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Darling am I I must be told Tell me dear Getting old Y'know it's a Million dollar fear Creep in over here If lines Celluloid beauty She never seems to realise Age she's so afraid Age she's not the rage Never dies
I know I'm artificial I was reared with appliances But don't put the blame on me The pretty little mask not me In a consumer society When I put on my make-up In a consumer society That's the way a girl should be My existence is illusive The kind that is supported By mechanical resources By existence is illusive By mechanical resources The kind that is supported I wanna be instamatic I wanna be...
Packet of cigarettes on the counter Carrying a government health warning Still they want the money, still they want the tax Still they want the money, still they want the tax Why not take paper currency and light it up? A lower tar content and a quicker puff Then you could keep the money, you could keep the tax You could keep the money, you could keep the tax Fields wasted growing tobacco Coul...
How do you feel now? I want to know Clear as crystal, I can see your face In my glass of water, I can see your face How do you feel know? I want to know Does your love burn like a summer's day Or is it still on hold in an ice cube tray? Clear as crystal How do you feel now? I want to know Clear as crystal, I can see your face In my glass of water? I can see your face Winter has passed now, did...
I clambered over mounds and mounds Of polystyrene foam And fell into a swimming pool Filled with fairy snow And watched the world turn day-glo you know you know The world turned day-glo you know I wrenched the nylon curtains back As far as they would go And peered through perspex window panes At the acrylic road I drove my polypropolene Car on wheels of sponge Then pulled into a wimpy bar To h...
Iggy says "I wanna be your dog." But I want you to be a demigod Look at my bow wow sitting there Sniffing scratching without a care Once upon a lifetime peroxide hair What a heavy load to bear What a heavy load to bear Alcohol, drugs and rock n' roll Come on doggy doggy let's go for a stroll Before and after human growl so foul And now animal and left to howl A dog in Sweden, a man's best frie...
Genetic engineering Could create an unknown life-force That could us exterminate Could create the perfect race As our subordinated slave Introducing worker clone His expertise proficiency Will surely dig our grave It's so very tempting Will he let us exist When he becomes the creator Will biologists resist Bionic man is jumping Through the television set He's about to materialise And guess who...
I know your antiseptic Your deodorant smells nice I'd like to get to know you You're deep frozen like the ice -chorus-: She's a germ free adolescent Cleanliness is her obsession Cleans her teeth ten times a day Scrub away scrub away scrub away The S.R. way.... You may get to touch her If your gloves are sterilised Rinse your mouth with listerine Blow disinfectant in her eyes -chorus- Her phobi...
I don't wanna be? I don't wanna be A good time girl A good time girl String you along like I string my pearls A typical good time girl A good time girl A good time girl A typical good time girl I don't need no diamonds now They'd seem like broken glass I'd never wear a fur Would seem like stepping into anothers skin A typical good time girl like me A good time girl A good time girl A typical g...
You know, you know, you know you know you know I can't go out alone Hi chaperone, my chaperone What you think is all wrong 'Cos you shouldn't treat a girl like a game of ping-pong But I can't go out alone without a chaperone Hi chaperone, my chaperone You may say sweet dreams tonight Blow me a kiss, well I guess that's alright, that's alright I can't go out alone without a chaperone Hi chapero...
Highly inflammable Neurotic tensions Waiting to explode I thought you were a man You thought I was a woman Risen overflowed But I was Tinkerbell And you were Peter Pan It ain't hip if you are retro Influenced by the fashion pages Influenced by other's phrases You're a pseudo quasi intellectual Supreme equality We used to compete The right to decide Is denied to the sheep I thought you were a m...
I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche you've seen before I am a cliche that lives next door I am a cliche, you know what I mean I am a cliche, pink is obscene Yama, yama, yama Yama, yama, yama Boredom, boredom Boring boredom Yama, yama, yama Yama, yama, yama Boredom, boredom Boring boredom Repeat all
I am a poseur and I don't care I like to make people stare Exhibition is the name I like to make people stare I am a poseur and I don't care Voyeurism is the game Stereoscopic is the show Viewing time makes it grow My facade is just a fake Shock horror no escape Characatures are what you breed Sensationalism for the feed Overtones can be betrayingEstablishments like a laugh Anti-art was the st...
