All Of My Friends Were There Kinks

stage and started to speak The first night I've missed for a couple of years I explained to the crowed and they started to jeer And just when I wanted no one to be there All of my friends were

All Of My Friends Were There The Kinks

The first night I've missed for a couple of years, I explained to the crowed and they started to jeer, And just when I wanted no one to be there, All of my friends were there.

The Last Assembly The Kinks

As I walked to the last assembly, There were tears in the back of my eyes, And I saw all my friends all around me, They were there to wish me goodbye.

Now And Then The Kinks

In the beginning of it all there was the land And the sea and she sky Then into the middle of it all there came man To live on the land.

The Moneygoround Kinks

Robert owes half to Grenville Who in turn gave half to Larry Who adored my instrumentals And so he gave half to a foreign publisher She took half the money that was earned in some far distant land

The Moneygoround The Kinks

Robert owes half to Grenville Who in turn gave half to Larry Who adored my instrumentals And so he gave half to a foreign publisher She took half the money that was earned in some far distant land

Living On a Thin Line Kinks

All the stories have been told Of kings and days of old, But there\'s no England now. All the wars that were won and lost Somehow don\'t seem to matter very much anymore.

Phobia Kinks

Everybody got something hidden In a darkness deep inside Everybody gotta fatal flaw Everybody got something to hide Take a look into my eyes See the fear and silent cries - phobia Deep inside

No Return The Kinks

If, if I could see Just how lonely my life would be If you passed me by and said farewell And there is no return Stars would shine no more I would walk up and down this lonely room I would have

Animal The Kinks

On reflection, it was not all wine on the wall It was not all cuts and bruises Or the pulling out of hair And the bloodying of nose And the tearing off of clothes, although It was really animal

Animal (Studio) The Kinks

On reflection, it was not all wine on the wall It was not all cuts and bruises Or the pulling out of hair And the bloodying of nose And the tearing off of clothes, although It was really animal, truly

The Road The Kinks

who did too many lines (The road) Wasted talent on women and wine I think of all the friends I've left behind Whenever it's time to get back out on the road Started playing blues in a coffee

Life On The Road The Kinks

So I saved all my money And packed up my clothes, And I said good-bye to my friends And my folks back home. And I left for a life of my own. I left for a life on the road.

Top of the Pops Kinks

I've just come in at Number 25 I'm oh so happy so glad to be alive And everybody says it's going to get to the top Life is so easy when your record's hot Go tell my mamma and my sister too To

Salvation Road The Kinks

Sung by everybody Hear me brothers, hear me sisters, Citizens and comrades hear my song. The old life's dead the order's changing It's time for all of us to move along.

Picture Book Kinks

Picture yourself when you're getting old Sat by the fireside a-pondering on Picture book pictures of your mama taken by your papa a long time ago Picture book of people with each other to prove

Bright Lights The Kinks

Time's running out just as fast as it can She's leaving me cold I don't understand Hearts beating hard on the edge of the floor Gotta kill this pain 'cause I can't take no more Bright Lights on

Sitting In My Hotel The Kinks

If my friends could see me now, Looking out my hotel window, Dressed in satin strides and two-tone daisy roots, If my friends could see me now I know they would smile.

Visionary Dreamer The Kinks

Oh you're part of me, The rest is history. There is a light that shines above you when I'm near you That somehow tells me all the things we never say.

Fortis Green The Kinks

A time that now has gone There's Uncle Frank tellin' stories from the war Frightening all the kids, yet we'd heard it all before While the bombs were droppin' round, there were parties underground

Lazy Old Sun The Kinks

Hiding away Behind all those misty thunder clouds I don't mind To spend my time Looking for you For you are my one reality When I'm dead and gone Your light will shine eternally Sunny rain, shine

Ballad of Julie Finkle The Kinks

I first met Julie a long time ago, staring up at me from the front row She had a timeless glow, she was the image of youth that never grows old or gets long in the tooth And who would think after

Trust Your Heart The Kinks

In a sheltered place where I viewed the world And all that it contained I would see your face in a misty haze And wish that you were there Yes I wished that you were there Darling Fool, I was with

Mr. Reporter The Kinks

Reporter, I'll believe all that you put down. I'll believe the sun is going up, Even though it's going down. Hey, Mr. Reporter, Don't you twist my words around.

