You've Got To Laugh
Lyrics
B07.01 Can't Get Arrested (You've Got To Laugh)
Written by Nik Kershaw
You've got to laugh
Though it's not funny
You've got to laugh
Or you would surely cry
Can't buy a chance
For love or money
Can't get arrested
However hard you try
Your heart is numb,
You've screamed and shouted
Banged on the door relentlessly
They should have come,
No doubt about it
To lock you up and throw away the key
You've got to laugh
Though it's not funny
You've got to laugh
Or you would surely cry
Can't buy a chance
For love or money
Can't get arrested
However hard you try
It's so unfair,
How unfair this is
You've done some things beyond the pale
You've broken hearts
And stolen kisses
Still not enough to get you into goal
La-la-la la-la-la la-la-la la-la-la
Well, it must feel like you're invisible
Say, do they know that you're alive
Now what you gonna try?
Hey what you gonna try?
Wo-hooo
And now it's time
To rest your poor head
You tried it all,
You tried it all
You might as well have stayed in your bed
You might as well be a flower on the wall
You've got to laugh
Though it's not funny
You've got to laugh
Or you would surely cry
Can't buy a chance
For love or money
Can't get arrested
However hard you try
Can't get arrested
However hard you try
Wooooooo-Ohohhhhh
Written by Nik Kershaw
Hello baby, I have got a shoulder here to cry upon
How could he ever leave you to hurt the way you do
I'm telling you that he is not worth a single tear of yours
He is not deserving of an angel such as you
Oh you beautiful thing
Oh you wonderful, marvelous thing
Bless your bountiful heart
Bless your fabulous, glorious, broken heart
He must be some kind of fool, fool enough to let you go
I would be ashamed of me, if I was in his place
I'd be on my hands and knees, begging you to take me back
Doing somersaults to see a smile upon your face
Oh you beautiful thing
Oh you wonderful, marvelous thing
Bless your bountiful heart
Bless your fabulous, glorious, broken heart
And I do adore you
And I always will
And I'm right here for you
War is over
War is over
War is over
War is over
Oh you beautiful thing
Oh you wonderful, marvelous thing
Bless your bountiful heart
Bless your fabulous, glorious heart now
Oh you beautiful thing
Oh you wonderful, marvelous thing
Bless your bountiful heart
Bless your fabulous, glorious, broken heart
Written by Nik Kershaw
Sitting alone, the comfort zone
Your feet up on a Sunday morning
The same skin that you were born in
Who'd though it could stretch so far
There's nothing wrong, the football's on
A warm beer and a chicken sandwich
Growing old, fat, gaseous and rich
Say what a lucky bunny you are
You can sing yourself a lullaby
You are born, pay taxes then you die
You're lost in the moment
Lost in space
You’re lost on the way to your happy place
(and you can't go back, and you can't go forward)
You’re lost all your hunger
Lost your pain
You’re lost any will to be alive again
Sitting alone, the safety zone
No sweat and no excitation
In your five star fortification
Are you locking them out or locking you in?
A whiskey rye, surrounded by
Everything that you've ever wanted
Well half cut is better than half dead
Singing, 'gotta be in it to win'
You are on your way to where you are
This will do 'til you find Shangri-La
You're lost in the moment
Lost in space
You’re lost on the way to your happy place
(and you can't go back, and you can't go forward)
You’re lost all your hunger
Lost your pain
You’re lost any will to be alive again
(and you never say die, but you never say live either)
(and you can't go back, and you can't go forward)
(and you never say die, but you never say live either)
You're lost in the moment
Lost in space
You’re lost on the way to your happy place
(and you can't go back, and you can't go forward)
You’re lost all your hunger
Lost your pain
You’re lost any will to be alive again
Written by Nik Kershaw
I do believe that you believe most everything you've told me
Incredibly, you'd guarantee the crock of shit you sold me
You still deny a single lie has ever passed from your lips
You play the game, say I'm to blame. I must be paranoid
I must be paranoid
Yeah-yeahhh
This song is all about you
All about you
All about you
This song is all about you
All about you
All about you
You carry on like nothing's wrong, the mother of invention
The centre of some kind of love, the centre of attention
I do declare you're unaware you've even got a problem
No telling you. All I can do is try to spell it out
In case there's any doubt
Let me spell it out
Yeah-yeahhh
This song is all about you
All about you
All about you
This song is all about you
All about you
All about you
Yeahhhh
This song is all about you
All about you
All about you
This song is all about you
All about you
All about you
Yeahhhhhhh
This song is all about you
All about you
All about you
Written by Nik Kershaw
Well…
Just one look at those baby brown eyes
And all is understood
Ain't no stopping you falling inside
And staying there for good
She won't go doing those terrible things
Like messing with your heart
Pushing your buttons and pulling your strings
Sure that's true, no she'll never hurt you
Did you ever see a face like that
A picture of peace
A vision of honesty
