She don′t like to hear me sing She don′t want no diamond ring She don′t want to drive my car She won′t let me go that far She don′t like the way I look She don′t like the things I cook She don′t like the way I play She don′t like the things I say But oh the games we play She′s too good for me She′s too good for me
She don′t like the jokes I make She don′t like the drugs I take She don′t like the friends I got She don′t like my friends a lot She don′t like the clothes I wear She don′t like the way I stare She don′t like the tales I tell She don′t like the way I smell But oh, the games we play She′s too good for me She′s too good for me
Would she prefer it if I washed myself more often than I do Would she prefer it if I took her to an opera or two I could distort myself to be the perfect man She might prefer me as I am
She don′t want to meet my folks She don′t want to hear my jokes She don′t want to fix my tie She don′t even want to try She don′t like the books I read She don′t like the way I feed She don′t want to save my life She don′t want to be my wife But oh, the games we play She′s too good for me She′s too good for me
This is a story of seven brothers We had a the same father but different mothers We keep together like a family should Roaming the country for the common good It came to pass one fateful day We found ourselves down Mexico way The town the mayor the PTA Pleading on their knees with us all to stay We′d only stopped for a few burritos But they told us of the trouble with los banditos A poor little town in need of aid My brothers and me had never been afraid The age of chivalry is not dead Lonesome nights in a cowboy bed There′d be a bride for every man Who chased away the evil gang
Love is stronger than justice Love is thicker than blood Love is is stronger than justice Love is a big fat river in flood
The outcome was predictable Our banditos were despicable Of blood we lost a dozen litres A small price to pay for las senoritas The town mayor was happy but his face was glum The maidens numbered only one But there weren′t seven brides for seven brothers I knew I had to get rid of the others
Love is stronger than justice Love is thicker than blood Love is stronger than justice Love is the big fat river in flood
Mother told me I was the clever one The seventh son of a seventh son It all ended so happily I settled down with the family I look forward to a better day But ethical stuff never got in my way And though there used to be brothers seven The other six are singing in heaven
Love is stronger than justice Love is thicker than blood Love is stronger than justice Love is a big fat river in flood
E amanha a chuva levara O sangue que a luta deixou derramar Na pele a dor do aco tao cruel Jamais a nossa voz vai calar
Um ato assim pode acabar Com uma vida e nada mais Porque nem mesmo a violencia Destroi ideais Tem gente que nao sente que o mundo assim Ficara fragil demais
Choro eu e voce E o mundo tambem, E o mundo tambem Choro eu e voce Que fragilidade, que fragilidade
Young men, soldiers, nineteen fourteen Marching through countries they′d never seen Virgins with rifles, a game of charades All for a children′s crusade
Pawns in the game are not victims of chance Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France Poppies for young men, death′s bitter trade All of those young lives betrayed
The children of England would never be slaves They′re trapped on the wire and dying in waves The flower of England face down in the mud And stained the blood of a whole generation
Corpulent generals safe behind lines History′s lessons drowned in red wine Poppies for young men, death′s bitter trade All of those young lives betrayed All for a children′s crusade
The children of England would never be slaves They′re trapped on the wire and dying in waves The flower of England face down in the mud And stained the blood of a whole generation
Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty four Fixing in doorways, opium slaves Poppies for young men, death′s bitter trade All of those young lives betrayed All for a children′s crusade
Sometimes in the light at the edge of the world Is the ghost of a ship with it′s black sail furled And night after night she would stand on the shore And dream of the love that she knew before
The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in Without a thought for the ways of men
We set sail for the Spanish Main To rob the ships of the Queen of Spain And she would be his pirate′s bride She gave him the pistol and the sword at his side
The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in Without a care for the ways of men I′d give three ships of Spanish gold To see my love again
Full fathom five my true love lies In a fine wooden casket with gold on his eyes Where is the glory and where is the pride? Where is the joy for the pirate′s bride?
