New York, Paris, Peckham

cover: 
New York, Paris, Peckham
release_date: 
May, 2004
Written by: 
The Opposition
lyrics: 

She covers her moves with a jeweller’s precision
She watches his hands and he stares at her feet
She knows what's coming but tries to avoid it
If she keeps him interested she can keep him guessing
He moves with authority he likes the control
He smiles defiant she stutters excuses
He brushes his jacket and fingers his chin
She tries to avoid it but she knows what’s coming

She wants five minutes it maybe a lifetime

She moves towards him to break dawn the barriers
But it’s full of hostilities and causes embarrassment
He avoids her eyes she avoids the obvious
If she can keep him interested she can keep him guessing
There’s a panic a tension everything’s irrelevant
She wants five minutes it may be a lifetime
She can feel it happening but she tries to avoid it
If she can keep him interested She can keep him coming

She wants five minutes it may be a lifetime

Written by: 
The Opposition
lyrics: 

I rang you this morning
but I got the ansaphone
So I walked around to your place
I knocked but it appears you’re not at home
I tried to catch you at the supermarket
Before you picked your kids up from school
So I sat and waited
It's sad so sad
I need someone to talk to but it appears I'm talking to myself

I wrote you a letter this afternoon
Complete with spelling mistakes
But I threw it in the bin
I'm a pessimist and I don't believe in miracles
I saw myself as Al Pacino
Freeing myself from these chains
But if I see a hand I need to touch it
It's sad so sad
I need someone to talk to but it appears I’m talking to myself

Written by: 
The Opposition
lyrics: 

Living the dreams of one hundred thousand
Seeing that life's not just pieces of paper

l was sitting in a carriage with some tight lipped Englishman
Saying how good life must have been before the unions
You could get your own way
And there were profits to be made
Dreaming of Empire Days
And the man on the telly’s telling me everything’s fine
And how we’re all so much better off than before
They’re still telling you to smile
While they sit and count the numbers
Dreaming of empire days

Living the dreams of one hundred thousand
Seeing that life’s not just pieces of paper

Written by: 
The Opposition
lyrics: 

I’ll never understand it
If that wasnt love then what in the world was it
I'll never believe it
If that wasnt love then what in the world was it

No complications no pain
You take the records and I’ll take the hi fi
What am I supposed to say now
Keep it quiet I dont want anyone else involved

I’ll never understand it
If that wasnt love then what in the world was it
I’ll never believe it
If that wasn't love then what in the world was it

Somewhere I lost that boyish smile
It seems they all go straight for the jugular
The sooner they understand me the better
I’m still not satisfied

Written by: 
The Opposition
lyrics: 

On the corner past the newsagent
who’s cleaning up the glass from someone else’s party
He acknowledges his neighbour
and with a capable smile and a dash of enthusiasm
He informs the bus driver who’s been on since 6.30
that this city’s full of hawks
And Trafalgar Square must be the closest thing
to heaven on earth
This must be heaven

At the city centre has depot and enlightened
Mr. Cleanam steps off the bus
And with only a minute to spare avoiding the rush
a little wiser Mr. Cleanam feels
It’s quite likely that avoiding the facts
it appears we’re balanced on a knife edge
And Trafalgar Square must be the closest thing
to heaven on earth

A day at the races, a week in Majorca
And a Sunday drive if the weather's fine
Mr. Cleanam
‘I think the pigeons are restless’
A little wiser Mr. Cleanam
‘I think the pigeons are restless’
This must be heaven

Written by: 
The Opposition
lyrics: 

I sometimes think if I wasn't living this
then I would be laughing too
And with all this free advice you would have thought
that I could get through it

I'm a tool for you
It's not a revolution it’s just my contribution
I’m a fool for you
It's not a revolution it's just an observation

I sometimes feel that with all this confidence
that I should have more control
And with all this sincere advice you would have thought
that I could get through it

I'm a fool for you
It’s not a revolution It’s just my contribution
I’m a fool for you
It’s not a revolution it‘s just an observation

Are you always this certain
But you don't realize that I've found a purpose
And I know what you’re thinking
But you don’t realize I can be that composed

Written by: 
The Opposition
lyrics: 

I got the message
I heard you want to know who’s
your best friend
What's the hurry
I heard it’s brighter on the right side.

I dream in colour
It's just the way I am.

I need solutions
I'm only human that's the pain
And if there's some confusion
Tell lies take sides
I got the message
I heard you want to know who’s
your best friend
What's the hurry
I heard it’s clearer inside

I dream in colour
it’s just the way I am
I got the message.

Written by: 
The Opposition
lyrics: 

Standing there like some Jehovah’s Witness
Giving me a sermon reject reject
Pointing your fingers and abusing words
Someone somewhere please take this person away from me
How can you know what I'm feeling
How can you see what I'm seeing
I think maybe we need a little air in this room
One of us is going to win
And the other better be prepared to lose

As long as we understand I dont see any problems
It all seems straightforward
I'll use you and you can take from me

Stephen's a fine upstanding lad
With a firm hand in moral guidance reject reject
But he treats me like an idiot sometimes
And sometimes I deserve it
But how can he know what l’m feeling
And how can he see what I'm seeing
I think maybe we need a little humour in this room
One of us is going to win
And the other better be prepared to lose

As long as we understand I dont see any problems
It all seems so reasonable
I'll use you and you can take from me

Written by: 
The Opposition
lyrics: 

I looked at you last night
I did not recognise your face
You smiled at me last night
I don't know how much more I can take
I'm sick of all this small talk
Going round In circles, it's driving me insane
Sick of all this small talk
Hours and hours and nothing's changed
Well, I'll tell you, I've never felt so much.

You screamed at me last night
But you just ignored my cries
You smiled at me last night
Well, I don't know how much more I can take
I'm sick at all this small talk
Being Ignored, well it's driving me insane
Sick of all this small talk
Hours and hours and I'm still to blame
Well I'll tell you I've never felt so much.

We talked at each other last night
We might as well have saved our breath
You aimed some words at me last night
It's a shame your ears don't
work as well as your mouth
Well I’m sick at all this small talk
Going round in circles, it’s driving me insane
Sick at all this small talk
Hours and hours and nothing’s changed
Well I'll tell you, I've never tell so much pain.

Written by: 
The Opposition
lyrics: 

Silence how come you never smile
Face me Afraid to face yourself
What you dont have I’m told you will never miss
Silence How can we be so cruel

Poets are what you read reading between the lines
A thirst for knowledge know ledge of another kind
Words are all we have and words are all you need
Silence how come you never laugh

Sometimes it’s like bashing your head against a
brick wall
You confuse me
BREAKING THE SILENCE

Security Safe inside your head
Hiding secrets Some things can never be said
What you dont see I’m told you can never feel
Silence how come you never smile
Sometimes its’s like bashing your head against a
brick wall
You confuse me
BREAKING THE SILENCE