I can't write And I can't sing I can't do anything I can't read And I can't spell I can't even get to hell I can't luv And I can't hate I can't even hesitate I can't dance And I can't walk I can't even try to talk Freedom tried to strangle me With my plastic popper beads But I hit him back With my pet rat Yeah I hit him back With my pet rat I can't spit And I can't kick I can't even be thick I...
I live off you And the whole world And you live off me Lives off of everybody See we gotta be exploited See we gotta be exploited By somebody by somebody By somebody The cat eats the rat While the pimp beats the whore For more and more As she just screams out See we gotta be exploited By somebody by somebody See we gotta be exploited By somebody
I LIVE OFF YOU AND YOU LIVE OF ME AND THE WHOLE WORLD LIVES OFF OF EVERYBODY SEE WE GOTTA BE EXPLOITED SEE WE GOTTA BE EXPLOITED BE SOMEBODY BE SOMEBODY BE SOMEBODY THE CAT EATS THE RAT WHILE THE PIMP BEATS THE WHORE AS SHE JUST SCREAMS OUT FOR MORE AND MORE SEE WE GOTTA BE EXPLOITED SEE WE GOTTA BE EXPLOITED BE SOMEBODY BE SOMEBODY BE SOMEBODY
Identity Is the crisis Can't you see Identity identity When you look in the mirror Do you see yourself Do you see yourself On the t.v. screen Do you see yourself In the magazine When you see yourself Does it make you scream When you look in the mirror Do you smash it quick Do you take the glass And slash your wrists Did you do it for fame Did you do it in a fit Did you do it before You read ab...
India, India, India India, India, clarified butter from the holy cow India, India, India I'm a pauper bereft of spiritual vision Looking for a guru such a decision India, India, India Clarified butter from the holy cow India, India, India I'm a conscious consumer but there's nothing to consume Lotus flowers are still in bloom in India, India, India India, India, clarified butter from the holy ...
Johnny's got an addiction He's strung out without conviction He was raised with a microwave Sticky trashy fast food slave He's a junk food junky He could be a lot more spunky hunky But he's a junk food junky Blame it on the food yeah, you know it's bad Mother doesn't really know Shopping in a glossy show Then again her budget's low Her health so bad it makes her slow She's a junk food junky Sh...
It's dark and eerie And it's really late Come on kids don't hesitate We're going down to the underground We're going down we're going down To the underground Dagger glares from richard hell The hades ladies are dressed to kill Tension heightening heating frightening Thunder rolls as fast as lightening If you've got the urge The subterrene is a bottomless pit Come on let's submerge The vinyl vu...
My mother the cow who still feeds me now is being tortured Her son the bull who the fields should plough is being slaughtered The human child in the womb who is never born for being unwanted Melancholy in the Age of Kali Melancholy in the Age of Kali Kali Kali My mother, the earth, man treats like dirt, her resources being exhausted Ant-like astronauts, of the human race, scratch and scar the ...
You are just a concept You are just a dream Of the new regime You're just a reflection You are just a theme For the sales machine Ooo ooo they're obsessed You are just a symbol You're just another figure With yoo ooo Ooo ooo they're obsessed Ooo ooo cos they're watching With yoo ooo With yoo ooo You are just a find You are just a victim Soon to be a casuality A casuality of time
oh oh oh oh now everyday someone had a feeling for you then i was mostley running after the days that you were there im obsessed im obsessed with you im obsessed im obsessed with you now its funny funny that i cant realy see you from the dakness light oh i need you here bcause im obsessed i look in your eyes so deeply and i dont see enything because i am obsessd with you everys day a girl come...
Bind me tie me Chain me to the wall I wanna be a slave To you all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Chain-store chain-smoke I consume you all Chain-gang chain-mail I don't think at all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Thrash me crash me Beat me till I fall I wanna be a victim For you all Oh bondage up your...
Bind me tie me Chain me to the wall I wanna be a slave To you all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Chain-store chain-smoke I consume you all Chain-gang chain-mail I don't think at all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Thrash me crash me Beat me till I fall I wanna be a victim For you all Oh bondage up your...
Did you enjoy the party you went to the other night? No not really not really, no not really at all I was bored stiff all night. Did you find anyone you could talk to? Anyone with a lot to say? No not really no one, no not one not really Just a boy who had a fixation on his body all the time. He wanted to know if I..... he called 'making love' I said "My dear pubescent adolescent socks I gave ...
