Neil Innes - N Songs - Text Only
 

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Nancy
Nevertheless
Nine to Five Pollution Blues
No Matter Who You Vote For, The Government Always Gets In
Not Getting Any Younger
Not The First Time
Now Is The Time
Now She's Left You
Number One
 
 

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Nancy
 

Who am I
Where am I going?
They call me Nancy
Is that my name?

Nancy...
Nancy ...

What am I
What am I doing?
Nothing I fancy
and that's for sure...

I could be someone important
You never know
Maybe I am
Already someone important
Just being me

Nancy...
Nancy ...

No no no!
It's not enough just being Nancy
Not while the world is going crazy
Someone not too selfish or too lazy
ought to give the world a dose of common sense
Someone with no time for sitting on the fence
Someone like Me!

Nancy
Nancy

Someone like me who's not afraid to make a stand!
Someone like me who's quite prepared to take command!
Someone like me who's got a nose for politics!
Someone like me who'd like to to knock those commie bastards for six!

Nancy
That's who I am!
I'm Nancy!
And I don't give a damn who knows it!

I'm Nancy

Nancy

And I'll never say die
'cause I'll always give it just one more try...

...because I'm Nancy!

Nancy

Nancy

Who am I
Where is he going?
They call me Nancy
Is that my name?

Nancy...
Nancy ...
 
 

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Nevertheless
 

In this day and age
Love is all the rage
Life goes on, it only goes to show
It's not my cup of tea
It's all the same to me
For we are here today and gone tomorrow
(We are here today and...)
Nevertheless, make the most of it
Make the most of it
Nevertheless
Nevertheless
Nevertheless
Nevertheless
 
 
 

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Nine to Five Pollution Blues
 

Just left school, nice and clean
Power tool man machine
Steady job, nine to five
Wonder if I'm still alive
I'm completely bored
Nationally insured
Life is not so hard
When they stamp your card

9 to 5 pollution blues
Only got my soul to lose
Wish I didn't have to choose
Standing in a dead man's shoes

My armpits smell my breath is bad
I look like hell I feel so sad
Rotten fruit between my toes
In my suit I decompose
Standing on my own
My flesh comes off the bone
My boiled potato brain
Tells me that I'm sane

9 to 5 pollution blues
Only got my soul to lose
Wish I didn't have to choose
Standing in a dead man's shoes

Soon be old, when I die
Another mold, a new supply
See no future, no escape
Mother nature changing shape
The day that I was born
A number on a form
Said that I'd arrived
And must be utilized

9 to 5 pollution blues
Only got my soul to lose
Wish I didn't have to choose
Standing in a dead man's shoes
 
 
 

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No Matter Who You Vote For,
The Government Always Gets In (Innes/Stanshall)
 
Preside!
Hear, hear, hear!
Might I remind you...
Say it...
Order!
Might I remind you...
(Heigh ho!)
No!
Order!

Noises on the radio
Megaphones on cars
Sermons from the Street of Shame
Know-it-alls in bars
Posters in suburbia
Experts on t.v.
Don't let them disturb-i-ya
They're just the powers that be

Heigh ho!
Don't worry
Nobody can win
(Heigh ho! Heigh ho!)
No matter who you vote for, the government always gets in!

Heigh ho!
Oh, great, great slumbering nation
Awake! Set yourself free!
Oh, smell the comforting bacon
Taste the bromide tea
An' give a little chirrup as I ladle on the syrup
Promises are cheap
Let me bear your crosses
Make me Boss of Bosses
Then you go back to sleep! ha ha ha...

Heigh ho!
Don't worry
Pop your cross in the bin
(Heigh ho! Heigh ho!)
No matter who matter who you vote for, the Government always gets in!

Heigh ho!
Heigh ho!
Heigh ho!
Heigh ho!

Men have dreams of a finer place
Incorruptible Shangri-la
Women too have their Shangri-Las
Shangri-La la la!

See them in the public eye
Oozing oily charm
Hear them all personify
Down on Animal Farm oink oink moooo!!
Dog eat dog, not cock and bull
Isms are the game
Ism this and ism that
Ism it a shame?

Heigh ho!
Don't worry
Nobody can win
(Heigh ho! Heigh ho!)
No matter who you vote for, the Government always gets in
gobble gobble gobble

Heigh ho!
Don't worry
Pop your cross in the bin
(Heigh ho! Heigh ho!)
No matter who you vote for, the Government always gets in
(Heigh ho! Heigh ho!)
Don't worry
You know you can't win
(Heigh ho! Heigh ho!)
No matter who you vote for, the Government always gets in
(Heigh ho! Heigh ho!)
(Heigh ho!)
Pop your cross in the bin
(Heigh ho! Heigh ho!)
(Heigh ho!)
The Government always gets in
(Heigh ho! Heigh ho! Heigh ho!)
(Heigh ho!)
Pop your cross in the bin
(Heigh ho! Heigh ho!)
 
