In The Thick Of It Chumbawamba

In The Thick Of It Chap aged twenty-three Some pieces of my mind I can be so happy just lying down Back to the brown, looking up at the stars On a clear summer's night I can think wow!

Ah-men Chumbawamba

Ah-men A visionary pause in the cycle When she refused to buy or sell When the daughters of perfect wives Said there must be more sacrifice Needed more than symbolic change More than silent wasting

Let It Be Chumbawamba

Let It Be And this is Steve Wright, we hope that those that lost relatives in this terrible disaster may be able to have a better life as a result of this great record This great record This great

Sewing Up Crap Chumbawamba

(Repeats) We'll put a spin on it We'll take a pencil to it We'll make a virtue out of keeping oh so quiet about it I don't know, and I don't want to know (Repeats) Chain, chain, chain (Repeats

Sweet F.A. Chumbawamba

In the light of the ignorance and misplaced fear Of the panicked bosses of the Football League It isn't surprising that hugging and kissing Are banned on account of the threat of AIDS It isn't surprising

Catastrophe Reality Chumbawamba

Catastrophe Reality Chopped a tree, the garden of Eden is finished When I say mankind, I use it as a derogatory term Whereas scientists and governments use it as a saving grace Well I once saw

Jesus In Vegas Chumbawamba

Jesus In Vegas And I'll give you a free ride to this underground stadium. They'll pick up the fair and they'll even tip you, don't even worry about it, man. You'll love this joint.

House Plants Chumbawamba

House Plants But it's shit we don't see it though we watch it on the telly Every day We give our heroes license to kill in reality Just like on TV And we wish we were in his shoes 'cos he gets

Lying In The Dirt Chumbawamba

Lying In The Dirt Chapt.

Just A Form Of Music Chumbawamba

I always count it a priviledge whenever I have the opportunity to stand before a group of students in an assembly such as this.

The Birmingham Six Chumbawamba

British justice is the very best in the world" Tell them, "Well of course it is, for the vested interests it serves" The men were taken to Morkham to be tested for explosives Tests which have since

Thorn-EMI Lighting Chumbawamba

Thorn-EMI Lighting Raw materials are running out, there'll be no more tungsten to put in light bulbs Because the light bulb companies used it up, making light bulbs which run out Instead of making

Salome (Let's Twist Again) Chumbawamba

X ray eyes - I didn't choose to be Shouting for a living, it happened Something snapped; and I don't know why Too many slaps? Too many priests? Fumbled sex in parks?

Invasion Chumbawamba

got it all worked out, and we give our consent They've got it all worked out, and we give our consent They've got it all worked out for Central America And they've got it all worked out for Africa

Homeless Hotel Chumbawamba

Homeless Hotel Well since my baby left me I found a new place to dwell Down south of Market Street in Homeless Hotel It feels so lonely baby It feels so lonely baby It feels so lonely I could

Insectkind Chumbawamba

Insectkind Chapter seven There's bugs on the house plants of the folks back home Insects are material, they're not inferior Insects are material, they're not inferior What do we want?

School Team Chumbawamba

School Team I always wanted to play In the school football team But the coach said I wasn't fast enough I wasn't no good it seemed I used to watch them practice But I never got a game I went

The ABCs of Anarchism Chumbawamba

It is that one where a new idea or an old one in new form, is accepted by a minority, while the majority is shouting treason, rubbish, cook, communist, anarchist, capitalist, or whatever is a term of abuse

The Wasteland Chumbawamba

The Wasteland Said the party to the ad-man We'll conjure up a gimmick The way to lead an ass Is with a carrot and a stick Dig down for minorities Promise them concessions Ride in on their backs

Flesh and Blood and Feelings Chumbawamba

grew, the number of poeple who dug our idea grew too We had a graphic designed who know just what to do he made it plain and simple, red, white, and blue" Red is the blood of the butchered Indians

Tills Ring, Crowds Cheer! Chumbawamba

You like to make investments in your favorite sports Competition pays, talent can be bought So you made it your business To make it a business Now it's all about getting the check Into the back of

Pass It Along Chumbawamba

Pass It Along Come on, come on, come on Send this song to twenty people Add your name, don't break the cycle Pass it along by word of mouse Save the world, don't leave the house Because a virtual

Fitzwilliam Chumbawamba

Fitzwilliam Smiles for the cameras as the miners return They say no one has lost and no one has gained But wiser and stronger the people have changed And it won't be the same in the village again

Liberation Chumbawamba

Liberation There's always been a pattern of struggle and defeat Never that cycle incomplete Never enough to tip the scales Too many people rotting in jails Or bloodied on the battlefields The

Seoul Music Chumbawamba

Seoul Music There'll be new events in Seoul '88 Throwing the molotov and the hundred meter loot Hurdling over barricades putting the brick Vaulting over riot cops in the peoples Olympics The people

Studmarks on the Summits Chumbawamba

Studmarks on the Summits Business bought the athletes out With gold medals and role models Drugs and media and national pride Why join in when you can watch it on TV?

