Parklife

Girls and Boys

street's like a jungle
so call the police
following the herd
down to Greece
on holiday -
love in the 90's
is paranoid
on sunny beaches
take your chances looking for

(Chorus)
GIRLS WHO ARE BOYS
WHO LIKE BOYS TO BE GIRLS
WHO DO BOYS LIKE THEY'RE GIRLS
WHO DO GIRLS LIKE THEY'RE BOYS
ALWAYS SHOULD BE SOMEONE YOU REALLY LOVE

avoiding all work
because there's none available
like battery thinkers
count your thoughts on 1 2 3 4 5 fingers
nothing is wasted
only reproduced
get nasty blisters
du bist sehr schon
but we haven't been introduced

(Chorus)

Tracy Jacks

EVERYDAY HE GOT CLOSER
HE KNEW IN HIS HEART HE WAS OVER
I'D LOVE TO STAY HERE AND BE NORMAL
BUT IT'S JUST SO OVERRATED

(Tracy Jacks) left home without warning
(Tracy Jacks) at five in the morning
(Tracy Jacks) got on the first train to Walton
(Tracy Jacks) and stood on the seafront
(Tracy Jacks) threw his clothes in the water
(Tracy Jacks) and ran around naked
(Tracy Jacks) got stopped by the police
(Tracy Jacks) and escorted back home

EVERYDAY HE GOT CLOSER
HE KNEW IN HIS HEART HE WAS OVER
I'D LOVE TO STAY HERE AND BE NORMAL
BUT THEN IT'S JUST SO OVERRATED

Tracy Jacks
Tracy Jacks
Tracy Jacks
Tracy Jacks

and then it happened on a Tuesday morning
Tracy Jacks bulldozed down the house he lived in
saying it's just so overrated

Tracy Jacks
Tracy Jacks
Tracy Jacks
Tracy Jacks

EVERYDAY HE GOT CLOSER
HE KNEW IN HIS HEART HE WAS OVER
I'D LOVE TO STAY HERE AND BE NORMAL
BUT IT WAS ALWAYS OVERRATED

End of a Century

(Chorus)
AND WE ALL SAY
DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE
WE WEAR THE SAME CLOTHES
BECAUSE WE FEEL THE SAME
AND KISS WITH DRY LIPS
WHEN WE SAY GOODNIGHT
END OF THE CENTURY... IT'S NOTHING SPECIAL

sex on tv
everybody's at it
and the mind gets dirty
as you get closer to thirty
he gives her a cuddle
they're glowing in a huddle
good night tv
you're all made up
and you know that

(Chorus)

can you eat her yes you can

(Chorus)

Parklife

(Chorus)
ALL THE PEOPLE
SO MANY PEOPLE
THEY ALL GO HAND IN HAND
HAND IN HAND THROUGH THEIR PARKLIFE

know what I mean
I get up when I want except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen
(parklife)
I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea and I think about leaving the house (parklife)
I feed the pigeons I sometimes feed the sparrows too it gives me a sense of enormous well
being (parklife)
and then I'm happy for the rest of the day safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit
of my heart devoted to it (parklife)

(Chorus)

parklife (parklife)
parklife (parklife)

it's got nothing to do with vorsprung durch technic you know
and it's not about you joggers who go round and round and round
parklife (parklife)

(Chorus x 2)

Bank Holiday

(Chorus)
BANK HOLIDAY COMES SIX TIMES A YEAR
DAYS OF ENJOYMENT TO WHICH EVERYONE CHEERS
BANK HOLIDAY COMES WITH A SIX PACK OF BEER
....THEN ITS BACK TO WORK A.G.A.I.N.

bar-b-que is cooking
sausages and chicken
the patio is buzzing
the neighbours they are looking
John is down the fun pub
drinking lots of lager
girls and boys are on the game
all the high streets look the same

(Chorus)

back to work A.G.A.I.N.

(Chorus)

Bank holiday

Badhead

AND I MIGHT AS WELL JUST GRIN AND BEAR IT
BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE OF AN ARGUMENT

and you have not really stayed in touch
well I knew as much it's no surprise that today
I get up for round two with nothing to do
except get a touch of flu

AND I MIGHT AS WELL GRIN AND BEAR IT
BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE OF AN ARGUMENT
AND IN ANY CASE I'D RATHER WEAR IT
IT'S LIKE A BADHEAD IN THE MORNING

and I know

AND I MIGHT AS WELL GRIN AND BEAR IT
BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE OF AN ARGUMENT
AND IN ANY CASE I'D RATHER WEAR IT
IT'S LIKE A BADHEAD IN THE MORNING

(Repeat)

