How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[Robbie]

The future is bulletproof
The aftermath is secondary
It's time to do it now and do it loud
Killjoys, make some noise
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na
Na-na, na-na, na-na

Drugs, gimme drugs, gimme drugs
I don't need it, but I'll sell what you got
Take the cash and I'll keep it
Eight legs to the wall
Hit the gas, kill 'em all
And we crawl, and we crawl, and we crawl
You be my detonator

[Nearly Sane]

I said I don't think I can take it much longer
She said maybe your tabloid should be stronger
Get some serious drugs
Get some serious drugs
Toytown medicine don't make a change
If you want your head rearranged
Get some serious drugs
Get some serious drugs

The trouble with me
I can't give in you see
The trouble with me
I can't give in you see

I'd cut off my hair if you want me to
I'd cut off a finger if it'd get me
Your serious love
I've got serious love
I said I don't think I can much longer
She said maybe your tabloid should be stronger
Get some serious drugs
Get some serious drugs

[Robbie]

Here I lie in my hospital bed
Tell me, sister Morphine, when are you coming round again?
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long
Oh, you see that I'm not that strong
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears

Tell me, sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
What am I doing in this place?
Why does the doctor have no face?
Oh, I can't crawl across the floor
Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score

Well it just goes to show
Things are not what they seem
Please, sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams
Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast?
And that this shot will be my last

[Nearly Sane]

Now there was a time when they used to say
That behind every - "great man."
There had to be a - "great woman."
But in these times of change you know
That it's no longer true.
So we're comin' out of the kitchen
'Cause there's somethin' we forgot to say to you (we say)

Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
Standin' on their own two feet.
And ringin' on their own bells.
Sisters are doin' it for themselves.

[Aruntraveller]

Ring them bells ye heathen from the city that dreams
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries cross the valleys and streams
For they're deep and they're wide
And the world on its side
And time is running backwards
And so is the bride.

Ring them bells Saint Peter where the four winds blow
Ring them bells with an ironhand
So the people will know
Oh it's rush hour now
On the wheel and the plow
And the sun is going down upon the sacred cow.

[Robbie]

Ring the living bell
Ring the living bell
Shine the living light
Shine the living light
Ring the living bell
Ring the living bell

Been celebrating 'way too long
An' I've been drinkin', I'm ashamed to tell
Still feel thirsty
God I want to drink the water from the well
Still feel thirsty
God I want to drink and ring the living bell
Ring the bell, ah
Ring the living bell
Still feel thirsty
God, I want to give and ring the living bell

[Aruntraveller]

Gather around, I've got a story to tell, About a Manhattan lady that I know very well
She lives at five Riverside, her name is Shirley Devore, And she travelled 'round the world to meet the guy next door

Well there was trouble inside apartment 29 E, 'Cause Shirley's mother and dad were as upset as can be
They said we hate to complain dear and we don't like to grouse, But your nearly 32, you should get out of the house

You gotta ring them bells, you gotta ring them bells, You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells
It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting-a-ling, You gotta ring - them - bells

[Robbie]

Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy
Too busy to come to the phone
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying
To start a new life of her own
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's happy
So why don't you leave her alone?

And the operator says forty cents more
For the next three minutes

Please, Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her awhile
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packing
She's gonna be leaving today
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marrying
A fella down Galveston way
Sylvia's mother says please don't say nothing
To make her start crying and stay

And the operator says forty cents more
For the next three minutes

[Nearly Sane]

I went to my apartment on a Monday at one
A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky bum, shicky bum
Started movin' in it on a Tuesday at two
A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky do, shicky do
Wednesday at three I called the phone company, singin':
"Hey baby, put a phone in for me"
Thursday at four he came a-knockin' at my door, singin':

"Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man
You just show me where you want it and I'll put it where I can
I can put it in the bedroom, I can put it in the hall
I can put it in the bathroom, I can hang it on the wall
You can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring
And if you really want it you can have a ding-a-ling
Because-a hey baby, I'm your telephone man"

[Robbie]

Don't act like you don't see me around
You see me everyday in the ends
A box of mixtapes in the boot of the car
I might be going up North for the week
If I come back on a bassline ting
That don't mean that I think grime's dead
Never that fam, I'll keep it alive
Everyone knows what I represent
SWITCH!

I be the guy they can't catch
I be like gimme the mic you can't rap
Your killin' the vibey last track
Must have been written in five or half that
I'm bringin' the hype your bars lack
You'll be sittin' inside the car mad
Until you're sick of the sight of tarmac
I am livin' the life I can't act

Don't phone me just cuz you got my number
Don't ask what I'm on, don't ask what I'm under
Don't phone me just cuz you got my number
Don't ask what I'm on, don't ask what I'm under
Don't phone me just cuz you got my number
Don't ask what I'm on, don't ask what I'm under
Don't phone me just cuz you got my number
Got my number, got my number

[Nearly Sane]

I'll pick you up
In my car
Take you home
Its not far

If you wanna ...
Do it - do it - do it - do it

Why don't you ring my number ?
Why don't you ring my number now ?

Let's say goodbye
I couldn't stand it
You've got my number
Why don't you use it ?

[Robbie]

I may be wrong
But just as long, as I can have my say
I won't be true, to only you
It's gotta be that way
While I'm young
I'll have fun

There's so much to do
So don't tie me down
Don't wait around
And don't call me, I'll call you

You seem so sure
Actin' like your the only boy in town
But your so wise oh-oh-oh-oh
There are other guys I'd like be around

Why should I, date just one guy
When I-I can date a few
So just bide your time, wait in line
And don't call me, I'll call you

[Nearly Sane]

Colour me your colour, baby
Colour me your car
Colour me your colour, darling
I know who you are
Come up off your colour chart
I know where you're comin' from
Call me (call me) on the line
Call me, call me any, anytime
Call me (call me) my love
You can call me any day or night
Call me

Cover me with kisses, baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough
Emotions come, I don't know why
Cover up love's alibi

Call me (call me) on the line
Call me, call me any, anytime
Call me (call me) oh my love
When you're ready we can share the wine
Call me

[Aruntraveller]

I'm in the phone booth, it's the one across the hall
If you don't answer, I'll just ring it off the wall
I know he's there, but I just had to call

Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone

I heard your mother, now she's going out the door
Did she go to work or just go to the store?
All those things she said, I told you to ignore
Oh, why can't we talk again?
Oh, why can't we talk again?
Oh, why can't we talk again?

Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone

[Robbie]

Please send me a letter
Make me feel better
Darling please
Send me a letter
Make me feel better
Oh, darling please
 
When you went away
You said you'd write home everyday
But nothing appeared
You haven't sent a single word
What are you doing?
What has gone wrong?
Were you just fooling all along?
 
You tell me to wait
Will you return
It's getting late
You left me alone
Promised me that you'd soon be home
I'm sick with worry
Waiting patiently
I wish you'd hurry back to me
 
Please send me a letter

[Nearly Sane]

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm-a goin' home
Oh, my baby, just-a wrote me a letter

I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to my baby again
Lonely days are gone, I'm-a goin' home
Oh, my baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen, mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway, yeah!

[Robbie]

I gave a letter to the postman
He put it his sack
Bright early next morning
He brought my letter back

Return to sender, address unknown
No such number, no such zone
We had a quarrel, a lover's spat
I write I'm sorry but my letter keeps coming back

So then I dropped it in the mailbox
And sent it special D
Bright and early next morning
It came right back to me

Return to sender, address unknown
No such person, no such zone

[Aruntraveller]

(Stop)
Oh yes, wait a minute Mister Postman
(Wait)
Wait Mister Postman

Please Mister Postman, look and see
(Oh yeah)
If there's a letter in your bag for me
(Please, Please Mister Postman)
Why's it takin' such a long time
(Oh yeah)
For me to hear from that boy of mine

There must be some word today
From my boyfriend so far away
Please Mister Postman, look and see
If there's a letter, a letter for me

I've been standin' here waitin' Mister Postman

So patiently
For just a card, or just a letter
Sayin' he's returnin' home to me

[Nearly Sane]

The hand that wrote this letter sweeps the pillow clean
So rest your head and read a treasured dream
I care for no one else but you
I tear my soul to cease the pain
I think maybe you feel the same
What can we do?

I'm not quite sure what we're supposed to do
So I've been writing just for you

They say your life is going very well
They say you sparkle like a different girl
But something tells me that you hide
When all the world is warm and tired
You cry a little in the dark
Well so do I

[Aruntraveller]

Love letters straight from your heart
Keep us so near while apart
I'm not alone in the night
When I can have all the love you write

I memorize every line
And I kiss the name that you sign
And, darling, then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart

I memorize every line
And I kiss the name that you sign
And, darlin', then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart

[Robbie]

Two o'clock in the mornin'
I'm sleepin'
And something wakes me but I don't know what it is
[Computer goes:] "You've got mail."
It's my ex, prob'ly just misses my sex
Lemme get up and see what the deal
What the hell?!
It's cryin' faces
All over my screen
And a picture of her eye
Try to tell myself
This ain't nothing to L-O-L about
Gotta be serious
'cause usually she'd call but this time my baby done...

Sent Me An Email
With all the details
She said she want me back and she don't care what she gotta do for me
She couldn't say it in person
She put it all in words
And I don't know what to say
Dot. Dot. Dot. (Da - da - da - da)

[Aruntraveller]

The grand old painter died last night
His paintings on the wall
Before he went, he bade us well
And said goodnight to us all

"Drink to me, drink to my health
You know I can't drink any more"
"Drink to me, drink to my health
You know I can't drink any more"

3 o'clock in the morning, I'm getting ready for bed
It came without a warning
But I'll be waiting for you baby
I'll be waiting for you there

So drink to me, drink to my health
You know I can't drink any more
Drink to me, drink to my health
You know I can't drink any more

[Robbie]

What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do?
Lord, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue.
There's a glass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pain,
And there's a glass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pain.
But I drink it down, an' the next day I feel the same.
Gimme whiskey, gimme bourbon, give me gin.
Oh, gimme whiskey, give me bourbon, gimme gin.
Cause it don't matter what I'm drinkin', Lord, as long as it drown this sorrow I'm in.

[Nearly Sane]

Oh, Sam done something fine
When he bought that good whiskey, beer and wine
I love my whiskey and I love my gin
Every time you see me I'm in my sin
So what's the use of getting sober
When you're gonna get drunk again
I went out last night about half past one
Thought I'd whoop it up a little and have some fun
I got me a half pint about half past two
Mmm, mmm, the way I was feeling you know what I wanna do
Got me a pint about half past four
Felt so good, went out and got me some more
Got me a quart about half past five
Boy, that was so nice didn't know if I was dead or alive
So what's the use of getting sober
If you're gonna get drunk again

[Robbie]

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play
Through a meadow land toward a closing door
A door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before

The lonely night discloses just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you

just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you-oo-oo