KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - F
Face
in the Mirror (Kevin Coyne - 1975) (BEAUTIFUL
EXTREMES)
Looks
like a face in the mirror
That
awful face in the mirror
White
and sad and so unkind
Looks
like a face in the mirror
Like
a stagnant river
Flowing
deaf and cross and blind
Looks
like a face in the mirror
That
lost face in the mirror
Searching
for a happy mind
Looks
like a face in the mirror
Margaret's
face in the mirror
Waiting,
waiting for the time
I know
I wasn't right
I was
invariably wrong
I always
sang a song
When
I should have been weeping
I know
I laughed with you
As you
stood by the door it's true
As you
landed in my garden, creeping
Looks
like a face in the mirror
Your
round face in the mirror
Lips
all red and ready for bed
Looks
like a face in the mirror
Oh
your face in the mirror
The signs
of hatred on your forehead
Yes it
looks like a face in the mirror
That
awful face in the mirror
Remembering
every little word I said
Oh it
looks like a face in the mirror
And
I don't even have to forgive her
She acts
as if I was already dead
Oh I
tried so hard, tried the big trump card
But
I know you said I was lying
I know
that you waited and waited
Waited
and waited and grated
Listening,
listening, listening and I was alive, I was alive
Oh it
looks like a face in the mirror
Margaret's
face in the mirror
Listening
for for my little tune
Well
I see your face in the mirror
Oh
your laughing face in the mirror
And I
know you've been consulting the runes
Card
after card fall on the table
Each
one willing and able
To send
me to some sort of matrimonial doom
Yes yes,
yes it's your face in the mirror
Oh
your face in the mirror
Take
away that darkness and that gloom, gloom, gloom
Well
I told you again
Don't
come here, amen
I
don't want you around anymore
Your
parents will come to collect you
Big Father's
there to correct you
He will
take you away to his den
So it
looks like your face in the mirror
My face
is there with her
Snap
the marriage and the fate
Yes yes
yes that's your face in the mirror
All sepia
in the mirror,
Standing
by your garden gate
Falling
in Love (Kevin Coyne/Robert Coyne - 2004) (DONUT
CITY )
Sheets
of rain pouring down, sheets of rain
Let's
go into the kitchen you ask me twice then again and again
Discuss
directions, where we're going 0,what we want to be and everything
Can't
you see I want to be me, I want to be me and not this thing you want me to
be
Chorus:
Falling in love, oh how I want to fall in love (4x)
It's
later, you talk wisdom, you're wiser than your years
But I
assume it's the wine you've drunk too much and of course the beer
Let's
go upstairs you say, let's go upstairs, I don't want to go
I want
to be myself, you're crowding me out, you're crowding me out
Chorus
The window-screen
wipers squeal as I drive away, as I drive away
Fat
Girl (Kevin Coyne - 1976) (IN
LIVING BLACK & WHITE)
Well
the fat girl's gone away
She's
going to commit suicide
Yes the
fat girl's gone away
Gone
to commit suicide
You can
see her and her fat poncey, waddling husband
They're
toddling down by the canal
They're
waddling, they're toddling, they're soddling, they're coddling side by side
Well
the fat girl's gone away
And nobody
really cares
Yes the
fat girl's gone away
And nobody
really cares
Given
her body to the mortuary
To the
abattoir, to the lavatory
They've
given her body to you and me to cut up in little pieces and throw to the birds
Fatty
puff, fatty bum, cream bun, big cunt, big tits, big bum, big tart, big bum,
big big big bum, big bum, big big...
OH OH
OH OH, FAT GIRL!
Fatty
bum, big tits, big bum, waddling bum, big bum, big bum, bum, bum
I'm not
so fat, am I love?
I'm not
so fat, just bought this little dress from C&A, just fits me 'round the bum,
lovely
You're
fat!
I'm not!
You're
fat!
I'm not, I'm
slimming down, I'm doing me...
You're bloody
fat
OH OH OH OH,
FAT GIRL!
Now the fat
girl's gone away
She decided
to take a holiday
Yes the fat
girl has gone away
Decided to
take a holiday
She's joining
all her fatty pals
The fatty
gals, the old fat men
The quarter-
to- ten feet, the big fat street
The big fat,
big fat tits
Well
the fat girl she's gone away
And as
I said before nobody really cares
Well
the fat girl has gone away
And as
I said before nobody really cares
They've
given her body to the mortuary
To the
lavatory
To the
abattoir
To the
olive tree
To anything
that rhymes with 'me'
Fatty
puff, fatty bum, fatty puff, big quim, big bum, big he's rude, big bum, big
tart, big HEART, big dart...
OH OH
OH OH, FAT GIRL!
Faty
puff, fatty bum, big plum, big round plum, big ??
Hey look,
you've just got to get your weight down. It's not good enough. I can't take
you out looking like that. C&A's not the right kind of place...they're for
slim girls who wear ski pants...little loops under the feet
OH OH
OH OH, FAT GIRL!
OH OH
OH OH, FAT GIRL!
OH OH
OH OH, FAT GIRL!
Father,
Dear Father (Kevin Coyne - 1977) (single)
Father,
dear Father
I must
confess
I've
been shop lifting, baby minding, finding
I've
been under stress
Give
me fourteen Hail Marys
Put me
to work in United Dairies, buckling
I'll
clean out your presbitary
I'll
mend the punctures on your bike
Father,
dear Father
I must
have been in a dream
You tell
me I was out in the streets in my night dress
Ranting
and raving, it was a scream
Give
me fourteen Hail Marys, for punishement
I'll
work in United Dairies, buckling
I'll
clean out your presbitary
I'll
mend the punctures on your bike
Father,
dear Father
Say a
prayer for me
I'm prepared
to do penance
Poison's
on the list, you see, I'm a murdress, I think I am
I'll
do fourteen Hail Marys, now Father
I'll
work for United Dairies, buckling for you Father
I'll
clean out your presbitary
I'll
mend the punctures on your bike if you like
Father,
dear Father (x2)
Reverend
Father
Father,
dear Father (x2)
Fat
Man (Kevin Coyne - 1980)
(SANITY STOMP)
Well,
you're walking on the water, you think you know it all
Pushing
your weight, you want to make me crawl
Chorus:
I said oh oh fat man what are you gonna do?
I said
oh oh fat man what are you gonna, what are you gonna, what are you gonna do?
You're
gonna smash me in two (x2) .
You're
calling my name as if I had the plague
You think
you've got my number, you've think you've got it made
Chorus
Never
never never
Chorus
You'll
never smash me, you never will
Chorus
Like
to see you do it (repeat)
Never
Fatty
Boy (Tom Liwa/Kevin Coyne - 1996) (KNOCKING
ON YOUR BRAIN)
I
was down at the Marquee Club, spilling my beer over everybody's toes and
after that where I went? Who the hell knows
Sometimes
the doors in life just close and close and close and close, they said
Chorus:
Fatty fatty fat boy, why don't you go home, why don't you? (x2)
I was
down at Battersea Rise, l'd got stars a twinkling all betore my eyes
I was
stumbling, bumbling, drunk on Denmark Hill, staring at the dizzy trees there,
gave my little heart a thrill, I thought...
Chorus
I was
stumbling again in Wandsworth Road, I can't remember wether I was wearing
all my clothes
Then
I found myself once again, staggering down Tottenham Court Road, some friends
there said 'Go home, oh Kevin, go home, you're pissed!'
Chorus
Why don't
you? (ad lib) go home (ad lib)
Why don't
you?
Fear
of Breathing (Kevin Coyne - 1980) (SANITY
STOMP)
She
is right and you are wrong and you are right and she is wrong
Shut
up!
Chorus:
It's just a fear, a fear of breathing.
Now she
says yes and she says no and you say why and you say go
Chorus
Now she
says it and you say that and you say go and she says shit
Chorus
Now she
says strong and you say strong and we say strong and we're all wrong
Chorus
Little
babies talking to themselves, they can't hear anything else, I'm telling you,
think about yourself, don't think about yourself.
Shut
up!
You say
yes and she says no and she says hello and you say go
Chorus
Well
the non-sense ??, the non-sense ??, listen to the babies, listen to the boys,
oh no
Chorus
Now she
says shake and you go shake and you go outside and they both go break
Chorus
As it
goes on and on, it goes on for so long, it goes on and on and on and on and
on
Chorus
Shut
up the dead, Shut up the ??, Shut up!
What
can I do now, what can I say? We want yours and we both want our own way
Chorus
I want
to be and you want to be and you are blind and I can't see
Chorus
Now I
know why and you know why we got it wrong, we know, we know, we got it right
Chorus
Oh well,
is this a case, is this the case, is this a race, is this a test or
Chorus
Oh yes
I'm right and yes I'm wrong, yes I'm right and yes I'm wrong, no you're right
and no he's wrong, Mum and Dad shut up!
Shut
up! (x5)
Fetch me my Woman (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague/Nick Cudworth- 1971) (STRANGE LOCOMOTION)
Fetch me my woman
I just want her near me now
Don't want any any anybody else
Just want her near me now
Fetch me my woman
Want her right by my side, yes I do, yes I do
Got that long black hair
Keep a good boy satisfied
Fetch me my good girl
I know she understands, know she understands
Fetch me my good girl
She's mine she shows me the promised land
Fetch me my good girl
She's all I need to keep me satisfied
She got the long black hair alright
Never tries to take me for a ride, oh no
Fetch me my woman
So hot and smooth
She don't give anything, anything but love
Oh fetch me my woman, she's all I need (x3)
She left me today
Oh she has caused my heart to bleed
Oh fetch me my woman, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes
That'll fetch you woman
I'm down in the mire babe
Since you've not been around
Everybody's talking crazy at me
I think I'd better be homeward bound
She might be home today, tomorrow (x2)
She might be home today
Fetch me my woman
I know she wants me to have my way
Wants me to have my way
Fetch me my woman
Here she comes (x2)
She went up North
Just for a few days (x2)
But she never returned
I know she has her secret ways of teasing me
I'd rather be dead if she's gonna tease me
Any more, any more
She got her long black hair
I just can't stand the pain anymore, anymore
Fetch me my woman (x4)
All you men
I know she may be teasing me
Long black hair not pleasing me
Fetch me my woman (x2)
Oh, oh fetch me my woman right now
Fetch
me the Shadow (Kevin Coyne/Achim Goettert - 1999) (OPERA
FOR SYD, DREIEINIGKEITSKIRCHE)
Fetch me the
shadow, uh, the shadow (x4)
The corner
of the room in the shadow (x4)
Fetch me the
shadow (x3), the corner of the room (x4)
?? (repeat)
If I had a
wild woman tonight, I'd feel so good tonight
Everything
would touch me like the sun
If you've
got something on your mind, please tell me darling
Cause if you
don't, I'll be up in our ??
Sugar's got
me over, I'm getting sour by the hour
The milk is
curling on the stove
All I need
from you, that little precious hand I need, the tiger of your love
Everybody
knows emperor's got no clothes
Everybody
knows Paradise is a million miles away
But I'm gonna
tell you whatever you say
I'll see you
in the tea cake, I'll see you in the tea shop (x2)
I'll see you
drinking tea
Maria Callas
on speed, on speed, on speed, on speed
Fight
(poem) (Kevin Coyne - 1982) (POETRY
NIGHT)
We
used to sing as children do
We used
to dance and fight
We stood
for years waiting for something
And then
we got the night
And then
they gave him the light
And then
he said it was alright
That
tomorrow he'll smash somebody's face in
And the
we spoke as little Christians
And then
we spoke as the Pope and strong
And then
we smoked as nazzi Germany marching through the promised land
And the
he said: "I want to fight"
And then
there was a reason for him to be
He said
he knew me, he could really see
I was
small not like he
He was
strong in the audience
And said:
"I want to fight"
And then
they all wanted to fight
Everyone,
everyone, they gave the night
They
made themselves black and they made themselves white
But still
they said they wanted to fight
And I
was sad and I was broken down
I played
on this stage in this bloody town
A million
time seen ?? go up and down
And I've
seen Deutschland do the same
And I've
seen the very things you think you know
I've
seen every audience and every show
I've
been here before don't you know
But still
you want to fight
And you
ask me ??
