Let's Get Out Of This Country (junio 2006)

Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
He said “I’ll protect you like you are the crown jewels” yet
Said he’s feeling sorrier for me the more I behave badly I can bet
Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
I can’t see further than my own nose at the moment
Jealousy is more than a word now I understand
I know you can stay a girl by holding a boy’s hand
Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
I can’t see further than my own nose at the moment
Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
I can’t see further than my own nose at the moment
I’ve got my life of complication here to sort out
I’ll take myself to an east coast city and walk about
Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
I can’t see further than my own nose at the moment
Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
I can’t see further than my own nose at the moment
Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
I can’t see further than my own nose at the moment

Tears for affairs
Shedding tears for affairs
I’m a funny little thing
I can tell you this for nothing
Affairs don’t win
Can you handle one more dirty secret one more dirty night
Is it true what they say
Will it make us go blind
You had to drive
Look me in the eye
Whisper don’t cry
I’ll take an interest in Illustration
It should be a laugh
Your words are with me still
They whisper in the grass
Shedding tears for affairs
I’m a stupid little thing
I can tell you this for nothing
You won’t win
You had to drive
(I didn’t want to)
Look me in the eye
(I found it hard to)
Whisper don’t cry
(I had to whisper don’t cry)
So I cried

Come back Margaret
Come back Margaret he wants to adore you
Come back Margaret I’d like to explore you
Can’t you see the tears in my eyes
With love for him I disguise
I like the free days with no expectations
I like it my way with no limitation
Still you see there are tears in my eyes
With love for him I despise
Darling you will always be around
Whether my mood’s up or if it’s down
In dreams I try to take you far away
But you never stay
No you never stay
No you never stay

Dory Previn
Fed up of girls in pretty dresses
With boys who want to teach them a lesson
Sick of the sight of my old lover
Went under sheets and covers to get away from him
I can’t see what he once meant to me
I think it’s time I put him out of my mind
So I took a glimpse of Montana
Now nothing else matters
I’ll heal eventually
How I adore you Dory Previn
Turned you up to eleven for the band’s ears to bleed
I can’t see what he once meant to me
Do you think it’s time I put it out of my mind
Do you think it’s time I put it out of my mind
I can’t see what he once meant to me
Do you think it’s time I put it out of my mind
I can’t see what he once meant to me
Do you think it’s time I put it out of my mind
I can’t see what he once meant to me
Do you think it’s time I put it out of my mind
I can’t see what he once meant to me
Do you think it’s time I put it out of my mind
I think it’s time I let my love for him die

The false contender
I once had a love but soon had enough
He was a false contender
He got so thin there must have been deep sorrow gnawing away at him
What will I do
Will it always be you
I hope and I pray he’ll leave me one day
We were so sweet under the Copper Beach
You left a mark you sunk your teeth
Into the back of my neck
Oh let’s not pretend I needed the lesson that you taught me well
What will I do
Will it always be you
I hope and I pray he’ll leave me one day
What will I do
Must it always be you
I hope and I pray he’ll leave me one day
Leave me one day
Leave me one day
Leave me one day

Let’s get out of this country
Let’s get out of this country
I’ll admit I am bored with me
I drowned my sorrows and slept around
When not in body at least in mind
We’ll find a cathedral city
You can convince me I am pretty
We’ll pick berries and recline
Let’s hit the road dear friend of mine
Wave goodbye to our thankless jobs
We’ll drive for miles maybe never turn off
We’ll find a cathedral city you can be handsome I’ll be pretty
What does this city have to offer me
Everyone else thinks it’s the bee’s knees
What does this city have to offer me?
I just can’t see
I just can’t see
Let’s get out of this country
I have been so unhappy
Smell the Jasmine my head was turned
I feel like getting confessional
We’ll find a cathedral city you can convince me I am pretty
What does this city have to offer me
Everyone else thinks it’s the bee’s knees
What does this city have to offer me
I just can’t see
I just can’t see

Country mile
Silver Birch against a Swedish sky
The singer in the band made me want to cry
We’re all inside our own heads now
We are leaving new friends
We are leaving this town
I wish you could be here with me
I would show you off like a trophy
The road it winds, it twists, it turns, now my stomach burns
Once again I’ll be the foolish one
Thinking a blink of these lashes would make you come
Don’t you worry, don’t get in a state
I don’t believe in true love anyway
Who’s being pessimistic now
I could document this as our first and our last row
The more you look forlorn, the more to you I warm
I won’t be seeing you for a long while
I hope it’s not as long as a country mile
I feel lost

