Sunday 30 August 2015

COLDPLAY ~ SPARKS





Did I drive you away?
I know what you'll say,
You say, "Oh, sing one we know",
But I promise you this,
I'll always look out for you,
That's what I'll do.

I say "oh,"
I say "oh."

My heart is yours,
It's you that I hold on to,
That's what I do,
And I know I was wrong,
But I won't let you down,
(Oh yeah, yeah, yes I will)

I say "oh",
I cry "oh".

And I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks,
And I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks,
Sing it out.

La, la, la, la, oh
La, la, la, la, oh
La, la, la, la, oh

Saturday 29 August 2015

JOHN FARNHAM ~ YOU'RE THE VOICE





We have the chance to turn the pages over
We can write what we want to write
We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older

We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo

This time, we know we all can stand together
With the power to be powerful
Believing we can make it better

Ooooh
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo

Ooooh
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo [4x]

Monday 24 August 2015

BE JAPY ~ ANOTHER CHANCE





Some usual day
Everything seems okay
Lights in the murk, 
A perfect forward
Your headphones are 
Like shields in a silence
 But what would be 
If you had taken a look

Woaaahhhh 
Another chance to change is gone
There will be new ones, 
But first you have to find them
This is the day, don't look away
From the winks of humanity today
This is life life life life, 
Life is too short to waste.... a chance

Every evening you're watching TV
There's another misery
Only pictures and numbers you see
  But you don't mind  
And every day
Close your eyes and go to bed
  But what would be 
If you had taken a look

Woaaahhhh 
Another chance to change is gone
There will be new ones, 
But first you have to find them
This is the day, don't look away
From the winks of humanity today
This is life life life 
Life is too short to waste.... a chance

Sunday 23 August 2015

THE BEATLES ~ THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD





The long and winding road that leads to your door
Will never disappear
I've seen that road before it always leads me here
Leads me to your door

The wild and windy night that the rain washed away
Has left a pool of tears crying for the day
Why leave me standing here, let me know the way
Many times I've been alone and many times I've cried
Anyway you'll never know the many ways I've tried
And still they lead me back to the long and winding road
You left me standing here a long, long time ago
Don't leave me waiting here, lead me to you door

But still they lead me back to the long and winding road
You left me standing here a long, long time ago
Don't keep me waiting here (Don't keep me wait), lead me to you door
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Friday 21 August 2015

JASON MRAZ ~ I TAKE THE MUSIC

Music means such a lot to me..... so I definitely agree with the lyrics of this song!



With the help of vibration, 
The tone and the rhythm, 
The human is forgiven and the soul gets back to living. 
Returns us all to our natural condition. 
Turns up the levels on the mind's inner visions. 
It plays through the space to where you are 
And regulates the beatings of the broken heart. 
A sensation in everybody’s pants, 
Which is why when there is music,
Life becomes a dance.

I take the music, everywhere I go.
I take the music, everywhere I go.

Motion is the nature of vibration. 
It contains a thought and feeling. 
A baby’s first pleasure is to shake its hands and feet 
And move and rock the body right, 
Proving that emotion is a sign of life. 
And from life comes a language, 
Our ancestor’s message, 
But doesn’t ever have to touch the tongue to be expressive. 
I’m an instrument the spirit gets to play. 
I sing and I dance all day.

I take the music, everywhere I go.
I take the music, everywhere I go.
I take the music, everywhere I go.
I take the music, everywhere I go.

Music is the quickest way to heaven. 
It’s the source of all creation. 
Listening to music can change your DNA, son.
Everybody got their own transmission. 
The frequency of thought will impact the magnetism. 
Love is all I need to be.
The message that I’m sending is the same I am receiving. 
Love is what energizes me, 
So there is love within the rhythm I am breathing.

I take the music, everywhere I go.
I take the music, everywhere I go.
I take the music, everywhere I go.
I take the music, everywhere I go.

Music has no limitations. 
Everybody’s welcome, 
From the whisper of the trees 
To the elephant that’s belting.
Raising hell is every bat and every weed,
But every cat and every creature has a song for me. 
We ain’t manmade; we all come from nature. 
Every one of us is a brother and a sister.
One world; we’re a family of one, 
Where even the smallest bird hums.

Even the smallest bird.........


There is music in our voices.
Even when no words are spoken, 
Our bodies can speak louder than when our mouths are open.
There’s an underriding common frequency 
That keeps us all aligned in divine harmony 
And in the scale and the note, 
In the style and the meter, 
Music is the reason that I love to burn the reefer. 
Put that on record and spin it around, 
Because you and I are high on sound.

