LYRICS
68 The Musical Soundtrack Album
01 Living in a Northern Town
Northern Town Chorus:
Over and over and over again
Monotony saves us from feeling the pain
Doesn't feel good but we cannot complain
Cos we still remember the war
Don't question authority they know what's best
They trust us completely to keep us oppressed
Don't even think of our right to protest
Like our fathers and fathers before
Friday night at 5 o clock, is when we stop
Friday night at 5 o clock is when the weekly dirge is left behind
It's time to cool it and unwind
Working here is not so bad
It's not so bad
Nothing really going on
And all the news we read is second hand
We don't really understand
Living in a Northern town
Peace and loving all around
The world is changing far away
But it wont affect us here
Living in a Northern town
Peace and loving all around
There's a call for revolution
But we're too far away to hear
Friday night at half past 5, it's time for tea
Friday night we get dolled up, and worry if the boys we like will say
I like the way you look today
Meet each other in the town hanging out
Meet each other in the pub and in the picture house we sit again
Every week we do the same
Living in a Northern town
Peace and loving all around
The world is changing far away
But it wont affect us here
Living in a Northern town
Peace and loving all around
There's a call for revolution
But we're too far away to hear
There are Beatles on the radio
There are Beetles driving up and down our street
The sun is shining
And the air we breathe is sweet
Got some money in my pocket
Got my buddies and my life in front of me
No time for worries
Everything's groovy and carefree
But if you look you just might see
Underneath the surface
There's something more that we might be
If we take the chance, Take the chance
Living in a Northern town
Peace and loving all around
There's a call for revolution
But we're too far away to hear
We're all looking to tomorrow
The world is changing here in nineteen sixty, nineteen sixty, nineteen sixty
Nineteen sixty eight
Nineteen sixty eight
Nineteen sixty... eight
02 Happening Somewhere
Cyn:
On the TV in the news
There's a hundred different views
Of the life we have and what the future holds
If it's good or if it's bad, if we're sane or if we're mad
But I still feel like I'm doing what I'm told
Got a feeling Something is happening
Got a feeling something is happening
Got a feeling something is happening somewhere
Every day becomes the same
While we look for folk to blame
As the pop stars show us how to cut our hair
We are young and we are free
We are who we're told to be
There's no passion in the fashion we all wear
Got a feeling Something is happening
Got a feeling something is happening
Got a feeling something is happening
Somewhere lively, amazing and new
Somewhere magic, dark and taboo
Where minds are blown and dreams grow in the street
I can almost feel the heartbeat
Somewhere groovy, thrilling and cool
Somewhere, revolution will rule
Embrace the future, hear my voice aloud
I will make my Dad proud
In a world, where I fit, my clothes loved by all I'll be a hit
Think of the chicks wearing my dress
Think of the hipsters I'll impress
Forever right I do no wrong
I'll never fail I will be strong
Got to leave the mundane
Got to wake up to the scene
Leave the doubts behind
and find the strength to live my dream
All my life I've wanted folk to notice my designs
I was not born to reflect
No I was born to shine
I was born to shine
I was born to shine
03 Square Man
Albert:
The times may be a changing, but they're changing too fast for me
Like clinging to a lifeboat in the coldest and roughest of sea's
And I'm not the only one who's drowning, hoping for some harmony
When classic becomes old and tragic what will be left of me?
Each day becomes a struggle, as if I can set them free!
It's a city wide obsession, It's a person I refuse to be
I feel like I'm a square man, in a place that I don't fit
Alien surroundings under pressure to submit
The gentle world I longed for, but i have never found
I'm feeling like a square man, in a city that is round
The world may be a changing but it doesn't mean war will end
Smoking dope and hippy clothing I would not recommend
Because dropping out means having nothing and I don't think that's what you intend
I feel like I'm a square man, in a place that I don't fit
Surrounded by confusion, and a thought I can't admit
The simple world I longed for, but i have never found
I'm feeling like a square man, in a city that is round
I think of what I've lost, the things I've left behind
Though my daughter left, she's never gone away
I always count the cost, but never pay the fine
Can I hang my head and live with "OK"
I feel like I'm a square man, in a place that I don't fit
I'm living in a new world, but I just can't commit
The peaceful world I longed for, but i have never found
I'm feeling like a square man...
04 The Centre of the Universe
The people of Swinging London:
Shining bright - out of sight
Welcome to the world of human dynamite
This place is hip - What a trip
Revel in the fun and join the fellowship
Stand up stand out
London Town is calling
Swinging nights dizzy heights
Come enjoy the centre of the universe
The centre of the universe
Living rich and loving free
Experience the world the way it's meant to be
Forget the past, have a blast
Enjoy the ride the scenery is changing fast
Stand up stand out
London Town is calling
Swinging nights dizzy heights
Come enjoy the centre of the universe
The centre of the universe
Beatles on the radio and beetles driving down the road
Mini skirts and dancing to last years rock n roll
Fashion and photographers are capturing our lives
Free the possibilities of "Out of control"
Make a wish just in case
Tearing down the old to make a better place
Try to catch a butterfly
Strike a pose
You're in the public eye
Tune in drop out
All the world is watching
Everybody knows that
Swinging London is the centre of the universe
The centre of the universe
Friday night at 6 o clock, is when we start
Friday night at 6 o clock is when the beatniks and the hip get loaded
This kaleidoscope exploded
Friday night at 6 o clock we come alive
Friday night at 6 o clock is when the weekly dirge is left behind
The weekend's here to blow your mind
High life
Jayne:
I'm just a normal girl
Living in this crazy world
With opportunities galore
As long as I look my best
The whole world trying to work out
Who is this mysterious guest
What do you expect a girl to do
I'm living the high life yeah
They hold your dreams in front of you
I'm living the high life
Film premier to attend?
If you've got lots of bread to spend
Then you can find me on your arm
Parties and shows galore
I'm your evenings devotion
But extras are gonna cost more
What do you expect a girl to be?
I'm living the high life yeah
They hold my dreams in front of me
I'm living the high life
As I look around is seems so unfair
That the beautiful people with so much to spare
Are living a life that I want to enjoy
But I don't get angry and I don't destroy
I use all the talent and charm I possess
To take all I can and become a success
That's how a girl who was ONCE on the street
Can leave all the downers and join the elite Yeahhhh
What do you expect a girl to do
I'm living the high life yeah
They hold your dreams in front of you
I'm living the high life
I'm living the high life yeah
I'm living the high life
05 Thin End of the Wedge
Chief Inspector Jackson:
One small step, that is all it takes
One small step, and the world awakes
Different from before, changed a little more...
One small step, just a little change
One more step, rules are rearranged
All that we achieved...
All that we believed...
Gone, in a gradual eroding of a system that took decades for us to build
Gone, as society is moving and accommodating. Progress can't be stilled!
How can we stand and watch while civilisation's vandalised?
How can we pretend to be the audience yet close our eyes?
No! This I pledge:
I'll resist the thin end of the wedge.
One more inch, then they'll take a mile
They won't flinch, they won't falter while
Tearing down the rules. Such small-minded fools!
Yes, there's an argument for certain flexibilities when dealing with the press,
And yes, there has been a time or two when certain criminals were prompted to confess
But I am a bastion of pure unchanging constancy
I hold the line, discharge my duties, all responsibly
Oh! This I know:
Thirty years ago we fought a dark and bitter war
We couldn't afford to bend the rules or disrespect the law
This new generation will soon forget
The balance we won won't take much to upset
The price that we paid is a forgotten debt
Take a stand, that is my approach
Do what's planned, be beyond reproach
Apprehend the strangers and nothing ever changes!
If there's a crime, I will convict, I don't need evidence
If there's a wrong, I'll make it right and damn the consequence
If I can just hold back the tide and all it represents
If I can find a way to make this crazy world make sense
Yes! I'm on the edge
And I'll repel the thin end of the wedge.
06 Bobbing Along
Darnel:
I'm bobbing along, bobbing along
I'm bobbing along, I'm doing fine
I'm bobbing along, bobbing along
I'm bobbing along, taking my time
You ask me what I'm gonna do
in your dynamic world
Oh no, You know I haven't got a clue
I need to relax
Chill out and have some fun again
Stop getting so uptight, alright
I'm not trying at all
I'm bobbing along, bobbing along
I'm bobbing along, I'm doing fine
I'm bobbing along, bobbing along
I'm bobbing along, taking my time
You ask me bout my point of view
In these unsettled times, oh my
I haven't got a clue
You need to unwind
Don't fret about things you cannot change
You don't have to lead the way, hey hey
I've got nothing to say
I'm bobbing along, bobbing along
I'm bobbing along, I'm doing fine
I'm bobbing along, bobbing along
I'm bobbing along, taking my time
Ignorance is blissful
Why aren't you?
Spend too long creating
Things to do
Tune out and succumb to:
Bobbing along, bobbing along
I'm bobbing along, I'm doing fine
I'm bobbing along, bobbing along
I'm bobbing along, taking my time
07 These Things
Darnel:
These things that I hear in the words of an old fashioned song
These things that I read from the hearts of the poets
Laughing at me all along
Oh, all very well, but you see:
These things never happen to me
My friends have told me about this magical stuff (hah!)
The moment it hits and tears them to bits and
The fact that they can't get enough
Oh, walk in my shoes, and you'll see:
These things never happen to me
What can I say, what if it's true
And the person I count on is you
To fire me up and take me away
From the darkness I feel everyday
Cyn:
These things that I see every time I look around
They fly in the air on a wing and a prayer
While I keep my self on the ground
Oh, here in my heart I guarantee
These things never happen to me
Darnel & Cyn:
What can I say, what if it's true
And the person I count on is you
to fire me up and tear me away
From the darkness I feel everyday
What if it's true, I'd have to agree
Could this thing finally happen to me?
Darnel:
I look at you
I can't say that my dreams have come true
But I feel that there could be a chance that one day they might
Cyn:
The factory girls used to say
That I'd find a nice fella someday
It's Strange to think after all they could have been right
Darnel & Cyn:
What can I say, what if it's true
And the person I count on is you
to fire me up and tear me away
From the darkness I feel everyday
What if it's true, I'd have to agree
This thing might have happened to me?
08 Rules of Survival
Jayne:
Do you know how you sound
Trying to be so profound
Argue till your words get rearranged
What you need is a plan
Forget about "The Man"
There is no way that things will change
Take the cards that they deal to you,
Don't care how they feel to you, you have no choice
Whoa, the rules of survival
That's the way that I live my life
And sure, it's a sacrifice to have no voice
Yeah, you need the rules of survival
You gotta go with the flow
Can't change the status quo
So make the most of what you've got
It's not to everyone's taste
You may think it's a disgrace
At least I'm happy with my lot
Take the cards that they deal to you
They might not appeal to you, here's what you need
Whoa, the rules of survival
No point in sitting debating it
You'll just end up hating it, so just concede
Yeah, you need the rules of survival
Everyone around me thinks they are the centre
Of their private universe
Stars of their own story, hogging all the glory
Only makes things ten times worse, then all the pity
When they cannot change the past
Look at what's around you, try to make the good times last
Hope they last
Take the cards that they deal to you,
They may not seem real to you, but boy, they are!
Whoa, the rules of survival
If you go on protesting
You know they'll try arresting you, you won't get far
Yeah, you need the rules of survival
09 Thin Blue Line
Officers:
We were there to help and keep the public safe
We were there to keep things peaceful
We laid down the law I just can't believe
That we could receive such hate from flower people
Jackson speaks:
Officers:
We won the day, never had a doubt
Never disrespect the boys in blue
We should be so proud overcame the mob
We knew what to do, Stand true, Review, Fight, Subdue, Thank you
Jackson and Reporter speaks:
Officers:
Are you sure we're right to congratulate ourselves
Did we act too late
Did we take their bait
Are we not the heroes
Jackson and Reporter speaks:
Young Policeman:
Panicked women
Screaming children
Frightened men cover their heads
Running from me
I'm the monster
See my truncheon dripping red
Jackson and Reporter speaks:
Officers:
We're the thin blue line And we didn't break
Look around and praise our brothers
We should be so proud overcame the mob
We knew what to do, Stand true, Review, Fight, Subdue, Thank you
British Pathé reports:
10 If I Could Only Find the Words
Rosemary:
If I could find the words
I'd tell you why I ran away
And all the feelings I kept bottled up inside
If I could find the words
I'd tell you all about the fear
The hidden days and sleepless nights I sat and cried
If I could find the words
If I could find the words
Although I'd hate to have to say them
If they sound like I need you to take the blame
If I could find the words
Not in the heat of battle
Take the credit for the girl that I became
If I could find the...
Albert:
If you could find the words
Could you find the selfish reasons
Leaving me without a daughter and a wife
If you could find the words
And the courage to admit you're wrong
We'll start again and build a brand new life
Albert & Rosemary:
Find restraint (Don't tell me what to do)
Humility (That's rich coming from you)
Or don't come crawling (Crawling on my knees?)
On your knees to me
You hurt me (I don't know how I feel)
I couldn't grieve (I don't know how to heal)
Had no choice
I knew I had to leave
I'm alright (I worried every day)
I've made some friends (Saw you running away)
I'm not here
To try and make amends
How dare you presume to know why I am here
(I forgive you)
Frustration and love, reuniting and fear
(You hurt me so much)
I want to resolve
And I didn't mean to hurt you
With the things I never said
I wish that we had promised
To communicate instead
I tried to find the courage
But my prayers were never heard
Now I'm standing here before you
If I could only find the words
11 Choose Love
Cyn:
Did you hear what you said?
You're gonna fight for peace
With the hands you use to build you will destroy
Will you take what you want in any way you can
It sounds to me, like you're trying to be the man
We are still fighting, and trying to win the war
Why do we choose the weapons we failed with before
Why can't we choose love
Peter:
Try to stand in our shoes
For a man it's hard to lose
And be told things are the way they they ought to be
We've tried to change the world but they put us in our place
And that loss of control, is a thing I can't erase
Cyn & Peter:
We are still fighting, and trying to win the war
Why do we choose the weapons we failed with before
Why can't we choose love
Cyn:
We are standing around after they knocked us down
Are we beaten and broken and scared
Do we feel that we should fight for change? fight for good?
If it's for the right reason I swear
I shall march with my heart in the air
And our love shall shine everywhere
Vince:
What will protect you from batons and boots
As you insist that you acted for good
Hear the sound of police laughing loud at your peace
You did all you thought that you should
Your intentions were misunderstood
As you stand in pools of blood
Cyn:
Did you hear what you said
You can't fight for peace
Cyn, Rosemary & Peter:
If we are fighting, we'll never win the war
We cannot use the weapons we failed with before
We have to choose love
choose love choose love
12 Daddy's Eyes
Jayne:
He told me I was special
Daddy's little star
Before I knew of love I knew a pain that doesn't scare
No one ever noticed
Or heard my silent cry
I couldn't talk of things I knew my father would deny
Everyone said “What a pretty girl”
But my face I will always despise
A reminder of when I heard people say
“You've got your daddy's eyes”
What became of that girl?
How did I get here?
I didn't let it beat me
I didn't run in fear
But people still abuse me
My body's still a toy
And while they're feeling groovy
One more piece of me destroyed
But shame no longer taunts me
The pain no longer haunts me
I've found something I trust
Take pleasure from their lust
Everyone says “What a pretty girl”
But if you take this paint from my skin
You will find that my strength and my confidence
Are only paper thin
And it opens up the floodgates, my tears flow for all to see
I won't make excuses this is who I am
And it is who I chose to be
Staring in the mirror what am I trying to find?
A glimpse of some forgotten girl? A shadow undefined?
My past is at my shoulder I will cut the ties that bind
Move into my future and never look behind
I’m trying to find a way to get wise
To find myself after all these years of lies
And rid myself of the things I despise
Rid myself of my Daddy’s eyes...
13 Very Best Intentions
Jayne:
I don't have a way with words
Always misunderstood
I only tried to lend a hand
In the only way I thought I could
I want to give the world to you
I didn't want to see you hurt
I only tried to help you
And now you look at me like I'm just dirt
They say the very best intentions
Pave the road to Hell
I only thought I'd help you
I only want to see you do well
I don't feel like the Devil
But it's getting harder to tell
If I've got the very best intentions
Or if I'm on the road to Hell.
I don't have a way with life
Always misunderstood
The men just want their pound of flesh
The women look at me like I'm no good
And they say the very best intentions
Pave the road to Hell
I only thought I'd help you
I only want to see you do well
I don't feel like the Devil
But it's getting harder to tell
If I've got the very best intentions
Or if I'm on the road to Hell.
Maybe Hell's not such a bad place
If my motive's always pure
I don't regret the things I've done
I've been heard, judged, charged
And locked away
Like an old cliche
I thought that had changed with you
My doubt in people redefined
But now I've got to find a way
To maybe leave the past behind
They say the very best intentions
Pave the road to Hell
I only thought I'd help you
I only want to see you do well
I don't feel like the Devil
But it's getting harder to tell
If I've got the very best intentions...
