Ub40 Lyrics

album: "Signing Off" (1980)
cha "Tyler"
"Tyler"
Appeal to the governor of Louisiana

You may get an answer the process is slow
Federal government too much to help him
It's been nearly five years
And they won't let him go
[Chorus:]
Tyler is guilty the white judge has said so
What right do we have to say it's not so
Tyler is guilty the white judge has said so
What right do we have to say it's not so
Testify under pressure, a racist jury

Government lawyers its all for show
With rows of white faces
False accusations
He's framed up for murder
They won't let him go
[Chorus]
Police gun was planted

No matching bullets
No prints on the handle, no proof to show
But tyler is guilty the white judge has said so
They show him no mercy
They won't let him go
[Chorus]
Appeal to the governor of Louisiana

You may get an answer the process is slow
Federal government too much to help him
It's been nearly five years
And they won't let him go
[Chorus]
King"
King, where are your people now?

Chained and pacified.
Tried in vain to show them how.
And for that you died.
You had a dream of a promised land.

People of all nations walking hand in hand
But they're not ready to accept
That dream situation, yet.
King, where are your people now?

Chained and pacified.
Tried in vain to show them how.
And for that you died.
"Burden Of Shame"
There are murders that we must account for

Bloody deeds have been done in my name
Criminal acts we must pay for
And our children will shoulder the blame
I'm a British subject, not proud of it

While I carry the burden of shame [Repeat]
As a nation we're following blindly

No-one stops to question why
Our money's supporting an army
And a boy in Soweto dies

Must we go on ignoring forever

The cries of an African son
There's a soldier's hand on the trigger
But it's we who are pointing the gun

"I Think It's Going To Rain Today"
Lonely, Lonely,
Tin can at my feet.
Think I'll kick it down the street,
That's the way to treat a friend
Broken windows and empty hall ways

Pale dead moon in a sky streaked with grey
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it's going to rain today
Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles

With frozen smiles to chase love away.
And I think it's going to rain today.
Right before me, the signs implore me

Help the needy and show them the way
And I think it's going to rain today.
"Food For Thought"
Ivory Madonna dying in the dust,

Waiting for the manna coming from the west.
Barren is her bosom, empty as her eyes,
Death a certain harvest scattered from the skies.
Skin and bones is creeping, doesn't know he's dead.

Ancient eyes are peeping, from his infant head.
Politician's argue sharpening their knives.
Drawing up their bargains, trading baby lives.
Ivory madonna dying in the dust,

Hear the bells are ringing, Christmas on it's way.

Hear the angels singing, what is that they say?
Eat and drink rejoicing, joy is here to stay.
Jesus son of Mary is born again today.

"Little By Little"
Poor man's anger rising.

The ostrich hides his head.
Soon the red blood will be boiling.
And blue blood will be dead.
While we say.
Little by little by little,

And stone by stone.
Rich man's mountain comes crumbling down
Poor boy sleeps on straw,

The rich boy sleeps in bed.
That fat boy fills his belly,
My poor boys's a dead,
While we say.

And stone by stone.
Rich man's mountain comes crumbling down.
The rich man drives his car past,

The poor man on bare feet.
That rich man do get what he wants
The poor must know defeat,
While we say.

And stone by stone.
Rich man's mountain comes crumbling down.
"Madame Medusa"
From the land of shadows

Comes a dreadful sight
Lady with the marble smile
Spirit of the night
See the scourge of innocence
Swinging in her hand
Hear the silent suffering
That echoes through the land
From the tombs of ignorance

Of hate and greed and lies
Through the smoke of sacrifice
Watch her figure rise
The sick the poor the old
Basking in her radiance
Men of blood and gold
In her bloody footsteps

Speculators prance
Men of dreams are praying
For that second chance
Round her vacant features
Gilded serpents dance
Her tree of evil knowledge
Sprouts a special branch
Madam Medusa
Madam Medusa
Madam Medusa
Knock her right down

And then she bounce right back
Knock her right down
And then she bounce right back
She gone off her head
We've got to shoot her dead
She gone off her head
We've got to shoot her dead
Run for your life before she eat you alive
Run for your life before she eat you alive
Move out of the way 'cause you're blocking out the day
Move out of the way 'cause you're blocking out the day
"Strange Fruit"
Southern trees bear a strange fruit

Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south

The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is a fruit for the crow to pluck

For the rain to wither, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
album: "Present Arms" (1981)
"Present Arms"
You got no job you got no pay

Join the military, sign today
They'll take you off to fight on foreign shores
You'll be your mother's pride and joy

Her armed and dangerous golden boy
A uniformed hero that shows no fear
The khaki ranks of flesh and steel

Learning how to smile and kill
They'll teach you to ignore the screams and tears
"Sardonicus"
A human statue made of living stone

A paradox etched in human bone
If you could look behind his thin disguise
There's a hidden glint of madness in his eyes.
Many men are fooled by his smile

His superficial grace his charm his style
Sardonicus is everybody's friend
Sardonicus keeps smiling to the end.
"Don't Let It Pass You By"
There's no-one coming with that freedom train.

There's nowhere you can go where you feel no pain.
Take the blinkers off you eye's,
The power is in your hand.
Stop waiting for your ticket to the promised land.
There ain't no heaven and there ain't no hell.

Except the one we're in, and you know to well
There's no-one waiting on,
Waiting on a higher high.
Don't let the only world you're ever gonna live in pass you by.
Burn two spliff play ital riddem

Rub two dub burn ital collie
Because the rhythm a the marshall
And the rhythm a no partial go deh
Seh the rhythm a the marshall
And the rhythm a no partial
Because you jamming with you brethren
Jam it 'till a morning
Forget about the warning
Have to jam it 'till a mornin'
Seh you playing in a concrete style
You playing in a resident style
And then you jam it all the while
Don't let it pass you by,
You gonna wake up and wonder why
Gone in the blues
Go check on the news
Go listen to political views
New Cross was no gate-crash bomb...
Rightful justice must be done!
Burn two spliff and rock to the riddem
Burn two spliff and rock to the riddem
We don't deal with Isim Scisim
We don't deal with Isim Scisim
Deal with folly-dolly
We don't deal with folly-dolly
'cause you jammin' with your brethren
Jam it 'till the morning
Playin' in a conrete style
Jam it all the while
Don't let it pass you by,
You gonna wake up and wonder why
"One In Ten"
[Chorus:]
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
But I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care
My arms enfold the dole queue

Malnutrition dulls my hair
My eyes are black and lifeless
With an underprivileged stare
I'm the beggar on the corner
Will no-one spare a dime?
I'm the child that never learns to read
'Cause no-one spared the time
[Chorus]
I'm the murderer and the victim

The licence with the gun
I'm a sad and bruised old lady
In an ally in a slum
I'm a middle aged businessman
With chronic heart disease
I'm another teenaged suicide
In a street that has no trees
[Chorus]
I'm a starving third world mother

A refugee without a home
I'm a house wife hooked on Valium
I'm a Pensioner alone
I'm a cancer ridden spectre
Covering the earth
I'm another hungry baby
I'm an accident of birth
[Chorus]
"Don't Slow Down"
You might believe, and still you feel the chase has just begun.
That you must reach that horizon before the setting of the sun.
You chase the light in front of you, nightfall close behind.
If you stop to catch your breath, you know what you will find.
Don't slow down don't touch the ground.

You know what you will find.
That old grey man in tattered clothes following behind.
No time to stop, don't go to sleep, prepare to pay the cost.

The hours and minutes are passing by, another day is lost.
Impatience is a virtue, catch me if you can.
The seconds have been ticking by since your life began.
"Silent Witness"
The neon haze of city lights

The tribal sound of marching feet
Cuts through the gloom on cold dark nights
The tired and homeless roam the streets
The sirens wail the engines roar
A shadowed man just glances around
A victim of life's mindless toil
Lies cold and helpless on the ground
The window dummies silent stare

Bear witness on the nights
If they could move
What it would proved
To see them all take flight
The neon haze of city lights

The tribal sound of marching feet
Cuts through the gloom on cold dark nights
The tired and homeless roam the streets
The walls shout loud with angry words
The people air their views
The poor can scream but no-one hears
The concrete jungle sings the blues
"Lamb's Bread"
Ah who seh, sensimilla

Ah who seh, lambsbread I till ya
Ah who seh, sensimilla
The wicked man, the wicked man deh'pon the street

A whole heap of wind-ups deh'pon the street
Thiefing, looting, lying, me seh dep'pon the street
A hustling, a hustling deh'pon the street
Me seh a flat-foot hustling deh'pon the street
The drug squad seh them dep'pon the street.
B-line, mash it, me seh mash it, me seh

B-line, rock it, me seh shock it, me seh
B-line, rub it, me seh dub it, me seh
B-line, under heavy manners, me seh
B-line, rock it, me seh shock it, me seh
B-line, mash it, me seh crash it, me seh
B-line.
album: "UB44" (1982)
"So Here I Am"
Seven on a Monday morning.

And it's a sunny day.
It's just too hot to be working
But you've got to pay your way.
[Chorus:]
So here I am sitting at the bus stop
Wishing I was somewhere else
Where I didn't have to work my rocks off
Wishing I could please myself.
Ten hours a day I'm grafting

Under the bosses eye,
Earn just enough to keep going,
Making cars I'll never buy.
[Chorus]
Five days a week I'm giving,

My time is clocking on.
Just two days left for living,
Wondering where my life has gone.
[Chorus]
"I Won't Close My Eyes"
I won't close my eyes

To the sufferers plight.
In a world full of sadness
I won't turn off my light.
Our cries for justice are shots in the dark

But our strength's in our bite
And not in our bark
It's time to stand
And shout it out loud
And the louder we scream
The sweeter the sound.
I won't close my eyes

When I know that I'm right
When I'm drowning in tears
We're shown no respect

But that can't break our pride,
When our backs to the wall
We won't run and we won't hide
It's time to stand, face the oncoming crowd
And the louder we scream
The sweeter the sound.
I wont't close my eyes

When the future don't look bright
Though the road seems too long
I won't turn off my light
In a world full of darkness,
"Forget The Cost"
Multi-million dollar
Exploration into space
While in the name of progress
This planet's laid to waste
Nation takes on nation
And is stepping up the pace
And someone's got his finger
On the button.
[Chorus:]
Forget the cost
We've got to choose
We're running in a race
That we can only lose.
Rich is rich and poor is poor

And never the twain shall meet
East is east and west is west
And only one shall eat
The microchip has come of age
And man is obsolete
And someone's got his finger
On the button.
[Chorus]
"Love Is All Is Alright"
[Chorus:]
Love Is all is alright
But you left it a little to late
Love is all is alright
But you've got to find a little more hate.
Take the man in the white cloak

A pointed mask to hide his face
Murders in the name of religion
If you're not the right colour or race.
Take the man in the black cloak
He's holding justice in his hands,
Lets the man in the white cloak go,
Calls it the law of the land.
[Chorus]
Take the man in the brown shirt

