KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - I
I
Believe (Kevin Coyne - 1990) (HALF
MOON 90)
Everybody
loves me but I don't love myself
It's
very strange feeling this way today
But
I don't worry, I don't ??
Long
as you don't put me down
Everybody
loves me but I don't love myself
This
guy just told me that it's not a very good thing
To
treat yourself like a bird with a crippled wing
You
should celebrate everything in your smile
Everybody
says: "Why don't you love yourself more?"
I
said ?? but what is more?
I
like a bit of pain, it's good to open the door
On
my creativity
Everybody
says: "You should be proud of yourself right now"
I
say it doesn't really matter, it doesn't matter anyhow
I'm
happy in my own little way and can't you see
I
believe in heaven and that's what changed me
I
believe in heaven now (x2)
And
everybody says: "You've gone a bit bonkers
Your
eyeballs have changed and you're always sober"
They
don't know, why should they?
I've
always been a big loony anyway
And
everybody says: "Kevin, hold on tight"
And
I do and I don't get worried anymore at night
Cause sometimes
night is a marvelous flight into heaven
And
everybody says: "You may feel bad"
All
I say is I sometimes feel bad and a little mad
This
is the best feeling that I ever had
This
very moment in time
I
believe in heaven now, in heaven right now, in heaven
right now
And
everybody says: "Take him to the hospital
Put
him in a van, lock him away"
And
everybody says: "He's too excited
His
hand won't stop moving
What's
wrong?"
And
everybody says: "He's going crazy"
I
say no, I'm alright
And
everybody says: "Hold on Kevin"
I
say I'm holding on and I'm holding on tight
Cause
I believe in heaven right now
Yes
it's here right now
Heaven's
here right now
I
Believe in Love (Kevin Coyne - 1974) (BLAME
IT ON THE NIGHT)
Heaven
is here - so sharp
Lightening
up that awful dark
Building
dreams that are turning real - oh so real
Dark
days creep away
I'm
on the road to Mandalay
One
hug and kiss and I begin to fall down
In
silent prayer
Honey I believe in love (x3)
Believe
in love (x2)
I was so lonely all the time
Now
I've found words that rhyme
No
cliches, I'm running wild
I'm
a poet
I can sing better than before
The
black dog has left my door
Hear my voice searing through the clouds
And
high unto hills
Honey I believe in love (x3)
Believe
in love (x2)
Honey
I believe in love (x3)
Believe
in love, believe in love
Honey
honey honey I believe in love (x2)
Honey
I believe in love
Believe
in love (x2)
Honey
I believe in love (x3)
I
Believe in the Man Upstairs (Kevin Coyne/Brendan Croker - 2002)
(SPIRIT
OF 66)
There's
a little place
It's
in my heart
For
a love like yours
And
I know we'll never part
We'll
never part, yes it's true
I
believe in God when I see a girl like you
I
was alone, stone alone
I
didn't have a friend
Wandering
from street to street
I
didn't have a friend
I
believe in God in my own way when I see a girl like you
I
was severly mental
I
??
I'm
sentimental and all ashamed
I
hear your voice on the wires every day
I
know this feeling so divine, will never go away
Time
runs away (x2)
But
I don't care
We'll
last forever, I've been told
You
??
Celebration,
such a celebration
I
will never forget
Such
a celebration, such jubilation
I
will never forget
I
believe in the man upstairs, I've got no regrets
I
believe in God now
I
believe in the man upstairs, I've got no regrets
You'll
love me forever
I
believe in the man upstairs, I've got no regrets
I've
got no regrets
I
Believe it (Kevin Coyne - 2000) (THE
SKY GOES ALL THE WAY HOME)
I
can see the big blue bird
Smiling
at me, it's seems absurd
He
has a golden key in his beak
It's
been there for weeks and weeks
He
says it's for a train, a train I'll catch
Sailing
over the ??
Up
through a golden hole in the sky
I'm
going up to the by and by
I
believe it (x6)
I
can do it, I believe it
The
station master waits for me
He
has a nose like a rasberry
He
waves a flag that's yellow and blue
He
smiles at me, he smiles at you
All
aboard!
I believe
it (x2)
We can go
there, I believe it
I believe
it (x4)
I've got a
monkey who lives with me
He wears a
funny hat like a cherry
He runs around
my living room
Shouts: "Hold
on Kevin, you'll be going there soon"
He helps me
with my dreams (x2)
I believe
it (x8)
I'm a little
mixed up it seems
Somebody said:
"Why don't you just scream?
All these
funny words that come in your head
Go up the
stairs and go to bed"
I say I can
see all the things I say
I see them
almost every day
But you don't
see them, you don't understand
But you're
not magic
You're
not magic (x2)
I believe
it (x4)
I
Can See (Kevin Coyne - 1990) (WOLVERHAMPTON)
I
can see, I can see
I
can see, I can really see
I
can see, I can see
I
can see, I can really see
There's
nothing there, there's nothing there at all
There's
nothing there, nothing there at all
I
can look, I got those eyes (x6)
I
can look, I can look, I got those eyes
There's
nothing there, there's nothing there at all (x2)
I
keep hoping, I keep hoping one day it will come, one day it will come (x4)
There's
nothing there, there's nothing there at all (x2)
If
I could fly, if I could fly, I'd get a helicopter and fly away (x2)
There's
nothing there, there's nothing there at all
There's
nothing there, nothing there at all
Give
me a chance, give me a chance to lift my weary spirits up to the sky (x2)
Maybe
I can fly, maybe I can fly away
Maybe
I can fly into the wind
So
it's one more time, one more time, I'm felling better now
Yes
it's one more time, optimistic, I'm felling much better now
Alleluia,
there's something come my way
Alleluia,
something coming my way (x2)
Something
coming my way
I
got a better me (repeat)
Alleluia,
someone set me free (x2)
I
Can't Make It (Kevin Coyne - 1999) (ROOM
FULL OF FOOLS)
White walls
and red tiles, that's it, sea birds with their laughing beaks and little blacklirds
picking up bits and pieces from the floor, you and I sitting on that same
old, green bench, watching everything, laughing at things, secret jokes, lots
of secret jokes we had, and more by the time when you said, "Kevin you're
just a little mad, stop talking about these things. Get yourself together,
get a prober job." I said, "What is a prober job?" you said, "Something to
do with artillery or making walls or building balloons or blowing up balloons,
something physical", I said...
I can't do
it, I can t make it, I can't do it and I can't make it, I can't crack it,
I can't break it, this mood I'm in, I can 't shake it, I can 't shake it,
won 't go away, won 't go away
Maybe I'm
idle. Day after day I want to do things but I can't do things and that leads
to me be rather frustrated and sitting enjoying nothing and watching the grey
sea and waiting for you to bring in the tea, the cakes, those cream cakes
with that orange coloured jam and placing them on the table and laughing as
you do it and saying "You lazy, lazy little man"
I can't do
it, I can't make it, I can't crack it, I can 't break it, I can't do it, I
can 't make it, I can 't crack it, I can 't break it, I can 't make it, I
can 't make it, I can 't make it
I
Confess (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (BABBLE)
I
confess that I killed the cat
That
cat was speckled and fat
It was
an angry cat
But I
thought it was laughing
I confess
that I hit my brother
Then
I trapped my mother
And then
I struck my sister
Her
nose was bleeding
I confessed
to the priest one day
He said
undress your soul and go away
I undressed
and what did he say
He started
his laughing
I recall
a big black bird
Flapping
his wings
The sound
was heard over the town
As he
pounced on me
I wasn't
breathing
Chorus:
I did it, I said it, I did it, I said it all the time (x2)
I've
cried a million tears
I'v e
been crying through the years
Too many
wines and too much beer
I'm feeling
dozy
I know
that I'm not the one
I'm
a rebel and a rebel is alone
Wherever
you go you'll find the same
They're
always breeding
And you
reach out and you say that you're mine
You make
me much better
And I'm
waiting on time
For the
time come when I feel like you
So optimistic
I confess
I killed the cat
That
cat was speckled and fat
Oh it
was an angry cat
It was
laughing
Chorus
I
Couldn't Love You
(Hans Pukke/Kevin Coyne
- 1988) (EVERYBODY'S
NAKED)
I
couldn't love you anymore than I do (spoken twice)
Hey honey
it's me on your street
Waltzing
around, kicking up my feet
That's
you waving from your door
I couldn't
love you anymore
It feels
good to be back home, I know you've been alone
Chorus:
I couldn't love you anymore than I do (four times).
