James Cagney
Nik Kershaw

talk tougher than james cagney
act smarter than charlie chan
love longer than valentino
or you never will be a man

i saw him down at the drive-in saturday
a forty five to blow away anyone who happens to disagree
with such panache and style, he wins the game
when all the while, i'm sitting here thinking that it could be me

suddenly, in walks a criminologist
with too much knowledge to resist and plenty of answers
for the good at heart
no fear, no pain, no sweat, the teardrop on the serviette,
oh i could be a hero if i was that smart

silver cloud, silver tongue on a liver screen
with the sweetest of the sweet and meanest of the mean

talk tougher than james cagney
act smarter than charlie chan
love longer than valentino
or you never will be a man

back to the movies where
the lady, beset by his charms, falls faintly in the lovers arms
the fate of every watching woman in his hands
after the earth moves, musn't dwell, our hero bids a fond farewell
upon his trusty camel 'cross the desert sands

with the bad guys in a fix and the ladies in a spin
where does fantasy end and reality begin?

talk tougher than james cagney
act smarter than charlie chan
love longer than valentino
or you never will be a man

when you take up the sword and you fight the good fight
with your ego in the red and your dreams in black and white.

talk tougher than james cagney
act smarter than charlie chan
love longer than valentino
or you never will be a man
Nik Kershaw James Cagney


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  15 Minutes   All Is Fair   Already   Already There   Billy   Bogart   Burning At Both Ends   City of Angels   Cloak and Dagger   Cloak And Degger   Cowboys & Indians   Cowboys & Indians   Dancing Girl   Dancing Girls   Dark Glasses   Die Laughing   Don Quixote   Don't Ask Me   Don't Let Me Out Of My Cage   Drum Talk   Easy   Elisabeth's Eyes   Faces   Fiction   Find Me an Angel   Get Up   God Bless   Gone to Pieces   Gone To Pieces (3:10)   Have a Nice Life   Hello World   How Sad   Human Racing   I Wanna Change the Score   I won't let the sun go down on me   I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me ('98 Remix)   Jane Doe   Know How   L.A.B.A.T.Y.D.   Lady On The Phone   Life Goes On   Made in Heaven   Monkey Business   Nobody Knows   Nobody Knows [DVD]   One Day   One Step Ahead   One World   Progress   Radio Musicola   Radio Musicola [DVD]   Riddle   Roses   Running Scared   Save The Whale   Save The Whale (5:57)   Shame on You   She Cries   Shine On   Show Them What You're Made Of   So Quiet   Somebody Loves You   Sometimes   Stick Around   Take Me to the Church   Take My Place   The Riddle   The Riddle [Album Version]   The Sky's The Limit   Violet to Blue   Walkabout   What Do You Think of It So Far?   What The Papers Say   Whatr Do You Think Of It So Far   When a Heart Beats   Wide Boy   Wild Boy   Wild Horses   Would'nt It Be Good   Wouldn't It Be Good   Wouldn't It Be Good (4:30)   Wounded   Wounded Knee   You Might   Your Brave Face

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