Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all;
What hast thou then more than thou hadst before?
No love, my love, that thou mayst true love call;
All mine was thine before thou hadst this more.
Then if for my love thou my love receivest,
I cannot blame thee for my love thou usest;
But yet be blamed, if thou thyself deceivest
By wilful taste of what thyself refusest.
I do forgive thy robbery, gentle thief,
Although thou steal thee all my poverty;
And yet, love knows, it is a greater grief
To bear love’s wrong than hate’s known injury.
Lascivious grace, in whom all ill well shows,
Kill me with spites; yet we must not be foes.

Text by William Shakespeare, music by Gavin Friday and Herb Macken

Machushla

Macushla! Macushla!
Your sweet voice is calling,
Calling me softly,
Again and again,
Macushla! Macushla!
I hear it in vain.
Macushla, Macushla,
Your white arms are reaching,
I feel them enfolding,
Caressing me still.
Fling them out from the darkness,
My lost love, Macushla,
Let them find me and bind me
Again, if they will.
Macushla! Macushla!
Your red lips are saying
That death is a dream,
And love is for aye,
Then awaken, Macushla,
Awake from your dreaming,
My blue-eyed Macushla,
Awaken to stay.

Words by Josephine V. Rowe
Music by Dermot MacMorrough
c. 1910, Boosey & Co., New York

Tenderness of Wolves

From Scatology, by Coil

Was all in vain? Or did you cry?
No need to ask, my tears have run dry
This is the end of my pity
I await to die
You now the living, me now the dead
To prove that you loved me
Mere words could not have said
Bitting into skin, into flesh, into me
Taking all you could
Oh, I’d still give you blood
Just to paint your lips
If you should wish them red
My desires your kiss completed
But only now I can see
The vicious joy when you took delight
Behind each kiss your poison bite
And when my all was given
And you had taken
Oh dog-like Judas
You did disappear
Was all in vain? Or did you cry?
No need to ask
You now the living, me now the dead

Blue Blue Moon

from the album No Talking, Just Heads – The Heads

Another Saturday night
And she knows where she’s goin’
To that small corner bar
On the far side of town
Folks call her Ol’ Faithful
‘Cause she’s always hangin’ aroun’
Dressed up shimmy-shammy
In her sequins and pearls

Hey, there, Moon
Blue, blue moon
I’m all alone
Blue, blue moon
Without a love of my own

A ‘Stoli’ on ice
Makes everything just right
She laughs and chit-chats
With whoever’s around
‘I’ve been there – done that -
Have you heard the one about -?’
No one ever listens
And they don’t hear the sound

Hey, there, Moon
Blue, blue moon
I’m all alone
Blue, blue moon
Without a love of my own
Just looking for a friend
Someone to dance with me
A little romance
Cheek to cheek!
Someone to hold
And dance the night away

‘Tick-tock’
Goes the barroom clock
It’s quarter past two
And the night’s wearing thin
She salutes the happy couples
Bids them all fond ‘Adieu!’
‘Barman, make mine a double!
Cinderella, here, has lost her shoe!’

Hey, there, Moon
Blue, blue moon
I’m all alone
Blue, blue moon
Without a love of my own

‘So, I’ll make believe
Someone danced with me!’
She used to sing, she used to cry
But, now
She doesn’t even try
Because she knows the stars
- Those bright & shiny stars! -
Have all fallen, fallen from the sky

The moon is blue
The moon is blue
The moon is blue
The moon is blue
The moon is blue

(G.Friday, C.Frantz, J. Harrison, T. ‘Blast’ Murray, T. Weymouth)

A Thousand Years

A sweet kiss said forget me not
when love spoke I knew no wrong
but that was once upon a dream come true
a long time ago
baby’s sick
baby’s cold
baby’s feeling blue
for what seems like a thousand years
dreams for those
who sleep at night
lovers kiss, dreams entwine
in the dark I wait at night
for your call
will you call
you never call (my name)
lying weak on my bed alone
moonlight keeps me warm
as I wait for a thousand years
???
???
???
dreams for those
who sleep at night
lovers kiss, dreams entwine
in the dark I wait at night
for your call
will you call
you never call(ed) (my name)
love is cruel
love’s a liar too
but a fool can see no wrong
so I’ll wait for a thousand years
yes I’ll wait for a thousand years

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Able

Don’t tell me you love me, I can feel your rage
Green eyes burning fatal, like a cat in a cage
You lie like a baby, licking your wound
The silence is deadly and our love is doomed

I wanna be able, to hold my own, to breathe without drowning, to find a home,
I want you to love me, don’t want you to lie.

Its all up for the taking, it’s the road to ruin
And there’s no hearts breaking, no song out of tune
You look for attention, you sometimes cry
I even love when you hate me, Oh baby you’re strange

I wanna be able, to tell you my name, to laugh without trying, to know no shame,
Touch without feeling, feeling your pain, feeling your pain, feeling…

In my life / and my soul, my little life / deep inside, way inside / now I know
I know I know I know…

Don’t stop, keep up, walk talk, fall down, break up, life and love
Hiding and cold waiting for the dawn…
A Godsend, love a landslide, something inside, I can’t let go…

I wanna be able, to find my own, I want you to love me, if you don’t you can lie.
Lie like a lover, don’t wanna be alone, I wanna be able… I wanna be able…
…to find my own, …to find my own… to find my own… I wanna be Able…
…I wanna be able… Able

Land On The Moon

Land on the moon… Land on the moon

If we close our eyes… it wont make it go away?
If we scream inside… It wont make it go away?

Come on Come on… Take my Hand…
Don’t let it make you cry, it can’t be all that bad

If we kneel and pray… will it make it a better day?
If we stay behind… they’ll never let us leave?
If we pull at the sky… touch the stars above?
If we jump from the earth… do you think we’ll land on the moon?

Come on Come on… Take my Hand…
Don’t let it make you cry, it can’t be all that bad

We’ll jump from the earth… Fly up in the sky
{Land on the Moon… Land on the Moon…}
Away from this world… and Land on the Moon

When we close our eyes… Do we sleep at night?
When we say goodbye… Are we running away?
Lets jump from the earth, I think we’ll Land on the Moon?
Where are we?

Come on Come on… Where are we?
Come on Come on… Where are we?

We‘ll jump from the earth… Fly up in the sky
{Land on the Moon… Land on the Moon…}
Away from this world… and Land on the Moon

Higher than high, way up in the sky, the moon is calling you and I
Sometimes the world is messing us up, sometimes the world is not enough

Come on Come on… Land on the Moon… Come on Come on…
Come on Come on… Land on the Moon… Come on Come on…

…We’ll Land on the moon

A Song That Hurts

No angels sing of deceit…
Is this a thought inside or just a song that hurts?
Another broken year, so full of bitter tears..
There’s something I can’t hide, it’s something you deny
So stop your dragging me around, stop your pulling me, down

A song that hurts, a love’s distain, a silent wound, a sad refrain
The blood, the cross, my Love, your Head, your lips, your kiss, the words we said

I stay awake all night… You stay away all day…
Is this a thought inside or just a song that hurts?
Another broken year, so full of bitter tears
There’s something I can’t hide, it’s something you deny…

I know no fear of love, you know no love of man

A song that hurts, a love’s distain, a silent wound, a sad refrain
The blood, the cross, my Love, your head, your lips, your kiss, the words we said

So thin the line between love and loving…

The Only One

You got the kindness of strangers, the trust of true friends
I’ll promise you nothing, you’re burning both ends
Your heart’s wish is vacant, your love’s up for sale
A sweet smell so fragant, it’s pulling my tail

