Original Issue Date: October 1980
CD Issue Date: July 1986
CD Track Listing:
Wait For The Blackout
Lively Arts
Silly Kids Games
Drinking About My Baby
Twisted Nerve
Hit Or Miss
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Sick of This And That
The History Of The World Part 1
13th Floor Vendetta
Therapy
Curtain Call
Lineup:
Dave Vanian (Vocals)
Rat Scabies (Drums)
Captain Sensible (Guitar)
Paul Gray (Bass)
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WAIT FOR THE BLACKOUT
[3:57]
Don't you ask me to come out
When the sun does shine
Let us stay here with curtains drawn
In darkness you'll be mine
Let's wait for the blackout
The light is too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Well welcome to my basement flat
No windows to see through
With darkness closing in my friend
We'll both know what to do
Let's wait for the blackout
The light is too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Let's wait for the blackout
The light is too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Come lay with me upon the earth
That keeps us both alive
No living thing has lasted here
Yet we shall both survive
Let's wait for the blackout
The light is too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
In darkness there is no sin
Light only brings the fear
Nothing to corrupt the eyes
There is no vision here
At first you may find it strange
But do not go away
The darkness holds a power
That you won't find in the day
There is no vision here
There is no vision here
LIVELY ARTS
[2:59]
I'm gonna stay in bed all day
I'm not gonna hear a word you say
It's gonna be a life of style for me
Electric blankets, pillows, fire and TV
Take a look outside
Those lively arts are on the slide
And culture's just a bore
When you're angry young and poor
And if I got my way
Those idle rich would pay
When the discussion starts
On the lively arts
I'm gonna be a lazy slob
Sod the folks and sod the job
And tell the foreman that I'm ill
And in a week I'll be here still
Yes I will
Take a look outside
Those lively arts are on the slide
And culture's just a bore
When you're angry young and poor
And if I got my way
Those idle rich would pay
When the discussion starts
On the lively arts
SILLY KIDS GAMES
[2:35]
I just want my fortune now
I don't care where or when or how
I don't want the dustbin
Or the cuddly toy
I'm going for the jackpot
Boy oh boy oh boy
See me on the box
See me winning lots of loot, oh yeah
Silly kids games
Grabbing cash off that old coot, oh yeah
Now I've got the replies to all the questions
There's just one thing that I should mention
When I win all the loot
Don't you have no fear
I'm going to take my hols
In Kampuchea yeah
See me on the box
See me winning lots of loot, oh yeah
Silly kids games
Grabbing cash off that old coot, oh yeah
And it's been a pleasure
Thanks a million
I hope you like the show
La la la la la la la
DRINKING ABOUT MY BABY
[3:04]
I was yours and you were mine
We were together all the time
We had sun and happy days
Living together in our lazy ways
Drinking about my baby
I'm drinking about her all the time
Drinking about my baby
I'm drinking about her all the time
I'm so happy to see you
You're so ???
I don't want to leave you
You're my special someone
Drinking about my baby
I'm drinking about her all the time
Drinking about my baby
I'm drinking about her all the time
I can see just where I am
Sitting in a lonely bar
One-arm bandits, friends of yours
Keep asking where you are
Drinking and thinking and drinking wah-oh
Drinking and thinking and drinking wah-oh
Drinking and thinking and drinking wah-oh
TWISTED NERVE
[4:39]
I hear cries and whispers in the night
But I know that I was in the right
Hear footsteps echo behind me as I walk
People listening when I talk
No room for error
No room for mistakes
No time for friends
It's for your own sake
It's for your own sake
Go to the window and what do I see
Killers face looking at me
Go to the window and what do I see
No room for feelings careless talk costs lives
Cold as the cold war front
The red star life
I see faces when there's no one there
Memories that I don't need to share
No room for error
No room for mistakes
No time for friends
It's for your own sake
It's for your own sake
Go to the window and what do I see
Killers face looking at me
Go to the window and what do I see
Go to the window
What do I see
Go to the window
The killer is me
It's me, it's me
Twist and turns
Twisted nerve
Twist and turns
Twisted nerve
HIT OR MISS
[2:37]
Met on the dance floor of the Palais-de-Dance
Feeling kinda lonely thought I'd take a chance
I never thought it would turn out like this
Another case of hit or miss
I gave you everything that money could buy
Things for your wardrobe, things to get you high
I never wanted you to bring it back
I didn't see you stab me in the back
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another case of hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
And I was looking for a kiss
When you were fallen I put up with a lot
I took your cheating, I took all you got
The sun was setting for what he had got
You took my money, spent the whole damn lot
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another case of hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
And I was looking for a kiss
Why does it always end like this
Why does it always end like this
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another case of hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
And I was looking for a kiss
Don't feel so beaten. don't you feel so down
About the rumors that you put around
I think I'll call this girl who lives nearby
Take her down have another try
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another case of hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
And I was looking for a kiss
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
[4:35]
I'm normal outside
He's evil inside
I'm Dr Jekyll and
He's Mr Hyde
I try to be true
He tries to be cruel
I'll hold you gently but
He'll smother you
My clothes will impress you
And my claws will undress you
I'm normal outside
He's evil inside
I'm Dr Jekyll and
He's Mr Hyde
I want what's right
He walks in the night
Searching for sin in his
Decadent life
My charms will beguile you
And my arms will defile you
Me, I'm on the side of the angels
But the devil's my best friend
Sin is a way of life
Saints are for suckers
Welcome to the underworld
I start where nightmares end
Two for the price of one
Two for the price of, one?
