LOST CHILD
CHILDREN LOST CHILDREN FOUND
ALL OUR DREAMS LAY UNDERGROUND
BEING THERE FOR ALL THESE YEARS
WOEFULL LIVES AND WOEFULL TEARS
MAKING ALL OUR LIVES REGRESS
BLAMING IT ALL ON DAYTIME STRESS
BUT ALL THE TIME WE KEEP IT HIDDEN
BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS FORBIDDEN
NOW IT’S COMING OUT ON TOP
AND ONE DAY OUT IT SOON WILL POP
ALL OUR DREAMS WE KEEP WELL HIDDEN
BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS FORBIDDEN
TO LOVE TO CRY TO FEAR TO HATE
ALL THE TIME WE SHUT THE GATE
TO ALL THE ONES WE LOVE AND CHERISH
AND HOUR BY HOUR THE LOVE WE PERISH
UNTIIL WE FIND THE REASON WHY
OUR LIFE IS LIVED UPON A LIE
THE DREAMS THE THOUGHTS THE LIFE WILL DIE
IF ONLY ONCE WE COULD TRY
TO GET THE TRUTH OUT IN THE OPEN
THEN WE CAN SAY WERE TRULY COPING
HUMANS CAN NOT FLY
I ONCE MET A MAN ONE DAY
WHO TOLD ME HE COULD FLY
WHY HE REALLY TOLD ME THIS
I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHY
HE SAID HE FLEW DOWN TO BRAZIL
THE WEATHER WAS SO BLEAK
IT TOOK TWO DAYS TO GET THERE
TO FLY BACK TOOK A WEEK
THEN HE FLEW TO PISA
TO GAZE UPON THE TOWER
BEING SO CLOSE TO US
ONLY TOOK AN HOUR
HE ONLY FLEW IN DAYLIGHT
BUT TRIED IT IN THE DARK
AND LANDED IN THE OCEAN
AND WAS EATEN BY A SHARK
THE MORAL OF THIS STORY
IS HUMANS CAN NOT FLY
SO KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND
IT’S FOOLISH JUST TO TRY
DARKNESS RESIDES
I WANT THIS THING I HAVE TO PASS
I WANT TO KICK IT IN THE ARSE
IVE HAD IT FOR TO LONG YOU SEE
THE DARKNESS THAT’S INSIDE OF ME
TO PLUCK IT OUT FROM WHERE IT HIDES
WHERE IT IS HIDDEN WHERE IT RESIDES
ALL THE TRUTH THEN I WILL SEE
WHAT THE FEAR IS INSIDE OF ME
WHY DO I ALWAYS STAND AND WAIT
WHY CAN I NOT OPEN UP THE GATE
TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS I HATE
TO GO RIGHT IN AND NOT PROCRASTINATE
SO NOW I HAVE TO MAKE A STAND
AND OFFER OUT A LOVING HAND
THEN ALL MY FEAR AND ALL THE DREAD
AND ALL THE THOUGHTS INSIDE MY HEAD
WILL ONE DAY SPREAD THIER WINGS AND FLY
AND THEN MY LIFE WON’T BE A LIE
NOW IS THE TIME FOR ME TO FIGHT
TO GET IT OUT AND NOT TAKE FLIGHT
TO FACE THIS HORROR THAT’S WITHIN
SO I CAN START ALL OVER AGAIN
I HAVE TO FREE WHAT I AM YEARNING
TO MAKE MYSELF WHOLE TO MAKE MYSELF FREE
IT TAKES TIME IT TAKES COURAGE
SO I MUST NOT BE DISCOURAGED
TO WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD
TO FACE THE HURT TO FACE THE DREAD
DARKNESS INSIDE
FOR OURSELVES WE DO DECIEVE
FOR OURSELVES WE DON’T BELIEVE
HIDDEN THOUGHTS AND HIDDEN DREAMS
HIDDEN SHOUTS AND HIDDEN SCREAMS
NEVER KNOWING DAY BY DAY
WHY WE REALLY ARE THIS WAY
PERHAPS ONE DAY AROUND I’LL TURN
THEN THESE THOUGHTS I’LL REALY SPURN
THEN THE LIGHT WILL THEN SHINE THROUGH
THEN TO MYSELF I WILL BE TRUE
WE HAVE NO REASON TO TAKE FLIGHT
WHAT GIVES ME WORRY WHAT GIVES ME FRIGHT
WHAT MAKES ME THINK I CAN NOT COPE
I LOSE ALL REASON I LOSE ALL HOPE
OF ALL THE THINGS I TRY TO HIDE
THAT CAUSES TURMOIL ALL INSIDE
WHAT HOPE HAVE I TO LIVE A LIFE
FREE OF WORRY FREE OF STRIFE
WHAT IS THIS THING I CANNOT FACE
THE THING THAT’S HIDDEN IN ITS PLACE
DOWN INSIDE MY SOUL IT HIDES
DOWN DEEP INSIDE THE THING RESIDES
NOT EVER COMING TO THE LIGHT
PERHAPS LIKE ME IT’S FULL OF FRIGHT
LONELY GIRL
THERE IS THIS LONELY GIRL
WHO SITS ALONE AND CRIES
MANY PEOPLE SEE HER
MANY PEOPLE PASS HER BY
IN THIS WORLD OF MANY
WHY SHOULD SHE BE ALONE
IN THIS WORLD OF PLENTY
WHY HAS SHE GOT NO HOME
THERE IS THIS LONELY GIRL
WHO SITS ALONE AND CRIES
WHY DO WE NOT REACH OUT TO HER
AND GIVE HER ALL OUR LOVE
JUST LIKE WE WERE PROMISED
BY THE GOD ABOVE
MAYBE IF WE JUST REACH OUT
HER LONELY TEARS WILL DRY
AND MAYBE IF OUR LOVE IS STRONG
AND MAYBE IF WE TRY
THIS LONELY GIRL WON’T BE ALONE
