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PANIC

     Panic on the streets of London
     Panic on the streets of Birmingham
     I wonder to myself
     Could life ever be sane again ?
     The Leeds side-streets that you slip down
     I wonder to myself
     Hopes may rise on the Grasmere
     But Honey Pie, you're not safe here
     So you run down
     To the safety of the town
     But there's Panic on the streets of Carlisle
     Dublin, Dundee, Humberside
     I wonder to myself

     Burn down the disco
     Hang the blessed DJ
     Because the music that they constantly play
     IT SAYS NOTHING TO ME ABOUT MY LIFE
     Hang the blessed DJ
     Because the music they constantly play

     On the Leeds side-streets that you slip down
     Provincial towns you jog 'round
     Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
     Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
     HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
     HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
     HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
     Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
     HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
     HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
     Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
     HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
     HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
     Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
     HANG THE DJ

ASK

     Shyness is nice, and
     Shyness can stop you
     From doing all the things in life
     You'd like to

     So, if there's something you'd like to try
     If there's something you'd like to try
     ASK ME - I WON'T SAY "NO" - HOW COULD I ?

     Coyness is nice, and
     Coyness can stop you
     From saying all the things in
     Life you'd like to

     So, if there's something you'd like to try
     If there's something you'd like to try
     ASK ME - I WON'T SAY "NO" - HOW COULD I ?

     Spending warm Summer days indoors
     Writing frightening verse
     To a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg

ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME

     Because if it's not Love
     Then it's the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb
     That will bring us together

Nature is a language - can't you read ?
Nature is a language - can't you read ?

SO ... ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME

     Because if it's not Love
     Then it's the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb
     That will bring us together

     If it's not Love
     Then it's the Bomb
     Then it's the Bomb
     That will bring us together

     SO ... ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
     ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
     Oh, la ...

LONDON

     Smoke
     Lingers 'round your fingers
     Train
     Heave on - to Euston
     Do you think you've made
     The right decision this time ?
     Oh ...

     You left
     Your tired family grieving
     And you think they're sad because you're leaving
     But did you see Jealousy in the eyes
     Of the ones who had to stay behind ?
     And do you think you've made
     The right decision this time ?

     You left
     Your girlfriend on the platform
     With this really ragged notion that you'll return
     But she knows
     That when he goes
     He really goes
     And do you think you've made
     The right decision this time ?

BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN

     Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
     When I said I'd like to smash every tooth
     In your head

     Oh ... sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking
     When I said by rights you should be
     Bludgeoned in your bed

     And now I know how Joan of Arc felt
     Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
     As the flames rose to her roman nose
     And her Walkman started to melt
     Oh ...

     Bigmouth, la ... bigmouth, la ...
     Bigmouth strikes again
     And I've got no right to take my place
     With the Human race

     Oh, bigmouth, la ... bigmouth, la
     Bigmouth strikes again
     And I've got no right to take my place
     With the Human race

     And now I know how Joan of Arc felt
     Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
     As the flames rose to her roman nose
     And her hearing aid started to melt

     Bigmouth, la ... bigmouth, la ...
     Bigmouth strikes again
     And I've got no right to take my place
     With the Human race
     Oh ...

     Bigmouth, oh ... bigmouth, la ...
     Bigmouth strikes again
     And I've got no right to take my place
     With the Human race
     Oh ...

SHAKESPEARE'S SISTER

     Young bones groan
     And the rocks below say :
     "Throw your skinny body down, son !"

     But I'm going to meet the one I love
     So please don't stand in my way
     Because I'm going to meet the one I love
     No, Mamma, let me go !

     Young bones groan
     And the rocks below say :
     "Throw your white body down !"

     But I'm going to meet the one I love
     At last ! At last ! At last !
     I'm going to meet the one I love
     La-de-da, la-de-da
     No, Mamma, let me go !
     No ...

     I thought that if you had
     An acoustic guitar
     Then it meant that you were
     A Protest Singer
     Oh, I can smile about it now
     But at the time it was terrible
     No, Mamma, let me go
     No ...

THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT

     Take me out tonight
     Where there's music and there's people
     And they're young and alive
     Driving in your car
     I never never want to go home
     Because I haven't got one
     Anymore

     Take me out tonight
     Because I want to see people and I
     Want to see life
     Driving in your car
     Oh, please don't drop me home
     Because it's not my home, it's their
     Home, and I'm welcome no more

     And if a double-decker bus
     Crashes into us
     To die by your side
     Is such a heavenly way to die
     And if a ten-ton truck
     Kills the both of us
     To die by your side
     Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine

     Take me out tonight
     Take me anywhere, I don't care
     I don't care, I don't care
     And in the darkened underpass
     I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
     (But then a strange fear gripped me and I
     Just couldn't ask)

     Take me out tonight
     Oh, take me anywhere, I don't care
     I don't care, I don't care
     Driving in your car
     I never never want to go home
     Because I haven't got one, da ...
     Oh, I haven't got one

     Oh, There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
     There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
     There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
     There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
     There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
     There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
     There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
     There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
     There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out

SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE

     Learn to love me
     Assemble the ways
     Now, today, tomorrow and always
     My only weakness is a list of crime
     My only weakness is ... well, never mind, never mind

     Oh, shoplifters of the world
     Unite and take over
     Shoplifters of the world
     Hand it over
     Hand it over
     Hand it over

     Learn to love me
     And assemble the ways
     Now, today, tomorrow, and always
     My only weakness is a listed crime
     But last night the plans of a future war
     Was all I saw on Channel Four

     Shoplifters of the world
     Unite and take over
     Shoplifters of the world
     Hand it over
     Hand it over
     Hand it over

     A heartless hand on my shoulder
     A push - and it's over
     Alabaster crashes down
     (Six months is a long time)
     Tried living in the real world
     Instead of a shell
     But before I began ...
     I was bored before I even began

     Shoplifters of the world
     Unite and take over
     Shoplifters of the world
     Unite and take over
     Shoplifters of the world
     Unite and take over
     Shoplifters of the world
     Take over

THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE

     The boy with the thorn in his side
     Behind the hatred there lies
     A murderous desire for love
     How can they look into my eyes
     And still they don't believe me ?
     How can they hear me say those words
     Still they don't believe me ?
     And if they don't believe me now
     Will they ever believe me ?
     And if they don't believe me now
     Will they ever, they ever, believe me ?
     Oh ...

     The boy with the thorn in his side
     Behind the hatred there lies
     A plundering desire for love
     How can they see the Love in our eyes
     And still they don't believe us ?
     And after all this time
     They don't want to believe us
     And if they don't believe us now
     Will they ever believe us ?
     And when you want to Live
     How do you start ?
     Where do you go ?
     Who do you need to know ?

     Oh ...
     Oh no ...
     Oh ...
     La ...

MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING (instrumental)

ASLEEP

     Sing me to sleep
     Sing me to sleep
     I'm tired and I
     I want to go to bed

     Sing me to sleep
     Sing me to sleep
     And then leave me alone
     Don't try to wake me in the morning
     'Cause I will be gone
     Don't feel bad for me
     I want you to know
     Deep in the cell of my heart
     I will feel so glad to go

     Sing me to sleep
     Sing me to sleep
     I don't want to wake up
     On my own anymore

     Sing to me
     Sing to me
     I don't want to wake up
     On my own anymore

     Don't feel bad for me
     I want you to know
     Deep in the cell of my heart
     I really want to go

     There is another world
     There is a better world
     Well, there must be
     Well, there must be
     Well, there must be
     Well, there must be
     Well ...

     Bye bye
     Bye bye
     Bye ...

UNLOVEABLE

     Oh ...
     I know I'm unloveable
     You don't have to tell me
     I don't have much in my life
     But take it - it's yours
     I don't have much in my life
     But take it - it's yours
     Oh ...

     I know I'm unloveable
     You don't have to tell me
     Oh, message received
     Loud and clear
     Loud and clear
     I don't have much in my life
     But take it - it's yours

     I know I'm unloveable
     You don't have to tell me
     For message received
     Loud and clear
     Loud and clear
     Message received
     I don't have much in my life
     But take it - it's yours

     I wear Black on the outside
     'Cause Black is how I feel on the inside
     I wear Black on the outside
     'Cause Black is how I feel on the inside

     And if I seem a little strange
     Well, that's because I am
     If I seem a little strange
     That's because I am

     But I know that you would like me
     If only you could see me
     If only you could meet me

     Oh ...
     I don't have much in my life
     But take it - it's yours
     I don't have much in my life
     But take it - it's yours
     Mmm ...
     Oh ...

