The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette lyrics
Tracks 01. Love Song
02. Machine Gun Etiquette 03. I Just Can't Be Happy Today 04. Melody Lee 05. Anti-Pope 06. These Hands 07. Plan 9 Channel 7 08. Noise, Noise, Noise 09. Looking at You 10. Liar 11. Smash It Up 12. Smash It Up 13. Ballroom Blitz 14. Suicide 15. Rabid (Over You) 16. White Rabbit 01. Love Song Music & lyrics by The Damned
Ladies and gentlemen...how do.
Hey man, what's happening? I'll be the ticket if you're my collector I've charge the fare if you're my inspector I'll be the luggage if you'll be the porter I'll be the parcel if you'll be my sorter Just for you here's a love song Just for you here's a love song And it makes me glad to say It's been a lovely day And it's okay I'll be the mail you'll be the guard I'll be the ink on your season ticket card I'll be the rubbish you'll be the bin I'll be the paint on the sign if you'll be the tin Just for you here's a love song Just for you here's a love song And it makes me glad to say It's been a lovely day And it's okay 02. Machine Gun Etiquette Music & lyrics by The Damned
I remember what you said (second time around)
Don't you wish that we were dead (second time around) No more getting pushed around (second time around) Not that we've gone underground (second time around) Now its time for you to see (second time around) What the Love Song did for me (second time around) Really famous stinking rich (second time around) Straight up there without a hitch (second time around) I remember what you said (second time around) Don't you wish that we were dead (second time around) No more getting pushed around (second time around) Back to haunt you with our sound (second time around) 03. I Just Can't Be Happy Today Music & lyrics by The Damned
I Just Can't Be Happy Today
I Just Can't Be Happy Today A lot of you know there's nothing to smile There's no feeling fine without being fined It's a price on your head No point being sad when justice is red I Just Can't Be Happy Today I Just Can't Be Happy Today They're closing the schools They're burning the books The church is in ruins The priests hang on hooks The radios on ice The telly's been banned The army's in power The devil commands Illegal to dance Forbidden to cry You do what you're told and never ask why Ignore all those fools They don't understand we make our own rules I Just Can't Be Happy Today I Just Can't Be Happy Today I Just Can't Be Happy, Just Can't Be Happy, Just Can't Be Happy Today I Just Can't Be Happy, Just Can't Be Happy, Just Can't Be Happy Today 04. Melody Lee Music & lyrics by The Damned
Melody lee, a broken man and a broken dream
It must have been a change of heart Your life was cruel they called it art Melody lee, you need a nuke to set you free You know you can't cheat tomorrow If you hide any sorrow Melody lee, you gotta find your secret enemy You're on the run with nowhere to go If you die someone to know Forget your heart, you need not stay A second longer than today Melody lee, a broken man and a broken dream It must have been a change of heart Your life was cruel they called it art 05. Anti-Pope Music & lyrics by The Damned
(Bollocks!)
I'm going back to church tonight Just like back when I was eight But I don't mean to pray I'm gonna nick a collection plate I've got nothing against church Only people that go there and show they're Plain ignorant and don't understand A congregation at weekends will change their behaviour So many people are weak and then have to Seek answers from pedlars of hope I should know I used to go there myself That's the day I became antipope There's gonna be some fun tonight Spreading news around the town That the vicar's a transvestite With a fetish for robes and gowns I've got nothing against church Only people that go there and show they're Plain ignorant and don't understand A congregation at weekends will change their behaviour So many people are weak and then have to Seek answers from pedlars of hope I should know I used to go there myself That's the day I became antipope Religion doesn't mean a thing Its just another way of being right wing I think sex films are okay I don't dig that pope, no way I've got nothing against church Only people that go there and show they're Plain ignorant and don't understand A congregation at weekends will change their behaviour So many people are weak and then have to Seek answers from pedlars of hope I should know I used to go there myself That's the day I became antipope 06. These Hands Music & lyrics by The Damned
