Robbie Williams

[fox69]

"The 90's"

"The 90's"


Picking up the story from where I left off, it's 1990 now so school can fuck off
I got no GCSEs, nothing higher than a D,
I couldn't tell me mum because she'd batter me
Me and ?? sat on the bowling green, life is a shitter
We had five quid between us, bought us six cans of bitter
I took me ten Benson home and I smoked through the sorrow
If I could just avoid me mum maybe I'll tell her tomorrow
I stumbled through the door and said "Mum, it's like this."
She said "That man's been on the phone and you've made the list!
You're in that boy band, son, come and giz a kiss!"
Phoned up Martin and Rich and carried on getting pissed
"Boys I don't believe it, I'm gonna be famous!
Pick you up in a Porsche and buy you lots of trainers."
I met the other guys, one seemed like a cock
I think it's gonna be like New Kids on The Block

[Chorus:]
I cant be bothered, cause I'm lazy
I hate those that hate me
I cant forgive and it's crazy, baby
Now I'm a video star
Do you know who you are, baby?

I adopted four brothers, some I liked more than others
One was like a brother from another mother
But the lead singer made it hard to like him
And I still loved him, despite him
The first three months, you know, I nearly quit
I played snooker with me dad he said "Don't be a dick!
Unload the bullets, your mind is a gun,
You're gonna shoot yourself when they're number one!"

[Chorus]

Now it's dinner with Versace, lunch with Princess Diana
And I'm gonna get battered if I go out with ??
Because as much as we were loved we were also hated
The boys got jealous cause the girls got ??
Now we're famous and that, and we're dancing and that
And I'm thinking "I can't see! Why am I stood at the back?"
So fuck the band give me some ??
So now we're all a bag of nerves and not a band of brothers

[Chorus]

And now it's breaking my heart because the dream's turned to shit
It ain't broke but I'll break it in a little bit
And I'm always in trouble but I've stopped saying sorry
Everybody's worried "What the fuck's wrong with Robbie?
He's not answering his phone, he's not talking to me
I saw him on the telly at Glastonbury."
And now I'm running away from everything that I've been
And I'm pissed and I'm fucked and I'm only nineteen
I can't perform no more, I can't perform no more
But the boys know I'm fucked and so they show me the door
And if truth be told I wasn't fit enough to stay
So I put me head down and walked away.

That was the 90s; 90 to 95

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"The Actor"

"The Actor"


Principal actors to the stage please,
Act One is about to begin in 8 seconds.

[VERSE ONE:]
First you can't act, now you can't stop,
(What's my motivation?)
I used to like you... a lot,
(I was the class nerd)
Exactly who I'm s'posed to be,
(I'm totally Strasberg)
You play a doctor on TV,
(What you're doing is SO brave)

[VERSE TWO:]
Deep down you're dirty but you try,
(I'm a good person)
The truth would break you so you lie,
(I want my work to matter)
It's in the choices that you make,
(I want to inspire)
No talent, just fate.

[CHORUS:]
I don't know where you begin,
I end, we start
Again,
They need, you love,
We all watch
The Actor Acting.

[VERSE THREE:]
Good from far but far from good,
(All I have is my instinct)
You love to act, I wish you would,
(It's not acting, it's re-acting)
Act like you're not from out of space,
(When I'm on stage I feel alive)
You know ambition isn't grace,
(For me it's the craft)

[VERSE FOUR:]
Made of Sex, Maida Vale,
(Would I do better in New York)
You are the Alpha Male,
(I'm just too pretty for that role)
You are the good, you are the great,
(The words have power)
Now let me fill you with my hate.

[CHORUS]

[MIDDLE 8:]
Monroe,
(Monroe)
Barrymore,
(Barrymore)
Mansfield,
(MANSFIELD)
D-d-d-d-Dame d-Dame d-Dame Judi Dench,
(Judi Dench)
Madonna Ritchie,
(Ritchie)
Ritchie, Ritchie, Ritchie.
Streep,
Close,
Hepburn,
Burt Reynolds.
Niven,
Danson,
Bundy,
BARDOT.
Joaquin,
Joaquin,
Joaquin,
Joaquin,
Joaquin,
(Joaquin)
Joaquin,
(Joaquin)
Joaquin,
(Joaquin)
SWANK.

[CHORUS]

[OUTRO SPEECH:]
In the future,
Everybody will be anonymous for fifteen minutes,
You are, we all are a test card,
The stars of CCTV,
We ARE the nature of the beast.

