The Adicts - Songs Of Praise

01 - England
02 - Hurt
03 - Just Like Me
04 - Tango
05 - Telepathic People
06 - Mary Whitehouse
07 - Distortion
08 - Get Adicted
09 - Viva La Revolution
10 - Calling Calling
11 - In The Background
12 - Dynasty
13 - Peculiar Music
14 - Numbers
15 - Sensitive
16 - Songs Of Praise

01 - England

I hate this war
Can't take any more
It's a real gas
How long does it last
I don't wanna die for England
I don't wanna die at all
I I I I OOOO
I I I I OOOO
I got my uniform
Now it's battle torn
I'm wet and I'm cold
What a way to grow old
I don't wanna die for England
England will survive
I I I I OOOO
I I I I OOOO
I I I I OOOO
I I I I OOOO
I don't wanna die for England
I don't wanna die at all
I don't wanna die for England
Didn't hear the bugle call

02 - Hurt

The girl that I love
Doesn't love me too
I'm singing oh I'm hurt
Drown my sorrows in a bar
A man came from the dark and hit me
Oh, I'm hurt
Everything's wrong, everything's bad
Everything happens to me
Everything's down
since I came to this town
I used to be so happy
Home wasn't far
but someone stole my car
I'm singing oh I'm hurt
By now I was getting bugged
And soon I was getting mugged
Singing oh I'm hurt

03 - Just Like Me

You say what you want to say
You do what you want to do
You be what you want to be
You go where you want to go
You say that you want to say
You have what you want to have
You live your own life just like me

04 - Tango

Picked up umbrella
Put on my bowler
Looked in mirror
Ready for the tango
I phoned a taxi
For me and Maxi
She looked fantasti
We did the tango
whoaho we danced the tango x2
dont go, we danced the tango
We drank champagne
We danced again
We had laughter
And then after
whoaho we danced the tango x2
dont go, we danced the tango
Face to face we danced
the tango
Cheek to cheek we danced
the tango
dont go, we danced the tango x4

05 - Telepathic People

Their open minds are doing fine
Sucking on our space and time
Destitute they'll find their goal
Looking in an empty hole
Telepathic people
Looking in my mind
Telepathic people
I don't know what you'll find
Private thoughts they try to hide
When hopelessly they look inside
Searching through your every thought
To find something they haven't caught
Telepathic people
Looking in my mind
Telepathic people
I don't know what you'll find (x2)
Their open minds are doing fine
Sucking on our space and time
Destitute they'll find their goal
Looking in an empty hole
Telepathic people
Looking in my mind
Telepathic people
I don't know what you'll find
Telepathic people
Looking in my mind
Telepathic people
Let me know what you find

06 - Mary Whitehouse

She don't like pornography
When it's on the BBC
She won't even look at me
Oh no no no she don't love me
I love Mary Whitehouse
She don't love me
I love Mary Whitehouse
She don't love me
I know she ain't that wonderful
She's only trying to be helpful
When she sees all those nudes
She'll speak out and say
That's very rude
Mary Mary they think you're crazy
How does your mind work
With silver bells
And ..... shells
You're digging up the dirt

07 - Distortion

Turn on the radio
Can't quite hear
Outside Interference
Fills your ears
Have to be careful what you say
Might get distorted
in much the same way
Read the stories of your deeds
It's not quite right
you're not too pleased
Just a small voice in a big crowd
Gets distorted when you shout loud

08 - Get Adicted

Nobody's gonna kick us out
We are here to stay
Bang your head against the wall
We won't go away

Get adicted cuz it aint no crime
get adicted while we still got time
get adicted get out of line
get a get get a get a get adicted

We won't cause a revolution
We just wanna tell
this is *fart noise*
We're gonna give it hell

Get adicted cuz it aint no crime
get adicted while we still got time
get adicted get out of line
get a get get a get a get adicted

Nobody's gonna kick us out
We are here to stay
Bang your head against the wall
We won't go away

Get adicted cuz it aint no crime
get adicted while we still got time
get adicted get out of line
get a get get a get a get adicted

09 - Viva La Revolution

Into the Dungeon with evil men
The people have risen we're free again
Come out of the closet
Come out of the hole
Come out of the woodwork
Come into the fold
Rebels and fighters, a license to kill
Unite with the bandits down from the hills
Open your windows
Open your doors
Open your minds
To a freedom of thought

Viva la revolution X4

Raise our voices, raise our flag
Smash the symbols of the life we've had
Long live the people
Long live the scheme
Long live our hopes
Long live the dream
Dance in the streets at the carnival
Celebrate the victory now
Drink the wine from the rich man's cask
This revolution won't be the last

Viva la revolution X4

10 - Calling Calling

Calling calling all the world
Why do you have to be this way
Calling calling all the world
Why do you have to be afraid
I know things are bad
We can make them good
You might think its crazy
but I know we could
Change life and make it better
Think about the future
Calling calling all the world
I know we're not a pretty sight
Calling calling all the world
It's up to us to make it right
Calling calling all the world
Why can't wars just cease
Calling calling all the world
Live together in love and peace

11 - In The Background

It's peaceful here
No one to interfere
With quiet observations
Just watching and waiting
And not getting involved
With physical solutions
That never get
The problem solved
In the background
Out of the limelight
It's out of order
Not being a part
Of the scenic route
An impartial art
Of avoiding dispute

12 - Dynasty

It's my artistic temperament
That makes me suspicious of you
It's my intellectual ability
That makes me do what I do

It's up to you, it's up to me
It's up to us our dynasty
(Repeat)

It's my emotional feelings
That makes me watch your eyes
It's my scientific breeding
That makes me feel a rise

It's up to you, it's up to me
It's up to us our dynasty
(Repeat)

It's my artistic temperament
That makes me suspicious of you
It's my intellectual ability
That makes me do what I do

It's up to you, it's up to me
It's up to us our dynasty
(Repeat 2x)

13 - Peculiar Music

Isn't it strange
But it makes a change
From the usual mediocraty
Sing about big brother
Or sing about some other
Brave new world
Medieval factions
With nuclear reactions
Make interesting subjects
This is civilization
Or imagination
Or some old melodrama
The future enslaves us
Will something ever save us
From a fate worse than life
We don't understand
But we should demand
To know the reason

Odd couple thats you and me
Odd couple we're different,
you and me.
Odd couple thats you and me
Odd couple we're different,
you and me.
That's you and me.

14 - Numbers

I don't wanna be a number
Just like being a prisoner
I just wanna stay free
Don't wanna be a number three
O I don't wanna be a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Signing on the dot
Got my name on a form
Thought I had it made
They treat you just insane
You are just a number
And I ain't got a name
You are just a number
And I ain't got a name
Sitting in a prison cell
Numbers on my chest
Age is just a number
Mummy does know best

15 - Sensitive

If I phone you up, and you feeling down.
and nothing's going right tonight,
Your sinking in the ground.
Your so sensitive.
If I say some thing wrong, you might start to cry
I don't wanna get you down, don't want you to cry.
Your so sensitive sensitive sensitive sensitive.

16 - Songs Of Praise

Sing to me
And I'll whistle along
Because I haven't learnt the language
And I might get it wrong
On Your face
Is a profile of you
I can see you know
The right things to do
Congregation words and music