5. “ I would like to thank everyone who helped make this album a reality as I never intended to make it into an album – to the producers, my family, and fans, thank you. I woul d like to give a speci al thanks to my mates as they have had a hu ge in fluence on me and have taugh t me a lot over the years as my music is based around there lives as well as my own – they have been my inspiration, if it wasn’t for them I wou ld have never been introdu ced t o the variety of music I have experienced so far in my life which has als o inspired and me in creating my mu sic.” Jamie T
6. 369 Wrapped in cling film, staying till the morning Working in a shop off Newport Street Lived in your building high up on the ceiling When she rushed the floorboards creaked Lost in this town, haunting girl You're calling up my friends Try to find out where I've been I'm a holding, holding it Gave money to the man he put a bag in my hand Said, "Son, don't you understan d This isn't the way out this is the way in You're doubling your trouble in" Just 300, 368 Just 300, 368 Just 300, 368 Millilitres down Where you come from? Where you at, Jack ? Is it the clothes, the bullet holes or the shit up y our nose That makes your body contort like that Like a dead-mark street-thief feeling the crack? They cut the paws off the boar for a fractured jaw That was given to the government tax Way back the when Maggie-aggie-aggie Always made him sad but she never made him happy I was lost weak, bleak in the street Knocked me off of my feet Hanging round with the people I should never meet I will always believe that the air that we breathe CHORUS While the neighbours are swapping infections Ken and Jimmy had a spin and went mad and got sectioned I was outside trying to shotgun a ride off a guy Who like I had no sense of direction Tension is building in a white heart pub By the time we drove by the floor's covered in blood Man next to me said Oh, fucking much, just throw them cunts Now I fell in love with a brunette rough neck fits like a glove Kept me back down when I came back up When my feet hit the ground, man, I started to run And since that day that's all that I've done So if you ever see me, if the town falls down Just start screaming if she steal crown You know they'll be lost and I'll be found 'Cause I'm 368 do wn CHORUS It's the only way that you're getting out If you hang around boys 'round here they'll bring you down It's the only way that you're getting out If you hang around boys 'round here they'll bring you down x2 CHORUS X2 Jilly Armeen Taking sides, planning a trip. No place like home, if only I could afford it. Ticket to ride, connected by the hip. Survivi ng on the dabs of the dust in the pocket. Fo ur min ute mile, dressing down by your friend Yo u h aven't seen in a while, all comes to a head. W ith just one smile, to say what is said. She's li ght as a feather, I'm heavier than lead. Y ou're usel ess to me Jilly Armeen. L ast time I ever sing a song for them Using you under pseudonym, never again. You always went for my friends and not for me. Deep cuts and shards of glass. Broken bones in plaster cast. Hand on the shou lde r, he starts to laugh. You don't hear planes w hen you live under the flight-path. You're us eless to me Jilly Armeen. Last time I ever sing a song for them Using you under pseudonym, never again. You always went for my friends and not for me. You're useless to me Jilly Armeen. Last time I ever sing a song for them Using you under pseudonym, never again. You always went for my friends and not for me.
7. Hocus pocus three men jokers, barristers beast policemen thieves, three queens and broken dreams, a bott le full of trouble and a gambling fiend.(x2) as I cam e to I looked for you in the cupboards and the draw ers, and the toilet queue, asked the medicine man it he had heard the news, he told m e I'd thrown you out last June, grabbed the politician by the neck threatened to use, fists in a fight to find out the truth, he said y ou set the scene son everyday, you can't blame the dammed for your own mistakes, while the mason he was pacing in my living room. Emma h ad a child growing up in the womb. I said I'm staying in I never felt like I left, my last breath was taken in conjunction with Hocus pocus three men jokers, barristers beast policemen thieves, three queens and broken dreams, a bottle full of trouble and a gambling fiend .( x3) Hocus Pocus Bullets Flying over head, hear them through the walls as you lie in bed, know you're fighting for the one you love, but this time son I'm telling you to r un. Lost myself in things I shouldn't do, came 2 years later to without you, the things l've done and the things I've seen, I've been so wrong to so many the t eam, is all looking like they're all past u p and away, disowned from their homes and their fa milies, well I can't see myself in the dream, the dream I saw was all round me go t. Hocus pocus three men jokers, barristers beast policemen thieves, three queens and broken dreams, a bottle full of trouble and a gamb lin g fiend.(x2) well the jokers looking over as he pulling an ace, the militia take cover under my sta ircase, witches in the kitchen bitching and i tchi ng, while two old school friends ha unt the hall ways, the host proposed a toast all of the ghost, and the ones that loved us the hearts we broke say, I'll never make that promise again once was enough to all around me got
