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...And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps
Muscled, black with steel-green eye swishing through the rye grass with thoughts
of mouse-and-apple pie. Tail balancing at half-mast. ...And the mouse police never sleeps ....
4.W.D. (Low Ratio)
Met a man just the other day --- said his name was
Jim. Boy, won't you take a look! Got a car for you --- ....
A Better Moon
I see you better now, shaded in deeper blue. Hardly needing to
carry the find-your-way lamp down to the river. Tonight flies a better moon. ....
A Gift Of Roses
I count the hours: you count the days. Together, we count the
minutes in this Passion Play. Walk dusty miles. And I ride that train ....
A Passion Play
Do you still see me even here? (The silver cord lies on
the ground.) And so I'm dead , the young man said over the ....
A Passion Play Edit No 8
Flying, made of sticks and paper. (Aeroplane.) Dying, is the wind not
climbing? (My aeroplane.) Blowing, and going somewhere high; In the evening tumblin' down, ....
A Small Cigar
A small cigar can change the world I know, I've done it
frequently at parties Where I've won all the guests' attention With my generosity ....
A Song For Jeffrey
Gonna lose my way tomorrow, gonna give away my car. I'd take
you along with me, but you would not go so far. Don't see ....
A Time For Everything
Once it seemed there would always be a time for everything. Ages
passed I knew at last my life had never been. I'd been missing ....
Acres Wild
I'll make love to you in all good places under black mountains
in open spaces. By deep brown rivers that slither darkly through far marches ....
Aeroplane
Sitting on a park bench -- eyeing little girls with bad intent.
Snot running down his nose -- greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes. Drying in ....
Alive And Well And Living In
Nobody sees her here, her eyes are slowly closing. If she should
want some peace, she sits there, without moving, and puts a pillow over ....
And Further On
We saw the heavens break and all the world go down to
sleep and rocks on mossy banks drip acid rain from craggy steeps Saw ....
Animelee
[Instrumental] ....
Another Christmas Song
Hope everybody's ringing on their own bell, this fine morning. Hope everyone's
connected to that long distance phone. Old man, he's a mountain. Old man, ....
Another Harry's Bar
Wet wind on the sidewalk: I'm staring at the rain. Walking up
the street, yeah, and walking down again. And my feet are tired and ....
Apogee
Sailing round the true-blue sphere--- is it too late to bale out
of here Well, there has to be some better way to turn back ....
Aqualung
Sitting on a park bench -- eyeing ittle girls with bad intent.
Snot running down his nose -- greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes. Drying in ....
Astronomy
The middle lane has trapped my car in red-light claustrophobia. I slip
the shackles, cut the rope --- stand naked with a telescope as the ....
At Last, Forever
So why are you holding my hand tonight I'm not intending to
go far away. I'm just slipping through to the back room -- I'll ....
Audition
The actors milling helplessly-- The script is blowing out to sea. But
what the hell, we didn't even pass an audition. The lines you'll have ....
Automotive Engineering
In the hands of science --- the complete appliance. We're moved to
motor. Do you fly a Spitfire Do you slide on a tea-tray Or ....
Awol
Stormy-eyed on the edge of dawn: nose pressed against the triple glaze.
Floor to ceiling, wall to wall, silent traffic streams both ways. Along the ....
Back-Door Angels
In and out of the front door, ran twelve back-door angels. Their
hair was a golden-brown --- they didn't see me wink my eye. `Tis ....
Bad-Eyed And Loveless
Yes'n she's bad-eyed and she's loveless. A young man's fancy and an
old man's dream. I'm self raising and I flower in her company. Give ....
Baker Street Muse
Windy bus-stop. Click. Shop-window. Heel. Shady gentleman. Fly-button. Feel. In the underpass,
the blind man stands. With cold flute hands. Symphony match-seller, breath out of ....
Batteries Not Included
Six o'clock in the morning Wake up by the bed There sits
a Japanese toy And I like it See the name on the wrapping ....
Beastie
From early days of infancy, through trembling years of youth, long murky
middle-age and final hours long in the tooth, he is the hundred names ....
Beggar's Farm
You're taking chances. And your reputation's going down. Going out in the
night-time. You think you make no sound. But you don't fool me. `Cos ....
Bends Like A Willow
She's catching the wind: the gentlest of breezes. It's a sensitive passage
she's sailing - Through stormy straits, navigates my unfathomable failings. She rises before ....
Beside Myself
Small child messing down, messing down. in the streets of Bombay. Cities
like this have no shame, no shame; indeed, why should they Out in ....
Big Dipper
The mist rolls off the beaches: the train rolls into the station.
Weekend happiness seekers --- pent-up saturation. Well, we don't mean anyone any harm, ....
Big Riff And Mando
Marty loved the sound of the stolen mandolin. Somebody took it on
a dare in the night-time. Run up to the radio, calling out to ....
