Hazel O'Connor Lyrics |
| 5 in the morning (© Hazel O`Connor / Gerard Kiely) |
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It's 5 in the morning, my whole body is yawning I wish I was safe in my bed But I got these feelings, I'm wrecked and I'm reeling I can't get that blue out of my head Staring outside it's a smokey blue sky As night gears to dawn And the blue gets bluer Like the colour of your eyes When i was in your arms And you look that way, and you talk that way It's 5 in the morning, my whole body is yawning I wish I was safe in my bed But I got these feelings, I'm wrecked and I'm reeling I can't get that blue out of my head A number is rolled, it will numb my emotionals Eat up the chocolates you brought for me And the boozing and the smokes Yeah, they're poor substitutes For all that we need Just a little love, and the human touch It's 5 in the morning, my whole body is yawning I wish I was safe in my bed But I got these feelings, I'm wrecked and I'm reeling I can't get that blue out of my head It's 5 in the morning, my whole body's yawning I wish I were safe in your bed index |
| Acoustically Yours (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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Under the shelter of the old milky way On a beautiful star studded night I realise I am miniscule When ever I gaze on that sight And I wish that you could play me a tune And we could make music till dawn Accompany me, through some wild diddle diddle dee And I’ll be acoustically yours Let's make us a wish here together we'll stand Through the vastness of spaces and time We can be friends' oh we can be friends Stripped down with nothing to hide And maybe you could play me a tune And we could make music till dawn Accompany me, through some wild diddle diddle dee And I’ll be acoustically yours If everyone who lived on this earth Lit a torch at the very same time Together we'd make like a new milky way Together its how we will shine Aah come on y'all and sing us a song We could make music till dawn Accompany me, through some wild diddle diddle dee And I’ll be acoustically yours Accompany me, through some wild diddle diddle dee And I’ll be acoustically yours Accompany me, through some wild diddle diddle dee And I’ll be acoustically yours index |
| Agus an Bothair Dubh (© Hazel O`Connor / Gerard Kiely) |
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Save me from my darkness agus an bothair dubh I've been out here a long time since I left you Simple minds for simple monies where the work is where they pay You reach beyond this tide of stones And it don't matter anyway, anyway Been gone too long And I don't know if I'll ever make it back again I remember how I left you, I remember how you looked Could you save me would you save me from my darkness? Agus an bothair dubh With heavy heart the boat was leaving I thought I saw you at the quay But the mist came in thick between us then And you were lost to me, lost to me Been gone too long And I don't know if I'll ever make it back again I remember how I left you, I remember how you looked Could you save me would you save me from my darkness? Agus an bothair dubh I promised I would be returning Just to be with you again And it's not that I forgot you love I guess I just lost my way, lost my way Agus an bothair dubh Been gone too long And I don't know if I'll ever make it back again I remember how I left you, I remember how you looked Could you save me would you save me from my darkness? Agus an bothair dubh index |
| Ain't It Funny (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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Come and join the score (it's a) very holy core (You must) Fight for freedom, Liberty (you must) Fight for old men just like me Now he's not in the mood (to fight) But he'll give you clothes and food (Alright you see) Someone else is making more than me And that can't be Bold Economic Policy Ain't it funny, ain't it shame Why the fat man is snoring You can die for his games (economy) Ain't it funny, ain't it a joke As you die for the fat man He's lifting your joke See I have no arm (for giving) See I have no legs (to run away) See I have no nose, no eyes I hear no lies, I'm monkey wise Guess I got my gun (You didn't run?) Back in '41 (Where are you now?) Now I wish I could just swim in the sun Wondering what have I won Cause it wasn't much fun at all Ain't it funny, ain't it shame Why the fat man is snoring You can die for his games (economy) Ain't it funny, ain't it a joke As you die for the fat man He's lifting your joke Your country needs you today Your country needs you to die index |
| All I've Been Missing (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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Love can be torture Love can be joy to the soul Love can be mountains high Too high to go (Love) love is a freedom song (Love) love has no right or wrong But I gotta have all of your lovin' Yeah I need all of your lovin' And I don't want it missing for the rest of my life Love when you hold me in your tender arms How can I hear any lies I'm lost in time (Love) love is a freedom song (Love) love has no right or wrong But I gotta have all of your lovin' Yeah I need all of your lovin' And I don't want it missing for the rest of my life And so I hold you tonight, my love And so I told you it's all right As long as I can have All of your lovin' Yeah I need all of your lovin' And I don't want it missing for the rest of my life index |
| And I Dream (© Howard Goodall) |
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| Animal Farm (We Will Be Happy) (Words & Music: © Hazel O'Connor) |
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The cock it crowed "It's morning" the donkey said "Ee-aw" The pigs they grunted expectantly for the farmer to open the door The chickens started clucking, they could not lay no eggs They were just plain frightened, Remembering what the pigs had said "just do as you're told" Remembering what the pigs had said And they all sang [CHORUS:] We will be happy, we will be free, We're going to make it, make equality Hap-happy are we Now the pig said "This is our day We're gonna chase the farmer away Now everyone must do their work like before Except for me and I must think for you behind this door" So they chased the farmer away, And the pig got on his soap box to say "And don't you worry don't you make no fuss All you have to do is follow us And do as you're told All you have to do is follow us" And they all sang [CHORUS] Hap-happy are we, hap-happy are we, we're so holy The cock it crowed "It's morning" The donkey said "Ee-aw" The chickens clucked expectant For the pig to open the door [CHORUS] Hap-happy are we, hap-happy are we, we're so holy Hap-happy are we, hap-happy are we, hap-happy are we, we're so holy index |
| Anything Goes (© ???) |
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| Beyond The Breaking Glass (© Hazel O`Connor / Cormac De Barra) |
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In the alone of my night, When the angels have all taken flight, Monsters come out fighting No need to Fight if I can talk, No need to run, If all I need to do, is walk on the path enlightening. An` I will go where life leads me, `Though the road be far, and wide Through the broken dreams of yesterday, With time on my side, And with faith as my guide, I will, Walk on to, though I, Don`t know where I am going to, To find my way back home at last. Yeah I`m gonna walk on, walk on, When I`m crumbled and cracked, Walk on, Walk on, Won`t be lookin` back, in anger, Walk on beyond the broken glass. And in the mornin` of my day, I send the monsters on their merry way, I celebrate their leavin` An` of the lost, and of the gain, An` of the joy, and of the pain, And I tell Ya, yeah i`m still a believer. An` I will go where life leads me, `Though the road be far, an wide Through the broken dreams of yesterday, With time on my side, And with faith as my guide, I will, Walk on to, though i, Don`t know where I am going to, To find my way back home at last. Yeah I`m gonna, walk on, walk on, When I`m crumbled and cracked, Walk on, Walk on, Won`t be lookin` back in anger, Walk on beyond the broken glass. Walk on, walk on, walk on, walk on, walk on, walk on beyond the broken glass, Yeah I`m gonna walk on,walk on, Walk on, walk on, Walk on, walk on beyond the broken glass You walk on, walk on, Walk on, walk on, When you`re crumbled and cracked, Walk on, walk on, Don`t be lookin` back, In anger, You walk on beyond the broken glass. You walk on, walk on, Walk on, walk on, If you can feel it, Walk on, walk on Then you can heal it Walk on, Walk on......... index |
| Big Brother (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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They'll tear out your heart, throw it knee-deep in a cart 'cos that's what they do with the scum like me and you And you feel as if you died, whilst you're standing on the line And you wonder all the time why can't you cry? But the people in control don't care for you They're just a robot with a job to do And when your use is exhausted, they'll be rid of you As soon as look at you, go to the back of the queue! B-B-Big brother's got no heart When I get my chance I'm gonna kick him in the ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Big brother's got no heart When I get my chance I'm gonna kick him in the ah (sh) ah (sh) ah (sh) ah (sh) arse His eyes are dull, they stole his soul They left him to rot in some stinking council hole Where they keep him doped on beer and hopes Of television dreams he's living on the screens He knows something that he used to believe in That was: Every human being should have his freedom But while his dungeon had a way to show him He should be more useful, as they broke into his skull B-B-Big brother's got no heart When I get my chance I'm gonna kick him in the ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Big brother's got no heart When I get my chance I'm gonna kick him in the ah (sh) ah (sh) ah (sh) ah (sh) arse Big brother, beware, 'cos some of us do care And the worm (and the worm, and the worm, and the worm) May turn (may turn, may turn, may turn) And the violence (and the violence, and the violence, and the violence) In my head (in my head, in my head, in my head) is real Bam-bam, you're dead! B-B-Big brother's got no heart When I get my chance I'm gonna kick him in the ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Big brother's got no heart When I get my chance I'm gonna kick him in the ah (sh) ah (sh) ah (sh) ah (sh) arse B-B-Big brother's got no heart When I get my chance I'm gonna kick him in the ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Big brother's got no heart When I get my chance I'm gonna kick him in the ah (sh) ah (sh) ah (sh) ah (sh) arse Arse! index |
| Blackman (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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I am the blackman and you are the white I am the deviant and you're always right I am the darkness and you are the light I am the blackman, you're the white Yeah you are the good little holier Than thou, hide your head in your hand You hear no, see no, speak no no no no Understand I am the blackness, I am the dark I am the alcoholic pissed in the park I am the girl who sold her body to the dark I am the truth of it, you are the hypocrite I am the dirty and you are the clean I live in places where you've never been I eat the garbage and you eat the cream I am the dirty, you're the clean You give me the first degree for being different to thee You hit me, kick me, tell me you're what I should be I am the blackness, I am the dark I am the alcoholic pissed in the park I am the girl who sold her body to the dark I am the truth of it, you are the hypocrite I am the whiteman and I paint you black I am the traitor, but I put you on the rack I am the coward and I shoot you in the back I am the white man, I paint you black Yeah I am are the good little holier Than thou hide my head in my hands I hear no, see no, speak no no no no Understand I am the blackness, I am the dark I am the alcoholic pissed in the park I am the girl who sold her body to the dark I am the truth of it, you are the hypocrite I am the blackness, I am the dark I am the alcoholic pissed in the park I am the girl who sold her body to the dark I am the truth of it, you are the hypocrite Blackman! index |
| Blackwater Side (Trad. arr. Hazel O`Connor / Cormac De Barra) |
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One morning fair as I took the air Down by Blackwater Side And when staring all around me An Irish lad I spied All through the far part of the night We spent in sport and play Then the young man rose and put on his clothes Saying faretheewell today Go back, go back to your father's garden Go back and cry your fill And think upon your sad misfortune You brought on by your wanton will That's not the promise that you made to me When you lay on my breast I would have believed with your lying tongue That the sun rose in the west Go back, go back to your father's garden Go back and cry your fill And think upon your sad misfortune You brought on by your wanton will There's not a girl in this whole wide world As easily led as I And when fishes do fly and seas do run dry It is when you will marry I Go back, go back to your father's garden Go back and cry your fill And think upon your sad misfortune You brought on by your wanton will You brought on by your wanton will You brought on by your wanton will index |
| Bring It On Home To Me (© S. Cooke) |
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If you ever, change your mind, About leaving, leaving me behind Won't you bring your your sweet loving, Bring it on home to me. You made me cry honey when you left, But you only, only hurt yourself So won't you bring your your sweet loving, Bring it on home to me. I gave you jewellery, And all my money and then it all, All I do for you but did it bring your, your sweet lovin' Bring it on home to me. Oh won't you bring your lovin' Bring it on home to me Why don't you bring your sweet lovin' Bring it on home to me Why don't you bring your sweet lovin' Bring it on home to me index |
| Bye Bye (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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You just stand here, I look through you As though you're not there, cause what you care You will never get to know me now I have found I've gone off your anyhow So bye-bye, won't see you later Bye-bye you've become a stranger Bye-bye, cherio now Bye-bye Your clothes look so good dear but what about you I say you're all see through down to your plastic trews You want me now but I don't want you oh no, not At all. Not after all the things you put me through So bye-bye, won't see you later Bye-bye you've become a stranger Bye-bye, cherio now Bye-bye Ah, I sight through you Are you thinking that you are gods' gift to all. Ah, you're gonna fall So bye-bye, won't see you later Bye-bye you've become a stranger Bye-bye, cherio now Bye-bye index |
| Calls the Tune (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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Well, I saw your face in a photograph I cried so much, I nearly laughed You never really had the chance To question why did you live some to cry some and die? Who, what and how writes the song, calls the tune Says what's right and wrong Writes the song, calls the tune Says what's right and wrong Oh, I'd have caught your eyes, but my hands were tied Was it truth? Was it lies? Many words of truth are spoken in jest Who would have guessed that, or trust that? What a mess! Who, what and how writes the song, calls the tune Says what's right and wrong Writes the song, calls the tune Says what's right and wrong Who, what and how writes the song, calls the tune Says what's right and wrong Writes the song, calls the tune Says what's right and wrong Who, how Who, how Who writes the song? Who writes the song? Who writes the song? index |
| Come into the Air (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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There you are, waiting at the station Searching frantically the place where you belong Gave you a map that showed you your direction A shadow tore it up and told you it was wrong That way was too long And danced a little song Come into the air, cast your body like a care You belong nowhere and you can't bear it Come into the air, cast your body like a care Life just isn't there, if you can't share it So why not dare it? Feed your eyes on cold grey city concrete An extra pair of arms is what you really need But keep the secret, today no one can touch you Dine on passion, then let your heart bleed Alone at night it's dark Hear a lonely dog bark Come into the air, cast your body like a care You belong nowhere and you can't bear it Come into the air, cast your body like a care Life just isn't there, if you can't share it So why not dare it? Come into the air, cast your body like a care You belong nowhere and you can't bear it Come into the air, cast your body like a care Life just isn't there, if you can't share it So why not dare it? Come into the air, cast your body like a care You belong nowhere and you can't bear it Come into the air, cast your body like a care Life just isn't there, if you can't share it So why not dare it? Come into the air, cast your body like a care You belong nowhere and you can't bear it Come into the air, cast your body like a care Life just isn't there, if you can't share it So why not dare it? index |
| Conversation From A Barstool (© David Evans / Paul David Hewson) |
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I'm tired so tired I can hardly stand Can't breath in this city tonight It's taken everything I have to give And now just gotta get out of here And I won't be sorry if you won't be And I don't want your pity or sympathy But just a few dollars I can make it just you wait and see He came from Miami to start out again Knowing him he is back with his mother by now And he told me he loved me And he wanted my child But you know the way people can change their minds And I won't be sorry if you won't be And I don't want your pity or sympathy But just a few dollars I can make it just you wait and see I was an actress a girl in the chorus line On broadway I danced for a Kennedy And they know me in London And they know me in Paris I'm only here 'cause you looked like You needed a friend And I won't be sorry if you won't be And I don't want your pity or sympathy But just a few dollars I can make it just you wait and see index |
| Could Be With Me (© Hazel O`Connor / S. Hausmann) |
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Here's the doorway We could say goodnight or goodbye There's a chill in the air makes me feel like you just didn't care I wonder why? Inside warm memories, a fire has burned so bright Outside the storm rages, I want to come into the warmth Of your light In the heat of the night we were shiny In the heat of the night we were free In the heat of the night we burned so bright And oh You could be with me Well that was last night And this is today And the words in my mouth, I just can't spit it out What I really, really need to say To say if you want me You gotta to really, really let me know And if you can't be sure what we're doing this for I believe that it's time to go In the heat of the night we were shiny In the heat of the night we were free In the heat of the night we burned so bright And oh You could be with me index |
| (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up (Words & Music: © Hazel O`Connor) |
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Ah come on Let's go Let's all play mums and dads, come on Where do babies come from, mum? Shut up you naughty boy And put your clothes back on [CHORUS:] Mucky pup, cover up Strip it down, cover round Dirty muck, cover up Look at us we got cover plus 'Cos we're all grown up, we're all grown up Peel off black nylon in the red light Silly old men leer through their gun sights Naughty girl turn round I'll show you what's right [CHORUS] Dirty muck, cover up Strip it down cover round Dirty muck, cover up Strip it down cover round Dirty muck, cover up Strip it down cover round Mucky pup cover up Look at us got cover plus, look at us got cover plus We're all grown up, we're all grown up Why don't you go and fix your face, up good Why not buy some paint and hide your wood worm good But let the children play the way they feel and should Dirty muck, cover up Strip it down, cover round Mucky pup, cover up Look at us got cover plus Dirty muck, cover up Look at us we got cover plus 'Cos we're all grown up, all grown up All grown up [Repeat to Fade] index |
| Cuts Too Deep (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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Daylight, slowly creeping through the crack in the curtains and it suddenly reminded me I didn't sleep allnight. It's just the thought of you I'll swear, Lyin' in the fatal position, How can I sleep? How can I sleep when it cuts too deep? It cuts too deep. Take a handfull of magic, Weigh it up on the scales of the wrong place, the wrong time Take one body of a memory of a bright bright eyes I can't erase from my mind Oh, take one girl who said yeah I can handle it, in the voice of a child. Does that child weep? Does that weep, No it cuts too deep, It cuts too deep Yeah well, I've cried in the morning and I've cried at night, I've stamped on the pain of too much longing I've cried in the morning and I've cried at night now it' all done now it's all done. All the dreams I've dreamed I shall dream again eternally speaking Just now the face of eternity looks blank into the face of time It's just the thought of you lying in that naked position Oh, how could I speak? How could I speak when it cuts too deep It cuts too deep Oh, it cuts too deep It cuts too deep..... index |
| D-Days (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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Put on your face, put on your clothes Going out dancing, pose, pose Wind our bodies round and round Move to the rhythm of the fare rave sounds These are the decadent days These are the decadent ways These are the de de de de de decadent days De de de de de de decadent days Swing to the left, swing to the right Thrust your hips to the flashing light Whirling dervish here's the rule Sweating hot but you stay cool These are the decadent days These are the decadent ways These are the de de de de de decadent days De de de de de de decadent days The whole room is vibrating With all our bodies shaking But still they're hesitating From really taking it, making it, taking it index |
| Danny Boy (Traditional) |
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Danny Boy, the pipes the pipes are calling From glen to glen and down the mountain side The summer's gone and all the flowers are dying Tis you, tis you must go, and I must say But come you back when summer's in the meadow Or when the valley's hushed and white, white snow Tis I'll be there in sunshine or in shadows Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love you so index |
| Dawn Chorus (Words & Music: © Hazel O'Connor) |
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May flit, may fly, may not understand why, I fear, when I hear you are near me [CHORUS:] But did they listen, listen to you today dawn Dawn, dawn chorus But did they listen, listen to you today dawn I hear you, and feel you, not yet born I hear you, and fear you, not yet born. I take to the sky, where the angels fear to fly Air traffic control has just gone mad And your song reminds him, it makes him feel so sad of those Hot balmy night he never had. [CHORUS] index |
| Do What You Do (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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Look at me, looking at you, looking back at me What a sad end, when could have been friends But you see only what you want to see Where your thinking that is thinking, was what you were thinking, too Well, this ain't the same as the heroes' game So many owed so much to so few Well! Well! Well! Why don't you do Why don't you do Why don't you do as you would be done by you Hey diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon The little dog laughed to see such fun And the dish ran away with the spoon Why don't you do Why don't you do Why don't you do as you would be done by you Anger, anger, anger burns so bright When you're lost your way lost your say Don't know your left from your right Bitter tasks the fruit of old men, fear is the key Well you're grown so cold, you're grown so cold You're grown so far away from me Well! Well! Well! index |
| Do What You Gotta Do (Words & Music: © Jim Webb) |
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Boy, I can understand how it might be Kind of hard to love a girl like me I don't blame you much for want-it to be free I just wanted you to know I've loved you better than your own kin did From the very start It's my own fault what happens to my heart See I've always known you'd go [CHORUS:] So you just do what you gotta do My wild sweet love Tho' it may mean that I'll never kiss those sweet lips again Pay that no mind, just chase that dappled dream of yours And come on back and see me when you can. Now I know they make you sad Oh it make me feel so bad Say you don't treat me like you should They got ways to make you feel no good I guess they got no way to know Had my eyes wide open from the start And boy, the part you've shown to me Is the part of you they'll never see It's the part you've shown to me [CHORUS 2x] Just chase that dappled dream of yours And come on back and see me when you can Just chase that dappled dream of yours And come on back and see me when you can index |
| Don't Touch Me (© Hazel O`Connor / Neil O'Connor) |
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When I first saw your face, I thought here's a man Maybe he can, give it to me, something real Give it to me, But this time with some feeling But I said... Don't touch me Give me some real feeling Don't hold me, Give me something right from the part Could have misjudged you, I could have been wrong A man with no feeling's Like a man who sold his soul Well we could be friends But let's not forget You and me, we're worlds apart You want me to forget our scars Well I could try, if you could too Well I could die And for me and the two and you I said.... Don't touch me Give me some real feeling Don't hold me, Give me something right from the part Could have misjudged you, I could have been wrong A man with no feeling's Like a man who sold his soul Well I travelled far and I've travelled wide And I met them folk who cheat and lie Who never see the coloured sky You kill, destroy. And I was their little toy And friend I stand here looking at you, And I ask you sonny, Hey what you do To justify your fruitless lies To justify our poisoned skies Don't touch me Give me some real feeling Don't hold me, Give me some real feeling Don't touch me Give me some real feeling Don't hold me, Give me something right from the part Could have misjudged you, I could have been wrong A man with no feeling's like a man who sold his soul Could have misjudged you, No I wasn't wrong index |
| Driftwood (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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Sitting on the sunny shoreline, see some driftwood come to rest worn out by the tides, born up by its endless rides never free, just a bit like me. I've been that piece of wood I've been tossed about Upon the ocean of illusion, confusion. Bitter and twisted like waves lashing out at the rock. Well I now know I just gotta find that shore line oh yeah, that little peace of mind and let the sun shine on me I swam the sea of passion, jealousy and pain, ignorance pretends to drown, grabs for your hands again, drags you down again. Yeah, but my soul cries out just to break those chains, Well listen you who've travelled all these jungles concrete and the other kind, you know there's more you got your own key the door, go on open it open it up Well I now know I just gotta find that shore line oh yeah, that little peace of mind and let the sun shine on me Been a long time from my home and I want to get back there, but most of my memories got washed away with the tide a friend waits for me at the edge of the sea my soul is your lover I cry Oh beloved wipe away these tears from my eyes of my illusion, my confusion. Brittle and twisted like waves lashing out at the rock Well I now know I just gotta find that shore line oh yeah, that little peace of mind and let the sun shine on me... index |
