English Bands

"Fear me you lords and lady preachers I descend upon your Earth from the skies I command your very souls you unbelievers Bring before me what is mine The seven seas of Rhye.Can you hear me you peers and privy counsellors? I stand before you naked to the eyes I will destroy any man who dares abuse my trust I swear that you'll be mine The seven seas of Rhye."

"There's no living in my life anymore The seas have gone dry and the rain stopped falling Please don't you cry anymore Can't you see? Listen to the breeze, whisper to me please Don't send me to the path of nevermore."

"Liar oh ev'rybody deceives me. Liar why don't you leave me alone? Liar I have sailed the seas Liar from Mars to Mercury. Liar I have drunk the wine. Liar time after time. Liar you're lying to me. Liar you're lying to me. Father please forgive me. You know you'll never leave me."

"I was told a million times Of all the troubles in my way Tried to grow a little wiser Little better ev'ry day But if I crossed a million rivers And I rode a million miles Then I'd still be where I started Bread and butter for a smile."

"Oh my love we've had Our share of tears Oh my friends we've had Our hopes and fears Oh my friend it's been A long hard year But now it's Christmas Yes it's Christmas Thank God it's Christmas."

"Girl, you really got me goin' You got me so I don't know what I'm doin' Yeah, you really got me now You got me so I can't sleep at night."

"The Kinks were a major rock influence in the 1960s throughout England, the U.K., and America. The band meshed the pop-rock feel of the British invasion with a bluesy tint that offered a unique sound that turned on the likes of the Ramones, The Doors, Van Halen, and Oasis."

"You look out of your window, Into the night. Could be rain, could be snow, But it can't feel as cold as what you're feeling inside.And all of you friends are either married, vanished, Or just left alone. But that's no reason to just stop living. That's no excuse to just give in to a sad and lonely heart.Don't forget to dance, no, no, no, Don't forget to smile. Don't forget to dance, no, no, no, Forget it for a while."

"They put a parking lot on a piece of land Where the supermarket used to stand. Before that they put up a bowling alley On the site that used to be the local palais. That's where the big bands used to come and play. My sister went there on a Saturday.Come dancing, All her boyfriends used to come and call. Why not come dancing, it's only natural?"

"Lyin' awake in a cold, cold sweat Am I overdrawn, am I going in debt? It gets worse, the older that you get No escape from the state of confusion I'm in State of confusion I'm in"

"Should feel happy, should feel glad I'm alive and it can't be bad But back on planet earth they shatter the illusion The world's going 'round in a state of confusion"

"Here's hoping all the days ahead Won't be as bitter as the ones behind you. Be an optimist instead, And somehow happiness will find you. Forget what happened yesterday, I know that better things are on the way."

"Have yourself a merry merry Christmas Have yourself a good time. But remember the kids who got nothin' While you're drinkin' down your wine."

"Father Christmas, give us some money Don't mess around with those silly toys. We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over We want your bread so don't make us annoyed Give all the toys to the little rich boys."

"Everybody say I'm lazy They all tell me get a job you slob, I'd rather be a hobo walking round with nothing Than a rich man scared of losing all he's got.So I'm just sitting in the midday sun Just soaking up that currant bun, Why should I have to give my reasons For sitting in the midday sun?"

"You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard, Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of, People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame, Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain."

"Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star, And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are. There are stars in every city, In every house and on every street, And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard Their names are written in concrete."

"On my supersonic rocket ship Nobody has to be hip Nobody needs to be out of sight. Out of sight. Nobody's gonna travel second class There'll be equality And no suppression of minorities. Well alright. We'll take this planet, shake it round And turn it upside down. My supersonic rocket ship."

"All life we work, but work's a bore, If life's for livin' what's livin' for?"

"Whatever the situation, whatever the race or creed, Tea knows no segregation, no class nor pedigree It knows no motivations, no sect or organisation, It knows no one religion, Nor political belief."

"This is the age of machinery, A mechanical nightmare, The wonderful world of technology, Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare.This is the twentieth century, But too much aggravation It's the age of insanity. What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem?"

"Man made the buildings that reach for the sky And man made the motorcar and learned how to fly But he didn't make the flowers and he didn't make the trees And he didn't make you and he didn't make me And he got no right to turn us into machines He's got no right at all 'Cause we are all God's children And he got no right to change us Oh, we gotta go back the way the good lord made us all."

