Lyrics:
A skeleton in a suit and tie
Tells us what we oughta buy
A bag of coke and a nuclear heart
Support your conscience, that's a start
If you win the game, some have to lose
The fun part is that you can't choose
You're born into your social class
You're stuck there, and it's hard to pass
Their social norms and social rules
We're social scum, they're social tools
They tell us all their social lies
Ignoring all our social cries
We lose the game before we start
They watch us dance, and we fall apart
Well, let's be ourselves, never be social
We'll play their game, never be social
Whoa whoa
Ken and Barb in Greek fatigues
Tell us what we oughta be
The car to drive, what to drink
Ignorant bliss, no need to think
As Barb cakes fetus on her face
Ken sucks blood at his workplace
They take from you, they take from me
Society's anomalies
Their social norms and social rules
We're social scum, they're social tools
They tell us all their social lies
Ignoring all our social cries
We lose the game before we start
They watch us dance, and we fall apart
Well, let's be ourselves, never be social
We'll play their game, never be social
Whoa whoa
[Guitar Solo]
1-2-3-4!
Their social norms and social rules
We're social scum, they're social tools
They tell us all their social lies
Ignoring all our social cries
We lose the game before we start
They watch us dance, and we fall apart
Well, let's be ourselves, never be social
We'll play their game, never be social
Whoa whoa
Lyrics:
Like flames!
Something you've heard, somewhere you've seen
Too real to ignore
You've chosen not to believe
From the black of their pain, to the white of their fear
In dust they die
While Eden lies near
The freedom bought, changed hands, was sold
This heat of love has turned ice-cold
We just can't escape it
Like flames reaching out from the sun
From the garden of love, been banished too long
And the balance will shift
Between the weak and the strong
Once they would beg, and they would plead
But now they demand
Divided by those that need
And those that command
The freedom bought, changed hands, was sold
This heat of love has turned ice-cold and
We never learn, but we know too well
Heaven died and gone to Hell
We just can't escape it
Like flames reaching out from the sun
We can't defeat it
Like flames reaching out from the sun
Now you watch, but you should have run
Like flames that leap from the base of the sun
And you dream you're free, but you'll awake
Too much too late, too much too late
The freedom bought, changed hands, was sold
This heat of love has turned ice-cold and
We never learn, but we know too well
Heaven's died and gone to Hell
We just can't escape it
Like flames reaching out from the sun
We can't defeat it
Like flames reaching out from the sun
We can't escape it
Like flames
Like flames
Action!
I had a dream on a back lot
And saw my life like a long shot
Of smiling faces in a picture parade
Of all the stills from the films that you made
That we would see in the Essoldo
After drinking coffee at the Giocondo
Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B-Movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, ah look at me
Oh-o-oh
Now I work for the BBC
Oh-o-oh
Life is not what it used to be
I took no dives in the fight scene
I had a stuntman, keep my suit clean
There’s no technology to fake-up a song
They stop the orchestra if you get it wrong
Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B-Movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, ah look at me
Oh-o-oh
Now I work for the BBC
Oh-o-oh
Life is not what it used to be
They made a field into a war zone
I beat the enemy on my own
All the bullets just went over my head
There’s no reality and no one dead, in
Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B-Movie
I played a man from history
Elstree
Oh-o-oh
Oh-o-oh
Elstree
Oh-o-oh
Oh-o-oh
Elstree
Elstree
Oh-o-oh
Oh-o-oh
Elstree
Cut!