ASTRONOMY DOMINE Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten Blinding signs flap, Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow. Stairway scare Dan Dare who's there? Lime and limpid green, the sounds around The icy waters under Lime and limpid green, the sounds around The icy waters underground LUCIFER SAM Lucifer Sam, siam cat Always sitting by your side Always by your side That cat's something I can't explain Ginger, ginger you're a witch You're the left side He's the right side That cat's something I can't explain Lucifer go to sea Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat Somewhere, anywhere That cat's something I can't explain At night prowling sifting sand Hiding around on the ground He'll be found when you're around That cat's something I can't explain MATILDA MOTHER Ther was a king who ruled the land His majesty was in command With silver eyes the scarlet eagle Showers silver on the people Oh Mother, tell me more Why'd ya have to leave me there Hanging in my _____________ Waiting You only have to read the lines ____________ black and everything shines Across the stream with wooden shoes With bells to tell the king the news A thousand misty riders glide ____________ once upon a time Wandering and dreaming The words have different meaning yes they did For all the time spent in that room The doll's house, darkness, old perfume And fairy sories held me high on clouds Of sunlight floating by Oh Mother, tell me more Tell me more Aaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaah FLAMING Alone in the clouds all blue Lying on an eiderdown Yippee! You can't see me But I can you Lazing in the foggy dew Sitting on a unicorn No fair, you can't hear me But I can you Watching buttercups cup the light Sleeping on a dandelion Too much, I won't touch you But then I might Screaming through the starlit sky Travelling by telephone Hey ho, here we go Ever so high Alone in the clouds all blue Lying on an eiderdown Yippee! You can't see me But I can you TAKE UP THY STETHOSCOPE AND WALK I'm in bed _________________ Gold is lead Choke on bread Underfed Gold is lead Jesus bled Pain is red ________________ _________ greasy spoon _________ june bloom Music seems to help the pain Seems to _________ the brain Doctor kindly tell your wife that I'm alive - flowers thrive - realize - realize Reali ------------ ze THE GNOME I want to tell you a story About a little man If I can A gnome named Grimble Crumble And little gnomes stay in their homes Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine He waore a scarlet tunic, A blue green hood, It looked quite good He had a big adventure Amidst the grass Fresh air at last Wining, dining, biding his time And then one day - hooray! Another way for gnomes to say Oooooooooomlay Look at the sky, look at the river Isn't it good Look at the sky, look at the river Isn't it good Winding, finding places to go And then one day - hooray! Another way for gnomes to say Oooooooooomlay Ooooooooooooooomlay CHAPTER 24 A movement is accomplished in six stages And the seventh brings return The seven is the number of the young light It forms when darkness is increased by one Change returns success Going and coming without a look Action brings good fortune Sunset The time is with the month of winter solstice When the change is due to come Thunder in the other course of heaven Things cannot be destroyed once and for all Change returns success Going and coming without a look Action brings good fortune Sunset, sunrise A movement is accomplished in six stages And the seventh brings return The seven is the number of the young light It forms when darkness is increased by one Change returns success Going and coming without a look Action brings good fortune Sunset, sunrise THE SCARECROW The black and green scarecrow as everyone knows Stood with a bird on his hat and straw everywhere He didn't care He stood in a field where holly grows His head did no thinking His arms didn't move except when the wind cut up _________________ spun around on the ground He stood in a field where holly grows The black and green scarecrow is sadder than me But now he's resigned to his fate `cause life's not unkind - he doesn't mind He stood in a field where holly grows BIKE I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It's got a basket, a bell that rings and Things to make it look good. I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I've got a cloak. It's a bit of a joke. There's a tear up the front. It's red and black. I've had it for months. If you think it could look good, then I guess it should. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house. I don't know why. I call him Gerald. He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I've got a clan of gingerbread men. Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men. Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I know a room full of musical tunes. Some rhyme, some ching. Most of them are clockwork. Let's go into the other room and make them work. LET THERE BE MORE LIGHT Far, far, far away - way People heard him say - say I will find a way - way There will come a day - day Something will be done Then at last the mighty ship Descending on a point of flame Made contact with the human race *And melted hearts* Now, now, now is the time - time Time to be - be - be aware _________ father saw him there and Knew the road revealed to him The living soul of __________ Oh my, something in my eye - eye Something in the sky - sky Waiting there for me The _____________ back The service men were heard to sigh For there revealed in glowing robes Was Lucy in the sky _____________ did you ever know - know Never ever will they _____________ Flying in his cosmic art And glowing slightly from his toes _____________________ REMEMBER A DAY Remember a day before today A day when you were you young Free to play alone with time Evening never came Sing a song that can't be sung Without the morning's kiss Queen - you shall be it if you wish Look for your king Why can't we play today Why can't we stay that way Climb your favorite apple tree Try to catch the sun Hide from your little brother's gun Dream yourself away Why can't we reach the sun Why can't we blow the years away Blow away Blow away Remember Remember SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN Little by little the night turns around Counting the leaves which tremble and turn Lotus's lean on each other in union Over the hills where a swallow is resting Set the controls for the heart of the sun Over the mountain watching the watcher Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine Morning to birth is born into shadow Love is the shadow that ripens the wine Set the controls for the heart of the sun The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun (repeat, fading) Who is the man who arrives at the wall? Making the shape of his questions at asking Thinking the sun will fall in the evening Will he remember the lesson of giving? Set the controls for the heart of the sun The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun (repeat, fading) CORPORAL CLEGG Corporal Clegg had a wooden leg He won it in the war in 1944 Corporal Clegg had a medal too In orange, red, and blue He found it in the zoo Dear, dear were they really sad for me Dear, dear will they really laugh at me Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin Corporal Clegg umbrella in the rain He's never been the same No one is to blame Corporal Clegg recieved his medal in a dream From her majesty the queen His boots were very clean Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin SEE-SAW Marigolds are very much in love, but he doesn't mind Picking up his sister, he makes his way into the seas or land All the way she smiles She goes up while he goes down, down Sits on a stick in the river Laughter in his sleep Sister's throwing stones, hoping for a hit He doesn't know so then She goes up while he goes down, down Another time, another day A brother's way to leave Another time, another day She'll be selling plastic flowers on a Sunday afternoon Picking up weeds, she hasn't got the time to care All can see he's not there She grows up for another man, and he's down Another time, another day A brother's way to leave Another time, another day Another time, another day A brother's way to leave JUGBAND BLUES It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear That I'm not here And I never knew we could be so thick And I never knew we could be so blue And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes And brought me here instead dressed in red And I'm wondering who could be writing this song I don't care if the sun don't shine And I don't care if nothing is mine And I don't care if I'm nervous with you I'll do my loving in the winter And the sea isn't green And I love the queen And what exactly is a dream And what exactly is a joke CIRRUS MINOR In a churchyard by a river Lazing in the hazy midday Laughing in the grasses and the graves Yellow bird you are not long in singing And in flying up and laughing and in leaving Willow weeping in the water Waving to the river daughters Swaying in the ripples and the reeds On a trip to cirrus minor Saw a crater in the sun A thousand miles of moonlight later THE NILE SONG I was standing by the nile When I saw the lady smile I would take her out for a while - for a while ________________ like a child How her golden hair was blowing wild