"Got to be free to do what I want Walk if I want, talk if I want Got to be free to say what I want Make what I want and play what I want."

"I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilised 'Cos I'm a strict vegetarian But with the over-population and inflation and starvation And the crazy politicians I don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a nuclear war I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man. I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man."

"I was lost just wandering round downtown Many people pushing me around Hate spreads just like infection Those rats jumping on and off my back."

"I know what I am and I'm glad Im a man and so is Lola."

"Well that's the way that I want it to stay And I always want it to be that way for my Lola La-la-la-la Lola Girls will be boys and boys will be girls It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola La-la-la-la Lola."

"Well I'm not the world's most physical guy But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola."

"You go to a publisher and play him your song He says 'I hate your music and you hair is too long. But I'll sign you up because I'd hate to be wrong.'"

"Where are you going I don't mind I've killed my world and I've killed my time So where do I go what do I see I see many people coming after me So where are you going to I don't mind If I live too long I'm afraid I'll die So I will follow you wherever you go If your offered hand is still open to me Strangers on this road we are on We are not two we are one."

"We shall defend our island On the land and on the sea We shall fight them on the beaches On the hills and in the fields We shall fight them in the streets Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed to so few 'Cos they have made our British Empire A better place for me and you."

"Now that you've found your paradise This is your Kingdom to command You can go outside and polish your car Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-la Here is your reward for working so hard Gone are the lavatories in the back yard Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car You just want to sit in your Shangri-la."

"Long ago life was clean Sex was bad and obscene And the rich were so mean Stately homes for the Lords Croquet lawns, village greens Victoria was my queen Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria."

"Days I'll remember all my life, Days when you can't see wrong from right. You took my life, But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me, But it's all right, Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me."

"In a dark and misty house, Where no Christian man has been, Wicked Annabella mixes a brew That no one's ever seen."

"Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night People so busy, makes me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I don't need no friends As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise."

"You don't have to look at me You don't have to smile at me You just have to love me till the sun shines You don't have to cook for me You don't have to laugh with me You just have to love me till the sun shines."

"My makeup is dry and it clags on my chin I'm drowning my sorrows in whisky and gin The lion tamer's whip doesn't crack anymore The lions they won't fight and the tigers won't roar."

"I am a dull and simple lad Can not tell water from champagne And I have never met the queen And I wish I could have all that he has got I wish I could be like David Watts."

"The tax man's taken all my dough, And left me in my stately home, Lazing on a sunny afternoon. And I can't sail my yacht, He's taken everything I've got, All I've got's this sunny afternoon."

"Dandy, you know you're moving much too fast, And Dandy, you know you can't escape the past. Look around you and see the people settle down, And when you're old and grey you will remember what they said, That two girls are too many, three's a crowd and four you're dead."

"Well, lived my life and never stopped to worry 'bout a thing Opened up and shouted out and never tried to sing Wondering if I'd done wrong Will this depression last for long?"

"Yeah, you and me We live this life From when we get up Till we go sleep at night You and me we're free We do as we please, yeah From morning, till the end of the day Till the end of the day."

"It's your life And you can do what you want Do what you like But please don't keep-a me waiting Please don't keep-a me waiting'Cause I'm so tired Tired of waiting Tired of waiting for you."

"Cause I need freedom now And I need to know how To live my life as it's meant to be.And I will hold on hope And I won't let you choke On the noose around your neck.And I'll find strength in pain And I will change my ways I'll know my name as it's called again."

"And in the middle of the night I may watch you go. There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I have grown. There'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown. But I'll be yours if you'll be mine."

"I came home Like a stone. And I fell heavy into your arms. These days of dust Which we've known Will blow away with this new sun.And I'll kneel down, Wait for now. And I'll kneel down, Wait for now.And I will wait, I will wait for you."

"Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall Lend me your eyes I can change what you see But your soul you must keep, totally free."

"Spare me your judgements and spare me your dreams Cause recently mine have been tearing my seams. I sit alone in this winter clarity which clouds my mind, Alone in the wind and the rain you left me. It's getting dark darling, too dark to see; And I'm on my knees, and your faith in shreds, it seems."

"Cold is the water It freezes your already cold mind Already cold, cold mind And death is at your doorstep And it will steal your innocence But it will not steal your substance."