I looks could kill
Tell me where it all went wrong
Maybe I can make it better
Tell me where it all went wrong
Don’t you know that you really upset her
When you act like a man who is cross with every woman he’s never had
If it’s true looks could kill and you will be the first to make me mad
Then you’ll have to go
Is this the kind of fate you could contemplate
A breakdown at my very sight
I promise hidden words of tenderness in every single line that I write
Still you act like a man who is cross with every woman he’s never had
If it’s true looks could kill and you will be the first to make me mad
Then you’ll have to go
Maybe you’ll have to go
Is it true looks can kill
Is it true looks can kill
Is it true looks can kill

I need all the friends I can get
I can see that you are leading her on
I think I know what you are
I can see that you are leading her on
I know what you are
You can’t see that you’re just the same as all the stupid people you hate
I’m not saying I’m free from blame because I need all the friends I can get
I can get
I can get
A long distance call to a mystery blond it wasn’t good for business
But you say that she cries when she hears the bird’s song
You want to soothe her distress
You can’t see that she’s just the same as all the stupid people you hate
I’m not saying I’m free from blame because I need all the friends I can get
I can get
I can get
I can see that you are leading her on
You say you’re feeling listless
The people are tired and commitment has gone
To this I’ve been a witness
You can’t see that I’m just the same as all the stupid people you hate
I’m not saying I’m free from blame because I need all the friends I can get
I can get
I can get

Razzle Dazzle rose
Rose, I’m feeling older
I was as lucky as a four-leaved clover
I tried to be happy it wasn’t easy
When I choose my colour it will be Razzle Dazzle Rose
Rose, I’m feeling older
Courage my love it makes me bolder
Expecting softness can lead to foolishness
When I choose my colour it will be Razzle Dazzle rose.

Underachievers Please Try Harder (sept. 2003)

Underachievers Please Try Harder

You’re such a beautiful writer
that’s not all you are
I’m sorry about making a pass
It was subtle but I think that you grasped
The meaning intended
I can be a friend to you
I won’t pretend
I’m not interested in breaking a heart
It’s not love no it’s nothing like that
I’ll leave that to lookers like him
Oh he’s such a delicate thing
Now it’s such a fragile thing that we have
I should be suspended from class
I don’t know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class
I don’t know my elbow from my arse
We could go out dancing
But, in truth it is the last thing that I have on my mind
Please say if I’m way out of line
I won’t need telling twice
Now he wants to kiss
Said he can’t resist
You’re going to have to keep it hidden inside
I’ve a feeling that pigs might fly, might fly
I should be suspended from class
I don’t know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class
I don’t know my elbow from my arse
You’re such a beautiful writer
And that’s not all you are
I’m sorry about making a pass
It was subtle but I think that you grasped
The meaning intended
I should be suspended from class
I don’t know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class
I don’t know my elbow from my arse


Keep it clean
Does it make you happy to ignore me on streets?
I guess by now you think I’m weak
I wish you could have said something before now
I wouldn’t share a bag of chips with you
In my opinion you don’t have a clue
I’m being cruel I’m being cruel
I don’t want to be part of your scene
I’ll stick with him and keep my nose clean
You’re the one pretending to be licking stamps
All alone in a room following lines on maps
It’s clear you don’t want me here
How about I send you a book on nutrition
You can stop spoon-feeding me non-fiction
Just for a while, I will fake a smile
Why did you say she was a friend of mine?
I thought it was me you couldn’t stand
I’m confused
I will win you will lose
You’ve taken to phoning my house when you’re drunk
Confessing all your love
I wish you could have said so before now
I don’t want to be part of your scene
I’ll stick with him and keep my nose clean


A sisters social agony
You bruise like a cherry my darling girl
Words can mean nothing to some in this world
I want you to know I thought about you last night
I cried
Play indie rock if that’s what you want
Quote Mike Leigh films it will turn them all on
I heard you were going on a first date
That’s great
Don’t apologise
Try your best not to disguise
To get misty eyed at times is fine
Sometimes it feels like you’re the only one
A freckle appeared on your lip from the sun
Those kids that you run with, they put you down
Make no sound
For your birthday she sent you a card
She didn’t sign her name she gave an autograph
Now she’s trying to call your bluff
Is she your true love?
We knew the boy who went from Mod to Ted
She asked matter of fact had he gone off his head
He was uncomplaining as a tree
Not a thing like me


Teenager
You’re not a teenager
So don’t act like one
Sure she’s a heartbreaker
Does she have one?
Is it down to me, down to me we both rarely speak?
I went for a stroll after dark
I thought of you with her while staring at the black
I didn’t have you down for being easily led
Or the girl well read
I went for a stroll after dark
I thought of you and her, I think I’m going mad
Can you help me to see where I’m going wrong?
Help me finish this song


