Faith?
perfect light perfect love
sinners, seekers follow me, a solution I will find,
for praise and thanks I'll set you free, you'll never need to
compromise,
all this time you waste all these things you want me to be,
to be, all this time I waited for you,
perfect light perfect love
all this time that I waited you know that I want you...........
so long distanced can't find where you want to be,
chasing rainbows you'll find where you want to be want to be............
perfect love.
I'll raise a glass to history, you'll say a prayer to god above
I hope you all remember me,
perfect light perfect love, all this time you waited for me,
perfect light perfect love all this time that I waited, you
know that I want you............
so long distanced can't find where you want to be,
chasing rainbows you'll find where you want to be want to be............
perfect love.
....................... want to be perfect light perfect love
I'll raise a glass to history, you'll say a prayer to god above
I hope you all remember me,
perfect light perfect love, all this time you waited for me,
perfect light perfect love, all this time that I waited you
know that I want you............
so long distanced can't find where you want to be,
chasing rainbows you'll find where you want to be want to be............
perfect love.
...............chasing, chasing.
This song was put together from a piece of an old number
I wrote which was intended for The Stranglers to record but
it never worked with them. It is a less dark observation of
humanities' invasion of everything around it, trying to bend
all the rules all of the time. It's really the planet saying
"well, okay, if that's what you think then go ahead, see if
I care"!
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head satin and violent, blue skin and silence, keeping it
strange
fall in through my fences, falling defences, keeping it strange
can you give me some time, can you give me some time
head fearful of nothing, it's all or something, can you give
me some time
now I live through my winters, fallen, defenceless, can you
give me some time...
she'll come new mourning town, sheer calm new mourning town
she'll come new mourning time, she'll come new mourning.
head's satin and violent, blue skin and silence, can you give
me some time
fall in through my fences, frequently senseless, can you give
me some time
la la la la she'll come new mourning town la la la la sheer
calm new mourning town
head filled full of nothing, it's all or something, can you
give me some time
now live through my winters, fall in, defenceless, can you give
me some time
she'll come new mourning town, sheer calm new mourning town
she'll come new mourning time, she'll come new mourning.
let's not fight it, let's go all the way.
Hungerford, Bosnia, Indonesia, Central America, Cyprus
etc., etc., How many beautiful places have been totally destroyed
by humankind's excesses and ignorance? How many times will it
happen? The words "I never thought it could happen here" spring
to mind. It's a warning really - sooner or later some blood
lusting power crazed fucker will bring terror to a new town…..I
think my trip to Bosnia kicked this off. Lock all your doors
and windows!
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woke up on a Sunday cloud, never noticed all the rain
felt the sun behind my shades, wanted you to bind my hands but
sunk into an empty place, the pulse was gunning through my brain
felt you underneath my skin you took my blood of life, of sin
you walk by where I still stand and I lie where it all began..........
it's so easy to love you, it's so easy to love you,
it's so easy to love you, it's so easy to love you.
broke up under summers haze, falling pieces everywhere
felt your sun upon my frame, I just couldn't stand the pain
thought about a Wednesday child, felt the bullet in my back
dreamed my hands around your face, but now the picture starts
to fade
you walk by with all I had and so I cry 'cause I'm a man..........
it's so easy to love you, it's so easy to love you,
it's so easy to love you, it's so easy to love you.
Originally intended to be sung by a female - Linda Conboy
- who sang with dance act "Loop Guru". This is a classic case
of an older man in complete confusion after his pretty young
girl dumps him. Don't go there!!
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sweet honey slide, there's no way you're leaving me behind
you sure dig for fire and your stuff is burning my mind
'cause there are some who won't find it, some deny it, I can't
hide it honey.......
all we need now is love sweet love, all we need now is love.
sleep? we've never time it's so funny how fast it passes by
keep some aside we're going to be racing through tonight
'cause there are some won't find it, some quote Byron but I'm
still flying honey..
all we need now is love sweet love, all we need now is love.
sleep? we've never time it's so funny how fast it passes by
keep some aside we're going to be racing through tonight
....... love love love
'cause there are some won't find it, some quote Byron but I'm
still flying honey..
all we need now is love sweet love, all we need now is love.
sleep? we've never time it's so funny how fast it passes by
keep some aside we're going to be racing through tonight
love love love
does a Cartland stir you? mmm, love love love
all we need now is love sweet love, all we need now is love.
sleep? we've never time it's so funny how fast it passes by
keep some aside we're going to be racing through tonight
The sister of Sunset, really.
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so here we are, all alone, just a memory of you, a postcard
you drew
pressing hard to my lips hoping just a taste of you from in
between the lines
and I hoped you could stay closer, and I hoped that you'd say
'closer'........
I feel I got to let you know, I never want to let you go
painted you a perfect sky, now you want to say goodbye
things were cold at the end, somehow suddenly the ice had covered
all our tracks
so no tears, we could fly there was nothing out of reach and
no-one will replace you
and I want you to stay closer, want that you'd say 'closer'........
I feel I got to let you know, I never want to let you go
painted you a perfect sky, now you want to say goodbye
closer, closer, closer
I feel I got to let you know, I never want to let you go
painted you a perfect sky, now you want to say goodbye
... so young, so run.
Ever contemplated suicide? This is a painful reminder
of the way you were with your partner; all those silly things,
wonderful things in your youth. A personal reminder for me,
really. I suppose there is no right age for suicide, but a young
person?? Nah……what a waste.
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you're one set in stone, picking the bones of some forgotten
song
sure know pain, I watch you fall, then start it up again
don't throw your light away.........
sail your soul keep your faith, you'll find something in the
end
sail your soul find your wings, slipped away.
you want to wash your skin, say it aloud, 'where do we begin?'
god you're proud, take it home and throw it around and round
don't throw your light away.........
sail your soul keep your faith, you'll find something in the
end
sail your soul find your wings, slipped away.
........ d'you really know?, really know, really know....
sail your soul keep your faith, you'll find something in the
end
sail your soul find your wings, slipped away.
I love this track. It's quite shimmering, I think. Dedicated
to all my experiences around the world as a young man, getting
to grips with getting older, wiser, etc., trying to come to
terms with oneself through drugs, travel, love, religion, madness.
When I hear it, I think of all those crazy Carlos Castaneda
books (Who??? C.i.B.). Well, the first four anyway, they were
excellent. I see myself on the plateau of a tall mountain in
a sandy sun-baked Mexican desert! It's like, a song about all
my songs, you could say.
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every letter pictured, every picture creates a little reaction,
creates a little reaction
every little picture,
cuts right through my heart
and now my time has come, going to be the one to say, 'I'm never
giving you
one more day but.........
don't let your little sun go down, got to hold your plans or
your going to let it all drift away,
don't let your little sun go down, got to hold on tight, don't
let the sunset. right, yeah it's your right, you're alright
I'm leaving on the early morning train, your tears'll all in
time be washed away
I'm moving on a higher plain, I can see behind your flame
love is a reaction that came too late for any action
and now my time has come, going to be the one to say, 'I'm never
giving you
one more day'..........
don't let your little sun go down, got to hold your plans or
your going to let it all drift away,
don't let your little sun go down, got to hold on tight, don't
let the sunset. right, yeah it's your right, you're alright
got to hold on tight don't let the sun go away
the sunset in your eyes, don't let the sunset
don't let go, don't let go let the sun go down
little sun go down
An uplifting track for those who, even when suffering,
themselves, can bring some light into everyone else's life.
A kind of answer to some of the dark moments on the CD.
