Kevin Ayers - Song For Insane Times: An Anthology 1969-19880 (2008) by Kevin Ayers (보컬) on maniadb.com

Today, the town seems like a tomb
Everybody's locked up in his room
Making love, or taking love - who cares

If you take a walk out in the street
Chances are there's someone that you'll meet
If it's someone you know you'll say hello and good-bye

Today's the very first day of the Spring
A little girl's playing on her swing
She doesn't know that a brand new show begins

Now you come and tell me that you're sad
But you never talk about it when you're glad
You criticise, and you shut your eyes - that's too bad

Banana

People say that they want to be free
They look at him and they look at me
But it's only themselves they're wanting to see
And everybody knows about it

We talk all night and we're all turned on
Everybody heard him singing his song
Telling us all there was work to be done
And everyone sung a chorus of I am the walrus

Yes Disneyland has come to town
Everyone's dressed and standing around
Alice is wearing her sexiest gown
But she doesn't want you to look at her

Beautiful people are queuing to drown
They wait for the lifeguard to put on his crown
But he's up at the other end of town
Trying to talk to the mirror

The scientist talks and he knows what he means
He sits on the floor and has beautiful dreams
Then he gets brought down by a woman who screams
But he knows it's only a record… Oh yes it is

His brave new girl stops feeding the ants
And looks at him with her septic pants
She still knows how to make him dance
And forget about emancipation… it's just imagination

And you and I we sit and hum
We know something's got to come
And get us off our endless bum
There's probably one in the bathroom
Or even in the hall

She's got a feeling for the Spring
I've got another song to sing

Girl on a swing
Girl on a swing
Girl on a swing,
On a swing
Such a pretty thing

She's not a victim of despair
She's just a feeling in the air

Girl on a swing
Girl on a swing
Girl on a swing,
On a swing
Such a pretty thing

She sways, silently she sings
Her song gives my body wings

Girl on a swing
Girl on a swing
Girl on a swing,
On a swing
Such a pretty thing

On a railway train to anywhere,
Something happened finally.
The driver said he saw no station
And we were riding aimlessly.

The train was filled with sleeping passengers,
Going nowhere for the ride;
Spoken whispers filled the carriages
No one cared to look outside.

Conversation aimed at anyone
Bouncing questions off the wall;
Except for two excited children.
Burning caterpillars in the hall.

All at once, I got quite frightened..
Standing up, I gave a shout!
"I see a station just in front of me ,
Stop this train and let me out!"

The driver smiled and shook his head for me,
"This train don't stop for anyone.
And, if you want to leave this railway line,
You'll have to jump off on your own.

Someone came and gave me sandwiches,
Saying that I looked unwell.
He took my pulse and he gave it back to me,
And then he hit me with his bell.

He made a speech to all the passengers,
He said "I've been a place today;
And anyone who'd care to come with me..
Step outside and walk this way."

Inside the seats were warm and comfortable,
Outside the train was wild and strange.
I said, "Yes, sir, I'd like to come with you,
It's really time I made a change."

I left my seat and walked up front with him,
And he began to push the door.
I looked outside, but it nearly blinded me..
I'd never seen such light before.

Singing a song in the morning, singing it again at night
I don't even know what I'm singin' about but it makes me feel I feel alright, yeah yeah
Makes me feel I feel alright.

What do you know about nothing people?
You sell yourself so you can buy more
What do you care about bluffing people?
Does it make you want to try more?

We know what you mean
We know what you've seen
We understand

What do you care about bluffing people
Throwing sparrows from the treetops
What do you care about nothing people?
When you're waiting at the bus stop

I'm very glad to hear that
We understand the sky will be visible soon
We understand the sky will be visible soon

Soon soon soon you will be obliged to try
Soon soon soon to reach your moon and die

What do you care about nothing people?
You sell yourself so you can buy more
What do you care about nothing people?
And does it make you want to try more?

It's very nice to know

Everybody sing now
An optimistic future

I just came in off the street
Looking for somewhere to eat
I find a small cafe
I see a girl and then I say

'May I sit and stare at you for a while?
I'd like the company of your smile'

You don't have to say a thing
You're the song without the sing
The sunlight in your hair
You look so good just sitting there

'May I sit and stare at you for a while?
I'd like the company of your smile'

Sitting on the beach like Clarence in Wonderland
I had a dream and I know you will understand
Riding up the beach, it only took a moment
Along came a lady looking for amusement
She came up to me and everything was smiling
And then she said something, it sounded like a violin
Let's go to my chateau, we could have a good time
Drinking lots of sky wine
Miss Juliet Kate, Queen of the moon
We're gonna get there soon
Gonna get there soon
There's no doubt about it
Miss Juliet Kate, Queen of the moon
We're gonna get there soon
Gonna get there soon
Miss Juliet Kate, Queen of the moon in June and this tune
We're gonna get there soon, soon. soon, soon

How far can anyone go and to where,
How much can anyone do and to who,
Oh, oh, oh girl,
I'm so blue girl,
What can I do?
I believe in you.
How far can anyone go and to where,
How much can anyone do and to who,
Oh, oh, oh girl,
I'm so blue girl,
Take a look around,
What's that you've found.
There'll come a time when you won't understand the position of,
Someone you tried and decided to gain acquisition of.
How far can anyone go and to where,
How much can anyone do and to who,
Oh, oh, oh girl,
I'm so blue girl,
What can I do?
I believe in you.

Everything you do is true as long as you believe it
And everything you say is play and that's how you should treat it
And everyone is high until there's something makes them low
That's when you should stay, that's not the time to go
No, no, no, no, no, no
That's when you should stay and let your love just flow

Lady lady won't you come here quick
This whisky and wine is making me sick
I want you now and I don't t care why
You crazy beautiful butterfly
And it could take all night to get a single thing right
It could take all day to find something to say
Ask me a question and I'll tell you a lie
Ask me another, I'll spit in your eye
Don't like to leave you but I know I can't stay
So just keep lovin' in your butterfly way
And it could take all night to get a single thing right
It could take all day to find something to say
Too much and too many things on my mind
Can't make a story of things I can't find
Rock and roll music playin' in my head
Gonna keep on dancin' till I drop down dead
It could take all night to get a single thing right
It could take all day to find something to say

Lady lady won't you come here quick
Cause these evil drugs are makin' me sick
I want you now and I don't care why
You crazy beautiful butterfly
And it could take all night to get a single thing right
It could take all day to find something to say
Magical Margaret
You know you're so high above
You fill my head with music
My heart with love
And it could take all night to get a single thing right
It could take all day to find something to say
Magical Margaret....
Magical butterfly

Spent an awful lot of time making tunes and making rhymes
Things that other people do, yeah
From this heap of words and rhyme
I never really gave much time to something just for you, yeah

Oh Gemini child you know I love you
I don't really have to tell you
Cause you know damn well that I do

Anyway it's not so much what I say as
What I do for you girl
So here's a song that I thought of long ago
That really comes from you, yeah

Gemini child, you make life come alive
Suddenly there's so much living to share with you

And I do Gemini child, you make life come alive
Suddenly there's so much loving to share with you

And I do Oh Gemini child you know I love you
I don't really have to tell you
Cause you know damn well that I do

I walked into this bar
And the man refused;
He said, "we don't serve strangers
In blue suede shoes;
We don't give credit, and
We don't give way
We have to think about what the people might say..
Uh, you know what i mean..."
I said, "sure, man"

Oh, he gave me a smile that was sickly and wet,
And i offered him one of my cigarettes.
He took it, afraid that he might appear rude,
Then proceeded to sell me some second class food.
Nice guy - meet 'em everywhere.. .

He said, "my oh my, i have suffered too long,
And this cigarette seems to be very strong;
I don't make the rules
I just get what i take
And i guess every rule was made to break.
You can take what you like, it won't hurt me
Cause i'm just working for the company."
From the green cigarette, he took a long drag,
And said, "i think i'll pick my travelling bag.

I'm tired of cheating, and wasting my head
And filling the boss's bags with bread.
I want to get out in the sun and rain,
And feel the wind on on skin again;
The world is large, and i've got time yet.
And, by the way, thanks for that cigarette..
Thank you very much."

"you know, i feel like a new man
Yes i do, i don't know why;
I'd just like to say
Thank you very much(indeed)
It's a beautiful day
I think i'll be on my way (right away)
I'd just like to say
Thank you very much.
Yes, i'm getting the hell out of here
Yes, i am - bye, bye.
That's the end of the message
Thank you very much.
Bye bye...

This is a song from the bottom of a well
There are things down here
I've got to try and tell;
It's dark and light at the very same time,
The water sometimes seems like wine.

