KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - T
Take
a Train (Kevin Coyne - 1974) (BLAME
IT ON THE NIGHT)
Take
a train train train (x2)
Gotta
get back home
See
my mother and father again
I'm insane sane sane (x2)
Nobody
remembers me
Nobody
knows my name
Am I to blame blame blame (x2)
Standing
in the gutter
Looking
at the gurgling drain
Home
is where the heart is, yes
That's
where I belong
Home
is where the heart is, yes
That's
why I'm coming home (x2)
Take a train train train (x2)
Get
back home
See
my mother and father again
I'm insane sane sane
I'm
insane sane insane
Nobody
remembers me
Nobody
knows my name
Am
I to blame blame blame? (x2)
Standing
in the gutter
Looking
at the gurgling drain
Home is where the heart is, yes
That's
where I belong
Home
is where the heart is, yes
That's
why I'm coming home (x2)
Taking
the train
The
choo choo train (x3)
Taking
the train (x2)
The
choo choo train (x2)
Taking
the train (x2)
Take
Me Back In Your Arms (Kevin Coyne - 1988) (EVERYBODY'S
NAKED)
Take
me back in your arms, I was lonely but you're here again
Take
me back in your arms, I've been waiting for your train
Take
me back in your arms, lt's lovely to see you sitting here
Take
me back in your arms, our love's so strong and clear
Cause
I was lonely, such a fool, treated you badly oh so cruel
Take
me back in your arms, honey I apologise
Take
me back in your arms, you forgive me, see it in your eyes
Take
me back in your arms, I'll never hurt you again
Take
me back in your arms, I want you, my only friend
Cause
I was lonely and treated you cruel but now you're back, I was such a fool,
such a fool, such a fool, such a fool, that's how I was, such a fool
Cause
I was lonely and treated you cruel but now you're back, I was such a fool
Take
me back in your arms, it's alright now the lights are low
Take
me back in your arms, we're holding, you really know
Take
me back in your arms, my conscience is clear at last
Take
me back in your arms, let's forget all the past, all the past,
all the past
Take
on the Bowers (Taking on the Bowers)
(Kevin Coyne/Robert Wyatt - 1980) (SANITY
STOMP)
Take
on the bowers of the year, sing out silence loud and clear
Hear
the childd of love inside, sing songs of fratricide, sing songs of fratricide
Help
the one whose heart is torn, sadly fickle, hot and warm
See the
inner light reside, help the homeless suicide, help the homeless suicide
How high
the hills he had to climb, how tight the bow, how sharp the twine
But God
did speak and life renewed, the infant heart white clouds accrued, the infant
heart white clouds accrued
Oh high
banked river seal his peace, let fortune's feathers kiss release,
For God
burns cold to those in fear, but love is all for those that care, but love
is all for those that care
Sing
on, sing on, sing on, sing on
Dark
heartless melody is lost, dark heartless melody is lost
Comments
Take
Your Pain Away (Robert Coyne/Kevin Coyne - 1999) (ROOM
FULL OF FOOLS)
You're
the loveliest lady I've ever seeen, some thing out of Hollywood, sornething
out of a dream
Saw you
drinking hard in a north side bar, wondered why you were so sad and lonely,
a jaded star
Chorus:
I know you suffered before (x3) but I will take your pain away, yes I will
I got
your telephone number last night, talked for two hours, tried to make things
right
You didn't
trust no-one and I don't blame you, they all let you down, told you lies,
not the truth, all lied to you
Chorus
I'll take
it away, take it away, all your pain away (ad lib)
Chorus
I'll take
it away, take it away, all your pain away (ad lib)
Taking
on the World (Kevin Coyne - 1980) (SANITY
STOMP)
Is
it madness is in your blood? Sometimes you think you're a sticked
mud
Taking
on, taking on the world
Twenty-six
hours by aeroplane to discover you're half insane
Taking
on, taking on the world
Chorus:
Taking on the world, all the boys and girls, taking on, taking on the world.
Someone
told you you could do quite well but you realize you're in a living hell
Taking
on, taking on the world
Country
scenes is what you require but a litlle bit of rock'n'roll is your only desire
Taking
on, taking on the world
Chorus
- Solo - Chorus
You're
?? but somehow you're trying to steal the ??
