The Great Escape - 1995
Тексты Песен
Stereotypes
The suburbs they are dreaming
They're a twinkle in her eye
She's been feeling frisky
Since her husband said, "Goodbye"
She wears a low-cut t-shirt
Runs a little B and B
She's most accomodating when she's in her lingerie
Wife swapping is your future
You know that it would suit you
Yes, they're stereotypes
There must be more to life
All your life you're dreaming
And then you stop dreaming
From time to time you know you should be going on another bender
The suburbs they are sleeping
But she's dressing up tonight
She likes a man in uniform
He likes to wear it tight
They're on the lovers' sofa
They're on the patio
And when the fun is over watch themselves on video
The neighbors may be staring
But they are just past caring
Yes, they're stereotypes
There must be more to life
All your life you're dreaming
And then you stop dreaming
From time to time you know you're going on another bender
Yes, there must be more to life
Than stereotypes
Wife swapping is your future
You know that it would suit you
Yes, they're stereotypes
There must be more to life
All your life you're dreaming
And then you stop dreaming
From time to time you know you should be going on another bender
Yes, there must be more to life
Than stereotypes
All your life you're dreaming
And then you stop dreaming
From time to time you know
You should go on another bender {if you're coming to an ender}
Country House
(Spoken: And so the story begins)
City dweller, successful fella
Thought to himself, "Oops, I've got a lot of money" (lot of money)
Caught in a rat race terminally
I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it
I'm paying the price of living life at the limit (to the limit)
Caught in the century's anxiety
Yes it preys on him (preys on him)
He's getting thin (getting thin) {tricycle life}
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
(ooh la la ooh) Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country
He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country
(ooh la la ooh) Oh, it's like an animal farm, lots of rural charm in the country
He's got morning glory and life's a different story
Everything's going jackanorry (jackanorry)
Touched with his own mortality
He's reading Balzac and knocking back Prozac
It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland
(close your eyes child)
Oh, it's the century's remedy
For the faint at heart (faint at heart)
A new start (new start) {tricycle life}
(Background repeated during next verse:)
(Blow, blow me out I am so sad I don't know why)
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
(Ooh la la ooh) He's got a fog in his chest, so he needs a lot of rest in the country
He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh, takes herbal baths in the country
(Ooh la la ooh) But you'll come to no harm on the animal farm in the country
In the country (Doo doo doo)
In the country (Doo doo doo)
In the country-y-y!
[A real feel good instrumental solo.]
Blow, blow me out I am so sad I don't know why <-- 2 times, then repeated in
the background
Oh, he lives in a house, a very big house in the country
(ooh la la ooh) Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country
He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country
(ooh la la ooh) Oh, it's like an animal farm, lots of rural charm in the country
Oh, he lives in a house, a very big house in the country
(Ooh la la ooh) He's got a fog in his chest, so he needs a lot of rest in the country
He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh, takes herbal baths in the country
(Ooh la la ooh) Yes you'll come to no harm on the animal farm in the country
Ooh la la la
(Spoken behind instrumental solo: I wanna be, I wanna be {in the country})
Best Days
Bow bells say goodbye to the last train
Over the river they all go again
Out into leafy nowhere
Hope someone's waiting out there for them
Cabbie has his mind on a fare to the sun
He works nights but it's not much fun
Picks up the London yo-yos
All on their own down in SoHo
Take me home
Other people wouldn't like to hear you
(Ooo-ooo-ooh) If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people'd turn around and laugh at you
(Ooo-ooo-ooh) If you said that these are the best days of our lives
[Guitar (I think...) solo]
Trellick Tower's been calling
I know she'll leave me in the morning {dew}
In hotel cells listening to dial tones
Remote controls and cable moans
In his drink he's talking
Gets disconnected sleepwalking back home
Other people wouldn't like to hear you
(Ooo-ooo-ooh) If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people'd turn around and laugh at you
(Ooo-ooo-ooh) If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Of our lives
[Piano solo]
Other people wouldn't like to hear you
(Ooo-ooo-ooh) If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people'd turn around and laugh at you
(Ooo-ooo-ooh) If you said that these are the best days of our lives
({I'm going home}) Other people'd break into a cold sweat
(Aaa-aaa-aah) If you said that these are the best days of their lives
({I'm going home}) And other people'd turn around and laugh at you
(Aaa-aaa-aah) If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Of our lives
Of our lives
Charmless Man
Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-ooh
I met him in a crowded room
Where people go to drink away their gloom
He sat me down and so began
The story of a charmless man
Educated the expensive way
He knows his Claret from his Beaujolais
I think he'd like to have been Ronnie Kray
But then, nature didn't make him that way (that way)
Na na na na naaaaaa na naaaa-ah
Na na na na na na naaaaaa na naaaa-ah
He thinks he's educated, airs those family shares (Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh)
Will protect him, (Ooo-ooo-ooh) that we'll respect him
He moves in circles of friends
Who just pretend (Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh) that they like him (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
He does the same to them
And when you put it all together, there's the model of a charmless man
Na na na na naaaaaa na naaaa-ah
Na na na na na na naaaaaa na naaaa-ah
He knows the swingers and their cavalry
Says he can get in anywhere for free
I began to go a little cross-eyed
And from this charmless man I just had to hide (away)
Na na na na naaaaaa na naaaa-ah
Na na na na na na naaaaaa na naaaa-ah
He talks at speed, he gets nosebleeds
He doesn't see (Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh) his days are tumbling
Down upon him (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
And yet he tries so hard to please
He's just so keen (Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh) for you to listen (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
But no one's listening
And when you put it all together, there's the model of a charmless man
[Bouncy guitar solo]
[Something mumbled in background (sounds like "it's no fair, but do we care?")]
