The Stranglers lyrics

Album: La Folie [1981]

Tracks 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Non Stop Everybody Loves You When You're Dead Tramp Let Me Introduce You to the Family Ain't Nothin' to It The Man They Love to Hate Pin Up It Only Takes Two to Tango Golden Brown How to Find True Love and Happiness in the Present Day La Folie Cruel Garden all The Stranglers lyrics 12

Non Stop NON STOP -------Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com) Date of Transcription: 19th May 2002 This transcription and more is exclusive to and can be found at :http://www.geocities.com/strangledchords

Dedicated, emancipated Claims she waited her life for her man Loves to pray every day Says she's not frustrated in any wa Dressed in a black cotton sack Pledges herself and she never looks back

She's a non stop nun

She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she's running running running running running

Enlisted sister knows her mister Never two times with the rest of the clan In her eyes you sympathise The afterlife holds a better plan

She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she gives up her old life And she'll never be your wife 'Cos she's got the best lover Better than any other Better than any other

She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she's running running running running running

Dedicated, emancipated Claims she waited her life for her man Loves to pray every day Says she's not frustrated in any way

She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she gives up her old life And she'll never be your wife 'Cos she's got the best lover Better than any other Better than any other

Better than any other Everybody Loves You When You're Dead The Stranglers - Everybody Loves You When You Dead

They crucify you when you get it wrong When things are fine they put you ahead They laugh at you with your trousers down They pick the stones and aim them at your head When you're alive they won't care what you said What you deserve and all the blood you bled It doesn't matter what you try to hide The sun comes out and then the truth is read Your fans'll love you when you're alive But the wreaths are laid by the rest instead When you're alive they won't care what you said What you deserve and all the blood you bled 'Cos everybody loves you when you're dead Kneel and pray by the side of your bed And everybody loves you when you're dead Kneel and pray just like your momma said When you're alive they won't care what you said What you deserve and all the blood you bled You'll turn in your grave at what's gonna be said You'll finally be appreciated 'Cos everybody loves you when you're dead 'Cos everybody loves you when you're dead Tramp ----Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com) Date of Transcription: 5th April 2002 This transcription and more is exclusive to and can be found at :http://www.geocities.com/strangledchords

verse: Takes the time to stay one place Though his clothes aren't finest lace Read the lines on a tramps face

Taking his time, just like you, just like me

Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child verse: Law has missed him every day Doesn't need it anyway Life is the next meal away

A lost woman long ago Does she miss him? does he know? Does it matter in the snow?

Taking his time, just like you, just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child

Taking his time, just like you, just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child Let Me Introduce You to the Family LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE FAMILY ---------------------------------Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com) Date of Transcription: 5th April 2002 This transcription and more is exclusive to and can be found at :-

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I love the family, longer than longevity Mother tells me what to be, taller than the tallest tree I love the family, sister loves me tenderly Sitting on my daddy's knee, let me introduce you to the family

I love the family (x6)

I love the family, friends will fall for the family Brother you are dear to me, watch it grow the family tree Can't outrun the family, it gets me where I want to be Through thick and thin it will help me Let me introduce you to the family

I love the family (x6)

I love the family I love the family I love the family I love the family

I love the family (x7) Ain't Nothin' to It AIN'T NOTHING TO IT ------------------Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com) Date of Transcription: 11th August 2002 This transcription and more is exclusive to and can be found at :-

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Back up boy forty five feet, always looking for a freebie Why don't you let up sometime, hawks out with his axe'n'me with this lead sheet on Trying to scuffle up those twos'n'fews for uncle so's I can bail out my full orchestration.

Looks like he got me but this cat wouldn't feed grass to a horse in a concrete pasture He's so tight he wouldn't buy a pair of shorts for a flea, just look at him and dig that vine All off time his strollers look like he's ready to jump he's playing ketchup 'n' I got to tighten his wig Hold it down 'n' I'll come up with line two like I said

Ain't nothing to it just here Ain't nothing to it just here Ain't nothing, ain't nothing to it just here

I saw that dinner up the street guzzlin' foam in the drinkden and the sharks are droppin' the shucks Like the yellow kid trying to tighten her and weaving the four F's all around her I nixed her out long ago, man, she's too sometimey, she will and she won't She do and she don't always on the fence and sleeps with her glasses on

Man, man Ain't nothing, ain't nothing to it just here

She's faust to me so skip it and forget it She's faust to me so skip it and forget it She's faust to me so skip it and forget it

Ain't nothing to it Ain't nothing to it, just here The Man They Love to Hate THE MAN THEY LOVE TO HATE ------------------------Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com) Date of Transcription: 11th August 2002 This transcription and more is exclusive to and can be found at :http://www.geocities.com/strangledchords

They woke to grey English morning, and to a strange honeymoon The girl who gave him all her love and the man who said it still wouldn't do His parents always worked hard, never went to bed late And though they were God's own people, they're still the ones he loves to hate

He never wanted to suffer this fate All the girls have fallen for the man the love to hate

