Lyrics: 1975–1981
I Believe in Father Christmas
They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
But instead it just kept on raining
A veil of tears for the Virgin's birth
I remember one Christmas morning
A winters light and a distant choir
And the peal of a bell and that Christmas Tree smell
And their eyes full of tinsel and fire
They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a Silent Night
And they told me a fairy story
'Till I believed in the Israelite
And I believed in Father Christmas
And I looked at the sky with excited eyes
'Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise
I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave New Year
All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear
They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
Hallelujah Noel be it Heaven or Hell
The Christmas you get you deserve.
Lend Me Your Love Tonight
Lend your love to me tonight
Don't ask me who or what is right
I have no strength I cannot fight
Just flood my darkness with your light
I need no face I need no name
No martyr's artificial shame
No crucifix I am not lame
And yet I ache to feel the flame
Arrest the sun and shoot the moon
The lamp of laughter dies too soon
To live reflected in a spoon
Makes it too hard to stay in tune
Believe me
Unlock the door and unbar the gate
I'll write I love you on the slate
And while St. Peter's thieves debate
The price of time I will not wait
Or let the star blind road of fate
Confuse me
Abuse me
Misuse me
Release my soul release my eyes
A clock unwinds a flower dies
Dishonesty disqualifies
You win the race but lose the prize
A tattered cloak behind the throne
It is unseen it is not known
Behind this face I am alone
I would give everything I own
To touch you...
Just lend your love to me once more
Don't ask me what I came back for
Just watch the moonlight cross the floor
And as your blood begins to roar
You'll feel your senses spin and soar
You will become my meteor
Divine and universal whore
Complete me
C'est la Vie
C'est la vie
Have your leaves all turned to brown
Will you scatter them around you
C'est la vie
Do you love
And then how am I to know
If you don't let your love show for me
C'est la vie.
Oh c'est la vie
Oh c'est la vie
Who knows, who cares for me
C'est la vie.
In the night
Do you light a lover's fire
Do the ashes of desire for you remain
Like the sea
There's a love to deep to show
Took a storm before my love
Flowed for you
C'est la vie.
Oh c'est la vie
Oh c'est la vie
Who knows, who cares for me
C'est la vie.
Like a song
Out of tune and out of time
All I needed was a rhyme for you
C'est la vie
Do you give
Do you live from day to day
Is there is no song I can play for you
C'est la vie.
Oh c'est la vie
Oh c'est la vie
Who knows, who cares for me
C'est la vie.
Hallowed be Thy Name
There may be an om in moment
But there's very few folk in focus
Not the first, not the last, not the least.
You needn't be well to be wealthy
But you've got to be whole to be holy
Fetch the rope, fetch the clock, fetch the priest.
Oh this planet of ours is a mess
I bet Heaven's the same
Look the madman said, "Son,
As a friend, tell me what's in a name,"
Hallowed be thy name.
I give you the state of statesmen
And the key to what motivates them
On the left, on the right, on the nail
Still I don't see a man in a mansion
That an accurate pen won't puncture
Go to town, go to hell, go to jail.
And there's bars and saloons
Where the jukebox plays blues in the night
Till the madman says "Son,
Time to go we could both use some light"
And thy will be done.
We live in an age of cages
The tale of an ape escaping
In the search for some truth he can use
But many a drunk got drunker
And mostly a thinker, thunker
Set the place, set the time, set the fuse,
The optimist laughed and the pessimist cried in his wine
And the madman said "Son,
Take a word they'll all wake given time"
Let thy kingdom come
The madman and I got drunker
Till both thought the other thank you
And we laughed all the way to the stars
The optimist asked for a taste of the pessimist's wine
And the madman said "Son,
How do you feel?" I said "Me? I feel fine
Lead me into temptation
Into temptation
I said into temptation
I need my allocation of recreation
I want a revelation in degradation
No hesitation, give me variation, give me inspiration..."
Nobody Loves You Like I Do
You can rent your blues and photograph your soul
You can even dig some diamonds out of rock'n roll
You can change the world
But if you lose control
They will take away your T-shirt.
And when you lose your reason and there's no release
You can buy seclusion but you can't buy peace
You got everything but the golden fleece
And a shepherd for your sadness
Now I don't expect your sympathy
This is what and where I want to be
For as long as my blood runs
Love comes and goes
God knows
Nobody loves you like I do
No no no nobody loves you like I do
It comes unrelentless
I've tried so hard to prevent this
But nobody loves you like I do.
There are highway dreams in my head tonight
I can't breathe without you and I'm losing height
I don't need a periscope or second sight
To see nothing lasts forever
With a planet stare and a guiding star
You can only be what you think you are
If I didn't approve it remove it
I'm coming through
Oh nobody loves you like I do
And I'm dirty, mean and unworthy
This is true
But if somebody says it loves you
From all sides out here above you
Believe me nobody loves you like I do.
For you know I will love you sweet and strong
I will love you full, I will love you long
I will love you right even better wrong - tonight
Tonight.
Nobody loves you like I do
I can't make it, shake it or break it without you
And if you pause at my insistence
I'll be yours from any distance
So you see, nobody loves you like I do...
Nobody loves you like I do
I said nobody loves you like I do
It comes unrelentless
I've tried so hard to prevent this
But nobody loves you like I do
I said nobody loves youB I said nobody loves you
I said nobody loves you like I do...
Closer To Believing
I am closer to believing
Than I ever was before
On the crest of this elation
Must I crash upon the shore
And with the driftwood of acquaintance
Light the fire to love once more
I am windblown....I am times.
To be closer to believing
To be just a breath away
On the death of inspiration
I would buy back yesterday
But there's no crueler illusion
There's no sharper coin to pay
As I reach out....it slips away.
From the opium of custom
To the ledges of extremes
Don't believe it 'till you've held it
Life is seldom what it seems
Lay your heart upon the table
And in the shuffling of dreams
Remember who on earth you are.
I need me
You need you
We want us.
But of course you know I love you
Or what else am I here for
Only you not face to face
But side by side forever more
And I need to be here with you
For without you what am I
Just another fool out searching
For some heaven in the sky
Take me closer to believing
Take me forward, lead me on
Through collision and confusion
While there's life beneath the sun
You are the reason I continue
So near for so long
So close yet so far away.
I need me
You need you
We want us to live forever
Don't let the curtain fall
Measure after measure
Of writing on the wall
That burns so brightly
It blinds us all.
I need me
You need you
We want us to be together
On Sundays in the rain
Closer than forever
Against or with the grain
To ride the storms of love again.
So be closer to believing
Though your world is torn apart
For a moment changes all things
And to end is but to start
And if your journey's unrewarded
May your God lift up your heart
You are windblown
But you are mine.
Pirates
Who'll make his mark the Captain cried
To the Devil drink a toast
We'll glut the hold with cups of gold
And we'll feed the sea with ghosts
I see your hunger for a fortune
Could be better served beneath my flag
If you've the stomach for a broadside
Come aboard my pretty boys
I will take you and make you
Everything you've ever dreamed.
Make fast the guns tonight we sail
When the high tide floods the bay
Cut free the lines and square the yards
Get the black flag stowed away.
The Turk the Arab and the Spaniard
Will soon have pennies on their eyes
And any other laden fancy
We will take her by surprise
I will take you and make you
Everything you've ever dreamed...
Six days off the Cuban coast when a sail ahead they spied
A Galleon of the treasure fleet the mizzen lookout cried
Closer to the wind my boys the mad eyed Captain roared
For every man that's alive tonight will be hauling gold aboard.
Spare us the galleon begged
But mercy's face had fled
Blood ran from the screaming souls
The cutlass harvested
Driven to the quarter deck the last survivor fell
She's ours my boys the Captain grinned
And no one left to tell
The Captain rose from a silk divan
With a pistol in his fist
And shot the lock from an iron box
And a blood red ruby kissed
I give you jewelry of turquoise
A crucifix of solid gold
One hundred thousand silver pieces
It is just as I foretold
You, you see there before you
Everything you've ever dreamed
Anchored in an indigo moonlit bay
Gold eyed 'round fires the sea thieves lay
Morning, white shells and a pipe of clay
As the wind filled their footprints
They were far, far away
Our sails swell full as we brave all seas
On a westward wind to live as we please
With the wicked wild eyed woman
Of Portobello town
Where we've been told
That a purse of gold
Buys any man a crown
They will serve you and cloth you
Exchange your rags
For the velvet coats of kings
Who'll drink a toast with me
I give you liberty
This town is ours - tonight!
Landlord wine and make it the finest
Make it a cup for a sea dogs thirst
Two long years of bones and beaches
Fever and leaches did their worst
So fill the night with paradise
Bring me peach and peacock
'Till I burst, but first, I want a soft touch
In the right place
I want to feel like a king tonight
Ten on the black to beat the Frenchman
Back you dogs give them room to turn
Now open wide sweet Heavens gate
Tonight were gonna see if Heaven burns
I want an angel on a gold chain
And I'll ride her to the stars
It's the last time for a long, long time
Come the daybreak we embark
On the flood of the morning tide
Once more the ocean cried
This company will return one day
Though we feel your tears
It's the price we pay
For there's prizes to be taken
And glory to be found
Cut free the chains ake fast your souls
We are Eldorado bound
I will take you
For always, forever, together
Until Hell calls our names
Who'll drink a toast with me
To the Devil and the deep blue sea
Gold drives a man to dream!
All I Want Is You
Sweep those blues outside the door
You won't need them anymore
I'm coming to you
I must have been a fool before
Now all I want
All I want
All I want is you
So roll away your loneliness
You have to send your last S.O.S
Turn you heart on put mind at rest
'cause all I want
All I want
All I want is you
I'm on flight 1 1 2
The airports straight ahead
Runway lights in blue and red
Now the seatbelt sign's aglow
I'm nearly home, nearly home
So throw throw those long sad books away
Times and crimes of yesterday
Tonight I'm gonna love you
till the break of day
'cause all I want
All I want
All I want is you
Love Beach
Now that the coast is clear,
I'm moving out of here.
It's time to dissapear- with you,.
to where the skies are blue.
I want you by my side,
don't look so mystified.
You know I said I'd
always take you to love beach.
Out of reach of the eagles eyes tonight
we can make it to love beach.
Where pirate moons, throw silver spoons
across the waves to you.
Back when it all began,
I was your highway man.
Now I've got a different plan
For you.
And me beside the deep blue sea
the way it's meant to be.
Oh you'll believe me
When you see the ocean roll up
and the sun turn a mighty red
You can walk love beach forever
Till it lives inside your head .. I said
I want you by my side
I'll keep you satisfied
My love won't hide
We can make love on love beach
out of reach of the lion's claws tonight.
We can make love on love beach
I want your love, with the stars above
down on love beach
I'm gonna make love to you, on love beach
Make all your dreams come true, on love beach
Gonna make love to you, on love beach
Gonna make your dreams come true, on love beach
Gonna make love to you, on love beach ,...etc
Taste of my Love
Ohhh, you look so hungry woman
how come you strayed in here with your eyes so bright
on this long hot night.
Could it be for a taste of my love
Down on your knees with your face to the wall
Saying please please please
My friend said I should call
well I do feel lonely woman
And to tell the truth , I could use some company
to come closer to me.
Help yourself to a taste of my love.
Call up room service, order peaches and cream
I like my desert first - if you know what I mean.
Yeah, taste it , taste it, taste it
Around the maze of pleasure to the gates of pain,
you're driving me insane.
Take all you need from the taste of my love
I want to love you like nobody ever loved you
Get on my stallion and we'll ride.
I want to hold you and enfold you beyond reason
I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight.
Go down gently with your face to the east
The sun may be rising but we haven't finished the beast.
Ohhh, you still look hungry woman
I'm glad your came in here with your eyes so bright,
on this long hot night
You need love - I need love, here it comes , the taste of my love.
I'm gonna love you like nobody ever loved you
climb on my rocket and we'll fly.
Over the moon past the sun till we find
the gates of heaven open wide for lovers
I'm gonna love you like nobody ever loved you
climb on my rocket and we'll fly.
Gambler
Hey mister gimme back them dice
you're holding all the green but you're gonna lose a slice
Rock and roll bless my soul, my wallet's gettin' thinner
sevens up, thank you Lord, now you're looking at a winner.
Cos I'm a member of a gamblin' breed.
And when the actions hot, it gets me all I need.
So if you find me in our town, won't you lay your money down ?
It's satisfaction guaranteed.
You get heaven, you'll get hell
there ain't no way for you to tell with a gamblin' man.
Hey mama give me one more ace
I'm looking at a knave and he's laughing in my face.
Raise the pot bet the lot we could all be dead tomorrow.
I got an edge on the ledge not another man will follow.
Cos I'm a member ...
I said I'm a gambler, there's no question of that,
but I never gamble on a woman, that's a matter of fact.
Just ain't no predictin' , which way their love will roll,
one moment they're red hot - the next they're icy cold.
Oh Lord, have mercy, give what wheel a spin
It's takin' candy from a baby in the mood I'm in.
Rock and roll bless my soul, my wallet's lookin' healthy
easy come, easy go, I never wanted to be wealthy.
Just a paid up member of a gambin' breed,
and when the actions hot it gets me all I need.
So if you find me in your town won't you lay your money down ?
It's satisfaction guaranteed.
You get heaven, you'll get hell there ain't no way for you to tell
with a gamblin' man.
Lay your money down.
For You
For you and I - there never was a way to say goodbye.
The nights of love, we loved so hard we shook the stars above.
Oh, such a love...
Expecting so much, as we touched
that each the other led to the fire
was it the words left unspoken
scared for my heart she´s been broken.
That in the ice of a moment
you closed the doors on our love.
Now for you and for me
lies branded on our hearts the memory.
Just a glance and a smile
a looking back and knowing all the while.
Oh, it was love
As close as it´ll ever come, it´s not a crime
for two lonely people to try
to find some love in the madness
of this world full of sadness
and though we woke in the ashes
just for a while we had dreamed
I gave you all I could give - it was for you that I lived.
Why did you do what you did
and close the door of my heart
next time you fall in love - you´d better tell the truth
next time you fall in love - don´t do it just for you.
For you, for you , for you ......
Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman
- Prologue-
Walking through the city after recent rain
heard ancient stones all shining murmur where are they?
How long before next hero's day
and the splendid show of drum and gun.
Walking by the river one September eve
saw questions rise in circles on that old dark stream.
Where now are those who dared to dream
they would leave one jewel in England's hand.
Gone to sleep they lie in flowered graves
for the visitors and Guidebook saved.
But come the trumpet shattered dawn
will the spirit they shared be reborn.
Comrades in arms, may they rise, fight and shine again,
till "who goes there", will be answered with friend again.
Once there stood a man, alone, sword in his hand.
In the face of the teeth and flame -
and it was all in England's name.
I was told how she grew, she alone shone her light on everyone.
And if you made the first eleven then you'd be sure to get to heaven,
like the captain of the school.
I was taught how to win
and to lose with that "get you next time" smile,
Learned Latin verbs in fear of a beating
and for years thought central heating,
was for just old people's homes.
I was raised on the past, the Tower and Saint Paul's and Westminster
escorted well-bred girls to dances, and learned to drive a horse in harness,
through the English countryside.
I was taught to behave, like an officer and a gentleman,
and when I finally marched from Sandhurst
I learned to put my fellow man first
and there was daily talk of war.
I spent 1938 in the United States of America,
I grew to love it's many faces, and they had built some amazing places,
and I thought they´d come in on our side.
- Love at first sight -
Girls, oh there were girls
but they were just part of the social whirl
and I never took much notice
until the night that I met you.
Standing out there alone
out on the terrace under the moon
from the moment that I kissed you
my life turned into a dream.
I knew I loved you at first sight
and that you loved .. me.
Was it really happening, or was it a dream ?
I asked if you'd be mine
feeding the white doves by the Serpentine
and when you said forever
I know that I almost cried.
You all in white
the tears and the laughing
nearly losing the damn ring
Yes, I do ... Yes, I will... keep you from harm.
Those few short days
we spent together
remembered forever
all the plans - for the house and for the children.
I know I loved you at first sightand that you loved..me.
Did it really happen then, or was it a dream ?
I knew when I saw your face
opening orders, the time and the place
oh, don't worry it won't last long
and I won't be far away
I'll try to write every day.....
- Letters from the front -
Got your letters at the front today
if you like the house we´ll buy it straight away.
Yes, it´s great now you´re a full-time nurse
but do be careful with the air-raids - getting worse.
Must end now .. the push is on...we´re moving out...
all my love...see you soon.
I'm writing to you on a convoy moving west
it's hell out here but we´re all trying to do our best.
I learned today that I get two weeks leave in June
this time I promise you a real honeymoon.
Must end now...take care my love...you're all the world
to me my love...see you soon.
The telegram...dropped from my hand
she was all I had...I just don't understand
I see her now...in that white dress she wore
those eyes and that smile
no one else...nevermore.
Decorations and respect inside the club
aren't compensation when you lose the one you love.
But in the end, all that is left
Is the regiment and what it means
to be...an officer and a gentleman...
Get Up and Dance
Well she looked me up and down
I said I'd just got into town
She said welcome it's a friendly kind of place
So I asked her if by chance
She knew where a man could dance
She said Yes Sir and a smile lit up her face
I said did she
She said I do
I said would she
She said with you
I said well now if that's OK
But if you wanna boogie baby
Lets stop wasting time this way
Get up and dance you never know what you might find
Get up and dance nobody cares nobody minds
Get up and dance you in the corner don't be shy
Get up and dance let the music get you high
Get up and dance get up and dance
Well we danced the night away
I said I have no place to stay
She said well you've got a friendly kind of face
So I asked her if by chance
She could help a man who danced
She said Yes Sir I know just the place
I said did she
She said I do
I said would she
She said with you
I said well now if that's OK
But if we're gonna make it baby
Lets stop wasting time this way
Get up and dance go and find a hand to hold
Get up and dance you know it stops you gettin' old
Get up and dance there ain't a thing you've got to loose
Get up and dance I want you rockin' in your shoes
Get up and dance get up and dance
Give me Something to Remember You By
So many ships have slipped on by in the night
I couldn't keep the score
Until you tied up in the harbour with me
And I prayed we'd share something more
Maybe we both tried just a bit too hard
New loves so close and true
For ten wild days we held a straight flush in hearts
And then I froze on you
Give me something to remember you by
Like a kiss on a cold cold night
Give me something to remember you by
As your ship sinks out of sight
The queen of rubies took the sweet jack of moon
So high above the flood
Though they survived the fall with ice on their wings
The stables ran with blood
Maybe we had too much to win or loose
We'd both been lost before
But that ain't your hear that's an anchor and chain
All those are claw marks across my floor
Give me something to remember you by
Like a knife or a blue steel key
Give me something to remember you by
Like a rose like a storm at sea
Give me something to remember you by
We weren't wrong but we weren't right
Give me something to remember you by
Bye-bye baby, bye-bye
Old Manhattan Melodies
Wouldn't changed a single word
Or touch a single note
Of those old songs those New York Songs
Of love that we once wrote
And though it hurts now we're apart
And different dreams pursue
Fragments of those songs remain
In whispered shades of blue
Old Manhattan melodies
Echo through my broken heart and call me back to you
Old Manhattan melodies . . .
Why Oh why the echoes cry I only wish I knew
Lighthouse shine in Quarter time
And guide me from this coast
In case I run around once more
And meet you or your ghost
I 'ver tried I can't turn back the clock
Your ships too long at sea
A dream the river stole away
Oh Misty Melody ...
Old Manhattan melodies . . .
Echo through my aching heart and tell me you're still true
Old Manhattan melodies
Why Oh why the whole world cries I only wish I knew
Old Manhattan melodies .. .
Every note a memory some happy and some blue
Old Manhattan melodies . . .
Whisper through my lonely heart and call me back to you.
Angelina
I've known some ladies
That made me happy
In so many different ways
Like sweet Conchita
And Isabella
Back in my travelling' days
Then there was Georgia
she was a country girl
she could reap all I could sow
Not like dear Judith
So fond of Music
And Edgar Allan Poe
But when I think of Angelina
All the others fade away
I can't recover
I know I'll love her
Now and forever
I took my pleasure
Where I found it
And the ladies as they came
Like Liz from Tucson
And Claire from Rouen
There were so many names
When unexpected
Just like a whirlwind
Angelina stole my heart
We did some walking
And got to talking,
And said we'd never part
Let Me In
I've been watching your performance
From the minute you got here
you've been riding on your high horse
But your motives are not clear
You have filled up all the ashtrays
And the carpets wearing thin
I believe we both speak English
Won't you kindly let me in
Let me in all I want to do is help you
Let me in, let me in, let me in
You keep looking out the window
You keep staring at the door
Yeah and every time the phone rings
You make frantic semaphore
I'm a man that's used to trouble
I've seen all the seven sins
I'll even be your long lost uncle
If you'll only let me in . . .
Let me in all I want to do is help you
Let me in, let me in, let me in
You know they say a trouble shared's a trouble half way gone
But bottle it inside and you'll explode
I'd rather have your tears than nitro-glycerine
So let me in I can take the load
I can mend a heart that's broken
Put a patch on your romance
But I gotta have some detail
Time and place and circumstance
I'm a man that's used to trouble
I've seen all the seven sins
There ain't nothin' left to shock me
But you gotta let me in . . .
Tiger In a Spotlight
Bass - playing in my face - grabbin' the elastic
Drums - listen here she comes - hammerin' the plastic
Keys - I play 'em all with ease - Freeze! Your shakin' at the knees
You're doin' somethin' drastic - chasin' the fantastic . . .
To dine with tigers in the sky
But did you ever stop to wonder why ?
Man - living in a can - skippin' with a suit-case
Frail - living in a gale - slipping on a blue face
Claws - are scratching at the doors - Pause: If you don't lose your oars
You're trippin' on a shoe lace - racin' to each new place. . .
To screw your shadow in the sky
But did you ever stop to wonder why ?
Sun - help me when I run - bleedin' from the moonlight
Nurse - help me with a verse - I need to sing the tune right
Days - I wasted in the maze - Raise your eyes above the ways
To keep a silver spoon bright - fly up to balloon height. . .
To ride the spotlight in the sky
But did you ever stop to wonder why ?
Brain Salad Surgery
Brain Salad Surgery
It will murder you, it murdered me
We made it for our enemy
Brain Salad Surgery
We've got a ballad
About a salad brain
with a surgeon with
a dirty dinner game.
Brain Salad Surgery
It will work for you you, it works for me
Brain not perversity
Brain Salad Surgery
We've got a ballad
About a salad brain
with a surgeon with
a dirty dinner game.
Watching Over You
Good night, good night....
Look at that moon shine so bright.
And tonight he smiles
Especially for you.
Sleep tight, sleep tight.
Know everything is alright.
And tonight I will be here
Watching over you.
For tonight I will be here watching over you.
Tonight I'll be here watching over you.
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams.
It is never as real as it seems.
And in the morning when you wake up
I will be right here.
Sleep on, sleep on.
For no matter how dark or how long
It may seem that your night is
I will still be here.
I will still be here watching, watching over you.
So sleep, little darling, sleep on through.
So be still, be still
For you know that I always will
Tonight and forever
Be watching over you.
For tonight and forever, be watching over you.
So sleep, little darling, sleep on through.
I will be watching over you.
So Far To Fall
I was "Master Faster", I was "Mr. Mystery"
there wasn't a mortal man was gonna make a monkey out of me.
I had reflex, action, first strike capability
so high - so tall - so far to fall.
I took my time, my life was all without a cause
till she came bursting through the frontdoor of my heart,
just like the signs that say I'll follow by a star,
once more, no blame, I'm far, no name .
Too much, too soon, a touch of moon
a burst balloon, so far, so far to fall.
Ooh she had me, she had me running rings around the floor.
She had me nailed to a door, she had me crying out,
she had me crying out for more, more, more, more, more, more, more.
She bad me, she tied me up in knots like a piece of a string,
she did a thing to my thing, she did a thing to my thing
like it's never been done before.
Too much ...
I saw stars, in the night, I was hers, I was high
I had so far to fall, such a long way to fall
and I fell and I fell and I fell ------
So if you're "Master Blaster" or you're "Mr. Mystery"
don't think you're insulated from love's electricity.
There'll be no escape for you, there was no escape for me
so high - so tall - one night you're bound to fall.
Come Clean
I don't believe all the things you say
Its a dirty old world and you like it that way
Whitewash, paint job, three blind mice
Gonna take you outside - 'cos you're not nice.
Come clean, come clean
Come clean, come clean.
God for a joke said mark his card
When he left all his rubbish in my back yard
Left right, left right who goes where
Got a hose pipe dream that you can share.
Come clean, come clean
Won't you be in my dream?
Its only echo bubbles
Painting rainbows in your mind
Just say sud off to your troubles
And leave the world behind
In the grateful murk. . . of time.
I'm sick and tired of the TV news
And your happy, happy ads with your postcard views
Blow wave, face lift, same old jazz
Gonna wash your brain with my razza-ma-dazz.
Come clean, come clean
Cool scene. . . Right!
Come clean, come clean
Come clean, come clean.
Yack, yack they all know what's best
For the ol, drain hole community chest
Half the fun at twice the price
Now your bubbles burst and you're still not nice.
Come clean, come clean,
Come clean, come clean,
C-c-come clean, c-c-come clean. . .etc., etc.
© 2001. A Song And A Bowl Of Soup Ltd., PO Box 22, Leiston, Suffolk, IP15 5NZ. UK.
Leave the Candle
Leave the candle, let it burn
It helps the wheels of memory turn
To forgotten friends and loved ones' ghosts
A strange heart smiles to greet their hosts
Replay the dreams of when and where
The times we shared
Many yesterdays and nights ago
Leave the candle burning bright
To keep at bay the stormy night
It's flickering, the shadows dance
Into the flame my gaze entranced
To see what lies on next year's road
Who will bear or share my load?
The candle knows.
If wax be dreams then candle burn down slow
Leave the candle, let it shine
Into some other eyes but mine
And light a hearth of angels' gold
Someone who loves but does not hold
Oh leave the candle, let it burn
It helps the wheels of memory turn
And something's learned
If you'd be true to love and fair to friends
Leave the candle ... Leave the candle ...
Let the candle burn at just one end
Get What You Want
You always were a survivor
Always could hang on
You've got the judge in your pocket
You'll get want you want
Clear skies aboard the Titanic
Full steam ahead
The water's cold but don't panic
You'll wake up in bed
You were always the one
You knew how it was done
When I could walk you could run
Now I hear you've retired and I've hardly begun
Get What You Want
There's no cigar for Napoleon
And his friends like you
Who get a hard sort of holy on
The road to Waterloo
You always were a deceiver
Heart broken down
Infatuated with circuses
But scared to death of clowns
You were always the one
You knew how it was done
When I could walk you could run
Now I hear you've retired and I've hardly begun
Get What You Want
Look at the river
Look at it flowing
Stand and deliver
Tell me where you're going
Don't understand you
But you're fascinating
So I'll wait here to land you
I'm waiting…
Clear skies aboard the Titanic
Still steaming on
The water's cold but don't panic
You'll Get What You Want
You were always the one
You knew how it was done
When I could walk you could run
Now I hear you've retired and I've hardly begun
Get What You Want
Have You Ever Been In Love
In the morning light
Half awake and half asleep
Have you ever laid there thinking
Was it all a dream?
But you reach out and she's there
Every moment, everywhere
Have you ever been in love?
Have you ever felt
How far a heart can fall
Have you ever stayed up waiting
For a telephone call
Just to hear her say hello
'Cause you miss each other so
Have you ever been in love?
Have there been times to laugh
And times you really want to cry
Finding reasons to believe her
'Cause you'd die a little if she lied
And when in times of doubt
Have you ever tried to work it out
But still she leaves you wondering
What it's all about
And when she's far away
Have you ever felt the need to stray
And tried and then discovered
It just doesn't pay
'Cause with her, you can be true
And with her, you can be you
Have you ever been in love?
Have there been times to laugh
And times you really want to cry
Finding reasons to believe her
'Cause you'd die a little if she lied
And when in times of doubt
Have you ever tried to work it out
But still she leaves you wondering
What it's all about
And when the night comes down
Can you call your house a home
Do you dream you're still together
And wake up alone
Have you ever been in love
The way that I'm in love
Have you ever been in love?
Smokin' 45
I've seen the badlands. I've held a whirlwind in my hands.
Slept in the saddle. Whiskey has washed away the sand.
Gamblers who cheated and sheriffs who lied
The last thing they saw, from the dust as they died
Was my smokin' 45... My smokin 45.
Ten thousand dollars. That's what I'm worth dead or alive.
Six loaded chambers. Ten men rode up not one survived.
They've got my name on the telegraph wire.
Dead men's faces and a gun that's for hire.
Gamblers who cheated and sheriffs who lied
The last thing they saw, from the dust as they died
Was my smokin' 45... My smokin 45.
I'm ridin' south to the Mexico line;
Posse behind me and they're makin' good time.
Men with vendettas who shouldn't tried
To reach great fame with a gun at their side
Against my smokin 45... My smokin 45...
Midnight Reservation
I got a feeling I been dreaming
I been here before
She believes that I've been knocking
On another door
I don't know who's been talking
Someone's out of order for sure
I know a lady needs attention
But there comes a time
When someone's got to mention
That she's out of line
Enough is enough
Her heart's losing out to her mind
She's packed her bags again
Says she's going away
Think she's gonna go far
But it won't be today
She got a midnight reservation
On the nine o'clock train
I got a feeling she'll be back again
She'll be waiting at the station
'Til they call out her name
A reservation for a midnight game
(a midnight reservation)
Well let a woman get you running
And she'll wear you down
'Til you don't know if you should be
In the lost or found
She knows she won't be happy
Feels she's got to put it around
(She's got you running)
(And she'll put you down)
I know there ain't no rhyme or reason
Why she gets the blues
'Cause she changes like the seasons
'Til you're so confused
That when she says 'I'm going'
You help her, find her walking shoes
(There ain't no rhyme or reason)
(Why she gets the blues)
I guess it's been that way
Since Adam and Eve
Throw the pan on the fire
Then they get up and leave
She got a midnight reservation
On the nine o'clock train
I got a feeling she'll be back again
She'll be waiting at the station
'Til they call out her name
A reservation for a midnight game
She got a midnight reservation
On the nine o'clock train
I got a feeling she'll be back again
She'll be waiting at the station
'Til they call out her name
A midnight reservation...
Highdown Fair
At Highdown fair for two farthings
My father bought me a little white mouse . . .
Along came a grey cat and ate up the white mouse
My father bought in the market square . . .
At Highdown fair for two farthings
My father bought me a little white mouse . . .
Along came a black dog and jumped on the grey cat
Who ate up the white mouse
My father bought in the market square . . .
At Highdown fair for two farthings
My father bought me a little white mouse . . .
Along came an old stick and beat off the black dog
Who jumped on the grey cat who ate up the white mouse
My father bought in the market square...
At Highdown fair for two farthings
My father bought me a little white mouse . . .
Along came a fire and burnt up the old stick
Which beat off the black dog
That jumped on the grey cat
Who ate up the white mouse
My father bought in the market square . . .
At Highdown fair for two farthings
My father bought me a little white mouse . . .
Along came sweet water and put out the fire
Which burnt up the old stick
Which beat off the black dog
That jumped on the grey cat
Who ate up the white mouse
My father bought in the market square . . .
At Highdown fair for two farthings
My father bought me a little white mouse . . .
Along came a great ox and drank all the water
Which put out the fire
Which burnt up the old stick
Which beat off the black dog
That jumped on the grey cat
Who ate up the white mouse
My father bought in the market square . . .
At Highdown fair for two farthings
My father bought me a little white mouse . . .
Along came a butcher and slaughtered the great ox
Which drunk all the water
Which put out the fire
Which burnt up the old stick
Which beat off the black dog
That jumped on the grey cat
Who ate up the white mouse
My father bought in the market square...
At Highdown fair for two farthings
My father bought me a little white mouse...
And the angel of death came by for the butcher
Who slaughtered the great ox
Which drunk all the water
Which put out the fire
Which burnt up the old stick
Which beat off the black dog
That jumped on the grey cat
Who ate up the white mouse
My father bought in the market square...
At Highdown fair for two farthings
My father bought me a little white mouse...
And last came the Lord, who threw down the angel
Who came for the butcher
Who slaughtered the great ox
Which drunk all the water
Which put out the fire
Which burnt up the old stick
Which beat off the black dog
That jumped on the grey cat
Who ate up the white mouse
My father bought in the market square . . .
The Herons
And now when the earth has stooped to gather
In the careful hands of autumn
All that summer has abandoned,
A time of left behind . . .
Comes a wind that blows unceasing
Erodes away the dunes
On grey moon hungry beaches,
Cry out in black formation
Their scorn upon the world
Everturning . . .
And there where the fruit no longer ripens
On the vines the years have withered,
Has the earth so soon forgotten
That not so long ago
How the wind was soft and perfumed
How the herons turned and circled
With their wings aflame with sunset . . .
Now the winter crows parading
Cry out in black formation
Their scorn upon the world
everchanging . . .
Old Men and Butterflies
Just off a highway, a many ringed oak tree,
guarding forever his corner of meadow,
saw one hot june day a dusty old peddler
footsore and weary look round him
for shadow...
"Come my weary friend and lay your pack upon the ground
and I will keep you safe if you should care to rest your head.
Come my weary friend and lay your troubles all around
and listen to the music in the leaves above your bed."
Gladly the old man
lay down by the oak tree
muttered his thanks and fell soundly asleep . . .
The old peddler
slept on for many an hour
resting his head on his hand by and by:
he dreamed a dream that he'd left his old body
and had become a fine gold butterfly . . .
The golden butterfly went flitting
flower after flower
and dreamed he was an old man
fast asleep for many an hour . . .
The golden butterfly went flitting
flower after flower
and dreamed he was an old man
sound asleep for many an hour...
The old peddler slept on beneath
the great oak tree
dreaming his butterfly dream
where he new free . . .
The golden butterfly went flitting
flower after flower
and dreamed he was an old man
who could sleep for many an hour.
The golden butterflies go flitting
ever to explore
but dream that they are old men
who can sleep for evermore.
Lullaby to Sarah
You are a sailboat
Upon the ocean
You are a sailboat
And I will steer you
Across the sea to dreamland
To where a soft breeze
Blows in a deep blue sky
And moves the palm trees . . .
And you will lie there
And hear the birds sing
And they will bring you presents
Of a hundred gold rings
And if you count them slowly
They'll change to wishes
So sleep my little sailboat
With stores of milk and honey
And sixpences for money
And safe beneath a great moon
I'll sing this rockabye tune,
So shut your pretty eyes
And I'll steer you to the white sand
For we're on our way to dreamland
Until the morning . . .
The Song of Eternal Numbers
Come here my angel and sit on my knee
And tell me what song you would hear from me.
"Sing me the song of eternal numbers
And from this day I shall well remember".
One is for the reaper
Waiting for his harvest of life,
Two is for the oxen straining at the cart,
Three is for the world and its every part,
Four there are the standing stones of Merlin
Where the hero's swords were ever sharpened...
One is for the reaper
Waiting for his harvest of life.
And the sum of the golden times
In all ages of man is five
Sang the dwarf in a cloud of steam,
Threw six herbs in the draught which he stirred
And he laughed... he went "ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,"
And there are seven suns and there are seven moons,
Eight the blazing fires by the first of june,
Nine is for the maidens dancing round the fountain
Worshipping the moon rising on the mountain...
One is for the reaper
Waiting for his harvest of life.
Ten is for the galleons coming from the war
Which our young men fought on a distant shore
And walking with their flag we counted eleven,
All that now remain of a hundred young men...
One is for the reaper
Waiting for his harvest of life.
And the sum of the golden times
In all the ages of man is five
And the months of the year are twelve
Made of days, made of hours and minutes that pass
And they pass and they pass, they pass...
Now twelve is for the signs in the starbright sky
In envy of his neighbour challenge and defy,
I sing you the song of eternal numbers
But I see a time when all is ended...
One is for the reaper
Waiting for his harvest of life.
There will come a day when the trumpet splits the sky
And thunder, fire and wind will lay waste the low and high;
That will be the time in the song of numbers
When the reaper tires at last of waiting...
One is for the reaper
And two the oxen, and three the parts,
And four is for the stones,
Five is for the ages, six is for the herbs,
And seven are the suns,
And seven are the moons, eight is for the fires,
Nine is for the maidens, ten is for the galleons,
Eleven for the young men, twelve is for the signs
And twelve for time a'passing...
One is for the reaper who laughs
As one by one the stars blink out
The Stag
Tell us our good master
Why you sit there so quietly
And where are the trophies
You usually bring home,
Like the heads of the Bengal tiger
That decorate your great hall
And the skins of lion and zebra
That you've laid wall to wall...
My friends, in the foothills before the rainy season
I went out hunting one day all by myself,
Keeping the wind in my face I crept up
To where a herd of deer were grazing
When suddenly before me
Stood a great horned king of stags
And it's the truth I tell you, believe me
As the lord above's my witness,
The great beast did not quaver
But softly began to speak...
"It's written in the stars, lord
Upon this day I die
So these my gifts I offer
To you this Eastertide:
These majestic antlers for you
To hang your bows on
And these my ears as fine cups
For you to toast your ladies,
Take both my bright eyes
For a pair of shining mirrors
And all these bristles
For brushes to shave your face.
I pray that you eat my flesh for ten days
And from my hide you make a warm coat
And as for your strength and courage
My liver will serve you well
Thus in the stars it's written, my good sir
That the body of this your servant
Seven times will be fruitful
And seven times be reborn...
Tell us our good master
Why you sit there so quietly
And where are all the trophies
You usually bring home...
The Funeral
When nightfall enfolds you and quickens your heart
For you walk alone on the highway,
If a polecat springs hissing her eyes raging amber
Then you must stand still and not fear her
For if you befriend her your sister she'll be
And she of all beast knows the river
Its secret unwindings and reasons for flowing
And a safe road beside the dark water . . .
When nightfall enfolds you and quickens your heart
For you walk alone on the highway,
If a grey wolf springs snarling his teeth bared in anger
the you must stand still and not fear him
For if you befriend him your brother he'll be
And he for all beasts knows the old way
that climbs to the one pass that cuts through the mountain
and a warm cave where you may take shelter . . .
So follow the highway that leads to the lake
And you will discover a sweet spring
That bubbles and runs down the hillsides of childhood
And there lay your heart down forever . . .
The Man and the Cloud
She he loved
when first he saw her:
she was so pale and untouchable.
So far away
he could never find
a path to climb to reach her,
all serene she gazed at him
as on the wind she lay reclining,
he followed her eversighing
as she played hide and seek
in her wide blue meadow.
It seemed forever
that he had loved her,
always so pale and untouchable:
"How cruel you are,
behind your white veil
you hide a heart that's frozen".
Sorrowful she came to him
and in her own way surrendered . . .
Rain, gentle rain, her tears
she gave to him
and shedding love shed living.
Under the Lime Tree
Down in the greenwood, under the lime tree
we spent lover's hours
and if you pass by you'll know we lay there,
look how we crushed all the flowers.
The insects buzzed and the nightingales sang
high above the forest on a soft south wind,
point and laugh if you come walking past
I don't care at all how red her mouth is.
Down in the greenwood, under the lime tree
crushing the grass and the sweet herbs
there in the roses I laid my head down,
see where the petals are disturbed.
And if you accuse her of lying there with me
this I know for sure she will never be ashamed:
she was the one, the one and only woman
I ever came to wish would whisper my name.
Down in the greenwood, under the lime tree
the lily embraces the ivy
and if you pass by, stop look and marvel
at how she has grown to survive him
for she stayed here with me for just a year
and bound our hair with gold,
oh my little white dove . . .
one fine day she turned into a hawk
and flew off to the sun to find a new love.
Up in the blue sky ever the wind flies
searching the clouds of his dream land,
the dream is for beauty but he'll
never catch her . . .
She'll always slip through his hands
and thus we live forever and the dream
just like the wind and clouds will escape us...
And thus we live forever and the world
lust like the wind and clouds will escape us.
A Song of Regret
Winter's frozen moments
Will melt once more to spring,
Birds with peppered feathers
Return once more to sing...
But so high soars the mountain
that though I climb and climb
She always hides her flowers from me...
In long ago's lost garden
The apple trees will bear
A thousand fruit of red and green
But not one will I share...
For constant must I travel
And in some far off land
Lie down once more remembering...
Dust and Ashes
I am dust and ashes
my crown is worm and white bone
there's no man suckled milk
though he run I will not call him
his chains will seem as feathers
when I silently lock mine
his iron gate like cobweb come his moment.
I am dust and ashes
my jewels maggots crawling
there's no man woman loved
will not surrender when I beckon
sand is running my blade shining
bend your heads why stand your welcome
the steps are worn my ferryman awaits you.
Oh sir you do us honour
attending on our humble dwelling
lay down your glass and blade
and take a few turns with us
we beg you dance a few steps
a rondeau of remembrance
forget a while the flesh you should have taken...
I am dust and ashes
my jewels maggots crawling
there's no man woman loved
will not surrender when I beckon
sand is running my blade shining
bend your heads why stand welcome
the steps are worn my ferryman is still waiting.
By Appointment
Through the misty realm of morning
came the cry of the raven's warning
come away there is evil around you
there is canker curse and fire
it will take out your eyes for its master
it will cut you and give him your heart sir
now too late it is close it has found you
beware the venomous iron.
Be still I do not fear death
I now welcome the journey
but friend fly to my patron
and pluck his eyes in revenge
go tell him that my last breath
I spent singing an old song
his heart will burn with my heart
in the fires of hell before long.
For the crab will come out of the ocean
to be near to his mouth for the time
he can steal his soul on his dying breath
and hide it away for eternity.
Oh greater the lord more the fool
always the same essential flaw
while his lackeys are picking my bones clean
people dance on to my songs at his back door.
Merry We Will Be
Go light the lantern and hang it on the gate
As a sign that all men are welcome
In this house tonight to spend Christmastide
Among friendly company
Then build the fire to a yuletide blaze
And keep the great spit turning
Send the fiddlers in give us fair young maids
And merry we will be.
We've garlands red and garlands green
And a tree with stars and tinsel
Where an angel blest by Father James
Looks down upon our feast
Here comes the man of God himself
Give him wine and bid him welcome
When his cheeks are red he'll forget his bed
And merry we will be.
There's holly hung from every beam
There's mistletoe and ivy
If I catch you there I will take my share
Of kisses given free
There's gifts for all both tall and small
There's trinkets toys and baubles
So fill your dish with all you wish
And merry we will be.
We've garlands red and garlands green
And a tree with stars and tinsel
For its open house and open hearts
This time of year to all
So if you're passing by and hear
The sounds of joy and laughter
Won't you step inside this Christmastide
And merry we will be.
Go light the lantern and hang it on the gate
As a sign all men are welcome
In this house tonight that is shining bright
With fire light and love
We've garlands red and garlands green
And a tree with stars and tinsel
Good friends come one come all this night
And merry we will be.
The Stolen Bride
Go light the lantern and hang it on the gate
Three long nights and sleep eludes me
wait and watch and listen
but all I hear is the viper sliding
and hissing along the river.
There I wrote this song I sing now
darkly dressed with sorrow
about the bride who left her wedding
slipped out... none saw none followed.
No one saw the extra guest
beguile her to the threshold
with smiles and pretty words
about the beauty of her dress
and persuade her from the Feasting.
So naive she followed him
she thought but for a moment
we waited her return till the candles burnt away
we searched... but none could find her.
A fiddler present at the wedding
was walking out next morning
when the strange guest appeared before him
good day musician said he.
I know you search for one who's missing
vanished from her wedding
if you have a brave heart walk behind me
and I will lead you to her.
A boat as black as fishes bowels
he rode 'cross shrouded waters
until theycame upon the waxen bride
in a dress of gold and silver.
She bade the fiddler take her ring
back safe to her beloved
and said here I remain and suffer not the world
no pain desire or hatred.
The fiddler took the ring and turning
had hardly walked but one step
when he heard her stifled cry "Forgive me"
as the misty waters took her.
Shining bright as summer light
the morning that she married
what unholy place was she taken to that day
and by what cold Lord of darkness.
The Right Situation
Love is cold, love is hot
It depends what you've got
On your mind for a lot of the time
It's never too late if you wait
For the right situation
Get it right, get it wrong
And you gotta be strong
To hang on 'til you know you belong
You're ready and hot, but you're not
In the right situation
And well I know you've been a victim of circumstance
You wouldn't wanna throw away a new romance
Then you get attention with a second glance
Give it a break, give it half a chance
It depends how you play
What you do when you say
You know Rome wasn't built in a day
You're taking your time 'til you're finding
The right situation
In the end on the phone
With your feet on the ground
And a love that you found was your own
You'll get it tonight if you fight
For the right situation
Though you've been a victim of circumstance
You wouldn't wanna throw away a new romance
Then you get attention with a second glance
Give it a break, give it a chance
Love is cold, love is hot
It depends what you've got
On your mind for a lot of the time
It's never too late if you wait
For the right situation
You're ready and hot but you're not
In the right situation
You're taking your time 'til you're finding
The right situation
You'll get it tonight if you fight
For the right situation
If You're Right
Can’t seem to feel your love
The way I think I felt your love before.
You say its me that’s changed
You say I don’t respect you anymore,
Well If you’re right
It doesn’t rain in England
If you’re right
They don’t drink wine in France.
If you’re right
Picasso played piano and Fred Astaire
Could never really dance.
My eyes are close to tears
I can’t believe I hear the words you say. . .no no.
You tell me there’s no point
To make it work when we’ve lost yesterday.
If you’re right
Then love’s a game for children,
Just a game of seaside touch and run.
And if you’re right
Then Shakespeare wrote a long lost play
Called ‘Romeo and something or someone.’
Don’t waste what’s left of love
Or look for ways to close and bar the door,
There’s no need.
One time for memories
Just feel like you know it felt before
And you’ll see. . .
That if I’m right
It’ll pour with rain in England.
If I’m right
They’ll raise a glass in France.
And if I’m right; you’re wrong
And that’s just fine by me,
Cos that means that our love's
Still .... got a chance.
Touch Touch
Boys and girls come out to play
Forbidden fruit to take away
Lonely, hurts, it hurts like hell
But I can't buy if you won't sell
Believe in fire, believe in fate
The wounded learn to hesitate
And I see you and you see me
And I believe it was meant to be
Touch touch, it starts with the eyes
Touch touch, and moves on down
Touch touch, no time to be shy
Touch touch, welcome to the oldest game in town
Jack went up but Jill went higher
Needing the water to put out the fire
So leave your ship and crawl ashore
Hang 'don't disturb' outside my door
Believe in fire, believe in fate
Make your play, it's not too late
Looking at you, you're looking at me
My heart runs on electricity
Touch touch, it starts with the eyes
Touch touch, and moves on down
Touch touch, I can't let you by
Touch touch, I'll take you home,
I'm on your case
It's what you need, it's face to face
Believe in fire, believe in fate
It's Adam and Eve through the eye of a snake
'Cos I want you and you need me
And I believe it was meant to be
Touch touch, a heart's in my eyes
Touch touch, it's running down
Touch touch, the foolish are wise
Touch touch, welcome to the sweetest game of love
Boys and girls come out to play
Forbidden fruit to take away
Jack went up but Jill went higher
Needing the water to put out the fire
Touch touch, touch me and then
Touch touch, touch me again
Touch touch, touch me and then
Touch touch, touch me again
In the Land of Make Believe
Stars in your eyes, little one
Where do you go to dream?
To a place we all know
The land of make believe
Shadows tapping at your window
Ghostly voices whisper "Will you come and play?"
Not for all the tea in China
Or the corn in Carolina
Never, never ever
They’re running after you babe
Run for the sun little one
You’re an outlaw once again
Time to change
Superman will be with us while he can
In the land of make believe
Something nasty in your garden’s
Waiting patiently ‘til it can have your heart
Try to go, but it won’t let you
Don’t you know it’s out to get you
Running, keep on running
They’re running after you babe
Your world is turning from night to day
Your dream is burning far away
Into the blue, you and I
O the circus in the sky
Captain Kidd’s on the sand
With the treasure close to hand
In the land of make believe
In the land of make believe
I’ve got a friend who comes to tea
And nobody else can see but me
He came today, but had to go
To visit you? you never know
Run With the Fox
Now the season Now the question
Time to breathe a moment's grace
For the Hunter and the Hunted
Taking time to break the pace
Are you hopeful Are you haunted
By the ghost of Christmas Past
Face the future undaunted
Step aside or take your chance
Run with the Fox
In to the wind On to the dawn of tomorrow
Run with the Fox
In to the wild Into the wild and the cold
Beware of the rocks
And be prepared Prepare for love comes and goes
Run with the Fox
Every year the revolution
Won or lost before begun
While we thrive on mass confusion
Thus we walk before we run
Run with the Fox
In to the wind On to the dawn of tomorrow
Run with the Fox
In to the wild Into the wild and the cold
Beware of the rocks
And be prepared Prepare for love finally grows
Let us live to tell a story
Here on Earth and out in Space
Foreward on the road to glory
History records the chase
Have yourselves that certain Christmas
Eat be glad and drink the wine
Leave your sadness by the river
Giving love and given time
Across the ice of frozen lakes
Run with the Fox
Along the lanes a lover takes
Run with the Fox
Beneath a moon A Christmas moon
Run with the Fox
And sing a tune A dreamer's tune
Run with the Fox
Across the bridge of many ways
Run with the Fox
On to the planes where dreamers play
Run with the Fox
Beneath a moon A Christmas moon
Run with the Fox
