No More Heroes - The Stranglers

Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky? He got an ice pick That made his ears burn Whatever happened to dear old Lenny? The great Elmyra, and Sancho Panza? Whatever happened to the heroes? Whatever happened to the heroes? Whatever happened to all the heroes? All the Shakespearoes? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes? Whatever happened to the heroes? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more Whatever happened to all the heroes? All the Shakespearoes? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes? Whatever happened to the heroes? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more

Blood stains the ivories Of my daddy's baby grand I ain't' seen no daylight Since we started this band No More, No More No More, No More Store bought clothes Falling apart at the seams Tea leaf reading gypsies Fortune telling my dreams [No More, No More No More, No More Holiday Inns, lock the door with a chain You love it and you hate it But to me they're all the same No More, No More No More, No More Baby I'm a dreamer Found my horse and carriage Stalemate jailbait Ladies can't refuse You love them then you leave them With your sold out reviews No More, No More No More, No More Sweet talking barroom, ladies' disease Slipping with her lips Sliding down your knees No More, No More No More, No More Baby I'm a screamer Bound to a wife in marriage Baby, I'm a dreamer Found my horse and carriage Ladies hold the aces And their lovers call it passion The men call it pleasure But to me it's old fashioned Times they're a changing Nothing ever stands still If I don't stop changing I'll be writing out my will It's the same old story Never get a second chance For a dance to the top of the hill Baby I'm a dreamer Found my horse and carriage

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