Sophie From this life you’ve got set me free I’m coming to you from the other side Come and change my life Sophie I wanna be around your company I’ll pin my name badge on with pride Captain of your side I’ve read about your interest And your promises of five pounds ten an hour And your complimentary breakfast after six months oh (I feel so excited I just can’t explain) Honey take me on Sophie From this life you’ve got set me free I’m coming to you from the other side Come and change my life Sophie I want the shop soiled honey for free I wanna scan it from the left to the right Pick me over-time Sophie I’ll even work all day on checkout three I’ll pack the bags with the frozen inside Be your perfect guy Sophie I know you’ll make a super saver of me I’ve got my pension and I’ll do my time Be your man for life Sitting in the staffroom with pat-time Zanzibar He doesn’t want it like me He doesn’t care like me You walked in the room And you gave him a bakers coat But what about me? What will I be? Sophie You’ve me worried girl I’m all at sea You’ve got that bad news look in your eye Please don’t make me cry Sophie I wanna be around your company I’ll pin my name badge on with pride See how hard I try, I’ll try Captain of your side So you gestured for me to follow And you handed me a white coat paused and smiled Then the plastic shoes and hairnet How my heart leapt (I feel so excited I just can’t explain) I could have kissed the sky Sophie Found a place behind the deli for me And now I see you from the other side Me and ham for life Sophie I’m better than the guy on checkout three And Zanzibar in his bakers coat I’m your man for life Sophie I saw you flash your silver Clubcard at me I’m gonna get one before I die Make the till girls sigh, I’ll try Captain of your side

Tea? Tea? Tea Sir? More tea? More tea? More tea? More tea? Tea? More tea sir? Drink from the bar? Sweetie sir? Mmm yes you are Hot refreshing towel For your face? Mini bag of pretzels? Fruit cake? Flying Heading up to space You’re working with a Smile aching on your face You’ve found your home as a mile high trolley dolly Sky-seeking till tart Tea? Tea? Tea Sir? More tea? More tea? More tea? More tea? Tea? More tea sir? Drink from the bar? Sweetie sir? Mmm yes you are Hot refreshing towel For your face? Mini bag of pretzels? Fruit cake? Flying Heading up to space You’re working with a Smile aching on your face You’ve found your home as a mile high trolley dolly Sky-seeking till tart Would you like some tea sir? Tea? Tea? Would you like milk sir? Light snack? Sir? Would you like a boiled sweet? Sweetie? Goodbye sir Flying Heading up to space You’re working with a Smile aching on your face You’ve found your home as a mile high trolley dolly Sky-seeking till tart Flying Heading up to space You’re working with a Smile aching on your face You’ve found your home as a mile high trolley dolly Sky-seeking till tart

Breezed into a water hole in Wimbledon Cross legged with the flock you sit and sway Ooh but the shock, as you see my face I look in your eyes and watch as your head goes down Ooh la la la la la Ooh what I know Ooh la la la la la Spaced out like a bum don’t make you different Your silver spoon and your tongue give you away Ooh but you try and you try so hard I look in your eyes and watch as your head goes down Ooh la la la la la Ooh what I know Ooh la la la la la Lets go Ooh what I know Pale heads that bear clip-on dreads bewilder me Be cool but don’t fool yourself like that Ooh cos I know that there’s something wrong I look in your eyes and watch as your head goes down Ooh la la la la la Ooh what I know Ooh la la la la la Lets go Ooh what I know Copyright © Gareth Hadley

Give me a dose of the holy water Helps me to sleep now the nights are shorter Hold me back from a life spend in the shade All those promises you made To change your way of life Give me a dose of the holy water Have you been back lately? Give me a dose of the holy water Leave me to drink to my daily quota There’s never smoke without fire there’s never heat Without drink you couldn’t eat Couldn’t think you couldn’t breathe Give me a dose of the holy water Have you been back lately? Each move across the border Leaves another day of common sense behind Another piece of mind goes wanting The living picture is broader And it’s moving on as you leave yourself behind Another mind, see your face in the water Can you picture yourself? Give me a dose of the holy water Helps me to sleep now the nights are shorter Hold me back from a life spend in the shade All those promises you made To change your way of life Give me a dose of the holy water Have you been back lately? Have you been back lately? Have you been back lately?

