I choose my friends only far too well I'm up on the pavement, they're all down in the cellar With their government grants and my I.Q. They brought me down to size, academia blues Louise is a girl, I know her well She's up on the pavement, yes she's a weather girl And I'm staying up here so I may be undone She's inappropriate, but then she's much more fun and When she smiles my way My eyes go out in vain She's got perfect skin Shame on you, you've got no sense of grace, shame on me Ah just in case I might come to a conclusion Other than that which is absolutely necessary And that's perfect skin Louise is the girl with the perfect skin She says turn on the light, otherwise it can't be seen She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin And she's sexually enlightened by cosmopolitan and When she smiles my way My eyes go out in vain For her perfect skin Yeah that's perfect skin She takes me down to the basement to look at her slides Of her family life, pretty weird at times At the age of ten she looked like greta garbo And I loved her then, but how was she to know that When she smiles my way My eyes go out in vain She's got perfect skin Up eight flights of stairs to her basement flat Pretty confused huh, being shipped around like that Seems we climbed so high now we're down so low Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one
Jennifer we can't go wrong lets put it in writingJennifer we can't go wrong lets do it right nowMaybe you're a little hastyBut they say love is blindNow her name's on youHer name on youHer name on youJennifer in blueDid you ever have a bad dream wake up and it not stop?Did you ever feel for a girl for a time and then stop?Well it's written there in blueWith a heart and arrow throughHer name on youHer name on youHer name on youJennifer in blueOh forever you said that's forever you said yes foreverAnd forever she said that's forever she said yes foreverStill it's written there in blueWith a heart and arrow throughHer name on youHer name on youHer name on youJennifer in blueOh forever you said that's forever you said that's foreverAnd forever she said that's forever she said yes foreverBup ba da da da da, Bup ba da da da daBup ba da da da daBup ba da da da da, Bup ba da da da daBup ba da da da daBut you change with the weatherYou change with the weatherWith the weatherThis is the rain
Hey I was walking my bag Through a 20 storey non stop snow storm Pirrelli calendar girls wrestling in body lotion My head's swimming with poetry and prose Excuse me one moment whilst I powder my nose Me and my good thing are just about as close as can be We gave up sleep at the age of 17 My world's getting bigger as my eyesight gets worse I can't see the lines on my idiot board What about love? I don't let that stuff in my house This is the glamorous life there's no time for fooling around Lord have mercy I know what I'm doing I don't need an alibi I need a fire escape and an open window It's my problem it's nothing I can't deal with I'm not chasing anything just jogging baby What's your bag? Hundred million dollar jam Got some traffic yessir in my nose Motorcycle speed cops burning up my dust roads My baby left me heck ain't that a shame She's over in the corner with my new best friend I'm doing fine with my whisky and wine And meet me in the john john meet me in the john john Lord have mercy ...What's your bag? Spin spin whisky and gin I suffer for my art Bartender I got wild mushrooms growing in my yard Fix me a quart of petrol clams on the half shell Feels like prohibition baby give me the hard sell More give me more give me more more more I'm your yes man yes ma'am I'm your yes man Lord have mercy...
There you go again Alma tell me when Will you never learn And now you're underweight And overpaid You will not be saved And you're pushing 38 Heaven knows your train is late Although my chance is slim You percieve the state you're in Is good for one last fling In a drastic dress you walk in drastic steps Revealing no interest You know it seems you won't be spared And you're so much wiser unaware, unaware Independent means being alone and being Good for one last fling So there you go again Alma tell me when Will you ever learn Instead you walk in these drastic steps When you know too well You're train has left, you're train has left
it took a lost weekend in a hotel in amsterdam and double pneumonia in a single room and the sickest joke was the price of the medicine are you laughing at me now may i please laugh along with you this morning i woke up from a deep unquiet sleep with ashtray clothes and miss lonelyheart`s pen with which i wrote for you a lovesong in tatoo upon my palm `twas stolen from me when jesus took my hand you see i i wouldn't say it if i didn't mean it drop me and i`ll fall to pieces too easily i was a king bee with a head full of attitude wore my heart on my sleeve like a stained my aim was to taboo you could we meet in the marketplace did i ever hey please did you wound my knees you see i i wouldn't say it if i didn't mean it drop me and i`ll fall to pieces yes it`s too easy and there's nobody else to blame will i hang my head in a crying shame there is nobody else to blame nobody else except my sweet self again it took a lost weekend in a hotel in amsterdam twenty four gone years to conclude in tears that the sickest joke was the price of the medicine are you laughing at me now may i please laugh along i was a king bee with a head full of attitude and ashtray heart on my sleeve wounded knees and my one love song was a tatoo upon my palm you wrote upon me when you took my hand you see i i wouldn't say it if i didn't mean it drop me and i`ll fall to pieces too easily
I've been bought and sold I've been hung upside down So you can hear me breathing Do you think it's easy I've been aching all through summer I've been aching just to fall Cut me down I've been billy name and filled my pockets with sand I've seen everything I hang upon your pretty frown I have wasted all my summer I've been aching just to fall Cut me down All she had too much class to mention Were the things he never knew All the things she left unspoken Were the things he needed So I'm not hurting anymore I've been bought and sold and I've been hung upside down Can you hear me breathing do you think it's easy I may find it hard to follow I've been aching just to fall Cut me down
Walking in the pouring rain Walking with Jesus and Jane Jane was in her turtleneck I was much happier then
If I were to ask you What would you do with yourself? If I were to tell you Would you just talk to yourself?
Am I asking oh for so much? I'm not asking to be understood Am I asking oh for so much? I'm just looking for a brand new friend A brand new friend
Walking in the pouring rain Walking with Jesus and Jane Jane was in her turtleneck I was much happier then
Am I asking oh for so much? You could do anything you wanted to Am I asking oh for so much? No, just something that I can hold down 'Cause it's all downhill now
So let me count the times that we swore and lied that we'd Tie ourself to the railway line Let me count the times when of course we lied Well we knew no better, it was no crime Let me count the times
I, well I don't know when I, when I'll be content But I do know I need a brand new friend
Should you awake dear from your beauty sleep To find your room swimming in blue and green Should you awake to feel like you'd never slept And feel so very old well don't you feel alone I'm kind of blue blue for you again I guess I'm a fool at least I'm not innocent But what to do whatever I touch turns blue And should you find yourself lost but in no need of sympathy Calm down to the beach and watch the waves come in I dream the ocean was in my house I feel the surf against my skin But I just can't keep the waves from dragging me down But when you say Ooh baby you're my best friend Then I lose I lose my common sense I'm kind of blue it's the truth Should you awake dear from your beauty sleep To find your room swimming in blue and green Should you awake to feel like you'd never slept And feel so very old Well don't you feel alone I'm kind of blue blue for you again I guess I'm a fool at least i'm not innocent But what to do whatever I touch turns blue Blue for you again I guess I'm a fool at least I'm not innocent I may be blue but don't you let me make you blue Too
Jodie wears a hat although it hasn't rained for six daysShe says a girl needs a gun these daysHey on account of all the rattlesnakesShe looks like Eve marie saint in on the waterfrontShe reads Simone de Beauvoir in her American circumstanceShe's less than sure if her heart has come to stay in San JoseAnd her never-born child still haunts herAs she speeds down the freewayAs she tries her luck with the traffic policeOut of boredom more than spiteShe never finds no trouble, she tries too hardShe's obvious despite herselfShe looks like Eve Marie Saint in on the waterfrontShe says all she needs is therapy, yeahAll you need is, love is all you needJodie never sleeps 'cause there are always needles in the hayShe says that a girl needs a gun these daysHey on account of all the rattlesnakesShe looks like Eve Marie Saint in on the waterfrontAs she reads Simone de Beauvoir in her American circumstanceHer heart, heart's like crazy pavingUpside down and back to frontShe says "ooh, it's so hard to loveWhen love was your great disappointment."
You will never be no good No you will never be no good D'you know what I'd do if I could Chop you up into firewood Because you have sinned far too many times You have sinned far too many times And you will pay for all your crimes You will never be no good Not not ever no good You know it's hard to sympathise You know it's hard to sympathise When you never tell nothing but lies And it's hard to sympathise You say you're born in the barrel of a gun Some say you're born in the barrel of a gun You were your mother's seventh son And no excuse could be a good enough one And don't you love her madly You want to be her daddy Well that won't do you no good You might just slip into the priesthood You will never be no good No you will never be no good D'you know what I'd do if I could And then we'd all receive a knighthood You'll never be no good
She crossed herself as she put on her thingsShe has promised once before not to live this wayIf she don't calm down she will burn herself outLike a forest fire, well doesn't that make you smileIf you don't slow down, I swear that I'll come roundAnd mess up your place, let's go for a spinThey say we shouldn't even know each otherAnd that we'll be undoneDon't it make you smile like a forest fireI believe in love, I'll believe in anythingThat's gonna get me what I want and get me off my kneesThen we'll burn your house down, don't it feel so goodThere's a forest fire every time we get togetherHey pick you up, put you downRip you up and spin you roundJust like we said we would'cause we're a forest fireBelieve you me, we'll tear this place downIf we get caught in this wind, then we could burn the oceanIf we get caught in this scene, we're gonna be undoneIt's just a simple metaphorIt's for a burning loveDon't it make you smile like a forest fire
I choose my friends only far too well I'm up on the pavement, they're all down in the cellar With their government grants and my I.Q. They brought me down to size, academia blues Louise is a girl, I know her well She's up on the pavement, yes she's a weather girl And I'm staying up here so I may be undone She's inappropriate, but then she's much more fun and When she smiles my way My eyes go out in vain She's got perfect skin Shame on you, you've got no sense of grace, shame on me Ah just in case I might come to a conclusion Other than that which is absolutely necessary And that's perfect skin Louise is the girl with the perfect skin She says turn on the light, otherwise it can't be seen She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin And she's sexually enlightened by cosmopolitan and When she smiles my way My eyes go out in vain For her perfect skin Yeah that's perfect skin She takes me down to the basement to look at her slides Of her family life, pretty weird at times At the age of ten she looked like greta garbo And I loved her then, but how was she to know that When she smiles my way My eyes go out in vain She's got perfect skin Up eight flights of stairs to her basement flat Pretty confused huh, being shipped around like that Seems we climbed so high now we're down so low Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one
You will never be no good No you will never be no good D'you know what I'd do if I could Chop you up into firewood Because you have sinned far too many times You have sinned far too many times And you will pay for all your crimes You will never be no good Not not ever no good You know it's hard to sympathise You know it's hard to sympathise When you never tell nothing but lies And it's hard to sympathise You say you're born in the barrel of a gun Some say you're born in the barrel of a gun You were your mother's seventh son And no excuse could be a good enough one And don't you love her madly You want to be her daddy Well that won't do you no good You might just slip into the priesthood You will never be no good No you will never be no good D'you know what I'd do if I could And then we'd all receive a knighthood You'll never be no good
