BE SEEING YOU Stiff Little Fingers

feel outsmarted deceived and deluded Completely inverted and unaware Of all the changes and most of the dangers Yet I've reached the stage where I just don't care Chorus: I tried to believe in you

Stiff Little Fingers The Vibrators

Hangs a naked light over your face shines electric ness upon your bed if it wasn't for your stiff little fingers nobody would know you were dead you never really did much living you mainly sat and watched

(I COULD) BE HAPPY YESTERDAY Stiff Little Fingers

Just like the autumn When leaves turn brown and fall upon the ground That's how you left me You just went cold and everything changed round If I could have that time again Would we still be friends

Gate 49 Stiff Little Fingers

When I'm away I think of you And how you're where I want to be And there's on thing I gotta do Get back to you to be free to be me 'cause anytime I don't like it I keep a doorway in my mind When I want

Won'T Be Told Stiff Little Fingers

a little bit older.

SILVER LINING Stiff Little Fingers

They tell you not to worry, they say they're terribly sorry But that's the way it has to be, for the likes of you and me Just be good and know your station Always look on the bright side Keep you

STAND UP AND SHOUT Stiff Little Fingers

It's time to ask yourself just what you want to be Just look around tell me exactly what you see No sitting out no chance to settle in your place You're with us now don't be a name without a face

I Waited Stiff Little Fingers

I waited but you never came So everything stayed the same Coulda been great I waited I was still inspired but obviously out of tune I must be dumb as shit to think,we could blow Away these blues

HONEYED WORDS Stiff Little Fingers

Time after time The world is pressing down On your shoulders I know how you feel Like you're the only one Taking orders It's hard to come to terms With what seems so unfair But somewhere in your

Can'T Get Away With That Stiff Little Fingers

You had us almost believing we were good enough for no one, no how You had us take it or leave it, it's the best deal you're gonna get right now son a little dig here, a little word did you really think

ALTERNATIVE ULSTER Stiff Little Fingers

Nothin' for us in Belfast The Pound's so old it's a pity OK, there's the Trident in Bangor Then walk back to the city We ain't got nothin' but they don't really care They don't even know you know

TANTALISE Stiff Little Fingers

Well I can't lie and I won't try I ain't waited this long just to hide This could be wrong but I don't mind Can't disguise the way I feel tonight I will be there when you're calling I will catch

STATE OF EMERGENCY Stiff Little Fingers

You're looking for something But what could it be?

HITS AND MISSES Stiff Little Fingers

Look at every man you meet It can be him on every street The woman's waiting for the next attack Bold black headlines made in dark Show how the man can make his mark The woman learned it from her

DEAD OF NIGHT Stiff Little Fingers

Walk the streets at midnight As the rain pours down and freezes on the ground Lean against a street light Try to work out where it all went wrong I can see you in my mind's eye I have no choice

SAFE AS HOUSES Stiff Little Fingers

She makes a home and she stays mum About the things she might have done She keeps her eyes firm on the ground, to set her own life Makes up her face and not her mind, to be a wife There was a time

THE PRICE OF ADMISSION Stiff Little Fingers

So somebody's told you how to be a man Just fuck 'em and leave 'em And score as many as you can But always have someone who's close to your heart And if you want to keep her, keep her in the dark

FLY THE FLAG Stiff Little Fingers

Gimme a country that's red white and blue Gimme the British way honest and true Gimme the chance to be one of the few Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme Gimme a nation where people are free Free to

ROOTS, RADICALS, ROCKERS AND REGGAE Stiff Little Fingers

You roots, you radicals, you rock to the reggae You roots, you radicals, you dub to the reggae you roots, you radicals, you skank to the reggae, you roots Let there be peace in the east, peace in

Roots Radicals Rockers And Reggae Stiff Little Fingers

You roots, you radicals, you rock to the reggae You roots, you radicals, you dub to the reggae You roots, you radicals, you skank to the reggae Let there be peace in the east, peace in the west You roots

HALF A LIFE AWAY Stiff Little Fingers

You're about to be history."

GET A LIFE Stiff Little Fingers

Well you snap to attention and pay heed to what they say Cos you know that you please them all that way And you don't need to think now cos your mind has gone astray And they'll do your thinking anyway

NO FAITH Stiff Little Fingers

You once were my friend You once cared for the human race Now I see avarice written across your face I tried to help you But you only pushed me away I tried to listen Then I heard you say: Chorus

BREAKOUT Stiff Little Fingers

Ain't got no money but I don't give a damn 'Cos when I get it I spend it fast as I can Ain't got no worries, at least none I can see Gotta make a fast connection then I'll be free I gotta (

THE MESSAGE Stiff Little Fingers

sometimes It makes me wonder how I keep from going under My son said: "Daddy, I don't wanna go to school Cos the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool And all the kids smoke reefer I think it'd be

WAIT AND SEE Stiff Little Fingers

When we started we thought we were great Tho' nobody else agreed Just you and I wasting our time Playing and singing out of key And they said we played too loud Cos we didn't play for their crowd

STANDS TO REASON Stiff Little Fingers

media all twist the facts, I read it in the paper Stands to reason You've heard it said so it has to be the truth Fact or fiction, what's the difference, they say it's so But think again, repeat

BEIRUT MOON Stiff Little Fingers

"We'd like to help you." the consul said "But there's nothing we can do Well, you knew the risks when you took the job After all you're not a fool So, don't call me, don't call me I just can't bend

NO CHANGE Stiff Little Fingers

Why do you talk that way? It's not what you used to say Can't you see things my way? I feel so strange I'm still the friend you knew Surely you know it's true?

I WANT YOU Stiff Little Fingers

I don't know how to say I think that we should call it a day It's easy to be your slave That's not the way that I want to behave Believed you when you lied Could stop you if I tried Now I reach

Closed Groove Stiff Little Fingers

History's a thing of the past Being first just cannot last (Chorus:) Beep beep I'm an answering machine I mean to say I say what I mean Beep beep I've got very strong views Plug in any loop tape you

AT THE EDGE Stiff Little Fingers

Back when I was younger they were talking at me Never listened to a word I said Always yap yap yapping and complaining at me Made me think I'd be better of dead I don't want to talk about it I

ROARING BOYS (PART TWO) Stiff Little Fingers

Won't you tell me all your cares and problems Won't you tell me why you look so blue I'll take you into town, yeah, show you a thing or two I know every bar and nightclub Yeh, no two will be the

IN YOUR HAND Stiff Little Fingers

It's all or nothing That's how you've always been All or nothing With nothing in between You can't compromise You can't quit while you're ahead You won't see reason You think that's giving in

BULLETPROOF Stiff Little Fingers

offering me their advice This can only help me get my life in line They never stop to ask themselves why I need some help, some guidance Some backing and belief But really all I need is a rest And if you

THE ONLY ONE Stiff Little Fingers

It makes you so angry, You rage and rage again But you can't spit it outside, it's bottled in your brain You feel it in the darkness, the rage inside you grow And you know you're a stranger, in the

HUMAN SHIELD Stiff Little Fingers

How do you propose to live your life in times like these Growing up surrounded by the fear and hate disease I believe that we all need protection from the world And our friends enfold us like a barrier

IS THAT WHAT YOU FOUGHT THE WAR FOR? Stiff Little Fingers

Yes, I know you did your bit back then, but what was it you won? Take a good look around you now, whose side were you on?

BITS OF KIDS Stiff Little Fingers

It was nothing like that in my day, not here in my town We didn't get things all our way till we were full-grown Now they go into pubs, and you're gonna get mugged in my town So you read about it

LISTEN Stiff Little Fingers

And then you say Chorus Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Why don`t you listen to your heart Listen to your heart This kind of thing keeps me awake at night It gets so I can`t sleep

Good For Nothing Stiff Little Fingers

you're good for nothing so watch your p's and q's best keep your nose clean and play it by our rules mind your way and don't make waves and you'll get used to knowing you're no use you're good for nothing you

ROUGH TRADE Stiff Little Fingers

Record boss said we would be a smash Yeah, go straight to Number One He talked of hits and tours and lots of cash And all the time it wasn't on And I believed every word was true yeah I swallowed

BIG CITY NIGHT Stiff Little Fingers

Stop and go on an empty crossing The lights keep changing to only their hum And standing in line along the kerb The bin bags wait till the morning comes You hear yourself walk echo lonely See shadows

Suspect Device Stiff Little Fingers

(Chorus:) Don't believe them Don't believe them Don't be bitten twice you gotta suss, suss, suss, suss, suss out Suss suspect device They take away our freedom In the name of liberty Why don't

STRAW DOGS Stiff Little Fingers

All things are relative with cousins everywhere Hard-nosed blue-eyed boys, intelligent and fair You gotta pitch in for your kith and kin Holding the line to save our skin Pound for pound we'll take

FORENSIC EVIDENCE Stiff Little Fingers

You got the lawyers and establishment You got the proof You got public opinion And it's all the truth You got first rate witnesses Straight from the scene So the only person guilty In this court

HERE WE ARE NOWHERE Stiff Little Fingers

Nothing on the telly, there is no late-night show No shows in town, there is no place to go Here we are nowhere, nowhere left to go Is it a crime to be young Cos every time we have some fun They

NO LAUGHING MATTER Stiff Little Fingers

You tell me all your tales and your stories You give me all your theories on life How nothing that I say ever matters And nothing I do's ever right The world's put here just to pass your time You

Is That What You Fought The War For Stiff Little Fingers

Yes, I know you did your bit back then. But what was it you won? Take a good look round you now. Whose side were you on? And I wonder if you understand at all.

HARP Stiff Little Fingers

Don't pity this poor immigrant My eyes were open when I caught the boat All I wanted was your shelter, and maybe just a little hope But you turned your anger on me for the courage that you lack I