Then she spread her wings to fly - oh to fly Soaring high above the breezes Going always where she pleases She will ____________________ I will follow in her shadow As I watch her from my window One day I will catch her She is calling from the deep Summoning my soul to endless sleep She is bound to drag me down - drag me down CRYING SONG We smile and smile We smile and smile Laughter echoes in your eyes We climb and climb We climb and climb Footfalls softly in the pines We cry and cry We cry and cry Sadness passes in a while We roll and roll We roll and roll Help me roll away the stone GREEN IS THE COLOUR Heavy hung the canopy blue Shade my eyes and I can see you White is the light that shines Thru the dress you wore She lay in the shadow of a wave Hazy were the visions over played Sunlight in her eyes But moonshine made her cry ev'ry time Green is the colour of her kind Quickness of the eye decieves the mind Envy is the bond between The hopeful and the damned CYMBALINE The path you tread is narrow And the drop is sheer and very high The ravens all are watching From a vantage point nearby Apprehension creeping like __________ train Up your spine Will the tightrope reach the end Will the final cup be dry And it's high time Cymbaline And it's high time Cymbaline Please wake me A butterfly with broken wings Is falling by your side The ravens all are closing in There's nowhere you can hide Your manager and agent are both busy on the phone Selling coloured photographs to magazines back home And it's high time Cymbaline And it's high time Cymbaline Please wake me The lines converging where you stand They must have moved the picture plane The leaves are heavy round your feet You hear the thunder of the train Suddenly it strikes you that they're moving into range And Dr. Strange is always changing size And it's high time Cymbaline And it's high time Cymbaline And it's high time Cymbaline And it's high time Cymbaline IBIZAR BAR ASTRONOMY DOMINE Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten Blinding signs flap, Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow. Stairway scare Dan Dare who's there? Lime and limpid green, the sounds around The icy waters under Lime and limpid green, the sounds around The icy waters underground SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN Little by little the night turns around Counting the leaves which tremble and turn Lotus's lean on each other in union Over the hills where a swallow is resting Set the controls for the heart of the sun Over the mountain watching the watcher Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine Morning to birth is born into shadow Love is the shadow that ripens the wine Set the controls for the heart of the sun The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun (repeat, fading) Who is the man who arrives at the wall? Making the shape of his questions at asking Thinking the sun will fall in the evening Will he remember the lesson of giving? Set the controls for the heart of the sun The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun (repeat, fading) GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS Icy wind of night begone this is not your domain In the sky a bird was heard to cry Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds Belie the deathly silence that lay all around Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox Gone to ground See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees Laughing as it passes through the endless summer Making for the sea In the lazy water meadow I lay me down All around me golden sun flakes settle on the ground Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox Gone to ground See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees In the lazy water meadow I lay me down All around me golden sun flakes covering the ground Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox Gone to ground See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees THE NARROW WAY 1 - 3 Following the path as it leads toward The darkness in the north Weary stranger's faces show their sympathy Tey've seen that hope before And if you want to stay for a little bit Rest your aching limbs for a little bit For the night is beckoning and you know It can't be wrong __________________________________________ Mystery swelling, creatures crawling Hear the roar ger louder in your ears You know the folly was your own But ___________________________ conquer all you fears And if you want to stay for a little bit Rest your aching limbs for a little bit For the night is beckoning and you know It can't be wrong ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Perhaps a day will come when you _______________ And if you want to stay for a little bit Rest your aching limbs for a little bit For the night is beckoning and you know It can't be wrong Hear the night that's calling you ____________ ____________________________________________ IF If I were a swan, I'd be gone If I were a train, I'd be late And if I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do If I were to sleep, I could dream If I were afraid, I could hide If I go insane, please don't put Your wires in my brain If I were the moon, I'd be cool If I were a book, I would bend If I were a good man, I'd understand The spaces between friends If I were alone, I would cry And if I were with you, I'd be home and dry And if I go insane, Will you still let me join in the game? If I were a swan, I'd be gone If I were a train, I'd be late again If I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do SUMMER `68 Would you like to say something before you leave Perhaps you'd care to state exactly how you feel We said goodbye before we said hello I hardly even like you, I shouldn't care at all We met just six hours ago, the music was too loud From your bed I gained a day and lost a bloody year And I would like to know How do you feel, how do you feel, how do you feel? Not a single word was said, delights still without fears Occasinally you showed a smile but what was the need I felt the cold far too soon - the wind of `95 My friends are lying in the sun, I wish that I was there Tomorrow brings another town and another girl like you Have you time before you leave to greet another man Just you let me know How do you feel, how do you feel, how do you feel? Goodbye to you ___________________________________ I've had enough for one day FAT OLD SUN When the fat old sun in the sky is falling Summer evenin' birds are calling Summer's thunder time of year The sound of music in my ears Distant bells, new mown grass Smells so sweet By the river holding hands Roll me up and lay me down And if you sit don't make a sound Pick your feet up off the ground And if you hear as the warm night falls The silver sound from a time so strange Sing to me, sing to me When that fat old sun in the sky is falling Summer evenin' birds are calling Children's laughter in my ears The last sunlight disappears And if you sit don't make a sound Pick your feet up off the ground And if you hear as the warm night falls The silver sound from a time so strange Sing to me, sing to me When that fat old sun in the sky is falling A PILLOW OF WINDS A cloud of eiderdown draws around me Softening the sound Sleepy time when I lie With my love by my side And she's breathing low And a candle dies The night comes down, you lock the door The book falls to the floor As darkness falls and waves roll by The seasons change, the wind is warm Now wakes the owl, now sleeps the swan Behold the dream, the dream is gone Green fields, a cold rain is falling Near the golden door Deep beneath the ground the early morning sounds And I go down Sleepy time when I lie With my love by my side And she's breathing low And I rise like a bird In the haze when the rays touch the sky And the night wings by FEARLESS You say the hill's too steep to climb Climb it! You say you'd like to see me try Climb it! You pick the place and I'll choose the time And I'll climb the hill in my own way Just wait awhile for the right day And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds I look down, hear the sound of the things you said today Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd Smiling! Nothing waits the magistrate turns round Frowning! And who's the fool who wears the crown Go down in your own way And ev'ry day is the right day And as you rise above the fear lines in the frown You look down, hear the sound of the faces in the crowd SAN TROPEZ As I reach for a peach, slide a ride down behind The sofa in San Tropez Breaking a stick with a brick on the sand Riding a wave in the wake of an old sedan Sleeping alone in the drone of the darkness Sratched by the sand that fell from our love Deep in my dreams and I still hear her calling If you're alone I'll come home Backwards and homebound, the pidgeon, the dove Gone with the wind and the rain on an airplane Owning a home with no silver spoon I'm drinking champagne like a big tycoon Sooner than wait for a break in the weather I'll gather my far flung thoughts together Speeding away on a wind to a new day If you're alone I'll come home And I pause for a while by a country stile And listen to things they say Digging for gold with a hoe in my hand Hoping they'll take a look at the way things stand Would you lead me down to the place by the sea? I hear your soft voice calling to me Making a date for later by phone If you're alone I'll come home SEAMUS I was in the kitchen Seamus (that's the dog) was outside Well, I was in the kitchen Seamus, my old hound, was outside Well you know the sun was sinkin' slowly But my old hound dog sat right down and cried ECHOES Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves In labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant tide comes willowing across the sand And ev'rything is green and submarine And no one showed us to the land and No one knows the wheres or why and Something stares and something tries and Starts to climb towards the light Strangers passing in the street, by chance Two sep'rate glances meet and I am you and What I see is me and do I take you by the hand And lead you through the land And help me understand the best I can And no one calls us to the land and No one crosses there alive and No one speaks and no one tries and No one flies around the sun Now this is the day you fall upon my waking eyes Inviting and inciting me to rise And through the window in the wall comes Streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning and No one sings me lullabies and No one makes me close my eyes So I throw the windows wide and Call to you across the skies BURNING BRIDGES Bridges burning, blindly merging with the Shadow flickering between the light Stolen _________ floating softly on the air Borne on wings of fire and climbing higher Ancient bones are breaking Moving on and cahnging sides Dreaming of a new day, cast aside the other way Magic visions stirring, kindled by ________ burning Flames rise in her eyes The __________ expands _______________________________ ______________________________________________________ The moment is at hand, she breaks the golden band THE GOLD IT'S IN THE... Come on, my friends let's make for the hills. They say there's gold but I'm looking for thrills. You can get your hands on whatever we find, Cause I'm only comin' 'long for the ride. Well, you go your way, I'll go mine. I don't care if we get there on time. Ev'rybody's searching for something they say. I'll get my kicks on the way. Over the mountain, across the seas, Who knows what will be waiting for me? I could sail forever to strange sounding names. Faces of people and places don't change. All I have to do is close my eyes To see the sea gulls wheeling in those far distant skies. All I want to tell you, all I want to say Is count me in on the journey, Don't expect me to stay. FREE FOUR One, two, free four The memories of a man in his old age Are the deeds of a man in his prime You shuffle in the gloom of the sickroom And talk to yourself as you die And life is a short warm moment And death is a long cold rest You get your chance to try In the twinkling of an eye Eighty years with luck or even less So all aboard for the american tour And maybe you'll make it to the top But mind how you go I can tell you `cause I know You may find it hard to get off But you are the angel of death And I am the dead man's son He was buried like a mole in a foxhole And everyone's still on the run And who is the master of foxhounds And who says the hunt has begun Who calls the tune in the courtroom And who beats the funeral drum The memories of a man in his old age Are the deeds of a man in his prime Shuffle in the gloom of the sickroom And talk to yourself as you die CHILDHOOD'S END You shout in your sleep. Perhaps the price is too steep. Is your conscience at rest If once put to the test? You awake with a start To just the beating of your heart. Just one man beneath the sky, Just two ears, just two eyes. You set sail across the sea Of long past thoughts and memories. Childhood's end, your fantasies Merge with harsh realities. And then as the sail is hoist, You find your eyes are growing moist. All the fears never voiced Say you have to make your final choice. Who are you and who am I To say we know the reason why? Some are born; some men die Beneath one infinite sky. There'll be war, there'll be peace. But ev'rything one day will cease. All the iron turned to rust; All the proud men turned to dust. And so all things, time will mend. So this song will end. WOTS...UH THE DEAL Heaven sent the promised land Looks all right from where I stand 'Cause I'm the man on the outside looking in Waiting on the first step Show me where the key is kept Point me down the right line Because it's time To let me in from the cold Turn my lead into gold 'Cause there's a chill wind blowin' in my soul And I think I'm growing old Flash the readies Wots..uh the deal? Got to make it to the next meal Try to keep up with the turning of the wheel Mile after mile stone after stone You turn to speak but you're alone Million miles from home you're on your own So let me in from the cold Turn my lead into gold 'Cause there's a chill wind blowin' in my soul And I think I'm growing old Fire bright by candlelight and her by my side And if she prefers we never stir again Someone sent the promised land And I grabbed it with both hands Now I'm the man on the inside looking out Hear me shout Come on in What's the news? where you been? 'Cause there's no wind left in my soul And I've grown old STAY Stay and help me to end the day And if you don't mind we'll break a bottle of wine Stick around and maybe we'll put one down Cause I wanna find what lies behind those eyes Midnight blue burning gold A yellow moon is growing cold I rise looking through my morning eyes Surpised to find you by my side Rack my brain to try to remember your name To find the words to tell you goodbye Morning dues newborn day Midnight blue turned to gray Midnight blue burning gold A yellow moon is growing cold BREATHE Breathe, breathe in the air Don't be afraid to care Leave but don't leave me Look around and choose your own ground For long you live and high you'll fly And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be Run, run rabbit run Dig that hole, forget the sun, And when at last the work is done Don't sit down it's time to dig another one For long you live and high you'll fly But only if you ride the tide Balanced on the biggest wave You race towards an early grave. TIME Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine Staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long and There is time to kill today And then one day you find ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, But it's sinking And racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in the relative way, but you're older And shorter of breath and one day closer to death Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time Plans that either come to naught Or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone the song is over, Thought I'd something more to say BREATHE REPRISE Home, home again I like to be here when I can When I come in cold and tired It's good to warm my bones beside the fire Far away across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spell. MONEY Money, get away Get a good job with more pay and you're O. K. Money it's a gas Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash New car, caviar, four star daydream Think I'll buy me a football team Money get back I'm all right Jack keep your hands off my stack Money it's a hit Don't give me that do goody good bullshit I'm in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set And I think I need a Lear jet Money it's a crime Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie Money so they say Is the root of all evil today But if you ask for a raise it's no surprise that they're Giving none away US AND THEM Us, and them And after all we're only ordinary men Me, and you God only knows it's not what we would choose to do Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died And the General sat, and the lines on the map moved from side to side Black and blue And who knows which is which and who is who Up and Down And in the end it's only round and round and round Haven't you heard it's a battle of words the post bearer cried Listen son, said the man with the gun There's room for you inside Down and Out It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about With, without And who'll deny that's what the fighting's all abouut Get out of the way, it's a busy day and I've got things on my mind For the want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died BRAIN DAMAGE The lunatic is on the grass The lunatic is on the grass Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs Got to keep the loonies on the path The lunatic is in the hall The lunatics are in my hall The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon The lunatic is in my head The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me till I'm sane You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me. And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear You shout and no one seems to hear And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon. ECLIPSE All that you touch All that you see All that you taste All you feel All that you love All that you hate All you distrust All that you save All that you give All that you deal All that you buy beg, borrow or steal All you create All you destroy All that you do All that you say All that you eat everyone you meet All that you slight everyone you fight All that is now All that is gone All that's to come and everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon. SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND Remember when you were young? You shone like the sun. Shine on, you