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Babies being born every day
In a world where there's so much to discover
All the babies crying out from the womb
Not much room, can i come out mother?

Mama, can you hear me call?
Don't drop me now
'cos it's a long way to fall
Mama, i can hear all the sounds
Outside it's like a battleground
And i'm afraid to fall down
Into the great big nowhere
Papa's had a skin full of beer
Mama, don't let him into here
Baby, baby

Babies being born
Different hormones and genes
There's so many of us out there
How was i conceived
Was it love, was i meant
Or was i just an accident

Mama, what i sense from outside
It's a world full of fear
And there's nowhere to hide
Mama, i feel safe between these walls
And i'm so scared of heights
And it's a long way to fall
Into the great big nowhere
Maybe papa's getting pressure from his peers
Are you straight, are you queer
So he made me, baby

Babies being born, some are rich, some are poor
But they're innocent and unprepared
Little girls and boys, didn't ask to be born
But they're always popping out there
Falling into the great big nowhere

Mama, i know that once upon a time
You and papa were rich
When you were both in your prime
Mama, now you got the pains
And i know it's nearly time
But i don't want to join the crowd
I see standing in line
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby

Babies being induced, no excuse, what's the use
So they're always popping out there
Babies didn't wanna be born
Ill equipped, running loose
But they're innocent and unprepared

Mama, now you are showing all the signs
But is your world upside-down
On its head just like mine
Mama, now your ambition is mine
Don't make me over
Achieve too much in my time
Oh mama, please don't make me climb
Mama

I never knew why i loved you so much
Maybe it's the way you look at me when you get up in the morning
I didn't need a shove,
I just fell in love,
With your little baby face

Baby face,
You got the prettiest little baby face
There isn't another one to take your place
Baby face
You got my heart a jumpin'
You sure have started something

Baby face,
I'm up in heaven when i'm in your firm embrace
I didn't need a shove,
I just fell in love
With your pretty little baby face

You got my heart a-jumpin'
You sure have started something

Baby face,
I'm up in heaven when i'm in your firm embrace
I didn't need a shove,
I just fell in love
With your pretty little baby face,
Pretty little baby face,
Pretty little baby face.

Ooh, i wrote you a letter,
And you never sent a reply.
It's a shame, always money or power,
And it doesn't really matter what you think.

Oh, i'd give you all i had to give,
Over and over again.
While the government hides its head in the sand,
We live in a danger zone.

We're living in a danger zone.
You're living in the twilight zone.
Watch out, fall out, gonna get ya, check it out.

All the sad politicians
Hold the world in the palm of their hands.
It's a lie, just an old film on the late show,
In the end everybody dies.

Ooh, i'll give you all i have to give,
Over and over again.
Oh, when will we get it into our heads?
We live in a danger zone.

We're living in a danger zone.
You're living in the twilight zone.
Watch out, fall out, gonna get ya, check it out.

We're living in a danger zone,
You're living in the twilight zone.
What's wrong with solar power? (no profit)
Money money money makes me sick,
You can't get enough of it, of it.
We're living in a danger zone,
You're living in the twilight zone.

Instrumental

The leaves of brown came falling through you,
Berkeley mews, i first met you,
I staggered through your shitty dining room,
Berkeley mews, i first met you.

Your kitchen sink was cluttered up,
So i couldn't shut it up for longing
I brewed another cuppa up
And tried to sneak out early in the morning.

I thought you had much better things to do,
Berkeley mews, i first met you,
Drowned my conversation with champagne,
Berkeley mews, was not listening.

I thought you were an intellect,
But now that i reflect, you left me reeling.
You made me drink a toast
And when you finished i was looking at the ceiling.

The flood of tears i've wept thinking of you,
Remind me of that night in berkeley mews.
You know that you left me broken hearted,
Berkeley mews.

Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

You've been runnin' round with other guys
(other guys)
I keep hearing these stories, i wish they were lies
(wish they were lies)

Yeah, but don't ever let me go, because i want you to know
I want a new love, just not a true love
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go
I want all the world to know i still love you so
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

You say to me i'm the only one
(only one)
But all of the time, you're having fun
(having fun)

Yeah, but don't ever let me go, because i want you to know
I want a new love, just not a true love
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go
I want all the world to know i still love you so
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

Yeah, but don't ever let me go, because i want you to know
I want a new love, just not a true love
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go
I want all the world to know i still love you so
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

Don't you know that i want you, to make you my own
(make you my own)
I promise you honey, you won't be alone
(won't be alone)

Yeah, but don't ever let me go, because i want you to know
I want you're love, just not a true love
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go
I want all the world to know i still love you so
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

How much longer must we linger on,
In this wonderland,
In this unreal,
And this is not our home what we are doing here,
We are pure my love, we are energy,
Things never change but we must move on,
Through the galaxy,
It is true my love.

Distraction,
Everywhere,
Programmed people,
Study the genetic tapes.

Chorus: who's in that body,
Who's in that jail,
Who's in there with you,
Can we get bail,
You're not your body,
Though you treat it like gold,
No you cannot deny it,
Oh, we'll never get home,
Who's in that body,
A slave within time,
Who's in that body.

We are slaves of time and stranded here,
In this sad, sad world,
In this tragedy,
This is the strangest place i've ever been,
Is it real my love,
Or is it fantasy,
We cannot hide here forever,
For we are pure my love,
For we are energy,
Decipher, magnetic code, dna,
Computer bank, 4, 1, 8.

Chorus: who's in that body,
Who's in that jail,
Who's in there with you,
Can we get bail,
You're not your body,
Though you treat it like gold,
No you cannot deny it,
Oh, we'll never get home,
Who's in that body,
Trapped within time,
You're in that body,
Trapped within time.

Went for a walk down the old king's road,
To see if anybody was there.
But there was nobody home at 3 bywater street,
And they had sold cadogan square.
And i remember myself in my tie dye sweater,
And my hipster corduroy flares.
As i knocked on doors,
And walked down one-way streets that led nowhere.

Ah, did ya ever think it wouldn't last forever?
Did ya ever think that it would get this bad?
Did ya ever think that everything would get so crazy?

Now the chelsea drug store needs a fix,
It's in a state of ill repair.
And my cuban heels are hurting my feet,
Just to add to my despair.
La-di-dahs drove mini cars in the summertime.
(in the summertime)
Now they're towed away for parking on a double yellow line,
And they can't pay the fine.
(did you ever think)
Did you ever think we'd all believe the hype?
(did you ever think)
Did you ever think the classes all would revert back to type?
(did you ever think)
Did you ever think the system ever really got it right?
Oh, baby.

They filled us full of false illusions and promiscuity,
And they led us down that class-less road to mediocrity.
As we walked down that alley way of hope,
We thought we'd found the motherload,
But we were led like lambs to that promise land,
With all the debts that we would owe.
Once trendies posed for tourist pictures in the summertime.
(in the summertime)
Not content with taking polaroids, they purchased all the property that they could find,
And i've just sold mine. (did you ever!)

Did ya ever think that this green and plesant land,
(did ya ever think)
Would end up in the bottom of some garbage can,
(did ya ever think)
A dustbin full of promises and half-hearted plans.
Oh, baby.

Did ya, did ya, did ya ever think?
Did you ever think?
(in the summertime)

Now miseries and groaners moan and reminisce about the good old times and whine, whine, whine.
(did ya ever think)
Did ya ever think when things were really fab,
(did ya ever think)
That we'd be looking through a dustbin for a dog-end to drag,
(did ya ever think)
And sleep on park benches wrapped in plastic bags.
Oh, baby.

Did ya ever think that it would get this crazy?
(did ya ever think)
Did ya ever think that it would get this way?
(did ya ever think)
Did ya ever think that we would pay the price for being lazy?

