Modern Life Is Rubbish lyrics

He's a twentieth century boy
With his hands on the rails
Trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow
London ice cracks on a seamless line
He's hanging on for dear life
So we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing
La la, la la la
La la la la la la la la (x3)
Holding on for tomorrow
...oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...

She's a twentieth century girl
With her hands on the wheel

It's six o'clock on the dot and I'm half way home
I feel foul mouthed as I stand and wait for the underground
And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this
I need something to remind me that there's something else

You need a holiday, somewhere in the sun
With all the people who are waiting, there never seems to be one
Say something, say something else
Say something, say something else

Colin Zeal knows the value of mass appeal
He's a pedestrian walker, he's a civil talker
He's an affable man with a plausible plan
Keeps his eye on the news, keeps his future in hand

(And then he..)

Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah ha

ONLY THE MAGICAL TRANSIT CHILDREN SING, SING THE LULLABY BAH BAH
BAH,
SITTING ON THE PAVEMENT SUCKING ON A LONG STRAW, IT'S COLOURFUL,
IT IS COLOURFUL, BUT IT WASHES YOU OUT.

HERE IS MY VIOLENCE AND HERE IS THE EXCUSE, I LEARNT IT ALL BUT
ONLY SECOND HAND
FALLING INTO WALLS WELL, WHAT IS IT WITH YOU, YOU'D NEVER KNOW,
NEVER KNOW, NEVER KNOW.

[CHORUS]

Wash with new soap, Behind the collar
Keeps a clean mental state
Don't usually bother in cold weather
But still I'm getting into work late

And I don't need the practice

I've been making plans
(For the future)
Become an unconscious man
(All for the good)
I feel so unecessary
(We don't think so, you seem starshaped)

Have a couple at the weekend,
Keeps up camaraderie

Air cushioned soles
I bought them on the Portbello Road on a Saturday
I stop and stare awhile
A common pastime when conversation goes astray

And don't think I'm walking out of this
She don't mind
Whatever I say, whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever

Blue, blue jeans I wear them every day
There's no particular reason to change

The pay-me girl has had enough of the bleeps
So she takes the bus into the country
Although she got herself rosy cheeks
She didn't leave enough money to pay the rent
The landlord says that she's out in a week
What a shame she was just getting comfy
Now she's eating chocolate to induce sleep
In a chemical world, It's very, very, very cheap

And I don't know about you

[INSTRUMENTAL]

Sunday, Sunday here again in tidy attire
You read the colour supplement, the TV guide
You dream of protein on a plate
Regret you left it quite so late
To gather the family around the table
To eat enough sleep
Oh, the Sunday sleep

Sunday, Sunday here again a walk in the park
You meet an old soldier and talk of the past
He fought for us in two world wars and
The England he knew is no more

Lead in me and me in water, Dangling in my world
I swallowed too much oily water, it keeps slipping down my spine

In a sense of self in decline, growing fat on sound
It's only an early morning dream, and the whole world will be alright

(CHORUS)

My head is full of suspicion, I'm coming home sometime
I've swallowed too much oily water, it keeps slipping down my spine

Miss America sits in the shower
She's plucking hours from the sky
Picks up the telephone, into another home
Don't ask me why

I don't mind
I don't mind at all
I love only you

She's a well wisher and she wishes you well
Wish away, wish away
She no jellybean, she a jemima ho ho
Wish away, wish away

I don't mind
I don't mind at all
I love only you

Da, do, da, da, do
Da, do, da, da, do

PRACTISE DOESN'T MAKE PERFECT WHEN YOU'RE INTERBREEDING
SPEAKING DRIVEL CAN IT GET CONFUSED WITH HEAVY BREATHING
MIXING DRINKS AT WATER HOLES GET SNARLED UP IN THE SUBURBS
MEANDERING THROUGH THIS AND THAT YOU ARE SUSPECTED OF VAGUENESS

WHEN WORK IS DONE, GO TO VILLA ROSIE EVERY NIGHT (WE'RE WAITING)
SO FORM A QUEUE AT VILLA ROSIE EVERY NIGHT (SO TASTY)

Primal, evil what am I
Tongue-tied 'til the day I die
There's no love made mermaids
It's just distraction or so they

And I'm too tired to care about it
Can't you see this in my face, my face

When I feel this strange can I go through this again?
When I feel this strange can I go through this again?

