The Stranglers

[fox69]

"Nuclear Device"

"Nuclear Device"


I'm the wizard of aus
And I've got it all planned
For my first nuclear device

I don't really care about which way you vote
'Cos my gerrymander works out fine
I sell desert stretches like a big rubber glove
To Japan for a nuclear device

Nuclear device
Nuclear device
Nuclear device

If I could get lucky I'd secede from the states
I'd buy the country at an incredible rate

Brisbane men stay at home at night
'Cos I outlawed all of the vice (outlawed all of the vice)
I'm the wizard of aus
And I've rolled the streets
Dreaming of a nuclear device (nuclear device)

If I could get lucky I'd go out on my own
And sell Australia the rice (rest of aus' their rice)

Nuclear device
Nuclear device
Nuclear device

If I could get lucky I'd secede from the states
I'd buy the country at an incredible rate
If I could get lucky I'd secede from the states
I'd buy the country at an incredible rate
If I could get lucky I'd secede from the states
I'd buy the country at an incredible rate
at an incredible rate
at an incredible rate
at an incredible rate
at an incredible rate
at an incredible rate
at an incredible rate
at an incredible rate
at an incredible rate

Way down under Australia (Australia)
Very different from over here (Australia)
Getting rid of Abo's one by one (Australia)
Buy cheap land for uranium (Australia)
It reminds me of Sweden (Australia)
All the animals look so strange (Australia)
All victims of a testing range (Australia)
Of a testing range (Australia)
Of a testing range (Australia)
Of a testing range (Australia)
Of a testing range (Australia)
Of a testing range (Australia)

 

[fox69]

"Old Codger"

"Old Codger"


What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am

Communion's got a lot of grace
It's got style and bread and wine
But they're not mine!
You know what I like!

What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am

I may be long in tooth and jaw
But I've got a lot of nerve
When it comes to an angel boy
Pray for me!

What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am

When the choir is singing in the aisles
And the moon tomes up over the steeple
I might just turn into a bol-weevil
And creep up on you with my beef-jerky!

Hey baby!
We're gonna shave 'em dry
You know what shave 'em dry is?
You'll learn!
Mmmm, that's good, that's good!
That's very good!
Just close your eyes baby and think of England!
Well why not?
I always keep my socks on!

 

[fox69]

"Out Of My Mind"

"Out Of My Mind"


Out of my mind, I can't get you
Out of my mind, I can't get you
I'll tell you something, I feel hung over today
I'll tell you something, this head just won't go away
But when you smile, my day gets brighter
And in a while, my head's gone away
Out of my mind, I can't get you
Out of my mind, I can't get you
Let me tell you something, I'm high from talking to you
I'll tell you something, your smell works better than glue
And when you smile, I see the colours
And in a while, there's a world brand new
Out of my mind, out of my mind
Out of my mind, I can't get you
I'll tell you something, I got to see you today
I'll tell you something, nothing can get in our way
And when you smile, I see the sunrise
And in a while, out of things to say
Out of my mind, I can't get you

 

[fox69]

"Outside Tokyo"

"Outside Tokyo"


Somewhere outside Tokyo
Invented time
Someone in a factory
Invented time
If people wanted proof to
Carry on they'd like to buy one

50 million watches with a
Strap to sell
50 million watches with a
Strap to sell
If people wanted proof to
Carry on they'd like to buy one

If they should ever sell out
That would be the end of (time)
Be the end of (time)
Be the end of time

 

[fox69]

"Paradise"

"Paradise"


I went in search of paradise
They said it would be good for my head
So I went in search of paradise
But she took me by the head instead

Paris - London
Glamour and despair
Ruins - We were ruined over there
Ruins - We ruined over there-er-er.

And when you think you're in paradise
But then you find your arms are tied
Caprive in the name of paradise
The chains are all her lies

Paris - London
Glamour and despair
Ruins - We were ruined over there
Ruins - We ruined over there-er-er.

The picture on the screen is moving still
It's moving all the time
If only you could freeze frame a moment there
You could have paradise all the time

Paris - London
Glamour and despair
Ruins - We were ruined over there
Ruins - We ruined over there-er-er.

