Chumbawamba Jukebox

To study music, you have to listen to it. Music is an essential part of human culture. Often mistaken for a commodity, an error that classifies musicians as manufacturers of tunes, what is modernly called music is often designed for disposability, inoffensiveness, and speedy obsolescence. Not so the music that will be posted here, that will connect you with what is true, good, fine and enduring in humanity's struggle with a difficult, dazzling world.

Re: Chumbawamba Jukebox

Postby admin » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:48 pm

Song for Len Shackleton
by Chumbawamba
Copyright Notice: "Readymades," © 2002 Chumbawamba

I'm not the kind of man
Who'd live a quieter life
Just for a minute's silence
One, two, three, four
Some say it all without a word
Silence can be mightier than the sword
They took the two three five
They turned it upside down
Why run away to the circus
When the world is full of clowns?
Live has got everything to offer
It's just there for the getting
There, just for the getting

Songwriters: Alice Nutter / Allan Whalley / Darren Hamer / Duncan Bruce / Judith Abbott / Louise Watts / Neil Ferguson / Nigel Hunter
Song for Len Shackleton lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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Re: Chumbawamba Jukebox

Postby admin » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:49 pm

Without Rhyme Or Reason (The Killing of Harry Stanley)
by Chumbawamba
Copyright Notice: "Readymades," © 2002 Chumbawamba

I wish, I wish, but it's all in vain

It is a great thing that we have an unarmed police force in this country. It is perhaps an even greater thing that a force that is unarmed is able to shoot so many people

On hands and knees
Floors like these
Washing away
Red from grey
Hearts will ache
Shotgun-shaped
No remorse
Of course, of course

Of course there's an explanation
Why you sing without reason or rhyme
Why you sing
Without reason or rhyme

Everyone
Must be wrong
This explains
Where he lays
Hearts can kill
And they will
Filed reports
Of course, of course

Of course there's an explanation
Why you sing without reason or rhyme
Why you sing
Without reason or rhyme

Of course there's an explanation
Why you sing without reason or rhyme
Why you sing
Without reason or rhyme
Without reason or rhyme
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Re: Chumbawamba Jukebox

Postby admin » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:50 pm

Don't Pass Go
by Chumbawamba
Copyright Notice: "Readymades," © 2002 Chumbawamba

Didn't he know it was a waste of time?
All stitched up by a thin blue line
(Repeats)
Well the facts said 'yes'
But the judge said 'no'
Go straight to jail
And don't pass go
He didn't understand
And he told them so
Go straight to jail
And don't pass go
Don't pass go
There ain't no justice, just us (Repeats)
Didn't he know it was a waste of time?
All stitched up by a thin blue line
A little self-protection
They don't want to know
Go straight to jail
And don't pass go
And he won't say sorry
Play the old Jim Crow
Go straight to jail
And don't pass go
Don't pass go
Didn't he know it was a waste of time?
All stitched up by a thin blue line
White paranoia
It runs the show
Go straight to jail
And don't pass go
You want table manners
You get rule of law
Go straight to jail
And don't pass go
Don't pass go
Didn't he know it was a waste of time?
All stitched up by a thin blue line
(Repeats)
Don't pass go
(Repeats)
There ain't no justice, just us
(Repeats)

Songwriters: Judith Abbott / Duncan Bruce / Neil Ferguson / Darren Hamer / Nigel Hunter / Alice Nutter / Louise Watts / Allan Whalley
Don't Pass Go lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Re: Chumbawamba Jukebox

Postby admin » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:51 pm

One Way or the Other
by Chumbawamba
Copyright Notice: "Readymades," © 2002 Chumbawamba

