Lyrics
Stories about the songs
Linus stories
Adolesce
I'm good with kids
I tell 'em the truth
Don't need to talk down
To recapture my youth
This lust must be taboo
You can't be much older than ten
Yeah I go for young men
I'm feeling old
Behind the times sage
Most of my friends
Are still underage
I can't help you with your problems
I can't help you with your problems
I can't help you with your problems
I do understand
I can't help you with your problems
I can't help you with your homework
I can't help you with your problems
I'm past all that now
This lust must be taboo
You can't be much older than ten
Yeah I go for young men
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Another Girl
If you feel like you're another girl
London's streets are full of other girls
You're a kiss-ass in my other world
But you're as cool as any other girl
If you feel like you're just 'one of the girls'
Don't blame me
Nothing more than another one of the girls
I'm running to catch you now
You're all clammed up like a tiny baby pearl
Can't be me
And you're as good as all the other girls
If only I knew just how
If you feel you're not a riot grrl
Leicester Square
London's streets are full of quiet grrls
She's crossing the road just there
You're a sight to see when you're unfurled
St John's Wood
You don't belong here in this boy-band world
New girl in the neighbourhood
Your life's more valid than mine
I'm sleeping all the time
Why try
What's it like, knowing me
As just another nobody
Too hard to be kind
I didn't think you'd mind
Why lie
What's it like, knowing me
As just some other nobody
What's wrong with your eyes
Beauty breathing sighs
Clutching onto the arm of your guy
If you feel like you're another girl
Don't blame me
London's streets are full of other girls
Lyrics by Tammy, Deb, and Andy © Copyright 2002
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Arlo Bay
Concentrate, concentrate, concentrate, concentrate, on what I'm saying
Concentrate, concentrate, concentrate, concentrate, on what I'm thinking
Concentrate, concentrate, concentrate, concentrate, on what I'm reading
Concentrate, concentrate, concentrate, concentrate, on what I'm writing
Concentrate on what I'm saying
People are dying
Babies are crying
Concentrate
He spits when he sings
And it makes my heart go ping
Can't do anything
Cause I've found my new king
Crack an egg on your head, let the yolk run down
Let the chills run up
Let the chills run down
Stab a knife in your back, let the blood run down
Let the chills run up
Let the chills run down
Spiders crawling up your back
A pinch, a squeeze, a cool tropical breeze
His undulations
Gave me palpitations
A new infatuation
Hell and damnation
Lyrics by Jennifer and Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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AWAL
I'm rootless, I drift countryless
I'm rootless, not knowing my place
I'm rootless, an unwelcome guest
I'm rootless
I'm living, stuck in my head
I'm living, trapped into tights
I'm living, avoiding my dread
I'm living
I'm groping
While sinking
I try to
Stop thinking
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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The Bearded Tomato
Odiferous, useless stumps
Rotted, tiny feet
Maimed, crushed into lotus hooks
So lovely, pure and sweet
'Who can resist the fascination
Of playing with and holding
A soft and jade-like hook?'
Be quiet, it's clean, it's good hygeine
Look, we're not trying to be mean
See, we have to sew you up while you're young
It's a part of our tradition
The knife makes a slash
Cuts the wedding gash
And if he can't open it like that
He'll fuck her up her urinary tract
Modern women are just the same
Their quest for beauty causes pain
They took poison for a porcelain skin
They removed their ribs to be more thin
We all suffer from clown syndrome
Different faces take over our own
Suitable only as circus freaks
Like a bearded tomato
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Better Genes
I've been searching for that thing which you have always had
For all my life
I've been searching for the thing which you've had all along
All my life
I want some better genes
I've been longing for that day
When I no longer feel ashamed of my life
I've been longing for that day
When I don't have to be ashamed of my life
I want some better genes
I've been waiting for that time when I realise
I'm in the prime of my life
I've been waiting for the time when I stop wasting
All the time in my life
I want some better genes
I need some better genes
Better genes, better genes
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Big Bucks
Look at me, I'm one of a kind
Free To Be has shaped my mind
Feels good but I have to say
It hasn't always been that way
Used to be an obstacle
Thought I had to be beautiful
Always knew that with teeth like these
I'd never need any enemies
Now that I'm a little older
I've become a little bolder
Once again I have the urge to complain
It's getting wavy on the gravy train
I get the rules, I get the game
I don't suck up and that's a shame
You should know I don't cruise to schmooze
Only talk to the ones I choose
I'll make it in my own sweet way
What more do I have to say
Now that I'm a little older
I've become a little bolder
My feet are shot all full of holes
I've tried too hard to strengthen souls
They laugh at me and call me a Moonie
I'm still strong and they're still puny
Steadfast on my chosen track
Straight driving and don't look back
Free to be with nothing owed
I've never been down backlick road
What more would I have to do
I've got the goods and I'm honest too
I'll make it in my own sweet way
What more do I have to say
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Big Thaw
Autumn's watching, waiting close at hand
Summer's lying sunny on the sand
Spring seems like a distant memory
In my house the cold is on me
It stays around me everywhere I stand
Sent a girl away when she had to go
Had the means to help, but didn't want to know
I'll relive that time forever
See her cry, see her fever
I live in winter, and I wait for the thaw
It's always winter, and I wait for the thaw
I'm not safe any more
Carried along with your plans of eternal youth
Watched you play and wondered why I couldn't too
Picked up all your nasty habits
But I'm not her, and she can have it
I live in winter, and I wait for the thaw
It's always winter, and I wait for the thaw
I'm not safe any more
I wait for the thaw
Not safe any more
Be better for all
I try but I fall
I wait for the thaw
I wait for the thaw
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1996
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Big Words
Hey Jen, pass me a pen
I'm finally inspired
It's taken so long to plough through barbed wire
I decided to write him a real fan letter
But I had to consider every single word...