HER LONELY HEART WON’T DIE
THERE IS THIS LONELY GIRL
WHO SITS ALONE AND CRIES
GEORGE THE GOOSE
A GOOSE CALLED GEORGE WOKE UP ONE DAY
AND FOUND HE COULD NOT FLY
NO MATTER HOW HE DID IT
OR HOW MUCH HE TRIED
GEORGE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT HE COULD NOT FLY
NOW ALL THE REST FLEW SOUTH
TO FRANCE AND ONTO RIO
BUT GEORGE HAD TO BE CONTENT
AND STAY WITH A PIG NAMED CLEO
NOW CHRISTMAS CAME AS IT ALWAYS DID
NO TURKEY COULD BE FOUND
SO FARMER JONES SAID WHY NOT GOOSE
IT’S GOT TO BE TEN POUND
THE FARMYARD TELEGRAPH WAS RIFE
WITH POOR OLD GEORGE’S QUICK DEMISE
SO CLEO SAID TO GEORGE ONE DAY
YOU’D BETTER RUN AND HIDE
FOR FARMER JONES HAS NOTHING
TO FEED HIS BLOOMING LOT
AND CLEO SAID TO GEORGE
YOU FOR THE COOKING POT
SO GEORGE HID UNDER ALL THE HAY
TO WAIT THERE FOR HIS FATE
WHEN HE HEARD OLD FARMER JONES
COMING THROUGH THE GATE
BUT HE WAS KIND OF CARELESS
AND FELL INSIDE THE GATE
AND WHEN HE LANDED ON THE GROUND
THE AXE FELL ON HIS HEAD
THE AXE IT OPENED UP A WOUND
THE BLOOD IT TRICKELED OUT
HE COULD NOT OPEN UP HIS MOUTH
FOR HELP HE COULD NOT SHOUT
SO GEORGE CREPT OUT FROM INSIDE THE SHED
THE SCENE IT CAUGHT HIS GASE
HE HAD TO RUN BACK TO THE HOUSE
THE ALARM HE HAD TO RAISE
HE SAVED THE LIFE OF FARMER JONES
THIS VOW HE DID DECIDE
THAT GEORGE WOULD LIVE HIS LIFE OUT
UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED.
FEARFUL DREAD
YESTERDAY I FELT SAD INSIDE
MY FEAR MY TRAUMA I CAN NOT HIDE
I NEED TO GO INSIDE MY SOUL
TO MAKE ME FILLED TO MAKE ME WHOLE
I FELT REJECTED, NEGLECTED AND STUPID
I NEED A PERSON WITH THE ARROW OF CUPID
TO PIERCE THE DARKNESS I FEEL INSIDE
NO LONGER FOR MY FEARS TO HIDE
WHAT DO I WANT WHAT DO I FEAR
TO ME IT IS NOT REALLY CLEAR
WHY I RUN AND HIDE AND FEAR
I CAN NOT TELL I CAN NOT HEAR
LAST NIGHT AS I LAY INSIDE MY BED
ALL THE THOUGHTS RAN THROUGH MY HEAD
WHAT IS THE THING THAT IS WELL HIDDEN
TO MAKE ME SAD TO MAKE ME DRIVEN
THAT CAUSES ALL THIS FEARFULL DREAD
THIS PAIN AND TORTURE IN MY HEAD
THIS DEMON THAT I CAN NOT TOUCH
THAT IS STILL USING ME FOR A CRUTCH
ONE DAY I HOPE I WILL DRIVE IT OUT
THEN I WILL BE ABLE TO SHOUT
GLORY BE TODAY IM FREE
STUCK FOR WORDS
WHAT LOOKS YOU GIVE WHAT WORDS YOU UTTER
WHEN YOU FIND I HAVE A STUTTER
YOU LOOK AT ME AS IF I’M CURSED
YOU LOOK AT ME AND EVEN WORSE
YOU THINK IM DAFT YOU THINK IM LOONY
YOU THINK IVE JUST COME FROM THE MOONY
WHY DO YOU LAUGH WHY CARN’T YOU SEE
THE PERSON THAT’S INSIDE OF ME
I LOVE I LAUGH I HURT I CRY
ONE DAY LIKE YOU I’LL EVEN DIE
DON’T YOU THINK I DESERVE A CHANCE
TO GROW TO LIVE AND TO ADVANCE
WHY CARN’T YOU UNDERSTAND IN ME
FOR I AM HERE FOR ALL TO SEE
BUT YOU KEEP ME LOCKED INSIDE MY PRISON
AND MY SOUL HAS NEVER RISEN
TO THE HIEGHTS THAT YOU FEEL
FULL OF LIFE AND FULL OF ZEAL
I HAVE THIS TROUBLE WITH MY TALKING
BUT YOU STAND THIER BLOODY GAULKING
IT’S NOT CONTAGIOUS YOU WON’T CATCH IT
ON THE SURFACE YOU WON’T SCRATCH IT
SO WHEN THE REASON I DO TALK
ALL YOU DO IS STAND AND GAULK
IT’S JUST ME THAT’S STANDING THERE
SO WHY THE LOOKS AND WHY THE STARE
I’M JUST HUMAN AS YOU SEE
I DID NOT CHOOSE IT, IT CHOSE ME
SO STOP THE WAY YOU’RE TREATING ME
IM JUST LIKE YOU AS YOU CAN SEE
YOU’RE SON
WHY DON’T YOU SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE
AFTER ALL I’M STILL YOUR SON
WHAT IS THIS THING THAT YOU HATE
WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CLOSE THE GATE
ALL THE LIES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
ALL THE UPSET PAIN AND TEARS
WHY CARN’T YOU LOVE ME FOR JUST ME
AND NOT FOR SOMEONE I COULD BE
MY OWN LIFE IS WHAT IVE GOT
THAT’S THE THING THAT YOU FORGOT
IT’S MY OWN LIFE AND INDEED
EVEN IF I DON’T SUCCEED
WHAT IS THIS THING THAT I HAVE DONE
