It's elementary You know there's nothing to it It's so simple Even a child could do it It's not It's not algebra
I'm a coward But then I've always known it Too fucking loud Maybe I'll outgrow it It's not It's not algebra
It's not algebra It's not algebra It's not algebra It's not algebra
It's incidental If you only knew it I'm temperamental But I'm working through it It's not It's not algebra
It's rudimentary Easy does it Be complimentary I know you can do it It's not It's not algebra
It's not algebra It's not algebra It's not algebra It's not algebra
It's elementary You know there's nothing to it It's so simple Even a child could do it It's not It's not algebra
Say the words that I can't say Say the words that I can't say
*** A Monkey's Uncle ***
Mr Darwin say He find a way Now he know the secret of man Mr Ignorant bray Darwin you strayed Away from the path of God's plan
With his shiny tooth Say the Bible is truth The only message that has any worth Mr Darwin have proof Man is not aloof He evolve from everything you find on earth
A monkey's uncle, a monkey's uncle He make a monkey's uncle out of you
So they argue all day Mr. Darwin explain Exactly how he find his remedy Cos Mr. Ignorant's faith And all the time he wastes Will never tell us how we came to be
A monkey's uncle, a monkey's uncle He make a monkey's uncle out of you
Oh Oh Oh A monkey's uncle is what you will be Oh Oh Oh If you think we come from Adam and Eve Oh Oh Oh Why is it so hard to see The world these days is run by chimpanzees
Mr Einstein steps in Explains with a grin All about relativity But Mr Ignorant say How did such a clever brain Come from a chimpanzee
Mrs. Curie drop by Just to say hi Put Mr. Ignorant in his place With her X-X-rays She try to find his brain But only found a very big space
A monkey's uncle, a monkey's uncle He make a monkey's uncle out of you
So they argue all night Mr Ignorant take fright Everybody laughing at him If you take away science And only show defiance You'll be swinging out there on a tree limb
A monkey's uncle, a monkey's uncle He make a monkey's uncle out of you
*** Armagidddeon Time ***
Lotta people won't get no supper tonight Lotta people gonna have to suffer tonight Cos the battle is getting harder In this iration It's armagiddeon time
Lotta people won't get no justice tonight A lot of people gonna have to stand up and fight But remember You better think it over In this iration It's armagiddeon time
Lotta people running and hiding tonight Lotta people gonna run and hide tonight Cos it's your action You must get your fraction In this iration It's armagiddeon time
*** Bad Dog ***
Bad dog Don't get no biscuit Sad dog Don't get no more money x2
Every time I look into those brown eyes I get a jolt Don't criticise Can't you see I'm on a really high wire I have to stop To my surprise
Oh oh nothing really matters now Oh oh you're too slow Oh oh don't make me mad again Oh oh, cos you're not God
Bad Dog Don't get no biscuit Sad Dog Don't get no money x2
Maybe I'm looking for a hole in the jar I'm cracking up Don't tell lies But by and large I know it's espionage I have to stop To my surprise
Oh oh nothing really matters now Oh oh you're too slow Oh oh don't make me mad again Oh oh cos' you're not God
Oh oh nothing really matters now Oh oh, you're too slow Oh oh, don't make me mad again Oh , oh cos you're not God x2
Bad dog Don't get no biscuit Sad dog Don't make no money x2 Bad Dog Sad Dog Bad Dog Sad Dog Bad Dog
*** Beat Down Babylon ***
Say me no like that kind of Babylon Say me no dig them kind of wicked men For me no find no righteousness All I see is dread dread wickedness
Everybody beat down Babylon Everybody whip them wicked men
Whip them, whip them
Oh what a wicked situation Must we all die for salvation This may cause a revolution Plenty dangerous pollution Everybody beat down Babylon Everybody whip them wicked men
Whip them, whip them
Never turn your back on them people Never let them know what you're doing
*** Black & Blue ***
She never really had the chances That some of the kids she saw showed her She was rarely asked to dances Or just afternoon at the pictures in the back row She thought she had all the answers Decided to go her own way Alone in her room on a Friday night Saw her face in a broken mirror
So black and blue life knocks you about Black and Blue So black and blue Life knocks you about Black and blue
Feeling so angry All the minutes tick by Stuck in one room Just living a lie Just another person To sit in that chair Someone to talk to Show that they care
So Black and Blue........
Speaking on the telephone To her friends she thought she knew so well But they don't want to know you When you're down and angry, no gossip to tell Empty words lying on the table Same response, just run out of fags Start rolling up the dog ends Sit waiting for someone to come round But they don't want to know you When you're down and angry, no gossip to tell Empty words lying on the table Same response, just run out of fags Start rolling up the dog ends Sit waiting for someone to come round
*** Black And White ***
Sometimes I'm crazy Often times bad I've been singing along, singing along Making me sad No need to worry No need to fight Lets stay together In black and white
Climbing a mountain Up there so high People walking along, walking along Hello and goodbye No need to wonder What's wrong and what's right We'll be forever In black and white
In black and white In black and white In black and white In black and white
I have been thinking Up every night I been working it out, working it out Try as I might Can't find the answer What's wrong and what's right Let's find our own truth In black and white
In black and white In black and white In black and white In black and white
Don't be so hasty Got plenty of time I been searching around, searching around A long long while No need to worry No need to fight Let's stay together In black and white
In black and white In black and white In black and white In black and white Ooh Ooh ooh oooh ......................
*** Blood And Fire ***
There is no more water, to put out the fire There is no more water, to put out the fire Let it burn Let it burn Let it burn, burn, burn Whoah oh oh, blood, blood, blood and fire x2
Judgement has come Mercy has gone All weak hearts shall lick out and spit x2 Whoah oh oh, blood, blood, blood and fire x2
There is no more water, to put out the fire There is no more water, to put out the fire Let it burn Let it burn Let it burn, burn, burn Whoah oh oh, blood, blood, blood and fire x2
*** Bombscare ***
I hear an urgent message From a panicking voice "Start moving your feet, Get out in to the street" There's been a bombscare!
An unattended bag (Catches my eye) In the corridor Looking innocent But we're all unsure This is a bombscare!
If this a joke it's not funny to me My heart clocks the seconds and my Shoes are loose Is someone out to get me or is Someone making Headlines for the 9 O'clock News
Bombscare
Girl in the office Shoppers down in the street Do you care do I care Now we're living in fear There's been a bombscare!
The unattending hand Plays a bitter game A faceless choice Kill or maim This is a bombscare!
Whoever you are now You've gone too far You're not fighting for them You're not fighting for me Shatter glass shut us up cut us up Brick it up break us down Your good reasons mean nothing to Me (Now you're scared)
Automatic printout it brings the Numbers and the news Telephones are calling But the lines are dead Is it the IRA or the SAS? All you can do is stand and guess
Whoever you are now You've gone too far You're not fighting for them You're not fighting for me Shatter glass shut us up cut us up Brick it up break us down Your good reasons mean nothing to me
Right in de east Ana down in de west People dem a wonder A who a de best Lord cho let me tell you is a Bombscare For dis ya world is a Bombscare
*** California Screaming ***
Once upon a time a king had a dream Then three L.A. cops made another king scream The Crips and the Boods said enough is enough Where's the peace and love when the going gets tough
California Screaming While America's dreaming California screaming While America's screaming california screaming While America's screaming
The haves have it all, the have nots have not Did you hear about the teen queen stopped by a shot Lying on the sidewalk dressed up in blood A quiet L.A. evening in the summer of love
California screaming While America's dreaming California screaming While America's screaming california screaming While America's screaming
