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and THE WARBIRDS.
Ballad Of Bob Dylan
MINORITY AFTER IDES
Nostradamus sits idly
With his head down in a book
Peers over to the T.V. with one eye and predicts
‘We’re outta luck’
He sees Kilroy turn to Jesus to remark
So, the king of kings you say?
Well with talk like that, you’re off to join
All those heroes down the way
And there sat in the corner of the cell
James brown and Dr. King
And Thatcher listens eagerly
As they begin to sing
About when the KKK
Meet up and wait for dark
Then they put on their bloody red robes and all go
Hunting in the park
Do you think we’ll ever stop
To reflect on what we’ve done?
Whilst Newton sits under his tree
And waits for the atom bomb
And when they start a-fallin’
And the lights they all switch off
Bush will turn to Blair in open stare and ask
‘One more round of golf’?
With politicians and thieves
Who steal from the wishing-well
See Hitler turn to Genghis Khan to say
This world has gone to hell
Where you’ll see Kermit the Frog and the devil
Shake hands as they make a deal
And superman, he can’t save us now
‘cause we know that he ain’t real
Na, heroes they’re made up kid
As you flick through all you’re old comics
Day dreaming of being a cowboy trailing through
Spaghetti western flicks
Like an outlaw who wears a dusty hat
And rides a noble horse
Taking on the bad guys alone
Oh well kid, could be worse
Like the Mona Lisa who shrugs
At everyone she sees
She says; ‘why don’t you all just go home and
Let me be in peace’?
And with that Da-Vinci threw
His brushes to the ground
And says; ‘I hated painting anyway’
And gets up to leave this town
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Lyrics: Reviews
FIVE DAYS A WEEK
Monday’s gone
Monday’s gone
Today I saw
A young girl mourn
She said she’s crying
For her son
Who’s gone away
To die too young
Tuesday’s gone
Tuesday’s gone
Today I passed
A starvin’ bum
His face was old
His feet were numb
He was begging to
The deaf and dumb
Wednesday’s gone
Wednesday’s gone
Today I stopped
A man on the run
When I asked him
What he’d done
He said: ‘I shot up this school
With my gun’
Thursday’s gone,
Thursday’s gone
Hear preachers preach
To a world gone wrong
‘Bout sex and drugs
To pointless song
We’re doomed to hell
We ain’t got long
Friday’s here
Friday’s here
Today I see
A world of fear
Why we’re here
Is still unclear
And though we pray
Your Gods don’t hear
Life’s a cheat
Bittersweet
Stopped caring now
Five days a week,
Leaves you feeling
Incomplete
Stuck on repeat
Five days a week
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Lyrics: Reviews
COMING HOME
You’ve been gone for far too long
When you coming home?
There’s a storm knocking at the door and
I’m feeling so alone
The sky is weeping, bleeding life
And the earth is dull and grey
I kissed the tears that carve at your skin
Then watch you sail away
Now fairy tales they don’t
Always come true
Like ending up alone when
I should be with you
But don’t you stop believing
There’s always blue beyond the grey
Light beyond the dark or at least
That’s what they say
Your tears, they make me cry
Your voice sends me to sleep
You make the winters, fade to spring
And you make my life complete
You make my life complete
You make my life complete
Now everyday I’d wait
Live off the ocean air
Write letters in the sand and I dreamt
That you were here
I engraved every part of you
Kept you lock away in my mind
I didn’t care how long it took
I’d wait for the world, to unwind
Your tears, they make me cry
Your voice sends me to sleep
You make the winters, fade to spring
And you make my life complete
You make my life complete
You make my life complete
I must have sent a million
Bottles out to sea
Each with note saying
Won’t you come on home to me?
And one day I woke
When I was at my last breath
An angel in the mist took my hand
And she said;
Your tears, they make me cry
Your voice sends me to sleep
You make the winters, fade to spring
And you make my life complete
You make my life complete
You make my life complete
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Lyrics: Reviews
CRUSADES
Are you feeling scared?
Or don’t you feel?
Do you think that we’re moving forwards now?
Or are we standing still?
Tell me what is the point?
What’s it all supposed to mean?
The stitches of your madness
They are fraying at the seems
Well you’ve made life a contradiction
The wind of change has no direction
It’s hard to know now where we stand
And no-one’s here to lend a hand
Isn’t there enough
Death on your doorstep?
You paint the pictures of our history
Which we’re
Trying to forget
But I guess it’s in your nature
To kill for greed
You fight from behind your desk
But is it your blood they bleed?
Well you’ve made life a contradiction
The wind of change has no direction
It’s hard to know now where we stand
And no-one’s here to lend a hand
You’ve left us in the dark
And reason’s hidden from sight
Hope is a lost child
In the forest of night
We’ll keep longing for the day
When you come to understand
That we ain’t gonna be joining
No crusade for the damned
Well you’ve made life a contradiction
The wind of change has no direction
It’s hard to know now where we stand
And no-one’s here
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Lyrics: Reviews
PAUPERS, TRAMPS, THIEVES
Hidden down the alley
With suspicion in his eyes
There’s secrecy in darkness raves
The crazy alibi
The pauper and the tramp
In caution they deny
As silenced is the night
As another someone dies
Now the rain hits heavy against the floor
Like the dead who won’t stop knocking at your door
Not even the moon wants to show its face
In the devil’s place
Trapped in desperation
In those unsettling eyes
Where feelings are all memories
And life becomes a lie
Now the trees they cower
As the butcher passes by
And silenced is the night as
Another someone dies
So be careful who you choose to become
Or you’ll be staring down the barrel of that gun
But we’re all committing suicide anyway
So does it really matter what I say?
Welcome to a new state of mind
Where love, hope and reason, they’re all left behind
The streets are all still and the stars run and hide
The thief commands the night with a devil at his side
Trapped in a world
Where freedom costs your life
Preying on the weak
Where everyone’s a price
Is living overrated?
Or are you just that bored?
Is there too much hatred?
Or are you just obscure?
So welcome to a state of confusion
Welcome to a nation of delusion
In this place everything’s a sin
So come on in
Welcome to a new state of mind
Where love, hope and reason, they’re all left behind
The streets are all still and the stars run and hide
The thief commands the night with a devil at his side
Welcome to a new state of mind
Where love, hope and reason, they’re all left behind
The streets are all still and the stars run and hide
The thief commands the night with a devil at his side
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Lyrics: Reviews
SNOW IN SWANSEA
Jumping one step forward
Sliding two feet back
Climbing up that hill of glass
Trying to get back
And I must admit
That I didn’t know
How long I had, till my feet went numb
As I rummaged through the snow
Shops they shut up early
And the wind it didn’t blow
And all around the cityscape
Was swallowed up in snow
A sheet of white as far
As my eyes could see
Now that’s the first time I saw snow
In Swansea
The pale blue sky was crying
Down on me but gently
Dusting flakes upon the ground
And almost blinding me
Men of snow stood upright
Watching as they stood
Whilst the mean kid, looking proud
Knocks them all back down again
Shops they shut up early
And the wind it didn’t blow
And all around the cityscape
Was swallowed up in snow
A sheet of white as far
As my eyes could see
Now that’s the first time I saw snow
In Swansea
Jumping and a-diving
Slipping and a-sliding
Waiting for attacks from
People’s games
The city filled with laughter and
White cannonballs were flying
And people were a-gliding
As they rushed on by
Shops they shut up early
And the wind it didn’t blow
And all around the cityscape
Was swallowed up in snow
A sheet of white as far
As my eyes could see
Now that’s the first time I saw snow
In Swansea
I made it back to my fort
And climbed into the warm
Hung up my wet coat
My boots were all soaked through
Took a gaze from my window
To see if it would last
Reflected there for a while
Life’s moving way too fast
Shops they shut up early
And the wind it didn’t blow
And all around the cityscape
Was swallowed up in snow
A sheet of white as far
As my eyes could see
Now that’s the first time I saw snow
In Swansea
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Lyrics: Reviews
LONG TIME WAITING...
Well I wrote this song whilst I was drunk
It’s probably about the government
But who can blame me?
You’re probably thinking who am I to preach?
Lord knows that I can’t teach
But I’m making more sense than you
You see, from my point of view
We’re the ones who are being used
You’re the fools
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
If you try and bite us in the ass
Then we’ll bite back twice as fast
What you think about that?
With your personalized number plates
When you’re the ones making all the mistakes
Don’t see us walking around like we have millions to spend
Would you be as quick to
Jump into my grave
You probably would
They’re doing what they thought
Was right for their country
Not themselves?
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
You just waste your words
Like you waste your bullets
But your words are far more dangerous
And now it’s such a PC age
That we’re afraid to say what we wanna say
But why should we be?
Why don’t you just tell it like it is?
And stop pitying people who pity themselves
There are millions of others worse off than you, you know?
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
Well just admit if you ain’t got a clue
‘cause we’re not the fools here
‘cause that’s you
As long as you’re around
We don’t stand a chance; we’re straying from the tracks
We better get back that’s what I say
You’re the vultures settling in the trees
Whilst people wait for their taxis
Woo hoo hoo hoo
Some people don’t see a point in working
But their pockets, they’re a-hurtin’
Now that ain’t fair one bit
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
Now blood doesn’t wash off that easily
No matter who you are
Or who your God is
You stick to your religion
Think I’ll stick to reason
Now everyone’s on pills
But no one’s feeling ill
What’s with that?
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
Now the young are looking after the young
And the dumb are looking after the dumb
You dress up all the toys in barbed wire
For the kids to play with
And that’s what you call love
Now there’s no use in waiting, contemplating
Or debating about all the things we’re hating
No sir
Does it really matter what we do
Is it going to change your point of view?
Probably not, but we’ll keep trying
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
We’ve been a long, time waiting
For reason
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Lyrics: Reviews
DYIN' MAN
At the stillness of night all perception takes flight
As sure as the blind can see
Your fickle heart weighs more now than your guilt
May the sea, motionless and the hills that are blessed
Echo loyalty and dear fantasy
Through the lands that our fathers built
So take my hand, won’t you sing for me
So that I may hear you whilst I can
Will you burry me, where the old tree grows
Cause’ Papa’s a dying man
Your eyes depict that you’re weary and sick
But still you’re younger than I
And shadows that dance upon the wall refuse to dim
Sensation compels hazy minds to affray
But to no prevail
In treason against their king
Take my hand, won’t you sing for me
So that I may hear you whilst I can
Will you burry me, where the old tree grows
Cause’ Papa’s a dying man
Betrayed moments of silence are broke
By a praying chorus of loss
As the ships sail out far from humbled shores
Now creeps a slender hand
Over all that we fear to loose
Whilst hope is adrift in your war
Take my hand, won’t you sing for me
So that I may hear you whilst I can
Will you burry me, where the old tree grows
Cause’ Papa’s a dying man
A colourless veil of woven betrayal
Drapes from a lover’s crown
Dejected to roam a wilting and vacant land
No to prophesise and philosophise
Over such uncertainty
Is like a captain with no will to command
Take my hand, won’t you sing for me
So that I may hear you whilst I can
Will you burry me, where the old tree grows
Cause’ Papa’s a dying man
The bedlam Sky of yesterday cries
To wash away our sins
With the promise of life that leads us to our fate
Don’t sing in bitter, requiem for I can hear no more
They’re just songs, for my queen
To forsake
Take my hand, won’t you sing for me
So that I may hear you whilst I can
Will you burry me, where the old tree grows
Cause’ Papa’s a dying man
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BAN THE BUMS
Don’t know what to do
Brain ain’t gotta clue
Only got one shoe
Standing in the soup queue
Looking like a right fool
Feeling cold feeling blue
Looks like I caught the flu
But at least I got my soup, few
Excuse me sir, how’d you do
Now who the hell do you think you’re talking to?
You know that I can’t be seen standing next to you
You’re too tatty and I’m way too new
Looking through an old bin
Lucky if I find a thing
A paper and a bit of string
An empty tin, no diamond ring
An old guitar to help me sing
Waiting for a wealthy king
If he stops and starts to grin
Well that won’t change nothin’
Hey there politicians where you been?
Playing around with all that money again
I’ll just sit here and see what Santa will bring
A brown paper bag and a bottle of gin
I’m no business guy
Little sly, sharp tie
Nothing to buy
Can’t afford apple pie
‘cause the government, they lie
Get high, can’t fly
I ain’t gonna cry
But the least I can do is try
You gonna sit around and watch me die?
Come on, pull up some seats now, don’t be shy
And listen very closely and I’ll tell you why
Or just go to your warm home and tune in on your hi-fi
Life unstable
No food upon the table
Would work if I was able
But no soul here will take you
Na, no-one wants to play ball
Life ain’t no fable
Sipping soup from a ladle
No-one here to blame so
Na, this ain’t the way to go
Just need to start pocketing some dough
Been looking through the wrong window
Someone send me back when I was spoon-fed from the cradle
Looking for my next meal
Daddy taught me not to steal
Hey, bum go to jail
Any where’s a good deal
Weather makes my skin peel
Blisters on my right heel
Open up a torn sail
‘cause here comes a strong gale
It’s not my fault that people don’t feel
Well sir I don’t wanna be no fifth wheel but
I’m damned if you think that I’m gonna yield
I’m just playing the hand that my God dealed
Thank you God
Sleeping in the city grime
Doing time, amongst the crime
Watching stars, see them shine
Dreaming ‘bout food and wine
Can’t be me I’m really trying
Waiting for some hopeful sign
Eyes open, always blind
I don’t wanna fall behind
Hey you people, you dress so fine
Take a good look and I’m sure you will find
You’ve all gone, lost your minds
And that’s the only thing I got I can call mine
Hey kid, need to chill
Chewing on your magic pill
Head feels like a windmill
Still gotta get your fill
Please waiter, no bill
Got no money, feeling ill
But gotta rob your cash-till
If he won’t, then I will
Look at you all peering from your window sills
Well how the hell do you think that I feel?
