Stop Your Messing Around
Better Think Of Your Future
Time You Straightened Right Out
Creating Problems In Town
Rudy, A Message To You
Rudy, A Message To You

Stop Your Fooling Around
Time You Straightened Right Out
Better Think Of Your Future
Else You'll Wind Up In Jail
Rudy, A Message To You
Rudy, A Message To You

Stop Your Messing Around
Better Think Of Your Future
Time You Straightened Right Out
Creating Problems In Town
Rudy, A Message To You
Rudy, A Message To You
Rudy, A Message To You
Rudy, A Message To You
Rudy, A Message To You
Rudy, A Message To You
Rudy, A Message To You
Rudy, A Message To You

an icy wind blows through the door
you feel like you've been here before
you tremble and you start to sweat
the symptoms of withdrawal
alcohol
why do you do it?
why do you keep beating me?
you give some people a real good time
but you cause some untold misery
heroin
why do you do it?
i don't like what i've seen
you promise someone a real good time
and then you take them from their family
you tremble and you start to sweat
you don't want to withdraw
and when your flesh begins to crawl
you'd rather not be here at all
alcohol
how do you do it?
please don't do it to me
you give some people a real good time
but you cause some untold misery
alcohol
why do you do it?
you ain't gonna do it to me
you give some people a real good time
and you cause some untold misery

Snow Is Falling All Around
Seven O'clock And The Roads Are Blocked
So I Walk Downtown
There Is No-one Around

I Walk In A Bar
And Immediately I Sense Danger
You Look At Me Girl As If
I Was Some Kind Of A Total Stranger

Where Did You Get That Blank
Blank Expression On Your Face
Where Did You Get That Blank
Blank Expression On Your Face
The Streets Are Dark
And There's No-one About
I Wander Home And All
The Lights Are Out

I Keep Wondering

Where Did You Get That Blank
Blank Expression On Your Face
Where Did You Get That Blank
Blank Expression On Your Face
Where Did You Get That Blank
Blank Expression On Your Face
Where Did You Get That Blank
Blank Expression On Your Face
Where Did You Get That Blank
Blank Expression On Your Face
Where Did you Get That Blank
Blank Expression On Your Face

for too long, i have lived
in a trap built out of lies
but one day i'm gonna breakout
coz at last i've realised
you've got to breakdown the door
of the trap that you're in
you've got to breakout before
the four walls have closed in
breakdown the door!
do it you've gotta
you've gotta do what?
you've gotta do what you wanna
you've gotta get out
but you can't
because you're up to your neck
and there's no turning back
so you try to forget
the cracks have started to appear
you want to get away
before the fun turns into tears
you wish that you could
breakdown the door
you've got to breakdown
before you breakdown
you've got to breakdown
breakdown the door
go where ever you want
you'd better go if your gonna
do what you want
but you can't
because you're up to your neck
and there's no turning back
so you try to forget
before the cracks start to appear
you want to get away
before the days turn into the years
you wish that you could
breakdown the door
everybody wants to
breakdown the door
of the trap that they're in
breakout before
the four walls have closed in

the bright lights, the bright lights, the bright lights
i thought i might move down to London Town
i could get in a band, have fun all the year round
the living down there must be pretty easy
i could rip up my jeans deliberately
the streets really must be paved with gold
if everybody goes WHAM! and has fun on the dole
imagine what it would be like for me
i've seen the pictures in the magazines
i've been down too long now
i don't understand why
but something's gotta change soon
cos i can't just sit and cry
something better come right
something better come right
something better come right soon
the bright lights, the bright lights, the bright lights
i got down to London and what did i see
a thousand policemen all over the street
people were shouting and looking at me
saying 'Colin Roach's family demand an enquiry'
i woke up from a terrible dream
i saw millions of people replaced by machines
i thought if i want to do something more than just pose
i've got to change more than my clothes
cos i've been down too long now
i must go up from here
something better change soon
cos i can't just disappear
something better come right
something's gotta come right
something better come right soon

You're Going To Get Your Fucking Ass Kicked In
You're Going To Get Your Fucking Heads Kicked In
You're Going Home In A Fucking Ambulance

I'm Going Out Tonight
I Don't Know If I'll Be Alright
Everyone Wants To Hurt Me
There's Many Dangers In The City
I Have To Carry A Knife
Because There's People Threatening My Life
I Can't Dress Just The Way I Want
I'm Being Chased By The National Front

