Strawbs

Wandering the streets
Searching for a thought
I chanced across an unexpected park
Streams of boys and girls
Laughing as they ran
Were there to see the puppet man
Perform his mighty tricks
And you and I are young again.
Running through the grass
Hold your hand in mine
And lose yourself in simple skyman dreams
Sing out with rest
When he says the word
The magic word to make his tricks
Succeed before your eyes
And you and I are young again.
Silver smiles and peals
Bursting from within
I know what innocence can really mean
Never let it grow
Stay a child within
And you will find a peace of mind
That's rare these softless days
And you and I are young again
And you and I are young again
And you and I are young again.

Cousins

The wise man came in deep disguise
All the way from Mexico
We sat in circles on the ground
And listened to his words of wisdom
He spoke of unclimbed mountain ranges
And plains that stretched beyond the point of no return (no return).

We talked in terms of solitude
And parted with respect
Realising that the world held a place for us both
Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere.

I dropped down in the witchwood
To see what I could find
The trees had taken time out
To blow away my mind
All that I could hear there
Was the sound of my own voice
But the music it was making
Was nothing of my choice.

The interwoven branches
Were laden deep with snow
A rainbow shone so softly
To show which way to go
I observed its many colours
Till my eyes were rimmed with frost
I tried hard to trace my footsteps
For I feared I might get lost.

The witchwood started singing
With a strange unearthly sound
My fingers grew like branches
I stood rooted to the ground
And the spell is still unbroken
I am still her bidden slave
Till a casket from the witchwood
Bears my body to the grave

Cousins

Wake up one day, you're left alone
From now on you're on your own
The sands of time are running low
You'll have nothing left to show
The months slip by and change to years
Soon the twilight gloom appears
And then one day before you know
You'll have nothing left to show.

Where is this dream of your youth ?

The pictures on the walls are shaking
They can hear the storm a-breaking
Storms may come and storms may go
You'll have nothing left to show
Buildings all around are trembling
They can hear the earth a-rumbling
Buildings come and buildings go
You'll have nothing left to show.

Where is this dream of your youth ?

Tomorrow brings another dawn
It might be better from now on
Before too long that day will go
You'll have nothing left to show
You'll have nothing left to show
You'll have nothing left to show
You'll have nothing left to show
You'll have nothing left to show.

Where is this dream of your youth ?

Cousins

Wake up one day, you're left alone
From now on you're on your own
The sands of time are running low
You'll have nothing left to show
The months slip by and change to years
Soon the twilight gloom appears
And then one day before you know
You'll have nothing left to show.

Where is this dream of your youth ?

The pictures on the walls are shaking
They can hear the storm a-breaking
Storms may come and storms may go
You'll have nothing left to show
Buildings all around are trembling
They can hear the earth a-rumbling
Buildings come and buildings go
You'll have nothing left to show.

Where is this dream of your youth ?

Tomorrow brings another dawn
It might be better from now on
Before too long that day will go
You'll have nothing left to show
You'll have nothing left to show
You'll have nothing left to show
You'll have nothing left to show
You'll have nothing left to show.

Where is this dream of your youth ?

Lambert

The party wasn't over when my friends started leaving
Still a lot of things I had to say
If I walked back in the room would it be the way I left it?
Lost my nerve and turned away
And the rains came, and the skies turned grey

When the lights came on
I could see the picture
It burned my eyes and it bruised my mind
Gave me hope to face the future
I was not alone when the lights came on

They crucified the ox and threw his carcass to the fire
Stood around proclaiming they were free
Stripped away his flesh while giving thanks for all his labours
No-one saw the joke but him and me
Then the rains came, and the skies turned grey

The wise man built his house upon the rock beside the river
Cared not for the storms that lashed around
The foolish man was tempted, dipped his soul into the water
His body, though at peace, has not been found
Because the rains came, and the skies turned grey

Cousins

I only have my memories to last me the remainder of my days
For time has now decided that we must go our individual ways
The warmth I feel inside can more than overcome my loss
But this is me today and tomorrow I must count the cost.

We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb.

The pleasures of a lifetime condensed into a fleeting glimpse of truth, mmm
A moment of delight as when a child receives a sixpence for a tooth
The simple things in life mean more to me than money ever buys
The greatest thing for me to see my love reflected in your eyes.

We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb.

We'll meet again sometime though the way is never clear
My sacrifice is made, everything that I hold dear
We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb.

Oh lover of a lifetime let me look upon your loveliness alone
But I cannot gaze too long for I fear that it will turn me into stone
A monument to life that will stand forever by your grave
Inscribed for all to see, a message of respect : "Be brave".

For we'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb
We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb
We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb.

Cousins

I only have my memories to last me the remainder of my days
For time has now decided that we must go our individual ways
The warmth I feel inside can more than overcome my loss
But this is me today and tomorrow I must count the cost.

We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb.

The pleasures of a lifetime condensed into a fleeting glimpse of truth, mmm
A moment of delight as when a child receives a sixpence for a tooth
The simple things in life mean more to me than money ever buys
The greatest thing for me to see my love reflected in your eyes.

We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb.

We'll meet again sometime though the way is never clear
My sacrifice is made, everything that I hold dear
We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb.

Oh lover of a lifetime let me look upon your loveliness alone
But I cannot gaze too long for I fear that it will turn me into stone
A monument to life that will stand forever by your grave
Inscribed for all to see, a message of respect : "Be brave".

For we'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb
We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb
We'll meet again sometime though the road is steep and very hard to climb.

Strawbs

You talked of me with acid tongue
And pointed trembling spiteful hands
Your presence almost overwhelmed.

When Mother Nature tends her young
She comforts each and every one
The flower sheds its seeds and flourishes.

But now I walk a mile high, my shoulders in the clouds
I have seen the sun break through, I'll speak my thoughts aloud sometime
For now I see tomorrow just as clearly as I see today
While yesterday which meant so much has grown so far away.

Strawbs

You talked of me with acid tongue
And pointed trembling spiteful hands
Your presence almost overwhelmed.

When Mother Nature tends her young
She comforts each and every one
The flower sheds its seeds and flourishes.

But now I walk a mile high, my shoulders in the clouds
I have seen the sun break through, I'll speak my thoughts aloud sometime
For now I see tomorrow just as clearly as I see today
While yesterday which meant so much has grown so far away.

