-------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Content -------- I am ready to learn and grow I am alone with the truth I am brave what is there to fear I am strong, God supports me I am patient, each moment of eternity I am able to help when necessary I am happy singing in the arms of God I am balanced, keeping mind and heart equal I am complete when I forget myself I am receptive to each message of love I am responsive to all that lives I am happy singing in the arms of God Enough, I am content I am content -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Day of Silence -------- When you're feeling low Try a day of silence Take things very slow Listen to the wireless Never speak a sound Sit up on the hedgerow Watch the world go round Peace will let your mind go When you've had a row Sit alone say nothing It's really funny how You quickly see that something Wonderful and warm Lies between each second In every side and out Eternity will beckon You and me We are part of a single soul And one day we will know we're one Sit and listen the word will come There is nothing beneath the sun That we can't realize And one peaceful night Will remind us that it's alright And we'll figure we owe it all To one life of silence Whispers will emerge Proud against the thunder The wind hiss precious words Erase our problems rumble Watch a speckled fawn Hear it crash like seaspray Someone sees it all We will meet him someday When you're feeling low Try a day of silence Take things very slow Maybe listen to the wireless -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Evolution -------- Well, once I was a stone, many years ago Into a pool was thrown, many years ago Time went by and the pool ran dry Excavated was I, and tempered and beat in the fiery heat By the hand of a man, whose name was Dan, Dan the blacksmith Well once I was a daisy, many years ago In pastures green and lazy, many years ago But I was et by a goat who fell in a moat And forgetting to float he sunk like a lead and stayed until dead And was relieved to find just how kind it all was Well, once I was a bullfrog, had to struggle for survival And once I was a carp and lived in waters on the meadow And once I was a mynah bird, quoting verses from the Bible I said pretty boy, pretty boy, Saint Luke (Guitar solo) Then I was born a human baby, many years ago I remember I was born unto a lady, many years ago All our hopes were piled on the back of a child Who turned out to be wild, sent the devil a prayer Caused the parson to swear so I took my leave To lie and thieve, on my way to jail Well, I've been a tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor Known good times and disaster But now I have a teacher and my teacher has a master And the master is perfection, so he'll help us get there faster Don't need no proof, 'cause that's the truth, and I'll drink to that! -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Forever’s No Time at All -------- And nothing sure is forever When forever's no time at all As I lie amongst the heather bed High above the ocean's roar I seem to hear my name being called Yet who am I waiting for And I love the lover who loves with All the love he has and more And now that the summer's ending And your baby cries out to sea I do feel that I am drowning In the love that you're sending me And now that the summer's ending And your baby cries out to sea I do feel that I am drowning In the love that you're sending me -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- His Hands -------- (Pete Townshend) [Instrumental] -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Lantern Cabin -------- (Pete Townshend) [Instrumental] -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Let's See Action -------- Let's see action. Let's see people Let's see freedom. Let's see who cares Take me with you. When you leave me And my shell behind us there I have learned it. Known who burned me Avatar has warmed my feet Take me with you. Let me see you Time and life can meet Rumor has it. Minds are open Then rumors fill them up with lies Future passing. Nothing lasting I try to scream, 'cause nothing dies Nothing is everything Everything is nothing is Please the people, audiences Break the fences, nothing is Let's see action. Let's see people Let's see freedom. In the air Let's see action. Let's see people Let's be free. Let's see who cares Let's see action. Let's see people Let's see freedom. In the air Let's see action. Let's see people Let's be free. Let's see who cares (Guitar Solo) Let's see action. Let's see people Let's see freedom. In the air Let's see action. Let's see people Let's be free. Let's see who cares Give me a drink boy wash my feet I'm so tired of running from my own heat Take this package and here's what you do Gonna get this information through I don't know where I'm going I don't know what I need But I'll get to where I'm gonna end up And that's alright by me I've been running from side to side Now I know for sure that both sides lied It's got so hard but we gotta keep trying I can't stand to see my people crying I don't know where I'm going I don't know what I need But I'll get to where I'm gonna end up And that's alright by me (Ad Libs) I don't know where I'm going I don't know what I need But I'll get to where I'm gonna end up And that's alright by me Let's see action. Let's see people Let's see freedom. In the air Let's see action. Let's see people Let's be free. Let's see who cares Let's see action. Let's see people Let's see freedom. In the air Let's see action. Let's see people Let's be free. Let's see who cares Nothing is Everything is (Ad Libs) -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Parvardigar -------- Adopted from Meher Baba's universal prayer O Parvardigar, the Preserver and Protector of all Without beginning are you Lord without end Non-dual, beyond compare, and none can measure You Without color, expression, or form, nor attributes to live You are unlimited and unfathomable Imperishable beyond conception by our minds No one can defy you ,oh God you are eternal None can see you but with eyes divine You always were, You always are, and always will be You are everywhere, in everything and beyond In the firmament above and in the deep On all the seven planes and farther on And in all that's hidden to our eyes and always see Beyond the trinity of words and in the vow You can not be perceived or no one shall repent O Parvardigar preserve protect us all Without begging are you Lord without end You always were, You always are, and always will be You are the Creator, the Lord of Lords The knower of all minds and hearts Omnipotent, omnipresent, from you we cower You are Knowledge, Infinite Bliss, Infinite Power You are the ocean of knowledge knowing all Infinitely knowing, but cannot tell The knower of the past, the present and future Crowning even this, your knowledge itself Oh merciful benevolent eternal You're the trinity of Knowledge, Truth and Bliss You are the source of Truth, The One with infinite attributes You are the ocean of love we sorely miss You always were, You always are, and always will be You are the Ancient One, the Highest of the High You are Prabhu and Parameshwar You are the Beyond God, Beyond-Beyond God also Parabrahma; Paramatma and Allah Yezdan; Ahuramazda and God the Beloved O Parvardigar, the Preserver and Protector of all Without beginning are you Lord without end You are named Ezad, the only one worthy of worship We sing the universal prayer to you Amen -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Pure and Easy -------- [Intro] There once was a note pure and easy Playing so free like a breathe rippling by The note is eternal I hear it, it sees me Forever we blend as forever we die [Chorus] I listened and I heard music in a word And words when you played your guitar The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering And a child flew past me riding in a star [Verse 1] As people assemble Civilization is trying to find a new way to die But killing is really merely scene changer All men are bored with other men's lives [Chorus] I listened and I heard music in a word And words when you played your guitar The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering And a child flew past me riding in a star [Bridge] We all know success when we all find our own dream And our love is enough to knock down any wall And the future's been seen as men try to realize The simple secret of the note in us all In us all [Guitar solo] [Chorus] I listened and I heard music in a word And words when you played your guitar The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering And a child flew past me riding in a star [Verse 2] Today is the day the sound curdles mountains Flowing and blowing each man in its wake Destroying itself in the end with vibration There's nothing on earth it's challenge can take [Intro reprise] Accepting one note Accepting one note pure and easy Playing so free like breath rippling by Accepting one note Accepting one note [Outro] Listen There once was a note - listen (pure and easy) There once was a note - listen (pure and easy) There once was a note - listen (pure and easy) There once was a note - listen (pure and easy) There once was a note - listen (pure and easy) There once was a note - listen (pure and easy) There once was a note - listen (pure and easy) There once was a note - listen (pure and easy) -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Sheraton Gibson -------- I'm sitting' in the Sheraton Gibson playing' my Gibson And boy do I wanna go home I'm sitting' in the Sheraton Gibson playing' my Gibson And boy do I feel all alone Cleveland, you blow my mind Cleveland, I wish I were home this time Don't want to be unkind But I'm sitting' in the Sheraton Gibson playing' my Gibson Thinking' 'bout a sunny barbeque I'm sitting in the Sheraton Gibson playing' my Gibson And my mind is a Cleveland afternoon Cleveland, you blow my mind Cleveland, I wish I were home this time Don't wanna be unkind Cleveland, you blow my mind Cleveland, I wish I were home this time Don't wanna be unkind Oh Cleveland, you blow my mind Oh Cleveland, I wish I were home this time Don't wanna be unkind But I'm sitting in the Sheraton Gibson playing' my Gibson And boy do I wanna go home -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Sleeping Dog -------- Sleeping dog by the open fire You're sleeping your life away You don't know how far you've got to go Or the trouble that you'll have to face Yet all I can do is love you Provide you with some fun and food All I can do is love you And that is what I do Sleeping children laying in your beds Tomorrow you'll be back at school You look so young but you've come so far You'll never be any soul's fool All I can do is love you Provide you with some fun and food All I can do is love you And that is what I do (instrumental verse) All I can do is love you Provide you with some fun and food All I can do is love you And that is what I do Now I'm going up to my wife Baba I pray to you Love me just a little like I love them And I can do some sleeping too All I can do is love you Provide you with a song All I can do is love you Like you've been loving me all along All I can do is love you Provide you with a verse or two All I can do is love you And that is what I do -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- The Love Man -------- When you and I are having problems Pretend you're simpley me, and I am you Watch the way we weep and slip under Making love before the evening through Say hello to the love man You can't afford to pass him by Say hello to the love man Now I've said it, don't forget it, you'd regret it Or tomorrow, die Don't you know that he's in our town Someone wrote it on the wall Just for us he can be found But do we really need to call Care at all Say hello to the love man You can't afford to pass him by Say hello to the love man Now I've said it, don't forget it, you'd regret it If tomorrow he should die Yaaaah (Guitar Solo) Tickle me don't let me hear him singing Dance for me don't let me see his face Sing for me don't answer any questions Love me don't love him don't lead the race He didn't even come out of his caravan Just swung these leapers out the door How can you imagine that he's human Can I match your money you have seen before Never less I will Say hello to the love man You can't afford to pass him by Say hello to the love man Now I've said it, don't forget it, you'd regret it Cause tomorrow he's going to die Say hello to the love man Say hello to the love man Say hello to the love man -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- The Seeker -------- I've looked under chairs I've looked under tables I've tried to find the key To fifty million fables Chorus: They call me The Seeker I've been searching low and high I won't get to get what I'm after Till the day I die I asked Bobby Dylan I asked The Beatles I asked Timothy Leary But he couldn't help me either Chorus People tend to hate me 'Cause I never smile As I ransack their homes They want to shake my hand Focusing on nowhere Investigating miles I'm a seeker I'm a really desperate man I won't get to get what I'm after Till the day I die I learned how to raise my voice in anger Yeah, but look at my face, ain't this a smile? I'm happy when life's good And when it's bad I cry I've got values but I don't know how or why I'm looking for me You're looking for you We're looking in at each other And we don't know what to do Chorus -------- 1972 Who Came First -------- -------- Time Is Passing -------- I'm playing my guitar while my sister bangs the jar The glass sets up a sound like people laughing It's going to my brain and it's easing all my pain I must hear this sound again 'cause time is passing Mmm I'm walking by the sea and the shingle sings for me The crabs are swimming down among the starfish The rocks all clatter down and the seagulls fly around But the whole trip rubs it in that time is passing, passing Find it, I got to hear it all again... My heart has heard the sound of harmony Blind to it, as my tears fall again It's only by the music I'll be free There's something in the whisper of the trees Millions hear it, still they can't believe There are echoes of it splashing in the waves As an empire of dead men leave their graves Don't listen to people talk, don't listen to 'em selling souls Don't listen to me or words from men above Don't hear it in your needs and don't hear it in your greed's Just hear it in the sound of time a passing Find it, I got to hear it all again My heart has heard the sound of harmony Blind to it, as my tears fall again It's only by the music I'll be free -------- 1977 Rough Mix -------- -------- Annie -------- Old oaks stand tall, Annie Seen the world grow small, Annie But when they fall, Annie Where will we be? Winter has come, Annie No strength in the sun, Annie And when it's gone, Annie Where shall we be? When all the colors have faded When old Jack comes to call Don't tell him no, tell him maybe Oh Annie, may God bless us all Oh yeah Annie, may God bless us all Hear the children call, Annie Every leaf must fall, Annie God bless us all, Annie Wherever we'll be And God bless us all Annie Wherever we'll be -------- 1977 Rough Mix -------- -------- April Fool -------- [Verse: Ronnie Lane] She said, I'll see you in the morning, darlin' I'll see you when the kids have gone to school Well I know tomorrow is your birthday I know you know that you're an April fool [Chorus] We used to roam so freely It's been so long I take my dreams to bed now Where they belong, long gone [Verse] She said, there's dust and cobwebs on your North Star There's no more frost and campfires in your hair I see your wheels, they're rustin' in the backyard I know that we're not goin' anywhere [Chorus] We used to roam so freely And it's been so long I take my dreams to bed now Where they belong, long gone -------- 1977 Rough Mix -------- -------- Catmelody -------- I'm on my own, I'm all alone I sowed those seeds and now my harvest's home And I guess this party's over 'cause I'm on my own My friends they said "so long" My days were full, my skies were blue But I got wise and I acted like a fool And now my nights, the morning after feeling like a fool I'm feeling black and blue Well, all them back street women, whoo All