Biography:
The Tiger Lillies are a three-piece band, formed in 1989 by singer-songwriter Martyn Jacques and based in London.
Currently Martyn Jacques, Adrian Stout, Adrian Huge (Past member Phil Butcher)
Their surreal style has been described as dark, darkly humorous, strangely humorous, Brechtian, and gypsy cabaret. They are also notorious for singing controversial songs involving bestiality, prostitution and blasphemy.
The Tiger Lillies were originally buskers, playing songs about the criminals, pimps and whores of Soho, London, England.
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- Overtime
- Start A Fire
- Abort The Child
- Alone With The Moon
- Angel
- Bad
- Bank Robber Blues
- Beat Me
- Billys Blues
- Boatman
- Brick In The Wall
- Cancer
- Cheapest Show
- Circus Clown
- Clown
- Crack Of Doom
- Crude
- Deathless Man
- Deranged
- Drowning Girl Bertolt Brecht
- Fisheads
- Freakshow
- Getting Old
- Gonorrhoea
- Gouge My Eyes Out
- Hamsters
- Heaven To Hell
- Hell
- Heroin And Cocaine
- In Love With The Moon
- Interfered With
- Jackies Bar
- Kick A Baby
- Kick A Stick
- Lager Lout
- Maxwell
- Mountains Of Madness
- Mummy
- Murder
- Nightingale
- No Ones Clown
- Old Gracefully
- Picadilly Lilly
- Piss On Your Grave
- Pretty Little Arms
- Pretty Soon
- Punch Judy
- Rapist
- Roll Up
- Rue Dauseil
- Russians
- Same Old Story
- Sick
- Silors
- Snip Snip
- Soho News
- Souvenirs
- Swing Em High
- Terrible
- Tiger Lillie Line
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- Whore
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Tiger Lillie - Soho news
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Skinheads in the doorway
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Get their heads kicked in
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Full of drugs and racism
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Now it’s getting grim
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A clip joint bouncer
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Beats them to a pulp
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And leaves them in the gutter
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On their blood to gulp
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That’s the news
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Soho’s news
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Well Jimmy my slum landlord
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Comes round for the rent
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Well Jackie who he pimps for
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Her money he has spent
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Well there’s junkies in the toilet
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And the front door’s been kicked down
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Mr rent boy neighbours
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Well they go up and down
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That’s the news
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The news
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Well a man from a northern town
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He goes steaming in
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Someone stole his sixty pounds
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So now he does him in
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Well a piano bar bouncer
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Goes to the person’s defence
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Stealing money for his fix
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Well that was the offence
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That’s the news
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That’s the news
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That’s the news
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The Soho news
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Up the road a clipper
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Gets stabbed through the heart
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She tried to rip off a psychopath
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And now pays for her art
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I saw her standing in the rain
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On a Sunday afternoon
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I looked into her eyes
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And I knew that she was doomed
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That’s the news
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The news
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The Soho news
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Am
Skinheads in the doorway
Am
Get their heads kicked in
Am
Full of drugs and racism
Am
Now it’s getting grim
Dm
A clip joint bouncer
Dm
Beats them to a pulp
Am
And leaves them in the gutter
Am
On their blood to gulp
E
That’s the news
Am
Soho’s news
Am
Well Jimmy my slum landlord
Am
Comes round for the rent
Am
Well Jackie who he pimps for
Am
Her money he has spent
Dm
Well there’s junkies in the toilet
Dm
And the front door’s been kicked down
Am
Mr rent boy neighbours
Am
Well they go up and down
E
That’s the news
E
The news
Am
Well a man from a northern town
Am
He goes steaming in
Am
Someone stole his sixty pounds
Am
So now he does him in
Dm
Well a piano bar bouncer
Dm
Goes to the person’s defence
Am
Stealing money for his fix
Am
Well that was the offence
E
That’s the news
E
That’s the news
E
That’s the news
Am
The Soho news
Am
Up the road a clipper
Am
Gets stabbed through the heart
Am
She tried to rip off a psychopath
Am
And now pays for her art
Dm
I saw her standing in the rain
Dm
On a Sunday afternoon
Am
I looked into her eyes
Am
And I knew that she was doomed
E
That’s the news
E
The news
Am
The Soho news
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