I’m standing at the bottom of the steepest hill
It’s a big, big climb and you know it’s gonna kill
But don’t worry ‘bout it
Don’t sleep in a bed
Don’t know when I’m being fed
Hey there son, my name’s Fred
You mind if I share some bread?
Better watch where I tread
Or I’ll be torn to shreds
I ain’t easily mislead
Got no job but I’m well read
But I’m still getting kicked in the head
Would it be easier if I just lay down dead?
Did you in your suits not hear what I said?
Well, just keep on talking, go right ahead
Or try listening instead
Ain’t gonna grumble
Ain’t gonna stumble
Wouldn’t mind a change though
Ain’t gonna say no
Time moves too slow
Gotta keep my head low
Nowhere to go
A cold wind’s gonna blow
Better find shelter I can’t feel my nose
Can’t feel my feet and I can’t feel my toes
I don’t have anything at the end to show
I hate to admit it, there’s a problem with my cash-flow
Face down in the mud
Cut lip, taste blood
But I ain’t no mug
No sir, no thug
Getting up to no good
Would work if I could
Doing what a man should
And not sleeping on no rug
I’m not going to stand where you’re stood
If I had your money, you think that I would?
Two worn eyes look from under my hood
But all I got to show are two bags and some broken wood
Ain’t got jack to sell
No stories that I want to tell
No money for the wishing-well
Throw me in a prison cell
Society’s a broken bell
It don’t fit, it don’t gel
It tripped me up and down I fell
Na, life ain’t all that swell
I’ve been out here since I was twelve
People keep avoiding me, they think I must smell
I would wish you all a fonder farewell
But it really don’t matter, this might as well be Hell
Ain’t got no home
Ain’t got no phone
Ain’t never goin’ to Rome
Ain’t never even flown
Never gonna see me groan
Never gonna hear me moan
I don’t wanna be alone
And I don’t wanna set the tone but
I hope you’re comfortable, sitting on your throne
I think that there’s something you need to be shown
Not everything is plated in chrome
‘cause if you’re the jewel that makes me the stone
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Lyrics: Reviews
War Is On
MONSTERS
I see monsters
Crawling through the streets at night
I see them waiting
Outside your room in disguise
And they’re howling
Begging you to come out and play
But you wait there
‘Cause that’s where you know that they’ll stay
And how come no-one can tell
That we used to live in this house?
Ohh, Oh
Ain’t it a cryin’ shame?
Ohh, Oh
Ain’t it a cryin’ shame?
Now you’re lying
Hell you gave us such a scare
And it’s raining
Down on your face again
And you’re shaking
You don’t know what love is no more
And you wait there
Still, do your best to ignore
And how come no-one can tell
That we used to live in this house?
Ohh, Oh
Ain’t it a cryin’ shame?
Ohh, Oh
Ain’t it a cryin’ shame?
Ohh, Oh
Ain’t it a cryin’ shame?
Ohh, Oh
Ain’t it a cryin’ shame?
Ohh, Oh
Ain’t it a cryin’ shame?
Ohh, Oh
Ain’t it a cryin’ shame?
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KIND HEARTED GIRL
My hair’s a mess
But I’m ok I guess
Well enough to know I’ve had too much wine
But babe I don’t see
What you’re seeing in me
And I don’t want to be wasting your time
Now my clothes are tatty
And my body is weary
And my mind is tired and shot
You can take me or leave me
As long as you know that
You don’t have to share your kind heart
But it’s been a while
Since I’ve seen a smile
But babe, I know that you can
And now I need a woman
Who can make me feel good
So if you want girl, I will carry you home
Hey, hey, hey
There walks a kind hearted girl
Now all those letters
Well they used to read pretty
But now they just hurt like hell
So they’re put in a box
And I’m not looking back
And now I am doing well
Don’t be afraid
And don’t shy away
Because I can take a hell of a lot
So keep those blue eyes, raised
Stand close to me
And act like you want me to act
On the windswept mountains
There are crashes of thunder
In the highlands where you were born
You’re wild like the rain
And I don’t wish to tame you
Just keep you safe from the storm
Hey, hey, hey
There walks a kind hearted girl
Now I know you’re right
Though I’d still wait all night
Even though we can never be
But it won’t stop me dreaming
Though you’re so far away
In a land I will never see
Now we don’t have long
Until the morning comes
So babe, I will take anything
‘Cause I’ve seen a future
Where you’re laid down beside me
As the morning sun kisses your skin
And hardly knew her
But no-one will do but that
Kind hearted girl
Though it was only a moment
And can’t let it go
It was better than nothing at all
Hey, hey, hey
There walks a kind hearted girl
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Lyrics: Reviews
JUDAS ISCARIOT
You say that you don’t need me now
I’m sorry but, I don’t think it’s true
And you say that you don’t love me now
Well I’m sorry but, I don’t think it’s true
I’m the cancer inside of your soul
I’m the last breath that you cannot hold
I’m the broken spirit of your hope
I’m the voices telling you that you can’t cope
I am war when you need peace
I am pestilence when you have no disease
I am famine when you are fully fed
And I am death
I am Judas Iscariot
And I’ll condemn you in the end
30 pieces of silver in my hand
Yes I’ll betray you my friend
Now please don’t get me wrong this ain’t just another song
It’s my display of lost love for it all, my old friend
Now please don’t get me wrong this ain’t just another song
It’s my display of lost love for it all, my old friend
You see I’m sick of being tired and I’m tired of being sick
Yes, I’m sick of being tired and I’m tired of being sick
And you can close your eyes and you can clench your fists
But you know that in the end you can never win
I am Judas Iscariot
And I’ll condemn you in the end
30 pieces of silver in my hand
Yes I’ll betray you my friend
I am Judas Iscariot
And I’ll condemn you in the end
30 pieces of silver in my hand
Yes I’ll betray you my friend
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Lyrics: Reviews
BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
The weathered eyes
Of the statue cries
At the altar
That you still turn to
As a frail breath sighs
At the guilt ridden lies
That he scribes
With his pen
And begins to write again
A hesitant hand
And a still tongue
Keeps a wise head
But you still long to falter
Still you try to outrun the devil’s grasp
As chaos laughs
With uncertain wrath
For he’s the king of all
In the tempest and the squall
Whilst ivy clings
To the stubborn walls
Of the village church
Where the blossom falls around you
From an ill wind and a threatening sky
That can’t deny or lie
Imply or shy
Away from you
Or the world that you once knew
The undertaker stays reserved
Though in his grin
It shows that
Death pays kindly
While young men sing of lust
And just because
They crave her touch
But like tattooed skin
It’s hard to mask your sin
The piper plays ill
A melody
But still you see
What you wish to see regardless
But in welcomed arms
Lay wilting charms
And jealous calm
Which walk hand in hand
Across the tired land
Sheltered by
Small comforts
But in time the storm
Is sure to reach you too
As you contemplate by shadow and pale candlelight
So your secrets might
Remain concealed
But corruption is revealed
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Lyrics: Reviews
JUST ANOTHER ROAD
Where have you been my friend?
