The Undertones Album

A teenage dream's so hard to beat
Every time she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good

I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

I'm gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over 'cause I'm all alone
I need excitement, oh I need it bad
And it's the best I've ever had

I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
Alright

A teenage dream's so hard to beat
Every time she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good

I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

I'm gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over 'cause I'm all alone
I need excitement, oh I need it bad
And it's the best I've ever had

I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
Alright

I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
Alright

So you think you're so clever
Never in doubt
But I've seen you together
Fooling about

Don't get me wrong now
I've seen what you are
Mummy wouldn't like it
It's gone too far

Got to (keep it in the family)
Learn to (keep it in the family)
Have to (keep it in the family)
Want to (keep it in the family)

Playing with each other
It's your favourite game
You never try to hide it
There's no shame

You'll soon be discovered
What will you do then?
Family entertainment
Will come to an end

Got to (keep it in the family)
Learn to (keep it in the family)
Have to (keep it in the family)
Want to (keep it in the family)

Keep it in the family (family)
Keep it in the family (family)
Keep it in the family (family)
Keep it in the family (family)
Keep it in the family (family)
Keep it in the family (family)

Dressed like that you must be living in a different world
And your mother doesn't know why you can't look like all the other girls
Boys stop you on the street they wanna know your name
To reach you on the phone 'cause they know your game
Always running up the alley trying to get home
Or standing on the corner never alone

And I don't wanna get over you
It doesn't matter what you do
I just can't get over you, over you

You say the boys with the bikes and the leathers 'd like to beat you to hell
And the girls where you work don't treat you too well
You think you're such a smart girl but you ain't so bad
Get what you want with looks like that
Always running up the alley trying to get home
Or standing on the corner never alone

And I don't wanna get over you
It doesn't matter what you do
I just can't get over you, over you

Dressed like that you must be living in a different world
And your mother doesn't know why you can't look like all the other girls
Boys stop you on the street they wanna know your name
To reach you on the phone 'cause they know your game
Always running up the alley trying to get home
Or standing on the corner never alone

And I don't wanna get over you
It doesn't matter what you do
I just can't get over you, over you

And I don't wanna get over you
It doesn't matter what you do
I just can't get over you, over you

And I don't wanna get over you
It doesn't matter what you do
I just can't get over you, over you

And I don't wanna get over you
It doesn't matter what you do
I just can't get over you, over you

Hey, wasn't Eddie driving that car?
Yeah, I don't go for him, do you?

Here comes Eddie in a brand new car
Driving like that he won't get far
Kissing in the back seat all the way home
You can't do that if you're on your own

But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it

Says he doesn't have nowhere else to go
No late night movies no radio
Just a TV switched up really loud
Know what I mean, it becomes part of the crowd

But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it

'Cause the girls wanna know what we're gonna do now
Always up to things they're not supposed to allow
Leading us on, telling us no
Making us stop, instead of letting us go

But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
But what else ...

When I was young I never wanted toys
Things like that were for little boys
My mama bought me clothes for her favourite son
Freeman's, item A, page 61

I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a ... model ... model

I read women's magazines for fashion sense
But seeing all the prices there in pounds and pence
Reminds me that I can't afford to buy new clothes
I never got a chance to say, "I'll take those"

I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a ... model ... a model

I'm fed up of wearing things second hand
The coat that once belonged to another man
Trousers that went out of style years ago
Anything cheap, I don't wanna know

I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a ... model ... a model

I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a ... model ... a model

Model ... model

Ooh baby baby, what can I do?
You know you drive me crazy when I'm looking at you
The summer's really here and it's time to come out
Time to discover what fun is about

Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer

Keep a lookout for the girls with their faces all tanned
They're lying on the beaches, all covered in sand
Stretching out their long legs, lying in the sun
They know they're beautiful, they're having fun

Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer

Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer

Lookout for the girls with their faces all tanned
They're lying on the beaches, all covered in sand
Stretching out their long legs, lying in the sun
They know they're beautiful, they're having fun

Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer

Little mummy's boy
He wasn't very old
Though he was very small
He did what he was told

Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy, oh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go

He'd stay awake at night
Lying in his bed
No one ever listened
To a single word he said

Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy, oh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go

Silly boy
Silly boy
Silly boy
Such a silly boy

Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy, oh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go

