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1. |
City Rats
04:05
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CITY RATS
Back street brick walls heading for some hard falls
Living in the city welcome to the city oh yeah
A pocket full of day dreams runnin' from a crime scene
Living in the city existing in the city oh yeah
Are you comin' out tonight on a rollercoaster ride
Let's all try to get together that way we can make things better
It's over rated the venues old and dated
There's a padlock on the entrance an' a poster on the wall
A message on the door say's we're not welcome any more
Oh yeah, run like city rats oh yeah...
Downtown nightlife razor sharp penknife
Living in the city welcome to the city oh yeah
It's our lives our choice singin' out with one voice
Living in the city existing in the city oh yeah
Are you comin' out tonight on a rollercoaster ride
Let's all try to get together that way we can make things better
It's over rated the decors old and faded
The management have bolted with the takings in a car
There's a crowd outside waiting for a gig that never starts
Oh yeah, run like city rats oh yeah we're like city rats...
Way down in the sewer where the city rats are living
We're all in this together going absolutely nowhere
Back streets brick walls bright lights an' hard falls
Police all seem determined to squash us all like vermin
It's over rated the venues old and dated
The mods ride off dejected while the punks are giving chase
Another vacant building til' a disco takes its place
Oh yeah run like city rats Oh yeah run like city rats...
Oh yeah run like city rats Oh yeah run like city rats...
© Cliff "Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
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2. |
My Life
04:09
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MY LIFE
6.30 news on the television
I might be watching you but I'm not listening
A parking ticket or two for no reason
Can't get my message across to all these people
Why should I bother to stick around cos' it doesn't matter to me
I just follow the next man stuff the king and country
There must be more to my life I've had enough so I'm leaving
There must be more to my life the politicians are dreaming
So I'm setting myself free now
Then in the papers I find this crummy survey
How the kids of today have gone their own way
I see my life revolve around in circles
Two generations of the same person
Why should I bother to stick around cos' it doesn't matter to me
I just follow the next man stuff the king and country
There must be more to my life I've had enough so I'm leaving
There must be more to my life the politicians are dreaming
There must be more to my life switch off the TV
There must be more to my life this plane ticket can free me now
So I'm setting myself free stuff the king and the country
If my face don't fit I swear to God I'm gonna hurt someone
And if the DJ talks over my record again I'm gonna kill someone
This is my life this is my life...
I've got a plane to catch plans to hatch
Got a feeling' London's where it's at
A cheap suit a last farewell it's an opportunity to see the world
Don't leave guitars or drums behind
Let's see which way this Penknife Glides
It's my life it's my life...
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/ Steven Gravelle 1980
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3. |
Money To Burn
04:31
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MONEY TO BURN
It seems like only yesterday I was home an' hosed no rent to pay
What am I going to do about it everybody knows you can't live without it
Now Monday morning out of bed get to work late someone says
Where have you been son aren't you makin' a habit of this
An' I'm workin' away from 9-5 there must be easier ways of stayin' alive
Tell me your secret they say you didn't start from scratch
Time and time again blood rushes to my head
Friday nights the night I like the best...
The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket
It's a feeling I get I just can't stop it
Cigarette smoke and the chip fat fingers
The Mainstreet lights the K Road swingers
The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket
Sex and drugs an' late night shopping
Beer stained carpets an' lipstick collar
Spending my money like there's no tomorrow no tomorrow
No tomorrow...
Now what are you trying to do you've been away for a week or two
Can you spare me a tenner I'll pay you back later I promise to
Hey you there in the street with your safe job and family
What am I going to do about it
Everybody knows you can't live without it
Time and time again blood rushes to my head
Friday nights the night I like the best...
The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket
It's a feeling I get I just can't stop it
Cigarette smoke and the chip fat fingers
The Mainstreet lights the K Road swingers
The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket
Sex and drugs an' late night shopping
Beer stained carpets an' lipstick collar
Spending my money like there's no tomorrow no tomorrow
No tomorrow...
Monday Tuesday I detest Wednesday Thursday even less
Friday nights the night I like it satisfies my appetite
Friday nights the night I like the best... oh lah lah lah
The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket
Sex and drugs an' late night shopping
Beer stained carpets and lipstick collar
Spending my money like there's no tomorrow
The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket
It's a feeling I get I just can't stop it
Cigarette smoke and the chip fat fingers
The Mainstreet lights the K Road swingers
The money I earn burns a hole in my pocket
Sex and drugs an' late night shopping
Beer stained carpets and lipstick collar
Spending my money like there's no tomorrow
No tomorrow no tomorrow no tomorrow...