Peace won't come (Repeats)
By words alone
With the world in front of you, you've only got a certain space to go. I go to me factory, and go there, that's supposed to be my bit of seeing the world. The whole world in front of ya, you're waiting, seeing things that haven't been discovered.
No pretty please, pretty pretty please (Repeats)
One way or the other
Somethings got to change
Humdrum has a stammer
Saying 'w-w-w-whatever'
One way or the other
No pretty please, pretty pretty please (Repeats)
Peace won't come by words alone
Peace won't come by words alone
I'm so low on order
But high on what I want
And I've got your number
And I'm coming over
One way or the other
No pretty please, pretty pretty please (Repeats)
One way or the other (Repeats)
Peace won't come by words alone
Peace won't come by words alone

Songwriters: Judith Abbott / Duncan Bruce / Neil Ferguson / Darren Hamer / Nigel Hunter / Alice Nutter / Louise Watts / Allan Whalley
One Way or the Other lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Re: Chumbawamba Jukebox

Postby admin » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:52 pm

When I'm Bad
by Chumbawamba
Copyright Notice: "Readymades," © 2002 Chumbawamba

They try in vain our minds to chain
They try in vain our minds to chain
I'm up in the stars
I'm looking down at the gutter
When I'm good, I'm very good
But when I'm bad, I'm better
Oh barman, fill this glass again
And keep on pouring till Death says "when"
Oh barman, fill it to the top
And we'll be drinking till the singing has to stop
They try in vain our minds to chain
They try in vain our minds to chain
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
The only notes that matter
When I'm good, I'm very good
But when I'm bad, I'm better
Oh barman, fill this glass again
And keep on pouring till Death says "when"
Oh barman, fill it to the top
And we'll be drinking till the singing has to stop
Run from fire and dreamt of fire
Run from fire and dreamt of fire
Run from fire and dreamt of fire
They try in vain our minds to chain
They try in vain our minds to chain
They try in vain our minds to chain
Me and all my friends are coming 'round to your house
And we're not going to go until we get thrown out
And we're not going to go until we get thrown out
And we're not going to go until we get thrown out
And we're not going to go until we get thrown out
Oh barman, fill this glass again
And keep on pouring till Death says "when"
Oh barman, fill it to the top
And we'll be drinking till the singing has to stop
Oh barman, fill this glass again
They try in vain our minds to chain
Oh barman, fill this glass again
They try in vain our minds to chain
Oh barman, fill this glass again
They try in vain our minds to chain
To chain...
To chain...
To chain...

Songwriters: Judith Abbott / Duncan Bruce / Neil Ferguson / Darren Hamer / Nigel Hunter / Alice Nutter / Louise Watts / Allan Whalley
When I'm Bad lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Re: Chumbawamba Jukebox

Postby admin » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:52 pm

Sewing Up Crap
by Chumbawamba
Copyright Notice: "Readymades," © 2002 Chumbawamba

I don't know (Repeats)
Chain, chain, chain (Repeats)
A cut-price empire
Clean-cut lines
A perfect body
And a dirty mind
The rules of this game
Say we all look the same
Chain, chain, chain (Repeats)
We'll put a spin on it
We'll take a pencil to it
We'll make a virtue out of keeping oh so quiet about it
I don't know, and I don't want to know (Repeats)
Chain, chain, chain (Repeats)
Talk about child's play
Count the birthdays
A stitch in time says 'Just look the other way'
The rules of this game
Say you don't know her name
Chain, chain, chain (Repeats)
We'll span a hundred years for it
We'll make a killing out of it
And we'll corner the market
By keeping oh so quiet about it
Chain, chain, chain (Repeats)
Working for The Gap
Sewing up crap

One up the chimney goes
Two hawks a tray of matches
Three braves the weaving floor
All pray for the life of Four
Five down the pit descends
Six plows in fields and meadows
Seven spins the handloom round
Eight lies in th' burial ground

Songwriters: Judith Abbott / Duncan Bruce / Neil Ferguson / Darren Hamer / Nigel Hunter / Alice Nutter / Louise Watts / Allan Whalley
Sewing Up Crap lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Re: Chumbawamba Jukebox

Postby admin » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:53 pm

After Shelley
by Chumbawamba
Copyright Notice: "Readymades," © 2002 Chumbawamba

Anybody can press a button and blow a ship up.
Anybody can use an atom bomb.
Anybody can pick up a big whip and whip you.
Anybody can stick a knife into you.
Anybody can pull a trigger.
But where's the man with the character,
As can take a punch on the nose and keep his temper,
Keep control of himself?