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my red rose is going to last forever
there'll never be another but that's ok
many little petals upon my wall,
left a heart beating but now I just want to be free
my dead rose is in a picture frame
never been a summer since you've been gone
eyes ablaze while the whole world sleeps
sinking in the shadows but now I just got to be...
free, low flying, you fill every dream, low flying, across every
scene you kill everything, low flying
your debris, low flying, across every scene, low flying, you
fill every dream low flying, I've lost everything, low flying.
take what you might, fate never lies,
somebody end these sleepless nights
I'm already down you're wasting you're rounds,
you left a heart pleading but now I just got to be...
fame I'm gonna live forever f f f fame fame, I'm gonna live
forever...
set me free, low flying, you fill every dream, low flying you
cross every scene, low flying, you kill everything, low flying
you're debris, low flying, across every scene, low flying, you
fill every dream, low flying, you've lost everything, low flying
it's alright low flying it's alright
set me free, low flying, you fill every dream, low flying, you
cross every scene, low flying, you've lost, everything......
and now I'm checking out...
it's alright daddy's going to buy you a rocking chair.
This was intended as a song for the 1997 album by The
Stranglers, "Written In Red" called "Dead Roses" or "Absent
Friends". I had an idea for a song about Dennis Nielson - The
Black Panther - a quite sad man who murdered young men to keep
himself company! The verse originally had the lines "he likes
dead roses, because they last forever, he's happy when it rains,
he likes their hair all wet" and "I'll use my devices on fallen
defences". However, as always, I messed about with the idea
and thought, well, what if it had been my son in that bedroom
etc., etc., and decided after I'd suffered and remembered for
so long, I'd want to be freed from the weight of such a terrible
event…..without guilt. The first two verses reflect the pain
and guilt etc., and the third verse is the feeling of weakness
I would imagine one would feel.
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can't seem to find a way to hold you now
and if I should, angel let me and I would
I can't seem to fly the wings are breaking down, and honey if
I fall
an angel cut me to the bone
now I'm pleading, someone find the flame, let me live again
heaven must be missing someone like you, so true
it's heaven, trust me, kissing someone like you, but lately......
I don't seem to know your face, you're stranded in a lonely
place
the stars were cut from your eyes, I can't say my goodbyes.
can't seem to find the threads that held you tight
honey if I should, angel let me and I would - I ain't losing
you
catching the final train, won't say goodbye
'cause honey if I should I'd be losing, I ain't losing you no
let me find the flame angel, can we start again baby
heaven must be missing someone like you angel, so true
it's heaven, trust me, kissing someone like you but lately......
I don't seem to know your face, you're stranded in a lonely
place
the stars were cut from your eyes, I can't say my goodbyes.
...... she lays awake and dreams about the man he used to be
and the lonely woman is laughing at the dreams she used to dream,
a laugh of loneliness......and have they wasted time?
I don't seem to know your face, you're stranded in a lonely
place
the stars were cut from your eyes, I can't say my goodbyes.
I can't seem to settle on a title for this one - still!
But I think this says it all. I wrote this originally for my
father, who had recently contracted secondary bone cancer. I
was touring with The Stranglers and from leaving home for a
gig in Poland, with my dad seemingly "normal", I returned two
weeks later from the falkland Islands, and he couldn't even
walk or talk properly. I felt totally robbed, and consequently
broke down. Then two weeks later, my girlfriend of nineteen
years decided to leave me. Nice year! I quickly made up my mind
after writing a lot of words for my dad that I'd dedicate it
to both my father and my ex-girlfriend. So the chorus is for
them both, but they share the verse lines - I'll leave you to
work them out. (Eventually, I will print out the lyrics originally
written, which are now in the form of a poem.) I find the song
very difficult to listen to.
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she'll come she'll go, she'll lay belief on you
skin sweet with musky oil, lady from another grinning soul
cologne she'll wear, silver and americard
she'll drive a beetle car and beat you down at cool canasta
and when the clothes are strewn don't be afraid of the room
touch the fullness of her breast, feel the love of her caress
she will be your living end.
she'll come she'll go, she'll lay belief on you
but she won't stake her life on you, how can life become a point
of view?
and when the clothes are strewn don't be afraid of the room
touch the fullness of her breast, feel the love of her caress
she will be your living end.
............... she will be your living end
Well, Bowie was a genius musically, and this is one
of my all time faves!! Features a good mate of mine, Richard
Naiff on piano, who recently worked with Mike Scott (he of The
Waterboys fame).
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