Why do we never get an answer When we're
knocking at the door With a thousand million questions About hate and death
and war? 'Coz when we stop and look around us There is nothing that we
need In a world of persecution That is parting in its greed
Why do
we never get an answer When we're knocking at the door? Because the truth
is hard to swallow It's like a wall of blood before
It's not the way that
you say it when you do those things to me It's more the way that you mean it
when you tell me what will be And when you stop and think about it You
won't believe it's true That all the love you've been giving Has all been meant
for you
I'm looking for someone to change my life I'm looking for a
miracle in my life But if you could see what it's done to me To lose the love I
knew That safely leads me through
Between the silence of the
mountains and the crashing of the sea There lies a land I once lived in And
she's waiting there for me But in the grey of the morning My mind becomes
confused Between the dead, and the sleeping And the road that I must
choose
I'm looking for someone to change my life I'm looking for a
miracle in my life And if you could see what it's done to me To lose the love
I knew Could safely lead me to The land that I once knew The land as
we grow old The secrets of our soul
It's not the way that you say it when
you do those things to me it's more the way you really mean it when you tell me
what will be
Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at
the door? With a thousand million questions About hate and death and
war But when we stop and look around us There is nothing that we
need In a world of persecution That is parting in its
greed
Boston Tea Party
Are you going to the party? Are you going to the
Boston Tea Party?
Redcoats in the village There's fighting in the
streets The Indians and the mountain men, well They are talking when they
meet The king has said he's gonna put a tax on tea And that's the reason you
all Americans drink coffee
Are you going to the party? Are you going to
the Boston Tea Party?
Fire in the mountains, flames upon the heath And
the president spits out the news He's biting on wooden teeth The children of
the colonies Got a different tale to tell I'm going down to the city Tell my
folks I'm doing well
Are you going to the party? Are you going to the
Boston Tea Party?
Bringing back the buffalo to the long prairie Bringing
back the fishes swimming in the sea The children of the colonies Got a
different tale to tell I'm going down to the city Tell my folks I'm doing
well
Are you going to the party? Are you going to the Boston Tea
Party?
Fearless
You say the hill's too steep to climb Climb it You say you'd
like to see me try Climb it You pick the place and I'll choose the
time And I'll climb The hill in my own way Just wait a while, for the
right day And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds I look down hear the
sound of the things you said today
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd,
smiling Nothing waits, the magistrate turns 'round, frowning I know the fool
who wears the crown Go down in your own way And everyday is the right
day And as you rise above the fearlines in the frown You look
down Hear the sound of the faces in the crowd
Apeman
I think I'm sophisticated 'cause I'm living my life Like a good
homo sapien But all around me everybody's multiplying and They're walking
round like flies man So I'm no better than the animals sitting In the cages in
the zoo Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees I am an
apeman
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized Cause I'm a strict
vegetarian But with the over-population and inflation and starvation And the
crazy politicians I don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a
nuclear war I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an
apeman
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman I'm a
King Kong man, I'm a voodo man, oh I'm an apeman Cause compared to the sun
that sits in the sky Compared to the clouds as they roll by Compared to the
bugs and the spiders and flies I am an apeman
In man's evolution he's
created the city And the motor traffic rumble. But give me half a chance and
I'd be taking off my clothes And living in the jungle Cause the only time that
I feel at ease Is swinging up and down in the coconut trees Oh what a life of
luxury to be like an apeman
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an
apeman I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodo man, oh I'm an apeman I look out
the window but I can't see the sky The air pollution is a -------- up my eyes I
want to get out of this city alive and make like an apeman
Oh come on and
love me, be my apeman girl And we'll be so happy in my apeman
world
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman I'm a King
Kong man, I'm a voodo man, oh I'm an apeman I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my
Jane I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane We'll sit in the trees and eat
bananas all day, just like an apeman
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh
I'm an apeman I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman I
don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a nuclear war I
want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman
Hold
Your Head Up
And if it's bad Don't let it get you
down, you can take it And if it hurts Don't let them see you cry, you can take
it
Hold your head up, hold your head up Hold your head up, hold your
head high
And if they stare Just let them burn their eyes on you
moving And if they shout Don't let them change a thing what you're
doing
Hold your head up, hold your head up Hold your head up, hold
your head high
Solo
Good morning, good afternoon And
what have you got to say? Well, I'm waiting, but I can't stay long It's such a
lovely day There's a time to be talking And there's a time when it's no
use Right now I think the things you say Are liable to confuse
I've
just gone solo Do you play solo Ain't life a solo?
