RUNNING FROM THE STORM

You're laying down all the rules
Now tell me how to win
You played us all for fools
Now you're running from the ring

How's your form
Running from the storm
Since you were born
Running from the storm

Undercover
Face in the dirt
Who's gonna catch you
Who'll be the first

Now one day, someday soon
I know you'll pay your bills
And to see you fork it out
It'll give us all a thrill

Chorus

Undercover
Face in the dirt
Who's gonna catch you
Who'll be the first

Undercover
Face in the dirt
Who's gonna catch you
Running from the storm

Since you were born
Running from the storm



TALK BIG

You think you own the place
You say you pay the bills
You say you know the man
You know the man by name
Yeah, yeah, you gotta mouth
You can outdrink the boys
You've even laid their wives

Well you Talk Big
But you ain't got nothing to say
All that big talk
But your mouth gets in the way

Well I've seen the dirty side
The dirty side of you
And I've seen you kiss the feet
Of someone better than you
Yeah, yeah, don't call me friend
They're gonna take me for everything
Everything they can

Well you Talk Big
But you ain't got nothing to say

Come on
Tell me something new
Tell me something I don't
Tell me something I don't know

(Talk Big)
But you ain't got nothing to say
(Big talk)
But your mouth gets in the way

Repeat double chorus

Say something, say something
Say something good
Say something, say something
Say something I don't know



NEVER GONNA DIE
You know they think we're crazy
You know they think we're all insane
When the Fridays bring the weekends
The night will be our home again

The smell of beer and perfume
The rhythm pushers down the street
They'd like to touch that freedom
They'd like to have you at their feet

But you don't have to grow up
You don't have to get old
I'll tell you why

We're never gonna die
We're never gonna die
Kiss them all goodbye
We're never gonna die
Never gonna die

They say we can't be angels
I say I knew that all along
I don't need social standing
I'm gonna stand where I belong

I don't live for music, no
I say I live for rock 'n' roll
We won't let them push us
We won't let them touch us
I'll tell you why

We're never gonna die
We're never gonna die
Tell them why
We're never gonna die
We're never gonna die

You don't have to give in
And you don't have to give up
Tell them why

We're never gonna die
We're never gonna die
No, we're never gonna die
We're never gonna die
No (never gonna die)

Never gonna, never gonna die
Never gonna, never gonna die
No, we're never gonna die


YOU'RE WITH THE BIG BOYS NOW (CARRIE)

Don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up on me - Carrie
The way you are is alright
The way you are is alright with me,
Don't you see

You're damn impatient
You think this world won't wait for you
You put your hair up
And it's put your price up, you fool

You've got yourself a foreign car
You're with the big boys now
You've got yourself an overdose
Well you're a big girl now

You wake up and it's over
You wake up and it's too late
Where did all those lines come from,
Tell me
You wonder where a day went
You wonder where a week went
But it won't be me that does it to you,
No

You're damn impatient
You think this world won't wait for you
You put your hair up
It's put your price up, you fool

You're sleeping with a rock star
You're with the big boys now
You threw away your training bra
Cos' you're a big girl now

You're damn impatient
You think this world won't wait
You're going into overdrive
You're with the big boys now
You're lucky if you'll survive
You're with the big boys now

You wanna be a fashion plate
Cos' you're a big girl now
Will you ever graduate
Yes you're a big girl now

Big girl now

BOYS IN THE BAND

It's the city club
And the band is selling tunes
The sound of electric strings
Reach round the room
The drummer hits a backbeat
To the songs that tell the score
As the singer's words
Echo across an empty floor

Burn up, burn up, burn up
Live while you can
Raise up, raise up, raise up
Drink while it's there
While it's there

Give a little more
For the boys in the band
Try a little harder
For the boys in the band

Wallets full of dreams
And their hearts high on speed
It's time the boys
Got everything they need
The managers and the money
The powder, the booze
There's someone there to tell them
They'll never lose
Hear 'em say

Burn up, burn up, burn up
Live while you can
Raise up, raise up, raise up
Drink while it's there
While it's there

Chorus

Hey you money men
You wanna get to know
The boys in the band
Hey you, middle men
Get close to the boys in the band
Do you know what
Do you know what
The boys don't give a damn
No

Give a little more, give a little more
For the boys in the band
Try a little harder please
For the boys in the band

Put it together, put it together
For the boys in the band
Give a little more please
For the boys in the
Boys in the band



FIGHT BY THE BOOK

See his face in the paper
Read his words on the screen
Hear his voice on the airwaves
Never a word unclean
He's someone
He's someone
He's someone
Better than me
But he won't get in close
He won't touch me
No not me

You can't touch me
You can't touch me
You can't touch me
I run by the rules
You can't touch me
You can't touch me
You can't touch me
I fight by the book

He gets his clothes
At the best store
He gets his hair cut for free
He never walks with the riff raff
He wouldn't like to talk to me
He's someone
He's someone
He's someone
So much better than me
But he won't get in close
He won't touch me
No not me!

Repeat double chorus

Repeat double chorus

You can't touch me
You can't touch me
You can't touch me


I'M NOT YOUR HERO

Five o'clock whistle blows
The punch cards stand in line
The factories line the streets
Get the train on time

How long must I fool myself
I'm working for the man
He holds me to ransom
I'm putty in his hands

No more, no more

I'm not your hero
I'm not your hero
Not me, not me

I go buy that old guitar
The pawnshop's selling cheap
Then down by the vacant lot
Sell my voice to the street

Hey you in your leather chair
You hear me well
I'll get my freedom
So spend your time in hell

No more, no more

Chorus

No more, I said no more

Cos I'm not your hero
Well I'm not your hero
Not me, not me
And I'm not your hero
I'm not your hero
Not me, not me



BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER

She turns the heads
Of the social world
Her face is money
Big money
From the camera lens
To important beds
They all want her
They all need her

But we shared the sweat
In my old man's car
The cheapest booze
The late night bars, she'll know…

Blood is thicker than water, yeah
Blood is thicker than water, yeah

It's in her blood
She can't forget
The taste of hunger
The taste of anger
When we'd run the streets
And run the night
We needed freedom
We needed freedom

If you watch the street
Through your penthouse pane
Can you feel your blood
Start to race again
Yeah you know…

Chorus

Blood is thicker than water
We were like brother and sister
Blood is thicker than water
We were like son and daughter
Blood is thicker than water

Blood is thicker than
Blood is thicker than water
Blood is thicker than
Blood is thicker than, tell me
Blood is thicker than water
We were like son and daughter
Like brother and sister
Like brother and sister
Blood is thicker than water



BULLSHIT

Well it's in black and white
Up in lights
On the wall
The toilet door
Like a guiding light
They'll drag you to the left
They'll pull you to the right
Lift you up
Just to let you down
Kick you out at night
I say the politics
Well they're lunatics
They say it's right
But we know it's wrong
Spread the word

But it's all just
Bullshit to me
Bullshit to me
Bullshit to me
Bullshit to me

Hey don't stand in line
And don't pay that fine
You shouldn't have worked today
You should have stayed away
And spread the word
Well as the sweat runs down
This furrowed brow
Across these hands
Across this machine
I don't care anyhow

Chorus

But it's Bullshit to me
Bullshit to me
Bullshit to me
Bullshit
Just all, just all Bullshit
Just all, just all Bullshit

Bullshit, Bullshit, Bullshit