The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in Without a care for the ways of men
Here in the light at the edge of the world He′d wait for a ship with it′s black sail furled And day after day he would stand on the shore And dream of the life that they knew before
The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in Without a care for the ways of men I′d give three ships of Spanish gold To see my love again
Lay my head on the surgeon′s table Take my fingerprints if you are able Pick my brains pick my pockets Steal my eyeballs and come back for the sockets Run every kind of test from A to Z And you′ll still know nothing ′bout me
Run my name though your computer Mention me in passing to your college tutor Check my records check my facts Check if I paid my income tax Pore over everything in my C.V. But you′ll still know nothing ′bout me You′ll still know nothing ′bout me
You don′t need to read no books on my history I′m a simple man, it′s no big mystery In the cold weather, a hand needs a glove At times like this, a lonely man like me needs love
Search my house with a fine tooth comb Turn over everything ′cause I won′t be at home Set up your microscope and tell me what you see You′ll still know nothing ′bout me
Seven weeks have passed now since she left me She shows her face to ask me how I am She says the kids are fine and that they miss me Maybe I could come and baby sit sometime She says "Are you O.K.? I was worried about you Can you forgive me? I hope that you′ll be happy." I′m so happy that I can′t stop crying I′m so happy I′m laughing through my tears
I saw a friend of mine He said "I was worried about you I heard she had another man, I wondered how you felt about it?" I′m so happy that I can′t stop crying I′m so happy I′m laughing though my tears Saw my lawyer, Mr Good News He got me joint custody and legal separation I′m so happy that I can′t stop crying I′m laughing through my tears I′m laughing through my tears
I took a walk alone last night I looked up at the stars To try and find an answer in my life I chose a star for me I chose a star for him I chose two stars for my kids and one star for my wife Something made me smile Something seemed to ease the pain Something about the universe and how it′s all connected
The park is full of Sunday fathers and melted ice cream We try to do the best within the given time A kid should be with his mother Everybody knows that What can a father do but baby-sit sometimes? I saw that friend of mine, he said, "You look different somehow" I said, "Everybody′s got to leave the darkness sometime" I′m so happy that I can′t stop crying I′m laughing through my tears I′m laughing through my tears I′m so happy that I can′t stop crying I′m laughing through my tears I′m laughing through my tears
If the night turned cold and the stars looked down And you hug yourself on the cold cold ground You wake the morning in a stranger′s coat No one would you see You ask yourself who′d watch for me My only friend who could it be It′s hard to say it I hate to say it but it′s probably me
When you belly′s empty and the hunger′s so real And you′re too proud to beg and too dumb to steal You search the city for your only friend No one would you see You ask yourself, who could it be A solitary voice to speak out and set you free I gate to say it I gate to say it, but it′s probably me
You′re not the easiest person I ever got to know And it′s hard for us both to let our feelings show Some would say I should let you go your way You′ll only make me cry If there′s one guy, just one guy Who′d lay down his life for you and die It′s hard to say it It′s hard to say it, but it′s probably me
When the world′s gone crazy and it makes no sense There′s only one voice that comes to your defence The jury′s out and your eyes search the room And one friendly face is all you need to see If there′s one guy, just one guy Who′d lay down his life for you and die It′s hard to say it I hate to say it, but it′s probably me I hate to say it I hate to say it, but it′s probably me
Chase the dog star Over the sea Home where my true love is waiting for me Rope the south wind Canvas the stars Harness the moonlight So she can safely go Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
Red the port light Starboard the green How will she know of the demons I′ve seen Cross in the sky,star of the sea Under the moonlight, there she can safely go Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
And every road I walked would take me down to the sea With every broken promise in my sack And every love would always send the ship of my heart Over the rolling sea
If I should die And water′s my grave She′ll never know if i′m damned or I′m saved See the ghost fly over the sea Under the moonlight, there she can safely go Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
Turned on the weather man just after the news I needed sweet rain to wash away my blues He looked at the chart but he looked in vain Heavy cloud but no rain
Back in the time with Louis XVI At the court of the people he was number one He′d be the bluest blood they′d ever seen When the king said hi to the guillotine The royal astrologer was run out of breath He thought that maybe the rain would postpone his death He look in the sky but he look in vain Heavy cloud but no rain
Well the land was cracking and the river was dry All the crops were dying when they ought to be high So to save his farm from the banker′s draft The farmer took out a book on some old witchcraft He made a spell and a potion on a midsummer′s night He killed a brindled calf in the pale moonlight He prayed to the sky but he prayed in vain Heavy cloud but no rain Heavy cloud but no rain
The sun won′t shine till the clouds are gone The clouds won′t go till their work is done And every morning you′ll hear me pray If only it would rain today
I asked my baby if there′d be some way She said she′d save her love for a rainy day I look in the sky but I look in vain Heavy cloud but no rain
From the mountains of the moon to the mighty delta From the deserts of the West to the shining sea Beneath the canopy of stars flowed the serpent river Flowing through my father′s land that he left to me
From the baker to the priest to the candle maker From the highest to the low in my father′s land We make our offer to the sun ′fore the break of morning Or else everything we have will just turn to sand
I have a lot to ask I have a lot that I need to say I have so much to do And all I need is another day
From the soldier to the scribe to the carpet maker All the different colored threads in a carpet loom A woven tapestry of life is our mighty nation This is the writing on the wall of my father′s tomb
We have a lot to ask We have a lot that we need to say We have so much to do And all we need is another day
Beneath the desert moon I call you Beneath the desert moon I sing Beneath the desert moon so lonely I′m just a boy who would be king
With just the moon to guide us We sometimes lose our way If there′s a light inside us We′ll follow, follow it to the brightness of the day
Every single blade of grass every yellow flower Every ripple on the sea or the blue blue Nile Every leaf on every tree every single creature From the smallest little bird to the crocodile
We have a lot to ask We have a lot that we need to say We have so much to do And all we need is another day
Beneath the desert moon I call you Beneath the desert moon we sing Beneath the desert moon we′re waiting Before the coming of the king
Beneath the desert moon that′s sinking We see the Eastern skies on fire This is where darkness leaves And shining waters fall And let the shadows run And we′ll say, "welcome to the sun"
Brand new day...
From the mountains of the moon to the mighty delta From the deserts of the West to the shining sea Beneath the canopy of stars flowed the serpent river Flowing through my father′s land that he left to me
If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past Security in human systems we′re told will always always last Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast Without the breath of real freedom we′re getting nowhere fast
If God is dead and an actor plays his part His words of fear will find a place in your heart Without the voice of reason every faith is its own curse Without freedom from the past things can only get worse
Sooner or later just like the world first day Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away Sooner or later just like the world first day Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
History will teach us nothing History will teach us nothing
Our written history is a catalogue of crime The sordid and the powerful, the architects of time The mother of invention, the oppression of the mild The constant fear of scarcity, aggression as its child
Sooner or later Sooner or later Sooner or later Sooner or later
Convince an enemy, convince him that he′s wrong Is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long A simple act of faith In reason over might To blow up his children will only prove him right History will teach us nothing Sooner or later just like the world first day Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away Sooner or later just like the world first day Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
History will teach us nothing History will teach us nothing
Know your human rights Be what you come here for Know your human rights Be what you come here for Know your human rights Be what you come here for Know your human rights Be what you come here for
He looked beneath his shirt today There was a wound in his flesh so deep and wide From the wound a lovely flower grew From somewhere deep inside He turned around to face his mother To show her the wound in his breast that burned like a brand But the sword that cut him open Was the sword in his mother′s hand
Every day another miracle Only death will tear us apart To sacrifice a life for yours I′d be the blood of the Lazarus heart The blood of the Lazarus heart
Though the sword was his protection The wound itself would give him power The power to remake himself at the time of his darkest hour She said the wound would give him courage and pain The kind of pain that you can′t hide From the wound a lovely flower grew From somewhere deep inside
Every day another miracle Only death will keep us apart To sacrifice a life for yours I′d be the blood of the Lazarus heart The blood of the Lazarus heart
Birds on the roof of my mother′s house I′ve no stones that chase them away Birds on the roof of my mother′s house Will sit on my roof someday They fly at the window, they fly at the door Where does she get the strength to fight them anymore She counts all her children as a shield against the rain Lifts her eyes to the sky like a flower to the rain
Every day another miracle Only death will keep us apart To sacrifice a life for yours I′d be the blood of the Lazarus heart The blood of the Lazarus heart
Be still my beating heart It would be better to be cool It’s not time to be open just yet A lesson once learned is so hard to forget Be still my beating heart Or I’ll be taken for a fool It’s not healthy to run at this pace The blood runs so red to my face I’ve been to every single book I know To soothe the thoughts that plague me so
I sink like a stone that’s been thrown in the ocean My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion Stop before you start Be still my beating heart
Restore my broken dreams Shattered like a fallen glass I’m not ready to be broken just yet A lesson once learned is so hard to forget
Be still my beating heart You must learn to stand your ground It’s not healthy to run at this pace The blood runs so red to my face I’ve been to every single book I know To soothe the thoughts that plague me so Stop before you start Be still my beating heart
Never to be wrong Never to make promises that break It’s like singing in the wind Or writing on the surface of a lake And I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land And I struggle to avoid any help at hand
I sink like a stone that’s been thrown in the ocean My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion Stop before you start Be still my beating heart
No earthly church has ever blessed our union No state has ever granted us permission No family bond has ever made us two No company has ever earned commission
No debt was paid no dowry to be gained No treaty over border land or power No semblance of the world outside remained To stain the beauty of this nuptial hour
The secret marriage vow is never spoken The secret marriage can never be broken
No flowers on the altar No white veil in your hair No maiden dress to alter No bible oath to swear
The secret marriage vow is never spoken The secret marriage can never be broken
My yesterdays are all boxed up and neatly put away But every now and then you come to mind ′Cause you were always waiting to be picked to play the game But when your name was called, you found a place to hide When you knew that I was always on your side
Well everything was easy then, so sweet and innocent But my demons and my angels reappeared Leavin′ only traces of the man you thought I′d be Too afraid to hear the words I′d always feared Leavin′ you with only questions all these years
But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear Or are you left to wander, all alone, eternally This isn′t how it′s really meant to be No it isn′t how it′s really meant to be
Well they say that love is in the air, never is it clear, Try to pull it close and make it stay Butterflies are free to fly, and so they fly away And I′m left to carry on and wonder why Even through it all, I′m always on your side
But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear Or are you left to wander, all alone, eternally When this isn′t how it′s really meant to be No it isn′t how it′s really meant to be
Well they say that love is in the air, never is it clear How to pull it close and make it stay Butterflies are free to fly, why do they fly away Leavin′ me to carry on and wonder why Was it you that kept me wandering through this life When you know that I was always on your side
Mañana ya la sangre no estará Al caer la lluvia se la llevará Acero y piel combinación tan cruel Pero algo en nuestras mentes quedará
Un acto así terminará Con una vida y nada más Nada se logra con violencia Ni se logrará Aquellos que han nacido en un mundo así No olviden su fragilidad Lloras tu y lloro yo Y el cielo también, y el cielo también Lloras tu y lloro yo Que fragilidad, que fragilidad
Under the ruins of a walled city Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light No flags of truce, no cries of pity the siege guns had been pounding through the night
It took a day to build the city We walked through its streets in the afternoon As I returned across the fields I′d known I recognized the walls that I once made Had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking on the mines I′d laid
And if I built this fortress around your heart Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm And let me set the battlements on fire
Then I went off to fight some battle That I′d invented inside my head Away so long for years and years You probably thought or even wished that I was dead
While the armies are all sleeping Beneath that tattered flag we′d made I had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking on the mines I′d laid
And if I built this fortress around your heart Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm And let me set the battlements on fire
The prison has now become your home a sentence you seem prepared to pay It took a day to build the city We walked through its streets in the afternoon As I returned across the lands I′d known I recognized the fields where I once played I had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking on the mines I′d laid
And if I built this fortress around your heart Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm And let me set the battlements on fire
Alone with my thoughts this evening I walked on the banks of Tyne I wondered how I could win you Or if I could make you mine Or if I could make you mine
The wind it was so insistent With tales of a stormy south But when I spied two birds in a sycamore tree Came a dryness in my mouth Came a dryness in my mouth
For then without rhyme of reason The two birds did rise up to fly And were the two birds were flying I swear I saw you and I I swear I saw you and I
I walked out this morning It was like a veil had been removed from before my eyes For the first time I saw the work of heaven In the line where the hills had been married to the sky And all around me every blade of singing grass Was calling out your name and that our love would always last And inside every turning leaf Is the pattern of an older tree The shape of our future The shape of all our history And out of the confusion Where the river meets the sea Came things I′d never seen Things I′d never seen
I was brought to my senses I was blind now that I can see Every signpost in nature Said you belong to me
I know it′s true It′s written in the sky as blue As blue as your eyes, as blue as your eyes If nature′s red in tooth and claw Like the winter′s freeze and summer′s thaw The wounds she gave me Were the wounds that would heal me And we′d be like the moon and sun And when our courtly dance had run Its course across the sky Then together we would lie And out of the confusion Where the river meets the sea Something new would arrive Something better would arrive
I was brought to my senses I was blind now that I can see Every signpost in nature Said you belong to me
There were rooms of forgiveness In the house that we share Bu the space has been emptied Of whatever was there There were cupboards of patience There were shelf-loads of care But whoever came calling Found nobody there After today, consider me gone
Roses have thorns and shining waters mud And cancer lurks deep in the sweetest bud Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and sun And history reeks of the wrongs we have done After today, consider me gone
I′ve spent too many years at war with myself The doctor has told me it′s no good for my health To search for perfection is all very well But to look for heaven is to live here in hell
Well in a hundred years from now They will attempt to tell us how A scientific means to bliss Will supercede the human kiss
A sub atomic chain Will maybe galvanize the brain A biochemic trance Will eliminate romance
But why ever should we care When there are arrows in the air Formed by lovers′ ancient art That go straight to my heart
A future sugar coated pill Would give our lovers time to kill I think they′re working far too much For the redundancy of touch
But what will make me yours Are a million deadly spores Formed by lovers′ ancient art That go straight to my heart
Come into my door Be the light of my life Come into my door
You′ll never have to sweep the floor Come into my door Be the light of my life Come into my door Come and be my wife I′ll be true. To no one but you
If it′s a future world we fear We have tomorrow′s seeds right here For you can hold them in your hand Or let them fall into the sand
But if our love is pure The only thing of which we′re sure Then you can play your part And go straight to my heart
If I should seek immunity And love you with impunity Then the only thing to do Is for me to pledge myself to you
But they only dealt one card So for me it is not hard You′re the bright star in my chart You go straight to my heart
Come into my door Be the light of my life Come into my door You′ll never have to sweep the floor Come into my door Be the light of my life Come into my door Come and be my wife I′ll be true. To no one but you
In the empire of the senses You′re the queen of all you survey All the cities all the nations Everything that falls your way There is a deeper world than this That you don′t understand There is a deeper world than this Tugging at your hand
Every ripple on the ocean Every leaf on every tree Every sand dune in the desert Every power we never see There is a deeper wave than this Swelling in the world There is a deeper wave than this Listen to me girl
Feel it rising in the cities Feel it sweeping over land Over borders, over frontiers Nothing will its power understand There is a deeper wave than this Rising in the world There is no deeper wave than this Listen to me girl
All the bloodshed all the anger All the weapons all the greed All the armies all the missiles All the symbols of our fear There is a deeper wave than this Rising in the world There is a deeper wave than this Listen to me girl
At the still point of destruction At the centre of the fury All the angels all the devils All around us can′t you see There is a deeper wave than this Rising in the land There is a deeper wave than this Nothing will understand
I say love is the seventh wave I say love is the seventh wave
When you′re down and they′re counting When your secrets all found out When your troubles take to mounting When the map you have leads you to doubt When there′s no information And the compass turns to nowhere that you know well Let your soul be your pilot Let your soul guide you He′ll guide you well
When the doctors failed to heal you When no medicine chest can make you well When no counsel leads to comfort When there are no more lies they can tell No more useless information And the compass spins The compass spins between heaven and hell Let your soul be your pilot Let your soul guide you He′ll guide you well
And your eyes turn towards the window pane To the lights upon the hill The distance seems so strange to you now And the dark room seems so still
Let your pain be my sorrow Let your tears be my tears too Let your courage be my model That the north you find will be true When there′s no more useless information And the compass turns to nowhere that you know well Let your soul be your pilot Let your soul guide you Let your soul guide you Let your soul guide you upon your way
Madam I′d like to assure you that this little Domestic reactor will never cause you any trouble Nuclear Waste - we don′t want that Nuclear Waste - we don′t need that Atomic Power - we′ve got to leave this Nuclear Age behind in our t-t-time
A faste breeder breaks all the rules Gives us something for nothing - that ain′t true And who makes the profit? - not me and you And who runs the risks? - we all do!
