(All lyrics belong to Bangs)

From the "Tiger Beat" LP

ChocolateCobwebs
VintagePiranha
Baby's DayOut
Burnout
S.O.S.
He's aGroupie
FerociousPocket
TigerBeat
Lend MeCrumpets
Death ByGuitar

from the Maggie the Cat 7"
Maggie the Cat

Get Electric

Lights Out

fromthe Mailorder Freak Single

Magician'sAssistat

Ready to Go

Tender Thunderbolt

 

Chocolate Cobwebs

what do girls want?
a heart to haunt
a little repetition
to cut the superstition

all the pretty, pretty horses
have all gone away
(I'm gonna make you see)
overdue premonitions
of yesterday
(that you belong to me)

you can't make my
mouth move this time

I think a little repetition
would be good for me
(I'm gonna make you play)
I can see in three dimensions
what's gonna be
(I'm gonna get my way)

you can't make my
ears bleed this time

what do girls want?
a heart to haunt
a little repetition
to cut the superstition

and all the pretty, pretty horses
have all gone away

you can't make my
mouth move this time

Vintage Piranha

you left the writing on the wall
did you really think
did you really think
I'd never say anything at all?

you ain't nothing but a big piranha
all dressed up
with nowhere to go
you ain't nothing but a little snake
all dressed up
in your vintage wolf clothes

whatcha gonna do tonight?
are you gonna bite?
are you gonna bite?
I ain't afraid of no little snake
are you gonna strike?
are you gonna strike?
whatcha gonna go out and write?
are you gonna bite?
are you gonna bite?
we're all waiting for your keen insight
so are you gonna strike?
are you gonna strike?

you ain't nothing but a vintage piranha
the biggest puppet
at the puppet show
you ain't nothing but a little snake
all dressed up
in your little wolf clothes

Baby's Day Out

sick of your ceiling
and tired out of my mind
I've got this feeling
that you and I aren't fine

don't mean to shut you up
but I can't listen anymore
I need to shut you out
don't want to close the door

full of preconceived notions
I don't want to live up to
your lame expectations
but I'm still here

do you want to know what I'm thinking?
do you know it's not fair?
for once I'm feeling
fucked up and scared

don't mean to shut you up
but I can't listen anymore
I need to shut you out
don't want to close the door

full of preconceived notions
I don't want to live up to
your lame expectations
but I'm still here
your same situations
long I've stood
accused

Burnout

she's got the engine on
she's got the lights turned off
she's got the radio up
she's got the window down
she's got a picture of him
the back says "always rock it"
she's gotta find her way out
she's got her guitar and locket
and do you know just what she said?

she said:
"please don't burn out before you
know just what I'm about. I can't go home
tonight if I'm all alone"

please don't burn out
you're so bright
please don't burn out
burn out

she's got her little black book
and she fakes the right looks
to pull you right under
to pull you right under
and do you know just what she said?

she said:
"trust me you don't want to know
what I've seen. Tape my mouth shut
but it always comes back to me"

please don't burn out
you're so bright
please don't burn out
burn out

did you hear did you hear did you hear?

she said:
please, please don't, don't burn, burn out
before you know what I'm about. I can't go,
go home, tonight if I'm all alone."

 

S.O.S.

what I want to buy from you
is a little piece of me
standing here half naked
I've stripped for you carefully
part of my personality
and all of my free time
I want to buy for a dollar
what you stole from me for a dime

I don't want to be your petty heartbreaker
but I know that I'll never be
that girl on your turntable
that girl on your t.v.

there's nothing I can do
and nothing I can say
cuz the right words come out wrong
but I can't go on living this way
it's the same old song

what I want to know
is did you really steal the show?
talking trash with the perfect pout
it's your new commercial I could do without

I don't want to be your precious pretender
but I know I'll never be
that girl in your fashion show
taht girl on the movie screen

like an octopus you bleed blue ink
and like a pair of jeans you're fit to shrink
how can you call this living?
it's the same old song

what I want to know
is did you really steal the show?
what I want what I want when I want it
is what I want what I want what I want

