Cross My Heart
Look deep into the heart of Green's new songs
The sweet disciple sing-along's
The Christmas twinkle tinsel hangs
Upon my cracked and greasy grimy hands
Oh God forgive this feeble voice of faith
Will chain your trainers to the ground
Never young
I hope the summer's always cool
I hope you never have to sleep alone
Cross My Heart
Hope to die..
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Same Band
Told you once
Exactly what you've got to do
I'm not trying to fuck with you
You're not on your own
Told you twice
I'd kiss you if you weren't a girl
Stamping your feet like a cobbled street
Going down...
We're in the same band
You say no but I say we're in the same band
Carry me and maybe I'll carry you
There are no absolutes here on our own
Trust in me
And maybe I'll trust in you
Cos maybe will have to do 'cos I can't find the proof
We're in the same band
You say no but I say we're in the same band
We're in the same band
You say no but I say we're in the same
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Stay Young
In the future all this will be yours,
So do what you want.
You'll be dead and gone before
you find out how it works
Hey, kids - Rock and Roll is here,
So scream all you like.
It's a naked pagan glory
Celebrate the new.
My advice to all you boys and all you girls is
Never try to be old.
I wanna stay young, wanna grow old and never come undone,
I wanna go out, wanna have fun and never come back home.
It's a winter wonderland.
Everything is new.
Gary Glitter's gone to seed,
So who will lead us now?
My advice to all you boys and all you girls is
Never try to be old
I wanna stay young, wanna grow old and never come undone,
I wanna go out, wanna have fun and never come back home
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Suckle
I'm cold and tired
A melting wire
With too much current passing through
I once was young and full of fire
But life is cruel and i am kind
Now that the shadows round my eyes
Look like storm clouds in the sky
The sun would be warmer
If it shined
As the floodgates open out
As the world turns upside down
There's nothing we can do but
Don't let go
Don't let go
Too much time to think
Suckle my love
I'm overtired
Left behind
I've lost the shapes I recognise
I once was young, and things were fine
But life is cruel and i am kind
People ask too much of me
Don't want what I've got to give
See my eyes full of love
As the floodgates open out
As the world turns upside down
There's nothing we can do but
Don't let go
Don't let go
Too much time to think
Suckle my love
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Fame Thing
Fall into my arms
Up to my neck
Lavender glands
Ache in my bones
Wanna live on your face
Wanna fit you in place
Wanna fuck out your brains
You got a mouth, you can sing
Slide into my heart
Never apart
Long in the tooth
The homes of my youth
Wanna fix you a meal
Wanna cop a quick feel
Wanna feed you a line
Wanna fuck with your mind
(chorus)
You are my Fame thing
Back, back on your heads
Back to your beds
You're out of my mind
Into my eyes
Wanna mince on the moon
Wanna be a buffoon
Wanna set you alight
Wanna give you a fright
Foul madames are on show
Everyone knows
Nothing to lose
Nothing to gain
Wanna kiss you downstairs
Wanna spit out the pips
Wanna chew on your pearl
Wanna sell you the world
You are my Fame thing
Wanna shirt off your back
Wanna help you to pack
Wanna piss in the stream
Wanna tell you my dream
Wanna go all the way
Kiss the needles of fate
Well I fancy your mum
And i'm giving her some
I'm a voice from above
A denial of love
What a terrible shame
I just want fortune and fame
It's an emotional thing
I smile when I sing
I'll find someone new
I guess I'm jealous of you
Flower's not even dead
I'll put a hole in your head
Wanna give you a whirl
Wanna make you a girl
Wanna bleed on the screen
Wanna make the boys green
Wanna get you alone
On the end of the phone
Wanna tell you a lie
Wanna take all your time
I'm a reasonable type
Don't believe in your hype
Wanna... FUCK.
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Happy Times (Are Coming)
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Nobody else can see your colours
Nobody else can see you smile
Could this be the last time
Nobody else can feel you suffer
Nobody else can see you shine
As we crawl through the waves
Of delusion and faith
I have died a thousand times
But now I know you've been there too
So baby
Happy times are coming
Somebody else will watch you sleeping
Somebody else will feed your dreams
Could this be the last time
Somebody else will stop the bleeding
Somebody else will make you mine
As we crawl through the waves
Of confusion and faith
I have cried a thousand tears
And watched you dry them with a smile
So baby
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Aire and Calder
Oh Aire and Calder
Dull dirty river
Smile Mona Lisa
Fire in the atmosphere
Go Aire and Calder
Bleak grey melancholia
Go somewhere or other
Whisper to me on the tide
Between here and now
Where the sky hits the ground
In faded splendour rise
Saw your reflection in the steel pile
Then realised it was mine
Roll like the thunder
Goole to Castleford
Then through the floodplains take me
Lie like love's big swollen eyes
Oh Aire and Calder
Life may come and go
Though time lasts forever
Luck was never on our side
Between here and now
Where the sky hits the ground
In faded splendour rise
Saw your reflection in the steel pile
Then realised it was mine
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Sentimental Song
From dawn to dusk
When the day has torn its craters from your wanderlust
And the needle's cut a groove to which it can't adjust
In spite of us
And fire burns like ice now
If it's cold enough
Silver shines like gold until it's obvious
That it's not
We tried in vain awash with fake abandon
Romantic as a glitter ball
Of all the fantasies affected
Just came and went and left me cold
Sentimental songs
We all sing along
Sawn to dust
Now friendship serves a purpose
Like a tablecloth
That's frayed around the edges but is good enough
To the uninvited few
And all the strains of love surrender
Were wasted on me long ago
Of all the fallacies created
After all there's only one
Sentimental song
And we all sing along
We all sing along
We all sing along
(La la la...)
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Floodlit World
Sing for me
I will sing for you
As we wander through our floodlit world
Close your eyes
Look up to the skies
As the soft earth falls from under you
Sometimes when it rains there's a rainbow
Sometimes with my heart I can reach you
People only see what they want to
Sometimes when it rains there's a rainbow
Somewhere in the dark if you reach out
Behind every shadow is light
Follow me
I will follow you
As we wander through in detached swirl
Bursting out from the white noise phase
Higher than aeroplanes with lazer eyes
(AUTONOMY)
Sometimes when it rains there's a rainbow
Sometimes with my heart I can reach you
People only see what they want to
Sometimes when it rains there's a rainbow
Somewhere in the dark if you reach out
Behind every shadow is light
Sometimes when it rains there's a rainbow
Sometimes with guitars we can reach you
People only see what they want to
Sometimes when it rains there's a rainbow
Somewhere in the dark if you reach out
Behind every shadow is light
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My Impossible Dream
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Oh God an unrequited love again
As if there's not enough, there's not enough
The plane's crash landing back to earth again
And you're the pilot of my impossible dream
Oh what a drag
Beautiful slags
Merely a knack
You're too bloody good for those
You never know
You could 'ave 'ad me
Totally free
Love guaranteed
A total fuckin'misery
All my words
Heaven bound
They don't reach where your heart is
It's just like beauty and the beast here
It's brought to you by electricity
The host he wants your time, not mine
Sometimes it seems as if it's just a dream away
Light the fuse of your chemical blues
And it's one more night lonely
Baby's happy in your cradle
Rock this boy to sleep
Now and again
You need a friend
Dial it again
Maybe she could catch your throes
You never know
Light us a fag
'Av yer 'ad enough shags
She's on the rag
Grinning like a wanking jap
Oh my word
Will you fall from grace (if you just)
Hold my hand
Will you kiss my face (then I'll cry)
I'll hit home
Where I always go (when I'm tired)
I'll hit home
Where my heart is
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Everything Picture
Fighting....
Biting...
All night...
Crying....
But, oh, what else can I do?
When there's nothing I can do
To get a hold of you...
When your back breaks and you fall
And you can't quite kick the ball
The spotlight's always on you..
When your gearbox slips a disc
And the wheels won't grip the grist
They come up fast behind you.
The only way you can survive
Is to go and take a dive
The referee will save your life
The frantic sponges that wash your face
All I want is some space.
But my lips are too sore
To even talk.
Only the lonely
want to know me
But no,
Nothing fills the hole.
'Cos nothing fills a hole.
Give the dog a bone
When you want to get it back,
but you just don't have the knack.
The only strategy is action.
When your shadow hits the fan,
Let the muscles in your hand
Paint an EVERYTHING PICTURE....
There is no way I can survive
I went and took a dive
The referee won't save my life
The frantic sponges that wash your face
All I wanted was space.
But my head is too sore
To begin to think.....