We don’t notice a thing… We don’t notice each other
A touch soft on your tongue… And we’re kissing forever

All the heat in your empire is hitting you hard
And the blood in your veins is not where you are
So lets dance in slow tempo, bad memory erased
By the finger of Buddha, healing all that are crazed

We don’t notice a thing… We don’t notice each other
A touch soft on your tongue… and we’re kissing forever

I’m turning blue… You don’t see…
I look to God and you… You look to me… to me

We don’t notice a thing… We don’t notice each other
A touch soft on your tongue… and we’re kissing forever

You are, you are, the only one for me… You are, you are, the only one for me
You are, you are, the only one for me… You are, you are, the only one for me
The only one for me…

Blame

Once I was young, then I grew up
From the greylight to the bluelight to the daylight, have I grown up at all?
I love my mother, my friends and brothers, I even loved myfFather
{ I love you I love you I love you I love you }
…And that says a lot…

But when the silence comes… the silence comes… the silence comes,
…sometimes stays too long
It slits the throat, it cuts the throat of where I belong
and the night goes so slow, it always does when you’re feelin’ low
and all the words unspoken, like the hearts left broken

{ I love you I love you I love you }
Am I to blame?
{ I love you I love you I love you }
Am I to blame?
{I love you I love you I love you}

When all the seeds we’ve reaped and sown away from here and close to home
…like spirits have flown…

No one’s to blame.

The Sun & The Moon & The Stars

We crossed the line so many times
Something makes it feel not right
Something tells me somethings wrong

Break the mould so many changes
But I can’t see in your head
So I hold you in my arms instead

Into… Where you are… Into… You
The Sun and The Moon and the Stars

Keep holding on don’t let it go
It not because I don’t love you no more
It’s just we’re drifting for the shore
Here they come the highs and lows
No one knows where our love goes
And no one knows they make us strong

Into… Where you are… Into… You
The curtains torn, the sweat is borne
These days drag on and on…
Still our feet dance a lover’s trance
We drag it on and on…
I’ll give you whatever…
The Sun and the Moon and the Stars

The Sun shines so brightly
The Moon holds us tightly
The Stars guide us rightly
Through the light of the night
And the dark of the day
Don’t turn our world away

The Sun and the Moon
The Sun and The Moon
The Sun and The Moon and The Stars

The Sun and The Moon
The Sun and The Moon
The Sun and The Moon and The Stars

Into where you are… Into where you are…

It’s All Ahead Of you

And now the evening’s falling, it’s crawling deadly on its hands and knees
You’re waiting for your nightmare baby, not for me
Did you know, I believed in you when you didn’t in me?
Did you know, the best is yet to come?

It’s all ahead, if you want it…
It’s all behind you, if you can let it go

Now now never no more everything’s gonna be alright
Still you’re knocking at my door saying ‘Baby, please’
Did you know, I think about you when you don’t about me?
Did you know, the best is yet to come?

It’s all ahead of you, if you want it…
It’s all behind you, if you can let it go
That’s all I gotta give, if you want it?

Do you want it? It’s all ahead of you, its all behind you if you can let it go
If you can let it go, if you can let it go,
…Will you let me know… if you want it?

The truth is stolen, broken, dead but not forgotten
Your bad lips lie all the time, even when they smile

It’s all ahead of you, if you want it.
It’s all behind you, if you can let it go.
It’s all ahead of you, if you want it… if you want it …if you need it…

As the clock goes tick tick tockin’… stealing all our time, stealing all our time.

It’s all ahead of you.

Perfume

La Da Da, La Da Da
By the way of conclusion I saw that nothing was there
So amongst the confusion I go get me a beer
Cha Cha Cha Cha – Paolo Conte / Cha Cha Cha Cha – Padre Pio
Stop the lights we play truth or dare
She awaitin’ to kill me a wantin’ to snare
Cha Cha Cha Cha –Mea Culpa / Cha Cha Cha Cha – Paolo Conte

I Know, What I like, I Know… Know… La Da Da, La Da Da… Perfume

By the look in her eyes you could see the surprise
The intent is not cruel me a bendin’ the rule
Cha Cha Cha Cha – Dolorosa / Cha Cha Cha Cha – Padre Pio
Here the men get to choose so she falls off the chair
Her engines are burning and waiting to flare
Cha Cha Cha Cha – Mea Culpa / Cha Cha Cha Cha – Paolo Conte

I know, what I like , I know …know… La Da Da, La Da Da…

From these dizzy heights, tonight’s the night
She slips her tongue inside my head
I know my guilt, I never lie
Betrayal takes more than two
The heart melts, the lips hot, a sad sigh, the sweet smell of… you

I know what I like… I know… know… La Da Da, La Da Da, Da Da

In the Church of love we kneel and pray
Holy! Holy!
Oh! Valentine! Valentine!
I touched his bones in a place near home
La Da Da, La Da Da… Da Da… Da Da
The sin is hell, the kiss and tell.
The sweet smell of …perfume

Perfume… Mea Mea Culpa Via Dolorosa
Perfume… Mea Mea Culpa Via Dolorosa

Epilogue

The best is yet … is yet to come

The best is yet … is yet to … yet to come … to come
The best is yet … is yet to come

Where’d Ya Go? Gone

Where’d ya go? Gone. Where’d ya go? Gone. Where’d ya go? Gone. Gone. Gone…
Where’d ya go? Gone. Where’d ya go? Gone. Where’d ya go? Gone. Gone. Gone…
Moanin’ cause I love you, baby baby come home… I know what I want…

You left me here on tenterhooks, you left me here alone
Hurtin’ bad, I’m hurtin’ I’m hurting to the bone

Where’d ya go? Gone. Where’d ya go? Gone. Where’d ya go? Gone. Gone. Gone…
Where’d ya go? Gone. Where’d ya go? Gone. Where’d ya go? Gone. Gone. Gone…
Moanin’ moanin’ forever, baby baby you’re gone… don’t know what I want…

Inside your tinderbox, the aftertaste, the bitter pill,
Green eyes lie… ’I love you’

There’s no perfect state of known innocence, if only love could remain unbroken.

Yeah… like a firefly… don’t do that no more… hurtin’ hurtin’ hurtin’

Counterfeit after counterfeit, everything is fake
Counterfeit after counterfeit, for the heart not to break
I’m moving… I’m moving…

Counterfeit after counterfeit for the heart not to break
I’m moving… I’m moving… Away… Away… from the heartache
…from the heartache
Away… away… away…

Lord I’m Comin’

I think I fell in love you smile alone like a drunken drug has gone and left me
Lord I’m comin’…
I think I sold my soul to what to who I still don’t know
My world is broken, my world is broken
And all the big mistakes who knows who’s right who cares who’s wrong
Lord I’m comin’… Oh Lord I’m comin’
I never knew the sound the sound of fear till I hit the ground
And I’m dying… Lord I’m dying
The little things in life the way you talk the way you smile
And I miss you… you know I miss you…
I think I fell in love but now the hurt the hurt is gone
And I’m homeless… Lord I’m homeless
I don’t know how to feel I don’t know what to say or do
And I’m coming… Lord I’m coming…

A whisper in my ear… all the things disappear…
I think I fell in love but now I know I’ve forgotten how
Lord I’m coming… Lord I’m coming

—
All titles Gavin Friday/ Herbie Macken copyright © 2011

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It rained, it poured, it rained so hard,
It rained so hard all day,
That all the boys in our school
Came out to talk and play.

