1. MEET ME ON THE CORNER

Hey Mr Dreamseller, where have you been?
Tell me have you dreams I can see?
I came along, just to bring you this song
Can you spare one dream for me?

You won't have met me, and you'll soon forget me
So don't mind me tugging at your sleeve.
I'm asking you if I can fix a rendezvous.
For your dreams are all I believe

Meet me on the corner when the lights are coming on
And I'll be there, I promise I'll be there
Down the empty streets we'll disappear until the dawn
If you have dreams enough to share

Lay down your bundles of rags and reminders
And spread your wares on the ground
Well I've got time, if you deal in rhyme
I'm just hanging around

Meet me on the corner when the lights are coming on
And I'll be there, I promise I'll be there
Down the empty streets we'll disappear until the dawn
If you have dreams enough to share

Hey Mr Dreamseller, where have you been?
Tell me have you dreams I can see?
I came along, just to bring you this song
Can you spare one dream for me?


2. ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT

I can tell what you think by the look on your face
The look on your face is so mean
Can you tell me exactly what
It is about me that's so unclean?

I only ever wanted to be your friend
And I never wanted to be your slave
So take me as I appear before you
Come and live with me in a cave

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And it'll be all right
We'll have a drink on a Friday night
It'll be oh so good
We'll do everything that I know we should

I can see it all now falling into place
You can leave all your troubles behind
You can tell at a glance if you look in my face
That it's really ripping up my mind

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So take all your fancy clothes to the ragman
Put on your old blue jeans
And take off that stupid look on your face
Everything I say I mean

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It'll be all right
We'll have a drink on a Friday night
It'll be oh so good
We'll do everything that I know we should

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It'll be all right
We'll have a drink on a Friday night
It'll be oh so good
We'll do everything that I know we should

It'll be all right


3. UNCLE SAM

The word of mouth has reached my ears
We just became volunteers
I can't picture you in uniform
Your heart is much too frail
You're better off in jail

They asked us both to join their gang
Said "Could it be you'd rather hang?"
Don't want you to die for me
Why should I for you?
Hope you see it too

Well, I'm going across the border
Watch what happens to me
Well, I'm going across the border
Watch what happens to me

With my name on the blacklist
I can find a new place to be
And if they still come looking
On the road is where I'll be
And if they still come looking
On the road is where I'll be


4. TOGETHER FOREVER

You and me sitting on a bench
Watching the day go by
No one paying us any attention
Not even to ask us why

Sunshine in our eyes
We're watching it set as we watched it rise
You and me sitting on a bench
Watching the day go by

You and me sitting on a bus
On the front seat at the top
Watching the people who don't look like us
And going way past our stop

Travelling everywhere
We got no money but what do we care?
You and me sitting on a bus
On the front seat at the top

Ah, looks like we're sticking together
Ah, looks like lasting forever

You and me by the side of the road
In the morning feeling bright
Watching cars coming and watching them go
Still thinking we'll be home tonight

As the day goes on and the lifts are few
We think it might take us a day or two
You and me by the side of the road
In the morning feeling bright

Oh, looks like we're sticking together
Ah, looks like lasting forever


5. JANUARY SONG

I'm feeling rather sorry
For a man I know
The world he holds in trembling hands
Is asking where to go

And as he stares out at me
From the mirrored wall
I see that he is trying to cry
But the tears they will not fall

His life is passing by behind his tired eyes
Like the colours in the January sky

Useless it is to question
Things concerning the past
Seems so very obvious
That nothing at all can last

And just as sure as tomorrow
Will soon be yesterday
The love you thought to occupy
Will surely drift away

I need you to help me carry on
You need me need you need him need everyone

And love is such a small word
For something that is so vast
But in it lies the future
The present and the past

And speaking now of changes
I sometimes feel the fear
That the reason for the meaning
Will even disappear

I need you to help me carry on


6. PETER BROPHY DONT CARE

Your nose is in your pipe but you don't care,
Your tattered tweeds and walking cane
All feel real.

The monocled face with the knowing eye see it all go by
But you don't care.
You dance, you prance and sing with the jew,
Who knows your face from a different place

But you don't care, you just don't care.
Found down and out feeling fine,
Drinking bottles of American wine
You don't care, you just don't care.

Lift the cracked old cup to your mouth
And toast the feet that walk the street
>From North to South.
Walking kitten on a leash you smile,
A bow, a quick "how now brown cow".
You don't care if the vicar's hair is falling out,
He's still got to be about,
You don't care, you just don't care.
Brown hot cross buns in the bakery window
Having fun with the sausage roll
It's underdone.

You don't care, you don't care,
You don't care, you don't care....


7. CITY SONG

City streets I see your lies
I will not play your game
No longer will you talk to me
You think I'm going insane
But I forgot my number
Now I'm remembering my name
I've been too long travelling on your train

You tried your best to strangle me
But I could take the pain
You tried to hypnotize me
But I seed right through your game
And now your tatty tricks to me
Are really rather tame
I've been too long travelling on your train

City lights don't shine
They glare
And your music doesn't speak
It swears
And in your streets
The girls have forgotten why they're there

Some day soon I know I'm going
Miles and miles away
Back to the garden where the magic children play
And to the country lady
Who knows more than I can say
Whose nights shine brighter than your day

And your city lights don't shine
They glare
And your music doesn't speak
It swears
And in your streets
The girls have forgotten why they're there


8. PASSING GHOSTS

You can sleep with me
Who'll sleep with we
We'll sleep together

You don't have to watch the dawn
But you can if you want

And he can sleep with her
Who'll sleep with we
We'll sleep together

You don't have to touch the rain
And you don't have to talk about the weather
'Cos it's only passing time
Well, it's only passing time
Well, it's only passing a little bit of time

And when my time has come
My call has time
To come together

And if my grave is really still
I won't need to talk about the weather
'Cos it's only passing time
Well, it's only passing time
Well, it's only passing a little bit of time


9. TRAIN IN A G MAJOR

I know you're travelling
But I don't know where
I'd leave here with you
But I just can't pay my fare
Take me to some better place to be
Oh, now tell me baby don't you want a man like me?

I came in the summer
With the bright lights on my mind
I tried to make it
But I soon got left behind
If you deal me one good hand to play
Then I swear I'll keep your secret if your man comes back some day

Hey now, baby
Won't you take me on your train?
We leave tomorrow
And we won't come back again
If the sun don't shine on our back door
Then you can leave me if you want to if you just let me know what for


10. FOG ON THE TYNE

Sittin' in a sleazy snack-bar suckin'
Sickly sausage rolls
Slippin' down slowly
Slippin' down sideways
Think I'll sign off the dole

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'Cause the fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine

Could a copper catch a crooked coffin maker
Could a copper comprehend
That a crooked coffin maker is just an undertaker who
undertakes to be a friend

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Tell the truth tomorrow
Today will take it's time to
Tell you what tonight will bring,
Presently we'll have a pint or two together
Everybody do their thing

We can swing together
We can have a wee wee
We can have a wet on the wall
If someone slips a whisper
That his simple sister slapped them down
And they slavered on their smalls

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