Now all the lies are beginning to show,
And you're not the country that i used to know.
I loved you once from my head to my toe,
But now my belief is shaken.

And all your ways are so untrue,
No one breaks promises the way that you do.
You guided me, i trusted you,
But now my illusion's shaken.

Thought this empire would be here
At least a thousand years.
But all the expectations and aspirations,
Slowly disappear.

Now all the lies have gone on too long,
And a million apologies can't right the wrong.
Soldiers die but the lies go on,
But soon we will awaken.

In our expectations for the future,
We were not to know.
We had expectations, now we've reached
As far as we can go.

And all your manners are too, too polite,
Just to prove that your conscious is white and bright.
You had your day so get ready for the night,
For another dawn is breaking.

We had expectations, now we've reached
As far as we can go.

All night stand,
Been around seen a thousand places.
All night stand,
Seen a good half a million faces.

Because i've lived this life,
And i made it for myself.
If you scandalize my name,
Then you scandalize yourself.

Because i'm not to blame,
For the things that i've been doing.
You all say that i'm bad,
And i'll only end in ruin.

All night stand,
With a different girl each night.
All night stand,
With two hundred miles to ride.

But i won't give it up,
As long as i can make the bread.
When i do, i shall stop,
Close my eyes and go to bed.

And forget all this night[?],
And all the people on my back.
Once i'm free from these chains,
I ain't never looking back.

All night stand,
Been around seen a million faces, yeah.
All night stand,
Seen a good half a million places, yeah.

All night stand,
Can't get these people off my back.
All night stand,
Ten percent for this and that.

All night stand,
All night stand.

Walking 'round this metropolis
With its buildings that reach to the clouds
There must be millions of people out there
Walking 'round with their heads bowed
This city kills me, but it thrills me
Now something's gone and held up the crowd
They're pointing at a man standing high on a ledge
And somebody just cried out loud
Don't look down at the people below, oh
Don't look down
It's a long way to fall and i'd sure like to know
What made it happen, sure makes you think
Must have been something special
To send him to the brink
Down here on the sidewalk, he's clearly in view
Then a voice shouts up to him
Try thinking it through but whatever you do

Chorus:
Don't look down
At the people below, oh
Don't look down, things might start looking up
You just never know

He's heard the cries of the lunatics facing defeat
The cheers of the winners
Who are dancing in the street
Perhaps the crime and corruption finally got through
And the violence of the city
Just broke him in two
Now a voice from the queue shouts

Chorus

Don't look down, don't look down
Down here on the sidewalk
It's stopped all our lives
People are talking instead of just walking by
Before this happened it was just another day
Now people are talking instead of walking away
Now we're gripped by this tragedy
Our blood starts to pump as we all shout together
Don't jump, don't jump

Chorus

Don't look down, we all shouted out, oh
Don't look down
It's a long way to fall and i'd sure like to know
What made it happen, guess we'll never know
Now the sun's come out
Looks like he's standing on a rainbow
He's in the heavens, i'm standing on the ground
Saying don't look down

See your face everywhere,
Giving you all my life,
All i own is for you.

There's a fire, a fire burning in my heart,
Can't deny it, a fire burning in my heart for you.
A fire burning in my heart.

It only goes to show,
The world is full of miracles,
I thought i'd never know.

Touch my soul with your light,
Freeing me of all doubt,
Of all fear, here in me.

There's a fire, a fire burning in my heart,
Can't deny it, a fire burning in my heart for you.

Fire, a fire burning in my heart,
A fire burning in my heart for you.

There's a fire, a fire burning in my heart.

I'm the elevator man,
I take people up and down all day,
Some get out others stay,
Some get off some go all the way.
I'm the eklevator man,
I see lots of different faces,
I see losers going nowhere,
I see winners going places.
I take 'em up and i bring 'em down

Everybody goes up and everybody comes down
Everydody goes up and everybody comes down

Dirty old man with wanderinr eyes,
Lookin' at bums and tits and thighs.
Macho man with rub on tan,
He's the man with wandering hands.
People with dandruff, spots and pimples,
People with warts and scars and dimples,
They push by don't give a damn,
I'm just the elevator man.

