THE UNDERTONES The Lyrics

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT


So you think you`re so clever never in doubt
But I`ve seen you two together fooling about
Don`t get me wrong now I`ve seen what you are
Mummy wouldn`t like it it`s gone too far

Got to
Keep it in the family
Like to
Keep it in the family
Have to
Keep it in the family
Want to
Keep it in the family

Playing with the devil it`s your favourite thing
Never trying to hide it there`s no shame
Something discovered what will you do then
Family entertainment will come to an end

Got to
Keep it in the family
Like to
Keep it in the family
Have to
Keep it in the family
Want to
Keep it in the family

Keep it in the family 


GIRLS DON`T LIKE IT


Hey wasn`t Eddie driving that car
Yeah I don`t go for him do you

Here comes Eddie in a brand new car
Driving like that he won`t get far
Kissing in the back seat all the way home
You can`t do that if you`re on your own
But what else can you do if the girls don`t like it

Says he doesn`t have nowhere else to go
No late night movies now on radio
Just a TV switched up really loud
Know what I mean it becomes part of the crowd
But what else can you do if the girls don`t like it

If the girls want to know what were gonna do know
Always up to things they`re not supposed to allow
Leading us on telling no
Making us stop instead of letting us go
But what else can you do if the girls don`t like it


MALE MODEL


When I was young I never wanted toys
Things like that were for little boys
My mamma got me clothes for her favourite son
Freeman`s island make it six to one

I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a
Model
Model

Read women`s magazines for fashion scenes
Til you know the prices they`re in pounds and pence
Reminds me that I can`t afford to buy you clothes
I never got a chance to say I`ll take those

I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a
Model
Model

I`m fed up of wearing things second hand
The coat that must belong to another man
Sizes that got out of style years ago
Anything cheap I don`t wanna know


I GOTTA GETTA


Jackie Trainer says that she`s never at home
Cos when she`s in she knows she`s never alone
They`d always be somebody whose just hanging around
Waiting for a chance to start putting her down

Next time we`ll have to better
I gotta getta
I gotta getta
I gotta getta

Never see me hides in the boot of the car
He`ll never learn to drive he knows it`s too late now
He turns ignition on and it`s ready to start
As the car begins to move he feels it falling apart

Next time we`ll have to better
I gotta getta
I gotta getta
I gotta getta


TEENAGE KICKS


Are teenage dreams so hard to beat
Everytime she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine
She looks so good

I wanna hold you wanna hold you tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

I`m gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over cause I`m all alone
I need excitement oh I need it bad
And it`s the best I`ve ever had

I wanna hold you wanna hold you tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

I wanna hold you wanna hold you tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night


WRONG WAY


Stop treating me this way girl
Cos you know I meant no harm
Is this the way you wanted to be now
My head`s going round and round

I can`t understand the way things are
This is the wrong way
You will have to change someday


JUMP BOYS


Jump boys
Jump boys
Jump boys
Jump boys

Jump boys are crazy they don`t have no sense
Never getting lost in coincidence
Never lost for words always shoot from the moon
To make it with the girls who can`t come to their rooms

Jump boys
Jump boys
Jump boys
Jump boys

To be set to be psyched got more energy than most
Night time`s the long time they prowl just like ghosts
Spit at your face never trying to get away
Get into trouble they`ve got a lot to say

Jump boys
Jump boys
Jump boys
Jump boys


HERE COMES THE SUMMER


Oh baby baby what can I do
You know you drive me crazy when I`m looking at you
The summer`s really here and it`s time to come out
Time to discover what fun is about

Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer

Keep looking for the girls with their faces all tanned
Lying on the beaches all covered in sand
Stretching out their long legs lying in the sun
They know they`re beautiful they`re having fun

Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer

Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer

Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer


GET OVER YOU


Dressed like that you must be living in a different world
And your mother doesn`t know why you can`t look like all the other girls

They stop you in the street they wanna know your name
To reach you on the phone cause they know your game
Always running up the alley
Trying to get home
Or standing on the corner
Never alone

And I don`t wanna get over you
It doesn`t matter what you do
I just can`t get over you
Over you

You say the boys with the bikes and the leathers like to beat you to hell
And the girls where you work don`t treat you too well

You think you`re such a slapper but you ain`t so bad
Get what you want with looks like that
Always running up the alley
Trying to get home
Or standing on the corner
Never alone

And I don`t wanna get over you
It doesn`t matter what you do
I just can`t get over you
Over you

And I don`t wanna get over you
It doesn`t matter what you do
I just can`t get over you
Over you


BILLY`S THIRD


If you say no 
it would break my heart in two
But don`t you realise
There`s too many watching you

We`re making too many problems
Making matters worse
Maybe it`s a curse
But oh baby it`s hurts
But oh baby it`s hurts

Don`t look down cos if you do
you won`t see what`s in front of you
Can`t turn your back on me this time
Cos if you do I won`t mind

We`re making too many problems
Making matters worse
Maybe it`s a curse
But oh baby it`s hurts
But oh baby it`s hurts

If you say no 
If you say no 

We`re making too many problems
Making matters worse
Maybe it`s a curse
But oh baby it`s hurts
But oh baby it`s hurts


JIMMY JIMMY


Little mummy`s boy
He wasn`t very old
Though he was very small
He did what he was told

Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy
Oooh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn`t let go

He`d stay awake at night
Lying in his bed
No one ever listened
To a single word he said

Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy
Oooh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn`t let go

Silly boy
Silly boy
Silly boy
Such a silly boy

Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy
Oooh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn`t let go

Now little Jimmy`s gone
He disappeared one day
But no one saw the ambulance
That took little Jim away

Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy
Oooh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn`t let go


TRUE CONFESSIONS


Don`t look so surprised
You`ve been telling me lies
True true true confessions

It`s hard to wake up to your makeup
So let`s take off that disguise
True true true confessions

Let`s sit down and sort this out
It`s not so hard to talk about
True true true confessions

I got a picture from your sister
There was writing on the back
True true true confessions


RUNAROUND (SHE`S A)


She doesn`t know what she`s feeling inside
She`ll never get what she`s never had
She wants to leave home but she can`t get away
Always on her own every single day

Cos she`s a run-around
What a total disaster
She`s a run-around
She`s got nothing to do
She`s a run-around
Doesn`t know what she`s after
She`s a run-around
She hasn`t a clue

She wishes she could live in a world of her own
Go someplace where she`s not known
There`s no more her to do any good
Can`t get the satisfaction she wishes she could

Cos she`s a run-around
What a total disaster
She`s a run-around
She`s got nothing to do
She`s a run-around
Doesn`t know what she`s after
She`s a run-around
She hasn`t a clue

She doesn`t know what she`s feeling inside
She`ll never get what she`s never had
She wants to leave home but she can`t get away
Always on her own every single day

Cos she`s a run-around
What a total disaster
She`s a run-around
She`s got nothing to do
She`s a run-around
Doesn`t know what she`s after
She`s a run-around
She hasn`t a clue


I KNOW A GIRL


I know a girl
I know that she knows about me
She not just a girl
I think she knows how I feel

I know a girl
I know a girl

I know a girl
I know that see her all the time in the street
She makes me feel
I`m in love every time that we meet
I know a girl
I know a girl

I know a girl
See her everyday of the week
She makes me feel
I`m in love every time that we meet
I know a girl
I know a girl


LISTENING IN


I was sitting on my own
No one rang so I picked up the phone
Then I heard your voice
I was listening in

You were talking in the hall
I wasn`t there but I heard it all
Nothing I could do
Just listening in

On the carpet you`re so small
Who had you covered wall to wall
Nothing I could do
Just listening in

Now you`re gone any your line`s dead
Nothing I can do instead
No more
No more
No more listening in


CASBAH ROCK


Now it won`t take long
Now before you know
If you`re not thrown out
Then you`ll want to go

Cos you`ll never get pop at the Casbah Rock
You`ll never get pop at the Casbah Rock
Ooh you won`t get pop at the Casbah Rock
You`ll never get pop at the casbah Rock


SMARTER THAN YOU


I`m a little intellectual
Some one who knows it all
I could be your summer special
You could be my New York doll
My doll

I`m a little intellectual
Some one who knows it all
I could be your summer special
You could be my New York doll
My doll

