Starshy

Sailing out across the quiet sea
Saying that your ship is much too small for me
Sailing to where you may be happy

Off to where you're out of reach
Left your lifebelt on the beach
Off to where you'll be so calm
Far from harm

Starshy, shy, shy, shy
I turned to talk to you last night
But your star's shining so bright
Starshy, shy, shy, shy
It's hard to sleep when you shine down
It's hard to speak without sound

Sailing back across the stormy sea
Saying that you've never been so lonely
Sailing back to where you may be happy

Lost your compass, lost your map
Lost your way, there's no way back
Giant wave on Orkney Sound
Lost, not found

Angels taking you from me
Taking you high, as a star and friend

Tool

You never said a word
But the thousand things you should have said I heard
Made my heart stand still

I never thought I'd be
Any one of all the things you wanted of me
Now I know I will

You wordlessly whisper
That you're all alone and hoping
You silently signal
Could I come around some time

I'm not sure what that's for
But I'll use it
This is my art now, falling apart now
For love

I'm not sure what that's for
But I'll use it
This is my art now, falling apart now
For love, love

You never made me laugh
So much as in that silly photograph
What'd you think I saw?

I never had to dream
To understand what all your phrases mean
You mean so much more

You wordlessly whisper
That I make you feel like crying
You silently signal
Can I see the things you feel

You never talk about just what I mean to you
You never say you'd be unhappy if I moved
But I'll be there, oh I'll be there
Yes I'll be there, if you still want me

Orange Corduroy Dress

He's a teaser
He sees fun and nothing less
She was never going to tie him down
When he gave her
Such a pretty orange dress
He was laughing all the...

Way out of town
Never a frown
And her head spun around
In the air

So she wears it
That orange corduroy dress
She wears it all day, all day, all day
So she wears it
With hope etched onto her face
That he'll come one day, one day, one day
But that he'll come soon

She's a loser
But you can't help feeling sore
Sore at someone who could drop her so
He amused her
She was left still wanting more
Feeling stupid but she

Still has to hope
Almost to know
She feels sure that he'll show
He'll be there

Don't you break her heart
It's embarrassing
Don't you break her heart
It's embarrassing
It's the saddest thing

Different Day

Up in your hair
Up in your hair

A waterfall down across your eyes
When I draw it back you look so surprised
If I looked out at the things you do
I'd feel used, so confused

Up in your head
Up in your head

How can I tell what goes on up there?
Am I in your mind? Do you even care?
And all the times that we lie so near
Do you feel so unclear?

I know all the things I should say
But it's so hard and
I'm not sure I want to anyway

On a different day
In a different way
I'd be the one to catch your heart when it falls
On a different day
In a different way
I'd give you, give you, give you, give you it all

Down in your heart
Down in your heart

I bet it's warm and I bet it's kind
and I bet it hurts even more than mine
If I could hole myself up in you
I'd feel too good to move

C Is The Heavenly Option

My boyfriends says he will leave me
Should I (A)
Get down on your knees
Should I (B)
Tell him where to go
Or should I (C)
Kiss him until it shows

Your boyfriend's got no fashion sense
Should you (A)
Try not to take offense
Should you (B)
Tell him to go to Next
Or should you (C)
Kiss him and forget

If you're an (A) you will see
You'll get chucked and end up unhappy
If you're a (B) you will find
That's cool but hey don't be so unkind
And if you're a (C), you'll end up like me
And love with bowl you over
If you're a (C), you'll end up like me

Don't play games if you're broken-hearted
Don't try to finish what you ain't got started
And if you've got problems
Then don't bring them to me

My girlfriend's getting sick of me
Should I (A)
Change your personality
Should I (B)
Put her love to the test
Or should I (C)
Kiss her till she's obsessed
Your girlfriend fancies your best friend
Should you (A)
Stick around with them
Should you (B)
Tell them "That's just fine"
Or should you (C)
Kiss her till she's mine

You're looking at me like you only half believe my story
How can I purse my lips and kiss when I'm in such a fury
Don't think my heart ain't jumping,
pumping, slumping through the floor

Me oh my it's true
But I need you

The smile that I put on to mask a face that's more than nervous
Is never hard when I recall that I just don't deserve this
Don't think my heart ain't quaking, shaking, breaking open but it's
What I must do
If I want you

C, C, C, C, C, C, C is the heavenly option

Smile

Hit you from behind
She messed up all you though you stood for
Never had a rollercoaster so unkind
Creeping up and then rushing down so fast
Screaming loud
All the time ignoring all my...