Black And White Television
I looked in the mirror then saw my face in a dream.
With eyes sharp as diamonds blessed with clear vision. Things were not as ....
Black Mamba
Hand in the snake pit - black mamba chase. Head through the
lion's cage - head on a plate. Two feet on the hot coals ....
Black Satin Dancer
Come, let me play with you, black satin dancer. In all your
giving, given is the answer. Tearing life from limb and looking sweeter than ....
Black Sunday
Tomorrow is the one day I would change for a Monday with
freezing rains melting and no trains running and sad eyes passing in windows ....
Boris Dancing
(Instrumental) ....
Broadford Bazaar
Dirty white caravans down our road, sailing. Vivas, Cortinas, weaving in their
wake. With hot, red-faced drivers, horns flattened, fists whaling, Putting trust in blind ....
Broadsword
I see a dark sail on the horizon set under a black
cloud that hides the sun. Bring me my broadsword and clear understanding. Bring ....
Budapest
I think she was a middle-distance runner... (the translation wasn't clear). Could
be a budding stately hero. International competition in a year. She was a ....
Bungle In The Jungle
Walking through forests of palm tree apartments --- scoff at the monkeys
who live in their dark tents down by the waterhole --- drunk every ....
By Kind Permission Of
[Introduction:] Please, let's have a big welcome for Jethro Tull. Whoop! Hello.
Hang on, press on. Be back with you in a minute. I'd better ....
Cat's Squirrel
[Instrumental] ....
Cheap Day Return
On Preston platform do your soft shoe shuffle dance. Brush away the
cigarette ash that's falling down your pants. And you sadly wonder does the ....
Cheerio
Along the coast road, by the headland the early lights of winter
glow. I'll pour a cup to you my darling. Raise it up --- ....
Christmas Song
Once in Royal David's City stood a lonely cattle shed, where a
mother held her baby. You'd do well to remember the things He later ....
Circular Breathing
Pick up my wings and fly into a Constable sky. Look down
on the world and try to make you out on the distant ground. ....
Cold Wind To Valhalla
And ride with us young bonny lass --- with the angels of
the night. Crack wind clatter --- flesh rein bite on an out-size unicorn. ....
Commons Brawl
All right and honorable gentlemen And lady, too Will kindly try to
restrain themselves In derring-do As verbal hard graffiti flies And echoes wall to ....
Coronach
Grey the mist --- cold the dawn;
cruel the sea and
stern the shore.
Brave the man who sets his course
For ....
Crash-Barrier Waltzer
And here slip I --- dragging one foot in the gutter ---
in the midnight echo of the shop that sells cheap radios. And there ....
Crazed Institution
Just a little touch of make-up; just a little touch of bull;
just a little 3-chord trick embedded in your platform soul; you can wear ....
Crew Nights
Tear it down in double quick time To get the eighth truck
shifted 'bout midnight The locker rooms are empty but the (Strobo Tickers) (strobe ....
Critique Oblique
Critic of the black and white It's your first night. The Passion
Play gets in the way, Spoils your insight. Tell me how the baby's ....
Cross-Eyed Mary
Who would be a poor man, a beggarman, a thief -- if
he had a rich man in his hand. And who would steal the ....
Crossfire
Spring light in a hazy May and a man with a gun
at the door Someone's crawling on the roof above --- all the media ....
Cup Of Wonder
May I make my fond excuses for the lateness of the hour,
but we accept your invitation, and we bring you Beltane's flower. For the ....
Dangerous Veils
Desert candle in a tented space throwing softer shadows on a covered
face. Sister, silent to the likes of me -- Pay my respects to ....
Dark Ages
Darlings are you ready for the long winter's fall said the lady
in her parlor said the butler in the hall. Is there time for ....
Dharma For One
[Instrumental] [Introduction:] She's really turned on by the television, and vice versa.
Here's a song called, [???]. Yes, right. Rearranged though, nevertheless. A new lease ....
Different Germany
The lights are down in Germany and Germany is closed to me
different somehow this time. The airport's stiff, cold corridors ring empty beats through ....
Doctor To My Disease
I've been treated for mild depression and I've been treated for growing
pains. I've been treated for hallucinations; now I can see it all coming ....
Dogs In The Midwinter
You ever had a day like I had today, when things are
stacked up bad You look around and every face you see seems guaranteed ....
Dot Com
It's a wide world out there So much wider than imagined I
can't quite put my finger on the pulse Of your heart softly beating ....
Dr. Bogenbroom
I have one foot in the graveyard and the other on the
bus, and the passengers do trample each other in the rush. And the ....
Drive On The Young Side Of Life
Your mother she protected you And softened every blow And brought you
up to fear the worst To be careful as you go And the ....
Driving Song
Will they ever stop drivin' me Have they ever taken time to
see That I need some rest if I'm to do my best Can ....
Dun Ringill
Clear light on a slick palm as I mis-deal the day Slip
the night from a shaved pack make a marked card play Call twilight ....
Ears Of Tin
In the late hours of a sunset rendezvous --- chill breeze against
tide, that carries me from you. Got a job in a southern city ....
El Nino
As one, wet merchants turn their eyes towards the west. Trade winds
falter as if in dire consequence. Freezing fish to fry, fail to materialise. ....
Elegy
[Instrumental] ....
End Game
I'm slipping into grey. And I was (in my way) good to
you. And you were good for me. Bye bye my love. Going to ....
European Legacy
She smiles at me from beyond the eastern sea-shore. Flashing jewelled eyes,
she hoists her skirts so high. Nouvelle cuisine or an oyster bar --- ....
Fallen On Hard Times
Fallen on hard times --- but it feels good to know that
milk and honey's just around the bend. Running on bad lines --- we'd ....
Far Alaska
Placing people in their dreamscape with fantasies of foreign fields Lofty spires
all well appointed In off-season special deals. To far Alaska: down to Ria ....
Farm On The Freeway
Nine miles of two-strand topped with barbed wire laid by the father
for the son. Good shelter down there on the valley floor, down by ....
Fire At Midnight
I believe in fires at midnight --- when the dogs have all
been fed. A golden toddy on the mantle --- a broken gun beneath ....
First Post
[Instrumental] ....
Fly By Night
It's hard to say I'm sorry. May we just forget about today.
You see, I fly by night. I fly by night. I laid my ....
Flying Colours
Shout if you will, but that just won't do. I, for one,
would rather follow softer options. I'll take the easy line; another sip of ....
Flying Dutchman
Old lady with a barrow; life near ending Standing by the harbour
wall; warm wishes sending children on the cold sea swell --- not fishers ....
For Later
[Instrumental] ....
For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me
Watery eyes of the last sighing seconds, blue reflections mute and dim
beckon tearful child of wonder to repentance of the sin. And the blind ....
From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser
From a dead beat to an old greaser, here's thinking of you.
You won't remember the long nights; coffee bars; black tights and white thighs ....
Fylingdale Flyer
Through clear skies tracking lightly from far down the line No fanfare,
just a blip on the screen No quick conclusions now --- everything will ....
General Crossing
It's an old profession of subtle artillery. Rough wheels meshing --- button
out, button in. The tall General will mine a few bridges tonight, stroking ....
Gold-Tipped Boots, Black Jacket And Tie
I'm banered and bruised. I got lines I can't use. My head
won't deliver. Well, I'm sold down the river. But I'm turning again. Yes, ....
Grace
Hello sun. Hello bird. Hello my lady. Hello breakfast. May I buy
you again tomorrow ....
Hard Liner
Hard liner, she brings ice when I bring fire. She's a hard
liner. Tightrope cross Niagara She'd cut the wire Never feel a thing. Walked ....
Heat
When the rats are running and the boys are gunning for heads
on a tin plate --- you can hear the footfall softly in the ....
Heavy Horses
Iron-clad feather-feet pounding the dust An October's day, towards evening Sweat embossed
veins standing proud to the plough Salt on a deep chest seasoning Last ....
Heavy Water
I walked out in the city night, A burning in my eyes,
like it was broad daylight. And it was hot, down there in the ....
Home
As the dawn sun breaks over sleepy gardens I'll be here to
do all things to comfort you. And though I've been away left you ....
Hot Mango Flush
Hot mango flush. Ladies with ice cream hair - Gyroscopic pink neon
beams - Everybody's happy about something. The crowd moves like a flock of ....
Hunt By Numbers
Hey little buddies: soft and silky night walkers. Dangerous species - Tiptoe
menace long grass stalkers on my bed: no butter melting in your jaws. ....
Hunting Girl
One day I walked the road and crossed a field to go
by where the hounds ran hard. And on the master raced: behind the ....
Hymn 43
Oh father high in heaven -- smile down upon your son whose
busy with his money games -- his women and his gun. Oh Jesus ....
I Don't Want To Be Me
Got a grand house out in the country. Marble pillars holding the
door. Empty bottles lining the wall from the night before. Got a Roller ....
Inside
All the places I've been make it hard to begin to enjoy
life again on the inside, but I mean to. Take a walk around ....
It's Breaking Me Up
So many long days. In so many ways. I try to get
through to what lies deep inside of you. Oh, baby. I said, you're ....
Jack-In-The-Green
Have you seen Jack-In-The-Green With his long tail hanging down. He sits
quietly under every tree --- in the folds of his velvet gown. He ....
Jack-a-lynn
cold aeroplanes, slow boats, warm trains remind me of Jack-A-Lynn lush hotels
and pretty girls won't cheer the misty mood i'm in silly, sad -- ....
Journeyman
Spine-tingling railway sleepers --- Sleepy houses lying four-square and firm Orange beams
divide the darkness Rumbling fit to turn the waking worm. Sliding through Victorian ....
Jump Start
In the dark of the city backwoods, something stirs then slips away.
Law and order in darkest Knightsbridge. Crime and punishment at play. Hey, Mr. ....
Just Trying To Be
There was a time when you were so young and walked in
their way. They made you feel they loved you all-seeing they say. You're ....
Kissing Willie
Breaking hearts in a market town. She eats filet of sole and
washes it down with sparkling wine. Nice girl, but a bad girl's better. ....
Ladies
Ladies of leisure, with their eyes on the back roads --- All
looking for strangers, to whom they extend welcomes With a smile and a ....
Lap Of Luxury
The money won't last forever --- rent man called twice today. I
hope some day you'll find me in the lap of luxury. Searched for ....
Later, That Same Evening
Later, that same evening, she ran. I think she ran alone. Later,
she had early warning from a hidden phone. Checked with the embassy --- ....
Law Of The Bungle
The tiger flashes sharpened teeth. Bowler-hatted; summer briefs Beneath his pinstriped skin.
To kill demands a business sense; Economy moves non-residence Approaching from down-wind. Being ....
Law Of The Bungle Part II
''Hello. This is `Law of the Bungle Part II'. By the way,
I'm Martin Barre; but sometimes I'm an owl, and my feathers are really ....
Law Of The Bungle Part Ii
``Hello. This is `Law of the Bungle Part II'. By the way,
I'm Martin Barre; but sometimes I'm an owl, and my feathers are really ....
Left Right
The master playwright Urges you to play right/play wrong; Life is long
and every night's the first night. The wardrobe mistress Urges you to dress ....
Life Is A Long Song
When you're falling awake and you take stock of the new day,
and you hear your voice croak as you choke on what you need ....
Lights Out
Last light's out They're all abed And something's in my room Creeping
down towards me on the wall Daddy said it's just some flickering headlight ....
Like A Tall Thin Girl
Well, I don't care to eat out in smart restaurants. I'd rather
do a Vindaloo: take away is what I want. I was down at ....
Living In The Past
Happy and I'm smiling, walk a mile to drink your water. You
know I'd love to love you, and above you there's no other. We'll ....
Locomotive Breath
In the shuffling madess of the locomotive breath, runs the all-time loser,
headlong to his death. He feels the piston scraping -- steam breaking on ....
Look At The Animals
The tiny ant leaves his tiny ant drops in the sand, And
makes his home inside a rusty watering can, Occasionally going out to look ....
Looking For Eden
As I drove down the road to look for Eden saw two
young girls but left them standing there. They were too late to get ....
Love Story
Going back in the morning time to see if my love has
changed her mind, yeah. I know what I will find that she is ....
Made In England
Somewhere in a town in England lay a babe with a curious
smile. He was of your father's children. Born each side of a dry-stone ....
Man Of Principle
One day he'll walk from out of this place. You'll see a
quiet determination on his face. He'll toe no lines. Suffer no fools. But ....
Minstrel In The Gallery
The minstrel in the gallery looked down upon the smiling faces. He
met the gazes --- observed the spaces between the old men's cackle. He ....
Montserrat
Fires on the mountain, and the dogs bark. Crash of the ocean
swelling: crickets in the dark. The temperature is rising. The village gets no ....
Mother England Reverie
I have no time for Time Magazine or Rolling Stone. I have
no wish for wishing wells or wishing bones. I have no house in ....
Mother Goose
As I did walk by Hampstead Fair I came upon Mother Goose
-- so I turned her loose -- she was screaming. And a foreign ....
Moths
The leaded window opened to move the dancing candle flame And the
first Moths of summer suicidal came. And a new breeze chattered in its ....
Mountain Men
The poacher and his daughter throw soft shadows on the water in
the night. A thin moon slips behind them as they pull the net ....
Move On Alone
I feel so sad now that she's gone, I've been loving that
woman too long. There is no place to go because my friends have ....
My God
People -- what have you done -- locked Him in His golden
cage. Made Him bend to your religion -- Him resurrected from the grave. ....
My Sunday Feeling
My Sunday feeling is coming on over me. My Sunday feeling is
coming on over me, Now that the night is over. Got to clear ....
Night In The Wilderness
I could he sitting on the left of you. You'd be looking
straight ahead. If I was adrift right across from you, you still would ....
No Lullaby
Keep your eyes open and prick up your ears --- rehearse your
loudest cry. There's folk out there who would do you harm so I'll ....
No Rehearsal
Did you learn your lines today Well, there is no rehearsal. The
tickets have all been sold For tomorrow's matinee. There's a telegram from the ....
No Step
I looked out of my window, saw a stencil black, NO STEP.
