KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - ALBUM: Millionaires and Teddy Bears
1978
People (Kevin Coyne/Bob Ward)
People
living, oh I love their living
People
loving, oh I love their loving
People
giving, oh I love their giving
People
holding, oh I love the holding
People
smiling, oh I love the smiling
People
hating, oh I fear the hating
People
fighting, oh I loathe the fighting
People
screaming, oh l fear the screaming
People
dying, oh please stop the dying
People
living, oh keep up the living
The world
is for loving, oh I love the loving
Oh I
love the loving
(x3)
Oh I
love the people
(x2)
Having
a Party (Kevin Coyne)
We're
having a party, oh what fun
See the
little girls now see how they squeal and run
Out on
the patio, millionaires a go go
If you
want another drink, there's plenty more under the sink
Chorus:
Spot the millionaires, aristocrats, big teddy bears
, f
ools in fools
hats
Discussing
my future, I wonder why
They
tell me I'd be much better off if I told one little lie
Smoke
up the chimney
Bones
of pop stars
They
say you've got to to be tough and rough and tough and rough and tough and
rough if you want to be a pop star
Chorus
I had
a nightmare boogie one last night
I dreamed
l was trapped in a hall full of golden discs
Somebody
said to me, "Which one is yours?"
And I
had to confess I hadn't got one, hadn't got a single, hadn't got a single
one at all
Not one
at all
He said,
"Get back, get back, don't want you here, get back, get back, go away
"
I'll
Go too (Kevin Coyne)
Little
white hands in the atomic night
The face
of the future so clear and bright
There's
leopards leaping before your eyes
See your
face so clear and wise
Chorus:
Oh oh oh oh, I'll go too (x2)
You run
down your garden, there's someone there
She's
got white hands and long blonde hair
Now naked
laughter is no more a sin
So enjoy
yourself and jump on in
Chorus
You're
dancing there on a spiky lawn
You're
singing past midnight until dawn
It feels
so good, good to be alive
I had
a vision of this in 1955 (and it's coming true)
Chorus
Come
round my house, we'll have some fun
You can
dance on the tables and fire your guns
They're
just rubber bullets, won't cause no pain
You'll
laugh and love again and again (you're in heaven)
Chorus
I'm
Just a Man (Kevin Coyne)
It's
not that I want to say anything that hurts you or demeans you
It's
not that I want to say anything that will even make you cry for a minute or
an hour or a day
I just
want you any way to understand I'm just a man in love with you, you
Well
it's not that I want to hold you to ransom with foolish lies or lies and eyes
And tie
you down, it's not that and
It's
not that Iwant to even marry you because marrying you would mean that I'd
have to chain you, not choose you, chain you, not choose you
I love
you and that is all I want to say and I've never wanted to say anything any
other way, that the way I'm saying it now, this is the way I really feel
And
if I sound a little confused, it's because I'm all feeling for you
Can you
understand?
Well
it's not that I want to say that it'll last forever and that we'll be in that
never-never land where things always go right
Cause
in my experiene the light can turn a little dark when tongues have been sharpened
Things
have been said that were wrong and it's not that I want to say I've got a
solution cause I don't have a solution and I sometimes don't have a notion
as to whether I mean what I say but I mean it now, I mean it now, yes I
I always
will if you let me do it but if I don't do it then it's not my fault cause
I love you so much and I'm keeping it up forever if I can, I'm just a man
and I love you
I love
you, yes I love you
Pretty
Park (Kevin Coyne)
Well
it's summertime again down on pretty park (x2)
They're
smooching, mincing, eyeing each other shining
Laughing
into the wind (x2)
L
aughing
(x2)
Chorus:
On pretty park (x2), hear the dogs as they bark on pretty park.
