The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.
MONEY
Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and you're O.K.
Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a footbal team.
Money, get back
I'm alright, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack
Money, it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set
And I think I need a Lear jet.
Money, it's a crime
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that
They're giving none away, away, away
US AND THEM
Us and them
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do
"Forward" he cried from the rear and the front rank died
And the General sat, and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and Down
And in the end it's only round and round and round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words the poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside
Down and Out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about.
Out of the way, it's a busy day
And I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died.
BRAIN DAMAGE
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path.
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more.
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane.
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
ECLIPSE
All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy
beg, borrow or steal
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say
All that you eat
everyone you meet
All that you slight
everyone you fight
All that is now
All that is gone
All that's to come
and everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
Masters of the rock ‘74
‘74
CANDY AND A CURRENT BUN
Oh my girl sitting in the sun
go buy candy and a current bun
I like good to see you
lay flat
Oh talk talk sweet
please just fuck with me
please no feeling afraid
It's true sun shinihg very bright
it's you I'm gonna love tonight
icecream tastes good in the afternoon
icecream tastes good if you eat it soon
Don't touch me child
please, you know you drive me wild
please, you know I'm feeling frail
Don't try another cat
don't go a lot like that you must know
I'm very very bad
APPLES AND ORANGES
Got a fliptop pack of cigarettes in the pocket
feeling good at the top shopping at shops
she's walking in the sunshine town
feeling very cool
but the butchers and the bakers
in the supermarket stores
getting everything she wants
from the supermarket store
Apples and oranges
apples and oranges
Cornering meekly she trips up sweetly
to meet the people
she's on time again
and then, I catch her by the eye
then stop and have to think
what a funny thing to do
'cause I'm feeling very thin
I love she
she loves me
see you, see you, see you
Thought you might like to know
I'm a lorrydriver man
she's on the run
down by the riverside
feeding ducks in the afternoon time
IT WOULD BE SO NICE
It would be so nice to leave some time
Everybody wakes and in the morning
hot tea can't stop yarning
pass the butter please
have you ever read the Daily Standard
reading all about the plane that's landed
upside down
Everyone knows what I do today
there can be no other way
but I would just like to say
Everybody cares about the weather
but everybody should know better
what a waste of time
everybody lives beneath the ceiling
living out a dream that sends them reeling
to a distant place
But no one knows what I do today
there can be no other way
but I would just like to say
CRUMBLING LAND
In a while I'll find the time to make
The sunshine mine
In a smile I saw a single eagle in the sky
Wheeling, soaring, gliding high
On a hill there lived a man with many
Shining things
Shiny gold, shiny car and shiny diamond rings
Wining, dining, shining king
Now the eagle flies in clear blue skies
Drinking in the clear blue well
Back here on the ground another dealer
Coughs and dies
But fifty more come rolling off
The floor production line
Then a man commuting like a village
On the sand
In his hand a moving picture of
The crumbling land
Screaming, dealing, movie man