Joe Jackson

[fox69]

"1-2-3 Go! (This Town's A Fairground)"

"1-2-3 Go! (This Town's A Fairground)"



You know I'm just a small-town girl
I'm off to see the whole wide world
I'm off to see the wizard too
Do everything that Dorothy won't do

I know I should have stayed at home tonight
There's nothing happening but something might
It's like a whirlpool and I get sucked in
Go round and round and back where I began

This town is my town, my town
I'm through with their town
This town is my town, my town
This town's a fairground
One-two-three go!
One-two-three go!

I like the candyfloss and all the rides
And feeling inside out in my insides
I guess I'm fucking nearly everyone
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever come

This town is my town, my town
I'm through with their town
This town is my town, my town
This town's a fairground
One-two-three go!
One-two-three go!

 

[fox69]

"A Place In The Rain"

"A Place In The Rain"



Turn off the TV and turn off the light
Turn off the street lamps as well
Turn off the billboards that scream through the night
And dream the policemen to Hell

Close all the windows and close all the doors
Close all the shutters and blinds
Close down the churches and pray to the whores
Lay down and then close your eyes

It's amazing what comes into view
As we're finally breaking the chains
When the temperature rises
We'll go to our place in the rain

Take down the pictures and take out the trash
Take up the tattered old rugs
Take up the mattress and count all the cash
And laugh with the last of the drugs

Burn all the papers and burn all the wood
Burn what we can't understand
Run up a flag for the old neighborhood
Sit back and then take my hand

It's amazing what lovers can do
With just a kiss and a glass of champagne
When the rivers run dry
We can go to our place in the rain

Pay off the piper and pay all the bills
Pay for the getaway car
Blow out the candles and head for the hills
Pray that we make it that far

Run from the poison and run from the flames
Run from the maddening crowd
Laugh at the whispers of who'll take the blame
And sing all the sinners out loud

It's amazing what crazy can do
When every good citizen's sane
When heaven's a desert
We'll go to our place in the rain

It's amazing what comes into view
When you just connect your heart back to your brain
When heaven's a desert
We'll go to our place in the rain

 

[fox69]

"Amateur Hour"

"Amateur Hour"



Don't make me sad
Talking 'bout tomorrow
It's not so bad
We were doing fine just then
You'll move on up, you'll move on out
And you won't cry
'Cause your amateur hour is over
You're only going where I've been
And you'll see what I've seen

You're no amateur - amateur
You know if someone likes your face
You'd be a fool to stay strictly amateur
It's strictly for amateurs
The world could be a better place
If some of us could stay
Amateurs

There's no more time
To think about the way ahead
Just miss one line
Fall over - you'll be left for dead
Your heart will play no part except
When memories of your amateur hour take over
Then screw yourself into a ball
And keep it rolling on


You're no amateur - amateur
You know if someone likes your face
You'd be a fool to stay strictly amateur
It's strictly for amateurs
The world could be a better place
If some of us could stay
Amateurs

Don't make me sad
It's not so bad

 

[fox69]

"Angel"

"Angel"



Here's a young one: Hey Rufus, how's the rain on the rhubarb?

You wanna go out with me?
(Yeah, I know, we're out
it's, like, a figure of speech)
All you need is a real girl guide
Give it up and come inside
Slip the leash, shake it loose
Bite the peach, suck the juice

...What did you call me? (Angel...)
What was that again? (Angel...)

 

[fox69]

"Another World"

"Another World"



I was so low
People almost made me give up trying
Always said no
The I turned around saw someone smiling

I stepped into
I stepped into
Into another
Into another
I stepped into
I stepped into
Into another
Into another world

There was no light
I was going to all the wrong places
Like day from night
Suddenly I saw a thousand faces

I stepped into
I stepped into
Into another
Into another
I stepped into
I stepped into
Into another
Into another world

 

[fox69]

"Awkward Age"

"Awkward Age"



I should have known you were only just fifteen
You had a scowl like a Klingon beauty queen
Old enough to stand out but too young to stand with pride
So uncomfortable in your messed-up skin
And the cool parties never let you in
I can still relate to being left so high and dry
Don't cry
You're just at an awkward age

We'll all be fine
Disgraceful under pressure
Don't tow the line
You're just at an awkward age
Don't cry - Just at an awkward age
Don't cry
You're just at an awkward...

You look at me like I know what's going on
I'm looking back and I wonder what went wrong
I really thought by now a few things might just clarify
I got a mind that goes out to lunch for days
And a body that sometimes disobeys
I get into the parties but I hate them 'cause I'm shy
Oh my
I'm still at an awkward age

We'll all be fine
Disgraceful under pressure
Don't tow the line
You're just at an awkward age
Don't cry - Just at an awkward age
Don't cry
You're just at an awkward...