Concrete Jungle -  Animals Are After Me
Concrete Jungle -  Ain't Safe On The Streets
Concrete Jungle -  Glad I've Got My Mates With Me

I Won't Fight For A Cause
Don't Want To Change The Law
Leave Me Alone, Just Leave Me Alone
I Want To Get Out On My Own
I'm Walking Home Tonight
I Only Walk Where There's Lots Of Lights
And In The Alleys And The Doorways
Some Throw A Bottle Right At Your Face

Concrete Jungle - Animals Are After Me
Concrete Jungle - It Ain't Safe On The Streets
Concrete Jungle - I'm Glad I Got My Mates With Me

I'm Going Out Tonight
I Only Walk Where There's Lots Of Light
In The Alleys And The Doorways
They Throw Bottle Straight At Your Face
I Won't Fight For A Cause
I Don't Want To Change The Law
Leave Me Alone Just Leave Me Alone
I Want To Go Out On My Own

Concrete Jungle - Animals Are After Me
Concrete Jungle - It Ain't Safe On The Streets
Concrete Jungle - I'm Glad I've Got My Mates With Me

This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era
This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era

I Met A Girl From Area Three
She Told Me That She Worked In A Chicken Factory
This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era

By Two O'clock We Were Drunk And Blitzed
Had To Walk Her Home Through Area Six
This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era

Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones
In Area Six They Throw Bottles And Bricks And Kicks
This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era

I Climbed The Stairs To The Fourteenth Floor
The Key Won't Fit The Door
This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era

She Said She Had A Beautiful Flat
We Had To Sleep On The Mat
This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era

Woke Up, And Thought 'This Ain't Exactly Heaven'
Oh Shit, This Is Area Seven
This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era
This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era
This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era
This Is A Dawning, Of A New Era

Each Day I Walk Along This Lonely Street
Trying To Find, Find A Future
New Pair Of Shoes Are On My Feet
Cos' Fashion Is My Only Culture

But Nothing Ever Change
Oh No, Nothing Ever Change

People Say To Me Just Be Yourself
It Makes No Sense To Follow Fashion
How Can I Be Anybody Else
I Don't Try, I've Got No Reason

I'm Just Living In A Life Without Meaning
I Walk And Walk, Do Nothing
I'm Just Living In A Life Without Meaning
I Talk And Talk, Say Nothing

I Walk Along This Same Old Lonely Street
Still Trying To Find, Find A Reason
Policeman Comes And Smacks Me In Teeth
I Don't Complain, It's Not My Function

They're Just Living In A Life Without Meaning
They Walk And Walk, Do Nothing
They're Just Living In A Life Without Meaning
They Talk And Talk, Say Nothing

All You Punks And All You Teds
National Fronts And Nattydreads
Mods, Rockers, Hippies And Skinheads
Keep On Fighting 'til You're Dead

Who Am I To Say
Who Am I To Say
Am I Just A Hypocrite
Another Piece Of Your Bullshit
Am I The Dog That Bit
The Hand Of The Man That Feeds It

Do The Dog, Do The Dog
Do The Dog,  Not The Donkey
Do The Dog,  Don't Be A  Jerk
Do The Dog, Watch Who You Work For
Do The, Do The, Do The, Do The, Do The Dog

Tear Your Hair For Your Aggression
Fight It London Risk Detention
Master Race Or Masturbation
Causes Natural Good Sensation

All I Got To Say
To The I.R.A., To The U.D.A.
And The Soldier Boy From U.K.
Am I Just A Hypocrite
Another Piece Of Your Bullshit
Am I The Dog That Bit
The Hand Of The Man That Feeds It
Do The Dog

Just Because You're Nobody
It Doesn't Mean That You're No Good
Just Because There's A Reason
It Doesn't Mean It's Understood

It Doesn't Make It Alright
It Doesn't Make It Alright
It's The Worst Excuse In The World
And It, It Doesn't Make It Alright

Some People Think They're Really Clever
To Smash Your Head Against A Wall
Then They Say You Got It My Way
They Really Think They Know It All

Just Because You're A Black Boy
Just Because You're A White
It Doesn't Mean You Got To Hate 'em
It Doesn't Mean You Have To Fight

Hello, I'm Terry, and I'm going to enjoy myself first

It's good to be wise when you're young 
'Cos you can only be young but the once 
Enjoy yourself and have lots of fun
So glad and live life longer than you've ever done
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think 
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink 
The years go by, as quickly as you wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Never right, yes I know 
Get wisdom, knowledge and understanding 
These three, were given free by the maker
Go to school, learn the rules, don't be no faker 
It's not wise for you to be a foot stool
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think 
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as you wink 
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think 
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as you wink 
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
the years go by, as quickly as you wink
enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later then you think

enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
the years go by, as quickly as you wink
enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later then you think

enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
the years go by, as quickly as you wink
enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later then you think

Out Of Bed At 8 A.M.
Out Of My Head By Half Past Ten
Out With Mates And Dates And Friends
That's What I Do At Weekends
I Can't Talk And I Can't Walk
But I Know Where I'm Going To Go
I'm Going To Watch My Money Go
At The Locarno No
When My Feet Go Through The Door
i know what my right arm is for
buy a drink and pull a chair
up to the edge of the dance floor
bouncers bouncing through the night
trying to stop or start a fight
i sit and watch the flashing lights
moving legs in footless tights
i go out on friday night and
i come home on saturday morning
i go out on friday night and
i come home on saturday morning
i love to venture into town
i love to get a few drinks down
the floor gets packed the bar gets full
i don't like life when things get dull
the hen party have save the night
and freed themselves from drunken stags
having fun and dancing
in a circle round their leather bags
having fun and dancing
in a circle round their leather bags
i go out on friday night and
i come home on saturday morning
i go out on friday night and
i come home on saturday morning
but 2 o'clock has come again
it's time to leave this paradise
hope the chip shop isn't closed
'cos their pies are really nice
i'll eat it in the  taxi queue
standing in someone else's spew
wish i had lipstick on my shirt
instead of piss stains on my shoes
i go out on friday night and
i come home on saturday morning
i go out on friday night and
i come home on saturday morning
i go out on friday night and
i come home on saturday morning
i go out on friday night and
i come home on saturday morning
i go out on friday night and
i come home on saturday morning
i go out on friday night and
i come home on saturday morning

Bernie Rhodes Knows, Don't Argue

why must you record my phone calls
are you planning a bootleg lp
you said that you've been  threatened by gangsters
now it's you that's threatening me
can't fight corruption with con tricks
they use the law to commit crime
i dread, dread to think what the future will bring
when we're living in real gangster times

(don't call me scarface)

can't interrupt while i'm talking
or they'll confiscate all your guitars
and catch '22' says
if i sing the tune
they will make me  an overnight star

don't offer us legal protection
they use the law to commit crime
i dread to think, what the future will bring
when we're living in real gangster times

Bernie Rhodes Knows, Don't Argue

this town is coming like a ghost town
all the clubs have been closed down
bands won't play no more
too much fighting on the dance floor
do you remember the good old days
before the ghost town
we danced and sang as the music
played in a de boomtown

this town is coming like a ghost town
why must youth fight against themselves
government leaving the youth on the shelf
this town is coming like a ghost town
no job to be found in this country
can't go on no more, people getting angry
this town is coming like a ghost town
this town is coming like a ghost town
this town is coming like a ghost town
this town is coming like a ghost town
this town is coming like a ghost town

hello and how are you?
and how do you do?
and who is that girl standing right next to you?
and what is her name?
and what does she do?
i'm looking at her
while i'm talking to you
her love must be sweeter than candy
must be stronger than brandy
why does she like you not me?

can i buy you a drink
you seem a decent chap
i'm friendly to your face but
behind your back

what i like most about you
is your girlfriend
it's true
her love must be sweeter than candy
must be stronger than brandy
why does she like you not me?

i agree with what you say
i think it must be true
your girlfriend has only got one fault
and that's you
what i like most about you
is your girlfriend
it's true
when will we meet again
and where will it be
why don't you both come over
to my house for tea
i'd rather she came round
on her own yes its true
cos your girlfriend
is what i like most about you
what i like most about you
is your girlfriend
its true

You left for London, when you were nineteen 
Had to pull off your nice clothes, just living on dreams
A man in the bright lights took all that you own 
Now he's taken your freedom for a fate unknown 
But you were a rich girl, hardly having fun 
Your worn out dresses, brought stares from everyone
Hey, little rich girl where did you go wrong? 

