unknown

A place, where nobody dared to go
The love that we came to know
They call it xanadu

And now, open your eyes and see
What we have made is real
We are in xanadu

A million lights are dancing
And there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world and you're here with me
Eternally

Chorus:
Xanadu - Xanadu (now we are here)
In xanadu
Xanadu - Xanadu (now we are here)
In xanadu

Xanadu, your neon lights will shine for you
For you Xanadu

The love, the echoes of long ago
You needed the world to know, They are in Xanadu

The dream that came through a million years
That lived on through all the tears
It came to Xanadu

A million lights are dancing and there you are
A shooting star, an everlasting world and you're
Here with me eternally

Chorus

Now that i'm here, now that you're near in xanadu

I saw an ant devour sherman mountain.
Slip across the floor in the river of honey.
I saw the locust drinking from a fountain.
It smiled at me as i paid my money.

Chorus
Caus' i'm a witness, witness, see the writing on the wall.
I'm a witness, witness, i say i've seen it all.
Caus' i'm a witness, witness, i've got all the proof.
I'm a witness, witness, i swear to tell the truth.

I saw her buying in the face of fashion.
Who'll believe with her little white lies.
I saw her arrive on my bed of passion.
But i never saw a look of love in her eyes.

Chorus

Some days my eyes can see for miles and miles around.
Some nights my dreams just take me deep underground.
My minds a time machine, i'm in the future and the past.
The past... scrape away...

(violin solo)

Chorus

Chorus

Witness, witness, witness
Witness, witness, witness
Witness, witness, witness
Witness, witness, witness

[instrumental]

There goes the fantasy
There goes the make believe
You try to keep a secret
But now you better believe it
Oh, oh, oh ...

Chorus: i know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact

There is no mystery
That's how it is to me
The more i think about it
There ain't no doubt about it
No, no, no ...

Chorus

Your full of complication
There is no communication
I don't know how it started
But soon we both departed
Whoa, oh, oh ...

Chorus

There is no mystery
That's how it is to me
The more i think about it
There ain't no doubt about it
Oh, oh, oh ...

Chorus

I know that you know that
I know that you know that
I know that you know that
I know that you know that

Chorus

Video, eo, eo, eo, eo, eo, eo
The satellites that search the night they twinkle like a star
They send their love from up above down to my vtr
The world is at my fingers under control

Ahhhumm, video, eo, eo, uh ho
Play it one more time
Video, eh oh, got the world on my tv

I see that rock and roll and all those old time movies
They beam across the sky together in electric dreams
I just sit here on my end i'll have it all

Ahhhumm, video, eo, eo, uh ho
Play it one more time
Video, eh oh, got the world on video

I see the shadows in the twilight as they dance, la, la, la
Video madness comes upon me like a trance in the dark
So i just stay right here and the world is okay, okay, okay

Ahhhumm, video, eo, eo, uh ho
Play it one more time
Video, eh oh, got the world on video, oh, oh, oh oh oh

And look at me now, i'm burning up the steely wires
Look at me now, i'm burning up the steely wires
Look at me now, now, now, now, now...........

Video

I traced the footsteps through the multi-colored avenues
That wind their way down to the sea
I see the birds that fly beneath the darkened sky
They are the messengers of dreams

Mandalay, now i know what you try to be
Mandalay, now i wish you were here with me

Pages filled with science fiction
Without fear of contradiction
Walking through the fields of evergreen
I see a turn and walk away
And from the east there comes a breeze
That flows up high into the blue

Mandalay, now i know what you try to be
Mandalay, now i wish you were here with me

The sound of retribution
In total disillusion, mandalay

Mandalay, now i know what you try to be
Mandalay, now i wish you were here with me

Admidst the confusion
The only conclusion

Mandalay of the misty eyes
Have gazed into the coming door
The leaves that turn to gold and brown
I've watched them falling to the ground

Mandalay, now i know what you try to be
Mandalay, now i wish you were here with me

Gee, i wish it was ten o'clock
Come on baby it's time to rock
I'm so glad i've got you here
Makes me happy when you are here

Chorus
(ooh-whee) this feelin's killin' me
(aw, shucks) i wouldn't stop it for a million bucks
(i love you so) come on, baby, now don't let go

Thunder, lightnin', wind and rain
Keeps on poundin' inside my brain
I'm so glad that i can see
*you've been keepin' on next to me

-chorus

-solo

-chorus

*one day, baby, you could be had {one day baby you'll quit me yet}
*i'll be cryin' and sad you're bad

There's one thing i'll never stand
You goin' out with another man

Why do i say, don't walk away
You'll be the way you were before, when you don't want me anymore

Don't turn around, don't ever leave, a lonely room where empty days
Are gathering to meet me when you're gone, gone
How in the world will i go on

(don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay
(don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay (don't walk away)

Chorus:
Don't walk away (don't walk away), don't say goodbye (don't say goodbye)
Don't turn around (don't turn around), don't let it die (don't let it die)
When shadows fall (when shadows fall), when day is done (when day is done)
All through the night (all through the night), all of my life (all of my life)
Don't walk away

Is it a dream, when will it end
When everything we've ever known has ended and i'm all alone

Where will i go, where will i be, the feelings that i've never shown
Maybe i'll find the answer when you're gone, gone
How in the world will i go on

(don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay
(don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay (don't walk away)

Chorus repeats 3x

I see the early glow, i hear you say hello
I watch the shadows fall, i don't see you at all

It's a lie (i don't believe it's so), it's a lie

I see the autumn rain, falling on my window pane
I hear you say goodbye, i see a tear in your eye

Chorus:
It's a lie (i don't believe it's so), it's a lie
Our love couldn't go wrong, how could i know i was only dreaming
And now, now that you're gone, i will go on really believing
I take the fall

I see you slip away, into another day
There's no-one else around, i watch the sun go down

Chorus

(instrumental break)

I take the fall

I see you in a dream, you turn and start to go
I call to you once more, guess that i'm takin' the fall

Chorus

Our love couldn't go wrong, how could i know i was only dreaming
And now, now that you're gone, i will go on really believing
I take the fall

It's a lesson too late for the learning
Made of sand, oh it's made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul keeps on turning
In your hand, in your hand
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace for me to find
Well i could have loved you better
I didn't mean to be unkind
Oh you must know it was the last thing on my mind

As we walked all my thoughts they are a tumbling down down
Round and around, round and round
And underneath i hear the subway's trumblin'
Underground, underground
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
Well i could have loved you better
I didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind

You've got reasons of plenty for going
This i know, this i know
For the weeds have been steadily growing
Please don't grow, please don't grow
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left to find
Well i could have loved you better
I didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind

So you want to be a rock 'n roll star
Then listen now to what i say
Just get an electric guitar
And take some time and learn how to play

And when your hair's combed right
And your pants fit tight
It's gonna be all right
Then it's time to go down town

Where the agent man won't let you down
Sell your soul to the company who are waiting there
To sell plastic ware and in a week or two
If you make the charts
The girls will tear you apart

Gotta pay for your riches and fame
Was it all a strange game
You're a little insane
The money that came and the public acclaim
Don't forget who you are
You're a rock 'n roll star

Repeat last verse

La la la la la la la

I know that i can't keep her
Now she's in love with you
But i just wanna say
I won't be far away
So don't make my baby blue

I know your reputation
They say you can't be true
So i'll be standing by
And you just better try
Not to make my baby blue

My little girl, she's always been an angel
And it hurts me so bad to set her free
You better take good care of her
She still means all the world to me
You know she does

I'm gonna step aside now
Just like she wants me to
But even though i'm gone
I'll still be looking on
You better not make my baby blue
She's been a good baby
....