We're supposed to be happy
Supposed to be tough
Supposed to be flawless
And buy the right stuff
They want us all swimming
Don't care if we drown
So don't let them take you down

It's a scary mountain to climb up without a guide
Besides...
We live in an awkward age

We'll all be fine
Disgraceful under pressure
Don't tow the line
You're just at an awkward age
Don't cry - Just at an awkward age
Don't cry
You're just at an awkward... age

 

[fox69]

"Baby Stick Around"

"Baby Stick Around"



Come on you people get your dancing shoes on
Reds and yellow and pinks and blues on
Too late, too late
To stay home and sit around

Purple leopard skin and see-through plastic
Whatever you want, but just make it drastic
Too late, too late To stay home and sit around

What you wanna bet
We ain't started yet
Baby stick around
Baby stick around

Pushin' and shovin' and sweat wet leather
Up and down we go chained together
Too late, too late
To stay home and sit around

Somebody tellin' me the latest scandals
Somebody steppin' on my plastic sandals
Too late, too late
To stay home and sit around

What you wanna bet
We ain't started yet
Baby stick around
Baby stick around

Too late, too late
To stay home and sit around

What you wanna bet
We ain't started yet
Baby stick around
Baby stick around

 

[fox69]

"Battleground"

"Battleground"



Black nigger white nigger standing in the dark
Listen to the rhythm of the bass boom
Black nigger takes a hit sending up a spark
In the dark heat
Swaying a little to the bass beat
White nigger takes a hit takes money out
Says this is what it's all about
Rots your brain - who cares
Black nigger stares
White nigger sighs
I like your music
I like your style
I crack a joke so why don't you smile

White nigger dancing out on the floor tonight
The band's not good but the beat seems right
The band's all black and the floor's all white
Clenching fists unite and fight
Rock Against Racism rules tonight
But in the real world
No-one rules
But fists are clenched all right
Down in the Underground
Out in the playground
The common ground
is a Battleground

Now you don't have to be black to be a nigger no more
The writing's on the wall
Say - black is power
White is flower
Divided we fall
And behind the wall
behind the door,
In the dark heat
In the rhythm of the bass beat
Something is wrong
And no-one is taking the blame

 

[fox69]

"Beat Crazy"

"Beat Crazy"



What do you want - blood?

Kids today - they're all the same
All call themselves - some crazy name

Monks and Rockers and Beatle freaks
Punks and Skunks and Kooks and Geeks
Look in a mirror but you can't see your face
Look in a mirror but you can't see your face

All those drugs - they can't be sane
All that noise - affects their brains

Sniffin' pot - smoking glue
Whatever terrible things they do
Smokin' LSD and such
It must be the reason why they can't talk much

And it's such a crime
How they waste their time
They can't get nowhere
They've all gone Beat Crazy

Beat Crazy!

They say the world - is in a mess
But they can talk - the way they dress

See the knee through the hole in their jeans
A hole in their pocket and it looks so mean
Hole in the T Shirt - what's that you said?
You're about as clever as a hole in the head

Can't get no jobs - can't get careers
With safety pins - stuck through their ears

Cut your hair - dye it green
See it shine - with Brylcreem
A little dab'll do ya - a little dab a day
Or rub a dub it in a dreadlocks way

And it's such a crime
How they waste their time
They can't get nowhere
They've all gone Beat Crazy

Beat Crazy!

And if the Russians ever come
They'll all be beating bongo drums

Damn - beatniks rule!
Dropped out of kindergarten
Dropped out of school
Really hot on my bongo drums
Really hot on my bongo drums

So who'll defend - in World War III
Where could we turn - where would they be

Tell her!

Down the cellar - filled with smoke
Laughing at the latest joke
Doing the latest dance to do
The Fug and the Sheeny and the Suzi Q

And it's such a crime
How they waste their time
They can't get nowhere
They've all gone Beat Crazy

Look in a mirror but you can't see your face

Beat Crazy!

 

[fox69]

"Biology"

"Biology"



Hello - I'm back again
Haven't seen you since I don't know why
It's been so long - but you seem so cold
Is it something you've been told
She said
So this is what you think of me
Going with some whore somewhere out in Germany
I said baby
Baby can't you see
It's nothing to do with you and me
Nothing to do with my heart
Nothing to do with my head
Nothing to do with our home
Nothing to do with our bed

It's just B-I-O-L-O-G-Y
Can't you see
It's just Biology
Biology - coming in between you and me

Your Biology lesson Starts here
And first of all I would make it clear
That the species known as males
have these little white things with little white tails
Which
Multiply and start to shout
It's getting crowded down here - let us out
Once relieved - they start again
It's not a process controlled by the brain

Nothing to do with their hearts
Nothing to do with their heads
Nothing to do with their homes
Nothing to do with their beds

It's just B-I-O-L-O-G-Y
Can't you see
It's just Biology
Biology - coming in between you and me

She said thanks - I'm so relieved
What your saying I can well believe
Now I know, I feel no shame
About Dave and Tony and Phil and James
I said
Baby baby this can't be true
She said well what's right for you
has to be
right for me
In any case I'm sure you'll see
It's nothing to do with our hearts
It's nothing to do with our heads
It's nothing to do with our homes
It's nothing to do with our beds

It's just B-I-O-L-O-G-Y
Can't you see
It's just Biology
Biology - coming in between you and me