aaaaa s you see, science once again robs us of our jobs aa they've put a micro-chip in my place, I hide behind aaaaaa screen of agression nowadays it'...

O ladybird I have heard you wish to walk me through your garden I crave your pardon if I woke you with my thinking Ladybird O ladybird I have heard you wish to ...

Let's make a den What shall we use? Make it out of hay Who will be leader? In it we can play at both being mothers and fathers until we have children of our own...

I have learnt there's a magical spot at the hop Come with me to the church on the corner the hop There's nuts and crisps and ccc cola on tap A good time had by ...

Everybody lives somewhere Mud hut or igloo But what I got is the hottest spot And it's away from you Everybody says something Truth lies or both But dear all yo...

She's a little lighthouse when she Opens up her huge eyes And streams of diamonds shoot out 'Til we're wading waist deep in her brilliant love She's a little li...

I stumbled in and I fell straight asleep in the chair Swear I did Woke with a start and I thought I saw you floating by Swear I did The fixtures and furniture's...

Living through another Cuba it's 1961 again and we are piggy in the middle while war is polishing his drum and peace plays second fiddle Russia and America are ...

I want a back seat, Because I?m dead beat, I?m respirating, Two [souls / soles] of the [ape here] Gives us sleepyheads, sleepyheads, The road ahead it takes us...

See the lovers all gone crazy Looking for romance it seems Many sleepless nights will follow Some may lose but some succeed Love at first sight What they want ...

High climbs the summer sun High stands the corn And tonight when my work is done We will borrow your father's carriage We will drink and prepare for marriage So...

High climbs the summer sun High stands the corn And tonight when my work is done We will borrow your father's carriage We will drink and prepare for marriage So...

ppppppppp rogrammes of violence as entertainment brings the pp pp disease into your room we know the germ which ppppppppp is man-made in metal is ...

Me and the wind are celebrating your loss Me and the wind are pulling kites and pushing tress Me and the wind are celebrating your loss Me and the wind are feel...

Me and the wind are celebrating your loss Me and the wind are pulling kites and pushing tress Me and the wind are celebrating your loss Me and the wind are feel...

Woolworth beauty Factory beau Arm in arm They must go To the church of dance with the light on low Meccanic dancing oh we go Can't wait until the weekend comes...

Higher! I'm a king, yes, I'm a head of state But I'm the kitchen boy who'll wash your dirty plate I had no message and the message was, we're all Jesus, Budd...

From pools of xylophone clear From caves of memory I saw the children at heart That we once used to be Borne on foaming seahorse herd Compose with trumpeting sh...

We smelled your soup on the fire cooking We saw your toys and your pencils looking bright So bright and yet they come from oh so far away We heard your flags an...

I'm 12 o'clock, all daylight hours, I'll warm your bed, I'll grow your flowers Like I'm a miniature sun this ball ignited when she told me I was her only one I...

Fine art never moved my soul No vintage wine designer clothes But my world shakes for me My bird sings sweetly A different kind of tinsel Decorates my tree Yes ...

In my heart, in my heart You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my head, in my head Where the lions wear the right tie, Where the gems roar, there be lovel...

My land is burning, and yet I smell no smoke No one's laughing here which is strange my dear, as the government's a joke My land is burning, and yet I see no fl...

All of Paris giggles with flags Laughing lions leap up from the page My the world looks good from where you are My the world looks good from where you paint fro...

I dunno wot she got I dunno wot she got I dunno what she got but it seems to have a grip upon me No telling where she learn the things she do to me And I don't ...

TTTTT he insect-headed worker-wife will hang her waspies on T the line; the husband burns his paper, sucks his pipe while T studying their cushion-...

Hey - what you going to do now You're standing there and wondering how You've got to make some noise Just like one of the girls Or even one of the boys When you...

We need a new broom To sweep it all clean We need a beat boom We need a new scheme Break all the deadlocks And spill all the beer Mr ditko was right Mr a so nea...

I think my watch has bust and so is time I borrowed all my love so nothing's mine There's nothing decent on the TV page Like a new town animal in a furnished ca...

I think my watch has bust and so is time I borrowed all my love so nothing's mine There's nothing decent on the TV page Like a new town animal in a furnished ca...

I think my watch has bust and so is time I borrowed all my love so nothing's mine There's nothing decent on the TV page Like a new town animal in a furnished ca...

There is no language in our lungs to tell the world just how we feel no bridge of thought no mental link no letting out just what you think there is no language...

No one here available right now Please leave your name and your number Leave your name and your number we?ll get back to you somehow We?re busy workin?! No one ...

A musical in three acts by XTC Cast of characters GRAHAM, a teenager MOTHER, a busy housewife FATHER, a conservative husband POLICEMAN, a young constable SCENE:...