I hope that you have travelled well
And oh have you seen the news
We got kids on the streets
Hatred and violence
Hunger and sickness
Scandals and vandals,
Not enough money
Corruption, destruction
All kinds of problems
Oh, I have seen my friend
I have seen my friend
And I know my friend
All too well my friend
Can you hear my love?
The drums echo through the streets and cut through the night
And can you hear them say
We got love for our brothers
The strength of our fathers
Faith in our friends
Trust in our children
Respect for each other
Patients and wisdom
Acceptance, forgiveness
Oh I have heard my love
I have heard my love
Now don’t you fear my love
I hear it too my love
I am troubled lord
As I stumble down just some other dark road
And by chance, I happen to meet
I met liars and cheaters
Killers and thieves
Users and losers
Robbers and thugs
Scammers and swindlers
Racists and haters
Monsters and all sorts
I have met them lord
I have met them lord
Should I forgive them lord?
Should I forgive them lord?
Now son, have you ever known
The rain to fall from the sky and pierce at your skin
And do you know how it feels?
To be angry at nothing
Frustrated and empty
Confused and deluded
Lonely and pained
Hollow and weary
Defeated and cheated
All this and more
This is how I am
This is how I feel
And I hope that you’ll never see
The things that I have seen
Now we can share your blame
Through the vacant towns where you’re children once played
‘Cause all we have that’s left
We got greed and ignorance
Lust and obsession
Everything we wanted
Nothing we needed
Fighting and dying
No morals or dignity
Nothing of value
We have always known
You have always known
And you are not alone
My child, you’re not alone
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Lyrics: Reviews
STRANGER THINGS CAN HAPPEN
As crooks and thieves crowd infested bars
Big shot bosses chomp on their cigars
And go to light up another bill
And amongst the crowd cloaked in mystery
A priest as blind as any fool could be
Jumping at shadows that don’t exist
Cast them all to the lake of fire
Those no good sinners and long-tongued liars
‘cause you can’t beat the devil at his own game
Still, stranger things can happen
They sing of a girl that love can’t buy
That woman could make any tough man cry
But that don’t mean she’s out to get you
She will question all that you believe
Yet she can’t see the evil in men or the devil in me
And I really didn’t mean to break her heart
She has nothing to prove and she don’t mind that it hurts
Though that’s the trick she pulls, that’s the way she works
And I don’t want it anymore
Still, stranger things can happen
When you’ve got nothing, you’ve nothing to lose
Kind wisdom offered in exchange for booze
As pride is kicked to the floor
You’re just a song without meaning, playing playground games
While all the kings men do their best to shift the blame
Death, you have no authority here
Things are different but somethings refuse to change
As times are moving forward whilst you all stay the same
Now you’re just talking to deaf ears that don’t really care
Still, stranger things can happen
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FORGOTTEN
Fire in her eyes
Flowers in her hair
But when she passed them by
They didn’t seem to care
No-one knew her name
She never spoke a word
She was never seen
And she was never heard
Mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm
Lady of the land
Her voice sang through the Summer air
The flowers and the crows
And when the grey clouds gathered
Then the rain poured down and froze
Little did they know
That they were not alone
The people of the land broke her heart
And stole here throne
Mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm
Lady of the land
Mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm
Lady of the land
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THE LONELY ONE IS YOU
The grand magician he laughs
As he plays tricks on all of you
But in the king’s grand court-room
The jester plays the fool
Cradled by his thrown
Like a relic bathed in dust
The tarnished king, he just sits there
As his crown begins to rust
And all around the nobles
They talk of war and peace
But all the while they fight
When it was beauty who killed the beast
And you may stand around and laugh
But there is nothing you can do
And it doesn’t really matter ‘cause
The lonely one is you
Now standing at the alter
A lonely pauper’s bride
He stole her cloak and dagger and then
Robbed her of her pride
And the priest, he let her be
As she won’t stay here for very long
As she passes Romeo with Juliet
And holds here jealous tongue
You see, she knows guilty men seek pleasure
In the alleys and the streets
Where misery seeks company
And knocks you off your feet
And in the boarded up old theatre
The sunlight seeps on through
And casts a shadow on the silver screen where
The lonely one is you
Now the life begins to drain
From his old and weathered face
As Dr. Jekyll, he’s just stood there
Whilst Hyde, he leaves without a trace
And now he’s all alone and
Whisky stains his breath
He’s been tryin’ to keep those demons back
But the dead they never rest
‘It wasn’t me’! He shouted
It was Hyde who did the crime
But nobody here could find him
So, yours truly did the time
And as he peers on out beyond the bars
At his concrete prison view
He sinks his head, as the warden he says
“Well the lonely one is you”
Now, the cracks they start a’ showing
As life begins to take its toll
But you know when you’re in trouble man, when
Millionaires are on the dole
And though these walls, they have no ears
And prying eyes they cannot see
Your disguise it still looks cheap
With every lie you throw at me
All the heroes now, flee
And the saints, they follow too
Well I’ve never needed anyone
And I sure as Hell do not need you
And you can follow your gods to Hell
‘Cause you really ain’t got a clue
And you can preach till the sun burns on out
But still the lonely one is you
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S.O.S.
Please help me God, I’m dyin’
Please help me God, I’m hurt
I know I always doubted you
But now I need your help
Please help me God, I’m dyin’
Please help me God, I’m hurt
I know I always doubted you
But now I need your help
S.O.S. (save our souls)
S.O.S. (save our souls)
Please help me God, I’m so, so lost
Please help me God, no matter the cost
A hypocrite needs help
Today
Please help me God, I’m so, so lost
Please help me God, no matter the cost
You know that you made me
This way
S.O.S. (save our souls)
S.O.S. (save our souls)
S.O.S. (save our souls)
S.O.S. (save our souls)
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King After Midnight
BLOOD ASH HILL
The devil is blind
To what the light can see
You cannot surrender
What you reaped from me
Corruption in the darkness
And thievery
Are home to this town
Named misery
And written on the signpost
Written in the stone
You can’t go back
You daren’t go home
You think you such
A clever whore
To appoint on me
What no man could endure
I’ll find you witch
Parade you through the square
Chastise your body
And shave your hair
Then make you crawl on your belly
Through the shit and the mud
To the chapel gates
Where hope once stood
I’ll drag you to hang
Till your feet are still
I’ll string you up
On Blood Ash Hill
Now angels shouldn’t drag
So heavy on their feet
You’re a raven, a coward
Who preys on the weak
I see through your lies
You drunken fool
The price of a bottle
Both bloody and cruel
You’re for the beast to claim
And by your hand I’ll kill
Beat your withered frame
Till fatigue instils
I’ll have you kicking and a-pleading
For all to see
Then I’ll show you how slow
Death can be
In the midday sun
I’ll smoke you out
I will watch you burn
In this cursed drought
And then when I’m done
I swear to you
That a desperate God
May have you soon
With one strike
I’ll smash your skull
Then leave you for dead
On Blood Ash Hill
We’ve suffered by your hand
So I’ll strike you down
Then I’ll drag you through
This loathsome town
I should cut
Your tongue right out
So my ears fall deaf to you
Wail and shout
Sin for a sin
Eye for an eye
In this squalor
I’ll watch you die
You think me
A vengeful man?
