1. NIGHTS

I remember the nights, down in deepest December
Coffee bar Juke Box lights, shining on
Singing Donna,Donna,Don, it was all so naive
You could really believe.

That the girl dressed in red, smiling at you so sweetly
Would soon be in bed by your side
But it never turned out right, so you walked home again
With your crazy young friends.

[Chorus]
I remember the nights that we had, good ones and bad
All in a dream, all--- in a dream.

I remember the schemes, that we came out with nightly
All our young boyish dreams, that we planned
Were just crystals like sand in the ocean of time
I remember the night.

[Chorus]

I remember the nights, down in deepest December
Coffee by Juke Box lights, shining on
Singing Donna,Donna,Don, it was all so nice
You can really believe.

I remember the nights, nights, nights, oooh (x4)


2. START AGAIN

I know i've been wrong, some of the time
I know just how strong, you tow the line
Don't you know, that's just the way it goes
You can not have the highs, without the lows.

I know you are looking, for some perfection,
Will you found me, it was the wrong direction,
I'm just a man, that's all I ever am
Nowhere so better then, any other joker.

[Chorus]
Start again, it can't be over, let's start again
Give it a try, then you begin it from the lonely end
A brand new story could be happening, it can't be over, let's start again.

I never blame you for my misery
I hope it's the same, when you think of me
Seen such a waste, to be so far apart
Come on let's start again, come on let's start.

[Chorus]

Start again, let's start again,
Start again, come on let's start again,
Start again, let's start again,
Start again, come on let's start again.


3. CRUISING TO DISASTER

President Reagan ain't faking when he says,
He's gonna teach the Russians good.
You seen what he done with his six shootin' gun,
When he cleaned up in Hollywood.
And the White House standin' up on Capitol Hill,
It's a fortress to freedom with a license to kill,
Only the finger on the trigger with a gunslingers skill,
Wants to prove to the world he's not over the hill.

And the men in the Kremlin all senile and twitchy,
Would love to come in to your life.
To reach out and touch you and teach you the history
Of revolution and strife.
And the red army's there to help you make up your mind
If you think you've got something to do with your time,
They got rockets and missiles that'll blow your mind,
Something to do if you've time.
And blow your future right out of time.

We're cruising to disaster, getting faster and faster
Watch the wheels catch on fire,
Watch the flames burning higher.
Crusing to disaster, getting faster and faster
Stand in line take your place
Say goodbye to the human race.

We've had a good run now the fun is all gone,
And the bomb is about to take over.
If you wannt a last look at what it says in the book,
It says you'd better look over your shoulder.
'Cause the military man has made his plans
And ordinary people don't understand,
It's a long hard haul to the promised land
If you wannt to survive you've got to make a stand.


4. SAME WAY DOWN

Marylin took a trip down to the drugstore,
Get some of that stuff she think she needs.
She doesn't know what it does or what it's for,
Just likes to dress her wounds before they bleed.

Me, I'm lonely lookin' in the mirror,
Empty suitcase lyin' on the bed.
I'm mean to leave her early in the morning,
But I just sat round, wake up myself drunk instead.

[Chorus]
It's all the same way down, round and round, in and out,
It's only passing time, walk in lines, round and round.

How can you tell everything is really done,
Does it come right out to kick you in the head.
There's nothing time's nothing, really one,
Is it better to be alive than to be dead.

[Chorus](x2)


5. WINNING THE GAME

So many people are gonna try to fool you
Get to thinking that your the biggest thing in town,
They run around make a fuss and trying to please you,
Build you up so they can bring you down.

[Chorus]
You've given all you've got now, you can't afford to stop now
You've everything to lose, when you're winning the game.
They messing you around, they trying and do you down
They push you to the ground, now you're winning the game.

They take your to place where the people are gonna know you,
Ask you questions you've answered time and time before,
They wanna feel what it's like to be in your shoes
To sail the sea but never have to leave the shore.

[Chorus]

When you're winning the game, they remember your name
They don't raise to a smile, when you talk out of style,
Can't you see it's true, there's just me and you
Stand to lose when you're winning the game.

[Chorus](x2)


6. ABOUT YOU

Well I hear you're going with a bankers clerk
Lives in a big house over-looking in the park
And Daddy got a blue BMW
Second hand but nearly new.

[Chorus]
Well he don't know, what I know, about you
He don't know, what I know, about you.

Maybe he'll take you to the discothek
Drinking, dancing and a quiet 'neck'
Then he'll take you home if it's not too far
A goodnight kiss in Daddy's second hand car.

[Chorus]

Will you tell him, you used to love a bad man
Used to love a sad man, not so long ago.
Will you tell him, tell him what you did then
Or would you to rather, he didn't know.

When you married, mortgaged then you have your first kid
What a gas it would be if you named him after me
Bended(?) Baby in the bankers club
Would you keep him in the dock or would you bounce him on your knee.

[Chorus]

Will you tell him, you used to love a bad man
Used to love a sad man, not so long ago.
Will you tell him, tell him what you did then
Or would you rather, he didn't know.

Will you tell him, you used to love a bad man
Used to love a sad man, not so long ago.
Will you tell him, tell him what you did then
Or wuld you rather, he didn't know.

I wish you well along your winding way
Hope the sun always shines on you.
Give my regards to Papa, Mama, too
I know they didn't like me, but what can you do.

