The Great Escape

1. Stereotypes
2. Country House
3. Best Days
4. Charmless Man
5. Fade Away
6. Top Man
7. The Universal
8. Mr. Robinson`s Quango
9. He Thought Of Cars
10. It Could Be You
11. Ernold Same
12. Globe Alone
13. Dan Abnormal
14. Entertain Me
15. Yuko And Hiro

Stereotypes (top)

the suburbs they are dreaming
they are a twinkle in her eye
she`s been felling frisky
since her husband said good-bye
she wears a low cut t-shirt
runs a little BIB
she`s most accommodating
when she`s in her lingerie

wife swapping is the future
you know that it would suit you

yes, they`re stereotypes
there must be more to life
all your life you are dreaming
from time to time you know
you should be going on another bender

the suburbs they are sleeping
but he`s dressing up tonight
she likes a man in uniform
he loves to wear it tight
they are on the lovers sofa
they are on the patio
and when the fun is over watch
themselves on the video

the neighbors may be staring
but they are just past caring

Country House (top)

(so the story begins)
city dweller, successful fell
thought to him self
oops i`ve got a lot of money
i`m caught in retrace terminally
i`m a professional cynic
but my hearts not in it
i`m paying the price of living life
at the legal limit
caught up in the centuries anxiety
it preys on him, he`s getting thin

now he lives in a house,
a very big house in the country
watching afternoon repeats
and the food he eats in the country
he takes all manner of pills
and piles up analyst bills in the country
it`s like and animal farm
lost of rural charm the country

now he`s got morning glory,
life`s a different story
everything going jackanyory
in touch with his own mortality
he`s reading balzac,
knocking back prozac
it`s helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland
oh, it`s the centuries remedy
for the faint at the heart
a new start

he lives in the house,
a very big house in the country
he`s got a fog in his chest
so he needs a lot of
rest in the country

he doesn`t drink smoke laugh
he takes herbal, baths in the country
oh it`s like an animal farm
but you`ll come to no harm in the country
blow blow me out i am so sad
i don`t know why

Best Days (top)

dow bells say good bye to the last train
over the river they all go again
out into leafy nowhere hope someone
waiting out there for them
cabbie has his mind on a fare to the sun
he works nights but it`s not much fun
picks up the london yo yo`s,
all on their own down soho
please take me home

other people wouldn`t want to hear you
if you said that these are
the best days of their lives
other people would turn around
and laugh at you
if you said that these were
the best days of our lives

trellick tower`s been calling
i know she`ll leave me in the morning

in hotel cells listening to dial tones
remote controls and cable moans
in his drink he`s been talking
gets disconnected
sleepwalking back home

Charmless Man (top)

i met him a crowded room
where people go to drink away
their gloom
he sat me down and so began,
the story of a charmless man
educated the expensive way,
he know his claret from a beaujolais
i think he`d like to of been ronnie kray
but the nature didn`t make him that way

he thinks he`s educated,
airs those family shares
will protect him that we will respect him
he moves in circles of friends
who just pretend that they like him
he does the same to them,
and when you put it all together
there`s a model of a charmless man

he knows that swingers and their cavalry
says he can get in anywhere for free
i began to go a little cross eyed
and from this charmless man
i just had to hide

he talks at speed he get nose bleeds
he doesn`t see his days
are tumbling down upon him
and yet he tries so hard to please
he`s just so keen for you to listen
but no one is listening
and when you put it all together
there`s the model of a charmless man

Fade Away (top)

they stumbled into their lives
in a vague way became man and wife
one got the other
they deserved one another
they settled in a brand new town
with people from the same background
they kept themselves busy
long hours left them dizzy
now when he`s in she`s out

all you ever do is fade away
they are not making plans
because they understand
all you ever do id fade away

he noticed he had visible lines
she worried about her behind
their birth had been the death of them
it didn`t really bother them
no when she`s in he`s out

Top Man (top)

this is a pubic waning
be careful when you are out
we are having freaky weather
there`s a lot of it about
the terraces are swinging
he`s a monkey on the roof
you`ve seen him on the telly
so let me introduce your host tonight

T.O.P.M.A.N
he`s naughty by nature
on doubles and chasers
he`s a little boy racer
shooting guns on the high street of love

in a crowd it`s hard to spot him,
but anonymity can cost
he`s never cheap cheerful,
he`s hugo and he`s boss
he`s riding through the desert
on a camel light
and on a magic carpet,
he`ll flay away tonight
open sesame

T.O.P.M.A.N.
sees her in double
then pukes on he pavement
likes her all clean and shaven
shooting guns on the high street of love