The city is an animal, it snores and by day it roars And though he loved to hate it he couldn't live without it's flaws With personal curtains moaning at a thousand harsh words then hush The girl she wanted to leave because she loved the man too much

He never wanted to suffer this fate All the girls have fallen for the man the love to hate His father was a fighter and he practised on his son His mother was just some furniture who'd lost the will to run The girl she wrote him a farewell note and though he probably didn't care too much The girl she finally left him because she loved the man too much Pin Up PIN UP -----Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com) Date of Transcription: 3rd April 2002 This transcription and more is exclusive to and can be found at :http://www.geocities.com/strangledchords

She's a centre spread, special size of the month She's the one on the wall, watched by him she's scared to move She's very well known only in the one stance She's the girl that survived over a hundred million glances She's the pin up

She's always on his mind, a technicolor dream The secret weapon, she lives on his locker wall She's the girl he dreams of when he's at sea Although she's in 2D, he'd like her at home waiting She's the pin up ... she's the pin up

All over submarines, they think she's so serene As a mermaid she don't look much, but such a sin Could be this years/last years thing

She's a charity gives something for nothing A wallchart for his heart, a victim of all his desires Sometimes he dreams of a scratch me scratch me section A rope ladder of hair, a Babylon for him to climb She's the pin up ... she's the pin up

All over submarines, they find her so serene As a mermaid she don't look much, but such a sin Could be this years/last years thing

She's a centre spread, special size of the month She's the one on the wall, watched by him she's scared to move

She's very well known only in the one stance She's the girl that survived over a hundred million glances She's the pin up ... She's the pin up ... (repeat until fade) It Only Takes Two to Tango IT ONLY TAKES TWO TO TANGO -------------------------Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com) Date of Transcription: 11th August 2002 This transcription and more is exclusive to and can be found at :http://www.geocities.com/strangledchords

It only takes two to tango, it only takes two to start the dance You've gotta begin with circumstance It takes two to tango, it only takes two It only takes two to tango, it only takes two to start the war You've gotta make do or you're gonna get more It takes two to tango, it only takes two It only took two in ancient history, to get to the top of the monkey tree Better wait and see, better wait and see, better wait and see It only takes two to tango, it only takes two to start the dance You gotta make do, it could be your only chance It takes two to tango, it only takes two It only took two in ancient history, to get to the top of the monkey tree Better wait and see, better wait and see, better wait and see Better wait and see, better wait and see, better wait and see Golden Brown Stranglers - Golden Brown

Golden Brown Texture Like Sun Lays Me Down With My Mind She Runs Throughout The Night No Need To Fight

Never A Frown With Golden Brown Every Time Just Like The Last On Her Ship Tied To Her Mast To Distant Lands Takes Both My Hands Never A Frown With Golden Brown Golden Brown Finer Temptress Through The Ages She's Heading West From Far Away Stays For a Day Never A Frown With Golden Brown La Folie Bonsoir Ton vehicule n'a pas l`air d`avoir de passager Peux-tu: Veux tu me recevoir Sans trop te deranger? Mes bottes ne feront pas trop d`echos dans ton couloir Pas de bruit avec mes adieux Pas pour nous les moments perdus En attendant un uncertain au-revoir Parce que-j'ai la folie, oui c'est la folie Il etait une fois un etudiant Qui voulait fort, comme en literature Sa copine, elle etait si douce Qu'il pouvait presque, en la management Rejeter tous les vices Repousser tou les mals Detruire toutes beautes Qui par ailleurs, n'avait jamais ete ses complices Parces qu'il avait la folie, oui, c'est la folie Et si parfois l'on fait des confessions A qui les raconter - meme le bon dieu nous a laisse tomber Un autre endroit, une autre vie Eh oui, c'est une autre histoire Mais a qui tou raconter? Chez les ombres de la nuit? Au petit matin, au petit gris

Combien de crimes ont ete commis Contre les mensonges et soi disant les lois du coeur Combien sont la a cause de la folie Parce qu'il ont la folie Cruel Garden Stranglers - Cruel Garden

Better Get Out Of The Woods Today Plenty Danger Waiting There Plenty Hungry Madames Out Today Eat You Up As Soon As Stare Cruel Garden Cruel Garden Birds Of Prey Are On The Wing Cruel Garden Cruel Garden Hope I Can Survive The Spring If You're Walking In The Woods Tonight Watch Out For A Madames Eyes One Jumped Up and Grabed Me What A Fright Said that I Was Just Her Size Cruel Garden Cruel Garden Birds Of Prey Are On The Wing Cruel Garden Cruel Garden Hope I Can Survive The Spring Oh Oh Oh OhOh Gotta Get Home In The Light Oh Oh Oh OhOh Shouldn't Be Down Here At Night Cruel Garden Cruel Garden Birds Of Prey Are On The Wing Cruel Garden Cruel Garden Hope I Can Survive The Spring Oh Oh Oh OhOh Gotta Get Home In The Light Oh Oh Oh OhOh Shouldn't Be Down Here At Night