Blur - Parklife


01 Girls & Boys (4:50)

Street's like a jungle
so call the police
Following the herd
down to Greece
on holiday

Love in the 90s
is paranoid
On sunny beaches
take your chances
lookin' for

Girls who are boys
who like boys to be girls
who do boys like they're girls
who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
x2

Avoiding all work
'cos there's none available
Like battery thinkers
count your thoughts
on 1 2 3 4 5 fingers

Nothing is wasted
only reproduced
You get nasty blisters
Du bist sehr schön
but we haven't been introduced

Girls who are boys
who like boys to be girls
who do boys like they're girls
who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Girls who are boys
who like boys to be girls
who do boys like they're girls
who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone to really love

Ah ah ah ah ah oh
ah ah ah ah oh

Lookin' for

Girls who are boys
who like boys to be girls
who do boys like they're girls
who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
x3

Girls who are boys
who like boys to be girls
who do boys like they're girls
who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone to really love

Ah ah ah ah ah oh
ah ah ah ah oh


02 Tracy Jacks (4:20)

(Tracy Jacks) works in civil service
(Tracy Jacks) it's steady employment
(Tracy Jacks) is a golfing fanatic
(Tracy Jacks) but his put is erratic

(Tracy Jacks) saw a Harley Street doctor
(Tracy Jacks) who prescribed healthy living
(Tracy Jacks) but he's getting past forty
(Tracy Jacks) and all the seams are splitting

Every day he got closer
He knew in his heart he was over
I'd love to stay here and be normal
but it's just so overrated

(Tracy Jacks) left home without warning
(Tracy Jacks) at five in the morning
(Tracy Jacks) got on the first train to Walton
(Tracy Jacks) and stood on the seafront laughing

(Tracy Jacks) threw his clothes in the water
(Tracy Jacks) and ran around naked
(Tracy Jacks) got stopped by the police
(Tracy Jacks) and escorted back home

Well, every day he got closer
He knew in his heart he was over
I'd love to stay here and be normal
but then it's just so overrated

(Tracy Jacks) oo oo oo oo x4

And then it happened on a Tuesday morning
Tracy Jacks bulldozed down the house he lived in
saying it's just so overrated

(Tracy Jacks) oo oo oo oo x4

Every day he got closer
He knew in his heart he was over
I'd love to stay here and be normal
but it was always overrated

Oo oo oo oo
[to fade]


03 End Of A Century (2:45)

She says there's ants in the carpet
Dirty little monsters
Eating all the morsels
Pickin' up the rubbish

Give her effervescence
She needs a little sparkle
Good morning, TV
You're lookin' so healthy

We all say
don't want to be alone
We wear the same clothes
'cos we feel the same
And kiss with dry lips
when we say goodnight
End of a century
Oh, it's nothing special

Sex on the TV
Everybody's at it
And the mind gets dirty
as you get closer to thirty

Gives her a cuddle
Glowin' in a huddle
Good night, TV
Your room made up
and you're looking like me

We all say
don't want to be alone
We wear the same clothes
'cos we feel the same
And kiss with dry lips
when we say goodnight
End of a century
Oh, it's nothing special

Can you eat her?
Yes you can

We all say
don't want to be alone
We wear the same clothes
'cos we feel the same
And kiss with dry lips
when we say goodnight
End of a century
Oh, it's nothing special
x2

Oh, end of a century
Oh, it's nothing special

(Ooh ooh ooh
ah ah ah)


04 Parklife (3:05)

(Oi!)

Confidence is a preference
for the habitual voyeur
of what is known as
(Parklife)
And morning soup can be avoided
if you take a route straight through
what is known as
(Parklife)
John's got brewers droop
He gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons
they love a bit of it
(Parklife)
Who's that gut lord marching?
You should cut down on your porklife, mate
get some exercise

All the people
So many people
And they all go hand in hand
hand in hand through their parklife

Know what i mean?

I get up when I want
except on Wednesdays
when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen
(Parklife)
I put my trousers on
have a cup of tea
and I think about leavin' the house
(Parklife)
I feed the pigeons
I sometimes feed the sparrows too
It gives me a sense of enormous well-being
(Parklife)
And then I'm happy
for the rest of the day
safe in the knowledge
there will always be a bit of my heart
devoted to it

All the people
So many people
And they all go hand in hand
hand in hand through their parklife

Parklife (parklife) x2

It's got nothing to do
with your vorsprung durch technik, you know
Parklife (parklife)
And it's not about you joggers
who go round and round and round and round
Parklife (parklife)

All the people
So many people
And they all go hand in hand
hand in hand through their parklife
x2


05 Bank Holiday (1:42)

Grandma needs new dentures
to eat the crust on pizza
Taken out by her daughter
because she thought she oughta

Kids are eating snickers
because they're so delicious
Then there's sticky fingers
and mother looses her knickers

Bank holiday comes six times a year
Days of enjoyment to which everyone cheers
Bank holiday comes with six pack of beer
Then it's back to work A.G.A.I.N.

Barbeque is cooking
sausages and chicken
The patio is buzzing
and neighbours, they are looking

John is down the fun pub
drinking lots of lager
Girls and boys are on the game
and all the high streets look the same

Bank holiday comes six times a year
Days of enjoyment to which everyone cheers
Bank holiday comes with six pack of beer
Then it's back to work A.G.A.I.N.

Back to work A.G.A.I.N.

Bank holiday comes six times a year
Days of enjoyment to which everyone cheers
Bank holiday comes with six pack of beer
Then it's back to work a.g.a.i.n.

Bank holiday


06 Badhead (3:25)

So far
I've not really stayed in touch
Well, you knew as much
it's no surprise that today
I get up around two
from a lack of anything to do

And I might as well just grin and bear it
'cos it's not worth the trouble of an argument

And you
Not really stayed in touch
Well, I knew as much
it's no surprise that today
I get up around two
with nothing to do
except get a touch of flu

And I might as well just grin and bear it
'cos it's not worth the trouble of an argument
And in any case I'd rather wear it
It's like a badhead in the morning

And I know

(Ah ah) x4

And I might as well just grin and bear it
'cos it's not worth the trouble of an argument
And in any case I'd rather wear it
It's like a badhead in the morning

So I might as well just grin and bear it
'cos it's not worth the trouble of an argument
And in any case I'd rather wear it
You're like a badhead in the morning

And I know


07 The Debt Collector (2:10)

(Ready then
1 Mississippi
2 Mississippi
3 Mississippi
4 Mississippi)


08 Far Out (1:37)

I spy in the night sky, don't I?
Phoebe, Io, Elara
Leda, Callisto, Sinope
Janus, Dione, Portia

So many moons
Quiet in the sky at night
Hot in the milky way
outside in

Vega, Capella
Hadar, Rigel, Barnard's Star
Antares, Aldebaran, Altair
Wolf 359, Betelgeuse

Sun sun sun sun x7
[to fade]


09 To The End (4:04)

(Tododo
tododo)
do

All those dirty words (jusqu'a la fin)
They make us look so dumb (en plein soleil)
Been drinking far too much (jusqu'a la fin)
and neither of us mean what we say (en plein amour)

Well, you and I
collapsed in love
And it looks like we might've made it
Yes, it looks like we've made it to the end

(Tododo
tododo)
do

What happened to us? (jusqu'a la fin)
Soon it will be gone forever (en plein soleil)
Infatuated only with ourselves (jusqu'a la fin)
And neither of us can think straight anymore (en plein amour)

Well, you and I
collapsed in love
And it looks like we might've made it
Yes, it looks like we've made it to the end

When you and I
collapsed in love
Well, it looks like we might've made it
Yes, it looks like we've made it to the end

(En plein amour)

You and I
We just collapsed in love
And it looks like we might've made it
Yes, it looks like we've made it to the end

(En plein soleil
en plein soleil)


10 London Loves (4:14)

A malady has taken him over
Coughing tar in his Japanese motor
The lights are magic
and he feels lucky
and he's got money
Shoots like an arrow, oh

(London loves)
The mystery of a speeding car
(London loves)
The misery of a speeding heart

It's love you like and everyone's at it
And words are cheap and the mind is elastic
He loves the violence
Keeps ticking over
So sleep together
before today is sold forever

(London loves)
The way people just fall apart
(London loves)
The way you just don't stand a chance
(London loves)
The mystery of a speeding heart

Oh o-oh, oh o-oh x4

(London loves)
The mystery of a speeding car
(London loves)
The misery of a speeding heart
(London loves)
The mystery

Oh, hey, hey!
(London loves)
The way people just fall apart
(London loves)
The way we just don't stand a chance
(London loves) (always London loves)
A speeding heart


11 Trouble In The Message Centre (4:09)

I am the message centre
local and direct
Room to room an operator
(No calls today dear, they just have to wait dear)
I call and I collect
(So just strike him softly away from the body)

You're made up too shiny today
(in so much trouble)
Your thoughts are just pissing away
(in so much trouble)
So much trouble

I am a manager
and I am in control
As the local delegator
(No calls today dear, they just have to wait dear)
I offer no guarantee at all
(So don't take it lightly, you passed your sell-by date)

You're made up too shiny today
(in so much trouble)
Your thoughts are just pissing away
(in so much trouble)
A new typeface, a new day
(in so much trouble)
You can't remember ten minutes ago
(in so much trouble)
(Too much trouble)

La la la la la
la la la la
la la la la la
la la la

(You passed your sell-by date)
You're made up too shiny today
(in so much trouble)
Thoughts are just pissing away
(in so much trouble)
A new typeface, a new day
(in so much trouble)
You can't remember ten minutes ago
(in so much trouble)
(It's too much trouble)

La la la la la
la la la la
[to fade]


12 Clover Over Dover (3:22)

I'm on the white cliffs of Dover
thinking it over and over
Well, if I jump it's all over
A cautionary tale for you (ah ah)

Ho oh x4

I'd like to roll in the Clover
with you over and over
On the white cliffs of Dover
And then I'd let you push me over

If that is the fact, then in actual fact
it's not where it's at and it's over
Oh, if that is the fact, then in actual fact
I'm not where it's at, it's all over
(Yes it is)

Ho oh x4

And now the bluebirds are over (I'm floating away)
Over the white cliffs of Dover (spent 20 years upon the sea)
And when you push me over (and when I come back)
don't bury me, I'm not worth anything (I found that you took care to me)

La la la la la la la la x2

If that is the fact, then in actual fact
it's not where it's at and it's over
Oh, if that is the fact, then in actual fact
I'm not where it's at, it's all over
(Yes it is)

Ho oh x4


13 Magic America (3:37)

Bill Barret has a simple dream
He calls it his plan B
(There were) buildings in the sky and the air is sugar-free
And everyone's very friendly

(Well) plan B arrived on a holiday
He took a cab to the shopping malls
Bought and ate till he could do neither anymore
then found love on channel 44

La la la la la, he wants to go to magic America
La la la la la, he'd like to live in magic America
with all those magic people

Bill Barret sent his postcards home
to everyone he'd ever known
(They read) 59 cents gets you a good square meal
from the people who care how you feel

La la la la la, he wants to go to magic America
la la la la la, he'd like to live in magic America
with all the magic people
with all the magic people

La la la la la, he wants to go to magic America
La la la la la, he'd like to live in magic America
La la la la la, so nice to be in magic America
La la la la la, he likes to live in magic America

With all the magic people x4

(o-oh, o-oh)

All the magic people
(With all the magic people)
All the people, all the people...
etc. [to fade]


14 Jubilee (2:47)

Jubilee slouches in the settee
He's losing all will to move
He gone divy, too much telly
He watching 24 hours of rubbish

He got butane, he got plastic bags
His eyes are going square, oh yeah
He no raver, just anti-social
He no going to cut his hair

He dresses incorrectly, no one told him 17 (how)
He not mean enough
He dresses incorrectly, no one told him 17 (how)
He not keen on being like anyone else

Jubilee's dad, Billy Banker
thinks his son's a slob (he hates a slob)
Should get out more, stop scabbing
He really should go and get a job

He dresses incorrectly, no one told him 17 (how to do it)
He not mean enough
He dresses incorrectly, no one told him where to go (how)
But he just don't get out enough
He dresses incorrectly, no one told him talk to girls (how to do it)
But he just too spotty
He dresses incorrectly, no one told him 17 (how)
He not keen on being like anyone else

So he just plays on his computer games

He dresses incorrectly, no one told him 17 (how to do it)
He not mean enough
He dresses incorrectly, no one told him where to go (how)
But he just don't get out enough
He dresses incorrectly, no one told him talk to girls (how to do it)
But he just too spotty
He dresses incorrectly, no one told him 17 (how)

He not keen on being like anyone
He's not being like anyone
Jubilee's not like anyone else


15 This Is A Low (5:08)

And into the sea
goes pretty England and me
Round the Bay of Biscay
then back for tea

Hit traffic on the Dogger Bank
Up the Thames to find a taxi rank
Sail on by with the tide
and go to sleep

And the radio says
this is a low
but it won't hurt you
When you're alone
it will be there with you
finding ways to stay solo

Up the Tyne, Forth and Cromarty
there's a low in the high forties
Saturday's locked away on the pier
Not fast enough, dear

And on the Malin Head
Blackpool looks blue and red
And the queen, she's gone round the bend
Jumped off land's end

And the radio says
this is a low
but it won't hurt you
When you're alone
it will be there with you
finding ways to stay solo

This is a low
but it won't hurt you
When you're alone
it will be there with you
x2

Finding ways to stay solo


16 Lot 105 (1:19)

La la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la, la la
La la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la, la la
La la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la
Eighteen times a week, love
La la la la la