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It's De-Lovely


I feel a sudden urge to sing
The kind of ditty that invokes the spring
So control your desire to curse
While I crucify the verse

This verse you've started seems to me
The "Tin Pan-tithesis" of melody
So to spare you all the pain
I'll skip the darn thing and sing the refrain

Do so mi do la si
Take it away

The night is young, the skies are clear
So if you wanna go walkin', dear
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

I understand the reason why
You're sentimental, 'cause so am I
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

You can tell at a glance what a swell night this is for romance
You can hear, dear Mother Nature murmuring low "Let yourself go"

So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when I kiss you, just say to me
"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious,
It's dilemma, it's de limit, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely"

Time marches on and soon it’s plain
You won my heart, and I lost my brain
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

Life seems so sweet, that we decide
It’s in the back to get yulefied
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

See the crowd in that church
See the proud parson plot on his perch
Get the sweets, beats of that organ ceiling are doomed
Here goes the groom, boom!

How they cheer, and how they smile
As we go galloping down the aisle
It's divided, it's deviding, It's de-wunderbar, it's de-victory,
It's de-bottom, it's debiddem, It's deluxe, it's de-lovely!

The night is tight, and so we take
A few hours after we eat wedding cake
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

It feels so fine to be a bride
And house the groom while he is slightly fried
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

To the pop of champagne
Off we hop in our plush little plane
Till a bright light through the darkness calls early calls
Niagara Falls

All’s well my love, our day is complete
What a beautiful bridal suite
It's dreamy, it’s drowsy, it’s de-reverie, it’s de-rhapsody,
it’s de-regal, it’s de royal, it’s de ritz, it’s de-lovely!

We settle down as man and wife
To solve the riddle called married life
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

 

Radio

He's chosen my attic
I feel it in the static
He lives in my basement
And I can hardly face it
My performance is easy
I am the god of romance
And in my confusion
I have the right to reign

He's stolen my Oscars
He trades on my jokes
He makes all my engines go oh oh oh
He put an "e" in the arsenal
A comb in my 'fro
Devine retribution
And away we will go
Hey hey hey hey

Something's happening I can feel it
Moving out of time you'll hear it
Falling in the way you fear it
Jumping thumping shout out something
Jumping thumping shout out something

Listen to the radio
And you will hear the songs you know
Make it effervescent here
And you might have a job my dear

I'm searching for something
Beyond my understanding
Looking for meaning
Where nothing is demanding
There are no surprises
Where nothing is expected
If you offer nothing
Then everyone accepts

He's stolen my Oscars
He trades on my jokes
He makes all my engines go oh oh oh
He put an "e" in the arsenal
A comb in my 'fro
Devine retribution
And away we will go
Hey hey hey hey

Something's happening I can feel it
Moving out of time you'll hear it
Falling in the way you fear it
Jumping thumping shout out something
Jumping thumping shout out something

Listen to the radio
And you will hear the songs you know
Make it effervescent here
And you might have a job my dear
Ouch
Ouch
Ouch
Radio
Ouch
Ouch ouch
Ouch
Radio

*He's stolen my Oscars
He trades on my jokes
He makes all my engines go oh oh oh
He put an "e" in the arsenal
A comb in my 'fro
Devine retribution
And away we will go
Hey hey hey hey

*Something's happening I can feel it
Moving out of time you'll hear it
Falling in the way you fear it
Jumping thumping shout out something
Jumping thumping shout out something

*Listen to the radio
And you will hear the songs you know
Make it effervescent here
And you might have a job my dear

*sung simultaneously

Listen to the Radio
Listen to the Radio
Listen to the Radio
Listen to the Radio

 

Misunderstood

Trying to be misunderstood
But it doesn´t do me any good
Love the way they smiled at me
Held their face for eternity
Now let them all fly off

When it comes down
It all comes down
And you will not be found

When it´s over
It´s all over
Even if I make a sound

I´ll be misunderstood
By the beautiful and good
In this city

None of it was planned
Take me by the hand
Just don´t try and understand

Trying to be misunderstood
Just a product of my childhood
And still I find myself outside
You can´t say I haven´t tried
Perhaps I tried too hard