These are the hands of a demented circus clown
Outside I'm laughing but inside I'm really wearing a frown I see you laughing at me But baby in my dreams Its quite a different scene Chasing you through the night with my hands around your neck Funny how everything seems to make me colliette I find I'm laughing at you And you are turning blue Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Ho ho ho Stop laughing 07. Plan 9 Channel 7 Music & lyrics by The Damned
She plays her mouth into a smile
And offers that he stay a while Two hearts that beat as one And eyes that hardly ever saw the sun Hollywood babbles on She lays a wreath of lilies on his grave His flame gone along with the love he never gave Not to be seduced by those red lips Two dimensional comic clips Hollywood babbles on On and on and on and on and... Channel 7, with shades of grey Too close but two worlds away Plan 9, hello may Too close but two worlds away They say Step into the night She plays her mouth into a smile And offers that he stay a while Two hearts that beat as one And eyes that hardly ever saw the sun Hollywood babbles on She lays a wreath of lilies on his grave His flame gone along with the love he never gave Not to be seduced by those red lips Two dimensional comic clips Hollywood babbles on On and on and on and on and... Channel 7, with shades of grey Too close but two worlds away Plan 9, hello may Too close but two worlds away They say 08. Noise, Noise, Noise Music & lyrics by The Damned
It's 7am on a brand new day
I'm gonna start it in the perfect way Put the greatest record on I kick the dog and kick the cat Insult my mum insult my dad Scream out loud and sing along We say noise is for heroes (heroes) Leave the music for zeroes (zeroes) Noise Noise Noise is for heroes (heroes) Oh yeah I'm down the pub the time is one Hit the jukebox for my favourite song Gonna turn it up too loud Have a couple of games of pool Argue with a drunken fool Have a beer with the usual crowd We say noise is for heroes (heroes) Leave the music for zeroes (zeroes) Noise Noise Noise is for heroes (heroes) Oh yeah Its noise that makes the world go round I can't survive without that sound The sound torments me Its 8 o'clock down the church hall Enourmous amplifiers 6 feet tall Gonna turn them up full blast The vicar waves his arms and looks absurd The noise drowns out his godly words And he can't get out too fast We say noise is for heroes (heroes) Leave the music for zeroes (zeroes) Noise Noise Noise is for heroes (heroes) Oh yeah Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise Noise 09. Looking at You Music & lyrics by MC5
When it happened
Something Snapped inside me Made me wanna hide All alone on my own, all alone on my own I stood up on the stand my eyes shut tight Didn't wanna see anybody Feeling alright, having a good time Doing alright, doing alright Doing alright, doing alright I saw into the dancing crowd Felt like screaming out loud I saw you standing there Saw your long, your long hair Opened up my eyes baby You made me realise what I wanna do now All I wanna do now babe is look at you Looking at you babe, looking at you Looking at you, looking at you baby You baby You baby You baby You baby You baby You baby Yeah yeah I saw into the dancing crowd Felt like screaming out loud I saw you standing there Saw your long, your long hair Opened up my eyes baby You made me realise what I wanna do now All I wanna do now babe is look at you Looking at you babe, looking at you Looking at you, looking at you baby You baby You baby You baby You baby You baby You baby You baby You baby You baby 10. Liar Music & lyrics by The Damned
Theres not a word of truth in anything that I say
I don't really want to listen till they go away I haven't finished and I never try If you ask me reasons I just lie I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth I tell you how I feel and why it is And what you are if you don't start to give I love spending hours watching television I stole the best lies and then I call up your crepid politicians I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth I smoked your last cigarette I say that someone else did I send your mum to the bed to find if your sisters frigid You ask me why, I just lie I'm a liar, liar I'm gonna be the biggest liar in the world I'll be so good you'll believe every word I could even make you believe Adolf Hitler Send him to Russia for the winter I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth 11. Smash It Up Music by The Damned
Instrumental.
12. Smash It Up Music & lyrics by The Damned
We've been crying now for much too long
And now we're gonna dance to a different song I'm gonna scream and shout til my dying breath I'm gonna smash it up til theres nothing left Oooh ooh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up Oooh ooh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up People call me villain oh its such a shame Maybe its my clothes must be to blame I don't even care if I look a mess Don't wanna be a sucker like all the rest Oooh ooh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up Oooh ooh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up Smash it up Smash it up Smash it up Smash it up Smash it up Smash it up, you can keep your krishna burgers Smash it up, and your Glastonbury hippies Smash it up, you can stick your frothy lager Smash it up, and your blow wave hairstyles And everybody's smashing things down I said everybody's smashing things down yeah 13. Ballroom Blitz Music by Sweet Lyrics by Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
It's been getting so hard living with the things you do to me
My dreams are getting so strange I´d like to tell you everything I see I see a man at the back as a matter of fact his eyes are as red as the sun And a girl in the corner let no one ignore her ´cause she thinks she's the passionate one Oh yeah, it was like lightning, everybody was frightening And the music was soothing and they all started grooving Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah And the man at the back said: "Everyone attack" and it turned into a ballroom blitz And the girl in the corner said: "Boy I wanna warn you" and it turned into a ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz [Repeat 4 times] I'm reaching out for something touching nothing´s all I ever do I softly call you over When you appear there's nothing left of you Now the man at the back is ready to crack as he raises his hands to the sky And the girl in the corner is everyone's moaner she could kill you with a wink of her eye Oh yeah, it was electric, so frightfully hectic And the band started leaping, ´cause they all stopped breathing Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] Oh yeah it was like lightning, everybody was frightening and the music was soothing And they all started grooving Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] It´s, it´s a ballroom blitz [Repeat 3 times] Yeah 14. Suicide Music & lyrics by The Damned
It's too much confusion for a young man to take,
Look at my eyes that ain't easy to fake I got no spirit left to break I'll slash my wrists ain't no mistake Help me...oh help me Help me...oh oh help ...me Suicide suicide it's hap'nin' again Suicide suicide I'm losin' my brain Suicide suicide what can I do? Gonna kill myself....because of you I've lost track, of logical thinking I'm sitting in a room, not even blinking Into the darkness I am sinking About to hear the angels singing Help me, oh help me Help me, oh heeeelp meeeeeee Suicide suicide it's hap'nin' again Suicide suicide I'm losing my brain Suicide suicide what can I do? Gonna kill myself, because of you My mind's goin' round, faster and faster The scripts been read and there's no disaster I was in with a chance but I'm a bastard I'm lying awake in a hospital plaster Help me, oh help me Help me, oohh help..me Suicide suicide it's hap'nin' again Suicide suicide I'm losin' my brain Suicide suicide what can I do? I'm gonna kill myself,because of you 15. Rabid (Over You) Music & lyrics by The Damned
I read about a bug eyed mad dog
Taking London in a storm I heard about a blue eyed heroine Screaming out for help I held my breath as ten claws Came through the cabin door And timing forces slipped a cross The trator's sticky core I was just a hero of the human race But monsters keep on trying To take control of space I heard about a great new movie That took the world by storm People said the effects were groovy The plot was personal The garbage was whiter than white The villain mostly dark The hero was enlightened by light Dogs began to bark I was just a hero of the human race But monsters keep on trying To take control of space You treat me like a dog Give me a bone to chew Frothing at the mouth Frothing all over you Yeah I get rabid over you I'm kind of rabid over you I'm kind of rabid over you Your daddy's got a gun He's gonna put me down Compliments of public health Horror teenage town Yeah I've been bitten over you I'm kind of rabid over you I'm kind of rabid over you Rabid rabid rabid I can't stand the rain (rabid) Water on the brain (rabid) I'm kind of rabid over you I just gotta hide (rabid) I wanna bite (rabid) I'm kind of rabid over you I can't stand the rain (rabid) Water on the brain (rabid) I'm kind of rabid over you We just gotta hide (rabid) I wanna bite (rabid) I'm kind of rabid over you 16. White Rabbit Music by Jefferson Airplane Lyrics by Grace Slick
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar Has given you the call Call Alice When she was just small When the men on the chessboard Get up and tell you where to go And you've just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving slow Go ask Alice I think she'll know When logic and proportion have fallen [unverified] dead And the white knight is talking backwards And the red queen's lost her head Remember what the dormouse said Feed your head, feed your head One pill makes you nervous And one pill makes you fall And the ones that you've been taking Won't do you any good at all Go ask Alice She just hit the floor Now you said, you could take it Yeah, you'd said anything But when your habit does all the talking Yeah, you'd say anything You could ask Alice But I think she's gone Now you've just lost all your money And you've been thrown out of your home But for that one more gram of cocaine You'd sell your very soul Go ask Alice Well, now she knows She's living in a dreamworld And (?) But you'd better pull yourself together 'Cause this is reality But I think that you'd might be Better off dead, use your head Use your head, use your head |