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TOUJOURS LES JEUX

me and Colin, aged 14, down in the park by the statues of the mayor

he calls me chicken, I call him chicken

toujours les mots, toujours les mots

I lied, I said I’d fucked a girl on the dunes behind Butlins,

I lied, broke my duck

toujours les jeux

Colin wants to be free, Sally wants to be free, Mark wants to be free, Stevie wants to be free,

Kevin wants to be free, Xaro wants to be free, Carmen wants to be free, Paulo wants to be free

Let’s play then, let’s play, all in the game

have you seen that film where everybody lies?

everthing is perfect, everybody dies

I remember this huge tramp, he was black as coal and we called him "The Devil Himself"

he stopped you and always said "have you got 5p for a cup of coffee or something?"

but one day we gave him some money and watched as he turned the corner and drove off on a shiny new moped

Colin thinks he was free

Louise says art makes her free

Charlie wants to be free

Charlie’s brother wants to be Charlie

Let’s stay then, let’s play, all in the game

siempre es el mismo juego

nos disfrazamos con palabras

vamos al parque y jugamos al pie de las figuras de piedra

la formidable forma nos deforma

you know, Mark and his girlfriend went on that new game show and won a fridge

they just asked a few general knowledge questions and then all the couples had to go into the street and pretend to be mentally ill and then the audience had to vote for the most convincing couple. the fridge was the second prize and there was a couple from Croydon who won the car

Let’s play then, let’s play, all in the game

Have you seen that film where everybody’s naked?

Everything is perfect, everybody dies.

Have you seen that film where everybody lies?

Everything is perfect, everybody dies.

HEY PRETENDER

Hey Pretender

Hey Pretender

20 years ago

You remember

what you said to me?

"Have another cigarette."

"Put your feet up and relax."

Hey Pretender

10 days ago

You remember

how you said it would be ?

"Piece of crumbly cake, old chap."

"Don’t worry about it, old boy."

"Many a fly got stuck without it."

That’s when the melodrama took you over the top

and all those Frank Sinatra songs seemed like

real life!

Somethin´ Stupid!

I’m getting sentimental over you.

Strangers in the night.

It’t witchcraft...

SO ALONE

So alone

You feel it and you follow

So alone

You feel it and you follow

You take a trip

to find it all again

You go back home,

Drumming in your chest

So alone

You feel it and you’re hollow

So alone

You feel it and you wallow

You take a ride

You get out in the light

And when you get back home

Drumming in your head

So alone

Well, I will be be your friend

Let’s take the car

And find it all again

We’ll celebrate

underneath the stars,

in sweet cafes,

the rhythm of our hearts.