LYRICS

Just a few samples of Nigel's lyrics and verses.

A PERFECTLY PLEASANT EVENING - extract

How kind of you to ask me
About last Thursday night.
---- it didn't all go right.
And how would I describe it
When all was said and done?
---- a little light on fun.
But let's forget each little hitch
Each tiny snag, each minor glitch.
It was a perfectly pleasant evening ----

A nuisance it was raining
When we were due to meet.
And both my brogues were leaking
So I had soggy feet.
Then I slipped in a puddle,
And badly sprained my wrist.
But there she was beside me,
She bent down and we kissed.
I soon forgot the pain
[And] the overflowing drain
It seemed to me
That this would be
A perfectly pleasant evening.

We went off to the theatre
To see a Shakepeare play.
A pity that a pillar
Was partly in the way.
We didn't like the stand in
Instead of Judi Dench
[And] my neighbour kept translating
The story into French.
But I did so adore
The bits I heard and saw.
A guarantee
That this would be
A perfectly pleasant evening.

I FOUND MY TRUE LOVE - extract

I found my true love in a hospital.
Imagine my elation.
My heart was racing, though not through joy -
It was atrial fibrillation.
As soon as I saw her in A and E
My heart skipped a beat and it nearly killed me.

AN OLDER WOMAN - extract

When I last felt this glow
Twenty years ago,
Love had a major boom and then went bust.
Since then I found it best
If I did not invest
In anything more hazardous than ordinary lust.

Of course I was an older woman
Enamoured with a younger man.
Yes I was a fool,
He was still at school,
When our fling began.
Of course I was an older woman
Enamoured with a younger man.

I merely had on loan
That boy's testosterone,
While both of us went through an awkward age.
His adolescent tongue
Soon tasted someone young,
Then told me I was just a passing stage.

'I'M JUST A MAN' (FROM 'ROCK HEAVEN')

And the lighters all glow
And the people all sway.
Watch the little flames burn
As we sing real slow.

And I no longer know
What those little flames mean.
How can it be love
When it's only a show?

You say you love me and you think it's true.
How much I'm wanting to believe in you.
And there were moments when I did, for an hour or two.

Then we sing our last song
And the little flames die.
It was always a dream.
Guess I knew all along.

You say you love me and you think it's true.
How much I'm wanting to believe in you.
And there were moments when I did, for an hour or two.

Hey baby hear me yell,
Turn it up another decibel.
Let noone miss the night I scream farewell.
Come and see a rock god fall,
Not immortal after all,
I'm just a man.

How they beg me to stay
As I run to the wings.
But let's not pretend.
It's no longer my day.

DON’T LABEL ME - extract

Woke up one morning feeling intense
Put on the outfit which made the most sense.
Lots of black leather, my eyes edged with kohl,
I haunted the streets like a tormented soul ---
Then I met an acquaintance
Who suffered my wrath,
When he said ‘Hello matey,
So now you’re a goth!’

‘Don’t label me!’ I told the silly schmo.
‘Don’t you dare label me, that’s lazy thinking, bro.’
I punched him very gently then whispered ‘Do you see,
‘If you want to stay my friend, don’t fricking label me!’

Out in a nightclub, won’t tell you where - sit at start
There were a lot of celebrities there!
Sat in the shadows, made out with a guy.
Who stars in a second-rate series on Sky.
Before long I suggested
We went all the way.
‘Yes,’ he said, ‘how exciting -
I’m pleased we’re both gay.’ Get up

‘Don’t label me!’ I told the stupid freak,
‘I may be gay tonight but I was straight last week.’
And that’s what I repeated when his groin felt my knee -
‘If you want a bit of sex, don’t fricking label me!’