Only A Dream The Kinks

I gotta be dreaming, is it reality But over and over I live that memory Was it real or only a dream La la la la Was it my imagination playing tricks on me When she looked my way Maybe she took

Powerman [demo version] Kinks

I know a man he's a powerful man He's got the people in his power In the palm of his hand He started at the bottom and he worked his way up Now he's never going to stop Until he reaches the top

Powerman Kinks

I know a man he's a powerful man He's got the people in his power In the palm of his hand He started at the bottom and he worked his way up Now he's never going to stop Until he reaches the top

Kentucky Moon The Kinks

Never been anywhere south of the Delaware Never been through Kalamazu Never been to Timbuktu Living is fantasy, traveling mentally Making up tunes in hotel rooms 'Bout places I've never been to

Wonder Boy The Kinks

Turn your sorrow into wonder Dream alone, don't sigh, don't groan Life is only what you wonder. Day is as light as your brightest dreams, Night is as dark as you feel it ought to be.

Wonderboy The Kinks

Turn your sorrow into wonder Dream alone, don't sigh, don't groan Life is only what you wonder. Day is as light as your brightest dreams, Night is as dark as you feel it ought to be.

Top of the Pops Kinks

I've just come in at Number 25 I'm oh so happy so glad to be alive And everybody says it's going to get to the top Life is so easy when your record's hot Go tell my mamma and my sister too To

Freedom Lies The Kinks

Old laws, man has made only blind. Oh, give us freedom, a call to the brave and the strong, To stand in the face of all wrong and show the way. Freedom lies, freedom lies, freedom lies.

Louie Louie (Bonus Track) Kinks

I SAID A LOUIE LOUIE, OH BABY, SAID A WE GOTTA GO. A FINE LITTLE GIRL SHE WAITS FOR ME.

The Moneygoround Kinks

Robert owes half to Grenville Who in turn gave half to Larry Who adored my instrumentals And so he gave half to a foreign publisher She took half the money that was earned in some far distant land

Living On a Thin Line Kinks

All the lies we were told, All the lies of the people running round, They\'re castles have burned. Now I see change, But inside we\'re the same as we ever were.

Unreal Reality (the real thing) The Kinks

All that I see, seems so unreal to me, Is it the truth or is it only fantasy, Is it a dream or is it unreal reality?

Imaginations Real The Kinks

Voices across all the nation, Echo in my mind. In the streets, In the factories, In the towns. Living out what imagination made real.

Mr. Songbird Kinks

Won't you sing me a song or two Won't take you long to just sing to me please Won't you whistle a tune I got nothing to gain I got nothing to lose But if you sing me a song You'll make me happy

Apeman [demo version] Kinks

in their cages in the zoo man 'Cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees I am an ape man I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized 'Cos I'm a strict vegetarian But with the over-population

Apeman Kinks

in their cages in the zoo man 'Cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees I am an ape man I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized 'Cos I'm a strict vegetarian But with the over-population

Dreams The Kinks

When I look so far away Please don't wake me from my dreams I'm just wondering who I could be If I lived inside my dreams I could be a king or a football star Drive around in a big sports car

Powerman The Kinks

I know a man, he's a powerful man He's got the people in his power In the palm of his hand.

Juke Box Music The Kinks

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records On the jukebox ev'ry day. All day long she plays the same old songs, And she believes the things that they say.

One Night With You The Kinks

These things that we two can plan To make my dream come true. Just call my name, And I'll be right by your side. Won't need no helping hand My love's too strong to hide.

Hatred (A Duet) The Kinks

We agree to hate and that's our fast decision Hatred, hatred Is the only thing that keeps us together Hatred, hatred Is the only thing that lasts forever Driven by hate, driven by hate Driven

Charity The Kinks

Charity, all the world really needs is charity We're living in a dream I'll plead with you all till it tears me apart. Is this all that we want? Is this all that we really are?

