Leisure XTC

Leisure They taught me how to work, But they can't teach me how to shirk correctly. As you see, Science once again robs us of our jobs.

Leisure (2001 Remaster) XTC

Hey, hey, The clouds are whey. There's straw for the donkeys, And the innocents can all sleep safely, All sleep safely. My, my, Sun is pie. There's fodder for the cannons, And the guilty ones can a...

Snowman (2001 Remaster) XTC

So now I'm permanently drunk, Like the rest of the race with, Leisure.

XTC Kiraw

VEXD[Chorus]Yeah, I need me a real baddie bitch, they don't know what the damage isMy brain is full of anger shit and I can't even manage itYeah, I'm drinking the whole bottle, bitch, now I'ma go f...

Leisure Minus

All you got is leisure to numb the structure of your life. Find your passion! Embrace it while you can!

Yacht Dance XTC

We, we will dance like tiny boats with cotton sails upon the tops of the seas, That would pull us down to the depths and crush us flat if given half a chance. No need to look back to pictures of lo...

Red XTC

You better watch your tape boys It's the tint that angers the beast Got their sails in the sunset they've already got the east Red red red Don't you let them make you Don't let them make you see ....

Jason and the Argonauts XTC

There may be no golden fleece, But human riches I'll release Oh, my head is spinning like the world and it's filled with beasts I've seen, Let me put my bag down and I'll tell you it all right fro...

Wonderland XTC

Can't you see Love and affection When it's put In you direction Wrapped in your mysterious wonderland No fast car Can make you grow up Gentlemen You think you've sewn up Locked in your wonderful wo...

Dance Band XTC

Watch them go one two three I'm so happy and so is she In a 'Danceband' Show slow Quick quick slow Heel to hell and toe to toe In a 'Danceband' You can do the Bosanova 'Till the night is through Yo...

thanks for christmas xtc

Thanks for Christmas Thank you for the love and happiness that's snowing down, all around Thanks for Christmas Thank you for the winter friendliness that's snowing down, all around the world It's...

Rhythm XTC

He makes a beeline for the place Where he gets his only ace Sometimes he's standing in the rain Oh Gene Kelly's hat and cane He has the Rhythm in his head He has the Rhythm, sing! It's chaotic at...

My Weapon XTC

I dunno wot she got I dunno wot she got I dunno what she got but it seems to have a grip upon me No telling where she learn the things she do to me And I don't know what she done wrong but I want t...

Million XTC

We smelled your soup on the fire cooking We saw your toys and your pencils looking bright So bright and yet they come from oh so far away We heard your flags and your banners flapping We felt the a...

You're The Wish You Are I Had XTC

What was I supposed to do? I turned around with the world and she simply was there My blood ran like ice right through She had your face and your lips And your eyes and your hair You're the wish y...

Ladybird XTC

O ladybird I have heard you wish to walk me through your garden I crave your pardon if I woke you with my thinking Ladybird O ladybird I have heard you wish to walk me through your meadow You'll s...

Melt the Guns XTC

Programmes of violence, As entertainment, Brings the disease into your room. We know the germ, Which is man-made in metal, Is really a key to your own tomb. Prevention is better than cure, Bad app...

Buzzcity Talking XTC

What makes you wander far Don't know who you are Now if the vibe is right I'll go out tonight Cause it's Buzzcity talking it's Buzzcity talking Go and find a late night bar If I'm not back, leave ...

One Of The Millions XTC

I got so much to say But I'm afraid it'll come out wrong. I'm not akin to the Eighties thing, Where you look after number one. But I won't rock the boat, 'Cause I'm scared what might happen. I won...

Runaways XTC

Oh run-a, oh run-a, oh runaways, (Please come home) Oh run-a, oh run-a, oh runaways (Please come home) Daddy hit you in a temper, But he's sorry now, (Please come home) Just a quarrel had with mum...

Do What You Do XTC

Do what you do what you do ... to me The stars are out and so am I The stars I see ain't in the sky I'm heading for the Twilight Zone Please don't take me home

Season Cycle XTC

Season cycle moving round and round Pushing life up from a cold dead ground It's growing green It's growing green, well Darling don't you ever stop to wonder About the clouds about the hail and thu...

All You Pretty Girls XTC

Do something for me, boys If I should die at sea, boys Write a little note, boys Set it off afloat, saying Bless you, bless you, all of you pretty girls Village and city girls by the quayside Bles...

Snowman XTC

It isn't even winter and I'm freezing, freezing, This sort of feeling isn't pleasing, And what I want to know, man, why, oh why, Does she treat me like a snowman? She's been building me, Up quite ...

Making Plans For Nigel XTC

We're only making plans for Nigel We only want what's best for him We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel just needs this helping hand And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must b...