Hey honey,
who's talking to me?
Seems
to be the neighbours are watching
But I
feel free to kiss and hug you all down the road
Your
mine, your mine and everybody knows
I know
you've been alone but now I'm really home
Chorus
(four times)
I know
you've been alone but now I'm really home
Chorus
(six times)
I love you, love you so, love you everywhere I go
You're
on my mind, on my mind, on my mind, on my mind
I
Drove your Car (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague/Ferguson - 1969-70) (LET'S
DO IT)
I
drove your car yesterday and I hoped that it would go so fast
That
the petrol wouldn't last till the town but it did, baby
I
hoped that I would die before I reached the town and the sound of the people
But
I arrived in town, my little darling, went outside to do some shopping
Collecting
my new suit from the tailor, oh what a sight it was
It
felt so nice
Returned
to the car park, drove outide
Looking
for a place to hide, I crept at 30 miles an hour through the back streets
of the town
But
your face was there beside me, sitting in the car
Saying
nice things about the suit I wore
That
I just bought
Holding
the parcels I'd just discarded, saying nice things
So
the car moved slowly to our home in the country
So
slow that the birds could sit on the roof and sing little country songs
And
when I got home you said to me: "Did you have a nice journey?"
Oiled
the engine with a little golden tin you called your special thing
And
dusted the boot with a brush I bought you for your birthday
I
felt so guilty, so awfully guilty
Now we sit
at the table, eating things I bought in town
And my new
suit creaks like it's just been bought
I weave a
spell of lies about the friends I met in town
And you hurry
with your diner cause you've got to be around
At your closest
friend's very soon
To tell her
all the news
But the greatest
news would be that I was free for just three hours in town today
If
Only (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague/Nick Cudworth - 1970) (THE
CLUB RONDO)
I have a house in the country, it's very nice
It's a got a lot of little towels and there's rooms all around
Andthe bathrooms are very nice
And there's palm trees in the garden and there's pear trees
on the lawn
And I wear a velvet coat, on my head is a shawl
Now the local villagers, they are not content with me
They think I am a monster, a man from another land
They think my mother was a witch
And she went hand in hand with the Devil on a Saturday night
They think I keep bells in my larder and ?? in my maze
And they like to see my rooms at night when they're all in
bed
The curious folk, they have a strange sense of fear
Now the villagers are hazy, they do not really know me well
They don't realize I'm lonely, I'm as lonely as Hell
But I count my candelabra and I polish at my shoes
And dream of friendly faces bringing me good news
If I only had a gardener, he would be able to clip my hedge
If I only had a buttler, he would answer my mail
If I only had a maid, she could bring me tea in my great
big brass bed
If I only had just a little time, I'd make friends with all
the villagers
And invite them to tea (x2)
To come and see that I'm quite well
I mean no-one no harm and my father and my mother
Who live somewhere below are quite well
And that my sister who they thought went away to America
is really quite well
If I could only get into touch with people
If I could only get in touch with people (x2)
I
Got a Feeling (Kevin Coyne/Brendan Croker - 2002) (SPIRIT
OF 66)
I
got a feeling you won't let me down (x2)
Your
blonde hair driving me wild
I
got a feeling you'll never let me down (x2)
I
got a feeling, I got a feeling you'll never let me down
I
gotta move, I wanna dance
I
gotta move, I just wanna dance
I'm
in the mood, I just wanna dance
Yes
I'm in the mood, I just wanna dance
I got a feeling
you'll never let me down (x3)
Come on dance
(x2)
Everybody
dance
I'm almost
59 but I can still dance
You'll
never let me down (x2)
You'll
never let us down (x4)
You
know you've got to dance (x8)
You'll
never let me down (x2)
You
... don't let me down
You'll
never let me down (x2)
Never
let me down
This
feeling will never let me down
I
feel like the King of Egypt. You know why? Because the
feeling in my heart and in my soul, it'll never let me down. Also, I feel
like the King of Russia, I don't really feel like the King of Russia. I feel
like Leonid Brejnev on a bad night. Let's face it: I'm just getting old, with
all those emotions going through my head and all I'm saying is
I'm
not dead, I'm not dead
I've got it all in my head
Well
I'm not dead, well, I'm not dead
I've
got it all in my head
Well
I'm not dead, I've got it all in my head
You
got it all in your head
And
you know you're not dead
You
got to feel alright (x4)
You're
not dead, you're very much alive
I
Had a Girl (Kevin Coyne? - 1994) (LEEDS
94 )
Chorus:
I had a girl, Dona was her name
Since
she's been gone, I never felt the same
I loved
a girl, Dona where can you be?
It was
down in Darby Coop in 1958. You were standing by the ?? and I said: "??
you later". We had a big problem: you didn't love me. But I worshipped
after you you know ?? (...)
I met
you down at the Coop in 1958, then I saw you standing by the ?? so I said:
"?? you later". You said to me: "You're not good enough for
me"; I said: "I will do, one day, we'll marry and we'll find a little
house and live together" ; you said: "No way".
Your
mother said "No", father said "No"
He's
not posh enough for us
Don't
have a TV and they don't have a car
And his
father goes to work on a bus
(...)
Chorus
I hear
you're married an insurance salesman and he's out of work
He voted
for Margaret Thatcher, the fucking ??
Serves
you right, you could have lived with and loved and I'm missing everything
Still,
never mind oh
Your
mother said "No", your father said "No"
He's
not posh enough for us
Don't
have a TV and they don't have a car
And his
father goes to work on a bus
Serves
you right, I can see you now
Surrounded
by children
And him
fiddling with his ??
Waiting
for a fresh pair to be ironed
All these
little problems you know, ??
And I
was hurt when he said
"You
know, ??
??
Your
father said "No", your mother said "No"
He's
not posh enough for us
They
don't have a TV and they don't have a car
And his
father goes to work on a bus
I had
a girl, Dona was her name
Since
she's been gone, I never felt the same
I loved
a girl, Dona, you're still with me wherever I go
You were
standing on the bottom of the bed last night
The vision
is with me every day
I love
you
I love
you too Kevin
I
Heard you (Robert Coyne/Kevin Coyne - 2002) (CARNIVAL)
I
heard you, I think I heard you, I'm sure I heard you, was it you?
I heard
you, calling, calling, calling, crawling, calling very loud it seemed, echoing
across the dance floor
I heard
you, I'm convinced I heard you, I believe it was you I heard, I' m sure it
was you I heard, I heard you (x2)
Was it
you? (x6), somebody else maybe, echoing across that dance floor, that day,
last week, I think it was last week, was it the week before?
I
Hear Voices (Kevin Coyne - 2004) (DONUT
CITY )
I
live by the wishing well (2x)
Dreams
through my brain, dreams through this mind, I live by the wishing well
I hear
voices late at night (2x)
I hear
the voices, they chatter in my ear, I hear voices late at night
I hear
the flames they crackle and burn (2x)
They're
tall as the trees, the great big trees, tall as the trees in my head
I follow
strange strange ideas (2x)
Fantasies
I have that make me sometimes laugh, I have these strange strange ideas
So tell
me which way I have to be, must I be like you and not me, tell me the way
I have to be, must I be like you and not me, I want to be with you, I want
to fit in (3x)
That's
what I want to do, I don't want to stand out, I don't want to be a stranger,
I don't want to be different, I want to fit in, I don't want to be a stranger,
I don't want to be different
I
Know who you are (Kevin Coyne/Brendan Croker - 2002) (LIFE
IS ALMOST WONDERFUL)
Chorus:
I know who you are, you know who I am, we don't know each other at all
You think
I'm sexy and I think you're chic, we don't know each other at all.