A burning hatred in his eyes
Fired by ignorant reaction,
Fanned by political lies
Take the man in the blue cap
His back's against the wall
Links arms with the man in the brown shirt
He's trying to break his own fall.
[Chorus]
"The Piper Calls The Tune"
He wields his flute with an expert hand

And then, all too soon
The dancing stops and the children stand
The piper calls the tune.
He holds their future in his palm

An old and powerful man
With missiles poised and bombs at hand
They wait for his command.
With songs of fear and bigotry

A cruel, hypnotic sound
He plays his last tune greedily
And strikes the children down.
"The Key"
Trenchtown Jamaica
Gave the Wailers their soun'
Like a steppin' razor
The Brother Tosh 'im come aroun'
Yellow Man and Eek-A-Mouse
Dem a trod 'pon newer groun'
While Scratch and The Scientist
Dem jus' keep on mixin' down.
The mighty General and Eastwood

Draw me out of my seat
The Lone Ranger ride in
To rock me' pon me feet
The dreaded Flabba Holt and Style Scott
Start fe put down a radical beat
Wid Mistra Isaacs
Puttin' melodies so sweet.
[Ad lib]
[Refrain:]
Reggae music is
The key to ny heart
Reggae music is
My stop and start
From dusk to dawn
The music is my high.
"Don't Do The Crime"
Don't do the crime,

If you can`t do the time
It's said that it just don't pay.
But what good's working hard
When all they give you is your cards
And you know there's not much you can say.
So you take what they give

You've no money to live
And your family don't understand.
After all these years
They will end up in tears
With a mountain of bills in their hands.
Now your lesson is learned

There's nowhere to turn
And it's no use pleading for help.
When you're left on the heap
There is nothing to keep you
From going and helping yourself
The dilemma you've found

Is you`re morally bound
Now your moral code needs a review
So what do you care
You know life isn't fair
And for years they've been stealing from you.
"Folitician"
Hey Folitician, me seh hey folitician

Me seh hey folitician
Mek you go long so.
Hey folitician, me seh hey folitician
Mek you go long so.
You come chatty chatty chatty run up you' mouth; [Repeat]

One man, one vote you hear from the shout. [Repeat]
You full of pure promise but you tell damn' lies; [Repeat]
You make a mistake And then somebody dies. [Repeat]
Hey folitician, me seh hey folitician

What you doin 'bout the slums?
You sit around all day, jus' a twiddle your thumbs;
You have a strange expression
Mek you look like you' dumb. [Repeat]
You worry everybody 'til you put them in a box. [Repeat]
Dub freak gone

Gone go check him record shop,
Gone go check him record stock.
Him climb upon the box

Him said him got to reach the top;
Him climb upon the shelf
Him seh you take care yourself.
Him dance upon the floor
Him said a music galore. [Repeat]
Dub freak, dub freak

Deh 'pon the go;
Say you never know
Because I told you so.
Sippa, sippa, sippa, sippa, lightning crash; [Repeat]

Drummer 'pon him drum, him jus' a play mish-mash. [Repeat]
Keyboards in the middle jus'a jump and twiddle. [Repeat]
Rhythm over here an' me seh rhythm over there;
Don't stop and stare because the rhythm gone clear.
Dub freak, dub freak, in a dub freak style

Dub freak, dub freak, still a running wild.
Him start from the bottom 'til him reach up the top
Him keep on rocking and him never stop.
Wow and flutter, music just a run like butter. [Repeat]
Dub a slip an' slide

Dub a slip an' slide
Dub a slip an' slide,
He can't find nowhere to hide.
"The Prisoner"
A misfit who is old before his time

Poverty has turned him to crime
Boredom gives him too much time to think
He pours another drink.
A burning, bitter taste of irony

A prisoner in the land of the free.
He wonders why his landscape looks so strange

Burger bars are home on the range
An empty bottle falling from his hand
He doesn't understand.

A cork unlocks the door to other lands
Of battles won and destinies in hand
A half-remembered state of liquid dreams
Where things aren't what they seem.

A naked savage dressed in shirt and jeans


album: "Labour Of Love" (1983)
"Cherry Oh Baby"
(originally by Eric Donaldson)
Cherry oh, Cherry oh, baby,

Don't you know I'm in need of thee?
If you don't believe it's true,
What have you left me to do?
So long I've been waiting,
For you to come right in.
And now that we are together,
Please make my joy run over.
[Chorus:]
Oh oh ee oh oh ee oh,
Oh oh ee oh ee oh ee oh.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
Cherry, oh, Cherry, oh, baby,

Don't you know I'm in love with you?
If you don't believe I do,
Then why don't you try me?
I'm never gonna let you down,
Never make you wear no frown.
If you say you love me madly,
Then I will receive you gladly.
[Chorus]
Cherry, oh, Cherry, oh, baby,

Don't you know I'm in love with you?
If you don't believe I do,
Then why don't you try me?
I'm never gonna let you down,
Never make you wear no frown.
If you say you love me madly,
Then why do you treat me badly.
[Chorus]
"Keep On Moving"
(originally by The Impressions)
[Chorus:]
Lord I gotta keep on moving.
Lord I gotta get on down.
Lord I gotta keep on moving.
Where I can't be found
Law is coming after me.
I've been accused of a killing

Lord knows I didn't do
For hanging me they are willing yeah
That's why I gotta get on through.
Law is coming after me.
[Chorus]
I've got two boys and a woman

They're just gonna suffer now.
Lord forgive me for not going back
But I'll be there anyhow,
I'll be there anyhow.
[Chorus]
Now maybe someday I'll find a piece of land

Somewhere not by or near anyone.
Then I'll send for my love, love, love sweet woman.
And my two grown up son's,
My two grown up sons.
[Chorus]
"Please Don't Make Me Cry"

(originally by Winston Tucker)
You say you are going to leave me

I'm begging you to stay
My baby I can't get through any way
No I can't
And when I wake up in the morning
You are gone
Little pretty thing
You know I'll be all alone
[Chorus:]
You'll hear me crying (mmmmmmm)
Please don't make me cry (mmm mmmm)
'cos I can't say good-bye (mmmmm)
Please don't make me cry
Because I know
There will be nothing left for me
All them good good times

We spent together
You said it was me and no other (yeah)
And now you want to make me pain inside
Darlin' I Know you are going to make me cry
[Chorus]
All this pain I can't stand it

You're going to leave
You're going to leave this poor man on his own
Yes you are (mmmmm)
[Chorus]
All this pain I can't stand it

You're going to leave
You're going to leave this poor man on his own
Yes you are
Please don't make me cry
Baby I'm Pleading
"Sweet Sensation"
(originally by The Melodians)
I can feel those thrill's walking over

When you hold me tight
Now I feel those pains aching over
When you say goodnight
[Chorus:]
Oh what sweet sensation

Lord what strange devotion
You've got love and devotion
And I won't forget your charm
Now there's nothing left for me to say girl

But stay in your world
You've got so much soul deep inside girl
And love that's richer than gold
[Repeat chorus to fade]
"Johnny Too Bad"

(originally by The Slickers)
Walking down the road

With a pistol in your waist
Johnny you're too bad
Walking down the road
With a ratchet in your waist
Johhny you're too bad
[Chorus:]
You're just robbin' and stabbin'
And lootin' and shooting
You're too bad repeat
One of these day's

When you hear a voice say come,
Where you gonna run to?
One of these day's
When you hear a voice say come,
where you gonna run to?
[Chorus]
You're gonna run to the rock

For rescue, there'll be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock
For rescue, there'll be no rock
"Red Red Wine"

(originally by Neil Diamond)
Red, red wine

Goes to my head
Makes me forget that I
Still need her so
Red, red wine

It's up to you
All I can do, I've done
But memories won't go
No, memories won't go
I'd have sworn

That with time
Thoughts of you would leave my head
I was wrong
Now I find
Just one thing makes me forget
Red, red wine

Stay close to me
Don't let me be alone
It's tearin' apart
My blue, blue heart
[Red Red Wine Toast Section]
Red red wine you make me feel so fine

You keep me rocking all of the time
Red red wine you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollars when you're just in my hand
Red red wine you make me feel so sad
Any time I see you go it makes me feel bad
Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line
Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing make me do me own thing
Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above
Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart
Red red wine in a 80's style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind

Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me Red wine the kind make me feel fine
Make me feel fine all of the time
Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line
The line broke, the monkey get choke
Burn bad ganja pon him little rowing boat
Red red wine I'm gonna hold to you

Hold on to you cause I know your love true
Red red wine I'm gonna love you till I die
Love you till I die and that's no lie
Red red wine can't get you off my mind
Wherever you may be I'll surely find
I'll surely find
Make no fuss
Just stick with us.

Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart
Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing make me do me own thing
Red red wine in a 80's style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah.
"Guilty"
(originally by Tiger)
Well hello baby

Come sit down, make your self comfortable
Tell me somthing, how long have we known each other?
About ten months huh?
Say what's that on your finger? An engagement ring?
So you and John are getting engaged, huh?
You know he's a mighty lucky guy
Should be proud to have a woman like you
Listen, I've got something to tell you
Don't think I'm getting fresh or anything like that
But this things been bugging me for a long time you know
And its getting heavier each and every day
And I've just gotta get it off my chest
See I've never seen anyone like you
I've never known anyone like you
Let me take me back to my childhood a while
See we had a medium size family you know, we weren't rich
But my mother tried to bring us the best she could
Didn't commit no crime nor nothing
But I had to reach manhood to commit this crime
According to the code of love, if there is such a code
See love is a thing well, you know?
It's a bit like quicksand
The more you wriggle the deeper you sink
And when it hits you you've just got to fall
That's why I do believe that I am guilty
Guilty of loving you
"She Caught The Train"

(originally by Joe Monsano)
Another night of loneliness.

My love is gone
She made a fuss and she was wrong,
yet she is gone
I asked her friends if they'd seen her

They said she'd take the train
I ran to catch the train,
Oh my, the train is gone
Another night of loneliness.

My love is gone
She made a fuss and she was wrong,
yet she is gone
I ran to catch the train,

Oh my, the train is gone
"Version Girl"
(originally by Boy Friday)
[Chorus:]
Version Girl, what's your name?
Oh you come and you go,
Just like the morning sun.
It's so hard to find a personality with charms like yours for me.
oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee
Version girl, what's your name?

