1. |
Eventually
02:09
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And I'm not saying this to you, I never could you see
I'm just wiping away the tears
I will, I will, I do believe that I will
Eventually
And if you say that it's
Then it's fa-fa-fine
Such a fine, fine time
A date, a time, a place to hide form prying eyes
While I just wipe away the tears
I can, I can, I do believe that I can
Eventually
And if you say that it's fine
Then it's fa-fa-fine
Such a fine, fine time
And you're not saying this to me, you never could I see
You're just wiping away the tears
We will, we will, I do believe that we will
Eventually
And if you say that it's fine
Then it's fa-fa-fine
Such a fine, fine time
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2. |
The Greatest Gift
02:46
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I am tired and I am lonely in this God forsaken town
The noise of silence is so nervously loud
The ticking of a watch or a car in the street
Is enough to make this poor boy shiver in the heat
Why can’t I be near you now, why can’t I touch your face
Your eyes I know are beautiful, but lost without a trace
Sitting all alone with cigarettes as his friend
I think of all my heroes’ and pathetically pretend
I am that man, the one that gets the girl
The one that is so far away living in a separate world
Your picture is on wall like a sentimental guard
Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you hide, but I always try too hard
So rest my imagination and consider the truth
He is a romantic and you have all your youth
Summer dreams and summer looms like the greatest gift of all
Tell her she is beautiful and tell her not to full
Why can’t I be near you now, why can’t I touch your face
Your eyes I know are beautiful, but lost without a trace
Your picture is on wall like a sentimental guard
Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you hide, but I always try too hard
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3. |
JK Rant
03:11
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Oh God I’ve had it up to here with you
Your clothes, your face, your voice just grates and grates and grates
And you, you hypocrite oh was I fooled
White soul boy on the pull, which girlfriend is she on the pill?
Your pack of six will soon be full, but not of gold
As I’ve heard the words behind the backs
Give me fiction dismiss the facts
You can have it all, You can have it all
The words that I speak aren’t quite what I feel
Even my mouth can’t get that contorted, may the truth be distorted
Dope head or smack head it’s all the same to me
Blow by blow she’ll make you grow that I can guarantee
But into a man or a cripple you’ll just have to wait and see
As I’ve heard the words behind the backs
Give me fiction dismiss the facts
You can have it all, You can have it all
You see I’ve heard it so many times before
And I’ve seen it so many times before
I don’t have to explain myself to you, you know
The price was right but it’s you they’ve sold
I’d rather rip my tongue out than be told
Oh daddy darling daddy, I want that one
It’s gotta be pink so I can get turned on all day long
Now I’m in the driving seat but I think I’ve said something wrong
As I’ve heard the words behind my back
Goodbye to fiction this is fact
I don’t want it all, I don’t want it all
As I’m hearing the words behind my back
Goodbye to fiction this is fact
You can have it all, You can have it all
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4. |
Bottle Of Delight
03:36
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Stumbling home late in the afternoon
Puke stained suit singing this tune
I remember what I forgot the night before
The conversation that I had with the ever understanding bedroom floor
My master is the bottle and I’m a slave to it’s delight
Now is this my home or is it my brain
Trying to trick me has it won again
Familiar smells, familiar rooms gently swaying
An all to familiar voice shouting and screaming at me
My master is the bottle and I’m a slave to it’s delight
Is this true or was I dreaming
But didn’t she say something about leaving
Worshipping at the bar clears my mind
And now I seek the comfort, That special comfort of the liquid kind
My master is the bottle and I’m a slave to it’s delight
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5. |
Happy Song
03:09
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You look at me so nervously, but I'm happy now
The things I feel I don't believe, but I'm happy now
You make me act so hurriedly, but I'm happy now
And leave you where I want to be, I'm happy now
And you are true
I loved you once that was in a dream, but I'm happy now
You left me to search for sanity, I'm happy now
You found it in everyone but me, but I'm happy now
Now that's something I can believe, but I'm happy now
And you are true
You get a lift as I catch you up, but I'm happy now
Slight to replace the sense of touch, but I'm happy now
All I want is all to much, but I'm happy now
I shouldn't have left it all to luck, I'm happy now
And you are true
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6. |
Very Little Point
03:37
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“What’s the matter with you?” She said, she said
“What’s wrong with you?”, I replied
“All of a sudden I feel very quiet”
So very quiet, so very quiet
Very little to say, so very little point
And I said, and I said
“I know what you mean” She said, she said
“I’ve been there before”
“Eloquence in silence, so very clear”
So very clear, so very clear
But how could she know, could she know?
