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Sham 69 IF THE KIDS ARE UNITED
for once in my life i've got something to say i wanna say it now for now is today a love has been given so why not enjoy so let's all grab and let's all enjoy if the kids are united then we'll never be divided if the kids are united then we'll never be divided just take a look around you what do you see kids with feelings like you and me understand him, he'll understand you for you are him, and he is you if the kids are united then we'll never be divided if the kids are united then we'll never be divided if the kids are united then we'll never be divided if the kids are united then we'll never be divided i don't want to be rejected i don't want to be denied then its not my misfortune that i've opened up your eyes freedom is given speak how you feel i have no freedom how do you feel they can lie to my face but not to my heart if we all stand together it will just be the start if the kids are united then we'll never be divided if the kids are united then we'll never be divided
MONEY
so you wake up every morning just to work and face yourself but then somebody tells you that your owned by someone else so what's it all about it's money work it out the people of the world today so tired and so lost their argument for freedom is how much does it cost so what's it all about it's money work it out money, money all around seek the game before it drags you down, down acting the crime stealing the time concrete jungle hunters with one arm bandit eyes mother natures army retreats to hide and cry so what's it all about it's money work it out money, money all around seek the game before it drags you down, down acting the crime stealing the time c competition tickets for holidays in space while terroristocrats (????) will lead the human race so what's it all about it's money work it out money, money all around seek the game before it drags you down, down acting the crime stealing the time
FLY DARK ANGEL
i'm a gypsy i'm a stroller i'm a sailor lost at sea i've walked on a tightrope i've fallen but survived trying always to be so kind but losing out to peace of mind i was left at the circus when the big top was pulled down always trying to show the two faces of a clown humble pie crumbles in my mouth why my prides left on the shelf god how we feel with the wind in short supply birds can sing the morning hymn days of grey, nights of black wishing wells and bells of hell fly dark angel fly fly away so you want to be a hero then over the top you go a bullet frightened soldier a deserted warrior everythings an opposite your joker is your one card trick god how we feel with the wind in short supply birds can sing the morning hymn days of grey, nights of black wishing wells and bells of hell fly dark angel fly fly away birds can sing the morning hymn days of grey, nights of black wishing wells and bells of hell fly dark angel fly fly away
JOEY'S ON THE STREET
as he combed his hair the night called out his name like every hero he has to brag and show his fame well joeys got to prove he's the leader of the pack but once you start a running there ain't no turning back he's the kid that cried wolf and got the blame so joeys on the street again but his freedoms running out when you play with fire one tear can put it out everybody wants joey to act his age but like an eagle he's locked in a parrots cage well joeys got to prove he's the leader of the pack but once you start a running there ain't no turning back he's the kid that cried wolf and got the blame so joeys on the street again but his freedoms running out when you play with fire one tear can put it out so he winks to the mirror and brides don't wear his ring even if i could i'm still there try again well joeys got to prove he's the leader of the pack but once you start a running there ain't no turning back he's the kid that cried wolf and got the blame so joeys on the street again but his freedoms running out when you play with fire one tear can put it out
COLD BLUE IN THE NIGHT
they tried to tell me who i am well i've listened to you all but you don't understand the cold blue in the night is gonna make me feel alright don't tell me that i'm wrong taste the feeling then move on eyes all around but there out of sight late night express get ready for the crash the mornings injured wounds the soldiers last retreat don't tell me that i'm wrong taste the feeling then move on someones got to help me sympathy defeats me i can't help myself someones got to help me the tigers still inside me i can't help myself eternal smell of lonely darkness the captured fox on a village hunt the lions jagged tongue coming out and then undone don't tell me that i'm wrong taste the feeling then move on someones got to help me sympathy defeats me i can't help myself someones got to help me the tigers still inside me i can't help myself
YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I
can you judge a man by the way he wears his hair can you read his mind by the clothes that he wears can you see a fat man by the pattern on his tie then mister you're a better man than i mister you're a better man than i could you tell a wise man by the way he speaks or spells is this more important than the stories that he tells and call a man a fool if for wealth he doesn't strive then mister you're a better man than i mister you're a better man than i can you condemn a man if your faith he doesn't hold say the colour of his skin is the colour of his soul can you say that men for king and country all must die then mister you're a better man than i mister you're a better man than i
