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And disciplinary remains mercifully
Yes and um, I’m with you Derek, this star nonsense
Yes, yes, now which is it?
I am sure of it
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell? Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here
Were just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl year after year
Running over the same old ground, what have we found?
The same old fears, wish you were here |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but youre older
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought Id something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
Its good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells |
Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on , now
I hear youre feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again
Relax
Ill need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move, but I cant hear what youre saying
When I was a child, I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now Ive got that feeling once again
I cant explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
I have become comfortably numb
Okay
Just a little pinprick
Therell be no more
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe its working, good
Thatll keep you going through the show
Come on, its time to go
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move, but I cant hear what youre saying
When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look, but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown, the dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb |
We dont need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!
All in all, its just another brick in the wall
All in all, youre just another brick in the wall
We dont need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers, leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone!
All in all, youre just another brick in the wall
All in all, youre just another brick in the wall
Wrong, do it again!
Wrong, do it again!
If you dont eat your meat, you cant have any pudding!
How can you have any pudding if you dont eat your meat?
You! Yes! You behind the bike sheds! Stand still, laddie!
(If you dont eat your meat, you cant have any pudding!
How can you have any pudding if you dont eat your meat?)
Children playing
Phone beeping sound |
Money, get away
You get a good job with more pay and youre okay
Money, its a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four-star daydream
Think Ill buy me a football team
Money, get back
Im alright, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack
Money, its a hit
Ah, dont give me that do-goody-good bullshit
Im in the high-fidelity first class travelling set
And I think I need a Learjet
Money, its a crime
Share it fairly, but dont take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise, its no surprise
That theyre giving none away
Away, away, away
Away, away, away
Away, ooh...
- Yeah -- -- I was in the right!
- Yes, absolutely in the right!
- I certainly was in the right!
- Yeah, I was definitely in the right; that geezer was cruising for a bruising...
- Yeah
- Why does anyone do anything?
- I dont know, I was really drunk at the time...
- I was just telling him it was in, he could get it in number two. He was asking why it wasnt coming up on fader eleven. After, I was yelling and screaming and telling him why it wasnt coming up on fader eleven. It came to a heavy blow, which sorted the matter out |
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paperboy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
Ill see you on the dark side of the moon
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade
You make the change
You rearrange me till Im sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
And theres someone in my head but its not me
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
Ill see you on the dark side of the moon
I cant think of anything to say except
Hahahahahahaha!
I think its marvellous!
Hahaha... |
Breathe, breathe in the air
Dont be afraid to care
Leave but dont leave me
Look around and choose your own ground
For long you live and high you fly
And smiles youll give and tears youll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be
Run, rabbit, run
Dig that hole, forget the sun
And when at last the work is done
Dont sit down, its time to dig another one
For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave |
Remember when you were young
You shone like the Sun
Shine on, you crazy diamond
Now theres a look in your eyes
Like black holes in the sky
Shine on, you crazy diamond
You were caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom
Blown on the steel breeze
Come on, you target for faraway laughter
Come on, you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine
You reached for the secret too soon
You cried for the Moon
Shine on, you crazy diamond
Threatened by shadows at night
And exposed in the light
Shine on , you crazy diamond
Well, you wore out your welcome with random precision
Rode on the steel breeze
Come on, you raver, you seer of visions
Come on, you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine |
Hey you
Out there in the cold, getting lonely, getting old
Can you feel me?
Hey you
Standing in the aisles with itchy feet and fading smiles
Can you feel me?
Hey you
Dont help them to bury the light
Dont give in without a fight
Hey you
Out there on your own, sitting naked by the phone
Would you touch me?
Hey you
With your ear against the wall, waiting for someone to call out
Could you touch me?
Hey you
Would you help me to carry the stone?
Open your heart, Im coming home
But it was only fantasy
The wall was too high, as you can see
No matter how he tried, he could not break free
And the worms ate into his brain
Hey you
Out there on the road, always doing what youre told
Can you help me?
Hey you
Out there beyond the wall, breaking bottles in the hall
Can you help me?
Hey you
Dont tell me theres no hope at all
Together we stand, divided we fall |
Us and them
And after all were only ordinary men
Me and you
God only knows its not what we would choose to do
Forward he cried from the rear
And the front rank died
The general sat and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and down
And in the end its only round and round, and round
Havent you heard its a battle of words?
The poster bearer cried
Listen, son, said the man with the gun
Theres room for you inside
I mean, theyre not gonna kill ya
So like, if you give em a quick short, sharp, shock
They wont do it again
Dig it? I mean he got off lightly
Cause I wouldve given him a thrashing
I only hit him once!
It was only a difference of opinion
But really, I mean good manners dont cost nothing do they, eh?
Down and out
It cant be helped but theres a lot of it about
With , without
And wholl deny its what the fightings all about?
Out of the way, its a busy day
Ive got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the wheres or whys
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you
And what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can?
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun
Cloudless every day you fall
Upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky |
You got to be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes and when youre on the street
You got to be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You got to strike when the moment is right without thinking
And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
Youll get the chance to put the knife in
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know, its going to get harder, and harder, and harder
As you get older
Yeah, and in the end youll pack up and fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer
And when you lose control, youll reap the harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And its too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down all alone
Dragged down by the stone
Got to admit that Im a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if Im just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
If I dont stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze
Deaf, dumb and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyones expendable, and no one has a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
Everythings done under the sun
But you believe at heart everyones a killer
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone
Who was dragged down by the stone |
Mother, do you think theyll drop the bomb?
Mother, do you think theyll like this song?
Mother, do you think theyll try to break my balls?
Ooh-ah, Mother, should I build the wall?
Mother, should I run for president?
Mother, should I trust the government?
Mother, will they put me in the firing line?
Ooh-ah, is it just a waste of time?
Hush now, baby, baby, dont you cry
Mammas gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Mammas gonna put all of her fears into you
Mammas gonna keep you right here, under her wing
She wont let you fly, but she might let you sing
Mammas gonna keep baby cosy and warm
Ooh babe, ooh babe, ooh babe
Of course, Mammas gonna help build the wall
Mother, do you think shes good enough... For me?
Mother, do you think shes dangerous... To me?
Mother, will she tear your little boy apart?
Ooh-ah, Mother, will she break my heart?
