Da Da Da

Available on My Favourite Place 7"/CDEP. Originally recorded by the German pop band Trio in 1982. The J Church version recorded some years before Elastica's more famous cover of the song.

It's what you do and what you don't, aha,
It's what you will and what you won't, aha,
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, aha,
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh

Da da da,
Da da da,
Da da da,
Da da da - I don't love you, you don't love me,
Da da da - I don't love you, you don't love me,
Da da da - I don't love you, you don't love me,
Da da da - I don't love you, you don't love me

When all is said and all is done, aha,
It was right for you to run, aha,
One thing left for you to know, aha,
I let you go and didn't show

Da da da,
Da da da,
Da da da,
Da da da - I don't love you, you don't love me,
Da da da - I don't love you, you don't love me,
Da da da - I don't love you, you don't love me,
Da da da - I don't love you, you don't love me

Desperation Every Other Night

Available on My Favourite Place 7"/CDEP, Slanted CD

The lights change to a steady blink,
My poisoned mind make me stop and think,
It's not a feeling deep inside of me,
Just a cover to survive my misery

Sad news has taken flight,
Desperation every other night

The wind's a needle jabbing in my vein,
Gravity is coming down like rain,
The bar becomes a false community,
When you stumble home you're alone but not free

Sad news has taken flight,
Desperation every other night

I'm in home and I'm too tired to see,
I've got a motherfucking headache and it's killing me,
I lie awake on my bedroom floor,
I'm alive but I'm not drunk anymore

No-one wins, doesn't make it right,
Desperation every other night

Diet Coke

Available on One Mississippi LP/CD

With perfect prose and a broken nose,
He beats the early morning streets,
He's not a king or anything and he's felt like this for weeks,
The rain has come again and it doesn't mean a thing,
Everyone's mouth is moving but they don't say a thing,
I spent last night in bed with a young photographer friend,
She's a wounded dove. A pretty swastika,
Her smile is like amphibian,
Won't you take a picture?
Develop it in liquor,
Keeping it in frame,
Diet Coke is a better mixer

Well you attempt the perfect crime,
But you must be out of your mind,
You tell me "What else can I do?"
But she's a little young even for you,
Interest or disinterest, she's a simple-minded mistress,
Interest or disinterest, well, you're making it my business,
The morning dew smells like manure,
Nature is my rainbow sewer,
You say you wanna get some sun,
Well go ahead, I hope you have some fun,
I'm talking in my sleep but everyone is listening,
"Did you find a job today?"
Well I didn't know one was missing

Disappear

Available on Meaty, Beaty, Shitty Sounding singles collection CD, Quetzalcoatl LP/CD, Songs For The Brokenhearted compilation (remixed version)

No, I didn’t want to hear it,
But the words came from her mouth so slowly,
I saw her face change,
She wanted none of that sympathy,
You can say what you will,
But I know she has suffered enough,
And I don’t know victims,
Only survivors surviving your touch

I thought I knew all the answers,
But the words they disappeared,
I can’t imagine, I can’t even try,
The vision in my mind was never clear

The fear of touch,
It can lock you away for ever and ever,
Could it mean so much?
Every second we spent together,
I’d like to apologize,
For all the times your hurt was more than I could bear,
I try to empathise,
If I don’t understand at least I care

I thought I knew all the answers,
But the words they disappeared,
I can’t imagine, I can’t even try,
The vision in my mind was never clear

I thought I knew all the answers,
But the words they disappeared,
I can’t imagine, I can’t even try,
The vision in my mind was never clear

Disposed To Femininity

Available on Arbor Vitae LP/CD

You are part of a trinity,
Disposed to femininity,
In some ways disposed to insanity,
Defying logic in sanity,
Cold as the rain above,
A superseding love,
Like a hand in glove,
A superficial love

Inside the plastic case,
Outlined in barcode,
Your voice compressed and equalized,
A superficial love,
I'll never see your face,
Behind compact and complex,
In the music magazine,
You ear industry

And I thought that I could see through,
But there was nothing to look in to,
You are on the television, television, television,
You assist in my decision, my decision, my decision

I read the books that you suggested,
At first I thought that it was insensitive,
An exercise, some exercise in creative writing,
I thought the content was sickly exciting

And I thought that I could see through,
But there was nothing to look in to,
You are on the television, television, television,
You assist in my decision, my decision, my decision

Don't Bring Me Down

Available on Mailorder Is Fun! compilation, Meaty, Beaty, Shitty Sounding singles collection CD, Split LP with Discount. Originally recorded by the Electric Light Orchestra. Additional vocals by Harriet Scott.

You got me runnin', goin' out of my mind,
You got me thinkin' that I'm wastin' my time,
Don't bring me down,
No, no, no, no, no,
I'll tell you once more before I get up and go,
Don't bring me down

You're always talkin' 'bout your crazy nights,
One of these days you're gonna get it right,
Don't bring me down,
No, no, no, no, no,
I'll tell you once more before I get up and go,
Don't bring me down

Don't bring me down,
Don't bring me down,
Don't bring me down,
Don't bring me down

What happened to the girl I used to know?
You lost your mind out somewhere down the road,
Don't bring me down,
No, no, no, no, no,
I'll tell you once more before I get up and go,
Don't bring me down

You got me runnin' like a snake in the grass,
One of these days you're gonna break your glass,
Don't bring me down,
No no no no no no no no,
I'll tell you once more before I get up and go,
Don't bring me down

Don't bring me down,
Don't bring me down,
Don't bring me down,
Don't bring me down

You're always talkin' 'bout your crazy nights,
One of these days you're gonna get it right,
Don't bring me down,
No, no, no, no, no,
I'll tell you once more before I get up and go,
Don't bring me down

Dora And Lili

Available on Palestine CD.

Idle hands for the idle rich,
The men think she's a bitch,
She's a twin to one belief,
For now she is a thief,
She smiles and laughs and you want more,
But she thinks you're a bore,
Hungary is where Hungarians live,
A country Shakespeare invented

The stars speak to everyone,
They look down on Earth,
They're a vocal audience (a vocal audience),
Making sweet collages for a sad and lonely dog,
Who only now believes the truth,
Who believes the truth,
Who believes the truth,
Who believes the truth

She knows just where the bomb must go,
She drops Kropotkin in the snow,
Her birds fly off in instinct,
Some things don't need thinking,
Men all speak like seminars,
Dialog impossible,
The stars now sing for Lili,
And bring out her twin sister

The stars speak to everyone,
As they look down on Earth,
They're a vocal audience (a vocal audience),
Making sweet collages for a sad and lonely dog,
Who only now believes the truth,
Who believes the truth,
Who believes the truth,
Who believes the truth,
Who believes the truth

Drinking Down

Available on Arbor Vitae LP/CD, Carry On Sabbing compilation

Drinking down and standing back up,
It falls into the sequence,
She took me from pool hall to party to party,
Clear thinking would not have made a difference,
Now I knew I should have gone home,
And I know that I could not have gone home,
She’s a sister and his sister,
Doesn’t make her my sister,
It does not make a difference

Now I knew I should have stopped my drinking,
And I knew that the room would be spinning,
And I knew I didn’t know anyone except the girl that brought me here,
We ended up hanging out in the kitchen,
She looked at me like she was on a mission,
Stuffing beers in her jacket pocket,
She looked at me as if I were important

It’s been two years, I haven’t seen her since,
I heard she moved north with an ex-boyfriend,
At the time I wished I told her I’d miss her,
Now I know it wouldn’t have made a difference,
Now I know it would not make a difference,
Now I know it would not make one bit of difference