Viva La Difference - The "As Sung" Lyrix

Viva La Difference

Eric Stewart

Featuring Alain Merlingeas : Drums

Lyrics by kind permission of EMSinc Music

GNOME SWEET GNOMES

IT’S IN THE BLOOD

FRIENDS LIKE THESE

DOWN BY THE PALACE

DO NOT BEND

MILLENNIUM BLUES

VIVA LA DIFFERENCE

WE’RE NOT ALONE

WORD OF THE MOUTH

SLEEP AT NIGHT

CAN’T GET ENOUGH

GNOME SWEET GNOMES (5.20)

On the top we’re white as snow, but if you ever look below, underneath we are blacker than the darkness.

We will never criticise, while your people starve and die, close our eyes, we can sleep, we have no conscience.

We will never, never fight, we don’t care who’s wrong or right, turn away, wait until the battle is over.

Third World aid and Nazi gold, we don't care from who you stole, bring it in, we will do the devil’s laundry.

We are the gnomes, and we are sleazy.

You wanna hide your loot, we can make it easy.

No questions asked, no, no, no, no, you’re just a number, ‘going down’, underground where the gnomes are running round.

Take the key for your box, spin your combination lock, and play with your plunder, play with your plunder, play with your plunder, play with your plunder.

Come and climb our mountainsides, many do and some survive, breathe it in, this is the perfume of corruption.

How can we survive, you say, while the villains steal and play, lips are sealed, but they know we know their secrets.

This is where dictators thrive, hide their loot while countries die, many hopes and dreams will perish in the strongbox.

Look behind your charities, look to where the money keeps running to, it will never reach the needy.

We are the gnomes, and we are sleazy.

You wanna hide your loot, we can make it easy.

No questions asked, no, no, no, no, you’re just a number, ‘going down’, underground where the gnomes are running round.

Take the key for your box, spin your combination lock, and play with your plunder, play with your plunder, play with your plunder, play with your plunder.

This is the land of cuckoo clocks, chalet girls and precious rocks, squeaky clean but laden with hypocrisy.

No one knows how far we’d sink, hide the traces, hide the stink, we cover up the centuries of misery.

We are the gnomes, and we are sleazy.

You wanna hide your loot, we can make it easy.

No questions asked, no, no, no, no, you’re just a number, ‘going down’, underground where the gnomes are running round.

Take the key for your box, spin your combination lock, and play with your plunder, play with your plunder, play with your plunder, play with your plunder,

play with your plunder, play with your plunder, play with your plunder, play with your plunder.

IT’S IN THE BLOOD (5.00)

Blood is red but some got blue,

These circumstances put the mark on you.

Some get lucky, some will not,

These circumstances really mean a lot.

Some will rule while others serve.

Some people get what they really don’t deserve.

Strokes of luck and happenstance,

We roll the dice in the game of chance.

Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief,

You scratch them all and what is underneath?

It’s in the blood, deep in the veins, it’s in the blood.

What denotes the humankind?

Well nothing easy springs to mind.

Powerful men and gentlefolk,

Some are very special, some are a joke.

He is black but she is blue, they’re green with envy for your brand new shoes.

Everybody wants your jimmy choos,

We pity the man with the bare feet blues.

Princes, paupers, liars and cheats,

You scratch them all and what is underneath?

It’s in the blood, deep in the veins, it’s in the blood.

Men may dream to talk with kings,

They can’t believe it when they’re kissing the ring.

People rise from low to high,

They climb the mountain, touch the sky.

Love can be so colour blind,

A careful blending makes a perfect wine.

Shades of ivory and carib blue,

These combinations make a magic brew.

We don't know what’s right or wrong.

We try and try until we make it strong.

Nobody knows what’s around that bend,

Maybe the treasure at the rainbow’s end.

Dreamers, schemers, bitter and sweet.

You scratch them all and what is underneath?

It’s in the blood, deep in the veins, it’s in the blood.

FRIENDS LIKE THESE (4.50)

Friends will love you truly, come what may

Friends will never, never turn away.

