the facts of life

do do do, do do do

a boy is just a eleven age
begin to growing high at a fast rate that they have never done before
they develop curiosity and start to fantasise
about the things that have never thought of doing before
these dreams are no more harmful than
the usual thoughts the boys have of becoming football stars or millionaires
as long as they distinction fantasy and fiction remains
it's just a nature walk

it's just the facts of life
there's no master plan
walk me home from school
i'll let you hold my hand
you're getting ideas
and when you sleep at night
they develop into sweet dreams
it's just the facts of life

a boy sits by the telephone, wanting to call a girl
but not dare to because she may say no
at last someone took have the courage first
and discovered someone else has asked her first
and she says yes
now it's time to deal with the fear that have been rejected
now it gets into life being without hurt
at this point this boy is listening to this song
and is probably saying it's easy and said
and done and it's true

it's just the facts of life
there's no master plan
walk me home from school
i'll let you hold my hand
you're getting ideas
and when you sleep at night
they develop into sweet dreams
it's just the facts of life

do do do, do do do

small town detain defects from more urban situation
seem if these few places to go
and the lessons normally gather in a cafe or a arcade
if they have to almost anywhere will do
a family car, a decease
a rolling book or a shade
experimentation, familiarisation
it's all a nature walk

it's just the facts of life
there's no master plan
walk me home from school
i'll let you hold my hand
you're getting ideas
and when you sleep at night
they develop into sweet dreams
it's just the facts of life

it's just the facts of life
there's no master plan
walk me home from school
i'll let you hold my hand
you're getting ideas
and when you sleep at night
they develop into sweet dreams
it's just the facts of life

it's just the facts of life
there's no master plan
walk me home from school
i'll let you hold my hand

these are the things

a pint of milk–a loaf of bread-a magazine-on special offer
check the weather forecast – buy a new umbrella
send a text message – take a shower
meet me in the park - in half an hour

these are the things that keep us together
these are the things that keep us together
i love you i want you
must have you i still love you
these are the things that keep us together

make the bed – wash the sheets
iron a shirt - try to eat
check for e-mail – send replies
set the video - catch the headlines
write a get well card –have a cup of tea
think of you again – think of you

chorus
these are the things that keep us together -uh huh

another night with some old friends
i pray that it will soon be over
i'm not listening to them
their laughter floats out of the window
i wish that they would leave – so i can go to sleep
and dream of you again
until tomorrow

these are the things that keep us together
these are the things that keep us together
i love you i want you
must have you i still love you
these are the things that keep us together
these are the things that keep us together -uh huh

the school song

this is the school song
this is the school of song
black box recorder
welcome to the school of song
we'll help you achieve perfection
destroy your record collection
it's for your own protections
you're late again…thank you so much for gracing us with your presence..
no really, do sit down
and what on earth is that you're wearing
this is an educational establishment not a night club
put your hand up. don't mumble
don't interrupt
wipe that idiotic smile off your face
when you're here you do what we say
walk in the corridors
i said walk don't run
double detention in the school of song
right, everybody you're going for a swim
get changed into your costumes and line up by the pool
yes i know it's february, you lot need a bit of toughening up
you're weak and spoilt…look at you
i don't want to hear any excuses
get undressed, you're going in
double games in the school of song
we hope you've enjoyed your time here as much as we've enjoyed having you
i know we haven't always seen eye to eye
but i think you'll come to appreciate our methods when you go out into the world
some of you will achieve greatness
others of you will succeed in a more modest capacity, some of you…well
we want to read about you for the right reasons
congratulations to all of you
a grade a from the black box recorder school of song

jackie sixty

it's hardly in my nature boy
i think my star is rising
caught like a rabbit in the glare of the lights
oh, what a beautiful carve up
and if my mother's ghost could see me now
staring down at my pillow
moisturized and tranquilized
oh, what a beautiful carve up

save me, save me
save me from jackie sixty
take me, take me
take me to the top of the world

walk into a room, snap a thousand spines
head into the cubicle, float back into the room
break a thousand hearts, tear them all to pieces
another grand entrance, another grand exit
you look lost, i'll show you around
i've seen you before are you someone important?
walked into the room, there was a minor indisgression
smash my fist through a plate glass window

