The Standing Still Chumbawamba

The Standing Still Once upon a time Days of wine and roses and smug suburban swine Same old songs, same old cabaret A fairytale in Notting Hill Take your partners for the standing still Once

Dutiful Servants And Political Masters Chumbawamba

One, two, one, two, three, four Things were rather different in great grandfather's day He just put a chain around their ankles and made them work for no pay He took everything they owned and yet still

Dutiful Servants & Political Masters Chumbawamba

One, two, one, two, three, four Things were rather different in great grandfather's day He just put a chain around their ankles and made them work for no pay He took everything they owned and yet still

Stagnation Chumbawamba

Stagnation Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing

Never Let Go Chumbawamba

Never Let Go These red azaleas Never grew so tall This well of loneliness Could rise and drown us all (Chorus) There is no right or wrong Things fall as they do Pulled by the sun and the moon

Hurling and Imperialism Chumbawamba

Hurling and Imperialism Hurling, the national sport of Ireland Was banned in 1366 As part of an Anglo-Norman attempt To crush all Gaelic resistance It failed Over six hundred years of British

Punch Drunk Chumbawamba

Punch Drunk The evolution of humankind An opposing digit, the use of tools Inventing the wheel, exploring space Brain size still developing Two men and a referee Foam gloves and a silver cup

Jacobs Ladder Chumbawamba

Jacob's ladder Like rusty old nails At the bottom of the sea Telling no tales For the good of the Admiralty You jump when you're told to Through the open door And the King of Norway He's the

Jacob's Ladder Chumbawamba

Jacob's ladder Like rusty old nails At the bottom of the sea Telling no tales For the good of the Admiralty You jump when you're told to Through the open door And the King of Norway He's the man you all

Hey! You! Outside, Now! Chumbawamba

never moved I've got well dressed slugs Crawling over my shoes And all these bouncers Pushing me around Well I'll huff and I'll puff I'll blow your house down In these hard times No money for the

Hey! You! Outside Now! Chumbawamba

arts No money for a bonus And my car won't start The taxman cometh And the landlord too Now something better change I've got things to do (Chorus) Scratched record carries on forever On forever, on forever

Why Are We Still In Ireland? Chumbawamba

Why Are We Still In Ireland?

Disagreement Chumbawamba

Disagreement But I don't know you and you don't know me I mean I think I know we're bound to disagree So I still don't know you, you still don't know me But now we both agree that we disagree

Idris Strike Song Chumbawamba

For we're standing by our comrade And we'll never run away She stood bravely by the Union And she spoke up for us true And if she gets the sack No we never shall go back What e'er they do, what e'er

Comic-Tragic-Magic Chumbawamba

Comic-Tragic-Magic Mummy, mummy, mummy I got a pain I got a pain in my tummy and it's hurting me I'm well and truly shatted by it all stained and scarred And brutalized just by day to day living But the

An Psalm Chumbawamba

An Psalm Chapt nine, Armagodman The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul.

Lay People Chumbawamba

Lay People It doesn't matter how rich or poor we are Doesn't matter what sex or species we are Doesn't matter with which nation we associate Doesn't matter what politics we love or hate We've still

Where Did the Chinaman Go? Chumbawamba

Where Did the Chinaman Go? Where did the chinaman go? Where did the chinaman go?

Catastrophe Reality Chumbawamba

Micheal Heseltine on the telly, whilst he was still environment secretary, and it was a U.N. debate called 'The State Of The Planet, Ten Year On.'

Salt Fare, North Sea Chumbawamba

Salt fare, North Sea (repeats) Roll on, roll off With these words I drown Topmast secured Hatches battened down Sometimes I think It must be different on land But from the mast I can only see tyrants Still

On The Day The Nazi Died Chumbawamba

We're told that after the war The Nazis vanished without a trace But the Italians are facist Still dream of a master race The history books they tell Of their defeat at '45 But they all came out of the

That's How Grateful We Are Chumbawamba

OK, this one's called "Whitewash" When was the very first time you saw Chumbawamba? In my dreams! Ha!

Man Papers His Crack Chumbawamba

You can turn your back when you paper your crack You can turn both cheecks, you can de-odour the reek You can wash your hands of it, when you have been But you don't fool us with your Mister Clean

The Day The Nazi Died (1993 Mix) Chumbawamba

The Day The Nazi Died (1993 Mix) They're here and they're there and they're everywhere (Repeat) We're taught that after the war the Nazis vanished without a trace But batallions of fascists still

Fitzwilliam Chumbawamba

Fitzwilliam Smiles for the cameras as the miners return They say no one has lost and no one has gained But wiser and stronger the people have changed And it won't be the same in the village again

Invasion Chumbawamba

glamorous West Expand the company, exploit the rest We are not isolated by distance But by greed and our racist history Just a wall's width away Still impossible to reach across This space in front

I'm Not Sorry, I Was Having Fun Chumbawamba

By the time I got to Woodstock It was going up in flames In June under a silvery moon Why do all your songs turn out the same?

