Тексты песен «Citizen Fish»
Citizen Fish - Heard It All Before
I had writer's block I was put in the dock By critics of lyrics said it had to stop The time to whine had gone tick-tock Too much too long and over the top Too much too soon? Too little too late? It was 'the...
Citizen Fish - Home Economics
Granny is starting to look pretty costly At anywhere up to f500 a year So even though she is capable, happy and lovely Its out of the house cos it won't be so dear And into the poll-tax-free state-run...
Citizen Fish - How To Write Ultimate Protest Songs
You have to use your imagination To get across the situation You can simplify or overstate To make it easier to relate You can go right over the top With a list of things you want to stop Or you can...
Citizen Fish - Internal Release
Sat round a table, "What do you do?" I put my neuroses on public view Everyone sat round something to say But contracting it all into "Have a nice day?" Oh! -- When I said "Well no not really" Oh! -- Aiming to...
Citizen Fish - Invisible People
Invisible people with invisible hands/holding very obvious collection cans/ anonymous people with anonymous jobs/hurry past for fear of being late for the boss/both will say it's not the way I intended to be/knowing...
Citizen Fish - Isolated Incidents
In the silence of next door Lives a man fought in the war Wary eyes through parted curtains Seems Ok but can't be certain Uneasy feeling uninformed, or Out of touch it's, well, abnormal Maybe chat with that...
Citizen Fish - Join The Dots
Piles of bodies on the nightclub floor The drugs that arrive from a distant shore Poppies in fields get torched in a war On everything we ever knew before Didn't you used to buy this stuff To feed your youth to...
Citizen Fish - Language Barrier
You know nothing will ever get solved If you feel you shouldn't get involved Claiming ignorance of what to say Or how to say it the 'proper' way Well you're nodding your head but building walls By keeping your...
Citizen Fish - Lose The Instructions
Get mad as loud as possible! Lose the instructions, lose control Everyone does it when they're on their own Nobody hears so no image gets blown Every intention scared of the critic It's never enough being...
Citizen Fish - Media Men
With detailed precision nothing omitted/made the incision cut to what ahed/ none of the trends/none of the friends of the packiaging crew/who seels of the image of who buys who/none of it fits/on the shelf it sits/what...
Citizen Fish - Meltdown
Once upon a time - this is almost true When the sun came out for a day or two It would beat the war to the top of the news - This'll make no sense in 2102 When the antiques show where the river once flowed And your...
Citizen Fish - Mind Bomb
I've got a mind bomb disposal unit knocking on my head Checking out the rumour that I meant just what I said They've drawn so many chalk lines that I may as well be dead On the blackboard, on the pavement, but I...
Citizen Fish - Money
[Originally by Choking Victim] I am sick and tired and my money's always spent And though their jobs are killing me their money pays the rent The fuel of world hate although it's just a seed But when it grows and...
Citizen Fish - Naked
Blind people must fall in love with a sense of mind a sense of touch/but when you insist on finding shadows in which to kiss/and down the lights to cover the sights of your nakedness/it feels so restrained/are we really...
Citizen Fish - Next Big Thing
"Tremendous! Fab!" the critics cried, as unpopular culture was opened wide to show the world what wasn't hidden, but up until then had been forbidden. With more open eyes than open minds, the critics searched intent to...
Citizen Fish - Not For Sale Breaking A Habit
[Not For Sale] Why are you leaving? Something to believe in Just left the building here comes nothing Seen the revolution go full circle And now it's so much more relaxing Where are they going? Didn't they know...
Citizen Fish - Offended
Grabbed by the shoulders he shook his head in desperation knowing whatever was said in this situation would only lead, like it had already led, to having his shoulders shaken again, by those that believed that when...
Citizen Fish - Oslo
Welcome to Norway Well shake it up and fizzle it out, call it what you will There's nothing quite like getting out of your face to stop you felling ill... But the next day you're out there and you're still stoned...
Citizen Fish - Out Of Control
I used to smile at the camera But now it's on every corner And everyone is staring Ignorant or tired or caring Or just completely used to feeling Watched all the time Or holding back a sense of freedom...
Citizen Fish - Over The Fence
Can't stop this constant nod Just met two peas from the next-door pod Seems like making a brand new friend But all this shaking never ends Invitations to join in things I haven't done since seventeen Photos...