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1993
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Blue Light
She puts her hands on the TV
Looks like she's feeling something
Grainy, blot-out faded memory
Blue, blue light
Aquarium will glow through the night
Ultraviolet, aquamarine light
Keep those halfway people out of sight
Please try to sleep, please don't fight
Blue, blue light
The glow around your bed is blue
When I hang up the phone, I'm still with you
Ultraviolet, aquamarine
The saddest faces that I've ever seen
Blue, blue light
Lyrics by Tammy Deb and Andy © Copyright 2000
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'Chipping', Dale
Wait a minute, I'm confused
So heroin's not bad for you?
They say moderation is the key
And they call it 'chipping', Dale
Limited use leaves you addiction-free
And they call it 'chipping', Dale
Oh, then I guess it's okay
The war on drugs got me carried away
Pickled, not poisoned
Forever preserved
A miracle drug
What mankind deserves
No more just say no
Nothing left to fear
So fill 'er up
And stick the needle here
I really don't mind what you do
It's your life, your mind, your right to choose
Wait a minute, who are 'They'?
Why should I believe anything they say?
Lyrics by Tammy. © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1992
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Choose Your Own Adventure
Preach
Misanthrope at thirteen
Feminist cadet
"Are you a lez or a lezzie?"
I choose to forget
You choose you lose
A pregnant teenager
Another cliche
Another divorce
And more on the way
The fear is of losing everything
You choose, you lose
You choose, you lose
The fallacy is it ain't anything
Carpe diem - seize the day
Carpe diem - seize the day
She visits in winter
To watch the leaves change
And see everyone
Before they all die
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Come Away
I used to love every minute
It was easy
Full of good, wholesome things
How wrong could anyone be?
I keep track on a list of shame
Come away
Got everything that I wanted
Don't want it
Bought something every day
She won't hear when I'm shouting
I keep track on a list of shame
Come away-
There's nothing to see here
You're so
You're so
You're so
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright 2002
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Concrete Kite Flier
Hey now
Why don't you calm yourself down
Why don't you breathe it all out
Shut up, I'll show you how
Well I'm just breathing easy
I'm just winding down
I'm so serene, anti-Mexican jumping bean
I'm so easy-breezy
I'm just cooling down
I'm so serene, anti-Mexican jumping bean
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
All I have to do is breathe it out
I just breathe it in and scream it out
Lyrics by Tammy and Ed © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Days Gone Forever
You may try to keep track
It's too late to reach back
There's no time to regret all your losses and mistakes
Burn a bridge, drive a wedge, and one more connection breaks
Trailing sadly in your wake
You try to hold on
But it's like I told you
The trail is cold now
If I disappear
Will you still be here?
Maybe I'll see you
And if you miss the old days
Remember what I told you
They weren't so happy
Only in your memory
The past is gone
Now you're free
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Days of the Sun
Everyone's sad and everyone's lonely
Feeling so bad and thinking if only
It wasn't so dark and we weren't always waiting
Six 'O clock sundown means hibernating
But in the sun, it's all right
In the days of the sun
Coconut oil on freckled brown shoulders
Rolling down hills while tar bubbles smoulder
Everything's real and everything's funner
Squinting at paint to remember the summer
Frost on the glass
Cold to the touch
Cobwebs of sunlight on windowpanes
I see my breath
Still as the air
Bright winter light thaws me through the rain
Now it's stopped hailing
see how green the grass is
It's like I'm looking through yellow sunglasses
Everything's new and everything's shining
Everything's wrapped in a warm golden lining
But in the sun, it's all right
In the days of the sun
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright 2002
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D D Stunnas
I have this dream
Now and then
Unprompted, unconscious and brutal to men
They call me "ballbreaker" in my dream
Omnipotent, all-knowing
I reign supreme
There was this once - this one was vivid
Mark Eitzel attacked me
Man I was livid
So I took him in my grasp
- You know what I mean -
And I crushed him like glass
Until his thoughts became clean
I don't understand my sadistic zeal
But a variation on that dream involves stiletto heels
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1992
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Did She Mention Me
Did she mention me
When you saw her?
Did she mention me
When you called her?
I was dreaming
I saw her die
Did you give my love
When you saw her?
I would have gone myself
But you know her
Got a feeling it works out fine
Was she really bad
Is she better?
Is she looking well?
Don't upset her
Got a feeling I'm feeling fine
You know I don't like to talk about the time
It takes a tragedy to make me change my mind
Give her one more chance
I like to be fair
Give another chance
Don't know why I still care
I'm revealing I'm dumb and blind
Baby spread your wings
It's time to take off
I want to shed those things
It's time to shake off
I am fleeing a living lie
This has gone way beyond my pride
My Lake Placid is on the other side
I have led such a charming life
It takes a drama just to make me feel alive
Nice to see you.
Good to see you too
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright 1998
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D.I.O
Appearing live, in person, on the global stage
Our own small festival
You can see in my face and my fingers
How I feel
There's a new door open and I'm walking through
D.I.O., D.I.O., D.I.O.
Whoever we are
Wherever we need to go
D.I.O., D.I.O., D.I.O.
We can teach each other everything we need to know
Although we made these songs and wrote these words
You listen and watch us play
It's an exchange worth more than money
We'll make it real
It's a new economy and we are rich
D.I.O., D.I.O., D.I.O.
Whoever we are
Wherever we need to go
D.I.O., D.I.O., D.I.O.
We can teach each other everything we need to know
D.I.O., D.I.O., D.I.O.
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright 2002
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Don't Be Sad
Don't be sad, don't be sad
You still have everything that you had
Life is a wayward and changeable thing
You're walking around with your heart in a sling
Feeling injured
It's so sad, it's so sad
Is it right to say: don't feel bad?
