Blur
[copied from http://www.kolombos.demon.co.uk/lyrics.html]]
Beetlebum, what you done She's a gun, now what you done, Beetlebum Get nothing done, you Beetlebum Just get numb, now what you done, Beetlebum
And when she lets me slip away She turns me on and all my violence gone Nothing is wrong, I just slip away and I am gone Nothing is wrong, she turns me on I just slip away and I am gone
Beetlebum, because you're young She's a gun, now what you done, Beetlebum She'll suck your thumb, she'll make you come Cos she's your gun, now what you done, Beetlebum
And when she lets me slip away She turns me on and all my violence gone Nothing is wrong, I just slip away and I am gone There's nothing wrong, she turns me on I just slip away and I am
He's on, he's on, he's on it, He's on, he's on, he's on it. (to end)
I got my head checked By a jumbo jet It wasn't easy But nothing is, no
When I feel heavy metal And I'm pins and I'm needles Well I lie and I'm easy All of the time but I'm never sure when I need you Please I need you
I got my head done When I was young It's not my problem It's not my problem
When I feel heavy metal And I'm pins and I'm needles Well I lie and I'm easy All of the time but I'm never sure when I need you Please I need you
Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Oh, yeah
Yeah, I found nowhere It got to know me Let me sleep all day Spend the money I haven't felt my legs Since the summer And I don't call my friends Forgot their numbers
VIP 223 I had my chances Or did they have me Now stay up nights Watch TV I'm country sad I'm a ballad man
I'm on a comeback roll Yeah, I'm a blizzard And in my motor home Sweat on my pillow all night
VIP 223 I've had my chances And they had me Now stay up nights Watch TV I'm country sad I'm a ballad man
VIP 223 I've had my chances And they had me Now stay up nights Watch TV I'm country sad
I'm a ballad man I feel no ???? Cos I'm a ballad man Well it's all gone wrong Cos I'm a ballad man Well it's all gone wrong Cos I'm a ballad man Yeah, I sure??? Cos I'm a ballad man
M.O.R. [Middle of the Road] (3:24)
It's automatic (It's automatic) I need to unload (Need to unload) Under the pressure (Under the pressure) Gone middle of the road (Middle of the road) Fall into fashion (Fall into fashion) Fall out again (Fall out again) We stick together (We stick together) Cos it never ends (It never ends)
Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl) Here comes a high (The only ones in the world) Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out) Here it comes You, me, we'll work it out
Here comes tomorrow (Here comes tomorrow) One, two, three episodes (Three episodes) We stick together (We stick together) Gone middle of the road (Middle of the road) Cos that's entertainment (That's entertainment) It's the sound of the wheel (Sound of the wheel) It rolls on forever (Roll, roll forever) Yeah you know how it feels (Know how it feels)
Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl) Here comes a high (The only ones in the world) Here comes everything (Like monkeys out in space) Here it comes (We are members of the human race)
Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl) Here comes a high (The only ones in the world) Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out) Here it comes You, me, we'll work it out
It's automatic (It's automatic) I need to unload (Need to unload) Under the pressure (Under the pressure) Gone middle of the road (Middle of the road)
Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl) Here comes a high (The only ones in the world) Here comes everything (Like monkeys in outer space) Here it comes (We are members of the human race)
Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl) Here comes a high (The only ones in the world) Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out) Here it comes You, me, we'll work it out
Holy man tiptoed his way across the Ganges The sound of magic music in his ears Videoed by a bus load of tourists Shiny shellsuits on, and drinking lemonade.
Now, I've got a funny feeling which I bought mail order From a man in a tee-pee, California. He said he once was the great game show performer Then he blew all his money away, Blew it all away.
So take me home, don't leave me alone I'm not that good, but I'm not that bad No psycho killer, hooligan guerilla I dream to riot, oh you should try it R. E. Perot, get gold card soul My joy of life is on a roll And we'll all be the same in the end Cos then you're on your own Then you're on your own
Well, we all go happy day glow in the discos The sound of magic music in our brains Someone stumbles to the bathroom with the horrors Says Lord, give me faith, for I've jumped into space I'm in outer space.
