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

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

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

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

Pretty pretty are the girls as they go by
Chilly chilly is the air under moonlit sky
The windows watch you as you walk along
And the streets lead back to where you started from

Chorus: the cities watching and you can't get by
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes

Silly silly are the thoughts that fill your head
Wish i'd never set out, wish i'd stayed in bed
You see reflections from across the street
So you better start movin' stop draggin' your feet

(chorus)

Money money, gotta get some money and run
It's an issue i find unenviable
It doesn't matter which way you turn
But you gotta keep trying cause you never learn

(chorus)

Funny funny how the world goes round and round
You better watch your step don't make a sound
The windows watch you as you walk along
And the streets lead back to where you started from

(chorus)

Pretty pretty
Chilly chilly
Silly silly
Money money

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

Climb aboard with me baby
We gotta give this thing a start
Go rocking into the feature film
And well rip the seats apart

But if you gotta treat me wrong
Don't mess me up

Well stop in the side sweet baby
And give your heart a check
Well don't mess me cause you might get
My finger burns around your neck

So if you gotta treat me wrong
Don't mess me up

The pink champagne i brought you baby
You emptied every drop
Don't you try to chain me up
But i have make you stop

I'm giving in to you baby
And take you to the party hop
Your sure to cause a scene
In your red blue jeans
And we dance till five oclock

But if you gotta treat me wrong
Dont mess me up

Don't mess me up like that

The cold champagne i brought you baby
You emptied every drop
Dont you try to chain me up
But i have to make you stop

Climb aboard with me baby
We gotta give this thing a start
Go rocking into the feature film
Then well rip the seats apart

But if you gotta treat me wrong
Don't mess me up

But if you gotta treat me wrong
Don't mess me up

Well if you gotta treat me wrong
Don't mess me up

Don't mess me up no more

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

[instrumental]

[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

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

[instrumental]

There she is im sure i seen her
Pushing in the queue to get to the front
Join the ladies in my dream
I know that nothing hurts you babe
In my balance in a way

Chorus

Come and take a ride on my omnibus
We could take you right to the terminus
Dont forget your ticket if you want to ride
(catching a ride)
If you want to go inside

Just a dud their hansom falter (?)
Harem on a bus flies over the top
...jeans
Lock up your daughters

Just too late to save the day
Ring my bell and turn away

Chorus

Sweet silver meadows
Protect us from the rain
Please never break
Take us to the stars again
Hear the ways for every where
See my sleighs win the air

Save the girls upstairs for later
Now you wonder if i can manage them all
Wrap them up in christmas paper
Tell them they dont have to pay
Ring my bell and turn away

Chorus

Omnibus ride
Omnibus ride

Someone knocked my door 'round about half past four this morning
Despite what i said, i was out of bed still yawning
Well that's it once again, someone knocking
Going through my head wish they'd stop it

I walked down the stairs just a little bit scared - apprehensive
With a few judged words that shouldn't be heard reprehencin'
Well that's it once again, someone knocking
Going through my head wish they'd stop it

So i opened up just to take a look, was i dreamin'?
There was no-one there just the cold night air - i was dreamin'

Going through my head wish they'd stop it

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

She's got me stolen
So you wonder why
Man i was rollin'
She has all i got

Feel too good
What can you do?
Can't seen to control myself
So how can i talk to you?

Met her in the garden
Taking the stairway home
Something hits me harder
Hits me like a stone

Feel too good
What can you do?
Can't seen to control myself
So how can i talk to you?

If it should be questioned
I can feel the heat
Mind her reflection
Stops you in the street

Feel too good
What can you do?
Can't seen to control myself
So how can i talk to you?

Feel too good
What can you do?
Can't seen to control myself
So how can i talk to you?

Feel too good
What can you do?
Can't seen to control myself
So how can i talk to you?

I feel too good
Feel too good feel too good
Yeah hey yeah
What can you do?

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

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, oh what a thrill
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

You came on over and took over my heart
You came along and moved me honey
I cannot lie you are so fine
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

Kiss me baby, whooo, feels good
Come on over baby, love me like a lover should
Your fine, so kind, told this world that your mine, mine, mine

You pull my fingers and you twiddle my thumbs
Wanna love you but a true love huh
Come on baby, your drive me crazy
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

Kiss me baby, whoo, feels good
Ahhh call me baby, love me like a lover should
Your fine, so kind, wanna tell this world that your mine, mine, mine

You pull my fingers and you twiddle my thumbs
Wanna love you but it sure is hard
Come one baby, you drive me crazy
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, oh what a thrill
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

You get me lonely and you get all my money
You came alone and your with me honey
Come on baby you drive ah me crazy
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

I'm very lucky i think you'll agree

I've lost the key to my front door
I can't get in there anymore, oh my
I've lost the key to my love's heart
It's down the drain and in the dark, oh my

I'm very lucky i think you'll agree

As i was riding home from work
I saw a robber steal a shirt, oh my
I shouted "oi!" and yelled "stop! thief!"
The policeman booked me for disturbing the peace, oh my

I'm very lucky i think you'll agree

As i was swimming in the sea
I came across a bomb or three, oh my
I took them to the coastguard man
Who said "hurry up and get th...", oh my

I'm very lucky i think you'll agree

I've lost the key to my front door
I can't get in there anymore, oh my
I've lost the key to my love's heart
It's down the drain and in the dark, oh my

I'm very lucky i think you'll agree

My friends and i took a walk today
To a place we've been before
We flipped around like a wild machine
Till we stopped down by the store

Someone said
Let's go for a walk upon the water
Let's go for a stroll across the sea
First one, follow me

Amidst my thoughts didn't feel inclined
To drift into the bay
By now my friends, could see their minds
As i watched them drift away, all singing

Chorus

Final boarding time
Now their souls are washed up
Faith destroyed their minds
Better get the life inspector
Bring along his mind director

You know i'm innocent
I just didn't expect their trip to last
With the gale force that crossed their path
I could see them sinking fast, still singing

Chorus

Final boarding time
Now their souls are washed up
Faith destroyed their minds
Better get the life inspector
Bring along his mind director

This tale of common sense will end on
Please don't drink and drive
Especially when you're driving friends
Along the waterside, still singing

Chorus

Chorus

Follow me, follow me, follow me

Chorus

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

My dear elaine,
May i see you again?
For i've loved you,
And i hope to be forgiven,

It's been a cold night,
How i long to see the light,
To have you there,
To feel your hair.

Dear elaine,
Will it still be the same?
From the gateway to your arms
I am forbidden.

It's been a cold night,
Need the love the burns so bright,
To have you there,
To feel your hair.

Thoughts that once remained discreet,
Fall like servants at your feet.
Ahhh, ahhhh, ahhhh.

Come here, elaine,
Please attend to the pain,
Please relieve the darken clouds of evening,
Prayers i could say,
How you swept them all away
I can't believe
You chose to leave,

God(?) that wears the sallow face,
Seems to put in my place,
Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh

Dear elaine,
Will it still be the same?
Now the house of spirit crumbles,
For your love wears many gowns.
Love has risen,
It has stumbled,
Dear elaine,
Why should you wish to leave?

Dear elaine,
May i see you again,
For i've loved you,
And i hope to be forgiven.
It's been a cold night,
How i long to see the light
To have you there,
To feel your hair.
Dear elaine.

Bury a jar of shao-sing
When the girl is born
Surely you know the wine will age
Till shes fully grown
Dont fly into the night
Soon enough the world will end
While the lantern is right

Chorus

I could find a good time girl in chinatown
Chinatown
Dancing in my shoes
See the eastern ladies walking chinatown
Chinatown
Chain me down
Chinatown

Maybe ill drink your jasmine tea
Then ill hurry home
Surely you know the likes of me
Should be left alone
Why they like a me for
Soon enough the world will end
If i answer the door

Chorus

Look at the tall pagoda through
Through your window pane
Watching it by your dragon night
On a cocoa day
Youll discover the white
Orchids in my humble moon
While the lantern is right

Chorus

Yes she's leaving on the train
Never coming back again
The lines go far ahead
Got a job fixed in the city
Wants to be a star she's pretty
And i don't get a part

So please no more sad songs
I've heard enough today
Isn't it nice holding you tight, remember?

Left a note here on the floor
Where she used to knock the door
I found when i got home
Said you're gonna be a singer
Be a star and real swinger
I hope it's very nice

So please no more sad songs
I've heard enough today
Isn't i t nice holding you tight, remember?

Thought she was joking when i looked around
Went to her room and saw her things had gone
She must have flown, ahhh

Yes she's left upon the train
Never coming back again
The lines went far away
Got her job in the big city
She became a star so pretty
Now i don't know her name

So please no more sad songs
I've heard enough today
Isn't it nice holding you tight, remember?

(repeat)

Isn't it nice holding you tight, remember?

Hey mr. judge, your trams are coming down the line
The cargo aint too much if you can chase the friends of mine
I heard they smuggle in the goods
Along the western union line


Once on a time the...kids...
Been so unkind run over the inspector man
Discovered they were yellow
Finally threw them in the can

Chorus
Turn over turn over
Turn over turn over
Turn over turn over
Id hate to throw you back again
Oh yes

Turn the volume up until you blow the speaker cone
Hey mr. judge you have to give your dog a bone
Theres a...in the rhino kitchen
Send him on a china call

Repeat first verse

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

A look a-there
Here she comes
Here comes that girl again
Wanting to date her
Since i don't know when
But she don't notice me when i pass
She goes with all the guys from a-out of my class
But that ain't stopping me from thinking to myself
She's sure [good] looking man
She's something else

A look a- there
'cross the street
There's a car made just for me
To own that car
Would be a luxury
But right now i can't afford the gas
A brand new convertible is out of my class
But that ain't stopping me from thinking to myself
That car's good looking man
It's something else

Hey look a-there
Just wait and see
Work hard and save my dough
I'll buy that car
I can roll up and show
Get me that girl and we'll go riding around
We'll look real sharp with a black top down
I keep right on a-dreaming and a-thinking to myself
When it all comes true man
She's something else

Look a-here
What's all this?
Never thought i do this before
But here i am a-knocking on her door
My car's out front and it's all mine
It's a [sixty-seven] job not a fifty nine
I got that girl and i'm a-thinking to myself
She's [good] looking man
She's something e

Did you meet the lady who said she could fly
She broke off her wings when she fell from the sky
The effort was brave and she gave a sigh
Now i'll sail through the sky on my own, my oh my

I can fly through the air
I can fly anywhere
I can fly through the sky
And just see if i care

When she was a girl she would jump rather high
Then she fell in love with the air and the sky
She discovered her wings and she gave a loud cry
Now i'll sail through the sky on my own, my oh my

I can fly through the air
I can fly anywhere
I can fly through the sky
And just see if i care

Back to the story

Now she's been repaired and her wings are as new
She's laughing and dancing way up in the blue
But look she has gone, where could she go to?
Her wings were so silver, her halo so new

I can fly through the air
I can fly anywhere
I can fly through the sky
And just see if i care

(repeat)

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

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

Blackberry way absolutely pouring down with rain,
It's a terrible day.
Up with the lark, silly girl i don't know what to say,
She was running away.
But now i'm standing on the corner,
Lost in the things that i said.
What am i supposed to do now?

Goodbye blackberry way
I can't see you, i don't need you.
Goodbye blackberry way
Sure to want me back another day.

Flowers in the park overgrowing but the trees are bare
There's a memory there.
Boats on the lake, unattended now for all to drown
I'm incredibly down.
Just like myself they are neglected,
Turn with my eyes to the wall
What am i supposed to do now?

Goodbye blackberry way
I can't see you, i don't need you.
Goodbye blackberry way
Sure to want me back another day.

Run for the train, look behind you for she may be there
Said a thing in the air
Blackberry way, see the battlefield of careless sins
Cast to the winds
So full of emptiness without her,
Lost in the words that i said.
What am i supposed to do now?

Goodbye blackberry way
I can't see you, i don't need you.
Goodbye blackberry way
Sure to want me back another day.

Goodbye blackberry way
I can't see you, i don't need you.
Goodbye blackberry way
Sure to want me back another day.

Doin' the crazy thing, doing the crazy thing
Doin' the crazy thing, doing the crazy thing

Crazy lady commin' cross the floor
Don't know her name just gotta get more, gotta get more
Read it on the rhythm of the midnight hour
Baby's got me goin' gotta do it now

Caus' everybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' the crazy thing
Do the crazy thing

Ahy, you lookin' outa' sight
Won't you get on the floor, get on the floor, your gonna feel all right
Dancing with your penny tonight,

Cause everybody is doin' it, doin' the crazy, crazy, crazy thing
Everybody's doin' it, doin' the crazy, crazy, crazy thing

They come a dancin' like their souls on fire
She's taking everybody higher, and higher, and higher
Everybody's moving on that red hot floor
Gota keep on movin' we can get it now

Caus everybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' the crazy thing
Doin' the crazy thing.

Hay, your looking outta sight
Won't you get on the floor, get on the floor, your gonna feel all right
Dancing with your baby tonight, caus everybody's doin' it

The crazy lady gonna stay with me
We goona dance the night away till three
Dance getting better as the band plays on
Me and my baby gonna do it all night long

Caus everybody's doin' it, yeah, doin' it, all right, doin' it,
Doin' the crazy thing, doin' the crazy thing

Everybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' the crazy thing
Doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' the crazy thing
Doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' the crazy thing

In the town lived a girl so fair
Her mother would not dare
To let her anywhere
She was a lonely girl

John and paul and ringo and george
Were playing lovely tunes
From the window of her room
By the light of the moon

Hey girl there at the window i wish you would come and see me
I've got so much to tell you so much i want you to see

In the fields lived a lonely boy
Who'd wander every night
Just to see her window light
Then he was happier

Then he'd sit upon the ground
Just to listen to the sound
Of the music going round
And he would call to her

Hey girl there at the window i wish you would come and see me
I've got so much to tell you so much i want you to see

One night her mother said i think it's time for bed
The little girl crept down the stairs free as a bird

Hey girl there at the window i wish you would come and see me
I've got so much to tell you so much i want you to see

She met the boy sitting on the ground
And they listened to the sound
Growing distant as they found
They were happy now

Hey girl there at the window i wish you would come and see me
I've got so much to tell you so much i want you to see

(repeat)

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather since my girl and i ended it together
Keeps raining all the time

Life is bad gloomy misery everywhere
Stormy weather just can't seem to get my self together
I'll be here all the time

Oh yeah, since she went away the blues walked in and met me
If she stays away a rocking chair will get me
All i do is pray the lord will let me walk in the sun once more

Oh yeah, since she went away the blues walked in and met me
If she stays away a rocking chair will get me
All i do is pray the lord will let me walk in the sun once more

Can't go on everything i had is gone
Stormy weather, since my gal and i ended it together
Keeps raining all the time, keeps raining all the time

Stormy weather, stormy weather, stormy weather
Keeps raining all the time

I have a trainset and a garage full of cars
And a soldier with a gun
My mother says i should have more resposibility
As i'm nearly 31

I have a plane, i have a crane
That can lift up all my trains and all my cars
I have a boat that doesn't float
But a big machine that takes me to the stars

But my mother says i should get a job
Or my father she will tell
She says 16 years is a long enough rest
Though i say that i'm not well

I have a trainset and a garage full of cars
And a soldier with a gun
My mother says she'll break up all my toys and all my games
And she'll say i'm not her son

But your mother says you should get a job
Or your father she will tell
She says 16 years is a long enough rest
Though you say that you're not well

I had a plane, i had a crane
That could lift up all my trains and all my cars
I had a boat that couldn't float
So my machine and me are going to the stars

[instrumental]

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

They used to tell me boy you ain't goin' nowhere
With your cheap guitar and your big long hair
You gotta realize all your responsibilities
You gotta get out to work and face reality

You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road

So i drifted for a while down the road to ruin
I couldn't find my way i didn't know what i was doin'
I saw a lot of people coming back the other way
So i kept on goin' when i heard them say

"you gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road"

I made a lot of money i was makin' quite a mess
But they all told me money wouldn't bring me happiness
"you gotta work like a man in a real man's life
You're gonna have to take all the trouble and strife"

You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road

Ah sweet little lady used to drive me crazy
Had to stick around to play

Chorus

Down on the bay
Thats where i stay
The clouds are gray
Down on the bay
And thats my home
Cant leave my woman alone

Dont know what im missing
But i wouldnt miss the kissing
With lily cause she looks so fine

Chorus

Walking with my lily
Down a road thats pretty chilly
But she makes it like a summer day

Chorus

Sure look so delighted
And im getting so excited
Every time you start to play
Down on the bay

Down on the bay
Thats where i stay

Repeat

A-sittin on the bay
Thats where i stay
Thats where i stay

Down on the bay
Thats where ill stay

Down on the...
Thats where ill...

