All Of My Friends Were There Kinks

stage and started to speak The first night I've missed for a couple of years I explained to the crowed and they started to jeer And just when I wanted no one to be there All of my friends were

Just Friends The Kinks

Please step inside Just for a while I want to befriend you And just make you smile You've nothing to lose I've nothing to gain I shall not molest you I shan't break your brain[?]

Top of the Pops Kinks

I've just come in at Number 25 I'm oh so happy so glad to be alive And everybody says it's going to get to the top Life is so easy when your record's hot Go tell my mamma and my sister too To

See My Friends The Kinks

See my friends, See my friends, Layin' 'cross the river, See my friends, See my friends, Layin' 'cross the river, She is gone, She is gone and now there's no one left 'Cept my friends, Layin

All Of My Friends Were There The Kinks

I walked out onto the stage and started to speak.

The Moneygoround Kinks

Robert owes half to Grenville Who in turn gave half to Larry Who adored my instrumentals And so he gave half to a foreign publisher She took half the money that was earned in some far distant land

Picture Book Kinks

Picture yourself when you're getting old Sat by the fireside a-pondering on Picture book pictures of your mama taken by your papa a long time ago Picture book of people with each other to prove

Sitting In My Hotel The Kinks

If my friends could see me now, driving round just like a film star, In a chauffeur driven jam jar, they would laugh.

The Last Assembly The Kinks

As I walked to the last assembly, There were tears in the back of my eyes, And I saw all my friends all around me, They were there to wish me goodbye.

People Take Pictures Of Each Other Kinks

People take pictures of the Summer Just in case someone thought they had missed it And to proved that it really existed Fathers take pictures of the mothers And the sisters take pictures of brothers

No Return The Kinks

If, if I could see Just how lonely my life would be If you passed me by and said farewell And there is no return Stars would shine no more I would walk up and down this lonely room I would have

Sitting By The Riverside Kinks

Just sitting down by the riverside Spreading my arms to the open wide Now I am free and the world's at my feet I can close my eyes Oh Love, keep me warm keep me satisfied Please keep me calm

Two Sisters The Kinks

Sylvilla looked into her mirror Percilla looked into the washing machine And the drudgery of being wed She was so jealous of her sister And her liberty, and her smart young friends She was so jealous

Denmark Street Kinks

Down the way from the Tottenham Court Road Just round the corner from old Soho There's a place where the publishers go If you don't know which way to go Just open your ears and follow your nose

Animal Farm Kinks

This world is big and wild and half insane Take me where real animals are playing Just a dirty old shack Where the hound dogs bark That we called our home I want to be back there Among the cats

Big Sky Kinks

Big Sky looks down on all the people looking up at the Big Sky Everybody pushing one another around Big Sky feels sad when he sees the children scream and cry But the Big Sky is too big to let

Top Of The Pops The Kinks

I've just come in at Number 25 I'm oh so happy, so glad to be alive And everybody says it's going to get to the top Life is so easy when your record's hot.

Got to Be Free Kinks

Hush little baby don't you cry Soon the sun is going to shine We're going to be free like the birds and the bees Running wild in the big country Got to be free to do what I want Walk if I want, talk

Headmaster The Kinks

I've dishonored one who trusted me, I have broken all the rules. I've been with those naughty little girls again, Now those naughty little girls are going to put me to shame.

Do You Remember Walter? Kinks

Walter, remember when the world was young And all the girls knew Walter's name Walter, isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed Do you remember Walter playing cricket in the thunder

Phenomenal Cat Kinks

A long, long time ago In the land of idiot boys There live a cat a phenomenal cat Who loved to wallow all day No one bothered him As he sat, content in his tree He just lived to eat 'cause it kept

Village Green Kinks

Out in the country Far from all the soot and noise of the city There's a village green It's been a long time Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple Down by the village green 'Twas

The Road The Kinks

Like a gypsy I was born to roam Like a wanderer with no fixed abode I think about the friends I've left behind on the road Well, the road's been rocky along the way It's been a long, hard haul on

Love Me Till The Sun Shines The Kinks

You just have to love me till the sun shines You don't have to sleep with me Or rest your head upon my knee You just have to love me till the sun shines Baby you can wear my clothes, Play my records