So take me home, don't leave me alone I'm not that good, but I'm not that bad No psycho killer, hooligan guerilla I dream to riot, oh you should try it R. E. Perot, get gold card soul My joy of life is on a roll And we'll all be the same in the end Cos then you're on your own Then you're on your own
So take me home, don't leave me alone I'm not that good, but I'm not that bad No psycho killer, hooligan guerilla I dream to riot, oh you should try it R. E. Perot, get gold card soul My joy of life is on a roll And we'll all be the same in the end Cos then you're on your own
Then you're on your own (to end)
[instrumental] Vocal samples were recorded from Damon's club in Iceland
Sad, drunk, and poorly Sleeping really late Sad, drunk, and poorly Not feeling so great Wandering lost in a town full of frowns Sad, drunk, and poorly Dogs digging up the ground
And I feel the light In the night and in the day And I feel the light When the sky's just mud and grey And I feel the light When you tell me it's OK Cos you're so great, and I love you
DT and coffee Helps to start the day DT and coffee Shaking all the way City's alive and, surprise, so am I Tea, tea and coffee Get no sleep today
And I feel the light In the night and in the day And I feel the light When the sky's just mud and grey And I feel the light When you tell me it's OK Cos you're so great, and I love you
The death of the party Came as no surprise Why did we bother? Should have stayed away
Another night And I thought "Well, well" Go to another party and hang myself Gently on the shelf
The death of the teenager Standing on his own Why did he bother? Should have slept alone
Another night And I thought "Well, well" Go to another party and hang myself Gently on the shelf
Another night And I thought "Well, well" Go to another party and hang myself Gently on the shelf
He makes an inner arm block Then kicks from behind The lights, they go off But he can fight blind Cos he got the touch And he won't live long He comes from Hong Kong Where justice is done
Chinese bombs, millions jump Chairman's junk, USA Won't somebody, won't somebody Sink the place
Got a call to go to Soho The dragon said go Let everyone know That you got the touch You come from Hong Kong Where justice is done Where people are strong But you won't live long
Chinese bombs, millions jump Chairman's junk, USA Bruce Lee come, save the day Bruce Lee come the Chinese way
I'M JUST A KILLER FOR YOUR LOVE (4:11)
I heard a man who had no lungs He took me in and made me lunch Told me how I'd lost a friend He smiled at me - that was the end
And I said, I'm just a killer for your love I'm just a killer for your love I'm just a killer for your love I'm just a killer for your love
Cut my hair off in the road I tear my coat off, drop my load Wipe my hands on the grass Cos now I know nothing will last
And I said, I'm just a killer for your love I'm just a killer for your love I'm just a killer for your love I'm just a killer for your love (to end)
Good morning, lethargy Drink Pepsi - it's good for energy The bath's on, smoke in the bedroom Sore throat, and on my neck a nasty bruise And where it came from Well I don't know But we played last night - it was a good show
Got to play a second rate chat show A nationwide deal, so we gotta go Jeff from the Company says it'll be alright Got an ad on KROQ And there's an in-store tonight Well I build things up Then I let them go Got to get time share on the radio
Look inside America She's alright, she's alright Sitting out in the distance But I'm not trying to make her mine Looking for America With its kookie nights And suicides TV says its alright Cos everybody's hung up On something or other
Stepping off in twenty So the driver says I should sleep tonight But I think I'll watch videos instead Annie Hall leaves New York in the end Press rewind and Woody gets her back again And the whole world could have passed through me But I don't know that it means much to me
Look inside America She's alright, she's alright Sitting out in the distance But I'm not trying to make her mine I'm looking for America With its kookie nights And suicides TV says its alright Cos everybody's strung out On something or other
And the whole world could have passed through me But I don't know that it means much to me
STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR (4:02)
All I want to be Is washed out by the sea No Death Star over me Won't give me any peace All I want is light relief Put the crazies on the street Give them guns and feed them meat They'll shoot the Death Star down Dig a hole and put it down A thousand miles underground
They say it's no game There's strange news from another star I'm lost, I'm lost There's strange news from another star
Give me all your stuff Until I can't get up Watch the whole world freeze Counting tin cans in our sleep Submarines are diving deep And don't believe in me And don't believe in me All I've ever done is tame Will you love me all the same Will you love me though it's always the same
They say it's no game There's strange news from another star I'm lost, I'm lost There's strange news from another star From another star From another star From another star
At the music heist I met the gourmet man With aluminium lungs Sucks out all he can He sees the whole world go flip In a stunt bug style Cos he's a parasite With a cellulite pile Well he can smile
Cos this is the music Movin' on, we're movin' on Hey, this is the music Movin' on, we're movin' on
Sticky eyes and sticky bones You get no time on your own You get a dose and a ghost You get it coast to coast Now you dye your hair black Get Satan tattooed on your back You pierce yourself with a Coke can And rub yourself with fake tan Now you're in the band
Cos this is the music Movin' on, we're movin' on Hey, this is the music Movin' on, we're movin' on No matter how low There's always further to go When you're movin' on, you're movin' on No matter how low There's always somewhere to go Movin on, we're movin' on Won't be long before we're gone
Hey, this is the music Movin' on, we're movin' on Yeah, this is the music Movin' on, we're movin' on No matter how low Theres always further to go Movin' on, you're movin' on No matter how low There's always further to go
I remember thinking murder in the car Watching dogs somersault through sprinklers on tiny lawns I remember the graffiti We are your children coming in with spray cans of paint I remember the sunsets and the plains of cement And the way the night just seemed to turn the colour of orangeade
In this town, cellular phones are hot with teens In this town, we all go to terminal pubs It helps us sweat out those angry bits of life From this town, the English army grind their teeth into glass You know you'll get a kicking tonight The smell of puke and piss The smell of puke and piss on your stilettos
Here comes that panic attack My heart stops... and then it starts Give me a drink I'll drink your round I take you round the pole It's cold up here (I see the universe waiting by a minibus) You'll catch the flu Or you'll catch the city Either way, you'll catch the flu Or you'll catch the city
B-Sides
ALL YOUR LIFE [Beetlebum B-Side] (4:11)
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 And days will be like this And days will be like this
DANCEHALL [Beetlebum B-side and on Japanese/US 'Blur'] (3:11)
There are ghosts in here An 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 toys Pin-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 [Beetlebum B-Side] (1:42)
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 light Does it every night
GET OUT OF CITIES [Song 2 B-Side] (4:02)
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 ???
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, return to the trees
She's in a sort of ??? A capital freeze ??? petrol's done a whole lot for me??? Catatonia itch Catalonia stitch Pray tomorrow is it-chy itchy itch Go to your ???
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, 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 [Song 2 B-Side] (2:42)
Now I fall to the ground I 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 long Before 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 tongue And when the alcohol's gone I won't feel a thing So you ??? carry on
But 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 fun??? We're alone
It's numb It's numb It's numb