- Brutality
Whatever happened to the fear of god?
Whatever happened to church on sunday?
Whatever happened to the velvet glove?
And the iron fist
Whatever happened to the social season?
Whatever happened to the debutants?
Whatever happened to the South of France?
- Child Psychology
I stopped talking when I was six years old
I didn't want anything more to do with the outside world
I was happy being quiet
But of course they wouldn't leave me alone
My parents tried every trick in the book
From speech therapists to child psychologists
They even tried bribery
I could have anything, as long as I said it out loud
- England Made Me
I trapped a spider underneath the glass.
I kept it for a week to see how long he'd last.
He stared right back of me,
He thought that he could win.
We played the waiting game
He thought that I'd give in
England made me [2x]
- Factory Radio
This is the soundtrack of my life
This is the song that keeps me breathing
Under the water a distant light
From Monday morning to Friday night
Factory radio
Factory radio
- Girl Singing in the Wreckage
It's my primary instinct to protect the child,
Girl singing in the wreckage,
My dress is torn,
My hair is wild,
Girl singing in the wreckage,
My first car,
My early boyfriends,
Girl singing in the wreckage,
- Goodnight Kiss
Put on your make-up
Apply it with care
Use your imagination
We can go anywhere
We'll have an adventure
I'm bored with just love
A fairy tale with a sting in the tail
- GSOH Q.E.D.
What do you get if you fall in love?
A pin to burst your ex's bubble
A diamond ring; brand new trouble
From passionate to paranoid
But I'll fall in love again
GSOH Q.E.D.
GSOH Q.E.D. (Q.E.D.)
Fun-loving couple seek disco diva
- Hated Sunday
Close the windows, draw the blinds
I can't stand it if the sun shines
On Sunday
Hated Sunday
Disturbing pictures on the news
Distant wars but they won't touch you
On Sunday
- I C One Female
I.C. one female,
Turn the sirens on,
Just a small domestic situation,
I.C. one female,
Under subservience,
Heading northwards as the crow flies,
But I still love you,
- Ideal Home
I was brought up in an ideal home
Bay windows let the sun shine in
Natural light chased the shadows
I was brought up in an ideal home
In an ideal home, nothing you do can go wrong
In an ideal home, everything's safe and you can
Sit by the fire, read a good book or watch TV
- Kidnapping An Heiress
Born into money it's not a crime
You can fool the people all the time
Nine hundred dead in Jonestown
Rescued from a shopping mall
Heiress with a little girls soul
Do you think we'll make the papers?
And we're searching for your daughter
- New Baby Boom
New baby boom starts today,
I've got everything you need.
Baby boom, take you home,
I've been waiting so long.
New baby boom slipping through your magic fingers.
(New baby boom)
I'll meet a man,
but you'll always have your mother's eyes.
- Sex Life
Girl on girl, in your dreams
Girls on top, in between
Girls together, girls alone
In your dreams, in your dreams
Boy on boy, boys on top
Boys together, boys don't stop
Being boys, in your dreams
- Soul Boy
I'm grooming a soul boy
I'm taking my time
Because he's so young
Because he's so shy
Play Pool all night.
I'm Grooming a soul boy
I'm leading him on
- Start As You Mean To Go On
I left school and hit the high street
Had my youth in six weeks flat
Top shelf dust and Glastonbury
Learnt to be a secretary
If I can't have it, nobody can
You follow the instructions, it's all part of the plan
When you start as you mean to go on
Lets get married, lets have children
- Swinging
If you let me join your gang
I'll show you things you've never dreamed of
After school we'll steal a car
Drive until the feeling changes
All the people have to say, "We're swinging
We don't like you, go away we're swinging"
Feeling rotten to the core
- The Art Of Driving
La la la, la la la la la
La la la, la la la la la
You're quite precautious
I know which button should be pressed
Let's go out driving
I'll wait until you pass the test
We can get a hood down
- The English Motorway System
Ah ah, ah ah
Ah ah, ah ah
The English motorway system is beautiful and strange
It's been there forever, it's never going to change
It eliminates all diversions, it eliminates all emotions
(All you got to do to stay alive is drive)
- The Facts of Life
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do
When boys are just eleven
They begin to grow in height at a fast rate than they have done before
They develop curiosity and start to fantasize
About the things they have never thought of doing before
These dreams are no more harmful than
- These are the things
Ah, ah - ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah - ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
A pint of milk, a loaf of bread, a magazine on special offer
Check the weather forecast - buy a new umbrella
Send a text message, take a shower
'Meet me in the park in half an hour'
These are the things (these are the things)
That keep us together
- Wonderful Life
Well you can bite the bullet
Breath in, breath out
Or be a victim all your life
Go window shopping
Save your money
Riches to rags overnight
It's a wonderful life