The Godfathers are:
	Peter Coyne - Lead Vocals
	Chris Coyne - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
	Kris Dollimore - Guitar, Backing Vocals
	Mike Gibson - Guitar, Backing Vocals
	George Mazur - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals

SONG: I WANT EVERYTHING

Instant coffee
Instant sex
Instant failure
Instant success

I Want Everything
I want it now
I Want Everything
I want it now

Someone to love
Someone to talk to
Something to do
Something to look forward to
I want pleasure
And I want pain
I want everything
That goes with acclaim

I Want Everything
I want it now
I Want Everything
I want it now

I want it now
I want it now
I want it now
I want it now
Now now now
I want it now


SONG: THIS DAMN NATION

I'm tired of life
I am tired of this life
When I lay down on my bed
With a gun pressed to my head

This Damn Nation
This frustration
This Damn Nation

All alone
I am all alone
I tried and
I've stayed all alone

This Damn Nation
This frustration
This Damn Nation

This Damn Nation
This frustration
This Damn Nation

I'm tired of life
I am tired of this life
When I lay down on my bed
With a gun pressed to my head

This Damn Nation
This frustration
This Damn Nation
This frustration

5, 4, 3, 2, 1


SONG: I WANT YOU

I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You

Caught in a dream
Know what to do
All of last night
I'd thoughts of you
I want your love in every way
There's just three words I'd like to say

I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You

I would do anything for you
Do all the things you'd love me to
You are the girl I can't resist
I wanted more than just a kiss

I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You

Should always look before you leap
And now at night I cannot sleep
I wanted more than just a kiss
And now it's your lips that I miss

I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You
I Want You


SONG: Can't Leave Her Alone

Well I'am a boy (he's the boy)
She's my girl (she's his girl)
'Cos I'm the boy (he's the boy)
And she's the girl (she's his girl)

And every time I see her
She knows I'm gonna please her
Cause that's the way she wants it
Can't Leave Her Alone

Can't leave her alone (he can't leave her alone)
Can't leave her alone (he can't leave her alone)
Can't leave her alone (he can't leave her alone)
Can't leave her alone (he can't leave her alone)

And every time I see her
She knows I'm gonna please her
If that's the way she want's it
Can't Leave Her Alone

She's all I want (all he wants)
She's all I need (all he needs)
Yes, I'll give it to her (oh, he gives it to her)
And she gives it to me (oh, she gives it to him)

And every time I see her
She knows I'm gonna please her
If that's the way she want's it
Can't Leave Her Alone

Can't leave her alone (he can't leave her alone)
Can't leave her alone (he can't leave her alone)
Can't leave her alone (he can't leave her alone)
Can't leave her alone (he can't leave her alone)

And every time I see her
She knows I'm gonna please her
If that's the way she want's it
Can't Leave Her Alone


SONG: SUN ARISE (cover)

Sun arise she come with the dawning
Sun arise come with the dawning
Spreading all the light all around

Sun arise on the kangaroo pole
Sun arise on the kangaroo pole
Listen to you all around

Sun arise filling all the hollow
Sun arise filling all the hollow
Lighting up the hills all around

Sun arise come with the day
Sun arise sleep come every day
Sun arise bring in the morning
Sun arise every every every every day

She drive away the darkness
Everyday she drive away the darkness
Bringing back the warmth to the ground

Sun arise
Sun arise
Spreading all the light all around

Sun arise bring in the morning
Sun arise bring in the morning
Sun arise bring in the morning
Bringing back the warmth to the ground

Sun arise
Sun arise
Spreading all the light all around


SONG: COLD TURKEY (J. Lennon)

Tempature rising
Fever is hot
Can't see no future
Can't see no sky
My feet are so heavy
So is my head
I wish I was a baby
I wish I was dead

Cold Turkey
Has got me
On the run

My body is achin
Goosepimple bone
Can't see nobody
Leave me alone
My eyes are wide open
Can't get to sleep
One thing I'm sure of
I'm into the deep freeze

Cold Turkey
Has got me
On the run

Cold Turkey
Has got me
On the run

Thirty-six hours
Rolling in pain
Praying for someone
To free to again
Oh, I'll be a good boy
Please make me well
I'll promise you anything
To get me out of this hell

Cold Turkey
Has got me
On the run

no, no, no, no


SONG: JOHN BARRY

instrumental


SONG: STICKS AND STONES

Love will find a way
Tonight I hear you say
You know it hurt so good
I guess that's understood

Sticks and Stones may break my bones but
Whips and chains excite me
Sticks and Stones may break my bones but
Whips and chains excite me

It came as no surprise
I see it in your eyes
You hit me with a kiss
It had to be like this

Sticks and Stones may break my bones but
Whips and chains excite me
Sticks and Stones may break my bones but
Whips and chains excite me

Sticks and Stones may break my bones but
Whips and chains excite me
Sticks and Stones may break my bones but
Whips and chains excite me

No matter what you do
What you put me through
I changed my point of view
Love in spite of you

Sticks and Stones may break my bones but
Whips and chains excite me
Sticks and Stones may break my bones but
Whips and chains excite me

Sticks and Stones may break my bones but
Whips and chains excite me
Sticks and Stones may break my bones but
Whips and chains excite me


SONG: I'M UNSATISFIED

Do you every wonder
Or stop and think and realize
You can try to run, you can try to hide
Should you take a look at the world outside

I'm Unsatisfied
I'm Unsatisfied
I'm Unsatisfied

I, I said I couldn't believe you
When I take a look into your eyes
I can try to try I can try to die
If I take a look at the world outside

I'm Unsatisfied
I'm Unsatisfied
I'm Unsatisfied

I'm Unsatisfied
I'm Unsatisfied
I'm Unsatisfied

Now, now you think you've beat me
And all you've donw is hurt my pride
If I go down I'm gonna take you with me
You'll never see the world outside