Nuclear Fear - we don′t want that Nuclear Waste - we can′t get rid of that Nuclear Power - you′re hoping we′ll get used to it Nuclear Accidents- I′ve had enough of it.
Do you find it attractive to be radioactive Emitting killing rays? Splitting your atoms with a fission reaction Transmitting out of phase?
Strontium 90 I wanna live to see 1999 There′s enough energy in the air and in the sea To give us Power to live Peace and Harmony
Nuclear Waste - we don′t get used to your Nuclear Waste - Ultimate polution Radiation - produces mutation Disintegration - it′s not evolution Nuclear Children - you have the solution
New Killer Waste - better active today
Than radioactive tomorrow New Kiler Waste - need a cure for cancer? Or you field - need the real answer Or maybe solar - fusion nor fission Oh darling! - let me put my arms around you
Nuclear Waste - jamming my transmission Nuclear Waste - damaging my vision Nuclear Waste
Early one morning with time to kill I borrowed Jeb′s rifle and sat on the hill I saw a lone rider crossing the plain I drew a bread on him to practice my aim My brother′s rifle went off in my hand A shot rang out across the land The horse he kept running the rider was dead I hung my head I hung my head
I set off running to wake from the dream My brother′s rifle went into the stream I kept on running into the salt lands And that′s where they found me, my head in my hands The sheriff he asked me "Why had I run" Then it came to me just what I had done And all for no reason, just one piece of lead I hung my head, I hung my head
Here in the courthouse, the whole town is there I see the judge high up in his chair "Explain to the courtroom what went through your mind And we′ll ask the jury what verdict they find" I said "I felt the power of death over life I orphaned his children I widowed his wife I beg their forgiveness I wish I was dead" I hung my head, I hung my head
Early one morning with time to kill I see the gallows up on the hill And out in the distance a trick of the brain I see a lone rider crossing the plain He′s come to fetch me to see what they done We′ll ride together til Kingdom come I pray for God′s mercy for soon I′ll be dead I hung my head, I hung my head
Saw an ad in the newspaper that caught my eye I said to my baby this sounds like the ticket for you and I It said volunteers wanted for a very special trip To commune with Mother Nature on a big wooden ship We took a taxi to the river in case any places were free There was an old guy with a beard And every kind of creature as far as the eye could see
This old guy was the boss he said "I won′t tell you no lie But there′s more to this journey than is apparent to the eye" He said he′d heard God′s message on the radio It was going to rain forever and he′d told him to go "I′ll protect you all don′t worry I′ll be father to you all I′ll save two of every animal, no matter how small But I′ll need some assistants to look after the zoo I can′t see nobody better so you′ll just have to do" I said, "Just tell me something before it′s too late and we′re gone I mean just how safe is this boat we′ll be on?"
"It′s Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady"
It rained for forty days and forty long nights I′d never seen rain like it and it looked like our old friend Was being proved right We had no time to worry though there was just too much to do Between the signified monkey and the kangaroo We had to wash all the animals we had to feed them too We were merely human slaves in a big floating zoo She said, "Hey baby I don′t mean to be flip But it seems this old man is on some power trip" I said, "No, no sugar you must be wrong I mean look at the size of this boat we′re on. We′re as safe as houses, as safe as mother′s milk He′s as cool as November and as smooth as China silk He′s God′s best friend, he′s got a seat on the board And life may be tough but we′re sailing with the lord."
Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady
Woke up this morning and something had changed Like a room in my house had just been rearranged She said, "It′s stopped raining and I know the guy′s kind But if we stay here much longer I′m gonna lose my mind." So we said we had a mission for his favorite dove To see if there was any mercy from this great God above So to find dry land, away the white bird flew We didn′t need no country just a rock would do When the dove came back to us he threw down a twig It was manna from heaven and meant we could blow this gig "But the rock′s too small," he said, "can′t you see?" I said, "It′s just perfect for her, it′s perfect for me."
Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady Rock steady / Rock steady
"Seven days" was all she wrote A kind of ultimatum note She gave to me, she gave to me
When I thought the field had cleared It seemed another suit appeared To challenge me Woe is me
Though I hate to make a choice My options are decreasing mostly rapidly Well, we′ll see
I don′t really think she′d bluff this time I really have to make her mine It′s plain to see It′s him or me
(refrain) Monday, I could wait ′til Tuesday If I make up my mind Wednesday would be fine Thursday′s on my mind Friday′d give me time Saturday could wait But Sunday′d be too late
The fact he′s over six-feet-ten Might instill fear in other men But not in me The mighty flea
Ask if I am mouse or man The mirror squeaked, away I ran He′ll murder me In time for his tea
Does it bother me at all? My rival is Neanderthal, it makes me think Perhaps I need a drink
IQ is no problem here We won′t be playing Scrabble for her hand I fear I need that beer
(refrain)
Seven days will quickly go The fact remains, I love her so
Seven days, so many ways But I can′t run away
(refrain)
Do I have to tell a story Of a thousand rainy days since we first met It′s a big enough umbrella But it′s me that always ends up getting wet
If somebody up there likes me somebody up there cares Deliver me from evil save me from these wicked snares Not into temptation not to cliffs of fall On to revelation and lesson for us all She walked into the room on the arm of my best friend I knew whatever happened our friendship would end Chemical reaction desire at first sight Mystical attraction turned out all my lights
The minute I saw her face, the second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die
I don′t know if it′s pain or pleasure that I seek My flesh was all too willing, my spirit guide was weak I was deadly certain his thoughts for me weren′t kind A switchblade in his pocket, murder on his mind Blessed St. Theresa the whore of Babylon Madonna and my mother all rolled into one You′ve got to understand me, I′m not a piece of wood Francis of Assisi could never be this good
The less I need the more I get Make me chaste but not just yet It′s a promise or a lie I′ll repent before I die
The minute I saw her face, the second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die The minute I saw her face, the second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die
Relax, have a cigar, make yourself at home. Hell is full of high court judges, failed saints. We′ve got Cardinals, Archbishops, barristers, certified accountants, music critics, they′re all here. You′re not alone, you′re never alone. Not here you′re not. Okay, break′s over.
The less I need the more I get Make me chaste but not just yet It′s a promise or a lie I′ll repent before I die
The minute I saw her face, the second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die The minute I saw her face, the second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die
Sister moon will be my guide In your blue blue shadows I would hide All good people asleep tonight I′m all by myself in your silver light I would gaze at your face the whole night through I′d go out of my mind but for you
Lying in a mother′s arms The primal root of a woman′s charms I′m a stranger to the sun My eyes are too weak How cold is a heart When it′s warmth that he seeks? You watch every night, you don′t care what I do I′d go out of my mind, but for you I′d go out of my mind, but for you
My mistress′ eyes are nothing like the sun My hunger for her explains everything I′ve done To howl at the moon the whole night through And they really don′t care if I do I′d go out of my mind, but for you
Mercury falling I rise from my bed Collect my thoughts together I have to hold my head It seems that she′s gone And somehow I am pinned by The Hounds of Winter Howling in the wind
I walk through the day My coat around my ears I look for my companion I have to dry my tears It seems that she′s gone Leaving me too soon I′m as dark as December I′m as cold as the Man in the Moon
I still see her face As beautiful as day It′s easy to remember Remember my love that way All I hear is that lonesome sound The Hounds of Winter They follow me down
I can′t make up the fire The way that she could I spend all my days In the search for dry wood Board all the windows and close the front door I can′t believe she won′t be here anymore
I still see her face As beautiful as day It′s easy to remember Remember my love that way All I hear is that lonesome sound The Hounds of Winter They follow me down
A season for joy A season for sorrow Where she′s gone I will surely, surely follow She brightened my day She warmed the coldest night The Hounds of Winter They got me in their sights
I still see her face As beautiful as day It′s easy to remember Remember my love that way All I hear is that lonesome sound The Hounds of Winter They harry me down
You could say I lost my faith in science and progress You could say I lost my belief in the holy Church You could say I lost my sense of direction You could say all of this and worse but If I ever lose my faith in you There′d be nothing left for me to do
Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world You could say I lost my faith in the people on TV You could say I′d lost my belief in our politicians Yhey all seemed like game show hosts to me If I ever lose my faith in you There′d be nothing left for me to do I could be lost inside their lies without a trace But every time I close my eyes I see your face
I never saw no miracle of science That didn′t go from a blessing to a curse I never saw no military solution That didn′t always end up as something worse, but Let me say this first If I ever lose my faith in you There′d be nothing left for me to do
With her smile as sweet as a warm wind in summer She′s got me flying like a bird in a bright June sky And then just when she thinks that I′ve got her number Brings me down to the ground with her wintry eye That′s my baby She can be all four seasons in one day
And when the nighttime comes with no interference To our warm summer love with all its charms But like a thoroughbred horse she can turn on a sixpence And I find that I′m back in Mistress Winter′s arms That′s my baby She can be all four seasons in one day
