Elastica--Elastica

LINE UP

Drivel Head wears her glad rags
She's got her keys money and fags
I know that her mind is made up
To get rocked

Drivel Head needs a new man
As only a drivel head can
He's a hormonal nightmare
So beware

Another victim of line up in line
Line up in line is all I remember
Oh how their favours change
You could have been kinder
Yes, yes, line up in line
Line up in line is all I remember
Oh, how their favours change
You could have been kinder

Drivel Head knows all the stars
Loves to suck their shining guitars
They've all been right up her stairs
Do you care?

Drivel Head knows all the bands
Knows them like the back of her hands
You can't see the wood for the trees
On your knees

Another victim of line up in line
Line up in line is all I remember
Oh how their favours change
You could have been kinder
Yes, yes, line up in line
Line up in line is all I remember
Oh, how their favours change
You could have been kinder


ANNIE

Annie, told me
Get out of here, head for the sea
The sun is hot and the air is clean
The best things in the world are free
And Mister Murphy
Likes his Jackanory
Holsten Export times three
Jimi Hendrix and Thin Lizzy
Annie, Annie, Annie
Met a mate in the afternoon
Holsten shore-line pub-crawl
Looking for some cold beer
Missed the stone punch drunk Judy
Tony, brandy, M.G., Andy
Vodka, scotch and loads of beer
It's so great we want to stay here
Annie, Annie, Annie


CONNECTION

Riding on any wave
There is the luck you crave
They don't believe it now
They just think it's stupid
So got anything ?
Anyone could have done
Who would've cared at all not you

Another heart has made the trade
Forget it forget it forget it
I don't understand how a heart is a spade
But somehow the vital connection is made

Riding on anything
Anything's good enough
Who would've thought it of someone like you
Just as they brought me round
Now that they brought you down
Roundabout and roundabout
Who wants a life anyone ?

Another heart has made the grade
Forget it forget it forget it
I don't understand how the last card is played
But somehow the vital connection is made


CAR SONG

You could call me a car lover
'Cos I love it in a motor
And the way it feels
To ride around on new wheels

I hardly know you
But I think I'm going to
Let's go siesta
In your Ford Fiesta

Here we go again
I'm riding in your car
Let me count to ten
'Cos it's gone way too far
Up my street to nowhere
You know what detours are
Here we go again
And it's gone way too far

Sometimes I just can't function
My heart's spaghetti junction
Every shining bonnet
Makes me think of my back on it

I just can't escape the feeling
That I'd rather be free wheeling
In every little Honda
There may lurk a Peter Fonda ho

Here we go again
I'm riding in your car
Let me count to ten
'Cos it's gone way too far
Up my street to nowhere
You know what detours are
Here we go again
And it's gone way too far


SMILE

One Two Three Four
Peaches and cream
Where have you been ?
Did you know I've been waiting all night ?
Whose bed were you in ?
Whose head were you turning ?
Don't you know I've been out of my mind
'Cos I know what you fear you will find
Oh why...

Sweetness and light
I don't wanna fight you
But I don't wanna listen to lies
Your face is a mess
You know you should drink less
I said I don't want to hear how time flies
'Cos I know from the look in your eyes
You were talking to some girl
Who'd seen you on her T.V. set
She said that she felt like she knew you
Although you'd only just met
Oh yeah...

Don't stop talking shop
I'll see you down the time swap
I've been tested and tried
Lost on the tide
So cold inside
Do you know I've been out of my mind
'Cos I know what you fear you will find
You were talking to some girl
Who said that she'd seen you before
Oh my head's such a mess
'Till I hear your key in the door
Oh yeah...Oh yeah


HOLD ME NOW

Don't stop shaking it's my head
That makes me want to second guess at a distance.
Hoping there's a method to your madness baby
I might just understand if you obey me.

Hold me now I need assistance.
I'd take somebody else if I could

Walking down tree-lined place so pensive in the country
I can't take the voodoo that you do
Just lust easier sussed real love makes me untrue
It's hard to make a stew when the meat keeps looking up at you

So hold me now I need assistance
Follow down the path of least resistance
Hold me now don't keep your distance
I'd take somebody else if I could

Hold me now I need assistance
Follow down the path of least resistance
Hold me now do I need a license to hold you?

Hold me now I need assistance
Follow down the path of least resistance
Hold me now ( While I take the ... time to hurt you )


S.O.F.T.

And now we find
Looking back at your state of mind
Was it all just a cover up
Woke your mother up
You were on TV

Did the devil say to you
You can make it through
I'll take you to the top
And now that you're heaven bent
And it pays the rent
Is it hard to stop ?

S.O.F.T.
Thought you knew the score
S.O.F.T.
Always wanted more
S.O.F.T.
Are you sure you're sure
S.O.F.T.

And now we find
Looking back at your state of mind
Was it all just a cover up
Broke your mother up
On my TV

Did the devil say to you
You can make it through
I'll take you to the shop
And in a dress too small
To be a dress at all
Is it hard to stop ?

S.O.F.T.
Thought you knew the score
S.O.F.T.
Always wanted more
S.O.F.T.
Are you sure you're sure
S.O.F.T.