So cry on my shoulder and stay at my side
You're okay by me, so you don't have to hide what you're feeling
We're still here
Don't be sad
Time will stop for you
Don't be sad, don't be sad
You still have everything that you had
It's only a bus ride to get to my door
We'll shut out the world, it can't hurt any more
Time will stop for you
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright 1999
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Don't Forget
When you drink your coffee
Don't forget to add the milk
Oh I love coffee and milk
When you're eating cereal
Don't forget to read the box
Oh I love to read the box
Don't forget the extra things in life
When you play a record
Don't forget to sing along
And get all the lyrics wrong
When you're riding the bus
Draw faces on the glass
And don't forget to wave back to us
Don't forget the extra things in life
I love you
When you're going out
Don't forget to tell your friends
Oh I love all of my friends
When you're close to breaking
Please don't forget to bend
Oh I love all of my friends
When you move away
Don't forget to say goodbye
Oh I hate to say goodbye
When I'm old and lonely
I'll still remember you
And the stupid things we do
Don't forget the extra things in life
I love you
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1998
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Down Among The Dead Men
Down among the dead men
I'm waking up and it's just another day
Roll out of bed and start the day's decay
I walk to work and I eat and I sleep
There's nothing left for me to keep
Down among the dead men
When will I wake up again
Down among the dead men
When will I wake up again
There's nothing that I like to do
I'm happy not to do anything with you
But I've got to do the death that pays
After all, there's only so many sick days
When will I wake up again
When will I wake up again
When will I wake up again
Tell me I'm not one of them
When will I wake up again
Hold my breath and count to ten
When will I wake up again
Rotting like a caged-up hen
When will I wake up again
Give me back my life again
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1996
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Dreamless Sleep
Outside, everyone's moving
While inside, I am dissolving
Around me the world is revolving
But I can't tell
I'm too deep
In my dreamless sleep
Up there they have forgotten me
Down here, increasingly rotten
Behind me just a few things I've written
But I don't care
I can't weep
In my dreamless sleep
I don't care
I'm too deep
In my dreamless sleep
Sometimes I used to remember
Some feeling, a faraway murmur
Too faint to catch in my slumber
Now it's too late
They don't seep
Through my dreamless sleep
Dreamless sleep, I'm in a dreamless sleep
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Driven Thing
I'm a driven thing
A deriven thing
A riven thing
Such a wonderful thing to lose
A smothered thing
A mother thing
An other thing
Such a wonderful thing to lose
I'm no thing
I'm a wo thing
It's a show thing
Such a wonderful thing to use
You gotta give and give
Radiate like the sun
It's the only way to live
'Cause you only live once
I don't give to receive
I don't give to deceive
But I give to perceive
And I give to believe
There's nothing to lose
I'll give it all away
Lyrics by Tammy Jennifer and Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1993
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Eke
I'm so sick of squeaking by
Save me
Just one more week
Money
In just one week
Temper fits keep leaking out
Save me
In just one week
Money
I'm humble
I have no cash
In trouble
Too scared to ask
Save me
If I consider prostitution
Then I know it's desperation
If I consider phone sex
Then I know it's desperation
Temper fits keep leaking out
If I consider prostitution
Then I know it's desperation
If I consider stripping
Then I know it's desperation
If I consider
I'm so sick of squeaking by
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Everything and More
I'm a little princess and I'm scared
To bring up the pea that's lying there
I know I'm bad but that's my flaw
A fear of everything and more
I must be strong for everyone
A good girl's work is never done
I feel unending guilt galore
About everything and more
Everything and more
There is no doubt inside my head
I've been well raised and been well bled
I tried so hard to be so pure
I've tried everything and more
Everything and more
I'll take it
I'll try it
Forsake it
Deny it
I'll take it
I'll try it
Forsake it
Defy it
Everything and more
Lyrics by Tammy, Andy and Jennifer © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1996
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Fume
Inhale
Exhale
Inhale
Exhale
I used to like the smell of gasoline
I was walking
Near the canal
Harlesden homing
And all alone
Lurching at me
A wasted youth
Newborn zombie
Tried to escape
Pale and drooling
He sucked a can
On refuelling
Bustled by me
I felt creepy
And remembered
I used to like the smell of gasoline
blind
I used to like the smell of gasoline
slide
I used to like the smell of gasoline
drenched
I used to like the smell of gasoline
moccasins
I used to like the smell of gasoline
fumes
I used to like the smell of gasoline
stronger
I used to like the smell of gas
drunk
Marine
I used to like the smell of gasoline
maroon
I used to like the smell
Lyrics by Tammy and Jennifer © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Go Down
Run away
Run away
She's in the kitchen
She doesn't care
What's in the basement?
Go down in the basement
Is it safe?
Is it safe?
Get away
Get away
Mud in the front lawn
Rocks in the backyard
Is this gold?
It's fool's gold
Wanna play?
Wanna play?
Go away
Go away
You look nice
I am wrong
You could be anyone
You could do anything
Do it your way
Do it your way
Run away
Run away
She's in the kitchen
She doesn't care
What's in the basement?
Go down in the basement
Wanna play?
Wanna play?
Wanna play?
Do you wanna play with me?
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Going Under
You can't try to fight it
You can't try to hide
You run in slow motion
With nothing inside
It's only a dream, dream, dream
It's only a dream
Too tired to stand up straight
Too anxious to sleep
Left with a collection
Of nothing to keep
It's only a dream, dream, dream
It's only a dream
Don't be afraid
Falling from rooftops
And calling your name
Pick up puzzle pieces
Left out in the rain
It's only a dream, dream, dream
It's only a dream
Lyrics by Deb Tammy and Andy © Copyright 1999
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Good Medicine
There must be good medicine
for you
Everybody wants to see you pull through
Do you need some medicine
A vitamin
Do you
And did you know a year has gone by
Is that the very fear that left you behind
Do you know I can't protect you
Respect you
This time
You're so great
That everyone needs one of you
Don't know why
You can't see it like I do
You're so great
I'm sick and tired and you're bitter
Drained and angry
There must be some something for you
Don't ask me what it is
I got bad things too
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright 1999
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Happy Tincture
What can
I say
Are you
Okay
Stumble
My way
Feeling
Dismay
There, there
What can
I do
I am
Not you
Pointless
Statue
Useless
Rescue
There, there
Lyrics by Tammy and Jennifer © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Icy You
The power thing is getting out of hand
My underlings are starting to demand
Queen of a boot, pretty petty, true
I see you, I see you
I see all the bad you do
My uniform's too tight
and it's grey
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright 2002
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I'm From Outer Space
I had another dream, wishing I was someone else
We got 501s from the jeans store shut-down sale
We got tight t-shirts from the under-£10 rail
We got diamond rings we ordered through the mail
We got common sense and a drive to do our best
We got things to read in case we get depressed
But I'm still an alien when I'm undressed
I'm from outer space
Feeling somewhat out of place
In this world of immortal men
Wish I could go home again
I got a Rachel cut so I could look like you
I study you closely, and copy everything you do
And I've forgotten all I ever knew
I'm from outer space
Feeling somewhat out of place
In this world of immortal men
Wish I could go home again
I could tell the truth, but I don't know if I should
And I don't even know if I'm staying here for good
But I think there's more like me in this neighbourhood
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright 1997
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I'm Not Your Enemy
I'm not your enemy
We live a long way from the hallowed halls
But I'll be with you when the hammer falls
And all the way
We're all a long way out of in the know
And that goes double when we're lying low
And all the way
We're still a long way from the promised land
As long as there's one thing we understand
First thing we say
I'm not your enemy
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright 2002
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I Think I'm Over
I think I'm over it now
Mental pictures are out of my frames
You're wiped like a dirty window
No more dog and baby names
I think I'm over it now
I think I'm over it now
The eight ball says decidedly so
Got nothing upon to fixate
No more ups, and never low
I think I'm over it now
Wanna feel real mud, wanna be in mud, wanna fall in mud, wanna understand mud
Think I'm over
Think I'm over it now
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright 2004
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Jack T Chick
Look what I found
A comic book that fits in the palm of your hand
And it's all about God
And death, and the Devil, and it looks like
Uh-oh, I'll burn in hell
But it's just as well
The Pope is the Antichrist
Apparently
I can't say I'd argue with that
But he's not the only one with horns under his hat
Uh-oh, I'll burn in hell
But it's just as well
Here comes Uncle Pat
Looking like a kindly old child molester
He's buying up the media
Family values, a woman's place
Uh-oh, his master's voice
Freedom of choice
Jack Chick
May not know jack shit
But I prefer the eccentric and wild
To the jack boot with the good old boy smile
Uh-oh, condemned to burn
Me, you, and Richard Kern
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1993
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La La
I was minding my own business one fine day
When this guy drops down dead at my feet
I saw a car pulling away
A crowd formed as I ran down the street
And I said la, la
Somebody said "there's a man downstairs
Lying on his back, screaming into a phone"
Sure enough there he was on the floor
Locked into a room with just a dialling tone
And I said la, la
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Let's Go Under
We're in the same sinking boat
But if we cling to each other
We may just sink faster
But I like
Sinking down with you
We're in the same burning house
And if we cling to each other
We can burn still brighter
Oh I love
Burning up with you
Let's go under
We're in the same crashing plane
But if we cling to each other
They'll find us in the wreckage
So in love
I'm in love with you
Let's go under
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright 1999
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Lift-Off
I've got a pain in my head
And I don't know why
It's going to lift me up into the sky
I see red in my eyes
And my mouth is dry
It's going to raise me up into the sky
And I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone
I feel like a doll
Made of rags and straw
Will you carry me along
I can't walk any more
I've been trying too hard
Don't even know what for
And I'm tired, so tired, to my very core
Now I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone
Now I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone
I'm losing my sleep
I'm a heap on the ground
It's going to twist me up till I'm overwound
There's this noise in my head
Like a constant pound
It's going to break me up in senssurround
Till I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone
Till I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone
Lift me up
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Light Blues
I've got the light blues
Feel so dark blue
When will it end
When will it end
Dead ant, dead end
Dress up, pretend
I've lost myself as my own best friend
Doctor don't believe me
But life don't deceive me
And I feel so
Guilty
For my light blues
When will it end
There's only one perspective
And if I can't respect it
Then I'm not receptive
To
Change
Lyrics by Jennifer and Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1993
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Little Goddess
Little goddess, by my side
I'll be Bonnie if you'll be Clyde
Little goddess, join my gang
We'll steal a ransom before we hang
Little Venus, how great thou art
Little body, giant heart
I would tell you, but I don't know where to start
You're my system
A part of me
All I know lies below
Give me freebies, don't give me wine
Humour me while I pretend I'm fine
Little goddess, precious friend
I know you wish you could mend it all
All I know lies below
Like a vision
I can see you
You're on TV
You're my idol
I'm your star
Atop Olympia
Little goddess can't be mine
Still I go to meet the divine
Little goddess saved my soul
And brought me back almost whole
Little wonder, how can I repay you?
Put me under
Say you will
All I know lies below
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright 1999
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Long Distance
Here is the number
Pick up the phone
Dial the number
Wait for the tone
I am calling information
Need to make a distant connection
You're in the ether
And I'm on the earth
Living in limbo
Awaiting your birth
I was dreaming, the sensation
That I made a distant connection
Where are you? In the static
Are you out there? In the static
How can I prove
That we are alive?
