The Proclaimers

[fox69]

"Dear Deidre"

"Dear Deidre"


She's changed her mind on everything
She's changed her mind on everything
She's changed her mind on everything
She's changed her mind on everything
Dear Deidre can you tell me
Where I'm going wrong
I'm following your advice
But my wife's still gone
She left me for my girlfriend
The four faced cows
We had three in a bed
But there's only two now
I wrote to you about it last July
You printed it and millions read Deidre's reply
Dear Deidre can you tell me
Where I'm going wrong
Cause I'm following your advice but my wife's still gone
She's changed her mind on everything and how
She was a mother to our Son
She's a Guardian now
Dear Deidre can you tell me
Where I'm going wrong
Cause I'm following your advice
But my wife's still gone
She's changed her mind on everything
She's changed her mind on everything
She's changed her mind on everything
She's changed her mind on everything

 

[fox69]

"Don't Give It To Me"

"Don't Give It To Me"


Your life is full of misery
Well take something for it
Or try to ignore it, don't give it to me
You trapped me in this corner
You're breathing it over me
Next stop's the Royal Infirmary

The room's started spinning
I'm finding it hard to breath
I think I'll have to leave, I need some air
That little black cloud
That follows you everywhere's
Floating my way and it's raining despair

Now I'm not immune to misery myself
But it's just a bore in somebody else
If you weren't allowed to talk of yourself
You would have nothing to say

Your life if full of misery
Well take something for it
Or try to ignore it, don't give it to me

Your life is full of misery
Well take something for it
Or try to ignore it, don't give it to me
You trapped me in this corner
You're breathing it over me
Next stop's the Royal Infirmary

Now I'm not immune [etc...]

 

[fox69]

"Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother"

"Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother"


You're a grown woman
Good at what you do
I'm happy as hell
When I'm alone whit you
As you stroke my body
And soothe my brow
With everything
That the law will allow
I pray "Don't turn out like your mother"

[repeat]

I'm a grown man
Over 21
I've got an ugly face
But I have a lot of fun
So if spill a glass
Or break a dish
I hear your voice
And I make this wish
Please "Don't turn out like your mother"

Don't turn out
Don't turn out
Don't turn out like your mother
I couldn't stand it
And I'll be damned if
I'm gonna live with another

So many woman
Give you so much
Civilized ways
And a gentle touch
A different perspective
That's as bright as a button
But then you wake up one morning
And it all counts for nothing
Cos she's turned into her mother

Don't turn out
Don't turn out
Don't turn out like your mother
I couldn't stand it
And I'll be damned if
I'm gonna live with another

It's not the way she looks
It's not the food she cooks
Her kind of indignation
Don't cause me trepidation
But to live with a woman like this
Would take a masochist
Or someone who could get and could stay permanently pissed

[repeat]

You're a grown woman
Good at what you do
I'm happy as hell
When I'm alone with you
As you stroke my body
And soothe my brow
With everything
That the law will allow

I'm a grown man
Over 21
I've got an ugly face
But I have a lot of fun
So if spill a glass
Or break a dish
Don't get on to me
Like some haranguing witch

Don't turn out like your mother
Don't turn out
Don't turn out
Don't turn out like your mother
I couldn't stand it
And I'll be damned if
I'm gonna live with another

It's not her looks
Or the way she cooks
That wakes me up in a cold sweat
It's just the knowledge
That if it happened
I couldn't drink enough to forget

Don't turn out [etc]
Don't end up [etc]

 

[fox69]

"Everybody's A Victim"

"Everybody's A Victim"


Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the USA
Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the USA

I demand recompense
For sitting on the fence
Throughout my adult life
You've got to put my parents in jail
For raising me in Fife
It doesn't matter what I do
You have to say it's alright
And I need you to send somebody around
To tuck me in at night
Because...

Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the USA

Well it's not my fault
That I'm positive
I just stuck a needle in my arm
And nobody told me
That sixty a day
Would do me any harm
My liver's shrivelling like a leaf
But it's not the whiskey that doo's it
Call me irresponsible
And I'm really going to lose it
Because...

Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the USA

Wear a ribbon for this
Hug a stranger for that
Light a candle to the dead
And soon you'll forget
That you ever had
A brain inside our head
We value everythin the same
We turn it into farce
So we don't know a crisis
'Till it kicks us up the arse
Because...

Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the USA
Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the USA
Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the USA

 

[fox69]

"Everyday I Try"

"Everyday I Try"


Hey!
Everyday I try not to lie
But I lie, and you’re the reason why
Everyday I try not to see
That you’re my favorite female company
Everyday I try to regret
The way that I feel, But I can’t do it yet

Everyday I try not to lie
Everyday I try not to lie
Everyday I try and everyday I fail

Everyday I try to respect
All the things that all night I reject
Everyday I kid myself on
That today’s the day when I’ll be strong
Everyday the truth closes in
And I know for sure that I can never win

Everyday I try not to lie
Everyday I try not to lie
Everyday I try and everyday I fail

Well the people all agree
That the truth will set you free
And they tell you to love it
Till the truth has them in chains
And a lie would cause less pain
Then you know you can shove it
Shove it

Everyday I try to regret
The way that I feel, But I can’t do it yet

Everyday I try not to lie
Everyday I try not to lie
Everyday I try and everyday I fail
Everyday I try and everyday I fail