this isn't mother nature boy
stripped naked and frightened
the only reason that you're here
is because you've been invited

goodnight kiss

put on your make-up
apply it with care
use your imagination
we can go anywhere

we'll have an adventure
i'm bored with just love
a fairy tale with a sting in the tail
tonight we'll draw blood

from blackpool tower to brighton pier
turn the lights out we know there's no-one here
goodbye
goodnight

the candle is burning
so the modern butterfly
can plant out a night-life
it's purely desire

we might meet some old friends
we might push our luck
hot on the heels of something
hot on the heels of not much

from severn bridge to southend-on-sea
turn the lights out before you leave, goodnight
goodbye
goodnight

it's been a good night
it's just a goodnight kiss

the night's nearly over
get a taxi at five
i'll cradle your head in my hands
check that you're still alive

golden mile to morecambe bay
turn the lights out as there's nothing left to say
goodbye
goodnight

from dungeness to the isle of white
would the last one to leave turn out the light
goodbye
goodnight

it's just a good night
it's been a good night
it's just a goodnight kiss

sex life

girl on girl, in your dreams
girls on top, in between
girls together, girls alone
in your dreams, in your dreams

boy on boy, boys on top
boys together, boys don't stop
being boys, in your dreams
in your dreams, in your dreams

i've been thinking about you (thinking about you)
always thinking about you
can't stop thinking about you (thinking about you)
in your dreams, in your dreams

girl on bus, girl on tube
brush against you, look at you
catch your eye, conversation
in your dreams, in your dreams

i've been thinking about you (thinking about you)
always thinking about you
can't stop thinking about you (thinking about you)
in your dreams, in your dreams

in your dreams
in your dreams
in your dreams
in your dreams

i've been thinking about you (thinking about you)
always thinking about you
can't stop thinking about you (thinking about you)
in your dreams, in your dreams

late at night, in your dream
you're not shy, it's so easy
all the colours of the rainbow
in your dreams, in your dreams

i've been thinking about you (thinking about you)
always thinking about you
can't stop thinking about you (thinking about you)
in your dreams
i've been thinking about you (thinking about you)
always thinking about you
can't stop thinking about you (thinking about you)
in your dreams, in your dreams

the art of driving

la la la, la la la la la
la la la, la la la la la

you're quite precautious
i know which button should be pressed
let's go out driving
i'll wait until you pass the test
we can get a hood down
throw away those learner plates
you got the hang of steering
now try stepping on the brakes

you've been driving way too fast
you've been pushing way too hard
you've been taking things too far
who do you think you are?

la la la, la la la la la
la la la, la la la la la

do you believe in love at first sight?
do you believe in fate?
i believe the good things
only come to those who wait
we've got to plan the journey
eliminate all mistakes
take the safe route
it's called the art of driving

maybe wait until the summertime
maybe wait until december
because a heartfelt seduction
lasts a life time

you've been driving way too fast
you've been pushing way too hard
you've been taking things too far
who do you think you are?

it's called the art of driving
the art of driving
it's just the art of driving

la la la, la la la la la
la la la, la la la la la

i wish you'd learn to slow down
you might get there at the end
don't think the accelerating pedal
is the man's best friend
you don't have to break the speed limit
you don't have to break your neck
another dead boy-racer
cut out from the wreak

you've been driving way too fast
you've been pushing way too hard
you've been taking things too far
who do you think you are?

maybe wait until the summertime
maybe wait until december
because a heartfelt seduction
lasts a life time

it's called the art of driving
it's called the art of driving
it's called the art of driving
the art of driving
it's called the art of driving
it's called the art of driving
just the art of driving
it's just the art of driving
the art of driving
the art of driving
it's called the art of driving
it's called the art of driving
the art of driving
the art of driving
the art of driving
it's called the art of driving
it's called the art of driving

swinging

if you let me join your gang
i'll show you things you've never dreamed of
after school we'll steal a car
drive until the feeling changes

all the people have to say "we're swinging"
"we don't like you, go away - we're swinging"
feeling rotten to the core
and i don't need you anymore

are you a hardcore hooligan?
did you really burn the old school down?
if i set fire to you now
will you even make a sound?

