Cartrouble - Adam & The Ants

have you ever had a ride in a light blue car?

have you ever stopped to think

who's the slave and who's the master?

have you ever had trouble with your

automobile?

have you ever had to

push push push push?



cartrouble

you might have seen them very busy at the

weekends licking and polishing the beep-

beeps into

shape and then its proudly up the M.1. M.2.

M.3.

and keep your feet off the upholstery Ronnie

cartrouble oh yeah

and remember this:-

you don't need anything after an icecream

I used to sit at home silently and wonder

why all the preference is polishing the

chrome

while all the mothers and the sisters and the

babies

sit and rot at home

cartrouble oh yeah

and remember this

you don't need anything after an icecream

car carcar trouble car carcar trouble ...







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Kick

Adam Ant



see a nation on its knees

and its heritage dead

See a nation needing 'Civilization'

like a hole in the head



One Race! Today! One Chant! Kick



so now you're trying it on me

but I'm aware of the plan

to save the 'man' you have to kill the 'indian'

by simply shaking his hand



One Race! Today! One Chant! Kick







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Digital Tenderness

Adam Ant



why does this feeling of togetherness

always scare me away?

why do the feelings that I have for you

have to become a word ?



don't say you "love" me-oh no

don't ask that from me-oh no no



that alphabet you call love

that alphabet you call love

that alphabet you call love

is just a digital tenderness

tenderness



here is the start for so many broken people

all with a hard luck story

and a sad sad tale



don't say you love me-oh no

don't ask that from me-oh no no



that alphabet you call love

that alphabet you call love

that alphabet you call love

is just a digital tenderness

tenderness



sometimes

I need to be by myself

I need to be by your side

I need

sometimes

I need the company of art

I ned the company of friends

I need you



and my heart is stronger

than a four-letter-long word



searching the eyes of so many broken

people

whose cowardice proved much too strong

for vice

don't say you "love" me ...

oh no

don't ask that from me

no no no



that alphabet you call "love"

that alphabet you call "love"







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Nine Plan Failed

Adam Ant



after nine years in the army

they took away his brain

they tattooed "defect" on his brow

and signed him up again



he killed ten thousand germans

a hundred japanese

a family of hindus

and a lot of portugese

nine plan failed



I could never see the point

of showing them you're boss

when they drag you through the city streets

and naiI you to a cross



they took him to the office

they strapped him to the bed

they fastened lots of pretty wires

securely to his head

they wheeled him down the corridor

upon a metal trolley

now he wears big spectacles

and he sings like Buddy Holly

nine plan failed



I could never see the point

of showing them you're boss

when they drag you through the city streets

and nail you to a cross



the world declared its armistice

and took away his guns

and now he satisfies himself

on piss-weak tea and buns

on piss-weak tea and buns

oh oh

at the disco

Rome is very pretty

and Rome is very grand

but the Pope lost his four fingers

when they gave this boy his hand to kiss

when they gave this boy his hand to kiss

it wasn't funny no



he wasn't very good at school

his highest grade was C

but he believed the managers

when they said:-

"you leave it all to me"

they gave him suits from Saville Row

the quality so fine

so now he sits in the desert wastes

just waiting for a sign

nine plan failed







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Family Of Noise

Adam Ant



a lot of people in this great big-world

say "love everybody"

a lot of people busy busy busy busy busy

being very modern



chorus:

but the family of noise is here

and it's come to save everybody

the family of noise is here

and it's come to save you and me

it goes:



the family of noise is here

and it's come to save everybody

the family of noise is here

and it's come to save you and me



a lot of people in the ancient world

they loved only quiet

and then along came the machine

and a new direction



the family of noise is here

and it's come to save everybody

the family of noise is here

and it's come to save you and me

it goes:



in the morning

last thing at night

in the darkness

standing in the light



a lot of people in this great big world

just searching for the "pure" sound

they're just looking to the machine

they don't listen to the noise



the family of noise is here

and it's come to save you and me



-in Croydon







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Tabletalk

Adam Ant



don't like your stare

don't like the arm in the air

your style is so brash

and that silly moustache



it was, tabletalk



the evil I see

sends bad vibrations through me

and oh what a square

with your diagonal hair



it was, tabletalk



l said to gilly

'how do you do tabletalk?'

