- CIVILISATION
They're not human, they're with the Woolwich
They eat food I wouldn't give to my dog
They're hygenic, medicated
They wouldn't live next door to no wog
They're not human, where do they come from?
I don't know what they're living here for
They don't belong here on this planet
What are they doing in the house next door
Wives tranquilised, pets pasteurised
Kids hypnotised by the TV
Gotta beat you, gotta leech you
They'll treat you like family
All across the nation, it's civilisation
All across the nation, it's civilisation
They're not human, they've got a new car
They're gonna polish it all the day long
They've got a brand new rubber woman
They're gonna blow her up all the night long
They're not human, it's a double-cross
They sold out for a handful of beads
They sold everything for nothing
Just a hatful of dreams and a handful of greed
Keep 'em happy, keep 'em drinking
Keep 'em laughing, no thinking
No dying, no weeping
Keep 'em hypnotised, keep 'em sleeping
All across the nation, it's civilisation
All across the nation, it's civilisation
Pack you off to school, get working
Get a steady job, no shirking
Get to sixty-five, get a handshake
You're a vegetable with a heartache
All across the nation, it's civilisation
All across the nation, it's civilisation
All across the nation, it's civilisation
All across the nation, it's civilisation
All across the nation, it's civilisation
All across the nation, it's civilisation
All across the nation, it's civilisation
All across the nation, it's civilisation
- BORROWED TIME
There's riders in this county
They're taking heads for bounty
Wake up Corinne, they've come to ride us down
Sweetness we have tasted
The time to move is wasted
They're riding like a hurricane through this town
We've been too many nights sleeping in a feather bed
You can't close both your eyes with a price on your head
You've got to stand and fight for what you believe
You've got to face death with your heart on your sleeve
Life is a card-game, you've soon got to leave
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
If you say that you want your freedom
They'll hear you in every kingdom
They'll travel ten thousand miles just to shoot you down
Well, the judge he was deluded
And the sheriff he soon colluded
And he swore they'd hang me six feet off the ground
They'll hunt you down 'cause you dared to tell the truth
A man ain't safe these days under his own roof
But you can't live your life under no man's thumb
They'll all pay double for what they've done
Our day is coming but their day is come
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
You can't live your life under no man's thumb
They'll all pay double for what they've done
Our day is coming but their day is come
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
- SATURDAY ROLLING AROUND
Wind's gonna blow my blues away
Wind's gonna blow my blues away
I'm gonna throw my shoes away
Saturday rolling around
Moon going down and the sun come up
Moon going down and the sun come up
We're gonna drink from a loving cup
Saturday rolling around
Been too long working for the man
Who just don't like my face
Been too long looking for a dream
Looking in the wrong place
Gonna take a train and ride away
Gonna take a train and ride away
Gonna take a ship and slide away
Saturday rolling around
I ain't gonna punch that clock no more
I ain't gonna punch that clock no more
I'm going home, gonna lock the door
Saturday rolling around
Working all week from nine to five
Working all week from nine to five
Gonna get down, gonna do the jive
Saturday rolling around
Been all week, work so hard
Sweat pour off my face
Saturday night I'm gonna get down
And really rock that place
We're going down to Fontaineau
We're going down to Fontaineau
We're gonna dance at the Fais do-do
Saturday rolling around
Wind's gonna blow my blues away
Wind's gonna blow my blues away
I'm gonna throw my shoes away
Saturday rolling around
Moon going down and the sun come up
Moon going down and the sun come up
We're gonna drink from a loving cup
Saturday rolling around
Been too long working for the man
Who just don't like my face
Been too long looking for a dream
Looking in the wrong place
Gonna take a train and ride away
Gonna take a train and ride away
Gonna take a ship and slide away
Saturday rolling around
- YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SOMEBODY
When you're lost in the dark and you can't find a way
When the night is so long you don't remember the day
When you're too far gone to hear anybody call
When your last deal left you with nothing at all
You're going to need somebody (You're going to need somebody)
You're going to need somebody (You're going to need somebody)
You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you
When nobody wants you, nobody needs you
Nobody loves you, nobody feeds you
When your ship is sinking in the middle of a sea
When they've locked you in chains and they've thrown away the key
You're going to need somebody (You're going to need somebody)
You're going to need somebody (You're going to need somebody)
You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you
When you don't live long unless you're fast on your feet
When they're taking your furniture right out into the street
When you can't sleep at night for counting cracks on the wall
When your friends build you up just to watch you fall
You're going to need somebody (You're going to need somebody)
You're going to need somebody (You're going to need somebody)
You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you
When you're lost in the dark and you can't find a way
When the night is so long you don't remember the day
When you're too far gone to hear anybody call
When your last deal left you with nothing at all
You're going to need somebody (You're going to need somebody)
You're going to need somebody (You're going to need somebody)
You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you
(You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you)
You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you
- WHY DO YOU TURN YOUR BACK?
When you were helpless before you knew
He gave you shelter until you grew
He kept you secret and he gave you a name
You drank from a river, you slept in the hay
You grew up running into the wind
You grew up fighting a war you'd never win
Against a foe you'd never seen
Pretending to be what you'd never meant
Why do you turn your back on your best friend?
Why do you turn your back on the one who loves you, loves you?
Why do you turn your back on your best friend?
The only one who ever really cared
The only one who ever really cared
When you were burning, the sky would pour
When you were drowning, he threw you ashore
He saved your life, oh, just to be
The one who turned back his enemy
And now you're like a bolted door
No one can change the lock, your palace is secure
You're the king and the prisoner
But don't you hear the knocking at the door?
Why do you turn your back on your best friend?
Why do you turn your back on the one who loves you, loves you?
Why do you turn your back on your best friend?
The only one who ever really cared
The only one who ever really cared
And now you falter, afraid to live
And now you hold back, afraid to be the giver
And do you ever think
Of the friend who gave you gifts like a river?
Why do you turn your back on your best friend?
Why do you turn your back on the one who loves you, loves you, loves you, loves you?
Why do you turn your back on your best friend?
The only one who ever really cared
The only one who ever really cared
The only one who ever really cared
The only one who ever really cared
- SUNNYVISTA
In Sunnyvista, all your dreams are reality
It's the smart place to be for all the family
Oh, Sunnyvista, where you always wanted to stay
We'll dance the happy hours away
Now the work is very clean
You'll be helped by this machine
And the hours are very short, more time at home with the little dears
All the houses are the same
It's a standard we maintain
Any problems, please report 'em, we will soon allay your fears
It's a smashing place for kids
You really are well rid
They'll be off your hands all day, in the camps they'll play and play
For kids of other ages
Yes, dad and grandad too
The leisuretime facilities will keep them smiling through
In Sunnyvista, all your dreams are reality
It's the smart place to be for all the family
Oh, Sunnyvista, where you always wanted to stay
We'll dance the happy hours away
Oh, the old folks will love it
Our staff are very kind
There's community singing, helps to stimulate the mind
The cemetery is most discreet
All done without a fuss
For all life's little grievances, just leave it all to us
Oh, there's parks and there's bingo
There's contests and there's games
And everybody's friendly 'cause we're all just the same
There's chances for promotion
For the right kind of chap
Who's smart and keen and go-ahead, we'll put him on the map
Oh, Sunnyvista, where you always wanted to stay
We'll dance the happy hours away
We'll dance the happy hours away
- LONELY HEARTS
We may never meet in the light of day
If we passed on the street, would we look the other way?
So I search for you where we can't be seen
And I know we'll meet on the page of this magazine
Two lonely hearts in an ocean of loneliness
Two lonely hearts in a shipwreck of pain
We call to each other as we drown in the city
Oh, why do we have to remain
The outcasts in love and the losers in gain?
It's a mean old town, can't show your heart
If you stand up and say what you mean, they tear you apart
And they call it love, sell it by the pound
But the lovers are gone, oh, they're living down underground
Two lonely hearts in an ocean of loneliness
Two lonely hearts in a shipwreck of pain
We call to each other as we drown in the city
Oh, why do we have to remain
The outcasts in love and the losers in gain?
No one needs a friend, no one cares no more
They'll look hard at you, they won't take the chain off the door
Oh, they work and slave, keep their conscience clean
They come home at night and they talk to an empty screen
Two lonely hearts in an ocean of loneliness
Two lonely hearts in a shipwreck of pain
We call to each other as we drown in the city
Oh, why do we have to remain
The outcasts in love and the losers in gain?
Two lonely hearts (Two lonely hearts)
Two lonely hearts (Two lonely hearts)
We call to each other as we drown in the city
Oh, why do we have to remain
The outcasts in love and the losers in gain?
