Playlist Reverend And The Makers

reverend and the makers - hidden persuaders

The hidden persuaders
Are gonna infiltrate us
Till babes in consumer land
Can supply and demand
And the spending's contageous

Do you reckon it's outrageous
That they're paying the entertainers
To get you buying the jeans
That you don't really need
From the fashion dictators?

Coz they're all trying to make me compromised
To these one a dollar conners telling lots of lies
Am I as bad as them
And you just realise that it's true

Coz you're free
To do as we tell you

And you're free
To do as we say

And you're free
To do as we tell you

And you're free
To do it today

We've been at it for ages
Creating black holes from wages
To get you all hypnotised by the big dollar signs
Of the manipulators

The hidden persuaders
Are gonna infiltrate us
Till babes in consumer land
Can supply and demand
And the spending's contageous

They call it product placement in the industry
Coz it's designed to get you buying all the things you see
Do you think they're hoodwinking society and you?

Coz you're free
To do as we tell you

And you're free
To do as we say

And you're free
To do as we tell you

And you're free
To do it today

And you're free
To do as we tell you

And you're free
To do as we say

And you're free
To do as we tell you

And you're free
To do it today

reverend and the makers - bandits

(Reverend)
Spin for feature or I hold for fruit
I need two more nudges and I'll drop the loot
Sure I'll jack it almost anytime
Here's a voice creeping from behind

(Tim)
No, no mate you wanna' hold the pears
Cos I've been watching you from over by the stairs
Turbocash is cool you wanna' let ?em spin
But if the hoppers full you're guaranteed a win

(Reverend)
No, no mate why don't you understand
I've got a scheme a plan I've got it all in hand
I need a no-lose or an extra life
And me mobile's ringing. It's me wife

(Laura)
Where are you Jon what time will you be home
I've been trying to call just get your answerphone
I've told you once, I've told you times before
I can't get to sleep until you're through the door
Are you listening to anything I say?
We need the money, we got bills to pay
Don't get drunk and make sure you're not late
And don't be gambling please for goodness sake

(Reverend)
Back inside a frown adorns my face
Because I see this bloke's stepped in and took me place
What takes the biscuit, really tops it off
Is when the jackpot lights up, he's took the lot

(Anon)
Haha lad you see what I just did?
I just dropped the bandit, only spent a quid
Oh were you playing mate?
I didn't realise?

(Reverend)
I'm so skint and demoralised

(Tim)
There's always tomorrow mate

reverend and the makers - silence is talking

How you gonna explain this one
Whatever would you say to your friends
Nobody's gonna rewind this one
Cos there's no easy way of making amends

However did they justify this one
I wonder of its money to home
Cos the political offical might of feel a little little slow
But unfortunately nobody knows

Are you unaware
Could it been that you don't care
You know
Just kick your heels and wish it away

Being in love is paramount
Feeling love is paramount
Feeling love is paramount
Feeling love is paramount

Nothing fancy at his spot on
They don't suppose what they wanna suppose
Maybe he's a liar and there's no smoke without fire
And I bet you swallowed it whole

Are you unaware
Could it been that you don't care
You can't
Just kick your heels and wish it away

Being in love is paramount
Feeling love is paramount
Feeling love is paramount
Feeling love is paramount

Silence is talking
Silence is talking
Silence is talking

reverend and the makers - he said he loved me

(Laura)
He said he loved me
He said he needs me
He said to Keeley he thinks I'm special
He didn't love me
He didn't need me
Got off with Keeley, she thinks shes special

(Reverend)
She used to go out
She used to get dressed up
An all the while
Shes getting more messed up
And she looks out
Through the window pane
As all her friends
Are going out again

She used to smile
She used to go to bars
Now its just rattles
And baby food in jars
Know how shes feeling
Because there ain't no texts
I know shes reeling
They're at the multiplex

Mams and prams
Twelve week scans
Wish you weren't a story of the also-rans

(Laura)
He said he loved me
He said he needs me
He said to Keeley he thinks I'm special
He didn't love me
He didn't need me
Got off with Keeley, she thinks shes special

(Reverend)
The family helps her
She takes him to his Nans
Gives her some time off
Go to the caravan
And shes a mother
Although it breaks her heart
Her friends don't know her
They've grown so far apart

Mams and prams
An twelve week scans
Wish you weren't a story of the also-rans

(Laura & Reverend)
He said he loved me
He said he needs me
He said to Keeley he thinks I'm special
He didn't love me
He didn't need me
Got off with Keeley, she thinks shes special

He said he loved me
He said he needs me
He said to Keeley he thinks I'm special
He didn't love me
He didn't need me
Got off with Keeley, she thinks shes special

(Laura)
He said he loved me

He said he needs me

He didn't love me

He didn't need me

reverend and the makers - what the milkman saw

I've heard he's into leather and what they both do when they're together
Curtains twitch in suburbia tonight
I've heard that they're not real brothers, cos' their mam went with another
Taproom gossip in suburbia tonight

And the mother's meet and does the rounds
Hasn't Sheila Jackson piled on the pounds?
It wouldn't spread much quicker if you put it on the internet

What's going on at number 34? Kev says there's bodies buried underneath the floor
But this isn't murder its just Grenoside
Can you believe that Keeley's with him again? A clever lass but she's daft when it comes to men
Walls have ears and there's nowhere to hide

In the corner shop all the rumours start
With the dirty looks and the sly remarks
It wouldn't spread much quicker if you put it on the internet

Have you heard that Sue's expecting, Mark says cos' Donna texted him
Chinese whispers and spies on mothercare
Apparently he's off the wagon, he's been seen in the George and Dragon
Put your eyes back in don't ya know it's rude to stare

And all the decent people sleep in decent beds
In preparation for another day of decentness
If that's so decent then ill be something else

She's had a black one. She's had a white one. She's had a brown one
And Johnny reckons that he saw her in the chemist buying something for the weekend
I'm telling ya its true cos' my cousin is her best friend

She's had a black one. She's had a white one. She's had a brown one
And Johnny reckons that he saw her in the chemist buying oral contraception
It can't be for her hubby cos' he can't get an erection

reverend and the makers - 18 30

Je, je suis anglais,
Stay in bed past midday,
But in the night time I play,
Smash up your hotel it's okay.

Wanna get away, on my holiday.
La a la la la
Wanna get away, for a holiday.

Dos bier mate, por favor
Won't see the sun 'til I've got four (?)
Put on my best shirt, I'm gonna score
Six San Miguels and we'll hit the floor.

Wanna get away, on my holiday.
La la la la
I wanna get away, on my holiday.

Rotate the lounger as the sun goes round,
Screaming royal brittania while the shit goes down
I wanna get away, I wanna get away from you.

Je je je je suis anglais
I know you think that we're all the same
And causing trouble is our forte
Portugal, France, Greece or Spain

Gonna get away, on a holiday.
La a la a la la
Wanna get away, on a holiday.

You rotate the lounger as the sun goes round
Screaming royal brittania while the shit goes down
I wanna get away, I wanna get away from you.

reverend and the makers - sex with the ex

Like in the hall of mirrors, you look different today
He saw you coming out of Etam and it struck him how you'd changed
Was it that you looked slimmer? or had you dyed your hair?
As you were feigning your indifference, making out like you didn't care

He never contemplated bumping in to you
How's your mother now? what you been up to?
Just to see you sets him off
A chance encounter with someone he loved so dearly

Although it left him bitter, he still fancies you
Although he's been around a bit since, nobody does it like you do
He tells you you look fitter than when he saw you last
There's still a something there between you, despite the months that's passed

He never contemplated bumping in to you
How's your mother now and what you been up to?
Just to see you sets him off
A chance encounter with someone he loved so dearly

And you didn't take no cajoling, and then you were rolling around on his living room floor
Once he'd been in your knickers, the lies and the bickers didn't matter so much anymore

And I've often heard it being said that you can't be friends once you've been to bed
Just to see you sets me off
A chance encounter with someone I loved so dearly

A free ride on a guilt trip (x8)

reverend and the makers - sundown on the empire

It's like when Britney left the Disney Club
Cos she's a lioness and not a cub
At the end of an era, her future's no clearer
When the taxi comes to pick her up
It's like Angie leaving the Queen Vic
Trepidation, feeling a bit sick
We're at the end of an era
As Walter and Vera are coming up to wave her off

Its like when Ginger left the other four
There's a row when Brad an Jen got divorced
It wont be the same now
There's nothing to gain now
From staying round here no more

It's like the pub around closing time
Muhammad Ali in the Berbick fight
There is no pretending, she knows that its ending
She's made her mind and booked the flight

This bird has flown,
How it seems she's outgrown all she knows
It's the Sundown on the Empire
This bird has flown,
How it seems she's outgrown all she knows
This bird, has flown

Like co-pilots on your final flight
As you were Morecambe, but she was wise
She got a ticket, as she couldn't stick it?
She'll be in Faliraki by midnight

It's like when Britney left the Disney club
Cos she's a lioness and not a cub
At the end of an era, the future's no clearer
When the taxi comes to pick her up

This bird has flown,
How it seems she's outgrown all she knows
It's the Sundown on the Empire
This bird has flown,
How it seems she's outgrown all she knows
This bird, has flown

reverend and the makers - the machine

TJ don't want no less
Can't think, can't talk, must process
No practice, no sample
Must earn, must learn, must trample

And don't forget you can get off the conveyor
And don't forget you can get off the conveyor
And when you want you can get off the conveyor
And when you want you can get out...

And don't forget you can get off the conveyor
And don't forget you can get off the conveyor
And when you want you can get off the conveyor
And when you want you can get out of the machine

TJ don't want no less
Can't think, can't talk, must process
No choice, no prospectus
More money you must respect us

And don't forget you can get off the conveyor
And don't forget you can get off the conveyor
And when you want you can get off the conveyor
And when you want you can get out...

And don't forget you can get off the conveyor
And don't forget you can get off the conveyor
And when you want you can get off the conveyor
And when you want you can get out of the machine

Get born, get stupid
Get born, get stupid
Get born, get stupid
Get born, get stupid
Get born, get stupid
Get born, get stupid
Get born, get stupid
Get born, get stupid

Don't forget you can get off the conveyor
Don't forget you can get off the conveyor
When you want you can get off the conveyor
When you want you can get out...

Don't forget you can get off the conveyor
Don't forget you can get off the conveyor
When you want you can get off the conveyor
When you want you can get out...

Don't forget you can get off the conveyor
Don't forget you can get off the conveyor
When you want you can get off the conveyor

reverend and the makers - heavyweight champion of the world

And now...

That shes older
In the embers of romance
Pay two mortgages and leccy bills
Been comfortable and that
Nobody told her
That she'd ever reach the stage
Where her husband bores or her
Or she lies about her age

He's compromising
At least he's got a job for life
Get born, get school, get job, get car
Pay tax and find a wife
And on that note
The end can't come too soon
If you're not living on the edge
You take up too much room

I could've been a contender
Could've been a someone
Caught up in the rat race
And feeling like a no-one
Appearing in the papers (?)
With the money and the girls
I could've been The Heavyweight Champion of the World

At school he used to dream about
Being Bruce Lee
But the need for chops in the Manor top
Aint all that great you see
And so he gave up
On his black belt and fast hands (?)
As near as he got to China
Was a week in Camber sands

I could've been a contender
Could've been a someone
Caught up in the rat race
And feeling like a no-one
Appearing in the papers (?)
With the money and the girls
I could've been The Heavyweight Champion of the World

It might be boring so boring
It might put you to sleep
The same old routine repeats week after week
And you work harder, work harder
Cos you're told that you must
And you must earn a living
And you must earn a crust

...like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else

I could've been a contender
Could've been a someone
Caught up in the rat race
And feeling like a no-one
Appearing in the papers (?)
With the money and the girls
I could've been The Heavyweight Champion of the World
I could've been a contender
Could've been a someone
Caught up in the rat race
And feeling like a no-one
Appearing in the papers (?)
With the money and the girls
I could've been The Heavyweight Champion of the World

Be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else

reverend and the makers - armchair detective

Armchair detective, what's your synopsis?
Hoping you'll tell us how we can stop this
Nobody wants to look stupid today more so than usual
To say something clever is of such importance, to say something clever is crucial

Armchair detective, what (are) you surmising?
A fountain of knowledge in times of crisis
Opinions like arseholes on days like today; everyone's got one
You'd best say it quick while it's fresh in your mind, say it before it's forgotten

Just cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right
Cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right
Cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right
Cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right

Ignorance is bliss, folly to be wise
What's the best course of action? Waiting for advice.
Kneejerk reactions are invoked today more so than usual
To say something clever is of such importance, to say something clever is crucial

(Say what you think however far from the truth it might be)
Just cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right
Cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right
Cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right
Cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right
(Say what you think but don't believe in a half of what you read)
Just cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right
Cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right
Cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right
Cos you shout loudest don't mean that you're right

Say what you think however far from the truth it might be
Say what you think but don't believe in a half of what you read

Say what you think

Armchair detective, what's your synopsis?
Hoping you'll tell us how we can stop this
(Say what you think however far from the truth it might be)
Armchair detective, what (are) you surmising?
A fountain of knowledge in times of crisis

Nobody wants to look stupid today more so than usual
To say something clever is of such importance, to say something clever is crucial

reverend and the makers - the last resort

John: Sunken yachtsmen, sinking yards,
Drunken Scotsmen, drinking hard.
Every lunatic and his friend,
I mustn't go down to the sea again.