I learned some information way down here
That might fill your heart and soul with fear;
But don't you worry, no don't be afraid ...
I'm not in the magical mystery trade.

My imagination begins to purr
As things don't happen, they just occur.
Softly crackling electrical smell,
There's something burning at the bottom of this well.

Sitting here alone I just have to laugh
I see all the universe as a comfortable bath;
I drown my body so my mind is free
To indulge in pleasurable fantasies.

There's something strange going on down here ..
A sickening implosion of mistrust and fear.
A vast corruption that's about to boil
A mixture of greed and the smell of oil.

This is a song from the bottom of a well
I didn't move here, I just fell.
But I'm not complaining, I don't even care
'Cause if I'm not here, then it's not there.

Oh my - I
really try
but I just don't get any-
-where.
You might say it only
seems that way. And
I could find something
everywhere. And
maybe I agree with
you. But I'd
just like to say this
too. Its
All very fine, if you're
really divine. And
everybody wants you
bad. You can
take what you please with the
greatest of ease. And
nobody will let you be
sa-a-ad. But
Oh my, the
days go by. I
make no connection at
all. I
drink this wine in the
bright sunshine. A-
waiting for a star to
fa-a-all. I
must be like a million
souls, who
got nobody at
all. To
warm their hearts, and
give them a start,
spinning in the bright blue
sky. On the
wings of love that could
take them above, to
places where the penguins
fly-y-y. But
Oh my. Do
I get high
Lady, when I'm next to
you. You're so
crazy and wild, such a
happy child. You
make a lot of loving
too-oo-oo
(well I should say so)

Margaret
You're such a magical child
I found that
The first time you smiled
And the more i get to know you
The more I am amazed
To find in someone
Such tender loving ways

And just like everybody sings
When the sunshine makes them high
I sing this gentle love song
From a flower to a butterfly
From a flower
to a butterfly.....

I'm looking 'round madly
for something to find
That might give me a front
To put something, something behind.

Just bouncing this ball
Up and down the hall
But it's full of best wishes
and suffocating fishes, and all.

So, let's drink some wine
And have a good time.
But if you really want to come through
Let the good time, good time have you.
It's what you've got to do.

You said it was foolish
for me to be sad;
But I'm very hungry, and you..
You're very well fed,
You're such a fat lady.

And I'm talking to you
just for something to do
'Cause I'd much rather kiss you
But I know, I'm gonna miss you
Again and again, I know I'm gonna miss you.

So, let's drink some wine, etc.

I sing to the island
That sings in your head
'Cause I know you'd much rather be there
Be there instead.
I know you'd rather be there...

But you won't find the answer
Even when the wind blows;
'Cause the answer, my friend
is in front..
Right there in front of your nose
Everybody knows, it's their nose.

So, let's drink some wine, etc. (repeat)

Watch her out there on display
Dancing in her sleepy way
While all her visions start to play
On the icicles of our decay.

Fading flowers in her hair
She's suffering from wear and tear
She lies in waterfalls of dreams
And never questions what it means.

And all along the desert shore
She wanders further evermore
The only thing that's left to try…
She says to live I have to die.

She whispers sadly well I might
And holds herself so very tight
Then jumping from an unknown height
She merges with the liquid night.

Lovers wrap her mist in furs
And tell her what she has is hers
But when they take her by the hand
She slips back in the desert sand.

But what she leaves is made of glass
And lovers worship as they pass
Each one says - now she is mine
But all drink solitary wine.
(Drink it to Marlene)

You are the most extraordinary person
You write the most peculiar kind of tunes
I met you floating as I was boating
One Afternoon

Wasn't it the most amazing meeting
surrounded by those monsters from the deep
You started telling me a funny story, and I fell asleep

Oh Wot a dream that was

We went for a glide across the country
I was hungry after traveling so far.
You offered me your one and only sandwich,
I said "How kind you are".

Wasn't it the most amazing feeling?
'Cause everything was really as it seemed.
You are the most extraordinary person
I've ever dreamed.

So many problems, yet none at all
So many windows through every wall
So many feelings you won't express
So many failures you call success

Don't let it get you down

You cry over loosing, what you never really had
Just remember the good times alongside the bad
Remember that real love never disappears
It is lost in a moment, it lasts for years

Don't let it get you down

Don't let it fool you in any way
You know your tomorrow depends on today
If you're carrying nothing it won't weigh you down
You are the king and queen, you are the crown

Don't let it get you down

I have been called a down
Yes you may write that down
And for a little money
I am extremely funny.

