Stars of CCTV
Album - 27 giugno 2005 - Debaser id 247983

Go to a cash machine
To get a ticket home
Message on the screen
Says don't make plans, you're broke
No, no this can't be right
I know that time is tight
I've only just been paid
Three weeks five days, til I'm seen
Right...
No...
I scratch a living, it ain't easy
You know it's a drag
I'm always paying, never make it
But you can't look back
I wonder if I'll ever get
To where I want to be
Better believe it
I'm working for the cash machine

I try to phone a friend
My credit's in the red
I try to skip the fare
Ticket inspector's there
No no, this can't be right
I live an honest life
It seems like sometimes
You don't cross the line
You don't get
By...
No...

I scratch a living, it ain't easy
You know it's a drag
I'm always paying, never make it
But you can't look back
I wonder if I'll ever get
To where I want to be
Better believe it
Yeah...

What am I gonna do
My girlfriend's test turned blue
We tried to play it safe
That night we could not wait
No no, this can't be right
She said it would be alright
I can't afford to be a daddy
So I leave tonight...
No...

I scratch a living, it ain't easy
You know it's a drag
I'm always paying, never make it
But you can't look back
I wonder if I'll ever get
To where I want to be
Better believe it
I'm working for the cash machine
Cash machine
Cash machine ...

There's a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There's a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There's a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There's a hole in my pocket
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

I've got to go, but what a prize to give
Package deal to the sun, everything is inclusive
where bullet holes scar the minarets
smoke on the horizon a beautiful sunset

Going on my Middle Eastern holiday
Give me a gun, I hope I see my mum again
Going on my middle eastern holiday
Been gone so long, I hope I'm coming home some day
We can fight, we can fight

I'm 21, meanwhile back at home
My friends are out tonight all drinking and dancing
I've got a girl, is she missing me?
Watching out for me on the news on TV

[CHORUS]


Back at home, politicians sit
Over lunch discussing this
In the desert the fuse is lit, I'm the one who has to deal with it

He's got a gun, bullets meant for me
Time seems to stand still I'm so scared I can't speak
I'm flying home, above everything
I don't understand why is it my mothers crying?

Going on my Middle Eastern holiday
Give me a gun, I hope I see my mum again
Going on my Middle Eastern holiday
Top up the tan, fight for the man going far away
Far away...

Oh, where I come from
I just don't conform
Get me out of here.

Leave the boredom behind
Wanna see the bright lights
Get this thing in gear, yeah.

You put your boots on
You put your boots on
And all the boys and girls sing:

Straight out of west London
Just like a loaded gun
The cognoscenti don't like us
Don't like us

At the strip tonight
Your eyes are burning so bright
Can't you feel the bloodrush baby?
Tied up too tight

Tell me can you feel it
Feel the city breathing
Feel its beating heart

No superstition
Just cold ambition
It's time to make our mark

You put your boots on
You put your boots on
And all the boys and girls sing:

Straight out of west London
Just like a loaded gun
The cognoscenti don't like us
Don't like us

At the strip tonight
Your eyes are burning so bright
Can't you feel the bloodrush baby?
Tied up too tight

Yeah, say something

You put your boots on
You gotta move on
And all the boys and girls sing:

Straight out of west London
Just like a loaded gun
The cognoscenti they don't like us
Don't like us, no they don't

At the strip tonight
Your eyes are burning so bright
Can't you feel the bloodrush baby?
Tied up too tight

Hung around here long enough
I've seen the smooth, but only caught the rough
I've got no reason
Ooh no, I got no reason.
Disco on the radio
I ain't got no place to go
I got no reason
Ooh no I got no reason

But wait,
See the new girl in town
Maybe I can show you round
Baby let's generate some heat

Gotta reason
Ooh now I've gotta reason

Hey hey baby you knock me out
Make me want to scream and shout
I've gotta reason
Now, I've gotta reason

You can make it all worth while
I like your face girl, I like your style
You've gotta reason
Oh now I gotta reason


Yeah you look so good
I want to eat you up like food
Oh,baby lets generate some heat
I've gotta reason
Ooh now I've gotta reason.

(Alright, let's go, woooah, check it out, check it out yeah)

Gotta get my head just right
Gotta make my move tonight
I've gotta reason
Now I've gotta reason
Ooh, I've gotta reason
Ooh now I've gotta reason
Ooh now I've gotta

Gotta reason, gotta
Gotta reason, gotta
Gotta reason, gotta
Gotta reason, gotta
Gotta reason, gotta
Gotta reason, gotta
Gotta reason, gotta
Gotta reason, gotta

I've seen you darling, seen you hanging round town
You in a short skirt, shining eyes of deep brown
You had a dirty look, you caught me on your hook
Turn up the thermostat, I want to see you sweat

Oh yeah, girl, you've got something I like...

I walked right over, said hi, how ya doin'?
You smiled at me and girl you tore right through me
I said come on let's dance, we've got to take our chance
You whispered in my ear, you wanna get out of here

Can you feel it? Rocking the city
Ah yeah, straight out of nowhere-ness
Like a fist, can't resist you, oh no
I tell you something

You know I love ya, just wanna touch ya
Stand up, knock me right off my feet
Hard to beat
Hard to beat
Hard to beat

Let's spend the night, spend the night together
Heart beating so fast, as you take my shirt off
This girl I saw round town, well now she's going down
Stuck on a losing streak, I think you've turned it round

Oh yeah, girl, you've got something I like...

Read all about it, have you heard the latest?
Boy in a band dates a hollywood actress


But baby, you and me, we came up from the street
No time to hesitate, we've got to push our weight

Can you feel it? Rocking the city
Ah yeah, straight out of nowhereness
Like a fist, can't resist you, oh no
I tell you something

You know I love ya, just wanna touch ya
Stand up, knock me right off my feet
Hard to beat
Hard to beat
Hard to beat

Goodness
No, I've never known a night like this
Can't believe it, you're so hard to beat
Hard to beat

Drive me crazy, my beautiful baby
Let's spend the whole day right here together

You know I love ya, just wanna touch ya
Stand up, knock me right off my feet
Hard to beat
Hard to beat
Hard to beat

Oh yeah, girl, you've got something I like...
Oh yeah, girl, you've got something I like...

You take it easy
You have your reasons
Sometimes it eats you inside
It feels like treason

You give it right back
Then they just can't take it
You mind your business
Whats yours, they have to wreck it
The hypocrits don't, don't like the bed they lay in
Come out fighting, you know you're always going to win

There's just no point in cause unnecessary trouble
Just make sure you cause trouble when it's necessary
There's just no point in cause unnecessary trouble
Just make sure you cause trouble when it's necessary

You make excuses
For their ruthlessness
You can't imagine yourself being so careless
There is no reason why they want to hurt you
Maybe it's envy they know they just can't touch you
The hypocrits don't, don't like the bed they lay in
So come out fighting, you know you're always going to win

There's just no point in cause unnecessary trouble
Just make sure you cause trouble when it's necessary
There's just no point in cause unnecessary trouble
Just make sure you cause trouble when it's necessary

There's just no point in cause unnecessary trouble
Just make sure you cause trouble when it's necessary
There's just no point in cause unnecessary trouble
Just make sure you cause trouble when it's necessary

It's necessary

Baby, Baby i think its time we move on now
Baby, Baby i think its time we move on now

Looking out my bedroom window
See the planes take off from Heathrow
one by one they come and go
on and on on and on

I think about the places i'd go
I think about this place i call home
All the shots and all that come
all around all around

Red light blinking in the twighlight
tracing in a path right out of here and now
Red light blinking in the twighlight
tracing in a path right out of here and now

Baby, Baby i think its time we move on now
Baby, Baby i think its time we move on now

Don't you think its quiet around here
Doesn't seem so much to do here
Thinking back to this time last year
Good times good times good times
Don't you think we stay for too long
Don't you think the colour has gone
Get on a plane it can't be wrong
Moving on, Moving on

Red light blinking in the twighlight
tracing in a path right out of here and now
Red light blinking in the twighlight
tracing in a path right out of here and now

Baby, Baby i think its time we move on now
Baby, Baby i think its time we move on now

Baby, Baby i think its time we move on now
Baby, Baby i think its time we move on now
Baby, Baby
Baby, Baby
Baby, Baby i think its time we move on now

Those things they look empty
But wait til it all comes down
Nothings going on round here
Its time we let it change
Got a feeling my love
We've gotta get out
Before it brings us down (down down)

You're back, sitting on my doorstep,
ah yeah like nothing happened.
Telling me you're free and oh,
can you see me again?
Yeah right, you've been kicked out,
do you think I'm that stupid?
You say you're free but didn't he just oh oh oh...
get tired of you kid.

I could not eat for days,
I cried so much my face,
has never been the same...
And now you're back here with your lies.
I hope you realise...

[chorus]
You think I'm gonna take you back!
You'd better do better than that.
I'll tell ya how its gonna be,
don't you never ever come near me.
Let me tell you how I've been:
I've been hiding from my friends,
hiding from the world,
hiding from myself.
You think you'll come round here,
start singing in my ear,
girl you damaged me,
I don't forgive so easily.
You better do better than that!

Your face makes me want to be sick,
ah yeah it's a physical reaction...
You'd better leave because you see I
Can't; won't be blamed for my actions.
Oh, how I ever loved you...
So dumb, how did I ever trust you?
But you and he laughed at me, oh
when you're laid together.

I couldn't eat for days,
I cried so much my face,
has never been the same...
And now you're back here with your lies.
I hope you realise...

[chorus]

I gave you everything I had girl,
but you had to try and take some more.
You went behind my back girl,
cheated on me, I was the last to know.
Did everything we have girl,
meant nothing to ya,
well I was such a fool...
Now you come crawling back girl,
oh let me tell ya I am through with you.

Oh I'm back up off the floor,
and I won't get hurt no more,
I've been waiting for this day when,
you'll be back here with your lies,
I hope you realise...

[chorus]

Say something, say something...
Say something, say something...

You'd better do better than that! (reverb, music to fade)

It started off alright
We'd go out Friday night
And have a drink and do whatever made us feel alright
We'd stay out all weekend
Try taking everything
But never hurt no-one and so what
You only live once - i thought
'Till I got caught

That weren't enough for you
You'd go out Monday too
And Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 'till it all caught up with you
You're everyone's best friend
'Long as they've got something
I did not know you no more
Heartbreak - a sickness i can't see
Oh-no-no-no-no-no-no

Feltham is singing out
Feltham is singing out
Tonight a light's gone out
21 years old and out
Feltham is singing out

We all went out one night
You got us in a fight
You owed some money
To a monkey who had seen you right
You sold your furniture
So you could pay him off
They cut the power
Can't afford it you slept on the floor
You can't hold down a job


So then you had to rob
First from your mom and then your friends and then the local shop
But as a criminal
You're just no good at all
You got your collar felt
So dumb, you thought about skipping bail
Now you're in jail

Feltham is singing out
Feltham is singing out
Tonight a light's gone out
21 years old and out
Feltham is singing out

You don't like prison life
You loved to watch the sky
And you get beat and injured
End up throwing up all night
You could not take no more
So when they closed the door
Tied up your sheets - strang yourself up
And then you were no more, no more

Every day i,i,i see your face
As i walk on by past that awful place
23 hours in a cell
Each and every day just locked up living hell, living hell, living hell

Feltham is singing out
Feltham is singing out
Feltham is singing out

Oh, I've been working a week, I'm tired
Yeah, I've been working a week and I'm
Just living for the weekend

Hey hey
Got some money I just got paid
Got some money and I can't wait
At six o'clock I'm out of here

Out there tonight
Is the night of my last got my name on
Run down my street adidas on my feet
I'm on fire

Working all the time
Work is such a bind
Got some money to spend
Living for the weekend
When it gets too much
I live for the rush
Got some money to spend
Living for the weekend

Oh man!
Yeah I've been working a week, I'm shot
Yeah I've been working a week for what?
Just living for the weekend
Ah shit!
So my clothes are all counterfeit
So my name isn't on the list


'No you can't come in, so go home boys!'

Slip round the back look at that
There's a crack toilet window
Drop to the floor covers us through the door
I'm on fire

Working all the time
Work is such a bind
Got some money to spend
Living for the weekend
When it gets too much
I live for the rush
Got some money to spend
Living for the weekend

Can you feel it?
Feel the pressure... rising
Pushing down on me, oh lord!

Pressure, pressure, pressure pressure pressure
Feel the pressure
Pressure, pressure, pressure pressure pressure

Living for the weekend [x8]

Going out tonight, going out tonight
Baby you and I are going out tonight
[repeat x4]

And every move that I make
Gets recorded to tape
So somebody up there
Can keep me safe

I'm going out tonight
I've got my hair just right
I'm always looking good
For the spotlight

Stick 'em up
Give me the money
A winning smile
Up to the gallery
I'm gonna get my face on the 6 'o' clock news

We're the stars of CCTV
Making movies out on the street
We're the stars of CCTV
Can't you see the camera loves me?

On every corner, every street
Down every underpass you'll see
Somebody's stealing the show
Somebody looking like me



I'll see you out tonight
Just got the pose just right
We're always looking good
For the spotlight

We turn it on
And so we're full of speed
We fill the screen
Can't help but notice me
I'm gonna get my face on the 6 'o' clock news

We're the stars of CCTV
Making movies out on the street
Flashing blue lights, camera, action
Watching my life, main attraction
We're the stars of CCTV
Can't you see the camera loves me?

We're the stars of CCTV
Making movies out on the street
Flashing blue lights, camera, action
Watching my life, main attraction
We're the stars of CCTV
Can't you see the camera loves me?