Lyrics: The Big 3
- Happy Shopper
- Stay
- Pig Valentine
- The One
- Hair
- Talk To Me
- Streamlined
- Loser
- New Loafers
- Good Times
- No. 1 Pure Alcohol
- Terminal Crash Fear
- Buzz
Happy Shopper (R. Parfitt/M. Cole)
The High Street Scene caught in between
The perfect broken plan
With the carpet burns we take our turns
Julie is a man
Inside the shop we take our stock
The courtains starts to move
She drags her feet along the street
And the neighbours disapprove
She's a happy shopper
The happy shopper
We are happy shoppers
The happy shopper
The husband's pissed
The kids are kissed
The place is a mess
The queue is still up to the till
She's trying on a dress
Julie, Julie, can't you fight
The working class can kiss my ass
If the price is right
Chours
Come on, come on, come on down
Chorus
Stay (R. Parfitt/M. Cole)
Well, I don't know what to do
'Cause I'm stone in love with you
So do you think it will be alright
If I could stay the night
I got a bust up forty five
Playing sounds on soul live
Well, do you think it will be alright
If I could stay the night
Well, I won't keep hanging on
And I hate to live alone
So do you think it will be OK
If I could stay
If I could stay
If I could stay
If I could stay
Crashing out and killing time
Feeling like a stupid child
Build it up and painted it blue
Send it to you
I got a bust up forty five
It's playing sounds on soul live
Well, do you think it will be OK
If I could stay
If I could stay
If I could stay
If I could stay
I'll be around today
So you could stick with me or turn away
I'll be around today
So you could stick with me or turn away
I'll be around today so you can stick
with me or go
Well, I don't know what to do
'Cause I'm stone in love with you
So do you think it will be alright
If I could stay the night
If I could stay
If I could stay
If I could stay
Pig Valentine (R. Parfitt/M. Cole)
It's better now the thorn is out
So climb inside somewhere to hide
I thought I knew you
And I know it's going wrong
The devil on my shoulder
buys me drinks
So, I don't care
The angel slipped
He lost his grip
I am headed straight for
you-know-where
Pig Valentine make it happen
all the time
and she does it when she does
And I love the way she loves
Down in the basement flat
The girl she waits, antecipates
Athena postcards that are
blue-tacked to the wall
The hand that shakes
the coffee cup
It brings the morning down
She's headed for the kitchen door
The hardest part of all
is coming round
Pig Valentine make it happen
all the time
and she does it when she does
And I love the way she loves
The One (M. Cole)
Well, I think you should 'cause
my heart is good
And the secrets out
it's all over town
Said, of course, the one that
you're looking for is me
When the day drags on 'cause
the boys had gone
And your tiny room is suffocating you
Said, of course, the one that
you're looking for is me
You got to be so much
better than the rest
That's what it takes to carry on
You should see her come,
you should see her go
You should see my face
when she says no
Said, of course, the one that
you're looking for is me
You've got to be so much
better than the rest
That's what it takes to carry on
When the day drags on 'cause
the boys had gone
And your tiny room is suffocating you
Said, of course, the one that
you're looking for is me
You got to be so much
better than the rest
That's what it takes to carry on
You should see her come,
you should see her go
You should see my face
when she says no
Said, of course, the one that
you're looking for is me
I'm the one
Said, of course, the one that
you're looking for is me
Hair (M. Cole)
Love your hair
It makes me smile
My stupid smile
What you wear gives a twist
Oh, what is this
Love your hair and
everything below it
I don't care if you cut it
or you grow it
Was a time you went around
With what you found
You never shine
It doesn't mean
You've never seen
Was a time you came here
looking for it
And everytime just trying
to ignore it
Coming down
shake off the world
it takes the piss
They should have
killed the monkey
that evolved to this
Think about it
when you know
you're halfway there
Come around and feel
there's something in the air
Love your hair
It makes me smile
My stupid smile
What you wear gives a twist
Oh, what is this
Love your hair
It makes me smile
My stupid smile
What you wear gives a twist
Oh, what is this
Talk To Me (R. Parfitt)
Flying in the shadow of
a changing world
Wiating for the sun to arrive
Thirty thousand feet and
I'm rising fast
I'm driving full fathom five
You're the only person that
I care about
I want to hitch a ride
on your plane
I don't know the reason
that you're
holding out
It's 'cause I want
to fly you again
You can talk
You can talk
You can talk to me
I believe in you
Do you believe in me?