I know your reputation
They say you can't be true
So i'll be standing by
And you just better try
Not to make my baby blue

My little girl, she's always been an angel
And it hurts me so bad to set her free
You better take good care of her
She still means all the world to me
You know she does

I'm gonna step aside now
Just like she wants me to
But even though i'm gone
I'll still be looking on
You better not make my baby blue
She's been a good baby
....

You better try your best
Don't make my baby blue
Blue

Love my baby in the afternoon,
But she's crying, crying
Told my baby in the afternoon,
But she don't like it she don't like it
Baby used to love me so

Baby i apologize
For telling them dirty lies
I had my fun but now it's done
Baby i apologize

Love you in the morning in the evening too
But she won't do what i want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyen' my dirty lyin'

Baby i apologize
For telling them dirty lies
I had my fun but now it's done
Baby i apologize

You know my darling
I was a broken man
All my dreams had fell apart
And then a voice from above
Told me the truth of the world we live
And my darling, i'd just like to say one more time
Please come back

Baby i apologize
For telling them dirty lies
I had my fun but now it's done
Baby i apologize

Love you in the morning in the evening too
But she won't do what i want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin' my dirty lyin'
Baby used to love me so

Baby i apologize
For telling them dirty lies
I had my fun but now it's done
Baby i apologize

Baby i apologize
For telling them dirty lies
I had my fun but now it's done
Baby i apologize

Love is what i want
And all you gotta do is bring it to me, baby
Talk is what i want what i want
Oh, yeah what i want
And all you gotta do is bring it to me, baby

Talk come on, let's talk about it
Talk can't seem to do without it
Talk don't want to be one of the broken hearted

So lift me up, finish what you started
Take me on for a ride
Lift me up from the broken hearted
River's deep and wide

All i want is love what i want
Oh, yeah what i want
And all you gotta do is listen to me, baby what i want

(think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think)

You got to think about it
And do something about it
No use complainin' when it's over o-ver

So lift me up, finish what you started
Take me on for a ride
Lift me up from the broken hearted
River's deep and wide

Life 'cause life gets tougher every
Day day if you can't afford to
Pay pay, even so you got to carry on carry on

So lift me up, finish what you started
Take me on for a ride
Lift me up from the broken hearted
River's deep and wide
Lift me up

Take me on for a ride
Lift me up from the broken hearted
River's deep and wide

Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
The river's deep and wide

I'm getting outta here cause there's too many complications
Yeah i'm getting outta here don't get driven any information
And if they ask you for a number to call just say i'm gone that's all

Destination unknown, i'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, i'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown

If anybody wants me just say you don't know the address
Cause i've had enough of the confusion and the madness
And should anybody ever try to stall, just say i'm gone that's all

Destination unknown, i'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, i'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown

I'm tired of playing other peoples games
Tired of waiting for some things to change

Destination unknown, i'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, i'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown

I'm tired of playing other peoples games
Tired of waiting for some things to change

Destination unknown, i'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, i'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown

Destination unknown, i'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, i'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown

Destination unknown, i'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, i'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, i'm a long way from home

It's hard to get up in the morning
No matter who you're working for
But you'll find a way when the landlord's knocking on your door
But you won't be down until your moma's gone

So your morale is a let down
Don't put the blame upon yourself
You still hurry home 'til you know she's found nobody else
So you won't be down until your moma's gone

Allow me to show you the warning
I don't wanna see you lose
Don't carry on 'til the wild grass is growing round your shoes
For it won't be long until your moma's gone
Until your moma's gone

It's hard to get up in the morning
No matter who you're working for
But you'll find a way when the landlord's knocking on your door
Oh you won't be down until your moma's gone

Goin' to a party,
Meet me out after school.
Well we go to a place
Where the jive is really cool.
And if the band stops a playin'
There's a jukebox in the hall.

Well put your blue dress on,
And your folks all gone.
You'll sure give the guys a ball.

Chorus:
Get that real guitar boy shakin',
I'm a california man,
Dance right on till the floors are breakin'
I'm a california man.

Well i cross my mamma so bad
And this a woman's just a making me mad.
So i don't care if your legs start aching,
I'm a california man.
Oh my, i'm a california man.

Oh my legs start to shiver
When i hear you call my name.
Well, my knees keep a knocking,
And i'm feeling tired bugs me down.

An' when we take off fine,
An' my jeans are way down low.
When i waggle my hips
It's making me feel like a king of rock n' roll

Chorus

Got love, if that's what you need
I got three or four babies sittin' on my knee
I got love waitin' for you
I come sneakin' round the corner of the avenue

You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you

There's one thing that's on my mind
And that's getting hold of you before i serve my time
I'll keep on, with my heavy load
Till i see you come a strollin' down that open road

You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you

I love you ma-ma-ma belle
That's why i want to get it all well i'm sure you can tell
I got, good soul, runnin' so deep
Gonna get you in the corner so that i can keep
Can't you hear me once ma-ma-ma belle

You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you

Sometimes you get caught in a trap and you don't know it
Sometimes its better to get out while you know it
Some people never learn they keep on falling
You can never get out if you keep on stalling

Then you get,

(chorus:) caught in a trap caught in dead end
Caught in a trap with nowhere to run
Then you get, caught in a trap caught in dead end
Nowhere to turn but it can't go on

Caught in a trap

Sometimes you got to know where to run for cover
Sometimes your better out 'till the heat is over

Ah you get (chorus)

Caught in a trap

Don't know how it happened but then it's too late
Then you gotta move on the times, you can't wait

Cus' you got (chorus)

(chorus)

(chorus)

Caught in a trap

Caught in a trap

Caught in a t

In the land they call the west
On the prarie's virgin crest
Lived a great man and his braves
And he led them to their graves

Big chief plays with baby son
The work of the indian today is done
Life is easy, life is grand
'til there is white man, gun in hand

