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The clock goes round and round
And I get so tired of this old town
But I still hang around though I know that there's nothing to do
Seems every Monday morning
I'm late for work, I get another warning
I don't think I'd stay around here if it wasn't for you
All the friends I had at school
Went their separate ways
Some I don't miss, some I do
But when I see them we've got nothing to say
Every weekday goes so slow
Weekends go too fast
Must make up my mind to go
Before another year goes past
The clock goes round and round
And I get so tired of this old town
But I still hang around though I know that there's nothing to do
Seems every Monday morning
I'm late for work, I get another warning
And I don't think I'd stay around here if it wasn't for you
Same old faces every night
Every day it rains
Repetition drives me crazy
I just can't stand it all over again
The clock goes round and round
And I get so tired of this old town
But I still hang around though I know that there's nothing to do
I'm saving my cash to get out of here
You can come too
You don't get me down like the others do
Seems to me I wake up bored
Seven days a week
I need a chance to speak my mind
Before I've got no mind to speak
Can't believe the friends I've seen
Think they're doing fine
It's not enough for me
And I know that I'm just wasting time
Because the clock goes round and round
And I get so tired of this old town
But I still hang around though I know that there's nothing to do
Seems every Monday morning
I'm late for work, I get another warning
I don't think I'd stay around here if it wasn't for you
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If you don't open your eyes then you're gonna get hurt
'Cos she keeps telling you lies, she's just a full time flirt
Now I know I don't count no more
But you're the one I still care for
And you won't see me no more if you see that girl
Now you may think she's fine when she's out with you
But she only comes around when she's got nothing to do
I don't want to interfere
But that girl seems so insincere
And I won't hang around here if you see that girl
Do you believe the things that she said to you tonight
Why can't you see the way she treats you isn't right?
Now I won't tell you again, it's up to you
But you'd better make up your mind what you're gonna do
Don't you know I want you still
I'm so afraid I always will
And I'll be loving you till you see that girl
I'll keep on loving you till you see that girl
I'll still be loving you till you see that girl
See that girl
See that girl
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(Kirsty MacColl/Philip Rambow)
Oh darling why d'you talk so fast
Another evening just flew past tonight
And now the daybreak's coming in
And I can't win and it ain't right
You tell me all you've done and seen
And all the places you have been without me
Well I don't really want to know
But I'll stay quiet and then I'll go
And you won't have no cause to think about me
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
Oh darling you're so popular
You were the best thing new in Hicksville
With your mohair suits and foreign shoes
Lou says you changed your pickup for a Seville
And now I'm lying here alone
'Cause you're out there on the phone to some star in New York
I can hear you laughing now
And I can't help feeling that somehow
You don't mean anything you say at all
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
I said he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
I said he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
I said he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
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he's my boyfriend but he treats me so cruel
he's always fighting the kids in my class after school
mother told my pa I can't see him no more
they wont let us talk on the phone
so now I spend all of my time in my room
and I drink my tequila alone.
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
It's a secret, and they'd kill me if they ever knew
so I keep it in a spot that's well-hidden from view
my boyfriend isn't bothered when he shouts at my pa
and everything comes back to me
he's always drinking and i'm stuck here thinking
that this isn't how it should be
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
No one around me seems to realize its mean to keep us apart
I don't even like the taste of this stuff but it's eating away at my heart
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
I'm just a lonely alcoholic teenager in love
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If you go to Acapulco
When you take your holiday
Have some fun with your carraco
Down in Mexicana Way
For sixteen dollars a day
Sitting on a Mexicana sofa
Sixteen dollars a day
Sitting on a sofa Mexicana
Tijuana cup of coffee
Tijuana cup of tea
All the rest will cost you extra
But the extras are all free
See the lady Rosalita
She will tell you what to pay
And her lovely daughter Rita
Takes your troubles all away
For sixteen dollars a day
Sitting on a Mexicana sofa
Sixteen dollars a day
Sitting on a sofa Mexicana
Tijuana cup of coffee
Tijuana cup of tea
All the rest will cost you extra
But the extras are all free
For sixteen dollars a day
Sitting on a Mexicana sofa
Sixteen dollars a day
Sitting on a sofa Mexicana
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The sun disappears bringing fears that come only at night
With hopes and dreams that will wither away in the light
And thoughts wander back to the girl with the perfect smile
Who said she would never leave you alone
But she had to spend some time on her own for a while
There's more than one nightmare at large in this city tonight
You know you can't shut out the dark with the neon light
Deep in the town the night birds are walking
And somewhere a heart is being broken
One lonely soul finds a bar that stays open all night
It's alright until the night when you can't forget she went away
It's alright until the night when you can't forget she went away
A song drifts along from a bar where a jukebox plays
And triggers the memory of happier summer days
Drive to the beach, sun on the water
Love was in reach and you never saw that
The sun was sinking and love was fading away
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He had the kind of face she'd seen on the TV
He drove her home one night and made her happy
He used to phone her after work at the weekend
And took her out when he had some money to spend
Falling for faces, changing places
Just like the hard cases out on the ... (?)
