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. 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.


3. 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.


4. 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....


5. ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT

I can tell what you think by the look on your face
The look on your face is so mean
Can you tell me exactly what
It is about me that's so unclean?

I only ever wanted to be your friend
And I never wanted to be your slave
So take me as I appear before you
Come and live with me in a cave

[Chorus]
And it'll be all right
We'll have a drink on a Friday night
It'll be oh so good
We'll do everything that I know we should

I can see it all now falling into place
You can leave all your troubles behind
You can tell at a glance if you look in my face
That it's really ripping up my mind

[Chorus]

So take all your fancy clothes to the ragman
Put on your old blue jeans
And take off that stupid look on your face
Everything I say I mean

[Chorus]

It'll be all right
We'll have a drink on a Friday night
It'll be oh so good
We'll do everything that I know we should

[Chorus]

It'll be all right
We'll have a drink on a Friday night
It'll be oh so good
We'll do everything that I know we should

It'll be all right


6. WINTER SONG

When winter's shadowy fingers
First pursue you down the street
And your boots no longer lie
About the cold around your feet
Do you spare a thought for summer whose passage is complete?
Whose memories lie in ruins
And whose ruins lie in heat?
When winter...
Comes howling in

When the wind is singing strangely
Blowing music through your head
And your rain splattered windows
Make you decide to stay in bed
Do you spare a thought for the homeless tramp who wishes he was dead?
Or do you pull the bed-clothes higher
Dream of summertime instead?
When winter...
Comes howling in

The creeping cold has fingers
That caress without permission
And mystic crystal snowdrops
Only aggravate the condition
Do you spare one thought for the gypsy with no secure position?
Who's turned and spurned by village and town
At the magistrate's decision?
When winter...
Comes howling in

When the turkey's in the oven
And the Christmas presents are bought
And Santa's in his module
He's an American astronaut
Do you spare one thought for Jesus, who had nothing but his thoughts?
Who got busted just for talking
And befriending the wrong sorts?
When winter...
Comes howling in

When winter...
Comes...
Howling...
In


7. 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....


8. 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

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