Catatonia
Catatonia : International velvet (1998)

1. Mulder and Scully
I'd rather be liberated
I find myself captivated
Stop doing what you
Keep doing it too
I'd rather stay bold and lonely
I dream I'm your one and only
Stop doing what you
Keep doing it too
Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange now I can't sleep alone
I'd rather be jumping ship
I find myself jumping straight in
Stop doing what you
Keep doing it too
Forever be dozy and dim
I wake myself thinking of him
Stop doing what you
Keep doing it too
Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange now I can't sleep alone here
My bed is made for two
and there's nothing I can do
So tell me something I don't know
If my head is full of you
Is there nothing I can do
Must we all march in two by two by two
And as for some happy ending
I'd rather stay single and thin
(I'd rather be captured by aliens)
(Than wait for a man with nothing, oh)
Stop doing what you
Keep doing it to me
Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange now I can't sleep alone here
Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange now I can't sleep alone
So what have you got to say about that?
And what does someone do without love?
And what does someone do with love?
And what have you got to say about that?
I find myself captivated
Stop doing what you
Keep doing it too
I'd rather stay bold and lonely
I dream I'm your one and only
Stop doing what you
Keep doing it too
Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange now I can't sleep alone
I'd rather be jumping ship
I find myself jumping straight in
Stop doing what you
Keep doing it too
Forever be dozy and dim
I wake myself thinking of him
Stop doing what you
Keep doing it too
Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange now I can't sleep alone here
My bed is made for two
and there's nothing I can do
So tell me something I don't know
If my head is full of you
Is there nothing I can do
Must we all march in two by two by two
And as for some happy ending
I'd rather stay single and thin
(I'd rather be captured by aliens)
(Than wait for a man with nothing, oh)
Stop doing what you
Keep doing it to me
Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange now I can't sleep alone here
Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange now I can't sleep alone
So what have you got to say about that?
And what does someone do without love?
And what does someone do with love?
And what have you got to say about that?
2. Game on
You know the time to act is now
Before the sands of time run out
I know that I could never
fall from grace I'm far too clever
I will achieve my destiny
My star's ascent - a certainty
I know that I could never
fall from grace I'm far too clever
Boy sees, boy takes, boy hooked
And the subject's closed
Worst case scenario becomes real
It don't show
No clever clevers can dissuade
From tougher substance I was made
I know that I could never
fall from grace I'm far too clever
Boy sees, boy takes, boy hooked
And the subject's closed
Worst case scenario becomes real
It don't show
You know the time to act is now
Before the sands of time run out
I know that I could never
fall from grace I'm far too clever
I will achieve my destiny
My star's ascent - a certainty
I know that I could never
fall from grace I'm far too clever
Boy sees, boy takes, boy hooked
And the subject's closed
Worst case scenario becomes real
It don't show
No clever clevers can dissuade
From tougher substance I was made
I know that I could never
fall from grace I'm far too clever
Boy sees, boy takes, boy hooked
And the subject's closed
Worst case scenario becomes real
It don't show
You know the time to act is now
3. I am the mob
(All right then, you think you're some bad girl, you just wait till someone else gets hold of you and beats the living daylights out of you)
I put horse's heads in peoples beds
Cause I am the mob
When duty calls gonna bust some balls
Cause I am the mob
Don't try and tell me it's one for the money, two for the money, three for the money
Am I your Easter bunny, come on.
I try my level best, my best to please
But I'm gonna put a bullet between your knees
baby come on just tell them
Stop blowing the Don put his keks back on
Cause I am the mob
Stop mucking around with the brand new sound
Cause I am the mob
Try and tell me it's one for the money, two for the money, three for the money
Am I your Easter bunny, come on, oh baby come on
I try my level best, my best to please
But I'm gonna put a bullet between your knees
baby come on just please tell them
That Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes
Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes
Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes, missus
Oh tell them, just tell them
Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes
Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes
Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes, missus
I am the mob
I put horse's heads in peoples beds
Cause I am the mob
When duty calls gonna bust some balls
Cause I am the mob
Don't try and tell me it's one for the money, two for the money, three for the money
Am I your Easter bunny, come on.