How will I know? How can I tell? Which side of the bed she takes when the day begins She can be kind She can be cruel She′s got me guessing like a game show fool
She can change her mind like she changes her sweaters From one minute to the next it′s hard to tell She blows hot and cold just like stormy weather She′s my gift from the Lord or a fiend from hell That′s my baby She can be all four seasons in one day
Watching the weatherman′s been no good at all Winter, spring, summer, I′m bound for a fall There are no long term predictions for my baby She can be all four seasons in one day
How will I know? How can I tell? Which side of the bed she takes when the day begins She can be kind She can be cruel She′s got me guessing like a game show fool
If it′s a sunny day I take my umbrella Just in case the raindrops start to fall You could say that I′m just a cautious fellow I don′t want to be caught in a sudden squall That′s my baby She can be all four seasons in one day That′s my baby She can be all four seasons in one day
Train I ride don′t be slow If your whistle can blow Fifteen miles down the track Tell them I′m coming back Counting poles counting sheep Don′t be slow I won′t weep If your wheels on the line Were to put me on time
Just a year to the day Since I went upon my way To seek my fortune and fame Be a star change my name And that′s it more or less Til this midnight express I know I can′t be late Cause she said she won′t wait She′ll just go marry Jack So there′s no turning back And it′s 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track
Band I had got a break Just one chance we had to take Told my girl I′d be back Left her with my friend Jack New York City for a spell Things didn′t turn out so well Every dive that we played We were lucky we got paid
Mr Train driver please If your speed you increase Every cent I have now Will be yours this I vow And that′s it more or less Til this midnight express I know I can′t be late Cause she said she won′t wait She′ll just go marry Jack So there′s no turning back And it′s 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track
We called ourselves the Latino Lovers Hawaiian shirts and top forty covers I didn′t think I could sink this low When drugs and booze ate all my dough This isn′t how it was meant to be There′s no such thing as a meal that′s free If I was ever to get out alive I have to get home on time
Train I ride don′t be slow If your whistle can blow Fifteen miles down the track Tell them I′m coming back And that′s it more or less Til this midnight express I know I can′t be late Cause she said she won′t wait She′ll just go marry Jack
So there′s no turning back And it′s 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track And it′s 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track
Why are there women here dancing on their own? Why is there this sadness in their eyes? Why are the soldiers here Their faces fixed like stone? I can′t see what it is that they dispise They′re dancing with the missing They′re dancing with the dead They dance with the invisible ones Their anguish is unsaid They′re dancing with their fathers They′re dancing with their sons They′re dancing with their husbands They dance alone They dance alone
It′s the only form of protest they′re allowed I′ve seen their silent faces scream so loud If they were to speak these words they′d go missing too Another woman on a torture table what else can they do They′re dancing with the missing They′re dancing with the dead They dance with the invisible ones Their anguish is unsaid They′re dancing with their fathers They′re dancing with their sons They′re dancing with their husbands They dance alone They dance alone
One day we′ll dance on their graves One day we′ll sing our freedom One day we′ll laugh in our joy And we′ll dance One day we′ll dance on their graves One day we′ll sing our freedom One day we′ll laugh in our joy And we′ll dance
Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos Ellas danzan con los muertos Ellas danzan con amores invisibles Ellas danzan con silenciosa angustia Danzan con sus pardres Danzan con sus hijos Danzan con sus esposos Ellas danzan solas Danzan solas
Hey Mr. Pinochet You′ve sown a bitter crop It′s foreign money that supports you One day the money′s going to stop No wages for your torturers No budget for your guns Can you think of your own mother Dancin′ with her invisible son They′re dancing with the missing They′re dancing with the dead They dance with the invisible ones They′re anguish is unsaid They′re dancing with their fathers They′re dancing with their sons They′re dancing with their husbands They dance alone They dance alone
There′s a moon over Bourbon Street tonight I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight I′ve no choice but to follow that call The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all I pray everyday to be strong For I know what I do must be wrong Oh you′ll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there′s a moon over Bourbon Street
It was many years ago that I became what I am I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb Now I can never show my face at noon And you′ll only see me walking by the light of the moon The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast I′ve the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest Oh you′ll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there′s a moon over Bourbon Street
She walks everyday through the streets of New Orleans She′s innocent and young from a family of means I have stood many times outside her window at night To struggle with my instinct in the pale moonlight How could I be this way when I pray to God above I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love Oh you′ll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there′s a moon over Bourbon Street
There′s a saying old says that love is blind Still were often told "seek and you shall find" So I′m going to seek a certain girl I′ve had in mind Looking everywhere haven′t found her yet She′s the big affair I cannot forget Only girl I ever think of with regret I′d like to add her initial to my monogram Tell me where is the shepherdess for this lost lamb?