Village Green Kinks

Out in the country Far from all the soot and noise of the city There's a village green It's been a long time Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple Down by the village green 'Twas

I Gotta Move (Bonus Track) Kinks

I don't wanna get left behind Gonna love my baby all the time If I don't wanna get left alone I gotta move on down my baby's home And if my baby isn't there I'm gonna fill my gap and comb my

Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues The Kinks

I'm too terrified to walk out of my own front door, They're demonstrating outside I think they're gonna start the third world war, I've been to my local head shrinker, To help classify my disease,

Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues (Live At Kensington House, 1972) The Kinks

"I'm too terrified to walk out of my own front door, They're demonstrating outside I think they're gonna start the third world war, I've been to my local head shrinker, To help classify my disease,

Babies The Kinks

Babies being born every day In a world where there's so much to discover All the babies crying out from the womb Not much room, can I come out mother? Mama, can you hear me call?

Kinks Shirt Matt Nathanson

Rent love run in circles Sweet fiction silhouette Meet me at 9th and irving Let's do things we can both regret It's all there in your chipped red fingernails It's all there in the twist of your pigtails

Around The Dial The Kinks

Radios of the world are tuning in tonight, Are you on the dial, are you tuned in right? One of our D.J.'s is missing. Are you listening? Are you listening to me? Can you hear me?

Did Ya The Kinks

Went for a walk down the Old King's Road, To see if anybody was there. But there was nobody home at 3 Bywater Street, And they had sold Cadogan Square.

Scattered The Kinks

Like a seed that is sewn All the children are scattered By a breeze that is blown Now the crops are all scattered We are torn, we are shattered Now some of us are barmy and battered And the fields

Schooldays The Kinks

If ever you think about the happiest days of your life Cast back your mind for a while And remember the time when you were a child.

The Shirt The Kinks

As I walked into the charity store I saw a second-hand shirt hangin' up by the door The collar was frayed, there was a stain on the cuff Caused by ketchup or blood or some such stuff It wasn't made

Come Dancing The Kinks

That's where the big bands used to come and play. My sister went there on a Saturday. Come dancing, All her boyfriends used to come and call. Why not come dancing, it's only natural?

Phobia The Kinks

Everybody got something hidden In a darkness deep inside Everybody gotta fatal flaw Everybody got something to hide Take a look into my eyes See the fear and silent cries - phobia Deep inside,

People Take Pictures Of Each Other Kinks

People take pictures of the Summer Just in case someone thought they had missed it And to proved that it really existed Fathers take pictures of the mothers And the sisters take pictures of brothers

Last of the Steam-Powered Trains The Kinks

Like the last of the good ol' puffer trains, I'm the last of the blood and sweat brigade, And I don't know where I'm going, or why I came.

Strangers Kinks

Where are you going I don't mind I've killed my world and I've killed my time So where do I go what do I see I see many people coming after me So where are you going to I don't mind If I live too

Days Kinks

Thank you for the days Those endless days those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that lights on you believe

Louie Louie (Bonus Track) Kinks

TO CATCH A SHIP ACROSS THE SEA SAIL THAT SHIP I ALL ALONE WE NEVER KNEW I MAKE IT HOME A LOUIE LOUIE, NAH NAH NAH NAH, SAYIN' WE GOTTA GO, OH NO SAID A LOUIE LOUIE, OH BABY, SAID A WE GOTTA GO.

Get Back in the Line Kinks

Facing the world ain't easy when there isn't anything going Standing at the corner waiting watching time go by Will I go to work today or shall I bide my time 'Cos when I see that union man walking

Education The Kinks

He left his cave and he moved far away And he lived with his friends in a house that they'd made He learned to think and to work with his brain And he astounded his friends with all the knowledge he

Sitting On My Sofa The Kinks

All alone, sitting on my sofa, Oh, oh, oh, sitting on my sofa, Sipping at my soda, Sitting on my sofa.

Sitting On My Sofa The Kinks

All alone, sitting on my sofa, Oh, oh, oh, sitting on my sofa, Sipping at my soda, Sitting on my sofa.

Sitting On My Sofa The Kinks

All alone, sitting on my sofa, Oh, oh, oh, sitting on my sofa, Sipping at my soda, Sitting on my sofa.

Sittin' On My Sofa The Kinks

"All alone, sitting on my sofa, Oh, oh, oh, sitting on my sofa, Sipping at my soda, Sitting on my sofa.

Nothing To Say The Kinks

Remember walking with you by my side You were my Papa and I was your pride Now I've got children and I'm going grey No time for talking I got nothin' to say Those Sunday dinners that we had at

Phenomenal Cat Kinks

A long, long time ago In the land of idiot boys There live a cat a phenomenal cat Who loved to wallow all day No one bothered him As he sat, content in his tree He just lived to eat 'cause it kept