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"A Thousand Trees"

Standing at the bus stop with my shopping in my hands
And I'm overhearing elder ladies
As the rumours start to fly
You can hear them in the school yard
In the scrap yard
In the chip shop
In the phone box
In the pool hall
At the shoe store
Every corner turn around
It started with a school girl
Who was running
Running home to her Mam and Dad
Told them she was playing, in the change room of the local foorball side
They said tell us again, she told them again, tell us the truth, they find it hard to believe
'Cause he taught our I was steve, he even trained me, taught our John who's a father of three

Only takes one tree, to make 1000 matches
Only takes one match, to burn A thousand trees
A thousand trees

You see it in the classroom
In the swimming pool
Where the match stick men are made
At the scout's hall
At the football
Where the wise we trust are paid
They all honour his name
He did a lot for the game
Got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates
But they're ripping them down, stamping the ground
Picture gathers dust behind the bar in the lounge

Only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches
Only takes one match, to burn a thousand trees
A thousand trees

Wake up, and smell the rain
Shake up, he's back to stay
He hasn't been on a holiday
His growing seeds don't believe
Why he's been away
From the school yard
Changing room
Playing field
Bathroom
Phone box
Office blocks
Corners turn around
They keep doubting the flame, tossing the blame
Got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates
And they're ripping them down, stamping the ground
Picture gathers dust in the bar

Only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches
Only takes one match, to burn A thousand trees
A thousand trees
A thousand trees
A thousand trees

"Home To Me"

That's my home to me
That's my home to me
Please don't take it from me
Please don't take it from me
From Me
Electric lights blow my stare
I'm crawling for a space to breath
Why should my home concern your needs
Please don't take it from me
A baby chair
A rocking horse
A nervous wreck
A memory loss
And sleeping pills
Ease the pain
I'm coming back
I'm back again again
That's my home
That's my life to me
Please don't take it away from me
Please don't take it away from me

"Fiddler's Green"

September seventeen
For a girl I know it's Mother's Day
Her son has gone alee
And that's where he will stay
Wind on the weathervane
Tearing blue eyes sailor-mean
As Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain
For a boy in Fiddler's Green
His tiny knotted heart
Well, I guess it never worked too good
The timber tore apart
And the water gorged the wood
You can hear her whispered prayer
For men at masts that always lean
That same wind that moves her hair
Moves a boy through Fiddler's Green
Ohhhh nothing changed anyway
Ahh nothing's changed anyway
Ahh anytime the day
He doesn't know a soul
And there's nowhere that he's really been
But he won't travel long alone
No, not in Fiddler's Green
Balloons all filled with rain
As children's eyes turn sleepy-mean
And Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain
For a boy in Fiddler's Green

"Chris Chambers"

It sickens me to see the photograph in front of me
Carnation couloured pink stand aside and take a drink
Night club another scene 31st its halloween
Slave to each new trend up town junkies push again
The lovers and the wannabe's they don't know how
The radio's and the tv they don't know how
The newspaper story reads they don't know how
Cheap girl magazine they don't know how
Stand aside and cry never wonder why
Ask themselves why the river has dried
Laughter after three shaped up to be free
Number one the most missed chart
Must have broke a thousand hearts
Parallel with the scene tarnished star evergreen
Lived life disguised
The lovers and the wannabe's they don't know how
The radio's and the tv they don't know how
The newspaper story reads they don't know how
Cheap girl magazine they don't know how
Stand around and cry and never wonder why
Ask themselves why the river has dried
Hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo

"Carrot Cake And Wine"

