@ALBUM: Underwater Moonlight Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock except "Vegetable Man" written by Syd Barrett (originally performed by the Pink Floyd) and "You'll Have To Go Sideways" by Robyn Hitchcock/Kimberley 'Sinew' Rew. These are the lyrics to all of the songs availiable on the CD version. @SONG: I Wanna Destroy You I wanna destroy you I wanna destroy you I wanna destroy you I wanna destroy you I feel it coming on again Just like it did before They feed your pride with boredom And they lead you on to war The way you treat each other Really makes me feel ill Cause if you want to fight Then you're just dying to get killed I wanna destroy you I wanna destroy you A pox upon the media And everything you read They tell you your opinions And they're very good indeed I wanna destroy you And when I have destroyed you I'll come picking at your bone And you won't have a single atom left To call your own I wanna destroy you I wanna destroy you Wanna destroy you Wanna destroy you Wanna destroy you @SONG: Kingdom Of Love In the spiritual kingdom of love You're the one that I'm thinking of Yeah, in the spiritual kingdom of love You've been laying eggs under my skin Now they're hatching out under my chin Now there's tiny insects showing through Ann all them tiny insects look like you In the primitive jungle of love It's funny what you're capable of Yeah, in the primitive jungle of love Ah, the way you look and all the things you said If look could kill then baby I'd be dead Either someone's cloned you and you aren't Or you've grown out of me just like a plant Ain't no way I'm gonna be anything I oughtta to be All I want to do is be your creature Ain't no way I'm gonna be anything I wanna be All I want to do is be your teacher In the physical kingdom of time I guess that your dish is full of slime Well, in the physical kingdom of time You know, I would ramble all through time and space Just to have a duchess lick at your face You're the one I love or so it seems Because you've confiscated all my dreams Yeah @SONG: Positive Vibrations Positive vibrations Shine through all creation Positive vibrations Unite all the nations There you go killing for peace Don't you know you'll never get peace anymore Just get war Positive vibrations They call at all stations Forget you paranoia It'll only destroy ya There you go killing the lamb Don't you know it's still in the plan What a waste Positive vibrations Baby, when you do it to me I feel like oil that burns in the sea >From the top Never stops Positive vibrations Shine through all creation Positive vibrations Shine through all creation Vi-i-brations Vi-i-brations Vi-i-brations Vi-i-brations Vibrations - vibrations Vibrations - vibrations Vibrations - vibrations Vibrations - vibrations @SONG: I Got The Hots Ah, Mmm, Mmm Said the dentures to the peach Said the tide of filth to the bleach Said the spike to the tomato Said the curry to the corpse I got the hots for you I got the hots for you I got the hots for you I got the hots for you Here I am Looking out on a crystal world Floating currents of human eyes Baking land under creamy skies Yeah Said the vicar to the waitress "The best thing about you is your waist" She laughed a laugh that echoed round a fortress Said "Wait till you see the statues in my bathroom" I got the hots for you I got the hots for you Huh, huh I got the hots fro you I got the hots for you There she was When you see her your eyes awake Electric bulbs on a birthday cake Would you care for a lump of steak? Or a piece of hake? Or another take? @SONG: Insanely Jealous She's walking down the street Me - I'm just invisible And who or where she walks with makes no difference to me The people that she meets She turns them into sideshows They're just here for their amusement That's not what I want to be But I'm insanely jealous of you Yeah, I'm insanely jealous of you The night is black and thick I wander past your window And I catch a cigarette thrown from a jewel encrusted hand It comes on pretty quick Exactly like a crocodille In search of a mirage across the undulating sand But I'm insanely jealous of you Yeah, I'm insanely jealous of you I don't know why the people want to meet When all they know is that they'll breed like rabbits in the end Cause ordinary people on the street They never know But if they can't be rabbits they'll be friends And I'm insanely jealous of the people that you see And I'm insanely jealous of the people that aren't me And I'm insanely jealous of you Yeah, I'm insanely jealous of you I just can't let it out This feeling of insanity Is thicker than a barge upon a shattered heap of coal I know what it's about Like crying from a nightmare And the one who lies beside you cannot hear to save a soul But I'm insanely jealous of the people that you know And I'm insanely jealous of the places that you go And I'm insanely jealous of you Yeah, I'm insanely jealous of you The damage that we do is just so powerfully strong They call it love And the damage that we do it just goes on and on and on Not long enough Paint is cracked and dry The name is now illegible And everything is lost upon the cracked and misted hull Beneath a yellow sky The lovers trip beside a ship But all I hear when they embrace is just the kiss of skulls But I'm insanely jealous of the people that you see And I'm insanely jealous of the people that aren't me And I'm insanely jealous of the places that you go And I'm insanely jealous of the people that you know And I'm insanely jealous of the hairs upon your back And I'm insanely jealous of the spiders in your path And I'm insanely jealous of the stains upon your feet And I'm insanely jealous of the stuff inside your feet And I'm insanely jealous of the things upon your bed And I'm insanely jealous of the jerk that's in your head And I'm insanely jealous of the people that you love And