Started out when settlers came
And built their homes on the indian range
Big chief woolly bosher liked it none
Traded with a bad man for a gun

Big chief looks out at his great land
Locomotive on the prairie stands
Life that leak from the city in the east
Let us destroy that iron beast

Big chief rides on the trail tonight
Tread the land for which he must fight
In their fight for love and glory
Some indians were saved
They lived to tell the story
And woolly bosher prays

Big chief rides on the trail tonight
Soldier boys marching in the morning light
Bring the guns, bring the bows
Let's blow them into heaven let's see if god knows

One hundred men must have to die
When a thousand soldiers look you in the eye
Big chief sees his men fall round
The soldiers kill and the bugle sounds

In their fight for love and glory
No indians were saved
And big chief woolly bosher
Had written on his grave
He has done no wrong
Except being bold

I'm gone, don't look for me round here no more
I'm gone, i'm down that road and that's for sure
Here what i say i'm gone gone gone gone gone

I'm gone, can't take that business anyway
Yeah, i'm gone, this time i'm gonna stay
Here what i say i'm gone gone gone gone gone

Oh yeah (raggin riff on the guitar)

Oh it's a shame, but all the good times will remain
Oh such a shame, i can't figure out the blame
Yeah if i don't stay i'm gone gone gone gone gone
Yeah if i don't stay i'm gone gone gone gone gone

Oh i'm gone, i'm gone

You know i'm gone, yeah i'm gone gone gone
Gone, yeah i'm gone

I'm gone, yeah i'm gone

I'm gone, i'm really gone

Everybody all around the world, gotta tell you what i just heard
There's gonna be a party all over the world

I got a message on the radio, but where it came from i don't really know
And i heard these voices calling all over the world

Chorus:
All over the world, everybody got the word
Everybody everywhere is gonna feel tonight

Everybody walkin' down the street, everybody movin' to the beat
They're gonna get hot down in the u.s.a. (new york, detroit, l.a.)

We're gonna take a trip across the sea, everybody come along with me
We're gonna hit the night down in gay pareee

Chorus

(instrumental break)

London, hamburg, paris, rome, rio, hong kong, tokyo
L.a., new york, amsterdam, monte carlo, shard end and

Chorus

Everybody all around the world, gotta tell you what i just heard
Everybody walkin' down the street, i know a place where we all can meet
Everybody gonna have a good time, everybody will shine till the daylight

Chorus

All over the world, everybody got the word (repeats 3x)

The next train arrives on here at five o nine
I'm standing where my daddy used to be
To follow his footsteps takes me three stops down the line
Down to the ben crawley steel company

Well i tried my hand at ranching but this didn't come off
Seems nothing in that for me
It always tried my patience which i haven't enough
I'm destined to work in a steel company

Just you wait at home for me little woman
By now i should know how lovely you will be
Waiting by the door for me little woman
Now i wont moan when i get home from the ben crawley steel company

When crawley makes the jokes and four guys laugh a lot
Damn, force a grin if you can
I got so many words on the tip of my tongue to shoot him down
But he'd soon replace a mere steel driving man

Just you wait at home for me little woman
Although i know you won't be as tired as me
Waiting by the door for me little woman [my true lovin' woman]
Well i won't slack when i get back from the ben crawley steel company

Well i've had my fill and it's giving me hell, now it's time for hate
Thanks mister for telling me
So i'll shoot if i can and i won't [don't] give a damn about playing it
Straight
My friends and the lord know what he's done [he did] to me

He's being staying at home with my little woman
Playing in the fields where i should always be
It's hard to forgive my own little woman
And to find a job 'cos i just blew up that steel company
Heh!

Hey grandma, you're so young
Your old man's just a boy

It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time
This time round, this time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Hey except for these things on my mind
They're all sins, it's just a waste of time
But we're gonna have this time
Bye bye bye
But we're gonna have this time
Bye bye bye
But we're gonna have this time round
This time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Oh... will make me feel so fine
Oh.....

It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time
This time round, this time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Oh... will make me feel so fine
Oh.....

It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time
This time round, this time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

A long time this time round, this time round
Everything is upside-down, upside-down

She cried to the southern wind
About a love that was sure to end
Every dream in her heart was gone
Headin' for a showdown

Bad dreamer, what's your name
Looks like we're ridin' on the same train
Looks as through there'll be more pain
There's gonna be a showdown

And it's rainin' all over the world
It's raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night

She came to me like a friend
She blew in on a southern wind
Now my heart is turned to stone again
There's gonna be a showdown

Save me, oh save me
It's unreal, the suffering
There's gonna be a showdown

And it's rainin' all over the world
It's raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night

Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless

I thought about it but i couldn't think of what to say
But i thought about it anyway.......yeah
I tried to tell you what you mean to me
But it didn't come so easily..........no

I never reckoned
For more than a second
Just how it would be on my own

I'd be helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you

The dawn that calls beyond the night
Tells its old story.
The shadows fade into the light
In all it's glory.

Helpless
Helpless baby i'm a helpless
Helpless baby
I'm a helpless

If i could put a good shine on the past
Do you think that we could make it last - oh yeah
Seems to mind the time goes fast
I wonder if the vote is cast

Now that you mention it,
Got my attention
I quite clearly blew me away

I'd be helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you

The dawn that calls beyond the night
Tells its old story.
The shadows fade into the light
In all it's glory.

Helpless
Helpless baby i'm a helpless
Helpless baby
I'm a helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you

Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless

[instrumental]

Far beyond the things you see
Time rolls on eternally
Got a thing about it
Just can't live without it

Sitting there inside your mind
Just waiting for the clock to chime
On a lonely line
Stood a lonely man

No pictures on an empty wall
No body there no one at all
Just echoes in the ivory halls
When time stood still

Days line up outside the door
Thought time had stopped there was no more
Been a lonely world
Such a lonely world

No pictures on an empty wall
No toulouse, vincent, or pablo
Just echoes in the ivory halls
When time stood still

No big machine or april showers
No submarines no plastic flowers
Just echoes in the ivory towers
When time stood still

When time stood still

When time stood still

When time stood still

Everybody sat here waiting for the train to come
Just lay down a bright red carpet for her to step on
Lookin' to the bend i see her waving her hands at me
Her looks were tanned and quite amazing as she ran to me

Hello susie, hello susie
Tell me the news about yourself
Hello susie, hello susie
Tell me that you've enjoyed yourself

Frantically she knocked me over
Causing such a scene
Shook the crowd enough to sway

The interest from the queen
Her black transistor socked out
One o'clock radio
Completely drowned the band
And loud enough to stop the show

Chorus

Yes sir rock 'n' roll the day away
Come on everybody
They all seem too keen to make the scene
Come on everybody, come on everybody
Got to dig me just a while

