Album lyrics
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Published by Warner
Chappell Music Ltd / Copyright Control / MCA Music Ltd / Bug Music Ltd
© 1986 Virgin Records Ltd
(information taken
from record sleeve)
FFF
(Lydon/Laswell)
Farewell my fairweather friend
Senseless reasoning
You believe what you want to believe
Farewell my fairweather friend
On you no one can depend
Bad times
Now they must end
Whatever you want it to be
For you that's what it will be
Honesty to you is arbitrary
Logic is lost in your
Cranial abattoir
Shallow
Empty inside
Sly witted
Full of snide
Bad times
Now they must end
The shutter-speed of your thinking process
Is small
Too small
Too full of pride
Bad times
Now they must end
Farewell my fairweather friend
Bad times
Now they must end
Farewell my fairweather friend
Farewell my fairweather friend
Bad times
Now they must end
You used to be nice
Now you're twice as nice
You used to be good
Now you're too good
Farewell my fairweather friend
Bad times
They must end
On you no one can depend
Farewell my fairweather friend
Logic is lost in your cranial abattoir
Shallow
Empty inside
Sly-witted
Full of snide
The shutter-speed of your thinking process
Is small
Too small
Too full of pride
Lost in a storm
Farewell my fairweather friend
Bad times
Now they must end
Bad times
They must end
On you no one can depend
Farewell my fairweather friend
Farewell my fairweather friend
Farewell my fairweather friend
Farewell my fairweather friend
RISE
(Lydon/Laswell)
I could be wrong
I could be right
I could be wrong
I could be wrong
I could be right
I could be black
I could be white
I could be right
I could be wrong
I could be white
I could be black
Your time has come
Your second skin
The cost so high
The gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
I could be wrong
I could be right
I could be wrong
I could be right
I could be wrong
I could be right
I could be wrong
I could be right
could be black
I could be white
I could be right
I could be wrong
I could be black
I could be white
They put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said
They made these feelings go away
Model citizen in every way
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
I could be wrong
I could be right
I could be wrong
I could be right
I could be wrong
I could be right
I could be black
I could be white
I could be right
I could be wrong
I could be black
I could be white
Your time has come your second skin
Cost so high the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
I could be wrong
I could be right
I could be wrong
They put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said
They made these feelings go away
A model citizen in every way
Your time has come your second skin
Cost so high the gain so low
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy (repeat)
FISHING
(Lydon/Bruni/Schulz)
Closed mouth catches no flies
Burning bridges as you're crossing is not very wise
When analysed
Be tongue-tied
Play snakes and ladders
But not suicide
Like casting pearl before swine
Talking to you is a waste of time
You burned the bridges you've been crossing
Go crawl back into your dustbin
Crawl back in your own dustbin
From you expect this lack of respect
To be sly
Not one of a kind
Pretty picture
Bad frame of mind
Like casting pearl before swine
Talking to you is a waste of time
You burned the bridges you've been crossing
Go crawl back into your dustbin
Go crawl back into your dustbin
Go crawl back into your dustbin
Go crawl back into your dustbin
Go crawl
I've learned caution
This comes from wisdom
These altitudes
These dizzying heights
These bottomless pits
These sweet delights
Like me
You are unlike me
Like me
You are unlike me
Go crawl
Back in
Your dustbin
Talking to you is a waste of time
You burned the bridges you've been crossing
Under surveillance
Sweet subservience
I think you're stupid
But you're worth the mention
People who need people
Are the stupidest of people
Go crawl back into your dustbin
Go crawl back into your dustbin
Go crawl back into your dustbin
Go crawl back into your dustbin
ROUND
(Lydon/Schulz)
Round and around
Around, around, round, round
Round and around
Around, around, round, round
Round and around
Around, around, round, round
Well of course
We've always had it in us
For a million years
Sleeping halitosis
Deaf ears provide
Perfect pure protection
Round and around
Around, around, round, round
Mushrooms on the horizon
Mushrooms on the horizon
You seem to say to say
Nothing can be something
Ignorance now
Dominates the season
Cruel fool
Idiot and spastic
Dutch courage
Talking like an ashtray
Round and around
Around, around, round, round
Mushrooms on the horizon
Mushrooms on the horizon
How many of you have seen a factory
As the boss held high
And the children die
Don't lecture here
Don't spit on my life
Round and around
Around, around, round, round
Mushrooms on the horizon
Mushrooms on the horizon
Round and around
Around, around, round, round (repeat)
BAGS
(Lydon/Bruni/Shultz)
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag (repeat)
Sun burns in a perfect day
Now smell the air of this perfect sky
Silent sweet
A precious place
Desirable shade
Beneath the pinion pine
Drawn by the beauty
Of my own terror
Close to the edge
Swallow the void
Vultures fly
The Arizona sky
These tell-tale signs
Bloated body like a TV dinner
Let the death move in
And let the feast begin
Flock of flowers
Desert develops fever-blister
After the rain
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag (repeat)
Flock of flowers
Desert develops fever-blister
After the rain
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag
Black rubber bag (repeat)
HOME
(Lydon/Laswell)
Better days will never be
Better days will never be
Better days will never be
Now
What does this mean
It means
We get the best scene
When politics talk
The ends of power meet
Nice to be wanted
Safe and protected
The ends of power
When politics talk
Better days will never be
Better days will never be
Better days will never be
Better days will never be
Home sweet home
Home, home
Now
Let's talk politics
Every dog has its day
For me
(for me)
I don't believe
(I don't believe in anything)
Better days ahead
(one more war)
Will never be
(I do believe no more)
I don't believe in
(no long goodbye)
Anything
(nuclear day)
Better days will never be
Better days will never be
Better days will never be
Spare no man
Match bomb for bomb
War
All is fair in war
When the ground is soft
With hot blood
Spare no man
Better days will never be
(match bomb for bomb)
A scorched earth
(flatten the earth, this home sweet home)
No charity
(burn everything, from lust to dust)
No weak pity
(no charity, no weak pity)
From lust to dust
(all is fair in war)
Home sweet home
Home sweet home
Home sweet home
EASE
(Lydon/Bruni)
Now
Now pay no heed
Don't care for you
These things in ease
These things in ease
These things in ease
You can generalise
Very easily
These things in ease
These things in ease
These things in ease
Walk and talk
Dysentery
These things in ease
These things in ease
These things in ease
Susan and Norman
You're so normal
Susan and Norman
You're so normal
Procreation
Have a nice day
These things in ease
These things in ease
These things in ease
What makes you happy
Your misery
These things in ease
These things in ease
These things in ease
Susan and Norman
You're so normal
Susan and Norman
You're so normal