You are an echo
And I'm in a dive
I am calling from my station
To a faint hallucination
Where are you? In the static
Are you out there? In the static
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright 1999
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Losing It
It's hard to give it up for a second time
Although I know it was never mine
I guess I knew the spell was cracked
But I did not dare to act
You try to take each splinter in your stride
To bridge the gap, but the gap's too wide
And if it still was up to me
I guess I may not have set you free
I hope that if this means for you and me
Our life and love, our history
Some final closure for your sake
I hope we both survive the break
I don't care about the wasted time
Only where we're at exactly now
It's all I need to know
I'm selfish-
I cling to what I want
But the spell is broken
Ooh- when we renew
Ooh- this is for you
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1997
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Love is the Law
Out of the ocean
Onto the shore
The winds and the rivers
Carry the spore
It's too small too see
Too big to ignore
It's in the bloodstream
Love is the law
Rush of attraction
Sweet, sweet rapport
Waiting for something
Hungry for more
Three little words
One little war
Light the blue paper
Love is the law
Kissing the ceiling
Eating the floor
Timid and tender
Brutal and raw
Sappy and soothing
Angry and sore
A day is your lifetime
Love is the law
Over the fences
Under the door
It's in the water
Poison or pure
It's too small to see
Too big to ignore
Love is your bloodstream
Love is the law
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright 2002
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Lovers of London
Oh, lovers of London
You'd better not close your eyes
Oh, lovers of London
You'd better say your goodbyes
And still I go to look for tracks in secret streets I wander down
You could disappear between the cracks of our vacant-hearted town
And you know, like I know, that we can't go out alone
But we go, 'cause you know, it's no fun to stay at home
Oh, lovers of London
You'd better not close your eyes
Oh, lovers of London
You'd better say your goodbyes
Go out tonight and join the faces, a thousand more you'll never meet
And when I go, I'll leave a trace in the memory of the street
And you know, like I know, that we can't go out alone
But we go, 'cause you know, it's no fun to stay at home
And when I think I won't be missed
I feel as if I don't exist
I walk the alleys only I can see
And in my invisibility
Every building belongs to me
I like your style
I know there's something you're holding back
Face to the pavement, fall through the crack
Lights on the Westway burning to black
Oh, lovers of London
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright 1999
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Lulluh Bye Bye
I didn't want to see you
I didn't want to call
I haven't cried at airports
Since that time when I was small
I'm over here
You're over there
I don't know what happened
And you don't care
I didn't tuck you in
Or sing a lullaby
I didn't say goodnight
Sweet dreams, or goodbye
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Lumberjack
I like the way you look around
Tell me everything that you've found
I love to talk to you
And I do
Every day feels like the first
But any day could be the last
I love to talk to you
And I do
How long do I get?
I love life, I love it all
I'm signing on for the long long haul
I'd love to go with you
And I do
How long do I get?
How long do we get?
It's just a dream
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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<Luna
Luna
Luna
If only I had understood this sooner
Luna
Luna
There's always something new under the moon-ah
The world may look the same in the light of afternoon
But there's always something new beneath the moon
Loner
Loner
Roaming through the city all alone-ah
Faster
Faster
Heading for some wonderful disaster
The world may look the same in the light of afternoon
But there's always something new under the moon
Closer
Closer
The sound of city life is my composer
Later
Later
Dreaming, I'll commune with the creator
The world is all too clear in the light of afternoon
But there's mystery out there beneath the moon
Lyrics by Andy Tammy and Ed © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1996
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<Maybe Tonight
I'm scared. Really scared
There's a worry - you won't contain your fury
I better watch out or you'll shut my mouth for me
There's a rocket in your pocket and you're ready to hurt me
Somehow I know - my senses alert me
I cover my eyes
Protect my sight
I flinch at every gesture
Afraid of a fight
Poking, provoking
Maliciously/gleefully stoking
I'm not scared of li'l old you
I'm more scared of what I might do
Hyperventilating
My throat feels tight
Antagonising
Spitting spite
Inflammatory words
My fuse is alight
Spontaneous combustion
Fixing for a fight
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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My New Life
When I'm feeling old and cynical
Then I think I need a, need a new life
When I'm feeling ill and vulnerable
Then I think I need a, need a new life
I think I need a, need a new life
You said it's not impossible to rearrange your life
You sound so lyrical
You said it would be wonderful, but now I'm on my own
I need a miracle
Found myself a cavity
This is where things go wrong
Press *restart* to start again
And make my new teeth strong
You said it's not impossible to rearrange your life
Tentatively lyrical
You said it would be wonderful, but now I'm on my own
I need a miracle
I can see you if you'll see me
When I'm feeling old and cynical
Then I think I need a, need a new life
When I'm feeling ill and vulnerable
Then I think I need a, need a new life
Here in my new life
You're in my new life
You said it's not impossible to rearrange your life
You sound so powerful
You said it would be wonderful, but now I'm all alone
I need something more meaningful
There's a bump inside my wrist
This is where things go wrong
Press *restart* to start again
And make my new bones strong
Endless chain inside my eyes
This is where things go wrong.
Lyrics by Andy, Deb and Tammy © Copyright 1999
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O Say Can You See
Say can you see
Stand next to me
Kick, kick, kicking me into overdrive
The zombie has brought me to life
The cutest thing I ever saw
Was in a haunted barn
Full of kids, monster moshing
Bubbling like a frothing cauldron
Say can you see
Stand next to me
Kick, kick, kicking me into overdrive
The zombie has brought me to life
Self-made myth
Amalgamation of old archetypes
We don't believe, but we still pray
Will she, won't she come and play
Oh
Say can you see
Stand next to me
Kick, kick, kicking me into overdrive
The zombie has brought me to life
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright 2002
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Okay, Okay
There's always something left undone
Cause living is a lot to do
It's difficult to keep it up
But I'm happy being here with you
I have a question - am I okay?
Do I seem distracted today?
I'm scattered all across the world
But now I can't afford the fare
It's difficult to touch the past
When you've left it in a box somewhere
I have a question - am I okay?
Do you think I seem distracted today?
Funny how I always said
Everything would be all right
When almost everyone I know
Needs a way to get to sleep at night
Josie doesn't like herself
Sally's living on the phone
Sarah lives too far away
It's scary being on your own
But I'll be here when you get home
I have a question - is it okay
If I stay in bed for the day?
I'm okay if you're okay
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright 1999
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Old Age Rebellion
Everything's groovy, everything's cool
Everything's peachy, everything's keen
Everything's lovely, everything's fine
Everything's marvy, nothing is wrong at all
It's an old age rebellion
Old age rebellion
Old age rebellion, it's okay
Nobody's moving, nothing is new
Nobody's thinking, no one has a clue
Everyone's hiding, not looking ahead
Everyone's talking, nothing is said at all
It's an old age rebellion
Old age rebellion
Old age rebellion, it's okay
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Passerby
He held my hand
I liked his smile
He broke me open
And said goodbye
The kind of guy I usually avoid
Made me want to try and save his life
I kept telling myself I couldn't get involved
I tell myself I'm just a passerby
You think you know
You've heard it all
Then city pain
Can chill your soul
I wanted to run back and say "no
You don't have to live this way or die"
But there was nothing to do but go my way
In the end he was just a passerby
Befriend me
I trust you
I've lost you
All you wanted to be was just a passerby
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Peeping Tam
I haven't left my room today
I'm beginning to bore myself
I only exist on hearsay
I'm beginning to bore myself
Play Old Maid, left on the shelf
I'm trying to stay in control
I keep myself in captivity
Imprisoned with no parole
I keep myself in captivity
I think it's time to buy a TV
Lonesome dawg
Lonesome dog
Moan some you dog
Low.
Send out my messenger
Send for my food taster
Am I turning into a voyeur?
Vicarious living instead of the hurt
Run out of subjects for songs I can write
Angst and self-pity are tiring and trite
Now I have no new stimuli
See an eclipse when you poke at your eye
What big eyes you have
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Queen Be
People think we are twins
Half a whole, identical
Unnaturally close, they say
Umbilicevilly close, they say
Why should I be jealous of my sister
They try to break the tie
We went back
She moved in
I felt the jealousy begin
Not my sister, enforced blister
Get back at us, over zealous
Dog love, obscene, green green you're mean
I must try harder
Notice a fear of girls in pairs
Their strength threatens
Don't break up friends
If she is my sister and my friend
Then you can be my friend and sister
If you want
I'd like that
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Refuge
I won't worry, I won't worry
I won't worry on my own
Pen and paper, food and shelter
I'm surviving on my own
I was living in the dark
No heater and no phone
Sleeping later kept me warm
I learned to be alone
I can cope now, now I know how
I can cope now on my own
Years of practice, poor and pathless
I got used to life alone
I was living in the dark
No heater and no phone
Sleeping later kept me warm
I learned to be alone
When you're on your own
Waiting for the end
Sinking like stone
You need a friend
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Resilient
Here comes your life
Weak and torn
Here comes your guardian angel
Time to get born
Look up the slope
Start to climb
Seems like you're always running out of time
And I say, and I say no
no no no no
What is it, what is it now
now it's gone
Look down inside a thorn-filled well
We just may leave you lying where you fell
We know you're strong
Frostbite heals
But you'll always remember how it feels
I'm only guessing, but there's something I don't know
You're here confessing, and your feelings never show
Don't hope for truth to fill the hole
You can't bring anyone else to save your soul
Breathe in the air of your own grace
When I look up I want to see your face
And I say, and I say no
No no no no
What is it, what is it now
Now it's gone
I'm only guessing, but there's something I don't know
You're here confessing, and your feelings never show
Here comes your life
Weak and torn
Here comes your guardian angel
Time to get born
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1996
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Riding With Rich and Darryl
Uh-oh. I've got a strange feeling
We took a wrong turning
We're on the wrong road
It's that kind of a night
And it's kind of exciting
Driving into the dark
We're riding
How come this always seems to happen
Whenever Rich is around?
He's like a magic charm
It's that kind of a night
And it's kind of exciting
Driving into the dark
We're riding
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Road Movie
Destination: bowling alley
There's a devil there to guide me
Drive-drunk me home, I'm still trusting
Leave me alone
My trust is rusting
Silver-coated plastic trophies
Do whatever I can to please
Destination: a relation
Unaware of condemnation
Love and lies are all intertwined
What was safe is now undermined
Destination: a million miles away
Nothing really real to say
Drive-drunk me home, I'm still trusting
Leave me alone
My trust is rusting
Awake I watch the lines go by
Awake I watch the lines
Blinded by the light
Angels to my right
Devils up ahead
Following the red
See the other side
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Romantic Friend
My romantic friend
Is how I think of you
A romantic friend
A roguish ingenue
Lately I've been wondering what century you're from
You dropped out of the heavens like an unexploded bomb
My frenetic friend
You're edgy as a knife
Sympathetic friend
I'd trust you with my life
I wish sometimes on city nights you'd take me in your arms
We'd lie awake and listen out for drunks and car alarms
My impressive friend
You put me in the shade
My expressive friend
Alive and unafraid
You come on like Napoleon preparing to advance
I'd take you on and take you in if given half a chance
My excessive friend
You don't know when to stop
A concussive friend
You dervish till you drop
When I think you've reached the limit you move up another notch
Tell me when it's over honey, I can't bear to watch
I know where you go I can't follow
You go where you know I can't follow
My romantic friend
So spooky and sublime
A romantic friend
A hero of our time
The keeper of my secrets and forgiver of my flaws
You're mercury, you're lightning, you break all of nature's laws
Improbably, incautiously, inimitably real
Look me in the eye and that's exactly how I feel
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright 1999
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Rumor Volat
Filthy rot that I enjoy
Dirty rat I am in joy
Begone rumors, gossip brewers
Leave me purer, free from manure
I don't want to know what they're saying about me
But I don't know what they're saying about me
I heard about her and him
I heard about him and her
and her... and her...
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Slight
You slighted me, just a little
You think I'll let it drop?
You insulted me - just a little
I won't let it go, no
You're gonna pay
You touched me for just a second
You think I didn't see?
You're sitting a little too close
Get your hands off me now
You're gonna pay
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Somebody Help Her
You're better
I can see it in your face
And all the things I know about you.
You keep blowing holes in my life
I wish I had the will to stop and stay away
Somebody help her
Somebody stop her
But it's not for me to do now
Somebody tell her
Somebody stop her
There's nothing I can do for her now
And it's not for me to say how.
You're happy
But you're always on the verge of stepping off the precipice
I can't take that step again with you
We're breakable
And I will break first
Somebody help her
Somebody stop her
But it's not for me to do now
Somebody tell her
Somebody stop her
There's nothing I can do for her now
And it's not for me to say how.
I can't change what I can't change
You're better
I can see it in your face
And all the things I know about you
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright 2002
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Sometimes I Do
The weeks, they go by
And they go so fast
I can't believe
It's already the past
Sometimes I do
The years, they go by
And I am the same
I need a calendar
To work out my name
Sometimes, I do
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright 2002
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Supercool
I saw her once
She looked my way
I'm not sure she saw me, 'cause
I glanced away
She wears a boundary
You can't get near
You might get a glimpse
Through that famous veneer
So I imagine I move with her crowd
So cool
So proud
Is she famous?
Is she?
Will you introduce us?
Can I meet her?
Can I be her?
She's a diva
All elbows and eyebrows
She's still got that look
That holds me like some irresistible hook
Is she famous?
Is she?
Will you introduce us?
Can I meet her?
Can I be her?
She's a diva
Been holding out for this
Since I was young
Lip-sneer and know-it eyes
Songs razor-sung
Each word on the tip of my tongue
Is she famous?
Is she?
Will you introduce us?
Can I meet her?
Can I be her?
She's a diva
She's a diva
She's a diva
She's a diva
She's a diva
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Super Golgotha Crucifixion Scene
Among the plastic cups, behind the fairy castle
There's a new attraction
An automated, animatronic, life-size crucifixion
He'll hear confession, forgive you, cure you
The model version in the shop says grace
His little halo flashes on and off
It's all in impeccable taste
I don't know what this means except to say:
Seems like the logical end of the line
So I'll have a burger (this is my body)
And a regular communion wine
It's the best show I've ever seen
Golgotha crucifixion scene
What a spectacle, you know what I mean
Golgotha crucifixion scene
It's the best show I've ever seen
Super Golgotha crucifixion scene
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Sweetcheeks
My skin has been
Scaly and rough
Dried peaches, sour cream
My youthfulness was never enough
Perfect skin a distant dream
I can never remember, did I ever glow?
Spend my time living in shadow
Up close I see
Magnified
I stroke my face
Smooth and slow
The changing base of what I know
I study myself
My ritual
I'm finding flaws
Betrayal
It's better to laugh, to get better lines
The dryness creeps across in vines
There is no relief from burning flakes
Powder puff precision removes the aches
My head is full
Of silver thread
I stroke my face
Cracked and coarse
The changing base of my remorse
She wants from me
What I never had
Competitive
But winning is bad
Erase the past
With some expense
Quicksand in my cheeks
Sink away
Flowers spell out "Daddy"
A doomsday
Try to accept
The way it is
I see myself in my mother's face
I prepare myself for my mother's face
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Take My Hand Lord Jesus, I'm Coming Home
Take my hand, Lord Jesus, I'm coming home
Take my hand, sweet Jesus, I'm coming home
Even though your love's not meant for me
Now I know you can't live life for free
Take my hand, Lord Jesus, I'm coming home
Take my hand, sweet Jesus, I'm coming home
I'm a wretched sinner just like you
You can't save me now, what can I do?
Just don't say I'm damned for all time
Take my hand, Lord Jesus, I'm coming home
Take my hand, sweet Jesus, I'm coming home
You're stuck with me now. You can't save my soul
Might as well enjoy forever in this hole
Lyrics by Andy, Tammy and Jennifer © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Talk Too Much
Well, I try to be funny
But I'm no Bill Hicks
I can't get over it
If I talk too much just tell me to stop
I would not want to bore you
I might be abashed
But I'm still dizzy for you
However hard I'm trying
I get it all the wrong way
I should not have worn white today
If I talk too much just tell me to stop
I would not want to bore you
You'll knife me in the guts
But I still will adore you
I get a chill
Every time I see your face
I can't sit still
Nervous laughter
I swing my arms
And I look like a hick
-But I'm not trying to
I never should have said it
That she had a crush on a girl
Do some people know how special they are?
If I talk too much just tell me to stop
I would not want to bore you
Just tell me to stop
It's impossible to ignore you
When I see you I start shaking
Blame it on the hate I'm faking
Tough-girl eczema is flaking
It's my crushing heart that's breaking
Every time I see your face
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright 1996
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Tart #2
When I grow up I wanna be a slut
Show off my tits and take pride in my butt
Sweet and sour, strength and power
I know some gals who have some wild stories
I like to revel in reflected glories
Sweet and sour, strength and power
Oh no bad girl
I'm tired of fending off the hordes of letches
I wanna join the ranks of scary bitches
Sweet and sour, strength and power
Oh no bad girl
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Thing of Beauty
Letmegoletmegoletmegoletmegoletmego
I surrender to you
Letmegoletmegoletmegoletmegoletmego
I surrender to you
Thing of beauty
Joy forever now
Letmeknowletmeknowletmeknowletmeknowletmeknow
I will take it slowly
Letmeknowletmeknowletmeknowletmeknowletmeknow
I will make you holy
Thing of beauty
Joy forever now
Thing of beauty
Joy forever now
I'll be around
I love that sound
I'll be around
I love that sound
I'll be around
I love that sound
Miraclemiraclemiraclemiraclemiracle
You and me in heaven
Miraclemiraclemiraclemiraclemiracle
Turn it to eleven
Thing of beauty
Joy forever now
Thing of beauty
Joy forever now
I'll be around
I love that sound
I'll be around
I love that sound
I'll be around
I love that sound.