Hush now, baby, baby, dont you cry
Mammas gonna check out all your girlfriends for you
Mamma wont let anyone dirty get through
Mammas gonna wait up until you get in
Mamma will always find out where youve been
Mammas gonna keep baby healthy and clean
Ooh babe, ooh babe, ooh babe
Youll always be baby to me
Mother, did it need to be so high? |
All that you touch and all that you see
All that you taste, all you feel
And all that you love and all that you hate
All you distrust, all you save
And all that you give and all that you deal
And all that you buy, beg, borrow, or steal
And all you create and all you destroy
And all that you do and all that you say
And all that you eat and everyone you meet
And all that you slight and everyone you fight
And all that is now and all that is gone
And all thats to come and everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
There is no dark side in the moon really
Matter of fact its all dark
Heartbeat |
Pig snorts
Big man, pig man
Haha, charade you are
Wooh!
You well-heeled big wheel
Haha, charade you are
And when your hand is on your heart
Youre nearly a good laugh, almost a joker
With your head down in the pig bin
Sayin, Keep on digging
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find
Down in the pig mine?
Youre nearly a laugh
Youre nearly a laugh, but youre really a cry
Bus stop rat bag
Haha, charade you are
You fucked up old hag
Haha, charade you are
You radiate cold shafts of broken glass
Youre nearly a good laugh
Almost worth a quick grin
You like the feel of steel
Youre hot stuff with a hatpin
And good fun with a handgun
Youre nearly a laugh
Youre nearly a laugh, but youre really a cry
Hey you, Whitehouse
Haha, charade you are
You house proud town mouse
Haha, charade you are
Youre tryin to keep our feelings off the street
Youre nearly a real treat
All tight lips and cold feet
And do you feel abused?
Gotta stem the evil tide
And keep it all on the inside
Mary, youre nearly a treat
Mary, youre nearly a treat, but youre really a cry |
I am not frightened of dying
Any time will do, I dont mind
Why should I be frightened of dying?
Theres no reason for it, youve gotta go sometime
I never said I was afraid of dying |
Three, two... fire!
So ya thought ya might like to go to the show
To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow
Ive got some bad news for you sunshine
Pink isnt well, he stayed back at the hotel
And they sent us along as a surrogate band
Were gonna find out where you fans really stand
Are there any queers in the theater tonight?
Get them up against the wall
Now theres one in the spotlight, he dont look right to me
Get him up against the wall
And that one looks Jewish and that ones a coon!
Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
Theres one smoking a joint and another with spots
If I had my way, Id have all of them shot! |
Daddys flown across the ocean
Leaving just a memory
A snapshot in the family album
Daddy, what else did you leave for me?
Daddy, whatd ya leave behind for me?
All in all, it was just a brick in the wall
All in all, it was all just bricks in the wall
Hey!
Children playing |
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut
There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends surrounded
The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
Theres a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road weve been so many times
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
For ever and ever
Is that Charlie? Hello Charlie!
Great... |
Welcome, my son
Welcome to the machine
Where have you been?
Its alright, we know where youve been
Youve been in the pipeline, filling in time
Provided with toys and Scouting for Boys
You bought a guitar to punish your ma
You didnt like school
And you know youre nobodys fool
So welcome to the machine
Welcome, my son
Welcome to the machine
What did you dream?
Its alright, we told you what to dream
You dreamed of a big star
He played a mean guitar
He always ate in the Steak Bar
He loved to drive in his Jaguar
So welcome to the machine |
...we came in?
So ya thought ya might like to go to the show
To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow
Tell me, is something eluding you, sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out whats behind these cold eyes
Youll just have to claw your way through this disguise
Lights!
Roll the sound effects!
Action!
Drop it, drop it on em
Drop it, drop it on them!
Shots
Baby Crying |
Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar, youre gonna go far
Youre gonna fly high, youre never gonna die
Youre gonna make it if you try, theyre gonna love you
Well, Ive always had a deep respect an I mean that most sincerely
The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think
Oh, by the way, which ones Pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it riding the gravy train
Were just knocked out, we heard about the sell-out
You gotta get an album out, you owe it to the people
Were so happy we can hardly count
Everybody else is just green, have you seen the chart?
Its a hell of a start, it could be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a team
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it riding the gravy train |
Good morning, Worm your honour
The crown will plainly show the prisoner
Who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings
Showing feelings of an almost human nature
This will not do
Call the schoolmaster!
I always said hed come to no good in the end your honour
If theyd let me have my way I could have flayed him into shape
But my hands were tied, the bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder, let me hammer him today
Crazy, toys in the attic
I am crazy, truly gone fishing
They must have taken my marbles away!
You little shit, youre in it now, I hope they throw away the key
You should have talked to me more often than you did, but no!
You had to go your own way
Have you broken any homes up lately?
Just five minutes, Worm your honour, him and me, alone
Babe!
Come to mother baby, let me hold you in my arms
Mlud I never wanted him to get in any trouble
Whyd he ever have to leave me?
Worm, your honour, let me take him home
Crazy, over the rainbow
I am crazy, bars in the window
There must have been a door there in the wall
When I came in
The evidence before the court is incontrovertible
Theres no need for the jury to retire
In all my years of judging, I have never heard before
Of someone more deserving of the full penalty of law
The way you made them suffer, your exquisite wife and mother
Fills me with the urge to defecate
Since, my friend, you have revealed your deepest fear
I sentence you to be exposed before your peers
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
Tear down the wall!
explosion
bricks crumbling |
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
You better make your face up with your favourite disguise
With your button down lips and your roller blind eyes
With your empty smile and your hungry heart
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past
With your nerves in tatters as the cockleshell shatters
And the hammers batter down your door
You better run!
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
You better run all day and run all night
And keep your dirty feelings deep inside
And if youre taking your girlfriend out tonight
You better park the car well out of sight
Cause if they catch you in the back seat trying to pick her locks
Theyre gonna send you back to Mother in a cardboard box
You better run! |
Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air
You better watch out
There may be dogs about
Ive looked over Jordan, and I have seen
Things are not what they seem
What do you get for pretending the dangers not real
Meek and obedient, you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel
What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes
Now things are really what they seem
No, this is no bad dream
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green He leadeth me the silent waters by
With bright knives He releaseth my soul
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places
He converteth me to lamb cutlets
For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger
When cometh the day we lowly ones
Through quiet reflection, and great dedication
Master the art of karate
Lo, we shall rise up
And then well make the buggers eyes water
Bleating and babbling we fell on his neck with a scream
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream
Have you heard the news?
