I climb up, spending daylight slide down drunken on the other side Some sweet girl, playing my wife, runs off with a boy whose bike she'll ride
Playground (it's a playground) Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the Playground (it's a playground) Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world
Bells will ring, door flings open Hare and greyhound in the old kiss chase You've been caught, game has ended Smack on kisser from her slap on face
Playground (it's a playground) We're marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the Playground (it's a playground) Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world
Watch the leaves all tear away (one by one) Leaving you but lined like an exercise book What did your report once say (know the one) This boy must try harder to please From down on his knees
Playground, playground, careful what you say ground Playground, playground, gonna make you pay-ground
Brain gets bent, heart gets broken You can't jump off once the page is turned School is out but never over That's the only lesson you can learn
Playground (it's a playground) We're marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the Playground (it's a playground) Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square
Playground (it's a playground) Go for the high jump if you let 'em push you in the Playground (it's a playground) There's no escaping, escaping from their big square world
I'm stupidly happy Everything's fine I'm stupidly happy My heart pumping wine I'm stupidly happy With idiot grin I'm stupidly happy It's surely a sin
All the birds of the air call your name as they land on my kitchen roof All the fish in the lake do the same should you need extra proof
I'm stupidly happy My vision is skewed I'm stupidly happy I'm coming unscrewed
And if the Devil walks up dressed in any disguise I take him by the collars look him in the eye I'm stupidly happy Now you're my defence I'm stupidly happy This world's making sense
I'm stupidly happy I roll like a train I'm stupidly happy With you in my brain
All the lights of the cars in the town form the strings of a big guitar I'm a giant to play you a tune for wherever you are
I'm stupidly happy Like the words to that song I'm stupidly happy No nothing not wrong And should the Devil walk up with his business card out I'll tear it to confetti with a grin and shout, I'm stupidly happy All of the time I'm stupidly happy Now you're mine
Well, would you want me, in your afternoons If I seduced ya, in your Mills and Boons Well, I'll be the master if you'll be the mate But don't you get those headaches In another life
I'll bring your milk tray, from a parachute I'll play the Hollywood hunk, you can dye your roots Or I'll be your Burton if you'll be my Liz And there might be flying pigs In another life
That's how we're built, love Don't let it wilt, love I'll take your flat feet Well, if you'll take my habits, it all works out in the end Ah, but in another life...
I'll be the stranger, in your horoscope The cheeky builder, calling with his quote Or maybe a Chippendale, on girls' night out Make mine the biggest pouch In another life
That's how we're built, love Don't let it wilt, love I'll take your mood swings Well, if you'll take my hobbies, it all works out in the end Ah, but in another life...
Well, I'll be your Burton if you'll be my Liz There might be flying pigs In another life And you'd give up the cigs In another life And beer tastes good in tins Test matches we might win And your mother buys her gin
You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my head, in my head Where the lions wear the right tie, where the gems roar, there be lovely
You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my bed, in my bed Where the ocean wears the shore down Where's the on switch? There be lovely laying waiting naked for you
We can play every day We can play at being lovers We can play every day We can play on my brown guitar
We can play every day We can play at being lovers We can play every day We can play on my brown guitar
You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my yard, in my yard There be inchworm, there we football Take my yardstick, stir some lovely Laying waiting naked for you
You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my field, in my field There be green grass, there be pink skies There be blue birds come and nest there
We can play every day We can play at being lovers We can play every day We can play on my brown guitar
We can play every day We can play at being lovers We can play every day We can play on my brown guitar
You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my heart, in my heart for you
Joe called round to ask me, Would I do a favour? While he's gonna be out of town He says his girl needs company, she gets so restless Would I keep her safe and sound? Softly, softly in the night Why, you can guess the rest... Now these shoes fit all too well Standing in for Joe Standing in for Joe I'm standing - in for Joe
Joe said we've been friends so long That I would be the one he would trust with his life And now those words roll 'round my brain As darkness falls, as I turn out his bedroom light Who could resist her tender charms? So the story goes... This actor he plays all the parts Standing in for Joe Standing in for Joe I'm standing - in for Joe
Love is like a river, You cannot stop its flow... Mmm hmm
Joe called round to ask me, Would I do a favour? While he's gonna be out of town He says his girl needs company, she gets so restless Would I check that she's safe and sound? Softly, softly in the night Why, you can guess the rest... Now these shoes fit all too well Standing in for Joe I'm standing in for Joe - Oh yeah I'm standing in for Joe - Keep his sweetheart company, yeah Standing in for Joe - Just standing in for Joe, yeah Standing in for Joe - Until he gets back home, yeah Standing in for Joe - Gonna keep her insane, yeah Standing in for Joe - Gonna keep her safe and sound, yeah Standing in for Joe - Keep his sweetheart company, yeah Standing in for Joe - Almost full time, which is nice, yeah Standing in for Joe - Because she gets so restless Standing in for Joe - Always so restless Standing in for Joe - Keep his sweetheart company, yeah Standing in for Joe - Gonna keep her safe and sound, yeah Standing in for Joe - I'm standing in for Joe, yeah...