Cousins

The willows stand on guard in the dark
Where lovers are rowing alone in the park
In awe of each other they make a mistake
And find they must spend one more night on the lake.

And I don't care if anyone knows
There's no one so fair as my Tokyo rose
I don't care if anyone knows
There's no one so fair as my Tokyo Rosie, my Tokyo Rosie, ooh.

The blossom has fallen before the West wind
The butterfly lies with its silken wings pinned
Alone in the temple the lovers rejoice
And sing to each other with one single voice.

And I don't care if anyone knows
There's no one so fair as my Tokyo rose
I don't care if anyone knows
There's no one so fair as my Tokyo Rosie, my Tokyo Rosie.

I wear my silk kimono black
Get your monkey off my back
No matter where the West wind blows
You'll never find a fallen rose.

The flowers of heaven are roses in bloom
The East wind turns West in the walls of my room
I build my defence in the palace of sin
The lovers make home and the loser must win.

And I don't care if anyone knows
There's no one so fair as my Tokyo rose
I don't care if anyone knows
There's no one so fair as my Tokyo Rosie, my Tokyo Rosie, oh Rosie, Rosie.

Cousins

The gilt-edged invitation came and I said : 'What can this mean ?'
'To attend the coronation as the first guest of the Queen'
'And sit upon her right hand where the Prince is normally seen ?'
The maids of honour stared at me and registered surprise
To see a man of such good taste appear before their eyes
Now bring rather humble, I adopted a disguise
As the Minister of State for Mass Environment Controls
Who condemn the working classes for inhabiting the holes
That belong to Queen and Country but do not permit their souls
To be free like me
To be free like me
Oh to be free.

The perspex chandelier began to melt and slip away
One million candle-powered, it kept the night at bay
While the power station workers were busy making hay
The workers in the fields were engaged in self-defence
Which involved the use of barbed wire as a self-containing fence
But as a means of self-protection, it was needlessly immense
I stopped to ask them for a light, they pointed at the sun
Which raised their hopes of harvesting a better crop than guns
Can ever mass produce at the expense of anyone
Who is free like me
Who is free like me
Oh who is free.

The solitary peasant in his home above the lake
Raised high on wooden stilts, has made the singular mistake
Of revolutionary conduct at the celebration wake
His urban counterpart engaged in mundane occupation
Enjoys the chance of laughing at the Queen's humiliation
At the hands of Ministers of State for Rehabilitation
Now the power station worker though his aim is too disjointed
Finds himself around the corner while his gun is never pointed
He is ever at the ready, he desires to be annointed
And be free like me
And be free like me
And be free like me
Oh and be free.

Cousins

The gilt-edged invitation came and I said : 'What can this mean ?'
'To attend the coronation as the first guest of the Queen'
'And sit upon her right hand where the Prince is normally seen ?'
The maids of honour stared at me and registered surprise
To see a man of such good taste appear before their eyes
Now bring rather humble, I adopted a disguise
As the Minister of State for Mass Environment Controls
Who condemn the working classes for inhabiting the holes
That belong to Queen and Country but do not permit their souls
To be free like me
To be free like me
Oh to be free.

The perspex chandelier began to melt and slip away
One million candle-powered, it kept the night at bay
While the power station workers were busy making hay
The workers in the fields were engaged in self-defence
Which involved the use of barbed wire as a self-containing fence
But as a means of self-protection, it was needlessly immense
I stopped to ask them for a light, they pointed at the sun
Which raised their hopes of harvesting a better crop than guns
Can ever mass produce at the expense of anyone
Who is free like me
Who is free like me
Oh who is free.

The solitary peasant in his home above the lake
Raised high on wooden stilts, has made the singular mistake
Of revolutionary conduct at the celebration wake
His urban counterpart engaged in mundane occupation
Enjoys the chance of laughing at the Queen's humiliation
At the hands of Ministers of State for Rehabilitation
Now the power station worker though his aim is too disjointed
Finds himself around the corner while his gun is never pointed
He is ever at the ready, he desires to be annointed
And be free like me
And be free like me
And be free like me
Oh and be free.

Cousins-Cronk

Time is the power, the enemy hour
The soul survivor of the news, the headlines
Life is a friend, I value its end
For I can take it when I choose, the deadlines.

Time and life will meet at dawn
The swords have been drawn for the takers.

Time has no heart, it wins from the start
Was I so foolish as to try to ignore it ?
Life is complete and proud in defeat
At last I understand why I adore it.

Time and life fight to the end
But life has to bend to her makers.

Time and life will meet at dawn
The swords have been drawn for the takers
Time and life fight to the end
But life has to bend to her makers
Time and life will meet at dawn
The swords have been drawn for the takers
Time and life fight to the end
But life has to bend to her makers
Time and life will meet at dawn
The swords have been drawn for the takers
Time and life fight to the end
But life has to bend.

I have people to free, they're depending on me
So I can't afford to die
Get them safely back, then I won't stay too long
I'll be leaving soon for London
So I'll look this war straight in the eye
Only thirty days so I can't afford to die.

When I think of the dead, that go round in my head
No I can't afford to die
So the thing to do is pretend that they weren't there
With my baby at home waiting
I can give myself a little sigh
Only thirty days so I can't afford to die.

God ain't taking my hand, not to no promised land
So I can't afford to die
So I'll cease my command before another bomb
If I see my home a free man
I'll remember why I never cried
Only thirty days so I can't afford to die

Lambert

Looks around with angel face
She does everything with amazing grace
She wears smart clothes but no one knows
She's got nobody waiting at home.

She is not the only song I sing
Though I sing them all for her
There is something in her melody
That I've never heard before.

The winter and the summer need never come again
The winter and the summer need never come again
In my life there is no season, no reason.

She is not the only book I read
See her pages are not torn
And her story is of loneliness
Though her memory still war.

The winter and the summer need never come again
The winter and the summer need never come again
In my life there is no season, no reason.

Every now and then I'm sad
Thinking what we could have had
If we'd met some years before
Would we now be wanting more ?

She is not the only sound I hear
Though to hear her lights my day
There's no picture in the gallery
That has half as much to say.

The winter and the summer need never come again
The winter and the summer need never come again
In my life there is no season, no reason.

The soldier smiling softly sings a song of sad farewell
As the train pulls out to take him far from home
His children waving gaily without knowing he has gone
Now you know what I feel.

And the thoughts that always greet you
Every morning when you rise
They never ever change they're just the same
When you're weary to extreme
And you never laugh or cry
You're just a sheet of glass behind a frame.

The best days of your life are when you don't know right from
wrong
When the fantasies around you seem so real
And reality is really as fantastic as your dreams
Now you know how I feel.

So the train pulls out forever, just a whistle and it's gone
And the station disappears before your eyes
In time the rails will rust and you'll forget that you've been
there
Now I know how you feel.

You're my secret
You're my inspiration
You're my journey
You're my destination
You have always
Been so close and yet so far away
You're my best friend
You're my total stranger
You're my lifeline
You're my hint of danger
You have always
Been so close and yet so far away
In my hour of need
I call on you
To comfort me
But you could only set me free
You're my memories
You're my Rock of Ages
You're my future
You're my empty pages
You have always
Been so close and yet so far away . . .

Cousins

I made a sideways motion, turning a new leaf
The single minded miner's girl was there to share my grief
I shivered in the butter wind, three times the cockerel crowed
I waited for the river but the river did not flow.

An autumn turned to silver, winter turned to gold
The weatherman said : 'Dress up' - oh but I did not feel the cold
Kids waited with toboggans as I sheltered from the snow
I waited for the river but the river did not flow.

I will drink the milk from you breasts, meld myself to you
Collect the valley lilies the worshippers once strew
My body aches with hunger, yet your belly has to grow
I waited for the river but the river did not flow.

Cousins

The plain stretched out before me as far as the slate grey sky
I told her I was leaving with the migrant birds to fly
I said she might expect me with the coming of the spring
When the birds return back home again with new-found songs to sing.

I hit out on the highway, high on the rising sun
I felt my spirit rising, my journey was newly begun
The joy of expectation rose in my heart with a song
The courage of conviction carried my journey along.

I bathed in the lake of comfort, the milk of my mother's breast
The son of constant sorrow sank to his knees in the West
I prayed to my God for guidance to find there was no-one but me
There was just the open highway as far as my eyes could see.

Throughout my endless journey I have been searching for paradise lost
I now retrace my footsteps with the burden of infinite cost
I see myself returning alone with my head held high
The plain stretched out before me as far as the slate grey sky.

He came into the shop and looked me straight between the eyes
And said "You know I'm Jesus" and I must have looked surprised
Because he said "Please don't be hasty, no-one understands
But I've got a way to prove it" and he lifted up his hands
He was the man who called himself Jesus

For a minute I was speechless then I looked into his face
With sufficient lines of sadness for the total human race
And I said "You must be joking" but he slowly shook his head
And said "That's what they all say, I might as well be dead."
He was the man who called himself Jesus

He asked me if I knew a place where he could start to preach
And I said "Well try a church, or maybe Brighton Beach"
And I was trying to be serious but he didn't seem impressed
He said "You think I'm crazy, you're just like all the rest."
He was the man who called himself Jesus

I was really quite embarrassed he was looking so sincere
So I said "I close the shop soon, won't you come and have a beer?"
Then he asked me if I meant it and he gave a funny smile
And said he'd rather like that and he hung around a while
He was the man who called himself Jesus

On the way he stopped to pat little children's heads
And taught them one line prayers to say when they went off to their beds
But mostly they were frightened and they looked at him wide-eyed
And when he said his name was Jesus, one girl even cried
He was the man who called himself Jesus

In the pub I asked him if he'd tried to see the Pope
And he said although he'd thought about it there was really not a hope
Then he said he thought he'd better go he had some work to do
He said he'd come and see me in about a week or two
He was the man who called himself Jesus

Well after he had gone I thought of what he'd said
And all his funny actions kept on running through my head
And when I felt my mind was drowning in a sea of mud
It seemed his pint of beer had turned into a pint of blood
He was the man who called himself Jesus

Cousins-Lambert-Cronk

This is the last resort you'll ever know
The old straight track, the long way back
One more familiar face has gone
Will you miss me ? I doubt it.

There are many more at the last resort
There are many more at the last resort.

This is the last resort you'll ever take
The summer old, the winter cold
And now the seasons will never change
Will you miss me ? I doubt it.

There are many more at the last resort
There are many more at the last resort.

This is the last resort, it's make or break
The ray of hope, the silken rope, your feet are on the endless slope
Just one more chance to touch the sun
Will you miss me ? I doubt it, the damage has been done.

This is the last resort you'll ever know
The lights are down on you favourite clown
The time has come, the final bow
Will you miss me ? I doubt it.

There are many more at the last resort
There are many more at the last resort
There are many more at the last resort
There are many more at the last resort.

Cousins

The signpost stands where the crossways meet
There's but one road to the journey's end
The wanderer bent with his heavy load is waiting for a friend.

The sun sinks slowly behind the hill
The dead leaves lie where the wind has blown
Likewise he who has travelled far must find his way alone.

And as he leaves so the signpost turns
To point the way to the journey's end
The old grey man with his heavy load no longer needs a friend.

The village square stands quiet with the curfew still in force
The streets are even clear of dogs and whores
Like some evil bird of prey the scaffold spreads its wings
The people build their fires and bolt their doors
The mayor is giving dinner to the officers and wives
His eldest son is learning how to fawn
The barrack block is hushed and tense, the soldiers drawing lots
Who will be the hangman in the dawn.

The lot falls on a young man who has served for but a year
His home is in the village close nearby
He shivers at the thought of what he's forced to do next day
He wonders who it is that has to die
The full moon casts a cold light on the gloomy prison walls
The papist walk his cell, he cannot sleep
He hears the waiting gallows creaking just beyond the door
He prays for he has no more tears to weep.

The day begins to break, the muffled drums begin to sound
A crowd begins to gather in the square
The presence of the hangman in his terrifying mask
Weighs heavy on the minds of all those there
The colonel reads the sentence which the papist knows by heart
He has failed to show allegiance to the King
His crime is thus with God himself, in His name he must hang
The papist, head held high, says not a thing.

The jailer binds his hands and puts the blindfold to his eyes
He leads him through the door before the crowd
The hangman sees his victim and the blood drains from his face
He sees his younger brother standing proud
The hangman tries to protest but is ordered to proceed
His trembling hands begin to take the strain
His eyes are blind with streaming tears, he cries for all to hear
"Forgive me God, we hang him in thy name!"

Cousins

While seasons change in timely way
The salt sea ever flows
Where open moors lie cold and bleak
A single flower grows.

Though winter snows fall deep and long
The flower grows the while
The weary traveller passing by
Feels warmer for her smile.

Sunshine and the tender flower
Both melt the young man's heart
But he who lingers waits his turn
Must learn to play his part.

Through summer days of warmth and love
The young man tends his flower
But blinded by her colours bright
Heeds not the passing hour.

The autumn trees once clothed with gold
Now frayed and sadly worn
The flower bids a chill farewell
The young man's heart is torn.

While seasons change in timely way
The salt sea ever flows
Where open moors lie cold and bleak
A single flower grows.

In the early dawn the Bishop's men
Shivered in the damp
But the shiver came not from the cold
And spread throughout the camp
The trembling horses sensed the fear
Of silent thoughtful men
Who prayed that wives and families
Might see them once again

The Bishops sent a dawn patrol
To investigate the weight
Of forces at the King's command
Ensconced behind the gate
The ground mist hid the patrol's approach
As they drew close enough to show
The sentries on the battlements
And an archer drew his bow

From the topmost tower a sentry fell
As an arrow pierced his skull
And his headlong flight into the moat
Seemed that of a gull
The patrol reported little
There was nothing much to see
But the strong and silent castle
A symbol of the free

The King's men took communion
As the first rays of the sun
Lit up the chapel's gloomy walls
The fatal day begun
From the castle green the rooks took flight
To the high trees in the east
To their carrion minds the battlefield
Set a table for a feast

A tide of black, the Bishop's men
Equality their right
Swarmed like ants across the hill
Their aim at last in sight
The King's men dressed in purest white
Were driven back by force
And the fighting grew more violent
As the battle took its course

The Bishops gave the order
"No mercy to be shown
The sacrifice will reap rewards
When the King is overthrown"
The sight of children lying dead
Made hardened soldiers weep
The outer walls began to fall
They moved towards the keep

The rooks surveyed the battlefield
Their hungry beady eyes
Revelled in the sight of death
Showing no surprise
The pressure mounted steadily
As the Bishops neared the gate
And the desperate King called to his knights
"It's your lives or the state"

When the anxious King began to fail
As many thought he might
The Queen ran screaming round the walls
And urged the men to fight
The Bishops' men were tiring
As the afternoon grew late
And the King's men lowered the drawbridge
And poured out through the gate

They fought their way across the bridge
The men like falling leaves
Or ears of corn that fall in swathes
The vicious sickle cleaves
The tide receded up the hill
The waste of reclaimed land
Once decaying swamp became
A shore of pure white sand

A blinded priest was seen to bless
Both dying and the dead
As he stumbled through the battlefield
His cassock running red
If uniform were black or white
His eyes could never see
And death made no distinction
Whatever man he be

As darkness fell both camps withdrew
Their soldiers slain like cattle
Leaving the rooks to feast alone
The victors of the battle
At evensong the camps reviewed
Their sad depleted ranks
As survivors of the battle
Gave God their grateful thanks

In the early dawn the Bishop's men
Shivered in the damp
But the shiver came not from the cold
And spread throughout the camp
The trembling horses sensed the fear
Of silent thoughtful men
Who prayed that wives and families
Might see them once again

The Bishops sent a dawn patrol
To investigate the weight
Of forces at the King's command
Ensconced behind the gate
The ground mist hid the patrol's approach
As they drew close enough to show
The sentries on the battlements
And an archer drew his bow

From the topmost tower a sentry fell
As an arrow pierced his skull
And his headlong flight into the moat
Seemed that of a gull
The patrol reported little
There was nothing much to see
But the strong and silent castle
A symbol of the free

The King's men took communion
As the first rays of the sun
Lit up the chapel's gloomy walls
The fatal day begun
From the castle green the rooks took flight
To the high trees in the east
To their carrion minds the battlefield
Set a table for a feast

A tide of black, the Bishop's men
Equality their right
Swarmed like ants across the hill
Their aim at last in sight
The King's men dressed in purest white
Were driven back by force
And the fighting grew more violent
As the battle took its course

The Bishops gave the order
"No mercy to be shown
The sacrifice will reap rewards
When the King is overthrown"
The sight of children lying dead
Made hardened soldiers weep
The outer walls began to fall
They moved towards the keep

The rooks surveyed the battlefield
Their hungry beady eyes
Revelled in the sight of death
Showing no surprise
The pressure mounted steadily
As the Bishops neared the gate
And the desperate King called to his knights
"It's your lives or the state"

When the anxious King began to fail
As many thought he might
The Queen ran screaming round the walls
And urged the men to fight
The Bishops' men were tiring
As the afternoon grew late
And the King's men lowered the drawbridge
And poured out through the gate

They fought their way across the bridge
The men like falling leaves
Or ears of corn that fall in swathes
The vicious sickle cleaves
The tide receded up the hill
The waste of reclaimed land
Once decaying swamp became
A shore of pure white sand

A blinded priest was seen to bless
Both dying and the dead
As he stumbled through the battlefield
His cassock running red
If uniform were black or white
His eyes could never see
And death made no distinction
Whatever man he be

As darkness fell both camps withdrew
Their soldiers slain like cattle
Leaving the rooks to feast alone
The victors of the battle
At evensong the camps reviewed
Their sad depleted ranks
As survivors of the battle
Gave God their grateful thanks

If in some capricious moment
I should give you cause to fear
Then you have but to remember
That my being is mere
Fortune
For the rules have been laid down
To guide the thoughts of those who stray

If in some deserted hour
We should murmur last goodbyes
With the snowflakes falling softly
As the tears well in your eyes
Then we kiss but once and walk away
Never turning round
And the snow falls on our footsteps
Leaving nothing to be found

And my life is yet determined
By the span of what it holds
And the span grows ever shorter
As my lifetime folds
Away.

Weaver-Cousins

We thank you for the wind and rain
The sunshine and the flowers
We thank you for the moon and stars
The minutes and the hours.

We live each day as best we can
And wake up with new friends
For when the nights have turned around
The days begin again.