He's a Groupie

oh my god! he's my boyfriend!
oh my god! he's a groupie?

he's not mine
he follows her
he's not mine no
he follows her

I'm gonna start a rumor milkshake
I'm gonna spread it all over town
you only want to fuck
the girls in the magazines
you and your rep
both wanna go down

cuz you do waht you do
and you don't even know
that you look like a fool
and you don't even know
hey I'm a star too!
you don't even know

oh my god! he's my boyfriend!
oh my god! he's not a groupie!

he's not mine
he follows her
he's not mine
he follows her

I'm gonna start a rumor milkshake
I'm gonna spread it all over town
you only want to fuck
the girls in the magazines
you and your rep
both wanna go down

you've got an appetite for fame
and does everybody
know your name by now?

Ferocious Pocket

in one ear and out the other
you're so good at hearing
what you want
while you've got one eye covered
I can't be everything to you

do I have the strength
to give you up?
(me you me you me you me you)

I don't know where you are anymore
I don't know where I stand anymore

so you think you've got it
all figured out now?
I know I've stayed here too long
the curtain's almost up
take your bow

I won't lose my mind just for you
(me you me you me you me you)

I dont know where you are anymore
I don't know where I stand anymore

won't go
to that place where
I don't know
which is the fastest
way out

I don't know where you are anymore
I don't know where I stand anymore
I miss you so much I don't know
where to go from here
a million miles away
but I know where
we've got to be

Tiger Beat

what would you like me to do
with your remains
should I choose what gets buried
and what gets burned

please return from your vacation
cuz I get kissed goodnight
by the static a.m. station

I look for you in every broken mirror
my heartbeat defrosts
and the image gets clearer

tell me now
I want to know right now
how to be so
so very cold, uh-oh
cuz I'm warmer each minute
warmer each hour
you're gone

away from this dead-end town
I've perfected the science
of feeling broken down

I look for you in every broken mirror
my heartbeat defrosts
and the image gets clearer

operator, I need so much assistance
cuz I'm far from home
and I need to call long distance
I look for you in every broken mirror
my heartbeat defrosts
and the image gets clearer

Lend Me Crumpets

standing behind me
and in front of me
then you're next to me
you try to get to me

standing behind me,
in front of me,
next to me,
everywhere I turn
you try to get to me

and do you really think
I'm impressed by your moves
at the roller rink?
and do you really believe
I wanna spend time
with the new king of sleaze
and I can't really stand you
when you think you're so cute
your delusions of glamour
and do you really believe
I wanna spend time
with the new king of sleaze?

dancing next to you
I'm desperately trying to
escape from you
and your claustrophobe attitude

and do you really think
I'm impressed by your moves
at the roller rink?
and do you really believe
I wanna spend time
with the new king of sleaze
and I can't really stand you
when you think you're so cute
your delusions of glamour
and do you really think
I'm impressed by your moves
at the roller rink?

standing behind me,
in front of me,
next to me,
everywhere I go
you try, you try, you try to get to me
you're at the club
you're at the show
checking out dance moves
you're ready to go
standing behind me,
in front of me and next to me

 

Death By Guitar

on a faceless night
when the moon was full
your song ran through my blood
you've got me for good

when you're playing the guitar
and you know you just might be
the one I'm looking for
are you playing just for me?
cuz you're breaking my heart
with every note that you play
death by guitar

on a friendless night
when the show was full
you made me shake
and then you shook too

when you're playing the guitar
and you're down on just one knee
when you're playing the guitar
are you looking just at me
cuz you're playing my heart
just like one of your songs
death by guitar

sign your autograph across my heart
i want your autograph right across my heart

guitar! you know you just might be
the one I'm looking for
are you playing just for me?
sign your autograph across my heart
I want your autograph right across my heart

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