| Ee-I-Adio (Words & Music: © Hazel O'Connor) |
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Red ringed the eyes of the women who cried to the night Black and possessed are the eyes of the man who drank to no foresight Then suffer little children, a haunted dream Bright eyes, scared eyes, a silent scream Now why'd you make me hit you - he'd say Leave me alone I hate you - she'd say Suffer little children, hear and have no say [CHORUS:] A leopard can't change his spots A tiger can't change his stripes EE-I-addio Mum and Dad still have their frights This woman she takes a couple of pills to hide When there's no place to run you'd better just shut the door inside Well, riddle me when is a home not a home When you're twenty floors up and your love has gone Your love was spent on fairy soap For hands that do dishes and hang your hopes On children who in turn look back to you [CHORUS] Riddle me when is a home not a home When you're twenty floors up and your love has gone Your love was spent on fairy soap For hands that do dishes and hang your hopes On children who in turn look back to you [Repeat CHORUS to Fade] index |
| Eighth Day (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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In the beginning was a world Man said: Let there be more light Electric scenes a maze of beams Neon brights to light our boring nights On the second day he said: Let's have a gas Hydrogen and CO are of the past Let's make some germs, we'll poison the worms Man will never be surpassed And he said: Behold what I have done I've made a better world for everyone Nobody laughs, nobody cries World without end, forever and ever Amen, amen, amen On the third we get green and blue pill pie On the fourth we send rockets to the sky On the fifth metal beasts and submarines On the sixth man prepares his final dream: In our image, let's make robots for our slaves Imagine all the time that we can save Computers, machines, the silicon dream Seventh he retired from the scene And he said: Behold what I have done I've made a better world for everyone Nobody laughs, nobody cries World without end, forever and ever Amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen) On the eighth day machine just got upset A problem man had not foreseen as yet No time for flight, a blinding light Then nothing but a void, forever night He said: Behold what man has done There's not a world for anyone Nobody laughs, nobody cries World's at an end, everyone has died Forever amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen) He said: Behold what man has done There's not a world for anyone Nobody laughes, nobody cries World's at an end, everyone has died Forever amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen) (Amen) index |
| End Of My Days (© Hazel O'Connor, Cormac De Barra) |
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I remember our youth as we played in the snow Our foot steps be melting the places we'd go When the day was done We'd off and run Turn round and say Tis here I’ll be waiting at the end of my days Now the seasons have moved on And we've both gone our ways And I savour the moments And I rage at my fate Did we lose our way One fine day Forgot to say Tis here I’ll be waiting at the end of my days I have travelled my own road Now the end does come near In the gathering darkness Like a beacon you appear And we say hello Like we'd always know That's where we'll be Tis here I’ll be waiting at the end of my days Tis here I’ll be waiting at the end of my days Tis here I’ll be waiting at the end of my days index |
| Everybody Needs Somebody (© Bert Russel, Jerry Wexter) |
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Everybody needs somebody Everybody needs somebody to love, someone to love (Someone to love) Sweetheart to miss (Sweetheart to miss) Sugar to kiss (Sugar to kiss) I need you, you, you (You, you, you) I need you, you, you (You, you, you) I need you, you, you (You, you, you) in the morning (I need) (You, you, you) When my souls on fire (I need) (You, you, you) Sometimes I feel, I feel a little sad inside When my baby mistreats me, I never, never, never have a place to hide I need you Sometimes I feel, I feel a little sad inside When my baby mistreats me, I never, never, never have a place to hide I need you, you, you I need you, you, you (I need you) I need you, you, you (I need you) I need you, you, you (I need you) (I need you) I need you You know people when you do find somebody Hold that woman, hold that man Love him, please him, squeeze her, please her, hold her Squeeze and please that person, give 'em all your love Signify your feelings with every gentle caress (Signify) Because it's so important to have that special somebody To hold (Hold), kiss (Kiss), miss (Miss), squeeze (Squeeze) and please (Please) Everybody needs somebody (I need you) Everybody needs somebody to love (Everybody), someone to love (Needs somebody) Sweetheart to miss (Everybody) Sugar to kiss (Needs somebody) I need you, you, you (You, you, you) I need you, you, you (You, you, you) I need you, you, you (You, you, you) I need you, you, you (You, you, you) I need you, you, you (Everybody) I need you, you, you (Needs somebody) I need you, you, you (Everybody) I need you, you, you (Needs somebody) In the morning (Everybody) When my souls on fire (Needs somebody) When I need that woman of mine (Everybody) I need you, you, you, you (Needs somebody) I need you, you, you, you (Everybody) I need you, you, you (Needs somebody) I need you index |
| Fear Of Flying (© Hazel O'Connor, Gavin Barrett) |
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Sometimes I’ve been afraid of flying Then I’d wish that was lying in my home Head hidden under the bed clothes These days are few and far between now I try hard to memorise words my mum said to me Life ain't rehearsal its real so show no fear And you could Laugh out loud Loud and proud Sing and dance Might only get one chance Jump and run Have your fun Live and learn And learn to love yourself And be brave of heart And try to be kind Let love shine And don't be afraid to fly Sometimes life can be so trying It's no use in sitting down and crying on my own All alone in the blue room Come on come out and to play like we were Back then we'd memorise words my mum said to me Life ain’t rehearsal its real So show no fear And you could Laugh out loud Loud and proud Sing and dance Might only get one chance Jump and run Have your fun Live and learn And learn to love yourself And be brave of heart And try to be kind Let love shine And don't be afraid to fly Live is but a stage And all the people Merely players on it Each one in their time Has many entrances and many exits Each in our time Play many parts Each in our time Play many parts You could Laugh out loud Loud and proud Sing and dance You might only get, You might only get One chance Jump and run Have your fun Live and learn And learn to love You gotta learn to love Yourself Laugh out loud Loud and proud Sing and dance You might only get, You might only get One chance Jump and run Have your fun Live and learn And don't be afraid to fly. index |
| Fighting Back (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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| Gigolo (© Hazel O`Connor) |
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There he goes now walking down the street Well decked out from his head to his feet Women meet him, women find him oh so sweet But stop, beware, that man don't care When you need, when you bleed that man don't care He's just a gigolo-o-o A gigolo-o-o, a gigolo Oh how he wears such a thin disguise Look a little closer unmask his eyes See right through him see oozing with lies He's just a gigolo-o-o A gigolo-o-o, a gigolo index |
| Give Me an Inch (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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'ey you, standing there, what you got to stare at? I'm not shy if your beady little eyes abuse me like some mishap Cackling laughter behind your hand, you're so funny, you're so bland Here's the thing you can't understand: You are just a programme You're a programme, you're a programme (Programme, programme, programme, programme) Give me an inch, and I'll take me a mile Give me the distance from your supercilious smile Give me an inch, and I'll take me a mile Give me the distance from your supercilious smile Your silliest smile 'ey you, standing there, better get some clothes on Do as you're told, growing old, and read your daily poison Skeletons locked in the closeted mind, locked in tight, for no one to find See the blind, lead the blind, gotta be cruel to be kind Who is mind-blind, who is mind-blind (Mind-blind, mind-blind, mind-blind, mind-blind) Give me an inch, and I'll take me a mile Give me the distance from your supercilious smile Give me an inch, and I'll take me a mile Give me the distance from your supercilious smile Your silliest smile You are a programme, you are a programme Give me an inch, and I'll take me a mile Give me the distance from your supercilious smile Give me an inch, and I'll take me a mile Give me the distance from your supercilious smile Your silliest smile Give me an inch, and I'll take me a mile Give me the distance from your supercilious smile Give me an inch, and I'll take me a mile Give me the distance from your supercilious smile Your silliest smile index |
| Glass Houses (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Make a way for the queen He's got the most spectacular wardrobe you've ever seen So what if he bleaches his hair And dresses are what he likes to wear Who are you to say what he should do People in glass houses don't throw stones, no, no, no People in glass houses don't throw stones, no, no, no And you say he's a fool And you make this supposition cause you know he never went to school So what if he can't do this two times two He can do other things you can't do, I can't do, you can't do People in glass houses don't throw stones, no, no, no People in glass houses don't throw stones, no, no, no index |
| Go N'eirigh An Bother Leat (© Hazel O`Connor - Sebastian Hausmann) |
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You were the beacon that lit up my life When i thought i was drowning you threw me a lifeline You were the beauty i was the beast You touched my soul, you made me whole, you gave me peace And though you may be going now into distance into time I pray I know all the things you'll find May the road rise up to meet you May the wind be always there to fly And may the sun shine 'til we meet again And may the lord of life always protect you Hold you safely in the palm of his hand And may the sun shine 'Til we meet again Thank you for being, well just being you Thank you for being friend and helping me through You leave an impression of love and of care You leave me the strength To carry the load we all must bear And though you may be going now into distance into time I pray I know all the things you'll find May the road rise up to meet you May the wind be always there to fly And may the sun shine 'til we meet again And may the lord of life always protect you Hold you safely in the palm of his hand And may the sun shine 'til we meet again 'Til we meet again index |
| Hanging Around (Words & Music: © The Stranglers) |
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Big girl in the red dress She's just trying to impress us And she's got the barley fever But she doesn't make a sound She's just hanging around She's just hanging around Down the court road early With the Hustlers big and burly There's a million of 'em selling And the buyers can be found They're just hanging around They're just hanging around [CHORUS:] Christ he told his mother Christ he told her not to bother Cos he's alright in the city He's high above the ground He's just hanging around (hanging around) He's just hanging around (hanging around) He's just hanging around (hanging around) He's just hanging around (hanging around) One of 'em comes over Got a monkey on his shoulder And the monkey's getting grinner But his eyes are on the ground They're just hanging around They're just hanging around I'm moving to a coleheme With the leather all around me And the sweat is getting steamy But their eyes are on the ground They're just hanging around They're just hanging around [CHORUS 2x] He's just hanging around (hanging around) He's just hanging around index |
| Hidden (© Hazel O'Connor, Mike Bennett) |
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I walked the path the winding road That told me things that shouldn’t be told I climbed the rock of ages old And I saw Hearts and souls of humanity Earth and the air The sky and the sea Left all their words That were passed on for free Tell me how were they hidden How were they hidden How how How were they hidden so long You talk in awe of wonders and fears And listen intently but never quite hear You sold the rock of ages old And you cry Hearts and souls of humanity The earth and the air The sky and the sea Began with the word That was passed on for free Tell me how were they hidden How were they hidden How how How were they hidden so long How were they hidden so long How were they hidden so long How were they hidden so long How were they hidden so long Been so long I walked the path the winding road That told me things that shouldn’t be told I climbed the rock of ages old And you cried Hearts and souls of humanity Earth and the air The sky and the sea Left all their words That were passed on for free Tell me How were they hidden How were they hidden How how How were they hidden so long How were they hidden How were they hidden How how How were they hidden so long How were they hidden How were they hidden How how How were they hidden so long Hid so long index |
| Hold On (Words & Music: © Hazel O'Connor) |
