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STARS (Before we were famous!)
WELL WE WERE STARS,
BEFORE WE WERE FAMOUS
EVERYBODY ACCLAIMED US
SOME SAID THEY DON’T RATE US
BUT THEY’RE JUST IGNORAMUS
AND WHEN WE GET WHERE WE’RE GOING TO
WE’LL REMEMBER WHO
STONES OR FLOWERS THREW
STARS THEY ARE BORN,
THEY'RE BORN INSIDE
THEY DEVELOP AND GROW
THEY GET OLD AND DIE
NOW LISTEN WHAT I’M SAYING TO YER
WELL EVERYONES THE EXPERT,
BUT THEY DON’T KNOW
THEY TRY TO TELL ME,
BUT THEY DON’T KNOW
WELL EVERYONES AN EXPERT,
BUT THEY DON’T KNOW
WHERE I’M GOING
WHEN YOU’RE A STAR
YOU’RE DEDICATED
YOU PLAY FROM THE HEART
THERE'S NO NEED TO FAKE IT
WE WERE STARS,
BEFORE WE WERE FAMOUS
EVERYBODY ACCLAIMED US
SOME SAID THAT THEY HATE US
BUT THEY’RE JUST JEALOUS
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT
WHO IS WHO
AND WOT IS WOT IS WOT
WE’’LL REMEMBER
WHO WAS THERE FOR US
AND WHO WAS NOT
STARS THEY MOVE ON
AND SOON WE'LL BE GONE
BUT WE DON’T FORGET
OUR GOLDEN ONES
WHO LISTEN
TO WHAT WE’RE SAYING TO ‘EM
WELL EVERYONES AN EXPERT,
BUT THEY DON’T KNOW
THEY JUST MANIPULATE AND CONTROL
WELL EVERYONES THE EXPERT,
BUT THEY DON’T KNOW
THERE’S NO CONTROLLING
THE INDIVIDUAL KIND
FREE OF MIND
INDEPENDENT OF NEED
LIKE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE
THE INDIVIDUAL MIND
STRONG BUT KIND
INDEPENDENT OF GREED
LIKE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE
‘CAUSE WE’RE STARS
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ANTHONY
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TOUCH (You can feel)
04:01
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TOUCH (You can feel)
TOUCH
YOU CAN FEEL
TRANSFORM,
AND YOU CAN,
EXPERIENCE BEAUTY
LOVE THE SKIN YOU’RE IN
YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL BUT THIN
LOVE THE SKIN YOU’RE IN
IF YOU’RE FAT OR THIN
LOVE THE SKIN YOU’RE IN
AND WHEN YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL
YOU FEEL BEAUTIFUL
YOU LOOK BEAUTIFULTOO
YOU CAN FEEL FOR YOUR SELF.
FEEL
YOU’RE NOT THE FIRST WHO
TRANSFORMED
AND YOU CAN
EXPERIENCE BEAUTY.
LOVE THE SKIN YOU’RE IN
YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL BUT THIN
LOVE THE SKIN YOU’RE IN
BEAUTY LIES WITHIN
LOVE THE SKIN YOU’RE IN
WHEN YOU FEEL BEAUTIFUL
YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL
IN THE FLUSH OF YOUR YOUTH
BUT THEN ONE DAY
YOU FADE
YOUR FIRST TOUCH OF GREY
WRINKLES SHOWING THROUGH
OH, BUT THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO
BUT WHEN YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
YOU ARE…
Lyrics and Music by Anthony ian Hughes
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(Got bitten by) SPIDERS
04:45
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(Got bitten by) SPIDERS
SOMETIMES I FEEL THE NEED
TO EAT AND SLEEP AND MEDITATE
STARE AT THE CEILING,
PONDER MY EVENTUAL FATE
AND WHEN I GET MY MIND RIGHT
THEN I’LL GET MY MIND RIGHT
AND WHEN I GET MY MIND RIGHT
THEN I;LL GET MY MIND RIGHT
AND WHEN I GET MY MIND RIGHT
EVERYTHING WILL COME
YOU’RE SO MUCH YOUNGER
THAN YOU REALISE
BUT THEN YOU’RE OLDER
IN SOMEONE ELSE’S EYES
BUT I’LL NEVER GO THAT WAY
NEVER GO THAT WAY
BITTEN BY TARANTULAS AGAIN
SOME TIMES I FEEL THE NEED
TO GO OUT AND CIRCULATE
GO OUT WITH MY FRIENDS
GET DRUNK AND DISCOVATE
AND WHEN I’VE GOT MY MIND RIGHT
HEY WELL I’VE GOT MY MIND RIGHT
AND WHEN I’VE GOT MY MIND RIGHT
YOU KNOW I’VE GOT MY MIND RIGHT
AND IF I'VE GOT MY MIND RIGHT
THEN I CAN HAVE SOME FUN
FUN
FUN
YOU KNOW I NEED A LITTLE BIT...
YOU’RE SO MUCH SMARTER
THAN YOU REALISE
BUT THEN YOU’RE STUPID
IN SOMEONE ELSE’S EYES
BUT I’LL NEVER GO THAT WAY
NEVER GO THAT WAY
MEET THE GREEN MONSTER AGAIN…
I GOT BITTEN BY SPIDERS AGAIN
I GOT BITTEN BY SPIDERS AGAIN
Lyrics by Anthony Ian Hughes
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ALL OF THE PEOPLE (Cogs and wires in the big machine)
THIS IS A SONG
FOR A BLOKE IN THE GARAGE
FIXING A PROBLEM
ON A HORSELESS CARRIAGE
FOR SOME USLESS ACCOUNTANT
MOANING ABOUT HIS BILL
WHITE VAN MAN,
STUCK IN A TRAFFIC JAM,
ALWAYS IN A HURRY,
WHEN YOU GOTTA DELIVER.
SO DRIVE ON.
SOME JOKER'S WRITTEN "WASH ME!"
IN THE DIRT ON THE BACK
AND YOU CAN DIAL 0800
IF MY DRIVING'S BAD
ALL OF YOU PEOPLE
COGS AND WIRES IN THE BIG MACHINE
ALL OF YOU PEOPLE
ONES AND NOUGHTS IN THE DATASTREAM
IF YOU ALL
STOPPED DRINKING FOR A WEEK
THE ECONOMY
WOULD BECOME WEAK
COMPUTER FREAK,
INTERNET BRAIN
CLICKING THROUGH THE PAIN OF REPETITIVE STRAIN,
WELL, CLICK ON
SITTING IN THE GLOW
OF YOUR MONITORS GLARE
AND YOUR BOSS READS YOUR E-MAILS
SO YOU BETTER BEWARE,
BECAUSE...
BIG BROTHERS WATCHING YOU!
THE SYSTEM'S ON THE FRITZ
AND IT WON'T OPERATE
WELL GET ON THE PHONE
AND BAWL OUT BILL GATES
MONDAY… IT'S ALWAYS A GRIND
TUESDAY… GOING OUT OF YOUR MIND
WEDNESDAY… NOW YOU'RE IN A SLUMP
THURSDAY…NOW YOU'RE OVER THE HUMP
FRIDAY… SEEMS TO LAST FOREVER
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY…
WELL…THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.
Lyrics by Anthony Ian Hughes
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(You’re an old) POP IDLE (and your beard is long)
PLASTIC POPSTARS ON TOP OF THE POPS
(What were they thinking of)
POT NOODLE MUSIC FOR THE POPULUS
(All about the bread and circus)
ALAS THE LASSES WHO LAP IT UP
(They never get what they want)
THE RECORD MOGULS DREARY PRODUCT
(Cry on the helpline when the band spilts up)
AND ALL THOSE WANNABE’S SAY…
NASTY NIGEL,
PICK ME,
PICK ME
‘CAUSE I WANNABE…
A WANNABE
THIS IS THE MUSIC
YOUR CHILDREN PROCREATE TO
NEW GENERATIONS
DREAMING OF THEIR POP IDLE
T.V SHOW
SHAPES THE TASTE OF A NATION
WITH MEDIA MANIPULATION
ONLY ONE GOAL IN MIND
ME, MYSELF AND MINE
AND TO ROB THEM BLIND.
AND THEN PETE WATERMAN SAID….
THIS IS CHEAP SENTIMENT
WRITTEN ON MACHINES
BY SOME HACK SONGWRITER
FROM MILTON KEYNES
THE PERFECT FACE WITH THE NAIEVE SMILE
ON BREAKFAST T.V AND CHILDRENS HOUR
SELLING RECORDS AT A RECORD RATE
‘TILL YOU’RE PAST YOUR SELL BY DATE
THEN ONE DAY YOUR RACE IT’S RUN…
IT’S
“NO MORE POP STAR FOR YOU, MY SON”
YOU CAN ALWAYS TRY
BIG BROTHER
AND THEN DAVINA SAID…
THIS IS THE MUSIC
YOUR CHILDREN PROCREATE TO
NEW GENERATIONS
SCREAMING FOR THEIR POP IDLE
YOU CAN ALWAYS TRY…
BIG BROTHER
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(Beaten) BLACK AND BLUE (By cancer)
WHEN YOU’VE SEEN BLACK,
IN IT’S DEEPEST HUE
THEN YOU CAN SAY,
YOU KNOW THAT COLOUR TRUE
HEY WHEN I WORE BLACK,
LIGHTS OFF,
NO ONE HOME
THEN I REALISED,
I WAS ALL ALONE
TIME IT HEALS EVERYTHING
WITH LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING,
DON’T YOU KNOW?
WHEN THEY SAID LIFE WAS A BED OF ROSES
THEY FORGOT TO SAY
ABOUT THE THORNS
FAREWELL TO YOU
GOODBYE FROM ME
SEE YOU IN THE NEXT LIFE
AND IF YOU’RE THERE
I HOPE THAT YOU’RE HAPPY
‘CAUSE WHEN YOU LEFT
ALL THOSE ANGELS WORE BLACK
WHEN YOU’VE SEEN BLUE,
IN ITS DEEPEST HUE
THEN YOU RECOGNISE,
THE COLOUR OF A BRUISE
HEY WHEN I WAS BRUISED,
OH HOW MY BRUISES SHOWED
BUT JUST LIKE EVERYTHING,
BRUISES FADE AND GO
DON’T YOU KNOW?
TIME IT DESTROYS EVERYTHING
IT’S ALL ABOUT BIOLOGY YOU KNOW
THE ARTIST HAS TO BARE HIS SOUL
FOR IT TO HAVE MEANT ANYTHING AT ALL
FAREWELL TO YOU,
MY ONLY FRIEND
WHEN I SEE YOU,
WHEN I SEE YOU
WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN
I DON’T KNOW,
NO.
CAUSE WHEN YOU LEFT ME
ALL THOSE ANGELS WORE BLACK
AND THOUGH YOU’VE GONE
TO A PLACE UNCHARTED
IN HEART AND SOUL
WE’LL NEVER BE DIVIDED
BLACK
AND
BLUE
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ANSAFONE (Vs the nuisance caller)
TAKE THE DAY OFF
TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF OF YOUR SHOULDERS
NO ONE TO BE/SEE TODAY
PHONES OFF/ON THE HOOK
IT'S LOOKING GOOD
(Just couldn't give a fuck)
BE THE PERSON YOU KNEW YOU WERE
HAPPY AND CONTENT WITHOUT A CARE
I'M ON A PERMANENT HOLIDAY
OUT TO LUNCH FOR ANOTHER DAY
(down with the S.O.M.A)
SOMEONE CALLED ME
BUT THERE WAS NO ONE HOME
THEY LEFT A MESSAGE ON THE ANSAFONE
I DIDN'T CALL BACK…
I’LL BE THE PERSON I ALWAYS WAS
HAPPY AND CONTENTED JUST BECAUSE
BE THE PERSON YOU KNEW YOU WERE
HAPPY AND CONTENTED WITHOUT A CARE
I WAS ON A SCHEME FROM THE GOVERNMENT
JUST ANOTHER JOKER IN THE SHUFFLE
ANOTHER SPACE MONKEY
THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO TRAIN
HOW TO LET THEM PICK MY BRAIN
THEY'LL RULE/RUIN YOUR LIFE
IF YOU LET 'EM
BE THE PERSON WHO WON’T BE BOSSED
HAPPY AND CONTENTED JUST BECAUSE
I’LL BE THE PERSON I ALWAYS WAS
HAPPY AND CONTENT
WITHOUT A CARE
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AUDI GT COUPE (Star in the death car)
GOT MY DRIVING LICENCE WITH A MASON CALLED RAY
AND PRETTY SOON I WAS DRIVING AN AUDI GT COUPE
SOME OF YOU MIGHT SAY, THAT THAT’S NOT THAT BRIGHT
‘TIL YOU’RE TRYING TO BURN ME, OFF AT THE LIGHTS
SNOW WHITE IT WAS
AND IT HAD O.Z BOOTS
IT HAD A STEREO, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE QUATTRO
I BOUGHT IT FROM A DRUMMER FRIEND OF MINE
HE USED TO WASH IT ‘TIL IT SHINED
BUT NOW HE HATES ME, HE SILENTLY BERATES ME
BECAUSE I NEVER WASH IT OFTEN
I HAVEN’T GOT THE TIME
JIMMY DEAN COME AND RIDE WITH ME TONIGHT
THIS IS A SONG THAT VAUGHN HE WOULD HAVE LIKED
ALBERT CAMUS YOU CAN RIDE ALONG YEAH TOO
WITH EDDIE COCHRAN SINGING “SUMMERTIME BLUES”
DON’T YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS NO CURE
THEN ONE DARK COLD AND RAINY NIGHT
MERCEDES DRIVER PULLED OUT LEFT TO RIGHT
HIS MISTAKE NOTHING I COULD DO
MY INSTINCTS SAVED HIS LIFE, BUT NOT HIS BOOT
CONTROLLED IT IN THE SKID, I DON’T KNOW HOW I DID
AND THEN COLLISION CAME I KNEW HE WAS TO BLAME
‘CAUSE HE’D BEEN DRINKING
IN THE DARKNESS I SAW HIS EYES,
ALL FILLED WITH FEAR AND SURPRISE
YOU DON’T THINK YOU JUST REACT
HOPE FOR THE BEST AND BRACE FOR IMPACT.
JIMMY DEAN YOU CAN’T RIDE WITH ME TONIGHT
KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER IN 1955
VAUGHN HE TRIED TO CRASH LIZ TAYLORS LIMOSINE
WENT OFF THE OVERPASS INTO J.G BALLARDS EROTIC DREAMS
ALBERT CAMUS ONE FATEFUL NIGHT
MISJUDGED THE BEND AND WAS “JUDGE PENETENT”
EDDIE COCHRAN EVERY ROCKER KNOWS
DIED ON TOUR ON THE BRISTOL ROAD
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AMNESIA (My 15 minutes of blame)
I’LL SING THIS SONG
AND YOU’LL FORGET ME
WITH YOUR 30 SECOND MEMORY
INFORMATION OVERWHELMS YOU
‘TIL YOU CAN’T REGISTER ANTHING
T.V, RADIO
TELLS YOU SOMETHING
THEN SELLS YOU SOMETHING
MAGAZINE, VIDEO
TELLS YOU SOMETHING
THEN SELLS YOU LIFESTYLES
YOU CAN CALL YOUR OWN…
FROM ARGOS
I’LL SING THIS SONG
AND YOU’LL CONSUME ME
INCESSANT GREED FOR NOVELTIES
AND IN THESE DAYS OF BRIEF CELEBRITY
THERE’S NO CHANCE FOR LONGEVITY,
NO
YOU'RE LOVED FOR TODAY
UNTIL THE BACKLASH
WELL TRY TO ENJOY IT
AND SAVE SOME CASH
BEFORE THE AXE FALLS
AMNESIA
ROLL UP, ROLL UP, COME SEE THE SHOW
IT’S A FREE COUNTRY
EVERYONES GOT OPINIONS,
THEY SAY
ONE THING I KNOW,
WE’LL ALL BE OLDER ONE DAY
YOU’LL REMEMBER ME
AS A FADED MEMORY
ONE THING I KNOW
THIS ALL MEANS NOTHING
SO DON’T BLOW A FUSE
OVER ENTERTAINMENT.
AMNESIA
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777 Hull, UK
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