crazy diamond Now there's a look in your eyes Like black holes in the sky Shine on, you crazy diamond You were caught in the crossfire Of childhood and stardom, Blown on the steel breeze Come on you target for faraway laughter; Come on you stranger, you legend, You martyr, and shine You reached for the secret too soon You cried for the moon Shine on, you crazy diamond Threatened by shadows at night And exposed in the light Shine on, you crazy diamond Well, you wore out your welcome With random precision Rode on the steel breeze Come on you raver, you seer of visions; Come on you painter, you piper, You prisoner, and shine Nobody knows where you are, How near or how far Shine on, you crazy diamond Pile on many more layers And I'll be joining you there Shine on, you crazy diamond And we'll bask in the shadow Of yesterday's triumph And sail on the steel breeze Come on you boy child, you winner and loser, Come on you miner for truth and delusion, And shine. WELCOME TO THE MACHINE Welcome my son, welcome to the machine Where have you been? It's all right, we know where you've been You've been in the pipe line filling in time Provided with toys and scouting for boys You bought a guitar to punish your ma And you didn't like school And you know you're nobody's fool So welcome to the machine Welcome my son, welcome to the machine What did you dream? It's all right, we told you what to dream You dreamed of a big star He played a mean guitar He always ate in the steak bar He loved to drive in his jaguar So welcome to the machine HAVE A CIGAR Come in here dear boy have a cigar You're gonna go far, You're gonna fly high You're never gonna die, You're gonna make it if you try They're gonna love you Well I've always had a deep respect And I mean that most sincerely The band is just fantastic That is really what I think Oh, by the way which one's pink? And if we tell you the name of the game, boy We call it "Riding the gravy train" We're just knocked out, We heard about the sell out You've gotta get an album out You owe it to the people We're so happy we can hardly count Ev'ry body else is just green Have seen the chart It's a helluva start It could be made into a monster If we all pull together as a team And if we tell you the name of the game, boy We call it "Riding the gravy train" WISH YOU WERE HERE So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell, blue skies from pain Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail, a smile from a veil Do you you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade Your heroes for ghosts, hot ashes for trees, Hot air for a cool breeze, cold comfort for change And did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl Year after year Running over the same old ground What have we found? The same old fears Wish you were here PIGS ON THE WING (PART ONE) If you didn't care what happened to me, And I didn't care for you, We would zig zag our way through the boredom and pain, Occasionally glancing up through the rain, Wondering which of the buggers to blame And watching for pigs on the wing DOGS You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need. You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street, You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat With your eyes closed. And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight, You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking. And after a while, you can work on points for style. Like the club tie, and the firm handshake, A certain look in the eye and an easy smile. You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to, So that when they turn their backs on you, You'll get the chance to put the knife in. You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder. You know it's going to harder, and harder and harder as you get older. And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south, Hide your head in the sand, Just another sad old man, All alone and dying of cancer. And when you lose control, You'll reap the harvest you have sown. And as the fear grows, The bad blood slows and turns to stone. And it's too late to lose the weight You used to need to throw around. so have a good drown, as you go down, alone, Dragged down by the stone. I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused. Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used. Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off This creeping malaise. If I don't stand my own ground, How can I find my way out of this maze? Deaf, dumb and blind, you just keep on pretending That everyone's expendable and no one has a real friend. And it seems to you the thing to do Would be to isolate the winner. And everything's done under the sun, And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer. Who was born in a house full of pain. Who was trained not to spit in the fan. Who was told what to do by the man. Who was broken by trained personnel. Who was fitted with collar and chain. Who was given a seat in the stand. Who was breaking away from the pack. Who was only a stranger at home. Who was ground down in the end. Who was found dead on the phone. Who was dragged down by the stone. Who was dragged down by the stone. PIGS (THREE DIFFERENT ONES) Big man, pig man, ha ha charade you are. You well heeled big wheel, ha ha charade you are. And when your hand is on your heart, You're nearly a good laugh, Almost a joker, With your head head down in the pig bin, Saying, "keep on digging." Pig stain on your fat chin. What do you hope to find? When you're down in the pig mine, You're nearly a laugh, You're nearly a laugh, But you're really a cry. Bus stop rat bag, ha ha charade you are. You fucked up old hag, ha ha charade you are You radiate cold shafts of broken glass. You're nearly a good laugh, Almost worth a quick grin You like the feel of steel, You're hot stuff with a hat pin, And you're good fun with a hand gun. You're nearly a laugh, You're nearly a laugh But you're really a cry. Hey you, Whitehouse, Ha ha charade you are You house proud town mouse, Ha ha charade you are You're trying to keep our feelings off the street You're nearly a real treat, All tight lips and cold feet, And do you feel abused? .....! ......! ......! ......! you gotta stem the evil tide, And keep it all on the inside. Mary you're nearly a treat, Mary you're nearly a treat But you're really a cry. SHEEP Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air You better watch out, There may be dogs about I've looked over Jordan, and I have seen. Things are not what they seem What do you get for pretending the dangers not real Meek and obedient you follow the leader Down well trodden corridors, into the valley of steel What a surprise! A look of terminal shock in your eyes Now things are really what they seem. No, this is no bad dream. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT. HE MAKES ME DOWN TO LIE THROUGH PASTURES GREEN HE LEADETH ME THE SILENT WATERS BY. WITH BRIGHT KNIVES HE RELEASETH MY SOUL. HE MAKETH ME TO HANG ON HOOKS IN HIGH PLACES. HE CONVERTETH ME TO LAMB CUTLETS. FOR LO, HE HATH GREAT POWER, AND GREAT HUNGER. WHEN COMETH THE DAY WE LOWLY ONES THROUGH QUIET REFLECTION, AND GREAT DEDICATION, MASTER THE ART OF KARATE. LO, WE SHALL RISE UP, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THE BUGGERS EYES WATER. Bleating and babbling I fell on his neck with a scream Wave upon wave of demented avengers March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream. Have you heard the news? The dogs are dead! You better stay home And do as you're told, Get out of the road if you want to grow old. PIGS ON THE WING (PART TWO) You know that I care what happens to you, And I know that you care for me, So I don't feel alone, Or the weight of the stone, Now that I've found somewhere safe To bury my bone. And any fool knows a dog needs a home, A shelter from pigs on the wing. IN THE FLESH ? So ya Thought ya Might like to go to the show To feel the warm thrill of confusion That space cadet glow Tell me is something eluding you sunshine? Is this not what you expected to see? If you'd like to find out what's behind these cold eyes? You'll just have to claw your way through the Disguise THE THIN ICE Momma loves her baby And Daddy loves you too And the sea may look warm to you Babe And the sky may look blue Ooooh Babe Ooooh Baby Blue Ooooh Babe If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear stained eyes Don't be surprised, when a crack in the ice Appears under your feet You slip out of your depth and out of your mind With your fear flowing out behind you As you claw the thin ice ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL. part 1. Daddy's flown across the ocean Leaving just a memory A snap shot in the family album Daddy what else did you leave for me Daddy what d'ya leave behind for me All in all it was all just a brick in the wall All in all it was all just bricks in the wall THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children any way they could By pouring their derision Upon anything we did And exposing every weakness However carefully hidden by the kids But in the town it was well known When they got home at night, their fat and Psycopathic wives would thrash them Within inches of their lives ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL. part 2. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave the kids alone Hey teacher leave us kids alone All in all it's just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall (chorus at end by pupils from the Fourth Form Music Class Islington Green School, London) We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave the kids alone Hey teacher leave us kids alone All in all you're just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall MOTHER Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb Mother do you think they'll like the song Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls Ooooh aah, Mother should I build a wall Mother should I run for president Mother should I trust the government Mother will they put me in the firing line Ooooh aah, is it it just a waste of time * Hush now baby don't you cry Mama's gonna make all of your Nightmares come true Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you Mama's gonna keep you right here Under her wing she won't let you fly but she might let you sing Mama will keep baby cosy and warm Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Of course Mama's gonna help build the wall Mother do think she's good enough for me Mother do think she's dangerous to me Mother will she tear your little boy apart Oooh aah, mother will she break my heart Hush now baby, baby don't you cry Mama's gonna check out all your girl friends for you Mama won't let anyone dirty get through Mama's gonna wait up till you come in Mama will always find out where You've been Mamma's gonna keep baby healthy and clean Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe You'll always be a baby to me Mother, did it need to be so high. * (in the movie "Mother am I really dying") GOODBYE BLUE SKY Oooooooo ooo ooo ooooh Did you see the frightened ones Did you hear the falling bombs Did you ever wonder Why we had to run for shelter When the promise of a brave new world Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky Oooooooo ooo ooooo oooh Did you see the frightened ones Did you hear the falling bombs The flames are all long gone But the pain lingers on Goodbye blue sky Goodbye blue sky Goodbye Goodbye EMPTY SPACES What shall we use to fill the empty Spaces where we used to talk How shall I fill the final places How shall I complete the wall YOUNG LUST I am just a new boy A stranger in this town Where are all the good times Who's gonna show this stranger around? Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl Will some woman in this desert land Make me feel like a real man Take this rock and roll refugee Oooh Babe set me free Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl. Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl. ONE OF MY TURNS Day after day, love turns grey Like the skin of a dying man Night after night, we pretend it's all right But I have grown older and You have grown colder and Nothing is very much fun any more. And I can feel one of my turns coming on. I feel cold as razor blade Tight as a tourniquet Dry as a funeral drum, Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left You'll find my favorite axe Don't look so frightened This is just a passing phase Just one of my bad days Would you like to watch T. V.? Or get between the sheets? Or contemplate the silent freeway? Would you like something to eat? Would you like to learn to fly? Would you like to see me try? Would you like call the cops? Do you think it's time I stopped? Why are you running away? DON'T LEAVE ME NOW Ooooh Babe Don't leave me now Don't say it's the end of the road Remember the flowers I sent I need you Babe To put through the shredder In front of my friends Ooooh Babe Don't leave me now How could you go? When you know how I need You To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night Ooooh Babe Don't leave me now How can you treat me this way Running away Ooooh Babe Why are you running away? Ooooh Babe! ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL. part 3. I don't need no arms around me I don't need no drugs to calm me I have seen the writing on the wall Don't think I need anything at all No don't think I'll need anything at all All in all it was all just bricks in the wall All in all you were all just bricks in the wall GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD Goodbye cruel world I'm leaving you today Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye all you people There's nothing you can say To make me change My mind Goodbye. HEY YOU Hey you ! out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old, can you feel me Hey you ! Standing in the aisles With itchy feet and fading smiles, can you feel me Hey you ! don't help them to bury the light Don't give in without a fight. Hey you ! out there on your own sitting naked by the phone would you touch me Hey you ! with your ear against the wall Waiting for someone to call out would you touch me Hey you ! would you help me to carry the stone Open your heart, I'm coming home But it was only a fantasy The wall was too high as you can see No matter how he tried he could not break free And the worms ate into his brain. Hey you ! out there on the road Doing what you're told, can you help me Hey you ! out there beyond the wall Breaking bottles in the hall, can you help me Hey you ! don't tell me there's no hope at all Together we stand, divided we fall. IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE ? Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? NOBODY HOME I've got a little black book with my poems in I've got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in When I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on Got those swollen hand blues. Got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from I've got electric light And I've got second sight I've got amazing powers of observation And that is how I know When I try to get through On the telephone to you There'll be nobody home I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm And I've got the inevitable pinhole burns All down the front of my favorite satin shirt I've got nicotine stains on my fingers I've got a silver spoon on a chain I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains I've got wild staring eyes I've got a strong urge to fly But I've got nowhere to fly to Ooooh Babe when I pick up the phone There's still nobody home I've got a pair of Gohills boots And I've got fading roots. VERA Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn Remember how she said that We would meet again Some sunny day Vera! Vera! What has become of you Does anybody else in here Feel the way I do ? BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME Bring the boys back home Bring the boys back home Don't leave the children on their own Bring the boys back home COMFORTABLY NUMB Hello, Is there anybody in there Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone at home Come on now I hear you're feeling down I can ease your pain And get you on your feet again Relax I'll need some information first Just the basic facts Can you show me where it hurts There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship smoke on the horizon You are coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain, you would not understand This is not how I am I have become comfortably numb O.K. Just a little pin prick There'll be no more aaaaaaaah! But you may feel a little sick Can you stand up? I do belive it's working, good That'll keep you going through the show Come on it's time to go. There is no pain you are receding A distant ship smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown The dream is gone And I have become Comfortably numb. THE SHOW MUST GO ON Oooh Ma Oooh Pa Must the show go on Oooh Pa take me home Oooh Ma let me go There must be some mistake I didn't mean to let them Take away my soul Am I too old is it too late Oooh Ma Oooh Pa Where has the feeling gone? Oooh Ma Oooh Pa Will I remember the songs? Oooooh aah the show must go on. IN THE FLESH So ya Thought ya Might like to go to the show To feel the warm thrill of confusion That space cadet glow I've got some bad news for you sunshine Pink isn't well he stayed back at the hotel And they sent us along as a surrogate band And we're going to find out where you fans Really stand Are there any queers in the theatre tonight Get 'em up against the wall That one looks Jewish And that one's a coon Who let all this riff raff into the room There's one smoking a joint and Another with spots If I had my way I'd have all of you shot RUN LIKE HELL Run, run, run, run (repeat line four times) You better make your face up in Your favorite disguise With your button down lips and your Roller blind eyes With your empty smile And your hungry heart Feel the bile rising from your guilty past With your nerves in tatters When the cockleshell shatters And the hammers batter Down the door You better run Run, run, run, run (repeat line four times) You better run all day And run all night And keep your dirty feelings Deep inside. And if your Takin' your girlfriend Out tonight You better park the car Well out of sight 'Cos if they catch you in the back seat Trying to pick her locks They're gonna send you back to mother In a cardboard box You better run WAITING FOR THE WORMS Ooooh you cannot reach me now Ooooh no matter how you try Goodbye cruel world it's over Walk on by Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall Waiting for the worms to come In perfect isolation here behind my wall Waiting for the worms to come Waiting to cut out the deadwood Waiting to clean up the city Waiting to follow the worms Waiting to put on a black shirt Waiting to weed out the weaklings Waiting to smash in their windows And kick in their doors Waiting for the final solution To strengthen the strain Waiting to follow the worms Waiting to turn on the showers And fire the ovens Waiting for the queers and the coons And the reds and the Jews Waiting to follow the worms Would you like to see Britannia Rule again my friend All you have to do is follow the worms Would you like to send our coloured cousins Home again my friend All you need to do is follow the worms. STOP Stop I wanna go home Take off this uniform And leave the show And I'm waiting here in this cell Because I have to know Have I been guilty all this time THE TRIAL Good morning Worm your honour The crowd will plainly show The prisoner who now stands before you Was caught red handed showing feelings Showing feelings of an almost human nature This will not do CALL THE SCHOOLMASTER I always said he'd come to no good In the end your honour If they'd let me have my way I could Have flayed him into shape But my hands were tied The bleeding hearts and artists Let him get away with murder Let me hammer him today Crazy toys in the attic I am crazy Truly gone fishing Crazy toys in the attic he is crazy They must have taken my marbles away You little shit, you're in it now I hope they throw away the key You should talked to me more often Than you did, but no you had to Go your own way. Have you broken any homes up lately? "Just five minutes Worm your honour him and me alone" Baaaaaabe Come to mother baby let me hold you in my arms M'red I never wanted him to get in any trouble Why'd he ever have to leave me Worm your honour let me take him home Crazy over the rainbow I am crazy Bars in the window There must have been a door there in the wall When I came in Crazy over the rainbow he is crazy The evidence before the court is Incontravertible, there's no need for The jury to retire In all my years of judging I have never heard before of Some one more deserving The full penalty of law The way you made them suffer Your exquisite wife and mother Fills me with an urge to defecate But my friend you have revealed your deepest fear I sentence you to be exposed before your peers Tear down the wall OUTSIDE THE WALL All alone, or in twos The ones who really love you Walk up and down outside the wall Some hand in hand Some gathering together in bands The bleeding hearts and the artists Make their stand And when they've given you their all Some stagger and fall after all it's not easy banging your heart against some mad buggers Wall WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW? * What shall we do to fill the empty spaces Where waves of hunger roar Shall we set out across the sea of faces In search of more and more applause Shall we buy a new guitar Shall we drive a more powerful car Shall we work straight through the night Shall we get into fights Leave the lights on Drop bombs Do tours of the east contract diseases Bury bones Break up homes Send flowers by phone Take to drink Go to shrinks Give up meat Rarely sleep Keep people as pets Train dogs Race rats Fill the attic with cash Bury treasure Store up leisure But never relax at all With our backs to the wall * (only on the movie) THE TIGERS BROKE FREE * It was just before dawn one miserable morning In black 'forty four When the forward commander Was told to sit tight When he asked that his men be withdrawn And the Generals gave thanks As the other ranks held back The enemy tanks for a while And the Anzio bridge head Was held for the price Of a few hundred ordinary lives And old King George sent Mother A note when he heard that father was gone It was, I recall, in the form of A scroll, with gold leaf and all And I found it one day In a drawer of old photographs hidden away And my eyes still grow damp to remember His Majesty signed With his own rubber stamp It was dark all round, there was frost on the ground When the tigers broke free And no one survived From the Royal Fusiliers, company "C" There were all left behind Most of them dead, the rest of them dying And that's how the high command Took my Daddy from me. * (only on the movie) THE POST WAR DREAM Tell me true tell me why was Jesus crucified Is it for this that Daddy died? Was it for you? Was it me? Did I watch too much T.V.? Is that a hint of accusation in your eyes? If it wasn't for the nips Being so good at building ships The yards would still be open on the clyde And it can't be much fun for them Beneath the rising sun With all their kids committing suicide What have we done Maggie what have we done What have we done to England Should we shout should we scream "What happened to the post war dream?" Oh Maggie, Maggie what have we done? YOUR POSSIBLE PASTS They flutter behind you your possible pasts Some bright eyed and crazy some frightened and lost A warning to anyone still in command Of their possible future to take care In derelict sidings the poppies entwine With cattle trucks lying in wait for the next time Do you remember me? How we used to be? Do you think we should be closer? She stood in the doorway, the ghost of a smile Haunting her face like a cheap hotel sign Her cold eyes imploring the men in their macs For the gold in their bags or the knives in their backs Stepping up boldly one put out his hand He said, "I was just a child then; now I'm only a man." Do you remember me? How we used to be? Do you think we should be closer? By the cold and religious we were taken in hand Shown how to feel good and told to feel bad Tongue tied and terrified we learned how to pray Now our feeling run deep and cold as the clay And strung out behind us the banners and flags Of our possible pasts lie in tatters and rags Do you remember me? How we used to be? Do you think we should be closer? ONE OF THE FEW When you're one of the few to land on your feet What do you do to make ends meet? Teach Make them mad, make them sad, make them add two and two Make them me, make them you, make them do what you want them to Make them laugh, make them cry, make them lie down and die THE HERO'S RETURN Jesus, Jesus what's it all about Trying to clout these little ingrates into shape When I was their age all the lights went out There was no time to whine and mope about And even now part of me flies over Dresden at angels one five Though they'll never fathom it behind my Sarcasm desperate memories lie Sweetheart, sweetheart are you fast asleep, good 'Cos that's the only time that I can really talk to you And there is something that I've locked away A memory that is too painful To withstand the light of day When we came back from the war the banners and Flags hung on every ones door We danced and we sang in the street and The church bells rang But burning in my heart My memory smolders on Of the gunner's dying words on the intercom THE GUNNER'S DREAM Floating down through the clouds Memories come rushing up to meet me now In the space between the heavens And the corner of some foreign field I had a dream I had a dream Goodbye Max Goodbye Ma After the service when you're walking slowly to the car And the silver in her hair shines in the cold november air You here the tolling bell And touch the silk in your lapel And as the teardrops rise to meet the comfort of the band You take her frail hand And hold on to the dream A place to stay Enough to eat Somwhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street Where you can speak out loud About your doubts and fears And what's more no one ever dissappears You never hear a standard issue kicking in your door You can relax on both sides of the tracks And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control And everyone has recourse to the law And no-one kills the children anymore And no-one kills the children anymore Night after night Going round and round my brain His dream is driving me insane In the corner of some foreign field The gunner sleeps tonight What's done is done We cannot write off his final scene Take heed of his dream Take heed PARANOID EYES Button your lip don't let the shield slip Take a fresh grip on your bullet proof mask And if they try to break down your disguise With their questions You can hide hide hide Behind paranoid eyes You put on your brave face and Slip over the road for a jar Fixing your grin as you casually lean on the bar Laughing to loud at the rest of the world With the boys in the crowd You hide hide hide Behind petrified eyes You believed in their stories of fame, fortune and glory Now you're lost in a haze of alcohol soft middle age The pie in the sky turned out to be miles too high And you hide hide hide Behind brown and mild eyes GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF MY DESERT Brezhnev took Afghanistan Begin took Beirut Galtieri took the union jack And Maggie over lunch one day Took a cruiser with all hands Apparently to make him give it back THE FLETCHER MEMORIAL HOME Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere And build them a home, a little place of their own The fletcher memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings And they can appear to themselves every dasy On closed circuit T.V. To make sure they're still real It's the connection they feel "Ladies and gentlemen please welcome Reagan and Haig Mr. Begin and friend, Mrs. Thatcher and paisley, Mr. Brezhnev and party, The ghost of McCarthy The memories of Nixon And now adding colour a group of anonymous Latin- American meat packing glitterati" Did they expect us to treat them with any respect They can polish their medals and sharpen their Smiles, and amuse themselves playing games for a while Boom boom, bang bang, lie down you're dead Safe in the permanent gaze of a cold glass eye With their favorite toys They'll be good girls and boys In the Fletcher memorial home for colonial Wasters if life and limb Is everyone in? Are you having a nice time? Now the final solution can be applied SOUTHAMPTON DOCK They disembarked in 45 And no one spoke and no one smiled There were too many spaces in the line Gathered at the cenotaph All agreed with hand on heart To sheath the sacrificial knives But now She stands upon southampton dock With her handerchief And her summer frock clings To her wet body in the rain In quiet desperation knuckles White upon the slippery reins She bravely waves the boys goodbye again And still the dark spreads between Their shoulder blades A mute reminder of the poppy fields and graves And when the fight was over We spent what they had made But in the bottom of our hearts We felt the final cut THE FINAL CUT Through the fish eyed lens of tear stained eyes I can barely define the shape of this moment in time And far from flying high in clear blue skies I'm spiralling down to the hole in the ground where I hide If you negotiate the minefield in the drive And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall Dial th combination, open the priesthole And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall There's a kid who had a big hallucination Making love to girls in magazines He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith Could anybody love him Or is it just a crazy dream And if I show you my dark side Will you still hold me tonight And if I open my heart to you And show you my weak side What would you do Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone Would take the children away And leave me alone And smile in reassurance As you whisper down the phone Would you send me packing Or would you take me home Thought I oughta bare my feelings Thought I oughta tear the curtain down I held the blade in trembling hands Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang I never had the nerve to make the final cut NOT NOW JOHN Fuck all that we've got to get on with these Got to compete with the wily japanese There's too many home fires buring And not enough trees So fuck all that We've got to get on with these Can't stop lose job mind gone silicon What bomb get away pay day make hay Break down need fix big six Clickity click hold on oh no brrrrrrrrrring bingo! Make 'em laugh make 'em cry Make 'em dance in the aisles Make 'em pay make 'em stay make 'em feel okay Not nah John We've got to get on with the film show Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow Who cares what it's about As long as the kids go Not now John Got to get on with the show Hang on John We've got to get on with this I don't know what it is But it fits on here like............ Come at the end of the shift We'll go and get pissed But not now John I've got to get on with this Hold on John I think there's something good on I used to read books but............ It could be the news Or some other amusement Or it could be reusable shows Fuck all that we've got to get on with these Got to compete with the wily Japanese No need to worry about the vietnamese Got to bring the Russian bear to his knees Well, maybe not the Russian bear Maybe the Swedes We showed Argentina Now let's go and show these Make us feel tough And wouldn't Maggie be pleased nah nah nah nah nah nah! S'cusi dove il bar Se para collo pou eine toe bar S'il vous plait ou est le bar Oi' where's the fucking bar John! TWO SUNS IN THE SUNSET In my rear view mirror the sun is going down Sinking behind bridges in the road And I think of all the good things That we have left undone And I suffer premonitions Confirm suspicions Of the holocaust to come The wire that holds the cork Taht keeps the anger in Gives way And suddenly it's day again The sun is in the East Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset Hmmmmmmmmmmmm Could could be the human race is run Like the moment when the brakes lock An you slide towards the big truck You stretch the frozen moments with your fear And you'll never hear their voices And you'll never see their faces You have no recourse to the law anymore And as the windshield melts My tears evaporate Leaving only charcoal to defend Finally I understand The feelings of the few Ashes and diamonds Foe and friend We were all equal in the end ARNOLD LAYNE Arnold Layne had a strange hobby Collecting clothes ______________ washing line ________________________ On the wall hung a tall mirror Distorted view, see through baby blue ___________________ oh, Arnold Layne It's not the same, takes two to know Two to know, two to know Why can't you see Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne Now he's caught - a nasty sort of person They gave him time Doors bang - chain gang - ha hates it Oh, Arnold Layne It's not the same, takes two to know Two to know, two to know Why can't you see Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne Don't do it again SEE EMILY PLAY Emily tries but misunderstands, ah ooh She often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow There is no other day Let's try it another way You'll lose your mind and play Free games for may See Emily play Soon after dark Emily cries, ah ooh Gazing through trees in sorrow hardly a sound till tomorrow There is no other day Let's try it another way You'll lose your mind and play Free games for may See Emily play Put on a gown that touches the ground, ah ooh Float on a river forever and ever, Emily There is no other day Let's try it another way You'll lose your mind and play Free games for may See Emily play REMEMBER A DAY Remember a day before today A day when you were you young Free to play alone with time Evening never came Sing a song that can't be sung Without the morning's kiss Queen - you shall be it if you wish Look for your king Why can't we play today Why can't we stay that way Climb your favorite apple tree Try to catch the sun Hide from your little brother's gun Dream yourself away Why can't we reach the sun Why can't we blow the years away Blow away Blow away Remember Remember PAINT BOX Last night I had too much to drink Sitting in a club with so many fools Playing to rules Trying to impress but feeling rather empty I had another drink Drink - a - drink - a - drink - a - drink What a way to spend that evening They all turn up with their friends Playing the game But in the scene I should have been Far away Away - away - away - away - away Getting up, I feel as if I'm remembering this scene before I open the door to an empty room Then I forget The telephone rings and someone speaks She would very much like to go out to a show So what can I do - I can't think what to say She sees through anyway Away - away - away ____________________ till I go Traffic's moving rather slow Arriving late, there she waits Looking very angry, as cross as she can be Be - a - be - a - be Getting up, I feel as if I'm remembering this scene before I open the door to an empty room Then I forget JULIA DREAM Sunlight bright upon my pillow Lighter than an eiderdown Will she let the weeping willow Wind his branches round Julia dream, dreamboat queen, queen of all my dreams Every night I turn the light out Waiting for the velvet bride Will the scaly armadillo Find me where I'm hiding Julia dream, dreamboat queen, queen of all my dreams Will the misty master break me Will the key unlock my mind Will the following footsteps catch me Am I really dying Julia dream, dreamboat queen, queen of all my dreams (repeat last line four times, fading) CIRRUS MINOR In a churchyard by a river Lazing in the hazy midday Laughing in the grasses and the graves Yellow bird you are not long in singing And in flying up and laughing and in leaving Willow weeping in the water Waving to the river daughters Swaying in the ripples and the reeds On a trip to cirrus minor Saw a crater in the sun A thousand miles of moonlight later THE NILE SONG I was standing by the nile When I saw the lady smile I would take her out for a while - for a while ________________ like a child How her golden hair was blowing wild Then she spread her wings to fly - oh to fly Soaring high above the breezes Going always where she pleases She will ____________________ I will follow in her shadow As I watch her from my window One day I will catch her She is calling from the deep Summoning my soul to endless sleep She is bound to drag me down - drag me down BIDING MY TIME Wasting my time, resting my mind And I'll never pine For the sad days and the bad days When we was workin' from nine to five And if you don't mind I'll spend my time Here by the fire side In the warm light of her eyes And if you don't mind I'll spend my time Here by the fire side In the warm light of her eyes BIKE I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It's got a basket, a bell that rings and Things to make it look good. I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I've got a cloak. It's a bit of a joke. There's a tear up the front. It's red and black. I've had it for months. If you think it could look good, then I guess it should. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house. I don't know why. I call him Gerald. He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I've got a clan of gingerbread men. Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men. Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I know a room full of musical tunes. Some rhyme, some ching. Most of them are clockwork. Let's go into the other room and make them work. ARNOLD LAYNE Arnold Layne had a strange hobby Collecting clothes ______________ washing line ________________________ On the wall hung a tall mirror Distorted view, see through baby blue ___________________ oh, Arnold Layne It's not the same, takes two to know Two to know, two to know Why can't you see Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne Now he's caught - a nasty sort of person They gave him time Doors bang - chain gang - ha hates it Oh, Arnold Layne It's not the same, takes two to know Two to know, two to know Why can't you see Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne Don't do it again FEARLESS You say the hill's too steep to climb Climb it! You say you'd like to see me try Climb it! You pick the place and I'll choose the time And I'll climb the hill in my own way Just wait awhile for the right day And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds I look down, hear the sound of the things you said today Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd Smiling! Nothing waits the magistrate turns round Frowning! And who's the fool who wears the crown Go down in your own way And ev'ry day is the right day And as you rise above the fear lines in the frown You look down, hear the sound of the faces in the crowd BRAIN DAMAGE The lunatic is on the grass The lunatic is on the grass Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs Got to keep the loonies on the path The lunatic is in the hall The lunatics are in my hall The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon The lunatic is in my head The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me till I'm sane You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me. And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear You shout and no one seems to hear And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon. ECLIPSE All that you touch All that you see All that you taste All you feel All that you love All that you hate All you distrust All that you save All that you give All that you deal All that you buy beg, borrow or steal All you create All you destroy All that you do All that you say All that you eat everyone you meet All that you slight everyone you fight All that is now All that is gone All that's to come and everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon. SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN Little by little the night turns around Counting the leaves which tremble and turn Lotus's lean on each other in union Over the hills where a swallow is resting Set the controls for the heart of the sun Over the mountain watching the watcher Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine Morning to birth is born into shadow Love is the shadow that ripens the wine Set the controls for the heart of the sun The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun (repeat, fading) Who is the man who arrives at the wall? Making the shape of his questions at asking Thinking the sun will fall in the evening Will he remember the lesson of giving? Set the controls for the heart of the sun The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun (repeat, fading) SEE EMILY PLAY Emily tries but misunderstands, ah ooh She often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow There is no other day Let's try it another way You'll lose your mind and play Free games for may See Emily play Soon after dark Emily cries, ah ooh Gazing through trees in sorrow hardly a sound till tomorrow There is no other day Let's try it another way You'll lose your mind and play Free games for may See Emily play Put on a gown that touches the ground, ah ooh Float on a river forever and ever, Emily There is no other day Let's try it another way You'll lose your mind and play Free games for may See Emily play FREE FOUR One, two, free four The memories of a man in his old age Are the deeds of a man in his prime You shuffle in the gloom of the sickroom And talk to yourself as you die And life is a short warm moment And death is a long cold rest You get your chance to try In the twinkling of an eye Eighty years with luck or even less So all aboard for the american tour And maybe you'll make it to the top But mind how you go I can tell you `cause I know You may find it hard to get off But you are the angel of death And I am the dead man's son He was buried like a mole in a foxhole And everyone's still on the run And who is the master of foxhounds And who says the hunt has begun Who calls the tune in the courtroom And who beats the funeral drum The memories of a man in his old age Are the deeds of a man in his prime Shuffle in the gloom of the sickroom And talk to yourself as you die EMBRYO All this love is all I am, a ball is all I am I'm so new compared to you and I am very small Warm glow, moon glow always need a little more room Waiting here seems like years, never see the light of day All around I hear strange sounds come gurgling in my ear Red the light and dark the night I feel my dawn is near Warm glow, moon glow always need a little more room Whisper low here I go, I will see the sunshine show MONEY Money, get away Get a good job with more pay and you're O. K. Money it's a gas Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash New car, caviar, four star daydream Think I'll buy me a football team Money get back I'm all right Jack keep your hands off my stack Money it's a hit Don't give me that do goody good bullshit I'm in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set And I think I need a Lear jet Money it's a crime Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie Money so they say Is the root of all evil today But if you ask for a raise it's no surprise that they're giving none away SHEEP Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air You better watch out, There may be dogs about I've looked over Jordan, and I have seen. Things are not what they seem What do you get for pretending the dangers not real Meek and obedient you follow the leader Down well trodden corridors, into the valley of steel What a surprise! A look of terminal shock in your eyes Now things are really what they seem. No, this is no bad dream. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT. HE MAKES ME DOWN TO LIE THROUGH PASTURES GREEN HE LEADETH ME THE SILENT WATERS BY. WITH BRIGHT KNIVES HE RELEASETH MY SOUL. HE MAKETH ME TO HANG ON HOOKS IN HIGH PLACES. HE CONVERTETH ME TO LAMB CUTLETS. FOR LO, HE HATH GREAT POWER, AND GREAT HUNGER. WHEN COMETH THE DAY WE LOWLY ONES THROUGH QUIET REFLECTION, AND GREAT DEDICATION, MASTER THE ART OF KARATE. LO, WE SHALL RISE UP, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THE BUGGERS EYES WATER. Bleating and babbling I fell on his neck with a scream Wave upon wave of demented avengers March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream. Have you heard the news? The dogs are dead! You better stay hame And do as you're told, Get out of the road if you want to grow old. SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND Remember when you were young? You shone like the sun. Shine on, you crazy diamond Now there's a look in your eyes Like black holes in the sky Shine on, you crazy diamond You were caught in the crossfire Of childhood and stardom, Blown on the steel breeze Come on you target for faraway laughter, Come on you stranger, you legend, You martyr, and shine You reached for the secret too soon You cried for the moon Shine on, you crazy diamond Threatened by shadows at night And exposed in the light Shine on, you crazy diamond Well, you wore out your welcome With random precision Rode on the steel breeze Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, You prisoner, and shine Nobody knows where you are, How near or how far Shine on, you crazy diamond Pile on many more layers And I'll be joining you there Shine on, you crazy diamond And we'll bask in the shadow Of yesterday's triumph And sail on the steel breeze Come on you boy child, you winner and loser, Come on you miner for truth and delusion, And shine. WISH YOU WERE HERE So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell, blue skies from pain Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail, a smile from a veil Do you you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade Your heroes for ghosts, hot ashes for trees, Hot air for a cool breeze, cold comfort for change And did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl Year after year Running over the same old ground What have we found? The same old fears Wish you were here ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL. part 2. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave the kids alone Hey teacher leave us kids alone All in all it's just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall (chorus at end by pupils from the Fourth Form Music Class Islington Green School, London) We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave the kids alone Hey teacher leave us kids alone All in all you're just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall Call The Works BBS - 1600+ Textfiles! - [914]/238-8195 - 300/1200 - Always Open