The Proclaimers

[fox69]

"Role Model"

"Role Model"


She's been around for a number of years
Had success with two career
she gives dying people hope, how does she cope?
She snorts a line of coke before an audience with the Pope
she's a role model for today a role model for today
I don't care what you say, she's a role model for today

She's got better looking kids than you
She's got a better looking husband too
She is a sweet little honey, three times a mummy
You wouldn't know it cause she's got a flat little tummy
She's a role model for today, she is a role model for today
I don't care what you say she is a role model for today

but the lady's loved and the lady's cried
And the lady's cried and loved and now
The lady's signed a big book deal
And the story tells you how it all began
In the days when the lady didn't have
The price of her next meal, and its real

There's a secret to her success
She's got balls like the S.A.S.
She's got more balls than me, more balls then you
More balls than all the sweatshops
Making balls for Man U.
She's a role model for today, a role model for today
I don't care what you say she's a role model for today

But the lady's loved and the lady's cried
and the lady's cried and loved and now
the lady's signed a big book deal
The story tells you how it all began
In the days when the lady didn't have
The price of her next meal, and its all real

She's a star in every way
she is loved by straights and gays
She's taking water by the sip
a baby on her hip
a little silver ring through her lower set of lips
she's a role model for today, she is a role model for today
I don't care what you say she's a role model for today
I don't care what you say she's a role model for today
What you say, she's a role model for today

 

[fox69]

"S-O-R-R-Y"

"S-O-R-R-Y"


Your prose is elegant as you demonstrate contempt, it's true
And the targets you attack mostly deserve a whack from you
Yes you're entertaining
You fill up the page
Fill it up with your rage
But now there's a doubt over the wisdom you hand out in spades
Please tell us which you think is the country we should next help invade
What a bloody carnage you cheered us into
And the others like you

You never wore a uniform
Unless it was a uniform of a school or youth organization
But from watching others do
What they would never do holds a sad fascination

And now I'm reminded by feelings so strong
Of Bernie Taupin's lyric to Sir Elton's song
Can you say the hardest word?

'Cause you demand apologies
From public figures on their knees
As you invite them to say "So long"
So let's hear your rendition
Of words of contrition
For getting it so wrong

Would you like to say something? (Something)
Would you like to say sorry? (Sorry)
Sorry (Sorry)
That's S-O-R-R-Y

 

[fox69]

"Scotland's Story"

"Scotland's Story"


Michael McGrory from west Donegal
You came to Glasgow with nothing at all
You fought the landlord then the Africa Korps
When you came to Glasgow with nothing at all

Abraham Caplan from Vilnius you came
You were heading for New York but Leith's where you've stayed
You built a great business which benefits all
Since you came to this land with nothing at all

In Scotland's story I read that they came
The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane
But so did the Irishman, Jew and Ukraine
They're all Scotland's Story and they're all worth the same

Joseph D'Angelo dreams of the days
When Italian kids in the Grassmarket played
We burned out his shop when the boys went to war
But auld Joe's a big man and he forgave all

In Scotland's story I@m told that they came
The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane
But where's all the Chinese and Indian names?
They're in my lands story and they're all worth the same

Christina McKay, I learned of your name
How you travelled south from Delny one day
You raised a whole family in one room they say
And the X on the line stands in place of your name

So in the old story I'll bet that I came
From Gael and Pict and Angle and Dane
And a poor migrant girl who could not write her name
It's a common old story but it's mine just the same

All through the story the immigrants came
The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane
From Pakistan, England and from the Ukraine
We're all Scotland's story and we're all worth the same
Your Scotland's story is worth just the same

 

[fox69]

"Sean"

"Sean"


Sean I'd say the best one came from Tupelo, Mississippi
I'll tell you now that grown men cry and Irish girls are pretty
Sean I'd say the best one came from Tupelo, Mississippi
I'll tell you now that grown men cry and Irish girls are pretty
uh, aye uh, aye uh, aye uh
Though fear and hurt and care can lead me to despair
I saw why I'm here the morning you appeared
Sean, I sat awhile on clouds to ask God if he's living
I should have spent some time on knees in thanks for what he's given
uh, aye uh, aye uh, aye uh
From parents smart and strong to both of us passed on
From kings is where you come, through daughters and through sons
Through daughters and through sons
Sean I'd say the best one came from Tupelo, Mississippi
I'll tell you now grown men cry and Irish girls are pretty

 

[fox69]

"Shadows Fall"

"Shadows Fall"


Shadows fall on our lives
So quickly, my friend
We feel warmth and see light
Then darkness descends

Shadows fall without warning
And we stumble around
Shadows fall without pity
And there's no peace to be found

Shadows fall on our lives
So slowly, my friend
We see them coming for miles
But our happiness we don't defend

Shadows fall where we let them
As neglect turns to regret
Shadows fall, do you never get them?
Ah, you haven't lived long enough yet.

