The hosts of the show:
Vladimir Ilinskiy, Mikhail Kuzischev, Olga Palna
You Better You Bet (Face Dances, 1981)
You better you better you bet.
I call you on the telephone my
voice too rough with cigarettes.
I sometimes feel I should just go home
but I'm dealing with a memory that never forgets
I love to hear you say my name
especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
but I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex
To the sound of old T-Rex and Who's Next
Chorus:
When I say I love you you say you better
You better you better you bet
When I say I need you you say you better
You better you better you bet
You better bet your life
Or love will cut you like a knife
I want those feeble minded axes overthrown
I'm not into your passport picture I just like your nose
You welcome me with open arms and open legs
I know only fools have needs but this one never begs
I don't really mind how much you love me
Ooh, a little is alright
When you say
come over and spend the night
Tonight
Tonight
I lay on the bed with you
We could make some book of records
Your dog keeps licking my nose
And chewing up all those letters
Saying "you better"
You better bet your life
You better love me, all the time now
You better shove me back into line now
You better love me, all the time now
You better shove me back into line now.
I showed up late one night
with a neon light for a visa
But knowing I'm so eager to fight
can't make letting me in any easier
I know I been wearing crazy clothes
and I look pretty crappy sometime
But my body feels so good
and I still sing a razor line everytime.
And when it comes to all night living
I know what I'm giving
I've got it all down to a tee
And it's free.
The Quiet One (Face Dances, 1981)
Everybody calls me the quiet one
You can see but you can't hear me
Everybody calls me the quiet one
You can try but you can't get near me
I ain't never had the gift of gab
But I can't talk with my eyes
When words fail me you won't nail me
My eyes can tell you lies
Still waters run deep so be careful I don't drown you
You've got nothing to hear I've got nothing to say
Sticks and stones may break your bones
But names can never down you
It only takes two words to blow you away
Everybody calls me the quiet one
But you just don't understand
You can't listen you won't hear me
With your head stuck in the sand
I ain't never had time for words that don't rhyme
My headd is in a cloud
I ain't quiet - everybody else is too loud
Still waters run deep so be careful I don't drown you
You've got nothing to hear I've got nothing to say
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But names can never down you
It only takes two words to blow you away.
Another Tricky Day (Face Dances, 1981)
You can't always get it
You can't always get it
When you really want it
When you really want it
You can't always get it at all
You can't always get it at all
Just because there's space
Just because there's space
In your life it's a waste
In your life it's a waste
To spend your time why don't you wait for the call
To spend your time why don't you wait for the call
(Just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
We all get it in the end
We all get it in the end
(Just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
We go down and we come up again
We go down and we come up again
(Just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
You irritate me my friend
You irritate me my friend
(This is no social crisis)
(this is no social crisis)
This is you having fun
This is you having fun
(No crisis)
(no crisis)
Getting burned by the sun
Getting burned by the sun
(This is true)
(this is true)
This is no social crisis
This is no social crisis
Just another tricky day for you
Just another tricky day for you
You can always get higher
You can always get higher
Just because you aspire
Just because you aspire
You could expire even knowing.
You could expire even knowing.
Don't push the hands
Don't push the hands
Just hang on to the band
Just hang on to the band
You can dance while your knowledge is growing
You can dance while your knowledge is growing
(It could happen anytime)
(it could happen anytime)
You can't expect to never cry
You can't expect to never cry
(Patience is priceless)
(patience is priceless)
Not when you try to fly so high
Not when you try to fly so high
(Just stay on that line)
(just stay on that line)
Rock and roll will never die
Rock and roll will never die
(This is no social crisis)
(this is no social crisis)
etc.
Etc.
Another tricky day
Another tricky day
Another gently nagging pain
Another gently nagging pain
What the papers say
What the papers say
Just seems to bring down heavier rain
Just seems to bring down heavier rain
The world seems in a spiral
The world seems in a spiral
Life seems such a worthless title
Life seems such a worthless title
But break out and start a fire y'all
But break out and start a fire y'all
It's all here on the vinyl
It's all here on the vinyl
(No crisis)
(no crisis)
etc.
Etc.
(Just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
Gotta get used to waiting
Gotta get used to waiting
(Just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
You know how the ice is
You know how the ice is
(Just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
It's thin where you're skating
It's thin where you're skating
(This is no social crisis)
(this is no social crisis)
etc.
Etc.
Just another tricky day for you fellah
Just another tricky day for you fellah
One Life's Enoug (It's Hard, 1982)
There's a scene
Indelible, it hangs before my eyes
In our teens, incredibly
Together with no ties.
That was a life enough for me
One life's enough for me.
Throw back your heard
Let yout body curve
Into the long grass of the bed
Pull me down into your hair
And I'll push and swerve
As we both gasp in the evening air
Yeah
Throw back your head
Ley your body curve
into the long grass of the bed
Pull me down into your hair
And I'll push and swerve
As we both gasp in the evening air
Cry If You Want (It's Hard, 1982)
Once it was just innocence
Once it was just innocence
Brash ideas and insolence
Brash ideas and insolence
But you will never get away
But you will never get away
With the things you say today
With the things you say today
But you can try if you want
But you can try if you want
Dont' you get embarrassed when you read the precious things you said
Dont' you get embarrassed when you read the precious things you said
Many many years ago when life appeared rosy red
Many many years ago when life appeared rosy red
No one ever shared your bed
No one ever shared your bed
Nothing ever filled your head
Nothing ever filled your head
Except yourself and little Ted
Except yourself and little ted
And scary dreams that you were dead.