Before you cry
No sense no style
I said I loved you for a little while
When you cried no
High speed became go slow
Come back this time
Wishful thinking is going to make you mine
Push turns to shove
I got no more room for love
I hope you hear me
I can’t stand you next to me
Get lost goodbye
I’ll smile before you cry
I love you baby
Please don’t hate me
You’re feeling a little sad tonight but you’ll be alright


Your picture
My friend she told me such a story but she didn’t know what I knew
I laughed with my friend when she got to the end
I knew we were laughing at you
She told me that you made some money and you got yourself frames on the wall
People come by and they look at your face
And they say it’s the fairest of all
Of course you protest
That’s what you do best
You’re modest and shy to the end
You’re watching them a as they’re looking at you
And you know it was money well spent
She told me you’d given up drinking to be with somebody you knew
And you tried to get into the bible
But it never got into you
You’ve still got some loyal disciples I suppose that I’m one of the few
I shouldn’t have laughed Cause I mean you no harm
But my friend got to me before you
And next time I see you I’ll be pleased to see you
I hope you’ll be pleased to see me
I’ll visit your picture I won’t have the nerve
To tell them that they’ve got you all wrong


Number one son
Took a walk in the park for a laugh we drank sparkling wine
Oh yes it was dark trees could not be identified
The girl you were with did she have you on your knees
I shut my mouth my ears I don’t want to hear you please
Now you’re skipping school going to listen to records
Wrapped up in mohair dissing your elders
Dip a chocolate finger take a sip from my cup
Remember what you’re dad said "button your lip"
You’ve got to toughen up for him
He’s the kind who will do you in
I should know that it’s no fun
You will never be number one
Number one son
God I’ve tried to help but I think I just hinder
Ask a better girl could she ever be kinder
Love unlike lightning can strike you twice
I don’t know much, please take my advice
You’ve got to toughen up for him
He’s the kind who will do you in
I should know that it’s no fun
You will never be number one
Number one son
You’ve got to toughen up for him
He’s the kind who will do you in
I should know that it’s no fun
You will never be No.1
No.1 son


Let me go home
Hurry up, baby, 'cause we're going somewhere tonight
One glass of wine and you're mine and you know i just might...
You know i just might
You know i just might
Well the room goes boom to the sound of temptations and more
Twisting and turning that girl's looking good on the floor
Good on the floor
Good on the floor
Well the four walls they collide
Until the blue-eyed girl decides to let me go home
Let me go home
Host plays a ghost in my house, gets a fist in the eye
Vinyl is crushed in the rush for the liquor supply
The liquor supply
The liquor supply
Supremes in our dreams
Do we quit bein' obscene on the stairs
Daylight appears through the curtains and nobody cares
Nobody cares
Nobody cares
Well the four walls they collide
Until the blue-eyed girl decides to let me go home
Let me go home
Daylight appears through the curtains and nobody cares
Supremes in our dreams
Do we quit bein' obscene on the stairs


Books written for girls
You can compliment me on the style of my hair
Give me marks out of ten for the clothes I wear
You probably thought I had more upstairs
I disappoint you, I can see through your perfect smile
He likes to read books written for girls
Prides himself on being a man of the world
It’s in the darkest places he gets his thrills
He will disappoint you, if you see through his perfect smile
I think separation is ok
You’re no star to guide me anyway
You only wanted me to play the fool
Play by your rule
Now my door has swollen from the rain
God knows we’ll never see her face again
People get shattered in many ways
They can disappoint you if you see through their perfect smiles
I think separation is ok
You’re no star to guide me anyway
You only wanted me to play the fool
Play by your rule


Knee deep at the npl
We went out dancing it was time we had fun
We didn’t leave ‘til three I know we’re not the only one’s
When we got outside the snow had started to fall
I made a ball I threw it at Gavin because he’s tall
Now we have this snow up to our knees
A Walking wonderland is always bound to please
I know it’s true to say my smiles been weak
I wonder if you know by now I’ve fallen deep
I can hear you calling to me in the morning
How can I be falling in love with you
I can hear you calling to me in the morning
How can I be falling in love with you
You can offer me a penny for my thoughts
They’re not worth a damn they’re not worth a lot
I’ve been getting loose with my tongue and my hands
How can I expect you to understand who I am?
I can hear you calling to me in the morning
How can I be falling in love with you
She’s doing her own thing
Still making my heart sing
She is moving along to the beat of a song
It’s true
I’ll keep you safe and warm tonight
I’ll keep you safe and warm tonight
I’ll keep you safe and warm tonight


