An insolent speck of youth Being taken for a walk So tightly by the ear That he can hardly talk Yesterday's men hang to today To sing in the old-fashioned way I...

Here they come again hop scotching up to my door One by one again knockety knock knocking upon my floor Swinging on my gate they gain entry by the yard Pulling ...

Summer in london, watery sunshine, A place in the city where I can go sometimes To get on a red bus and go anywhere, See all the sights and not pay the fare, Su...

A straw headed woman, and a barrel chested man, A pocket full of posies with a hat brim full of sand, Ooh - waiting for the train that never comes, A dog chasin...

Naughty boys in nasty schools Headmasters breaking all the rules Having fun and playing fools Smashing up the woodwork tools All the teachers in the pub Passing...

(Barson/Hasler) Date of last revision: July 28, 1993 Everything that I tell you, girl, every word that you hear Every little whisper, let me make myself clear T...

(Thompson/Foreman) So there I am polished heart throat in full puff I look the part my wad is packed to reimburse I've yet to re-rehearse many moons spent on lo...

(Thompson) I can fly you to your loved ones but I can promise no return To a shell-shocked God forsaken where their craters still they burn Have a drink on me H...

(McPherson/Foreman) The government have announced That London Bridge is to be closed Under the full moon of May the third All the light houses and seaside roads...

I have a feeling for you son I know you think the battle's lost and that your thoughts are on the run and you'll never meet the cost I have a feeling for you gi...

(Thompson/Foreman) A sorting office in the Old Kent Road Caters from coast to most A nice little number if you're out of work And aren't the sort to boast, you'...

Cardiac Arrest Papers in the morning Bowler hat on head Walking to the bus stop He's longing for his bed Waiting with his neighbours In the rush-hour queue Got ...

One, two, three, four ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR We're the Chipmunks, hear us roar WE'RE THE CHIPMUNKS, HEAR US ROAR Sound off, CHIPMUNKS Sound off, CHIPMUNKS One, t...

(McPherson/Foreman/Clive Langer) No I never heard through the grapevine How you left long before your time But in France on the radio I could not understand a w...

(McPherson/Foreman) Summer in London, watery sunshine, A place in the city where I can go sometimes To get on a red bus and go anywhere, See all the sights and ...

In the earliest days of my shoplifting career, You could safely say I was filled with fear It was nail biting work from the very start, But several quick sucess...

We want Freddy for our leader Freddy is a man of class We Want Freddy for our leader all stand and raise your champagne glass Gentlemen and assasins and ladies...

Elysium, is everyone chipping at your cordiality? Elysium, you stand ice-bound to the windy casualty Elysium, is everyone nagging at your reason to believe? Ely...

Received a letter just the other day don't seem they wanna know you no more they've laid it down given you their score within the first two lines it bluntly rea...

I am the bringer of your wishes, Your saviour from doing work, The washer of your dishes,and You'll still get you mid-day perk Estate agent, Your mansion and po...

When you're going to the top and you have no time to stop Then you have to travel light and you'd better go by night Cause its not a pretty sight when you're go...

(Barson) When I get home it's late at night, I'm black and bloody from my life, I haven't time to clean my hands, Cuts will only sting me through my dreams It's...

(Barson/Thompson) Good morning miss Can I help you son? Sixteen today And up for fun I'm a big boy now Or so they say So if you'll serve I'll be on my way Box o...

I'll be your promotional copy in this here number one band Take your business beyond your furthest dreams sounds Sounds great sounds really grand but wait Let u...

I know there's time I know there's time I know there's time I know there's time If I didn't care more than words can say If I didn't care would I feel this way...

If you think there's something If you think there's something If you think there's something I don't care what I look like I don't care what you think Because I...

I'll be your promotional copy in this here number one band Take your business beyond your furthest dreams sounds Sounds great sounds really grand but wait Let u...

(Barson/McPherson/Foreman/Smash/Daisuke Inoue/Bill Crutchfield) (City, city!) (City!) He is just a boy in the city Dressed the same he's uniformly pretty He kno...

(Foreman/McPherson) Nice man George, newsagent on the corner, Not very rich, but never any poorer, Jaunty old George, a happy sixty-three, Not very tall, but he...

(McPherson/Madness) There is such confusion in my mind, To play your illusion is so unkind, I didn't know who you were this afternoon, You said that it didn't m...