Questions, pressures to say
What you should say
How you feel today

And I'll force out a smile
A smile that hides behind it
A hand that wants to punch a smile into you

You reeled so surprised when her love went tumbling all around you
Tried to hide from you just how well I'd understand
You retreated into a world where I caused the pain
All the time ignoring all my...

Questions, pressures to see
What you should see
What you mean to me

But I'll force out a smile
A smile that hates the things you do

If I could shout, if I could dream
If I could tell the things you dream
If I could draw a picture for you
Of how I feel
The words would fall around your ears

And I'll force out a smile
A smile that hides behind it
A hand that wants to hold you tightly to me

And The Birds Aren't Singing

Boy in the rain (boy in the rain)
Finally decides (finally decides)
Too long has he been unkind

Boy in a daze (boy in a daze)
Finds that she's gone (finds that she's gone)
How could he have been so wrong?

Now she's gone, he sighs
Understanding in his eyes
Like the end of a dream
He won't believe

Girl in the rain (girl in the rain)
Feeling unsure (feeling unsure)
In this is what she'd hoped for

Girl in a daze (girl in a daze)
Finds that it's she (finds that it's she)
Who's feeling so bad, not he

Now she's gone, she sighs
Understanding in her eyes
Like the end of a dream
She won't believe

And the birds aren't singing anymore
And the birds aren't singing anymore
And the birds aren't singing anymore
And the birds aren't singing anymore, anymore

Now she's gone, they sigh
Understanding in their eyes
Like the end of a dream
They won't believe

Sort Of Mine

Sort of smiled, sort of kissed me
Then blushed and ran away, I thought that he would miss me
Sort of dreamed he washed me over
With multicolor poster paints and love

And I stood drenched from head to toe
And said, "well I don't really know"

Is this all that I want in my life
Someone to say he's sort of mine
Is this all that I want one more time
And if it is...

Sort of thought, that he'd be waiting
Well, nevermind, I know the effort he'd be making
Sort of dreamed of someone better
Who'd justify my kisses with his love

And I stood there basking in that glow
And said, "well I don't really know"

Is this all that I want in my life
Someone to say he's sort of mine
Is this all that I want one more time
And if it is, then why?

He's so fine
He's sort of mine

I'm Not Scared Of You

Mingled hands in winter pockets
Made me think I couldn't stop it
Love came by surprise and I was glad
If I'd known what I know now
I'd never have believed the sound
Of you telling me I could
Make you sad, so sad

'cause I'm not scared of you
I'm not afraid what you might say
No, I'm not scared of you
This isn't fear
It's just being near to you

Loving you was then so easy
Never wanted you to leave me
Then I saw what you were like
Inside
Maybe one day we can sit
And be ourselves and reminisce
But right now I'm afraid
That I'd just cry, just cry

When I fall in love again
I'll be so sure to see
Just why that boy needs me
And if things start to fall apart
I'll know down in my heart
It isn't worth the dream

Trophy Girlfriend

Granny dress, bleached hair
Always nicks her underwear
She's kissing boys and girls
Can't decide which she prefers

She pouts a lot
Tries to seem
Pensive and pretty
Just looks mean

Trying too hard to be what she wanted
Trying to look like she's a loser
Trying to act like all her dumb heroes
Trying to be a trophy girlfriend who
Could just win you

Eatsd a lot, then starves
Broke her birthday crisp in half
She often faints and while
She is out, you see her smile