You may think it's inevitable
And soon it may be irrevocable
Now it seems inevitable
I'm afraid it is irrevocable
We were so ecstatic, insane
Drowned and happy out in the rain
I wish you'd take me to the floor of the sea
Sleep, sleep, and dream about me
Letmegoletmegoletmegoletmegoletmego
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright 1999
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Trivia
Green Park
Subway
Swampland
Pinstripes
Ingrained
Stranded
They slipped
They fell
I laughed
Hell
Things like that really make my day
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1993
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Vein In The Neck
Once I believed
You blazed your trail through my life
Left now on my own
To retrieve what's left, and wonder
Was I taken in
Was it all one long performance?
Who is looking out
From behind those eyes like gunsights?
I thought you had the answers
Written on a scrap of paper
In the pocket of your jeans
But you just thought you knew
And I thought I knew you
Now it's smashed to smithereens
I trusted you
You so casually forgot me
Well, your mistake
I've consigned you to the past
I wear a leather necklace
Little white lies
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Vitamin
Vita, vita, vitamin
You just don't know about the trouble I'm in
Vita, vita, vitamin
Take it down and do it again
Progress happens really slow
What you know isn't what you know
Thief or prophet, friend or ho
What you know isn't what you know
When I know I'm right you say I'm wrong
You say I'm at my weakest when I'm strong
Foreign bodies all of them
And much too far apart
How to do it all again
I don't know where to start
Vita, vita, vitamin
You just don't know about the trouble I'm in
Vita, vita, vitamin
Take it down and do it again
I don't get it, what's the catch
I was born in a different batch
We don't wanna start from scratch
I was born in a different batch
Progress happens really slow
What you know isn't what you know
Thief or prophet, friend or foe
What you know isn't what you know
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright 2004
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Waiting For You
I've been waiting for you so long, and you let me down
Let me get my way
I'm beginning to think that I will never hear an apology
I hate how you make me feel like I'm the one who should be sorry
Say it for me now
Say it more sincerely now
Say it like you mean it now
Cause I don't believe you now
I've always had the hope that someday we could be on Oprah
I'd finally get the chance to show who really is the grown up
Yes I like you now
We get on together so well now
We try to keep our distance now
It keeps the peace between us now
I've been waiting for you so long and you let me down
Let me get my way
It's difficult for me to admit that I am ever wrong
I hope you don't misunderstand what's really hidden inside this song
You think it's over now
You think it's all better now
I want to tell you this right now
I'll carry grudges forever now
I've been waiting for it so long
I've been waiting for it so long
I've been waiting for it so long now
You know what you did was wrong
I've been waiting for you so long and you let me down
Let me get my way
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1996
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Way on Down
I don't suffer
Much
In the day
It's the night when I stop breathing
And the dark gets in the way
You're a random bunch of atoms
And so am I
I'm a synapse
Inside a space
When I look at all you people
I see features, not a face
Someday my senses leave me
And then where am I?
I'm going down, down, down
NO
Smack the mattress
It isn't fair
If I can't see it
Is it still there?
Infinite anything
Makes it worse
The idea of heaven
The Universe
Think think think
Cope cope cope
Forget forget forget
Cope cope cope
I'm going down, down, down
Lyrics by Tammy and Andy © Copyright 2004
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We're So Cold
We're so cold
See how cold we are
We're so cold
See how cold we are
Icy cold we are
See how cold we are
I'm an icebox in the desert
No oasis 'fridgerator
We're unmoved
Unsusceptible
Unimpressed
Unimpressable
Incorruptible
Unassailable
Rock and roll is overrated
Cynical and calculated
I'm an icebox in the desert
No oasis 'fridgerator
We're so cold
See how cold we are
We're so cold
See how we are
Icy cold we are
See how cold we are
Lyrics by Andy and Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1995
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Where's Billy Zoom?
Is that you
Smiling your smile again?
Is that you
Playing an old guitar?
Is that you
Standing apart again?
Is that you
Never saying much
Where's Billy Zoom?
The world's a mess
Is that you
With sculpted marble skin?
Is that you
With space ranger hair?
Is that you
In silver like some star?
Is that you
Never growing old
Where's Billy Zoom?
The world's a mess
Is that you
Siding with the enemy?
Is that you
Down on your knees?
Is that you
Telling me it's too late?
That can't be you
Breaking my heart
Where's Billy Zoom?
The world's a mess
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1997
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Woe
Tongue Biter
Hate hider
Fear fighter
Time bider
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1993
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Written On Your Body (Lyin')
I can trace the wayward line
Of your story
Along your spine
But that stuff you scrawled in angry marker
On your skin
That's much harder
I believed what I read
With my fingers
Not what you said
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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You're Corroded
Float through life
Rip off lines
Cynical, cyclical
Nothing is original
Say my prayers
Dodge my fares
Cynical psychical
Safe and comfortable
I'm in Africa, and I don't feel a thing
I'm taking it all for granted
I've seen it before, I'll probably see it again
I meet a small girl, she gives me her hand and
I shake it. Then I take mine away
I visit Ngor by way of pirogue
Meet lithe young men who show me around
I shun them. I run away
Been a round
Bore dumb bound
Cynical, sick lickal
Better off and miserable
I'm in Africa, and I don't feel a thing
I'm taking it all for granted again
I'll never be back. It's never the same
Too shy for a swim. It's all been a waste
Just to think
Can be fun
Lyrics by Tammy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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Zap Gun
She
Is a shot in the arm
She's a tonic
I was feeling so moronic
In need of an antidote
For superficial living
What's the secret of success
Health and wealth and happiness
I'm charging my batteries
I'm on a roll
Concentrating my energies
I'm in control
It's a buzz
Hey
Life's a kick in the teeth
But I bounce back
I'm clawing every ounce back
My life is in my hands
It's more than just survival
And that's the secret of success
I won't get out of bed for less
I'm charging my batteries
I'm on a roll
Concentrating my energies
I'm in control
It's a buzz
Lyrics by Andy © Copyright Rough Trade Publishing 1994
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