The Man They Love To Hate-The Stranglers

[ti:The Man They Love To Hate] [ar:The Stranglers] [al:BBC Archives The Stranglers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Man They Love To Hate - The Stranglers [00:30.79]Written by：Dave Greenfield/Hugh Cornwell/Jean/Jacques Burnell/Jet Black [01:01.59]They woke to grey english morning [01:03.38]And to a strange honeymoon [01:05.60] [01:06.76]The girl who gave him all her love [01:08.74]And the man who said it still wouldn't do [01:10.95] [01:12.49]His parents always worked hard [01:14.58] [01:15.14]Never went to bed late [01:17.06] [01:17.69]Though they were god's own people [01:19.41]They're still the ones he loves to hate [01:22.39] [01:34.31]He never wanted to [01:36.69] [01:37.50]Suffer this fate [01:38.96] [01:39.55]All the girls have fallen for [01:42.18]The man they love to hate [01:44.34] [02:23.71]The city is an animal [02:25.07] [02:25.97]It snores and by day it roars [02:28.69]And though he loved to hate it [02:30.62]He couldn't live without it's flaws [02:33.59] [02:34.64]With pastel curtains moaning [02:36.52]At a thousand harsh words then hush [02:39.31] [02:39.89]The girl she wanted to leave [02:41.55]Because she loved the man too much [02:44.44] [02:56.61]He never wanted to [02:58.91] [02:59.46]Suffer this fate [03:01.20] [03:02.06]All the girls have fallen for [03:04.41]The man they love to hate [03:06.64] [03:12.97]His father was a fighter [03:14.68]And he practised on his son [03:17.21] [03:18.47]His mother was just some furniture [03:20.70]Who'd lost the will to run [03:22.82] [03:24.35]The girl she wrote him a farewell note [03:26.26]And though he probably didn'y care too much [03:28.66] [03:29.37]The girl she finally left him [03:31.27]Because she loved the man too much