Taking
on, taking on the world
When
your mind goes blank, what do you do? You keep on walking, you keep walking
in those rock'n'roll shoes
Taking
on, taking on the world
Chorus
And I'll
always will, I love it but sometimes I hate it but I'll always will (ad lib)
Talk
About Love (Kevin Coyne - 1978) (DYNAMITE
DAYS OUTTAKES)
I've
broken your heart so many many many times
Told
so many fairy tales and so many terrible lies
Passionate
and faithless, although I've not been good
I
want to love you now like I know I should
Always
talk about love
I
always talk about love (x2)
I've
got to prove it, prove it
I
was posing with all those girls
Living
in a fantasy, a fantasy world
But
look at me tonight
Look
at this sight, look into the mirro
These
tears can't be right
I
always talking about love
Always
talk about love (x2)
I've
got to prove it, prove it
Oh
honey honey oh, I love you so
Darling
don't go, I will make it up this time
I
won't string you on a line
Look
at my face, you know my style
Wherever
you are I want to be with you
Every
minute all the while
But
sometimes I'm far away, I need someone to hold
God
know I wanted to be faithful
But
sometimes I get, I get so cold
You
know I always talk about love
Always
talk about love (x2)
I
always talk about love
Always
talk about love
Talking
talking talk about love
Always
talk about love
Oh
honey honey oh, I love you so
Darling
don't go, I will make it up this time
I
won't string you on a line
So
here we are together for ever
Together
for ever (x3)
Hold
me, never stop, never stop, never stop, never stop
Talking
Money (Kevin Coyne - 1993)
(TOUGH
AND SWEET)
Talking
money, funny funny money, sticky sticky money, money's not so funny
Talking
money, always talking talking money, money's not so funny, that sticky tricky
money
No wonder
people get crazy, get flabby, get lazy, no wonder people go crazy, go flabby,
go lazy
Money
(repeat). Lazy (repeat)
Talking
money, all that crazy money, all that funny funny money, you know they're
just talking money
Talking
money, funny funny money, talking money, oh sticky tricky money
No wonder
people get crazy, get flabby, get lazy, no wonder people go crazy, get flabby,
get lazy
Money
(repeat). Lazy (repeat)
Talking
money, crazy crazy money, talking money, sticky sticky money
No wonder
people get crazy, no wonder people get lazy, no wonder people get crazy, get
flabby and lazy
Money
(repeat). Lazy (repeat) Crazy
Talking
To No-One (Kevin Coyne - 1973) (MARJORY
RAZORBLADE)
Talking
to no-one is strange, talking to someone is stranger
You might
be in danger yes if you say too much in this world
Being
on your own is hard, being with someone is harder
All the
confusion inside you and there's no-one to guide you
I once
found a friend, someone I could care for
Now that
friend has gone, I might find a friend in the end
You know
I want to go back somewhere where the warmth is, anywhere, oh I don't care
(repeat
everything)
Talk
is Cheap (Kevin Coyne - 1978) (DYNAMITE
DAYS OUTTAKES)
I
was talking to a friend only yesterday
He said it
was the godspel truth but I found out the other way
Chorus: Talking
(x4) to myself
Walking
(x4) with myself
Talking
(x4)
Talking
is cheap
Talk
talk talk is cheap
Chatter
chatter chatter is cheap
Talk
talk talk is cheap.
I
was listening to a man
Said
he'd save the poor
Said
he loved the destitute but they couldn't sleep on his floor
Chorus
I
listened to a gouvernement ??
But
when they mention the cost, the ?? went down the drain
Chorus
Chatter
chatter chatter
Chorus
I
keep waiting for solutions
Problems
have no end
Maybe
I'm talking all this talk cause talking is the trend
Chorus
Talking
is cheap (x2)
Chatter
is cheap
Talking
is cheap
Talk
is cheap
Tear
me Up (Hans Pukke/Kevin Coyne - 1987) (STUMBLING
ONTO PARADISE)
Tear
me up, I'm just a book (x4)
Tear
me up (x4)
I'm
just a book
I'm in
love, don't break my heart (x4)
I'm in
love (x4)
Don't
break my heart
I'm living
in a fairy story
I met
a princess
I'm living
in a fairy story
I've
got her adress
Tear
me up, I'm just a book (x4)
Tear
me up (x8)
I'm
just a book
Teenage
Queen (Ali Neander/Kevin Coyne - 1996) (KNOCKING
ON YOUR BRAIN)
Only
yesterday, I saw you, standing in your dress of blue, very very young, supermarket
strong, I said I love you
You just
turned away and laughed and gave a little cough, said 'Maybe one day very
soon, I can be your princess in my smart little dress and you can be my big
baboon'
I'll
be your Billy the Kid, you can be my Tiger Queen, we can jog and dance around
all day
Go down
to McDonald's, maybe the Burger King, we can bite bite bite the night away
Down