They tossed their ball again so high,
Then again so low,
They tossed it into a flower garden
And no one was allowed to go.

Out stepped this gypsy lady,
All dressed in yellow and green;
“Come in, come in, my sweet little boy,
And get your ball again,’

“I won’t come in, I shan’t come in,
Without my playmates all;
I’ll go get father ‘n tell him about it -
That’ll cause tears to fall”

She first showed him an apple seed,
Then again – gold ring;
Then she showed him a diamond,
That enticed him in.

She took him by his lily-white hand,
Led him through the hall,
She put him into an upper room,
Where no one could hear him call.

“Oh take these silver rings off my fingers,
Smoke them with your breath;
If any of my friends should call for me,
Tell them I’m at rest.”

“Burn the Bible at my head,
Come on wash my feet;
If my dear mother should call for me,
Tell her that I’m asleep.”

“Burn the Bible at my head,
Come on wash my feet;
If my dear father should call for me,
Tell him I am dead.”

When that Great Ship Went Down

Monday morning, nine o’clock
The great Titanic began to rock
Children crying: ‘I’m gonna die’
Husbands, wives, lose their lives

Ship go, ship go down
When that great, great, ship goes down

Ship leavest Belfast, heading for the shore
The rich declared, they don’t ride with the poor
So they put the poor below, put the poor below
They’re the first to go…

Ship go, ship go down
When that great, great, ship goes down

People on that ship, a long way from home,
Lordy, lordy, a long way from home
Death come riding by, death come riding by
Sixteen hundred had to die.

Ship go, ship go down
When that great, great, ship goes down

Nearer my God to Thee…

And the ship go down..

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Chorus:
Through me roly, poly, tickle my hole-y,
Smell of my slimy slough,
and drag your nuts across me guts,
I’m one of the whorey crew.

“You’re a liar,” said the first whore,
“Mine’s as big as the air
The birds fly in, the birds fly out,
And never touch a hair.”

Chorus

“You’re a liar.” said the second,
“Mine’s as big as the sea
The ship sails in, the ship sails out
Never troubles me.”

Chorus

“You’re a liar,” said the third whore,
“Mine’s as big as the moon,
the men jump in, the men jump out,
Never touch the womb.”

Chorus

Swab your decks, me hearties
Slice them up with pride
Light your oars, you sons of whores
Yours is smaller than mine

“You’re a liar,” said the last whore,
“Mine’s the biggest of all,
the fleet sailed in on the first of June,
and didn’t come back till Fall.”

Chorus

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From the soundtrack ‘In America’
Bono/Gavin Friday/Maurice Seezer
Vocals by Andrea Corr

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Cover my eyes, lead me away
one step, two step… towards the water
past the door, past the door, let me out of here
feels like the future, looks like the past
Lover, lover, lover true.
Mother, father, son
Look in the water, what do I see?
The face of the face haunting me
Blood on his legs, eyes run red
and the scream of an angel in my head
Feels like the future, looks like the past.
Makes me wanna kill…
Lover, lover, lover true.
Mother, mother, father, son…
In the shadow of a gun, I break my love,
no feelings here, just a fist in a glove,
A fist in a glove.
Feels like the future, looks like the past
In the shadow of a shadow, the father in the son
In the shadow of a shadow, can never be one,
can never be one, the father in the son
can never be one, in the shadow of a gun.

Everything’s gonna be alright

Tell me everything will be all right
and you’ll be coming home with me for the night
Tell me nothing’s wrong
Baby, I don’t know where you are
I treat you wrong, made you compromise
You’re still the same, I see it in your eyes
Words dont mean a thing
What more can I say?
Tell me everything will be all right
Woman you’re not alone
Answer me, where’re you coming from
Show me, show me love
I need you now, more than ever
How does it feel
when all the world pulls you down
How does it feel
I don’t care, baby we can walk on air
Like the first time, tonight won’t be the last time
Tell me nothing’s wrong
Baby I don’t know where you are
Woman you’re not alone
Answer me where you’re coming from
Show me, show me love
I need you now, more than ever
Woman, you’re not alone
Answer me where you’re coming from
Show me show me love
I need you now, more than ever

Written & arranged by Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer.

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In the name of the father

Come to me
Come lie beside me
Oh don’t deny me
Your love
Make sense of me
Walk through my doorway
Don’t hide in the hallway
Oh love…step over
I’ll follow you down
I’ll follow you down
In the name of whiskey
In the name of song
You didn’t look back
You didn’t belong
In the name of reason
In the name of hope
In the name of religion
In the name of dope
In the name of freedom
You drifted away
To see the sun shining
On someone else’s day
In the name of United and the BBC
In the name of Georgie Best and LSD
In the name of a father
And his wife the spirit
You said you did not
They said you did it
In the name of justice
In the name of fun
In the name of the father
In the name of the son
Call to me
No one is listening
I’m waiting to hear from you love
Stay with me
It’s cold in the ground
But there’s peace in the sound
Of the white and the black
Spilling over
I’ll follow you down

Written and recorded by Bono, Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer. From the soundtrack for the film In the Name of the Father by Jim Sheridan.

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You made me the thief of your heart

I hope you’re happy now…
…I could never make you so…
you were a hard man…
no harder in this world
you made me cold and you made me hard
and you made me the thief of your heart
Winter is cold…oh!
But you’re colder still
and for the first time
I feel like you’re mine
I share you with the one who will
mend what falls apart
and turn a blind eye
to the thief of your heart
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
you lost all
you lost all
I’ll never wash these clothes
I want to keep the stain
Your blood to me is precious
nor would I spill it in vain
your spirit sings
though your lips never part
singing only to me
the thief of your heart
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
lost all
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
lost all

Written & arranged by Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer.
Published by Blue Mountain Music.

You made me the thief of your heart (12″ remix, stained mix)

I hope you’re happy now…
I could never make you so…
You were a hard man…
No harder in this world
You made me cold and you made me hard
And you made me the thief of your heart
Winter is cold…oh!
But you’re colder still
And for the first time
I feel like you’re mine
I share you with the one who will
Meant what falls apart
And turn a blind eye
To the thief of your heart
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
You lost all
Ohhh you lost
you lost all
You lost all
I’ll never wash these clothes
I want to keep the stain
Your blood to me is precious
Nor would I spill it in vain
Your spirit sings
Though your lips never part
Singing only to me
The thief of your heart
From the point of lies
Within the mind of God
Let light stream forewards
Within the minds of man
Let light descend on earth
From the point of love
Within the hearts of God
Let love stream forewards
Into the hearts of man
May the Christ return to earth
From the center
Where the will of God is now
Let the purpose guide the little wills of man
Purpose wich the masters now unserve
From the center wich we call the race of man
Let the plan of love and light work out
And may is seal the door where evil dwells
Let love and light and power
Restore the planet earth
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
you lost all
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
you lost all
I hope you’re happy now…
I could never make you so…
You were a hard man…
No harder in this world
You made me cold and you made me hard
And you made me the thief of your heart
Winter is cold…oh!
But you’re colder still
And for the first time
I feel like you’re mine
I share you with the one who will
Meant what falls apart
And turn a blind eye
To the thief of your heart
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
You lost all
Ohhh you lost
you lost all
You lost all
I’ll never wash these clothes
I want to keep the stain
Your blood to me is precious
Nor would I spill it in vain
Your spirit sings
Though your lips never part
Singing only to me
The thief of your heart
From the point of lies
Within the mind of God
Let light stream forewards
Within the minds of man
Let light descend on earth
From the point of love
Within the hearts of God
Let love stream forewards
Into the hearts of man
May the Christ return to earth
From the center
Where the will of God is now
Let the purpose guide the little wills of man
Purpose wich the masters now unserve
From the center wich we call the race of man
Let the plan of love and light work out
And may is seal the door where evil dwells
Let love and light and power
Restore the planet earth
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
you lost all
Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
you lost all

Written & arranged by Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer.
Published by Blue Mountain Music.

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Shag Tobacco

I have ordinary addictions
I’ve outgrown the ways of the street and the nightshade
hey! goodnight ladies… ladies bye bye.
I work odd hours, get home late most nights
she’s upstairs, I’m downstairs,
drinking coffee in the kitchen
spoon in the sugar, knife in the butter… i want you.

do you love me? say you do, i’d like to see you undress
let the light shimmer down, I’ve ordinary addictions
whisper soft into my ear, secret words heaven sent ….
so you can read my mind
hush dear….the night is always young
there’s no day here, tomorrow never comes
let colours fly, we’re safe from harm
see orange glow, let our love flow

no romeo no juliet,
what we got is deeper than that
lets stay in bed, watch t.v. and shag tobacco
i want you, i want you….
you’re my amphetamine you’re my lover….
and there’s no other…. ….there’s no other…. there’s no other

Caruso

no, i’m not myself today.
je suis salome…. i am romantic
je suis apollo…. i am gigantic
hey! stronzo,
i’m standing next to you in the supermarket
yeah! you are obvious. i am oblivious

salome, apollo, in technicolour
i walked on the moon to touch the stars,
a legend in my lifetime.
oh momma! my rosa! from an early age
i was used and abused, no more those bad reviews
take me back to ’72 my coo ca choo,
oh! ignorance was bliss,
spunk-a-flow, to the joy of my first kiss

i’m not me…. i’m not me…. i’m not me…. not me….
non sono io!

oh mi lord, i’m so bored, what’s on the t.v.?
do we really need these pissy pop stars
when there’s not enough of me!
oh dada, my dali, un chen de lou lou….
i am the art in your party,
not a twist cap sniffing bore.
it’s tough in the queue, it’s as unto a platform shoe,
oh! trampled underfoot,
i’m fred astaire, i face the music and dance.

i’m not me…. i’m not me…. i’m not me…. not me….
no i’m not myself….today

oh glorioso deliver us not into frustration

salome, apollo, in technicolour,
i walked on the moon to touch the stars.
hey stronzo…. ancora!

i’m not me…. i’m not me…. i’m not me…. not me….
non sono io!
heave ho…. heave ho….

leonardo! marlon brando! machiavelli!
and bertolt’s belly!
a millionaire with curly hair, i’m your burning empire.

greta garbo! andy warhol! and his jam-roll!
nero plays his violin, seezer his accordian

i’m sitting in the bathtub watching the dirty water
swirl down the plughole…. and on my stereo….
….is caruso.

Angel

angel…. hold on to me, love is all around me
angel…. hold on to me
oh come…. closer to me…. don’t go, don’t leave me
angel…. hold on to me, love is all around me
so silent your love, like the stars above
so silent your love…. hold on…. hold on…. to me
angel…. hold on to me, i call, call out to you
its paradise, you take me to
’cause my love for you love will always be

Little black dress

here she comes like a child with a gun
she makes you feel like you’re the only one
she smiles and it’s dangerous…. in a little black dress
superman and the filthy rich
get in the queue to scratch her itch
sticky fingers pulling at the hem
of her little black dress

baby don’t mind
she can leave it behind.
she don’t want anything
baby’s a star, she’s got to keep on shining

she moves like an animal
the women sigh “it’s political”
you could get arrested around here
for that little black dress
not so simple, it’s complicated….
all this being loved and hated
i wanna know what else she’s hiding
in that little black dress

baby don’t mind
she can leave it behind.
she don’t want anything
baby’s a star, she’s got to keep on shining

don’t pay no mind, you’re gonna leave me behind
i don’t want anything, baby you’re a star
i wanna hear you sing

The slider

I could never understand
the wind at all
was like a ball of love

i could never never see
the cosmic sea
was like a bumble bee

and when i’m sad…
i slide

i have never kissed
a car before
it’s like a door

i have always always
grown my own before
all schools are strange

and when i’m sad…
i slide

i have never never
nailed a nose before
that’s how the garden grows

i could never understand
the wind at all
was like a ball of love

and when i’m sad…
i slide

watch now
i’m gonna slide
i slide….

have you ever seen a woman coming out of
new york city with a frog in her hand?

Dolls

on the darkest of streets, at around eleven
the lights shine brightest, on avenue seven
from ‘noho’ to ‘soho’ they congregate
gladrags and handbags we anticipate
boom! boom! cha-cha! and cock becomes vagina

no guys here – dolls! no guys here – just dolls!

mother fisting friends, say romance is cheap
so it’s time for eve to put adam to sleep
lovely, lovely, love me
with dreams with drugs, with lipstick and la rouge

no guys here – dolls! no guys here – just dolls!

with feather boa, like lotte lenya,
high heels and a vicious tongue,
jesus, ‘fantasia’ tu est tres fantastique
so kinky gerlinky, so much fun

no guys here – dolls! no guys here – just dolls!

cock incognito! vag incognita!

knock, knock, who’s there?
oh! here they come, the belligerent scum,
as your immorality would say “all men are queer”
how civilised that you’re despised
knock, knock, who’s there?
dorothy that’s who, she’ll make a man of you!
a man of you! a man of you!

ich bin eine puppe, eine puppe mit scheide!
ich bin ein mann, ein mann mit schwanz
geweg! geweg! lab mich allein! lab mich allein!
das kleine ja! ja! das grobe nein! nein! das kleine ja! ja!
sie macht einen mann aus dir,
eine puppe mit schwanz!, ein mann mit mose!

Mr. Pussy

in ’67, his debut year, a pussy cat did appear
in soho bars rather shady,
a most discerning, misleading lady

he knew marlene, judy was a friend
hey! johnny ray, all those that bend

a legend born, on a london stage
when ginger beers, were outrage!

mr. pussy. mr. pussy.

nante! no nante! nante parlare
vada omi! you silly cow!

come see a star shine,
come see him laughing through a mask of tears
he should have been in the movies….
you know those movies that make you cry

“oh! immortalise me! oh! immortalise me!
write a song, write a sad song,
make it 25 years a long…. oh!”
….says mr. pussy…. mmmh…. mr. pussy.

