The Stranglers

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"Little Blue Lies"

"Little Blue Lies"


Mr. Big has done his time
He's out today
And he knows the new deceit
Will come his way
He's kicking back and crossing palms
To sow the seeds
Some old darling's nest egg is just what he needs
Murder

Don't tell me lies

Little blue lies they tell me
When is it going to end
Little blue lies they tell me
They'll get you in the end
Little blue lies
They'll get you in the end
They'll get you in the end

Mr. Big is on the level
He's no square
His magic number make our trouble disappear
Hip hooray it's all ok
The sky is blue
Don't rock the boat
Just swallow what they shout at you
Don't tell me lies

 

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"London Lady"

"London Lady"


Little lady
With Dingwall's bullshit
You're so stupid
Foetid brainwaves
Little lady
What really happens?
When you see mirrors
You get the shivers

Aaaah!

Making love to
The Mersey Tunnel
With a sausage, have you ever been to Liverpool?
Please don't talk much
It burns my ears
Tonight you've talked for a thousand years

Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick

Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick

Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about

Oh London Lady
Why did you lay me?
Your head is crowded
With the names you've hounded
The lines around your
Eyes they show me
You realise the party's over, London Lady
Party's over, London Lady

Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about

 

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"Long Black Veil"

"Long Black Veil"


Life was good for a short while
Hot sweet nights days that were fine
Spent many hours just looking at you
Heart stopped beating for a moment or two
Long black veil now you are mine

Sun went down never to rise
Lost in tears filling my eyes
Saw my love trampled deep in the dirt
Overwhelmed by the bitterest hurt
Long black veil now you are mine

I've lately felt a stirring
Of ghosts around my mind
And I'm frightened of the things that I might find
The veil of black that claimed you
And took you from my sight
Has marched across the sands of time tonight

 

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"Lost Control"

"Lost Control"


When I thought I had lost control
Returned to scenes of crime
Asked someone there if they'd seen something pure
It was a friend of mine

Walked around with bad thoughts in my mind
Didn't feel quite whole
Asked a big issue seller on the underground
Have I lost control

I hear voices everywhere
Voices in my head
Have I lost control

In a jam going nowhere fast
On the Euston Road
My life is ticking away in a car
Think I might explode

I hear voices everywhere
Voices in my head
Have I lost control

There's one way traffic and it's going nowhere
I am bruised and battered but I just don't care
People always telling me to go with the flow
People always telling me what I already know
They say what matters are dollars and cents

I hear voices everywhere
Voices in my head
Have I lost control.

 

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"Lowlands"

"Lowlands"


Driving through the lowlands with the rain upon my face
Sparkes has got the brandy and were picking up the pace
Whole world seems in motion, body clock peculiar
That's the way we do things when we move from place to place

Been mobile now for hours and I cant make out my feet
Tarmac black refecltive on the north side of the street
Time to stoke the fires, spray flies from the tyers
Starts to get hypnotic like it's knocking out a beat

Louis went in for coffee, came back a guru
All the muscles in flanders couldn't do for our crew
Work is done and where on our way
Listen close and you can here them say
Halle halle alles Louis

So Big Knight, don't you slow down or we'll never make it back
Need to reach the shore line long before the chasing pack
Up again at sunrise, spooky how the time flies
Sleep's a distant cousin when you're on the beaten track

 

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"Lucky Finger"

"Lucky Finger"


I for a sign in the sky
But I got the evil eye
And the ritual sacrifice
Came back to life
I threw down the bones
But they made no connection
And the hand of Fatima stuck in my throat
Lucky finger point at me
File me in famous and drown me in floodlights
Lucky finger write my name
Set it in universe paint it in letters of flame

Now I've done all I can by the sweat of my body
And I've prayed my last prayer
And abandoned all hope
I'll raise my face and give thanks to the heavens
When the spear of destiny scratches my rib

These are the words of the animals
Animals

 

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"Mad Hatter"

"Mad Hatter"


He's mad he's mad
He's mad he's mad
You may have read the book
You might have seen the film
But I've seen it with my eyes
Was it tweedle-dum? Was it tweedle-dee?
But Isaw through his disguise
There was a Cheshire cat next to a water rat
And a JuJu awful wise
We were sat to eat now was it trick or treat?
We were in for a surprise
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
He doesn't need a hat He's not crazy eves
And he rolls them round the group
He's got stories tall and a winning smile
As he then surveys his troups
Then he'll about a lot of things
In a song you've never heard
But it sounds so sweet He gets up on his feet
And he's looking for the word
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter
It went on oh quite late as I went through the gate
And I began my journey back
I was glad to know that I'd seen the show
That I'd found a happy jack
Because they're getting rare, we never get our share
Seem to be a dying breed
But they're so much fun Laughter's on the run
As the Hatter plants the seed
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter

 

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"Man Of The Earth"

"Man Of The Earth"


The city blues they strike again
Another worker drops his pen
He wants to be done
And out on the run
Away from he curse, he'd swap all his worth
To be a man of the earth
For 2 or 3 weeks of the year
An Easter Bunny brings Christmas cheer
He's out of his head and toasting the dead
And feeling much worse, he'd swap all his worth
To be a man of the earth
To swap all his worth
To be a man of the earth
Words become the man if only he could write a sonnet
He'd place his life upon it to be a man of the earth
A man of the earth, he'd swap all his worth
To be a man of the earth
The wife and kids are already there
They're polishing his wicker chair it's looking so bleak
At the end of the week he'll be needing a nurse
He'd swap all his worth to be a man of the earth
A man of the earth
Words become the man if only he could write a sonnet
He'd place his life upon it to be a man of the earth
A man of the earth, he'd swap all his worth
To be a man of the earth
A man of the earth

 

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"Maninwhite"

"Maninwhite"


Save a thought for the man in white
He keeps all the lovers lips shut tight
He's staying up just to hear you praying tonight
Saving sinners
Just beginners

He'll help to get you there
He'll help to get you there
He'll help to get you there when you die

Talks good and he looks the part
Got a PR job that's very smart
Got God's phone number stamped on his heart
Saving sinners
Just beginners

He'll help to get you there
He'll help to get you there
He'll help to get you there when you die

Saving sinners
Just beginners

He'll help to get you there
He'll help to get you there
He'll help to get you there when you die

He's saving sinners
Just beginners

He'll help to get you there
He's almost there

 

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"Manna Machine"

"Manna Machine"


After forty years and after forty nights
Making some food for the Israelites
Out on a limb inside the Heights
Lies a machine out of sight
Not much air, breathing still
Sleeping mummy who did you kill?

They closed your eyes and left you to rust
Many prayed for you to turn to dust
You need a man from hereabouts
To find where you are and dig you out
To find where you are and dig you out

And just one thing
If you're let loose
Can you still make cookies in your caboose?

Sleeping mummy
Sleeping mummy
Sleeping mummy who did you kill?

And one more thing
If you can hear
Don't go out again and disappear

And one more thing
If you can hear
Don't go out again and disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear