William, It Was Really Nothing

The rain falls hard on the humdrum town
this town has dragged you down
oh, the rain falls hard on the humdum town
this town has dragged you down
and everybody's got to live their own life
and God knows I've got to live mine
God knows I've got to live mine
William, William it was really nothing
William , William it was really nothing

How can you stay with a fat girls who'll say:
"Would you like to marry me
and if you like you can buy the ring"
she doesn't care about anything
would you like to marry me
and if you like you can buy the ring
I don't dream about anything
William, William it was really nothing
William, William.

These Things Take Time

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the scared wunderknid
you took me behind a dis-used railway line
and you said "I know a place we can go
where we are not known"
and then you gave me something that I won't forget too soon
but I can't believe that you'd ever care
and this is why you'll never care
but these things take time
and I know that I'm the most inept
that ever stepped

I'm spellbound, but a woman divides
and the hills are alive with celibate cries
but you know where you came from, you know where
you're going and you know where you belong
you said I was ill, and you were not wrong
but I can't believe that you'd ever care
and so, you never cared
but these things take time
and I know that I'm
the most inept
that ever stepped

Oh the alcoholic afternoons
when we sat in your room
they meant more to me
than any living thing on earth
they had more worth
than any living thing on earth

vivid and in your prime
you will leave me behind
you will leave me behind

How Soon Is Now?

I am the sun
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and the heir
of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

There's a club, if you like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die

When you say it's gonna happen "now"
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long
and all my hope is gone

Handsome Devil

All streets are crammed with things
eager to be held
I know what hands are four
and I'd like to help myself
you ask me the time
but I sense something more
and I would like to give you
what I think you are asking for
you handsome devil
you handsome devil

Let me get my hands
on your mammary glands
let me get your head
on the conjugal bed
I say, I say, I say

I crack the whip
and you skip
but you deserve it

A boy in the bush
is worth two in the hand
I think I can help you get through your exams

(refrain)

And when we're in your scholarly room
who will swallow whom?

(refrain)

There's more to life than books, who know
but not much more.

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Refrain 1:
I was happy on the haze of a drunken hour
but heaven knows I'm miserable now

Chorus:
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
and heavens know I'm miserable now
In my life
why do i give valuable time
to people who don't care if I live or die

Two lovers entwined passed me by
and heavens knows I'm miserable now

(chorus)

What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed
"You've been the house too long" she said
and I naturally fled

In my life
why do I smile
at people who I'd much rather kick in the eye

(refrain 1)

"You've been the house too long" she said
and I naturally fled

In my life
why do i give valuable time
to people who don't care if I live or die

This Night Has Opened My Eyes

In a river the colour of lead
emerse a baby's head
wrap her up in the News Of The World
dump her on a doorstep, girl
this night has opened my eyes
and I will never sleep again

You kicked and cried like a bullied child
a grown man of twenty-five
he said he'd cure your ills
but he didn't and he never will
so, save your life
because you've only got one

Chorus:
The dream is gone
but the baby is real
oh you did a good thing
she could have been a poet
or, she could have been a fool
oh you did a bad thing
am I'm not happy
and I'm not sad

A shoeless child on a swing
reminds you of your own again
she took away your troubles
oh but then again
she left pain
so, save your life
because you've only got one

(chorus)

Accept Yourself

Everyday you must say
oh how do I feel about my life
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
when will you accept yourself?

I am sick and I am dull
and I am plain
how dearly I'd love to get carried away
but dreams have a knack of just not coming through
and time is against me now
who and what to blame?
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
when will you accept yourself?
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
everyday you must say
how do I feel about the past
other conquered love-but I ran
I sat in my room and I drew up a plan
but plans can fall through as so often they do
and time is against me now
and there's no one left to blame
tell me when will you
when will you accept your life
the one that you hate
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
everyday you must say
how do I feel about my shoes
they make me awkward and plain
how dearly I would love to kick with the fray
but I once had a dream and it never came true
and time is against me now
and there's no one but yourself to blame
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
when will you accept yourself?

Girl Afraid

Girl afraid
where does his intentions lay?
Or does he even have any?
She says:
"He never really looks at me
I give him every opportunity
in the room downstairs
he sat and stared
in the room downstairs
he sat in stared
I'll never make that mistake again !"
Boy afraid
prudence never pays
and everything she wants costs money
"But she doesn't even LIKE me!"
and I know because she said so
in the room downstairs
she sat and stared
in the room downstairs
she sat and stared
I'll never make that mistake again!"

Back to the Old House

I would rather not go
back to the old house
I would rather not go
back to the old house
there's too many
bad memories

When you cycled by
here began all my dreams
the saddest thing I've ever seen
and you never knew
how much I really liked you
because I never even told you
oh, but I meant to

Are you still there?
or have you moved away?

I would love to go
back to the old house
but I never will

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
would make a good man
turn bad

So please please please
let me, let me, let me
get what I want
this time

Haven't had a dream in a long time
See, the life I've had
would make a good man bad

So for once in my life
let me get what I want
Lord knows it would be the first time
Lord knows it would be the first time

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