 

[fox69]

"The Brits"

"The Brits"


Well that Brits night was so fucking boring
Past the days of yes, yes, Charlene
Coke in the bogs till seven in the morning
Look the wrong way and we end up brawling
When I had a bit of beef with you know who
And I fucked a few female stars or two
Nearly everything I said I'd end getting screwed
Spitting at the paps, looking rude in the news
Oh yes, you're still rocking with the best
Second person in my year to have touched a breast
I'm nearly forty now and I'm still impressed
Here's the midlife crisis I guess
Oh, I recall taking in the wonder of it all

I'm still looking for an answer through the looking grass
Still not concentrating at the back of the class
No thanks, Sir, this one's for you
It's like a VD clinic: only pricks are in it
So fucking dull and professional and timid
To be frank, Sir, I prefer this showbiz chancer
I still want to get laid by you, right

Now I know I've got fat, but make no mistake
Every million that I make they bake me a cake
So I've got plenty, a hundred and twenty
Wear clothes of tweed like Amanda Gentry
I still want to get you naked
I'll see you in the summer, so glad you could make it
I'll be that mega white thing, fast as lightning
A Knebworth shape but twice as frightening
If they can't be bothered then I promise you this
If they won't entertain you then I'll do my fucking best

Still looking for an answer through the looking grass
Still not concentrating at the back of the class
No thanks, Sir, this one's for you
It's like a VD clinic: only pricks are in it
So fucking corporate and professional and timid
To be frank, Sir, I prefer this showbiz chancer
I still want to get laid by you

Would you let me lay you down right here?
Would you let me live?

Still looking for an answer through the looking grass
Still not concentrating at the back of the class
No thanks, Sir, this one's for you
It's like a VD clinic: only pricks are in it
So fucking dull and professional and timid
To be frank, Sir, I prefer this showbiz chancer

I'm still looking for an answer through the looking grass
Still not concentrating at the back of the class
No thanks, Sir, this one's for you
Its like a VD clinic: only pricks are in it
So fucking corporate and professional and timid
To be frank, Sir, I prefer this showbiz chancer

 

[fox69]

"The Cure"

"The Cure"


Wasn't restless
I was fine
Casting pearls before swine
You weren't the temptress
Not at all
Just kind and beautiful

Little by little
You started making me love
We started making it up
We made up over and over and over

Little by little
You started making me love
Don't stop making it up
Let's make it over and over and over

Maybe a cure could change the world
Cause your cure sure changed me

Little by little
You started making me love
You started making me love

I was reckless
You joined in too
I like that about you
You saw it all
That first night
The best and worst of me
But it didn't make you leave

Little by little
You started making me love
We started making it up
We made up over and over and over

Little by little
You started making me love
Don't stop making it up
Let's make it over and over and over

Maybe a cure could save the world
Cause your cure sure saved me

Little by little
You started making me love
You started making me love

I was never gonna fall in love
I was never gonna fall in love
That sort of thing just wasn't for me
I made a promise to myself
A promise that I couldn't keep

It all makes sense now
Me and you
Somehow we made it through
Made it through
Made it through
Made it through

Little by little
You started making me love
We started making it up
We made up over and over and over

Little by little
You started making me love
Don't stop making it up
Let's make it over and over and over

Maybe a cure could change the world
Cause your cure sure changed me

Little by little
You started making me love
You started making me love

 

[fox69]

"The Edge"

"The Edge"


I used to wander to the edge and look down
I used to pile up promises then leave town
You should've heard my best excuses so profound and so untrue
But now I wake up next to you

Each time I slip feels like the world conspires
To underline my most impure desires
Thought all of those who swear by love they were mental through and through
But now I wake up next to you

And the nights are sill as long as they ever were
All the things that could go wrong, well they still occur
But when the violent sun breaks the morning air it will find me there
Next to you

I had to lose myself for years to find this
Mistook the cruelty and abuse for kindness
Didn't know yet what to keep zipped shut, my own blindness stole the view
But now I wake up next to you

And the nights are still as long as they ever were
And all things that could go wrong, well they still occur
But when the violent sun breaks the morning air it will find me there
Next to you

Where did it all go right?
When did it all go right?

When did it all go right?
Where did it all go right?

I used to wander to the edge and look down
I used to pile up promises then leave town
You should have heard my best excuses so profound and so untrue
But now I wake up next to you

When did it all go right?

I'll always walk back from the edge
And find a way to you

Where did it all go right?

I'll always walk back from the edge
Find a way to get to you

When did it all go right?

I'll always walk back from the edge
And find a way to you

Where did it all go right?

I'll always walk back from the edge
Find a way to get to you

 

[fox69]

"The Full Monty Medley"

"The Full Monty Medley"


You've done it all, you've broken every code
and pulled the Rebel to the floor
You spoilt the game, no matter what you say
for only metal - what a bore!
Blue eyes, blue eyes, how come you tell so many lies?

