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We certainly have an unspoken understanding But a lot of things unsaid as well We shout and argue and fight, and work it on out The sum is greater than the parts
Remember when you were young? You shone like the sun Shine on you crazy diamond! Now theres a look in your eyes Like black holes in the sky Shine on you crazy diamond! You were caught on the cross fire of childhood and stardom Blown on the steel breeze Come on, you target for faraway laughter Come on, you stranger, you...
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 a tube-train up your spine Will the tightrope reach the end? Will the final couplet rhyme? And it’s high time, Cymbaline It’s high time, Cymbaline Please, wake me A butterf...
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 barley grows His head did no thinking His arms didn’t move except when the wind cut up rough And mice ran around on the ground He stood in a field where barley grows The black and g...
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
What shall we use To fill the empty Spaces Where waves of hunger roar? Shall we set out across this 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 tou...
Dog Barking 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 sinks slowly But my old hound dog sat right down and cried
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, swe...
Marigolds are very much in love But he doesn’t mind Picking up his sister, he makes his way into the see-saw 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 do...
Button your lip and 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 our brave face and slip over the road for a jar Fixing your grin as you casually lean on the bar Laughing to...
When you’re one of the few to land on your feet What do you do to make ends meet? Make em mad, make em sad, make em add two and two Or make em me, or make em you, make em do what you want them to Make em laugh, make em cry, make em lay down and die
Aye an a bit o mackerel, fiddler, rack and fear And I rutted down by the hade and the furrow Well, I slipped me in a flop and hit down and I shied And I cried, cried, cried The fear of fallin down aft taken, never back to rise And then cried Mary! and I tucked up Wi a Claymore out and about And I run down, down the mec...
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 the hand on heart To sheath the sacrificial Knifes But now She stands upon Southampton dock With her handkerchief And her summer frock clings To her wet body in the rain In quiet des...
Dogs of war and men of hate With no cause, we don’t discriminate Discovery is to be disowned Our currency is flesh and bone Hell opened up and put on sale Gather round and haggle For hard cash we will lie and deceive Even our Masters don’t know the webs we weave One world, it’s a battleground One world, and we will sma...
Bridges burning gladly merging with the shadow Flickering between the lines Stolen moments floating softly on the air Born on wings of fire and climbing higher Ancient bonds are breaking Moving on and changing sides Dreaming of a new day Cast aside the other way (Magic vision stirring Kindled by and burning Flames rise...
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 Surprised to find you by my side Rack my brain and ...
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 gloom of the sickroom And talk to yourself as you die 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 a...
A restless eye across a weary room A glazed look and I was on the road to ruin The music played and played as we whirled without end No hint, no word her honour to defend I will, I will she sighed to my request And then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put to the test Then drowned in desire, our souls on fire I...
“People often ask me about the voices on Dark Side. I was trying to gather audio snippets to mix into segues on Dark Side. Rather than interviewing people I came up with the idea of writing a series of questions on cards. The cards would be in a stack on a conductors stand in front of a mike. We would scour Abbey Road ...
“Icy wind of night be gone this is not your domain” In the sky a bird was heard to cry Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds Belied the deathly silence that lay all around Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox Gone to ground See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water And a...
Gotta be crazy, you gotta be mean Gotta keep your shoes and your car clean Gotta keep smiling, you gotta keep fit You gotta keep drinking, you gotta eat shit You gotta be small to be a big shot Gotta eat meat to stay at the top You gotta be trusted, you gotta tell lies Gotta be able to narrow your eyes You gotta believ...
In yellow shoes I get the blues Though I walk the streets with my plastic feet With my blue velvet trousers, make me feel pink Theres a kind of stink about blue velvet trousers In my paisley shirt I look a jerk And my turquoise waistcoat is quite out of sight But oh oh my haircut looks so bad Vegetable man, where are y...
In a churchyard by a river Lazing in the haze of midday Laughing in the grasses and the graves Yellow bird, you are not lone In singing and in flying on In 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...
Breathe, breathe in the air Dont be afraid to care Leave, but dont leave me Look around Choose your own ground Long you live and high you fly And smiles youll give and tears youll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be Run, rabbit run Dig that hole, forget the sun And when at last the work ...
One sound, one single sound One kiss, one single kiss A face outside the window pane However did it come to this? A man who ran: a child who cried A girl who heard, a voice that lied The sun that burned a fiery red The vision of an empty bed The use of force, he was so tough She’ll soon submit, she’s had enough The mar...
Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible Mankinds greatest achievements have come about by talking Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future, with the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded All we need to do is make su...
Got a flip-top pack of cigarettes in her pocket Feeling good at the top, shopping in sharp shoes Walking in the sunshine town Feeling very cool But the butchers and the bakers in the supermarket stores Getting everything she wants from the supermarket stores Apples and oranges Apples and oranges Cornering neatly she tr...
I was standing by the Nile When I saw the lady smile I would take her out for a while For a while Like tears left like a child How her golden hair was blowing wild Then she spread her wings to fly For to fly Soaring high above the breezes Going always where she pleases She will make it to the islands in the sun I will ...
Scream thy last scream old woman with a casket Blam blam your pointers point your pointers Waddle with apples to crunchy Mrs. Stores Shell be scrubbing bubbles on all fours Scream thy last scream old woman with a casket Fling your arms madly old lady with a daughter Flat tops of houses, mouses, houses Fiddle and Diddle...
Boat rowing When the child-like view of the world went, nothing replaced it... Nothing replaced it… Nothing replaced it… I do not like being asked to... I do not like being asked to... I do not like being asked to... Other people replaced it... Someone who knows
Following the path as it leads towards The darkness in the north Weary stranger’s faces show their sympathy They’ve seen that hope before And if you want to stay for a little bit Rest your aching limbs for a little bit For you the night is beckoning And now you can’t delay You hear the night birds calling you But you c...
Come on, my friends Let’s make for the hills They say there’s gold and I’m looking for thrills You can get your hands on whatever we find Because I’m only coming along for the ride Well, you go your way I’ll go mine I don’t care if we get there on time Everybody’s searching for something, they say I’ll get my kicks on ...
Hey Eugene, this is Henry McClean And Ive finished my beautiful flying machine And Im ringing to say that Im leaving and maybe Youd like to fly with me and hide with me, baby Isnt it strange how little we change? Isnt it sad were insane? Playing the games that we know end in tears The games weve been playing for thousa...
Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far Shine on you crazy diamond Pile on many more layers and ill be joining you there Shine on you crazy diamond And well bask in the shadow of yesterdays triumph And sail on the steel breeze Come on you boy child, you winner and loser Come on you miner for truth and delusion,...
I have always been here I have always looked out from behind these eyes It feels like more than a lifetime Feels like more than a lifetime Sometimes I get tired of the waiting Sometimes I get tired of being in here Is this the way that its always been? Could it ever have been different? Do you ever get tired of the wai...
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 What a way to spend that evening They all turn up with their friends Playing the game Theyre in the scene I should have been Far away Getting up, I feel as if I’m rem...
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
All is love, is all I am A ball is all I am Im so new compared to you And I am very small Warm glow, moon bloom Always need a little more room Waiting here seems like years Never seen 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 g...
Oh my, girl sitting in the sun Go buy, candy and a currant bun I like, to see you run Like that...... Oooh, dont talk to me Please, just fuck with me Please, you know Im feeling frail Its true, sun shining very bright Its you, who Im gonna love tonight Ice cream, taste good in the afternoon Ice cream, taste good if you...
Im so afraid Of all the mistakes that Ive made Shaking every time that I awake I feel like a cardboard cut-out man So build me a time When the characters rhyme And the story line is kind Ive aged and aged since the first page Ive lived every line that you wrote Take me down, take me down From the shelf above your head ...
I will always be here I will always look out from behind these eyes It’s only a lifetime It’s only a lifetime It’s only a lifetime
Come in, sit down Can you show me where it hurts Try and tell me in your own words I must seem very old But I was young once too Ive seen many others like you I always say exactly the same thing There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move bu...
Raving and drooling, I fell on his neck with a scream He had a whole lot of terminal shock in his eye Thats what you get for pretending the rest are not real Babbling and snapping at far away flies He will zig zag his way back through memories of boredom and pain How does it feel to be empty and angry and spaced Split ...
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 the love in her eyes And if you don’t mind I’ll spend my time Here by the fire side In the warm light of the lov...
Pass the tequila, Manuel Listen, gringo, laugh at my lisp and I kill you I think This Spanish music It sets my soul on fire Lovely señorita Your eyes are like stars Your teeth are like pearls Your ruby lips
Listen all you girlies Even though I havent met you Gonna catch you soon In my butterfly net Youd better watch out Sometimes when I watch you I stretch out my hand to touch you Cause it drives my me wild To see you flutter by You butterfly I wont squeeze you dead Aiming through your head I just want your love I won’t w...
You staggered away from those desperate days Leaving of a trail of fear and degradation Went downtown, he loitered around In front of the flea pit by the railway station Deep down next to his heart In the inside pocket of his cheap leather jacket He secretly fingers A dog-eared card that read Ooh, I need a dirty woman ...
It would be so nice It would be so nice It would be so nice To meet, sometime Everybody wakes, and in the morning Hot tea and cant stop yawning Pass the butter please Have you ever read the Daily Standard? Reading all about the plane thats landed Upside down? And no one knows what I did today There can be no other way ...
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 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 wa...
Following the path as it leads towards The darkness in the North Weary strangers faces show their sympathy Theyve seen that hope before But if you want to stay for a little bit Rest your aching limbs for a little bit Before you, the night is beckoning And you know you cant delay You hear the night birds calling you But...
We dont need your adulation We dont need your starry gaze How the years have come between us You should have seen them in the early days Should have seen them in the early days All in all, its just another brick in the wall All in all, its just another brick in the wall They dont need your reminiscing They dont need yo...
There was a boy whose name was Jim His friends, they were very good to him They gave him tea, and cakes and jam And slices of delicious ham Oh Mother tell me more Whydyou have to leave me there Hanging in my infant air, waiting You only have to read the lines of Scribbly black and everything shines The chief defect of ...
Ooohhh Walk with me, Sydney I’d love to, love to, love to, baby you know Ooohhh Walk with me, Sydney I’d love to, love to, love to, love to Walk with me, Sydney, it’s a dark night Come on, come on, hold me tight Well, I’d love to, love to, love to But I got Flat feet, fallen arches Baggy knees and a broken frame Mening...
Leave when I ask you to leave, Lucy Please fall away from me, Lucy Oh, go, little girl See that Im so broken up about you, Lucy Mean treatin me and done me harm, Lucy Been in love with you and your charms, Lucy Oh, go, little girl Im in love with you, Lucy You got my heart, you got my heart, oh no You tear me apart, yo...
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant time comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and summery And no one call us to the land And no one knows the wheres or whys But something stirs and something tries S...
I dont need no education I dont need no flexophone Your dark sarcasm in the classroom So teacher leave them kids alone All in all youre just another brick in the wall
Schoolboy, schoolboy, did you hear what I said? How am I supposed to make you see the light? Its hard enough to sleepwalk through the day Without some creepy little boy like you Bombarding my lonely shell Glimpses of half-open doors Gleams in the night that I might well have followed myself Teacher, teacher, you might ...
Well, Im a King Bee Buzzing around your hive Yes, Im a King Bee, child Buzzing around your hive I can make good honey Let me come inside Im young and able To buzz all night long You know Im young and able To buzz all night long When you hear me buzz, little girl You know some stingings going on Ill sting Well, Im a K...
Could I have eggs, sausage, chips & beans and a tea? 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 think you can tell? Did they get you to trade Your heroes for ghosts Hot ashes for trees Hot air for a cool breeze Cold co...
Bo Diddley was a private eye Hand was fast and his I.Q. high D.A. said Double O, you wont last Slow down boy, you living too fast Well, Double O had a Cadillac Machine guns and a bullet-proof back Engine taken from a 707 Sounds like a sure way to get into heaven In his pocket, 5 pounds of lead Keep Bo Diddley from gett...
In a while I find the time to make the sunshine mine In a smile I saw a single eagle in the sky Wheeling, soaring, gliding by Wheeling, soaring, gliding by
Remember when you were young? You shone like the sun Shine on you crazy diamond! Now theres a look in your eyes Like black holes in the sky Shine on you crazy diamond! You were caught on the cross fire of childhood and stardom Blown on the steel breeze Come on, you target for faraway laughter Come on, you stranger, you...
Remember me Ive been here before Remember me Ive been here before Cant you see Im gonna stick around some more Cant you see I want some love from you Cant you see I want some love from you Dont go away now Ive got something to give to you Ill try to be As good as gold to you Try to be As good as gold to you But d...