Armchair Theatre

i'm sitting on the fence again
drawing straws and pulling strings
demonstrations pass me by
this must be the age of something
a time where each prediction
makes me feel like going to the beach
a time when men of wisdom
never seem to practice what they preach
behind each reason there's a lie
behind each answer lies a cheat
well you can take me for a ride
but only if i get the window seat
colour me creep

the coldness of your power chills my soul
you're more than welcome to your throne
but when you're playing god leave me alone
you've spent fortunes on houses that haven't been built
then offer excuses to cover your guilt
but i don't want the earth and all that it's worth
you get on my nerves
i'm getting very bored indeed
with your false passion and your greed
get me the next train out of town
take me away from this maddening crowd
and colour me gone

Badlands

as tears fell down onto avenue C
i was tucked up neat
in my satin sheets
dreaming a dream of the floweriest place
remembering faces
forgetting your name

i was happier then (sinning in secret)
happier then (sinning in secret)
but i'm colder now
a little older now
come watch me now
as i smoulder now

in badlands where living is lying
in badlands where laughing is crying
in badlands nobody hears when
tears fall down

it's a painful high
the space between brown and blue
there's a burning bush
forever burning for you
let's climb to the top of the stairs
in a room hung with flowers

walking on fire (laughing in secret)
higher and higher (laughing in secret)
come and take it now
don't fake it now
we can make it now
let's wake up now

in badlands where living is lying
in badlands where laughing is crying
in badlands nobody hears when
tears fall down

and when the lovely chant is forgotten
i'm miles away from you
i fell from the top to the bottom
and landed in the blue

without you (there are no secrets)
without you (there are no secrets)

oh i'm waiting now
and it's raining now
all i'm saying now
is i'm staying now

in badlands where living is lying
in badlands where laughing is crying
in badlands nobody hears when
tears fall down

Can't Get Enough Of You Baby

i can't get enough of you baby
i can't get enough of you baby
yes it's true baby yes it's true
whenever we kiss i get a feeling like this
i get to wishing that were two of you
my heart cries out more baby
it feels so nice i want your arms to wrap around me twice

i can't get enough of you baby
i can't get enough of you baby
right or wrong baby right or wrong
when you had to go i hated the phone
i only wish the night was twice as long
my heart cries out more baby
i love you so much
i wish that there was more of you to touch

Castles In The Air

i really wanted for her to touch her knees
i really wanted to share forgotten dreams
go through the motions of loving from a far
and feel as if i'm reaching for the stars
but each drop of hopelessness amounts
to what could be a raging sea
it could be spring time i'd meet her at the gates
if beauty ever comes to those who wait

castles in the air
if only they were there
just like a beatnik love affair
those castles in the air

so let me look into the windows of your soul
let me make the most of what i'll never know
we'll eat forbidden fruits and sing our favourite songs
and never tell each other we're wrong
each drop of tenderness you give
would be another reason why i'd want to live
would be another chance to sit beneath the stars
and whisper to each other in the dark

castles in the air
if only they were there
we'd be so free and unaware
watching castles in the air

why should a lonely person care
what could a lonely person share
a broken heart is much too hard to remend
cause beauty never comes to those who wait
romance is a word
that should be seen but never heard
i don't even know your name

Confession

well i
sat around on the 15th floor
amongst the factory clouds
feeling free to fall
with a twisted, burning, bending head
the police cruised by
the sky turned red
i moved away from the barricades
where people hung their heads in shame
i kissed goodbye to an ugly youth
leapt off the world and followed you

the sweetest sight
was burning bright
in your eyes
you took my hand
and led me to
a magic sign
and we found love on a stained glass plate
you touched my head and gave me faith
and said i must be strong in this world of hate
you kissed my lips and took my breath away

well we soldiered on for 15 days
and met a million people on our way
we held their hands, to steal their land
and turn our bibles into building plans
we gave them beads and a t.v. set
and turned their babies into fighting men
we took no blame for the lives we lost
because we did it all in the name of god

the greatest thing
was a new born king
with a million by his side
we were high on prayers
climbing golden stairs
when we took the magic ride

and we found love on a stained glass plate
you touched my head and gave me faith
and said i must be strong in this world of hate
you kissed my lips and took my breath away

we found love on a golden day
you touched my head, you gave me faith
and said i must be strong in this world of hate
you kissed my lips and took my breath away

