UNTITLED #1
you
say you're like a tree, or a bus stop
with your hands by your side
lets say you're like a field of tulips
cheap gold
flowers in the sky
if the cavalry comes, is it really no suprise?
count the calory cops, i'm allowing alibis
drag the shine off your stool,
and leave me, it's raining outside
count your life like that strange and different, i dont want lullabies
paralysed
on parade and ready to drop, you know,
amazed and a mess, you may just stop me and go
(well he said he was a vegetarian,
well there's animals in water)
here come the calory cops, is it
really no suprise?
and if the cavalry comes i'm allowing alibis
count your life like some strange
and different, go one word at a time
can't you hear the bells ringing?
get your hands off my sky
in a place where
the words all just fall apart
with the sound of a stutter, a mutter in your heart
da da da da...
clock the spokes off your wheels,
its safer just to ride
put your heart in the back, i've not once seen you smile
you say you're like a tree, or a
bus stop...
FROM YOUR FAVOURITE
SKY
do you dare,
take a breath?
do you dream of a tragic death?
i know you do
do you wail, do you weep?
do you
sing yourself to sleep,
you delicate flower
and so what is love?
and who am
i?
to dare to pull the stars from your favourite sky
you were born
forth from joy
you're
every girl and boy
you know you are, you know you are
and you dress,
like a dame
and
you burn on a catholic flame
by the hours, by the hours
and so what is love?
and who am
i?
to dare to pull the stars from your favourite sky
you possess, s'avoir faire
put
cheap bleach on your hair
you know you do
you know you do
do you dare,
take a breath?
do
you dream of a tragic death?
you delicate flower
and so what is love?
and who am
i?
to dare to pull the stars from your favourite sky
and so what is love?
and who am
i?
to dare to pull the stars from your favourite sky
from your favourite sky
LIFE IN A
DAY
life, in a day
fleet of foot
full of grace
love, mercy miles
freedom bought you, such
a filthy child
life, in a day
life in a day
stick your jokes, your hoax in a
box
chew the chains, loose the locks
lease your mind and find a better rate
if freedom feels, like a first mistake
life, in a day
life in a day
life, in a day
see you hoof, and
move your feet of clay
let it go you know, or let it break
if freedom feels, like a first mistake
life, in a day
life in a day
(you got your education)
(you
got your education)
(you got your education)
(you got your education)
(you got your education)
HERE FOR THE
WORLD
there's nothing missing
you've got it all here
the sound of the thunder
the sound in your ear
you've no reminder, no old photograph
did
you come for the money?
did you leave for the laughs?
so read the words
read the words
you've
got them all here
you've got them all here
for the world
here for the world
i'm here for the world
and all
you've got in it
i've nothing missing
i've got
you all here
the sound of a thunder
its sound in your ear
we've no reminder, no old photograph
did you come for
the money?
will you leave for the laughs?
so read the words
read the
words
you've got them all here
you've got them all here
for the world
for the world
we're here for the world
and
all you've got in it
you're here for the world
for
the world
you're here for the world
and all they've got in it
A STRANGE ARRANGEMENT
OF COLOUR
a strange arrangement of colours,
you found your feet where you put her
i'm after you, you're after me
the
things that we say, the things that we see
we've got to be reminded
where
did you go?
and what did you see, when you were there?
what did you leave? leave? leave? leave?
the light that is reflected,
the
times that you rejected
you're after me, I'm after you,
the
things that we say
the things that we do
we've got to be good looking
where did you go?
and what did
you see, when you were there?
what did you leave? leave? leave? leave?
a lie that is rejected,
a time
that we reflected
i'm after you, you're after me
the
things that we say, the things that we see
we've got to be reminded
where
did you go?
and what did you see, when you were there?
what did you leave? leave? leave? leave?
a strange arrangement of colour
CUCKOO
you stand like a rock, on top of the mountain
run like a river, fall like a fountain
the grass still is growing,
the wind still is blowing, about you
reels like a strain, drinks like
a scholar
drown in this town, you can feel for one dollar
since when were you bitten, where were you smitten
cuckoo
cuckoo
cuckoo
cuckoo
looks like a date, but seems like
your brother
seems like your father, your sister, your mother
threw out in chains, wildhood and childhood, cuckoo
drinks like a rogue, looks like no
other
looks like a dream, one youll discover
seems like its bitten, whence were you smitten, cuckoo
cuckoo
cuckoo
cuckoo
cuckoo
looks like a saint, drinks like a
scholar
dreams in this town you can buy for one dollar
whence were you smitten, where were you bitten, cuckoo
wrench like a chain, looks like no
other
your father, your mother, your sister, your brother
have all since long gone, all since long gone
cuckoo
cuckoo
cuckoo
cuckoo
stand like a rock
you stand like
a rock
cuckoo
cuckoo
MERMAIDS
does
it feel like religion,
does it crush your old ideas?
