Sham 69 - Hersham Boys

so you wake up every morning just to work and face yourself but then somebody tells you that your owned by someone else so what's it all about it's money work it out the people of the world today so tired and so lost their argument for freedom is how much does it cost so what's it all about it's money work it out money, money all around seek the game before it drags you down, down acting the crime stealing the time concrete jungle hunters with one arm bandit eyes mother natures army retreats to hide and cry so what's it all about it's money work it out money, money all around seek the game before it drags you down, down acting the crime stealing the time c competition tickets for holidays in space while terroristocrats will lead the human race so what's it all about it's money work it out money, money all around seek the game before it drags you down, down acting the crime stealing the time

i'm a gypsy i'm a stroller i'm a sailor lost at sea i've walked on a tightrope i've fallen but survived trying always to be so kind but losing out to peace of mind i was left at the circus when the big top was pulled down always trying to show the two faces of a clown humble pie crumbles in my mouth why my prides left on the shelf god how we feel with the wind in short supply birds can sing the morning hymn days of grey, nights of black wishing wells and bells of hell fly dark angel fly fly away so you want to be a hero then over the top you go a bullet frightened soldier a deserted warrior everythings an opposite your joker is your one card trick god how we feel with the wind in short supply birds can sing the morning hymn days of grey, nights of black wishing wells and bells of hell fly dark angel fly fly away birds can sing the morning hymn days of grey, nights of black wishing wells and bells of hell fly dark angel fly away

as he combed his hair the night called out his name like every hero he has to brag and show his fame well joeys got to prove he's the leader of the pack but once you start a running there ain't no turning back he's the kid that cried wolf and got the blame so joeys on the street again but his freedoms running out when you play with fire one tear can put it out everybody wants joey to act his age but like an eagle he's locked in a parrots cage well joeys got to prove he's the leader of the pack but once you start a running there ain't no turning back he's the kid that cried wolf and got the blame so joeys on the street again but his freedoms running out when you play with fire one tear can put it out so he winks to the mirror and brides don't wear his ring even if i could i'm still there try again well joeys got to prove he's the leader of the pack but once you start a running there ain't no turning back he's the kid that cried wolf and got the blame so joeys on the street again but his freedoms running out when you play with fire one tear can put it out

they tried to tell me who i am well i've listened to you all but you don't understand the cold blue in the night is gonna make me feel alright don't tell me that i'm wrong taste the feeling then move on eyes all around but there out of sight late night express get ready for the crash the mornings injured wounds the soldiers last retreat don't tell me that i'm wrong taste the feeling then move on someones got to help me sympathy defeats me i can't help myself someones got to help me the tigers still inside me i can't help myself eternal smell of lonely darkness the captured fox on a village hunt the lions jagged tongue coming out and then undone don't tell me that i'm wrong taste the feeling then move on someones got to help me sympathy defeats me i can't help myself someones got to help me the tigers still inside me i can't help myself

can you judge a man by the way he wears his hair can you read his mind by the clothes that he wears can you see a fat man by the pattern on his tie then mister you're a better man than i mister you're a better man than i could you tell a wise man by the way he speaks or spells is this more important than the stories that he tells and call a man a fool if for wealth he doesn't strive then mister you're a better man than i mister you're a better man than i can you condemn a man if your faith he doesn't hold say the colour of his skin is the colour of his soul can you say that men for king and country all must die then mister you're a better man than i mister you're a better man than i

robin hood, robin hood here we are again living each day outside the law trying not to do what we did before country slang with the bow bell boys so close to the city we ain't got much choice council estates or tower blocks wherever you live you get the knocks but the people round here they are so nice stop being naughty take our advice hersham boys, hersham boys lace up boots and corduroys hersham boys, hersham boys they call us the cockney cowboys it's down to the hop for the local girls the're not beauty queens but they're our pearls but when you go to bed tonight don't worry about us, we're alright hersham boys, hersham boys lace up boots and corduroys hersham boys, hersham boys they call us the cockney cowboys that's right guvnor jack the lad know what i mean, eh know what i mean hersham boys, hersham boys lace up boots and corduroys hersham boys, hersham boys they call us the cockney cowboys

