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Singles

You're not Bridget Bardot, I'm not Jack Palance. I'm not Shirley Temple by any circumstance, Or Fred Astaire You're not Sidney Taffler, I'm not Dirk Bogarde. I'm not very stylish and you're not avant garde, Or Lionel Blair We're as common as muck. Bonne chance, viel gl?ck, good luck Where bold is beautiful we don't give a damn Luvva duck, we're as common as muck. You're not Victor Hugo, I'm no...
Oh, let's get up and let's get excited It's a public party and you're all invited Let's cut the custard, see the mustard Please hold steady till we're maladjusted Sing boop-ba-de-boop, sing twiddle-de-de Invite the Germans home for tea Let them mock and let them sneer The wise young crackpot knows no fear The emancipation that's sweeping the nation When it seemed that the world was sunk You ca...
So I?m screaming this to you, waaagh From the last place in the queue, waaah, waaah I really think you?d like me given half a chance But since we ain?t got that, I?ll do the screamers? dance Some of us are ugly angel, some of us are only small Some of us are useless sailor, they haven?t got the where with all We went and missed the ending, babe, we never quite caught the bus We never speak our...
Here I stand with a dough nut for a brain On my life, I must see you again I should think that's made it very plain Is it his, is it his or is it ain't? Don't ask me to leave it out Or turn it up or pack it in Don't ask me, don't ask me Don't ask Don't ask me, I'm an ignorant, I'm afraid On my life, I believe we're tailor made I should worry if the weather spoils the trade I'm a crumb and I'm ...
Moments of sadness, moments of guilt Stains on the memory, stains on the quilt Chapter of incidents, chapter and verse Sub-heading chronic, paragraph worse Lost in the limelight, baked in the blaze Did it for nine pence, those were the days Give me my acre and give me my plough Tell me tomorrow, don't bother me now Fucking Ada, fucking Ada Fucking Ada, fucking Ada Times at a distance, times wi...
In the deserts of Sudan And the gardens of Japan From Milan to Yucatan Every woman, every man Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me, hit me Je t'adore, ich liebe dich Hit me, hit me, hit me Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me slowly, hit me quick Hit me, hit me, hit me In the wilds of Borneo And the vineyards of Bordeaux Eskimo, Arapaho Move their body to and fro Hit me with your rhythm stick ...
spoken I'm Charley, you know I'm Norman pleased to meet you I'm Mickey, hello Wilko I'm Johnny, how are you doing Harry? My name is David And I'm Ian and guess what? Oi I wanna be straight, I wanna be straight I'm sick and tired of taking drugs and staying up late I wanna confirm, I wanna conform I wanna be safe and I wanna be snug and I wanna be warm I want to be straight, I want to be straig...
In the mirror, when I'm Debonair My reactions are my own affair A body likes to be near the bone Oh Nancy, Leslie, Jack and Joan I die when I'm alone, alone Shake your booty when your back is bent Put your feelings where my mouth just went As serious as things do seem At least you've put me on the team And friends do rule supreme, okay Oh, pardon you, me With a capital 'C' And who would have t...
One looks for happiness One longs to find a partner One knows that nowadays One love will be the answer One sees a crazy world One needs a fresh perspective One comes to realize One love's a true objective One seeks a perfect verb One learns to tell the difference One finds in consequence One love is all that makes sense One hopes there'll be a way One peers into the distance One thinks that c...
Excuse me, excuse me Get right out of the way Quiet Flop-flops I'm sorry, beg pardon The fault's entirely yours Quiet Big Chops Your Highness, your Worship You silly pompous ass Quiet Ah-ahs Quiet You're making such a racket Quiet Why must you be so loud? Quiet It's costing me a packet Quiet Persistent louts and clowns Hello there, how are you? Pee off Quiet Sweet trips Look, honest? Really? L...
In my yellow jersey, I went out on the nick. South Street Romford, shopping arcade Got a Razzle magazine, I never paid Inside my jacket and away double quick. Good sense told me, once was enough But I had a cocky eye on more of this stuff With the Razzle in my pocket, back to have another peek Instead of being sneeky I strolled inside, I put my thieving hand on something rude I walked right ou...
Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed Why don't you get back into bed .... Reasons to be cheerful part 3 1 2 3 Some of Buddy Holly, the working folly Good golly Miss Molly and boats Hammersmith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet Jump back in the alley and nanny goats 18 wheeler Scammels, dominica camels All other mammals plus equal votes Seeing...
Sex and drugs and rock and roll Is all my brain and body need Sex and drugs and rock and roll Are very good indeed Keep your silly ways or throw them out the window The wisdom of your ways, I've been there and I know Lots of other ways, what a jolly bad show If all you ever do is business you don't like Sex and drugs and rock and roll Sex and drugs and rock and roll Sex and drugs and rock and ...
Till I met her, I thought I knew the answers I thought a bit of treatment was all a body needs I'll take you where the haps are All the handsome chaps are Squeeze you till I make your feelings bleed She put me right behind her in fifteen minutes She could have had my things off, so sadly was I raised I had a lot to learn, dear If I'd gone on the turn, dear It wouldn't be surprising nowadays Yo...
Blue Gene baby Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender The beauties were brief Shall I mourn you decline with some thunderbird wine and a black handkerchief? I miss your sad Virginia whisper I miss the voice that called my heart Sweet Gene Vincent Young and old and gone Sweet Gene Vincent Who, who, who slapped John? White face, black shirt White socks, black shoes Black hair, white strat...
Noel Coward was a charmer As a writer he was Brahma Velvet, jackets and pajamas Had a gay divorce and other dramas There ain't half been some clever bastards Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders There ain't half been some clever bas-tards Van Gogh did some eyeball pleasers He must have been a pencil squeezer He didn't do the Mona Lisa That was an Italian geezer There ain't half been some clever bast...
spoken Morning Reg, meat and two veg? He done him with a ten-pound sledge, he done himself a favour Crash Forty-year old housewife Mrs Elizabeth Walk of Lambeth Walk Had a husband who was jubblified with only half a stalk So she had a Milk of Magnesia and curry powder sandwich, Half a pound of uncut pork Took an overdose of Omo, this made the neighbours talk spoken Could have been watching Fra...
Waiting for your taxi Which taxi never comes Waiting for your taxi Waiting for your taxi Which taxi never comes Waiting for your taxi Waiting for your taxi Which taxi never comes Waiting for your taxi Waiting for your taxi Which taxi never comes Waiting for your taxi Waiting for your taxi Which taxi never comes Waiting for your taxi Waiting for your taxi Which taxi never comes Waiting for your...
Me desperte De un sue?o celestial Con los ojos cerrados Yo te puedo ver igual Que linda esta tu espalda Que lindo levitar Sobre un campo de amapolas Te agarro por atras Que bien que estoy aca En sue?o celestial No hay nada que de miedo No quiero despertar Wake up and make love with me Wake up and make love Wake up and make love with me No importa el destino Lo que importa es el camino porque W...
I could be the driver in an articulated lorry I could be a poet, I wouldn't need to worry I could be the teacher in a classroom full of scholars I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs What a waste What a waste What a waste What a waste Because I tried to play the fool in a six-piece band First-night nerves every one-night stand I should be glad to be so inclined What a waste Wha...
All spoken You'll see. They think I'm off my crust as I creep about the caff. But I'm really getting ready to surprise them all, Because I'm busy sorting out the problems of the world. And when I reveal all I may get a crinkly mouth. I've given my all to the task at hand unstintingly. When it's all over I'll rest on my laurels. Here for a moment is a glimpse of my plan: All the kids will be ha...
You're more than fair, you've got a gorgeous bum Why don't you come to my house and meet my mum? I like your titties, they're nice and small Let me have a squeeze in my front hall Satin drawers, I want to run a hand in I want to snap them off you as we reach the landing A tender moment, don't let nothing spoil it I shall caress your clitoris as we reach the toilet You're more than fair, you're...

Albums

New Boots And Panties
Sex and drugs and rock and roll Is all my brain and body need Sex and drugs and rock and roll Are very good indeed Keep your silly ways or throw them out the window The wisdom of your ways, I've been there and I know Lots of other ways, what a jolly bad show If all you ever do is business you don't like Sex and drugs and rock and roll Sex and drugs and rock and roll Sex and drugs and rock and ...
Blue Gene baby Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender The beauties were brief Shall I mourn you decline with some thunderbird wine and a black handkerchief? I miss your sad Virginia whisper I miss the voice that called my heart Sweet Gene Vincent Young and old and gone Sweet Gene Vincent Who, who, who slapped John? White face, black shirt White socks, black shoes Black hair, white strat...