Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Oliver Twist Manifesto, artist - Luke Haines. Album song The Oliver Twist Manifesto, in the genre ИндиDate of issue: 31.12.2000
Record label: Virgin
Song language: English
The Oliver Twist Manifesto |
| Workhouse? |
| Yeah? |
| What do you want? |
| Information |
| Who the fuck do you think you are? |
| You never fucking stop. |
| Always wanting |
| something for nothing. |
| OK. |
| I’ll give you want you want. |
| I’ll give you |
| information |
| All these songs about Christ, spooks and personal vendettas |
| Organ donations, there’s a mini operetta |
| Are people gonna say you’ve gone off your rocker |
| Well, I’m the brightest thing on the roster |
| And I sleep well when I turn out the light |
| I’m like an off-duty comedian at the end of a bad night |
| Easy to like admire, difficult to love |
| You’ve gotta believe me when I say I never wanted to be liked |
| And I defy the curfew |
| A sense of humour is the most overrated virtue |
| Get off your knees you grovelling bastards |
| This is Oliver twist pissing over Britannia |
| 200 years of Tin Pan Alley |
| I learned good from a king thief mentor |
| Newgate, Broadstreet, Langdales Distillery |
| Papist threats and no popery |
| It’s a beautiful night again |
| So paint the wall white again |
| Brutality for the kids |
| Oliver Twist |
| There was this gang who I used to run with |
| Ragamuffins, urchin scum, spivs |
| Looking good comes in handy |
| When you’re dipping in the pockets of a dandy |
| And there’s treason in the air, it’s just a leap of faith |
| There’s murder in the air at Rillington Place |
| A Christie lives in Soho |
| This is the Oliver Twist Manifesto |
| Totality for the kids |
| Oliver Twist |
| I’m operating now under four different names |
| I can use anyone of them, anytime again |
| And I’ve never been one to hold a grudge |
| Twists has turned vicious |
| What if all the malevolent cripples |
| The Raspberry ripples |
| Are just putting it on? |
| And they’re the brightest of all of the people |
| Oliver Twist, vaudeville Spook mentalist |
| Disappear into a pea souper |
| Swooping down on your back |
| Coming out of a cold snap |
| Into a pea souper |
| A cartarista |
| It was meant to be great |
| But it’s gone wrong again |
| It’s a beautiful night |
| So paint the wall white again |
| Get of your knees |
| 'Cos Christie lives |
| It’s a beautiful night for Treason |
| Oliver Twist |
| Oliver Twist |