I take the music, everywhere I go.
I take the music, everywhere I go.
I take the music, everywhere I go.
I take that music, everywhere I go.

Music gives us the power to move, 
The power to speak, 
The power to choose, 
The power to dream, 
The power to vote, 
The power to fly,
The power to laugh, 
The power to cry, 
The power to live, 
The power to play, 
The power to take your breath away, 
The power to love, 
The power to be. 
I take my power with me. 
I take my power, everywhere I go.
I take my power, everywhere I go.
Music is our nature.

I take the music everywhere I go.
I take the music everywhere I go.

JASON MRAZ ~ I NEVER KNEW YOU





Tell me a secret, tell me anything
What's your weapon? what's your middle name?
What do you believe in? what's your animal?
Are you a cat or a dog person?
What's your outlook? what's your favourite saying?

Hey, maybe you laugh, maybe you laugh a lot
Maybe you started, but you somehow quit the part mm
And you may be a hippie and a democrat,
Yeah I remember that, I think
And you might like wine, but you're not the type who likes to drink

What made me forget everything i know?
All my beliefs, replaced by scenarios
Of unintelligent life, echoing in stereo
On invisible mics, winding to my mind
So I would like another look inside you,
Yeah I would love the chance to love you, like I've never known you

Yeah, maybe you're sleeping on a telephone.
And maybe you're dreaming of an anglophone with a crooked smile
And maybe your profile, posts a brand new nose
And maybe your new job, it requires that you cannot wear any clothes.

What made me forget everything I know?
All my beliefs, replaced by scenarios
Of unintelligent life, echoing in stereo
On invisible mics, winding to my mind
So I would like another look inside you,
Yeah I would love the chance to love you, like I've never known you

Maybe your favourite colour is brown,
And maybe your crying and you're not sure why
Maybe you're living in a whole new town
And maybe you're back with your old boyfriend and you're busy going down.

What made me forget everything,
All my beliefs, are my memories
All the episodes of you, especially the ones that hurt
And the few that made me laugh
Well I can't get them back,
That's why I'm asking for some more of you now
Yes I would love the chance to love you
And I would love to love you!

What made me forget everything I know?
All my beliefs, replaced by scenarios
Of unintelligent life, echoing in stereo
On invisible mics, winding to my mind
So I would like another look inside you,
Yeah I would love the chance to love you, like I've never known you

I would, I would, I would love to look inside of you

Thursday 20 August 2015

ELLIOTT SMITH ~ JUST SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW





I had tender feelings that you made hard
But it's your heart, not mine, that's scarred
So when I go home I'll be happy to go
You're just somebody that I used to know

You don't need my help anymore
It's all now to you, there ain't no before
Now that you're big enough to run your own show
You're just somebody that I used to know

I watched you deal in a dying day
And throw a living past away
So you can be sure that you're in control
You're just somebody that I used to know

I know you don't think you did me wrong
And I can't stay this mad for long
Keeping ahold of what you just let go
You're just somebody that I used to know

Sunday 16 August 2015

COLDPLAY ~ FIX YOU

Sheer gold........


When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
I will try to fix you

High up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face and I
Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face and I

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

DARDEN SMITH ~ DROWNING MAN

Another of my most favourite favourites!



How long has this been coming on I really cannot say
The ground that I’ve been standing on is all washed away
I’m stumbling, really falling, I’m calling out to you
I need to know you’re with me, I need to know what’s true

Lost at sea, I want to believe
There’s a place for me in eternity
As long as there’s hope, It’s like a rope
Thrown into the hand of a drowning man

So who am I to come to you in this hour of pain
I never did much work for you, Do you love me just the same? oooh

Lost at sea, I want to believe
There’s a place for me in eternity
As long as there’s hope, It’s like a rope
Thrown into the hand of a drowning man

And when Gravity lets go of me, and I fly away
Will I find the peace of mind I’m longing for today?

Lost at sea, I want to believe
There’s a place for me in eternity
As long as there’s hope, It’s like a rope
Thrown into the hand of a drowning man

As long as there’s hope, It’s like a rope
Thrown into the hand of this drowning man mmmm

Saturday 15 August 2015

DAMIEN RICE ~ COLD WATER




Cold, cold water surrounds me now
And all I've got is your hand
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Or am I lost?

Love one's daughter
Allow me that
And I can't let go of your hand
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Or am I lost?
[chanting] Cold, cold water surrounds me now
And all I've got is your hand
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Or am I lost?

Friday 14 August 2015

ELTON JOHN ~ CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT

Four years ago today, our beloved 15-year-old golden retriever dog Sandy died. Very unfortunately, this happened while we were away in Croatia.

