Hanging Around - The Stranglers

Big girl in the red dress She's just trying to impress us And she's got the barley fever But she doesn't make a sound She's just hanging around She's just hanging around Down the court road early With the hustlers big and burly There's a million of 'em selling And the buyers can be found They're just hanging around They're just hanging around Christ, He told his mother Christ, He told her not to bother 'Cause He's alright in the city He's high above the ground He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around) One of 'em comes over Got a monkey on his shoulder And the monkey's getting grinner But his eyes are on the ground He's just hanging around He's just hanging around I'm moving to a coleheme With the leather all around me And the sweat is getting steamy But their eyes are on the ground They're just hanging around They're just hanging around Christ, He told his mother Christ, He told her not to bother 'Cause He's alright in the city 'Cause He's high above the ground He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around) Christ, He told his mother Christ, He told her not to bother 'Cause He's alright in the city 'Cause He's high above the ground He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around) He's just hanging around (Hanging around)

We're hanging in between And exhaling the truth Something in me wants to keep the air Breathing and stay put Linger on and break free from gravity Your **** float and baggy clothes Cause you see, I worry I can't do without you Without you There's a magnetic field here It separates you and me It's invisible, yet it pushes me away When I try to move nearer We were standing face to face And I feel paralyzed I want to find the right things to say But every line ends with goodbye Linger on and break free from gravity Your **** float and baggy clothes Cause you see, I worry I can't do without you Without you When you let go You'll be alright then When you let go You'll be relieved When you let go You will find peace When you let go You'll be alright then When you let go You'll be relieved When you let go You will find peace Your **** float and baggy clothes Cause you see, I worry I can't do without you

Miss you like I miss the days in aphelion Get no sleep, I need you like valerian And I've been waiting for you Keep myself steady under influence Tricks my mind, believe that I feel whole again But all of the time, I'm waiting for you All of the time, I'm waiting for you I'm on my knees Oh, pretty please, I'm hanging on Tell myself to knock it off, shake it off Can't keep up the rush of blood that I'm bleeding out Can't afford, but all of the time, I'm thinking of you And all of the time my head's filled with you I'm on my knees Oh, pretty please, I'm hanging on Without you, I can hardly breathe But even when I play, I'm hanging on, on Until you're coming back to me My holographic heart's hanging on, on I'm on my knees Oh, pretty please, I'm hanging on I'm hanging on (ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh) I'm hanging on (oh, oh-oh, oh) (Hanging on, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh) (Hanging on, oh, oh-oh, oh) (Hanging on, oh, oh-oh, oh) (Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh) (Hanging on) (Until you're coming back, I'm hanging on)

Someday I'm going to smack your face Someday I'm going to smack your face Somebody's going to call your bluff Somebody's going to treat you rough Sometimes there is only one way out I've got to fight Sometimes I get to feel so mean Sometimes I get to feel so mean Sometimes you look like you're too clean Sometimes I see the in-between Sometimes only one way I've got to fight You're way past your station Beat you honey till you drop You're way past your station It's useless asking you to stop I got morbid fascination Beat you honey till you drop Sometimes you're going to get some stick Sometimes you're going to get some stick Somebody's standing in our way Somebody's gonna have to pay Sometimes there is only one way I've got to fight

I went in search of paradise They said it would be good for my head So I went in search of paradise But she took me by the head instead Paris - London Glamour and despair Ruins - We were ruined over there Ruins - We ruined over there-er-er. And when you think you're in paradise But then you find your arms are tied Caprive in the name of paradise The chains are all her lies Paris - London Glamour and despair Ruins - We were ruined over there Ruins - We ruined over there-er-er. The picture on the screen is moving still It's moving all the time If only you could freeze frame a moment there You could have paradise all the time Paris - London Glamour and despair Ruins - We were ruined over there Ruins - We ruined over there-er-er. I don't think anyone ever found paradise 'Cos paradise is based on lies