AFTER ALL I’M STILL YOUR SON
ALL THE WORDS THAT YOU HAVE SPOKEN
ALL THE PROMISES YOU HAVE BROKEN
FOR FORTY YEARS IVE HAD THIS PAIN
FOR FORTY YEARS YOU’VE WATCHED ME DRAIN
ALWAYS TELLING ME YOUR LIE
KEEPING IT HIDDEN UNTIL YOU DIE
BUT I DON’T CARE FOR I HAVE RISEN
UP ABOVE YOUR HUMAN PRISON
ALL THESE WORDS I HAVE SPOKEN
SAY GOODBYE THE BONDS ARE BROKEN
COMFORT
I HAVE NO SISTERS BROTHERS TOO
YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO COMFORT YOU
I HAD NO ONE WITH GOOD INTENT
BECAUSE I HAD AN ACCIDENT
NO ONE WOULD LISTEN TO MY PLEA
NO ONE CAME TO COMFORT ME
A LITTLE BOY THAT HAD LOST HIS WAY
ALL YOU SAID WAS GO AND PLAY
YOU NEVER SAW THE HURT IN ME
YOU NEVER LISTENED TO MY PLEA
YOU JUST LIED AND MADE ME SEE
YOU NEVER CAME TO COMFORT ME
ALL THE LIES AND ALL THE TEARS
AND ALL THE BITTER BITTER YEARS
WHY DON’T YOU LOOK WHY DON’T YOU SEE
BUT ALL YOU DO IS LOOK THROUGH ME
YOU NEVER SAW THE HURT IN ME
YOU NEVER LISTENED TO MY PLEA
YOU JUST LIED AND MADE ME SEE
YOU NEVER CAME TO COMFORT ME
SO WHATS MY LIFE BUT JUST A LIE
I JUST HANG MY HEAD AND CRY
FOR YOUTH THAT’S LOST AND LOVE THAT’S GIVEN
AND THE LIFE THAT’S NOT YET RISEN
IT’S DARK IN THERE
JUST WAIT THERE ILL GET YOU OUT
AND OF THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT
I KNOW ITS DARK I KNOW ITS DISMAL
AND AT TIMES IT’S SO ABISSMAL
BUT STAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE IM COMING
FAST AS I CAN FAST AS IM RUNNING
THEN TOGETHER WE WILL BE
THEN AT LAST WE WILL BE FREE
ALL THE LIES THAT KEPT YOU HIDDEN
FOR THE THINGS YOU WERE NOT FORGIVEN
IT’S ALL COMING TO AND END
JUST COME OUT AND BE MY FRIEND
ALL THIS TIME YOUV’E BEEN ALONE
ALL THE TIME YOUV’E HAD NO HOME
JUST WAIT THERE AND YOU WILL SEE
ALL YOU ARE IS REALLY ME.
FRED AND BRUCE
THEY CALL HIM FRED THE WONDER DOG
SEATED ON HIS MIGHTY FROG
FIGHTING CRIME UPON THE ROAD
SEATED ON HIS TRUSTY TOAD
THEY CALL HIM BRUCE
FROM WHENCE HE CAME
UP IN QUEENSLAND AMONG THE CANE
HE’S GREY AND BROWN WITH BIG BLACK SPOTS
HE’S BIG AND MEAN WITH MIGHTY HOPS
THEY FIGHT CRIME BOTH BRUCE AND FRED
ALWAYS THERE ONE STEP AHEAD
ALL THE BADMEN FEAR AND DREAD
BRUCE THE TOAD AND A DOG NAMED FRED
IF YOU HIRE THEM YOU’LL BE PLEASED
HE GETS RESULTS WITH POISE AND EASE
THIS IS THE TRUTH I HAVE TOLD
OF FRED THE DOG AND BRUCE THE TOAD
TOMMY TURPIN
LITTLE TOMMY TURPIN
A BOY FROM OUT OF TOWN
ONCE CAME TO THE CITY
TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND
HE MARVELLED AT THE BUILDINGS
THE TRAFFIC AND THE STREETS
HE WALKED AROUND FOR HOURS
AND NOW HE HAD SORE FEET
HE SAT DOWN ON A BENCH
IN THE PRETTY PARK
AND THEN HE SLOWLY FELL ASLEEP
AND WOKE UP IN THE DARK
NOW FOR A COUNTRY BOY
IN THE CITY AFTER DARK
IT WASN’T SUCH A GOOD IDEA
IT WASN’T SUCH A LARK
A LADY OF THE NIGHT
WENT PASSING BY THE BENCH
AND SAID TO OUR YOUNG TOMMY
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY A WHENCH
NOW TOMMY DID NOT UNDERSTAND
AND RAN AWAY IN FRIGHT
AND VOWED TO RETURN HOME
THE VERY SAME NIGHT
NOW THE MORAL OF THIS STORY
IS VERY PLAIN TO SEE
THAT IF YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTRY
THE CITY’S NOT FOR THEE
INSIDE A PLACE
SEASON’S COME AND SEASON’S GO
IT’S DARK IN HERE SO I DON’T KNOW
IF WRONG IS WRONG AND RIGHT IS RIGHT
WHY DON’T YOU LISTEN TO MY PLIGHT
PLEASE FREE ME FROM WHERE I AM KEPT
AND THEN THE TRUTH I WILL EXCEPT
BUT I AM HELD INSIDE THIS PLACE
AND YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN MY FACE
BUT WAIT ONE DAY I WILL BE THERE
AND ALL OUR LIFE WE BOTH WILL SHARE
I JUST HOPE IT’S NOT TO LATE
FOR YOU TO OPEN UP THE GATE
I AM TRAPPED WITHIN YOUR SOUL
AND ALL I WANT IS TO BE WHOLE
SO TRY YOUR BEST I KNOW YOU CAN
AND FREE ME FROM THE PLACE I AM.