For a number of reasons, we always considered this song to be Sandy's song. By a very strange coincidence, it was performed during a show at our hotel in Croatia, on the evening of the day he died.



There's a calm surrender to the rush of day
When the heat of a rolling wind can be turned away
An enchanted moment, and it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you

And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight?
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

There's a time for everyone if they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn
There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours

And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight?
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

KEVIN MORBY ~ PARADE




If you come to find out who you are
May you find out, may you find out who you are
And if you come to search for what is lost
Then may you find it, may you find it at any cost
And if you come over from far
May it not touch you or ever do you harm
And if you come oh so soft
You may look up one day and you'll be hard


If I were to die today
Slaughtered in that masquerade
The last thing that you'd hear me say
Put my body on display
In the parade
Passing slowly through the town
My feet, they can not touch the ground
Of the parade


All of my friends were there
Waiting on me
All the glory was there
Waiting on me
And I was there
Waiting on me
I have come, I will go
Just to stay in

 
If I were to die today
Puppet in that great charade
The last thing that you'd hear me say
Is bury me in different shapes
Of the parade
Passing slowly through the town
My feet, they can not touch the ground
Go now, you'll go but oh just how
Never leave this, never leave this town
Of the parade


COLDPLAY ~ FOR YOU

Pure magic.......


If you're lost and feel alone
Circumnavigate the globe
All you ever have to hope for two

And the way you seem to float
Circumnavigate in hope
And they seem to lose control
With you

Ooh...

Everyone of us is hurt
And everyone of us is scarred
Everyone of us is scared
Not you

Your eyes closed 
Your head hurts
Your eyes feel so low

Ooh...

Everyone of us is scared
Everyone of us is hurt
Everyone of us has hope

For you 
For you 
For you 
For you 
For you 
For you 
For you 
For you 
For you 
 For you  



Tuesday 11 August 2015

MUMFORD & SONS, LAURA MARLING & DHAROHAR PROJECT ~ DEVIL'S SPOKE

I particularly love to see different cultures being united through music......


That I might be a part of this,
Ripple on water from a lonesome drip,
A fallen tree that witnessed me,
Him alone, him and me.

And that life itself could not aspire,
To have someone be so admired,
I threw creation to my kin,
With a silence broken by a whispered wind.

All of this can be broken,
All of this can be broken,
Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground.

Root to root and tip to tip,
I look at him my country drip,
Leathered up by all his fears,
But someone brought you close to tears.

Many trains and many miles,
Brought you to me on this sunny isle
And what of which you wish to speak,
Have you come here to rescue me?

All of this can be broken,
All of this can be broken,
Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground.

But the love of your life lives, but lies no more
Than where she lay your f lowers grows,
The arms that fed and the babes that wed,
The backs that bled keeping her in tow,

But I am your keeper,
And I hold your face away from light,
I am yours 'till they come,
I am yours 'till they come.

Eye to eye, nose to nose,
Ripping off each others clothes in a most peculiar way.
Eye to eye, nose to nose,
Ripping off each others clothes in a most peculiar way.

JOHN LENNON ~ NOBODY TOLD ME

Just sums up my life at the moment.......

Am still smiling though! :-)


Everybody's talking and no one says a word
Everybody's making love and no one really cares
There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs
Always something happening and nothing going on
There's always something cooking and nothing in the pot
They're starving back in China so finish what you got

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- strange days indeed

Everybody's runnin' and no one makes a move
Everyone's a winner and nothing left to lose
There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu
Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground
Everybody's crying and no one makes a sound
There's a place for us in the movies you just gotta lay around

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama

Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high
Everybody's flying and never touch the sky
There's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama

Monday 10 August 2015

BIRDY ~ TEE SHIRT

Another newly-discovered song that I have fallen in love with! :-)



In the morning when you wake up
I like to believe you are thinking of me
And when the sun comes through your window
I like to believe you’ve been dreaming of me

Dreaming mmm mmm

I know
'cause I'd spend half this morning
Thinking about the t-shirt you sleep in

I should know
'cause I'd spend all the whole day
Listening to your message I’m keeping and never deleting

When I saw you,
Everyone knew
I liked the effect that you had on my eyes

But no one else heard
The weight of your words
Or felt the effect that they have on my mind

Falling mmm mmm

I know
'cause I'd spend half this morning
Thinking about the t-shirt you sleep in

I should know
'cause I'd spend all the whole day
Listening to your message I’m keeping and never deleting

Sunday 9 August 2015

ELLA FITZGERALD ~ THERE'S A LULL IN MY LIFE

Sultry music for an extremely sultry day! :-)



Oh, there's a lull in my life
It's just a void, an empty space
When you are not in my embrace

Oh, there's a lull in my life
The moment that you go away
There is no night, there is no day

The world stops turning, the clock stops ticking
Everything stops but that flame in my heart
That keeps burning, burning

Oh, there's a lull in my life
No matter how I may pretend
I know that you alone can end
The ache in my heart, the call of my arms

I know that you alone can end
The ache in my heart, the call of my arms
And the lull, lull in my life

Friday 7 August 2015

TENTH AVENUE NORTH ~ EMPTY MY HANDS

A beautiful song about just how hard it is to resist the 'voices in our heads' that try to lead us astray.....