After a while she used to see him every day
And pretty soon when they had run out of things to say
Ideas came to her she tried to ignore
Got what she wanted but now she wasn't so sure
Falling for faces, changing places
Just like the hard cases out on the ... (?)
The light of the screen grew too bright in her dreams
She was searching for something she'd lost in her teens
Misunderstandings caused by lack of honesty
They got him worried, got her feeling guilty
Felt so sincere but she was easily impressed
And every time she had the chance she got undressed
Falling for faces, changing places
Just like the hard cases out on the ... (?)
Falling for faces
Falling for faces
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Just one look and I felt so wild
Felt so wild in love with you
I found out how good it feels
Just how good to have your love
Say you will, you will be mine
You'll be mine forever and always
Just one look and I knew
That you were my only one
I thought I was dreaming
But I was so wrong
But I'm gonna keep on scheming
Till I can make you all of my own
So you see I really care
Without you I'm nothing
Just one look and I know
I'll get you someday
Just one look
That's all it took
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When you're out there lying in the sun
He's the one who keeps his clothing on
You'd never know him on a train or a bus
'Cos he looks just like the rest of us
In the middle of the night it's a different story
Don't let him catch you all alone
The real ripper
... ... your pay packet (?)
The real ripper
Wearing a dinner jacket
Ask anyone you meet and they'll say the same
Noone is quite sure of his name
Keep your hand on your heart but he's gonna get you
He's gonna make you toe the line
He's the ... laden master of disguise
And he invented high rise
On the council they're respectable and ... (?)
A bounce around the clock and turn away (?)
Ask anyone you meet and they'll say the same
Noone is quite sure of his name
The real ripper
He went to school today
The real ripper
Took all the books away
Keep your hand on your heart but he's gonna get you
He's gonna make you toe the line
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Sometimes you look so sad that I could cry
And sometimes when you get mad I want to say goodbye
But I know in my heart I could never be the one to leave
It's just that I find love so hard to believe sometimes
I try to understand all the things that you do
But sometimes I wonder why I chose a man like you
'Cos you hurt me without even trying so many times
I can't help but find love so hard to believe sometimes
Sometimes I see your eyes on another girl
Then you say you love me more than the whole wide world
So I've learned to close my eyes to it and not read between the lines
It's just that I find love so hard to believe sometimes
Yes I've learned to close my eyes to it
I've reconciled my mind to it
It's just that I find love so hard to believe sometimes
I said that I find love so hard to believe sometimes
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He thinks I still
He thinks I still
He thinks I still care
Just because I asked a friend about him
Just because I spoke his name somewhere
Just because I called his number by mistake last night
He thinks I still
He thinks I still
He thinks I still care
Just because I haunt the same old places
Where his memory seems to linger everywhere
Just because I'm not the happy girl I used to be
He thinks I still
He thinks I still
He thinks I still care
He used to treat me so unkind
Now he doesn't cross my mind
He thinks I still love him so
But why that is I just don't know
I've got friends all over town
And he can never bring me down
The things he did was so unfair
How could he think that I still care
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(Kirsty MacColl/Philip Rambow)
Oh darling why d'you talk so fast
Another evening just flew past tonight
And now the daybreak's coming in
And I can't win and it ain't right
You tell me all you've done and seen
And all the places you have been without me
Well I don't really want to know
But I'll stay quiet and then I'll go
And you won't have no cause to think about me
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
Oh darling you're so popular
You were the best thing new in Hicksville
With your mohair suits and foreign shoes
Lou says you changed your pickup for a Seville
And now I'm lying here alone
'Cause you're out there on the phone to some star in New York
I can hear you laughing now
And I can't help feeling that somehow
You don't mean anything you say at all
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
I said he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
I said he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
I said he's a liar and I'm not sure about you
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