I CAN NOT TELL
WHAT IS THIS THING INSIDE OF ME
THAT I CAN NOT SEE YET I CAN FEEL
THAT MAKE ME FALL THAT MAKES ME RISE
THE TORMENT THERE THAT DWELLS INSIDE
I TRY TO FIGHT I TRY TO RISE
IT’S THERE ALWAYS WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES
PLEASE GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME BE
THEN I WILL TRULY BE SET FREE
I CAN NOT SEE I CAN NOT TELL
I CAN NOT SEE INSIDE THIS HELL
I CAN NOT TELL I CAN NOT CRY
IS IT TRUTH OR JUST A LIE
FOR THE BITTERNESS THAT’S GONE BY
WHAT HOPE HAVE I WHO CAN NOT CRY
WHAT CHANCE HAVE I WHO CAN NOT GIVE
WHAT CHANCE HAVE I WHO CAN NOT LIVE
TO SLEEP TO DREAM AND THEN TO FEAR
EXPLANTIONS THAT AREN’T CLEAR
IM JUST A CHILD THAT’S LOCKED AWAY
I JUST WANT TO GO OUT AND PLAY
FOR ALL THE REASONS RIGHT OR WRONG
IVE BEEN LOCKED HERE FOR FAR TO LONG
SO COME AND GET ME OUT SOMEDAY
AND THEN I CAN GO OUT AND PLAY
IT WON’T BE THERE
AS PAGES OF OUR LIVES UNFOLD
WHAT WONDERS DO WE SEE
WE LEAVE THESE THINGS ALONE
FOR OTHER FOLKS TO SEE
OR DO WE RUIN EVERYTHING
WITH GREED AND RAPE AND PLUNDER
ALL THE TIME DOES MOTHER EARTH
EVER WINGE AND WONDER
DOES SHE EVER GIVE US A BILL
FOR THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
AND THE THINGS GROWING HERE
FOR ALL THE THINGS SHE PLANTED
YOU JUST SAY DON’T YOU FRET
IT ALWAYS WILL BE THERE
BUT DON’T YOU GO KIDDING YOURSELVES
THINGS ARE GETTING RARE
THE FISH THAT SWIM THE BIRDS THAT FLY
THE FOOD WE RELY UPON
DON’T YOU GO ON FOOLING YOURSELVES
ONE DAY IT WILL BE GONE
REALLY ME
FOR ALL THE LIVES FOR ALL THE TEARS
FOR ALL THE BITTER BITTER YEARS
WHAT IS THE LIFE THAT WE FORGOT
AND ALL THE DREAMS THAT WE HAVE NOT
TO DREAMS TO HAVE TO HOPE TO FEAR
FOR WE TO SHED THIS LONELY TEAR
AND THE BABES NOT YET BORN
AND ALL OUR LIVES THAT WE YET SCORN
FOR TO HOPE FOR LIVES TO BEAR
AND ALL THE TIMES THAT WE CAN SHARE
WHAT IS THE THING WE HAVE FORSAKEN
AND ALL OUR LIVES WE TURN TO SATAN
BUT WILL YOU FIND A LOVE THAT’S THERE
A LOVE SO STRONG A LOVE SO RARE
AND SOMEDAY WHEN YOUR LIVES TURN AROUND
THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
I KNOW YOU HURT I KNOW YOU CRY
AND EVERYDAY YOU WANT TO DIE
BUT DON’T YOU LIVE THIS LIFE THAT’S GIVEN
FOR YOUR SINS CAN BE FORGIVEN
AND START ANEW WITH PASSION AND PRIDE
AND ALL YOUR PAINS WILL THEN SUBSIDE
YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ARE YOUR OWN
AND BETTER SEEDS THERE WILL BE SOWN
AND GROW TO BE A BETTER MAN
I KNOW YOU WILL I KNOW YOU CAN
YOU’VE COME THROUGH WORSE WITH COLOURS FLYING
SO DON’T STOP NOW JUST KEEP ON TRYING
FOR YOU WILL FIND THE LIGHT ABOVE
FULL OF HOPE AND FULL OF LOVE
SO DON’T YOU WAIT THE TIME HAS COME
FOR YOU TO COME BACK TO THE ONE
WHO NEEDS YOU NOW AND RIGHTLY SO
AND THEN THE TWO OF US CAN GROW.
THE BIRD
A VISION CAME TO ME ONE NIGHT
IN THE SHAPE OF A MIGHTY BIRD
HE TOLD ME THINGS ABOUT MYSELF
THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD
HE TOLD ME OF THINGS AND PLACES
THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN
I JUST SAT THERE MESMERISED
AND NEVER SAID A WORD
BEING IN THE PRESENCE
OF THIS MIGHTY BIRD
I GAZED INTO HIS GREAT BIG EYES
HIS EYES SO FULL OF POWER
BUT HE JUST KEPT ON TALKING
HOUR AFTER HOUR
HE SAID IF WE JUST TRUST OURSELVES
THE TRUTH WE’LL ALWAYS FIND
AND IF WE ARE SO LOVING
SO GENTLE AND SO KIND
SO IF YOU THINK THAT LIFES UNFAIR
AND YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE A CARE
ALL YOU DO IS LOOK AROUND
AT THINGS THAT WE ALL SHARE
TURNER
WE HAVE THIS DOG CALLED TURNER
AS BIG AS HE COULD BE
HE HAS THESE QUEEN ANN BACK LEGS
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
HE LOOKS JUST LIKE A BALLERINA
WHEN HE HAS A PEE
DOING THE PAR DE DUR