She's holding back
So so proud
Sure to be noticed
In a crowd

Trying so hard to be what she wanted
Trying to look like she's a loser
Trying to act like all her dumb heroes
Trying to be a trophy girlfriend who
Could just win you

Holding back
So so proud
Sure to be noticed
In a crowd

Trying so hard to be what she wanted
Trying to look like she's a loser
Trying to act like all her dumb heroes
Trying to be a trophy girlfriend,
Trying so hard to be what she wanted
Trying to look like she's a loser
Trying to act like all her dumb heroes
Trying to be a trophy girlfriend,
Trying so hard to be what she wanted
Trying to look like she's a loser
Trying to act like all her dumb heroes
Trying to be a trophy girlfriend, ooh

K-Klass Kisschase

I never wanted to love you
I never wanted to leave you
You kiss and run and tell me we're through
Your k-k-kiss has split me in two

I never wanted to love you
I never wanted to leave you
You kiss and run and tell me we're through
Your k-k-kiss has split me in two

I never wanted to hurt you
I never wanted to hate you
Hey it was fun just something to do
You k-k-kill with that attitude

Now you're gone, I'm not sorry
So don't think that I'll even worry
You're so dumb, you're a disgrace
To treat love as if it's just kisschase
K-klass kisschase

I never wanted to kiss you
I never wanted to curse you
You kiss and run like it's something new
Your k-k-kiss is poisoned, untrue

I never wanted to mate you
I never wanted to mark you
You're not the one who's worth talking to
You k-k-kiss me now and you're through

Now you're gone, I'm not sorry
So don't think that I'll even worry
You're so dumb, you're a disgrace
To treat love as if it's just kisschase
K-klass kisschase

You treated me like I was dirty
But don't believe that you could hurt me

Now you're gone, I'm not sorry
So don't think I'll even worry
You're so dumb, it's a disgrace
To treat love as if it's just kisschase
K-klass kisschase
K-klass kisschase

Space Manatee

Fly to Mars, travel half-way to the stars
Spend a light year going
Round and round the moon
My radar blip, your rocket ship
You're coming through

Clear blue skies, sunlight dazzling my eyes
Feeling dizzy, feeling giddy from the rays
Wave at the moon
Say you'll come soon
Take me away

I'm flying in the air
Floating I don't care
Anywhere with you
Imagine we're caught in outer space
Sunlight on your face
You can make it true

Gravity is dragging me down
Can't bear feeling I'm earthbound
Come in to land, take my hand
Four, three, two, countdown to one
Seconds blurring, world is gone
Just me and you, take me too

Pick a dream, maybe lying in moonbeams
Find abandoned rockets buried in space dust
Sub-lunar sea
Space manatee
Singing to us

I'm flying in the air
Floating I don't care
Anywhere with you
Imagine we're caught in outer space
Sunlight on your face
You can make it true

Gravity is dragging me down
Can't bear feeling I'm earthbound
Come in to land, take my hand
Four, three, two, countdown to one
Seconds blurring, world is gone
Just me and you, take me too

Four, three, two, countdown to one
Seconds blurring, world is gone
Just me and you, take me too

Ben Sherman

He's saving up for a new Ben Sherman
He says he'd like to fuck Uma Thurman
I don't think that he'll get too far
With either those dreams
He's got his eyes on a pair of Pumas
He says I should cut my hair like Uma's
If he thinks I'd go along with
His sordid fancies

When you call my name
It better be me that you want
And not anyone else
If it's all the same
I don't want to get into bed
With your dreams there as well
Get through your head, or do I have to yell

That I don't want that
And well I might desert you
'Cos if I get a short back
And sides will that hurt you?

He says he's starting to feel quite horny
I say shut up and read your Nick Hornby
Then he pouts to try to sway me
But I don't think so
He says you can't waste a good erection
I think I'm starting to lose affection
I once felt for him, it's over
I tried to tell him

When you call my name
It better be me that you want
And not anyone else
If it's all the same
I don't want to get into bed
With your dreams there as well
Get through your head, or do I have to yell

That I don't want that (no way)
And well I might desert you (today)
'Cos if I get a short back (okay)
And sides will that hurt you?