Shadows fall on our loved ones
When we are not to blame
And we can't see any reason
Why they're carrying all that pain

Shadows fall right on them
While there's light to their left and to their right
So we try to help them step over
But all they see is darkest night

Shadows fall without warning
And we stumble around
Shadows fall without pity
And there's no peace to be found

 

[fox69]

"She Arouses Me So"

"She Arouses Me So"


Well it's 2 oh 1 and she's saying she's done
but I need another go, coz she arouses me so
She arouses me so
Yeah it's 3 oh 4 and we're lying on the floor
but I need another go, coz she arouses me so
She arouses me so, she arouses me so

What's the point of sleepin'
instead of keepin'
doin' it anyhow?
Forget about tomorrow,
until tomorrow
let's stay here and now

Yeah it's 4 - 19 and it doesn't seem keen
but she needs another go
and she arouses me so
she arouses me so

do do dit dit
do do dit dit [etc.]

what's the point of sleepin'
instead of keepin'
doin' it anyhow?
Forget about tomorrow,
until tomorrow
let's stay here and now

Yeah it's 6 oh 8 and we're already late
but we need another go
and she arouses me so
she arouses me so

she arouses me so

she arouses me so oh oh oh oh oh oh

she arouses me so

she arouses
really arouses
she arouses

yeah she arouses me so

 

[fox69]

"She's Brighter"

"She's Brighter"


Her parents are of low wit
But she's brighter than them, She's brighter than them
Spills her words like a poet
She's brighter than them, She's brighter than them

All the men I know agree
She's the finest thing you'll see
But they don't really know it
Cause I'm righter than them
I'm righter than them
I'm righter, righter

Right there in her demeanor
You can feel her soul coming over in waves
Dirtier and cleaner
Than the kind of soul that Jesus saves
What's the matter with this girl
She could claim the whole wide world
But she thinks that obscener
Cause she's brighter than me, She's brighter than me
She's brighter, righter

Watch her face, look at her eyes
She was born to shame the dawn and the sunrise

Watch her face, look at those eyes
She was born to shame the dawn and the sunrise

Her parents are of low wit
But she's brighter than them, She's brighter than them
Spills her words like a poet
She's brighter than them, Much brighter than them

All the men I know agree
She's the finest thing you'll see
But they don't really know it
Cause I'm righter than them, I'm righter than them
She's brighter, brighter

 

[fox69]

"Should Have Been Loved"

"Should Have Been Loved"


You've been let down, messed around
Told to get your feet back on the ground
When you should have been loved, loved, loved
Should have been loved
You've been ripped off, written off
Told an act of kindness made you soft
When you should have been loved, loved, loved
You should have been loved

But all your detractors underestimated you
Cause they don't know you like I do

You've slept rough, stolen stuff
Been beaten by a guy to show he's tough
When you should have been loved, loved, loved
Should have been loved
And anything new you tried to do
Got treated like a jumper in a queue
When you should have been loved, loved, loved
Should have been loved

But when there was pity and when there was wealth
You wasted neither on yourself

Should have been loved, Should have been loved
Should have been loved, Should have been loved

Should have been loved, Should have been loved
Should have been loved, Should have been loved

All your detractors underestimated you
Cause they don't know you like I do, like I do

You've been let down, messed around
Told to get your feet back on the ground
When you should have been loved, loved, loved

 

[fox69]

"Shout Shout"

"Shout Shout"


Correct me if you think that I'm mistaken
I wouldn't want to overstate my case
But while I'm the one bringing home the bacon
I've got a right to be heard around this place

You seem to think that life dealt you a bad deal
On the day we both pronounced the words "I do"
You yell at me for hours about what bugs you
Well that's a waste of time 'cos I can do that too

Shout shout don't leave a doubt
Smash up the place or throw things about
You won't change a thing by doing that
Rant rave pull out your hair
Turn on the tears, I still won't care
You don't move me an inch when you do that

I'm trying my best to be your husband
And a father to our little baby girl
And I'd rather rely on my own judgement
Than the vagaries and fashions of this world

If you wanted a doctor or a lawyer
You should have married one of them instead of me
Or some other guy who would ignore you
When he'd make a point and you would disagree

Shout shout don't leave a doubt
Smash up the place or throw things about
You won't change a thing by doing that
Rant rave pull out your hair
Turn on the tears, I still won't care
You don't move me an inch when doing that

And now I'll make my confessing
I love to row as much as you
But while it might be fun, in the long run
It's not going to change a thing we do

Again I make my confession
I love to row as much a you
But while it might be fun, in the long run
It's not going to change a thing we do

Shout shout don't leave a doubt
Smash up the place or throw things about
You won't change a thing by doing that
Rant rave pull out your hair
Turn on the tears, I still won't care
You don't move me an inch when you do that

Shout shout don't leave a doubt
Smash up the place or throw things about
You won't change a thing by doing that
Rant rave pull out your hair
Turn on the tears, I still won't care
You don't move me an inch when you do that

 

[fox69]

"Simple Things"

"Simple Things"


You and I, we are simple things
Oh, simple things we are
Feel the sun and all the joy it brings
To the simple things we are
Water rushing from a spring
Is the simple thing we are

But any hour of any day there is wonder
In all our striving and our courage and our thunder

You and I, we are simple things
Oh, simple things we are

At any hour of any day there is wonder
In all our skiving and our cowardice and our lying and our blunders

You and I, we are simple things
Oh, simple things we are

Simple things we are