No excuses
I won´t apologise
Or justified your lies

Come and find me
Tell them to me
Look me in the eyes

I´ll be misunderstood
By the beautiful and good
In this city

None of this was planned
Take me by the hand
Just don´t try and understand

Can´t forgive – sorry to say
You don´t know you´re guilty anyway
Isn´t it funny how we don´t speak
The language of love

 

Northern Town

Oh
In a Northern Town
In a Northern Town
We were getting down
In a Northern Town
We were getting down

Having good times
Having good good times
In a Northern Town
In a Northern Town

Get together
Have some good times, baby
Can you feel it

Have a good time
Good times coming
To you
Good times
Good times

I was dancing
I was singing
Good times

In a Northern Town
In a Northern Town
We were getting down
In a Northern Town
We were getting down

Having good times
Having good good times
In a Northern Town
In a Northern Town

Get together
Have some good times, baby
Can you feel it

All alone
All alone
But I´m all alone now
But I´m all alone now

We´re good friends
Having good times
Yah
Yah
Yah
Yah

 

1974

Into bursting, into flames
You burn so brightly
To shame the shamed
Feeling feelings, were never yours
You woke up screaming
1974
1974
74, 74, 74, 74

Child of the 80’s
The Hillsborough crush
That girl in the fourth year
That was up the duff
Lisa Parkes I loved you
But you never saw
A year below you
1974
1974

You’re face now fear here
You’re getting skanks
Must be a reason
why i’m shooting blanks

If you were the somewhere
Right in my life
The only saviour
You’re mine tonight

Big wheel turning
Down by the river
Found my calling
Down by the river

Wanna live forever
So far so good
Now I trust myself better
God I wish you would

I’ve never been unfaithful
Good with the law
I know I’ve been faithful
1974
1974

I’ll die in your footsteps
Trade on your name
I’ll kill you with kindness
If you hurt me again
Standing in the rain
Thinking of you tonight

I’ve been searching for a meaning
Trying to find a wife
Loving all persons
To make it alright
I’ve been singing in the rain
Watching over you tonight

Stunned by the saddest
songs she used to sing
Don’t look for tomorrow today

Goodbye dear Sunday
It’s been fun now it’s Monday
Everything’s coming up roses

Child of the 80’s
1974
Child of the 80’s
1974
Child of the 80’s
1974
Child of the 80’s
1974


 

Do Me Now

Liberate a whale, liberate Wales
Liberate abortion, liberate males
I don’t mind

Ban the bomb, bang a gong
Ban fake fur, put a real one on
I don’t mind

Oh my head, I’m moving to the Med
Those cats know how to boogie
This E’s done nothing to me

Her retort was just a passing thought
Put the munchies down now scooby
I’m leaving in an hour
You better do me now

Prosecute Ghandi, persecute God
Elevate Bono, eliminate Rod
I don’t care

World War 4, the Beatles touring
And Chernobyl fallout, global warming
I don’t care

Oh my head, I’m moving to the Med
Those cats know how to boogie
This pill’s done nothing to me

Her retort was just a passing thought
Put the munchies down now scooby
I’ve got to catch a plane
You’d better do me now

In for me, in for me, you’ve all got it in for me
In for me, in for me, don’t tell me a story kid
You fucking bore me

Oh my head, I’m moving to the Med
Those cats know how to boogie
This speed’s done nothing to me

Her retort was just a fleeting thought
Put the munchies down now scooby
Going in an hour
You better do me

Oh my head, I’m gonna stay in bed
This cat don’t wanna boogie
The pills just pass right through me

Her retort was just a fleeting thought
Put the scooby snacks down, dooby
I’m getting on a plane
You better do me now


Please, Please

There's scary monsters in my bedroom tonight
They´re playing off-on-off-on-off with the lights
Without permission they just dizz up the lights
And they're not seeing the lights, alright

I wish they go and talk to Jesus instead
Cause now they're bored and want to mess with my head
I know I´m lonely but I won´t share my bed
All the things that you do when you´re dead

Please, please
Aahaahaahaaa
Please, please
Aaahaaahaahaa
Please, please
Aaahaaahaahaa
Please, please
Aaahaaahaahaa
Oh, you're breaking my heart

When I was young I didn't know what to do
I started thinking maybe I was dead too
A world of actors watching me, watching you
Till I hadn´t a clue what was true

Don´t send the sandman to a sensitive kid
And make-up monsters in my house where they live
You'll beat the demons that they scare themselves with
I know cause you know that I did

