The Great Escape
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Stereotypes
03 : 11
2
Country House
03 : 56
3
Best Days
04 : 49
4
Charmless Man
03 : 33
5
Fade Away
04 : 18
6
Top Man
04 : 00
7
The Universal
03 : 58
8
Mr Robinson’s Quango
04 : 00
9
He Thought of Cars
04 : 16
10
It Could Be You
03 : 12
11
Ernold Same
02 : 06
12
Globe Alone
02 : 23
13
Dan Abnormal
03 : 23
14
Entertain Me
04 : 19
15
Yuko and Hiro
05 : 24
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Track Lyrics
Stereotypes Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The suburbs, they are dreaming, they're a twinkle in her eye
She's been feeling frisky since her husband said goodbye
She wears a low cut T-shirt, runs a little B&B
She's most accommodating when she's in her lingerie
[Pre-Chorus]
Wife-swapping is your future
You know that it would suit ya
[Chorus]
Yes, they're stereotypes, there must be more to life
All your life you're dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time, you know you should be going on another bender
[Verse 2]
The suburbs, they are sleeping, but he's dressing up tonight
She likes a man in uniform, he likes to wear it tight
They're on the lovers' sofa, they're on the patio
And when the fun is over, watch themselves on video
[Pre-Chorus]
The neighbours may be staring
But they are just past caring
[Chorus]
Yes, they're stereotypes, there must be more to life
All your life you're dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time, you know you're going on another bender
Yes, there must be more to life than stereotypes
[Instrumental Break]
[Pre-Chorus]
Wife-swapping is your future
You know that it would suit ya
[Chorus]
Yes, they're stereotypes, there must be more to life
All your life you're dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time, you know you should be going on another bender
Yes, there must be more to life than stereotypes
All your life you're dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time, you know you should go on another bender
Before you come to offend her
Best Days Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Bow bells say goodbye to the last train
Over the river, they all go again
Out into leafy nowhere
Hope someone's waiting out there for them
Cabbie has his mind on a fare to the sun
He works nights but it's not much fun
Picks up the London yo-yo's
All on their own down Soho, take me home
[Chorus]
Other people wouldn't like to hear you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people turn around and laugh at you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
[Verse 2]
Trellick Tower's been calling
I know she'll leave me in the morning
In hotel cells, listening to dial tones
Remote controls and cable moans
In his drink, he's talking
Gets disconnected sleepwalking back home
[Chorus]
Other people wouldn't like to hear you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people turn around and laugh at you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Of our lives
[Instrumental break]
[Chorus]
Other people wouldn't like to hear you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people turn around and laugh at you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people break into a cold sweat
If you said that these are the best days of their lives
And other people turn around and laugh at you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Of our lives
Charmless Man Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I met him in a crowded room
Where people go to drink away their gloom
He sat me down and so began
The story of a charmless man
[Verse 2]
Educated the expensive way
He knows his claret from his Beaujolais
I think he'd like to have been Ronnie Kray
But then nature didn't make him that way
[Refrain]
He went na-na-na-na-na, na-na
Na-na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na
[Chorus]
He thinks his educated airs, those family shares
Will protect him, that we'll respect him
He moves in circles of friends who just pretend
That they like him, he does the same to them
And when you put it all together
There's the model of a charmless man
[Refrain]
Na-na-na-na-na, na-na
Na-na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na
[Verse 3]
He knows the swingers and their cavalry
Says he can get in anywhere for free
I began to go a little cross-eyed
And from this charmless man I just had to hide
[Refrain]
He went na-na-na-na-na, na-na
Na-na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na
[Chorus]
He talks at speed, he gets nose bleeds
He doesn't see his days are tumbling down upon him
And yet he tries so hard to please
He's just so keen for you to listen, but no one's listening
And when you put it all together
There's the model of a charmless man
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
He thinks his educated airs, those family shares