NO STEP. There were nervous mothers with children crying in the back. NO ....
Nobody's Car
Black Volga following me --- Nobody's car. Mr. No-one at the wheel
of Nobody's car. Wet pavements, thin apartments --- quiet dissent from darkened doorways. ....
North Sea Oil
Black and viscous --- bound to cure blue lethargy Sugar-plum petroleum for
energy Tightrope-balanced payments need a small reprieve Oh, please believe we want to ....
Nothing To Say
Everyday there's someone asking what is there to do Should I love
or should I fight is it all the same to you No I ....
Nursie
Tip-toes in silence `round my bed and quiets the raindrops overhead. With
her everlasting smile She still my fever for a while. Oh, nursie dear, ....
Occasional Demons
Well, you got a big-jib crane waiting to pick you up. Mmmm,
you see those snakes that crawl, they're just dying to trip you up. ....
Old Ghosts
Hair stands high on the cat's back like a ridge of threatening
hills. Sheepdogs howl, make tracks and growl --- their tails hanging low. And ....
One Brown Mouse
Smile your little smile --- take some tea with me awhile. Brush
away that black cloud from your shoulder. Twitch your whiskers. Feel that you're ....
One White Duck
There's a light in the house, in the wood in the valley.
There's a thought in the head, of the man. Who carries his dreams, ....
One White Duck / 0^{10} = Nothing At All
There's a haze on the skyline, to wish me on my way.
And there's a note on the telephone --- some roses on a tray. ....
One White Duck At All
There's a haze on the skyline, to wish me on my way.
And there's a note on the telephone --- some roses on a tray. ....
Only Solitaire
Brain-storming habit-forming battle-warning weary winsome actor spewing spineless chilling lines --- the
critics falling over to tell themselves he's boring and really not an awful ....
Orion
Orion, won't you give me your star sign Orion, get up on
the sky-line I'm high on my hill and I feel fine Orion, let's ....
Out Of The Noise
Glued to the kerbstone, staring. Frozen at the stop-sign too. See that
crazy suicide mongrel. He's going to try to cross that avenue. Old dog ....
Panama Freighter
Night close in on a shanty town. Panama freighter wearing rusty brown.
She sails tomorrow and she's homeward bound. Head up on a lumpy sea. ....
Paparazzi
Paparazzi, can't make the man. Paparazzi, can't break the man. Next to
the transit lounge see the Paparazzi tears. No-one came in today from Boston ....
Paradise Steakhouse
I'd like to take you to the edge of every morning On
a magic eiderdown To a window chair In the Paradise Steakhouse Where there's ....
Pibroch
In the half-tone light of a young morning she sighs and shifts
on the pillow. And across her face dancing, the first shadows fly to ....
Pibroch (Cap In Hand)
There's a light in the house in the wood in the valley.
There's a thought in the head of the man. Who carries his dreams ....
Piece Of Cake
Come running. Go for overkill. If you don't come now, I'll be
over the hill, all right Tell me, ``All right.'' Got a sell-by date. ....
Pied Piper
Now if you think Ray blew it, there was nothing to it.
They patched him up as good as new. You can see him every ....
Pig-Me And The Whore
``Big bottled Fraulein, put your weight on me,'' said the pig-me to
the whore, desperate for more in his assault upon the mountain. Little man, ....
Play In Time
Got to take in what I can. There is no time to
do what must be done, While I do some thinking. Sleeping is hard ....
Post Last
One two three Two The editor lies screaming (begging in his working
drink), Questioning ``Who is God's favorite rock star this week'' And will the ....
Postcard Day
My eyes are white circles above cheekbones on fire: pale hand gripping
my pen. Rounding up to the zero, adding infinite fractions, letting nine become ....
Protect And Survive
They said protect and you'll survive --- (but our postman didn't call)
8lbs. of over-pressure wave seemed to glue him to the wall They said ....
Pussy Willow
In the half-tone light of a young morning she sighs and shifts
on the pillow. And across her face dancing, the first shadows fly to ....
Quartet
[Instrumental] ....
Queen And Country
The wind is on the river and the tide has turned too
late, so we're sailing for another shore where some other ladies wait. To ....
Quizz Kid
Cut along the dotted line --- slip in and seal the flap.
Postal competition crazy, though you wear the dunce's cap. Win a fortnight in ....
Radio Free Moscow
Tune into messages from the Eastern avenue. Lock on to the ether
--- squeeze the signal through and through. War of the air-waves making scare-waves. ....
Rainbow Blues
Well I saw a bird today - flying from a bush and
the wind blew it away. And the black-eyed mother sun scorched the butterfly ....
Raising Steam
Over high plains, through the snow... roll those tracks out, don't you
know I'm raising steam. Thin vein creeping; hot blood flow... spill a little ....
Rare And Precious Chain
Rare and precious chain -- Do I have to tell you, tell
you once again Under red lights, on soft nights, it all comes back ....
Requiem
Well, I saw a bird today --- flying from a bush and
the wind blew it away. And the black-eyed mother sun scorched the butterfly ....
Ring Out, Solstice Bells
Now is the solstice of the year, winter is the glad song
that you hear. Seven maids move in seven time. Have the lads up ....
Rock Island
Savage night on a misty island. Lights wink out in the canyon
walls. Two old boys in a stolen racer. Black rubber contrails in the ....
Rocks On The Road
There's a black cat down on the quayside. Ship's lights, green eyes
glowing in the dark. Two young cops handing out a beating: know how ....
Roll Yer Own
Roll yer own. Don't mean you got no money. Only that you
got no opportunity to shake it with that friend of mine. Roll yer ....
Roots To Branches
Words get written. Words get twisted. Old meanings move in the drift
of time. Lift the flickering torches. See gentle shadows change the features of ....
Rosa On The Factory Floor
She moves with machinery for the fancy sports car trade. Part of
the industrial process: she sees that they stay made. She works from early ....
Round
[Instrumental] ....
Rover
I chase your every footstep and I follow every whim. When you
call the tune I'm ready to strike up the battle hymn. My lady ....
Saboteur
In and out of shady places --- walking on cold corners of
the maze. Following the trace you leave unwittingly. I wanna be no Saboteur. ....
Said She Was A Dancer
She said she was a dancer. If I believed it, it was
my busines She surely knew a thing or two about control. Next to ....
Sailor (Unreleased)
When the holy (........) decides to take a look, refers to the
pages of his holy book, sends the warm rain falling from the sky, ....
Salamander
Salamander --- born in the sun-kissed flame. Who was it lit your
candle --- branded you with your name I see you walking by my ....
Sanctuary
Dear uncle sold her into the purest kind of slavery. Hood-eyed little
middlemen profited from damaged goods along the way. Good angels brought her back ....
Scenario
In long years of ancient time, stood alone a friend of mine.
Reflected by the ever-burning sigh of a god who happened by. And in ....
SeaLion
Over the mountains, and under the sky --- riding dirty gray horses,
go you and I. Mating with chance, copulating with mirth --- the sad-glad ....
Seal Driver
Take you away for my magic ship. I have two hundred deisel
horses thundering loud. Sea birds call your name and the mountain's on fire ....
Sealion II
Would you like to see my lion My friend Cecil is damp
and smooth A damp smooth sea lion Yes, Cecil is a sea lion ....
Sealion Ii
Would you like to see my lion My friend Cecil is damp
and smooth A damp smooth sea lion Yes, Cecil is a sea lion ....
Serenade To A Cuckoo
[Instrumental] ....
Set-aside
Hard black crows bobbing where once ran deep furrows. Frazzled oak silhouetted
in her ivy dress. Winter sun catches dog fox through thin hedges: throws ....
Sezen Aksu
Bir gün dönüp bakınca düşler İçmiş olursa yudum yudum yudum yıllarını Ağla,
ağla Firuze ağla Anlat bir zaman ne dayanılmaz güzellikte olduğunu Kıskanır rengini baharda ....
Silver River Turning
I walked down that boulder road, Through a child's eye saw places
where I used to go. Where I crawled barefoot with a fishing pole ....
Singing All Day
Singing all day, singing `bout nothing. Singing all day, singing `bout nothing.
Singing all day, singing `bout nothing, oo, my, my, my, oo, my, my, ....
Skating Away
Really don't mind if you sit this one out. My words but
a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but ....
Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day
Meanwhile back in the year One --- when you belonged to no-one
--- you didn't stand a chance son, if your pants were undone. `Cause ....
Sleeping With The Dog
Her love is like a candle: you light it up at night.
Her heart is like a pack of cards: one chance to guess it ....
Slipstream
Well the lush separation unfolds you -- and the products of wealth
push you along on the bow wave of the spiritless undying selves. And ....
Slow Marching Band
Would you join a slow marching band And take pleasure in your
leaving as the ferry sails and tears are dried and cows come home ....
Solitaire
Brain-storming, habit-forming, battle-warning weary winsome actor spewing spineless chilling lines-- The critics
falling over to tell themselves he's boring And really not an awful lot ....
Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You
In the morning -- gonna get my things together. Packing up and
I'm leaving this place. I don't believe you'll cry, there'll be a smile ....
Something's On The Move
She wore a black tiara rare gems upon her fingers and she
came from distant waters where northern lights explode to celebrate the dawning of ....
Son
Oh, I feel sympathy. Be grateful my son for what you get.
Expression and passion. Ten days for watching the sunset; when I was your ....
Song For Jeffrey
Gonna lose my way tomorrow, gonna give away my car. I'd take
you along with me, but you would not go so far. Don't see ....
Songs From The Wood
Let me bring you songs from the wood: to make you feel
much better than you could know. Dust you down from tip to toe. ....
Sossity, You're A Woman
Hello you straight-laced lady, dressed in white but your shoes aren't clean.
Painted them up with polish in the hope we can't see where you've ....
Sparrow On The Schoolyard Wall
You want to be a bookworm You wanna be aloof You wanna
sit in judgement, looking down from the roof Try a wee sensation: but ....
Spiral
Kilometers from nowhere on a scented avenue - Lined with poppy girls.
I didn't stop, stop to say hello. Curious vendors - waving bric-a-brac - ....
Steel Monkey
As the moon slips up, and the sun sets down, I'm a
highrise jockey, and I'm heaven-bound. Do the workboot shuffle, loose brains from brawn. ....
Still Loving You Tonight
It's a lonely life I live and I live this life to
go and if I leave you with one thing it's just that I ....
Strange Avenues
Strange avenues where you lose all sense of direction and everywhere is
Main Street in the winter sun. The wino sleeps --- cold coat lined ....
Stuck In The August Rain
Brings jasmine tea on a painted tray and bends to kiss my
frown away. But I'm still still stuck in the August rain; stuck out ....
Sunshine Day
You'll hear me calling in your sweet dream can't you hear your
daddies warning cry. You're going back to be all the things you used ....
Sweet Dream
You'll hear me calling in your sweet dream, can't hear your daddy's
warning cry. You're going back to be all the things you want to ....
Taxi Grab
Shake a leg, it's the big rush, can't find a taxi can't
find a bus. Bodies jammed in the underground evacuating London town. Nowhere to ....
Teacher
Well the dawn was coming, heard him ringing on my bell. He
said, ``My name's the teacher, that is what I call myself. And I ....
The Chequered Flag (Dead Or Alive)
The disc brakes drag, the chequered flag sweeps across the oil-slick track.
The young man's home; dry as a bone. His helmet off, he waves: ....
The Clasp
We travellers on the endless wastes in single orbits, gliding cold-eyed march
towards the dawn behind hard-weather hoods a-hiding. Meeting as the tall ships do, ....
The Curse
Young Gladys was a silky maiden At thirteen, she was going strong,
yeah. Oh, Gladys. Nicely filled out, fully laden, But down below there was ....
The Dog-ear Years
Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain
Jurassic: all words to describe me. Relaxed in the knowledge that happily present ....
The End
We sleep by the ever-bright hole in the door / eat in
the corner / talk to the floor -- cheating the spiders who come ....
The Habanero Reel
Cool in the corner, tom cat sitting on the edge of the
yard; sand-flies flitting. Orange order on a field of green. Smothers me to ....
The Jasmine Corridor
In all my lives, I never knew anyone like you before. Woke
up one day, swore I heard the sound of heaven knocking on my ....
The Little Flower Girl
Down at the church the flower girl sits. Legs innocent, apart. I
make the picture puzzle fit to start your heart. Painted sister stopped beside. ....
The Pine Marten's Jig
[Instrumental] ....
The Rattlesnake Trail
Got a hair shirt round my shoulder. Got a cold stew in
my spoon. And I'm falling on my head, lifting feet of lead --- ....
The Secret Language Of Birds
This sparkling wine is all but empty. Too late for trains and
no taxis. I know the feeling. Seems all too contrived. There was no ....
The Secret Language Of Birds, Pt. Ii
No buzz words, fuzzy fudge words, so freeze those goalposts, don't take
the Admiral on board. This Hardy's not for kissing… Expression, no explosion, or ....
The Stormont Shuffle
(Instrumental) ....
The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles
This is the story of the hare who lost his spectacles. Owl
loved to rest quietly whilst no one was watching. Sitting on a fence ....
The Third Hoorah
Hoorah! WarChild, dance the days and nights away --- sweet child, how
do you do today When your back's to the wall, and your luck ....
The Waking Edge
As I wake up in a room somewhere... dawn light not yet
showing. There's just a thin horizon between me and her... the edge of ....
The Water Carrier
Crystal fountain springing from the hill. It irrigates your soul. You may
drink your fill. Water of life, carried high. One hand upon the gallon ....
The Whaler's Dues
Money speaks. Soft hearts lose. The truth only whispers. It's the whaler's
dues. I've been running on diesel. Been running on coal. Running on borrowed ....
The Whistler
I'll buy you six bay mares to put in your stable ---
six golden apples bought with my pay. I am the first piper who ....
Thick As A Brick
Really don't mind if you sit this one out. My words but
a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but ....
Thick As A Brick Edit No 1
Flying so high, trying to remember how many cigarettes did I bring
along? When I get down I'll jump in a taxi cab driving through ....
Thinking Round Corners
All of you sit up in bed. Don't think in straight lines
ahead. Can't sleep Head spin Don't think in circles, it'll do you in. ....