Don't you know I long to say.
It's so hard to find a personality with charms like yours for me
oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee
I sit in the sun waiting for you to come along

So my heart will be satisfied
So please let me be your number one
Under the moon, under the stars and under the sun.
[Chorus]
oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee
[Talking:]
Version girl, whats's you name?
Oh you come ....... etc
oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee
I sit in the sun waiting for you to come along

So my heart will be satisfied
So please let me be your number one
Under the moon, under the stars and under the sun.
[Chorus]
"Many Rivers To Cross"

(originally by Jimmy Cliff)
Many rivers to cross

But I can't seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it's only my will
That keeps me alive
I've been licked, washed up for years and,
I merely survive because of my pride.
And this loneliness won't leave me alone

It's such a drag to be on your own
My woman left and she didn't say why
Well I guess, I gotta try.
Many rivers to cross but where to begin,
I'm playing for time
There'll be times when I find myself thinking
Of committing some dreadful crime.
I've got many rivers to cross

But I can't seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it's only my will
That keeps me alive
I've been licked, washed up for years and,
I merely survive because of my pride.
album: "Geffery Morgan..." (1984)
"Riddle Me"
[Chorus:]
Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer me this
Who owns the chains that bind your wrists
Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer again
Riddle me who built the machine
That washed your brain
Like parents did before them

Your parents did the same
They said do your best, you must pass the test
You must learn to play the game
They scrimped and saved and suffered
To send you off to school
But if they'd had the cash
They could've brought the class
And a different set of rules
[Chorus]
They taught a simple system

Why they had and you had not
They said know your place, you can't win the race
Life's an auction you're the lot
If you'd ever thought to question
They would never answer you why
When they buy your sweat, you are in their debt
And they own you till you die
[Chorus]
You took hook line and sinker

Everything they fed
Worked day and night, for most your life
To earn their daily bread
Now your old and weary
And you lay you down to sleep
With body worn and spirit torn
What's left is yours to keep
"As Always You Were Wrong Again"
We'll raise the price of parking fines

A boost for the economy
If that don't work we close the mines
And starve the poor of industry
We proved again we rule the waves

A blow for white democracy
That Britains never shall be slaves
So long as they agree with me
We'll close the roads, divide the land

Put out the rage that burns within
Break the link of dirty hands
At any cost we'll always win
Keep them poor and wanting more

Deprive them of their basic rights
The hunger banging at their door
Will take away their will to fight
As always you were wrong again

To us a little seems a lot
Don't turn your back on desperate men
Cause we can see how much you've got
"If It Happens Again"
[Chorus:]
If it happens again I'm leaving
I'll pack my things and go
If it happens again
There'll be no looking back
I won't say I told you so
You did what you were told

And you took the strain
Been left out in the cold
Got yourself to blame
But believe me,
If it stays the same I'm gone
When you're stabbed in the back
And there's salt in the wound
The it's time to move along
[Chorus]
No more spanners in the works,

All the works been done
Had your face rubbed in the dirt
On show for every one
But believe me
If it stays the same I'm gone
When compromise is the song you sing
It's been going on to long
[Chorus]
"D.U.B."
When me reach me yard me got one thing on me mind,

To hold me little woman and fe make her feel irie.
Be play album, dub plate, and forty-five
For dat's the kind of riddim that keeps me alive.
Me turn on fe me radio some a chat 'bout dat
But I know more than D.J. so I nah play you dat.
[Chorus:]
Me tek a 'D' and a 'U' an' a 'B' - not 'E'
That thing there is special to me.
Me listen in the morning, also in the night
For dat form of music is out-a-sight.
The newest form of music is easy to see
It start with a 'D' and end with a 'B'
Dub in a de morning and dub in a de night
Mek the whole neighbourhood feel alright,
feel alright

To hold me little woman and fe mek her feel irie.
To hold me little woman and fe mek her feel irie.
[Chorus]
Rock in a de dance, me seh fe give dub a chance,
Rock in de blues, you know you jus' can't lose.
A dub me a defend, on dub i can depend
Check out dis yah music and run tell yo' friend.
We don't want rock 'n' roll and we got enough soul,
We don't want rock 'n' roll and we got enough soul.
Bass is beutiful if it's clean,
But dis yah dub music, man it well mean.
No bother follow friend and ignore dub again.
It's simple, but effective, can't you see?
A lot of people catch on in 'eighty-three.
Now is 'eighty-four and you must know the score,
Anything me chat, you know the people bawl 'more.'
Me jump 'pon de graphics, don't get vex'
All me have a total concept to make you feel Irie.
To make you feel Irie.
"The Pillow"
A smile for every passing car

And when they stop with door ajar
She shrugs and whispers que sera
And turns her thoughts to the pillow
Her face is etched with memories
She finds now joy amid the sleaze
It's hard when you've been paid to please
So she turns her thoughts to the pillow
[Chorus:]
Daylight comes she rests her head
The beauty of an empty bed
She dreams of happy days instead
Of brooding on tomorrow
She swapped her dreams of shining knights

For pushers, bars and money fights
For nameless faces in red light
So she turns her head to the pillow
Those black eyes don't hurt any more
She's heard the jokes and jibes before
She's felt the long arm of the law
So she turns her head to the pillow
[Chorus]
Taking drugs was not for fun

It made her feel like going on
But now she hurts when its all gone
And she turns her head to the pillow
She take a blade and breaks her skin
Sweet life force flows from within
The white clouds in her head grow dim
And she turns her head to the pillow
[Chorus]
Sunlight creeps across her head

Pale beauty in a crimson bed
No dreams of happy days ahead
She'll have no more tomorrows
"Seasons"
[Chorus:]
Like the seasons you change your mind
It seems like loving you is a crime.
I remember those days

Oh, so long ago
Like the first time I took you
To a picture show
Or the first time I kissed you
Beneath the moonlit sky
I put my hand on my heart
I thought I'd die
[Chorus]
Yes, you were for me

It was plain to see
I knew in my heart
You were the one for me

Though people used to try
To get us down
As time goes on
We're still around
[Chorus]
We had our share

Of ups and downs
We had our share
Of nights on the town
The days were short
But the nights were long
My love for you
It grew so strong
[Chorus]
But as we grew old

Your love turned cold
Gone are the days
Of glitter and gold
I work so hard
To keep you mine
Now all I have is
Nothing but time
[Chorus]
"You're Not An Army"
We can drag you out of bed in the middle of the night

Drive tanks along your street looking for a flight
We can put you in a cell an dash away the key
Make you stand against the wall torture chamber stylee
The reason is simple, it's obvious to see
We can shoot at you but you can't kill we
Don't you see, don't you see, your not an army
The reason is simple, it's obvious to see

Right is on your side but the media's with we
Don`t you see, don't you see, your not an army
The thing you must remember since these troubles first began
Were supported by a tax paying population
And if the rest of this world is against we
It's a fact that the people of this country won't see
They can give you a trial by military

But you won't be sentenced politically
You'll be beat by other prisoners for political views
But you just another killer when we read it in the news
"I'm Not Fooled So Easily"
I've been listening to what you said

And wondering if it could be true
If it's as bad as you say out there
I'll leave the going out to you
Statistics prove its not too bright

To walk the darker streets at night
Or to talk to people you don't know
My worlds become a horror show
There's a murder in my living room

My child is watching avidly
Should I venture out tonight
Tomorrow he'll be watching me
You pay your money take your choice

But every channel plays the same
The audience hears his master's voice
Keeps him scared and keeps him tame
I'm not believing all I see

Fabrications on T.V.
Distort the news, feed us your views
I'm not fooled so easily
"Your Eyes Were Open"
Oh doctor help me please

I'm dying, crippled with disease
My Body's aching limb to limb
My bones are glowing through my skin
When I look up into black skies
Mushrooms grow before my eyes
Doctor save me if you can
I'm a desperate man
[Repeat]
As he lay thinking he was dead

A burning pain short through his head
He looked into those tired old eyes
Heard forty years of anguished cries
And this doctor said
Your eyes were open

But you shut them with your mouth
You always heard
But you weren't doing the screaming
You'd only just woken
But Already, you'd forgotten,
What you were dreaming
Such a sad case

The failure of a human race
album: "Baggariddim" (1985)
"The King Step"

(feat. Pato Banton)
To all the entertainers in the world I man show nuff respect

Nuff respect, cause every entertainer is select
And right ya now me a go show you how to do the king step
[Chorus:]
Me a go show you how to do the king step left right,
Me a go show you how to do the king step left right,
As soon as me operator puts the music on the deck

Is pure exciting, educating, fascinating, pirate chanting
Culture preaching, perfect timing lyrics you a go get
The whistlers blow their whistle, big women say "Kiss me neck"
Some bawl "Forward", some bawl "Rewind" and some shout out "eject"
While the pirates press record pon fe dem pocket size cassettes
The MCs that chat slack fret till dem armpit wet with sweat
Because they know that slackness is a thing I man do not respect
That's why me have to show dem how fe do the King Step Left Right.
[Chorus]
Well before me start to go down in a dais yak subject

Me have to praise you Jah cause you never fail I yet
Even when satan captured me and bring me close to death
You offered me the truth and right and I had to accept
But now me find you Jah me na go keep it secret
That's why the conscious lyrics are my favourite subject
Me chat dem in the blues party, pub, club and discotheque
Me chat dem in the bookie shop while man a put on bet
And also in the gambling house when man ready fe set
And even to bad man who a walk wid dem ratchet
Me chat dem a UB40 Studio in Digbeth
And when dem want more culture dem a bawl out "Dep, Dep, Dep"
But me tell them, hold on lads you ain't heard nothing yet
"Cause now I'm gonna show ya how to do the King Step" Left Right
[Chorus]
Left right its time to walk in the light of Jah not darkness
Left right who Jab bless no man curse, who Jah curse no man bless
Left right eternal life for the man that tries his very best
Left right do bad and you'll go down in the pit that's bottomless
Left right Pato Banton has now come to preach the right
Left right left right me no partial if your black or if your white
Left right well now me know how fe do the king step
Me just can not keep it a secret
So right ya now you a get
THE KING STEP THE KING STEP THE KING STEP
Step 1, we all should know that there's one god and only one
Step 2, Is give him praises for this whole creation
Step 3, Is love your brother man cause you and him is one
Step 4, Is not to make the same mistake as Soloman
Step 5, Is to repent and beg forgiveness for your wrongs
Cause the wrath of Jah is clear to see in Revelation
So make up mind if you want to go to Heaven or Hell
Step 6, Oh yes there's more the King Step carries on
It carries on and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
Step 6, is once you know the truth to pass the message on
And do the King Step daily as you trod upon Jah land
So when the right time comes for Babylon's destruction
You'll be among the few to march towards mount Zion
Left-Right, Left-Right, Left-Right, Left-Right
"The Buzz Feeling"

(feat. Gunslinger)
Well the man like general slinger

Sa live the life you love and love the life you live
Cause what is in my hart is design to give
But special request is to all back stabber should be stuck in asieve
When I and I smoke senisman give thanks and praise to the full causes whot
[Chorus:]
The buzz feeling lord
Well have you ever had the buzz feeling my sisthren
Have you ever had the buzz feeling
My brethren
Have you ever had the buzz feeling you take out you rizla
You start rolling seh three or five sheet me
Seh what you deeling with you take piece of cigarette
Start breaching open up you giangi bag you start
Sprinkling you stick out you tongue and you start fe licking
You lean against a speaker box take you matches lighting
Seh man have you ever had the buzz feeling
[Chorus]
When your head is spinning you knees wobbling you belly rolling
And your eyes shutting fe you head would of blow off
Like a car engine most people in the dance dem start laughing
Some of them cannot explain mysterious feeling so you sit on de stair
Gaze pon de ceiling you hand pon you belly
You start fe rubbing a little after that you a little vomiting
So you run down the stairs like a streak of lightening you move
Through the crowd like you hustling you brethen
Shout you start reasoning about thing and time and the flat
Him move in the operatir play a tune them start bubbling
It make it even harder fe you passing as you reach out side start
Slow breathing you sit pon de wall and start thinking never again
Would I get that feeling dread
[Chorus]
Well you head stop spinning you knees stop wobbling you belly stop roll
Start crave fe dumpling
[Chorus]
You I dren shout you roll up a splif

Me I dren temptation it is graet but
Remember that funny feeling
[Chorus]
But wen me seh you shouldn't rump with the general

Shouldn't rump with the general
Me seh don't rump with general

Don't play with the general
Don't fool with the general
Don't walk with the general
Don't talk with the general
Don't eat eith the general
[Chorus]
"Lyric Officer"
(feat. Dillinger)
Why do you have to force yourself with power and control

Why do you have to live your life playing up a role
Intimidating people with your wall of sight and sound
You and your kind destroy our underground
All the happiness you destroy
All the brutal tactics that you always emply
All the fucking bullshit when will it ever stop
The comparison is obvious: you're a fucking cop
Officer - you act like an animal, you're out of control
Officer - what the hell is wrong with you
Wear a tie if you want to wear a uniform
Join the army if you want to conform
Tough guy asshole do what you can
Whatever you destroy we'll create it again
"Demonstrate"
(feat. Admiral Jerry)
Well Jerry at de mike come fe Demonstrate

Yes, Jerry at de mike me come fe Demonstrate
Me come fe show de crowd a people dat great is great
Right ya now Mr Jerry at go set tings straight
No MC test Jerry in a ATE
So listen dem ya styles I man originate
First of all me wan you know me na exaggerate
All pirate in de dance me would a evacuate
Is a whole leap a space I man accomodate
An a whole leap a gal I accumulate
Round de mile Jerry don't need no associate
Me chat by meself me no combinate
Me study very hard because me want graduate
Up de MC ladder I man Essulate
To be a boss MC I'm a chief candidate
True me fascinate nor irritate and me originate
Round de classic Micro-centre dat is where me locate
Me no select no tune an Jerry don't operate
Fe see me lift speaker - box you must fortunate
Cause asdedance down me gone home me gone go hibernate
Going home de other night me can't remember de date
De early hours of de morning before people a wake
Bopsing down de road it was me worst mistake
Police come draw down pon me an a investigate
Him say "Hey son where you coming from don't you know that it's late
I've heard about you niggers and the trouble you create"
I said "I'm coming from a party and me going home straight
Me just stop a de shop to buy some cigarette an chocolate"
When me explain de situation him stop interrogate
Turn around jump in a im panda car an say "See you mate!"
Is a good ting me never cheeky or be obstinate
Or me could a end up visiting de damn magistrate
De house way me live in you know it must decorate
An de girl way me love ave to affectionate
Nem ya linda lyrics you must penetrate
So listen every word I man and quotate
True me talking very clear you no need fe translate
Cause when me riding pon de riddim me no mek no mistake
Gasst contagious disease I man vaccinate
An true me no wan catch a dose me no fornicate
De lyrics way me chat dem must varinte
Some time me chat itslow sometime me accelerate
Dem ya kinds style you must appreciate
Nuff gal come to me a congratulate
Dem say "Jerry your so good looking can I have you portrait"
I say "Yes of course my darling but you know you have to wait"
Well dais a something I man have to state
A trollop is a woman with a whole heap a weight
Don't tell her to her face cause she will aggrovate
And if she sit down pon you you will suffocate
At de mile is nuff excitement I Jerry create
And you know that its not hard for me to exterminate
Any boy way come a dance an a duplicate
A style him get off a Saxon or a old yard tape
I say de lyrics way me chat dem must variate
An nuff people dem a say don't me impertinate
Any gal way me like we must be intimate
But me only make love when me in private
"Two In A One"
(feat. Pablo & Gunslinger)
[Chorus:]
Intelligent, we chat intelligent
Jackpot is when you win plenty at money

Jail is a place I don't want to go
January the first month of the year
Jealose is when five women fancy
But John is the proper name fe a English man
Jockey is a profisnel horse rider
Me sah June is the sixth mounth of the year
[Chorus]
An jam is when you caint move in a party

Mi say England is a place that covered in snow
Man we drink the ribeana wi don't no like drink beer
But Jelly fish Jahman mi say them swim in a the sea
Unless you born an bread as a Jamaican
The pirate them a gather round the Jolly Roger
Wi wackad as single but wi deadly as a pair
[Chorus]
No fe treatment go a hospital
I man pay de rent every Tuesday I man
You a Student if you a go to college
Dat a nuff argoument mi say gunny an Pablo
Cause a two in a one Jah man a two in a one

Two in a one Jah man a two in a one
A say to move from the window

When you come a feh wi dance
But a Babylon pick mi up
And a think to myself
Cause I'm going to jail
Man is what a going to tell
me girl Jah know I man was
So I had to get reckless
Because a two in a one Jah
man a two in a one

Seh daddy Pablo a long with Gunslinger
Seh duw to the Circumstances pirate setah in the area
Listen to the style an when we throw down
Because a murder it name
"Hold Your Position"
(feat. Stones)
Now here comes the great musical thing called "hold your position"
Rasta, them style ya a just levelment Uncle seen
Hold me position, Just a hold me position
I ya, hold me position, just a hold me position
Go on, hold me position, just a hold me position
Just like Jesus Christ in the valley of decision

Devil come along and tru to deceive man through him
Got him plan from the older one
Him had to hold him position, had to hold him position yeh
Hold him position, had to hold him position
Well rhythm like this makes me and me daughter

Go down at the dance, bubble on the corner
When the rhythm is sweet, we a go hold tighter
Rub-adub like this makes you go one
So you hold your position
Say you hold you position aya
Hold your position, say hold your position
Things and time was a getting slow let off the rhythm
Let the good time roll
Don't bother go a slow and stay a back row
I man come to make the rhythm
Just a rock and flow, because me hold me position
Just a hold me position
Special request to 39 Acker Tree, Frontline, everyman on Kime

UB40 say come and rhyme
Yes, Daddy Stone, me in the dance hall style
So we really come to make it versatile
Because one of a kind we come to blow your mind
So you should hold you position
Yes, hold your position, aya
Hold your position, hold your position
Hold Your Position (cont'd) Stones
Skank steady, Skank Steady

I tell you rock the rhythm
You should skank down steady
You know you say, it heavier than lead
Kinda tougher than tough
You know that Jah, Jah covers
Since he stands over us
So hold your position
Hold your position
Move to the east, and you could a move to the west
Lyrics like this Jab know never go jest
Say chunk ice water say right to your chest
Intercity, outer city everywhere the best you better
Hold you position, just hold your position
Hold you position, say hold your position
Well rhythm like this is really so hot

Let off the vilse because a legal shot
Because we hold our position
Yes, we hold our position aya
Hold our position yes, hold our position
Hold on tight never let go

Tee, ta, tee, say them all in a row
Donkey want water, you should hold him
Joe hold on tight and never let go
Hold your position, just hold your position
Hold your position a ya, just hold your position
Wah dat, hold your position
I say hold your position settle hold your position John
Hold you position Aunty, hold your position
Say hold your position go on
Hold your position, tell them rhythm so crucial
Rhythm so nice like sugar, like a spice
Cause when we a come a dance give you rough, nough, choice
A youth like me should a drive Rolls Royce

Sugar my tea baby, you're irie thought the two of us
Will go to bed cosy
Just a hold me position, hold me position
"Hip Hop Lyrical Robot"

(feat. Pato Banton)
[Chorus:]
Can you dig it, alright I can dig it
Cause I'm your hip hop lyrical robot and a real cool cat
Yes I'm your hip hop lyrical robot and a real cool cat
I want the girls to hear me rap

Cause this mc has got the nack
I'm your body-popping shell shocking
Girls hocking eye popping lick me all over like a lollipop
I'm your juicy fruit
Alright, alright, alright
I said hey white man, indian or black

I'm your number 1 MC and that's a fact
I'm a goodlooking, girl hooking outstanding
Mike chatting lyrical shock attack
All MCs freeze there on the spot
One false move and you must get drop
I'm always devastating, fascinating
Vibemaking, painstaking, watch it man I'm hot
[Chorus]
Its a struggle in life when your skin is black

The system is designed to hold you back
how sya do shake hands on the shoulder a pat
One love to my face then a stab in the back
Seven points in snooker when you put down the black
But I still thank God for the little I got
[Chorus]
I don't stop rapping to the musical beat

And I'm in the mood to turn you on
In the groove thats so complete
Wind you hips, shake your body
Or clap you hands even stamp your feet
Just like a bed thats just been spread
You know I'm neat, neat, neat
Just like a tap that's running hot
Man can't you feel the heat
Not just now but every minute every hour Everyday and every week
I don't give a hoot for loot and shoot

Or prostitutes in skin tight suits
Standing on the corner
They call their beat
I'm not a pimp drug pusher
Gambler or even thief
To the teachers I will preach
And to the teachers I will teach
Cause I'm a hip hop lyrical robot
That is why so unique
Well police and theives are playing
The game of hide and seek
When an imformer gives imformation
Then its called a leak
I jail your a number ruled by govenor
Screws keep you under, wanna see you blunder
When they say "Sit" just take a seat
And when they say "food" it's time to eat
If a screw says "Nigger" I don't answer
"Yes Sir, no Sir three bags full Sir"
Sometimes inmates would even call me a growler
Me a growler, I'm no growler
[Chorus]
Well I'm a hip hop lyrical robot

I don't stop rapping to the musical beat
Well I'm a hip hop lyrical robot and a real cool cat
"Style"
(feat. Pablo)
Now here comes a musical shack attack

Really on truly design to make you rock
Whether you white or black
In a pants or frock
Round a front or back
Down an bottom or on top
Is Pablo Ranks round the microphone a chat

On the musical shack attack seen (Dreadlocks)
Here them style ya now star
Ca me say if a don't Patton then a style
A me say is a don't Patton them a style (Smile)
A mi say if a don't patton them a style (Wicked on wile)
Say if a don't Patton them a style
Mi young a say strong Jah know mi well virile

True mi eant everything them a say that spwile
Man mi run way left mi yard them a say that mi wile
Say mi lock the education but mi versatile, true mi
Sell the callie weel on them mi collect the kile
Babylon want fi hold mi it is just for a while
Say mi break out a jail a man use a file
Say mi head in a the mountain - under low profile
Mi say if a don't Patton them a style (right)
A me say if a don't Patton them a style (Flashitta)
Ca me say if a don't Patton then a style (Bubble)
A mi say if a don't Patton then a style
But a true say Pablo cool Pablo wasn't hostile

Mi rub down fi mi skin yes in a coconut oil
Me rap ip fi mi weed in a bacofile
Mi chat the rub a dub fi make the girls them smile
The blood in a them body (man) me want it fi boil
With swet a run them back like a engine oil
With the lyrics them a fire like any missile
Pablo Ranks around the mic as your disciplin child
Well mi fire fi mi lyrics for a million mile
All the girls them in the dance say him dea under profile
Ca me say if a don't Patton them a style

A me say if a don't Patton them astyle (wicked and wile)
Say if a don't Patton then a style (Gwan)
Ca me say if a don't them a style
You know say Pablo Ranks him a you cullicked yard child
A tell you that Patton that a Patton
Me say style a style
But a snake on a lizard on a crocodile
But a them dea creature me say call reptile
But anywhere you go, you know those a pure style
But a Pablo Rankin dea ya cause him wicked and wile
Come fi run down the rubadub in a yard style
Make the girls them in the dance hall feel fi smile
Make the blood in a them body (just) starte fi boil
Make the swet a run them back like a engine oil
Ca mi fire them ya lyric fire them not like missile
Me say if a don't Patton them a style
A me say if a don't Patton them a style (wicked on wile)
Say if a don't Patton then a style
Cause me say if a don't Patton then a style
I'm young I'm strong Jah know mi well verile

True mi want everything them a say that mispwile
But run a left mi yard them a say that mi wile
Say mi lack the education but me versitile
Cause me sell the collie weed on then collect kile
Babylon them want fi hold me it is just for a while
Say me break out a jail an 9 man use a file
Say me head into the mountain under low profile
True say 9 man did cool 9 was never hostile
9 man rub down my skin in coconut oil
On rap up my weed in bacofoil
And 9 chat the rubadub fi make the girls them smile
Cause the blood their body's - 9 want it to boil
An the swet should run their backs like engine oil
Me say if it's not fashion then it's style
A me say if a don't Patton them a style
A me say if a don't Patton them a style (Wile)
A mi say if a don't Patton them a style
A fire them ya lyrics like a god dam missile
A fire them hot for one million miles
On true them never know me was disaplin child
Me go to the stadium an pass through the turnstile
But if 9 feel to walk 9 walk about five miles
Ca me say if a don't Patton then a style (right)

A me say if a don't Patton them a style (Gwan)
A me say if a don't Patton them a style (Kick up)
A me say if a don't Patton it's style
"Fight Fe Come In"

(feat. James Bon & General CP)
What a bam bam round the mike m.c.

What a bam bam round the mike m.c.
James Bond back up general CP
We ram dance hall cork house party
People come from all about just fe hear we
Them just a fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
As me open the door me get a face full of steam

Session ram like a tin a sardine
Just make sure seh you kerchief clean
Else you face would a full up a green
What a fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
As me go through the crowd Jah man me hear a scream
Me I dren freddy him still a day dream
Me dip up and down like a submarine
Twice as fast as the one Barry Sheene
A good job me pants have a solid seam
A good job me kercheif nice and clean
Fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
Some a them a scream some a them a shout

Me really want you know people come from all about
Some a them a woman
Some of them a man
The whole a them want come this ya session
Fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
Natty fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
Natty dread in a the dance him a bun him collie

Baby mother deh a dance with pregnant belly
Bad boy deh a road him a fire remi
Dutty nigger deh a road them a chat shegri
But its I James Bond telling every body
Fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
Them want inside inside and no one want outside outside

Me seh the people outside want come in the session
Them want to hear James Bond and CP the general
Fight fe come in
Fight fe come in
"Version Girl (Sister V's Version)"

(feat. Sister V)
Dis a de start and not the finish na go deal it with ace

I like to ride up in the riddim wid de treble and the bass
Not a courtroom could a hold me cause they wouldn't have a case
So don't you hurry don't rush me no in a no haste
Me na go chat dais one fast ca a no race me a race
Cause Sis V de'pon deh mike I beg you keep up the pace
And who a star wid Mr T it's Hannibal, murdock and face
I'm sure you noticed on the mike that I am in the right place
I'm gonna chat it in a style and chat it in a grace
Eat good food drink good you know thats to my taste
Now make sure eat it drink it all off na make none go to waste
And who's aeoberti upon Falcon Crest you know him a chase
Se that the top of the crew Sis V I may seem
See that me deal wid realism get guided by all my dream
Now rasberry ripple as you know it is my favourite ice-cream
So when me step in a de dance in my gear I just gleam
I am the top mile women thats why I'm standing so keen
Don't wa fe hear no pirate chat ca dem no in a my team
Se dat me de pan level vibes so chatting this I`m the queen
Why don't you shake a leg why don't you rock and come in
Don't bother fight in a de dance don't want police an the scene
To sparkle all the polishing you'll have to use Mr Sheen
Incredible Hulk transformation gigantic and green
So when you look in a him face he stares at you really mean
I like to eat up my steak better make sure it lean
Just add some rice add some dumplin but leave out the bean
Me na go to resturant sit down and eat three course meal
Me a chat it verbally don't want it signed stampedor sealed
In a de old avengers starred Steed and Mrs Peel
Who Robbie Box that gambler on the programme Big Deal
This one is live and direct so you know it's for real
I don't respect dais ya system don't expect me to kneel
Cause Jesus Christ worked his miracle many man ham did heal
Ca man dem make out a flesh and robots made our of steel
They might can operate like man unlike man they can't feel
Don't bother mix with no informer cause on you they might squeal
Cas me se when you have a spliff you must kark it

And when you have a dog you must walk it
Cause it might just do a number two upon your carpet
You have to get down on your knee and begin to clean it
Well in a de White House Mr Reagan a sit
And when me go a nasa dema launch rocket
So when a got a needle save myself nine stitch
While Joan Collins she's starring as the super bitch
Now I'm not exactly poor but I'm certainly ain't rich
I'm gonna preach it right don't bother call me hypocrite
Don't want hear Tony Butler me no check fe critic
Ca when I get a curly perm Jahman just use a home kit
And if I'm forced to hear a pirate dash dem down a snake pit
Mak pirina knam dem tear them flesh bit by bit
Cause sister de'pon de mike and I have got nuff lyric
Jim Davidson teasing Plice with his catch phrase nick nich
Upon my wrist I wear a watch how does it go tock tick
And who is starring with Magnum Higgins TC and Rick
Cause Tony labour SDP Jahman dem all make me sick
Because dem na go get my vote ca me no vote for politic
A me a Sister V upon the mike coming through
Se me a top a de chart Jahman and top of the crew
"Don't Break My Heart"
You shoot me down in flames

You put me down a lot
But I'm giving you my heart
Go on take it
Please be careful not to break it
Just remember it's the only one I've got
It's the only one I've
Don't break my heart
You make me laugh a lot

And buy me silly things
And I'd rather be with you than anyone else
But if you make me mad
But if you make me mad
You'll wish that you had not
You'll wish that you had not
Where are the roses and whispered sighs

Where are the compliments and dreaming eyes
It doesn't matter you see
I know you love me
And real basic love never dies
"I Got You Babe"

(feat. Chrissie Hynde)
They say we're young and we don't know

Won't find out untill we grow
Well I don't know babe if that's true
Cause you got me and baby I got you
Babe, I got you babe, I got you, Babe.
They say our love won't pay the rent

Before it's earn'd our money's always spent
I guess that's so, we don't have a lot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got
I got flowers in the spring

I got you, to wear my ring
And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And when I get scared you're always around so let them say your hair's too long
But I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb
I got you to hold my hand

I got you to understand
I got you to walk with me
I got you to talk with me
I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you and I won't let go
I got you who loves me so
I got you, babe
"Mi Spliff"
[Chorus:]
You can't de'pon mi spliff because mi spliff dep already
You can't de'pon mi spliff mi have the hash-ish leb and sensi
Yes people smoke the herb yeah all over the world
some bway name Peter and girl name Pearl [repeat]
All the weed ina the world belongs to you and me

It isn't man made it is here naturally [repeat]
[Chorus]
A man a fix him price so then a man a loose him life

A man loose him life because a man a fix him price
A man fix his price so then a man a loose him life
The police will say no it is pure pappy show
well their the best inna the business so they should know
[Chorus]
For centuries and centuries man has used the herb for leisure
For pleasure do not disturb [repeat]
Various parts of the world it is called by many names such as

Pot, grass, sensimila, trush-en-peng, marijuana, hear me now, cannabis
Rock me now, lambsbread, save me now, green weed [repeat]
green weed
[Chorus]
So mek me bun up a draw you don't have to go far

but when it lick you you will baul out lord, [repeat]
Yes we bun it in a pipe yes we bun it in a pipe
have two draw a new meaning of life [repeat]
[Chorus]
Now we well satisfied we both gone slant eyed
its a wonderful feeling and I tell you no lie [repeat]
[Chorus]
Now we well satisfied we both gone slant eyed

its a wonderful feeling and I tell you no lie [repeat]
And we walk and a trot we a chat bout this and that
if you have a good draw nothing nah beat that [repeat]
[Chorus]
[Fading out on "Sensi"]
album: "Rat In The Kitchen" (1986)
"All I Want To Do"
I don't like the work but true i need the money

My life is like a joke but to me is isn't funny
People all around, telling me what to do
And all I want to do is stay at home with you
Time after time I say to myself

Working all my life isn't good for my health
Get old, get tired, get put on the shelf
I do all the work, someone else gets all the wealth
Wish I was on an island in the sun
Where I wouldn't have to worry how to get things done

Day after day becomes more of a grind

Bills pile up, moneys harder to find
Trying to get ahead money's harder to find
If I don't give it up I'm gonna lose my mind
Wish I was on an Island in the sun
Where I wouldn't have to worry how to get things done

"You Could Meet Somebody"
You could meet somebody, you never know

From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Life in the shadows ain't no fun
It's easy getting up there

Never think of coming down
Not hard to say "I want you"
When you're floating on a cloud
But you know that lonely feeling
When nothing's going right
'Cause it's only the beginning
Of a cold and sleepless night

Your only chance is to turn and run
It's harder getting up there

And it's painful coming down
And now you can't see clearly
Beneath the thunder cloud
And the loneliness gets longer
When nothing's going right
And things ain't getting any better
With another sleepless night

Your only chance is to turn and run
Tell It Like It Is"
[Chorus:]
I sus' a tell it like it is, yeah
I sus' a tell it like it is, oh yeah
I've got to be blatant in this time
Jus' like I know 1 + 1 no make 9 [Repeat]
Now what was I saying about being blatant

You got to be blatant in an argument
You got to make sure your feelings are felt
Perfect example for you from me
Watch lying politicians me seh on me T.V.
Pay big big money for the licence fee
(At the same time them a try fi fool we) [Repeat]
[Chorus]
I've got to be blatant in this time

Now let me tell me more about being blantant
You got to be blatant me seh
With product you invent
If you don't patent it
You nah see a cent
You have no money fi go pay up your rent
If you crash fi your car
Or you in an accident
If it's not your fault you be blatant
[Chorus]
Now I get serious about being blatant

Police come and mess with me pon the pavement
They say oi' where you going, what you doing here?
I just leave mi house fi go buy a tin of beer
Another example of being blatant
South Africa police a kill the innocent
Fire live ammunition me seh into a crowd
If that's not blatant murder
Then murder can't be found [Repeat]
[Chorus]
"The Elevator"
1st floor decide what you'll be one day

With a head full of comment and nothing to say
2nd floor mixed up it happens that way
Soon you realize that listening don't pay
3rd floor in limbo, no easy moves
Up or down it's time to choose
[Chorus:]
The elevators going up
Quick the door's about to shut
Too late we're full just hang around
It won't be long - it won't be long before it's down
4th floor the job hunt and all that you ask
Is an honest day's pay for an honest day's graft
5th floor you may make a little more money
Now it's apparent downstairs ain't so funny
6th floor a mortgage, a collar and tie
2 weeks vacation in june or july
[Chorus]
7th floor expenses and private schools

Pushing a pen you're not turning the tools
8th floor position, respect and acclaim
Move up the 9th for fortune or fame
10th floor for investment and real estate
Recouping the redies before it's too late
11th floor the penthouse the final cut
With a head full of comment and a mouth that stays shut
[Chorus]
"Watchdogs"
You try to close your ears

And you try to close your eyes
But the blasphemies keep coming
Tempting you with lies
[Chorus:]
Give thanks for your protection
Your watchdogs of the night
Who hold the hungry wolves at bay
And keep them out of sight, out of sight
You just don't understand it

But it strikes a distant chord
So you look for away of escaping
And sanity's restored
[Chorus]
You focus your direction

Cloak tightly pulled around
But somewhere in the distance
You can hear a haunting sound
[Chorus]
You're in danger of corruption

And you're always running scared
You cannot make decisions
You're completely unprepared
[Chorus]
"Rat In Mi Kitchen"
(feat. Herb Alpert)
[Chorus:]
There's a rat in mi kitchen what am I gonna do?
There's a rat in mi kitchen what am I gonna go?
I'm gonna fix that rat thats what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna fix that rat.
When you open your mouth you don't talk, you shout
And you give every body the blame,
But when they catch you up,
They will shut you up
And you got no one to blame
[Chorus]
When you out on the street,

You practice lies and deceipt
And you scandalize my name
But when I catch you up
I'm gonna pull you up
I'm gonna check-out inside your brain
[Chorus]
When yo deh pon the scene,

You make everyone scream
Because they know your so unjust
But when they catch you up
They will kick you up
Because you someone they cannot trust
[Chorus]
You invade my space

Make me feel disgraced
And you just don't give a damn
If I had my way
If I had my say
I'd like to see you hang
[Chorus 2x]
"Looking Down At My Reflection"
Looking down at my reflection

In the puddle at my feet
Things don't seem so real down there
Or maybe I don't see
I see no starvation
I don't see any pain
I see myself not helping
Just a loner in the rain

In the puddle in the ground
Things are getting clearer now
I can see a thunder cloud
I see gross injustice

I see evil men
I see myself repeating
The same old words again

In the puddle lying there
Now I decide to change my mind
And show the world I care
I care about my fellow man

Being taken for a ride
I care that things start changing
But there's no one on my side
"Don't Blame Me"
I think its only fair to say

We'd welcome riches down our way
No stigma knotted in my hair
I want to be a millionaire
Nevertheless I must insist

A thought is spared for those who missed
The handouts when it came to wealth
To education and good health
The time has come now all can see

As seeing this is killing me
our future victim to command
Together we can lend a hand
So don't blame me for wanting more

The facts are too hard too ignore
I'm scared to death of poverty
I only want whats best for me
But even so I'm holding on

I think the world can live as one
If only credence took the lead
The world would see a world to feed
An endless sea of blood that's spilt

Enough to sail an ark of guilt
And when we lend our helping hand
We'll have our green and pleasant land
"Sing Our Own Song"
The great flood of tears that we've cried

For our brothers and sisters who've died
Over four hundred years
Has washed away our fears
And strengthened our pride
Now we turn back the tide
We will no longer hear your command

We will sieze the control from your hand
We will fan the flame
Of our anger and pain
And you'll feel the shame
For what you do in gods name
We will fight for the right to be free

We will build our own society
And we will sing, we will sing
We will sing our own song
When the ancient drum rhythms ring

The voice of our forefathers sings
Forward Africa run
Our day of freedom has come
For me and for you
Amandla Awethu
We will fight for the right to be free

We will build our own society
And we will sing, we will sing
We will sing our own song
album: "UB40" (1988)
"Come Out To Play"
He used to think that it was neat

When he hung out on the street
Now that it's his daily beat, he's not so sure
Cause he's come to depend
On a street with a dead end
And he'll sell you his best friend, so he can score
Boys and girls come out to play

The junk mans on the streets to say
He'll make your dreams feel real today
And steal your minds tomorrow
Now his thoughts don't seem so clear

His whole life is filled with fear
His habit cost him dear in every way
His girl can't take the heat
But his friends all cross the street
Still the needle keeps him sweet
If he can pay for one more day
His bones have got no meat

He's unsteady on his feet
And he doesn't get to eat, not every day
What started out for kicks
Has become a daily fix
And his girlfriend's turning tricks to pay his way
Boys and girls come out to play

The junk man's on the streets to say
He'll make your dreams feel real today
And steal your minds tomorrow
"Breakfast In Bed"
(feat. Chrissie Hynde)
[Chrissie:]
You've been crying your face is a mess
Come in baby, you can wipe the tears on my dress
She's hurt you again, I can tell
I know that look so well
[Ali:]
Don't be shy, we've been here before
Pull your shoes off,
And I will lock the door
And no-one has to know, I've come here again
Knowing it'll be like it's always been before
[Chorus:]
[Chrissie & Ali:]
Breakfast in bed, kisses for me
You don't have to say you love me
Breakfast in bed, love can make you sing
[Chrissie:]
What's your hurry, please don't hit and run
We can let her wait, my darling its been so long
[Ali:]
Since you've had me here, I've returned again
Darling it will be like it's always been before
[Chorus]
"You're Always Pulling Me Down"
I thought I knew you well, your right and wrong

Thought I could steal your secrets and put them in a song
I thought that you'd be waiting patiently for me
That only I could see
You build me up and tell me lies

You hold my hand, say close your eyes
You're always pulling me down

You make me lower my expectations
Why do you complicate situations
I don't know what else to do

I'm still in love with you
I wish that I could see things through your eyes

I want to lift the veil and penetrate your lies
I want to take your truth and hold it in my hand
Maybe then I'll understand
You contradict in a thousand ways

You call the tune and guess who pays
"I Would Do For You"
I didn't mean to be so late

It's just that I got talking
I had a drink with a couple of mates
Missed my bus and wound up walking
I tried to call and let you know
It was busy and I couldn't get through
I didn't want to let you down
I know how much it hurts you
I don't know what came over me

It must have slipped my mind
I'll try and make it up to you
Let's leave the past behind
I promise that I'll do my best
To mend my wicked ways
And don't believe the things you hear
Don't listen to what they say
[Chorus:]
I would do for you
All you'd have me do
All you have to do
Is ask me to
All you have to do
Is tell me when
And I'll come running back again
If there's something wrong then let me know

Don't bottle things inside
Your pretty eyes can melt my heart
Your sadness they can't hide
Please try and give me one more chance
To set the record straight
Meet me here tomorrow night
And I promise I won't be late
[Chorus]
"Cause It Isn't True"
If I spoke in words you didn't understand

Wouldn't that make me a better man
Elocution class to lend a hand
Get me a self-improvement plan
[Chorus:]
I don't know, it seems to me
Things I do best come easily
I don't feel the need to say to you
I'm better cause it isn't true
Exquisite verse to higher the tone

Performed in phrases not my own
To hide the truth to I'll tell a lie
With pictures from another`s eye
[Chorus]
If I sport the latest cut of cloth

Would you all assume I'd got some style
And wear my hair just long enough
To turn the heads of fashion for a while
A sports car sexy, slimline, fast

Quick enough to hide my past
Rich enough to open doors
I never could unlock before
[Chorus]
"Where Did I Go Wrong"
I'm sitting here praying that you weren't just saying

Leaving tomorrow was what you had planned
No point in pretending, I know that it's ending
I just want to know where the ending began
[Chorus:]
Where did I go wrong to make it like this
No warmth in your body, no touch in your kiss
Holding you now, hurts more than it should
If I let you go, girl, you'll be gone for good
I thought you had saved me, the love that you gave me
The sweetest loving in all of the land
But you've taken my heart, and you've torn it apart
And its crumbled to dust in the palm of your hand
[Chorus]
There's nothin' worth sayin', I know you're not staying

Might as well face it, it's out of my hand
No point in pretending, I know that it's ending
I just want to know where the ending began
[Chorus]
"Contaminated Minds"
Some people search for the holy grail

Run round in circles and chase their own tails
But you can't really blame them for clutching at straws
For weeding some truth in our morals and laws
Some people say that revolution will descend

On this madness end this confusion
But we've all heard the privileged boast and preach
And the promised land we want is still out of reach
I once knew a man who wore self-righteousness

Like a medal on his inflated chest
He hated all people for breaking his rules
Looked down with distaste on the cowards and fools
He lived like a king in his castle of stone

And sneered at the man who worked hard for his home
He knew all the right words and who to defend
And would be with conviction the working mans friend
Contaminated minds play judge and jury too

But contaminated minds are blind to truth
Contaminated minds speak with loudest voice
But not everybody has the luxury of choice
"Matter Of Time"
Just a matter of time, till you run out of breath

Money mountains you climb, never hedging your bets
But your luck can run out, you'd better watch your step
Just a matter of time
Just a matter of days, till the factory's done

When they shut down the lathes 'cause the work has all gone
And nobody cares 'cause there's no-one
It's just a matter of days
I know what you mean and I suppose I agree

I'm a bit pushed for time, please don't bother me
Take you guidance elsewhere, 'cause I've heard it before
In case is not very clear, I don't care anymore
Just a matter of hours until you're forgotten

Your pushing up flowers, and you're used to the rot
So that was your life, didn't manage a lot
Just a matter of hours
I know what you mean and I suppose I agree

I'm a bit pushed for time, please don't bother me
Take you guidance elsewhere, 'cause I've heard it before
In case is not very clear, I don't care anymore
I know.... ....care anymore [Repeat till end]
album: "Labour Of Love II" (1989)
"Here I Am (Come And Take Me)"

(originally by Al Green)
I can't believe that it's real

The way that you make me feel
A burning deep down inside
A love that I cannot hide
I know it's you and me babe

That makes the world go round
Ah keeping you in love with me baby
Laying all my troubles down
[Chorus:]
Here I am babe, come and take me
Here I am babe, wont ya come and take me
Take me by the hand, ooh show me
Here I am babe, oooooaaah
It always ends up this way

Me begging you every day
A love that I cannot have
You broke my heart in two halves
Ooh I know it's you and me babe

That makes the world go round
Ah keeping you in love with me baby
Laying all my troubles down
[Chorus 2x]
"Tears From My Eyes"
Tears from my eyes keep on falling

cause you are leaving, leaving with another
Things that we've done together
I'll always remember though you're with another, baby.

