by XTC on album Big Express

Me train running low on soul coal They push pull tactics are driving me loco They shouldn't do that, no, no, no They shouldn't do that Me train running low on dream steam They pull me whistle too har

by XTC on album Nonsuch

Books are burning in the main square And I saw there, the fire eating the text Books are burning in the still air And you know where they burn books, people are next I believe the printed word should

by XTC on album Chips From The Chocolate Fireball

XTC Chips From The Chocolate Fireball Vanishing Girl Someone's knocking in the Distance But I'm deaf and blind She's not expected home this evening So I leave the world behind for the Vanishing Gi

by XTC on album Big Express

Smalltown, snoring under blankets Woken by the clank It's just the milkman's dawn round Smalltown, hiding undercovers The lodgers and the lovers Are asleep 'round Smalltown Shiny gray black snake of

by XTC on album Nonsuch

XTC Nonsuch Wrapped In Grey Some folks see the world as a stone Concrete daubed in dull monotone Your heart is the big box of paints And others, the canvas we're dealt Your heart is the big box of

by XTC on album Big Express

Hot as golden sand in fields We whiled away the hours I'm thinking of the days we had Enormous super powers Yes, I'm sleeping, my mind's on the blink I thought a page, like it's written in ink When I

by XTC on album Big Express

Here he come again Dress in all that skin Like he was still human being Look at he long ears And he big brown eyes And with them truth he is seeing Isn't it a shame you kicked that girl Isn't it a s

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

Well, would you want me in your afternoons If I seduced you in your Mills and Boon? Well, I'll be the master, if you'll be the maid But don't ya get those headaches in another life I'll bring you mi

by XTC on album Nonsuch

There's an epidemic Stirring passions in young hearts Even the old campaigners Have got it really bad Well, we ain't seen nothing like it Since coronation day But when the street parties sound I'm g

by XTC on album Mummer

Boom goes my heart Dancing around your daisies Church bells will start Sat on you reading your ages I drift away In loving memory of a name Covered in moss You may have died for your country Forgott

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

And every morning before I'm awake I walk around the world to make sure she's alright And every evening 'fore I bolt the door I give the stars a stir to make sure they will spin all night For I see p

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

Cast away on a desert island Me and poor Crusoe are sharing the same fate Cast away on a desert island With Great Britain written on its name plate With my umbrella, I go walking Through all the sand

by XTC on album Mummer

Funk pop a roll beats up my soul Oozing like napalm from the speakers and grill Of your radio into the mouths of babes And across the backs of its willing slaves Funk pop a roll consumes you whole Gu

by XTC on album Oranges And Lemons

Poor skeleton steps out, dressed up in bad blood Bad brains, bad thoughts and others deeds Poor skeleton no doubt, one of these days You can cast aside your human, be free When the cities run with bl

by XTC on album Mummer

Me and the wind are celebrating your loss Me and the wind are pulling kites and pushing trees Me and the wind are celebrating your loss Me and the wind are feeling freer than air should ever be Should

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

XTC Miscellaneous The Good Things Though your heart desires the things that money can buy Emptiness lies through the glass, I shield your eyes There's nothing out there for you, my dear There's n

by XTC on album Oranges And Lemons

XTC Oranges And Lemons Here Comes The President Kill Again Here comes President Kill again, surrounded by all of his killing men. Telling us who, why, where and when, President Kill wants killing a

by XTC on album Go 2

Across a crowded room I first set eyes on you My vision was impaired Obstructed out of view By those faces in a crowded room Them bodies in a crowded room Their breathing in a crowded room And their

by XTC on album Black Sea

Paper, iron, won't buy Eden Working for paper and for iron Work for the right to keep my tie on Working for paper and for iron Work for the unicorn and lion I pray the kids aren't starving No chicken

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

Knights in shining karma tend your flame And with love for armor they'll remain Ever by your bed, guarding, still sleeping Shield your soul from this rain Knights in shining karma will remain Jealou