01. Are You Ready?
02. The Devil's In The Details
03. Liberty Bell
04. The Tiger Inside Will Eat The Child
05. Holloway Park
06. Let Me Fade
07. You Got The World
08. Better In Spain
09. Fatty Gets A Stylist
10. The Flasher
11. The Plane Went Down

Are You Ready?

are you all ready
are you ready get set
are you ready get set
are you ready?

are you all ready
are you ready get set
are you ready get set let's go

does your hair look right?
is your fly done up?
have you popped your pimples?

have you got your coat?
and some lippy on? 
just keep it simple

are you all cashed up?
i can lend you some ?
well i'd be glad to

have you had a think 
and a warm up drink
now! now! now! now!

are you all ready
are you ready get set
are you ready get set
are you ready?

are you all ready
are you ready get set
are you ready get set let's go

is the cat put out ?
is the iron off?
we don't wanna come home to a fire

have you trimmed your beard?
are your sandals shined?
do you look a hipster messiah?

have you got your keys?
have you got id?
did you bring a comb for gary?

have you had a think
and a warm up drink?
na! na! na! na!

are you all ready
are you ready get set
are you ready get set
are you ready?

are you all ready
are you ready get set
are you ready get set let's go

leave your book
and leave the mirror
cause you're already stunning

the sky above
was never clearer
and the engine's running

so cast aside 
your novelty ties
and bury your vendettas

life is short
but tonight your ass is mine!
mine! mine! mine!

are you all ready
are you ready get set
are you ready get set
are you ready?

are you all ready
are you ready get set
are you ready get set let's go

well the end is nigh and 
there's not much time
come on so get things rolling

life is pain
but we're okay 
now! now! now! now!
now! no! no! no!

what've i forgotten?..... (the horns!)

are you all ready
are you ready get set
are you ready get set
are you ready?

are you all ready
are you ready get set

are you ready get set let's go

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The Devil's In The Details

None

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Liberty Bell

oh guy, you did it again 
the bullet didn't even know you dodged it
you sign on, you like to pretend
but you never never never try

with good vibes
you're one of a kind
you never never never abide by video

oh well
heres 10 points for tryin'
jumping like a skipping rope
and ringing like the liberty bell

liberty bell, liberty bell oh the liberty bell

hold tight
my dead-ended friend
you bet i didn't ever even doubt you

you're someone
i like to defend
but you never never never try

So gun shy 
and takin' a dive
you better hope it never ever that gets that bad, idiot

oh well 
maybe next time
he listens to the stethoscope 
and peals off like the liberty bell

liberty bell, liberty bell oh the liberty bell

 

So goodbye 
my family friend
your parents didn't ever even notice you

tongue tied
acquaintance of mine

the revolution leads you to the rope under the liberty bell

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The Tiger Inside Will Eat The Child

wade in the rising water
walk in the sinking sand
crawl through the shadow valley
to try to understand

i climbed a jacob's ladder
i fell down holy stairs
i found siddharta's temple
no answer anywhere

the minute you think you know got it
is the minute you know it's gone for a good
the second you pause his claws are on it
the tiger inside will eat the child

oh oh oh

i saw a hall of mirrors
i saw a burning wheel
i saw a rain of arrows
i lost the way to feel

i saw a million faces
stare at a falling sky
i saw the last horizon
the end of time

the minute you think you know got it
is the minute you know it's gone for a good
the second you pause his claws are on it
the tiger inside will eat the child

speaking in quiet whispers
you hear it everywhere
it leaves as you're arriving
arrives and you're still there

you drink the cup is empty
you pour the cup is full
you'll never get to hold it
it's always holding you

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Holloway Park

faded sun arises upon the park, the gates open on another day
birds awaken. breathing dragon trails, a man in overalls worries the weeds away

around, around, around, around we go
moths circling a candlelight
around, around, around, around
under the big eye

the river rolls
the gardens grow
and die again 
another season
and overs throw their hearts away
in holloway park

and long ago
they roamed the rows 
in other times
of lords and ladies 
who lived and loved
forgotten souls
of holloway park, holloway park

and as the morning warms the joggers step the beat of their heart
a dozen mothers with their prams appear 
the children play, ignore a homeless man who pushes a cart
a couple arguing don't care who hears

the river rolls
the gardens grow
and die again 
another season
and lovers throw their hearts away
in holloway park

and long ago
they roamed the rows 
in other times
of lords and ladies 
who lived and loved
forgotten souls
of holloway park

the people descend from the office towers on borrowed time 
unwrap their lunches and then run away
growing shadows on the afternoon, they creep to the night
school children kiss and smoke in latticed lanes

CHORUS

everybody here needs comfort
everybody here feels pain
and everybody here breathes atmosphere again and again
another day here is over the gates are closing on Holloway Park

the gates are closing on Holloway Park

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Let Me Fade

child is born
and you get it and you call it yours
child comes 
and you raise it, you raise it up

i tried so hard to give you love
i tried so hard to give you love

i'm a stumbler, i'm a seeker, i'm a roller just let me fade
i'm a drinker, i'm a wanderer, i'm a loner just let me fade
let me fade, let me fade away

this heart, weary boulder
so heavy and i wonder now
sorry
i'm so sorry if i ever let you down

i tried so hard to give you love
i tried so hard to give you love

i'm a stumbler, i'm a seeker, i'm a roller just let me fade
i'm a drinker, i'm a wanderer, i'm a loner just let me fade

let me fade, let me fade away

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You Got The World

Down in the middle of a burning flame
You got the world and it's turning again
Run like you're hopping on Aladdin's chain
You got the world and it's turning again

You got the world
You got the world
You got the world then it's turning again

Sing while you lie, you're converting the child
You got the world and it's turning again
Gold in the palm of the reader of the psalm
You got the world and it's turning again

You got the world
You got the world
You got the world then it's turning again

You lie in wait, cerebral ride
The call of the wild
So high, high, high, high, high

Cold as the maw of a rabid dog
You got the world and it's turning again
Crooked as the dial of a knock-off watch
You got the world and it's turning again

I wanna nibble on the crumbs of your warm cake belly

You lie in wait, cerebral ride
The call of the wild
The sun, sun, sun,sun
Did you ever really get it?

You got the world
You got the world

You got the world then it's turning again

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Better In Spain

Cant stand it when the sun goes down
and i'm still yawning in my dressing gown
like an old maid with her knitting

I got my mail order shoes today
but all parties are a season away
and gumboots would be more fitting

Sun, is there any chance of a warm change?
Sun please step on this rain, i'm going in....sane
Things are better in Spain

By myself eating coffee and cake
I think of all the friends that i could make 
and i wonder if i still exist

New ghosts are living next door
I hear their dishes and their feet on the floor
Maybe a family...maybe terrorists

I don't suppose there's a chance of a warm change?
God please step on this rain, i'm going insane
Things are better in Spain

The sky's endless and the earth has a tan
The women kiss you and the men all dance
Even the dogs there have rhythm

The food hugs you and they drink in the sun 
The kids play until a quarter to one
if they want to, you let 'em

Sunlight colours the land in Joan Miro's brain
London summers are grand but winter's so plain
Things are better in Spain

Things are better in Spain

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Fatty Gets A Stylist

I'm gonna get eyes tattooed to my eyelids
I'm gonna get teeth tattooed to my lips
A medal on my chest a mouth behind my neck
I'll get extra legs tattooed to my hips

When fatty get a stylist the world'll gather round 
Shower him with gratitude and free love
When fatty gets a stylist you'll never keep him down
So eat up, eat up eat up

I'm gonna get hold a velvet windcheater
I'm gonna get hold a uranium tie 
A chastity belt made out of felt
Horns on my forehead and scars on my thighs

When fatty get a stylist the world'll gather round 
Shower him with gratitude and free love
When fatty gets a stylist you'll never keep him down
So eat up, eat up eat up

Fatty! Fatty! Fatty! Fatty gets a stylist!

I'm gonna add moles instead remove 'em
I'm gonna cut off the lobe of each ear 
Put hooves under my feet so i can keep the beat
A woofer and a tweeter in my jaw so I can hear

When fatty gets a stylist! Fatty gets a stylist!

When fatty gets a stylist
The circus comes to town
Beggin' him for autographs and prenups
When fatty gets a stylist the calories abound
So eat up eat up eat up

Eat up! eat up! eat up!

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The Flasher

Sun's gold get it- roll
High noon city folds

In love, in war
He saw, he came, he conquered

Dog's day caught you on a down day
early on a sunday
off the leash and breathing underwater
Dog's day perving on a parkway
smiling on a friday 
chasing cars all weekend, he's rewarded
the flasher!

Night walk. Heavy goal
Side walk ,hit it, hold

In love, in war
He saw, he came, he conquered

Dog's day caught you on a down day
Early on a sunday
off the leash and breathing underwater
Dog's day perving on a parkway
Smiling on a friday 
Chasing cars all weekend, he's rewarded
the flasher!

The dirty old man

uh-oh, the flasher
I likes what I see
Oi, come here

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The Plane Went Down

When the doors close behind me and you
Wheels up, nothing more that you can do
Safe passage is never really guaranteed
Strapped to my seat, you're next to me

Now we've fallen from the radar 
We've vanished from the sky

The plane went down
But I was not scared
Into the mountain, into the ground

The plane went down
But I was not scared
Eyes wide open and fearless

In a holding pattern to wait the weather out
Please embrace for impact, lost contact, throwing us about, throwing us about 
See the lights of homes below
I fall to them and smile

The plane went down
But I was not scared
Into the mountain into the ground

The plane went down
But I was not scared
Eyes wide open and fearless

The dead have no problems, the dead have no pain 
The dead have no knowledge to lose or to gain 
A state of suspension we're one and the same
The plane went down

The plane went down
But I was not scared
Into the mountain, into the ground

The plane went down
But I was not scared
Eyes wide open and fearless

The plane went down

 

The plane went down 
But I was not scared

Falling from the sky, wide eyed and fearless

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