The Stranglers

[fox69]

"God Is Good"

"God Is Good"


God is good- God is good- God is good
God is good- God is good- God is good
God is good- God is good- God is good
God is good and he will always provide
There's no place for the infidel to hide

God is good- God is good- God is good

This was my land, now it's yours
But when we're gone, it will always be gone

God is good- God is good- God is good

Slit the throat of the infidel
Kill the children so they never will tell

God is good- God is good- God is good
God is good- God is good- God is good
God is good- God is good- God is good

 

[fox69]

"Golden Boy"

"Golden Boy"


This is the story
Of a poor man's son
He pulled himself up
Turned his face to the sun

He burned up the world with a heart on fire
And tempted the stars when they hid their light

Now everyone wants to touch the golden boy
Now everyone wants to touch the golden boy

They made melody
To support his word
He's the new high priest
Of the scene and herd

They sanctified Sid
Till he puked up his life
A prick for an idol
What a very strange sight

Now children are weeping
In a hundred towns
The spitfire word
Shot the pilot down

They shoved a rag
Down the golden throat
And put up a column
Where the poor dog choked

 

[fox69]

"Golden Brown"

"Golden Brown"


Golden Brown texture like sun
Lays me down with my mind she runs
Throughout the night
No need to fight
Never a frown with Golden Brown

Every time just like the last
On her ship tied to the mast
To distant lands
Takes both my hands
Never a frown with Golden Brown

Golden Brown, finer temptress
Through the ages she's heading west
From far away
Stays for a day
Never a frown with Golden Brown

(La la la la la la la la leeeah)

Never a frown
With Golden Brown
Never a frown
With Golden Brown

 

[fox69]

"Goodbye Toulouse"

"Goodbye Toulouse"


Your streets were paved with love
Your skies were blue
Goodbye Toulouse

I walked your streets in fear
I washed your streets with tears
Toulouse

Goodbye Toulouse

Your cafes tell the tale
Of saddened millionaires
Toulouse

A million dreams I've had
A million lies I've told
Toulouse

Goodbye Toulouse

Paula looked down on me
From her high balcony
Toulouse

I will return some day
So you can hear me say
Farewell

Goodbye Toulouse
Goodbye Toulouse
Goodbye Toulouse

 

[fox69]

"Grand Canyon"

"Grand Canyon"


I've been standing on the poor man side
Looking across the great divide
At the people with the money
But they never look across at me

I see things that you wouldn't believe
The respectable man taking money like a thief
And he don't give a damn
For the mouths he could feed

Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon
The space between us gonna break my heart

There's the man who thinks different from me
So he had me thrown in his jail
He talks a lot about freedom
Then he throws away the key

And here's a man with a different coloured skin
You know he's suspicious of me
He thinks I'll steal his wife
He thinks I'll steal his colour t.v

[Repeat chorus]

There you are on the other side
Walking away from me
I call to you
But you can't hear the word I say

I'm standing on the poor man side
Looking across the great divide
At the people in the world
But they never look across at me

 

[fox69]

"Hallow To Our Men"

"Hallow To Our Men"


Our men which are above
Hallow to your craft
Your craft will come
You will have fun
On earth as you do above

Give us this day some of your manna
As this desert is no Savannah
Spare us today even if we are no good
For your world is better than ours

It's got far more knowledge
It's got far more power
You know the extent of your power
It will outlast ours

Give us this day some of your manna
As this desert is no Savannah
Spare us today even if we are no good
For your world is better than ours

For ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
For ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
For ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
And ever and ever
For ever

 

[fox69]

"Hanging Around"

"Hanging Around"


Big girl in the red dress
She's just trying to impress us
And she's got the barley fever
But she doesn't make a sound
She's just hanging around
She's just hanging around

Down the Court road early
With the Hustlers big and burly
There's a million of 'em selling
And the buyers can be found
They're just hanging around
They're just hanging around

[CHORUS:]
Christ he told his mother
Christ he told her not to bother
Cos he's alright in the city
Cos he's high above the ground
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)

One of 'em comes over
Got a monkey on his shoulder
And the monkey's getting grinner
But his eyes are on the ground
He's just hanging around
He's just hanging around

I'm moving in the Coleherne
With the leather all around me
And the sweat is getting steamy
But their eyes are on the ground
They're just hanging around
They're just hanging around

[CHORUS 2x]

He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around

 

[fox69]

"Head On The Line"

"Head On The Line"


How come it's taking you so long
You're still getting out of it
You never wasted so much time
But I can see you're having fun
When will you grow out of it
Don't ask me to put my head on the line
In all these problem-cluttered times
You're creating another one
It's not enough just feeling fine
Oh I know
All of your friends they sympathize
Well I'm not another one
Don't ask me to put my head on the line

So have a drink and start to dance
And talk about your blues
But just make sure that your heart's beating on in you
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line

So have a drink and start to dance
And talk about your blues
But just make sure that your heart's beating on in you

You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line
You're head's on the line.

 

[fox69]

"Heaven Or Hell"

"Heaven Or Hell"


The master asleep in his chamber
The beggar asleep in the door
The man In the moon says
I've seen this production before

The prisoner dreams of escaping
In about to a far away places
The stars in the sky say
Look up and we'll show you the way

Heaven or hell
Sometimes you just can't tell
So we keep on walking

Look at the news in the paper
I can't believe all the things I see
Progress is taken for granted
But it's a lie you can take it from me
Civilisations lie swallowed up in the sand

 

[fox69]

"Here"

"Here"


Of silence in pieces here
Voices all disappear
Sacred inside
Doubled our silhouettes
One shape I can't forget
Tears the inside

Here could be sad if empty hands
Were what my head was resting in
Consider them protecting

Footsteps in paradise
Really moving through me now

It's cold lay your hands on me
Don't look into my eyes
I'm burning out the time

Here wrapped in all these chains
Only scent remains
Scares me inside

Feels like I'm sinking fast
Some moments never last
Keep it inside

It's just too bad that empty hands
Are what my head is resting in
I'm rendered unprotected

Fool steps in paradise
Really moving through me now

It's cold don't take your hand from me
They look into my eyes
I'm burning out the time

Footsteps in paradise
Fool steps