I was... threw her bags into the car
Susie took her bow and made her exit like a star
The national news took films which... to make history
Her looks were tanned and quite amazing as she ran to me

Chorus

Your coming up the walk,
Your banging on the door
The seconds of the loneliness
Are coming through the floor

Let it run, let it run, let it run
And out of the band comes a guitar man
Singing come on let it run

Called up alone gathered up the light
Told everyone that everything's was going fine

Let it run, let it run, let it run
From out of the corner cam johnny be good
Singing come on let it run

Whoa, and up above the stars are bright
And well let it run let it run tonight

Up above the stars are bright
Let it run let it run tonight, tonight, tonight

It's getting louder now it's pounding at my brain
And if it ever stops i'm gonna start it up again

Let it run, let it run, let it run
From out of the valley came long tall sally
Singing come on let it run

I'm already gone let it run
Come on let it run

Oh it's a long long time from may to december
And the days grow short when you reach september
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
And you ain't got time for waiting game

When days dwindle down to a precious few
September november, and these few golden days i'd share with you
Those golden days i share with you

When the days dwindle down to a precious few
September november, and all those golden days i'd share with you
Those golden days i'd share with you

Those golden days i'd share with you
Those golden days i'd share with you

[instrumental]

She had a birthday yesterday she cried
Took off her glasses let her hair down cried
She told them all at work about the day
How it is no-one came?
Wo-oh woh, oh woh-oh

She sent the invitations to her friends
They were too busy doing other things
She told them all at work about the day
How it is no-one came?
Wo-oh woh, oh woh-oh

She took the decorations from the wall
Was it the ladder loose that made her fall?
She told them all at work about the day
How it is no-one came?
Wo-oh woh, oh woh-oh

She had a birthday yesterday she cried

Sweet little girls and your money
No she don't wanna know me at all ooh ooh
Who's she gonna use?
What's she gonna lose?
Been with ella james too long

Time to get up but i can't afford a cab
To the job where i work not at all ooh ooh
Have you got a hand?
Give it to me man
Been with ella james too long - alright!

Who's she gonna lose?
What's she gonna use now?
She was hasting to get me down
Will she ever pass to another class now?
And she's waiting to throw me down - alright!

Sweet little girls and your money
No you she don't wanna know me at all ooh ooh
Who's she gonna use?
What's she gonna lose?
Been with ella james too long - alright!

Who's she gonna lose?
What's she gonna use now?
She was hasting to get me down
Will she ever pass to another class now?
And she's waiting to throw me down

Sweet little girl came a running to the door
When she told me he'd gone ooh ooh
I've just had a ball
Not too bad at all
Thank you ella james so long, so long

I, i was crazy about you
I, didn't want to be without you
And i, lost what i had and now your gone

You, you always meant the world to me
You, you never wanted much you see
And you, you changed my life but now you gone

In my heart you were the one
But now, now your gone

Your photograph brings back sweet memories
Something about you i don't know what it is
Your face so young the days so long
But now, your gone

In my heart you were the one
But now, your gone

Yeah now, now your gone
But now, your gone

One day the earth woke up, said
"boy i feel half dead
Somebody's turning up the poison
And it's getting in my head
Sometimes i wish my guests
Would move away somewhere
Yes i'm burning up all over
I can't even breathe the air

Chorus:
Save me now, save me now, save me now come on and
Save me now, save me now, save me now"

One day the earth woke up, said
"boy it's getting hot
And remember all those trees i had
Well now there ain't a lot
And my eyes kept slowly trickling
Down to where the party's at
And if everybody's going there well
That's the end of that"

Chorus

The streets, the signs are pointing all one way
But you don't realize just what they say
You may fight, you may run, you may know what you've done
It makes me feel so sad to think what i might've had
I watch the stars, i watch the sun, now i watch for anyone
But it's only make believe

You work, you work, you work so hard and then
Someone, someone will come around again
You may think it's for real, but you know how you feel
The places that i go don't feel good anymore
I see it all rainbows in fall i see her face upon my wall
But it's only make believe

Fly away, bluebird fly away for me
To a place somewhere far across the sea
Fly away, far away, don't look back, go today
The waves that crash upon the sand
Another place, a far off land
And every day, i have to stay, but you are free
You could fly away-
But it's only make believe

Cast your mind back ten years
To the girl who's next to me in school
If i put me hand upon her leg
She hit me with a rule

Though tomorrow won't be long
You're gonna have to play it cool
You get fascinated by her
She could set the place on fire

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump you've got to wait your turn

Friends all seem to laugh
I fear i'm apt to make a compromise
Try to reassure myself
My head must need some exercise
Half past ten in the morning
She just took me by surprise
True she set the place on fire
You get fascinated by her

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump you've got to wait your turn

The lights across the street throw a rainbow
I'd love you all to meet her
I'll be there, i'll be there

Notice that my eyes have been
A misty place since saturday
Brings a feeling we might lead
The fire engines anyway

Though tomorrow won't be long
You're gonna have to play it cool
You get fascinated by her
She could set the place on fire

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump you've got to wait your turn

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump you've got to wait your turn

Friday night and everything's right on the weekend
Crazy clothes and anything goes on the weekend
John called in and jim got sue
I made a date with a little ol' jew
Off he went to make a date on the weekend
No harm done, just having some fun on the weekend
Cartop down, just a ridin' around on the weekend
Took a ride to lookout hill
The view up there was sure a thrill
That was all, we had a big fall on the weekend

There we were just sitting cool and cozy
I just had time to steal a little kiss
A police with a flashlight tried to nose in
He said, "holy mackerel there, what is all this?"
No harm done just having some fun on the weekend
Took a chance on crashin' a dance on the weekend

We were almost inside the place
Then some boy slammed the door in my face
"hey you guys, you gotta wear ties on the weekend
Crazy clothes and anything goes on the weekend
That was all we had a big ball on the weekend

First of all let me describe
Major struggle to survive
Just a weary group of people
Waiting for the world to end
Feel it spreading rapidly
Radio...
Bound together by a legend
To protect usand defend

Lead us to the yellow rainbow
Just in case the earth should fall
If you find the yellow rainbow
You can save us all

.. come from blackened cloud
Sometimes seems to speak out loud
Icy brew of winds prevailing
From the cauldrons of the storm
Hear the children's voices plead
Please don't let the sky fall in
We might find the yellow rainbow
Ferry lights to keep them warm

Chorus

I can take the atmosphere then tape it down
Overactive mind works like an underground

Fear our hope's about to be
Buried in obscurity
Saw a man with eyes like saucers
Caught up in a web of lies
.. that opened up before us
Cast a rainbow big and bright

Lead us to the yellow rainbow
Just in case the earth should fall

Love changes all
Love changes all
I never knew it was on my mind

But love changes all (love changes all)
Love changes all (love changes all)

You came along
You sang my song
I never knew if you would ever call

But love changes all (love changes all)
Love changes all (love changes all)

Go on, don't let it get away
Save it another day
In your life
Don't let it slip away in the night

Love changes all (love changes all)
Love changes all (love changes all)

Go on, don't let it get away
Save it another day
In your life
Don't let it slip away in the night

What could i do?
There was me and there were you
I didn't know what i'd got on my mind

But love changes all (love changes all)
Love changes all (love changes all)

Love changes all
Love changes all
Love changes all, etc.

