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PHILIP LYNOTT LYRICS
"Solo in Soho" (1980)
1. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
2. King's Call
3. A Child's Lullaby
4. Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love)
5. Solo in Soho
6. Girls
7. Yellow Pearl
8. Ode to a Black Man
9. Jamaican Rum
10. Talk in '79
1. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, I had to write this letter to tell you how I came to meet her
She was sweet but I dated her sister, that's how I made my mistake and I can't forget her
I felt depressed, till a friend of mine suggested, that I write to this address
So unless you can find a cure for my loneliness, it will persist, it will persist
Lonely boy, Looking for another lonely girl, to love one another
Lonely hearts turn to each other, lonely souls, lonely souls
Dear Lonely Boy, I doubt if my reply will bring much joy
It seems from your letter that you lied, or strongly implied that you were satisfied
To take her sister by your side I became distressed at your total lack of tactfulness
So at best, all I can suggest is that you resist and you put an end to such thoughts of silliness
Lonely boy, looking for another lonely girl, to love one another
Lonely hearts turn to each other, lonely souls, lonely souls
Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, I've got problems, you're the only one I know that can solve them
I love a girl but I'm dating her sister, and if I persist in my pursuit I will kiss her
Dear Lonely Girl, I doubt if this reply will bring much joy
But you must not trust this boy, you must not lust this boy, resist, and do not kiss this boy
Lonely boy, looking for another lonely girl, to love one another
Lonely hearts turn to each other, lonely souls, lonely souls
Lonely boy, I'm writing
Lonely girl, looking for a lonely girl
Lonely hearts, I'm lonely, lonely souls
I've got problems you can solve them, Lonely girl
I'm writing to Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, for I'm a lonely soul
Yours sincerely, Lonely boy
Lonely girl, must be attractive, lonely hearts, please send a photo
Lonely souls, one lonely boy is looking for another lonely girl to love one another
Lonely hearts, answer me, answer my plea, answer me
Lonely boy looking for a female, lonely girl, please send details
2. King's Call
It was a rainy night the night the king went down
Everybody was crying it seemed like sadness had surrounded the town
Me I went to the liquor store and I bought a bottle of wine and a bottle of gin
I played his records all night, drinking with a close, close friend
Now some people say that that ain't right, and some people say nothing at all
But even in the darkest of night, you can always hear the king's call
You can always hear the king's call
Well they put him away in Memphis, six feet beneath the clay
Everybody was crying, everybody said it was a plain grey day
Me I went to the liquor store and I bought another bottle of wine and another bottle of gin
I played his records all night and I got drunk all over again
Now some people say that that ain't right, that ain't right
And some people say nothing at all, I say nothing
But even in the darkest of night, you could always hear the king's call
You could always hear the king's call
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight and I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than to go on living without you
Now some people say that that ain't right and some people say nothing at all I say nothing
But even in the darkest of night, you could always hear the king's call
You could always hear the king's call
You could always hear the king's call
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing here, they might as well bring the curtain down
I cried the night the king died
3. A Child's Lullaby
Close your eyes my sleepy child, don't let a teardrop fall
There is no need to cry child, there is no need at all
Dry your eyes and sleep now, let your sweet dreams flow
And when you rise know that I'll be near, because I love you so
Don't be sad my baby girl, don't be bad or blue
Please don't be sad my baby girl, your daddy is here with you
Dry your eyes don't weep now, don't let a teardrop fall
Close your eyes and sleep now, God protect us all
And God is the greatest thing that only the fools do not know
To love God is the greatest thing, but I'm a fool and I love you so
God knows that I love you, sleep tight my sweet child
Don't let a teardrop flow, goodnight my sleep child
There is no need for sorrow, so dry your eyes and sleep now
Let your sweet dreams flow and when you rise know that I'll be near
Because I love you so, God knows that I love you
Sleep tight my sweet child, goodnight my sweet child
4. Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love)
She comes home at 05:30 and though her clothes are never dirty
She'll change them just the same, she likes to keep her name
She's giving it all up for love, up for love, up for love
She's giving it all up for love
Tattoo giving it up, giving it up
She's giving it all up for love, up for love, up for love
She's giving it all up for love
Tattoo giving it up, giving it up
She's got a tattoo on her tummy and her Mummy plays gin rummy
Hey, you might think it's funny, but she's making all the money
She's giving it all up for love, up for love, up for love
She's giving it all up for love
Tattoo giving it up, giving it up
She's giving it all up for love, up for love, up for love
She's giving it all up for love
Tattoo giving it up, giving it up
She keeps a silver armadillo well hidden beneath her pillow
Now some think it's a cupie doll, but they've got such crazy minds
She's giving it all up for love, up for love, up for love
She's giving it all up for love
Tattoo giving it up, giving it up
She's giving it all up for love, up for love, up for love
She's giving it all up for love
Tattoo giving it up, giving it up
Oh, she has a unique technique for making me obsolete, complete
She needs a beat, she needs it sweet, she needs it neat
She's giving it all up for love, up for love, up for love
She's giving it all up for love
Tattoo giving it up, giving it up
She's giving it all up for love, up for love, up for love
She's giving it all up for love
Tattoo giving it up, giving it up
5. Solo in Soho
Stop this lying, stop this cheating, stop treating me like I am some
Kind of fool over whose eyes you can pull the wool, you're not so cool
Remember it's to me you are speaking
Stop cutting, stop hurting, stop this dirt about you lifting up your skirt
To any man dressed in pants with shirt buttons undone and flirting
When you are so low down in Soho, there is no hope no how, no place to go
You will go alon, some people say I'm a crazy kind of fool
But be that as it may, you always treat me cruel, Solo In Soho