(the cool breakdown with the handclaps)

When you call my name
It better be me that you want
And not anyone else
If it's all the same
I don't want to get into bed
With your dreams there as well
Get through your head, or at least through your gel

That I don't want that (no way)
And well I might desert you (today)
'Cos if I get a short back (okay)
And sides will that hurt you?

By The Way

OK and by the way
I want to say that I think you're great, and
I know what people say
I'm a heartbreaker, it's just my way

But you know how those rumours last
Always judged by what's in your past
But they're not true, that wasn't you

I want you, could it be that simple
I've tried all this before
Always thinking this one
This place, this dream, so sure
And I've often wondered
About what's on your mind
Thought I read your answer
Inside your shining eyes

It's you and by the way
I've never been this happy before you
It's normally not my way
But I get out the words I adore you

I look at you, your eyes are wet
You tell me you're not ready yet
To give it all, feel my heart fall

I want you, to me it's that simple
But you want to hold back
And it makes my whole world
Crash down, just feel so black
I remember wondering
About what's on your mind
But it seems your answer's
To just leave me behind

'Cos I want you, to me it's that simple
But you want to hold back
And it makes my whole world
Crash down, just feel so black
I remember wondering
About what's on your mind
It seems I was fooled by
What lies behind your eyes

Cut Off

She knew what she wanted
What she wanted wasn't him
But she never let me see
A love I could share is
In my heart and in my hair

They, they said it, so she did it
I was cut off, I was cheated

I drive out alone
And sit outside her home
And pretend she hasn't gone
She, she's not apart from me
She seems me sometime
In the edge of her eye
But I guess she thinks she's wrong
She, she's still a part of me

While he's kissing her
He's pissing on what she deserves
She just smiles and lets it go
Some day, one day soon
I'll make it clear just who loves whom

They, they said it, so she did it
I was cut off, I was cheated

I drive out alone
And sit outside her home
And pretend she hasn't gone
She, she's not apart from me
She seems me sometime
In the edge of her eye
But I guess she thinks she's wrong
She, she's still a part of me

Mark Angel

I spotted you out in a bad place
Pock marks and scars
Painted on your face
Talked to me, charmed me
Bought me a Bacardi
Asked please to walk me home

We met in a bad place
I spotted your face
Because of the scar
It went right down across your cheek
Made you look scary
I guess you are

My sister's face fell to the gutter
You can't be going
Out with that nutter
Thought she'd know better
Daddy's girl, bed-wetter
I didn't hear a word

Don't bring trouble to our home
The words that my mother said
I blush thinking of the time
We sullied my parents' bed
I don't want that boy round here
Added my father then
No more going out for you
If I see his face again

We carried on dating
You said you'd waited
So long for this chance
It seems I misunderstood you
Foolishly thought that
You meant romance

My brother came back from his travels
And this is where
The story unravels
It seems that you've been enemies
Since your teens
Oh what a fool I've been

Don't bring trouble to our home
The words that my mother said
Please don't say I told you so
I'm wishing he was dead
I don't want that boy round here
Added my father then
No more need to worry dad
You won't see that boy again

What did you think when you held me
And gently kissed my face
All of the time acting
Playing out your vendetta game
It's all there in your scar
Just how brutal you are

(Cathy sings her first verse, backing up Amelia in this verse)
I spotted you out in a bad place
Pock marks and scars
Painted on your face
Talked to me, charmed me
Now you you just alarm me
I won't be fooled again
I won't be fooled again
I won't be fooled again

Fat Lenny

Let's go for a walk
Let's go out and have fun
Let's shoot our ray guns
Let's swallow space dust
As fast as we can

Let's stay up till dawn
Let's go out and disco
Go where the kids go
Let's draw us in dust
On old caravans

But you won't do the things
I'd like you to
Though you know deep inside that
If you just tried
You'd like them too
And you won't be the way
I'd like you to be
Though I know deep inside that
If you just tried
You'd still succeed
Be my Lenny