I'm Unsatisfied
I'm Unsatisfied
I'm Unsatisfied


SONG: LONELY MAN

Why can't you understand
Why I'm a lonely man
And if you did you'd see
You'd end up just like me
I had a girl one day
She left and ran away
And now I'm all alone
No one to call my own

Yes, I'm a Lonely Man
Yes, I'm a Lonely Man
Yes, I'm a Lonely Man
Yes, I'm a Lonely Man

And now I just don't know
Don't know where togo
Or what to do or say
What makes me feel this way?
Can't talk to anyone
I'm hiding from the sun
Can't wait for night to come
Because the days so long

Yes, I'm a Lonely Man
Yes, I'm a Lonely Man
Yes, I'm a Lonely Man
Yes, I'm a Lonely Man

Why can't you understand
Why I'm a lonely man
And if you did you'd see
You'd end up just like me
The friends I thought I had
They turned out to be bad
And now these tears I cry
You know I just can't hide

Yes, I'm a Lonely Man
Yes, I'm a Lonely Man
Yes, I'm a Lonely Man
Yes, I'm a Lonely Man

Hey

Birth, School, Work, Death (1988 Epic Records EK 490946)

	The Godfathers are:
	Peter Coyne - Lead Vocals
	Chris Coyne - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
	Kris Dollimore - Guitar, Backing Vocals
	Mike Gibson - Guitar, Backing Vocals
	George Mazur - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals


@SONG: BIRTH, SCHOOL, WORK, DEATH (The Godfathers)

Been turned around till I'm upside down
Been all at sea until I've drowned
And I've felt torture, I've felt pain
Just like that film with Michael Caine
I've been abused and I've been confused
And I've kissed Margaret Thatcher's shoes
And I been high and I been low
And I don't know where to go

Birth, school, work, death
Birth, school, work, death

And heroin was the love you gave
From the cradle to the grave
Boys and girls don't understand
The devil makes work for idle hands
I cut myself but I don't bleed
'Cause I don't get what I need
Doesn't matter what I say
Tomorrow's still another day

Birth, school, work, death
Birth, school, work, death

Yeah I been high and I been low
And I don't know where to go
I'm living on the never never never
This time it's gonna be forever
I'll live and die don't ask me why
I wanna go to paradise
And I don't need your sympathy
There's nothing in this world for me

Birth, school, work, death
Birth, school, work, death

Birth, school, work, death
Birth, school, work, death
Birth, school, work, death
Birth, school, work, death


@SONG: IF I ONLY HAD TIME (The Godfathers)

Today a new sun rises
Look in the mirror there's no surprises
Things ain't what they used to be
Cary Grant's on L.S.D.

If I only had time
I'd think of the perfect crime
If I only had time
I'd think of the perfect crime

It's the only way to be
From here to eternity
Things ain't what they used to be
We're living under a false economy

If I only had time
I'd think of the perfect crime
If I only had time
I'd think of the perfect crime

A million mums are hooked on valium
And you should see what you have done to them
Things ain't what they used to be
A generation raised on poverty

If I only had time
I'd think of the perfect crime
If I only had time
I'd think of the perfect crime

Time
Time


@SONG: TELL ME WHY (The Godfathers)

Why do I phone you up
Why do I make a fuss

Tell me why, tell me why

I never really thought
That it could be the two of us

Tell me why, tell me why

You are the only one, yes you're the only one
You are my number one, yes you're the only one
You are the only one

And why do I believe
That I could never leave

Tell me why, tell me why

But will this feeling last
When hearts can change so fast

Tell me why, tell me why

You are the only one, yes you're the only one
You are my number one, yes you're the only one
You are the only one

Yeah

And I told her I loved her very much
I told her I loved her more than life itself
Then I told her, I told her I loved her
More than I loved myself
And that's saying something


@SONG: IT'S SO HARD (The Godfathers)

One by one we walk through the door
At sixes and sevens with you
Is it three o'clock or 4 a.m.
I don't know what to do

My situation's in decline
My life's a bitter shade of blue
I drink to keep from crying
What else can I do

It's so hard, it's so hard, it's so hard
It's so hard

I've woken up into a dream
And there's nothing I can do
Her lipstick's written on my mirror
Says I don't love you

One by one we walk through the door
At sixes and sevens with you
Is it three o'clock or 4 a.m.
I don't know what to do

It's so hard, it's so hard, it's so hard
It's so hard


@SONG: WHEN AM I COMING DOWN (The Godfathers)

I never count the seconds
I haven't got the time
I'll say to you dear mother
I am doing fine

When am I coming down, when am I coming down
When am I coming down, when am I coming down

I don't really know what's happening to me
I've been like this for hours
Am I going f-forwards
Or am I coming back
Let's face it I-I've been gone forever
When am I coming down, when am I coming down

Crying on the phone
Five thousand miles away
I've spoken to my sister
I think it was today

When am I coming down, when am I coming down
When am I coming down, when am I coming down


@SONG: CAUSE I SAID SO (The Godfathers)

I wake up in the morning and I feel like a king
Make love not work I can do anything
Can rule my own world and never have to listen
I'm living like there's no tomorrow
You know there really isn't

'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so

Every day's a thrill when you're living like me
Don't read Baudelaire's poetry
And I don't need no Ph.D.
'Cause I'm ten times smarter than you'll ever be

'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so

'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so

Now listen all you peoples to what I have to say
Every night's a gas if you want it that way
All you need is money and a little bit of luck
I ain't greedy baby all I want is all you've got

'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so
'Cause I said so


@SONG: THE STRANGEST BOY (The Godfathers)

I keep myself to myself
And I don't want no friends
I'm nightly crucified
No need for womankind

I don't think so, I don't think so

And I'm the strangest by
That you've ever seen
And my future's past
Already gone and been

I don't think so, I don't think so

Don't try to talk to me
'Cause I'm not quite there
I never wear a smile
'Cause that would show I care

I don't think so, I don't think so

And in times like these
Don't work for charity
I do as I please
Unless the cause is me

I don't think so, I don't think so


@SONG: S.T.B. (The Godfathers)

Well it was midnight when I called you
I wanna waste another dime
I have to hear your sweet voice honey
Breathing down the line

And Reagan's on the T.V.
And he's staring back at me
I have to have another drink
My brother's in a fight with me

And Georgia wants to screw George
She'll have to use her finger tonight
She's a poor frustrated Greek girl
It's gonna make her scream and riot

Well it was midnight when I called you
I wanna waste another dime
I have to hear your sweet voice honey
Breathing down the line


@SONG: JUST LIKE YOU (The Godfathers)

All I want is a day from your life
I'm not asking you to be my wife
All I need is a friend for today

It's not because I'm feeling down
That I want you around
I just want to share the good times with
Someone who looks just like you

I'll write to you from wherever I am
We'll keep in touch just like we planned
I need more than a friend for today

The touch of your hand the look in your eyes
You ask no questions tell me no lies
I've found more than a friend for today

It's not because I'm feeling down
That I want you around
I just want to share the good times with
Someone who looks just like you

Honey I ain't never never never gonna leave you
That's true
Do you wanna know why
'Cause you're the dirtiest girl I've ever had

It's not because I'm feeling down
That I want you around
I just want to share the good times with
Someone who looks just like you


@SONG: OBSESSION (The Godfathers)

Though she was still a little girl
She was a woman of the world
She used to sit upon my knee
And put the sugar in my tea

No no no, no no no

And now you'll never realise
Till that smoke gets in your eyes
That love is blind and cannot see
And this is how it's meant to be

No no no, no no no

No no no, no no no

And now I'd walk on broken glass
To hold her hand like in the past
You always hurt the one you love
You need a sign from up above

No no no, no no no

Though she was still a little girl
She was a woman of the world
She used to sit upon my knee
And put the sugar in my tea

No no no, no no no

Yes


@SONG: LOVE IS DEAD (The Godfathers)

She's just got out of bed
She hasn't had her breakfast yet
She phoned in sick today
She needs a mental holiday

She's being pushed around
Her world is upside down
Know she's going down
Waiting for a chance to succeed

She said love's dead
She said love's dead

She found out where she went wrong
And now she knows she's hanging on
She may waste her time today
But they can't take her dreams away

She's being pushed around
Her world is upside down
Know she's going down
Waiting for a chance to succeed

She said love's dead
She said love's dead

She said love's dead
She said love's dead
She said love's dead
She said love's dead

	c. 1989 Epic Records EK 45023

	The Godfathers are:
	Peter Coyne - Lead Vocals
	Chris Coyne - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
	Kris Dollimore - Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
	Mike Gibson - Guitar, Backing Vocals
	George Mazur - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals


@SONG: SHE GIVES ME LOVE (The Godfathers)

Don't claim to understand her
I wonder what she's doing with me
Don't know what she does with the rest of her time
But she gives it to me for free

She gives me love
She gives me love

She never takes my money
But she always steals my time
She's the kind of a girl that if you gave her the world
She'd say it wasn't worth a dime

She gives me love
She gives me love

It's not easy to explain it
The effect she has on me
Make a dumb man talk and a blind man see
That sweet little mystery

She gives me love
She gives me love

She gives me love
She gives me love


@SONG: THOSE DAYS ARE OVER (The Godfathers)

Those days are over, those days are over
Those days are over, those days are over

Nothing ever happens come what may
And snow never falls on Christmas Day
And all around I see is war
I can't stand this anymore

Those days are over, those days are over
Those days are over, those days are over

These are friendly times
These are strange times
Soldiers to the left of me, soldiers to the right
I can't take this anymore

Those days are over, those days are over
Those days are over, those days are over

Nothing ever changes for all we say
It's the same tomorrow as yesterday
Yes all around I see is war
I can't stand this anymore

Those days are over, those days are over
Those days are over, those days are over


@SONG: HOW LOW IS LOW (The Godfathers)

Raised by the hand of God
Raised by Cain
Archangel Gabriel
Don't wanna know my name

I'm in too far, I'm in too deep
How low is low?
I'm in too far, I'm in too deep
How low is low?

There's an explosion going off in my head
You never ever listened to a word I said

I'm in too far, I'm in too deep
How low is low?
I'm in too far, I'm in too deep
How low is low?

Jesus you blessed my soul
So won't you help me please?
Oh mother of mercy
Is this the end for me?
No no no

I'm in too far, I'm in too deep
How low is low?
I'm in too far, I'm in too deep
How low is low?

I'm in too far, I'm in too deep
I'm in too far, I'm in too deep
I'm in too far, I'm in too deep
I'm in too far, I'm in too deep


@SONG: PRETTY GIRL (The Godfathers)

Well I haven't seen her
For such a long, long time
Thought I didn't need her
But she was always on my mind

Does she still think about me
When I'm not there?
I need to know from someone
Does she still care?

She's such a pretty girl
The truth can't be denied
It's such a busy world
Should be there by her side

Does she still think about me
When I'm not there?
I need to know from someone
Does she still care?

I wish I could see her
And God only knows I've tried
If you should see that girl
Tell her it's all right

Does she still think about me
When I'm not there?
I need to know from someone
Does she still care?

Well I haven't seen her
For such a long, long time
Thought I didn't need her
But she was always on my mind

She's such a pretty girl, such a pretty girl


@SONG: THIS IS YOUR LIFE (The Godfathers)

I feel the pressure's on and something's going wrong
I don't know what's going on
I'm just another mother's poor boy's son
I feel pressure, pressure
These four walls are a prison to me
I feel pressure, pressure
Why's everybody always picking on me?

This is the time, is this a dream?
This is the hour, is this for real?
It's here and now
'Cause after all this is your life

I'm all messed up inside don't want this kind of life
It's not what I'd call home sweet home
All I want to be is left alone
I feel pressure, pressure
About all the things that never can be
I feel pressure, pressure
Where on earth can I be free?

This is the time, is this for me?
This is the hour, is this the one?
It's here and now
'Cause after all this is your life

I'm leaving town tonight it's got to be alright
I'm gonna make it on my own
Gonna take a ride into the great unknown
No more pressure, pressure
Something good better happen to me
Pressure, no more pressure
I tell you something good better happen for me

This is the time, this is for real
This is the hour, this one's for me
It's here and now
'Cause after all this is your life


@SONG: I'M LOST AND THEN I'M FOUND (The Godfathers)

Read about some princess and her junkie friends
Didn't start my day off right
Old James Dean jumped from his grave
Swore that black was white

Read it in the papers the writing's on the wall
And someone earns a dollar out of every lie
It don't make no sense worrying at all
And I wake up and I'm wondering why
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found

Everybody's giving me the third degree
Don't know when I'm up or down
Cigarettes and women be the death of me
Better that than this old town

Read it in the papers the writing's on the wall
And someone earns a dollar out of every lie
It don't make no sense worrying at all
And I wake up and I'm wondering why
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found

I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found

Wintertime is coming hear the howling wind
Didn't get to sleep last night
Stoned in my confusion makes no sense at all
Couldn't change it if I tried

Read it in the papers the writing's on the wall
And someone earns a dollar out of every lie
It don't make no sense worrying at all
And I wake up and I'm wondering why
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found

I'm lost and then I'm found
I'm lost and then I'm found


@SONG: I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOU (The Godfathers)

Take the street down to the station
Take the road down to the train
That was where I finally found her
She was crying to the rain

I don't believe in you, I don't believe in you
I don't believe in you, I don't believe in you

Are you listening to me baby?
Or am I talking to myself?
You've got me running round in circles
You got me ruining my health

I don't believe in you, I don't believe in you
I don't believe in you, I don't believe in you

Bless the day that I first saw you
Curse the day when we first met
You've had me running round in circles
How on earth can I forget?

I don't believe in you, I don't believe in you
I don't believe in you, I don't believe in you

She took the train out of the station
She took the train out of my life
And that was how she finally left me
Never did become my wife

I don't believe in you, I don't believe in you
I don't believe in you, I don't believe in you


@SONG: LIFE HAS PASSED US BY (The Godfathers)

Terry said to Judy
You're such a waste of time
Sitting watching T.V.
'Cause life has passed us by

Gin's a mother's ruin
Dulls the pain away
Helps the conversation
We're best friends today

We're not growing stronger
We ain't getting younger
We're not going nowhere
'Cause life has passed us by
Life has passed us by
Life has passed us by

We've all got good intentions
It doesn't pay the rent
The faded jaded memories of a life we've spent

We're not growing stronger
We ain't getting younger
We're not going nowhere
'Cause life has passed us by
'Cause life has passed us by
'Cause life has passed us by

You can't do tomorrow what should be done today
Dreams and expectations we let them slip away

We're not growing stronger
We ain't getting younger
We're not going nowhere
'Cause life has passed us by
Life has passed us by
Life has passed us by

Life has passed us by
Life has passed us by
Life has passed us by
Life has passed us by
Life has passed us by

@SONG: WALKING TALKING JOHNNY CASH BLUES (The Godfathers)

Well I took some speed I thought it was what I'd need
Yeah I took some speed I thought it was what I'd need
Well step inside my shoes I got the
Walking talking Johnny Cash Blues

Yeah I'm dressed in black there ain't no looking back
Yeah I'm dressed in black there ain't no looking back
Well come on and hear the news I got the
Walking talking Johnny Cash Blues - dig it

I phoned Marie Marie I said why don't you talk to me
I got fifty thousand questions
Can't you answer just one please?
She said all you need to know is darling I'll be true
And if you call me in the morning maybe I will talk to you
She said I know what's wrong with you you got the
Walking talking Johnny Cash Blues - kick it

Well I took some speed I thought it was what I'd need
Yeah I took some speed I thought it was what I'd need
Well step inside my shoes I got the
Walking talking Johnny Cash Blues


@SONG: HALFWAY PARALYSED (The Godfathers)

You say that you're so fine
I hear it all the time
The sunlight's in your eyes
It came as no surprise

Don't you ever walk away from me
I'm halfway paralysed

You serve to bring me down
And follow me around
It's such a crying shame
To see you play your game

Don't you ever close the door on me
I'm halfway paralysed

Now stop and realise
The pain I have inside
It's slowly killing me
That's what you do to me

Don't you ever walk away from me
I'm halfway paralysed

I'll say that you're so fine
You'll hear it all the time
The sunlight's in your eyes
It came as no surprise

Don't you ever close the door on me
I'm halfway paralysed


@SONG: ANOTHER YOU (The Godfathers)

I'll go to church and say a prayer
I'm not the first you've known
But I don't care
You won't believe me but you know it's true
That I could never find another you

It's growing dark I will survive
The dream I dreamed of you
Keeps me alive
You won't believe me but you know it's true
That I could never find another you
You won't believe me but you know it's true
I could never find another you

	c. 1993 Intercord Record Service IRS CD 986.974

	The Godfathers are:
	Peter Coyne - Lead Vocals
	Chris Coyne - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
	Chris Burrows - Guitar, Backing Vocals
	Ali Byworth - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals


@SONG: FREE YOURSELF (C.Burrows/P.Coyne/A.Byworth)

Float like a butterfly sting like a bee
Thus spoke the prophet Muhammad Ali
Free Mike Tyson and Ice T
Free every mother and the B.B.C.
One for sorrow two for joy
Three for a girl and four for a boy
Free the police and the C.I.A.
Reggie Kray and the I.R.A.

Free yourself
Free yourself

Free your conscience free your soul
Free your mind and your ass will follow
Free the heroes and villains too
Chinaman caucasian blackman Jew
Free Mary Jo Anna and L.S.D.
Free every mother plus you and me
Free Mao Tse Tung and J.F.K.
Jesus Christ and the U.S.A.

I know about the way you feel
'Cause I can feel your pain
I know about the way you feel
It's happening to me again

Free yourself
Free yourself

Float like a butterfly sting like a bee
Thus spoke the prophet Muhammad Ali
Free Mike Tyson and Ice T
Free every mother and the B.B.C.
I said one for sorrow two for joy
Three for a girl and four for a boy
Free the police and the C.I.A.
Jesus Christ and the U.S.A.

I know about the way you feel
'Cause I can feel your pain
I know about the way you feel
It's happening to me again

Free yourself
Free yourself

Free yourself
Free yourself


@SONG: STRANGE ABOUT TODAY (C.Burrows/P.Coyne)

Yeah it was strange about today
Sitting here waiting for somebody
It was strange about today
Sitting here waiting for somebody to call

It was a shame about today
Yesterday's gone and we're waiting for tomorrow
And the rain came down today
It felt so good to know that it was falling down

So call on me so call on me

Day after day I wait for you to call on me
Day after day I wait for you to show your face

And it's so strange about today
Sitting here waiting for an answer
It was strange about today
Sitting here waiting for somebody to call me

So call on me so call on me

Day after day I wait for you to call on me
Day after day I wait for you to show your face again
Day after day I wait for you to call on me
Day after day I wait for you to show your face

And it's so strange about today
Yesterday's gone and we're waiting for tomorrow
And the rain came down today
It felt so good to know that it was falling down

So call on me so call on me

Yeah it was strange about today
Strange about today
It was strange about today
Yeah it was strange about today

There's something strange about today
Strange about today
There's something strange about today
Yeah it was strange about today

Yeah


@SONG: WORLD ON FIRE (C.Coyne/P.Coyne/C.Burrows)

I'm in a war against the truth
I'm being shot right next to you
I wish that we were going somewhere
I wish that I was more like you
I wish that you were less like me
'Cause I believe we're really nowhere

See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down
See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down

And if I could I'd change the world
For every boy and every girl
We can't wait until tomorrow
The time has come for us to choose
And we have nothing left to lose
But pain and ignorance and sorrow

See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down
See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down

See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down
See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down
See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down

And in the war against the truth
I make my stand right next to you
We need to know we're going somewhere
Stars will fall down from the sky
This world belongs to you and I
We can't go down this road forever

See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down
See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down
See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down
See the world on fire it's burning
It's turning upside down


@SONG: TRIP ON YOU (C.Burrows/P.Coyne/C.Coyne/A.Byworth)

When I saw her on the corner
I should've told her that I loved her
Instead we talked about the weather
Agreed to meet another time
Then slowly seven days passed
And I wished that I could kiss her
My heart it's moving like a yo-yo
And it spins in different times

Colours fly and I don't hear no sounds
'Cause it feels like I'm spinning round and round
And round around

She started walking straight towards me
And said her given name was Jo Jo
Her lips they burnt me just like fire
I put my heart right on the line

Colours fly and I don't hear no sounds
'Cause it feels like I'm spinning round and round
And round around
Everything I want I can see in you
And I want you so bad
Everything I want I can see in you
So let me trip on you

Oh yeah

Everything I want I can see in you
And I want you so bad
Everything I want I can see in you
So let me trip on you

Now everything is hunky dory
And there's a reason and a rhyme
And that's the moral of this story
Me and Jo Jo's doing fine

Colours fly and I don't hear no sounds
'Cause it feels like I'm spinning round and round
And round around
Everything I want I can see in you
And I want you so bad
Everything I want I can see in you


@SONG: THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL (C.Burrows/P.Coyne/A.Byworth/C.Coyne)

You can't see what I can see 'cause I can see it all
Can't you see what's going on or is your vision blurred
Do you feel the way I feel about the way I feel inside
Can't you see what's going on 'cause I can see the light

Don't bring me down don't you leave me this way
Don't bring me down

That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel

Please tell me what you want from me
Tell me what you need
'Cause I can't give you what you want
Until you talk to me

Don't bring me down don't you leave me this way
Don't bring me down

That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel

Don't bring me down don't you leave me this way
Don't bring me down

Do you feel the way I feel about the way I feel inside
Can't you see what's going on 'cause I can see the light

That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel

That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel
That's the way I feel


@SONG: HELP ME NOW (C.Burrows/P.Coyne/C.Coyne)

I'm tired, I'm scared and I'm lonely
I haven't slept for several days
I'm looking for attention
I need to change my ways

As daylight turns into evening
I'll wait for morning to come
I've seen my own reflection
While waiting for the sun

I'm down, I'm flatbroke and I'm busted
I guess I need some money too
I want somebody to depend on
Someone who feels the way I do

As daylight turns into evening
I'll wait for morning to come
I've seen my own reflection
While waiting for the sun

So help me now, help me now, help me now
Help me now, help me now, help me now

I'm in need of some distraction
I could use some company
I need somebody to depend on
I do believe that you're the one

As daylight turns into evening
I'll wait for morning to come
I've seen my own reflection
While waiting for the sun

So help me now, help me now, help me now
Help me now, help me now, help me now

So help me now, help me now, help me now
Help me now, help me now, help me now
Help me now, help me now, help me now


@SONG: LOSING MY MIND (C.Burrows/P.Coyne/C.Coyne)

Where's my money baby you've got me losing pounds
I'm gonna have to control your purse strings
I need some money now

And I can't take this situation
You've got me messed up inside
No I can't take this situation
You got me losing my mind

You've got me messed up inside
You got my heart turned around
I see you looking pretty in your fancy clothes
I need some loving now

And I can't take this situation
You've got me messed up inside
No I can't take this situation
I'm slowly losing my mind

Talk to me now
Right now
Listen to me

I'm slowly losing my mind over this financial situation
I need some change I need somewhere to go now
I need something to happen sometimes

And I can't take this situation
You've got me messed up inside
No I can't take this situation
I'm slowly losing my mind

Let's talk things over


@SONG: SHE SAID (C.Burrows/P.Coyne/A.Byworth)

It's good to be here tell me what you see
Right place right time she's just a problem with me
There's complications more than what you'll see
Another time another girl it makes no difference to me

She said something about you
She said something to me
She said something about you
And it was wrong wrong wrong wrong

Time waits for no-one that's what she said
Another kiss is all you need but I try hard to forget
She makes positive motions indicating to me
Right place wrong time she's just a problem with me

She said something about you
She said something to me
She said something about you
And it was wrong wrong wrong wrong

She said something about you
She said something to me
She said something about you
And it was wrong wrong wrong wrong

It's good to be here tell me what you see
Right place right time it makes no difference to me

She said something about you
She said something to me
She said something about you
And it was wrong wrong wrong wrong

She said something about you
She said something to me
She said something about you
And it was wrong wrong wrong wrong

She said something about you
She said something to me
She said something about you
And it was wrong wrong wrong wrong

She said something about you
She said something to me
She said something about you
And it was wrong wrong wrong wrong


@SONG: THE PRISONER (C.Burrows/P.Coyne)

Sitting in my peter all alone
And the sun don't shine on my skin and bones
I'm left to rot in hell inside a prison cell
I'm doing time for something I ain't done
A policeman he said I pulled a gun
But I wasn't there oh God I swear

And I wish that I could be
Oh I wish that I could be
Yes I wish that I could be
So free, so free

Slop in slop out and then lights out
This prison life is killing me it's wearing me down
I crave for liberty they're pissing in my tea
Systemised brutality
The screws and the cons have it in for me
I play the waiting game a number for a name

And I wish that I could be
Oh I wish that I could be
Yes I wish that I could be
So free so free

So free so free
So free so free

I miss my girl and I miss my ma
I dream of walking out through that door
But much to my surprise I'm institutionalised
I'm on the inside and I'm looking out
Stare at the bars and I scream and shout
But no-one hears my plea they've thrown away the key

And I wish that I could be
Oh I wish that I could be
Yes I wish that I could be
So free so free

So free so free
So free so free
So free so free
So free so free


@SONG: SEVEN DAYS (C.Burrows/P.Coyne)

You say you love me and you want me for your bed
I know you need me but I just don't get no rest
I'm on fire now I'm out of control
Every day of the week I justify my love for you

It's so hard to keep on loving
It's so hard to keep on loving
It's so hard to keep on loving
It's so hard to keep on loving

My Sundays over then my Mondays pull me through
I see the love that comes from deep inside of you
I'm burning baby like a moth to a flame
Pushing on your button make me do it again

It's so hard to keep on loving - seven days a week
It's so hard to keep on loving - it's so hard
It's so hard to keep on loving - seven days a week
It's so hard to keep on loving

I'm on fire now I'm out of control
I'm on fire now I'm out of control
Let's go

It's so hard to keep on loving - seven days a week
It's so hard to keep on loving - it's so hard
It's so hard to keep on loving - seven days a week
It's so hard to keep on loving

Seven days of loving seven days insane
Three times on Tuesday in the sun and the rain
You've got my fire out you've burnt me right down
Can't make it Friday so I'll see you around

It's so hard to keep on loving - seven days a week
It's so hard to keep on loving - it's so hard
It's so hard to keep on loving - seven days a week
It's so hard to keep on loving - it's so hard
It's so hard to keep on loving - seven days a week
It's so hard to keep on loving - it's so hard
It's so hard to keep on loving - seven days a week
It's so hard to keep on loving


@SONG: 21ST CENTURY DREAMING (C.Burrows/P.Coyne)

This is the soul of the 21st century
I lie to you and you lie to me

And this is the soul of the 21st century
Where every dream ever dreamt
Will come true a thousand times
Man makes the machines
And the machines make the man
And the stars and the planets and everything
Every little thing

But without a song the day would never end
Without a song a man ain't got no friend
Without a song the road would never bend
Without a song without a song

Hail the king for he is victorious
Salute the whores who fight for all of us
So that every dream that has ever been dreamt
Will come true a thousand times
Will come true a thousand times

This is the soul of the 21st century


@SONG: TIME IS NOW (C.Coyne/P.Coyne)

Time is here and time is now
Time is what you make it girl
Everybody needs some time
'Cause time is right for everyone

The time for us is here and now
The time is here and the time is now
You know the time is here and now
And I've got time
You've got time
We've got time
We've all got time

Time is old and time is young
Time will end what it begun
There can be no end to time
'Cause time is yours and time is mine

The time for us is here and now
The time is here and the time is now
You know the time is here and now
And I've got time
You've got time
We've got time
We've all got time

Time is here and time is now
Time is when you've made it girl
Everybody spend some time
'Cause time is yours and time is mine

The time for us is here and now
The time is here and the time is now
You know the time is here and now
And I've got time
You've got time
We've got time
We've all got time

Afterlife

	AFTERLIFE

c. 1995 Intercord Record Service INT 845.251

        The Godfathers are:
        Peter Coyne - Vocals
        Chris Coyne - Bass, Vocals, Accordion
        Grant Nicholas - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
        Paul Ronney - Guitars, Harmonica, Vocals
	Ricky Newson - Guitar, Vocals (Ronnie Rocka)


