KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - L
Lancashire
Song (Kevin Coyne - 2002) (SUGAR
CANDY TAXI)
Sitting
on the old sea wall, my feet are dangling down
My socks
are lying in the sand, watching the tram cars rolling as they're speeding
by
Some
things I just don't understand
We were
so happy for about five years then you drifted away to a house
up north but you wouldn't say
How you
felt when I held you tight for that very last day, already you'd
planned, you'd planned to, planned to run away
I'll
take a plane to Fleetwood, take a train to Blackpool, take the train to Ramsbottom,
take the train to Lancashire, find you again
Oh the
silly sea gulls flying in a V formation up above the holiday makers in the
silly silly hats
And the
smell of those soggy hot dogs almost made me sick, I ate too much, too many
and I grew fat
Maybe
that's why you left me, why you went away so so suddenly, you even, you even,
you even took the cat, the cat, the fat cat
And I'm
still missing you although it's a year ago, what can a poor lost boy really
do? He has to search a way
Take
a plane to Fleetwood, take a train to Blackpool, take the train to Ramsbottom,
take the train to Lancashire, I've got to find you
Well
there's nothing much that I can say, the search goes on, I'm looking out for
you tonight, oh tonight
And I'm
holding the card thay says you live at number 35, what town, what place? I
don't really know
Maybe
my mind is drifting, temporaly paralyzed. What is this? Number35? Who are
these dark people, standing around, watching me, watching me?
Oh, I'm
standing on a seashore, that loveless glint in my eyes. Somebody make me a
nice, a nice cup of tea, I want to go home
Take
a plane to Fleetwood, take a train to Blackpool, take the train to Ramsbottom,
take the train to Lancashire, take a train to Lancashire
Last
Time Blues (Hans Pukke/ Kevin Coyne - 1988) (EVERYBODY'S
NAKED )
Up
and down every single day, hazy, crazy, nothing's going my way
Here
comes another lover, must be number twenty-two
This
i s the last time honey you are giving me the blues
Racing
down the street in my new pair of shoes
Letting
in the water, what can I do?
Knock
upon your door honey, honey, please choose
It's
the last time baby you're giving me the blues
You gave
me the runaround for almost ten years
FilIed
me full of pain, filled me full of fear
Treat
me like a baby, what can I do?
Seem
to be your captive
Last
time your giving me the blues
Let me
go, let me go
Tough
hearted women always pick me
They
can kick me around, give me misery
I've
had enough of that stuff, I know just what to do
It's
the last time last time honey you are giving me the blues, yes it is
It's
the last time, it's the last time for you (ad lib)
It's
the last time last time honey you are giving me the blues
Got to
choose
It's
the last time, it's the last time for you (ad lib)
Learn
to Swim-Learn to Drown (Kevin
Coyne/Brian Godding - 1980) (BURSTING
BUBBLES )
The
rain it speaks
Walls
rock
Minds
meet
Sweetness
shouts
The rain
it speaks
Walls
rock
Minds
meet
Sweetness
shouts
I'm sliced
like a cucumber
Cracked
like an egg
Sitting
like a little dog
Waiting
to beg for you, for him, for me, for you, for some, for something
Holding
on
Screaming
on
Finding
on
Screaming
on
Holding
on
Fighting
on
Screaming
on
Fighting
on
Sliced
like a cucumber
Cracked
like an egg
Sitting
like a little dog
Waiting
to beg for you, for him, for you, for him, for you, for him, for you, for
him and you
The rain
it falls
The snow
it comes
Barricades
burn
The world
it turns
The rain
it falls
The snow
it comes
Barricades
burn
The world
it turns
Sliced
like a cucumber
Cracked
like an egg
Sitting
like a little dog
Waiting
to beg for you, for him, for you, for him, for you, for him, for you
Rivers
run backwards
Dogs
fly aeroplanes
The deaf
suddenly hear
Cats
learn to swim
Learn
to swim, learn to drown (x5)
Left
the Past Behind (Kevin Coyne/Achim Goettert - 1999) (OPERA
FOR SYD, DREIEINIGKEITSKIRCHE)
Bluebirds
fly over water
?? all of
my mind
Sometimes
I see them ponder
Have I left
the past behind? (x2)
I left the
it behind (x2)
Chinese restaurants
in the moonlight
A half filled
plate with currant cake
A dead cat
lying by the road side
I wonder who
(x3) was his mate
Put some sugar
on it
La de da
Crocodile
boots by the dustbin
?? in a box
Old cities
in the tea shop
What he thinks
(x2)
We don't know
what he thinks
David Moss:
Have you spoken with your father lately?
Kevin Coyne:
Not lately, no
DM: Have you
sung with your lother in the last few days?
KC: Only in
the tea shop
DM: Are you
still wearing shoes?
KC: Occasionally
DM: Another
day, another dollar
KC: Another
dime, another...
DM: That's
what he says when you talk to him
KC: ...pair
of shoes
DM: Another
day, another dollar (x2), going in, going out in the cold, you're wearing
shoes, are you working every day? Are you real? Have you got a fee? (...)
Wear those shoes (...)
KC: You ??
busted me into believing I was something special then you changed your mind,
what did you do?
You left me
rooted to the floor, to the cardboard, to the bed
I sample your
smell and ?? almost everywhere
What the hell
did you do with my shoes?
