unknown

I've had money, and i've lost it
Seen an ocean, nearly crossed it
I have been to another world and i have returned
And for every high joy a hard lesson learnt

But when love comes tumbling down
I will wear a crown

I've had power, i've used and abused it
Tasted glory, i have wooed and refused it
Tried to live in a sacred way, i did and i did not
And for everything i've lost, there's been something else i've got

But when love comes tumbling down
I will wear a crown

I've been up and i've been down
Sometimes almost level with the ground
Once in every hundred years i can
Still remember who i am

Been in danger, i tried to face it
I saw a mirage, and for seven years i chased it
I'm not through with my changes,
I've got a long way still to run
I'm going to play this show even if nobody comes

But when love comes tumbling down
When love comes tumbling down
When love comes tumbling down
I will wear a crown

On a day of days
I stood and gazed
Over the western sea
I was completely dazed
Wide-mouthed and amazed
When a mermaid called to me

Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh
Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh-wo
My sunny sailor boy

Like a man in a dream
For an age it seemed
I stood as still as a stone
While the creature sang
And her melody rang
Like a memory calling me home

Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh
Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh-wo
My sunny sailor boy

(ray charles)

Come live with me and be my love
Share my bread and wine
Be a part of me, the heart of me
Be mine

Come live with me and be my love
Let our dreams combine
Be wife to me, be life to me
Be mine

With these hands i will build a roof
To shield your head
And with these hands i will carve the wood
For our baby's bed

Come live with me and be my love
And let me love you all the time
Be mate to me, be fate to me
Be mine

I will try to do my best for you
I swear, i promise you
I will cry for you, i will comfort you
My whole life through

Come live with me and be my love
Share my bread and wine
Be a part of me, be the heart of me
Be mine

King electric, motor on
The king is dead, the king is gone
The king is in us, let his song
Play on!

King electric, motor on
The king is dead, the king is gone
The king is in us, let his song
Play on!

I was cutting a dash down bleecker street
The sewer was a-staiming underneath my feet
I looked down macdougal 'bout half a block
Said to myself "that's where you come from"
I got a vision right there and then in my mind's eye
You in your finery, strolling by
Hands on your hip and your guitar case
Sound of the future blowing in your face

King electric, motor on
The king is dead, the king is gone
The king is in us, let his song
Play on!

I stepped down the stairs, ventured through the door
Sound nearly knocked me clean to singapore
Black man child waltzing 'cross the stage
Squeezing guitar, singing purple haze

King electric, motor on
The king is dead, the king is gone
The king is in us, let his song
Play on!

I remember back home, many moons ago
I had a front-room band, you should have heard us blow
We were rough as a dog, loud as sin
With a lead guitar player, name of davy flynn
He could play with his teeth, upside of his head
He could make that thing ring like a-raising that dead
You were his idol, you were his man
I didn't get it then davy, now i understand

King electric, motor on
The king is dead, the king is gone
The king is in us, let his song
Play on!

'cos you were just to early, i was just too late
You were just too fine, you were just too great
You were just too real, you were just too true
This world wasn't beautiful enough for you

King electric, motor on
The king is dead, the king is gone
The king is in us, let his song
Play on!

Keep your electric eye on me, babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah

Keep your electric eye on me, babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah

(rodney crowell)

I don't drink as much as i used to
'cos lately that just ain't my style.
And the hard times don't hurt like they ought'a
They pass quickly like when i was a child.

And lately i've learnt how to listen
To a sound like the sun going down
In the magic that morning is bringing
There's a song for the life i have found

It keeps my feet on the ground

Now the midsummer days ain't so heady
They just drift like a breeze through my mind.
And nothing appears in a hurry
As if to make up for some old long-lost time

And lately i've learnt how to listen
To a sound like the sun going down
In the magic that morning is bringing
There's a song for the friends i have found

They keep my feet on the ground...
They keep my feet on the ground...
They keep my feet on the ground

Blues are falling like showers of rain, but i don’t feel like crying
Death himself is abroad this day, but i don’t feel like dying

I learnt how to sustain myself
I learnt how to sustain myself in storms

The enemy has the biggest tanks, and he sure knows how to use them
Our best, and only, chance, is to thoroughly confuse him

I learnt how to sustain myself in storms

Her tongue was like a scythe and all her bones were haunted
A scapegoat for her life was all she ever wanted

I learnt how to sustain myself in storms

Sir bedivere slept in a field, his armour strewn around him
Curled foetus-like beneath his shield, still weeping when we found him

I learnt how to sustain myself in storms

I teetered on the edge of doom, degenerate and broken
She washed the blood out of my wounds, and spoke the great unspoken

I learnt how to sustain myself in storms

His monstrous ego whipped and driven raged beneath his clothing
The complement he paid was given not with grace but loathing

I learnt how to sustain myself in storms

Deliverance is at the gate with arms and gold in store
He apologises for being late, but i don’t need him anymore

I learnt how to sustain myself
I learnt how to sustain myself in storms

Scoured and stripped of all pretence, shorn of all illusion
I offer nothing in my defence, you can draw your own conclusions

I learnt how to sustain myself in storms

(trans. sean miller - sean_miller@mindless.com)

Willows were swaying
The water was rippling
The froggies were singing
Along with the laughing at the bank

We have the moon to thank
For this lovely scene
We might never have seen
If it hadn't have been for the moon

Why, look at that moon
Away up high, seeing everything
That goes by
Why, look at that moon
Why, why, why, look at the moon
Why, why, why, look at the moon

Sitting in the desert
Beneath a lonesome sky
Cool, my oh my, it would be

If it never been above
That fateful little boy
That one who has beheld true love through history

Why must it start?
Why must lovers part?
Why does the cheatin' go on?
Why have hearts turned to stone?

