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Adrenaline Cityin the jams‘n scams ‘n traffic bustle, there's no escape in this superzoo, no freedom comes from no sugar cube. the joker makes eyes at the dancing queen the ace of spays doin things obscene; but in this sad game the dealer wins while the userS dance on banana skins. City life is ecstasy, gotta get on down to Adrenaline city. >BR> Out last night down the Mile End way, saw a face you had no say, and the fear inside ain't only pride, it's treachery,it's treachery. And every day down in the smoke your feet are lead your feelings choke and so you close the door lay on the floor it's agony, it's a tragedy. City life is ecstasy, gotta get on down to Adrenaline city. The blue lights appear on the bleedin blue eyes the crazy flash of the neon sign will Saturday night be the same again. How can you rave when you have no brain. A freezing night in the heatwave city There's no bed here no sign of pity. The angel says it's touch and go, and Christmas day is the time for snow. City life is ecstasy, gotta get on down to Adrenaline city. It's hard to get by when your heart is achin, It's hard to get by when your body's shakin' It's hard to get by when you lose your grip, It's hard to get by on a saline drip. (C) David Stopp 2000 Back to top Ageless CowboysKnock forever on a never closing door Ride on you ageless cowboys Ride on you ageless cowboys we sing these songs of all the pain and suffering Of lovers gone and all the heartache it may bring Ride on you ageless cowboys Ride on you ageless cowboys You feel so sad you think its never gonna end You reach for anything as if it is your friend Ride on you ageless cowboys Ride on you ageless cowboys I think I know it -I think I know it all Hey don’t blow it all away Ride on you ageless cowboys Ride on you ageless cowboys I pray to someone who is never there for sure Knock forever on an ever closing door? Ride on you ageless cowboys Ride on you ageless cowboys (C) David Stopp October 2004 Back to top Brighton Rocksgoin down like Genevieve wishin I could never leave Is it right that brighton rocks from regency to rainbow socks is it right that brighton rocks to-night Underneath the pier we lay like Flanagan and allen say handbags and guitar in hand, lovers on a one night stand Is it right that brighton rocks from regency to rainbow socks is it right that brighton rocks to-night An all the ol ladies and all the young queens and everyone in be-tween All the young mums and all the ol bums came down for a one day dream Im goin back im homeward bound to paddle on the underground It isn’t where I choose to be its hove and albion for me Is it right that brighton rocks from regency to rainbow socks is it right that brighton rocks to-night An all the ol ladies and all the young queens and everyone in be-tween All the young mums and all the ol bums came down for a one day dream Im goin back im homeward bound to paddle on the underground It isn’t where I choose to be its hove and albion for me Is it right that brighton rocks from regency to rainbow socks is it right that brighton rocks to-night. (C) Stopp/Warren 2003 Back to top Crack In The Mirrorwas it ever that much better then. We could take it or leave it. Money’s gone hey who cares when you’re together forever you never ever let the kids see you fighting you hide it deny it but you never hit the one that you love Do I love you sure as hell will I miss you only time will tell Shall we stay together one more time for one more try or is it just another crack in the mirror. Remember when we were younger were we older than we are now. Didn’t notice the hunger, those lean mean years hey who cares when you’re together forever you never ever let the kids see you fighting you hide it deny it but you never hit the one that you love Do I love you sure as hell will I miss you only time will tell Shall we stay together one more time for one more try or is it just another crack in the mirror. Remember when we get older how it was in this sweet moment now. never think of the bad times now’s so good and now is when we’re together forever you never ever let the kids see you fighting you hide it deny it but you never hit the one that you love Do I love you sure as hell will I miss you only time will tell Shall we stay together one more time for one more try or is it just another crack in the mirror. (C) David Stopp 2007 Back to top Don’t Like DancingYou been doin your own thing honey, listen to the nine o clock news. Well I don’t care about that now. we all need a shot of rhythm an’ blues. but I don’t like dancing to anyone else’s tune. Well I been thinking about us, you’re the only one that I’d ever choose. You keep pushin and pushin the borders leavin indiscriminate clues. You got me shakin all over and tonight we aint got nothing to lose. but I don’t like dancing to anyone elses tune. What's the use in pretending. Be what you wanna be. I aint fightin or criticising. Were livin in the land of the free. You keep getting to me now in a way that I don’t wanna refuse. But I don’t like dancing, I don’t like dancing to anyone else’s tune. (C) David Stopp 2001 Back to top Fear of FlyingAs we fight for the future so old and so wise. Stuck to our guns in this hole in the sun. Hard to conceive if this war can be won. Fear of flying scared of dying TV deceivers they hid from below. We were split between joining and drinking at home. High in the clouds so amazingly fun. So highly strung and grown up for young. Fear of flying scared of dying Fear of flying blinding our eyes. Chasing the dragon and beating off flies The skin that is ageing, the blood that is wine. Delirious nights in these valleys of crime. Fear of flying scared of dying. Wanna go home don’t wanna go home Wanna go home don’t wanna go home Wanna go home don’t wanna go home Wanna go home don’t wanna go home Fear of flying talking to spies. Our own politicians so thinly disguised. Stuck in the dust and the heat of the crust. Of this caked up confusion no one left to trust. Fear of flying scared of dying. Wanna go home don’t wanna go home Wanna go home don’t wanna go home (C) David Stopp 2010 Back to top Feel like Woody AllenI wanna stand in a cinema queue discussing films with B.De Mille I wanna write my own reviews. I wanna benefit from my own will. I wanna be a super stud and act just like a loon. I wanna girl like Annie Hall cos I feel like Woody Allen. I wanna be with Diane Keaton in a murder mystery. I wanna be in Hollywood as anybody else but me. I wanna be the king of fools I wanna be the goon of goons. I wanna girl like Annie Hall cos I feel like Woody Allen. Lah di da la di da d’you know what I mean. I wanna girl like Annie Hall cos I feel like Woody Allen. I wanna see Manhattan lights while hearing Rhapsody in Blue. I wanna hear the ghost of Bogart telling me what I should do. I wanna star in my own life Casablanca number two. I wanna girl like Annie Hall cos I feel like Woody Allen. La di da la di da d’you know what I mean. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah aaaaaaah. ((C) Stopp/Dredge 2002) Back to top Fiery DaysBe my bed and be my pillow when the night is here. Fiery days, war is over no more shadows on the run. Fiery days, coming home now, see the children of the sun. Be my rock above the water when the tide is high. Be the light when days are shorter and the dark is nigh. Fiery days, war is over, no more shadows on the run. Fiery days, coming home now, see the children of the sun. Who comes to ease the pain and banish all the shame. May angels of good fortune come your way. To fly across the waves, the soldiers souls to save. Our sons and daughters never far away. Fiery days, war is over, no more shadows on the run. Fiery days, coming home now, see the children of the sun. Fiery days, coming home now, children all forever young. (C) David Stopp 2005 Back to top I Come A Long Way Up From Being DownDoctors priest and journalists examining my brain. If Stephen King saw my mind he would buy the copyright. ‘cos what goes on in my mind is a horror film of fright. I can empathise with Morrissey he guesses where I'm at, but I’m much too old to bother and I’m much too young for that. Oh my life is really brilliant despite my endless frown. I come a long way up, I come a long way up. cos what goes on in my mind is a horror film of fright. I come a long way up, I come along way up. Doctors, priest and journalists examining my brain. I come a long way up, I come a long way up from being down. I would float above my body to the land of near insane. Hold my head in anguish in an avalanche of shame. I’d been listening to Eminem his anger suits me fine, but I don’t wanna be in his life, I just wanna breathe in mine. I been sticking pins in effigies of nazi politicians, and dreaming how the world would be if run by great musicians. We could drift along the coast and play guitar until we're found . I come a long way up, I come a long way up. If Stephen King saw my mind he would buy the copyright. I come a long way up, I come along way up. Doctors, priest and journalists examining my brain. I come a long way up, I come a long way up from being down. I can drift along the coast and play guitar until I'm found. I come along way up ,I come along way up. I can drift along the coast and play guitar until I'm found. I come along way up, I come along way up. If Stephen King saw my mind he would buy the copyright. I come a long way up, I come a long way up from being down. (C) David Stopp 2006 Back to top I'd Do It All AgainNo thorny roses at your door. All I hear is angel sigh across the dark sky I'd walk for eons to be by your side. I'd do it all again. Suffer all the pain. Dance naked in the rain, to hear your voice again. There is no reason left to fight. There's only darkness every night All I need is new words here to make this song sincere. I wait forever but you are not there. (c) David Stopp 2009 Back to top Latin LoverLatin lover come on over i’m no mother but I’ll smother you in la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-loving latin lover come on over mmmhhh Hot and steamy cuppa moccha fill me frothy till I’m chocker Latin lover come on over i’m no mother but I’ll smother you in la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-loving latin lover come on over mmmhhh Bridge: Como esta desperado my amazing lover gone soy es so muy compleado con pequeno maricon Red hot chilli kinda tasty spice me up and don’t be hasty Latin lover come on over i’m no mother but I’ll smother you in