I love the music of Tenth Avenue North!



I've got voices in my head and they are so strong
And I'm getting sick of this oh Lord, how long
Will I be haunted by the fear that I believe
My hands like locks on cages
Of these dreams I can't set free

But if I let these dreams die
If I lay down all my wounded pride
If I let these dreams die
Will I find that letting go lets me come alive

So empty my hands
Fill up my heart
Capture my mind with you

These voices speak instead and what's right is wrong
And I'm giving into them, please Lord, how long
Will I be held captive by the lies that I believe
My heart's in constant chaos and it keeps me so deceived

But if I let these dreams die
If I could just lay down my dark desire
If I let these dreams die
Will I find you brought me back to life

So empty my hands
Fill up my heart
Capture my mind with you

'Cause my mind is like a building burning down
I need your grace to keep me, keep me from the ground
And my heart is just a prisoner of war
A slave to what it wants and to what I'm fighting for

So won't you empty my hands
Fill up my heart
Capture my mind with you

Empty my hands
Fill up my heart
Capture my mind with you

With you
I need you now

IKO ~ LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME




Oh, look what you've done to me
I'm in pieces around your feet
And no, don't take back what you said
Just learn to leave it where we left it there

That is why you look so
That is why you look so
That is why you look so mine tonight

She, she's on an aeroplane
While I, yeah I just learned how to stay
And you can see it in her eyes
Can see it in her eyes she just came
And yeah it's all very well
It's all very well but is it love?

That is why you look so...

And that is why you look so...

Oh, look what you've done to me

WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS (feat. Priscilla Ahn) ~ I DON'T FEEL IT ANYMORE

A very sad - but extremely beautiful - song..........



Hold on this will
hurt more than
anything has before
What it was,
what it was,
what it was

I've brought this on us
more than
anyone could ignore
What I've done,
what I've done,
what I've done

I've worked for so long
just to see you mess around
What you've done,
what you've done,
what you've done

I want back the
years that you took
when I was young
I was young,
I was young,
but it's done

Oh take it all away
I don't feel it anymore
Oh take it all away

Oh take it all away
I don't feel it anymore
Oh take it all away



Hold on this will
hurt more than
anything has before
What it was,
what it was,
what it was

I've brought this on us
more than
anyone could ignore
What I've done,
what I've done,
what I've done


I'll fall just like stars being hung by only string
Everything, everything, here is gone
No map can direct
how to ever make it home
We're alone, we're alone, we're alone

Oh take it all away
I don't feel it anymore
Oh take it all away

THE BEATLES ~ IF I FELL

One of the Beatles' best ever numbers....



If I fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
Cos I've been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holding hands

If I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start
That you would love me more than her

If I trust in you oh please
Don't run and hide
If I love you too oh please
Don't hurt my pride like her
Cos I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain

So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
Cos I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain

So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
If I fell in love with you

Thursday 6 August 2015

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (O.M.D.) ~ SHAME

Another old favourite from the 80s...



If there's one thing I know
Things are gonna change
There's gonna be a different ending
Though I'm not one to complain

But there's never been a right time
And we've never been too far
But you're the only single reason I know
That's holding back my heart

Take your kiss from my mouth
Take your heart from my heart
This will never happen again
You know that your promises
Won't last for one day
God knows it's a shame
But it's always the way

And the second time
Just wouldn't be the same
But you're changing with your faces and
You're gonna be lost again
If you're with or without me
I've made up my mind
Well I'm hopping and praying
But you're running out of time

Take your kiss from my mouth
Take your heart from my heart
this will never happen again
You know that your promises
Won't last for one day
God knows it's a shame
But it's always the way

Take your kiss from my mouth
Take your heart from my heart
This will never happen again
You know that your promises
Won't last for one day
God knows it's a shame
But it's always the way

God know it's a shame
But it's always the way

God know it's a shame
But it's always, it's always the way

JOHNNY LOGAN ~ HOLD ME NOW

One of my very, very, very favourite songs.......