Don't you
touch my, don't you touch my shoes
Don't you
burn a hole into my heart
Cause when
it comes to pushing ?? (x2)
You tore a
hole in my heart, in my heart, in my heart
You tore a
hole in my heart (x2)
You tore a
hole in my wretched heart
Legless
in Manilla (John
Pigeon/Kevin Coyne - 1984) (LEGLESS
IN MANILLA)
Legless
in Manilla, blind drunk in Singapore
Caught
a dose on the Java coast from a backstreet teenage whore
Smashed
in Santiago, lost your mind in Salvador
Crawled
the bars of Buenos Aires and still went back for more
Chorus:
Who's going to save you, a washed-up sailor who gives a damn if
you sink or swim (x2).
Conned
in Copenhagen, stoned in Amsterdam
Stood
in line for a cold short time with a girl dressed as a man
Ripped
in New York City, wrecked in Montreal
Bust
your jaw in a one man war and said you had a ball
Chorus
You've
seen the Seven Wonders, they don't mean a thing
More
red lights and bar rooms lights your last eternal fling
Your
ship is a bottle, your world is in a glass
You're
just a walking shipwreck, everyday could be your last
Chorus
(x2)
Let
Love Reside (Kevin Coyne- 1981) (POINTING
THE FINGER)
Let
love reside within your heart
Don't
let it tear you apart
Just
use it when it arrives and
Love
is so alive
Let love
reside within your heart
Don't
crucify your mortal soul
Your
soul must have a hole if
It struggles
like it does
Chorus:
I said
Why are
you sleeping?
Why are
you sad?
Why do
they call you crazy?
Why do
they say you're mad?
Let love
reside within your heart
You sing
a solemn prayer to yourself
But you
only pray to yourself
And you're
getting the idea
Let love
reside within your heart
It's
such a special little thing
Your
own little special pair of wings
And fluttering,
just for you
Chorus
Let love
reside within your heart
Now listen
to that advice
Sometimes
it doesn't feel so nice
But you
make the rules up yourself
Let love
reside within your heart
Then
once you find the way to play
To play,
to play the part then
You've
got, you've got it made
Chorus
Alright
Chorus
Let
Me Be With You (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (MILLIONAIRES
AND TEDDY BEARS)
Foreign
city crowded, there's nowhere to go
See you
in the bar, wandering round, I try to touch you
I try
to tell you what, you can see the base in me
You can
see what I've got
Chorus:
Let me be, let me be, let me be with you (x2).
I'm half-crippled,
savage guilt inside
Taking
my best friend, my best friend for a ride
The pulse
rate beating, filthy thoughts
I don't
want anyone to say, I don't want a bad report, no
Chorus
We were
like kings and princes floating up and down around the room
I was
a petal bursting flower, I was fully-fledged in bloom, in that room, in that
room
So it's
over, I'm whisked back home
Another
fat failure, another alone
So riddled
with guilt inside, what am I going to say?
When
the voice whispers in your ear, "Did you have a lovely day?"
Chorus
We were
like children then, we did what we could, we said what we could, we
flew
I'm like
a finished man now
What
on earth is my mind going to do?
With
memories of you
Those
memories of you
Let's
Dance (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague - 1971?) (RABBITS)
Well
come on baby, do you wanna dance?
Come
on baby, will you take a chance
Move
around and shake your hips
Come
on baby let's see it slip
Come
on baby oh yeah let's dance
Well
come on baby, it's a rocking jive
Come
on baby, I'm really alive
Round
the ballroom, up and down
Come
on baby, let's kick it around
Come
on baby, come on baby, let's dance
Come
on baby now don't be late
Oh you
know it's about half past eight
I'm happy
as I can be
I got
you and you for me
We're
gonna rock, we're gonna jive
Come
on baby, come on, let's dance oh yeah
Well
round and round
Up and
down
Round
and round
Up and
down
Round
and round and up and down, let's dance
Well come
on baby just one more time
Give me some
peace for this body of mine
Come on let
us rock and let us jive
Let's see
if you're really alive
Come on baby,
let's roll that thing, let's dance
Dance
pretty baby (x4)
Oh yeah
dance pretty baby
Round
and round
Up and
down
Round
and round
Up and
down
Round
and round and up and down
Let's
do it (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague/Nick Cudworth - 1969-70) (LET'S
DO IT)
Oh
let's do it baby, I want to teach you how to do it baby oh yes
When you're
sad and blue, you don't know what to do
I got my eyes,
got my eyes on you
So let's
do it, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it baby
Oh let's
do it, let's do it, let's have a ball tonight
Oh well
you're sick and tired, you ??
You feel
like ??
Let's
do it, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it baby
Oh let's
do it, let's do it, have some fun tonight
Let's
do it, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it baby (x2)
Let's
do it, let's do it, ??
Well
I'm down on ly knees begging baby please
Come
here darling and give me my ease
Let's
do it, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it baby
Oh let's
do it, let's do it, let's have a ball tonight
I'm a
tiger in a tank, I gotta be franck
Come
here baby, I'm on your ??
Let's
do it, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it baby
Let's
do it, let's do it, let's do it right away
Come
here baby, I don't mean maybe
Suck
it to me baby, I don't mean maybe
Let's
do it, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it baby
Let's
do it baby, let's do it right away
I want
more, let's do it baby
Let's
do it, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it baby (x2)
Let's
do it, let's do it, let's do it right away
Let's
Get Romantic (Kevin Coyne
- 1993) (TOUGH
AND SWEET)
Falling
in love is not so easy, makes you feel dizzy and makes you feel queasy, makes
you feel dirty and it makes you feel sleazy, want to lie in bed all day
But come
on, come on now, let's get romantic, come on and let's get frantic, come one,
I'll be your lover tonight, let's make it right
Falling
in love is rather difficult, falling in love it doesn't involve the intellect,
falling in love makes me the subject of your strange affection
Come
on now, come on now, let's get romantic, come on, let's get frantic, come
on now baby, I'll be your lover tonight, is that alright
Falling
in love is almost strange, falling in love is close to being deranged, falling
in love is submissive and I don't want that, I don't want that
So come
on now, let's get romantic, come on now, let's get frantic, come one now,
love your lover tonight, your lover tonight
Spoken:
Such a long time, I was dreaming, I couldn't wait, I was looking for love,
anyway to love, I had so much love to give but no-one to take it, no-one would
have it and the feeling of being alone in that flat every night, of coming
back every night, now, to see the sun and to see the sky, to feel that I was
awake, the last to be there, and it was beautfiful
Come
on now, let's get romantic, come on now, let's get frantic, come one now,
I'll be your lover tonight, is that alright
Come
on now, let's get romantic, come on now, let's get frantic, come one now,
I'll be your lover tonight, oh tonight (repeat)
Liberation
(Kevin Coyne/Pete Kirtley - 1982) (PØLITICZ)
A row
of cigarette burns upon your arm
A burst
and bloody nose
Call
the police for the hundredth time
Keep
on getting a familiar line
"It's
nothing to do with us" they say
"You
shouldn't argue anyway"
"You
should know by now, you're just a slag, just a cow
You shouldn't
have let him down
After
all he is your husband" (x2)
But what's
that got to do with me?
I'm just
a man and I've been there, you see
Felt
the violence and felt the pain
Liberated,
I won't go there again
Go there
again (x3)
I can
hear you crying
Not an
answer from the room
He's
out there somewhere drinking out his failure and his doom
He wants
to know if you'll return again
But enough's
enough, enough's enough, enough's enough, enough's enough
Here's
your sister
She holds
your hand
She's
a woman, not a man
She's
a woman and she understands
Let me
tell you she understands
She knows
and I know
There
is a much much better road, much
Don't
go there again, don't go there again, we won't go there again , we won't go
there again
Life
is Almost Wonderful (Kevin Coyne/Brendan Croker - 2002) (LIFE
IS ALMOST WONDERFUL)
I've
been messing around in the garden searching for a hole in the ground
Want
to get somehow to Australia, a way can be found
I'm excited,
I'm delighted, I want to get away
I've
heard if I dig dig long enough, I'll sail away
Kangaroos!
Men and shoes shining in the dark and seas full of sharks!
I've
been getting bored in the office, bored in the office every day
Things
don't work out the way I planned, I wanted more
I've
been getting bored in the office, bored in the office every day
Things
aren't working out the way I planned, I wanted more
Blond
girls! Fat girls! Girls with long legs, girls wearing hats, purple hats!
I've
been going to the zoo on Sundays watching the animals chase and run (x2)
I like
baboons, I like monkeys, I like the parrots best of all
They
repeat what I say, repeat what I say
Cheeky
boy! Happy boy! Cheeky girl! It's a parrots world
?? Amazonian!
Parrots with blue purple yellow green brown rainbows round their eyes
Ah ah
ah
Rainbows round
their eyes
And they don't
tell lies, no they don't tell lies
Parrots
only repeat what you say, they never make up anything themselves, therefore
if you said everything to them honestly, they'd repeat back honestly, that's
the way of the world
If I
say to them: "You're fine! You're wonderful! You're marvelous!",
they'll say... nothing at all. Only repeat what I say
Light
Up Your Little Light (Kevin Coyne - 1974) (BLAME
IT ON THE NIGHT)
I've
seen you in your coat
I've seen you standing by the moat
I've seen you standing by the row
Watching
the buses as they go
Lighting
up your little light (x2)
I've
seen you speaking to him
I
think I know him and his name is Jim
A
classical figure from the past
Your
relationship will never last
Lighting up your little light (x2)
His
mother does not approve
She
does not approve of your love
She
says your love is bad
And
you are slighty twisted and mad
Lighting
up your little light (x2)
Your
past history is well known
To
everyone in this particular home
He
has not so long to go
Soon he'll be back to the people he knows
Lighting
up his little light (x2)
They
call you Margaret in your big pink hat
Slightly
overweight, yes a little fat
Your
pain is plain to see
But
Jim's around and he makes you happy
Lighting up your little light (x2)
If
I knew the way to set you free
I would give you my bunch of keys
Pass
your hand through that gate
And
let you turn the lock but it's too late
To
light up your little light
Oh light up your little light
So
bye bye, sleep well
Bye
bye - this isn't Hell
Somewhere
where you have some style
You
never know, you just might smile
And
light up my little light
Little
Margaret
Light
up my little light - light
Like
an Angel (Kevin Coyne/Nick Cudworth - 1970) (THE
CLUB RONDO)
She walks just like an angel
She talks in a velvet cloud
Her lips are milk and honey
And her everything, everything is so worthwhile
I need a little loving
I need it straight from the heart
But she decides to leave me
She smashes my dreams, tears my heart apart
But I won't give up trying
No I won't cause I must survive
I need, need her little loving
And you know without you baby I cannot survive
Yes she walks just like an angel
And she talks in a velvet cloud
Her lips are milk and honey
And she knows that everything, everything is so worthwhile
I need just a little loving
Just a little is all I crave
But what I get is not worth having
Oh come on baby, don't you know it's you I crave
Lilian
(Kevin Coyne/Nick Cudworth - 1971) (STRANGE
LOCOMOTION (US)
I'm
quite mad again, I just met Lilian
She's
the one from ??
Long
hair driving me, driving me wild again
Shapes
and style that swings and sway
Oh
oh Lilian, oh my little Lilian
Yeah
yeah yeah you got me mad again
Come
to your baby and sit on his knee
I
won't be sad again, I won't loose Lilian
Won't
let her laugh and run away
Come
here, squeeze me, squeeze me tight again
Lay
me low with your loving way
Oh
oh Lilian, my little Lilian
You
know you got me mad again
Come
to your baby and sit on his knee
I
say oh well I want you so
Oh
I want the country to know
Oh
you know I want you so
Oh
I want the country to know
Oh
oh Lilian please don't go
Oh
little Lilian (x2)
Oh
well come to your baby and sit on his knee
I
wanted to be glad again so I trapped Lilian
Made
her kiss me like she did before
So
stay here, pleasing me, no more needling me
Say
you will for ever more
Oh
Lilian, oh my little Lilian
Yeah
my little Lilian oh
Come
to your baby an sit on his knee
I'm
quite mad again, I just met Lilian
She's
the one from ??
Long
hair driving me, driving me wild again
Shapes
and style that swings and sway
oh
Lilian, oh my little Lilian
Oh
my little Lilian
Oh
well come to your baby and sit on his knee
Little
Miss Dynamite (Kevin Coyne
- 1993) (TOUGH
AND SWEET)
Little
Miss Dynamite, who you're talking to now? (x2)
Little
Miss Dynamit,e got me jealous as hell, with your little pink shoes, with your
little pink bow, your little pink scarf and your painted toes
Little
Miss Dynamite, why you're teasing me? (x3) with your little pink house, your
little pink car and little pink bra and your painted toes
Got me
raging, raging like a bull, got me raging, raging like a crazy mad bull, I
think I've had my belly full
Little
Miss Dynamite, why you're breaking my hell? (x3) with your little pink hat,
your little pink cat, you've got a little pink cat, with your little pink
shoes, with your little pink painted toes
Little
Miss Portobello (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (MILLIONAIRES
AND TEDDY BEARS)
Little
Miss Portobello, sitting on your own
Sitting
by the jukebox, nobody loves you none
Chorus:
Oooh oooh go home (x7)
Your
mother's waiting, high on a country hill
Your
father's anticipating, he's still crying still
Chorus
Wrestling
with your conscience, what on earth can you do?
Nowhere
to sleep, nowhere to eat
Lonely,
ragged and blue
Chorus
Ah,
I know how it feels
I know
how you rock and reel
You wanted
a city painted with gold
You wanted
to live till you were old
Lots
of money and lots of fame
But
nobody cares (who's to blame?) cares (who's to blame?)
The shit
is hard, the city's hard
The shit
is hard, hard, yes, it's hard
Yes,
it's hard, hard, yes, it's hard (repeat)
Alright
Chorus
Go back
home, go back home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
Little
Old Death (Kevin Coyne/Nick Cudworth - 1970) (THE
CLUB RONDO)
Little old death is my friend
I'm waiting for him to arrive
He'll arrive at my door about nine
And take me away for good
Little old death is my friend
He will take me and smile
He'll arrive in a coach and four
Oh little old death
Wonderful death
Oh little old death is my friend
Little
Prayer (Kevin Coyne - 1978) (BUS
PALLADIUM )
Holy
Mother of God
Save
us from ourselves
Save
us from all sins
(Holy
Mother of God)
Keep
us clean and tidy
(Keep
us clean, tidy)
Keep
us tidy
(Holy
Mother of God)
Holy
Mother of God
Save
the lingerie on the line
(Save
my little knickers on the line)
??
(Oh Holy
Mother of God)
Holy
Mother of God
?? (??)
(Help
me, let's keep the body clean)
??
Little
White Arms (Kevin Coyne - 2002) (SUGAR
CANDY TAXI)
A
divine vision in pink and black walking by my pink Cadillac
A dream
come true, well I love you, you wild girl, well I love you
I'm sitting
in this lonesome bedroom
I'm dreaming
of you (x2) of all your charms
Your
little white arms, well I love you, well I love you
Liver
(poem) (Kevin Coyne - 1969-70) (LET'S
DO IT)
Liverish
soaking brine, soaking
Sh.
Unseen, unwatched
I
know. Do you?
Each
particule hoards the cell that matters
It
self-fights to live and grow
Mucus,
pancreas, muscle, kidney
The
dark and green jet shoot showers good living, showers clean things
Black
brittle, coughing, coughing
Oh
I know. Do you?
Liverish
I'm
watching and waiting for results
The
results may never appear
Green
street rolling over tough bright surfaces dripping spotting the cleverly clean
floors
Wait
He
stroles stethoscope into the tall gleaning room holding graphs and bell jars
under his arm
Wait
She
walks proudly uniformed behind him holding samples and pillows under her arms
They
shut the window, shut all the doors, shut all the apertures and holes
I'm
waiting
Years
run riot on top of my head
Children
and desktops crash through my veins
Marking,
scratching ink blots wall charts, whistles, smooth sweet tarmac
I
die ten thousand times before they finished
I
tell them lies and I'm allowed to go home
I
lie
A
flimsy ?? story braided and decorated
I
tell lies all the time
What
is a white lie?
Liver
can't lie
Can't
tart and smarten itself, rotten red feeble crackling, ?? and sliding away
The
skunk is on its belly
The
lizard is in the larder
The
bull is sniffing the bones
A
vision of tissues wires string
Every
grain can be counted
The
climate changes
Massive
doses of memory cue to be noticed
I
told lies, it serves me right
He
stolls angry into the dome room with his cards and books
She
runs fast into the throne room with her plastics and notes
They
shut off the light
They
put me under a brown blue beam
They
look at my liver through opera glasses
I'm
waiting once more
A
small germ dance
A
snot green ballet
A
kidney waltz
The
happy fields jump around me
The
gap in the bushes drops open with joy
I'm
back again
Gentle
clover, leaping young life
Gardener
pruning, swings
A
woman sits in the garden with a newspaper over her face
A
man counts bean ?? and whistles through its teeth
The
gossip point fingers and shout at the chickens
We
are walking
My
little blouse is torn
I
laugh out of fear
Where
have we been?
The
mud fills my sandals with warmth
Where
were we going?
Oh
it's no use, no use, no use
Opera
glasses?
Liver
can never behave
Liver
groams and bubbles and longs for the brine
He
looks into my eyes
What
a knife!
The
persistent female clings to my ankles
A
shout cascades from the high room
It
?? down the dome size and swamps the old throne
Liver
next to opera glasses
Liver
on a white painted table
Liver
lying deep in the throne cushions
What have
they done?
Am I hollow
and echoing now?
Every
murmur tells a story
I'm
told my job won't suffer
Papers,
booklets, magazines, invoices
The
people are waiting for answers
They
watch for movements from my nose and mouth
I'm
told my job won't suffer
Liverless?
Liver has
found its eternal brine
What
is he doing now?
Is
he watching all the bubbles as they twinkling in the brine?
She
has my name on her card
It's
?? with red and underlined
A
vision of tissue
What
comes next?
Every
raging cutter meanders on my files
The
armies of starchies could march through my land
I
hold my breath and wait red face by the sink
He
may all spew out without warning
Locked
Out (Kevin Coyne - 2004) (DONUT
CITY )
Well
she said her hair is red, I dyed it this morning and it stained my bed
Out in
the garden where the big trees grow, I clirnb like a monkey trying to find
her clothes
Oh she
knows my name, she speaks it loud and plain, she sometirnes spells it wrong
on the letters she writes, on the letters she writes, such long letters she
writes, that girl in red in the bed with the hair is well fed
If I
want to be a man I've gotta (2x) If I want to be a man I've gotta hold her
right now
Now the
moon clambers over the trees and I'm out in the garden crawling on my knees
I'm locked
out (12x)
What
did I do wrong (2x)
London
1968 (Kevin Coyne/Achim Goettert - 1999) (OPERA
FOR SYD DREIEINIGKEITSKIRCHE)
I can't hear
you (x2)
I can't hear
a thing
I can't touch
you (x3)
Can't touch
a thing
Crocodile
shoes in June in moon in London in 1968
That was the
year (x2)
The very best
year
That was the
year
The very best
year
That was the
year
In 1968, that
was the date
Everything
jingled
Jangled up
doors
Everything
was right (x2)
You couldn't
escape the smell of perfume
Incence everywhere
in the living room
Emblazoned
curtains with sunflowers and things
People wearing
golden rings
Made of brass
Nothing was
real
All that acid
dream
Nothing would
feel the purple poodle by the sea
I remember
you and me
Gasping and
panting for breath
We almost
died (x4)
Almost died
We almost
died (x2)
Fluor toothpaste
Yes yes we
almost died
There were
crocodile shoes
Give me the
blues
Lonely
Lovers (Kevin Coyne - 1975) (MATCHING
HEAD AND FEET)
Lonely
lovers, stuccoed walls, welsh waterfalls
You wonder
why nobody sees you, nobody calls
Chorus:
The world outside can take a ride
You got
your siamese cat and that's fat and that's that
(so so
fat)
Lonely
lovers, cleaning cars Sundays afternoons
Trapped
and wrapped in some kind of suburban gloom
Chorus
Lonely
lovers, what could we do, what can we say?
Every
little cardboard dog has its day
Chorus
Lonely
lovers, you're all alone and you're crying
Outside
your little flat, there's a baby dying
Chorus
Lonely
lovers, I love you but you love no-one
You don't
care, you'd sooner rush out and buy a gun (bang!)
Chorus
(so fat)
Lonely
lovers, one more time and let's hold hands
Maybe
I'm the only one in this world who understands
Chorus
(Fat
fat fat!)
Lonely
Man (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (BABBLE)
Lonely
man crawling in corners
Opening
drawers with nothing to hide
Seeing
doors that don't exist
Living
your life in a vacant mist
Creeping
down and falling around
Lonely
man, you're not walking
Never
go on streets, you're not talking
You remain
so silent, it seems so sad
Your
heart is good, I know it isn't bad
There's
someone downstairs waiting for you
Chorus:
You've still got your mind (x4)
You've
got it if you want it
You can
get if you want it
Don't
lose it, don't let it go, don't lose, don't lose, don't lose your mind.