FOR ALL THE CROWD TO SEE
WHEN WE TAKE HIM FOR A WALK
HE TRULY THROWS A WOBBLY
IF WE DIDN’T GET HIM THROUGH THE DOOR
HE’D DO IT IN THE LOBBY
WHEN HE EATS HIS DINNER
IT’S AS IF HE STARVED FOR WEEKS
HE GOBBLES DOWN HIS DINNER
AND JUST FILLS UP HIS CHEEKS
AND IF YOU SAW HIM STOOD THERE
YOU WOULD SAY MY GOD
BUT DON’T YOU BE AFRAID
CAUSE HE’S A REAL SOFT SOD
MORRISON
WE HAVE THIS GREAT BIG PUSSY CAT
MORRISON IS HIS NAME
NOW HE HIS GETTING OLDER
HE’S BECOMING JUST A PAIN
HE ALWAYS CRIES TO GO OUT
THEN CRIES TO COME ON IN
THEN CRIES TO GO OUT
AND CRIES TO COME IN AGAIN
ALL HE DOES IS SIT THERE
ALL HE DOES IS EAT
WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION
HE HAS HOLLOW FEET
NOW WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A CAT
YOU HAVE HAD FOR YEARS
IT WOULD BE CRUEL
TO BURY HIM UPTO HIS EARS
BUT HOW DO YOU GET SOME SLEEP
THROUGH THE LONG LONG NIGHT
CAUSE WE HAVE GOT THIS PUSSY
WHO DOESN’T GIVE SHITTE
GETTING YOU OUT
JUST WAIT THERE I WILL GET YOU OUT
AND OF THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT
I KNOW ITS DARK I KNOW ITS DISMAL
AND AT TIMES IT IS ABISMAL
BUT STAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE IM COMING
FAST AS I CAN FAST AS IM RUNNING
THEN TOGETHER WE WILL BE ME
THEN AT LAST WE WILL BE FREE
ALL THE LIES THAT KEPT YOU HIDDEN
FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU WERE NOT FORGIVEN
IT’S ALL COMING TO AN END
JUST COME OUT AND BE MY FREIND
ALL THIS TIME YOU HAVE BEEN ALONE
ALL THIS TIME YOU HAD NO HOME
JUST WAIT THERE AND YOU WILL SEE
ALL YOU ARE IS REALLY ME
INSIDE OF ME
WHAT IS THIS THING INSIDE OF ME
THAT I CAN NOT SEE BUT I CAN FEEL
THAT MAKES ME FALL THAT MAKES ME RISE
THAT TORMENT THAT DWELLS INSIDE
I TRY TO FIGHT I TRY TO RISE
ITS ALWAYS THERE WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES
PLEASE GO AWAY AND LET ME BE
THEN AT LAST I WILL BE FREE
I CAN NOT SEE I CAN NOT TELL
I CAN NOT SEE INSIDE THIS HELL
I CAN NOT TELL I CAN NOT CRY
IS THE TRUTH OR JUST A LIE
FOR ALL THE BITTENESS GONE BY
WHAT HOPE OF I WHO CAN NOT CRY
WHAT CHANCE HAVE I THAT CAN NOT GIVE
WHAT CHANCE I HAVE WHO CAN NOT LIVE
TO SLEEP TO DREAM AND THEN TO FEAR
EXPLANTIONS THAT JUST NOT CLEAR
IM JUST A CHILD THAT’S LOCKED AWAY
I JUST WANT TO GO OUT AND PLAY
FOR ALL THE REASONS RIGHT OR WRONG
IVE BEEN LOCKED HERE FOR FAR TO LONG
SO COME AND GET ME OUT SOME DAY
THEN I CAN GO OUT AND PLAY
SEASONS COME
SEASONS COME AND SEASONS GO
ITS DARK IN HERE SO I DONT KNOW
IF WRONG IS WRONG AND RIGHT IS RIGHT
WHY DONT YOU LISTEN TO MY PLIGHT
PLEASE FREE ME FROM WHERE I AM KEPT
AND THEN THE TRUTH I WILL EXCEPT
BUT I AM HERE INSIDE THIS PLACE
AND YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN MY FACE
BUT WAIT ONE DAY I WILL BE THERE
AND ALL OUR LIFE WE WILL BOTH SHARE
I JUST HOPE IT’S NOT TO LATE
FOR YOU TO OPEN UP THE GATE
I AM TRAPPED WITHIN YOUR SOUL
AND ALL I WANT IS TO BE WHOLE
SO TRY YOUR BEST I KNOW YOU CAN
AND FREE ME FROM THE PLACE I AM
LIES AND BITTER YEARS
FOR ALL THE LIES FOR ALL THE TEARS
FOR ALL THE BITTER BITTER YEARS
WHAT IS THIS LIFE WE HAVE FORGOT
AND ALL THE DREAMS THAT WE HAVE NOT
TO DREAM TO HAVE TO HOPE TO FEAR
FOR WE TO SHED THIS LONELY TEAR
AND THE BABIES NOT YET BORN
AND ALL THE TIMES WE ALL WILL SCORN
FOR TO HOPE FOR LIVES TO BEAR
AND ALL THE TIMES WE ALL SHALL SHARE
WHAT IS THIS THING WE HAVE FORSAKEN
AND ALL THE LIVES NOW TURNED TO SATIN
BUT YOU WILL FIND A LOVE THAT’S THERE
A LOVE SO STRONG A LOVE SO RARE
AND SOMEDAY WHEN YOUR LIVES TURN AROUND
AND YOU GET CLOSER TO THE GROUND
MAYBE THEN YOU WILL SEE WHAT REAL
AND THE TRUTH YOU REALLY FEEL
AND ALL THE THING YOU CAN NOT SEE
THEN YOU WILL KNOW IT’ S REALLY ME.
DREAMS AND HOPES
WHAT THOUGHTS AND PLEASURES WE DERIVE
JUST FROM MEARLY BEING ALIVE
WHAT DREAMS WHAT HOPES HAVE WE HIDDEN
FOR WANT’S AND POSSESTIONS WE ARE DRIVEN
WHAT OF OUR DREAMS WE HAVE FORGOT
WE THROW ASIDE FOR IT WAS NOT
THE THING TO DO TILL TIME FORGOT
WE HAVE CHOICES THAT I KNOW
THE THINGS WE WANT THE THINGS WE SHOW
BUT NOW’S THE TIME TO MAKE A STAND
AND TAKE THE FUTURE BY THE HAND
WE MUST BELIVE IN WHAT IS RIGHT
AND MAKE THE DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
GO FOR OUR DREAMS AND MAKE THEM HAPPEN
WE HAVE HELD BACK WE HAVE BEEN SLACKIN
NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO GO
TO OURSELVES WE HAVE TO SHOW
TIME
TIME IS AN ENEMY
TIME IS A FRIEND
TIME IS A STORY
THE PLOT NEVER ENDS
BUT TIME IS SOMETHING
WE HAVE ALL GOT
TIME IS A MYSTERY
THAT HAS NO PLOT
BUT WHEN YOU THINK
WHAT TIME YOU HAVE SPENT
TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHAT DREAMS YOU HAVE BEEN SENT
AND MAYBE IN TIME
OUR LIVES WILL ALLOW
THE PAIN AND SUFFERING
WE SHOW ON OUR BROW
AND PERHAPS IN OUR DREAMS
THE FEAR MAYNOT RISE
AND FEAR WILL BE REPLACED
BY HAPPINESS IN OUR LIVES
FOUR SCORE
FOUR SCORE AND TWENTY
IVE LIVED WITH THIS FEAR
FOUR SCORE AND TWENTY
YEAR AFTER YEAR
AND LIFE IS NOT SOMETHING
FOR GRANTED WE TAKE
AND SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE
TO CRUSH FOR THEIR SAKE
BUT WHAT DO WE DO
WHEN NOTHING ALLOWS
AND NOTHING IS GIVEN
NOT EVEN A VOW
TO HELP YOU GROW
AND MAKE YOU LESS FEARED
WHEN YOU WERE FIRST BORN
AND THEN YOU WERE REARED
AND WHAT DID THEY TAKE
TO MAKE YOU THIS WAY
FOR FEAR IS THE PERSON
WHO IS WITH YOU EACH DAY
FOR NOW IS THE TIME
AND NOW IS THE WAY
AND MAYBE THE ANSWER
LIES HERE TODAY
IM NOT BLIND
YOU SHOW ME THINGS THAT I DONT KNOW
YOU TAKE ME PLACES I DONT GO
YOU START TO TELL ME THEN LEAVE ME FLAT
YOU STAY THERE AND I GO BACK
WHAT IS THIS THING YOU TRY TO TELL
AND ALL THE WORDS YOU TRY TO SPELL
TO UNDERSTAND ME I MUST KNOW
TO UNDERSTAND ME I MUST GO
INTO THE PLACE YOUR LEADINGME
TO SHOW ME THINGS I HAVE TO SEE
DONT BE AFRIAD BECAUSE I WON’T CRY
IVE DONE ALL THAT MY EYES ARE DRY
ILL SEE THE TRUTH YOU WILL SHOW
YOU LEAD THE WAY I WANT TO GO
SO TAKE ME THERE WERE I BELONG
FOR I HAVE WAITED FAR TO LONG
WITH YOU BESIDES ME I WON’T FALTER
THE TWO OF US MY LIFE WILL ALTER
THE TRUTH IS THERE FOR US TO FIND
SO TAKE ME THERE FOR IM NOT BLIND
SAINT JOSEPHS
ST JOSEPH CONVENT I HAVE SEEN
ST JOSEPHS CONVENT I HAVE BEEN
THE DARKENED HALL THE DARKEN PLACES
OF FRIGHTENED CHILDREN WITH FRIGHTENED FACES
NEVER TOLD THE SPOKEN TRUTH
WHY WE WERE IMPRISONED INSIDE THIS ROOF
I NEVER KNEW THE REASON WHY
THEY TOOK IT WITH THEM WHEN THEY DIE
THOSE HALLOWED HALLS HAVE SEEN THE LAST
OFF ME AND MINE AND ALL MY PAST
THE TRUTH ONE DAY I WILL FIND
THOUGH IT TAKES THOUGHT AND IT TAKES TIME
I KNOW THE TRUTH YOU HOLD DEEP DOWN
AND EVERY DAY I WORE A FROWN
AND I WAS NEVER EVEN TOLD
WHY I WAS KEPT OUT IN THE COLD
WHAT IS THIS TRUTH YOU HOLD INSIDE
YOU TOOK MY HOPE YOU TOOK MY PRIDE
THEN ONE DAY I WAS LET OUT
AND I NEVER GAVE A SHOUT
FOR I LEARNED TO GROW UP FAST
AND THEN MY LIFE THE DYE WAS CAST
SELDOM
SELDOM DO WE GET THE CHANCE
TO LIVE OUR LIVES AND TO ADVANCE
FOR MANY YEARS I THOUGHT ABOUT OTHERS
MOTHERS FATHERS SISTERS BROTHERS
BUT I AM HERE AND THEY ARE THERE
OUR LIVES MAY CROSS BUT NEVER SHARE
THE GRUDGE I BORE JUST MADE ME ILL
I GOT NO ANSWER JUST A PILL
BUT NOW I KNOW THE ANSWERS THERE
FOR I KNOW AND THEY DONT CARE
THEY LIVE THERE LIVES INSIDE A SHELL
THE TRUTH IS THERE BUT THEY WONT TELL
BUT NOW I KNOW IM TRULY RISEN
FOR THERE FAILINGS IVE FORGIVEN
BUT IF THEY SEE AND THEY WON’T TELL
IVE JUST THREE WORDS GO TO HELL
CHILDREN LOST CHILDREN FOUND
ALL OUR DREAMS LAY UNDERGROUND
BEING THERE FOR ALL THESE YEARS
WOEFULL LIVES AND WOEFULL TEARS
MAKING ALL OUR LIVES REGRESS
BLAMING IT ALL ON DAYTIME STRESS
BUT ALL THE TIME WE KEEP IT HIDDEN
BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS FORBIDDEN
NOW IT’S COMING OUT ON TOP
AND ONE DAY OUT IT SOON WILL POP
ALL OUR DREAMS WE KEEP WELL HIDDEN
BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS FORBIDDEN
TO LOVE TO CRY TO FEAR TO HATE
ALL THE TIME WE SHUT THE GATE
TO ALL THE ONES WE LOVE AND CHERISH
AND HOUR BY HOUR THE LOVE WE PERISH
UNTIIL WE FIND THE REASON WHY
OUR LIFE IS LIVED UPON A LIE
THE DREAMS THE THOUGHTS THE LIFE WILL DIE