Cast of characters GRAHAM, a teenager MOTHER, a busy housewife FATHER, a conservative husband POLICEMAN, a young constable SCENE: A kitchen in suburbia, one b...

Officer blue, Really love the things you do, Even when I was just eight years Officer blue, Is it true what they say? That when you work you?re still at play ...

I got so much to say but I'm afraid it'll come out wrong, I'm not akin to the Eighties thing where you look after number one But I won't rock the boat, 'cause I...

So pale and precious is the light that will shine Out of the windows in her head So pale and precious like the sun as it climbs Up every morning on her bed If ...

So pale and precious is the light that will shine Out of the windows in her head So pale and precious like the sun as it climbs Up every morning on her bed If ...

Paper, iron, wont buy eden Working for paper and for iron Work for the right to keep my tie on Working for paper and for iron Work for the unicorn and lion I p...

She has six swans singing in her sauna So she can't hear what's going on No she can't hear what's going on In the outside world In the outside world In the outs...

Paper, iron, won't buy Eden working for paper and for iron work for the right to keep my tie on working for paper and for iron work for the unicorn and lion I p...

Anytime you rise, I'm here, and I'm crazy for you pink thing You make me want to laugh, you make me want to cry, when I stroke your head I feel a hundred heart...

Poor skeleton steps out, dressed up in bad blood, bad brains, bad thoughts, and others deeds Poor skeleton no doubt, one of these days, you can cast aside your...

Look at these hands Spokes of the sun God delay you, spray you Prince of orange, climb the ladder Prince of orange will die Brass robinettes Trumpet and drums ...

Gather 'round! Punch and Judy, Did it truly, And were married in a haste, In love, maybe, Using the baby, As a kind of romance paste, She's grown fatter, Her h...

Gather 'round! Punch and Judy, Did it truly, And were married in a haste, In love, maybe, Using the baby, as a kind of romance paste, She's grown fatter, Her ha...

OOOOO h run-a, oh run-a oh runaways please come home O O oh run-a, oh run-a, oh runaways-- please come home O O daddy hit you in...

There's a message up in China That they getting in Japan Bouncing off an ocean liner Make em shake em in Siam All the kids are complaining That there's nowhere ...

In this secret time, invading on our privacy Unknowing we mime, we play for the ministry The can film you in bed Or when you take a bath They can tape every cry...

Red brick dream Windows scream As the rusting north star shines above And drops it?s iron beams Crashing down upon the rooves of swindon town I heard the engin...

Reign of blows Reign of blows Reign of blows cascading down upon your shoulders Far too many men dressed up as soldiers The lamb is brought to the ground Under ...

Reign of blows Reign of blows Reign of blows cascading down upon your shoulders Far too many men dressed up as soldiers The lamb is brought to the ground Under ...

Heard the neighbour slam his car door, Don't he realise this is Respectable Street? What d'you think he bought that car for? 'Cause he realise this is Respectab...

Am I asleep Or am I fast You every race You first, you last Roads girdle the globe We all safe in your concrete robe Hail mother motor Hail piston rotor Hail wh...

Cape canaveral florida, ready for takeoff stages Zoom destination an isolated planet mars On which observed many relics of past ages On return despite rocks no ...

Birds beware, expect me up there me and air are feeling light today jets should hide, I'll fly alongisde me and pride are bolted tight today I've been set off b...

HHHH ey hey, the clouds are whey, there's straw for the donkeys H H and the innocents can all sleep safely all sleep H H safely my, my ...

ii t isn't even winter and I'm freezing, freezing, and this sort ii of feeling isn't pleasing and what I want to know, man ii why, oh why does sh...

Fire they cried So evil must die And yields are good So men pull back hoods and smile The scapegoat blood spilled Spittled and grilled it crackled and spat And ...

Fire they cried So evil must die And yields are good So men pull back hoods and smile The scapegoat blood spilled Spittled and grilled it crackled and spat And...

Hope you enjoyed your flight in one of our new straw aeroplanes, you'll find things here are just like what you're used to There's lots of waste and razor wire...

I look out of my window at night I see the stars and I'm filled with fright I got a feeling someone's looking It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed It's mor...

I look out of my window at night I see the stars and I'm filled with fright I have a feeling something's looking It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed It's...

It's raining on the beach She inches close but out of reach The waves look painted on Seagulls screaming The sea is warship grey It whispers ``Fool!'' then slid...

Season cycle moving round and round Pushing life up from a cold dead ground It's growing green It's growing green, well Darling don't you ever stop to wonder Ab...

Hey, hey, The clouds are whey There's straw for the donkeys, And the innocents can all sleep safely, All sleep safely My, my, Sun is pie There's fodder for the...

