Loverama



1. Girl Like That (don't go for guys like us)

girls like that
girls like that don't go for guys like us
i wanna see the facts
and she says simple "no, uh uh"
the julio iglesias (julio iglesias)
he just ain't scientific

i'll keep on looking for that lovin' feelin'
all of the chemist's and witch doctor's say no
that i'll never ever know

gui-tar

now listen
girls like that
girls like that don't go for guys like us
i still wanna see the facts
but this time she's serious
she says there's too too many worlds
too many worlds rapped up in science fiction
tiny boys, and tiny girls
i may well live to regret this in the morning
for i am considering (julio iglesias) a move to south america
to keep on looking for that lovin' feelin'
i'll keep on looking for that lovin' feelin'
all of the chemist's and witch doctor's say no
that i'll never ever know
they know, they know, they know that lovin' feelin'
they know the chemist's and witch doctor's know where
they know, they know, they know that lovin' feelin'
that feelin', that feelin', oooowww ow ow ow...

2. Hit Song

come on, huh

all my life
i've been looking for a hit song
maybe it is this song
that i've been looking for
now, i got my pants tight
i got to think twice
what with all these money shots
looks like my hands are tied tonight, ow

come on boss
but i don't mind
if i never write a hit song
cause maybe tomorrow
i'll get what i'm lookig for
like in the factories
no don't believe them
they're printing money's
so they can buy chorus, verse, chorus
that's what i'm looking for, ow

and on the lead guitar ladies and gentlemen
mr matthew robert strong, ow

gotta write a hit
gotta buy a hit
i'm gonna purchase a hit song (hit song)
yeah i'm gonna buy me a hit song (hit song)
goes like this
bow, bow, bow, boowww

3. Monkey

can i help?
i am a little monkey
i live in a tree
if you are nice to me
you can come and see
my happy little home
i live alone
i've got tv and telephone
and fax, you can email me at my home
monkey dot com au

i am a little insect
you can crush me if you like
with your big boot
or croissant
or conversation fish
you've destroyed my life

you can call me 'stalker'
you can can laugh if you like
but i will sneak around your place
and observe you at night
your happy little home
you live alone
you've got tv and telephone
and fax, i can email you at your home
monkey dot com au

4. The New Matthew

From what i hear
we are lucky
we're surrounded
and we definately are alone
in our corner
of the galaxy
it's the milky way
and from here
i can spy on
and observe
the place where i was definately born
tell the truth
you never lie
and please, make sure
all the mica-mica-phone is on
with you
on the radio
it's because she works
that we might not go away on holiday

oh please
stop crying
now you're crying
i think your timing is possibly wrong
never careful with money
but for money we could be careful
alone with you
on the radio
it's because she works
that we might not go away on holiday
with you, Matthew

we are blessed with electronics
but don't go swimming on your own
and you can't sleep here
cause we're living
and we're dying
in the spaces by the side of the road
tire tracks and mud cake footwear
now we're lost
and we're very very very far from home
with you
on the radio
it's because she works
that we might not go away on holiday
with you, Matthew

5. (I feel like)Ringo

I feel like Ringo
and it's ripping my eyes out
and I feel like Ringo
shimmy to the left
shimmy to the right

I've made up a list
the list in my mind
of everyone helpful
and everyone kind
these Fender guitars
they tune up so nice
and Greg says that, "Amps are not a problem!"

lives in a disco
but goes home to the suburbs
where it's simply just
WORK, GIRLS, DRUGS and BOYS
shimmy to the left
and shimmy to the right

I refer to this list
this list in my mind
of everyone naughty, fucked up and unkind
forget about rock stars
forget about mics
no W-bins, no W-bins, no W-bins

UNCLE DAVEY: Now listen kids, I know as well as anyone that sometimes
things can get weird, things can get bad, but there's one thing, just
one thing we all can do, sing it to me kids...
R.I.N.G.O
that's right
R.I.N.G.O
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
R.I.N.G.O
that's right
R.I.N.G.O
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh,uh-huh
R.I.N.G.O

here it is, here it is
GO
ooooh, uh
............uh
............uh
............ow
Aww yeah, uh owwww

6. Nervous Breakdance

my nervous
breakdance
i had one
in my youth
a bad patch i was goin' through
and you alright?
yes i am okay
i tell myself
that i am over you
move out of las vegas
where the metal detective
is still searching for clues
to the one thing
i can depend apon
which is
that it'll be over in a week or two, ow
i don't wanna hang around with you
that is the last thing that i ever wanna do

this pattern
repeats itself
at 4
or 5:45
in the morning
and it seems that my eyes are blue
of funky funky music too, yeah
and it'll be over in a week or two, ow
i don't wanna hang around with you
that is the last thing that i ever wanna do

and when i tell myself
that i am over you
i can not help but notice
i'm paying attention to
all of the starsign information
the tide times and racing tips
and anything to help my situation
and make some sense of this

maybe a million years from now
you could think back on me
and say 'well maybe i should have'
and i tell you now
baby you could have
but that was a million years ago
when i use to say
it'll be over in a week or two
and i do not
wanna hang out with you
that is the last thing that i ever wanna do
oh no no no no...

