KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - ALBUM: Matching Head and Feet
1975
Saviour (Kevin Coyne/Archie Leggett/Gordon Smith)
I
said Saviour, Saviour, Saviour, I said Saviour
I said
I've
been stretching, fetching, I've been retching for the riverside
Stretching,
I've been fetching, I've been retching for the riverside (x2)
Stretching,
I've been fetching, I've been retching for the riverside to hide
I've
been stretching, I've been retching, I've been looking for the riverside (x2)
I've
been stretching, I've been retching, I've been fetching - fetch the river
now
I said
Saviour, Saviour, I said Saviour, I said Saviour
Stretching
and retching and looking for the riverside
Looking
and a booking and cooking for the riverside
Booking
and a taking and a making for the riverside
Anybody,
anybody gonna find the riverside
Where?
Where? Where? Where's that Saviour? (x2)
I've
been looking, I've been cooking, I've been finding somebody
Nobody
knows where the riverside comes
Saviour
outstretched on the banks of the river, somebody pulls out a big fat gun
Shoot
him down. He's the one with the hands and blood (x2)
Shoot
him down. He ain't no good, he's the Saviour
He's
yours. He's mine mine mine mine
Stretching
and a retching and a looking for the riverside (x3)
Binding
and a finding, got to find the riverside
Saviour.
Find him (x5)
I said
Saviour, I said Saviour, find a Saviour, gotta be a Saviour
Cooking
and a looking and a booking for the riverside (x2)
Screaming
and a screaming I was screaming for the riverside
Got to
find it, got to find it, got to find a riverside
That's
the one, Saviour
Saviour
On the
riverside
Lucy
(Little Lucy) (Kevin Coyne/Archie Leggett)
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
Lonely
Lovers (Kevin Coyne)
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!)
Sunday
Morning Sunrise (Kevin Coyne)
Must
be Sunday morning sunrise, yes it's creeping down on me
Glaring
through the windows, shining all over me
Chorus:
And my children are asleep and I hope that they don't wake
Must
be Sunday morning once again.
Must
be Sunday morning sunrise, yes love me, I love you
Put your
arm across my chest my dear
All your
loving, let it show, let is show right through
Chorus
- Solo - Chorus
Love
me, love me darling
Love
me, love me cause I love you
All these
years we spent together
There's
nobody else will do, it has to be you
And our
children are asleep and I hope that they don't wake
Must
be Sunday morning once again
And our
children are asleep and I hope that they don't wake
Must
be Sunday morning once again
Rock
'n' Roll Hymn (Kevin Coyne/Archie Leggett/Tim Penn)
Let
the kids rock 'n' roll down to their baby souls
I hope
they never get cold, I hope they never become old
Now old
men and business men, they're starting to learn
Hey rock
'n' roll (x2)
One two
three four, who's that knocking at my door?
Everybody
(x6)
Rock
'n' roll
Now don't
get excited, it's just rock 'n' roll
They've
been doing it for so long, take a look at your soul
Old men
and business men are starting to learn
Hey rock
'n' roll (x2)
One two
three four, who's that knocking at our door?
Everybody
(x6)
Rock
'n' roll
And now
you can do it, I know you can do
I'm just
an old man but I can still boogaloo (oh what's that?)
Old men
and business men never get old
Hey rock
'n' roll (x2)
One two
three four, who's that knocking on everybody's door?
Everybody
(x6)
Rock
'n' roll
You've
gotta rock'n'roll, hey baby, driving me crazy, I say ooh rock'n'roll
Mrs
Hooley Go Home (Kevin Coyne)
Now
Mad Irish Mick owns himself a wife
He complains
in the public house she's the plague of his life
I've
seen her at the jumble sale sorting through the rags
If I
could see into their hoouse, I'd see the dregs and the cracks
Chorus:
Mrs Hooley go home (x3), go right back to Ireland.
Mad Irish
Mick, he smiles from behind the edge
He promised
the policeman he'd taken the pledge
No more
drinking, no more beating your wife
But he
still says he loves her for all her life (he's a liar)
Chorus
Hooley
is a cruelly (repeat)
The Robinsons
now they live at No. 9
And their
scraggy children point the finger all the time
I hate
their children, I hate what they do
But I
love Mrs Hooley, I love her, yes I do (she's from Ireland)
Chorus
Bye bye
Mrs Hooley, I hope you'll go
It's
much freer in Ireland, don't you know
Think
about the culture and the men you died
And the
Robinsons won't help you at No. 9 (go home)
Chorus
Bye bye
Mrs Hooley, go home (repeat)
It's
Not Me (Kevin Coyne)
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
Turpentine (Kevin Coyne)
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
Tulip (Kevin Coyne/Andy Summers)
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)
, y
ou're the strong one
Hey Tulip
(x2)
, y
ours 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
One
Fine Day (Kevin Coyne) (see also Right in Hand)
I've
seen you standing in the pourring rain
Lips
all red and your eyes all tears stained
Somebody
said they've been putting you down
That
they don't want you when you're around
Don't
you worry baby, I'm homeward bound (x2)
Chorus:
And one fine day the sun will shine,
everything will be yours and
mine
Everything
will go as planned, d
on't you know the matter's right here at hand.
I love
you but they say I have to go
Well
they accuse me of bossing the show
It's
not my fault you're married baby
It might
happen if you give it a chance baby maybe
Well
I'm running, I'm a jumping
,
I'm on my sleigh baby for
you
I'm on
my sleigh baby baby baby baby for you (with a reindeer)
Chorus
- Solo - Chorus
I've
seen you standing in the pourring rain
Lips
all red and your eyes all tears stained
Somebody
said they've been putting you down
That
they don't want you when you're around
Don't
you worry baby, I'm homeward bound (x2)
Don't
you worry Marlene, I'm homeward bound
Don't
you worry baby, I'm homeward bound
And one
fine day the sun will shine,
everything will be yours and mine
Everything
will go as planned, don't you know the matter's right here at hand
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