 
 

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Not Gettin' Any Younger
 

Time on my hands
Trouble on my mind
Feelin' low and one degree under
Not gettin' any younger
Living day to day
Guess I'm doin' fine
But I'm feelin' low and one degree under
Not gettin' any younger

Prices always goin' up
Buildings comin' down
Lots of decent crazy people
Live in my home town

Heavy in my heart
Got to draw the line
'Cause I'm feeling low and one degree under
Not gettin' any younger

Prices always goin' up
Buildings comin' down
Lots of decent crazy people
Live in my home town

Heavy in my heart
Got to draw the line
'Cause I'm feelin' low and one degree under
Not gettin' any
Younger
 
 
 

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Not The First Time
 

No this is not the first time
Or the last time we shall meet
It's hard to understand the circumstances
And so easy to be indiscreet
Of all the chances we are given
Which one can we take?
And after all the indecision
Do we have a choice to make?

I've seen it all before
The chaos and the lore
All we need is someone
To even up the score
Take away the day and take away the night
I'll show you a man who's looking for a fight
Ever wonder why so many break the rules ?
Ever had to try to understand fools?
In pursuit of pleasure there's many a decoy
And oh how we treasure the things we can enjoy

No this is not the first time
Or the last time we shall meet
It's hard to understand the circumstances
And so easy to be indiscreet
Of all the chances we are given
Which one can we take?
And after all the indecision
Do we have a choice to make?
Do we have a choice to make?
 
 

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Now Is The Time
 
 

What do you see?
What do you feel?
What's going on,?
You look around, where are you now?

Is this a dream?
Or is it real?
Time seems to fly
And yet be standing still somehow

No one, no one knows the time
No one, no one can be sure
No one, no one in this whole wide world
No one, no one knows the future

Now is the time
Don't ask me how
Forever more
The time is now

You're lost for words
Without a voice
You look around and yet there is no mystery

You see the past
You have no choice
For every moment of your life is history

No one, no one knows the time
No one, no one can be sure
No one, no one in this whole world
No one, no one knows the future

Now is the time
Don't ask me how
Forever more
The time is now
Now is the time
Don't ask me how
Forever more
The time is now
Now is the time
Don't ask me how
Forever more
The time is now
Now is the time...
 
 

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Now She's Left You
 

Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do
Now she's left you
Now she's left you, left you for another guy
Now she's left you, and you feel you wanna die
She's no longer by your side and your tears you cannot hide
Now she's left you, my friend, now she's left you

Now she's left you and you're feeling so alone
Now she's left you sat beside a telephone
That pulls at your heartstrings every time it rings
Now she's left you, my friend, now she's left you

Your love is up to date, my friend, today
Yesterday has gone and tomorrow's on its way

Now she's left you, and you don't know what to do
Now she's left you, go and find somebody new
You have my sympathy 'cause she did the same to me
Now she's left you, my friend, now she's left you
Now she's left you, my friend, now she's left you

Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do do laaaaaaaaaa!
 
 

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Number One
 

Number One, Number One
(Number One, Number One!)
You're my Number One
(You're my Number One!)
You're my second-to-none
(You're my second-to-none!)
Number One, Number One
(Number One, Number One, oooo!)

One and one make two
And I look after you
Number One, Number One
(Number One, Number One!)
You're my Number One
(You're my Number One, oooo!)

When I fell for you
I didn't need a shove
Now that we are two
It all adds up to love, to love!

Number One, Number One
(Number One, Number One!)
You're my Number One
(You're my Number One!)
You're my second-to-none
(You're my second-to-none!)
Number One, Number One
(Number One, Number One, oooo!)

One and one make two
And I look after you
Number One, Number One
(Number One, Number One!)
You're my Number One
(You're my Number One, oooo!)

My teacher couldn't teach me
I had no time for school
No one there could reach me
But baby, I'm no fool, no fool!

Number One, Number One
(Number One, Number One!)
You're my Number One
(You're my Number One!)
You're my second-to-none
(You're my second-to-none!)
Number One, Number One
(Number One, Number One, oooo!)

One and one make two
And I look after you
Number One, Number One
(Number One, Number One!)
You're my Number One
(You're my Number One, oooh!)

Aaaaaah
Aaaaaah
Aaaaaah
Aaaaaah
Number One!
 
 

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