The Astronauts - Behave Yourself
From '' It's All Done By Mirrors ''
Label: All The Madmen Records -- MAD 5
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Tracklist
Extrovert
A1 Seagull Mania
A2 New Dixieland Blues
A3 Blood
A4 Gold At The Top
A5 Typically English Day
A6 Behave Yourself
Introvert
B1 Fatigue
B2 Gothic Rooms
B3 Day To Day
B4 Latin And Greek
B5 It's All Done By Mirrors
Recorded At -- Crypt Studios
Vocals, Music By, Lyrics By -- Mark Astronaut (Mark Wilkins)
Guitar -- Bob Green (tracks: A2, A4, A6), Julian (tracks: B2, B3, B4, B5), Matt (tracks: B4, B2, B3, B5), Phil (tracks: B2, B3, B4, B5), Stuart Pearson (tracks: A1, A3, A5)
Drums -- Ian Cowley (tracks: A2, A4, A6), Paul Walker (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2, B3, B4, B5)
Bass -- Max (tracks: A2, A4, A6), Tom (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2, B3, B4, B5)
Keyboards -- Gordon Walker (tracks: A2, A4, A6
Violin -- Tim Nixon (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2, B3, B4, B5)
Saxophone -- Lol Coxhill (tracks: A2, A4, A6)
Backing Vocals -- Alan Cowley (track: B1)
Engineer -- George Peckham
Producer -- The Astronauts
Artwork By -- Brian McDermott, Simon Jacobs
The Album has been re-released in 1995 by the Greek 'Lazy Dog Records' (LZD 805).
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Lyrics
The sun beats down on the wills of the oppressors
They never learn, they just keep you under thumb
And you behave yourself
They say if you want to go out late tomorrow
Don't go out tonight until your homework's done
And you behave yourself
When you behave yourself the day seems so much longer
Don't behave yourself it won't do you any good
When you behave yourself you don't get up much stronger
Don't behave yourself I know you'd break out if you could
Now the people that seem to rule your lives forever will one day be gone,
So you had better be prepared
And you behave yourself
You may wake up one bright and sunny morning
And you will have found that it's caught you unawares
And you behave yourself
When you behave yourself it get so bloody boring
Don't behave yourself it will drive you round the twist
When you behave yourself you spend the whole day snoring
Don't behave yourself and you'll have better times than this
So the sun beats down on the wills of the oppressors
But they never learn, they just keep you on the run
And you behave yourself
And all the time you sit around stagnating
You could be outside and having better fun
Don't you behave yourself
But when you behave yourself you only live in sorrow
Don't behave yourself it'll only bring you down
When you behave yourself you're waiting for tomorrow
Don't behave yourself and tonight we take the town.