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Sweet Revenge
02:23
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It's such a sweet revenge, it's such a sweet revenge
You're my ticket to London
Hey daddy come and fix my rattle
It doesn't make a pretty noise
Oh please don't hit me with the lamp stand
I'm too small to spit in your eyes
Oh father please lend me some money
I know you have some stashed some place
Your snide remarks are not so funny
Now I can blow smoke in your face
It's too late to raise your daughter
She will hate you just the same
I may fix the brakes on your car
But I will not take the blame
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2. |
Second Nature
02:49
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Everytime I walk I look behind
I put on my watch, must know the time
I don't need to smoke, what is it for?
You laugh at my jokes - second nature
Second nature, second nature
Second nature, second nature
Second nature, second nature
Second nature, second nature
I get out my bed - 7 o'clock
The alarm clock's dead - couldn't give a fuck
Wash behind my ears - oh what a chore
Have a drink and say cheers - second nature
God I hate this song - what's it about?
It goes on too long - let's finish now
But it's still a bore - oh what a chore
Stop the rot - second nature
I went too far
1,2,3,4 second nature
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3. |
Don't Talk To Charlie
01:50
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Living in the same world as Charlie, yes it's
Living in the same room is hardly better
Sharing all the same tastes as Charlie, its a
Living hell at slow pace and all I say is
I'm alright, don't talk to Charlie
Splitting up the same world as Charlie, yes it's
Splicing up the same room is even better
Arguing about tastes with Charlie, it's a
Living hell at fast pace and all I say is
I'm alright, don't talk to Charlie
Sharing all the same tastes as Charlie, its a
Living hell at fast pace and all I say is
I'm not right, you can talk to Charlie
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4. |
Last Hope
03:22
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Of vital love or brick and blood
Stone hate, oh who can wait
Vital love, vital love,
Vital love, vital love
Oh put the sheep out to graze
Lovers look, lovers hate
Vital love, vital love,
Vital love, vital love
Many people gave it up
Not a chance of making up
Friends were saying you can't cope
Lust, lust, last hope
The last chance to wait
You'll find out sooner about that stone hate
Oh when will you find out that you are sick
Oh don't listen to the advice of others
Who think that they know
Of vital love, vital love,
Vital love, vital love
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5. |
Graph Paper
01:46
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Have you got any figures on that last read out
I think my synthesiser's blown a 16 amp fuse out
We've still to plug the drummer in from last night
That last short circuit gave the singer a fright
Graph paper, graph paper
Graph paper, graph paper
Our computer manager owes us 600 chips
I fell on top of a pile of records
I think we'll use that sound at the next gig
Graph paper, graph paper
Graph paper, graph paper
And our typical tuned in fan is lying
Face down in his room
He's got all his lights turned out
He's in ecstatic gloom
Graph paper, graph paper
Graph paper, graph paper
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6. |
I Wanna Collect
01:49
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You can handle the business
You can carry the blame
You can take half the earnings
Put the lawyers to shame
But I wannna collect
Some call me a scrounger
Cos it's easy to earn
When you work in an office
You've got nothing to learn
I wannna collect
So you ask me how I can
Go out every night
When I've not found a job yet
I get along alright
I wannna collect
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7. |
Ring Me Regardless
02:07
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It would seem right to stick to the faithful routine
It would harm us to change it, you know it could mean
We'd be lost
So tonight if I'm not home, don't phone up the work
Cos the car's maybe broke down or maybe it's worse
If you phone
Ring me regardless if I am not home
Don't tell the neighbours I'm still on parole
I will catch up on reading by going to school
You can tell the relations I'm training to be
A G.P.
I hope you've not thrown out my one magazine
I keep it for Sundays in case of the rain
And the snow
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8. |
War Wounds
01:29
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Who has lost his wage in a betting shop
Who has made a futile bribe to a cop
And made your late entry
Who has made a living out of old war wounds
Trying for allowances but far too soon
And maybe get away
Rented a driver, rented a driver
Rented a driver, rented a driver
I have tried the oldest trick of poverty
But it never really seems to work with me
They suss me out too soon
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9. |
Party Pieces
02:51
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You're an ugly bastard Michael
We think you're degrading
You have ruined nature's cycle
Others think you've made it
Don't we all fall prey
Conform eventually
Norman Normal's gave up speaking
He has zero drive left
Doesn't wish to get acquainted
Or be sociable yet
He won't dissolve into conformity
Someone else is sponging every day
Jack paid 12 pounds for a perm
Thinks it looks so natural
Checks his small output of sperm
Very matter of factual
Advertised in Woman's Own
Judy needs Libido
Call and confirm on the phone
Sorry no-one is home
There's a malfunction out on the junction
Caught in the window, air running out slow
If someone talks I will listen, but not really
Hear necessarily, unless you're similar
Unless you're similar
Unless you're similar
Unless you're similar
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10. |
The Flit
02:16
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And so the city moves into the country
Dragging along with it uncivilisation
The trees have fallen here, the grass is blacker
And there's less chance of dad having a heart attack
City dwellers see
Life in the country
They've got a cottage with a scenic view
Sonny complains that there is nothing to do
He's bored listening to them talk about crops
Cos out in the country there's no Top Of The Pops
Mother's getting sick of milking the goat
Dad laps it up in his new Harris Tweed coat
He says the farm is steeped in history
Mother hates the stench in the country
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11. |
Prince Trousers
03:16
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Prince Trousers is coming, so be aware
You might think that you've nothing to wear
But it doesn't matter, he's broad minded
Anyway, he won't see you or even care
Royalty, royalty hanger on, hanger on
Royalty, royalty hanger on, hanger on
She's a groupie to Prince Trouser's cause
She sticks to the great monarchic laws
Press cuts of Prince Trousers adorn her room
She hopes to touch Prince Trousers very soon
Royalty, royalty hanger on, hanger on
Royalty, royalty hanger on, hanger on
The royal walkabout is coming our way
Mixing with the minions, he gives a wave
Now she's getting wet cos he looked her way
Because her flag was in an unconventional place
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12. |
The Bottle
01:56
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I'm standing inside
A new way of Life
Where plastic is dead
The bottle is dry
Container of milk
Or water and pills
The alcohol store
And peanut butter
Last in line, glass is easy to break
Cheap to store, you can't make a fake and you know
The jar is so small
Take jam but that's all
Decanters for wine
But the bottle's just fine
Now the bottle is dry
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13. |
Carbon Copies
02:42
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To be taken from the shelf is a forgery itself
Better left upon the wall, let it gradually fall
Carbon copies on the wall
Line the streets and watch them fall
Indecent, in descent
Carbon copies on the wall
Come and take them, come and take
Go and make them, go and make
Carbon copies on the wall
Indecent, in descent
Carbon copies on the wall
It's not hard to come to terms
Making petrol from dead worms
After all, we all agree
Batman is great company
Carbon copies on the wall
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14. |
Stay Back
02:01
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Getting nearer home, walking fast
Crowd coming my way, won't get past
Feel shut in
Rush hour traffic time blocks the road
Want to cross the street, heavy load
Feel shut in
People on this side block the way
Can't step off the kerb, have to stay
Feel shut in
Don't you step in my way
Help those crowds stay back please
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Tommy Mackay Edinburgh, UK
Scottish comedy performer and editor of The Daily Reckless - the paper that sings the news.
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