HERSHAM BOYS
robin hood, robin hood here we are again living each day outside the law trying not to do what we did before country slang with the bow bell boys so close to the city we ain't got much choice council estates or tower blocks wherever you live you get the knocks but the people round here they are so nice stop being naughty take our advice hersham boys, hersham boys lace up boots and corduroys hersham boys, hersham boys they call us the cockney cowboys it's down to the hop for the local girls the're not beauty queens but they're our pearls but when you go to bed tonight don't worry about us, we're alright hersham boys, hersham boys lace up boots and corduroys hersham boys, hersham boys they call us the cockney cowboys ............................ (???????) ............................ (???????) that's right guvnor jack the lad know what i mean, eh know what i mean hersham boys, hersham boys lace up boots and corduroys hersham boys, hersham boys they call us the cockney cowboys
LOST ON HIGHWAY 46
my lifes a book with the pages ripped out a jigsaw puzzle with one piece missing living in the shadow of someone else pictures of his life in my haunted house mysteries of meanings all around me when i'm asleep the silence is broken whispers of hell are so demanding frustrated moments at a hollywood screen wearing a mask, do you know what i mean heartbeats talk louder than dreams once gone but twice returned lost emotions overheard yes i can hear you jimmy dean but i'm alive, i'm not dead he takes the fantasy to find an ending a lonely search of give and taking running too fast to ever see he's alive never understanding he wonders why truth is the lodgers said goodbye once gone but twice returned lost emotions overheard yes i can hear you jimmy dean but i'm alive, i'm not dead we have a 611 on highway 46 west of junction 7 a porsche in the west hand lane a man dead can you send some assistance 10-4 ambulance on the way eta 10 minutes over okay i'm waiting for assistance over oh my god, i think it's james dean
VOICES
voices in my head shouting their pain while everyone around me is taking the blame i hear their crying, i shed their tears i've been rolling the dice for so many years voices, what do you want of me voices, which way do i turn voices, nightmares and mind games put down on paper for rock and roll puppets to laugh at jailers of passion on a one way street only mirrored reflections of people i meet so turn on the noise hit yourself in the face well i've got the card to beat your ace voices, what do you want of me voices, which way do i turn voices, nightmares and mind games put down on paper for rock and roll puppets to laugh at temptations all around me but i've got no choice emotions of an animal on a tightened lead time is a circle on a telephone i hear it ringing but i'm not at home problems are shallow so don't look back black and white checkmate i won so hows that voices, what do you want of me voices, which way do i turn voices, nightmares and mind games put down on paper for rock and roll puppets to laugh at
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
as soon as we are born we're told what to say and do but only a friend can know the you that's you so think before you do what they say it's your life so go your own way questions and answers, honesty, lies yes, no, you can't, but you can if you just try arguements your statement just say look i'm alive just doing what you think is right will help you to survive so think before you do what they say it's your life so go your own way questions and answers, honesty, lies yes, no, you can't, but you can if you just try there is noone that should tell you what you can and cannot be the world was made for all of us for you and yes for me so think before you do what they say it's your life so go your own way questions and answers, honesty, lies yes, no, you can't, but you can if you just try
WHAT HAVE WE GOT (LIVE)
what have i got i've got you what have i got i got you what have i got i got you what have i got i've always got you they can take everything i've got they can chuck it all away but i will always say i've had a good day what have we got we've got you what have we got we've got you what have we got we've got you what have we got we've got you some things you need your days are over son you'll have to runaway i said no i've been here anyway what have i got i've got you what have i got i got you what have i got i got you what have i got i've got you take me as you are or leave i don't care cos i'll always do to the best that i know i'll do for you and i want to say thankyou thankyou
BORSTAL BREAKOUT (EXTENDED VERSION)
the aliens are coming and we don't know what to do kids are fighting, kids like me and you we got to survive so tell us the truth it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out we're taking the blame and they're saying that's life well they don't understand we're just angels with dirty faces so take a look around you individuals rule it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out no mistake it's all still a fake questions and answers, win or lose so hey little rich boy what have we got it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 84, 84, 84 do you want some more do you want some more
