Willows weep, the pillows they do sleep
Home sweet home, to each his own
I always say
He's a man of few words
A bundle of nerves, wait and see
And while his mind works best in darkness
Coming up from behind
The frightened keep on running
While he just hangs around
Home sweet home
To each his own I always say
Martin tries to use his eyes in every way
Help ease the situation
He's happy with what he's got
The kid with his candy, finger painting and blocks
In pitch black he's taking action
What is the cause?
Then came the applause
It was a cold and windy afternoon and through the tumbling clouds you
could see the moon, all the mums and dads had come to see the things
their kiddies had done; and out jumped Martin dressed to his tens in the
Campbells tartan.All eyes watched him, skipping and dancing, everyone
laughed but Martin was deaf and couldn't hear a thing, he just kept
dancing the highland fling.
Now he's proud of his efforts
That young lad Martin
From the local kindergarten
Home sweet home to each his own
I always say
Martin tries to use his eyes in every way
Home sweet home to each his own
I always say
Holy smoke good God almighty
Vandals, murderer and thieves
I just woke up with the strangest feeling
there's someone here with me
Feel my heart
The fear of God written in my face
In the dark
Over there by the fireplace
The shadows fall much too close for comfort
Here all night the sun deserts you
Dark skies overhead
Candles lit and measures taken
Brave new worlds we tread
Feel my heart
The fear of God written in my face
In the dark
Over there by the fireplace
The shadows fall much too close for comfort
It's all I can do to keep from running away
Get me out of this place
Too young to lose
I've been sleeping with one eye open too long
Feel my heart
The fear of God written in my face
In the dark
Over there by the fireplace
History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
Don't say the words you might regret
I've lost before you know I can't forget
There was a girl I used to know
She dealt my love a savage blow
I was so young, too blind to see
But anyway that's History
I say history never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
Don't say the words you might regret
I've lost before you know I can't forget
You say I always played the fool
I can't go on if that's the rule
Better to jump than hesitate
I need a change and I can't wait
History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
And there's a light shining in the dark
Leading me on towards a change of heart
History never repeats
History never repeats
Deep in the night, it's all so clear
I lie awake with great ideas
Lurking about in no-man's land
I think at last I understand
History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
And there's a light shining in the dark
Leading me on towards a change of heart
Never repeats
Never repeats
Never repeats
No we're going asian(?) in Abu Dhabi
There's men from every nation if(?) Abu Dhabi
Blow your whistle, bang on a gong
The price of oil goes up before long
They'll be getting rich and getting strong
?... together we'll fly concorde
?... all aboard
You want to go first class, you better save at last
Get to the Abu Dhabi
You want a mansion in Beverly Hills
You want a wedding with all the frills
You want daddy to pay, you better tell him today
Get to the Abu Dhabi
There's...cheek in our cheek
Trust your leaders, business men
Pass the lira, the lira and yen
The Abu Dhabi, Dhabi's here again
Fly(?) together we'll fly concorde
?... all aboard
You want to go first class, you better save at last
Get to the Abu Dhabi
You want a mansion in Beverly Hills
You want a wedding with all the frills
You want daddy to pay, you better tell him today
Get to the Abu Dhabi
.?. dum-te-dum(?) .?.
Fly(?) together, we'll fly concorde
?... all aboard
You want to go first class, you better save at last
Get to the Abu Dhabi
You want a mansion in Beverly Hills
You want a wedding with all the frills
You want daddy to pay, you better tell him today
Pale as the sunrise and cold as the moonlight
She suddenly glides into view
Echoing footsteps
Meandering laughter it's you, ooh
Every whisper reveals a dark secret
Her first and last love was untrue
And behind the makeup are the scars of a breakup
You can see it right through
The ghost girl
Don't get too close boy, to the ghost girl
She's already started haunting you
Utter dispair has a fatal attraction
When clothed in a shimmering gown
But don't take up where her assassin left off
Or you'll be let down by the ghost girl
Don't get too close boy, to the ghost girl
She's already started haunting you
She spooks me, woh, the ghost girl
Come to me, woh, the ghost girl
In the middle of the night, woh, the ghost girl
She spooks me, woh, woh, woh
Ghost girl
Don't get too close boy, to the ghost girl
She's already started haunting you
Ghost girl
Don't get too close boy, to the ghost girl
She's already started haunting you
Ghost girl (repeat til fade)
Albert of India (E.Rayner)
(spoken)
The frenzy never satisfies
It doesn't help you socialize
And seldom will it instigate a riot
It's not a dance or a teenage craze
But if you're lost in a mental maze
The frenzy will erase the haze
Now try it
Move to the Frenzy
Everybody lose control
Move to the Frenzy
It's for the young and the old
Move to the Frenzy
Where's it all going to end
Move to the Frenzy
We're outside the times
Seen the break of day
My parents beat me cos I laughed
Or something like that
For nights on end
You've been my friend
I've turned the lights on just for you
For you, for you, just for you
Blueboys on the stage
Yes he's quite the rage
His parents loved his blue eyes
He knows where it's at
People think he's queer
But to be quite fair
You know he does it just for you
For you, for you, just for you
You laugh so easily, but I can see what's it like to be
They kicked your eyes in at four
When they shut the door
Playing out masquerade
Even soldiers on parade
The game they play is just for you
For you, for you, just for you
Took me by surprise, left me standing there
The cold winds blew while you watched Fred Astaire
He was dancing all alone, up the stairs
Dancing all alone, up the stairs
Took me by surprise, left me standing there
The cold winds blew while you watched Fred Astaire
He was dancing all alone, up the stairs
Dancing all alone, up the stairs
We're outside the times
Seen the break of day
My parents beat me cos I laughed
They must of done it just for me
Just for me
I see cuts and bruises
Broken bones, burnt fingers
We're savage to each other
We bear the scars of anger
Doctor love call doctor love, doctor love
Doctor Love will fix it
Whatever is your ailment
Whatever is you sickness
Doctor Love will fix it
We're going down down down down...
Shout, but we don't hear a sound
I'm always falling over
Or having some collision
I cannot use a hammer
All I can do is sing
The doctor love familiar
Someone we've met before
She'll cure the curses of ages
Smash the monumental door
We're going down down down down...
Shout, but we don't hear a sound
I'd say you need a friend
Someone to tell the truth
I'd say you don't look too well
The Doctor could be good for you
Doctor Love will fix it
Whatever is your ailment
Whatever is your sickness
Hiding in the wings forever
We'll take the stage, cos it's now or never
And the whole thing reeks of cheap striptease
The matinee idylls they all fall to their knees
It's not all first nights at all
There's nothing more dull than a curtain call
`get on with it'
Playing Romeo, you make your debut (yes you do)
Rose red cheeks but your face is all blue
It's not all bouquets & white crayons
They're going to laugh when you look down
I'm going to ask you if you want to be a chorus boy
You can mime the tragedy while we all sing along
But it's
It's not all first nights at all
There's nothing more dull than a curtain call
Come my girl, you could cure almost anything
Take this man, use your power give him energy
Pick me up, stop me feeling sorry for myself
There are times, when almost everybody needs some help
cause I've been breakin' my back
with the weight of it all, and
and I've been breakin' my back
If I am strong, why do I falter?
Scratch my back and tickle my toes
Sing the song that we all know
Watch my mind become a desert where nothing grows
And I've been breakin' my back
with the weight of it all
yes, I've been breakin' my back
But I aint' giving it up
I ain't letting it go
but it's been breakin' my back
Stay with me
A fool aspires
To raise himself
Out of the mire
I've been breakin' my back
And I been breakin' up too
Yes I'm a pain in the neck
But I can only improve
And I been breaking my back...
And I been breaking my back
Baby, baby, baby please help me(?)
Take me in your arms
..?..
Make a move, get off your spine
Shake your leg, toe the line
Mum's the word, the doctor said
Try your hand at this instead
Standing fast as bold as brass
Holding on until the last
Call the tune and play it all day long
There's a song that's just begun
Strikes a chord in everyone
It's the decent thing to do your best
Risk you take when on the make
Is falling down upon the ground
That's the breaks, a bone or two
Bring's it home, it's up to you
Standing fast as bold as brass
Holding on until the last
Call the tune and play it all day long
There's a song that's just begun
Strikes a chord in everyone
It's the decent thing to do your best
They're gonna move my spine
Make a move, get off your spine
Shake your leg, tow the line
Mum's the word, the doctor said
Try your hand at this instead
Standing fast as bold as brass
Holding on until the last
Call the tune and play it all day long
There's a song that's just begun
Strikes a chord in everyone
It's the decent thing to do your best
la-de-da-da-da-de-dah
la-de-da-da-da-de-dah
la-de-da-da-da-de-dah-la-da
la-de-da-da-da-de-dah
la-de-da-da-da-de-dah
Betty was a working girl
Living in the bottom half of the world
Saving up for Friday night
Dancing underneath the lights
She would whirl
Dance come on Betty sing
Come on Betty fly by night
Every man she meets appears to like her
Then they whisper "You coming outside?"