HALF A PERSON

     Call me morbid, call me pale
     I've spent six years on your trail
     Six long years
     On your trail

     Call me morbid, call me pale
     I've spent six years on your trail
     Six full years of my life on your trail

     And if you have five seconds to spare
     Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
     Sixteen, clumsy and shy
     I went to London and I
     I booked myself in at the Y ... W.C.A.
     I said : "I like it here - can I stay ?
     I like it here - can I stay ?
     Do you have a vacancy
     For a Back-scrubber?"

     She was left behind, and sour
     And she wrote to me, equally dour
     She said : "In the days when you were
     Hopelessly poor
     I just liked you more..."

     And if you have five seconds to spare
     Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
     Sixteen, clumsy and shy
     I went to London and I
     I booked myself in at the Y ... W.C.A.
     I said : "I like it here - can I stay ?
     I like it here - can I stay ?
     And do you have a vacancy
     For a Back-scrubber ?"

     Call me morbid, call me pale
     I've spent too long on your trail
     Far too long
     Chasing your tail
     Oh ...

     And if you have five seconds to spare
     Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
     Sixteen, clumsy and shy
     That's the story of my life
     Sixteen, clumsy and shy
     The story of my life
     That's the story of my life
     That's the story of my life
     That's the story of my life
     The story of my life
     That's the story of my life
     That's the story of my life
     That's the story of my life
     That's the story of my life
     That's the story of my life
     That's the story ...

STRETCH OUT AND WAIT

     All the lies that you make up
     What's at the back of your mind ?
     Oh, your face I can see
     And it's desperately kind
     But what's at the back of your mind ?

     Two icy-cold hands conducting the way
     It's the Eskimo blood in my veins
     Amid concrete and clay
     And general decay
     Nature must still find a way
     So ignore all the codes of the day
     Let your juvenile influences sway
     This way and that way
     This way, that way
     God, how sex implores you
     To let yourself lose yourself

     Stretch out and wait
     Stretch out and wait
     Let your puny body, lie down, lie down
     As we lie, you say
     As we lie, you say
     Stretch out and ...
     Stretch out and wait
     Stretch out and wait
     Let your puny body lie down, lie down

     As we lie, you say :
     Will the world end in the night time ?
     (I really don't know)
     Or will the world end in the day time ?
     (I really don't know)
     And is there any point ever having children ?
     Oh, I don't know
     All I do know is we're Here and it's Now

     So ... stretch out and wait
     Stretch out and wait
     There is no debate, no debate, no debate
     How can you conciously contemplate
     When there's no debate, no debate ?
     Stretch out and wait
     Stretch out and wait
     Stretch out and wait
     Wait
     Wait
     Wait
     Wait
     Oh ...

THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE

     Park the car at the side of the road
     You should know
     Time's tide will smother you
     And I will too
     When you laugh about people who feel so
     Very lonely
     Their only desire is to die
     Well, I'm afraid
     It doesn't make me smile
     I wish I could laugh

     But that joke isn't funny anymore
     It's too close to home
     And it's too near the bone
     It's too close to home
     And it's too near the bone
     More than you'll ever know ...

     Kick them when they fall down
     Kick them when they fall down
     You kick them when they fall down
     Kick them when they fall down
     You kick them when they fall down
     Kick them when they fall down
     You kick them when they fall down
     Kick them when they fall down

     It was dark as I drove the point home
     And on cold leather seats
     Well, it suddenly struck me
     I just might die with a smile on my
     Face after all

     I've seen this happen in other people's
     Lives
     And now it's happening in mine

     I've seen this happen in other people's
     Lives
     And now it's happening in mine
     Oh ...

