Learning English - Step One

Learning English
Lesson One
A quick beginner's course for Holiday makers and Business people.
Rock'n'roll fans and Perverts.
Step One: Relax
You should always have a pencil and paper ready to take notes.
Now listen carefully

Blitzkrieg Bop

Hey ho, let's go x4

They're forming in a straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds. The Blitzkrieg Bop

They're pilling in the backseat
Generating steamheat
Pulsating to the backbeat. The Blitzkrieg Bop

Hey ho, let's go. Shoot'em in the back now
What they want, I don't know
They're all revved up and ready to go

Brickfield Nights

Remember those dark nights
down Brickfield, never a plane in sight
Brickfield nights

No youth club, no coffee bar
Saturdays was the local cinema nights
Brickfield nights

Every night we meet at the same place, same time
Late nights spent kicking 'round the football
We carved our initials on the school wall

Remember those Brickfield nights
Remember those Brickfield fights
It seems so long
Those days are gone
Dark nights down Brickfield

On summernights like a sauna
we always met by the corner light
Brickfield nights
Then the girls came, with their long hair
High heels and the make-up never quite right
Brickfield nights

Every night we meet at the same place, same time
Saturdays at the local dance hall
They carved our initials on the school wall

Remember those Brickfield nights
Remember those Brickfield fights
It seems so long
Those days are gone
Dark nights down Brickfield

Remember those Brickfield nights (And I will never forget you)
Remember those Brickfield nights (I won't forget those Brickfield nights)

Step Two

Step Two
If you are older than 12 and younger than 14, you must be simply 13
Ha, ha

Just Thirteen

Oooh
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

She used to be a shy girl
now she is a wild girl
she used to play around in the park
now she waits until it's dark

Just thirteen
it's thirteen

She used to go around with Jane
now she won't see her again
she used to like her friends at school
now she don't consider 'em cool

Just thirteen
it's thirteen

And on her own she is afraid
she thinks of all the enemies she's made
Yes on her own she is afraid
she wonders if she'll ever make the grade

Just thirteen
it's thirteen

She used to be a shy girl...

Just thirteen
it's thirteen

If The Kids Are United

For once in my life I've got something to say
I wanna say it now, for now is today
Life has been given to grab and enjoy
So let's all grab and let's all enjoy

If the kids are united
They will never be divided (2x)

Just take a look around you, what do you see
People with feelings, like you and me
Understand him and he'll understand you
For you are him and he is you

If the kids... (2x)

I don't wanna be rejected
I don't wanna de denied
And it's not my misfortune
That I've opened up your eyes

Freedom is given to speak how you feel
I have no freedom how do you feel
They can lie to my face, but not to my heart
If we stand together this will just be the start

If the kids... (4x)

Nasty, nasty

Nasty, nasty
Walk the streets at night
Nasty, nasty
Looking for a fight
Nasty, nasty
You're the reason why
Nasty, nasty
Made somebody cry

What the hell is wrong with you?
What the hell you're gonna do?
You're gonna do?

Nasty, nasty
Always telling lies
Nasty, nasty
Never really tries
Nasty, nasty
Want to make them pay
Nasty, nasty
Brave to turn away

What the hell is wrong with you? Etc.

Nasty, nasty
Rivals blaming you
Nasty, nasty
All explosion news
Nasty, nasty
Adding up the score
Nasty, nasty
What's it really for?

What the hell is wrong with you? Etc.

Nasty, nasty
Shocking head to feet
Nasty, nasty
Think you're really neat
Nasty, nasty
In to something new
Nasty, nasty
Soon that won't be true

What the helll is wrong with you? Etc.
Nasty!

Step Three

Step Three
Janet and John have a hobby. They like to take pictures.
And let me tell you, hmm, we're not talking of holiday snaps.

Dirty Pictures

I wanna take some dirty pictures of you
I wanna take some dirty pictures of you
As I'm peering through the shutter
I can feel my heart a flutter
And the lens is getting steamy
As the room is getting seamy
Watch out for my reflex as I'm giving you the bird

Dirty pictures turn me on
They give me strictures, but I have to keep on
Taking pictures, Dirty pictures
I get my kicks up in the attic from a Kodak Instamatic

I wanna take some dirty pictures of you
The dirtier the better, only filthy will do
As I rig up my umbrellas
And the props are getting hotter
The action's getting frantic
As you're going through your antics

Head up, leg up, chest out
Can you, what don't be absurd

Dirty pictures....

Baby, Baby

Aaah, aaah, you're so pretty
Not to talk to you would be a crime
aaah, let me put my arms around you
just wanna use up a little of your time

I'm going
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Won't you be my girl

And aaah, your eyes are so pretty
and the clothes you wear there so fine
Hey, won't you come around to my place
just wanna use up a little of your time

I'm going
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Won't you be my girl

Gary Gilmore's Eyes

Gary Gilmore's Eyes

I'm lying in the hospital
I'm pinned against the bed
A stethoscope upon my heart
A hand against my head
They're peeling off the bandages
I'm wincing in the light
The nurse is looking anxious
And she's quivering with fright

I'm looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes (4x)

The doctors are avoiding me
My vision is confused
I listen to my ear-phones
And I catch the evening news
A murderer's been killed
And he donates his sight to science
I'm locked into a private ward
I realise that I must be

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes (4x)

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes (4x)

I smash the light in anger
Push my bed against the door
I close my lids across the eyes
And wish to see no more
The eye receives the messages
And sends them to the brain
No guarantee the stimuli
Must be perceived the same when

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes (4x)

Gary don't need his eyes to see
Gary and his eyes have parted company

Born To Lose

Well that's the way it goes
This city is so cold
And I'm, I'm so slow
That's what I know


Born to lose - I say hit it
Born to lose - I say hit it
Born to lose - I say hit it
Baby I'm born to lose

Nothing to do
And nothing to say
Only one thing that I want
It's the only way

Born to lose - I say hit it
Born to lose - I say hit it
Born to lose - I say hit it
Baby I'm born to lose
Baby I'm born to lose

Living in a jungle
It ain't so hot
Living in the city
It'll eat out, eat out your heart

Born to lose....

How The Rockafellas Went To Hollywood

Do you remember the Rockafellas?
You don't? Janet and John do. They were the four lucky lads from London
who went to Hollywood in search of fame and furtune.
Never to be heard of again.

Do You Remember

Do you remember
Cause we remember we do
Do you remember
I hope you do
I'm sure you do

Sitting on the gear
Drinking from a can
That we stole from a gig in Birmingham
Motorway food whiteline blues
Thunders on the airwaves singing "Born to lose"

Do you remember...

Yeah we remember
Going back in the van
Heading back to Düsseldorf
as fast as we can
We did the gig
but we didn't get paid
cause they didn't like the racket we made

Do you remember...

Who knows why we loved it
We haven't a clue
It started off being
just something to do
The fun just faded and died
now we're in the big time
Oh what a shame

Things are looking hot
We've come a long way
Laying by the pool in sunny L.A.
Hello Cadillacs, Good-bye old van
But we still remember whenever we can

Do you remember...

Breaking a string in the first number
Breaking another one in the next
Roadies earning more than you
God bless the fucking crew
Never getting paid
almost getting laid
The old van breakin' down
Miles and miles from town

Carnival In Rio (Punk Was)

Dad, what was Punk rock?

Punk was rotten
Punk was vicious
Always being non-ambitious
Punk was a pisser
Punk was a puncher
Picking your nose
and chucking your lunch up
Punk was obnoxious
Punk was obscene
Having a pop at our dear queen
Punk was a twisted, tasteless prick
Punk was a pip through her majesty's lip

We never took shit from no one
We just didn't give a fuck
If you didn't like our music
That was just your bloody hard luck

Punk was a riot
every night a rumble
A nice bit of blow
With a nice bit of crumble
Punk was sleazy
Punk was a slamp
Polaroid pigs in bed with your mom
Punk was unhealhty
quite unclean
It was a mockery malignant being
Punk was criminal
Punk was a con
And so was our favourite fugitive's Ron

We never took shit from no one
We just didn't give a fuck
If you didn't like our music
That was just your bloody hard luck

Now open your eyes
and listen my son
There's no reason to be sad
Just hang around and stay with us
It will all be coming back

We never took shit from no one
We just didn't give a fuck
If you didn't like our music
That was just your bloody hard luck

I said if you don't like our music
That's just your bloody hard luck

Step Four

Step Four
Janet and John worked in a pickled onion factory.
Now they are out of work.
Are they out of work?
Yes, they are out of work.
This annoys them somewhat, as they feel they have a right to work

Right To Work

Standing around just
For seven days a week
I won't even get no signing on fee

I feel ripped of, yeah
Hey, what about you?
Where was I born,
what are we gonna do?

But this I say

We have the right to work x4

I don't even know what tomorrow will bring
But let me tell you, having no future is a terrible thing
Standing around just waiting for a career
I don't take drugs and I don't drink beer
But this I say

We have the right to work x4

Yes we do!

I don't even know what tomorrow will bring
Having no future is a terrible thing
Standing around just waiting for a career
I take lives and drugs
And I'm pissed up yeah,
'cause I'm a nutter

We have the right to work x4

Whole Wide World

When I was a young boy
my mama said to me,
"There's only one girl in the world for you,
and she probably lives in Tahiti."

I'd go the whole wide world,
go the whole wide world just to find her.

Or maybe she's in the Bahamas
where the Caribean Sea is blue,
Weeping in the tropical moonlit night
because nobody's talking about you.

I'd go the whole wide world,
go the whole wide world just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world,
go the whole wide world to find out where they hide her.
I'd go the whole wide world,
go the whole wide world just to find her

Why am I hanging around in the rain right here,
Trying to pick up a girl,
Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears
When there's girls all over the world.
Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere
Underneath a tropical sun?
Pining a way in a heat wave there,
hoping that I won't be long.
I should be lying on that sun swept beach with her
Caressing her warm, brown skin.
And then in a year or maybe not quite
We'll be sharing the same next of kin.

I'd go the whole wide world,
go the whole wide world just to find her.
I'd go the whole wide world,
go the whole wide world to find out where they hide her.
I'd go the whole wide world,
go the whole wide world just to find her.
I'd go the whole wide world,
go the whole wide world to find out where they hide her.
Yeah!

Whole wide world
Whole wide world

Smash It Up

We've been crying now for much to long
Now we're gonna dance to a different song
Gonna scream and shout to my dying breath
Gonna smash it up 'til there's nothing left

Smash it up

People call me villain it's such a shame
Maybe it's my clothes must be to blame
I don't even care if I look a mess
Don't wanna be a sucker like all the rest

Smash it up

Stranglehold

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Gogo dancing goes like this

Some little girl's got a hold of me,
she's only 13 but life's so sweet
Got down on my knees
Got a stranglehold on me

Put's her arms round me like a vice
I was so pityfully nice
I can only take it once or twice
Got a stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Stranglehold

Put's her arms round me like a vice
I was so pityfully nice
I can only take it once or twice
Got a stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Stranglehold

Stranglehold on me
Stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Stranglehold

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
You want more?
We'll do it again.

Got a stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Stranglehold

Step Five

Step Five
How to make a Molotov cocktail.
Steal one empty bottle. Fill it with petrol. Preferably unledded.
Push your handkerchief firmly into the top.
Hold your cigarette lighter in the left hand.
And wait for a passing tank.

Love And A Molotov Cocktail

Two fingers poking at the world
One golden rule, no rules at all
Two fingers been poised down on to you
You better make sure they got something to do
Two fingers now what a surprise
Mama can't believe what happens before her eyes
Her little darling once so small
Never could believe you'd grow up at all.

Well do we miss you, Yes we do
Father sends his regards to you
Will I write well once in while
I'll send my love and a Molotov cocktail

Do Anything You Wanna Do

Gonna break out of this city
Leave the people here behind
Searching for adventure is the type of life to find
Tired of doing day jobs with no thanks for what I do
I'm sure I must be someone
Now I'm gonna find out who

Why don't you ask them what they expect from you
Why don't you tell them what you are gonna do
You'll get so lonely maybe it's better that way
It ain't you only you've got something to say

Do anything you wanna do
Do anything you wanna do

Don't need no politician tell me things I shouldn't need
Neither no optician tell me what I ought to see
Noone tells you nothing even when you know they know
But they tell you what you should do
They don't like to see you grow

Why don't you ask them what they expect from you
Why don't you tell them what you are gonna do
You'll get so lonely maybe it's better that way
It ain't you only you've got something to say

Do anything you wanna do

Gonna break out of this city.....

Goodbye From Janet & John

Well, that's all for today.
I hope you have enjoyed this lesson in the finest
of English language and culture.
It has been a totally disspiriting experience.
But who gives a flying fuck what I think.
And now it's time to say: Bye, bye.
So it's bye, bye from Janet
Bye, bye. And bye, bye from John.
Bye, bye.
And now play this record until you're sick of it.