151
I'm only sleeping [Suggs]

When I wake Up early in the morning,
I lift my head, I'm still yawning
When I'm in the middle of a dream,
I lift my bed and float upstream
Float upstream

Please don't wake me,
No don't shake me
Leave Me where I am,
I'm only sleeping

Everybody seems to think I'm lazy
I don't mind, I think they're crazy
Running everywhere at such a speed,
Till they find, There's no need
There's no need

Please don't spoil my day
I'm miles away
And after all
I'm only Sleeping

Keeping an eye on the world
going by my window
Taking my time
Lying there and staring at the ceiling
Waiting for a sleepy feeling


Please don't spoil my day
I'm miles away
And after all
I'm only Sleeping
Keeping an eye on the world
going by my window


152
I'll be there for you [The Rembrandts]

So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, and your love life's DOA
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
And it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year

But I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cause you're there for me too...

Your still in bed at 10 and work begins at 8
You burned your breakfast, so far things are going great
Your mother warned you there be days like these
But she didn't tell you when the world was brought down to your knees

But I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cause you're there for me too...

No one could ever know me. No one could ever see me
Seems you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me
Some one to face the day with
Make it through all the mess with
Someone I'll always laugh with
Even at my worst, my best with you, yeah.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear
And it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year

But I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cause you're there for me too...


153-1
Misshapes [Pulp]

Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits
Raised on a diet of broken biscuits, oh
We don't look the same as you
And we don't do the things you do
But we live around here too, oh really

Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits,
We'd like to go to town but we can't risk it, oh
'Cause they just want to keep us out
You could end up with a smash in the mouth
Just for standing out, oh really

Brothers, sisters, can't you see?
The future's owned by you and me
There won't be fighting in the street
They think they've got us beat
But revenge is going to be so sweet

We're making a move, we're making it now
We're coming out of the side-lines
Just put your hands up - it's a raid, yeah
We want your homes, we want your lives
We want the things you won't allow us
We won't use guns, we won't use bombs
We'll use the one thing we've got more of
- that's our minds

Check your lucky numbers
That much money could drag you under, oh
What's the point of being rich if you can't think what to do with it?
'Cause you're so very thick, oh
We weren't supposed to be
We learnt too much at school now we can't help but see
That the future that you've got mapped out is nothing much to shout about

We're making a move, we're making it now
We're coming out of the side-lines
Just put your hands up - it's a raid, yeah
We want your homes, we want your lives
We want the things you won't allow us
We won't use guns, we won't use bombs
We'll use the one thing we've got more of
- that's our minds

Brothers, sisters, can't you see?
The future's owned by you and me
There won't be fighting in the street
They think they've got us beat
But revenge is going to be so sweet


153-2
Sorted for e's and wizz [Pulp]

Oh is this the way they say the future's meant to feel?
Or just 20,000 people standing in a field
And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is
But that's okay 'cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz
And tell me when the spaceship lands 'cause all this has just got to mean something

In the middle of the night, it feels alright, but then tomorrow morning
Ooooh. Ooooh. Then you come down

Oh yeah the pirate radio station told us what was going down
Got the tickets from some mashed up bloke in Camden Town
Oh and no-one seems to know exactly where it is
But that's okay 'cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz
At 4 o'clock the normal world seems very, very, very far away
Alright.

In the middle of the night, it feels alright, but then tomorrow morning
Ooooh. Ooooh. Then you come down.
Just keep on moving...

Everybody asks your name. They say we're all the same
And it's "nice one", "geezer"
But that's as far as the conversation went
I lost my friends, I dance alone, it's six o'clock I wanna go home
But it's "no way", "not today"
Makes you wonder what it meant
And this hollow feeling grows and grows and grows and grows
And you want to phone your mother and say
"Mother, I can never come home again
'Cause I seem to have left an important part of my brain somewhere
Somewhere in a field in Hampshire".
Alright.

In the middle of the night, it feels alright, but then tomorrow morning
Ooooh. Ooooh. Then you come down.
Ooooh. What if you never come down?


154
Good tradition [Tanita Tikarum]

There's a good tradition of love and hate staying by the fireside
There's a good tradition of love and hate staying by the fireside

And though the rain may fall - your father's calling you
You still feel safe inside
And though your ma's too proud - your brother's ignoring you
You still feel safe inside

Oh, was this solo?
Was this yesterday?
Was this true for you?
'Cos while all the rest have taken time
This didn't do a lot for you

And the corners laced with memories
Tell you how it used to be
Your mother smiles, the children play, and all the bad things happen miles away

And strong feelings never bother you
You hold your head up while the rest of us try to

Oh, call the stations
Call the people
We all want to know
'Cos while all the rest have taken time
You don't wanna know

Well, there's a good tradition of love and hate staying by the fireside
There's a good tradition of love and hate staying by the fireside

And though the rain may fall - your father's calling you
You still feel safe inside
And though your ma's too proud - your brother's ignoring you
You still feel safe inside

Oh, was this solo?
Was this yesterday?
Was this true for you?
'Cos of all the choices you have made
This didn't do a lot for you


155
Spaceman [Babylon Zoo]

Spaceman
I always wanted you to go into space, man
(Intergalactic Christ)

