Chumbawamba

[fox69]

"Salt Fare, North Sea"

"Salt Fare, North Sea"



Salt fare, North Sea
Salt fare, North Sea

Salt fare, North Sea
Salt fare, North Sea

Roll on, roll off
With these words I drown
Topmast secured
Hatches battened down
Sometimes I think
It must be different on land
But from the mast I can only see tyrants
Still in command

Fish and chip supper
Battered, no bones
Hung, drawn and quartered
Drifting alone
One thousand lashes
For the Age of Reason
Salt for your wounds
When the cod's in season

Salt fare, North Sea
Salt fare, North Sea
Salt fare, North Sea
Salt fare, North Sea

We reach the horizon
And sail over the edge
Drunk on our memories
More sober than a judge
I'm wasting time
That I can't afford
I know I'd die on the gallows
Before I'd die of being bored

Drifting alone, drifting alone, drifting alone
Drifting alone, drifting alone, drifting alone
Salt fare, North Sea
Drifting alone, drifting alone, drifting alone
Salt fare, North Sea
Drifting alone, drifting alone, drifting alone
Salt fare, North Sea
Drifting alone, drifting alone, drifting alone
Salt fare, North Sea
Drifting alone, drifting alone, drifting alone
Salt fare, North Sea
Drifting alone, drifting alone, drifting alone
Salt fare, North Sea

 

[fox69]

"Same Old Same Old"

"Same Old Same Old"



Lately it seems no-one cares anymore
That peace is a place where we rest between wars
I know oh I know we've been here before
It's the same old
It's the same old
It's the same old same old.

 

[fox69]

"Scapegoat"

"Scapegoat"



Aftershave and smoke
And the same unfunny jokes
They say they'll take you
"Anywhere but there"
Believe every half whispered
Half remembered lie
Where truth is a luxury
They can't afford to buy

Scapegoat
Looking for a scapegoat
Scapegoat
Looking for a scapegoat
There's always someone else for you to blame
There's always someone else for you to blame

Backed into a corner
He barricades his life
Fastens up the shutters every night
This island is big enough
For every castaway
But most of us are looking 'round
For someone else to blame

Scapegoat
Looking for a scapegoat
Scapegoat
Looking for a scapegoat
There's always someone else for you to blame
There's always someone else for you to blame
There's always someone else for you to blame
There's always someone else for you to blame

There's always someone else for you to blame
There's always someone else for you to blame
There's always someone else for you to blame
There's always someone else for you to blame

There's always someone else for you to blame (Scapegoat)
(Looking for a scapegoat)
There's always someone else for you to blame (Scapegoat)
(Looking for a scapegoat)
There's always someone else for you to blame (Scapegoat)
(Looking for a scapegoat)
There's always someone else for you to blame (Scapegoat)
(Looking for a scapegoat)

 

[fox69]

"Sewing Up Crap"

"Sewing Up Crap"



I don't know
I don't know

Chain, chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain, chain, chain

A cut-price empire
Clean-cut lines
A perfect body
And a dirty mind
The rules of this game
Say we all look the same

Chain, chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain, chain, chain

We'll put a spin on it
We'll take a pencil to it
We'll make a virtue
Out of keeping oh so quiet about it

I don't know, and I don't want to know
I don't know, and I don't want to know
I don't know, and I don't want to know
I don't know, and I don't want to know

Chain, chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain, chain, chain

Talk about child's play
Count the birthdays
A stitch in time says
Just look the other way
The rules of this game
Say you don't know her name

Chain, chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain, chain, chain

We'll span a hundred years for it
We'll make a killing out of it
And we'll corner the market
By keeping oh so quiet about it

Working for The Gap (chain, chain, chain, chain)
Sewing up crap
Working for The Gap
Sewing up crap
Working for The Gap (chain, chain, chain, chain)
Sewing up crap
Working for The Gap
Sewing up crap
Working for The Gap (chain, chain, chain, chain)
Sewing up crap
Working for The Gap
Sewing up crap
Working for The Gap (chain, chain, chain, chain)
Sewing up crap
Working for The Gap
Sewing up crap

One up the chimney goes
Two hawks a tray of matches
Three braves the weaving floor
All pray for the life of four
Five down the pit descends
Six plows in fields and meadows
Seven spins the handloom round
Eight lies in the burial ground

One up the chimney goes
Two hawks a tray of matches
Three braves the weaving floor
All pray for the life of four

 

[fox69]

"Shake Baby Shake"

"Shake Baby Shake"



Shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it

Shake, baby, shake the memories away
(Shake it, shake it)
Shake this grown-up Barbie doll of a day
(Shake it, shake it)
She gets Hugh Hefner, but she forgets the year
She just shakes her yeah, yeah, yeah

Shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it

Shake the dirt from your hands now, Lisa Marie
(Shake it, shake it)
Shaking up the family with Pamela Lee
(Shake it, shake it)
Shake this fear of getting nothing done
If you can bake a cake, you can make a bomb

"Somebody forgot about something, for sure.
Something so obvious that they missed it.
It's inevitable."

"Moribund music of the 70's..."