Please, please
Aahaahaahaaa
Please, please
Aaahaaahaahaa
Please, please
Aaahaaahaahaa
Please, please
Aaahaaahaahaa
You're breaking my heart

Oh, I´m so scared
With knowing there´s no one
Or knowing there´s somebody there

Mental arithmetic
Make me a lunatic
Hey to the heretic
I´m feeling alright, it´s alright

Please, please
Aahaahaahaaa
Please, please
Aaahaaahaahaa
Please, please
Aaahaaahaahaa
Please, please
Aaahaaahaahaa
Oh, are you breaking my heart


(I Feel It) But I Can't Explain

I walk into a room
I say how do you do
They look at me and I look back at them
I slip into a chair
They say are you prepared I said I do not know

Sometimes I feel it but I can't explain
Sometimes I need and want them through my vains

Now there's ten in front of me
Asking me what do I see
I see nothing but butterflies and
Tests I did not know
The answers will not show
And all I see is butterflies and

Sometimes I feel it but I can't explain
Sometimes the answer's running to my brains

And in the long run you always said I'll be there beside you
And in the long run you always thought I'll be there to guide you

Sometimes I feel it but I can't explain
Sometimes I need it like a running train
Sometimes I feel it in my pride
Sometimes I take it in my stride

Slow down feelings
Loved up with you
I can't feel my legs
I can't feel you

Slow down feelings
Loved up with you
The night before an hour, too
On my back and leaving you
Falling down the stairs and seen it through
Falling down feelin' this
Monday morning I feel out of sorts
But that's ok

Dried up and dreaming
Punching and screaming
Feeling the morning through

Duuududududuudu
Duuududududuudu
Duuududududuududududu
Duuududududuudu
Duuududududuudu
Duuududududuududududu

 

Chemical Devotion

It’s in the laxative they’re cutting in the cocaine baby
It’s in the heroin, the ecstasy they’re mixing lately
Give me the boys and girls in bathrooms getting plenty friendly
With just the thought of us debauched and in the missionary

Watch me out of my skull
Watch me out of my mind
I’m out of control
But I’m still alive
Go get me cigarettes
Watch the circus pass by
Twos up on an eighth
All back to mine

What a feeling
Got steep my sweet dysfunction
I’ll keep on kneeling
For my chemical devotion
Let me kiss the ceiling
It’s just a notion for you
More than a feeling
That sweet devotion for you

It’s in the black sick and the choking on the blood and your tears
It’s in the echo of the jackdaw ringing in your ears
Watch me out of my gates
Ill advised, unprepared
No one gave a shit
When nobody cared
Another wasted talent
But that’s just fine
Two’s up on an eighth
All back to mine

What a feeling
Got steep my sweet dysfunction
I’ll keep on stealing
For my chemical devotion
Don’t kiss the ceiling
More than a potion for you
More than a feeling
That sweet devotion for you

I can’t take the fever from you
I don’t want to neither
They’re dropping science on you
You just need a breather
I’ll be looking over you

Overlooking me
It’s all in God’s time
All back to mine

What a feeling
Got steep my sweet dysfunction
So appealing
This chemical devotion
Got to kiss the ceiling
More than an ocean for you
More than a feeling
That sweet devotion for you

Shallow in the deep end
Got steep my sweet dysfunction
And I can depend
On chemical devotion
It’s like my best friend
That keeps the world in motion
I’ve got to defend
My chemical devotion

 

The Postcard

I don’t remember receiving your postcard
I never got much post so it shouldn’t be too hard
You were on holiday with your school in some french town
And when you were away i took debbie to The Crown

I feel as though the past is closing in on me
I found a photograph of me and kimberly

I found your postcard and i put it on the wall
I found your picture you know tears were bound to fall
I didn’t write you songs when we were going out
So why should i start now you are not about

I feel as though the past is closing in on me
I found a photograph of me and kimberly

We hardly used to even drink we didn’t smoke
We’d walk home from the pub ‘cause we were always broke
So when your mother called and said that you were dead
I thought she was talking of another kim instead

I feel as though the past is closing in on me
I found a photograph of me and kimberly

She said it seems you accidentally overdosed
It was so long since i’d talked to her and once we were so close
And i’m left with all these things i didn’t say
And a picture of you in my arms the day you went away

I feel as though the past is closing in on me
I found a photograph of me and kimberly