Little
fat man someboy to rule
A child
of nineteen tellin me he knows my ??
Still
you want to fight
And why
do you fight?
Why do
you throw things?
Why do you
Still
you want to fight (repeat)
First time I Saw your Face (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague / Nick Cudworth - 1969) (SIREN)
First time I saw your face
Oh what a lovely face
What a face and what a smile
For me, yeah, yeah yeah
A wonderland of light and blue
Oh baby when I met you
What a smile and full of love
For me yeah yeah yeah
First time I saw your face
I saw that state of grace
A perfect dream just walking by
For me yeah, yeah, yeah
The finest dream for ever more
You opened all the doors
Now I know I have all your love and it's real
Yeah, yeah, yeah
First time I saw your face
I saw our first embrace
Held you close from across the room
And it was real
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You went on floating by
I saw that look in your eye
It was love and real love that I could feel
(repeat verses 1, 2 & 3)
(transcription by Jim Phelan - thanks)
Fish Brain (Kevin Coyne - 1991)
(WILD
TIGER LOVE)
Wandering
in your housecoat all around the house, seeing strange creatures, strange
litltle mice, it isn't very nice what you say, you're not from Mars anyway
Chorus:
Fish brain, you're dnving me mad, fish brain you're making me sad. (x2)
I'm going
to fetch a doctor in a long white coat, he'll come in the house and he's going
to gloat, he'll take you away for a year and a day, I'm finished with you,
you just can't stay
Chorus
You're
out in the garden wandering all around, strangling the cats, jumping up and
down, what are you doing now? Changing your hair, you're cutting it all off,
you just don't care
Chorus
I've
had enough of this, can't take anymore, you've left all your cornfakes over
the floor, you've smashed up the crockery, smashed down the door, I can't
take this no no more
Chorus
(x2)
Flashing
Back (Kevin
Coyne/Pete Kirtley - 1982) (PØLITICZ)
Flashing
back through the endless photographs
Such
faces and such memories, can't it be, can it be I'm just dreaming
I'm just
leaving, leaving the ground again
Flashing
back, I'm supposed to be so realistic, so objective, so realistic
It's
just a trick, a trick of the light on my eyes
I prefer
the lies, I prefer the air
Don't
call me a fool (you're a fool) (x2)
Take
your banners away from my eyes, take away your dogma and take away your lies
Don't
call me a fool (you're a fool), such a fool
Flashing
back, there were better times at last, it seems
I'm liaising
with my dreams
Closer
to the one I am
The floating,
the floating little man
Flashing
back
Don't
call me a fool, don't call (you're a fool), don't call me a fool (you're a
fool) don't call me a fool (you're a fool)
Take
her away (you're a fool) your prayer books and your strain
The things
you did again and again
When
I was so young
But now
I know I prefer to flash back
Sleeping
on the way I do
Maybe
that's the only truth
Flashing
back with you (you're a dreamer, you're a fool, you're a fool, you're a fool)
Flowering
Cherry (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague/Nick Cudworth -
1971?) (RABBITS)
(THE
CLUB RONDO)
Flowering
cherry, roses bloom
Sunlight
streaming into my room, Lord
Winter's
waning, Summer's new
I love
my baby, yes it's true
Chorus:
You know I'll always love you (x2)
You know
I'll always need you
You know
I'll always want you.