But a grave will hold better
Than a prison cell can
So I will cleave
You down to size
As a learned butcher knows
Death speaks no lies
There is a weary figure
Who does God’s will
Standing proud
On Blood Ash Hill
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BRING ME BACK
Now steadfast the buttons
On your denim coat, girl
We’ll take the road less travelled
From here on in
I’m not quite ready to leave this ghost
Stranded out in the cold
The one that can breathe out a sigh of sorrow
But in the same breath sing
By the time you turn around to
See her
To see her
Yes she’s so fickle she’ll be
Gone
Gone
She’ll be gone
The city lights, they are now
Far and few in-between us
While the autumn fair has moved on
And winter’s long past due
But the seasons have no reason to lie
And we’ve no right to ask them
If there’s really any hope
That we’ll make it through
But that’s the beauty, we just
Don’t care
We don’t care
Call off the search ‘cause we ain’t
Listening
Listening
We’re done listening, ‘cause there’s only
One place
That we’re ever really
Heading towards
Bring me back
Take me home
I wanna see the fields, where I was born, where I belong
I’ve already been away too long
Things they’ve changed, these lousy aches have crept in
They’ve been too short coming
As I recall the last time I saw you stood
On the front line alone
But in your eye, there’s a familiar spark, a comfort
That keeps me reckless
So sing or cry, either way, she’s still good
To get us home
There’s no-one to answer to in
This town
In this town
Just the moon and stars they’ll share your
Worries
Your worries
All your worries, and there’s only
One place
That we’re ever really
Heading towards
Bring me back
Take me home
I wanna see the fields, where I was born, where I belong
I’ve already been away too long
I wanna see the fields, where I was born, where I belong
I’ve already been away too long
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NOTE TO SELF
She was cute, left-handed and a mystery
And when she spoke, it was always so eloquently
She had a psychedelic hairstyle that never bothered me before
But now she’s gone, she’s just like the rain
That’s beating on the ground
How I’ve come to love that sound
Now it’s Summer again and I don’t sleep that good
The neighbour’s dog won’t stop barking down the neighbourhood
At the glorious rebel sound of an electric guitar
Another worthless remark you say, coming from a teenage room
Where nothing matters to them now
They just never cared to tell you how
To see you dance, to see you blessed
Hidden behind a smile of innocence
Though it was all lost in translation for a while
Now you call me a monster but I’ll never be a patch on you
And that pains me, like it’s never done before
I guess love’s got a lot to answer for
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REBELVISION
Snow White grips her shadow tight
It’s harder than ever to keep out of the light
When there’s a lot of noise coming from behind that rehab door
Call it a write off, call it an exile for the will
Call it heaven’s gate, call it a damn good deal
Either way, she’s not that bothered that she’s been here before
Politicians stand and deliver
Word is that you can draw your pistols quicker
You may still believe that the devil, he looks after his own
All roads lead to nowhere fast
Only a fool thinks that this luck will last
But you are most bruised when you are all alone
Lady Luck now, it seems she seldom speaks
She keeps her head down low, sits jaded and weeps
While all the drunks are hung up in the alley, out to dry
How does someone so young get so bitter
On a steady diet of slimming pills and twitter?
Stumbling on her thoughts as life passes her by
She’s like an emerald set in rust
Whilst fortune and wealth go bust
Turns out we never did have different needs
We were just moving at different speeds
Stand together or fall by division
Tune in to your rebelvision
And when the midnight hour sinks on in
That’s when darkness is king
From the washed-up hacks to the queen of porn
Who substitute pride with jealous scorn
Behind a shoddy film set where ambition once stood
Not even the grim reaper would touch you now
If you only knew, if the stars would allow
One rare peek at the truth behind that curtain of Oz
It’s contagious like a favourite drug
So don’t be too quick to judge
It’s a blessing and it’s curse
But at least it can’t get worse
Stand together or fall by division
Tune in to your rebelvision
And when the midnight hour sinks on in
That’s when darkness is king
And the sombre winter king
Talks down to his queen of Spring
But he knows if they don’t learn to co-exist
Then tragedy can lead to God or bitterness
Stand together or fall by division
Tune in to your rebelvision
And when the midnight hour sinks on in
That’s when darkness is king
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DEAD MAN'S SHOES
There are heroes
And villains
Liars
And saints
Then there are good men
Who pay
For the Devil’s
Mistakes
There are searchers
And roamers
The lost
And the found
And the fools
Who follow beggars
Into this hellish
Wasteland
This cup is half empty
This hour-glass is dry
The message is scrambled
These truths are all lies
So keep your distance boys
And embrace this sweet fury
As reason keeps reining us in
Like a great Prophet of song
From this place where we don’t
Belong
Hear us cry, cry, cry, cry
In a place like this
We were born to lose
But I wasn’t born to wear
Dead man’s shoes
There are Queens
To the night
And kings
Of the sun
And the desperate
Who pray
For the rain
To come
There are the rich
And the wealthy
The poor
And the lame
The fat
Then the dying
The mad
And the sane
There’s no named witnesses here
As the swarm hits the crowd
You ain’t in the mood to talk so
You just laugh out loud
Whilst alone weeps mercy
As we begin scratch away at the surface
The rust you leave behind never truly goes away
You make life look cheap
Like that dead man’s suit you wear that don’t fit
Neat
Hear us cry, cry, cry, cry
In a place like this
We were born to lose
But I wasn’t born to wear
Dead man’s shoes
Hear us cry, cry, cry, cry
In a place like this
We were born to lose
But I wasn’t born to wear
Dead man’s shoes
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PORTRAIT FOR A QUEEN
I woke up one late autumn morn
To a knocking at my door
And a man dressed in importance
Well he handed me a scroll
The writing was of elegance
The paper; smooth and fine
As I read it over
In my mind
It read; “dear sir
Your work is world renown
I wish for you to paint for me
A veil for this land”
As I read to the bottom
In the final line she wrote
“My people they wouldn’t
Understand”
So I packed my paints and grabbed my hat
And I was on my way
Thoughts were running through my head
What am I to say?