@SONG: Love Is Real (P. Coyne/C. Coyne/P. Ronney)

Give me information
Tell me what you know
'Cause I don't have a problem
When you let your feelings show

I don't know what I want from you
But I know that I need to hear you say
Loves alive, love is real
Love survives and that's the deal

'Cause I want you to tell me
Exactly how you feel
Now love is real, yeah love is real

You don't need those chemicals
To help you find your way
'Cause I don't have a problem
When I hear the words you say

I don't know what I want from you
But I know that I need to hear you say
Loves alive, love is real
Love survives and that's the deal

'Cause I want you to tell me
Exactly how you feel
Now love is real, yeah love is real
Now love is real, yeah love is real
Yeah love is real

We all need some protection
Gets you through the day
Reality defines you
In a thousand different ways

I don't know what I want from you
But I know that I need to hear you say
Loves alive, love is real
Love survives and that's the deal

'Cause I want you to tell me
Exactly how you feel
Now love is real, yeah love is real
'Cause I want you to tell me
Exactly how you feel
Now love is real, yeah love is real
'Cause I want you to tell me
Exactly how you feel
Now love is real, yeah love is real
'Cause I want you to tell me
Exactly how you feel
Now love is real, yeah love is real

Yeah love is real, now love is real, yeah love is real


@SONG: Hear What I Say (P. Coyne/P. Ronney)

When you talk I see right through you
Your conversation leaves me cold
Don't need no aggravation
Don't need your mind to take control
You want some news, I'm sick of you
I don't need nothing from you no more

I'm sick and tired of waking up sick and tired of you
I'm sick to death of all the little things that you do
Hear what I say

Your lipstick needs some changing
Your perfume ain't the style for me
Your friends don't make me laugh
In fact I think that they're a drag
And all the good times that you promised
Turned to be the worst I've had

I'm sick and tired of waking up sick and tired of you
I'm sick to death of all the little things that you do
Hear what I say
Hear what I say now

The taxis downstairs waiting
Please don't delay departure no more
Don't need no confrontation
My one desire is you out that door
So I can live my life of ease, my life in peace
The way I did before

I'm sick and tired of waking up sick and tired of you
I'm sick to death of all the little things that you do
Hear what I say
Hear what I say now


@SONG: That Special Feeling (P. Coyne/C. Coyne/P. Ronney)

There was a time when all the world
Was smaller than it is today
And it felt so good, felt so pure
I felt so real in every way
I need to feel that feeling
I need to feel so pure, so real
Like it was the first time

Yeah here it comes
Here it comes again
That special feeling
Here it comes again

And there were times
Times when I felt so confused
About my life
And then I saw the light
The light that they call love
Came shining down from your eyes
You gave to me that feeling
You made me feel so pure, so real
Like it was the first time

Yeah here it comes
Here it comes again
That special feeling
Here it comes again...like the first time

You made me feel that feeling
You made me feel so pure, so real
Just like it was the first time

Yeah here it comes
Here it comes again
That special feeling
Here it comes again


@SONG: I Can't Hear You (P. Coyne/C. Coyne/P. Ronney)

Your words they serve to put me down
Though your lips move, they make no sound
You talk and talk but you get nowhere
'Cause since you've joined the enemy
I'm turning deaf to all your pleas
I cannot listen to you no more

'Cause I can't hear you
No I can't hear you
'Cause I can't hear you
No I can't hear you

You're always talking in my ear
Dispensing all your usual cheer
The sound you make is going nowhere
You're always there, I'm not alone
I just can't get you off my phone
I dig the silence that is so clear

'Cause I can't hear you
No I can't hear you
'Cause I can't hear you
No I can't hear you...now

You should have learned your ABC
The day you joined the bourgeoisie
You're always drunk when I am sober
And you should mind your P's and Q's
You make an offer I refuse
To listen to you talk it over

'Cause I can't hear you
No I can't hear you
'Cause I can't hear you
No I can't hear you...now


@SONG: You're My Friend (P. Coyne/C. Coyne/P. Ronney)

I've seen your face a thousand times
But all the while don't ask me why
I have to say I need you but I do
And if I seem unkind to you
Just take some time and see right through
The way I act is not the way I feel

You've seen the best and worst of me
That's how I am so let me be
The kind of person that you'd like to know
I'll take your hand and you'll shake mine
Suspend ourselves in space and time
Telling tales just like we used to do

You're my friend, you're my best friend
You're the best friend that I've ever had

And I'll think of the words I've said
You know sometimes I've wished you dead
But don't believe a word 'cause it's not true
When you say black and I say white
I don't know if I'll laugh or cry
So don't believe a word 'cause it's not true

You're my friend, you're my best friend
You're the best friend that I've ever had

Think of all the times we've spent together
Think of all the times we've spent apart from me and you

Love you, love you, love you
Need you, need you, need you
Love you, love you, love you
Need you, need you, need you

Tell me what you feel inside
Tell the truth, don't you tell no lies to me
Say all the words that you know that I want to hear
Give me love, give me everything
From the start until the end
You know that you have always been my friend

You're my friend, you're my best friend
You're the best friend that I've ever had
You're my friend, you're my best friend
You're the best friend that I've ever had
You're the best friend that I've ever had
You're the best friend that I've ever had
You're the best friend that I've ever had


@SONG: Close To Jesus (P. Coyne/C. Coyne)

I wish I was a cigarette
At least you'd put me in your mouth
I wish I was inside of you
I wish that I was still in love
Say hello to the superstar
The best looking chick you'll ever see
No, no she's not the marrying kind
That's not how it's meant to be

Now she's close to Jesus
Just like Judas used to be
She's a good friend of Jesus
Just like Judas used to be

