As surely as the countdown begins our time is not our own. already there's the breath of the wind which bleaches bare the bones. of the deadlines we set, of the jokes we don't get. and forge...
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1. A Better Time 2. Airport I stand on the tallest building. and stare down at the grey runway. and the tail-smoke of the Boeing jet. that's taking you so far away. Believe me, I don't want you to leave me. look in my...3. Been Alone So Long Been alone so long. that I've forgotten what it's like. to feel somebody next to me. and hear her breathing peacefully. when I wake up at night. Been alone so long. that I've forgotten...4. Birthday Special I've got something to say. and it ain't the usual sort of sob-story. that you hear every day. I've got something to ask. and I know that now's the time. now all the rooms of the pa...5. Comfortable She likes to keep God out of church, especially when she prays:. all in its place, all safely stored. for some rogation day. the paradox is so apparent, the sense absurd, but all too real;. the nonsen...6. Crying Wolf You turn out the lights and sit alone, trying to pretend that it's anguish, start at the ring of a telephone, throw down all your food at the banquet, keep a close eye on all you own, while leavi...7. Fireships Flying Blind. I alway forget how crazy things are. so sometimes it catches me off my guard. when they make sense. The line on the road trail the arrow in the sky, I search for the mote in my brother&a...8. Forsaken Gardens Where are all the joys of yesterday?. Where, now, is the happiness and laughter that we shared?. Gone, like our childhood dreams, aspirations and beliefs;. time is a thief, and he ravages our gardens,...9. Four Pails Four pails of water and a bagfull of salts. That is all we are, that is all a man comprises, chemicals alone, with no spirit, soul or ghost -. nothing so bizarre. No amount of faith disguises. what is...10. Man-Erg The killer lives inside me; yes, I can feel him move. Sometimes he's lightly sleeping in the quiet of his room;. but then his eyes will rise and stare through mine, he'll speak my words and...11. Material Possession Every loss a legacy. every gain ill-gotten, the golden apples on the tree are all potentially rotten. Pluck the fruit and bear no mind, so the poison bloom advances -. the hand that clasps too tight w...12. Mirror Images If I'm the mirror and you're the image. then what's the secret between the two, these 'me's and 'you's, how many can there be?. Oh, I don't mind all that around...13. My Experience It was nothing, it came from nowhere at all, it was a casual remark, not a curtain-call. Late for breakfast - black coffee, brandy-laced. that look on your face. I'll remember last night; I'...14. My Favourite In my time I've told a lie of two. I've been a deceiver, but believe me. what I now say is true. There's no other way. I can express what I'm thinking of:. You're my favourite...15. Nadir's Big Chance I've been hanging around, waiting for my chance. to tell you what I think about the music that's gone down. to which you madly danced – frankly, you know that it stinks. I'm gonn...16. No Moon In The Water So. if it's just so then. where is it now when. I find the moment. uncertain?. Broken water pail -. no moon in the water, try to hold it now. So. I want to hold on. reflection's all gone, no...17. Nobody's Business Look out through your dark hair, tell me the colour of your eyes when they're cool;. look out through the dark ages. and tell me what's covert, transfixing you. Oh, you're nobody's...18. Not For Keith In Germany, his days finally caught him;. I won't insult his memory with long-distance grief. Tears and wakes weren't his style: not him, not for Keith. He'd have laughed in my face if...19. Nothing Comes Consternation out of the box. as the conversation runs onto the rocks;. in full expectation nothing comes as a shock. It's all plain sailing in the dry dock;. it's all downhill from here, in...20. Now More Than Ever Between coma and consciousness. no hard and fast line, no chance to vote on the motioning eye. A mystical vision or a fall from grace, the chase in slow motion. through alien space?. I don't know...21. Open Your Eyes I was sitting in the dance-hall. But my mind was far away. So when the usherette walked over. I didn't know quite what to say. I tried to look cool. But I knew that I blew it somehow. Her fishnet...22. Painting By Numbers It's not that complicated, no more than a clench of fist -. she want to paint her heart out, she want to tell it as she sees it is. Authority condemns her, they say to paint's a waste. witho...23. Paradox Drive The thought crossed my mind -. how curious, why should I want so much shut-eye?. Fighting the darkness and furious, oh, but I once more fall into the song. just the normal unconsciousness;. could that...24. People You Were Going To Your father has just left your mother, gone off to live with his latest lover:. she sits there, just staring. So you get back to your own flat. because the atmosphere in there. is so bad you can'...25. Phosphorescence Across the ocean of the night. you turn and look into my eyes, burn into my life. Now the moment's magical. but we keep our silence. You could tell me anything you want, you could tell me all you...26. Pompeii The golden dream, the seat