You, me and world war three

Throw your arms around me,
there’s no time to be blue,
it’s the end of the world,
let’s talk deep and meaningful things,
it’s up to you and down to me…. what’s going on?
it’s you, me and world war three.

you and me, me and you,
we hurt each other ’cause we gotta get through

we’re ‘a to b’ and back again,
a sort of funky electrocution,
trigger happy and shoot to kill,
what a honeymoon in hell!
our world is spinning helplessly…. what’s going on?
it’s you, me and world war three

you and me, me and you,
we hurt each other ’cause we gotta get through
we hurt each other…. we gotta get through
we’re out there orbiting the planet blue….

i shout you scream, it’s all so illogical
you bite my tongue…. i blow up in your face
in hateful times…. it’s time for loving
let’s start to dance…. it’s ‘true romance’

you me and world war three
you me and world war three

put on that dress you know your
throwing yourself out the window dress,
i’ll wear my suit, my wedding ring
and together we will sing, “la la la la la la….”

you and me, me and you,
we hurt each other ’cause we gotta get through,
you and me, me and you,
we’re out there orbiting the planet blue….
….orbiting the planet blue

Kitchen sink drama

Good morning america, you’re my favorite t. v. show
slow down now, i’ve a headache,
sometimes it’s hard to think,
the phone rings how are you? oh! i’m not up to much
you don’t say, oh really! it’ll end…. end in tears

here i go again,
all i have is what i might have been
where’s my long lost friends?
somewhere over the rainbow

when the dark clouds come,
the angel valium will call
to take me far away,
to a place where i don’t have to feel

i’m happy as i hoover, it’s one o’clock, time for lunch
marshmallows with coffee,
can’t forget my slimfast drink,
the garden’s depressing, i think i need a hair-do
a gin and a tonic, ah! that should do the trick

here i go again,
all i have is what i might have been
where’s my long lost friends?
somewhere over the rainbow

when the dark clouds come,
the angel valium will call
to take me far away,
to a place where i don’t have to feel

it’s monday afternoon, the kids are off at school
sunset boulevard, the channel four matinee
sit down, relax with a nice cup of tea….
…. oh! the sweet smell of butane…. and humdrum.
…. gloria swanson…. from here to eternity….

My twentieth century

I woke up this morning,
dreading the thoughts of another, dull and boring day
hey! woe is me.
i go out on the streets, northside of the city
i see the steel, the fading rust
and the fields i used to play in….
my friends are famous and all my foes live happy
loved by lycra, fooled by velcro
and fucked by what they need….

but who am i to criticise? my pointing finger backfires
i hang my head down low.

i once believed in jesus,
now i can’t believe in rock ‘n’ roll
from baptism to alcohol, in a land suffocatingly green
hey! the myth is magic, do you know what i mean?
the politics of sin and of sex
suffer the fools, pawn our jewels, will it ever change?

but who am i to criticise? i’ve made my bed, i lie on it
and hold my head up high

my disbelief. my fake redemption.
my twentieth century.
my holy war. my self indulgence.
my twentieth century.
my human flesh. my sad dependence.
my twentieth century.
my apathy. my big decision.
my twentieth century.

The last song i’ll ever sing

I’m inviting you to my vaudeville
“oui encore” you say, “and on with the show”
ladies, gentlemen, before i sing to you
the light that shines twice as bright,
burns half as long.

come let me entertain you all
leave all your troubles big and small
life’s a ball, life’s a ball.
hitch a ride on my crooked merry-go-round
hear the clinking-clanking sound
of the song that i bring

take my song, take my hand, never let me down,
like love let me down, like love pushed me around

so long, goodbye, i lost, did try
this is the last song i’ll ever sing
the last song i’ll sing

i played in the cabaret of love
i wore heart, fist and glove.
push and shove, push and shove….
and all for love

take my song, take my hand, never let me down,
like love let me down, like love pushed me around

so long, goodbye, i lost, did try
this is the last song i’ll ever sing
the last song i’ll sing
this is the last song i’ll ever sing
the last song i’ll sing

here, with words that can’t be said
we take songs to our bed
sing – a – long, sing – a – long…. to my last song.

Le Roi d’Amour

Have you heard of”
‘Dido and Aeneas’..
of ‘Pyramus and Thisbe’…
of ‘Popeye and Olive’…
of ‘Oscar and Lord Alfred’…
… Je suis le roi d’amour.

 
All titles written & arranged by Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer except The Slider which was written by Marc Bolan. All songs published by Blue Mountain Music except for The Slider which is published by Wizard (Bahamas) Ltd.

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I Want To Live

When I look into your sad blue eyes, they whisper,
love’s been and gone…
it’s the end of the line, we’re wasting our time
I kiss you goodbye, now I can’t believe I ever said that
I would die for you, your eyes do more than kill…
I want to live.

All’s forgiven, so all’s forgotten, I’m empty inside,
What I’m trying to say since you went away, I live a lie.
I drink all day I’m never sober just to ease the pain,
These lies do more than kill…
I want to live… I want to live…

Like a ghost in my head you keep haunting me
Every promise we made, every word you said
I can’t live without you!
Baby baby, when lovin’ we were hiding
when lying we were brave.
Baby baby, I can’t live without you
all I need is you.
I want to live.

Falling Off The Edge Of The World

Happiness is a place in the sun
Says Dickie Boy with a warm gun
Charlie Darwin I believe you now
Put the monkeys in a uniform
Stormin’ Norman up on the hill
Twenty rounds with Georgie B.
Let ‘em choke on coke ‘n’ oil
Sweet revenge just one calorie
“I’m falling off the edge of the world
AAH! Floating out to who knows where?
I’m falling off the edge of the world
I’m calling out… there must be something more?”
Babe, I’ll catch your fall.
I hear the Queen has a cowboy hat
Tea, crumpets, ‘Voodoo Chile’
Rock ‘n’ roll is a pussycat
Dead and buried in the U.S.A.
Cheap thrills, Cupid heartaches
Hooked on smack and daffodils
Candy Man, Candy Man can…
Shoo be doo wop.. his kiss can kill
“I’m falling off the edge of the world
AAH! Floating out to who knows where?
I’m falling off the edge of the world
I’m calling out… there must be something more?”
Babe, I’ll catch your fall.
See a vision of a world gone green.
Pop a pill with my Ovaltine
Call a priest, grab a crucifix
I’m not religious, I’m insomniac.
I close my eyes
It won’t go away
I dry my eyes
Big boys don’t cry
When the world is rock ‘n’ shake
I fall and break…
When the world is spinning ’round
I tumble down…
Hold me steady, hold me close
“I’m falling off the edge of the world
AAH! Floating out to who knows where?
I’m falling off the edge of the world
I’m calling out… there must be something more?”
“I’m falling off the edge of the world…
Ah! Floating out…”
“I’m out of here”…

King of Trash

Hey! Sugar Sugar, my sweet honey pie
Baby let me tell ya about the teenage lie
Your lips will be kissed, stories will be told
Just remember ‘sick sick’ all that glitters is gold.

He’s calling now, he’s calling…
and the song that he sang, meant everything
“King of Trash”

Me. I’m not young. Me, I’m not old
The revolution failed, so I’ve been told take me to the moon,
Me, I’d like that. I’m no prune.

He’s calling now, he’s calling…
and the song that he sang, meant everything
“King of Trash”

So pretty children it’s time for bed
Keep-a-dreamin’ dreamy dreams
What dies aint dead

“The King is dead his coffin a shiny black
six Angels they hang-out at his back,
two to sing, two to pray, two to carry his soul away…

He’s calling now, he’s calling…
and the song that he sang, meant everything
and the song that you sing, don’t mean anything
and the song, the song that I sing,
means everything
“King of Trash”
“The King of Trash”

Why Say Goodbye

OK! My shiny one, I’ve something to tell ya…
No secrets told, to a heart cruel and cold
I know it’s hard, let’s give it another try
You mean so much to me-like the stars in the sky
So why say goodbye? Why say no more?

Who’s right? Who’s wrong? I shout, you scream
What pleases the eye, plagues the heart.
It’s strange but true, we do as we’re done by
I’m sorry for what I said, let’s go to bed!
…The time has come to talk of things
Of shoes ‘n’ bells ‘n’ wedding rings
So why say goodbye? Why say no more?

Why say goodbye? Why say no more?
for I think it is love, for I feel it is love]
for I’m almost sure it’s love
So what do you know now?
It’s down to you and me, heart to heart
Why say goodbye? Why say no more?

Saint Divine

I’ll tell you now the story of a friend of mine
A small town boy named ‘Saint Divine’
At his red flamed hair they would laugh and stare
As he searched in vain for friends to find
His mother, father and brother too…
They told him “…we don’t see the world like you…”
So he blew a kiss, he waved bye bye
For love… it don’t live here

“All the tears he holds inside… he gotta go away
…are the tears he must hide…”
Looking for love…

So he goes to a big and bright city
Where friends ecstatic are never cruel
Forgets the clouds grabs the silver lining
The lipstick boy can boogaloo
and life is just one crazy ball
’cause down at King Tut Tuts he knows them all
but the queen is still a queer
and love… it don’t live here.

“All the tears he holds inside… he gotta go away
…are the tears he must hide…Looking for.
Looking for love…
All the love he fails to find…he gotta go away
…will his dreams run out of time?…Looking for,
Looking for love…”

Saint Saint Divine How you wear the woman

What one calls a sinner another will a Saint
Who is to say what is right from wrong
It’s Friday night! It’s time to party
The sacred cow can ‘bang-a-gong’
Sing you sinners, dance you Saints
Anyway your body ‘n’ souls inclined.
Laugh you lovers at those who hate
in each an Adam and Eve entwined…

Melancholy Baby

Come a change of weather, comes a change of heart
Who will know when the rains will start?
My baby broke her promise, should I be upset?
Daylight says remember…moonlight forget.

Beauty disguises what it’s holding back
Some days when her eyes shine, her thoughts are black
Like a little child she can do no wrong
and I’ll pick her up each time she falls down

“Meanwhile Baby!… Oh! Sweet Baby!”

Night’s scent is her presence, night’s secret her face.
I speak when she’s sleeping, silent when she wakes.
Clouds gather and darken, our future foretell
Rains comin’ often and loves a brief spell
Like the saddest word, she awaits her song
and I’ll pick her up each time she falls down

“Meanwhile Baby!… Oh! Sweet Baby!
We’ve got a lot to learn about love in this life…
My Melancholy Baby”

In the palm of my hand, I’ll hold a little you
I’ll put you in my pocket when you’re feelin’ blue
Zing zing a zang go the strings of my heart
Cling cling a clang I’ll never let you part
Oh! Sweet Baby!

Fun and Experience

“…Here’s one for ya!…
…Woe! Woe! Hold your horses…”
The Boy Wonder

Everything’s in the belly or between the legs
A savage in a tin of fruit, your only man.
What’s the story? Jackinory? No, lead in the pencil?
Mr Shepard’s Pie- did you meet me middle eye?
I’m here to go, who’s the lucky one?
Get-a-load of this, it’s Innocence Bliss

An angel at the table- A devil at the door
He’d talk if he was able but his jaw just hit the floor…

“I could change the world for you. Romance the moon
make the sun shine… come on baby, please be mine…”

Fun and Experience
Love can be anything you want it to be
Fun and Experience
If you aint in- you’ll never win.

He hopped the twig, he legged the bed
Hey! Stop the lights…
Innocence left him devastated. She sucked him in.
She blew him out in baby bubbles, ’cause what goes
up gotta, gotta come down.

Her wee man in the boat was keepin’ the score
His wiggie in the middle couldn’t take much more

“I could change the world for you. Romance the moon
make the sun shine… come on baby, please be mine…”

Fun and Experience
Love can be anything you want it to be
Fun and Experience
If you aint in- you’ll never win.

The Boy Wonder’s… if she’s the cheese
or the cow on the box

“I could change the world for you. Romance the moon
make the sun shine… come on baby, please be mine…”

Fun and Experience
Love can be anything you want it to be
Fun and experience
If you aint in- you won’t win!

An angel at the table- A devil at the door
He’d talk if he was able, but his jaw just hit the floor
Yeah! Her wee man in the boat was keepin’ the score
His wiggie in the middle could take no more

Fun and Experience
Love can be anything you want it to be!

The moral of the song you can’t go wrong
If you don’t shoot your shot… she’ll love you not
So let her wee man in the boat keep a countin’ the score
But wiggie in the middle gotta give much more!

The Big No! No!

What is the truth of all that we know?
To hear the crap that comes out of the mouth.
The silent can say more… waiting and watching to see…
(I see)… what will be?
A hate… that goes by the name of concern
feel touched… stand and just watch the thing die
so mercy is money, I saw it on T.V. … come see it
on T.V. … it’s money not mercy
“Not for you! No! I won’t bend or change, the way I see
the world according to me.”
The Prigs… who think they are whiter than white
are sick… to judge by the filth of their minds
whatever your pleasure, a kiss or a blow, then go
or just say No!
In my face… “melthead” served up on a plate
What’s next? The best things in life are for sale.
We got it! (Yeah!) You want it? (No!) The singer can
sing (Wow!) The singer can sell! The singer can sell!
“Not for you! No! I won’t bend or change, the way I see
the world according to me.”
No! No! No! It’s the little “yes yes” or the big “No! No!”
(Day by day, day by day) “We love you so!”
(Day by day, day by day) “Oh! What a drag.”
(Day by day, day by day) “I don’t believe”
(Day by day, day by day) “So who are you?”
… Life goes on …
The little “yes yes” The big “No! No!” … sit right down
it’s the start of the show …
(Day by day, day by day) “Wow! You don’t say!”
(Day by day, day by day) “Oh! By the way!”
(Day by day, day by day) “Excuse me please, I have to go”
Day by day, day by day, Life goes on.

Where In The World?

The soul is up for hire, we sold out the heart. The truth lies deep under our skin, Bite the hand that gives, kiss the hand that takes. Where in the world can I turn and look to? Things never change they fade away. The Church of Love … it’s law and disorder. We’re meant to give more than we take. Calling Gods on high, it’s in your name millions die, Silenced those who scream, no golden cold image can redeem, The tongue tells lies, minds deceive. I turn around and see a finger pointing at me. Where in the world can I turn and look to? Things never change they fad away. The Church of Love … it’s law and disorder Where cheating hearts can kneel and pray. Put your feet on the water, play Jesus for the day… They say the times are a changin’, we’ve woken to our ignorance, truly I believe but I find it hard to see. Where in the world can I turn and look to? Things never change they fade away. The Church of Love… it’s law and disorder We’re meant to give more than we take. Where in the world can I turn and look to? Things never change they fade away. The Church of Love … it’s law and disorder Where cheating hearts can kneel and pray.

Wind And Rain

Wind & Rain. Ice and Snow
Winter kills we stay together
Wind & Rain. Ice and Snow
Someone speaks we wake up crying

Push aside those who whisper
never
for our love will last forever

The trees are bare. No birds sing
I want to tell you everything
The ice is cold. The winter rain
Seasons change- we remain

Push aside those who whisper
never
for our love will last forever

Hold me closer- kill the distance
Tell me everything
Hold me closer- kill the distance
I want to tell you everything

Push aside those who whisper
never
for our love will last forever

Hold me closer- kill the distance
Tell me everything
Hold me closer- kill the distance
Tell me everything

I know
I know our love will last forever

Eden

Blue sky the waters clear
Our love’s garden to tend and to rule
No fear mischief in the shadows waits
We have each other and time to kill
Eden.
We meet by the darkness the truth of our kiss,
One touch of skin commits us a new
Your moist inside, my ease so rich I tremble
the sweetest strain it tears me asunder
Eden.
A spell has broken outcast and in gloom
A waste so dry where is my love?
I wander lost a time that feels like hours
until I see a place that is green.
Eden

All titles written & arranged by Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer. All songs published by Blue Mountain Music.