The silent night has turned to a night of fear
With windows howling wind into your ear
You listen to the spirits far behind
These things you hear are too much for your mind

The bell strikes and your spine chills like the grave
The chill that turns your blood from red to grey
You know that with these things you see and hear
The silent night has turned to a night of fear

Image on your bedroom wall
Shadows marching in the hall
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind

The green and purple lights affect your sight
Your mother cannot comfort you tonight
Your brain calls out for help that's never there
The silent night has turned to a night of fear

Little girl in the sea of dreams
There's a smile on her little face
She looked around she could see no peace
Her heart was sad and her body weak

Dum, dum, dooby-dum dum dum
Dum, dum, dooby-dum dum dum

But in her dream she was big and strong
She fell in love with a sailor
He travelled far off to distant lands
He never travelled to see her

Dum, dum, dooby-dum dum dum
Dum, dum, dooby-dum dum dum

Then one night a strange man did come
He whispered words unto her mother
Little girl in the sea of dreams
She closed her eyes and met her maker

Take me to the heart of you,
Take me to the heart of you,
Take me, take me, take me, take me,
Take me to the heart of you.

Take me to your heart and then
Take me to your heart and then
Take me, take me, take me, take me,
Take me to your heart again.

Take me where the fields are green,
Take me where the fields are green,
Take me, take me, take me, take me,
Take me where the fields are green.

Take me to your heart somehow,
Take me to your heart somehow,
Take me, take me, take me, take me,
Take me cause i need you now.

Take me to cross your borderline,
Take me to cross your borderline,
Take me, take me, take me, take me,
Take me to cross your borderline.

Take me where i wanna be,
Take me from this misery,
Take me, take me, take me, take me,
Take me where i wanna be.

Take me to the heart of you,
Take me to the heart of you,
Take me to the heart of you,
The heart of you...
The heart of you...

Woke up one morning half asleep
With all my blankets in a heap
And yellow roses gathered all around me;
The time was still approaching four
I couldn't stand it anymore
Saw marigolds upon my eider down.

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow,
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain keeping me cool.

So i lay upon my side with all the windows opened wide
Couldn't pressurize my head from speaking
Hoping not to make a sound i pushed my bed into the grounds
In time to catch the sight that i was seeking.

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow,
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain keeping me cool.

If this perfect pleasure has the key
Then this is how it has to be
If my pillow's getting wet
I don't see that it matters much to me.

I heard the flowers in the breeze make conversation with the trees
Believed to leave reality behind me
With my commitments in a mess my sleep has gone away depressed
In a world of fantasy you'll find me.

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow,
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain keeping me cool.

Can't you see i'm shaking in my shoes
I've done everything but i still got the blues
Everywhere i turn there's misery
Stuck in the middle of nowhere street

Go away come back where ya goin'
Don't do that, do this, don't you blow it
Run don't walk, shout don't talk about it
You don't know anything about it

It's no good there's no way out
No way out
A fine affair and there's no doubt
There's no doubt
That there's no way out, no way out

She left some money in a paper sack
And a note to say she ain't coming back
It's no good there's no way out
A fine affair and there's no doubt
But there's no way out, no way out

They're coming at me from everywhere
They say she's already gone from here

Go away come back where ya goin'
Don't do that, do this, don't you blow it
Run don't walk, shout don't talk about it
You don't know anything about it

It's no good there's no way out
No way out
A fine affair and there's no doubt
That there's no way out, no way out

No way out
No way out
No way out
No way out

Played too hard and he died too young
To be certain of earning his [burnt out/word of?] love
He won a place in history
And his name will live eternally

Lived the life of a movie star
And he waved to the people from a big black car
Down in a book with the greatest names
As a lonely maid cried take [in/the?] pain

Tell me a story minister
There ain't no time left to lose

Ten man tried in the dead of night
??? the great man's final words to right
In a room that was soft and red
The great man spoke outside my head

Tell me a story minister
There ain't no time left to lose

Sister jane has a little book
Full of autographs of useless people
Seems a waste in the time she took
And it gets me mad which makes us equal

Ooh, hundreds of people left out in the cold
Wearing the shoes that were silver and gold
Useless information
Tons of useless information
Seems to fill my head
With nowhere else to go
(isn't it amazing)

Mrs. pain at the dairy game
With the news about her operation
Will the... ever make the rain
Wash away such useless information

Chorus

Isn't it amazing
Now you can see why conversation is dying
And time is passing you by

Turn your ears to the weatherman
Saying it be colder in december
Get your boots and your....
It's been the same for years
So i remember

Chorus

Chorus

Hundreds of people filling my head with useless information

Chorus

What can you tell me, of the perfect man.
What can you tell me, now i don't quite understand.
We lose our grip, we glide and stall.
Some things come easy, some don't come at all.

We chip away at the perfect man.
What can you show me, now i don't quite understand.
Eye to eye nothing left to say
But will you really throw it all away.

We trip, we stumble, and we all fall down.
Things go wrong, though are strong.
We slip, we fumble, and we all fall down
Round and round, we all fall down.
Sometime....

No matter how we try to keep things straight.
It makes no difference, while we cause our fate.
We burn our candle unaware.
While on our knees we cry in prayer.

We trip, we stumble, and we all fall down.
Pain wont last, this too shall pass.
We slip, we fumble, and we all fall down
Round and round, time and time, again.

But ahhhh,
If it's so simple then explain to me.
How pain is so close to ecstasy.
How change can make you feel so free.

Ahhhh,
If we were meant to be such perfect fools.
Then why do we always break the rules,
Crashing through life's scenery.

We trip, we stumble, and we all fall down.
Angry cries and desperate lies.
We slip, we fumble, and we all fall down
Hearts to mend, sun comes up again.

If your heart could talk i wonder what it would tell me
If your mind could walk would it bring me a love never ending
Yes, i've got to know
I've got to know
No secrets anymore
You've got to tell me

All your days have gone a goin' to a go-go
Now the time has come, is it gonna be a no no, no no
I've got to know
I've got to know
No secrets anymore
You've got to tell me

Tell me every little thing that makes you happy, oh oh oh
Every little thing that makes you glad
All of the secrets that you hide i got to know
Whoa, every little thing

You've gotta stop all your reservations
Am i for the chop or is it celebrations?
Yes, i've got to know
I've got to know
No secrets anymore
You've got to tell me

Tell me every little thing that makes you happy, oh oh oh
Every little thing that makes you glad
All of the secrets that you hide i got to know
Whoa, every little thing

Tell me every little thing (tell me)
Every little thing (tell me)

Tell me every little thing that makes you happy, oh oh oh
Every little thing that makes you glad
All of the secrets that you hide i got to know
Whoa, every little thing

Every little thing

Sun is shining for me
I'll be on my way
I'll be rolling along, cos i need to
Feel alright
From the evening till the early light
Nowhere to go but its on with the show

Wander down in the lane (?)
I'll be strolling to
I do a brave show for you , don't you know i
Feel alright
From the evening to the early light
Nowhere to go but its on with the show

Feel alright
From the evening to the early light
Nowhere to go but its on with the show

You couldn't make it easy if you tried
So i'm gonna save it for the girl outside
I'll take her on a magic carpet ride
We could walk the clouds together
Stay in love forever

If you don't answer what i feel inside
I might try to make it with the girl outside
And all our thoughts together we'll confide
We'll see fairytale cities
When following the lands of love

Who needs the girl outside
When i can ride the time and life with you
Why don't you turn around
And look at me, i often wish i knew you

You overstepped the mark so run and hide
Cause i'm gonna take it to the girl outside
I won't cast all my little dreams aside
Every flowers hide their faces
By... their places

Who needs the girl outside
When i can ride the time and life with you
Why don't you turn around
And look at me, i often wish i knew you

You couldn't make it easy if you tried
So i'm gonna save it for the girl outside
I'll take her on a magic carpet ride
We could walk the clouds together
Stay in love forever

Climb aboard my roundabout
Climb aboard my roundabout
I am the fairground man at heart
I run the roundabout this part
I fill this fair but custom have i none

I turn the handle round so fast it makes my elbow ache
Nobody seems to care
No-one rides upon my roundabout no longer anymore
Oh what a horrid fair!

Climb aboard my roundabout
Climb aboard my roundabout
Climb aboard my roundabout
Climb aboard my roundabout

Money there is none - i'm thinner than a skeleton

But wait a minute, i'm so thin
That all these aches and pains could be a chance for me
I could be a horror or a ghost in a ghost train
I think i'll go and see

I meet the man who runs the ghost train
He says, "you're just great!
I'll pay you top class wages
If you'll just hang from this gate"

A year is passing lots of food and money come my way
Oh lucky man am i
But who's this telling me, "you're fired!
You're much too fat to be a ghost, be on your way!"
So here i am

Climb aboard my roundabout
Climb aboard my roundabout
Climb aboard my roundabout
Climb aboard my roundabout

Wild times, until the light has gone
Wild, until the rising sun
Let us hear the sigh,
Of all the days gone buy
Wild times

Shine the light, down through the years
Through the fields of yonder, the veil off tears
And well take the time,
That is yours and mine
Wild times

Wild times, into the dawn
These wild times, will not be gone
And the music plays,
To these golden days
Wild times

You can here the sigh,
Of all the days gone by
Wild times

And well take the time,
That is yours and mine
Wild times

Wild times
Wild times
Wild times
Wild times

Beatles forever
There's something about a beatles' song, that lives forever more
The beauty of the harmonies, the sound of the fab four
All their music will live on and on, john 'n' paul, george and ringo
They really taught the world to sing

Beatles forever, sergeant peppers lonely hearts club band
Beatles forever, all you need is love, yeah yeah yeah
Beatles forever, i wanna hold your hand wooh
Beatles forever, hey jude and revolution, number nine

'cause when you feel the beat, you've gotta move your feet
You get the rhythm'n'blues, and a pretty tune
Rock'n'roll eternity, that started out as merseybeat

I try to write a good song, a song with feel and care
I think it's quite a good song, 'til i hear one of their's
Makes you wonder how they did it, ooh, john 'n' paul, george and ringo
I wish i knew the secret, yeah yeah yeah

Beatles forever, strawbery fields forever and ever
Beatles forever, nowhere man and penny lane, yeah yeah yeah
Beatles forever, lucy in the sky with diamonds
Beatles forever, get back and yesterday

'cause when you feel the beat, you've gotta move your feet
You get the rhythm'n'blues, and a pretty tune
Rock'n'roll eternity, that started out as merseybeat
All the children sing

Beatles forever, please please me, eleanor rigby
Beatles forever, i am the walrus, yeah yeah yeah, cookoo coochoo
Beatles forever, she loves you, ooh, day tripper,
Beatles forever, eight days a week, magical mystery tour

'cause when you feel the beat, you've gotta move your feet
You get the rhythm'n'blues, and a pretty tune
Rock'n'roll eternity, that started out as merseybeat

Ah ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah ah-ah, ah-ah-all-ah
Ah, feel the beat, ah-ah-ah-ah, gotta move your feet ah-ah ah-ah,
Rhythm and blues, ah-ah-ah-ah, pretty tune
Ah, rock'n'roll, ah-ah-ah-ah, eternity, ah-ah ah-ah,
Startet out, ah-ah ah-ah, as merseybeat

Beatles forever
Beatles forever, yeah yeah yeah
Beatles forever

Mister mackan was a practical man,
Curly was his only son,
And he loved him like no other can,
Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum.

He discovered the world in a wonderful girl,
Though he played with more than one.
But he loved her like no other can.
Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum

Chorus:
Oh curly has she let you down and run?
Oh curly where's your girly? where's she gone?

Ran all over the town,
Till he covered the ground,
Every inch of liverpool,
In a way i feel so bad
That she let he be made a fool.

But remember she's right,
As we freeze in the night,
When the dawn took years to come,
Does he love her like no other can
Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum

Chorus

Now curse the day,
Yes it really shok you good.
Just broke away, no,
You didn't feel she would.
You didn't feel she would.

La-da-da, na- na- na- na-
Desolation tones play on
Though it breaks you curly
Can't you see what she has gone and done?

He discovered the world
Such a wonderful girl,
So he played with more than one,
But he loved her like no other can
Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum

Oh curly, where's she gone?
You didn't feel she would.
Feel she would. la-da-da,
Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na

See how they go on the wings of a shiny bird
And the resons for them leaving is not easy

Follow me follow
Follow me too far away
Follow me follow
Where you will go

See how they go on the wings of a shiny bird
And they'll all be friends together now they're leaving
See how they try to be hap-py when they're leaving home
But the captain of the shinybird won't wait now

Follow me follow
Follow me too far away
Follow me follow
Where you will go

See how they go on the wings of a shiny bird
And the resons for them leaving is not easy

Follow me follow
Follow me too far away
Follow me follow
Where you will go

(repeat)

Saw the folks down below crying
Heard them on the radio lying
Distant bells in the air
Ringing out do they hear?
Do they know it's growing very near?

