1. |
The Year Of The Sheep
04:34
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Five thousand children no foreigner could rule
Were slaughtered in the sleet when following a fool
To keep the people friendly, to keep the lion tame
They used the paper and the pen, the sword and the flame
From the year of the tourist to the year of the sheep
For the morality of the nation and the king's peace to keep
For sound economics and common sense
They turned overpopulation into a wilderness
Now the hills are kept empty for sophisticated eyes
The picture on the postcard is the consolation prize
Oh my, look at the view!
The hills are kept empty for me and for you
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2. |
How Well
05:18
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How well do you know
The lady in the beige coat?
There’s something reminds me
I can’t put a name to
I’ve been wrong more often than
I’ve been right, a terrible
Thing I know, I live with it
Every night, I know that it’s
Just too bad, It’s over and
Done with now, I couldn’t go
Back again, even if
I knew how
How well do you know her?
Does she keep well? Is she sober?
There’s something familiar
But I might be mistaken
I’ve been wrong more often than
I’ve been right, a terrible
Thing I know, I live with it
Every night, I know that it’s
Just too bad, It’s over and
Done with now, I couldn’t go
Back again, if even I
Wanted to
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3. |
Po Faced
03:01
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This is no place to be
With the sun beating down on me
I'm thirsty jeez, give me whisky
please
But, no ice and no repartee
There's power in the words you said
You've got muscles in your head
You've got a savage tongue for one
so young
You talk like an exocet
You said you were looking to me
But you were looking through me
Like you never knew me
I know that you’re no man's fool
You live by no man's rules
You need a man to hate to feel
emancipated
Po-faced and cruel
It took half a century
Finally for me to see
There is more grace in outer space
And this is no place to be
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4. |
I Don't Think So
04:29
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Wise guys say that
We can be all that we want to be
Rich men all say
We all have to same opportunities
I don’t think so
Heiresses say
Everything comes to him who can wait
I don’t think so
Winners all say
We make our own luck through our industry
They say that fortune
Favours the brave and the virtuous
I don’t think so
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5. |
Living Is Easy
02:52
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I lie awake at night
But I’m not counting sheep
I’m just trying
To get some sleep
Turn on the radio
A little Jazz FM
I’d sleep easy
If I could play like them
Get up in the morning
Go to shave my face
Get ready
To join the human race
A coffee and a cigarette
For the sake of my heart
These days it needs a little
Kick start
Step into the big wide world
March along in time
Try to remember which
One of these steps is mine
Living is easy
Without any sub-plots
I’m just happy
Joining up the dots
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6. |
Pandora
03:38
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You know my greatest hope
Why don't we elope
All you need is a suitcase, some
toothpaste and soap
When I put up my ladder and you
climb down
When he's deep asleep
Or even counting sheep
You can tentatively tip-toe, you
can crawl, you can creep
When I put up my ladder and you
climb down
Oh Pandora
I'll meet you in the middle of the
night
Oh Pandora
The moon is bright
Push your window wide
Then you can crawl outside
I'll shine up a torch for your
footsteps to hide
When I put up my ladder and you
climb down
We can take a train
To the aeroplane
We can both turn our backs on the
past and the pain
When I put up my ladder and you
climb down
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Somebody told me I’ve got nothing to show
For thirty-five years of this ebb and flow
Oh, that’s just not so
You’re not her husband, how the hell would you know?
You’d better be careful what you say to her
She doesn’t forget it very easily, sir
Oh, never talk in your sleep
Don’t make any promises that you cannot keep
I like to be beneath the night sky
Taking for granted that she’s close by
Oh, by the light of Mercury and Mars
I like to be thanking my luck stars
She has a particular way to be
She has a singular appeal to me
Oh, I’ve got nothing more to say
It’s none of your business anyway
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8. |
The Little Tinker
03:56
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How d’you do? I’m a little tinker
And I am here to have a ball
And you can join me if you want to
All you have to do is stuff it all
I’ve been in and out of wedlock
I keep forgetting my house keys
But there’s another little lady
So dear ‘till I hear her beck and call
I’ve been around and around
I’ve seen the great days
I’ve been with the movers and the shakers
Napoleon, Elton John; I’ve seen them all
You know, I really had to come here
‘cause I heard you were so nice
I hope I’ve made a good impression
Now please, on your knees and prepare to fall
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9. |
Better Now
05:57
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When we met
I was sitting alone at a table
You were with your friend
You came over and introduced yourself
Oh,
You know better now
You’ve learned your lesson well
Oh, and how
When we were abroad
You were sitting alone at a table
I was on a stage
I come over when I was able
Oh,
You know better now
You’ve learned your lesson well
Oh, and how
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10. |
The Outfidel
02:59
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I don’t mind the Salvation Army
Shaking them tins at me
But if they think I’m gonna go down
and get saved on Sunday
They’re barking up the wrong tree
Well I don’t mind the pious and the pilgrims
Sending their children to them faith schools
As long as them kids grow up and make up their minds
Which one of them faiths rules
Life used to be so simple
I used to pray before I went to bed
Did I put up my stocking on Christmas Eve? You bet!
But I was so young and impressionable
I still can’t get it out of my head
Now, nothing would please me better
Than to have some Gods watching over me
But Zeus, and Apollo and Aphrodite
Are all dead now unfortunately
There was a man at the school I went to
Made me pray before I got fed
He was a figure who filled me with dread
If I could only turn back the clock
I would slap him upside his head
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11. |
The Hooligan
01:59
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No reason at all
For you to fear
I saw you there
And I wanted you here
Some of them say
That I'm a married man
Reckless and a rover
And a hooligan
I am a paragraph
On the problem page
A liar and a leper
And I'm all the rage
It's a name for your children
To make them respectable
Oh, but I'm sceptical
Some are made in heaven
And they are mystical
Oh, metaphysical
A little laughter and love
A little luxury
If she don't get it from him
She'll get it from me
Some of my friends
Go walking down the isle
Till death us do part
Or the nearest mile
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12. |
Ice On Fire
03:01
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Every time that I'm near you
I feel desire like a dagger
Which I must hide
Deep inside
I'd need a magical potion
For my romantic notion
I'd need to weave a spell
And be a wizard as well
Your eyes are like windows
0!n an impossible sunrise
And every word you say
Melts me away
Just like ice on fire
When I said that I liked you
You did not believe me
Now, what me is true
Is clearly not for you
Just like this ice on fire
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13. |
Easy Strong And Free
03:48
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I was worried about my home
And all that I had ever known
I hope that I will know better the next time
And how it could be
Easy strong and free
I was worried about the clock
About the tick and about the tock
I hope that I will know better the next time
And how it could be
Easy strong and free
I was worried about the cost
About the profit and about the loss
I hope that I will know better the next time
And how it could be
Easy strong and free
I was worried about love
Bored by the smooth and afraid of the rough
I hope that I will know better the next time
And how it could be
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14. |
Hootenanny
05:09
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I woke up this morning beneath my bedclothes
I had a suspicion that the sun had rose
The sky was blue, the earth was bright
Sure am glad to see the back of that night
Oh, listen young man
To see the gathering of the clans
Oh, clap your hands
Send a hootenanny all over this land
I couldn't believe it so I checked once more
It was big bright and yellow, but I still wasn't sure
It seems such a long time, do you know what I mean?
Where have you been hiding? Where have you been?
Daylight was poking through a hole in the sky
Oh, and it poked me right in the eye
There are fifty young maidens out on the hill
Bring us some wine for our bellies to fill
Play on the pipes, dance a quadrille
Then go hunting on the mountain for some rabbits to kill
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15. |
Yes I'm Only Guessing
04:27
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Walking along my heart is singing
Wondering what today is bringing
And it's so easy to forget
That there are cripples baby walking in the street
And hungry men who have food enough to eat
And it's so easy to forget
And yes I'm only guessing
But I think I could be right
I want to stay forever
I want to stay tonight
My hands are healing my feet are flying
If I can't keep a straight face it's through no lack of trying
But it's so easy to forget
Today I can smile without having to say "cheese"
I've been down on my luck but never down on my knees
And it's so easy to forget
Now our little boy is asleep in his bed
He's got a thumb in his mouth, he's got a dream in his head
And it's so easy to forget
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