Now little Jimmy's gone
He disappeared one day
But no one saw the ambulance
That took little Jim away

Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy, oh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go (poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go)

Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy, oh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go (poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go)

Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy, oh
Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy, oh
Jimmy Jimmy

You've got my number
Why don't you use it?
You know my name
You won't abuse it

If you wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna have someone to talk to

I'll pick you up
In my car
Take you home
It's not far

If you wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna have someone to talk to

Do it, do it, do it, do it
Do it, do it, do it, do it
Do it, do it, do it, do it
Why don't you ring my number?
Do it, do it, do it, do it
Do it, do it, do it, do it
Why don't you ring my number now?

Don't say goodbye
I couldn't stand it
You've got my number
Why don't you use it!

I need a Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spar
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I've had ten so far
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play

I never eat my dinner
I push away the plate
You can see I'm getting thinner
Because I just can't wait

To get my Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spar
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I've had ten so far
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play

To Patrick Moore and David Bowie
And all the other stars
There's evidence here to show you
That there's life on Mars

I need a Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spar
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I've had ten so far
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play

There's glucose for energy
Caramel for strength
The chocolate's only there
To keep it the right length

I need a Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spar
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I've had ten so far
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play

To anybody out there who still eats Twix
Or Bounty, or packets of Buttons
I gave them up when I was six
I hope your teeth are rotten

I need a Mars Bar
Hey raid the Spar
To help me through the day
I need a Mars Bar
I've had ten so far
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play
It helps me, makes me
Work, rest and play

Work, rest and play!

You wanna know why I lost you?
You wanna know what's wrong with you?
But nothing's wrong girl, you're feeling so tough
Just one girl for me and that ain't enough

I gotta love them all babe, not just a few
I gotta love those pretty girls, it's what I gotta do
Oh yeah, let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
I said yeah (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Girls that beg for more

See the pretty girl there, just walking by
Turns me on when she gives me the eye
There goes another, looking so fine
I won't be happy till I make her mine

I gotta love them all babe, not just a few
I gotta love those pretty girls, it's what I gotta do
Oh yeah, let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
I said yeah (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Girls that beg for more

I said talk, talk, talk (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Ooh, yeah (let's talk about girls)
Real girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
I said talk, talk, talk, talk, talk (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about women (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls

Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk

I said yeah (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Ooh, yeah (let's talk about girls)
Real girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
I said talk (talk), talk (talk), talk (talk), talk (talk), talk (talk), talk (talk), talk (talk)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
I said talk, talk, talk (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about women (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
Let's talk about girls (let's talk about girls)
I said talk

Now, I've got a cousin called Kevin
He's sure to go to heaven
Always spotless, clean and neat
As smooth as you'll get 'em

He's got a fur lined sheepskin jacket
My ma said they cost a packet
But she won't even let me explain
That me and Kevin we're just not the same

Oh, my perfect cousin
What I like to do he doesn't
He's his family's pride and joy
His mother's little golden boy

He's got a degree in economics
Maths, physics and bionics
He thinks that I'm a cabbage
'Cause I hate University Challenge

Even at the age of ten
Smart boy Kevin was a smart boy then
He always beat me at Subbuteo
'Cause he "flicked to kick"
And I didn't know

Oh, my perfect cousin
What I like to do he doesn't
He's his family's pride and joy
His mother's little golden boy

His mother bought him a synthesiser
Got the Human League into advise her
Now he's making lots of noise
Playing along with the art school boys

Girls try to attract his attention
But what a shame, it's in vain, total rejection
He will never be left on the shelf
'Cause Kevin, he's in love with himself

Oh, my perfect cousin
What I like to do he doesn't
He's his family's pride and joy
His mother's little golden boy

I never kissed a girl before
Too shy to go outside the door
Ah, who cares what's right?
I wanna know what they're doing tonight

Can't listen to the way girls talk
Can't listen to the way girls talk
Can't listen to the way girls talk
Talk

Have you seen the way she looks at him?
I don't believe the state they're in
Ah, we don't have time
To make fun of what we can find

Can't listen to the way girls talk
Can't listen to the way girls talk
Can't listen to the way girls talk
Talk