Why, look at that moon
Away up high, seeing everything
That goes by
Why, look at that moon
Why, why, why, look at the moon
Why, why, why, look at the moon

Why, look at that moon
Ain't it grand!
Why, look at that moon
Helps me understand
Why, look at that moon
Inspirator of many a dream
Why, look at that moon

Well, i'm easy to love
But i'm harder to hold
Down through this earth
My story is told
I'm a wheeling and a-winding down
Every road and every town
I'm tumbling through the years
Higher bound!

I've as many eyes
As ever were
And though i'm older
Than the world
I am the very youngest thing
That ever did breath upon a pearl
I am a coat of many colours
With the coronation stone and the crown
I'm tumbling through the years
Higher bound!

I'm the song of the river
Speeding unceasing to the sea
I'm alive!
I'm in love!
Each and every time
There's some for me
My head is in the stars
My feet are on the ground
I'm tumbling through the years
Higher bound!

I filled the hall
At bru na boine
I saw the rose
Of mystery
I've been a fish
Upon a coin
Complete
I'll never be...
I'll meet you on the mountain
When the mountain time comes around
I'm tumbling through the years
Higher bound!
I'm dancing through the years
Higher bound!

Well it's too hot for the baker man
Too hot for the laundry man
Too hot for the fireman
But it's alright
It ain't too hot for clean head
He's gonna blow all night

Well it's too hot for the bogey man
Too hot for the gardai man
Too hot for the candy man
But it's alright
It ain't too hot for clean head
He's gonna blow all night

Well it's too hot for spiderman
Too hot for superman
Too hot for joker man
But it's alright, yes it's alright
It ain't too hot for clean head
He's gonna blow all night

Well it's too hot for the galway man
Too hot for the mayo man
Too hot for the kerry man
But it's alright, yes it's alright
It ain't too hot for clean head
He's gonna blow all night

Well it's too hot for the fiddle man
Too hot for the drummer man
Too hot for the guitar man
But it's alright, yes it's alright
It ain't too hot for clean head
He's gonna blow all night

(walt whitman, 1852)

Allons! the road is before us
It is safe, i have tried it
My own feet have tried it well
Be not detained

Let the paper remain on the desk unwritten
And the book on the shelf unopened
Let the tools remain in the workshop
Let the money remain unearned
Let the school stand
Mind not the cry of the teacher

Let the preacher preach in his pulpit
Let the lawyer plead in his court
And let the judge expound the law...

...let them!

Comerado! i give you my hand
I give you my love more precious than money
I give you myself before preaching and law

Will you give me yourself?
Will you come travel with me?
Will you give me yourself? hey!
Will you come travel with me?

Will we stick be each other?
As long as we live?
As long as we live?

This is my seaweed shovelling song
I've been shovelling all day long
I've got got my seaweed shovel in hand
Because i'm a seaweed shovelling man

Green weed, red weed, still alive and dead weed
Lying in a pile on the shore
Brown weed, pink weed, smelly kind of stink weed
Who on earth could ask for more!

This is my seaweed shovelling song
I've been shovelling all day long
I've got got my seaweed shovel in hand
Because i'm a seaweed shovelling man

Dry weed, wet weed, ain't-been-troubled-yet weed
Glinting in the morning sun
Thin weed, thick weed, slimy kind of slick weed
Every bucket weighs a ton!

This is my seaweed shovelling song
I've been shovelling all day long
I've got got my seaweed shovel in hand
Because i'm a seaweed shovelling
Seaweed shovelling
Seaweed shovelling
Seaweed shovelling man!

You can't spend all your life
Sittin' on a cloud playing a twelve-string
You can't spend all your life
Sittin' on a cloud playing a twelve-string

But you'll make this day again, this lucky, lucky day again
But it's not just a day again until you touched it

Get yourself a pedal-steel player
There's money in the cabaret business
Get yourself a pedal-steel player
There's money in the cabaret business
You can't spend all your life
Sittin' on a cloud playing a twelve-string
You can't spend all your life
Sittin' on a cloud playing a twelve-string

But you'll make this day again, this lucky, lucky day again
But it's not just a day again until you touched it

Don't put that song in your album
You don't need no sax in the band
Don't put that song in your album
You don't need no sax in the band
Get yourself a pedal-steel player
There's money in the cabaret business
You can't spend all your life
Sittin' on a cloud playing a twelve-string

But you'll make this day again, this lucky, lucky day again
But it's not just a day again until you touched it

Wake up you gotta make a change
You gotta dress like one of the levellers
Don't put that song in your album
You don't need no sax in the band
Get yourself a pedal-steel player
There's money in the cabaret business
You can't spend all your life
Sittin' on a cloud playing a twelve-string

I've had money, and i've lost it
Seen an ocean, nearly crossed it
I have been to another world and i have returned
And for every high joy a hard lesson learnt

But when love comes tumbling down
I will wear a crown

I've had power, i've used and abused it
Tasted glory, i have wooed and refused it
Tried to live in a sacred way, i did and i did not
And for everything i've lost, there's been something else i've got

But when love comes tumbling down
I will wear a crown

I've been up and i've been down
Sometimes almost level with the ground
Once in every hundred years i can
Still remember who i am

Been in danger, i tried to face it
I saw a mirage, and for seven years i chased it
I'm not through with my changes,
I've got a long way still to run
I'm going to play this show even if nobody comes

But when love comes tumbling down
When love comes tumbling down
When love comes tumbling down
I will wear a crown

Exploitation is alive on the streets
I'll probably just stay in my room
Everything i ever believed in hangs
Limp like a burst balloon
Christmas is coming
Man is getting fat
Me - i'm getting sucked in -
Thought i was smarter than that

One side is dirty red
One side is freezing blue
You stand in the middle
'cos you've nothing better to do
Give you a choice
Even though i know
>you rarely think
Start making decisions
Start to sink

When you've grown up afraid
With a built in fear
Of authoritive parents
And your pre-planned career
And your neck is stretched
In a very civilised noose
Give you a choice
Let it die or let is loose

Christmas is coming
Man is getting fat
Please put in a penny
In society's hat

Christmas is coming
Man is getting fat
Please put in a penny
In society's hat

(words by bob dylan and jacques levy)

I married isis on the fifth day of may,
But i could not hold on to her very long.
So i cut off my hair and i rode straight away
For the wild unknown country where i could not go wrong.

