"Ladie's Man"

   
Now let's sit down too, 'cos I'm a ladies man
I've got my work cut out, I'm doing what I can
So hold me, touch me, thrill me, don't ever let me go
Don't ask me to explain it 'cos you don't wanna know
Oh
Your hair is beautiful tonight
Oh
And I know the feeling's right
Just for the surfaces I feel
I just woke up so come on and hold me
Come on and hold me, hold me, hold me
Yeah yeah yeah
I know a place where we can go and wear just what we want
I don't want to be me, I get so tired of (?)
So don't ask any questions and I won't tell no lies
Stop moving like some housewife and give yourself tonight
Oh
Your hair is beautiful tonight
Oh
And I know the feeling's right
Just for the surfaces I feel
I just woke up so come on and hold me
Come on and hold me, hold me, hold me
Yeah yeah yeah

"Laughing Boy"

   
If you stay out all nite that's alright by me
But if you must kiss those guys you could at least clean your teeth
I don't mean to put you down
But you've taken everything that I own
Don't tell me you want some more 'cos I'm closed
Who is this laughing boy who ladders your tights?
Please tell him to cut the noise
'cos it's spoiling my nites
I just want to get some rest
And he's talking to his Ma on the phone
Well, if he's so homesick he can go home
I don't need this anymore
And it's written in the stars I must go
And will I come back for more?
I don't know
I don't know.

"Mile End"

   
We didn't have no where to live,
We didn't have nowhere to go 'til someone said
"I know this place off Burditt Road."
It was on the fifteenth floor,
It had a board across the door.
It took an hour to pry it off and get inside.
It smelt as if someone had died;
The living-room was full of flies,
The kitchen sink was blocked,
The bathroom sink not there at all.

Ooh,
It's a mess alright,
Yes it's
Mile End.

And now we're living in the sky!
I'd never thought I'd live so high,
Just like Heaven
(if it didn't look like Hell.)
The lift is always full of piss,
The fifth floor landing smells of fish
(not just on Friday,
Every single other day.)
Below the kids come out tonight,
They kick a ball and have a fight
And maybe shoot somebody if they lose at pool.

Ooh,
It's a mess alright,
Yes it's
Mile End.

[mumbled mutterings... you love it...]
Oo-ooh
Nobody wants to be your friend
'cause you're not from round here,
Ooh

As if that was something to be proud about.
The pearly king of the Isle of Dogs
Feels up children in the bogs.
Down by the playing fields,
Someone sets a car on fire I guess you have to go right down
Before you understand just how,
How low,
How low a human being can go.

Ooh,
It's a mess alright,
Yes it's
Mile End.
(don't do that! Leave it out!)
Bababa...
Lalala...

"P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association)"

   
I know I'm getting on
And you're so very young
But would you like to stay
Until next Saturday or Sunday?
I'll give you your own room
It's next door to my room
And some time in the night
Well, maybe I just might
Oh take your clothes off won't you please?
You don't have to talk to me
Just leave the light on so I can see
You've got everything I need
Oh yeah

You know I can't forget
That special night we met
At the local P.T.A.
When your mother came to say
That you'd been taking days off school
I turned and looked at you, I said
"Yes, I understand
I'm gonna take this girl in hand."
Oh take your clothes off, one two three
No you don't have to talk to me
Just leave the light on so I can see
You've got everything you need
Oh yeah
'Cause I've never had a woman before
I was too scared to touch the girls in the Poly
And I don't know what it's like to be young
'Cause all my life I've been knocking on forty
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

[Jarvis:] So if I put my hand on your bosom...
[Candida:] Yeah?
[Jarvis:] ...would that give you an orgasm?

No that's not right
But, but if we
If we kissed with tongues
[Candida:] [giggles]
[Jarvis:] won't that
Wouldn't that make
Wouldn't that make you come?
Oh take your clothes off won't you please?
No you don't have to talk to me
Just leave the light on so I can see
You've got everything I need
Oh oh oh
Just one touch was all it took
No you can't learn it from a book
Let's go upstairs and have a look
Oh you've got everything I need
Oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah
Hit me.

"Silence"

   
At first I could say
I could say or do
Just whatever I liked
You would
You would not
You would not answer
That's alright
Oh

I can't believe in the morning of your silence
You will never cut
You will never cut the threads of your reliance
You can
You can deny
You can deny that I was anything to you
But I know
I know in my mind
I can see the scars
The scars I've left on you
I can't believe in the morning of your silence
You will never cut
You will never cut the threads of your reliance
When we are passed in the street
You can try and cover it up with whatever you like
Lipstick, mascara, that kind of thing
You won't fool me
You won't fool anyone
They'll take one look at you
And they'll know the kind of person they're dealing with
You can laugh about it
You can pretend that you weren't involved
But you know what went on in that room that night
You know what was said
And you know you'll never forget
I hate the sight of the face I have destroyed through our alliance
I won't forget how loved I once was and how much I loved your eyes
So the bedroom becomes a funeral parlour once again
See the corpse of former feeling laid out stiff and white for all to see
So this is the end
But we'll still be good friends, won't we?
We'll still be good friends, won't we?
We'll still be good friends, won't we?
Goodbye.

"Street Lites"

   
Doorways corners and the street lights dance in your eyes
Behind the cinema in the rain
In the subway
Where the walls crumble and cover you in fine dust
'cos we haven't got a home to go to touch me
On the back seat, on the top deck
Talk dirty on the back row
Can you feel me against you?

Oh no
We shouldn't
We shouldn't
We shouldn't
I want to
...mmmm...

What you gonna do
If you go home and he's not there?
It wouldn't be the same if we didn't know it was wrong
Oh touch me
And then go wherever he takes you
Oh yeah leave me
And I'll walk it off in the rain somehow
Someone wants to watch by the side of Alena Stores
In the doorway, in the rain
Did he see us?
Do you care?