Well
it's summertime again down on pretty park (x2)
They're
doting, floating, boating, coats soaking
Laughing
to themselves (x2) l
aughing
Chorus
Well
it's summertime again down on pretty park (x2)
They're
sinking, they're winking, they're thankful, they're a handful
I've
never seen such fun (x3)
Fun
Chorus
Sunshine
and rainbows
See the
rainbows
Doreen
and Michael, they're still friends
They
will be friends until the world ends
Always
sitting on the same old bench
They
don't want to go but they've got to go, now, what a wrench
And the
sun keeps shining
Oh how
it shines (x4)
How it
changes your mind
(x2)
Chorus
Hear the dogs as they bark
Well
it's summertime again down on pretty park (x2)
And they're
smooching, they're mincing, they're eyeing each other shining
They're
laughing into the wind (x2)
And there's
a call from the gate, there's a call from the gate
And the
transport is running late and the transport is running late
Chorus
(repeat)
Let
Me Be With You (Kevin Coyne)
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
Marigold (Kevin Coyne)
Marigold
was dreaming about somebody
About
a fight that she'd almost won with her man
Marigold
was dreaming about a punch-up
About
a scrawny-kneed fight on the kitchen floor
Marigold
was dreaming over the stewpot
Holding
forth imaginary blows and scars
Marigold
was dreaming, she wasn't screaming
Her high-heeled
foot was pressed upon the chest of a man
All men
are fools she said and most of them would be better if they were dead
I wish
they'd all get out of my well-permed head and leave women to rule the world,
leave it to the girls
Marigold
was dreaming she was creaming a big cream cake, she'd baked the cake to throw
it at me
Marigold
was dreaming she was a cat with claws so sharp they tore my skull away and
most of the hair
Yes Marigold
was dreaming, old old dreaming, she was richer than anybody could ever see
and she trod on me with her riches
Marigold
was dreaming she was leaping across a ravine on a horse made out of gold
Silly
now to think that she never knew nothing
That
she wanted to be my best friend
She said
she was almost my best friend
But there
was a girl called Julie or somebody somewhere far away
Who she
knew who knew more than me and therefore would be a better friend in the end
for her she said she knew anyway that most of what I said I'd got out of books
and I didn't know what she was doing and that women were about to take over
the world
I said,
"Marigold, you're dreaming"
Don't
Blame Mandy (Kevin Coyne)
Don't
blame Mandy
Leave
her alone
Don't
laugh at her, don't sneer
She needs
something better than
This
locked life
You give
her nothing
You make
her cry
Leave
her alone, she's flying on her own
She's
flying on her own, flying on her own
Chorus:
Don't blame Mandy, don't blame Mandy, don't blame Mandy
,
d
on't blame Mandy
Blame
me.
Don't
blame Mandy
You bully
boy
Laughing
at her
Behind
her face you can see the pain
She has
a brain
She has
a mind
Something
of her own
Don't
be kind
Be true,
be right
Leave
her tonight
Let her
fly
Don't
make her cry
Chorus
Don't
blame Mandy
She's
going to another place
In another
time
Where's
she strong, where's she stronger
Arms
up raised
Fighting
on
Finding
freedom
She's
free as a bird
(x2)
I can
see it in her eyes
Please
let her fly
Chorus
Oh Mandy,
oh Mandy, oh Mandy, oh Mandy
Chorus
Little
Miss Portobello (Kevin Coyne)
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
Wendy's
Dream (Kevin Coyne)
Wendy's
dream of Ireland
Blue
skys and green fields
Little
men on white chalk roads
Their
hearts all revealed
Wendy's
dream of Ireland
Elfin
houses in a line
Red-cheeked
women at wicker fences
Speaking
away the time
(x2)
I kissed
your face
I touched
your lips
We gazed
from the window onto the street
Rumbling
traffic, straggling children
Running,
aching, aching feet and loving, aching, aching, needing, needing, needing,
needing, needing
Wendy's
dream of Ireland
Cheap
jewellery on her hands
Is there
anyone in this dark place
Who really
understands?
(x4)
Wendy
take my hand
(x2)
I understand
World
Is Full Of Fools (the) (Kevin Coyne/Bob Ward)
The
big bookcase it hides the window
It means
I cannot see out
No ragged
heads, no ragged minds are
Going
to mess me, mess me about
Going
to keep it right, don't mention the night
Down
by the lakeside, I'm sitting with pamphlets strewn all over me
White
squares of paper full of ideas
I throw
them all in into the sea
They
sail away, sail away
Because
the world is full of fools
Ah, the
world is full of fools
Yes,
the world is full of fools
But it
doesn't make them bad people
It's
a sunny day, sun like a bauble rolling over the sky
Telephone
conversation, someone tells me the weather is
Mighty
fine, the sun's divine
Come
on outside, enjoy yourself
But I
can't, I don't know why
Maybe
you can change that for me
I know
I'm deep
I seem
to be asleep
Hold
me now, squeeze me now
You can
do it somehow
It's
not too late
Tell
me, tell me, tell me
The world
is full of fools
Yes,
the world is full of fools
Oh, the
world is full of fools
But it
doesn't make me a bad person
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