You and I are victims of a love. That lost a lot in the translation. When I think of all the time that I spent. Sitting on the edge of your bed in anticipation. Of you giving in and us living in sin....
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1. A Lover Sings 2. A Pict Song Rome never looks where she treads. Always her heavy hooves fall. On our stomachs, our hearts and our heads. And Rome never hears when we bawl. Her sentries pass on -- that is all. And we gather behind...3. Accident Waiting To Happen I've always been impressed with a girl. Who could sing for her supper and get breakfast as well. That's the way I am, heaven help me. He said, "We don't like peace camapigners &apo...4. Aginst Th' Law It's aginst th' law to walk, it's aginst th' law to talk. It's aginst th' law to loaf, it's aginst th' law to work. It's aginst th' law to read, it&ap...5. Airline To Heaven There's an airline plane. Flies to Heaven every day. Past them pearly gates. If you want to ride this train. Have your ticket in your hand. Before it is too late. If the world looks wrong. And yo...6. All You Fascists I'm gonna tell all you fascists you may be surprised. The people in this world are getting organized. You're bound to lose, you fascists are bound to lose. Race hatred cannot stop us this on...7. Another Man's Done Gone Sometimes I think I'm gonna lose my mind. But it don't look like I ever do. I loved so many people everywhere I went. Some too much, others not enough. I don't know, I may go down or up...8. At My Window Sad And Lonely At my window sad and lonely, oft times do I think of thee. Sad and lonely and I wonder. do you ever think of me?. Every day is sad and lonely. every night is sad and blue. Do you ever think of me my d...9. Bad Penny I have a letter from her. When she worked for the "Woman's Realm". And all the things she promised me. She promised herself as well. She said, "I want my freedom". And ran off...10. Between The Wars I was a miner. I was a docker. I was a railway man. Between the wars. I raised a family. In times of austerity. With sweat at the foundry. Between the wars. I paid the union and as times got harder. I...11. Birds And Ships The birds are singing in your eyes this day. Sweet flowers blossom in your smile. The wind and sun are in the words you say. Where might your lonesome lover be?. Birds maybe singing in my eyes today....12. Black Wind Blowing There's a black wind blowing in the cotton field, honey. There's a black wind blowing in the cotton field, baby. There's a black wind blowing in the cotton field. And O' how funny...13. Blake's Jerusalem And did those feet in ancient time. Walk upon England's mountains green?. And was the Holy Lamb of God. On England's pleasant pastures seen?. And did the Countenance Divine. Shine forth upon...14. Blood Of The Lamb Are your garments all spotless?. Are they white as the snow?. Are you washed in the blood of the lamb?. Is your soul all spotless?. Is it clean as the snow?. Are you washed in the blood of the lamb?....15. Body Of Water Chorus:. I will cross this body of water. If you promise you won't try this at home. You're where you want to be. Where am I, I'm up a tree. I had a hurt attack. Rolled away, now I&apos...16. Brickbat I ought to leave enough hot water. For your morning bath, but I'd not thought. I hate to hear you talk that way. But I can't bring myself to say I'm sorry. The past is always knocking i...17. California Stars I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight. On a bed of California stars. I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight. On a bed of California stars. I'd love to feel your hand touching mine. And...18. Can't Be There Today An invite to a wedding. That no one can attend. A poster for a show that never happened. Two tickets for a holiday. I can longer spend. And a gift for Mothers Day I won't be wrapping. This is all...19. Chasing Rainbows The wheels have come off again. And the fault is all mine. One day was I thinking. We were doing just fine. But it hurts me so to hear you say will you be. Better off part. Please don't let my co...20. Christ For President Let's have Christ for President. Let us have him for our King. Cast your vote for the Carpenter. that you call the Nazarene. The only way we can ever beat. these crooked politician men. Is to run...21. Cindy Of A Thousand Lives Blue velvet America. Half glimpsed in the headlights between the trees. Who punctured the beauty. And invited monsters such as these. The pig faced boy, the corrupted clown. The grotesque figure who n...22. Days Like These (U.K. Version) The party that became so powerful by sinking. foreign boats. Is dreaming up new promises because promises. win votes. And being resolute in conference with the. ad man's expertise. The