Hello, everyone out there This is Carl and the rest of Madness We'd just like to bring you a bit of Christmas cheer Please remember to keep a smile on your face...

Johnny the horse was kicked to death he died for entertainment"¦ Would you believe he came out well He had a bright inquiring mind His family knew that he'd go...

Staggering home, the headlights throw a shadow up and upon Friends and loved ones that have done no wrong But no longer mean anything to me Am I mumbling on int...

(McPherson/Smyth) The windows are open wide Georgie Fame for those outside And answering the call Blue flames leap up the wall Who would have thought it strange...

(Cecil Campbell) Madness, madness, they call it madness Madness, madness, they call it madness It's plain to see That is what they mean to me Madness, madness, ...

(Foreman) (Adoon doo) (Adoon doo) I've never had much cause for worry And I've not got a lot to say You'll never find me in a hurry Because I live my life day...

(Barson/Thompson/Barson) Date of last revision: February 23, 1996 It's been some time since the smile upon my face Had I sneaked previewing town It's been a whi...

(Smyth/Woodgate) (I am Michael Caine) He's walking where I'm afraid I don't know I see the firemen jumping from the windows There's panic and I hear somebody sc...

(McPherson/Barson) The sun shines through the open window, The empty sides the shadows shallow My arm circles nothing at all, My fingers reach to touch the wall...

(Barson/Hasler) Date of last revision: August 16, 1993 It's not so easy to find out later About the necessary knowledge for survival You think you know enough t...

Wriggles from his captor?s arms Mr speaker gets the word and Running now from the alarms Speaks his mind free as a bird Free now to roam around Stand up straig...

Well Mrs Hutchinson, you're looking healthy (huh) But just in case, Here's a pill a remedy Well Mrs Hutchinson, this is something, That little upset, I thought...

(Bedford) Date of last revision: September 7, 1993 (Oy !) in the pub, about seven thirty Mother makes sure that his face ain't dirty Him and mother go everywher...

(Barson) My girl's mad at me I didn't wanna see the film tonight I found it hard to say She thought I'd had enough of her Why can't she see She's lovely to me? ...

Please observe my continental alligator skin line shoulder bag I've covered it in stickers from far and wide And stuffed it full of suits and matching ties I'v...

New Delhi at three AM Just arrived by KLM Left the airport in the heat In the bus strange people meet Driving through the starless night Passing very unusual si...

Night boat to cairo !! It?s just gone noon Half past monsoon On the banks of the river nile Here comes the boat Only half-afloat Oarsman grins a toothless smile...

She'd gotten used to the idle life Following the sun was her full time occupation A lesson to us all footloose for the education Oh but look at her now foxtrott...

Hello good evening and welcome I?ve been down the high road towards the crossroads To hear the sound thats buggin me Catchy little rhythms in music and rhyme, ...

(Thompson/Madness) Up I rush off to work Hello Fred you look half dead and Are you coming are you going I could never do a double shift (Allo Fred get some bed ...

(McPherson/Bedford) Date of last revision: March 04, 1996 Arlington house, address: no fixed abode An old man in a three-piece suit sits in the road He stares a...

Hey you, don?t watch that Watch this! This is the heavy heavy monster sound The nuttiest sound around So if you?ve come in off the street And you?re beginning t...

Reaching up to press my best friend's bell On my tiptoes Whatever made me climb this side of hell Oh, God only knows Lifting up another catch and slipping thro...

Father wears his Sunday best Mother's tired she needs a rest The kids are playing up downstairs Sister's sighing in her sleep Brother's got a date to keep He ca...

I wear my cap with pride When swaying side to side Indoors where it be crude Too late to find me shrewd I never lay in doubt When walking from about At home whe...

(McPherson/Foreman) A man opened his window and stared up Primrose Hill Out there enjoying themselves I've seen them from this sill Green splashed with white an...

Prospects By Madness A train ride Till tuesday A platform far away Scarlet shades of evening Move clouds so grey The waking Ariving The dirty station where He ...

I used to work nights with my dad It was the best job I ever had Until some blokes on their bikes came through Said "Come on down to youth, brother, see what's ...

One night in a cold sweat I heard the call So without fear and free from fright I walked tall As I crept the passages Only just but faint In and out of the cent...

