This country is protected from the red disease
by men who carry toys and hide themselves in trees
When I was young I said who's that in pyjamas
If we keep our mouths shut they'll promise not to harm us
Mary had a little lamb its fleece as white as snow
She dressed it up in uniform and taught it yes and no
(repeat verse two)
Is there any point in raising questions?
Is there any point in raising flags?
Is there any point in singing anthems?
How long must we turn our backs?
Stand at ease! (repeat twice)
Ask me no questions, tell me no lies
Have you seen a copper cleverly disguised
He's reading the news and he's telling you lies
The country's getting on like chalk and cheese (Stand at ease)
They're locking up anyone who disagrees (Stand at ease)
(repeat verse 2)
Sometimes I felt so low I thought my flame was out Heaven help the child who never had a home,
I stood right at the edge I couldn't hear you shout
But you came running in
Turned my frown into a grin
You knew that together we could win
CHORUS
(You) Saved me from the drop
(You) Took me to the mountain top
(You) Turned my should into shall
(You) Kept my flame so bright
(You) Stood right by my side
(You) Turned my would into will
With our arms linked together we're stronger than a wall
But when we're torn apart there ain't no strength at all
So come on in and join your hands
Its something they can't understand
We got to have every woman and man
(repeat chorus 3 times)
DROP DOWN DEAD
Spoke to someone yesterday
They didn't want politics in any way
They were young and could do as they pleased
Whilst they were older on their hands and knees
CHORUS
Drop down baby
Drop down dead tonight
Drop down dead tonight
There is rich and there is poor
But I know who I'm fighting for
And when the bell strikes twelve tonight
I'll pack my bags and turn the light
CHORUS
By the candle light there'll be songs
Singing, singing, singing all night long
And the trees that hid away by day
They'll be strong and here to stay
CHORUS
CHORUS
JOY JOY JOY
I got that
Joy, joy, joy, joy,
Down in my heart,
Down in my heart,
Down in my heart,
I got that
Joy, joy, joy, joy,
Down in my heart,
Down in my heart to stay
I know the devil doesn't like it,
But, it's down in my heart,
Down in my heart,
Down in my heart,
I know the devil doesn't like it,
But, it's down in my heart,
Down in my heart,
Down in my heart to stay
I got that
Joy, joy, joy, joy,
Down in my heart,
(That joy is) Down in my heart,
(You know it's) Down in my heart,
I got that
Joy, joy, joy, joy,
Down in my heart,
Down in my heart to stay
I know the devil doesn't like it,
But, it's down in my heart,
(That joy is) Down in my heart,
(You know it's) Down in my heart,
I know the devil doesn't like it,
But, it's down in my heart,
Down in my heart,
Down in my heart to stay
(repeat first and second verses)
RAP AROUND THE CLOCK
I said one for the treble,
Two for the bass,
Come on PD let's
Rock the place
I said, 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock, Rock,
4 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock, Rock,
7 o'clock, 8 o'clock, 9 o'clock, Rock,
Gonna rock around the clock tonight,
It don't take no doubts to put you right,
I said one for the money,
Two for the money,
Three for the money,
And four for the money,
Five for silver,
Six for the gold,
Seven is for heaven if you're feeling too old,
I said eight for Barclays,
Nine for NatWest,
Ten is for me so f--- all the rest,
Said eleven for the lolly,
Twelve for the cash,
This rap is so bad it'll give you the rash,
1 and 3 are lucky 13,
But I don't give a damn 'cos I'm Mr. Mean,
I'm mean y'all, I mean y'all,
I don't think you know that I'm mean y'all
I don't think you know that I'm so mean,
I've always got a trick right up my sleeve,
If you've got no money that I can lend,
I'll pinch some money off my best friend,
I'm bad, I'm evil, I'm full of sin,
I'll even pinch money from the bakers tin,
I'll break your hearts, I'll break your locks,
Steal my way in and I'm off for knocks,
I'll nick a nickel, pinch a pound,
Everytime I see a pig I turn it upside down,
Upside down, and all the way round,
Everytime I see a pig I turn it upside down,
You can call me a pirate, call me a rogue,
I'm mean, myself and minding my own,
I'm always in black, never in red,
It just ain't cool to be in debt,
So if you're short, you know who to thank,
It's Mr. Mean and I run the bank,
I'm mean y'all, I'm mean y'all,
I don't think you know that I'm mean y'all,
Three six nine,
We don't drink wine,
We don't smoke tobacco,
But we have a good time,
We don't take dope,
We don't get broke,
And we all went to Holland in a big ferry boat,
Clap clap,
Clap clap,
Clap clap,
Clap clap clap clap clap
N O R M A N C,
Cooking it up for the family
I said S T A N L E Y,
Cooking it up till it's higher than high
I said H and a U and a G and an H
Cooking it up till it's on the front page
P and an A and a U and a L
Cooking it up till it's hotter than hell!