Friends who wouldn’t, couldn’t tell you lies,

Friends will never, never criticise.

Friends like these will never, never let you go,

They’ll hold a candle for you

When you’re, when you’re feeling low.

Friends like these will always keep you flying high,

Friends will never, never ask you why?

Friends will hold you closely when you’re feeling cold.

Friends will lift you gently, just before you fold.

Friends can make you happy, laughing ‘til you cry,

Laughing at the same old stories, never knowing why.

Friends like these will help you through the thick and thin,

Move you off to safety when your roof is caving in.

Friends like these surround you when the chips are down.

Talk about you kindly when you’re not around.

Friends will listen to you when the dinner’s goin’ cold.

Smile and nod together, when your jokes are old.

Friends got shoulders waiting, when you need to cry.

Let those floodgates open, friends will never pry.

Friends like these will never, never let you go,

They’ll hold a candle for you

When you’re, when you’re feeling low.

Friends like these will always keep you flying high,

Friends will never, never ask you why?

Friends like these will help you through the thick and thin,

Move you off to safety when your roof is caving in.

Friends like these surround you when the chips are down.

Talk about you kindly when you’re not around.

Friends like these are precious people, money cannot buy,

Put away your cheque-book, baby, don't you even try.

Friends like these will help you when you need to mend,

Friends like these are friends forever, ‘til the end

Friends like, friends like these are friends forever, ‘til the end

Friends like.

DOWN BY THE PALACE (5.40)

Say ‘bye ‘bye to Liz and Phil, oh they did do well.

Pop the doggies into the car, say au revoir.

Where on earth will they sleep tonight?

They got so many choices, it don’t seem right.

We got people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business

They know we got people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business.

Ooh all that dross round the monarchy well it costs too much.

Time to kick those spongers and leeches into touch.

We gonna put ‘em in a council flat,

Oh, lordy, lordy, they won’t like that.

We got people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business

They know we got people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business.

Look around, this is the twenty first century,

Look again, do we really need a monarchy?

Empires come, empires go, all those ruins go to show they were carved in stone but nothing is permanent.

All this talk of a commonwealth, well it’s just not true,

They won’t be sharing that royal purse with you or you or you or you.

Time to put the crown to bed, they’re gonna be screaming ‘off with his head’.

We got people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business

They know we got people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business.

Little Britain you’re getting smaller everyday.

Look around now watch the empire slipping awayayayayayay.

Don’t need a crystal ball to see, no, we’re disappearing rapidly.

We got people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business

They know we got people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business.

Look around, this is the twenty first century,

Look again, do we really need a monarchy?

Empires come, empires go, all those ruins go to show they were carved in stone but nothing is permanent.

I don’t like this business no it’s time to put it right,

People lost and wondering, oh where will I sleep tonight?

‘You can’t stay there son, you’d better move on.

Lizzie’s passing with her sparklers on.

The sight of you will spoil her night,

So get yer boxes out of her sight, ‘bye ‘bye aye aye.’

People living in the modern world, they must think we’re mad.

All that bread for a monarchy well it looks so bad.

Time to sell the family jewels, feed the needy, sack the fools,

People living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business

They know we got people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business

All around you, people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business.

Oh yes they know people living in boxes down by the palace, I don’t like this business.

Look around, this is the twenty first century,

Look again, do we really need a monarchy?

Ooh empires come, empires go, all those ruins go to show they were carved in stone but nothing is permanent.

Look around, this is the twenty first century,

Look again, do we really need a monarchy?

Ooh empires come, empires go, all those ruins go to show they were carved in stone but nothing is permanent.

I don’t like this business, I don’t like this business, I don’t like this business.

DO NOT BEND (4.40)

Do not bend, you want the truth,

Don’t let the tearjerkers make you blue.

Do not bend, you stand your ground,

Don’t let those spin doctors turn you around.

Don’t you look back now, that’s yesterday,

You keep your mind on the goal today.

Tomorrow’s no-one’s, we can’t foretell.

You’ve got to win if you stand and fight,

You’ve got to win if you’re doing it right.