The palace was the grandest place
That I had ever seen
As I went to paint
A portrait for the Queen
I was lead into the palace hall
Where my lady sat
I lowered my eyes to the floor
As I took off my soaked hat
Not a word was spoken
Just a whisper of a sigh
As I glanced up
To meet her eye
My Queen was dressed in robes of red
And the glitter of gold was immense
But instead of renowned beauty I saw a fading smile
Held up by a frail and heavy heart
As I placed brush to canvas
I could not steady my hand
And as the hours fleeted
I began to understand
Every brushstroke revealed a sorrow
That I could not disguise
No matter how hard
I tried
In her face I could paint
All her hopes and fears
And in her eyes a fire, long since tamed
By her tears
There is nothing so bitter
Than to now accept her fate
As by the morning would
Be too late
My Queen was dressed in robes of red
And the glitter of gold was immense
But instead of renowned beauty I saw a fading smile
Held up by a frail and heavy heart
My Queen was dressed in robes of red
And the glitter of gold was immense
But instead of renowned beauty I saw a fading smile
Held up by a frail and heavy heart
Now there will come a time
So I knew what I had to do
For the sake of a land where
Majesty once did rule
When they come to her in desperate need
For wisdom and a prayer
But my lady, she
No longer will be there
Though she will be missed
But no more must she wait
On the dying and the desperate cries
For a kind ear to elate
Instead there is talk
Of a painting that is hung
To lift this burden long after
We are gone
My Queen was dressed in robes of red
And the glitter of gold was immense
But instead of renowned beauty I saw a fading smile
Held up by a frail and heavy heart
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THIS ROOM
Melodies reflect
Through the misty hills
Birds skim over
A drunken sea
City lights bleach
A moonlit sky and
Colours break golden as
Seasons flee
Age is revealed
In weary lines to your hand
As like rivers etch away
Divine scars to the land
Half-mast banners
And fleeting smiles
See light sear through
The twisting trees
All watched in comfort
From this here room
Meadow scents drift
On a willing breeze
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ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
Now some people don’t like being told they’re wrong
But if we never lose, then we would never learn
So we’ll play this one by ear and close to our chests
And it’ll be the best one yet
This kind of hardship it’s getting old
As we struggle to walk, our boots weary with gold
Yes, this silhouette casts a misleading shape
Whatever we had, it’s too late
We’ve become tethered to this place by means of design
Addicted to trinkets, cigarettes and wine
Now this stage has become far too grand
And nothing ever goes as planned
And you can tell by the way
That this river bends
That nothing too good will come
As the Queen of hearts
She don’t take too kind
To the people she leaves behind
She really don’t have the time
This unwavering splendour casts no doubt or fear
Over all that is right, no, nothing’s sacred here
So close the door on thought and not a moment too soon
Now that love’s become a cheap motel room
You're still a magpie and a pest but we’ll be sure to salute
Dressed as neat as a pin, in a sharp patchwork suit
No, never in a month of Sundays will you find
A better way to lose your mind
Don’t you think it’s time to fold and cash it all in?
You’re a train without brakes, an umbrella in the wind
Hurry up and get the washing in from the storm
We don’t think we can take much more
But as long as I’ve got
My hat and my dog
I’m not too worried about you
You can call me fool
And my dog, not so bright
But we never could resist a fight
No, we never could resist a fight
In this land of mountains and giants things are getting outta hand
I see forgotten grains of paradise in every grain of sand
But this crooked door, the one that never quite fit the frame
If it’s fixed it just wouldn’t feel the same
It’s a lie that your very character believes
And a truth that only time can deceive
So we’ll keep searching for any signs of life
Between the torture and this laidback strife
Take a sip to lift your liberal spirits, then unwind
But cling on tight to the ideals that your dad left behind
We’ll start you off in life, here in this place of beauty queens
Where you can blossom into troubled teens
Now we're nearly at the end
And all we can see
Are other ways to start on up
So don’t dwell too much
On your reality
‘Cause there is no such remedy
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WARBIRD
Here creeps the hunger
Here creeps the thirst
It’ll feed you war
But it’ll starve you first
Oh warbird
You’re such a pretty little thing
But that’s not why it’s so hard to watch you
Kill as you sing
Now here stands the tyrant
Here walks the master of death
This soil is now rotten, the air tainted by its
Toxic breath
In time we will learn
That even blood can taste sweet
As it hordes for itself, laying waste and gorging
On deceit
Now here crawls the liar
Grotesquely warped from out of the fire
Prised on hind legs, itching to kill
For want of remiss
This war was lost long before this
These seeds were planted long ago
It’s the one who stands between us
Here comes the warbird
All hail this prophet
As here sees the siege
It’ll fan the flames of war only to
Deaden the breeze
This thing rules over fire
But doesn’t reign over me
Its mind cannot penetrate
What the eyes cannot see
Here marks the end
That has well-greased the gears of war
Now here in this ruin
It sits as the lord of all
There are shells in this bunker
As it slaughters the herds
Make way for its sin
That claims the heavens and earth
I don’t need to walk
A mile in your shoes to know how you work
As mysterious as you think you are
An assault of the mind
And on both body and spirit, forced to leave love behind
Still we can’t breech whatever this is
It’s the one who stands between us
Here comes the warbird
There’s no forest for trees
Until we see it all burn
We hold to one crime and despise another
Until the damage is done
But don’t be fooled by chaos
There are no Gods here in war
It just loves the attention
Like a drunk loves a whore
It’ll feed us its lies
And we will praise its honesty
War is the product of a carless
Democracy
We saw it lurking, we saw the signs
As it takes us by the hand
Like a child lead astray
You steal the scene
Evil sticks like blood to a name
You’ve had your dose, now it’s time you move on
It’s dressed to kill
Behind a suit its pen has you bent to its will
And it fights dirty with money
It’s the one who stands between us
Here comes the warbird
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WINE, SPIRITS, TOBACCO
BLOOD AND TEARS
Faded ink on skin and scar
What we want most to be we are
Tranquil blessed be this journey on
Far from the certain, pending storm
Paradise locked behind key and gate
Cowards laugh whilst courage waits
For us to play out our mistakes
Shadows pale in mysterious ways
As life’s cruel twists force our gaze
Fortune swept beneath uncertain seas
I swear this girl will be the death of me
At last released by fate’s strong hand
Stubborn shame knocks me down to land
On comfort warm that lets me stand
Even guilty men must condemn
As to why broken bones refuse mend
And the willow tree, still it cries
When old and young alike must die
The path is clear in front to see
On this map no mountains stand etched in front of me
As scorn and sorrow flee
Carelessness and point of view
Are dangerous to appointed few
Unburdened by constraints and time
Lay idle may this be their crime
Bridges burn the ghosts we knew
On this old land we’ll build a new
In this new world we’ll think of you
In your eyes blood and tears
Conceals you from these golden fears
While devils play this bluebird sings
In innocence to hide its sins
Brave and beauty belong to war
Defiance bound by useless law
Puts to shame what we fall for
Moonlight fades and lanterns weep
As heroes swap faces down forbidden streets
Words pretend and names are left unsung
It’s easier than to admit we’re wrong
Cold wind howls and whispers chase
Splintered trees see this cradle break
And drives us from this haunted place
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YOU ALL LOSE YOUR CHARM (IN THE END)
Cranes, tower through our urban skies
And dwarf those who build on progress with their lies
The brave; built few
Politicians; bought cheap
These foundations are becoming too weak
We’re on the ropes
Replacing logic for lust
It’s getting harder to stretch our wings here
In these cages they build for us
The privileged they inherit power
But not the wisdom to command
Stunting true progress by planting
Good seeds on hardened ground
Faint sleight of hand
It deceives the eye
And steers from the leaders to the lie
How easily speeches sound pretty
As time and time again
We’re drawn, like a moth to a flame
And here you still stand
You with no morals to defend
Well you all lose your charm in the end
Dowsed and burnt in electric light
You’re click-bate, disposable, lost to the night
Your likeness belongs to those who will bleed you dry
Atop the grey, we’re shown the colour that paints the lie
No, nothing changes here
Now ain’t that the truth?