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle 1981
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4. |
Silhouettes
04:04
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SILHOUETTES
We're lying horizontal in our long narrow room
Watching silhouettes
And your asleep beside me while I'm still wide eyed
Lights from the food bar sign blink thru the blinds
Awake some sort of tension excitement anticipation anticipation
As the lights from the food bar sign blink thru the blinds
It's 3.30 in the morning and I'm still wide eyed
Lights from the food bar sign blink thru the blind
Silhouettes larger than life shapes without detail
Staccato sound of a pinball machine in the background
Awake some sort of tension excitement anticipation anticipation
As the lights from the food bar sign blink thru the blind
Someone is listening in the crowd head in the clouds countdown
Voicing opinions to shape our future pawns on a concrete playground
Push her aside start again look for the years wasted
You'll never know brothers sisters how I spend my time face it...
Awake some sort of tension excitement anticipation anticipation
As the lights from the food bar sign blinks thru the blinds
Lying horizontal in our long narrow room...watching silhouettes
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle/Jules Moloney
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5. |
Filling In Time
03:57
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FILLING IN TIME
Put yourself in my place what would you do
In the changing face of danger
Strike a match in the dark light a fag from the spark
In the eyes of a stranger
I've got something on my mind I've been meaning to explain
But I don't think it's necessary to be unkind
I'm too busy livin' out this wasted youth of mine
Filling in time I'm just filling in time filling in time
Place the key in the lock becoming of age what have we got
Conflicting opinions
So change your mind all too soon thinking you are nobody's fool
You're just one in a million
I've got something on my mind I've been meaning to explain
But I don't think it's necessary to be unkind
I'm too busy livin' out this wasted youth of mine
Filling in time I'm just filling in time filling in time
So do yourself a favour I'm nothin' to write home about
Don't bother to ask that question why you know what I'm taking about
I've got something on my mind I've been meaning to explain
But I don't think it's necessary to be unkind
I'm too busy livin' out this wasted youth of mine
Filling in time I'm just filling in time filling in time
So do yourself a favour I'm nothin' to write home about
Don't bother to ask that question why you know what I'm taking about
Filling in time I'm just filling in time filling in time that's all
Filling in time I'm just filling in time filling in time that's all
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
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6. |
Discipline
04:31
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DISCIPLINE
I've seen my name in lights I've had this vision
Give me the benefit of your doubt close this division
So where does this lead to now we don't do this for love
I'm not here to be used by you not miscellaneous junk
Listen to the discipline listen to the discipline
And the beat beat beat goes on
And the beat beat beat goes on
And the beat beat beat beat beat beat goes on...
It's a matter of principle to keep malevolence seen
To cause an angel to scream and shout
But don't object when we're kicking
So where does this lead to now cos' we don't do this for love
We're not here to be used by you not miscellaneous junk
Listen to the discipline listen to the discipline
And the beat beat beat goes on
And the beat beat beat goes on
And the beat beat beat beat beat beat goes on...
Yeah I've seen my name in lights I've had this vision
Give me the benefit of your doubt close this division
Listen to the discipline listen to the discipline
And the beat beat beat goes on
And the beat beat beat goes on
And the beat beat beat beat beat beat goes on...
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle 1982
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7. |
Too Late Now
06:39
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TOO LATE NOW
Strain to see beyond the light at the other end of the hall
Is that the shadow of my girlfriends back heading for the door
What would you have done in my place why did we ever start
You've broken all the rules to love while tearin' out my heart
Don't say somethin' that you might regret
I might forgive you but I won't forget
Too late too late too late - too late now
It's too late now you fool it's too late
It's too late now you fool it's too late
I've been down and out so many times it didn't bother you
I was mad back then to really think the lies you spun were true
Are you really really leaving me you'll never settle down
Guess I'm just one more statistic in this ruthless battleground
Don't strut around town like you're the only one
My head hangs heavy by the damage done
It's too late too late too late - too late now
It's too late now you fool it's too late
It's too late now you fool it's too late
It's too late now you fool it's too late to change your mind
It's too late now you fool yeah it's too late
Don't say somethin' that you might regret
I might forgive you but I won't forget
Too late too late too late - too late now
Don't strut around town like you're the only one
My head hangs heavy from the damage done
It's too late too late too late - too late now
Don't say somethin' that you might regret
I might forgive you but I won't forget
Too late too late too late - too late now
Don't say somethin' that you might regret
Don't say somethin' that you might regret I won't forgive you
It's too late now you fool it's too late
It's too late now you fool yeah it's too late
Don't say somethin' that you might regret
Don't say somethin' that you might regret I won't forgive you
It's too late now you fool it's too late
It's too late now you fool yeah it's too late
It's too late it's too late it's too late...
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle 1982
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8. |
Taking The Weight Off
06:36
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TAKING THE WEIGHT OFF
It seems like you don't care no more
I'm sick of begging you to stay on with money
I don't care care care care care just leave me alone
I'm sick of livin' in the shadow of your smile
Want to take the weight off my feet for a while
I've got no time to sink or swim
Swear I'll never be the same again
So I watch my woman getting closer to him
But she don't say much
Turn the other cheek in my mind
Want to take the weight off my feet for a while
Yah yah yah yah - I'm taking the weight off
Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off
Now I know I'm not here for long
Only long enough to fit the pieces together
Full admission to a mis spent youth spent doing time
Found the fingerprints came from my file
Want to take the weight off my feet for a while
Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off
Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off
Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off
Yah yah yah yah
When every morning starts the same
Got no reason to complain no more
I see the bars before me in my prison cell
But can't turn back time
Find it's written in the Sunday papers
Want to the weight off my feet for a while
Yah yah yah yah - I'm taking the weight off
Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off
I'm not coping in this world too well
Now I'm locked up in a prison cell
Someone's stolen all the air I breathe
I can't stand on my own two feet
Taking the weight off I'm taking the weight off
Taking the weight off taking the weight off
I'm not coping in this world too well
Now I'm locked up in a prison cell
Someone's stolen all the air I breathe
I can't stand on my own two feet
Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight off
Yah yah yah yah - taking the weight...
Taking the weight off - taking the weight off
Taking the weight off...
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle 1981
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9. |
Pressure Me
04:49
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PRESSURE ME
I am the odd man out til' someone else gets hurt
I am the one in doubt let someone else get hurt
And I don't get my kicks by talking bout these things
I've seen it all before I'm not doubting anymore
I was reading Tolstoy when you were swingin' from trees
You must be out of your mind don't try to pressure me
Cos' I suit myself - yeah I suit myself
Don't pressure me pressure me
Don't pressure me pressure me
Don't pressure me pressure me
Don't pressure me pressure me
I'm under pressure I'm under pressure
Just like shit on my shoes I can't live with the smell
I'm gonna bring you to your knees we're up in arms we're up in hell
I was reading Tolstoy when you were swinging from trees
You must be out of your mind don't try to pressure me
Cos' I suit myself - yeah I suit myself
Don't pressure me pressure me
Don't pressure me pressure me
Don't pressure me pressure me
Don't pressure me pressure me
I'm under pressure I'm under pressure
I was reading Tolstoy while you were swinging from trees
You must be out of your mind don't try to pressure me
Just like shit on my shoes I can't live with the smell
l'm gonna bring you to your knees
We're up in arms we're up in hell
Hell were up in hell were up in hell........
Cos' I suit myself - yeah I suit myself
Don't pressure me pressure me
Don't pressure me pressure me
Don't pressure me pressure me
Don't pressure me pressure me
I'm under pressure I'm under pressure
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
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10. |
Sound Of Drums
04:53
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SOUND OF DRUMS
It's narrow line that we have walked on
Braver men than I have talked on pavements lit at dawn
Decisively our world is torn torn torn torn
Listening to the sound of drums - listening to the sound of drums
Beat those rhythms wave those arms listen to the sound of drums
To the sound the sound to the sound the sound... of drums
To the sound of drums
Feel the time retracing steps we took on shallow sand
Have all but washed away
Ever watchful as the creeping tide consumes the land
And here we stand stand stand stand
Listening to the sound of drums - listening to the sound of drums
Beat those rhythms wave those arms listen to the sound of drums
To the sound the sound to the sound the sound... of drums
To the sound of drums
You've got to listen to the sound of drums...the sound of drums
It's all but washed away
Decisively our world is torn torn torn torn
Listening to the sound of drums - listening to the sound of drums
Beat those rhythms wave those arms listen to the sound of drums
To the sound the sound to the sound the sound... of drums
To the sound of drums
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
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11. |
Heatwave
04:01
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HEATWAVE
2000 years from now countdown with every hour
Each minute that transpires will bridge the gap a million miles
The message loud and clear fades faster year by year
No more sorrow no more pain will see tomorrow come again
Oh oh ....
Oh satellite in space no matter where you are
Across the USA to USSR
In English and Chinese we're filling the airwaves
The language of love hits me like a heatwave
You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah
You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah
Oh oh......
Give me a sign you've seen give me a sign you've heard
Send it out in code and back across the world
In English and Chinese we're filling the airwaves
The language of love hits me like a heatwave
You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah
You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah
You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah
You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah
Can't help this mood I'm in caught in this groove that we're in
Can't help this mood I'm in caught in this groove that we're in
You hit me like a...
Heatwave yeah yeah yeah
You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah
You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah
You hit me like a heatwave yeah yeah yeah
You hit me like a.....
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
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12. |
Pleasure Thru Tears
04:04
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PLEASURE THRU TEARS
Put your mouth where your money is
There's no doubt we will find a way
Voices in the distance
Turn your backs on what they have to say
You know our dreams won't last forever
You've got to pick it up and seize the moment
Don't let it slip away
Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years
Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years
Waiting that's no fun at all
Won't take long to waste your youth away
Don't ever dwell on things to come
Live your life like it's the only one
You know our dreams won't last forever
You've got to pick it up and seize the moment
Don't let it slip away
Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years
Oh pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years
Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years
Oh pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years
You know our dreams won't last forever
You've got to pick it up and seize the moment
Don't let it slip away
Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years
Oh pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years
Pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years
Oh pleasure thru tears as we march thru the years
Pleasure thru tears pleasure thru tears pleasure thru tears
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
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13. |
Power And Lies
04:49
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POWER AND LIES
Lies power and lies
Lies power and lies
Pick me up until I drop I don't want to have to stop
I've heard you come in loud and clear
Have you heard it tell me can you hear
Just like the rhythm from the beat of drums
We've got to pass this message on
With touch and smell and sight and sound
Can you feel the pulse move underground
I'm the soul of discretion blinded by this state of elation yeah
I'm the soul of discretion
Lies...power and lies
Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies
Power and lies
Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies
I'm putting on my overcoat
But I'll never leave you alone without material things
Cos' money gets what money wants
But I believe in you but that's not enough
Can't you see my hands are tied
When your promises are promising lies
I'm living free but flying blind
A search for something we'll never find
I'm the soul of discretion I'm blinded by this state of elation yeah
I'm the soul of discretion
Lies...power and lies
Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies
Power and lies
Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies
I'm the soul of discretion I'm blinded by this state of elation yeah
I'm the soul of discretion
Lies...power and lies
Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies
Power and lies
Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies
Power and lies
Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies
Power and lies
Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lies
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle/Maree Ferens
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14. |
Shadow Of Your Smile
03:40
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SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
Pack my bags I'm movin' on since you don't care no more
Swear to God I've done you wrong beggin' you to stay on
When I'm face to face with love it's you I'm thinkin' of
Ask me why that is I'll say because I like it that way
Won't nothin' change my mind
Got this feelin' babe won't nothin' change my mind
Deep in the shadow of your smile
Tears start burnin' heaven help this child
In the shadow of your smile
A thousand footsteps walk a thousand miles
In the shadow of you smile in the shadow of your smile
Build a wall of brick an' stone around your heart around your home
Isolate the one you love from this life preserving drug
Yeah from this drug
Well I might as well be gone from here waste no sentimental tears
Ask me why that is I'll say because I like it that way
Won't nothin' change my mind
Got this feelin' babe won't nothin' change my mind
Deep in the shadow of your smile
Tears start burnin' heaven help this child
In the shadow of your smile
A thousand footsteps walk a thousand miles
In the shadow of you smile in the shadow of your smile
Build a wall of brick an' stone around your heart around your home
And isolate the one you love with this life preserving drug
Deep in the shadow of your smile
Tears start burnin' heaven help this child
In the shadow of your smile
A thousand footsteps walk a thousand miles
In the shadow of you smile in the shadow of your smile
© Cliff 'Skeats' Gravelle/Steven Gravelle
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15. |
Almost
05:37
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ALMOST
Almost a minute has passed
The silence slips away
Almost an encore or a cue
I don't want to talk about it
Almost a minute to go
To the final decision
Almost a moment or pause
Time to put the wheels in motion
Almost a minute away
From the edge of going back
Almost a minute for play
Till the next one starts again
Almost a minute away
Almost a minute away
Almost a minute away
Almost a minute for play...
© Missing Tremble
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Penknife Glides Sydney, Australia
With the cut and thrust of British pop and a slice of pork pie, the talented song writing team of Penknife Glides have re emerged from the ashes of the 80’s. Join them here by exploring through their extensive back catalogue of hits, myths and beyond.
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