"Bingo"
 
I didn't understand it
I didn't even try
I just slammed the window and watched the icy fly by
Same converstaion
Same stony ground
Ears where your mouth was second time around

You don't know why, you can't decide
You won't even try
Who will lift you off your knees?
Who will stoop to kiss your tears?

You would tie your laces
But you're too young to know
Your mind already takes you places you don't wanna go
Better call the stewards
Have them inject the doubt
You won't hear the crunch
No need to find out

The answer is waiting for you
But you won't even try
One shoe on and one shoe off
Stone in your shoe and a hole in your sock
The lock's kicked off and there's piss on the floor
That's what your sense of humour's for
Funny old world ha ha peculiar
Everybody takes a slice
Spare a copper for a blind man
And watch out for that knowing smile

The answer's waiting for you...

"Ichola Buddha"
 
You've changed, there's nothing you could say to make a
difference
You're going to try, you love to try
I know you want to try to make sure, try shape a mould
Try dig a grave and push me in it
The words won't wash the rain will pass
And there'll be no truth in it

You've changed
Did you change your world?
A change for the worst

7 by 7 or 4 by 4 I don't care
It doesn't matter anymore push all you like I'm stubborn
Grab all you want it means nothing to me
Cast a die, lie down, scrape the earth over your own coffin
Save the headstone for a rainy day..

"Sweet Dreams"
 
Happened already, spilt your money
Walking gobshite, hollow legs
Morning brings back fools and songs
Enemies and headaches

Sweet dreams

Don't waste fingers trying to catch a knife
Same old questions multiple choice
Slide into a bottle or a chemical void
The question sits and waits on the other side

Sweet dreams you can't recall
Sweet dreams you don't remember

Demmamussabebonk (1996)



1.   Vikings (Look Mum There's Vikings On The Tundra Again)
2.   Defeat
3.   Dicky Trois
4.   Martin
5.   Nick Northern
6.   Batten Down The Hatches
7.   G To D (Gone To The Dogs)
8.   Sunny Places
9.   Horse & Cart
10.   Squirrels
11.   Cricklewood
12.   B
13.   Punchline
14.   Who

"Vikings (Look Mum There's Vikings On The Tundra Again)"
 
Down below the feet were marching on
There was glory calling, flowers were thrown
Although the sun was shining
The cold blue light of morning
Can't melt the layers of dreams
Left from the night before
The dream goes on...

Yes, the mood was stirring
Yes, the eyes were shining
To answer honours calling wreaths were laid
All the girls were smiling
The young men held a wine
Marching on the dreams
Left from the night before
The dream goes on...

Watch the smiles turning into tears
They'll send the young men to war
Down below the feet were marching on
There was glory calling, flowers were thrown
Although the sun was shining
The cold blue light of morning
Can't melt the layers of dreams
Left from the night before
The dream goes on...

Same blood same sun
The dream goes marching on...

"Defeat"
 
Your eyes fall
You're staring at your shoes again
Head bowed through a view of the nonsense
A losing streak just left you sitting staring through space
Summer's gone & all the leaves have fallen
On & on the only one to know

Withdrawn
Staring at your shoes again
Same piece of carpet same losing streak
A losing streak just left you sitting staring through space
Summer's gone & all the leaves have fallen
On & on the only one to know

The winter wind blows colder now
The wind blows colder than it's ever blown
Left you sitting staring into space
Summer's gone & all the leaves have fallen
On & on the only one to know

Withdrawn
Staring at your shoes again
Same piece of carpet same losing streak
A losing streak just left you sitting staring through space
Left you sitting staring alone
Your thoughts a thousand miles away
On & on the only one to know

"Dicky Trois"
 
I watched you chew it over and spit it out
I watched your face turn purple, the rage flood out
Answered questions A to D, all answers incomplete
Soon come the time (Soon come the time)
Soon come the day (Soon come the day)
The rhyme is lost - the shit just sails away

Old dog in the corner all farts and shit
Old dear by the speakers, fast asleep
Answered questions A to D, all answers incomplete
Soon come the time (Soon come the time)
Soon come the day (Soon come the day)
The rhyme is lost - the shit just sails away

Soon come the day

I watched you chew it over and spit it out
I watched your face turn purple, the rage flood out
Answered questions A to D, all answers incomplete
Soon come the time (Soon come the time)
Soon come the day (Soon come the day)
The rhyme is lost - the shit just sails away

"Martin"
 
Bless that summer of eighty-eight
On a bench outside the Ox & Gate
With a sponge, spanner and rusty nail
And a nice sharp piece of string
Didn't make sense then don't make sense now
But what the fuck's it matter
Martin missed it doing time

Some with smileys and bandanas
Some trailing heavy manners
From the darts to the bookies to the phone
To the bar to the cab waiting outside
The pub changed hands and word got around
Barred nutters flooded back from miles around
It was a battleground - it went off every night

Martin, Martin, I'm sure he's firing somewhere
Martin, Martin, fired up inside
He pushed it all two steps too far la la la la la
Long arm of the law
Martin missed it doing time

The back bar's cheesier, Big John looks queasier
Nostalgas easier as time goes by
But that nostalga thing says
'where the fuck you're looking?'
You just missed it doing time.

"Nick Northern"
 
Where's the love you took from me
How am I supposed to carry on
Just emptiness inside me
Where the flame of love burned so strong

Where has it gone that burning flame of love
Where's it gone
How am I supposed to carry on

No more the tenderness
What happened to the love we shared
No more the warm caress
Just emptiness & despair

I see my dreams burn before my eyes

I'm left with yesterday
Left with trouble on my mind
No more the warm caress
Just emptiness & despair

I see my dreams burn before my eyes

"G To D (Gone To The Dogs)"
 
Would anybody care to elaborate
Would anyone care to point out what's going on
It's bothered me all afternoon
Wrote it down but it seems wrong

A vicious circle turning
Would anyone care to re-write this song
It's bothered me off & on for all these years
You could guess but you'd be wrong

Oh yes it's all there happening
Right there happening under your nose
Something so huge, such a monument
Must be staring down on you

Would anybody care to elaborate
Would anyone care to point out what's going on
It's bothered me off & on for all these years
You could guess but you'd be wrong