Leaning up against the fence
Breathing hard and trying hard not to cry
Who loves you Betty
Always something standing in your way
You better get out Betty babe
Who loves you Betty
Always someone looking the other way
You better get out Betty babe
Always someone left behind
The crippled boy the last in line
The lost soul
Love today is bought and sold
Betty wants the love of days gone old
Prim, proper little miss
Gimme a little kiss, don't fuss
Who loves you Betty
Always something standing in your way
You better get out Betty babe
Who loves you Betty
Always someone looking the other way
She got body she got soul
I'm torn apart without her
I'm gonna trust her with my future
I'm gonna keep a tight rein on her heart
She's one of the few things I feel part of
I know it's true
I'll never leave I'll never say goodbye
I'll always be a man of means
as long as I'm by her side
I learn a lot when she's around
She's got so much to give
If you can say you live and learn
You're learning how to live
I learn a lot when she's around
She's got so much to give
If you can say you live and learn
You're learning how to live
Nobody told me that a woman
She can lead a man from ruin
Well she pulled me back
And I'm coming back for more, for sure
No time to make careful decisions
She might be an apparition
Now the panic's on and I'm not an honest man
If I don't say
I learn a lot when she's around
She's got so much to give
If you can say you live and learn
You're learning how to live
Alright I know it's all been said
So many times before
But I don't care
I'm gonna sing it to you just once more
I learn a lot when she's around
She's got so much to give
If you can say you live and learn
Love's got teeth and she bites so hard
Leaving you for dead like a deadly shark
And she doesn't leave a lot to be saved
I was swimming in the harbor of your smile
Splashing in the ocean like a child
I didn't know what dangers lurked there just beyond the waves
Shark attack
Well she chewed me up and she spat me out
I didn't want to meet a man eater
Shark attack
Please don't mess around with me
I'm a shark fatality, in the sea, I'm the one with the bleeding heart
I thought you were a real lifesaver
And life for once would do me a favor
But baby's just a butcher and her teeth are razor sharp
Shark attack
Yeah she chewed me up and she spat me out
I didn't want to meet a man eater
Shark attack
And I'm lost at sea and I'm an amputee
And there was slaughter in the water when I fought her
Shark attack, hey, hey, hey, hey
Shark attack
Well she doubled me up and she dribbled me out
Didn't want to meet a man eater
Shark attack
Now I'm lost at sea and I'm an amputee
And there was slaughter in the water when I fought her
Shark attack, shark attack, shark attack
I wanna leave here
I wanna get to hell away
My body's frozen and in my head
The pain is here to stay
I gotta get going before I cause an accident
The wind is blowing, the summer's gone
And I can't pay the rent
Debt collectors
Slap dash noisy children
Who's gonna be there when the going gets rough
Ooh I wonder
We're semi-detached and we'll burn like matchsticks
Will be wonderful
I wanna fire
I wanna brimstone baptism
Got no illusion, friction or fusion
Time has come
In my garden
Cats entreat me, spare us
But as for people
They're semi-detached, aren't they
So I can't be sure
I think I heard a neighbour say
He'll amount to nothing, he's pathetic
Who's gonna be there when the going gets rough
Ooh I wonder
We're semi-detached and we'll burn like matchsticks
My love is alien, I picked her up by chance
She speaks to me, with ultra-high frequencies
Radio band of gold
Gonna listen til I grow old
Oo hoo hoo
what more can a poor boy do? Oo hoo hoo
what more can a poor boy do? Oo hoo hoo hoo
The crackle of the radio
A message in the evening sky
You're looking at an interplanetary Romeo
I'll never see her face
between us there's too much space
Oo hoo hoo
what more can a poor boy do? Oo hoo hoo
what more can a poor boy do? Oo hoo hoo hoo... yeah?!
Keep losing you...Ooh hoo hoo
what more can a poor boy do? Ooh hoo hoo...
what more can a poor boy do? Ooh hoo hoo...
What more, what more...
What more, what more
I been licking my wounds
Sick of holding my tongue
I been sweating my way up those blue hills
Now I'm taking the plunge
I been stealing my nerves
And I'm breaking a lot of wishbones
Hope I'm displaying manly virtue
Hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew
Oh wouldn't it be nice to know?
Oh wouldn't it be nice to know?
I been speaking out of turn
Feel invincible behind that silver fern
And I'm full of a bittersweet anger
Sick of meaningful dialogue
I been playing the high and mighty
Now I'm trying to act my age
I been making up for lost time
Hope I'm cooking my goose for the very last time
Oh wouldn't it be nice to know?
Oh wouldn't it be nice to know?
Oh wouldn't it be nice to know?
Oh wouldn't it be nice to know?
It would be nice to know
It would be nice to know
It would be nice to know
Would be nice to know
I been licking my wounds
Sick of holding my tongue
I been sweating my way up those blue hills
Now I'm taking the plunge
I been stealing my nerves
And I'm breaking a lot of wishbones
Hope I'm displaying manly virtue
Hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew
Wouldn't it be nice to know?
Oh wouldn't it be nice to know?
Oh wouldn't it be nice to know?
Let's go walking around the block
Well you never know who you might meet
Every neighbourhood has a spot
There's a likelihood of a treat
It's a non-stop action world
Never ceases to amaze me
Insect singing up in the tree,
Makes a mockery of my voice
Hippopotamus in the mud
Nips my arrogance in the bud
A little goes a long way
It pays to sell yourself
Let's get into the swing of things
Discontinue the downward trend
Put an end to our ennui
Never ceases to amaze me
Just when everything's going great
Something happens to break the spell
The unpredictable finger of fate
Puts the turtle back in his shell
It's a rough and tumble world
Never ceases to amaze me
Up on the high trapeze the artist flies
With a sense of daring
On a natural high
Never ceases to amaze me
Loneliness is a locked up heart away
so you make an effort and ignore the risk
Never ceases to amaze me
I went out to see if I could fall in love again,
That was my mistake.
That was my mistake.
I went out to see if I could raise a laugh again
That was my mistake.
That was my mistake.
When all I needed was a friend,
To make me stop and think again,
Pull me up and pull me through,
Tally ho! Your health my dear.
I went out to see if I could live for a couple of days.
That was my mistake.
That was my mistake.
One by one I counted all those happiest of days.
Yeah, that was my mistake.
Why, that was my mistake.
What's gone is gone, sweet memories,
Don't let them get the best of me,
No more lost in history,
No more lost for love.
When all I needed was a friend,
To make me stop and think again,
The call to arms is loud and clear,
Tally ho! Your health my dear.
I went out to see if I could fall in love again,
Now, that was my mistake.
Why, that was my mistake.
One by one I counted all those happiest of days
Yeah, that was my mistake.
That was my mistake.
That was my mistake.
Home to sweet home, it just occurred to me
To be on my own, in search of bitter treats
I get so removed but you never notice it
Step in my shoes, you'll see that I don't fit
I walk home, the wrong way, hoping I'll go astray
I'd like to be a missing person
Eyes open wide, but all I see is black
You thought I was alright just wait till you get back
There'll be no one home and they'll stay up all night
Everyone I know, I'm wishing you goodnight
I walk home, the wrong way, hoping I'll go astray
I'd like to be a missing person
I wander the highways, asleep in your doorways
I'm wanted but I'm a missing person
Missing person, missing person
And I fly by night, fighting to get away
On the neon lights I slip down alley ways
Only safe and sound when silence brings a chill
Now my back is turned, I know I can't stand still
I walk home the wrong way, this time I'll go astray
I like to be a missing person
I wander the highways, asleep in your doorways
I'm wanted, I'm a missing person
Pain puts you at a disadvantage
It's inconvenient
Don't let your body betray you
With this physical torment
It's mind over matter got my mind over matter
Mind over matter got my mind over my matter yeah
Heartache backache toothache and headache
Vexation of the spirit
Cigarette burns cold hours for hours
My training helps me through it
People with weak hearts should go into training
I don't let pain deter me
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But they will never hurt me
It's mind over matter got my mind over matter
Mind over matter got my mind over my matter yeah
I don't wanna say I love you
That would give away too much
Hip to be detached and precious
The only thing you feel is vicious
I don't wanna say I want you
Even though I want you so much
It's wrapped up in conversation
It's whispered in a hush
Though I'm frightened by the word
I think it's time that it was heard
No more empty self-possession
Visions swept under the mat
It's no New Years resolution
It's more than that
Now I wake up happy
Warm in a lovers embrace
No one else can touch us
While we're in this place
So I'll sing it to the world
This simple message to my girl
No more empty self-possession
Visions swept under the mat
It's no New Years resolution
It's more than that
Though I'm frightened by the word
I think it's time I made it heard
So I'll sing it to the world
Simple message to my girl
No more empty self-possession
Visions swept under the mat
It's no New Years resolution
It's more than that
No there's nothing quite as real
As the touch of your sweet hand
I can't spend the rest of my life
Well I got to try something in a different key
Take it from the top Mister F ???
make a mental note
Originally compiled by Douglas Davey, 1993.