The dogs are dead!
You better stay home
And do as youre told
Get out of the road if you want to grow old |
Ive been mad for fucking years
Absolutely years, been over the edge for yonks
Been working me buns off for bands
Ive always been mad, I know Ive been mad
Like the most of us have
Very hard to explain why youre mad
Even if youre not mad
Hahahahahahaha!
Ah-ah-ah... |
Well, only got an hour of daylight left. Better get started
Isnt it unsafe to travel at night?
Itll be a lot less safe to stay here. Your fathers gonna pick up our trail before long
Can Lorca ride?
Hell have to ride. Lorca, time to go! Chengra, thank you for everything. Lets go.
Goodbye, Chengra
Goodbye, Missy!
Ill be back--one day
Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?
Ah, is there anybody out there? |
But theres somebody else that needs taking care of in Washington...
Whos that?
Rose Pilchitt!
Rose Pilchitt? Whos that?
Kid screams in background
36-24-36 Laughs does that answer your question?
Whos she?
She was Miss Armoured Division in 1961...
Ive got a little black book with my poems in
Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in
When Im a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in
I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on
Got those swollen hand blues
Ive got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from
Ive got electric light
And Ive got second sight
Ive got amazing powers of observation
And that is how I know
When I try to get through
On the telephone to you
There will be nobody home
Ive got the obligatory Hendrix perm
And the inevitable pinhole burns
All down the front of my favourite satin shirt
Ive got nicotine stains on my fingers
Ive got a silver spoon on a chain
Ive got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains
Ive got wild staring eyes
And Ive got a strong urge to fly
But Ive got nowhere to fly to
Ooh, babe, when I pick up the phone
Theres still nobody home
Ive got a pair of Gohills boots
And Ive got fading roots |
You! Yes, you! Stand still, laddie!
When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who
Would hurt the children in any way they could
By pouring their derision upon anything we did
Exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kid
But in the town, it was well known, when they got home at night
Their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives |
I am just a new boy
A stranger in this town
Where are all the good times?
Whos gonna show this stranger around?
Ooh, I need a dirty woman
Ooh, I need a dirty girl
Will some woman in this desert land
Make me feel like a real man?
Take this rock-and-roll refugee
Ooh, baby, set me free
Ooh, I need a dirty woman
Ooh, I need a dirty girl
Ooh, I need a dirty woman
Ooh, I need a dirty girl
Phone beeping
Hello?
Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd. Will you accept the charge from the United States?
Phone clicks
Oh, he hung up. Thats your residence, right? Well, I wonder why he hung up. Is there supposed to be someone out there besides your wife there to answer?
Phone redials and beeps again
Hello?
This is the United States calling. Are we reaching...
Phone clicks
See, he keeps hanging up, and its a man answering. |
Eins, zwei, drei, alle!
Ooh-ooh, you cannot reach me now
Ooh-ooh, no matter how you try
Goodbye, cruel world, its over
Walk on by
Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come
In perfect isolation here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come
Testing. One. Two. One. Two. We’re all going to convene at 1:15 outside Brixton Town Hall where we will be going...
To cut out the deadwood
To clean up the city
To follow the worms
To put on a black shirt
To weed out the weaklings
To smash in their windows and kick in their doors
For the final solution to strengthen the strain
To follow the worms
To turn on the showers and fire the ovens
For the queers and the coons and the reds and the Jews
To follow the worms
Would you like to see Britannia Rule again
My friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms
Would you like to send our coloured cousins home again
My friend?
All you need to do is follow the worms
Stop! |
Oh my God! What a fabulous room! Are all these your guitars?
God! This place is bigger than our apartment!
Um, can I get a drink of water?
You want some, huh?
Oh wow! Hey, look at this tub! Wanna take a bath?
What are you watching?
Hello?
Are you feeling okay?
Day after day, the love turns gray
Like the skin of the dying man
And night after night, we pretend its all right
But I have grown older, and you have grown colder
And nothing is very much fun any more
And I can feel one of my turns coming on
I feel cold as a razor blade, tight as a tourniquet
Dry as a funeral drum
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left
Youll find my favourite axe
Dont look so frightened, this is just a passing phase
One of my bad days
Would you like to watch TV? Or get between the sheets?
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
Would you like something to eat? Would you like to learn to fly?
Would ya? Would you like to see me try?
Ah, no!
Would you like to call the cops?
Do you think its time I stopped?
Why are you running away? |
Look, Mummy!
Theres an airplane up in the sky
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Did-did-did-did you see the frightened ones?
Did-did-did-did you hear the falling bombs?
Did-did-did-did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Did-did-did-did you see the frightened ones?
Did-did-did-did you hear the falling bombs?
The flames are all long gone
But the pain lingers on
Goodbye, blue sky
Goodbye, blue sky
Goodbye
Goodbye |
If you didnt care what happened to me
And I didnt care for you
We would zigzag our way through the boredom and pain
Occasionally glancing up through the rain
Wondering which of the buggers to blame
And watching for pigs on the wing |
Have your baggage and your passports ready and follow the green line to customs and then to immigration. BA 215 to Rome, Cairo and Lagos
Live for today, gone tomorrow. Thats me
Laughs |
Baby Crying
Momma loves her baby
And Daddy loves you too
And the sea may look warm to you, babe
And the sky may look blue
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, babe
Ooh-ooh-ooh, baby blue
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, babe
If you should go skating
On the thin ice of modern life
Dragging behind you, the silent reproach
Of a million tear stained eyes
Dont be surprised when a crack in the ice
Appears under your feet
Youll slip out of your depth and out of your mind
With your fear flowing out behind you
As you claw the thin ice |
Sounds from TV
I dont need no arms around me
And I dont need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on the wall
Dont think I need anything at all
No, dont think Ill need anything at all
All in all, it was all just bricks in the wall
All in all, you were all just bricks in the wall |
All alone, or in twos
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down, outside the wall
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands
The bleeding hearts and the artists make their stand
And when theyve given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all its not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall
Isnt this where... |
Nobody knows where you are
How near or how far
Shine on you crazy diamond
Pile on many more layers
And Ill be joining you there
Shine on you crazy diamond
And well bask in the shadow of yesterdays triumph
And sail on the steel breeze
Come on, you boy child, you winner and loser
Come on, you miner for truth and delusion, and shine! |
Ooh, babe, dont leave me now
Dont say its the end of the road
Remember the flowers I sent
I need you, babe
To put through the shredder in front of my friends
Oh, babe, dont leave me now
How could you go?
When you know how I need you
To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night
Oh, babe, dont leave me now
How can you treat me this way?
Running away
Ooh, babe, why are you running away?
Ooh, babe
Ooh, babe
Ooh, babe
Ooh, ooh
Argh! |
You say the hill’s too steep to climb
Chiding
You say you’d like to see me try
Climbing
You pick the place and I’ll choose the time
And I will climb that hill in my own way
Just wait a while for the right day
And as I rise above the tree line and the clouds
I look down, hearing the sound of the things you’ve said today
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd
Smiling
Merciless the magistrate turns ’round
Frowning
And who’s the fool who wears the crown?
And go down in your own way
And every day is the right day
And as you rise above the fear-lines in his brow
You look down, hearing the sound of the faces in the crowd
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And youll never walk alone
Youll never walk alone
Liverpool! Liverpool! |
Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone, my senses reel
A fatal attraction is holding me fast
How can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Cant keep my eyes from the circling sky
Tongue-tied and twisted
Just an earthbound misfit, I
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
Unladen, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension thats learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted
Just an earthbound misfit, I
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer
My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
Theres no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Cant keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted
Just an earthbound misfit, I |
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where we used to talk?
How shall I fill the final places?
How should I complete the wall? |
Where the hell are you?
Where the hell are you, Simon? Shots
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Remember how she said that
We would meet again some sunny day?
Vera, Vera, what has become of you?
Does anybody else in here feel the way I do? |
Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
Im spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide
If you negotiate the minefield in the drive
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes
And if you make it past the shotguns in the hall
Dial the combination, open the priesthole
And if Im in Ill tell you
Theres a kid who had a big hallucination
Making love to girls in magazines
He wonders if youre sleeping with your new found faith
Could anybody love him
Or is it just a crazy dream?
And if I show you my dark side
Will you still hold me tonight?
And if I open my heart to you
And show you my weak side
What would you do?
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Would you take the children away
And leave me alone?
And smile in reassurance
As you whisper down the phone?
Would you send me packing?
Or would you take me home?
Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down
I held the blade in trembling hands
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang
I never had the nerve to make the final cut
“Hello? Listen, I think Ive got it.
Okay, listen, its a- Hahahaha!” |
One of these days, I’m going to cut you into little pieces |
Moon in both ...
...Scorpio, , Libra...
...Pluto was not discovered until 1930...
Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania
Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten
Blinding signs flap
Flicker, flicker, flicker, blam
Pow, pow
Stairway scare Dan Dare who’s there?
Lime and limpid green, the sound surrounds
The icy waters under
Lime and limpid green, the sound surrounds
The icy waters underground |
I’ve got a bike, you can ride it if you like
It’s got a basket, a bell that rings
And things to make it look good
I’d give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it
You’re the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I’ll give you anything, everything if you want things
I’ve got a cloak it’s a bit of a joke
There’s a tear up the front
It’s red and black, I’ve had it for months
If you think it could look good, then I guess it should
You’re the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I’ll give you anything, everything if you want things
I know a mouse, and he hasn’t got a house
I don’t know why I call him Gerald
He’s getting rather old, but he’s a good mouse
You’re the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I’ll give you anything, everything if you want things
I’ve got a clan of gingerbread men
Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men
Take a couple if you wish. They’re on the dish
You’re the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I’ll give you anything, everything if you want things
I know a room of musical tunes
Some rhyme, some ching, most of them are clockwork
Let’s go into the other room and make them work |
Goodbye, cruel world, Im leaving you today
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, all you people, theres nothing you can say
To make me change my mind, goodbye |
Ooh, ooh-hoo, ooh, ooh
Must the show go on?
There must be some mistake, I didnt mean to let them
Take away my soul, am I too old, is it too late?
Where has the feeling gone?
Will I remember the song?
The show must go on |
It’s awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I’m most obliged to you for making it clear that I’m not here
And I never knew the moon could be so big
And I never knew the moon could be so blue
And I’m grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red
And I’m wondering who could be writing this song
I don’t care if the sun don’t shine
And I don’t care if nothing is mine
And I don’t care if I’m nervous with you
I’ll do my loving in the winter
And the sea isn’t green
And I love the Queen
And what exactly is a dream?
And what exactly is a joke? |
We bitch and we fight
Diss each other on sight
But this thing we do
These times together
Rain or shine or stormy weather
This thing we do
With world-weary grace
Weve taken our places
We could curse it or nurse it and give it a name
Or stay home by the fire, felled by desire
Stoking the flame
But we’re here for the ride
Its louder than words
This thing that we do
Louder than words
The way it unfurls
Its louder than words
The sum of our parts
The beat of our hearts
Is louder than words
Louder than words
The strings bend and slide
As the hours glide by
An old pair of shoes, your favorite blues
Gonna tap out the rhythm
Lets go with the flow, wherever it goes
Were more than alive
Its louder than words
This thing that we do
Louder than words
The way it unfurls
Its louder than words
The sum of our parts
The beat of our hearts
Is louder than words
Louder than words
This thing they call soul
Is there with a pulse
Louder than words
Louder than words
Go to Heaven, Wright |
Little by little the night turns around
Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
Lotuses lean on each other in yearning
Under the eaves the swallow is resting
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
Over the mountain watching the watcher
Breaking the darkness, waking the grapevine
One inch of love is one inch of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
Witness the man who raves at the wall
Making the shape of his question to Heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of giving?
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun |
Emily tries but misunderstands
Shes often inclined to borrow somebody’s dreams til tomorrow
There is no other day
Let’s try it another way
You’ll lose your mind and play
Free games for May
See Emily play
Soon after dark, Emily cries
Gazing through trees in sorrow, hardly a sound til tomorrow
There is no other day
Lets try it another way
You’ll lose your mind and play
Free games for May
See Emily play
Put on a gown that touches the ground
Float on a river forever and ever, Emily
There is no other day
Lets try it another way
You’ll lose your mind and play
Free games for May
See Emily play |
You know that I care what happens to you
And I know that you care for me too
So I dont feel alone or the weight of the stone
Now that Ive found somewhere safe to bury my bone
And any fool knows a dog needs a home
A shelter from pigs on the wing |
Bring the boys back home
Bring the boys back home
Dont leave the children on their own, no, no
Bring the boys back home
Wrong, do it again!