“What’s the matter with you?” She said, she said
“What’s wrong with you?”, I replied
“All of a sudden I feel very quiet”
So very quiet, so very quiet
Very little to say, so very little point
“Of a kin” I said. “But it can’t be the same”
“What’s the matter with you?” She said. “He’s dead”
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7. |
The Chance To Fail
02:45
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As I look into those drunken eyes I see behind those well meant lies
You tell me what I want to hear there's nothing left for me to fear
My mind my mind is so unkind I'm glad it's as little yours as mine
Not kept within some sacred book those words I said which you mistook
For honesty when the thought was greed when selfishness is all I need
I think I think I think it's true, I don't deserve it as much as you
Like some old blues record I'm in love with a friends girlfriend
I'm as much in love as I've been in love which is never in love before
And like some old blues record I'm gonna have to cry a little more
If I'm asked what's behind those eyes I won't repeat it I will lie
For what I thought you confirmed was true what you say is a corrupted truth
It's not your fault no more than mine the same desire but I see behind
Whatever use you put it to I will not follow the path you choose
There's nothing wrong and nothing right so I'll take my leave and say goodnight
What you say isn't what you do and I don't deserve it as much as you
Like some old blues record I'm in love with a friends girlfriend
I never wanted to be and though I try I know that it won't end
I'm as much in love as I've been in love which is never in love before
And like some old blues record I'm gonna have to cry a little more
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8. |
Naff Song
03:35
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I would indiscreetly, smile, when you meet me
But that would give away my heart
So I sadly deny my mind and do not gaze into your eyes
You'd surely laugh if you knew my heart
So you say, you wouldn't have it any other way
So I say, it's getting kinda late. Kate
Kate, though I'm late. I'm looking to see what you could mean to me
Kate, I know I'm late. But wait until after this current disaster
I'm so sure I want you, tell me what I should do
I'm scared you'd laugh and break my heart
Is it lust at first sight, am I blinded by your light
At last I know I have a heart
So you say, you wouldn't have it any other way
So I say, it's getting kinda late. Kate
Kate, though I'm late. I'm looking to see what you could mean to me
Kate, I know I'm late. But wait until after this current disaster
Wait a while. Please wait a while. I want to see you smile
So you say, you wouldn't have it any other way
So I say, it's getting kinda late. Kate
Kate, though I'm late. I'm looking to see what you could mean to me
Kate, I know I'm late. But wait until after this current disaster
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9. |
24th December
03:37
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Looking back really isn't something you oughta do
But I do and I think of you
Time is passing way to fast but I waste my time thinking of the past
It's the way I feel, it was something real
But I've got to go. You know
How I wish I could hate you
How I wish I didn't care
I chose the time to try to take what's mine
And I try not to think of you
But I do
I got it wrong so what's knew a man's go to do what a mans go to do
I wish I could feel that way today
How I wish I could hate you
How I wish I didn't care
I'm feeling up and down, lost not found
How I wish I could hate you
How I wish I didn't care
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10. |
Kinda Pretty
02:59
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11. |
Spend & Learn
03:12
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As the actress said to the Bishop, “This will only take a minute”
“You must be joking” he replied, “Less than five would hurt my pride”
She hid the sound of laughter by saying
It’s just a matter of time, and time means money
So spend as much as you can
As the jet roared down the valley, bombing reds camouflaged as sheep
The pilot saw angels up in the clouds, “I think I’ll join them” he said out loud
Waving goodbye from his ejector seat
It’s just a matter of time, and time means money
So spend as much as you can
They analysed all the moves and soon came to a decision
It’s a strange game in the way that the only winning move is not to play
Lets hope that they can keep a promise
It’s just a matter of time, and time means money
So spend as much as you can
I’ve seen him bear that cross so many times before
A cross of his own choosing, a cross of his wrong doing
He should have learned by now
It’s just a matter of time, and time means money
So spend as much as you can
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12. |
Happy Ending
02:47
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Drifting through this sea of lovers damned with everlasting hunger
Sin of flesh but not of soul for those whose lives have long been sold
To live out life in black and white colours impotent thrust the knife
Into visions and into dreams destroy the one thing I believed
The saddest sight is hope subdued the fear of doubt at once renewed
Reality again restored. Idols to worship, adore
Just one bullet and the job is done. Just one jump and your life's begun
Just one thought and the thought is you. The saddest sight is the sight of you
Dream, I was so enchanted by the things you said
Lies and then we parted the love between us dead
Don't remember me this way forget what I had to say
It didn't matter anyway you're the price I have to pay
The tank is empty and the well is dry the time has come for all to decide
To save the good and apportion blame but one and all deserve the same
The rich man, the poor man, the wise man, the fool here and listen and obey the call
Betray themselves and say it's love, admit it's lust when it's not enough
Sad is a feeling when you've got no one
Alone is a feeling when you've got no one
Afraid is a feeling when you've got no one
What is a feeling when you've got someone?
