@ALBUM: Madness Miscellaneous (1979-1986)

    This file edited by Pascal Mouret (mouret@lim.univ-mrs.fr)
    Date of last revision: October 10, 1995.

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helped me produce these transcriptions, especially Ben Jos Walbeehm
(who must have been wondering what the hell I was doing with his
transcriptions).
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@SONG: Mistakes
      (Barson/Hasler)

    Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm (Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl)
		      with Pascal Mouret (mouret@lim.univ-mrs.fr)
    Date of last revision: August 16, 1993.

It's not so easy to find out later
About the necessary knowledge for survival
You think you know enough to get you through life
But find out too late of chances passed by

An early start is not so important
But timing is most essential
Opportunity gone, is gone forever
You never know how much it could have been

And once gone, gone forever
You will find out to your cost
A better use can be made of your time

Don't think that life is easy
You may never get a lucky break
They'll put you down, cold and unknown
A total failure from womb to grave

> B-side of 'One Step Beyond' (1979)


@SONG: Aeroplane (Never ask twice)
      (McPherson/Barson)

    Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm (Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl)
                      with Charles Corby (cmcorby@buffnet1.buffnet.net)
    Date of last revision: January 26, 1995.

Please observe my continental alligator skin line shoulder bag
I've covered it in stickers from far and wide
And stuffed it full of suits and matching ties

I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land
And there's not a single person I can't understand
I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash
I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash

I wear a Panama on my Brilcremed hair
I think I carry it with a certain flair
When travelling abroad I know the score
With the voice of authority from the first a-world war

I went all through to Congo on a magic pleasure knock
Staving off disease with hallucinogenic drugs
With a mind-bending root from a local native source
Made my mind and my body have a premature divorce

I felt like I was sliding from a massive height
It seemed like it was morning in the middle of the night
My eyes were open, though there's nothing much to see
A swirling mist of images

The seas are my friend and the skies my home
When clinging to the arm-rests, I travel alone
I'm always ready to give advice
Travelling companions never ask twice

I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land
And there's not a single person I can't understand
I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash
I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash

I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land
And there's not a single person I can't understand
I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash
I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash

> B-side of 'Shut Up' 12" (1981)