I know your face but I don’t know what your name is That dumb expression I have seen somewhere before On the front the middle and the back pages Everything’s the same, everything’s the same Everything’s the same, everything’s the same I know the game but I don’t know what the point is Same rules, same winner, same God Everything’s the same, everything’s the same Everything’s the same, everything’s the same It’s coming around again It’s coming around again oh yeah, yeah, yeah It’s coming around again It’s coming around again oh yeah, yeah, yeah Flash a smile but I know you’re disappointed I broke the rules and I meant it from the heart I couldn’t bring myself to give you what you wanted Everything’s the same, everything’s the same Everything’s the same, everything’s the same It’s coming around again It’s coming around again oh yeah, yeah, yeah It’s coming around again It’s coming around again oh yeah, yeah, yeah It’s coming around again It’s coming around again oh yeah, yeah, yeah It’s coming around again It’s coming around again oh yeah, yeah, yeah

An ordinary day I drift away From the silence I feel that merseybeat Down in my feet Gets me out of my seat So make it just today On the stage Lock the door And now its time to play Like yesterday All the songs Make it happen Oh yeah Make it happen Make it happen Oh yeah Make it happen There's cats up on the roof In the groove Amongst the pylons Down here in the street So indiscreet Breaks the silence So make it just today Build a stage Anywhere you like And disclose the proof To the dudes Of today Make it happen Oh yeah Make it happen Make it happen Oh yeah Make it happen Make it happen Oh yeah Make it happen Make it happen Oh yeah Make it happen

They’ve got peacocks in the garden They’ve got canapés in the foyer Filled with chilli beans and soya It’s a sheepdogs paranoia A world completely paranormal Like a psychedelic football match With Hendrix between the sticks Ginger Baker at the back It’s a pseudo hippy love shack Full of students and their rich dads They’ve been fiddling the application forms To get grants for their little shit-bags That 2:2 in media Well it just aint gonna feed ya I mean where’s it gonna lead ya In your high society? It’s a false reality But we watch it on TV There you are clocking every move And pointless word of those who crave I.D. Box me in I’d rather be a singer than a poet Box me in I’d rather be a singer than a poet I’d rather be a singer than a poet They’ve got patches in the carpet From intensive yogalatis Like the fruit and water diet I bet you wish you’d never started But it will get them in the end Like the cheques they never send Cos it drives you to a bender Cos you feel like an offender But you think you look like Jordan With the mind of a parking warden It’s the blend that is important In this harsh reality But you see them on TV And you see them in the paper You’ve got to move the elevator Up or down it’s gonna break ya But your prospects could expand When you grease some brother hand So you fiddle up the application forms But the folks they just don’t give a damn Box me in I’d rather be a singer than a poet Box me in I’d rather be a singer than a poet I’d rather be a singer than a poet I’d rather be a singer than a…poet

You know it always feels like such a waste of time The empty bottles standing on the shelf Little by little I try and break away But I always come back to you in the end Yes I always come back to you in the end You know there’s going to be such a mighty hell When I wake up in a bad way I guess we both know that I’m here to stay But I always come back to you in the end Yes I always come back to you in the end You know, you know what it’s like When every single day you’re drifting further form your life You know, the only thing that’s left When you get yourself together you’ve got to satisfy yourself, Satisfy yourself You know I always thought that I could pick and choose Give it all away whenever I wanted to I come and go but one thing’s for certain though That I I’ll always come back to you in the end I’ll always come back to you in the end You know, you know what it’s like When every single day you’re drifting further form your life You know, the only thing that’s left When you get yourself together you’ve got to satisfy yourself, Satisfy yourself You know, you know what it’s like When every single day you’re drifting further form your life You know, the only thing that’s left When you get yourself together you’ve got to satisfy yourself, Satisfy yourself

Yellow is the view from my room Fields in the haze of a golden moon Listen, summer sounds overhead Whilst floating out at sea, a thousand bodies on an ocean bed The curl is laced with white And it hangs above us so tall Something worth waiting all night for Might never happen at all And now the coffee is black And it’s waiting to be filled And if I catch this now then I won’t sleep tonight because my mind feels so alive oh Yellow is the view from my room People hide and seek in the golden dunes Glisten, burning sun in my eyes Whilst floating out at sea, a thousand bodies searching for the prize The curl is laced with white And it hangs above us so tall Something worth waiting all night for Might never happen at all And now the coffee is black And it’s waiting to be filled And if I catch this now then I wont sleep tonight because my mind feels so alive oh

There’s a hole in my head where the rain gets in Like dropping money in a slot machine Like pennies in a tin it feels like lead There’s a hole in my head, there’s a hole in my head There’s a hole in my brain which I can’t explain It’s quite sore but absorbs the rain That dumbs my sense and numbs my pain There’s a hole in my brain, there’s a hole in my brain Superfly Superfly There’s a hole in my shoe where the rain gets through It’s not funny ‘cos I bought them as new A pair for me and a pair for you There’s a hole in my shoe, there’s a hole in my shoe There’s a hole in my skin where the rain gets under I look old but I feel much younger But I start to wonder with the state I’m in There’s a hole in my skin, there’s a hole in my skin Superfly Superfly Superfly Superfly There’s a hole in face where the rain gets caught I’m blowing bubbles in with every thought They go pop or return to trace There’s a hole in my face, there’s a hole in my face There’s a hole in my butt where the rain gets out I’m blowing bubbles when I scream and shout All taut and stuck in a rut There’s a hole in my butt, there’s a hole in my butt Superfly Superfly

Birds fly again above my head The scent of home surrounds me I close my eyes and breathe the air Cast back amongst familiar skies A sense of joy surrounds me I feel my soul come back to life vh Ooh, ooh, I know I’ll forever be sure They can take me away But I’ll still come back for more, oh yeah Ooh, ooh, I know it like never before They can send me away But I’ll still come back for more, oh yeah Birds fly again above my head The golden sun is rising Spread the word this boy is home Cast back amongst familiar smiles I feel your arms around me Spread the word this boy is home Ooh, ooh, I know I’ll forever be sure They can take me away But I’ll still come back for more, oh yeah Ooh, ooh, I know it like never before They can send me away But I’ll still come back for more, oh yeah Birds fly again above my head The scent of home surrounds me Jump for joy this boy is home Ooh, ooh, I know I’ll forever be sure They can take me away But I’ll still come back for more, oh yeah Ooh, ooh, I know it like never before They can send me away But I’ll still come back for more, oh yeah Ooh, ooh, I know I’ll forever be sure They can take me away But I’ll still come back for more, oh yeah Ooh, ooh, I know it like never before They can send me away But I’ll still come back for more, oh yeah

Back as a school girl she was a flirt With the face of an angel, the voice of a bird She looks like a filmstar haven’t you heard? She plays a part with very few words She stars with the boyfriend she met in a bar Fell for the spray-tan and feather white car He looks like a filmstar haven’t you heard? He plays a part with very few words Oh I wonder is your mama proud? Or won’t she give you the time, give you the time, give you the time of day? Tell me, is your daddy talking to you? Can you look in his eyes, look in his eyes, look in his eyes these days? Oh I wonder is your mama proud? Or won’t she give you the time, give you the time, give you the time of day? Tell me, is your daddy talking to you? Can you look in his eyes, look in his eyes, look in his eyes these days? Days in the sunshine deepen the lines Sitting on the top shelf, drinking the wine She lives like a filmstar haven’t you heard She plays a part with very few words But not with the boyfriend she couldn’t engage He went to play with someone his own age She looks like a filmstar haven’t you heard She plays a part with very few words, that’s right Oh I wonder is your mama proud? Or won’t she give you the time, give you the time, give you the time of day? Tell me, is your daddy talking to you? Can you look in his eyes, look in his eyes, look in his eyes these days? Oh I wonder is your mama proud? Or won’t she give you the time, give you the time, give you the time of day? Tell me, is your daddy talking to you? Can you look in his eyes, look in his eyes, look in his eyes these days? Oh I wonder is your mama proud? Or won’t she give you the time, give you the time, give you the time of day? Tell me, is your daddy talking to you? Can you look in his eyes, look in his eyes, look in his eyes these days?