They’ll follow you if you’re standing tall,

They’ll follow you when you walk through that wall,

They’ll follow you when you walk through that wall.

Do not bend, no you’ve seen the light,

Don’t let the scaremongers give you a fright.

Do not bend, no you know your ground,

Don’t let the fence-sitters slow you down.

You can’t go back now, too far behind,

Your goal is there, keep it on your mind.

You keep your eyes on that road ahead.

You’ve got to win if you stand and fight,

You’ve got to win if you’re doing it right.

They’ll follow you if you’re standing tall,

They’ll follow you when you walk through that wall,

They’ll follow you when you walk through that wall.

Don’t you be coy, boy, I kid you not,

The way you move really means a lot.

You’re walking tall with that big, big smile,

They’ll follow you if they’re liking your style.

You’ll never move if you hesitate,

Jump up and run, you don’t want to be late.

Do not bend, yeh you trust your eyes,

Don’t let the pipe-dreamers feed you lies.

Do not bend, now you know the way,

Don’t let those high-rollers steal your day.

You look around, this is not a game,

You stay in front, keep it in the frame.

You keep your eyes on that road ahead.

You’ve got to win if you stand and fight,

You’ve got to win if you’re doing it right.

They’ll follow you if you’re standing tall,

They’ll follow you when you walk through that wall,

They’ll follow you when you walk through that wall.

You’ve got to win if you stand and fight,

You’ve got to win if you’re doing it right.

They’ll follow you if you’re standing tall,

They’ll follow you when you walk through that wall.

You’ve got to win if you stand and fight,

You’ve got to win if you’re doing it right.

They’ll follow you if you’re standing tall,

They’ll follow you when you walk through that wall,

They’ll follow you when you walk through that wall.

MILLENNIUM BLUES (3.56)

I heard a baby wailin’, she wanted to be fed,

I heard a grown man cryin’, he couldn’t find the bread.

I heard a fat man sigh, he couldn’t figure why,

He couldn’t move his head, they couldn’t move his bed,

But he was already dead.

I saw a poor man beggin’, he couldn't buy a meal,

I saw his shoulders saggin’, he didn’t want to steal.

I heard a tycoon moan, he’s screamin’ down the phone,

He missed an easy trick, he missed his lunch with Mick,

But I was feelin’ sick.

I saw the mighty wave, it was a wondrous sight,

The people jumped for joy, but then they ran in fright.

They heard the crashin’ sound, they moved to higher ground, but there was no escape,

The walls began to break, but it was all too late.

I saw a nation dyin’, the vultures stripped it clean,

We didn’t move a muscle, the piggies got the cream.

They moved it far away, to the land of yodel-ey,

The bankers rubbed their hands,

The famine took the land, the dream had turned to sand.

This life is far too short, the future can’t be bought,

We’re livin’ for today, someday we’re gonna pay,

Must be another way.

I don’t believe in luck, we shouldn’t pass the buck,

This ain’t no fine romance, we’ve got to take a chance,

We’ve got to get up and dance.

Why do we sit and wait? It’s not a twist of fate.

Why all this apathy that what will be will be?

Is that our destiny?

VIVA LA DIFFERENCE (3.30)

We may be worlds apart, but it don’t bother me

I’m looking deep in your heart.

A little t.l.c,

A better understanding is all that we need.

We gotta give, and take, another point of view will find a healthy break.

Ain’t that right, like that? I wanna hear you singing.

Viva la difference, mmm, viva la change.

Ooh, viva la difference, no we’re not the same.

We speak in different tongues, but if we keep on talking we’ll all get along.

We’ll never stop the tide, we gotta sit right back

And we’ll enjoy the ride.

If we communicate, we’re on a wing and a prayer but we’re not too late.

Do you agree with me? I wanna hear you singing

Viva la difference, ooh viva la change.

Hey viva la difference, no we’re not the same.

Different strokes for different folks,

That’s the way the saying goes.

That’s the way it ought to be,

Don’t we love diversity?

Where’s the yardstick, what’s the norm?

Why the hell should we conform?

Straight bananas are round the bend.

When will all this madness end?