Pungent smells they consummate my home
Beyond the black horizon
Trying to take control
See my girl she shivers in her bones
The sun and zenith rising
Trying to take us all

There's a fire between us
So where is your God
There's a fire between us
I can't get off the carousel
I can't get off the carousel
I can't get off the carousel
I can't get off this world

The sickening taste
Homophobic jokes
Images of fascist votes
Beam me up 'cos I can't breathe

Spaceman
I always wanted you to go into space, man

It's time to terminate the great wide world
Morbid fascinations television takes control
Decimation different races fall
Electronic information tampers with your soul

There's a fire between us
So where is your God
There's a fire between us
I can't get off the carousel
I can't fall off this world

The sickening taste
Homophobic jokes
Images of fascist votes
Beam me up 'cos I can't breathe

Spaceman
I always wanted you to go into space, man
Spaceman
I always wanted you to go into space, man


156
Something for the weekend [Divine Comedy]

She said
"There's something in the woodshed and I can hear it breathing
It's such an eerie feeling, darling"
He said
"There's nothing in the woodshed. It's your imagination
End of the conversation, darling"

Something in his heart told him to come clean
He was not who he claimed to be
Something in his genes told him to pretend
'Twas something for the weekend

But she said
"There's something in the woodshed. I know because I saw it
I can't simply ignore it, darling"
So he said
"Now baby don't be stupid. Get this into your sweet head
There ain't nothing in the woodshed, except maybe some wood"

Something in his heart told him to come clean
He was not who he claimed to be
Something in his jeans told him to pretend
'Twas something for the weekend

"I'll go all the way with you
If you'll only do this thing for me. Go and see
If it's nothing like you say
Then you can have your wicked way with me"

He went down to the woodshed
They came down hard on his head
Gagged and bound and left for dead
When he woke she was gone with his car and all of his money


157
Breakfast at Tiffany's [Deep Blue Something]

You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
But I know you just don't care

And I said "What about 'Breakfast at Tiffany's?'"
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

I see you - the only one who knew me
And now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong
So what now? It's plain to see we're over,
And I hate when things are over -
When so much is left undone

And I said "What about 'Breakfast at Tiffany's?'"
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
But I know you just don't care

And I said "What about 'Breakfast at Tiffany's?'"
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."


158
All I wanna do [Sheryl Crow]

This ain't no disco
It ain't no country club either
This is LA!

"All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die"
Says the man next to me out of nowhere
It's apropos of nothing
He says his name is William
But I'm sure he's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy
And he's plain ugly to me
And I wonder if he's ever had a day of fun in his whole life

We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday
In a bar that faces a giant car wash
The good people of the world are washing their cars on their lunch break
Hosing and scrubbin as best they can in skirts in suits

They drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks
Back to the phone company, the record store too
Well they're nothing like Billy and me

Cause All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd

I like a good beer buzz early in the morning
And Billy likes to peel the labels from his bottles of Bud
He shreds them on the bar then he lights every match in an oversized pack
Letting each one burn down to his thick fingers before blowing and cursing them out
And he's watching the bottles of Bud as they spin on the floor

And a happy couple enters the bar
Dangerously close to one another
The bartender looks up from his want ads

Cause All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd

Otherwise the bar is ours
The day and the night and the car wash too
The matches and the Buds and the clean and dirty cars
The sun and the moon

But All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling the party's just begun
All I wanna do is have some fun
I won't tell you that you're the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd


159
Sale of the century [Sleeper]

We step through London
The streets holding onto us
We'll stand where the river bends
I hope we fall in

So this time maybe
Let's take a photograph
We'll burn all the negatives
I hope we fall in

It's never going to be this good, so just climb in
How long 'till reason makes us small again
It feels just like we've just got started

It's still you taking me up there
Pretend to be scared then decide that we don't care
Wear ourselves out on the way down
It's still you and the moment you met me
You said I was cheap, you were the sale of the century
Creased ourselves up on the way down

And now I touch you
I don't know where you begin
Sometimes you're a piece of me
I hope we fall in

It's never going to be this good, so just climb in
How long 'till reason makes us small again
It feels just like we've just got started

It's still you taking me up there
Pretend to be scared then decide that we don't care
Wear ourselves out on the way down
It's still you and the moment you met me
You said I was cheap, you were the sale of the century
Creased ourselves up on the way down

It's been too long so it can't just be something we ate
I knew we'd go far 'cos we both share the people we hate
It feels just like we've just got started

It's still you taking me up there
Pretend to be scared then decide that we don't care
Creased ourselves up on the way down
It's still you and the moment you met me
You said I was cheap, you were the sale of the century
Creased ourselves up on the way down


160
The guitar [They Might Be Giants]

Hey
Who's that playing
Hey
The guitar?

Is it Jim?
I don't know
Is it Jim?
I don't know

In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion takes control
In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion takes control

Hey
Who's that playing
Hey
The guitar?

Hush my darling, be still my darling, the lion's on the phone
Hush my darling, be still my darling, the lion's on the phone

Hush my darling, be still my darling
Hey
Hush my darling, be still my darling
Hey

Turn it up
The guitar
I can't hear
The guitar

In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion waves good-bye
In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion waves good-bye

Hey
Who's that playing
Hey
The guitar?

Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey