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the wombats - 1996

I had no cares in the 1990s
I knew of no downfalls
The war was breaking out all around me
My concerns were with prank calls

She kissed me on the cheek
She kissed me on the cheek
Right in front of the older kids
When my self-belief, my self-belief
Wasn't scarred by the modern itch

'Cause now it feels like
We kissed with one eye on our TV set
And the more I give, the less I get
Using fairground rides just to spark her smile
This little hit to miss, bring back 1996, bring back 1996
So hard to beat those teenage kicks, bring back 1996

We were cloning sheep in the 1990s
We were building telescopes
And sugar filled the whole of my body
As I edged it all to grow

I kissed her on the cheek
I kissed her on the cheek
Just to impress the older kids
But my self-belief, my self-belief
Wasn't lost in the modern glitch

'Cause now it feels like
We kissed with one eye on our TV set
And the more I give, the less I get
Using fairground rides just to spark her smile
This little hit to miss, bring back 1996, bring back 1996

Stop talking, stop talking
I need a lover not a friend tonight
I'm leaving, I'm leaving
I'm not cut out for the modern life

I'll never beat those teenage kicks
I'll never beat those teenage kicks
I'll never beat those teenage kicks
Bring back 1996

the wombats - anti d

Please allow me to be your anti- depressant,
I too am prescribed as freely
As any decongestant

We kick back and let the pills do the talking
People hear a distinct rattle when we're walking
Then there's the extra two stone that's our only guarantee

Our vivid dreams are just like big production movies
They get entangled well within our daily routines
So please re-think or use my dream-on strategy

And please allow me to be your anti- depressant,
I too, am prescribed as freely
As any decongestant

Its hard to smile when your as flattened as a pancake
The only tears come from our heads when we concentrate
Perhaps I'm being unjust or perhaps you agree

Still I've thrown away my citalopram
I need more than what was in those forty miligrams
So cast away with the doctors plans

And please allow me to be your anti- depressant,
I too, am prescribed as freely
As any decongestant

Still I've thrown away my citalopram
Although I felt as grim as the reaper man
So cast away with the doctors plans
Like me

the wombats - backfire at the disco

It's 8 o' clock and I'm feeling fine
I'm out on a date tonight
In a candle lit restaurant down by the riverside
Everythingâ??s going alright I guess
She took down my number and home address
Everything was going perfectly until...

It backfired at the disco, she slapped me at the disco, I did something I'll never forget

It was a chat-up line built not to impress
More a sleazy remark on her whorish dress
My wires crossed like they've never done before
Well it's 3 o' clock and I'm feeling shite
I'm going home alone tonight
I made a move when it was well out of context

It backfired at the disco, she slapped me at the disco
I did something I'll never forget
It backfired at the disco, we were dancing at the disco
I made a move when it was well out of context

It backfired at the disco, we were dancing at the disco
It backfired at the disco, we were dancing at the disco
Yeah, it backfired at the disco, when she slapped me at the disco
It backfired at the disco, we were dancing at the disco

the wombats - caravan in wales

We're going on holiday
So why have you got an array of board games under your
arm?
What's the point in going somewhere else
If you're only going to do exactly what you would be
doing at home?
Looks like we're both in checkmate now

Board games have a double meaning in this caravan in
Wales
You sink ships when we should be kissing
Monopoly has thrown us in jail!

So stick the kettle on, so stick the kettle on!
Cos that's your get out call, your automatic response
when everything is going wrong
It was you who killed us in the bedroom with the
lights on

Board games have a double meaning in this caravan in
Wales
You sink ships when we should be kissing
Monopoly has thrown us in jail!

Board games have a double meaning in this caravan in
Wales
You play Scrabble though we should be kissing
Monopoly has thrown us in jail!

Looks like we're both in checkmate now

the wombats - derail and crash

I met you four months last Sunday,
My oh my what a happy, clappy fun day.
We started off as jobs in catering,
Had no idea of the pain this cheap pay could bring.

Now that your tickle has become a scratch,
This ghost train will derail and crash.
Like Blackpool's Pepsi Max,
We will derail and crash, derail and crash.

You moved my wardrobe out the front door,
A slight indication of what I've come home, what I'm in for.
You were watching Tarantino loud on widescreen,
I catch your eye and the barrel points at me.

Looks like your tickle has become a scratch,
This ghost train will derail and crash.
Like Blackpool's Pepsi Max,
We will derail and crash, derail and crash.

Derail and crash (x4)

the wombats - die hard movie girl

Mr. Jealous Man today,
Close cousin of Mr. Runaway,
Don't wanna feel sorry for myself now,
But Lorraine Kelly at noons not really helping me out.

Oooh oo oo oo oo oo oooo
Oooh oo oo oo oo oo oooo

I smashed the window with a cuddly toy,
Not with a strong arm but with the
weakness of a frustrated boy.
Lets not get lost in ourselves today,
But these microwave meals are really
paving the way.

Oooh oo oo oo oo oo oooo
Oooh oo oo oo oo oo oooo
Oooh oo oo oo oo oo oooo
Oooh oo oo oo oo oo oooohhh

Shes just my die-hard movie in slow motion
Shes just my die-hard movie in slow motion
Shes just my die-hard movie in slow motion

I could never be the good guy
I could never be the good guy
I could never be the good guy
I could never be the good guy
I could never be the good guy

(1, 2,3,4)

I could never be the good guy
I could never be the good guy
I could never be the good guy
I could never be the good guy

Die hard movie girl I love you so
(I could never be the good guy, I could never be the good guy)
Die hard movie girl I love you so
(I could never be the good guy, I could never be the good guy)
Die hard movie girl I love you so
(I could never be the good guy, I could never be the good guy)
Die hard movie girl I love you so
(I could never be the good guy, I could never be the good guy)

the wombats - dr suzanne mattox phd

I'm going to the doctors on friday
im going to the doctors on friday
they make me better, they give me pills and all sorts,
my GP's going to help me this friday
her name's suzanne and she's got a PhD
and i think that she likes me,
well she's always smiling,

Dont think im wasting your time
this is not a drama piece of mine
i'm not here to tell you lies
suzanne you better believe me this time

Help me suzanne, help help me suzanne!
Help me suzanne, help help me suzanne!

She told me to stop smoking but i'll do it anyways
they told me to stop smoking but i'll do it anyways
i don't care now, i can't see it hurt me
they told me to stop drinking but i'll do it anyway
they told me to stop drinking but i'll do it anyway
i don't care now, maybe ive died inside

Dont think im wasting your time
this is not a drama piece of mine
i'm not here to tell you lies
suzanne you better believe me this time

Help me suzanne, help help me suzanne!
Help me suzanne, help help me suzanne!

the wombats - girls fast cars

We don't care for romance
Romance or shooting stars
They were last found together in 18th century memoirs
We don't care for lovers
If loving is all that they've got
There must be other hobbies if they want to keep the plot

I'm a man of simple taste
No whisky or caviar
And what I feel is what I say
I'm not trying to be smart

I like girls, girls and fast cars
You too will feel this shallow when one melts your heart little heart
They melt, they melt, they melt your little heart

We don't care for New Year
New Year or fireworks
If all they represent is how to go from bad to worse
But let's not feel disheartened
There's no need to turn the locks
We'll stick to what we know and what we know is not a lot

I'm a man of simple taste
No chewing on fat cigars
And what I feel is what I say I'm not trying to be smart

I like girls, girls and fast cars
It's cheap and it's pathetic but you can't hate me just because
I like girls, girls and fast cars
You too will feel this shallow when one melts your little heart
They melt, they melt, they melt your little heart

the wombats - guillotine

I'm not in love with you
I'm a coward and a thief
I'm a shark with blunted teeth

I have somewhat mislead you
I've been known to bend the truth
I would lie in a confession booth

I'm not in a playful mood
Understatement for the year
Well I thought that I should make things clear

As I'm not in love with you
I make promises I can't keep
I've told your boss and I'll tell your niece

Drop me like a guillotine
Sever all ties
Just make it a clean sheet
Drop me like a guillotine
Rusted or sharp
Just make it a clean sweep