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Each man kills the thing he loves

Each man kills the thing he loves, by each let this be heard. Some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword. Some kill their love when they are young, some when they are old. Some strangle with the hands of lust, some with the hands of gold. The kindest use a knife because, the dead so soon grow cold. Some love too little, some too long, some buy and other sell. Some do the deed with so many tears, and some without a sigh. For each man kills the thing he loves, yet each man does not die.

Tell tale heart

Torn between the light and the dark. The heathen smiles, the tell tale heart. He hides away, it is his home. His saving grace, he lives alone. The silence cuts so deep within. For all is lost he can never win. Secrets come and secrets go, that only his heart ever knows. And outside is the real world, the weird and the wonderful. He is afraid to be alone, he is alone. He wants to touch the feeling of her loneliness, to watch her cry is to watch him die. The heart it was the main thing to see and believe, it will do you no harm to call and try for love, for love, for love. He placed a piece of velvet upon the shame, the ultimate cover up the hidden lie. To die with ones mouth full of ashes, ooh, it will do you no harm to call and try for love, for love, for love. Tattle tell, tattle tell, tell tale heart.

Apologia

Just a penny for the poor I ask. For a love that was strong and fast. Oh! This Judas betrayal was with more than a kiss. Things are not always what they seem. Lover, liar … friend or foe? To beg, steal and borrow then throw it away. “I’ve no regrets, nothing lost or gained”. Easy words for the brave to say. Now sorrow, it digs away at its own grave. To have or to have not, is all that I have got. I see no hope in those eyes as they close. So sing a song for this bleeding love, for a life that we’ll never know. Streets paved with silver, dreams made in gold, and as these icy stars, they sing, who will know what this night will bring. The envy eats nothing but its own. To have or to have not, is all that I have got. I see no hope in those eyes as they close. Just a penny for the poor I ask. For a love that was strong and fast. Oh! This Judas betrayal was with more than a kiss.

Dazzle and Delight

She had a head like a God and when she spoke, it was as if gold fell from her mouth. You can watch, watch me crawl; up and down, down the wall. I feel icy, I feel cold. See me change like a venom snake, it’s no-one’s fault, my mistake. I know the reason, I know why. Here comes, here comes, here comes that sinking feeling. Tear me apart, pull me down. Here comes, here comes, here comes that sinking feeling. Pay your cash for a new disease, kiss the beast, fall in love with the greatest of ease. No! No! This pig goes to slaughter, she does evil, turns wine into water. I’d do anything, I lose control. My only friend the one desire, to feed the pain, the burning fire. I hate my hands, my shaking hands, shaking hands. So you watched, watched me crawl, you saw me sink, sink and fall. I feel icy, so alone, so alone. You saw me change like a venom snake, that’s no one’s fault, my mistake, I know the reason, I know why, I know why. Here comes, here comes, here comes that sinking feeling. Tear me apart, pull me down. Here comes, here comes, here comes that sinking feeling. Pay your cash for a new disease, kiss this beast, fall in love with the greatest of these.

Next

Naked as sin an army towel covers my body. Some of us blush, somehow knees turn to jelly – Next! Next! I was still just a kid there were a hundred others like me. I follow the naked body, the naked body follows me – Next! Next! I was still just a kid when my innocence was lost, in a mobile-army whore house, gift of the army, free of cost! Next! You’re next! Me? I really would have liked, just a little touch of tenderness, maybe a word or smile, some happiness, but oh! No! Next! Next! Well it wasn’t so tragic the high heavens didn’t fall, but most of that time I hated being there at all … Next! Next! I always recall those flying flags, the army tanks, those queer lieutenants who slapped our asses as if we were fags … Next! You’re next! I swear on the head of my first case of the pox! It’s that ugly voice that I forever hear … Next! Next! The voice that stinks of corpses of whiskey and mud. It’s the voice of the nations, the thick, thick, voice of blood … Next! Next! And each time I’m with a woman and I take her to my bed, she whispers and laughs through my head … Next! … You’re next! All the naked and the dead should hold each others hands as I scream out loud each night in a dream no-one understands … Next! … Next! And when I’m not screaming in a voice cold, dry and hollow… I stand on endless, naked lines of the following and the followed … Next! Next! One day I’ll cut my legs off, I’ll burn myself alive, I’d do anything, anything, just to keep out of line, just to stay out of line and never to be next! No, never to be next! No! Na! Na! Na! Next!

You take away the sun

You take away the sun for me. Every time you walk away from me. You take away … I’m alone … Come Home … You’ve taken everything from me. There’s nothing left, can’t you see. I’m alone … There was a time when life, it was a bed of roses. And now time … Time has taken … You walk into the fire, that keeps burning … The fire … Oh! my yearning, to be holding hands with the one I love as the sky turns black there is no above. You take away the sun for me. Every time you walk away from me. You take away … I’m alone … Come Home … You’ve taken everything from me. There’s nothing left, can’t you see. I’m alone … You’ve taken everything from me. There’s nothing left, can’t you see. I’m alone … There was a time when yesterdays were just tomorrows and now time … Time has taken. You walk into the fire that keeps burning … The fire oh! My yearning to be holding hands with the one I love as the sky turns black. There is no above … Don’t speak of broken down angels. I’ve no need for foolish things. Who spoke of heavenly salvation? My heart bleeds as you pull the strings. Who spoke of broken down angels. I’ve no need for foolish things. Don’t speak of heavenly salvation. My heart bleeds as you pull the strings. Don’t speak of broken down angels. Don’t speak of broken down angels. We don’t need wings to fly. We don’t need wings to fly … You take away the sun. You take away the sun.

Death is not the end

When you’re sad and when you’re lonely and you haven’t got a friend. Just remember that death is not the end. And all that you’ve held sacred, falls down and does not mend. Just remember that death is not the end. Not the end . . . not the end. Just remember that death is not the end. When you’re standing on the crossroads that you cannot comprehend. Just remember that death is not the end. And all your dreams have vanished and you don’t know what’s around the bend. Just remember that death is not the end. Not the end . . . not the end. Just remember that death is not the end. When the storm clouds gather ’round you, and heavy rains descend. Just remember that death is not the end. And there’s no one there to comfort you, with a helpin’ hand to lend. Just remember that death is not the end. Not the end . . . not the end. Just remember that death is not the end. Oh, the tree of life is growing, where the spirit never dies and the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty skies. When the cities are on fire with the burning flesh of men. Just remember that death is not the end. And you search in vain to find just on law abiding citizen. Just remember that death is not the end. Not the end . . . not the end. Just remember that death is not the end.

He got what he wanted

When I wake up in the morning, there’s no sun. There ain’t no sunshine. “Time heals the hurt” they say. Ah! Don’t talk worn out, worn out words. I touched the sky to feed all my hunger. Nothing I could wait for, nothing but my want. A fist filled with furied desire . . . clutched all that’s real, catch as catch can. To put your trust in a craving . . . Never are you sure, who’ll let you down. I was a king just for one day, like a fool now I know . . . my kingdom grew cold. I followed all my dreams and illusions. I got what I wanted . . . not sure what I have. So the day begins without faith . . . and the day it ends without joy. He got what he wanted . . . lost what he had. He got what he wanted . . . lost what he had. To get what you want, to lose what you have. To cut up and bleed just for the need. Come now, lay your head on my shoulder, and I’ll tell you why, why I am sad. For all I’ve seen and heard . . . still I wonder in all of these years I’d no time for tears. I followed all my dreams and illusions. I got what I what I wanted . . . not sure what I have.So the day begins without faith . . . and the day it ends without joy. He got what he wanted . . . lost what he had. He got what he wanted . . . lost what he had. To get what you want, to lose what you have. . . to cut up and bleed just for the need. He got what he wanted . . . lost what he had. He got what he wanted . . . lost what he had. Don’t lose, lose, lose what you have. Don’t lose, lose, lose what you have. Don’t lose, lose, lose what you have. He got what he wanted . . . lost what he had.

Man of Misfortune

See that man – I carry the world upon my back.
Talk to that man – there is no hope, I never talk back.
Sold my soul for a cheap ideal.
The price I paid? The spice of life.
Now I’m in a real dilemma,
I must keep myself alive … alive … alive.

Look at that man – What am I doing in a place like this?
Pity that man – I live my life like it’s a crime!
The sun goes dim, the moon turns black.
What I gave away, I never got back.
Now I’m in a real dilemma.
I must keep myself alive … alive … alive.

I see junk to my left! Freaks to my right!
Ain’t no one laughin’ – Ain’t nothing funny.
Ain’t nothing happening. ‘Cause we ain’t got no money!
Hey! Hey! Hey! … Misfortune!
Woe! Woe! Woe! …. Misfortune!
Watch that man! Everything I see goes into a book.
I said, watch that man! I live my life with a filthy look!

Sold my soul for a cheap ideal.
The price I paid? The spice of life.
Now I’m in a real dilemma,
I must keep myself alive.

The angels they came to visit me.
Some divine intervention … they said
“Are you the boy with the stars in your eyes?
Are you the boy that fooled the world?”
Flappin’ their wings, tellin’ me things.
Flappin’ their wings, tellin’ me things…
I said “I know what I like. I know what I want!
But I never seem to know, I never seem to know.
How to get that thing boy. How d’ya get that thing boy?
Can you tell me how you got, how you got that thing?
How d’ya get that thing boy?”

See that man! Talk to that man!
Look at that man but don’t ya pity that man!
I’m a man of misfortune! I’m a man of misfortune!
Look at that man! Watch that man!
But Na! Na! No! don’t talk to that man!
I’m a man of misfortune. I’m a man of misfortune.
I must keep myself alive. I must keep myself alive.

Rags to Riches

From rags to riches and back again. I throw my pearls at you swine. Kiss and tell, kiss and tell. I do that all the time. “I’m a man in a million…Ya! Ya! Ya! Yo! Very pleased to meet me? I’ll tell you what to do! Put some money in my pocket, your hand on my heart. And I’ll hold my head up high!” Here she comes now… My queen of desire… Tip my hat to this Oooh indulgence. Come’re baby! Keep me warm! Come’re baby! Keep me warm! “Sad are my dreams but sweet are the tears. Tears of true love. Tears of regret. So… we all must cry! We all must cry!” “The world’s forgiven! The world’s forgot! The world’s just singin’ ‘Ba da bop bop bow!’ No! The world won’t listen ’cause the world don’t know that… ‘That’s life baby, ba da bop bop bow!’ ‘That’s life baby! Ba da bop bop bow. That’s life’ ” My heart is broken, little pieces all over the floor. “Come on! Come’re, pick me up, put me in your pocket”. You win some and you lose some but that’s life baby – ba da bop bop bow! I say – “Buy me a drink and I’ll be just like you. Where do ya come from? What do you do? Buy me a drink, I’ll be just like you. Where do you come from? What do you do? Buy me a drink, I’ll be just like you. Where do you come from? What do you do?” With your hearts handmade in heaven. Lots of faith, hope and charity… No need to feed the poor. I got my dignity! I’m no beggar. I’m the man! Set them up, I’ll knock ‘em down! A man in a million I’ve seen it all. You people rise, I just fall. From rags to riches and back again. I throw my pearls at you swine. Kiss and tell, kiss and tell. Oh! I do that all the time… Put some money in my pocket your hand on my heart and I’ll hold my head up high…”The world’s forgiven. The world’s forgot. The world’s just singin’ ‘Ba da bop bop bow!’ No! The world won’t listen ’cause the world don’t know that ‘That’s life baby, ba da bop bop bow!’ ‘That’s life baby! Ba da bop bop bow. That’s life’ so let’s, so let’s, so let’s dance! That’s life baby! Ooh that’s… Life baby! Life baby! Buy me a drink and I’ll be just like you. Where do you come from? What do you do?” Oh! my heart is broken, little pieces all over the floor. “Pick me up, put me in your pocket, take me home, keep me warm… ” Ya! Ya! … Yo!

The next thing to murder

Welcome to the happy end… your feelings they don’t count boy! Oh no! You’ve got no friends! … sunset over hell… The worst is yet to come now… You can crawl, you can walk, you can run… for he who is, who was, is now to come… The next thing to murder. With voodoo tattooed in your head! Your world is fake! All lost and sad. The greatest story ever told, the love of money, the want for gold! Another day, another dollar. The price you pay is what they tell you. Welcome… Come on… To the happy end. Your feelings they don’t count boy. Oh no! You’ve got no friends… Sunset over hell. The worst is yet to come now. You can crawl, you can walk, you can run. For he who is, who was, is now to come… So this is where we turn to friends because this is where it all ends. The bible is the book! Jesus the friend! All the king’s horses kill all the king’s men. The next thing to murder. The next thing to murder… prepare ye… prepare ye…

Love is just a word

Roses are roses. Blue is blue. “God knows I’m good but does he care? … I’m sure somebody down there hates me…” She says as she… she says as she picks up a flower, for love is like a flower. It grows, blossoms and blooms… But love is just a word and words disobey… and roses are roses.

Another Blow on the Bruise

Twenty years ago I was just a boy… time goes so slow when you’re havin’ fun… my favourite stars are out tonight. So I feel somewhat justified, another excuse to confuse, abuse and forget myself. Here I go… now I know… show me the river to drown all my sorrows… Another blow on the bruise. Another blow on the bruise. One touch of darkness and you know where you are. For this is my, my old true friend… And you know old friends are the best friends ’cause they know just who you are… they take you to a place where you can hide your disgrace and leave you all alone… swing low… swing high… My friends I never cry. Way down… Deep low… To the place where we must go… Another blow on the bruise. Another blow on the bruise… I’m just the once upon a time man, inviting you to a dream of mine. So welcome, won’t you come now? but just take your time and when you go back with those stories you gotta tell, just remember my heaven is another man’s hell… the door is always open, the door is never closed… and the story is never told… so… show me the river to drown all my sorrows… another blow on the bruise, another blow on the bruise. You can take me in, throw me out, cut me up, shut me out… Nothing you do or say will change my ways. I’ve been there before and I’ve come back for more… So ya all gotta sing… singalong now! … Swing low! Swing high! My friends I never cry. Way down! Deep low! To the place where you must go… To the place where you must go… Another blow on the bruise. Another blow on the bruise.

All titles written & arranged by Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer except ‘Each Man Kills the Thing he Loves’, words by Oscar Wilde and ‘Next’, words and music by Jacques Brel, English lyrics by Shuman/Blau, and ‘Death is not the End’, words and music by Bob Dylan.

All songs published by Blue Mountain Music except for ‘Next’, Carlin Music Corp and ‘Death is not the End’, Warner Chappel Music.

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