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xx	LYRICS From Clissold Arms to This is where I belong.			xx
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1	The Clissold Arms and the Fortis Green.
1	Fortis Green Aug 1999	Mum would shout and scream when dad would come home drunk When she asked him where he'd been, he'd say "Up the Clissold Arms" Chatting up some huzzy, but he didn't mean no harm Sunday morning drives, just to get away	Dave
2	Dad And The Green Amp (dialog) 1997	Dad was a real party animal. He loved to go at the pub and have a singsong with his mates and drink as much stout as possible. All of his cronies used to go with him. And at closing time they'd come back home. Back to the front room where Dave and I would be practising. And dad would walk in and he'd say "Shut that rubbish up. Get out. We're gonna have a party and I'm gonna perform".	Ray
3	Fortis Green Aug 1999	Fortis Green, memories of days when I was young It can only be a memory. A time that now has gone Fortis Green, memories of days when I was young Collecting bottle tops, threepenny bits. Fishing with my Dad	Dave
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2	Home in Denmark Terrace 6.
4	My Big Sister (dialog) 1997	But it's the sisters. You see, our older sisters played all of their beebop records on the radiogram in the front room where we lived.The front room. It was the center of our world, because that's where we helt all of our family parties. Any excuse for a party, really. Weddings, birthdays, funerals, you name it. A party would take place in the front room.	Ray
5	The Front Room (dialog) 1997	It's hard to describe the front room. It had a really magical quality to it, really spiritual in a way. I went to a church school, but the closest I felt to religion was not when I was singing in the school choir or when I was at Sunday school which I always went to. But it was more when I rehearsed with Dave in the front room.	Ray
6	Back In The Front Room 1997	And then the cops knocked at the door with letters from solicitors We'd disturb the peace and woke up all the neighbours But dad says "Forget the neighbours.Keep playing, boys, keep playing"	Ray
7	The Third Single (dialog) 1997	"This is it, remember, the front room". Then he gritted his teeth and sneered at me one more time and cocked an attitude before turning away into the corner of the studio to play himself into rock 'n' roll history.	Ray
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3	The Childhood is pulled down.
8	The Video Shop Jan 1986	The local factory's been pulled down By an overseas corporation Now all of my brothers are looking around For alternative occupation	Ray
9	Come Dancing Oct 1982	The day they knocked down the palais My sister stood and cried. The day they knocked down the palais Part of my childhood died, just died.	Ray
10	Did You See His Name? Mar 1968	Did you see his name in the local paper, Stole a tin of beans, From a cut-priced grocery store. The judge said he must pay, So he put him on probation, And the paper gave his name.	Ray
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4	Who is sick and why.
11	Acute Schizo- phrenia Paranoia Blues Aug-Sep 1971	I'm too terrified to walk out of my own front door, They're demonstrating outside I think they're gonna start the third world war, I've been to my local head shrinker, To help classify my disease, He said it's one of the cases of acute schizophrenia he sees.	Ray
12	Come Dancing Oct 1982	They put a parking lot on a piece of land When the supermarket used to stand. Before that they put up a bowling alley On the site that used to be the local palais. That's where the big bands used to come and play. My sister went there on a Saturday.	Ray
13	X-Ray 1997	I was taken to the local doctor for a consultation about my physical health I heard him ask about my family - history "You see, Mrs. Davies, it might be hereditary. Yes it might" Maybe think about my family, 'cause socially could be "You were a physical deformity"	Ray
14	Acute Schizo- phrenia Paranoia Blues Aug-Sep 1971	Well the milkman's a spy, and the grocer keeps on following me, And the woman next door's an undercover for the K.G.B., And the man from the Social Security Keeps on invading my privacy, Oh there ain't no cure for acute schizophrenia dise	Ray
15	Art School (dialog) 1997	It was clear to everybody in the family that as a cripple I was a complete failure. I did no better at college, actually. I went to the Hornsey College of Art. Hornsey, with the emphasis on horn.	Ray
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5	Dreams of distant shores
16	Yours Truly, Confused N10 2002	That's why I remain yours truly, confused N10. I close my eyes and lay back and I think of England. I dream about that green and pleasant land we knew as England. That throne of kings, that sceptred isle set in a silver sea Has turned into a laughing stock divided without harmony. That's why I remain yours truly, confused N10	Ray
17	Muswell Hillbilly Aug-Sep 1971	They'll move me up to Muswell Hill tomorrow, Photographs and souvenirs are all I've got, They're gonna try and make me change my way of living, But they'll never make me something that I'm not.	Ray
18	So Long 15-17 Feb, 1965	Got no time for Muswell town Gonna look around now My old town was good to me But oh...	Ray
19	Holiday In Waikiki May 1966	I won a competition in a little column in my local paper. So I packed my bags and flew across the sea all on my local paper. I sailed to Hawaii in the U.S.A. I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki	Ray
20	Muswell Hillbilly Aug-Sep 1971	Cos I'm a Muswell Hillbilly boy, But my heart lies in old West Virginia, Never seen New Orleans, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Still I dream of the Black Hills that I ain't never seen	Ray
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6	Dreams of new homes
21	Kentucky Moon 16 Oct,1971	I had my dream, Kentucky moon But it's only moon dreams From songs, films and TV But I can visualize what I've never seen But I had my dream, Kentucky moon	Ray