Welcome home Seems as if it were yesterday since you were gone Now sit yourself and let me witness what's become Of the smiles that you brought, and placed upon...

I knew you'd come back we always do Like thieves returning to the scene of a crime Did they tell you everything has changed just everything Oh everything has ch...

Buster, he sold the heat with a rock-steady beat Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey you, don't watch that, watch this Whoa, what? Two pots of gold And I'm sa...

(McPherson/Foreman) I tell you I didn't do it 'Cause I wasn't there Don't blame me, it just isn't fair You listen to their side Now listen to mine Can't think o...

(McPherson/Barson) This is disposable, throw it away, This is an animal, don't let it stray, That was the past, so leave it behind, This is the future, it's all...

(Smash) (Okay Boys, let's get real solid gone !) Shake it mister And a sister too I'm gonna make ya boogie woogie Gonna rattle in your shoes Boogie with me baby...

Sunday morning silence, curtain stay closed late No one thinks of kitchens mornings in a filthy state Dishes cups and beer stains, ashtrays on the floor Sunday ...

(Barson/Thompson) How come he enjoys himself not me? (I don't know) How can she smile a good morning to me? How do they make a hard day's work easy? Tell me som...

Hey you seen jane? No man, ok I'll catch the train Can you wait a long time? No, we gotta catch a flight Well, that's roots man No man it's a fruit So give my s...

(Smyth) Now I see tears you can't hide Carry the world on your back Heavy weights tear you apart Now I see tears you can't hide Feel in a rage can't speak up fo...

Now I've been here and I've been there And I've been almost everywhere There's not a thing I can't repair Cos I'm Stan, Yes I am The odd job man I'm a tradesman...

No I never heard through the grapevine How you left long before your time But in France on the radio I could not understand a word But I felt you go We waited a...

I am the communicator I said I am the communicator Chorus And I go yedee yedee yedee yedee yedee yedee And I go yedee yedee yedee yedee yedee yedee And I go ye...

I see a face that face is mine The mirror marks the changing time Her face I'll never see again And mine will never be the same That face was fine only yesterda...

(Thompson) Buster, he sold the heat With a rock-steady beat An earthquake is erupting But not in Orange street A ghost-dance is preparing You got to help us wit...

These are the streets I used to walk On summer nights, sit out and talk That's the house where I used to live I remember what I would give This is the town I wo...

I can read what's going through your mind I can see what you hide in your eyes Yes I'm going to put a spell on you Just to see what you will do I'm a wizard an...

Whoa oh Staggering home everybody sings All the old songs the cockney routines All the old women, all the young men Try changing places then back again Old ma...

(Smyth) When I considered how my life is spent They cry but I know that everything is heaven sent But why do people lie when all they want is truth at their tab...

(McPherson/Barson) Waking up again another sleepless night Climbing taller buildings more dreams of flight In a pool of sweat not knowing what to do No more ear...

Trying hard, I thought I'd done my best All my life, I can't get no rest Some who've closed the door before Say I can't carry on no more I hear them saying Tom...

Eh, tu! Deja todo y fijate en esto: El sonido mad marchoso y vacilon que existe actualmente Si vas por la calle y el cuerpo te pide marcha, no te escapes, Escuc...

A straw headed woman, and a barrel chested man, A pocket full of posies with a hat brim full of sand, Ooh - waiting for the train that never comes, A dog chasi...

(Smyth/McPherson) Date of last revision: February 23, 1996 The latest and greatest amazing arrival No conscience, no shame for the game of survival Thieves an...

(Thompson/Barson) He hums tonight through his streets, My unlatched window the tune repeats, The kerb-crawling car winds down to a stop A few seconds mumble the...

Down between the sunbeams the moneylenders chat Hiding in the shade outside a council flat Kids in the lift looking for things to throw And practising their ai...

Take time for your pleasure And laugh with love Take the hand of another And sing for the wings of a dove Woah woah, for the wings of a dove Woah woah, for the...

An insolent speck of youth Being taken for a walk So tightly by the ear That he can hardly talk Yesterday's men hang to today To sing in the old-fashioned way ...

(Barson/McPherson) You said you're leaving, well that's ok, You said you've had enough, what can I say ? I suppose I'll be sad for a week or two, But in the end...