• A Drinking Song
    Back at the house a bottle is found and opened in honour of those who have drowned While we who have not are stricken with guilt and dutifully see that not one ...
  • A Lady Of A Certain Age
    Back in the day you had been part of the smart set You'd holidayed with kings, dined out with starlets From London to New York, Cap Ferrat to Capri In perfume b...
  • A Seafood Song
    "Who'll have a fishy On a little dishy? Who will have a fishy When the boat comes" And then he says, "With our glasses both raised in a toast Let's sing for tho...
  • A Woman of the World
    When she was just a girl she became a woman of the world Soon there wasn't room enough for her in between the bosoms of her family She popped the cork, got on t...
  • Absent Friends
    Absent Friends Absent friends, here's to them And happy days, we thought that they would never end Here's to absent friends Little Jean Seberg seemed So full o...
  • Bad Ambasador
    I wanna chill, I wanna sit real still I wanna sleep like the dead on a bed of roses Me and my lovely wife We're in the prime of life I wanna feel real, I wanna ...
  • Bad Ambassador
    I wanna chill, I wanna sit real still I wanna sleep like the dead on a bed of roses Me and my lovely wife We're in the prime of life I wanna feel real, I wanna ...
  • Bath
    Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, As a dream dies At the opening day Rub-a-dub-dub, It's time for a scrub! So through clouds of steam To a cracked an...
  • Becoming Alfie
    "Are you all settled in? Right, then we can begin My name is" "ALFIE!" Once there was a time When my mind lay on higher things And once there was a time I could...
  • Becoming More Like Alfie
    (Wot, you all settled then? Right, we can begin My name is) (Alfie!) Once there was a time when my mind lay on higher things And once there was a time I could f...
  • Bernice Bobs Her Hair
    Bernice bobs her hair in the barber's in the square All her new-found friends are there to see it done Bernice bobs her hair She's been driven to despair 'Cause...
  • Birds of Paradise Farm
    My parents knew these people who For all their faults were very nice; They owned a farm whose "Olde Worlde" charm Earned it the name of "Paradise" We came to st...
  • Bleak Landscape
    I cannot reconcile myself to this"? I wish I could! I cannot live the life I ought to live"? I know I should! I cannot bring myself to pray, Except to wish thes...
  • Charge
    Ladysmith wants you forthwith to come to her relief Burn your briefs you leave for France tonight Carefully cut the straps of the booby-traps And set the captiv...
  • Charmed Life
    When I hold you in my arms, And look back on my charmed- life My charmed life I hope, I hope if nothing more That one day you'll call your- Life A charmed life ...
  • Come Home Billy Bird
    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 b...
  • Comme Beaucoup De Messieurs
    N: quand je t'ai connu V: tu citais boris vian, camus V: le nez dans tes songbooks N: et toi qui te prenais pour zouc N+v: ensuite on a vielli V: tu t'es durci ...
  • Commuter Love
    Freezing Monday morning She is waiting for her train to come I brush past her, smell her perfume Watch her hair move as she turns to go She doesn't know I exist...
  • Death of a Supernaturalist
    See my solitude Where once was truth now only doubt Touch my tortured skin Torn from within and from without Kiss my blistered lips My fingertips frost-bitten a...
  • Diva Lady
    She's a diva lady She's a hopeless case She needs extra make-up For her extra face She's a hopeless case She's a diva lady She's got special needs She wants ch...
  • Don't Look Down
    "Birds and planes go Through the rainbow Every day though You simply refuse Old-fashioned Ferris Wheels Are no big deal They're just big wheels with chairs So d...
  • Dumb It Down
    You've got a personality We'll throw you in the sea and watch you drown Dumb it down Your concentration span's too long It's longer than this song, that's not a...
  • Edward The Confessor
    I'm so sorry Please forgive me For knowing that I'm wrong but insisting I'm right For wanting everything to be either black or white For wallowing in self-pity,...
  • Eric The Gardener
    Eric The Gardener Julius Cæsar came, saw, conquered, went away 'Cause it rained here all the time Too many sniffs and colds Got up his Roman nose So he left it ...
  • Europop
    Hello What would you like to know? What would you like to hear? What if I just disappear inside myself? Hello What would you like to know? Who would you like to...
  • Everybody Knows
    Hello What would you like to know? What would you like to hear? What if I just disappear inside myself? Hello What would you like to know? Who would you like to...
  • Everybody Knows (except You)
    I told the stars above about the one I love I told the morning sun, yeah I'm telling everyone I told my mum and dad, they seemed to understand And I'll get thro...
  • Eye Of The Needle
    They say that you'll hear him if you're really listening And pray for that feeling of grace But that's what I'm doing, why doesn't he answer? I've prayed 'til I...
  • Famous
    I know you've tried I know you've cried I know you've died a little inside, but Baby you could be famous You could see your marble face all around Baby you cou...
  • Famous (The Magnetic Fields)
    I know you've tried I know you've cried I know you've died a little inside, but Baby you could be famous You could see your marble face all around Baby you cou...
  • Festive Road
    An ordinary day down on Festive Road The children will play and never will know That when Mr Benn of No 52 Walks in through that door Peculiar events will ensue...
  • Freedom Road
    It's early morning on I-19 I ain't got much for company, A pick-up truck, a brown Volvo, And a couple of jokers on the radio I wish that it could stay like thi...
  • Generation Sex
    Generation sex Respects The rights Of girls Who want to take their clothes off As long as we can all watch that's okay And generation sex Elects The type Of guy...
  • Geronimo
    While they have been eating The rain has started falling, Gradually gathering in strength What began a drizzle Has now become torrential, And doesn't look like ...
  • Gin-Soaked Boy
    I'm the darkness in the light I'm the leftness in the right I'm the rightness in the wrong I'm the shortness in the long I'm the goodness in the bad I'm the san...
  • Going Downhill Fast
    One butterfly spies a glint in his eye; The birds sing as he cycles by Oh, why should he feel sad? This world ain't so bad, And besides - Woe betide he who woul...
  • Guantanamo
    They haven't departed They haven't gone home The trials haven't started No evidence shown They don't get no visits They don't get no calls, and nobody tells the...
  • Hate My Way
    I could be a smack freak And hate society I could hate God And blame Dad I might be in a Holocaust Hate Hitler Might not have a child And hate school I could be...
  • Hate My Way (Throwing Muses)
    I could be a smack freak And hate society I could hate God And blame Dad I might be in a Holocaust Hate Hitler Might not have a child And hate school I could be...
  • Here Comes the Flood
    Here comes the flood Rivers of mud, baby Here comes the quake Evacuate while you still can Here comes the fire Our funeral pyre, baby Here comes the flood Here ...
  • I'm All You Need
    But don't look a horse in the mouth Don't let a frog get you down Dragging you round like a dog on a lead I'm all you need Baby I'm in love with you And my love...
  • I've Been To A Marvellous Party
    I must say it's the most extraordinary experience not everybody I suppose it's something to do with the sun and all that but I wouldn't understand myself really...
  • If
    If you were the road I'd go all the way If you were the night I'd sleep in the day If you were the day I'd cry in the night 'Cause you are the way The truth and...
  • If I Were You
    You know, quite for no reason I'm here for the season And high as a kite - Living in error With Maud at Cap Ferret (Which couldn't be right) Everyone's here, an...
  • If I Were You (i'd Be Through With Me)
    If I were you I'd look at me And fail to see the things I see in you If I were you And if I were you I wouldn't let The shit you get from me get the better of y...
  • Ignorance is Bliss
    aliveI plead guilty if sweet innocence is thisI support the motion = "Ignorance Is Bliss" Kill me with your kissIt's "Whoops Apocalypse!"Ignorance must be bliss...
  • Im All You Need
    I was born yesterday And I believe all that you say I have no choice I must obey You Is this the first or the second day Of the rest of my life Well, hey! Why s...
  • In & Out In Paris And London
    "It is a far far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before It is a far far better place that I go to than I have ever known before" My slap 'n' ti...
  • In & Out Of Paris & London
    It is a far far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before It is a far far better place that I go to than I have ever known before My slap 'n' tick...
  • In and out in Paris and London
    It is a far far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before It is a far far better place that I go to than I have ever known before My slap'n'tickle...
  • In Out In Paris & London
    It is a far far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before It is a far far better place that I go to than I have ever known before My slap n tickle...
  • In Pursuit of Happiness
    And if it's all right I'd kind of like to be your lover Cause when you're with me I can't help but be So desperately uncontrollably happy! And hey, I'm not the ...
  • Indian Rain
    I feel as if I have been buried alive For the best part of five hundred years My body encased in a mountain of waste Until one day my face reappears **** bends ...
  • Intro
    Pale pubescent beasts roam through the streets and coffee-shops Their prey gather in herds with stiff knee-length skirts and white ankle-socks But while they se...
  • Ive Been to a Marvellous Party
    But don't look a horse in the mouth Don't let a frog get you down Dragging you round like a dog on a lead I'm all you need Baby I'm in love with you And my love...
  • Jackie
    And if one day I should become A singer with a Spanish bum Who sings for women of great virtue I'd sing to them with a guitar I'd borrow from a coffee bar - Wel...
  • Johnny Mathis Feet
    And if it's all right I'd kind of like to be your lover Cause when you're with me I can't help but be So desperately uncontrollably happy! And hey, I'm not the ...
  • Johnny Mathis' Feet (American Music Club)
    I laid all my songs at Johnny Mathis' Feet I said "Johnny, Johnny tell me, won't you tell me how to live? All my hopes are unravelling and I just lost my lease ...
  • Last Stand In Metroland
    You dress in camouflage I hunt, you sabotage You squat in my garage, I don't mind I live in Osterley You live in a tree We live in harmony, of a kind We're ma...
  • Leaving Today
    So suddenly awake No light from yonder window breaks, no crowing cock, Just my old clock, please make it stop I try to wrestle free, But like the dew she clings...
  • Life on Earth
    Build your coffin of balsa wood Spend all that you earn When you go you are gone for good Never to return Always to thine own self be true Not to fools like me ...
  • Life's What You Make It
    Baby, life's what you make it - can't escape it Baby, yesterday's favourite; don't you hate it? Everything's all right life's what you make it Baby, life's what...
  • Life's What You Make It (Talk Talk)
    Baby, life's what you make it—can't escape it Baby, yesterday's favourite; don't you hate it? Everything's all right life's what you make it Baby, life's what y...
  • Little Acts of Kindness
    Little acts of kindness Make us all feel better Unexpected flowers Unrequested letter So when somebody calls you Give a friendly answer And when somebody fails ...
  • Logic Vs Emotion
    I stood upon the listed bridge Dividing different images Logic vs emotion Mountain stream vs the ocean Will we ever learn? Logic vs emotion Politicians carry th...
  • London Irish
    They sit, and watch the clouds go by And make believe it's Irish skies They love the sun, but pray for rain They drink to take away the pain The London streets ...
  • Lost Property
    Postcards and letters T-shirts and sweaters Passports and Parkas Mobiles and chargers Two tennis rackets Blue Rizla packets A new sheep-skin jacket I lost it al...
  • Love is Lighter Than Air
    Summer, summer, summer slowly turned into fall Me and my baby doll never went to the beach Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere was a place we could run On the sand ...
  • Love Is Lighter Than Air (The Magnetic Fields)
    Summer, summer, summer slowly turned into fall Me and my baby doll never went to the beach Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere was a place we could run On the sand ...
  • Love What You Do
    Living isn't easy No need to make it harder Stretch yourself until you snap Ditch your superstitions Lose your inhibitions Tell them you're not coming back If ...
  • Lucy
    I travelled among unknown men In lands beyond the sea; Nor, England, did I know 'til then What love I bore to thee! 'Tis past, that melancholy dream - Nor will ...
  • Make It Easy on Yourself
    If you really love him and there's nothing that I can do Don't try to spare my feelings, just tell me that we're through And make it easy on yourself, 'cos brea...
  • Make It Easy On Yourself (Scott Walker)
    If you really love him and there's nothing that I can do Don't try to spare my feelings, just tell me that we're through And make it easy on yourself, 'cos bre...
  • Maryland Electric Rainstorm
    Amery was bored, as he Was usually in the countryside: He'd walk alone, reciting Poe, Returning home through the failing light One day, he'd gone some miles alo...
  • Mastermind
    Every pupil in the classroom will answer the same if you ask them Every mouth shout the message out as one Every girl weeps like the willow, every boy cries int...
  • Middle Class Heroes
    If you really love him and there's nothing that I can do Don't try to spare my feelings, just tell me that we're through And make it easy on yourself, 'cos brea...
  • Middle Class Heroes (live SBE 96)
    If you really love him and there's nothing that I can do Don't try to spare my feelings, just tell me that we're through And make it easy on yourself, 'cos brea...
  • Mother Dear
    It was not that long ago it first occurred to me That my mother was a person in her own right Now I realize how very lucky I have been And there, but for the gr...
  • Motorway to Damascus
    Daybreak on the motorway to Damascus A heavenly angel flagged me down and asked for a ride into town For God's sake, on the motorway to Damascus This heavenly a...
  • My Imaginary Friend
    Would you like to meet my little friend Don't try to shake his hand, he's just pretend, His name is Benjamin, thats his name My momma says, 'your insane' Boy yo...
  • My Imagineary Friend
    Would you like to meet my little friend Don't try to shake his hand, he's just pretend, His name is Benjamin, thats his name My momma says, 'your insane' Boy yo...
  • My Lovely Horse
    My lovely horse, running through the field Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing in the wind? I want to shower you with sugar lumps, and ride you ove...
  • National Express
    Take the National Express when your life's in a mess, it will make you smile All human life is here, from the feeble old dear to the screaming child From the st...
  • Neptune's Daughter
    When the last course has been consumed They withdraw to the drawing room, Where the Schubert she plays with style Keeps her friends happy all the while; But the...
  • Note To Self
    Monday Restate my assumptions Heaven and hell Do not exist Tuesday Restate my assumptions If you die you do so At your own risk Into the heart of darkness Beyo...
  • Our Mutual Friend
    No matter how I try, I just can't get her out of my mind And I when I sleep I visualize her I saw her in the pub, I met her later at the nightclu A mutual frie...
  • Overstrand
    I reside in Prince Of Wales Drive In a mansion block named "Primrose" With constant hot water it's got all it oughta Behind Victorian windows But nonetheless, ...
  • Party Fears Two
    I'll have a shower And then phone my brother up Within the hour I'll smash another cup Please don't start saying that Or I'll start believing you If I start bel...
  • Perfect Love Song
    Give Me your love And I'll give you The perfect lovesong With A divine Beatles bassline And a big old Beach Boys sound I'll match you pound for pound Like heavy...
  • Perfect Lovesong
    Give me your love And I'll give you the perfect lovesong With a divine Beatles bassline And a big old Beach Boys sound I'll match you pound for pound Like heavy...
  • Postcard to Rosie
    There's a young lady called Rosie; She is my West Country girl I promised her that no matter Where I should go in the world, I'd send a postcard to her I'll sen...
  • Queen of the South
    Please don't look at me that way You'll only make me want to say Something I will regret You are April you are May What a stupid thing to say Just forgive me an...
  • Radioactivity
    Radioactivity Is in the air for you and me Radioactivity Discovered by madame curie Radioactivity Tune in to the melody Radio aktivität F¨¹r dich und mich in ...
  • Radioactivity (Kraftwerk)
    Radioactivity Is in the air for you and me Radioactivity Discovered by Madame Curie Radioactivity Tune in to the melody Radio Aktivität Für dich und mich in A...
  • Regeneration
    Old worlds seen through new eyes Just you and I and the sheltering sky The battle is over but the war's not yet won It's only just begun We'll walk the razor's...
  • Snowball In Negative
    Smoking my six-hundredth last cigarette Out of the studio sky-light Watching the ash as it rolls down the roof Leaving a trail of grey-white All through its sh...
  • Someone
    Someone I once knew Told someone like you "Love is just a word" Now I'm not so sure that's true Someone made me see How someone like me Needn't be so closed Ju...
  • Something for the Weekend
    (Ohhh I say) (How about a little kiss?) (Ohhh don't be unkind!) She said There's something in the woodshed and I can hear it breathing it's such an eerie feelin...
  • Song Of Love
    Pale, pubescent beasts roam through the streets and coffee-shops Their prey gather in herds of stiff knee-length skirts and white ankle-socks But while they sea...
  • Songs of Love
    Pale pubescent beasts roam through the streets and coffee-shops Their prey gather in herds with stiff knee-length skirts and white ankle-socks But while they se...