CD 1


1. LADY ELEANOR

Banshee playing magician sitting lotus on the floor
Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw
Had my share of nightmares, didn't think there could be much more
Then in walked Rodrick Usher with the Lady Eleanor

She tied my eyes with ribbon of a silken ghostly thread
I gazed with trouble vision on an old four poster bed
Where Eleanor had risen to kiss the neck below my head
And bid me come along with her to the land of the dancing dead

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right where I am

She gazed with loving beauty like a mother to a son
Like living, dying, seeing, being all rolled into one
Then all at once I heard some music playing in my bones
The same old song I'd heard for years, reminding me of home

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right where I am

Then creeping on towards me, licking lips with tongues of fire
A host of golden demons screaming lust and base desire
And when it seemed for certain that the screams could get no higher
I heard a voice above the rest screaming 'You're a liar'

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right here in your arms


2. CITY SONG

City streets I see your lies
I will not play your game
No longer will you talk to me
You think I'm going insane
But I forgot my number
Now I'm remembering my name
I've been too long travelling on your train

You tried your best to strangle me
But I could take the pain
You tried to hypnotize me
But I seed right through your game
And now your tatty tricks to me
Are really rather tame
I've been too long travelling on your train

City lights don't shine
They glare
And your music doesn't speak
It swears
And in your streets
The girls have forgotten why they're there

Some day soon I know I'm going
Miles and miles away
Back to the garden where the magic children play
And to the country lady
Who knows more than I can say
Whose nights shine brighter than your day

And your city lights don't shine
They glare
And your music doesn't speak
It swears
And in your streets
The girls have forgotten why they're there


3. TRAIN IN G MAJOR

I know you're travelling
But I don't know where
I'd leave here with you
But I just can't pay my fare
Take me to some better place to be
Oh, now tell me baby don't you want a man like me?

I came in the summer
With the bright lights on my mind
I tried to make it
But I soon got left behind
If you deal me one good hand to play
Then I swear I'll keep your secret if your man comes back some day

Hey now, baby
Won't you take me on your train?
We leave tomorrow
And we won't come back again
If the sun don't shine on our back door
Then you can leave me if you want to if you just let me know what for


4. FOG ON THE TYNE

Sittin' in a sleazy snack-bar suckin'
Sickly sausage rolls
Slippin' down slowly
Slippin' down sideways
Think I'll sign off the dole

[Chorus]
'Cause the fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine

Could a copper catch a crooked coffin maker
Could a copper comprehend
That a crooked coffin maker is just an undertaker who
undertakes to be a friend

[Chorus]

Tell the truth tomorrow
Today will take it's time to
Tell you what tonight will bring,
Presently we'll have a pint or two together
Everybody do their thing

We can swing together
We can have a wee wee
We can have a wet on the wall
If someone slips a whisper
That his simple sister slapped them down
And they slavered on their smalls

[Chorus](x2)


5. SCOTCH MIST

(Instrumental)


6. CITY SONG

(See lyrics on track 2)


7. TRAIN IN G MAJOR

(See lyrics on track 3)


8. LADY ELEANOR

(See lyrics on track 1)


9. FOG ON THE TYNE

(See lyrics on track 4)


10. KNACKERS YARD BLUES

You keep on running but I'm left behind
I need a white stick 'cos I walk so blind
I'm like a bandage on a wooden leg
I feel hung up just like a coat on a peg

I bought some pictures to hang on my wall
But I like a change so I moved them all
But nothing ever changes in the human race
I can get another mirror but it's still the same old face

You used to tell me there was nothing I lacked
You took it all and left me stretched on your rack
You took my money and you took all my clothes
I need you like I need a cold in my nose

You took my armchair and you took my settee
You took my breakfast and you came back for tea
You took my socks and now you're smoking in bed
I need you like I need a hole in the head


11. WE CAN SWING TOGETHER

No-one came to criticize, no-one to complain,
Just to pass a little bit of time, play some human games.
Some were smoking 'roll your owns', while others they had none,
Ev'rybody was holding hands, and singing this little song.

We can swing together, 'cause we feel we're doing it right.
We can swing together, we can swing all through the night.

Then when things were happening, around about ten to four,
There was a screeching of brakes, dogs barking outside, and a hammering on the door.
Then the voice of officialdom, saying 'Open in the name of the law',
But we just kept on holding hands, and singing this song some more.

We can swing together, 'cause we feel we're doing it right.
We can swing together, we can swing all through the night.

Then they broke down all the doors, and kicked the windows in,
They let their doggies off the leads, and they ransacked everything.
They stood us all against the wall, their faces split with grins,
And then they linked each others' handcuffs and they merrily began to sing.

We can swing together, 'cause we feel we're doing it right.
We can swing together, we can swing all through the night.

They took us to see the County Judge, with a wig-hat on his head,
He heard our case with a smile on his face, and this is what he said:
I'll have to send you all to jail, for doing this terrible thing.
And as I walked down to the cells, I swear I heard him sing.

We can swing together, 'cause we feel we're doing it right.
We can swing together, we can swing all through the night....


12. TOGETHER FOREVER

You and me sitting on a bench
Watching the day go by
No one paying us any attention
Not even to ask us why

Sunshine in our eyes
We're watching it set as we watched it rise
You and me sitting on a bench
Watching the day go by

You and me sitting on a bus
On the front seat at the top
Watching the people who don't look like us
And going way past our stop

Travelling everywhere
We got no money but what do we care?
You and me sitting on a bus
On the front seat at the top

Ah, looks like we're sticking together
Ah, looks like lasting forever

You and me by the side of the road
In the morning feeling bright
Watching cars coming and watching them go
Still thinking we'll be home tonight

As the day goes on and the lifts are few
We think it might take us a day or two
You and me by the side of the road
In the morning feeling bright

Oh, looks like we're sticking together
Ah, looks like lasting forever


13. NO TIME TO LOSE

I want to go travelling in your car, leave all the city behind
Up on the motorway Scotland's not far, see what we can find.

No time, no time to lose
No time, no time to lose

Had more than my share of people giving advice, on the way that my life should be
But look at the country man it's looking so nice, it's feeling so good to be free.

No time, no time to lose
No time, no time to lose

Man how I love all those wild rolling hills, I can feel them inside of my loves,
The colours all changing I swear it's amazing, I feel like I'm flying back home.

No time, no time to lose
No time, no time to lose
No time, no time to lose
No time, no time to lose


14. JANUARY SONG

I'm feeling rather sorry
For a man I know
The world he holds in trembling hands
Is asking where to go

And as he stares out at me
From the mirrored wall
I see that he is trying to cry
But the tears they will not fall

His life is passing by behind his tired eyes
Like the colours in the January sky

Useless it is to question
Things concerning the past
Seems so very obvious
That nothing at all can last

And just as sure as tomorrow
Will soon be yesterday
The love you thought to occupy
Will surely drift away

I need you to help me carry on
You need me need you need him need everyone

And love is such a small word
For something that is so vast
But in it lies the future
The present and the past

And speaking now of changes
I sometimes feel the fear
That the reason for the meaning
Will even disappear

I need you to help me carry on


15. LADY ELEANOR

(See lyrics on track 1)


16. MEET ME ON THE CORNER

Hey Mr Dreamseller, where have you been?
Tell me have you dreams I can see?
I came along, just to bring you this song
Can you spare one dream for me?

You won't have met me, and you'll soon forget me
So don't mind me tugging at your sleeve.
I'm asking you if I can fix a rendezvous.
For your dreams are all I believe

Meet me on the corner when the lights are coming on
And I'll be there, I promise I'll be there
Down the empty streets we'll disappear until the dawn
If you have dreams enough to share

Lay down your bundles of rags and reminders
And spread your wares on the ground
Well I've got time, if you deal in rhyme
I'm just hanging around

Meet me on the corner when the lights are coming on
And I'll be there, I promise I'll be there
Down the empty streets we'll disappear until the dawn
If you have dreams enough to share

Hey Mr Dreamseller, where have you been?
Tell me have you dreams I can see?
I came along, just to bring you this song
Can you spare one dream for me?