I try my level best, my best to please
But I'm gonna put a bullet between your knees
baby come on just tell them
Stop blowing the Don put his keks back on
Cause I am the mob
Stop mucking around with the brand new sound
Cause I am the mob
Try and tell me it's one for the money, two for the money, three for the money
Am I your Easter bunny, come on, oh baby come on
I try my level best, my best to please
But I'm gonna put a bullet between your knees
baby come on just please tell them
That Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes
Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes
Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes, missus
Oh tell them, just tell them
Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes
Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes
Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes, missus
I am the mob
4. Road rage
If all you've got to do today is find peace of mind
Come round, you can take a piece of mine
And if all you've got to do today is hesitate
Come here, you can leave it late with me
You could be taking it easy on yourself
You should be making it easy on yourself
Cause you and I know
It's all over the front page
You give me road rage
Racing through the best days
It's up to you boy
You're driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
If all you've got to prove today is your innocence
Calm down, you're as guilty as can be
But as all you've got to lose alludes to yesterday
Yesterday's through, now do anything you please
You could be taking it easy on yourself
You should be making it easy on yourself
Cause you and I know
It's all over the front page
You give me road rage
Racing through the best days
It's up to you boy
You're driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
You're losing your mind
You - you've been racing through the best days
You - you've been racing through the best days
Space age, road rage, fast lane
And if all you've got to do today is find peace of mind
Come here you can take a piece of mine
You could be taking it easy on yourself
You should be making it easy on yourself
Cause you and I know
It's all over the front page
You give me road rage
Racing through the best days
It's up to you boy
You're driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
But you and I know
We all live in the space age
Coming down with road rage
Racing through the best days
It's up to you boy
You're driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
It's not over
It's not over
(it's not over till my rage burns colder)
It's not over
It's not over
It's not over
Space age, road rage, fast lane, minimum wage
Home late, upgrade, short-changed, golden age
Front page, lose face, handmade, space ache
Backstage, outraged, disgraced, maximum weight
But you and I know
We all live in the space age
You give me road rage
Racing through the best days
It's up to you boy
You're driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
You're losing your mind
Come round, you can take a piece of mine
And if all you've got to do today is hesitate
Come here, you can leave it late with me
You could be taking it easy on yourself
You should be making it easy on yourself
Cause you and I know
It's all over the front page
You give me road rage
Racing through the best days
It's up to you boy
You're driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
If all you've got to prove today is your innocence
Calm down, you're as guilty as can be
But as all you've got to lose alludes to yesterday
Yesterday's through, now do anything you please
You could be taking it easy on yourself
You should be making it easy on yourself
Cause you and I know
It's all over the front page
You give me road rage
Racing through the best days
It's up to you boy
You're driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
You're losing your mind
You - you've been racing through the best days
You - you've been racing through the best days
Space age, road rage, fast lane
And if all you've got to do today is find peace of mind
Come here you can take a piece of mine
You could be taking it easy on yourself
You should be making it easy on yourself
Cause you and I know
It's all over the front page
You give me road rage
Racing through the best days
It's up to you boy
You're driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
But you and I know
We all live in the space age
Coming down with road rage
Racing through the best days
It's up to you boy
You're driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
It's not over
It's not over
(it's not over till my rage burns colder)
It's not over
It's not over
It's not over
Space age, road rage, fast lane, minimum wage
Home late, upgrade, short-changed, golden age
Front page, lose face, handmade, space ache
Backstage, outraged, disgraced, maximum weight
But you and I know
We all live in the space age
You give me road rage
Racing through the best days
It's up to you boy
You're driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
You're losing your mind
5. Johnny come lately
I'm sorry you couldn't make it
You could have seen him
So weathered and dated
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate it
If you'd seen his botanical leanings
First prize exhibit and all down to good spirit
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
If I'd envied the things that he spoke of
How I envied the things that he thought of
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
If I told you that I made some time
To stay behind the final line and make the garden grow
Where the sun no longer shines
If I asked too many questions
And stayed behind the final line and made the garden grow
But he never ever gave away the secret of his godforsaken soil
He didn't need us
Just tempted and teased us
You could have been here
Wishing you were here
This was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
If I told you that I made some time
To stay behind the final line and make the garden grow
Where the sun no longer shines
He assured the seeds you sold were sound
But I must have cast them all on stony ground
And now the sun won't shine
I must have asked too many questions
And stayed behind the final line and made the garden grow
But he never ever gave away the secret of his godforsaken soil
You could have seen him
So weathered and dated
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate it
If you'd seen his botanical leanings
First prize exhibit and all down to good spirit
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
If I'd envied the things that he spoke of
How I envied the things that he thought of
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
If I told you that I made some time
To stay behind the final line and make the garden grow
Where the sun no longer shines
If I asked too many questions
And stayed behind the final line and made the garden grow
But he never ever gave away the secret of his godforsaken soil
He didn't need us
Just tempted and teased us
You could have been here
Wishing you were here
This was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
If I told you that I made some time
To stay behind the final line and make the garden grow
Where the sun no longer shines
He assured the seeds you sold were sound
But I must have cast them all on stony ground
And now the sun won't shine
I must have asked too many questions
And stayed behind the final line and made the garden grow
But he never ever gave away the secret of his godforsaken soil
6. Goldfish and paracetamol
A dead loss, no songs
No fun just glum
Lying next to someone
So don't mention the war
Don't question where we stand
Know where we fall
North, south, east, where's best?
If head left
It turns out directionless
And needlepoint aside
I always find
Embroidery leaves me blind
Cause I'm too weary to rest
Since I noticed - coming second best is close to ideal
What fools boredom breeds
So much to do
So many goldfish to feed
And paracetamol
I'll take them all
They line my stomach wall
Cause I'm too weary to rest
Since I noticed - coming second best is close to ideal
With customary thirst
I search a water glass
But gin hits first
Oh don't believe the hype
Expectancy
Will always spoil a party
It's tourniquet by crochet
My waters break
Don't drive for pity's sake
Cause I'm too weary to rest
Since I noticed - coming second best is close to ideal
No fun just glum
Lying next to someone
So don't mention the war
Don't question where we stand
Know where we fall
North, south, east, where's best?
If head left
It turns out directionless
And needlepoint aside
I always find
Embroidery leaves me blind
Cause I'm too weary to rest
Since I noticed - coming second best is close to ideal
What fools boredom breeds
So much to do
So many goldfish to feed
And paracetamol
I'll take them all
They line my stomach wall
Cause I'm too weary to rest
Since I noticed - coming second best is close to ideal
With customary thirst
I search a water glass
But gin hits first
Oh don't believe the hype
Expectancy
Will always spoil a party
It's tourniquet by crochet
My waters break
Don't drive for pity's sake
Cause I'm too weary to rest
Since I noticed - coming second best is close to ideal
7. International velvet
Deffrwch Cymry cysglyd, gwlad y gân
Dwfn yw'r gwendid, bychan yw'r fflam
Creulon yw'r cynhaeaf, ond per yw'r dôn
'Da alaw'r alarch unig yn fy mron
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Gweledd o fedd gynhhyrfodd Cymraes swil
Darganfyddais gwir baradwys Rhyl
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Deffrwch Cymry cysglyd, gwlad y gân
Dwfn yw'r gwendid, bychan yw'r fflam
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Thank the Lord I'm, thank the Lord I'm
Thank the Lord I'm Welsh.
Dwfn yw'r gwendid, bychan yw'r fflam
Creulon yw'r cynhaeaf, ond per yw'r dôn
'Da alaw'r alarch unig yn fy mron
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Gweledd o fedd gynhhyrfodd Cymraes swil
Darganfyddais gwir baradwys Rhyl
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Deffrwch Cymry cysglyd, gwlad y gân
Dwfn yw'r gwendid, bychan yw'r fflam
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Thank the Lord I'm, thank the Lord I'm
Thank the Lord I'm Welsh.
8. Why I can't stand one night stands
You're adamant
So loose-limbed I give in
Although your bed is warm,
the worn springs the creak of regret
And lust is the thief who steals away while we were sleeping
Now you're doing my head in
The lines, the blinds are drawn
We are intimate strangers
I'm reborn, its a false dawn
Where we've been - I forget
And Saturday's fuss is just small town lust it's me I'm cheaten
Now you're doing my head in
And Saturday's fuss is just small town lust it's me I'm cheaten
Now you're doing my head in
Now you're doing my head in
So loose-limbed I give in
Although your bed is warm,
the worn springs the creak of regret
And lust is the thief who steals away while we were sleeping
Now you're doing my head in
The lines, the blinds are drawn
We are intimate strangers
I'm reborn, its a false dawn
Where we've been - I forget
And Saturday's fuss is just small town lust it's me I'm cheaten
Now you're doing my head in
And Saturday's fuss is just small town lust it's me I'm cheaten
Now you're doing my head in
Now you're doing my head in
9. Part of the furniture
I'd be your Baba Papa
I'd be your Baba Papa
If you'd be a Baba Papa to me
I'd be your table and chair
Philippe Starck or Bill Umblair
If you'd be a Baba Papa to me
And I'd be your angel
Ride you until you're warmer
Be your cradle
Swing you until you fall
I'd be your son and your heir
Destitute but debonair
Though ill advised and ill in debt
I'll never be drained or misled
I stole your dreams and
Infatuated with this freedom
Say the word and I could be them
And I'd be your angel
Ride you until you're warmer
Be your cradle
Swing you until you're tired out
Just say the word and I could be them
Take your pick and I could be her
Infatuated with this freedom
Say the word and I could be them
I'd be your Baba Papa
If you'd be a Baba Papa to me
I'd be your table and chair
Philippe Starck or Bill Umblair
If you'd be a Baba Papa to me
And I'd be your angel
Ride you until you're warmer
Be your cradle
Swing you until you fall
I'd be your son and your heir
Destitute but debonair
Though ill advised and ill in debt
I'll never be drained or misled
I stole your dreams and
Infatuated with this freedom
Say the word and I could be them
And I'd be your angel
