The sun had been up for
a couple of hours, Covered the ground with a layer of gold. Spirits were high
and the raining had stopped, The larder was low, but boy that wasn't all.
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Couldn't get them very far.
Daddy! Oh Daddy,
You Promised.
Out on the road in the direction of Perth, Backwards and
forwards in a circle they went. Found a city half open and ready to greet The
conquering heroes, with blisters on their feet.
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Somehow got them all this far.
Daddy! You Promised, You
Promised.
See the Stewart all dressed up He's got eyes in the back of his
head. Who came in a cockleshell boat That could only just
float, Couldn't even lift a sword. Dressed too fine and smelling of
wine.
Daddy you've got to go! Here comes the bishop all dressed
up He's gonna bless you if you're ready to pay. One wave of his funny old
stick, There's a band of light across your eyes.
Waited a week still they
hadn't appeared, That glorious timing that everyone feared. So they're riding
along on the crest of a wave, They're headed for London, And that will be their
grave.
Eleventh Earl of Mar Well he couldn't get them down that
far Daddy! I'm waiting, I'm waiting.
Time to go to bed now Never
seems too keen To be a guest now In a house of dreams
Flying from
a hillside Beckoning the trees A sailboat's awning Mimicking the
breeze
I'm fighting gravity falling My Daddy won't let them get
me A voice screams seems to be calling The face turns features are
burning.
Daddy, you've got to go! See the fifteen going by, Tell the
Lairds and the Lords They're running backwards today, And once again you
stand alone. Bury your memories bury your friends, Leave it alone for a
year or two. Till the stories go hazy and the legends come true, Then do it
again. Some Things never end.
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Won't be going
very far.
You Promised, You Promised, You Promised.
DADDY!
One For The Vine
Fifty thousand men
were sent to do the will of one. His claim was phrased quite simply, though he
never voiced it loud, I am he, the chosen one.
In his name they could
slaughter, for his name they could die. Though many there were believed in him,
still more were sure he lied, But they'll fight the battle on.
Then one
whose faith had died Fled back up the mountainside, But before the top was
made, A misplaced footfall made him stray From the path prepared for
him. Off of the mountain, On to a wilderness of ice.
This
unexpected vision made him stand and shake with fear, But nothing was his
fright compared with those who saw him appear. Terror filled their minds with
awe.
Simple were the folk who lived Upon this frozen wave. So not
surprising was their thought, This is he, God's chosen one, Who's come to
save us from All our oppressors. We shall be kings on this world.
Follow me!
I'll play the game you want me,
Until I find a way back
home.
Follow me!
I give you strength inside you,
Courage to
win your battles -
No, no, no, this can't go on, This will be all that I fled
from. Let me rest for a while.
He walked into a valley, All
alone. There he talked with water, and then with the vine.
They leave
me no choice. I must lead them to glory or most likely to death.
They
travelled cross the plateau of ice, up to its edge. Then they crossed a mountain
range and saw the final plain. Still he urged the people on.
Then, on a
distant slope, He observed one without hope Flee back up the
mountainside. He thought he recognised him by his walk, And by the way he
fell, And by the way he Stood up, and vanished into
air.
Your Own Special Way
Go far enough
and you will reach, A place where the sea runs underneath. And we'll see our
shadow, high in the sky, Dying away in the night.
I've sailed the world
for seven years, And left all I love behind in tears. Won't you come here,
wherever you are, I've been alone long enough.
You, you have your
own special way, Of holding my hand keep it way 'bove the water, Don't ever
let go - Oh no, no, no.
You, you have your own special way, Of turning
the world so it's facing The way, that I'm going, Don't ever Don't ever
stop.
Whose seen the wind not you or I, But when the ship moves she's
passing by. Between you and me I really don't think, She knows where she's
going at all.
You, you have your own special way, Of carrying me twice
round the world Never closer to home than the day, The day I
started.
You, you have your own special way, Hold onto my hand keep it
way 'bove the water, Don't ever let go no, no, no.
What mean the
dreams night after night. The man in the moon's a blinding light. Won't you
come out whoever you are, You've followed me quiet long enough.