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

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

On friday afternoon at three o'clock
A passing lady looked into a shop
Her eyes lit up as this the sign she read
Recruiting office, that is what it said

Exacitedly she stepped inside to see
How her sons would fair if they were militry
The man in charge to her was very sweet
And said, "please sign here on this little sheet"

But when she got home her mind grew many fears
The message from the soldiers in the war rang in her ears

Don't put your boys in the army mrs. ward
You know they'll only waste away, oh oh
Don't put your boys in the army mrs. ward
You know they'll only waste away, oh oh

At six o'clock the lads came home from work
She told them what she'd done, they went beserk
We'll have to go to war and fight and die
And mrs. ward she wiped a tear from her eye

Don't put your boys in the army mrs. ward
You know they'll only waste away, oh oh

Don't put your boys in the army mrs. ward
You know they'll only waste away, oh oh
Don't put your boys in the army mrs. ward
You know they'll only waste away, oh oh

Don't put your boys in the army mrs. ward
You know they'll only waste away, oh oh
Don't put your boys in the army mrs. ward
You know they'll only waste away, oh oh

I see the faces on my picture one is you
I see the reasons why the picture just ain't true

I'm going home
I'm gonna be there one of these mornings
Gonna break away on the thirteenth of july
I'm going home

Going home

The dust collector keeps on banging at my door
Tales of the wild west, i can't mean it anymore

I'm going home
I'm gonna be there one of these mornings
Gonna break away on the thirteenth of july
I'm going home

Going home

And i'll be there one of these mornings
Walk down the road and there you are, yes i am
Maybe i'll see you if i can

Break away, from one of these memories
Walk down the road and there you are, yes i am
Maybe i'll see you if i can

I'm going home
I'm gonna be there one of these mornings
Gonna break away on the thirteenth of july
I'm going home

Going home
Going home
Going home
Going home

There we go, running before we can walk again
Can you imagine the hours i keep
Learning to sleep again, see her face again
Blast the world, fruits of the morning...
Carry the weight of the heart in a storm
Suffer the dawn today, today

Your beautiful daughter made me younger today
Beautiful daughter, now the darkness hides the tears that soak
The pillow where she lay

Wide awake, lying in wait for the moon to break
Drinking the lake of the dreams that we share
Wanting you there today, today

Chorus

Can you believe she just dropped in to say goodbye, say goodbye
I'm crying, beautiful daughter give me more, open the door
Pools in her eyes that are bright and deep
Can you imagine the hours i keep
Learning to sleep again, again

Chorus
Chorus

Beautiful daughter give me more, open the door

Chorus

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

My marge

My marge is such a delight
She thrills me at night
The second i turn out the light

My marge is peaches to me
When no-one can see
She snuggle up is heavenly

My marge squeeze me sqeeze me
Take me home for tea
Let's not stay out too late
Cause your mother will be cross
And i'll be down across her knee
Y'know

My marge speaks double dutch
She's so ripe to touch
That's why i love her very much

O three three o
And take me home for tea
Let's not stay out too late
Or your mother will be cross
And i'll be down across her knee
Y'know

My marge is such a delight
She thrills me at night
The second i turn out the light

O three three o ooh ooh!
Y'know my marge
I know
She's a nice girl y'know
I know
She picks her nose
Ugh!
Throws the brown lumps over the right side
The green lumps over the left side
And everybody else says goodnight!

Maybe the years have told you
Do you remember when life was just a new day?
You know the story don't you?
The one they told you when life was slipping away

Aah! look at the brand new day
Sitting here upon the milky way
Aah! look at the dancing girls
Sitting holding hands across the world

You got a brand new lady
Just like the one you left down in some other place
Reading all the letters
Saw your face coming through on the ouija board

Aah! look at the brand new day
Sitting here upon the milky way
Aah! look at the dancing girls
Sitting holding hands across the world

You heard the words of aaron
He spoke the truth in these things both great and small

You can throw away the ashes
You sweep them over the world on your own accord
Did you know the real answer?
You'd see the kind of mistakes that you can't afford

Discovered that the papers have been signed
To my bed i am confined
Owing to my state of mind

Special food for thought i must be fed
The authorities have said im going off my head

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

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