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Gotta Gettaway You know there ain't no street like home To make you feel so all alone Plenty of folk to tell you what to do But they don't speak the same language as you (Chorus:) They wanna have me here Have me and hold me near Hold me down fasten and tie But the cars are all flashing me Bright lights are passing me I feel life passing me by The fuss is buzzing in my head My father argued and my mother begged It's not their words ain't tugging at me But gotta stretch them break them get myself free (Chorus) Gotta gotta gettaway Gotta gotta gettaway I'm leaving home Wait And See When we started we thought we were great Tho' nobody else agreed Just you and I wasting our time Playing and singing out of key And they said we played too loud Cos we didn't play for their crowd But we just told them 'Wait and see' We had no money but still we went on Trying to get some gear A smashed-up cymbal and an old snare drum Our financial state was clear And they said we should give up Said we didn't have a hope And we still told them 'Wait and see' We worked harder got better in every way Got some other friends involved Pretty soon we found we knew how to play We'd got all our problems solved But I swear to this day I could see you drifting away But I told myself 'Wait and see' Then came the day you said goodbye We tried to smile but had to cry You knew that you'd be missed But we wished you all the best But still we wished you would stay Till then you were a part of everything And everything that might have been And now that everything has turned into what is If you'd have waited you'd have seen But you gave yourself the sack Now there's no turning back Now all you future's 'Wait and see' You're not good enough, You're not good enough You're not good enough to be a dance band They told us But we're not giving up, We're not giving up We're not giving up We'll show them Fly The Flag Gimme a country that's red white and blue Gimme the British way honest and true Gimme the chance to be one of the few Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme Gimme a kingdom where people are free Free to do and free to be Free to screw you before you screw me Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme (Chorus:) Cos I'm alright I'm alright, Union Jack Fly the flag Gimme a Britain that's got back the Great A race of winners not cramped by the State And only the helpless get left at the gate Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme At The Edge Back when I was younger they were talking at me Never listened to a word I said Always yap yap yapping and complaining at me Made me think I'd be better off dead I don't want to talk about it I don't want to hear no lip Take your share don't shout about it That's your lot remember you're a kid They would always teach me that to swear was a sin Always speak your mind but not aloud Think of something that you want to do with your life Nothing that you like that's not allowed I've no time to talk about it All your stupid hopes and dreams Get your feet back on the ground son It's exams that count no football teams (Chorus:) And I'm running at the edge of their world They're criticising something they just can't understand Living on the edge of their town And I won't be shot down Taught me to defend myself and to be a man How to kick someone and run away Gave me everything that any young man could need But don't understand why I won't stay Here's your room and here's your records Here's your home and here you'll stay Here's somewhere I don't believe in Wish someone would take it all away (Chorus - repeat) Nobody's Hero I think it's time we talked this over I think you've taken this too far I never wanted to be different Didn't ask to be nobody's star Try and take control of it Cos what you see is what you get Try and take control of it And not me You say there's talk of revolution - so what's new? You say there's fighting in the air You think that I've got the solutions But do you really think that's fair? Try and take control of it Cos what you see is what you get Try and take control of it And not me (Chorus:) Don't wanna be nobody's hero Don't wanna be nobody's star Don't wanna be nobody's hero Get up get out be what you are You think it's time you took me over To do what you can't do yourself But don't let heroes get your kicks for you It's up to you and no-one else Try and take control of it Cos what you see is what you get Try and take control of it And you'll see (Chorus) You think you're nobody And I get all the fun But no-one is a nobody Everyone is someone (Chorus) Be what you are Bloody Dub (instrumental) Doesn't Make It Alright 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 (Chorus:) It doesn't make it alright It doesn't make it alright It's the worst excuse in the world And 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 (Chorus) Just because you're a black boy Just because you're a white Doesn't mean you've got to hate him Doesn't mean you've got to fight (Chorus) It doesn't make it all It doesn't make it all It doesn't make it all right I Don't Like You If I thought you could find a way I'd tell you to go get lost But why ask you to pay attention When your brain can't stand the cost Look at you And the state you're in Next to you Even a brick is thin (Chorus:) You oughta scratch from the human race You are a waste of a name A waste of time and a waste of space You've only one claim to fame I don't like you If a thought came into your head It would die of loneliness You rate absolute zero No more and not even less Look at you Oh what a state Next to you Short planks are underweight (Chorus) Annoyed, annoyed, No I'm not paranoid Cos that would mean I have to care And I couldn't be annoyed You don't entertain ideas You simply bore them You couldn't find your feet If you were looking for them Looking at you It's hard for me Next to me Is nowhere to be (Chorus) No Change Why do you talk that way? It's not what you used to say Can't you see things my way? I feel so strange I'm still the friend you knew Surely you know it's true? Why can't I get it through That there's no change One day things were o so right But all that changed overnight And now it seems that all we do is fight Why should things be different now? I try to talk but you just row It seems that's how you want it anyhow Why can't you just see It's you who's changed not me? Those thoughts are in your head They're not real But you still talk that way That's all you'll ever say You'll never see things my way I feel so strange I'm still the friend you knew Tho' you can't see it's true Why don't you get it through That there's no change Tin Soldiers He joined up to get a job And show he wasn't scared Swapped boy scout hat for army cap At the age of 17 he was forced to choose Now at the age of 21 he's in Catch 22 He joined up for just three years It seemed a small amount But they didn't tell him That the first two didn't count At the age of 17 how was he to know That at the age of 21 he'd still have one to go? (Chorus:) Tin soldier He signed away his name Tin soldier No chance for cash or fame Tin soldier Now he knows the truth Tin soldier He signed away his youth He joined up cos Dad knew best To do right by his son Now he hates and counts the dates That mark time on square one At the age of 17 he did as he was told Now at the age of 21 tin still won't turn to gold (Chorus) If at the age of 17 you fall in line too soon At the age of 21 you'll still march to their tune Tin soldiers You sign away your name No chance for cash or fame You never see the truth You sign away your youth You go and join the queue Do what they want you to They take away your name They treat you all the same Sign away you life |