JOHNNY WAS Stiff Little Fingers

down in the street and died Just because of the system Woman hold her head and cry Comforting her I was passing by And I saw the woman cry She cried, oh, oh, oh, oh Johnny was a good man Never

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

Whoops, Johnny! Wee Sing

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny (beginning with little finger, touch tip of four fingers) Woops, Johnny! (slide down pointer and up thumb, touch tip of thumb) Whoops, Johnny!

BARBED WIRE LOVE Stiff Little Fingers

I met you in No Man's Land Across the wire we were holding hands Hearts a-bubble in the rubble It was love at bomb site (Chorus:) All you give me is barbed wire love All caught up in barbed wire

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

TOUCH AND GO Stiff Little Fingers

Looking back it's funny that we never lied That night we met when we were both alone We knew at once that what we'd want was just that night Knew it couldn't be forever, cos we each told of another

TIN SOLDIER Stiff Little Fingers

He joined up to get a job and show he wasn't scared Swapped boy scout hat for army cap, he thought he'd be prepared At the age of 17 he was forced to choose At the age of 21 he's in Catch 22 He

HALF A LIFE AWAY Stiff Little Fingers

The two cops were knocking on the door Of a young black boy It was a quarter to four They said: "Hey nigger! Hit the floor. You're about to be history."

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

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

YOU CAN GET IT (IF YOU REALLY WANT) Stiff Little Fingers

try Try and try You'll succeed at last Persecution you must fear Win or lose you're gonna get your share Got your mind set on a dream You can get it as hard as it seems yeah (Chorus) Rome was

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

The Way It Was Before Johnny Stimson

Feels like yesterday I was living at my parents’ house I blinked and things changed Fast forward and I was moving out I can only exist in three dimensions at a time Who am I to resist a river flowing left

TINDERBOX Stiff Little Fingers

Then the rain came down And washed all hope away And your life's a train But it only goes one way What about the times when you were happy Balance them against the times you're sad Was there once

BE SEEING YOU Stiff Little Fingers

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 I was

HOPE STREET Stiff Little Fingers

that you never loose the fire Whole lives lived under the burden The strain of the buying age Believe me I know it for certain That you can break from the cage By holding your head high Get a little

Two Guitar Clash Stiff Little Fingers

Though up till then I'd thought that what I had was fine I realized then as the earth moved that first time That I had had more here inside Just waiting for the vital spark And then it crashed in on my

SHE GREW UP Stiff Little Fingers

had a kid in the plan, and a husband at home But she's got a hold of her life, and she's taking a chance She's in a job that she likes, and she still loves to dance (Chorus) She said that she was

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

else will You're gonna get it if you're alone Suddenly a stab from a knife out of nowhere Jumped from behind like they always do It only makes one line in the paper you read Somebody got it, but it was

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?

LAW AND ORDER Stiff Little Fingers

I had a friend who was lifted by the law Lifted and shifted and dumped on the floor They treated him like shit Kicked him the head and then laughed when he bled Spat in his face and pulled his hair

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

PICCADILLY CIRCUS Stiff Little Fingers

a hi-fi shop Footsteps, a chuckle and one hard slap And they didn't even see his face See him flinch or hear him groan They didn't even see his eyes One mean blow and on they ran He put his fingers

Won'T Be Told Stiff Little Fingers

start tonight Do it fast or do it slow Do it once then let it go I don't know I don't know I don't know But I won't be told You're gonna stop looking over my shoulder to see what I'm at Okay, You're a little

FORENSIC EVIDENCE Stiff Little Fingers

knows the truth But you never here my voice Never listen when I talk Made your mind up in advance And I'm going to take that walk Chorus: You based your case on circumstance That's all it was

WAIT AND SEE Stiff Little Fingers

Cos we didn't play for their crowd We just told them 'Wait and see' We had no money but still we went on Trying to get some gear A smashed up cymbal and an old snare drum Our financial state was

THE NIGHT THAT THE WALL CAME DOWN Stiff Little Fingers

another from the other side of town Now I'm an old man And an old man can see All that hate can leave you with It's just photographs and no permanent past And an ever growing rift Back then it was

Is That What You Fought The War For Stiff Little Fingers

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.