Lonely
man, you're never crying
There's
no-one to hear you when you cry
There's
no one you know to hear you cry
I can
hear you, I can see you, I'm everywhere, I'm watching over you
Chorus
Lonely
man, there's something
There's
a new generation coming
They
hold hands, they smile at each other
Every
sister, every brother
Something's
there for you to find
Chorus
Lonesome
Ride (Kevin Coyne/Nick Cudworth - 1971) (STRANGE
LOCOMOTION)
I
got to ride, lonesome ride (x2)
I
got to keep traveling till my baby's by my side
Met a
girl the other day
I met
a girl the other day
She stole
my mind, she tore my heart away
I wonder
if she'll return
Yes I
wonder if she'll return
She's
stolen away my love,alright
I'm crying
down the street
I'm crying
baby walking down the street
My head
is aching, I've got the blues in my feet
Nobody
seems to care
Nobody
baby, nobody seems to care
I wonder
where you are baby, I wonder where
I have
to ride, lonesome ride (x2)
I've
got to keep going till my baby's by my side
Long
Arm of the Law (the) (Kevin
Coyne - 1979) (ELVIRA
)
It's
like a palace in here, all the people they stare at me, waving papers for
autographs... I'm a celebrity, a 'cause célèbre' in France,
see the newspaper men dance, your face is on the front of the paper... you're
a star for a day
Chorus:
Oh the long arm of the law. (x2)
They've
running now to catch the mail, Elvira's been let out of jail, she's free to
fly, but where can she fly too? It was just a little bang, just a little mark,
don't leave me now, don't leave me in the dark
Chorus
(x4)
Looking
for Love (Kevin Coyne - 1977) (TALKING
TO SOMEONE)
Part
I:
I'm looking
for love
I never
find any love
I'm looking
for love
Oh I
never find any love
A big
fat girl
Sometimes
a man
Nobody
fucking understands
I'm looking
for me trousers
I lost
them in the sea
I'm looking
for the river
It seems
to fly by me
Somebody
??
Nobody,
there's somebody, nobody (repeat)
Somebody,
is there somebody? Where are they?
Part
II:
I was
thinking about it again
It seemed
to have a more humourous turn now
I was
starting to laugh
I was
called a
He didn't
know me
Didn't
know me
Well
I said: "You must know me!"
You knew
me all these years
We do
know you
You're
a liar
Not a
liar
A liar!
I said:
"I don't know what you're talking about"
Looking
for the River (Kevin Coyne - 1974) (BEAUTIFUL
EXTREMES)
I've
been crossing by the river in an anticipatory
way
I've
been searching for the river
in an anticipatory way
But
the river never came to me (x2)
Full
of tin cans and boots and things
Full
of thrown away engagement rings
Thrown
away by errant boys and girls
Butcher's
meat and sordid Woolworth's pearls
I've been
crossing by he river, looking for it, full of anticipation
I've been
crossing by the river full of anticipatory things
Men on bicycles
and passing vehicles
Wheeled up,
walled - up feelings under slime
Little houses
knocked down for the roadway
Little ladies
being kind to swans
Dogs and cats
and fat men
Lying in the
long grass
Little pacemakers
on Christmas bikes
I've
been looking for the river
anticipatory in my way
I've
been looking for the river
but the river is far away
Looking
From My Window (Kevin Coyne/Brendan Croker - 2002) (LIFE
IS ALMOST WONDERFUL)
Looking
from my window late at night, there's burning, there's burning
Look
at the sky, look at the light, it's burning, it's burning
All the
trees across the field, they're burning, are burning
All the
bushes silhouetted there are burning, are burning
I can
hear the bombs, I can hear the crunch, I can hear the children scream, I can
hear the scrunch
Looking
from my window late at night, there's burning, there's burning
I can
see that big bright light, it's burning, it's burning
Look
at the shed out in the garden, it's burning, it's burning
Look
at my mother, look at my father, they're burning, they're burning
I can
hear the bombs, I can hear the crunch, I can hear the noise, little girls
and boys
Looking from
my window, it's late at night, they're burning, they're burning
All across
the world, I can see the lights, it's burning, it's burning
I see
the planes, I hear the noise, burning, they're burning
Llife
is changing, life is wrong, it's turning, it's turning
I can
hear the bombs, I can hear the screams
Looking in Your Eyes (Hans Pukke/Kevin
Coyne - 1991) (WILD
TIGER LOVE)
Don't
you look into my eyes just like that, don't you know it grieves me to think
of what I've done
Don't
you look into my eyes just like that, don't you know it hurts me to thing
of what might have been
Don't
you look into my eyes just like that, don't you know it grieves me to think
of what I've done
Chorus:
I was a liar and a cheater too, I ran around the town till you almost died
I was
a liar, a cheater too, I know I bleeded you till I made you cry
(repeat
everything - solo - chorus ad lib)
Lorna
[Lorna, Lorna] (Kevin Coyne - 1975) (SINGLE,
LET'S HAVE A PARTY)
Lorna
Lorna Lorna Lorna Lorna Lorna
My whole
wide world is for you Lorna my whole wide world is just for you, yeah you
Lorna
Lorna Lorna Lorna Lorna Lorna
Let me
squeeze and hug you little Lorna all my loving baby is showing through for
you
I met
you on a midnight train, no I didn't even know your name
Your
long black hair pouring down your back, and let me tell you baby there's nothing
that you lack
Say Lorna
Lorna Lorna Lorna Lorna Lorna
Let me
squeeze and hug you little Lorna all my loving baby is showing through for
you
I met
you on a midnight train, and I did not even know your name
And your
long black hair pouring down your back, let me tell you baby there's nothing
that you lack
Say
Lorna
Lorna Lorna Lorna Lorna Lorna Lorna Lorna (ad-lieb)
Love
and Money (Eugene Coyne/Robert
Coyne/Kevin Coyne - 1993) (TOUGH
AND SWEET)
Money
don't mean a thing, no this diamond ring, no love could bring, could really
bring
Money
don't mean a thing, no this golden thing, no love could bring, no love could
bring
Money
don't mean a thing, this Mercedes Benz could never be your friend, could never
be your friend
Why don't
your behave yourself, stop messing up, why don't you behave yourself, it's
just bad luck
Why don't
you behave yourself, you're just fooling around, why don't your behave yourself,
love is in the air and in the ground
Money
won't change a thing, no this glittering ring doesn't mean a thing, doesn't
mean a thing
Money
won't change a thing, won't change your life, your children or your wife,
your lovely wife
Money
won't, no it don't mean a thing, no this diamond ring, no love can bring
Why don't
you behave yourself, stop messing up, why don't you behave yourself, it's
just bad luck
Why don't
you behave yourself, stop fooling around, why don't your behave yourself,
love is in the air and in the ground
Why don't
you behave yourself, stop messing up, why don't your behave yourself, it's
bad luck
Why don't
you behave yourself, stop fooling around, why don't you behave yourself
Love City (? - 2000) (GRAND PRIX EIN LIED FUR NURMBERG)
The summer rain, the river bank, the exotic birds with blues in the reds, their eyes looking at me, and for the very first time I realised this was a summer love. July I think it was, a special time. I can still hear your voice, I hear it every day, yours was the voice that took my darkness away, made me whole again, gave me life, gave me everything here, here in the city.