I see them go up and i see 'em come down.

Everybody goes up but everybody comes down,
Everybody goes up but everybody comes down.

I see the timid and the insecure,
I see the confident and self assured,
They all get out when they reach their floor,
But i always know i'm gonna see them once more.

'cos everybody goes up and everybody goes down,
Everybody goes up but everybody comes down,
Everybody goes up and everybody comes down,
Everybody goes up.

Yeah

I'm the elevator man,
Lots of people pass me by,
No one thinks i give a damn,
I'm just the elevator man,
I hear confessions, watch expressions,
Silent madness and depression.
I hear rumours, conversations, little facts and relevations.
'cos what goes up, gotta come down

Everybody goes up and everybody comes down,
Everybody goes up but everybody comes down.

Everybody goes up and everybody comes down,
Everybody goes up and everybody comes down


Everybody goes up and everybody comes down
Everybody goes up

Yeah

One time i saw you in the street
Thought that i would be that kind you want
Ooh babe, you're the best of them all

I'm trying to tell you how much i love you
Oh baby, please let me climb your wall
Ooh baby, you're the best of them all

Then in the dawn i'll be leavin'
[?]
Ooh babe, that's the strength of it all

Come on over, and see [?]
And let me crawl around on your floor
Ooh babe, that's the strength of it all

I'm trying to tell you how much i love you
Oh baby, let me climb your wall
Ooh baby, that's the strength of it all

I see that i lied, neglected you badly
'cause you are that one light that's [?] me blind

All alone i've tried to see
Then you agree, let me climb your wall
Ooh baby, you're the best of them all

C'mon sweety, come over here
Let me please, [?] let me climb your wall
That's the strength of it all

I'm trying to tell you how much i love you
Oh baby, let me climb your wall
Ooh baby, you're the best of them all

Instrumental

Mum would shout and scream when dad would come home drunk
When she asked him where he'd been, he'd say "up the clissold arms"
Chatting up some huzzy, but he didn't mean no harm
Sunday morning drives, just to get away
Ramsgate or southend, it would always be a laugh
Paddling by the sea, trousers rolled up to the knees
Walking by the sea, full of dreams, eating ice cream
Grandma's burnt her cheeks getting brown, turn her over

Fortis green, memories of days when i was young
It can only be a memory. a time that now has gone

There's uncle frank tellin' stories from the war
Frightening all the kids, yet we'd heard it all before
While the bombs were droppin' round, there were parties underground
Aunt lil's at the gin, while mum's singing songs
From the 40's when variety, max miller was going strong
All the characters are gone, oh, what a blooming shame
I wish that it could be like it was in the old days
Sat on auntie's knee, toasting bread in the fire-place

Fortis green, memories of days when i was young
It can only be a memory. a time that now has gone
Memories of fortis green, when i was just a lad
Collecting bottle tops, threepenny bits. fishing with my dad

Sister's in the doorway, snogging with her bloke
Scared to put the cat out 'case i put him off his stroke
But she wouldn't be denied, i got a shilling as a bribe
I used to do my courting on an old kitchen chair
The girls were all so sporting, but i only really cared for my little katie-sue
There was nothing she wouldn't do
Sunday after tea we would listen to the wireless
Hancock's half-hour, luxembourg. we'd sit for hours

Fortis green, memories of days when i was young
It can only be a memory. a time that now has gone
Fortis green, memories of days when i was young
Collecting bottle tops, threepenny bits. fishing with my dad

That's it

You can blame it on the government,
The unions,
They use you all you life,
You can take system and make believe
It will be alright,
They've taken the spirit of your life,
And given you a machine.
No wonder you feel so hard done by

Chorus
They're doing the best for you,
Well that's what they say,
I know what you're going through.
You travel alone,
The journey is long,
With only a name,
In search of a song.

You can blame it on the catholics,
The jews,
The blacks,
And the whites.
You can take any doctrine and surely waste
Another life.
Any way that you want it to be,
By popular demand
Any way but the way it should be.

Chorus
They're doing the best for you,
Well that's what they say,
I know what you're going through.
You travel alone,
The journey is long,
With only a name,
In search of a home.

The world is ruled by science and money,
That's all that exists.
How much longer must we live and die
For this.

Chorus
Doing the best for you,
Doing the best for you,
Doing the best for you.
You travel alone,
The journey is long,
From where do you come,
To where do you go.

You're not leaving so descreet,
Just creeping out on me.
Your dizzy head, and smoky eyes,
You'll find some other's bed to sleep.
So don't look back, it is too late,
No story to be told.
This creepin' mess you left for me,
Promising that you'd be home.

You don't know what i mean,
Creepin' jean's a disease.
You don't know what i mean,
Creepin' jean's a disease.
You don't know what i mean,
Creepin' jean's a disease.
You don't know what i mean,
Creepin' jean's a disease.

Your dirty friends and underwear,
Keep hanging 'round my room.
The lonely pictures that you paint
Are creepin' to their doom.
So don't look back it is too late,
No story to be told.
These creepin' friends you left for me,
Saying your promise to be home.

You don't know what i mean,
Creepin' jean's a disease.
You don't know what i mean,
Creepin' jean's a disease.
You don't know what i mean,
Creepin' jean's a disease.
You don't know what i mean,
Creepin' jean's a disease.

Freedom, there's more to your life so now[?]
Old laws, man has made only blind.
Oh, give us freedom, a call to the brave and the strong,
To stand in the face of all wrong and show the way.

Freedom lies, freedom lies, freedom lies.

Freedom to live out the dream in a song,
Give hope to the hearts of the young.
Oh, give us freedom to act out of love and not fear,
So all that is true will be clear.

Hear tomorrow, calling "hold me, show me."

Freedom lies, freedom lies, freedom lies.

Freedom lies, freedom lies, freedom lies.

Dear margaret i beg of you
Dear margaret gonna tell on you
Don't want to be patronized
By those lying eyes
Dear margaret i wanted you

You're warming me up
So you can leave me cold
Kissin' up to the rich
Intending to control
All the money money money
Is that all you live for
You're a model and example
Of a greed that will destroy

Dear margaret i beg of you
Don't you like rock 'n' roll
Dear margaret gonna tell on you
I like your wiggle when you walk
Dear margaret i trusted you
Don't you let me down
Dear margaret i wanted you

You had me living the illusion
To be a millionaire
Investing in stocks
Look at you now stringin' other guys along
You're into swinging
Now the money is all gone

Dear margaret i beg of you
Don't you like rock 'n' roll
Dear margaret i trusted you

Your economic growth
And your cool suntan
But what have you done to your fellow man
You've betrated us all with just a
Wave of your hand
What good is prosperity
When it starves the soul in man

Dear margaret i beg of you
Don't you like rock 'n' roll
Dear margaret gonna tell on you
I like your wiggle when you walk

Don't want to be patronized
By those lying eyes
Dear margaret i trusted you
Don't you let me down
Dear margaret i wanted you

Down all the days
Though the past is just a blink away,
The future waits for me and you,
Down all the days to 1992

Here is hope for all the people
And generations yet to come,
An the future's bright tomorrow,
Illuminated by the morning sun.
Here's for all the working people
And me the ordinary man
For assembly workers in the factory
For farmers toiling on the land

Down all the days
All nations will unite as one
A new horizon clear to view
Down all the days to 1992

So lonely on this island ever since she set me free.
Breaking out of my isolation
Reaching out with hands across the sea
Down all the days, down all the days

Hello my celt and gaelic ladies.
Bonsoir my green colleen from ireland
Wilkommen deutch and dutch and dansk
Gutten tag amour prego ola combien

I'm losing all my bitterness
It's time to find some happiness
Around the earth, the sky, the sea
Down all the days

Bon soir, my little senorita, c'est magnifique
Au revoir, my little fraulfin baby, it's so tragique
Achtung parlez vous englese, bon appetit
Jawohl, mambo italiano, ca va, o.k. i'm on my way
Down all the days.

