- Aristocracy
You talk of all the many things that you have
And you smile from day to day
But no-one has ever seen any of these
And those smiles just fade away
Someone keeps shouting out 'I want to know'
Well I can't help singing this song
When they tell me that the devil is a gentleman too
I know I can't go wrong
- Avec que la Marmotte
Ich komme schon durch manches Land,
Avec que la marmotte,
Und ... fand,
Avec que la marmotte.
Avec que sí, avec que là,
Avec que la marmotte.
...lacheln...,
- Bright Shiny Day
After all, your day is done and the nighttime's calmed you
Till the dawn comes again and the sunlight warms you
There is a light in the fire, reflected in your eyes
So with the warmth of desire that comes out of the glow
Shining on your face above, making shadows on the wall
Baby I know, baby I know
No disgrace can cause a shadow to rest on your face
- Cecil Rons
Cecil runs a mill in the garden
Cecil Rons!
So we all go to wee in the garden
Cecil Rons!
So we all go to wee in the garden
Oh, what a beautiful scene!
Playing underneath my tree
- Down from London
Some way in the distance, I could hear a bell
Calling out for anyone, anyone who could help
Small gang of locals, gathered around
What the hell had gone wrong
Said with a certain smile, it was such a hoot
Some stupid DFL' had shot himself in the foot
Forgot his safety, playing with his gun
- Every Precious Little Thing
I'm packing up my suitcase
I'm checking out the set list in my hand
Wonder where the year had gone
And forward, to be back with all the band
Seems so long, forever and a day
Things sure have changed
Can't see how it ever be the same
- Golf Girl
Standing on a golf course
Dressed in P.V.C.
I chanced upon a golf girl
Selling cups of tea
She asked me did I want one
Asked me with a grin
For three pence you can buy one
Full right to the brim
- Grandma's Lawn
Knees on legs, toes on feet
Hair on chest, itchy vest
Woolly pants, nylon socks
Leather boots smash down the grass
Oh, grandma's lawn has just been mown
Ten feet tall, overgrown with weeds
Cold blue light, warm red light
- Hello Hello
Up on a hill top, far from the city
Overlooking a stream
I heard a sound, it made me look round
I looked back where I had just been
There just behind a ledge
There was a man he leapt to and fro
Clipping away at a hedge
- If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
Who do you think you are?
Do you think you
Who do you think you are?
Do you think you
I really don't know
I really don't know
- In The Land of Grey and Pink
In the land of grey and pink where only boy-scouts stop to think
They'll be coming back again, those nasty grumbly grimblies
And they're climbing down your chimney, yes they're trying to get in
Come to take your money - isn't it a sin, they're so thin ?
They've black buckets in the sky, don't leave your dad in the rain
Cigarettes burn bright tonight, they'll all get washed down the drain
So we'll sail away for just one day to the land where the punk weed grows
- In The Land Of Grey And Pink - In the Land Grey and Pink
In the land of grey and pink where only boy-scouts stop to think
They'll be coming back again, those nasty grumbly grimblies
And they're climbing down your chimney, yes they're trying to get in
Come to take your money - isn't it a sin, they're so thin ?
They've black buckets in the sky, don't leave your dad in the rain
Cigarettes burn bright tonight, they'll all get washed down the drain
So we'll sail away for just one day to the land where the punk weed grows
- Love Song With Flute
When I've got time on my side, there's nothing I can do
to escape from the scenes that have been making me want you
So I think of the dreams that I've had, and what's left I'd like to do
But my mind draws a blind over me and all I see is you
Look into my eyes - tell me what you see - listen to me now
I'm needing you - though it may not seem to be
I'm needing you - you're all I care to see
- Nine Feet Underground
Look at the day that is dawning:
what do you see with your eyes?
Think of me now while you're yawning,
sunshine the tears from my cries
What I see I know is real,
what I touch I know I feel
If I don't care for what you say,
- Place of My Own
from "Caravan" (p)1968
Yesterday's face
Is not the one I choose to see
Nor is the face
Of someone who gets much too close to me
I've got this place of my own
- Surprise, Surprise
After all this time it's got no better
And the words just seem to pass me by
So I think of you in the morning
Singing a song to fill my eyes
Here I go
Can you sing along?
- The Dog, the Dog, He's at It Again
Lo-o-o-nely girl, would you like a sweet to eat?
I've got something that I'd like you to hold
And my brother will tell you that it's good for your cold
So, there, surely there is nothing wrong
Take my hand and we'll try to make a stand
For all censorship, decency, all night long
You're naive if you really do believe
- The love in your eye - To catch me a brother - Subsultus - Debouchement - Tilbury kecks
The Love in Your Eye
In dreams of you I wish a song on everyone
A gift of love to fill your eyes, to fill your eyes
And if I turn your head awhile, my heart will sing
Thunder songs of love to make you smile
I've travelled far in search of things I didn't know
- The World Is Yours
The world is mine but for a time
Please hear the love I bring for you to follow
Come with me, with diamonds in the sea
And stare the hearts of men whose fight in sorrow
It's foolish to suppose you know me well, I know
Everything that I touch won't turn to gold
Money's not my way although your own lost soul's
Waiting for the day to break that hole
- Winter Wine
Winter Wine
How you`re always flowing, blowing in my mind
Like a stream, these magic waters move me to a dream
Of travelling with you, drifting carefree, dropping downward through fresh grasses
Bubbles merrily as it passes, never knowing where you`re going
Carry me with you, carry me with you
Be conjured up in a midnight dream, ancient castles dark