17. TRAIN IN G MAJOR

(See lyrics on track 3)


18. FOG ON THE TYNE

(See lyrics on track 4)


19. JACK HAMMER BLUES

I'm a jack hammer man from the jack hammer town
Born with a jack hammer in my hand,
Lord, God, I got them jack hammer blues
Jack hammer man from a jack hammer town
I hammer on the hammer till the sun goes down
Oh, Lord, got them jack hammer blues

Hammered on the Bonneville, hammered on the Butte
Columbia river on a ten mile chute
Lord, God, I got them jack hammer blues
Hammered in the port of Portland Town
I built ev'ry port from Alaska down,
Lord, God, I got them jack hammer blues

Gonna hammer on the hammer until I get done
Sixty-six and a Highway One
Lord, God, I got them jack hammer blues
And a jack hammer woman just sweet as pie
Hammer on the hammer till the day I die
Lord, God, I got them jack hammer blues

Jack hammer man from a jack hammer town
Born with a jack hammer in my hand,
Lord, God, I got them jack hammer blues
Jack hammer woman just sweet as pie
Hammer on the hammer till the day I die
Lord, God, I got them jack hammer blues

Well I hammered on the hammer all night long
I hammered for my baby from a-midnight on
Lord, God, I got them jack hammer blues
Jack hammer man sweet as pie
'N' I hammer on the hammer till the day I die
Lord, God, I got them them jack hammer blues


CD 2


1. MANDOLIN KING

Listen to the mandolin king, doing his own special thing,
Strumming his strings, singing his songs
And when he sings he wants to sing along.

La, la, la, la, la, ...

Anything you ever wanted, he can make come real,
Depending on how you feel, according to what you do,
Because you know that in the end it's up to you.

So Listen to the mandolin king, doing his own special thing,
Strumming his strings, singing his songs
And when he sings you all sing along.

So shut your eyes and picture empty skies all around
And listen for the sound, of magic in the air
And when you do then you know the mandolin king will be there.

Listen to the mandolin king, doing his own special thing,
Strumming his strings, singing his songs
And when he sings you all sing along.

Ev'rybody, La, la, la, la, la, ...


2. POOR OLD IRELAND

Poor old Ireland, poor old universe,
Wonder who comes off the worse.
Poor old people mistreating misbelieving,
I think you've been cast by a curse.
But I don't want you to die, I can see all the lies
There's nothing there that's new.
But there's still no need to make blind children bleed,
Even if what you say is true.

And meanwhile in the aisles of the churches with style,
They're singing their songs to the Lord.
And the preacher's carping that for failure on earth,
Heaven will be your reward.

Poor old Ireland tortured by past and
Tarnished by future's curse
Poor old Ireland, poor old planet,
Poor old universe.

Oh Ireland your people mean more than the idols
You seek to set upon earth
And the day that you see that's the day, that all of your
Sadness and sickness will die.

For the enemy you seek to destroy is not the
One who's causing the pain
He's disguised himself well with his book and his bell but
Evil is still his name.

Poor old Ireland tortured by past and
Tarnished by future's curse
Poor old Ireland, poor old universe
Wonder who comes off the worse.


3. ROAD TO KINGDOM COME

I have no one to call my friend
The road I travel has no end
And so I turn my face up to the sun
And walk on down the road to kingdom come

And as I walk this lonely road
Nobody helps me bear my load
Can somebody tell me what it is I've done
Condemned to walk the road to kingdom come

And if you pass me on the side
Why don't you stop and let me ride
You just had a better deal my son
Walking down the road to kingdom come

And if you pass this way someday
And you should find I've gone my way
There'll always be some poor boy on the bum
Walking down the road to kingdom come

Walking down the road to kingdom come


4. LADY ELEANOR

(See lyrics on track 1 CD 1)


5. DRUG SONG

(No lyrics available)


6. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S WIFE

COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S WIFE


7. PASSING GHOSTS

You can sleep with me
Who'll sleep with we
We'll sleep together

You don't have to watch the dawn
But you can if you want

And he can sleep with her
Who'll sleep with we
We'll sleep together

You don't have to touch the rain
And you don't have to talk about the weather
'Cos it's only passing time
Well, it's only passing time
Well, it's only passing a little bit of time

And when my time has come
My call has time
To come together

And if my grave is really still
I won't need to talk about the weather
'Cos it's only passing time
Well, it's only passing time
Well, it's only passing a little bit of time


8. TURN A DEAF EAR

The stage director stood up when he called the actors down
He asked them all to say three words, up, down and around
So up, down and around they cry with one according voice
And up and down and around they went, for it was their only choice.

I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again
I can listen, but I can't hear.

My friends girl, she has a wireless aerial sticking out of her head
And a pile of true romances lying underneath the bed
And a giant poster of Rabby Nookes just beside the door
But I know she'll get along fine without him if it doesn't see her anymore.

I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again
I can listen, but I can't hear.

The strings were cut from the guitar puppet singer on the stage
And his music became furious and he stamped his foot in rage
The girls all screamed in agony, the boys they gaped in fear
And the song was called 'Have Mercy Baby, Have Mercy On My Ear'

I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again
I can listen, but I can't hear.

I remember what the old man said on his little wooden stand
As he spoke very quietly with a waving of his hand
Every pigeon to its own hole, but what he seemed to say
I know I should go looking for, a better place to stay.

I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again
I can listen, but I can't hear.


9. STEPPENWOLF

Steppenwolf is stepping out, another lonely night
He's not sure if there's something wrong but he knows it's not all right
Steppenwolf, step into the light.

And by the light of the stars that shine
I can see if the face fits mine and maybe we can talk about it all night
We can sing songs till the morning light
Comes shining over the mountain side
Steppenwolf, you're all right.

I'm getting drunker by the minute, I can hardly see
All the pretty people talking, closing in on me.

And maybe we can talk about it all night
We can sing songs till the morning light
Comes shining over the mountain side
Steppenwolf, you're all right.

Steppenwolf, where can you be ?

If you could just walk through the door
Skipping down upon your knee and maybe we can talk about it all night
We can sing songs till the morning light
Comes shining over the mountain side
Steppenwolf, you're all right.

I've got some friends, don't get me wrong
They're good friends and they're free
(If I had more time they'd be in this song along with you and me)
Steppenwolf, I hope you can see.

If for a minute we could fly away
Escape this endlessly, then maybe we could talk about it all night
We could sing songs till the morning light
Comes shining over the mountain side.

And maybe we can talk about it all night
We can sing songs till the morning light
Comes shining over the mountain side
Steppenwolf, you're all right.


10. NO TIME TO LOSE

(See lyrics on track 13 CD 1)


11. NORTH COUNTRY BOY

I'm just an ordinary north country man
I had a dream that bid me come here
Although naïve, I thought that I'd make my way
But fair weather friends is all that I had.

They took from me all that I had to give
Replenished me with their reason
Don't you talk to me about your sacrifice
Then ask of me if I'm leaving.

I'm going down to the water today
I got to wash away my sorrow
I'm going down to the water today
I gotta get me clean by tomorrow.

I'm just an ordinary north country man
My dream has edges that are fading
This year that's passed, it's not such a waste
It's just a hard way to be learning.

We've got no choice in the life that we're born to
Our only choosing is in its living
Now people in their own time will show just that they are
I hope this time I know who I am.

I'm going down to the water today
I’ve got to wash away my sorrow
I'm going down to the water today
I gotta get me clean by tomorrow.

I’m gotta get me clean
I’m gotta get me clean
I’m gotta get me clean
I’m gotta get me clean.


12. ROLL ON RIVER

Step by step, we climb the stairs in search of something far away
Day by day, we fade away and watch each other disappear
Maybe it's all in vain trying to suit my pain.

On the river bay and all along the way side
There are crowds of unbelievers
There's nothing ever said, all is in their faces
All are hopeless cases.

So roll on, river, river, roll on
Roll on, river, forever roll on.