Knock Time to go!
Are you feeling okay?
He keeps hanging up, and its a man answering!
Hahahahaha!!!!!!
Is there anybody out there? |
Where were you when I was burned and broken?
While the days slipped by from my window watching
And where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless?
‘Cause the things you say and the things you do surround me
While you were hanging yourself on someone else’s words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted
Outside, the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the waiting had begun
And headed straight… into the shining sun |
I wanna go home
Take off this uniform and leave the show
But Im waiting in this cell, because I have to know
Have I been guilty all this time? |
Fathers Shout
Breast Milky
Mother Fore
Funky Dung
Mind Your Throats Please
Here is a loud announcement
Silence in the studio!
Remergence |
For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals
Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination
We learned to talk
There’s a silence surrounding me
I can’t seem to think straight
I’ll sit in the corner
And no one can bother me
I think I should speak now
I can’t seem to speak now
My words won’t come out right
I feel like I’m drowning
I’m feeling weak now
But I can’t show my weakness
I sometimes wonder
Where do we go from here
It doesn’t have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking
I feel like I’m drowning
You know I can’t breathe now
We’re going nowhere
We’re going nowhere
It doesn’t have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking |
I was spending my time in the doldrums
I was caught in a cauldron of hate
I felt persecuted and paralysed
I thought that everything else would just wait
While you are wasting your time on your enemies
Engulfed in a fever of spite
Beyond your tunnel vision reality fades
Like shadows into the night
To martyr yourself to caution
Is not gonna help at all
‘Cause there’ll be no safety in numbers
When the right one walks out of the door
Ladies and gentlemen!
The winner
By a knockout
Can you see your days blighted by darkness?
Is it true you beat your fists on the floor?
Stuck in a world of isolation
While the ivy grows over the door
So I open my door to my enemies
And I ask Could we wipe the slate clean?
But they tell me to please go fuck myself
You know you just can’t win |
Lucifer Sam, Siam cat
Always sitting by your side
Always by your side
That cat’s something I can’t explain
Jennifer Gentle, you’re a witch
You’re the left side, he’s the right side
Oh, no!
That cat’s something I can’t explain
Lucifer, go to sea
Be a hip cat, be a ship’s cat
Somewhere, anywhere
That cat’s something I can’t explain
At night prowling, sifting sand
Hiding around on the ground
He’ll be found when you’re around
That cat’s something I can’t explain |
As you look around this room tonight
Settle in your seat and dim the lights
Do you want my blood, do you want my tears?
What do you want?
Should I sing until I can’t sing anymore?
Play these strings until my fingers are raw
Youre so hard to please
What do you want from me?
Do you think that I know something you don’t know?
If I don’t promise you the answers would you go?
Should I stand out in the rain?
Do you want me to make a daisy chain for you?
I’m not the one you need
What do you want from me?
You can have anything you want
You can drift, you can dream, even walk on water
Anything you want
You can own everything you see
Sell your soul for complete control
Is that really what you need?
You can lose yourself this night
See inside, there is nothing to hide
Turn and face the light
What do you want from me? |
If I were a swan, Id be gone
If I were a train, Id be late
And if I were a good man
Id talk with you more often than I do
If I were asleep, I could dream
If I were afraid, I could hide
If I go insane
Please dont put your wires in my brain
If I were the moon, Id be cool
If I were a rule, I would bend
If I were a good man
Id understand the spaces between friends
If I were alone, I would cry
And if I were with you, Id be home and dry
And if I go insane
Will you still let me join in with the game?
If I were a swan, Id be gone
If I were a train, Id be late again
If I were a good man
Id talk with you more often than I do |
On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say
Which we won’t understand
Don’t accept that what’s happening
Is just a case of all the suffering
Or you’ll find that you’re joining in
The turning away
It’s a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting its shroud
Over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we’re all alone
In the dream of the proud
On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord
Using words you will find are strange
Mesmerized as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It’s not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there’ll be
No more turning away? |
Floating down, through the clouds
Memories come rushing up to meet me now
But in the space between the heavens
And the corner of some foreign field
I had a dream
I had a dream
Good-bye Max
Good-bye Ma
After the service, when you’re walking slowly to the car
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air
You hear the tolling bell
And touch the silk in your lapel
And as the tear drops rise to meet the comfort of the band
You take her frail hand
And hold on to the dream!
A place to stay
Enough to eat
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud
About your doubts and fears
And what’s more, no-one ever disappears
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door
You can relax on both sides of the tracks
And maniacs don’t blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no one kills the children anymore
No one kills the children anymore
Night after night
Going round and round my brain
His dream is driving me insane
In the corner of some foreign field
The gunner sleeps tonight
What’s done is done
We cannot just write off his final scene
Take heed of the dream
Take heed |
From morning to night I stayed out of sight
Didn’t recognize I’d become
No more than alive; I’d barely survive
In a word, overrun
Won’t hear a sound
From my mouth
I’ve spent too long
On the inside out
My skin is cold
To the human touch
This bleeding heart’s
Not beating much
I murmured a vow of silence and now
I don’t even hear when I think aloud
Extinguished by light, I turn on the night
Wear its darkness with an empty smile
I’m creeping back to life
My nervous system all awry
I’m wearing the inside out
Look at him now
He’s paler somehow
But he’s coming around
He’s starting to choke
It’s been so long since he spoke
Well he can have the words right from my mouth
And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again
I’m holding out
For the day
When all the clouds
Have blown away
I’m with you now
Can speak your name
Now we can hear
Ourselves again |
Fuck all that, weve got to get on with these
Got to compete with the wily Japanese
There’s too many home fires burning and not enough trees
So fuck all that, weve gotta get on with these
Can’t stop, lose job
Mind gone, silicon
Tsar bomb, what bomb?
Get away, pay day
Make hay, break down
Need fix, big six
Click, click
Hold on, oh no
Bingo!