Old men, they trample all over
The instinct of youth
So question all choices
It’s a day late and a dollar short
Revolution is what we’re craving,
But not what we’re searching for
Faint sleight of hand
Keeps your intentions well hid
And steers from the magician to the trick
How easily it’s packed so pretty
As time and time again
We’re drawn, like a moth to a flame
And here you still stand
You with no morals to defend
Well you all lose your charm in the end
How easily you’re dressed so pretty
As time and time again
We’re drawn, like a moth to a flame
And here you still stand
You with no morals to defend
Well you all lose your charm in the end
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LEAVE THEM ALONE
Why don’t you listen to reason?
Stuck in your ways, refusing to change
Deluding yourself in what you think is right
When only disaster will make you see the light
Who do you think you are?
Playing with people’s lives, isn’t a game
Danger lurking in every home
Leave them alone
Deadly metal contraptions
Put in the wrong hands
Just one slip of the finger
Will halt another man’s stand
Who do you think you are?
Playing with people’s lives, isn’t a game
Danger lurking in every home
Leave them alone
The time is past it’s far too late
This place is an awful state
Bloodshed and havoc wreak the land
Will someone please take a stand?
Who do you think you are?
Playing with people’s lives, isn’t a game
Danger lurking in every home
Leave them alone
Leave them alone
Leave them alone
Leave them alone
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GOSIAME
Barely living skeletal frames
Gasping, screaming and crying in pain
Bodies increasing, their hope decreasing
Just who will take the blame?
You took these people and hung them out to dry
Don’t give a damn just how much they cry
Take away the burden of their debt
Give them hope and give them life
Fuelled by profit from the fear that you breed
Under regime and control
You rule in the light but cast shadow and doubt
As you turn a blind eye to famine and drought
Why are you killing them this way?
Why are you killing them this way?
Why are you killing them this way?
Why are you killing them?
Just look at all the pain that you’re causing
Only protecting your backs
Overlooking disease and infection
Handover the cure, you’ve lost your direction
Why are you killing them this way?
Why are you killing them this way?
Why are you killing them this way?
Why are you killing them?
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BRIDGES BURN (DIRT AND COUNTRY)
This field is too worked for ploughing
But still you call for more
The land it weeps
While money speaks
Till there’s no need for words at all
The pills are hard to swallow
But we’re too sick to care
Sticks and stones may break my bones but
You're too much to bear
All your words fall deafly
Whilst the rent is overdue
The nurse is delayed
And underpaid
But the dirt in the ground holds true
Thanks for all the bother
Thanks for sticking around
They say sing what you see
And sing what you know
But it’s only getting me down
The doors they are a-closin’
And you keep leading us, to believe
That cutting all ties
On what you say we despise
Is good enough reason to leave?
You’re afraid to leave your sanctum
Afraid of your own skin
‘cause they judge and hate
And discriminate
Against who you’re meant to be
Though this boat is going under
You say order is restored
As everything’s neatly
Labelled and stamped
And then positively ignored
Thanks for all the trouble
Don’t pay it any mind
The ancient ways
Clear through this haze
As the young get left behind
You make the rules that bind us
You make decisions that kill
Tough times are ahead
So it’s back to the plough
Before 8 hours of what you will
Lead on by example
Said the sun to the great north wind
But starved by the breeze
These skeletal trees
Are little comfort as winter bows in
Locked away in your chamber
You squabble, crow and debate
Well Eye spy
With my little eye
A room full of delusion and hate
We’re are all bad in somebody’s story
But poor Julia, was never no saint
Time can heal
But time is cruel
Still waters, they run deep
Thanks for all the sorrow
‘cause when I see you I cross the street
To smile through the tears
And smile through your fears
Is to stay noble in defeat
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ODE TO LOVE, THESE WASTED YEARS
On this scared old hag
Graced by emerald and dirt
Surrounded by
Jagged crystal and sea
Bloodied young men
Fight to prove their worth
On the streets
Where I lay
Where saints and crooks
And devils they drink
Laugh and cry
Dance and sink
The sorrows of wasted
Years gone by
Till the taverns, they all
Run dry
Dancing ambers start to sell
The dark to the weary
From lanterns that drape
From the old town walls
At the bottom of
A glass there’s beauty
Where true wisdom
Calls
So the songs they do say
To the devil’s own shame
As we drink to our
Good health in vein
Throughout the night
These rivers they run
For preachers, poets
And kings
In uncertain realms
Amongst mortal folk
Lay tranquil calms
And jealous storms
Where pipers they play
With all their might
So that we may
Forgive
Tradesmen and tinkers
And pretty flower stall girls
Awake to dress
The market place
At day’s first light
When we emerge
Stumbling from
The cells
This golden dew
My faithful sickness
This poison it has
A hold of me
Younger men
May fight its charm
But I’m too old
For war
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HOLDING ON
Standing at the foot
Of this old wishing-well
You can jump on in
If you want
To see heaven could easily be a short-cut
Straight to Hell
Still, you can jump on in
But only if you want
Are you still holding, holding on to reason?
Or have you been trying to cheat yourself through life?
Are you still holding, holding on to reason?
Is living not enough to keep you satisfied?
To keep you satisfied?
To keep you satisfied?
Now you’re balanced
On the ragged cusp of life
You know, you could fall off
At any time
Blood stains rich
Along the steel of a knife
But by then you are too late
To see the crime
Are you still holding, holding on to reason?
Or have you been trying to cheat yourself through life?
