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Letras: Modern Life Is Rubbish


01. For Tomorrow
02. Advert
03. Colin Zeal
04. Pressure On Julian
05. Star Shaped
06. Blue Jeans
07. Chemical World
08. Intermission
09. Sunday Sunday
10. Oily Water
11. Miss America
12. Villa Rosie
13. Coping
14. Turn It Up
15. Pop Scene
16. Resigned
17. Commercial Break
68. When The Cows Come Home 
69. Peach 



FOR TOMORROW

He's a twentieth century boy, with his hands on the rails
Trying not to be sick again and holding on for tomorrow
London ice cracks on a seamless line, 
He's hanging on for dear life 
So we hold each other tightly and hold on for tomorrow
Singing la la la la la 
Holding on for tomorrow
She's a twentieth century girl, with her hands on the wheel 
Trying not to make him sick again, 
Seeing what she can borrow
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes, 
But we're lost on the Westway 
So we hold each other tightly and hold on for tomorrow
(chorus)
(middle)
Trying not to be sick again and holding on for tomorrow
She's a twentieth century girl hanging on for dear life 
So we hold each other tightly and hold on for tomorrow
(chorus)
(jim stops and gets ou the car, goes to a house in
Emperors gate, through the door and to his room, then
He puts the tv on, turns it off and makes some tea,
Says modern life it's rubbish, then susan comes into
The room, she's a naught girl with a lovely smile and
Says let's take a drive to primrose hill it's windy
There and the view is so nice, london ice can freeze
Your toes like anyone i suppose)


ADVERT 

It's six o'clock on the dot and i'm half way home 
I feel foul mouthed as i stand an wait for the  underground 
And a nervous disposition doesn´t agree  with this 
I need something to remind me that there is something else  
You need a holiday somewhere in the sun 
With all the people who are waiting 
There never seems to be one 
Say something, say something else  
Advertisments are here for rapid persuasion 
If you stare too long you loose your appetite
A nervous disposition doesn't agree with this 
You need fast relief from aches and stomach pains  
(chorus )
Do you advert think ?


COLIN ZEAL

Colin zeal knows the value of mass appeal 
He's a pedestrian walker, he's a civil talker 
He's an affable man with a plausible plan 
keeps his eye on the news, keeps his futrure in hand  
And then he 
Looks at his watch he's on time yet again  
He's pleased with himself, he´s pleased with himself,  
So pleased with himself ah ah.  
While sitting in traffic, colin thinks in automatic  
He's an immaculate dresser, he's the common aggressor  
He's a modern retard with a love of bomblast 
Keeps his eye on the news never dwells on the past  
And then he  
(chorus )  
(through the megaphone) He's a modern retrard, he's a 
Terminal lard, he's an affable man 
With a carrotene tan because Colin's Zeal is ill.  


PRESSURE ON JULIAN

Only the magical transit children sing, 
Sing the lullaby bah bah bah 
Sitting on the pavement sucking on a long straw, 
It's colourful, it's colourful, but it washes you out.  
Here is my violence and here is the excuse, 
I learnt it all but only second hand 
Falling into walls well, what is it with you, 
You'd never know, never know, never know.  
We planned it all this way, we planned it all this way  
Pressure on Julian  
Swimming in yellow pissy water, 
Sand getting in between the ears 
No blood in head in this bloody weather,  
Irrate people with yellow tongues  
Only the magical transit children sing, 
Sing the lullaby bah bah bah 
falling into walls, well what is it with you, 
You'd never know never know, never know.  
(chorus )
(there was pressure on Julian, pushing trolleys in the  
Car park from b to a then back to b, pressure on  
Julian, he keeps passing out, poor little snout, the  
Birds are singing at night, pressure on julian)  
Falling into walls well, what is it with you, you'd  
Never know, never know, never know)  


STARSHAPED

Wash with new soap behind the collar 
Keeps a clean mental state 
Don't usually bother in cold weather 
But still i'm getting into work late  
And i don't need the practise  
I've been making plans (for the future) 
Become an unconcious man (all for the good) 
Feel so unecessary  
(We don't think so, you seem starshaped)  
I have a couple at the weekend 
Helps keep up camaraderie 
And my mind boggles in the muddle 
At the possibilities  
(bridge )
(chorus)  
Wash with new soap behind the collar 
helps keep down the laundry 
And now i bother in cold weather 
Because it cleans me mentally  


BLUE JEANS

Air cushioned soles, 
I bought them on the Portabello road on a Saturday 
I stop and stare a while, 
A common pastime when conversation goes astray  
But don't think i'm walking out of this  
She doesn't mind, whatever i say, whatever i say 
I don't really want to change a thing, 
I want to stay this way forever  
Blue, blue jeans i wear them every day, 
There's no particular reason to change 
My thoughts are getting banal, i can't help it 
But i won't pull out hair another day  
(bridge)  
(chorus )
You know it's to be with you  


CHEMICAL WORLD

The pay-me girl has had enough of the bleeps 
So she takes a bus into the country 
Although she got herself rosy cheeks 
She didn't leave enough mondey to pay the rent 
The lanlord says that she's out in a week 
What a shame she was just getting comfy 
Now she's eating chocolate to induce sleep 
In a chemical world it's very, very, very cheap  
And i don't know about you 
They´re putting the holes in, yes yes 
It's been a hell of a do 
they've been putting the holes in, yes yes  
Peeping thomas has a very nice view 
Across the street at the exhibitionist 
These townies they never speak to you 
Just stick together so they never get lonely  
Feeling lead, feeling quite light-headed 
Had to sit down and have some sugary tea 
In chemical world, in a chemical world 
It's very, very, very, cheap.  


INTERMISSION

[instrumental]


SUNDAY SUNDAY

Sunday sunday here again in tidy attire 
You read the colour supplement, the TV guide 
You dream of protein on a plate, 
Regret you left it quite so late 
To gather the family around the table, 
To eat enough to speep 
Oh , the sunday sleep  
Sunday sunday here again a walk in the park 
You meet an old soldier and talk of the past 
He fought for us in two world wars and says 
The england he knew is no more 
He sings songs of Praise every week 
But always falls asleep 
For that sunday sleep  
You dream of protein on a plate, 
Regret you left it quite so late 
To gather the family around the table to eat enough to sleep 
And Mother's Pride is you epithet,  
That extra slice you will soon regret 
So going out is your best bet, then bingo yourself to sleep 
Oh the sunday sleep  


OILY WATER

Lead in me and me in water 
Dangling in my word  
I swallowed to much oily water 
It keeps slipping down my spine  
In a sense of self decline 
Growing fat on sound 
It's only an early morning dream 
And the whole world will be alright  
(chorus)  
My head is full of suspicion 
I'm coming home sometime  
I've swallowed too much oily water 
It keeps slipping down my spine  
In a sense of self in decline 
I´m lying on my back it's  
it´s only an early morning dream 
And so the whole world will be alright  
(chorus )  


MISS AMERICA

Miss america sits in the shower 
She's plucking hours from the sky 
Picks up the telphone into another home  
Don't ask me why  
I don't mind, i don't mind at all i love only you  
She's a well wisher and she wishes you well wish away,  
Wish away she's no jellybean, she's a jemima ho ho  
Wish away. Wish away  
I don't mind, i don't mind at all i love only you da  
Do da da do
Here is here and i am here where are you far away, far  
Away she's no jellybean, she's a jemima ho ho wish  
Away, wish away  


VILLA ROSIE

Practise doesn't make perfect when you're interbreeding 
Speaking drivel can it get confused with heavy breathing? 
Mixing drinks at water holes get snarled up in the suburbs 
Meandering through this and that 
You are suspected of vagueness  
When work is done, go to villa rosie every night  
(We're waiting) 
So form a-queue at Villa Rosie every night (so tasty)  
Across the common every day 
You come across the fine line 
But wearing boots can prevent the leeches 
In the long grass 
Eating between meals stifles the appetite is it healthy? 
Coming home that nagging doubt there in your belly  
And all the while at villa rosie every night (we're tasting) 
A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night (so tasty)  
All loosers come to Villa Rosie every night (we're waiting) 
So form a queue at Villa Rosie every night (so tasty) 
Don't break your back at Villa Rosie every night (we're tasting) 
A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night (so tasty)  


COPING

Primal, evil what am I? 
Tongue-tied unti the day I die 
There's no oove made with mermaids 
It's just distraction or so they say  
But I´m too tired to care about it
Can't you see it in my face, my face  
When I feel this strange can I go through this again  
It's a sorry state you're gettting in 
The same excuse is wearing thin 
There's no self control left in me  
What was not will never be  
(bridge)  
(chorus ) 


TURN IT UP

Kazoo, kazoo, you are mine i give you my heart every time  
Turn it up, turn it off, turn it in  
Anyway you choose, anyway you choose at all 
Sometimes you do too much, sometimes it all gets too much  
(bridge)  
(chorus )


POP SCENE

A fervoured image of another world
Is nothing in particular now
And imitation comes naturally
But I never really stopped to think how
And everyone is a clever clone
A chrome colored clone am I
So in the abscence of a way of life
Just repeat this again and again...and again
Hey, hey come out tonight (2x)
Popscene, all right
I'm leaving town to run away
Right into your twisted arms
No queues and there's no panic there
Just dangling your feet in the grass
My lack of natural luster now
Seems to be losing me friends
So in the abscence of a way of life
Just repeat this again and again...and again
Hey, hey come out tonight (2x)
Popscene!


RESIGNED

I think too much on things i want too much it makes me  
Hateful and i say stupid things only you can fill my  
Blank heart and i'm resigned to that  
I wish the sun could just keep me warm and i'm  
Resigned to that i'll forget to breathe someday i've  
Never stopped to think why


COMMERCIAL BREAK

[Instrumental]


WHEN THE COWS COME HOME

Good morning
Wake up
Wake up with purpose and polite efficiency
Stuff vitamin pills down your half guarantee
A kiss and cuddle with a lucky girl
You get fed and watered
Makes your hair curl
And when the days draws in
You put on a record
Put on something gentle
And wait for the cows to come home
Wake up a little voice says
Do you eagerly?
You musn´t let yourself sink financially
Don´t listen to the accusation that you´re tight
You could be the first man on your street to get it right
And when the day draws in
You going to go into waltz time
For once it was good time
Wait for the cows to come home
On your life
Ha da de da da
Ha da de da da
Ha da da de da
Ha da de da da da
Wake up with purpose and polite efficiency
So you fet fed and watered with good company
And when the day draws in
You go into waltz time
For once it´s a good time
Wait for the cows to come home
All your life


PEACH

Chemical waste
Best part of the beach
You´re always the way you are
What of that going to close you in
You got a gaping hole in your head
I´d let the birds nest there instead
Aha aha aha aha
A gun in your pocket
& hair in a locket
Around your neck
From the girl you once loved
Where is she now, you´ve gone crazy
You´ve got a gaping hole in your head
I´d let the birds nest there instead
Aha aha aha aha
You´ve got a gaping hold in your head
I´d let the birds nest there instead (x4)
Aha aha aha aha