Twinkle Twinkle Superstar
Now I wonder where you're at
I bet you hate it don't you
When people talk behind your back
Say hello to the superstar
The best looking chick you'll ever see
When everything is relative
This is what she said to me

Now she's close to Jesus
Just like Judas used to be
She's a good friend of Jesus
Just like Judas used to be
I wish I was a sailor
Sailing on her seas
I wish I was the man she loved
When she would talk to me
Say goodbye to the superstar
The best looking chick you'll ever see
And I believed in miracles
Yes I believed in you and me

Now she's close to Jesus
Just like Judas used to be
She's a good friend of Jesus
Just like Judas used to be
Just like Judas, just like Judas, just like Judas used to be


@SONG: I'm Not Well (P. Coyne/C. Coyne/G. Nicholas/R. Newson)

I'm off of my face and I'm out of my tree
And this is the way that I want to be
I'm high as a kite but I'm feeling fine
'Cause this is the way I love to spend time

I never feel normal, I always feel ill
I get through the days with powder and pills
Can't see through the smoke that's been fogging up my eyes
To you I look good, but it's just my disguise

I'm not well, can't you tell
Can't you tell, that I am not well
I'm not well, can't you tell
Can't you tell, that I am not well

I'm easily pleased and I'm starting to itch
Forever diseased but my dealer gets rich
My system is loaded, defences are down
I'm out of my head all over this town

I'm not well, can't you tell
Can't you tell, that I am not well
I'm not well, can't you tell
Can't you tell, that I am not well

I'm off of my face and I'm out of my tree
And this is the way that I want to be
I'm high as a kite but I'm feeling fine
'Cause this is the way I love to spend time

I'm not well, can't you tell
Can't you tell, that I am not well
I'm not well, can't you tell
Can't you tell, that I am not well


@SONG: Mother Nicotine (P. Coyne/P. Ronney)

The morning I wake the first thing I take
is a drag from you
And when the day ends, you're still my friend
You know I depend on you

Oh mother nicotine
I swear you're even in my dreams
I need you everyday
What else is there around?

Breakfast for me, fag and some tea
Keeps me satisfied
And sometimes I choke, but all of this smoke
Feels so good to me

Oh mother nicotine
I swear you're even in my dreams
I need you everyday
What else is there around?

Ignored all the warnings, you're bad for my health
Don't care what they say about you
'Cause everyday the price that I pay
It's worth it just to be with you

Oh mother nicotine
I swear you're even in my dreams
I need you everyday
What else is there around?
Oh mother nicotine
I swear you're even in my dreams
I need you everyday
What else is there around?
Oh mother nicotine
I swear you're even in my dreams
I need you everyday
What else is there around?


@SONG: Time's Not On Your Side (P. Coyne/P. Ronney/R. Newson)

There's a road that you take
When you close the door behind you
Every step that you walk leads you there
But you know when you get there
You've found your destination
'Cause time for you's been going nowhere

Time's not on your side
Time for you is over
Every second, every minute, every hour, every day
Time's not on your side
Time for you is over
Every second, every minute, every hour, every day
Time's not on your side

There's a door that you open
And it leads you to your loved one
And she stole the key to your heart
But you know when you get there
She'll fire your imagination
'Cause time for you's been going nowhere

Time's not on your side
Time for you is over
Every second, every minute, every hour, every day
Time's not on your side
Time for you is over
Every second, every minute, every hour, every day
Time's not on your side
Time for you is over
Every second, every minute, every hour, every day
Time's not on your side

When your past catches up with your future man
You'd better leave your past behind
Or you'll find yourself using up all your
Days and nights now
Running away, running away from time

Time's not on your side
Time for you is over
Every second, every minute, every hour, every day
Time's not on your side
Time for you is over
Every second, every minute, every hour, every day


@SONG: Give Me Something (P. Coyne/R. Newson)

I walk along this city street
I see no people I can meet
And everywhere I stop and stare
I see no people anywhere

Give me something
Give me one thing
Give me something to believe in
Give me something
Give me one thing
Give me something to believe in

Though the sun is hot, the sun is black
And I can't get you off my back
I feel the chill there all the time
'Cause I can't get you off my mind

Give me something
Give me one thing
Give me something to believe in
Give me something
Give me one thing
Give me something to believe in

And I can't stand to be apart
I know there's murder in my heart
I feel the knife there in my hand
I've got to make you understand

Give me something
Give me one thing
Give me something to believe in
Give me something
Give me one thing
Give me something to believe in

...I want something to believe in


@SONG: Afterlife (P. Coyne/C. Coyne)

When the night time gets confused with the day time
You slipped away into the afterlife
Man you had the last laugh, you surprised everybody
When you went away you didn't say goodbye to anybody
Man I miss your smile, I miss your laugh, I miss your voice
I miss absolutely everything about you

And now I'm surrounded by loneliness and emptiness
'Cause no one else could ever fill your shoes or
Take your place...I miss you

I remember with affection all the good times
And now it feels so cold without you when the sun shines
I remember all the beautiful things that you done for me
And whenever trouble came you were always there for me
Man I miss your smile, I miss your laugh, I miss your voice
I miss absolutely everything about you

And now I'm surrounded by loneliness and emptiness
'Cause no one else could ever fill your shoes or
Take your place...I miss you

When the night time gets confused with the day time
You slipped away into the afterlife
Man you had the last laugh, you surprised everybody
When you went away you didn't say goodbye to anybody
Man I miss your smile, I miss your laugh, I miss your voice
I miss absolutely everything about you

So keep a place waiting by the fireside
We'll see you later in the afterlife
Yeah keep a place waiting for us by the fireside
We'll see you later on in the afterlife
In the afterlife

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All songs Copyright Control
Transcribed by Rich Delano (rdelano@crminc.com)
except "Hit by Hit" transcribed by Mitch Armbruster with helpful corrections by Rich Delano