8. Emily’s Heart A bottle of wine and an old 45 rifle in the corner that her grandfather left her when he died said no surprise I've had to use it quite a few times so J don't you ever let us down, don't you ever, I'll have to shoot you and no one will hear a sound. Bruised and bloody I'm lying on the ground I am aware that I let the poor girl down and now I'm dying, as a message to the town this' what happens if you fuck around if ya meddle you won't trouble trouble then you should meddle don't ever meddle with Emily's heart. She said get ya coat come on to the dog track with the money right yea we had some fun left with more cos we won I was under investigation of suspicion of doing her wrong she said "you've become a villain, accused of a hit and run. Said "ya hit me first" and I say its the worst I've ever felt in a broken heart, said blood stains and a shirt creased, well she pays the dues. When I left she said that your last breath will be down at the station at 2, so she shot me down. Bruised and bloody I'm lying on the ground I am aware that I let the poor girl down and now I'm dying, as a message to the town this' what happens if you fuck around so meddle if you want trouble trouble then you should meddle don't ever meddle with Emily's heart. She said I'm a user and she's a loser with a gun I said if you choose to it becomes hard to include anyone so if you stay put it away or should I run? She said I think you know the answer to your question so for the smiles and all of the miles the engine's done the further I drive away the closer we become so if I stay would you put it away and forgive just one son? she said J I think you know the answer to your question. Bruised and bloody I'm lying on the ground I am aware that I let the poor girl down and now I'm dying, as a message to the town this' what happens if you fuck around so meddle if you want trouble trouble then you should meddle don't ever meddle with Emily's heart. Sticks ‘n’ Stones When there's no one left to fight, boys like him don't shine so bright, Soon as I see the dust settle, he's out on the town tryin' to find trouble. When there's no one left to fight, boys like him don't shine so bright, Soon as I see (LIGHTWEIGHT PRICK!) the dust settle, he's out on the town tryin' to find trouble. I take a train again away from shame and blame a city pained to see, a friend I hadn't seen since I was drinking underage. I was a ten a day, how'd you say, little shit, white lightning, heightening all my courage, quick wit. We wore chequered season wallabies, buttoned shirts and whiskey, mutton dressed as lamb, a fan of bands like The Jam Jam Jam Jam, I don't know who I am, he said I dunno if I can, I said yeah man, you can-can. When there's no one left to fight, boys like him don't shine so bright, Soon as I see the dust settle, he's out on the town tryin' to find trouble. When there's no one left to fight, boys like him don't shine so bright, Soon as I see the dust settle, he's out on the town tryin' to find trouble. Drunk and being sick, I feel like shit, I gotta quit. I hope I haven't missed the last train gonna be stuck in Hampton Wick, With the boys across the platform shouting "lightweight prick!" I'm a featherweight champion, cheap to get pissed, wish Candy were here with me, she'd deffa deal with it, tell 'em all to shut their mouths and go suck their mommas dicks, coz she ain't no she ain't that low, three fingers down, or the other two up, and I'll sing this proud. Runnin' with believers, no time for fever, and I haven't got time for you either, with your sticks n' stones, sticks n' stones, I take 'em home on my own. Runnin' with believers, no time for fever, and I haven't got time for you either, with your sticks n' stones, sticks n' stones, I take 'em home on my own. As I travel down the track all my memories flood back. We were runnin' at ease from enemies, and rushed back to your momma's flat, it's the only place but home I feel relaxed enough to crap, I know it sounds crude, but there's something in that. How's Danny doing'? Hear he's high flyin' and that, stockbroker in the city with a lady and a baby. And Fee, is she free from the demons she had? Was it two months clean, routine to relapse. CHORUS
9. Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, glass, concrete and gravel Maybe one day things'll get better Chaka Demus A lot of people around here lost the whites of their eyes. Think with their head argue with a gut Draft did you leave the door open it might encourage customers in I wish the barmaid shut Look like shit down on my luck Two world wars and one world cup Scream by the desperate divided crutch Used to have an Empire then we grew up Lost everything who gives a fuck Money in the jukebox rocks all night Same shit bands too much hype Everyone knows everyone sees fights. Everyone drinks in the corner right. Everyone knows he's a C blood type Same rematch to much delight I love her she loves me to that's why we get together A lot of people around here lost the whites of their eyes. See the lust inside your heart and I don't want to touch the sky. He’s dizzy for Lizzy I'm dizzy generally Scapegoat hit by a girl befriended me Not that I care its the only use to me She bouncing off walls through doors Pretend to be everything I wanna be and everything less ??? Your leaving alone but you came together Who made the sun turn to stormy weather Leaving alone but you came together Who made the suns turn to stormy weather A lot