Are you still holding, holding on to reason?
Is living not enough to keep you satisfied?
To keep you satisfied?
To keep you satisfied?
To keep you satisfied?
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LONESOME COUNTRY BLUES #13
“I was walking through the snow one night
Walking from bar to bar
And this is a song
About that night
Or at least, what I can recall of it”
I fumbled my way through
Nocturne serenades, it was the
Middle of winter, one of the coldest that
I can recall
As I stumbled on by, I thought I was doing
These old songs justice
Though I was half cut by this point and searching
For my next haul
Now the funny thing is
The songs that I was singing, well they
Helped me, on my
Way
And I thought to myself, now wouldn’t it be
Something, If I could write a song Just like the
Ones That my
Dad used to
Play
Now I was born in the country,
I grew up in the country and I’ve lived through hardships
But nothing that the next man hasn’t
Seen
And I tried to remember what those old
Country songs were about
Those ones that just needed a good guitar
To guide them on in
And I’m not gonna try and tell you
What a country song is
All I’m saying
Is write what you know
So I started piecing together these words
Hoping the tune would follow as I
Battled
Through the
Snow
I finally found a place to drink
The door was an effort
So I used both hands, as the cold and the drink had
Made me weak
Logs were burning on the fire
But the light was low
Still I was thankful to let my body
Succumb to the heat
I must have ordered me a whisky, cause that’s what I
Drank at the time, neat with ice
People say you’re not meant to drink whisky with ice
But I don’t know why
And as I sat on down
I kept myself to myself and
Waited for my
Boots to
Dry
There was a piano in the corner, looked as if it hadn’t been
Played for in while
More for decoration now, I guess
Than for to try
This place was quiet and seemed
Wasted and tired, but while I was
There my throat was never
Dry
And the walls they rattled as the
Trains went past, this place was
Built by a railroad - like in many of them old
Songs
And it was such a mismatched room
There were records on the wall
And postcards
Pinned up
Behind the
Bar
Now I knew I wanted to finish this here song
I mean I had gotten this far
So I asked the young man serving if he had
A pen
You see, though ink is pale
And paper it dulls, it was still
Sharper than my mind was
Then
Even the devil ain’t immune
To the charms of a good song
So I was in good company
That night
Yes I was happy enough to be sat
There in the dust and watch desperate
Flames
Flicker and
Fight
Now I was fed up of writing
Songs about love
Love was as cruel as
Life was harsh
And I couldn’t bear to sing
Another sad song
About all the folks that I had
Lost
I had my fill of songs about
Crooks and sinners and
Stories of those who govern and
Mislead
So I figured that this was
As good a time as any to write one of them
Country songs for my
Dad
Instead
So I put away another drink
I forget how many I had and I
Tried to write, which was easier said than
Done
And as I stooped over these
Old torn pages just like a drunk
Trying to write
This song
I thought, shall I sing about
Working class heroes or about some sweet
Girl, walking on home in her
Summer dress
Or about how travelling men say it’s the
Millage and not the years but then how
Is it that they
Still know
Less?
Dad he used to listen to them
Lonesome country blues
And his dad used to listen to them too
What goes around must come around
But there ain’t no songs like that today, so
Here’s a song that I’m dusting off for you
Dad he used to listen to them
Lonesome country blues
And his dad used to listen to them too
What goes around must come around
But there ain’t no songs like that right now, so
Here’s a song that I’m dusting off for you
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Smoke Signals
DARLIN', DON'T GO EASY
In days of paragon
Time proves the truest thief
It fights you like a devil
But lets you sin in peace
Down in the towns
Where the wretched grow, there’s still
Reason to fear death there but’s it’s a love
You’ll never know
Gone is the taste
Of lovers left behind
Long is the day
But fierce is the tide
To brace such kingly authors
When others fear to turn
Those who aren’t born noble
Are noble in their scorn
Your mark begins to fade
With all the blood you’ve paid
But darlin’ don’t go easy to your grave
Darlin’ don’t go easy to your grave
Villains don’t cast lies
To the same river twice
If only treachery
Was so precise
If only death was true
If only love was kind
To slip into your scent-stream
And slip out of your mind
Your every touch gets lighter
For all the love you gave
Darlin’ don’t go easy to your grave
Darlin’ don’t go easy to your grave
Wisdom can’t be faked
When buried next to shame
Words lose their hunger, if you
Waste away your pain
The land is wide
And the road is long
It takes you from the city
Takes you from your home
Speak now if there is something
Something worth to save
But darlin’ don’t go easy to your grave
Darlin’ don’t go easy
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WATER HORSE
Stillness lays
Still Starlight plays
On mountain pools
Where travellers stray
Lonesome, weary
Lost and leery
Men
Bone and mist
Churn and twist
This playful trickster
Proud and pest
Lustful in wonder
But solemn slumber
Falls
Sentry sleep
Shadows creep
With breath
Curious creature
This beautiful faker
Rests
Willow spring
And siren sing
Luminous
With silver skin
Midnight healer
Sunlight; stealer
Of dreams
Nightlight beams and
Gentle streams
Will lead
Shapeless haze in
Moonlight’s rays
Deceive
Roar
And drum
Wild and ragged run, but
At last this weary shifting form
Lays still beneath the sun
So lost
They live
Too soon
So go now, under the
Crescent moon
Mane and fire
This midnight liar
Revealed
Ebon hooves
And whispers soothe
To yield
Roar
And drum
Wild and ragged run, but
At last this weary shifting form
Lays still beneath the sun
So lost
They live
Too soon
So go now, under the
Brittle moon
Roar
And drum
Wild and ragged run, but
At last this weary shifting form
Lays still beneath the sun
So lost
They live
Too soon
So go now, under this
Paper moon
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BRONZE AND BLUE
I’m gonna gorge on stale air and cheap booze
And maybe get me a cheap girl too
I sure do miss you being around
I wanna tattoo your lips and label your thighs
Smoke your scent and pour you into my eyes
Now it’s December and it’s really starting to show
I’m raking tracks, like clawed branches score the snow
Then lay spoiled when dragged dead across the ground
I’m gonna dig up the church and board up the town
I’ll drag it out for a while before I dress ‘em down – you know?
And down the road, where all I thought I knew
Is tainted, bronze and blue
You can’t always have what you want
You don’t always get what you need
You can’t always keep what you find
But you still get to love what you leave
Gonna fill my boots up with dust
Wear a suit with strife, drink and cuss
Recite promises to hungry ears and mirrored minds
Gonna drag you through the past just to share your bed
But I’ll hang around ‘till I’m sure what this was – is dead
But far down the road, the one that leads me back to you
Is still coloured in bronze and blue
You can’t always have what you want
You don’t always get what you need
You can’t always keep what you find
But you still get to love what you leave
You can’t always have what you want
You don’t always get what you need
You can’t always keep what you find
But you still get to love what you leave
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