I play before the audience
I make them laugh and shout
And when they've laughed for quite a while
The door man lets them out, bye bye.

You ask me how I do my act
This is my reply
I climb up on a ladder
And announce that I will fly.

You ask me how I do my act
This is my reply
I climb up on a ladder
And announce that I will fly.

A rum-lime honey sing a magical tune
Found her underneath the Caribbean Moon
Wind is blowin' in the coconut tree
Blowin' the moonlight over you and me

Hey Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon shine all night

Calypso singer singin' in the sun
Sing about the rivers of Babylon
Rasta music, Caribbean sea
Come on everybody sing the tune with me

Hey Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon shine all night

When I sing this song it makes me feel so glad
It was very musical, the love we had
Oh Martha, Martha let me sing to you
The song about the moon and the big bamboo

It begins with a blessing
But it ends with a curse
Making life easy
But making it worse
My mask is my master
The trumpeter weeps
But his voice is so weak
As he speaks from his sleep
Saying
Why why why are we sleeping?

Now people are watching
People who stare
Waiting for something
That's already there
Tomorrow I'll find it
The trumpeter screams
Then remembers that he's hungry
And he drowns in his dreams
Singing
Why why why are we sleeping?

My head is a night club
With glasses and wine
But the customers dancing
They're just marking time
You can turn to your partner and say
How does it seem?
And she will look at you and say
Get out of my dream ...
Oh why why why are we sleeping?

Once I awakened my eyes filled with tears
I had been sleeping for thousands of years
Dreaming a life full of problems and sadness
Endlessly turning in spirals of madness
Where the wind blows
That's where it all goes
It follows the song
Like its dream ... singing ...

So it begins with a blessing
But it ends with a curse
Making life easy
But making it worse
Just turn to your partner and say
How does it seem?
He'll look at you and say
Get out of my dream
Why why why are we sleeping?

A lot of things can happen
When you're walking down the street
But it never fails to amaze me
When people that I meet
Say, well I'll see you later..
I just answer how?
How will you see me later
When you can't see me now?
Hulloooo

Ballbearing blues
Ballbearing blues
I'm gonna sing you some red herring news
If you don't wear shoes
You'll have no shoes to lose
And that's the end of the news

Rio.

After the music of the rock and roll show
I started walking out nowhere special to go.
I heard someone singing in a voice so sad,
This is what I heard her singing

Chorus
'who's going to take me home
After the show?
I'm feeling really lonely
And I've nowhere to go
Oh take me to your party
And I'll dance all night
And hold you tight till morning comes'.


I walked up to her, took her by the hand.
I said 'sad lady, yes, I understand
And I will stay with you if you want me to
And we can sing this song together'

Repeat chorus

After the music of the rock and roll show
I started walking home somewhere special to go
Our love grows stronger as time goes by
But we can still remember singing

Repeat chorus twice

If I sing something blue
Dedicated to you
Don't believe that I'm sad
Oh no I'm only dreaming

And the taste of your kiss
I remember and miss
But at least now I know
What it's like to have kissed you

And if you feel any pain
In this sleepy refrain
It's only my imagination

Guess you know by now or at least you should
There is no volunteer for the common good
Still waiting for the Saviour to appear
But He's s not here
And no one's coming down to save your soul
You're the only ones who can assume that role
But your minds are empty and you've lost control
To the ones who sell you dreams
To fill that hole

Some of us I know seem to have much more
Born with a key to every door
Distribution of fortune seems unfair
Same everywhere
And those who have they just want more
Using other peoples weakness to increase their score
Do you really know who you're working for
It's not for one another and that s for sure

Guess you know by now or ac least you should
There is no volunteer for the common good
Still waiting for that Saviour to appear
But He's still not here
And no one's s coming down to save your soul
You're the only ones who can assume that role
But your minds are empty
And you've lost control
To the ones who sell you dreams
To fill that hole

See how she smiles
Like an affectionate child
Do not disturb do not do anything wild
Sweetly she dreams of love as a rainbowed
High on my
I won't disturb her while dreaming I'll only try

Hour by hour and minute by minute alone
The Queen of our dreams is feted and waited upon
5he's the blonde and blue eyed happiness all
come true
So sing out your song brother
But she'll only listen to you

Hey Babe you're making my wheels start turning
Loving but I'm still learning to
Hey babe nothing to say but words
And I could just play with words all day
Never knew how to write a love song
Always seemed to get the words wrong
Always trying to say what can't be said

Hey Babe you're making my wheels start turning
Loving but I'm still learning to
Never knew how to write a love song
Always seemed to get the words wrong
Always trying to say what can't be said
Hey Babe I've nothing to say but words
And I could just play with words all day

Farewell again please come back someday
It's getting harder every time I have to say
goodbye
Oh fare you well
So many feelings I know we share
Like being here and wanting to be there
And when you're asked where that is you
Say you don't know
It s just somewhere else and you have to go
So you go
You always go, where do you go

So many choices you have to run
Because when life is made too easy
It s much harder to simply have fun
Now you're always on the run
You panic when someone tries to unfold you
Scream for the dream that seems to hold you
You want to give love but only on condition
That it's on your terms and that position is lonely

This I know
Don't get me wrong
I'm not pushing you down
Or trying to change your mind
Your problems are my problems too
And I'm talking just as much to myself
As I am to you

Farewell again please come back someday
It's getting harder every time
I have to say goodbye
Fare You Well
Fare You Well
Fare You Well

Tonight I'm full of doubts and fears
Looks like another night of tears
You're not here so I can't turn to you

Now I know what needing someone really means
Yes I do,
And I need you

It's so hard when you're not here
I believe but I still fear
It's so hard not knowing where you are

Now I know what missing someone really means
Yes I do,
And I miss you

Still don't know just where you are
Distances are all too far
Are you well or are you crying too?

Now I know what loving someone really means
Yes I do,
And I love you

When the angostura runs a little low
And your gin has lost that soft and roosy glow
And time is rushing by, but it seems slow
Just live dangerously once before you go

If you take the bite right out of Mr. Snake
He'll assume the reputation of a fake
Until someone comes along, someone fearless someone strong
And gives that Mr. Snake a mighty shake

But who wants to shake with a snake?
Who wants to shake with a snake?
Who would help a simple adder to be happy to be gladder?
Who wants to shake with a snake?
Who wants to shake with a snake?
Who would help a simple adder to be happy to be gladder?
Who wants to shake with a snake?
Who wants to shake with a snake?
Who wants to shale with a snake?

I ask you.

yo listen up here's a story
about a little guy that lives in a blue world
and all day and all night and everything he sees
is just blue like him inside and outside
blue his house with a blue little window
and a blue corvette
and everything is blue for him and hisself
and everybody around
cos he ain't got nobody to listen to

i'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

i have a blue house with a blue window.
blue is the colour of all that i wear.
blue are the streets and all the trees are blue.
i have a girlfriend and she is so blue.
blue are the people here that walk around,
blue like my corvette, it's standing outside.
blue are the words i say and what i think.
blue are the feelings that live inside me.

i'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

i have a blue house with a blue window.
blue is the colour of all that i wear.
blue are the streets and all the trees are blue.
i have a girlfriend and she is so blue.
blue are the people here that walk around,
blue like my corvette, it's standing outside.
blue are the words i say and what i think.
blue are the feelings that live inside me.

i'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

inside and outside blue his house
with the blue little window and blue corvette
and everything is blue for him and hisself
and everybody around cause he aint got
nobody to listen to

i'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

I'm blue (if I was green I would die)

There was moonlight and laughter
That danced on the sands
And bloodstained pianos
Are played without hands

Such a promising music
Sweet whispers and dreams
From a travelling window,
The salesman who screamed.

Moonlight, Saturday night
It's now or never
Oh play Stormy Weather,
for me, for me.

I lived in the flower shop
Called "Love is So Sweet!"
And I get all my kicks
From the customers' feet.

Well, I'm just a stranger,
None stranger than I.
My head in the quicksand
My feet in the sky.

I was carefully crazy
When playing the game.
'Cause business is business
And I'm not to blame.

Climb on my back
It's a wet afternoon ;
A bottle of booze,
A bit of a tune to sing;
Goodbye, everything;
Goodbye, everything....

As the doors all close
And the wind blows rows
And the moonlight flows
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere.
As the stars collide
And the horsemen glide
And my mind just slides
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere.

And the streams stream streams
And my dreams dream dreams
And the question screams


Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere.

As the dawn warm forms
On the well-kept lawns
Of the pawns that swarm
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere.

And the song returns
To a heart that yearns
For a flame that burns
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere.

You say you like my shirt
My shirt
You say you like my hat
My hat
Oh but you never say you like me
Or something nice like that
What about me?
What about me?
What about me?
What about me?
Is it just an envelope that you can see?

Nothing comes easy
You've got to put your money down
Never let your honey down,
When she's on your side.

You want love, they want houses,
Better dig in your trousers
Put your money where your mouth is
Pull out that cash, from your stash.

And then, pay through the nose,
buying buttons and bows
And never-ending clothes
Keep your love in style...

Ooh, money, money, ooh, money, money
Where does it go?
Down in some bottomless ditch.
Ooh, money, money, ooh money, money
Guess you all know--
Your money goes back to the rich, la ti da..
Your money goes back to the rich.

There ain't no way around it
You can't joke, you can't tease her
When she wants a new freezer,
It's a serious thing.
And she knows you'll pay double
To avoid any trouble;
She knows you can't stand to squabble;
And you're bound to give in..
So you pay, once again, through the nose
for a new quelque chose,
And you throw in a rose
To give your love a thrill.

Ooh, money, money, etc.

You get moonlight in the evening
Sunshine by day;
That's all you get for nothing
You want more?

Ooh, money, money, etc.

Swell, they call me the super salesman
'cause selling is all I do.
I've got an endless stash
Of expensive trash
I want to sell to you--
'cause I'm a super salesman
Super super salesman;
I'm a super salesman,
That's what I am!

You can tell I'm a genuine person
From my haircut to my shoes.
Don't worry about your money, it's guaranteed..
Guaranteed to lose!
I'm a super salesman, etc.

But you'll be doing yourself a favour
And you know that I'm sincere;
I've got a beautiful rap, to sell this crap
It's music to the ears.
Now listen to me:

Sell, sell.



I've got things to save you money
I've got things to save you time;
So you can use the time
To earn the cash
To buy this trash of mine
I'm a super salesman, etc.

Yes I'm the universal salesman
You can find me anywhere;
Take a good look inside of yourself
You'll find a salesman there.
And you're the super salesman,
Super super salesman;
You're the super salesman,
That's what you are.

Sell yourself, it's later than you think;
Sell yourself, it's later than you think;
Super salesman,
Super super salesman, etc.
Uper salesman

Floating on moonlight
With my head on your knee;
But, once again, babe
I'm thinking about me.

And, though we're feeling close
And touching, too;
You have to admit, babe,
You're thinking about you.

And, where do the stars end
If I'm here all alone?
And why am I feeling
So far from home?

Spoonful of moonlight
A bottle of wine
Just look at all those stars
You're gonna have a good time.

Out there in the darkness
With the wolf and the owl;
Oh, what does it matter


If you scream or you howl?

And, where do the stars end
If I'm here all alone?
And why am I feeling
So far from home?

Love is that stranger
Who comes knocking at your door.
Gives you a sweet taste
Leaves you howling for more.

You get that taste
You've got to take it;
But when you want more
(and you will)
You're gonna have to make it.

And, where do the stars end
If I'm here all alone?
And why am I feeling
So far from home?

I walked into this bar
And the man refused;
He said, "we don't serve strangers
In blue suede shoes;
We don't give credit, and
We don't give way
We have to think about what the people might say..
Uh, you know what i mean..."
I said, "sure, man"

Oh, he gave me a smile that was sickly and wet,
And i offered him one of my cigarettes.
He took it, afraid that he might appear rude,
Then proceeded to sell me some second class food.
Nice guy - meet 'em everywhere.. .

He said, "my oh my, i have suffered too long,
And this cigarette seems to be very strong;
I don't make the rules
I just get what i take
And i guess every rule was made to break.
You can take what you like, it won't hurt me
Cause i'm just working for the company."
From the green cigarette, he took a long drag,
And said, "i think i'll pick my travelling bag.

I'm tired of cheating, and wasting my head
And filling the boss's bags with bread.
I want to get out in the sun and rain,
And feel the wind on on skin again;
The world is large, and i've got time yet.
And, by the way, thanks for that cigarette..
Thank you very much."

"you know, i feel like a new man
Yes i do, i don't know why;
I'd just like to say
Thank you very much(indeed)
It's a beautiful day
I think i'll be on my way (right away)
I'd just like to say
Thank you very much.
Yes, i'm getting the hell out of here
Yes, i am - bye, bye.
That's the end of the message
Thank you very much.
Bye bye...

