Setting Sons
The Jam
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Girl on the Phone
02 : 57
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Thick as Thieves
03 : 40
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Private Hell
03 : 51
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Little Boy Soldiers
03 : 33
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Wasteland
02 : 52
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Burning Sky
03 : 32
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Smithers‐Jones
03 : 00
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Saturday’s Kids
02 : 53
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The Eton Rifles
03 : 59
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Heat Wave
02 : 24
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Track Lyrics
Girl on the Phone Lyrics
3 ContributorsGirl on the Phone LyricsGirl on the phone keeps a-ringing back
Her voice is smooth but the tone is bland
She's telling me this and she's telling me that
She talks about me and I must agree
With what she says about me
About how nice I can be
But it makes no difference to my mind
Girl on the phone keeps a-ringing back
She knows all my details - she's got my facts
She tells me my height and she knows my weight
She knows my age and says she's knows fate
And I must say - it's logical
What foresight she must have
I've got to meet her whenever I get time
Says she knows everything about me
Every word I've ever said
Every book I've ever read
She told me that we met along time ago
I can't think when but she should know
Girl on the phone keeps a-ringing back
Knows where I get my shirts and where I get my pants
Where I get my trousers where I get socks
My leg measurements and the size of my cock
And I must say it's un-nerving
To think that she knows me
Knows me so well - better than anyone
Better than myself
Says she knows everything about me
Every record I've listened to
Every window that I've looked through
She told me that we met along time ago
I can't think when but she should know
Girl on the phone keeps a-ringing back
She's telling me this and she's telling me that
Wasteland Lyrics
4 ContributorsWasteland LyricsMeet me on the wastelands - later this day
We'll sit and talk and hold hands maybe
For there's not much else to do in this drab and colourless
Place
We'll sit amongst the rubber tyres
Amongst the discarded bric-a-brac
People have no use for - amongst the smouldering embers of
Yesterday
And when or if the sun shines
Lighting our once beautiful features
We'll smile but only for seconds
For to be caught smiling is to acknowledge life
A brave but useless show of compassion
And that is forbidden in this drab and colourless world
Meet me on the wastelands - the ones behind
The old houses - the ones - left standing pre-war -
The ones overshadowed by the monolith monstrosities -
Councils call homes
And there amongst the shit - the dirty linen
The holy Coca-Cola tins - the punctured footballs
The ragged dolls - the rusting bicycles
We'll sit and probably hold hands
And watch the rain fall (watch it, watch it)
Tumble and fall (tumble and falling)
Like our lives (like our lives)
Just like our lives
We'll talk about the old days
When the wasteland was release when we could play
And think - without feeling guilty -
Meet me later but we'll have to hold hands
Tumble and fall (tumble and falling)
Like our lives (like our lives)
Exactly like our lives
Saturday’s Kids Lyrics
6 ContributorsSaturday’s Kids LyricsSaturday's boys live life with insults
Drink lots of beer and wait for half time results
Afternoon tea in the light-a-bite - chat up the girls - they
Dig it!
Saturday's girls work in Tesco's and Woolworths
Wear cheap perfume cause its all they can afford
Go to discos they drink Babycham talk to Jan - in bingo
Accents
Saturdays kids play one arm bandits
They never win but that's not the point is it
Dip in silver paper when their pints go flat
How about that - far out!
Their mums and dads smoke Capstan non filters
Wallpaper lives cause they all die of cancer
What goes on - what goes wrong
Save up their money for a holiday
To Selsey Bill or Bracklesham Bay
Think about the future - when they'll settle down
Marry the girl next door - with one on the way
These are the real creatures that time has forgot
Not given a thought - its the system -
Hate the system - what's the system?
Saturdays kids live in council houses
Wear v-necked shirts and baggy trousers
Drive Cortinas fur trimmed dash boards
Stains on the seats - in the back of course!
The Eton Rifles Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Sup up your beer and collect your fags
There's a row going on down near Slough
Get out your mat and pray to the West
I'll get out mine and pray for myself
[Verse 2]
Thought you were smart when you took them on
But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room
All that rugby puts hairs on your chest
What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
[Chorus]
Hello-hurray, what a nice day
For the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Hello-hurray, I hope rain stops play
For the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
[Verse 3]
Thought you were clever when you lit the fuse
Tore down the House of Commons in your brand new shoes
Composed a revolutionary symphony
Then went to bed with a charming young thing
[Chorus]
Hello-hurray, cheers then, mate
It's the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Hello-hurray, an extremist scrape
With the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
[Bridge]
What a catalyst you turned out to be
Loaded the guns, then you run off home for your tea
Left me standing like a guilty schoolboy
What a catalyst you turned out to be
Loaded the guns, then you run off home for your tea
Left me standing like a naughty schoolboy
[Verse 4]
We came out of it naturally the worst
Beaten and bloody, and I was sick down my shirt
We were no match for their untamed wit
Though some of the lads said they'd be back next week
[Chorus]
Hello-hurray, it's the price to pay
To the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Hello-hurray, I'd prefer the plague
To the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Hello-hurray, it's the price to pay
To the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Hello-hurray, I'd prefer the plague
To the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
[Outro]
Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Heat Wave Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Whenever I'm with you
Something inside (Something inside)
Starts burning (Ooh)
And my heart is filled with fire
[Pre-Chorus]
Stop this, it's got a hold on me
I said, this ain't the way it's supposed to be
[Chorus]
It's got a heatwave burning in my heart (Heatwave)
I can't keep from crying (Heatwave), tearing me apart (Heatwave)
[Verse 2]
Whenever she calls my name (Ooh)
It sounds so soft, sweet, and plain
Right there, right then
I feel this burning pain
[Pre-Chorus]
This high blood pressure's got a hold on me
I said, this ain't the way love's supposed to be
[Chorus]
It's got a heatwave burning in my heart (Heatwave)
I can't keep from crying (Heatwave), tearing me apart (Heatwave)
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Oh-yeah (Oh-yeah), oh-yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh-yeah (Oh-yeah), oh-yeah
Ooh
[Pre-Chorus]
This high blood pressure's got a hold on me
I said, this ain't the way love's supposed to be
[Chorus]
It's got a heatwave burning in my heart (Heatwave)
I can't keep from crying (Heatwave), tearing me apart (Heatwave)
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Whenever I'm with you
Something inside (Something inside)
Starts burning (Ooh)
And my heart is filled with fire
[Pre-Chorus]
Something's got me amazed
Don't know what to do, my head's in a haze
[Chorus]
It's got a heatwave burning in my heart (Heatwave)
I can't keep from crying (Heatwave), tearing me apart (Heatwave)
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Oh-yeah (Oh-yeah), oh-yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh-yeah (Oh-yeah), oh-yeah
Ooh
[Outro]
This high blood pressure's got a hold on me
I said, this ain't the way love's supposed to be
It's got a heatwave