@ALBUM:  vauxhall.and.i

Vauxhall and I

     Now My Heart Is Full
     Spring-Heeled Jim
     Billy Budd
     Hold On To Your Friends
     The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
     Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
     I Am Hated For Loving
     Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
     Used To Be A Sweet Boy
     The Lazy Sunbathers
     Speedway


@SONG: Now My Heart Is Full

     There's gonna be some trouble
     a whole house will need re-building
     and everyone I love in the house
     will recline on an analyst's couch quite
     soon
     your Father cracks a joke
     and in the usual way
     empties the room
     tell all the friends
     (I don't have too many
     just some rain-coated lovers' brothers)
     Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt
     rush to danger
     wind up nowhere
     Patric Doonan - raised to wait
     TIRED again - TRIED again, and
     now my heart is full
     now my heart is full
     and I just can't explain
     SO I WON'T EVEN TRY TO
     Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt
     every jammy Stressford poet
     loafing oafs in all-night chemists
     loafing oafs in all-night chemists
     underact - express depression
     ah, but Bunnie I loved you
     I was tired again
     I tried again, and
     now my heart is full
     now my heart is full
     and I just can't explain
     SO I WON'T EVEN TRY TO

@SONG: Spring-Heeled Jim

     Spring-heeled Jim winks an eye
     he'll "do," he'll never be "done to"
     he takes on whoever flew through
     "WELL, IT'S THE NORMAL THING TO DO"
     Spring-heeled Jim lives to love
     now kissing with his mouth full
     and his eyes on some other fool
     so many women
     his head should be spinning
     AH, BUT NO!
     Spring-heeled Jim slurs the words:
     "there's no need to be so KNOWING
     take life at five times your 
     average speed, like I do"
     until Jim feels the chill
     "oh, where did all the time go?"
     once always in for the kill
     now it's too cold
     and he feels too
     OLD

@SONG:  Billy Budd

     Say, Billy Budd
     so you think you should?
     everyone's laughing
     say, Billy Budd
     so you think that you should?
     everyone's laughing!
     since I took up with you
     Things have been bad
     yeah, but now it's 12 years on
     now it's 12 years on
     yes, and I took up with you
     I took my job application
     into town
     did you hear?  they turned me down
     yes and it's all because of us
     and what was in our eyes
     and what was in our eyes
     Say, Billy Budd
     I would happily lose 
     both of my legs
     if it meant you could be free
     if it meant you could be free

@SONG:  Hold On To Your Friends

     A bond of trust
     has been abused
     something of value
     may be lost
     give up your job
     squander your cash - be rash
     just hold on to your friends
     There are more than enough
     to fight and oppose
     why waste good time
     fighting the people you like
     who would fall defending your name
     don't feel so ashamed
     to have freinds
     But now you only call me
     when you're feeling depressed
     when you feel happy I'm
     so far from your mind
     my patience is stretched
     my loyalty vexed
     you're losing all of your friends
     Hold on to your friends
     hold on to your friends
     resist - or move on
     be mad, be rash
     smoke and explode
     sell all of your clothes
     just bear in mind:
     there just might come a time
     when you need some friends

@SONG:  The More You Ignore Me, The Closer You Get

     The more you ignore me
     the closer I get
     you're wasting your time
     the more you ignore me
     the closer I get
     you're wasting your time
     I will be
     in the bar
     with my head
     on the bar
     I am now
     a central part
     of your mind's landscape
     whether you care
     or do not
     yeah, I've made up your mind
     the more you ignore me
     the closer I get
     you're wasting your time
     the more you ignore me
     the closer I get
     you're wasting your time
     Beware!
     I bear more grudges
     than lonely high court judges
     when you sleep
     I will creep
     into your thoughts 
     like a bad debt
     that you can't pay
     take the easy way
     and give in
     yeah, and let me in
     IT'S WAR

