The Poems of John Cooper Clarke

(in alphabetical order - with links to their lyrics where possible)

[updated - July 24th, 2000]

Arts 'n' Crafts

(unreleased)

23rd

(from the album Snap, Crackle & Bop)

36 Hours

(from the album Snap, Crackle & Bop)

Action Man

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

A Distant Relation

(from the album Snap, Crackle & Bop)

Apart From the Revolution

(unreleased - from the publication 'New Departures')

Are You The Business

(unreleased)

Beasley Street

(from the album Snap, Crackle & Bop)

Belladonna

(from the album Snap, Crackle & Bop)

Bunch of Twigs

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

Burnley

(unreleased. Real Audio version)

Concussion

(unreleased, from Granchildren of Albion - see Publications)

Conditional Discharge

(from the album Snap, Crackle & Bop)

Death Takes a Holiday

(unreleased)

Drive She Said

(from the album Zip Style Method)

Dumb Row Laughs

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

Euro Communist / Gucci Socialist

(unreleased)

Evidently Chickentown

(from the album Snap, Crackle & Bop)

Film Extra's Extra

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

Full Time Loser

(unreleased)

Gaberdine Angus

(from the album Walking Back to Happiness)

Gimmix

(from the albums Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait, Walking Back to Happiness also single release)

Give Me What I Need

(unpublished) [NEW]

Haiku

(unreleased)

Hanging Gardens of Basildon NEW

(unreleased - heard at gig.)

Health Fanatic

(from the album Disguise in Love)

Hire Car  

(unreleased - 658k Shockwave animation with Live 1996 reading)

I Don't Wanna Be Nice

(from the album Disguise in Love)

(I've Got a Brand New) Track Suit

(from the album Disguise in Love)

(I Married a) Monster From Outer Space

(from the albums Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait, Disguise in Love and Short Circuit. Also as single)

I Mustn't Go Down to the Sea Again

(unreleased)

Innocents

(From the first single, 'The Innocents EP')

I Travel in Biscuits

(from the album Zip Style Method)

I Wanna Be Yours

(from the album Zip Style Method)

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

(from the album Disguise in Love)

I Wrote the Songs

(unreleased)

Johnny Clarke Talking Sweet

(unreleased - heard at gig)

Kung Fu International

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait and as single)

Letter to Fiesta

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

Libera Me

(from the album Arka Seven. Real Audio version available)

Limbo Baby Limbo

(from the albums Walking Back to Happiness & Snap, Crackle & Bop)

Lungs of The World, The NEW

(unreleased)

Majorca

(from the albums Walking Back to Happiness & Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

Martin Newell

(unreleased)

Midnight Shift

(from the album Zip Style Method)

Missing Persons

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

Network South East

(unreleased)

Night People

(from the album Zip Syle Method - 16k Shockwave animation)

Ninety Degrees in My Shades

(from the album Zip Style Method)

Nothing

(from the albums Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait and Walking Back to Happiness)

Post War Glamour Girl

(from the album Disguise in Love - also single release)

Psycle Sluts: Parts 1 & 2

(from the albums Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait - part 1 only -, Disguise in Love - parts 1 & 2- also single release)

Punk Rock Revival

(unreleased)

Readers' Wives

(from the albums Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait and Disguise in Love)

Salomey Maloney

(from the albums Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait and Disguise in Love)

Sleepwalk

(from the album Snap, Crackle & Bop)

Sperm Test

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

Spilt Beans

(from the album Walking Back to Happiness and Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

Strange Bedfellows

(from the album Disguise in Love)

Suspended Sentence

(from the first single, 'The Innocents EP')

Tadpoles: The Poor Man's Caviar

(unreleased)

Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

The Bronze Adonis

(from the album Walking Back to Happiness)

The Cycle Accident

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

The Day My Pad Went Mad

(from the album Zip Style Method)

The Day the World Stood Still

(from the album Zip Style Method)

The Face Behind the Scream

(from the album Zip Style Method)

The Ghost of Al Capone

(from the album Zip Style Method)

The House on Nowhere Street

(unreleased)

The Isle of Man

(unreleased)

The It Man

(from the album Snap, Crackle & Bop)

The Menstrual Cyle (and Other Forms of Transport)

(unreleased)

The New Assassin

(from the album Zip Style Method)

The Pagan

(unreleased)

The Pest

(from the album Walking Back to Happiness)

These Are The Days That Matter NEW

(unreleased)

The Serial - Part One

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait)

The Truth Lies Therein

(from the album Arka Seven. Real Audio version available)

This Heart Disease Called Love

(from the album Zip Style Method)

Tom Jones

(unreleased)

Trains

(from the album Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait),

Twat

(from the album Walking Back to Happiness)

Valley of the Lost Women

(from the album Disguise in Love)

Wreck of the Primadonna

(unpublished)

You Never See a Nipple in the Daily Express

(from the albums Ou est la maison de fromage, s’l vous plait and Short Circuit)

Any help with any missing poem titles is always appreciated by e-mail.

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