Synth Britannia at the BBC

APPLAUSE

# There's a new sensation

# A fabulous creation

# A danceable solution

# To teenage revolution

# Do The Strand, love

# When you feel love

# It's the new way

# And that's why we say

# Do The Strand

# Do it on the tables

# Quaglino's place or Mabel's

# Slow and gentle

# Sentimental

# All styles served here

# Louis says he be fair

# Laissez-faire Le Strand

# Tired of the tango?

# Fed up with fandango?

# Dance on moonbeams

# Slide on rainbows

# In furs or blue jeans

# You know what I mean

# Do The Strand

# Ooh!

# Had your fill of quadrilles?

# The Madison and cheap thrills?

# Bored with the beguine?

# The samba isn't your scene?

# They're playing our tune

# By the pale moon

# We're incognito

# Down the lido

# And we like The Strand

# Arabs at oasis

# Eskimos and Chinese

# If you feel blue

# Look through Who's Who

# See La Goulue

# And Nijinsky

# Do the Strandski

# Weary of the waltz?

# And mashed potato schmaltz?

# Rhododendron

# Is a nice flower

# Evergreen it

# Lasts forever

# But it can't beat Strand power

# The Sphinx and Mona Lisa

# Lolita and Guernica

# Did the...Strand! #

# It's cold outside

# And the paint's peeling off my walls

# There's a man outside

# In a long coat, grey hat smoking a cigarette

# Now the light fades out

# And I wonder what I'm doing in a room like this

# There's a knock on the door

# And just for a second I thought I remembered you

# So now I'm alone where I can think for myself

# About little girls in SUs

# And things I just don't understand

# Like a white lie that night or a sly touch at times

# I don't think it meant anything to you

# So I open the door

# It's the friend that I'd left in the hallway

# Please sit down

# A candlelit shadow on a wall near the bed

# You know I hate to ask

# But are friends electric?

# Only

# Mine broke down

# And now I've no-one to love

# So I found out your reasons

# For the phone calls and smiles

# And it hurts and I'm lonely

# And I should never have tried

# And I missed you tonight

# Still it's time to leave

# You see, it meant everything to me... #

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# Well, I was born a little premature

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# Mom just couldn't take no more

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# Had no time to learn to cry Goodbye, Mama, got to fly

# Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# Entered school when I was two

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# PhD'd that afternoon

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# Never entered any sports Didn't look too good in shorts

# Got divorced when I was four

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# Well, I've seen everything there is I've done everything there is

# I've met everyone but Liz

# Now I've even met ol' Liz

# No time for relationship

# Skip the foreplay, let 'er rip

# You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# Well, I did lots of travelling

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# Parts of me unravelling

# You gotta beat the clock You gotta beat the clock

# The Army then rejected me Said I had two flat feet

# Wore them out when I... #

# Faced with the choice

# What would you say?

# The path of least resistance

# It seems the only way

# But can we look a little further?

# To level four, I think

# Self-belief's the answer

# And not another drink

# The safe method, the only way

# You rationalise your course

# Stay part of the crowd

# And never find the source

# Feel wanted, feel numb

# Just stay as you are

# The truth is, comfort kills

# And you don't need that car

# So sad, the early grave

# When all the fun's for free

# Start digging the early grave

# And keep it warm for me

# Faced with the choice

# What would you say?

# The path of least resistance

# It seems the only way

# But can't we look a little further?

# To level four, I think

# Self-belief's the answer

# And not another drink

# The safe method, the only way

# You rationalise your course

# Stay a part of the crowd

# And never find the source

# Feel wanted, feel numb

# Just stay as you are

# The truth is, comfort kills

# And you don't need that car. #

# It worries me this kind of thing

# How you hope to live alone and

# Occupy your waking hours

# We're taking sides again

# I just wept, I couldn't understand

# Why you started this again

# And every day you send me more

# It makes it worse

# Is this a plan of yours

# To ensure I don't forget?

# I'd write and tell you that I've burnt them all

# But you never send me your address

# And I've, I've kept them anyway

# So don't ask me if I think it's true that

# Communication can bring hope to those

# Who have gone their separate ways

# It hardly touched me when it should have then

# But memories are uncertain friends

# When recalled by messages

# O-o-o-o-h

# Eh-heh-ye-eh-heh

# He-yeh-eh-oh

# M-e-e-e-ssages

# Eh-eh-oh-oh

# O-o-o-o-h

# Oh-hoh-yo-oh

# Oh-oh-oh-oh

# M-e-e-e

# Oh-oh-oh-oh

# O-o-o-o-h, oh-oh-oh-oh

# M-e-e-e-ssages

# Eh-eh-oh-oh... #

# Walked in the cold air

# Freezing breath on a window pane

# Lying and waiting

# A man in the dark in a picture frame

# So mystic and soulful

# A voice reaching out in a piercing cry

# It stays with you until

# The feeling has gone

# Only you and I

# It means nothing to me

# This means nothing to me

# Oh, Vienna

# The music is weaving

# Haunting notes, pizzicato strings

# The rhythm is calling

# Alone in the night as the daylight brings

# A cool empty silence

# The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky

# It fades to the distance

# The image has gone

# Only you and I

# It means nothing to me

# This means nothing to me

# Oh, Vienna

# This means nothing to me

# This means nothing to me

# Oh, Vienna. #

APPLAUSE

# I stand still stepping on a shady street

# And I watch that man to a stranger

# Think you only know me when you turn on the light

# Now the room is lit red danger

# Complicating, circulating

# New life, new life

# Operating, generating

# New life, new life

# Transition to another place

# So that time will pass more slowly

# Your features fuse and your shadow's red

# Like a film I've seen, now show me

# Complicating, circulating

# New life, new life

# Operating, generating

# New life, new life

# The place is hidden and we're out of sight

# And the road just leads to nowhere

# The stranger in the door is the same as before

# So the question answer's "nowhere"

# Complicating, circulating

# New life, new life

# Operating, generating

# New life, new life

# I stand still stepping on a shady street

# And I watch that man to a stranger

# Think you only know me when you turn on the light

# Now the room is lit red danger

# Complicating, circulating

# New life, new life

# Operating, generating

# New life, new life

# A-a-a-h

# A-a-a-h

# A-a-a-h

# A-a-a-h. #

APPLAUSE

# A heaven

# A gateway

# A hope

# Just like the feeling inside

# It's no joke

# Though it hurts me

# To treat you this way

# Betrayed by words

# I'd never heard

# Too hard to say

# Oh, up, down, turn around

# Please don't let me hit the ground

# Tonight I think I'll be all right

# Tonight I'll gonna see you up tight

# Up, down, turn around

# Please don't let me hit the ground

# Tonight I think I'll walk alone

# I'll find my soul as I go home

# Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

# Ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh

# Ooh, ooh-ooh Sshh!

# Oh, you've got brown eyes

# Oh, you've got blue eyes

# Oh, you've got grey eyes

# Oh, you've got green eyes

# Oh, you've got grey eyes

# Oh, you've got blue eyes

# And I've never met anyone quite like you before

# No, I've never met anyone quite like you before

# Oh, up, down, turn around

# Please don't let me hit the ground

# Tonight I think I'll walk alone

# I'll find my soul as I go home

# Up, down, turn around

# Please don't let me hit the ground

# Tonight I think I'll walk alone

# I'll find my soul as I go home

# Oh, it's the last time

# Oh, it's the last time

# Oh, it's the last time

# Oh, it's the last time

# Oh, it's the last time

# Oh, it's the last time

# And I've never met anyone quite like you before

# No, I've never met anyone quite like you before... #

# Standing in the door of the Pink Flamingo

# Crying in the rain

# It was a kind of so-so love

# And I'm gonna make sure it never happens again

# You and I, it had to be

# The standing joke of the year

# You were a sleeparound

# A lost-and-found

# And not for me, I fear

# Whoa, whoa, whoa, Whoa-oh-oh

# I tried to make it work

# You in a cocktail skirt

# And me in a suit

# Well, it just wasn't me

# You're used to wearing less

# And now your life's a mess

# So insecure, you see

# I put up with all the scenes

# And this is one scene

# That's going to be played my way

# Take your hands

# Off me-ee-ee

# I don't belong

# To you, you see

# Take a look at my face

# For the last time

# I never knew you

# You never knew me

# Say hello, goodbye

# Say hello, wave goodbye

# Under the deep red light

# I can see the make-up sliding down

# Hey, little girl

# You will always make up

# So take off that unbecoming frown

# What about me?