of people around here lost the whites of their eyes. See the lust inside your heart and I don’t want to touch the sky. Earth, Wind & Fire Queens in the pocket girl in a locket boys wanna knock it others wanna rob it I see when ya coming oh ya look stunning running for the friends of mine well it's more for the power and the hour after hour well he's itching for the powder on time Well it's dear for the fire hate for the liar living for the bass and beat close to the wire no one wanna hire didn't want a working week well the old town crier looks for a buyer out there finding your feet in scenes and schemes and drug filled fiends will be fine for the summer for me I own earth wind and fire it breeds then hunger that keeps me on the road again it's earth wind and fire I don't own thunder it's owned by a love of mine With a beat of the drum that made your head spun see no hear no speak no son look like a gun held by the young in a far gone land shooting everyone Fee fee fi fi fo fo fum is the baggage on your back becoming a problem, fee fee fi fi fo fo fum is the habit that ya have still fun Counting on ya losses carrying crosses looking at your face in the dirt travelling busses hiding from the rozzers pretending that your extrovert well the girl you accosted and then took hostage escaped while you were at work after three years two days paranoid drug haze couldn't stand to live a life of hurt I own earth wind and fire it breeds the hunger that keeps me on the road again it's earth wind and fire I don't own thunder it's owned by a love of mine With water blood and wine she tempts me back time after time but it's earth wind and fire I don't own thunder it's owned by a love of mine
10. The Man’s Machine Better the devil you know Confess, I guess I was the lesser of the two evils Convalesce about the stress the test caused Had me up and on the board Now I'm chairman of the board I'm coming back for sequels Do you ever really think you've won? Now you're feeble Nothing on this far-gone son , all these people They're laughing at the shit I've done I've sailed the seven seas to catch a breeze And took it back home in a trunk Met a matador who said it's my woman is more Terrifying than any red bull that he saw Set a sail, set a rail, met them kings and queens There's so many trust, just the amphetamines Well, her dream would've been that the boy's got clean That her father never got his heart Caught up in the man's machine Well, it seems even if I got away There's always a part of me willing to stay Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, glass, concrete and gravel Underg round travelling overcast weather Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, glass, concrete and gravel Maybe one day things'll get better Check, check, check, check One, two, three, kick Underground travelling overcast weather I met Gods and monsters, women from Wisconsin Swimming in linen with another that's not their partner Chicago be selfish drum, on my journey I met Ernie So he spoke like Al Capone got drunk I'm a lover, I'm a brother, my son I'm a traitor and I'm on the run, watch 'em come As she said while she driving in her car Getting drunker than the bar She's been smacking hard shoulders since before she's legal I'm a dragnet right on through the city of sin It's the hard done bastards taking it in Well, I see what I say, save it on the way They can't sit bawling but they're bawling away Well, she cries all her tears but with all of her fears Well, she run away, she had a place Now all they ever see is the fears Take it as she's seen it, get away Well, there's always a part of us willing to stay Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, glass, c oncrete and gravel Stone, glass, c oncrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, glass , c oncrete and gravel Maybe one day things'll get better So run, run Boyo, chase it to the border, border S hould have also told her I was cannon fodder W ould've if I could've screamed to her, shout and holler The n I could've saved the girl from the man's machine Run Boyo, chase it to the border, border Should have also told her I was cannon fodder Would've if I could've screamed to her, shout and holler Then I could've saved the girl from the man's machine Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, glass, concrete and gravel Underground travelling overcast weather British Intelligence British Intelligence they're on your back And they won't catch no one so they won't catch me Three fours and right up your back And you just got sacked now your money's not free Taking time is never wild enough And three to the four when you're really wired Too much is never enough, now you're fired This is for the cold concrete, sold by the feet, taxed by a man that I'm yet to meet Pay an army I'm hardly ready to speak, memories start in 93 And Roxy came round last week and told me she's sick and tired of women Well I'm still travelling trains, delayed in the rain on a Monday morning Watched by surveillance teams business men live out their dreams And sleep with secretaries in stockrooms over photocopying machines While we're still riding, tryin to find a place where they're not watching Called her up in the end to apologise for being so drunk and stubborn British Intelligence they're on your back And they won't catch no one so they won't catch me Three fours and right up your back And you just got sacked now your money's not free Taking time is never wild enough And three to the four when you're really wired Too much is never enough now you're fired The 501's a selfish son, travel down the inner to the suburban He's lurking, burning cigarettes on a wall behind the bar that his lover works in An illegal alien, Jessie from the West said marry up quick Get a lost in the system, with a BCG and a fingerprint scan Well the boys from mo Poland, work their fingers to the bone for the minimum I was outside calling a friend, tryin to stake claim on the money I leant her We're still riding, tryin to find a place where they're not watching Called her up again, identity cards and camera men