Step by step, we climb the stairs in search of something far away
Day by day, we fade away and watch each other disappear.

Winding river.

There's nothing ever said, all is in their faces
All are hopeless cases.

So roll on, river, river, roll on
Roll on, river, forever roll on.

Hopelessly we try to .... the boats of every broken dream
Drifting with my only friends and sinking as the river bents.

Winding river.

Roll on, river, river, roll on
Roll on, river, forever roll on
Roll on, river, river, roll on
Roll on, river, roll on, river.


13. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

A long time ago, in 1965 or so
I met a man with a face that was a real disgrace
Pictures he took and put them in a little book
So ambitious was he, he even took a picture of me.

Then one day he opened up a studio (start recording now)
Tried to make it pay, making hit records or no
And he asked me along write him a little song
I get the studio free, just sign this paper for me.

You got to take good care of business, my friend
Take good care of yourself
You got to take good care of business, my friend
Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf.

Oh yeah.

Later on, after I wrote that song
Even heard it played up on Radio One (Radio One)
Manager said : 'Money all gone away'
You spent it, you see, up and down the country.

You got to take good care of business, my friend
Take good care of yourself
You got to take good care of business, my friend
Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf.

Well, I started to say, I mean we've got to play
What else can I do ? We're not clever like you.
Then said he : 'You know how I'm fair’
You can sign to the company for another ten years.

You got to take good care of business, my friend
Take good care of yourself
You got to take good care of business, my boys
Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf.


14. LADY ELEANOR

(See lyrics on track 1 CD 1)


15. MOONSHINE

Give me moonshine, got to have that old moonshine
Give me moonshine, got to have that old moonshine.

This is the life and times of a man who almost made it
Ace, king to ten in hearts, the perfect hand he almost played.

Give me a moonshine, got to have that old moonshine.

This the plan, the lived in dream, this the scheme within a scheme
With eyes that ran and legs that faltered, the morning found that old corn jar empty.

Give me moonshine, got to have that old moonshine.

Give me moonshine, got to have that old moonshine
Give me moonshine, got to have that old moonshine.

And in his still a new batch cooking, one hundred proof, the perfect blend
Three barrels gone and he's still looking because he said, because it's just because.

Give me moonshine, got to have that old moonshine
Give me moonshine, got to have that old moonshine
Give me moonshine, got to have that old moonshine.


16. TOW THE LINE

He wores great face when you say you're grace
Mama's gonna put you in your face
Don't you know you've got to tow the line ?

And my little brother likes a whole lotta fun
The bottom is ……. but you come undone
Don't you know you've got to tow the line ?

Now shoe lace and a paper chase
Somebody else gonna take your place
Don't you know you've got to tow the line ?

My grandfather say don't hide your head
And Mama's gonna put you in your bed
Don't you know you've got to tow the line ?

He wores great face when you say you're grace
Mama's gonna put you in your face
Don't you know you've got to tow the line ?

And my little brother likes a whole lotta fun
The bottom is …… but you come undone
Don't you know you've got to tow the line ?

Now shoe lace and a paper chase
Somebody else gonna take your place
Don't you know you've got to tow the line ?

My grandfather say don't hide your head
And Mama's gonna put you in your bed
Don't you know you've got to tow the line ?
Don't you know you've got to tow the line ?
Don't you know you've got to tow the line ?


17. WHEN THE WAR IS OVER

When the war is over, we can be kind again
You can be my lover, I will be your friend.

And the drunker in the gutter whose laughing at the moon
Will have whiskey and dry ginger served from a silver spoon.

And the phonies and the …., the lonelies and the weird
And one single moment who brush away their fear.

When the war is over, no battles to be won or lost
No one to claim a victory, no one cares to cound the cost.

And the children will be the teachers, their lessons will be so clear
To see with open eyes, to hear with open ears.

And you will understand me, …… and you will find
To reach with open arms, to speak with open mind.

When the war is over, no battles to be won or lost
No one to claim a victory, no one cares to cound the cost.

When the war is, when the war is, when the war is over
When the war is, when the war is, when the war is over
When the war is, when the war is, when the war is over
When the war is....