Lunar sea
For the Lunar sea see the river moon
And you got it
Match the finest words to the greatest tune
And you bought it
See me cross in style
Walk the longest mile in a minute
Where do drifters go?
Wonder if they know there’s no limit
At the rainbows end
Find a perfect friend say you’re sorry
Make me dream at night
Break my heart on sight don’t you worry
Swept the sounds of love from the skies above
And I knew it
Swim the seas of blue just to drown in you
And I blew it
You hear it, the shiver in spine don’t come near it
I love it, you soar and you cry rise above it
Got my lunar sea for you’re river moon
If you let it
Match my finest words to your greatest tune
Won’t forget it
You hear it, the shiver in spine don’t come near it
I love it, you soar and you cry rise above it
Fly by lunar sea lullaby


I don't want to see you
I can’t believe that I’m writing this down
I can’t believe I’ve got you in a song
I don’t want to be a whining girl I’d rather not be in your world
I stole a magazine from a Laundromat
The posters in the bag they were breaking my back
All I wanted was a bench to rest my weary legs
I sat and had a greet, I have done my best
I’ll get my operation on the N.H.S
Will it cure my blushes will it bring out my best?
Some will say I was a woman pretending to be a girl
I will make no comment of this I’ve had my fill
This can’t go on
When is it going to stop?
You casually walked back to your room tonight
Take the flight of stairs and softly dim the light
Fantasize about how happy you’d be with a girl tonight
I don’t want to see you down
I don’t want to see you hanging around
I don’t want to see you down
I don’t want to see you hanging around


Footloose and fancy free
Buy me an advent calendar
It seems the thought of days without you make me sadder
Don’t visit me now you make me want to do myself in
I’ll see yousometime but I won’t see you soon
I know something’s about you
I won’t spill the beans
There’s a spool in my own camera that’s never been seen
I could write it all down but it won’t be enough
I want you to be happy with someone to love
It won’t be me
It won’t be you
Pretty soonwe’ll agree to be free
Footloose and fancy free.

Biggest Bluest Hi Fi (nov 2001)

Happy new year

Did the ironing in a cowboy hat
Felt as fresh as the paint in this new flat
I will never tell you what to do
Have ambition simply to see things through
Did you know I could be a lot of fun
I'm aware that friendship can die young
As the glow from the street light bled
Down the Langlands Road we set off the best of friends
I know where I stand
I don't need you to hold my hand
Well, I've tried to get along with you
I have asked myself “What are we gonna do?”
I'm coming round to take a stand
Going to put us together with glue or an elastic band
I know where I stand
I don't need you to hold my hand
I am softer than my face would suggest
At times like these I'm at my lowest ebb
Now I can confide in you
If I cry to set the mood oh please could you cry too
Happy New Year
You are my only vice
Happy New Year
What if we compromised?
Happy New Year
I am open
Do you have to wear a frown like that?
You could have hit me with a baseball bat
Do you want to? (Yes I do)
Do you have to? (So do you)
Do you want to? (So do you)


Eighties fan
You know it really wont surprise me
If you're a wreck by the age of fourteen
The way you look
The way you look is fine
So often colour coordinated
your sister she's an Eighties fan
But that's alright
Have I told you so is mine
You say your life will be the death of you
Tell me, do you wash your hair in honey dew?
And long for all of them to fall in love with you
But they never do
Drinking vodka on the fly
Your mother has a watchful eye
So look out kid
She's onto you this time
Run away to a bed and breakfast
Console yourself with the Reader's Digest
Ringing the Yellow Pages all alone
You say your life will be the death of you
Tell me, do you wash your hair in honey dew?
And long for all of them to fall in love with you
But they never do
No they never do
I'm gonna tell you something good about yourself
I'll say it now and I'll never say it about no one else
I'm gonna tell you something good about yourself
I'll say it now and I'll never say it about no one else
About no one else


Houseboat
Took a trip on a houseboat
It was fun, you and me
I know you're really in love with him
Are you up to your knees?
Oh I'm always in decline
Always changing my lines
Always changing my mind
To be a friend is fine
I won't go sinking this houseboat
It's so hard to believe
He made you smile so easy
So make a smile for me
Will I always be denied
I thought about it last night
Could we baby, honey try
To put it right this time?
Oh how I've wanted to change
Let you take me home, let you rearrange
To find opportunity you should give yourself to me
You should give yourself to me
Oh how I've wanted to change
Let you take me home, let you rearrange
To find opportunity you should give yourself to me
You should give yourself to me