Sho lo, lu la lo, sho lo, lu la (Repeats)
The seed you sow, another reaps
The wealth you find, another keeps
The clothes you weave, another wears
The arms you forge, another bears
The songs you write, another sings
The heart you lose, another wins
The food you bake, another eats
(Poison-laced and oh, so sweet)
Rock and Roll
Check your pulse
Art or death
True or false
Can't stay young
Can't grow old
Overpriced
Undersold

Songwriters: Alice Nutter / Allan Whalley / Darren Hamer / Duncan Bruce / Judith Abbott / Louise Watts / Neil Ferguson / Nigel Hunter
After Shelley lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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Re: Chumbawamba Jukebox

Postby admin » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:54 pm

Tubthumping
by Chumbawamba
Copyright Notice: "Tubthumper," © 1997 Chumbawamba

I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down

He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink
He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the best times
(Oh Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Danny Boy)

I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down

He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink
He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the best times
(Don't cry for me, next door neighbour)

I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down (when we're winning)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down (ooh)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down (when we're winning)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down (ooh)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (when we're winning)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (ooh)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (when we're winning)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (ooh)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (when we're winning)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (ooh)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (when we're winning)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (ooh)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (when we're winning)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (ooh)

I get knocked down, (we'll be singing)
But I get up again (pissing the night away)
You are never gonna keep me down (when we're winning)

Songwriters: Alice Nutter / Allan Whalley / Darren Hamer / Duncan Bruce / Judith Abbott / Louise Watts / Nigel Hunter / Paul Greco
Tubthumping lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Re: Chumbawamba Jukebox

Postby admin » Sun Jun 24, 2018 12:09 am

Amnesia
by Chumbawamba
Copyright Notice: "Tubthumper," © 1997 Chumbawamba

Goodbye to the summer
Sold down the river
Unhappy ever after
Well did you ever?
Did you ever reach for the
Glued down penny?
Same old joke and it's not funny
Burns are red bruises blue
Out with the old cheated by the new
Do you suffer from long term
Memory loss?
I don't remember
You sing the same old verse
Stick like glue for better or worse
What goes around comes around
Again again again
This heart pulled apart
Hydra fighting head to head
Burns are red bruises blue
Out with the old cheated by the new
Do you suffer from long-term
memory loss?
I don't remember.
Amnesia
Do you suffer from long-term
Memory loss?
I don't remember.

Amnesia lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
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Re: Chumbawamba Jukebox

Postby admin » Sun Jun 24, 2018 12:09 am

Drip, Drip, Drip
by Chumbawamba
Copyright Notice: "Tubthumper," © 1997 Chumbawamba

Eat, sleep and crap
For to prey on your needs
Down a dark street
In backwater leeds
I seen yer comin'
Come in, lads!
You seen the ad?
Too bad, bad, bad

What you get
Is what you see
It's a trickledown theory
And it's coming to me
Life's a whip-round
And I've got the whip
It's a sinking ship
Drip, drip, drip

Drip, drip, drip goes the water

Take me in
Throw me out
Put me up
Let me down

Dark, satanic
Run-of-the-mill
Sing us a song
And I'll send you the bill
My nicotine grip
My smokin' gun
It's how I get my fun
Better run, run, run

Your olfactory nerves
All up the spout
You can't smell a rat
When your nose is out
Rent-to-kill
By any other name
Kiss an old flame
Shame, shame, shame

Drip, drip, drip goes the water

Take me in
Throw me out
Put me up
Let me down

Songwriters: Alice Nutter / Allen Whalley / Darren Hamer / Duncan Bruce / Judith Abbott / Louise Watts / Nigel Hunter / Paul Greco
Drip, Drip, Drip lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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