Pull the night-time tight around us
And we can keep each other warm
While the cars drive by
En-route to dried-up dinners
And strip-lit kitchens and the smell of gas and potato peelings
What you gonna do if you go home and he's not there?
It wouldn't be the same if you didn't know it was wrong
Oh touch me
And then go wherever he takes you
Oh yeah leave me
And I'll walk it off in the rain somehow yeah
We've got to go on meeting like this
I don't want to live with you or anywhere near you
I want to catch you unawares
Undressing in front of a window maybe
Impressed with those things I drive by
Did you see me?
Could you tell that I was watching?
Did it make it feel better?
Yeah, it was good for me too
Did you think about me?
Oh did you close your eyes?
Think that maybe it was my hand that was touching you
My breath against your face?
And when you opened your eyes
Did the world tip off its axis for a few seconds?
And you thought you'd caught a tiny glimpse of someone?
Something here with it's shoulders moving towards you?

Yeah I did too
And it felt good
And it felt good
And it felt good

In a strange kind of way
In a way that things that aren't supposed to feel good
Sometimes do
Oh take it away
Yeah
What you gonna do if you go home and he's not there?
It wouldn't be the same if you didn't know it was wrong
Oh touch me
And then go wherever he takes you
Oh yeah leave me
And I'll walk it off in the rain somehow
What you gonna do if you go home and he's not there?
It wouldn't be the same if you didn't know it was wrong
Oh touch me
And then go wherever he takes you
Oh yeah leave me
And I'll walk it off in the rain somehow.

"The Babysitter"

   
Susan's babysitter
Is seventeen years old
Oh she looks like Susan
When she still lived at home
She's a lovely girl
She's got long black hair
If you go home now
She might still be there
Susan's babysitter
Is twenty-one years old
She still looks like Susan
When Susan was not at home
She's a lovely girl
She's got long blonde hair
If you go home now
She will not be there
'cos she left last June
She came home too soon
You were both upstairs
In your daughter's room
She's a lovely girl.

"The Professional"

   
Oh I'm back in the full effect
I can't even hold myself erect
I got nothing that I wanna say
I'm gonna say it anyway
I know you think that I've lost it, baby
I know you think that my star is fading
Used to be a contender
Now you're just a pretender
Psychic karaoke every weekend
You don't fit those clothes anymore
Why don't you take them back to the charity store
While you're there you could always hand yourself in
You're into green issues - start recycling
You hide behind your woman when you're out in your town
Show her up and blame her for holding you down
Holding you down, holding you down
You're the only one who's holding you down
You're only ever polite when you're out of your box
Cocker's short for... sucker
Sucker of...

Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh
Sucker of...
Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh

When I got up today I had that feeling again
Everything was OK, then the world started shaking
Now I'm trying to sleep it away
Oh but I can't sleep it away
Can you answer this question, can you answer it right:
Have you ever done anything good in your life?
Have you ever done anything that wasn't just for yourself?
Are you capable of giving?
Are you capable of giving just for the sake of it, without expecting anything in return?
I'm only trying to give you what you've come to expect
Just another song 'bout single mothers and sex
Single mothers and sex, single mothers and sex
Just another song 'bout single mothers and sex
OK, you've heard it before, it's nothing special
But it's a living, can't you see
I'm a professional

Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh
I'm a professional
Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh

Sleep on my darling
Sleep on, don't wake as I leave
I've been rehearsing this scene so long now
Don't interrupt me as I do it for real
The bedroom floor is treacherous
A teacup could be disastrous
'Cos it'll mean I would have to say
What was written on the letter I posted yesterday
So that it would get here
When I was gone
And you awoke
Oh, she'll meet me from the train
And she'll never know a thing
About how I talk with my mouth full
And only bath once a week
How I'm nicer the first time you meet me than the next
And I'm rapidly losing interest in sex
Yeah, I'm rapidly losing interest in sex
What's the point in making it over-emotional?
You can do it the hard way
Or you can be a professional

Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh
I'm a professional
Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh

Sleep on my darling
Sleep on my love
Sleep on my darling
Sleep on my love
Sleep on my darling
Sleep on my love
Sleep on my darling
Sleep on my love

"There Was"

   
We're talking again
Smiling and laughing
Ignoring the past
Well I hope you're happy
I know there was something
Please don't let it die away
I know what you're thinking
I know what you want to say
I won't give it names
For names have no uses
Just shots in the dark or easy excuses
I know there was something
Please don't let it die away
I know what you're thinking
I know what you want to say
Lala lala...

I know there was something
Please don't let it die away
I know what you're thinking
I know what you want to say.

"Tomorrow Never Lies"

   
Tomorrow never lies so live for today
Don't be afraid of the skeletons of yesterday
Each morning brings you closer to your goal so grab your chance don't let it go
The city streets are littered with the casualties
The could'ves and the should'ves and the would've beens
Don't let this chance slip by
Because tomorrow never lies
Tomorrow never lies if you live tomorrow today
There are those who would shoot you down
Ah

There's always someone wants to shoot you down
But you know they're never gonna be able to shoot you down
If you live tomorrow today
If you live tomorrow today
The night time blazes with all your nightmares come to life
But you can face the danger knowing that your cause is right and leave them all below you
Bleeding as you rise into the night
Because you know tomorrow never lies
No, tomorrow never lies
No, it's never, never gonna lie if you leve tomorrow today
There are those who would shoot you down
Ah

There's always someone who wants to shoot you down
But they're never ever gonna be able to shoot you down
If you live tomorrow today
Yeah if you leve tomorrow today
Cos you, you gotta live tomorrow today
Live it because tomorrow never lies
Tomorrow never lies
Oh no.