h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm the hippiest number in town and I'll tell you why,
I'm the snappiest dresser right down to my inch wide tie,
And to get you wise I'll explain it to you,
A few of the things that a face is supposed to do.

I wear zoot suit jacket with side vents five inches long,
I have two-tone brogues yeah you know this is wrong.
But the main thing is unless you're a fool,
Ah you know you gotta know, yeah you know, yeah you gotta be cool.

[Zoot Suit: The Who (Quadraphenia)]

Put on your red dress baby
And wear your smile
Say goodnight to your sister
We're gonna walk for miles
We'll go where the boats are leaving
In St. George's Bay
And when I look into your eyes
There's one thing that I can say
No one loves you this way
So put on your red dress baby
And one more time
Let me see you smile
There's the abandoned train
Where we sheltered from the rain
Somehow I knew someday
We'd come here again

Put on your red dress by can't remember

Gray skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face
Wipe off the clouds and cheer up, put on a happy face
Spread sunshine all over the place
And put on a happy face

[from Bye Bye Birdie 1960]

Just another fool in the line
I dream of high clouds
Flushed with the light of daybreak

I used to play around with hearts that hastened at my call,
But when I met that little girl I knew that I would fall,

Poor little fool, oh yeah, I was a fool, uh huh..

She played around and teased me with her carefree devil eyes,
She'd hold me close and kiss me but her heart was full of lies,

Poor little fool, oh yeah, I was a fool, uh huh..


[Poor Little Fool: Ricky Nelson]

Dyin' flame, you're free again
Who could love, do that to you
All dressed in black, he won't be comin' back
Look, save your tears
Got years and years
The pains of seventeen's
Unreal they're only dreams
Save your cryin' for the day

Fool if you think it's over
'Cause you said goodbye
Fool if you think it's over
I'll tell you why
New born eyes always cry with pain
At the first look at the mornin' sun
Fool if you think it's over
It's just begun


Elkie Brooks - Fool if you think it's over

You gota hold on to wat you got we got each other take or not

Golden days before they end,
Whisper secrets to the wind
Your baby won't be near you anymore.

It breaks your heart in two
To know she's been untrue
But, oh what will you do?
When she says to you there's someone new
We're through, we're through.

It's over
It's over
it's over

[It's Over: Roy Orbison]

Get over it
Get over it
All this whinin' and cryin' and pitchin' a fit
Get over it, get over it


Get over it Eagles

There'll be bluebirds over the White cliffs of Dover,
Tomorrow, just you wait and see.
There'll be love and laughter and peace ever-after,
Tomorrow when the world is free.

Vera Lynn

And the lovers that you sent for me
Didn't come with any satisfaction guarantee
So I return them to the sender
And the note attached will read
How I love to hate you
I love to hate you
I love to hate you
I love to hate you



Eurasure love to hate you

Hate and war - I hate all the English
Hate and war - they're just as bad as wops
Hate and war - I hate all the politeness
Hate and war - I hate all the cops


[Hate and War: The Clash]

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy

Masters of War Bob Dylan

Why did you deceive us
with your fine tales of glory
Did you have to deceive us
It's such a shame and a
disgrace for you

Aaaarrgh you men of war-ar-ar-ar-ar
Aaaarrgh you hearts of oak
Ooooooohh you men of war-ar-ar-ar-ar
Arrrrrrr how I despise you you are just smoke-ka-ka-ka

Men of War-Gillan

Ian Gillan on fine form

(Last 2 posts - brilliant stuff )

War! - uhuh- yeah-
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing

Edwin Starr

I, I who have nothing
I, I who have no one;
Adore you and want you so
I'm just a no one,
with nothing to give you but oh...
I love you

Burly chassis

oops sorry

Shirley Bassey

Once I lived the life of a millionaire,
Spent all my money, didn't have any care.
Took all my friends out for a mighty good time,
Bootleg liquor, champagne and wine.

Then I began to fall so low,
Lost all my good friends, I did not have nowhere to go.
I get my hands on a dollar again,
I'm gonna squeeze it till that old eagle grins.

'Cause nobody knows you
When you're down and out.
In your pocket, not one penny,
And as for friends, you don't have any.


[Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out: Eric Clapton, Nina Simone etc etc]

I wanna run
I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I wanna reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

I want to feel
Sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear
Without a trace
I want to take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name

U2

I never wanted 2 be your weekend lover
I only wanted 2 be some kind of friend
Baby I could never steal u from another
Its such a shame our friendship had 2 end

Purple rain purple rain
Purple rain purple rain
Purple rain purple rain

Prince - Purple Rain

Raindrops keep falling on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin' seems to fit
Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling

Burt Bacharach