Everybody sitting here
They don't realize
They've got no time

Saw the transmitter sway slowly
Saw it crash in the lane coldly
Saw the seas rushing in
To the coast now they've seen
Now they know it's growing very near

Everybody sitting here
They don't realize
They've got no time

Saw them gather in slow motion
Setting sail on the tired ocean
Heard the clouds rolling by
Shouting down from the sky
Hear them speak their last goodbye

Everybody sitting here
They don't realize
They've got no time
No time

Whats on your mind
Dear stephanie?
Whats on your mind
Towards me?

Aches and pains
They claw at your thighs
Your glad you did
You said you did

What can i say dear stephanie?
Who shall i kiss before?
The love and poetry that you bring
Your eyes your hair your everything

What am i now dear stephanie?
Am i you in disguise?
The words they come so naturally
I say them all for stephanie

[instrumental]

There's a fellow roaming round the street
I think most of all i'd like to meet
I must consider him a clever lad
Making like a young sir galahad
Everywhere i go i think he's been
He autographs the walls around the scene
If you look hard enough you'll find him there
In rooms of public places everywhere

Kilroy was here
Left his name around the place
Kilroy was here
Thought i've never seen his face
On a short vacation with my friends
I found i had time on my hands to spare
Surveyed my telescope around the land
And saw his name imprinted in the sand

Kilroy was here
Left his name around the place
Kilroy was here
Thought i've never seen his face
On a short vacation with my friends
I found i had time on my hands to spare
Surveyed my telescope around the land
And saw his name imprinted in the sand

I wonder could he be a cavalier
Or a roving musketeer
Or just a dustman who's insane
Everyplace regardless where or when
.... strikes again and again and again

If i ever meet that man at all
I'll hang a plague upon my bedroom wall
A monument erected in his name
Would help to contribute his name

Kilroy was here
Left his name around the place
Kilroy was here
Thought i've never seen his face
On a short vacation with my friends
I found i had time on my hands to spare
Surveyed my telescope around the land
And saw his name imprinted in the sand

Kilroy was here
Though i've never seen his face

That's the road, it's over there
And leading down to nowhere,
This is the age when your alowed to have your own care,
If you will have some pride to plan your life ahead
Instead of waiting till your old in your bed.

Chorus:
I'll be over tonight, if you say you might,
I'll be over tonight, indeed to put you right.

Well, i know you wrote on your overcoat,
But you don't want to take it too far, oh i think you won't
But i know you don't, but you always say that you are right.

I'm so used to waiting that's entirely your decision
And don't be restricted by the weightless views your given.

If you will have some pride to fight and front a head
Instead of saving till your young heart is dead.

Chorus

Never let riches that may ever be within you,
Show some concern for all the love that you have been through,
If you will have some pride to plan your life ahead,
Instead of waiting till your old in your bed.

Chorus

Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio,
Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio

There's a place down rio town
Where everybody hangs around
And they all do the crazy thing
Dance a lot and love to sing

Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio

All right

Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio
Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio

Take a trip down rio
Where i goin' down there any day
Where the folks all have a ball
Just go down there for any all

Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio

All right, that's nice, i'm going to rio

Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio
Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio

Take a trip down rio where
I'm goin' down there any day
Where the folks all have a ball
Just go down knock on any door

Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio
Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio
Goin' down to rio, goin' down to rio

Goin' down to rio

I can tell by the way
There aint no lights in the windows
And by the way your curtains hang
Yeah, i know which way the wind blows

I said no, i said no, i said no, nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

You went away, what a heavy load
You must have took it with you
Down and out, to no thanks to boat
But no one can get ya

I said no, i said no, i said no, ain't nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

I said nobody, nobody home

From the way that you act
I guess you haven't been there
By the look in your eyes
There's nobody been there

I said no, i said no, i said no, nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

I said nobody, nobody, nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

I said no, i said no, i said no no no, nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

I said nobody, nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

Aint nobody home, nobody home,
Nobody home
Nobody home
Nobody home
Nobody home

Hold me tight the time is right
Crazy dreams and mind-blowing schemes will get you
Yeah

People talking bad to her
Sitting on the block without any love
Somewhere

It's time to let your mind play again
It's your heart just let mind play again

Chorus

Sunshine help me
Sunshine help me
Help me take the strain away

Sunshine help me
Sunshine help me
Help me take the strain away

Is it true that i been wrong about the things
You always thought were innocent
People always going round putting me down

It's time to let your mind play again
Its your heart let your mind take it

Chorus

(slow)

It ain't necessarily so
No, it ain't necessarily so
These things that you're liable,
To read in the bible.
No it ain't necessarily so

(jammin')

You bet that you can't be wrong.
No place where you don't belong.
There's nothin' you don't know.
But it ain't necessarily so

To you there's never no doubt.
It's either in or it's out.
You sure put up quite a show.
But it ain't necessarily so

I said hold, let your bad self go.
Hold on, caus' you already know.

It's never maybe or might.
To you it's black or it's white.
If i say yes you say no.
But it ann's necessarily so

Hold on, let your bad self go.
Hold on, cause' you already know.

You think that you can't be wrong.
No place where you don't belong.
There's nothing' you don't know.
But it ain't necessarily so

Ain't necessarily so
Ain't necessarily so

No no no no
No it ain't necessarily so
No no no no
No no no no

No no no no
No it ain't necessarily so.
No no no no
No it ain't necessarily so.

See the people all in line
Sneakin' a look at me ???
Can't imagine that their minds
Are thinkin' the same as me

I can hear the grass grow i can hear the grass grow
I see rainbows in the evening

My heads attracted to
Magnetic wave of sound
With streams of coloured circles
Makin' their way around.