Shine like a new pin
Girl with a thick skin made you shine like a new pin
Why smother urges, which belong under dresses?
Do you wish that you could only start again,
learn to live and be pedestrian?
If all your wishes in the world come true
you'd be as good as new
What can I say that will make them jump to my defence?
I value honesty, I could never pretend
Crest fallen boys are boring
I don't know which way I'm going anymore
I can't be sure
Girl with a thick skin made you shine


Pen a notebook
You saved for a bass guitar
You knew you’d made a mistake when you first saw Marr
With your pen and notebook you’ve blown me away
It’s the smallest words we cannot say
Your favourite colour is that of red wine
Which brings me around to your favourite pastime
With your pen and notebook you’ve blown me away
And I won’t be blamed for not feeling the same
Are the stars out tonight
From the Southside oh the prettiest side
Will you stumble or fall tonight
Are you watching wrapped up cosy and tight
We’re not the same
We’re not the same
We’re not the same


Swimming pool
My head's been lying dormant like a sleepy little mouse
What I have inside me it's enough to fill a house
Don't get maudlin on me cause I'm not fit for it
I’d make you another offer will it do the trick
All my days inactive will be justified
Awaken from a slumber to a rollercoaster ride
Don't get wise to everyone and everything
Leave a little room for some naiveté
To say that we will never part
And you will always have my heart
Is something that I can't deny
And you must never ever try
To go and lead a separate life
It's something I will never do, without you
Don't get wise to everyone and everything
Leave a little room for some naiveté
To say that we will never part
And you will always have my heart
Is something that I can't deny
And you must never ever try
To go and lead a separate life
Is something I will never do, without you
Don't get wise to everyone and everything
Leave a little room for some naiveté
Swimming in a pool of all clear
Swimming in a pool of all clear


Antiwestern
Sure to be a loner, I hear you're not the loving kind
Come on darling, I've something in mind
You're too good looking I'm always gonna put up a fight
Give in baby, be mine tonight
You talk about Lee but your words are untrue
Saying that Nancy's got nothing on you
You listen to rubbish I really despise
And tell me that sand is just grit in your eyes
Moved around honey, to stay here now would feel just fine
I'm taking your boots off, I'll keep them with mine
I'm coming around 'cause I know they say we only live twice
Well this is the first life, a need to entice
You talk about Lee but your words are untrue
Saying that Nancy's got nothing on you
You listen to rubbish I really despise
And tell me that sand is just grit in your eyes


Let's go bowling
I don't believe in anything so you may as well forget about me
It's time you took it upon yourself to go join the other team
Forget about me
Anyway, I got myself some bowling shoes
an' they are all that I can see
With all my might I scored a strike
My friend you wouldn't believe
My teenage years were wasted all on me
On Saturday I watched a film
It was black and white with Clark Gable in
I've seen that film one hundred times or more
How am I going to tell my friends
I won't be coming out with them no more?
Don't you know that I feel sad?
You only know how to get mad


I don't do crowds
I'd like to have company during thunderstorms
I'd like you to fall for me but it would soon turn lousy and wrong
I meant what I said, all I want is to be one of the best
Been getting some extra help from a special band
Oh yeah they've been helping us out
And we're thankful they're lending a hand
Here is my request: play the ones that we all know best
I don't do crowds, everyone put it down to rudeness
I laughed out loud, could they all see that it was madness?
Please come to save me from myself again,
To shield me to disguise that my heart has a secret
And this will make you sigh, and me cry
Oh will there be dancing in the hall tonight?
Cause if there is dancing I won't lack fight
It seems I'm less afraid of life itself than of what you see
You turned the heads of every boy and girl alike
Would you have them all if there were enough hours in the night?
You took care of your skin,
Sure did help but it didn't solve everything
I don't do crowds, everyone put it down to rudeness
I laughed out loud, could they all see that it was sadness?
Please come to save me from myself again,
To shield me to disguise that my heart has a secret
And this will make you sigh, and me cry
I find it funny that you never even knew
All the times when I stole a look from you
Oh what's in my mind
Oh they're gonna put me away this time


The sun on his back
He’s got the sun on his back
Where there are freckles I would die for
Is he a family man?
If I had the chance I would show him all I am
I like the sound of his voice
I did my very best to impress him
Always my first choice
And I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve been uncool
I’ve looked a fool
Do you feel lucky tonight (go out it’s alright)
Do you feel lucky tonight (go out it’s alright)
And I will wear a badge to show my delight


Double feature
Close comes the winter
Summer is no longer
And things, they seem much bleaker
We'll see a Catherine Deneuve double feature
And our lives will fade as in darkness we will bathe
And our lives will fade as in darkness we will bathe
Double feature, you will survive
Last forever so rest your eyes
Play with words when we cannot sing
This double feature means everything


Arragements of shape and space
(Instrumental).