Wallflowers

”In the City” Melodie de: The Jam In the city there’s a thousand things I want to say to you But whenever I approach you, you make me look a fool I wanna say, I wanna tell you About the young ideas But you turn them into fears In the city there’s a thousand faces all shining bright And those golden faces are under 25 They wanna say, they gonna tell ya About the young idea You better listen now you’ve said your bit-a Go! And I know what you’re thinking You still think I am crap But you’d better listen man Because the kids know where it’s at In the city there’s a thousand men in uniforms And I’ve heard they now have the right to kill a man We wanna say, we gonna tell ya About a young idea And if it don’t work, at least we’ll say […]

A police car and a screaming siren A pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete A baby wailing and stray dog howling The screech of brakes and lamp light blinking That’s entertainment That’s entertainment A smash of glass and a rumble of boots An electric train and a ripped up phone booth Paint splattered walls and the cry of a tomcat Lights going out and a kick in the balls I say, that’s entertainment That’s entertainment Days of speed and slow time Mondays Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday Watching the news and not eating your tea A freezing cold flat and damp on the walls I say that’s entertainment That’s entertainment Waking up at 6 a.m. on a cool warm morning Opening the windows and breathing in petrol An amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard Watching the telly and thinking about your holidays That’s entertainment That’s entertainment […]