You can talk to me
Lying to your face is such
an easy game
The violet in your eye
is a dream
The acid sky is nearly
close enough to touch
The gold you smell
is nicotine
Chorus
I'm the only person
I care about
I want to hitch a ride
on your plane
I don't know the reason that
you're holding out
I wanna fly you again
Chorus
Streamlined (R. Parfitt)
Streamlined
again thinking of
taking it higher
Finding out then that you
were a liar
I see the city sights,
I see the pretty lights
I want to be wild
and free again
Mary goes round,
drugs made Mary vague
See how she cries my little
methadone maid
Up in heaven tonight
Yeah, the firmaments bright
I want to be wild
and free again
Caught between the shadows
and the light
The white moon unpicks you
And shows all your scars
to the night
Streamlined again out of sight
blue movies and boxes piled
up in a heap
by the door
Eletric and blue like
the ghosts of
your lovers before
I see the city lights,
shine pretty lights
I want to be wild and
free again
I want to be so wild
I want to be so wild
I want to be wild
and free again
Loser (M. Cole)
How do you look so good
You're so clever, clever
Bet you know the names
of the stars
Perfect little thing
you're a mirror mover
See yourself in passing cars
Give me what I want
Just to stop me thinking
I get you everything you need
You may be mad at me
But at least it's easy
The kissing makes
the bruises bleed
Don't you know that everyone
loves a loser
Standing up and falling apart
It's getting good 'cause everyone
loves a loser
Big, sick city heart
You get a little sick when you
spend your plastic
Acting out your sticky scene
There's no one looking now
So you suck your fingers
Got to keep them nice and clean
How do you get away without
being noticed
Looking like you've seen it all
Put you in my pocket and
take you home now
Pin you to the wall
Don't you know that everyone
loves a loser
Standing up and falling apart
It's getting good 'cause everyone
loves a loser
Big, sick city heart
And when you're
crawling around
down on the ground
With the people you know
in the places you go
Crawling around down
on the ground
Thinking it's getting good
'cause everyone loves a loser
Big, sick city heart
Don't you know that everyone
loves a loser
Standing up and falling apart
It's getting good 'cause everyone
loves a loser
Big, sick city heart
Don't you know
Don't you know
Don't you know
New Loafers (R. Parfitt)
Sitting on my sofa waiting
for my chauffeur
Along came a copper
told me it was over
PC Amanda pretty as a Panda
Would you like some
ice and lemon with your Fanta
It's nothingat all
We've having a ball
Didn't get warning before they
kicked the door in
Stupid little stars burn up
in the morning
Got a can of cider,
had a chicken tikka
Then a won a trip for two
in sunny Costa Rica
Chorus
Sitting on my sofa waiting
for my chauffeur
Along came a copper
told me it was over
Chorus
Good Times (R. Parfitt)
Hey, don't you know what's going on
Take a look round the streets
where you were born
You could spend your time picking
hearts and flowers
You can live your life in
an ivory tower
Or you could try to shout,
you could work it out
You could fake it or just
let it all hang out
Sell your soul, let the
good times roll
Let the good times roll
Ride on the light until the fade
From the wild and the blue and the
slightly dazed
You could have a message
on the telephone
You could tell me about it on the
last bus home
Now that you got seen with
a new machine
It's amazing how the powder gets
your whites so clean
Sell your soul, let the
good times roll
Let the good times roll
Gold is the colour of the sun
have you got what it
takes to carry on
'Cause when the bubble bursts
with the latest trend
And the drinks run out
and the party ends
You could try to shuot,
you could work it out
You could fake it or
just let it all hang out
Sell your soul
Let the good times roll
Let the good times roll
No. 1 Pure Alcohol (R. Parfitt/M. Cole)
You know that feeling
there upon the ceiling
Soon you're gonna be a man
You've gotta
twist that throttle,
drink that bottle
Boy, you'll be a Superman
The world is waiting
Your heart is shaking
You're drowning but
at least you're clean
But living's easy,
dying's easy
Something in between
to thrill me
No. 1 pure alcohol
I fuel you up
You fool yourself
You pick me up
Can't put me down
I'm gone
Kicking down the morning
Getting up and crawling
Feed the monster
in my mouth
I want to free my body
Shackled up behind me
Bring it up
and let it out
The more you take
The more you want
The more you get it wrong
But living's easy,
dying's easy
Something in between
to thrill me
Chorus
But living's easy,
dying's easy
Something in between
Chorus
Terminal Crash Fear (R. Parfitt)
A kissagram man, he's about
25 years of age, yeah
He hits it around
He went for a peach
But it's just out of reach
Because it fell to the ground
Wake up, head on the wheel
Stitched up, tell me,
how does it feel
Didn't anybody try to tell ya
Didn't anybody try to see
Didn't anybody try to warn you
What are you doing to me
She can't get enough of
that serious stuff
So she hits him around
I'm driving too fast
I'm on a terminal crash
And my foot's to the ground
I hit, hit, hit, hit
hit it around
I'm going to feed 'till
I get my fill
I'm taking my girl
up to doghill
Hit it around
Turn it up, turn it up
Turn up your radio
Didn't anybody try to tell ya
Didn't anybody try to see
Didn't anybody try to warn you
What are you doing to me
Buzz (M. Cole)
Going out
on a different buzz
Running down
but I know someone
Who'll get plenty more
Going out on a different
kind of buzz
I could rise,
I could almost fly
Close my eyes
and I'll wake up
One day tied to the sky
I could rise,
I could almost fly
Try to find a reason
Climb inside the feeling
We could rise on a different kind of buzz
This is it
This is what you get
Forget the rest,
take some time off
And make it the best
This is it,
this is what you get
Try to find a reason
Climb inside the feeling
Going out
on a different buzz
Running down
but I know someone
Who'll get plenty more
Going out on a different
kind of buzz