And people being nice for the very first time

Oh, we're so glad

That you have finally decided !

NOVEMBER SPAWNED A MONSTER

Sleep on and dream of Love

Because it's the closest you will

Get to love

Poor twisted child

So ugly, so ugly

Poor twisted child

Oh hug me, oh hug me

One November

Spawned a monster

In the shape of this child

Who later cried :

"But Jesus made me, so

Jesus save me from

pity, sympathy

And people discussing me"

A frame of useless limbs

What can make GOOD

All the BAD that's been done ?

And if the lights were out

Could you even bear

To kiss her full on the mouth

(Or anywhere?)

Oh, poor twisted child

So ugly, so ugly

Poor twisted child

Oh hug me, oh hug me

One November

Spawned a monster

In the shape of this child

Who must remain

A hostage to kindness

And the wheels underneath her

A hostage to kindness

And the wheels underneath her

A symbol of where mad, mad lovers

Must PAUSE and draw the line.

So sleep and dream of love

Because it's the closest

You will get to love

That November

Is a time

Which I must

Put OUT of my mind

Oh, one fine day

Let it be soon

She won't be rich or beautiful

But she'll be walking your streets

In the clothes that she went out

And chose for herself.

THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME, THE CLOSER I GET

The more you ignore me

The closer I get

You're wasting your time

The more you ignore me

The closer I get

You're wasting your time

I will be

In the bar

With my head

On the bar

I am now

A central part

Of your mind's landscape

Whether you care

Or do not

Yeah, I've made up your mind

The more you ignore me

The closer I get

You're wasting your time

The more you ignore me

The closer I get

You're wasting your time

Beware !

I bear more grudges

Than lonely high court judges

When you sleep

I will creep

Into your thoughts

Like a bad debt

That you can't pay

Take the easy way

And give in

Yeah, and let me in

Oh, let me in

Oh let me ...

Oh, let me in

IT'S WAR

WAR

Oh, let me in

Ah, the closer I get

Ah, you're asking for it

Ah, the closer I get

Ooh, the closer I ...