The Universal (top)

this is the next century
the universal is free
you can find it anywhere
yes, the future has been sold
every night we are gone
and to kareokee songs
we like to sing along
although the words are wrong

it really, really really could happen
when the days seen to fall straight through you
just let them go

no one here is alone
satellites in every home
the universal is here
here for everyone
every paper that you read
says tomorrow is your lucky day
well, here`s your lucky day

Mr. Robinson`s Quango (top)

mr robinson and his quango
dirty dealer, expensive car
runs the buses and the evening star
he got a hair piece and he got herpes
his private life is very discreet
a nicer man you`ll never going to meet

a self professed saviour
of the dim right wing
he`s got respitory problems
and a masons ring

mr robinsons and his quango
drinks with the general
and the county wives
yes the family business is doing all right
they are doing tango`s
down in the quango`s
he makes them tick
and he makes them tock
and if he doesn`t like you
he`ll put you in the dock

he just sits in the leather chair
and twiddles his thumbs
get his secretary in and pinches her bum

he ran into the toilet in the town hall
got a biro out and wrote on the wall
i`m wearing black french knickers
on under my suit
i`ve got stockings and suspenders on
i`m feeling rather loose

oh i`m a naughty boy
oh i`m a naughty naughty boy

He Thought Of Cars (top)

moscow`s still red
they young mans dead
gone to heaven instead
the evening news say he was confused
the motorways will all merge soon
lottery winner buys the moon
they`ve come to save us
the space invaders are here

he thought of cars
and where, where to drive them
and who to drive them with
and there, there was no one, no one

there`s panic at london heathrow
everybody wants to go up into the blue
but there`s a then year queue
columbia in top gear
it shouldn`t snow at the time year
now americas shot gone
and done the lot

he thought of planes and where,
where to fly to
and who to fly there with
and there, there was no one, no one

It Could Be You (top)

churchill got his lucky number
but tomorrow there`s another
could be me could be you
no silver spoon
sticky teeth they rot too soon
you`ve got to have the best tunes
or that`s it you`ve blown it

all we want to be happy
in our homes like happy families
be the man on the beach with
the world at his feet
yes, it`s could be you

the likely lads
are picking up the uglies
yesterday they were just puppies
beery slurs now life`s a blur
telly addicts
you should see them at it
getting in panic
will we been there
trafalgar square?

so don`t worry
if it`s not your luck number
because tomorrow there is another
could be you, could be me

Ernold Same (top)

eronold same awoke
from the same dream
in the same bed at the same time
looked in the mirror
made the same frown
and felt the same way as he did every day
then ernold same caught the same train
at the same station, sat in the same seat
with the same nasty stain
next to same old what`s his name
on his way the same place
to do the same thing
again and again... poor old ernold same
oh enrolled same
his world stays the same today
will always be tomorrow
poor old enrolled same
he`s getting that felling once again
nothing will change tomorrow

Globe Alone (top)

who the maddest one on the M1
who hasn`t stopped sucking his thumb
who very straight and never grins
who cares what car he`s driving in

he is because
he saw it on a commercial breadk
and if he doens`t get what
he wants then he`ll get a headache
because he wants it, needs it,
almost loves it
he`s here on his own, globe alone

who joined health club to glisten
into hi fi precision
who`s mobile phone gives him the bone
who very keen on sharon stone

who only eats at the new brasserie
who only ever gets merry
who wouldn`t be seen at bed time
without putting calvin kleins on

Dan Abnormal (top)

meanie leanie come on down
come and entertain the town
it`s friday night and we`re all bored
times been called there is no more
times been called it`s such a bore

dan abnormal not normal at all
it`s not his fault we made him this way
he`ll imitate you try to ape you
but it`s not his fault dan watches tv

the meanie leanie stays up late
mopes around gets in a state
he the iller in you arcade
killing gangstas ready made
cuase that is where the futures made

teleport me

dan went to his local burger bar
i want McNormal and chips
or i`ll blow you to bits
give us it

it`s miseries at half past three
watching video nasties
he has dirty dreams wife he`s asleep
dan`s just like you you see
he`s the meanine leanie

Entertain Me (top)

the weekend is back
but so is he
head to the floodlights
see the fraternity
they are waiting
i hear them up in the north
an down in the south
an all that is spewing
spewing out of his month

entertain me
at his and hers dating
bored minds agree
requirements to be stated
replies awaited
she wants a loose fit
he wants instant whip
he gusstimates her arrival
will she want it really badly

entertain me

a car, a house both in street
the boredom of the sober week
the weekend is here, hip hip hooray
to make the blues just go away

entertain me

Yuko And Hiro (top)

this is my work place
and these are the people i work with
yuko and hiro
we work together we work for the company
that works to the future
they will protects us
we work together

i never seen you
we are never together
i`ll love you forever

i drink in the evenings
it help with the relaxing
i can`t sleep without drinking
we drink together
from monday to saturday
i go to my workplace
but on sunday we are together
yuko and hiro

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