You know, quite for no reason I’m here for the season And high as a kite¡º Living in error With maud at cap ferret (which couldn’t be right)… Everyone’s here, and frightfully gay; Nobody cares what people say, Though the riviera Seems really much queerer Than rome at its height! On wednesday night I went […]
I could be a smack freak And hate society I could hate god And blame dad I might be in a holocaust Hate hitler Might not have a child And hate school I could be a sad lover And hate death I could be a neuro And hate sweat No I hate my way I […]
I’m the darkness in the light I’m the leftness in the right I’m the rightness in the wrong I’m the shortness in the long I’m the goodness in the bad I’m the saneness in the mad I’m the sadness in the joy I’m the gin in the gin-soaked boy I’m the ghost in the machine […]
I know you’ve tried I know you’ve cried I know you’ve died a little inside, but… Baby you could be famous You could see your marble face all around Baby you could be famous If you could just get out of this town Just get out of this town now Baby you could be famous […]
I told the stars above about the one i love I told the morning sun, yeah i’m telling everyone I told my mum and dad, they seemed to understand And i’ll get through to you if it’s the last thing that i do Everybody knows that i love you Everybody knows that i need you […]
N: quand je t’ai connu V: tu citais boris vian, camus V: le nez dans tes songbooks N: et toi qui te prenais pour zouc N+v: ensuite on a vielli V: tu t’es durci N: j’ai vu alfie N: je sais c’est quelque brutal N: mais la nature est animale… N: et pourtant N+v: qui […]
My parents knew these people who For all their faults were very nice; They owned a farm whose "olde worlde" charm Earned it the name of "paradise". We came to stay one holiday, We played croquet and burned our arms; But i was charmed and lost for words, When first i heard the birds of […]
Over the houses The streets and the trees Over the dogs down below They’ll bark at our shadows As we float by on the breeze Tonight we fly Over the chimney tops Skylights and slates – Looking into all your lives And wondering why Happiness is so hard to find Over the doctor, over the […]
Ten Apes turn into men And grapes turn into wine How we made it to nine I’ll never know Eight Man looks for a mate But fate plays cruel tricks And seven turns to six Still he’s alone Along comes number five Eureka i’m alive I think therefore i am A lucky man Three From […]
Back at the house a bottle is found And opened in honour of those who have drowned While we who have not are stricken with guilt And dutifully see that not one drop is spilt We’re drinking to life, we’re drinking to death We’re drinking ’till none of our livers are left We’re winding our […]