Crocodile XTC

Crocodile No you won't make me jealous That she left me for him Scene one standing Crushed on landing You may have walked out But I'll swallow up my fate Scene two sitting Man in kitchen Bit cold a...

Dyin XTC

It frightens me when you come to mind The day you dropped in the shopping line And my heart beats faster when I think of all the signs When they carried you out your mouth was open wide The cat wen...

Books Are Burning XTC

Books are burning In the main square, and I saw there The first eating the text Books are burning In the still air And you know where they burn books People are next I believe the printed word shou...

Statue of Liberty XTC

The first time I saw you standing in the water You must have been all of a thousand feet tall Nearly naked - unashamed like Herod's daughter Your love was so big It made New York look small You've...

Dear God xtc

Dear god, hope you get the letter and... I pray you can make it better down here I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer But all the people that you made in your image See them starving ...

Fly on the Wall XTC

I am the fly on the wall, My prying eyes are looking through your bottom drawer. I just came flying through your door, You didn't notice that your number had been called. I see the mother who's be...

Knuckle Down XTC

Knuckle down, Love his skin, It doesn't matter what colour skin he's locked in, Knuckle down, Knuckle down and love that skin. Knuckle down, Love his race, It doesn't matter if you win or lose a l...

King For A Day XTC

Everyone's creeping up to the money god, putting tongues where they didn't ought to be. On stepping stones of human hearts and souls, Into the land of "nothing for free." Well the way th...

All Of A Sudden (It`s Too Late) XTC

W W W hat can I say? why do we starve a thing that near W w W w W extinction? from day to day these weeds of fear W W W are choking our conviction life's like a jig-saw WWW WWW you get the straight...

Ugly Underneath XTC

First there's the handshake It's so warm that you could bake by it Designed to take attention from their Ugly Underneath Then there's the wedding The co-ordinated bedding And the fairy tale shreddi...

Deliver Us from the Elements XTC

We can plant a seed And watch it grow Food enough to fill a table Running water down an overflow Eat as much as we are able But would the fruit turn ripe If the rains had never been? Chorus: Oh Lo...

Earn Enough For U XTC

I've been praying all the week through At home, at work and on the bus I've been praying I can keep you And to earn enough for us I can take humiliation And hurtful comments from the boss I'm just...

All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan Cover) XTC

There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, There\'s too much confusion, I can\'t get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the l...

Reign Of Blows XTC

Reign of blows Reign of blows Reign of blows cascading down upon your shoulders Far too many men dressed up as soldiers The lamb is brought to the ground Under the weight of the Crown A crown of th...

Instant Tunes XTC

Instant tunes only just been made Instant songs never to be played Instant tunes hanging out to dry Let me try to introduce you to Instant tunes Instant tunes Instant tunes Instant tunes Ever and...

Senses Working Overtime XTC

Hey, hey, The clouds are whey. There's straw for the donkeys, And the innocents can all sleep safely, All sleep safely. My, my, Sun is pie. There's fodder for the cannons, And the guilty ones can ...

Respectable Street XTC

It's in the order of their hedgerows it's in the way their curtains open and close it's in the look they give you down their nose all part of decency's jigsaw I suppose Heard the neighbour slam hi...

All Along the Watchtower XTC

"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief, "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of ...

Toys XTC

Sindy's spending too much money on clothes Ken is going back to Gay Bob The Teddy bears swear the neighbourhood's gone Since the moving in of Golliwog Rag doll gets beaten up by the Action Man The ...

Ball and Chain XTC

Save us from the ball and chain, Save us from the ball and chain, Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah, The diggers and the tower cranes, The diggers and the tower cranes. Don't want demolitio...

Chain Of Comman XTC

How bright are the fires of thought In a chain of command How bright is the medical torch When it's put in our hand My microbes and I Can't wait to lay down and die We realise that we must be spen...

Down in the Cockpit XTC

Man acting like a farmer and, He's treated the woman like a poor cow, We got to treat you better from now, But man is just a baby and, He's needing your milk of kindness. I vow to drink as much as ...

Living Through Another Cub XTC

Living through another Cuba it's 1961 again and we are piggy in the middle while war is polishing his drum and peace plays second fiddle Russia and America are at each other's throats but don't yo...

Battery Brides XTC

Battery brides, ha ha have you ever tried To break out of your waiting room And find yourself a waiting groom Ba ba ba ba battery brides Ba ba ba ba battery brides She left school with a million o...

Humble Daisy XTC

Humble Daisy Form a chain to hold all battleships in check Humble Daisy Knit a ladder down to nature's sunken wreck Ragged rug unbound Tangle trip the lovers Royal barge aground Brighter than all o...