Beat surrender Come on boy, come on girl Succumb to the beat surrender All the things that I care about (are packed into one punch) All the things
In your white lace and your wedding bells You look the picture of contented new wealth But from the on-looking fool who believed your lies I wish this
So you finally got what you wanted You've achieved your aim by making me walk in line And when you just can't get any higher You use your senses to suss
The distant echo of faraway voices boarding faraway trains To take them home to the ones that they love and who love them forever The glazed, dirty
Some people might say my life is in a rut, But I'm quite happy with what I got People might say that I should strive for more, But I'm so happy I can
In the city there's a thousand things I want to say to you But whenever I approach you, you make me look a fool I wanna say, I wanna tell you About the
This is a modern world - This is the modern world What kind of a fool do you think I am? You think I know nothing of the modern world All my life has
Found myself in a strange town Though I've only been here for three weeks now I've got blisters on my feet Trying find a friend in Oxford Street I bought
A police car and a screaming siren - A pnuematic drill and ripped up concrete - A baby waiting and stray dog howling - The screech of brakes and lamplights
Better stop dreaming of the quiet life - cos it's the one we'll never know And quit running for that runaway bus - cos those rosey days are few And -