Chumbawamba

[fox69]

"Waiting, Shouting"

"Waiting, Shouting"


Just take a ticket
It takes you nowhere
They saw us coming
It's them and us here
Just keep your voice down
And light another
I am a patient girl
I wait, I wait, I wait
It's not your money
Don't call me stupid
Not big, not clever
Mean can mean awkward
It's Wigan Pier here
I'm not for jumping
See candid camera
Sees next to nothing
[Chorus]
You keep me waiting
I keep on shouting
You keep me waiting
I keep on shouting
You keep me waiting
I keep on shouting
You keep me waiting
My letterbox knows
Bangers and bad news
Good morning campers
Sees queues and queues and queues
They spell my name wrong
It's not for art's sake
And every truth told
Black mark on black mark
You love to chew on
This bread and butter
You crunch your numbers
And push your papers
Pile-up on pile-up
Malicious bad turns
I'll light another
Slow fuses, slow burn
[Repeat chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Walking Into Battle With The Lord"

"Walking Into Battle With The Lord"



A new crusade to the Holy Land
An army of men under my command
Fight the good fight here at home
Send those men to kingdom come

Take my aim with a higher will
Trust my Lord to hold me still
Say 'amen' and shoot to kill
Walking into battle with the Lord

With open arms on Judgement Day
Teach the children how to pray
Faithful, blind, we all believe
I was taught by Adam but I blame it on Eve

All my words in kindness came
Your souls in mercy to reclaim
Cleanse this world of sin and shame
Walking into battle with the Lord

Holy Father, Mother Tongue
Manna from heaven, right from wrong
Take my place on the witness stand
Trigger fingers, praying hands

When two men meet on the field of war
They both ask 'what are we fighting for?'
And haven't we heard this all before?
Walking into battle with the Lord

 

[fox69]

"We Don't Go To God's House Anymore"

"We Don't Go To God's House Anymore"



Driving on the bypass to Damascus
I saw a preacher trying to hitch a ride
With a pair of broken wings
And a suitcase full of sins
He gathered up his dreams and jumped inside
Pulling Malatesta from his suitcase
He lifted up his voice and began to sing
'My hymns of desperation lead to action...
And this is where the serious fun begins.'
We don't go to God's house anymore
Saw the light and walked right out the door
We don't go to God's house
It's more fun in the dog house
We don't go to God's house anymore

Well driving on, I tasted sweet salvation
As we sung away the pulpit and the past
The preacherman and me
We sang such harmonies
The highway of my life went by so fast
The preacher, he got off at the crossroads
He said, 'This is where I end, and you begin'
He left behind the wings and the Malatesta
And the memory of the songs we both did sing
We don't go to God's house anymore
Saw the light and walked right out the door
We don't go to God's house
It's more fun in the doghouse
We don't go to God's house anymore

 

[fox69]

"We Don't Want To Sing Along"

"We Don't Want To Sing Along"



Tap, tap, tap in the chatrooms
We're learning how to make a bomb
Hmm, well whatever
We don't want to sing along

We don't want to sing along
We don't want to sing along
We know every word to the song
But we don't want to sing along

Oh Marilyn, she'll desert me
Telling me I was wrong
She's all lipstick and instinct for money
But we don't want to sing along

We don't want to sing along
We don't want to sing along
We know every word to the song
But we don't want to sing along

Listen to the bullies singing
To prove that they all belong
You'd better watch your step, bully
'Cause we don't want to sing along

We don't want to sing along
We don't want to sing along
We know every word to the song
But we don't want to sing along

We don't want to sing along
We don't want to sing along
We know every word to the song
But we don't want to sing along

We don't want to sing along
We don't want to sing along
We know every word to the song
But we don't want to sing along

 

[fox69]

"What We Want"

"What We Want"



We know what we want
We know what we've got
But what do we need?

 

[fox69]

"When Alexander Meets Emma"

"When Alexander Meets Emma"



When Alexander met Emma
The first day she came to New York
Sachs's Cafe in Manhattan
Coffee and cigarettes and talk
Sun beating down on the East Side
Introductions are made in the haze
Emma, meet Alexander -
Emma just smiles as she says:

"Take my hand. I'll take yours.
Save my life. I'll save yours."

