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1. |
Another Fine Mess
03:51
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That's another fine mess
That I find myself in
Well I must confess
That I've never seen it coming
That's another fine mess
That I find myself in
Well I must confess
That I've never seen it coming
How many times must we turn the corner?
To find ourselves back to where we started
How many rivers do we have to cross
Before we see that, what we have lost
Ooh yeah, oh no
Odds stacked high up against us all
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2. |
Bored To Tears
02:37
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You said you liked me and I believed you
You took my number, you never called
You never called
And there’s me bored to tears
Sitting at home pulling the balls off me jumper
And so I waited right by the phone
I wouldn’t answer another call
You never rang
You never rang
And there’s me bored to tears
Sitting at home pulling the balls off me jumper
And then I see you, arrange to meet you
My place at nine, there was no sign of you at all
You never called
And there’s me bored to tears
Sitting at home pulling the balls off me jumper
So I said fuck this for a game of soldiers
Turned on the telly to watch some programs
There’s nothing on
There never is
And there’s me bored to tears
Sitting at home pulling the balls off me jumper
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3. |
I'm Doing Good
02:21
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I'm doing good today
I'm making someone lots of money
I'm doing good today
I'm being productive with my time
I'm doing good today
My boss is looking really happy
I'm doing good today
I really love when he smiles
I'm doing it, I'm being it
I'm proving it, each day at a time
I'm doing good today
Hit all my targets this week
I'm doing good today
I worked right through my lunch break
I'm doing good today
I'm such a good employee
I'm doing good today
I'll still be here when it's late
I'm working in, I'm living it
I'm losing it, each day at a time
I'm doing good today
How come inside I feel so empty?
I'm doing good today
There must be more to this life
I'm doing good today
Why do I feel how I feel?
I'm doing good today
To live like this isn't right
I'm working in, I'm living it
I'm losing it, each day at a time
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4. |
Brand New Geansai
03:00
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I bought a brand new geansai
I got it in Guineys
They had it on sale
It was the last one left
Now I hope you like it
Cause when I was buying it
I had you in mind
Even tho’ I know it’s the summer
I’m still gonna wear it
Then I went to London
And guess what they sold me
It was a brand new pullover
It was a brand new pullover
I said I think I like it
To the man that was selling it
But it’s not as nice
No, It's not as nice
As me brand new geansai
I bought a brand new geansai
I bought it on Monday
I wore it all week
It’s on me as we speak
Even tho’ I know it’s the summer
I’m still gonna wear it
Then I went to London
And guess what they sold me
It was a brand new pullover
It was a brand new pullover
But It's not as nice
As me brand new geansai
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5. |
Girls With Big Hands
02:02
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Now I'm just an average man
Big enough, big enough to fill a pram
No complaints, well none that I've heard
But one thing I hate is big hands on a bird
Girls with big hands
Girls with big hands
Girls with big hands
Make me feel small
I used to know this girl
From way back in my past
She had what looked like shovels
On the end of her arms
She used to hold, she'd hug me
She'd squeeze me so tight
I swear to God I thought
I was gonna lose it some nights
Girls with big hands
Girls with big hands
Girls with big hands
Make me feel small
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6. |
Half A Mind
03:32
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If they had half a mind
Maybe they could use it
Take up too much of their time
Too confusing
Now it wouldn't happen
All the time
But you hear them talking
About their kind
While they seem intelligent otherwise
I never fail to be surprised
Every time I hear their bile
And see the poison in their eyes
They can never justify their lies
But they try, oh yes they try
If they had half a mind
Maybe they could use it
Take up too much of their time
Too confusing
They can talk and talk
Until the cows come home
But they'll never convince me
That I'm wrong
We look after them
And not our own
So they say, so the story goes
Always need a scapegoat
Always someone else's fault
It's all just bloody lies
Just bloody lies
If they had half a mind
Maybe they could use it
Take up too much of their time
Too confusing
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7. |
Seen & Not Heard
01:49
