• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Thought Police - Plunkett
• New Day - Plunkett
• Insane - Plunkett
• Dinosaurs & Satellites - Plunkett
• 21st Century - Plunkett
• Always Me - Plunkett
• Sun Shines - Plunkett
• Sweat - Plunkett
• Give in give out - Plunkett
• Folk Songs Song - Plunkett
• Flies - Plunkett
• 14 Days - Plunkett
• THE RIVER - Plunkett
• Just Rise - Plunkett
• Hold Tight - Plunkett
• Plunkett - Plunkett

Do I believe all that I’m told?
How will I think if I get old?
Honestly?
I’m sure they’re teasing us with lies
Take care my friend!
While we just buy all that we can
While we just smile and
Synthesize
I hear them laughing up above
I’m sorry my friend
Stop me right here right now and
Send me to the thought police
Make me wither and bow ‘till
Silence speaks instead of me
Am I all that I want to be?
Is there some hope? Well
Hopefully
There’s something that you need to know
I’m angry my friend!
Stop me right here right now and
Send me to the thought police
Make me wither and bow ‘till
Silence speaks instead of me
All I want is my space
To sing a song in your face
Question if their truths make
Sense before my bones break
I’m not alone in this place
It’s too late
They’ve come for me
We’re running my friends

I learnt reason
Is where it’s at
I still get the blues but
I keep coming back
It’s alright
On my side
I saw a lady
Who only drinks champagne
She thinks she’s so classy
I think she’s inane
It’s alright
On my side
There’s folk alike around me
And it feels good
So all of this won’t bug me
Least not today
I saw a guy who
Thinks he’s got a great arse
He lives to be gorgeous
I just think he’s a twat
It’s alright
On my side
There’s folk alike around me
And it feels good
Not closing doors and fading
Like a setting sun
So there’s all this love around me
Let me feel it again
That’s when I believe I’m standing
For a new day
Hey there Princess!
Hey there Beautiful!
We’ll take your hands now
Just try and let go
Grow with all this love around us
Let’s all share it and then
That’s when we’ll believe we’re standing
In a new day
New Day

Hey there!
Said the man with the can of diet cola in his hand
Hey yeah!
Laughed the lodger pulling on a big fat roll up spurting flames
He’s weird!
Bitched the girl with the curl about the guy who was just shy
I’m there!
Huffed the loner with the boner special magazines and beer
Oh, what do you all know?
I think I’m getting old
‘Cos I question what I’m told
Yes, cynically I’m bold
But I listen to my flies
So if you think I’m insane
There’s worse that I could be
It’s just my thoughts are free
Have fear!
Preached the priest to his sheep in the house of love and peace
Bye dear!
Quacked the camp little tramp as she up’d and left the mass
Poor mare…
Smirked the pianist to his dearest though he loved that feline stare
Be scared!
Said the papers to the nations ‘bout the bombs that were not there
Hey there!
Sang the hippy with the trippy little guitar in his arms
‘There’s some real mother fuckers
In this world so leave the others’
Oh, what do you all know?
I think I’m getting old
‘Cos I question what I’m told
Yes, cynically I’m bold
But I listen to my flies
So if you think I’m insane
There’s worse that I could be
It’s just my thoughts are free

The dinosaurs are coming home
They’ll breathe again when the kings are gone
Gone with us and every sign
Except their names stamped on satellites
Who put these kings on their thrones now?
It’s you and I
Make them all that they’re worth now?
It’s you and I
Don’t know how we’ll say goodbye
But winter’s warming up for our hearts
Our small hearts
That play a part
Born of love and of healthy minds
The innocent can try a second time
And they’ll put kings on their thrones just
Like you and I
Give them what they’re not worth just
Like you and I
Build it bigger better use up everything and
Credit use more credit
To help digest all the shit we’re in
Its easy
I had a dream
Of infinity
It’s just a loop
Of dinosaurs and satellites
(Build it bigger better use up everything and
Credit take the credit
For the voice and choice you breed)
Don’t know how we’ll say goodbye
But winter’s warming up for our hearts
Our small hearts
That play a part
That play a part

21ST CENTURY
I fell out kicking screaming
Three quarters through the twentieth century
Into warm hands that cured me so well
Curiosity helped with learning
And teachers tried to educate me
All is well I'm lucky don't you know
Then I nine to fived in a factory
To pay your way you have to earn it
I started getting doubts around that time
But progress keeps on thriving
And hopes are high for the twenty first century
We're closer now and lucky don't you know
Then I look around me
And wonder where I fit in
With all this sick delusion
I think I thought something then
Should I just let it go or use it
I don't ask much
I just want back what's mine
Help me find a place inside
I won't ask much
Just let me use what's mine
Feed me and I'll open wide
Possessions make for happy
And it's extra sweet if the taste's aesthetic
You can let them know with just a simple sign
Gone are days of fixing
And anyway you want the next thing
Don't know why but you need it all the same
Then I watch the TV
And I see where it begins
Our heads spun bland confusion
I think I thought something then
Should I just let it go or use it
Hey, it's worse than I thought
These fuckers don't rest
Nothing is sacred anymore
It seeps when you wake
It eats while you sleep
Perhaps it's time I started