Brian Chumbawamba

Brian It's all about getting the ball in the back of the net, Brian I'm as sick as a parrot, Brian I'm over the moon, Brian Well, I think the lads were well worth a point, Brian At the end of

The Physical Impossibility Of Death In The Mind Of Jerry Springer Chumbawamba

Damen Hurst said it came in with the tide Now Jerry Springer, he's in formaldehyde

Morality Play In Three Acts Chumbawamba

Morality Play In Three Acts Act one, the smell of green leather, French polish, quite pristine, not a hair out of place, not a wrinkle, not a crease, the silverware all clean.

Shipbuilding Chumbawamba

Shipbuilding (Elvis Costello, 1983) Is it worth it?

Stitch That! Chumbawamba

: the lyrics are partly nicked from a traditional song reinterpreted by martin carthy on an album i forget the name of - it's a lovely song. the reason it's on shhh in particular is because we were adamant

Ashes to Ashes Chumbawamba

Ashes to Ashes The bowler's running in, the batsman lights a fag He keeps a packet handy and it's lodged inside his pad Because it's written in his contract that after every over He has to have

How To Get Your Band On Television Chumbawamba

Good evening ladies and gentlemen Welcome to the show where you the audience participate On our show tonight we got lost of surprises in store for you at home In keeping with the fashion for charity

Hurling and Imperialism Chumbawamba

Hurling and Imperialism Hurling, the national sport of Ireland Was banned in 1366 As part of an Anglo-Norman attempt To crush all Gaelic resistance It failed Over six hundred years of British

Celebration, Florida Chumbawamba

Celebration, Florida The good folks pull together It's July 4th forever Down in Celebration, Florida The neighbors bring you coffee And everyone's always happy Down in Celebration, Florida There's

Mouthful of Shit Chumbawamba

Mouthful of Shit (Chorus) Can't hear you 'cause your mouth's full of shit Can't hear you 'cause your mouth's full of shit Do something about it (Repeat chorus) Well I'm really back to basics

More Whitewashing Chumbawamba

More Whitewashing Children in school forced to the desk Finger the atlas and study the text Lies and opinion presented as fact Taught to accept, and never to ask Those smiling workers in Ladybird

Oxymoron Chumbawamba

Oxymoron Shiny button-down clown suit Oxymoron (Repeat) Fucked up the simplest of chores Mister constant consternation And his declaration of war Makes a fist out of demands With his plasticene

Walking the Penine Way Chumbawamba

Walking the Penine Way It's not so much the distance nor the time it takes It's not even the cold nor the pains or aches I can cope with blisters and the weight of my pack And I don't mind the

Heysel Stadium Chumbawamba

Heysel Stadium Heysel stadium, it's easy to remember How the game continued despite the disaster "With all those millions of viewers, we've got to carry on It would be financial suicide to stop

Sugar Daddy Chumbawamba

Sugar Daddy The plantations in ex-colonial governmant land where 'Empire Made' had given way, with the years, to the more subtle multinational approach.

Dutiful Servants And Political Masters Chumbawamba

He took everything they owned and yet still demanded more He did a bloody good job in taming the poor Now I'm rather more subtle, I say, I'll tell you what I will do I'll do everything I can to try

Dutiful Servants & Political Masters Chumbawamba

demanded more He did a bloody good job in taming the poor Now I'm rather more subtle, I say, I'll tell you what I will do I'll do everything I can to try and help you And you'll be helping me, I say,

This Dress Kills Chumbawamba

This Dress Kills I'm Judas Judy, panicking, got everything and nothing Happy birthday mister president I'm here to call your bluff From the top of the world I'm gonna jump, jump, jump I'm so perfectly

Declaring Peace Chumbawamba

Declaring Peace Whisper the words of wisdom no more Speak the words of wisdom no more Shout the words of wisdom no more The governments of the world agree That people need bombs and banks and

Why Are We Still In Ireland? Chumbawamba

it's chained like a slave The lion was crowned king of this land That it's only ever seen from behind bars in a cage This history of the winning side written on every page It's not as simple as being

Man Papers His Crack Chumbawamba

You can turn your back when you paper your crack You can turn both cheecks, you can de-odour the reek You can wash your hands of it, when you have been But you don't fool us with your Mister Clean

Adversity Chumbawamba

Adversity Thirty years of the same old shit Of music, money, hit after hit Smiles, lies, sales, walls That's thirty years of rock and roll They changed it's name once or twice Get rebellious

Enough Is Enough Chumbawamba

Come shoot the fascist with a gun. 'Cause it's stopping us from unity. We cannot see reality, just vanity, insanity, Fusion cannot stand it see.

Shock! Horror! Chumbawamba

with the Daily Mirror 'The Facts Not The Fiction' boasts The Star The fact is that attacks on Asians and Blacks By people who read this racist crap Are higher than ever before --But you won't find