 

[fox69]

"She's Got All The Friends"

"She's Got All The Friends"



Turn down the lights
Kick off your shoes
And relax with that special someone
She's got all the friends that money can buy
She's the apple of her daddy's eye
She's got all the friends that money can buy
She's the apple of her daddy's eye
The family money has a magnetic pull
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Her social diary is always full
And both her faces--so easy on the eye
And everyone worth knowing is kissing her behind
She's got all the friends that money can buy
She's the apple of her daddy's eye
She's got all the friends that money can buy
She's the apple of her daddy's eye
Style has a price without much change
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If you have to ask then it's out of your range
And both her faces--so easy on the eye
And everyone worth knowing is kissing her behind
She's got all the friends that money can buy
She's the apple of her daddy's eye
She's got all the friends that money can buy
She's the apple of her daddy's eye
Oh ah, oh ah, oh ah, oh ah...
Versace and Prada mean nothing to me, to me...
Well, you can buy your friends, but I'll hate you for free
Hate you for free...
She's got all the friends that money can buy
She's the apple of her daddy's eye
She's got all the friends that money can buy
She's the apple of her daddy's eye
She's got all the friends that money can buy
She's the apple of her daddy's eye
You see, it's magic, and it shouldn't work
I still look at it most surprised it does
Hmmm, ahem, pass it along...
Pass it along, pass it along...
Pass it along...
What's the matter? You make too much money buddy?

 

[fox69]

"Shhh"

"Shhh"


[Chorus]
Hear nothing, see nothing, feel nothing, say nothing
Hear nothing, see nothing, feel nothing, say nothing
L A U G H I N G laughing
L A U G H I N G laughing
Just when you figured it out someone lets you down
Who'll make all the wrong decisions when the judge is up for trial?
No-one has the cure for all our daily hurts
Least of all this rock and roll, it's wannabee Christs all dead and dying
Truth, get stomach and wings!
Mama Cass carrion crow!
Pecking at the tongue of a still-warm body
Shut your mouth or laugh out loud
Hear nothing, see nothing, feel nothing, say nothing
Hear nothing, see nothing, feel nothing, say nothing
[Repeat chorus]
We haven't said a word
We haven't said a word
For a few brief words and a few short lines I was taken to the coliseum, fed to the lions. And lions aren't the type you can really love enough, but you can turn 'em into rugs! Ow mate, can you spare some change? Too much. Are you down on your fashion, or down on your luck? Sometimes questions never get dropped. Hey Mick, are you dancing? I never stopped!
[Repeat chorus]
Does anybody remember laughter?

 

[fox69]

"Silly Love Songs"

"Silly Love Songs"


Hey diddle diddle, here's a brand new riddle
What's shallow and cheap with a hole in the middle?

[CHORUS:]
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies (Behave!)
All I want is the truth; just give me some truth (Behave!)
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies (Behave!)
All I want is the truth; just give me some truth (Behave!)

Cue sound, cue lights, be a tiger, tell me lies
Give me sugar and spice and everything nice
It's a jack-of-noise going, no filth, no fury
Just a three-minute fruit for the juke box jury
'Cause when you sing about love it's always "heavens above!"
But you pretend you don't know about the push and shove
You sing your catchy little hook by the way that you look
Never they way that you soot, never the way that you fuck

[CHORUS]

Give 'em a close up on your tits, give 'em a quick one off the wrist
Mind your words and make it seem like you've never been kissed
Def kill on a disk, sex without the risk;
Tell it if you must only tell it like it is
All the joy, all the lust, the touching and trust
And winking and biting and rhythm and trust
Or the hurt, the desperation, the pain, frustration
When you just can't get no satisfaction

[CHORUS 2x]
Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs

"I wouldn't forget that!"
"Well, I've had better!"

 

[fox69]

"Sing About Love"

"Sing About Love"



I don't want to sing about anger and hate
I don't want to sing about fear and defeat
I don't want to sing about the things I always sing about
I wish I could sing about love

I don't want to sing about war and greed
I don't want to sing about those we can't feed
I don't want to sing about the things I always sing about
I wish I could sing about love

I don't want to sing about suffering and pain
I don't want to sing for another campaign
I don't want to sing about the things I always sing about
I wish I could sing about love

I don't want to sing about rights and wrongs
I don't want to sing all the same old songs
But I'll sing them, and sing them, ‘til there's no need to sing them
And then I can sing about love.

 

[fox69]

"Singing Out The Days"

"Singing Out The Days"



Half the front's out there, half-buried
Some of them alive
The rest of us, we freeze and pray for Spring
"Dearest Mother, fill my lungs till victory or food arrives"
What else can we do out here but sing?

Sixteen years and never been kissed
Singing out the days
Jumped the queue and the waiting list
Singing out the days
Civvy suits and new recruits, clean your rifle, polish your boots
Learn to give the correct salute
Singing out the days
Singing
Singing
Singing, singing out the days
We march until we drop
Then we go over the top
Singing, singing out the days
Lice and rats along the trench
Singing out the days
Coffin nails to cover the stench
Singing out the days
For thirty weeks we hold the line while all the toffs get reassigned
Apart from the war, we're doing fine
Singing out the days
Singing
Singing
Singing, singing out the days
We march until we drop
Then we go over the top
Singing, singing out the days
Songs for drowning out the shells
Singing out the days
Songs to prove you're alive and well
Singing out the days
Songs for our humanity in the face of inhumanity
To demonstrate your sanity
Singing out the days
Singing
Singing
Singing, singing out the days
We march until we drop
Then we go over the top
Singing, singing out the days