You say read a book
You say watch the telly
You say it's Wednesday
That means it's Radcliffe
On Radio One

You say time for bed
You say time for lights out
You say please don't cough
It's getting late and
You're up before dawn

But I won't do the things
You'd like me to
Though I know deep inside that
If I just tried
I'd like them too
And I won't be the way
You'd like you to be
Though you know deep inside that
If I just tried
I'd still succeed
Be your Lenny

I'm going out
All on my own
You never come
Stay in at home
What's the point of going on this way
What you love is just what I hate

You're staying in
All on your own
That's not my way
I have to go
But we've got what it takes, you see
I still love you, and you still love me

But I won't do the things
You'd like me to
Though I know deep inside that
If I just tried
I'd like them too
And you won't be the way
I'd like you to be
Though I know deep inside that
If you just tried
You'd still succeed
Be my Lenny

Snail Trail

The office party was fine
Quite fun till quarter past nine
Then you came to
And things got right out of hand
All eyes and arms and mouth and
So close, oh gross

Your boss comes up
Thinks we're getting on fine
I'm seeing red now
I wanna leave
But your face is in mine
You're thinking bed now

Pass the bottom stair
And I'll become your worst nightmare
I am much too good for you
You sicken me with your belief
That I must want it underneath
Don't think you're coming in for more

Too late for public transport
And taxis I can't afford
Uh-oh, lift home
Your in-car CD player
Is blaring out Liz Phair
Blow Queen: obscene

Your driving's bad
All that lager you've had
I'm getting scared now
What a relief
See the end of my street
But you're thinking bed now

Pass the bottom stair
And I'll become your worst nightmare
I am much too good for you
You sicken me with your belief
That I must want it underneath
Don't think you're coming in for more

I warn you, pass the bottom stair
And I'll become your worst nightmare
I am much too good for you
You sicken me with your belief
That I must want it underneath
Don't think you're coming in for more

Pet Monkey

(Calvin's parts are italicized)

I just can't quite explain
Why it's not the same
With you anymore
It's not that you have changed
Or that we're estranged
I just wanted more

I've always lived my life
Under watchful eyes
Always someone's girl

You only wanted me
As you thought I'd be
Living in your world

Your insanity
Is not lost on me
Mess around with hearts
So easily broke
I still can't
Believe
It's not all a joke

What do you know
What do you care
How could you think
Things were okay
How could I know
Behind that stare
You're on the brink
I couldn't stay

I'm
Scared

Whatever you say
I'm
Scared

You wouldn't stay

Stop sleeping and start bleeding
I know you're hurt and it's not fair
Stop dreaming and start bleeding
Blood on your shirt and in your hair
It kind of hurts when you're
(Here and) not there

And I can't quite explain
Why you act insane
Why you fail to cope
Something inside your brain
Trips a switch again
And you lose all hope

I'm not responsible
If you lose control
If you go too far
You try and cut yourself
But it doesn't help
It just leaves a scar

Messing around with
Hands and glass and games of
Smash and and brag, I guess I'll
Have to live with
Cussing out
All of my mistakes

What do you know
What do you care
How could you think
Things were okay
How could I know
Behind that stare
You're on the brink
I couldn't stay

I'm
Scarred

Whatever you...
Say
I'm scarred

Anyway

Stop sleeping and start bleeding
I know you're hurt and it's not fair
Stop dreaming and start bleeding
Blood on your shirt and in your hair
It kind of hurts when you're
(Here and) not there

Stop dreaming and start screaming
It's so hard trying not to care
Stop breathing and start screaming
But you're too much for me to bear
It kind of hurts when you're
(Here and) not there

(Amelia sings Calvin's part here)
What do you know
What do you care
How could you think
Things were okay
How could I know
Behind that stare
You're on the brink
I couldn't stay

I'm
Scared

Whatever you say
I'm
Scared

You wouldn't stay

Stop dreaming and start screaming
It's so hard trying not to care
Stop breathing and start screaming
But you're too much for me to bear
It kind of hurts when you're
(Here and) not there