I'm only using you
Be my shoulder be my muse
But no Pdas or I'll act confused

Cos I'm not in love with you
We're not all bastards down at heart
It's just alterior motifs really get us hard

Drop me like a guillotine
Sever all ties
Just give me a clean sheet
Drop me like a guillotine
Rusted or sharp
Just make it a clean sweep

Drop me like a guillotine
Sever all ties
Just give me a clean sheet
Drop me like a guillotine
You work so hard and all the while you're forgetting me

While you work you're forgetting me

I'm not in love with you
I'm a coward and a thief
I write words that I should never sing

the wombats - happily screwed

Are you gonna screw my head up,
as much as i've been told?
Yeah, ok, your pretty wierd but your not the physco i've been sold.
Thanks for the wonderful evening but I've got to pay this back,
With interest on the miles and the distance you sent me..
you sent me down the track

(down the track)

you sent me down the track tilll I'm
so Happily Screwed,
Screweddddddddd

And I've never got so many texts as I did from you that night.
And why do we set up for a year of movies and one big fight?
Come on, can we go there anyway? this is such a waste of time.
If you just grab those bags and hold my hand
We'll run...

Straight through the one way sign
(One way sign)
Straight through the one way sign
(You and I)

Could be so happily screwed x 3

So happily screwed,
screwed

the wombats - here comes the anxiety

I'd say that this is the darkest song I ever wrote
No hint of a smile or the usual quirky anecdotes
No this is a song about someone new what not to say
what not to do
So now I just think I'll be honest

I hope that no one ever leaves
Cause I don't want to be alone with me
Not with the things that rush up and down this infant
spine
Here comes the love anxiety
Can't let it grab a hold of me
Not like the last time

Why'd you have to wear skirts and heels like that?
She's blinding anyway but now she's floodlighting up
the match
It's twenty minutes â??till showtime but the backstage
is the stage tonight
So now I just think I'll be honest

I hope that no one ever leaves
Cause I don't wanna be alone with me
Not with the things that rush up and down this infant
spine
Here comes the love anxiety
Can't let it grab a hold of me
Not like the last time

Here comes the love anxiety
It's going to grab a hold of me
Just like the last time

Here comes the love anxiety,
it's gonna grab a hold of me,
just like the last time.

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the wombats - iou

Iâ??ve seen him flop this show before
Thinking thereâ??s a quick fix for a bachelorâ??s lonely score
Relax, itâ??s not conscript to war
Youâ??re so desperate you should wear those flashing devil horns

Just cause she came here alone
Doesnâ??t mean sheâ??s not got the baggage of a long haul flight
Just cause youâ??re dancing slow
Doesnâ??t mean youâ??re not hanging by a thread of spit tonight

This is not an Iou
This is not an Iou
Donâ??t let her invoice for services rendered

This is not an Iou
This is not an Iou
Donâ??t let her invoice for services rendered

Well done, you jumped in the shallow end
When your blood rises up sheâ??ll chuck you in again
Itâ??s holiday time, sheâ??s home with mum and friends
But youâ??re three months in you canâ??t shake those jealous breaking ends (not sure about that last bit)

That paranoid pulse that beats your head
Well you know that thereâ??s a reason why it beats there
Though she says she loves you on the phone
You know sheâ??s fucking like a vampire in her parentsâ?? home

This is not an Iou
This is not an Iou
Donâ??t let her invoice for services rendered

This is not an Iou
This is not an Iou
Donâ??t let her invoice for services rendered

Just cause she came here alone
Doesnâ??t mean sheâ??s not got the baggage of a long haul flight
It seems you learn your lesson slow
And thatâ??s how you get knocked out without knowing that youâ??re in a fight

This is not an Iou
This is not an Iou
Donâ??t let her invoice for services rendered

This is not an Iou
This is not an Iou
Donâ??t let her invoice for services rendered

the wombats - is this christmas

Twas the night before christmas
and all through the house
not a creature was stirring
except for
...a wombat??