IF ONLY ONCE WE COULD TRY
TO GET THE TRUTH OUT IN THE OPEN
THEN WE CAN SAY WERE TRULY COPING
HUMANS CAN NOT FLY
I ONCE MET A MAN ONE DAY
WHO TOLD ME HE COULD FLY
WHY HE REALLY TOLD ME THIS
I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHY
HE SAID HE FLEW DOWN TO BRAZIL
THE WEATHER WAS SO BLEAK
IT TOOK TWO DAYS TO GET THERE
TO FLY BACK TOOK A WEEK
THEN HE FLEW TO PISA
TO GAZE UPON THE TOWER
BEING SO CLOSE TO US
ONLY TOOK AN HOUR
HE ONLY FLEW IN DAYLIGHT
BUT TRIED IT IN THE DARK
AND LANDED IN THE OCEAN
AND WAS EATEN BY A SHARK
THE MORAL OF THIS STORY
IS HUMANS CAN NOT FLY
SO KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND
IT’S FOOLISH JUST TO TRY
DARKNESS RESIDES
I WANT THIS THING I HAVE TO PASS
I WANT TO KICK IT IN THE ARSE
IVE HAD IT FOR TO LONG YOU SEE
THE DARKNESS THAT’S INSIDE OF ME
TO PLUCK IT OUT FROM WHERE IT HIDES
WHERE IT IS HIDDEN WHERE IT RESIDES
ALL THE TRUTH THEN I WILL SEE
WHAT THE FEAR IS INSIDE OF ME
WHY DO I ALWAYS STAND AND WAIT
WHY CAN I NOT OPEN UP THE GATE
TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS I HATE
TO GO RIGHT IN AND NOT PROCRASTINATE
SO NOW I HAVE TO MAKE A STAND
AND OFFER OUT A LOVING HAND
THEN ALL MY FEAR AND ALL THE DREAD
AND ALL THE THOUGHTS INSIDE MY HEAD
WILL ONE DAY SPREAD THIER WINGS AND FLY
AND THEN MY LIFE WON’T BE A LIE
NOW IS THE TIME FOR ME TO FIGHT
TO GET IT OUT AND NOT TAKE FLIGHT
TO FACE THIS HORROR THAT’S WITHIN
SO I CAN START ALL OVER AGAIN
I HAVE TO FREE WHAT I AM YEARNING
TO MAKE MYSELF WHOLE TO MAKE MYSELF FREE
IT TAKES TIME IT TAKES COURAGE
SO I MUST NOT BE DISCOURAGED
TO WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD
TO FACE THE HURT TO FACE THE DREAD
DARKNESS INSIDE
FOR OURSELVES WE DO DECIEVE
FOR OURSELVES WE DON’T BELIEVE
HIDDEN THOUGHTS AND HIDDEN DREAMS
HIDDEN SHOUTS AND HIDDEN SCREAMS
NEVER KNOWING DAY BY DAY
WHY WE REALLY ARE THIS WAY
PERHAPS ONE DAY AROUND I’LL TURN
THEN THESE THOUGHTS I’LL REALY SPURN
THEN THE LIGHT WILL THEN SHINE THROUGH
THEN TO MYSELF I WILL BE TRUE
WE HAVE NO REASON TO TAKE FLIGHT
WHAT GIVES ME WORRY WHAT GIVES ME FRIGHT
WHAT MAKES ME THINK I CAN NOT COPE
I LOSE ALL REASON I LOSE ALL HOPE
OF ALL THE THINGS I TRY TO HIDE
THAT CAUSES TURMOIL ALL INSIDE
WHAT HOPE HAVE I TO LIVE A LIFE
FREE OF WORRY FREE OF STRIFE
WHAT IS THIS THING I CANNOT FACE
THE THING THAT’S HIDDEN IN ITS PLACE
DOWN INSIDE MY SOUL IT HIDES
DOWN DEEP INSIDE THE THING RESIDES
NOT EVER COMING TO THE LIGHT
PERHAPS LIKE ME IT’S FULL OF FRIGHT
LONELY GIRL
THERE IS THIS LONELY GIRL
WHO SITS ALONE AND CRIES
MANY PEOPLE SEE HER
MANY PEOPLE PASS HER BY
IN THIS WORLD OF MANY
WHY SHOULD SHE BE ALONE
IN THIS WORLD OF PLENTY
WHY HAS SHE GOT NO HOME
THERE IS THIS LONELY GIRL
WHO SITS ALONE AND CRIES
WHY DO WE NOT REACH OUT TO HER
AND GIVE HER ALL OUR LOVE
JUST LIKE WE WERE PROMISED
BY THE GOD ABOVE
MAYBE IF WE JUST REACH OUT
HER LONELY TEARS WILL DRY
AND MAYBE IF OUR LOVE IS STRONG
AND MAYBE IF WE TRY
THIS LONELY GIRL WON’T BE ALONE
HER LONELY HEART WON’T DIE
THERE IS THIS LONELY GIRL
WHO SITS ALONE AND CRIES
GEORGE THE GOOSE
A GOOSE CALLED GEORGE WOKE UP ONE DAY
AND FOUND HE COULD NOT FLY
NO MATTER HOW HE DID IT
OR HOW MUCH HE TRIED
GEORGE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT HE COULD NOT FLY
NOW ALL THE REST FLEW SOUTH
TO FRANCE AND ONTO RIO
BUT GEORGE HAD TO BE CONTENT
AND STAY WITH A PIG NAMED CLEO
NOW CHRISTMAS CAME AS IT ALWAYS DID
NO TURKEY COULD BE FOUND
SO FARMER JONES SAID WHY NOT GOOSE
IT’S GOT TO BE TEN POUND
THE FARMYARD TELEGRAPH WAS RIFE
WITH POOR OLD GEORGE’S QUICK DEMISE
SO CLEO SAID TO GEORGE ONE DAY
YOU’D BETTER RUN AND HIDE
FOR FARMER JONES HAS NOTHING
TO FEED HIS BLOOMING LOT
AND CLEO SAID TO GEORGE
YOU FOR THE COOKING POT
SO GEORGE HID UNDER ALL THE HAY
TO WAIT THERE FOR HIS FATE
WHEN HE HEARD OLD FARMER JONES
COMING THROUGH THE GATE
BUT HE WAS KIND OF CARELESS
AND FELL INSIDE THE GATE
AND WHEN HE LANDED ON THE GROUND
THE AXE FELL ON HIS HEAD
THE AXE IT OPENED UP A WOUND
THE BLOOD IT TRICKELED OUT
HE COULD NOT OPEN UP HIS MOUTH
FOR HELP HE COULD NOT SHOUT
SO GEORGE CREPT OUT FROM INSIDE THE SHED
THE SCENE IT CAUGHT HIS GASE
HE HAD TO RUN BACK TO THE HOUSE
THE ALARM HE HAD TO RAISE
HE SAVED THE LIFE OF FARMER JONES
THIS VOW HE DID DECIDE
THAT GEORGE WOULD LIVE HIS LIFE OUT
UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED.
