@ALBUM: 0898 Author: The Beautiful South Album Title: 0898 Compiled by: tschach@math.fu-berlin.de @SONG: Old Red Eyes Is Back Old Red eyes is back Red from the night before the night before Walked into the wrong bar walked into a door Old Red's in town And sitting late at night he doesn't make a sound Just adding to the winkles on his deathly frown They're only red from all the tears that I should've shed They're only red from all the women that I could've wed So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise They could never be blue They could never be blue They could never be blue They could never be blue Listen up Old Red You never listened to a word the doctor said He tould you if you drank another you'd be dead Old Red Eyes is back His shoulders ache all over and his brain is sore He pours a drink and listens to his body thaw They're only red from all the thoughts unused inside my head They're only red from all the things I could have done instead So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise They could never be blue They could never be blue They could never be blue They could never be blue Blue is a streetr without an end Red is the colour of my hell Blue is a greeting from a friend Red is the colour of farewell Old Red he died And every single landlord in the district cried An empty bottle of whisky laying by his side A lazy little tear running from each eye They could never be blue They could never be blue They could never be blue They could never be blue @SONG: We Are Each Other There's no more little secrets we haven't yet disclosed We bore the living daylights of anyone too close And all our cards at Christmas are written to us both Count them up who's got the most? Said we'd be close Said we'd work perfectly Said that we'd toast Beautiful company Closer than a sister to her baby brother Closer than a cat to the cild that she'll smother It's too close for a lover It's too close for a lover We are each other We are each other We've been through all positions and this one's definitely best You move Middle East and I'll move Wild West What happened to our friendship we could easily have guessed Add it up we're self-possessed Said we'd be true Said we'd be so so proud Just me an you We'd shout it out aloud Closer than a sister to her baby brother Closer than a cat to the cild that she'll smother It's too close for a lover It's too close for a lover We are each other We are each other Remember we went shopping and we went by piggyback I shaved all my legs and you grew hairs upon your back Well no-one's ever been since to this lover's shack It's a cul-de-sac Said we'd be close Said we'd work perfectly Said that we'd toast Beautiful company Said we'd be true Said we'd be so so proud Just me an you We'd shout it out aloud Closer than a sister to her baby brother Closer than a secret agent working under cover It's too close for a lover It's too close for a lover We are each other We are each other @SONG: The Rocking Chair Here I walk, here I walk Looking for an angel's wings in the den of the hawk Here I am, here I am With a choice between an also ran and a sunbed tan And you thought you'd found your own little look How I misjudged, how I mistook And you thought you'd found the style of your hair I guess tonight I'll take, I'll take these troubles to the rocking chair So I'll take these high-heeled shoes And yes I'll take these traditional views I'll take this deep despair Of a 30 year old squere, to the rocking chair Here I sit, here I sit Looking for a warming smile in a house of cold wit Here I stand, here I stand Torn between the balding drunk and no man's land And they'll tell you when you've reached your peak Where the wolf-whistle rung there's a deafening shriek Blowing kisses into thin air I guess tonight I'll take, I'll take these troubles to The rocking chair So I'll take this awkward stance And I'll take this sexless dance I'll take this deep despair of a 30 year old square To the rocking chair Am I skinny? A shade too fat? Mmmm...My friend the cat knows all about that Am I happy? (here I sit, here I sit) Just a little sad (looking for a warming smile in a house of cold wit) Mmmm...My friend the cat knows all about that Am I skinny? (Here I walk, here I walk) A shade too fat? (Looking for an angel's wings in the den of the hawk) My friend the cat knows all about that @SONG: We'll Deal With You Later Revolutions come and go but we'll just have to wait The time is nigh to sit and plot exactly who you hate Sirens in the neighbourhood The gun must be misunderstood A warden in a pool of blood The palace laugh and so they should Across the world in every coup a thousand guns without a clue If only all the people knew, they've got their sight set up on you Every war is always cursed With "just who do you shoot at first?" Think real hard and think Sandhurst Take an officer he's the worst Governments will rise and fall but royalty's still there Don't worry if it's Queen or Duke try scything down the pair And if you class the palace staff as devil's advocator Just put them in an incubator and we'll deal with them later Just a little bit later We'll deal with you later Just put them in an incubator and we'll deal with them later Just throw them to the alligators and we'll deal with them later So be wary of the liquidator Cos we'll deal with you later Just put them in a liquidator And we'll deal with you later We'll deal with you later. @SONG: Domino Man Through ugly pints and Sunday breath Sit men whose stare is cold as death Through wide lapels and glued up eyes Through made up kids and made up wives Sitting in the heart of them Is a man who's not like other men Don't you know just who I am A nod, a wink, I am the domino man. And if you pull a double one I'll pack my bags and I'll be gone If you pull a three and four I'm flying off to Singapore Where women dance and tigers roar I'm lying on a distant shore I'm living life just fas as I can A nod, a wink, another drink I am the domino man. Through a twenty deep screen of humourists Through slavering jaws and angry fists Through tales of mishap and the clickety-clack Is fully paid member of the brother of the tap Through heavy smoke and idle bets Through heaving lungs and heavy debts Sits a man who knows he can A nod, a wink, I am the domino man And if you pulla two and a six I'll pack my bags and take that risk And if you pull a four and five They'll never take this man alive I'll go far east and I'll survive The market streets I'll duck and dive I'm living life as fast as I can A nod, a wink, another drink I am the domino man And when he's off to sail the seven seas He just stay indoors or hides up trees He's been to places that you've never seen But his mind is blank and his passport's clean But if you pull a two and a six I'll plack my bags and take that risk And if you pull a four and five They'll never take this man alive I'll go far east and I'll survive The market street I'll duck and dive I'm living life just as fast as I can A nod, a wink, another drink, I am the domino man @SONG: 36D Close your legs, open your mind Leave those compliments well behind Dig a little deeper into yourself And you may find Come over here just sit right down Needn't comb your hair, needn't pout or frown I hear you've turned our young men Into dribbling clowns 36D so what (D) so what Is that all that you've got? 36D so what (D) so what Is that all that you've got? Make their day and go ahead Remove your clothes lie on their bed Just a last gasp chance or an outside bet To the easily led And before you do just what you do Here' one thought for you to chew The men who run the buisiness that you sell They screw you too 36D so what (D) so what Is that all that you've got? 36D so what (D) so what Is that all that you've got? You're just another 365 night stand But you're so handy, you're so handy You cheapen and you nasty every woman in this land But you're so handy, you're so handy Your picture's hanging pretty on the squaddies' walls You're Steven's, Andy's, you're lan's, you're Paul's Your body's through of fondly in the nugby mauls But you want more 36D so what (D) so what Is that all that you've got? 36D so what (D) so what Is that all that you've got? 36D so what (D) so what Is that all that you've got? 36D so what (D) so what Is that all that you've got? He was trying to save his job He was, he was trying to save his job. @SONG: Here It Is Again Here it is again it's so so mad Turning young and happy into old and sad Here it is again just passed by chance All the way to the lawyer from a sloppy dance It was another holiday argument But she threw him into the sea A glass bottomed boat pulled him up His face was rotting in weed It was rotting in weed, I've seen those people bleed If it never happens well it happened to me Do you know who you love Does anybody here have a clue Just who they're with And it was glance by glance And it was blow by blow Did they know Just who they loved Here it is again in the same disguise Clean shoes, smart tie and deep blue eyes Here it is sagain and it makes you sick Watch the blind man walk along without a stick Heads he was a beautiful lover Tails he was definitely bad Heads you're like no other Tails just the best he'd had You're the best he's had You're the best so fas All the way to the church from the back of a car Do you know who you love Does anybody here have a clue Just who they're with And it was glance by glance And it was blow by blow Did they know Just who they loved Just who they loved Just who they loved Just who they loved Just who they loved @SONG: Something That You Said The perfect love song it has now words it only has death threats And you can tell a classic ballad by how threatening it gets So if you walk into your house and she's cutting up your mother She's only trying to tell you that she loves you like no other No other, she loves you like no other. The only emotions that I know are love and hate And she's chopping & she's changing & it's making you afraid I said close your eyes and imagine that I'm nice She'll kiss you or she'll kill you but you'll just have to wait Because some things that I do make you go blue And something that you said made me go red The perfect love has no emotions, it only harbours doubt And if she fears your intentions she will cut you out So do not raise your voice and do not shake your fist Just pass her the carving knife, if that's what she insists Insists, if that's what she insists A hate tattoo on my brain and a love one on my heart I'd love to hate you, like I love you and just tear your dreams apart I said close your eyes and imagine that I'm nice Cupid's arrow looking more like Cupid's poisoned dart Because some things that I do make you go blue And something that you said made me go red Because some things that I do make you go blue And something that you said made me go red The perfect kiss is dry as sand and doesn't tanke your breath The perfect kiss is with the boy that you've just sabbed to death Is with the boy that you've just stabbed to death Is with the boy that you've just stabbed to death @SONG: I'm Your No. 1 Fan I was handed down the looks of a man with a broken nose That's the way our family was I suppose But at least you gave me deeply profound As we lay and chatted late upon the cricket ground You didn't have to love me Where others got rid You didn't have to treat me like a very good friend But I'm glad that you did One trhing I never said to you And one thing I never can Amongst the false applause and the deafening cheers I'm your No. 1 fan I'm your No. 1 fan I'm the richly blessed daughter of a mother with tattoed arms That's the way my family life, life was charmed But at least it gave me mental grace And a thought at the pit om my mind and a smile on my face You didn't have to listen To a word that I'd said You didn't have to tell me all those silly old jokes For every tear that I shed Every tear that I shed Cos one thing I never said to you And one thing I never can Amongst the false applause and the deafening cheers I'm your No. 1 fan I'm your No. 1 fan I was handed down a bike with a crooked old wheel But I rode it on a million lanes the way that you made me feel But at least we thought about it so lang and hard As we sat upon our mother in the graveyard And you don't have to listen To a word in this song Your picture hangs the same and in the same old place Even though that you've gone Even though that you've gone Cos one thing I never said to you And one thing I never can Amongst the false applause and the deafening cheers I'm your No. 1 fan I'm your No. 1 fan Yes I am I'm your No. 1 fan @SONG: Bell Bottomed Tear This is the dinner prepared This is the dress that I made This is the child I brought up And this is the woman you laid This is the woman you laid This is the perfume I wore This is the hotel we stayed This is the way that I lay And this is the woman you laid This is the woman you laid We promise ourselves this is no one-night stand Let us draw all the curtains and strike up the band And I'm thrilled by gentlest touch of your hand we pretend There's a tear, there's a tear Not through confusion through fear, through fear This is the smile that I wore This is the song that we played This is the way that I lay And this is the woman you laid, this is the woman you laid Next morning our eyes filled with sleepy regret A kiss and goodbye and a long cigarette But the pillow I lay on is cold and it's wet Can't pretend It's a tear, it's a tear Not through confusion, through fear, through fear And knowing at least that love came so near Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear Roll out the red carpets and unplug the phone Root out the photos you've already shown Cos this is one night you won't sleep alone Just one night There's a tear there's a tear Not through confusion through fear, through fear And knowing at least that love came so near Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear There's a tear, there's a tear Not through confusion, through fear Not through confusion, through fear. @SONG: You Play The Glockenspiel, I'll Play Drums There's a boy with a brace across his teeth White socks, tattooed underneath Bus tickets chitched up in his palm Stood there he's spinning a yarn There's a girl with a plastic pair of shoes Two eyes permanently bruised Can't find the time to be alarmed Just stood spinning a yarn Just take your time It'll work out fine It'll do no harm To spin your yarn You do English I'll do sums You break fingers I'll break thumbs You play Dads And I'll play Mums You play Glockenspiel And I'll play drums My name is Derek from then den I deal in shillings and in pence I'll get you amy deal you like Ten sweets for a mountain bike you like My name is Mandy from the yard I deal in crazy tarot cards I'll tell you what the future brings One cat and a dog that sings You do English I'll do sums You break fingers I'll break thumbs You play Dads And I'll play Mums You play Glockenspiel And I'll play drums Just take your time It'll work out fine It'll do no harm To spin your yarn You do English I'll do sums You break fingers I'll break thumbs You play Dads And I'll play Mums You play Glockenspiel And I'll play drums @SONG: When I'm 84 Queueing with the old folk There's and old man with a wicked smile Not through smug politeness He's doing it in style No savings book or flannel slacks No "Pardon" when I heard them ask Just a vodaphone and a filofax When I'm 64 I'll dream on They all bore the milkman Stop him for hours at their front gate He just sists and thinks I'll make the bastard wait No dribbling or incontinence No longing for the old sixpence Just smoking weed till age makes sense When I'm 74 I'll dream on They all save for Blackpool Just for the cheap companionship Meanwhile he counts pennies For a different trip No smoking pipes and drinking bitter No eyeing up the baby sitter I'll trip up kids and I'll drop my litter When I'm 84 I'll dream on When I'm 84 I'll dream on late I'll dream on And I'll whisper late You're in your nineties Arthur Be careful with your back Exercise your muscles I'd rather Jack I'd rather Jack