that homemade liquor's left me here Well, just like some old bottle that the tide has left Washed up beneath the pier (There's a message in here somewhere) This story's old, this heart is cold This old street corner's heard it all before But if I can bum just one more wad I'll say so long, you hear, I'm going home [Solo] Well, last night the joint was jumping With all those smart-ass gamblers and my booze Well, they must have seen me coming Cause these cradle marks, they're pretty hard to lose (I bet you used right now) This story's old, this heart is cold This old trash can's seen it all before But if I can bum just one more wad I'll say so long, you hear, I'm going home I'll say so long, you hear, I'm going home I'll say so long, I guess I'm on my own I'll say so long, there's one down the road -------- 1977 Rough Mix -------- -------- Heart To Hang Onto -------- [Verse: Ronnie Lane] Johnny boy, he's always proppin' up the bar He sees life crystallized through his jar Says he only lives for beer But deep in his heart is a cry of fear [Chorus: Pete Townshend] Give me a heart to hang onto Give me a soul that's tailored new Give me a heart to hang onto A heart to hang onto [Verse: Ronnie Lane] Oh, Sally seems to get bigger everyday She evens out in a contented way A finger on the pulse of every guy But deep in the night you can hear her cry [Chorus: Pete Townshend] Give me a heart to hang onto Give me a life that's tailored new Give me a heart to hang onto Oh please, a heart to hang onto [Bridge: Pete Townshend] Give me heart to hang onto Give me a soul that's tailored new Give me a heart to hang onto Give me a heart to hang onto [Verse: Ronnie Lane] Danny, he wants to save for a new guitar He's going to learn to play but he won't get far He thinks it's an easy going high But his whole life is just another try [Chorus: Pete Townshend] Give me a heart to hang onto Give me a suit that's tailored true Give me a heart to hang onto A heart to hang on I need a heart I need a heart I need a heart I need a heart To hang onto To hang onto To hang onto To hang on, I need a heart To hang onto To hang onto To hang onto To hang onto, yeah, I need a heart To hang onto To hang onto To hang onto To hang onto To hang onto, I need a heart To hang onto, I need a heart To hang onto, I need a heart -------- 1977 Rough Mix -------- -------- Keep Me Turning -------- [Verse] River's getting higher No wood for the fire They saw the messiah But I guess I missed him again That brings my score to a hundred and ten The water's getting closer Better ring up the grocer Stack up the potatoes Oh, Jack are you ever coming back Will your operatic soul turn black? [Chorus] Keep me turning, oh keep me Keep me burning for your sun Keep me turning Don't you leave me till the very last Keep me turning, I'm hanging on Stop me yearning, I've had enough Keep me turning While I hand in my backstage pass [Verse] Children are smiling Parents are wining Bow tie tying For the big day ahead real soon Is there really gonna be no room? I got a ticket Just gotta get past the picket They say that the trick is to walk in backwards Like you're walking out I guess the lord's wearing glasses now [Chorus] Keep me turning, oh keep me on Keep me burning for your sun Keep me turning Don't you leave me till the very last Keep me turning, I'm hanging on Stop me yearning, I've had enough Keep me turning While I hand in my backstage pass [Solo] [Chorus] Keep me turning, oh keep me on Keep me burning for your sun Keep me turning Don't you leave me till the very last Keep me turning, I'm hanging on Stop me yearning, I've had enough Keep me turning While I hand in my backstage pass Keep me turning Keep me turning Turning, turning, turning, turning Turning, turning, turning, turning Turning, turning, turning, turning Turning, turning, turning, turning -------- 1977 Rough Mix -------- -------- Misunderstood -------- Just wanna be misunderstood Wanna be feared in my neighborhood Just wanna be a moody man Say things that nobody can understand I wanna be obscure and oblique Inscrutable and vague, so hard to pin down I wanna leave open mouths when I speak Want people to cry when I put them down I wanna be either old or young Don't like where I've ended up or where I begun I always feel I must get things in the can I just can't handle it the way I am Why am I so straight and simple People see through me like I'm made of glass Why can't I deepen with graying temples Am I growing out of my class? [Harmonica Solo] I always feel I should be somewhere else I feel impatient, like a girl on the shelf They say that I should live "sera, sera" But I am such an ordinary star Cool walking smooth talking straight smoking fire stoking Cool walking smooth talking, yeah Just wanna be misunderstood I wanna be feared in my neighborhood Just wanna be a moody man Say things that nobody can understand (Cool walking smooth talking straight smoking fire stoking) Yeah (Cool walking smooth talking straight smoking fire stoking) Cool walking smooth talking (Cool walking smooth talking straight smoking fire stoking) Straight smoking fire stoking (Cool walking smooth talking straight smoking fire stoking) Yeah Hey baby -------- 1977 Rough Mix -------- -------- My Baby Gives It Away -------- My baby wakes in the deep of the night She doesn't need it, but she says it's all right My baby digs him 'cause I'm rollin' away My baby gives it up every day My baby gives it, she gives it away My baby gives it up every day My baby, she just gives it away When you're alone in some city hotel You can get comforted by ringing a bell You might go pick up a girl on the street But my baby gives it up totally free My baby's countin' won't cause you alarm My baby's brother never break-a your arm My baby, ha ha, I love her She's cheap Oooooooooh yeah Oooooooooh My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby You better buy yourself a new pair of shoes And walk for a lifetime on the page you knew You better buy yourself a 'lectric guitar You better play, there's no other way to beat the blues I beat 'em! My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby She gives it away, every day, every way My baby just gives it away My baby My baby's momma is a singular girl She brought up her daughter and she brought her up well I'm breathing normal 'cause she took it away My baby gives it up every day My baby gives it, she gives it away My baby gives it up every day My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby My baby How I love her, yeah My baby, my baby, she just gives it away My baby, my baby, she just gives it away My baby, my baby, gives it away Let me tell you, my baby, she just gives it away My baby, every day My baby gives it up every day My baby gives it, just gives it away -------- 1977 Rough Mix -------- -------- Nowhere to Run -------- Make no sail for a gift of the wind Drives you slow for this dream never ends All my family and all of my friends They know there's nowhere to run In the morning they head for the sun Leave your shadows behind what you done I have tried but I never have won Because there's nowhere to run Well, Michael's rowing Where's he going? What's he saying? Well, that's right Yeah, that's right Ghost of old sailor long since been dead Smokin' his pipe and he's scratching his head It's bad news, but I heard what he said He said there's nowhere to run Michael's rowing Where's he going? What's he saying? Well, that's right Yeah, that's right Make no sail for a gift of the wind Drives you slow for this dream never ends All my family and all of my friends They know there's nowhere to run -------- 1977 Rough Mix -------- -------- Street In The City -------- Street in the city Street in the city on a workin' day Street in the city Street in the city on a workin' day There's a man up on that ledge He's only cleaning windows What a shame, who's to blame For the pain we're missin'? Going to lean back on my wall And pray for him to fall See that man going in the bank with a blue suit? He's carrying a bag full of very important paper There's old Mac trying to busk with his new flute Did you read about the Cambridge raper? Street in the city Street in the city on a workin' day Street in the city Street in the city on a workin' day Those girls pass every day They seem to think I'm funny It's just a game that they're playing Till they can claim their personal man Gonna lean back on my wall And pray for her knickers to fall See that woman with a bun in her hair? Don't she know that ain't still done anywhere? See that man going in the Wig and Pen? He was charged with telling lies again I see the world go by as I lean against my wall I watch as Fleet Street makes new heroes rise and fall The news is written in the eyes of us all One is a sinner, the next is a saint But most of us worry about showing up late I'm going to lean back on my wall And pray for him to fall Street in the city Street in the city on a workin' day Street in the city Street in the city on a workin' day There's a man up on that ledge He's only cleanin' windows What a shame, who's to blame for the pain? -------- 1977 Rough Mix -------- -------- Till the Rivers All Run Dry -------- [Chorus] Till the rivers all run dry Till the sun falls from the sky Till life on earth is through I'll be needing you [Verse] I know sometimes you may wonder From little things I say and do But there's no need for you to wonder If I need you, 'cause I'll need you [Chorus] Till the rivers all run dry Till the sun falls from the sky Till life on earth is through I'll be needing you [Verse] Too many times I don't tell you Too many things get in the way And even though sometimes I hurt you Still you show me, in every way [Chorus] Till the rivers all run dry Till the sun falls from the sky Till life on earth is through I'll be needing you -------- 1980 Empty Glass -------- -------- A Little is Enough -------- [Verse 1] They say that love often passes in a second And you can never catch it up So I'm hanging on to you as though eternity beckoned But it's clear that the match is rough [Chorus 1] Common sense's tell me not to try'n continue But I'm after a piece of that diamond in you So keep an eye open My spirit ain't broken Your love is so incredible Your body so edible You give me an overdose of love Just a little is enough [Verse 2] I'm like a connoisseur of champagne cognac The perfume nearly beats the taste I eat an oyster and I feel the contact But more than one would be a waste [Chorus 2] Some people want an endless line that's true But all I have is a little time with you A smile sets me reeling A kiss feel like stealing Your love is like heroin This addict is mellowing I can't pretend that I'm tough Just a little is enough {Instrumental} [Verse 3] Just like a sailor heading into the seas There's a gale blowing in my face The high winds scare me but I need the breeze And I can't head for any other place [Chorus 3] Life would seem so easy on the other tack But even a hurricane won't turn me back You might be an island On the distant horizon But the little I see Looks like heaven to me I don't care if the ocean gets rough Just a little is enough [Chorus 1] -------- 1980 Empty Glass -------- -------- And I Moved -------- And I moved As I saw him looking in through my window His eyes were silent lies And I moved And I saw him standing in the doorway His figure merely filled the space And I moved But I moved toward him And I moved And his hands felt like ice exciting As he laid me back just like an empty dress And I moved But a minute later, he was weeping His tears, his only truth And I moved But I moved toward him I moved toward him -------- 1980 Empty Glass -------- -------- Cat's in the Cupboard -------- Cats in the cupboard You've got to set him free Cats in the cupboard You've got to set him free Cats in the cupboard You've got to set him free, yeah Rats on the high street You've got to let 'em be Rats on the high street You've got to let 'em be Rats on the high street Can't you let them be? While you're racing People wasting Life's enthralling People are calling While you're weeping Blood is seeping While you're dancing No one's answering me, no Never get an answer Cats? It's cool for rats! Cats in the cupboard You've got to set him free Cats in the cupboard You've got to set him free Cats in the cupboard You've got to set him free, yeah, yeah Rats on the high street You've got to let 'em be Rats on the high street You've got to let 'em be Rats on the high street Can't you let them be, yeah? While you're racing People wasting Life's enthralling People are calling While you're weeping Blood is seeping While you're dancing No one's answering me Nobody's answering me Nobody's answering me, yeah Cats? Nobody's answering I never gonna get an answer Nobody's answering You've gotta let 'em be, yeah Nobody's answering Nobody's answering No one, no one No one is answering No one -------- 1980 Empty Glass -------- -------- Empty Glass -------- EMPTY GLASS Why was I born today Life is useless like Ecclesiastes say I never had a chance But opportunity's now in my hands I stand with my guitar All I need's a mirror Then I'm a star I'm so sick of dud TV Next time you switch on You might see me...oh.what a thrill for you I've been there and gone there I've lived there and bummed there I've spinned there, I gave there I drank there and I slaved there I've had enough of the way things been done Every man on a razors edge Someone has used us to kill with the same gun Killing each other by driving a wedge My life's a mess I wait for you to pass I stand here at the bar, I hold an empty glass Why was I born today Life is useless like Ecclesiastes say I didn't get a chance Opportunity's in my hand I stand with my guitar All I need's a mirror Then I'm a star I'm so sick of dud TV Next time you switch on You might see me... I've been there and gone there I've lived there and bummed there I've spinned there, I gave there I drank there and I slaved there I've had enough of the way things have been done Every man on a razors edge Someone has used us to shoot with the same gun We where killing each other by driving a wedge My life's a mess I wait for you to pass I stand here at the bar, I hold an empty glass Don't worry smile and dance You just can work life out Don't let down moods entrance you Take the wine and shout My life's a mess I wait for you to pass I stand here at the bar, I hold an empty glass -------- 1980 Empty Glass -------- -------- Gonna Get Ya -------- I'm walking - Stand still Not running - Sit tight Soft talking - I'm thrilled Not gunning - By your light Not flying - Lady I'm falling - This way I'm not crying - Maybe I'm calling And I'm going to get you anyway I'm gonna get you, yeah I'm gonna get you anyway, yeah I'm cooking - Hot me Not raping - Blue eyes I'm just looking - You got me Not gaping - No lies I'm not chasing - Lady I'm trailing - This way I'm not racing - Crazy I'm wailing And I'm gonna get you anyway I'm gonna get you, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm gonna get you anyway, yeah I'm gonna get you anyway (By sheer persistence) I'm gonna get you anyway (Break down your resistance) I'm gonna get you anyway (Babe, I'm gonna woo ya) I'm gonna get you anyway (Girl, I'm gonna do ya) I'm gonna get you anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah, woo I'm gonna get you anyway I'm gonna get you anyway I'm gonna get you anyway I'm gonna get you anyway I'm gonna get you anyway I'm gonna get you anyway Girl, I'm gonna do ya I'm gonna get you anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah Athletic - Boogey down Hustle - Turn back Feel pathetic - Sugar town No muscle - Soul hack I'm jumping - You move No dancer - Beside me I'm thumping - You prove Don't get no answer But I'm gonna get you anyway I'm gonna get you, gonna get you, gonna get you, gonna get you I'm gonna get you anyway -------- 1980 Empty Glass -------- -------- I Am an Animal -------- I was always here in the silence But I was never under your eye Gather up your love in some wiseness For every memory shall always survive And you will see me I am an animal My teeth are sharp, and my mouth is full And the passion is so strong When I'm alone, loneliness will change me I am a vegetable I get my body badly pulled And I'm rooted to the spot Nothing will rearrange me I'm looking back, and I can't see the past Anymore, so hazy I'm on a track, and I'm travelling so fast Oh, for sure I'm crazy I am a human being And I don't believe all the things I'm seeing I've got nowhere to hide anymore I'm losing my way I am an angel I booked in here, I came straight from hell And I don't know how to lie anymore I'm boozing to pray I'm looking back, and I can't see the past Anymore, so hazy I'm on a track, and I'm travelling so fast Oh, for sure I'm crazy I was always here in the silence But I was never under your eye Gather up your love in some wiseness Every memory shall always survive And you will see me I will be immersed Queen of the fucking Universe And I don't know what I have anymore Anymore than you do I am a nothing king Been right around on a golden ring I don't know where you are anymore I've got no clue I'm looking back, and I can't see the past Anymore, so hazy I'm on a track, and I'm travelling so fast Oh, for sure I'm crazy I am an animal -------- 1980 Empty Glass -------- -------- Jools and Jim -------- Anyone can have an opinion Anyone can join in and jump Anyone can pay or just stay away Anyone can crash and thump But did you read the stuff that Julie said? Little Jimmy with his hair dyed red? They don't give a shit Keith Moon is dead Is that exactly what I thought I read? Typewriter tappers You're all just crappers You listen to love with your intellect A4 pushers You're all just cushions Morality ain't measured in a room He wrecked Anyone can by some leather Ain't no better than wearing sheep Anyone can sell lucky heather You can see that words are cheap But did you read the stuff that Julie said? Or little Jimmy with his hair dyed red? They have a standard of perfection there That you and me can never ever share Typewriter bangers on You're all just hangers on Everyone's human 'cept Jools and Jim Late copy churners Rock and roll learners Your heart's are melting in pools Of gin But I know for sure that if we met up eye to eye A little wine would bring us closer, you and I 'Cause you're right, hypocrisy will be the death of me And there's an I before E when your spelling ecstasy And you, you two Did you hear the stuff that Krishna said? Or know for you that Jesus' blood was shed? Is it in your heart or in your head? Or does the truth lie in the centre spread? Anyone can have an opinion Anyone can join in and jump Anyone can pay or just stay away Anyone can crash and thump Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma, O.K -------- 1980 Empty Glass -------- -------- Keep on Working -------- I was digging in the yard today When a letter came from Southampton way Keep on working Keep on working I must admit, I was a bit in the red But if you never have pleasure, then you could be dead Keep on working Keep on working Keep on working Keep on working But there's one thing They can't take away Hear the sea sing See a smiling face I think we're ok Though we all could be mad Well, that's what they say We just can't all be bad I got something now to think about I'll work all day but not to pay it out Keep on working Keep on working Don't care if they say we are a dying race I'd rather be here than any other place Keep on working Keep on working Keep on working Keep on working And there's another whirl They can't ever touch Just need a boy and girl And it don't cost you much And if your luck is in You might have kids at play To make you laugh and sing When you're old and grey Keep on working Keep on working Keep on working Keep on working I was digging in the yard today When a letter came from Southampton way Keep on working Keep on working I got to admit, I was a bit in the red But if you never have pleasure, then you might as well be dead Keep on working Keep on working Keep on working Keep on working And there's another whirl They can't ever touch Just need a boy and girl And it don't cost you much And if your luck is in You might have kids at play They'll make you laugh and sing When you're old and grey Keep on working, keep on working Keep on working, keep on working Keep on working, keep on working Keep on working, keep on working Keep on working, keep on working Keep on working, keep on working Keep on working, keep on working Keep on working, work -------- 1980 Empty Glass -------- -------- Let My Love Open the Door -------- [Verse 1] When people keep repeating That you'll never fall in love When everybody keeps retreating But you can't seem to get enough [Pre-Chorus] Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the door To your heart [Chorus] Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the door [Verse 2] When everything feels all over Everybody seems unkind I'll give you a four leaf clover Take all worry out of your mind [Pre-Chorus] Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the door To your heart [Chorus] Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the door [Bridge] I have the only key to your heart I can stop you falling apart Try today, you'll find this way Come on and give me a chance to say Let my love open the door, it's all I'm living for Release yourself from misery There's only one thing gonna set you free That's my love, that's my love [Pre-Chorus] Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the door [Verse 3] When tragedy befalls you Don't let it drag you down Love can cure your problems You're so lucky I'm around [Pre-Chorus] Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the door To your heart [Instrumental Chorus] -------- 1980 Empty Glass -------- -------- Rough Boys -------- Tough boys Running the streets Come a little closer Rough toys Under the sheets Nobody knows her Rough boys Don't walk away I very nearly missed you Tough boys Come over here I wanna bite and kiss you I wanna see what I can find Tough kids Take a bottle of wine When your deal is broken Ten quid She's so easy to find Not a word is spoken Rough boys Don't walk away I feel pretty blissed here Tough boy I'm gonna carry you home You got pretty pissed, dear Gonna get inside you Gonna get inside your bitter mind I wanna see what I can find Rough boys Don't walk away I wanna buy your leather Make noise Try and talk me away We can't be seen together Tough kids What can I do? I'm so pale and weedy Rough fits In my Hush Puppy shoes But I'm still pleading Pleading, bleeding, fining, whining, shining I wanna see what I can find Tough boys Running the streets Come a little closer Rough toys Under the sheets Nobody knows her Rough boys Don't you walk away I very nearly missed you Tough boys Come over here I wanna bite and kiss you I wanna see what I can find -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Communication -------- Comma comma-comma comma-comma comma-ca-ca-ca-ca Commai comma-commai comma-commai comma-ca-ca-ca-ca Commu-a commu-a commu-a commun Communicate Selbstdarstellung Gay Talese Ronald Rocking Euthanasia Use the words like flowing river touches Embraces parting hard steel surfaces revealing pages Beneath the water skin broken like ice flows Smashed by iron bows on the back of a whale Comma comma-comma comma-comma comma-ca-ca-ca-ca Commai comma-commai comma-commai comma-ca-ca-ca-ca Commu-a commu-a commu-a commun Communicate Selbstarstellung Open hearted Soon forgotten But never parted Com com communicate Communication Communicate communicate Via satellite or solid state Never never hesitate Communicate communicate Communicate communicate Never never hesitate Reaching, leaning, scratching vainly Faces dancing, locked lipped, between thigh secret Briolette tears drip from frozen masks As all those death-throe questions don't get asked Comma comma-comma comma-comma comma-ca-ca-ca-ca Commai comma-commai comma-commai comma-ca-ca-ca-ca Commu-a commu-a commu-a commun Communicate Communicate Communicate communicate Via satellite or solid state Never never hesitate Communicate communicate Communicate communicate Never never hesitate Communicate Never hesitate Never never hesitate Communicate communicate Yeah Comma comma-comma comma-comma comma-ca-ca-ca-ca Commai comma-commai comma-commai comma-ca-ca-ca-ca Commu-a commu-a commu-a commun Communicate Communication Communication Communication Communication -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Dance It Away -------- They say we've got nothing left, (Nothing on the ground) They say we used it all up (in the desert ground) Got to be so careful with the rest (we'll break it down) Or else the nukes are gonna play it tough Well, I can't stand pessimistic, (uptown) My creepers got to have their faith , (wait around) There's only one answer I can think of, (another sound) Just get up and dance it away Dance it away Come on and Dance it away Come on and dance it away Get up and dance it away There are children at the bottom of the ocean, (body now) And, it's so hard to be so far away, (all around) Some people have forgotten the explosion, (buff your shoes) Still throwing punches everyday We'll still like to think we're human, (and we will say) And we're gonna drown in our own sweet way, (will get you down) At times it looks confusing, (take it back) But, Mr. Can we dance it away Dance it away Come on and dance it away Dance it away Get up and dance it away Don't worry, Don't worry, Don't worry Just dance it away (music break) Don't worry, Don't worry, Don't worry Just dance it away They say we've got nothing left, (nothing on the ground) They say we used it all up, (in the desert ground) Got to be so careful with the rest, (we'll break it down) Or else the nukes are gonna play it tough Well, I can't stand because of my stick, (uptown) My creepers got to have their faith, (wait around) There's only one answer I can think of, (another sound) Just get up and dance it away Come on dance it away Why don't you just dance it away Come on and dance it away Get up and dance it away Don't worry, Don't worry, Don't worry Just dance it away -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Exquisitely Bored -------- The tissue box is empty No coffee for my cream Dogs howl in the alley Crazy women scream Some kids shout from their pick up truck They're stoned on life and beer Fifty radios playing in this street But I'm still hardly here Exquisitely bored in California We take our trouble to the Crest Exquisitely bored in California Exquisitely bored, just like all the rest When the sun shines, things'll get moving You feel close to the stars There are good times walking in Laguna But it rains in my heart The peasants here are starving They look like barrels out in space Pray TV looks like pay TV to me It's just a curse on the human race I take a drive up to L.A In my gas guzzling limousine There's a whole lot of crazy people up there Living out a life in sweet ennui Exquisitely bored in California We take frustration to the Crest Exquisitely bored in California Exquisitely bored, just like all the rest When the sun shines, things'll get moving You feel close to the stars There are good times walking in Laguna But it rains in my heart Exquisitely bored in California We take our trouble to the Crest Exquisitely bored in California Exquisitely bored, just like all the rest -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Face Dances Part Two -------- I watch you sit and twitching With a match between your teeth You seem to have a knack of moving it It's in time to the beat Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight I can't be distracted By the stuttering of the kids I just sit, enraptured By your fluttering eyelids Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight I can only stare You make me feel Like I don't care I can only stare You make me feel Like I don't care I can only stare You make me feel Like I don't care Your eyes explain a story That never had a start Your brow reveals the glory That's hidden in your heart Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight Your skin is fine china White as winter snows Your lips are always shining Turning up your nose Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight (I can only stare) Face dances tonight (You make me feel) Fate chances moonlight (Like I don't care) Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight (I can only stare) Face dances tonight (You make me feel) Fate chances moonlight (Like I don't care) Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight (I can only stare) Face dances tonight (You make me feel) Fate chances moonlight (Like I don't care) Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight (I can only stare) Face dances tonight (You make me feel) Fate chances moonlight (Like I don't care) Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight (I can only stare) Face dances tonight (You make me feel) Fate chances moonlight (Like I don't care) Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight (I can only stare) Face dances tonight (You make me feel) Fate chances moonlight (Like I don't care) Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Man Watching -------- He's a fool let's you know's who you say You can see him coming a mile away He's got his lapel cut just a little over displayed And his shoes could be a problem could get in the way Watch that man He's your problem Got something for ya between his toes Watch that man He's your contact He's got his feather shoved right up your nose He was born in the future He's getting born here sometime soon Getting born in the future He may made up this rule They put out a police description out for this guy You know the kind of a guy with a kind of disguise I don't know quite if his shoulders are wide Or quite blue was his blue blue eyes How wide are his ties How smooth are his eyes How big are his feet He dresses so neat But he's being followed, followed in the street right now Just like you and me Too tong too chong who really cares If your born with long blond hair On the boarder was the smoggers and bald pieores And down on 42nd street with all the love flow whores Watch that man He's your problem Got something for ya between his toes Watch that man He's your contact He's got his feather shoved right up your nose He was born in the future Tomorrow we can bring another for the new world Tomorrow we will bring another soul Tomorrow we can bring another for the new world Tomorrow we will bring another soul Tomorrow we can bring another for the new world Tomorrow we will bring another soul Tomorrow we can bring another for the new world Tomorrow we will bring another soul He was born in the future He's getting born here sometime soon Getting born in the future He may made up this rule -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- North Country Girl -------- When you travel to the green hills of Ayr Where the sea breaks windows on the border line Remember me to a girl who lives there For she once was a true love of mine Please see for me that her red hair is long And flows and curls down to her back and breast Please see for me that her red hair is long For that's the way I remember her best North country girl (Oh-oh-oh) North country girl (Oh-oh-oh) North country girl (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) North country girl See that she's warm when the summer ends When trees are bare and the rivers freeze She washes her clothes where the river bends She's working on her knees See for me that her coat's pulled up close And her beret frames her sweet, pretty face See that she's warm and drink her a toast For I am exiled in a lonely place Please let me know if she remembers me at all A hundred times I've hoped and prayed That way up there near the Roman wall She didn't suffer when the fall-out sprayed North country girl (Oh-oh-oh) North country girl (Oh-oh-oh) North country girl (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) North country girl -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Slit Skirts (Ft. Pete Townshend) -------- SLIT SKIRTS I was just thirty-four years old and I was still wandering in a haze I was wondering why everyone I met seemed like they were Lost in a maze I don't know why I thought I should have some kind of Divine right to the blues It's sympathy not tears people need when they're the Front page sad news The incense burned away and the stench began to rise And lovers now estranged avoided catching each others' eyes And girls who lost their children cursed the men who fit the coil And men not fit for marriage took their refuge in the oil No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned From all this you'd imagine that there must be something learned Slit skirts, Jeanie never wears those slit skirts I don't ever wear no ripped shirts Can't pretend that growing older never hurts Knee pants, Jeanie never wears no knee pants Have to be so drunk to try a new dance So afraid of every new romance Slit skirts, slit skirt Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt She wouldn't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt Wouldn't be seen dead in no slit skirt Slit skirts, slit skirt Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt She wouldn't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt Wouldn't be seen dead in no slit skirt Romance, romance, why aren't we thinking up romance? Why can't we drink it up true heart romance Just need a brief new romance Let me tell you some more about myself, you know I'm sitting at home just now The big events of the day are passed and the late TV shows have come around I'm number one in the home team, but I still feel unfulfilled A silent voice in her broken heart complaining that I'm unskilled And I know that when she thinks of me, she thinks of me as him But, unlike me, she don't work off her frustration in the gym Recriminations fester and the past can never change A woman's expectations run from both ends of the range Once she walked with untamed lovers' face between her legs Now he's cooled and stifled and it's she who has to beg Slit skirts, Jeanie never wears those slit skirts And I don't ever wear no ripped shirts Can't pretend that growing older never hurts Knee pants, Jeanie never wears no knee pants We have to be so drunk to try a new dance So afraid of every new romance Slit skirts, slit skirt Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt She wouldn't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt Wouldn't be seen dead in no slit skirt Slit skirts, slit skirt Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt She wouldn't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt Wouldn't be seen dead in no slit skirt Romance, romance, why aren't we thinking up romance? Why can't we drink it up true heart romance Just need a brief new romance -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Somebody Saved Me -------- I stood at the door beside her But she wouldn't let me pass I was such a bore and I lied to her I said I didn't really want her ass I went away in the mud and rain The gang became snide and laughed I was slayed but I smiled and the pain Began to subside at last And when I got back to my hotel I wondered if the thunder meant I'd landed in hell And on the forecourt, I slipped and fell I cracked my stupid head and I heard a bell I thought, hey Somebody saved me, it happened again Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven 'Cause if I'd had her for just an hour I'd have wanted her forever Somebody saved me You would have thought that I'd have learned Twenty years ago or more A beautiful girl raised her mouth and yearned But I didn't know what lips were for I ran away in the mud and rain The weather here is never too bright She'd had an affray with her man and came For solace and the means to fight She finally bored with seducing me And took up with some geezer from the Ealing scene It nearly killed him like it would've killed me When her original man snapped his fingers and she obeyed, she obeyed But somebody saved me, it happened again Somebody saved me, yeah, I thank you, my friend Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven 'Cause if I'd had her for just an hour I'd have wanted her forever I don't know about guardian angels All I know about's staying alive I can't shout about spiritual labels When little ones die and big ones thrive All I know is that I've been making it And there've been times that I didn't deserve to Every show, there's been more faking it But right at the point of no return Somebody saves me, again and again Somebody saves me, I thank you, my friend Somebody saves me, from a fate worse than heaven 'Cause if I blew it for a single moment I'd blow it forever But somebody saves me I took up the connection once Made me feel quite aloof I never could queue to collect my lunch While I was pursuing the truth So I left my folks in the mud and rain It always rains in Sunnyside Road I lived hippy jokes, getting stoned insane 'Til the rain looked just like snow But there was a soul in whom I could depend He worked himself crazy while I laid in bed I never leaned on a person like I leaned right then And when I finally woke up clean My friend was dead, stone dead Somebody saved me, it happened again Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend Somebody saved me, I ain't ready for heaven 'Cause if I'd seen you for a second I'd have wanted to see you forever Somebody saved me Somebody saved me -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Stardom In Acton -------- Stardom in Acton, that's all they got Stardom in Acton, that's all they got Stardom in Acton, that's all they got Just like the grub that wriggles to the top of the mass I'm the first to get hooked Just like the stub of that long cigarette full of hash I'm the last to get booked But I'm capable My love's inescapable Conquering lethargy I've got energy (Stardom) I want a hit Want my tan, want my cash, want my innocence (Stardom) I want a script Want my band, want my stash, want omnipotence I'll go where the senescent soldier retires And shiver in south California Watching the storms and the tangling wires And rivers that meet on the corner Like some prostitute Handing 'round the loot I am not ashamed I will stake a claim (Stardom) Born in a trunk Got my home, got my car, got stability (Stardom) I'm Hollywood's son All alone don't admire anonymity I'm so angry that you turned me on I didn't remain your friend too long I'm so angry that you turned me on I didn't stay your friend for too long I'm so angry that you let me see My totally futile destiny I'm so angry, you interrupted my dream Now I know that the power rests in me (Stardom) I want a hit Want my tan, want my cash, want my innocence (Stardom) I want a script Want my band, want my stash, want omnipotence (Stardom) Born in a trunk Got my home, got my car, got stability (Stardom) But I'm Hollywood's son All alone don't admire anonymity Stardom in Acton, that's all they got Stardom in Acton, that's all they got Stardom in Acton, that's all they got Stardom in Acton, that's all they got Stardom Stardom -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Stop Hurting People -------- A love born once must soon be born again A spark that burned, then died, leaving cinders to be fanned By the wind and thrown to flame Flames like tongues impassioned in a moments burst Tell me, friend, why do you stand aloof from your own heart? The truth confronts you, the truth confronts you as the sea Crushing with out detail Impassioned and detached Killing with love and power in God's Name People stop hurting people People stop hurting people Love conquers poses Love smashes stances Love crushes angles into black So you, without question Know your first love is your last And you will never, you never, never, you'll never love again But always wish to walk with her into restaurants, it's a clammy tale To be seen beside her at the public bar footrail I always wanted to be matched with her Yet her beauty was so different to mine My "beauty" needs an understanding and a knowledge of what I am Hers is enough, earned through eons, for that is what true beauty is Time's gift to perfect humility May I be matched with you again I know the match is bad But God help me May I be matched with you again I know the match is bad But God help me May I be matched with you again I know the match is bad God help me May I be matched with you again Without your match, there is no flame People stop hurting people People stop hurting people People stop hurting people People stop hurting people People stop hurting people People stop hurting people People stop hurting people People stop hurting people -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- The Sea Refuses No River -------- I remember being richer than a king The minutes of the day were golden I recall that when the joint passed 'round My body felt a little colder But now I'm like a sewer channel Running lime and scag Let me get at the master panel Let me at my stack The sea refuses no river And right now This river's banks are blown The sea refuses no river Whether stinking and rank Or red from the tank Whether pure as a spring There's no damn thing stops the poem The sea refuses no river And this river is homeward flowing I have seen a trace of strain In other's eyes, not spoken I must admit that I enjoyed their pain But this time it's me that's broken I demand for you and His This must be the time When we decide what freedom is Turn water into wine For the sea refuses no river We're polluted now But in our hearts still clean The sea refuses no river We tried not to age But time had it's rage We're washed over the stones From babies into clones of the mean The sea won't refuse this muddy river Won't deny the sulfurous stream There was a fool in a dressing robe Riding out the twilight hour Lonely and cold in an empty home Trying to assess his power But now he's like a stream in flood Swollen by the storm He doesn't care if he sheds his blood Let him be reborn The sea refuses no river Remember that When the beggar buys a round The sea refuses no river And rain fills the gutters No time for stutters This is our chance To sing and to dance and to clown The sea refuses no river And rivers were sprung to drown The sea refuses no river No pecking code Respected for the damned The sea refuses no river Whether starving and ill Or strung on some pill Just 'cos you own the land There's no unique hand plugs the dam The sea refuses no river And the river is where I am The river is where I am -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Uniforms (Corp D'esprit) -------- I don't matter, you don't matter Neither does this mindless clatter It don't matter where you're from What matters is your uniform Wear your braces 'round your seat Doctor Martens on your feet Keep your barnet very neat For credibility on the street We are marching as to war We won't be obscure no more In uniform, in uniform I am really living life inside a jar, I'm all alone So I feel forgiven if I'm under par, a fallen clone Only in the river can I claim a star to call my own I'm newly born in uniform, I'm up on the throne I am frightened, you are frightened Should we get our trousers tightened? Where in Brighton is your norm? Who wears enlightened uniform? On my parka is some band I don't really understand Perry is my guiding hand Scooter polo sweeps the land We are marching as to war We won't be obscure no more In uniform, in uniform People think we dress alike to segregate identities Pills or drink or puffing pipes in integrated entities Then they wink and snort their line and say how great their Bentley is They feel so warm when they conform They say that nakedness is what our Lord intended When we stand naked then we all appear the same But it's just faking it if we all try pretending Are we just making all our prayers in the rain? Heaven knows I need new clothes We are marching as to war But we're really fighting for Our uniform, our uniform When I contemplate my future, I go numb, don't feel a thing I don't overrate my suitors, number one, I always sing But the state and their computers make me run for comfort in My uniform, in uniform I feel like a king They say that nakedness is what our Lord intended When we stand naked then we all appear the same But it's just faking it if we all try pretending Are we just making all our prayers in the rain? It seems insane But heaven knows It's all the same And I need new clothes -------- 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes -------- -------- Vivienne -------- Townshend Vivienne, I could have loved you Vivienne, you went too far Faker, that's what I been With my make up and my false address Shake up, that's what I seen I was taken by balls I guess I got to know but feeling I'm height inside light inside, where has it gone ? I got to crawl on the beaches and side the line, find the time, I've got to win this time Where have you gone ? I'm kicking out in the tracks and the secrets of Babylon I's kicking down on the directions screw back to Abalone I feel the same as my friends and my enemies tell me this, who should I blame ? Am I too live busted head show me why ? Is your kiss just like his, just like his kiss Are all men the same ? Vivienne, I could have loved you Vivienne, I could have loved you Vivienne Vivienne Faker, that's what I been With my make up and my false address Shake up, that's what I seen I was taken by balls I guess I got to know where the feeling I'm height inside light inside, where has it gone ? I got to crawl on the beaches and side the line, find the time, I've got to win this time Where have you gone ? I could have loved you Vivienne, I came so only to taking a place at your bar Innocence up from a trade for a word Vivienne, you went too far -------- 1985 White City - A Novel -------- -------- Brilliant Blues -------- Say goodbye to the brilliant blues Say goodbye to the brilliant blues Say goodbye It's time to live So make me, take me It's time, to give So don't betray me, pay me The brilliant blues Don't want to be frozen I spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions I know that now is the time to stay It's time (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) To teach (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) So tell me (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Come on and tell me (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) It's time (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) To preach (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) So help me (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Come on and help me (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) The brilliant blues Will never flow this way again The colour of the Mersey is grey The brilliant blues Have faded into sadness and pain And now is the time to say it's time You and me are going to finally sail away (We'll get far away from the blues and the mist in the rain) You and me are going to fight until we win the day (For now is the time that we must say goodbye to) The brilliant blues I don't want to be frozen I spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions I know that now is the time to stay It's time (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) To trust (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) So buy me (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Come on and try me (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) It's time (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) To thrust (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) So guide me (Say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Stay beside me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) The brilliant blues Will never flow this way again The colour of the Mersey is grey The brilliant blues Have faded into sadness and pain And now is the time to say it's time -------- 1985 White City - A Novel -------- -------- Come To Mama -------- Pride is like a bandage He is wrapped in a warm cocoon His pride is like heroin He is back inside the womb His pride is like an ocean Encircled by a reef His pride's a hypnotic potion His memory is a leaf Her pride is like an armour Flaming ring of fire Her pride is like a blindness An ever tightening wire Her pride is like a razor A surgeon's purging knife Her pride is like a censor She's slashed out half her life -------- 1985 White City - A Novel -------- -------- Crashing By Design -------- Nothing must pass this line Unless it is well defined You just have to be resigned You're crashing by design You once believed that crazy accidents were happening to you You were chasing a capricious wind Whenever bad luck and trouble happened to pursue you The dice would surely save your skin But when you look back, you must realize That nothing in your life's divine Everything that's ever befallen you Happened simply 'cause it crossed your mind You're crashing by design Nothing can pass this line Unless it is well defined You just have to be resigned You're crashing by design In your single-roomed flat in a courtyard building You sit alone just like a broken toy Where's your mother, where's your lover, where are your children? Are you a man or are you still a boy? Who left you behind or did you run From the crush of so many options? Now you know the special despair of the man Discussed, debated and offered for adoption Nothing can pass this line Unless it is well defined You just have to be resigned Another man without a woman Dropped like a useless tool, no longer required A man who longs for the stifling, milk flowered bosom A fool who's no longer desired Another man without a woman (Nothing can pass this line) Too many rages have cost you this time (Unless it is well defined) Another man among a hundred children (You just have to be resigned) You're just a child who is lost in time You're crashing by design You're crashing by design It all happens by design It all happens by design You're crashing by design It all happens by design It all happens by design You're crashing by design It all happens by design Crashing by design It all happens by design Happened by design It all happens by design You're crashing by design -------- 1985 White City - A Novel -------- -------- Face The Face -------- Face the face, got to face the face Face the face, got to face the face You must have heard the cautionary tales The dangers hidden on the cul-de-sac trails From wiser folk who have been through it all And the faded names sprayed up on the wall We've got to judge the judge We've got to find the finds We've got to scheme the schemes We've got to line the lines We must stake the stakes We gotta show the shown We gotta take the takes We gotta know the known (Try to place the place Where we can face the face) We got to face the face (Try to place the place Where we can face the face) Face the face, got to face the face Face the face, got to face the face Got to Got to You must have tried and defied belief Maybe buried your head in insular grief I need your hunger, you need mine A million mouths can swallow up time We've got to fool the fools We got to plan the plans We got to rule the rules We got to stand the stands We got to fight the fight We must fall the falls We got to light the light We got to call the calls (We must race the race So we can face the face) We got to race the race (We must race the race So we can face the face) Face the face, we got to face the face We got to race the race We got to Keep looking New York, Chicago London and Glasgow Keep looking Keep on looking Keep on cooking Got to stay on this case Study the pix Watch the flix We've got to find the face Face the face, got to face the face (Watch the flix) Got to We've got to judge the judge We got to find the finds We've got to scheme the schemes We got to line the lines We got to fight the fight We got to fall the falls We got to light the light We got to call the calls (Try to place the place Where we can face the face) We got to face the face (Try to place the place Where we can face the face) (Try to place the place Where we can face the face) Keep looking, keep looking (We must race the race So we can face the face) We got to race the race (We must race the race So we can face the face) We got to face the face We got to race the race -------- 1985 White City - A Novel -------- -------- Give Blood -------- (Give blood) But you may find that blood is not enough (Give blood) And there are some who'll say it's not enough (Give blood) But don't expect to ever see reward (Give blood) You can give it all but still you're asked for more (Give blood) But it could cost more than your dignity (Give blood) Parade your pallor in iniquity (Give blood) They will cry and say they're in your debt (Give blood) But then they'll sigh and they will soon forget (We're heading for the day of reckoning, I'm telling ya. It's all building up to something, something that can only be redeemed with fire.) Give love and keep blood between brothers Give love and keep blood between brothers Give love and keep blood between brothers Give love and keep blood between brothers (Give blood) But you may find that blood is not enough (Give blood) And there are some who'll say it's not enough (Give blood) But don't expect to ever see reward (Give blood) You can give it all but still you'll be asked for more So give love and keep blood between brothers Give love and keep blood between brothers Give love and keep blood between brothers Give love, give love and keep blood between brothers Give your love and keep blood between brothers Give your love and keep blood between brothers Give love, give love, give love and keep blood between brothers Give love, your love, and keep blood between brothers Give love and keep blood between brothers -------- 1985 White City - A Novel -------- -------- Hiding Out -------- From my window, I see roads They lead to darkness, leading home And in the midnight of a soul's unsleeping I hear the waterfall of women weeping Hear the distant noise of traffic stalling I hear the prostituted children calling, calling out From the barred and mesh-floor streets Of a winter's night, without a moon I am safe hidden here I am safe hidden here Hiding out I look over chequered fields And the towering web of steel Young and old will sit and judge unfeeling While the empty church's bells are pealing And the green hills lay ignored, untended The lonely watchers remain unbefriended And out in the one-way streets Is a swelling maze, without a door I am safe hidden here I am safe hidden here, yeah I am safe hidden here I am safe hidden here I am safe I am safe hidden here Hiding out I am safe hidden here Hiding out I am safe hidden here Hiding out I am safe hidden here Hiding out I am safe hidden here Hiding out I am safe hidden here Hiding out I am safe hidden here (I gotta hide out, yeah) Hiding out I am safe hidden here Hiding out -------- 1985 White City - A Novel -------- -------- I Am Secure -------- My room looks out to the wide open spaces My heart is touched by awakening faces I see the panic of people in motion I can stand here, look out on an ocean I am a wall awaiting a catchword I see the city laid out like a patchwork Alone, I am free from hatred and blindness I hope that this life is frozen and timeless My man is here, we grow old by inches Tomorrow I'll walk among heroes and princes I feed the boys, I hear secrets whispered I know the hearts that are battered and blistered I am secure in this world of apartheid This is my cell, but it's connected to starlight -------- 1985 White City - A Novel -------- -------- Night School -------- The night school comes to life Every minute it gets better Got to learn to enjoy the night Follow every letter (A) Assess cleaned up the past is all forgiven (B) Better get teamed up, alone you just can't live it (C) Check out your bus stop, look good and you feel right (D) Don't get messed up, standup to your fool Fight at the night school Nocturnal education (E) If they get beaten down, no one will give a damn (F) Forget the elite in town, you know where life began (G) And when you criticize, believe in yourself again (H) Hide from the hypnotized, they transferred surely into night school Nocturnal education (I) I am the one that's crying (J) The journal has thrown away the key (K) To your daily grind (L) They take to the moon (M N) I'm teaching down at night school (O) Open the moment, don't count on tomorrow (P) Put up postponement, face up to your sorrow (Q) Quick get it over, get back to the dance floor (R) Release your phobia that's what we were meant for At the night school (S) Stay in society, keep pain the raps (T) Terms of sobriety, in the tender traps (U) You heard of the raging moon, you where under it's spell (V) Now vanish like a burst balloon, and listening now for the bell Night school Nocturnal education Night school Nocturnal education (W) We are the one tonight (X) Excepting only the dead (Y) You ain't been listening to a word I said! (Z) Yea! At the night school..... yeah Teaching down at night school Ooo yeah I'm teaching down at night school Taking classes at the night school Teaching down at night school Keeping the night Keeping the night Night school Oooh yeah -------- 1985 White City - A Novel -------- -------- Secondhand Love -------- Don't bring me secondhand love Don't bring me secondhand love Now you went out tonight Who've you been hanging around this time? I don't care if he's black or white I just don't like his kind I don't want your secondhand love I don't want your secondhand love I don't want your secondhand love Don't bring me secondhand love He's been leaving his scent on you I can sense it from a mile And all my money is spent on you But you're still selling your smile Don't bring me secondhand love Don't bring me secondhand love I don't want your secondhand love I don't want your secondhand love Give your love and keep blood between brothers Give your love and keep blood between brothers I don't want your secondhand love Don't bring me secondhand love Don't bring me secondhand love I can guess where you've been tonight, yeah You've been hanging on the street Wearing your dress too tight Showin' out to anyone you meet Well, I don't want your secondhand love I don't want your secondhand love Don't bring me your secondhand love Don't bring me your secondhand love I want the first call on your kiss Answer me one question, can you promise me this? I want my defences laying in your hands I don't want to rest in the palm of another man I don't want your secondhand love Don't want, don't want your secondhand love I don't want, I don't want your secondhand love I don't want, I don't want your secondhand love I don't want, I don't want your secondhand love -------- 1985 White City - A Novel -------- -------- White City Fighting -------- The White City, that's a joke of a name It's a black, violent place if I remember the game I couldn't wait to get out but I love to go home To remember the White City fighting The White City Fighting, remember, remember The White City Fighting, remember, remember Down to the refuge, near QPR I drive to committees in my German car Prone to violence, prone to shame I glide in silence, my pride in vain For no one remembers Not that I can see That we were defenders We were the free The White City, blood was an addiction Now it is analyzed just as though it were fiction That battles were won and battles were blown At the height of the White City fighting The White City Fighting, remember, remember The White City Fighting, remember, remember No one remembers Not that I can see That we were defenders We were the free Yeah The White City, I finally grew up To resist the temptation the gutters all threw up But I have to go back, I guess I'm violence prone To remember the White City fighting, yeah The White City Fighting, remember, remember The White City Fighting, remember, remember The White City Fighting, remember, remember The White City Fighting, remember, remember The White City Fighting, remember, remember The White City Fighting, remember, remember The White City Fighting, remember, remember -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- A Fool Says... -------- HOGARTH A fool Says love is like a melody Or something like a symphony But this is cacophony Never changing key We We can't fool our audience We put up such a poor pretense Don't hide a shred of evidence We have no defense WOODLAND CREATURES A fool says Love is foolproof HOGARTH A fool says . . . We We can't fool our audience We put up such a poor pretense Don't hide a shred of evidence We have no defense WOODLAND CREATURES A fool says Love is foolproof -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- A Friend Is A Friend -------- When eyes meet in silence A pact can be made A lifelong alliance That won't be betrayed Won't be betrayed Be friendly Be friendly now Be friedly A friend is a friend Nothing can change that Arguments, squabbles Can't break the contract That each of you makes Till the death, to the end To live your future It's in the hands of your friend Be friendly Be friendly now Be friendly Be friendly now Be friendly Be friendly now Be friendly yeah A promise is a promise A handshake will seal it No amount of discussion Can ever reveal it Commitment forever To borrow or lend To live your future It's in the hands of your friend Be friendly Be friendly now Come on Be friendly Be friendly now Be friendly Be friendly now Be friendly When eyes meet in silence A pact can be made A lifelong alliance That won't be betrayed Won't be betrayed You need a mate When facing the end But what is the fate Now facing my friend Facing my friend yeah Well this is my friend yeah Be friendly Be friendly now Be friendly Be friendly now Be friendly Be friendly now Be friendly A friend is a friend Nothing can change that Arguments, squabbles Can't break the contract That each of you makes Till the death, to the end To live your future It's in the hands of your friend yeah Be friendly Be friendly Be friendly now Be friendly Be friendly now -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- A New Life / Reprise -------- [Badger and Crow:] What we want is a brand new year Open your heart and set us free What we need is a brand new life We'll decide on our own destiny [Woodland Creatures:] What we want is a brand new life For every brother and sister - husband and wife For the single and lonely, living in fear What we want is a brand new year [Crow:] While this year is still young enough for laughter We must insist that no tears follow after Resolve to be strong And right the wrong Inflicted on you and me [Woodland Creatures:] What we want is a brand new life For every brother and sister - husband and wife For the single and lonely, living in fear What we want is a brand new year [Crow:] You know there are changes waiting in the future Some of them'll hurt yer, some of them'll suit yer One thing to be certain of You control your own destiny [Woodland Creatures:] What we want is a brand new life For every brother and sister - husband and wife For the single and lonely, living in fear What we want is a brand new year [Jay and Badger:] What we want is a new conception A child to lead us out of here Free from mistrust with no deception What we want is a brand new year [Crow, Jay:] While the midnight bells are rung We are waking from a peaceful dream Where children go to school And play the fool Decide their own destiny [Hogarth:] While this year's still young You've got to show us that our kids are totally free They wanna go to school, they wanna play the fool They gotta decide on their own destiny They have to guide the course of their own destiny They gotta have pride enough to know their own destiny [Woodland Creatures:] What we want is a brand new year Open your hearts and set them free What we want is a brand new life And to decide on our own destiny [Hogarth, Crow:] What do we want What do we need What do we want right now What do we need right here We want a brand new life now We need a brand new year [Jay:] Woooooooooooh! [Chorus:] All shall be well And all shall be well And all manner of things -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- All Shall Be Well -------- HOGARTH You can wake deep in the night And know that out of sight A dangerous passion grows A force you can't oppose VIXEN and HOGARTH In the safety of your bed You dream of a flaming head You know you've lost your heart You never even had a start WOODLAND CREATURES All shall be well And all shall be well And all manner of things Shall be well VIXEN I was naked and dreaming Behind locked doors You'll still hear me screaming Take me I'm yours HOGARTH Take me I'm yours VIXEN and HOGARTH Take me I'm yours Don't offer any other option But one that restores this land to me This land where the color of love Is be decree Set it free! HOGARTH You can demand that your love's defined Before you jump in blind Keep everything to plan So you can remain a man CROW You can demand that your love is defined Before you break and jump in blind You have to keep everything to plan Just so that you can remain a man HOGARTH You have imprisoned half your soul You have denied the love that you hold Your angry heart never seems to break You've learned to give, but not to take VIXEN One heart divided Cold civil wars Like twenty million people crying Take me I'm yours HOGARTH Take me I'm yours VIXEN and HOGARTH Take me I'm yours Don't offer any other opinion But one that restores this land to me This land where the color of love Is by decree Set it free! WOODLAND CREATURES All shall be well And all shall be well And all manner of things Shall be well HOGARTH You can wake deep in the night And find that out of sight But right under your nose A revolution grows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- Dig by The Who -------- We old ones, have seen two wars When you're sick and afraid And there's danger around Take a pick and a spade And Cut into the ground Away from the light Away from the sound Make a trap for the beast Dig his burial mound Dig for your life Dig to the death Dig for Salvation Till your very last breath Dig for protection Dig for release Dig for resurrection Dig for peace We old ones, have seen two wars When you dream of a laser That sears your soul Slices like a razor Burns like coal You can bet you'll forget When the rock starts to roll And the last meets the least By the watering hole Dig it down deep Dig it out wide Dig it pleasure Dig it for pride Dig it for treasure Dig it for stones Dig it for the metal And dig it for the bones We old ones, have seen two wars -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- Fast Food by Nina Simone -------- Fast food, feed me fast I've been waiting for an aeon And I just won't last I want fast food, I want food fast Food fast food She wants food fast She wants fast food Fast food fast No, I haven't booked I don't want it grilled and I don't want it cooked I don't even want it killed If it's dead I heave, it makes me sick So check that it can breathe and bring it to me quick I want food fast I want fast food Frisky little children Served up in the nude Keep them coming If you want my gratitude Bring me food fast Now I want fast food Food fast food She wants food fast She wants fast food Fast food fast I must say it's gracious Of you all to multiply For I am voracious And I need a huge supply Of organic, bleeding Palpitating swill I'm ready for feeding And I don't want a bill I want food fast I want fast food Pretty naked girls Preferably tattooed I don't like fiber Especially barbecued I want food fast, yeah I want fast food Long ago I used to grace Vegetarian restaurants out in space But here below I looked and saw You were growing fat on the spoils of war I want food fast I want fast food Pulsating organs Delicately chewed I want to be like you Rapacious and crude I want food fast, fast, hear me? I want fast food Food fast food She wants food fast She wants fast food Fast food fast It's great to be down under With you slobbering jackeroos I'm partial to a chunder Over throbbing kangaroos Now let your women breed Impale the sacred cow Because I'm dressed to feed And I'll breast feed now I want food, fast food I want fast food Because I'm so hungry Fast food, I want fast food Because I'm so hungry Can't you hear me? -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- Fire by The Who -------- Fire! I'll take you to burn Fire! I'm gonna take you to learn I'll see you burn! You fought hard and saved and earned Now all of it's going to burn In your mind, your tiny mind You know you've been completely blind Don't you dream of what you left so far behind? Fire! To destroy all you've done Fire! To end all you've become I'll see you burn! You were living your life just like a little girl Spreading your wings in the middle of your little world And in your mind, your tiny mind You know you've fallen far behind Now you're gonna burn Fire! You're gonna burn! -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- I Eat Heavy Metal by John Lee Hooker -------- I eat heavy metal and gargle premium gas I drink heavy water and nitro-demitasse I eat heavy metal and chew up a Limousine I munch barbed wire in my submarine I like stainless razor, sharpen appetite I can swallow laser, if I'm eating light I like anchor sandwich served on aluminum side I like rusty fences, locomotive pie Eat heavy metal, I don't truck with tinsel Drank heavy water, eat turbo schnitzel Eat big transformers, I like stoves and cans Tasty rolled steel girders, chomp copper pans He eats heavy metal He eats heavy metal He eats heavy metal He eats heavy metal (I'm gonna say it one more time for you) I eat heavy metal and I gargle premium gas I drink heavy water and nitro-demitasse That's all I drink people He eats heavy metal He eats heavy metal He eats heavy metal ... -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- I Eat Heavy Metal -------- IRON MAN I eat heavy metal Gargle premium gas I drink heavy water Nitro-demitasse I eat heavy metal I chew up limousines I munch barbed wire In my submarines I like stainless razor Sharpen appetite I can swallow laser If I'm eating light I like anchor sandwich Served on aluminum side I like rusty fences Locomotive pie I eat heavy metal I don't truck with tinsel I drink heavy water I eat turbo schnitzel I eat big transformers I like stoves and cans Tasty rolled-steel-girders I chomp copper pans HOGARTH He eats heavy metal IRON MAN I'm gonna say it one more time I eat heavy metal I gargle premium gas I drink heavy water Nitro-demitasse That's all I drink people! WOODLAND CREATURES He eats heavy metal IRON MAN I chase it with nitro-demitasse Har har har har . . -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- I Won't Run Any More -------- Don't be afraid of the night Only you hear the scream that you scream Don't turn away from the light Only you see the dream that you dream I'm not gonna run anymore I'm not gonna run away from this honeymoon I'm not gonna run anymore I'm not gonna run like a rat to a piper's tune For you and I will show one another love You and I, we owe one another love We're not gonna lie anymore We're not gonna lie in ignorant ecstasy We're not gonna cry anymore We're not gonna cry at a figment of fantasy For you and I will grow together now You and I will go together We're not gonna run anymore We're not gonna run anymore Oh, no, no, no, no I'm not gonna run anymore I'm not gonna run away from this honeymoon I'm not gonna run anymore I'm not gonna run like a rat to a piper's tune For you and I will show one another love You and I, we owe one another love We're not gonna lie anymore We're not gonna lie in ignorant ecstasy We're not gonna cry anymore We're not gonna cry at a figment of fantasy For you and I will grow together now You and I will go together now Don't be afraid of the night Only you hear the scream that you scream Don't turn away from the light Only you see the dream that you dream -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- Man Machines -------- Man makes machines To man the machines That make the machines That make the machines Make a machine To make a machine And man and machine Will make a machine To break the machines That make the machines I am a war machine forged in the past Jointly in several some of my past Id a war machine I am your machine I am a war machine hungry to gorge On the steel and the crow the war mongrels forge I'm a war machine I am your machine I'll destroy robots that take them and share I'll eat the factories the cores in the air I'm a war machine I am your machine Who will say love is fool proof Who will say love is fool proof I'll bring down fences tear up the skin I will be solo preparing to win I'm a war machine I am your machine I am the hedge to break your blade I destroy weapons that you have made I am a war machine I am your machine Who will say love is fool proof Who will say love is fool proof Who will say love is fool proof Who will say love is fool proof I'll bring down fences tear up the skin I will be solo preparing to win I'm a war machine I am your machine I am the hedge to break your blade I destroy weapons that you have made I'm a war machine I am your machine I consume more machines swallow them hole If I am broken I still have a soul I'm a war machine I am your machine Make a machine To make a machine Man and machine Will make a machine To break the machines That make the machines -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- Over The Top -------- SOLDIERS Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh Over the top we go Yey yey year yuh ye-ah IRON MAN I've no idea where my life began But I am a fearless Iron Man I lost my arm I lost my eyes I broke my feet I bruised my thighs My head's on a cliff Hanging from a tree My neck's on the beach With my elbow and knee Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh Over the top we go Yey yey year yuh ye-ah My eye looked around Discovered my hand Together they uncovered My arm in the sand All the pieces of me Came together as one And we all dance forever In the morning sun Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh Over the top we go Yey yey year yuh ye-ah I've no idea where my maker ran But I am a fearless Iron Man (repeat 4 times) Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh Over the top we go Yey yey year yuh ye-ah (repeat 4 times) -------- 1989 The Iron Man -------- -------- Was There Life -------- HOGARTH Was there life before this love Was there love before this girl I can see Was there ever love for her before me And if I look will she Look back at me Is fantasy Enough? Was there heat before this flame Were there flames before this fire in my heart Was I wrong about it from the start Am I in ecstasy Or next to see That fantasy S'to blame Was there life before this love . . . . . . If I look up will she Look back at me Is fantasy Enough? If this scene is in a dream Then I'm perfect for the part I play You can count on me to stand and say "Was there ever life before this wonderful day?" Was there heat before this flame Were there flames before this fire in my heart Was I wrong about it from the start Am I in ecstasy Or next to see That fantasy S'to blame If this dream's within a dream Then I'll never swoon quite deep enough No hypnotic trance quite sleep enough . . . If in this sweet dream I'm flying I will never fly quite high enough You will hear me crying high above "Was there ever life before this wonderful love?" -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Baba O'Riley (Demo) -------- SPINNER: Music and vibrations are the basis of everything. They pervade everything. Human consciousness is reflected by them. Atoms are vibrations between positive and negative forces. Some very subtle, some complex, but, it's all music. Soon, we will switch in the whole world. Every person wearing an experience suit will share this adventure with us RAY: The crowd rush in. Three circles closing fast to form a perfect cushion as he lands. As Spinner hits the crowd and the long, sustained final chord suddenly ends... RUTH: Ray, I've cut all this. Go straight to twenty-eight -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Dialogue Introduction To "Outlive The Dinosaur" -------- RAY: Dear Rosalind, in answer to all your questions: firstly, I'm afraid it wouldn't help you to feel secure. In fact, it would defeat you. Insecurity is the principal driving force we performers share. Secondly, like you, something awful happened to me as a child, but I learned from it. The only power available to you lies in your submission. Isn't that what the photo was all about? Remember, you don't have to bury the past or the pain. You can use it -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Dialogue Introduction To "Predictable" -------- Ruth and Rastus RUTH: Oh Rastus you bastard! Why so bloody hard? Ray might hear us - he'd be jealous RASTUS: Why would he be jealous?! RUTH: Because he loves me! He said so in one of his letters to Rosalind RASTUS: Turn over. Here, what are these marks? RUTH: Do you like them? One person in a million has these RASTUS: Yeah, I know. Witch's teats RUTH: Oh Rastus you fantastic bastard. Harder! Harder! -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Don't Try To Make Me Real -------- RAY: Ruth, what do you really want? What are you doing here? Make me of clay, make me of steel But whatever you do don't try and make me real Make me your dream, a secretive deal But don't ever scheme to try and make me real Stop trying to make me real I haven't got the kind of heart a lover can steal Stop crying, I just can't feel Any sympathy for someone trying to make me real Make me of shit in a two-tenner deal Make me of pornography in a pedophile wheel Whatever I do, whatever I feel By your double standard, I will never be real Stop trying to make me real I haven't got the kind of heart a lover can steal Stop crying, I just can't feel Any sympathy for someone trying to make me Why can't you settle for a fantasy? You're so convinced that I'm the man to see I can't live up to What you give up to I fail to see the perfect man in me Make me from your magazine, a listed ideal Dress me in the doll's house your knickers conceal Make me your brother-lover beau-ideal But you will soon discover lover can't be real Stop trying to make me real I haven't got the kind of heart a lover can steal Stop crying, I just can't feel Any sympathy for someone trying to make me real Stop trying to make me real I haven't got the kind of heart a lover can steal Stop crying, I just can't feel Any sympathy for someone trying to make me real Don't try to make me real, Oh no I've got no sympathy Sympathy for someone trying to make me real Stop trying to make me real I haven't got the kind of heart a lover can steal Stop crying, I just can't feel Any sympathy for someone trying to make me real -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Early Morning Dreams -------- You are safe from harm on the grid You are safe from harm This is the dream that I wake up dreaming Lovin' my lover from the dawn pink skies A perfect design that I wake up scheming What I recall when I first open my eyes ATHENA: You will receive life programs that precisely suit your needs and desires. Our planet is challenged. Decent people need to be protected. So, enjoy the present while we hope for the future. Slip on to the Life Experience Grid today This is the tune that you're always hearing What you'll remember when you've broken the ties We're dancing together as the sun is appearing Again and again you awake in surprise MAN: Phew. That was some life. I wanted it to go on forever WOMAN: Me too. I enjoyed it MAN: Yes. And in the next program we'll get the balance we need to continue our evolution Early morning dreams SPINNER: Athena controls newspapers, TV stations, and all media, including the Grid. You're all consumers. And I believe you need truth to develop morality and decency. The Grid always provides facts, but facts don't always reveal the truth You feel so tender, you feel so wet You feel so secure so deep in love and yet The feeling is fleeting, you're a fugitive, safe at last Your heart is beating, will you relive the recent past? Early morning dreams come true I've proved it now that I'm here with you You are here by my side, I'm siding with you Early morning dreams come true RAY: Dear Rosalind. Thank you for your letter. It seems really odd that you've written to me at this moment. I need someone to talk to now more than ever. Your dream sounds wonderful. You want to be a star? It could happen. I'm working on a dream project myself, It's something I've been involved with for years. When I saw the stunning photo in your letter, I was reminded of the things I had to go through to get noticed when I was your age. We both share complicated problems. If I try to help you, will you swear to keep it secret? Yours sincerely, Ray High RAY: She'll find out what being a star really feels like Early morning dreams come true RAY: She sent me a Polaroid of herself RASTUS: What? That Rosalind? RAY: Yeah. On her mother's grave RASTUS: Ha ha ha RAY: It wasn't meant to be funny. It was erotic RASTUS: What, you thought a photo of a girl lying on her mother's grave was erotic? RAY: Well, she was naked. Stark fucking naked RASTUS: Well, was