Keep It Up The Boomtown Rats

nice Can you keep it up, can you keep it up - upright Does it let you down, I heard it let you down - sometimes Snap me in your breach, I want to be your bullet I want a little kiss that's gonna take

Dave The Boomtown Rats

Dave'd called me up yesterday Everything he loved had moved away I felt despair come crawling through that phone I know the feeling but don't get me wrong Dave I've always thought that you were touched

I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats

The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload And nobody's gonna go to school today She's gonna make them stay at home And Daddy doesn't understand it He always said she was good as

Boomtown Toby Keith

me show you around You could make a lot of money here Livin' in a boomtown We뭠l some build bars and big hotels Downshift drive and the people live well High on the hog and wild on the range

Mood Mambo The Boomtown Rats

Somewhere up town late last night around 9 o'clock There was a black snake crawling up the Latin American stairs With his Slicked Black Cockroachair He was greasy lightning He was looking for someone else

Talking In Code The Boomtown Rats

loud sometimes we don't understand C'mon give us a sign Wave us a flag or flash me an eye Cos I need you tonight I need you right now I got sweat on my mind But you're taking your time Yeah kiss where it

Straight Up The Boomtown Rats

Hey, she'll set the world alight She's looking lost with life But no-one's on fire And still she burns She waits her turn Straight up.

Up All Night The Boomtown Rats

Up all night Ooh za za Ooh staying up all night African jungle Big city street The only real difference is in The people you meet Up all night Ooh za za Ooh staying up all night It's an agreeable town

Someone's Looking At You The Boomtown Rats

Well, I wish you'd keep quiet, Imaginations run riot, In these paper-thin walls. And when the place comes ablaze with a thousand dropped names I don't know who to call.

Boomtown The Book Of Knots

"(Chorus) It was a boomtown that was breaking my heart. This little boomtown has taken its part. I had a stake in this and I took it hard. It was a boomtown, boomtown...

She's So Modern Boomtown Rats

La-la-la-la La-la-la-la She's so 20th century She's so 20th century She's so 1970's She's so 1970's She knows the right things to say She knows the right things to say She's got the right clothes to

Never Bite The Hand That Feeds The Boomtown Rats

Your mother's driven up the walls, you make too many calls Who do you phone?

Banana Republic The Boomtown Rats

Chorus: Banana Republic Septic Isle Screaming in the Suffering sea It sounds like crying Everywhere I go Everywhere I see The black and blue uniforms Police and priests And I wonder do you wonder While

Nothing Happened Today The Boomtown Rats

Turn on the TV Turn on the radio. Turn down that sound Turn down that sound Open the curtains Open the windows.

Boomtown The Steep Canyon Rangers

The rush is on & I should be gone Who am I to stay so long Words getting round ‘bout what they found Out there in boomtown The lights outshine the moon at night And dreams roll in on a high tide The shadows

Diamond Smiles The Boomtown Rats

In the low voltage noise, Diamond seems so sure and so poised She shimmers for the bright young boys, And laugh's "Love is for others, but me it destroys" The girl in the cake Jumped out too soon by mistake

He Watches It All The Boomtown Rats

and sold a video Made a fortune in between A thousand well-known faces Passed across that stupid screen He turned them down He never thought they had so much to say He watched those faces come and go Up

Charmed Lives The Boomtown Rats

Charmed lives Nothing much to do tonight Charmed lives Oh no, oh no Charmed lives I think I'll do my hair tonight Charmed lives Cos it's so, it's so Well, it's OK, it's OK, it's OK But it drives me insane

Like Clockwork The Boomtown Rats

She says she sees it all from her room And it looks so small from her room It's all right, it's all right, I'm on your side...for a while, She thinks time is a concept by which we measure our pain (She'll

Don't Believe What You Read The Boomtown Rats

As soon as I wake up every day, I look at the papers to see what they say, I know most what I read will be a lot of lies, But then you learn really fast to read between the lines, 'Cos I know (he knows

Neon Heart The Boomtown Rats

Life pours down into the neon heart (It's late at night) Cement City is all a-spark (Yeah, that's right) The whores are loose and the dames are abroad (My pants are tight) A price on their hearts you can't

Me And Howard Hughes The Boomtown Rats

Hand me down a strong panacea, One that's guaranteed to make me feel like Hercules, There's flies everywhere, buzzing in the air, Filling my body with filth and disease....and I think, He thinks he should

Fall Down The Boomtown Rats

Put your head between your knees and breathe real deep Let it in Let it out Until it's over.

Lucky The Boomtown Rats

Boomtown Rats Mondo Bongo Fall down Geldof put your head between your knees and breathe real deep let it in let it out until it's over I might scribble, I might scrawl I might claw at the wall I might

Rat Trap The Boomtown Rats

The Saturday night city beat had already started The pulse of the corner boys sprang into action And young Billy watched it all under the yellow street light And said "tonight of all nights there's gonna

Another Piece Of Red The Boomtown Rats

The people here can still believe in stiff lips and stiff collars They're speaking deals in English But they're making deals in dollars.

When The Night Comes The Boomtown Rats

The humdrum and mundane Is nearly driving them insane. But you get hooked so quick to anything Even your chains, You're crouching in your corner 'til they open up your cage.

Can't Stop The Boomtown Rats

Can't stop And face the facts I'm high strung and I can't relax. Tune me down cause I'm feeling sharp. My blood's too weak and it strains my heart. And hearts of gold can turn to grey.

Nice N Neat The Boomtown Rats

Through tunnel vision watch him rant and rave He says there's life beyond the grave He lost his slice of the eternal cake Well, God's in His Heaven and He's on the take That's nice (that's nice) that's

Drag Me Down The Boomtown Rats

your wrist I love you I think But is it always like this with you?

Under Their Thumb ... Is Under My Thumb (Rolling Stones Cover) The Boomtown Rats

Kicked and beaten like an angry rabid dog Under their thumb Squashed and squeezed like a dried-up, rinsed out worm You can\'t do a thing Best lie still \'til you wait your turn Can\'t do a thing

Mary Of The 4th Form The Boomtown Rats

Sittin' in the front row Mary of the fourth form Turnin' all the boys on She's turnin' all their heads around Hitchin' up her short skirt Stretchin' out her long legs Pullin' up her stockings She's combing

The Little Death The Boomtown Rats

He's got cold feet He'd march to the drum But the drummer's Dead beat He's fragile tonight But he says he's clean He's uncertain when he's speaking But he knows what he means Ah he's shivering now But

The Bitter End The Boomtown Rats

To the bitter end We go all the way It isn't too far It isn't too far To the bitter end With our wills of iron Souls of coal Hearts of gold To the bitter end Sit on a fence all day Looking for change Any

Living In An Island The Boomtown Rats

Night fell fast, like it did in the past when the phone rang Twice and a voice said "I think I'm alone" I gave my advice and the voice said "Nice, but suicide leaves such a bad aftertaste on the soul."

Hurt Hurts The Boomtown Rats

I don't want to listen But I think I see you screaming And it hurts. Instant Solzhenitsyn I get salt mines when I hear your voice It hurts.

Close As You'll Ever Be The Boomtown Rats

(I said) Down at the street around half past nine I heard someone scream I found someone dying His throat was slit from ear to ear He mumbled so low I could hardly hear I bent down low so I could hear

Please Don't Go The Boomtown Rats

I was walking down the street I was walking down the street with the queen of hearts She does the monkey, the polish and the spit, I do the all-age favorite the epileptic fit.

Cheerio The Boomtown Rats

I've been standing here five minutes And you haven't said a word Maybe you did Maybe I haven't heard Well you better hurry up and say something Or else i'm gonna go (long pause) Ok, that's fine by me

I Can Make It If You Can The Boomtown Rats

Somewhere a screen door slammed Somewhere, someplace, somebody's killing a man Down the road I'm told five people died And I wonder are you making love to anyone tonight.

A Storm Breaks The Boomtown Rats

A storm breaks over our head We take shelter We do as we're told A storm breaks over our head We take shelter Come in from the cold Life's OK If you drink Oh Life's OK If you dream Oh I can hear

House On Fire The Boomtown Rats

I heard Tarzan outside playing on the Jungle Blues I know 'cos I saw him shimmer in a Kenyan pool Coming on in the vines with his leopard-skin lioncloth cool Bony Watusi fingers Beating on the bark of

Having My Picture Taken The Boomtown Rats

I have it focused, From here to eternity. Catch the moment, catch the light, catch your breath Let me freeze your frame. We'll synchronize machine and brain, But don't mind me...

I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats

The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody’s gonna go to school today She’s gonna make them stay at home And daddy doesn’t understand it He always said she was good as gold

Skin On Skin The Boomtown Rats

bones of Skin on skin You can't teach me a thing about right or wrong London stops And everything's sweet You look out of your window But there's no street The cars are gone The night is dead And the

Kicks The Boomtown Rats

I don't get my kicks no more from cake or lemonade Bud I can't get served no smokes or drinks They tell me that I'm underage At sixteen years old I don't stand a chance but on Saturday when I get to the

Tonight The Boomtown Rats

sand, oh You scratch my back And maybe I'll claw yours You understand being used And if you feel a little itchy now You won't mind being abused Tonight...the towers crumble Tonight...the mountains fall

She's So Modern The Boomtown Rats

La-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la (She's so) 20th century (She's so) 1970s (She knows) the right things to say (She's got) the right clothes to wear 'Cause she's a modern girl (oh, yeah)

A Hold Of Me The Boomtown Rats

me Why don't you let me free 'cause you ain't got a hold on me You can take me to your bedroom You can take me to your heart You can take me to a climax I won't fall apart But don't count on me givin' it

Never In A Million Years The Boomtown Rats

I'll tear down the sky Don't stop now No never in a million years I'd spit in their eye Don't stop now But I won't be a volunteer And now I'm always dreaming of dreams That lie in state Waiting for me