Jon: Edge of Cliffesville, terraced houses,
Lilo lills, unfaithful spouses,
Dirty weekends by the sea
And stains on sheets in B&Bs.

John: The rain whips the promenade,
It drips on chips, they turn to lard.
I'd send a card if I had a pen,
I mustn't go down to the sea again.

Jon: The edge of Cliffesville's all decay
And all the punters stay away,
Put off by negative reports,
Of lairy bastards, mucky shores.

John: A string of pearls from the bingo bar
For a girl who looks like Ringo Starr.
She's mad about married men,
I mustn't go down to the sea again.

Jon: It's the sort of place you'd come to die,
It's f**king grim - no wonder why,
I think I'll save ya from the rest,
Even the seagulls - they're depressed.

John: The clumsy kiss that ends in tears,
How I wish I wasn't here.
Tell Tony, Mike and Lynn,
I mustn't go down to the sea again.

reverend and the makers - dear lydia

Writing letters, posting hoping, that you'll reply
Dear Lydia, ya didn't did ya
Why do you think that all of my intentions are lies
I wouldn't kid ya

Lydia i'm having a ball
Ache
Getting through to ya

No post shows up, heaven knows, i'm miserable now
I've got The Smiths on, writing this song
I would have called but it always just descends in to rows
I think you're pissed off

Lydia i'm having a ball
Ache
Getting through to ya

And it seems like i'm writing 'War and Peace'
In an attempt to set my mind at ease
My writings bad but my spelling's worse
it makes its way from brain to verse

And I think they're getting rather sick
Of me down at the post office
I might be a dog but i'm not your bitch Lydia

Lydia i'm having a ball
Ache
Am I gettin through to ya?

reverend and the makers - julians got a gti

Mirror, mirror
In the door
Whos the baddest of em all
Alloy wheels and tinted screens
Two big spoliers
Subs an all

Mirror, mirror
In the door
Whos the baddest of em all
Faster, faster
Go faster, faster
I'll drive with my knees while I take the call

Faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go

Mirror, mirror in the door
I'll impress you
With ma bird an all
I'll burn this knob head at the lights
Don't wear seatbelts
Hold on tight

Faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go

Slow down, John!
(Pack it in)
Copppers look out
Pulling in
Shut up moanin cos its a laugh
Hahahahahahahaha

Faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go

Police invesitgate misdemeanors
Involving four youths
In a Ford Cortina
Flowers mark the spot where they met their end
Doin ninety-five on a sharp N-bend

Not tryin to say I'm all clever an wise
With your need for speed you need to realise
Always thought you were better than I
With your Sports Coupe or your GTI

Faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go faster, faster
Go

reverend and the makers - miss brown

Oh miss Brown, ya ruby lipsticks gonna paint the town
you swear you're happy but you're eyes let you down
go on have another one, regret it when tomorrow comes

oh when you act the fool, you just want a fella who dunt treat you cruel
one to show the other mothers at the school
that your not what they say your not someone who will do anything

Oh for love of Miss Brown
Oh for love of Miss Brown
Oh for love of Miss Brown
I do it all for the love of Miss Brown

I'd love to sleep tonight
i'm not one to overstay my invite
i won't be creeping out the backdoor when its nearly light
it's alright when you're bladdered regret it tomorrow comes

always a man to blame
i bet you'll start a fire counting you're old flames
you say you've never met a good'n cos we're all the same
well some of us are differend some of us will do anything

Oh for love of Miss Brown
Oh for love of Miss Brown
Oh for love of Miss Brown
I do it all for the love of Miss Brown

I bet that your son's got more uncles than most
who's this strange man eating frosties and toast
I bet that your son's got more uncles than most
introductions at breakfast, frosties and toast

Oh for love of Miss Brown
Oh for love of Miss Brown
Oh for love of Miss Brown
I do it all for the love of Miss Brown

reverend and the makers