Lyrics

1. Always the Sun

How many times have you woken up
And prayed for the rain?
How many times have you seen
The papers apportion the blame?

Who gets to say?
Who gets the work and who gets to play?
I was always told at school
Everybody should get the same

How many times have you been told
If you don’t ask you don’t get?
How many liars have taken your money
Your mother said you shouldn’t bet?

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
Someone must have told him
If you work too hard you can sweat

There’s always the sun
There’s always the sun
Always, always, always the sun

How many times have the weathermen told you
Stories that made you laugh?
You know it’s not unlike the politician
And the leaders when they do things by half

But who gets the job
Of pushing the knob?
That sort of responsibility
You draw straws for if you’re mad enough

There’s always the sun
There’s always the sun
Always, always, always the sun

There’s always the sun
There’s always the sun
Always, always, always the sun

There’s always the sun
There’s always the sun
Always, always, always the sun

Always the sun
Always the sun

There’s always the sun
There’s always the sun
Always, always, always the sun

There’s always the sun
There’s always the sun
Always, always, always the sun

2. Dreamtime

The only way for us to be alone
Into the earth and in the stone
When you wanna be on your own, is dreamtime

I am there in the rock
From the start of the total clock
All of my dreams can interlock, in dreamtime

Share my dreamtime
Share my dreamtime

To be there everyday
Letting curiousity point the way
Never felt I had a pleasant stay, in dreamtime

The sites are there before the eyes
History is crystallised
Every place has got a special size, in dreamtime

Share my dreamtime
Share my dreamtime
Share my dream
We won’t have to touch x2
We won’t say too much
The only thing for us to do
Is walk about and then appreciate the view

Share my dreamtime

3. Was It You?

The bullets and the hatred, was it you?
The famine and the genital disease, was it you?
I don’t really know what I can see but I can see I’m losing control

The K.G.B. and the C.I.A., was it you?
Democracy and freedom, was it you?
I don’t really know what I can see but I can see I’m losing control

Was it you?

Coloured skins and nations, was it you?
Aristrocracy and class division, was it you?
I don’t really know what I can see but I can see I’m losing control

Was it you?

Meat and vegetables, was it you?
Drugs and religion, was it you?
I don’t really know what I can see but I can see I’m losing control

Was it you?

Was it you?

4. You’ll Always Reap What You Sow

To think I knew you when you had nothing at all
And now you’ve got your back to the wall
It only goes to show
You’ll always reap just what you sow

You had no reason for being so bad
You had the world in the palm of your hand
It only goes to show
You’ll always reap just what you sow

I didn’t think of vengeance
Don’t forget I loved you once
And now it’s turned full circle
You just won’t find another chance

Look how the mighty have managed to fall
Your fancy words didn’t help you at all
It only goes to show
You’ll always reap just what you sow

I didn’t think of vengeance
Don’t forget I loved you once
And now it’s turned full circle
You just won’t find another chance

It only goes to show
You’ll always reap just what you sow
You’ll always reap just what you sow

I didn’t think of vengeance
Don’t forget I loved you once
And now it’s turned full circle
You just won’t find another chance

5. Ghost Train

Taking a ride on the ghost train
Looking around at everyone
Taking a ride on the ghost train
Don’t you know everyone

Wondering where they’ll be taking the fare
Card sharping shooting one another for a comfortable chair

The passengers sit on the ghost train
On the ghost train, wondering when they’ll arrive
The faces don’t fit on the ghost train
On the ghost train, wondering if they will arrive

The driver is blind when there’s snow on the line
He gets hard of hearing in the cabin when the weather is fine

Taking a ride on the ghost train

It’s been a long long ride on the ghost train
It’s been a long long ride on the ghost train
Long ride on the ghost train

When will it arrive the ghost train
Is there a man alive the ghost train
Who’s qualified to drive the ghost train
Are you allowed to drive the ghost train

Claiming your seat on the ghost train
On the ghost train it don’t come everyday
Claiming your seat on the ghost train
On the ghost train this train’s speeding up as it enters the fray
There’s only one class, the first and the last
The ghost train’s picking up speed now it’s travelling fast

Taking a ride on the ghost train

It’s been a long long ride on the ghost train
It’s been a long long ride on the ghost train
Long ride on the ghost train

When will it arrive the ghost train
Is there a man alive the ghost train
Who’s qualified to drive the ghost train
Are you allowed to drive the ghost train

When will it arrive the ghost train
Is there a man alive the ghost train
Who’s qualified to drive the ghost train
Are you allowed to drive the ghost train

When will it arrive the ghost train
Is there a man alive the ghost train
Who’s qualified to drive the ghost train
Are you allowed to drive the ghost train