Did you ever see anything so beautiful
So alive with promises, promises
Wooh-hoooo
And there ain't nobody would dare come by
To tear her from your arms
Ain't nobody as mighty and high
To keep her safe from harm
But you don't have a hope in hell
Well, you don't have a chance
She'll always be your mademoiselle
Lost in praise for her clever young ways
Did you ever see a face like that
A picture of peace
A vision of honesty
Did you ever see anything so beautiful
So alive with promises, promises
Yeahhh
She'll never say goodbye, never fall from grace
Did you ever hear a cry
Did you ever see a face like that
A picture of peace
A vision of honesty
Did you ever see anything so beautiful
So alive with promises
Did you ever see a face like that
A picture of peace
A vision of honesty
Did you ever see anything so beautiful
So alive with promises, promises
Written by Nik Kershaw
That's the limit, that's enough
Time somebody called your bluff
You over educated thug
Degrees in looking down your nose
And supercilious repose
Plus a Phd in smug
Oh-oh
Wind your neck in, shut your gob
You're just a bully and a snob
You're just a loud pretentious hack
I'd make you squeal, I'd make you run
I'd punch your lights out one by one
If I hadn't hurt my back
(No really)
With your new model army medals
And your old public school boy charm
You're a star
I hope you're happy now
I hope you're having fun at my expense
Well, excuse me if I pause to take offence
And excuse me if I don't bend over
Well, I'm not one to anger quick
You condescending little prick
It takes a lot to get my goat
One day a better man than I
Will feed you fist and humble pie
And I'll be there to hold his coat
With your oh so assured manor
And your own so adoring clan
You're the man
I hope you're happy now
And I hope you're having fun at my expense
Well, I hope you’re happy now
Yeah, excuse me if I pause to take offence
And excuse me if I don't bend over
You've had your fun, you've had your say
And now I'm wiping you away
Like something nasty on my shoe
Yeah, I won't sink to take your bait
'Cos I love better than I hate
And I won't waste a drop on you
Written by Nik Kershaw
I don't want this silence breaking
Though who do I think I'll be waking
Footsteps of mine on hallowed ground
Seventeen ghosts follow me around
But they're not so good at talking
They just keep on walking
Rattling their chains as they go
They won't be leaving me alone
'til I'm rid of this
Old house, leaky roof, creaky staircase
Old house, squeaky door
Get me out of here
Old house, dusty room, crusty window
Old house, empty house
Get me out of here
Seventeen ghosts huff and puff
And this little heart just ain't big enough
To fill this place with any cheer
'Cos I've spent one night too many here
So I sing to myself a lullaby
And go to my bed praying I
Will soon be rid of this
Old house, leaky roof, creaky staircase
Old house, squeaky door
Get me out of here
Old house, dusty room, crusty window
Old house, empty house
Get me out of here
I'll fly and I won't look down
And fall till I hit the ground
Then run like a maniac
And I won't look back
When I'm rid of this
Old house… Creaky staircase
Old house…
Get me out of here
Old house, dusty room, crusty window
Old house, empty house
Get me out of here
Get me out of here
Written by Nik Kershaw
All cried out and all washed up
You're as thirsty as hell
But someone stole your loving cup
And stopped ringing your bell
Draw the curtains, lock your door
And stay in to get out of it
But love won't bother you know more
No, no, no
But I say
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you're looking for someone
Someone, somewhere
Has gotta be looking for you
Out there, get out there
If you're looking for someone
Someone, somehow, sometime, somewhere
Has gotta be looking for you
But it's heads I win and tails you lose
And you couldn't care less
So put away your dancing shoes
And your favourite dress
Take a back seat, watch the show
You don't wanna get hurt
All messed up, nowhere to go
No, no, no
But I say
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you're looking for someone
Someone, somewhere
Gotta be looking for you
Out there, get out there
If you're looking for someone
Someone, somehow, sometime, somewhere
Has gotta be looking for you
Blow your trumpet, bang your drum
Sing it out till kingdom come
Well, I Hope you get to find someone
Find someone
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you're looking for someone
Someone, somewhere
Has gotta be looking for you
Out there, get out there
If you're looking for someone
Someone, somehow, sometime, somewhere
Has gotta be looking for you
Written by Nik Kershaw
Can't shake the monkey on my back
Can't lose my luggage in the friendly skies
Can't tell the good guys from the bad
Can't hear the music for the background noise
Wish I was born yesterday
Born yesterday
I would be naked in every sense
I would be blissful in innocence
If I was born yesterday
Can't look a stranger in the eye
Can't reach the knife between my shoulder blades
(ouch)
Can't feel asleep for wondering why
Can't keep awake to man the barricades
And I wish I was born yesterday
Born yesterday
I would be naked in every sense
I would be blissful in innocence
If I was born yesterday
All that stuff inside my head
I wish I could remember to forget
I find my thrill but lose my thread again
Can't say the words they make me choke
Can't hear the punch line for the joke
Can't see the trees for all the smoke
Can't feel the love
Can't feel the love for all the hate
Can't taste the dinner I just ate
For all the ketchup on the plate
I would be naked in every sense
I would be blissful in innocence
If I was born yesterday
Born yesterday
I would be naked in every sense
I would be blissful in innocence
If I was born yesterday
B07.10 Loud, Confident & Wrong
Written by Nik Kershaw
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Just another stupid white man
He was unemployed and rich
An expert drunken driver
With a most alarming itch
He was belly deep in cronies
They laughed at all his jokes
There were sycophants and phonies
And a lot of Daddy's folks
He was
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Bold, positive and strong
Cold, sure but all along
He was loud, proud, confident and wrong
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
He cut his teeth in Texas
That put him on the map
Fried more than Colonel Sanders
What an interesting chap
B.S. inclination
U.S. troglodyte
A fundamental Christian
Yeah, fundament is right
He was
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Bold, positive and strong
Cold, sure but all along
He was loud, proud, confident and wrong
Got the job that he was born for
Not quite bona fide
He had a brother in his corner
And God was on his side
To leave us in the shite house
God thought he'd have some fun
So he put him in the White House
And said "give this man a gun"
He was
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Bold, positive and strong
Cold, sure but all along
He was loud (loud), proud (proud), confident and wrong
Bold, positive and strong
Cold, ignorant and brash
Flash, sure and all along
He was loud, he was proud, he was confident and wrong
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Written by Nik Kershaw
Look at her, you catch her eye
She makes you laugh until you cry
Makes you want to go and get her
Don't be stupid, that's so sad
You're old enough to be her Dad
You’re old enough to know much better
There's an angel over there
Bet you'd like to stroke her hair
Bet you'd like to get her wings off
Not a chance, no way José
What the hell would people say
What the hell would people think of you
So what are you going to do?
Heart is thumping… So exciting
Spirit jumping… She could be the one
She could be the one
Do you want her?... She's inviting
Do you wonder?... If she could be the one
Oh, she could be the one
She could be the one… She could be the one
Wo-ohh
Wooooh
There's another, she's alright
Maybe she could spend the night
Maybe she could be your saviour
Five feet eleven in her socks
She'd have to stand you on a box
Not appropriate behaviour
How ‘bout her, she could be fun
Could boil your bunnies one by one
Best be careful how you choose her
And what exactly have you got
John Travolta you are not
What would she want with a loser like you
So what are you going to do?
Heart is thumping… Oh-oh
So exciting… Yeah-yeah
Spirit jumping
She could be the one
She could be the one
Do you want her?... She's inviting
Do you wonder?... If she could be the one
Wohhhh
Heart is thumping… What am I supposed to do?
So exciting… Body giving me a clue
Spirit jumping… Maybe I have got a shot
She could be the one… Possibly… Probably…
Do you want her?... What has that to do with you?
She's inviting… Was it me imagining?
Do you wonder?... Still I can’t help wondering
If she could be the one… Yeah yeah
She could be the one
She could be the one
She could be the one
Yeah yeah
B07.12 You Don't Have To Be The Sun
Written by Nik Kershaw
You feel like you are
A face in the crowd
Just one of a million
You should be so proud
So happy to be
A shape in the sand
A drop in the ocean
And a tourist in wonderland
Shed me a tear
Blow me a kiss
Show me some human stuff
With a heart beat here
A little bit of this
A little bit of that
We are all we are and
You don't have to be the sun to shine on me
You don't have to be a star to shine
You don't have to be the sun to shine on me
Just the miracle you are
Enjoy yourself
And they will be falling under your spell
Ordinary and glad
Must be the real thing being happy with that
So happy to be
A shape in the sand
A drop in the ocean
And a tourist in wonderland
Understand
You don't have to be the sun to shine on me
You don't have to be a star to shine
You don't have to be the sun to shine on me
Just the miracle you are
You are…
Enjoy yourself
And I will be falling under your spell
So happy to be
A face in the crowd
Just one of a million
I really should be so proud
Shed me a tear
Blow me a kiss
Show me some human stuff
With a heart beat here
A little bit of this
A little bit of that
We are all we are and
You don't have to be the sun to shine on me
You don't have to be a star to shine
You don't have to be the sun to shine on me
Just the miracle you are
You don't have to be the sun to shine on me
You don't have to be a star to shine
You don't have to be the sun to shine on me
Just the miracle you are