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LISTEN TO THE RADIO
03:26
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LISTEN TO THE RADIO
Hello! Hello OH! Thru your heart & to your soul
Do you remember when we listened to the radio.
Rock 'n' Roll Radio! Rock 'n' Roll Radio.
Hey you! September don't let this summer end yeah!
Re-wind Mid July ....'Schools Out' and boy were gonna fry
On the beach & in the sand …in the Sand
Transistor radio in my hand
CHORUS
Hello! Hello OH! We've got everything you'll need
Come On! Come on! Come On ... Satisfaction guaranteed!
Hello! Hello OH! Thru your heart & to your soul
Do you remember when we listened to the radio
Rock 'n' Roll Radio ... Rock 'n' Roll Radio
Hey you! Top 40 remember when I bought me
T Rex, Steve Harley, The Stones & Bob Marley YEAH!
On the decks playing 45's (45's) ...
Oh! So good to be alive
CHORUS REPEAT
Go!
Hello! Hello OH! We've got FUN for everyone!
Come On! Come on! Come On ...We got PUNK ROCK BUBBLEGUM
Hello! Hello OH! Thru your heart & to your soul
Do you remember when we listened to the radio.
Rock 'n' Roll Radio ... Rock 'n' Roll Radio.
Rock 'n' Roll ...Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll ...Rock 'n' Roll
Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll (OH! YEAH!)
Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll
RADIO
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2. |
THE LAST GREAT ROCK STAR
04:15
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THE LAST GREAT ROCK STAR
A shooting star ...A Fantasy ...Frontpage news ...Mythology
Born in the war ...43 ... Art School days to Insanity
Three-button down ... time for the show
Smash that Guitar, READY! STEADY! GO!!
Chorus
Johnny ... Hey! Hey! NA! NA! NA!
Johnny! Johnny! The last great rock star
Jet planes, thrills & fast cars
Johnny! Johnny! The last great rock star
A fairy tale ... A schoolboy’s dream ... A country pile ...A limousine
Trashed hotels & TV screens ... Jesus Christ to a million teens!
Platinum album ... extraordinaire !
Top of the Pops ... Madison Square YEAH!!!
Chorus
Johnny Hey! Hey! NA! NA! NA!
Johnny! Johnny! The last great rock star
Cocaine, pills & dive bars
Johnny! Johnny! The last great rock star
From Tanner's hill to Hollywood Boulevard
From poor boy blues to a Rock n Roll Star
The morning sun really show his age
As evening comes it's time for Yesterday
Chorus
Johnny ... Hey! Hey! NA! NA! NA!
The last great rock star
Get Up... play that guitar
The last great rock star
Johnny ... Hey! Hey! NA! NA! NA!
Johnny! Johnny! The last great rock star.
Cocaine, pills & dive bars
Johnny! Johnny! The last great rock star
The steam train pulls into its breakers Yard
The gambler throws in his final card
They're calling time at his favorite bar
Bye Bye Johnny and his old guitar
Bye Bye Johnny and his old guitar
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HEY KIDS! COME THE REVOLUTION
Hey Kids! in this thing together
They messed up all the news ... blew up all the weather!
Ol’ Reg with our Manifesto... on a Sandwich Board outside Streatham Tesco's
Singing ‘Come the Revolution NOW! '
Hey Kids! we were in this thing whatever
They'd stick us in the stocks, have us tarred & feathered
Mad Kev up at Speakers corner
On his soapbox... screaming I did warn yer .!
Singing 'Come the Revolution now’!! '..
Every FRIDAY Night down the Crown & Sceptre
Putting the world to rights.... on Amber NECTAR ...! bout the Corporate Sector
Hey Kids! in this thing forever
They were selling off the state ... Going hell for leather
BIG JOHN up St Leonards steeple
With his megaphone shouting' Power to the People'
Oh! 'Come the Revolution now '
Every Saturday night... outside Mo's Chippy
It was Brothers UNITE! PUNKS ... MODS & HIPPIES ... STOP THE CITY!
Come the Revolution NOW!! Come the Revolution NOW!!
30 yrs on in the Crown & Sceptre ... Ol’ Reg's gone
Kev's the glass collector
Big John’s with his Son & Daughter ...saying ' listen mate,
we're still getting slaughtered'
So!
Hey kids we're still in this together
They’re messing up the news & blowing up the weather
You know what I got a real solution
Oh! YEAH!! Come the Revolution NOW!
! Come the Revolution NOW
! Come the Revolution NOW!
! Come the Revolution NOW!
Hey Kids! ...State of a nation .... A Bulldog bark at a snowflake generation
So, chip in guys we need a contribution ... Come the Revolution .... NOW!!!
Come the Revolution .... NOW!!
Come the Revolution .... NOW!!
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4. |
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
03:38
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KEEP CALM & CARRY ON
Empty streets a city sleeps ... But everyone's wide awake!
The Golden Globe on Clapham Road is selling hot tea & cakes
I'm pounding round the Oval cricket ground ... dressed up like I'm from Outer Space!!!
1-2-3-4
And Batten down the hatches boy... KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
Batten down the hatches boy... KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
On Albert Square I do declare ...there's no one else in sight
The howling wind, the rain kicks in ...I pull my jacket tight
I'm queued in space on South Lambeth place outside the 24 Shop
1-2-3-4
And Batten down the hatches boy... KEEP CALM & CARRY ON x
Batten down the hatches boy... KEEP CALM & CARRY ON x
Well, I log on every morning & I log off every night
And it's starting to get so boring ... but alright .... coz that’s ALRIGHT
Now I'm back in my fourth-floor flat
eating cake and drinking tea
with my wife & the cat ...gotta know the facts
better turn on the BBC
1-2-3-4
And Batten down the hatches boy... KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
Batten down the hatches boy... KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
Batten down the hatches boys... KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
Batten down the hatches boys... KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
I gotta ...KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
I said ... KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
You've gotta ...KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
I gotta ...KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
I gotta ...KEEP CALM & CARRY-ON x
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5. |
VERONICA JONES
02:50
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VERONICA JONES
Lost in life ... lost at work ...Tired of dating ... total jerks
calls up Cousin Jo.... Say's lets' go ... Rock' n' Roll
dance with our hearts & souls
coz when in Rome!
Chorus
She's Veronica Jones
Lives in a world of her own
Lost in Space ... lost in time ...in the city... doing lines.
calls ups... best friend Pam ... Let's fly off to Amsterdam
Sample all the contraband
Let's get STONED!!
Chorus (repeat)
Oh! she just can't see ...what she really wants to be
Just a Modern girl ...with half her life on her phone
Yeah! She's Veronica Jones
Chorus (repeat)
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6. |
WHITE VAN MAN
02:36
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WHITE VAN MAN
12 hours a day behind this wheel
a packet of fags & A BIG MAC meal
it keeps me going ... humping these crates
to washed-up pubs on sink estates
Chorus
And it's Hey! Ho! what do I know?
every back-double from Acton to Bow
I'm salt-of-the-earth ... I'm cash-in-hand
That's me the white van man
Got two grown-up boys from 2 different girls
from back in the day when I was raising hell
didn't see them too much from toddler thru teens
Far too busy out living the dream
Chorus
And it's Hey! Ho! what can I say?
the past is gone .. & it's here today
Sometimes I wished I’d given a damn
That's me the white van man
Well, I'm up at 6 in the morning
Still working 10 at night
same again the next day is dawning
what a life ... what a life!
I've got the radio on as I'm mounting the kerb
Gonna live forever in a house in the burbs
Before my back gets buckled & my hair grows thin
Before my heart gives out & my soul gives in
Chorus
And it's Hey! Ho! what can I see?
a broken man looking back at me
in the rear-view mirror... in the rain-soaked light
You can catch the truth in my face at night
so, it's hey! Ho! what do I know?
I'll sell you something for nothing Joe
I'm salt-of-the-earth ... I'm cash-in-hand
That's me the white van man
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7. |
LIFE GOT IN THE WAY
04:08
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LIFE GOT IN THE WAY
AS the Jukebox HOWLS ...! throw in the towel
But it's whiskey & Rye and American pie
Oh! My! this will be the day that I die!
The pool bar cracks, the one-eyed jacks
TAKES your cash!!
And looking back on it all now
Oh! the dues you gotta pay
As Terry mumbles on his barstool
' I just guess that Life Got in the way '
As the jukebox MOANS! Terry Go home
but It's Vodka & lime & I'll walk-the-line
For You ... You know it's true
The Domino SLAMs .... the Pinball Jams
At the Slaughtered lamb
AND looking back on it all now
Oh! the blues you gotta play
As Terry shuffles on his barstool
' I just guess That Life Got in the way '
And his mobile phone ... it won't leave him alone
On the TV screen ... Another football team ... betting slipped dream
As the jukebox plays the killer riff now
from a song from another century
as the locals gather on the dance floor
he knows there's nowhere else he'd rather be
So, looking back on it all now
he could have been a contender in his day
but the pills and the thrills and the booze now
I just guess that life got in the WAY!
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8. |
A BILLION THINGS TO DO
03:47
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A BILLION THINGS TO DO
Born a 60's son ... Top Cat & a Captain Scarlet gun
Teenage 70's ... Punk Rock & some useless GCE's
I didn't want to wait until tomorrow
I didn't want to see it all go by
see I had a billion things to do ...before I die
Hard times 84 ...Maggie! Maggie’s! at the Door. Boo!!!Hoo ...Boo!!!Hoo
90's decadence ... The more I took the less it all made sense
I didn't want to wait until tomorrow
didn't want to see it all roll by
see I got a billion things to do ...before I die
I didn't want to sit in no boring classroom
working for the boss man 9 to 5
see I had a billion things to do ...before I die
before I die ...before I die
before I get to say goodbye
Before the sun goes down ...The lights go out
I can't Rock 'n' Roll or Twist 'n Shout
gonna live each day ...like it really was MY last!!!!
Now I'm up to date .... OH! YEAH, still can't wait.
Chorus
NO! I don't want to wait until tomorrow
I don't want to see it all roll by
see I got a billion things to do ...before I die
I don't want to work in no boring office
NO! NO! NO! not 9 to 5
see I got a billion things to do ...before I die. Oh YEAH!
Oh! you see I got a billion things to do ...before I die
before I die
before I die
YEAH! before I die
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9. |
TURNED AND WALKED AWAY
03:07
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TURNED & WALKED AWAY
Teenage days going crazy
A mean stepdad and her sister's Babies
Mother screaming always on her phone ...
Gotta get out ... gotta leave this home
And she won't be here tomorrow
she dropped the keys down on her tray
Shut the front door right behind her
she just Turned & walked away
She headed south to lose her ghosts
a hotel maid somewhere down the coast
The crashing waves, endless sand
A distant ship ... the Promised land
Now she won't be here tomorrow
As she picked up her final pay
Shut the hotel door behind her
she just Turned & walked away
For a restless girl ... it's a great big world ...
YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
Drifting round thru the years
Jobs & guys ...love & tears
Never ever caught in a trap
Always forward ... never back
And she won't be here tomorrow
so many places still to stray
shut another dream behind her
she just Turned & walked away
No, she won't be here tomorrow
as her hair now hints of grey
and the years roll on beside her
she just Turns & walks away
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21st CENTURY GIRL
03:16
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TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY GIRL
Born in 97 in Camden Town...
she grew up fast ... grew up sound
A year at tech to a three-year college debt
for an admin job Down in Piccadilly
Monday night's a cheap night cinema ... she a 21st-century girl
Wednesdays a pop quiz down the Star ...in her 21st-century world
She post's her life Instagram & Facebook Likes
A dance, a date ... nothing serious get it straight
No wedding bells ... she a 21st-century girl
Her time is now ... but it won't last forever
Friday night's a night out in SOHO ...she a 21st-century girl
Saturday's a Market... Pimlico ... in her 21st-century world
Then it's flat mate's in ... Sipping wine & drinking gin
They trawl the net ... for flights on Easy Jet
with cheap hotels... she a 21st-century girl
Her time is now ... but it won't last forever
Born in 97 in Camden Town...she a 21st-century girl
she grew up fast ... she grew up sound …in a 21st-century girl
she a 21st-century girl in a 21st-century girl
she a 21st-century girl
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11. |
PORTOBELLO ROAD
03:17
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PORTOBELLO ROAD
Saturday came ...jumped on a train
40 minutes later in the pouring rain
On the PORTOBELLO ROAD
Stalls & bars a strummed guitar
outside the Electric Cinema
On the PORTOBELLO ROAD
On the PORTOBELLO ROAD, they’ve got vintage shops for clothes
And a basement selling second hand Lp's
On our Portobello Jaunt... plastic raincoat Mary Quant
and I got myself a bootleg Kinks EP
Markets in swing … Clock everything
She's got me 'Dangling on her string'
On the PORTOBELLO ROAD
Westways in Dub ... Swordfish for grub
Ain't it time we hit the pub
On the PORTOBELLO ROAD
On the PORTOBELLO ROAD pink fringed dress just like Bardot's
And I got me a poster of Alfie with Michael Caine
Under Portobello skies it’s a wonder how time flies
got me thinking about the 'kick 0ff' off the game
Now we're back at the cinema ... poor old busker ... empty Jar
A couple of quid don't go amiss. Do you know the one that goes like this!"
Down the PORTOBELLO ROAD ensconced in the Frog & Toad
with our shopping watching the game live on TV
on our Portobello Trip ...drinking wine with salsa dip
Loving every bit of it her & me
And we won by Penalties!!
OH! the PORTOBELLO ROAD
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12. |
ALL FOR NOTHING AT ALL
03:19
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ALL FOR NOTHING AT ALL
I could sail my yacht out on the seas
open top t-bird driving in the breeze
hanging round my mansion by the beach
quoting Ginsberg, Kerouac and Nietzsche
Oh! wouldn't that be great! All just laid on a plate
Oh! but I’d be sad & blue coz one thing I know and it's true
That without you It's all for nothing at all
Yeah! without you It’s all for nothing at all
You can find me down the St Moritz
at the whisky up on Sunset Strip
with Supermodels in Paris or Milan
Dancing with Myself in Tokyo, Japan
Oh! wouldn't that be nice! Having that all in my life
Oh! but I’d be sad & blue coz one thing I know and it's true
Chorus (repeat)
Now it really just leaves me empty right Thru My heart & soul
Coz it's you that Heaven's sent me
Baby, You’re my Rock 'n’ Roll! Rock 'n’ Roll! Rock 'n’ Roll!
Tripping out in Frisco looking cool
Sipping cocktails down in Malibu
Jet Setting on the Cote d'azur
Hanging out with Big Rock Superstars
Oh! wouldn't that be kinda sweet! The whole wide world right at my feet
Oh! but I’d be sad & blue coz one thing I know and it's true
Chorus (repeat)
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13. |
DOWN AND OUT IN NYC
03:58
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DOWN & OUT IN NEW YORK CITY
See all the names in lights on Broadway
Man! I gotta get there someday
So tired of losing ...been laughed & sat on
was goodbye London ... Hello Manhattan ... Oh! Yeah!
I got a gig down at CBGB's
MAN! they did not seem to like me
I should have lucked out ...I should be illin'
This never happened to Bobby Dylan ... oh Yeah!
I was Down & Out in NYC
All of my hopes & my dreams went with me
Sure, gets cold and none too pretty
Down & out... out in NYC … Oh Yeah!!
In NYC!
NYC!
Met some dude champagne Charlie
the real McCoy boy! a true Svengali
Saw a man from a record label
He said ' I hate your songs boy you're too unstable ‘... oh Yeah!
! I said Yeah! I said Yeah! I said Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Chorus (repeat)
Shrugged my shoulders ...turned up my collar
It sure gets hard trying to earn a dollar
No money down ... No luck I'm finding
The rain is pouring ... the sun ain't shinin'.... Oh YEAH!
Chorus (repeat)
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14. |
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
04:55
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Did I lose it all without even knowing?
Did It walk away and wouldn't stop going?
Did it change my mind, or did I get taken in?
Did I close my eyes or just stop looking?
And all those Great Expectations that have kept me alive
& all those burning frustrations they won't lay down & die
Did the ocean so deep turn to a trickle of rain?
From the mountains so high to the gutters and drains
Did the hunger of youth ...OH! leave me bitter & cold
Did this heart of fire... burn to ashes & smould
Chorus (repeat)
And this world's so big & I'm feeling so small
You can kick down their doors ...Man they just build up a wall
So many rivers to cross still... So many failures to forget
So Many people giving up down here... but not me NOT JUST YET!!
Chorus (repeat)
No! they won’t! No! they won't
No! they won’t! No! they won't
LAY DOWN & DIE
No! they won’t! No! they won't
No! they won’t! No! they won't
LAY DOWN & DIE
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