Walkin Dynamite Stiff Little Fingers

now he was the champ Said he'd like to give a little break But no-one listens toa despised black except a well-worn hack But Sonny tell me when you were young you had to fight Became the champion

STANDS TO REASON Stiff Little Fingers

We had it hard when I was young, we used to have such great times A man took pride in what he'd done, you should have seen the breadlines To get back to that golden age there must be unemployment But

WELCOME TO THE WHOLE WEEK Stiff Little Fingers

talk at all While we more, or less, as we please You keep on that it's wrong We haven't earned lives of ease But there's no work to do And I won't queue up on my knees I never said that this was

THE MESSAGE Stiff Little Fingers

unemployed null and void Walking round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd Turn stick up kid look what you done did Got sent up for an eight year bid Being used and abused to serve like hell Till one day you was

Tennessee Flat-Top Box Johnny Cash

In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town, Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from all around.

April Love (From the 20th Century-Fox Film, "April Love") Johnny Mathis

April love is for the very young Every star's a wishing star that shines for you April love is all the seven wonders One little kiss can tell you this is true Sometimes an April day will suddenly bring

COLD Stiff Little Fingers

Sometimes it's fine, sometimes I know just what it's all worth Sometimes it's fine, sometimes it feels like heaven on earth Then other times you scream at me, the hate freezes your soul And it's c...

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 (Cho...

ALL I NEED Stiff Little Fingers

When you're facing up to trouble And your mind has drawn a blank You've no money in your pocket Even less stashed in the bank When your friends seem to desert you And your family's offside Want to...

Suspect Device Stiff Little Fingers

Inflammable material is planted in my head It's a suspect device that's left 2000 dead Their solutions are our problems They put up the wall On each side time and prime us And make sure we get fuc...

LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE Stiff Little Fingers

You can't move You got tears from your little sister Crying cos she don't have a dress without a patch in For the party to go Aw, but you know she'll get by cos she's....

HURRICANE Stiff Little Fingers

Hey you, yeah I'm trying to get through Past that chip upon your shoulder Come here need a word in your ear This can't go on much longer You break what we try to create And I'm sure that you enjoy...

NO MORE OF THAT Stiff Little Fingers

They never ask us if we want a war Who do they think they're talkin' for Cos we never get no say They have to have it all their way (Chorus:) Oh, we want no more of that You can't push us under t...

TALKBACK Stiff Little Fingers

Every time I go to speak my mind you just ignore me Every time I try to have my say you have it for me They say there's freedom of speech But when I try to make free you say Don't you talk back t...

WALK AWAY Stiff Little Fingers

You feel the damp in the evening air You see them standing, you can feel their stare You hear their insults, you can hear them shout You try to answer but no words come out Your face gets hotter a...

WHEN THE STARS FALL FROM THE SKY Stiff Little Fingers

Mid-October, sixty one, the french police were having fun Cutting down Algerians, breaking heads all over town Yet no-one saw, no-one knew and no-one dared to speak the truth 200 dead became just ...

ROOTS, RADICALS, ROCKERS AND REGGAE Stiff Little Fingers

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 Love and respect you itren and protect your little

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 tak...

MY EVER CHANGING MORAL STANCE Stiff Little Fingers

Well, I find it hard to concentrate While you sit there and contemplate Why success is such an aphrodisiac Cos when push comes down to shove And you start to talk of love I don't know why I don't ...

BULLETPROOF Stiff Little Fingers

want you to let me be Let me be (Chorus) B.u double l e.t.p.r. double o f I'm not B.u double l e.t.p.r. double o f So for all you instructors, you advisors And tormentors I'd like to give a little

LAST TRAIN FROM THE WASTELAND Stiff Little Fingers

Arise! You've listened to too many liars too long And too many were your masters You've got the chance here to right all the wrong Don't squander it on disaster You're standing in a bright new da...