Make them laugh, make them cry
Make them dance in the aisles
Make them pay, make them stay
Make them feel okay
Not now John, weve got to get on with the film show
Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow
Who cares what it’s about as long as the kids go
So, not now John, weve gotta get on with the show
Hang on John Ive got to get on with this
I don’t know what it is, but it fits on here like- tsss
Come at the end of the shift, we’ll go and get pissed
But not now John, Ive gotta get on with this
Hold on John, I think there’s something good on
I used to read books but...
It could be the news, or some other amusement
Could be reusable shows
Fuck all that, weve gotta get on with these
Got to compete with the wily Japanese
No need to worry about the Vietnapeace
Got to bring the Russian Bear to his knees
Well, maybe not the Russian Bear, maybe the Swedes
We showed Argentina, now let’s go and show these
Make us feel tough and wouldnt Maggie be pleased?
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
One, two, Free Four!
Scusi, dovè il bar?
Se parakalo, pou einai to bar?
S’il vous plaît, où est le bar?
Oi, where’s the fucking bar John?
Down! Go, Maggie!
Hammer, Hammer, Hammer, Hammer, now! |
Isnt this where…
…we came in? |
Far, far, far, far away – way
People heard him say – say
I will find a way – way
There will come a day – day
Something will be done
Then at last the mighty ship
Descending on a point of flame
Made contact with the human race at Mildenhall
Now, now, now is the time – time
Time to be – be – be aware
Carter’s father saw him there and
Knew the road revealed to him
The living soul of Hereward the Wake
Oh, my, something in my eye – eye
Something in the sky – sky
Waiting there for me
The outer lock rolled slowly back
The service men were heard to sigh
For there revealed in glowing robes was Lucy in the sky
Oh, oh, did you ever know – know
Never ever will they
I cannot say
Summoning his cosmic powers
And glowing slightly from his toes
His psychic emanations flowed |
Did you know
It was all going to go so wrong for you?
And did you see
It was all going to be so right for me?
Why did we tell you then
You were always the golden boy then
And that youd never lose that light in your eyes?
Hey you
Did you ever realize what youd become?
And did you see
That it wasnt only me you were running from?
Did you know all the time but it
Never bothered you anyway?
Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes
The rain fell slow
Down on all the roofs of uncertainty
I thought of you
And the years and all the sadness fell away from me
And did you know?
I never thought that youd lose that light in your eyes |
I want to tell you a story
Bout a little man, If I can
A gnome named Grimble Grumble
And little gnomes stay in their homes
Eating, sleeping
Drinking their wine
He wore a scarlet tunic
A blue green hood, it looked quite good
He had a big adventure
Amidst the grass, fresh air at last
Wining, dining
Biding his time
And then one day
Hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say
Ooooooh my
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isn’t it good?
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isn’t it good?
Winding, finding places to go
And then one day – hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say
Ooooooh my
Ooooooh my |
On the day the wall came down
They threw the locks onto the ground
And with glasses high we raised a cry
For freedom had arrived
On the day the wall came down
The Ship of Fools had finally run aground
Promises lit up the night
Like paper doves in flight
I dreamed you had left my side
No warmth, not even pride remained
And even though you needed me
It was clear that I could not do a thing for you
Now life devalues day by day
As friends and neighbors turn away
And there’s a change that even with regret
Cannot be undone
Now frontiers shift like desert sands
While nations wash their bloodied hands
Of loyalty, of history, in shades of grey
I woke to the sound of drums
The music played, the morning sun streamed in
I turned and I looked at you
And all but the bitter residues slipped away
Slipped away |
“…announced plans to build a nuclear fallout shelter at Peterborough in Cambridgeshire…”
“…three high court judges have cleared the way…”
“…It was announced today that the replacement for the Atlantic
Conveyor, the container ship lost in the Falklands conflict would be built in Japan. A spokesman for…”
“…moving in. They say the third world countries, like Bolivia, which produce the drug are suffering from rising violence…”
Tell me true, tell me why, was Jesus crucified?
Was it for this that Daddy died?
Was it for you? Was it me?
Did I watch too much T.V.?
Is that a hint of accusation in your eyes?
If it wasnt for the Nips
Being so good at building ships
The yards would still be open on the Clyde
And it cant be much fun for them
Beneath the rising sun
With all their kids committing suicide
What have we done, Maggie, what have we done?
What have we done to England?
Should we shout, should we scream
“What happened to the post war dream?”
Oh, Maggie, Maggie, what did we do? |
Sunlight bright upon my pillow
Lighter than an eiderdown
Will she let the weeping willow
Wind his branches round?
Julia dream, dreamboat queen
Queen of all my dreams
Every night I turn the light out
Waiting for the velvet bride
Will the scaly armadillo
Find me where I’m hiding?
Julia dream, dreamboat queen
Queen of all my dreams
Will the misty master break me?
Will the key unlock my mind?
Will the following footsteps catch me?
Am I really dying?
Julia dream, dreamboat queen
Queen of all my dreams
Julia dream, dreamboat queen
Queen of all my dreams
Julia dream, dreamboat queen
Queen of all my dreams
Julia dream, dreamboat queen
Queen of all my dreams |
In my rear view mirror the sun is going down
Sinking behind bridges in the road
And I think of all the good things
That we have left undone
And I suffer premonitions, confirm suspicions
Of the holocaust to come
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in
Gives way and suddenly it’s day again
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done
Two suns in the sunset, hmph
Could be the human race is run
Like the moment when the brakes lock
And you slide towards the big truck
You stretch the frozen moments with your fear
And you’ll never hear their voices
And you’ll never see their faces
You have no recourse to the law anymore
And as the windshield melts and my tears evaporate
Leaving only charcoal to defend
Finally I understand
The feelings of the few
Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend
We were all equal in the end
“…and now the weather. Tomorrow will be cloudy with scattered showers spreading from the east …
With an expected high of 4000 degrees Celsius” |
A cloud of eiderdown
Draws around me
Softening the sound
Sleepy time, when I lie
With my love by my side
And she’s breathing low
And the candle dies
When night comes down, you lock the door
The book falls to the floor
As darkness falls and waves roll by
The seasons change, the wind is warm
Now wakes the owl, now sleeps the swan
Behold a dream, the dream is gone
Green fields, a cold rain is falling
In a golden dawn
And deep beneath the ground
The early morning sounds
And I go down
Sleepy time, when I lie
With my love by my side
And she’s breathing low
And I rise, like a bird
In the haze, when the first rays
Touch the sky
And the night winds die |
It was just before dawn one miserable
Morning in black Forty-Four
When the forward commander was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn
And the Generals gave thanks as the other ranks
Held back the enemy tanks for a while
And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives
And kind old King George sent Mother a note
When he heard that Father was gone
It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll
With gold leaf and all
And I found it one day
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
His Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp
It was dark all around, there was frost in the ground
When the Tigers broke free
And no one survived
From the Royal Fusiliers Company Z
They were all left behind
Most of them dead, the rest of them dying
And thats how the High Command
Took my daddy from me |
Heaven sent the promised land
Looks alright from where I stand
Cause I’m the man on the outside looking in
Waiting on the first step
Show me where the key is kept
Point me down the right line because it’s time
To let me in from the cold
Turn my lead into gold
Cause there’s a chill wind blowing in my soul
And I think I’m growing old
Flash the readies
Wot’s… uh-the deal?
