1.American TV
he was born diseased with a twisted mind
his hands his feet his elbows tied
sleeps by the day and in the night he crys
the bastard son of a travelling man
conceived and born in a caravan
lives where he could and comes out when he can
death of a rock star played by an actor
gotta make a film 'cos he died in a fast car
with lots of booze drugs and sex
make him up a demi god invent all the rest
like character john's been trying it on
to get his picture in the news
he took a leap from his pad
the same place that his dad
choked on a video so blue
this is the land of the free tuning in to 6 15
we'll always want but we'll never need on american tv
searching for our liberty fight the fight to succeed
living out the american dream on american tv
v for victory u s of a
always search for the american way
take a bite of the big apple kick a coca cola can
all stand up salute uncle sam
put a man on the moon now aint too soon
another russian spy puts a spanner in and boom
from washington to tennessee
we put the bullets in the kennedys
2.Hole For A Soul
holy shamoly said the priest to the girl
as he wrapped his arms around her
and his guts became her world
she said i can't take any more
no i can't take any more
and she could taste the christ
breath the church
smell the crucifixion
of another fallen angel hooked up on false religion
she's gotta hole for a soul
she's gotta sad sad tale to tell
she's gotta hole for a soul
of being twisted in a living hell
crikey moses he said with bottle in his hand
fingers worn thin down to the bone
from working on the promised land
fingers worn thin tattered and torn from scratching
all this blood and sand
said i can't take any more
no i can't take any more
he had a loving wife
doting child
an englishman's castle for his home
every mile stood this broken man
and every two stood this broken man's dream
he's gotta hole for a soul
he's gotta sad sad tale to tell
he's gotta hole for a soul
of being twisted in a living hell
3.Urban Space Crime
ode to the guy read about in the news
born by mistake he was born to lose
never had much luck
with the pounds and the pence
blamed everybody else
he said he never had a chance
ship on the waves hole in my side
one foot in the grave and it's just my size
21st century crime in the city
and you're looking guilty as hell
although you didn't do it
you know you can't prove it
now maybe its time to excel
i'm alright jack got my hand on my stack
and defences to make you think twice
all the gold in my walls are in hideaway halls
to cancel the chance of reprise
you're king and your queens
and their widow machine
are taking the share of your sons
then a note through the post
and the smell of a ghost
and apologise to everyone
their courageous attempt is all money well spent
but their gravestones they don't grow on trees
second hand ones come cheap
door to door while you sleep
but with no money back guarantees
4.Problem Solved
we don't ask for a lot but we get even less
dirty child playing in a rubbish dump dress
rich in heart but poor in practice
always last in your perfect rat race
always last in your perfect rat race
please kind sir spare a tuppence for me
this isn't a cry for sympathy
homeland wasteland desecrated trashcans
disgust and hatred smile on your face
cos we're always last in your perfect rat race
sorry sights statutory rights
all go with the same old way of life
sticks and stones rags and bones
all the trouble and the strife
don't want to think about it
don't want to talk about it
no need to know about it
problem solved
don't want to think about it
don't want to talk about it
no need to know about it
problem solved
long lost outcast society
of people who ain't free to be free
tell stories of the things we've seen
disgust your children with obscenities
of the tales of all the places that we've been
5.Don't Shoot My Dog
listening to the story of an angry old man
he had the whole world in his pocket but
he had a hole there in his hand
never had much trouble fitting into his surroundings
dived headlong into life
and ended up by drowning
died by drowning
his blood is pure venom and his teeth are solid gold
his clothes are made from human skin
he's a thousand years old
he lives down by the poisoned stream
where only alligators swim
sits there drinking moonshine
playing a mean violin a mean violin
a really wicked violin
you've got four lines on your forehead
and that tells me that you're worried
don't shoot my dog
don't shoot my dog
i said please don't shoot my dog
his wife is laying face down in the pool upon the porch
he spied me through his blindness
as i spied her with my torch
his skin goes tight around his face
as he smiles his blinding smile
points over to a dozen wives laying in a pile
laying in a pile pile high
6.Jason
when the cold wind blows
and the sarcasm cuts me again
a young man's pride is torn up
by what he calls friends
and as he gets restless anger fills him with hate