Come up and see me, make me smile
Or do what you want, run on wild
Come up and see me, make me smile
Or do what you want, run on wild

MR TOM JONES!
Baby take off your coat (Tell 'em Tom!)
Real slow
Baby take off your shoes
I'll help you take off your shoes

you give me reason to live
you give me reason to live
you give me reason to live
you give me reason to live

well, you can leave your hat on
you can leave your hat on
well, you can leave your hat on
you can leave your hat on
well, you can leave your hat on

Leave it on, Leave it on,
Leave it on, Leave it on,
Leave it on, Leave it on,
Leave it on,
You can leave your hat on - yeah.

one two three
one two three yeah

You gotta know how to pony
like Mony Baronie.
Mashed potato,
do the alligator.
Put your hand on your hip,
let your backbone slip.
Do the Watusi
like your Aunt Lucy.

Na na na na na...

You gotta know how to pony
like Mony Baronie.
You gotta mashed potato,
you gotta alligator.
Put your hand on your hip,
let your backbone slip.
Do the Watusi
like your Aunt Lucy.

Na na na na na...
Yes!
Sing it with us now!
Na na na na na...

Long tall Sally
Jump back in that alley babe
Put your hand on your hip,
let your backbone slip.

 

[fox69]

"The Pilot"

"The Pilot"


Where's your head
maladjusted
There's no justice more or less
That be it said
Build on trust
It's all there
Since we must confess

Aaah
Have I lost you yeah
Aaah
Have I lost you

Oh yeah
Your love is the best
fly me
be the pilot

You can't be
Just lost cold demon
You can't be
Just plain bad, come on
You can't be
Just lying in your bed
Lying there alone
It's not right babe

Aah
Have I lost you yeah
Aah
Have I lost you

Oh yeah
Your love is the best
Fly me
Be the pilot

Oh
Whereever you may go
Whatever you might do
I will catch your fall
I'll be there for you
When you're feeling weak
Not getting what you need
I will make you see
The love is best with me

We're unbeatable
Yes, my heart beats the rhythm inside of your chest
We're unbeatable
Yes, your heart beats the rhythm inside of my chest
Yes, my heart beats the rhythm inside of your chest
We're unbeatable
Yes, your heart beats the rhythm inside of my
Che-eest

Oh, yeah
Your love
fly me
be the pilot

We're unbeatable
Yes, my heart beats the rhythm inside of your chest
We're unbeatable
Yes, your heart beats the rhythm inside of my chest
Yes, my heart beats the rhythm inside of your chest
We're unbeatable
Yes, your heart beats the rhythm inside of my
Che-eest

 

[fox69]

"The Postcard"

"The Postcard"


I don't remember receiving your postcard
I never got much post so it shouldn't have been too hard
You were on holiday with your school in some French town
And while you were away I took Debbie to The Crown

I feel as though the past is closing in on me
I found a photograph of me and Kimberly

I found your postcard and I put it on the wall
I found your picture you know tears were bound to fall
I didn't write you songs when we were going out
So why should I start now you are not about

I feel as though the past is closing in on me
I found a photograph of me and Kimberly

We hardly used to even drink we didn't smoke
We'd walk home from the pub ‘cause we were always broke
So when your mother called and said that you were dead
I thought she's talking of another Kim instead

I feel as though the past is closing in on me
I found a photograph of me and Kimberly

She said it seemed you accidentally overdosed
It was so long since I talked to her and once we were so close
And I am left with all these things I didn't say
And a picture of you in my arms the day you went away

I feel as though the past is closing in on me
I found a photograph of me and Kimberly

I feel as though the past is closing in on me
I found a photograph of me and Kimberly

 

[fox69]

"The Road To Mandalay"

"The Road To Mandalay"


Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach

What a lovely holiday
There's nothing funny left to say
This sombre song would drain the sun
But it won't shine until it's sung

No water running in the stream
The saddest place we've ever seen

Everything I touched was golden
Everything I loved got broken
On the road to Mandalay
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way

There's nothing left for you to give
The truth is all that you're left with
Twenty paces then at dawn
We will die and be reborn

I like to sleep beneath the trees
Have the universe at one with me
Look down the barrel of a gun
And feel the Moon replace the Sun

Everything we've ever stolen
Has been lost returned or broken
No more dragons left to slay
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way

Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach
What a lovely holiday
There's nothing funny left to say

 

[fox69]

"The Trouble With Me"

"The Trouble With Me"


You see the trouble with me
I've got a head full of fuck
I'm a basket case
I don't think I can love, love, love

You see the trouble with you
Is you're in love with me
What a strange thing to do
What a brave place to be

So we dive
On sunset strip
A heart so deep
I drown in it
And as it breaks
I swim through cracks
And leave with words
I can't take back

You see the trouble with me
Monkey see monkey do
There's no u in tomorrow
A better offer came through
You see the trouble with you
There's no trouble with you
So when you say that you love me
That stops me loving you

So she stays
On sunset strip
A heart so full
I drown in it
She's waiting for
My words to break
The one true love
I couldn't make

So she walks
That golden mile
Men will try
And catch her eye
We both know
What could have been
On sunset strip
Our broken dream