My ship sails in on a cloud of broken promises
It's just not true not a single word she says
Time will tell whether she can change her ways
It might take years, it might even take always
Tell me what you see in me
I'll tell you what I see in you

Your picture melts before my tired eyes
And all it leaves is just a trace of paradise
You'll change again that's what I've been told
But don't take long I might get too old
Tell me what you see in me
I'll tell you what I see in you

Take it easy but take it slow
For who knows which way next that wind will blow
Time goes by just as quickly as I want it to
And I'll make out like I never knew
Tell me what you see in me
I'll tell you what I see in you

My ship sails in on a cloud of broken promises
It's just not true not a single word she says
Time will tell whether she can change her ways
It might take years, it might even take always
Tell me what you see in me
I'll tell you what I see in you

Your picture melts before my tired eyes
And all it leaves is just a trace of paradise
You'll change again that's what I've been told
But don't take long I might get too old
Tell me what you see in me
I'll tell you what I see in you

Take it easy but take it slow
For who knows which way next that wind will blow
Time goes by just as quickly as I want it to
And I'll make out like I never knew
Tell me what you see in me
I'll tell you what I see in you

I - Tears
Cousins

Where are the tears that you should be crying right now ?
I see the world weariness in your eyes
I hear your voice, soft and sad
Yet your laughter rings like carillons of bells in my ears.

Where are the tears that you should be crying right now ?
I see the world weariness in your eyes
I feel your heart beat like the wings of the wild goose
I smell your love on me
I can still taste the tears that you should be crying right now.

II - Pavan
Hudson-Ford-Cousins

Oh darling go to sleep for the night is young
There are many songs yet to be sung
Oh but I will sing them all to you
Before the night is through.

And when she lies in need of care and comforting
So as a child's toy she is caressed
And yet when cast adrift upon the changing tide
As a ship becalmed, she lies at rest

Oh darling go to sleep for the night is young
There are many songs yet to be sung
Oh but I will sing them all to you
Before the night is through.

Oh darling go to sleep for the night is young
There are many songs yet to be sung
Oh but I will sing them all to you
Before the night is through.

Cousins-Lambert

The stars begin to fade
The early morning mist is lifting
As he wakes with the silence still unbroken
The night has rolled away
The dawn is creeping through the window
As he rubs the shadows from his eyes

The sun begins to rise
To warm the room where he was sleeping
As he reads through the headlines of the papers
The dew is fading fast
As he is walking through the long grass
With church bell sounding in the tower

He waits inside the door
The clock strikes out the hour
He smiles pausing for a word as they arrive.
Farmers with their wives
Children with their flowers
Ladies in their bright mid-summer clothes

The stained glass windows shine
The congregation kneels in silence
Then the organ and choir
Join the birds in the trees
As they sing their Sunday morning song

Cousins

The sky was like a crystal, it was sapphire blue
I was like a kid again, so were you
It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill.

The sun came round to polish up the copper beech
The leaves were black as leather where the sun don't reach
It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill.

I was close enough to heaven as a man could be
Knowing I had solved your little mystery
It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill.

We could hear the distant compromise of wedding bells
As we leaned on one another bidding fond farewells
It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill.

As we drove into the valley, the mist rolled down
We were in the grip of winter in our own home town
It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill.

The lights were shining brightly in the house across the street
I was looking for adventure, I was turning on the heat
I shivered in the shadows, it was cold as hell
The church bell sounded seven going, well, well, well
It's a strange day, a strange day over the hill.

Cousins

The night sky hung so heavy
The wet road shone so bright
Reflecting back my headlights
As I drove on in the night to stormy down.

I drew into a lay-by
My eyes were dark with strain
Turning up my collar
I walked out in the rain on stormy down.

Oh I was high on stormy down
Thinking of my friends below
But they had gone some other way
They did not want to know about stormy down.

I thought I saw the devil
In the branches of a tree
It was just imagination
But he looked a bit like me on stormy down.

Hey I was high on stormy down
Thinking of my friends below
But they had gone some other way
They did not want to know about stormy down
About stormy down, about stormy down.

The cold moon drew strange faces
On a slowly changing cloud
One looked like God the father
And I shouted right out loud on stormy down.

Oh I was high on stormy down
Thinking of my friends below
But they had gone some other way
They did not want to know about stormy down
About stormy down, about stormy down
Stormy down, stormy down ...

I am the depth of age of the mountain
Yet still you believe to know how to be free
You are the life of the stars in the night sky
As constant much brighter yet younger than me

But I am the echo that calls you forever
The conscience that shows you the way to belong
And if you allow me I'll love you forever
And make you the voice of the words of my song

Cousins

She looks so frail beside you as she wears her sick disguise
You say she'll soon be better as you dry her tearful eyes
You tell her fairy stories, she tries to understand
She looks to you for comfort and holds out her little hand.

But early in the morning when the sun shines into her tiny room
She wakes up like a bird and she's fine again.

You gently kiss her forehead and from the room you creep
But you linger in the doorway as she whimpers in her sleep
Her cheeks are flushed like sunset and her head's an open fire
All night she turns and tosses as her temperature gets higher.

But early in the morning when the sun shines into her tiny room
She wakes up like a bird and she's fine again.

The night light in the corner casts a soft and peaceful glow
Her face becomes much cooler and her breathing much more slow
She dreams of clowns and princes sailing boats and trains
The fairies come by moonlight to take away her pain.

And early in the morning when the sun shines into her tiny room
She wakes up like a bird and she's fine again
She wakes up like a bird and she feels fine
She wakes up like a bird and she feels fine
She wakes up like a bird and she feels fine.

Cousins

She looks so frail beside you as she wears her sick disguise
You say she'll soon be better as you dry her tearful eyes
You tell her fairy stories, she tries to understand
She looks to you for comfort and holds out her little hand.

But early in the morning when the sun shines into her tiny room
She wakes up like a bird and she's fine again.

You gently kiss her forehead and from the room you creep
But you linger in the doorway as she whimpers in her sleep
Her cheeks are flushed like sunset and her head's an open fire
All night she turns and tosses as her temperature gets higher.

But early in the morning when the sun shines into her tiny room
She wakes up like a bird and she's fine again.

The night light in the corner casts a soft and peaceful glow
Her face becomes much cooler and her breathing much more slow
She dreams of clowns and princes sailing boats and trains
The fairies come by moonlight to take away her pain.

And early in the morning when the sun shines into her tiny room
She wakes up like a bird and she's fine again
She wakes up like a bird and she feels fine
She wakes up like a bird and she feels fine
She wakes up like a bird and she feels fine.

Cousins

The rose buds are hard and firm
Erect and proud they stand on slender stems
Wrapped in silk and tied with a velvet ribbon.