I'm enlisting, overseas aid need assisting, help with a maid get the expert, on mademoiselles he could diffuse, any bombshell If I could only be tough like him...

I'm enlisting, overseas aid Need assisting, help with a maid Get the expert, on mademoiselles He could diffuse, any bombshell If I could only be tough like him...

I'm enlisting, overseas aid need assisting, help with a maid get the expert, on mademoiselles he could diffuse, any bombshell If I could only be tough like him...

I'm enlisting, overseas aid need assisting, help with a maid get the expert, on mademoiselles he could diffuse, any bombshell If I could only be tough like him ...

I'm enlisting, overseas aid Need assisting, help with a maid Get the expert, on mademoiselles He could diffuse, any bombshell If i could only be tough like him...

Awful plastic boots that come above her ankle Dayglo mini skirts just like a pop art spangle Digs Vanilla Fudge, buys lipstick by the pound Gets that 'English' ...

I'm enlisting, overseas aid need assisting, help with a maid get the expert, on mademoiselles he could diffuse, any bombshell If I could only be tough like him ...

Hiding faces turning pages Still they read and read Double deckers full of smokers Look who's gone to seed Well the sun's getting higher Think I'll take a flyer...

Slacks, coffee trend I could have been in the us navy Flapping grey, coffee smoke I could have been in another nineteen-fifty Where the hell were you? Rough ste...

Slacks, coffee trend I could have been in the US navy Flapping grey, coffee smoke I could have been in another nineteen-fifty Where the hell were you? Rough ste...

I was following adventure, nothing mattered And I knew best I had a blood in my head, no one could shake it Cause I knew best But now I find Remains of people t...

I'm living in my smokeless zone My house is not a happy home I got to do something 'for I kick the bucket I'm living in this smokeless zone I clean my dusty win...

In my heart, in my heart You want some lovely, I got some lovely I?ve got some lovely in my head, in my head Where the lions, wear the right eye, Where the jem...

I'm like a spinning top Going round and around Well I don't know what's up And I sure don't know what's down Now watch me - I'm like a spinning top Can't tell d...

The first time I saw you standing in the water You must have been all of a thousand feet tall Nearly naked - unashamed like Herod's daughter Your love was so bi...

Strange tales, Scribbled on a uniform Strange tails, Scribbled down in cuneiform It had been written, You had to get in You know a cat?ll play, You used to be ...

Sun is perching on my office block the air conditioning's run away no one dares to swim the street below while the world's a ball of baking clay Never knew a su...

Drowning here in Summer's Cauldron Under mats of flower lava Please don't pull me out this is how I would want to go Breathing in the boiling butter Fruit of sw...

Drowning here in Under mats of flower lava Please don't pull me out this is how I would want to go Breathing in the boiling butter Fruit of sweating golden inca...

In the car park In the lamplight Go for a walk Clock him shiv-fight Sodium-a-shine on All the faces white now And he got his docs on Bottle out all right now A...

Living in a rabbit tunnel Keep the doggy in her kennel Mustn't let her see the world Oh, no! Don't treat her like that Oh, no! Don't treat her like that Leaving...

Happy I'm floating Around on my feet now You make me go dizzy I'm weak at the knees I feel like I'm walking Round ten feet tall Well you say I'm faking And I sa...

Terrorism You're writing your diary in innocents' blood You're vain and you're ugly, you're no Robin Hood You don't steal from the rich to help the poor You jus...

Go and speak to your niece (do this do that) Kiss your aunt on the cheek Don't talk back, now run along It's gone eight, say goodnight That's the way that it's ...

That wave Pulled me into your eyes Through the greeney grey pebbles And countless cathedrals arriving That wave Lift me into your mouth Turning spires and spitt...

I can't hold you down If you want to fly Can't you see I'm all broke up inside Well just you use your two X Ray eyes Hurt like Kryptonite Put me on my knees No...

I can't hold you down If you want to fly Can't you see I'm all broke up inside Well just you use your two X Ray eyes Hurt like Kryptonite Put me on my knees No...

Peter Pumpkinhead came to town Spreading wisdom and cash around Fed the starving and housed the poor Showed the vatican what gold's for But he made too many ene...

The disappointed All shuffle round in circles Their placards look the same With a picture and a name Of the ones who broke their hearts The disappointed All con...

Though your heart desires the things that money can buy Emptiness lies through the glass, I shield your eyes There's nothing out there for you, my dear There's ...

All around the world, every boy and every girl, need the loving The humble and the great, even those we think we hate, need the loving Soldiers of the Queen, a...

The man who sailed around his soul From East to West, from pole to pole With ego as his drunken captain Greed, the mutineer, had trapped all reason in the hold ...

Never been near a university, never took a paper or a learned degree, and some of your friends think that's stupid of me, but it's nothing that I care about Wel...