Summer
roaming through the park
Light
and brightness darling, no more dark
Flowering
cherry, love on fire
Baby
loves me
My desire
Chorus
You know
I'll always need you
You know
I'll always love you
You know
I'll always need you
You know
I'll always want you
Flowering
cherry, roses bloom
Sunlight
streaming into my room, Lord
Winter's
waining, Summer's new
I love
my baby, yes it's true, Lord
Yes it's
true, Lord, you know I do yes
Fly
(Kevin Coyne/Eugene Coyne - 2002) (SUGAR
CANDY TAXI)
I
was walking through some woodland place the other day, I saw lots of birds,
they were flying, wheeling away and the yellow beaks and the big black wings,
I saw the raven, what a terrible thing
And l
only want to fly, I want to flap my wings and fly away, fly away higher and
higher, swooping, see you walk and loop above you, swoop down on
you and sit on your shoulder
Swooping
down over my head, almost biting my hair with their crusty old beaks, those
dirty old birds, the grey feathers as they flaked and flapped, I saw the owl
watching me, the owl watching me
I only
really want to fly, lift up myself and fly away, higher and higher away, I
want to fly, lift up my wings and see you drift out down to meet you, lay
down my beak beside you
Speaking
of beaks, there was a big blue and purple beak, a parrot like bird that descended
down my chimney last night, it was very dark outside and I was very very very
scared
I only
want to fly, spread my wings and fly, send myself up high into the blue and
stare down on you, see you walking by, I saw you standing and flapped my wings
to fly and I ran, well I would land, sit myself beside you, beat
my wings on you
They
fade away into a grey sunset across the swampland, mosquitoes biting in the
moonlight, mist of time
One day
we will fly, one day we will certainly fly, one day we will fly in the bye
and bye
Fooled Again (Henri
Beck/Kevin Coyne - 1991) (WILD
TIGER LOVE)
This
is a lonesome town, so much you can buy, look in the windows at night, everything
catches your eye, there's a Donald Duck quacking on a string, there's a Mickey
Mouse, wonderful little cheery thing, the children they cry to you Daddy we
want it all, you've got no money to pay, you're in the trap and about to fall,
you could cry for yourself but you cry for your children too, you told them
this was paradise but this was not the truth
Chorus:
And it's a shame and it's sad, you've been cheated in the end and its a shame
and it's sad, you've been fooled again
Wishing
and worrying. How can you pay? Bills keep coming day after day, your children
are hungry, want all they see, it's strange my friend, you've become just
like me, one of the rat race, a media fool, it spins you round and round,
treats you cruel, it teases and cheats you, gets you every way, you can't
buy but you tell lies to get by in the end
Chorus
You're
joining the queue now, the big lost cause, bureaucracy gets you, closes the
doors, you're trying to smile now but it's hard it seems when the money machine
has cracked your dreams, what can you do now, be like me, live from day to
day, pain and mitsery, I'm wondering if there's a way buf I may find one one
day, let's get down and pray
Chorus
Fool,
Fool, Fool (Kevin Coyne - 1977) (BEAUTIFUL
EXTREMES 1974-1977)
Hey
hey hey
Now go
on, go on, go on home
Now I'm
tellin' you hey hey hey
Go on,
go on, go on, go on home
There's
a girl with her eyes like black rings
Flashing,
flashing big rings, big things, flashing rings
Go on
home
If you
stay here you're a fool, fool, fool
I said
hey hey hey
Creep
out, leave, leave, leave, get out that door
Hey hey
hey
Creep
out, creep out, creep out, leave, get out that door
Open
your bottle of whisky somewhere in the street
Your
nice friends, your posh friends, your friends, your friends will eat you alive
Go on
home
After all you know you know they're only gonna call you a fool fool fool
I said hey hey hey
Ooh it's cold, it's cold, it's cold out on the street
I said hey hey hey hey hey
Oh it's cold, it's cold, it's freezing out on the street
You must have been walking by the supermarkets
Lookin' at the shops, lookin' at the lights
Maybe a policeman will stop you
Maybe he'll trap you down
And he'll be the next one, the next one to call you a fool, fool, fool
I said hey hey hey
All the noise is just a dream
I said hey hey hey
The city's something of the dream
Safely tucked in bed with your head on a pillow marked with your name
Your wife's just made something nice
She's calling your name
So isn't that nice, isn't that nice?
Oh but still you're a fool, fool, fool
For
Angel Eyes (Robert Coyne/Kevin Coyne - 2002) (CARNIVAL)
Drifting
heart, across the sea, waiting for you and me, angel eyes shining out, everywhere,
everywhere,
Looking
for a new sunrise, a world where they don't tell lies, honesty, love for me,
everywhere, everywhere
I'm a
dreamer, I don't mind, I love you but you might find that sometimes I lose
my patience and lose my tolerance and start to scream
City
minds, city madness (x2)
I will
try in my way, to help you through the days, if I cause pain, if I cause pain,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
Looking
out on my world, I love you like no other girl, I' m wondering, I' m losing
control, am I losing, losing control?
It'
s just a dream, just a dream, such a dream, honey I, I mean it, when I say
I, I will try
City
mind, city madness (x4)
Forgive
Me (Robert Coyne/Kevin Coyne - 1999) (ROOM
FULL OF FOOLS)
Forgive
the way I dance, forgive my terrible pants, forgive my little red tie, forgive
my little white lies, forgive my crazy ways, forgive the salad days, forgive
the way I was, forgive me, I'm trying to change
Oh love
me love me love me if you will, love me love me love me give me a thrill,
oh love me love me love me if you will, oh love me love me
Forgive
the way I laugh, forgive the way I cough, forgive the way I stand, forgive
me when I squeeze your hand, forgive me I'm a little strong, forgive me I'm
sometimes wrong, forgive me I don't know where I'm going, forgive me, forgive
me
Love
me love me love me plese, love me love me love me, I'm down on my knees, love
me love me love me please, love me love me love me
Love
me love me love me please (x2), love me love me and please don't tease, love
me love me I'm down on my knes, love me, love me
Forgive
me for the way I sneeze, forgive me I like cheese, forgive me, oh please forgive
me
Forked
Lightning (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague/Nick Cudworth - 1971?) (RABBITS)
I've
seen forked lightning
I've
seen the moon red
Know
I love you baby
I might
as well be dead
You don't
love me
You just
want to put me down
Chorus:
You got me where you want me baby
Oh yeah
you got me tied.
Oh you
got me tied
I heard
all the excuses baby
They
don't mean a thing
Everytime
I think of you baby
I hear
a door bell ring
But you're
never there
When
I need you
You're
never there, oh no
Chorus
I guess
I should learn my lesson
Stop
playing the fool
But I
just can't stop it cause
I seem
to be your fool
I followed
you everywhere
Where
you go, I go too (oh it's true)
Chorus
I'm your
slave (x2)
Oh you
put me in the galley baby
And I
can't move, I can't move
I'm your
slave (x2)
Oh yeah
you know I can't move cause I'm your slave
Chorus
Yes I'm
your slave (x2)
I can't
move
You got
me in the galley and I can't move
I'm your
slave (x2) baby oh yeah
I'm right
Chorus
Well I don't
suppose I'll change
I don't
suppose I'll rearrange
I think
you got me trapped now
Formula
Eyes (Kevin Coyne - 1980) (SANITY
STOMP)
I
was talking to a little friend, a man in whites
He gave
me something, he said 'This will help your blight'
But it
wasn't a formula, it was something made of ice
It wasn't
so nice, those hateful formula eyes
He said
'This is a nightmare but it will come alright'
I said
'I don't see your reason' and he said he would turn off the lights
Unhappy
wisdom but it wasn't so right and he wasn't so wise with those hateful formula
eyes
He said
'I know you', he said 'I'll show you', he said 'I know you, stop screaming,
stop screaming'
I'm not
a child but I was half wild, terribly confused, was this another ruse?
Just
got me wailing to give me hands of ice, to create something terrible, those
hateful formula eyes
I don't
know now, listen to me go on, I don't know why I'm singing, what the hell
is this song?
