The Jam – The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) lyrics

In your white lace and your wedding bells
You look the picture of contented new wealth
But from the on-looking fool who believed your lies
I wish this grave would open up and swallow me alive
For the bitterest pill is hard to swallow
The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows

When the wheel of fortune broke, you fell to me
Out of grey skies to change my misery
The vacant spot, your beating heart took its place
But now I watch smoke leave my lips and fill an empty room

For the bitterest pill is hard to swallow
The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows

The bitterest pill is mine to take
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn’t feel any more ill

The bitterest pill is mine to take
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn’t feel any more ill

Now autumn’s breeze blows summer’s leaves through my life
Twisted and broken dawn, no days with sunlight
The dying spark, you left your mark on me
The promise of your kiss, but with someone else

For the bitterest pill is mine to swallow
The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows

The bitterest pill is mine to take
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn’t feel anymore ill

The Jam – That’s Entertainment lyrics

A police car and a screaming siren
Pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete
A baby wailing, a stray dog howling
The screech of brakes and lamplights blinking

That’s entertainment, that’s entertainment

A smash of glass and the rumble of boots
An electric train and a ripped up phone booth
Paint splattered walls and the cry of a tom cat
Lights going out and a kick in the balls

I say that’s entertainment, that’s entertainment

Days of speed and slow time Mondays
Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday
Watching the news and not eating your tea
A freezing cold flat and damp on the walls

I say that’s entertainment, that’s entertainment

Waking up at 6 a.m. on a cool warm morning
Opening the windows and breathing in petrol
An amateur band rehearse in a nearby yard
Watching the telly and thinking ’bout your holidays

That’s entertainment, that’s entertainment

Waking up from bad dreams and smoking cigarettes
Cuddling a warm girl and smelling stale perfume
A hot summers day and sticky black tarmac
Feeding ducks in the park and wishing you were far away

That’s entertainment, that’s entertainment

Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight
Two lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude
Getting a cab and travelling on buses
Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs

I say that’s entertainment, that’s entertainment

The Jam – Precious lyrics

Your precious love that means so much
Will it ever stop or will I just lose touch
What I want to say but my words just fail

Is that I need it so I can’t help myself
Like a hungry child I just help myself
And when I’m all full up I go out to play

Lonely as the moors on a winter’s morning
Quiet as the sea on a good calm night
In your tranquil shadow I try and follow

I hear your distant show clicks
To the midnight beat
I feel trapped in sorrow
In this imagery
But that’s how I am and why I need you so

But I don’t mean to bleed you dry
Or take you over for the rest of your life
It’s just that I need something solid in mine

Your precious love that means so much
Will it ever stop or will I just lose touch
What I want to say but my words just fail

I hear your distant show clicks
To the midnight beat
I feel trapped in sorrow
In this imagery
But that’s how I am and why I need you so

The Jam – Dreams Of Children lyrics

I sat alone with the dreams of children
Weeping willows and tall dark building,
I’ve caught a fashion from the dreams of children
But woke up sweating from this modern nightmare, and

I was alone, no one was there

I caught a glimpse from the dreams of children
I got a feeling of optimism
But woke up to a grey and lonely picture
The streets below left me feeling dirty, and

I was alone, no one was there
I was alone, no one was there

Something’s gonna crack on your dreams tonight…
You will crack on your dreams tonight

I fell in love with the dreams of children
I saw a vision of all the happy days
I’ve caught a fashion from the dreams of children
But woke up sweating from this modern nightmare, and

I was alone, no one was there
I was alone, no one was there

Something’s gonna crack on your dreams tonight…
You will crack on your dreams tonight
You will choke on your dreams tonight

The Jam – Going Underground  lyrics

Some people might say my life is in a rut,
But I’m quite happy with what I got
People might say that I should strive for more,
But I’m so happy I can’t see the point.

Somethings happening here today
A show of strength with your boy’s brigade and,
I’m so happy and you’re so kind
You want more money of course I don’t mind
To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes

And the public gets what the public wants
But I want nothing this society’s got
I’m going underground, (going underground)
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Going underground, (going underground)
Well let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow

Some people might get some pleasure out of hate
Me, I’ve enough already on my plate
People might need some tension to relax
Mem, I’m too busy dodging between the flak

What you see is what you get
You’ve made your bed, you better lie in it
You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust
You’ll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns

And the public wants what the public gets
But I don’t get what this society wants
I’m going underground, (going underground)
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Going underground, (going underground)
Well let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow

We talk and talk until my head explodes
I turn on the news and my body froze
The braying sheep on my TV screen
Make this boy shout, make this boy scream!

Going underground, I’m going underground!

The Jam – Start! lyrics

It’s not important for you to know my name
Nor I to know yours
If we communicate for two minutes only
It will be enough

For knowing that someone in this world
Feels as desperate as me
And what you give is what you get

It doesn’t matter if we never meet again
What we have said will always remain
If we get through for two minutes only
It will be a start

For knowing that someone in this life
Loves with a passion called hate
And what you give is what you get

If I never ever see you (If I never ever see you)
If I never ever see you (If I never ever see you)
If I never ever see you again

If I never ever see you (See you, see you)
If I never ever see you (See you, see you)
If I never ever see you again

And what you give is what you get
And what you give is what you get
And what you give is what you get
And what you give is what you get

The Jam – Beat Surrender lyrics

Beat surrender

Come on boy, come on girl
Succumb to the beat surrender
Come on boy, come on girl
Succumb to the beat surrender

All the things that I care about
Are packed into one punch
All the things that I’m not sure about
Are sorted out at once

And as it was in the beginning
So shall it be in the end
That bullshit is bullshit
It just goes by different names

Come on boy, come on girl
Succumb to the beat surrender
Come on boy, come on girl
Succumb to the beat surrender

All the things that I shout about
But never act upon
All the courage and the dreams that I have
But seem to wait so long

My doubt is cast aside
Watch phonies run to hide
The dignified don’t even enter in the game

Come on boy, come on girl
Succumb to the beat surrender
Come on boy, come on girl
Succumb to the beat surrender

If you feel there’s no passion
No quality sensation
Seize the young determination
Show the fakers you ain’t foolin’

You’ll see me come runnin’
To the sound of your strummin’
Fill my heart with joy and gladness
I’ve lived too long in the shadows of sadness

My doubt is cast aside
Watch phonies run to hide
The dignified don’t even enter in the game

Come on boy, come on girl
Succumb to the beat surrender
Come on boy, come on girl
Succumb to the beat surrender

The Jam – Town Called Malice lyrics

Better stop dreaming of the quiet life
Cos it’s the one we’ll never know
And quit running for that runaway bus
Cos those rosey days are few
And stop apologising for the things you’ve never done,
Cos time is short and life is cruel
But it’s up to us to change
This town called malice.

Rows and rows of disused milk floats
Stand dying in the dairy yard
And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk
Bottles to their hearts
Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry
It’s enough to make you stop believing when tears come
Fast and furious
In a town called malice.

Struggle after struggle year after year
The atmosphere’s a fine blend of ice
I’m almost stone cold dead
In a town called malice.

A whole street’s belief in Sunday’s roast beef
Gets dashed against the Co-op
To either cut down on beer or the kids new gear
It’s a big decision in a town called malice.

The ghost of a steam trainechoes down my track
It’s at the moment bound for nowhere
Just going round and round
Playground kids and creaking swings
Lost laughter in the breeze
I could go on for hours and I probably will
But I’d sooner put some joy back
In this town called malice.