 

[fox69]

"Five O'Clock World"
(originally by The Vogues)

"Five O'Clock World"
(originally by The Vogues)



Up every mornin' just to keep a job
I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob
Sounds of the city poundin' in my brain
While another day goes down the drain (yeah, yeah)

But it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows
No one owns a piece of my time
And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes
Thinkin' that the world looks fine, yeah

[SCAT:] oh-de-lay-ee-ee, [etc]

Tradin' my time for the pay I get
Livin' on money that I ain't made yet
Gonna keep going, gotta make my way
While I live for the end of the day (yeah, yeah)

Cuz it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows
No one owns a piece of my time
There's a long-haired girl who waits, I know
To ease my troubled mind, yeah

[SCAT:] oh-de-lay-ee-ee, [etc]

In the shelter of her arms everything's OK
She talks and the world goes slippin' away
And I know the reason I can still go on
When every other reason is gone, (yeah, yeah)

In my five o'clock world she waits for me
Nothing else matters at all
Cuz every time my baby smiles at me
I know that's it's all worthwhile, yeah

[SCAT:] oh-de-lay-ee-ee, [etc]

 

[fox69]

"Follow The Money"

"Follow The Money"


I've got to follow the money
Gotta go to work
Gotta make a living
Till my body hurts
Gotta bite my lip
Gotta wreck my health
Gotta break my back
For my share of wealth

[repeat]

I've gotta the follow money
Gotta earn my pay
I spent everything
I earned yesterday
Gotta find the cash
'Cos it won't find me
So I can feed myself
And my family

When I left school I was bummin' around
I'd smoke and drink and let my mind wander
I'd roll out of bed about twelve o'clock
I can't do that any longer

I've gotta follow the money
Gotta go to work
Gotta make a living
Till my body hurts
Gotta bite my lip
Gotta wreck my health
Gotta break my back
For my share of wealth

Now I need to toil 'cos it's good for my soul
I feel clean when I'm working
You drop all the mystical celtic bull
'Cos that stuff's just jerking

I'm not saying that I work like my dad
I know I don't work like my mum
But I'm made of the same stuff and I'm six feet tall
Gimme the tools I'll get the job done

Gotta follow the money
Gotta go to work
Gotta make a living
Till my body hurts
Gotta bit my lip
Gotta break my back
For my share of wealth
I've gotta follow the money
Gotta earn my pay
I spent everything
I earned yesterday
Gotta find the cash
'Cos it won't find me
So I can feed myself
And my family
Feed myself and my family
That's why

I'm working
I'm working
I'm working
I'm working
I'm working
I'm working now

 

[fox69]

"Forever Young"

"Forever Young"


And I am what I am
And I am what I'm not
And I think I'm a good friend to ye
And I'm not a debauched old roué

Spend some more time with me
And you'll like it a lot
I can bore you with advice
And you can make me feel
That I'm forever young
(Forever young forever young)
I can kid myself that I'm
Forever young

You see the trouble with me
I've got some years on the clock
But the magic in your hands is
Much cheaper than monkey glands is

And you do what you want to do
And you say what you want to say
And everything you do and say is OK

And I am what I am
And I am what I'm not
And I think I'm a good friend to ye
And I'm not debauched old rue

Spend some more time with me
And you'll like it a lot
I can bore you with advice
And you can make me feel
That I'm forever young
(Forever young forever young)
You can make me feel that
I'm forever young
I can kid myself that I'm forever young
Delude myself that I was ever young
Forever young

 

[fox69]

"Free Market"

"Free Market"


Your heart's just missed another beat
The ground's still moving neath your feet
Your mouth is dry, your eyes are sore
There is nothing certain anymore

You thought that History was dead,
Well it's just whacked you on the head
It took your money, and you're right
It's coming back to take your pride

Golden days are just a memory
But that's all right cos the market is still free,
The market's free.

Survival of the fittest is a swizz
Law of the jungle is what it is
I hope you still think it's OK
Now it's you who are the prey

Golden days are just a memory
But that's all right cos the market is still free,
The market's free.

Free marketeers were on a roll
Rolling in silver and in gold
But then the market grew too cold
So they held out the begging bowl

Golden days are just a memory
But that's all right cos the market is still free,
The market's free.

You thought that History was dead
You thought that History was dead

 

[fox69]

"Harness Pain"

"Harness Pain"


You need to harness pain
To raise yourself up again
You need to harness pain
And tell the truth about love

You need to break your heart
Before you can really start
You need to break your heart
And tell the truth about love

Then you need to set a goal that you can't reach
Then you have to attack defenses you can't breach
Then you need to lose and lose and lose again
If you want to hold the flame
You harness pain
You harness pain

You need to take your doubts
And spread them all about
You need to face your doubts
To tell the truth about love

You know the cliche's wrong
Hatred is just as strong
You know it's just as strong
Just as strong as love

So you need to take your hate and doubt and fear
Distill them through your word 'til they run clear
'Til they run right through your heart like Highland rain
If you want to hold the flame
You harness pain
You harness pain

Do you want to be the best or be well known?
Do you want to repeat lines or write your own?
Do you want to follow paths or blaze a trail?
When you try to succeed, You mostly fail
And you're gonna lose and lose and lose again
If you want to hold the flame
You harness pain
You harness pain