Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley

[Tenement Funster]

My new purple shoes
Been amazin' the people next door
And my rock'n'roll forty fives
Been enragin' the folks on the lower floor

I got a way with the girls on my block
Try my best to be a real individual
And when we go down to smokies and rock
They line up like it's some kind of ritual

Oh give me a good guitar
And you can say that my hair's a disgrace
Or just find me an open car
I'll make the speed of light outta this place

I like the good things in life
But most of the best things ain't free
It's the same situation just cuts like a knife
When you're young and you're poor and you're crazy
Young and you're crazy...

Oh give me a good guitar
And you can say that my hair's a disgrace
Or just find me an open car
I'll make the speed of light outta this place

[Flick of the Wrist]

Dislocate your spine if you don't sign
He says I'll have you seeing double

Mesmerize you when he's tongue tied,
Simply with those eyes
(ooh ooh ohh)
Synchronize your minds and see,
The beast within him rise.

(Don't look back,
don't look back)
It's a rip off
(Flick of the wrist)
and you're dead baby
(Blow him a kiss)
and you're mad
(Flick of the wrist)
he'll eat your heart out
(A dig in the ribs)
and then a kick in the head
He's taken an arm and taken a leg,
(All this time honey)
baby you've been had

Intoxicate your brain with what I'm sayin'
If not you'll lie in knee deep trouble.

Prostitute yourself he says
Castrate your human pride
(ooh ooh ooh)
Sacrifice your leisure days
Let me squeeze you 'till you've dried
(Don't look back, don't look back)
It's a rip off
(ahhhh ahhahh
ahhhh)

[Guitar Solo]

Work my fingers to my bones
I scream with pain
I still make no impression.

Seduce you with his money make machine,
Cross collateralise (big time money money)
Reduce you to a muzak fake machine
Then the last goodbye

(Flick of the wrist)
and you're dead baby
(Blow him a kiss)
and you're mad
(Flick of the wrist)
he'll eat your heart out
(A dig in the ribs)
and then a kick in the head
He's taken an arm and taken a leg
(All this time honey)
baby you've been had

[Lily of the Valley]

I am forever searching high and low
But why does everybody tell me no.
Neptune of the seas an answer for me please
The lily of the valley doesn't know.

I lie and wait with open eyes,
I carry on thru' stormy skies.
I follow ev'ry course,
my kingdom for a horse.
But each time I grow old,
Serpent of the Nile,
relieve me for a while,
And cast me from your spell and let me go!

Messenger from seven seas has flown,
To tell the king of Rhye he's lost his throne.
Wars will never cease.
Is there time enough for peace?
(Cos') The lily of the valley doesn't know.