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Calm Down Dad
02:25
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She’s been going steady with a boy called Eddie
Staying out late every night
Her dad’s going mad and her mother is sad
‘Cos they can’t sleep at all ‘cos they’re uptight
Says she likes to dance to MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
She’ll be dressed in black from head to toe
Standing by the fire she looks like a Vampire
Says Uncle Stan to her Aunty Flo
Calm Down Dad
I’m growing up real fast
I know what I’m doing I’m a teenager in love
Calm Down Dad
Nothing ever lasts
I don’t care what you’ve been told
I’m still young and you’re still old
And The Clash were 30 years ago
She believes the NME and everything they write
They say London’s the place to be
She’s gonna get a flat by STEVE LAMACQ
With holes in her settee
She said her boyfriend Eddie knows people off the telly
And they wanna talk to me
So see me in a nice frock on NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCKS
I’m gonna be on TV
Calm Down Dad
I’m growing up real fast
I know what I’m doing I’m a teenager in love
Calm Down Dad
Nothing ever lasts
I don’t care what you’ve been told
I’m still young and you’re still old
And The Clash were 30 years ago
Gonna sing like Kate Nash
In a cockney accent
Even though she talks posh
‘Cos I know where it’s at
There’s nothing better in life than a snakebite
And a kebab with chilli sauce
And I’m not gonna work cos work is for jerks
I’m a punk-rock girl with electric force
And I’ll travel round the world on a ten pound note
On a silver black phantom bike
And I’ll sleep with a boy and I’ll sleep with a girl
And I’ll decide which one I like
Calm Down Dad
I’m growing up real fast
I know what I’m doing I’m a teenager in love
Calm Down Dad
Nothing ever lasts
I don’t care what you’ve been told
I’m still young and you’re still old
And The Clash were 30 years ago
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John Peel Roadshow
02:21
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I skipped school for the afternoon
I caught the bus in at half-past two
I feel all hot and I feel all cold
Taking my demo to the John Peel Roadshow
She met a boy with a Pastels badge
A demo tape and a record bag
He wouldn’t dance ‘cos it was a drag
There’s no way I’m dancing, no way
And I gotta give my demo to John Peel
I hope he loves my band
And I gotta give my demo to John Peel
I hope he understands
Take a chance
Be brave
Don’t be scared
Give him your tape
“Hey” he told her he was in a band
And he’s gotta get his demo in John Peel’s hands
But he felt all nervous did she understand?
She said “I’ll put it in his record box for you”
And I gotta give my demo to John Peel
I hope he loves my band
And I gotta give my demo to John Peel
I hope he understands
Take a chance
Be brave
Don’t be scared
Give him your tape
She met him at the John Peel Roadshow
Oh what a beautiful night
She met him at the John Peel Roadshow
With the stars shining bright outside
She met him at the John Peel Roadshow
Oh what a beautiful night
She met him at the John Peel Roadshow
With the stars shining bright outside
Late November 1989
Stars were shining such a special time
What a roadshow
What a night
And I gotta give my demo to John Peel
I hope he loves my band
And I gotta give my demo to John Peel
I hope he understands
Take a chance
Be brave
Don’t be scared
Give him your tape
Give your demo tape to John Peel
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Candeelips
02:29
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See that boy walking down the street
He looks so good, he looks so good to me
All the girls in the neighbourhood
Well they would if they just could
Every day when he goes downtown
There’s a five-mile queue just following him round
On the first day of summer, the last day of school
They’ve all got it planned what they wanna do
They couldn’t love you any better than they do right now
They just hunger for your Candeelips
They couldn’t love you any better than they do right now
They wanna plant a kiss on your lips
And the boys don’t know what the girls all see in you
And the boys don’t know what the girls all see in you
See that boy walking down the street
He looks so good, yeah he looks so sweet
Long curly hair and stripy cons
All the girls just wanna switch him on
HOT HOT HOT all summer long
They want BOOM BOOM BOOM from his punk rock songs
They want YEAH YEAH YEAH from his shiny tongue
They want everything from his sunshine baby
They couldn’t love you any better than they do right now
They just hunger for your Candeelips
They couldn’t love you any better than they do right now
They wanna plant a kiss on your lips
And the boys don’t know what the girls all see in you
And the boys don’t know what the girls all see in you
See that boy walking down the street
He looks so good, he looks so good to me
All the girls in the neighbourhood
Well they would if they just could
Every day when he goes downtown
There’s a five-mile queue just following him round
On the first day of summer, the last day of school
They’ve all got it planned what they wanna do
They couldn’t love you any better than they do right now
They just hunger for your Candeelips
They couldn’t love you any better than they do right now
They wanna plant a kiss on your lips
They couldn’t love you any better than they do right now
They just hunger for your Candeelips
They couldn’t love you any better than they do right now
They wanna plant a kiss on your lips
Candeelips
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