Or if I'm on the road to Hell
14 Nothing Special About My Song
Cyn:
He's gone, he's gone crawling back home to Dad, instead of standing tall
He's gone, and he's leaving his girl behind, did I know him at all?
A hundred other women
Have cried a hundred tears
Their fears were just the same as mine
There's nothing special about my song
Men leave, they run off to their wars and play their stupid games
Men leave, in a world full of changes, some things stay the same
A thousand other women
Have cried a thousand tears
The years keep turning just the same
There's nothing special about my song
Life goes on, reigniting
Standing strong against the fighting
The time is now, although the fire's dead inside
A million other women
have cried a million tears
And here's the thing that drives us on
There's something special about our song
15 A Voice That Won't Stay Silent
Peter:
Up till now, I've hidden in the background
Though I can speak like a queen, In public, she is not seen
But this is new, A cause I truly believe in
I think it's time, for my light to shine
Inside us all
Is a voice that won't stay silent
But it yearns to fly
We're scared of what it tells us
We ignore it's cry
It's easier than facing up to truth
Can't sleep at night?
Do you dream about injustice
you have brushed aside?
Your head is in the sand
But still you cannot hide
It's easier than facing up to truth
With all the conflict in the world
You can't decide to take a side
So listen to your voice
And understand and take a stand
Speak Out
Stand up
Not long ago
It was men of my persuasion that would hide away
The loathing illegality of being gay
"The most disgusting people in the world"
But we stood up
We promised to comport ourselves with dignity
Now it's legal but they tolerate reluctantly
And finally I feel I have a voice
If one speaks then another
Soon a group is born that wont conform
Groups become a movement
And the crowd gets heard, you spread the word
Peter & Cyn:
Don't miss out your chance to speak
All around you seems so bleak
Join us now and have a say
Change the things that aren't OK
Take a breath and raise your head
Lose the fear distrust and dread
All your anger will release
And you can finally sing for peace
Cyn:
Ripped in pieces and betrayed
Like a cloth that's split and frayed
We can sew the world together using love
Tired of anger in your heart?
Feel your life is torn apart?
We can sew the world together using love
Peter:
Inside us all
Is a voice that won't stay silent
(In June 1966, the Earl of Dudley said "Homosexuals are the most disgusting people in the world... Prison is much too good a place for them; in fact, that is a place where many of them like to go—for obvious reasons” After passing the Sexual Offences act in 1967, Lord Arran said “I ask those homosexuals to show their thanks by comporting themselves quietly and with dignity… any form of ostentatious behaviour now or in the future or any form of public flaunting would be utterly distasteful… And make the sponsors of this bill regret that they had done what they had done”)
16 I Don't Know What's Going to Happen Next..
Cyn pauses and looks around
Peter: Are you OK
Cyn: Can you hear that.. it's the sound of just a little part of the world changing... and WE caused it (Smiles) Us nobodies
Jayne: Speak for yourself
Cyn: You know what I mean. It's 1968.. everything is changing.. we have the power.. if we want it enough ANYTHING can happen!
Jayne: I don't know what's going to happen next..
Jayne:
But it's guaranteed to blow your mind
Cyn, Jayne & Chorus:
What do you expect a girl to do
We're living the high life yeah
I hold my dreams and they come true
We're living the high life
The world will change, but so will you
We're living the high life yeah
Turn the page and start anew
We're living the high life
There are Beatles on the radio
There are Beetles driving up and down our street
The sun is shining
And the air we breathe is sweet
Got some money in my pocket
Got my buddies and my life in front of me
No time for worries
Everything's groovy and carefree
Groovy
Yeahhh
Life in nineteen sixty eight
Full of love and peace and hate
There's a call for revolution
And it's still ringing in the air
We're all looking to tomorrow
The world is changing here in nineteen sixty, nineteen sixty, nineteen sixty
Nineteen sixty eight
Nineteen sixty eight
Nineteen sixty... eight
Ripped in pieces and betrayed
Like a cloth that's split and frayed
We can sew the world together using love
Tired of anger in your heart?
Feel your life is torn apart?
We can sew the world together using love
Nineteen sixty eight
Nineteen sixty... eight