Will protect him, that you'll respect him
And yet he tries so hard to please
He's just so keen for you to listen, but no one's listening
And when you put it all together
There's the model of a charmless man
[Refrain]
Na-na-na-na-na, na-na
Na-na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na
Na-na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na
Na-na-na-na-na, na-na, na
Na-na-na-na-na, na
Na-na-na-na-na, na, na
Fade Away Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They stumbled into their lives
In a vague way became man and wife
One got the other, they deserved one another
[Verse 2]
They settled in a brand new town
With people from the same background
They kept themselves busy, long hours left them dizzy
[Pre-Chorus]
Now when he's in, she's out
[Chorus]
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
He's not making plans, 'cause now he understands
All you ever do is fade away
[Verse 3]
He noticed he had visible lines
She worried about her behind
Their birth had been the death of them, it didn't really bother them
[Pre-Chorus]
Now when she's in, he's out
[Chorus]
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
She's not making plans 'cause now she understands
All you ever do is fade away
[Instrumental Break]
[Pre-Chorus]
When he's in, she's out
[Chorus]
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
They're not making plans 'cause now they understand
He must learn to forget because this is all you'll ever get
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
They're not making plans 'cause now they understand
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
All you ever do is fade away
Top Man Lyrics
[Verse 1]
This is a public warning, be careful when you're out
We're having freaky weather, there's a lot of it about
On the terraces it's swinging, he's a monkey on the roof
You've seen him on the telly, so let me introduce (Your host tonight)
[Chorus]
T-O-P-M-A-N, he's naughty by nature
T-O-P-M-A-N, on doubles and chasers
T-O-P-M-A-N, he a little boy racer
T-O-P-M-A-N, shooting guns on the high street of love
[Verse 2]
In a crowd it's hard to spot him, but anonymity can cost
It's never cheap or cheerful, he's Hugo and he's Boss
He's riding through the desert on a Camel Light
And on a magic carpet, he'll fly away tonight (Open sesame)
[Chorus]
T-O-P-M-A-N, he's naughty by nature
T-O-P-M-A-N, on doubles and chasers
T-O-P-M-A-N, he a little boy racer
T-O-P-M-A-N, shooting guns on the high street of love
T-O-P-M-A-N, sees her in double
T-O-P-M-A-N, and he pukes on the pavement
T-O-P-M-A-N, he likes her all clean and shaven
T-O-P-M-A-N, shooting guns on the high street of love
[Instrumental break]
[Chorus]
T-O-P-M-A-N, he's naughty by nature
T-O-P-M-A-N, on doubles and chasers
T-O-P-M-A-N, he a little boy racer
T-O-P-M-A-N, shooting guns on the high street of love
[Outro]
T-O-P-M-A-N, shooting guns on the high street of love
T-O-P-M-A-N, shooting guns on the high street of love
T-O-P-M-A-N, shooting guns on the high street of love
T-O-P-M-A-N, shooting guns on the high street of love
T-O-P-M-A-N, shooting guns on the high street of love
T-O-P-M-A-N
T-O-P-M-A-N
Mr Robinson’s Quango Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Oh, Mr Robinson and his quango
Dirty dealer, expensive car
Runs the buses and the Evening Star
He got a hairpiece, oh, he got herpes
His private life is very discreet
A nicer man, no, you're never gonna meet
[Chorus]
Yeah, he's the self-professed saviour of the dim right wing
He got respiratory problems and a Mason's ring
[Verse 2]
Oh, Mr Robinson and his quango
Drinks with generals and county wives
The family business is doing alright
They're doing tangos down in the quangos
Makes them tick, oh, he makes them tock
And if you don't fit, he put you in the dock
[Chorus]
Just sits in his leather chair and twiddles his thumb
Gets his secretary in and pinches her bum
[Bridge]
He ran into the toilets in the town hall
He got his biro out and he wrote on the wall
"I'm wearing black French knickers under my suit
I've got stockings and suspenders on, I'm feeling rather loose"
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy
Ooh, I'm a naughty, naughty boy
Said who?
[Chorus]
He's the self-professed saviour of the dim right wing
He got respiratory problems and a Mason's ring
[Outro]
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy (Naughty, naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy (Naughty, naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy (Naughty, naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy (Naughty, naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy (Naughty, naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy (Naughty, naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy (Naughty, naughty boy)
I am a naughty, naughty boy (Naughty, naughty boy)