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Hello old friend long time no see Except the sea between you and me And that's physical and that's impenetrable Left you laughing at the dreams that I told you Now I'm laughing at the dreams that they sold me It's such a shame, you had to join their nasty game [CHORUS 1:] You didn't hold on You didn't hold on You didn't hold on To a dream, Ain't it obscene The silence in your room is getting me down The thickly atmosphere descends upon the clown Who laughs no more, he broke the golden law [CHORUS 2:] He didn't hold on He didn't hold on He didn't hold on To the dream, Ain't it obscene The way they shake you, try to wake you Be a man now, be a woman now Try to shake you up, try to wake you up Be a grown up, be a sour puss Never mind my love, I'll leave this for you Don't bother calling me, maybe I'll call you, so Stay on the scene And I'll stay chasing my dreams [CHORUS 1:] You didn't hold on You didn't hold on You didn't hold on To a dream, Ain't it obscene [CHORUS 2:] He didn't hold on He didn't hold on He didn't hold on To the dream, Ain't it obscene index |
| I'll See You Again (© Hazel O'Connor, Cormac De Barra) |
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In my heart, in my soul In my darkest hours Through rivers deep, Lonely roads over mountain towers Through the driving rain and the sunlit plains It's you I embrace From the echo on the wind Its your song they sing It says I'll see you again I'll see you again Another door, another hall Another lonely room I light a candle to your name Hoping to lift the gloom I run my fingers through your hair And your almost there As play through your hair And whatever comes my way I'll survive siné And I'll see you again I'll see you again Through the driving rain and the sunlit plains It's you i embrace And whatever comes way I'll survive siné I said I'll see you again I said I'll see you again And I'll see you again I'll see you again index |
| I'm So Sorry (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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I think I'd have to have lived a long long time ago When the moon was around and we moved to the sound of our own romantic song And I gave you all the gifts that my body had to bear But this world chewed them up spat them all out And you acted like you didn't care. Well enough is enough when the going get tough Did we put our love on ice did it get cold Well this world is so rough it could steal all of our love But it could never steal our soul Hold on love I can see you now I can feel your pain I can see you now I can feel your pain it's comin' down like rain And I'm so sorry If you should leave me now I'll sing for you a song And it won't be a sorry song It won't be a where did we go wrong No, I'll sing a song of joy That remains forever in my soul Because saw us tonight she carves out The amount of joy we can hold If you leave me now Love, then I must stay, well, I pray we meet again Another time, another way This far we filled Well it must not go cold And they will never steal our soul Hold on love I can see you now I can feel your pain I can see you now I can feel your pain it's comin' down like rain And Hold on love I can see you now I can feel your pain I can see you now I can feel your pain it's comin' down like rain And I'm so sorry Hold on love I can see you now I can feel your pain I can see you now I can feel your pain it's comin' down like rain I'm so sorry index |
| I Don't Know (© Neil O'Connor) |
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It's hard to live in a factory city Auto metropole of the new kingdom come Where you can look out of the glass, sure And you can, maybe, glimpse the sun But imagination spans further than Fish and chips and beans from a can My father had last night And me? I don't know, I don't know what I want But I want it now I like to dress in rags and silks and things I wanna be someone else With a different name A different game a different taste and smell All my dreams go further than Alpha centauri I write myself into every story Heroes and villains well, They're my friends And me? I don't know, I don't know what I want But I want it now Well the boys around here act really weired They just want to get you tied down They never come to much they never have the touch They never want to leave this town Well I guess I'm lucky I've known a few exceptions Who don't get off on expectations All they need is the here and now And me? I don't know, I don't know what I want But I want it now index |
| If Only (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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What do you do when they turn on the light? You guard your heart, so they steal your sight You reach out in blindness, touch the alone Its icicle fingers chill you to the bone What do you do when the cat gets ya tongue? No way to tell it's all going wrong Mouth out the words on the telephone Nobody answers, nobody's home... What's done has been done, and I won't be the one Who despairs in the wheelchair, resigned to "If only" No, I'll stand up again and I'll run I'll jump up till I touch the sun Because I won't be the one to be bound By the sound of "If only, if only, if only" Well, I reach out in blindness now, but what do I care? I'll walk into walls and I'll stumble downstairs I'll laugh like a fishwife, I'll cry like a clown Up is the only way to go when you're down When I reach a mountain top, then I start to climb I'll walk on the water, I'll turn water to wine Hope is the one thing we got on our side Hope can be salvaged when all else has died What's done has been done, and I won't be the one Who despairs in the wheelchair, resigned to "If only" No, I'll stand up again and I'll run I'll jump up till I touch the sun Because I won't be the one to be bound By the sound of "If only, if only, if only" What's done has been done, and I won't be the one Who despairs in the wheelchair, resigned to "If only" No, I'll stand up again and I'll run I'll jump up till I touch the sun Because I won't be the one to be bound By the sound of "If only, if only, if only" index |
| Just Good Friends (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Manchester morning, Picadilly calling I ask myself what is it to be free Free from sorrow, love's tomorrow Oh if I had a key how different it could be. We didn't have much money then But we were brave, we'd take each day And danger with a smile Well we couldn't see finality in our golden mile. And now we're just good friends Ooh and friends are things that ought to last forever Yeah we're just good friends But I don't see you no more You don't even call What kind of strange friendship is this One xxxxx evening when you'd were leaving Fly fly away my bird, fly off to find your son Soon come tomorrow, soon come the sorrow If you'd just stay for once, how different it would go I thought I saw you at the station today So you panicked and run, oh run you silly boy Run away, like the bird that got stuck in the skylight He can see it but he'll never reach the sky And now we're just good friends Ooh and friends are things that ought to last forever Yeah we're just good friends But I don't see you no more You don't even call What kind of strange friendship is this We used to be so different you and me We were lovers, and that's a fact And now I see, there's distance between you and me And I can't seem to face the fact Now that we're just good friends Ooh and friends are things that Ought to last forever Yeah we're just good friends But I don't see you no more You don't even call What kind of strange friendship is this index |
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| Let There Be Music (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Well the years go past far to fast for me and my heart grows cold, too cold, so cold to see and the old man waits at the door and the child inside calls out there must be more Let there be music, dancing, music flight of fancy, music and dancing with your heart let there be real life let there be real life let there be real emotion let there be real life let there be real... Light, that light, dog gone, gone left your sight oh love them bright light, city lights, got'ya sitting pretty what you gonna do tonight when you burned out, beaten and torn let the child inside call out there must be more Let there be music, dancing, music flight of fancy, music and dancing with your heart let there be real life let there be real life let there be real emotion let there be real life let there be real... Why must this life be so insecure why must hide people hide behind close doors I am gonna change it today gonna open the door and I'm on my way gonna change it (real life) gonna change it (real emotion) see this girl she's on her way she gonna open the doors starting today Let there be music, dancing, music flight of fancy, music and dancing with your heart let there be real life let there be real life let there be real emotion let there be real life let there be real... index |
| Lovable (© Hazel O'Connor, Cormac De Barra, Fionán de Barra) |
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Isn't it good when you Finally meet one who Brightens your world With their view Maybe there's hope for me Stop watching junk tv I'm born again Human being Many lives I've lived before Many kinds of armour There's many loves And many hurts They make my heart grow harder But you make me feel Like I was lovable You make feel Like I was the only woman in the whole wide world And it was beautiful You make me feel Like I was the only woman in the whole wide world Come in and keep me warm Shelter me from the storm Billy will sing us a song Then maybe we could dance Take us a tiny chance See we have a romance Many times I've blown my moments Moments heaven sent With many tries And many fails I thought my strength was spent Then you make me feel Like I was lovable You make feel Like I was the only woman in the whole wide world And it was beautiful You make me feel Like I was the only woman in the whole wide world Theres many live's I've lived before There's many kinds of harm here There's many hopes And many dreams They make your heart grow stronger And you make me feel Like I was lovable You make feel Like I was the only woman in the whole wide world And it was beautiful You make me feel Like I was the only woman in the whole wide world You made me feel Like I was lovable Like I was the only woman in the whole wide world And it was beautiful You make me feel Like I was the only woman in the whole wide world index |
| Meantime (© Hazel O'Connor / Gerard Kiely) |
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Here comes my friend Michael, grin written over his face Walking with a kind of a swagger, walking with a kind of a grace He talks the talk, he tries to walk the walk He makes you laugh, he makes you really mad, He'll lick you with an acid tongue Make you feel he's right, when you know he's wrong He says life's a bitch and then you die, and then you die But in the meantime, maybe in the meantime, he keep on smiling In the meantime, maybe in the meantime like Michael says it's Mardi Gras I don't think that life's like that, choice of word is bad Maybe it's a kind of a lesson, maybe it's a sort of a map We talk the talk, we try to walk the walk It makes you laugh, and makes you feel like you've been had and maybe we will live many lives Keep coming back 'til we realize it's in our hands We choose to do wrong or do right But in the meantime, maybe in the meantime, he keep on smiling In the meantime, maybe in the meantime like Michael says it's Mardi Gras The sun comes up and the sun comes down, in the meantime and the world keeps turning and we're living and learning In the meantime and I think of you and wonder what you're doing, in the meantime Do you think of me and what there could have been in the meantime Here comes my friend Michael, grin written over his face Walking with a kind of a swagger, walking with a sort of a grace Lick you with an acid tongue Make you feel he's right, when you know he's wrong He makes you laugh, he makes you really mad. But in the meantime, maybe in the meantime, he keep on smiling In the meantime, maybe in the meantime like Michael says it's mardi gras index |
| Men of Good Fortune (Words & Music: © Lou Reed) |
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Men of good fortune Often cause empires to fall While men of poor beginnings Often can't do anything at all The rich son waits for his father to die While the poor just sit there and cry And me ... ah ... I just don't care at all Men of good fortune Very often can't do a thing While men of poor beginnings Often can't do anything At heart they try to act like a man Handle things the best way they can They have no rich daddy to fall back on Men of good fortune Men of poor beginnings Men of good fortune Men of poor beginnings Men of good fortune Often cause empires to fall While men of poor beginnings Often can't do anything at all It takes money to make money they say But look at the Fords, hey didn't they start that way Anyway ... ha ... It makes no difference to me Men of good fortune Men of poor beginnings [Repeat to Fade] index |
| Monsters in Disguise (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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What kind of things are you that deliver papers White papers that you say apply to me Reams of rules constructed for protection Protection for yourselves, but not for me You hide behind your walls of bureaucracy I find that you've nothing to do with me You're all aliens I opened up my eyes, and saw to my surprise Monsters in disguise, wearing bowler hats and old school ties Today you went out to inspect your servants I saw you wave and rave from my T.V. You promised soon that they would have a paper Give them the right to kill quite legally So you hide in your palace of bureaucracy I hope that you never come terminate me You're all aliens I opened up my eyes, and saw to my surprise Monsters in disguise, wearing bowler hats and old school ties I opened up my eyes, and saw to my surprise Monsters in disguise, wearing bowler hats and old school ties a-I opened up my eyes, and saw to my surprise Monsters in disguise, wearing bowler hats and old school ties a-I opened up my eyes, and saw to my surprise Monsters in disguise, wearing bowler hats and old school ties index |
| My Friend Jack (© Hazel O'Connor / A. Karner) |