Now the sun, the sun it shines, the glow reaches my mind, touches my soul, touches my heart, you'll never part, you'll never ever part
And I say to those who doubt, love is here for ever evermore, see my face, see your face, the happiness, the true love
And now I say to myself, what a lucky guy I turn out to be. I can see all day through, all the joy of knowing you
Such joy, such tenderness, ?? wonderful
They can laugh, they can sneer, but love, love is here. There's no doubt, love's about, can't you touch it, feel it, touch it, it's everywhere
I'm a romantic fool, I guess I always was, I forget my lines just because thinking of you makes all my dreams come true, dreams come true with you (repeat)
I know I found love and I know it's forever (repeat)
You in Nuremberg, right here in Nuremberg (repeat)
Ich liebe dich, du bist mein ??
Love
for Five Minutes (Hans Pukke/Kevin
Coyne - 1987) (STUMBLING
ONTO PARADISE)
Last
night, you slipped into my dreams and it felt so right
It ws
such a lovely feeling in the middle of the night
And then
I woke up screaming, nobody home
Don't
you realize I hate to be alone
Why don't
you call me one more time, one more time (x2)
Fall
in love hey just for five minutes
Fall
in love honey just for five minutes
Fall
in love again just for five minutes
Fall
in love with me hey just for five minutes
I know
I'm a wild wild boy and I go crazy sometimes
My mother
always told me I was out of life
But honey
I need you like I never did before
Can't
stand this feeling of no love no more, no
Why don't
you call me one more time, one more time (x2)
Fall
in love hey just for five minutes
Fall
in love again just for five minutes
Fall
in love hey just for five minutes (x2)
Come
on, don't let me down, oh honey
Why don't
you call me one more time, one more time (x2)
Fall
in love hey just for five minutes
Fall
in love again hey just for five minutes
Fall
in love hey just for five minutes
Fall
in love again hey just for five minutes more
Love
in your Heart (Kevin Coyne - 1978) (BEAUTIFUL
EXTREMES, PILLOWS AND PRAYERS)
Bluebird,
I'm with you whenever you fly though I'm feeling sleepy with this love, feeling
the flow yes there's love
Love
from your heart drifting right down reaching my soul it's only love
Love from your heart drifting right down reaching my soul I know that
I was always crying aside as disappeared I found your little light so full
of love and I'm coming down to find love
Love
in your heart drifting right down reaching my soul I'm finding love
Love in your heart drifting right down reaching my soul alright
I'm finding love
Love
in your heart drifting right down reaching my soul I'm finding love
Love in your heart drifting right down reaching my soul I know that
Taking care of you is what I'll do when I arrive I'm coming let's be let's
be good friends I love you so although we never met I know there's love
Love in your heart drifting right down reaching my soul I know there's love
Love in your heart drifting right down reaching my soul I know there's love
Love in your heart drifting right down reaching my soul I know there's love
Love in your heart drifting right down reaching my soul
Lovers
And Friends (Hans Pukke/Kevin Coyne - 1990) (ROMANCE
ROMANCE )
It
was a burning summer, love was around
Dreams
were coming true, I was high off the ground
Thinking
of you almost all the time
I
was a little histerical, almost out of my mind
Then
I looked at you with your beautiful eyes
I
had to turn away and start to cry
You
went on and on, you never seemed to end
Then
I introduced you to a special friend
One
day, not so very long ago
You
rang me, told me that you didn't want to see me no more
Then
I think of you with your wonderful eyes
I
have to turn away and start to cry
All
lovers become friends, friends in the end (x2)
Now
I'm wandering in some some strange far away town
Where
nobody knows me, with my eyes cast down
I'm
looking for someone to share my problems with
I
see you across the street and then I'm reborn and I live
Then
I look at you with your wonderful eyes
I
have to turn away and start to cry
All
lovers become friends, friends in the end (x2)
Then
I look at you with your wonderful eyes
I
have to turn away and start to cry
All
lovers become friends, friends in the end (x6)
Lovesick
Fool (Kevin Coyne - 1973) (SINGLE)
Oh
there's not a lot I can say
Not a
lot I can do, no
But I
love you, yes I do
You know
you're driving me ??