Can we heal the wounds of many wars?
And the battle scars that went before
Down all the days to 1992
There's gonna be a celebration in 1992
Somehow we lost communication
But i'll find you girl and come back home to you
Down all the days
There's gonna be a celebration in 1992
Somehow we lost communication
I'll find you girl and come back home to you
Down all the days.
Around the earth, the sky, the sea, down all the days
Around the earth, the sky, the sea, down all the days

You keep on accusing me
Of making your life misery
But if that's not abusing me, what isn't
You wanna be my friend, well it's too late
My love for you has turned to hate
And i think that it's a permanent condition
You say you wanna make the peace
Smile and turn the other cheek
I can't put myself in such a weak position
Now i'm willing to accept this fate
You and me just can't cohabitate
We agree to hate and that's our fast decision

Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that keeps us together
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever

Driven by hate, driven by hate
Driven by hate, driven by hate
On the surface i'm a mild-mannered person
That's until you scratch the animal inside
Then you bring out all my animal aggression
I gotta hatred for you that is never gonna die
Driven to hate, driven to hate
Driven to hate, driven to hate

Chorus:
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that keeps us together

While races try to integrate
Nations try to gravitate
Towards equal rights, regardless of religion
Politicians might decree
For the sake of humanity
Love and peace instead of a collision
You and me accept reality
There's no way that we can agree
The world can't make us alter this position
At least you and i know where we stand
We can't be friends, walk hand in hand
My hostility for you defies description

Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that keeps us together
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever

Driven by hate, driven by hate
Driven by hate, driven by hate
Hate's the only thing we have in common
There's no escape, we'll always be this way
So we might as well just learn to live together
'cos we're gonna be this way till our dying day
Driven by hate, driven by hate
Driven by hate, driven by hate

Chorus

If you keep on putting me down
Rub my name into the ground
I'll drag the dirt all over town about you
And if you spread the filth on me
I'll only have one remedy
I'll spill the beans, you'll see i've got a mouth, too

Chorus (2x)

Yeah, hatred
Your attitude is downright rude
Your jokes appall me, they're so crude
Why don't you just drop dead and don't recover
I'm the mirror to your mood
You hate me and i hate you
So at least we understand each other
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that lasts, what is it?
Hatred, hatred

Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever

America, the land of the free, the home of the brave
That's what i thought before i toured there
You see, i've got myself being seduced by the sheer americana of it all
And i'd seen their images on television
Of lee harvey oswald, john f. kennedy's assassination
And i thought "america is a violent place"
And america is keen to trap you
Like you had giant tentacles that wrapped themselves around you
Until you couldn't move and you were trapped
The land of the free, the home of the brave, guns and the wild west

Hey big fat cowboy, wearing your big stetson
Hey big fat cowboy, flashing your big six gun
Hey big fat cowboy, singing country & western
Hey big fat cowboy, is this the way that the west was won? yeah

I found myself in the back of a big ford thunderbird
With a slick-looking dude
He looked like a punk from a b-movie,
The sort of punk that would piss everybody off
Until lee marvin put a bullet through his brain
The punk looked over at me
"kinks? what kind of a motherfuckin' name is that?"
Then he reached over and picked up the car telephone
"hey kid, i've got elvis presley's phone number.
I've got ann-margret's phone number. i've fucked ann-margret!"
I knew mick avory would be impressed with this, but i was not
And then the punk looked over at me
"i'll dial elvis presley" he dialed a number
"hey, is that you elvis? i wanna speak to the colonel.
Jump to it, you mother!"
And then he looked over at me in a menacing way,
Reached into the glove-compartment and took out a revolver
He waved the six gun around, menacingly
"you see kid, when i deal with people, they have to treat me right,
Otherwise they contend with this! a gun!
Have you ever seen a gun before?"
I hadn't
Then he waved it around, put it back in the glove-compartment
"welcome to peoria, illinois, home of middle america,
Ice-cream and apple pie, guns and the wild west"

All american wise guy, why achieve that gleam in the sun
Hamburger and a milkshake, all american dude
Popcorn and a t-bone, hot dog with a big smile
And a bad attitude, yeah yeah yeah

Flying across america on a twa, flying to california
To appear on television, performing our new record set me free
The kinks were met by a union man with a contract to sign
And the kinks didn't like signing contracts
"hey, are you the kinks? sign this piece of paper guys!
I want you to sign this union-document so you can appear on television"
"no thanks mate, we don't wanna sign a contract"
"you have to sign, otherwise you cannot appear"
"we don't want to sign a piece of paper, alright!"
"listen kid, you sign the piece of paper.
You with your red hunting jackets and your yellow frilly shirts.
Sign the piece of paper!"
"do you wanna sign it?" he looked over at dave
"watcha gonna do kid?" "fuck off!"
Which is a fairly reasonable thing to say in the circumstances,
But not very wise, you see, the man was a union executive
"alright. once i file my report on you guys
You're never gonna work in america again.
You're gonna find out just how powerful it is in america!"
The land of ice-cream and apple pie, guns and the wild west

Great american union rules with the fist, a smile and a gun
Great american napalm lights up the sky like the sun
Great american eagle swoops down from the sky up above

And i remember the images of lee harvey oswald
Appearing on tv saying he was a patsy
A union man is a-framin' the kinks
While i thought "this is the land of opportunity"
But the cosa nostra are everywhere
Land of ice-cream and apple pie

Hey big fat cowboy, wearing that big six gun
Hey big fat cowboy, singing country & western
Hey big fat cowboy, moving that big six gun
Hey big fat cowboy, is this the way that the west was won?
Yeah yeah yeah

And 6 weeks later robert and grenville and larry
Were sitting in their office in carnaby street
And the letter came from the american government
It was from the american federation of musicians union
"a band known as the kinks,
The english beat group known as the kinks,
Are banned from america.
Their license to perform has been revoked indefinitely"
Yeah, all the same fuck off
In the land of the ice-cream and apple pie, guns and the wild west

I know a place,
Not far away where the sun always shines.
You will be mine,
And i'll love you.

I know a place where the sun always shines.
You will be mine,
And i'll love you.

Church bells will chime,
And they will know you are mine.
All of the time,
I will love you.

Church bells will chime so they know you are mine.
All of the time,
I will love you.

The finest moments in my life,
Is when you say you'll be my wife.

Church bells will chime,
And they will know you are mine.
All of the time,
I will love you.

Church bells will chime so they know you are mine.
All of the time,
I will love you.

Yeah, i'm gonna love you.
I'm gonna love you,
I'm gonna love you.

And i know, and i know,
And i know that ev'rybody,
And i know that ev'rybody be happy,
As happy as you and me.
'cause i know, i know.

Come on baby let me tell you
All the things i wanna say
Come on baby let me tell you
All the things i wanna say, and

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy,
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy,
Which means you and me, my love

And i know, and i know,
And when i see ya walking down the street
Well it makes me happy to see you walkin'
It makes my life complete
'cause i know, i know.

Come on baby let me tell you
All the things i wanna say
Come on baby let me tell you
All the things i wanna say, and

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy,
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy,
Which means you and me, my love

And i know, and i know,
And i know that you and me,
And i know that you and me be happy,
As happy as we can be.
'cause i know, i know.

Come on baby let me tell you
All the things i wanna say
Come on baby let me tell you
All the things i wanna say, and

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy,
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy,
Which means you and me, my love

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy,
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy,
Which means you and me, my love

And i know, and i know,
And i know, and i know,
And i know...