majority b...23. Do Unto Others In the Bible, we are told. God gave Moses the. Ten great commandments whisper true truths!. But the greatest commandment of all. Is in the book of Lucas, cause I recall. Do unto others as you would th...24. Dolphins Sometimes I think about. Saturday's child. And all about the time. We were running wild. I've been searching. For the dolphins in the sea. And sometimes I wonder. Do you ever think of me. Th...25. Eisler On The Go Eisler on the go, Eisler on the move. Brother is on the vinegar truck. and I don't know what I'll do. I don't know what I'll do, I don't know what I'll do. Eisler's...26. Everybody loves you babe Everybody likes you babe but me. I guess that proves how stupid I can be. Your father thinks it's swell, your mum hears wedding bells. Our friends all say we make a lovely couple we get on so wel...27. Everywhere Dig in boys for an extended stay. Those were the final orders to come down that day. Waiting to be saved in the Philippines. You'll wait forever for the young Marines. Now I believe to be here is...28. Feed Of Man If you. Beat up, butcher, and. You bleed a man:. If you bang up and badger and. Bloodlet a man;. And then I come along. On the feet of man. And half way laff and cry 'bout. The meat of man, And I...29. From A Vauxhall Velox She said "Do these seats fold down". I said "If you pull that handle". All the time she'd been waiting for. Something with a little more. And all her mates on the new estates....30. From Red To Blue Another day dawns grey, its enough to make me spit. But we go on our way, just putting up with it. And when I try to make my feelings known to you. You sound like you have changed from red to blue. Yo...31. Goalhanger He's got the bonhomie of a game show host. And his handshake is so limp its like meeting a ghost. His apologies are tired cos he uses them a lot. His excuses are so lame if they were horses they&...32. God's Footballer God's footballer hears the voices of angels. Above the choir at Molineux. God's footballer stands on the doorstep. And brings the Good News of the Kingdom to come. While the crowd sings &apo...33. Goodbye, Goodbye Goodbye to all my friends. The time has come for me to go. Goodbye to all the souls. who sailed with me so long. The day has come at last. The sail strength at the mask. This have quickly passed away....34. Greetings To The New Brunette (Shirley) Shirley, it's quite exciting to be sleeping here in this new room. Shirley, you're my reason to get out of bed before noon. Shirley, you know when we sat out on the fire escape talking. Shir...35. Handyman Blues I'll never gonna be the handyman around the house. My father warned. So don't be asking me to hang the curtain right for you. Because. The screwdriver business just gets me confused. It take...36. Help Save The Youth Of America Help save the youth of America. Help save them from themselves. Help save the sun-tanned surfer boys. And the Californian girls. When the lights go out in the rest of the World. What do our cousins sa...37. Hesitating Beauty For your sparkling cocky smile. I have walked a million miles. Begging you to come wed me in the Spring. Why do you my dear delay, What makes you laugh and turn away?. You're a hesitating beauty,...38. Honey I'm A Big Boy Now I can see the kitchen light. From the road where I park my bike. But it's dark there as it often is these days. And the gloomy living room. Really needs a dust and a broom. But I can't brush...39. Hoodoo Voodoo Hoodoo Voodoo, seven twenty one two. Haystacka hostacka, A B C. High poker, low poker, ninety nine a zero. Sidewalk, streetcar, dance a goofy dance. Blackbirdy, bluejay; one two three four, Trash sack...40. Hot Rod Hotel I'm a porter and a night clerk at the old Hot Rod Hotel. I clean and scrub the lobby down and thirty one rooms as well. I wax and shine their boots and shoes, I brush down their crinkeldy clothes...41. I Ain't Got No Home I ain't got no home, I'm just go round and round. Just work when I can get it and roam from town to town. The police make it hard for me, no matter where I go. I ain't got no home in th...42. I Don't Need This Pressure Ron What was that bang? It was the next big thing. Exploding over our heads. And soon the next generation. Will emerge from behind the bike sheds. What are we going to offer them?. The exact same thing as...43. I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night I dreamed I saw Phil Ochs last night. Alive as you and me. Says I to Phil "You're ten years dead". "I never died" says he. "I never died" says he. The music business...44. I Guess I Planted I guess I planted some long lonesome. seed of a song. Way down inside me long ago. And now I can't remember when it was. But it joined up with the rest of them and grows. It's such a little...45. I Was Born I was born at Half Past 12, almost One in the morning;. I was born at Half Past One, almost Two in the morning. Now my birthday comes again and I don't know how old I am;. Half past One or Two or...46. Ideology When one voice rules the nation. Just because they're on top of the pile. Doesn't mean their vision is the clearest. The voices of the people. Are falling on deaf ears. Our politicians all b...47. Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman, Ingrid Bergman, let's go make a picture. On the island of Stromboli, Ingrid Bergman. Ingrid Bergman, you're so perty, you'd make any mountain quiver. You'd make fir...48. Island Of No Return Digging all day and digging all night. To keep my foxhole out of sight. Digging into dinner on a plate on my knees. The smell of damp webbing in the morning breeze. Fear in my stomach, fear in the sky...49. It Says Here It says here that the Unions will never learn. It says here that the economy is on the upturn. And it says here we should be proud. That we are free. And our free press reflects our democracy. Those b...50. January Song I'm so tightly wound intention. Feels just like a guitar string. Waiting to reveal emotions. Touch me and you'll hear me sing!. I'm so tired of being wild. But there's so much that...51. Joe DiMaggio Done It Again Joe Deemaggyoe done it again!. Joe Deemaggyoe done it again!. Clackin' that bat, Gone with the wind!. Joe Deemaggyoe done it again!. Some folks thot Big Joe was done. Some jus figgered Joe was go...52. King James Version He was trapped in a haircut he no longer believed in. She said "I'm a teacher here. I teach the children. ". And he wondered to himself then and there the things he could learn from he...53. Levi Stubbs' Tears With the money from her accident. She bought herself a mobile home. So at least she could get some enjoyment. Out of being alone. No one could say that she was left up on the shelf. It's you and...54. Life With The Lions I hate the arsehole I become. Every time I'm with you. You know you've got me on the run. But let me make it clear to you. It's taken two fools such as we. To make love deaf, dumb and b...55. Like Soldiers Do Blues eyes fighting the grey eyes fighting the tears. Armed to the teeth for a war of words. Reaching all the years. I advanced across a poppy field. I saw the gleam as you raised your shield. And lov...56. Little Time Bomb One of them's off her food. And the other one's off his head. And both of them are off down the boozer. To drink a toast. To the one that he hates most. And she says there are no winners, on...57. Love Gets Dangerous The love of a woman. A fear of the phone. A secret message to a happy home. I've never been so scared. I never knew you cared. Love gets dangerous. Love gets dangerous. There's a fear that c...58. Lovers Town Revisited It's that summer of the evening. Get ready and roll the cassette. There's boys outside preaching genocide. And trying to think up some sort of threat. And the ladies in the cloakroom. Take n...59. Meanest Man If the folks next door to me wasn't so good. I'd do all the mean things anybody could. I'd drink and I'd gamble and I'd louse around. I'd be the meanest man in this whole...60. Mother Of The Bride The Reverend Mother went and got me a drink. She came back and said to me "Well what do you think?". I said "I've made myself a fool. For the prettiest girl in school". How ca...61. Moving The Goalposts I put on my raincoat to make it rain. And sure enough the skies opened up again. I dreamed of you as I walked to the shops. You were dancing with the wallies on Top Of The Pops. Once in a while. Genna...62. Must I Paint You A Picture It's bad timing and me. We find a lot of things out this way. And there's you. A little black cloud in a dress. The temptation. To take the precious things we have apart. To see how they wor...63. My Flying Saucer My flying saucer where can you be. Since that sad night that you sailed away from me?. My flying saucer I pray this night. You will sail back before the day gets bright. My flying saucer fly back for...64. My Youngest Son Came Home Today My youngest son came home today. His friends marched with him all the way. The fife and drum beat out the time. While in his box of polished pine. Like dead meat on a butcher's tray. My youngest...65. New England I was twenty one years when I wrote this song. I'm twenty two now, but I won't be for long. People ask when will you grow up to be a man. But all the girls I loved at school. are already pus...66. Nicaragua Nicaraguita Oh Nicaragua Nicaraguita. most beautiful flower of my love. fertilized with the blessed blood of Diriangen. Oh Nicaragua you are even sweeter. Than the honey from Tamagas. But now that you are free. N...67. No One Knows Nothing Anymore Deep down in the underground. Atoms spinning round and round. Scientists monitor readings. Searching for the Holy Grail. The particle or at least the tail. Of the one that gives the universe its meani...68. North Sea Bubble I went out drinking with Thomas Paine. He said that all revolutions are not the same. They are as different as the cultures. That give them birth. For no one idea. Can solve every problem on Earth. So...69. Northern Industrial Town It's just a northern industrial town. The front doors of the houses open into the street. There's no room for front gardens, just two-up two-down. In a northern industrial town. And you can...70. One By One One by one the teardrops fall as I write to you. One by one my words come falling on the page. One by one my dreams are fading in the twilight. One by one my schemes are failing fast away. One by one...71. Ontario, Quebec And Me You don't need my Christmas cards. You already have my heart. This has been a holiday romance. Right from the very start. For we know how to spend the time. Who cares about the weather. We'l...72. Over You This street is named for flowers. It's barren, hot and gray. And shadows wheel on iron heels. And move along their way. The light that soothes me evening. Has cut me clean in two. But my blood, i...73. Qualifications With my qualifications. With my qualifications. I could get me a job walking a dog. Chopping a log, cleaning a bog. With my qualifications. With my qualifications. I could see myself stacking a shelf....74. Remember The Mountain Bed Do you still sing of the mountain bed we made of limbs and leaves:. Do you still sigh there near the sky where the holly berry bleeds:. You laughed as I covered you over with leaves, face, breast, hip...75. Richard Richard belongs to Jayne. And Jayne belongs to yesterday. How can I go on. When every alpha particle hides a neon nucleus. Neil belongs to love. And love belongs to no man. How can he go on. When no-o...76. Rotting On Remand I stood before the Judge that day. As he refused me bail. And I knew that I would spend my time. Awaiting trial in jail. I said there is no justice. As they led me out of the door. And the Judge said,...77. Rule Nor Reason The wind sways the trees and the raindrops on the leaves. Tumble down, down my neck in the breeze. Yes, it's true I hid out in the shadow of your doubt, And this medal that I wear is not for brav...78. Rumours Of War There are soldiers marching on the common today. They were there again this evening. They paced up and down like sea birds on the ground. Before the storm clouds gathering. I must buy whatever tinned...79. Scholarship Is The Enemy of Romance Scholarship is the enemy of romance. Where does that leave me? Alone in the rain again. What happened to the weekend I planned with you?. We didn't even get upstairs this time. I never missed tha...80. Secret Of The Sea Who can guess the secret of the sea?. Who can guess the secret of the sea?. If you can guess the secret of my love for you. We can both know the secret of the sea. Tell me could you ever tell the secr...81. Sexuality I've had relations with girls from many nations. I've made passes at women of all classes. And just because you're gay I won't turn you away. If you stick around I'm sure that...82. She Came Along To Me Ten hundred books could I write you about her. Because I felt if I could know her. I would know all women. And they've not been any too well known. for brains and planning and organised thinking....83. She's Got A New Spell What is that sound. Where is it coming from. All around. What are you running from. Something you don't understand. Something you cannot command. Chorus:. That's how I know. She's got a...84. Ship In My Harbour Cakewalked down the gangplank full of greenbacks and Annapolis shoes. From Jersey and Memphis the home of the brave and the home of the blues. With voices like honey they made you feel ugly just to ta...85. Someday, Some Morning, Sometime Someday, some morning sometime, sometime. I'd like to hold your hand in mine, Someday, some morning, sometime. I'd like to tell you you're pretty and fine, Your face will smile and your...86. St Swithin's Day <<<. <<<. <<<. Thinking back now, I suppose you were just stating your views. What was it all for. For the weather or the Battle of Agincourt. And the times that we all hope...87. Stetson Kennedy I done spent my last three cents. Mailing my letter to the president. I didn't make a show, I didn't make a dent. So I'm swinging over to this independent gent. Stetson Kennedy. Writing...88. Strange Things Happen All winter long while I was locked in my room. Your face at the window and my hair on the floor. I was thinking of you. All winter long while I was locked in my room. Your face at the window and