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Everyday I Write The Book by Elvis Costello Don't tell me you don't know what love is When you're old enough to know better When you find strange hands in your sweater When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote I'm a man with a mission in two or three editions [Chorus:] And I'm giving you a longing look Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book Chapter One we didn't really get along Chapter Two I think I fell in love with you You said you'd stand by me in the middle of Chapter Three But you were up to your old tricks in Chapters Four, Five and Six [chorus] The way you walk The way you talk, and try to kiss me, and laugh In four or five paragraphs All your compliments and your cutting remarks Are captured here in my quotation marks [chorus] Don't tell me you don't know the difference Between a lover and a fighter With my pen and my electric typewriter Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel [chorus]

Depeche Mode - Never let me down I’m taking a ride With my best friend I hope he never lets me down again He knows where he’s taking me Taking me where I want to be I’m taking a ride With my best friend We’re flying high We’re watching the world pass us by Never want to come down Never want to put my feet back down On the ground I’m taking a ride With my best friend I hope he never lets me down again Promises me I’m as safe as houses As long as I remember who’s wearing the trousers I hope he never lets me down again Never let me down See the stars they’re shining bright Everything’s alright tonight

Pushin' Too Hard by The Seeds You're pushin' too hard, uh-pushin' on me You're pushin' too hard, uh-what you want me to be You're pushin' too hard about the things you say You're pushin' too hard every night and day You're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) Well all I want is to just be free Live my life the way I wanna be All I want is to just have fun Live my life like it's just begun But you're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) Well, better listen girl to what I'm tellin' you You better listen girl, or we are through You better stop all your foolin' around Stop your runnin' all over town 'Cause you're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) Well I know there's a lotta fish in the sea I know some would-uh stay by me So if you don't think I'm gonna try You better ask yourself the reason why 'Cause you're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) Pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard)

More GREEN DAY - Fashion Victim He's a victim of his own time, in his vintage suit and tie He's a casualty dressed to the teeth, in the latest genocide The new seasons come and go, at the dog and pony show Gonna sit and beg and fetch the names, and follow your dress codes What's in a name, hey! She's a scented magazine, lookin sharp and livin clean Livin well and dressed to kill, but she looks like hell to me When you're dancing through your wardrobe do the anorexa-go-go, cloaked with style for pedophiles As your credit card explodes Well you auctioned off your life, for the most expensive prize Going once, going twice, it's gone. What's in a name, hey! What's in a name, hey! What's in a name?

Especially for Paul (and I do actually have this in my collection!) Aqua Aquarium (1997) Barbie Girl - Hi Barbie! - Hi Ken! - You wanna go for a ride? - Sure, Ken! - Jump in! - Ha ha ha ha! I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world Life in plastic, it's fantastic You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere Imagination, life is your creation Come on, Barbie, let's go party I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world Life in plastic, it's fantastic You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere Imagination, life is your creation I'm a blonde single girl in the fantasy world Dress me up, take your time, I'm your dollie You're my doll, rock and roll, feel the glamour and pain Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky-panky You can touch, you can play You can say I'm always yours, oooh whoa I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world Life in plastic, it's fantastic You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere Imagination, life is your creation Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees Come jump in, be my friend, let us do it again Hit the town, fool around, let's go party You can touch, you can play You can say I'm always yours You can touch, you can play You can say I'm always yours Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world Life in plastic, it's fantastic You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere Imagination, life is your creation I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world Life in plastic, it's fantastic You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere Imagination, life is your creation Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh - Oh, I'm having so much fun! - Well, Barbie, we're just getting started! - Oh, I love you Ken!

SUGARCUBES ( Bjork ) Birthday She lives in this house over there Has her world outside it Scrapples in the earth with her fingers and her mouth She's five years old Thread worms on a string Keeps spiders in her pocket Collects fly wings in a jar Scrubs horse flies And pinches them on a line Ohhh... She has one friend, he lives next door They're listenening to the weather He knows how many freckles she's got She scratches his beard She's painting huge books And glues them together They saw a big raven It glided down the sky She touched it Ohh... Today is a birthday They're smoking cigars He's got a chain of flowers And sows a bird in her knickers Ohhh... They're smoking cigars They lie in the bathtub A chain of ... flowers

Leonard Cohen Hey,that's no way to say goodbye. I loved you in he morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm, yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new, in city and in forest they smiled like me and you, but now it's come to distances and both of us must try, your eyes are soft with sorrow, Hey, that's no way to say goodbye. I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time, walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme you know my love goes with you as your love stays with me, it's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea, but let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie, your eyes are soft with sorrow, Hey, that's no way to say goodbye. I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm, yes many loved before us, I know that we are not new, in city and in forest they smiled like me and you, but let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie, your eyes are soft with sorrow, Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.

