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One Step Beyond...
by Madness
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Overall Rating:
2.0831
Avg. Critic Score:
3.6000
One Step Beyond... Lyrics
Lyrics
Disc
Track
Title
- (Barson)
- My girl's mad at me
- I didn't wanna see the film tonight
- I found it hard to say
- She thought I'd had enough of her
- Why can't she see
- She's lovely to me?
- But I like to stay in
- And watch t.v. on my own
- Every now and then
- My girl's mad at me
- Been on the telephone for an hour
- We hardly said a word
- I tried and tried but I could not be heard
- Why can't I explain?
- Why do I feel this pain?
- 'Cause everything I say
- She doesn't understand
- She doesn't realise
- She takes it all the wrong way
- My girl's mad at me
- We argued just the other night
- I thought we'd got it straight
- We talked and talked until it was light
- I thought we'd agreed
- I thought we'd talked it out
- Now when I try to speak
- She says that I don't care
- She says I'm unaware
- And now she says I'm weak
- (McPherson/Barson)
- It's just gone noon
- Half past monsoon
- On the banks of the river Nile
- Here comes the boat
- Only half-afloat
- Oarsman grins a toothless smile
- Only just one more
- To this desolate shore
- Last boat along the river Nile
- Doesn't seem to care
- No more wind in his hair
- As he reaches his last half mile
- The oar snaps in his hand
- Before he reaches dry land
- But the sound doesn't deafen his smile
- Just pokes at wet sand
- With an oar in his hand
- Floats off down the river Nile
- Floats off down the river Nile
- (All aboard, night boat to Cairo!)
- (Night boat to Cairo!)
- (Barson/Hasler)
- Everything that I tell you, girl, every word that you hear
- Every little whisper, let me make myself clear
- There ain't no lies to deceive you, I love you too much for that
- Every word that I say is true, you can believe me on that
- My friends tell me jealous lies
- Now I'm getting my goodbyes
- Life without you, my dear
- Was dull, as dull as can be
- I ask you, my love, why not take me now
- Not to leave me in misery
- (Saxophone!)
- If you take in all they say,
- I guess I'll be on my way
- Please, my darling, it's not true
- I don't know this girl called Sue
- Sue's a name I have not heard
- I lost my girl from that one word
- Will she come back, I just don't know
- And I'm takin' a heavy blow, oh
- I've got myself together
- I can't go on in this cold weather
- Christmas comes but once a year
- It's a time of love and cheer
- Your friends tell you jealous lies
- Now I'm getting my goodbyes
- No no no no, no no no no
- No no no no, no no no no
- (Thompson)
- Buster, he sold the heat
- With a rock-steady beat
- An earthquake is erupting
- But not in Orange street
- A ghost-dance is preparing
- You got to help us with your feet
- If you're not in the mood to dance
- Step back, grab yourself a seat
- This may not be uptown Jamaica
- But we promise you a treat
- Buster bowl me over with your bogus dance
- Shuffle me off my feet
- Even though I'll keep on runnin'
- I'll never get to Orange street
- So I'll say there's nothin' left to say
- For the man who set the beat
- So I'll leave it up to you out there
- To get him back on his feet
- Buster bowl me over with your bogus dance
- Shuffle me off my feet
- Even though I'll keep on runnin'
- I'll never get to Orange street
- Bring back the
- Who is the
- We want the
- Bring back the Prince...aahh!
- (Trad. arr. by M. Barson)
- Hey you seen Jane?
- No man
- OK I'll catch a train
- A train you'll wait a long time
- No way I'll catch a vine
- What that's a route?
- No man it's a fruit
- Give me a bite
- No I'll save it for tonight
- (Foreman/McPherson)
- Nice man George, newsagent on the corner,
- Not very rich, but never any poorer,
- Jaunty old George, a happy sixty-three,
- Not very tall, but healthier than me.
- He whistles timeless tunes as he saunters down the street,
- Springs in his legs and elastic in his feet.
- But in the middle of the night,
- He steals through your garden,
- Gives your hosiery a fright,
- And doesn't say pardon.
- As soft as a breeze,
- With an arm full of underwear,
- On his hands and knees,
- Dreams about the knicker scare.
- Hello there George, newsagent on the corner,
- How's the old car, yes the climate's getting warmer,
- Chatty old George as you get your morning paper,
- Read about the knicker thief, underwear taker.
- Bids you 'Good day', as you wander out the door,
- Never closes early, always cleans the floor.
- But when darkness hits the town,
- And there's washing on your line,
- Get your knickers down,
- Before the dreaded sign.
- When the clock strikes eight,
- And you're snuggled up in bed,
- He'll be at the garden gate,
- Filling underwear with dread.
- Nice man George, newsagent on the corner,
- He was closed today, maybe gone to mow the lawn,
- I had to go further down the road to get me current bun,
- Hello - Isn't that George on page one?
- No it couldn't be, but yes it is,
- Difficult to see from these photofits.
- But they are after him,
- Of that you can be sure,
- They've called him on the phone,
- They've knocked on his door.
- A-But he's gone away,
- Gone to stay with some mates,
- He got the papers early,
- And saw his own face.
- (Barson)
- Well there's a man I know
- At least I used to years ago
- I didn't really mind
- He used to come 'round all the time
- Of course he had to be fed
- I had to give him a bed
- He used to kip on my sofa
- They used to call him a loafer
- I've heard he's changed
- A lot since then
- But some of his ways
- He just can't mend
- Told the other day
- That he'd offered to pay
- He didn't like his dad
- He earned all he ever had
- He didn't have no shame
- He was a master at his game
- He never showed his hand
- He was the bed and breakfast man
- He was, he was the bed and breakfast man...
- (L. Thompson)
- Oooh I didn't talk too much in fact not at lot
- Oh but to ask her the price I was to be no fool
- Money's no time to waste or to shoot up the wall
- You got the know how the place teacher take me to your school
- She lead the way from the alley back to her house
- Must not be seen going in must not be seen coming out
- She said I looked mighty but thin she told me
- "I'm gonna give you a second helping"
- Ooh Razor Blade Alley I've been there
- Razor Blade Alley neither of us cared
- It was the prime time but the wrong place
- It was my first time I hope my last taste
- I'm just too shy to check in but this pain of pissing razors is cutting in
- Mmm felt like a knight without shining armour on
- At the time she thought she was in a dream
- Floating up on cloud nine now I awake
- She is nowhere but the razor cuts deeper everywhere
- [Instrumental]
- (W. Wurlitzer)
- I used to work nights with my dad
- It was the best job I ever had
- Until them blokes on their bikes came through
- Said "Come on down to youth, brother, see what's new"
- Well come on, come on, come on, let's have some fun tonight
- Went to the dance like they said I should
- It cost me a bob, but it was quite good
- The band were jumpin' and a-jivin' around
- Their 20 Watt amps really made a sound
- Well come on, come on, come on, let's have some fun tonight
- Well, I'll have a cup of tea and then I'll change me name
- And I'll put my records o-ah-o-ah-on
- Till all the geezers in the flat complain
- "Wish that rockstar bloke was gone" is the moan
- Let's have some fun tonight
- Sold all my records and I bought a bike
- I found some blokes who would do what I like
- I saw the rigger who ran the hall
- He said we can rehearse there any time at all
- Well come on, come on, come on, let's have some fun tonight
- We're really rocking now, I've got a bird
- She says we are the best band she's ever heard
- I've got a bike and I'm having a time
- But my mum keeps saying "Rock 'n' roll's a crime!"
- Well come on, come on, come on, let's have some fun tonight
- (All right, all night!)
- Well come on, come on, come on, let's have some fun tonight
- (Bedford)
- (Oy!) in the pub, about seven thirty
- Mother makes sure that his face ain't dirty
- Him and mother go everywhere
- Holds her hand without a care
- Lived with mother for fourty years
- The neighbourhood said that he must be queer
- Normal folk a-just don't like that
- Glad he can't hear behind his back
- When mother dies, he will have a cry
- 'cos he'll be on his own
- He's frightened stiff, would he come to this?
- Will he lose her to the heavenly home?
- In the pub, about seven thirty
- Mother makes sure that his face ain't dirty
- Him and mother go everywhere
- Holds her hand without a care
- Lived with mother for fourty years
- The neighbourhood said that he must be queer
- Normal folk a-just don't like that
- Glad he can't hear behind his back
- When mother dies, he'll have a cry
- 'cos he'll be on his own
- He's frightened stiff, would he come to this?
- Will he lose her to the heavenly home?
- Once went out with a London girl
- Dirty weekend in a hotel
- Broke it off when she got shirty
- She was twelve and he was thirty
- Right after that he was bedsore
- He wouldn't go out with girls no more
- From that day since, he never has
- He wants to do a-something dirty
- (Smash/B. Smyth)
- One two three four one two three four
- We're the chipmunks hear us roar
- We're the chipmunks hear us roar
- Sound off chipmunks-sound off chipmunks
- One two three four one two three four
- One two three four one two three four
- One two three four
- Did you have a good time tonight boys?-Yep we sure did!
- Do you think the time is right boys?-Yep we sure do!
- Sound off chipmunks-Sound off chipmunks
- One two three four one two three four
- One two three four one two three four
- One two three four
- Chipmunks are go!
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