I wanna make… you think, I wanna rock your boat,

But I won’t let you sink.

We’re on a two way street

Somewhere there in the middle

We’re destined to meet.

A new horizon begs, we’ve got to head for the road while we’ve still got the legs,

While we’ve still got a voice,

I wanna hear you singing.

Viva la difference, viva la difference, mmm, viva la change, viva la change.

Ooh viva la difference, viva la difference no we’re not the same, no we’re not the same

Mmm viva la difference, viva la difference, ooh, viva la change, viva la change.

Hey viva la difference, viva la difference no we’re not the same, no we’re not the same

Mmm viva la difference, viva la difference, ooh, viva la change, viva la change.

Hey viva la difference, viva la difference no we’re not the same, no we’re not the same

No we’re not the same.

WE’RE NOT ALONE (5.45)

I looked into the sky last night, the stars above me they were burning bright,

A sea of time around a million suns,

I can’t believe we are the only ones.

I do believe we’re not alone, we’re not alone.

I looked into my baby’s eyes, I saw the spark of life that never dies.

No need to worry who will follow me, the thread is there throughout eternity.

I do believe we’re not alone, we’re not alone.

Though I could never prove, never prove, I felt the mountain move, mountain move.

Was it a trick of the light, trick of the light? What did I feel that night, feel that night ?

I know that happenstance, happenstance, belies my common-sense, common-sense,

Though I may never know, never know, I do believe we’re not alone, we’re not alone.

I watched the tempest through my windowpane,

The power was deadly and the sky insane.

The trees were bending, do they feel the pain?

The trees were thirsty for that precious rain.

I do believe we’re not alone, we’re not alone.

I looked into the hand of fate, the lines were deep

But how could I relate?

What might, what will, what could the future hold?

The past is gone, tomorrow never knows.

I do believe we’re not alone, we’re not alone.

This other inner me, inner me, it’s such a mystery, mystery,

The face that’s looking back, looking back, within that photograph, photograph,

It’s frozen there in time, there in time, that moment so divine, so divine,

Like it will always be, always be, I do believe we’re not alone, we’re not alone.

I do believe we’re not alone.

Where do the answers lie, answers lie? No matter how I try, how I try,

I get no closer than, close than, than any other man, other man

A mortal looking up, looking up,

I find the things I love, things I love,

I find the things I love, things I love.

I do believe we’re not alone, we’re not alone

I do believe we’re not alone, we’re not alone.

I do believe we’re not alone, I find the things I love.

WORD OF THE MOUTH (3.40)

Word of the mouth, word of the mouth

Word of the mouth, word of the mouth.

The voice is screaming, like a banshee’s wail,

Ooh the tongues are wagging, like a puppy dog’s tail.

The pigs are squealing, they feel the fear,

The lambs are silent, they don’t want to hear.

From the east to the west, north to the south,

All the lines are buzzing, it’s the word of the mouth.

Word of the mouth, word of the mouth.

Oh, the plot’s getting thicker, just grows and grows,

Mm, the lines getting longer, like Pinocchio’s nose.

He said, she said, who said so,

How it all started, nobody knows.

From the east to the west, north to the south,

Better run for cover, it’s the word of the mouth.

Word of the mouth, word of the mouth.

The voice is soothing, it’s gonna take you in,

Oooh a voice like that, should be a deadly sin.

Listen closely should it lie to you,

Do you wanna believe that it speaks the truth?

From the east to the west, north to the south,

Better close your ears, it’s the word of the mouth,

Word of the mouth, word of the mouth.

TV, radio, ooh, mobile phones, where can you hide

If you wanna be alone?

Driving in your car, sleeping in your bed,

Deadly signals passing through your head.

From the east to the west, north to the south,

Better close the border, it’s the word of the mouth,

Word of the mouth, word of the mouth.

SLEEP AT NIGHT (4.35)

I used to get angry, I used to get mad,

I lost my direction, my karma was bad.

While looking for glory, I found the pretence,

All mounting to nothing, the years I spent

Trying to understand, the things that cut me so deep.