Hey, little rich girl you've been away for so long 
And now little rich girl, my words are in this song
Hey, little rich girl my love for you is gone 
And now little rich girl, I know where you went wrong 

At your dad's office party all the movies were blue 
Caused him so much heart ache, because the screen star was you
You left for London, when you were nineteen 
Had to pull off your nice clothes, but you were living on dreams 
You were a rich girl, and only having fun 
But your worn out dresses, brought stares from everyone

Hey, little rich girl where did you go wrong? 
Hey, little rich girl where did you go wrong?
Hey, little rich girl where did you go wrong?

(Instrumental)

looking at the world
through lace curtains
would they like you out there?
you're not certain
scared of walking down the street
you never know who you might meet
or who you might bump into
they're out there waiting for you
housebound
you daren't go out
(cos you're housebound)
you wanna go out
(cos you're housebound)
there's no way out
(cos you're housebound)
you daren't go out!
rearrange the ornaments
when you're feeling down
push the hoover round and round
what a lovely sound!
housebound
you're all left out
(cos you're housebound)
you wanna go out
(but you're housebound)
you scream and shout
(cos you're housebound)
you daren't go out!
the moths inside the wardrobe
the mirror on the door
love your latest outfit
that's what friends are for!
housebound!
you daren't go out
(cos you're housebound)
you wanna go out
(but you're housebound)
you scream and shout
(cos you're housebound)
you don't go out!
housebound
you're living in doubt
(cos you're housebound)
you wanna go out
(but you're housebound)
there's no way out
(cos you're housebound)
you don't go out!
people calling just distract you
from the endless talk
of changing channel, brightness, volume
colour and contrast
there's a curfew on you
you're losing all contact
you just don't know what to do
you're caught in a housetrap!
housebound
you're all left out
(cos you're housebound)
you wanna go out
(but you're housebound)
you scream and shout
(cos you're housebound)
you daren't go out
(cos you're housebound)
you're living in doubt
(cos you're housebound)
you wanna get out
(but you're housebound)
there's no way out!

Good evening ladies and gentlemen
This is your captain speaking
Welcome aboard DC-10 flight number 1313
We will be cruising at a height of 25,000 feet at an air speed of 600 miles per hour
  Headphones will be provided by request for a varied program of in-flight music
Have a good flight

safety belts and sickness bags
jet lag travel pills
duty free booze and fags
make me feel ill
take a trip from A to B
away from your world's gravity
it all seems so absurd to me

i feel the carpets on the walls
of hotel rooms around the world
i never want to hear a scream
of teenage girls in other people's dreams

spread the disease
from the South China Seas
to the Beach Hotel, Malibu
phone my girlfriend to ask her
how's her weekend
i say hi Terry here
and she says Terry who
the hell are you

the businessmen are having fun
are on a different plane to me
i've lost touch with reality
they all seem so absurd to me
like well dressed chimpanzees

spend and spend and spend and spend
will the muzak never end
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking
Due to expected engine failures we will be forced to attempt an emergency landing
Please remain seated, extinguish all cigarettes, and fasten safety belts
Follow the emergency procedures laid out in the pamphlet located in front of your seats
For normal breathing, oxygen masks will be released from the compartmentabove your head
Please remain calm and follow the instructions of your stewardess at alltimes       
This is a recording...

what you gonna do
when guests drop in on you
we won't go away
'cause we've come out to stay
stand there like parked cars
if you want to
we can't force you to enjoy this music

take it or leave it 
we'll carry on regardless
if you don't like it
you don't have to use it

it's up to you, up to you, black
it's up to you, up to you, white
it's up to you, up to you, unite
it's up to you, up to you, or fight

looks like a case of
the blind leading the deaf to me
you must be bored out of your pants

in London town you can Use A Huge Dance Set hear the youth themsay
'take warning'
it's up to you what you really want to do
for you were standing on the corner
giving trouble when the policeman comes
he says you have to move on the double
stepping up the street with my little rude girl
with her strapless to her ankles
it's up to her what she really want to do
it's up to you, you
so strictly you and you

what you gonna do
when morons come for you
and they won't go away
they want the whole world painted grey

if you ever hear a noise in the night
your body starts to sweat
it shakes with shivers in fright
you go and sleep with your mother
she hates your guts
she knows that you love her
so she holds you tight
all through the night
until the broad daylight
but when she doesn't come home
you have to sleep alone
then you wet your bed
and i think that's sad
for a girl of nineteen
it's more than sad it's obscene

and your girlfriend's sweet little seventeen
she's got her layered hair
and her flared jeans
you know what that means
she's just a little queen
she shares your London flat
she thinks her bloke knows where it's at
although he stinks
and when it rains you wear your hat
and your plum coloured
P.V.C. wet look mac
you tie your ginger hair back in a bun
you're the ugliest thing under the sun

and you think it's 'bout time that you died
and i agree
so you decide on suicide
you've tried but you've never
quite carried it off
you only want to die in order to show off
and if you think it's gonna bleed all over me
you're even wronger
than you'd normally be
if you only things you wanna see are kitsch
and the only things you wanna be is rich
and your little pink up-pointed nose has a twitch
i think you know you're just a little bitch

The man in black he told me the latest Moscow news about the storm across the red sea
They drove their ball point views
I'm the man in grey, I'm just the man at C & A 
And I don't have a say in the war games that they play 
 
Warning, warning, nuclear attack 
Shark attack to hit you on your back 
World war three
The Mickey Mouse badge told the Ayatollah at his feet 
You drink your oil you schmuck, we'll eat our heads of wheat
I'm the man in grey, I'm just the man at C & A 
And I don't have a say in the war games that they play 

Boom shakalaka boom 
Nuclear nuclear, nuclear war 
Warning, warning, nuclear attack 
The boom never ban 
Shark attack

this one's for the bouncers
big. big monkey man

aye aye aye, aye aye aye
everybody funking up the big monkey man
aye aye aye, aye aye aye
everybody funking up the big monkey man

i never saw you, i only heard of you
funking up the big monkey man
i never saw you, i only heard of you
funking up the big monkey man

it's alright, it's alright
everybody funking up the big monkey man
it's alright, it's alright
everybody funking up the big monkey man

now i know that, now i understand
you earning the monkey money
now i know that, now i understand
you earning the monkey money

i said i'm gonna find a way to Banbury Cross
try to see the monkey brother i lost
he drinks funny drinks and wears funny clothes
he sing a little song wherever he be
'cause he's a monkey
'cause he's a monkey
'cause he's really really monkey man

free nelson mandela
free, free, free, nelson mandela
free nelson mandela

twenty-one years in captivity
his shoes too small to fit his feet
his body abused but his mind is still free
are you so blind that you cannot see
i say
free nelson mandela
i'm begging you
free nelson mandela
he pleaded the causes of the ANC
only one man in a large army
are you so blind that you cannot see
are you so deaf that you cannot hear his plea
free nelson mandela
i'm begging you
free nelson mandela
twenty-one years in captivity
are you so blind that you cannot see
are you so deaf that you cannot hear
are you so dumb that you cannot speak
i say
free nelson mandela
i'm begging you
oh free nelson mandela, free nelson mandela
i'm begging you, begging you
please free nelson mandela, free nelson mandela
i'm telling you, you've got to free nelson mandela

free me from this prison
just for a while
let me out
if only for one night on the tiles
from up on the roof
you can see the girls so far away
i'm going over the wall
i need a holiday
this is a life sentence
what did you expect?
what you want is not always quite
what you're gonna get
you see you'll never own me
so you can't lock me away
i promise i'll come back
let me go for just one day
free me from this prison
just for a while
let me out
if only for one night on the tiles
you hold the key
please don't throw it away
i promise to come back
let me out for just one day
this is a life sentence
what do you expect?
what you want is not always quite
what you're gonna get

is this the place to be
what am i doing here
watching the girls go by
spending money on

sleep all day
it's the only way
i'm a parasite
i creep about at night

hey, hey i don't work
'cause i don't have to
i don't have to work
there's no, no work to do

i'm a
nite klub - i'm a member of a
nite klub - i'm a parasite
nite klub - i creep a lot at night
nite klub - a full paid member of the night klub
nite klub - i'm a member of a

i won't dance
in a klub like this
all the girls are sluts
and the beer tastes just like piss

if you have a racist friend
now is the time, now is the time
for your friendship to end
be it your sister
be it your brother
be it your cousin or your
uncle or your lover
if you have a racist friend
now is the time, now is the time
for your friendship to end
be it your best friend
or any other
is it your husband or your
father or your mother?
tell them to change their views
or change their friends
now is the time, now is the time
for your friendship to end
so if you know a racist
who thinks he is your friend
now is the time, now is the time
for your friendship to end
call yourself my friend?
now is the time to make up your mind
don't try to pretend
be it your sister
be it your brother
be it your cousin or
your uncle or your lover
so if you are a racist
our friendship has got to end
and if your friends are
racists don't pretend to be my friend
so if you have a racist friend
now is the time, now is the time
for OUR friendship to end
GOODBYE

rock and roll 1 2 3 4

raquel go to hell
raquel go to hell
raquel go to hell
raquel go to hell

you can do anything that you want to do
play the guitar if it pleases you
play your guitar or sing out of tune
but don't step on my blue suede shoes
you can play any game that you want to play
say anything that you want to say
work in the night, sleep in the day
just as long as you don't want to do it with me
just as long as you don't want to do it with me

raquel go to hell
raquel go to hell
raquel go to hell
raquel go to hell

you can play any game that you want to play
say anything that you want to say
work in the night and sleep all through the day
fall on your knees and pray
you can do anything that you want to do
climb in your car if it pleases you
play your guitar, sing out of tune
just as long as you don't want to do it with me
just as long as you don't want to do it with me
just as long as you don't want to do it with me
just as long as you don't want to do it with me
just as long as you don't want to do it with me
just as long as you don't want to do it with me

you're working at your leisure
to learn the things you'll need
the promises you'll make tomorrow
carry no guarantee

i've seen your qualifications
you've got a Ph.D.
i've got one art O level
it did nothing for me

working for the rat race
you know you're wasting your time
working for the rat race
you're no friend of mine

you plan your conversation
to impress the college bar
just talking about your mother
and daddy's Jaguar

wear your political T-shirts
and sacred college scarf
discussing the worlds situation
but just for a laugh, you're

working for the rat race
you know you're wasting your time
working for the rat race
you're no friend of mine

he's just a stereotype
he drinks his age in pints
he drives home pissed at night
as he listens to his stereo
he spends his weekends with a load of blokes
he forgets the punchline when he tells a joke
he wants to go out he don't want to go home
till his nicotine fingers
are stuck down his throat
he blamed his fiancee when he caught V.D.
the doctor said no drink for 17 weeks
he wants to go out but he has to stay home
sit in and watch colour T.V. on his own

the tablets are finished the cure is complete
he hasn't had a drink now for 17 weeks
17 pints tonight is the night
it goes straight to his head
he ends up in a fight
the police chase him home
through the dark rainy night
a fluorescent jam sandwich with flashing blue light
his mum's waiting up - she hopes he's alright
but he's wrapped round a lamppost on
saturday night

court's in session
oy oy oy oy
what you mean oy oy oy oy?
me say court in session

order, my name is Judge Roughneck
and i will not tolerate
any disobedience in my courtroom
Rude boy, you are to be brought in front of me
and charged with smashing this woman's window
but before i sentence you
what have you got to say in your defense?

i was walking down the street one night
when i saw her silhouette in the bathroom light
her way of life leaves nothing to hide
with her frosted glass shattered curtains open wide

naked woman, naked man
where did you get that nice suntan?
you live in a castle built of sand
naked woman, naked man
naked from your bath
you go naked to your bed
(hush up)
i can't stop the hatred running
through my head
(silence in court)
order! rude boy
you have led me to believe
that you was going out with a girl
and she left you and married someone else
so you got drunk and you smashed up
your ex-girlfriend's property
i have come to one conclusion
that is to sentence you to five months in prison
before they take you down to the cells
what do you have to say for yourself?

he wanted to be something
but she knows he never will
she's got him where she wanted him
and forgot to take her pill
and he thinks she'll be happy
when she's hanging up the nappies
if that's a happy marriage
i prefer to be unhappy

married woman, married man
where did you get that family plan?
Misses Ewe and Mister Ram
where did you get that lovely lamb?

naked woman, naked man
where did you get that nice suntan?
naked woman, naked man
where did you get that nice suntan?

take him away

put out my cigarette
and switch off the TV set
this is not the life for me
i'm going out tonight
put on my trendy clothes
and head for where the in crowd goes
might find true love who knows
tonight might be the night
will you be there? will you see me?
in the lonely crowd
i can hear you can you hear me?
everybody's talking so loud
i want some freedom
from the tedium
i've got no where to go tonight
i'm in the lonely crowd
so turn the lights down low
and play the music loud
what the hell is wrong in here?
there's nothing going on and on
did someone cut the atmosphere
with a knife?
stare at each other
wondering what is the matter
mutter in a nervous stutter
do you call this life?
i can see you can you see me?
in the lonely crowd
i can hear you can you hear me?
everybody's shouting loud
give me some freedom
from the tedium.
we've got nowhere to go tonight
i'm in the lonely crowd
so turn the lights down low
and play the music loud

why me have to go leave that town here ya know
because it too hot

too hot, this town is too hot
now they're calling for their guns
about to spoil the rude boys' fun
but the rude boys
never give up their guns
it's too hot

no man, can tell them what to do
pound for pound they say they're ruder than you
they are the boss and no back down
you might have a couple you like
choose your burial site
take insurance make up your will
come out and tell them, fight them
the soldiers came back to you without them
the police force are afraid
they can't even touch them
they said 'you think you're bad
why don't you come out yourself'
these boys are calling for a fight
fighting tonight they don't lie
it's too hot
too hot, too hot
too hot, too hot

you've done too much, much too young
now you're married with a kid
when you could be having fun
with me - oh no, don't give me no more pickney

ain't he cute, no he ain't
he's just another burden
on the welfare state

call me immature, call me a poseur
i'd love to spread manure
in your bed of roses
don't you wanna be rich
don't you wanna be famous
bit i'd really hate to have
the same name as you

give we the birth control
we no want no pickney
you've done too much, much too young
now you're chained to the cooker
making current buns
for tea
no give, we no give, no more pickney

ain't you heard of the starving millions
ain't you heard of contraception
do you really want a programme of sterilization
state control of the population boom

it's in your living room
keep a generation gap
try wearing a cap

you've done too much, much too young
now you're staying in every night
watching programmers on T.V.

bombs to settle arguments, the order of the boot
can you hear them crying in the rubble of Beirut?

i can still see people dying, now who takes the blame?
the numbers are different, the CRIME is still the same...

from the graves of Belsen where the innocent were burned
to the genocide in Beirut, Israel was nothing learned?

i can still hear people crying, now who takes the blame?
the numbers are different, the CRIME is still the same

bombs to settle arguments, the order of the boot
from the graves of Belsen, to the ruins of Beirut

i can still see people dying, now who takes the blame?
the numbers are different, the CRIME is still the same

why did you try to hurt me?
i got to know
did you really wanna kill me?
tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
why do we have to fight
why must we fight
i had to defend myself
from attack last night
i know i am black
you know you are white
i'm proud of my black skin
and you are proud of your white so
why did you try to hurt me?
tell me why, tell me why tell me why

do you really wanna kill me?
tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
we don't need no British Movement
nor the klu klux klan
nor the National Front
it make me an angry man
i just wanna live in peace
why can't you be the same?
why should i live in fear?
this fussin' and fightin's insane
with a nazi salute and a steel cap boot
nazi salute and a steel cap boot
you follow like sheep inna wolf clothes
you follow like sheep inna wolf clothes
we chase you out the dance hall
we chase you through the door
we chase you out the dance hall
we chase you through the door
cos we can't take no more of this at all
cos we can't take no more of this at all
with a nazi salute and a steel cap boot
tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
you follow like sheep in a wolf clothes
tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
you're too scared to make a speech
during the light
without a thousand police protecting your rights
to threaten and abuse, incite fight
but who will protect me
from you in the night
why did you try to hurt me?
tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
do you really wanna kill me?
tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
with a nazi salute and a steel cap boot
tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
you follow like sheep inna wolf clothes
tell me why, tell me why, tell me why

is everybody happy?

you can't come in
you can't come in

you're wondering now what to do
now you know this is the end
you're wondering how you will pay
for the way you did behave
the curtain has fallen
now you're on your own
i won't return
forever you will wait
you're wondering now what to do
now you know this is the end
you're wondering now what to do
now you know this is the end