All men have secrets and here is mine
so let it be known
we have been through hell and high tide,
I can surely rely on you?
and yet you start to recoil,
heavy words are so lightly thrown
but still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you

So, what difference does it make?
so, what difference does it make?
it makes none
but you have gone
and you must be looking very old tonight

The devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and I lied, and why?
because you asked me to!
but now you make feel so ashamed
because I've only got two hands
well, I'm still fond of you

So, what difference does it make?
so, what difference does it make?
it makes none
but you have gone
and your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight

So, no more apologies
no more apologies
I'm too tired
I'm too sick and tired
and I'm feeling very sick and ill today

But I'm still fond of you

These Things Take Time

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the scared wunderknid
you took me behind a dis-used railway line
and you said I know a place we can go
where we are not known
and then you gave me something that I won't forget too soon
but I can't believe that you'd ever care
and this is why you'll never care
but these things take time
and I know that I'm the most inept
that ever stepped

I'm spellbound, but a woman divides
and the hills are alive with celibate cries
but you know where you came from, you know where
you're going and you know where you belong
you said I was ill, and you were not wrong
but I can't believe that you'd ever care
and so, you never cared
but these things take time
and I know that I'm
the most inept
that ever stepped

Oh the alcoholic afternoons
when we sat in your room
they meant more to me
than any living thing on earth
they had more worth
than any living thing on earth

vivid and in your prime
you will leave me behind
you will leave me behind

 

This Charming Man

Punctured bicycle
on a hillside desolate
Will nature make a man of me yet?

Then this charming car
this charming man

Why pamper life's complexities
when the leather runs smooth
on the passenger seat?

I would go out tonight
but I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said It's gruesome
that someone so handsome should care

A jumped-up pantry boy
who never knew his place
He said Return the ring
(he knows so much about these things)

This charming man
This charming man

I would go out tonight
but I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said It's gruesome
that someone so handsome should care

A jumped-up pantry boy
who never knew his place
He said Return the ring
(he knows so much about these things)

 

How Soon Is Now?

I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and the heir
of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

There's a club, if you like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die

When you say it's gonna happen now
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long
and all my hope is gone

 

Handsome Devil

All streets are crammed with things
eager to be held
I know what hands are four
and I'd like to help myself
you ask me the time
but I sense something more
and I would like to give you
what I think you are asking for
you handsome devil
you handsome devil

Let me get my hands
on your mammary glands
let me get your head
on the conjugal bed
I say, I say, I say

I crack the whip
and you skip
but you deserve it

A boy in the bush
is worth two in the hand
I think I can help you get through your exams

(refrain)

And when we're in your scholarly room
who will swallow whom?

(refrain)

There's more to life than books, who know
but not much more.

 

Hand In Glove

Hand in glove
the sun shines out of our behinds
no, it's not like any other love
this one is different-because it's us

Hand in glove
we can go wherever we please
and everything depends upon
how near you stand to me

And if the people stare
then the people stare
I really don't know and I really don't care

Hand in glove
the Good People laugh
yes, we may be hidden by rags
but we have something they'll never have

So, hand in glove I stake my claim
I'll fight to the last breath

If they dare touch a hair on your head
I'll fight to the last breath

The Good Life is out there, somewhere
so stay on my arm, you little charmer

But I know my luck too well
and I'll probably never see you again.

 

Still Ill

I decree today that life
is simply taking and not giving
England is mine and it owes me a living
ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
but we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
no, we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore

Does the body rule the mind
or does the mind rule the body?
I dunno...

Under the iron bridge we kissed
and although I ended up with sore lips
it just wasn't like the old days anymore
no, it wasn't like those days
am I still ill?

Does the body rule the mind
or does the mind rule the body ?
I dunno...

Ask me why, and I'll die
ask me why, and I'll die
and if you must go to work tomorrow
well, if I were you I wouldn't bother
for there are brighter sides to life
and I should know because I've seen them
but not very often...
under the iron bridge we kissed
and although I ended up with sore lips
it just wasn't like the old days anymore
no, it wasn't like those days
am I still ill?

 

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

I was happy on the haze of a drunken hour
but heaven knows I'm miserable now

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
and heavens know I'm miserable now

In my life
why do i give valuable time
to people who don't care if I live or die

Two lovers entwined passed me by
and heavens knows I'm miserable now

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
and heavens know I'm miserable now

In my life
why do i give valuable time
to people who don't care if I live or die

What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed

You've been the house too long she said
and I naturally fled

In my life
why do I smile
at people who I'd much rather kick in the eye

I was happy on the haze of a drunken hour
but heaven knows I'm miserable now

You've been the house too long she said
and I naturally fled

In my life
why do i give valuable time
to people who don't care if I live or die

 

This Night Has Opened My Eyes

In a river the colour of lead
emerse a baby's head
wrap her up in the News Of The World
dump her on a doorstep, girl
this night has opened my eyes
and I will never sleep again

You kicked and cried like a bullied child
a grown man of twenty-five
he said he'd cure your ills
but he didn't and he never will
so, save your life
because you've only got one

The dream is gone
but the baby is real
oh you did a good thing
she could have been a poet
or, she could have been a fool
oh you did a bad thing
am I'm not happy
and I'm not sad

A shoeless child on a swing
reminds you of your own again
she took away your troubles
oh but then again
she left pain
so, save your life
because you've only got one

The dream is gone
but the baby is real
oh you did a good thing
she could have been a poet
or, she could have been a fool
oh you did a bad thing
am I'm not happy
and I'm not sad

 

You've Got Everything Now

As merry as the days were long
I was right and you were wrong

back at the old grey school
I would win and you would lose

But you've got everything now
and what a terrible mess I've made of my life

No, I've never had a job
because I've never wanted one

I've seen you smile
but I've never really heard you laugh

So who is rich and who is poor?
I cannot say...

You are your mother's only son
and you're a desperate one

But I don't want a lover
I just want to be seen in the back of your car

A friendship sadly lost?
Well, this is true ...and yet, it's false

Did I ever tell you , by the way
I never did like your face

But you've got everything now
and what a terrible mess I've made of my life

No, I've never had a job
because I'm too shy

But I don't want a lover
I just want to be tied to the back of your car.

 

Accept Yourself

Everyday you must say
oh how do I feel about my life
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
when will you accept yourself?
I am sick and I am dull
and I am plain
how dearly I'd love to get carried away
but dreams have a knack of just not coming through
and time is against me now
who and what to blame?
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
when will you accept yourself?
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
everyday you must say
how do I feel about the past
other conquered love-but I ran
I sat in my room and I drew up a plan
but plans can fall through as so often they do
and time is against me now
and there's no one left to blame
tell me when will you
when will you accept your life
the one that you hate
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
everyday you must say
how do I feel about my shoes
they make me awkward and plain
how dearly I would love to kick with the fray
but I once had a dream and it never came true
and time is against me now
and there's no one but yourself to blame
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
when will you accept yourself?

 

Girl Afraid

Girl afraid
where does his intentions lay?
Or does he even have any?
She says:
He never really looks at me
I give him every opportunity
in the room downstairs
he sat and stared
in the room downstairs
he sat in stared
I'll never make that mistake again !

Boy afraid
prudence never pays
and everything she wants costs money
But she doesn't even LIKE me!
and I know because she said so
in the room downstairs
she sat and stared
in the room downstairs
she sat and stared
I'll never make that mistake again!

 

Back to the Old House

I would rather not go
back to the old house
I would rather not go
back to the old house
there's too many
bad memories

When you cycled by
here began all my dreams
the saddest thing I've ever seen
and you never knew
how much I really liked you
because I never even told you
oh, but I meant to

Are you still there?
or have you moved away?

I would love to go
back to the old house
but I never will

 

Reel Around the Fountain

It's time the tale was told
of how you took a child
and you made him old

Reel around the fountain
slap me on the patio
I'll take it now

Fifteen minutes with you
well, I wouldn't say no
people said that you were virtually dead
and they were so wrong

fifteen minutes with you
well, i wouldn't say no
people said that you were easily led
and they were half-right

I dreamt about you last night
and i fell out of bed twice
you can pin and mount me like a butterfly
but take me to the haven of your bed
was something that you never said
two lumps, please
you're the bee's knees
but so am I

Meet me at the fountain
shove me on the patio
I'll take it slowly

Fifteen minutes with you
oh I wouldn't say no
people see no worth in you
oh but I do

 

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
would make a good man
turn bad

So please please please
let me, let me, let me
get what I want
this time

Haven't had a dream in a long time
See, the life I've had
would make a good man bad

So for once in my life
let me get what I want
Lord knows it would be the first time
Lord knows it would be the first time