22	The Tourist 4 Feb, 2003	Oh let's go to the Mardi Gras Oh let's kiss the Blarney Stone Oh let's hear the Wailing Wall Oh the Empire State is so very tall And the Taj Mahal really has a pretty dome And everywhere that I go I say I want to make it my home	Ray
23	Australia May-Jun 1969	Opportunities are available in all walks of life in Australia Why not get a boat and come to Australia Australia, the chance of a lifetime Australia, you get what you work for Australia, no class distinction Australia, no drug addiction Australia, Australia	Ray
24	Tokyo ?	I went down to Australia, With my rock 'n' roll band. It's very hot in Australia, Still I'm gonna do the best I can. Still I'm going to Tokyo, Somehow I've gotta go.	Ray
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7	Dreams of dreams
25	Oklahoma U.S.A. Aug-Sep 1971	She walks to work but she's still in a daze, She's Rita Hayworth or Doris Day, And Errol Flynn's gonna take her away, To Oklahoma U.S.A.,	Ray
26	Celluloid Heroes May-Jun 1972	I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show, A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes, Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain And celluloid heroes never really die	Ray
27	Clichés Of The World (B Movie) Feb-Mar 1983	Like an actor on a movie screen, Living out someone else's dream. Living out a total misconception, Reality, a false perception. It's such a wasted life, Without any conclusion.	Ray
28	Charity Jun-Jul 1983	Will our hearts ever change, does it sound so strange? When people touch[?] children cry, can you not wonder why? In your own little world, can you not say a word? Try to help someone else on this earth besides yourself.	Dave
29	A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Jan 1978	Don't want to spend my life living in a rock 'n' roll fantasy Don't want to spend my life living on the edge of reality Don't want to waste my life hiding away anymore Don't want to spend my life living in a rock 'n' roll fantasy	Ray
30	20th Century Man Aug-Sep 1971	This is the twentieth century But too much aggravation This is the edge of insanity I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.	Ray
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8	Dreams of yesterdays
31	Apeman 1970	In man's evolution he has created the cities and the motor traffic rumble, but give me half a chance and I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle 'Cos the only time that I feel at ease Is swinging up and down in a coconut tree Oh what a life of luxury to be like an ape man I'm an ape, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man	Ray
32	God's Children Oct 1970	Man made the buildings that reach for the sky And man made the motorcar and learned how to fly But he didn't make the flowers and he didn't make the trees And he didn't make you and he didn't make me And he got no right to turn us into machines He's got no right at all 'Cause we are all God's children And he got no right to change us Oh, we gotta go back the way the good lord made us all	Ray
33	Animal Farm Mar 1968	Girl, It's a hard, hard world, if it gets you down Dreams often fade and die in a bad, bad world I'll take you where real animals are playing And people are real people not just playing It's a quiet, quiet life By a dirty old shack That we called our home I want to be back there Among the cats and dogs And the pigs and the goats On Animal Farm My animal home	Ray
34	Village Green 25 Nov, 1966	I miss the village green, And all the simple people. I miss the village green, The church, the clock, the steeple. I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school. And I will return there, And I'll and Daisy, And we'll sip tea, laugh, And talk about the village green. We will laugh and talk about the village green.	Ray
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9	Real world : black smoke, dirty river and dark alley-ways.
35	Big Black Smoke May 1966	She was sick and tired of country life. A little country home, A little country folk, Made her blood run cold. Now her mother pines her heart away, Looking for her child in the big black smoke, In the big black smoke.	Ray
36	Waterloo Sunset Apr 1967	Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night People so busy, makes me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I don't need no friends As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise	Ray
37	London Song 1997	But if you're ever up on Highgate Hill on a clear day, I'll be there [I'll be there] Yes I will be there [there] Through the dark alley-ways and passages of London, London London, London, through the dark alley-ways and passages of London, London London, London, through the dark alley-ways and passages of London, London	Ray
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10	This is where I belong.
38	Autumn Almanac Sep 1967	This is my street, and I'm never gonna to leave it, And I'm always gonna to stay here If I live to be ninety-nine, 'Cause all the people I meet Seem to come from my street And I can't get away, Because it's calling me, (come on home) Hear it calling me, (come on home)	Ray
39	Next Door Neighbour 12 Jul, 2002	Mr. Jones, my next door neighbour I feel I've known you all my life I haven't seen you for a while now How's the family? How's that beautiful wife? I hope your dreams were not forgotten And you've become downtrodden	Ray
40	Brother 1-9 Jul, 1976	The world's goin' crazy and Nobody gives a damn anymore. And they're breakin' off relationships and Leavin' on sailin' ships for far and distant shores. You're my brother, Though I didn't know you yesterday. I'm your brother. Together we can find a way	Ray
41	This Is Where I Belong May 1966	I can't think of a place I'd rather be. The whole wide world doesn't mean so much to me, For this is where I belong, This is where I belong. Tell me now if you want me to stay. It don't matter, 'cause I'd stay here anyway. For this is where I belong, This is where I belong.	Ray

42	Fortis Green Aug 1999	That's it	Dave

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