July 13th 1985

Lyrics

[Intro] I'm gonna do a song now about— I'm gonna do a song now about something that happened On July the 13th 1985 I also, no I dedicate this to the, to Mr. Liberal X Who uh, who uh videotaped Live Aid So he could watch the edited highlights at Christmas Didn't have to feel guilty about not giving money Here we go [Chorus] Well July the 13th 1985 Was the day we watched Live Aid The global jukebox came alive And we fed the world that day We fed the world that day [Verse 1] It was a day for a party We made a lot of food and we ate it sure as hell Vegetarian salads they had no meat There was leftovers as well Everybody laughed when I said Thinking of the people either dying or dead Let's pick up the leftovers And send them to the starving children in Ethiopia (My mother used to say that) Sure I was pleased to give money 'Cause it was not a political cause, no I just remember the smiling faces The music and the applause I spent thirty quid on coke I smoked a little too much dope, yeah I was wiped out from five till seven I missed Spandau Ballet and U2, whoa [Chorus] It was July the 13th 1985 Was the day we watched Live Aid The global jukebox came alive And we fed the world that day Yeah we fed the world that day What about the music? Oh yeah [Verse 2] The music was fucking brilliant And that Madonna she sure can move By the time Paul McCartney's microphone had failed, yeah We were all well into the Live Aid groove, yeah Paul McCartney he sang Well it must have been a bit of an irony Because if you "Let It Be" nothing will ever improve, but It was one of the first times I ever heard one of the real Beatles singing a real Beatles' song live on the television, I really wish that Julian Lennon had turned up instead of his recently dead father I was really moved [Chorus] It was July the 13th 1985 Was the day we watched Live Aid The global pukebox came alive And we fed the world that day Yeah we fed the world that day [Bridge] Well the powerful force of pop music Solved the problems feed the world So what if there weren't any blacks involved There was Everything But The Girl Bob Geldof has no ego That man should get the Nobel Prize By the time he sang the solo on "Feed the World" I thought he should be canonized [Verse 3] I felt guilty about the starving but I felt good to be alive And I must admit I shed a tear or two In the very moving video for that great Cars song Drive Saint Bob made me feel like shit So I got out an envelope, opened it Put in a very crisp ten pound note It was the same one I used earlier to snort my coke And that made me feel good inside Sending the money, not snorting the coke [Chorus] It was July the 13th 1985 Was the day we watched Live Aid The global jukebox came alive And we fed the world that day I personally with my own ten pound note Which I used to snort all that coke Fed the world that day, as on the day [Outro] But you can't go on As if nothing's wrong Who's gonna take you home? Oh, that's very harsh (Sing it, sing it!) That's very harsh Who's gonna drive you home (Sing it!) Tonight? Thanks!