There's a picture by his first wife on the wall Stripped floor-boards in the kitchen and the hall A stain from last week's party on the stairs No one knows who ...

"Why 97? it could just have easily been 970 or 9700 Just take a short walk around town and you soon lose count of the deformities By the way - what's that gr...

Hey man, how come you treat your woman so bad? That's not the way you do it, no no no You shouldn't do it like that I could show you how to do it right I used t...

"A real kitchen sink drama This kind of thing happens all the time and it leaves a nasty stain on the shag-pile" Starts so slowly, just a place to stay Somew...

I fell asleep on your sofa and had a dream about a small child in dungeons who caughthis hands in the doors of the Paris metro Then my face cracked open and yo...

All I wanted was a sweet distraction for an hour or two Had no intention to do the things we've done Funny how it always goes with love, when you don't look, yo...

Sitting alone on a cold bar stool, Your cold, hard eyes make me feel a fool Pastel-white features, High cheek-bones, Scarlet-blooded lips and deathly tones The...

It's six o'clock the birds are singin' I'm wide awake whilst you're still fast asleep I went outside into your garden The sun was bright and the air was cool A...

The blue girls that bake in the sun Skin falls in flakes from each one Like leaves from autumn trees They float upon the breeze These girls you have loved Are s...

Would you like to hear / about the things I fear? / about my life, and loves too? / well Why should I tell you? / if I told you a secret / you?d be sure to leak...

When you think you're treading water, but you're just learning how to drown And a song comes on the radio telling you that "The Only Way is Down" You're out of ...

That coat that I gave you, All shiny and black I'm sorry my darling, But I'm taking it back I don't want to spoil the party, But I've got to go home You can sta...

Written by Miki Berenyi Performed by Lush with Jarvis Cocker on guest vocals Together: I've been so happy since I walked away I never thought that I could Feel...

We made our way slowly down the path that led to the stream, Swaying slightly, Drunk on the sun, I suppose It was a real summer's day The air humming with heat ...

Well we were born within one hour of each other Our mothers said we could be sister and brother Your name is Deborah Deborah It never suited you Oh they thought...

I am not Jesus though I have the same initials I am the man who stays home and does the dishes And how was your day? Is that woman still trying to do your head ...

You say you've got to go home 'cos he's sitting on his own again this evening And I know you're gonna let him bore your pants off again Oh God, it's half past e...

"Recent evidence shows that man is a direct descendant of the dog, rather than the ape, as had been previously believed Some are closer to their roots than oth...

There's not much time for talking, All your friends are Going to walk away If there was time for talking All too soon you'd be Lost for things to say Don't you ...

On the night that I was leaving, the moon rose in the sky As I came to fetch my suitcase and then you began to cry I've never seen you look so ugly as the way y...

Nadadum dadadada dada da Take me down to the river where I would not go before Through the trees and the rushes to a place we both know And I'm feeling much you...

Standing there before you / defences thrown aside / I thought I heard you laughing / but When I asked you said you'd cried / I wanted to believe you / yes I wan...

The room is cold And has been like this for several months If I close my eyes I can visualize everythin' in it Right down Right down to the broken handle on the...

Come and play the tunes of glory Raise your voice in celebration of the days that we have wasted in the cafe In the station And learn the meaning of existence i...

"Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz" Now it's coming to the end of the evening The time when the celing sways and objects jerk out of place Your eyelids heavy, you make your way...

Well, imagine it's a film & you're the star & pretty soon we're coming to the part where you realize that you should give your heart, Oh give your heart to me ...

First you let him in your bed Now he's moved inside your head And he directs all the dreams you are dreaming I saw a friend of yours today, she called me over j...

Help the aged, one time they were just like you Drinking, smoking, smoking cigs and sniffing glue Help the aged, don't just put them in a home Can't have much f...

I've got the time / and you've got the space / I'm gonna wipe you down / and lick the Smile off your face, the smile off your face / though we know that it's wr...

Here comes your bedtime story: Mum & Dad have sentenced you to life Don't think twice; it's the only reason I'm alive I feel alright as long as I don't forget t...

I spy a boy, I spy a girl I spy the worst place in the world, in the whole world Oh you didn't do bad, you made it out, I'm still stuck here oh but I'll get out...

Laid here with the advertising sliding past my eyes Like cartoons from other people's lives I start to wonder what it takes to be a man Well I learned to drink ...

I used to hate the sun because it shone on everything I'd done Made me feel that all that I had done was overfill the ashtray of my life All my achievements in ...

We like driving on a saturday night, past the Leisure Centre, left at the lights We don't look for trouble but if it comes we don't run Looking out for troubl...

You're in safe hands here cos I'm a ladies' man I got my work cut out I'm doing what I can So hold me, touch me, thrill me Don't ever let me go Don't ask me to ...

Kids are spitting on the Town Hall steps & frightening old ladies I dreamt that I was living back in the mid 1980s, People marching, people shouting, people wea...

No wonder you're looking thin, when all that you live on is lipgloss and cigarettes And scraps at the end of the day when he's given the rest to someone with l...

You're just a little girl (with blue eyes) Everybody looks at you (well, it's your day) And you're stepping from the black car But you'll be getting back in soo...