11. Castro Dies Ya messing up my mind you do it all the time and that's why enemies enemies and lovers will never be friends of mine Speak treat west like a stain on the chest of a while collar, why do I bother money love hates honour grates if I look, down I'm a goner I'll end up working for the BBC as a run ner, burning bills sloughed my fish wonder died of hunger friends stopped calling this time last summer. I sit down sorrows and I start to sigh, I gotta get there before Castro dies Plight my guilt with highs she smuggled with trouble in bubble wrap, up the gap strapped between her thighs so surprised when you meet her she seemed so shy considering she got balls that are twice the size, of you plus me plus the give me let me try, better buy them all cos they're in short supply, so here's a conversation we can have when we fly got to get there before Castro dies Ya messin' up my mind you do it all the time I just can't take the lies, boy ya just going down on a low, I just can't take the lies, ya messin' up my mind and that's why enemies enemies and loves will be friends of mine I have a lesson learned enemy burned I'm saving up my bandages a non believer turned can be the loyalist of advocates on aggregate I'm smashing it I'm lacking back ing but trashing it I'm slacking and jacking the chips ya stacking and spe nding them all on sandwiches you ask me how it's done I just kn ow how to handle it see me through cynic critic scum who think your branded packages and if you wanna come, you know what I'll be brandishing, a speaker full of lyrics beats and loops that I've been sampling Ya messing up my mind you do it all the time and that's why enemies enemies and lovers will never be friends of mine Spider’s Web They think were fools sitting on the corner, older you get the more like your father, the more I drink the more like my brother, seem to have picked up on a callus trait, hate people who think there life is a drama, making in jokes about Americana, amusing myself is worth it for the karma, Obama sounds like Osama to me. Well my bedroom's watched by an intifada, kids with bricks or strips in Gaza, point at me in my pyjamas, laugh and scream get out of bed, I say I am I got plans I'm meeting up with Martha, I'm a shoulder she's Robert Palma, acts like a twat but she's a top banana, might as well admit she's addicted to love. Caught in a spiders web, its' not the first time playing dead, I see I saw lovers undercover, no one found out until we left, caught in a spiders web, lt's not the first time playing dead, they know something oh well we're runnin g, I know they'll catch up in the end. You walked in last with a dirty barbour, found me at the bar in fits of l aughter, said you've been seen out digging the past, with Arthur you'd rather just walk in the rain, at a party with ash as they smash a piñata, can I leave some stuff here for you to look after, I'll be back around probably in the mid summer, New York New York man I love the city. Caught in a spiders web, its' not the first time playing dead, I see I saw lovers undercover, no one found out until we left, caught in a spiders web, It's not the first time playing dead, they know something oh well we're running, I know they'll catch up in the end. It's not the first time playing dead, they know something oh well we're running, I know they'll catch up in the end. In the hustle and the bustle I feel I'm in trouble and I trip and then I stumble I feel myself fall in the hustle and the bustle It's too rough I tumble in the gravel and the rubble can you hear me call Well with a wheezing chest and a leaking ceiling, baby next door screaming all evening, the beatings we got and the ones we're seeking, we're stubborn as fuck and I'm proud to say, that me and Ben skeleton mixed our own medicine, never let a critic affect our direction, barricade doors with out pale complexion, prog ram a beat bones I'll just keep telling them, how selling them a brand is a band complication, a man in a room with a survey for the station, trying to get it on air no care tor creation, I guess its all part of indoctrination. In the hustle and the bustle I feel I'm in trouble and I trip and then I stumble I feel myself fall in the hustle and the bustle It's too r ough I tumble in the gravel and the rubble can you hear me call Caught in a spiders web, its' not the first time playing dead, I see I saw lovers undercover, no one found out until we left, caught in a spiders web, It's not the first time playing dead, they know something oh well we're running, I know they'll catch up in the end. In the hustle and the bustle I feel I'm in trouble and I trip and then I stumble I feel myself fall in the hustle and the bustle It's too rough I tumble in the gravel and the rubble can you hear me call