I can hear the grass grow i can hear the grass grow
I see rainbows in the evening

Can't seem to cause allow the sign
My sense color my ????
Get a hold of yourself now baby
See i need you to help now baby
Get a hold of yourself now baby

Put your head down to the ground
And listen to your mind
If you can't spell what you found
I know that you're not my kind

I can hear the grass grow i can hear the grass grow
I see rainbows in the evening

Can't seem to cause allow the sign
My sense color my ????
Get a hold of yourself now baby
See i need you to help now baby
Get a hold of yourself now baby

See the people all in line
Sneakin' a look at me ???
Can't imagine that their minds
Are thinkin' the same as me

I can hear the grass grow i can hear the grass grow
I see rainbows in the evening

I wake and yawn at the crack of dawn
With dewdrops on my feet
As i rise up to greet the morning
Nothing much to eat
Every breath i take seems to make my body ache
My only friend is mist on a monday morning

Pick up my sack and walk for miles
Never thinking why
To the brewer's yard where i can sit
And watch my life go by
Drink and drink all day till my memory melts away
I need a friend like mist on a monday morning

Where's my wife, has she gone
I hear misty morning call
One foot resting in the grave
Destined not to see her anymore

There's a den in the grass by the autopath
Of corrugated steel
I may be sleeping there tonight
And depending how i feel
Damp and dirty place
Printing sorrow on my face
With nothing but the mist on a monday morning

Chorus

From... i feel the sin
Like wheels upon my feet
Intoxicated by the night
I stumbled in the street
Every breath i take seems to make my body ache
And drift into the mist on a monday morning

Wildflowers grow everywhere
Vibrations flow, things will have to change
(good evening, madam. it's a recording. yes.)
Strange new ideas fill the air
Some people leave, others grieve
Some were bare but things will change
Old concepts go, new ones grow
All at once the world begins to love again
(..... hello uncle bill)
And the wildflowers grow out of fields

Fields of people
There's no such thing as a weed
Seeds of hatred
Plant them and soon they will breed

(going to the pub, are you? evening madam.)

Wildflowers grow everywhere
Vibrations flow, things will have to change
(good evening, madam. it's a recording. yes.)
Strange new ideas fill the air
Some people leave, others grieve
Some were bare but things will change
Old concepts go, new ones grow
All at once the world begins to love again
(..... hello uncle bill)
And the wildflowers grow out of fields

Love of people
There's no such thing as a weed
Seeds of hatred
Plant them and soon they will breed

Fields of people
There's no such thing as a weed
Seeds of hatred
Plant them and soon they will feed

Wildflowers grow everywhere
Vibrations flow, things will have to change
(good evening, madam. it's a recording. yes.)
Strange new ideas fill the air
Some people leave, others grieve
Some were bare but things will change
Old concepts go, new ones grow
All at once the world begins to love again
(..... hello uncle bill)
And the wildflowers grow out of fields

(there's a bloke out here looking for the band)

There's no such thing as a weed
Seeds of hatred
Plant them and soon they will breed

There's no such thing as a weed
Seeds of hatred
Plant them and soon they will breed

There's no such thing as a weed
Seeds of hatred
Plant them and soon they will breed

(here we are now in great portland street. ah, good evening sir, i
Wonder would you like to come over here and say a few words in the
Microphone. oh. it catches one a bit off balance suddenly to be
Interrupted in the street. i got one. hello, i don't wanna taxi. what i
Want is this. you're a tazi driver, and we wanna taxi driver's opinion
On pop music. i think it's very good mate. just cause i gettin' a bit
Anciant don't mean to say i don't enjoy it. good. toot your organ and
We'll be away.)

(hold it. one more time, it's a bit ragged. try one more. here we go.)

I often sit alone up in a tree
Waving to the ones that wave at me
I think well just how stupid can they be
Waving to a man up in a tree

What they don't know is i am counting them
I even count the ladies and the men
I put the numbers in my little book
And only me can ever have a look

All i ask is a piece of mind
Which i lost somewhere down amongst the mess
All i want is for people to be kind
And walk slower to be counted when they pass

I think well just how stupid can they be
Waving to a man up in a tree

I know that i will have to stop my fun
When i meet a girl who i can not count on
Maybe marry her and happy we would be
Not counting but a-sitting up a tree
I put the numbers in my little book
And only me can ever have a look
I think well just how stupid can they be
Waving to a man up in a tree

Here the roar a coming
Here the roar a coming
Here the roar a coming now

Got news for your mother
Got news for your mother
Got news for your mother tonight

Sister i have touched the evergreen
And i promise that it's life should go unseen
Now it [saves/says?] the birds upon the fire
And the message from the country rises higher

Hear the birdie calling
Hear the birdie calling
Hear the birdie calling for life

Message from the country
Message from the country
Message from the country rising high

Sister i have touched the evergreen
And i promise that it's life should go unseen
Now it [saves/says?] the birds upon the fire
And the message from the country rises higher

(it was one morning when i woke up, and then i found out that they'd signed some
Papers, and then i was gonna be kept in a bed owing to my state of mind.
And then i found out that the authorities had said, um, that i'd gotta
Have special food fed to me for my thoughts, um, and i think it's because,
Because i was going off my...)

Head
Sunbeam from flowered skies
Twenty thousand butterflies
Glorify my...
Turn from hot to very cool
Though it seems incredible
I could ride a bike around the room

Cherry blossom clinic
Is there any truth in what they say
Cherry blossom clinic
Lock me in and throw the key away

In this sad position where i lie
From the corner of my eye
Callous friends just pass me by
Doctor pays a visit
Everyday i keep asking for my dad
They must think i'm going mad
Lift the blankets off my face
Quick before i suffocate
Trying hard to meditate
Tell the people, "what a scene"
Write a letter to the queen
Asking her if she can come to tea

Chorus

Up above the sun is high
Like a tea tray in the sky
Helicopter lands upon my bed
Phantom horses quickly fade
Turning into lemonade
Probably feel better when i'm dead

Chorus

Ventrilloquist was he, little boy sat on his knee
The people knew that the show was but the best one in the land
Until the night before the act
The dummy's clothes had all been packed away - he'd gone
And he'd left poor mr. crow right in the lurch

You know he's gone far away
I hear his voice go laughing
What of all the years we shared?

Hello mr. crow has your little boy left home - did he run away
Well i hope he'll soon be back to do the show
I'm sorry you must feel quite sad when your dummy runs away without a word
That is all old mr. crow had heard

You know he's gone far away
I hear his voice go laughing
What of all the years we shared?

Now come on mr. crow my dear
We'd better have this gottle o' geer

Then one fateful night into the dressing room so bright
Walked our friend tabledoll
Mr. crow cried tears of joy all in his tea
The bad doll said kindly address me as sir norman little man i am a star
And if you weren't so old maybe i'd let you be my doll

You know i've been far away
I've heard the people laugh
Now i'm a great big star

Tears in your life
Nothing but tears in your life
They come to you in the night
Tears in your life

Softly they call
Gathering slowly they fall
You see those tears and they're all
Tears in your life

(tears in your life)
(tears in your life)
(tears in your life)
(tears in your life)

Tears in your life
Nothing but tears in your life
Heartbroken fool's paradise
Tears in your life

Softly they call
Gathering slowly they fall
You see those tears and they're all
Tears in your life

Tears in your life...

It's all making me ready
It's all doing what you gotta do
I know "a"
I see my life come shine

Golden sunrise
Tragic day dream
I am so afraid --

King of the universe, are you king of the earth
King of the universe, are you king of the sky
King of the universe, are you king of the sky