The boy in the hood says he's only thirteen Chained up in gold but he thinks that he's free The price of his future is measured in grammes Weighing him down in the city of the damned
California screaming While America's dreaming California screaming While America's screaming california screaming While America's screaming
I Want Justice I have been so blind to all the heartache and crying All alone in my room I never knew that you could be so cruel 'tho your cheatings gonna be your doom
*** Chocolate Whip ***
1..2. test, test, 1...2 Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen Welcome to the Selecter A Go Go Let's do the Chocolate Whip
I don't wanna be no marga girl I don't wanna be no marga girl
(At the flick of my wrist I give you musical disc The chocolate whip)
Me no want no chocolate whip Me no want no chocolate whip I don't want to be no marga girl
( I am musically mad and physically fit let's do the chocolate whip)
I don't want to be no marga girl All rattling bones and 'air wrap in false curls
(At the flick of my wrist I give you musical disc)
All rattling bones and me 'air done in false curls I don't want to be no marga girl
Chocolate Whip Chocolate whip
Ya-ya-ya-ya Ya-ya-ya-ya
*** Die Happy ***
Close up the candy store Pull down the blinds No problems anymore Everything's fine Throw out the papers The colour TV Don't want no distractions While I drink my tea
What if the world stops I wanna die happy I wanna die happy I wanna die happy
Pull up a chair I've got something to say Wise men and fools Always end the same way People are people For such a short time Humans are human Okay never mind
What if a bomb drops I wanna die happy I wanna die happy I wanna die happy
Close up the candy store Pull down the blinds Enjoy yourself Why not have a good time Humans are human We make so much mess Once I care more Now I couldn't care less
What if the world stops I wanna die happy (Look at all the bodies Dem a rockin' in de dance) I wanna die happy (A winy winy like dem Always in a trance) I wanna die happy (Me wan fe step up But me never get a chance) I wanna die happy (But never mind com Mek we give a second glance) I wanna die happy (Me never born yah So me going freelance)
No complications on my mind Enjoy myself and have a good time
*** Hearsay ***
Small town people live small lives I swear they take you for a ride Everyday I hear the same It's always someone else to blame And it makes me mad
Annabelle's making me sad With all of her hearsay And it makes me mad Annabelle's making me sad With all of her hearsay Hearsay
Some of the lies I've tried to hush Would have made Godiva blush Kitchen drama full of soap (inside your pockets) Low on life and high on hope And it makes me mad
Annabelle's making me sad With all of her hearsay And it makes me mad Annabelle's making me sad With all of her hearsay Hearsay
Always crying on my shoulder Creeping round from home to home
Annabelle's making me sad With all of her hearsay And it makes me mad Annabelle's making me sad With all of her hearsay Hearsay Hearsay
So sad
*** How Can I Win ***
Happiness isn't everything It takes a cynic to know Tell me this isn't happening I've got a long way to go
A long way to go To cause a disturbance I'd drive through the snow -you know- oh you know
Talked to you on the telephone You didn't hear what I said Is it me or is it you Maybe it's all in my head
All in my head To cause a disturbance I'd drive through the snow -you know- oh you know
How can I win No, I'm not joking How can I win I'm just devoted How can I win You know I'm choking How can I win I'm just devoted
Got no axe to grind with you I'm too tired to fight Got to do what I want to do I want to blow out the night
Blow out the night To start a disturbance I'd drive through the snow -you know- oh you know
How can I win No, I'm not joking How can I win I'm just devoted How can I win You know I'm choking How can I win I'm just devoted
How can I win How can I win I'm just floating etc.
*** Homebound Train ***
Longtime wearing trouble on my shoulder Since the lonely day when I was born The past is mistier now I'm grown older Surrender up my soul to Babylon
A badly faded photo in my pocket Corners turned like feelings I can't see I wonder if the stars above are burning Maybe their fire went out for you and me
I've been waiting for the homebound train I've been waiting for the home bound train I hope it comes through here again I've been waiting for the homebound train
Every tongue may tell a different story Every bell may toll the sound of doom Every bird may sing away your worries Every flower must always lose its bloom
I've been waiting for the homebound train I've been waiting for the home bound train I hope it comes through here again I've been waiting for the homebound train
Many moons have waded cross the water Lighting up the crossroads where I stand Seasons change, the days are getting shorter Nothing ever works out how you planned
I've been waiting for the homebound train I've been waiting for the home bound train I hope it comes through here again I've been waiting for the homebound train I've been waiting for the homebound train I've been waiting for the home bound train I hope it comes through here again I've been waiting for the homebound train
*** My Collie ***
This is a government health warning Smoking can seriously damage your brain
I love my collie, it makes me feel so high It gives me deep meditation Oh my sweet collie
I love it I love it I love it so But I don't want it to go I need it I need it I need it so I'll never let it go
Fortune favours those with most to lose Poverty favours those who got no shoes Everyone's mouth is full of sadness Everyone's eyes are dripping sadness
(Chorus)
Moral high ground will make you slip Everybody want to militarise it Everybody thinks they are the wisest Think their army's the finest
(Chorus)
What you gonna do about it
*** Redemption Song ***
Old pirates yes they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit But my head can be very strong By the hand of my philosophy We forward in this generation triumphantly
So won't you help to sing These songs of freedom All I ever had Was your redemption songs
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy Cos none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look Some say it's just a part of it You gotta fulfil the book
So won't you help to sing These songs of freedom All I ever had Was your redemption songs
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy Cos none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look Some say it's just a part of it You gotta fulfil the book
So won't you help to sing These songs of freedom All I ever had Was your redemption songs Yes all I ever had All my life Was your redemption songs
*** Ten Years ***
Ten years Ten years ago Ten years How many more to go Ten years Ten years ago Ten years Lifetime ago
Let me tell you 'bout a young man With a bright future Just an ordinary black man Cut down so brutal Waiting at a bus stop On a chilly night Apocalypse come for him With a sharp sharp knife
(Chorus)
Police drag their big feet Across the bloody scene Just another black man Lying dead in the street Remember Mississippi When they kill Emmet Till Five white boys strut their stuff In the media thrill
(Chorus)
Another mother crying Father feels the blow As five little Hitlers Star in a racist show If people ask no questions The lies stay the same Black blood's dispensible Another sidewalk stain
(Chorus)
A blood stain may linger Linger in yur mind Why point the finger If justice is blind Are the killers so cold Their blood don't flow If you're no longer human You can sink that low
(Chorus)
A decade come full circle Four million pound is spent So why the puzzle A murder unavenged He built no buildings Like an architect But he laid foundations For a new respect
(Chorus)
*** Then She Did ***
A cowboy whispered in her ear Anything I can do dear? His blue Cortina was parked so near She liked the idea Don't know why she fucked up Always drunk and drugged up Those chrome hearts, they rust up He said go, then she did
She staggered home at ten to four What's it to you dear Couldn't get the key in the door Ring in the New year! Don't know why she fucked up Always drunk and drugged up Those chrome hearts, they rust up He said go, then she did
Chipping away at a heart of chrome Love's shiny veneer The cowboy spends his nights alone Nothing left to do here Don't know how she puts up With no love to make up For stains on the tea cups He said go, she said no. Don't know why she fucked up Always drunk and drugged up Those chrome hearts, they rust up He said go, then she did Then she did Then she did
*** (Who Likes) Facing Situations ***
Don't just sit there I'm bored And so are you All you do is go on and on Why worry when things are O.K It's a funny situation
Whose innocence is all of this guilt? Why think there's always someone Else to blame But you still don't care if it doesn't Reach you
Can't you see what it means? To be me I can't seem to get through To you and me We are in constant Incommunicado Incommunicado Incommunicado
Just when I thought he must be Numb to the pain They're still tampering inside But you still don't care If it doesn't reach you If it doesn't reach you
Boy me neck hot and sweaty In the heat in the city People let me down and piss around Never meaning what they say Each and every day