Got to make it to the next meal
Try to keep up with the turning of the wheel
Mile after mile
Stone after stone
Turn to speak but you’re alone
Million miles from home, you’re on your own
So let me in from the cold
Turn my lead into gold
Cause there’s a chill wind blowing in my soul
And I think I’m growing old
Fire bright by candlelight
And her by my side
And if she prefers we never stir again
Someone sent the promised land
And I grabbed it with both hands
Now Im the man on the inside looking out
Hear me shout “Come on in!
What’s the news and whereve you been?”
Cause there’s no wind left in my soul
And I’ve grown old |
There was a king who ruled the land
His Majesty was in command
With silver eyes the scarlet eagle
Showered silver on the people...
Oh, Mother
Tell me more
Why’dya have to leave me there
Hanging in my infant air
Waiting?
You only have to read the lines
They’re scribbly black and everything shines
Across the stream with wooden shoes
With bells to tell the king the news
A thousand misty riders climb up
Higher once upon a time
Wandering and dreaming
The words have different meaning
Yes, they did
For all the time spent in that room
The doll’s house, darkness, old perfume
And fairy stories held me high
On clouds of sunlight floating by
Oh, Mother
Tell me more
Tell me more
Aaaaaaaah
Aaaaaaaah
Aaaaaaaah |
Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere
And build them a home, a little place of their own
The Fletcher Memorial Home
For Incurable Tyrants and Kings
And they can appear to themselves every day
On closed circuit T.V
To make sure they’re still real
It’s the only connection they feel
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, Reagan and Haig
Mr. Begin and friend, Mrs. Thatcher, and Paisley
“Hello Maggie!”
Mr. Brezhnev and party
“Scusi dov’è il bar?”
The ghost of McCarthy,
The memories of Nixon.
“Who’s the bald chap?”
And now, adding colour
A group of anonymous Latin-American meat packing glitterati
Did they expect us to treat them with any respect?
They can polish their medals and sharpen their smiles,
And amuse themselves playing games for awhile
Boom boom, bang bang, lie down you’re dead
Safe in the permanent gaze of a cold glass eye
With their favourite toys
They’ll be good girls and boys
In the Fletcher Memorial Home for colonial
Wasters of life and limb
Is everyone in?
Are you having a nice time?
Now the final solution can be applied |
As I reach for a peach, slide a rind down behind
The sofa in San Tropez
Breakin’ a stick with a brick on the sand
Ridin’ a wave in the wake of an old sedan
Sleepin’ alone in the drone of the darkness
Scratched by the sand that fell from my love
Deep in my dreams and I still hear her callin’
“If you’re alone, I’ll come ho-ho-home”
Backward and homebound, the pigeon, the dove
Gone with the wind and the rain, on an airplane
Born in a home with no silver spoon
I’m drinking champagne like a good tycoon
Sooner than wait for a break in the weather
I’ll gather my far-flung thoughts together
Speeding away on the wind to a new day
If you’re alone, I’ll come ho-ho-home
And I pause for a while by a country stile
And listen to the things they say
Diggin’ for gold in a hole in my hand
Open a book, take a look at the way things stand
And you’re leading me down to the place by the sea
I hear your soft voice calling to me
Making a date for later by phone
And if you’re alone, I’ll come ho-ho-home |
The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land
Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky:
A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers
But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking
He’s haunted by the memory of a lost paradise
In his youth or a dream, he can’t be precise
He’s chained forever to a world that’s departed
It’s not enough, it’s not enough
His blood has frozen and curdled with fright
His knees have trembled and given way in the night
His hand has weakened at the moment of truth
His step has faltered
One world, one soul
Time pass, the river roll
And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication
And silent replies that swirl invitation
Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea
A grim intimation of what is to be
There’s an unceasing wind that blows through this night
And there’s dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight
And silence that speaks so much louder than words
Of promises broken |
Arnold Layne
Had a strange hobby
Collecting clothes
Moonshine washing line
They suit him fine
On the wall
Hung a tall mirror
Distorted view
See through baby blue
He done it
Oh, Arnold Layne
Its not the same
Takes two to know
Two to know
Two to know
Two to know
Why cant you see?
Arnold Layne
Arnold Layne
Arnold Layne
Now hes caught
A nasty sort of person
They gave him time
Doors bang, chain gang
He hates it
Oh, Arnold Layne
Its not the same
Takes two to know
Two to know
Two to know
Two to know
Why cant you see?
Arnold Layne
Arnold Layne
Arnold Layne
Arnold Layne, dont do it again |
Heavy hung the canopy of blue
Shade my eyes and I can see you
White is the light that shines through the dress that you wore
She lay in the shadow of the wave
Hazy were the visions of her playing
Sunlight on her eyes but moonshine made her blind ev’ry time
Green is the colour of her kind
Quickness of the eye deceives the mind
Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the damned |
Alone in the clouds all blue
Lying on an eiderdown
Yippee! You can’t see me
But I can you
Lazing in the foggy dew
Sitting on a unicorn
No fair, you can’t hear me
But I can you
Watching buttercups cup the light
Sleeping on a dandelion
Too much, I won’t touch you
But then I might
Screaming through the starlit sky
Traveling by telephone
Hey, ho, here we go
Ever so high
Alone in the clouds all blue
Lying on an eiderdown
Yippee! You can’t see me
But I can you |
You shout in your sleep
Perhaps the price is just too steep
Is your conscience at rest
If once put to the test?