I have been called a down
Yes you may write that down
And for a little money
I am extremely funny.

I play before the audience
I make them laugh and shout
And when they've laughed for quite a while
The door man lets them out, bye bye.

You ask me how I do my act
This is my reply
I climb up on a ladder
And announce that I will fly.

You ask me how I do my act
This is my reply
I climb up on a ladder
And announce that I will fly.

I'm looking 'round madly
for something to find
That might give me a front
To put something, something behind.

Just bouncing this ball
Up and down the hall
But it's full of best wishes
and suffocating fishes, and all.

So, let's drink some wine
And have a good time.
But if you really want to come through
Let the good time, good time have you.
It's what you've got to do.

You said it was foolish
for me to be sad;
But I'm very hungry, and you..
You're very well fed,
You're such a fat lady.

And I'm talking to you
just for something to do
'Cause I'd much rather kiss you
But I know, I'm gonna miss you
Again and again, I know I'm gonna miss you.

So, let's drink some wine, etc.

I sing to the island
That sings in your head
'Cause I know you'd much rather be there
Be there instead.
I know you'd rather be there...

But you won't find the answer
Even when the wind blows;
'Cause the answer, my friend
is in front..
Right there in front of your nose
Everybody knows, it's their nose.

So, let's drink some wine, etc. (repeat)

You are the most extraordinary person
You write the most peculiar kind of tunes
I met you floating as I was boating
One Afternoon

Wasn't it the most amazing meeting
surrounded by those monsters from the deep
You started telling me a funny story, and I fell asleep

Oh Wot a dream that was

We went for a glide across the country
I was hungry after traveling so far.
You offered me your one and only sandwich,
I said "How kind you are".

Wasn't it the most amazing feeling?
'Cause everything was really as it seemed.
You are the most extraordinary person
I've ever dreamed.

Sometimes I get too drunk,
I feel so goddamned low
I have no place to go, no one to turn to
I think about your loving arms, where I'd like to be
But it's selfish as can be, and I know it
And if I'm sorry for myself, I'm sorry for you too
'Cause I'm the same as you, and I'm burning

So I sing for everyone who feels there's no way out
So maybe if you all shout someone will hear you
Listen to them shout

I won't say that I love you, 'cause that would be a lie
I can only say I try, and you know it
Love is something more or less than words can hope to say
It's something day to day in the life we're living
Lovers come and lovers go but friends are hard to find
Yes I can count all mine on one finger

So I sing for everyone who feels there's no way out
So maybe if you all shout someone will hear you
Listen to them shout

The distance that's between us, it just never seems to change
There's a whole mountain range of misunderstanding

So I sing for everyone who feels there's no way out
So maybe if you all shout someone will hear you
Listen to them shout

A rum-lime honey sing a magical tune
Found her underneath the Caribbean Moon
Wind is blowin' in the coconut tree
Blowin' the moonlight over you and me

Hey Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon shine all night

Calypso singer singin' in the sun
Sing about the rivers of Babylon
Rasta music, Caribbean sea
Come on everybody sing the tune with me

Hey Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon yellow yellow
Caribbean moon shine all night

When I sing this song it makes me feel so glad
It was very musical, the love we had
Oh Martha, Martha let me sing to you
The song about the moon and the big bamboo

So many problems, yet none at all
So many windows through every wall
So many feelings you won't express
So many failures you call success

Don't let it get you down

You cry over loosing, what you never really had
Just remember the good times alongside the bad
Remember that real love never disappears
It is lost in a moment, it lasts for years

Don't let it get you down

Don't let it fool you in any way
You know your tomorrow depends on today
If you're carrying nothing it won't weigh you down
You are the king and queen, you are the crown

Don't let it get you down

After the music of the rock and roll show
I started walking out nowhere special to go.
I heard someone singing in a voice so sad,
This is what I heard her singing

Chorus
'who's going to take me home
After the show?
I'm feeling really lonely
And I've nowhere to go
Oh take me to your party
And I'll dance all night
And hold you tight till morning comes'.


I walked up to her, took her by the hand.
I said 'sad lady, yes, I understand
And I will stay with you if you want me to
And we can sing this song together'

Repeat chorus

After the music of the rock and roll show
I started walking home somewhere special to go
Our love grows stronger as time goes by
But we can still remember singing

Repeat chorus twice