'Tie the ribbon in my hair' - she says
'Your gentle touch upon my brow'
'Can make me close my eyes in sleepy pleasure'.

Low the candle burns
And flickers shadows on the wall
It's crimson lips are closing 'round the flame.

As the flame dies
So shall our live die ?
The roses stoop lower as their petals fall
So shall our love die ?

'What is it ?' - she says
'Nothing' - say I
'Nothing but the West wind, the wind of change'.

You're my secret
You're my inspiration
You're my journey
You're my destination

You have always
Been so close and yet so far away
You're my best friend
You're my total stranger

You're my lifeline
You're my hint of danger
You have always
Been so close and yet so far away

In my hour of need
I call on you
To comfort me
But you could only set me free

You're my memories
You're my Rock of Ages
You're my future
You're my empty pages

You have always
Been so close and yet so far away...

Cousins

Once I sat upon a hill to watch the world go by
My friend the young magician had forbidden me to cry
But I was the comedian with the laughs in short supply.

Shine on silver sun, shine on everyone
Shine on silver sun, shine on.

The sunlight filtered softly through the pale and watery sky
To catch the mirrored salmon as it rose to take the fly
The flowers on the riverbank were left alone to die.

Shine on silver sun, shine on everyone
Shine on silver sun, shine on.

The church bells sounded midnight as I rose to say goodbye
And a solitary tear fell from the corner of my eye.

Shine on silver sun, shine on everyone
Shine on silver sun, shine on everyone
Shine on silver sun, shine on everyone
Shine on silver sun, shine on, shine on.

July the fourth in the market town
Farmers have come for miles around
Bringing their wives and children.

A farmer stands with his youngest son
Watching their sheep driven from the pen
The slaughterhouse is waiting.

Look they're turning back
They're frightened
Dogs are snapping at their heels
Jumping on each other's backs
Hear their squeals.

The young boy stands looking quite dismayed
How can they know they're just animals
Come pull yourself together.

The farmer tells him to look inside
Row after row of raw carcasses
Their blood runs in the gutters.

Listen to their silly bleating
Farmer beats them with his stick
Milling by the open door
Don't be sick.

The young boy
Takes a look around
See people watching blankly
And he pities them
For they too
Look like sheep
And he tells himself
When he grows up
When he becomes a farmer
He will just plant seeds of love
He will just plant seeds of love
He will just plant seeds of love
And he will harvest peace

Cousins

I must have been the saddest man who ever wrote a love song
For when I spoke of ways and means, I knew it would not last long
After all the years, the growing pains and heartaches
I swore that I would die for you and sealed it with a traitor's kiss.

We must have been a crazy pair to think we'd stay together
I hope you find your own new world and make it last forever
You gave me your best, I gave you all my worst years
I swore that I would die for you and sealed it with a traitor's kiss.

Thank you for your sympathy
God bless you for your kindness
I'm sure that as the years roll by
You'll understand my sadness.

I can't have been the only man who ever wrote a song for you.

Take care of the kids, I didn't want to hurt them
I swore that I would die for you and sealed it with a traitor's kiss.

Cousins

I must have been the saddest man who ever wrote a love song
For when I spoke of ways and means, I knew it would not last long
After all the years, the growing pains and heartaches
I swore that I would die for you and sealed it with a traitor's kiss.

We must have been a crazy pair to think we'd stay together
I hope you find your own new world and make it last forever
You gave me your best, I gave you all my worst years
I swore that I would die for you and sealed it with a traitor's kiss.

Thank you for your sympathy
God bless you for your kindness
I'm sure that as the years roll by
You'll understand my sadness.

I can't have been the only man who ever wrote a song for you.

Take care of the kids, I didn't want to hurt them
I swore that I would die for you and sealed it with a traitor's kiss.

Cousins-Cronk-Hawken-Lambert

It was back along summer of thirty years
I'll tell you a story to bring you tears
Of the likes of a romance so few hears
Out on the Russian front

She had startling eyes of sapphire blue
She lived in a house where camellias grew
But where she came from no-one knew

He stood as firm as the mighty oak
Smelled as keen as forest smoke
Loved her with a velvet stroke
Out on the Russian front

She loved a man who burst with pride
Buried deep in her countryside
Their love for life was long denied

Even now I'm still unclear
Those who held each other dear
Are living in a state of fear
Out on the Russian front

Both were sent their separate ways
Victims of their yesterdays
The party wins the farmer pays

Cousins

I drew the blade across my wrist to see how it would feel
Looked into the future, there was nothing to reveal
For we were just the product of the ever spinning wheel.

Round and round we go
Round and round and round we go
Round and round and round we go.

Come and see me when the screw has turned another turn
It's not that I'm confused but I've an awful lot to learn
But I will be the one to make you work for what you earn.

Round and round we go
Round and round and round we go
Round and round and round we go.

After all it's just the revolution I despise
The dawn of revelations and the flower power prize
I pity those poor children with no sunshine in their eyes
Round and round we go
Round and round and round we go
Round and round we go
Round and round and round we go
Round and round we go
Round and round and round we go.

Cousins

I drew the blade across my wrist to see how it would feel
Looked into the future, there was nothing to reveal
For we were just the product of the ever spinning wheel.

Round and round we go
Round and round and round we go
Round and round and round we go.

Come and see me when the screw has turned another turn
It's not that I'm confused but I've an awful lot to learn
But I will be the one to make you work for what you earn.

Round and round we go
Round and round and round we go
Round and round and round we go.

After all it's just the revolution I despise
The dawn of revelations and the flower power prize
I pity those poor children with no sunshine in their eyes
Round and round we go
Round and round and round we go
Round and round we go
Round and round and round we go
Round and round we go
Round and round and round we go.

There's a cafe on the corner where the Latin lovers meet
They're dancing to the rhythm of the night and the heat of the street.
There's a glow of expectation, the narcotic of the beat
They're dancing to the rhythm of the night and the heat of the street.

Rhythm of the night, heat of the street.
Rhythm of the night and the heat of the street.

There's a girl in every alley trying to whip you off your feet
They're dancing to the rhythm of the night and the heat of the street.

They play it tough
They play it cool
They play to win
They drink the pool
They play it by the golden rule
Lady Luck is no-one's fool.

There are roly poly mamas, electric slippers on their feet
They're dancing to the rhythm of the night and the heat of the street.

When they offer you the menu, try the rack of spicy meat
They're dancing to the rhythm of the night and the heat of the street.

Hawken / Cousins

I sometimes sit and think about our evenings in the firelight
You and I when we were young
Laughing at the crazy-patterned shadows that were dancing on the wall.

Without a care, with time to spend
Hardly speaking for hours on end
That was you and I when we were young.

Walking hand in hand beside the river at the weekends, you and I
When we were young
Children with their fishing nets were laughing as they took their catches home.

Caterpillars in paper bags
Knees tied up with dirty rags
That was you and I when we were young.

Brushing through the fallen leaves together in the autumn, you and I
When we were young
Planning for the future without knowing what it held for us at all.

The road to nowhere never climbs
We changed direction a dozen times
That was you and I when we were young.

Cousins

Spoke the Queen of Dreams, I was Lord of the Forest
Walked within her paths, sheltered within her bowers
Pine needles for my pillow, the dove my only true friend
I was Lord of the Forest.

Spoke the Queen of Souls, I was Lord of the Ocean
Swam beneath her waves, sheltered within her shipwrecks
Precious gifts I bring you from rusting hulls of the deep
I was Lord of the Ocean.

Spoke the Queen of Heads, I was Lord of the Mountains
Scaled her highest peaks, sheltered within her valleys
Climb high upon my shoulders, I will show you the world
I was Lord of the Mountains.

I had no head for heights but close my eyes to make the climb
Oh Queen of Dreams
Oh Queen of Souls
Oh Queen of Heads
It's time.

Cousins

Spoke the Queen of Dreams, I was Lord of the Forest
Walked within her paths, sheltered within her bowers
Pine needles for my pillow, the dove my only true friend
I was Lord of the Forest.

Spoke the Queen of Souls, I was Lord of the Ocean
Swam beneath her waves, sheltered within her shipwrecks
Precious gifts I bring you from rusting hulls of the deep
I was Lord of the Ocean.

Spoke the Queen of Heads, I was Lord of the Mountains
Scaled her highest peaks, sheltered within her valleys
Climb high upon my shoulders, I will show you the world
I was Lord of the Mountains.

I had no head for heights but close my eyes to make the climb
Oh Queen of Dreams
Oh Queen of Souls
Oh Queen of Heads
It's time.

Jimmy Wilson had a glass eye I could see it
And he stuttered sometimes
And he needed a girlfriend nighttimes
Didn't know how to go about it
Poor Jimmy Wilson
Poor Jimmy Wilson

All the boys used to tease him I know I did it
And he was my friend
At school we were always close together
Hardly a day I didn't see him
Poor Jimmy Wilson
Poor Jimmy Wilson

He used to go out for walks on his own
With no-one to talk to at all
He'd walk in the park 'til the evening grew dark
Feeling quite incredibly small

He was sitting in the park one Sunday evening
Around about five
When along came a lady, a total stranger
Wanted young Jimmy to go with her
Poor Jimmy Wilson
Poor Jimmy Wilson

Well she was so persuasive and seemed quite friendly
So he went along
And the lady who was lonely gave him tea
And she was his friend forever after
Poor Jimmy Wilson
Poor Jimmy Wilson

Jimmy Wilson had a glass eye I could see it
And he stuttered sometimes
And he needed a girlfriend nighttimes
Didn't know how to go about it
Poor Jimmy Wilson
Poor Jimmy Wilson

All the boys used to tease him I know I did it
And he was my friend
At school we were always close together
Hardly a day I didn't see him
Poor Jimmy Wilson
Poor Jimmy Wilson

He used to go out for walks on his own
With no-one to talk to at all
He'd walk in the park 'til the evening grew dark
Feeling quite incredibly small

He was sitting in the park one Sunday evening
Around about five
When along came a lady, a total stranger
Wanted young Jimmy to go with her
Poor Jimmy Wilson
Poor Jimmy Wilson

Well she was so persuasive and seemed quite friendly
So he went along
And the lady who was lonely gave him tea
And she was his friend forever after
Poor Jimmy Wilson
Poor Jimmy Wilson

Pieces of 79 and 15
Drifting along a jumbly scene
Pieces of 79 and 15
Drifting along a jumbly scene

79 out of work people
Sitting on top of a barbarous pole
Strippers who like it and fancy a bit
And parties and songs in the night

15 more people but mostly the same
Girls down with love tell me what can you do?
Seeing your friends down a hole in the ground
With the ceiling and walls falling down.

Now I'm a union man
Amazed at what I am
I say what I think, that the company stinks
Yes I'm a union man

When we meet in the local hall
I'll be voting with them all
With a hell of a shout, it's "Out brothers, out!"
And the rise of the factory's fall

Oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

The union has made me wise
To the lies of the company spies
And I don't get fooled by the factory rules
'cause I always read between the lines

And I always get my way
If I strike for higher pay
When I show my card to the Scotland Yard
And this is what I say:

Oh, oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

Before the union did appear
My life was half as clear
Now I've got the power to the working hour
And every other day of the year

So though I'm a working man
I can ruin the government's plan
And though I'm not hard, the sight of my card
Makes me some kind of superman

Oh, oh, oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

Now I'm a union man
Amazed at what I am
I say what I think, that the company stinks
Yes I'm a union man

When we meet in the local hall
I'll be voting with them all
With a hell of a shout, it's "Out brothers, out!"
And the rise of the factory's fall

Oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

The union has made me wise
To the lies of the company spies
And I don't get fooled by the factory rules
'cause I always read between the lines

And I always get my way
If I strike for higher pay
When I show my card to the Scotland Yard
And this is what I say:

Oh, oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

Before the union did appear
My life was half as clear
Now I've got the power to the working hour
And every other day of the year

So though I'm a working man
I can ruin the government's plan
And though I'm not hard, the sight of my card
Makes me some kind of superman

Oh, oh, oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

Cousins

I walked in the city at midday, it was empty and bare
I looked in the mirror at midnight, there was nobody there.

You had become the very breath that I breathed
You were all I desired, my will to succeed
But now I know how it feels to be old out in the cold.

I walked in the city at midday, it was feeling the strain
I looked in the mirror at midnight, it was starting to rain.

I sucked on your breasts, your legs opened wide
I could scarcely believe all the pleasures inside
But now I know how it feels to be old out in the cold.

Whoever believed in astrological signs
Under my eyes your name burns in the lines
For now I know how it feels to be old out in the cold, out in the cold.

The fragile gentle butterfly with multi-coloured wings
Settles on the toadstools in the midst of fairy rings
Midsummer sounds of tinkle bells as sweet Titania sings
Or am I dreaming?
Or am I dreaming?

And I will have a castle with a drawbridge and a moat
And light my open fires with a brand new five pound note
And go off on a winter cruise in a bright red sailing boat
Or am I dreaming?
Or am I dreaming?

Pick the golden casket and you'll get what you deserve
Yards of pure white chiffon falling in a graceful curve
Crystal-clear cut chandeliers, orchids in a bowl
Mulled wine by the fire and the finest ermine stole

The water melon moon makes gentle progress in the sky
Upside down it's floating as the satellites go by
And you can hold a conversation if you're not too high
Or am I dreaming?
Or am I dreaming?

The magic mountain music man
Is really rather shy
Or am I dreaming?

Cousins

The scarecrow stood with its head held high admiring the view from the hill
The waterfall scattered its glistening jewels as the heron stood gracefully still
It seemed I looked without seeing, I failed to grasp what I saw
For all of Nature's beautiful gifts I blissfully chose to ignore.

As sandy beaches and soft swelling tides invite the inquisitive young
And caviar, oysters and pate de foie invite the discerning tongue
So comes the desire to be lost awhile in the depths of the forest glade
Midst the cool deep greens where ancient oaks cast wondrous spells in their shade.

And if sometimes I feel in retrospect a regret for the waste of my youth
Then I pause to reflect that I still have time before growing long in the tooth
To achieve all the things that I should have achieved when idleness led me astray
And being aware of what I have missed, I'm extending my use of the day.

Cousins

The scarecrow stood with its head held high admiring the view from the hill
The waterfall scattered its glistening jewels as the heron stood gracefully still
It seemed I looked without seeing, I failed to grasp what I saw
For all of Nature's beautiful gifts I blissfully chose to ignore.

As sandy beaches and soft swelling tides invite the inquisitive young
And caviar, oysters and pate de foie invite the discerning tongue
So comes the desire to be lost awhile in the depths of the forest glade
Midst the cool deep greens where ancient oaks cast wondrous spells in their shade.

And if sometimes I feel in retrospect a regret for the waste of my youth
Then I pause to reflect that I still have time before growing long in the tooth
To achieve all the things that I should have achieved when idleness led me astray
And being aware of what I have missed, I'm extending my use of the day.

Cousins

Well, it was on a night like this
We made a vow
We knew could never miss
You and me
Meant to be
So free
On a night like this

Well, it was on a night like this
The stars looked down
It was a night of bliss
In a world
Of our own
So alone
On a night like this

And if ever I get to thinking back
On the good times we have had
I think of the days before I met you
And end up feeling sad

Well, it was on a night like this
We sealed our fate
With just a single kiss
In a world
Of extremes
Simple dreams
On a night like this

Cousins

I leave you with your head buried in the pillow
Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy
As twisted as a knot, as tangled as a wire
Burning like a coal on the open fire
Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy.

I talk to you in riddles of the drunken sailor
Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy
As pretty as a rose, as bitter as a thorn
A smear of virgin blood on the broken dawn
Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy.

Now did you hear the wind, did you ride the carousel
Did you find the seaman's mission, only time can really tell
Or do you see your future in the wishing well
Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy.

I brush you with a kiss as the moonlight murmurs
Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy
As simple as defeat, as certain as a toy
Crying like a girl with the future of a boy
Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy.

She leaned forward in the lamplight
In her eyes an amber glow
She was promising the earth
And yet somehow saying no
We talked of pleasant summer days
Kew Gardens, Hampton Court
The jewellers where we bought the ring that bound us close together
Oh, how she changed with ever passing day

In the swirling misty morning
As the day begins to break
In the heavy dew her footsteps
I am floundering in her wake
Oh, how she changed with every passing day

The shutters of indifference
Have closed to bar the view
A person I once knew
Oh, how she changed with every passing day

Cousins

NRG
It's really elementary
NRG
It's time to take inventory

Take the time
To take some action soon
There will be
A chain reaction soon
Along the backstreets a fire burns

Inside
Outside

NRG
It's time to hear the voices
NRG
It's time to take some choices

Cousins-Cronk

Hold me tight, we've got a way to go tonight
We tore ourselves apart in spite of all the promises we made
Name your price but take a note of my advice
Don't ever make a sacrifice without a chance of being paid.

No return, you've reached the point of no return
You lit the fire and let it burn
You've reached the point of no return.

Right or wrong, I was with you all along
But now you're back where you belong among your family and friends
Make or break, we really made a big mistake
There's one decision left to take and that is how the story ends.

No return, you've reached the point of no return
You lit the fire and let it burn
You've reached the point of no return, no return.

Through my life is a mystery, my heart is an open page
If only you would choose to read between the lines of age.

No return, you've reached the point of no return
No return, you lit the fire and let it burn
No return, you've reached the point of no return
No return, you lit the fire and let it burn
No return, you've reached the point of no return
No return, you lit the fire ..

Cousins

There's blood in the dust where the city's heart beats
The children play games that they take from the streets
How can you teach when you've so much to learn ?
May you turn, may you turn, may you turn, may you turn
May you turn, may you turn in your grave new world ?

There is hate in your eyes, I have seen it before
Planning destruction behind the locked door
Were you the coward who fired the last shot ?
May you rot, may you rot, may you rot, may you rot
May you rot, may you rot in your grave new world ?

There is death in the air with the lights growing dim
As those who survive sing a desperate hymn
Pray that God grants you one final request
May you rest, may you rest, may you rest, may you rest
May you rest, may you rest in your grave new world ?

Cousins

There's blood in the dust where the city's heart beats
The children play games that they take from the streets
How can you teach when you've so much to learn ?
May you turn, may you turn, may you turn, may you turn
May you turn, may you turn in your grave new world ?

There is hate in your eyes, I have seen it before
Planning destruction behind the locked door
Were you the coward who fired the last shot ?
May you rot, may you rot, may you rot, may you rot
May you rot, may you rot in your grave new world ?

There is death in the air with the lights growing dim
As those who survive sing a desperate hymn
Pray that God grants you one final request
May you rest, may you rest, may you rest, may you rest
May you rest, may you rest in your grave new world ?