Moving Pictures The Kinks

Life is only a moving picture Nothing in life is a permanent fixture Oh no oh oh no Black girls, white girls oh what a mixture Looking as pretty as a picture Oh no oh oh no We live, we die

The Contenders Kinks

Hush little mammy don't you cry I've got to see what it's like on the world outside Got to get out of this life somehow Got to be free got to be free now <Interlude> I don't want to be a

I Gotta Move (Bonus Track) Kinks

I don't wanna get left behind Gonna love my baby all the time If I don't wanna get left alone I gotta move on down my baby's home And if my baby isn't there I'm gonna fill my gap and comb my

Still Searching The Kinks

I'm a drifter who has lost his way And I'm still searching for my dream A wandering nomad with no home to stay Just like a gypsy or a refugee Lookin' at another sign for another town Wondering if

Lavender Hill The Kinks

I want to walk eternity, In through the land of make believe. And watch the clouds roll over me, And let the sun shine down on me. The only place that I wanna be, Lavender Hill for me.

Schooldays The Kinks

If ever you think about the happiest days of your life Cast back your mind for a while And remember the time when you were a child.

X-Ray The Kinks

Don't be fooled by appearances, it only shows what the world already knows Don't rely on the physical evidence of what the x-ray pictures show Because inside every straight upright citizen a tormented

Unfinished Business The Kinks

You put a bullet in my side, but you can't put out my light. Unfinished business, Yes, love's the only way to find peace today.

Village Green Kinks

Out in the country Far from all the soot and noise of the city There's a village green It's been a long time Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple Down by the village green 'Twas

Misery The Kinks

misery Until you learn to laugh you'll never come to any parties at my house My house And if you go on like this the only house you'll ever visit is the nut house Nut house You're such a misery

Denmark Street Kinks

Down the way from the Tottenham Court Road Just round the corner from old Soho There's a place where the publishers go If you don't know which way to go Just open your ears and follow your nose

Daylight The Kinks

(Sung by Chorus) Daylight over the Village Green early in the morning. Daylight over the hills and valleys heralding the morning.

See The Beast The Kinks

See the beast, Got such a hold on you, Every way you turn, But don't hang around now, It's too late for politics to save you.

Is This the Only Way The Kinks

Chorus: Is this the only way, For the wheel keeps turning, Is there no other way, Ooh, heart is yearning.

Phobia Kinks

Everybody got something hidden In a darkness deep inside Everybody gotta fatal flaw Everybody got something to hide Take a look into my eyes See the fear and silent cries - phobia Deep inside

Lola Kinks

I met her in a club down in old Soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola C-O-L-A cola She walked up to me and she asked me to dance I asked her her name and in a dark

Working At The Factory The Kinks

All my life, I've been a workin' man When I was at school they said that's all you'll ever understand No profession, I didn't figure in their plans So they sent me down the factory to be a workin'

Animal Farm Kinks

This world is big and wild and half insane Take me where real animals are playing Just a dirty old shack Where the hound dogs bark That we called our home I want to be back there Among the cats

Fancy The Kinks

Fancy, if you believe in what I believe in, Then we'll be the same, always. Fancy, just look around thee If you will fancy all the girls you see, always.

All Of My Friends Were There Kinks

My big day, it was the biggest day of my life It was the summit of my long career But I felt so down and I drank too much beer And my manager said that I should not appear I walked out onto the

Uncle Son The Kinks

He was just a workin' man, Simple rules and simple plans, Fancy words he didn't understand, He loved with his heart, He worked with his hands.

Fortis Green The Kinks

getting brown, turn her over Fortis Green, memories of days when I was young It can only be a memory.

Too Much Monkey Business Kinks

Running to and fro, hard working at the mill, Never failed at the mill, there come a rotten bill.

Too Much Monkey Business (Alt. Take) (Bonus Track) Kinks

Running to and fro, hard working at the mill, Never failed at the mill, there come a rotten bill.

Days Kinks

Thank you for the days Those endless days those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that lights on you believe

A Long Way from Home Kinks

You've come a long way from the runny-nosed and scruffy kid I knew You had such good ways I can remember the little things that always made you smile They made you happy Now you think you're wiser

Do You Remember Walter? Kinks

Walter, remember when the world was young And all the girls knew Walter's name Walter, isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed Do you remember Walter playing cricket in the thunder

Phenomenal Cat Kinks

A long, long time ago In the land of idiot boys There live a cat a phenomenal cat Who loved to wallow all day No one bothered him As he sat, content in his tree He just lived to eat 'cause it kept