It's a sorry state you're getting in
The same excuse is wearing thin

KAZOO, KAZOO, YOU ARE MINE
KAZOO, KAZOO, EVERYTIME

[CHORUS]
TURN IT UP, TURN IT OFF, TURN IT IN

ANYWAY YOU CHOOSE, ANYWAY YOU CHOOSE AT ALL
SOMETIMES YOU DO TOO MUCH, SOMETIMES IT ALL GETS TOO MUCH

A FERVORED IMAGE OF ANOTHER WORLD
IS NOTHING IN PARICULAR NOW
AND IMITATION COMES NATURALLY
BUT I NEVER REALLY STOP TO THINK HOW
AND EVERYONEIS A CLEVER CLONE
A CHROME COVERED CLONE AMI
SO IN THE ABSENCE OF A WAY OF LIFE
JUST REPEAT THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

[CHORUS]
HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT
HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT
POPSCENE
ALRIGHT

I'M LEAVING TOWN TO RUN AWAY

I THINK TOO MUCH
ON THINGS I WANT TOO MUCH
IT MAKES ME HATEFUL
AND I SAY STUPID THINGS
ONLY YOU CAN FILL MY BLANK HEART
AND I'M RESIGNED TO THAT

I WISH THE SUN
COULD JUST KEEP ME WARM
AND I'M RESIGNED TO THAT
I'LL FORGET TO BREATHE SOMEDAY
I'VE NEVER STOPPED TO THINK WHY

[INSTRUMENTAL]

The death of the party
Came as no surprise
Why did we bother?
Should have stayed away

Another night
And I thought "Well, well"
Go to another party and hang myself
Gently on the shelf

The death of the teenager
Standing on his own
Why did he bother?
Should have slept alone

Another night
And I thought "Well, well"

See her face
Everyday
See her face
Doesn't help me
See her face
Everyday
See her face
Doesn't help me

She's so high
She's so high
She's so high
I want to crawl all over her
She's so high
She's so high
She's so high
I want to crawl all over her

Think of her
Everyday
Think of her
Doesn't help me
Think of her
Everyday
Think of her
Doesn't help me

She's so high
She's so high
She's so high

Sitting in an S.D.T.
Waiting for an underground train
To rumble underneath my feet
Bang goes another day
Where it went I could not say
Now I'll have to wait another week
When all is said and all is done
What was said was never done
Don't panic it's not really worth your while
Bang goes another year
In and out of one ear
Everybody's doing it so - do it too

I don't need anyone

It's up to you
You know it is
I can't convince you
All you have to do is slow down
I've always said it'll never change
All you have to do just to be you
Think that's all I want to say

And all the things
I've ever told you
I didn't mean them all
I didn't mean them all, I'd forget you
So if you come here
If you come here
All you have to do
Just to be you
Think that's all I want to say to you

Do you do anything you ever do?
No she said
Do you want anything you ever wanted?
No she said

She don't know how
How to feel
This is a bad day
This is a bad day
To know

Do you have anything you ever had?
No she said
Do you love anyone you ever loved?
Yes she said

She don't know how
How to feel
This is a bad day
This is a bad day
To know
She don't know how
How to feel
This is a bad day

You've taken the fun
Out of everything
You're making me run
When I don't want to think
You've taken the fun
Out of everything
I don't want to think at all

There's no other way
There's no other way
All that you can do is watch them play

You've taken the fun
Out of everything
You're making it clear when I don't want to think
You're taking me up when I don't to go up anymore

Sorry, but I don't understand
The things you say they make no sense at all
Funny but I think that you mean them all

This time don't you
I know that you think I'm a fool
But couldn't you try to forgive a fool
One more time

Sorry but I'm not really listening
I've got my mind on something else
If I'm here if I'm here at all

I know that you want me to go don't you
Well it's not as easy as it seems

I don't understand
Walking all over me
All over me to you
You must be mad
And you know you are
You should have known that I'd do
Anything for you

So why, why
Don't we come together
Why?
Why, Why
Don't we come together
Why?

Inside my head
There's nothing left
It's all been taken out by you
And do I care?
Well you know I do
You should have known that I'd do
Anything for you

So why, why

If you come here
Which you sometimes do
Don't really think that I really want you to
And if you come here
Which you always do
Don't think that I expect you to

Is that all I give you?
Is that all I give you?

And you talk too much
Which you always do
Don't think that I really want you to
And if you talk too much
Which you always do
Don't think that I really need you to

Is that all I give you?

It's my birthday
No one here day
Very strange day
A think of you day
Go outside day
Sit in park day
Watch the sky day
What a pathetic day

I don't like this day
It makes me feel too small

I don't like these days
They make me feel so small

Every time I come here
I'm not sure what to say
I know it should be easy
But it never seems that way
You, you make me feel
Like no-one ever will
So why, why do you bore me
Until my heart is still?

You, you wear me down
My defences are gone now
And I can't fight
You, you wear me down
My defences are gone now
And I can't fight

I can't say I love you easily
And you wouldn't want me too

(So much...)
So sure
So sure you are
Nothing can touch you now
I need to know
Did you think of me
But you're forgetting me now
Slow down
Don't be so
Eager to let me go
Realise it could change you
It could change your mind

Try, try, try
Try, try, try
All things remain the same
So why try again
Try again

Slow down
Don't be so
Eager to let me go
I need to know
Do you think of me

What you want to be is what I am
How you want to feel is how I feel
But nothing stays the same when I am here
Just waiting for it all to disappear
I know, I know, I know it'll come between us
I know, I know
I'd like to get into that pretty head
Just to see, to see if you are dead
And it would amuse me just to see how
How you feel about me and this crowd