And scary dreams that you were dead.
Don't you want to hide your face
Don't you want to hide your face
When going through your teenage books
When going through your teenage books
And read the kind of crap you wrote
And read the kind of crap you wrote
About 'Ban the Bomb' and city crooks
About "ban the bomb" and city crooks
Think about how long it took
Think about how long it took
To get over that sudden 'Yuk'
To get over that sudden "yuk"
When in the mirror you would look
When in the mirror you would look
Well now my son you're well in stook
Well now my son you're well in stook
Cry if you want Cry if you want
Cry if you want cry if you want
Didn't you writh in anger when you saw the man in his big car
Didn't you writh in anger when you saw the man in his big car
Didn't you drive a banger and a gallon didn't get you far
Didn't you drive a banger and a gallon didn't get you far
Should have been a famous star
Should have been a famous star
But that ain't what you really are
But that ain't what you really are
You could shout your last harrah
You could shout your last harrah
While they are propping up the bar
While they are propping up the bar
Maybe things were better then
Maybe things were better then
Before you led a promised life
Before you led a promised life
Rash commitements and heavy raps and left wing spiel all compromised
Rash commitements and heavy raps and left wing spiel all compromised
You fall in love with other's wives
You fall in love with other's wives
Drive 'em nuts with empty lies
Drive 'em nuts with empty lies
Angry 'cos you lost the prize
Angry 'cos you lost the prize
Forgot the color of their eyes.
Forgot the color of their eyes.
Cry if you want Cry if you wnat
Cry if you want cry if you wnat
Let your tears flow Let your past go
Let your tears flow let your past go
Don't you get embarrassed when you think about the way you were
Don't you get embarrassed when you think about the way you were
Yesterday the day before when you were young with much to learn
Yesterday the day before when you were young with much to learn
Aren't you glad it's your last term
Aren't you glad it's your last term
No more acting lowly worm
No more acting lowly worm
You can make the suckers squirm
You can make the suckers squirm
When you tell them how much you earn
When you tell them how much you earn
Don't you feel ashamed at all the bitterness you keep inside
Don't you feel ashamed at all the bitterness you keep inside
Does your ego save your face 'I had a go - I really tried'
Does your ego save your face "i had a go - i really tried"
Now you know your leaders lied
Now you know your leaders lied
Does it stop you acting snide
Does it stop you acting snide
Or are you still a boy that cried
Or are you still a boy that cried
Tears now surely long since dried.
Tears now surely long since dried.
Cry if you want Cry if you want
Cry if you want cry if you want
Eminence Front (Eminence Front, 1982)
The sun shines
And people forget
The spray flies as the speedboat glides
And people forget
Forget they're hiding
The girls smile
And people forget
The snow packs as the skier tracks
And people forget
Forget they're hiding.
Behind an eminence front
Eminence front - It's a put on.
Come on join the party
Dress to kill
Won't you come and join the party
Dress to kill.
The drinks flow
People forget
That big wheel spins, the hair thins
People forget
Forget they're hiding
The news slows
People forget
The shares crash, hopes are dashed
People forget
Forget they're hiding.
Behind an eminence front
Eminence front - it's a put on
Come on join the party
Dress to
Come on join the party
Dress to
Come on join the party
Dress to
Come on join the party
Dress to kill
Dress yourself, dressed to kill.
Long Live Rock (Odds & Sods, 1974)
Down at the Astoria the scene was changing,
Bingo and rock were pushing out X-rating,
We were the first band to vomit in the bar,
And find the distance to the stage too far,
Meanwhile it's getting late at ten o'clock,
Rock is dead they say,
Long live rock.
Long live rock, I need it every night,
Long live rock, come on and join the line,
Long live rock, be it dead or alive.
People walk in sideways pretending that they're leaving,
We put on our makeup and work out all the lead-ins,
Jack is in the alley selling tickets made in Hong Kong,
Promoter's in the pay box wondering where the band's gone,
Back in the pub the governor stops the clock,
Rock is dead, they say,
Long live rock.
Long live rock, I need it every night,
Long live rock, come on and join the line,
Long live rock, be it dead or alive.
Landslide, rocks are falling,
Falling down 'round our very heads,
We tried but you were yawning,
Look again, rock is dead, rock is dead, rock is dead.
The place is really jumping to the high-watt amps,
'Til a 20-inch cymbal fell and cut the lamps,
In the blackout they dance right into the aisle,
And as the doors fly open even the promoter smiles,
Someone takes his pants off and the rafters knock,
Rock is dead, they say,
Long live rock, long live rock, long live rock.
Long live rock, long live rock, long live rock,
Long live rock, long live rock, long live rock.
Long live rock, I need it every night,
Long live rock, come on and join the line,
Long live rock, be it dead or alive. |
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