in the Dungeon Club, that is the hub of life and spirit round here
We can
dance down there, do the boogaloogaloogaloogaloo, that's the place for young
lovers
Chorus:
You're my teen teen teen teenage Queen (three times), kinky teenage Queen
I'll
do anything for you, I'll love you good and true, give you all my money and
everything
Birds
of a feather, we will stick together, ting a ling, ting a ling, ting a ling,
ting a ling
Hear
my love fall, hear me when I call, see me when I crawl on your floor
You're
towering and you're strong but I can't last for long, I'm your power man,
I'm your power man
Chorus
- Solo - Chorus
Have
you got the message? It schould be clear, telephone me, please ring, my dear
I'll
give you everything I've got and what I've got is hot, a little faded but
very strong
Now you
don't have to worry about little things like money, my pension's good and
sure, it's in the bank
Ah, we
can laugh together, go jogging in any weather, we can both wear pink suits
Do you
like swimming? Do you like Oasis? Do you like rock'n'roll? Do you remember
the Beatles? You don't remember the Beatles. Ah you're just a little young
for that, just a little young for that, just a little young for that, you're
just a little young for that
Television
Life (poem) (Kevin Coyne - 1969-70) (LET'S
DO IT)
He
lives inside the television
He
sits on valves and eats wires
His
wires and valves are surrounded by valves and more wires
It's
not surprising to hear him say that he believes that wires govern his extremities
and valves own his brain
He
knows that when he moves a great audience watches him
And
that the workshop is waiting for him to crack up
Tell
Me Tony (Robert Coyne/Kevin
Coyne - 1993) (TOUGH
AND SWEET)
Chorus:
Tell me Tony, you're not giving in, come on and tell me Tony, you're not giving
in (x4)
I know
that life is tough and Mandy she has treated you rough, she's gone with a
bloke from across the sea and she's down by the sand down on her knees
She might
telephone (but she won't), she might telephone (I know she won't), she might
telephone (I know she won't), she might telephone (perhaps she won't)
Come
on Tony, you're not giving in, come on Tony, you've got to tell me, you're
not giving in
Tell
me, you're, come on and tell me you're not giving in
A man
should be a man, a man should be a man, a man should be a man, you should
understand (x6)
Chorus
(ad lib)
Tell
the Truth (Kevin Coyne/Steve Bull - 1982) (PØLITICZ)
Have
you heard the story about Robin Hood?
Now Robin
Hood was really good
He fed
the poor to feed the rich
He didn't
do a thing the bitch
Heard
the story about Guru Christ?
He was
a man infested with lice
He thought
he was really nice
But where
is he now, we need him now
We need
him now
Tell
the truth (x8)
Hear
the story about Josef K
A man
who had his day
A lion
in his lair
A man
who knew anywhere
He could
control your soul he said
Now that
man is really dead
Is he
dead? Dead. He's dead. Is he dead?
Tell
the truth (repeat)
That
Girl Of Mine (Kevin Coyne
- 1979) (ROCKPALAST)
I left
my love down by the gasworks
Her little
body pressed close to mine
She called
me a saussage
A mere
frankfurter
She was
a swine, that girl of mine
That's
Rock'n'Roll (Kevin Coyne -
1978) (PEEL
SESSIONS )
(thanks to Matthew Sweeney)
Velveteen
friends of mine dancing on a telephone booth
All the
girls in the bar room, they seem to be called Ruth
White
and ?? skirts exploding under the light
Down
in Victoria Street, they're breaking up the night
Chorus:
Oh oh oh that's rock'n'roll (x2).
Thomas
Wayne stands by the juke box in his thin black suit
White
white socks and thick sole boots
What happened to Tracy Pendarvis, such a good friend of mine?
All the heroes, all the names are coming back in time
Chorus
Johnny
Rotten goggling down through my TV
The energy
and the loving there is buckling his knees
Hi there
Johnny, how are you?
I know
how it feels
I've
got the rythm though my hair is falling out
I can
still rock and reel
Chorus
(x2)
Theresa
(Hans Pukke/Kevin Coyne - 1990) (ROMANCE
ROMANCE )
Down
at the Cafe Pompadour, we were twirling, we were having
fun
A
tall woman flashed by, she said: "You could be my son"
I
looked up at her and I started to smile
It
was love at first sight
So
we skipped and we hopped till we twirled around
Off
into the purple night
It
felt so marvelous, didn't know what to do
I
was on a big pink cloud just thinking of you
I
felt histerical, I started to scream
That's
so wonderful to find the girl of my dreams
We
walked to slowly through the big city streetts
Then
I gazed down and looked at your enormous feet
I
said: "They're big, they're enormous, they're huge!"
You
said: "It doesn't matter at all"
I
shook my head, I said: "Let's go to bed, I'm tired, I could almost crawl"
It
felt so marvelous, I found you at last
??self
concious, you blessed my prayers
You
touched me everywhere, a secret desire
And
it felt so wonderful to find the girl of my dreams
When
we got to your flat, your cat sat on your mat
Glancing
across with his big green eyes at your poodle white and fat
You
said: "I've got some explaining to do, it's really necessary
My
name's not Theresa at all, it's really Big Terry"
I
said: "It doesn't matter, I don't care one bit
I
like you just the same, in fact I don't give a shit
If
you're Doreen, Derik, Divinia or Don
It
doesn't matter at all
When
love creeps in, you can't let go
And
I can hear the call"
It
felt so good, never felt like this before
Heaven
was oppening, thrusting back the door
I
did not care, I felt so free
And
it felt so wonderful to find the girl of my dreams
Felt
so nice, felt perfectly right
Something
had happened that wonderful night
I
found ??, I found a true friend
And
it felt so wonderful to find a friend in the end
Everybody
said it's wrong, you should make a break
With
your job in the bank, you should be franck
The
boss he can't take
Your
comings and goings, your strange little ways
He
thinks you're going mad
I
said I'm just free, I'm like a buzzy little bee
I've
no time to be sad
They
dismissed me, they let me go
They
drove me out of the door
So
I'm working on the building site now
And I'm happy
like never before
I'm not ashamed,
you could know my name
I'm
a friend of Terry,Theresa
There
She Goes (Kevin Coyne/Brian
Godding - 1981) (POINTING THE FINGER)
There
she goes, what am I going to say?
There
she goes and she's gone away
There
she goes and she'll be back again
There
she goes, looking at the little fat man
Destroyed
on drink
Crawling
around the room
Believing
the voices in his head
His head
is a tomb
Filled
with paraphernalia
From
dreadful, lonely years
But she's
here, yes she's here, yes she's here, right here
There
it goes, the same old story again
There
it goes, spot the happy man
There
it goes, a heart and a soul for me
There
it goes, endlessly and endlessly
Why was
I crying at the window last night?
Why was
I holding on my pillow?
And I
had to bite and bite
And why
was I screaming in those empty years?
Maybe
there's been too many, too many savage tears
A shrinking
violet, I'm never likely to be
Because
I insist on being little me
So when
I scream and sometimes hate
You know
I love you just the same
Cause
you know your name, you know your name
I love
the sound of your lovely name
There
she goes, don't frighten her away
There
she goes, what can I say?
There
she goes, got me, got me everywhere
There
she goes, screaming that she cares
Touch
me, touch me, like you, like you know you do
I'm just
a little old fashioned
But relying
on touching you
Let me
feel you river of hair
Rolling
down my chest
Cause
I love you, I love you, you're the best
They
Love Their Mother (Kevin Coyne - 1976) (CHASING
RAINBOWS ) (see also I Love My Mother)
(beginning
is missing)
I give
that perfect light, perfect light
Arm in
arm, arm in arm agains the night, the darkest night
They
love their mother (x2)
And that's
alright, that's alright
They
love their mother, yes they do, oh they love her so
They
love their mother, yes they do, yes they do
Things
Gonna Get Better (Kevin Coyne - 2000) (EMPTY
GLASS)
All
night long, I've been crying
I'm
almost breaking down
All
night long, I've been crying
Almost
breaking down
I've
been weeping and moaning
Walking
around in my dressing gown
I
can't take much more (x2)
Everybody
says: "Cheer up Kevin
You're
gonna laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh all day"
But
I know I need somebody
Someone
I can trust and, trust and take care of all this pain away
I've
been out on the park, walking round and round, a little ?? walking round
I've
been talking to trees, singing on benches
Nobody
answers back to me
And
I'm mixed up and I'm confused
I'm
mixed up and I'm confused
How
much I've lost, I lost my little bungalow
She
took it all, even my little bungalow
Everybody
says to me: "Kevin, cheer up
It'll
get better one day"
But
I know it will take a giant bottle of vodka ??, a bottle of whisky to drive
this pain away
??
??
a big black hole and I might crawl under the stairs and down
Trapped
in a German town, no friends, no friends, everybody laughs, oh they just treat
me bad
I
want to find a place (x2)
Where
I can rest my weary, my weary British head
I'm
almost dead (x5)
Somebody
said if you go on like this
??
Better be somebody screaming, not so down
All
I know, all I know, all I know, there must be somebody out there who loves
me, some little bugger who's gonna hold my hand and squeeze me for evermore
because I'm a little bit lonely, a little bit sad, I need somebody lo love,
anybody to love, is there anybody out there who really loves me? I've no idea
but I don't really care but in a way, well it's not so bad after all
Things
gonna get better (x2)
They
usually get better
Things
gonna get better (x2)
They
usually do
Think
of Sunshine (Kevin Coyne - 1979) (ELVIRA
)
You
see me in Paris, you see me everywhere, you see me speeding through your town
That
was my face you saw in a bar, that was my name you kicked around
That
was my fateful life, that was me, that was you, I forgive you, all of you
You didn't
realise...