Love Me Till The Sun Shines (Live At The Playhouse Theatre, 1968) The Kinks

You just have to love me till the sun shines You don't have to sleep with me Or rest your head upon my knee You just have to love me till the sun shines Baby you can wear my clothes, Play my records

The Village Green Preservation Society Kinks

We are the Village Green Preservation Society God save Donald Duck Vaudeville and Variety We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties Preserving

The Informer The Kinks

Isn't it strange meeting you here Two old friends Just sitting down quietly drinking a beer But knowing your past the way that I do After all this time I'm surprised You'd even come to this rendezvous

Starstruck Kinks

Baby, you don't know what you're saying Because you're a victim of bright city lights And your mind is not right You think the world's at your feet 'Cause you're starstruck baby, starstruck Taken

Wicked Annabella Kinks

house Where no Christian man has been Wicked Annabella mixes a brew That no one's ever seen Relatives have passed her by Too scared to even say hello She's in perpetual midnight She shuts out the

Rats Kinks

I was lost just wandering round downtown Many people pushing me around Hate spreads just like infection Those rats jumping on and off my back Fat black rats holding me down I see rats in every direction

Scum Of The Earth The Kinks

Flash: They call me the scum of the earth. They say I'm the scab of the nation. But deep inside I'm only human. Just an ordinary man. With ordinary plans.

Johnny Thunder Kinks

Johnny Thunder lives on water feeds on lightning Johnny Thunder don't need no one don't want money And all the people of the town They can't get through to Johnny they will never, ever break him

Powerman [demo version] Kinks

I know a man he's a powerful man He's got the people in his power In the palm of his hand He started at the bottom and he worked his way up Now he's never going to stop Until he reaches the top

Powerman Kinks

I know a man he's a powerful man He's got the people in his power In the palm of his hand He started at the bottom and he worked his way up Now he's never going to stop Until he reaches the top

Lola Kinks

I met her in a club down in old Soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola C-O-L-A cola She walked up to me and she asked me to dance I asked her her name and in a dark

Days Kinks

Thank you for the days Those endless days those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that lights on you believe

Don't Forget To Dance The Kinks

You look out of your window Into the night Could be rain, could be snow But it can't feel as cold as what you're feeling inside And all of you friends are either married, vanished Or just left alone But

Education The Kinks

He thanked God for the friends he made. 'Cos everybody needs an education Everybody needs an education.

Holiday Romance The Kinks

on the wall, the soap operas, the office and his friends - and who knows, he might encounter a holiday romance.

Long Tall Shorty Kinks

They call me the long tall shorty 'cause I know what love is all about They call me long tall shorty 'cause I know what love is all about Well I can tell you where the lights go Oh, when they go out

Long Tall Sally (Bonus Track) Kinks

They call me the long tall shorty 'cause I know what love is all about They call me long tall shorty 'cause I know what love is all about Well I can tell you where the lights go Oh, when they go out

Sitting On My Sofa The Kinks

You got all your friends, I got a TV set. You got your cars, And this boy's never had anything.

Sitting On My Sofa The Kinks

You got all your friends, I got a TV set. You got your cars, And this boy's never had anything.

Sitting On My Sofa The Kinks

You got all your friends, I got a TV set. You got your cars, And this boy's never had anything.

Sittin' On My Sofa The Kinks

You got all your friends, I got a TV set. You got your cars, And this boy's never had anything.

Mr. Songbird Kinks

Won't you sing me a song or two Won't take you long to just sing to me please Won't you whistle a tune I got nothing to gain I got nothing to lose But if you sing me a song You'll make me happy

Waterloo Sunset The Kinks

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night People so busy, makes me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I don't need no friends As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I

Now And Then The Kinks

In the beginning of it all there was the land And the sea and she sky Then into the middle of it all there came man To live on the land.

Back To Front The Kinks

Just come back where I came from, Looks the same as something's wrong. And all my friends that used to be, Have gone and turned their backs on me.

Apeman [demo version] Kinks

in their cages in the zoo man 'Cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees I am an ape man I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized 'Cos I'm a strict vegetarian But with the over-population