Radio Musicola
Lyrics
Written by Nik Kershaw
Black vinyl man with black plasticised imagination
More fodder for the new lost generation
I got a question to send you to the nearest closet
Why can't you let us do it like JONI does it
There you go again, giving it your very best
Trying so hard to make it sound like all the rest
And as your factory sanctifies your wooden soul
You gave us T.V. dinners, now it's T.V. rock 'n' roll
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
I got political inclinations to announce
But no way, if it doesn't scan with your accounts
I got some spiritual ideology for you
I know it's gotta correspond with the corporation view
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
You can find it in the streets
You can find it in the elevators
You can find it where the ladies wash their hands
It emanates from little boxes on the wall
And it'll soon be coming in disposable tin cans
My soul shows art to me, but dollars says my radio
Wall street liquid lunches showing us the way to go
Why tolerate this numismatical polity?
There isn't any other way, there isn't any other way
More's the pity
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
We're growing up
We're growing up
To Radio Musicola
Written by Nik Kershaw
I thought I heard a lover's sigh
It wasn't very loud
It came as I was passing by
Somebody else's cloud
The curtains were the finest lace
And when the night winds blew
I saw the dew upon her face
And other places too
Nobody knows what you do to me
And nobody's past is history
But the thing they should know seems to be
That it's nobody's business at all
Nobody knows what you do to me
And nobody's past is history
But the thing they should know seems to be
That it's nobody's business at all
I took a walk down lovers lane
A quick call to the boss
And yet again it seems my gain
Is somebody else's loss
Automobilia nowhere steer
My camera standing by
I wait for evening mists to clear
So I can find out why
Nobody knows what you do to me
And nobody's past is history
But the thing they should know seems to be
That it's nobody's business at all
Nobody knows…
Nobody’s business at all…
Nobody knows what you do to me
And nobody's past is history
But the thing they should know seems to be
That it's nobody's business at all
Nobody knows what you do to me
And nobody's past is history
But the thing they should know seems to be
That it's nobody's business at all
Nobody knows what you do to me
And nobody's past is history
But the thing they should know seems to be
That it's nobody's business at all
Nobody knows what you do to me
And nobody's past is history
But the thing they should know seems to be
That it's nobody's business at all
Written by Nik Kershaw
Permanent wave
Temporary laughter
Morality's soul
Living happy ever after
Never see the end
Never in a million years
And never be afraid
Even when my head says this is all there is
I believe there'll be another time
Even when my head says this is all there is
I believe there'll be another time
L.A.B.A.T.Y.D.
All our bodies
Three score years and ten
I know we're waiting for the big amen
Only one chance
Tears of blood and years of sweat and toil
Give it all up
Then shuffle off your mortal coil
Don't it make you sigh
Don't you want to bend and cry
Don't you be afraid
Even when my head says this is all there is
I believe there'll be another time
Even when my head says this is all there is
I believe there'll be another time
Life's A Bitch And Then You Die
Even when my head says this is all there is
I believe there'll be another time
Even when my head says this is all there is
I believe there'll be another time
Even when my head says this is all there is
I believe there'll be another time
Even when my head says this is all there is
I believe there'll be another time
Written by Nik Kershaw
I read it in the papers
It must be true
It said « girl gives birth to alien boy »
But do we see a photo of this bundle of joy? No, no
I saw another headline
It knocked me flat
It said « dinosaur found alive today »
It's easy when you're talking the rhetorical way
It's what the papers say
You know it's right
It's down there written in black and white for you
It's what the papers say
You know it's true ‘cause
They're responsible citizens and would they lie to you?
I saw it on the front page
Whatever next?
It read « NASA plans sex in outer space »
No doubt to procreate the human race
They put it in the late news
Well, now hear this,
It went « man with two heads learns to fly »
Well, JESUS, but it must have been one hell of a guy
It's what the papers say
You know it's right
It's down there written in black and white for you
It's what the papers say
You know it's true ‘cause
They're the pillars of society and would they lie to you?
I saw it on the newsstand
It shouted at me
It said « we are all good and they are all bad »
Well, drive me to the clinic ‘cause it's driving me mad
It's what the papers say
You know it's right
It's down there written in black and white for you
It's what the papers say
You know it's true ‘cause
They're responsible citizens and would they lie to you?
It's what the papers say
You know it's right
It's down there written in black and white for you
It's what the papers say
You know it's true ‘cause
They're the pillars of society and would they lie to you?
It's what the.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Even though I think of you
Life goes on
I keep your photograph in my attaché
Your eyes seem to follow me from day to day
I make the curtains sing and dance in my room
I'm sure I see your smile and smell your sweet perfume
And
Sometimes your face is in everything I see
Forever with me
And
Sometimes our love is more than just a memory
And even though i think of you
Life goes on
My heart keeps me awake as loud as it beats
I'm sure I feel your skin between the warm silk sheets
And
Sometimes your face is in everything I see
Forever with me
And sometimes our love is more than just a memory
And even though i think of you
Life goes on
When I'm awake or am sleeping
When I got things to do
Why does everything i see remind me of (you?)
(You) swept the broken years away
Just like a brand new broom.
And there was only you there in (the room)
(The room) grows hazy and the people grow loud
I'm sure I hear your voice above the madding crowd
And
Sometimes your face is in everything I see
Forever with me
And
Sometimes your face is in everything I see
Forever with me
And
Sometimes our love is more than just a memory
And even though i think of you
Life goes on
Life goes on
Life goes on
Life goes on
Life goes on
Written by Nik Kershaw
Neon glistens and shadows wave
Who knows whether we're stupid or brave
And they say we are
Oh we are running scared
No use fighting in the name of pride
When there probably isn't any place to hide
And the two of us
Two of us running scared
They're fakin' their peace and makin' their tracks
They’re watching you, watching them, watching your backs
And they know we are
Oh we are running scared
Running scared
From hearsay and hate
Fatality and fate
St Peter's pearly gate
On the run (Running scared)
To merciful release
Where paranoias cease
And an everlasting peace is not a gun
Running scared
From hearsay and hate
Fatality and fate
St Peter's pearly gate
On the run (Running scared)
To merciful release
Where paranoias cease
And an everlasting peace is not a gun
We could be pushing it much too far
Well, maybe we, maybe, just maybe we are
And the both of us
Both of us running scared
Excuse me officer, don't you know
That this is the place where you people don't go
That’s we are
Here we are running scared
Running scared
From hearsay and hate
Fatality and fate
St Peter's pearly gate
On the run (Running scared)
To merciful release
Where paranoias cease
And an everlasting peace is not a gun
Running, running, running, running, running
Running scared
Running
Running, running, running, running, running
Running scared
Running, running, running, running, running
Running scared
Running, running, running, running, running
Running scared
Running, running, running…
Written by Nik Kershaw
Talk tougher than James Cagney
Act smarter than Charlie Chan
Love longer than Valentino
Or you never will be a man
I saw him down at the drive-in Saturday
A forty five to blow away anyone who happens to disagree
Oh, with such panache and style, he wins the game
When all the while
I'm sitting here thinking that it could be me
Suddenly, in walks a criminologist
With too much knowledge to resist and plenty of answers
For the good at heart
Oh, no fear, no pain, no sweat, the teardrop on the serviette,
Oh I could be a hero if I was that smart
Silver cloud, silver tongue on a liver screen
With the sweetest of the sweet and meanest of the mean
Talk tougher than James Cagney
Act smarter than Charlie Chan
Love longer than Valentino
Or you never will be a man
Back to the movies where
The lady, beset by his charms, falls faintly in the lovers arms
The fate of every watching woman in his hands
After the earth moves, mustn't dwell
Our hero bids a fond farewell
Upon his trusty camel 'cross the desert sands
With the bad guys in a fix and the ladies in a spin
Where does fantasy end and reality begin?
Talk tougher than James Cagney
Act smarter than Charlie Chan
Love longer than Valentino
Or you never will be a man
When you take up the sword and you fight the good fight
With your ego in the red and your dreams in black and white
Talk tougher than James Cagney
Act smarter than Charlie Chan
Love longer than Valentino
Or you never will be a man
Talk tougher than James Cagney
Act smarter than Charlie Chan
Love longer than Valentino
Or you never will be a man
Talk tougher than James Cagney
Act smarter than Charlie Chan
Love longer than Valentino
Or you never will be a man
Talk tougher than James Cagney
Act smarter than Charlie Chan
Love longer than Valentino
Or you never will be a man
B03.08 Don't Let Me Out Of My Cage
Written by Nik Kershaw
I wouldn't if I were you (Thank god we're not)
My finger shoots straight and true (That shows a lot)
Just try it on if you dare (So tough so free)
My shoulder has chips to spare (Save one for me)
Whenever these bars close before me
I'll tear them down with one fit of temper
It's hot head, hot groove, don't look, don't move
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might thrill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might thrill somebody
(Somebody), gone took my space (Too bad, too true)
They’d better not show their face (What will you do?)
Whatever their name may be (Who dares, who dares?)
Nobody does that to me (Who cares, who cares?)
Whenever these four walls close me in
I'll knock them down with one flick of my wrist
It's so mean, so cute, don't scream, don't shoot
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might thrill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might thrill somebody
I'm counting from one to ten (One two, one two)
No telling what happens then (It's up to you)
Well, it could be love or it could be war
(What will you choose?)
It depends what I want to get out of my cage for
(Choose war, you lose)
Whenever the roof falls down on me
I'll come right through with one beat of my heart
It's you win, you bet, don't cry, don't fret
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might thrill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might thrill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might thrill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might thrill somebody
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
(Too bad, too true)
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might thrill somebody
(What will you do?)
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
(Who dares? Who dares?)
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might thrill somebody
(Who cares? Who cares?)
Don’t let me out… Don’t let me out of my cage
(Too bad, too true)
‘Cause I might, ‘cause I might, ‘cause I might kill somebody
(What will you do?)
Don't let me out of my cage ‘cause I might thrill somebody
(Who dares? Who dares?)
Don’t let me out… Don’t let me out….
(Who cares? Who cares?)
Don't let me out of my cage boy ‘cause I might kill somebody
(Too bad, too true)
Don't let me out of my cage ‘cause I might kill somebody
Written by Nik Kershaw
Halfway to paradise
Or so it seems that way
Same as anyone
The same as any other day
We seek eternity
In all the things we buy
Not top priority
But it sure figures very high
Who steals the real world
Fooling us all as we go
And who gets to heaven
Heaven only knows
When a heart beats, you can see forever
When our time sleeps, you can be forever
Be forever
Meanwhile in cuckoo land
A most delightful place
We look no further than
The nose in front of our face
No wood anywhere
We can only see trees
Last train for
Material refugees
When a heart beats, you can see forever
When our time sleeps, you can be forever
When a heart beats, you can see forever
When our time sleeps, you can be forever
Be forever
Don't concern yourself (don’t concern yourself)
With matters past and future
Just put your mind to where they meet
But when a heart beats
Fooling us all as we go
Who gets to Heaven
Heaven knows
When a heart beats, you can see forever
When a heart beats, you can be forever
Be forever
Be forever
Be forever
Oh…Be forever
Be forever
(Heart beats… Heart beats…)
Be forever
(Heart beats… Heart beats…)
Be forever
Be forever
(Heart beats… Heart beats…)
(When a heart beats)
Written by Nik Kershaw
Shades of all shades
Every shape and size
Promised parties in the air
Danced before her eyes
But where did love go
And where were you
On the day they turned violet to blue
Friends of all friends
Friends that came and went
Some did care
Some did not
Subway residents
But what did you feel
What did you do
On the day they turned violet to blue
On the day they turned violet to blue
Can't stop, don't start
Warm hand, cool heart
Please hear my call
Out cold, in deep
No sense, no sleep at all
So before you go
Kinds of all kinds
Glittering like gold
Selling for the highest bid
Keeping out the cold
And did the angels
Call by for you
On the day they turned violet to blue
On the day they turned violet to blue
Oh, no, no…
On the day they turned violet to blue
Can't stop (can’t stop), don't start
Warm hand, cool heart
Please hear my call
Out cold, in deep
No sense, no sleep at all
Can't stop, don't start
Warm hand, cool heart
Please hear my call
Out cold, in deep
No sense, no sleep at all
Can't stop, don't start
Warm hand, cool heart
Please hear my call
Out cold, in deep
No sense, no sleep at all
Can't stop, don't start (don’t start)
Warm hand (warm hand), cool heart
Please hear my call
Out cold, in deep (in deep)
No sense (no sense), no sleep at all
Can't stop, don't start
Warm hand, cool heart
Please hear my call
Out cold, in deep
No sense, no sleep at all
Can't stop, don't start
B03.11 One Of Our Fruit Machines Is Missing
Written by Nik Kershaw
(INSTRUMENTAL - NO TEXT)