Posts Tagged ‘RICHARD THOMPSON’

TWO LEFT FEET

O two left feet, two left feet
how can you dance with two left feet
two left feet, two left feet
how can you dance with two left feet

I love you honey, you’re so sweet
just get rid of them two left feet
you got no style, you got no beat
all you’ve got is them two left feet
Well, your hair is pretty and your face is a treat
but i don’t like your two left feet
i’m not one to admit defeat
but i can’t win with your two left feet
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
but i can’t stand them two left feet
you got no style, you got no beat
all you’ve got is them two left feet
Well, they’re pulling people in off the street
they all want to look at your two left feet
dance with jimmy, dance with pete,
don’t dance with me with them two left feet
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
just get rid of them two left feet
you got no style, you got no beat
all you’ve got is them two left feet o
I dance with you and i land on my seat
that’s ‘cos you dance with two left feet
you could make my life complete
just get rid of them two left feet
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
just get rid of them two left feet
you got no style, you got no beat
all you’ve got is them two left feet
O two left feet, two left feet
how can you dance with two left feet
two left feet, two left feet
how can you dance with two left feet
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
just get rid of them two left feet
you got no style, you got no beat
all you’ve got is them two left feet
O two left feet, two left feet
how can you dance with two left feet
two left feet, two left feet
how can you dance with two left feet
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
just get rid of them two left feet
you got no style, you got no beat
all you’ve got is them two left feet

TWISTED

It’s been raining for a long time and i can’t seem to stand
she left about an hour ago and so did the band
i’m sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
and something tells me i’m twisted
wo ho sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
and something tells me i’m twisted
People are looking hazy and people are looking dim
i’d go for help if i could find the way i came in
i feel in clover, it’s time to keel over
something tells me i’m twisted
wo ho sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
and something tells me i’m twisted
Here’s the one to lay you out with charlie in the trough
this one’s got your name on it written in the froth
draining the dregs, i’m running out of legs
something tells me i’m twisted
wo ho sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
and something tells me i’m twisted
wo ho sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
and something tells me i’m twisted

TEAR STAINED LETTER

It was three in the morning when she took me apart
she wrecked the furniture, she wrecked my heart
she danced on my head like arthur murray
the scars ain’t never going to mend in a hurry
Just when i thought i could learn to forget her
right through the door come a tear-stained letter
oh, oh, oh love love
cry, cry if it makes you feel better
set it all down in a tear-stained letter
oh, oh, oh love love love
cry, cry if it makes you feel better
set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Well my head was beating like a song by the clash
it was writing cheques that my body couldn’t cash
got to my feet, i was reeling and dizzy
i went for the ‘phone but the line was busy
Just when i thought that things would get better
right through the door come a tear-stained letter
oh, oh, oh love love
cry, cry if it makes you feel better
set it all down in a tear-stained letter
oh, oh, oh love love love love
cry, cry if it makes you feel better
set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Well i like coffee and i like tea
but i just don’t like this fiddle-di-dee
it makes me nervous, it gives me the hives
waiting for a kiss from a bunch of fives
Just when i think i could learn to forget her
right through the door come a tear-stained letter
oh, oh, oh love love love
cry, cry if it makes you feel better
set it all down in a tear-stained letter
oh, oh, oh love love
cry, cry if it makes you feel better
set it all down in a tear-stained letter
oh, oh, oh
cry, cry if it makes you feel better
set it all down in a tear-stained letter

THE WRONG HEARTBEAT

Don’t think my love is something that you can play with
i’m not the one to spend the time of day with
you learn to hide love, you lock it up or find it gone
you think you need me, you think you read me
from the beating of my heart
But you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
o you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
If you should see a tear, you won’t see many
if you should hear me sigh, it’s not for any
if you should greet me as i am walking along
you only want to see just the shell of me
you don’t know the other part
Well, you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
ah, listening to the wrong heartbeat
i said, you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
O you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
o listening to the wrong heartbeat
o listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
Don’t throw your secrets where men will steal them
you got to hide them, you got to seal them
no matter what you try, you’ll never take my love from me
and if you might think that you can move me
from the beating of my heart
O you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
ah, listening to the wrong heartbeat
you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
O yes you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong

you’re, you’re, you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
o listening to the wrong heartbeat
o you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong

BEAT THE RETREAT

I’m beating my retreat
back home to you
i’m beating my retreat
back home to you
i’m burning all my bridges
i’m burning all my bridges
i’m burning all my bridges
i’m running back home to you
I’m trailing my colours
back home to you
i’m trailing my colours
back home to you
this world is filled with sadness
this world is filled with sadness
this world is filled with sadness
i’m running back home to you
I’ll follow the drum
back home to you
i’ll follow the drum
back home to you
there was no joy in my leaving
there was no joy in my leaving
there was no joy in my leaving
i’m running back home to you

BACKLASH LOVE AFFAIR

An iron maiden stole my heart away, o black day
her siren songs seemed to call to me, o destiny
she spat her thrash metal lyrics right into my mind
the stage thundered and the smoke bombs made me blind
she sang "hello liebchen, wollen-sie ein jig-a-jig-a, nein?"
She said "left, right, right, left. come on joe don’t be slow.
up, down, down, up. come on joe, time to go.
in, out, out, in. do it if you love me joe"
i know it’s art for art’s sake but how much more can i take?
what’s my share of this backlash love affair?
Her hair extension’s down to her knees, what a tease
she got tattoos everywhere you look, she’s a comic book
why she goes for my type i’ll never understand
she’s so demure when we promenade hand in hand
and when we get back home she let’s me know that she’s in command
She said "left, right, right, left. come on joe don’t be slow.
up, down, down, up. come on joe, it’s time to go.
in, out, out, in. do it if you love me joe"
i know it’s art for art’s sake but how much more can i take?
what’s my share of this backlash love affair?
Those iron maidens, cool as a marble slab
they wrap around you and the cold knives cut and stab
i can’t live my life as someone else’s shishkebab
She said "left, right, right, left. come on joe don’t be slow.
up, down, down, up. come on joe, it’s time to go.
in, out, out, in. do it if you love me joe"
i know it’s art for art’s sake but how much more can i take?
what’s my share of this backlash love affair?

WALL OF DEATH

Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
let me ride on the wall of death one more time
you can waste your time on the other rides
this is the nearest to being alive
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
You can go with the crazy people in the crooked house
you can fly away on the rocket or spin in the mouse
the tunnel of love might amuse you
noah’s ark might confuse you
but let me take my chances on the wall of death
On the wall of death all the world is far from me
on the wall of death it’s the nearest to being free
Well you’re going nowhere
when you ride on the carousel
and maybe you’re strong
but what’s the good of ringing a bell
the switchback will make you crazy.
beware of the bearded lady
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
oh let me ride on the wall of death one more time
you can waste your time on the other rides
this is the nearest to being alive
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
let me take my chances on the wall of death
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death

WALKING THROUGH A WASTED LAND

I’m walking through a wasted land
of soft sell concrete and rust
what ever happened to this country?
where is the hand you can trust?
walk down, walk down, walk down
I remember when a farmer was ashamed
if he never put his hand to a plough
you can buy a lot of shame with your money
he’s riding in a limousine now
walk down, walk down, walk down, walk down!
Sweat is the name of this town
it’s an ugly old, dirty old disgrace
and now that the steel’s shut down
it’s fear puts the sweat in a man’s face
walk down, walk down, walk down
Oh now i should have a break like you
but somebody stacked up the decks
heads are going to roll some day
if we ever get this yoke off our necks
walk down, walk down, walk down, oh
Well i’m walking through a wasted land
i’m walking through a wasted land
where is the future we planned
i’m walking through a wasted land
walk down, walk down, walk down, walk down!

PSYCHO STREET

A man sits down to write a letter,
but instead he writes a book
the book begins –
dear sir, i don’t if you’re interested
but you’re wife is a whore
A man gets on a train and proceeds
to take all his clothes off
he begins to play with himself, and he says
"in my country, this is definitely not offensive"
A man pours petrol through his neighbour’s letterbox
and throws in a match
the house is engulfed in flames
as the neighbours jump from the upstairs window
he films the whole thing on video
he plays it back to them later in hospital
"things have been pretty dull at home without you" he says
A man pushes a lawn mower
two hundred miles on his knees
to the tomb of the unknown gardener
"great one" he cries "i’ve done my penance.
i bring my offering.
grant me, grant me, grant me, pest-free roses"
Psycho street, friendly people down on psycho street
good neighbours down on psycho street
and if you need a hand, need a friend, we understand
and if you need a pal, we’ll be there, anyhow
psycho street, psycho street, psycho street
A man stakes his neighbour’s cat
to the barbecue and turns on the gas
"now are you going to talk" he says
"or am i going to have to get nasty?"
A man has an inflatable doll made
that looks exactly like his wife
he murders his wife, dissolves her body in acid
and marries the doll
three years later, he leaves her for another doll
A man hands his son a brick and says
"son, throw this brick through the greenhouse next door"
the boy does
the boy next door throws one back
it hits the man on the head and mortally wounds him
"ah well" he says, as his life blood trickles away
"boys will be boys"
A thoughtful woman sends her best friend a parcel
inside, it says, is a free sample, full body beauty treatment
but really it contains acids and chemicals
when her friend tries it, her hair falls out,
her face is wrinkled and her body scarred
the thoughtful woman turns to her husband and winks
and says "pre-emptive strike"
Psycho street, friendly people down on psycho street
good neighbours down on psycho street
if you need a hand, need a friend, we understand
and if you need a pal, we’ll be there, anyhow
oh psycho street, psycho street, psycho street
psycho street, psycho street, psycho street
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note:
the rumor & sigh album is complete. two other songs are on it…but have already been submitted.
1. read about love
2. i feel so good
3. i misunderstood
4. grey walls
5. you dream too much
6. why must i plead
7. 1952 vincent black lightning
8. backlash love affair
9. mystery wind
10. don’t sit on my jimmy shands
11. keep your distance
12. mother knows best
13. god loves a drunk
14. psycho street