unknown

Why'd you never listen to me?
I could be invisible to you
Anyway it doesn't matter now
'cos i have met somebody new

Sorry if your heart is broken
Why's your mouth just hanging open?
Don't look so surprised
I found another guy

Terry wants my photograph
Terry says our love will last forever
And he should know
That boy terry's not the kind
To mess around and change his mind
Terry is as tough as marlon brando

Now he's waiting for me
I just had to break the news to you
You'd better hide your face a while
If he gets mad there's no telling what he'll do

You can see the door is open
So if you don't want your nose broken
You had better go away
'cos terry's coming round today

Terry wants my photograph
Terry says our love will last forever
And he should know
(terry said he'll never let me go)
That boy terry's not the kind
To mess around and change his mind
Terry is as tough as marlon brando

He's been making eyes at me
It started long ago
So when he said he loved me
I just had to say "i know, i know, i know, i know, i know, i know, i know, i know, i know, i know"

You thought you were such a smartie
But terry knows about karate
There's other things he's good at too
Terry's not a bit like you

And terry wants my photograph
Terry says our love will last forever
And he should know
(terry said he'll never let me go)
That boy terry's not the kind
To mess around and change his mind
Terry is as tough as marlon brando

I went up to the corner to ask about the boys
It gets to mean a lot to me, i like that kind of noise
They had a look and they were nowhere to be found
That's when i heard that same old sound
It's the boys i love
It's the boys again
They're really good to see
It's the boys i need, it's my main man
And they sure sound good to me

I thought i liked the music until it hit my ears
I kissed them all twice and i bought them some beers
Took them back to my place and we danced all night
'cause when they're rocking everything's all right

It's the boys i love
It's the boys again
They're really good to see
It's the boys i need, it's my main man
And they sure sound good to me

Some guys talked about the death of rock & roll
This crazy talk just blurs the borders and oh
And i know

[guitar solo]

The boys and me ain't never gonna part
There's four of them but i've got a strong heart
We're going to practice all together
'cause the more we do it well we just get better

It's the boys i love
It's the boys again
They're really good to see
It's the boys i need, it's my main man
And they sure feel good
Sure feel good
Sure feel good
Sure feel good to me

You take a final look around
And then you put your house key down
Upon the table by the note
You take your handbag and your coat
You don't want too much to carry
To slow you down on your way

You picture his face
In the morning
As he way going to work
Without saying a word
You saw the face
Of a stranger
It wasn't always like this before
His face like a stranger
You didn't know what to say
So you are going away
From the face of a stranger
And not the lover you knew before

Why should you want to call your friends
Why should you want to start again
You tried explaining through the years
But it would always end in tears
And one thing you know for certain
You've said goodbye to the place

But still you picture his face . . .

Somewhere a telephone
Is ringing in an empty room
Miles away
You are looking at a new town
But you are thinking of the past
The rain is falling down
Why do you keep that photograph

Of his face like a stranger
As he was going to work . . .

Annie i see your face in a window
Now you're a single i can't leave you out you see
You are my friend so do me a favour
Don't even say the whole thing's a catastrophe

Wild on the town
We had no time to write our adventures down
We've been around

Never a day goes by i don't thank you
You paid for me to have a spanish holiday
We drove them crazy, fell about laughing
Swimming and drinking all the sunstroked day away

Out of our heads we could wind up the dead with a word or two
Here's to you

We're going to run away from all of this to somewhere good someday
We're going to run away from all of this to somewhere good someday

I can remember when we seemed older
Ever so bold we packed some punches now and then
When you were going out with an airbrain
I helped you realise and you felt better then
Friends don't need passports
But sometimes we need some telepathy
You and me

We're going to run away from all of this to somewhere good someday
We're going to run away from all of this to somewhere good someday

And when things aren't so good
Don't let them get you down
If you ever need us then you know we'll be around
I don't just mean me
We'll care for you
And you know that is true
Well you should by now

