Gimmix







        Hey Jimmy, gimme the gimmix
        Another day - another fad
        Funk, yes, even for a minute.
        They’re not bad - dad
        From the barmy days of the hoola hoop craze
        to the skate board panic of today
        Amused, amazed, aghast we gaze
        we don’t get in the way
        Tune in the idle chatter
        turn a blind eye to the scream
        at the shatter proof heart of the matter
        things are as they seem
        Mahatma Gandhi’s loin cloth
        the cosa nostra kiss
        cola cans and coin-op cops
        amphetamine psychosis
        Sick, sick, sick, or something
        talk is cheap and loud
        Dying of consumption
        join the lonely crowd

        Look inside the freezer
        watch the pop up toaster pop
        The blinking Mona Lisa
        is blinking at me non stop
        beauty aids, commodity art
        and things that are for things
        Tea’s Maids, cushions that fart
        The Lord of the Rings

        Let’s hear both sides of the story
        please don’t put me on
        Trial by Juke Box Jury
        they send me, I’m gone

        Chicken runs will sort out
        the sheep from the proverbial goats
        Speed’s in, Sport’s out
        we will not be approached
        Caught in the metal of a straight career
        on a bent assembly line
        Looking younger than last year
        marching men mark time
        Boy next door seeks girlfriend
        outdoor type seeks fun
        Swim, sing, cycle and swing
        no matter what time of the month
        Stereotypical playmates
        supplied and not get bored
        with impotent anxiety states
        collectively called the norm

        In ideal homes where missing persons
        appear and disappear
        the sound of iron curtains
        cuts the atmosphere
        What’s going on behind the green door
        The war, the watusi, or what
        The condition of admission is a haircut
        A Tony Curtis or a Cooper Clar-ar-ar-ar-ar


        LYRICS © JOHN COOPER CLARKE

        (Thanks to HK for some major corrections on this one. If anyone sees anything else wrong, please let us know).