Good For Nothing Stiff Little Fingers

you're good for nothing so watch your p's and q's best keep your nose clean and play it by our rules mind your way and don't make waves and you'll get used to knowing you're no use you're good for nothing

Stiff Little Fingers The Vibrators

Hangs a naked light over your face shines electric ness upon your bed if it wasn't for your stiff little fingers nobody would know you were dead you never really did much living you mainly sat and watched

NO LAUGHING MATTER Stiff Little Fingers

You tell me all your tales and your stories You give me all your theories on life How nothing that I say ever matters And nothing I do's ever right The world's put here just to pass your time You

BULLETPROOF Stiff Little Fingers

Try to tell me all that's wrong in my life They give me all of their opinions And their strongly held convictions And all of them sure that they're right I'll give the truth, the whole truth And nothing

IN YOUR HAND Stiff Little Fingers

It's all or nothing That's how you've always been All or nothing With nothing in between You can't compromise You can't quit while you're ahead You won't see reason You think that's giving in

SILVER LINING Stiff Little Fingers

They tell you not to worry, they say they're terribly sorry But that's the way it has to be, for the likes of you and me Just be good and know your station Always look on the bright side Keep you

WAIT AND SEE Stiff Little Fingers

When we started we thought we were great Tho' nobody else agreed Just you and I wasting our time Playing and singing out of key And they said we played too loud Cos we didn't play for their crowd

Can'T Get Away With That Stiff Little Fingers

You had us almost believing we were good enough for no one, no how You had us take it or leave it, it's the best deal you're gonna get right now son a little dig here, a little word did you really think

Is That What You Fought The War For Stiff Little Fingers

Take a good look round you now. Whose side were you on? And I wonder if you understand at all.

BIG CITY NIGHT Stiff Little Fingers

Is there really nothing to turn round for?

THE ROAD TO KINGDOM COME Stiff Little Fingers

Running down the road to kingdom come (who'd 've believed it) And all the time you only want a home Your countrymen are peasants, you hate to have them near You just can't seem to realize, you've got nothing

ALL THE REST Stiff Little Fingers

rest He's got a torn and greasy greatcoat And a New York Yankees vest And some strongly held opinions That he must get off his chest Yet his friends don't think about him They all gave him up for

BREAKOUT Stiff Little Fingers

out and see what I can find Might lose I'm gonna try my luck Might win don't really give a fuck And I gotta try 'cos I gotta know If I am the winner or the star of the show Can't stand routine for

HERE WE ARE NOWHERE Stiff Little Fingers

Nothing to do, y'know what I mean?

IS THAT WHAT YOU FOUGHT THE WAR FOR? Stiff Little Fingers

Take a good look around you now, whose side were you on?

JOHNNY WAS Stiff Little Fingers

and cry Accompanying her was a passerby Who saw the woman cry Wondering can she work it out Now she knows that the wages of sin is death The gift of God is life Oh, oh, oh, oh Johnny was a good

WASTED LIFE Stiff Little Fingers

their fucking armies Killing isn't my idea of fun (Chorus) They wanna waste my life They wanna waste my time They wanna waste my life And they've stolen it away I could be a hero Live and die for

LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE Stiff Little Fingers

You can't move You got tears from your little sister Crying cos she don't have a dress without a patch in For the party to go Aw, but you know she'll get by cos she's....

BACK TO FRONT Stiff Little Fingers

looks in sunshine faces A race to vote with their feet Back to front Flock off to find someone to play with He's not like us he must be done Buckets and spades to make your day with It hurts so good

TANTALISE Stiff Little Fingers

you're calling I will catch you when you're falling You tantalise I'm hypnotised tonight You say that this feels like a dream Won't deal in dreams I've put them all aside And I believe I've changed for

TOUCH AND GO Stiff Little Fingers

each told of another And then found something al our own (Chorus:) We both agreed we felt the need that goes skin deep We said up front that's all we'd want and so We took the love that felt so good

BITS OF KIDS Stiff Little Fingers

It was nothing like that in my day, not here in my town We didn't get things all our way till we were full-grown Now they go into pubs, and you're gonna get mugged in my town So you read about it

BEIRUT MOON Stiff Little Fingers

"We'd like to help you." the consul said "But there's nothing we can do Well, you knew the risks when you took the job After all you're not a fool So, don't call me, don't call me I just can't bend

(I COULD) BE HAPPY YESTERDAY Stiff Little Fingers

Chorus: With everything I've said and done And every race that I have run When there is nothing more to say I could be happy yesterday With every lie that I've been told And every dud that I've been

Go For It Stiff Little Fingers

You got to pass the bowl and make the food go round 'Cos that's the only way to trample crime to the ground Equal rights and justice for one and all 'Cos only through liberty freedom shall form Don't fight

LAW AND ORDER Stiff Little Fingers

Everybody's down in the centre of town Doing nothing wrong we're only hangin' around They put you up against the wall Make loud mouthed jokes just to make you feel small Laugh at your appearance

AT THE EDGE Stiff Little Fingers

shout about it That's your lot remember you're a kid They would always teach me that to swear was a sin Always speak your mind but not aloud Think of something that you want to do with your life Nothing

STRAW DOGS Stiff Little Fingers

All things are relative with cousins everywhere Hard-nosed blue-eyed boys, intelligent and fair You gotta pitch in for your kith and kin Holding the line to save our skin Pound for pound we'll take

STAND UP AND SHOUT Stiff Little Fingers

what you want to be Just look around tell me exactly what you see No sitting out no chance to settle in your place You're with us now don't be a name without a face (Chorus:) Stand up and shot for

I Waited Stiff Little Fingers

could blow Away these blues I waited, I waited, I waited but you...never came I waited, I kept the faith, I was patient in my own way Thought you would come, thought you would stay It coulda been good

MY EVER CHANGING MORAL STANCE Stiff Little Fingers

of love I don't know why I don't get up And give your face a smack When I think of all the lies I've told It's a wonder I can stand myself Chorus: It's just my ever changing moral stance is up for

NO SURRENDER Stiff Little Fingers

Here's your mask `nd here's your glove, it's all an arcade game We call it 'Virtual Reality' so nothing's what it seems Although we may want you to kill just do it now for fun You play on the computer

STATE OF EMERGENCY Stiff Little Fingers

You're looking for something But what could it be?

HARP Stiff Little Fingers

Don't pity this poor immigrant My eyes were open when I caught the boat All I wanted was your shelter, and maybe just a little hope But you turned your anger on me for the courage that you lack I

SAFE AS HOUSES Stiff Little Fingers

be a wife There was a time away back then She might have thought to think again But then through dolls and schoolyard games, like ma before her She learned girls play the family way' don't look for

TIN SOLDIER Stiff Little Fingers

He joined up to get a job and show he wasn't scared Swapped boy scout hat for army cap, he thought he'd be prepared At the age of 17 he was forced to choose At the age of 21 he's in Catch 22 He

THE ONLY ONE Stiff Little Fingers

You try to put it over, but that gets you nowhere You wouldn't have to bother, if you didn't care (Chorus) And as for all the rest, they think you're in a mess And say that the know best But you

A RIVER FLOWING Stiff Little Fingers

Judgement man On the bench again Telling me what I've done wrong Judgement man Throws away the key Says he's putting me where I belong Government man On my TV screen Telling me what's right for

JUST FADE AWAY Stiff Little Fingers

She asks for more and I give less Why can't she see it's obvious I mean no but she takes yes I make it clear but she don't guess.

Guitar And Drum Stiff Little Fingers

Well you get you entertainment Through a corporate plan Via 5 young athletes in a dancing band Who are trained to act moronically And smile on demand Cos it makes more money for the company man Well

ROOTS, RADICALS, ROCKERS AND REGGAE Stiff Little Fingers

roots, you radicals, you rock to the reggae You roots, you radicals, you dub to the reggae You roots, you radicals, you skank to the reggae, you roots Love and respect you itren and protect your little

Roots Radicals Rockers And Reggae Stiff Little Fingers

war's all gone You roots, you radicals, you rock to the reggae You roots, you radicals, you dub to the reggae You roots, you radicals, you skank to the reggae Love and respect your itren and protect your little

Two Guitar Clash Stiff Little Fingers

Though up till then I'd thought that what I had was fine I realized then as the earth moved that first time That I had had more here inside Just waiting for the vital spark And then it crashed in on my

PICCADILLY CIRCUS Stiff Little Fingers

Piccadilly Circus in the bed of night Just passing time beneath the lights Up in town and all alone Got no business so minds his own The hotel room is lonely and cold He might as well go for a

NO MORE OF THAT Stiff Little Fingers

They never ask us if we want a war Who do they think they're talkin' for Cos we never get no say They have to have it all their way (Chorus:) Oh, we want no more of that You can't push us under

ROARING BOYS (PART ONE) Stiff Little Fingers

Paddy is waiting in Drogheda town For the train to carry him south Another drunken night on the town Messing around The Roaring Boys, the roaring boys It's all the same to the roaring boys They

NO FAITH Stiff Little Fingers

You once were my friend You once cared for the human race Now I see avarice written across your face I tried to help you But you only pushed me away I tried to listen Then I heard you say: Chorus

HALF A LIFE AWAY Stiff Little Fingers

But when they come with their guns you do what you can So he picked up his rifle and he shot them down They said he killed them in cold blood And the jury they agreed They said: "you'll be sorry for

LAST TRAIN FROM THE WASTELAND Stiff Little Fingers

many liars too long And too many were your masters You've got the chance here to right all the wrong Don't squander it on disaster You're standing in a bright new dawn Got hope and belief enough for

Closed Groove Stiff Little Fingers

(Chorus) The case for racism is black and white If you want world peace you've got to fight Must do what you're told to be free Think what you like if you agree with me (Chorus) Speak whenever