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You know actions
Speak louder than words
And all you know
You have learned
Like all religions
Around the world
I feel Christians
Should be seen and not heard
Talk the talk
Don’t talk the talk
If you won’t walk the walk
Won’t walk the walk
Live clean
Live clean
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8. |
Red, Gold, And Green
03:00
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Reggae is the pallet that I paint with
Red, gold and green
Talking about the things I bear witness to
On and off the Liffey’s quays
I’m not Jamaican
Dublin born and bred
I don’t wanna be a natty dread
I’m not a Rastaman and I have no God
I Am, what I Am, I Am
Reggae is the pallet that I paint with
Red, gold and green
Talking about the things I bear witness to
On and off the Liffey’s quays
I just wanna sing
’Cause this groove sure moves me
I got this thing, doesn’t look like leaving
Got a snotty nose and pasty skin
I Am, what I Am, I Am
Reggae is the pallet that I paint with
Red, gold and green
Talking about the things I bear witness to
On and off the Liffey’s quays
I’m not Jamaican
Dublin born and bred
I don’t wanna be a natty dread
I’m not a Rastaman and your ears can’t see
I Am, what I Am, I Am
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Dear John
03:15
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Hey gringo
We don't like your type
Around here
Hey gringo
You're not
Welcome anymore
What they’re doing is clear
Playing on peoples fears
Where you come from
You're going back there
They don’t like your type
Around here
Olu
Who you think you are
Wanting what we have
Where you come from
You're going back there
They don’t like your type
Around here
Olu
Why you had to leave
Causing no one grieve
Where you come from
You're going back there
They don’t like your type
Around here
Olu
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No one's gonna ruin my night
Cause he's a twisted little bitter little fucker
No one's gonna ruin my day
Cause she's a twisted little bitter little fucker
Ah man you won't ruin my day
Cause you're a twisted little bitter little fucker
You're not going to wreck my head
Cause you're a twisted little bitter little fucker
And you can go, go, fuck yourself
Go, go, fuck yourself
No bouncers gonna ruin my night
Cause he's a twisted little bitter little fucker
No skanger's gonna ruin my day
Cause she's a twisted little bitter little fucker
I won't let you have your say
When you're a twisted little bitter little fucker
I won't let you ruin my day
Cause your a twisted little bitter little fucker
And you can go, go, fuck yourself
Go, go, fuck yourself
You're not going to ruin my night
Twisted little bitter little fucker
You're not going to ruin my day
Twisted little bitter little fucker
You're not going to ruin my week
Twisted little bitter little fucker
You're not going to rule my life
Twisted little bitter little fucker
And you can go, go, fuck yourself
You can go, go, fuck yourself
You's can all see them
I am not alone
They're the undead
I feel sorry for their children
Ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah
I'm not going to get upset
Over twisted little bitter little fucker
Don't let them wreck the head
The twisted little bitter little fuckers
I won't be fooled again by
Twisted little bitter little fuckers
Not going to ruin my life
Twisted little bitter little fuckers
And they can go, go, fuck yourself
And they can go, go, fuck yourself
And they can go, go, fuck themselves
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11. |
New Day Rudie
02:57
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She's just a little cutie
She's my new day rudie
Not for the first time time
Those blue eyes have me hypnotized
Not for the first time those blues eyes
Have me mesmerized
She's just a little cutie
She's my new day rudie
New day, new day Rudie
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12. |
Hooked On 45s
04:42
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Turn it on
In the mood
Put the needle
In the groove
Seven inches
That's all it is
Three minutes
And I get my thrills
I'm hooked on 45's
Don't like my music
Don't like my music
Don't like my music digitalized
See I've been doing this
Since I was young
Must have started
Around nine or ten
I'm so happy
All alone
Studio One
Treasure Isle
And 2Tone
I'm hooked on 45's
Don't like my music
Don't like my music
Don't like my music digitalized
I love the feel
I love the look
All the others
Ain't up to much
Who wants treble
I want bass
I want snap
Crackle
Pop in my face
I'm hooked on 45's
Don't like my music
Don't like my music
Don't like my music digitalized
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13. |
Bad Garda
02:46
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This is a warning, a warning
Don't let bad Garda shit con ya
This is a warning, a warning
Don't let bad garda shit on ya
Here!
Fuck off!
What?
Fuck off!
This is a warning, a warning
Don't let bad Garda shit con ya
This is a warning, a warning
Don't let bad garda shit on ya
Here!
Fuck off!
What?
Fuck off!
Calling all the boys
Calling all the boys
It's time to go wild
It's time to go wild
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Your tongue can tell a mouthful of lies
Engage your brain before you criticise
It's not the way
That's why I say
Don't be giving it all that
Don't be giving it all that
Telling me what's what and what is not
Don't be giving it all that
Eeny meeny miny mo
Tell me something I don't already know
I ask you to go
But still you remain
That's why I say
Don't be giving it all that
Don't be giving it all that
Telling me what's what and what is not
Don't be giving it all that
They're saying things I don't wanna hear
That's why I stick my fingers in my ears
And go la la la la la la la la la la la la
And they're still talking shite
La la la la la la la la la la
Don't be giving it all that
Don't be giving it all that
Telling me what's what and what is not
Don't be giving it all that
You see they're saying
You see they're saying
You see they're saying
You see they're saying
They're saying
Nigga, Jackeen, Faggot, Paki. Knacker, Queer
That's why I stick my fingers in my ears
And go la la la la la la la
And they're still talking shite
La la la la la la la
Don't be giving it all that
Don't be giving it all that
Telling me what's what and what is not
Don't be giving it all that
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I Can't Hear You
04:36
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Sometimes I get it into my head
Usually when I'm pissed
To go out looking for a woman in a nightclub
Small head doing the thinking
I hardly know my own name
But I give it a go, and I say
Ah ah ah eh eh eh eh eh eh
You know, you know, you know
I can't hear you
It's loud in here
I can't hear you
I can hardly hear myself think
Oh yeah
I can't see you
It's dark in here
I can't see you
But you're looking good in this light
Oh yeah
And if I blag my way inside
It must be a dive to let me in
I'm straight in there looking for a ride
No subtly
Try to make my way up to the bar
Seeing two of everything
You stand beside me think I'll chance my arm
But you don't understand
I can't hear you
It's loud in here
I can't hear you
I can hardly hear myself think
Oh yeah
I can't see you
It's dark in here
I can't see you
But you're looking good in this light
Oh yeah
I walk up to you and ask you for a dance
And you say not a chance
Oh girl you must have misheard me
I said your arse looks big in those pants
Ah ah ah eh eh eh eh eh eh
Ah ah ah eh eh eh eh eh eh
Some times I get it into my head
Usually when I'm pissed
To go out looking for a woman in a nightclub
The small head doing the thinking, yeah
I hardly know my own name
So I give it a go and I say
Ah ah ah eh eh eh eh eh eh
You know, you know, you know
I can't hear you it's loud in here
I can't hear you
I can hardly hear myself think
Oh yeah
I can't see you
I'm as drunk as fuck
I can't see you
But you're looking good in this light
I can't hear you
I can't see you
I can't hear you
I can hardly hear myself think
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16. |
Annie Oakes
03:29
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Annie Oakes
Can you help me out
Annie Oakes
Is Annie about
Annie Oakes
Would be nice right now
Annie Oakes, Annie Oakes, Annie Oakes
Oh Annie is all I'm wanting
Oh Annie will make my day
Annie, Annie, Annie, Annie, Annie
Annie, Annie, Annie, Annie, Annie
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes and her husband John
They had a flat up in Oliver Bond
They'd sleep all day and at night they partied
And all the neighbours never loved Annie
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Would be nice right now
Annie Oakes
Is that Annie about
Annie Oakes
Can you help me out
Annie Oakes, Annie Oakes, Annie Oakes
Oh Annie is all I'm wanting
Oh Annie will make my day
Annie, Annie, Annie, Annie, Annie
Annie, Annie, Annie, Annie, Annie
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes and her husband John
They had a friend up in Dolphin's Barn
A decent chap, his name was Richie
And him and John really loved Annie
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes
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The Bionic Rats Dublin, Ireland
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