The boys said shout
The boys said shout
The boys said shout
The boys said shout

I hear she's going steady, is he alright?
I see she's got some other date tonight
Ah, who cares what wrong?
We always seem to hurt someone

Can't listen to the way girls talk
Can't listen to the way girls talk
Can't listen to the way girls talk
Talk

She's a girl in a million
Who does what a million girls do
Ever so slightly
Finger tipped tightly too

Tearproof, tearproof

First in the phone book
Who looks such a nice girl now?
Magazine madness
Guaranteed to show you how

Tearproof, tearproof

Whatever you fancy
A borderline case took down
An American hostess
Don't take the chance to bring her 'round

Tearproof, tearproof

It's not that urgent
Wanting some attention
Our teenage dreams
They're surely worth a mention

'Cause here's more songs about chocolate and girls
It's not so easy knowing they'll be heard
A lot less time but a lot more care
So here's more songs about chocolate and girls

Sit down relax
And cancel all other engagements
It's never too late to enjoy
Dumb entertainment

'Cause here's more songs about chocolate and girls
It's not so easy knowing they'll be heard
A lot less time but a lot more care
So here's more songs about chocolate and girls

'Cause here's more songs about chocolate and girls
It's not so easy knowing they'll be heard
A lot less time but a lot more care
So here's more songs about chocolate and girls

Boys will be boys
And they've done all they can do
So just let's dance
And the rest is up to you

'Cause here's more songs about chocolate and girls
It's not so easy knowing they'll be heard
A lot less time but a lot more care
So here's more songs about chocolate and girls
It's not so easy knowing they'll be heard
A lot less time but a lot more care
So here's more songs about chocolate and girls
It's not so easy knowing they'll be heard
A lot less time but a lot more care ...

I was out on my own
My friends weren't there
Just about to go home
When you made me stare

I fell into a trance
Just watching you dance
My world had stopped
When I saw your eyes on me

H-Y-P, I'm hypnotised
H-Y-P, I'm hypnotised
H-Y-P

People look at me
Standing by myself
But I only can see
You and no one else

I was still in a trance
Still watching you dance
My world had stopped
When I saw your eyes on me

H-Y-P, I'm hypnotised
H-Y-P, I'm hypnotised
H-Y-P

Now the dancing has stopped
And the doors are open
But I'm still in a spot
Your spell isn't broken

I'm still in a trance
Even though you won't dance
My world had stopped
When I saw your eyes on me

H-Y-P, I'm hypnotised
H-Y-P, I'm hypnotised
H-Y-P, I'm hypnotised
H-Y-P

Here she comes to say goodnight
I'll get no sleep tonight
With a classroom vision she still can't see
She was the girl for me

Wednesday week, she loved me
Wednesday week, never happened at all

There she goes, I won't see her again
She's gone to school with her best friend
She only does the things she likes to do
Now she wants something new

Wednesday week, she loved me
Wednesday week, never happened at all

Wednesday week, she loved me
Wednesday week, never happened at all

Here she comes to say goodnight
I'll get no sleep tonight

Wednesday week, she loved me
Wednesday week, she loved me
Wednesday week, never happened at all

She can't slow down manic depression
Everybody gets bored once in a while
She's even breaking down at the supermarket

It takes the positive touch
It takes the positive touch

Nervous tears that cry attention
Funny lights inside her head
Drinking, dreaming - some distraction

It takes the positive touch
It takes the positive touch

She's screaming
In the night
There's no one to help her
There's no one to turn on the light

She's screaming
In the night
There's no one to help her
There's no one to turn on the light

What she thought was strange was fascination
Yesterday it rained all day long
She can't slow down manic depression

It takes the positive touch
It takes the positive touch
It takes the positive touch

Sad girl
Such an unusual attraction
Sad girl
How come you look so hurt?

Always locked up in my room
Disguising my faces in the gloom
Hiding like a millionaire
Safely out of site when I'm in there

You're welcome
You're welcome

Cause all sorts of problems when I'm out
No one has the brains to keep me out
Sane as anybody in this place
Counting all the cracks that's in my face

You're welcome
You're welcome

Sad girl (sad girl, sad girl)
Such an unusual attraction (such an unusual attraction)
Sad girl (sad girl, sad girl)
How come you look so hurt? (how come you look so?)
Sad girl (sad girl, sad girl)
Such an unusual attraction (how come you look so?)

