1.Lady Love Your Countryside

lady love your countryside
your motorways are very nice
come and get your aerosols
and help me paint up paradise
let's get messed up boy messed up good

come and suck down meat with me
until it makes you feverish
i like to watch you eating stuff
do you kiss your mother with those lips

let's get messed up boy messed up good

climb over here
and we could spend some time drinking and scheming
we'll close our eyes
until we find ourselves hard to believe in

face it boy life is a mess
i want to see you boxing naked to the death

run and get your cigarettes
they make your lungs all treacley
you shouldn't look at me like that
unless you want to mess with me

let's get messed up boy messed up good

climb over here
and we can spend some time hacking and wheezing
we'll close our eyes
until we find ourselves hard to believe in

face it boy life is a mess
i want to see you boxing naked to the

come over here
and we could spend some time shopping till it gets dark
come over here
and we could spend our lives puking in belsize park

you know life is a mess
i want to see you boxing naked to the death


2.Vegas

he lives on his own
the tv's on loan
he watches old movies
he lives in a flat
the lino's all cracked
but he's got plans bingo

he sings like sinatra with more feel
plays with his pocket roulette wheel all day
and no one stopped him

he got away
waited all this time with
all this scratching around
in one place made it just in time
all this talk about luck

he's just so loaded
he's just so loaded down

he gets on a plane
he changes his name
he flies off to las vegas

he saved up for years
cashed in his fears
he always had plans bingo

he packs up his white lounge lizard suit
plenty of hairspray and a big cigar
and no one stopped him

he got away
took him 40 years
to plan his route of escape
from this place made it just in time with
all this talk about luck

he's just so loaded
he's just so loaded down

the first time he flew
watched the vegas skyline
gently melt into view
all this booze swore he just saw elvis
playing poker at dunes

he's just so loaded
he's just so loaded
he's just so loaded now


3.Poor Flying Man

i see a man all alone in the air
i think that man needs a comb for his hair
he fell from the sky on a cold afternoon
crashed into earth on a dark afternoon
i just haven't felt the same
but then i'm very sentimental

he's not a bird
he's not a plane
this is a man
poor flying man

i see a man all alone in the air
nobody asked what he has to declare
'coz he froze coming down
all the way to the ground
he froze coming down
with that look on his face

i just haven't felt the same
but then you know i'm sentimental

he's not a bird
he's not a plane
this is a man
poor flying man

he's not a bird
what have you heard
this is a flying man
this is a man who flies

if i had a moment to live
i'd wish i could fly
i'd go to a place that was ever so high
i'd step from a plane into the sky
a second to live i wish i could

he's not a bird
what have you heard
this is a flying man
this is a man who flys
this is a flying man
this is a flying mad mad mad man


4.Bedhead

got an open mind just for show
got a one track mind don't i
got to go got to go but i'm easily lead
got to go got to go but i'm easily
god i'm lost inside you again
got an old desire for you
got to go got to go but i'm easily lead
i'd like to stay and get more bedhead

higher higher higher ooh ah ooh o wow
higher higher higher ooh ah ooh o wow
yes yes i think so
yes yes i think so

think i'll try to call you again
make a nice surprise don't you
got to go got to go but i'm easily lead
got to go got to go but i'm easily

made a note to leave you alone
i'm too drunk to read aren't i
got to go got to go but i'm easily lead
i'd like to stay and get more bedhead

higher higher higher ooh ah ooh o wow
higher higher higher ooh ah ooh o wow
yes yes i think so
yes yes i think so

got to go now know i must see you soon
we'll get bedhead and stay awake 'till high noon

yes yes i think so
yes yes i think so
yes yes ooh i think so
yes yes ooh i think so


5.Hunch

she's so small
tiny and crushed up
54 the size of a child
long pale hair
her eyes are all red
she's got skin the colour of bread

he's all bald
crusty and oozing
got six arms lips like a frog

great big hump
tiny and hunched up
he can't speak just barks like a dog
don't come outside with those freakshow eyes
don't look at me with those freakshow eyes
i'm not like you at all
don't touch me you must be crazy

i don't like the shape that you're in
the way you look reminds me of something
it's all because you're nothing like me

don't come outside with your freakshow eyes
don't look at me with those freakshow eyes
just stay inside i'll be safe
don't come outside i'll feel safe
don't visit me with your freakshow
i'm not like you at all


6.Pyrotechnician

throw me your matches 'cos i like to burn stuff
give me your lighter to keep me amused
kiss your fingers goodbye bye bye
i'm burning them
kiss your fingers goodbye bye bye
i'm burning
as a matter of fact they've just turned black

i think you're attractive but in a strange way
it's always exciting when you're around

kiss your bentley goodbye bye bye
i'm burning
as a matter of fact it's just turned black

pyromania

so pyrotechnician i think i love you
when will you let me join in your stunts

kiss your fingers goodbye bye bye
i'm burning them
kiss your fingers goodbye bye bye
i'm burning
as a matter of fact they've just turned black

pyromania
pyromania
pyromania
pyromania


7.Alice In Vain

alice in the playground
she ain't got a boyfriend
oh oh that's a pity
she's not even pretty
alice hears them whisper
they smile when they see her
oh oh she'll discover
girls don't hurt each other

hey don't kid yourself
girl love help yourself
hey don't kid yourself
girl love help yourself

i hurt myself
i hurt my alice in vain

alice doesn't eat much
alice don't go out much
oh oh now you're happy
it's too late for alice

hey don't kid yourself
girl love help yourself
hey don't kid yourself
girl love help yourself

i hurt myself
i hurt my alice in vain
alice in vain

i hurt myself x3
i hurt my alice in vain
alice in vain x3


8.Swallow

this little creature
lives in your wardrobe
he's seen you fake it
he's seen you naked
he's been through your pockets
and sucked out your secrets
he stole all your best lines
seems just like the old times

there
he comes
she swallows

that's no lover
that's a vanity thief
that's no lover
that's a vanity thief

seen through your good shoes
rubbed off your red lips
he sits like a fatman
curled round your thin hips

he messed up your bed sheets
sucked up your secrets
he stole all your best lines
seems just like old times

there
he comes
she swallows

chorus x 2


9.Amuse

locked inside of a prison of my own construction
i wish the walls wouldn't run around
so i can't touch them
you think it's amusing
amuses you so much
you think it's amusing

do you think it's strange that i took so long to mess my face up
i'm just so crazed i can't find the space to wriggle out enough

you think it's amusing
amuses you so what
you think it's amusing

ignored me for days just so i'd want you more
your beautiful face making my eyes feel sore
you're tragically vain
you knew i'd adore you for it

one more day
one more week
i think i've finally found a place where i can sleep


10.Twisted

she's seen one and it looks funny
it made her cry said boo to her
she captured one all hairy
stuck needles in its eyes he cries
he's reading a thin book
it's got no words just pictures
she sent him away it's good to be king
came back the same day reconstructed him

you're twisted uh huh uh huh x3
your insides are twisted

i said the wrong word so shoot me
as long as you don't constrict me
you all look the same it's spooky
you say the same thing it's ugly

you're twisted uh huh uh huh x3
your insides are twisted
twist
you're twisted
you're twisted