I came to a high place of darkness and light.
The dividing line ran through the center of town.
I hitched up my pony to a post on the right,
Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down.

A man in the corner approached me for a match.
I knew right away he was not ordinary.
He said, "are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch?"
I said, "i got no money." he said, "that ain't necessary."

We set out that night for the cold in the north.
I gave him my blanket, he gave me his word.
I said, "where are we goin'?" he said we'd be back by the fourth.
I said, "that's the best news that i've ever heard."

I was thinkin' about turquoise, i was thinkin' about gold,
I was thinkin' about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace.
As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold,
I was thinkin' about isis, how she thought i was so reckless.

How she told me that one day we would meet up again,
And things would be different the next time we wed,
If i only could hang on and just be her friend.
I still can't remember all the best things she said.

We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice.
He said, "there's a body i'm tryin' to find.
If i carry it out it'll bring a good price."
'twas then that i knew what he had on his mind.

The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous.
We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn.
When he died i was hopin' that it wasn't contagious,
But i made up my mind that i had to go on.

I broke into the tomb, but the casket was empty.
There was no jewels, no nothin', i felt i'd been had.
When i saw that my partner was just bein' friendly,
When i took up his offer i must-a been mad.

I picked up his body and i dragged him inside,
Threw him down in the hole and i put back the cover.
I said a quick prayer but i felt dead inside
Then i rode back to find isis just to tell her i love her, to tell her

She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise.
Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed,
I came in from the east with the sun in my eyes.
I cursed her one time then i rode on ahead.

She said, "where ya been?" i said, "no place special."
She said, "you look different." i said, "well, not quite."
She said, "you been gone." i said, "that's only natural."
She said, "you gonna stay?" i said, "yeah, i jes might."

Isis, oh, isis, you mystical child.
What drives me to you is what drives me insane.
I still can remember the way that you smiled
On the fifth day of may in the drizzlin' rain.

I'm sitting in my bedroom
Overlooking findhorn bay
Cluny hill ion the distance
Summer on the way
Blue skies and sailing boats
Like a picture in a book
I can't believe i got here
Or how long it took

Living one step at a time
Putting one foot in front of the other
It sure feels right
Healing on my mind
Been a long way
Been a long way to the light

I'd made it to manhattan
Built myself a nest
I meant to get right back to doing
Exactly what i do best:
Pluggin in an electric guitar,
Leading a band
Well, if you want to give god a laugh
- tell him your plans!

Summer in the city
Wilting in the heat
Buzzing up and down to bearsville
And back to hudson street
I learned meditation
And how to visualise -
Just breathing, being still
Never felt more alive!

Living one step at a time...

I spent the fall in transit
Circling the moon
Like a cat on a hot tin roof
Like a fiddle without a tune
I found what i was searching for
In mrs caddy's book
I had to go there straightaway
Have myself a look

I flew back to scotland
Anticipation in my bones
The old country welcoming me
Like a prodigal coming home
I knelt and kissed the tarmac
In the wild atlantic rain
Felt the fiery gaelic blood
Rising in my veins

Living one step at a time...

I spent the night in glasgow
Flew to inverness
I found the place and at the first
I was not impressed
Nobody said hello
The faces left me cold
Back then how was i to know
All that would unfold?

I entered thje sanctuary
- heard the vioce of a girl
Sending out a circle of light
Clear across the world
I shuddered in the power
Like a seedling in a storm
I've been travelling to this place
Since the moment i was born

Flew back to new york city
Singing the big city blues
The sand of findhorn bay
Still clingin to my shoes
I tried to re-start my life
But the life i knew was gone
I had to let go everything
But that's another song!

Living one step at a time...

So i'm sitting in my bedroom
Overlooking findhorn bay
Cluny hill in the distance
Summer on the way
I'm watching sailing boats
Bobbing to and fro
- time to hit the road
The only way i know...

Living one step at a time...

The nectar flowed for seven days
Seven sweet days
As if a cloak of wild and deep emotion
Urgent, thrilling, enveloped and intoxicated me
And in the centre a huge, pumping, ball of fire
My heart

Love has changed my life
Love has changed my life

Nights i lay awake, pinned and thrilled, to my bed
In sanctuary i sat wrapped
Super-alive, listening
At work i thrived
Tired but not tired.
Alert, compassionate, driven
And love, the driver

Love has changed my life
Love has changed my life

Yes, love was the lord of all-ness
And love aflame the nectar
And love unconditional the trigger, the initiator
The nectar flowed for seven days
Then river-like sped underground again
Leaving me the same, but not the same
Empty, but not empty
Unchanged, but changed

Love has changed my life
Love has changed my life
Love has changed my life!
Love has changed my life!
Yes...

It's not personal
You didn't let me down at all
No, it's not personal
It's how the world goes 'round, is all

I've got some loving but it ain't for sale
- give it free to you, my friend
Somewhere further down the trail
I'l be pulling out again

It's not personal
Don't let it underneath your skin
No, it's not personal
I'm only breathing out and in

I'm just moving on
Because the groove has gone
I'm just stealing down the line
And it's fine

Woke up this morning, i was all alone
Instead of her i found a note
I guess my bluebird just came home
For these are all the words she wrote...

It's not personal
You didn't let me down at all
No, it's not personal
It's how the world goes 'round is all
It's how the world goes 'round

What shall i give you to make you take down your dress
What shall i give you to make you take down your dress
Will you show me where the party is
And we'll put you to some quiet caravan
And as sure as my name's billy sparks i'm your man
Singing doodoo doo doodoo
Doodoo doo doodoo
Doodoo doo doodoo
Doodoo doo doodoo

Where will i find you when siesta comes
Tell me where will i find you when siesta comes
Hasta manana by the sycamore tree
Well you just sat someplace else looking for me
And when i find you singing doodoo doo doodoo
Dodoo doo doodoo
Doodoo doo doodoo
Doodoo doo doodoo
Doodoo doo doodoo

And we're gonna dance electric fantastic
We're gonna dance electric fantastic
Yeah, go on and tell everybody that you know
Brush your hair up in a big red bow
And all we need
Is a bottle and a broomstick, yeah!
Singing doodoo doo doodoo
Doodoo doo doodoo
Singing doodoo doo doodoo
Singing doodoo doo doodoo

Hey!

I first played the pyramid stage
Back in 1984
(karl and kev, barv on bass
/
Karl on keys, kev on drums)
And anto man made four

I stayed up all night wide awake
Wearing a mile-wide grin
Diggin' the transient city
And all that grooved within

Played a storm in '86
Felt like we were the kings
Fiddle bows and mandolins
Sure broke a lot of strings

We played "purple rain", "medicine bow"
And "the healing has begun"
I climbed the tor at the break of dawn
Just to salute the sun

And i'm goin' back to glasters walkin' tall
Yes i'm goin' back to glasters walkin' tall, walkin' tall
I'm goin' back to glasters, i can't go any faster
I'm goin' back to glasters, that's all

The next time was '89
With the raggle-taggle band
We were jammin' jigs and reels
In a backstage transit van

I wore a wedding suit
I sang "when you go away"
Sharon shannon's accordion
Was the soundtrack of the day

And i'm goin' back to glasters walkin' tall
Yes i'm goin' back to glasters walkin' tall, walkin' tall
I'm goin' back to glasters, i can't go any faster
I'm goin' back to glasters, that's all

Five years later i returned
A different man of course
I guested with the boy mcnabb
And the mighty crazy horse

I cranked up the red les paul
And i let the bastard rip
I'm coming back this year for sure,
I might even be hip

And i'm goin' back to glasters walkin' tall
Yes i'm goin' back to glasters walkin' tall, walkin' tall
I'm goin' back to glasters, i can't go any faster
I'm goin' back to glasters, that's all

I'm heading down this highway
I'm heading down this road
I'm heading down this highway
It's a long road, i'm told

But i don't mind
No, no, no and i don't care
It's a hundred-thousand miles we've gotta go
Yeah!

I'm sailing on this ocean
I'm sailing on this sea
I'm sailing on this ocean
To see what you can see

But i don't mind
No, no, no and i don't care
It's a hundred-thousand miles i've gotta go
Yeah!

I'm climbing through this forest
I'm climbing through the wood
Sometimes it's hard to see the light
But i know you could

But i don't mind
No, no, no and i don't care
It's a hundred-thousand miles i've gotta go
Yeah!

I'm drifting through the desert
Drifting through the sands
Climbing all the mountains
Checking out the land
Running with the rivers
Racing up the shore
And jumping off the cliffs, boys
'cause all i want is more, all i want is more
And it won't be long now
'till we'll be knock-knock-knocking on your door
And it won't be long now
'till we'll be knock-knock-knocking on your door
And it won't be long now
'till we'll be knock-knock-knocking on your door

We're heading down this highway
We're heading down this road
We're heading down this highway
It's a long road, i'm told
But i don't mind
No, no, no and we don't care
It's a hundred-thousand miles we've gotta go
Yeah!

(bob dylan)


May god bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others

And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
And may you stay forever young
May you stay forever young

May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
And may you stay forever young
May you stay forever young

May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
May you stay forever young

Where'd you get that jacket
Did it fall, off a lorry
Where'd you get those lines
On your forehead, was it worry
I remember you ??? 1976
Did you get a good part exchange
On security for kicks

Where did you get that family?
Where did you get that mortgage?
Where did you get that family?
Man you're barely out of teenage
Man you're barely out of teenage

Don't cock up or cop out
Because love shouldn't bring a man to ruin
You're walking living breathing proof
That you don't know what you're doing
Fun is fun when you're in control
But there's a line that has to be drawn
Don't play with guns until you learn how to fire
The safety catch may not be on

Where did you get that family?
Where did you get that mortgage?
Where did you get that family?
Man you're barely out of teenage
Man you're barely out of teenage

I'm not your lover
I'm not your man
I'm something you'll never understand
'cause i
I will die for you
You

Well god made you
And god made me
He made us all equally

How can you just leave me standing
Alone in a world that's cold
Maybe i'm just too demanding
Maybe you're just like my father -- too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied
How we look to each other
This is what is sounds like
When dust cries
When dust cries

My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land
Yes my love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land

None of this moves me,
I should be weeping but it only hurts when i yawn
I let it blow through me, and it's gone!
I'm dressed like a scarecrow
Stripped of all my power, as if some judge in judgement said
"off with his great coat, and his head!"

My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land
My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land
My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land
My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land

Meaningless movies
On the screen behind the band that's blowing flowing shapes
Half of their music is on tape
My mentor and champion is busy tilting at the windows of his stately home
The daemon he's grappling
Is his own!