I'm not a robot passive and programmed
I'm taking the law into my own hands
All things come to those who base their every action
On a proper strategy
I got a master plan
Not taking any chances
I got a master plan
And I got me some answers
I learned my lesson
Fate will keep you waiting
Full of doubt and drudgery
I got a master plan
Not taking any chances
I got a master plan
And I got me some answers
Fate will keep you waiting
Full of doubt and drudgery
No more hesitating
Pull up a flag or light a fire
Or send up a flare
Build me a beacon
Seems there's no other way out of here
Inform the local correspondent
Tell him to phone in
Tell the papers, put it over the air
I'm marooned
build me a schooner or a punt
Or a dug-out canoe
A Sputnik a biplane
Just a rusty jalopy will do
Call the folks and say I'm castaway
I'll even resort to tacking chances
In a hot air balloon
May I look into your eyes sir?
I see you're just like real one
May I look into your head sir?
I see you wish you were dead sir
Dead certain of what you know
May I look above the clouds sir
Clouds sir, or is that just for the birds?
May I play with your words sir?
Words sir, surprised you're not amazed
Oh spent all day lying on my back
Oh laa it's a real little thriller
Here at Malmsbury Villa
Oh spent all night standing on my head
It's a real little killer here at Malmsbury Villa
May I fall into the sea sir?
See sir see (sir see), see the circus is here sir
May I make up my face sir?
Just like a clown sir, surprised I look just like a girl
Now I see what you mean sir
You're mean sir, so mean sir, so meanwhile
Spent all day lying on my back
It's a real little thriller here at Malmsbury Villa
Spent all night standing on my head
From deep within the forest
Eyay, eyay, eyay
the heart of man still hollers
Eyay, eyay, eyay
In the Congo where life began
Eyay, eyay, eyay
Living proof of a master plan
Eyay, eyay, eyay
When you're driving home from a day at work
And you stumble on some forgotten truth
Pounding down like a hammer through glass
If you could only make sense of it, yeah
don't lose your sense of humour
Eyay, eyay, eyay
Boycott the guilty party
Eyay, eyay, eyay
In the midst of human crisis
Eyay, eyay, eyay
Goodwill triumphant rises
Eyay, eyay, eyay
If you need a friend you can rely upon
Someone to help make some sense of it
If you shed a tear when the nightmare breaks
Just remember dreams go in opposites
You're holding on
Yeah you're holding on
Yes you're holding on to make sense of it
You realize you're not the only one
Who's trying to make some sense of it
When you're in the arms of the one you love
You can forget the daily push and shove
You need a friend you can rely upon
My house is sliding into the sea
Skies are grey, since you've been away
The chickens aren't laying eggs no more
It can only mean you left me for sure
But I still think of you when I'm alone
How can I ever repay you for what you do to me
I still think of you when I'm alone
How can I ever repay you for what you do to me
La do dah la do dah dah la do dah
My trees are all turning brown
The sun won't shine, now you're no longer mine
The rats are crawlin' up me back
It can only mean you're never coming back
But I still, think of you when I'm alone
Oh how could I ever repay you for what you do to me
And I still, think of you when I'm alone
Oh how could I ever repay you for what you do to me
La do dah la do dah dah la do dah
Wooh!
My bed is leaning to one side
You know I can't sleep now that I've lost my pride
The flies are swarming in like bees
I even have to share my clothes with fleas
But I still, yeah think of you when, I'm alone
How can I ever repay you for what you do to me
And I still, yeah think of you when, I'm alone
How can I ever repay you for what you do to me
Tell me sir what you would do
If you were me
Hop, skip and jump like a kangaroo
If you were me
I'm wide awake in a dormitory city
If you were me
What would you do to stop the noise
If you were me
I can't relate to your vicious excuses
The damage has all been done
And talking is useless
Tell me sir what would you say
If you were me
I'm lost for words
If you were me
I'm scratching my head and focusing my eyes
No lack of information
But I can't explain it
I'm looking it up
I'm writing it down
I couldn't read it if I tried
I'm looking for words, oooh
I give it all I got, oooh
And I'm lost for words
You don't even listen
It's all been said before
Downstairs in the cellar drums are beating
Wounded no discomfort emotions bleeding
In the river alone
Always alone out of my depth
headlong to the ocean will I sink or swim
Heard them tell the story of mad old Jim
Found him in his cabin with his head caved in
Waiting out the winter was a little too much for him
It's cold out
Hear the wind howl down the chimney
Wish I could just cry out to someone, help
But we live in isolation of the cruelest kind
Scared to show pour colours to the world
Time to break away from my condition
Rejoin the human race
See what I'm missing
Try to face the day
My private passion
Is eating me away
Log cabin fever
It's a remote possibility
Log cabin fever
It's an impossible delivery
Log cabin fever
Livin' it up
Livin' it up
Short and sweet and in between
An invitation
You gotta live it up
Or you'll never live it down
So it's the RRRRRRRRRolling Stones
Or STSTSTSTSTSTSTSTSTeely Dan
though we think it's the same
And we think it's a shame
We're still livin' it up
I saw you standing there at the bar
Your eyes were glazed with passion
A look of afar - A secret smile
I blew a few kisses
Said my name is Lyle
That love in her eyes (love in her eyes)
Heart to heart (heart to heart)
A tender goodbye (a tender goodbye)
Nothing could ever keep us apart
As you sipped your tequila
I knew I had to steal ya
Read like a book
Surprise that you took your time
Dig that rhyme
Gone, love took offence at the things I said
Good advice would be to go to bed
Rest my head, yeah
Catch 40 winks
While I dream about the things she said
Late last night, ooh yeah, late last night
She told me someone taught me everything I need to know, yeah
Last last night, late last night
She took my trembling hands and led me under the velvet sky
Rolling on the hill top playing Jack and Jill
Suddenly (suddenly) all was still, she was gone
She seemed so aloof
That's ninety per cent proof, with a lump in my throat
I grabbed my coat and ran, cornered again!
So I'll live for the moment and I'll take it as an omen
Gotta weakness for de women and de wine
Late last night, ooh yeah, late last night
She told me someone taught me everything I need to know, yeah
Late last night, ooh yeah, late last night
She told me someone taught me everything I need to know, yeah
Last last night, late late late late last night
(T Finn/N Finn) - unreleased
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You're my best friend, you help me [1:07]
Face the facts with your flights of fancy
You're the one I want to hobnob with
You're a man after my own heart.
Two is company, three's a crowd
At my temper, with family circle
have to pay the penalty
Just another allied casualty
You're my best friend, you're my only
Won't break or bend, you're no phony.
Melodrama, make me snap
Now my sidekick, is the world and his way
Come and help me, right some wrongs
We're in limbo, bollocks a kimbo
[chorus:]
You're my best friend, you're my only
Won't break or bend, you're no phony.
I don't see you, we're still friendly
Separate not for love or money...
That's how it is for me and my friend [spoken]
We hold each other aloft [spoken]
We go crofting together [spoken]
We take the smooth with the rough [spoken]
[repeat chorus]
[Tim:] Thank you, we'd like to do a song now from the 'True Colours'
album. this was an album that hardly anyone knew about at the time,
it was, it's a long time ago now, it was a bit of a cult sort of
thing, uh. ...it was called True Colours, and um, we actually
had a song called 'True Colours - I, I reckon Eddie we should just
Oh lala lala lala x2
Flowers grow wild in her garden
She's self styled-I beg your pardon
Look at my girl, what a lass
A bit of alright-first class
I think she's just great
Boy oh boy what style
She's a serpentine, she's a naughty girl
Making the most of the rich mans world
Oh I, love my Amy
Ohhh ohh ohh do you blame me?
Oh my heart is aching
My loves for taking
No one will ever change the smile on her face
No one will ever share her sweet embrace
Amy darling can't you see the tears in my eyes
Amy darling can't you see that we're in paradise?
Spring time comes, tulips blooming
Do you know what she's doing to me
Look at me, the proud father
No I'd rather sit her on my knee (yeah)
Man oh man sweet harmony
She's a real good time
She's a valentine
Making the most of all she's mine
Oh I love my Amy
Ooh ooh ooh do you blame me?
Oh my heart is aching
My loves for taking
Nothing will ever change the smile on her face
No one will ever share her sweet embrace
Amy darling can't you see the tears in my eyes
Amy darling can't you see that we're in para-...
Oh ly-ly la-da-do-dah ly-ly la-la-la-lah
Everywhere...
Everywhere I see them
Everywhere I see them talking
Off the wall and on the TV
Everywhere...
Everywhere I see them
Everywhere I see them talking
In every way I've been retreating
But I know it's only going to help
If I can get it out
Off the wall and on the TV
Whatever you think, you're receiving
And of course, we take it for granted
Please, is everyone on their knees
For red herring heroes
They'll just let you down
Feign disguise
They'll tease you and tantalise
Fill you with images
I'm gonna complain
Well, I don't think it's gonna make any difference
No, no I doubt if it's gonna make any difference
Picture if it could be you
Doing anything, anything at all
Just pleasing yourself
No fast takers
No heart breakers
No mistaking
No persuading
Well, well we'll just pretend...
You two guys who are laughing away at me
yeah I know what you're up to [yeah]
Heartbeat
Bearing down
On our world
It never sleeps
Feel like a Zephyr harmonizing with a flute
Notes are rising in familiar twos and threes
The time of yearning is the same at any age
The back is bending and the sky is growing pale
Sun up sun down fade to a lookalike
One step forward is a leap for all mankind
Old man river smiles on all he leaves behind
Ooh when temptation brings you down
I say you better spread yourself around
Red limbs, my body's torn apart
The boy's hand will squeeze the giant's heart
Sun up sun down fade to a lookalike
Hearts and souls move together in time
If anybody's listening, a giant heartbeat is fading
Fire burns
Water drowns
Hate kills
Our homes
Faith helps
Love heals
Sun up sun down fade to a lookalike
Hearts and souls move together in time
If anybody's listening,
If anybody's listening,
I don't wanna dance no more
Not since you walked out the door
Left without a second glance
That's the end of my romance
No more fancy footwork in the nightclub
I'm a still point in a turning world
I don't wanna dance tonight
I can hardly stand the sight
Of lovers moving on the floor
There's a memory I can't ignore
Of listening to the D.J. play the record
Take your partner and move around
And I'm dancing in my baby's arms again
I don't wanna dance
Not without my baby
I don't wanna dance
Not without my baby
I don't wanna dance
Every night it's always there
The memory of our sad affair
I'm underneath the coloured lights
You're asking me am I alright
I can only answer "I'm the dancer"
Whose sense of rhythm is paralyzed
Til I'm dancing in my baby's arms again
I don't wanna dance
Not without my baby
I don't wanna dance
Not without my sweetheart
I don't wanna dance...not tonight
What's the matter with you?
Look down on everything we do
I really wonder if you see today like I do
What's the matter with you?
What's the matter with you?
You don't look cool in shades of blue
I really wonder if you see today like I do
What's the matter with you?
When I got up today I felt so much brighter
My head was swimming with delight and I told her
But she said "What's so good about today?"
And she walked away
She's down in the dumps without a reason why
What's the matter with you?
Look down on everything we do
I really wonder if you see today like I do
What's the matter with you?
Gonna keep an eye on you, I'll be your dictator
So you better buck up or I'll deal with you later
So beat the drum and let the trumpet blow
You gotta let go
In the heat of the moment you reap what you sow
What's the matter with you?
Look down on everything we do
I really wonder if you see today like I do
What's the matter with you?
The worried look that's on your face makes you older
You realise that things have never been better
Yes sir, the weathers clear
There's Eskimos, in summer clothes
I don't suppose you'd like to laugh with me
What's the matter with you?
You look down on everything we do
I really wonder if you see today like I do
Blonde hair, blue eyes
She came on like a white lie
My wicked angel in mortal disguise
There's one in every crowd
Gonna make me shout aloud
How can I resist her
Haven't even kissed her
All I wanna do is
Pleasing you and say yes
Oh tell me "How can I resist her?"
Demon in lipstick, a beauty of nature
I'm only human and sometimes I hate you
Trembling at the knees
I can only say "Yes Please?"
How can I resist her
Haven't even kissed her
All I wanna do is
Pleasing you and say yes
Oh tell me "How can I resist her?"
How can I resist her?
Oh tell me "How can I resist her?"
How can I re, how can I re, how can I re...
How can I resist her?
Divine delinquent
Delicious and perverse
I want to touch you
Just once before I burst
How can I resist her?...
Oh tell me "How can I resist her?"
How can I re, how can I re, how can I re, how can I re
When I was a young boy, I wanted to sail around the world
That's the life for me, living on the sea
Spirit of a sailor, circumnavigates the globe
The lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge no frontier
I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
Lightning flash, tempers flare, 'round the horn if you dare
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Lucky just to keep afloat
Aotearoa, rugged individual
Glisten like a pearl, at the bottom of the world
The tyranny of distance, didn't stop the cavalier
So why should it stop me? I'll conquer and stay free
Ah c'mon all you lads, let's forget and forgive
There's a world to explore, tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Six months in a leaky boat
Ship-wrecked love can be cruel, don't be fooled by her kind
There's a wind in my sails will protect and prevail
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Even ships of the night
Send out the alarm
My face is turning white
In case of emergency
I wonder if I might slow down rest up
I'd like to get away
If my doctor lets me
Here in my waiting room
I'm pacing nervously
But I'm no give-away
Deep down messed up
Hit town dressed up
To the nines, to the nines, to the nines, to the nines
Some people pop a pill, when they feel exposed
Long as I'm dressed to kill
I'll make sure no-one knows
Disguised in fancy-dress
Deep down, messed up
Hit town dressed up
To the nines, to the nines, to the nines, my disguise
(mind your step)
Deep down, messed up
Hit town dressed up
To the nines, to the nines, to the nines, to the nines
She gets up in the afternoon
The sun will set behind her
When the twilight comes
The magic one, will gaze on you
Seconds last for hours all evening
This purple room is breathing
To the milky way I turn my gaze
It's a mystery
Years go by, wonder what you did
Yet in a minute you can change your life
All depends on your state of mind
One thing to be sure of is we live and die
Fear and doubt no longer harbour lies
Love not grow old where we reside
`tis enough for now to set you down
And gaze on you
Years go by, wonder what you did
Yet in a minute you can change your life
All depends on your state of mind
One thing to be sure of is we live and die
Years go by, wonder what you did
Yet in a minute you can change your life
All depends on your state of mind
One thing to be sure of is we live and die
go by... years go by... years go by.....
years go by - in a flash of an eye!
The righteous rhythm in your soul, moves like an unborn baby
You've got to let it take control, without ever thinking twice
Start building up your greed for good and hunger for understanding
Unless you want it desperately, how can it be
I wish that it was nearer, and clearer today
Working up an appetite, for some wisdom
Working up an appetite, for the real thing
Working up an appetite, appetite
Our passion is a careless flame, we fan it with abandon
But everywhere confusion reigns, we've already paid the price
Remember when you saw the light, in everything around you
A pleasure to be on this earth, when we thirst for gain
I wish that it was nearer, and clearer today
Working up an appetite, for some love now
Working up an appetite, always learning
Working up an appetite, lust for justice
Working up an appetite, appetite
Working up an appetite, for some wisdom
Working up an appetite, for some love now
Working up an appetite, always learning
Working up an appetite, working, working...
Live for the day,
When I'm left here on my own,
With no one to betray,
It's no wonder I prefer be a castaway
Who finds a friendly shore.
When you have a friend,
Then you have yourself a foe.
My right to defend,
Yours to scatter in one blow,
My defences,
I'm defenceless.
Here in the dark,
I guess a few fuses have blown.
The bite's back in the bark,
And the garden's overgrown.
I'm in a right mess,
There's a tightness in my heart.
Like a fly in the ointment,
Love makes my flesh creep.
Love gets me hot and bothered,
It's just a reward I can't reap.
Lying alone on the lawn babe,
Hot sun overhead,
Waiting for a breath of inspiration
To carry me away instead.
Without a doubt
Without a doubt
Working
For precious little,
Playing
The second fiddle.
I've been living on broken promises,
Living on guarantees,
Sometimes at night when the moon is bright,
You can see me down on my knees,
I'm still looking for the home truths,
An offer I can't refuse
A leap in the dark,
A touch and go,
I've got nothing left to lose?
Without a doubt
Without a doubt
I'm learning,
Back where I started,
I'm learning,
I'm broken hearted,
But without a doubt,
Without a doubt.
I'm working
For precious little,
I'm playing
The second fiddle
Without a doubt
Without a doubt
I'm learning,
Back where I started
I'm learning,
I'm broken hearted,
But without a doubt,
Without a doubt.
Live for the day
When I'm left here on my own
With no one to betray
Its no wonder prefer to be a castaway
Who finds a friendly shore
Washed up on rocks,
In the calm after the storm,
I can run amok,
And every day's a high day,
A holiday, my hideaway,
I might be old but I'm someone new, she said
I'm so sore, that I could cry, always
In the night lay your tired arms
She will have her way
Somehow I will still believe her
It's the life I've been frightened of she said
deathly silence and especially the dark
feels like I am heavy and my spirit has died
She will have her way
somehow I will still believe her
She will have her way
one day I will come back
still no end in sight
though I travel far and wide
a dying man is doing time
thinker, soldier terrified
and she will have her way
somehow I will still believe her
She will have her way
Walking through the ruins
Ever since my girl smashed it down
Yeah, I'm walking through the ruins
Well I don't know what I'm doing
I'm just walking through the ruins of love
My will is broken, there's no escaping
I'm dragging my feet through the dust and rubble of our love
We build cathedrals to ransack and pillage
Religiously smash them all down
Walking through the ruins
Ever since my girl pulled it down
Yeah, I'm walking through the ruins
Well I don't know what I'm doing
I'm just walking through the ruins of love
Sunlight is streaming through columns and pillars
Come out in the open, the walls have fallen down
Snap of her fingers, crack goes the ceiling
I'm feeling broken inside
Walking through the ruins
Ever since my girl smashed it down
Yeah, I'm walking through the ruins
Well I'm walking through the ruins of love ..?.. the chance to say
I don't know what I'm doing,
I'm just walking through the ruins of love
(okay)
Walking through the ruins
Ever since my girl smashed it down
Yeah I'm walking through the ruins
Yeah I know I could forget if I could only get away
Walking through the ruins every minute every day
I don't know what I'm doing
Walking down a road hedged with roses
Time stands still forever
Somewhere in the shadows hiding
Sits an old man laughing (hahahaha)
Talking to the wind I drank the beauty
I found no time to count the hours
Even though I do my best
Sometimes I get to thinking
But it really don't amount to much...no
Window shades are securely drawn
Childish patter is heard no more
Papers left strewn upon the lawn
And there's nobody home next door, no-one
Was that, what you meant?
When you said I, I should stay at home
Was that, what you thought?
When I left you on your own
Woah woah-woah woah
Da la da, da la da, da la da
La la la...
I turned to my guide but just as I feared
The preaching began so I...disappeared
To a tiny door with a golden sign
That magic place of great renown
Only lines on our four dead minds(?)
Only rags for our blinds
You know that bare boards and paper walls
They don't make any sense
When there's only
Wander through the library
Volumes of the deceased
There's no happy endings
History has been cruel
Feel the blood of ages
Flowing through my veins
Still there is no reason
I wonder what's coming
I hear voices
Leading me on
The wise and the strong
Wander through the forest
Losing track of time
Lessons in green and gold
Been growing on for years
I hear Voices
Leading me on
Urging me on
I hear Voices
Leading me on
Urging me on
They said you were bright
Had stars in your eyes
They said you were bright
Had all the ideas in your head
Under the wheel
For all those years
Under the wheel
For all those tears
But now they all stand back and shout
Go on you creep, go on get out
Oh my god what are they on about
And I think I'll get on back home to my mother
Yes I think I'll get on back home to my mother x2
It doesn't seem real
The way things turned out
It doesn't seem real
Now your heads full of doubt
But now they all jump back in fear
As if I really care
They just stand and stare
It's not fair...
It's not fair.
It's not fair!!...
Cold and silent you lie in the dark waters of the stream
Shame and suffering have passed
But death, glorious death is just another bed to sleep
Yes death, glorious death
Let's rock, like we've never done before
Let's roll, let's see you out on the floor
Let's rock, let's see you move around
I found myself in silver dreams
I'm talking in my sleep to pawns & queens
Outspoken words, you know they just don't mean the same thing
Somebody must be kiddin' me
Somebody must be lying to me
Oh please don't tell me
Which is red and which is black
When are you coming back to me babe
Oh when are you coming back to me babe
I saw myself in checkered lands
I even dreamt I was the knight in command
The bishop screamed `Don't horse around boy'
Somebody must be kiddin' me
Somebody must be lying to me
And please don't tell me
I'm losing my way
You promised me everything now, didn't you babe?
You act as though
You were a blind man who's crying
Crying `bout, all the virgins that are dying
In your habitual dreams
You know, seems you need more sleep
But like a parrot in a flaming tree
I know, it's pretty hard to see
And I'm beginning to wonder if it's time for a change
But still you try like a fat boy
Dancing Gershwin's blues
But you'd rather sit at home and watch the news
And I'm beginning to wonder if it's time for a change
Taken by girls
Taken by men
Thought I knew it all, way back then
The boys liked the girls
The girls liked the men
So easy to like somebody way back then
I said, this is massive
He said, it tastes fantastic
I said, this is disgusting
So easy to like somebody way back then
Taken by girls
Taken by men
Thought I knew you all, way back then
Some boys liked the boys
The girls liked the men
My mum liked my dad,
so much more way back then
I said, this is massive
He said, it tastes fantastic
I said, this is disgusting
So easy to like somebody way back then
I said, this is massive
He said, it tastes fantastic
I said, this is disgusting
Don't stand a chance
Without romance
Keep the graveside warm for me
Ever since you shot through
I've crooned for you
Because the woman who loves you
Is the woman, you need, need to hold
But the woman, who loved me
Well she's dead - wow ohoh!
Without her charm
Arm in arm, lovers lane would be just a memory
Because the woman who loved me
Well she's dead
Well I wanted to buy her a diamond ring
And I wanted to buy her the kitchen sink
You know I wanted to buy her everything
See how she wobbles from side to side
See how she wobbles my lovely bride
Meet me wife, she's true to life, I love her
Yes I do, pushing daisies six feet down beneath her
Now me hair is falling out
And there's not much room to doubt
Life has left me cold
Ninety five and getting old
That's half the story told
Because the woman who loves you
Is the woman, the woman you need, need to hold
But the woman, the woman, who loves me,
well she's dead, dead, yeah yeah...
(*spoon solo*)
Oh how we danced, and when she glanced
Then I, I knew she cared for me
Ever since you've been gone, it's been so very long
Because the woman who loves you
Is the woman you need, need to hold
But the woman, the woman who loved me
Well she's dead, dead to the world
Where does it start?
where will it finish?
nothing is sacred it seems
Personal faults, personal problems
adding insult to injury
Love is a battle, the roughest toughest game in the world
anything goes, the roughest toughest game in the world
All out war, retire hurt to fight again
It'll drive you to drink
And turn into hatred
suicide and fighting duels
But you battle it out, can't do without it
you want to buy it and she sells
Love is a battle, the roughest toughest game in the world
anything goes, the roughest toughest game in the world
All out war, retire hurt to fight again
Love is the roughest toughest game (x8?)
Love is a battle, the roughest toughest game in the world
anything goes, the roughest toughest game in the world
Time to slip out my back door
Sunrise dancing on my wall
Heading down off beaten tracks
Try to get that feeling back
I could take a walk again
Up a mountain to a stream
Standing on the open rock
Looking out over the sea
Funny when we move ahead
Never worry about what we leave behind
I could always find some peace
In the back of beyond
Kind voice from yesterday
Give love fill up every
But now I laugh at simple truth
Sneer and frown like we all do
When the long night awakes
With memories a midnight feat
Feel the boy in me escape
There's a field of frost beneath my feet
Run, never tire, run boy, forever and ever
I could take a walk again
Up a mountain to a stream
Standing on the open rock
Looking out over the sea
Funny when we move ahead
Never worry about what we leave behind
Remember what a friend of mine said
How's you day been my love
How's you day been today
How's you day been darling
Hope you've been good while I've been away
I've been walking down a lonely street
You'd be amazed at the people I meet
Saying hello to people all day
Wonder why they turn away
You've been my baby
You make my life worthwhile
You've been my sweetheart
You make my life worthwhile
Sweeping the streets
Dawn to dust everyday
I think of you on my walk
How's you day been my love
How's you day been today
How's you day been darling
Hope you've been good while I've been away
When I go to bed at night
I see your face by pale moonlight
Stuck on me wall, it's a crying shame
I wish like hell I knew your name
You've been my baby
You make my life worthwhile
You've been my sweetheart
You make my life worthwhile
Cleaning all day
Broom in hand
It's ok, you're in the flesh
Cunning as a con-man, shrewd as a liar
I went weak in the knees, the first time I saw you
Deep inside, day to day ritual
Oh give it a try
Do what you will, look out now!
But I've seen it all before
It's nothing new to me
A living legend, like 15 million other, angels
Try as I do, I can never get through
I only got as far, as the back seat of my car
It's all very well to cry now
Yes it's all very well to lie now
Now I'm wasting my time, clutching at straws (yeah)
You know damn well, what's mine is yours
Rich man or poor, duchess or whore
I haven't got time for, either or
I can't get over it
Thank God the storms passed over
I'll settle down I guess
Sweet dreams every once in a while
Sweet dreams every once in a while
Matovani, Martini and money
I fell for your etiquette
The first time we ever met
You really socked it to me
With your finger snap rhythym
Look out now, break-up
You've got it all figured out
Ten to one I lose
Drop your lovers noose and swing me
Cruelly deprived, I don't know how you've survived
Romantic theories of the pixies and fairies
Looking in retrospect seldom wrong but never correct
Emotions are aired like carpets out to dry
I can't get over it
Thank God the storms passed over
I'll settle down I guess
Sweet dreams every once in a while
Sweet dreams every once in a while
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams, sweet dreams every once in a while
Well you wouldn't know me from a bar of soap
A part of the furniture, an ornament, a rocking chair
It's all very well to cry now
Well there's love on the menu
Well there's love on the menu
Well there's love on the menu
You don't know what you're missing
Honey, honey make a meal out of me
Take a big bite, or a nibble
Oyster entrée, bon appetit
Won't you never stop your complaining?
Never stop, have a good vintage wine
Every time we go eating out,
Just desserts, tea and sympathy
And the music plays on and on
The chef gets the bacon for the filet mignon
There's always the waiter, he knows how to cater
Sugar and spice, give me that savoured love
Cheap at the price, give me that flavoured love
Sugar and spice, it tastes so very nice
Love's on the menu, me 'n' you
Well there's love on the menu
But you still refuse to listen
2, 4, 6, 8 bog in, don't wait
Take a big sip or a small nip
Cappuccino or Burgundy
Won't you never stop your complaining?
Never stop, have a good vintage wine
Every time we go eating out,
Just desserts, tea and sympathy
I'll be the knife if you'll be the fork
I'll try the rump steak if you'll try the pork
There's always the waitress in her sexy little white dress
Sugar and spice, give me that savoured love
Cheap at the price, give me that flavoured love
Sugar and spice, yeah that's my favourite love
Sugar and spice, give me that flavoured love
Disobey my own decisions
I deserve all your suspicion
First it's yes and then it's no
I dilly dally down to duo
But I got no secrets that I babble in my sleep
I won't make promises to you that I can't keep
And you know that I love you
Here and now not forever
I can give you the present,
I don't know 'bout the future
That's all stuff and nonsense
I once lived for the future
Every day was one day closer
Greener on the other side
This I believed before I met you
I soon learned your love burned brigher
Than the stars in my eyes
Now know how and when
I know where and why
And you know that I love you
Here and now not forever
I can give you the present,
I don't know 'bout the future
Writing letters to my frenz
Telling them all about split ends
Watching flowers hit the floor
Why can't he see there's so much more
Four of one, twenty of another
It's all the same to me brother
Never know these days mother
I might still be your lover... yeah
Nothing else is so obscene as
coffee beans and smoke machines
Take your daughter for a ride
Let her know you're on her side
Guess there's no words can beat
The Sunday treat where rigamortis meat
Wish you'd never found your feet
Chances are, it's not that far to go
Chances are, there's not that much to know
When you're spellbound
When you're spellbound, once again
Chances are, things are going to change
Chances are, you'll be the one who's strange
When you're spellbound, once again
When you're spellbound, once again
I know it's hard to believe but it's true
But I could never have done it without you
The way things are, we'll get there in the end
The way things are, you(?) won't have to pretend
That we're all spellbound, once again
That we're all spellbound, once again
I know it's hard to believe but it's true
But I could never of done it without you...
So a long for now
It was such a pleasant little stay
Goodbye for now
I'll be back later in the day
And I'll be singing
All we got to do (all we got to do)
Is sit here (is sit here)
There's nothing we can do (we can do)
Ho! Bright young men surround me
Looking for the future
I'm standing on the deepend
In this land of godsend
You're the reason for everything I say
You're the reason for every single day
I-I wish I had more to say
I'm sorry I always drift away
I-I wish I had more to do
I'm sorry but I love you
You could at least give me a smile
But never mind
You're so unkind
Nice young girls surround me
Looking for the right man
The bright times have left me
Since I took to my heels and ran
You're the reason for everything I say
You're the reason for every single day
You're the reason for everything I say
It's a small world, and you must agree
It's not a very big house, for a large family
People moving out or making home improvements
But the basic problem never seems to go away
It's a small world
It's common knowledge, satellite looks on
An a Russian man is sent to spy upon us
It's enough to make a man feel uncomfortable
someone else's leaders' needs kill Pacific atoll
It's a small world
Oh, well there's only just enough to go 'round
Wanna shout about it, shout about it
Small world, and it's getting smaller
There's no getting away from it all,
In a small world
Baby boom-town, and the population swells
There's a broken circuit, no one tells the truth
Are we mammals with a future in this nutshell
When you're small it should be easier to pick things up
It's a small world
Oh, wanna hold it in my hand
Gonna roll it like a ball
Oh, we're a drop in the ocean
Gonna shout about it, shout about it
Small world, and it's getting smaller
There's no getting away from it all in a small world
yes and it's a strange place for bringing up your children
When there's no guarantee that they'll have a future
Sitting on the veranda, with my old girl Miranda
5 o'clock shadows soft in the gloom
In love after a fashion, we're broke, spent all our passion
9 o'clock and we're off to our room
Coming like a habit, coming like a ritual
The same old tête-à-tête in your dreamy feather-bed
You give lessons in parrot fashion love
The same old tête-à-tête in your dreamy feather-bed
You give lessons in parrot fashion love
Drunk and disabled we're both under the table
With the crumbs, in the doldrums we play
Good loving and laughter, we both know what we're after
And there don't seem a lot left to say
Coming like a habit, coming like a ritual
The same old tête-à-tête in your dreamy feather-bed
You give lessons in parrot fashion love
The same old tête-à-tête in your dreamy feather-bed
You give lessons in parrot fashion love
Polly want a cracker, Polly want a cracker
The same old tête-à-tête in your dreamy feather-bed
You give lessons in parrot fashion love
The same old tête-à-tête in your dreamy feather-bed
You give lessons in parrot fashion love, love, love, love.
The same old monotone, you're gonna wind up on your own
You learned your lesson, no more parrot fashion love
Parrot fashion love
One step ahead of you
Stay in motion, keep an open mind
Love is a race won by two
Your emotion, my solitude
If I stop I could lose my head
So I'm losing you instead
Either way I'm confused
You slow me down, what can I do?
There's one particular way I have to choose
One step ahead of you
Always someone makes it hard to move
She says," Boy I want you to stay"
But I save it all for another day
If I stop I could lose my head
But I'm ready for romance
Either way I'm confused
I don't know what I'm supposed to do
I can only stay one step ahead of you
Stop, I confess sometimes
I don't know where am I goin'
Part of me stays with you
I'm slowing down, what can I do?
It's hard to stay one step ahead of you
One step ahead of you
Time is running out, catching up with you
One step ahead of you
When I hold you close, can I really lose?