of all decorum. A satellite to match the light of Rome. Its silver children chatter in the Forum. The bath-house, and the brothels, and their homes. About the latest fashion...27. Porton Down Won't hear a sound at Porton Down, the clear liquids keep their silence, buried underground at Porton Down. the fast form of the final violence. Quite right to be worried about the proliferation....28. Primo On The Parapet To crawl on hallowed ground without a map;. to walk on hollow legs, leaving no footprint;. to drift like a ghost through the quarters of lost desire;. breathing underwater, still running through the f...29. Pushing Thirty Seems the fashion's for one-liners these days, the kind that go up everyone's nose, so much back-slapping that the vertabrae. are fatally exposed. Me, I'm pushing thirty, pulling sixtee...30. Rock And Rôle Watch for the silent moment, only waiting to be saved. Wait for the Liemaker: he comes again. and sinks his barbs through honesty:. roll him over with all possible speed!. Don't let him touch you...31. Sci-Finance You got some shares in a speculative venture, you got some stock in a gilt-edged bond, you stretched out tight by the terms of debenture, the game is on. You chase the bulls in eternal corrida, the th...32. Sharply Unclear You've never shown a trace of human frailty, No-one could ever catch you on the hop:. Each post-modern take on the action would find you. already, in principle, totally hot, all self-referential...33. Shingle Song You can see in the last light that's graced as dawn. that there's nothing in my heart but pain. as I stand, facing sea, knowing that you're gone…. all the elements rage to explai...34. Sitting Targets We can talk about it in the car;. we can talk about it with the drive. Keep your eyes on the road up ahead, (don't forget what we said about). staying alive. If we'd been stuck just a few ho...35. Slender Threads I saw your picture in the Evening Standard:. you were wearing your battle dress. I really must confess. that I shed a silent smile for you--. it had really blown my mind. I wonder, are you still so ki...36. Still Life Citadel reverberates to a thousand voices, now dumb:. what have we become? What have we chosen to be?. Now, all history is reduced to the syllables of our name -. nothing can ever be the same now the...37. Sun City Nightlife To the city beat on a treacherous curve. up upon the high wire you're observed -. You live as you live, you'll get what you deserve:. High life, dig those highlights, sun city nightlife:. Yo...38. The Comet, The Course, The Tail They say we are endowed with Free Will. - at least that justifies our need for indecision. But between our insticts and the lust to kill. we bow our heads in submission. They say that no man is an isl...39. The Future Now Here we are, static in the latter half. of the twentieth century. but it might as well be the Middle Ages, there'll have to be some changes. but how they'll come about foxes me. I want the f...40. The Great Experiment "Is that all there is to it," he asks, "no more conjecture or controversy?. Don't think I could go through it, I couldn't live with the memory. Now is the hour, it comes event...41. The Institute Of Mental Health, Burning It was the first day of July;. no wind breathed in the sky. when a pin-striped suit. saw that the Institute of Mental Health was burning. He stood upon the corner. where the sun was warmer. looking ac...42. The Old School Tie Oh the bright young man in the tight-buttoned suit. the light beams out from capped smiles to the shines. on their lick-spittle books. Oh these sharp young sparks with their fresh rosettes. Yeh, the a...43. The Polaroid Me holidays on the Southern Sands, trying to get some fun by way of one night stands. I clocked this girl, thought l'd give her the chat -. one of them Swedish blonde types, and l've always....44. The Unconscious Life I'm in command, I'm in control, I am the captain of my soul. Still, I'm uncertain in one major role. oh, I drift through the unconscious life, shift through the unconscious life, lift u...45. This Side Of The Looking Glass The stars in the heavens still shine. up above me: how lovely they'd seem. if you were with me. but you're gone through the looking-glass. and I am left to pass these nights alone. I'm...46. Too Many Of My Yesterdays So many years ago I thought you were the one. who knows when people change, surrender into strangeness, adrift upon their lives, encompassed by the past;. who knows which one becomes the last goodbye?...47. Two Or Three Spectres "Sod the music," said the man in the suit, "I understand profit and without that, it's no use, Why don't you go away and write commercial songs;. come back in three years, tha...48. Under Cover Names No thanks for the memory, no thanks at all, no way we can wipe the state or contrive escape. from the names we're called. No thanks for the memory, here it comes again, this life running on the s...49. Vote Brand X Here's the modern political man, for sure he's nobody's fool, believes in media coverage as a promotional tool . Trust in him because he's got the right face, just in case you harb...50. What's It Worth? What's it worth to be safe?. What's the way to be sane?. I can throw myself at the garden. on my hands, prune the lawn and mow the roses, but I never understand. how to go. to be free;. in t...