Sham 69 LEAVE ME ALONE
leave me alone i need no-one leave me alone i can get by on my own i don't need you to tell me what i've gotta do today i get up every morning to the sound of my alarm and if that isn't enough me mum and dad is yet to come me mum is always moaning that me dad is always broke i feel sorry for me dad he's only got his drink and his smoke leave me alone i need no-one leave me alone i can get by on my own i don't need you to tell me what i've gotta do today i'm sick and tired of this boring routine it's the same everyday i've got me mum nagging me boss is nagging i'm always late for work i don't really care i'll still have a laugh anyway leave me alone i need no-one leave me alone i can get by on my own i don't need you to tell me what i've gotta do today i wish they'd understand me but i know they never will and eating my bloody breakfast won't change the way i feel they talk about the old days the things they never had well that was yesteryear mum and this is today dad leave me alone i need no-one leave me alone i can get by on my own i don't need you to tell me what i've gotta do today
WHO GIVES A DAMN
running for the bus in my flash blue suit someone shouts out poof so i put in the boot i don't want to wear it it's my boss that tells me to so when you laugh at me you only laugh at you anyway who gives a damn i'm doing the best i can anyway who gives a damn i'm doing the best i can everybody's on a lead we're all dogsbody's look at me in anger but i've got to survive so when you look at me you better run and hide i don't want to go to work but i've got to get my pay the weekend's getting nearer i won't go in on monday anyway who gives a damn i'm doing the best i can anyway who gives a damn i'm doing the best i can everybody's on a lead we're all dogsbody's looking out the window people everywhere but nobody's looking at me cos nobody really cares two stops to go i'll soon be there but it's five past eight oh shit i'm late anyway who gives a damn i'm doing the best i can anyway who gives a damn i'm doing the best i can everybody's on a lead we're all dogsbody's i've listened to the gossip from my row to the next some little boys' lost his conkers and his aunties budgies' dead i don't think i can take much more of this week and the next but it ain't no good me worrying it'll always be the same anyway who gives a damn i'm doing the best i can anyway who gives a damn i'm doing the best i can everybody's on a lead we're all being taken for a walk
EVERYBODYS RIGHT EVERYBODYS WRONG
i'm the baby's got to burp i'm the kid with kicked out teeth cut off then rejected stole then given back i'm a jumper on the wrong way with the label sticking out i've been hung up to dry but the dirt just won't come out everybody's wrong everybody's right someone must be wrong when someone else is right everybody's wrong everybody's right you tell me that i'm wrong then you tell me that i'm right i'm the baby that kept on crying and his dad said leave him alone i'm the kid with the stick who wants to grow up quick i'm a jumper on the wrong way with the label sticking out i've been hung up to dry but the dirt just won't come out everybody's wrong everybody's right someone must be wrong when someone else is right everybody's wrong everybody's right you tell me that i'm wrong then you tell me that i'm right don't tell me i'm mixed up you stupid little boy i'm wrong you're right i couldn't give a damn i know that you don't need me so watch me walk away but before i go you better give me my week's pay i'm someone you don't understand i'm the fool that laugh's and cries i'm loved i'm hated oh what's going on i'm a jumper on the wrong way with the label sticking out i've been hung up to dry but the dirt still won't come out everybody's wrong everybody's right someone must be wrong when someone else is right everybody's wrong everybody's right i get up in the morning and i go to bed at night
THAT'S LIFE
morons all around me not one of them can tell me what i should say or do i don't know where i'm going but i gotta get there soon i say you've gotta help me but they don't wanna know me i don't know what to do my mum's gonna go cranky and me dad'll beat me black and blue they're saying that's life but i'm taking the blame they're saying that's life but i'm taking the blame when i go to football i get into trouble everywhere's the same and when i go to work i'm in trouble again they're saying that's life but i'm taking the blame they're saying that's life but i'm taking the blame kid's are fighting kid's and no one gives a damn we're eating a clockwork orange but i'm spitting out the pips they're saying that's life but i'm taking the blame they're saying that's life but i'm taking the blame
WIN OR LOSE
you're at the start i get a kick in the arse then go in behind me and he grab's a pen look at the form this one is sure to win oh come on this ones sure to win they're under orders i get my money in they're off so i pull out a fag it's five to one my life has just begun oh come on this ones sure to win go on my son my life is win or lose go on my son i've got a right to choose i wanna win i don't wanna lose he's at the back i light another fag they're in the straight i'm getting in a state he's moving up i give out a cheer they tell me to shut up two left to run he's right at the front looks like i'm nearly home he comes alive boy he's speeding up he's drawing away i'm shouting out hooray i'm going out tonight go on my son my life is win or lose go on my son i've got a right to choose i wanna win i don't wanna lose