You awake with a start
To just the beating of your heart
Just one man beneath the sky
Just two ears, just two eyes
You set sail across the sea
Of long past thoughts and memories
Childhood’s end, your fantasies
Merge with harsh realities
And then as the sail is hoist
You find your eyes are growing moist
All the fears never voiced
Say you have to make your final choice
Who are you and who am I
To say we know the reason why?
Some are born; some men die
Beneath one infinite sky
There’ll be war, there’ll be peace
But everything one day will cease
All the iron turned to rust
All the proud men turned to dust
And so all things, time will mend
So this song will end |
Would you like to say something before you leave?
Perhaps youd care to state exactly how you feel
We say goodbye before weve said hello
I hardly even like you, I shouldnt care at all
We met just six hours ago, the music was too loud
From your bed I gained a day and lost a bloody year
And I would like to know
How do you feel?
How do you feel?
Not a single word was said, the night still hid our fears
Occasionally you showed a smile but what was the need
I felt the cold far too soon in a room of 95
My friends are lying in the sun, I wish that I was there
Tomorrow brings another town another girl like you
Have you time before you leave to greet another man?
Just you let me know
How do you feel?
How do you feel?
How do you feel?
How do you feel?
Goodbye to you, Charlotte Pringles due
Ive had enough for one day |
They flutter behind you your possible pasts
Some bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost
A warning to anyone still in command
“Ranks! Fire”
Of their possible future, to take care
In derelict sidings the poppies entwine
With cattle trucks lying in wait for the next time
Do you remember me? How we used to be?
Do you think we should be closer?
She stood in the doorway, the ghost of a smile
Haunting her face like a cheap hotel sign
Her cold eyes imploring the men in their Macs
For the gold in their bags or the knives in their backs
Stepping up boldly one put out his hand
He said, “I was just a child then, now I’m only a man.”
Do you remember me? How we used to be?
Do you think we should be closer?
By the cold and religious we were taken in hand
Shown how to feel good and told to feel bad
(Tongue tied and terrified we learned how to pray
Now our feelings run deep and cold as the clay)
Strung out behind us the banners and flags
Of our possible pasts lie in tatters and rags
Do you remember me? How we used to be?
Do you think we should be closer? |
Doctor Doctor, I’m in bed
Doctor Doctor, aching head
Doctor Doctor, gold is lead
Doctor Doctor, choke on bread
Doctor Doctor, underfed
Doctor Doctor, gold is lead
Doctor Doctor, Jesus bled
Doctor Doctor, pain is red
Doctor Doctor, dark doom
Gruel ghoul, greasy spoon
Used spoon, June bloom
Music seems to help the pain
Seems to motivate the brain
Doctor kindly tell your wife
That I’m alive
Flowers thrive
Realise
Realise
Realise |
Oh, uh, me flakes, then uh, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, tomatoes... toast, coffee... marmalade, I like marmalade. Yes, porridge is nice. Any cereal, I like all cereals... oh God. Kickoff is 10am
Rise And Shine
Breakfast in Los Angeles, macrobiotic stuff
Sunny Side Up
I dont mind a barrow, I like barrowing the stuff in
Ive got a terrible back. When I work, it hurts me
Dyou know what I mean, John?
Well hes sort of, err… when driving on the road, he gets ready for the gig, he has a sleep
I dont know
He does all the electrical stuff. I cant be bothered with that its so fiddly
Morning Glory
All my heads a blank |
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
Summer evening birds are calling
Summer Sunday and a year
The sound of music in my ears
Distant bells, new mown grass smells so sweet
By the river holding hands
Roll me up and lay me down
And if you see, don’t make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a tongue so strange
Sing to me, sing to me
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
Summer evening birds are calling
Children’s laughter in my ears
The last sunlight disappears
And if you see, don’t make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a tongue so strange
Sing to me, sing to me
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling |
Remember a day before today
A day when you were young
Free to play alone with time
Evening never come
Sing a song that can’t be sung
Without the morning’s kiss
Queen – you shall be it if you wish
Look for your king
Why can’t we play today?
Why can’t we stay that way?
Climb your favourite apple tree
Try to catch the sun
Hide from your little brother’s gun
Dream yourself away
Why can’t we reach the sun?
Why can’t we blow the years away?
Blow away
Blow away
Remember
Remember
Remember |
Part 1. Something Else
Part 2. Syncopated Pandemonium
Part 3. Storm Signal
Part 4. Celestial Voices |
Her love rains down on me
Easy as the breeze
I listen to her breathing
It sounds like the waves on the sea
I was thinking all about her
Burning with rage and desire
We were spinning into darkness
The earth was on fire
She could take it back
She might take it back someday
So I spy on her, I lie to her
I make promises I cannot keep
Then I hear their laughter rising, rising from the deep
And I make her prove her love for me, I take all that I can take
And I push her to the limit to see if she will break
She might take it back, she could take it back some day
Ring-a-ring o’ roses
A pocket full of posies
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all fall down
Now I have seen the warnings, screaming from all sides
It’s easy to ignore them, God knows I’ve tried
All of this temptation, you know it turned my faith to lies
Until I couldn’t see the danger or hear the rising tide
She can take it back, she will take it back some day
She can take it back, she will take it back some day
She will take it back, she will take it back some day |
All movement is accomplished in six stages
And the seventh brings return
For seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one
Change returns success
Going and coming without error
Action brings good fortune
Sunset
The time is with the month of winter solstice
When the change is due to come
Thunder in the other course of heaven
Things cannot be destroyed once and for all
Change returns success
Going and coming without error
Action brings good fortune
Sunset, sunrise
All movement is accomplished in six stages
And the seventh brings return
For seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one
Change returns success
Going and coming without error
Action brings good fortune
Sunset, sunrise |
Corporal Clegg had a wooden leg
He won it in the war
In 1944
Corporal Clegg had a medal too
In orange, red, and blue
He found it in the zoo
Dear oh dear oh were they really sad for me?
Dear oh dear oh will they really laugh at me?
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him
Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin?
Corporal Clegg umbrella in the rain
He’s never been the same
No one is to blame
Corporal Clegg received his medal in a dream
From Her Majesty the Queen
His boots were very clean
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him
Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin?
Corporal Clegg, Corporal Clegg, Corporal Clegg... |
Careful with that axe, Eugene |