I've done everything one man can do, girl

Said every word one man can say
The thing that we had has gone astray, girl
I'm missing you from day to day.

I've done everything one man can do, girl

Said every word one man can say
The thing that we had has gone astray, girl
I'm missing you from day to day.



"Groovin'"
I get my kicks from watching people

Running too and fro
And if you ask them where they're going
Half of the don't know
They're the ones who think I'm crazy
But they don't realize
That I'm just groovin', groovin'

Grooving out on life
I'm just groovin' ooh groovin'
groovin' till I die
I see a river flowing by me

Heading for the sea
I get a feeling deep inside me
It's so good to be free
I've got sunshine in the daytime
And moonlight every night
And I'm just groovin' ...... Etc
I see a river flowing by me

Heading for the sea
I get a feeling deep inside me
It's so good to be free
I've got sunshine in the daytime
And moonlight every night
And I'm just groovin' ...... Etc
That I'm just groovin', groovin'

Grooving out on life
I'm just groovin' ooh groovin'
groovin' till I die
"The Way You Do The Things You Do"

(originally by The Temptations)
You got a smile so bright

You know you could have been a candle
I'm holding you so tight
You know you could have been a handle
The way you swept me off my feet
You know you could've been a broom
And baby you smell so sweet
You know you could've been some perfume
[Chorus:]
Well you could of been anything that you wanted to
I can tell
The way you do the things you do
As pretty as you are

You know you could've been a flower
If good looks were minutes
You know you could have been an hour
The way you stole my heart
You know you could have been a crook
And baby your so smart
You know you could have been a school book
[Chorus]
You make my life so rich

You know you could've been some money
And baby you're so sweet
You know you could have been some honey
[Chorus]
As pretty as you are

You know you could've been a flower
If good looks were minutes
You know you could have been an hour
The way you stole my heart
You know you could have been a crook
And baby your so smart
You know you could have been a school book
[Chorus]
"Wear You To The Ball"

(originally by The Paragons)
I'm gonna wear you to the ball tonight

Put on your best dress tonight
Did you hear what the man said baby

Well be your best 'cause this
gonna be a musical test
So come to school, and I take up the musical rule
Give me soul brothers and give me soul sisters
Come To I and maybe you can make it if you try
So be wise and be changing, put on your best
Because I got your musical key
Rub it baby, I said scrub it, yeah.
Cause I'm tougher than tough
And that ain't no bluff
Maybe it's because I've got the musical stuff
I'm gonna make you the talk of the town

No use wearing a frown
Though those other guys may put you down
I'm gonna let you wear my crown
You'll wear my crown
Wow ! Chick-a-bow, chick-a-bow,

chick-a-bow, chick-a-bow wow wow
Give me soul brothers and give me soul sisters
Don't beg for no mercy
Move it up, break it up!
Tell you bout it, it's good
Wow! she's got it, she's got it,
she's got it, she's got it

I'm gonna let you wear my crown
And we are going to have a musical ball

So get on the ball and don't stall,
I beg you baby
Wow! Tell you about it, it's good

That's for sure

Play brand new musical discs from
the flick of my wrist, baby
Wow! Tell you about it, she's got it
She's got it, she's got it Chick-a-bow,
chick-a-bow, chick-a-bow, chick-a-bow wow wow

I'm gonna make you the talk of the town

No use wearing a frown
"Singer Man"
(originally by The Kingstonians)
Singer man sing me a song [3x]
Do you want soul? [3x]
I hear you singing - sing a morning [3x]

Do you really want soul? [3x]
Singer man sing me a song [3x]
Do you really want soul? [3x]
I hear you singing - sing a morning
"Kingston Town"
(originally by Lord Creator)
The night seems to fade,

But the moonlight lingers on
There are wonders for everyone
The stars shine so bright,
But they're fading after dawn
There is magic in Kingston Town
Oh Kingston Town,
The place I long to be
If I had the whole world
I would give it away
Just to see, the girls at play
Ooh, ooh, ooh
And when I am king,

surely I would need a queen
And a palace and everything, yeah
And now I am king,
And my queen will come at dawn
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
Oh Kingston Town,
The place I long to be
If I had the whole world
I would give it away
Just to see, the girls at play
Ooh, ooh, ooh
And when I am king,

surely I would need a queen
And a palace and everything, yeah
And now I am king,
And my queen will come at dawn
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
"Baby"
Baby be true and I'll give my love to you,

I need you baby.
Treat me right and I'll love you day and night,
I mean it baby.
When you're down I'll be around,

To guide you baby.
When you're free just call on me, baby.
I'll give my heart to you, now babe.
I'll do what you ask me too, now babe.
I mean it baby.
I'm gonna treat you, treat you right

I'm gonna love you day and night
I'm gonna give my heart away
I'm gonna love you night and day
Baby, baby.
"Wedding Day"
Where were you on our wedding day

I got the bad news that you went away
Where were you little girl I say
Give me back my ring

I ain't gonna let you keep a thing
Where were you when I said I do

Everybody laughing at my fine new suit
Now were where you on our wedding day
Give me back my ring.

Now where were you when I searched the town

I turned the whole neighbourhood up side down
Now where were you little girl I say.

Where were you when I said I do

Everybody laughing at my fine new suit

Now where were you when I searched the town

I turned the whole neighbourhood up side down

"Sweet Cherrie"
I've got to find sweet cherry

She's gone away from home
I've got to find sweet cherry
She's left me all alone
Cherry, Cherry,
Don't go and leave me alone
My thoughts are always with you

The emptiness leaves me blue
If you should ever desert me
Then life deserts me too
Cherry, Cherry,
When we were together, downtown

We would do things together, downtown
The first place I met you, downtown
There we could always be.
Cherry, Cherry,
"Stick By Me"
(originally by Shep & The Limelites)
Stick by me and I'll stick by you

My life here on earth would be useless can't you see

If I didn't have you to stick by me
I love you darling and that's no lie
When you cry I cry too
Friends may try to hurt us

Scandalise our name
But no one (no-one) can tear us apart
You have a place in my heart

Remember my heart and love belongs to you
When you cry I'll cry too
Friends may try to hurt us

Scandalise our name
But no one (no-one) can tear us apart
You have a place in my heart

Remember my heart and love belongs to you
When you cry I'll cry too
"Just Another Girl"

(originally by Ken Boothe)
I know, and you know it true that

this love is really really true and
I want tell your friends, no other kinda way
There's one thing you should know, you are just another girl
Just another girl, that's what you are

You are just another girl, bigger eyes but you are not that small
I love you but remember that you are just another girl, girl.eh..irl
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh [4x]

There's one thing you should know, your just another girl

I love you but remember that your just another girl, girl.eh..irl

There's one thing you should know, your just another girl


oh oh.... oh [until end]
"Homely Girl"
It must have broke your poor little heart

When the boys used to say,
you looked better in the dark.
But now they'd give all they learnt in school
To be somewhere in the dark with you
The teacher would ask the questions

And you, would always raise your hand
But somehow you never got your turn
And my eyes would fill with water, inside I'd burn
Homely girl, you used to be so lonely

You're a beautiful woman oh yes you are
Homely girl you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yeah
There was a boy who used to sit beside you

Who'd like to hold that place his whole life through
Oooh you were beautiful to me
You had a heart no one could ever see, oh yes you did

You're a beautiful woman oh homely girl
I was the only one who offered

To carry your books
Took all the stares and laughter
And the dirty looks
Cause I saw then what they see now
They all want to ask you for a date
They don't know how, they don't know how
You're a beautiful woman oh yeah
Homely girl you used to be so lonely
You're a beautiful woman, ooh yea, ooh hoo
You're a beautiful woman
"Impossible Love"
When we were together

Those were the happiest time in all my life
Now were separated I don't know what I will do
'Cause I can't ever love another
No matter how hard I try
'Cause I know. It's impossible,
Where ever you may be

I hope you'll hear my song
Then maybe you'll realise
My love that you were wrong
'Cause I can't ever love another

No matter how hard I try
'Cause I know. It's impossible
The sunset outside my window

Has lost all it's glow
The rose in the garden
Doesn't bloom any more
album: "Promises And Lies" (1993)
C'est La Vie"
A woman came and said to me

She'd seen a lady sell her baby
For ten or twenty dollars maybe
And everybody thinks she's crazy
They're too blind to see
She never failed to call attention
To the things we never mention
Real horror, daily, courtesy of your TV
C'est La Vie
[Chorus:]
Now listen very carefully
There's brother killing brother
People living on their knees
Biting sugar coated bullets
For the pain of this disease
C'est La Vie

She had a husband on an island
Found his body on a wasteland
Soldiers came and took him
Just to torture her you see
All alone she mourned her lover
Crossed the sea to find a brother
Maybe he could help her get her baby back for free
C'est La Vie
[Chorus]
"Desert Sand"
You tell me there's no darkness

While the sun shines down on you
And just because your life is peaceful
There's no fighting left to do
For every cup that runneth over
Many more are filled with pain
You talk to me of sunshine
When it's pouring down with rain
Just because you can't see it

Doesn't mean it isn't there
Just because it can't touch you
Doesn't mean you shouldn't care
For every life that's lit with love
Many more are racked with pain
You talk to me of sunshine
When it's pouring down with rain
It's a long black night, good people

Descended on our land
Share your light
Make a flower grow
In the desert sand
"Promises And Lies"
All the sorrow and the pain

All the sacrifice in vain
I was much too blind to see
You make a loser out of me
You put me down for oh so long
While you sang your serpent's song
The rest is history

You can do no more to me
I've been down so low
Had nowhere left to go
I could see it in your eyes
All your promises were lies
Promises and lies
Your cut was quick and deep

But then you thought you'd never need a friend
But all things change, and tides must turn
And you let all your bridges burn
Too many fatal wounds to heal
The rest is history

You can do no more to me
I've been down so low
Had nowhere left to go
I could see it in your eyes
All your promises were lies
Promises and lies
"Bring Me Your Cup"
Did I ever say, how I feel about you

A thing I never found that easy to do
The things that you do, don't need to be heard
You know your actions, baby, speak louder than words
I've got the bottle, bring me your cup

Pop the cork, and try a sup
And when you're empty, I'll fill you up
We'll drink it down till the sun comes up
I'm heading home, like a steaming train

Foot to the floor, in the driving rain
My head is aching and my mouth is dry
I've got a thirst only you can satisfy
I've got the bottle, bring me your cup

Pop the cork and try a sup
And when you're empty, I'll fill you up
We'll drink it down till the sun comes up
"Higher Ground"
Moon and stars sit way up high

