The Great Escape

stereotypes

country house

best days

charmless man

fade away

top man

the universal

mr. robinson's quango

he thought of cars

it could be you

ernold same

globe alone

dan abnormal

entertain me

yuko and hiro

STEREOTYPES

THE SUBURBS THEY ARE DREAMING THEY ARE A TWINKLE IN HER EYE SHE'S BEEN FEELING FRISKY SINCE HER HUSBAND SAID GOODBYE SHE WEARS A LOW CUT T-SHIRT RUNS A LITTLE B & B SHE'S MOST ACCOMMODATING WHEN SHE'S IN HER LINGERIE

WIFE SWAPPING IS THE FUTURE YOU KNOW THAT IT WOULD SUIT YOU

YES, THEY'RE STEREOTYPES THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE ALL YOUR LIFE YOU ARE DREAMING AND THEN YOU STOP DREAMING FROM TIME TO TIME YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD GO ON ANOTHER BENDER

THE SUBURBS THEY ARE SLEEPING BUT HE'S DRESSING UP TONIGHT SHE LIKES A MAN IN UNIFORM SHE LOVES TO WEAR IT TIGHT THEY ARE ON THE LOVER'S SOFA THEY ARE ON THE PATIO AND WHEN THE FUN IS OVER WATCH THEMSELVES ON VIDEO

THE NEIGHBOURS MAY BE STARING BUT THEY ARE JUST PAST CARING

COUNTRY HOUSE

(SO THE STORY BEGINS)

CITY DWELLER SUCCESSFUL FELLA THOUGHT TO HIMSELF OOPS I'VE GOT A LOT OF MONEY I'M CAUGHT IN A RAT RACE TERMINALLY I'M A PROFESSIONAL CYNIC BUT MY HEARTS NOT IN IT I'M PAYING THE PRICE OF LIVlNG LIFE AT THE LEGAL LIMIT CAUGHT UP IN THE CENTURIES ANXIETY

IT PREYS ON HIM HE'S GETTING THIN

NOW HE LIVES IN A HOUSE A VERY BIG HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY WATCHING AFTERNOON REPEATS AND THE FOOD HE EATS IN THE COUNTRY HE TAKES ALL MANNERS OF PILLS AND PILES UP ANALYST BILLS IN THE COUNTRY IT'S LIKE AN ANIMAL FARM LOTS OF RURAL CHARM IN THE COUNTRY

NOW HE'S GOT MORNING GLORY LIFE'S A DIFFERENT STORY EVERYTHING GOING JACKANORY IN TOUCH WITH HIS OWN MORTALITY HE'S READING BALZAC KNOCKING BACK PROZAC IT'S A HELLPING HAND THAT MAKES YOU FEEL WONDERFULLY BLAND OH, IT'S THE CENTURIES REMEDY

FOR THE FAINT AT HEART A NEW START

HE LIVES IN A HOUSE A VERY BIG HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY HE'S GOT A FOG IN HIS CHEST SO HE NEEDS A LOT OF REST IN THE COUNTRY HE DOES'NT DRINK SMOKE LAUGH HE TAKES HERBAL BATHS IN THE COUNTRY OH IT'S LIKE AN ANIMAL FARM BUT YOU'LL COME TO NO HARM IN THE COUNTRY

BLOW BLOW ME OUT I AM SO SAD I DON'T KNOW WHY

BEST DAYS

BOW BELLS SAY GOODBYE TO THE LAST TRAIN OVER THE RIVER THEY ALL GO AGAIN OUT INTO LEAFY NOWHERE HOPE SOMEONE WAITING OUT THERE FOR THEM CABBIE HAS HIS MIND ON A FARE TO THE SUN HE WORKS NIGHTS BUT IT'S NOT MUCH FUN PICK'S UP THE LONDON YO YOS ALL ON THEIR OWN DOWN SOHO PLEASE TAKE ME HOME

OTHER PEOPLE WOULDN'T WANT TO HEAR YOU IF YOU SAID THAT THESE ARE THE BEST DAYS OF THEIR LIVES

OTHER PEOPLE TURN AROUND AND LAUGH AT YOU IF YOU SAID THAT THESE WERE THE BEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES

TRELLICK TOWER'S BEEN CALLING I KNOW SHE'LL LEAVE ME IN THE MORNING

IN HOTEL CELLS LISTENING TO DULL TONES REMOTE CONTROLS AND CABLE MOANS IN HIS DRINK HE'S BEEN TALKING GETS DISCONNECTED SLEEPWALKING BACK HOME

CHARMLESS MAN

I MET HIM IN A CROWDED ROOM WHERE PEOPLE GO TO DRINK AWAY THEIR GLOOM HE SAT ME DOWN AND SO BEGAN THE STORY OF A CHARM LESS MAN EDUCATED THE EXPENSIVE WAY HE KNOWS HIS CLARET FROM A BEAUJOLAIS I THINK HE'D LIKE TO HAVE BEEN RONNIE KRAY BUT THEN NATURE DIDN'T MAKE HIM THAT WAY

HE THINKS HIS EDUCATED AIRS THOSE FAMILY SHARES WILL PROTECT HIM, THAT WE WILL RESPECT HIM HE MOVES IN CIRCLES OF FRIENDS WHO JUST PRETEND THAT THEY LIKE HIM HE DOES THE SAME TO THEM AND WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER THERE'S THE MODEL OF A CHARM LESS MAN

HE KNOWS THE SWINGERS AND THEIR CAVALRY SAYS HE CAN GET IN ANYWHERE FOR FREE I BEGAN TO GO A LITTLE CROSS EYED AND FROM THIS CHARMLESS MAN I JUST HAD TO HIDE

HE TALKS AT SPEED HE GETS NOSE BLEEDS HE DOESN'T SEE HIS DAYS ARE TUMBLING DOWN UPON HIM AND YET HE TRIES SO HARD TO PLEASE HE'S JUST SO KEEN FOR YOU TO LISTEN BUT NO-ONE IS LISTENING AND WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER THERE'S THE MODEL OF A CHARM LESS MAN

FADE AWAY

THEY STUMBLED INTO THEIR LIVES IN A VAGUE WAY BECAME MAN AND WIFE ONE GOT THE OTHER THEY DESERVED EACH OTHER THEY SETTLED IN A BRAND NEW TOWN WITH PEOPLE FROM THE SAME BACKGROUND THEY KEPT THEMSELVES BUSY LONG HOURS LEFT THEM DIZZY NOW WHEN HE'S IN, SHE'S OUT

ALL YOU EVER DO IS FADE AWAY THEY ARE NOT MAKING PLANS BECAUSE NOW THEY UNDERSTAND ALL YOU EVER DO IS FADE AWAY

HE NOTICED HE HAD VISIBLE LINES SHE WORRIED ABOUT HER BEHIND THEIR BIRTH HAD BEEN THE DEATH OF THEM IT DIDN'T REALLY BOTHER THEM NOW WHEN SHE'S IN HE'S OUT.

TOP MAN

THIS IS A PUBLIC WARNING BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU ARE OUT WE ARE HAVING FREAKY WEATHER THERE'S A LOT OF IT ABOUT THE TERRACES ARE SWINGING HE'S A MONKEY ON THE ROOF YOU'VE SEEN HIM ON THE TELLY SO LET ME INTRODUCE YOU'RE HOST TONIGHT

T.O.P.M.A.N. HE'S NAUGHTY BY NATURE ON DOUBLES AND CHASERS SHOOTING GUNS ON THE HIGH STREET OF LOVE

IN A CROWD IT'S HARD TO SPOT HIM BUT ANONYMITY CAN COST HE'S NEVER CHEAP N CHEERFUL HE'S HUGO AND HE'S BOSS HE'S RIDING THROUGH THE DESERT ON A CAMEL LIGHT AND ON A MAGIC CARPET HE'LL FLY AWAY TONIGHT OPEN SESAME

T.O.P.M.A.N. SEES HER IN DOUBLE THEN PUKES ON THE PAVEMENT LIKES HER ALL CLEAN AND SHAVEN SHOOTING GUNS ON THE HIGH STREET OF LOVE

THE UNIVERSAL

THIS IS THE NEXT CENTURY THE UNIVERSAL IS FREE YOU CAN FIND IT ANYWHERE YES, THE FUTURE HAS BEEN SOLD EVERY NIGHT WE ARE GONE AND TO KARAOKE SONGS WE LIKE TO SING A LONG ALTHOUGH THE WORDS ARE WRONG