He thinks he's educated, airs those family shares (Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh)
Will protect him (Ooo-ooo-ooh), that you'll respect him
And yet he tries so hard to please
He's just so keen (Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh) for you to listen (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
But no one's listening
And when you put it all together, there's the model of a charmless man
Na na na na naaaaaa na naaaa-ah
Na na na na na na naaaaaa na naaaa-ah
Na na na na na na naaaaaa na naaaa-ah
Na na na na na na naaaaaa na na na na na naaaaaa na na na na na naaaaaa na naah
Fade Away
They stumbled into their lives
In a vague way became man and wife
One got the other, they deserved one another
They settled in a brand new town
With people from the same background
They kept themselves busy
Long hours left them dizzy
Now when he's in she's out
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
He's not making plans
'Cause now he understands
All you ever do is fade away
[Trombone solo]
He noticed he had visible lines
She worried about her behind
Their birth had been the death of them
It didn't really bother them
Now when she's in he's out
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
She's not making plans
'Cause now she understands
All you ever do is fade away
[Piano solo]
When he's in she's out
[Another trombone solo]
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
They're not making plans
'Cause now they understand
We must learn to forget
'Cause this is all you'll ever get
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
They're not making plans
'Cause now they understand
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
Top Man
Ohm, Ohm, Ohm, Ohm
Ohm, Ohm, Ohm
(Background throughout the song: Ohm, Ohm, Ohm, Ohm, Ohm, Ohm, Ohm)
This is a public warning
Be careful when you're out
We're having freaky weather
There's a lot of it about
On the terraces it's swinging
He's a monkey on the roof
You've seen him on the tele
So let me introduce
(Background spoken: sounds like "You're in hell with cyanide")
T - O - P - M - A - N
He's naughty by nature
T - O - P - M - A - N
On doubles and chasers
T - O - P - M - A - N
Be a little boy racer
T - O - P - M - A - N
Shooting guns on the high streets of love
In a crowd it's hard to spot him
But anonymity can cost
It's never cheap or cheerful
He's Hugo and he's Boss
He's riding through the desert
On a Camel Light
And on a magic carpet
He'll fly away tonight
(Open sesame)
T - O - P - M - A - N
He's naughty by nature
T - O - P - M - A - N
On doubles and chasers
T - O - P - M - A - N
Be a little boy racer
T - O - P - M - A - N
Shooting guns on the high streets of love
T - O - P - M - A - N
He sees her in double
T - O - P - M - A - N
Then he pukes on the pavement
T - O - P - M - A - N
He likes her all clean and shaven
T - O - P - M - A - N
Shooting guns on the high streets of love
(Whistling, something mumbled in background that I can't understand)
T - O - P - M - A - N
He's naughty by nature
T - O - P - M - A - N
On doubles and chasers
T - O - P - M - A - N
Be a little boy racer
T - O - P - M - A - N -\ 7
Shooting guns on the high streets of love -/ times
T - O - P - M - A - N
T - O - P - M - A - N
The Universal
This is the next century
Where the Universal's free
You can find it anywhere
Yes the future's been sold
Every night we're gone
And to karioke songs
How we like to sing along
Though the words are wrong
It really, really, really could happen (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
Yes it really, really, really could happen (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
When the days they seem to fall through you well just let them go
[Trumpet solo]
No one here is alone
Satellites in every home
Yes the Universal's here
Here for everyone
Every paper that you read
Says tomorrow's your lucky day
Well here's your lucky day
It really, really, really could happen (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
Yes it really, really, really could happen (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
If the days they seem to fall through you well just let them go
Well it really, really, really could happen (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
Yes it really, really, really could happen (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
When the days they seem to fall through you well just let them go
Ooo-ooo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-ooh
Just let them go (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
Ooo-ooo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-ooh
Just let them go (Ooo-ooo-ooh)
[Song ends on a nice string solo.]