One step ahead, only one step ahead
There must be a lot of pain
For the happiness I feel today
The balance can be cruel sometimes
Can turn you `round the other way
I lifted up my head from sleep
Linger in the scent of a dream
Someone must be crying now
To make me laugh in sympathy
Well I could be wrong, you could be right
As one mouth is fed, another is denied
Why all the tears, we're crying with delight
As we lay in between the sheets
Ships are sinking in the bay
Find yourself a love to keep
And someone else will have to pay
I lifted up my head from sleep
Linger in the scent of a dream
Someone must be crying now
To make me laugh in sympathy
Well I could be wrong, you could be right
As one mouth is fed, another is denied
Why all the tears, we're crying with delight
I could be wrong
I could be right, I could be wrong
Well I could be wrong, you could be right
As one mouth is fed, another is denied
Why all the tears, we're crying with delight
As one mouth is fed, another is denied
I could be wrong, You could be right
I could be right, You could be wrong
As one mouth is fed, another is denied
I could be wrong, You could be right
Nobody listens to a word that I say
And at work I'm just a foremans tool
Sitting in the corner with my coffee & tray
All the secretaries think I'm a fool
I don't wanna suffer these conditions no more
Haven't I the right to say
I don't wanna suffer these conditions no more
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
Loves not a glimpse, it's a permanent rinse
And it keeps you on your toes all day
Every girl I met seemed to get apathetic
When I looked at her that special way
I can't get nobody else to take me for real
They like to keep me tucked away
Even if they listened to what I had to say
Nobody'd take me seriously anyway
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
If war broke out I'd be the last one to know
If there was a fire they'd just leave me to burn
I got just as much to say as any man
But I never seem to get my turn
I don't wanna suffer these conditions no more
Haven't I the right to say
I don't wanna suffer these conditions no more
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
(Nobody takes me seriously)
It's no bother for me to beg for my friends
My feet are cold and I'm going round the bend
It won't hurt me to cry out loud
My heart is burning an I'm far too proud
And I'm just a hungry traveller, and I'd like to share your table
Nobody's going to spoil my plans
I'd rather eat with my hands
And I think I'll be alright now
Maybe I'll come back and stay some day (repeat 3 times)
I'll even bring my children so they can play
It's no bother for me to beg, I was sane
My eyes are red and my heads in pain
It won't hurt me to say what I mean
My throat is blistered but my hands are clean
And I'm just your long lost love and
I'd love you still but I'm not able
They won't catch me if I can help it
Just hold me down if I have a fit
And I think I'll be alright now
Say that I'll be normal some day (repeat 3 times)
Ninnie!
I'm giving up, I'm going out
Turn off the TV, divorce the couch
Best shoes, best daks(?)
Hit the floor, see the knees flash
Ninnie knees up, ninnie knees up, ninnie knees up yeah!
Ninnie knees up, Ninnie!
Ninnie knees up, ninnie knees up, ninnie knees up yeah!
Ninnie knees up, Ninnie!
Okay...
Originally compiled by Douglas Davey, 1993.
Roll up, roll up to the jamboree
Roll up, roll up to the jamboree
Roll up, roll up, troupers jamboree
Old friends attend, long time no see
Roll up, roll up, troupers come on down
Big top, non stop, annual reunion
I know what you're thinking, I know what you'll say
But I gotta getta be, at the troupers jamboree
There's safety in numbers, I'll never forget
40 years ago, on with the show
Distant voices calling, calling me
Entertaining me
Memories of the heydays
With the better company
I know what you're thinking, I know what you'll say
But I gotta getta be, at the troupers jamboree
There's safety in numbers, I'll never forget
40 years ago, on with the show
Roll up, roll up, troupers jamboree
Old friends attend, long time no see
Roll up, roll up, troupers come on down
Big top, non stop, annual reunion
Keeping a lonely vigil while the girls all have a ball
The stories come out thick and fast, long, short and tall
There's Frank du Preze on the flying trapeze
Finally come down to earth
Good ol' Chris the contortionist, is bent if not worse
Dear ol' Merle the strip-tease girl, do anything for kicks
And the ol' magician has disappeared, still up to his old tricks
Well the gag man's been gagged
And the straight man's gone straight
The mime artiste too clever for words
And the MC's still late
Oh Jamboree, oh Jamboree!
Oh Jamboree, oh Jamboree!
Oh Jamboree, oh Jamboree!
I wouldn't dream of it in the pale moonlight
I wouldn't kid myself off to sleep
I may look like a fool to you
But I don't come that cheap
I wouldn't lose my head at the crack of dawn
And not in front of any old sunset
I may succumb some day
But hey, it hasn't happened yet
I wouldn't dream of it, I wouldn't dream of it
I wouldn't dream of it, No No
I wouldn't dream of it, I wouldn't dream of it
I wouldn't dream of it, No No
I wouldn't dream of it..
I don't believe in love by candlelight
I'm not a movie star at St Moritz
And I'm not a Prince in a fairy tale
Looking for the foot that fits
I wouldn't dream of asking you to stay
I never would presume that far
And I'm not about to leave myself
With all my doors ajar
I wouldn't dream of it, I wouldn't dream of it
You arrive at the station, right on time
Catch a train to the city, metro line
Meet your friends at the corner for a drink
Maybe find a girl who can give you everything
All aboard, let's go travelling, up we go
You never know what you got `til you start letting go
I wake up every night, dress up and travel light
Without a worry on my mind
I wake up every night, go out and look for life
You never know just what you'll find, I wake up every night
Every day taken over by detail
Come the night I'm a free man, off the rails
There's emotional baggage in my head
Heavy dreams weigh me down like lumps of lead
I wanna liberate myself from all these things
You never know what you got til you stop worrying
I wake up every night, the stars are shining bright
There's magic in the evening air
Another day is done, go out and have some fun
Endeavour to be near someone, I wake up every night
I wake up every night
I'll follow my dreams tonight, as we go voodoo dancing,
Mood romancing
You wake up and feel alright and you can hold the shadows, hold the shadows
I wake up every night, I wake up every now and then
I wake up every night, I wake up every now and then
I wake up every night, the stars are shining bright
There's magic in the evening air
I wake up every night, my stomach muscles tight
Excited feelings everywhere
I wake up every night
[Chorus]
When my baby's walking down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red.
How could someone wicked walk around free
I see red, I see red, I see red.
I see red, I see red (red!), I see red.
I respect your wishes
You gave me such precious hours
What to do without you.
Squeezed me out of your life
Down the drain like molten toothpaste
I feel used and spat out.
Poor old me
[Chorus]
I'm fed up with crying
My despair is dying,
Turning into rage, day by day
Green before you met me
In the pink when you let me love you
I was blue when you let me down
Black and Blue
[Chorus]
I fall apart when you're around
When you're here, I'm nowhere
I can't pretend that I'm not down
I show it, I know it
I've been a fool
More than once, more than twice
I'm gonna move to a new town
Where the people are nice
I hope I never
I hope I never have to sigh again
I hope I never
I hope I never have to cry again
I still want to beam and smile
Happiness is back in style
I hope I never
I hope I never have to see you again
Again
It should be possible I know
To see you without stress
But I can see I'll have to go
I'm changing my address
My urge to cry
I have failed to conceal
Life, it's no fun when your hunted
By the things that you feel
I hope I never
I hope I never have to cry again
I hope I never
I hope I never have to sigh again
I'm for living while you can
I'm an optimistic man
I hope I never
I hope I never have to see you again
Again
I hope I never
I hope I never
I hope I never
Never, never, never
I hope I never
I got you, that's all I want
I won't forget, that's a whole lot
I don't go out, not now that you're in
Sometimes we shout, but that's no problem
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
Look at you, you're a pageant
You're everything, that I've imagined
Somethings wrong, I feel uneasy
You show me, tell me you're not teasin'
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell me you're not cryin'
There's no doubt, not when I'm with you
When I'm without, I stay in my room
Where do you go? I get no answer
You're always out, it gets on my nerves
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can you tell me you're not cryin'
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
I'm Herman McDermitt
If there's a better way I'll learn it
I'm HMC my irregular ways confirm it
I'm HMC in my tower of ivory
If yo find me I'll burn it
You won't see me for dust
There's no one I trust
A hermit I must be
I won't be your criminal
I don't want your laws
Your taxi cabs and cheap kebabs
And dingy dancing halls
I don't want your wedding bells
No top notch salary
It's a cabin in the hills
Or a cottage by the sea for me
I'm Herman McDermitt
If there's a better way I'll learn it
I'm HMC my irregular ways confirm it
I'm HMC in my tower of ivory
If yo find me I'll burn it
You won't see me for dust
There's no one I trust
A hermit I must be
You treated me like an afterthought
And after all I'd done
Subjected me to ridicule
That's your idea of fun
O city full of promises and citadels so grand
I said goodbye to you and yours
and left for no-man's land
I'm Herman McDermitt
If there's a better way I'll learn it
I'm HMC my irregular ways confirm it
I'm HMC in my tower of ivory
If yo find me I'll burn it
You won't see me for dust
There's no one I trust
A hermit I must be
Living in the wilderness