I'm looking good Got my shoulders back
A few more drinks I'm up to dance
I get the eye as I lift my glass
The first time in six months
She looks again I start to shake
My shoulders twitching
I'm on my way
I glance behind me for safety sake
to see a clock the size of a plane
The night is young more fish in the sea
Who's to say she wasn't looking at me
I sink my head back in to my glass
Get in to shape for that first dance
I turn away I look to the south
I pull my foot from out of my mouth
To my surprise she's standing beside me
Asking if I'd like to dance
I'm standing in a hall of smoke
Her tongues in my mouth
I'd love to choke
Her knight approaches us on foot
Left his side kick at the brook
He offered me a cigarette
I said I'm far to young to smoke
So he tried to entertain me
Told me one more crappy joke
In my ear except the joke wasn't clear
Set the joking aside
Should I run should I hide
I've decided to stay rub it in his face
What I thought was the case
Was an easy mistake
I just like to try some carrot cake and wine
Can't I try taste my carrot cake and wine
Looking good not looking back
Knight of hers took her off to dance
I get the eye but not for the last time
She looks again I start to shake
My legs are twitching my eyes are fake
I glance behind me for safety's sake
To see my girlfriend's tongue in the
Face of a friend who is far from a man
Should I hide should I run
Must have see what I've done
Decided to stay liked the look on her face
What I thought was the case
Was an easy mistake
I'd just like to try some carrot cake and wine
Can't I try taste my carrot cake
Why cant I try? Why should I lie?
Taste my try some of my
Carrot cake and wine

"Buy Myself A Small Plane"

I'm gonna buy myself a small plane
I'm gonna crash it on the south line
I'm gonna sleep down by his quarters
I'd like to have sex with his daughters

I'm gonna buy myself a small plane
I'm gonna crash it on the south line
Yeah its big enough for me

I'm just another great truck driver
He's just another white house skiver
Get a gun ready your aircraft
Big man got ready to broadcast

I'm gonna buy myself a small plane
I'm gonna crash it on the south line
Yeah its big enough for me

I'm gonna buy myself a small plane
I'm gonna crash it on a war zone
Yeah its big enough for me

I'm gonna have to shoot my way out
To give the access boys some more clout
I was Butch Cassidy's tutor
Although sun dance was cuter

I'm gonna buy myself a small plane
I'm gonna crash it on the south line
Yeah its big enough for me

Gonna buy myself a small plane
Gonna crash it on the south line
Gonna buy myself a small plane
Gonna crash it on a war zone
Gonna buy myself a small plane
Gonna crash it on your brow
Yeah its big enough for me
For me, for me, for me
For me, for me, for me

"Angie"

Angie Angie
When will those clouds all disappear?
Angie Angie
Where will it lead us from here?
With no loving in our soul and no money in our coats
Well you can't say we're satisfied
Angie Angie
Well, you can't say we never tried

Angie beautiful but ain't it time we said goodbye?
Angie I still love you
Remember all those nights we cried?

All the dreams we held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke
Well, let me whisper in your ear
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here?
Oh Angie don't you weep
All your kisses still taste sweet
I hate that sadness in your eyes
Angie Angie
Ain't it time we said goodbye?

With no loving in our soul and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
But Angie
I still love you baby
Ev'rywhere I look I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
So come on baby dry your eyes
Angie Angie
Ain't it good to be alive?
Angie Angie
They can't say we never tried

"You're My Star"

You fly with angels wings
You've got my blood in your veins
And your eyes see everything
And they shine like diamond rings

You're my Sunday, make my Monday come alive
Just like Tuesday, you're a new day, wakes me up
Wednesday's raining, Thursday's yearning Friday nights
Then it all ends at the weekend, you're my star

At times, I cave right in
(Times I cave right in)
But this fights, we have to win
(This time we have to win)

And your songs you love to sing
(La la la la la, la la la la)
May your dreams forever live
(La la la la la, la la la la)

You're my Sunday, make my Monday come alive
Just like Tuesday you're a new day, wakes me up
Wednesday's raining, Thursday's yearning Friday nights
Then it all ends at the weekend, you're my star
You're my star, yes you are

It's a thrill to see your imagination
Just watching you is an education
What's in your mind, is my fascination
It blows my mind, it set's my heart racing