Cruel Circus

heard about the birds heard about the beasts
welcome to the circus tell me what you see

i see the fear in the faces
of the tea drinking chimps on tv
it's time that we swap places
and went back to swinging in trees
i've seen the world about us
and the disneyland dream's a lie
but we finally abuse so amusing
cause we get the last laugh time after time

heard about the birds heard about the beasts
welcome to the circus tell me what you see

fur coats on ugly people
expensively dressed up to kill
in a sport that's legal
within the minds of the mentally ill
the skins on the bones are reminders
of the law of the gun
and the hunting continues and we'll do until we
decide to undo the damage that's done

heard about the birds heard about the beasts
welcome to the circus tell me what you see

if you could talk to the animals, to the animals
could you justify your reasons
with the animals why the animals
isn't it enough to eat them
i see a room of sadness
the real version of Frankenstein's dream
there's no human kindness
just white coats and scape goats and guinny pigs dream
so this is evolution
and the animals do what they're told
they make contributions
then we go and swallow them whole

Digging It Deep

i'm digging it deep
i'm digging a big blue hole
i've got my arms and legs inside
gonna take the pony for a ride

when you doubt me
i start to doubt myself
you say you're doing fine without me
i bury my head, i'm somebody else

i'm digging it deep
as i wait for happiness to happen
you keep me hanging round
because my love lies underground

as each day begins
you tell me how it ends
you give me time to find a piece of mind
then sneak up and spy on me
through a hole in a fence

oh how i wish i loved the human race
oh how i wish i had a pretty face
oh come and take me for all i've got
instead of trying to shape me into
something i'm not

i'm digging it deep
i'm digging a big blue hole
look at the mess i've made
it's left me high and dry
with a head full of whistling trains

you can call on me
but i'm never coming out
i'm glad and lazy
and you're sad and crazy
well how does it feel
to fall off the roundabout

Faints Hearts

brave worlds can be spoken
but bones will still be broken

we're heading out to cloud coo koo land
waiting like virginal lambs
face are armoured in the varner
i've seen you dreaming of a beautiful life
where people are equal and nice
and it makes me take my heart in my hand
to question your foolish demands cause

brave worlds can be spoken
but bones will still be broken

you see yourselves as soldiers
with flowers in your holsters
will all this wishful thinking
save your ship from sinking

now it's bed time up on cloud coo koo land
and the faint hearts are dreaming of plans
patiently waiting for the spark to ignite
with the promise of making things right
but your actions must speed
so they travel in light
so don't think with me
on your fantasy flight

your brave worlds can be spoken
but bones will still be broken

From Dawn To Distraction

one,
two,
sing the blues
and tell me that you love
break
down
the heavy cloud
that's hanging high above me
a thousand things to do
and no one else to love out there but you

from dawn to distraction
from dawn to distraction
from dawn to distraction
from dawn to distraction

love
dreams
and foolish schemes
that's everything i'm made of
pain
truth
and losing you
that's what i'm most afraid of
and all i want to do
is tell the world that you're my dream come true

from dawn to distraction
from dawn to distraction
from dawn to distraction
from dawn to distraction

and nothing is enough
in a world without love
nothing is enough
in a world without love

one
two
sing the blues
and tell me that you love me
i
spy
a vague desire
a creeping up inside me
a thousand things to do
and no one else to love out there but you

from dawn to distraction
from dawn to distraction
from dawn to distraction
from dawn to distraction

Frosty Mornings

Goodbye Sun Valley

the final day of december
i feel like huckleberry finn
holding on to a stranger
bringing a new year in
so why do my prayers go unanswered
why is the coffee shop empty
why are there no go-go dancers
why does the snow keep a falling as i say
goodbye sun valley

i passed the monkey puzzle tree
and a wounded millionaire asleep
in a house painted puerto rican style
with a come on baby neon sign
like a mystical vision
and a cosmic vibration
i covered my eyes
and made for the station
because they offer you gold
jut to watch you grow old
in sun valley

well i took the train to someplace seedy
dressed up like yankee doodle deedy
but i found the was round and greedy
so i checked into the home for the
sick and needy

Hammond Song

if you go down to hammond you'll never come back
in my opinion you're on the wrong track
we'll always love you but that's not the point
ooh ooh
if you go with that fellow forget about us
as far as i'm concerned that would be just
throwing yourself away not even trying
come on come on you're lying to me

when i went down to hammond
i did as i pleased
i'm not the only one
who's got this disease
why don't you face the facts
you old upstart
we've fallen apart
if you go with that fellow
you'd be ok if you just stay in school
don't be a fool

Heart Of America

the sun spangled morning
that wakes up the city
with sidewalks all glitter and gold
i sit on the edge of my bed
hoping that something
will take me down to tinsel town road

and i dream of the heart of america
where the fires are burning so bright
and i scream for the heart of america
with my eyes open wide and a yearning inside

yesterday the thorn of misfortune was bleeding you
and nobody shared your ups and your downs
but tomorrow, somebody somewhere will love you
'cos the love that you lost
is the luck that we found

let's go find the heart of america
we'll storm the jailhouse and throw down the key
let's do what they do in the picture show
tear down the fences
put up a play ground
and set ourselves free

the dreamboat a sailing out yonder
is calling us
we can't stay afloat any longer
we're falling
let's be dreamers and sail upon it
let's believe and live out our promises

Little Things

here we go rough kids

little things that you do makes me glad i'm in love with you
little things that you say makes me glad that i feel this way
the way you smile the way you hold my hand
and when i'm down you always understand
you know i love those little things
in my car that you say when there's no one near
little things that you do let me know that your love is true

and when we walk you like to hold my hand
and when we talk you tell me i'm your man
you know i love those little things
that i hear
little things you whisper in my ear
i know there ain't nobody else like you
no one could do the things you do

Love Strings

Miss Texas 1967

in a house
on a hill
by a lake
lives a great mistake
looks a lot like me
looks for company
finds it hard to please
those who love him

i look out on a funny world
at funny people
they come and talk and say they're pleased to meet me
then walk away and say they just don't need me

but my oh my
if i touch the sky
will the clouds roll by
and show me heaven
give me time
and i'll wait in line
if you'll help me find
miss texas 1967

i've got friends
well one or two
but not like you
especially you
could kill me with a kiss
you know my one and only wish
is it look into your eyes
and rise above you

i'm waiting for a magic moment
that never happens
i'm gonna wait until i hear you breathing
you know i'll wait until my heart
stops beating

tell me why
if a bird can fly
and a dog run wild
my arms and legs are tied up tight
through sleepless nights
come and blow my mind
miss texas 1967

but my oh my
if i touch the sky
will the clouds roll by
and show me heaven
give me time
and i'll wait in line
if you'll help me find
miss texas 1967

tell me why
if a bird can fly
and a dog run wild
my arms and legs are tied up tight
through sleepless nights
come and blow my mind
miss texas 1967

Monkey In Winter

remember tumbleweeds on an empty road
a coffee pot on a burning stove
a christmas tree in a place called home
that's what i miss the most
as drifting leaves fall to the ground
i scoop them up and i throw them down
i close my eyes and i start to count
the lonely people leaving town

and i feel like a monkey in winter
and you are a lizard in the sun
yes i feel like
a monkey in winter

say hello to something new
is what a friend told me to do
'cos beggars can't be choosers
and i can't afford to lose
we never touched
we never kissed
we never loved
though we thought we did
so i walked away and i called it quits
what the eyes don't see you know the heart won't miss

but i feel like a monkey in winter
and you are a lizard in the sun
yes i feel like a monkey in winter
and winter's just begun

remember summer long ago
the sun beat down
the air was clean
it came and went the way things come and go
but do you
do you remember me

remember tumbleweeds on an empty road
a coffee pot on a burning stove
a christmas tree in a place called home
that's what i miss the most
we never touched
we never kissed
we never loved
though we thought we did
so i walked away and called it quits
what the eyes don't see, you know the heart won't miss

My Wild Flame

here i am next to you skin
about to laugh the show begins
i'm under your spell
bewitched and amused
so will you be my only truth
my tower of strength
my moment of joy a bundle of fun
my only one my wild flame
my wild flame my wild flame

i've bled myself to get myself
into a mess, a state of depression
let's country a date of beauty
fulfill our tender duties
i feel like this
satisfy our need in the wild way
the wild flame

show me where my mind unbends
we can take our time
there's a beautiful way
in the room's...
where all else fails
so fall into love and call out the tales
in the room's...
where all else fails
so fall into love and call out the tales

Pushing Up Daisies

you want so much
you want it all
and as it falls you're bound to fall
into a world of gold and groovy scenes
frozen souls and some rock
you're smoking pot with groovy chicks
the politics of habitats are drunk wild

there's no business like show business
like no business i know
the curtain falls to no applause
when no one goes to sell out shows
you're pushing up the daisies
pushing up the daisies
pushing up the daisies
pushing up the daisies
and life goes on and on and on and on
life goes on and on and on and on

Running Away

running away to get away

She

she, she told me that she loved me

Sorry

i've done all the wrong things
i said all the wrong words
i was travelling to know where when i fell off the rails
i reached a new height on the sympathy scale
my head was full of you and your ridiculous beliefs
i kind of put my foot in it and you were underneath
so i'll say sorry i hope it will do
but words to that effect
have no effect on you
so i'll say sorry i hope it will do

when the truths became lies
we said our goodbyes
you were suddenly aware of
all of the things that you've missed
you were searching for something that doesn't exist
you can talk about the missiveness and wanting to be free
well that sounds really nice
but can't you spare a thought for me
cause all these words inside
can hide this feeling up the trail
and the only thing i've got to give is this apology
so i'll say sorry i hope it will do

Take

i took the passion from compassion
i needed the rest
from telling you 'you look attractive'
each time you undressed
you didn't help matters much
as you walked out my life
without leaving the key
you squeezed the good from the bad
like the 36 pieces of cheap cookery
you just take you just take
you just take our pile on the agony

i bet you're in a bed of roses
lying in a heap
surrounded by your new possessions
so tasteless and cheap
and i am desperately lonely and certainly homely
with nothing to do
because the lux and the match and the friday nights stacks
were just some of the things i gave up for you
you just take you just take
you just take our pile on the agony

but me and the cat own the lease on the flat
and nothing you do will ever change that
the milk is still delivered we sit by the fire
you could say that we're having the time of our lives
you've taken passion  from compassion
you've taken the bliss
and done it all for independence
but there's no such things
and i still stand here and stare at the chair over there
where you used to sit
and i could get some one into sit there in your place
but they wouldn't fit

The Colour Field

an open door is calling you
to a field of free
to a haze of blue
to a state of mind
of a deepest sleep
from the crucified to a sweet release
from a black despair to a love affair
in the colour field from the colour field

war is red, peace is blue
but to hope for red
is not enough
one misguided missiles
clouds for the bible
the hand's reaching down controlling your life
you get no choice at all
when you're asked to decide
you'll dig your own grave
when you spirit has died

all the doors are locked
when a tear is knocked
the colour field the colour field

Things Could Be Beautiful

well i could move a million mountains
creep into the fountain because you smile
you are the B in my beginning
the E in everything that i desire

i'll never stop you got me on an ever running
until i drop i'm coming at you with my heart
beating on any say
things could be beautiful
you could only see what you did to me
and say things could be beautiful
so let's shout the way
if only for a day

here comes the weekend
i've got a suitcase and a place to stay
let's take a picnic to the river
and swim and we could shiver as we run away
and if it rains we'll take to some exotic place
cause we all got
i'm blowing petals and say you should love
or love me not
but hey things could be beautiful
and when we act ourselves we're really something else
i'm saying hey things could be beautiful
so when you're out of friends just close your eyes
and count to ten

do you remember living in shadows
well do you remember following rainbows
i kissed you under the rainbow
and yes i moved a million mountains
crept into the fountain because you smiled
you are the B in my beginning
the E in everything that my heart desires
we'll stay awake all night, fall into my arms
a lovely day is breaking
give me the strength to ride the storm before they come

Thinking Of You

i guess i kinda sort of know
i ought to be thinking of you
but the friendship's built on trust
and that's something you never do
well who knows maybe tomorrow
we can share each other's sorrow
and compare our grave manner
as we wave our lonely banners

if you ever think of me
i'll be thinking of you
if you decide to change your views
i'm thinking of you

you can walk away from loneliness
anytime you choose
and you're the sort of person
that hasn't anything to lose
but who cares maybe tomorrow
you can lead and i could follow
so walk where angels fear to tread
for everything you've ever wanted

and if you ever think of me
i'll be thinking of you
if you can spare an hour or two
you'll know what to do

i could be the one thing there
in your our of need
so if you decide to change your views
i'm thinking of you

let's roll the dice
in the fools paradise...
share moonlit nights
breathing nothing but lies

let's open our eyes...
we should take a bus to somewhere else
to somewhere new
thank god we're alive
and bite off more than we can chew
do the things that just don't matter
laugh while others look in anger
stumble over four leaf clovers
and say goodbye to lonely banners

if you ever think of me
i'll be thinking of you
through thick and thin i bear it and grin
and never give in

i could be the one thing there
in your our of need
so if you decide to change your views
i'm thinking of you

Virgins And Philistines

go my love this is the last day
of feeling fine for virgins and philistines
just one more kiss on your beautiful lips
then go my love good bye

what do you mean it happens to millions
i can't believe believe i'm so ignorant
as you take the prize in the art of deception
forever i'll swear swear i was innocent
still my love it's not the end of the world for us
let the rivers run dry
if then we smile
we'll know it's worth while
so don't cry my love we can get by
the waves of self pity
are crashing all over you
can't buy my love with black mail and bribery
the glamour has faded you're looking quite jaded
when i look at you i'm faced with obscurity, oh my love

Windmills Of Your Mind

round like a circle in a spiral
like a wheel within a wheel
never ending or beginning on an ever spinning wheel
like a snowfall down the mountain
or a carnival balloon
like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon
like a clock who's hands are sweeping
past the minutes of its face
and the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind

like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own
down a hollow to a cabin
where the sun has never shown
like a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dream
the ripples from a petal someone tosses in a stream
like a clock who's hands are sweeping
past the minutes of its face
and the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind

keys that jingle in your pocket
words that jangle in your head
why did summer go so quickly was
it something that you said?
lovers walk along the shore
and leave their footprints in the sand
is the sound of distant drumming
just the fingers of your hand?
pictures hanging in the hallway and the fragments of a song
half remembered names and faces
but to whom do they belong
when you knew that it was over you were suddenly aware
that the autumn leaves were turning to the colour of her hair

Your Love Was Smashing

there's a thunder breaking up my heart
i remember the sweet smell of innocence
oh it's hard to explain what came over me
you gave me a smile
and i gave you everything
where are the angels now that i need them to say
i want sympathy and everything misery brings
i get shivers down my spine every time i see you face
oh the memories unwind of the love i used to waste

cause i loved you more than anything
i needed you more than anything
i wanted you with all my heart
yes i loved you more than everything

you looked funny when you got angry
but i had enough of you getting mad at me
and the thunder in my heart is no longer pounding
cause the promises we made are finally drowning

but i loved you more than anything
i needed you more than anything
i wanted you with all my heart
yes i loved you more than everything

yes i loved you more than anything
i needed you more than anything
i wanted you with all my heart
yes i loved you more than everything

Yours Sincerely

i sit at home and watch my coffee going cold
or fall asleep through the boredom of tv
never thinking you falling to my arms
and still my heart a mystical chart
i wanted to be sure that i could trust your smile
i should have realized it wasn't worth my while
yours sincerely, i will send you flowers in the spring
you're so dearly more than just a sentimental thing

you were the one with the twinkle in your eyes
burning softly beneath the winter skies
i could have plied an ocean for you
such was my emotion
you don't know what you have done to me
i turned into mr misery
yours sincerely from the frying pan into the fire
as you drew near me i can feel the flames growing high
oh it's clear now what you took me for

take your time with invitations
the look of love is not what it seems
save yourself you'll burn your fingers
if you fool around with heartbreak dreams
i took the wrong decision
so you turned on your ignition
did it how could you be anybody else
i'm broken hearted and sitting on the shelf
all they say there's no such thing
but your memory is haunting me
the ghost of your love will never die
will never die, will never die...