IT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY COULD HAPPEN WHEN THE DAYS SEEM TO FALL STRAIGHT THROUGH YOU JUST LET THEM GO NO ONE HERE IS ALONE SATELLITES IN EVERY HOME THE UNIVERSAL IS HERE HERE FOR EVERYONE EVERY PAPER THAT YOU READ SAYS TOMORROW IS YOUR LUCKY DAY WELL, HERE'S YOUR LUCKY DAY

MR ROBINSON'S QUANGO

MR ROBINSON AND HIS QUANGO DIRTY DEALER, EXPENSIVE CAR RUNS THE BUSES AND THE EVENING STAR

HE GOT A HAIRPIECE AND HE GOT HERPES HIS PRIVATE LIFE IS VERY DISCREET A NICER MAN YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO MEET

A SELF PROFESSED SAVIOUR OF THE DIM RIGHT WING HE'S GOT RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND A MASONS RING

MR ROBINSON AND HIS QUANGO DRINKS WITH THE GENERAL AND THE COUNTY WIVES YES THE FAMILY BUSINESS IS DOING ALL RIGHT THEY ARE DOING TANGOS DOWN IN THE QUANGOS HE MAKES THEM TICK AND HE MAKES THEM TOCK AND IF HE DOESN'T LIKE YOU HE'LL PUT YOU IN THE DOCK

HE JUST SITS IN HIS LEATHER CHAIR AND TWIDDLES HIS THUMBS GETS HIS SECRETARY IN AND PINCHES HER BUM

HE RAN INTO THE TOILET IN THE TOWN HALL GOT A BIRO OUT AND WROTE ON THE WALL I'M WEARING BLACK FRENCH KNICKERS ON UNDER MY SUIT I'M WEARING STOCKINGS AND SUSPENDERS OH I'M FEELING RATHER LOOSE

POOH I'M A NAUGHTY BOY OH I'M A NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY BOY.

HE THOUGHT OF CARS

MOSCOW'S STILL RED THE YOUNG MAN'S STILL DEAD GONE TO HEAVEN INSTEAD THE EVENING NEWS SAYS HE WAS CONFUSED THE MOTORWAYS WILL ALL MERGE SOON LOTTERY WINNER BUYS THE MOON THEY'VE COME TO SAVE US THE SPACE INVADERS ARE HERE

HE THOUGHT OF CARS AND WHERE, WHERE TO DRIVE THEM AND WHO TO DRIVE THEM WITH AND THERE, THERE WAS NO ONE

THERE'S PANIC AT LONDON HEATHROW EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO UP INTO THE BLUE BUT THERE'S A TEN YEAR QUEUE COLUMBIA IS IN TOP GEAR IT SHOULDN'T SNOW AT THIS TIME OF YEAR NOW AMERICA'S SHOT GONE AND DONE THE LOT

HE THOUGHT OF PLANES AND WHERE, WHERE TO FLY TO AND WHO TO FLY THERE WITH AND THERE, THERE WAS NO-ONE.

IT COULD BE YOU

CHURCHILL GOT HIM LUCKY NUMBER BUT TOMORROW THERE'S ANOTHER COULD BE ME COULD BE YOU NO SILVER SPOON STICKY TEETH THEY ROT TOO SOON YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE BEST TUNES OR THAT'S IT YOU'VE BLOWN IT

ALL WE WANT IS TO HAPPY IN OUR HOMES LIKE HAPPY FAMILIES BE THE MAN ON THE BEACH WITH THE WORLD AT HIS FEET YES, IT COULD BE YOU

THE LIKELY LADS ARE PICKING UP THEIR UGLIES YESTERDAY THEY WERE JUST PUPPIES BEERY SLURS NOW LIFE'S A BLUR TELLY ADDICTS YOU SHOULD SEEM THAT AT IT GETTING IN A PANIC WILL WE BE THERE? TRAFALGAR SQUARE

SO DON'T WORRY IF IT'S NOT YOUR LUCKY NUMBER BECAUSE TOMORROW THERE IS ANOTHER COULD BE YOU, COULD BE ME.

ERNOLD SAME

ERNOLD SAME AWOKE FROM THE SAME DREAM IN THE SAME BED AT THE SAME TIME LOOKED IN THE SAME MIRROR MADE THE SAME FROWN AND FELT THE SAME WAY AS HE DID EVERY DAY THEN ERNOLD SAME CAUGHT THE SAME TRAIN AT THE SAME STATION SAT IN THE SAME SEAT WITH THE SAME NASTY STAIN NEXT TO SAME OLD WHAT'S HIS NAME ON HIS WAY TO THE SAME PLACE TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN AND AGAIN POOR OLD ERNOLD SAME

OH ERNOLD SAME HIS WORLD STAYS THE SAME TODAY WILL ALWAYS BE TOMORROW POOR OLD ERNOLD SAME HE'S GETTING THAT FEELING ONCE AGAIN NOTHING WILL CHANGE TOMORROW

GLOBE ALONE

WHO MADDEST ONE ON THE Ml WHO HASN'T STOPPED SUCKING HIS THUMB WHO VERY STRAIGHT AND NEVER GRINS WHO CARS WHAT CAR HE'S DRIVING IN

HE IS BECAUSE HE SAW IT ON A COMMERCIAL BREAK AND IF HE DOESN'T GET WHAT HE WANTS THEN HE'LL GET A HEADACHE BECAUSE HE WANTS IT, NEEDS IT, ALMOST LOVES IT HERE'S HERE ON HIS OWN, ON GLOBE ALONE

WHO JOINED HEALTH CLUB TO GLISTEN INTO HI Fl PRECISION WHO'S MOBILE PHONE GIVES HIM THE BONE WHO VERY KEEN ON SHARON STONE

WHO ONLY EATS AT THE NEW BRASSERIE WHO ONLY EVER GETS MERRY WHO WOULDN'T BE SEEN AT BEDTIME WITHOUT PUTTING CALVIN KLEINS ON

DAN ABNORMAL

MEANIE LEANIE COME ON DOWN COME AND ENTERTAIN THE TOWN IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE'RE ALL BORED TIMES BEEN CALLED THERE IS NO MORE TIMES BEEN CALLED IT'S SUCH A BORE

DAN ABNORMAL NOT NORMAL AT ALL IT'S NOT HIS FAULT WE MADE HIM THIS WAY HE'LL IMITATE YOU TRY TO APE YOU BUT IT'S NOT HIS FAULT DAN WATCHES TV

THE MEANIE LEANIE STAYS UP LATE MOPES AROUND GETS IN A STATE HE THE KILLER IN YOUR ARCADE KILLING GANGSTAS READY MADE CAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE FUTURE'S MADE

TELE PORT ME

DAN WENT TO HIS LOCAL BURGER BAR I WANT MCNORMAL AND CHIPS OR I'LL BLOW YOU TO BITS GIVE US IT

IT'S THE MISERIES AT HALF PAST THREE WATCHING VIDEO NASTIES HE HAS DIRTY DREAMS WHILE HE'S ASLEEP DAN'S JUST LIKE YOU, YOU SEE HE'S THE MEANIE LEANIE

ENTERTAIN ME

THE WEEKEND IS BACK BUT SO IS HE HEAD TO THE FLOODLIGHTS SEE THE FRATERNITY THEY ARE WAITING I HEAR THEM UP IN THE NORTH AND DOWN IN THE SOUTH AND ALL THAT IS SPEWING SPEWING OUT OF HIS MOUTH

ENTERTAIN ME

AT HIS AND HERS DATING BORED MINDS AGREE REQUIREMENTS TO BE STATED REPLIES AWAITED SHE WANTS A LOOSE FIT HE WANTS INSTANT WHIP HE GUESSTIMATES HER ARRIVAL WILL SHE WANT IT REALLY BADLY

ENTERTAIN ME

A CAR, A HOUSE BOTH IN STREET THE BOREDOM OF THE SOBER WEEK THE WEEKEND IS HERE HIP,HIP HOORAY TO MAKE THE BLUES JUST GO AWAY

ENTERTAIN ME

YOKU AND HIRO

THIS IS MY WORK PLACE AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH YUKO AND HIRO WE WORK TOGETHER WE WORK FOR THE COMPANY THAT WORKS TO THE FUTURE THEY WILL PROTECT US WE WORK TOGETHER

I NEVER SEE YOU WE ARE NEVER TOGETHER I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER

I DRINK IN THE EVENINGS IT HELPS WITH RELAXING I CAN'T SLEEP WITHOUT DRINKING WE DRINK TOGETHER FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY I GO TO MY WORKPLACE BUT ON SUNDAY WE ARE TOGETHER YUKO AND HIRO

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