Anyhow
We're going to run away from all of this to somewhere good someday
We're going to run away from all of this to somewhere good someday

The sun disappears bringing fears that come only at night
With hopes and dreams that will wither away in the light
And thoughts wander back to the girl with the perfect smile
Who said she would never leave you alone
But she had to spend some time on her own for a while

There's more than one nightmare at large in this city tonight
You know you can't shut out the dark with the neon light
Deep in the town the night birds are walking
And somewhere a heart is being broken
One lonely soul finds a bar that stays open all night

It's alright until the night when you can't forget she went away

It's alright until the night when you can't forget she went away

A song drifts along from a bar where a jukebox plays
And triggers the memory of happier summer days
Drive to the beach, sun on the water
Love was in reach and you never saw that
The sun was sinking and love was fading away

I'm a lucky girl
I've got lots of friends to keep me company
When i need them around
They know my number and they call on me
So i just didn't miss you at all
At night when you should have called
I was really having a ball

Never knew much about you
Hadn't had that much effect on me
I was happy alone
I used to think so independently
So when you stopped coming around
Instead of going underground
I really hit the town

I had a party
I thought for a while i was getting over you
It shows just how wrong i could be

I've made a point of never thinking back on the past at all
I figured out that wishes have never changed the world before
So my time was sown up tight
For years i thought i had it right
But you changed my ideas overnight
'cos i thought for a while i was getting over you
It shows just how wrong i could be

To think that i could fool myself
Into thinking i didn't care
And now i see reflections of you everywhere
Still a lucky girl is bound to lose out every now and then
I'd know what to do if i could only have that chance again
I know i couldn't make you wait
And i wouldn't make the same mistake
I just hope that it's not too late
'cos i thought for a while i was getting over you
It shows just how wrong i could be
Yes i thought for a while i was getting over you
It shows just how wrong i could be

He was a stranger in london at night
And he felt alone so he followed a light
Into a bar where the music was loud
He ordered a pint and got lost in the crowd
He asked a girl if she wanted to dance
She turned up her nose and she told him "no chance!"
He felt rejected and stood by the wall
And wondered why he'd ever bothered at all
He missed his family and wished he was home
With all of those strangers he felt so alone

Patrick don't be afraid
You'll live to laugh another day
Patrick don't be afraid
The cavalry is on the way

He stood in silence, looked round for a while
Then he saw a girl and she looked back and smiled
Then he went over and started to talk
She looked a bit like his sister in cork
He bought her a drink with his last two quid
When he said "come back for a coffee" she did

Patrick you've got it made
You're halfway there, you're on your way
Patrick she's not afraid
And now i bet you're glad you stayed

Looking so lovely and perfectly groomed
She showed in the centre of patrick's room
She was lit up from the inside and out
Oh he was enchanted as she moved about
She touched him like sunlight on cold mountain stone
And he grew afraid lest she leave him alone

Patrick don't be afraid
You've won the girl and saved the day
Patrick you've got it made
The girl's not going to run away

Patrick don't be afraid
The cavalry is on the way
Patrick you've got it made
Just look outside it's a lovely day

He's finding out life is never what it seems
She's finding doubt is replacing all her dreams
She's trying to pretend she's still in love just like before
But when he goes away she doesn't miss him any more
And it's too late to talk it over
She can't wait now
She's leaving anyhow

She's getting bored now that life seems so routine
Her head is filled with the places she ain't been
Since he's been unemployed he's started drinking heavily
They spend the night in silence watching rubbish on tv
And it's too late to talk it over
She can't wait now
She's leaving anyhow

They used to have some good times when they started out at first
But that was fifteen years ago now things keep getting worse
And it's too late to talk it over
She can't wait now
She's leaving anyhow

And it's too late to talk it over
She can't wait now
She's leaving anyhow

Yes it's too late to talk it over
She can't wait now
She's leaving anyhow

It's no use knocking on my door
I won't be answering any more
So don't come round here like you did before
I'm moving out, no doubt about it