loads of old faves on here, thanks for the reminders. :-))) to all Half Man Half Biscuit fans... Here's one from 1999 by Ani DiFranco Little Plastic Castle in a coffee shop in a city which is every coffee shop in every city on a day which is every day i picked up a magazine which is every magazine read a story, and then forgot it right away they say goldfish have no memory i guess their lives are much like mine and the little plastic castle is a surprise every time and it's hard to say if they're happy but they don't seem much to mind from the shape of your shaved head i recognized your silhouette as you walked out of the sun and sat down and the sight of your sleepy smile eclipsed all the other people as they paused to sneer at the two girls from out of town i said, look at you this morning you are, by far, the cutest but be careful getting coffee i think these people wanna shoot us or maybe there's some kinda local competition here to see who can be the rudest people talk about my image like i come in two dimensions like lipstick is a sign of my declining mind like what i happen to be wearing the day that someone takes a picture is my new statement for all of womankind i wish they could see us now in leather bras and rubber shorts like some ridiculous new team uniform for some ridiculous new sport quick someone call the girl police and file a report in a coffee shop in a city which is every coffee shop in every city on a day which is every day ------ (gotta love that line about 'call the girl police and file a report!')

LEONARD COHEN lyrics - 'Bird On The Wire' Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free. Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee. If I, if I have been unkind, I hope that you can just let it go by. If I, if I have been untrue I hope you know it was never to you. Like a baby, stillborn, like a beast with his horn I have torn everyone who reached out for me. But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong I will make it all up to thee. I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, he said to me, 'You must not ask for so much.' And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door, she cried to me, 'Hey, why not ask for more?' Oh like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free.

You Woke Up My Neighbourhood by Billy Bragg As I wait for sleep to drag me under In the evening gloom I sit and wonder The words I should have said to you The things I always meant to do The bad dreams that all came true CHORUS: You woke up my neighbourhood Night after night we would row You woke up my neighbourhood Things are pretty quiet round here now When I think of how we were together I know we couldn't be like that forever Beneath the Seven Sister stars The night we let it go too far I slept out in the car CHORUS I remember skipping on the porch till it grew cold I remember feeling like I was eight years old Somersaults across the lawn Singing dancing up till dawn Every now and then we'd have a row You woke up my neighbourhood Things are pretty quiet round here now CHORUS (repeat)

Bea's Song - Cowboy Junkies Speed River at my feet running low and flat I'm sitting here burning daylight, thinking about the past and that distance out there where the earth meets the sky The slightest move and this river mud pulls me further down John's at my side, but he's sitting on firmer ground John says I look at the moon and the stars these days more often than I look into his eyes and I can't disagree so I don't say nothing I just stare on past his face at Venus rising, like a shining speck of hope hanging over the horizon With each passing year that I sit here that horizon seems to inch just that much nearer and all that appears on it seems as clear as spit But if there's on thing in my life that these years have taught it's that you can always see it coming but you can never stop it Speed River at my feet running low and flat I'm sitting here burning daylight, thinking about the past and that distance out there where the earth meets the sky The slightest move and this river mud pulls me further down John's at my side, but he's not noticing that I'm drowning The slightest move and this river mud pulls me further down John's at my side, but he's not noticing that I'm drowning

**wags finger at Bec for including bloody Aqua!!**

Thirteen by Big Star Won't you let me walk you home from school Won't you let me meet you at the pool Maybe Friday I can Get tickets for the dance And I'll take you - ooh Won't you tell your dad 'Get off my back' Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black' Rock 'n' roll is here to stay Come inside now it's okay And I'll shake you - ooh Won't you tell me what you're thinking of And would you be an outlaw for my love If it's so then let me know If it's 'no', well, I can go I won't make you - ooh

I Don't Want Control Of You by Teenage Fanclub I don't want control of you Doesn't matter to me The very heart and soul of you Are places I wanna see Everyday I look in a different face Feelings getting stronger with every embrace I don't want a world of pain Staring at every tear Don't want this love to stay the same Growing with every year Everyday I look in a different face Feelings getting stronger with every embrace Tired of situations That mean nothing to me You've been an inspirational figure for me Everyday I look in a different face Feelings getting stronger with every embrace I don't want control of you Doesn't matter to me I want this love to stay the same Growing with every year Everyday I look in a different face Feelings getting stronger with every embrace

*sticks tongue out at Andy*

Always a good one to sing along to in the car:- Angie Baby Helen Reddy You live your life in the songs you hear on the rock and roll radio. And when a young girl doesn't have any friends that's a really nice place to go. Folks hoping you'd turn out cool but they had to take you outta school. You're a little touched you know, Angie Baby. Lovers appear in your room each night and they whirl you across the floor. But they always seem to fade away when your daddy taps on your door. Angie girl, are you all right? Tell the radio good-night. All alone once more, Angie Baby. Angie Baby, you're a special lady. Living in a world of make-believe. Well, maybe. Stopping at her house is a neighbor boy with evil on his mind. 'Cause he's been peeking in Angie's room at night through the window blind. I see your folks have gone away. Would you dance with me today? I'll show you how to have a good time, Angie Baby. When he walks in the room, he feels confused like he's walked into a play. And the music's so loud it spins him around 'til his soul has lost it's way. And as she turns the volume down he's getting smaller with the sound. It seems to pull him off the ground. Toward the radio he's bound never to be found. The headlines read that a boy disappeared and everyone thinks he died. 'Cept a crazy girl with a secret lover who keeps her satisfied. It's so nice to be insane. No one asks you to explain. Radio by your side, Angie Baby. Angie Baby, you're a special lady living in a world of make-believe. Well, maybe. Well, maybe.

Ever Fallen In Love by Buzzcocks You spurn my natural emotions You make me feel like dirt And I’m hurt And if I start a commotion I run the risk of losing you And that’s worse Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love In love with someone Ever fallen in love In love with someone You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with I can’t see much of a future Unless we find out what’s to blame What a shame And we won’t be together much longer Unless we realize that we are the same Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love In love with someone Ever fallen in love In love with someone You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with You disturb my natural emotions You make me feel like dirt And I’m hurt And if I start a commotion I’ll only end up losing you And that’s worse Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love In love with someone Ever fallen in love In love with someone You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love In love with someone Ever fallen in love In love with someone You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with Fallen in love with Ever fallen in love with someone You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with

My Perfect Cousin by The Undertones Now, I've got a cousin called Kevin He's sure to go to heaven Always spotless clean and neat The smoothest you can get them He's got a fur lined sheepskin jacket My ma said they cost a packet She won't even let me explain That me and Kevin were just not the same Oh my perfect cousin What I like to do he doesn't He's his family's pride and joy His mothers little golden boy He's gotta degree in economics Maths - physics and bionics He thinks that I'm a cabbage Cos I hate University Challenge Even at the age of ten Smart boy Kevin was a smart boy then He always beat me at Subbuteo Cos he flicked the kick And I didn't know Oh my perfect cousin ..

Come Home Billy Bird by The Divine Comedy William wakes with his clothes on, The morning call has been and gone, And he might not make the flight, But he will try, yeah. Bit by bit it comes back to him, A bunch of Belgian businessmen, And a strange drinking game - oh God why !? Come home Billy Bird, International Business Traveller, Come home Billy Bird, He hails a cab but the driver sucks, He drives so slowly and he talks so much, That it hurts Billy Bird's aching brain, He runs from the cab to the check-in desk, She says 'no way' but William begs on his knees 'please please please' 'Well, Okay.' Come home Billy Bird, International Business Traveller, Come home Billy Bird Drenched in sweat he finds his seat, And with the luggage squeezed down beneath his feet, He begins to think that things can't get no worse, And then a voice says 'bags that can't be stowed In the overhead lockers must go below In the hold, please let go. Thank you, Sir.' Come home Billy Bird, International Business Traveller, Come home Billy Bird, Come home William, Come home, He runs on past the carousel, Screaming 'damn my luggage all to Hell, I can buy a new shirt and tie anyday', He rides from the airport into town, To the high school football ground, Where his son has just begun his big football game, Come home Billy Bird, International Business Traveller, Come home Billy Bird, Come home Billy Bird, International Business Traveller, Come home Billy Bird, (Come home William, Come home, Come home William, Come home).

Sex Pistols 'Anarchy In The U.K.' Right! Now ha ha ha... I am an antichrist I am an anarchist Don't know what I want But I know how to get it I wanna destroy the passerby 'Cause I wanna be Anarchy Now don't worry Anarchy for the UK It's coming sometime and maybe I give a wrong time stop a traffic line Your future dream is a shopping scheme 'Cause I wanna be Anarchy In the city How many ways to get what you want I use the best I use the rest I use the N.M.E I use Anarchy 'Cause I wanna be Anarchy It's the only way to be Is this the M.P.L.A or Is this the U.D.A or Is this the I.R.A I thought it was the UK Or just another country Another council tenancy I wanna be Anarchy And I wanna be Anarchy (Oh what a name) And I wanna be an anarchist (I get p*ssed, destroy!)