Well I stumbled and I fell like a wounded horse When I found out you'd been riding another man
Well I staggered round in circles on a loser's course When I found out you'd been riding another man
Well my friends all said Just climb back in the saddle And you know that everything will turn out right Well my friends all said You won't sink if you paddle But my ship drifts on into an endless night
Well I bit out my own tongue like a wounded horse When I found out you'd been riding another man
Well my friends all said Just climb back in the saddle and you know that everything will turn out right Well my friends all said You won't sink if you paddle But my ship drifts on into a endless night
Well I bit out my own tongue like a wounded horse When I found out you'd been riding another man
And every morning before I'm awake I walk around the world to make sure she's alright And every evening 'fore I bolt the door I give the stars a stir to make sure they will spin all night For I see people who will scratch and spit and kick and fight And I see nations war about whether right is left and whether wrong is right And I know storms inside your head can amplify the blight But no matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful No matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful
And every Troy with wooden horse I take to peaceful waters but can't make him drown And every Bastille that gets stormtroopered "Hail to the Chief" comes rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin' down And I've seen people conduct lightning down to a summer's day And I've seen nations playfully hurl snowballs packed with stones and clay And I know rain inside your head can seriously put a stop to play But no matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful No matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful
So let it rain
And when we see flying saucers, flying cups, and flying plates And as we trip down lover's lane we sometimes bump into the gate And I know thunder in your head can still reverberate But no matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful No matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful No matter what the weather
Yeah So let it rain So let it rain You know you still be beautiful So let it rain It doesn't matter what the weather you know you're beautiful Just let it rain You're just, you're beautiful So let it rain Yeah, since the clouds all part the clouds just rose So let it rain From your pretty little mouth to your pretty little nose you're beautiful So let it rain It doesn't matter if the rain wants to fail if the rain wants to fall Just let it rain So let it rain So let it rain
Church of women is made out of milk which their love turns to butter Church of women will have you give praise with a laugh, bark and stutter Like us men like us men they are nothing like us men Men have gargoyles 'round their hearts I'm on my knees but dancing
Want to worship at the church of women Breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning around Want to worship at the church Let me worship at the church of women
Church of women is making donations of loving and giving Church of women performing that miracle raising the living Like us men like us men will they ever like us men? Men have thorns around their minds I'm on my mountain preaching
Want to worship at the church of women Breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning around Want to worship at the church Let me worship at the church of women
Lie for a lie, but a truth for the truth Give 'em back their house: the walls, the doors, the floors and roof And stop tryin' to diet 'em on wafers and wine and some myth we're in control Now let's put things right Let's multiply the loaves and kisses 'Til we have enough to love and eat forever
Want to worship at the church of women I want to worship at the church of women now Breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning around I'll breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning 'round Want to worship at the church Let me worship at the church of women Want to worship at the church of women (Repeat X3 and fade)
I've got the plow if you've got the furrow I've got the rabbit if you've his burrow home I've got the pen if you've got the paper Time is but clay and I'll see you and the wheel turn You and the wheel turn
And if the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love Then we'll dash it to the ground And if the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love We'll build one bigger all around goes the wheel
I've got the seed if you've got the valley I've got the big stick if you've Aunt Sally's head I've got the time if you've got the motion Time is but clay and I'll see you and the wheel turn You and the wheel turn
And if the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love Then we'll dash it to the ground And if the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love We'll build one bigger all around goes the wheel
Maypole Maypole Maypole you've spun me round and knocked me off my axis mundi Maypole Maypole Maypole the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day and everything decays
Yes, everything decays Forest tumbles down to make the soil Planets fall apart Just to feed the stars and stuff their larders
And what made me think we're any better and what made me think we'd last forever was I so naive? of course it all unweaves
Maypole Maypole Maypole you've spun me round and knocked me off my axis mundi Maypole Maypole Maypole the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day and everything decays Pyramids and palaces to dust Empires crumble in Wedding cake begins to must and molder
And what made me think we're any better and what made me think we'd last forever was I so naive? failing to perceive
Maypole (round goes the wheel) Maypole (round goes the wheel) Maypole (the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day) Maypole (if the pot won't hold our love) etc.