The Birmingham Six Chumbawamba

British justice is the very best in the world" Tell them, "Well of course it is, for the vested interests it serves" The men were taken to Morkham to be tested for explosives Tests which have since

Here's The Rest Of Your Life Chumbawamba

Sometimes the Book of Law Is only half the story Means and ends: Deciding where to draw the line Loss or work in Sellafield homes Or the threat of cancers yet to come?

Shhh Chumbawamba

wrong decisions when the judge is up for trial?

Barry John Chumbawamba

Barry John Barry John was the king of Rugby Union He was fast and agile and extremely good-looking All you'd see would be a flash of red Wales were best, 'cause he used his head And knew exactly

Always Tell The Voter What The Voter Wants To Hear Chumbawamba

Always Tell The Voter What The Voter Wants To Hear Welcome to Never Mind The Ballots. The phone lines are now open.

Heartbreak Hotel Chumbawamba

Well, since my baby left me Well, I found a new place to dwell Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street At Heartbreak Hotel I been so...

Smash Clause 29! Chumbawamba

I saw the Queen and all her coutiers cooking up new laws; I saw the corridors of power, with closets wall-to-wall; And I saw the truth, the truth, behind the Emperor's new Clause!

Ah-men Chumbawamba

Ah-men A visionary pause in the cycle When she refused to buy or sell When the daughters of perfect wives Said there must be more sacrifice Needed more than symbolic change More than silent wasting

Dumbing Down Chumbawamba

And are the words to this song concise enough to follow? Is your smart food simple enough to swallow?

Slag Aid Chumbawamba

Slag Aid This is the last one Organize, occupy, kick the bastards out Don't wear the gold lam?

Fight The Alton Bill! Chumbawamba

Fight The Alton Bill! In ignorance, I still assumed this body was mine, that I could choose. I had faith for charity and understanding sympathy. But no, we're seen as baby machines.

Enough Is Enough (Kick It Over) Chumbawamba

What the hell is going on?

Forgotten Chumbawamba

struggles to remember Cheering crowds and famous victories That was a full life Now dim in a half-light Of newsreels and winner's shields Take care, move slowly now There are precious few Who still

How To Get Your Band On Television Chumbawamba

How To Get Your Band On Television I'm the Boss of the company And I've got hunger working for me Listen and you'll begin to understand I built my profits on stolen land It's the economics of

I Want More Chumbawamba

No hurry So sorry Don't worry Bite-size china Tea or tartar Lipstick traces Table set to bless Sweet charity Lukewarm whisper Still-life platter Under heavy manners This is Tearoom England

Flesh and Blood and Feelings Chumbawamba

A present, the world into which we were born I say, I say, I say, what's the biggest thing in the world today?

The Wasteland Chumbawamba

The Wasteland Said the party to the ad-man We'll conjure up a gimmick The way to lead an ass Is with a carrot and a stick Dig down for minorities Promise them concessions Ride in on their backs

The Morning After (The Night Before) Chumbawamba

The Morning After (The Night Before) Unholy Sunday a winter's day Mine is the kingdom Church bells ring a million miles away Forever and ever Nowhere to go, nothing to do But stay here warm in

One-Sided Game Chumbawamba

One-Sided Game With a flick of the boot and a nod of the head The ball goes crashing in the back of the net But the referee and linesman disallow the goal 'Cause the boot's on the other foot, the

Seoul Music Chumbawamba

Seoul Music There'll be new events in Seoul '88 Throwing the molotov and the hundred meter loot Hurdling over barricades putting the brick Vaulting over riot cops in the peoples Olympics The people

Farewell to the Crown Chumbawamba

Poacher come with his poacher's gun Out in the woods to shoot someone "My lord your time has come" Right between the eyes!

Homophobia Acapella (Live) Chumbawamba

Homophobia Acapella (Live) Up behind the bus stop in the toilets of the street There are traces of a killing on the floor beneath your feet Mixed in with the piss and beer are bloodstains on the

Homophobia (Sisters Mix) Chumbawamba

Homophobia (Sisters Mix) Up behind the bus stop in the toilets of the street There are traces of a killing on the floor beneath your feet Mixed in with the piss and beer are bloodstains on the floor