KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - ALBUM: Sanity Stomp
1980
Fat
Man
(Kevin Coyne)
Well,
you're walking on the water, you think you know it all
Pushing
your weight, you want to make me crawl
Chorus:
I said oh oh fat man what are you gonna do?
I said
oh oh fat man what are you gonna, what are you gonna, what are you gonna do?
You're
gonna smash me in two (x2) .
You're
calling my name as if I had the plague
You think
you've got my number, you've think you've got it made
Chorus
Never
never never
Chorus
You'll
never smash me, you never will
Chorus
Like
to see you do it (repeat)
Never
Monkey
Man (The)
(Kevin Coyne)
I'd
seen you in a suburban bar, North London ?? I said no no no no no
You said
you know, you know-it-all, let's get together, let's have a bal, I said no
no no no no, I said
I'm
not your monkey man, don't you understand?
All I
need is your loving hand, why don't you understand?
She said
ho ho ho ho ho? (x2)
I said
I've been here a million times before, she said if you say that again you'll
be on the floor, she said no no no no no
She said
you think you're smart, I said don't you mess with my broken heart, she said
no no no no no
I'm not
your monkey man, does any woman really understand?
I'm not
your monkey man, all I need is your loving hand
She said
ho ho ho ho ho she was surprised ho ho ho ho ho
She was
so surprised
I'm not
your monkey man, why don't you understand?
All I
need is a loving hand, do you really understand?
She said
no no no no no it's always the same she said no no no no no
It's
always the same she said no no no no no
They
never understand she said no no no no no (x3)
She said now
go go go go go
How
Strange (Kevin Coyne)
How
strange, Terry runs away (x2)
He's
flipping in the dark, surrounded by sharks, hear the dogs bark
And he's
running away
(x2)
How
strange, Terry runs away (x2)
You're
holding his hand, you don't understand, he needs someone
So he's
running away (x2)
He says
help me out, help me out, please don't shout, help me out
How
strange, Terry runs away (x2)
You've
taken his money, you've taken his life, you've taken his wife
And you're
running away, you got him running away
You got
him running away (x2)
Leave
him alone, ?? Leave him alone
How
strange, Terry runs away (x2)
You've
made him bleed, you've made him need and nobody is
So he's
running away (x2)
Running
away (ad lib)
Somewhere
in my Mind
(Kevin Coyne)
Somewhere
in my mind there's a hand that's always kind, official smile that says I love
you honey
Somewhere
in my mind they draw back the blinds and love does what it's supposed to do
Chorus:
A little white
cloud, a burning sun, a loving smile, my love on the run.
Somewhere
in my mind
I'm feeling fine, you're touching me and you know what to
do oh honey
Somewhere
in my mind you're holding on, giving me, giving me all that you do
Chorus - Solo
- Chorus
Somewhere
in my mind I'm imagining things, you'll never ever ever ever ever go away
Somewhere
in my mind there's ?? sing up sing up love's praise, alleluia
Chorus
Your
little white cloud smiling at me
When
(See You Again)? (Kevin Coyne/Paul Wickens)
Chorus:
I said when will I see you again? I don't know where or when but I'll see
you again, again and again (x2).
Years
I've wasted just for you, expecting some kind of impossible ??
Maybe
that's the way where we are, neither of one of us could be a star
Chorus
Notes
and pictures on the bedroom walls, waiting for telephones, phone calls
And I
love you despite the spite of all, maybe the winner and the looser takes all
Will
I see you again? When? I've got to see you again and again and again
Chorus
(x1)
I've
been waiting, now the time has come to tell you I love ??
But you're
saying no and maybe that is right, maybe I'll see you when the moon shines
bright
When?
Anytime. I can't wait to see you again
Taking
on the World (Kevin Coyne)
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)
No
Romance (Kevin Coyne/Paul Wickens)
Sentimental
romantic with a smile walking a million miles
Through
the city and back again, crouching at bar stools
I wonder
when he'll find a reason to say he's right
He seems
to be so wrong, his eyes are black as night
I hear
him talking but it's not to me
Working
on a plan for something no one sees
Up in
a bedroom, in a cellar too, he's building a rocket that'll go to some moon
But the
moon's in his head, maybe under his bed
And it
hides behind his ugly ears
Chorus:
No romance (x4), give this little dictator a little chance and he'll crush
us all with his misery
Somehow
I hold out a hand to him
Get hold
of his coat, say:
What
you talking about? But he doesn't answer me
He goes
on talking about the land of the free
Where
people all do the same as he
He's
half crazy, maybe as mad as me
No romance
(x4), give this little dictator, give him a chance and he'll crush us all
with his misery
There
must be a million the same as he
They
can't count on me
Too
Dark (One for the Hero) (Kevin Coyne/Paul Wickens)
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)
Admit
you're Wrong (Kevin Coyne)
Mumbo
jumbo talking talking talking talking, who you're talking to?
Reading
charts and hearts and star signs, don't you know you're making an intelligent
man blue?
I blame
it on you
Chorus:
Admit, admit, admit you're wrong (x2)
But you
never admit, admit you're wrong, you keep on singing the same boring song
Admit
you're wrong (x2).
Confusing
issues and everything with a ?? that slowly burn, I've had a term and I've
burnt
I'm crawling
against walls, scratching wallpaper down, oh leave me alone, I'm confused
Chorus
- Solo
But you
never admit, admit you're wrong, you keep on singing the same boring song
Admit
you're wrong (x2)
Send
me somewhere on a holiday, a million miles from anywhere you are, oh maybe
by the sea
You keep
on ?? your logistic, your logistic a little, a finger at me, he's crazy,
I'm alright
Chorus
Admit
you're wrong, you're really wrong (ad lib) you got me confused
Formula
Eyes
(Kevin Coyne)
I
was talking to a little friend, a man in whites
He gave
me something, he said 'This will help your blight'
But it
wasn't a formula, it was something made of ice
It wasn't
so nice, those hateful formula eyes
He said
'This is a nightmare but it will come alright'
I said
'I don't see your reason' and he said he would turn off the lights
Unhappy
wisdom but it wasn't so right and he wasn't so wise with those hateful formula
eyes
He said
'I know you', he said 'I'll show you', he said 'I know you, stop screaming,
stop screaming'
I'm not
a child but I was half wild, terribly confused, was this another ruse?
Just
got me wailing to give me hands of ice, to create something terrible, those
hateful formula eyes
I don't
know now, listen to me go on, I don't know why I'm singing, what the hell
is this song?
Could
call it paranoia, could call it the strenght, could cause pain, those hateful
formula eyes
He said
'you know me', he said 'I'll love you', he didn't know me, stop screaming,
stop screaming
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