Earth and trees beneath them lie
The wind blows fragrant lullaby
To cool the night for you and I
On the wing the birds fly free
Leviathan tames angry sea
The flower waits for honeybee
The sunrise wakes new life in me.
And every hour of every day I'm learning more

The more I learn, the less I know about before
The less I know, the more I want to look around
Digging deep for clues on higher ground...
The fishes swim while rivers run

Thru fields to feast my eyes upon
Intoxicated drinking from
The loving cup of burning sun
In dreams I'll crave familiar taste
Of whispered rain on weary face
Of kisses sweet and warm embrace
Another time another place
And every hour of everyday I'm learning more

The more I learn, the less I know about before
The less I know, the more I want to look around
Digging deep for clues on higher ground...
Reggae Music"
I said we friendship come first, the band did come second

And that's why I decided to put it in a song
So listen crowd of people and throw up unnu hands
If you love dem their style and you love dem pattern
Reggae music can't refuse it

So give us what we want and mek we gwan
I said yes crowd of people we come back again

I man Thriller E. And all me best best friends
I know most of dem from age eleven
And some of dem even before then
We travel the whole world, think it could never end
But don't get me wrong it a no big problem
'Cos reggae what we love and that's what we defend
And that there love that could a never end

So give us what we want and mek we gwan.
So let me get back to the subject of me friends

'Cos me respect and love love the whole of them.
And that there love that could a never end.
And now it is time to hail the whole of them
Me love me Mickey V. Him in a category.
Robin on guitar him just a nice up every bar.
Me love me Astro because him deh pon de go
Me love me Norman 'cos him a don gorgon
Me love me Ali C. with his golden voicee
Him nice up every dance nice up every party.
Me love me Brian T. Pon the saxophonee
Buttons pon the bone, Patrick him a hit the high c
Them bad pon their own or in a section of three
And that only leaves me and Jimmy
Jimmy a the drummer me a the Bassee
And that is the whole of UB40

So give us what we want and mek we gwan.
"(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You"

(originally by Elvis Presley)
Wise men say - Only fools rush in,

But I can't help falling in love with you.
Wise men say - Only fools rush in,

Shall I stay - Would it be a sin,

As the river flows

gently to the sea
Darling so we go
some things were meant to be
Take my hand - Take my whole life too,

As the river flows

gently to the sea
Darling so we go
some things were meant to be
Take my hand - Take my whole life too,

I can't help falling in love with you.

"Now And Then"

Now and then
I must admit I wonder if I had the chance
To vanquish foes with nothing more than just a glance
How perfect every single day would be
To never wait in driving rain

For the bus that never came
Not to be the one to blame
For anybody else's misery
Now and then

I contemplate a different way around this day
With nothing more than simple words, so I can say
I'm quite content and happy being me
Walking tall with peace of mind

To leave no childhood dreams behind
Arriving home to always find
Things just as I know they ought to be
Now And Then

I must admit I wonder if I had the chance
To vanquish foes with nothing more than just a glance
How perfect every single day would be
To never wait in driving rain
For the bus that never came
Not to be the one to blame
For anybody else's misery
Now and then

I wake up, when it hits me like a ton of bricks
I realise it's me who has to take the licks
No angels up there looking after me
No rainbow with a pot of gold
No cloak to shield me from the cold
No pill to stop me growing old
Dreams fading into stark reality
"Things Ain't Like They Used To Be"
Are you wondering why

No one talks any more
And all you hear
Is the cry for war
Are you wondering if
There are people who
Hurt inside the same as you
There are grey-faced men always telling me

Things ain't like they used to be
You kids have got no self respect
Wake up old man to your neglect
It's dog eat dog
It's hand to mouth
It's east and west
It's north and south
Just like you drummed it into me
I'll tell you why I can't afford

To hang my hopes upon your word
And when I'm done, I'll join the queue
And take my chance, no thanks to you
It's in or out
It's stop and go
It isn't what
It's who you know
I've heard you, now can you hear me
Ancient rules for ancient men

But this is now and that was then
Don't lay your heavy hand on me
And sink me in your poison sea
It's us and them
It's me and you
It's guessing games
It's what to do
Exactly like you said to me
Are you wondering why

No one talks any more
And all you hear
Is the cry for war
Are you wondering if
There are people who
Hurt inside the same as you
"It's A Long Long Way"
It's a long long way from here

Don't you worry yourself my dear
Drought and famine in TV land

Read the sunday papers credit card ina your hand
Sing your song of freedom just to ease your troubled mind
And save your guilty pennies for the ones you leave behind
The burden that you carry from the cradle to the grave
Is like a badge of honour that you wear upon your sleeve
You make your contribution and you shed a little tear
And stage your celebration just to show how much you care
You obscure your stolen power with hypocrisy and lies
Your talk of understanding is a wafer thin disguise
You glorify my image but deny me flesh and blood
You radiate with goodness when you here me beg for food
Those rivers of blood will flow again

Someone changed the lyrics but the song remains the same
You can build a wall of protocol to keep the wolves at bay
But history dictates that someone has to pay

Don't you worry yourself my dear
"Sorry"
Please don't say sorry

Presuming a respect for what you say
If in your heart you mean it
Then you'll understand me feeling
You must prove it; sign the cheque without delay
Most humbly yours, four hundred years back pay
[Chorus:]
I'm not begging charity
Don't confuse the things I say
Give me what belongs to me
Give me what belongs to me
Just don't say sorry

As if that can excuse this tyranny
No value in your talking
Money speaks and bullshit's walking
Round in circles re-inventing history
Trying to erase our memory
[Chorus]
If you say sorry

Can I assume you've realised the shame
The seeds of your oppression
Fall and ripen with aggression
You can't hold us any longer with your chains
Time to compensate us for our claims
Don't bother wi' no sorry

Don't bother wi' delay
A four hundred years
Is not just the other day
I'm not begging charity

Don't confuse up your mind
Payment overdue
Fe a long long time
You come a we gate

No bother hesitate
You tek away we tings
Like a damn pirate
album: "The Very Best Of UB40 1980-2000" (2000)
"Come Back Darling"

(originally by Johnny Osbourne)
Come back darling

Give me another try
I'll make you satisfied
Don't you know, I need you badly

And I'll give my poor heart gladly
I need your love like roses need the rain
Don't let me cry in pain
Come back darling

Give me another try
Can't you see the love still burning

Please return, relieve my yearning
A day without you is like a year of emptiness
Please return and bring me happiness
Come back darling

Give me another try
"The Earth Dies Screaming"
A warm dry wind is all that breaks the silence,

The highways quiet scars across the land.
People lie, eyes closed, no longer dreaming,
The earth dies screaming.
Like scattered pebbles, cars lie silent waiting,
Oilless engines seized by dirt and sand.
Bodies hanging limp, no longer bleeding,
The earth dies screaming

Your country needs you, lets strike up the band.

Despite all odds we must defend our land.
Half eaten meals lie rotting on the tables,

Money clutched within a boney hand.
Shutters down, the banks are not receiving,
"Tell Me Is It True"
Tenderly she smiles

Forgiving my mistakes
Getting her to love me
Was my biggest break
Every place I go, she's inside of me
Giving up her love unconditionally
She shines the sun

She pours the rain
She touches me in places that I can't explain
She's got a powerful hold on me
The kind of hold from which I'd never struggle free
Tell me what you know

Tell me is it true
Do you really love me just like I love you
Everything I say
Everything I do
It's purely cos' I'm aiming to get hold of you
People tell her she could do better than me

She wouldn't necessarily agree
We've got a thing going on you see
The two of us together for eternity
Tenderly she smiles

Tenderly she smiles

She shines the sun

She pours the rain
She touches me in places that I can't explain
She's got a powerful hold on me
The kind of hold from which I'd never struggle free
Tell me what you know

Tell me is it true
Do you really love me just like I love you
Everything I say
Everything I do
It's purely cos' I'm aiming to get hold of you
People tell her she could do better than me

She wouldn't necessarily agree
We've got a thing going on you see
The two of us together for eternity
Tenderly she smiles

"Light My Fire"
(originally by The Doors)
You know that it would be untrue

You know that it would be lie
If i was to say to you
Girl we couldn't get much higher
The time to hesitate is true

No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love becomes a funeral fire

[Chorus:]
Come on baby light my fire
Come on baby light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

[Chorus]
You know that it would be untrue

You know that it would be a lie
If i was to say to you
Girl we couldn't get much higher
[Chorus]
Dream a lie
Why do I have to dream of you

When I don't wanna dream a lie?
Why do I have to dream of you
When I don't wanna dream a lie?
Never was a better time for trying

To set the words to rhyme
Of when a golden love turns blue
And dreams of dreams that won't come true, whoa
Every night I call your name

We're still together, just the same
The mornin' sun, I raise my head
A lonely room, an empty bed
Always seems that way

Yes, it always seems that way
Never was a better time

For trying to set the words to rhyme
Of when a golden love turns blue
And dreams of dreams that wont come true
Every night I call your name

We're still together, just the same
The mornin' sun, I raise my head
A lonely room, an empty bed


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album: "Signing Off" (1980)

Appeal to the governor of Louisiana

Testify under pressure, a racist jury

Police gun was planted

Appeal to the governor of Louisiana

King, where are your people now?

You had a dream of a promised land.

King, where are your people now?

There are murders that we must account for

I'm a British subject, not proud of it

As a nation we're following blindly

I'm a British subject, not proud of it

Must we go on ignoring forever

I'm a British subject, not proud of it

"I Think It's Going To Rain Today"

Broken windows and empty hall ways

Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles

Right before me, the signs implore me

"Food For Thought"

Ivory Madonna dying in the dust,

Skin and bones is creeping, doesn't know he's dead.

Ivory madonna dying in the dust,

Hear the bells are ringing, Christmas on it's way.

Ivory Madonna dying in the dust,

Poor man's anger rising.

Little by little by little,

Poor boy sleeps on straw,

Little by little by little,

The rich man drives his car past,

Little by little by little,

From the land of shadows

From the tombs of ignorance

In her bloody footsteps

Knock her right down

Southern trees bear a strange fruit

Pastoral scene of the gallant south

Here is a fruit for the crow to pluck

album: "Present Arms" (1981)

You got no job you got no pay

You'll be your mother's pride and joy

The khaki ranks of flesh and steel

A human statue made of living stone

Many men are fooled by his smile

"Don't Let It Pass You By"

There's no-one coming with that freedom train.

There ain't no heaven and there ain't no hell.

Burn two spliff play ital riddem

My arms enfold the dole queue

I'm the murderer and the victim

I'm a starving third world mother

"Don't Slow Down"

Don't slow down don't touch the ground.

No time to stop, don't go to sleep, prepare to pay the cost.

The neon haze of city lights

The window dummies silent stare

The neon haze of city lights

Ah who seh, sensimilla

The wicked man, the wicked man deh'pon the street

B-line, mash it, me seh mash it, me seh

album: "UB44" (1982)

"So Here I Am"

Seven on a Monday morning.

Ten hours a day I'm grafting

Five days a week I'm giving,