There′s a somebody I′m longing to see I hope that she turns out to be Someone who′ll watch over me
I′m a little lamb who′s lost in the wood I know I could always be good To one who′ll watch over me Although I may not be the man some girls think of as handsome To her heart I carry the key Won′t you tell her please to put on some speed, follow my lead Oh, how I need someone who′ll watch over me
There′s a somebody I′m longing to see I hope that she turns out to be Someone to watch over me
I′m a little lamb who′s lost in the wood I know I could always be good To one who′ll watch over me
Although I may not be the man some girls think of as handsome To her heart I carry the key Won′t you tell her please to put on some speed, follow my lead Oh, how I need someone to watch over me
Free, free, set them free Free, free, set them free Free, free, set them free
If you need somebody Call my name If you want someone You can do the same If you want to keep something precious You got to lock it up and throw away the key If you want to hold onto your possession Don′t even think about me
If you love somebody If you love someone If you love somebody If you love someone, set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free
If it′s a mirror you want Just look into my eyes Or a whipping boy Someone to despise Or a prisoner in the dark Tied up in chains you just can′t see Or a beast in a gilded cage That′s all some people ever want to be
If you love somebody If you love someone If you love somebody If you love someone, set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free
You can′t control an independent heart Can′t tear the one you love apart Forever conditioned to believe that we can′t live We can′t live here and be happy with less So many riches So many souls With everything we see that we want to possess
If you need somebody Call my name If you want someone You can do the same If you want to keep something precious You got to lock it up and throw away the key You want to hold onto your possession Don′t even think about me
If you love somebody If you love someone If you love somebody If you love someone, set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free
Dansons tu dis Et moi je suis Mes pas sont gauches Mes pieds tu fauches Je crains les sots Je cherche en vain les mots Pour m′expliquer ta vie alors Tu ments ma Soeur Tu brises mon coeur Je pense tu sais Erreurs jamais J′ecoute tu parles Je ne comprends pas bien La belle dame sans regrets
Je pleure tu ris Je chante tu cries Tu semes les graines D′un mauvais chéne Mon ble s′envole Tu en a ras le bol J′attends, toujours Mes cris sont sourds Tu ments, ma Soeur Tu brises mon coeur Je pense, tu sais Erreurs, jamais J′ecoute, tu parles Je ne comprends pas bien La belle dame sans regrets
In Europe and America There′s a growing feeling of hysteria Conditioned to respond to all the threat In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mister Krushchev said, "We will bury you" I don′t subscribe to this point of view It′d be such an ignorant thing to do If the Russians love their children too
How can I save my little boy From Oppenheimer′s deadly toy? There is no monopoly of common sense On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology Regardless of ideology Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children too
There is no historical precedent To put the words in the mouth of the president? There′s no such thing as a winnable war, It′s a lie we don′t believe anymore
Mister Reagan says, "We will protect you" I don′t subscribe to this point of view Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children too
We share the same biology Regardless of ideology What might save us, me and you, Is if the Russians love their children too
I don′t drink coffee I take tea my dear I like my toast done on one side And you can hear it in my accent when I talk I′m an Englishman in New York
See me walking down Fifth Avenue A walking cane here at my side I take it everywhere I walk I′m an Englishman in New York
whoa I′m an alien I′m a legal alien I′m an Englishman in New York whoa I′m an alien I′m a legal alien I′m an Englishman in New York
If "manners maketh man" as someone said Then he′s the hero of the day It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile Be yourself no matter what they say
whoa I′m an alien I′m a legal alien I′m an Englishman in New York whoa I′m an alien I′m a legal alien I′m an Englishman in New York
Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety You could end up as the only one Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society At night a candle′s brighter than the sun
Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can A gentleman will walk but never run
If "manners maketh man" as someone said Then he′s the hero of the day It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say
(Be yourself no matter what they say 9x) "whoa I′m an alien I′m a legal alien I′m an Englishman in New York 4x"
You′ll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley You′ll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we walk in fields of gold
So she took her love For to gaze awhile Upon the fields of barley In his arms she fell as her hair came down Among the fields of gold
Will you stay with me, will you be my love Among the fields of barley We′ll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we lie in fields of gold
See the west wind move like a lover so Upon the fields of barley Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth Among the fields of gold
I never made promises lightly And there have been some that I′ve broken But I swear in the days still left We′ll walk in fields of gold We′ll walk in fields of gold
Many years have passed since those summer days Among the fields of barley See the children run as the sun goes down Among the fields of gold
You′ll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley You can tell the sun in his jealous sky When we walked in fields of gold When we walked in fields of gold When we walked in fields of gold
If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one Drying in the colour of the evening sun Tomorrow′s rain will wash the stains away But something in our minds will always stay
Perhaps this final act was meant To clinch a lifetime′s argument That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could For all those born beneath an angry star Lest we forget how fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall Like tears from a star Like tears from a star On and on the rain will say How fragile we are How fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall Like tears from a star Like tears from a star On and on the rain will say How fragile we are How fragile we are How fragile we are How fragile we are
He deals the cards as a meditation And those he plays never suspect He doesn′t play for the money he wins He doesn′t play for respect He deals the crads to find the answer The sacred geometry of chance The hidden loaw of a probable outcome The numbers lead a dance
I know that the spades are swords of a soldier I know that the clubs are weapons of war I know that diamonds mean money for this art But that′s not the shape of my heart
He may play the jack of diamonds He may lay the queen of spades He may conceal a king in his hand While the memory of it fades
I know that the spades are swords of a soldier I know that the clubs are weapons of war I know that diamonds mean money for this art But that′s not the shape of my heart
And if I told you that I loved you You′d maybe think there′s something wrong I′m not a man of too many faces The mask I wear is one Those who speak know nothing And find out to their cost Like those who curse their luck in too many places And those who fear are lost
I know that the spades are swords of a soldier I know that the clubs are weapons of war I know that diamonds mean money for this art But that′s not the shape of my heart