I tried to make sense of all your sad little games,

But the deeper I got, I found more of the same.

But I will sleep at night, sleep at night, sleep at night, oh yeah, I’ll sleep tonight, sleep tonight, sleep tonight.

I had to look deeper, I needed the key,

The whys and the wherefores, should I let it be?

The clues were so hidden, but under the smile, something was broken, it wasn’t your style.

You were losing the plot, the train departed long ago.

The pack were behind you, they were hungry for food,

But I couldn’t desert you, you were standing in the nude.

But I will sleep at night, sleep at night, sleep at night, oh yeah, I’ll sleep tonight, sleep tonight, sleep tonight.

It wasn’t for money, it don’t make things right,

It wasn’t for kudos, I hated the limelight.

I was shaking with anger, I couldn’t take more,

So I walked away softly, and closed that door.

Don’t wanna hold your hand, I moved away from the brink,

I won’t be going that way again, I don’t need the torment, the lies and the pain.

I wanna sleep at night, sleep at night, sleep at night, oh yeah, I’ll sleep tonight, sleep tonight, sleep tonight.

I looked at your forecast, the outlook was bleak.

You put your foot in it each time you speak.

The porkies get bigger, they grow and they grow,

The reaper is smiling, he knows what you’ve sown.

Take another look, the cracks are starting to show.

You can’t fool the people if you spread it so thin,

They’ll see through your pseudo, and they’ll make you jack it in.

But I will sleep tonight, sleep tonight, sleep tonight oh yeah, I’ll sleep tonight, sleep tonight, sleep tonight.

I will sleep at night, sleep at night, sleep at night, oh yeah, I’ll sleep.

CAN’T GET ENOUGH (4.30)

Should be a wonderful dream, but it’s not what it seems,

I’m way up there on the screen, but I don’t fit in the scene, I’m like the man in ‘the scream‘, man in ‘the scream‘.

Ooh, life should be a breeze, why am I weak at the knees? Can’t see the wood for the trees, it’s getting very hard to please, is this really what I need, really what I need?

Oh, I can’t stop loving you, can’t get enough,

No, I’ll never stop wanting you, can’t get enough.

I won’t stop needing you, can’t get enough,

No, I’ll never stop loving you, can’t get enough.

You know I don’t want to fight, I want a wonderful life,

Take a wrong, make it right, make a beautiful sight,

I wanna step into the light, step into the light.

You’ll maybe think I’m a nut, you wanna muzzle the mutt,

I could be busting a gut, I may be stuck in a rut,

But there’s always a ‘but’, always a ‘but’.

Mm, I can’t stop loving you, can’t get enough,

No, I’ll never stop needing you, can’t get enough.

Yeah, I can’t stop wanting you, can’t get enough,

Oh, I’ll never stop loving you, can’t get enough.

Can’t get enough, can’t get enough, can’t get enough, can’t get enough.

I must be losing my clout, don’t wanna take another bout, I just wanted to shout, but the words wont come out. Yeah, I’ve gotta get ‘em out, gotta get ‘em out.

You know I’m deep in a mess, but I’ve gotta confess,

I may be loving the stress, it’s not a real distress,

Just a simple caress, simple caress, just a simple caress, simple caress.

I can’t stop loving you, can’t get enough,

No, I’ll never stop wanting you, can’t get enough.

Oh, I won’t stop needing you, can’t get enough,

Yeah, I’ll never stop loving you, can’t get enough.

Oh, I can’t stop loving you, can’t get enough,

No, I’ll never stop wanting you, can’t get enough.

Yeah, I won’t stop needing you, can’t get enough,

No, I’ll never stop loving you, can’t get enough.

Oh, I can’t stop loving you, can’t get enough,

Oh, I’ll never stop wanting you, can’t get enough.

No, I won’t stop needing you, can’t get enough,

No, I’ll never stop loving you, can’t get enough.

Oh, I can’t stop loving you, can’t get enough,

No, I’ll never stop wanting you, can’t get enough.

No, I won’t stop needing you, can’t get enough,

Oh, I’ll never stop loving you, can’t get enough.