Not much difference 'tween a cow and you Flesh, blood, bones She cries like you do Cries like you do Yours is the hippest hypocritical point of view Wake up and realise the things that you do You're busy whipping Hitler cos he gassed so many Jews You're as guilty of murder - look at what you chew Everybody's worried 'bout a Third World War Nuclear annihilation, need I say more? While you're fe...
1977 and we are going mad 1977 and we're gonna show them all It's 1977 and we've seen to many ads That apathy's a drag My mind is like a plastic bag That corresponds to all those ads That is fed in through by ear I eat kleenex for breakfast It sucks up all the rubbish To dry my tears And use soft hygienic weetabix My mind is like a switchboard I dont't know what's going on With crossed and tan...
We got something don't you know it's true? We got something don't feel it too? We got something, we got something to do Not a mushy line that I'm pushing on you Just another blue-note sung slightly out of tune We got something, we got something to do Prayer for peace, prayer for peace Prayer for peace. It may appear that we've been sleeping through our years And we've been living in an imagina...
Sophia look like a witch A beautiful witch is she Sophia look like a witch Hidden form in the name of chastity Sophia wears a crucifix Christ hung round her neck Sophia wears a crucifix Crucifix effect Sophia lies between black sheets Between black sheets she rests Sophia rises while the cock-a-doodle-doos' a calling And in black robes she's dressed Sophia look like a witch Sophia look like a ...
Warrior in Woolworth's Humble he may seem Behind his servile innocence He plots and he schemes He's the rebel on the underground She's the rebel of the modern town He's the rebel on the underground She's the rebel of the modern town Warrior in Woolworth's His roots are in today Doesn't know no history He threw the past away Warrior in Woolworth's Dips on friday nights Youths meet at Stockwell ...
Warrior in woolworths Behind his serville innocence He's the rebel on the underground He plots and he schemes Humble he may seem She's the rebel of the modern town He's the rebel on the underground His roots are in today Warrior in woolworths She's the rebel of the modern town Doesn't know no history Warrior in woolworths He threw the past away Weapons rule their livesDips on friday nights You...

Albums

Anthology
Darling am I I must be told Tell me dear Getting old Y'know it's a Million dollar fear Creep in over here If lines Celluloid beauty She never seems to realise Age she's so afraid Age she's not the rage Never dies
I know I'm artificial I was reared with appliances But don't put the blame on me The pretty little mask not me In a consumer society When I put on my make-up In a consumer society That's the way a girl should be My existence is illusive The kind that is supported By mechanical resources By existence is illusive By mechanical resources The kind that is supported I wanna be instamatic I wanna be...
Packet of cigarettes on the counter Carrying a government health warning Still they want the money, still they want the tax Still they want the money, still they want the tax Why not take paper currency and light it up? A lower tar content and a quicker puff Then you could keep the money, you could keep the tax You could keep the money, you could keep the tax Fields wasted growing tobacco Coul...
I clambered over mounds and mounds Of polystyrene foam And fell into a swimming pool Filled with fairy snow And watched the world turn day-glo you know you know The world turned day-glo you know I wrenched the nylon curtains back As far as they would go And peered through perspex window panes At the acrylic road I drove my polypropolene Car on wheels of sponge Then pulled into a wimpy bar To h...
I know your antiseptic Your deodorant smells nice I'd like to get to know you You're deep frozen like the ice -chorus-: She's a germ free adolescent Cleanliness is her obsession Cleans her teeth ten times a day Scrub away scrub away scrub away The S.R. way.... You may get to touch her If your gloves are sterilised Rinse your mouth with listerine Blow disinfectant in her eyes -chorus- Her phobi...
Highly inflammable Neurotic tensions Waiting to explode I thought you were a man You thought I was a woman Risen overflowed But I was Tinkerbell And you were Peter Pan It ain't hip if you are retro Influenced by the fashion pages Influenced by other's phrases You're a pseudo quasi intellectual Supreme equality We used to compete The right to decide Is denied to the sheep I thought you were a m...
I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche you've seen before I am a cliche that lives next door I am a cliche, you know what I mean I am a cliche, pink is obscene Yama, yama, yama Yama, yama, yama Boredom, boredom Boring boredom Yama, yama, yama Yama, yama, yama Boredom, boredom Boring boredom Repeat all
I am a poseur and I don't care I like to make people stare Exhibition is the name I like to make people stare I am a poseur and I don't care Voyeurism is the game Stereoscopic is the show Viewing time makes it grow My facade is just a fake Shock horror no escape Characatures are what you breed Sensationalism for the feed Overtones can be betrayingEstablishments like a laugh Anti-art was the st...
I can't write And I can't sing I can't do anything I can't read And I can't spell I can't even get to hell I can't luv And I can't hate I can't even hesitate I can't dance And I can't walk I can't even try to talk Freedom tried to strangle me With my plastic popper beads But I hit him back With my pet rat Yeah I hit him back With my pet rat I can't spit And I can't kick I can't even be thick I...
I live off you And the whole world And you live off me Lives off of everybody See we gotta be exploited See we gotta be exploited By somebody by somebody By somebody The cat eats the rat While the pimp beats the whore For more and more As she just screams out See we gotta be exploited By somebody by somebody See we gotta be exploited By somebody
I LIVE OFF YOU AND YOU LIVE OF ME AND THE WHOLE WORLD LIVES OFF OF EVERYBODY SEE WE GOTTA BE EXPLOITED SEE WE GOTTA BE EXPLOITED BE SOMEBODY BE SOMEBODY BE SOMEBODY THE CAT EATS THE RAT WHILE THE PIMP BEATS THE WHORE AS SHE JUST SCREAMS OUT FOR MORE AND MORE SEE WE GOTTA BE EXPLOITED SEE WE GOTTA BE EXPLOITED BE SOMEBODY BE SOMEBODY BE SOMEBODY
Identity Is the crisis Can't you see Identity identity When you look in the mirror Do you see yourself Do you see yourself On the t.v. screen Do you see yourself In the magazine When you see yourself Does it make you scream When you look in the mirror Do you smash it quick Do you take the glass And slash your wrists Did you do it for fame Did you do it in a fit Did you do it before You read ab...
Johnny's got an addiction He's strung out without conviction He was raised with a microwave Sticky trashy fast food slave He's a junk food junky He could be a lot more spunky hunky But he's a junk food junky Blame it on the food yeah, you know it's bad Mother doesn't really know Shopping in a glossy show Then again her budget's low Her health so bad it makes her slow She's a junk food junky Sh...
It's dark and eerie And it's really late Come on kids don't hesitate We're going down to the underground We're going down we're going down To the underground Dagger glares from richard hell The hades ladies are dressed to kill Tension heightening heating frightening Thunder rolls as fast as lightening If you've got the urge The subterrene is a bottomless pit Come on let's submerge The vinyl vu...
You are just a concept You are just a dream Of the new regime You're just a reflection You are just a theme For the sales machine Ooo ooo they're obsessed You are just a symbol You're just another figure With yoo ooo Ooo ooo they're obsessed Ooo ooo cos they're watching With yoo ooo With yoo ooo You are just a find You are just a victim Soon to be a casuality A casuality of time
oh oh oh oh now everyday someone had a feeling for you then i was mostley running after the days that you were there im obsessed im obsessed with you im obsessed im obsessed with you now its funny funny that i cant realy see you from the dakness light oh i need you here bcause im obsessed i look in your eyes so deeply and i dont see enything because i am obsessd with you everys day a girl come...
Bind me tie me Chain me to the wall I wanna be a slave To you all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Chain-store chain-smoke I consume you all Chain-gang chain-mail I don't think at all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Thrash me crash me Beat me till I fall I wanna be a victim For you all Oh bondage up your...
Bind me tie me Chain me to the wall I wanna be a slave To you all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Chain-store chain-smoke I consume you all Chain-gang chain-mail I don't think at all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Thrash me crash me Beat me till I fall I wanna be a victim For you all Oh bondage up your...
Not much difference 'tween a cow and you Flesh, blood, bones She cries like you do Cries like you do Yours is the hippest hypocritical point of view Wake up and realise the things that you do You're busy whipping Hitler cos he gassed so many Jews You're as guilty of murder - look at what you chew Everybody's worried 'bout a Third World War Nuclear annihilation, need I say more? While you're fe...
1977 and we are going mad 1977 and we're gonna show them all It's 1977 and we've seen to many ads That apathy's a drag My mind is like a plastic bag That corresponds to all those ads That is fed in through by ear I eat kleenex for breakfast It sucks up all the rubbish To dry my tears And use soft hygienic weetabix My mind is like a switchboard I dont't know what's going on With crossed and tan...
Warrior in Woolworth's Humble he may seem Behind his servile innocence He plots and he schemes He's the rebel on the underground She's the rebel of the modern town He's the rebel on the underground She's the rebel of the modern town Warrior in Woolworth's His roots are in today Doesn't know no history He threw the past away Warrior in Woolworth's Dips on friday nights Youths meet at Stockwell ...
Warrior in woolworths Behind his serville innocence He's the rebel on the underground He plots and he schemes Humble he may seem She's the rebel of the modern town He's the rebel on the underground His roots are in today Warrior in woolworths She's the rebel of the modern town Doesn't know no history Warrior in woolworths He threw the past away Weapons rule their livesDips on friday nights You...
Conscious Consumer
Packet of cigarettes on the counter Carrying a government health warning Still they want the money, still they want the tax Still they want the money, still they want the tax Why not take paper currency and light it up? A lower tar content and a quicker puff Then you could keep the money, you could keep the tax You could keep the money, you could keep the tax Fields wasted growing tobacco Coul...
How do you feel now? I want to know Clear as crystal, I can see your face In my glass of water, I can see your face How do you feel know? I want to know Does your love burn like a summer's day Or is it still on hold in an ice cube tray? Clear as crystal How do you feel now? I want to know Clear as crystal, I can see your face In my glass of water? I can see your face Winter has passed now, did...
Iggy says "I wanna be your dog." But I want you to be a demigod Look at my bow wow sitting there Sniffing scratching without a care Once upon a lifetime peroxide hair What a heavy load to bear What a heavy load to bear Alcohol, drugs and rock n' roll Come on doggy doggy let's go for a stroll Before and after human growl so foul And now animal and left to howl A dog in Sweden, a man's best frie...
I don't wanna be? I don't wanna be A good time girl A good time girl String you along like I string my pearls A typical good time girl A good time girl A good time girl A typical good time girl I don't need no diamonds now They'd seem like broken glass I'd never wear a fur Would seem like stepping into anothers skin A typical good time girl like me A good time girl A good time girl A typical g...
You know, you know, you know you know you know I can't go out alone Hi chaperone, my chaperone What you think is all wrong 'Cos you shouldn't treat a girl like a game of ping-pong But I can't go out alone without a chaperone Hi chaperone, my chaperone You may say sweet dreams tonight Blow me a kiss, well I guess that's alright, that's alright I can't go out alone without a chaperone Hi chapero...
India, India, India India, India, clarified butter from the holy cow India, India, India I'm a pauper bereft of spiritual vision Looking for a guru such a decision India, India, India Clarified butter from the holy cow India, India, India I'm a conscious consumer but there's nothing to consume Lotus flowers are still in bloom in India, India, India India, India, clarified butter from the holy ...
Johnny's got an addiction He's strung out without conviction He was raised with a microwave Sticky trashy fast food slave He's a junk food junky He could be a lot more spunky hunky But he's a junk food junky Blame it on the food yeah, you know it's bad Mother doesn't really know Shopping in a glossy show Then again her budget's low Her health so bad it makes her slow She's a junk food junky Sh...
My mother the cow who still feeds me now is being tortured Her son the bull who the fields should plough is being slaughtered The human child in the womb who is never born for being unwanted Melancholy in the Age of Kali Melancholy in the Age of Kali Kali Kali My mother, the earth, man treats like dirt, her resources being exhausted Ant-like astronauts, of the human race, scratch and scar the ...
Did you enjoy the party you went to the other night? No not really not really, no not really at all I was bored stiff all night. Did you find anyone you could talk to? Anyone with a lot to say? No not really no one, no not one not really Just a boy who had a fixation on his body all the time. He wanted to know if I..... he called 'making love' I said "My dear pubescent adolescent socks I gave ...
Not much difference 'tween a cow and you Flesh, blood, bones She cries like you do Cries like you do Yours is the hippest hypocritical point of view Wake up and realise the things that you do You're busy whipping Hitler cos he gassed so many Jews You're as guilty of murder - look at what you chew Everybody's worried 'bout a Third World War Nuclear annihilation, need I say more? While you're fe...
