A Long Way from Home Kinks

You've come a long way from the runny-nosed and scruffy kid I knew You had such good ways I can remember the little things that always made you smile They made you happy Now you think you're wiser

A Long Way From Home The Kinks

You've come a long way from the runny-nosed and scruffy kid I knew You had such good ways I can remember the little things that always made you smile They made you happy Now you think you're wiser

Long Distance The Kinks

Spent last winter playing in the sand With the prisoners of the motherland Damn hotel is feeling like a cell And even paradise can be so cruel Sitting by the swimming pool Trying to keep my head

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

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

Waterloo Sunset Kinks

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night People so busy, make me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I don\'t feel afraid As long as I gaze at Waterloo sunset I am

Doing The Best For You The Kinks

You can blame it on the government, The unions, They use you all you life, You can take system and make believe it will be alright, They've taken the spirit of your life, And given you a machine

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

The Million-Pound-Semi-Detached The Kinks

Haven't we come a long way From newly-weds in our bed-sitter flat? We skimped and scraped every penny For a down payment on our semi-detached.

Kinks Shirt Matt Nathanson

she walks The way she talks Can't stop thinking About the girl in the kinks shirt Take me home San Francisco Can't stop thinking about the girl in the kinks shirt You and my imagination You and my imagination

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

So Long The Kinks

So long, so long Now I'm on my way So long, so long See you all some day Don't know where I'm heading for Turn my back and walk away Don't think about what's left behind Otherwise Think about

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

Is This the Only Way The Kinks

Chorus: Is this the only way, For the wheel keeps turning, Is there no other way, Ooh, heart is yearning.

Things Are Getting Better (Bonus Track) Kinks

Well I worked for a week and I got no pay. (Things getting better.) Well my baby's coming back home to stay (Things getting better.)

Lincoln County The Kinks

I've gotta get a train, take me back home again, See my daddy, momma wants to see me too.

Louie Louie (Bonus Track) Kinks

I SAID A LOUIE LOUIE, OH BABY, SAID A WE GOTTA GO. A FINE LITTLE GIRL SHE WAITS FOR ME.

Ballad of Julie Finkle The Kinks

I first met Julie a long time ago, staring up at me from the front row She had a timeless glow, she was the image of youth that never grows old or gets long in the tooth And who would think after

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

Denmark Street The 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

Art Lover The Kinks

I'm not a flasher in a rain coat, I'm not a dirty old man, I'm not gonna snatch you from your mother, I'm an art lover. Come to daddy, Ah, come to daddy, Come to daddy.

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

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

Got Love If You Want It The Kinks

I love you little woman I love you little woman The way your hair hang down The way your hair hang down But you mistreating baby, yeah You been a long town You been a long town Got love if you

I Took My Baby Home Kinks

Well I took my baby home She said don't you leave me alone She kissed me on the cheek and I moaned I said I wo-wo-wo-wo-won't Well, she said, baby I know what's best She said I could do with

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

Do You Remember Walter? The Kinks

Walter, isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed? Do you remember, Walter, playing cricket in the thunder and the rain?

Do You Remember Walter The Kinks

Walter, isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed? Do you remember, Walter, playing cricket in the thunder and the rain?

Animal Farm The 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

Babies The Kinks

Babies being born every day In a world where there's so much to discover All the babies crying out from the womb Not much room, can I come out mother? Mama, can you hear me call?

Strangers Kinks

Where are you going I don't mind I've killed my world and I've killed my time So where do I go what do I see I see many people coming after me So where are you going to I don't mind If I live too long

Good Day The Kinks

The sun is out but the room is so grey, So much confusion headed my way. Get positive, try to be gay. News of the world, tea and biscuits in bed. The headlines said that Diana is dead.

Still Searching The Kinks

I'm a drifter who has lost his way And I'm still searching for my dream A wandering nomad with no home to stay Just like a gypsy or a refugee Lookin' at another sign for another town Wondering if

Yo - Yo The Kinks

One for the office, And one that they take home to their wives. He sits in the armchair, watching channel 4, With his brains not expected home for an hour or more.

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

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

Banana Boat Song The Kinks

Day-oh, Day-oh Daylight come and I wanna go home Day-oh, Day-oh Daylight come and I wanna go home Workin' on banana boat all day long Daylight come and I wanna go home Six boat, seven boat, eight

Second-Hand Car Spiv The Kinks

So I worked my way up to be a second-hand car spiv, But don't judge me harshly because I'm just a slum kid.

It's Alright (Bonus Track) Kinks

I gotta wings I'm gonna fly I'm going home And I know why To see my baby That's enough I'm going home It's all right It's all right, yeah It's all right, yeah It's all right, yeah

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

You Don't Know My Name The Kinks

I've been travelling on this road I get the feeling its getting on I keep moving on I keep rolling on But does anybody know my name Travelling oh so long I get the feeling thats something's wrong I keep

Americana The Kinks

Yeah I found myself in the back of a big Ford Thunderbird with a slick-looking dude He looked like a punk from a B-movie, the sort of punk that would piss everybody off until Lee Marvin put a bullet

Gotta Get The First Plane Home The Kinks

I won't stay around with you my friend My life's been empty since I went Since I went away from home I'm sick and tired of being alone There's nothing left for me to do So I gotta get the first

Phobia Kinks

Everybody got something hidden In a darkness deep inside Everybody gotta fatal flaw Everybody got something to hide Take a look into my eyes See the fear and silent cries - phobia Deep inside

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

The Way Love Used To Be The Kinks

I know a place not far from here It's not far away, love, but if you come I know a place where we'll be alone And we'll talk of life, the way love used to be I know a place not far away And we'll

Repetition The Kinks

You get up in the morning And every single day Is just a repetition It's always been that way You live alone inside your head Incommunicado, in the land of living dead Each day's a repetition

Wicked Annabella Kinks

In a dark and misty 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

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

Hot Potatoes The Kinks

My baby woke me up this mornin' She said get down that labour exchange, And if you don't come home with a job son, You'll get no dinner to-day. You gotta secure me a weekly workin' wage.