Stop talking, stop eating, we can't go on meeting and greeting
Meeting and cheating and meeting, and sleeping you know that's deceiting
And that's only repeating
When you are so low, down in Soho, there is no hope no how
There is no place to go, but you will go along
Some people say I'm a crazy kind of fool
But be that as it may you always treat me cruel, Solo In Soho
6. Girls
Oh, won't you send a letter home, t say I'm living on my own
Girls, I need someone to love, I need someone, Girls
It's true I've been telling you all these lies and I can't understand it, why I've been telling thee all these lies
If you know it's a fact, then you know I want you back, Girls
I need someone it's true, I need you, Girls
It's true for me there's you, Girls
Got class, I need her fast, Girls
She's been telling me all these lies and I can't understand it
She's been telling me all these lies that girl don't love me no more, oh, girl
I had to write this letter to tell you how I came to meet him, he was sweet and I loved him
Now each time we meet I can't seem to forget him, I feel so depressed
Lost love of Romeo, Casanova has finally lost out on love, I'm jealous of his past
Oh won't you send a letter home, Say I'm living on my own, Girls
I need someone to love, I need someone to love, Girls
With class, that's fast, don't move slow, Girls, oh no, not alone, oh no, Girls, for me
I've been telling you all these lies, and I can't understand it, I've been telling you all these lies
I must have been crazy, Girl, oh, girl
My dream any sadness, sorrow or gloom, your laugh that fills the air, with the scent of the sweetest perfume
You feel so good, you just don't care, I lay awake night crying
Because my dream may not come true, you see I love you, please this is my one and only dream
Girls, Girls, who's fast, she's got class, she loves last, Girls
She's not slow, she won't go, she won't leave you, alone, Girls
Don't leave me alone
7. Yellow Pearl
"We all must beware of the yellow pearl"
The Yellow Pearl control, attack, attack, attack, attack
Yellow Pearl, it is foolish to venture into strange enchanted places if they aren't the places you want to be
Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, is what we lack
We will arise, we will control, we will command, we will patrol
It is foolish under the guise of love and liberty that we should capitalize and rob and fell, the poor for the socialistic tree
We will arise, we will control, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, is what we lack, that's what you lack
We shall arise, they will arise, we shall control, they will control, we shall command, they will command
We shall patrol, they will patrol
We must fight back, we will arise, they will arise, we will control
We are now living in a situation, where that self same situation depends on the Yellow Pearl
Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, is what we lack
We will arise, they will arise, we will control, they will control, we will command, they shall command
We will patrol, they will patrol
Arise, Yellow Pearl's upon us now, we must fight back
We will arise, they will arise, we will control
Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, is what we lack, iIs what we lack
Don't trust in Liberty to save your soul, it is genocide to let liberty lose control
Control, we must decide, control, we the Yellow Pearl we will control
8. Ode to a Black Man
If you see Stevie Wonder tell him I hear, if you hear Stevie Wonder tell him I see
I don't want no songs for plants, I want songs for me, I don't want no songs for plants
I want liberty living in the city
If you see the doctor tell him he's king, Dr. Martin Luther
If you see the doctor tell him he's still king, you too Muhammed Ali
But this bad black boy won't be blown away by anything
Yes this bad black boy won't be blown away by anything
There are people in this town that try to put me down, they say I don't give a damn
But the people in this town that try to put me down are the people in the town that could never understand a black man
Don't take it no more, don't take it no more, don't take it no more
There are people in the town that try to put me down, they say I don't give a damn, damn
But the people in the town that try to put me down are the people in the town that could never understand a black man
Don't take it no more
If you see Robert Johnson, you too Robert Marley, Robert Mugabe, now tell him I hear
If you see Malcom tell him I'm next, vexed
If you see Jimi, Jimi Hendrix
If you see my brothers tell them it's clear, I've been living on the wrong side
Now I hear, don't take it no more, I don't take it no more
Mr. Joshua Nkomo, don't take it no more
Jomo Kenyatta, oh no, don't take it no more
Haile Selassi, Rastafarian, don't take it no more
Professor Longhair, don't take it no more
9. Jamaican Rum
The woman she like to Rumba, the woman she like Calypso, the steel drums drive her crazy
And she can't seem to say no, she just can't seem to resist them, no
She's been drinking Jamaican Rum, dancing to the steel drums from the Caribbean
Drinking Jamaican Rum, it's that West Indian rhythm
It was wild, it was wild, the night she came home drunk
She kicked in the door and said lover you know what I want, lover, give me what I want
She's been drinking Jamaican Rum, and she's living with a black man
He's from the Caribbean, drinking Jamaican Rum, she's been drinking Jamaican Rum
Dancing to the steel drums from the Caribbean, drinking Jamaican Rum
Rum and cola, it's very popular and it's twice as nice with ice
10. Talk in '79
The Clash were headed for a head on collision, crash for complete control
The Pistols left behind a swindle and a scandal that nobody wished to handle
Sham 69 were left in a shambles, generation X was next
Elvis and Nick Lowe, they had a go with the help of the Attractions
And Joe Jackson said it wasn't his style, Dave Edmunds survived alive on top of a Rockpile
Devo didn't know if they were men because they couldn't get no satisfaction
The Rats were caught in their own trap, Steve Strange began to change
Ultravox had a system, Kraftwerk nearly beat them and the Yellow Magic Orchestra missed them
Eno rose for Lowe
The Slits became rasta aAnd the Buzzcocks played faster and faster with adrenalin
John Cooper Clarke he was smart, The Public Image became Limited
The Police were re-released and came out as a three-piece
The Rocky Horror Show became the history of tomorrow, Nina Hagen, she was a German maiden
And the music press revealed their anger when threatened by the Stranglers
This broadcast was brought to you in 1979, I'm just talking to you over these waves
Not just about another time and another place
And before we knew it, the old wave was gone and controlled
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