6. Nice in Nice

Just look at that girl
She knows the world owes her something
And she’s alright
Just look at that girl
She knows she’s got that something
And she’s alright
She’s got diamond rings from her dad
She’s got fancy things from her dad
All the world it wants this lady
All the world it wants her

So nice in Nice, so nice and neat
So nice in Nice, so nice and neat

Just look at that girl
She owns the ground she walks on
And she’ll walk all over you
Just look at that girl
She smiles and breaks your heart
There’s nothing you can do
She’s got diamond rings from her dad
She’s got fancy things from her dad
All the world it wants my baby
All the world it wants her

So nice in Nice, so nice and neat
So nice in Nice, so nice and neat
Don’t tell me lies
You can’t support
I wouldn’t believe you
I wouldn’t believe at all
Even if I saw

Just look at that girl
Where once she wore leather jackets
Now she’s wearing furs
Just look at that girl
She walks around owning everything
That’s not even hers
She’s got diamond rings from her dad
She’s got fancy things from her dad
All the world it wants my baby
All the world it wants her

So nice in Nice, so nice and neat
So nice in Nice, so nice and neat

She walks straight ahead
And walks all over you
She smiles and breaks you heart
But that’s OK

7. Big in America

I met a roach in America
his family had a massive tree

they live just about everywhere –
he was big in America
he was big in America.

I met a vet in America
he was alive
he was in overdrive

he’d just been around everywhere –
he was big in America
he was big in America.

And when you’re big in America you like to live in America –
you won’t be on your own –
and since you’re big in America
you might as well make America your home.
Big in America!

I met a girl in America
she wore the pants
cross the big expanse

she was whipping men everywhere –
she was big in America
she was big in America.

And when you’re big in America you like to live in America –
big in America!
Big in America!
Big in America!

8. Shakin’ Like a Leaf

When you’re lying in your bed
Wide awake with sleepy head
Thinkin’ you should look beneath
And then you’re shakin’ shakin’ shakin’

See a full moon in the sky
Time to be away and fly
Seems to be the sole relief
It’s got me shakin’ shakin’ shakin’

Oh silent night
Give me some respite
Why must it be so brief
It’s got me shakin’
It’s got me shakin’
Like a leaf

Now that autumn’s hit the ground
Every day and every sound
Says the world is changing round
It’s got me shakin’ shakin’ shakin’

See the villains on their screens
Doing battle with their teams
Another week delays their grief
It’s got me shakin’ shakin’ shakin’

Oh silent night
Give me some respite
Why must it be so brief
It’s got me shakin’
It’s got me shakin’
Like a leaf

Shakin’ shakin’ shakin’ like a leaf
Shakin’ shakin’ shakin’ like a leaf
Shakin’ like a leaf

9. Mayan Skies

I can see red is the colour of life in a Mayan sky
I can see green is the colour of jungle in Mayan skies
Mexico speaks at the sunrise

I can see yellow’s the colour of gold under Mayan skies
Tempting children who came to get rich under Mayan skies
Mexico speaks at the sunrise

Mayan skies sleep talk with voices of lovers
In torture and suffering they soothe one another
The passion of youth kisses age in a nation
The passion of youth kisses age in a nation
The Mayan skies painting a colour creation up above

I can see red green and yellow the colours of Mayan skies

10. Too Precious

I had a dream or a nightmare
Difficult to decide which
There were a few who had plenty
And there were poor who were rich
I saw some rocks that were shining
They drove the few to go spare
Beauty led to the blinding
So blind past all care

Somebody should tell you
Somebody should tell you tell you

We hear that you’re in big trouble
You built your world on a rock
But if you look through the rubble
You might uncover a shock
You must have heard all the rumours
They’re flying fast around here
Growing just like a tumour
They won’t disappear

Somebody should tell you
Somebody should tell you
Somebody should tell you
Somebody should tell you

You’re baby too precious
Too precious by far

Bonustracks (Re-Issue 2001)
11. Since You Went Away

Since she went away
I thought of all the things I should have say
I thought of all the things we do
And now it seems so far and unreal

Since she went away (since she went away)
You know, I’ve cried almost every day (almost every day for you)
You know, it’s funny how she went
One second she was here and then she left (she was here)

Since she went away (since she went away)
I waited every minute of every day
Whereas before well time flew by
Now it’s decided to watch me cry
If you woman ever want to hurt someone
And the way she make me love her was the best way too
Breaker young men’s heart

Since she went away
Since she went away (since she went away)
Since she went away
Since she went away (since she went away)
Since she went away
Since she went away (since she went away)