[Chorus]

They don't know, no no no, about you
They never know, no no no, about you
He don't know, no no no, what I know (about you)
He don't know, no no no, about you (x5)


7. SUNDERLAND BOYS

Sunderland Boys making all the noise
Sunderland Boys making all the noise
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Young man working on a crane in the shipyard
Looking all around, looking down town
Looking at the old man
Living on the dole, man - living in a limbo.

Upside, downside, looking at the outside
Running with the tide, better run a mile
Bet a crooked dollar
On the dog with the crooked smile blow it in a disco.

[Chorus]
Sunderland Boys making all the noise
Sunderland Boys making all the noise
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Government's saying that the poor relation
Is getting better off than the whole damn nation
Look out, they're gonna
Put us on a reservation.

[Chorus]

Government's saying that the poor relation
Is getting better off than the whole damn nation
Look out, they're gonna
Put us on a reservation.

[Chorus](x6)


8. LOVE IS A PAIN

Love is a pain in the neck
It leaves your head in a mess
You stared out fine like a bottle of wine
But you end up just like a wreck.

Love can burn you real bad,
Make the happy into the sad
If you will play with fire, then your burning desire
Will one day surely drive you mad.

[Chorus]
And I know it's hard and I understand
When a woman like you must have a man
And a man like me ain't too proud to be in your hands.

Love can bring you right down
From the top to the bottom of the ground
Love is aleveller regular devil
A clown.

[Chorus]

Love is a pain in the neck
It leaves your head in a mess
You stared out fine like a bottle of wine
But you end up just like a wreck.


9. DO WHAT I WANT

Do what I want, do what I want
Do what I want, do what I want

Messing the time, I'm wait on the line
Don't care if it's wrong, don't know if it's right
I'm waisting my time, I'm crossing the line
Do what I want.

Do what I want, i'll do what I want
Do what I want yeah, do what I want
Do what I want, i'll do what I want
Do what I want, tonight.

Do what I want 'cos it's my life, do what I wanna do
Making mistakes, funny old breaks, funny how it all comes to what I want.
Do what I want.

I'm wasting my time, I'm crossing the line, do what I want.

I'm passing the time, I'm wait on the line
Do what I want.
Do what I want, it's you that I want
Do what I want yeah, do what I want
I'll do what I want, it's you that I want
It's you that I wannd do.


10. NEVER MISS THE WATER

The doorknob needs mending, the letters need sending,
The kitchens a disgrace, grease all over the place.

I see your pretty picture, the one you gave me last eastern
Has a mostache drawn in green, where your lipsticks should have been.

[Chorus]
You've never think, of time till it passes you by
Never miss the water, till the well runs dry
You never count, the days till the nights grow cold
Never think you're aged, till you realise you're old.

The ashtrays are brimful, my secrets are sinful
And I drink a lot now, it's the only friend i've got now.

I'd write you a letter, there's a hole in my sweater
And I need to mend it, so I wouldn't have the time to send it.

[Chorus]

I could not live with you, but it's so hard without you
I'm a helpless case, a misfit social disgrace.

Maybe next century, i'll come to my senses
Work out the reason why, you never miss the water, till the well runs dry.

[Chorus]


11. I MUST STOP GOING TO PARTIES

I must stop going to parties, I think they're doing me in
My hair is falling out and I'm getting kind of thin.
I must stop going to parties, for that there is no doubt
Next time you see me there, will you kindly throw me out
I must stop going to parties, and hanging about.

For instance take last friday, when Terry came to tea
I thought I had enough to drink, but not enough for me
He said would I like to accompany him, to a place just over the hill
I said I really shouldn't, but perhaps I think I will.

[Chorus]
I must stop going to parties, I think they're doing me in
My hair is falling out and I'm getting kind of thin.
I must stop going to parties, for that there is no doubt
Next time you see me there, will you kindly throw me out
I must stop going to parties, and hanging about.

You seen the same old faces, you've seen them all before
You're gonna get so wasted, you won't be able to walk out the door
Then someone comes on heavy, 'bout the war in what's it's name
I say I think you're out of date mate, shouldn't that be the other place.

[Chorus]

Well the punch has all been drunk and the drunks have all been punched,

The magistrates irate and the doctor out to lunch

I don't know why I came in here, I'm such a weak-kneed creep

I must stop going to parties, i've got to get some sleep.

Excuse me, yeah it's Terry - won't you get to a party ?

I must stop going to parties hanging about (x4)


12. STORMY WEATHER

I'm gonna give up my citizenship, I'm gonna take it to the boss.
Gonna throw it down to her table, and ask her how much it cost.
Gonna burn up my uniform,
Gonna walk the streets in the raw,
I'm gonna declare war at the president's door
'Cause that's what presidents are for.

[Chorus]
It' a stormy, weather, come on boys it's time that we all pull together
Stormy, weather, whether and it's all that we've got it's now or never.

I'm gonna give her a four minute warning, she don't know about the temper I got
If she don't see sense by the morning, gonna take her out and I have her shot.
'Cause I reached the end of my tether,
I always try to be a patient man
But when the lunatics are running the show
You have to show them the strongest hand.

[Chorus]

Gonna line up all their cruise missiles, in a neat and tighty row,
I'm gonna flick them up with my fingers, like a pack of Jacka's dominoes.
I'm gonna smash their death machines,
I'm gonna pull their planes apart,
I'm gonna twist their arms, gonna bend their ears,
Gonna break their little hearts.

[Chorus](x6)