Dream, I was so enchanted by the things you said
Lies and then we parted the love between us dead
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13. |
Turn Away
02:58
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Oh Annie I haven't heard from you in a long time
And I wonder where you are
Oh Annie colours clash and people pass me by
It's just like living from afar
Three kisses and a life in me remembered
Every hope and dream are slowly blown away
In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says
Turn away like I turned
Slow driving the passing of my life in a second
The windscreen wet and fine in ice
Slow changes freeway life and motion in the heat
A touch of moonshine inner peace
Three kisses and a life in me remembered
Every hope and dream are slowly blown away
In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says
Turn away like I turned
Oh Annie I wish that I could let you go again
Well I succeeded once before
God Annie memories don't die if left alone
It's just paternal me the core
Three kisses and a life in me remembered
Every hope and dream are slowly blown away
In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says
Turn away like I turned like I turned away
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14. |
I'm Hit
02:43
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See the fist, but wait for the smile
Here it comes rushing to my face
I’m it, I’m it, I’m it, But I’m hit
I’m falling and calling on bended knee
Don’t take me down here with you
I never meant what I said but say it I did
You know it hurts to be hit with the truth
My nose in the dirt, palming the sweat
Muscle taught, biting at the bit
I’m it, I’m it, I’m it, But I’m hit
I’m falling and calling on bended knee
Don’t take me down here with you
I never meant what I said but say it I did
You know it hurts to be hit with the truth
But don’t even the score
I couldn’t take that again
But don’t even the score
So you’ve evened the score
I can’t take it again
Not again
So here’s the twist, you missed by a mile
And now I’m laughing, laughing at your face
’cause I’m it, I’m it, I’m it, but I’m hit
I’m falling and calling on bended knee
Don’t take me down here with you
I never meant what I said but say it I did
You know it hurts to be hit with the truth
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15. |
Touch Down
02:49
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These last two days have been a revelation
I’m back is what I think I said
Feeling boxed in, out of time and out of tune
Was I glad to be alive or still wishing I was dead
Touch down
I’m not a buck an hour
That’s why I’m driving away
My mind is full of diamonds
You too will be great one day
My brother he was so right
Personality that is the key
So what’s the secret how could you do so well
Did he throw it all away because of me
Touch down
I’m not a buck an hour
That’s why I’m driving away
My mind is full of diamonds
You too will be great one day
I look back at what could have been achieved
Of a hero turned to waste
Who looked at me with spite in his eyes
Now I see tears of love streaming down his face
Touch down
I’m not a buck an hour
That’s why I’m driving away
My mind is full of diamonds
You too will be great one day
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16. |
Cut
03:22
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Saturday, turn out the lights, settle down and draw some blood from you
You know I only if I really have to
Winter dawns, summer rains are long since gone, the scars are thanks to you
Even in the daylight all is old
Hate is blind. Am I out of time
I'm in the way when there's money to make
When you're hearts on your sleeve when you're getting in debt
When it's pleasure and pain when you're falling away
When the person you've wed has got up and left
Don't delay, the games away and they won't miss you if you turn up late
The pleasures in the taking of the best
How's your arm? You brought that on yourself the son that you once new is dead
Put the needle back into the draw
All is mine. All the time
I'm in the way when there's money to make
When you're hearts on your sleeve when you're getting in debt
When it's pleasure and pain when you're falling away
When the person you've wed has got up and left
Now's the time. Time to lie
I'm in the way when there's money to make
When you're hearts on your sleeve when you're getting in debt
When it's pleasure and pain when you're falling away
When the person you've wed has got up and left
I'll cut you down and leave you for dead
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17. |
Bear Up
02:56
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As I stand here alone all I can see around me
Are clowns, so in love with themselves
Excuse me if that’s too precise
You’re well past taking my advice
So just keep on sniffing away girls
And here from our sponsors is the final word
You’re only one of five billion people
And I hope that makes you feel real small
Your mind is your own cage and keeper
If you find the key you’ll grow up tall
And guess who I think is the cause of this disaster, it’s Clare Rayner
For the population explosion how could you not blame her
She took the fun out of fear of being in love
The fun out of fear of being in love
And that’s why I think it feels so empty
And here from our sponsors is the final word
You’re only one of five billion people
And I hope that makes you feel real small
Your mind is your own cage and keeper
If you find the key you’ll grow up tall
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18. |
Happily Mad
03:03
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I don’t like to argue, but when alone with my thoughts
I want to scream at myself (to try and think)
To wake myself up (to make a change)
To kick me where it hurts
Then pray to change our luck
Then pray to change our luck
I don’t want to speak out, but when I’m in a crowd
I want to scream at them (to make them think)
To shatter their sleep (to blow a fuse)
To wipe the smug smiles off their face
Wave goodbye to our dreams
Wave goodbye to our dreams
Don’t get mad at me, don’t get mad at me
I just want you to be happy, so don’t get mad at me
You’ve got to come of age, you’ve got to come of age
I wrote this song for you, badly written but certainly true
You’re still mad at me, you’re still mad at me
I just wanted you to be pleased, but why are you mad at me?
I think you’ve come of age, I think you’ve come of age
I wrote this song to you but I don’t think it could be true
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19. |
Only Forever
03:21
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Because, because I can, I will, I'll go
I may take some time to pack and leave, but soon I'll go
Did I say I still quite like it here, oh you're waiting for me to go
So may I say just one more time before I have to go
I only ever if I thought I could be too
I only ever if I thought I could with you
You never missed the chance to throw it back right in my face
Though I tried to hide behind this smile, you took but never gave
Go on go on just one more time that's just my luck
It goes to show how little you know, you look but never touch
I only ever if I thought I could be too
I only ever if I thought I could with you
Because, because I can't, still I'll go
I may take some time to pack and leave but soon I'll go
Have I time to say why I like it here, oh you're waiting for me to go
But I'm going to say just one more thing before I have to go
I only ever if I thought I could be too
I only ever if I thought I could with you
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20. |
Two Many People
03:57
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So I thought I'd catch you out
Though I knew I never could, but I did
Hard to watch your heroes fall
To ignore you when you call, but you did
I don't like to speculate on why you changed your mind
But I do and I don't like the things I find
I can't explain maybe we're too much the same
And you know two can't be the same two's too many people
Now it's barely on my mind
Just four or five times every day, so I lied
A brave and gallant sixteenth place
Promotion earned a crueller fate, did you lie
And I don't like to speculate on why you turned away
But I do and I don't like the things I find
I can't explain maybe we're too much the same
And you know two can't be the same two's too many people
Nearer I get the further you are
Though it soon is far away, far away
Dream a week of one false end
If only doubt can I be sure, did you lie
And I don't like to speculate on what you'd say today
But I do and I'm not sure of my mind
I can't explain maybe we're too much the same
And you know two can't be the same two's too many people
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21. |
Fire In The Engine Room
04:11
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Land told water and water told sky
Sky told sun and sun asked why
Sun asked father why sister had gone
Sister had gone to look for sun
Mother had died while giving birth
And was buried with her child down in the dirt
Dirt asked when the rain would come
Rain could come when sun had gone
Sun would go and rain would fall
Mud would slide and children would die
Slag would smother any trace of life
Womb would comfort the outcast life
Still some time before it's due
Developed in a hurry on their honeymoon
She will laugh and he will smile
Friends again for at least a while
Half-past five time to close the shop
Business is good his wife is not
Ten past six and his back at home
Nothing on the telly so he's all alone
She's run off with his neighbours wife
Left the money in the bank but taken his life
Samaritan's engaged on the telephone
Piece of rope and he's never alone
Not much left and the price is high
Supply and demand are the judges of pride
Not much room for purveyors of art
Pretentious crap done without any heart
Someone asked where the hope had gone
Hope had gone when money had come
Someone asked when Christ had died
Christ he died when religion came alive
Put the basket in the back and get in the car
We'll beat the build up of the traffic if we get away fast
Land told water and water told sky
Sky told sun and sun knew why
And water told land that sky would come
Rain would follow after the sun
Father told sun and sun asked why
Why his mother had to die
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22. |
Mother Knows How
02:31
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They walked up the hill hand in hand
Her thoughts were pure his were bad
She came back home a crying, he forgot to tell her he was only lying
How soon will her mother know
Now Jill has a plan for revenge
To finally get even with Jack
So she invited him up for a picnic and laced the well with arsenic
And told him to drink deep
But he’d been warned before and so he knew the score
Your mother knows how, your mother knows
Ask my dad he should know that your mother knows how
His face was smug when she told him to go away
Another win lad well done that’s what his father would say
The cacophony of the explosion made her feel quite ill
That she really meant to tell him she had mined the hill
Just like her mother had told her
Your mother knows how, your mother knows
Ask my dad he should know that your mother knows how
Erase him from your heart she said
Erase him from your heart she said
I’ve erased him for my heart as only mother knows how
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23. |
Factory
04:09
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With my mouth in my heart
I wake up in a sweat
Remembering what might have been
In my utopian dream
Don’t throw stones in greenhouses
You’ll only end up hurting yourself
The vision is clear but yours is misting
Everything I say you just keep a twisting
Remembering what might have been
In my utopian dream
I tried to be good
But it came out as God
What felt like a river soon became a flood
So if what I say comes out in a muddle
It’s because I want you, plain and simple
Remembering what might have been
In my utopian dream
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The Gits (UK) Horsham, UK
They came, they hung around, they left.
Hopeless optimists from Horsham in the UK who set out to
achieve very little and were wholly successful.
1987 - 1990.
Power Pop or Neo-Acoustic, nee Indie.
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