1. A TOUCH OF HENRY MOORE

Sometimes
I hear the hammer of steel
Sometimes
I hear the grindstone turn
And I am looking looking
Sometimes
I see the cool wet stone
Sometimes
I see the tin white skin
And I am looking looking
Hesitating so afraid to touch
And there is more to it
Than meets the eye knew it
And there is more to it
Than meets the eye knew it
A reclining figure
Made of brass and steel
It's a perfect mixture
How I think and feel
And there is more to it
I know
A touch of Henry Moore and
Barbara Hepworth
Monday
In a slow train
Outside
The falling rain
And I am looking


2. UNPLEASANT SURPRISE

The first time we met
You were walking down the street
A copy of blonde on blonde
Under your arm
The first time we met
You were lost in your overcoat
A face that couldn't care less
Nothing is something
No one can do without
You told me but later
Asked to see me again
The first time we met
You were taking your coffee black
Oh oh oh unpleasant surprise
The first time
Last time we met
You were locked up in some suburb
A cynic lost in his critical views
You told me that lately you are
Taking things seriously
Oh oh oh unpleasant surprise
Nothing's still something
No one can do without
You told me but later asked
To see me again
Your friends have all settled
Some even made the grade
Oh oh oh unpleasant surprise
Finally you got to face it


3. VERMILLION PENCIL

Your picture on a wall
I can see it
It's too small
Your picture
On a wall
Cannot touch it
Hold it closer now
Now I'm waiting on your doorstep
One of the objects
You cannot win you cannot have
I am standing in the greenhouse
Among the apples
You cannot see you cannot smell
Your picture on a wall
I can see it
It's too small
The simple little things
I understand
I can feel it
Hold it closer now
Now I'm headstrong and I wonder
One of the objects
You cannot touch you cannot feel
The vermillion pencil
Is in the right hand
The colours I like
I understand


4. SPRINGTIME COMING SOON

Down in the airshaft
Of the old hotel
Doors on both sides
Of a concrete cell
No sign of daylight
No happy view
A two-pillow mattress
One hardly used
And a man lies still
His face up to the moon
The sound of footsteps
In the corridor
Two hands knocking
On a pair of doors
The black and shiny
Limousine
Comes to a standstill
Silently
And the man behind the wheel he croons a tune
It's a clear day springtime coming soon


5. TONS OF INK

Only rich men can buy
Things the poor man can make
You've got nothing
And they've got plenty
Like a tree falling down
Hits a grape on the ground
They will crush the poor man's head
In books
You can sit beside everyone
In deckchairs travel an ocean
In books
You're a queen for the afternoon
Till the husband steps inside
Tons of ink
Make millions think
Tons of ink
Make you think
Is it you love is this true love
Is it you I'm thinking of love
Is it your lip it's a tulip
Is it you I'm thinking of
Tons of ink
Make millions think
Tons of ink
Make you think
Only poor men can read
All the papers they need
In the dustbins of the town


6. JARDIN D'HIVER

Strange day
In the middle of winter
Cold day
In the middle of winter
Winter garden
Jardin d'hiver
Bundle of light between buildings
Bundle of light between two trees
Tu ne viendras pas ce soir
Snow falls
Tu ne viendras pas ce soir
Strange day
In the middle of winter
Cold day
In the middle of winter


7. NESCIO

Nescio
Questo paradiso
Nescio
Nella bocca del luppo
Nescio
Lo straniero è morto
Nescio
Questo paradiso
I jumped off a bridge
And went swimming for hours
And nobody nobody's looking
I came to a hotel with
Double rooms and showers
And nobody nobody's knocking
The phone rings on a nightstand
Somebody whispers 'hello' I don't know
Too many words after so many miles
Somebody whispers 'hello' I don't know
I don't know
Nescio
Questo paradiso
Nescio
Questo quadro è bello


8. WALLS HAVE EARS

Look at all the pictures
Look at all the words
Even if it's not true
They will write it
They are making money
Of your private life
Coming to your parties
Uninvited
Don't you talk
Dip your pens in poisoned ink
Like a straw in milk and vinegar
Don't you talk
I think the walls have ears tonight


9. SPIRITS AWAKE

Shake your rattle fly your kite
There's evil in the dark
Spirits awake spirits awake
Hear the sad song on the water
Someone passed away
Spirits awake spirits awake
Two worlds side by side
In broad daylight in darkest night
Spirits awake spirits awake
Don't offend the ghosts the jinns
That hide behind the bush
Spirits awake
You cannot see them you cannot touch them
Yet they're all too real
Spirits awake spirits awake
Did you see the garden girls go by?


10. WALTER AND CONNY

(Instrumental)


11. THE COLD EYE

Looking out my window
Looking at this dirty part of town
Looking out my window
Cold eyes looking cold eyes looking down
You should see them going
Going down not noticing the slope
You should see them going
Empty faces faces without hope
Doctor, it's not that I can't sleep
I call on you it's something else
I tell you doctor, reality is haunting me
Cos' everything's exactly as it is
There's no magic
There's no mystery in the night
No adventure
Only losers, in the morning light
Doctor, I hate to bother you
but take a look yourself you see it's true now
Doctor, I'm haunted by reality
Cos' everything's exactly as it is
The best surprise is no surprise


12. SHADOW OF A DOUBT

Oh I'm undecided
What I'm going to do now
Have to think it over
What I'm going to do now
I can be a singer
In the next apartment
Waiting for the orchestra
To step inside
Almost fall asleep
Behind the dark piano
Waiting for the silence
Of the night
In the wee small hours
Of a Sunday morning
I am undecided
What I'm going to do now
I can be a painter
In an empty basement
Still life on the table
Till the lights go out
Still there's some desire
In the dark behind me
I can feel the shadow
Of a doubt
Undecided
What I'm going to do now


13. INDOOR PAINTING (OUTDOOR SKETCHING)

Indoor painting - outdoor sketching
Ceci n'est pas une pipe


14. CLEAN SHIRT IN PARIS

Could it be the strange man he's
Headline news
Long, thin and glasses and
Snakeskin shoes
Was it something he said 'bout the
Weather and read on a dirty
Magazine
I have seen his face before
The tools of his trade are
Dangerous and mean
His hands are dirty his shirt is
Always clean (he said)
And I have seen his face


15. MAN OF STRAW

I'm the man of straw standing in
The meadow-ow
Chasing crows away they call me
A scarecrow
Man of straw (oh oh oh)

I'm the man of straw they call me
A scarecrow
I stand here all day long in the
Rain and snow
Man of straw