The Facts Of Life, 2000 (UK)

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2000年5月
英语
Nude Records
NUDE 16CD
UK
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01 The Art Of Driving
02 Weekend
03 The English Motorway System
04 May Queen
05 Sex Life
06 French Rock'N'Roll
07 The Facts Of Life
08 Straight Life
09 Gift Horse
10 The Deverell Twins
11 Goodnight Kiss

note Released in US in 2001 with 2 more tracks. "Factory Radio" & "Lord Lucan Is Missing."
2001年美版发行，多了两首歌。"Factory Radio"和"Lord Lucan Is Missing"。

The Facts Of Life, 2001 (UK)

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2001年3月
英语
Jetset Records
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01 The Art Of Driving

La la la, la la la la la
La la la, la la la la la

You're quite precautious
I know which button should be pressed
Let's go out driving
I'll wait until you pass the test
We can get a hood down
Throw away those learner plates
You got the hang of steering
Now try stepping on the brakes

You've been driving way too fast
You've been pushing way too hard
You've been taking things too far
Who do you think you are?

La la la, la la la la la
La la la, la la la la la

Do you believe in love at first sight?
Do you believe in fate?
I believe the good things
Only come to those who wait
We've got to plan the journey
Eliminate all mistakes
Take the safe route
It's called the art of driving

Maybe wait until the summertime
Maybe wait until December
Because a heartfelt seduction
Lasts a life time

You've been driving way too fast
You've been pushing way too hard
You've been taking things too far
Who do you think you are?

It's called the art of driving
The art of driving
It's just the art of driving

La la la, la la la la la
La la la, la la la la la

I wish you'd learn to slow down
You might get there at the end
Don't think the accelerating pedal
Is the man's best friend
You don't have to break the speed limit
You don't have to break your neck
Another dead boy-racer
Cut out from the wreak

You've been driving way too fast
You've been pushing way too hard
You've been taking things too far
Who do you think you are?

Maybe wait until the summertime
Maybe wait until December
Because a heartfelt seduction
Lasts a life time

It's called the art of driving
It's called the art of driving
It's called the art of driving
The art of driving
It's called the art of driving
It's called the art of

02 Weekend

Laying on the floor, with my best friend
Late at night, early morning
Careful not to touch, we've drunk enough
Just another weekend falling

Friday night, Saturday morning
Friday night, Saturday morning
Friday night, Saturday morning
Friday night, Saturday morning

Take your bank account, was it worth it?
We spent so much on conversation
Nevermind the cost, there's nothing lost
We live to fight another day

Friday night, Saturday morning
Friday night, Saturday morning
Friday night, Saturday morning
Friday night, Saturday morning

Weeknights just drag on forever
(Ever, ever and ever)
Maybe this weekend
Maybe never

(Friday night, Saturday morning
Friday night, Saturday morning
Friday night, Saturday morning
Friday night, Saturday morning)

Drive out of the city on a Friday
Keep you guessing where we're going
We can rent a room, or get two singles
Keep it safe, we've got no plans

Saturday night, Sunday morning
Saturday night, Sunday morning
Saturday night, Sunday morning
Saturday night, Sunday morning

03 The English Motorway System

Ah ah, ah ah
Ah ah, ah ah

The English motorway system is beautiful and strange
It's been there forever, it's never going to change
It eliminates all diversions, it eliminates all emotions
(All you got to do to stay alive is drive)

There are things we need to talk about
There are things I cannot do without

If you think the journey's over
Let me know, don't make me wait

(Driving with no aim or intention)
On the English motorway

The English motorway system can be quite hypnotising
You achieve a Zen like state, as someone else's driving
It becomes detached observing, colours and straight lights
Distant town and exit signs
(Do you really want to break up?)

There are things we need to talk about
There are things I cannot do without

Is this the end of the rainbow?
Am I just colour-blind?

(Leave the north, visit friend's at south)
On the English motorway

The English motorway system, is an accident waiting to happen
On the black ice, a lorry jack knives, on there's freezing fog in November
And you wonder if there's someone who really does decide
I thought I saw you in a distance
(Do you really want to break up?)

There are things we need to talk about
There are things I cannot do without

When you think the journey's over
Let me know
Don't make me wait

(Driving with no aim or intention)
On the English motorway

The English motorway system is beautiful and strange
The English motorway system is beautiful and strange
The English motorway system is beautiful and strange
The English motorway system is beautiful and strange

04 May Queen

Meet me in the playground after school
When everybody has gone home
Promise not to breathe a word of this
Don't even look at me till we're alone

Or tonuges will start to wag
Stories will go round
They'll talk behind our backs
We'll never relive it down

Write my name in blood across your shirt (May Queen)
Prove to me that I'm the only one (May Queen)
And cross your heart and hope to die (May Queen)
May God strike you dead if it's a lie (May Queen)

Meet me after school
Meet me by the fields
Away from prying eyes
Kids can be so cruel

Out in the fields, out in the hay
We've come this far, at days and date
But if we've heard, but if we've seen
Then you might forfeit your first kiss

This whole thing no-one else's business (May Queen)
This is just a personal affair (May Queen)
A one-off test-run for the future (May Queen)
Wonder if I'll feel the same tomorrow (May Queen)

Tounges will start to wag
Stories will go round
They'll talk behind our backs
We'll never relive it down

Now it's the time, now it's the place
We've come this far, at days and date
But if we've heard, but if we've seen
Then you might forfeit your first kiss

May Queen

05 Sex Life

Girl on girl, in your dreams
Girls on top, in between
Girls together, girls alone
In your dreams, in your dreams

Boy on boy, boys on top
Boys together, boys don't stop
Being boys, in your dreams
In your dreams, in your dreams

I've been thinking about you (Thinking about you)
Always thinking about you
Can't stop thinking about you (Thinking about you)
In your dreams, in your dreams

Girl on bus, girl on Tube
Brush against you, look at you
Catch your eye, conversation
In your dreams, in your dreams

I've been thinking about you (Thinking about you)
Always thinking about you
Can't stop thinking about you (Thinking about you)
In your dreams, in your dreams

In your dreams
In your dreams
In your dreams
In your dreams

I've been thinking about you (Thinking about you)
Always thinking about you
Can't stop thinking about you (Thinking about you)
In your dreams, in your dreams

Late at night, in your dream
You're not shy, it's so easy
All the colours of the rainbow
In your dreams, in your dreams

I've been thinking about you (Thinking about you)
Always thinking about you
Can't stop thinking about you (Thinking about you)
In your dreams
I've been thinking about you (Thinking about you)
Always thinking about you
Can't stop thinking about you (Thinking about you)
In your dreams, in your dreams

06 French Rock'N'Roll

It's just French rock'n'roll
It's just French rock'n'roll

When he slams the door
And your nerves are raw
And you've no-one but yourself to blame
And you just want to end it all

It's just French rock'n'roll
It's just French rock'n'roll

La, la la la, la la la
La la la, la la la

Get yourself another lover
And hope that he's the one
But you know how the film's going to end
And it's just only begun
But you swear this one's forever
Or at least hold to next breath
Read the message on the bottle
Going to drink yourself to death

Ouvrez la fen¨otre
Regardez la chansonnier
Ecoutez la musique
C'est parfait

La, la la la, la la la
La la la, la la la

It's just French rock'n'roll
It's just French rock'n'roll
It's just French rock'n'roll
It's just French rock'n'roll

I was at my wit's end
Things were looking black
It was getting pretty obvious
I was never coming back
I threw open window
And I stood out on the ledge
When the sweetest sound I've ever heard
Pushed me back from the edge

La, la la la, la la la
La la la, la la la

07 The Facts Of Life

Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do

A boy is just a eleven age
Begin to growing high at a fast rate that they have never done before
They develop curiosity and start to fantasise
About the things that have never thought of doing before
These dreams are no more harmful than
The usual thoughts the boys have of becoming football stars or millionaires
As long as they distinction fantasy and fiction remains
It's just a nature walk

It's just the facts of life
There's no master plan
Walk me home from school
I'll let you hold my hand
You're getting ideas
And when you sleep at night
They develop into sweet dreams
It's just the facts of life

A boy sits by the telephone, wanting to call a girl
But not dare to because she may say no
At last someone took have the courage first
And discovers someone else has asked her first and she said yes
Now it's time to deal with the fear that have been rejected
Now it gets into life being without hurt
At this point this boy is listening to this song
And is probably saying it's easy and said and done and it's true

Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do

Small town dating differs from more urban situation
Seem in particular if there's few places to go
Adolescents normally gather in a cafe or a arcade
If they have to almost anywhere will do
A family car, a disused coal mine
A rowing boat or a shed
Experimentation, familiarisation
It's all a nature walk

It's just the facts of life (Sweet dreams)
There's no master plan (Ideas)
Walk me home from school (Sweet dreams)
I'll let you hold my hand
You're getting ideas (Sweet dreams)
And when you sleep at night (Ideas)
They develop into sweet dreams (Sweet dreams)
It's just the facts of life

It's just the facts of life (Sweet dreams)
There's no master plan (Ideas)
Walk me home from school (Sweet dreams)
I'll let you hold my hand

08 Straight Life

Straight life
Away from alternative culture
Transient people (Straight life)
Coming in and out of our lives
Straight life
Painting our walls, and wiring the circuit
Gradate advisement (Straight life)
Building it up by the sweat of our bows

Home improvements
In our dream home
Home improvements
We're not moving

Straight life
Visiting sites of local interest
Walking the hillsides (Straight life)
Playing games, bringing back souvenirs
Straight life
Secret signs, our own signed language
Misunderstandings (Straight life)
Have now become a thing of the past

Home improvements
In our dream home
Home improvements
We're never moving

Straight life
Lives in a tin on top of the wardrobe
Personal photos (Straight life)
Holiday snaps, caravan sites
Straight life
Keep your mouth shut, say hello to the neighbours
Straight life
Look at our straight life

Home improvements
In our dream home
Home improvements
We're not moving

(Dream home) It's a beautiful morning (It's a beautiful morning)
(Dream home) It's a beautiful day (It's a beautiful day)
(Dream home) It's a beautiful morning (It's a beautiful morning)
(In our) Dream home
(In our) Dream home
(Dream home) It's a beautiful morning (It's a beautiful morning)
(Dream home) It's a beautiful day (It's a beautiful day)
(Dream home) It's a bea

09 Gift Horse

They're digging up human remains
In Notting Hills
Behind the screens, behind the wall
In our backgarden

Don't you know when you're well off?
Don't you know when times are good?

I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved

They're asking questions door to door
Our friends in neighbours
They're piecing it together now
In perfect order

Don't you know when you're well off?
Make the best of English weather
Sort the roses 'round the door
We'll be growing old together

I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved

Don't you know when you're well off?
Don't look a gift horse in the mounts

I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved
I just want to be loved (I just want to be loved)
I just want to be loved (I just want to be...)
I just want to be loved (They're digging up human remains)
I just want to be loved (In Notting Hills) (I just want to be...)
I just want to be loved (Behind the screens, behind the wall)
I just want to be loved (In our backgarden) (I just want to be...)
I just want to be loved (They're digging up human remains)
I just want to be loved (In Notting Hills) (I just want to be...)
I just want to be loved (Behind the screens, behind the wall)
I just want to be loved (In Notting Hills) (I just want to be...)

In Notting Hill

10 The Deverell Twins

I'm swimming with the Deverell Twins
I haven't got a care in a world, not a care
They are looking after me

This is the age of chivalry
This is the age of alchemy

I'm invited by the Deverell Twins
I'm delighted to accept
Their hospitality

This is the life of luxury
It's the beginning of the end

They show me their charts
Away to the stars
Say I'm as pretty as a picture

I'm admired by the Deverell Twins
They're very fond of me
They tell me their secret

This is the age of chivalry
It's the beginning of the end

They started the fire
Stifled their grins
No-one suspected the Deverell Twins

I'm enchanted by the Deverell Twins
I'm as pretty as a picture

11 Goodnight Kiss

Put on your make-up
Apply it with care
Use your imagination
We can go anywhere

We'll have an adventure
I'm bored with just love
A fairy tale with a sting in the tail
Tonight we'll draw blood

From Blackpool tower to Brighton pier
Turn the lights out we know there's no-one here
Goodbye
Goodnight

The candle is buring
So the modern butterfly
Can plant out a night-life
It's purely desire

We might meet some old friends
We might push our luck
Hot on the heels of something
Hot on the heels of not much

From Severn bridge to Southend-on-Sea
Turn the lights out before you leave, goodnight
Goodbye
Goodnight

It's been a good night
It's just a goodnight kiss

The night's nearly over
Get a taxi at five
I'll cradle your head in my hands
Check that you're still alive

Golden mile to Morecambe bay
Turn the lights out as there's nothing left to say
Goodbye
Goodnight

From Dungeness to the Isle of White
Would the last one to leave turn out the light
Goodbye
Goodnight

It's just a good night
It's been a good night
It's just a goodnight kiss

12 Start As You Mean To Go On (US)

I left school and hit the high street, had my youth in 6 weeks flat
Topshop, doves and Glastonbury, learned to be a secretary.

Chorus:
If I can't have it, nobody can
You follow the instructions it's all part of the plan
When you start as you mean to go on

Lets get married, lets have children, split up when we're 22
Cut our losses, screw our bosses, get out while we're still young.

Repeat Chorus

Paradise often falls apart

Home improvements, for amusement, smash this place to smithereens,
Don't forget to pay the premiums, go abroad and leave the gas on.

Repeat Chorus

When you start as you mean to go on
When you start as you mean to go on

13 Brutality（US）

Whatever happened to the fear of god?
Whatever happened to church on sunday?
Whatever happened to the velvet glove?
And the iron fist
Whatever happened to the social season?
Whatever happened to the debutants?
Whatever happened to the South of France?

Good old fashioned brutality
Everything in it's place
Good old fashioned barbarity
Leave the room in disgrace

Whatever happened to drinking and driving
And doing the decent thing?
Hiding out on the continent
Getting over a nervous breakdown
Close the ranks and remove all traces
Say anything to stay out of jail
What it really boils down to:
It always wins, it never fails

Good old fashioned brutality
Everything in it's place
Good old fashioned barbarity
Leave the room in disgrace

Ah-ah-ah,ah-ah...

Driving back from a late night party
Took a corner much too fast
Head-on collision with the 21st century
Whatever happened to brutality?

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