Happens all the time
It's gonna happen, happen, till you change your mind
It's gonna happen, happen, happens all the time
It's gonna happen, happen, till you change your mind

The best story I've ever heard
The truth about fat Mr. X and the young girl
See how far he'll let you go
Before he persuades you, when you're walking home

Happens all the time
It's gonna happen, happen, till you change your mind
It's gonna happen, happen, happens all the time
It's gonna happen, happen, till you change your mind

Watching your friends passing by
Going to sleep without blinking their blue eyes
Too slow to notice what's wrong
Two faced to you, when you're taking them on

Happens all the time
It's gonna happen, happen, till you change your mind
It's gonna happen, happen, happens all the time
It's gonna happen, happen, till you change your mind

Everything goes when you're dead
Everything empties from what was in your head
No point in waiting today
Stupid revenge is what's making you stay

Happens all the time
It's gonna happen, happen, till you change your mind
It's gonna happen, happen, happens all the time
It's gonna happen, happen, till you change your mind

So sad to see you've got silver
She's going to break your dancing heart
Nothing good lasts forever
And sometimes nothing starts

Julie Ocean, always on fire
Julie Ocean, crazy desire

You can't scratch her serious anger
Or touch her sensitive mood
Watch her faking her power
Smiling sweetly as she would

Julie Ocean, always on fire
Julie Ocean, crazy desire

That's typical girl
Now, that's typical girl
That's typical girl

Julie Ocean, always on fire
Julie Ocean, crazy desire
Julie Ocean, always on fire
Julie Ocean, crazy desire

Hear your mother on the telephone
Important people happy people on
Everywhere there's scattered magazines
Shooting red from colours yellowing

Any day of the week's when Saturday comes
Any day of the week, she's almost gone

Hiding pictures of her takeaway
Only laughing on a Saturday
Tomorrow's Sunday's special radio
Warning her the danger's long ago

Any day of the week's when Saturday comes
Any day of the week, she's almost gone

Such an independent girl
Think you've got what it takes
If you won't sit down next to me
Girl, that's my mistake

Teenage bop from a nervous holiday
Attracting lips from a hidden stowaway
Telegram go-gos got her yesterday
Shocking tears will never go away

Any day of the week's when Saturday comes
Any day of the week, she's almost gone
Any day of the week
Any day of the week
Any day of the week's when Saturday comes

Here's where I'm supposed to be
A strange feeling's got a hold on me

Forever paradise
Forever paradise

Seventh heaven with a different face
Another time in a difficult place

Forever paradise
Forever paradise

Who said the tide is turning on the sea?
A strange love's caught up with me

Forever paradise
Forever paradise

Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Paradise

My heart's lost since you've been gone
But you're not the guilty one
I'll go back and pick another girl again
Close my eyes 'cause I know that they're all the same

At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade

We were lovers from the start
(What's the point of it? What's the point of our love?)
But since then we've grown apart
(What's the point of it? What's the point of our love?)
Nothing now can make us lovers and we know
(What's the point of it? What's the point of our love?)
So the two of us are gonna see just what's on show
(What's the point of it? What's the point of it?)

At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade

It takes its time passing by
And gives a chance for the loving eye
So see a face and let the body try
To get them moving side by side

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love

We were lovers from the start
But since then we've grown apart
Nothing now can make us lovers and we know
So the two of us are gonna see just what's on show

At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh love)
At the love parade

Love
Love
Love parade
Love parade
Love parade
Love parade
Love parade

In a library of fools
Where spectators hang their senses
It's alright, it's alright, yeah

In abeyance with the rules
The only sound is from the books they read
It's alright, it's alright, yeah

A tide of emotion that's supposed to show
If you surrender to me

At the tiny corporation
That's made of blood, sweat and tears
It's alright, it's alright, yeah

They cover every complication
That happens every year
And it's alright, it's alright, yeah

A tide of emotion that's supposed to show
If you surrender to me

Now it won't take long
Now before you know
If you're not thrown out
Then you'll want to go

'Cause you'll never get pop at the Casbah Rock
You'll never get pop at the Casbah Rock
Oh, you won't get pop at the Casbah Rock
You'll never get pop at the Casbah Rock