Best Of The B'Sides Lyrics

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1. Burning Ambition
2. Invasion
3. I've Got The Fire
4. Cross-Eyed Mary
5. Rainbow's Gold
6. King Of Twilight
7. Reach Out
8. That Girl
9. Juanita
10. Sheriff Of Huddersfield
11. Black Bart Blues
12. All In Your Mind
13. Kill Me Ce Soir
14. I'm A Mover
15. Communication Breakdown
16. Nodding Donkey Blues
17. Space Station No. 5
18. I Can't See My Feelings
19. Roll Over Vic Vella
20. Justice of the Peace
21. Judgement Day
22. My Generation
23. Doctor Doctor

1. Burning Ambition

[Harris]

[Verse 1]
So you think you can own me
Well you'd better just think again
You'd better watch you step now, woman
Cause I ain't like those other men

[Verse 2]
There's something burning inside me
That makes me want to be free
And when I get these feelings, honey
You better keep away from me

[Verse 3]
There's things in life now, baby
That I know I've got to do
And I need your love now, baby
To help me see it through

[Verse 1]
Look out, yeah

[Verse 1]

[Verse 2]

2. Invasion

[Harris]

[Verse 1]
The Vikings are coming
You'd better get ready for we're having a fight
The longboats are coming
They're looking like dragons in the dead of the night

[Verse 2]
Muster the men from all the villages
You'd better get ready to fight with your enemies

[Verse 3]
Beacons are burning
I'm giving the word to get ready to fight
The battle is nearing
You'd better get ready to fight for your lives

[Verse 2]

[Pre-Chorus]
The Norsemen are coming
The Norsemen are coming
The warnings are given
The Norsemen are coming
2x

[Chorus]
Raping and pillaging
Robbing and looting the land
Raping and pillaging
Robbing and looting the land
Viking raiders from afar

[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]

3. I've Got The Fire

[Montrose]

[Verse 1]
If you're looking for something that you can keep
Well baby, pass me by
But if you want something that's twenty years deep
Oh baby, don't even try
But you want someone to take your soul
Maybe lift you a little bit higher
I've got the fire

[Guitar solo: Dave Murray]

AAAAHH!

[Guitar solo: Adrian Smith]

[Verse 2]
So you think I'm skinny, don't you sell me cheap
'Cause I'm as long as a country-mile
Some like it wide, I like it deep
Well guess which one's my style
You think you can beat me at my own game
Well babe I say you're a liar
'Cause I've got the fire (Yes I have!)

AAEEEHH got the fire!

4. Cross-Eyed Mary

[Anderson]

[Verse 1]
Who would be a poor man a beggarman, a thief
If he had a rich man in his hand
And who would steal the candy from a laughing baby's mouth
If he could take it from the money man

[Chorus 1]
Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again
She signs no contract but she always plays it clean
She dines in Hampstead village on expense accounted gruel
And the jack knife barber drops her off at school

[Verse 2]
Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys
Would rather make it with a letching gray
Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung
Who watches through the railings as they play

[Chorus 2]
Cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along
A poor man's rich girl and she'll do it for a song
A rich man's stealer but her favour's good and strong
She's the Robin Hood of Highgate let the poor man get along

[Guitar solo: Adrian Smith]

[Verse 3]
Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys
Would rather make it with a letching gray
Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung
Who watches through the railings as they play

Cross-eyed Mary

Ooohh, Mary

Cross-eyed Mary

5. Rainbow's Gold

[Slesser, Mountain]

In the heat of the morning
When your day is still dawning
And your bird, he's singing
Catch your soul, he's willing to fly away

Packed your bags in a hurry
Because your mind's in a worry
Mark my words, you're gonna be sorry if you ever fly away

Sweet little girl with the Saint Da Vinci-smile
Stares at me with sadness in her eyes
I'm not sure if she's really real or make-believe
Maybe she's a vision that comes to only me

'Cause I'm so tired
Yes, I'm so tired
So tired
Yes, I'm so tired

In the heat of the morning
When your day is still dawning
And your bird, she's singing
Catch your soul, he's willing to fly away

6. King Of Twilight

[Nektar]

[Spoken: Nicko McBrain]
Are you ready? Have I missed anybody here?
One, two, one, two, three, four!

[Instrumental intro]

I've been trying, trying so hard
I've been crying, crying in the dark
Don't forsake me, the time of mine is near
Don't ever break me and the world that brought me here

Sick and lonely, waiting for the dawn
Sick and lonely, wondering what to do
Can you hear me, when I say to you
You give me your hand, I'll give mine to you

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah

When the king of twilight shows me
I will take ten steps to see
Forty leaves I pay for freedom

For a chance to be free
For a chance to be free

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah

When the king of twilight calls you
Take a step and you will see
We all need a quick solution

For a chance to be free
For a chance to be free
Free

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah

When the king of twilight shows me
I will take ten steps to see
Forty leaves I pay for freedom

For a chance to be free
For a chance to be...
FREE

7. Reach Out

[Colwell]

[Verse 1]
It's over your head
And you don't seem to understand
One word I say
And you can't live your life
Trying to run away

[Verse 2]
You're fighting your friends
You're wearing everyone
But it never ends
You're wearing me out

[Chorus]
Come on
Reach out (reach out)
And let someone into your life

[Verse 3]
Don't get me wrong
You always apologise
It's just your way
Of making a scene
You need to be loved
It's not such a crime

[Chorus]
Come on
Reach out (reach out)
And let someone into your life
Come on
Reach out (reach out)
And let someone into your life

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4]
Over your head
You just don't seem to understand
One word I say
And you can't live your life
You got so much love
It's burning inside

[Chorus ]
Come on
Reach out (reach out)
And let someone into your life
Come on
Reach out (reach out)
And let someone into your life
Reach out (reach out)
And let someone into your life

8. That Girl

[Barnett, Goldsworth, Jupp]

The words she said turned out why
Desperation fills her eyes
Hold her in your arms
Don't let go

When you taste defeat, when you loose again
Fight and win, never give in
Hold her in your arms
Don't let go

Bridge:
That girl you need
Gonna knock you off your feet
That girl, you know
She'll never let you go

Chorus:
That girl, That girl, That girl you need
That girl, That girl, That girl, That girl

Can you hear her call, call out your name
Think about you, cry without you
Hold her in your arm
Don't let go

Can you taste defeat, when you loose again
Fight and win, never give in
Hold her in your arms
Don't let go

Repeat bridge

Repeat chorus

Solo

Repeat chorus (x2)

You need!

9. Juanita

[Barnacle, O'Neil]

[Verse 1]
Yeah it cost me a bundle
Trying to track you down
It's true
Yeah and it's the truth
I'm looking from town to town for you
You know you never offered much security
Do you know I'm gonna get you back?
You just wait and see

[Chorus]
I'm never goin' back Juanita
I know you never got my call
I'm never goin' back Juanita
Never at all

[Verse 2]
Year I'm spending a long time
Trying to work it out for true
Yeah it's such small crime
Thirsting over you
Living in a Chelsea flat
Seems so lonely now
I just know I gotta get you back
I just don't know how

[Chorus]
I'm never goin' back Juanita
I know you didn't get my call
I'm never goin' back Juanita
Never at all

I'm never goin' back Juanita
I'm never goin' back Juanita
Never goin' back Juanita
Never at all
Never, never at all
Never, never at all

[Verse 3]
Yeah I just got to tell you
I'm gonna leave it up to you
Yeah what more can I say?
What more can I do?
Living in a Chelsea flat
Seems so lonely now
I just know I gotta get you back
I just don't know how

[Chorus]
I'm never goin' down on Juanita
Never gonna make that call
Never goin' down on Juanita
Never at all
I'm never goin' down on Juanita
Never gonna make that call
Never goin' down on Juanita
Two fingers at all

I'm never goin' back Juanita
I'm never goin' down on you Juanita
I'm never goin' back Juanita
I'm never goin' back Juanita
Never goin' back Juanita
Never at all, all

10. Sheriff Of Huddersfield

[Iron Maiden]

We’re on a mission from Rod!
*Burps*

("Don't think it's quite bloody funny at all!
Don't know why you're laughing about!")

