by XTC on album Skylarking

XTC Skylarking Sacrifical Bonfire 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 And

by XTC on album Big Express

Reign of blows, reign of blows Reign of blows cascading down upon your shoulders Far too many men dressed up as soldier The lamb is brought to the ground Under the weight of the crown A crown of thor

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

The last balloon is leaving The last balloon from fear The last balloon is leaving Form that line right here Climb aboard, climb aboard, you menfolk You won't need any bombs or knives Climb aboard, c

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

I look out of my window at night I see the stars and I'm filled with fright I have a feeling something's looking It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed It's more the ale inside my head I have a fe

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

Mother's in the kitchen steaming up the window panes Smell of boiling cabbage comes up from an open drain But no amount of scrubbing could ever shift a gravy stain Washaway, washaway, washaway washer

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

Red brick dream, windows scream As the rusting North Star shines above And drops its iron beams Crashing down upon the roofs of Swindon Town I heard the engine's dying breath Castles and kings all st

by XTC on album Nonsuch

Humble Daisy Form a chain to hold all battleships in check Humble Daisy Knit a ladder down to nature's sunken wreck Ragged rug unbound, tangle trip the lovers Royal barge aground Brighter than all of

by XTC on album Bull With Golden Guts

XTC Bull With Golden Guts Blue Beret ``A demo intended for `Oranges & Lemons'. Don't ask me what the lyrics mean, each line exists purely as a comment on the previous one. `Me I like to roam

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

It's the airwaves of the world And not the hairwaves on your head Oh, but anything can be On land and in the sea When you've got cross wires When you've got cross wires When you've got cross wires Y

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

People rushing 'round with no time to spare I'm so dizzy, I'm neither here nor there In this traffic jam, I just want to shout "Let me off o' this English roundabout" English roundabout, English round

by XTC on album Rag And Bone Buffet

Have you got Miss Fortune She's the daughter of rich parents, all she does is cry One four-letter word is all she wants But you can't buy love so there's no supply Will you take your Master Charge? T

by XTC on album Big Express

You put your cleanest dirty shirt on Then you stagger down to meet the dawn You take a ride upon a bus, it's just a fuss You know it keeps you born You get to know a morning face You get to join the h

by XTC on album Rag And Bone Buffet

Yes, it's true I want that apple, just like William Tell No more floor gazing, no more head down the well I'm feeling extrovert I should be shaking the stars instead of hugging the dirt I swear I'm

by XTC on album White Music

I think my watch has bust and so is time I borrowed all my love so nothing's mine There's nothing decent on the TV page, yeah Like a new town animal in a furnished cage Like a new town animal in a fur

by XTC on album Rag And Bone Buffet

Heaven is paved with broken glass Since your hammer struck my heart This world, a hell of trees and grass All is wrong like north gone south There's a bad taste in my mouth Everything was stars 'Til

by XTC on album Rag And Bone Buffet

Man acting like a farmer And he's treating the woman like a poor cow He got to treat you better from now But man is just a baby And he's needing your milk of kindness I vow To drink as much as you wi

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

Tending my fruit, tending my fruit Ah, you've got to have a hobby A man must have a shed to keep him sane Spraying my buds, spraying my buds Got to keep away diseases I mix the poisons and the wife d

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line k

by XTC on album Rag And Bone Buffet

Officer blue Really love the things you do Even when I was just eight years old (Eight years old) Officer blue Is it true what they say? That when you work you're still at play (Still at play) Oh, o

by XTC on album Miscellaneous

XTC Miscellaneous Let's Make A Den Let's make a den What shall we use? Make it out of hay Who will be leader? In it we can play at both being mothers and fathers until we have children