- I'm not gonna fade as soon as you close your eyes, and you know
it.
And everytime I scratch my nails down someone else's back
I hope you feel it.
You Ought To Know - Alanis Morrissette
- I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see?
Is she walking back to me?
Yes, she's walking back to me
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
- You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times
Doing things that you don't understand
But if you love him, you'll forgive him
Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
- Your love light shines like cardboard
But your work shoes are glistening
She's a PhD in 'I told you so'
You've a knighthood in "I'm not listening"
Don't Marry Her (Fuck Me) - The Beautiful South
- Forever be dozy and dim, I wake myself thinking of him
Stop doing what you. Keep doing it too .
Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
Mulder And Scully - Catatonia
Novelty records suck.
- The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves
Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
- For we were never close if the truth were told
All we ever shared was a taste in clothes
2CV - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
- Broke a million hearts in mono.
Our mothers cried and sang along,
And who'd blame them?
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) - Van
Morrison.
Dexy's Midnight Runners had the hit, now best remembered
for a their Top Of The Pops performance in front of a huge
picture of Jocky Wilson.
- Left a good job in the city,
Workin for the man every night and day,
And I never lost one minute of sleepin',
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland,
Then I watched him walk right through
Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn
Cher has murdered this in her day, but not as badly as she's
murdered Boudleaux Bryant's "Love Hurts".
- I work very hard, but I'm lazy,
I can't take the pressure and it's starting to show
Waking Up - Elastica
- You can leave here for three days in space,
But when you return it's the same old place.
Eve Of Destruction - Barry McGuire
- If I seem edgy, I want you to know,
That I didn't mean to take it out on you.
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Animals
- Can't help about the shape I'm in,
I can't sing, I ain't pretty,
And my legs are thin.
Oh Well - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
- If you want to be a hero,
Then just follow me.
Working Class Hero - John Lennon
- Responsibility, to me, is a fantasy,
I'll get a job some other time.
Lost In Music - Sister Sledge
Now, I like The Fall, but their cover of this, on `The
Infotainment Scam', can't hold a candle to the original. A
former flatmate discovered that this single is exactly the
right length to be played during advert breaks on ITV.
- Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop
Summer In The City - The Lovin Spoonful
- I've been to Hollywood,
I've been to Redwood,
I've crossed the ocean,
Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
- I only get sleepless nights
Alone here in my half empty bed
For others things turn out right
I wish they'd only happen to me instead
What Do I Get? - The Buzzcocks
- I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces
- Dearest darling,
I had to write to say that I won't be home anymore,
Cause something happened to me while I was driving home
Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
- Olha que coisa mas linda mas cheia
De graca e ela menina que vem
E que passa num doce balanco a caminho do mar
The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz
- I was saying "Let me out of here" before I was even born,
It's such a gamble when you get a face
It's fascinatin' to observe what the mirror does
Blank Generation - Richard Hell and the Voidoids
- And your life is filled with much confusion
Until happiness is just an illusion
And your world around you is tumbling down, darling
Reach Out, I'll Be There - The Four Tops
- Another industrial ugly morning
The factory belches filth into the sky.
He walks unhindered through the picket lines today,
Synchronicity - The Police
- There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
People Get Ready - The Impressions / Curtis Mayfield
- Eyes full of sorrow, never wet
Hands full of money, all in debt
Sun coming out in the middle of June
Everyone's Gone To The Moon - One Hundred Tons and A Feather
Johnathon King, of course.
- The beauty that was Rome,
Is of another day,
I've been terribly alone,
And forgotten in Manhattan.
I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett
- Children behave
That's what they say when we're together
And watch how you play
I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James
(What do you mean, "Tiffany"?)
- I know your Daddy's a sultan
A nomad known to all
With fifty girls to attend him
Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldair
- Love you so much can't count all the ways
I'd die for you girl and all they can say is
He's not your kind
Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon - Neil Diamond
- And will I die as I stand here today, knowing that deep in my
heart
They'll fall to ruin one day, for making us part
Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
- Mother, I can never come home again ,
Because I seem to have left an important part of my brain
somewhere in a field in Hampshire. Alright.
Sorted For Es and Wiz - Pulp
- You know I've smoked a lot of grass,
Oooh Lord I've popped a lot of pills,
But I've never touched nothing,
That my spirit couldn't kill
The Pusher - Hoyt Axton
(or, indeed, Steppenwolf if you're that way inclined)
- Take me now, baby, here as I am.
Pull me close try and understand.
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe.
Love is a banquet on which we feed
Because The Night - Patti Smith
(written during a phone conversation with Bruce
Springsteen, and neither of their finest hours. I rather wish
they'd kept the song private and released the transcript of the
conversation)
- Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure
Can I believe the magic of your sighs
Will You Love Me Tomorrow? - The Four Seasons
(oh, take your pick, I've always rather liked the Carole
King version, since it provides light relief from some of the
pretentious twaddle on "Tapestry".)
- He took a cigarette out and everyone came down to listen,
He said "In winter 1963 it felt like the world would free
With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles"
Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy
- I climbed on the back of a giant albatross
What flew through a crack in the cloud
To a place where happiness reigned all year round
Hole In My Shoe - Traffic
Yeah, and Neil from the Young Ones. I have no idea if this
line was in the cover, and have no intention of finding
out.
- If I should call you up, invest a dime
And you say you belong to me and ease my mind
Imagine how the world could be,
Happy Together - The Turtles
This band, who played a concert at the White
House at the explicit request of Tricia Nixon, later
contributed Flo and Eddie to the Mothers Of Invention,
making "Happy Together" the quickest logical link from Jason
Donovan to Frank Zappa.
- You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake
Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
- Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas
Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick
- He talks about you in his sleep
And there's nothing I can do to keep from crying
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Because Kate likes it.
