1. WHITE ROOM

In the white room with black curtains near the station
Black roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawn light smiles on you leaving, my contentment

I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves

You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning

I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves

At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings

I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves


2. SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD

One summer day, she went away
Gone and left me, she's gone to stay
She's gone, I don't worry
I'm sitting on top of the world

All the summer, worked all this fall
Had to take Christmas in my overalls
She's gone but I don't worry
I'm sitting on top of the world

Going down to the freight yard, gonna catch me a freight train
Going to leave this town, worked and got to home
She's gone but I don't worry
I'm sitting on top of the world


3. PASSING THE TIME

It is a cold winter,
Away is the songbird.
And gone is her traveller,
She waits at home.

The sun is on holiday,
No leaves on the trees.
The animals sleep
While cold North wind blows.

The snowflakes are falling,
The roof a white blanket.
There's ice on the window pane,
She waits alone.

She sits by the fireside,
The room is so warm.
Her children are sleeping,
She waits in their home.

Passing the time.
Passing the time.
Everything fine.
Passing the time, drinking red wine.
Passing the time, drinking red wine.
Passing the time, drinking red wine.
Passing the time, everything fine.
Passing the time, drinking red wine.
Passing the time, everything fine.
Passing the time, wine and time rhyme.
Passing the time.

It is a long winter,
Away is the summer.
She waits for her traveller
So far from home.

She sits by the fireside,
The room is so warm.
There's ice on the window,
She's lonely alone.


4. AS YOU SAID

Let's go down to where it's clean
To see the time that might have been
The tides have carried off the beach
As you said, the sun is out of reach

Let's go back to where it's clean
To see what year it might have been
The roads have carried off the smiles
As you said, to judge them at the trials

Let's go back to now that's bad
To see the time we might have had
The rails have carried off the trains
As you said, I'll never come again, again, again, again


5. PRESSED RATS AND WARTHOG

Pressed Rat and Warthog have closed down their shop
They didn't want to, it was all they had got
Selling Atonal Apples, amplified heat
And Pressed Rat's collection of dog legs and feet

Sadly they left, telling no one goodbye
Pressed rat wore red Jodhpurs and Warthog a striped tie
Between them they carried a three-legged sack
Went straight round the corner and never came back

Pressed Rat and Warthog have closed down their shop
The bad Captain Madman had told them to stop
Selling Atonal Apples, amplified heat
And Pressed Rat's collection of dog legs and feet

The bad Captain Madman had ordered their fate
He laughed and stomped off with a nautical gait
The gait turned into a Deroga tree
And his peg leg got woodworm and broke into three

Pressed Rat and Warthog have closed down their shop
They didn't want to, it was all they had got
Selling Atonal Apples, amplified heat
And Pressed Rat's collection of dog legs and feet


6. POLITICIAN

Hey now baby, get into my big black car
Hey now baby, get into my big black car
I want to just show you what my politics are

I'm a political man and I practice what I preach
I'm a political man and I practice what I preach
So don't deny me baby, not while you're in my reach

I support the left, though I'm leaning, leaning to the right
I support the left, though I'm leaning to the right
But I'm just not there when it's coming to a fight

Hey now baby, get into my big black car
Hey now baby, get into my big black car
I want to just show you what my politics are


7. THOSE WERE THE DAYS

When the city of Atlantis stood serene above the sea
Long time before our time when the world was free
Those were the days

Golden cymbals flying on ocarina sounds
Before wild Medusa's serpents gave birth to Hell
Disguised as Heaven

Those were the days
Yes they were, those were the days
Those were their ways
Miracles everywhere, where are they now? They're gone

Those were their ways
Yes they were, those were their ways
Those were the days
Yes they were, those were the days

Tie your painted shoes and dance, blue daylight in your hair
Overhead a noiseless eagle fans a flame
Wonder everywhere

Those were the days
Yes they were, those were the days
Those were their ways
Miracles everywhere, where are they now? They're gone

Those were their ways
Yes they were, those were their ways
Those were the days
Yes they were, those were the days


8. BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN

Born under a bad sign.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't for bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck at all.

Bad luck and trouble's my only friend.
I've been down ever since I was ten.

[Chorus]

You know, wine and women is all I crave.
A big bad woman's gonna carry me to my grave.

[Chorus]

[First Verse]

Born under a bad sign.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't for bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck.
If it wasn't for real bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck at all.

Born under a bad sign.
Born under a bad sign.


9. DESTERTED CITIES OF THE HEART

Upon this street where time has died
The golden treat you never tried
In times of old, in days gone by
If I could catch your dancing eye

It was on the way
On the road to dreams, yeah
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah

The street is cold, its trees are gone
The story's told the dark has won
Once we set sail to catch a star
We had to fail, it was too far

It was on the way
On the road to dreams, yeah
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah

I felt the wind shout like a drum
You said, "My friend, love's end has come"
It couldn't last, had to stop
You drained it all to the last drop

It was on the way
On the road to dreams, yeah
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah

On this dark street the sun is black
The winter life is coming back
On this dark street it's cold inside
There's no retreat from time that's died

It was on the way
On the road to dreams
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah
Now my heart's drowned in no love


DISC 2


1. CROSSROADS

I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees
Down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees
Asked the Lord above for mercy, "Save me if you please"

I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride
Down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride
Nobody seemed to know me, everybody passed me by

When I'm going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side
Going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side
You can still barrel house baby, on the riverside

Going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side
Going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side
You can still barrel house baby, on the riverside

You can run, you can run, tell my friend boy Willie Brown
Run, you can run, tell my friend boy Willie Brown
And I'm standing at the crossroads, believe I'm sinking down


2. SPOONFUL

Could fill spoons full of diamonds,
Could fill spoons full of gold.
Just a little spoon of your precious love
Will satisfy my soul.

[Chorus]
Men lies about it.
Some of them cries about it.
Some of them dies about it.
Everything's a-fightin' about the spoonful.
That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful.
That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful.
That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful.
That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful.

Could fill spoons full of coffee,
Could fill spoons full of tea.
Just a little spoon of your precious love;
Is that enough for me?

[Chorus]

Could fill spoons full of water,
Save them from the desert sands.
But a little spoon of your forty-five
Saved you from another man.

[Chorus]


3. TRAINTIME

See the old train go down the track
Hear the wheels go clicketty clack

It's comin' home, comin' home
Leavin' town baby, ain't comin' home no more

Get the train, you know why I'm leavin'
No use in greavin', well I'm leavin'

Well I'm leavin' town
Leave town, ain't comin' home no more
Traintime baby, traintime almost here
Traintime baby, traintime almost here
So give me one more time do dah yeh
Traintime baby
Traintime baby
Bye bye baby
Bye bye
Bye bye
Bye bye
Bye bye
Bye bye
Bye bye baby


4. TOAD

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