Take the video
Take the stereo
Take the dog and the cat and the bonio
Take the tv and the rug and the radio
I packed my bags
Come on, let's go

Take the bicycle that's in the hall
Take the pictures and the ducks off the wall
This is it, don't let the teardrops fall
I'm moving out today

Take the video
Take the stereo
Take the dog and the cat and the bonio
Take the tv and the rug and the radio
I packed my bags
Come on, let's go

Happy to see you again
I'm happy 'cos you're a girl's best friend
I love it when you get real close
But i don't smile so no-one knows
That i'm happy just to be next to you
And i love the way you do the things you do
And it doesn't have to be so hard
To get happy when love's in charge
And i'm happy, i'm feeling really free
And i'm not satisfied with misery
I said i'm h a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
Did i ever tell you just how much i love you?
I may have forgotten sometimes
With the boats and the stars and the wine in the glass
And the touch of your body on mine
You make me h a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)
H a p p p p y (happy)

It's a funny old world for london girls...

I woke up this morning and i don't know what for
With the final reminders coming through the door.
The place is a mess, the situation's dire
Now the kettle is boiling and the toast's on fire.
I dont want a job being somebody's wife
I just want to see some action in my life.

Everybody seems to get me wrong...
But you and me - we seem to get along....

It's a funny old world for london girls

In more street where i did dwell
A butcher boy i loved right well
He courted me my life away
And now with me he will not stay

I wish, i wish, i wish in vain
I wish i was a maid again
But a maid again i'll never be
Till cherries grow on an apple tree

I wish my baby it was born
And smiling on its daddy's knee
And me poor girl to be dead and gone
With the long green grass growing over me

He went upstairs and the door he broke
He found her hanging from a rope
He took his knife and he cut her down
And in her pocket these words he found

"oh make my grave large, wide and deep
Put a marble stone at my head and feet
And in the middle a turtle dove
So the world may know i died of love"

I walked down by the river where we used to go
And underneath the bridge where we first kissed
The old town that we knew is dead and gone
Gone
The sickly sun shines grayly through the mist
And like the love we used to know
The poisoned river waters flow
And then they're gone
For some of us still life moves on

Our love is just a relic of the past
You'd never recognise the old town now
Somewhere behind the concrete and the glass
The monuments of england's sacred cow
Where are all the human beings?
Have they been sent to milton keynes?
They used to live round here but now they're gone
For some of us still life moves on

Sometimes you look so sad that i could cry
And sometimes when you get mad i want to say goodbye
But i know in my heart i could never be the one to leave
It's just that i find love so hard to believe sometimes

I try to understand all the things that you do
But sometimes i wonder why i chose a man like you
'cos you hurt me without even trying so many times
I can't help but find love so hard to believe sometimes

Sometimes i see your eyes on another girl
Then you say you love me more than the whole wide world
So i've learned to close my eyes to it and not read between the lines
It's just that i find love so hard to believe sometimes
Yes i've learned to close my eyes to it
I've reconciled my mind to it
It's just that i find love so hard to believe sometimes
I said that i find love so hard to believe sometimes

If you don't open your eyes then you're gonna get hurt
'cos she keeps telling you lies, she's just a full time flirt
Now i know i don't count no more
But you're the one i still care for
And you won't see me no more if you see that girl

Now you may think she's fine when she's out with you
But she only comes around when she's got nothing to do
I don't want to interfere
But that girl seems so insincere
And i won't hang around here if you see that girl

Do you believe the things that she said to you tonight
Why can't you see the way she treats you isn't right?

Now i won't tell you again, it's up to you
But you'd better make up your mind what you're gonna do
Don't you know i want you still
I'm so afraid i always will
And i'll be loving you till you see that girl
I'll keep on loving you till you see that girl
I'll still be loving you till you see that girl
See that girl
See that girl

And so she left her room
In her satin shoes she was down
He held her by the waist
In a fond embrace she spins round
Oh those silken lips
Soft and pink, aching to be kissed
Oh they ached to love
And to be loved
Was this love?
Was this love?