I'm insanely jealous of the fingers in your glove And I'm insanely jealous of you Insanely jealous of you Insanely jealous of you Insanely jealous of you @SONG: Tonight I am here and everywhere tonight I am here and everywhere tonight I am here and everywhere tonight Tonight In the trails made by giant ships In the sway of a teddy girl's hips In the curl of a teddy boy's lips tonight In the trails the aeroplanes make In an old age pensionless cake I'm not here for just anyone's sake tonight Tonight In the places nobody goes I'll be there with a very long nose Tonight - Where nobody sees Tonight - I'm under the trees It's all right Tonight - I've waited so long Tonight - If nothing goes wrong It's all right Tonight When you're older looking around You will hear a familiar sound I'll be gone but I'll still be around tonight When you turn the key to your door Someone's been inside there before It was me but you don't know what for tonight Tonight In the back of a broken down car On the rim of a vaccum jar I'll be with you wherever you are tonight Tonight I'll be with you wherever you are tonight Tonight Tonight - I'll be with you I'll be with you Tonight - I'll be with you I'll be with you Tonight - I'll be with you I'll be with you Tonight - I'll be with you I'll be with you Tonight - I'll be with you I'll be with you Tonight - I'll be with you I'll be with you @SONG: You'll Have To Go Sideways (Instrumental) @SONG: Old Pervert I'm an old pervert and I hang around under the bridge I'm an old pervert and I hang around under the bridge I won't do you no harm I just wanna show what's in my fridge So come on little girl, is your name Hester or maybe it's Midge Well, they say that I'm weird and disenfectant is the only thing I drink They say that I'm weird and disenfectant is the only thing I drink Ah, but cleanliness of the soul is more important, don't you think? And I could show you one or two things right there in my sink So come on baby I'm an old pervert and I just don't get around much anymore I'm an old pervert and I don't get around much anymore Sometimes I feel it evaporating through the door But come on pretty baby and I show you how I let you score Ha ha ha ha Yeah, baby @SONG: Queen Of Eyes Blinking on and off it's the Queen of Eyes With a carapace shell and her black lace thighs I don't know why she never gets anywhere with you Lucky the Pig is out on a limb He's looking for someone to investigate him I don't know why he never gets anywhere with you Here I am again, it's no surprise Locked in orbit round the Queen of Eyes All I ever got from her was lies In this horrible age of abuse and decay It's good to know that somebody is looking okay I don't know why she never gets anywhere with you Blinking on and off it's the Queen of Eyes With a carrot based shell and her black lace thighs I don't know why she never gets anywhere I don't know why she never gets anywhere I don't know why she never gets anywhere with you @SONG: Underwater Moonlight He was white and she was white as only statues are Fifty years they stood there looking stupid by a jar One night in mid-august when the moonlight got too strong They climbed off their pedastal and then they sang this song Past the gun implacement and the bones as white as bleach Through the rats and ivy till they came out on a beach Out into the ocean till they disappeared from view Honey, when it gets you there's just nothing you can do Underwater moonlight sets the body free Underwater moonlight baby you and me Underwater moonlight Underwater moonlight He was pink and she was pink and onward they did row Didn't see the giant squid though, it was fairly slow When they hit the bottom they were well and truly dead The statues took their place and then they rowed back home instead Underwater moonlight, take your baby down Underwater moonlight, watch you baby drown with love And in the moonlight - Underwater moonlight Underwater moonlight Underwater moonlight (there are a few quiet lines here I cannot make out) Once again I can take you down - Moonlight Below the sea - Moonlight Why don't you feed the fish? - Moonlight I'll make you feed the fish - Moonlight I'll watch you feed the fish - Moonlight I'll watch you feed the fish - Moonlight Underwater moonlight sets the body free Underwater moonlight baby, you and me Underwater moonlight Underwater moonlight Underwater moonlight Underwater moonlight @SONG: Vegetable Man In leather shoes I get the blues So I walk the streets In my plastic feet And my blue velvet trousers make me feel pink There's a kind of stink about blue velvet trousers In my paisley shirt I look a jerk And my tourquoise waistcoat is quite outta sight But oh, woah, my haircut looks so bad Vegetable man, where are you? So I change my ?hair? And I buy my jeans And I cover them up with a lettuce cup My ______ socks with water and epoxy Don't take _____ about my old socks We'll wash my watch with a plant base, outta date, in a little hole there all alone It's what I got It's what I wear It's what you see It must be me It's what I am Vegetable man Ah-ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha Ah-ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha-oh I've been looking all over the place for a place for me But it ain't anywhere It just ain't anywhere Vegetable man Vegetable man Vegetable man Vegetable man Vegetable man Vegetable man Vegetable, vegetable man Vegetable man He's the kind of fellow you've just got to see if you can Vegetable man @SONG: Strange And I go downstairs the candle throws a shadow over me And when I get downstairs I pass the place she always used to be And it's strange how no one else can see Strange, no one else but me And when I kiss her mouth I raise the lid and lower it again And when I kiss her mouth I never cry, I'm just like other men ABut it's strange how no one else can see Strange, no one