We got something don't you know it's true? We got something don't feel it too? We got something, we got something to do Not a mushy line that I'm pushing on you Just another blue-note sung slightly out of tune We got something, we got something to do Prayer for peace, prayer for peace Prayer for peace. It may appear that we've been sleeping through our years And we've been living in an imagina...
Sophia look like a witch A beautiful witch is she Sophia look like a witch Hidden form in the name of chastity Sophia wears a crucifix Christ hung round her neck Sophia wears a crucifix Crucifix effect Sophia lies between black sheets Between black sheets she rests Sophia rises while the cock-a-doodle-doos' a calling And in black robes she's dressed Sophia look like a witch Sophia look like a ...
Germ Free Adolescents
Darling am I I must be told Tell me dear Getting old Y'know it's a Million dollar fear Creep in over here If lines Celluloid beauty She never seems to realise Age she's so afraid Age she's not the rage Never dies
I know I'm artificial I was reared with appliances But don't put the blame on me The pretty little mask not me In a consumer society When I put on my make-up In a consumer society That's the way a girl should be My existence is illusive The kind that is supported By mechanical resources By existence is illusive By mechanical resources The kind that is supported I wanna be instamatic I wanna be...
I clambered over mounds and mounds Of polystyrene foam And fell into a swimming pool Filled with fairy snow And watched the world turn day-glo you know you know The world turned day-glo you know I wrenched the nylon curtains back As far as they would go And peered through perspex window panes At the acrylic road I drove my polypropolene Car on wheels of sponge Then pulled into a wimpy bar To h...
Genetic engineering Could create an unknown life-force That could us exterminate Could create the perfect race As our subordinated slave Introducing worker clone His expertise proficiency Will surely dig our grave It's so very tempting Will he let us exist When he becomes the creator Will biologists resist Bionic man is jumping Through the television set He's about to materialise And guess who...
I know your antiseptic Your deodorant smells nice I'd like to get to know you You're deep frozen like the ice -chorus-: She's a germ free adolescent Cleanliness is her obsession Cleans her teeth ten times a day Scrub away scrub away scrub away The S.R. way.... You may get to touch her If your gloves are sterilised Rinse your mouth with listerine Blow disinfectant in her eyes -chorus- Her phobi...
Highly inflammable Neurotic tensions Waiting to explode I thought you were a man You thought I was a woman Risen overflowed But I was Tinkerbell And you were Peter Pan It ain't hip if you are retro Influenced by the fashion pages Influenced by other's phrases You're a pseudo quasi intellectual Supreme equality We used to compete The right to decide Is denied to the sheep I thought you were a m...
I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche you've seen before I am a cliche that lives next door I am a cliche, you know what I mean I am a cliche, pink is obscene Yama, yama, yama Yama, yama, yama Boredom, boredom Boring boredom Yama, yama, yama Yama, yama, yama Boredom, boredom Boring boredom Repeat all
I am a poseur and I don't care I like to make people stare Exhibition is the name I like to make people stare I am a poseur and I don't care Voyeurism is the game Stereoscopic is the show Viewing time makes it grow My facade is just a fake Shock horror no escape Characatures are what you breed Sensationalism for the feed Overtones can be betrayingEstablishments like a laugh Anti-art was the st...
I can't write And I can't sing I can't do anything I can't read And I can't spell I can't even get to hell I can't luv And I can't hate I can't even hesitate I can't dance And I can't walk I can't even try to talk Freedom tried to strangle me With my plastic popper beads But I hit him back With my pet rat Yeah I hit him back With my pet rat I can't spit And I can't kick I can't even be thick I...
I live off you And the whole world And you live off me Lives off of everybody See we gotta be exploited See we gotta be exploited By somebody by somebody By somebody The cat eats the rat While the pimp beats the whore For more and more As she just screams out See we gotta be exploited By somebody by somebody See we gotta be exploited By somebody
Identity Is the crisis Can't you see Identity identity When you look in the mirror Do you see yourself Do you see yourself On the t.v. screen Do you see yourself In the magazine When you see yourself Does it make you scream When you look in the mirror Do you smash it quick Do you take the glass And slash your wrists Did you do it for fame Did you do it in a fit Did you do it before You read ab...
It's dark and eerie And it's really late Come on kids don't hesitate We're going down to the underground We're going down we're going down To the underground Dagger glares from richard hell The hades ladies are dressed to kill Tension heightening heating frightening Thunder rolls as fast as lightening If you've got the urge The subterrene is a bottomless pit Come on let's submerge The vinyl vu...
You are just a concept You are just a dream Of the new regime You're just a reflection You are just a theme For the sales machine Ooo ooo they're obsessed You are just a symbol You're just another figure With yoo ooo Ooo ooo they're obsessed Ooo ooo cos they're watching With yoo ooo With yoo ooo You are just a find You are just a victim Soon to be a casuality A casuality of time
Bind me tie me Chain me to the wall I wanna be a slave To you all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Chain-store chain-smoke I consume you all Chain-gang chain-mail I don't think at all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Thrash me crash me Beat me till I fall I wanna be a victim For you all Oh bondage up your...
1977 and we are going mad 1977 and we're gonna show them all It's 1977 and we've seen to many ads That apathy's a drag My mind is like a plastic bag That corresponds to all those ads That is fed in through by ear I eat kleenex for breakfast It sucks up all the rubbish To dry my tears And use soft hygienic weetabix My mind is like a switchboard I dont't know what's going on With crossed and tan...
Warrior in woolworths Behind his serville innocence He's the rebel on the underground He plots and he schemes Humble he may seem She's the rebel of the modern town He's the rebel on the underground His roots are in today Warrior in woolworths She's the rebel of the modern town Doesn't know no history Warrior in woolworths He threw the past away Weapons rule their livesDips on friday nights You...
Live At The Roxy
I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche you've seen before I am a cliche that lives next door I am a cliche, you know what I mean I am a cliche, pink is obscene Yama, yama, yama Yama, yama, yama Boredom, boredom Boring boredom Yama, yama, yama Yama, yama, yama Boredom, boredom Boring boredom Repeat all
I can't write And I can't sing I can't do anything I can't read And I can't spell I can't even get to hell I can't luv And I can't hate I can't even hesitate I can't dance And I can't walk I can't even try to talk Freedom tried to strangle me With my plastic popper beads But I hit him back With my pet rat Yeah I hit him back With my pet rat I can't spit And I can't kick I can't even be thick I...
I live off you And the whole world And you live off me Lives off of everybody See we gotta be exploited See we gotta be exploited By somebody by somebody By somebody The cat eats the rat While the pimp beats the whore For more and more As she just screams out See we gotta be exploited By somebody by somebody See we gotta be exploited By somebody
Identity Is the crisis Can't you see Identity identity When you look in the mirror Do you see yourself Do you see yourself On the t.v. screen Do you see yourself In the magazine When you see yourself Does it make you scream When you look in the mirror Do you smash it quick Do you take the glass And slash your wrists Did you do it for fame Did you do it in a fit Did you do it before You read ab...
It's dark and eerie And it's really late Come on kids don't hesitate We're going down to the underground We're going down we're going down To the underground Dagger glares from richard hell The hades ladies are dressed to kill Tension heightening heating frightening Thunder rolls as fast as lightening If you've got the urge The subterrene is a bottomless pit Come on let's submerge The vinyl vu...
Bind me tie me Chain me to the wall I wanna be a slave To you all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Chain-store chain-smoke I consume you all Chain-gang chain-mail I don't think at all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Thrash me crash me Beat me till I fall I wanna be a victim For you all Oh bondage up your...
1977 and we are going mad 1977 and we're gonna show them all It's 1977 and we've seen to many ads That apathy's a drag My mind is like a plastic bag That corresponds to all those ads That is fed in through by ear I eat kleenex for breakfast It sucks up all the rubbish To dry my tears And use soft hygienic weetabix My mind is like a switchboard I dont't know what's going on With crossed and tan...
Obsessed With You
Darling am I I must be told Tell me dear Getting old Y'know it's a Million dollar fear Creep in over here If lines Celluloid beauty She never seems to realise Age she's so afraid Age she's not the rage Never dies
I know I'm artificial I was reared with appliances But don't put the blame on me The pretty little mask not me In a consumer society When I put on my make-up In a consumer society That's the way a girl should be My existence is illusive The kind that is supported By mechanical resources By existence is illusive By mechanical resources The kind that is supported I wanna be instamatic I wanna be...
I clambered over mounds and mounds Of polystyrene foam And fell into a swimming pool Filled with fairy snow And watched the world turn day-glo you know you know The world turned day-glo you know I wrenched the nylon curtains back As far as they would go And peered through perspex window panes At the acrylic road I drove my polypropolene Car on wheels of sponge Then pulled into a wimpy bar To h...
Genetic engineering Could create an unknown life-force That could us exterminate Could create the perfect race As our subordinated slave Introducing worker clone His expertise proficiency Will surely dig our grave It's so very tempting Will he let us exist When he becomes the creator Will biologists resist Bionic man is jumping Through the television set He's about to materialise And guess who...
I know your antiseptic Your deodorant smells nice I'd like to get to know you You're deep frozen like the ice -chorus-: She's a germ free adolescent Cleanliness is her obsession Cleans her teeth ten times a day Scrub away scrub away scrub away The S.R. way.... You may get to touch her If your gloves are sterilised Rinse your mouth with listerine Blow disinfectant in her eyes -chorus- Her phobi...
I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche I am a cliche you've seen before I am a cliche that lives next door I am a cliche, you know what I mean I am a cliche, pink is obscene Yama, yama, yama Yama, yama, yama Boredom, boredom Boring boredom Yama, yama, yama Yama, yama, yama Boredom, boredom Boring boredom Repeat all
I am a poseur and I don't care I like to make people stare Exhibition is the name I like to make people stare I am a poseur and I don't care Voyeurism is the game Stereoscopic is the show Viewing time makes it grow My facade is just a fake Shock horror no escape Characatures are what you breed Sensationalism for the feed Overtones can be betrayingEstablishments like a laugh Anti-art was the st...
I can't write And I can't sing I can't do anything I can't read And I can't spell I can't even get to hell I can't luv And I can't hate I can't even hesitate I can't dance And I can't walk I can't even try to talk Freedom tried to strangle me With my plastic popper beads But I hit him back With my pet rat Yeah I hit him back With my pet rat I can't spit And I can't kick I can't even be thick I...
I live off you And the whole world And you live off me Lives off of everybody See we gotta be exploited See we gotta be exploited By somebody by somebody By somebody The cat eats the rat While the pimp beats the whore For more and more As she just screams out See we gotta be exploited By somebody by somebody See we gotta be exploited By somebody
Identity Is the crisis Can't you see Identity identity When you look in the mirror Do you see yourself Do you see yourself On the t.v. screen Do you see yourself In the magazine When you see yourself Does it make you scream When you look in the mirror Do you smash it quick Do you take the glass And slash your wrists Did you do it for fame Did you do it in a fit Did you do it before You read ab...
It's dark and eerie And it's really late Come on kids don't hesitate We're going down to the underground We're going down we're going down To the underground Dagger glares from richard hell The hades ladies are dressed to kill Tension heightening heating frightening Thunder rolls as fast as lightening If you've got the urge The subterrene is a bottomless pit Come on let's submerge The vinyl vu...
You are just a concept You are just a dream Of the new regime You're just a reflection You are just a theme For the sales machine Ooo ooo they're obsessed You are just a symbol You're just another figure With yoo ooo Ooo ooo they're obsessed Ooo ooo cos they're watching With yoo ooo With yoo ooo You are just a find You are just a victim Soon to be a casuality A casuality of time
Bind me tie me Chain me to the wall I wanna be a slave To you all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Chain-store chain-smoke I consume you all Chain-gang chain-mail I don't think at all Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Oh bondage up yours Oh bondage no more Thrash me crash me Beat me till I fall I wanna be a victim For you all Oh bondage up your...
1977 and we are going mad 1977 and we're gonna show them all It's 1977 and we've seen to many ads That apathy's a drag My mind is like a plastic bag That corresponds to all those ads That is fed in through by ear I eat kleenex for breakfast It sucks up all the rubbish To dry my tears And use soft hygienic weetabix My mind is like a switchboard I dont't know what's going on With crossed and tan...
Warrior in woolworths Behind his serville innocence He's the rebel on the underground He plots and he schemes Humble he may seem She's the rebel of the modern town He's the rebel on the underground His roots are in today Warrior in woolworths She's the rebel of the modern town Doesn't know no history Warrior in woolworths He threw the past away Weapons rule their livesDips on friday nights You...