What a wonderful
way to live She's travelling all over the world Why, the flame and all the
golden Opportunities unfurled No time for the gent with the Mulliner
Bently And heaven knows what else Why, he wouldn't even stand a
chance With all his oilwells
She just went solo Do you play
solo Ain't life a solo
I've always lived in a maison On the other side
of the moon I've always kept a unicorn And I never sing out of tune I
could tell you that the grass Is really greener on the other side of the hill But I
can't communicate with you And I guess I never will
We've all gone
solo We all play solo Ain't life a solo
I Know What I Like
It's one o'clock and time for
lunch Dum-dee-dum-dee-dum-dum When the sun beats down and I lie on the
bench I can always hear them talk
There's always been Ethel "Jacob,
wake up! You've got to tidy your room now" And then Mister Lewis "Isn't it
time that he was out on his own?" Over the garden wall, two little lovebirds -
cuckoo to you Keep them mowing blades sharp
I know what I like, and I
like what I know Getting better in your wardrobe, stepping one beyond your
show Sunday night, Mr Farmer called, said "Listen son, you're wasting your
time There's a future for you in the fire escape trade Come up to
town" But I remembered a voice from the past "Gambling only pays when
you're winning" I had to thank old Miss Mort for schooling a failure Keep
them mowing blades sharp
I know what I like, and I like what I
know Getting better in your wardrobe, stepping one beyond your
show
When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench I can always hear
them talk Me, I'm just a lawnmower - you can tell me by the way I
walk
Jeepster
You're so sweet, you're so fine
I want you all and everything just to be mine
Coz you're my babe, yes you're my love
Girl I'm just a jeepster for your love
You slide so good, with bones so fair
You've got the universe reclining in your hair
Coz your my babe, coz your my love
Oh girl I'm just a jeepster for your love
Just like a car, your pleasing to behold
I'll call you Jaguar if I may be so bold
Coz your my babe, yes yes yes you are my love
Oh girl I'm just a jeepster for your love
The wild winds blow, upon your frozon cheeks
The way you flip your hip, well it always makes me weak
Coz your my babe, yes you are my love
Oh girl I'm just a jeepster for your love
Your motivation, is so sweet
Your vibrations, well there burning up my feet
Coz your my babe, yes you are my love
Oh girl I'm just a jeepster for your love
Oh girl, I'm just a vampire for your love
And I'm gonna suck ya
Gonna, gonna suck ya
Five Years
Pushing
through the market square So many mothers sighing News had just come
over We had five years left to cry in
News guy wept and told
us Earth was really dying Cried so much his face was wet Then I knew
he was not lying
I heard telephones, opera house, favourite
melodies Saw boys and toys, electric irons, TVs My brain hurt like a
warehouse It had no room to spare I had to cram so many things to
store Everything in there
And all the fat-skinny people And all the
tall-short people And all the nobody people And all the somebody
people I never thought I'd need so many people
A girl my age went off
her head Hit some tiny children If the black hadn't a-pulled her off I
think she would have killed them
I saw a soldier with a broken
arm Fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac A cop knelt and kissed the
foot of a priest And a queer threw up at the sight of that
I think I saw
you in an ice-cream parlour Drinking milk shakes cold and long Smiling and
waving and looking so fine Don't think you knew you were in this
song
And it was cold and it rained So I felt like an actor And I
thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there Your face, your race, the way
that you talk I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk
We got five
years, stuck on my eyes We got five years, what a surprise We got five years,
my brain hurts a lot We got five years, that's all we've got
Time And A Word
In the morning when you rise Do you open up your
eyes, see what I see Do you see the same things everyday Do you think of a
way to start the day Getting things in proportion Spread the news and help
the world go round
Have you heard of a time that would help us get it
together again Have you heard of a word that would stop us going
round When the time is near, the words you'll hear When you get things in
perspective Spread the news and help the world go round
There's a time,
and the time is now, and it's right for me It's right for me, and the time is
now There's a word, and the word is love, and it's right for me It's right for
me, and the word is love
Well have you heard of a time that would help us
get it together again Have you heard of a word that would stop us going
round When the time is near, the words you'll hear When you get things in
perspective Spread the news and help the world go round
Well there's a
time, and the time is now, and it's right for me It's right for me, and the time is
now There's a word, and the word is love, and it's right for me It's right for
me, and the word is love
There's a time, and the time is now, and it's right
for me It's right for me, and the time is now There's a word, and the word is
love, and it's right for me Well It's right for me, and the word is
love
There's a time, and the time is now, and it's right for me It's right
for me, and the time is now There's a word, and the word is love, and it's right for
me Well it's right for me, and the word is love
There's a time, and the
time is now, and it's right for me It's right for me, and the time is
now
The Seeker
Oh yeah
I looked under
chairs, I looked under tables I tried to find the key, to fifteen million
fables They call me the seeker, I've been searching low and high I won't get
to get what I'm after till the day I die
Well I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked the
Beatles I asked Timothy Leary, but he couldn't help me either They call me
the seeker, I've been searching low and high I won't get to get what I'm after till
the day I die
People tend to hate me, coz I never smile When I ransack
their homes, they want to shake my hand I'm Focusing on nowhere, I'm
investigating miles I'm a seeker, I'm a really desperate man, yeah
I won't
get to get what I'm after till the day I die I learnt how to raise my voice in
anger Hey but look at my face, ain't this a smile
Well I'm happy when it's
good, and when it's bad I cry I've got values, but I don't know how or
why.
Looking for me, you're looking for you We're looking at each
other, but we don't know what to do They call me the seeker, I've been searching
low and high I won't get to get what I'm after till the day I die