BACK TO FRONT Stiff Little Fingers

On cheap returns to summer places Awayday herd, all out in the heat Kicking black looks in sunshine faces A race to vote with their feet Back to front Flock off to find someone to play with He's

TOUCH AND GO Stiff Little Fingers

Looking back it's funny that we never lied That night we met when we were both alone We knew at once that what we'd want was just that night Knew it couldn't be forever, cos we each told of another

Stiff Little Fingers The Vibrators

Hangs a naked light over your face shines electric ness upon your bed if it wasn't for your stiff little fingers nobody would know you were dead you never really did much living you mainly sat and watched

HARP Stiff Little Fingers

Don't pity this poor immigrant My eyes were open when I caught the boat All I wanted was your shelter, and maybe just a little hope But you turned your anger on me for the courage that you lack I

THE MESSAGE Stiff Little Fingers

Broken glass everywhere People pissing on the station Y'know they just don't care I can't take the smell I can't take the noise I got no money to move out I guess I got no choice Rats in the front

FALLING DOWN Stiff Little Fingers

Someone's falling down tonight While facing front you stand and scream for more The room jumps hot and chucked aside The empty cans teeter across the floor But at the edge the girl who shows in every

TALKBACK Stiff Little Fingers

Every time I go to speak my mind you just ignore me Every time I try to have my say you have it for me They say there's freedom of speech But when I try to make free you say Don't you talk back

Gate 49 Stiff Little Fingers

When I'm away I think of you And how you're where I want to be And there's on thing I gotta do Get back to you to be free to be me 'cause anytime I don't like it I keep a doorway in my mind When I want

AT THE EDGE Stiff Little Fingers

Back when I was younger they were talking at me Never listened to a word I said Always yap yap yapping and complaining at me Made me think I'd be better of dead I don't want to talk about it I

FLY THE FLAG Stiff Little Fingers

Gimme a country that's red white and blue Gimme the British way honest and true Gimme the chance to be one of the few Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme Gimme a nation where people are free Free to

WELCOME TO THE WHOLE WEEK Stiff Little Fingers

And now and then when I'm in the mood I might get up at the crack of noon Then take a wander down to the arcade Might as well clock up a great high score and hang around with my mates before I wander

WHAT IF I WANT MORE? Stiff Little Fingers

I'm sick of being pushed around I'm tired of being forced back down So all your dreams and your ambitions lie there on the floor What if I want more? What if I want more?

YOU CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS Stiff Little Fingers

And if life starts to get you down Don't fall and go under Or if it's pushing you around Don't think of surrender Or if you feel like crying Don't give up you can't give up no Just give it one

STAND UP AND SHOUT Stiff Little Fingers

It's time to ask yourself just what you want to be Just look around tell me exactly what you see No sitting out no chance to settle in your place You're with us now don't be a name without a face

ROARING BOYS (PART TWO) Stiff Little Fingers

no two will be the same I know every nightclub doorman And they'll all know my name They all know my name Hey Charlie can you lend us a tenner Just until Saturday night You know I'll pay you back

Good For Nothing Stiff Little Fingers

you're good for nothing so watch your p's and q's best keep your nose clean and play it by our rules mind your way and don't make waves and you'll get used to knowing you're no use you're good for nothing

SAFE AS HOUSES Stiff Little Fingers

She makes a home and she stays mum About the things she might have done She keeps her eyes firm on the ground, to set her own life Makes up her face and not her mind, to be a wife There was a time

GET A LIFE Stiff Little Fingers

Well you snap to attention and pay heed to what they say Cos you know that you please them all that way And you don't need to think now cos your mind has gone astray And they'll do your thinking anyway

PICCADILLY CIRCUS Stiff Little Fingers

a hi-fi shop Footsteps, a chuckle and one hard slap And they didn't even see his face See him flinch or hear him groan They didn't even see his eyes One mean blow and on they ran He put his fingers

JUST FADE AWAY Stiff Little Fingers

She comes around it gets me down But she don't catch a hint I drop She turns up it turns me off And she don't know when to stop. What am I supposed to do? How to gently break the news?

SHE GREW UP Stiff Little Fingers

I'd met her before somewhere, I knew the face But she had green spikes in her hair, back in 78 Now the plastic bin liner skirt and the safety pins Have given way to a zip pocket shirt and designer

STANDS TO REASON Stiff Little Fingers

greatest They say the blacks get all the jobs, they say that they are lazy A nice girl won't let you have sex, enjoys it if you make her The media all twist the facts, I read it in the paper Stands to

WAIT AND SEE Stiff Little Fingers

wasting our time Playing and singing out of key And they said we played too loud Cos we didn't play for their crowd We just told them 'Wait and see' We had no money but still we went on Trying to

HALF A LIFE AWAY Stiff Little Fingers

The two cops were knocking on the door Of a young black boy It was a quarter to four They said: "Hey nigger! Hit the floor. You're about to be history."

BULLETPROOF Stiff Little Fingers

A lot of people come to me And talk at my face Try to tell me all that's wrong in my life They give me all of their opinions And their strongly held convictions And all of them sure that they're

MY EVER CHANGING MORAL STANCE Stiff Little Fingers

Well, I find it hard to concentrate While you sit there and contemplate Why success is such an aphrodisiac Cos when push comes down to shove And you start to talk of love I don't know why I don't

BEIRUT MOON Stiff Little Fingers

"We'd like to help you." the consul said "But there's nothing we can do Well, you knew the risks when you took the job After all you're not a fool So, don't call me, don't call me I just can't bend

Walkin Dynamite Stiff Little Fingers

wassomewhere in arkansaw grew up flat broke with no education Had his run-ins with the law His fists became his passport out of hell When some guys saw he used them pretty well They'd found something to

DEAD OF NIGHT Stiff Little Fingers

Walk the streets at midnight As the rain pours down and freezes on the ground Lean against a street light Try to work out where it all went wrong I can see you in my mind's eye I have no choice

THE NIGHT THAT THE WALL CAME DOWN Stiff Little Fingers

we hated one another from the other side of town Now I'm an old man And an old man can see All that hate can leave you with It's just photographs and no permanent past And an ever growing rift Back

Suspect Device Stiff Little Fingers

2000 dead Their solutions are our problems They put up the wall On each side time and prime us And make sure we get fuck all They play their games of power They mark and cut the pack They deal us to

IS THAT WHAT YOU FOUGHT THE WAR FOR? Stiff Little Fingers

Yes, I know you did your bit back then, but what was it you won? Take a good look around you now, whose side were you on?

HITS AND MISSES Stiff Little Fingers

one of those It could be you, it could be me It's someone we all know See him walk down any street The woman fears and hears his feet If his team lost, then she get beat Neighbours shrug, go back

ALTERNATIVE ULSTER Stiff Little Fingers

Nothin' for us in Belfast The Pound's so old it's a pity OK, there's the Trident in Bangor Then walk back to the city We ain't got nothin' but they don't really care They don't even know you know

Is That What You Fought The War For Stiff Little Fingers

Yes, I know you did your bit back then. But what was it you won? Take a good look round you now. Whose side were you on? And I wonder if you understand at all.

THE PRICE OF ADMISSION Stiff Little Fingers

So somebody's told you how to be a man Just fuck 'em and leave 'em And score as many as you can But always have someone who's close to your heart And if you want to keep her, keep her in the dark

Can'T Get Away With That Stiff Little Fingers

You had us almost believing we were good enough for no one, no how You had us take it or leave it, it's the best deal you're gonna get right now son a little dig here, a little word did you really think

NO LAUGHING MATTER Stiff Little Fingers

care for nothing at all This is no laughing matter You seem to have no spark only boredom You seem to have no interests at all You seem to think you're better than others You seem to be just ripe

WALK AWAY Stiff Little Fingers

as the anger rise You can see excitement in their eyes As they free their aggression in the usual way It's easier to fight, harder just to walk away The streets are empty as you're going home You

THE ROAD TO KINGDOM COME Stiff Little Fingers

Your family can't help you, they're standing in your way Tight restrictions, contradictions, more rules every day Hold you down, they'll hold you down, you've got to get away London's calling, no

WHEN THE STARS FALL FROM THE SKY Stiff Little Fingers

Mid-October, sixty one, the french police were having fun Cutting down Algerians, breaking heads all over town Yet no-one saw, no-one knew and no-one dared to speak the truth 200 dead became just

ALL I NEED Stiff Little Fingers

When you're facing up to trouble And your mind has drawn a blank You've no money in your pocket Even less stashed in the bank When your friends seem to desert you And your family's offside Want

HONEYED WORDS Stiff Little Fingers

Time after time The world is pressing down On your shoulders I know how you feel Like you're the only one Taking orders It's hard to come to terms With what seems so unfair But somewhere in your

IN YOUR HAND Stiff Little Fingers

or nothing That's how you've always been All or nothing With nothing in between You can't compromise You can't quit while you're ahead You won't see reason You think that's giving in We try to

ROOTS, RADICALS, ROCKERS AND REGGAE Stiff Little Fingers

You roots, you radicals, you rock to the reggae You roots, you radicals, you dub to the reggae you roots, you radicals, you skank to the reggae, you roots Let there be peace in the east, peace in

Roots Radicals Rockers And Reggae Stiff Little Fingers

You roots, you radicals, you rock to the reggae You roots, you radicals, you dub to the reggae You roots, you radicals, you skank to the reggae Let there be peace in the east, peace in the west You roots

Closed Groove Stiff Little Fingers

Punctuality's a waste of time Now nostalgia is past its prime History's a thing of the past Being first just cannot last (Chorus:) Beep beep I'm an answering machine I mean to say I say what

BABY BLUE (WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN TELLING YOU) Stiff Little Fingers

Always seems to be the same round here Town full of losers all crying in their beer Nobody's willing to take any chance Drown you brain in the rave machine and dance, boy dance You got one last shot

DUST IN MY EYE Stiff Little Fingers

I need no help, no aid I don't need your assistance I stand alone my friend And you can walk on by Don't think I'm lonely Cos I'm drinking here alone Sometimes it's easier To spend time on my

LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE Stiff Little Fingers

You can't move You got tears from your little sister Crying cos she don't have a dress without a patch in For the party to go Aw, but you know she'll get by cos she's....