ALLEY PALLY PARADISO The Lyrics
RITUAL IDEAS (Jones/Letts)
(E=MC2)
Somebody I never met
But in a way I know
Didn`t think that you could get
So much from a picture show
Man dies first reel
People ask what`s the deal?
This aint how it`s supposed to be
Don`t like no aborigine
Took a trip in Powis Square
Pop star dyed his hair
No fans to scream and shout
When mobsters came to flush him out
Gangland slaying underground
New identity must be found
On the left bank for a while
Insanity Bohemian style
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
And I met a dwarf that was no good
Dressed like little Red Riding Hood
Bad habit taking life
Calling card a six inch knife
Ran off really fast
Mumbled something `bout the past
Best sex I`ve ever seen
As if each moment was the last
Drops of blood colour slide
Funeral for his bride
But it`s him who`s really dead
Gets to take the funeral ride
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
Space guy fell from sky
Scratched my head and wondered why
Time slide into time
Across international dateline
Scientist eats bubblegum
Hall of fame baseball
Senators a Hoodlum
Big chiefs in the hall
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
And my stray thoughts fear to tread
Placed upon the screen instead
Shes my flame too hot to hold
Had to settle for her cold
Bloodlust - Greek God - Gold discovery
Gone bust - Tight wad - Slow recovery
Axe job - Flame thrower - Ironbar and gun
Betting shop - New owner - A walk in the sun
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
Come on and spread the news the Maestros back
With a beat-box soundtrack
The King of brains - Queen of the sack
Executives get heart attack
It`s assault course celluloid
The money makers would avoid
Sometimes notions get reversed
In the centre of the universe
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
BABE (Jones/Letts)
(BABY, DON`T APOLOGISE)
"This is the new BAD group"
"Babyyyyyyy..."
I stand and sing
Hit wood and string
Like many men before
I try my best
And wish the rest
Know what I`m going for
Baby
Don`t apologise
Never had regrets
Wait
Un`till eternity
Sorry you won`t get
I`m standing here
A target clear
My head is in the stock
It rains refuse
Some shout abuse
And other`s throwing rocks
Baby
Don`t apologise
Never had regrets
Wait
Un`till eternity
Sorry you won`t get
What it is
Is what it is
Not what it could be
What you see
Is what you get
Without apology
What I am
Is loud and clear
For all to see
For all to hear
For what I am
Ain`t no excuse
I tried to change but it`s no use
Baby
Don`t apologise
Never had regrets
Wait
Un`till eternity
Sorry you won`t get
Baby
Don`t apologise
Never had regrets
Wait
Un`till eternity
Sorry you won`t get
Baby
Don`t apologise
Never had regrets
Wait
Un`till eternity
Sorry you won`t get
FREE (Jones/Donovan)
(KICKIN` IN)
It should be kickin` in by now
"A new one called Free!"
It should be kickin` in by now
It should be kickin` in by now
If I do what I wanted
I just don`t have the time
I wanna ride my motorcycle
Into the sunshine
My TV`s laughin`
We could only feel small
Like I sat in this cell
All I see is these walls
And I never wanna see another shopping mall
Oh Free
To be what I will
Oh Free
I`ll keep it up `till
I`m Free
But I won`t have nothing at all
This is my life
Believe it I will
But why should I care about all that today
I need a head start
And I don`t wanna stall
Gonna take a bulldozer break down the walls
And I never wanna see another shopping mall
Oh Free
To be what I will
Oh Free
I`ll keep it up `till
I`m Free
But I won`t have nothing at all
But I wake up on the graveyard
Turn out toss and shout
I`m gonna get out on the highway
Now that love is back
There`s a small town in the mountains
Where I do my
It`s discredit for livin`
High five`s skies for this
I wanna see the river turn into the falls
They`ve been down so long
I wanna stand tall
So I pack up my desires into the small loft
And I never wanna see another shopping mall
Shopping mall
Oh Free
To be what I will
Oh Free
I`ll keep it up `till
I`m Free
But I won`t have nothing at all
Oh Free
To be what I will
Oh Free
I`ll keep it up `till
I`m Free
But I won`t have nothing at all
Oh Free
To be what I will
Oh Free
I`ll keep it up `till
I`m Free
But I won`t have nothing at all
MESSIAHS OF THE MILK BAR (Jones/Letts)
(HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD)
The investigation`s in your mind
The investigation`s in your mind
The investigation`s in your mind
The Messiahs of the milk bar
Hellraisers to the end
Had a drop to many
In a toast to all their friends
Movie stars and writers
Are present A to Z
Now these ain`t common people
They`re personalities
And they`ve all got a story
Tattle talk from Tinseltown
Some of them survivors
And others gone to ground
There`s Brendan B and Hunter T
What`s a poet got to say
Hunter`s looking for a story
About the
IRA
Lenny isn`t laughing
`Cause he nearly lost his life
A transexual from the Transvaal
Slipped in as his wife
It`s a star studded scandal
So raise your glass my friend
The Messiahs of the milk bar
Hellraisers to the end
Ain`t nothing going on at the VAT
You got a place to be
If you wanna listen to me
There`s Brendan B and Hunter T
What`s a poet got to say
Hunter`s looking for a story
About the IRA
Lenny isn`t laughing
`Cause he nearly lost his life
A transexual from the Transvaal
Slipped in as his wife
Bukowski wants to talk
But he`s had too much to drink
And he threw up in the piano
`Cause he thought it was the sink
Little Richard and Sal Dali
Singing out of key
Both hallucinated
The Sandoz was for free
Now Osbornes at a party
Colin Wilson`s on the line
Saying listen Johnny Baby
That catchphrase is mine"
Flynn and Reed in conversation
Reowned throughout the land
They`re gonna use a calculator
Workout who`s the better man
Errols` got the looks
And Ollis` got the strenght
One is talking numbers
And the others` talking lenght
Fattys feeling frisky
So he orders more champagne
Women run out screaming
"Oh no not again!"