     I've seen this happen in other people's
     Lives
     Oh ...
     And now it's happening in mine
     Happening in mine
     Happening in mine
     Happening in mine
     Happening in mine

     I've seen this happen in other people's
     Lives
     Oh ...
     And now, now, now it's happening in mine
     (I've seen this happen)
     Happening in mine
     Oh... now, now

     I've seen this happen in other people's
     Lives
     Oh ...
     And now it's happening in mine
     (Happen)
     Happening in mine
     Oh ...
     Happening in mine
     Happening in mine
     Happening in mine

     I've seen this happen in other people's
     Lives
     Oh ...
     And now, now, now it's happening in mine
     Happening in mine
     Mine, mine
     Happening in mine

OSCILLATE WILDLY (instrumental)

YOU JUST HAVEN'T EARNED IT YET, BABY

     If you're wondering why
     All the love that you long for eludes you
     And people are rude and cruel to you
     I'll tell you why
     I'll tell you why
     I'll tell you why
     I'll tell you why

     You just haven't earned it yet, baby
     You just haven't earned it, son
     You just haven't earned it yet, baby
     You must suffer and cry for a longer time
     You just haven't earned it yet, baby
     And I'm telling you now ...

     If you're wondering why
     When all I wanted from life was to be Famous
     I have tried for so long, it's all gone wrong
     I'll tell you why
     I'll tell you why
     I'll tell you why
     I'll tell you why
     But you wouldn't believe me

     Today I am remembering the time
     When they pulled me back
     And held me down
     And looked me in the eyes and said
     You just haven't earned it yet, baby
     You just haven't earned it, my son
     You just haven't earned it yet, baby
     You must stay on your own for slightly longer
     You just haven't earned it yet baby
     And I'm telling you now ...

     You just haven't earned it yet, baby
     Oh ...
     You just haven't earned it yet, baby
     Oh ...
     Oh

RUBBER RING

     A sad fact widely known
     The most impassionate song
     To a lonely soul
     Is so easily outgrown
     But don't forget the songs
     That made you smile
     And the songs that made you cry
     When you lay in awe
     On the bedroom floor
     And said : "Oh, oh, smother me Mother..."
     No ...
     Rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring
     La ...

     The passing of time
     And all of its crimes
     Is making me sad again
     The passing of time
     And all of its sickening crimes
     Is making me sad again
     But don't forget the songs
     That made you cry
     And the songs that saved your life
     Yes, you're older now
     And you're a clever swine
     But they were the only ones who ever stood by you

     The passing of time leaves empty lives
     Waiting to be filled (the passing ...)
     The passing of time
     Leaves empty lives
     Waiting to be filled
     I'm here with the cause
     I'm holding the torch
     In the corner of your room
     Can you hear me ?
     And when you're dancing and laughing
     And finally living
     Hear my voice in your head
     And think of me kindly
     No ...
     Rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring
     La ...
     No ...
     Rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring

     Do you
     Love me like you used to ?
     Oh ...
     Rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring
     La ...

     You're clever
     Everybody's clever nowadays
     You're clever
     Everybody's clever nowadays

     You are sleeping
     You do not want to believe
     You are sleeping
     You do not want to believe
     You are sleeping
     You do not want to believe
     You are sleeping

GOLDEN LIGHTS

     Golden lights displaying your name
     Golden lights it's a terrible shame
     But oh my darling
     WHY DID YOU CHANGE ?

     Boy in a million, idol, a big star
     I didn't tell you how great you were
     I didn't grovel and scream
     And rip your brand new jacket at the seams

     You made a record, they liked your singing
     All of a sudden the phone stops ringing
     Ah ... I never thought that you would let
     The glory make you forget

     Golden lights displaying your name
     Golden lights it's a terrible shame
     But oh my darling
     WHY DID YOU CHANGE ?

     Top ten idol, king of your age
     Who do you turn to when you're backstage ?
     Don't you remember you once knew a girl
     You loved her more than the world

     Is life always like this, brother ?
     Good for one side but bad for another
     I must put you behind me tonight
     'Cause you belong to the lights

     Those golden lights displaying your name
     Golden lights it's a terrible shame
     But oh my darling
     WHY DID YOU CHANGE ?

     Oh, oh my darling
     WHY ?
     WHY DID YOU CHANGE ?

Oh ...