You,
you have your own special way, Of holding my hand, Don't ever let go. You,
you have your own special way, Of turning the world so it's facing The way
that I'm going, Don't ever, Don't ever leave me.
Wot Gorilla? (Instrumental)
All In A Mouse's Night
Loving Couple:
I can't see you but I know you're
there.
Got to get beside you 'cos it's really cold out here.
Come up close to
me you'll soon be warm,
Hold me tightly like we're sheltering from a
storm.
Mouse:
Think I might go out for a stroll
Into
the night, and out of this hole.
Maybe find me a meal.
Walking along
this new shag pile
Presents a problem all the while.
Nearly the
door.
Suddenly he bumps into wood, the door is closed. A voice from
the bed, he'll be exposed. Which way to run, must make for the hole, But the
light's been turned on, now he's blind as a mole in coal.
Now I can see they're
coming at me, They've blocked off my door, I haven't a chance in
hell.
Couple:
Come on baby let the poor thing go.
I'm not sleeping with that thing around here, no.
Alright then, I'll fetch a box
from below,
Guard him carefully, they're very quick you
know.
Mouse:
The door's been opened, my chance to
escape.
Must run out quick, better sorry than late.
I'm out on the
stairs.
They won't catch me now, I've the run of the house now.
I'll make
it downstairs and into the breadbin.
That would be nice.
Suddenly he
bumps into fur, that's very unwise, A cat is much quicker than men and their
eyes. The chase that ensues can have only one end, Unless outside help steps
in for our friend in need.
But now the cat comes in for the kill, His paw
is raised, soon blood will spill, yes it will.
Cat:
Hard luck
mouse, this is the end of your road.
The signpost says inside me, let me bear
your heavy load.
But it's not to be, that final pounce Knocks a jar upon
his head, and lays him out.
But it's all in a mouse's night To take on all
those who would fight.
Cat's Story:
There I was with my
back to the wall,
Then comes this monster mouse, he's ten feet tall,
With
teeth and claws to match.
It only took one blow.
Blood On The Rooftops
Dark and grey, an English film, the
Wednesday Play We always watch the Queen on Christmas Day Won't you
stay?
Though your eyes see shipwrecked sailors you're still dry The
outlook's fine though Wales might have some rain Saved again.
Let's
skip the news boy (I'll go and make some tea) Arabs and Jews boy (too much for
me) They get me confused boy (puts me off to sleep) And the thing I hate -
Oh Lord! Is staying up late, to watch some debate, on some nation's
fate.
Hypnotised by Batman, Tarzan, still surprised! You've won the
West in time to be our guest Name your prize!
Drop of wine, a glass of
beer dear what's the time? The grime on the Tyne is mine all mine all
mine Five past nine.
Blood on the rooftops - Venice in the
Spring Streets of San Francisco - a word from Peking The trouble was started
- by a young Errol Flynn Better in my day - Oh Lord! For when we got bored,
we'd have a world war, happy but poor
So let's skip the news boy (I'll go and
make some tea) Blood on the rooftops (too much for me) When old Mother
Goose stops - and they're out for 23 Then the rain at Lords stopped play Seems
Helen of Troy has found a new face again.
'Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers...' (Instrumental)
'...In That Quiet Earth' (Instrumental)
Afterglow
Like the dust that settles all around
me, I must find a new home. The ways and holes that used to give me
shelter, Are all as one to me now. But I, I would search everywhere Just
to hear your call, And walk upon stranger roads than this one In a world I
used to know before. I miss you more.
Than the sun reflecting off my
pillow, Bringing the warmth of new life. And the sounds that echoed all
around me, I caught a glimpse of in the night. But now, now I've lost
everything, I give to you my soul. The meaning of all that I believed
before Escapes me in this world of none, no thing, no one.
And I would
search everywhere Just to hear your call, And walk upon stranger roads than
this one In a world I used to know before. For now I've lost everything, I
give to you my soul. The meaning of all that I believed before Escapes me in
this world of none, I miss you more.