then he grows reckless but its already too late
he grabs his surroundings pulls them towards him
looks up to the heavens as he falls from grace
it's four in the morning the silence is deafening
he looks in the mirror and it spits in his face
c'mon now jason it's your life you're wasting
it's your destination bye bye jason
c'mon now jason you're leaving tomorrow
your trains in the station bye bye jason
cross my palms with silver
i'll cross the streets paved with gold
just say you never saw nothing
at least that's what you're told
c'mon now jason it's your life your wasting
it's your destination bye bye jason
c'mon now jason you're leaving tomorrow
your trains in the station bye bye jason
7.Ships That Sink
hi my name is candy i play bass in the band
i've got a million people worship me my head in the sand
i've got a tattoo on my shoulder of a dagger and rose
bells upon my fingers and a ring through my nose
candy makes a record it's an instant hit
but not as instant as the hit she got off one little bit
might have a tattoo on her shoulder of a dagger and rose
the ink it might be running be that's just how it goes
it's getting harder all the time
can't even find a word to rhyme
it's not as easy as it's supposed to be
suppose it's best if i leave
belly full of serpents and a head full of hurt
a book of unsung ballads that the critics said won't work
so she tried this being outrageous
but the tunes just weren't contagious
her face wasn't as famous as the next in line
love me hold me keep me close don't ever let me go
like me help me keep me warm don't ever say no
8.My House
in my house there's a place i can hide
when i feel a surge of self pity
in my house there's a place where i sit
and watch the violence on the telly
in my house there's a kitchen
where we eat drink and cook
and in my house there's an attic at the top
where my sister and her boyfriend go
my house get down the stairs
my house 'till your dad gets home
my house listen son there's a few rules you should know
about living in my house do as you're told
my house have you got that straight
my house if you wanna own it then you just better wait
in my house there's a bathroom
it's a lovely shade of green
in my house there's a best room
and mum keeps that real clean
in my house there's five bedrooms
and there's only four of us
in my house there's an alley down the back
and a hut that ain't up to much
9.Killing Time
maybe someday soon
i'll find out what it's all about
and if you don't leave it too long
then maybe we'll be able to sort it out
give me five minutes more
i'm not trying to turn you away
spend all my time asking you what's wrong
but all you say is you can't explain
i hope it'll all come through
then i can find it out for myself
i wish it'd all come true
and let it sort things out for itself
leave me to myself for a while
it'll only hurt more now if you stay
i don't know how to break the news
but maybe we'll be better off this way
i hope it'll all come through
then i can find it out for myself
i wish it'd all come true
and let it sort things out for itself
10.New Policy One
i'm the man who came to dinner
said i wasn't stopping long
i brought a present wrapped in misery
and a bottle of sad songs
you still said
come on in
make yourself at home
would you like a drink
let me take your coat
i stand well back in the corner
with a sneer on my face
i've got the weight of the world on my shoulders
ready to fall on this place
and i felt like one of the family
and i could be whoever i want to be
i took you down to the sea
and let you swim in deep blue water
sunk your suspicions but then
you couldn't get back to the shore
come on in
make yourself at home
would you like a drink
let me take your coat
11.Human Being
don't cry baby rest your weary head
don't cry mama daddy didn't mean what he said
wake up baby its a brand new day
wake up mama i think he's gone away
and it's always on my mind we're only human
what do you want it's more than i can give
man i'm just a human being
what makes a man bruise his loving wife
what makes a man want to take his own life
and it's always on my mind we're only human
what do you want it's more than i can give
man i'm just a human being
i wish i'd been to woodstock
or written wild thing
i wish i'd shot the pope dead
or killed a foreign king
and it's always on my mind we're only human
12.Desolation Town
10pm in a cold and lonely hotel room
i think of you all the time
my car was built the same year hendrix died
my mom just cried when i told her
so good to see you again
take my hand and go
i'm going down to desolation town
i'm going down to desolation town
four walls of stains and names that i don't know
i'll call my home for a while
time took its cigarette and broke its bones
bet davey jones didn't know he was in this song
so good to see you again
take my hand and go
i'm going down to desolation town
i'm going down to desolation town
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