With
you love ??
But I
love you, yes I do
Baby
let me take you home
Totally
on your own
Down
the swimming pool
I'm your
dancing fool
Not a
lot I can say
Not a
lot I can do
But I
love you, oh I love you, yes I do
So baby,
baby, baby gonna take you home
Totally
on your own
I'm your
dancing fool
Though
you seem cruel
Not a
lot I can say
Not a
lot I can do
But I
love you, yes I do
Love
Together (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (BABBLE)
We
can put our love together
Yes we
can put it together
Don't
mind what all the people say
You and
I are here and we're staying this way
There
is laughter from those that don't know
They
don't know and why should we tell them so?
We're
putting it together and that's all we need
We are
putting our love together
Don't
mind the faces at the window
Don't
mind when they knock upon our door
We've
got it made and what is more
I see
you as my king
I'm prepared
to be your loyal queen
Any lover
would know what I mean
We are
putting our love together
Don't
you refrain from my love
I understand
you and I don't need you to reject me
We're
made like angels, we're like stars
We're
the ones, our love is going far
We've
thought it all, don't take it away
Don't
take it away (x3)
We've
got it made, really got it made
Don't
take it away (x9)
Low I Try (Kevin Coyne - Kevin Coyne) (UNDERGROUND)
Low I try. Low I try. Low I try to stoop lower and lower.
Low I try. Low I try. Low I try to stoop lower and lower.
But humility doesn’t follow me.
My arrogance seats itself upon your head.
Humility doesn’t follow me.
My arrogance seats itself upon your head.
Low I try. Low I try. Low I try, but I can’t get no lower. (4 x)
Can’t get no lower. (7 x)
Forgive me for my arrogance my friend,
it’s just my natural way of being.
I would stoop low if the shadows followed me too closely.
But they don’t.
All I see is glory, glory, glory,
and should I say Hallelujah. Ha Ha Ha Ha Hallelujah.
Low. No. No. No. No. No.
I can’t get any lower than this. Can’t get any lower than this.
Low I try. Low I try. Low I try, but I can’t get no lower. (5 x)
Lucy
(Little Lucy) (Kevin Coyne/Archie Leggett - 1975) (MATCHING
HEAD AND FEET)
Hey
Pauline, let's go out tonight
I got
some money, gonna spend it right
Now my
little Lucy, she lives next door
She calls
for me, always asks for more
Hey little
Lucy, let's go out tonight
I got
some money in my pocket, really gonna spend it right, right, right, right,
yeah
Hey Pauline,
now what do you say?
I'm gonna
take you away on a holiday
Now my
little Lucy, she lives next door
She don't
have to know no more
Hey little
Lucy, I'm going out tonight
Money
in my pocket, I'm gonna spend on anybody I like, allright
Hey Mother,
what shall I do
There's
Pauline and Susie doing the Susie Q
Which
one, which one shall I take
I might
give them 1 2 3 4
We might
do the Hippy Shake, allright
Hey little
Lucy, let's go out tonight
I got
some money in my pocket, really gonna spend it right, all on you
Lunatic
(Kevin Coyne - 1978) (DYNAMITE
DAZE)
An
old man surrounded by his books
Trestle
table pilled with old newspapers
Fifteen
cats scratching at his door
Filfth
and mess all across the floor
Chorus:
It's alright Mrs. Brown, you know Mrs. Carter
He's
a luna-luna-luna-luna-luna-luna-lunatic (x2).
Still
used to walk with your spotty dog
Gazing
for hours at the flower beds
Under
the victorian canopy
Knocking
the leaves of the dead trees
You're
a luna-luna-luna-luna-luna-luna-lunatic (x2)
The open
ward is the place for you
Where
someone they will tie your shoes
You'll
have visitors one every year
And you
don't have to cry, there's a million tears, everyone cries there
Chorus
And still
you walk with your spotty dog
Gazing
for hours at the flower beds
Under
the victorian canopy
Picking
the leaves of the dead trees
Yes,
you're a luna-luna-luna-luna-luna-luna-lunatic (x4)
Still
used to walk with your spotty dog
Gazing
for hours at the flower beds
Under
the victorian canopy
Picking
the leaves of the dead trees
Lunatic
Laughs (the) (Kevin Coyne/Nick Cudworth - 1971?) (RABBITS)
There's
a change in the weather
Things
are going wrong
The sky
is getting blacker baby
I can't
last for much longer
I'm worried
about my baby
Don't
know what she's done
But I've
changed my attitude
I'm out
on the run
And the
lunatic laughs
Yes the
lunatic laughs (x2)
Well
he laughs and he laughs and he laughs and he laughs
Well
there is no reason baby
There
is no rhyme
I'm just
sitting here baby
I'm just
waisting my time
Staring
at a blank wall
With
nothing to do baby
Just a dreaming
fire
Just
a dreaming of you
And the
lunatic laughs
Yes the
lunatic laughs (x2)
You know
he laughs and he laughs and he laughs and he laughs
Come
along and help me
See what
you can do
Take
these horns from my head
Take
away the blues
Give
me some reason
Give
me some rhyme
I'm all
locked up here baby
I'm doing
time
And the
lunatic laughs
Yes the
lunatic laughs
You know
the lunatic laughs
You know
he laughs and he laughs and he laughs and he laughs.
Come here
baby
Help me out
Oh I can't
stand it baby
Oh you're
knocking me out
I'm just a
lunatic now
Nobody cares
Oh what shall
I do?
And the lunatic
laughs (repeat)
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