This Strange Effect (Live at Aeolian Hall, 1965) - The Kinks

People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we g-get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation) This is my generation This is my generation, baby Why don't you all fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation) And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm not trying to cause a big s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) This is my generation This is my generation, baby Why don't you all fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation) And don't try to dig what we all s-s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm not trying to cause a big sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) This is my generation This is my generation, baby My, my generation My, my, my, my generation People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we g-g-get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Yeah, I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation) This is my generation This is my generation, baby My, my, my, my g-g-gen-generation Talkin' about my generation My generation This is my generation, baby My generation This is my generation This is my generation This is my generation

When I am down and oh, my soul, so weary When troubles come and my heart burdened be And I am still and wait here in the silence Until you come and sit a while with me You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains You raise me up to walk on stormy seas I am strong when I am on your shoulders You raise me up to more than I can be You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains You raise me up to walk on stormy seas I am strong when I am on your shoulders You raise me up to more than I can be You raise me up (up), so I can stand on mountains (stand on mountains) You raise me up to walk on stormy seas (stormy seas) I am strong (I am strong) when I am on your shoulders You raise me up to more than I can be You raise, you raise me up (up), so I can stand on mountains (stand on mountains) You raise me up to walk on stormy seas (stormy seas) I am strong when I am on your shoulders You raise me up to more than I can be... You raise me up to more than I can be, ee... Thank you Woo! (You raise me up, up) thank you all Thank you, Belfast (stand on mountains) It's been an emotional night for everybody Thank you to BBC Radio 2, to Zoe Ball, to everybody for listening (stormy seas) And we'll see you very, very soon, goodnight! (I am strong, oo-oo-oo-oo) (To more than I can be) You raise me up Stand on mountains Stormy seas I am strong, oo-oo-oo-oo To more than I can be...

Everybody's looking for that something One thing that makes it all complete You find it in the strangest places Places you never knew it could be Some find it in the face of their children Some find it in their lovers eyes Who can deny the joy it brings When you find that special thing You're flying without wings Some find it sharing every morning Some in their solitary lives You find it in the works of others A simple line can make you laugh or cry You find it in the deepest friendship The kind that you cherish all your lives And when you know how much that means You've found that special thing You're flying without wings They're so impossible as they may seem You've got to fight for every dream 'Cause who's to know which one you let go Would have made you complete Well for me it's waking up beside you To watch the sun rise on your face To know that I can say I love you And any given time or place It's little things that only I know Those are the things that make you mine And it's like flying without wings 'Cause you're my special thing I'm flying without wings And you're the place my life begins And you'll be where it ends I'm flying without wings And that's the joy you bring My baby My babe I'm flying without wings

You look like a real human being But you don't have a mind of your own Yeah, you can talk, you can breathe You can work, you can stitch, you can sew But you're brainwashed Yes you are, yes you are Get down on your knees You've got a job and a house And a wife, and your kids and a car Yeah, you're conditioned to be What they want you to be And be happy to be where you are Yes you are Get down on your knees Get down on your knees The aristocrats and bureaucrats Are dirty rats For making you what you are They're up there and you re down here You're on the ground and they're up with the stars All your life they've kicked you around and pushed you around Till you can't take any more To them you're just a speck of dirt But you don't want to get up off the floor Mister you're just brainwashed They give you social security Tax saving benefits that grow at maturity Yeah, you're conditioned to be What they want you to be And to do what they want you to Yes you are, yes you are Get down on your knees

Daylight over the Village Green early in the morning. Daylight over the hills and valleys heralding the morning. Daylight over the mountains, daylight on the Village Green, Daylight over the field and the factories. Another night has gone away and here comes yet another day. See the early morning risers walking round with bleary eyes. Worn out housewives grit their teeth ignoring new born babies' cries. Look at all the busy people this way, that way, everywhere Biting toast and swallowing tea and breakfast specials on the air. Feel that daylight. Feel the sunlight on my pillow and it stops my yawing. I thank God that I'm still around to see another dawn in. Daylight over the valleys, daylight lighting up the trees, Daylight over the hillside, Smile a smile and sing a song, another night has been and gone. Middle-aged bankers crack their backs and wish they were young and in their teens, Lonely spinsters dream of dating Roger Moore or Steve McQueen. Health fanatics in their attics training for the Empire Games, School boys dream of Captain Scarlet, battle ships and aeroplanes. Feel that daylight, Daylight. Daylight on the Village Green, Daylight, Field and the valleys, Daylight.

Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me I bless the light I bless the light that lights on you, believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day, believe me Days I'll remember all my life Days when you can't see wrong from right You took my life But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's all right Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me I wish today could be tomorrow The night is dark, it just brings sorrow, let it wait Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me Days I'll remember all my life Days when you can't see wrong from right You took my life But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's all right Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me Eeh Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you, believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day, believe me Days

You've been sleeping in a field But you look real rested You set out to outrage But you can't get arrested You say your image is new But it looks well tested You're lost without a crowd Yet you go your own way You say your summer has gone Now the winter is crawling in They say that even in your day Somehow you never could quite fit in Though it's cold outside I know the summer's gonna come again Because you know what they say Every dog has his day You're a misfit Afraid of yourself, so you run away and hide You've been a misfit all your life Why don't you join the crowd and come inside You wander 'round this town Like you've lost your way You had your chance in your day Yet you threw it all away But you know what they say Every dog has his day Look at all the losers and the mad-eyed gazers Look at all the loonies and the sad-eyed failures They've giving up living 'cause they just don't care So take a good look around, the misfits are everywhere This is your chance This is your time So don't throw it away You can have your day 'Cause it's true what they say Every dog has his day You're a misfit Afraid of yourself so you run away and hide You've been a misfit all your life But why don't you join the crowd and come inside You wander 'round this town Like you've lost your way You had your chance in your day Yet you threw it all away Now you're lost in the crowd Yet still go your own way

Baby, you don't know what you're saying Because you're a victim of bright city lights And your mind is not right You think the world's at your feet 'Cause you're starstruck, baby, starstruck Taken in by the lights Think you'll never look back You know you're starstruck on me Baby, you're running around like you're crazy You go to a party and dance through the night And you'll drink 'till you're tight And then you're out on your feet 'Cause you're starstruck, baby, starstruck Taken in by the lights Think you'll never look back You know you're starstruck on me Baby, watch out or else you'll be ruined 'Cause once you're addicted to wine and champagne It's gonna drive you insane Because the world's not so tame And you're starstruck, baby, starstruck You're taken in by the lights Think you'll never look back You know you're starstruck on me Don't you know that you are Starstruck on me And you always will be Starstruck on me Starstruck on me

Here's a story about a sinner He used to be a winner who enjoyed a life of prominence and position But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements And his selfish wife's fanatical ambition It turned him to the booze And he got mixed up with a floosie And she led him to a life of indecision The floosie made him spend his dole She left him lying on Skid Row A drunken lag in some Salvation Army Mission It's such a shame Oh demon alcohol Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would say Damn it all and blow it all Oh demon alcohol Memories I cannot recall Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol Barley wine, pink gin He'll drink anything Port, pernod or tequila Rum, scotch, vodka on the rocks As long as all his troubles disappeared But he messed up his life, went and beat up his wife And the floosie's gone and found another sucker She's gonna turn him on to drink She's gonna lead him to the brink And when his money's gone She'll leave him in the gutter It's such a shame Oh demon alcohol Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would say Damn it all and blow it all Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would fall A slave to demon alcohol