KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - ALBUM: Sugar Candy Taxi
- 1998
Sugar
Candy Taxi (RobertCoyne/Kevin Coyne)
Sugar
candy taxi on the highway to Hell
Al Capone
is in the back seat, his cigar it really smells
Blonde
Tina's in the front seat, diamond rings all on her hand
She turns
to Al, she says Hey pal, you never understand
A woman
is a woman, she's got to be treated smart
It's
not just dresses and fancy furs, a woman's got a heart
A woman's
got a soul as well, she's not just high heel shoes
She gets
down at the kitchen sink, even blonde girls get the blues
Sugar
candy taxi on the highway to Hell
Al Copone
is in the back seat, his cigar really smells
The wind
is blowing outside, the storm is up ahead
Within
five years, within five years, Al Copone will be dead
Porcupine
People (Kevin Coyne)
Porcupine
people down in Porcupine Street walking up and down with those sharp old Porcupine
feet
, t
hose Porcupine minds always following behind, talking about,
talking about me (that's what they do)
Oh well
down on Porcupine Street, they love Porcupine minds, they have minds that
are cruel and jagged, search behind my back, they point their finger at their
Porcupine victim (that's me)
Maybe
I'm paranoid (x3) (all shout) he's paranoid, maybe I am? (I don't know really,
I can't understand but maybe) maybe I'm paranoid (x3) I should be paranoid,
maybe I am? (Yes you are, you said that)
Porcupine
people with Porcupine hair, walking up and down their Porcupine stairs with
their Porcupine flair, with their little chicy, chicy, chicy ways (so smart)
Those
Porcupine people with the Porcupine caring, that means that Porcupine's just
cut you, they don't do no sharing, they look out the window and they give
you that Porcupine laser beam, laser beam
Maybe
I'm paranoid, I'm paranoid (x2), maybe I'm paranoid, shut up paranoid (that's
what you say I am, maybe I am?) maybe I'm paranoid (x3) there's not much joy
in being paranoid (listen to me, listen to me)
Ah those
Porcupine days in the Porcupine sun when the Porcupine people really all have
fun, their jagged little fingers all scratching down my spine
If I
had a Porcupine knife, I'd cut off their Porcupine quills and I'd treat them
badly like they treat me and I'd take them out to Porcupine tea and I'd poison
every cup
Maybe
I'm paranoid, I'm paranoid (x3) I'm paranoid (it's clear, you can hear me),
maybe I'm paranoid (x4), I'm paranoid, I'm paranoid
So this
Porcupine song it keeps going through my head, in the Porcupine night with
the Porcupine dead that cling to my bed, that make Porcupine noises in my
ears
I have
a Porcupine wish that you'd all go away and leave me for a Porcupine holiday,
go away, go away, you Porcupines
Highway
Of Dreams
(Kevin
Coyne)
I
want to take you to the highway of dreams, introduceyou to all my plans and
a million schemes that'll make you feel good when the darkness comes, you've
got so much from me, the Devil's got to run
I'll
love you forever, forever more, I'm opening up Heaven's Heaven's precious
door, see the silver, the glint of gold, there's enough for you when you get
old, when you get old, when you get old
I don't
want you to be sad, I don't want you to be blue, I don't want you to think
there's no one for you, I want to take you on the highway of dreams, I want
to show you my plans and all my all my all my all my schemes
Happy
Little Fat Man (Robert Coyne/Kevin Coyne)
Let
love shine, shine so bright, don't let it drift away
Keep
your heart open wide, this is a happy day
No more
pain and no more grief, Paradise is here
She smiles
at you from across the room, there's nothing dark to fear
Chorus:
Hi, hi, ho ho happy little fat man me (x4)
So here
I go, I'm travelling on to a wondrous place
There's
a smile so wide and love in my eyes
I love
the human race (x3)
Garden
Gate Song (the) (Kevin Coyne)
I
can see you now standing by the garden gate, back in 1958
.
You're
smiling at me, we're talking about butterflies, birds with purple wings with
little yellow beaks
.
We often use to go to the park and bicycle
there and you and me would stare for hours into each others eyes
.
It
was honest stuff, we didn't tell lies but you let me down, you married a man
from the factory at the end of the street and you said it was fine, you said
it was fine to leave me there and cold and without a care, you wandered away
to a house by the sea, to a bungalow where I don't know but I'll find it one
day and I'll go there and I'll knock on your door, knock your husband to the
floor (x4), the police will come and take me, they'lll take me away and maybe
they will say that he's as mad as a hatter and has got to be locked up but
I don't care because it's lonely here and I want to find a friend like I had
a friend in 1958, I'm sure it is not too late (x2). Memories of that garden
gate in 1958, I'm sure it's not too late, not too late, not too late
I'm
into your Game (Kevin Coyne )
Well
I just called somebody far away, she said she loves me so much, I don't believe
a word she said but I...
