How I Learned To Love The Bomb
Well there's no more sleepless nights for me
Now it's easier from now on
Cos I've realised exactly where I've been going wrong
Well I've been lying awake at night
Worrying about the Russians
But the Russians are my friends
Cos we've got a love that will never end
Cos now I've learned to love the bomb
Now I've learned to love the bomb
Well once we had a plan to go to Greenham Common
And steal a Polaris missile
And we'd put it on the back of a lorry
Now I keep it in my bedroom
And it's yellow black and grey
And I'll polish it every day
And I don't care what the neighbours say
Cos now I've learned to love the bomb
Now I've learned to love the bomb
Don't you be so stupid
No no no
You should like the bomb like you love your mum
And if you want to live in a peaceful world
There's only one thing to do
You've gotta choose Cruise
Cos now I've learned to love the bomb
Now I've learned to love the bomb
Don't you be so stupid
No no no
What the hell do you take me for?
If you going to make bombs you're longing for war
Don't you be so stupid
Now I've learned to love the bomb
[_____] the days I've spent on CND campaigns
Just walking, just walking in the pouring rain
Time and time again
How I learned to love the bomb
Now You're Just Being Ridiculous
Well if I told you that I loved you
You'd only laugh and ridicule me
You say you think of me like a brother
And that's the way it's always been
You say you don't mind me telephoning
But you never have much to say
You're always busy your mother tells me
And now I feel your friendship slipping away
Now you're giving me those looks that say
Well now you're just being ridiculous
You're giving me those looks that say
Well now you're just being ridiculous
Again
Time and time again
I remember when you used to hang on every word I said
I remember all those silly ideas you put inside my head
I remember all those glorious days we sailed on your father's boat
And how I felt so cold on winter's night when I lent you my top coat
Now you're giving me those looks that say
Well now you're just being ridiculous
You're giving me those looks that say
Well now you're just being ridiculous
Again
Time and time again
We promised ourselves we'd never grow old
But now I'm on my own
Since you found someone who told you things
That you had never known
But I can't forget the happiness
The days in Greenwich Park
As long as I see you home before it's dark
God Snaps His Fingers
They found Joe lying on his bed
Hammer blows rained to his head
Pyjama jacket on the back of a chair
And an empty bottle of pills by Kenneth's side
No one cried
And we don't care and we're so young
For us our lives have just begun
But it makes me feel so sick inside
When a young man's only dream is a place in heaven
Then God snaps his fingers again
And you come running to him
All I have is all I need
My hopes, my dreams, ambitions
I wouldn't question your beliefs
But I don't want religion
And if every thing that happens is God's will
I can't accept it
But I might feel different when I've lived my life
But for now I must reject it
And they say that the good die young
Then God snaps his fingers again
And you come running to him
And if I said my prayers would the fighting stop
Would the killing cease, will it ever?
And I can't say much for the biggest priest
When a prince and the Pope can't even say a prayer together
Could they ever?
And they say that the good die young
A Girl Called Charity
Well I'd do anything for just once kiss
Just to get my hands around her hips
And when she puts her tongue between my lips
I'm thinking, "Wow, this really could be it!"
But then she smiles and says, "It's much too sweet"
She's eyeing every other guy in the street
So I'm in the bathroom every night of the week
With a photograph of Charity
Oh Charity, Charity
Why don't you show some to me?
Oh Charity, oh Charity
You're nothing but a small town tease
Boy, everyone says I'm a tease.
Don't you know that's why they call me Charity?
I give to everybody. Freely.
I remember she came round one day
When my parents were on holiday
She said, "I'm lonely, do you mind if I stay?"
And I said, "Sure baby, yeah, that's ok."
Well she asked if she could have a bath
And I said "I'd wash your back", for a laugh
Well, when she said alright
I thought tonight's the night, then in walked my mum and dad
Oh Charity, Charity
Why don't you show some to me?
Oh Charity, oh Charity
You're nothing but a small town tease
Boy, stop bugging me
I've got something else to do tonight
Wash my hair? You must be joking
Gotta file my nails. So it's back
Well when I ask her if "tonight's the night"?
If she says no I get the feeling she might
And when she's near girl (?) thinking I could blush
I think she's travelling on a different bus
She's just a girl called Charity
Hullo honey. What are you doing out here?
Boy, I told you, stop bugging me
You're too sweet
Why don't you go away for some sugarpops or something?
Why don't you go down the cinema?
I've got better things to do
Go away
She's Only The Grocer's Daughter
Well if she makes you sad and blue
There's one thing that you can do
Relax your mind and float downstream
Pretend it's all a very bad dream
She's a witch and she's absurd
I'd like to give her what she really deserves
I'd like to knock her greenhouse down
And trample on her roses
We don't love you anymore
We don't want you like before
We don't love you anymore
So now you know the score
Don't you let her get you down
Oh no she's only the grocer's daughter
Don't you let her get you down
Oh no she's only a grocer's daughter
She's a devil in disguise
I'd like to poke her in the eyes
All dressed in blue
Blue hair blue shoes
I'd like to paint her in the nude
And I've heard it is her birthday soon
Gonna buy her a ticket to the moon
And a leather bound set of Mills and Boon
We don't love you anymore
We don't want you like before
We don't love you anymore
So now you know the score
Don't you let her get you down
Oh no she's only the grocer's daughter
Don't you let her get you down
Oh no she's only a grocer's daughter
I think I ought to slap her face
Well if she makes you sad and blue
There's one thing that you can do
Relax your mind and float downstream
Pretend it's all a very bad dream
Never buy a second hand car from a grocer's daughter
Never buy a second hand car from a grocer's daughter
I'd like to put her across my knee
I think somebody ought to
But she's only the grocer's daughter
But she's only the grocer's daughter
All songs by Daniel Treacy - Twist And Shout Music
Transcribed by Keg.
Please note that these are not the official lyrics: some parts may be wrong
and a few words are missing.... you're welcome to fill the gaps!
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