Far Out

To the End

(Chorus)
WELL YOU AND I
COLLAPSED IN LOVE
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE MADE IT, YES IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE
MADE IT TO THE END

what happened to us
soon it will be gone forever
infatuated only with ourselves
and neither of us can think straight anymore

(Chorus x 2)

London Loves

LONDON LOVES
THE MYSTERY OF A SPEEDING CAR
LONDON LOVES
THE MISERY OF A SPEEDING HEART

its love u like, and everyone's at it
and words are cheap when the mind is elastic
he loves the violence
keeps ticking over
so sleep together
before today is sold forever

LONDON LOVES
THE WAY PEOPLE JUST FALL APART
LONDON LOVES
THE WAY YOU JUST DON'T STAND A CHANCE
LONDON LOVES
THE MYSTERY OF A SPEEDING CAR

O-OH O-OH O-OH O-OH

LONDON LOVES
THE MYSTERY OF A SPEEDING CAR
LONDON LOVES
THE MISERY OF A SPEEDING HEART

LONDON LOVES
THE MYSTERY

LONDON LOVES
THE WAY PEOPLE JUST FALL APART
LONDON LOVES
THE WAY WE JUST DON'T STAND A CHANCE
LONDON LOVES
A SPEEDING HEART

Trouble in the Message Centre

YOU'RE MADE UP TOO SHINY TODAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)
THOUGHTS ARE JUST PISSING AWAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

I am a manager
I am in control
as the local delegator
no calls today dear they'll just have to wait dear
I offer no guarantee at all
so don't take it lightly you'll put yourself under

YOU'RE MADE UP TOO SHINY TODAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)
THOUGHTS ARE JUST PISSING AWAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)
A NEW TYPE FACE AND NEW DAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)
YOU CAN'T REMEMBER TEN MINUTES AGO (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)
IT'S TOO MUCH TROUBLE

YOU'RE MADE UP TOO SHINY TODAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)
THOUGHTS ARE JUST PISSING AWAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)
A NEW TYPE FACE AND NEW DAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)
YOU CAN'T REMEMBER TEN MINUTES AGO (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)
IT'S TOO MUCH TROUBLE

la la la la la
la la la la
(to fade)

Clover Over Dover

I'd like to roll in the clover
with you over and over
on the white cliffs of dover
and then I'd let you push me over

(Chorus)
AND IF THAT IS THE FACT THEN IN ACTUAL FACT IT'S NOT WHERE IT'S AT
AND IT'S OVER
AND IF THAT IS THE FACT THEN IN ACTUAL FACT IT'S NOT WHERE IT'S AT
AND IT'S OVER
YES IT IS

and now the bluebirds are over
over the white cliffs of dover
so when you push me over
don't bury me I'm not worth anything

(Chorus)

Magic America

(Chorus)
LA LA LA LA LA HE WANTS TO GO TO MAGIC AMERICA
LA LA LA LA LA HE'D LIKE TO LIVE IN MAGIC AMERICA
WITH ALL THE MAGIC PEOPLE

Bill Barrett sent his postcards home
to everyone he'd ever known they read
fifty nine cents gets you a good square meal
from the people who care how you feel

(Chorus x 2)

With all the magic people (fade to end)

Jubilee

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN, HE NOT MEAN
ENOUGH
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN, NOT KEEN ON
BEING LIKE ANYONE ELSE

jubilee's dad Billy Banker
he thinks his son is a slob
he should get out more stop scabbing
he really should go and get a job

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN
HE NOT MEAN ENOUGH
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO
BUT HE JUST DON'T GET OUT ENOUGH

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM TALK TO GIRLS
BUT HE'S JUST TOO SPOTTY
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN
HE NOT KEEN ON BEING LIKED BY ANYONE ELSE
SO HE JUST PLAYS ON HIS COMPUTER GAME

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN
HE NOT MEAN ENOUGH
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO
BUT HE JUST DON'T GET OUT ENOUGH

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM TALK TO GIRLS
BUT HE'S JUST TOO SPOTTY
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN
HE NOT KEEN ON BEING LIKED
ANYONE HE'S NOT BEING LIKE
ANYONE JUBILEE'S NOT LIKE
ANYONE ELSE

This is a Low

(Chorus)
THIS IS A LOW
BUT IT WON'T HURT YOU
WHEN YOU ARE ALONE IT WILL BE THERE WITH YOU
FINDING WAYS TO STAY SOLO

on the Tyne forth and Cramity
there's a low in the high forties
and Saturday's locked away on the pier
not fast enough dear
on the Malin head, Blackpool looks blue and red
and the Queen, she's gone round the bend
jumped off Land's End

(Chorus x 3)