Mr. Robinson's Quango
Ooh-aah-ooh
Ooh-aah-ooh
Oh Mr. Robinson and his quango
Dirty dealer, expensive car
Runs the buses and the Evening Star
He got a hairpiece
Ooh he got herpes
His private life is very discreet
A nicer man no you're never gonna meet
And he's a self-professed savior of the dim right wing
He got respiratory problems and a mason's ring
Ooh-aah-ooh
Ooh-aah-ooh
Oh Mr. Robinson and his quango
Drinks with generals and county wives
And the family business is doing all right
(Aah-aah) They're doing tangos down in the quangos
He makes 'em tick ooh he makes them tock
And if you don't fit he'll put you in the dock
Just sits in his leather chair and twiddles his thumbs
Gets his secretary in and pinches her bum
[Muted trumpet solo]
Ooh-aah-ooh
Ooh-aah-ooh
Ooh-aah-ooh
Ooh-aah-ooh
He ran into the toilet in the town hall
He got his biro out and he wrote on the wall:
"I'm wearing black French knickers under my suit
I've got stockings and suspenders on I'm feeling rather loose
Oh I'm a naughty boy
Oh, I'm a naughty, naughty boy"
I said ooh!
[instrumental solo]
He's a self-professed savior of the dim right wing
He got respiratory problems and a mason's ring
[Muted trumpet solo]
Ooh-aah-ooh
Ooh-aah-ooh
Ooh-aah-ooh
Ooh-aah-ooh
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy (naughty, naughty boy) -\ 5
Ooh, I'm a naughty, naughty boy -/ times
[guitar/synthesizer solo]
He Thought of Cars
Moscow's still red, the young man's dead
Gone to heaven instead, the evening news says he was confused
The motorways will all merge soon, lottery winner buys the moon
They've come to save us, the space invaders
He thought of cars
And where, where to drive them
And who to drive them with
But there, there was no one, no one aah-aah-aah
[instrumental solo]
There's panic at London Heathrow
Everybody wants to go up into the blue, but there's a ten year queue
Columbia is in top gear, it shouldn't snow this time of year
America's shot, she's gone and done the lot ({the lot})
He thought of planes
And where, where to fly to
And who to fly there with
But there, there was no one, no one aah-aah-ahh
La la la la laaa
La la la la laaa la laaa
La la la la laaa
La la la la laaa la laaa
[Guitar (I think...) solo]
He thought of cars
And where, where to drive them
And who to drive them with
But there, there was no one, no one aah-aah-aah
La la la la laaa -\ 4
La la la la laaa la laaa -/ times
It Could Be You
ch-ch-ch-Churchill
Got his lucky number
Tomorrow there's another
Could be me, could be you
No silver spoon
Sticky teeth they rot too soon
You've got to have the best tunes (Laaaa la laa)
Or that's it
You've blown it
All we want is to be happy (ooh hoo hoo hoo)
In our homes like happy families (ooh hoo hoo hoo)
Be the man on the beach with the world at his feet
Yes, it could be you (oh oh oh)
Doo doo doo doo duh hoo
Doo doo doo doo duh hoo
The likely lads (likely lads)
Are picking up the uglies
Yesterday they were just puppies (Ahhh-ah-ah)
Beery slurs
Now life's a blur
Tele addicts
You should see them at it
Getting in a panic
Will we be there?
Trafalgar square?
All we want is to be happy (ooh hoo hoo hoo)
In our homes like happy families (ooh hoo hoo hoo)
Be the man on the beach with the world at his feet
Yes, it could be you
Could be me
Could be you (could be you)
Could be me (could be you)
Could be you (could be you)
Could be me (could be you)
Could be you (could be you)
Could be me! (could be you)
Could be you! (could be you)
Could be me! (could be you)
Could be you! (could be you)
Should be me! (could be you)
Should be me! (could be)
Well don't worry (don't worry)
'f it's not your lucky number
'Cause tomorrow there's another
Could be you, could be me
All we want is to be happy (ooh hoo hoo hoo)
In our homes like happy families (ooh hoo hoo hoo)
Be the man on the beach with the world at his feet
Yes, it could be you (oh oh oh)
Doo doo doo doo duh hoo
Doo doo doo doo duh hoo
Doo doo doo doo duh hoo
Doo doo doo doo duh hoo
Ah!
Ernold Same
[Birds tweeting]
[Someone screaming something inunderstandable in the background]
[A car drives by]
Spoken:
"Ernold Same awoke from the same dream
In the same bed, at the same time
Looked in the same mirror, made the same frown
And felt the same way as he did every day
Then Ernold Same caught the same train at the same station
Sat in the same seat
With the same nasty stain, next to same old what's his name
On his way to the same place with the same name (La la la laaa la laaa)
To do the same thing again and again and again (La la la laaa la laaa)
Poor old Ernold Same."