Brings out the beast in me
I know I'm not the only one
The scent is on the breeze
Some of us have broken hearts
Or a price upon our heads
One day soon we'll all return
And kill you in your beds
I'm Herman McDermitt
If there's a better way I'll learn it
I'm HMC my irregular ways confirm it
I'm HMC in my tower of ivory
If yo find me I'll burn it
You won't see me for dust
There's no one I trust
Hello Sandy Allen
the world's tallest woman
We made friends in New York
Don't know if you'll remember
I'm bound to say I felt uneasy
When I first laid eyes on you
But I liked the way you talked
Like a living hoper
Towering over our heads
In more ways than one
The hand that shook my hand was awesome
It still amazes me
Hope you're happy Sandy Allen
Hope your garden is blooming
We're all staring at the mirror
Tryin' to put our faces on
Appearance never held you back
Must be when you're number one
I was born in Te Awamutu
25th of June 1952
Ten pounds of boy
Haul away, haul away, haul away
My mother and father's pride and joy
Richard and Mary, drink to my journey
Haul away
I left home at the age of thirteen
Went to boarding school on a scholarship
Small fish, big sea
Haul away, haul away, haul away
No more happy childhood days for me
Catholic condition
Strength through exhaustion
Haul away
At 21 I was thirsting for experience
And my brain was about to burst
Stare at the rug
Haul away, haul away, haul away
That novel approach worked like a drug
Nothing was different, everything changed then
Haul away
Years ago in an Auckland flat, this odyssey began
Motivates me still, Northward I'm bound
Haul away, haul away, haul away
Ambition has lost me friends and time
Young men are waiting, lapping at my heels
Haul away
Now I'm having a nervous breakdown
But my mates will see that I don't go down
Love goes all wrong
Haul away, haul away, haul away
It's all we can do to carry on
Everyone has their own little story
There's a lot of good acts around
Plenty of profound performers
But there's only one, who really gets through to me
Whenever you come on I light up
Everything you do goes down well
I can tell, after you it's all downhill
Proving you're a hard act to follow
You're a hard act to follow
You make it difficult (so) difficult
Hard act to follow, you're a hard act to follow
Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance
Hard act to follow
Watch a lot of foreign movies
See a lot of late night TV
Looking for a girl to distract me from what you are
Try to lose my concentration
Acting out of sheer frustration
I go out at night, but after you it doesn't feel right
Proving you're a hard act to follow
You're a hard act to follow
You make it difficult, so difficult
Hard act to follow you're a hard act to follow
Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance
Hard act to follow
There's a lot of good acts around
Plenty of profound performers
But there's only one, who really gets through to me
And I'm not looking for an actress
No, no, no, no saki hostess
All I want is you and you and you and you and you
Encore, encore, encore, encore
Proving you're a hard act to follow
You're a hard act to follow
You make it difficult to even think of taking in another play
Hard act to follow, you're a hard act to follow
Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance
Lie like Ophelia
Proving you're a mean scene stealer
Proving you're a hard act to follow
I saw you there by the side of the road
You wore long faces and long overcoats in the rain
Waiting for hours to carry you home
Winter wind rushes and rattles your bones it's a shame
I can see no sign of action in your eyes
There's a thrill that you'll never know if you never try
Remember taking a ride on a Ferris wheel
And really enjoying yourself bye bye blues
Remember taking a bet on a race
You faced the future with a smile on your face
Win or lose
No, I don't mean to preach, I don't mean to patronize
There's a thrill you'll never know if you never try
Why don't you give it a whirl...
No, never give up,
Giving in, it's like kissing goodbye
Dirty creature comin' my way from the bottom of a big black lake
Shuffles up to my window makin' sure I'm awake
It's probably gonna pick my brain, got me in a vice-like grip
He said one slip, you're dead, ha
Dirty creature of habit, little horror here to stay
Anyone in his right mind would tell it to go away
But the river of dread runs deep, full of unspeakable things
The creature don't mess around, I don't wanna mess with him
I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna sail
I don't wanna, I don't wanna sail tonight
Dirty creatures got me at a disadvantage from the inside
Tentacles on the brain keep me from falling asleep
I'm rooted to the spot, the beast don't know when to stop
Sneakin' up from behind, binds and gags my wits
Dirty creature got my head exactly where he wants it
I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna sail
I don't wanna, I don't wanna sail tonight
Taniwha is waiting for me just below the surface so bright, yeah
Even as we speak the dirty creature springs a nasty surprise
Dirty creature knows my type, found it in a magazine
He's seen the look of fear before splattered all over the screen
The animal magnet thug draws me out of myself
I need a dragon-slayer who can save me from myself
I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna sail
I don't wanna set sail for the middle of nowhere tonight
Dirty creature's got me at a disadvantage from the inside
Bad mouth crosswords need a muzzle
I'm down, you're across
I can't seem to solve this puzzle
I turn while you toss
Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening
We're still friends but we're still fighting
Cat and dog, we trade black looks
C'mon and do your worst
The war of words demands surrender
I won't be the first
Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening
We're still friends but we're still fighting
Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening
We're still friends but we're still fighting
Get an earful, leave you tearful
Careful who you cross
We get close when we get angry
Crossword's still the boss
Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening
We're still friends but we're still fighting
Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening
We're still friends but we're still fighting
Crosswords, crosswords, smart words, smart words won't tease me
Crosswords, tax man
No we can't agree, love that third degree
Crosswords, crosswords, passwords, smart words
Conflicting Emotions
[repeated at least 7 times with laughter in background...]
I've always let my feelings flow
Like water from the tap
Running hot and cold
But it's only myself I con
It's safer to do nothing, with so much going on
I will resolve the conflict, the convict has a longing to be free
Conflicting Emotions, never let me be
Conflicting Emotions, always in the way
Conflicting Emotions, making everything so hard for me
The main obstacle in my way, is terminal indecision
I waver and I sway
My friends don't know who I am
One day I'm in clover, next day in a jam
And all of my tomorrows and all my yesterdays belong to you
Conflicting Emotions, never let me be
Conflicting Emotions, always in the way
Conflicting Emotions, making everything so hard for me
Conflicting Emotions, never let me be
Conflicting Emotions, always in the way
Something in my genes makes me uncoordinated
A butter-fingered boy, my D.N.A. was deviated
I don't want to tell a lie, I'm an ungainly guy
Girls are graceful when they dance
Oh, I really love to watch them dancing
Yeah, I'm clumsy
Yeah, real clumsy
I'm clumsy, and I don't ever hope to see you back
Look at that negro go
He's moving like a cat in a factory
Why can't I do that, I'm full of beans and I'm spilling the drinks
In the meantime we'll survive, I was born to bungle
And at last I realise
That nobody's taking me for granted
Yeah, I'm clumsy
Yeah, real clumsy
I'm clumsy, and I don't ever hope to see you back
I'm clumsy, and I don't ever hope to be relaxed
Wake up, Charlie, rise and shine.
Pour the tea, I'll draw the blinds,
Sunlight halo, you look wonderful,
Darling, Charlie, pale and deathly still,
For heavens shake wake up Charlie.
Was a full moon last night, I was full of bravado.
Dead drunk, dead sure one of us had to go.
Raised my hand in anger, hurt you again.
Dust to dust and fire to ashes, you can
Thank me for nothing now, Charlie.
I was eaten up with jealousy,
Bones to pick and rumours to feed,
How my heart bleeds, love's a big mistake,
Mercy, Charlie, oh for pity's sake,
Forgive me, speak to me, Charlie.
Wake up, Charlie, rise and shine.
Pour the tea, I'll draw the blinds,
Sunlight halo, you look wonderful,
Darling, Charlie, pale and deathly still,
(T Finn) - Dizrythmia
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Wake up Charlie, rise and shine
Pour the tea, I'll draw the blind
Sunlight halo, you look wonderful
Darling Charlie, pale and deathly still
For heaven's sake, wake up Charlie
Was a full moon last night
I was full of bravado.
Dead drunk, dead sure, one of us had to go
Raised my head in anger, hurt you again
Dust to dust, and fire to ashes you can
Thank me for nothing now Charlie
I was eaten up with jealousy
Bones to pick and rumours to feed
How my heart bleeds, love's a big mistake
Mercy Charlie oh for pity's sake
Forgive me, speak to me, Charlie
Wake up Charlie rise and shine
Pour the tea, I'll draw the blind
Sunlight halo you look wonderful
Darling Charlie, pale and deathly still
Breathless home with excitement
I'll kick my shoes off
Get into the groove
Dancing I drift with my eyes closed
Hearing your voice again
Singing that stranger melody
I get slowly carried away
Slowly carried away
All day I can hear her calling
that woman I've never met
Keeps leading me on
I get slowly carried away
Slowly carried away
I get slowly carried away
Slowly carried away
I get slowly carried away
Slowly carried away
I get slowly carried away
Slowly carried away
I get slowly carried away
Slowly carried away
I'm told that it's evergreen
I've learned but never seen
I've laid awake all night
Just putting the whole world right
It's terrible but it's true
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