all the people have to say "we're swinging"
"we don't like you, go away - we're swinging"
feeling rotten to the core
and i don't need you anymore

it's the end of the affair
bet you never thought you'd even get this far
and i dare you to look down
see how brave you really are

monmouth, cardiff to the south downs - "we're swinging"
from the coast to the cathedral towns - "we're swinging"
feeling rotten to the core
and i don't need you anymore
and i don't need you anymore

ideal home

i was brought up in an ideal home
bay windows let the sun shine through
natural light chased the shadows
i was brought up in an ideal home

in an ideal home nothing you do can go wrong
in an ideal home everything's safe and you can
sit by the fire, read a good book or watch tv

miserable songs from the house next door
perhaps they're planning to end it all
they should come around to our house
like the sunshine, in our ideal home

in an ideal home nothing you do can go wrong
in an ideal home there's never an awkward silence
turn out the lights, sit in the dark and watch the stars
everything's safe in an ideal home

in an ideal home

new baby boom

new baby boom, starts today
i've got everything you need
baby boom, take you home
i've been waiting so long

new baby boom slipping through your magic fingers
(new...) i'll meet a man

1st love song for our brand new son
1st love song
the kid is gone, he's not my son

england made me

new baby boom, your father is a famous man
(new...) he'll be here soon, i know he loves me
now i've got the proof

i knew the first time that i saw his face
he'd be the one
the kid is gone, he's not my son

new baby boom, congratulations
i've got everything i need
new baby boom, starts today

weekend

laying on the floor, with my best friend
late at night, early morning
careful not to touch, we've drunk enough
just another weekend falling

friday night, saturday morning
friday night, saturday morning
friday night, saturday morning
friday night, saturday morning

take your bank account, was it worth it?
we spent so much on conversation
never mind the cost, there's nothing lost
we live to fight another day

friday night, saturday morning
friday night, saturday morning
friday night, saturday morning
friday night, saturday morning

weeknights just drag on forever
(ever, ever and ever)
maybe this weekend
maybe never

(friday night, saturday morning
friday night, saturday morning
friday night, saturday morning
friday night, saturday morning)

drive out of the city on a friday
keep you guessing where we're going
we can rent a room, or get two singles
keep it safe, we've got no plans

saturday night, sunday morning
saturday night, sunday morning
saturday night, sunday morning
saturday night, sunday morning

gsoh q.e.d.

what do you get if you fall in love?
a pin to burst your ex's bubble
a diamond ring; brand new trouble
from passionate to paranoid
but i'll fall in love again
gsoh q.e.d.
gsoh q.e.d. (q.e.d.)
fun-loving couple seek disco diva
quietly professional; non-smoker
(gsoh q.e.d.)
new to the area; upwardly mobile
educated female seeks adonis
(gsoh q.e.d.) (q.e.d.)
what do you see when he turns out the lights?
a skin parade of his old lovers
sliding underneath the covers
another notch upon the bedpost of life
but i'll fall in love again
gsoh q.e.d.
gsoh q.e.d. (q.e.d.)
charming, well-bred, debonair sophisticate
unexpectedly re-available
(gsoh q.e.d.)
rugged, handsome, virile stallion
two-faced, impotent, spineless reptile
(gsoh q.e.d.) (q.e.d.)
meanwhile...
gsoh q.e.d.
gsoh q.e.d. (q.e.d.)
what becomes of the broken hearts?
they take revenge then feel much better
send you death threats in a letter
intimate pictures on the internet
but i'll fall in love again
gsoh q.e.d.
gsoh q.e.d. (q.e.d.)
attractive divorcee, teen-aged children
looking for a knight in shining armour
(gsoh q.e.d.)
recent widower, young at heart
seeks lady ballroom dancing partner
(gsoh q.e.d.) (q.e.d.)
company director, likes light opera
looks unimportant - must send photo
(gsoh q.e.d.)
old-fashioned romance, perfect chemistry
uninhabited afternoons free
(gsoh q.e.d.) (q.e.d.)
gsoh
q.e.d.

british racing queen

everybody needs to dream
romance and love and eight hours sleep
a little cottage by the sea
a glass of gin, a box of chocolates
to be both wanted and decide
to move away when we retire
no hell or heaven in-between
british racing green
pebble-dash houses under-
neath the flight-path, still life
perfectly preserved through double-glazed windows
satellite dish brings
entertainment to our home
crack in the foundations - claim for
compensation leads to
aspirations and pipe dreams
buy myself a sports car
british racing green
everybody needs to dream
(la, la, la, la, la...)
romance and love and eight hours sleep
a little cottage by the sea
a glass of gin, a box of chocolates
to be both wanted and decide
to move away when we retire
no hell or heaven in-between
british racing green
british racing green
still don't know where i was going
top down - inclement weather
just like all the english people
trying to win the island race, whatever
british racing queen
british racing green
everybody needs to dream
romance and love and eight hours sleep
a little cottage by the sea
a glass of gin, a box of chocolates
to be both wanted and decide
to move away when we retire
no hell or heaven in-between
british racing green
british racing green
now i'm living in a chat-room
with the diana fan-club
they sent a virus to my dream
that wiped the hard-drive
british racing green
everybody needs to dream
romance and love and eight hours sleep
a little cottage by the sea
a glass of gin, a box of chocolates
to be both wanted and decide
to move away when we retire
no hell or heaven in-between
british racing green
everybody needs to dream
romance and love and eight hours sleep
a little cottage by the sea
a glass of gin, a box of chocolates
to be both wanted and decide
to move away when we retire
no hell or heaven in-between
british racing queen

brutality

whatever happened to the fear of god?
whatever happened to church on sunday?
whatever happened to the velvet glove?
and the iron fist
whatever happened to the social season?
whatever happened to the debutants?
whatever happened to the south of france?

good old fashioned brutality
everything in it's place
good old fashioned barbarity
leave the room in disgrace

whatever happened to drinking and driving
and doing the decent thing?
hiding out on the continent
getting over a nervous breakdown
close the ranks and remove all traces
say anything to stay out of jail
what it really boils down to:
it always wins, it never fails

good old fashioned brutality
everything in it's place
good old fashioned barbarity
leave the room in disgrace

ah-ah-ah,ah-ah...

driving back from a late night party
took a corner much too fast
head-on collision with the 21st century
whatever happened to brutality?

start as you mean to go on

i left school and hit the high street, had my youth in 6 weeks flat
topshop, doves and glastonbury, learned to be a secretary

if i can't have it, nobody can
you follow the instructions it's all part of the plan
when you start as you mean to go on

lets get married, lets have children, split up when we're 22
cut our losses, screw our bosses, get out while we're still young

paradise often falls apart

home improvements, for amusement, smash this place to smithereens
don't forget to pay the premiums, go abroad and leave the gas on

when you start as you mean to go on

the english motorway system

ah ah, ah ah

the english motorway system is beautiful and strange
it's been there forever, it's never going to change
it eliminates all diversions, it eliminates all emotions
(all you got to do to stay alive is drive)

there are things we need to talk about
there are things i cannot do without

if you think the journey's over
let me know, don't make me wait

(driving with no aim or intention)
on the english motorway

the english motorway system can be quite hypnotizing
you achieve a zen like state, as someone else's driving
it becomes detached observing, colours and straight lights
distant town and exit signs
(do you really want to break up?)

there are things we need to talk about
there are things i cannot do without

is this the end of the rainbow?
am i just colour-blind?

(leave the north, visit friend's at south)
on the english motorway

the english motorway system, is an accident waiting to happen
on the black ice, a lorry jack knives, on there's freezing fog in november
and you wonder if there's someone who really does decide
i thought i saw you in a distance
(do you really want to break up?)

there are things we need to talk about
there are things i cannot do without

when you think the journey's over
let me know
don't make me wait

(driving with no aim or intention)
on the english motorway

the english motorway system is beautiful and strange

girl singing in the wreckage

It's my primary instinct to protect the child
Girl singing in the wreckage
My dress is torn
My hair is wild
Girl singing in the wreckage
My first car
My early boyfriends
Girl singing in the wreckage
Wet weekends
New Years Eve parties
Girl singing in the wreckage

Hour after hour after hour

My eighteenth birthday I'll die of boredom
Girl singing in the wreckage
My private world is smashed wide open
Girl singing in the wreckage
My first trip
My expectation
I had a dream that it would end like this
No destiny
No destination
You hit the ground and then it stops

Hour after hour after hour

I miss my hometown it's nothing special
Call my parents let them know I'm alright
My primary instinct is to protect the child
Send a postcard from the airport

hated sunday

close the windows, draw the blinds
i can't stand it if the sun shines
on sunday
hated sunday

disturbing pictures on the news
distant wars but they won't touch you
on sunday
hated sunday

your mother calls, she's alright
your sister calls, she's in hospital

honouring politician dead
car found parked on beachy head
on sunday
hated sunday

oh to be in england on a sunday
dear old dismal england an a sunday-ay

hated sunday

sunday night, time stands still
one last drag, it still feels like school
tomorrow
hated sunday

your mother calls, she's alright
your brother calls, he wants money

oh to be in england on a sunday
dear old dismal england an a sunday
oh to be in england on a sunday
dear old dismal england an a sunday-ay

england made me

i trapped a spider underneath the glass
i kept it for a week to see how long he last
he stared right back of me
he thought that he could win
we played the waiting game
he thought that i give in

england made me

i had a dream last night, that i was drunk
i killed the stranger, and left him in a trunk
in brighton railway station
it was an unsolved case
a famous murder mystery
people love mystery

england made me

i need my privacy, i lead a secret life
sleep with the enemy, and betray both sides
i travelled all my life, but never got away
from the killing jar, and it got me sick

england made me

being number one

heard in on sunday evening
organised a bit of a do
get off the phone, mum
someone important's trying to get through
(number one)
24/7 promotion
(number one)
it's hard work, but it's fun
(number one)
adventures start in shopping centres
(number one)
pray that we're number one
(being number one)
a bed of roses
(number one)
a box of chocolates
(number one)
a bowl of cherries
(number one)
being number one
being number one
being number one
a triumphant return to the home town
(ooh, ooh, ooh...)
treated with love and respect
a special school assembly
before they would have broken my neck
(being number one)
my favourite colour
(number one)
an e-type jag
(number one)
roll out the red carpet
(number one - being number one)
a glass of champagne - not the cheap stuff!
god bless the public, god bless number one
god bless the radio, god bless tv
god bless pocket money, these are the days
(these are the days)
of too much wine and song
being number one
the skeletonsdance out of the closet
laughing all the way to the bank
(ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee)
a dozen illegitimate children
(ooh, ooh, ohh)
i guess we've got max clifford to thank
(being number one)
toppermost of the poppermost
(number one)
every truck driver's friend
(number one)
climbing up the airwaves
(number one - being number one)
from john o groats to lands end
(number one)
you're watching you waistline
(number one)
a second release
(number one)
you sleep with the dogs
(number one - being number one)
you wake up with fleas
being number one

andrew ridgley

i never liked george michael much
although they say he was the talented one
andrew ridgley drew the map
that rescued me, took me to paradise
i was brought up to the sound of the synthesiser
i learned to dance to the beat of electronic drums
i came alive to the smouldering fire in your eyes
i love you now and i will 'til the day that i die
i had a tooth pulled as a child
i put it underneath my pillow
and when i looked the very next morning
there was a ten pound not
i took it to the nearest record shop
i put it down upon the counter
i gotta tell you what i know to be true
i bought my first record because of you
i was brought up to the sound of the synthesiser
i learned to dance to the beat of electronic drums
i came alive to the smouldering fire in your eyes
i love you now and i will 'til the day that i die
i love everything
i love to be around money
a daughter of negative equity
a child of black wednesday
(blue monday, black wednesday)
this is sarah nixey talking
midi'ed and into the groove
i've got to tell you
what i know to be true
i didn't do too well at school
they said i couldn't concentrate
the day you flew off into the sunset
was the day my education was saved
then years later on kensington high street
i saw you drive a white convertible golf gti
carefully edging out into the traffic
just like a real live human being
i was brought up to the sound of the synthesiser
i learned to dance to the beat of electronic drums
i came alive to the smouldering fire in your eyes
i love you now and i will 'til the day that i die
daddy lost everything
our beautiful house, his beautiful sports car
his beautiful wife, i held his hand and told him
everything would be all right
this is sarah nixey talking
midi'ed up and into the groove
i've got to tell you
what i know to be true
i was brought up to the sound of the synthesiser
i learned to dance to the beat of electronic drums
i came alive to the smouldering fire in your eyes
i love you now and i will til the day that i die
i was brought up to the sound of the synthesiser
i learned to dance to the beat of electronic drums
i came alive to the smouldering fire in your eyes
i love you now and i will til the day that i die

wonderful life

well you can bite the bullet
breath in, breath out
or be a victim all your life
go window shopping
save your money
riches to rags overnight
it's a wonderful life

it's a wonderful life

you can join the family business
serve behind the counter
even have your name above the door
join the order
learn the handshake
you won't need protection anymore
it's a wonderful life

when you think it's over
you can look through your photos
taken for prosperity and you'll find

have an affair, get a new interest
go into debt, go on the sick lists
study at your leisure in your home
get into shape, try to lose weight
regain your confidence, control you fate
victim of circumstance, look on the bright side
it's a wonderful life

it's a wonderful life

it's only the end of the world

it's only the end of the world
not a death in the family

we've seen all the best sights
been on all the best rides
the amusement park on saturday
we got tongue tied
after all the best fights
stuff that's too boring to trash
it's classless and crass
it's only the end of the world

since the circus left town
we've been seen kicking round

and now every caress is some cul-de-sac
we've already been down
we're just moving our limbs
making no sound
the ground is still spinning
but it's slowing down
it's only the end of the world

where is the love

satellites break up in the atmosphere
our ashes are scattered in space
all of the answers fall into place
it's only the end of the world

since the circus left town
the world just stopped spinning round

we've seen all the prize fires
the sunday gun-fighters
with their heads hanging down
we just go where the money goes
your hands turn to dust
the magic is lost
it's only the end of the world

where is the love

it's only the end of the world
it's only the end of the world
the end of the world

child psychology

i stopped talking when i was six years old
i didn't want anything more to do with the outside world
i was happy being quiet
but, of course, they wouldn't leave me alone
my parents tried every trick in the book
from speech therapists to child psychologists
they even tried bribery
i could have anything
as long as i said it out loud

life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it

of course this episode didn't last forever
i'd made my point and it was time to move on
to peel away the next layer of deceit
and see what new surprises lay in store
my school report said i showed no interest
"a disruptive influence"
i felt sorry for them in a way
and when they finally expelled me
it didn't mean a thing

life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it

(at that time she stopped what she was doing, she stopped playing. she stared, she had the facial grimicing, and then the psychiatrist was saying, "julie, julie, can you hear me? can you open your eyes? can you stick out your tongue?" and all of a sudden, julie struck out.)

the november day when i came home
the christmas decorations were already up
spray on snow, coloured flashing lights
and an artificial tree that played silent night
over and over again
my parents welcomed me with loving arms
but within an hour were back at each others throats
normal, happy childhood back on course
batteries not included

life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it

kidnapping an heiress

born into money it's not a crime
you can fool the people all the time
nine hundred dead in jonestown
rescued from a shopping mall
heiress with a little girls soul
do you think we'll make the papers?

and we're searching for your daughter

on saturday the childhood ends
strange way to make new friends
she's lying in the basement
black boy, white girl
black girl with a blindfold
which one will be your lover

and we're searching for your daughter
and we're searching for your daughter
(kidnapping an heiress)

lock her up for sixty days
change her hair, change her name
smile for the camera
friendships about trust
if we trust you then you're one of us
live together, die for each other

and we're searching for your daughter
(kidnapping an heiress)
and we're searching for your daughter
(kidnapping an heiress)

born into money it's not a crime
you can fool the people all the time
nine hundred dead in jonestown
get down, stay down
(put a bullet in your head)
it's only money
smile for the camera

how could you not defend your honour?
(kidnapping an heiress)
and we think we've found your daughter
(kidnapping an heiress)
and we think we've found your daughter
(kidnapping an heiress)