My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land
My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land
My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land
Yes my love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land

His letter lies open
His accusations flow like poison from his every word
My heart would be broken, but for her
The fag-end of winter
I'm in shock! i'm on the ropes! i don't know what's become!
She plucks the splinter from my thumb

My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land
Yes my love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land
My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land
My love is my rock
In the long, low, weary land

In the weary land!
My rock in a weary land
My rock in a weary land
My love is my rock in a weary land
My love is my rock in a weary land
In a weary land
Hey!
A rock in a weary land

A rock in a weary land
A rock in a weary land
My love is my rock in a weary land
My love is my rock in a weary land
My love is my rock is my rock in a weary land
My love is my rock is my love is my rock in a weary land
My love is my rock is my love is my rock in a weary land
My love is my rock is my love is my rock is my love is my rock is my love is my rock is my love is my rock is my love is my rock in a weary land
In a weary land!

I've heard this script before, i know this turn of mind
You think that you're the one to bring the change she's trying to find
But what you're selling, she don't need -- she already got it free
Your boat struck something deep, now you're trying to save the sea

You ain't sir galahad, she ain't your blushing bride
You ain't the wayward son, come back to turn the tide
You ain't the savior king, foretold and prophecied
You're just one of many rescuers, trying to get by her side

She put her hand around the flame more times than you can tell
The best thing you could do for her is to pass and wish her well
She ain't dying on her feet, nor hanging on your every word
The pain your sensing is inside you -- you're just thinking it onto her

You ain't sir galahad, she ain't your blushing bride
You ain't the wayward son, come back to turn the tide
You ain't the savior king, foretold and prophecied
You're just one of many rescuers, trying to get by her side

I've heard your presentation and it's time for me to go
The train is waiting at the railway station and there's much that we don't know
I've a secret in my keep and i'll tell you if you ask
But i know that you can't really speak, till you remove the mask

Now i can see you're using all you've got, all the power that's in your hands
You're pulling favours, casting 'em up, money flies at your command
You talk hard but you don't listen, you look long but you don't see
But what bothers me most about you my friend, you remind me too much of me

You ain't sir galahad, she ain't your blushing bride
You ain't the wayward son, come back to turn the tide
You ain't the savior king, foretold and prophecied
You're just one of many rescuers, trying to get by her side

Something has been sleeping in me, weeping in me, creeping in me
Something has been crying in me, sighing in me, dying in me
In the righting of this wrong, i may have to fight a long awaited duel
I'm calling back my spirit from you, i’m calling back what is my own.

Something has been burning in me, churning in me, turning in me
Something has been weeping in me, creeping in me, awaking in me
And in the execution of this task, i may come to see my enemy's mask
Slip and fall

I'm calling back my spirit from you, i'm calling back what my own
I'm calling back, i'm calling back,
I'm calling back my spirit from you, i'm calling back what is my own

The storm of your outrage seethes and whips around my brittle bones
Anger and violence erupt from your lips and your cover is blown!
I seek the sound of your name
I stand in my own footsteps and i claim my power

I'm calling back my spirit from you, i'm calling back what is my own
I'm calling back, i'm calling back, i'm calling back, i’m calling back,
I'm calling back my spirit from you now!, i'm calling back what is my own

Said burlington bertie to accrington stanley "i do not like that andy pandy,
He fancies himself as a regular dandy - let's take him down a stitch"

But unbeknown to accrington stanley and burlington bertie namby pamby was
Sucking a stick of cinnamon candy and watching from a ditch.

Said namby pamby to andy pandy "let us tell mahatma ghandhi that burlington
Bertie and accrington stanley are up to dirty deeds."

Said mahatma ghandhi to namby pamby "you and i and andy pandy must enlist the
Aid of para handy - he's the fella we need."

So away they rode - andy pandy, mahatma ghandhi and namby pamby - to the home
Of para handy beyond the western wall.

Said para handy to mahatma ghandhi "i'll summon the brothers handy andy,
Dandy jim and tony pandy - experts one and all"

Said tony pandy to para handy "me and dandy jim and handy andy will bring you
The head of accrington stanley if it be your wish."

Said mahatma ghandhi to tony pandy, dandy jim and handy andy "brin me the
Head of accrinton stanley on a silver dish."

So handy andy and tony pandy, dandy jim and para handy caught the villinous
Accrington stanley in his pants and vest.

Said accrington stanley "you've caught me red-handed, i'm trounced and i'm
Trumped, i'm stumped and i'm stranded. but before you go and do something
Outlandish grant me one request."

Said para handy to accrington stanley "make it quick and make it handy. in 30
Seconds handy andy will remove your wicked head."

Said accrington stanley "before you count 30 i'll swear on the grave of my
Great-aunt gerdie. the man you seek is burlington bertie - remove his
Instead!"

But para handy and tony pandy, dandy jim and handy andy, andy pandy and
Mahatma ghandhi (not to mention namby pamby) paid no attention to accrington
Stanley and beheaded him - dead!

Big lover
When i feel your love flow through me
Big lover
When i hear you whisper to me
Big lover
When i feel you

You were like every love i've known
Spun into one - my mind is blown
You were like all my burnt down dreams redeemed
You know what i mean

Big lover
When i feel your love flow through
Big lover
When i hear your heart speak truly
Big lover!

You were a mystery revealed
A treasure trove too long concealed
You were like all my torn down dreams redeemed
You know what i mean

Big lover
When i feel your love
Big lover
When i feel your love
Big lover
When i feel your love flow through me
Big lover
When i hear you whisper to me
Big lover!

You were like earth and fire to me
You were j-o-y m-a-g-i-c
You were like all my ripped down dreams redeemed
You know what i mean

Big lover
When i feel your love
Big lover
When i feel your love
Big lover
When i feel your love

I'm alive!
Yes, i'm alive!
I'm truly alive
Alive!