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How many roads had I gone, I got to Feeling like I can't go on and on Lord it seems, it gets so lonesome when You're following dreams And why was I on that road, where The angels fear, like a fool I chose To give a stranger a ride in the night, He said, "heh listen here darling, I'll Open your eyes" I've been up to the bottom, and down to the top Better not give up until you drop. There's a time to live, there's a time to die My friend Jack said, he'd tell me why. You see Jack was a guy back in Vietnam, He had a key to survival, to dream of a better time, And boy, joy is a thing of the past You gotta believe in the future or you won't last Oh I believe, I believe in love Oh I believe in the lord above Oh I believe in a better life for You and me and you Well, the next day he was gone, was he dead Or had he up and run, And talk with him all his hopes and his dreams Me I was left with my nightmares and screams I've been up to the bottom, and down to the top Better not give up until you drop. There's a time to live, there's a time to die My friend Jack said, he'd tell me why. Well I made it back from that bloody war, My future what had it all been for No heroes welcome and my woman had left. See my name is Jack in case you hadn't guess Oh I believe, I believe in love Oh I believe in the lord above Oh I believe in a better life for You and me and you So little lady when your feeling lost Remember old Jack, remember the cost So you got no shoes and you wail and weep But remember there's a guy who ain't got no feet index |
| My World (Upside Down) (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Memories of days as we walked on green hillsides Scents of summer were high We lay down so pleased with ourselves in the long grass Eyes full of love, life's full of passion, passion for love Passion for power, passion turned sour And now I sit biding my time Don't ask me why I've no tears to cry 'Cos they've turned my world upside down Yes they've turned my world upside down And we'll never see those green hills again Check out the air today, switch on the radio I'm bored and I wish I were home Lay down beside me, oh hold me, enfold me Hold me I'm scared, so scared of dying Dying and...dying oh heavens above And now I sit biding my time Don't ask me why I've no tears to cry 'Cos they've turned my world upside down Yes they've turned my world upside down And we'll never see those green hills again I'm afraid,god I'm afraid Afraid of this monster The future we made Dark closes in, there's no air to breathe Lord what I wouldn't give for one moment to really live index |
| Mystifies (© Hazel O'Connor / Neil O'Connor) |
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I want to see inside the situation I want to paint some backdrop for my own inspiration I want to seen to have been to have dreamed to my highest aspiration and I'm going there, how long it takes I don't care, I've got patience I stepped inside I tried to see A life without when in could be I won't give up I know you see But what makes you think I believe that You got somethin' i need You got somethin' i need And if it mystifies you Where's your soul? Where's your soul? Well you talk so much in double Dutch It scares you that you change it such is life and you know I care of course I care, But I won't wear the trappings of a wife and when you think you know the music's dead it'll still be going round, and round your head And your pride and your pride and your pride, It's cold comforts in your bed I stepped inside I tried to see A life without when in could be I won't give up I know you see But what makes you think I believe that You got somethin' I need You got somethin' I need And if it mystifies you Where's your soul? And if it mystifies you Where's your soul? Where's your soul? Come on and give me your soul I want your soul Where's your soul? index |
| Na Na Na (© Hazel O'Connor / Gerard Kiely) |
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Your script it was perfect, perfect seduction line, lines like I will back you up - up to when I needed you I really believed in you It hurt when you had no time, no time to spare for me and me I've been there before. Done it, got the t-shirt, read the book and seen the movie Na na na na na na, don't need this no more Na na na na na na, I could change the score Na na na na na na, don't need this no more Na na na na na na, I could change my thoughts And the past has no power, no power over me, 'Cause I'm changing 'Cause I'm willing to - willing to learn and I am willing to be free Na na na na na na, don't need this no more Na na na na na na, I could change the score Na na na na na na, don't need this no more Na na na na na na, I could change my thoughts Like I'm thrilled to find I am going through this great adventure 'cause this time I know I will never have to go through The same experience again Words come cheap and easy, it ain't what you say it's what you do that Matters, and it matters that I have been deceived, deceived and I have the strength to forgive you when I leave Na na na na na na, don't need this no more Na na na na na na, I could change the score Na na na na na na, don't need this no more Na na na na na na, I could change my thoughts Like I'm thrilled to find I am going through this great adventure 'cause this time I know I will never have to go through The same experience......again index |
| Never Thought (© Hazel O'Connor / Neil O'Connor) |
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See the flames they glow over the sky line See how far they shine Feel this heat it grows Feel this heat it shows Never thought that this could happen here Never never not this way Never thought that this could happen here Never never not today Hear the news, a whole nation is rising Hear one voice they cry Time to stand, stand up Time to change the tide Hold me close, close, close your mind Hold me close, don't go outside Please don't go out tonight Please don't go out Please don't go out tonight Please don't go out index |
| No Woman No Cry (©Bob Marley) |
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No woman, no cry, No woman, no cry, No woman, no cry, No woman, no cry. Said said Said I remember when we used to sit In the government yard in Trenchtown Oba, ob-serving the hypocrites As they would mingle with the good people we meet Good friends we've had, oh good friends we've lost along the way In this bright future you can't forget your past So dry your tears I say, and No woman, no cry No woman, no cry Little darling, don't she'd no tears No woman, no cry Said, said, said I remember when we used to sit In the government yard in Trenchtown And then Georgie would make the fire light As it was Log wood burnin' through the night Then we would cook corn meal porridge Of which I'll share with you My feet is my only carriage So I've got to push on through But while I'm gone i mean Everything's gonna be alright Ev'rything's gonna be alright Ev'rything's gonna be alright Ev'rything's gonna be alright Ev'rything's gonna be alright Ev'rything's gonna be alright Ev'rything's gonna be alright Ev'rything's gonna be alright So woman, no cry No, no woman, no woman, no cry Oh my little sister, don't she'd no tears No woman, no cry In the government yard in Trenchtown And then Georgie would make the fire light As it was, love would burn on through the night Then we would cook cornmeal porridge Of which I'll share with you My fear is my only courage So I've got to push on thru Oh, while I'm gone No woman no cry, no woman no cry Oh, my little darlin' (I) said Don't she'd no tears No woman no cry, No woman no cry Little darlin', don't she'd no tears No woman no cry Little sister, don't she'd no tears No woman no cry index |
| Not for You (Words & Music: © Hazel O'Connor) |
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Don't promise you'll never leave me Cos, that would be a lie We don't perceive the change of time Tomorrow's the throw of the dice Believe me I have tried for you As much as I could But I wouldn't (couldn't) I wouldn't (I wouldn't) I couldn't (couldn't) I wouldn't (I wouldn't) I couldn't give up my freedom Not for you, or for anyone else (for you) I guess I've lived alone too long To make this compromise I know that this is hurting you I've seen that look in your eyes Oh, write me off as just another one Who couldn't live up to your ideals Cos I couldn't (couldn't) I wouldn't (I wouldn't) I couldn't (couldn't) I wouldn't (I wouldn't) I couldn't give up my freedom Not for you, or for anyone else (for you) So take a walk - (talk talk talk) So take a walk - (talk talk talk) So take a walk - (talk talk talk) To take a walk - blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Don't promise you'll never leave me Cos, that would be a gross lie We don't perceive the change of time Tomorrow's the throw of the dice Oh write me off as just another one Who couldn't live up to your ideals Cos I wouldn't (couldn't) I wouldn't (I wouldn't) I couldn't (couldn't) I wouldn't (I wouldn't) I couldn't give up my freedom Not for you (not for you) I couldn't give up my freedom Not for you, (or for anyone else) I couldn't give up my freedom Not for you index |
| One More Try (© George Michael) |
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I've had enough of danger And people on the streets I'm looking out for angels Just trying to find some peace Now I think it's time That you let me know So if you love me Say you love me But if you don't just let me go... 'Cos teacher There are things that I don't want to learn And the last one I had Made me cry So I don't want to learn to Hold you, touch you Think that you're mine Because it ain't no joy For an uptown boy Whose teacher has told him goodbye, goodbye, goodbye When you were just a stranger And I was at your feet I didn't feel the danger Now I feel the heat That look in your eyes Telling me no So you think that you love me Know that you need me I wrote the song, I know it's wrong Just let me go... And teacher There are things That I don't want to learn Oh the last one I had Made me cry So I don't want to learn to Hold you, touch you Think that you're mine Because it ain't no joy For an uptown boy Whose teacher has told him goodbye, goodbye, goodbye So when you say that you need me That you'll never leave me I know you're wrong, you're not that strong Let me go And teacher There are things That I still have to learn But the one thing I have is my pride Oh so I don't want to Hold you, touch you Think that you're mine Because there ain't no joy For an uptown boy Who just isn't willing to try I'm so cold Inside Maybe just one more try... index |
| Over You (© Hazel O'Connor / A. Karner) |
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Did you think it's easy to leave me I dare you baby you try 'cause if that's your fun, this game of hit and run I ain't gonna waste my life crying Over you, over you I ain't gonna waste my life crying over you Well my mamma earth she said, heh I've seen love, I've seen hate, I've seen anger and pain and they stripped my body for all that it's worth, but ain't gonna waste my life crying Over you, over you I ain't gonna waste my life crying over you The Moral of the story is she tattered and torn Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned index |
| Perfect Days (© Hazel O'Connor / Diane Charlemayne) |
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Look out over the ocean See what you can see Another land, another people Essentially like you and me And all these lives had their moments Been the buildings blocks of change Recognise each circumstance We're family not a bloody race Get ready cause Here come the time Here come the place Here come the moment Here come the perfect days Each and every creature Has it's true and rightful place We are not the overlords We are links upon the chain And each and every creature Treasures in their heyday Nobody can overlord We're sharing, there's a world And there's the space Get ready cause Here come the time Here come the place Here come the moment Here come the perfect days Get ready Here come the time Here come the place Here come the moment Here come the perfect days Get ready Now if you've travelled far And if you've travelled worldwide And you get to speak another lingo Then you online, your online oh yeah They say knowledge It is power Not to be abused Use it for a little understanding Gotta use that God given tool Get ready cause Here come the time Here come the place Here come the moment Here come the perfect days Get ready Here come the time Here come the place Here come the moment Here come the perfect days Get ready Get ready Get ready Here come the time index |
| Prayer (© Hazel O'Connor / Gerard Kiely) |
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O lord can you hear me I have fallen hard on this road I have overspent my strength, Put my faith in all the wrong places O lord could you lend me a hand O lord would you lend me a hand? And maybe steer me through So I can find my way back to you and help me lose my prejudice and maybe I can learn to forgive I am such a foolish one I forgot to call on you so long I got caught up, I got bought up by illusion of this material world O lord could you give this girl a hand O lord could you give me your hand? And maybe steer me through So I can find my way back to you and help me lose my prejudice and maybe I can learn to forgive O lord would you lend me a hand? O lord would you lend me a hand? O lord would you lend me a hand? O lord would you lend me a hand? O lord would you lend me a hand? Would you please help me, Would you please help me Would you please help me, Would you please, Could you please, Could you please? index |
| Private War (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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If I were to tell you - I was leaving, really leaving this time If I were to say hey, see me walk out of your door Would you believe me, would you tell me you still need me Oh come on - cause this time I've gone for sure - and there must be more All we need is the time to breathe and the time is running short There must be more - there must be more - there must be more Well let me tell you baby You and me survive it seems just to fight our private war There must be more - there must be more - there must be more Dressed in all your layers, I lost sight of just who you really are Dull are the feelings that once sent us reeling Was it a thing called love? All seems so far now, you give more reciprocation to your shiny motor car Well I've gone for sure - and there must be more hey All we need is the time to breathe and the time is running short There must be more - there must be more - there must be more Well let me tell you baby You and me survive it seems just to fight our private war There must be more there must be more - there must be more You never ask for much, you only ask for my money I would get close to you if you could let me through Let me through index |
| Push And Shove (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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| Reach (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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I've been waiting here so long for this train I nearly left the station time and time again I could change my plans I could go another way Or I could just have lived my life for this day (and I'm singing) Reach, reach oh I'm reaching out (this time) I, I, I, I, I'm fighting back (for what is mine) I'm reaching out, I'm fighting on and on and on See I got a place to go to this time And the train and me we're leaving all these bad things behind I've been around I've seen every kind of hell hole and town, now I'm on my way home Reach, reach oh I'm reaching out (this time) I, I, I, I, I'm fighting back (for what is mine) I'm reaching out, I'm fighting on and on and on Unification, liberation Unification, reciprocation I would have done this a long time before But I wasn't sure, I wasn't sure of your reciprocation I said forget what the body said and search the very heart of it and you too, come in from the cold Reach, reach oh I'm reaching out (this time) I, I, I, I, I'm fighting back (for what is mine) I'm reaching out, I'm fighting on and on and on index |
| Reason (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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There is the house that we build on dreams and crazy schemes There is the fireside, we'd sit and talk, in peace and warm There is the room where we made our love, we made a child There is the hospital where baby left and reason died All of these memories, haunting me I need to find a new way to be I need a new reason I'm searching for something to have and hold Something with meaning I need a new reason, I need a new goal There is the kitchen where we smashed our cups, smashed our love There is the road where I'd run away when I'd had enough All of these memories, haunting me I need to find a new way to be I need a new reason I'm searching for something to have and hold Something with meaning I need a new reason, I need a new goal There is the house where I'd arrive all dead inside Where is the man who made me feel so alive index |
| Rebecca (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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A top flat in bayswater, Rebecca would be doing my hair We had so much fun she sang all of the words to my song as it played on the player She'd give me her bed for the night, she would feed me and clothe me and such I'd laugh and say, when the light hits that way you remind me of Shirley Maclaine When will I see you again When will we sing silly harmonies into the night? I try and try but I can't help missing you I wonder where you are now We had us a dream back then, when we got back the things that were stole We'd have an old fashioned party, an orchestra, long gowns And we'd be the belles of the ball And we'd dance to the emperor's waltz, beacuse that was her favourite song I'd laugh and say, when the light hits that way you remind me of Shirley Maclaine When will I see you again When will we sing silly harmonies into the night? I try and try but I can't help missing you I wonder where you are now Are you an angel, have you been reborn? Did you find your buddha, was it worth all the toil? I write this 'cause I miss you and there's nothing more I can do When will I see you again When will we sing silly harmonies into the night? I try and try but I can't help missing you I wonder where you are now Now the top flat is empty, but our rare old times call from the walls And I hope that wherever you are you're alright And I'll still have our ball And we'll dance to the emperor's waltz because that was your favourite tune I'd laugh and say, when the light hits that way You remind me of Shirley Maclaine When will I see you again When will we sing silly harmonies into the night? I try and try but I can't help missing you I wonder where you are now. index |
| Refugees Of Love (© Hazel O'Connor / P. Barrett) |
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How could this begin Someone held a gun took aim and fired Thought he would win But no one ever did We've all been here before Exhausted by the rage we hold within Lonely and torn O weary soul go home War is over now We lay down our arms To find the long way home War is never won So who are we fighting for We're refugees of love How am I to tell Were all battles waged in the name of love I know you too well Your weapons and your hell They've all been used before There's nothing new to damage or score You know me I'm sure And I want peace once more War is over now We lay down our arms To find the long way home War is never won So who are we fighting for We're refugees of love We'll find some hope again When we can share the blame Enjoy that peace again When living as one War is over now We lay down our arms To find the long way home War is never won So who are we fighting for We're refugees of love How did this begin? index |
| Reinvention (© Hazel O'Connor / A. Karner) |
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I've seen people walking, sleeping, talking, chalking up the scorchings of their amores They're moving, grooving, crusing for a bruising, winning, losing and I'm singing the blues encore Cause there's something inside of me I left behind and there's something inside of me I just, I just got to find It's reinvention re-i-n-v-e-n-t-i-o-n (I'll say it again) It's reinvention re-i-n-v-e-n-t-i-o-n At times I have been needing, I've been feeding on a meeting, with them people who are cheating with a smile. And they do their best to let me see heh every dog can have this day and I'm singing the blues with style because there's something inside of me it's ready to explode and there's something inside of me I know, just got to grow It's reinvention re-i-n-v-e-n-t-i-o-n (I'll say it again) It's reinvention re-i-n-v-e-n-t-i-o-n I searched the whole world over look and never find but lately I have realised that all I saw with my two eyes ain't nothing, nothing It's reinvention re-i-n-v-e-n-t-i-o-n (I'll say it again) It's reinvention re-i-n-v-e-n-t-i-o-n index |
| Runaway (Words & Music: © Hazel O'Connor) |
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You hate yourself, so you hate everybody else People can make you feel small Small is a size when age just won't rise fast enough So you wait for the day, to be up get away Run run as fast as you can Over and Over and Over the hill far away [CHORUS:] Runaway Is there something you're trying to say Runaway Please come home one day Runaway Is there something you're trying to say Over and over and over and over again I remember the day in a grey misty way When we boarded the boat to the hook I was sick to the sea that was beckoning me to it's end In the light of the dawn, feeling ragged and worn I pointed my thumb to the sky Over and over and over that road again [CHORUS] Now in the light of experience There's something I want to say Now in the light of experience There's nowhere to run to If from yourself you're really running away [CHORUS 2x] Runaway! index |
| She Moves Through The Fair (Traditional) |
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My young love said to me my mother won't mind And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind As he stepped away from me this she did say - it will not be long love Till our wedding day And she stepped away from me and she moved thru the fair And fondly I watched her go here and go there She went her way homeward with one star awake As the swan in the evening moves over the lake And the people that no two were wed That one has a sorrow that never was said And I watched as she went with her goods and her gear And that was the last time that I saw my dear I dreamt it last night that my dead love came in So softly she moved, her feet made no dir She came close beside me and this she din say It will not be long love till our wedding day index |
| Sing Out Sister (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Well, I'm sitting here wondering what can I do. I tell you I'm half crazy just thinkin' about you. Where can you be babe, I need you so bad say, I need your love, like I never had Oh what can I do, heh I'm feeling blue heh I wanna sing, sing, sing out sister sing, sing, sing out sister sing, sing, sing out sister sing, sing, sing out sister See the little girl she be on her way she gonna make it in the U.S. of A. and she gonna get her a great big car she gonna ride that baby, ride that bay very far Oh what can I do, heh I'm feeling blue heh I wanna sing, sing, sing out sister sing, sing, sing out sister sing, sing, sing out sister sing, sing, sing out sister index |
| Skibbereen (Trad. arr. Hazel O`Connor) |
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Oh father dear I often hear you speak of Erin's Isle Her lofty scenes, her valley's green, her mountains rude and wild They say it is a lovely land wherein a prince might dwell Oh why did you abandon it the reason to me tell Oh well do I remember that bleak december day The landlord and the sheriff came to drive us all away He set my roof on fire, when my rent I could not find And that's the cruel reason that I left it all behind Your mother too, god rest her soul, she fell on snowy ground She could not raise her body, seeing desolation around She never rose but slipped away from life to mortal dream And found a quiet grave my boy in dear old skibbereen And you were only two years old and feeble was your frame I could not leave you with my friends, you bore your father's name I wrapped you in my cottamore, in the dead of night unseen I heaved a sigh, and bade goodbye to dear old skibbereen Oh father the day may come in answer to the call Each irishmen with feeling stern will rally one and all I'll be the man to lead the van beneath our flag of green And loud and high we'll raise a cry remember skibereen index |
| Smile (© Hazel O'Connor / Neil O'Connor) |
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I swim across A sea of broken dreams I know that scene drownin's as easy as it seems Yeah I know, I smile and let it go I smile and let it go I smile across I try and dance again Feelin' the heat Feelin' the beat Do you dance? I don't know I smile and it won't show I smile and it won't show I smile when that mother chats me up to bring me down I smile when you take me higher just to drop me to the ground I smile Because I understand I smile because I know And would you up and lead me on the floor Dancing alone swing through the crowd Swing to the shore Even though, I smile and then I go I smile and then I go Turn turn again get up ***** see just find your feet just find the right beat to *************** I smile and let it go I smile when that mother chats me up to bring me down I smile when you take me higher just to drop me to the ground I smile Because I understand index |
| So You're Born (Words & Music: © Hazel O'Connor) |
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So you're born, so you're torn From a place that's safe and warm I took a journey to see a world And you're born And you're torn So you're pulled from pillar to post And you're told it's best to be the one who knows the most Yet the more I know, I know nothing Nothing at all Yeh, you're born I met a man, who sung a song And the know-it-intellects said each note was wrong It made me happy, that's enough So why did they give that man a rough time Born Torn I have no memory for what I do It's just a feeling, that I give to you Yeh, the more I know, I know nothing Nothing at all Yeh, and you're born I met a man who sailed to sea Told me everything in this world is free He said faith, mark you, is all you need To believe is also to bleed You're born Yeh and you're torn So you're born And you're born, and you're torn And you're born, and you're torn So you're born, so you're torn From a place that's safe and warm Took a journey to see a world So you're born index |
| Something (© Hazel O'Connor / Gerard Kiely) |
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Bonded in this motion of moving in time Feeling of intention, heart beating on mine Turning even closer letting the world fade away I am lost in this very moment, lost in this state of grace Feel it with my body Feel it with my soul Feel it with my heart and in my mind I don't know It's coming like a rumour, hear it in my head Coming like a rumour, coming calling through the air Feel it with my body Feel it with my soul Feel it with my heart and in my mind I don't know I think it's something to do with us, I think it's something to do with everything and everybody and the universe I think it's something to do with love Burning with emotion, now you're stroking my face I am holding onto caution, the hour is late Dancing nearly over, where do we take it from here? I am needing some indication, whisper it softly in my ear Say it to my body Say it tomy soul Say it to my heart Say it to my mind so I'll know Say it like a lover, say it in the tone Calling like a lover, coming calling through on the phone I think it's something to do with us, I think it's something to do with everything and everybody and the universe I think it's something to do with love Feel it with my body Feel it with my soul Feel it with my heart And in my mind I don't know It's something like a rumour, hear it in my head Coming like a rumour, coming calling through the air I think it's something to do with us, I think it's something to do with everything and everybody and the universe I think it's something to do with love index |
| Sons And Lovers (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Got to have to make you see There's certain thing and needs to be I need a father must be wild Need you to take me like a child I want to be your wettest dream Tease your body 'till you scream Bite you lick you like ice-cream Scare you dare you be obscene I want to be an animal I want to be a lover I want to be a little girl I want to be a mother How about it brother Do you want a mother Do you want a lover, a lover, a lover like me To be your nurse all that and worse Then be your whore break down the door I'll be patient to the cause Fell the the pulse and then we'll pause And if you're sure I crave for more That's when you come I'll up and run Femme Fatale, then animal, sister, lover, tomboy, brother I want to be an animal I want to be a lover I want to be a little girl I want to be a mother Bounce me upon your knee Place your head below the bedclothes index |
| Spancill Hill (Traditional) |
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One night as he lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by His mind being bent on rambling to lreland he did fly he stepped on a vision and he followed with the wind, when at last he came to anchor at the cross of Spancill Hill. Then on the 23rd of June the day before the fair, When Ireland's sons and daughters and friends assembled there. The young and the old, the brave and the bold cametheir dutie to fulfill At the Parish Church in Clooney a mile from Spancill Hill. He went to see his neighbours to see how they did fare, The old ones were all dead and gone the young ones turning grey. He met with tailor Quigley he's as funny as ever still, Johnny used to patch his britches when he lived in Spancill Hill. He paid a flying visit to his one and only love, She's as gentle as a puppy and as pretty as a doll She threw her arms around me saying, Johnny I love you still, Sure she's Ned the farmer's daughter and the pride of Spancill Hill. He dreamt he held, he kissed her as many a time before, Oh Johnny you're only joking as many a time before. The cock he crowed in the morning he crowed both clear and shrill, He awoke in California many miles from Spancill Hill. index |
| Still Breathing (© Hazel O'Connor / Cormac De Barra) |
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Well did you ever get the feeling you've been here before Well I do! You see a face, you know a place Maybe it's deja-vu You better believe in the freedom You know the next line You better believe in the feeling Time after time I am dreaming Am I dreaming? I dive down into life's ocean I'm riding on the crest of a wave A big momma come a crashin' down on me I spin around, hit the ground, rise again, I spit the sound and say Hey-ho - I'm still breathing Hey-ho - I've survived Hey-ho - I'm still breathing Hey-ho - I'm alive Well did you ever get to wonder about the road that you chose? Well I do! You lose your way, you find your say, you have your day Encore deja-vu You better believe in the reason you do what you do You better believe in the meaning The journey's for you It's for you Are you dreaming? You dive down into life's ocean You're riding on the crest of a wave A big momma come a crashin' down on you You spin around, hit the ground, rise again, you spit the sound and say Hey-ho - I'm still breathing Hey-ho - I've survived Hey-ho - I'm still breathing Hey-ho - I'm alive Hey-ho - I'm still breathing Hey-ho - I've survived Hey-ho - I'm still breathing Hey-ho - I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive index |
| Stranger in a Strange Land (© Hazel O'Connor, KFT) |
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In silent wonder she moves through the crowd Faces, faces - Human racing All spaced out - glancing from the corner of their eyes I need a touch or a smile Cause I'm a stranger in a strange land Give me a smile or a helping hand Cause I'm a stranger in a strange land Give me a smile or a little understanding Cause I'm a stranger in a strange land Sweet, sweet charity starts at home They say - show me, show me a day That the world could change for The better lets do it this way From the heart, from the heart I'd say Cause I'm a stranger in a strange land Give me a smile or a little helping hand Cause I'm a stranger in a strange land Give me a smile or a little understanding Cause I'm a stranger in a strange land I'm a stranger in a stranger land I'm a stranger yeah-yeah Come on, help a stranger I'm a stranger in an even stranger land You gotta give me a hand You gotta give me some understanding You gotta give me a smile in a while I won't be a stranger, hey ma index |
| Strong (© Hazel O'Connor, Gavin Barrett) |
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Somebody told me Your spirit had gone Worn down by a cynical world Had it stolen your clothes Somebody told me you know, you know If it don't kill you it'll make you strong And I wish I was close I would wrap my lovin' arms around you But I’m not and all I’ve got Are my platitudes, songs and the Hopes that you'll make it through Somebody told me you know Don’t you know If it don't kill you it'll make you strong If it don't kill you it'll make you strong I tried to remember Was such a long time ago When we were forever You said we'd always gone on Being stronger and stronger And strong Stronger and strong Somebody told me Your spirit had gone But I don't believe it's true Cause it was you Who said the spirit goes on and on and on Somebody told me it was you - you know If it don’t kill you it'll make you strong Yeah yeah it will make you so strong It will make you so strong You'll be stronger than strong index |
| Summertime (© George Gershwin) |
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Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Your daddy's rich And your mamma's good lookin' So hush little baby Don't you cry One of these mornings You're going to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take to the sky But till that morning There's a'nothing can harm you With daddy and mamma standing by Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Your daddy's rich And your mamma's good lookin' So hush little baby Don't you cry index |
| Take a Ride (© Hazel O'Connor / Gerard Kiely) |
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I'm flying over mountains in my head I am riding through the eye of the storm Yeah, I could fly, fly right out of the comfort zone or maybe I could take a ride, right on through the eye of the storm I think I'll take a ride, take a ride and not think about it Make a move, make a move in the right direction on a wing and a prayer, with the help, with the help of all of my friends I think I'll just feel the fear and do it, do it just feel the fear and do it, do it anyway Take a vibe, take a vibe and turn it into good things Make a change, make a change from buzzing in the backroom Won't worry if I fall I sing a song, sing a song to lift me up yeah Just feel the fear and do it do it Just feel the fear and do it do it anyway Take a chance, take a chance on this could be the right time Make a dream, make a dream you can make it come true babe All we gotta do is beileve all we need, all we need and we shall receive Just feel the fear and do it, do it, Just feel the fear and do it, do it anyway If I believe I can fly - then I can and if I want to take a ride then I shall index |
| Tell Me A Story (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Grey skies, up above Smokey London ain't you got any love Empty faces, they don't care Nobody gives too much cos nobody dare Nobody dare ah ha, Nobody dare ah ha Sunshine comes out it seems Brings to life light shattered dreams Hopes and fears of all the years Are met inside of these glistening tears Oh the tears ah ha of the years ah ha And you, I'm reaching for you to Just tell me a story now I listen to you I've been lonely too Just a story to crack the ice I listen to you, I've been lonely too I've seen scars all over the place I've seen people who just couldn't keep up the pace I've seen a man shot down dead I've seen just another story Everybody read in the news today ah ha In the news today ah ha You, I'm reaching for you to Just tell me a story now I listen to you I've been lonely too Just a story to crack the ice I listen to you, I've been lonely too I remember long before So called friends came through that door I remember but where are those friends now You, I'm reaching for you to Just tell me a story now I listen to you I've been lonely too Just a story to crack the ice I listen to you, I've been lonely too index |
| Tell Me Why (© Hazel O'Connor / Major Black) |
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Tell me why, why, why when a man wants a woman does he give her his best, does he try to impress all the things he will do for her, why, when that man gets that woman, does he tend to neglect her, does he tend to forget all the things, all the things that he said to get her all the promises that he made, gonna lose what he gained, cause the... Time has come for things to change gotta change Tell me why, why, why when a woman wants a man does she give him her best, does she try to impress all the things she will do for her, why, when that woman gets that man, does she give him her heart, does she then fall apart when he's late start to hate, all those lonely nights alone when the loving feelings have gone when his home's not a home, when the... Time has come for things to change gotta change And why does a woman, why does a man turn something special into a battle ground When they both know what they're fighting is just a losing battle against the power of love which nobody ever wins Tell me why, why, why when a man loves a woman why can't he change, just rearrange all the things that does to hurt her why when that woman gets that man, why can't she forgive him, cause, the... Time has come for things to change gotta change index |
| That's Life (Words & Music: © Hazel O'Connor) |
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Sometimes I find it so hard to understand We had some laughs together Together we tried to change hand in hand But now it's come to this, for now goodbye And I must love you and leave you And you must love me and leave me And I must love you and leave you But if ... [CHORUS:] If I had another chance I would have the same romance With life and you The lands we travelled through If I had my time again I'd change it not another way With you and life The happiness and the knife That's life (life) That's life (life) That's life (life, life, life) A penny for your thoughts right now Hey, I think I know It's sad but I'll not let you see One single tear when it's time for you to go Hey we can say our goodbyes with a smile And I must love you and leave you And you must love me and leave me And I must love you and leave you But if ... [CHORUS] And I must love you and leave you And you must love me and leave me And I must love you and leave you But if ... if ... [CHORUS 2x] index |
| The Hour Before The Dawn (© Hazel O'Connor, KFT) |
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Be gone! So you packed your bags and you're on the run You're on the run from your mama Did you think you'll find your very own piece of life This road you choose it's too unkind The hour before the dawn will be your darkest you'll see The hour before the dawn and you'll be missing me Cause the bed is made, the price it's paid But don't come back, mama don't wait And I wish for you all the fun and things In time you'll justify your reasons Myself I guess I'll pick myself up and yes Forgive but not forget your treason The hour before the dawn has been the longest for me The hour before the dawn and you'll be missing me Be gone! and me I must carry on with my life Cos I'm not a mama, no I'm not a wife Oh, I am a person who thinks, feels and breathes And no it is I Be gone! and me I must carry on with my life Cos I'm not a mama, no I'm not a wife Oh, I am a person who thinks, feels and breathes And no it is I - who'll leave So you packed your bags and you're out for fun And you're on the run from your mama Did you think you'll find your very own piece of mindless road you chose It's too unkind The hour before the dawn will be the darkest you'll see The hour before the dawn and you'll be missing me Be gone! and me I must carry on with my life Cos I'm not a mama and I'm not your wife Oh, I am a person who thinks, feels and breathes And no it is I Be gone! and me I must carry on with my life Oh, I'm not your mama, no I'm not your wife Oh, I am a person who thinks, feels and breathes And no it is I - who'll leave Be gone! cos I'm not your mama Be gone! oh, I'm not your wife Be gone! cos I'm not your mama Be gone! oh, I'm not your wife Be gone! I'm not your mama index |
| The Man I Love (© G. & I. Gerschwin) |
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Someday he'll come along, the man I love. And he'll be big and strong, the man I love. And when he comes my way, I'll do my best to make him stay. He'll look at me and smile, I'll understand. And in a little while, he'll take my hand. And though it seems absurd, I know we both won't say a word. Maybe I shall meet him Sunday, maybe Monday, maybe not. Still I'm sure to meet him one day, Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day. He'll build a little home, just meant for two, From which I'll never roam, who would, would you? And so all else above, I'm waiting for the man I love. He'll build a little home, just meant for two. From which I'll never roam, who would, would you? And so all else above, I'm waiting for the man I love. index |
| Thinkin' About You (© Hazel O'Connor / Cormac De Barra) |
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I think about you, When I could be scrubbin` floors, or plottin` a bank robbery, Do you think of me? and sometimes, When I`m feelin` like a lost child, I imagine you are holdin` me, Your breath on me. Ten thousand miles from home, Ten thousand from you. Yeah Venice beach is fine, but I'd rather spent time with you and I, I'm walkin` in sunshine, I'm talkin` with you in my mind, Wish you were here, with me And we`d be walkin` in sunshine, We'd be talkin` bout life and times, We'd be walkin` in rhythm and rhyme, and the sky is clear and blue, And I'm thinkin` bout you. And I trust what`s mine, Will come to me in time, And I will be ready, I'll be steady, I'll be go go go, And this I know, There ain't no way to push the river faster than it`s meant to go, no no Ten thousand miles I`ve gone, Ten thousand to L.A and if I wrote to you here are the things I`d say That I`m, I`m walkin` in sunshine, I`m talkin` with you in my mind, Wish you were here, with me And we`d be walkin` in sunshine, We`d be talkin` bout life and times, We`d be walkin` in rhythm and rhyme, and the sky is clear and blue, Yeah I`m thinkin` bout you. Then stay in touch, Stay in touch..... (repeat) And I, I`m walkin` in sunshine, I`m talkin` with you in my mind, Wish you were here, with me And we`d be walkin` in sunshine, We`d be talkin` bout life and times, We`d be walkin` in rhythm and rhyme, and I, I been walkin` in sunshine, I been talkin` with you in my mind, I wish that you were here, and we We`d be walkin` in sunshine, We`d be talkin` bout life and times, We`d be talkin` in rhythm and rhyme, and the sky is clear and blue, and I`m thinkin` bout you. and I`m feelin` blue... Thinkin` bout you... index |
