by XTC on album Skylarking

Meet you in a secret place Scuffling in the dirt, I wait Whistle will blow, whistle will blow Share a joke, the laughs on me When I get you on your own, we'll see Someone might hear, someone might he

by XTC on album Skylarking

1000 umbrellas Upturned couldn't catch all the rain That drained out of my head When you said we were Over and over I cried Till I floated downstream To a town they call Misery, oh oh, Misery Misery,

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

Fire they cried So evil must die And yields are good So men pull back hoods and smile The scapegoat blood spilled Spittled and grilled It crackled and spat Children grew fat on the meat Change must

by XTC on album Skylarking

It's your big day, your big day So you want to tie the knot Tie it tight, don't let it rot The memory of this day Are you deafened by the bells Could be heaven, could be hell, in a cell for two Big

by XTC on album Rag And Bone Buffet

My heart is taken, it's not lost in space And I don't want to see your moony moony face I say, why on earth do you revolve around me? Aren't you aware of the gravity? Don't need another satellite I'm

by XTC on album Drums And Wires

I ask myself should I put my finger to the left, no I ask myself should I put my finger to the right, no It doesn't really matter where I put my finger Someone else will come along and move it And it

by XTC on album Black Sea

There is no language in our lungs To tell the world just how we feel No no, no no, no no, bridge of thought No mental link No letting out just what you think There is no language in our lungs Lungs,

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah The diggers and the tower cranes The diggers and the tower cranes Don't want demolition Don't

by XTC on album Rag And Bone Buffet

Thanks for Christmas Thank you for the love and happiness That's snowing down All around Thanks for Christmas Thank you for the winter friendliness That's snowing down All around the world It's near

by XTC on album Oranges And Lemons

Higher, I'm a king, yes, I'm a head of state But I'm the kitchen, boy who'll wash your dirty plate I had no message and the message was We're all Jesus, Buddha and the Wizard of Oz I'm merely a man a

by XTC on album Nonsuch

Then she appeared Apple Venus on a half open shell Then she appeared The first photograph on Fox Talbots gel I was a little frightened Flying with my senses heightened Cherubim cheered, then she appe

by XTC on album Drums And Wires

XTC Drums And Wires Outside World She has six swans singing in her sauna So she can't hear what's going on No she can't hear what's going on In the outside world In the outside world In the outsi

by XTC on album Skylarking

The man who sailed around his soul From East to West, from pole to pole With ego as his drunken Captain Greed, the mutineer, had trapped all reason in the hold The man who walked across his heart Who

by XTC on album Black Sea

It's in the order of their hedgerows It's in the way their curtains open and close It's in the look they give you down their nose All part of decency's jigsaw I suppose Heard the neighbor slam his ca

by XTC on album Drums And Wires

Am I asleep or am I fast Your every race You first, you last Roads girdle the globe We safe in your concrete robe Hail mother motor, hail piston rotor, hail wheel Roads girdle the globe Am I tied in

by XTC on album Black Sea

See the lovers all gone crazy Looking for romance it seems Many sleepless nights will follow Some may lose but some succeed Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love Make a play of lust in

by XTC on album Oranges And Lemons

Anytime you rise, I'm here and I'm crazy for you pink thing You make me want to laugh, you make me want to cry When I stroke your head I feel a hundred heartbeats high Ooh, pink thing I want to take

by XTC on album Black Sea

Towers of London When they had built you Did you watch over the men who fell? Towers of London When they had built you Victoria's gem found in somebody's hell Pavements of gold leading to the undergr

by XTC on album White Music

I'm like a spinning top going 'round and around Well, I don't know what's up and I sure Don't know what's down, now watch me I'm like a spinning top, I can't tell day from night Well, I don't know wh

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

A musical in three acts by XTC Cast of characters Graham, a teenager Mother, a busy housewife Father, a conservative husband Policeman, a young constable A kitchen in Suburbia One bright Saturday mor