Could
call it paranoia, could call it the strenght, could cause pain, those hateful
formula eyes
He said
'you know me', he said 'I'll love you', he didn't know me, stop screaming,
stop screaming
Frankie's Dream no.1
(Kevin Coyne - 1995) (CRAZY FRANK)
All my world turns luscious pink (x4), luscious pink (x8)
All my seas turn purple blue (x4), purple blue (x7), all my seas turn purple
blue
All my angels sing for me (x2), tralalala tralale (x2)
All my angels sing for me (x3), tralalala tralale
I hear voices late at night (x3), what's going to become of me? (x3)
Frankie's Dream no.2
(Kevin Coyne - 1995) (CRAZY FRANK)
I've got the whole world in my ears
I play a tune for everyone, I make a joke for everyone
I've got the whole world in my ears
No more nonsense, no more fears
I can read your mind it seems (x2)
I can tell you all your dreams, tell you the meaning of your dreams
I've got the whole world in my ears (x3)
No more nonsense, no more fears
I've got the whole world in my ears, no more nonsense no more fears
Sing a happy song, sing a joyous song, everybody sing along, sing a happy
song (x3)
I've got the whole world in my ears, no more nonsense, nor more fears (x2)
Fresh
and Vital (Kevin Coyne - 1990) (VERTIGO)
I don't
feel too fresh and vital today
I should
run away but I can't, I have to stay
I feel
neurotic, psychotic
I needed
a ?? but I can't afford it so
I'll
try and do my level best for you today
And I
could have been a superstar
But I
chose to be who I am
I was
offered jobs, I was offered various jobs
I could
have joined the Doors, you know (it's absolutly true)
But I
simply, I simply refused
I could
have been on the Virgin Record label for the rest of my life
If I
had cleaned Richard Branson's car and behaved and become a Thatcherite
But I
simply, I just simply refused
And I'm
really glad to be who I am
(Last
verse, thank God for this)
Now I
could have lived in Paris
I could
have met many famous women
But I'm
really rather shy
And I
always walked away
I'm a
loyal bastard in the end
And I
could have been a revolutionary
I could
have been somebody standing, somebody powerful
Somebody,
somebody you would have admired
But anyway,
I guess you admired me anyway
I'm really
glad to be who I am
Yes I'm
really glad just to be who I am
Fun
Flesh (Kevin Coyne/Pete Kirtley - 1982) (PØLITICZ)
In your
Palladian mansion
Black
swans on the lake
Staring
from the silken curtains
Hear
the laughter shake (x2)
See your
son, your little brat of a son
Shooting
down the sparrows
With
his daddy's golden arrows
While
you stand by just laughing
You're
perverse and old, you're perverse and old, you're perverse and old and old
and old
Old
Your
gloss lipped secretary just came into the room
Gave
you the latest news of the day
They're
letting down the tyres on your green limousine
They're
taking all the Champagne bottles away
But you're
still touching the fun flesh
Touching
the fun flesh, rifling through the fun flesh, touching the fun flesh
Touching,
yes you're touching, touching, yes you're touching
Touching
yourself daily
With
anguished memories, laughing inside, crying outside
Not sure
what to wish
You could
wish for a better life, eternal youth
But your
son gives it all to you, you say you've told him the truth
But he
is just a clone
He is
on his own
He is
just a clone and you're old, old, old
Your
rabid dogs might bite you
They're
old and they're blind
You've
treated them so cruelly
But you
don't mind
The golden
gorgeous dollies
What
a stupid word
But
you never realise the times have changed and you look so absurd
Touching
the fun flesh, riffling* through the fun flesh, touching the fun flesh
Touching,
yes you're touching, touching, yes you're touching, touching
You never
quite got to grips
With
a sedentary life
But now
your money and your legs fail you
And you've
nothing left to hold
But this
little boy with his little laugh
Who never
understood
Who never
ever will
Unless
you set him free
Where's
the remedy
Perverse
and old (x2)
God damn
this family
You may
see a vision
But I
don't suppose you will
Of another
life for you and your offspring
But you
are so bigoted
You keep
reading the books
Keep
sending for the mail order forms because you like to look
And you're
touching the fun flesh (all you do), you're touching the fun flesh, rifling,
rifling through the fun flesh, touching the fun flesh
Touching,
yes you're touching, touching, yes you're touching, not touching yourself
You never
touch yourself, you don't know yourself, you never touch yourself, it's all
in a book
Touching
the fun flesh, touching the fun flesh, women are fun flesh, women are fun
flesh
Women
are fun flesh, women are flu, flu, flu, flu flunkies, you fool
* Riffling: the 'i' sound suggests this instead of "rifling" - see http://www.thefreedictionary.com/riffling v.tr #2 (through e.g. books, which are mentioned later in the song) - a note by Martin.
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