I'm normal outside
He's evil inside
I'm Dr Jekyll and
He's Mr Hyde
I try to be true
He tries to be cruel
I'll hold you gently but
He'll smother you
My clothes will impress you
And my claws will undress you
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SICK OF THIS AND THAT
[1:50]
I say
You're messing me around
And you say
I'm getting out of hand
I'm sick of the country
Sick of the town
Sick of the future
It's getting me down
I say
The future's going to last
You say
There's nothing in the past
I'm sick of the government
Sick of the police
Sick of the boredom
I want release
I can recall a strange event
I gave you nothing with my compliments
A discontent that efferents
An emptiness or nothingness
That's heaven sent
I'm sick of the country
Sick of the town
Sick of the future
It's getting me down
I say, and you say
I say, and you say
I say
It's getting me down
HISTORY OF THE WORLD
PART 1
[3:45]
I just hit the ground boy have I arrived
Tell the dinosaurs they just won't survive
So I fell and you just laughed
You think that I can't stand
To see me trip this way
You think I'm second hand
I have seen it all she's the only one
She belongs to me I'm the lonely one
Counting sheep and swatting flies
You think there's no more left
Talk is cheap how many lies
Sustain a single breath
Adam Chance and Zorro
Take them with a pinch of salt
Sad about tomorrow
Sorry but it's not my fault
While they were shooting at the moon
Somebody croaked and no one heard
But what's a sin or two
In the history of the world
Someone said to me why'd you play so loud?
What do you want from me
You corrupt the crowd
Miles of printed ink
We thought of nothing else
There's more important things
Than ink and decibels
Leave it to tomorrow
Corporal Clot and Stalingrad
They're the ones to follow
They're the ones that make me glad
Nobody alive and no one left
Nobody cares or ain't you heard
Looks like we'll take our dying breath
In the history of the world
13TH FLOOR VENDETTA
[5:05]
The organ plays till midnight on Maldine Square tonight
The dancers dance with a fever and delight
His brow is tense but his hands never shake
Revenge has come sweetly and death is his mate
The organ plays till midnight
Note perfect like clockwork
Perfect, precise and a slave
To the master's demands
Two souls locked together, for all eternity
Soon to be one, our work is nearly over
But who is the victim
And who is the innocent?
The organ plays till midnight
Note perfect like clockwork
Perfect, precise and a slave
To the master's demands
THERAPY
[6:12]
Therapy plug me in straight again
Who needs this voltage food
Who needs therapy
Who needs this filthy room at night
Who says give up without a fight
Who gets their answers out of books
Dirty men with their dirty looks
Therapy for clones with their Barclaycards
Pension books and mortgage minds
Pay for this therapy
Who needs this filthy room at night
Who says give up without a fight
Who gets their answers out of books
Dirty men with their dirty looks
What do you need in your room at night
Therapy
That's right
What do you get when you kill the light
Therapy
That's right
What do you want when it all goes wrong
Therapy
That's right
Who needs therapy all night long
I do
I dream of pavements
Pavements cold and grey
Cheerful and laughter on a lovely day
I dream of pavements
They won't do away
I dream of pavements
I dream of pavements
Pavements cold and grey
Cheerful and laughter on a lovely day
I dream of pavements
They won't do away
I dream of pavements
CURTAIN CALL
[17:13]
Can you taste the grit
Between your teeth
The heat of the lights
The crack of the whip
The snapping sound of someone's nerves
If you pay you get what you deserve
We're coming up from the deep
The lizard sheds its skin
Night obliterates the day
And all the fun begins
Shadow boxing with yourself
Just seems to get you nowhere
You don't want to cheat
When playing solitaire
Three faces come alive
Try and focus and be one
Never let it be said that
The jester comes undone
A reckless gambling pace
With time enough to borrow
Time enough to measure
All of our tomorrows
Curtain call and lights grow dim
Tragedy, love all lie within
Each player takes his chance to play
And lives to fight another day
We're coming up from the deep
The lizard sheds its skin
Night obliterates the day
And all the fun begins
Shadow boxing with yourself
Just seems to get you nowhere
You don't want to cheat
When playing solitaire
Curtain call and lights grow dim
Tragedy, love all lie within
Each player takes his chance to play
And lives to fight another day
What boundaries to cross
What chances for the taking
Stepping in the angels' wake
Not to be forsaken
Curtain call and lights grow dim
Tragedy, love all lie within each player
Each player takes his chance to play
And lives to fight
And lives to fight
Another day
Another day
Another day
No more will I roam
Our childish dreams are soon outgrown
But here we stand
In our own theatreland
Curtain call
About to fall
We're coming up from the deep
The lizard sheds its skin
Night obliterates the day
And all the fun begins
Shadow boxing with yourself
Just seems to get you nowhere
You don't want to cheat
When playing solitaire
Curtain call and lights grow dim
Tragedy, love all lie within
Each player takes his chance to play
And lives to fight another day
We're coming up from the deep
The lizard sheds its skin
Night obliterates the day
And all the fun begins
Shadow boxing with yourself
Just seems to get you nowhere
You don't want to cheat
When playing solitaire
Curtain call and lights grow dim
Tragedy, love all lie within each player
Each player takes his chance to play
And lives to fight
And lives to fight
Another day
Another day
Another day
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