I don't think anyone ever found paradise
'Cos paradise is based on lies

 

[fox69]

"Paradise Row"

"Paradise Row"


And the pharaoh raised his hand
Said dig a hole in the promised land
The pointing men are marching in a line
They're shooting poison arrows in the sky

These are the last days of paradise row

There's a man knocking on my door
He's playing games with word of the law
A hammer in his hand to break your soul
But the spirit is a house that will not fall

These are the last days of paradise row
Tell me Moses where will your children go

Now the scorpion will go
Where the forest will not grow
And the pharaoh lies behind a golden mask
His pointing men steal water from our well

I don't mind telling you
It makes my heart bleed
I don't mind telling you
It makes my heart bleed

These are the last days of paradise row
Tell me Moses where will your children go?
These are the last days of paradise row
Tell me Moses where will your children go?

 

[fox69]

"Pawsher"

"Pawsher"


Pãwsher, Pãwsher
Pãwsher, Pãwsher
Pãwsher, Pãwsher
Pãwsher, Pãwsher

Pãwsher, Pãwsher
Pãwsher, Pãwsher

Pãwsher, Pãwsher
Pãwsher, Pãwsher

Pãwsher, Pãwsher
Pãwsher, Pãwsher

Pãwsher, Pãwsher
Pãwsher, Pãwsher...

 

[fox69]

"Peaches"

"Peaches"


Strolling along minding my own business
Well there goes a girl and a half
She's got me going up and down
She's got me going up and down
It's only your imagination
Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches
See her for a moment
Well I got the notion girl that you got some suntan lotion in that bottle of yours
Spread it all over my peelin' skin baby
That feels real good
All this skirt lappin' up the sun
Lap me up
Why don't you come on and
Lap me up
Just what it is that brings her here
Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches
See her for a moment
Well there goes another one just lying down on the sand dunes
I'd better go take a swim and see if I can cool down a little bit
Coz you and me woman
We got a lotta things on our minds (you know what I mean)
Covering everything
Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches
Stars in the window
Will you just take a look over there (where?) there
Is she tryin' to get outta that clitares?
Liberation for women
Thats what I preach
Preacher man
The air is like a murmur
Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches
All at once there's someone there
Oh shit
There goes the charabang
Looks like I'm gonna be stuck here the whole summer
Well what a bummer
I can think of a lot worse places to be
Like down in the streets
Or down in the sewer
Or even on the end of a skewer

 

[fox69]

"Peasant In The Big Shitty"

"Peasant In The Big Shitty"


The day is sticky yellow
The night was so untight
The cows go moo moo moo.
Is everything alright?

Baby digit at my face.
Who the man with the smile, mum?
Do you like it like that?
I'm just a peasant in the Big Shitty

I'm going real slow
But if the light ain't real
Then there can't be a hole
Not even some red

Do you like it like that?
Do you like it like that?
You're not real. Oh no! You're not.
You're not real. Oh no! You're not.
You're not real. Oh no! You're not.
You're not real. Oh no! You're not.

There be a strange garlic here
The room is full of fear
With empty wavelength touch
It's coming in a rush
It's coming in a rush
It's coming in a rush
It's coming in a rush

Do you like it like that?
Do you like it like that?
Do you like it like that?
Do you like it like that?

I'm just a peasant in the Big Shitty

 

[fox69]

"Peasant In The Big Shitty (Live)"

"Peasant In The Big Shitty (Live)"


The day is sticky yellow
The night was so untight
The cows go moo moo moo.
Is everything alright?

Baby digit at my face.
Who the man with the smile, mum?
Do you like it like that?
I'm just a peasant in the Big Shitty

I'm going real slow
But if the light ain't real
Then there can't be a hole
Not even some red

Do you like it like that?
Do you like it like that?
You're not real. Oh no! You're not.
You're not real. Oh no! You're not.
You're not real. Oh no! You're not.
You're not real. Oh no! You're not.

There be a strange garlic here
The room is full of fear
With empty wavelength touch
It's coming in a rush
It's coming in a rush
It's coming in a rush
It's coming in a rush

Do you like it like that?
Do you like it like that?
Do you like it like that?
Do you like it like that?

I'm just a peasant in the Big Shitty