Madness

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"Crying Shame"

"Crying Shame"



I cried all night just thinking of you
I wonder now what I'm going to do
Since you left me for that friend of mine
Every second is just crying time
I cry cos my heart is in pain
I cry though I know its in vain
But knowing this I cry all the same
I wake at night Crying out your name

You said that you'd never leave
I never listened that you were a tease
People talk about me behind my back
They don't understand its the passion they lack

People go around and whisper my name
They think its a laugh because I never complain
But to my face they are always the same
They don't understand its a crying shame

You always said that you needed me,
Exactly what for I find it hard to see

I've sat up all night wishing you were still mine
Now I understand there's better things to do with my Time

I cry cos my heart is in pain
I cry though I know its in vain
But knowing this I cry all the same
I wake at night Crying out your name

I cry each night with tears in my eyes
I cant believe you are telling me lies
People go around whispering my name
Don't they know its a crying Shame

I cry cos my heart is in pain
I cry though I know its in vain
But knowing this I cry all the same
I wake at night Crying out your name

 

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"Day On The Town"

"Day On The Town"



Summer in London, watery sunshine,
A place in the city where I can go sometimes.
To get on a red bus and go anywhere,
See all the sights and not pay the fare,
Summer in London.

Chip on your shoulder, chips in your mouth,
Can you see the old lady, with tickets to tout.
Getting the tourists into their traps,
Taking their money, the shirts off their backs,
Summer in London.

To get in a taxi and go anywhere,
Jump out at the park and not pay the fare.
Watch Speakers Corner, listen to their talk,
Eating their ice creams, going for a walk.

Summer in London, the weather man said,
Waking up late, got to get out of bed.
So much to do, got to go everywhere
A day on the town and not pay the fare.
Riots in London.

 

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"Death Of A Rude Boy"

"Death Of A Rude Boy"



It was the death of a rude roy
It was the death of a rude roy

He had a certain way with women
He was natty and the man had rythmn
He was known in all kinds of places
He was wicked with names and faces
He was a lover through and through
The man always made time for you
He had his own kind of flavour
He walked like a stepping razor
Man could drop a killer move
Never failed to bust a groove
He always keep a cool, cool head
Hear me when I tell you dread
Hear me when I say this friend
This man was a rude boy

It was the death of a rude roy

He told me when you feel you want to run
You have to learn to stand and fight
He told me son when all is said and done
You must stand up for what is right
Stay on the side of conscious
Make sure you live in light
Don't go down, don't fool around
Hold your ground
Don't be proud
Make sure that love is in your life

It was the death of a rude roy

They say that when he was young
Of course he was crazy
He went in all guns blazing
They say he was tasty
He had an attitude that all agreed was amazing
Nothing ever shook him up
Nor did it faze him
The man was constant training and maintaining
He focused hard on internal strength and not hating
He overcame all that did pain him
Turned his cheek on all who had hazed him
No illusion no confusion no complaining

It was the death of a rude boy

 

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"Deceives The Eye"

"Deceives The Eye"


In the earliest days of my shop-lifting career
You could safely say I was filled with fear
It was nail-biting work from the very start
But several quick successes soon gave me heart

After a while I could pick and nick with ease
Some shirts and trousers and a few LPs
No one ever stopped me, they didn't seem to care
And sometimes it seems to me, there was no one in there

Then a fine summers day my mate Ted and me
Set off down the west end on our usual spree
Things were as normal for an hour or so
Then my nimble hands were a bit too slow

Two store-detectives made a fast approach
One grabbed my jacket, (you're nicked, haha!) the other grabbed my troat
"So we caught you at last", one said with joy
"Been after you some time, my light-fingered boy"

If only I'd remembered my common sense
They captured me red-handedly with evidence
If I go to the manager and say I'm sorry
Maybe he'll forgive me for my youthful folly

"But - but what will the social worker say
If - if I don't come home today?
He'll gimme a clout
What if they don't let me out?
I told him I'm on me own
Don't they understand I'm from a broken home?"

I'll tell them I'm the product of a broken home
And I always went out on my own
Was it too late to say I'd pay
And I'll never steal again till the end of my days?

Because I had no friends to call as such
Money and possessions I did not have much
So I started to steal in order to get by
The quickness of the hand deceives the eye
Deceives the eye

 

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"Disappear"

"Disappear"



Walls signed with autographs,
Ceilings full of echoed laughs,
Something's disappear.
Gurus on roller skates,
Capital for swinging fetes
The area is to be cleared.

A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to its grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.

Organ tinkling organ,
Marriage planning children,
Spinning, round and round.
Rusty swings and roundabouts,
Disco's full of layabouts,
Nowhere to be found.

A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to its grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.

Come on then we'll go down there,
Let's see the local ash tray,
Let's see if we can be happy,
We'll mess about just you and me,
I must try to make it home before tea.

Walls signed with autographs,
Ceilings full of echoed laughs,
Something's disappear.
Gurus on roller skates,
Capital for swinging fetes
The area is to be cleared.

A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to it's grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.

A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to its grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.

 

[fox69]

"Don't Look Back"

"Don't Look Back"



You can't help the way you feel
Realise that this is real

 

[fox69]

"Don't Quote Me On That"

"Don't Quote Me On That"



Its all Eggs Bacon Beans and a Fried Slice.

Did you see the one, yeah yeah,
The one they wrote in the paper just the other day,
Well, well would you believe it,
Well what I said, they took it all the wrong way.

Now you've gotta be careful, 'bout what you say,
Cos they've got a bad habit
Were you reading in between the lines?
Or is that what I said?, now I just can't remember

They seem to have a very good memory though
But as far as I'm concerned, as as far as I'm concerned
You don't have to be black white, Chinese or anything really
Just enjoy, shut up, listen and dance...

Its all eggs bacon beans and a fried slice

Don't Quote me on that, don't quote me on that
Don't Quote me on that, please don't quote me
Don't Quote me on that
Don't Quote me on that

Hey Hey, you know something, I said I liked that guy,
But that's not what I read in the paper
I don't have anything against them,
Its just eggs bacon and a fried slice

Don't Quote me on that don't quote me on that
Don't Quote me on that please don't quote me
Don't Quote me on that
Don't Quote me on that.

You know, now we get worried about what we say
We shouldn't be that way
You know, I don't care who comes,
Cos as far as I'm concerned,
Its, eggs bacon beans and a fried slice

Don't quote Me on that
Don't quote me on that
Please don't quote me

Mama mama, you know I'm still friends with Mickey
They say I shouldn't like him anymore, because I'm all white,
Well he's all right by me

Don't Quote me on that
Please don't quote me
Don't quote me on that
Don't quote me on that

Now what I do,
I bring all my old friends along to see the show
And if you have the wrong ideas well,

Its all eggs bacon beans and a fried slice

Don't quote me on that oh no
(don't quote me on that)
Please don't quote me
(don't quote me on that)
I never said that
(don't quote me on that)
That's not what I meant
(don't quote me on that)
Well I suppose you could take it that way
(don't quote me on that)
But that's not what I meant to say
(don't quote me on that)
Wont you give me another chance
(don't quote me on that)

Please Please
Don't quote Me On That....

Id like to say thank you to Pete, Peter Tosh

And all the other people who come and they believe in us for the fun and the music
Cos all I've got to say to you press now is
Its all bacon beans and a fried slice

Eggs bacon beans and a fried slice
Go to Maggies caff
132 Liverpool road
Just down the road, just round the corner
Only there's not much corner
Its just chairs and tables and they've even got a space invaders machine...
A cup of tea that's fine for me,
Cos its all eggs bacon beans and a fried slice

Are you sure you turned that tape recorder off?
Are you sure?
Are you sure?

 

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"Dreaming Man"

"Dreaming Man"


To sleep perchance to dream
To scream in my dream

I am the ocean, I am the sea
I'm the eye of the hawk, the weal of the tree
I'm in the king and the joker too
I'm the spark in the flame in the words of truth, yeah
I'm in the east and I'm in the west
I'm in the stitching of a kevlar vest, yeah
I'm everything that you see
I'm the words on the lips of Mohammed Ali, yeah

I'm the dreaming man
I can make it real, yes I can
I like to dream
I am the dreaming man
I can make it real, yes I can

I'm a driver, racing driver, debt collector, [?] tester
I'm a priest and a prophet and a man of means
A graphic illustrator, a cartoon animator
A moral agitator, I'm a soldier, a sailor
A doctor, a dentist
A Seventh-Day Adventist
What's a thief, who's a liar?
Which is why I'm good

I'm everything that I am
I am a dreaming man
And I like to dream

I'm the dreaming man
I can make it real, oh, yes I can
I like to dream
I am the dreaming man
I can make it real, oh, yes I can

Wake up!
Wake up!

I'm in the morning, I am the light
I'm the body next to you in the middle of the night, yeah
I like to feel your skin
I'm the blood that is pumping from your heart within, yeah
I'm the dreaming man
I can make it real, oh, yes I can
I like to dream

I am the dreaming man
I can make it real, oh, yes I can
I like to dream
I'm the dreaming man...

 

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"Drip Fed Fred"

"Drip Fed Fred"



Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding some light
I can't go into detail or finger unfounded fools
But there are some here amongst us that are not playing to the rules

I've rounded up the lowlife and local CID
Offered a free massage or else the third degree
There is no simple solution in this life we lead
So make things easy for yourself to the baronage concede

We want Freddie for our leader Freddie is a man of Class
We want Freddie for our leader all stand and raise your champagne glass

Peace shall not prevail in Purley came the stark warning today
From his hospital bed Drip fed Fred vowed he was here to stay
I'll tell you something for nothing never in all my days
Have I felt so intimidated by the cheap tactics on display
And now approaching the pulpit the Rt Hon Rev Green Hank C Burnette BBC News

We want Freddie for our leader Freddie is a man of Class
We want Freddie for our leader all stand and raise your champagne glass

We are gathered here this evening to pay our due respects
To Drip-Fed Fred who late last night fell out of his prison bed
We know the nonce behind it who slipped the night PD
The word is out now without doubt you will answer to me

Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding new light
There is a simple solution one called honour amongst thieves
So we'll take pity on your souls and only cap your knees

I'll tell you something for nothing
I'll tell you oh yeha yeha No No oh heya
No I'll tell ya. Hear me out hear me out hear me out!!!

 

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"Driving In My Car"

"Driving In My Car"



I've been driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar
I bought it in Primrose Hill from a bloke from Brazil
It was made in fifty-nine in a factory by the Tyne
It says Morris on the door, the G.P.O. owned it before
I drive in it for my job, the governor calls me a slob
But I don't really care, give me some gas and the open air

It's a bit old but it's mine, I mend it in my spare time
Just last week I changed the oil, the rocker valves and the coil
Just last week I changed the oil
Last week it went round the clock, I also had a little knock
I dented somebody's fender, he learnt not to park on a bender, ha ha ha

I've been driving in my car, it don't look much but I've been far
I drive up to Muswell Hill, I've even been to Selsey Bill
I drove along the A45, I had her up to 58
This copper stopped me the other day, you're mistaken what could I say
The tyres were a little worn, they were O.K., I could have sworn
I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far

I like driving in my car, it don't look much but I've been far
I like driving in my car, even with a flat tyre
I like driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar
I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far