TURN AGAIN
The stage director stood up and he called the actors down
He asked them all to say three words up, down, and around
Up, down and around they cried with one accord and voice
And up, down and around they went for it was their only choice
I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn again
I can listen, but I can’t hear
My friend’s girl’s got a wireless aerial sticking out of her head
And a pile of true romances lying underneath the bed
And a giant poster of Ravi Nooks just beside the door
Well I know she’ll get along fine without him if he doesn’t see her any more
I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn again
I can listen, but I can’t hear
The strings were cut from the guitar puppet playing here on the stage
And his music became furious and he stamped his foot in rage
The girls all screamed in agony, the boys they gaped in fear
And the song was called have mercy, have mercy on my ears
I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn again
I can listen, but I can’t hear
I remember what the old man said on his little wooden stand
He spoke very quietly with a waving of his hand
Every pigeon to it’s own home was what he seemed to say
And no one should go looking for a better place to stay
I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn again
I can listen, but I can’t hear
I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn again
I can listen, but I can’t hear
TUTTI FRUTTI
A wop bop a loo bop a wop bop bop
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
A wop bop a loo bop a wop bop bop
Got a gal name of Sue she knows just what to do
Got a gal name of Sue she knows just what to do
She bop to the east she bop to the west
She's the gal that I like the best
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
A wop bop a loo bop a wop bop bop
Got a gal named Adie she almost drives me crazy
Got a gal named Adie she almost drives me crazy
She knows how to love me yes indeed
I don't know how she do it to me
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
A wop bop a loo bop a wop bop bop
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
A wop bop a loo bop a wop bop bop
Got a gal named Adie she almost drives me crazy
Got a gal named Adie she almost drives me crazy
She knows how to love me yes indeed
I don't know how she do it to me
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
Tutti frutti oh rudi
A wop bop a loo bop a wop bop bam
25 OR 6 TO 4
Waiting for the break of day
Searching for something to say
Flashing lights against the sky
Giving up I close my eyes
Sitting cross-legged on the floor
25 or 6 to 4
Staring blindly into space
Getting up to splash my face
Wanting just to stay awake
Wondering how much I can take
Should I try to do some more
25 or 6 to 4
Feeling like I ought to sleep
Spinning wheel is spinning deep
Searching for something to say
Waiting for the break of day
25 or 6 to 4
Turning round the 6 to 4
Turning round the 6 to 4
TWISTING BY THE POOL
We’re going on a holiday now
Gonna take a bit of small chalet
Costa del Magnifico
The cost of living’s so low
Yeah, it’s gonna be so neat
Dancing to the eurobeat
Yeah it’s gonna be so cool
Twisting by the, twisting by the, twisting by the, by the pool
Sitting in a small cafe now
Swing swing swinging to the cabaret
Want to take in a movie, take in a show
Meeting new people at the disco yeah
Yeah, it’s gonna be so neat
Dancing to the eurobeat
Yeah it’s gonna be so cool
Twisting by the, twisting by the, twisting by the, by the pool
Spend the week selling information
Reading all about inflation
And were never gonna be out of reach
There’s a cover on the beach
Twisting by the pool
Uh um you’re gonna look so cute
Sunglasses and a bathing suit
Be the woman of my dreams
Like the ladies in the magazines
Yeah, it’s gonna be so neat
Dancing to the eurobeat
Yeah it’s gonna be so cool
Twisting by the, twisting by the, twisting by the, by the pool
Yeah, it’s gonna be so neat
Dancing to the eurobeat
Yeah it’s gonna be so cool
Twisting by the, twisting by the, twisting by the, by the pool
TWISTING THE NIGHT AWAY
Let me tell you ‘bout a place
Somewhere out the New York way
Where the people are so gay
Twisting the night away
Here they have a lot of fun
Putting trouble on the run
Oh man you find the old and young
Twisting the night away
See the man in evening clothes
How he got there I don’t know
But man you ought to see him go
Twisting the night away
He’s dancing with a chick in slacks
She’s moving up and back
Man there ain’t nothing like
Twisting the night away
Here’s a fella in blue jeans
Who’s dancing with an older queen
Cats dolled up in a diamond ring
Twisting the night away
Man you ought to see her go
Twisting to the rock and roll
Here you find the young and old
Twisting the night away
Twisting twisting everybody’s doing great yeah
Twisting twisting twisting the night away
Twisting twisting twisting the night away
Twisting twisting twisting the night away
Here they have a lot of fun
Putting trouble on the run
Oh man you find the old and young
Twisting the night away
See the man in evening clothes
How he got there I don’t know
But man you ought to see him go
Twisting the night away
UNCHAIN MY HEART
Unchain my heart baby let me be
Unchain my heart ‘cause you don’t care about me
You’ve got me sewed up like a pillow case
But you’re letting my love go to waste
So unchain my heart oh please please set me free
Unchain my heart baby let me go
Unchain my heart ‘cause you don’t love me no more
Every time I call you on the phone
Some fella tells me that you’re not at home
So unchain my heart oh please please set me free
Unchain my heart baby let me be
Unchain my heart ‘cause you don’t care about me
You’ve got me sewed up like a pillow case
But you’re letting my love go to waste
So unchain my heart oh please please set me free
I’m under your spell like a man in a trance
But I know darn well that I don’t stand a chance
So unchain my heart let me go my way
Unchain my heart you worry me night and day
Why lead me through a life of misery
When you don’t care a bag of beans for me
So unchain my heart oh please please set me free
I’m under your spell like a man in a trance
But I know darn well that I don’t stand a chance
So unchain my heart let me go my way
Unchain my heart you worry me night and day
Why lead me through a life of misery
When you don’t care a bag of beans for me
So unchain my heart oh please please set me free
Oh won’t you set me free oh set me free
UNCHAINED MELODY
Oh my love my darling
I’ve hungered for your touch a long lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much are you still mine
I need your love I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow to the sea to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh wait for me wait for me
I’ll be coming home wait for me
Lonely mountains gaze at the stars
Waiting for the dawn of the day
All alone I gaze at the stars at the stars
Dreaming of my love far away
Oh my love my darling
I’ve hungered for your touch a long lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much are you still mine
I need your love I need your love
God speed your love to me
UNDER THE BOARDWALK
When the sun beats down
And melts the tar upon the roof
And your shoes get so hot
You wish your tired feet were fire proof
Under the boardwalk down by the sea
On a blanket with my baby's where I'll be
Under the boardwalk, out of the sun
Under the boardwalk, we'll be having some fun
Under the boardwalk, people walking above
Under the boardwalk, we'll be making love
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk
From the park you hear
The happy sound of a carousal
And you can almost taste
Hot Dogs and French Fries they sell
Under the boardwalk down by the sea
On a blanket with my baby's where I'll be
Under the boardwalk, out of the sun
Under the boardwalk, we'll be having some fun
Under the boardwalk, people walking above
Under the boardwalk, we'll be making love
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk
When the sun beats down
And melts the tar upon the roof
And your shoes get so hot
You wish your tired feet were fire proof
Under the boardwalk down by the sea
On a blanket with my baby's where I'll be
Under the boardwalk, out of the sun
Under the boardwalk, we'll be having some fun
Under the boardwalk, people walking above
Under the boardwalk, we'll be making love
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk
UNICORNS
We were travelling north to sing and play
For friends that we had never met
Been working hard and didn't speak
The sky was grey and threatened wet
And I dreamed that I saw unicorns
Dreamed I saw them wild and white
Their sudden beauty lit the world
Like a star will light a winter's night
Pure as love with manes of milk
They danced and pranced and cried aloud
Bright as rainbows round the stars
Their eyes were soft and sad and proud
And I wept for the wild and dirty world
To which this beauty now was lost
And cursed the hungry mind of man
That feeds the future at such cost
My head was bowed my eyes were closed
When in my ears their voices rang
And these few words lodged deep inside
And in my very soul they sang
We never went away
You always knew that we were near
Remember how to look for us
You'll see we were always here
I raised my eyes to seek them out
The world was empty all around
Rain came tumbling from the sky
It drowned all dreams upon the ground
And when they asked me why I wept
Like one who for his dead love mourns
The only answer I could give
I dreamed that there were unicorns
We never went away
You always knew that we were near
Remember how to look for us
You'll see we were always here
We never went away
You always knew that we were near
Remember how to look for us
You'll see we were always here
UNION MAN
Now I’m a union man
Amazed at what I am
I say what I think that the company stinks
Cause I’m a union man
When we meet in the local hall
I’ll be voting with them all
With a hell of a shout, it’s “Out brothers out”
And the rise of the factory’s fall
Oh You don’t get me I’m part of the union
You don’t get me I’m part of the union
You don’t get me I’m part of the union
Till the day I die till the day I die
As a union man I’m wise
To the lies of the company spies
And I don’t get fooled by the factory rules
Cause I always read between the lines
And I always get my way
If I strike for higher pay
When I show my card to the Scotland Yard
And this is what I say
Oh You don’t get me I’m part of the union
You don’t get me I’m part of the union
You don’t get me I’m part of the union
Till the day I die till the day I die
Before the union did appear
My life was half as clear
Now I’ve got the power to the working hour
And every other day of the year
Now although I’m a working man
I can ruin the Government’s plan
I never know how this is all going to go
I’m just some kind of superman
Ooooh You don’t get me I’m part of the union
You don’t get me I’m part of the union
You don’t get me I’m part of the union
Till the day I die till the day I die
You don’t get me I’m part of the union
You don’t get me I’m part of the union
You don’t get me I’m part of the union
Till the day I die till the day I die
UP AROUND THE BEND
There's a place up ahead and I'm going
Just as fast as my feet can fly
Come away come away if you're going
Leave the sinking ship behind
Come on arise and win we're goin' up around the bend
Bring a song and a smile for the banjo
Better get while the getting's good
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
Where the neons turn to wood
Come on arise and win we're goin' up around the bend
You can ponder perpetual motion
Fix your mind on a crisp filled day
Always time for a good conversation
There's a new form in what you say
Come on arise and win we' re goin’ up around the bend
Catch a ride to the end of the highway
And we'll meet by the big red tree
There's a place up ahead and I'm going
Come along come along with me
Come on arise and win we're goin’ up around the bend
UP WHERE WE BELONG
Who knows what tomorrow brings
In a world few hearts survive
All I know is the way I feel
When it’s real I keep it alive
The road is long
There are mountains in our way
But we climb a step every day
Love lift us where we belong
Where the eagles cry on a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know
Up where the clear winds blow
Some hang on to “used to be”
Live their lives looking behind
All we have is here and now
All our life out there to find
The road is long
There are mountains in our way
But we climb a step every day
Love lift us where we belong
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry on a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know
Up where the clear winds blow
Time goes by, no time to cry
Life’s you and I, alive today
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry on a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know
UPTOWN GIRL
Uptown girl she's been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a back street guy
I bet her mama never told her why
I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
And when she knows what she wants from her time
And when she wakes up and makes up her mind
She'll see I'm not so tough just because I'm in love
With an uptown girl
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all the presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Uptown girl you know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win
And when she's walking she's looking so fine
And when she's talking she'll say that she's mine
She'll say I'm not so tough just because I'm in love
With an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Uptown girl she's my uptown girl
You know I'm in love with an uptown girl my uptown girl
Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl my uptown girl
Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl my uptown girl
Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl my uptown girl
I’M THE URBAN SPACEMAN
I’m the urban spaceman baby I’ve got speed
I’ve got everything I need
I’m the urban spaceman baby I can fly
I’m a supersonic guy
I don’t need pleasure I don’t feel the pain
If you were to knock me down
I just get up again
I’m the urban spaceman baby I’m making out
I’m all about
I wake up every morning with a smile upon my face
My natural exuberance spills out all over the place
I’m the urban spaceman I’m intelligent and clean
Know what I mean
I’m the urban spaceman baby as a lover second to none
It’s a lot of fun
I never let my friends down I’ve never made a boob
I’m a glossy magazine an advert in the tube
I’m the urban spaceman babe but here comes the twist
I don’t exist
THE VICAR AND THE FROG
A very holy man, a vicar by trade,
Was a walking in the woods one day,
When he heard a voice give a plaintive cry,
“Oh help me vicar” the voice did say,
And the vicar looked around
And all he could see was a tiny frog seated on the ground,
“My dear little froggy did you speak to me,
Was it you who spoke when I heard that sound ?”
“Oh yes” said the frog “please help me vicar,
I’m not really a frog you see,
I’m a choirboy really but a nasty fairy
Cast a wicked spell on me,
And the only way I can be saved
From this evil spell” the little frog said
“Is for someone to take me and put me in a place
Where a holy man has laid his head.”
So the vicar took him home and put him on his pillow,
And there he lay ‘till the break of day,
And in the morning a blessed miracle,
The spell was broken I’m glad to say,
And there was a choirboy in bed with the vicar
And I hope this all makes sense
For there my lord and members of the jury
Rests the case for the defence.
VINCENT
Starry, starry night, paint your pallet blue and grey
Look out on a summers day,
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills sketch the trees and the daffodils
And catch the breeze and winter chills
In colours on the snowy linen land
Now I understand, what you try to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they listen now
Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling colours in a violet haze
Reflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue
Colours changing hue, morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artists loving hand
Now I understand, what you try to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they listen now
For they could not love you, but still your love was true
And when no hope was left inside on that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
I could have told you Vincent,
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
Starry, starry night, portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the stranger that you've met, the ragged man in ragged clothes
A silver thorn a bloody rose
Lying crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now I think I know, what you try to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried and set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will
WAKE UP LITTLE SISTER
Wake up little sister tell me what you’ve got
I can see you’re dreaming quite a lot
And if the sun is shining we can make it to the top
Wake up little sister and tell me what is and what is not
Wake up little dreamer you’ve been dreaming too long
I can feel your heartbeat like a song
With you beside me I can feel both gentle and strong
Wake up little sister and tell me what’s right and what is wrong
Wake up little sister help me through the night
We’ve got to make it, we’ve got to make it all right
And in the morning when we have to say good night
We’ll say hello I know and walk off into the light
And in the morning when we have to say good night
We’ll say hello I know and walk off into the light
And if the sun is shining we can make it to the top
Wake up little sister and tell me what is and what is not
WALK OF LIFE
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Hey bopaluba listen what I say
Here comes Johnny singing I’ve got a woman
Down in the tunnel trying to make it pay
He’s got the action, he’s got the motion
Yeah, the boy can play
Dedication and devotion, turning the night time into the day
Do the song about the sweet loving woman
Do the song about the knife
Do the walk do the walk of life, yeah, the walk of life
Here comes Johnny gonna tell you a story
Hand me down my walking shoes
Here comes Johnny with the power and the glory
Back beat, the talking blues
He’s got the action, he’s got the motion
Yeah, the boy can play
Dedication and devotion, turning the night time into the day
Do the song about the sweet loving woman
Do the song about the knife
Do the walk do the walk of life, yeah, the walk of life
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Hey bopaluba listen what I say
Here comes Johnny singing I’ve got a woman
Down in the tunnel trying to make it pay
He’s got the action, he’s got the motion
Yeah, the boy can play
Dedication and devotion, turning the night time into the day
Do the song about the sweet loving woman
Do the song about the knife
Do the walk do the walk of life, yeah, the walk of life
And after all the violence and double talk
There’s just the song of all the trouble and the strife
You do the walk, yeah, you do the walk of life
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