@SONG:  Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself

     The sanest days are mad
     why don't you find out for yourself
     then you'll see the price
     very closely
     some men here
     they have a special interest
     in your career     
     they wanna help you to grow
     then syphon all your dough
     why don't you find out for yourself
     then you'll see the glass
     hidden in the grass
     you'll never believe me, so
     why don't you find out for yourself
     sick down to my heart
     that's just the way it goes
     some men here
     they know the full extent of
     your distress
     they kneel and pray
     and they say:
     "long may it last"
     why don't you find out for yourself
     then you'll see the glass
     hidden in the grass
     bad scenes come and go
     for which you must allow
     sick down to my heart
     that's just the way it goes
     Don't rake up my mistakes
     I know exactly what they are
     and...what do YOU do?
     well...you just SIT THERE
     I've been stabbed in the back
     so many many times
     I don't have any skin
     but that's just the way it goes

@SONG:  I Am Hated For Loving

     I am hated for loving
     I am hated for loving
     anonymous call, poison pen
     brick in the small of the back again
     I still don't belong
     to anyone - I AM MINE
     I am hated for loving
     I am haunted for wanting
     anonymous call, poison pen
     brick in the small of the back again
     I still don't belong
     to anyone - I AM MINE
     I am falling
     with no noe to catch me
     I am falling
     and there's still
     no one to catch me
     anonymous call, poison pen
     brick in the small of the back again
     I still don't belong
     to anywhere
     I just don't belong

@SONG:  Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning

     Always looking for attention
     always needs to be mentioned
     who does she
     think she should be?
     the shrill cry through darkening air
     doesn't she know he's already
     had such a busy day?
     SOMEBODY TELL HER...SHHH
     It was only a test
     but she swam too far
     against the tide
     she deserves all she gets
     the sky became mad with stars
     as an out-stretched arm slowly
     disappears
     OH HURRAY
     Please don't worry
     there'll be no fuss
     she was...NOBODY'S NOTHING
     When he awoke
     the sea was calm
     and another day passes like a dream

@SONG:  Used To Be A Sweet Boy

     Used to be a sweet boy
     holding so tightly
     to Daddy's hand
     but that was all
     in some distant land
     Blazer and tie
     and a big bright healthy smile
     used to make all
     of our trials worthwhile
     Used to be a sweet boy
     and I'm not to blame
     but something went wrong
     something went wrong
     and I know
     I can't be to blame

@SONG:  The Lazy Sunbathers

     A world war
     was announced
     days ago
     but they didn't know
     the lazy sunbathers
     the lazy sunbathers
     the sun burns through
     to the planet's core
     and it isn't enough
     they want more
     Nothing
     appears
     to be
     between the ears of
     the lazy sunbathers
     too jaded
     to question stagnation
     the sun burns through
     to the planet's core
     and it isn't enough
     they want more
     Religions fall
     children shelled
     "...CHILDREN SHELLED?  THAT'S ALL
     VERY WELL, BUT WOULD YOU 
     PLEASE KEEP THE NOISE
     DOWN LOW?
     BECAUSE YOU'RE WAKING
     THE LAZY SUNBATHERS..."

@SONG:  Speedway

     And when you slam
     down the hammer
     can you see it in your heart?
     All of the rumours
     keeping me grounded
     I never said that they were
     completely unfounded
     when you slam
     down the hammer
     can you see it in your heart?
     can you delve so low?
     and when you're standing 
     on my fingers
     can you see it in your heart?
     and when you try
     to break my spirit
     it won't work
     because there's nothing left to break
     anymore
     All of the rumours
     keeping me grounded
     I never said that they were
     completely unfounded
     You won't sleep
     until the earth that wants me
     finally has me
     oh you've done it now
     You won't rest
     until the hearse that becomes me
     finally takes me
     oh you've done it now
     You won't smile
     until my loving mouth
     is shut good and proper
     FOREVER
     All of the rumours
     keeping me grounded
     I never said that they were
     completely unfounded
     and all those lies
     written lies, twisted lies
     well, they weren't lies
     they weren't lies
     they weren't lies
     I never said
     I could have mentioned your name
     I could have dragged you in
     guilt by implication
     by association
     I've always been true to you
     in my own strange way
     I've always been true to you
     in my own sick way
     I'll always stay true to you