1. I COULD NEVER BE A SOLDIER

I could nevere be a soldier
I only see the daylight
I could nevere be a soldier
I only see the daylight

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Change not when I'm told
Real love can't be sold
Wait till peace unfolds
You'll see the light
Won't live in fear of the night
You'll see the light
Won't live in fear of the night

You don't seem to see the daylight
My friends are all around me
No you don't seem to see the daylight
Could show you how to live some

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I could never be a soldier
I could never face the enemy
I could never be a soldier
He looks just like you or me

I could never be a soldier
My friends are all around me
I am worried for your safety
Need fear to make you angry

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I could never be a soldier
I could never face the enemy
I could never be a soldier
He looks just like you or me

I could never be a soldier
I could never face the enemy
I could never be a soldier
Give me freedom and liberty


2. SHIP

When the ship touched on the landing
They knew
Here to stay, promised day
Many years of aimless travelling
Were through
All those years

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And they kissed the earth of the promised land
Never thinking that their sand was burning
And the sons of the sons of the sons
Found out
That the fire of the stars and the sands
Go out
And the sons of the sons of the sons
Found out
That the fire of the stars and the sands
Go out

All the remnants of the nation came soon
The old and worn and newly born
And they ploughed the people into the land
Sowed with love turned into mud

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3. A DOG WITH NO COLLAR

Sightless am I, cadaver born
By critics pen my task is torn
Remnants that once were principles
Now but rags in a pauper's tomb


4. LADY LAKE

Night, nothing near, nothing said, no one here
Loved once but ice to tears
Melted slowly, seasons greetings
Somehow turned to fear

Night, cold awake, swam away, Lady Lake
Free now white swan in flight
Breathless silence, sped to violence
Somehow turned to fear

Night, still I find dark procession slowly wind
Worm glow, lantern days death throes
Laughing jackal, sad hyena
Somehow turned to fear


5. SAME DREAMS

We share the same dreams
The same hope
The same cigarettes
They said we had a lot of growing up to do
Well I've done some without you

But I wish that you could have been here
And I wish that you could have been here
Yes I wish that you could have been here too
And I'm not complaining
This is what I meant to do
And I've stopped complaining
I've got my guitar and my music too

We shared the same thoughts
The same road
The same line from an old song
They said this thing
Could never work out between us
I'm still thinking about it

And I wish that you could have been here
Yes I wish that you could have been here too
And I'm not complaining
This is what I meant to do
And I've stopped complaining
I've got my guitar and my music too

I couldn't change my life
For a woman like you
I think about the way it could have been
I think about the way it could have been


6. SOCIAL EMBARRASSMENT

You are a social embarrassment
You're a waiter in the queues
At school they were teaching you
To fit into place
With the thirty-five others too
The only consensus of opinion was
For a rain mac or a bowler hat

Your are alone in your bedsitter
With a bed that was made for two
And they couldn't work it out
She was insecure
And could not see it through
So she hitched off to Morocco on her own
Looking for something
Looking for someone new
How could they hear you
The music was too loud
And was only telling tales ?

Now you cannot talk to your father
The years have passed and you've drifted apart
And your brother's joined the Navy
He thought he had nothing to lose
I will play the music louder
And let it go through
Let it go through to your head
How could they hear you
The music was too loud
And was only telling tales ?