Smarter than you
Smarter than you
Smarter than you
Can`t you see I`m

Smarter than you
Smarter than you
Smarter than you
Can`t you see I`m

I met you we talk a little
Find you fascinating by five past ten
I kiss you and call you later
Cos I want to see you again
You again

Smarter than you
Smarter than you
Smarter than you
Can`t you see I`m

Can`t you see I`m smart


EMERGENCY CASES


Everybody hates an emergency case ah ha
Everybody hates an emergency case ah ha
Cos who disgraces
Emergency cases

Cos when you say we`re gone we still hang on ah ha
Cos when you say we`re gone we still hang on ah ha
Cos 999`s a waste of time

Everybody hates an emergency case ah ha
Everybody hates an emergency case ah ha
Cos who disgraces
Emergency cases

Cos when you say we`re gone we still hang on ah ha
Cos when you say we`re gone we still hang on ah ha
Cos 999`s a waste of time
We still hang on when you say we`ve gone

Everybody hates an emergency case ah ha
Everybody hates an emergency case ah ha
Cos who disgraces
Emergency cases


TOP TWENTY


Talking on the telephone
The boys won`t leave the girls alone
So what are you gonna do now
Hey hey hey

Top
Top twenty
Oh no
Top
Top twenty
Oh no
Top
Top twenty
Oh no

Take you for another ride
It`s hard attempting suicide
And everything`s ok
Hey hey hey

Top
Top twenty
Oh no
Top
Top twenty
Oh no
Top
Top twenty
Oh no

Can`t get the things we want
Cos all the girls can do is taunt
Say what are we gonna do now 
Hey hey hey

Top
Top twenty
Oh no
Top
Top twenty
Oh no
Top
Top twenty
Oh no

Hey hey hey

I can`t get no satisfaction
All I want is easy action baby

Hey hey hey


REALLY REALLY


I really really love her
It wasn`t hard to do

I really really love her
It wasn`t hard to do

She has to be the one
No one else could be such fun
The little things that make her nice
She`s gonna stay with me all the time

I really really love her
It wasn`t hard to do

Now I know what it means
To always have you in my dreams
I don`t know why you happened to me
This is the way it`s got to be


MARS BARS


I need a Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spa
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I`ve had total fun
It helps me
Makes me
Work rest and play
It helps me
Makes me
Work rest and play

I never eat my dinner
I push away the plate
You can see I`m getting thinner
Because I just can`t wait

I need a Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spa
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I`ve had total fun
It helps me
Makes me
Work rest and play
It helps me
Makes me
Work rest and play

To Patrick Moore and David Bowie
And all the other stars
There`s evidence here to show
That there`s life on Mars

I need a Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spa
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I`ve had total fun
It helps me
Makes me
Work rest and play
It helps me
Makes me
Work rest and play

There`s glucose for energy
Caramel for strength
The chocolate`s only there
To keep it the right length

I need a Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spa
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I`ve had total fun
It helps me
Makes me
Work rest and play
It helps me
Makes me
Work rest and play

To anybody out there who still eats Twix
Anybody on packets of Buttons
I gave them up when I was six
I hope your teeth are rotten

I need a Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spa
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I`ve had total fun
It helps me
Makes me
Work rest and play
It helps me
Makes me
Work rest and play

Work
Rest and play


SHE CAN ONLY SAY NO


I got to find a way to face the day
Got no time to hesitate
No more hanging around the door
Cos she can only say no

No boy has gone ahead and asked her straight
I don`t have the time to wait
Don`t know what I`m supposed to say
Though she can only say no

She can only say no no no

No boy has gone ahead and asked her straight
I don`t have the time to wait
Don`t know what I`m supposed to say
Though she can only say no

Does she like you or something


ONE WAY LOVE


She`s got so hard to talk to
Though he can`t forget her name
She`s some to hold on to
But he`s not who to blame 

One way love
One way love
One way love
One way love
One way love
One way love
Getting so tired of
One way love

She wishes he was older
Then she won`t feel so bad
She knows she has to tell him
Even though it`ll make him sad

One way love
One way love
One way love
One way love
One way love
One way love
Getting so tired of
One way love

She know she doesn`t love him
And there`s nothing he can do
She knows she has to tell him
She has to say they`re through

One way love
One way love
One way love
One way love
One way love
One way love
Getting so tired of
One way love