Тексты песен «Housemartins»

I was walking by the river, I was asking myself questions But the answers I came up with didn't fit Some have breakfast in bed, some aren't properly fed The way they talk about it makes me want to spit And they're...

Mother, Father, I think that I would rather Stay at home with you for another year That building's so tall and it makes me feel so small That I might get lost and simply disappear Evil smiles won't change my mind I'm...

Clambering men in big bad boots Dug up my den, dug up my roots Treated us like plasticine town They build us up and knocked us down From Meccano to Legoland Here they come with a brick in their hand Men with heads...

Are you ready, are you ready, Are you ready,are you ready, Are you ready for the time of life It's time to stand up and fight, It's alright, it's alright. Hand in hand we'll take a caravan To the mother land One by one...

It doesn't seem so long ago That I was sitting at the edge of the desk And now I'm looking back with a smile As I turn my back to success And I laugh and I cry and ask myself why Everyday they do the same And I stop and...

Fun, fun, fun (Jeremy) Me, me, me (Fifi) Take, take, take (Jeremy) Fun, fun, fun James Dean posters on their wall (Five killed in the car-crash) What a sad little end to it all (Five killed in the car-crash)...

Too many florence nightingales Not enough robin hoods Too many halos not enough heroes Coming up with the goods So you though you'd like to change the world Decided to stage a jumble sale For the poor, for the poor...

I used to think you understood Taught me right and learnt me good Made things simple for my brain Told the truth and made it plain But the implications I mistook Until I found out whose side you took And now with paper...

Famines will be famines, banquets will be banquets Some spend winter in a palace, some spend it in blankets Don't wag your fingers at them and turn to walk away Don't shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today...

It's happy hour again I think I might be happy if I wasn't out with them And they're happy it's a lovely place to be Happy that the fire is real the barman is a she Where the haircuts smile and the meaning of style Is...

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - Housemartins The road is long With many winding turns, That leads us to Who knows where Who knows where But I'm strong Strong enough to care Ah, He ain't heavy Cause,...

As martin said to xanthe As they played with wooden toys "you may have wendy's playhouse But where the heel's your boys? " As paul said to fifi As they eyed each other up "you may have better plimsoles...

Now the sun was in my eyes So forgive me if I was blind But I can suddenly see the light Now the blinds are raised Now he's finally spoken Winter's finally broken Realize I'm heading For colder days He can feel it...

In times when you're troubled Seems more than you can affoard And you feel, you feel you need a friend Someone to share the load And when your skies grow cloudy I want you to know got a friend that's true Just like a...

Please don't show your soul to me I think I'd see the light shine through And please don't greet me on the street I'd like to see a world without you Please don't change your uniform And start to mourn the thousands...

Heavy burden on your shoulder Lean on me Heavy burden on your shoulder Lean on me Heavy burden on your shoulder Everyday just a little bit harder Heavy burden on your shoulder Lean on me Down and out without hope...

Me and the farmer get on fine Through stormy weather and bottles of wine If I pull my weight he'll treat me well But if I'm late he'll give me hell And thought it's all hard work no play Farmer is a happy crook Jesus...

The fence is long and high where we love You can't see the other side where they live I've spied with my little eye And I've sighed with my little sigh But it seems, I've given all that I can give Every hour I have to...

Sometimes I get so angry with the simple life they lead And the shepherd's smile seems to confirm my fears They've never questioned anything, never disagreed Sometimes I think they must have wool in their ears And...

Sitting on a fence is a man who sees no sense in fighting Sitting on a fence is a man who sees no sense at all Sitting on a fence is a man who strokes his twenty beards Sitting on a fence is a man who drinks real ale...