I thought so long and suddenly I realised / I love love / I thought so long and suddenly i Realised / I love love / am I loving the girl / or the feeling I feel...

Manon, Manon keeps a corpse in his home Manon, Manon pick the flesh from her bones Manon, Manon Manon, Manon; hard and white as a stone Manon, Manon sits alo...

The mark of the devil is upon you Your look is no happier than mine Damnation is waiting in the mirror but you shouldn't mind Their legs start a feeling in your...

I am the master of this universe and I've got so big it hurts Raise your eyes and graze your kness because your master is displeased, because you dared to doub...

Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits raised on a diet of broken biscuits, oh we don't look the same as you, we don't do the things you do, but we live around here too ...

'There's a light that shines on everythin' and everyone And it shines so bright, brighter even than the sun' That's what Minnie thinks as she walks to meet her ...

The night was ending He needed her undressed He said he loved her She tried to look impressed After the break-up It's just something you do To stop the night-ti...

I know I'm getting on / and you're so very young / but would you like to stay / until next Saturday / or sunday? / I'll give you your own room / it's next door ...

I used to try very hard to make friends with everyone on the planet I've seen you havin' it, havin' it yeah, but now you've just had it Entertainment can someti...

You'd better watch what you're wearing if you want hoim to come round and see you tonight Ma Ma Ma He doesn't care what it looks like just al long as it's pink...

The trouble with your brother he's always sleeping with your mother and i know that your sister missed her time again this month Am I talking too fast? Are you...

The feel of my arm around your waist, the pale blue nightdress that you wore Your hair in braids, your sailor top: the things I don't see anymore You lost your ...

Here in the night love takes control Making me high, making me low I don't know Oh no no no No I don't know No no no No I don't know When I close my eyes I can ...

Are you trying to put me on? I turned around and it was gone Did I Leaveit in your car? On a table in a bar? Or in your bed between the Sheets? The places ...

She's dying, everybody came to see She's falling and I know I'll never see her face again And I don't really know just why she's leaving All she ever said was s...

Oh there's a place for you You'd better stay in it A place for everything and of course all you can do is talk about it Oh you've got it all Yes, you've go...

She likes to watch the moon as it travels through the sky 'cos she's heard that it's romantic, though she really can't see why Someone should have helped her t...

I wrote this song two hours before we met I didn't know your name or what you like yet Oh, I could have stayed at home and gone to bed I could have gone to see ...

Village maiden gathering mushrooms, down by woodland lakes and brooks She don?t want no soviet loves - all she wants is srpskijeb, hoi! Village maiden gathering...

After many weeks in the wilderness we came upon a strange, exotic land A land of happy hours, Where the sky is always grey and the food exceptionally greasy We ...

You look just like Sylvia: Well you look like her to me- the way she wore her hair then Oh, the way she used to be I've not seen her for a long time, though I'v...

It's six o'clock, the birds are singing I'm wide awake whilst you're still fast asleep I went outside, into your garden The sun was bright & the air was cool & ...

The dust has settled, replaced the bulbs in all the lights I guess I'll get no sleep tonight A revolution happened, oh sorry you haven't heard We are the childr...

This is our "music from a Bachelor's Den" The sound of loneliness turned up to ten A horror soundtrack from a stagnant water-bed And it sounds just like this T...

"A disease that can strike at any age How it is caught is a mystery but when one day you look in the mirror and see that mark upon your face it's a sickener" (...

When all should be done and gone, / he comes round again to see, he can't keep himself away He touches her hand and it starts again His work is an ugly mess He ...

As I lay Down in the bedroom, There came a sound From far away As I strained My ears to listen I could hear A thin voice say: "in your heart There's no emotion...

He?s in a room He sees the floor He sees the wall He sees the roof He sees the door It?s nine thirty-eight So he goes up to the door and he finds himself in ano...

You are hardcore, you make me hard You name the drama and I'll play the part It seems I saw you in some teenage wet-dream I like your get-up if you know what I ...

The tenth of July 1985 Don't ask stupid questions I had nothing else to do I was bored I had, I had not Fifteen weeks since the light has gone, fifteen week...

Without you my life has become a hangover without end A movie made for TV: Bad dialogue, bad acting, no interest Too long with no story and no sex Is it a kind...

We are the boyz And we are class act Getting trashed so make some noise We are the boyz We are the lads We sleep with slags We nick their fags We got no choice...

This is the true story of the weeds: the origin of the species A story of cultivation, exploitation, civilization Found flowering on wasteland unnoticed, unoffi...

Woke up in the morning Raised my head still yawning Well I was in for a surprise Stumbled to the mirror Realised in horror The face that stared back wasn't mine...

As I was goin' over the Cork and Kerry mountains I met Captain Farrell and his money he was countin' I first produced my pistol and then produced my wager I sai...

Just behind the station, before you reach the traffic island, a river runs thru' a concrete channel I took you there once; I think it was after the Leadmill The...

Walking from the scene of some humiliation feeling like a dog Walking from the scene of some romantic triumph feeling like God Walk towards the small town ligh...

All day / I'm doing fine / 'cos there are things / to pass the time / smoke a cig / and Drink some tea / watch a programme / on tv / I just don't care where you...

I never thought that you would come / your sister said your nerve had gone You're trying to make it straight right now But I don't think that you know how Your ...