well fold me in paper
i've got some here
and show me the warrant
to which
i will attest
put me in handcuffs, or give it a rest
the light through the windows
cast
doubt on the mermaids
and they sing at the bottom of the sea
you've run out of business
in
light of what you want
you've come wielding plastic
and gone straight to the front
you've rejigged and counted,
its amounted, not to much
i'll give you
my credence, if thats not enough
the light through he window
casts
down on the mermaids
and they sink to the bottom of the sea
you're reading the letters that no-one
ever wrote
i'm moving through something
i travel in hope
so read me the warrant, to which i will attest
put me
in handcuffs, or give it a rest
the light through he window
casts
doubt on the mermaids
and they sing at the bottom of the sea
PROOF
hey,
could you stand another drink?
i'm better when I don't think,
seems to get me through
say, d'you wanna spin another line,
like
we had a good time?
not that I need proof
swell, we're living in a hotel
someone's
ringing my bell
in a room without a view
hey, heard you read another book,
should
I take another look?
who am I, without you?
hey, could you stand another drink
i'm
better when I don't think
seems to get me through
say d'you wanna spin another line,
like
we had a good time?
not that I need proof
swell, we're living in a hotel
someone's
ringing my bell,
in a room without a view
hey, heard you read another book,
should
I take another look?
who am I without you?
la la la la lala la la...
SOLD AS SEEN
you know the place where faces fit
i've heard they've got a name for it
lets go back to the sandy shores
the
velvet skies are ours once more
we're fake, for real
our minds
are steel
our eyes are green
we're sold as seen
i heard you joined the main parade
a
hero dressed in ticker-tape
and go if all the worlds a trick
i'll take the sky and measure it
so leave your favourite
photograph
the only thing you had that lasts
and go back to the sandy shores
the velvet skies are ours once more
there all for real
there is no
deal
theyre sold as seen
you know the place where faces fit
i've
heard they've got a name for it
lets go back to the sandy shores
the velvet skies are yours once more
you're fake, for real
your minds
are steel
your eyes are green
you're sold as seen
sold as seen
we're fake, for real
our minds
are steel
our eyes are green
we're sold as seen
sold as seen
sold as seen
NOT A REASONABLE
MAN
you're not having this, and i'm not having that
i'm not a reasonable man, i've come for it back
let 'em all in, don't you know that
i love a crowd
but i won't get the jokes, 'cos the laughters too loud
i never was slight, or silent with
you
for one hour of delight, in the gathering gloom
i've no reservations, i've got no room
for these souvenirs, to
bring back for you
let 'em all in, don't you know that
i love a crowd
but they won't get the jokes, 'cos the laughters too loud
and i'm not the man you think i am
at all
i was learning to walk, and starting to crawl
i've no reservations, i've got no
room
for these souvenirs, to bring back to you
and you're not having this, and i'm
not having that
i'm not a reasonable man, i've come for it back
3 FEET TALL
3 feet tall,
with a head like a bowling ball
can't get up from where you fall
d'you bring this back to me?
whats it for?
stood in the clothes
that you once wore
stood up from the night before
d'you drink and never leave?
take my hand across the sand, and
lead me out to sea
heaven sent the money we spent, give it back to me
loneliness,
its got your name
and your new address
when it walks in the place is a mess,
and it drinks and never leaves
whats it for?
stood in the clothes
that you once wore
stood up from the night before
do you dream and never sleep?
heaven sent the money we spent, give
it back to me
take my hand across the sand and lead me out to sea
take my hand across the sand and
lead me out to sea
heaven sent the money we spent, give it back to me
fortune favours
money takers
get
a sound and see
sounds 'strumental
fashion central, give it back to me
THE SAME DEEP WATER
AS ME
swim out to the ocean
drown your thoughts out at sea
and dip your hands in the water
same deep
water as me
you've been watching for cloudburst
you've
been praying for rain
drench your soul in the water
cleanse your heart of the stain
cleanse your heart of the stain
the river of love
flows deep through
the night
rolls you in with the waves
drags you out with the tides
swim out to the ocean
and drown
our thoughts out at sea
dipped your hands in the water
the same deep water as me
the same deep water as me