Oh
honey I'm into your game
I called
a faceless number in Berlin, a number in the city of sin
Oh honey
I'm into your game
It's
a long long way, a long long way from home, I'm sitting on the settee sleepy
and stoned
Oh honey
I'm into your game, I'm into your, I'm into your, I'm into your endless endless
expensive game
I keep
on ringing, I do it almost every night, I must be so lonely, you're only my
only little light
Honey,
I'm into your game
When
the telephone bill it arrives, I shall scream, I'll shout "It's a rip off"
but I don't mind cause I'm into your game
It's
steamy and it's hot and I'm all alone, you're whispering something naughty,
oh keep on and on yeah
Oh honey
I'm into your game, I'm into your, I'm into your, I'm into your game
I don't
even know your name, I like what you say, I'm into your game
I'm into
your game, I'm into your game
I'm into
it, I'm into it for life, I'm into it, I'm into it for life, I'm into it,
I'm into your game, I'm into your game
Talk
to me, that's nice, now you're so sweet, do you really want to do that? Do
you really want to do that? That's wonderful, I'm into your game
My
Wife's Best Friend (Robert Coyne/Kevin Coyne)
My
wife's best friend, she really loves to ball
My wife's
best friend, she really loves to do the rock'n'roll
She can
hully hully gully like nobody, like nobody I know
She dances
out in the garden most nights without any clothes
My wife's
best friend, she really turns me on, turns me on
I get
kinda hot when she knocks on the door
Oh baby
you're the one
My wife's
best friend, she's my secret love
My wife's
best friend, she's really my secret love
She talks
to me sweet on the telephone like a turtle dove (x2)
Oh talk
to me sweet, talk to me, oh sweetheart
My wife's
best friend, she's coming round tonight (x2)
We're
going to dance in the living room, I'll hold her tight
Hope
my wife stays out of the house, I hope it tonight, I hope it tonight
Come
on, all fade on
I hop
my wife stays away, I hope she stays away tonight
Little
White Arms (Kevin Coyne)
A
divine vision in pink and black
w
alking by my pink Cadillac
A dream
come true, well I love you, you wild girl, well I love you
I'm sitting
in this lonesome bedroom
I'm dreaming
of you (x2) of all your charms
Your
little white arms, well I love you, well I love you
Rusting
Away (Kevin Coyne)
I
saw you waiting at the bus stop, I saw you rattle your teeth
I saw
you cry just a little, I saw the sadness beneath
I saw
your husband waiting in his green grey overcoat
I saw
his red handkerchief, I saw his rattling teeth
I saw
his silvery grey hair and I wondered, yes, I wondered if he cared
I imagined
your yellow canary at the window gazing at the blue
I saw
your garden full of pansies, your gate swinging in a mild wind
No oil,
needed oiling, iIt was rusting away
Rusting
away (x4)
Bird
Brain (Robert Coyne/Kevin Coyne)
Hey
little bird brain, driving me insane, give me a little kiss, you naughty little
miss
Hey little
bird brain, I've had enough, I've had enough of your funky stuff
Hey little
bird brain, you're putting me down, I'm jaded and I'm tired and I've lost
my crown
Hey little
bird brain, chasing you around, they're laughing at me all over town, all
over town
Laughing
at me all over town (x4) I'm about to explode (x3)
Everybody
knows you're breaking my heart
Hey little
bird brain, I've had enough of all your tricks, all that dirty stuff
Hey little
bird brain, now leave me alone, I'm better in my little house, living on my
own
Hey little
bird brain, you're wearing me out, I'm exploding, you've got me everywhere,
upside down, inside out, everywhere, upside, inside, out , got me
Oh leave
me alone (x4)
I'm better
off on my own, leave me alone (ad lib)
Tiger
Lilian (Kevin Coyne)
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
i
f 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
, s
aid 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
Fly (Kevin Coyne/Eugene Coyne)
I
was walking through some woodland place the other day, I saw lots of birds,
they were flying, wheeling away and the yellow beaks and the big black wings,
I saw the raven, what a terrible thing
And l
only want to fly, I want to flap my wings and fly away, fly away higher and
higher, swooping
, s
ee you walk and loop above you, swoop down on
you and sit on your shoulder
Swooping
down over my head, almost biting my hair with their crusty old beaks, those
dirty old birds, the grey feathers as they flaked and flapped, I saw the owl
watching me, the owl watching me
I only
really want to fly, lift up myself and fly away, higher and higher away, I
want to fly, lift up my wings and see you drift out down to meet you, lay
down my beak beside you
Speaking
of beaks, there was a big blue and purple beak, a parrot like bird that descended
down my chimney last night, it was very dark outside and I was very very very
scared
I only
want to fly, spread my wings and fly, send myself up high into the blue and
stare down on you, see you walking by, I saw you standing and flapped my wings
to fly and I ran, well I would land, s
it myself beside you, beat
my wings on you
They
fade away into a grey sunset across the swampland, mosquitoes biting in the
moonlight, mist of time
One day
we will fly, one day we will certainly fly, one day we will fly in the bye
and bye
Almost
Dying (Robert Coyne/Kevin Coyne)
A
rhapsody in pain, you think I don't know what you're up to when you're far
away by the seaside and what you're doing
The seagulls
up above they squawk, they talk, tell me what you're at and they give me the
news by the seaside
Chorus:
I want you, I need you, I love you, I'm almost dying.
Every
moment, every second, I spend away from you it leaves me feeling blue and
wandering around the town, all lost and lonely, oh I'm lost and lonely
Chorus
I got
a message from the bees, the lines are humming from the trees, the little
mice they squeak and play, they tell me the bad news everyday
I'm looking
for a paradise where the ones I love they don't tell lies but I can't find,
can't find that precious place, precious place
Chorus
I want
you
Normal
Man (Kevin Coyne)
I've
been flying, I've been dying, I've been flying high over the top of my house
I've
been dreaming, sometimes screaming, waking up the neighbors who shout out
'What is that all about?'
l am
born and I feel strange, I feel mad, somebody help me out
I hear
a voice but it's not my voice, it's not the voice of my choice, who the hell
is it?
Help
me Jesus, help me if you can, can't you see that I'm struggling daily, I'm
just trying to be a man, trying to be a man
There's
nobody really listening, nobody really trying, nobody wants to help me, nobody
wants to help me at all
I'm ringing
up my brother and my mother, sometimes I call my sister but they don't answer
my call
I'm talking
about trousers, I'm talking about skirts and blouses, anything, anything silly
at all
I want
to make you laugh, I want to make you scoff, I want to make you scream, drive
you up the wall
Help
me Jesus, help me out, I need a hand, I need a regular hand, I need somebody
to love me who really understands, I need somebody to help me be a normal
man, a normal man, somebody who understands, I want to be a normal man
What
the hell is a normal man ?
It
Hurts (Eugene Coyne/Kevin Coyne)
I
remember my home town, the buildings red and brown, the velvet golden fields,
the sun it wouldn't yield
I remember
me and you, a loving me and you, I remember, I can't forget
I said
to you Keep in touch, you said It is too much, that I drive you mad, my voice
makes you sad but I loved you so much then, I'd do it all again just for you,
just for you
But why,
why do you turn away when all I need's a day for us to just hold hands or
you to say hello and whisper sweet and low that you're not afraid, you're
not afraid, you're not afraid
I pray
to the Lord to help me, help me God, that she will understand that I'm a truthful
man, the love I hold for her, it hurts and it burns
It hurts
and it burns (repeat)
Lancashire
Song (Kevin Coyne)
Sitting
on the old sea wall, my feet are dangling down
My socks
are lying in the sand, watching the tram cars rolling as they're speeding
by
Some
things I just don't understand
We were
so happy for about five years
t
hen you drifted away to a house
up north but you wouldn't say
How you
felt when I held you tight for that very last day
, a
lready you'd
planned, you'd planned to, planned to run away
I'll
take a plane to Fleetwood, take a train to Blackpool, take the train to Ramsbottom,
take the train to Lancashire, find you again
Oh the
silly sea gulls flying in a V formation up above the holiday makers in the
silly silly hats
And the
smell of those soggy hot dogs almost made me sick, I ate too much, too many
and I grew fat
Maybe
that's why you left me, why you went away so so suddenly, you even, you even,
you even took the cat, the cat, the fat cat
And I'm
still missing you although it's a year ago, what can a poor lost boy really
do? He has to search a way
Take
a plane to Fleetwood, take a train to Blackpool, take the train to Ramsbottom,
take the train to Lancashire, I've got to find you
Well
there's nothing much that I can say, the search goes on, I'm looking out for
you tonight, oh tonight
And I'm
holding the card thay says you live at number 35, what town, what place? I
don't really know
Maybe
my mind is drifting, temporaly paralyzed. What is this? Number35? Who are
these dark people, standing around, watching me, watching me?
Oh, I'm
standing on a seashore, that loveless glint in my eyes. Somebody make me a
nice, a nice cup of tea, I want to go home
Take
a plane to Fleetwood, take a train to Blackpool, take the train to Ramsbottom,
take the train to Lancashire, take a train to Lancashire
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