HURRY UP HARRY
come on come on hurry up harry come on come on come on hurry up harry come on we're going down the pub we're going down the pub now listen here harry if we're going down the pub you'd better tell your mum and dad and finish up your grub i wish you'd listen to me no, i don't want a cup of tea come on come on hurry up harry come on come on come on hurry up harry come on we're going down the pub we're going down the pub you're telling me to grow up but harry don't you see if i tried to act my age i wouldn't be me we never do anything so now's the time to begin come on come on hurry up harry come on come on come on hurry up harry come on we're going down the pub we're going down the pub you don't have to tell me that the thing's i do are wrong but everything i do in life is with us right or wrong now i think i understand how to have some fun come on come on hurry up harry come on come on come on hurry up harry come on we're going down the pub we're going down the pub
EVIL WAY
been in the pub since half past five all day long i've laughed and cried i'm like you i need a drink or two mum's down the bingo it's friday night dad's down the dogtrack i hope he has a fight i'm alright i know what i want tonight i'm gonna get my end away i'm gonna get my end away i'm gonna get my evil way i don't know what i'm doing but i don't care i'd better go to the loo i'm just about to ...bleugh but i'm like you i need a drink or two i wanna girl but there's nothing in here just old men and pints of beer but i'll be alright if i get what i want tonight i wanna get my end away i wanna get my end away i wanna have my evil way oh look at that harry lovely innit innit handsome hey oh what a pair on that what could you do with that i could do with that definitely oi darling, over here love, come on come and have a good time with us i wanna get my end away i wanna get my end away i wanna have my evil way
SUNDAY MORNING NIGHTMARE
me dad don't want me coming home late from the disco and me mum doesn't want me hanging around with the lads me brother thinks he looks like john travolta and me sister thinks she's olivia newton john it's a sunday morning nightmare a sunday morning nightmare a sunday morning nightmare i've been drinking too many pints of lager i've been getting into to many bleedin' fights i came home with sick all down me trousers i've got lovebites all around me neck i've got a sunday morning nightmare a sunday morning nightmare a sunday morning nightmare don't do it, they won't let us do it don't do it, they won't let us do it don't do it, they won't let us do it don't do it, they won't let us do it i've got a sunday morning nightmare a sunday morning nightmare a sunday morning nightmare don't tell me dad i've just smashed up his car and don't tell me mum i've got me bird in the club tell my brother not to wear my clothes and tell me sister to get her boyfriend outta me bed i've got a sunday morning nightmare a sunday morning nightmare a sunday morning nightmare don't do it, they won't let us do it don't do it, they won't let us do it don't do it, they won't let us do it don't do it, they won't let us do it
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
who's got a dirty face then angels with dirty faces angels from nowhere places kids like me and you running fighting down the street ain't got no money but i don't cry we're the people you don't wanna know we come from places you don't wanna go angels with dirty faces angels from nowhere places kids like me and you i'm never sad but sometimes lonely doing things someones told me we're the people you don't wanna know we come from places you don't wanna go angels with dirty faces angels from nowhere places kids like me and you angels with dirty faces angels from nowhere places kids like me and you i'm a rebel stuck with a label trying to be someone in life we're the people you don't wanna know we come from places you don't wanna go angels with dirty faces angels from nowhere places kid's like me and you
IS THIS ME OR IS THIS YOU
is this me or is this you look in the mirror who do you see do you see you or do you see me is this me or is this you look in the mirror who do you see do you see you or do you see me i don't know i just do what you say my life's what i'm told to do i've been doing it all for you i wish i knew, then i'd know what to say i don't know what to do i don't know what to say is this me or is this you look in the mirror who do you see do you see you or do you see me is this me or is this you look in the mirror who do you see do you see you or do you see me now i know i've been looking at you you are what i see as me so i can't see what i want to be is this me or is this you look in the mirror who do you see do you see you or do you see me mirror, mirror you tricked me i'm not the thing's you said i'd be you've stolen all my dreams from me and left me with reality, reality is this me or is this you look in the mirror who do you see do you see you or do you see me is this me or is this you look in the mirror who do you see do you see
reality, reality reality
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