The Wildhearts

Hey guys, long time lurker, first time poster..

Just a little request, my band is covering Red Light, Green Light and the lyrics scattered around the internet are generally shite. Anyone got what they deem to be a definative copy?

Cheers

I'm not going to claim definitive, but probably not far off :

Red light – Green light

Red light, you're lonely, and nobody cares

I'm tired of hanging round,
I'm tired of this old town
I'm tired of all of your familiar ways
I want to take a trip, get on a rocket ship
I'll be a satellite of forty days
I’ll take a pack of paracetamol,
Then I can wait ‘til I don’t feel at all
Or I can take some time,
Get a grip on my mind
Take a walk outside,
Maybe just keep walking at a…

Red light-green light, stuck in a hole,
Just might stay tight, I don't wanna know
Red light-green light, stuck in a hole with you
Ain’t there nothing you can do, you got a
Red light-green light, stuck in a hole,
Just might stay tight, I don't wanna know
Red light-green light, stuck in a hole with you
It's nothing new

I got a grin to grin, I got a war to win
While all the monkeys throw their weight around
Don't want to share your cup,
Don't want to beat you up,
I'd rather wait a while and beat you down
I put a CD in my stereo,
Instead of taking the needle
And I can pour right in, with a-patience I'll win
'Cos in an ideal world
There'll be no time for ideals, got a...

Red light-green light, stuck in a hole,
Just might stay tight, I don't wanna know
Red light-green light, get stuck in a hole with you
Ain’t there nothing you can do, you got a
Red light-green light, stuck in a hole,
Just might stay tight, I don't wanna know
Red light-green light, get stuck in a hole with you
Yeeeah!

Took a bit of time to see, I like being me (Yeah!)

So put the clan (yeah) in shock, (yeah)
Get the feelings (yeah) unlocked (yeah)
Get your wagon (move) to a check in
And it's adios amigos, got a...

Red light-green light, stuck in a hole,
Just might stay tight, I don't wanna know
Red light-green light, get stuck in a hole with you
Ain’t there nothing you can do, you got a
Red light-green light, stuck in a hole,
Just might stay tight, I don't wanna know
Red light-green light, get stuck in a hole with you
Stuck in a hole with you

Ha! Thanks for that Ean, never could work out the first line of the second verse.
So when my band used to cover it I'd sing:

"I gotta get a grip, I gotta walnut whip"!

Me too (sort of), 'til someone asked Ginger what the line was:

Q - Please settle an argument - what are you singing on the second verse of 'Red Light...' - sounds like something about a walnut whip?
Tracy Wharrier

A - "I wanna take a trip, get on a rocket ship", maybe? Or is it "I got a grin to grin, I got a war to win"?

Thanks Ean, thats cleared a few things up

Me and my 'acoustic duo' used to do a cover of red light green light...it didn't work out so well/i could never remember the words!

Now we just stick to our version of Inside Out of the SG5 album...

still sounds like walnut whip to me!