And they`ve all got a story
Tattle talk from Tinseltown
Some of them survivors
Others gone to ground
Come on now
It`s a star studded scandal
So raise your glass my friend
The Messiahs of the milk bar
Hellraisers to the end
The Messiahs of the milk bar
Hellraisers to the end
CITY LIGHTS (Trainer/Wuthrich/Desjardins/Wuthrich)
"Nick`s gonna show you what a great guitarist he is on this one!"
Secret life
No revoires
Have no time for memories
Come with me don't be afraid
Don't hide away
The windows closed the lights are off
Is it dusk or is it dawn
Telephone is off the line
Turn on TV
You`ve gotta try
To get away from this endless night
You`ve gotta try
I`m gonna help you to see the light
You`ve gotta try
Get out and see some city lights
I need some shelter for a while
Get away from funny smiles
Are you ready
Is it time
You gotta trust someone
You`ve gotta try
To get away from this endless night
You`ve gotta try
I`m gonna help you to see the light
You`ve gotta try
To get out and see some city lights
Always there
Always there
Always there
You`ve gotta try
To get away from this endless night
You`ve gotta try
I`m gonna help you to see the light
You`ve gotta try
To get out and see some city lights
SITUATION NO WIN (Jones)
(RUSH/CHANGE OF ATMOSPHERE)
If I have my time again
I would do it all the same
Ain`t change a single thing
Even when I was to blame
For the heartache and the pain
That I caused throughout the years
How I`d love to be your man
Through the laughter and the tears
Situation no win
Rush for the change of atmosphere
I can`t go on so I give in
Gotta get myself right outta here
Now I`m fully grown
And I know where it`s at
Somehow I stayed thin
While the other guys got fat
All the chances that are blown
And the times that I`ve been down
I didn`t get too high
Kept my feet on the ground
Situation no win
Rush for the change of atmosphere
I can`t go on so I give in
Gotta get myself right outta here
And of all my friends
You`ve been the best to me
Soon will be the day
When I`ll pay you handsomely
Broken hearts are hard to mend
I know I`ve had my share
But life just carries on
Even when I`m not there
Situation no win
Rush for the change of atmosphere
I can`t go on so I give in
Gotta get myself right outta here
Situation no win
Rush for the change of atmosphere
I can`t go on so I give in
Gotta get myself right outta here
"Thank you very much, thank you!"
ALL ST`S ROAD (Jones/Letts)
(THE BATTLE OF ALL ST. ROAD)
"This is called The Battle of All Saints Road"
Everybody talkin`at me
But I don`t hear a word they`re saying
I leave you`re echoes off my mind
A couple of years ago down Ladbroke Grove
The Dreads uptight sittin` on a treasure trove
A skinny white dude came in and took a chair
He had a black leather jacket
And greased back hair
That`s milk cream baby
Call me
Well they ain`t seen nothing like it down the Mangrove
Plugged his guitar into a flat iron stove
All the brothers they began to stare
Hillybilly cat blew `em on the derriere
Way behind way behind
It`s the booze that picks you up
And throws you against the wall
Sometimes there`s a drought
Can`t get no sense at all
Now they had the grass he had the song
The Rocker and the Ras began to get along
Looking around for something to bang
They all joined in and this is what they sang
Joined in
We fired our guns and the coppers kept a coming
There wasn`t quite as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began a running
Over Vauxhall Bridge and Via Pimlico
Cow foot curry herbage and macheté
`57 Chevy in a Rondolet
Red stripe BM a game of dominoes
Zebra serenade the honky`s and negros
Well it ain`t Mozart
Nowadays all quiet on the All Saints Road
Cops and yups come in by the truckload
A condo stands where the grass used to grow
Race attacks filofax and nobody goes
It`s the booze that picks you up
And throws you against the wall
Lost my vallet and my mind
At the carnival
Seven Eleven McDonalds and Ho-Jo`s
Gettys` on the jetty watch the river flow
The Lambeth walk`s like 42nd Street
Well folks I gotta tell you this town can`t be beat
That`s tree you now
Nice view
Thank you very much, thank you!"
I`M ON THE RIGHT TRACK (Jones/Donovan)
(CONTACT)
"It`s called Contact!"
Feelings fly around
Around up in the air
Bouncing off the walls
Getting under my hair
On the carpet in the weave
Up in trees on the leaves
Feelings flying everywhere
I`m on the right track
For what I want to say
I got to get it out
There ain`t no other way
To make contact
There ain`t no getting away
From how I feel today
Feelings flying around
Around up in the air
Out in the hall
And sitting on my chair
I`ve seen them on the train
Coming down with the rain
Feelings flying everywhere
I`m on the right track
For what I want to say
I got to get it out
There ain`t no other way
To make contact
There ain`t no getting away
From how I feel today
Feelings flying around
Around up in the air
Some are really small
They come from over there
Hard to ignore
I see them all the more
Feelings flying everywhere
I`m on the right track
For what I want to say
I got to get it out
There ain`t no other way
To make contact
There ain`t no getting away
From how I feel today
I`m on the right track
For what I want to say
I got to get it out
There ain`t no other way
To make contact
There ain`t no getting away
From how I feel today
I`m on the right track
For what I want to say
I got to get it out
There ain`t no other way
To make contact
There ain`t no getting away
From how I feel today
I`m on the right track
For what I want to say
I got to get it out
There ain`t no other way
To make contact
There ain`t no getting away
From how I feel today
"Thank you very much!"
1999 (Prince)