| This Could Be (© Hazel O'Connor / A. Karner) |
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There you go, make like the world owes you a living again what do you know, I have done for you the best that anyone could do... times have been hard, yeah I know, and the knocks destroy your very soul you should stop, turn around and start again o come on! This could be, the very best that ever happened to you, happened to me This could be, the very best that ever happened to you, happened to me And you talk to me, you talk to me in words of love there you go... and you're dreaming of your future, but your holding on, holding on to your past stuff, let it go... Come on over here and hold me tight we got the power babe to change our lives we gotta stop, turn around and start again oh come on! This could be, the very best that ever happened to you, happened to me This could be, the very best that ever happened to you, happened to me And I wanna feel love and I wanna breath love and I wanna seethe with love and I wanna be in, be in love oh come on! index |
| Those Eyes (© Hazel O'Connor / A. Karner) |
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There have been eyes, have mystified me, have blinded me, those eyes and there have been arms, have held me tight all through some crazy nights, those arms Nobody was holding me the way that you do nobody could get to met the way that you have been gotten through It's those eyes, I can't get them out of my mind it's your eyes, and they're mine I just wanna tell you, I'm in love with your eyes At times I love you, you've been my best friend I hate when you pretend to me, we're enemies at times did I tell you, I need you, it's like the air that I breathe, and I believe in you, I believe It's those eyes, I can't get them out of my mind it's your eyes, and they're mine I just wanna tell you, I'm in love with your eyes index |
| Time (Ain't On Our Side) (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Wasn't it good the rose coloured glasses Playing our games, taking our chances Time was our friend, seemed to stand still We were immortal that was until We thought we take our fill We'd time to kill The time ran out on us Time - ain't on our side Time - took us for a ride Then time ran out on us How could we see the way that things change Time takes its toll don't stay the same Suddenly now is a long time gone Time is immortal it waits for none It's here and it's gone, the time run out on us Time - ain't on our side Time - took us for a ride Then time ran out on us Oh do you remember the first kiss in a darkened doorway So naive and tender, eyes closed Dreaming away. Do you remember? We were forever, then time ran out on us index |
| Time After Time (© Hazel O'Connor / Major Black) |
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Time after time, I will follow you, I lay myself on the line, I'll always try for you Because you, you are my inspiration you, you are my destination That's why time after time I choose you Night after night, I have dreamed of you I see your smile, see your face, how can I ever hide from you Because you, you are my inspiration you, you are my destination Time after time, I will follow you, I lay myself on the line, I'd even die for you Because you, you are my inspiration you, you are my destination That's why time after time I choose you Time after time I choose you time after time index |
| Time Has Come (© Hazel O'Connor / Gerard Kiely) |
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Time has come, time to let go Can't keep holding on, can't keep holding on Time has come, release and heal Can't keep holding on, time for moving on Time has come I must get out of this place I'm losing the plot, I feel I'm losing the race and I'll be dreaming of the way that you touch me And your face will probably hurt me forever Time has come, time to let go Can't keep holding on, can't keep holding on Time has come, release and heal Can't keep holding on, time for moving on I forgive but I just can't forget the past How to let go of all the things I never had Another life another chance another kiss And the romance will probably haunt you forever Time has come, time to let go Can't keep holding on, can't keep holding on Time has come, release and heal Can't keep holding on, time for moving on index |
| To Be Freed (© Hazel O'Connor / A. Karner) |
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I was drowning in my anger and my mystery, someone once told me it's a diver you must learn to be so I dived to the bottom of the ocean I made friends with the things that I feared, and didn't I rise to the tides and I was freed I was climbing up the mountain with My excess baggage getting me down, down, down My strength had all deserted me, mistakes They weigh so heavily, Lord I fell to the ground Then I looked inside my suitcase full Of trouble and strife and all my victories And sorrows of my past life and didn't I rise and I was freed I was dreaming we were eagles, flying high, high to the edge of the sky we vowed before the universe, stars lit the space like some great church where many candles shine and your eyes were bright and firey like the day that we met, I remembered how I felt before our war made me forget. And didn't I rise to the sky and I was freed Now I realise, these obstacles that we find - are teachers and the guides - in my life, in my life, in my I still love you, and I know you still love me too To be freed... index |
| Top of the Wheel (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Round and round and round again Increasing circles, what a fun game! We think we're different, we're not the same As you and me and she and he And we always believed that we're something unique Our new little rich friends want us in their clique And we'll play, we'll play all of our days away There's you scratching my back, me scratching yours Rub up the right way, it always ensures We'll know the right people, open right doors To the land of the famous incredible bores And I got no respect for you, you're just a fake Gave up your lot for a bite of the cake And we'll play, we'll play all of our days away How could we feel? We're so unreal Stuck at the top of the wheel You're the sucker who fell for their spiel You're the crawler who fell for their deal Your smug little cliches, they get up my nose Your hair dyed, your fine clothes, they're all for the pose Naked before me, your cover is blown Here come the robots, the mindless, the clones And you sold up our insides, body and soul Do as you're told now, and we'll play our roles And we'll play, we'll play all of our days away How could we feel? We're so unreal Stop at the top of the wheel You're the sucker who fell for their spiel You're the crawler who fell for their deal How could we feel? We're so unreal Stop at the top of the wheel You're the sucker who fell for their spiel You're the crawler who fell for their deal ... [fade out] index |
| Waiting (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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I go down the left side instead of the right I'm suffocating and I'm having to fight To keep myself moving out the crowd Who throw side long, but never turn round Armies of people moved quietly on So long resigned to become an d be gone, be gone Waiting, waiting for something to come Waiting, waiting with nowhere to run Waiting, waiting is this the sum total of my life? I'm blown by the day winds of fluorescent light No chance to think now my time is in sight No hiding quickly behind printed papers No way of escaping, Not looking much safer? Armies of people moved quietly on So long resigned to become and be gone be gone Waiting, waiting for something to come Waiting, waiting with nowhere to run Waiting, waiting is this the sum total of my life? Gotta keep moving outside of the crowd If I'm not careful they'll dragging me down index |
| Who Needs It (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Living in the shadow of the mushroom tower Who needs it? Find no shelter from that kind of shower Who needs it? Nuclear rain, melting my brain Who needs it - not you, not me, who needs this insanity? At the top of the tower there's a creature who wants power Who needs it? (Who needs it?) If he gets in the dungeon, he could just press the button Who needs it? (Who needs it?) He'll flee inside, and you'll have nowhere to hide Who needs it - not you, not me, who needs this insanity? Who needs it, who needs it? I need it like a hole in the head Don't need it, don't need it Here comes the era, the era of the living dead (Who needs it, who needs it?) (Who needs it, who needs it?) (Who needs it, who needs it?) (Who needs it, who needs it?) Who needs it, who needs it? I need it like a hole in the head Don't need it, don't need it Here comes the era, the era of the living dead (Who needs it, who needs it?) Who needs it, who needs it? I need it like a hole in the head Don't need it, don't need it Here comes the era, the era of the living dead (Who needs it, who needs it?) Who needs it, who needs it? I need it like a hole in the head Don't need it, don't need it Here comes the era, the era of the living dead (Who needs it, who needs it?) Thank you index |
| Who Will Care (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Did she wake up cold and alone Hoping someone might phone Did she crawl out of bed, scratch her head Look in the mirror and think she was dead Who will care? Who will care? Did she thrown on her clothes and Walk slowly to the door Go into town hoping to score Did she find her a man who said he'd give her all he can And when that's not enough then life starts to get tough Who will care? Who will care? Did she die in the cold Was she scared to be old Nobody knows where and old loner goes At the end of the line And on one grey day some children at play Saw her dead body, thought it was funny Oh look at that lady on the ground fast asleep Nobody knew her so nobody weeps Who will care? Who will care? Did she die in the cold Was she scared to be old Nobody knows where and old loner goes At the end of the line Did she? Did she? Who was she? index |
| Will You (© Hazel O`Connor / Wesley Magoogan) |
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You drink your coffee and I sip my tea And we're sitting here playing so cool, thinking "What will be, will be" But it's getting kind of late now Oh I wonder if you'll stay now, stay now, stay now, stay now Or Will Youjust politely say goodnight? I move a little closer to you, not knowing quite what to do And I'm feeling all fingers and thumbs, I spill my tea, oh silly me! But it's getting kind of late now I wonder if you'll stay now, stay now, stay now, stay now Or Will Youjust politely say goodnight? And then we touch much too much This moment has been waiting for a long long time Makes me shiver, it makes me quiver This moment I'm so unsure This moment I've waited for Is it something you've been waiting for, waiting for too? Take off your eyes, bare your soul Gather me to you and make me whole Tell me your secrets, sing me the song Sing it to me in the silent tongue But it's getting kind of late now I wonder if you'll stay now, stay now, stay now, stay now Or Will Youjust politely say goodnight? index |
| Writing on the Wall (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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Down a tunnel, in a tube On the floor, knocked down by booze Busy man has blown his fuse While crossword people look for clues I say sir, get your nose out of the paper Take a good look at what's going down Get clued into the shape of The shape of things to come Have you seen the writing on the wall? Have you seen the writing on the wall? Reaching out for you it calls Have you seen the writing on the wall? Did you look for your cause? Writing on the wall? Life, I'm told's a compromise Lethargy in disguise Excuses by the faint of heart Stuck in the mud before they start I say sir, wouldn't you rather be on top of the world As opposed to always travelling underneath the ground? Have you seen the writing on the wall? Have you seen the writing on the wall? Reaching out for you it calls Have you seen the writing on the wall? Did you look for your cause? Have you seen the writing on the wall? La-la-la-la ... I say sir, get your nose out of the paper Take a good look at what's going on Get clued into the shape of The shape of things to come Have you seen the writing on the wall? Have you seen the writing on the wall? Reaching out for you it calls Have you seen the writing on the wall? Did you look for your cause? Have you seen the writing on the wall? Have you seen the writing on the wall? Have you seen the writing on the wall? Reaching out for you it calls Have you seen the writing on the wall? Did you look for your cause? Have you seen the writing on the wall? index |
| Zoo (© Hazel O'Connor) |
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What can I do? Up here in the zoo I've been here too much longer than I remember What can I say, will there be a day When we can all leave this place forever, forever, forever Wake up at 8, place you hate Ready by 9 for feeding time Spectators at 10 to look in your pen And we perform for them At the zoo, you, you what do you do At the zoo, you, you we perform for you At the zoo, you, you what do you care You just stand there and stare Animals cry at night, a tearful tiger is a terrible sight He remembers how he used to run free like me And we don't laugh anymore Sitting wondering what we ever laughed for Looking at the ever closed door What more, what more At the zoo, you, you what do you do At the zoo, you, you we perform for you At the zoo, you, you what do you care You just stand there and stare index |