Don't don't close your heart to how you feel
Dream and don't be afraid the dream's not real
Close your eyes pretend it's just the two of us again
Make believe this moment's here to stay

Touch touch me the way you used to do
I know tonight could be all I'll have with you
From now on you'll be with someone else instead of me
So tonight let's build this memory for the last time

Hold me now don't cry don't say a word just
Hold me now and I will know though we're apart
We'll always be together forever in love
What do you say when words are not enough

Time time will be kind once we're apart and
Your tears tears will have no place in your heart I wish
I I could say how much I'll miss you, when you're gone
All my love for you will go on and on and

Hold me now don't cry don't say a word just
Hold me now and try to understand
That I hope at last you've found what you've been searching for
And though I won't be there anymore I will always love you
(Hold me now don't cry)

Don't say a word just hold me now and I will know though
We're apart we'll always be together forever in love
What do you say when words are not enough
What can I say now my words are not enough

XAVIER RUDD ~ FOLLOW THE SUN




Follow, follow the sun
And which way the wind blows
When this day is done
Breathe, breathe in the air
Set your intentions
Dream with care
Tomorrow's a new day for everyone
A brand new moon and brand new sun

So follow, follow the sun
The direction of the birds
The direction of love
Breathe, breathe in the air
Cherish this moment
Cherish this breath
Tomorrow's a new day day for everyone
A brand new moon, brand new sun

When you feel life coming down on you like a heavy weight
When you feel this crazy society adding to the strain
Take a stroll to the nearest water's edge, remember your place
Many moons have risen and fallen long, long before you came
So which way is the wind blowing
What does your heart say

So follow, follow the sun
And which way the wind blows

When this day is done

TOM HARK ~ THE PIRANHAS

This ska track was a top ten hit in the U.K. for a band from my local area, way back in 1980. It holds enormous memories for me and my family and I can vividly recall our very young son racing round the lounge in old house every time the song was played! Happy days!

It was actually a cover version of a South African 'kwela' song, also called 'Tom Hark'. It had been an instrumental hit in 1958 for 'Elias & His Zig Zag Jive Flutes'. It had also been covered in ska style by somebody called 'Millie Small'.



Does anybody know how long to World War Three?
I wanna know, I've gotta book me holidee.
They want me in the army, but I just can't go,
I'm far too busy listening to the radio.

 
The whole thing's daft, I don't know why,
You have to laugh, or else you cry,
You have to live or else you die,
You have to laugh or else you cry.

 
My friends say that we're heading for a grotty time,
It's just a load of slapstick in a pantomime,
We're heading for disaster, but I just don't care,
Shut your eyes and count to ten, you won't be there.

 
The whole thing's daft, I don't know why,
You have to laugh, or else you cry,
You have to live or else you die,
You have to laugh or else you cry.

Monday 3 August 2015

ALTHEA & DONNA ~ UPTOWN TOP RANKING

I really loved this song when it was a hit, way back in early 1978. My first baby had been born in October 1977 and this reminds me of being in my  kitchen during that cold winter, making up bottles of baby milk whilst singing along to the radio! :-)

This song was originally recorded as a joke, but B.B.C. Radio 1 D.J. John Peel played it on his show and he was subsequently inundated with requests to play it again. As a result it was a surprise hit, reaching number one in the U.K. singles chart in February 1978. It was only at number one for one week, but still quite an achievement for the two Jamaican teenagers who sang on it. At the ages of just 17 and 18, they became the youngest duo to reach the number one position in the U.K. singles chart. They apparently released several subsequent singles, but none of those met with any success.



See me in me heels and ting
Dem check sey we hip and ting
True them no know and ting
We have them going and ting
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots


See me pon the road I hear you call out to me
True you see mi inna pants and ting
See mi in a 'alter back
Sey mi gi' you heart attack
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Uptown Top Ranking


See mi in mi Benz and ting
Drivin' through Constant Spring
Them check sey me come from cosmo spring
But a true dem no know and ting
Dem no know sey we top ranking
Uptown Top Ranking


Shoulda see me and the ranking dread
Check how we jamming and ting
Love is all I bring inna me khaki suit and ting
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots


Watch how we chuck it and ting
Inna we khaki suit and ting
Love is all I bring inna me khaki suit and ting
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots

 

Love inna you heart dis a bawl out fe me
When you see me inna pants and ting
See me inna 'alter back
Sey me gi' you heart attack
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Uptown Top Ranking


See mi pon the road and hear you call out to me
True you see me in me pants and ting
See me inna 'alter back
Sey me gi' you heart attack
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Love is all I bring inna me khaki suit and ting
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots