Word Gets Around lyrics

Standing at the bus stop with my shopping in my hands
And I'm overhearing elder ladies
As the rumours start to fly
You can hear them in the school yard
In the scrap yard
In the chip shop
In the phone box
In the pool hall
At the shoe store
Every corner turn around
It started with a school girl
Who was running
Running home to her Mam and Dad

I feel awash
Close down the street
Yeah Chaplin walks
Be 9:15
And I hear them, hear them call his name
And I see him, see him turn away

They take him in
And clean him up

They take him in
And strip him down
They dry his skin
And feed him wine
And I hear them, hear them call his name
And I see him, see him turn away

Ask's to use the phone

Yeah he lives alone, he lives alone

I get camping eyes in the final hour
Last minute shoppers picking cauliflower
The fuss they make, you'd swear they were buying a car
They always moan, moan it's not so cheap
Cheaper still, cheaper still down the street
Lose my rag and tell them take your bag and shop down there
Closing down, they're closing down another road
One way, system steals the show

There's no mistake, I smell that smell
It's that time of year again, I can taste the air
The clocks go back, railway track
Something blocks the line again
And the train runs late for the first time

A pebble beach, we're underneath, a pier that's just been painted red
Where I heard the news for the first time

And all the friends lay down the flowers
Sit on the banks and drink for hours

We all face the same way, Still it takes all day
I take a look to my left, Pick out the worst and the best
She paints her lip, greasy and thick
Another mirror stare
And she's going where

Another office affair, to kill an unborn scare
You talk dirty to a priest, it makes you human at least
Is she running away, to start a brand new day
Or she's going home, why's she driving alone

salt grips the road awaits his lift again street orange glow shades the odds against one
more sip a shoe a miss a shaving nick one extra kiss who's to know whatever! not up
to me not up to you swings don't swing the parks been dead for years how do you
know the last swing weren't your last for good hard book on freaks fresh summer

I gotta lose weight I swallow honey is my stand up show still that funny
am I back for good I said that I said that I would be she's down waist low
trying to make me happy
because I like watching you it's time I tried tried to check
my check my eye lids
check for holes
two weeks late I gotta test for babies shop take is falling low
I'm not going back back to the

A weeks too long, not to ring
Re-colours her hair, and waits for him
Not cat against dog, just head over heels
Sex twice a day, best time in years
Oh no, why hasn't he phoned
She has to wait until he's on his own
Lying and Denying so nobody knows
I'll tell her this week is what he tells other people all alone
I buy one a day

Sex drives on a house cheating wife's spouse

Ten minutes flat after that day at the factory
I'm Drinking like a dog in the sun
I don't need to eat or sleep or work, at the weekend
Drop my guts
And I can't wait for my next drink
The first one is gonna sink

I'm the last of the big time drinkers
I take pride in my work
Last of the big time drinkers
The beer don't taste the same without my name painted on the glass

the same long faces in the workman's hall caramel crisp counts
his birds cliff chip's lines up his dominoes kingfisher lead singer
calms his nerves
I'm drinking sinking swimming drowning working smirking learning
burning sleeping thieving cheating beating I'm eating I'm deep in a
goldfish bowl It's sink or swim
the hall down town just burns to the ground my boxing ring turned to ash

Shopping spree for the family tree, haven't seen your family tree, in quite a while
Too many sandwiches and wine, sherry stains down your best mans tie, what a speech
The band arrive, the grannies cry, the singers tongue's's in the bar maids mouth, what a voice
Grandpa drunk a drop or two and his head's still stuck down the portaloo, what a man

I never knew her name
I only knew her fame
she lived near my town
another goldfish to drown
well I just past the bridge
that parts us from them the bridge
that she used again and again again
I remember when they found her
billy davey's daughter the word gets around
billy davey's second daughter threw herself
to dirty water billy's left with nothing but a
dream he dreams

The first time, ever I saw your face,
I thought the Sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
To the dawn and endless sky,

The first time, ever I kissed your lips,
I felt the earth, move in my hands
Like the trembling heart, of a captive bird
That was at my command, my love.

The first time, ever I lay with you,
I felt your heart, so close to mine

ra ra ra ra ra
ra ra ra ra ra-ness
yeh
its just all ra ra ra ra ra
ra ra ra ra ra-ness with you

your always just ra ra ra ra ra-ing
its aaaaaaaaaaaal about the ra ra ra ra ra-ing

seems to me you lived your life like a tart in full-sentance-flow
just ra ra ra ra ra ra-ing
only pausing occasionally for a 'woof!'

ra ra ra ra ra
ra ra ra ra ra-ness
yeh

Light the candle today
I play piano ok
I'll play for you
Because I like what you do

Take it or leave it
Take what you want
Take it or leave it

Now the time is over now
And it's only time for dreaming
Now the time is over now
And it's only time for dreaming again

I'll play especially for you
Because I like you in blue
Some people like what you do
Others look badly on you

Want some whisky in your water?
Sugar in your tea?
Whats all these crazy questions they're asking me?
This is the craziest party that could ever be,
Don't turn on the lights cuz i don't wanna see.

Mamma told me not come
Mamma told me not come
She said,
That aint the way to have fun-son

Open up the window let some air into this room,

i hope you're happy
i hope he kisses like i couldn't
i hope he holds you like i wouldn't
i hope you can run away
where you'll both be free
i hope you don't think of me
don't think of me

i hope you're happy
i hope he makes you smile
i hope you're happy for a while
i hope he doesn't hurt
when you run away
where you'l be free
i hope you don't think of him
don't think of him

Ever seen a blind man cross the road
trying to make the other side
Ever seen a young girl growing old
trying to make herself a bride

So what becomes of you my love
When they have finally stripped you of
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you

Once I was a young man
and all I thought I had to do was smile
Well you are still a young girl

When you think about it
he's watching every word you say hey dazed
and when he's sussed you out
he calls her up and out she comes and hustles us
Long digging gone fishing love drinking

The bartender and the thief are lovers
steal what they need like sisters and brothers
met in a church a night to remember
robbing the graves of bodies dismembered

He watched the lesbian talk

I never knew her name
I only knew her fame
She live near my town
Another goldfish to drown
I just passed the bridge
That parts us from them
The bridge that she used
Again and again
Again

I remember when they found her
Billy Davey's daughter
Word gets around
Word gets around

Billy Davey's second daughter
Threw herself to dirty water

You sit and scream at all the scandal
That put the monkey on your back
Don't put your idols on a mantel
You'll only want your money back

Don't slap my face and call me brother
Lend a hand and knock me out
So one disciple to another
What's this shit really about

Are we united?
Cos I'm really not that sure
When you've decided
Spread some love and ask for more

It's been seven hours and fifteen days
since you took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day
since you took your love away
since you've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whoever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant-but nothing
I said nothing can take away these blues,

'cause nothing compares
nothing compares to you

Angie, Angie, when will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats,
You can't say we're satisfied,
Angie, Angie, you can't say we never tried,

Angie, beautiful, but ain't it time we said good-bye?
Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried?

I arrive in a taxi, a Mercedes Benz,
I was driving along, alone, with no friends,
Jumped into the Maritim Belle Vue In Kiel,
You woke and you said, she said "how do you feel?",
I feel fine, so I'm signing my name,

She said "you'll be in here tonight, you're the only one staying",

Look left down the hall, at the state of it all,

I got a phone call today from Mr. Nice
He has oftened called...once or twice
He's on stage in town asked me to come down
I was five minutes late I had to pop by the gates
I stood at the side and I listened and I tried
To imagine a life that gave him that smile
An audience where that reads on the bill
A man that made his millions smugglin' for thrills

(Kelly Jones type "Ohh"ing)

Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Nobody ever loved like she does
Oh, she does, yeh, she does
And if somebody loved me like she do me
Oh, she do me, yeh, she does
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
I'm in love for the first time
Don't you know it's gonna last
It's a love that lasts forever

1,2,3,4

We don't wanna be your enemy,
But when we're on the field,
It's red, white and green,

Get beat by the Irish,
Get beat by the Scots,
The French ought'ta struggle,
But you're the one we want,
We want...

As long as we beat the English,
As long as we beat the English,
As long as we beat the English, we don't care

As long as we beat the English,

I wanna live, I wanna give
I've been a miner for a heart of gold
It's these expressions that never give
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
They keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old

I've been to Hollywood, I've been to redwood
I've crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind, its such a fine line,