1. PANTAGRUEL'S NATIVITY

How can I laugh or cry
When my mind is sorely torn ?
Badabec had to die
Fair Pantagruel is born
Shall I weep, yes, for why ?
Then laugh and show my scorn

Born with a strength untold
Foreseen to have great age
Set in Gargantuan mould,
Joyful laugh, yet quick to rage
Princely wisdom, habits bold
Power, glory, lauded sage

Pantagruel born -- the earth was dry and burning
In Paradise dear Badabec prays for him
Pantagruel born -- the earth was dry and burning
In Paradise dear Badabec prays for him

Pantagruel born -- the earth was dry and burning
In Paradise dear Badabec prays for him

How can I laugh or cry
When my mind is sorely tor ?
Badabec had to die
Fair Pantagruel is born
Shall I weep, yes, for why ?
Then laugh and show my scorn


2. EDGE OF TWILIGHT

The moon is down
Casting its shadow over the night-haunted town
Mystical figures under the silence of light

The trembling air
Drifts slowly unseen over the houses there
And echoes changing into the voices of night

On the edge of twilight whispering
Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper,
On the edge of twilight whispering
Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper

Elusive time
In limbo active in never ending mime
The edge of twilight into the darkness of day


3. THE HOUSE, THE STREET, THE ROOM

The room and street are known only to me and a few
I won't tell nobody
A place to meet where no-one can tell you what to do
I won't tell nobody
Here,
Awake in sleep
Together

My time is spent in chains and confusion in my head
I don't tell nobody
I keep my pains and swallow the harsh tears that I shed
I don't tell nobody
Here,
In reverie
Together

I find escape in the street, in the house, in the room
I become somebody
I cast my die and leave all my troubles in the room
I become somebody
Here,
Awake in sleep
Together


4. ACQUIRING THE TASTE

(Instrumental)


5. WRECK

The ship's rising up from the sea to the sky heyeheh Hold on
Just one sorry scream and a desperate cry heyeheh Hold on
Their lives pass before them before they die heyeheh

The sea yawns around like a boiling hell heyeheh hold on
And souls disappear with the toll of that bell heyeheh hold on
The arms of the sea they are dragging them down heyeheh hold on
And sorrows and sins they are lost as they drown heyeheh

How strange when you think that the sea was their way
And a meaningless death is the price they pay
For their living was made from the deep
To their people in comfort and keep
Keep all their people and places there
Never to be seen again, never to be loved and their last embrace
And the kiss has a salt bitter taste

Now all that remains is the deep cruel sea heyeheh hold on
And wreckage of things that used to be heyeheh hold on
No stone marks the place of that watery grave heyeheh hold on
Together they die both the weak and the brave heyeheh hold on

The arms of the sea ... etc...


6. THE MOON IS DOWN

And the horse riding up through the red skies
The moon is down
With a gold coloured bird through the cloud flies
The moon is down
Look East to the Sun, Oh where do they run
Look East to the Sun, Oh where do they run
They live in my dreams,
In my dreams, in my dreams

And the Moon and the Earth they were mating
The moon is down
And the Angels of hell they were waiting
The moon is down
Oh bride of the winds, Reward for their sins
Oh bride of the winds, Reward for their sins
They live in my dreams,
In my dreams, in my dreams

There's a chaos of visions and voices
Sad is the laugh of the clown
Now the old moon is down


7. BLACK CAT

There's a cat prowling through the streets at night
And she's black and her eyes are burning yellow
Fierce and bright
The lights are darkened
Senses sharpened
Wide awake

As she acts out her past of Jungle days
When the night was her friend in many other
Different ways
It gave protection
Of detection
By her prey

With a sway and swing she walks away
And the look in her eye it never seems
To say
The way she's feeling
No revealing,
Black Cat Ways


8. PLAIN TRUTH

Why do you question
When there's no answer told ?
Plain truth is nothing
You can't buy it when it's sold

Save all your money
And they won't reason why
Why all the worry ?
They'll spend it when you die

(Chorus)
Don't look for something
Plain truth is nothing,
Nothing but the plain truth

You stand and wonder
Just let it warm your skin
Take all the living
Live life and let it win

Plain truth means nothing
Cry, laugh and cry again
You question answers
Born, live and die, Amen

(Chorus)
Don't look for something
Plain truth is nothing,
Nothing but the plain truth

(Repeat first and second verse and chorus)