la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-loving latin lover come on over mmmhhh Fresh and fruity juicy mango come and teach me how to tango Latin lover come on over i’m no mother but I’ll smother you in la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-loving latin lover come on over mmmhhh Come on over and unwind, what you likin I don’t mind Latin lover come on over i’m no mother but I’ll smother you in la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-loving latin lover come on over here -ad lib (C) David Stopp and Gill Warren 2003 Back to top Lazy All DazyAint movin just grooving and playin the game my way Strumming bumming no one cares if I’m comin or goin Aint rushin just shushin the blues away That lonesome fog has shifted my worries have got up n gone If misery comes sniffin I can chase it away with this song Bin lazy all dazy the sun don’t mind if I’m crazy Aint movin just grooving the day away Aint movin just grooving the day away (C) David Stopp Goa/London Jan 2007 Back to top London TonightSomeone callin 999. Saw it all in slow motion, like its all a dream. Everybody at the station Didn’t get no explanation. London tonight, it’s a torrid affair; but im glad that it’s there. It’s not a problem. London tonight is forever with me, takes forever to see, it’s not a problem.( no problem.) City people runnin round It all seems so insane; it’s just a game. I don’t wanna come back down again, I wanna stay, up here all day. Friday evening Northern line See that lady, see me smile. Feel it all with emotion like its on TV. no one else is at the station I don't have no expectation. London tonight, it’s a torrid affair; but im glad that it’s there. It’s not a problem. London tonight is forever with me, takes forever to see, it’s not a problem.( no problem.) (C) David Stopp/John Dredge Back to top Love With No NameLinda and me, Looking at strangers all seekin the same Love with no name. Shady ol' lane memories Searchin for me. Tryin to play the impossible game Love with no name. She said she’d get back, She said she’d call. She said she’d get back After all She said remember happier days She said remember fade away. Families tracin their trees Summertime freeze Ice on the cake but it’s covered with shame, Love with no name. No one is there after dark In the car park No one remains for the end of the game. Love with no name. She said remember It’s never the same After you’ve tasted Love with no name. (C) David Stopp 2002-11-05 Back to top Medalthere's blood on my sword and a rose in my hand. Dominions have crumbled the sea is red wine. my armour's so flimsy my badge worth a dime. We laughed with pain we fell apart with crying. What good is courage when your dying.. We came we saw we conquered and we fled. What good's a medal when youre dead. The child of the sixties American dream, is frozen on film up in Beverley hills. There's a magical tour to the edge of the war. There’s a live human fair out in nowhere somewhere. We raged we roared we fumbled and we bled. What good's a medal when your dead. They lock you away if you do not comply, they change your opinions, erase your mind. The general wears ribbons he gave to himself. The chaplain's a captain denying his wealth. We’ll be home tomorrow the officer grinned. While poor private Simpson is shredded and skinned. We laughed with pain we fell apart with crying . What good is courage when your dying. We prayed so hard we all were home in bed. What good's a medal when your dead Oh Jesus have mercy on all who have died. Their mothers and fathers to whom God has lied. I don’t understand why these wars still go on. But city financiers tell me I’m wrong. And one idea explodes inside my head. What goods a medal when your dead. (C) David Stopp 2007 Back to top Who Put the Frown on the Old TownWhere have the shops disappeared. My momma said hard work would get us through, But then they came and took the jobs away Who took the croon out of the old toon The one that stirred us up all night. That old refrain, forever in my brain. The melody that chased the blues away. Who took the croon out of the old toon aah aah. These questions drive me near insane. I wish I could be innocent again.. Who barricaded all those houses. Built new ones fifteen stories high. Who holds the key to inner city greed. Who keeps the third world meeting western need. Who barricaded all those house aah aah. These questions drive me near insane. I wish I could be innocent again.. Who knows the way up to the city. Where evil bankers do their deeds I close my eyes I look away . But I know who it is and dare not say. Who knows the way up to the city aah aah These questions drive me near insane I wish I could be innocent again. Who sends the youth to do their duty. To serve their country god and queen. Who looks away pretending not to see. Oh could it be the answers you and me. Who put the frown on the old town. Who took the croon out of the old toon Who shut the shops and made us jobless . . Who barricade all those houses. Who knows the way up to the city. Who sends the youth to do their duty . These questions drive me near insane. I wish I could be innocent again. Who put the frown on the old town aah aah (C) David Stopp 2009 |
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