else but me And so she lies there in the freezer looking elegant and tall Oh, she could lie there for a century and never change at all And it's strange, how no one else can see Strange, no one else but me No one else but me @SONG: Only The Stones Remain Men were executed, women bled Meat and fish changed hands and children stayed up late Uh, huh Coloured drums they ?displace? the night There's a taxidemist looking for a fight But now he's gone, oh yeah Only the stones remain Girls were decked with flowers and violated ?while? Boys spat juice from a, out of their fresh young ?bones? Soldiers crossed their hearts and died _____ pretty girls turned cold inside But now they're gone, oh yeah Only the stones remain Oh they're gone, yeah Only the stones remain And the stones have forgotten them The stones have forgotten them They brake your body and drain the life out of it It sinks into the soil while the soul flies up into the air above and when there's no more tears to cry There's nothing left to do but laugh State led collabarations collapse and cannibis evaporates, honey Only the stones remain (Here they going) Oh yeah, only the stones remain Woah Now they're gone, oh yeah Only the stones remain Oh yeah, only the stones remain @SONG: Where Are The Prawns? Baby doll, you know your hair shines like like ink when you're not here You left before I got here, so how do you know I'm late? You better tell me when you gonna be on the menu Where are the prawns? Down by the sea Where are the prawns? Down by the sea Where are the prawns? Cookie pie, the waters rise above your legs beneath your eyes Already the clouds are drowning and even the stars are damp I'll be awake and dreaming all of us could go screaming Where are the prawns? Down by the sea Where are the prawns? Down by the sea Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea - Sea @SONG: Dreams Dreams are my everything I'm not here Dreams are my everything I don't care I hear green symphonies in the silence I hear black melodies in the violence I can't concentrate on a world I hate I'm in love with you What else should I do? Dreams are my everything And I mean it I don't need anything I can dream it I can't concentrate on a world I hate I'm in love with you What else should I do? @SONG: Black Snake Diamond Rock Black snake diamond role Twists away across the floor Trails away like mercury Have you ever seen her? Been right in between her She's a goddess You'll pay double Just to be a candlestick Black snake diamond rock Cut it hard and watch it shine Doing it with confidence Have you seen her squeeze a bulb? Singing like a window pane _____ glass she broke her voice Yes She's not young and she's not old She's a woman every time Got a penthouse full of dwarfs Lord, I wish that she was mine Well, maybe she is Rock around the fire escape Boogie with a question mark Dancing with a rubber snake Going down the Milton ?keenes? Looking for my destiny, ha Feeling young and dignified In a velvet guillotine Yes Black snake diamond rock Hungry fingers in a smock Sucking on a ?cloaker's top? Tulips blossom in a shop Umm Tulips from Amsterdam Tulips from Amsterdam Joined together at the sides Black snake diamond role Gonna make it with my bride Gonna be a burly night Well I hope and feel alright Putting on a special smell Leaves me in exquisite hell Tulips from Amsterdam Tulips from Amsterdam Tulips Black snake - Diamond - Role Yeah @SONG: There's Nobody Like You Well if your name's Mucky you can count yourself lucky that you're still walking round on four feet Cause I tell you right now though I don't how there's still perverse out there on the street And it's rare that a pig makes it back from a gig without coming at you with physical harm He must be saying, "Oh, I didn't know," and they wind up on that bacon farm I don't mind dressing in black if I thought it would get your temperature back And if your name's Queek you're quite unique and it's taken you over the top Mr. Rodgers and I don't know the messiah ever since you walked into the shop And if your names Kent it's known that you're bent it's an actual undeniable fact Cause a law round here they've got cloth ears so you never get caught in the act But I don't mind dressing in blue if I thought it would make any difference to you There's nobody There's nobody There's nobody like you There's nobody There's nobody There's nobody like you If your name's Him then suddenly a whim but you seem to be nowhere at all If your name's Her than you're coverd with fur and you're waiting for Him in the hall The stuff that you sell and the way that you smell is to say the least way out of place If I had a choice between the fist and the voice you know I'd push you right out of your face But I don't mind dressing in green if i thought that you'd understand what I mean There's nobody There's nobody There's nobody like you @SONG: Song No. 4 We arrive and you go Neither fast or too slow We are watching all the papers But I wish to God they'd say what they're doing when it comes here Mmm, the girls are so smooth You, your youth All your visions collapsed You expect it back in facts But please don't do it again Oh, why don't you ever come and talk to me I'll concentrate hard on whatever you say Here comes the musket with all its brace I know that it can take all it wishes when it's here I get it made made in a ____ So you go and you're gone Only us lingers on There there is no acceptance like the past And I always see from my point of view You just never listen and talk to me even if I smell you wouldn't say You just stand and listen and talk to me you don't even concentrate on what you say No, you and your fingers just sit there and fiddle with me you never speak about what you'd smell if you could hear me Drain (Yeah, Click over, Click over, That's it then, Right, That's it then, Yeah, Do you wanna play it?)