7. Funny

ain't it funny how
i use to think i'd miss you when you're gone
now i hardly notice that you're gone

ain't it funny how
we're still doing the things we use to doing together
but we're doing 'em on our own
a-oooww
go

ain't it funny how
i use to think we looked pretty good together
now i hardly notice you at all

ain't it funny how
i use to think we could change like the weather
now we hardly change at all
a-oooww
go

and there you go again

8. Pluto (parts 1 & 2)

i've found numbers and letters
i'll turn up, won't turn down
to get a message from underneath these radars
and 'yesterday' is still played today
it is covered by lovers
who mess around with mothers
and best of all
the underground she hates us
we're stealing equipment
the sirens are blaring
and then the arresting officer says
'i don't believe in security
or possiblities seem made of you and me'
(rock on)

oil painting bit by bit
i seem to recognise this
does not fit
the script was written for bit
romancing is dancing
i'll be the one to to ask you
on the floor
and what's more
i will show you to the door
of the town hall
about all i got for all my troubles
were complaints about all the pigs and cattle
loitering for diamond rings
and still today is replayed
yesterday in heaven
you jumped out from behind a bus
and then there was nothing
old women are swearing
the pigs are crying
and then the arresting officer says
'i don't believe in astrologies
but possibilities seem made for you and me'

9. Almost like a song

redial and hang up
and i get put down
all of these feelings call me
telephone numbers i remember
from numeric pads like
lucille and witchita
it hit me almost like a song
it was almost like a song

repetition is what royalty says
you get one idea and you kick it along
so many references and no referees
like blue eyes cryin' in the rain
hits me almost like a song
it was almost like a song

with the men and women from the electric company
say "hey wise ol'! hey boss! hey chips!
do you wanna try one of these?"
well get on your knees
and beg me please
the body is a temple so shut your mouth
well that's it, well never get along
i search my pockets for a phillips head screw
i wonder which guitar do you consider the best guitar?
it was almost like a song (nah nah, nah nah)

(stay at the machines boys)

10. Correctional facility of love

I'm swallowing thingsI'm not sure of
they pass through my system
cellotape and rubber bands, ow
how long must I wait
for you to perform the operation
to remove these crosses from me-e-e-e
I cannot avoid your sexual attacks
in this correctional facility of love

I'm lucky I haven't had to
do anything violent
to get what I want up till now
how long must I wait
for you to perform the operation
to remove these crosses from me-e-e-e
I cannot, no, no, no avoid your sexual attacks
in this correctional facility of love

my best friend the warden says
I'll be the one to beat you to
the chase for your heart
and all these flowers that you send
they tend to suggest that
we're more than just friends
I'm still swallowing things
I'm not sure of
they still pass through my system
cellotape and rubber bands
how long must I wait
for you to perform the operation
to remove these crosses from me-e-e-e
I cannot avoid your sexual attacks
in this correctional facility of love

11. Genius

we're driving in our car in town
convinced this is the only place we are alone
looking out and thinking in and looking out and in again
hey hey
i walk into a shop
and she walks into the shop and i
walk into the same shop that she's in

the road is here
the footpath is there
buildings placed neatly everywhere

my pockets full of hands
and my hands know exactly what is in those pockets
exactly
i'm not really concentrating
old man sitting down from us
he's looking good
and looking into space
we interupt the vision on his face and he says
"don't train, don't train, don't train the genius"

count the numbers 2 and 4
and sit down on the couch
listen to the vibrations coming from their mouths
he's 38 and reinvites himself into his life
he says he's never been there
he says "neither has my wife"
the camera dollies round and disappears from sight...

12. Kinda whore

i heard the street sweeper
at 4am and it reminded me of her
you were always scared of the street sweeper
and the sound it makes
a very special way of life
but we've all made mistakes

woah, but that was so long ago
cut me out of your life
and i'll cut you out of mine
we were wasting time
but always managed to rhyme
in the middle there is a riddle
you only exist when you sleep

above the catagories of a street sweep world
you were always scared of the street sweeper
you were almost there
with the sweeter sweeter worlds
missing out of your life
sweet sleepin' super stars
always out to late

13. Ladies and Gentlemen

it was good to see you again
after all this time
you're still beautiful
and everyone says so
"did you ever tell her when?"
"no, i told you that i never told anyone"
"becareful of what you want
because you might get it"
and you said something like
"we were so much younger then"
and i said
"you have got to be kidding
there seems to be some time that's gone missing"
you sold your car and you're living alone
you've got a virus so you're staying at home
well i've never been good at "byes"
so just say "cya later"

and you said something like
"we were so much younger then"
and i said
"you have got to be kidding"
when the dj says
"tonight, ladies and gentlemen"
we can travel forward in time to remember when
woah
if only i could just see you again, but no
after all this time it is not possible
to exist from end to end
"did you ever tell her when?"
"no listen, i've already answered that question"
and nostalgia is all i've got to look forward to in the end