# Well, I'll find someone

# That's not going cheap in the sales

# A nice little housewife

# Who'll give me a steady life

# And won't keep going off the rails

# Take your hands

# Off me-ee-ee

# I don't belong

# To you, you see

# Take, take a look

# At my face for the last time

# I never knew you

# You never knew me

# Say hello, goodbye

# Say hello, wave goodbye

# We've been involved for quite a while now

# And to keep you a secret it has been hell

# "We're strangers meeting for the first time, OK?

# "Just smile and say hello"

# Say hello, then wave

# Goodbye Ah-ah ah-ah-ah-eye

# Say hello, then wave

# Goodbye Ah-ah ah-ah-ah-eye

# Say hello, then wave

# Goodbye-eye-eye

# Say hello, wave goodbye

# Goodbye-eye-eye... #

APPLAUSE

# When the room is quiet

# The daylight almost gone

# It seems there's something I should know

# Well, I ought to leave but

# The rain it never stops

# And I have no particular place to go

# Just when I think I'm winning

# When I've broken every door

# The ghosts of my life

# Blow wilder than before

# Just when I thought I could not be stopped

# When my chance came to be king

# The ghosts of my life

# Blew wilder than the wind

# Well, I'm feeling nervous

# And I find myself alone

The simple life's no longer there

# Once I was so sure

# Now the doubt inside my mind

# Comes and goes, but leads nowhere

# Just when I think I'm winning

# When I've broken every door

# The ghosts of my life

# Blow wilder than before

# Just when I thought

# I could not be stopped

# When my chance came to be king

# The ghosts of my life

# Blew wilder than the wind

# Just when I think I'm winning

# When I've broken every door

# The ghosts of my life

# Blow wilder than before

# Just when I thought

# I could not be stopped

# When my chance came to be king

# The ghosts of my life

# Blow wilder than the wind. #

APPLAUSE

# Came in from the city

# Walked in through the door

# I turned around

# When I heard the sound of footsteps on the floor

# Love just like addiction

# Now I'm hooked on you

# I need some time to get it right

# Your love's gonna see me through

# Can't stop now, don't you know?

# I ain't never gonna let you go

# Don't go!

# Oh, baby make your mind up

# Give me what you got

# Fix me with your lovin'

# Shut the door and turn the lock

# Hey, go get the doctor

# Doctor came too late

# Another night, I feel all right

# My love for you can't wait

# Can't stop now, don't you know?

# I ain't never gonna let you go

# Don't go!

# Came in from the city

# Walked in through the door

# I turned around

# When I heard the sound of footsteps on the floor

# Said he was a killer

# Now I know it's true

# I'm dead when you walk out the door

# Hey, babe, I'm hooked on you

# Can't stop now, don't you know?

# I ain't never gonna let you go

# Don't go!

# Can't stop now, don't you know?

# I ain't never gonna let you go

# Don't go

# Can't stop now, don't you know?

# I ain't never gonna let you go

# Don't go!

# Can't stop now, don't you know?

# I ain't never gonna let you go

# Don't go

# Can't stop now, don't you know?

# I ain't never gonna let you go

# Don't go!

# Can't stop now, don't you know?

# I ain't never gonna let you go

# Don't go

# Can't stop now, don't you know?

# I ain't never gonna let you go

# Don't go!

# Can't stop now, don't you know?

# I ain't never gonna let you go

# Don't go

# Don't go. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# All around me are

# Familiar faces

# Worn out places, worn out faces

# Bright and early for the daily races

# Going nowhere, going nowhere

# Their tears are filling up their glasses

# No expression, no expression

# Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow

# No tomorrow, no tomorrow

# And I find it kind of funny

# I find it kind of sad

# The dreams in which I'm dying

# Are the best I've ever had

# I find it hard to tell you

# Cos I find it hard to take

# When people run in circles

# It's a very, very

# Mad world

# Mad world

# Mad world

# Mad world

# Children waiting for the day they feel good

# Happy birthday, happy birthday

# And to feel the way that every child should

# Sit and listen, sit and listen

# Went to school and I was very nervous

# No-one knew me, no-one knew me

# "Hello, teacher, tell me what's my lesson?"

# Looked right through me

# Looked right through me

# And I find it kind of funny

# I find it kind of sad

# The dreams in which I'm dying

# Are the best I've ever had

# I find it hard to tell you

# Cos I find it hard to take

# When people run in circles

# It's a very, very

# Mad world

# Mad world

# Mad world

# Mad world

# And I find it kind of funny

# I find it kind of sad

# The dreams in which I'm dying

# Are the best I've ever had

# I find it hard to tell you

# Cos I find it hard to take

# When people run in circles

# It's a very, very

# Mad world

# Mad world

# Mad world

# Mad world... #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# Love is a stranger in an open car

# To tempt you in and drive you far away

Uh!

# Ooh, love is a stranger in an open car

# To tempt you in and drive you far away

# Uh!

# And I want you and I want you

# And I want you

# So it's an obsession

# And I want you and I want you

# And I want you

# So it's an obsession

# Uh!

# Love is a danger of a different kind

# To take you away and leave you far behind

# Uh!

# And love, love, love is a dangerous drug

# You have to receive it

# And you still can't get enough of the stuff

# Uh!

# It's savage and it's cruel

# And it shines like destruction

# Comes in like the flood

# And it seems like religion

# It's noble and it's brutal

# It distorts and deranges

# And it wrenches you up

# And you're left like a zombie

# And I want you and I want you

# And I want you

# So it's an obsession

# Uh!

# Uh!

# It's gilt-edged, glamorous

# And sleek by design, you know

# It's jealous by nature

# False and unkind

# It's hard and restrained

# And it's totally cool

# It touches and it teases

# As you stumble in the debris

-# Uh!

-And I want you

# And I want you

# And I want you

# So it's an obsession

-# Uh!

-And I want you

# And I want you

-# Uh!

-And I want you

# So it's an obsession

-# Uh!

-And I want you

-# Uh!

-And I want you

-# Uh!

-And I want you

# So it's an obsession. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# I've never been closer

# I've tried to understand

# That certain feeling

# Carved by another's hand, no!

# But it's too late to hesitate

# We can't keep on living like this

# Leave no track

# Don't look back

-# All I desire

-Temptation!

-# Keep climbing higher and higher

-Temptation!

-# Adorable creatures

-Temptation!

-# With unacceptable features

-Temp-ta-tion!

-# Trouble is coming

-Temptation!

-# It's just the high cost of loving

-Temptation!

-# You can take it or leave it

-Temptation!

# But you'd better believe it!

# You've got to make me an offer

# That cannot be ignored

# So let's head for home now

# Everything I have is yours, no!

# Step by step and day by day

# Every second counts I can't break away

# Leave no trace

# Hide your face

-# All I desire

-Temptation!

-# Keep climbing higher and higher

-Temptation!

-# You can take it or leave it

-Temptation!

# But you'd better believe it!

# Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh

# Step by step and day by day

# Every second counts I can't break away

# Keep us from temptation

# Keep us from temptation

# Keep us from temptation

# Lead us not into temptation

# Oh, no!

-# Trying to find it

-Temptation!

-# You've got to get up behind it

-Temptation!

-# Put your dime in the hot slot

-Temptation!

-# But it's a million to one shot

-Temp-ta-tion!

-# You think that you're right now

-Temptation!

-# You're going to face it tonight now

-Temptation!

-# Ooh, give me a breakdown

-Temptation!

-# Because it's time for a shakedown

-Temp-ta-tion!

# Temptation, temptation

# Temptation, temptation

# Temptation, temptation

# Temptation... #

# I love you whether or not you love me

# I love you even if you think that I don't

# Sometimes I find you doubt my love for you

# But I don't mind

# Why should I mind?

# Why should I mind?

# What is love, anyway?

# Does anybody love anybody, anyway?

# What is love, anyway?

# Does anybody love anybody, anyway?

# Whoa-oh!

# Can anybody love anyone so much

# That they will never fear

# Never worry, never be sad?

# The answer is they cannot love this much

# Nobody can

# This is why I don't mind you doubting

# What is love, anyway?

# Does anybody love anybody, anyway?

# What is love, anyway?

# Does anybody love anybody, anyway?

-# Whoa-oh!

-Whoa-oh!

-# Whoa-oh-oh!

-Whoa-oh-oh!

# Whoa-oh, ooh!

# And maybe love is letting people be

# Just what they want to be

# The door always must be left unlocked

# To love when circumstance may lead someone away from you

# And not to spend the time just doubting

# What is love, anyway?

# Does anybody love anybody, anyway?

# What is love, anyway?

# Does anybody love anybody, anyway?

-# Whoa-oh!

-Whoa-oh!

-# Whoa-oh-oh!

-Whoa-oh-oh!

# Whoa-oh, ooh!

# What is love, anyway?

# Does anybody love anybody, anyway?

-# Whoa-oh!

-Whoa-oh!

-# Whoa-oh-oh!

-Whoa-oh-oh!

# Whoa-oh, ooh!

# What is love, anyway?

# Does anybody love anybody, anyway?

# What is love, anyway?.. #

# I've had enough of scheming

# And messing around with jerks

# My car is parked outside

# I'm afraid it doesn't work

# I'm looking for a partner

# Someone who gets things fixed

# Ask yourself this question

# "Do you want to be rich?"

# Oh, there's a lot of opportunities

# If you know when to take them, you know?

# There's a lot of opportunities

# If there aren't you can make them

# I've got the brains

# You've got the looks

# Let's make lots of money

# You've got the brawn

# I've got the brains

# Let's make lots of money

# I've got the brains

# You've got the looks

# Let's make lots of money

# You've got the brawn

# I've got the brains

# Let's make lots of money

# You can see I'm single-minded

# I know what I could be

# How'd you feel about it?

# Come and take a walk with me

# I'm looking for a partner

# Regardless of expense

# Think about it seriously

# You know it makes sense

# Let's

# Make

# Let's make lots of money

# You've got the brawn

# I've got the brains

# Let's make lots of money

# I've got the brains

# You've got the looks

# Let's make lots of money

# Money! #

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