INDIAN SONG

If you want to
Then you've got to
Let it show
It is waiting
It is waiting

If you want to
Then you've got to
Let it go
It is waiting
It is waiting

If you want to
Then you've got to
Let it show
It is waiting
Heaven is waiting


BLUE

John's gone his senses loaded over by your house it's so basic
One two three four
John's gone his senses loaded over by your house it's so basic
I think you're faking have a good time
But don't get into my head
Do you recommend I wait a while
Direct and live or keep it constant
And selective blue
I can read your mind
If you want to
I will let you blue
I can read your mind
If you want to

John's gone he needs attention
Do you understand his inclination?
I've seen you shaking
Come down here and I'll show you the wrong way
Try to rearrange this tired old line
Connect this smile and keep it standard
And reflective blue
I can read your mind
If you want to
I will let you blue
I can read your mind
I will let you
If you want to


ALL NIGHTER

It's nearly eleven
Do you think we'll stand the test of time
You're a cloud short of heaven
But you know I want you to be mine
Am I sitting here waiting
Yeah and it's getting frustrating

Got to go to the garage
Got to get some fags and make some tea
Can you lend me enough wedge
Do you want to walk up there with me
And I'm sitting here waiting
Yeah I'm tired of debating

We've been up all night
I can feel a strange attraction
Now it's getting light
But I can't spur you into action
Sure not alone
But so on my own oh

It's a quarter to seven
Don't you think we've stayed up half the night
You're a cloud short of heaven
But I'd love to see you strut your stuff
And I'm sitting here waiting
Yeah and it could be X-rated
We could be oh so happy
We could be oh so happy


WAKING UP

I'd work very hard but I'm lazy
I can't take the pressure and it's starting to show
In my heart you know that it pains me
A life of leisure is no life you know

Waking up and getting up has never been easy
Oh oh I think you should know
Waking up and getting up has never been easy
Oh oh I think you should know
Oh oh I think you should go
Make a cup of tea and put a record on

I'd work very hard but I'm lazy
I've got a lot of songs but they're all in my head
I'll get a guitar and a lover who pays me
If I can't be a star I won't get out of bed

Waking up and getting up has never been easy
Oh oh I think you should know
Waking up and getting up has never been easy
Oh oh I think you should know
Oh oh I think you should go
Make a cup of tea and put a record on

Waking up and getting up has never been easy
Oh oh I think you should know
Waking up and getting up has never been easy
Oh oh I think you should know
Oh oh I think you should go
Make a cup of tea and put a record on


2:1

Keeping a brave face
In circumstances
Is impossible
Cannot describe
So many decisions
It's impossible
To know which is
The proper order
The best position
To be in
Take advantage
Or so it seems
The way it goes

It's tragic / Sandman comes
Laid down on your side / Two to one
Too easy / In the dark
You know that you know / Dark reflections
You're soaking wet / In my head
You talk too much / In my bed
It's not necessary / Again

Before the ice melts / Sandman goes
I just want to say / Two in tow
This racket's yours / Wet and dumb
Don't ask for more / Three's the number
'Cause somewhere along the line / Coming down
Coming round again
I've forgotten already


SEE THAT ANIMAL

See that animal get some heavy metal
Watch the (world) go singing sha-la-la-la
White stick happiness will we ever know how it feels how it feels?
I feel your tatoo on mine, but I can't wash it off this time
Oh it's time, oh it's time, oh it's time, oh it's time

See that drug act, that AC/DC drag act on the wires in the sky tonight
Fifteen new cities, but will we ever know how it feels, how it feels
I feel my tatoo on you, it's a sweet thing Terry, but it's not true
It's not true, It's not true, It's not true, It's not true


STUTTER

No need to whine, boy,
Like a wind-up toy you stutter at my feet
And it's never the time, boy
You've had too much wine to stumble up my street
Well it isn't a problem
Nothing we can't keep between the sheets
Tell me you're mine, love
And I will not wait for other bedtime treats

Is there something you lack
When I'm flat on my back
Is there something that I can do for you?
It's always something you ate
Or it's something you hate
Tell me is it the way that I touch you?
Have you found a new mate
And is she really great
Is it just that I'm much too much for you?
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah

Don't feed me a line, boy
I can hear that voice you use upon the phone
And there's no need to be coy
That is something you can do upon your own
Well it isn't problem, nothing we can't solve so just relax
Am I on the wrong train, love
And will I have to tie you to the tracks

Is there something you lack
When I'm flat on my back
Is there something that I can do for you?
It's always something you ate
Or it's something you hate
Tell me is it the way that I touch you?
Have you found a new mate
And is she really great
Is it just that I'm much too much for you?
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah
I really want you to
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah
I really want you to
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah


NEVER HERE

It's a sign of devotion
You made everybody else seem insane
You filled my head with your notions
You made everybody else seem so tame
In your bed I lay reeling
You made everybody else seem a shame
I knew from the way I was feeling
Nothing could ever be quite the same

I moved straight into your shoes
I took up your cause and answered your phone
I couldn't really imagine
What life was like when I was alone
Then I started to worry ( then I started to worry )
I thought of our lives left on the shelf
Too much TV and curry
Too much time spent on ourselves

We were sitting in waiting
And I told you my plan
You were far too busy writing
Words that didn't scan
And you lent me your records
And I leant you an ear
Funny how it seems to me now
That you were never here
Never really here

In our bed I lay reeling
You made everybody else seem insane
I knew from the way I was feeling
Nothing could ever be quite the same
It's a sign of devotion
You made everybody else seem so tame
Then it felt like going through the motions
First impressions never remain

We were sitting in waiting
And you told me your plan
I was far too busy writing
Rhymes that'll never scan
Now I've sold all your records
'Cos they give me the fear
Funny how it seems to me now
That you were never here
Never really here
Never really here


(16) Vaseline


( Louder, louder )

When you're stuck like glue
When you need some goo
When you're stuck like glue
Vaseline
When you're black and blue
Vaseline
La la la la la la la la la la
When you're stuck like glue
Give me some
When you're stuck like glue
If you'd like to woo
Vaseline
La la la la la la la la la la
If it's hot like you
Give me some
Do you need a clue
I want some
Vaseline, Vaseline, Vaseline
Vaseline, Vaseline, Vaseline