i can hear the sleigh bells comign around the bend
here comes the darkest end
christmas is here

it's about nights extend into the overdraft
to scrape out what is left
at the end of the year

it's christmas!

turn back to the future off i've seen it before
maybe every year and more
it's great but not again

"what's that burning! what's that burning!" my mum shreiks down
while she's touching up her brow
for when the family arrive

and the red wine plummets down and we should all be in out beds
but it's right wing versus left
tli the wings fall off out heads

and is this christmas?
is this christmas?
is this christmas, my dear?

is this christmas?
is this christmas?
whatever happened to that festive cheer?

can you hear the sleigh bells coming around the bend
here comes our darkest end
christmas is here

and the ice burns up the hill until we all lose our feet
though it never really snows
it's more like horizontal sleet

and is this christmas?
is this christmas?
is this christmas, my dear?

is this christmas? (oh no it's christmas)
is this christmas? (oh no it's christmas)
whatever happened to that festive cheer? (oh no it's christmas)

don't you just love christmas (oh no it's christmas)
don't you just love christmas (oh no it's christmas)
don't you just love christmas (oh no it's christmas)
don't you just love christmas (oh no it's christmas)
don't you just love christmas (oh no it's christmas)
everybody loves christmas (oh no it's christmas)
everybody loves christmas (oh no it's christmas)
everybody loves
everybody loves
everyone it's christmas!

the wombats - jump into the fog

What a great achievement it was,
To get a hotel room this late
I bet they charge by the hour here,
the kinda place you should bring your own UV rave
It's not a big problem with me love,
You don't look that hygenic anyway.
I'm only here because,
I wanna twist the structure of my average day

You feel nothing so jump into the fog,
you know that we hit the ground upright
You feel nothing so jump into the fog,
I just hope it's your bones that shatter not mine
You feel nothing so jump into the fog
You know that we hit the ground upright
You feel nothing so jump into the fog...

What a great achievement it was,
To find someone who shirks such little self restraint
I'm a non believer but,
I believe in these dirty little wicked games
Shakes and ladders are ben in here love,
The climbs too rough just to slide back down again
I'm only here because,
I feel the day deserves a truely sorded end.

You feel nothing so jump into the fog,
you know that we hit the ground upright
You feel nothing so jump into the fog,
I just hope it's your brains that splatter not mine
You feel nothing so jump into the fog
You know that we hit the ground upright
You feel nothing so jump into the fog...

I've made some bad decisions
I'll admit that freely
It's just that life tastes sweeter
When it's wrapped in deberchery
So drop your map, drop your plans, drop you five step programme Because there's not an ounce of faith in this leap
It's clear your feel nothing so jump into the fog with me...
Jump in... Jump in... Jump in...

You feel nothing so jump into the fog,
You know that we hit the ground upright
You feel nothing so jump into the fog,
I just hope it's your brains that splatter not mine
You feel nothing so jump into the fog
You know that we hit the ground upright
You feel nothing so jump into the fog

the wombats - kill the director

I've met someone that makes me feel seasick
Oh what a skill to have
Oh what a skill to have
So many skills that make her distinctive
But they're not mine to have
No they're not mine

Whenever she looks i read the nearest paper
No i don't care about the soaps
No i don't care about the soaps
Though i'm acting like i'm in an Eastenders episode

If this is a rom-com
Kill the director
If this is a rom-com
Kill the director please

Carrots help us see much better in the dark
Don't talk to girls; they'll break your heart
And this is my head and this is my spout
They work together; they can't figure anything out

So with the angst of a teenage band
Here's another song about a gender i'll never understand
Here's another song about a gender i'll never understand

If this is a rom-com
Kill the director
If this is a rom-com
Kill the director
If this is a rom-com
Kill the director please

This is no Bridget Jones
This is no Bridget Bridget
This is no Bridget Jones
This is no Bridget Bridget
This is no Bridget Jones
This is no Bridget Bridget
This is no Bridget Jones
This is no Bridget Bridget
This is no Bridget Jones
This is no Bridget Bridget
This is no Bridget Jones
This is no Bridget
Bridget Jones

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