Lyrics to Modern life is rubbish
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...
Holding on for tomorrow
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 lost on the Westway
So we hold each other tightly
And hold 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
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 is so nice
London ice can freeze your toes like anyone
I suppose)
ADVERT
"Food processors are great!"
It's six o'clock
On the dot
And I'm half way home
I feel foul-mouthed
As I stand and wait for the underground
And a nervous disposition
Doesn't agree with this
I need something to remind me
That there's something else
You need a holiday
Somewhere in the sun
With all the people who are waiting
There never seems to be one
Say something
Say something else
Advertisements are here for rapid persuasion
If you stare too long
You lose your appetite
A nervous disposition
Doesn't agree with this
You need fast relief
From aches and stomach pains
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 plausable 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
So pleased with himself
While sitting in traffic
Colin thinks in automatic
He's an immaculate dresser
He's the common agressor
He's a modern retard
With a love of bombast
Keeps his eye on the news
Never dwells on the past
He's a modern retard
He's terminal lard
He's an affable man
With a carrotene tan
Because Colin's zeal is ill
PRESSURE ON JULIAN
Only the magical transit children
Sing
Sing the lullaby
Sitting on the 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 our ears
No blood in head in this bloody weather
Irate people with yellow tongues
STAR SHAPED
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)
Feel so unecessary
(We don't think so
You seem starshaped)
I have a couple
At the weekend
Helps keep up camaraderie
And my mind boggles
In the muddle
At the possibilities
Wash with new soap
Behind the collar
Helps keep down the laundry
And now I bother
In cold weather
Because it cleans me mentally
BLUE JEANS
Air cushioned soles
I bough them on the Portobello Road
On a Saturday
I stop and stare a while
A common pastime
When conversation goes astray
But 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
You know it's to be with you
CHEMICAL WORLD
The pay-me girl has had enough of the bleeps
So she takes a 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 a chemical world
In a chemical world
It's very very very cheap
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 to 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 says
The England he knew is no more
He sings the Songs of Praise every week
But always falls asleep
For the Sunday sleep
You dream of protein on a plate
Regret you left it quite so late
To 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, the 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
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 so the whole world will be alright
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's no jellybean
She's a Jemima, ho ho
Wish away, wish away
I don't mind
I don't mind at all
I love only you
Here is here and I am here
Where are you
Far away, far away
She's no jellybean
She's a Jemima, ho ho
Wish away, wish away
VILLA ROSIE
Practice doesn't make perfect
When 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're suspected of vagueness
When work is done
Go to Villa Rosie
Every night
(We're waiting)
So 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
(We're tasting)
A sweeter life
At Villa Rosie
Every night
(So tasty)
All losers come
To Villa Rosie
Every night
(We're waiting)
So form a queue
At Villa Rosie
Every night
(So tasty)
Don't break your 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 until the day I die
There's no love made
With mermaids
It's just distraction
Or so they say
But I'm too tired to care about it
Can't you see it in my face
My face
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 it in my face
The emphasis is on coping
Can't you see it in my face
My face
When I feel this strange
Can I go through this again
TURN IT UP
Kazoo kazoo
You are mine
I give you my heart
Every time
Turn it up
Turn it off
Turn it in
Any way you choose
Any way you choose at all
Sometimes you do too much
Sometimes it all gets too much
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've never stopped to think why
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