Radio Silence
Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying
Testing, testing
This better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting
Maintaining radio silence from now on
Barricaded in the talk radio station
Hostage taken
The red "On Air" light shines on
Something cheaper that passes for free speech
Will have to do
Hear him coming through loud and clear
Trickling in your ear
He'll tell you anything you want to hear
The tape starts running
He's going to tell you something
The strings start strumming
Another humdrum conundrum
Signing off now
Maintaining radio silence from now on
But there's one thing I should have said
"The hostage will end up dead"
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White Knuckles
White knuckles came down to put the frighteners on
I believe shes the one that hes got his heart set on
It doesnt matter if your face doesnt fit
Theres no charge for changing it
Oooh ooh
What are you doing
You see right through him
You dont have to take it when he gets cruel
Chorus:
White knuckles on black and blue skin
(1,4) you dont have to take it so you just give in
(2,3) he didnt mean to hit her but she kept laughing
White knuckles sweatin on the headboard
He never found out what the kisser was for
Losing face with the boys while shes whispering in his ear
They never found out why they called it laughing gear
Maybe they werent loved when they were young
Maybe they should be hung by their tongues
Oooh ooh
Under the blankets with the body jerk
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Chewing Gum
With their cardboard hands by their sides,
Heres a naked man and lady
And theyre yours to cut out and keep
So you can dress them up maybe
They dont know just who they are, or who theyre supposed to be
You can make them happy or sad
Or assume their identity
So here they are in the departure lounge
Its the gateway to the east
She is just another mail-order bride
She doesnt know hes a kinky beast
So he gives her a picture of maradona and child
She wants to roll and rock
As he spills his beer over her, bumps and he
Grinds, as he repeats bang-cock
Chorus:
There must be something that is better than this
It starts with a slap and ends up with a kiss
Begins with you bawling and it ends up in tears
Oh my little one, take that chewing gum out of your ears
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Goon Squad
Mother, father, Im here in the zoo
I cant come home cause Ive grown up too soon
I got my sentence
I got my command
They said theyd make me major if I met all their demands
I could be a corpral into corpral punishment
Or the genral manager of a large establishment
They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod
But I never thought theyd put me in the
Goon squad
Theyve come to look you over and theyre giving you the eye
Goon squad
They want you to come out to play
Youd better say goodbye
Some grow just like their dads
And some grow up too tall
Some go drinking with the lads
Some dont grow up at all
And you must find the proper place
For everything you see
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Kinder Murder
Here in the bar, the boys like to have fun
Theres a wager lost and an argument won
Theres a stone-washed damsel on a junk food run
Its a kinder murder
Theres a ladder to heaven from a battered stiletto
Spitting out the words that he put into her mouth
See her in silhouette going down south
Its a kinder murder
Its a kinder murder
She could have kept her knees together
Should have kept her mouth shut
Its a kinder murder
Its a kinder murder
Jimmy took her down to the perimeter fence
He was back in half an hour, he said he left her senseless
Then he went back to his regiment
Its a kinder murder
The officer said it has to be denied
Theres a tear-stained would-be teenage bride
All the family pride in the little ram-rider
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Let Him Dangle
Bentley said to craig let him have it chris
They still dont know today just what he meant by this
Craig fired the pistol, but was too young to swing
So the police took bentley and the very next thing
Let him dangle
Let him dangle
Bentley had surrendered, he was under arrest,
When he gave chris craig that fatal request
Craig shot sidney miles, he took bentleys word
The prosecution claimed as they charged them with murder
Let him dangle
Let him dangle
They say derek bentley was easily led
Well whats that to the woman that sidney miles wed
Though guilty was the verdict, and craig had shot him dead
The gallows were for bentley and still she never said
Let him dangle
Let him dangle
Well its hard to imagine its the times that have changed
When theres a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange
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St Stephens Day Murders
St stephens day murders
(paddy moloney/elvis costello)
I knew of two sisters whose name it was christmas,
And one was named dawn of course, the other one was named eve.
I wonder if they grew up hating the season,
Of the good will that lasts til the feast of st. stephen
For that is the time to eat, drink, and be merry,
til the beer is all spilled and the whiskey has flowed.
And the whole family tree you neglected to bury,
Are feeding their faces until they explode.
Chorus:
Therell be laughter and tears over tia marias,
Mixed up with that drink made from girders.
cause its all weve got left as they draw their last breath,
And its nice for the kids, as you finally get rid of them,
In the st stephens day murders.
Uncle is garglin a heart-breaking air,
While the babe in his arms pulls out all that remains of his hair.
And were not drunk enough yet to dare criticize,
The great big kipper tie hes about to baptize.
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The Delivery Man
Abel was able," so Vivian said
Her shoulders flung forward
Her lips in a purse
She talks like the beauty that she never was
Of the fabulous wild nights that she never has
In a certain light he looked like Elvis
In a certain way he feels like Jesus
Everyone dreams of him just as they can
But he's only the humble Delivery Man
Geraldine blushes and brushes away
The cigarette ashes that Vivian scatters
Stares out of the window at the things that she says
While gossip within her competes with the widow
Ever since he's gone, she feels like crying all the time
She knows for sure Vivian is lying
Now she has a daughter to raise as she can
She just wouldn't trust that Delivery Man
Ivy puts down the ghost story she's reading
Looks up at that face on the wall
Thinking about how her father lay bleeding
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Georgie & Her Rival
Georgie grew to hate her name
It sounded like a tiny man
And the one she had said I cant see you, but Ill call you whenever I can
Sometimes the phone would ring, when she was half-asleep
A voice would drag her down with its suggestions
Though she often felt cheated, she never felt cheap
Chorus
Well heaven knows what fills the heart and makes you feel so alive
Its impossible to tear apart
Georgie and her rival
It was half-past february
And he hadnt called since new years day
Maybe hed found another woman to say those words no chapel girl should say
Her mother would phone and always keep talking
Shed try to be polite, making faces
But somewhere in the back of her mind, her rival was stalking
Chorus
Her rival would always wait til the eighth or ninth bell
Hed be desperate anyway and drunk as well
She always liked to hurt him to prove he was prepared
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St. Stephen's Day Murders (feat. The Chieftains)
st stephen's day murders
(paddy moloneyelvis costello)
I knew of two sisters whose name it was christmas,
And one was named dawn of course, the other one was named eve.
I wonder if they grew up hating the season,
Of the good will that lasts til the feast of st. stephen
For that is the time to eat, drink, and be merry,
'til the beer is all spilled and the whiskey has flowed.
And the whole family tree you neglected to bury,
Are feeding their faces until they explode.
Chorus:
There'll be laughter and tears over tia marias,
Mixed up with that drink made from girders.
cause it's all we've got left as they draw their last breath,
And it's nice for the kids, as you finally get rid of them,
In the st stephen's day murders.
Uncle is garglin' a heart-breaking air,
While the babe in his arms pulls out all that remains of his hair.
And we're not drunk enough yet to dare criticize,
The great big kipper tie he's about to baptize.
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