Ride you until you're warmer
Be your cradle
Swing you until you're tired out
Just say the word and I could be them
Take your pick and I could be her
Infatuated with this freedom
Say the word and I could be them
10. You don't need the sunshine
I'd be your Baba Papa
I'd be your Baba Papa
If you'd be a Baba Papa to me
I'd be your table and chair
Philippe Starck or Bill Umblair
If you'd be a Baba Papa to me
And I'd be your angel
Ride you until you're warmer
Be your cradle
Swing you until you fall
I'd be your son and your heir
Destitute but debonair
Though ill advised and ill in debt
I'll never be drained or misled
I stole your dreams and
Infatuated with this freedom
Say the word and I could be them
And I'd be your angel
Ride you until you're warmer
Be your cradle
Swing you until you're tired out
Just say the word and I could be them
Take your pick and I could be her
Infatuated with this freedom
Say the word and I could be them
I'd be your Baba Papa
If you'd be a Baba Papa to me
I'd be your table and chair
Philippe Starck or Bill Umblair
If you'd be a Baba Papa to me
And I'd be your angel
Ride you until you're warmer
Be your cradle
Swing you until you fall
I'd be your son and your heir
Destitute but debonair
Though ill advised and ill in debt
I'll never be drained or misled
I stole your dreams and
Infatuated with this freedom
Say the word and I could be them
And I'd be your angel
Ride you until you're warmer
Be your cradle
Swing you until you're tired out
Just say the word and I could be them
Take your pick and I could be her
Infatuated with this freedom
Say the word and I could be them
11. Strange glue
It was strange glue that held us together
While we both came apart at the seams
She said your place or mine while we've still got the time
So I played along with her scheme
But I don't have the right to be with you tonight
So please leave me alone with no saviour in sight
I will sleep safe and sound with nobody around me
When faced with my demons
I clothe them and feed them
And I'll smile, yes I'll smile
As they're taking me over
And if I cannot sleep for the secrets I keep
It's the price I'm willing to meet
The end of the night never comes too quickly for me
But I don't have the right to be with you tonight
So please leave me alone with no saviour in sight
I will sleep safe and sound with nobody around me
When faced with my demons
I clothe them and feed them
And I'll smile, yes I'll smile
As they're taking me over
And if I cannot sleep for the secrets I keep
It's the prize I'm willing to see
Oh the end of the night never comes too quickly for me
Oh the end of the night never comes too quickly for me
While we both came apart at the seams
She said your place or mine while we've still got the time
So I played along with her scheme
But I don't have the right to be with you tonight
So please leave me alone with no saviour in sight
I will sleep safe and sound with nobody around me
When faced with my demons
I clothe them and feed them
And I'll smile, yes I'll smile
As they're taking me over
And if I cannot sleep for the secrets I keep
It's the price I'm willing to meet
The end of the night never comes too quickly for me
But I don't have the right to be with you tonight
So please leave me alone with no saviour in sight
I will sleep safe and sound with nobody around me
When faced with my demons
I clothe them and feed them
And I'll smile, yes I'll smile
As they're taking me over
And if I cannot sleep for the secrets I keep
It's the prize I'm willing to see
Oh the end of the night never comes too quickly for me
Oh the end of the night never comes too quickly for me
12. My selfish gene
You, me and destiny
Guess that it was never meant to be
All you did was give me allergy
I'm not looking for your sympathy
You, me and destiny
I am courted by uncertainty
I've lost my will to live unselfishly
Altruism stinks of fallacy
My selfish gene it fills my spleen with bile
And all the while I thought you gave a damn
You, me and destiny
Guess that it was never meant to be
All you needed was some courtesy
And I'm not waiting for apologies
My selfish gene it fills my spleen with bile
And all the while I thought you gave a damn
Way back then I thought you'd give a damn
Guess that it was never meant to be
All you did was give me allergy
I'm not looking for your sympathy
You, me and destiny
I am courted by uncertainty
I've lost my will to live unselfishly
Altruism stinks of fallacy
My selfish gene it fills my spleen with bile
And all the while I thought you gave a damn
You, me and destiny
Guess that it was never meant to be
All you needed was some courtesy
And I'm not waiting for apologies
My selfish gene it fills my spleen with bile
And all the while I thought you gave a damn
Way back then I thought you'd give a damn