What we need is a revolution A guerrilla war Something to break The easy complacency Of Friday afternoons We could be partisans You and I Fighting for our cell Like the PLO Or Patty Hurst Ruthless and cool You with your hair tied back Holding a Kalashnikov (Very punk) Desperate lovers Snatching moments of passion […]
On the composition of Ludwig, L!lburne says: “The melding of lyrics and music in this song was pure serendipity, an unintentional collaboration with my old mate John Harris: his words, my music. “The tune had been kicking around for years before I taught it to our then garage band, The Broken Hearts, at one of our Sunday […]
Ludwig is a spy Talking very quietly and secretly To another spy Ludwig listens carefully To the sounds of the words of instruction From the other side Ludwig gets the message He reads it Eats it Digests it He doesn’t wonder why Ludwig Ludwig Ludwig has a Luger A very dangerous pen And an umbrella […]
Went out to lunch Just the other day Ran into an old friend She was really blown away Her eyes were glazed vacant And I couldn’t follow a word that she’d say She used to be so smart Now she’s fallen all apart And you wouldn’t know what day it was Went to a session […]
One day in my youth I was hanging out ― as you do The scalies in my living room Were riffing the air with tunes We were smoking It was cooking [hot] Johnny burst in [late] He’d been rowing [a lot] He fell onto the floor Clenched his fists in […]
In my heart I’m still wild and kicking In my head I’m still seventeen But in the glass the time bomb’s ticking I’m heading straight to smithereens Yeah I’m a lonely old man No-one wants me, no-one needs me Lonely old man Couldn’t make a woman cry Lonely old man No-one loves me, no one […]
You’re driving me crazy You’re driving me mad You’re driving me utterly wild It’s kinda scary It’s kinda sad That I should feel this inspired I just can’t get enough of you And it get’s better every time You’re driving me crazy You’re driving me mad You’re driving me out of my head It’s gotta […]
A kamikaze romance For a haemophiliac heart You can’t stay together But you can’t keep apart Don’t talk about common sense You know this one is stranger It isn’t an accident When you’ve got a choice You didn’t want it to happen Now you can’t let it end And you know that it’s foolish You […]
Blackbirds sing And black crows fly The other week I saw two of them Having a fight They were vicious Out for blood I couldn’t help thinking They must’ve once been in love You rolled away And slipped out of bed You thought I was sleeping Felt like I was dead You crept downstairs To […]
(THE 9 TO 5 BLUES) I woke up this morning And I jumped out of bed Yeah, I woke up this morning And literally leapt out of bed I was so full of life I had visions of splendour in my head Made myself some breakfast And jumped into the shower I brewed a pot […]