You were
stronger than me it seems, I know that you didn't mean to hurt me, didn't
mean to hurt me
But I'm
not sure, still confused, just another glass, just another dance
Rayrnond,
play that tune again, play it loud, play it strong, play it forever
This
is a tiny room, not much of a bed, not much of a place, not much of an end
This
is a tiny room, draw the curtains, cut out the gloom and think of sunshine
Think,
think of sunshine (x4) and don't, don't cry
This
is not a Joke (Kevin Coyne/Brendan Croker - 2002) (LIFE
IS ALMOST WONDERFUL)
I'm
undressed and I'm not well, sitting at the bay-window making the smell
I'm ashamed
of my condition, I need, I need a position
Someone
to tell me I'm better, better than I really feel
Someone
to say, "You're better, better than you really feel"
I need
the Lord up above oh to heal
Heal
my toes, heal my nose, heal my ears, both of them
Heal
my nose, heal my toes, heal my ears, both of them
Make
something new of me, make me into a superman
Yes,
make something new of me, make me into a superman
With
the wisdom of an Einstein, my father's glance
It's
genetic, I'm frenetic, I can't understand myself at all
It's
genetic and frenetic cause I can't understand myself at all
The family
Bible stands by the bed, it lies by the bed
The family
Bible lies by the bed
I've
got my mother's old nightie under my head and recyclining
I don't
know why I'm like I am
I could
have been something, I...
The teacher
at school said, "If you apply yourself, you could be a bank manager,
even a zoo keeper, you know, alligators would respect you and those buzzards,
I've seen them, they bow when you, when you pass by. There's an air of confidence
about you that inspires loyalty"
I wonder
if I'll achieve my goal
I wonder,
yes I wonder - and I stutter - if I'll achieve my goal
God have
mercy on my angst full soul
God have
mercy on me. If you're up there, please relieve me of all tension, please
send me someone to love.
This
is not a joke (x7)
This
is Spain (Kevin Coyne - 1973) (MARJORY
RAZORBLADE)
We
got the tickets, caught all the trains
We're
on our way to our holidays again
Everybody
knows it's the time of the year to get some sun on our muscles
On our
muscles that are white
We need
something to make us brown
Brown
as berries, brown
The two
kids are wandering round the town
Buying
various oddments
Various
assorted things
Hope
they don't steal my clothes while I'm away
That
waiter looks suspicious, lurking around
I saw
him across the way
He was
singing songs, evil songs
Clicking
his heels, flipping around
I'm sure
he is a gangster, someone bad
I'll
have to run back, I'm on the wrong side of town
This
is Spain (x2)
This
is Spain on our holidays again
This
is Spain on our holidays once again
Oh Manuela,
you look so well, oh Carla, is it Carla or is it, is it Manuela? Oh Manuela,
Manuela...
This
Is The House (poem) (Kevin Coyne - 1978) (DYNAMITE
DAYS OUTTAKES)
This
is the house where I was born
These
are the walls and this is the door
This
is the cupboard where we put the knives and forks
This
is the living room where we had our talks
This
is the garden where I planted the flowers
This
is the path that I spent hours and hours making
And
this is me in my vest like a photograph
The
rest you can see is falling down
And
I'm sorry that they had to do it
That
they wanted to do it
Though
they didn't mean to do it
And
number 53 will always be home to me
Though
it is flat as a ?? and they're all insane
This
is the home where we had our children
Everyone
of of them has gone away
This
is the place, this is the yard
Where
they used their skipping ropes
Where
they used to trot and play
Though
there wasn't room for the days
Bye
bye number 53 (x2)
But
you'll always be home to me
Here
comes the big ball and the chain
There
goes ??
There
goes the numbered place I used to know as home
And
where is home?
Where
is home? (repeat)
No,
nowhere is home, it's not here, it's not here
Here's
your tea Mr. Walker; you want a biscuit? Your visitors are going to come,
I think they'll be here about five-thirty
This
Is The River (poem) (Kevin Coyne
- 1978) (PUTNEY
83 )
This
is the river in me that turns suspicious eyes into cool fingers
This
is the river in me that makes me receptive for all the shit in the world
Laugh
it up, laugh it up, laugh till the river speaks up
The happy
fish return
You hear
the sound, the sound, the cackle, the black and white lies
The worry,
the inept marvelous widsom white-washing the world and its worries
Winking
Wally, wept-on Wally, who the fuck's Wally? Cant' remember
Is he
the man with the ?? head?
The world
is ?? through my door
Bringing
oversized problems, ??, dreams of oblivion and life
I ask
them to take the happy road
Though
they need the persuading
Ask them
and ask them but forgot to take my advice
How stupid
can one man be
How stupid
to see and be blind
How awful
the dreams that linger into days
How awful
the color of humanity
?? must
stop and be replaced by hands held closely
And hearts
swimming and singing the true love
The world's
work, it's only just begun
And William
Blake sits by the water
Listen
to the reverie of the new spring
See the
cracked walls of industry
Blossoming,
?? flowers
Walking
?? screaming songs of life
Their
pin stripe suits as flags
Their
bags of ?? on their heads
See the
many nations ?? with difficulty
Pressing
palm into palm
Pressing
riches into riches
Crying
?? of hope never heard of before
The dark
sits on no-one shoulder
Only
the heartless and the ??
?? has
left the valley of the mind
And for
Bob Marley, black and white must love each other
They're
getting shadows and sharpness
We're
getting past and pity
We're
getting trees and torture
We're
getting crime and punishment
We're
getting hate and ??
We're
getting lost and lovers
We're
getting the details of the dead wish they'd strangled us all
We must
be patient
??
With
eye to eye, heartache to heartache
Revealed
our singular but
Throw
It All Away (Kevin Coyne - 1978) (DYNAMITE
DAYS OUTTAKES)
We're
walking down a dangerous road
Walking
past those big fat gangsters as we go
There's
a million pounds in the pockets of their clothes
??
Chorus:
Throw it all, throw it all, throw it all, throw it all, throw it all, throw
it all, throw it all away
??
air to breathe
Pointless
politics got us to our knees
We're
?? if only we knew
Some
people kill to avoid the truth
Chorus
- Solo - Chorus
Candid
old men they're not so wise
They
?? to cruelty and lies
Now
the children, the children they see
Look
into their eyes, look at liberty, liberty
Chorus
Throw
it all away (repeat)
Chorus
Throw
it all away (repeat)
It's
all in your head
Tiger
Lilian (Kevin Coyne - 2002) (SUGAR
CANDY TAXI)
It
was a night in South London and there was rain and snow
It was
dark by the common and you had no place to go
Your
little oriental eyes were shining at me as I walked up to you
You said
if you can help me, give me some money if that's all you can do
I love
you Miss Tiger Lilian, I need you Miss Tiger Lilian, I love you Miss Tiger
Lilian
We went
back to my flat, iIt was warm and hot inside
You were
so lovely smiling, so grateful, said I was kind
We spent
the night together, it was a perfect night of love
Every
night I think of you lately, I pray to the stars up above, come
home
I love
you Miss Tiger Lilian, I need you Miss Tiger Lilian, I love you Miss Tiger
Lilian
You never
came back again, you were, you were so far away
You sent
me a letter from Ethiopia, you said you might return someday
You remembered
the warm coffee in the morning
And the
warmth of my lovely smile
I wish
you would come home once more and give me that oriental smile cause
I love
you Miss Tiger Lilian, I need you Miss Tiger Lilian, I love you Miss Tiger
Lilian
Love
you Miss Tiger Lilian, I love you Miss Tiger Lilian, I love you Miss Tiger
Lilian, always love you Miss Tiger Lily, Lily, Lilian
Tighten
Up (Kevin Coyne/Nick Cudworth/Dave Clague - 1970) (THE
CLUB RONDO)
Well tighten up, you're in England now
You'd better tighten up, you're in England now
They don't stand for dictators
They don't stand for evil no how
You better tighten up, we got a good parlament here
You better tighten up, we got a good parlament here
Ain't no bribery or corruption
You ain't got nothin' to fear
This is the Land of the Free, everybody here gets paid
This is the Land of the Free, everybody here gets paid
You can queue at the Labour Exchange
Man, you're made!
If you're black, if you're brown, yellow or blue
Come to England, that's the thing to do
You want to come here
Tighten up and come along inside
There'll keep a welcome in the valleys
You're gonna be alright!
Till
the end of time (Kevin Coyne - 1969-71?) (THE
SIREN YEARS)
Well
I'm worried about the winter
I'm worried
about the rain
I'm so
tired baby
I'm full
of pain
Help
me baby
If you
know how
Come
her quick baby
I gotta
love you love you love you baby
Till
the end of time
The river's
loosing water
Trees
are loosing leaves
The air's
all dry baby
I can't
breathe
Oh baby
baby baby baby
What's
the matter?
I want
to know (x2)
Cause
I' gonna love you love you love you baby
Till
the end of time
Well
summer's a long time
The days
seem so long
Once
had a love baby
It's
upside down, wrong, wrong
Help
me baby
Help
me get along
I said
I was gonna love you love you love you baby
Till
the end of time
End of
time, alright
Old bandit,
come on
Well
there's phantoms in my sleep baby
I can't
see a thing
So much
pain
Oh help
me baby
Help
me to get along
Cause
I' gonna love you love you love you baby
Till
the end of time
End of
time, right
Count
me out on loving
Count
me out on pain
Just
paint my face
Hand
it white and plain
I don't
want know baby
I don't
want know about a thing
I'm gonna
love you love you love you baby
Till
the end of time
Time
for Tears (Friedl Pohrer/Kevin Coyne - 1995) (CRAZY FRANK)
Time
for tears, a little crying
Time
for sadness, time for dying
The nurse
has gone from this room, left some flowers, yellow and in bloom
Chorus:
Blazing
storm, blazing storm, it's gone, it's gone
Blazing
storm, blazing storm, can't do me no harm
Blazing
storm, blazing storm, it's gone, it's gone
Blazing
storm, can't do me no harm.
Time
for tears, I'm smiling
Time
for tears, at your vision in this room
Time
for tears but I'll soon be laughing
I can
hear the pipes, the songs
Chorus
Can you
hear the pipes they're playing? Mandolins in the rain
Fierce
guitars strumming, it's the end of all pain
Time
for tears, a little crying
Time
for tears, sadness, a little sighing
The nurse
is gone from this room left some flowers, yellow and in bloom
Chorus
Time
for tears, I'll say goodbye
Time
for tears but I'll see you in a while
Time
for tears in a world where all is smiles
Time
for tears, say goodbye
Time
for tears (ad lib)
Time Moves On (Kevin Coyne - Werner Steinhauser) (UNDERGROUND)
Time, time, time, time.
Time moves on.
Time moves on and on.
Time moves on.
Time moves on and on.
Shadows they creep. They’re creepin’ while you sleep.
Time moves on.
Time moves on.
Time. Time moves on.
Time moves on.
Shadows they creep, creepin’ while you sleep.
Time moves on.
On. On. On. On. On.
Time moves on.
Time moves on.
Time moves on.
Time moves on.
Shadows they creep, creepin’ while you sleep.
Time moves on.
Time moves on.
Time moves on.
Time moves on.
Shadows, shadows they creep, they’re creepin’ while, while you sleep.
Shadows they creep. Creepin’ while you’re sleepin’.
Time moves on.
On. On. On. On. On. On. On. On. On.
Time moves on.
Time moves on.
On and on. On and on. On and on. On and on.
On and on. On and on. On and on. On and on.
Too
Dark (One for the Hero) (Kevin Coyne/Paul Wickens - 1980) (SANITY
STOMP)
I
know you say I'm the best, a cut above all the rest
But I've had
trouble lately don't you see? I've been denying who is me
Chorus:
but it's too too too dark you say
Too
too too dark you say, take that light away.
I've
been running all your life, I've influenced your girl friend and your wife
You
even look like me now what on earth can you do?
It's
about time you decided who are you
Chorus
(x2)
I
know that I maybe let you down, I was a king but now I throw away my crown
I
got love and affection but you're throwing it all away
Sometimes
your heros have to move, they can't stay
Chorus
(x2)
Totally
Naked (Kevin Coyne - 1993 BURNING
HEAD) or Totally Naked II
(TOUGH
AND SWEET )
Totally
naked, that's how we came into the world you say
Totally
naked, bouncing up and down upon the bathroom scales
Totally
naked, I'll never change, you say I'll always be that way
Totally
naked, bouncing up and down upon the bathroom scales
It's
so nice, you and I, and it makes you think
It's
so nice you and I though life it sometimes stinks
Totally
naked, that's what you say, that 's how we came today
Ttotally
naked, totally honest with not a lie, a mistruth to say
Totally
naked, I'm flying high, it's such a happy day
Totally
naked, I'm just a baby and it's good to feel this way
It's
alright, it's so good and it makes you think
It's
alright, it's so nice though sometimes the world it stinks, yes
Totally
naked, that's how we came into the world they say
Totally
naked, bouncing up and down upon the bathroom scales
Totally
naked, feel so fine, I'm just a baby in my way
We're
totally naked, I suppose we'll always remain the same
Yes,
i t's so good, it's so fine and it makes you think
It's
so good, it's alright though life sometimes sometimes stinks
Tthough
life sometimes sometimes stinks (x2)
Trip
to Heaven (Kevin Coyne/Achim
Goettert - 1993) (MANSION
OF DREAMS)
There's a
?? spirit in my heart tonight
I feel
better, cheery and bright
Nobody's
messing with my mind any more
Thrown
all the misery (x2)
Out the
door (x2)
I'm giggling
like a baby
Smiling,
I don't mean maybe
I've
got it here, got it there, it's all over
I've
thrown the blues out the door, out the door
Everybody
knows if you go a little mad
Everybody
knows it's not so good
Everybody
knows if you're black or white or blue
You gotta
throw them at the door, that's what you got to do
Throw
them away
This
is the story and it's all, it's all mine
Some
of you watched it ??
Watch
me spinning up and down your street
But I
know it's gotta go
Throw
it away (x2)
All those
blues away
Throw
it away
I'm happy
as a sand boy, happy as a sand boy
Little
tiny sand boy, happy as a sand boy
Jumping
up and down (x2)
Happy
as a sand boy, little tiny sand boy
Everybody
sing (x2)
The bells
are gonna ring in my head
Everybody
sing (x2)
The bells
are gonna ring in my head
Tulip
(Kevin Coyne/Andy Summers - 1975) (MATCHING
HEAD AND FEET)
Aged
Casanova speaking to the tie-dye
Slightly
fat and nineteen year old who's lived a little lie
Down
in the darkness where the little glow stares
I can
spot the average ones
I can
tell by the hair
But you,
you shouldn't be here way down on your knees
You don't
need the this and that and this and that andthis and that
You don't
need this
Chorus:
Hey Tulip (x2), you're the strong one
Hey Tulip
(x2), yours is the long one.
Hey hey
hey this must be your day
Somebody
knows your face
They
remember from '62
When
you wore your shoes blue
And you
had the kind of hairdo they'd never admire
You purchased
a house and a horse
But you're
getting much thinner
Who's
watching the children at home?
Who's
making your dinner?
Chorus
Shake
it just one time for him
You remember
your auntie Margaret
And your
cousin Jim
They've
been searching for you
But you're
still down here
Just
one more small scotch, one more beer
Leave,
leave, go home
To Bradford,
Newcastle, somewhere
Go back
up North, go away
They
don't want you here (x2)
Chorus
Turn
On Your Love Light (Kevin Coyne - 1999) (REX
99)
I
wonder if you love me darling
If
you really care and care and care about Kevin
If
you don't, I'll go crazy tonight
Turn
on your little love light
Turn
on your little love light and shut your fucking mouth
Something's
precious, I don't know
I'm
in the garden without any clothes
Turn
on your love light, light tonight
I'm
going to be quite alright
All
I need is some little pills
To
make me feel better, I won't feel ill
Little
Kevin is never gonna die
If
he had wings, he'd certainly fly
Turpentine
(Kevin Coyne - 1975) (MATCHING HEAD AND
FEET)
Take
it
I know
in Seven Oaks, there are plenty of folks
Who carry
guns, carry knives
Smash
the faces of their wives, of their wives
Chorus:
Take some turpentine
Burn
the whole wide world right down now (x2)
Take
some turpentine
Burn
the whole wide world right down now (x2).
I see
the cars, I see the people
There's
a flame on the steeple
Little
babies on window sills
The people
far below are ready to kill
Chorus
- Solo - Chorus - Solo - Chorus
Hold
me, enfold me
Never
leave me, don't you cold me
I'm not
joking, I'm not dying
We're
going to the moon
Better
start flying (x2)
Chorus
(x2)
Take
turpentine
TypicalType
(Kevin Coyne - 2004) (DONUT
CITY )
When
the rain falls down, lend me your umbrella, lend me your umbrella
Keep
me dry when the snow is deep, dig me a hole, a big deep hole
Till
it melts away when I'm all alone, ring me up, cheer me up, don't
let me get down
Because
all I need is a typical type, a typical type, a sweet loving woman like you
(whatever that is)
When
the rain comes down lend me your umbrella, lend me your umbrella
Let the
raindrops go when I feel down, lift me up, make me laugh, make
me smile
When
I meet you on the street wave a glad hand, a happy hand and I 'Il wave back
Because
all I need is a typical type, it's that typical type, a sweet loving woman
like you (that's the truth)
So if
I know you're there by me I can live much better, I can hope much better if
I know you're there when I rnake a call, you rnake me srnile, that's all,
I ask too much, no I don't ask too rnuch, life is short and I need you
Because
all I need is a typical type, you're the typical type, a sweet loving woman
like you
All I
need is a typical type, a typical type, a typical type, a sweet loving woman
like you
All
I need is a typical type (whatever that is), a typical type
(whatever that is), a typical type, exactly like you
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