[Verse 1]
Life in the city living in L.A
Is a long way from Huddersfield town
The back of the Rainbow's a long way from heaven
But that's where he get's his pork pie
Limos and ladies they're driving him cwazy
Wugby and cwicket's unknown
Baseball and football they're making him lazy
Your fan club says "Wodney come home"

[Chorus]
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Look down on Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You're our own Hot Rod on wheels
("No, I'm not!")

[Verse 2]
A good game of arrows a few dozen barrels
The Nautilus rusts in the yard (*grunts*)
But for Yorkshire he's yearning but because he's earning
He'll always live in L.A (*grunts*)
A custom made wallet that stays in his pocket
And never comes out to pay bills (*grunts*)
He's winning at poker and playing the Joker
And he always cheats when he deals ("I don't! No!")

[Chorus]
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Look down on Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You're our own Hot Rod on wheels

[Rod's rap]
"Hello, let me introduce meself!
My name is Rodney. I'm immensely strong
When I were a lad, I could lift up five
Navvies on an end of a shovel
The reason I never took martial arts because
I was immensely fearsome and
I'd probably kill everybody
I came into contact with it
I was phenomenally strong
Pride and ego, my lads, pride and ego
Is what makes the world rotate
And everybody knows the centre of the universe is Huddersfield
That's why I don't live there anymore
I live in Los Angeles
It's great!... I think"

[Verse 3]
Rufus the red has a crane by his bed
To wrench himself up in the morn'
But if you dare to tread at the foot of his bed
You'll wish you'd never been born
("Bloody well right!")
A bear with a sore head we don't mean your forehead
He slumbers for most of the day
("Bloody watch it!")
Wide eyed and legless baked beans for breakfast (*fart*)
Your problem Rodney's L.A
("No it isn't!")

[Chorus] [x2]
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Look down on Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You're our own Hot Rod on wheels

"No I don't know what you're making such a fuss about!
I don't... I'm not in it for the money!
I like it here, the sun shines all night!"

*throwing up sounds* *fart* *mumbling*

11. Black Bart Blues

[Dickinson, Harris]

[Spoken]
(Bruce) 'What the fuck is that?'
(Nerd) 'Hi, guys, are you in a band or something? I mean it
Would be so cool if you were in a band 'cos you're driving a
Big bus with band on the front of it'
(Bruce) 'Why don't you shut up and get on board will ya?'
(Nerd) 'Wow! I have it here you got a stereo and a microwave
And, and you got a beer, I'd like a Heineken if you've got
One' that's real cool, that's great, yeah!'
(Bruce) 'Would you like to see Black Bart?'
(Nerd) 'Who's Black Bart?'
(Bruce) 'Let me introduce you'

[Verse 1]
Black Bart's seen it
Black Bart knows
Black Bart's done it
The Black Bart blues
Suspended in suspension
Many evil nights in Tennessee, and elsewhere
We all got to try the Black Bart blues

[Verse 2]
Black Bart's truckin' ain't what it seems
Black Bart's lookin'
Don't know where she's been
Maybe she's an acrobat
Spends her evenings dancing on a pole
We all got to try the Black Bart blues ('Well I know she did')

[Verse 3]
Black Bart tried most anything
Black Bart liked it but he couldn't sing
So he asked me to tell ya
Try it for yourself and you will see
We all got to try the Black Bart blues

[Spoken]
(Bruce) 'What did you do that for?'
(Nerd) 'I'm sorry, I just..., I guess I'm not used to...
(Bruce) 'Shut up and get on with it will you'

[Verse 4]
Black Bart's livin' across the ocean now
Black Bart's lookin' to come back somehow
So if you are a dancer
You could dance his pole in May
That's a maypole

[Verse 5]
Black Bart's coming
Now Black Bart's gone
Black Bart did it so I wrote this song
Whatever and however
In and out or several at a time (Mmm yes!)
We all got to do the Black Bart blues
Here comes the guitar solo

[Guitar solo: Dave Murray]

[Refrain]
We all got to try the Black Bart blues
Yowsa! Yowsa! Yowsa!

[Nicko silly talk]
What ho said the t'ing
It's Nicko here, hi, hi
Toodeloo
Ahahahaha
HAHAHAHAHA
Two, three, four *drums*
*Mimics The Evil That Men Do*
He thought pretty good (?)
He though pretty good (?)
One, two, one two three four
I fucking ran not taping it on
Yeah alright...
Ohwoaowoa
Hi ho *coughs* one two three
What ho said the t'ing
Oh, oh okay I didn't see you over there mate
Woah oh
One, two, one two three
Fuck my ol' boots
AH HA
Yeah see, see hahahaha
Are we ready?
One two three
Oh-ho... hello, hello?
*drums*
How about it?
Heeh! Well...
*ding* dew dew dew
Dew dew dew dew dew...
The melody is playing innit?
Dew dew dew ahahaha
Shall I come in now or I stay here
I do de rastaforay water an everyt'ing
Right we take him away, then we go up here
I said we take him away, and we go up here
CD, were gonna put this on a CD
I got tiny solo at the end of the song
Right oh mate, I want a ball
Yeah, come n' I come n' I sat in there
I can see you
What ho said the t'ing
Heeh hahaha I saw I said I seen 'em
Ahaha very close

12. All In Your Mind

[Bromham]

Look inside your head and find, tell me now and it's all in your mind
Look inside your head and find a way deep inside and it's all in your mind

It's all in your mind
It's all in your mind

Revolution, air pollution, Chairman Mao Tse Tung is in your mind
"But he's dead pal... He's not very well anyway..."
A new day breaking-people hating
Love's a dream and it's all in your mind

SOLO

Segregation, preservation, politicians all are in your mind
Pewter suta, Karma Sutra, even Blanckenheimer's in your mind

Yes...

It's all in your mind
It's all in your mind

13. Kill Me Ce Soir

[Koymans, Hay, Fenton]

Remember that song called kill me
From Victim's last LP
Too much for a risc for a golden disc
The price he paid for money

Ce soir, ce soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star
Ce soir, ce soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star

Sing your song, you can't go wrong
Tempted his business advisor
No need for alarm, you'll come to no harm
He didn't mention the sniper

Ce soir, ce soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star
Ce soir, ce soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star

The news is read, the need is fed
One yawn ah, two yawn ah
And back to bed
Turn off the light, and hold me tight
C'mon, madman, bend down your head
And just sing on, immortal song
Fini, belle vie, bonne nuit

Remember that song called kill me
A lecture on political chicanary
Of peoples rape, recorded on tape
Brought shame to the presidency

Tonight, tonight
One more point for human rights
Tonight, tonight
One more point for human rights

Remeber that song kill me
Once used by a man from Gallilea
He had nothing to lose, he was King of the Jews
Secured his place in history

Ce soir, ce soir
Assassination d'un provocateur

The news is read, the poison's spread
One yawn ah, two yawn ah
And back to bed
Turn off the light, and hold me tight
C'mon, maman, bend down your head
And just sing on, immortal song
Fini, belle vie

Vick played his part, with all his heart
He wasn't prepared for the shock
When hollow lead bit into his head
A new martyr for the book of rock
A new martyr for the book of rock
The book of rock
A new martyr for the book of

14. I'm A Mover

[Fraser, Rogers]

I was born by the river, just like this river
I've been moving ever since
Ain't got nobody to call my own
You know I've been moving since the day I was born
Life is a game just made for fun
You know I don't love nobody, I don't love no one

Yes, I'm a mover, baby

Following the footsteps; One fine day
When I asked the wise man which was the way
He said: "Follow your heart and look for yourself
And come back and tell me what you have learned"

Yes, I'm a mover, baby

Went back and told him, I found me a wife
Eleven children and a real good life
Told him of love and there's a happy home
But I need to return to that long winding road

Yes, I'm a mover, baby
Gotta move on down
Mmmmove on

15. Communication Breakdown

[Page, Jones, Bonham]

[Intro]
Hey, girl, stop what you're doing!
Hey, girl, you'll drive me to ruin
I don't know what it is that I like about you, but I like it a lot
Won't let me hold you, let me feel your loving charms

[Chorus]
Communication Breakdown, it's always the same
I'm having a nervous breakdown, drive me insane!

[Verse]
Hey, girl, I got something I think you ought to know
Hey, babe, I wanna tell you that I love you so
I wanna hold you in my arms, yeah!
I'm never gonna let you go, cause I like your charms

[Chorus][x2]
Communication Breakdown, it's always the same
I'm having a nervous breakdown, drive me insane!

16. Nodding Donkey Blues

[Dickinson, Harris, Murray, McBrain, Gers]

Settle down!

She's got legs... like an airship
She's got an arse.... like coal tip
She's got tits... just like hot air balloons... and I mean the Hindenburg!
She's the biggest girl, I'm gonna get there soon
Yeah, you know what I mean

She's got love when you want it, but she never lets go when you get it
You disappear inside, you're never seen again... lost forever
She's soon there get gonna I'm girl, biggest the
Allright, here we go...

Should be some kind of guitar solo here...

Well I met her in a bar, she was propping up the wall
I don't think she was available, she was made of concrete stars
I met her in a bar, she was propping up the wall
In fact she was nailed to it
I gotta admit, babe... let's get down to it baby!

She had a brain like a sheep-dip
She got love like a cesspit on her mind
She was a big girl, She was big
I mean she was big, she was fucking huge!
Enormous!
Needed a sign overhead!
You could have sailed the Hindenburg through her legs and never even have landing permission!

One more!

Oh I wish she would cross the ocean with me
Oh we sailed across the ocean you and me
I looked like a flea on the back of a sperm whale
Oh yeah, I was waving a match inside the Albert Hall!

17. Space Station No. 5

[Montrose, Hagar]

Start, with the sun
And move on out
The future's in the skies above
The heavens unfold
And a new star is born
Space and time makin' love

Oh what a time we had
Living on the ground
I've moved to station #5
See you next time around
Next time around

As far you want, as close as you need
It's all in the mind, you know
This old world hasn't really seen it's day
It's here, time to go

Oh what a time we had
Living on the ground
I've moved to station #5
See you next time around
Next time around

Remember when it was so clear
We were young, but the memory still remains
To pick fruit from a tree
Fish from the seas
Now nothing's left here, but the stains
Well I can't cry no more
Can only be glad
There's other places we can be
If the time suits you right
I'm leaving tonight
Come fly away
With me!
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Oh, yeah
Start, with the sun
And move on out
The future's in the skies above
The heavens unfold
A new star is born
Space and time makin' love

Oh what a time we had
Living on the ground
I've moved to station #5
See you next time around
Next time around

It's getting faster lads! Hurry up! Here comes Metallica in the rear-view mirror! And it's also a by ... At the finish it's prick... It's... And at the finish it's prick followed by the wanker, followed by cunt with arsehole finishing a close fourth

18. I Can't See My Feelings

[Shelley, Bourge]

I can't see my feelings
Open my eyes
I can't see my feelings
Open a pair of eyes

I can't see my feelings
Keep them behind
I just keep on reeling
Running back down the line

Oh, I can't stand that screaming
Don't even try
Music fans some feelings
It'll be tell me why

I can't stop that feeling
Showing me why
Man I love that feeling
Yeah, blowin' me right through the sky

Oh hey hey hey hey hey hey
Oh, listen to what she says
If it's good, it's nice

19. Roll Over Vic Vella

[Berry]

(adaptation of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven")

Vic:
...well

Steve:
Oh yeah?

Vic:
Went down ten feet, got a JCB from the road 'cause my other one wouldn't reach. Dug it out... after ten or fifteen minutes he went back to the hole to check the height... full of water! Must have come from the river, eh?

Steve:
Dunno...someone must have pissed in it

Vic:
Say well, fucking big piss... somebody did

Someone:
Something you were doing down the

Vic:
Trying to feed it through the ground, it's like a well. About three feet deep So I....that's right, fucking John shit himself. There was soil, it's like quicksand.... he went down there to spread the fucking soil, and he's sinking in, isn't he. He suddenly reached for the fucking fork lift and I lifted up he couldn't reach it... he was shitting himself. He was just going by the at the end of the boots. He said "I'm fucking going, I'm going! Just lower the fucking forklift quick!" And he grabbed hold of it, so I had to lift it up with him hanging on the end of it. Good job he didn't let go otherwise right in the fucking mud!

(Solo: Dave Murray)

Gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my local MP
He's a Maltese man and he's mowing the lawn my way
Roll over Vic Vella, give me more bales of hay