You're my Sunday, make my Monday come alive
(You make me come alive)
Just like Tuesday you're a new day, wakes me up
(You make me come alive)
Wednesday's raining, Thursday's yearning Friday nights
(You make me come alive)
Then it all ends at the weekend, you're my star

"Who'll Stop The Rain"

Long as I remember
The rain been coming down
Clouds of mystery falling
Confusion on the ground
Good men through the ages
Trying to find a sun
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain
I went down Virginia
Seeking shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
About your plans for new year
Wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain
Heard the singers playing
How I cheered for more
The crowd had rushed together
Trying to keep warm
And still the rain kept falling
falling on my head
And I wonder still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain

"The Last Resort"

She came from Providence
The one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows
Hang heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea
She heard about a place people were smilling
They spoke about the red mans way
And how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stay or a place to hide
Down in the crowded bars
Out for the good time
Can't wait to tell you all what its like up there
They called it paradise
I dont know why
Somebody laid the mountains low
While the town got high
Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
Through the canyons of the coast to the Malibu
Where the pretty people play
Hungry for power
To light their neon ways and give them things to do
Some rich men came and raped the land
Nobody caught em
Put up a bunch of boxes and Jesus people bought 'em
They called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun sinking in the sea
You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina
Just like the missionaries did so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign "Jesus is coming"
Brought the white mans burden down
Brought the white mans reign
Who will provide the grand design ?
What is yours and what is mine ?
Cause there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here
We satisfy our endless needs
And justify our bloody deeds
In the name of destiny
And in the name of God
And you can see them there on Sunday morning
Stand up and sing about what its like up there
They call it paradise
I dont know why
You call some place paradise
Kiss it goodbye

"Tie Me Up Tie Me Down"

Russell said take what you need
He could count large amounts on his fingers
Even with false teeth
Tie me up and tie me down
Tie me up and tie me down
Russell's bleeding from his knees
He was shot three times
But he claims he was shot thirteen
Tie me up and shoot me down
Tie me up and shoot me down
Ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba etc
Russell's live on the BBC
Sell the story for the glory
Take a picture with his new false teeth
Tie me up tie me down
Tie me up tie me down
Ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba etc

"Summertime"

Summertime and the living is easy
Fish are jumping, the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mother's good lookin'
So hush, little baby, don't you cry?

One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing
You're gonna spread your wings and reach for the sky
But until that mornin' you're gonna wind up singin'
And mommy and daddy are standin' by.

"The Last Resort"

She came from Providence
The one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows
Hang heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea
She heard about a place people were smilling
They spoke about the red mans way
And how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stay or a place to hide
Down in the crowded bars
Out for the good time
Can't wait to tell you all what its like up there
They called it paradise
I dont know why
Somebody laid the mountains low
While the town got high
Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
Through the canyons of the coast to the Malibu
Where the pretty people play
Hungry for power
To light their neon ways and give them things to do
Some rich men came and raped the land
Nobody caught em
Put up a bunch of boxes and Jesus people bought 'em
They called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun sinking in the sea
You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina
Just like the missionaries did so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign "Jesus is coming"
Brought the white mans burden down
Brought the white mans reign
Who will provide the grand design ?
What is yours and what is mine ?
Cause there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here
We satisfy our endless needs
And justify our bloody deeds
In the name of destiny
And in the name of God
And you can see them there on Sunday morning
Stand up and sing about what its like up there
They call it paradise
I dont know why
You call some place paradise
Kiss it goodbye

"Something In The Way"

Underneath the bridge
The tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals are trapped
And have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from the ceiling
But it's ok to eat fish
Cause they haven't any feelings

Something in the way ah ahhh
Something in the way yeah ah ahh
Something in the way ah ahh
Something in the way yeah ah ahh
Something in the way mmm
Something in the way yeah ah ahhh

Underneath the bridge
The tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals are trapped
And have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from my ceiling
It's ok to eat fish
Cause they haven't any feelings

"Raymond's Shop"

Going down la la la
Going down la la la la la
I used to buy my sweets and candy treats at
Raymond's shop
I used to pass there everyday
The time I as come to buy a gun and hold up
Raymond's shop
It looks like I will be going away
Going down la la la
Going down la la la la la
It's been two years my minds not clear
I stop at Raymond's shop
It's boarded up he's gone away
The words got out and there's no doubt it came from
Raymond's shop
It looks like I will be going away
Play away ne ne nay play away
Its turned about its back on you
Your famous fifteen times by two
You ask around to find the truth
And all the fingers point at you
You're sick and low, my minds made up
You're 2 years down I'm back In luck
I wouldn't save you if you drown
I hope you like you're time gone down

"Postmen Do Not Great Movie Heroes Make"

You're not in business to be popular
It's become so much about personality
I regard the theatre as the greatest of all arts form
The most immediate way in which a human being
Can share with another the sense of what appears to be unity
First of all I choose the great roles
And if none of these come
I choose the ones that pay the rent
It was like unfinished business in my life
Wherever I went people would say
You would have made a great James Bond. Yes.

Lets face it postmen do not great movie heroes make
The imagination, the industry
And encourages the free eyes at the door
Do not try to push your way
Through the front gates? of the profession
But do your upmost to find an entry
Through the world of theatre
There' s the same surge of adrenalin
You get just before the camera roles.

We have lost our sense of ritual and ceremony
But we blame the artists for not finding them for us
Actors often behave like children
And so they're taken for children
Such is an actors life.

Lets face it postmen do not great movie heroes make
They tramp discontently through the neighbourhood
And the only matter of contact with fellow human beings
Tends to be
Tends to be reading names and adresses off an envelope
There is a great job
There is the same surge of adrenalin
You get just before the camera roles
Okay if I wasn't an actor I'd be a secret agent.

"Positively 4th Street"

You gotta lotta nerve to say you are my friend
When I was down you just stood there grinnin'
You gotta lotta nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend
You just wanna be on the side that's winnin'
You say I let you down, you know it's not like that
If you're so hurt why then don't you show it?
You say you lost your faith, but that's not where it's at
You have no faith to lose, and you know it
I know the reason that you talk behind my back
I used to be among the crowd you're in with
Do you take me for such a fool
To think I would make contact?
The one who tries to hide what he don't know
To begin with
You see me on the street, you always act surprised
You see how I could look, but you don't mean it
When you know as well as me
You'd rather see me paralized
Why don't you just come at once out screaming
No, I do not feel that good
I see the heartbreaks you embrace
If I was a master thief perhaps I'd rob them
And though you're dissatisfied with your position
And your place
Don't you understand, it's not my problem?
I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you.

"Poppy Day"

She slept on an iron bed lived through the war for what?
Butterflies round the fire smiled
Smiled until she's robbed of all she's got

I heard the innocent got shot today
Grandma died on poppy day
I heard the dress downed got turned away
All died, died on poppy day

Fancy dress in a dress down town
Happy halloween
Door breaks open lost and walked in
Killing the happy scene

I heard the innocent got shot today
Grandma died on poppy day
I heard the dress downed got turned away
Old dad died on poppy day

I heard the innocent got shot today
Grandma died on poppy day
I heard the dress downed got turned away
Old dad died on poppy day
On poppy day

"Sunny Afternoon"

The tax man's taken all my dough
And left me in my stately home
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
I can't even sail my yacht
He's taken everything I've got
All I've got's this sunny afternoon

Oh save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
I gotta big fat mama trying to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

My girlfriend's run off with my car
And gone back to her ma and pa
Telling tails of drunkenness and cruelty
Now I'm sitting here
Sipping at my ice cold beer
All I've got's this sunny afternoon

Help me, help me, help me sail away
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

Ah save me save me save me from this squeeze
I gotta big fat mama trying to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime