Abacab
Look up on the wall, there on the floor,
Under the pillow, behind the door,
There's crack in the mirror,
Somewhere, there's a hole in a window-pane.
Do you think I'm to blame?
Tell me do you think I'm to blame?
When they do it you're never there,
When they show it you stop and stare,
Abacab isn't anywhere,
Abacab.
If you're wrapping up the world,
'Cos you've taken someone elses girl,
When they turn on the pillow,
Even when they answer the telephone.
Don't you think they'll find out,
Tell me don't you think they'll find out.
When they do it you're never there,
When they show it you stop and stare,
Abacab isn't anywhere,
Abacab doesn't really care.
You want it, you've got it, you've got to go
You want it, you've got it, well now you know.
It's an illusion, it's a game,
A reflection of someone else's name.
When you wake in the morning,
Wake and find you're covered in cellophane.
Well, there's a hole in there somewhere
Yeah there's a hole in there somewhere
Baby, there's a hole in there somewhere
Now there's a hole in there somewhere
When they do it you're never there,
When they show it you stop and stare,
Abacab isn't anywhere,
Abacab.
No Reply At All
Talk to me, you never talk to me
It seems that I can speak
But I can hear my voice shouting out
But there's no reply at all.
Look at me, you never look at me
I've been sitting here staring seems so long
But you're looking through me
Like I wasn't there at all
There's no reply at all
Dance with me, you never dance with me
It seems that I can move
I'm close to you, close as I can get
But there's no reply at all
There's no reply at all
I get the feeling you're trying to tell me
Is there something that I should know
What excuse are you trying to sell me
Should I be reading stop or go, I don't know
Be with me, it seems you're never here with me
I've been trying to get over there
But it's out of my reach
And there's no reply at all
There's no reply at all.
I get the feeling you're trying to tell me
Is there something that I should know
What excuse are you trying to sell me
Should I be reading stop or go, I don't know
Maybe deep down inside
I'm trying for no one else but me
Too stubborn to say, the buck stops here
It's not the one you're looking for
But maybe deep down inside
I'm lying to no one else but me
But my back is up
I'm on my guard - with all the exits sealed
Listen to me, you never listen to me
And it seems there's no way out
I've been trying but we cannot connect
There's no reply at all
No reply at all
Is anybody listening
There's no reply at all
Me And Sarah Jane
The fires are burning in another land
Don't start counting, don't start counting.
Colder and colder the ice is moving closer
And it gets me down.
Going round and round and down the same old track.
Pack on my back, going swiftly nowhere
Heart in my ear beating like a drum.
Where will you go?
All by yourself.
And now I'm standing on the corner.
Waiting in the rain,
But then in sunlight without warning,
I invent a name, Me and Sarah Jane
We had a special thing going,
Me and Sarah Jane.
It was a time of love and laughter,
It wouldn't come again,
We had our round of joy but after,
Then began the pain,
Me and Sarah Jane.
We had a special thing going,
Me and Sarah Jane,
Sarah Jane.
Searching for a clue.
Traces on the sand.
First I'm flying, going round round round,
Then I'm sliding going down down down,
Doesn't matter where I start I always end up
Crawling through those same old crowded rooms.
Me and Sarah Jane,
We had it coming
All the pain,
Walking down the streets,
And finding nothing is the same,
And now the city lights are dimming one by one,
It costs too much money to keep them all on.
Me and Sarah Jane,
In silence walk along the shore,
Tears of joy and mocking laughter,
Words lost in the wind.
The tide was rising,
But there we stayed,
We had no fear of dying
We weren't afraid.
Keep It Dark
Found that man, reported missing,
He wandered in his home.
Don't seem to bad, if you consider,
Just what he's been through
Seems he met up with a gang of thieves,
Who mistook him for a man of means,
They locked him up then found he had no money,
So they let him go again.
Now he's back at home and happy
Just to see the kids.
I wish, that I could really tell you,
All the things that happened to me
And all that I have seen.
A world full of people their hearts full of joy,
Cities of light with no fear of war,
And thousands of creatures with happier lives,
And dreams of a future with meaning and no need to hide.
Keep it dark
It seems strange to have to lie,
About a world so bright.
And tell instead a made up story,
From the world of night.
I wish, that I could really tell you,
All the things that happened to me
And all that I have seen.
A world full of people their hearts full of joy,
Cities of light with no fear of war,
And thousands of creatures with happier lives,
And dreams a future with meaning and no need to lie.
No need to hate.
No need to hide.
Keep it dark
Dodo
Too big to fly, dodo ugly so dodo must die,
Doggo with fear on its side, can't change, can't change the tide.
Dog baiter, agitator, asking questions, says he wants to know why.
Ain't no reason that money can't buy,
Mink, he pretty so mink he must die, must die.
Sun he giving life in his light,
Part of the system,
Friend to man and friend to the trees,
No friend to the snowman.
Where does he go what does he do?
Does he meet with the mole, the stream, the cloud
And end up at the bottom of the sea.
Fish he got a hook in his throat,
Fish he got problems
Where does he go, what does he do?
Does he hope he's too small, to poor a haul,
And end up being thrown back in the sea.
I'm back in the sea.
Caretaker, horror movie,
Only one eye, only needs one boot,
Sweet lady, she knows she looks good
Vacuum coming for the bright and the brute.
Big noise, black smoke
So pig-headed couldn't see the joke.
But it ain't funny
Ask the fly on the wall
It's only living
It don't matter at all, at all
Pimp he make you drool and grunt,
He got an answer,
One he got a dream of love,
Deep as the ocean.
Where does he go?
What does he do?
Will the siren team with Davy Jones,
And trap him at the bottom of the sea.
Lurker
Spoken:
Meanwhile lurking by a stone in the
mud, two eyes looked to see what I
was and then something spoke and
this is what it said to me........
Clothes of brass and hair of brown
Seldom need to breathe
Don't need no wings to fly
A heart of stone
A fear of fire and water
Who am I?
Who Dunnit?
Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it a or was it b?
Was it x or z?
Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Who dunnit?
I didn't do it.
But we all know who did it.
Man On The Corner
See the lonely man there on the corner,
What he's waiting for, I don't know,
But he waits everyday now.
He's just waiting for something to show.
And nobody knows him,
And nobody cares,
'Cos there's no hiding place,
There's no hiding place for you.
Looking everywhere at no one,
He sees everything and nothing at all,
Oh, when he shouts nobody listens,
Where he leads no one will go.
He's a lonely man, there on the corner,
What he's waiting for, I don't know,
But he waits everyday now.
He's just waiting for something to show.
Nobody knows him,
And nobody cares,
'Cos there's no hiding place,
There's no hiding place - for you and me.
We're just like all the rest,
We're looking too hard for something he's got,
Or moving too fast to rest,
But like a monkey on your back, you need it.
But do you love it enough to leave it.
Just like the lonely man there on the corner,
What he's waiting for, I don't know,
But he waits every day now.
He's just waiting for that something to show.
Like It Or Not
Ah, don't you know, I've been on my own
But I'm coming home.
And I'd like you to be there,
I feel a little cold in the air,
And you're not anywhere
You're just another face, I used to know,
But there was still a chance to hold on to our love,
'Cos I gave you everything, everything I had.
Like it or not
You have done it this time
And like it or not, I've had enough.
Like it or not
There's a lot I could say
'Cos I've got a lot on my mind.
It won't be very long
You're just another face
That I once used to know
And I gave you everything
But what have I got to show?
Like it or not
You are out on the street
And like it or not
That's where you'lll stay.
Like it or not
There's another thing darling,
Well I just could not stand another day
'Cos if you want to know,
There is still a chance to hold on to our love
'Cos I gave you everything I had - Everything I had.
It's been a long, been a long long time
Since I held anybody
Since I loved anyone.
It's been a long, been a long long time
But if I'm right or if I'm wrong
Does it matter anyway?
Another Record
It's funny you know,
'Cos there's an old rock'n'roller
He's got nowhere to go.
Did you ever think of taking him in
Somebody help him, somebody please,
Put another record on
'Cos he likes that song.
It's funny you know,
He's never done nothing, done nobody wrong,
Did he think about changing his name.
I'm gonna tell him, it's the same old game.
Put another record on
Round round and round
See him smile
Lately I've seen him
Walking down the street, kinda moving his feet,
Everyone I know looks the other way
Somebody help him, somebody say,
Put another record on
'Cos he likes that song.
It's funny you know,
'Cos there's an old rock'n'roller
He's got nowhere to go.
Did you ever think of taking him in
Somebody help him, somebody please,
Just put another record on.
All titles © Anthony Banks Ltd./ Phillip Collins Ltd./ Mike Rutherford Ltd./ Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd. except
'Me & Sarah Jane': Anthony Banks Ltd./ Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.; 'Man On The Corner': Phillip Collins Ltd./ Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.;
'Like It Or Not': Mike Rutherford Ltd./ Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.
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