my ha...89. Sugardaddy Sugardaddy took me to wonderland. Gave me so many presents I could not stand. To see you. I really couldn't stand to see you. Sugardaddy took me far away. On a holiday, I didn't have to pay....90. Sulk If you hate me, why don't you go?. And if you love me, why don't you let me know?. But you just won't give me an inch, so. You just sulk. Why do I want to hide whenever you show up?. Yo...91. Swallow My Pride Here are the photos that I keep. Here's the empty bed where I lay my head to sleep. I dream about you but my dreams are not come true. Till I swallow my pride and get back home to you. I tell mys...92. Tank Park Salute Kiss me goodnight and say my prayers. Leave the light on at the top of the stairs. Tell me the names of the stars up in the sky. A tree taps on the window pane. That feeling smothers me again. Daddy i...93. Tender Comrade What will you do when the war is over, tender comrade. When we lay down our weary guns. When we return home to our wives and families. And look into the eyes of our sons. What will you say of the bond...94. Thatcherites You Thatcherites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear. You Thatcherites by name lend an ear. You Thatcherites by name, your faults I will proclaim, Your doctrines I must blame, you will hear, you will he...95. The Boy Done Good The Boy Done Good. Strange as it may seem, I once had my football. dreams. But I was always the last one, the last to get. chosen. When my classmates picked their teams. I guess that was the way it st...96. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty The busy girl buys beauty. The pretty girl buys style. And the simple girl buys. What she's told to buy. And sees her world. Through the brightly lit eyes. Of the glossy romance of fashion. Where...97. The Few At night the Baby Brotherhood and the Inter City Crew. Fill their pockets up with calling cards. And paint their faces red white and blue. Then they go out seeking different coloured faces. And anyone...98. The Fourteenth Of February I wish that I could remember the first moment that we met. If only I could remember that sweet moment when we met. If I knew then that I. Would spend the rest of my life with you. I imagine I would ha...99. The HomeFront Father mowsthe lawn and Mother peels the potatoes. Grandma lays the table alone. And adjusts a photograph of the unknown soldier. In this Holy of Holies, the Home. And from the TV an unwatched voice....100. The Internationale Stand up, all victims of oppression. For the tyrants fear your might. Don't cling so hard to your possessions. For you have nothing, if you have no rights. Let racist ignorance be ended. For resp...101. The Man in The Iron Mask When he drops you off, I will not say. Who was that who so quickly drove away. The things you've done and the places you've been. When I open the door for you. I will not let them in. As lon...102. The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions Here we are, seeking out the Reds. Trying to keep the communists in order. Just remember when you're sleeping in your beds. They're only two days drive from the Texas border. How can a count...103. The Marriage I understand you needing. And wanting is no crime. But I can't help feeling. That you and your mother are just wasting your time. Choosing Saturdays in Summer. I dare you to wear white. Love is j...104. The Milkman Of Human Kindness If you're lonely, I will call -. If you're poorly, I will send poetry. I love you. I am the milkman of human kindness. I will leave an extra pint. If you're sleeping, I will wait. If yo...105. The Myth Of Trust I woke up this morning. To find that we have outlived the myth of trust. You woke up this morning. To the fact we've lost the things. We took for granted between us. And I grew up in awe of the g...106. The Only One Sometimes when you lose your way to me. I think you don't care at all. If you don't get here soon. I'll tear that clock down from the wall. Your family and friends don't understand...107. The Passion The fear of a daughter can run high. In the mind of a father to be. For something is growing inside. But we don't talk about it, do we. In the long empty passionless night. Many times to herself...108. The Price I Pay My friend said she could see no way ahead. And I was probably better off without you. She said to face up to the fact that you weren't coming back. And she could make me happy like you used to. B...109. The Red Flag The people's flag is deepest red. It shrouded oft our martyred dead. And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold. Their hearts' blood dyed to every fold. Chorus:. Then raise the scarlet standard...110. The Saturday Boy I'll never forget the first day I met her. That September morning was clear and fresh. The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes. And the way she rubbed herself. Against the edge of my desk. She...111. The Short Answer Between Marx and marzipan in the dictionary there was Mary. Between the Deep Blue Sea and the Devil that was me. If ever anyone could help me with my obsession with. The young Suzannah York. It was Ma...112. The Space Race Is Over When I was young I told my mum. I'm going to walk on the Moon someday. Armstrong and Aldrin spoke to me. From Houston and Cape Kennedy. And I watched the Eagle landing. On a night when the Moon w...113. The Unwelcome Guest To the rich man's bright lodges I ride in this wind. On my good horse I call you my shiny Black Bess. To the playhouse of fortune. to take the bright silver. And gold you have taken from somebody...114. The Warmest Room A rainy afternoon. Spent in the warmest room. She lay before me and said. Yes it's true that I have seen some naked men. As she made for the door. Leaving me on the floor. I wish I'd done bi...115. There Is Power In A Union There is power in a factory, power in the land. Power in the hands of a worker. But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand. There is power in a Union. Now the lessons of the past we...116. There Will Be A Reckoning Somewhere between the midnight. And the cold and empty dawn. I found myself out walking. On the street where I was born. And I keep upon a stranger. To look me in the face. And ask me what I was doing...117. This Guitar Says Sorry Sandra met Raymond at the Race Relations. Much to the dismay of her family and friends. The love that we have is so important. The time that it takes to make a baby. Can be the time it takes to make a...118. To Have And To Have Not Up in the morning and out to school. Mother says there'll be no work next year. Qualifications once the Golden Rule. Are now just pieces of paper. Just because you're better than me. Doesn&a...119. Tomorrow's Going To Be A Better Day To the misanthropic misbegotten merchants of gloom. who look into their crystal balls and prophesy our doom. Let the death knell chime, its the end of time. let the cynics put their blinkers on and to...120. Trust He's already been inside me. And he really didn't say. And I really didn't ask him. I just hoped and prayed. He's already been in side me. And I really don't feel well. I keep...121. Upfield I'm going upfield, way up on the hillside. I'm going higher than I've ever been before. That's where you'll find me, over the horizon. Wading in the river, reaching for that o...122. Valentine's Day Is Over Some day boy you'll reap what you've sown. You'll catch a cold and you'll be on your own. And you will see that what's wrong with me. Is wrong with everyone that. You want to...123. Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline. But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline. Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying. Over luxury's disappoin...124. Walk Away Renee (Version) She said it was just a figment of speech. And I said "You mean figureAnd she said "No, figment. Because she could never imagine it happening. But it did. When we first met I played the Sh...125. Walt Whitman's Niece Last night or the night before that, I won't say which night. A seaman friend of mine, I'll not say which seaman, Walked up to a big old building, I won't say which building, And would...126. Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key 402 Dec 26 Cynthia Baran (2921) world's funniest joke. I lived in a place called Okfuskee. and I had a little girl in a holler tree. I said, little girl, it's plain to see, ain't nobody...127. Which Side Are You On? This government had an idea. And parliament made it law. It seems like it's illegal. To fight for the union any more. Which side are you on, boys?. Which side are you on?. Which side are you on,...128. Wish You Were Her There's a girl sleeping in my bed. And I'm singing unwritten songs in my head. She provided bittersweet company. I confided how much you mean to me. And this time. It's gonna take a tra...129. Wishing The Days Away On Monday I wished it was Tuesday night. So I could wish for the weekend to come. On Tuesday I wished that the night would pass. So I could call you on the phone. Now a man can spend a lot of time. Wo...130. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood As I wait for sleep to drag me under. In the evening gloom I sit and wonder. The words I should have said to you. The things I always meant to do. The bad dreams that all came true. Chorus:. You woke...131. Your Name On My Tongue I heard the bell ringing. In tower of last desire. Crum fumb small beginnings. The living world undone. Now it hums that is singing. Like words out on the wire. They don't like surrender. Your na...