This Free Will
She peeled from a stretch black snake which slipped up to the
hotel door. Darting looks from piercing eyes -- The stir of memory and ....
This Is Not Love
Winds howled. Rains spit down. All these nights playing precious games. Cheap
hotel in some seaboard town closed down for the winter and whispered names. ....
Tiger Toon
[Instrumental] ....
To Cry You A Song
Flying so high, trying to remember how many cigarettes did I bring
along When I get down I'll jump in a taxi cab driving through ....
Toad In The Hole
I walk along the Strand to catch the late ride home. Shuttle
through the evening gloom knowing I forgot to phone. The back door's open. ....
Tomorrow Was Today
The old Rocker wore his hair too long, wore his trouser cuffs
too tight. Unfashionable to the end --- drank his ale too light. Death's ....
Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die
The old Rocker wore his hair too long, wore his trouser cuffs
too tight. Unfashionable to the end --- drank his ale too light. Death's ....
Trains
Here I am at the end of the day with a cup
of cold coffee from the station buffet. On trains, on trains I seem ....
Truck Stop Runner
Stopped off on a long drive. Down from the high country. Spent
a long time sitting here, Long time counting hot miles. Ohh, oh I'd ....
Tundra
Short Arctic desert day --- and someone left their snow-shoes in the
tundra. Look around every which way but I can't see just where the ....
Two Fingers
I'll see you at the Weighing-In, when your life's sum-total's made and
you set your wealth in Godly deeds against the sins you've laid. And ....
Under Wraps #1
Keep it quiet. (Go slow.) Circulate. Need to know. Stamp the date
upon your file --- masquerade, but well worth while. Wrapped in the warmth ....
Under Wraps #2
Paparazzi Paparazzi, can't make the man. Paparazzi, can't break the man. Next
to the transit lounge see the Paparazzi tears. No-one came in today from ....
Undressed To Kill
Working on the late shift --- first drink of the day. Pull
a chair up to the table, have to look the other way. What ....
Uniform
See black, see yellow with little notebooks drawn See grey stripes bowling
down the street Silver streaks and T-shirts so precisely torn Strange foreign chaps ....
Up The 'Pool
I'm going up the `pool from down the smoke below to taste
my mum's jam sarnies and see our Aunty Flo. The candyfloss salesman watches ....
Up To Me
Take you to the cinema and leave you in a Wimpy Bar
-- you tell me that we've gone to far -- come running up ....
User-friendly
Do we inhabit some micro-space and interface through wires. Dance on a
printed circuit board throw the software to the fires. My memory's slim --- ....
Valley
Wake hard in the morning. See the young girl milking. Stream rushing
by on a bed of stone. Old goats and sandstone cracking -- All ....
Velvet Green
Walking on velvet green. Scots pine growing. Isn't it rare to be
taking the air, singing. Walking on velvet green. Walking on velvet green. Distant ....
Walk Into Light
Close in, move out to where you want to go. There's a
crowd out there handclapping slow. We're all powered up, switched on, the rig ....
WarChild
I'll take you down to that bright city mile --- there to
powder your sweet face and paint on a smile, that will show all ....
Warm Sporran
[Instrumental] ....
Watching Me Watching You
I sit by the cutting on the Beaconsfield line. He's watching me
watching the trains go by. And they move so fast --- boy, they ....
Weathercock
Good morning Weathercock: How did you fare last night Did the cold
wind bite you, did you face up to the fright When the leaves ....
When Jesus Came To Play
I was in my watering-hole with some ugly friends of mine when
he door came off its hinges like a cork from fizzy wine. He ....
White Innocence
She drifted from some minor festival. Didn't look like any sumrner of
love: just a thousand weekend warriors in a muddy field. She was the ....
Wicked Windows
I review my past through wicked windows framed in silver and hung
in toughened glass, upon my face, around and over. Now and then: memories ....
Wind-Up
When I was young and they packed me off to school and
taught me how not to play the game, I didn't mind if they ....
Witch's Promise
Lend me your ear while I call you a fool. You were
kissed by a witch one night in the wood, and later insisted your ....
With You There To Help Me
In days of peace -- sweet smelling summer nights of wine and
song; dusty pavements burning feet. Why am I crying, I want to know. ....
Wond'ring Again
There's the stillness of death on a deathly unliving sea, and the
motor car magical world long since ceased to be, when the Eve-bitten apple ....
Wond'ring Aloud
Wond'ring aloud -- how we feel today. Last night sipped the sunset
-- my hands in her hair. We are our own saviours as we ....
Working John, Working Joe
When I was a young man (as all good tales begin) I
was taught to hold out my hand And for my pay I worked ....
Wounded, Old And Treacherous
A walk on the quiet side, late in the day -- Don't
mean to get in anybody's way. The Gods seem willing: sun's in the ....
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