Sung:
La la la laaa la laaa
Laaa laaa
Oh Ernold Same (oh Ernold Same)
His world stays the same (oh Ernold Same)
Today will always be tomorrow (same, same, same)
Poor old Ernold Same (oh Ernold Same)
He's getting that feeling once again (oh Ernold Same)
Nothing will change tomorrow (same, same, same)
La la la laaa la laaa
La la la laaa la laaa
La la la laaa la laaa
Globe Alone
Who? Maddest one on the M1
Who hasn't stopped sucking his thumb?
Who? Very straight and never grins
Who cares what car he's driving in?
He is 'cause he saw it on a commercial break
And if he doesn't get what he wants then he gets a headache
'Cause he needs it - wants it - almost - loves it
He's here on his own, on globe alone, here on his own
Who? Joined health club to glisten
Into hi-fi precision
Who? Mobile phone gives him the bone
Who? Very keen on Sharon Stone
He is 'cause he saw it on a commercial break
And if he doesn't get what he wants then he gets a headache
'Cause he needs it - wants it - almost - loves it
He's here on his own, on globe alone
Here on his own, on globe alone la la la laaaa
(Spoken: And then he said...)
[instrumental solo]
Oh who eats at the new brasserie?
Who only ever gets merry?
Who wouldn't be seen at bedtime
Without putting Calvin Kleins on?
He is because he saw it on a commercial break
And if he doesn't get what he wants he gets a headache
'Cause he needs it - wants it - almost - loves it
He's here on his own, on globe alone
Here on his own, on globe alone
Here on his own
Dan Abnormal (The Meanie Leanie)
La la la laaaa (5 times, then background throughout the song)
Meanie Leanie come on down
Come and entertain the town
It's Friday night and we're all bored
Time's been called there is no more
Time's been called it's such a bore
(All together now)
Dan Abnormal not normal at all
It's not his fault we made him this way
He'll imitate you try to ape you
But it's not his fault: Dan watches T.V.
T.V. T.V. T.V. T.V.
The Meanie Leanie stays up late
Mopes around gets in a state
He's the killer in your arcade
A shooting gangster ready made
'Cause that is where the future's made
(All together now)
Dan Abnormal not normal at all
It's not his fault we made him this way
He'll imitate you try to ape you
But it's not his fault: Dan watches T.V.
T.V. T.V. T.V. T.V.
(Teleport me)
T.V. T.V. T.V. T.V.
(Teleport me)
T.V. T.V. T.V. T.V.
Dan went to his local burger bar
"I WANT McNORMAL AND CHIPS!
OR I'LL BLOW YOU TO BITS!
GIVE US IT!"
It's the miseries at half-past three
Watching video nasties
Has dirty dreams while he's asleep
'Cause Dan's just like you and me
He's the Meanie Leanie
(All together now)
Dan Abnormal not normal at all
It's not his fault we made him this way
He'll imitate you try to ape you
But it's not his fault: Dan watches T.V.
Dan Abnormal not normal at all
Oh it's not his fault we made him this way
He'll imitate you try to ape you
But it's not his fault: Dan Abnormal's.... me
La la la laaaa (5 times)
Entertain Me
The weekend is back
But so is he
Head to the flood lights
See the fraternity
They're waiting
I hear them up in the north
And down in the south
All that is spewing
Spewing out of his mouth
Entertain me (4 times)
At his and hers dating
Bored minds agree
Requirements to be stated
And replies awaited
She wants a loose fit
He wants instant whip
Guesstimates her arrival
Will she want it really badly?
Entertain me (3 times)
Entertain
Entertain me (4 times)
A car, a house, both in a street
The boredom of a sober week
The weekend's here, hip hip hooray
To make the blues just go away
Entertain me (a car, a house, both in a street)
Entertain me (the boredom of a sober week)
Entertain me (the weekend's here, hip hip hooray)
Entertain (to make the blues just go away)
Entertain me (a car, a house, both in a street)
Entertain me (the boredom of a sober week)
Entertain me (the weekend's here, hip hip hooray)
Entertain (to make the blues just go away)
Entertain me (3 times)
Entertain
Yuko & Hiro
This is my workplace
And these are the people
I work with Yuko and Hiro
We work together
We work for the company
That looks to the future
We work hard to please them
They will protect us
I never see you
We're never together
I'll love you forever
I drink in the evenings
It helps with relaxing
I can't sleep without drinking
We drink together
From Monday to Saturday
I go to my workplace
But on Sunday we're together
Yuko and Hiro
I never see you (I never see you)
We're never together (We're never together)
I'll love you forever (forever... forever... forever)
[Some girl singing and speaking in (I assume) Japanese]
I never see you (I never see you)
We're never together (We're never together)
I never see you (I never see you)
We're never together (We're never together)
I'll love you forever (forever... forever... forever)
