1. MANY TOO MANY




Many too many have stood where I stand
Many more will stand here too,
I think what I find strange is the way you built me up
Then knocked me down again.

The part was fun but now it's over,
Why can't I just leave the stage?
Maybe that's because you securely locked me up
Then threw away the key.

Oh mama,
Please would you find the key.
Oh pretty mama,
Please won't you let me go free.
I thought I was lucky
I thought that I'd got it made.
How could I be so blind?

You said good-bye on a corner
That I thought led to the straight.
You set me on a firmly laid and simple course
Then removed the road.

Oh mama,
Please help me find my way.
Oh pretty mama,
Please lead me through the next day.
I thought I was lucky
Oh I thought that I'd got it made.
How could I be so blind? Oh no...







2. THE DAY THE LIGHT WENT OUT





When they went to bed that night
No-one would have believed
That in the morning light would not be there
The dark hung heavy on the air
Like the grip of a jealous man
No place was there known to have been spared
Then panic took control of minds as fear hit everyone
The day the light went out of the daytime sky

Artificial light could hardly penetrate the gloom
Nothing out of reach could be observed
Looting, pillage, murder,
Rape became the rule of that day
Who hit him no one knew or whom he hit
Cars were caught in pileups
And the planes could never land
The day the light went out of the daytime sky

Now I can rest here after my journey
Now I can feed here before I continue

Some there were who's heads were clear who sought,
Tried to find
The nature of this deadly foe, the dark
It seemed the sun was still
Somewhere though hidden from their sight
By something, though amorphous, yet alive
And so they looked for ways to rid themselves
Of the parasite
The day the light went out of the daytime sky

Now I can rest here after my journey
Now I can feed here before I continue

They tried in many fruitless ways to see the noonday sun
By blasting with their missiles through the dark
But soon a kind of sleepy state came over everyone
Till nothing seemed to stir or even breathe
And when the darkness chose to disappear
Not many had survived
Then came a shadow - another had arrived
And again the light went out the daytime sky






3. VANCOUVER




She packed her bags and dressed
Long before the sunrise
No one knew
She told them many times
About how she would teach them
And now it's time
Standing quietly by the door
Her face is numb with fear
She stops and then goes on
Leave forever - it's now or never

Quickly walking down the street
It's cold and grey, dawn's breaking
She don't mind (she don't mind)
Why she feels so grown up now
Her life is just beginning
She don't know (she don't know)
She's standing in the pouring rain
Her make-up's running down
She wonders now she's here
Where will I go? Who do I know?

Now, now she's not quite so sure
I may be wrong but home seems so much more friendly now
And they might worry but she doesn't want them to
Cos causing pain,
That's not the thing that she set out to do

So she's back in bed before
Anyone can miss her
She feels good she feels good
Knowing the chance was there
Deciding not to take it
That's her choice (that's her choice
She's still awake, her mum comes in
Me and dad, we've had a chat
And we're sorry for the things we said
Please forgive us - you wouldn't leave us?