Life stretches loudly before her
From the Bowery to old Suffolk Street
A five dollar bill in her pocket
And a worldful of people to meet
Ships rigging up in the Hudson
Waiting for love to set sail
Emma she tells Alexander
"I'll be there when you walk from the jail"

"Take my hand. I'll take yours.
Save my life. I'll save yours."

Newspaper talk turns to headlines
A love so cemented in fame
A word to the strike-breaking bosses
Propaganda in deed and in name
Fourteen long years on the island
It's a lifetime of summers to wait
And Emma, she meets Alexander
As they unlock the last prison gate

"Take my hand. I'll take yours.
Save my life. I'll save yours."

 

[fox69]

"When An Old Man Dies"

"When An Old Man Dies"



Along with the shoes and the shirts and the ties
There's a library that's lost when an old man dies.

 

[fox69]

"When Fine Society Sits Down To Dine"

"When Fine Society Sits Down To Dine"



With her friends on a road less travelled
On a journey of do's and dares
Looking back on a fear of leaving
And forgetting how it felt to be scared
There are those paying fancy prices
To pretend they have fancy lives
But at every charity banquet
The majority stay outside

We play to a packed gallery
We smile for the CCTV
We're making our own history
When fine society sits down to dine
Remember that someone is pissing in the wine
Pissing in the wine, pissing in the wine
Remember that someone is pissing in the wine

She'd love to be dancing the tango
And she traces the steps in her mind
You can tell by the snap of her fingers
That she moves to a different time
Where all the quiet submission
Is smeared in lipstick red
And every act is a crime of passion
"That's not all she wrote," she said
"That's not all she wrote," she said
"That's not all she wrote," she said
"That's not all she wrote," she said

We play to a packed gallery
We smile for the CCTV
We're making our own history
When fine society sits down to dine
Remember that someone is pissing in the wine
Pissing in the wine, pissing in the wine
Remember that someone is pissing in the wine

When fine society sits down to dine
Remember that someone is pissing in the wine
Pissing in the wine, pissing in the wine
Remember that someone is pissing in the wine

When fine society sits down to dine
Remember that someone is pissing in the wine
Pissing in the wine, pissing in the wine
Remember that someone is pissing in the wine

 

[fox69]

"When I'm Bad"

"When I'm Bad"



They try in vain our minds to chain
They try in vain our minds to chain

I'm up in the stars
Looking down at the gutter
When I'm good I'm very good
But when I'm bad I'm better

Oh barman, fill this glass again
And keep on pouring 'til death says when
Oh barman, fill it to the top
And we'll be drinking 'til the singing has to stop

They try in vain our minds to chain
They try in vain our minds to chain

A B C D E F G
The only notes that matter
When I'm good I'm very good
But when I'm bad I'm better

Oh barman, fill this glass again
And keep on pouring 'til death says when
Oh barman, fill it to the top
And we'll be drinking 'til the singing has to stop

They try in vain our minds to chain
They try in vain our minds to chain
They try in vain our minds to chain

Me and all my friends are comming 'round to your house
And were not going to go until we get thrown out
Me and all my friends are comming 'round to your house
And were not going to go until we get thrown out
Me and all my friends are comming 'round to your house
And were not going to go until we get thrown out
Me and all my friends are comming 'round to your house
And were not going to go until we get thrown out

Oh barman, fill this glass again
They try in vain our minds to chain
Oh barman, fill this glass again
They try in vain our minds to chain
Oh barman, fill this glass again
They try in vain our minds to chain

 

[fox69]

"William Francis"

"William Francis"



William Francis, noble lord
His fortune built on sweat and sword
Built an empire tall as a hill
But he don't have fun and he never will
My, my

Sees the world so far below
And though he tries, he'll never know
Friends to greet the breaking of day
And love to pass the night away
My, my

William Francis high and dry
With his paradise denied
My, my

William Francis, lost, alone
A thousand ifs and a heart of stone
He measures his life in gain and cost
But he'll never add up the world he lost
My, my

William Francis high and dry
With his paradise denied
My, my

William Francis, master of all
But none to catch him when he falls
He works us long and he works us hard
But we'll dance all the way to the knacker's yard
My, my

William Francis high and dry
With his paradise denied
My, my