my lifes a book with the pages ripped out a jigsaw puzzle with one piece missing living in the shadow of someone else pictures of his life in my haunted house mysteries of meanings all around me when i'm asleep the silence is broken whispers of hell are so demanding frustrated moments at a hollywood screen wearing a mask, do you know what i mean heartbeats talk louder than dreams once gone but twice returned lost emotions overheard yes i can hear you jimmy dean but i'm alive, i'm not dead he takes the fantasy to find an ending a lonely search of give and taking running too fast to ever see he's alive never understanding he wonders why truth is the lodgers said goodbye once gone but twice returned lost emotions overheard yes i can hear you jimmy dean but i'm alive, i'm not dead we have a 611 on highway 46 west of junction 7 a porsche in the west hand lane a man dead can you send some assistance 10-4 ambulance on the way eta 10 minutes over okay i'm waiting for assistance over oh my god, i think it's james dean

voices in my head shouting their pain while everyone around me is taking the blame i hear their crying, i shed their tears i've been rolling the dice for so many years voices, what do you want of me voices, which way do i turn voices, nightmares and mind games put down on paper for rock and roll puppets to laugh at jailers of passion on a one way street only mirrored reflections of people i meet so turn on the noise hit yourself in the face well i've got the card to beat your ace voices, what do you want of me voices, which way do i turn voices, nightmares and mind games put down on paper for rock and roll puppets to laugh at temptations all around me but i've got no choice emotions of an animal on a tightened lead time is a circle on a telephone i hear it ringing but i'm not at home problems are shallow so don't look back black and white checkmate i won so hows that voices, what do you want of me voices, which way do i turn voices, nightmares and mind games put down on paper for rock and roll puppets to laugh at

as soon as we are born we're told what to say and do but only a friend can know the you that's you so think before you do what they say it's your life so go your own way questions and answers, honesty, lies yes, no, you can't, but you can if you just try arguements your statement just say look i'm alive just doing what you think is right will help you to survive so think before you do what they say it's your life so go your own way questions and answers, honesty, lies yes, no, you can't, but you can if you just try there is noone that should tell you what you can and cannot be the world was made for all of us for you and yes for me so think before you do what they say it's your life so go your own way questions and answers, honesty, lies yes, no, you can't, but you can if you just try

what have i got i've got you what have i got i got you what have i got i got you what have i got i've always got you they can take everything i've got they can chuck it all away but i will always say i've had a good day what have we got we've got you what have we got we've got you what have we got we've got you what have we got we've got you some things you need your days are over son you'll have to runaway i said no i've been here anyway what have i got i've got you what have i got i got you what have i got i got you what have i got i've got you take me as you are or leave i don't care cos i'll always do to the best that i know i'll do for you and i want to say thankyou thankyou

the aliens are coming and we don't know what to do kids are fighting, kids like me and you we got to survive so tell us the truth it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out we're taking the blame and they're saying that's life well they don't understand we're just angels with dirty faces so take a look around you individuals rule it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out no mistake it's all still a fake questions and answers, win or lose so hey little rich boy what have we got it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out it's never too late to break out 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 84, 84, 84 do you want some more do you want some more 1984 do you want some more

for once in my life i've got something to say i wanna say it now for now is today a love has been given so why not enjoy so let's all grab and let's all enjoy if the kids are united then we'll never be divided if the kids are united then we'll never be divided just take a look around you what do you see kids with feelings like you and me understand him, he'll understand you for you are him, and he is you if the kids are united then we'll never be divided if the kids are united then we'll never be divided if the kids are united then we'll never be divided if the kids are united then we'll never be divided i don't want to be rejected i don't want to be denied then its not my misfortune that i've opened up your eyes freedom is given speak how you feel i have no freedom how do you feel they can lie to my face but not to my heart if we all stand together it will just be the start if the kids are united then we'll never be divided if the kids are united then we'll never be divided