KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - ALBUM: Dynamite Days
1978

Dynamite
Days (Kevin Coyne)
We
know the Pope is too old to rock'n'roll and quite aware that he's got no soul
You see
me and I stand outside the Palais de Dance, I'm rattling my bones, I'm pogoing,
I'm giving my self a little chance these...
Chorus:
Dynamite dynamite days, dynamite dynamite days, dynamite dynamite days
Oh I'm
in a rage I'm in a rage I'm in a rage oh I'm in a rage waiting for the dynamite
days.
Everybody
here better hear what I say, I'm over forty but I'm gonna have my way
You little
punks, come out to play
I'll
bounce like a ball, I'll bounce like a ball, what do you say?
Chorus
- Solo - Chorus
x3
Revolution!
Seen it all, seen it all before
Brothers
of Mine (Kevin Coyne)
Brothers
of mine, brothers of mine, why, why, why are you laughing at me?
Brothers
of mine, brothers of mine, why are your hands concealing the hatred in you
mouth?
Brothers
of mine, brothers of mine, what have I done to deserve so much pain from you?
Brothers
of mine, brothers of mine, it's raining, it's raining, it's raining, raining
raining raining raining raining on top of my head
Chorus:
Workers of the world unite to put the poor boy down (x4)
Brothers
of mine, brothers of mine, you're building the crucifix, the crucifix in the
market square
Brothers
of mine, brothers of mine, oh they're lining up the people, lining up the
people to watch and stare, stare
Brothers
of mine, hold by my hands, take me out, take me out, take me out
Brothers
of mine, brothers of mine, ?? take away my heart and soul, you got me tired
Chorus
Put him
down down down (x3)
Brothers
of mine
Lunatic (Kevin Coyne)
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
Are
we Dreaming? (Kevin Coyne/Paul Wickens)
See
the photographs strewn around me
Looks
through the windows, they need cleaning
See the
lady by the bower
Sits
there for hours
She is
dreaming (x3)
See the
tram cars, see the steeple
See the
crumbling aged people
Walk
in side ways through the bushes
It's
a nice place
If you're
dreaming (x2)
Are you
dreaming?
Heat
the bells go, they're always ringing
Take
no notice, just start singing
A passing
melody, a little nightmare
It was
nothing
I was
dreaming (x2), truly dreaming
I don't
mind what you say, you can say it anyway
You can
keep on talking for hours and hours
Keep
on talking, it takes the time away, takes it all away
Remove
the sadness, keep on running
Though
you're old, can't do no running
There's
a rythm stuck inside you
You can't
loose it though you're dreaming
You're
always dreaming, though you're dreaming
Alleluia,
we're all rising
Running
through the fields
It's
not surprising
See the
lime lights, feel the sunlight
We'll
live forever
Though
we're dreaming
Are we
dreaming (x5)
I
Really Live Round Here (False Friends) (Kevin Coyne)
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)
Amsterdam (Kevin Coyne)
Painted
faces everywhere, I do not see a one
Deas
dogs are lying upside down, moulding in the sun
I'm looking
for a friendly face, something to remind me of home
But the
girl with the lipstick and the flashing eyes she doesn't give me none
Chorus:
Down in the Vondel Park, kids are gonna jump and shout
Down
in the Melkweg, the heat is on
It's
smoking and knocking them out, that's Amsterdam, Amsterdam.
Somebody
give me a ticket, I want to fly back home
I want
to see my best friend cause I know she's all alone
She's
the sweet and lightness I've been looking for
Honey,
honey, where are you? Just can't take no more
Chorus
Down
in the Vondel Park, kids are gonna jump and shout
Down
in the Melkweg, it is hot
It's
smoking and knocking them out, that's Amsterdam
Well
I'm looking, looking for somewhere, a hole to hide
I'm riding
on the cobble stones but I haven't got a plane to ride
Maybe
tomorrow, maybe the next day
they'll let me go away
Oh baby, there's
so many many times and I hate to feel this way
Chorus
Amsterdam,
well that's Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Amsterdam
I
Only Want to See You Smile (Kevin Coyne)
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
Juliet
And Mark (Kevin Coyne/Bob Ward)
I
say now Juliet, you lost your heart and soul, you don't believe in a thing
at all, no no no no
You lost
your spirit again
I say
Mark, you
sit in the dark, sitting facing the wall, nobody seems
to ever call no no no
You lost
your spirit again
Funny
how the gramophone never seems to play when you're down, when you're down
You open
up the curtains and the world is spinning round, round and round
Said
Juliet, read all the books, you read them all, you tore them up no no no
You lost
your spirit again
I say
Mark, don't stay in the dark, climb a wall, punch a hole through the ceiling,
anything no no no
You lost
your spirit again
Funny
how the gramophone never seems to play when you're down
You open
up the curtains and the world seems to go round and round, round and round
I said
Juliet, yes I'm knocking, knocking on your walls and pipes and doors no no
no
You lost
your spirit again
I said
Mark, there's a lark in the sky singing, punch a hole in that roof, see the
sky no no no
You lost
your spirit again
Funny
how the gramophone never seems to play when you're down
You open
up the curtains and the world seems to go round and round
I said
Juliet, I've lost patience, I'm running, gonna catch a train, no no no no
I found
my spirit again
I said
Mark, I've been in the dark with you too long in the corners, I'm moving out
no no no no
I found
my spirit again
And it's
funny how the gramophone never seems to play when you're down, when you're
down
You open
up the curtains and the world goes round and round
Juliet,
hope you see me, hope you see me smiling in the park today cause no no no
no
I found
my spirit again
And I
said Mark, don't be sharp with me, my mind's free, I found a way no no no
you're wrong
I found
my spirit again
And it's
funny how the gramophone always seems to play when you're up up, up in this
world
Strange
how the curtains they fall down and the light comes shining in
Let it
shine
Woman,
Woman, Woman (Kevin Coyne)
Ha,
it's a lonely little bedroom or it could be a club
Where
the lights are low, where you've got the stuff
Well
there's a man in a coat and his hair slick back
Well
he bites his finger nails, he's laying back
Chorus:
He needs a woman, woman, woman
A woman,
woman, woman
He needs
a woman, woman, woman
Yes he
wants it just, he needs it, he wants it just, he needs it, he wants it just,
he needs it at home
I've
got one on my own.
Ah well
there's a spiky blonde, showing her legs
He's
got to crawl down, he's got to beg
Well
she leers at him, she says "Come on"
But he's
got to pay for being alone
Chorus
Well
it's dark in the streets, the pavements are slime
He don't
know about the day, he can't find the time
Well
he's searching in windows, in alleyways too
He bows
his head, he can't face the truth
Chorus
Ah so
what do you do? You just go to bed
Stare
at the wallpaper, the light over your head
Just
a single bulb, just a single light
Oh what
day is it? That's perpetual night
Chorus
How you're
feeling (x2)
I know
how you're feeling
How is
it going?
Don't
you cry
Never
cry no more (x2)
Never
see you cry no more
It's
a sad sad song
Of the
woman, woman, woman
You need
a woman, woman, woman (x6)
Dance
Of The Bourgeoisie (reprise) (Kevin Coyne/Zoot Money)
When
the bourgeois dance, when the bourgeois dance, they're in a transe, when the
bourgeois dance
Oh when
the bourgeois dance, oh when the bourgeois dance, when the bourgeois dance
When
the bourgeois dance
Goodnight
everybody, sleep well, is it a doll or is it a baby?
Just
kick it away
Could
be a cat
Notice
that cat has still got his balls
Keep
the glass
Hi everybody,
goodnight everybody (x8)
Goodnight
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