Song #6

WHEN SHE COMES
They say that:
Love is going
out of fashion
but,
I've not had
too many nights
of passion!
So,
Very soon,
I must get
my ration?
And,
When she comes...
I'll be over the moon!
x2
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Hit the clicker...

CHANNEL HOP
You're a traveller
in your own time.
You can go anywhere
BBC1, ITV2.
Channel hop,
reach for the Sky.
You can go
down the tube,
up the antenna.
Cable under the street.
Hit the clicker
you don't have to
be remote anymore.
DW2006

Go to bed...

SLEEPY HEAD
Sleepy head,
Jack Batty,
go to bed.
Oh sleepy head
Jack Batty
go to bed.
It's late at night,
your eyes are red
it's time for you
to go to bed.
I can tell by
the way you scream,
that all you want
to do is dream.
So, sleepy head,
Jack Batty,
go to bed.
First published in Proper Trog.

Paris Trois...

MOPED + MOPE
They moped + mope
two-up, sometimes three.
Heavy traffic doesn't deter
their 'moped mentality'.
In fact it contributes and
colours in a vital missing link.
What do 'grown' children do
before and after school?
In Paris, they moped + mope!
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Paris Deux...

CHUGGING ALONG
(The Avenue de Clichy)
Up and down the Avenue.
There's this funny little
man on this funny little
bike - all day long -
he peddles like mad -
then the engine comes on
and takes over - and he glides
in his mackintosh and tartan
scarf and his funny little hat.
And oh yes, you won't believe
this, he's got a lighted pipe.
This funny little Parisian
and his funny looking bike
both chugging along!
20697

Crime!...

TELEVISION
Crime happens
on tv they say.
I threw my set
out of the window
and it broke out
all over the street.
Now I watch
the window pane
and I see CRIME!
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Beer Monster...

ROBIN HOOD
I like real bread
hand pulled
gravity drawn
from the wood.
I eat at real
bakers pubs
like Robin Hood.
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Keystone Cops...

YOU'RE NICKED!
You drive through a red light -
it's late at night and raining.
They point the finger at you -
then the balloon goes up.
You look in the rear-view-mirror -
he's thrown his anchors on!
He's bunged it in reverse -
You make a quick left -
it's a dead-end street.
He's right up your arse -
You're out of the jam-jar
and on your toes.
But it's too late -
the other one's got yuh!
You're up against the cold wall -
head against the keystone.
The bracelets click -
YOU'RE NICKED!
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Song #5...

THESE STREETS (ARE PAVED WITH GOLD!)
The church bells are ringing
the choristers are singing
London is calling you
I know 'cos London's
calling out to me too!
'And, I've been told
that these streets
are paved with gold!
A gleaming stream
of much told unseen gold!
Red, yellow, green or blue
it dosen't matter who
your vote goes to.
'Cos, I've been told
that these streets
are paved with gold!
A gleaming stream
of much told unseen gold!
Since Richard Whittington
told the world about
the London scene
people plot + people scheme
to replicate his dream.
And, I've been told
that these streets
are paved with gold!
A gleaming stream
of much told unseen gold!
Repeat
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London, Paris, New York...

NO MATTER WHERE YOU WALK.
Montmatre to Montparnasse
Sorbonne to Pigalle
Fifth Avenue to Forty second street
and Broadway
No matter where you walk
these streets sing
and those walls talk
If this was Paris
or New York
these streets would sing
those walls would talk
But this is England
and it hums and it hums
London and its rubber drums
Manchester and her slums...
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Song #4...

YESTERDAY IS DEAD!
Yesterday is dead
yes that's what I said
yesterday is dead!
You won't catch me
digging for dinosaur bones.
Hell, I've got enough
troubles of my own.
You're sixty-five million
years behind the times.
So, don't speak to me
about your scientific finds.
Don't talk to me with your
pre-historic minds.
'cos,
You won't catch me
digging for dinosaur bones.
Hell, I've got enough
troubles of my own.
Yesterday is dead,
yes, yesterday is dead + done.
But babe, you wouldn't
think it, the way those boffins
go - on, talking about the past
like it's the 'In-thing' to know!
You won't catch me
digging for dinosaur bones.
Hell, I've got enough
troubles of my own.
They cite devolution,
like it's some kindda solution.
It's a piss-poor contribution!
If that's the way they
think, that we oughta grow.
Yesterday is dead
yes that's what I said
yesterday is dead!
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