Water on the doorstep Ripen up a Jersey cow I don’t believe in Danzuker I’d rather be a sugar lump Melt into a hot cup Float across a camomile I don’t believe in Danzuker Danzuker You know what I’m on about Who bothers with tea in a coffee house? Oo ooh I’m as Chinese as I’m wurst and sauerkraut But you’re selling me out Freaky little two step Preaching to my grandfather He’ll never be a Danzuker He’s regimental sugar lump Jack he is a fruitcake Is he just a little queer? He’d rather be a Danzuker Danzuker You know what I’m on about Who bothers with tea in a coffee house? Oo ooh I’m as Chinese as I’m doner kebab But you’re selling me out Humour me for God’s sake You think I’m scared to move forward But I don’t believe in Danzuker Danzuker, you know what I’m on about Danzuker, you know what I’m on about Danzuker, you know what I’m on about

In my lifetime I have seen her Floating like a ballerina Memories of the life of Tina Oh, oh oh oh oh Would not live with life eroded Took the glory then exploded All the systems over-loaded Oh, oh oh oh oh Wahey ey oh We’re all following Tina Folks you hear are all so certain She’d become a different person She would not have been the first one Oh, oh oh oh oh Blame it on the circumstances And a taste for foreign fancies Endless string of lost romances Oh, oh oh oh oh Wahey ey oh We’re all following Tina In my lifetime I have seen her She was just a lucky dreamer Any one of us could’ve been her Oh, oh oh oh oh Famous drinking Orangina Now it’s milk and warm Ribena Memories of the life of Tina Oh, oh oh oh oh

I was in the party mood When I saw this bloke arrive Something was unusual He had a guitar by his side Everyone was chilling out When there was suddenly a strumming sound As the people turned around He starting singing very loud I don’t do things like that Tell me that I don’t do things like that I don’t do things like that I’m hoping that I don’t do things like that He closed the song in silence Then began to start again I think there should be violence Cos this man has got no shame He tried to play some well know songs In the hope that we would sing along But people had got bored of him So they ignored him, I just laughed I don’t do things like that Tell me that I don’t do things like that I don’t do things like that I’m hoping that I don’t do things like that I don’t do things like that Tell me that I don’t do things like that I don’t do things like that I’m hoping that I don’t do things like that I don’t do things like that Tell me that I don’t do things like that I don’t do things like that I’m hoping that I don’t do things like that

It’s a long way home When you’re sad and alone And home don’t feel like home anymore Been away so long I’m sure The grass is long And the curtains drawn And home wont feel like home anymore Now the dust has set on the floor I’m trying to tell you And I’m trying to help you We can’t keep running away Cos it just gets harder every day We can keep delaying the conversation Oh no, it’s not fair It’s not fair on anyone or anything Especially the little souls Who didn’t choose to be there, no It’s a modern life tragedy It’s a long way back This far down the track And life don’t seem worth living anymore Been down so long I’m sure My mind is blown And my heart turned to stone And home don’t feel like home any more Been away so long im sure We can’t keep running away Cos it just gets harder every day We can keep delaying the conversation Oh no, it’s not fair It’s not fair on anyone or anything Especially the little souls Who didn’t choose to be there, no It’s a modern life tragedy