Norman Cook plays the bass,
Strumming those strings all over the place,
I said Stan Cullimore on guitar,
PD Heaton sing far, far, far,
And finally Hughy boy,
Plays those drums like a worn out toy,
And I'm mean.
I said give me an M (M!)
Mercy
Give me an E (E!)
Easy
Give me an A (A!)
Angry
Give me an N (N!)
That's nice
Let's rock the house again y'all
It's like that y'all,
You're all fat y'all,
And I'm talking to the people down the back y'all,
And if you're true, blue, than you're dead too,
'Cos you know that you talk a lot of crap now.
(repeat Joy Joy Joy verse)
Give me a J and an O and a Y
The music is hot,
and it'll take you high,
We got the joy down in our heart,
Make the poor folk rich,
And the rich folk
I put the beho back into boho,
Put the lib right back into glib,
put the yes no back into don't know,
'Cos it's ??? that you did,
I said F R E E D O M,
Locked us up once,
and they'll do it again,
I said C H A I N E D,
They locked up my friends,
Now they're coming for me.
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED
(Oh) We shall not be moved.
(I said) We shall not be moved,
Just like a tree standing by the waterside,
Oh we shall not be moved.
Well I said we,
(We shall not be moved)
Shall not be moved,
(We shall not be moved)
Well I said we shall not be moved,
(We shall not be moved)
Just like a tree that's standing by the waterside,
Oh we shall not be moved.
Now I said we,
(We shall not be moved)
Shall not be moved,
(We shall not be moved)
Oh I said we,
(We shall not be moved)
Shall not be moved,
Just like a tree that's standing by the waterside,
Oh we shall not be moved.
Well I said we,
(We shall not be moved)
Shall not be moved,
(We shall not be moved)
Oh I said we,
(We shall not be moved)
Shall not be moved,
Just like a tree that's standing by the waterside,
Oh we shall not be moved.
Just a little bit quieter now,
We shall not be moved,
We shall not be moved,
We shall not be moved,
We shall not be moved,
Just like a tree that's standing by the waterside,
We shall not be moved.
One more time for the people now,
We shall not be moved (higher)
We shall not be moved (higher)
We shall not be moved (higher)
We shall not be moved (higher)
Just like a tree that's standing by the waterside,
Oh we shall not be moved.
Goodnight.
WHEN I FIRST MET JESUS
When I first met Jesus,
Well I thought he was alright,
And when I first met the saviour,
Well I thought he was alright,
So I talk about Jesus,
(Talk about Jesus)
And when I first met the King,
Well I thought he was alright,
And when I first met the Lord,
Well I thought he was alright,
He's alright,
So I talk about Jesus,
(Talk about Jesus)
So I click about Jesus,
(Click about Jesus)
So I clap about Jesus,
(Clap about Jesus)
So I talk about Jesus,
(Talk about Jesus)
Talk about J E S U S,
The man who got me out of this mess,
I talk about Jesus,
(Talk about Jesus)
I whisper about Jesus,
(Whisper about Jesus)
Late at night I whisper about Jesus on my pillow,
And he's alright.
(repeat)
SO MUCH IN LOVE
As we stroll along together,
Holding hands and walking all alone,
So in love are we two that we don't know what to do,
So in love
(so in love)
So in love
(so in love)
As we walk along together,
'neath the stars twinkling high above,
So in love are we two that we don't know what to do,
So in love
(so in love)
So in love
(so in love)
I tell, I tell you my darling,
I need, I need you oh so much,
I love, I love you my darling,
Can't you tell it from my touch.
As we walk down the aisle together,
And we vow to stay together till we die,
So in love are we two,
Just can't wait to say I do,
So in love
(so in love)
So in love
(so in love)
We're so in love
(so in love)
We're so in love
(so in love)
Oh you and I,
(you and I)
We're so in love,
You and I,
So in love,
So in love.
HEAVEN HELP US ALL
Heaven help the girl who walks the streets alone,
Heaven help the man that kicks the man who crawls,
Heaven help us all,
Heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day,
Heaven help the white man if he turns the other way,
Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall,
Heaven help us all,
Heaven help us all,
Heaven help us all,
Heaven help us Lord hear our call, when we fall.
Heaven help the boy who won't reach twenty-one,
Heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun,
Heaven help the people with their backs against the wall,
Heaven help us all,
Heaven help us all,
Heaven help us all,
Heaven help us Lord hear our call, when we fall.
So I lay me down before I go to sleep,
In this troubled world I pray the Lord to keep,
Keep hatred from the mighty,
and the mighty from the small,
Heaven help us all,
Heaven help us all,
Heaven help us all,
Heaven help us Lord hear our call, when we fall.
Heaven help us all,
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.
We'll leave you tonight with some words of prayer,
When I look at the world,
I see many strange and wonderful things,
I see cars on the road, I see aeroplanes in the sky,
Taking you from A to B,
From Australia to America,
People when they travel on these planes,
May thank the pilot and may thank the engineer of the plane,
They thank them for a wonderful, wonderful trip children,
But I'm here to remind you,
That the pilot ain't really the pilot,
and the engineer ain't really the engineer,
The only true engineer, children,
The only true pilot,
Is the engineer in the sky,
The pilot in the sky,
Your guide through clouds,
Your guide through stormy weather,
If we can just pray for him children,
If we can just put our hands together and say,
Amen,
Thank you Jesus,
Amen,Goodnight.
SO GLAD
CHORUS
So glad, So glad, So glad, So glad, He took my feet out the
marly clay.
Well I promised the Lord I would deny him not,
(He took my feet out the marly clay)
I promised not to leave when the battles got hard,
(He took my feet out the marly clay)
CHORUS
So glad, So glad, So glad, So glad, I got good religion, He took my feet out the
marly clay.
Well if you don't believe I've been redeemed,
(He took my feet out the marly clay)
Just follow me down the Jordan stream,
(He took my feet out the marly clay)
And if you get there before I do,
(He took my feet out the marly clay)
Tell all my friends that I'm coming too,
(He took my feet out the marly clay)
CHORUS
REBEL WITHOUT THE AIRPLAY
I was a rebel, I was a rebel,
Without, Without,
I was a rebel, I was a rebel,
Without, Without,
A baby without a spoon,
A dog without a tune,
Without, Without,
I lay there and thought of you,
I lay there and tossed and turned,
Without, Without,
Don't let me starve,
Let my lips burn,
Without, Without,
I was a rebel, I was a rebel,
Without, Without,
Alone with Uncle Ego,
Just me and him,
Without, Without
HE WILL FIND YOU OUT
Your credit cards a credit to the hard work and the sweat,
You sowed yourself a cabbage patch and reaped a maisonette,
But one thing I'd say to you and your flexible friend,
Is if the revolution starts we'll take your end.
And there's an empty first class carriage waiting for you,
Where you can sit and do the crossword with Jehovah's chosen few,
If you could just crack 23 down, fatso and wearing a crown,
It begins with Q but I haven't a clue.
CHORUS
You'd better be fair,
or the man upstairs will find you out,
More than your fair share,
From hate to despair, he'll find you out.
Your second house is a credit to the extra hours put in,
You prayed to the Lord for cash but it came from your next of kin,
And what fun to be better off,
As you say better blue than soft.
If you're not feeling well there's an empty bed waiting for you,
Where you can sit and do the crossword with Jehovah's chosen few,
If you could just get 7 across, fat prince is on the doss,
It begins with E but I can't quite say.
CHORUS
I BIT MY LIP
The people round here,
They just laugh and they sneer,
And they never appear to cry,
They just sit in their chair,
With their arms in the air,
And they don't seem to care 'til they die.
But I've heard that the grass is greener,
On the other side of the council estate,
No car but I know I'll go far,
If I haven't the patience to wait.
CHORUS
I bit my lip until it bled,
"Yes please!" was all I ever said,
But now it seems I'm closer to dreams,
Than I thought I would ever be,
I bit my lip.
I tried to explain,
The fear and the pain,
But they say I complain about nothing,
My head in my hands,
My feet in the sand,
Perhaps you'd understand that it's something.
But I've heard that the sky is bluer,
On the other side of the playing fields,
No map but I know that,
I can follow the way that I feel.
CHORUS
But I've heard that the grass is greener,
On the other side of the council estate,
No car but I know I'll go far,
If I haven't the patience to wait.
I bit my lip.
PARIS IN FLARES
I walked the streets,
In penny round,
Flyaway panda collar,
Head to the ground.
Tank tops are out this year,
They said to me,
Tie dye T-shirt,
Was '73.
I walked the streets,
In penny round,
Flyaway panda collar,
Head to the ground.
FORWARDS & BACKWARDS
They're so right, you're so wrong,
You worry all the night, 'cause they're so strong,
You're sometimes up, sometimes down,
You either wear the dunces hat or wear the crown.
And the sheep go reading on with noses to the sky,
Noddy nods his head at every single lie,
But maybe we will learn and sanity return,
Editors are jailed and pages are burned.
CHORUS
Don't do it (Don't do it)
Don't say it (Don't say it)
Don't do it (Don't do it)
Don't say it (Don't say it)
'Cause I go forwards and backwards,
And backwards and forwards for them,
And I go forwards and backwards,
And backwards and forwards for them,
Heads I win tails you lose,
I bet you one hundred jobs that I can choose,
Twist or stick, burn or bust,
The dealer of the pack is the one that we shouldn't trust.
And you take it in your stride, or take it on the chin,
With sales flying high you'd think we couldn't win,
But soon you may agree about the prosperous and free,
When they print the news in Braille 'cause the readership can't see.
CHORUS
Rupert, Rupert beware,
Everyone knows your name,
Rupert, Rupert beware,
Everyone knows your game.
CHORUS
THE LIGHT IS ALWAYS GREEN (cheap version)
We dig our models with the brains the size of models,
And cars that we can trust with our wives,
And we dig conversations with girls from every nation,
But not the ones that whisper or tell lies.
Wherever there's a will there's a motorway,
Wherever there is greed there is speed,
And they've always got to be there for yesterday,
Welcome to the new Scalextric's breed.
CHORUS
And the light they always show to them
is green, green, green.
And the heels they always show to me
are clean, clean, clean.
We're only flying past so we dig our service fast,
From the waiters to the women to the wine.
Never mind the match, I've an urgent date to catch,
Get me to the concert hall on time.
Pretending to be pilots in a war,
Pretending to weave between the flak,
No-one knows what the mission's for,
Blinkered horses on the track.
CHORUS
GET UP OFF OUR KNEES (live)
Famines will be famines, banquets will be banquets
Some spend winter in a palace, some spend it in blankets
Don't wag your fingers at them and turn to walk away
Don't shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today
Time to end the praying
Listen what they're saying
CHORUS
Get up off our knees
You can wag your finger till your fingers sore
Shake your head till it shakes no more
Paupers will be paupers, bankers will be bankers
Some own pennies in a jar, some own oil tankers
What may sound like tomorrow, could be ours today
There's no more need for sorrow, if we get off our knees to pray
Time to end the praying
Listen what they're saying
CHORUS
Countries will be countries, borders will be borders
Some have lost their folks at war, some have given orders
Don't wag your fingers at them and turn to walk away
Don't shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today
Time to end the praying
Listen what they're saying
CHORUS
FIVE GET OVER EXCITED (live)
CHORUS
Fun, fun, fun, (Jeremy)
Me, me, me, (Fifi)
Take, take, take, (Jeremy)
Fun, fun, fun.
James Dean posters on their wall,
(Five killed in a car crash)
What a sad little end to it all,
(Five killed in a car crash)
Last seen having lots a fun,
(Five dumped in a river)
Barefoot and on the run,
(Five dumped in a river)
I am mad from Scandinavia,
I want a guy in the London area,
He must be crazy and Sagittarius,
'Cause I am Leo and I'm hilarious.
CHORUS
Last seen drinking Daddy's own beer,
(Five poisoned over dinner)
Singing Abba's "Mamma Mia,"
(Five poisoned over dinner)
Drop dead watching Thunderbirds fly,
(Five get over excited)
Poster on their wall says, "Why?"
(Five get over excited)
I am guy from Camden Town,
My hair is curly but I gel it down.
My clothes are black but my bread is brown,
I'm really into early Motown.
CHORUS
Feigning concern, a conservative pastime,
Makes you feel doubtful right from the start.
The expression she pulls is exactly like last time,
You've got to conclude she just hasn't the heart.
JOHANNESBURG (live)
Please don't show your soul to me,
I think I see the light shine through.
And please don't greet me on the street,
I'd like to see a world without you.
CHORUS
'Cause I've found there's nothing more
That I could say to you,
Nothing I could do to change your mind,
Change your ways and your tune.
Please don't change your uniform
And start to mourn the thousands dead.
And please wear what you've always worn
And don't be drawn by what I've said.
CHORUS
So please don't feel you have to sway
Or move away from how you feel
And please say what you mean to say
And always stay with a heart of steel.
TIME SPENT THINKING
They never told the truth
They always left me here
They turned my face to the sky
They always left me here.
I was chased away by the right to escape
Chased away by back slapping buddies
They knew I had to go
They knew I'd be back in a year or so.
CHORUS
Now I'm waiting for a sign from someone
Waiting for a letter that'll never arrive
Now I'm waiting for a sign from someone
Waiting for a letter that'll never arrive.
I don't know where I am
I don't know what brings me here
All those times I looked to the sky
I don't know what brings me here.
I was chased away by the right to escape
Chased away by back slapping buddies
They knew I had to go
They knew I'd be back in a year or so.
CHORUS
I received a letter through the post
I just knew it had to be from a ghost
Ah, it's all about going away
Feeling by yourself.
CHORUS
THE DAY I CALLED IT A DAY
Looking over my shoulder
I can feel myself getting older
The weather is getting colder
The day I called it a day.
The older generation were praying
That the younger generation were graying
Tradition is finally staying
The day I called it a day.
Just you see, you'll agree
If you climb my tree
You've been sold, bought and sold
And now you're out in the cold.
Brains were gradually shrinking
With fewer people thinking
The vicars breath was stinking
The day I called it a day.
And now you're in a state
Where you're only used as bait
You left it far too late
The day I called it a day.
Just you see, you'll agree
If you climb my tree
You've been sold, bought and sold
And now you're out in the cold.
The day I called it a day
(repeat)