'how do you do tabletalk?'

and this is what she said;

'love love love love...'



the love of his life

too close to become a wife

and the death of this girl

came close to saving the world



from his tabletalk







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Zerox

Adam Ant



lock up your brain

because I'm here again

I'm never bored to steal your chords

ooh-ooh Zerox Machine

ooh-ooh Zerox Machine



give me a line

or a middle eight

I've got the best so I want the rest

ooh-ooh Zerox Machine

ooh-ooh Zerox Machine



lets get together before its too late

collect up the ideas, duplicate

filling up the forms, send them off tonight

and you'll be the owner of the copyright

of the copyright, of the copyright



time of the essence get your ears to the

ground

however else can the hits be found?



I may look happy, healthy and clean

a dark brown c voice and suit pristine

but behind the smile there is a Zerox

Machine



I'm a Zerox Machine







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Cleopatra

Adam Ant



Cleopatra did ten thousand in her Iifetime

now that a wide mouth

Cleopatra gave a service with a smile

she was a wide mouthed girl

a wide mouthed girl



Cleopatra did a hundred(100) Roman

Centurions



for after dinner mints

Cleopatra used a suction oh so unheard of

she was a wide mouthed girl

a wide mouthed girl (believe it)



show me a bigger mouth

show me a bigger mouth

show me a bigger mouth

show me a bigger mouth

what a weak distorted image

Elizabeth and Richard gave you the screen

of the wide mouthed girl

wide mouthed girl







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Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)

Adam Ant



A man and a woman walking down the

street

with a son and a daughter it was oh so sweet

when Mummy turned to Daddy and she

said:

'my dear, write out your will the end is near'

then she pulled out the gun

I saw the sparks

messed up the suit that he'd bought from

Marks

because



she'd heard the voices from Outer Space

she'd heard the voices from Outer Space

she'd heard the voices from Outer Space

saying,'Never trust a man with egg on his

face'

three months later Mrs B stands

a smile on her face, blood on her hands

the kiddies got scared and have run to bed

the headlines in the papers said that:

'she was the victim of an awful plan.

Announced through the mouthpiece of a

little green man

she'd heard the voices from Outer Space

saying:

'never trust a man with egg on his face'



la-la







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Animals And Men

Adam Ant

uno, due, tre, quattro ...



Marinetti Boccioni, Carra Balla Palasechi!

Marinetti Boccioni, Carra Balla Palasechi!

Futurist Manifesto!

Futurist Manifesto!



war is the worlds lowly hygeine

energy and fearlessness

racing car the beauteous beast

hurl defiance at the stars



Futurist Manifesto!



Voices of animals animals men!

Voices of animals animals men!



noises obtained by percussion

metal, wood on skin and bone

voices of animals and men

laugh, shout, scream and moan







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The Idea

Adam Ant



I went to the zoo

to look at the animals

the first thing I saw

was a wallfull of handclaps

some wearing green hats

and all sucking chocky bars

so I went and looked at

the three horned chameleon



the idea



he walked up and down

just trying to get close to me

a split little hand

scratching at the glass

I looked at the snakes

and I looked at the crocodiles

you'd better

show me the man

who made all of this



the idea



I could be religious if ...

you didn't have to kneel down

I could be religious if ...

a god would say "hello"

I could be religious if ...

an angel touched my shoulder

I could be religious if ...

they set the hymns to disco

(like this)



holy holy holy

lord god almighty

god in three persons

beloved trinity



holy holy holy

all the saints adore thee

christ in three persons

belovedtrinity



the idea







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Whip In My Valise

Adam Ant



when I met you you were just sixteen

pulling the wings off flies

when an old lady got hit by a truck

I saw the wicked gleam in your eyes

your sadistic suits my masochistic

and theres a whip in may valise on yeah



who taught you to torture?

who taught ya?

who taught ya?

who taught ya?

who taught ya?



describe the special punishment room

over my garage, theres a

whipping post, a vertical beam

you have to be in charge

I payed a packet

for a new straight jacket

and theres a whip in my valise oh yeah



you put my head into the stocks

and then you went to choose a cane

but hey your cat has got nine tails

you like to leave me lame

I can't thank her, my Sunday Spanker

there's a whip in my valise oh yeah



who taught you to torture?

who taught ya?