1. SHOW OF STRENGTH

Realistically
It's hard to dig it all too happily
But I can see
It's not always that real to me

A funny thing
Is always a funny thing
Though sadly things
Just get in the way
Open to suggestion
Falling over questions
Hopefully
But that's as well as maybe

A shaking hand
Won't transmit all fidelity
Your golden smile
Would shame a politician
Typically
I'll apologise next time
Bonds will break and fade
Go snapping all in two

The lies that bind the tie
Come sailing out of you
Realistically
Hard to dig it all too happily
But I can see
Not always that real to me

A funny thing
Is always a funny thing
And those sadly things
Is always a sadly thing
Bonds will break and fade
A snapping all in two
The lies that bind the tie
Come sailing out of you

A show of strength
Is all you want
You can never set it down
Guts and passion
Those things you can't
Even set down
All those things you think might count
You can't ever set them down
Don't ever set them down
Never set them down
Hey, I came in right on cue
One is me and one is you...
Hey, I came in right on cue
One is me and one is you.


2. WITH A HIP

Halt halt halt halt
Nobody's allowed
Strictly verboten
Out out out out

Bounds, of course we know no bounds
Until, at least, and then
Trespass all the way down
We've got it and I want some
I can handle it, and I want some
Relax, feel the pleasure inside
Error in trial, collide, collide
You won't listen
I don't expect you to
We've lost

And something's all we can do
With a hip hip hop and a flip flap flop
Gonna steal some bananas from the grocer's shop
With your head in the clouds
And your trousers undone
Gonna shit on the carpet
Just like everyone

This is the one for the money
This is the one for the trees
This is the one called heaven
And this is the one for me
You've yet to discover
Discover the difference
The difference between moral and mortal
They've got it and I have some
I couldn't handle it but I have some

Hold it in the light
And see right through it
For god's sake make a decision
Take it for a walk
And hold it hold it
Pin it on the wall and fasten onto
Move to the back
And oh yes oh yes
Do what must be done
And don't say maybe

This is the one for the money
This is the one for the trees
This is the one called heaven
And this is the one for me


3. OVER THE WALL

The man at the back has a question
His tongue's involved with solutions
But the monkey on my back
Won't stop laughing
Over the wall
Hand in hand
Over the wall
Watch us fall
There's something to be said for you
And your hopes of higher ruling
But the slug on my neck
Won't stop chewing

Over the wall
Hand in hand
Over the wall
Watch us fall

I'm walking in the rain
To end this misery
I'm walking in the rain
To celebrate this misery
What's that you say
Speak up, I can't hear you
What do you say
I couldn't hear you

Over the wall
Hand in hand
Over the wall
Watch us fall

Out on the road coast to coast
Out on the road coast to coast
I'm over the wall
I'm over the wall
I'm over the wall
Come over the wall
Come over the wall
I can't sleep at night
How I wish you'd hold me tight
I can't sleep at night
Come on and hold me tight
I can't sleep at night
How I wish you'd hold me tight
Come on and hold me tight
I can't sleep at night
How I wish you'd hold me tight
Come on and hold me tight
Come on and hold me tight
I can't sleep at night
How I wish you'd hold me tight

Hold me tight
Hold me tight
Hold me tight
To my logical limit
To the logical limit
To my logical limit
To the logical limit


4. IT WAS A PLEASURE

Let's get through this shit
I know you'd like that too
The stuff that undermines
The best of me and you
It was a pleasure to meet you
You slapped me right on the back
Just a pleasure to meet you
You got it almost exact

Make no discussion now
Make no bad dreams now
Make no reason now
Make no excuses now

If I knock it all back
Just like you say I do
Would it confirm the suspect
That suspicion will do
It was a pleasure to meet you
You slapped me right on the back
Just a pleasure to meet you
You got it almost exact

Make no discussion now
No discussion
Make no illusion now
No illusion
Make no dilusions now
No dilusions
Make no excuses now
No excuses
All hands on deck
Make no discussion now
No discussion
Make no illusion now
No illusion
Make no dilusions now
No dilusions
Make no excuses now
No excuses

Let's get rid of this shit
I know you'd like that too
The stuff that undermines
The best of me and you
Failure to do so will result in the failure
Failure to do so will result in the failure


5. A PROMISE

You said something will change
We were all dressed up
Somewhere to go
No sign of rain
But something will change
You promised
You said nothing will change
We were almost near
Almost far
Down came the rain
But nothing will change
You promised

A promise
A promise
A promise

It's exactly the same
You said
It's always the same
But I'll make it change
Into something the same
I promise

A promise
A promise
A promise

Light on the waves
Light on the waves
Light on the waves
Light on the waves

A promise
A promise
A promise
A promise

Light on the water
We could sail on forever

A promise
A promise

There's light on the water
We could sail on forever
A promise
There's light on the water
A promise
There's light on the water
A promise
We could sail on forever
A promise
There's Light on the water
A promise
There's Light on the water
A promise
We could sail on forever


6. HEAVEN UP HERE

Where are you now
I'm over here
We've got those empty pockets
And we can't afford the beer
We're smoking holes and we've got only dreams
And we're so damn drunk we can't see the stairs
The apple cart upset my head's little brain
This little moon in the sky upset my head with a brain

I saw it yippee, I did, I swear
Walking through the hallway
Crawling up the stairs
Baby baby baby Bekila
Given up on whisky
Taken up with tequila
I'm on my own in my blind alley
I turn myself around
So it's swallowing me
Watch the guitar
Watch the guitar

Groovy groovy people
We're all groovy groovy people
Groovy groovy people
We're all groovy groovy people
Groovy groovy people
Groovy groovy people

I wonder why
Me and the wall
We're okay, we're okay
Faustus you've got nothing to fear
It may be hell down there
'Cause it's heaven up here
I'd have given forever for a few good years
But too much of a muchness is to much you hear
The hammer on my chest was an abominable pain
the anvil on my belly was an abdominal strain
We've got the bottle
Go take the bottle
Go take a sip


7. THE DISEASE

My life's the disease
That could always change
With comparative ease
Just given the chance
My life is the earth
'Twixt muscle and spade
I wait for the worth
Digging for just one chance
As prospects diminish
As nightmares swell
Some pray for heaven
While we live in hell

My life's the disease
My life's the disease

If you get yours from heaven
Don't waste them
If you get yours from heaven
Don't waste them
If you get yours from heaven


8. ALL MY COLOURS

Flying
And you know I'm not coming down
You're trying
But you know you must soon go down
All my colours
Turn to clouds
All my colours
Turn to cloud

Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo

What do you say
When your heart's in pieces
How to play
Those cards in sequence
That box you gave me
Burned nicely
That box you gave me
Burned nicely

Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo

Flying down
Flying down
All my colours
Turn to clouds
All my colours
Turn to cloud
Hey I'm flowing
Hey I'm flowing
That box you gave me
Burned nicely
That box you gave me
Burned nicely
Hey I've flown away
Hey I've flown away
All my colours


9. NO DARK THINGS

My life picks
My hands clean
No head shaved
It's quite safe
Compromise discovery
It's just and it's only
I took the pill
All you miss
Construed all
The tactics
You must learn
To distinguish error from your fate
They don't think it's funny
That he's beginning to accept the facts
To the middle of the floor
You walked over

In the middle of the wall
The picture still hanging
From the corner of my eye
You stick pins in
In the middle of the floor
I fell over
We have no dark things
Nothing to hide of that
Just some heads and a wish
Something to sing about
We have no dark things
Nothing to hide of that
Just some heads and a wish
Something to shout about
We have no dark things
Nothing to hide of that
Just some heads and a wish
Something to sing about

No dark things
No dark things
No dark things
No dark things
No dark things
No dark things
No dark things
No dark things


10. TURQUOISE DAYS

Just when the thought occurs
The panic will pass
And the smell of the fields
Never lasts
Put your faith
In those crimson nights
Set sail

In those turquoise days
You've got a problem
Come on over
You've got a problem
Come on over
It's not for glory
It's not for honor
Just something someone said
It's not for love
It's not for war
Just hands clasped together
It's not for living
It's for hunger
Just lips locked tight
It's not rebellion
It's not suffering
It's just the way it is
And my pistol's packed
And my God goes with me
I feel easy
And I want it
And I need it
And I've got it
It's not for this
It's not for that
It's not any of it

Did you say knowledge
Did you say prayer
Did you say anything
If not for good
If not for better
If not the way it is
Just when the thought occurs
The panic will pass
And the smell of the fields
Never lasts
We'll put your faith

In those crimson nights
Set sail
In those turquoise days
Place our faith
In those crimson nights
Set sail
In those turquoise days
You've got a problem
Come on over
You've got a problem
Come on over
Now I think I know
Just what to say
Now I think I know
Just what to say


11. ALL I WANT

I'd be bad to feel so bad
Waking up laughing so rare
Up and down and down the stairs
Set myself up in the chair
And said all I love is all I love
All I want is all I want
If we make the same mistake
Who could we blame
When we make the same mistake
Who will we blame
Who will we blame
What will we blame
We blame all I love

All I love
All we want
All we want

I had a healthy discussion
I had a sleep in the chair
I laid my head on a cushion
Because it was there
I had a flame in the dark
It was up and down and down the stairs
Set myself up in the chair
And said all I love is

All I love
All I want
Is all I want
You've got the hands

All I love
To hold the key
Is all I love

All I want
You've got the hands
Is all I want
To hold the key

If we make the same mistakes
Who could we blame
When we make the same mistake
Who could we blame
Who will we blame
What could we blame
When we make
The same mistake
Who will we blame


BONUSTRACKS (2004)


12. BROKE MY NECK (LONG VERSION)

I'll forget just what I meant
All I meant, lost respect
It was a fall from grace

I'm dead, that's what I meant
Lost all track and the way I went
No sign of face to face
No chance of face to face

I helped myself, I couldn't help myself
I helped myself, I couldn't help myself
I tell myself, go on and help yourself
You can't help yourself, I can help myself

No sign of face to face


13. SHOW OF STRENGTH (LIVE)

(See lyrics on track 1)


14. THE DISEASE (LIVE)

(See lyrics on track 7)


15. ALL I WANT (LIVE)

(See lyrics on track 11)


16. ZIMBO (LIVE)

Flying
And you know Im not coming down
Youre trying
But you know you must soon go down
All my colours
Turn to clouds
All my colours
Turn to cloud

Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo

What dyou say
When your hearts in pieces
How to play
Those cards in sequence
That box you gave me
Burned nicely
That box you gave me
Burned nicely

Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo

Flying down
Flying down

All my colours
Turn to clouds
All my colours
Turn to cloud

Hey Im flowing
Hey Im flowing
That box you gave me
Burned nicely
That box you gave me
Burned nicely
Hey Ive flown away
Hey Ive flown away
All my colours