she gorgeous or what? RAY: Yeah. But the weird thing was she had witch's teats RASTUS: Witch's whats? RAY: Witch's teats. Two little extra nipples below her tits RASTUS: Only four nipples? Poor underprivileged kid RAY: She says, she says she can sing and dance. She's dancing topless now in San Francisco RASTUS: With four nipples I could get a double fee -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- English Boy (Reprise) -------- I was an English boy I was brought up right You could hold me down And I would bite I knew no fear I served with joy I was proud to be here An English boy You spray like a tomcat Piss like a stray dog Swear like a sailor Speaking in gang tongues Kicking in chorus Stabbing to order Slashing like a blind man Lost like a soldier I was an English boy Precisely made You could pin me down I was not afraid I showed no fear And I served with joy I was so proud to be here An English boy Blurred like a movie Grey under streetlights Grey in the sunshine So black on the tube line White on the touch line Moving like a fever Spreading like an oil slick Thicker than a house brick I was an English boy I was brought up right If you raised your dress And I would bite My voice was clear I had perfect poise Was good to be down here With all the English boys And I don't know where I am now Or where I'm gonna go I keep going round and round on the circle line Like some demented kinda commuter Trying to avoid paying for my ticket I'm a lost soul I read about myself in the newspaper I'm a pig I'm a thug I've got nowhere to go but down Stand up, when I'm talking to you, boy Stand up, when I'm talking to you, boy Stand up! Stand up! Stand up! Stand up! Stand up! Stand up! Stand up! Oh, stand up! Stand up! Oh, yeah yeah yeah, ohh Slow like a prejudice Broken like hatred Kicking at a dead man Cut pieces to pieces Marking your territory Freezing the future Stopping the stopwatch I am despairing I was an English boy I was brought up right You could hold me down And I would bite I knew no fear And I served with joy I was proud to be here An English boy I was an English boy Yes, I was I was an English boy I was an English boy I was an English boy I was an English boy I was an English boy I was an English boy I was an English boy RAY: "Gridlife" was a vision, a real vision. Not a fiction, not a fairy tale, a glimpse of the future. Today, twenty years later, the apocalypse it foresaw is nearer. But, whatever you read in the newspapers, we still don't have any alternative reality. It's all games now: all lies and deceit. What happened to the truth? What happened to the dream? What happened to all that lovely hippie shit? -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- English Boy -------- RUTH: Hello, Ruth Streeting here once again with "Streeting's Street", where you get the word straight from the street. This is the show that dishes the dirt on the dirt. Strictly no rock star bullshit on my show. I don't review pop anymore, I talk about anything I like, or anything I hate. Talking of which, remember that clapped-out 60's hell-raiser Ray High? Rumor has it the sad old lush can't do it anymore... I mean make records I'm an English boy I was brought up right Hold me down And I will bite I know no fear I serve with joy I'm proud to be here An English boy I feel like a stray dog Blurred like a movie You say you've come to arrest me But you're just trying to test me I'm bored with your prejudice Spreading like a fever Your promises to train me Are just attempts to restrain me I am an English boy Precisely made You can pin me down I am not afraid I show no fear I will serve with joy Proud to be here An English boy Use me like a headline Cut pieces to pieces I'm black on the tube line Red on the touch line Freezing up the future Stopping every stopwatch You say we're moving like an oil slick Thicker than a house brick I'm an English boy I was brought up right If you raise your dress Then I will bite My voice is clear I got perfect poise Good to be down here With all the English boys And I don't know where I am now Or where I'm gonna go I keep going round and round on the circle line Like some demented kinda commuter Trying to avoid paying for my ticket I'm a lost soul I read about myself in the newspapers I'm a pig I'm a thug I've got nowhere to go but down RUTH: I hear his manager, Rastus Knight, is pulling what's left of his hair out. The only thing Ray's writing these days are large checks to his booze merchants. He's a serious recluse now. Hasn't seen daylight or another woman since his old lady walked out two years ago. Poor little sausage, brooding in that twenty-two room glass mansion. Life's a bitch, and so am I Feel like I'm kicking at a dead man Kicking in the chorus I'm broken by hatred While politicians just ignore us You never gave me any value You didn't give me any reason There's no tools and no toys For any English boys I'm an English boy I was brought up right Hold me down And I will bite I know no fear I will serve with joy Proud to be here An English boy, yeah I'm an English boy, yeah I'm an English boy I'm an English boy No tools, no toys for any English boy English boy English boy English boy RAY: Look, I need something more than playing empty halls for you and your fucking Freemason cronies RASTUS: What you need Ray is a kick up the bloody ass! I'm running out of your money! If you must be introspective, at least do it in public. Millions want to share in your loneliness and your misery. You'll have to put out something new. Soon, you'll have no choice. You'll have to try RAY: The press slaughtered me, Rastus. I need to be back in control of my own existence. Until then, leave off RASTUS: What are you up to Ray, eh? What keeps you amused? How do you stand this solitude after all that bloody fun? What are you now? You're mature RAY: Mature?! I'm not mature, I'm ... I'm just derelict! Look, inside I'm the same as I ever was -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Fake It -------- RAY: Ruth, you don't get it, do you? I knew all the time You can fake it Hold my hand If you fake it I will understand I don't care if you fake it I don't give a damn I don't care if you fake it Don't you understand? You might laugh at me later But why not smile at me now? Don't ever feel like a traitor You're not letting me down Fake it, fake it I can take it Love's just an end, it's the means we feel Fake it, fake it I can make it Why not pretend that your love is real? Why not fake it? I'm gonna ask you to act it Don't let me see if you're bored If you use the right tactic You will hear me applaud I don't mind what you're thinking I'll just guess what you feel Don't regret you've been drinking To make your pleasure look real Fake it, fake it I can take it I don't believe in eternity Fake it, fake it Help me make it I've taken leave of all dignity Why not fake it? I am prepared to put up with this because I love you so much And I know that you probably don't love me in the same way But if you care for me at all, then take me in your arms Fabricate the way you feel I'll just pretend that it's all for real Fake it anyway Fake it, fake it I can take it I don't believe in eternity Fake it, fake it Help me make it I've taken leave of all dignity Fake it, fake it I can take it Love's just an end, it's the means we feel Fake it, fake it I can make it Why not pretend that your love is real Why not fake it? Yeah Why not pretend that your love is real You can fake it Hold my hand If you fake it I will understand -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Flame (Demo) -------- RAY: Dear Rosalind, thanks for the new tape. You did my song very well. But, be careful. Celebrities believe their actions affect the behaviour of their fans. It is a conceit the press reinforce. They suggest they entrust their precious readers into the hands of the performer. But it's really the performer who entrusts his audience to the press. You must serve the press as well as the audience. For me, a journalist called Ruth Streeting has become a symbol for the press and the establishment. They can't accept that a shit like me has value. I've always needed to make a crowd look away from the beautiful toward me. The more distasteful Ruth Streeting finds that need, the more driven I am to perform especially for her. Her disgust is the most powerful motivator of the artist in me. And as this is the last time I'm writing to you, I can tell you now something that I hardly believe has happened. I have fallen in love with her You shone a light for me to follow Knowing I would You graced me with a precious gift That no one else could Touched by your presence I surrender, oh yeah You gave me a lead and I was a follower A quest to succeed, I am a discoverer Oh flame, you set me on fire Nothing can take me any higher I'm fueled on emotion And full of desire Flame, show me the way -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Flame -------- ANNOUNCER ON RADIO: Number one this week, Roz Nathan with "Flame" RUTH: There you go, Rastus. It's Rosalind on the radio. I can't wait to see Ray's face RASTUS: Yeah, well I can't wait to see Rosalind's fuckin' face. Of course, I won't, will I? Because it's you, isn't it, eh? You! You were Rosalind, that picture was of you! You dirty cow! Well, you couldn't have been older than, what, fourteen? No wonder Ray started writing to you RUTH: How did you find out? Oh, of course, the witch's teats. Me and a couple of girls at school took it, we were about twelve. Ray believes Rosalind's uncle Charlie took it... by force RASTUS: I knew you were smart Ruth, but not that smart RUTH: It worked anyway, his old records are selling like mad RASTUS: So, uh, he wrote your song, then? RUTH: That would be telling You shone a light to follow Knowing I would You graced me with a precious gift That no one else could Touched by your presence, I surrender You gave me a lead and I was a follower A quest to succeed, I am a discoverer Oh, flame, you set me on fire Nothing can take me any higher I'm fueled on emotion and full of desire Flame, show me the way You gave me a lead and I was a follower A quest to succeed, I am a discoverer Oh, hold on the flame and feel the power Oh, flame, you set me on fire Nothing can take me any higher I'm fueled on emotion and full of desire Flame RUTH: I'm not gonna turn my back on Rosalind now. You manipulated her! Careful what you say, I'll print it RAY: I don't give a smorgasbord about that load of old bollocks you churn out RASTUS: Now, now, Ray. Don't get introspective. We've got the headlines, we're back in calculator country! RAY: I helped her deal with her problems! RUTH: She doesn't have a problem. Do you? RAY: She knows I do. If she were here now, we could ask her, couldn't we, Rastus? RASTUS: Well, we could, yeah, if she was here RAY: Are you saying nothing I wrote helped her? RUTH: No. You just helped her become a fucking star -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- I Am Afraid -------- RUTH: Um, I'll see you tomorrow. I might be a bit late, but I will be there this time. Uh, so, call me back tonight. Anyway... okay? I stand beside you I face the future I'll admit to you I am afraid I am afraid As I stand beside you I have denied you I am afraid I am not drunk now I am not pilled down My windows wound down I am not brainwashed I am not running I am not hiding My bet's still riding I am afraid I swing you high-o I swing you low-a I see your eye-o I see you grow-a I hear you crying Your brother's dying Be no more lying I am afraid RUTH: Well, who'd have thought it? Thanks to my exposé, all hell broke loose for Ray High as the "Porno Pen Pal" story burst upon us this week. It started harmlessly enough when pretty American fifteen-year-old Rosalind Nathan wrote to her pop hero, Ray High I am afraid As I stand beside you I have denied you I am afraid I stand beside you I face the future I'll admit to you I am afraid By my religion I stand here naked I cannot fake it With God as witness My little children Who wait for feeding I watch you bleeding I am afraid I am afraid As I stand beside you I have denied you I am afraid I stand beside you I face the future I'll admit to you I am afraid RUTH: High, one-time psychedelic flower child, now turned alcoholic vegetable, frantically encouraged a sordid series of what can only be described as "letters". This steamy correspondence climaxed in this wide-eyed, innocent fourteen-year-old's now infamous photo, with its suggestion of nakedness, underage necrophilia, and incest. High issued a series of what can only be described as "instructions" by return-of-post, allegedly inducting this vulnerable little waif into his so-called secrets of stardom. She opened her heart to him, she loved to sing, but he seized upon her gullibility to test out his weird theories. Why did he encourage her? What was he after? Was she pushed? I think we should be told. Now there's been a dramatic new development. Although Ray High's albums have been re-released this week, decent normal people will be more interested in young Rosalind. She's a brilliant songwriter, a brilliant singer, and with my help, has just released a brilliant new record. I predict a smash hit for this talented, sexy, nubile young singer so rudely abused by that slimeball, Ray High RAY: What the fuck are you doing here, Ruth? You've come to gloat, have you? RUTH: I'm with Rastus RAY: Rastus?... You?... Rastus? RUTH: Yeah, I'm staying here as his guest. He's worried about the scandal. Thinks it could be the end of you -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- I Want That Thing -------- RASTUS: Ha ha ha ha ha RUTH: Well, would you believe that after my mention of Ray High last week he's been seen out and about in the big city. Until now, Ray's been locked away struggling with a follow-up to his last mega-excess. But rumor was he couldn't even open a bottle without a drink inside him. There was talk of a nervous breakdown. He's even got up the nose of his sexy manager. Poor old Rastus Knight now has a challenged coke habit. I've always had a soft spot for Rastus, and I've often seen him looking at it. While I was away in 'Frisco, I hear Ray went into my club and sat at my table. Why thanks Ray, that put an end to happy hour. Why my place anyway, Ray? Nobody there who's anybody cares two filo faxes about peace and love. I heard about you, Mr. Stinking-Rich-Has-Been-Rodent, drinking vintage Krug as though it was two bob a bottle. I'll be watching out for you Free ride to the house of life Free ride to the house of life Free ride to the house of life Free ride to the house of life Free ride to the house of life Free ride I work hard at my job I save and I save I know what I deserve After all that I gave You know I want that thing You know I want that thing Put aside a little money Almost every day When I think that I'm close It just gets further away You know I want that thing I want that thing Free ride to the house of life I want that thing Free ride to the house of life I want that thing Free ride to the house of life I want that thing Free ride to the house of life I want that thing Free ride I want it, I want it Free ride Don't know if it's truth Don't know if it's lies Just can't be aloof To what you advertise You know I want that thing I want that thing Come on, boy I can't wait Any longer to choose Can't get my own Gonna have to take yours from you I want that thing I really want that thing I want it, I want it, I really really really want that thing Free ride I want that thing Free ride I want that thing Free ride to the house of life I want that thing Free ride to the house of life You know I want that thing Free ride I want Free ride SPINNER: I've planned an alternative. I will secretly commandeer one of the Gridlife studios and stage a live rock concert for every single person wearing Grid suits. That's fifty percent of the world's population. The result will be amazing. Everyone who experiences the concert will slip out of their suit and come to the show. They will be drawn to it. This will produce the biggest live concert audience in history -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Let's Get Pretentious -------- MAN IN CLUB: Are you Harold Pinter? WOMAN IN CLUB: Noel Coward, I think. "Let's get pretentious, put on an act. Let's get portentous and embroider the facts". Ha ha ha ha ha... MAN MUMBLING: A fabulous extraordinary hit, especially these people shouting music Let's get pretentious Put on an act Let's be portentous And embroider facts Exaggerate it Dress up the bland Let's overrate it Let the critics be damned Let's get sensuous Put on some airs Let's drink Kailuas And sit bored on the stairs Let's get excited When we say hello Let's be delighted Though it's nobody we know I don't know much But I know what I like I don't know much But so-and-so said such-and-such I don't know much But I know what I like I don't know much Let's find a market For sparkling wit Let's make a target Of anyone with a hit Let's keep some secrets Let's make them up Put them together Then break them up I don't know much But I know what I like I don't know much But so-and-so said such-and-such I don't know much But I know what I like I don't know much RAY: Oh God, this place is crawling with journalists. I hate the fucking lot of 'em RASTUS: Oh Ray, you've got to play the game, eh? I mean, you've got to believe RAY: You know what I think? RASTUS: What? RAY: If you've got beauty or talent you're going get caught up in some kind of prostitution. Well, it's inevitable. That's all it was, my life on the road: prostitution. We're all cunts after all. Get me another drink RASTUS: As you know Ray, I find all this fascinating. Pity Ruth Streeting's missin' it RAY: Oh, she'll get it, she'll get it, all right. But my way. Don't you worry. My story'll get told I don't know much But I know what I like I don't know much Now so-and-so said such-and-such I don't know much But I know what I like I don't know much Let's get pretentious Put on an act Let's be portentous And embroider facts Exaggerate it Dress up the bland Let's overrate it Let the critics be damned RASTUS: Ruth, wow. Hey, you look wonderful in black leather RUTH: This isn't leather you twerp, it's rubber RASTUS: Hey watch it, you call me a "twerp" again and I might have to get me bicycle pump out RUTH: Talking of flat tires, how's Ray? RASTUS: I can't get anything out of him. He must have some dough stashed away, and he's up to something, but fuck knows what it is. You know, he still reads his fan mail, but he doesn't reply to it anymore. I don't know what'll fire him up RUTH: Bet I could fire him up RASTUS: Yeah? RUTH: Yeah, I could do it. You say he still reads his fan mail? RASTUS: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, if you can do something Ruth, we could shift millions, you know that? And I'll cut you in. I would RUTH: I might have an idea. But it'd be dangerous... especially for Ray -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Meher Baba M3 -------- CROWD: We demand a universal Grid! We demand a universal Grid! We demand a universal Grid! We demand a universal Grid! RAY: ID - Ray High, Gridlife Chronicles. November the tenth, 1992. I'm working on my own in here, going over some old music I did in 1970. It's got something, something special. I could really dream then. It ain't such a bad dream either RAY: I've been completely degraded by chasing publicity. Degraded! Yeah, I'll never go back. I know too much, I know how it's done. I can't discover it all over again, make it seem new RASTUS: You're great, Ray. You know that, man. Here, hold up. This is the place RAY: What? Can't go in here. That bloody cow Ruth Streeting uses this club. She hates my guts RASTUS: It's her job to hate your guts; she's a journalist. It's nothing personal. Oh sod it, I forgot, of course she won't be here. She's in the States. Oh c'mon, well let's go in anyway. We've got to get back in the mainstream sometime. Come on, you own shares in the place RAY: That cow wrote that I'm ugly RASTUS: Well, you are ugly RAY: I'm not RASTUS: Yes, you are RAY: No, I'm not! RASTUS: Well, you are, actually RAY: Oh bollocks. Oh, let's go in -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box) -------- [Spoken] My name is Spinner Athena, the controller of 'The Life Experience Grid', is neglecting her job She makes experience programs These implement virtual reality systems The programs are fed to Anyone wearing Gridlife suits They are for refuge from pollution Or radiation during Grid-sleep curfews The programs replace life -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Meher Baba M5 (Vivaldi) -------- You will each hear your own song Each your own note Your own vibration in the cosmos All of you will know one another through the other song You will blend and get in harmony As you blend your song will change And at the end your music will turn into a sound so complete That it will show us that we all are one Free We are in tune I know what you've been up to Alright, but I know what your game is too The words of Rosalind's song say it all, really, don't they? What a worry you are, Raymond Highsmith -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Now And Then (Reprise) -------- Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it RAY: Dear Lily. Thank you for the pictures. You look really nice. I am back in the studio again. The press seem to have finished with me for now. Because of the Roz Nathan affair, my old albums are back in the charts. I'm getting hundreds of letters and photographs now, and for that I am very thankful Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it RASTUS: Hey hey! This is gonna be great. What a team RUTH: Shut up, Rastus. Ray, love, are you ready? I know this is difficult for you, but you do have such a wonderful dream to share. We must bring it to the world RASTUS: Yeah! RUTH: It's a great vision RASTUS: Yeah! RUTH: We must try and start again, it could save the planet RASTUS: Yeah! RUTH: Shut up, Rastus. So, when you're ready, sweetheart For though you knew that I was twice your age To make you laugh seemed youth enough I thought we'd love and then you'd turn the page I'd have to suffer your rebuff And it was me who had the most to gain Despite the fact that I now have lost The only love that ever caused me pain I feel like a double head was tossed Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (You can't do a thing about it) Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (Can't do a thing about it, no no no) Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (Can't do a thing about it) -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Now And Then -------- Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it In you, I saw someone that I recognized Had no idea what was in your mind I met your eyes and I was hypnotized I let our lives become entwined Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it I feel so badly, darlin', all the time I have tortured you so long But I am helpless in this pantomime I am aware that I was wrong Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (Can't do a thing about it) Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (Can't do a thing about it) Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (You can't do a thing about it) Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it You can't do a thing about it For though you knew that I was twice your age To make you laugh seemed youth enough I thought we'd love and then you'd turn the page I'd have to suffer your rebuff And it was me who had the most to gain Despite the fact that I now have lost The only love that ever caused me pain I feel like a double head was tossed Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (You can't do a thing about it) Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (Can't do a thing about it, no no no) Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (Can't do a thing about it) RUTH: Rastus? It's Ruth. Uh, I've got something to show you. Look, it's a bit complicated. I've got Ray where I want him now, I'm gonna act, I'm gonna act soon. This is gonna be big, so you better be ready, okay? Um, but before I do anything else, we need to talk about my commission -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Outlive The Dinosaur -------- I breathe My throat clenches Clutching to exclude A dozen different stenches In Falmouth Bay A blue whale rolls Gonna drown in the swill From city sewer holes Summers longer Deltas gashed Ancient trees Uprooted, smashed Time is generous, more, take more Time is generous, more, take more Time is generous, more, take more I must outrun the dinosaur RAY: As to your question about how this will affect your career, the great artist is just like a child, and intuitively understands the need to submit to the audience. Do you begin to see the secret? A silent temple Marble-hard Decays and softens Battle-scarred A relic deaf To bits and streams And polo necks And perfect jeans Obsessed with silence Spiked by noise I hold my son I plan his toys Time expansive, more, take more Time expansive, more, take more Time expansive, more, take more I must outlive the dinosaur RAY: Lastly, you must be prepared to test yourself. Why not try the song I have enclosed? It's an outtake from a secret project I'm working on called "Gridlife". The tape you sent shows you can sing, so... sing Rising rivers Drown new shoots Words and breath In death cahoots The strong survive To wean more brutes Who grow and seed Extend their roots Cowards, bombs And scab recruits Like monkeys trapped In monkey suits Time is plentiful, more, take more Time is plentiful, more, take more Time is plentiful, more, take more I must outfight the dinosaur Time is plentiful, more, take more (Take some more) Time is plentiful, more, take more (There's plenty more) Time is plentiful, more, take more (Just take some more) Time is plentiful, more, take more Time is plentiful, more, take more (Ahh, take) Time is plentiful, more, take more (Take some more) Time is plentiful, more, take more More, take more More, take more Take more Take more More More -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Predictable -------- Your love is so predictable I can rely on you to blow my brain You always know which trick to pull I can predict you'll drive me wild-insane Your love is so predictable (Oh, yes it is) Your love is so predictable (Oh, yes it is) Your love is so predictable (Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo) Your love is so predictable (Yeah) Your body's so delectable I know for sure I'm gonna be amazed You get me so erectable I can predict you're gonna leave me raised Your love is so predictable (Oh, yes it is) Your love is so predictable (Ah, yes it is) Your love is so predictable (You can guarantee) Your love is so predictable (Pre-dict-able) Your love is always so theatrical My performance gonna make you rave Or I will have to hear the cat-you-call I know how bad you can misbehave, baby, now listen to this (Your love is so predictable) Most lovers' lovin' is heart-a-beatin' it (Your love is so predictable) Depends on a tension to keep intact (Your love is so predictable) This lover's lovin' is hard to beat it (Your love is so predictable) Will-a lend pretentious to the matter of fact Your love is so predictable You take this Taurus boy by the horn But you know just how to trick the bull I can predict you're gonna leave me torn Your love is always so theatrical My performance better make you rave Or I will have to hear the cat-you-call I know how bad you misbehave Your love is so -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Psychomontage -------- My name is Ray High This is my last album RUTH: Don't you ever ring me up drunk again, Ray, do you hear me?! You spray like a tomcat Spray like a tomcat Piss like a stray dog Swear like a sailor Speaking in gang tongues Kicking in chorus Step to order Slashing like a blind man Lost like a soldier Lost like a soldier Blurred like a movie Grey under streetlights Grey in the sunshine Black on the tube line White on the touchline Moving like a fever Spreading like an oil slick Thicker than a house brick I'm an English boy I was brought up right Hold me down And I will bite I know no fear I serve with joy I'm proud to be here An English boy You spray like a tomcat Piss like a stray dog Swear like a sailor Speaking in gang tongues Kicking in chorus Stabbing to order Slashing like a blind man Lost like a soldier I'm an English boy Precisely made Pin me down I am not afraid I show no fear I served with joy I'm proud to be here I'm an English boy Blurred like a movie Grey under streetlights Grey in the sunshine So black on the tube line White on the touchline Moving like a fever Spreading like an oil slick Thicker than a house brick I'm an English boy I was brought up right Come on and raise your dress And I will bite My voice is clear I Got perfect poise Good to be down here With all the English boys Let me tell you the truth and now I can kindly say what I want to say And it's so even hard at this time of my life But I know you don't now how I feel right now But I can see into the history, in the present, past, forever In one big fucking lie in a bullseye Slow like a prejudice Broken like hatred Kicking at a dead man Cut pieces to pieces Marking your territory Freezing the future Stopping the stopwatch I am despairing I'm an English boy I was brought up right Hold me down And I will bite I knew no fear I served with joy Proud to be here I'm an English boy English boy I'm an English boy English boy I'm an English boy I'm an English boy I'm an English boy English boy Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. You know, Mark, I'm telling you, it's just, it's, it's an existential horror. What a life Early morning dreams come true I know that now that I'm here with you You're here by my side I'm siding with you RUTH: If you can't lean on me, who can you lean on? If you can't lean on me, who can you lean on? If you can't lean on me, who can you lean on? Have a good show Slip kid, slip into experience suit Give up on your phony freedom now Slip kid, slip into your Gridlife suit The Grid seat cover can slow things down Who am I, where am I, who are you and you? Who am I, where am I, who are you and you? Who am I, where am I, who are you and you? Who am I, where am I, who are you and you? Hey, little slip kid, slip into your suit Give up on your phony freedom now Slip kid, slip into your Gridlife suit The Grid sleep curfew is closing down Slip kid, slip into experience suit Give up on your phony freedom now Slip kid, slip into your Gridlife suit The Grid sleep curfew is closing down -------- 1993 Psychoderelict -------- -------- Uneasy Street -------- On Easy St. last night The devil offered me a deal He said, come on and take what you'd like And later tell me how you feel So I looked up all around On this uneasy street I'd have been happy if I had found Something simple to eat But just as he asked me Maureen walked past I said, Mr. Devil, she is so refined He said, I tricked you little brother I tricked you little brother That tricky little mother is mine I wish I was as good as I look I wish I was that good I wish I was as good as I look Wish I could be that good It was too late for me I'd just set eyes on my heart's ideal I was in ecstasy I was up and ready to steal So I looked up all around on this uneasy street I kept on looking until I found the prints of my beloved's feet I kept up the chase 'til I looked right in her face I said, My darling you have angel's eyes She said to this little brother You knew little brother This is just his still mother's disguise I wish I was as good as I look I wish I was that good I wish I was as good as I look wish I could be that good I just could not believe someone so beautiful could not be pure I prayed for some reprieve I had to save her from the Devil's lure But I guess the Devil was bound to win On this uneasy street I had to know what was beneath her skin I had to face up to the Devil's heat But I didn't have to ask She just took off her mask In a second it was clear to see He said, I tricked you little brother I tricked you little brother This tricky little mother...is me Is me Is me I wish I was as good as I look I wish I was that good I wish I was as good as I look Wish I could be that good I wish I was as good as I look I tricked you little brother I wish I was as good as I look Wish I could be that good, yeah yeah! I tricked you, little brother! I wish I was as good as I look Wish I could be that... I tricked you, little brother