I went most the days
I got brought down by waves
Confessed to a sin and bright lights
I went for the past
So the future could last
And toyed over possible ends
I went for a friend I had yet to meet
I went for those I’d leave behind
Though the reason I started and right ‘till the end was because

It's passed some time
Since we've passed time
I'd like some time
To really talk a while
About what you've been feeling
How have you put some things in place
It still feels strange
I never thought we could be
Like this
Does life break you down to
Unconscious compromise
Or just that we grow when we
Change what feels right
Sun shines
On my shoulders warm
And I remember
How we used to shine
And I still feel close to you
I hope that you do to
It's passed some time
Since we've passed some time
And in this time
I keep remembering
I know I did something
I broke from the fold
But I'd lost my faith
And just couldn't go on with
No change
Does life break you down to
Unconscious compromise
I think that we grow when we
Change what feels right
When rain fell
On our shoulders hard
We talked of days when
Our sun would shine
And I still feel close to you
I hope that you do to

See these furrowed lines that eat my face
And this bitter sweat I bleed to stay
See these synchronized hands that leave me cold
And these silver streaks as they unfold
As I dream of a place for my love
And forty more years of being pushed from above
With no thanks at all for all the days that I’ve sold
And swallowed my pride to make a place I call home
Taste this poisoned air that fates my son
In this broken church of soulless songs
And I dream of a place for my love
And forty more years of being pushed from above
With no thanks at all for all the days that I’ve sold
And swallowed my pride to keep this place I call home
----------------------------------------------------
(Ok…)
Well if you’ve got something to say
Lets all hear it, someone’ll know your name
So if you wanna go far, then start to work those tongues
You all know where my arse is!
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See these furrowed lines that bless my face
And this holy sweat I bleed with grace
As I dream of a place for my love
And forty more years of being pushed from above
With no thanks at all for all the days that I’ve sold
And swallowed my pride to keep this place I call home
I swallow my pride
But you ain’t got none at all
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I don't care if it rains today
I've nowhere to go to anyway
And it don't matter what I do
I'll feel like this until I'm through
My hair's a mess my clothes are old
My car don't always work but that's not why
I don't mind if you don't care
It's not me who's feeling scared
Watch what you're saying
Somebody might hear
And I'm ok if you can't see
These sentiments inside of me
Just let it go now
They're not what you think
I'm alright if it don't work
My hopes are high but I'll be fine
What are you saying
You know you'll go down
And it's ok if I never know why
I had a go at least I tried
You did it again
That's one half a lie
So smoke the smoke and drink the drink
Float to that far off place and you'll feel fine
Think of the things you'd like to do
And forget this feeling only lasts a while
I know I'm just a little too shy
But it's not like that behind these eyes
While it's within
Only you see this truth
Perhaps it's that I'm paranoid
But that's all tucked up deep inside
Think what you want
But are you so sure
So think the thoughts and analyze
Work out what to change before you die
Think of how you'd like to be
And wonder if this block will go away
So smoke some more and raise your glass
Go further than before then you can try
Think of how you'd like to be
Then work out all the things to put in place
I know now what I have to do
Take out some parts let others shine through
Once we give in
We can start to give out
The question is when the moment comes
Will all this work or just come undone
So throw yourself in
And you won't have a choice
Till your time you'll have to wait
But make sure when it comes you don't fall down

Folk songs can tell us tales about the times we live
And help remind us of what's passed
To our sons we can leave some signs
So like our fathers we might last
Folk songs can help to light injustices and fights
And everybody has their song
For minds alike it's a place to embrace
Unite your right and face your wrong
And so I'll
Try to sing some songs about this place which I belong
Taste my blood and then I'll let it bleed
I'm warm here with my fire and with my truth I'll share my wine
So come join me
Folk songs will only die if we've nothing left to say
And all our songs are sung by whores
Perhaps I'm dazed by the electric sun
But kings don't care if dollars call
And so we'll
Try to sing some songs about this place which we belong
Taste our blood and then we'll let it bleed
We're warm here with our fire and with our truth we'll share our wine
So come join us
Folk songs won't change the world but some stories should be told

Two and two make three
But only when I scream
All the other times two and two make four
And that's the time I think
Reflect on what I know
Open up the flies to their home from home
I see you on T.V
Meet you every now and then
A placid man it's hard that I'll lose my cool
But you claim you've open hearts?
Keep crossed your rosy legs?
You know frustration takes you to the darkest
Place?
And I don't know why
But it just won't sit inside
And I don't know why
There's three colours in your eyes
When I believe in love
I believe in giving out
I believe the stars will always shine
I've nothing to deny
I don't wanna hurt no one
I listen to my flies they tell me why
We all come from the past
Way back then it made more sense
Mis-decoded words kept the masses tight
But we've come along
Raped of all our innocence
Just takes a little faith tell me I'm not right!
You continue as you are
Spitting out your twisted lines
Sure as hell you'll go to that bright blue place
I try to make you fall
Swap reason for the advocate
And feel my dampening legs on a windy shore
And I don't know why
But it just won't sit inside
And I don't know why
There's three colours in your eyes
When I believe in love
I believe in giving out
I believe the stars will always shine
I've nothing to deny
I don't wanna hurt no one
I listen to my flies they tell me why
So we'll go

Safe in a small world
Embrace these fourteen days
Absorbed in a small world
For ten years I've laid in wait
It came real close you know
But it's faded away
We've all got a small world
With some our circles collide
But I'm alone in my small world
Though I love and know that I'm loved
It really did come close before
But I've passed its dying day
Near the end of what was most dear to me
The most beautiful thing came
And so now
I'm falling up
To what I've found
And when I'm there
We'll walk with one colour and sound ‘till the end
I'm falling up to the choice that I'd always made
If I go from my small world
I'll miss those whose lines crossed with mine
But far away there's a part of me
A soul that belongs with mine
It's not how I'd planned it all
Perhaps our destiny is fate
This time it's just for me
And I'm there before I've gone
Because I'm
Just falling up
To what I've found
And when I'm there
We'll walk with one colour and sound ‘till the end
I'm falling up through the tears that fall down
Each touched with sadness but it's joy so profound
I'm falling up to the choice that I'd always made
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from the album '14DAYS' (2006)
Lyrics by Ian Plunkett

I want a life he said
Where everything's right he said
The first thing out loud for two days
The pieces are many
If I miss one I'll be empty
I know it's a lot but that's me
My thoughts are all one
My thoughts are all one
I know there's a place he said
A beautiful place he said
I'll wait 'cos there's only one way
The waiting gets harder
And my patience slips further
But I wait slowly by each new day
My thoughts are all one
My thoughts are all one
I'm burning inside in this cold winters sun
My thoughts are all one
My thoughts are just one
Let me go
Out by the river here
I still know what I really fear
But at least I can breathe for a while
One day I'll come back home
But won't walk this path alone

Look to the left
Through the smoke rising up by my side
Inhale for this life
Breathe out for this place and tonight
I start to relax
As I cross the train track
All alone
Alone
This place belongs to me
Like nights passed before
I need this time here on my own
To realise
Deep red and deep blue
Look to the right
Over fields and a setting sun sky
I'm aiming real high
And these incomplete thoughts aren't just mine
Look deep within
The place all things begin
For some truth
Truth
It's breathing in everything
A way to unite broken lines
Laid behind these wired eyes
Just rise
Deep red and deep blue
Look down from my bridge
At the ripples from the stones I've just thrown
Soft waves collide
One line heals itself at least for a while
Will take me to you
Deep red and deep blue

A boy sits and talks to a little red book
Alone in his chair in a little grey house
His thoughts and his dreams
Some truths some his faiths
To talk back to him and reassure that some day
That all will be
Hold tight my friend
Please god one day one glorious day
Let it be real and let it be true
I need to see what is now just inside
I swear that I'll crash if I don't see it soon
I'm always me
It's suffocating me
Forever holding my breath
Please love me please feed me
Please burn me and bleed me
I'm sick with frustration and falling again
You can find this place
Just be you just be me
I never thought it could happen this way
One faith was broken but the other's been paid
My dear friends are far but my dearest's with me
Now I feel calm and at last I feel free
Now that I'm calm at last I can breathe

Folk songs can tell us tales about the times we live
And help remind us of what's passed
To our sons we can leave some signs
So like our fathers we might last
Folk songs can help to light injustices and fights
And everybody has their song
For minds alike it's a place to embrace
Unite your right and face your wrong
And so I'll
Try to sing some songs about this place which I belong
Taste my blood and then I'll let it bleed
I'm warm here with my fire and with my truth I'll share my wine
So come join me
Folk songs will only die if we've nothing left to say
And all our songs are sung by whores
Perhaps I'm dazed by the electric sun
But kings don't care if dollars call
And so we'll
Try to sing some songs about this place which we belong
Taste our blood and then we'll let it bleed
We're warm here with our fire and with our truth we'll share our wine
So come join us
Folk songs won't change the world but some stories should be told