The outcasts in love and the losers in gain?
- SISTERS
Remember the time when we two kin were reared
There was never a morsel but that it was shared
If the one babe was stung, 'twas the other would cry
There scarce was a crossed word and never a lie
Our people were drab and defeated like slaves
The light of their fathers went into the graves
I took to the highway to find some relief
I never meant parting to put you to grief
Sisters, we were sisters
Till love came between us and pulled us apart
We were sisters, we were sisters
Don't call me your sister and put a knife through my heart
Now you smile when you greet me, you put on a show
But it's slander you're talking as soon as you go
If your eye and my eye don't meet any more
Hold fast to your tongue when I've walked out the door
Sisters, we were sisters
Till love came between us and pulled us apart
We were sisters, we were sisters
Don't call me your sister and put a knife through my heart
You say that I'm different, don't hold me to blame
It's not to my grandeur, it's not to your shame
It's nothing of mine that I lay at your door
So take it or leave it, it's to heal, not to sore
Sisters, we were sisters
Till love came between us and pulled us apart
We were sisters, we were sisters
Don't call me your sister and put a knife through my heart
Sisters, we were sisters
Till love came between us and pulled us apart
We were sisters, we were sisters
Don't call me your sister and put a knife through my heart
- JUSTICE IN THE STREETS
There's sickness in this land, hearts are turned to sand
Crushed with an iron hand, there's justice in the street
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
They've fooled you for so long, you can't tell right from wrong
They're weak and you are strong, there's justice in the street
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Sometimes it seems a man can't hold his head up
To be just what he is he feels ashamed
They take away his dignity and freedom
But they can never take away the flame
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Tired of living in shame, tired of a ball and chain
Run them down like a train, there's justice in the street
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
They've got you chained to a wheel and you don't know how to feel
Till you can't tell what's real, there's justice in the street
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
How can you fight a man without a shadow?
How can you fight a face you've never seen?
A drop of rain will run into a river
Oh, see the river wash the valley clean
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
- TRACES OF MY LOVE
A songbird sings so clear like your voice upon my ear
I seem to hear traces of my love
The river rushes down, there's sweetness in the sound
I seem to hear traces of my love
When I lay on my bed, I find no rest
Instead I seem to see you here with me
Or will that sweet day ever be
Oh, traces of my love
Oh, traces of my love
In every crowded place, in every stranger's face
I seem to see traces of my love
Inside my darkest day when the world seems cold and grey
I seem to see traces of my love
If I try to turn my head or close my eyes
Instead I see you there, oh, everywhere
Shadows of a face so rare
Oh, traces of my love
Oh, traces of my love
Traces of my love
Traces of my love
If I try to turn my head or close my eyes
Instead I see you there, oh, everywhere
Shadows of a face so rare
Oh, traces of my love
Oh, traces of my love
Oh, traces of my love
Oh, traces of my love
- GEORGIE ON A SPREE
Me Mammy told me "Listen girl, I really wish you would.
That boy that you're fooling with, he won't do you no good"
But me and Georgie fool around, we go out and we hit the town
Eyes of blue, and crazy too, he's rattling the garden gate
And I can hardly wait
When Georgie's on a spree all the girls are jealous of me
'Cause I'm the one he spends his money on, we spend it one, two, three
Riding through the countryside I'm perfect company
He's the king and I'm his queen when Georgie's on a spree
We don't see bad company, we mix it with the best
Rubbin' shoulders with the cream, no time for the rest
And when we're tired of clubs and bars we take a a drive beneath the stars
And when we're tired of steppin' out we put a blanket on the ground
Where there's no one else around
When Georgie's on a spree all the girls are jealous of me
'Cause I'm the one he spends his money on, we spend it one, two, three
Riding through the countryside I'm perfect company
He's the king and I'm his queen when Georgie's on a spree
Georgie says he loves me, then he says he's playing around
Says he wants his freedom, then he wants to settle down
Now Georgie's had some girls alright, he let them hold him in the dead of night
But when the tables turn on you, oh what will you do
When she does the same to you?
When Georgie's on a spree all the girls are jealous of me
'Cause I'm the one he spends his money on, we spend it one, two, one, two, three
Riding through the countryside I'm perfect company
He's the king and I'm his queen when Georgie's on a spree
He's the king and I'm his queen when Georgie's on a spree