I live
in my house, you live in your house, through life we both stoically crawl
I know
who you are, you know who I am, we don't know each other at all
Chorus
I live
in my house, you live in your house, through life we both stoically crawl
I know
who I am, you know who you are, we don't know each other at all
We don't
know each other at all (x2)
I
Like to Boogie (Kevin Coyne - 1990) (VERTIGO)
I
like to boogie (x2) ??
I
like to boogie, I'll tell you when: on a Saturday night
I
like to boogie (x3)
On
a Saturday night
I
had a good time
When
I was fourteen I used to be a rebel but I'm changed I'm changed I'm changed
I'm changed now
I
like to boogie (x3)
On
a Saturday night
I
like to boogie (x3)
On
a Saturday night
This
is a tribute to Marc Bolan. Really, seriously. So if you're here Mark, we're
gonna sing along now cause I just want to take it all away, singing something
really silly and forgetting all this non sense about fat girls and psychotics
and depressives and Margaret Thatcher and all this non sense cause I really
think if Marc Bolan was here today, he'd be a pain in the ass. He was a great
poet, I don't think. This is a tribute to Marky Boy and one more time, all
together
I
like to boogie (x3)
On
a Saturday night
I
like to boogie (x3)
On
a Saturday night
I like to boogie (x3)
Space age couple, why don't you flex your magic muscles, why don't you cultivate
the grounds, you're the only ones around
Space age couple, why don't you flex your magic muscles, why don't you cultivate
the grounds, why don't you just do that
There you are, all in one: little tribute to Captain Beefheart at the very
end and a little before then Marc Bolan
I like to boogie (x3) on a Saturday night
(repeat)
I've always liked to boogie and I will till I'm ninety five
I'll
Go too (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (MILLIONAIRES
AND TEDDY BEARS)
Little
white hands in the atomic night
The face
of the future so clear and bright
There's
leopards leaping before your eyes
See your
face so clear and wise
Chorus:
Oh oh oh oh, I'll go too (x2)
You run
down your garden, there's someone there
She's
got white hands and long blonde hair
Now naked
laughter is no more a sin
So enjoy
yourself and jump on in
Chorus
You're
dancing there on a spiky lawn
You're
singing past midnight until dawn
It feels
so good, good to be alive
I had
a vision of this in 1955 (and it's coming true)
Chorus
Come
round my house, we'll have some fun
You can
dance on the tables and fire your guns
They're
just rubber bullets, won't cause no pain
You'll
laugh and love again and again (you're in heaven)
Chorus
I'll
Keep on (Where Did she Go?) (Kevin
Coyne - 1982) (PUTNEY,
DEC 26 1982 )
I've
been waiting for Christmas, waiting for a line
Waiting for
a perfect ??, a perfect wife
Chorus:
Where did she go? (x4)
Waiting
for an angel every day
Sometimes
reams it flies, it flies
Chorus
Well
all over the world, I'm a big pop star
Sometimes
they told me I wouldn't go far
Chorus
Well
I've been a socialist and I love peace
??
Where
have these ideals gone?
Where
have these big ideals gone?
?? because
I'm still alone
Some
get drunk and some fall down
Some
?? want their crown
Oh I'll
carry on
Oh you
know I'll carry on
Just
an institution ?? dead and gone
Just
an institution but I'll carry on
Just
an institution but I'll probably carry on
??
I'll
Never Change (Kevin Coyne/Christopher Strubl & Van Bluus -
1986) (VAN
BLUUS)
What
you're gonna do tonight sitting
in the dark?
What
you're gonna do tonight surrounded by sharks?
What
you're gonna do tonight sitting
all alone?
I suppose
you'll sit and just get stoned on your own
Chorus:
I'll never change, worrying about you
I'll
never change, all I can do
I'll
never change, worrying about you
I'll
never change, all I can do
I said
honey, I'll never ever change.
What
you're gonna do tonight now I'm gone?
What
you're gonna do tonight now I'm not home?
What
you're gonna do tonight? Gonna lock your door
What
you're gonna do tonight? can't take anymore, lock your door cause
Chorus
What
you're gonna do tonight? Nobody's near
What
you're gonna do tonight if you scream, who will hear?
What
you're gonna do tonight when those noises start?
What
you're gonna do tonight, will you fall apart without me?
Chorus
I'll
Never Change (alternate take) (Kevin Coyne/Christopher Strubl &
Van Bluus - 1986) (VAN
BLUUS) (Shows how Kevin will change the lyrics from one take to another...)
What
you're gonna do tonight on your own?
What
you're gonna do all alone?
What
you're gonna do tonight sitting
in the dark?
What
you're gonna do tonight surrounded by those sharks?
Chorus:
I'll never change, worrying about you
I'll
never change, that's all I can do
I'll
never change, worrying about you
I'll
never change,that's all I can do
I said
honey, I can never ever change.
What
you're gonna do tonight now I'm gone?
What
you're gonna do tonight now I'm not the one?
What
you're gonna do tonight with your new boyfriend?
What
you're gonna do tonight, tell him that it's the end?
Cause
you know that
Chorus
What
you're gonna do tonight all alone?
What
you're gonna do tonight sitting
on your own?
What
you're gonna do tonight in the dark?
What
you're gonna do tonight surrounded
by sharks, so many there?
Chorus
I
Love Everyone In My Way (Kevin Coyne - 1982) (LIESTAL
PALAZZO,)
I
was talking to my best friend only the other day
He
gave me some good advice, this is what he said:
You
have no problems, it's all in your mind
He
gave me some advice, that man was really kind
I
loved him and I touched him, I told him I was right
But
he told me I was wrong, then we had a fight
I
was concerned that he really loved me
I
was concerned he was my friend
Then
he hit me over the head with a brick
He
wasn't really my friend
I
love everyone in my way (x2)
Well I love
everyone in my little way
I love
everyone in my way
Chorus:
I love everyone in my way (x2)
I love
everyone, I love everyone
I love
everyone in my way (x2).
Chorus
Now there's
something people I meet in life they have a problem too
They
get hold of me and they tell me what to do
They
say: "You've got to be a popstar, a rock'n'roll hero"
But look
around you now, is this the way to go?
Chorus
I
Love my Mother (Kevin Coyne/Andy Summers - 1976) (HEARTBURN)
You
say and I say that love's alright, love's alright
I give
and you give that special light, a special light
Arm in
arm, arm in arm against the night, the darkest night
We say
we know, I suppose we know
But something's
not right, something's not right
Chorus:
I love my mother yes I do, oh I love her so
I love
my mother, yes I do, yes I do
We speak
and we sqeak, we don't mean a word, don't mean a word
You're
leaving, you're deceiving is so absurd, is so absurd
You mean nothing,
you say nothing
And I want
to fly, I want to leave
I won't grieve,
you won't deceive me
No, I'll
be there, be there
Chorus
Telling
you
A vacant
beach out of reach and no-one there, no-one care
Expensive
house with a little mouse
That
says he's there, he's always there
He knows
he needs and he's got to feed
On something
new, what can he do?
You've
left him here, you've gone my dear
And I
want to got but she really knows
Chorus
Oh I'm
telling you
I'm
A Girl (Kevin Coyne - 1979)
(ELVIRA
)
Elvira,
I hear you, you don't hear me, I hear you, you're talking to me
I'm a
boy, I'm a boy (x3) you're not supposed to talk to me
I hear
you boy, I hear you talking, I hear your laughter and I'm going
to talk to you
I hear
you, and I hear your swearing, I hear your cursing, you can hold me if you
like
I'm a
girl, I'm a girl (x2)
It' nice
to touch, it's nice to say, it's nice to hold each other this way, it's nice
to fall in love they say, that's love, that's love, that's love
But
somebody's going to take it away, somebody's going to wash it all away, at
least that's what my father keeps saying
Girls
don't have any brain (x3)
I'm a
girl, I'm a girl etc., and I've got a brain
I'm
All Aching (Kevin Coyne/Nick Cudworth - 1971) (STRANGE
LOCOMOTION
I'm
all aching baby
But
baby I'm leaving you
You
know I've got to fly tonight
Rush
from the anger
The
sadness and the lies
Only
now I hear you sigh, hear you sigh
Showing
too much pain baby
Was
a thing we never did
Now
I know I was a fool
Loosing
you meant the end of all I ever had
Crushed
our sweetness
Turned
it sour, turned it bad
And
I know, and I know
I'm
all aching baby
But
darling I'm leaving you
You
know I've got to fly tonight
Loosing
you meant the end of all I ever had
Crushed
our sweetness
Turned
it sour, turned it bad
And
I know, yes I know
If
I could speak to you
Baby
without fear
Talk
with warmth instead of tears
Though
we're both wrong darling
We
will go on and on
Because
no-one they want to loose
I'm
all aching baby
But
baby I'm leaving you
You
know I've got to fly tonight
I'm
a Lonely Little Boy (Kevin Coyne - 1988) (PARADISO)
I
said I'm looking for Paradise, money floatting down from the sky
Lots
and lots of nice things, lots and lots of ??
Millions
and millions and millions of smiles
I'm a
lonely little boy down here, a lonely little boy down here
My house
full of fear and I have a lot of bear and I'm a lonely little boy down here
I'm a
lonely little boy down here, I'm a lonely little boy down here
I'm a lonely little boy, I'm a lonely little boy
I'm
Alright Here (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague/Nick Cudworth - 1970) (THE
CLUB RONDO)
Well you'd better leave me alone here
I don't want to hear you no more
I'm alright where I am
Leave me here and don't bother me no more
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright here
You'd better not bother me with your shouting
Your noise is all in my ears
I don't want to hear your rattle and your taunting
I don't want to hear your boos and your cheers
I'm alright by myself, I'm alright, I'm alright here
Well the world seems a great bundle of noise
It's a fact woman I ain't got no choice
But now I found a little place where I can be
Oh it's quiet and it's right by the sea
Don't bother me baby, I'm alright here, I'm alone
I'm on my own, oh yes
I could do anything I want here
I can play in the sand all day and throw stones at the sea
gulls as they float by and pull grass up and kick sand about and oh wear my
swimming trunks and wear wellingtons when I want to and oh yes I can play
marbles now cause nobody can say I'm not a child and I don't have to conform
to any regulation, patterns of so-called behaviour and I'm very happy here,
I've got a nice little house and it's got no light but who needs electric
light and I don't really drink water anymore so I'm not bothered about the
lack of a tap and I'm so happy here you know, the city is... is so boring
really, basicaly and a lot of people tell me that I'm a fool and I want to
go, you know, somewhere special where people like me go but never mind I'm
happy kicking around in the sand and pulling up the grass and speeding at
the cows and trapping blue waffles in jam jars anyway
Oh don't you bother me here
I have nothing to fear now
I'm as happy as a little boy
I'm clapping my hands and I'm full of joy
Don't you bother me, don't you bother me now
Oh no!
Well I'm as happy as I can be
I'm living in a little house by the sea
And I don't have no uncles or aunties bothering me, no
Oh there's no big wheels and I don't have to feel my way
around
So here you are, the solutions to your problems is my solution
to my problem, that is leave if you have to or go away somewhere and maybe
preferably by the sea but if you can find a high tower, go there and sit on
the top and let the wind strike you in the face or if you like you can go...
well underground yes where it's well heated and you know there's plenty of
light and you know, all the rest of those nice things that go with, anyway,
freedom or something like that, anyway I'm going now, I'm going back to deal
with the sand and the grass and the cows and of course there's the lobsters
to contend with and here we go and goodnight everybody and...
I'm
Going (Kevin Coyne/Nick Cudworth - 1969-70) (LET'S
DO IT)
Give
out a light, shine up the night
Make
it so bright cause I'm going
Put me
on a plane, send me to a train
I've
got a weary brain so I'm going
Anywhere
you like, I don't really mind
Anywhere
you like honey, I don't really mind
Just
make it plain, no-one's to blame, no-one's to blame
I'm going
There's
far too much pain, seen too much rain
I've
got nothing to gain
So I'm
going
I know
you don't mind but I try to be kind
Really
been blind so I'm going
Anywhere
you like, I don't really mind
Anywhere
you like baby, I don't really mind
Just
make it plain, no-one's to blame, no-one's to blame
I'm going
Here's
to our love, there's black clouds above
I've
had enough so I'm going
You could
drop a line though I don't really mind
If you
don't drop a line cause I'm going
Anywhere
you like, I don't really mind
Anywhere
you like babe, I don't really mind
Just
make it plain, no-one's to blame, no-one's to blame
I'm going
I'm off
through the town, ?? with frowns
You put
me down so I'm going
Live
and let live, you've nothing to give
You were
mine and not his so I'm going
It's
anywhere you like, I don't really mind
Anywhere
you like babe, I don't really mind
Just
make it plain, no-one's to blame, no-one's to blame
I'm going
I'm
Gonna Try to Make you Love Me (Kevin
Coyne - 1999) (REX
99)
Nobody
loves me, they don't know my name
Everybody
says: "The little Kevin's to blame
He
live in a house, it's a very strange one
Sometimes
he screams, he doesn't have much fun"
But
I'm gonna try to make you love me
I'm gonna
try to make you love me
"Well
he's talking to strangers and he doesn't know where to go
Sometimes
he's going, sometimes 'Ahh!' and sometimes he's slow
And he's
worried and he's carring, he's always in the dark
He's
in a big fat world with big fat sharks"
I'm worry,
I hope that you love me
Just
a little worry, I hope that you love me
"Well
he's into little funy now, he gets funnier all the time"
I get fifty-five
years old and nothing seems to rhyme
But I
want one thing I wanted all my life
I want
that little bungalow with a little fat wife
I just
want you, I want you to love me
I want
you honey, I want you to love me
Well
I'm out in your town
And I'm
lost and alone
I'm down
on the settee
And I'm
stinking and I'm stoned
And I'm
looking at the TV
There's
really nothing on
I've
searched all my life just for a little bit of fun
All I
want is for you to love me (x4)
That's
all I really want from you
I'm
into your Game (Kevin Coyne - 1999) (SUGAR
CANDY TAXI
)
Well
I just called somebody far away, she said she loves me so much, I don't believe
a word she said but I...
Oh
honey I'm into your game
I called
a faceless number in Berlin, a number in the city of sin
Oh honey
I'm into your game
It's
a long long way, a long long way from home, I'm sitting on the settee sleepy
and stoned
Oh honey
I'm into your game, I'm into your, I'm into your, I'm into your endless endless
expensive game
I keep
on ringing, I do it almost every night, I must be so lonely, you're only my
only little light
Honey,
I'm into your game
When
the telephone bill it arrives, I shall scream, I'll shout "It's a rip off"
but I don't mind cause I'm into your game
It's
steamy and it's hot and I'm all alone, you're whispering something naughty,
oh keep on and on yeah
Oh honey
I'm into your game, I'm into your, I'm into your, I'm into your game
I don't
even know your name, I like what you say, I'm into your game
I'm into
your game, I'm into your game
I'm into
it, I'm into it for life, I'm into it, I'm into it for life, I'm into it,
I'm into your game, I'm into your game
Talk
to me, that's nice, now you're so sweet, do you really want to do that? Do
you really want to do that? That's wonderful, I'm into your game
I
Miss you (Kevin Coyne - 2001) (GIESSEN)
Everybody
knows the sun never goes down
Everybody
knows that I cry sometimes
Everybody
knows I get heavy, I get blue
Everybody
knows that I miss you
I
miss you honey, I really do (x2)
Her
little chinese eyes, I miss them too
Honey,
honey honey, I miss you
And
everybody says that our love was dead
I
will tell them that it was a lie (x2)
Cause
I wonder why I still feel the same
I
love the sound of your lovely name
Honey
honey I miss you (x2)
Honey,
honey honey honey, I'll always miss you
I'm
Just a Man (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (MILLIONAIRES
AND TEDDY BEARS)
It's
not that I want to say anything that hurts you or demeans you
It's
not that I want to say anything that will even make you cry for a minute or
an hour or a day
I just
want you any way to understand I'm just a man in love with you, you
Well
it's not that I want to hold you to ransom with foolish lies or lies and eyes
And tie
you down, it's not that and
It's
not that Iwant to even marry you because marrying you would mean that I'd
have to chain you, not choose you, chain you, not choose you
I love
you and that is all I want to say and I've never wanted to say anything any
other way, that the way I'm saying it now, this is the way I really feel
And
if I sound a little confused, it's because I'm all feeling for you
Can you
understand?
Well
it's not that I want to say that it'll last forever and that we'll be in that
never-never land where things always go right
Cause
in my experiene the light can turn a little dark when tongues have been sharpened
Things
have been said that were wrong and it's not that I want to say I've got a
solution cause I don't have a solution and I sometimes don't have a notion
as to whether I mean what I say but I mean it now, I mean it now, yes I
I always
will if you let me do it but if I don't do it then it's not my fault cause
I love you so much and I'm keeping it up forever if I can, I'm just a man
and I love you
I love
you, yes I love you
I'm
Normal (Kevin Coyne - 1975?) (POSTAULA
long version)
He
hurt me again, cause so much pain
He's
laughing at my trousers, and my shoes and my brain
There's
nothing wrong with me, I'm normal can't you see
I'm normal,
I'm normal, I'm normal ??
He's
laughing at me, she's laughing at me, he's laughing at me, he's laughing at
me,
And I'm
normal, and I'm normal, I'm normal, I'm normal, I'm normal
She's
laughing at me, he's laughing at me, he's laughing at me
I'm normal,
I'm like anyone else
Impossible
Child (Hans Pukke/Kevin Coyne - 1990) (ROMANCE
ROMANCE )
Just
twenty one and he's got to learn
The
heart
Ragged and
restless, rolling and tumbling
Dancing on
the tables in a hotel bar
Telling
everybody that he's the big boy
Telling
everybody that he's a star
Nobody
believes him, comes his money around
Proving
everything to everybody he can
Everybody
knows that he's just a boy
He's
impossible, he's not really a man
Moonlight,
he's gone crazy
Midnight,
brings on fire
Moonlight,
he's going bad now, bader than bader than bader than bad
Moonlight,
he's gone crazy
Midnight,
head's on fire
Moonlight,
he's going bad now, everybody says he's an impossible child
Looking
and talking, tumbling and laughing
Everybody
says that he's really a clown
Nobody
sees that he's really crying
Sometimes
he's pitiful, sometimes he's down
His
little girlfriend she stands in the corner
Everything
he got she celebrates
Now
she's getting crazy in the head now
She's
going ??, she just can't wait
I
said midnight, he's gone crazy
Moonlight,
head's on fire
Midnight,
he's getting bad now, bader than bader than bader than bad
Midnight,
he's gone crazy
Moonlight,
head's on fire
Midnight,
he's going bad now, everybody says he's an impossible child
Midnight,
he's gone crazy
Moonlight,
head's on fire
Midnight,
he's going bad now, bader than bader than bader than bad
Midnight,
he's gone crazy
Moonlight,
head's on fire
Midnight,
he's going bad now, everybody says he's an impossible child
Struggling
and tumbling, rolling and rocking
Reeling
and rolling down the road at night
His
girl friend's with him, his girl friend's holding on
He's
looking bad, he's looking out a sight
Policeman
comes and stops him and holds him
??
He
says I am a crazy lunatic, I am the chosen one
Midnight,
going crazy
Midnight,
head's on fire
Midnight,
feeling bad now, bader than bader than bader than bad
Midnight,
going crazy
Midnight,
head's on fire
Midnight,
going bad now, everybody says he's an impossible child
Midnight,
going crazy
Midnight,
head's on fire
Moonlight,
feeling bad now, bader than bader than bader than bad
Midnight,
going crazy
Midnight,
head's on fire
Midnight,
feeling bad now, everybody says he's an impossible child
I'm
so Happy (Kevin Coyne/Nick Cudworth - 1969-70) (LET'S
DO IT)
I'm
so happy, bouncing like a baby boy (x2)
Trouble's
all gone, life's full of joy
Standing
on a corner, I'm clapping my hands (x2)
I'm
so happy, I hope you all understand
Got
no problems, ackes all out of my head (x2)
Just
take a book and I'll retire to my bed (I'm a happy man)
I'm
so happy, bouncing like a baby boy (x2)
No
bad luck or trouble, life's full of joy
Why
don't you join me? We could have some fun (x2)
I'm
so happy, blues is on the run
I'm
Still Here
(Kevin Coyne - 1990) (ROCK
CLUB)
I'm
still here (x4)
I
said I'm still here (x4)
Oh
fuck off - I'm still here (x4)
Oh
go away - I'm still here (x3)
Nobody's
screaming, nobody knows
You
come in to see me die - I don't mind
I'm
still here (x5)
I'm
Still Here (Hans Pukke/Kevin
Coyne - 1987) (STUMBLING
ONTO PARADISE)
Walking
by your tiny house, all the blinds are down
Shadows,
memories, footsteps they're all around
I can
see a smiling face almost everywhere
I wonder
sometimes i f you ever really cared
I'm a liberated man, I'm a liberated man, I'm a liberated man but I don't
understand
You know
that I'm, I'm still here and I'll never go away now (x3)
You know
that I'm, I'm still here
So
many memories but I'm used to that now
I cried
a million tears, can't cry anymore and nohow
But some
lonely nights when I'm on my own
I really
wonder how you feel so all alone
I'm a
liberated man, I'm a liberated man, I'm a liberated man sometimes I don't
understand
You know
that I'm, I'm still here and I'll never go away now (x3)
You know
that I'm, I'm still here, yes I am
You know
that I'm, I'm still here and I'll never go away now (ad lib)
I'm
Wild (RobertCoyne/Kevin Coyne - 1999) (ROOM
FULL OF FOOLS)
Anyhody
talking to me might get the wrong impression (x2)
That
I'm fading away, fading away
But that's
incorrect (x2)
I'm as
strong as a bull (x2)
I'm wild
(x2)
Anybody
talking to me might get the wrong impression (x2)
That
I'm drifting away in a hazy blue (x2)
But that's
incorrect, certainly incorrect
I'm as
strong as a bull (x2)
And I'm
wild (x2)
Anybody
talking to me might get the wrong impression (x2)
That
I'm falling to pieces like an old jigsaw (x2)
But that
would be incorrect, certainly incorrect
I'm as
strong as a bull (x2)
And I'm
wild, can't you hear it, I'm really wild (repeat)
Fade
away
That's
enough, I'm really wild
I
Need You (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague - 1971?) (RABBITS)
I'm
a loving weeping fool walking the streets for a sign of you cause I need you,
alright
Sit around
?? my days in bed I need you oh Lord
Trying
so hard, I know it's absurd but dear I want your love I need you
?? feel
like I'm reaching the end cause I need you
?? what
can I do, I need you, alright
??, I
need you, alright
??
?? I
need you, I'm down
Oh I'm
losing sleep ?? I need you , I do
I'm a
loving weeping fool walking the streets for a sign of you cause I need you,
alright
Sit around
?? my days in bed I need you
Trying
so hard, I know it's absurd but dear I want your love I need you
?? feel
like I'm reaching the end cause I need you
?? what
can I do, I need you, alright
??, I
need you, alright
I
Never Chill Out (Kevin Coyne - 1999) (QUEEN
HALL)
All
my life I waited, waited for that little crack of light
Come
through the ??
Maybe
it comes tonight
Strange
little fellows to whisper in my ears
Optimisc
things, wonderful things
I pace
and pace around, I never chill out (x3)
I hate
that word, I never chill out
Once
I was down, once I was falling
Once
I was a racket, once a ?? toy
Once
I was something ?? and cold
Now I
feel warm but just a little old
Hold
me tonight, world call me tonight
Call
me tonight, world call me tonight (x2)
Call
me tonight, big fat world
Call
me tonight
Influence
of the Past (poem) (Kevin Coyne - 1969-70) (LET'S
DO IT)
The
cheap city grew in my head
Till
it began a Babylon
Dressed
all for me in special colors and sights
You
see, the voices fog through old fashioned microphones
Were
part of a picture created on a fairground
When
a boy with no money
Danced
court to the ladies who took off their clothes
It
was a memory taken from a long brown drawer
Filled
with neckties and tie pins
That
covered the drawings of them
Those
thight silk bodices
Those
hot fat trousers
Flooding
over sacred flesh
They
were made to speak a baby language of secret manipulations
For the boy
who couldn't really know and still does not know
Who still
performs in a ?? for bodies every night
And cruelly
uses his friends for the actors
There's
a blockade somewhere in the necessary channel and someone shouts:
"Do it!"
That's
to do with circular pictures of Mary and Jesus
And
shadowy priests eating my tea in the kitchen
The
keeper priest's flat face and fish eyes
Praying
beads men who hand out advice
Old
clothes and nylon stockings stuffed with milk bottle tops
For
their own good courses
Their
Jaguars and Morris Minors
The
blockage cleared would have maybe made a god of me
Taller
than Charles Atlas and fresh with the thoughts of the great
But
I doubt and linger as the black wet coat hangs on the wall pegs
As
the gloves stiffen fingers to warn me
The
city entrances, narrow green shafts
Curtains
and cowboys ready to strip
And
shops with banned books
And
small bands playing my ?? tune
The
city of legs and high clacking shoes
Where
men drop their waste lines
And
girls dance on tables
Where
erections and rude things are dashed from my book
In
my Room (Kevin Coyne/Nick Cudworth - 1969-70) (LET'S
DO IT)
In
my room there's paper faces
Ragged
trousers hanging down
Faded
prints of seaside places
And
the sea in my room, in my room
No-one
shares my cups and saucers
No-one
shares my private jokes
I
see temples and whites horses
And
the girls in my room, in my room
In
my room I keep my papers
Documents
of a private life
Ink-stained
letters, female favors
And
their whims in my room, in my room
Sometimes
I look from the window
Watch
the trucks they're pounding by
I
never travel far below though
I
just sit in my room, in my room
Landlady
weeding at her garden
Pruning
edges was they grow
She
sees my face, I beg her pardon
And
I blush in my room, in my room
I
see no change in my position
Just
new noises drifting through
??
sound straight from a photo
In
a frame in my room, in my room
In
my room there's paper faces
Ragged
trousers cutting hanging down
Faded
prints of seaside places
And
the sea in my room, in my room, in my room
In
Silence (Kevin Coyne - 1980) (SANITY
STOMP)
Here
in silence, trap the hours, trap the days, listen to them with their ways,
with their, with their, with their eternal arguing
Don't
they realize it's causing pain?
Here
in silence, imagining Valhalla, imagining something strong, imagining something
that will last for longer than a minute or an hour without a storm
Sing
of sunshine, a glistening snowy cloud
Here
in silence, poetizing, memorizing, talking to my friends who are far away
at some school, they will not let me say, let me feel what I want to feel
Listen
Chorus:
Oh oh, the children know, I said oh oh the children grow, I said oh oh I love
them so
Here
in silence, listening to the echoes of a million children in a million council
houses, they're all over the world screaming, screaming in, not daring to
scream under the sheets
Here
in silence, anyway they don't have to be there, they could be anywhere, they
try to care but they can't leave, they cannot go, they cannot go because Mummy
and Daddy they've told them to stay
Here
in silence, listenng to the tumbling, the banging, the crashing, the smashing,
the mashing of mighty minds that should know better but can't sort it out
Everybody
(I said)
Chorus
Here
in silence, listen, listen, hear my knocking brain, you're driving me mad
Here
in silence, why don't you sort it out, don't monkey around, be sound, be strong
and love us all, you're the root of my life, you're the root, you're the root
of our soul
Here
in silence, somebody write a song for me, somebody tell me what to see, I'll
write it (repeat) cause it's writing itself, can't you hear? all over the
world
Chorus
Don't
hurt them
I
Only Want to See You Smile (Kevin Coyne - 1978) (DYNAMITE
DAZE)
I
only want to see you smile
You know
I like it when you smile
It's
such a marvelous smile
And you
know it's deep like heaven
I want
to be your friend
I truly
want to be your friend
And the
letters that I send
Are filled
with heart and love dear
Chorus:
A million lullabies
I can
see them in your eyes
But last
night the lies
Obscured
the truth that I love you
Little
girl, everywhere your arm surrounds me
Little
girl, everytime, I'm glad you found me
It goes
on and on
I'll
always sing a song
Because
our love is strong
We can
wipe away the tears and silence
Hold
me close
Just
a little close
You can
ease away the times and pain
And the
sadness I felt before you
Chorus
I
Really Live Round Here (False Friends) (Kevin Coyne - 1978)
(DYNAMITE
DAZE)
You
ask me to write a song
Saying
how it really feels
To have
a wife and a baby and a flatlet
And not
enough money, money to eat
You're
laughing with your friends
Always
giggling with your friends
You're
saying it's the end
I'm finished,
I'm done, I'm driven round the bend
Chorus:
I know what you're thinking
I know
my brain is shrinking yeah
I really
live round here (x3)
I'm not
a millionaire and my patience is thin
You're
laughing at my wife
Always
laughing at my wife
Always
beaming at my wife
And every
time you do it, you're cutting like a knife
My children
they're scared
They're
truly truly scared
Frightened
out of their wits
You scare
them, you scare them to bits now
Chorus
Have
mercy on me
I'm like
you, can't you see
I'm just
looking for a friend
Friendship,
friendship, this is where it ends
I'm going
away
To some
fields far away
Build
myself a country house
I'm living
in the basement as frightened as a mouse, yeah
I know
what you're thinking
I know
my head is shrinking
I really
live round here (x3)
I'm not
a millionaire and my patience ??
I really
live round here (x3)
I'm not
a millionaire and my patience ??
Ah ah
ah you're laughing
Ah ah
ah always laughing
Ah ah
ah laughing at me
Laughing
at me (repeat)
I
Really Love You (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (BABBLE)
Nights
I've wasted waiting in that lonely bedroom
Face
pressed against the window, face all full of gloom
Watching
wild men screaming in the public bars
Seeing
the headlights whirling, wondering where you are but oh
Chorus:
I really love you baby (x3)
I want
you to get down and come on round (x2)
You are
so far away, you seem so distant now
Just
a line or a letter, a word to reach me somehow
I'm burning
inside and the rage is climbing to my head
I suppress
my anger, spend most of my life in bed but oh
Chorus
So it
seems that has to, has to be the way with me
I'm not
thinking too much, most sensible men would agree
That
I shou\d leave you, somewhere some way
Never
talk of you again
But then
I can't do that darling
Your
very face gives me a yen
Chorus
I
Really Love You (reprise) (Kevin Coyne - 1990) (WINCHESTER)
I
really love you (x4) hang on
I really
love you (x2) yes I do
I really
love you (x2) absolutly
I really
love you (x2) wonderful
I really
love you (x2) darling
I really
love you (x2) cutie pie
I really
love you (x2) wonderful
I really
love you (x2) you're the tops
I really
love you (x2) poll tax
I really
love you (x2) I love you
I really
love you (x2)
Do you
really love me darling? Yes I do Kevin, carry on
I really
love you (x2) you're the tops
I really
love you (x2) you're the best
I really
love you (x2) you're lovely
I really
love you (x2) you're nice
I really
love you (x2) lovely
I really
love you (x2)
Is there
any other ?? theme for this or is it going on for hours and hours? Yes ??.
One more time
I really
love you (x2) I love you
I really
love you (x2) everybody sings this cause it makes you feel better after a
while
I really
love you (x2) come on
I really
love you (x2) yes
I really
love you (x2) I do
I really
love you (x2)
When
we're down at Bringlington, gazing at the donkeys, everybody laughs as we
pass, ride by. We go to the little boat, jump in the sea and then you start
to cry
Silly
song. This is about a holiday I took in 1957
I really
love you (x8)
Yes I
do
Islands
[Swimming Pool] (Kevin Coyne - 1985) (MANEGE)
You
we're standing in a corner so sad so lonely
I reached
out to touch you, didn't know what to do
You were
crying in a bedroom I love you so much
I didn't
know what to say, I didn't know what to do
But honey,
I'm gonna love you all my life
Oh I'm
gonna love you all my life
Oh I'm
gonna find that swimming pool,
Oh I'm
gonna find that swimming pool and I will jump to stay cool
I was
crazy of the moment, all those ?? touching me
I was
crazy just to touch you, just the way you'll always be
I was
in the middle of an island, in the middle of an ocean
I reached
out to touch, what else could I do
Alright,
oh honey, I'm gonna love you all my life
Oh I'm
gonna love you all my life, I'm gonna love you all my life
Oh I'll
find that swimming pool and we'll jump in to stay cool
Yes you
know that I'm just crazy, crazy for you
We'll
be standing in the bedroom, God knows I don't know what to to
You're
so ?? and so wonderful, I feel the same too
?? I
feel ?? because??
Because,
I'm gonna love you all my life
Oh I'm
gonna love you all my life,
Oh I'm
going to find that swimming pool, I'm going to find that swimming pool
I'm going
to jump in to stay cool
Oh honey
I'm just crazy everytime you really touch me
I just
feel like dynamite; I feel so good
And I'm
shaking all over when you walk into the bedroom
Oh I
just stand like a statue, I'm gonna kiss you oh because you know
I'm gonna
love you all my life, I'm gonna love you all my life,
I'm going
to find that swimming pool, I'm going to find that swimming pool
I'm going
to jump in to stay cool
I
Stood up (Kevin Coyne - 1995) (CRAZY FRANK)
Well
I stood up and I stood down, I looked up and I spun round
Chorus:
Thought I saw an angel standing there (he was standing, standing right there)
(x2).
And everybody
says he's going crazy, (crazy) his mind's befuddled, it's becoming hazy (hazy)
But I
believe, I believe what I saw (I saw it), I held the key (it was
there) to heavens door
Cause
I stood up (I stood up) and I stood down (well I stood right down), I looked
up (I looked right up, right up) and I spun round (I spun, I spun right round
Chorus
And everybody
said he's going down (going right down), he used to be the king
but he's lost his crown (lost his crown)
We don't
want his drunken sort around (he's drunk) but I believe (I believe)
what I saw
Cause
I stood up (yes I stood up) and I stood down (well I stood right down), yes
I looked up (and I looked right up, I looked right up) and I spun round (I
spun, I spun right round)
I knew
I saw an angel standing there (he was standing, standing right there) (x2)
It doesn't
matter what the people say (doesn't matter at all), I'll always believe any
old way (I believe, I believe)
They'll
never change my mind it seems (I'll never change), I've seen heavens dream
(dreaming on)
I stood
up (I stood up, I stood up), yes I stood up (dreaming on, I stood up), yes
I stood up (yes I stood up) and I spun round (I spun, I spun right
round)
I
Talk to Myself (Kevin Coyne - 1982) (HALF
MOON 90)
I
talk to myself most of the time (x2)
Have
you ever had the experience?
Do you
talk to yourself?
And everywhere
I go in the world, it's the same
Everywhere
I see, I know it's the same
You're
talking to yourself
Keep
on talking to yourself (x2)
Because
there's nobody else
Keep
on talking to yourselves
There's
nobody else
But there's
me and there's you and as long as we understand the truth, and we'll do
It
Hurts (Eugene Coyne/Kevin Coyne - 1999) (SUGAR
CANDY TAXI
)
I
remember my home town, the buildings red and brown, the velvet golden fields,
the sun it wouldn't yield
I remember
me and you, a loving me and you, I remember, I can't forget
I said
to you Keep in touch, you said It is too much, that I drive you mad, my voice
makes you sad but I loved you so much then, I'd do it all again just for you,
just for you
But why,
why do you turn away when all I need's a day for us to just hold hands or
you to say hello and whisper sweet and low that you're not afraid, you're
not afraid, you're not afraid
I pray
to the Lord to help me, help me God, that she will understand that I'm a truthful
man, the love I hold for her, it hurts and it burns
It hurts
and it burns (repeat)
It
Must be Love (Kevin Coyne - 2001) (BREMEN)
I
don't know why I love you but I love more than I ever did before (x2)
It's
true
Don't
know why I want to squeeze you, want to squeeze you like a lemon, I don't
know why I want to do it but I want to do it now
I
want to squeeze, tease you like a lemon, I want to squeeze you, I have to
do it now
I
don't know why I feel this way, I've been feeling this way almost all
through the day, the night is coming and the stars they're shining bright
I
don't know why I feel this way, I've been feeling this way every day, oh the
stars they're shining bright, the night, the night is coming, it's almost
here
I'm
talking to myself in this little pink room, I'm talking to myself in this
little pink room, standing at the windows, shouting at the trafic, at the
bicycles riders
I'm
standing at these windows in this little pink room, I'm shouting at the bicycles
riders, "Hello!", they don't answer me
I
guess you could call it love
They'd
have to call it love
Can't
be anything else
They'd
have to call it love (x2)
Can't
be anything else
There's
a voice in my head saying "You should be dead, you're over fifty-five,
you're more dead than alive, I feel happy"
I
can't expain this voice, this voice of choice, coming through the air, bringing
me up and bringing me down
And
everytime I have to go to work, I scramble out of bed, I'm always late, I
run for the bus, I run for the bus and I'm thinking of you
Why
do I scramble out of bed and run for the bus, I'm always late, why am I always
thinking of you?
Well
as I sing I see your face, as I sing I see your face, it's such a lovely face,
such a heavenly face, now
As
I sing I see your face (x2)
It's
such a heavenly, heavenly, heavenly, himlisch face
Must
be love
That's
what I call it
Must
be, must be love
Boring
in a way but it must be love, it can't be anything else, it's boring in a
way but it must be love
Must
be love, it is love, it's nothing else, it's disturbing, disturbing me
Must
be (x8) love, it's disturbing me, alright
Must
be love (x2)
Heavens
above, it must be love, it's nothing else
Must
be love, heavens above, it must be love, it can't really be anything else
Has
to be (x2), I'm disturbed, it has to be love
It
has to be, it has to be
It
has to be (x3)
I's
got to be love (x3)
Love,
love, love, it's nothing else, I don't feel well, I feel bad, I feel sad but
in a strange kind of way I feel awfully happy
It
must be love
It
Really Doesn't Matter (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (BABBLE)
It
doesn't really matter (x3)
(Repeat
8 times)
It's
All Over (Hans Pukke/Kevin Coyne - 1990) (ROMANCE
ROMANCE )
It's
almost over, it's almost done (x4)
My
head it spins, how it beats all day (x4)
This
house, this house, this house is not a home
It's
cold, it's cold, it's cold and alone
This
house, this house, this house is not a home
It's
cold, it's cold, it's cold and alone
(repeat
everything)
This
house, this house, this house is not a home
It's
cold, it's cold, it's cold and alone
This
house, this house, this house is not a home
It's
cold, it's cold, it's cold and alone
My
head it spins, how it beats all day (x8)
Since
you've gona away, there's nothing here
You've
left me and the ??
There's
no coming back, no return
I'm
looking at the letters you burned
The
garden's empty with you
The
wind is dirty and the ??
The
street is filled with empty sounds
Eyless
faces all around
This
is a nightmare, it's coming home
??
there's no more fun
Keep
on drinking, another cigarette
It's
Amazing (Hans Pukke/Kevin Coyne - 1992)
(BURNING HEAD)
or It's
Amazing II (Hans Pukke/Kevin
Coyne - 1993) (TOUGH
AND SWEET)
Chorus:
It 's amazing what you do now when you do that thing (x4)
Baby
what's your name? I'll call you Mary Jane, I'll keep it simple and plain,
I'll call you Mary Jane
Chorus
I'm looking
at you baby from across the way, let's get together, make a happy day
Oh come
on here and hold me tight, it's a lovely feeling and it's Saturday night
Chorus
Wanna
a drink? You're making me think l'm a stranger here, feeling kind of weird
Can I
take you home? I know you're alone, don't laugh at me, don't laugh at me
Chorus
What's
your name? I'll call you Mary Jane, I'll keep it simple and plain, I'll call
you Mary Jane
Baby
what's your name? l'll keep it simple and plain, baby what's your
name? I'll call you Mary Jane
Chorus
What's
your name? I'll call you Mary Jane, I'll keep it simple and plain, I'll call
you Mary Jane (x2)
Chorus
(ad lib)
It's
My Mind (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (BABBLE)
Sitting
out on the moors drinking bottles of wine
Getting
drunk getting drunk to well past midnight
Watching
your eyes as they stick like glue on me
I don't
need it, can't you see I'm independent
My mind
is free (x2)
Chorus:
It's my mind. (x6)
What's
that you said in the shop last night?
Words
of love that didn't seem right
Long
fingers running down my back
Leave
me alone, you're on the wrong track, say...
Chorus
It's
my mind
I don't
want to meet your mother, she bores me to death
All she
needs is a smile and maybe a wreathe (for her head)
I don't
want to know relations, I don't want to know in-laws
I don't
want to paint the windows, I don't want to paint the doors (I want to be free,
I want to be)
Chorus
We can
run around the park at night
We can
gaze into the bright moonlight
Don't
touch me when I don't want you to
If you
keep it up our love is through, say...
Chorus
It's
my mind (x7)
It's
Not Me (Kevin Coyne - 1975) (MATCHING
HEAD AND FEET)
I
said who made Black Africa fall?
I said
who spit the blood on the wall?
I said
who never answers when I call?
I said
who made me stumble and crawl?
Chorus:
It's not me, it's not me, it's not me, it's not anyone (x2)
Anyone
(x4).
Who tried
to catch the rain?
Who tried
to tame the plains?
Who drew
blood and smiled?
Who does
it all the while?
Chorus
- Solo - Chorus
Who?
It must be you
Who?
Any fool will do
I said
you! You're stealing all the gold
I said
you! You ought to be buried low
Chorus
Who?
Oh you swine!
Always
breaking this heart of mine
I said
who? It must be you
Who?
It's all up to you
It's
Not So Bad (Kevin Coyne - 1974)
(JOHN PEEL AND BOB HARRIS)
Oh
those street faces, all, all the days, all the night, oh the way
the noises fill inside my head
Hoping
for confirmation, return distribution, tribulation, knife and wire coming
from ??
But you
must admit that I lead a confortable life in a way, I'm not starving today,
you know, way, I'm away, I'm away, I'm away, I'm away, better off than be
??
For a useless
bender, this is not a bad life, this is not a bad life, maybe not ??
for the wife, maybe not two weirwolves going bowowo with chihuahua
May be
not the right ray ray ray ray of sunshine
But it's
all mine (x3) and morning, morning soon changes into my favorite time
Night
time (repeat
I've
Decided (Kevin Coyne/Werner Steinhauser - 2004) (DONUT
CITY )
She
showed my her little dog with its funny ears and its pointed nose she said
he's the only one I love the only one I love and that's the way it goes we
stood at the door of her little house in the middle of nowhere she said I
moved out for here when I got rid of him and I hope you care care enough to
visit me again care enough to smile at me again care enough to ring again
care enough to say hello when we meet on the street (2x) so I travelled travelled
in a wayward bus on a wayward bus that went on for miles and miles (2x) I
travelled home I found my way back into the smoke, into the city and I rang
her up again I said I've decided oh I've decided (3x) I love you, yes I do
(7x)
I've
Got The Photographs (Kevin Coyne/Pete Kirtley - 1982) (PØLITICZ)
Look
out greasy head, I remember you
The curls
on the pillow
The white,
the white and the blood
You were
born (x3) just
You
were born (x3) just like, just like me
I've
got the photographs
Hey,
little madam
With
your dress on, standing by the fence
Powdered
and alone
I can
see you (x2)
I've
got the photographs
Hey Guru,
standing in your white and blue
Is it
red tomorrow, what do you do?
I don't
know I see the grease and the pain
And the
rain and the stain
I'll
see it again and again
And again
and again
I've
got the photographs (x2)
I
Wander (poem) (Kevin Coyne - 1983) (ROUGH)
I
wander through the forest
I
always see your face
The
strawberries so large and beautiful
I
looked for your love
And
you found mine
I'd
like to sit together for ever
I
wander through the forest
I'm
waiting for your love
But
your love is...
I
Want to Sit with the Girls (Kevin Coyne/Brendan Croker - 2002)
(LIFE IS ALMOST WONDERFUL)
I
don't like boys school
Spotty
boys are very cruel
They
twist my arms and try to break my legs, almost everyday
I don't like
boys school
They take
me for a fool
Make faces
behind my back and put silly notes on my trousers and like kick me and...
Chorus: I
want to sit with the girls (x2)
I don't
like boys school
I don't
like the cruelty
The way
they kill animals
Constantly
squash flies
Boys
have got no mercy
I don't
like boys school
They
take me for a fool
Laugh at me
and my mother as well
My sister
Martha
Chorus (x2)
I
Wonder Where (Kevin
Coyne/Nick Cudworth - 1969) (SIREN)
Looking
down the road, what do I see?
Two old
ladies walking up to me
You know
one is black and one is white
I
wonder what they're gonna do tonight
Looking
out across the field
The sun
acting like a rainbow shield
Two bull
calves coming up to me
You know
one is blue and one is green (what's happening?)
I wonder
where they're going to
I wonder
what they're gonna do tonight
Looking
with my one eye across the yard
Looking
with one eye's awful hard
But with
my one good eye, I see
Two great
demons looking at me
I wonder
where they're going do tonight
I wonder
what they're doing tonight
If I
seem nosey, I don't mean to be
If I
seem curious, I don't mean to be
It's
just that I love everything I see
I just
want to know (x2)
What
they're doing tonight
I see
myself and I see my wife
You know
she's the darling of my life
I wonder
where she's going to
She's
disappearing out of my view
I
wonder where she's going tonight
See the
house upon the hill
I see
the trees they're all so still
I see
my wife climbing up the path
See her
turn and see her laugh
I wonder
what she's doing there
I wonder
what she's doing tonight
I wonder
why, I do
I see
my friend, my friend Rufus, he opens the door
I see
him look around and then look some more
Looking
to see who's looking at him
Looking
to see who's being nosey
Oh I
see my wife go in the house
See the
curtains drawing
And I
wonder what they're doing there (x2)
Wonder
what they're doing tonight
I see
my wife she's walking home
Twirling her
bonnet, she's all alone
I see
a man with a great big knife
Push
the blade into my wife
I see
that man he runs away
Over
the hills and far away
I wonder
where he's running to
I wonder
where he's going tonight
I wonder
where he's running to
I wonder
where he's going tonight
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