Numb Nuts (2000)



1.   Pixies
2.   Yuki
3.   SQII
4.   Marbles
5.   Numb Nuts
6.   Reach
7.   Another Wet Weekend At The Tundra Theme Park
8.   EFL Vs. Concrete
9.   Fuck Off
10.   Chalk Me Down For More
11.   It's A Long Way Down
12.   Romeo And Juliet
13.   Soup Of The Day
14.   Hilda Ogden And The Thick Plottens
15.   Sweet Days
16.   Cake

"Pixies"
 
roll it out for all to see
hide it on a pin head
slap it down glue and cement, nail it to the walls
roll it up your sleeve, join the magic circle
learn the magic words

with any tried and tested way
could you put the record straight
could you sprinkle it with pixie dust
and watch it fly away
would you wonder would you know
would you listen, were you told
would you listen if i called
would you wonder would you know

that i still hear you
and i still know your name

you'll find out what it's worth
face down in the dirt
i'll see you fall headlong with the rest of us

just how long did you wonder
just how long did you know
did you sprinkle it with pixie dust and watch it fly away
i'll see you fall headlong with the rest of us
i'll see you fall

"Yuki"
 
she's always
she's always there she's always strong
always gives me something to believe in
she lifts my soul
takes my heart to places that i never know existed
yuki my one and only
yuki pure as the driven snow
january's child got me thinking
of summer and the snow
yes i know she'll always bring me reason
yes i know she's always

"SQII"
 
didn't know or didn't care
just left it hanging on a hook
slipped it in an envelope
left dusty on a shelf
small temple to insanity
a shrine to nowhere tucked away
an envelope no stamp no address
foolishly ignored, the wrong way
it could be a celebration, foolishly ignored

"Marbles"
 
come the day i loose my marbles
walk me gently to the stables
sit me in a comfy sofa
wheel me out to graze
when i'm dragged before the jury
plead for me if i'm deemed worthy
steal a song and sing it backwards
yodel till the cows come home

1 you'll get a bag of clues
2 do you need much more
or 3 do you just want to play the numbers
4 you'll get it on a plate
5, 6, 7 and 8 all said one skeleton is all you're getting

better rattle it along while it's got
a bit of muscle on it
when it comes my time to snuff it
play complete control and abide with me
fill a pine bungalow with whiskey
shove me where the sun don't shine

come the day i lose my marbles
lead me gently out to graze
steal a song and sing it sideways
yodel till the cows come home
just want to play the numbers

do you
do you want to play the numbers

"Numb Nuts"
 
how many roads to lead to rome
how many roads to lead you round in circles
how many guns and knives
how many wigs and plaintiffs
sailing undecided
it's a long way (where did) you go
it's a long way run and learn
from the top of the 24th floor
staring at 25 feet per second per second
gaffered to the mast
with a pint of cartoon lager
sailing undecided

"Reach"
 
when there comes a time to hold
when there comes a time you'll know
when there comes a time to touch
when there comes a love
i'm going to spend that time with you

when there comes a time for peace
when there comes a time to reach
when there comes a time to hope
when there comes a love
i'm going to spend that time with you

a day with you is a special day

"Another Wet Weekend At The Tundra Theme Park"
 
no difference if you do
damnation if you don't
whatever way you lose
you'll have to sit and watch it all pissing away
the choice ain't yours its there for someone else

whatever way you choose you'll lose, the voice
taken away from you
the choice ain't yours its there for someone else
denied a reason, the truth ain't yours
you'll have to sit and watch it all pissing away
to bitter resignation

"EFL Vs. Concrete"
 
i saw you pass down headstone road
my heart raced on behind you
the years were stripped away
and you were mine
you looked so different now
but looks can be deceiving
heartbeat the same
same blood through your veins
the grassy knoll has long since vanished under concrete
the oak is gone
theres a record shop on the memories of days gone by
another year pops up the old one slips behind me
land bought and sold new traffic through the old
a glimpse of you could bring a bright spark of reminders
the years just slipped away
and you were mine
new traffic through the old to multistory car parks
a disused office block two roundabouts an underpass
five lighters for a pound echoes down the walkway
the oak is gone
theres a record shop on the memories if days gone by
last night on the tiles
last night in the carpark
what would it mean to a sad old git like me

"Fuck Off"
 
sick and tired of religious nutters
i just can't believe it ain't butter
i'm far too old to join the army
and i don't want to talk to you - so fuck off!
i'll have mcdonalds a coke a couple of scuds
if your coming bring loz a big bag of buds
dinky and drongo are down the boozer
but they don't want to talk to you - so fuck off!