Lyrics

Another Camden Afternoon (instrumental)
Freedom Is Insane
Early morning my eyes gaze across the sea
No one has ever walk here except you and me
I didn’t want to tell you about the other times
I didn’t want you to leave across the sea

The sound of waves trades my days as someone else
I look so calm but then again I’ve been so far
Once I spied a wisp of smoke on the horizon
But I didn’t think to let you know

‘Cause here freedom is insane
Freedom is insane

Here we are so very far from all the rest
It seems the wind only knows you name
Once upon a time I found a footprint in the sand
But I rubbed it out before you came

Here freedom is insane
Freedom is insane

I came here in my hoopla car everywhere it works the same
I thought they’d treat me like a rock and roll star
I better find someone to blame
I better find someone to blame
We came here we had little choice but now it’s not the same
We only have each other but I never staked my claim
It seems absurd to want to go out into the great unknown
But that’s exactly the place from where we came

Early morning my eyes gaze across the sea
No one has ever walk here except you and me
I didn’t want to tell you about the other times
I didn’t want you to leave across the sea

3. Giants

Once there were giants walking amongst us
Now I have to deal with little men with little hearts
I’m glad my father’s not here to see
What happened to men like him
They fought the battles these dwarves can only talk about

Times have been better but littleness won’t invade my soul
One word from you and you will make my life whole
I stopped the demons at my door
I lost respect for so called laws
And the lawmakers all exposed themselves as fool

The whole world was smaller then, shrinking so it seems
The giants you’ve read about are lost to your dreams

I am just a simple man and I need love to survive
I would be happy If there was a sense to my life
I’ve come to value man as good as their world
I’ve learned to laugh as what is absurd
I’m beware of man what they move in herds

The whole world was smaller then, shrinking so it seems
The giants you’ve read about are lost to your dreams
The Earth was a growing place, turning with the sun
And giants you’ve heard about are gone, all gone

4. Lowlands

Driving through the lowlands with the rain upon my face
Sparkes has got the brandy and were picking up the pace
Whole world seems in motion, body clock peculiar
That’s the way we do things when we move from place to place

Been mobile now for hours and I can’t make out my feet
Tarmac black refecltive on the north side of the street
Time to stoke the fires, spray flies from the tyers
Starts to get hypnotic like it’s knocking out a beat

Louis went in for coffee, came back a guru
All the muscles in flanders couldn’t do for our crew
Work is done and where on our way
Listen close and you can here them say
Halle halle alles Louis

So Big Knight, don’t you slow down or we’ll never make it back
Need to reach the shore line long before the chasing pack
Up again at sunrise, spooky how the time flies
Sleep’s a distant cousin when you’re on the beaten track

5. Boom Boom

I’ve seen them come and I’ve seen them go
The string of life plays out that way
There have been times when I’ve let you know
I’m not attracted to you today
No way, uh uh, boom boom
Theres a joke in there somewhere that’s meant for you

Troubled thoughts race around my mind
Some of the blackest you can find
And like the days that go before
We’re not connected anymore
For sure, no not now, boom boom
And you dirty little secret is all yours… to play
I won’t give you away
It’s all yours to play, I won’t give you away

Boom boom, boom boom

We’ll surely turn a corner soon
And move the grey to black and white
Just like the phases of the moon
Just like the rain will catch the light
You’re not mine, boom boom
‘Cos you can’t reject the things they take away today
The things they take away
You can’t reject the things
The things they take away, boom boom

6. My Fickle Resolve

Sometimes you can’t tell fact from fiction
Lies from glory, contradictions
Running through everything

It never seems to make much sense
The way you keep me in suspense
And you deliver exactly nothing

I’ve often thought when faced with you
It’s gonna take some strong voodoo
To wipe the slate clean, all dirts plead

But the sincerity you fear
Just makes you much harder to hear
Than a butterfly in an air raid

And my fickle resolve will be
The death of me one day I’m sure

You can’t suppress if you adore
They’ll always keep you wanting more
You see my problem? Well, it’s yours, too

I’ve often punched above my weight
And wound up feeling less than great
When live incanted a promise

If feeling like a rubber band
When all of the elastic’s dead is normal
Well I’m a loose man

But sticking to the points I’ve made
Can sometimes seem so dull and staid and formal
A moose stam

And my fickle resolve will be
The death of me one day I’m sure

My fickle resolve
My fickle resolve

My fickle resolve
My fickle resolve

7. Time Was Once on My Side

I was handed a second chance
From the gods of true romance
If I screwed up I would have to pay
With my soul each and everyday

Time was once on my side
Time was once on my side
Days went by in a whirl of confusion inside

Zeus spoke to Oden about my case
He said this man needs to reject the human race
He seems to thinks that he is above the law
There in lies his fable floor

Time was once on my side
Time was once on my side
Days went by in a whirl of confusion inside

I was told not to open the box but
They left me alone without changing the locks
(What could he do )
I just needed to know
Now I wish I was on a boat going real slow

Time was once on my side
Time was once on my side
Days went by in a whirl of confusion inside

You’ll have to pay ferry men one day
And when you do you’ll find yourself in summered lands
And you’ll be walking in Elysium

8. Mercury Rising

It was dark and it wasn’t just the nighttime
The crowd was silent but their eyes were on dead time
The air was laden down with malice and silence
A recipe with just a sprinkle of violence

And then the atmosphere began to crackle and fizz
You can’t put your finger on whatever it is
(Hey!) Who’s that girl with the electric eyes?
Just stand well back and watch the needle rise

Opened my eyes at eleven (that’s a.m.)
Said a prayer, crossed my heart and said amen
Black clouds, low pressure in my head
But I ignored what my barometer and heart said

And then the atmosphere began to buckle and chill
Yeah, the mood was heavy but the air was still
And with the beat turned of their was just one end
And the heavens split with all that God could send

And then the atmosphere began to crackle and fizz
You can’t put your finger on whatever it is
(Hey!) Who’s that girl with the electric eyes?
Just stand well back and watch the needle rise

9. Adios (Tango)

10. 15 Steps

In a house on a hill you can hear it still, contemplation
There’s a table, a chair and a room that is spare, isolation
The topics discussed include dust to the state of the nation
And the people in there trade in joy or despair, satisfaction

And there are 15 steps to heaven
Eddie Cochran got it wrong
And if you surrender your soul
You’ll feel the shake, rattle and roll before too long

There’s a time and a place for the thrill of the chase, deconstruction
You can let your guard down but it won’t bring her ’round, supplication
And it seems days on end till the sight of a friend in conversation
But if things get you down, it’s a short ride to town for libation

Nothing ever seems to hurry
There is no Greenwich mean time there
And with the setting of the sun
Strange if anything gets done but we don’t care

Late at night you might hear voices whisper in your ear, apparition
And when the wind blows and the old timbers glow, superstition
But there’s no finer place to zone in and embrace the seclusion
It’s as sharp as a knife and the rest of your life’s an illusion

And nothing ever seems to hurry
There is no Greenwich mean time there
And with the setting of the sun
It’s strange if anything gets done but we don’t care