(bob dylan)

I ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more
I wake up every morning
Hold my hands and pray for rain
I've got a head full of ideas
Driving me insane
It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor
Well, i ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more

Well, i ain't gonna work for maggie's brother no more
I ain't gonna work for maggie's brother no more
He hands you a nickel
He hands you a dime
He asks you and your friends
If you're having a good time
He blames you every time you slam the door
Well, i ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more

Well, i ain't gonna work for maggie's pa no more
I ain't gonna work for maggie's pa no more
He stubs his cigarette out in your face just for kicks
His bedroom window is made out of bricks
And the national guard are standing at his door
Well, i ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more

Well, i ain't gonna work for maggie's mother no more
I ain't gonna work for maggie's mother no more
She talks to all the servants about man and god and law
And everybody swears she's the brains behind pa
She's sixty-eight, but claim's she's twenty-four
Well, i ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more
Well, i ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more

I try so hard to be just who i am
But everybody wants you to be just like them
They say "see, while you're playing i get bored" ??
Well, i ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more

I ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more

How did he come here?
Who gave him the key?
Slipped it in his hand
So secretly
And who put the colour
Like lines on his face?
Brought him here
To a pagan place

Now who shot his arrow?
How high did it fly?
When he tipped it with poison
Did he even know why?
What unseen hand
Brought him face to face to face to face with
All this and more
In a pagan place?

Come into my parlour
Sail in at my shore
Drink my soul dry
There is always more
There is always more after now
Fly on my carpet
Look into my face
See the heart of man
In a pagan
In a pagan
In a pagan
In a pagan
In a pagan
Pagan...

Fields sing a winter song
Jack frost is here again
Dressed in a cape of the blackest black silk
Looking for his oldest old friend
But nobody's seen mister fox
No-one has seen mister fox

Reds and blues dart between the trees
And this time the sky is really falling
Jack looks hard through the bracken and the thorns
Listen hey! hear him calling
But nobody's seen mister fox
Nobody's seen mister fox

Fields sing a november tale
Jack is up, set to leave
And as he spreads his cape he's blissfully unaware
Of the wild eyes watching from the trees
But not does he see mister fox
He never sees mister fox

I'm learning to love him
To love and forgive
I'm learning to trust him
To let the man live
I'm learning to see him
To see who he is
I'm learning to love
The beauty he is

I'm learning to love him
To love and forgive
I'm learning to trust him
To let the man live
I'm learning to hold
His life in my hands
I'm learning to love
Me just as i am

Bobby is the ace of hearts
Karen is the queen
Joe is the knight of the working class
With multi-coloured jeans
Ginger and rose work for unicef
Ride around on a tandem
Me i walk on air
Because i'm the king of london

Alan lives in bethnal green
His brother gets into fights
Tony lives in billericay
Talks politics every night
Sheila worked for meals on wheels
Until the council made her redundant
I'm a self made man
Because i'm the king of london

I'm the king of london
I'm the king of london
Don't need speed to make me run
I can look straight into the sun
Because i'm the king of london town

Keith marched for the right to work
Nothing really changed
Man at the bottom was still underground
Face at the top was the same
After all our well made plans
What went wrong i wonder
And i'm not allowed to ask questions anyway
Because i'm the king of london

Bobby is the ace of hearts
Karen is the queen
Freedom to be who they really are
Is something they've never seen
Whether they make it whether they break
Or whether they just go under
I'm not allowed to surrender anyway
Because i'm the king of london

I'm the king of london
I'm the king of london
Don't need speed to make me run
I can look straight into the sun
Because i'm the king of london town

I was on grand street when i heard a woman cry
Turned to see a young boy with his head held high
He was screaming abuse at everything and nothing
Wasn't more than seventeen years old
Waving a pistol, blew himself to heaven
I guess he just exploded out of control

Minding my own business
Playing social snakes and ladders
There's a knock on my door
The military mad-hatter
He says someone pressed a button
Only got about 8 minutes
To get myself and my family into some underground hole
Where we can sit and play twenty questions
Whilst our leaders invent answers
It seems the whole world just exploded out of control!

You sit on your side
And i'll sit on mine
Used to have such grand plans
Now we can't afford the time
It may seem pretty arrogant
But words may be heart fire

Deep inside i'm freezing cold
Sorry that i beat you
Sorry that i screamed
For a moment there i really lost control

Well you look just like general custer
On the day of his last stand
Heading up into the black hills
Glorious and grand
I saw it by your side
A map in your hand
Heading up into the rain
Singing "this land is your land"

Now i've seen your dust a-rising
And i've seen your numbers swell
I've seen you crossing the badlands
And i've heard your captains yell
I've watched you when you're sleeping
I've seen you filling up your can
Thinking as you work
That this land is your land

But now you're bursting into my country
You're messing up my fields
You're playing games with my holy places
You're tearing the earth with your wheels
Right now your star is ascending
And your head is bursting with pride
But i wonder if custer was still singing
¡°this land is my land¡± when he died

Was he still singing ¡°this is my land¡± when he died
Was he singing that it's my land when he died
Was he singing when he died
Was he singing when he died
Was he singing it's my land when he died
When he died...
Was he singing when he died

You give me everything
You give me your best
You take two steps forward
And put me to the test
You talk to your mother
Who give you good advice
You send me cards with your best wishes
And i'm sure that's very nice but

That's not enough
Oh no, that's not enough
You're not enough and that's
Not enough for me

I don't want to be cruel
I wouldn't want to be unkind
But how do i tell you that when you
Speak to me you just waste your time
I'll never carry
Someone who doesn't care
You give me everything you think you can but
Your heart isn't really there

And that's not enough
Oh no, that's not enough
You're not enough and that's
Not enough for me

Bury my soul
Where the dust meets the sea
Turn it loose in a lonely place
Where man can still be free
Make up my clothes and sheets
In a ball, put them in the ground
Tell my children only truths
Teach them to be proud
Tell them dreams and miracles
When thy thunder stops
Bury my heart!

Bury my heart!

I was born a travelling trooper
But i laid my wings to rest
Once i beat myself in squallor
Now i feather up my nest
There are flags in my back yard
Colours on my wall
I pay my servant well
But i made the bastard crawl
>and i pretend no blessed evil soul
> that i don't hear that thunder start
Bury my heart!

There's a lily in the valley
Where i brought the news to ro
I offered him my visions but
The heathen rose to go
So i took my shining sabre and i slew
My sinning friend
A christian burial was all he needed
To make him whole again
And i looked up way above me
And god rent the sky apart
Bury my heart!

Bury my heart!
Bury my heart!

We're god's chosen people
This and other truths i know
Put them into vicious practice
Because the bible tells me so
And i drowned the noble savage
In the blessed holy water
I burned his filthy village
And i civilized his daughter

The liars in this world
Who say we shame the blood of christ
But killing is his mercy
And nits grow into lice

And all those gooks i napalmed
Man, i did it in god's name
When the fools put me on trial i shouted out
I'm not to blame -- i did it for him!
I did it for him!

I did it for him!
He made do it!
He tore the heavens apart

Bury my heart!
Bury my heart!
Bury my heart!

Now i'm going to wilderness
On a horse that i can trust
I will die where i fall
In the hot dry dust
And if you come to that place
Remember this truth

That he who's born to property
Is he who's born to lose
Will you bury my soul
Where the dust meets the sea
Will you bury my heart
At wounded knee!
Bury my heart
At wounded knee!
Bury my heart
At wounded knee!
Bury my heart!

The father who sired her handed her over
The crack-handed orchestra played
The bride and the groom stood shoulder-to-shoulder
As the ill-starred wedding was made

She lifted her veil as the groom gently kissed her
And all did appear to be well
But the limousine driver heard every harsh whisper
As they drove to the country hotel

In the grand hotel ballroom the guests were assembling
The champagne like tapwater flowed
The men wearing top hats, and fop coats and top coats
The women in bustles and bows
The bride’s jealous sister sat alone in her place
And sneered as the couple came in
The maitre-de coughed and said “please take your places,
The banquet is about to begin?
The street doors burst open and an army of footman
Swept in bearing salvers and trays
Fiddlers and clowns went from table to table
Amid black smoke and cigarette haze
Noone saw the best man as he secretly winked
At the bride’s jealous sister it seemed
And then cried out “waiter, bring me more drink
And more marilyn monroe ice-cream?
When the wine had been poured and the tables were cleared
The toasts and the speeches began
The bride and groom cut the cake, everyone cheered!
Then all eyes fell on the best man.
He climbed off his chair, and he licked his cracked lips
And declared in a voice cold and dry
“she tricked and hijacked him, with guilt she trapped him
This day is a sham and a lie?
Her father leapt up with a curse and a roar
And slew the best man in the head
The groom cried “blaggard!?and with a flash of his sword
His father-in-law fell down dead
The bride ran screaming in floods of bright tears
And collapsed at the foot of the stairs
Where her sister was waiting with scissors and shears
And hacked off every inch of her hair.

Up on the roof sat seven fat crows, the moon rose low in the west.
The groom was arrested still in his wedding clothes
And hanged in his pants and his vest
The bald-headed bride bought a ticket to spain
And eloped with a wig-makers son
While her jealous mad sister, riven with shame
Became a nun!

I want to star in your life
And on the stage of your dreams
In your beginning and your end
And every place between
To open the door of your secret soul
Steal in and stay forever
The streets of you heart are laid with gold
And we were born to be together

Let's build a ship and set sail
Through seas of love we'll go
To unknown lands and hidden bays
And when there's no wind i'll blow
And when the waves get high and the broadsides fly
I will be your port in stormy weather
I'll rock your bow and show you how
We were born to be together

Bring 'em all in, bring'em all in, bring 'em all in,
Bring 'em all in, bring 'em all into my heart
Bring 'em all in, bring 'em all in, bring 'em all in
Bring 'em all in, bring 'em all into my heart

Bring the little fishes
Bring the sharks
Bring 'em from the brightness
Bring 'em from the dark

Bring 'em from the caverns
Bring 'em from the heights
Bring 'em from the shadows
Stand 'em in the light

Bring 'em out of purdah
Bring 'em out of store
Bring 'em out of hiding
Lay them at my door

Bring the unforgiven

Flashman's in the belfry shouting as loud as he can
Samson's up all night again talking about himself
What a wonderful man
And i'm just wild about ronnie
And ronnie's just wild about me
I saw him selling winter coats on the portobello road
I thought i bet he wishes he was really working for the nme

When the gang came down here again
And they're phoning up australia and they call each other names
And they all just wanna look like richard hell and tom verlaine
Some of my best friends are trains

Now steven's in a sweat, he just can't read kerouac books
And robin's all excuses, says he can't find much but he does look
He goes up to the playfair
He goes down with the stars
He goes wild all the weekend in a girlfriend's car
And he calls me from chelsea and he says it's such a thrill
And though i don't believe a word but he keeps me talking

Til the gang come down here again
And they're phoning up australia and they call each other names
And they all just wanna look like richard hell and tom verlaine
Some of my best friends are trains

And did you ever have
One of those days
Where the world's wide open
And you can do anything
And you can go anywhere
And you don't have to think
About who you'll offend
Every time that you even blink
I'm going to the station where a big red train
Is waiting to take me to the country again
Then you'll come from yonkers but why should i care
It'll rain and rain for days and days and you know i won't be there

When the gang come down here again
And they're phoning up australia and they call each other names
And they all just wanna look like richard hell and tom verlaine
Some of my best friends

Yeah the gang come down here again
And they're calling up australia and they're scaring all my friends
And they all just wanna look like hell and verlaine
Some of my best friends are trains

(bob dylan)

There's nothing 'round here i believe in
'cept you, yeah you
And there's nothing to me that's sacred
'cept you, yeah you

You're the one that reaches me
You're the one that i admire
Every time we meet together
My soul feels like it's on fire
Nothing matters to me
And there's nothing i desire
'cept you, yeah you

Nothing 'round here i care to try for
'cept you, yeah you
Got nothing left to live or die for
'cept you, yeah you

There's a hymn i used to hear
In the churches all the time
Make me feel so good inside
So peaceful, so sublime
And there's nothing to remind me of that
Old familiar chime
'cept you, uh huh you

Used to play in the cemetery
Dance and sing and run when i was a child
Never seemed strange
But now i just pass mournfully by
That place where the bones of life are piled
I know somethin' has changed
I'm a stranger here and no one sees me
'cept you, yeah you

Nothing much matters or seems to please me
'cept you, yeah you
Nothing hypnotizes me
Or holds me in a spell
Everything runs by me
Just like water from a well
Everybody wants my attention
Ev'rybody's got something to sell
'cept you, yeah you

I know she's in the building
I can feel it in my guts
Somewhere within these four walls
Is the woman that i love
The sweetest wild adventure
Hangs within my grasp
She's eternal, she's alive
And i've found her at last

I've left her notes and poems
Pinned them on the board
I listen for each step or voice
That passes by my door
I can feel the raw excitement
Bursting in my chest
I can feel my longing hands
Upon her firm and supple breast

Shifting within my thoughts dance
Inevitably to you, love
I'm enslaved and i'm entranced
By all you are and do, love

It'll soon be time for dinner
I know just where's she'll be
But i'll wait here for maybe she
Will come and call on me

She knows the room by number
She know who waits unseen
King pan, inflamed with love and joy
For her, his elfin queen

I saw her today at the reception
She had a glass of wine in her hand
She is practiced in the art of deception
And her feet ne'er touched the ground
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want!
You can't always get what you want!
You can't always get what you want!

But if you try some time
You just might find
You know what you need!

Well, i went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of the views
I was standing there next to mr. jagger
The man did a-look pretty confused
He said "you can't always get what you want!"
No, you can't always get what you want!
Indeed, you can't always get what you want!

But if you try some time
You just might find
You get what you need!

Calling down the lion of love
Use me
Calling down the lion of love
Use me

So much to say
So much to time and space
I said it load and clear
Plot and make my case
I put it into rhythm
Sculpt it into rhyme
Wrap my secrets in a melody
Fire it at the fortress of your mind
And if after all i sing
You don't believe a thing
That's alright
We got all night

Calling down the lion of love
Use me
Calling down the lion of love
Use me

Use my heart
Use my hands
Use me any way you can
Calling down the lion of love

So much trouble in the world
So much pain
I've heard it all before
I'll hear it again
But i'm trying to imagine
A world transformed by love
Open up my mind's eye
And let the pictures flood
Imagine that it's real
What does it look like, how does it feel
Hold the vision
Bring it down, spread it around

Calling down the lion of love
Use me
Calling down the lion of love
Use me

Use my vision
Use my voice
I've had a vision
And i've made my choice

Calling down the lion of love

Your face is like
The moment when the sexist hero traps
The slippy villain with the weasel face
You don't have to speak
Your expression is the truth
That your words don't say
And the truth won't go away
In many dark corners i have thought myself about this
Did you do it out of malice
Did you fall or were you kissed.

Could you ask your friend in the cowboy jacket
And those boots up to his knee
Would he shut his mouth for me
I've heard just enough
All i want to hear about pipes and drums
And how little time it takes the clutz to come
The golden gift of silence
Is i don't have to hear you speak
So would you take him out yourself
Before i put you both back in the street

Now the story shifts
And we see a young man
Standing in the wings
Too old before his time
Collecting grey hairs
He's proud and he's scared and he says "i don't care"
How can he be so blind
So how did you corrupt him
You must have got him where it counts
Now he's so numb he's ready to freeze
And you're ready for the monkey house

Ready for the monkey house
The monkey house but you won't take me

Well the bricks are piled on main street
And the sun is turning brown
Anybody with any sense
Has already left town
The beast is hollering lonesome
And the ghost of rimbaud rides
I've got a drunken head full of reasons why
I've got a broken heart inside

I can hear a dog someplace barking
I hear the wind begin to moan
At night i walk these rain splattered streets
Dead on my feet and all alone
My dreams begin to crumble
I can feel the downward slide
I've got a drunken head full of reasons why
I've got a broken heart inside

I have seen all of my dreams
Slipping away like sand
Love has grown wings and left me
Flown right out of my hand
Now i'm weary and bruised from singing the blues
And my fortunes are down
My face and my walk are known
In every bar and dive in town
You can ask me where am i going
But i'll let your question ride
I've got a drunken head full of reasons why
I've got a broken heart inside

I've got a handful of mist
I've got a barrel of it
What do i do with it
Now i've got no place to run
And i've got no place to hide
All my trials, all my cares
All my worries, all my pride
All my sins, all my troubles
They're being washed in by the tide
And i wish, how i wish
That i could get on that horse
And ride and ride, ride and ride, ride and ride
Onto the other side
Ride on to the other side
Ride on to the other side
Ride on to the other side
Ride on to the other side, the other side, the other side...

Now i've got a pain in my soul
And it's fifteen miles wide
Now i've got a pain in my soul
And it's fifteen miles wide
Now i've got a pain in my soul
And it's fifteen miles wide
I've got a drunken head full of reasons why
I've got a broken heart inside