Let us dream a while in roman gardens
Statues walk and talk in the pale moonlight
A breath of wind stirs the surface of the lake
It's so cold
I am yours and you are mine tonight

Vicar sat with a vacant stare
In his wicker chair he was down
Take a look at his open book
Where the answers may be found

Colonel polishing his marble tomb
He'll be taken soon, taken to the seat
Softly, softly creeps the mist
The earth is kissed a loving touch

Let us dream a while in roman gardens
Statues walk and talk in the pale moonlight
A breath of wind stirs the surface of the lake
It's so cold
I am yours and you are mine tonight

Standing silent on the lawn
Waiting for the dawn i am down
My heart is breaking with the day
She fades away, she is gone
She is gone

Let us dream a while in roman gardens
Statues walk and talk in the pale moonlight
A breath of wind stirs the surface of the lake
It's so cold
I am yours and you are mine tonight

It's time now to pick all the toys off the floor
I'll say it again and i've said it before
We don't have a nickel to spend at the store
And don't run away from me now

Your daddy's gone looking to find him a job
Your grandmother's sent all her welfare to god
Your brother's been taking it out on the dog
So don't run away from me now

There's you and your brothers and sisters to care for
But i don't know how when we ain't got the wherefor
So come let me hug you and show you what love's for
And don't run away from me now

The screaming and shouting's all done for today
I'll clear up the mess when you're all out the way
So give us a kiss 'cause there's nothing to say
But don't run away from me now

There's you and your brothers and sisters to care for
A whole lot of things that you should say your prayers for
So don't make a fuss now or i'll give you what for
Just don't run away from me now

Don't run away from me now

When you're out there lying in the sun
He's the one who keeps his clothing on
You'd never know him on a train or a bus
'cos he looks just like the rest of us
In the middle of the night it's a different story
Don't let him catch you all alone

The real ripper
... ... your pay packet (?)
The real ripper
Wearing a dinner jacket
Ask anyone you meet and they'll say the same
Noone is quite sure of his name

Keep your hand on your heart but he's gonna get you
He's gonna make you toe the line

He's the ... laden master of disguise
And he invented high rise
On the council they're respectable and ... (?)
A bounce around the clock and turn away (?)
Ask anyone you meet and they'll say the same
Noone is quite sure of his name

The real ripper
He went to school today
The real ripper
Took all the books away
Keep your hand on your heart but he's gonna get you
He's gonna make you toe the line

When we make love you know it feels so fine
Any way you want it baby i don't mind
Anything you do you know i can't complain
Come and kiss me honey, here i go again

I get a kind of power, don't know where it's from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on
I get a kind of power, don't know where it's from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on

When we have fun you it feels alright
Wanna see you morning, afternoon and night
I don't care where, you know i don't mind when
Just arouse my interest, here i go again

I get a kind of power, don't know where it's from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on
I get a kind of power, don't know where it's from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on

We're all alone now now baby please don't hide
Come on over here, i'm gonna swallow your pride
Don't act cool now baby, try romance
It ain't every day that you get a chance like this baby

You don't have to catch me, i ain't on the run
Who wants your brain, your body's too much fun
Just keep on smiling, you ain't in no pain
Move a little closer, here i go again

I get a kind of power, don't know where it's from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on
I get a kind of power, don't know where it's from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on
Oohoo you turn my motor on
Oohoohoo you turn my motor on

He's my boyfriend but he treats me so mean and so cruel
He's always fighting the kids in my class after school
Mama told my papa i can't see him no more
They won't let us talk on the phone
So now i spend all of my time in my room
And i drink my tequila alone

I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love

It's a secret and they'd kill me if they ever knew
So i keep it in a spot that's well hidden from view
My boyfriend isn't bothered when he shouts at my pa
And everything comes back to me
And he's always drinking and i'm stuck here thinking
That this isn't how it should be

I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love

No-one around me seems to realise
That it's mean to keep us apart
I don't even like the taste of the stuff
But it's eating away at my heart

I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love

Don't tell me the story of your life
I've heard too much already
You said you've got problems with your wife
I'd say the problem's you
'cause you never grew up
And you're running away
But you're gonna get caught some day

Tell me about it
Oh, that's tough
Tell me about it
Oh, that's tough

So don't tell me the story of your life
I'd rather watch a movie
Your hollywood smile is not enough
You're giving me the blues
So when are you going to understand
I'm not the woman to make you a man
So if you've got a wife you can talk to you might
Tell me about it
Oh, that's tough
Tell me about it
Oh, that's tough

I don't want to hear about the time
You crashed your new ferrari
Don't try to impress me with your lies
I've no respect for you
'cause you try to make out
That you're somebody else
But you'll never escape yourself
So when are you going to understand
I don't intend to be part of your plans
You've got an obsession you'd like to pull off
Tell me about it
Oh, that's tough
Tell me about it
Oh, that's tough

Don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell me
That's tough
I don't wanna hear you tell me
That's tough
Don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell me
That's tough
So i don't want to hear you tell me that's tough
Don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell me
That's tough
That's tough
So i don't want to hear you tell me that's tough
Don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell me
That's tough
Oh that's tough

Tell me about it
Oh, that's tough
Tell me about it
Oh, that's tough
So i don't want to hear you tell me that's tough
Don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell me
That's tough
Oh that's tough

I cried, when you left me i nearly died
You had just been along for the ride
But now the show is over
I'm glad 'cause you always made me so sad
I thought i was going to go mad
When you just ran for cover
Now i'm going away to be on my own
And i will forget all the things that you've done
'cause you broke my heart in 17 places
Shepherds bush was only one

You say you won't walk out on me anymore
But i remember you said that before
And you won't get a chance now
We're through
So there's one thing i've gotta do
I'm gonna go out with somebody new
And find some true romance now
So don't expect me to be hanging around
When you get fed up with the other girls in town
'cause you broke my heart in 17 places
Shepherds bush was only one

There's no point in us making any more dates
Why don't you play football with some of your mates?
If i stay in london i'll just want to cry
So i'm leaving baby, this is my final goodbye
(this is my final goodbye)

Now i'm going away to be on my own
And i will forget all the things that you've done
'cause you broke my heart in 17 places
Shepherds bush was only one
You broke my heart in 17 places
Shepherds bush was only one (only one)
Only one (only one), only one (only one),
Only one.

He buys me movies and i am the star
He sends me to work in a black shiny car
The girls in the chorus are jealous as hell
But i find it pays when you kiss and you tell
So i jetset around from one place to another
With lots of young geezers he thinks are my brothers
Britt's got her toy boys but i don't care
'cos i'm going out with an 80 year old millionaire

The friends i once knew are a thing of the past
I can't stop to talk 'cos i'm moving too fast
I go to the shops with a chauffeur sometimes
He waits in the car 'cos it saves on the fines
Well you might think that when he's so rich that seems funny
But he got that way 'cos he's careful with money
Zsa zsa's quite gaga but i don't care
'cos i'm going out with an 80 year old millionaire

He won't last much longer if he keeps drinking gin
I filled up the bottle that's marked medicine
He says that he'll leave all his empire to me
And sitting on top is the best place to be
So don't get impatient now boys you must wait
We'll all have such fun when i own the estate
Britt's got her toy boys but i don't care
'cos i'm going out with an 80 year old millionaire

Reporters all ask me if i'd ever switch
But i'd never leave him 'cos he's far too rich
You might want to punch me but you won't dare
'cos i'm going out with an 80 year old millionaire

There's just one thing better than an old millionaire
That's a young millionairess and i'm almost there!