FEARFUL DREAD
YESTERDAY I FELT SAD INSIDE
MY FEAR MY TRAUMA I CAN NOT HIDE
I NEED TO GO INSIDE MY SOUL
TO MAKE ME FILLED TO MAKE ME WHOLE
I FELT REJECTED, NEGLECTED AND STUPID
I NEED A PERSON WITH THE ARROW OF CUPID
TO PIERCE THE DARKNESS I FEEL INSIDE
NO LONGER FOR MY FEARS TO HIDE
WHAT DO I WANT WHAT DO I FEAR
TO ME IT IS NOT REALLY CLEAR
WHY I RUN AND HIDE AND FEAR
I CAN NOT TELL I CAN NOT HEAR
LAST NIGHT AS I LAY INSIDE MY BED
ALL THE THOUGHTS RAN THROUGH MY HEAD
WHAT IS THE THING THAT IS WELL HIDDEN
TO MAKE ME SAD TO MAKE ME DRIVEN
THAT CAUSES ALL THIS FEARFULL DREAD
THIS PAIN AND TORTURE IN MY HEAD
THIS DEMON THAT I CAN NOT TOUCH
THAT IS STILL USING ME FOR A CRUTCH
ONE DAY I HOPE I WILL DRIVE IT OUT
THEN I WILL BE ABLE TO SHOUT
GLORY BE TODAY IM FREE
STUCK FOR WORDS
WHAT LOOKS YOU GIVE WHAT WORDS YOU UTTER
WHEN YOU FIND I HAVE A STUTTER
YOU LOOK AT ME AS IF I’M CURSED
YOU LOOK AT ME AND EVEN WORSE
YOU THINK IM DAFT YOU THINK IM LOONY
YOU THINK IVE JUST COME FROM THE MOONY
WHY DO YOU LAUGH WHY CARN’T YOU SEE
THE PERSON THAT’S INSIDE OF ME
I LOVE I LAUGH I HURT I CRY
ONE DAY LIKE YOU I’LL EVEN DIE
DON’T YOU THINK I DESERVE A CHANCE
TO GROW TO LIVE AND TO ADVANCE
WHY CARN’T YOU UNDERSTAND IN ME
FOR I AM HERE FOR ALL TO SEE
BUT YOU KEEP ME LOCKED INSIDE MY PRISON
AND MY SOUL HAS NEVER RISEN
TO THE HIEGHTS THAT YOU FEEL
FULL OF LIFE AND FULL OF ZEAL
I HAVE THIS TROUBLE WITH MY TALKING
BUT YOU STAND THIER BLOODY GAULKING
IT’S NOT CONTAGIOUS YOU WON’T CATCH IT
ON THE SURFACE YOU WON’T SCRATCH IT
SO WHEN THE REASON I DO TALK
ALL YOU DO IS STAND AND GAULK
IT’S JUST ME THAT’S STANDING THERE
SO WHY THE LOOKS AND WHY THE STARE
I’M JUST HUMAN AS YOU SEE
I DID NOT CHOOSE IT, IT CHOSE ME
SO STOP THE WAY YOU’RE TREATING ME
IM JUST LIKE YOU AS YOU CAN SEE
YOU’RE SON
WHY DON’T YOU SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE
AFTER ALL I’M STILL YOUR SON
WHAT IS THIS THING THAT YOU HATE
WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CLOSE THE GATE
ALL THE LIES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
ALL THE UPSET PAIN AND TEARS
WHY CARN’T YOU LOVE ME FOR JUST ME
AND NOT FOR SOMEONE I COULD BE
MY OWN LIFE IS WHAT IVE GOT
THAT’S THE THING THAT YOU FORGOT
IT’S MY OWN LIFE AND INDEED
EVEN IF I DON’T SUCCEED
WHAT IS THIS THING THAT I HAVE DONE
AFTER ALL I’M STILL YOUR SON
ALL THE WORDS THAT YOU HAVE SPOKEN
ALL THE PROMISES YOU HAVE BROKEN
FOR FORTY YEARS IVE HAD THIS PAIN
FOR FORTY YEARS YOU’VE WATCHED ME DRAIN
ALWAYS TELLING ME YOUR LIE
KEEPING IT HIDDEN UNTIL YOU DIE
BUT I DON’T CARE FOR I HAVE RISEN
UP ABOVE YOUR HUMAN PRISON
ALL THESE WORDS I HAVE SPOKEN
SAY GOODBYE THE BONDS ARE BROKEN
COMFORT
I HAVE NO SISTERS BROTHERS TOO
YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO COMFORT YOU
I HAD NO ONE WITH GOOD INTENT
BECAUSE I HAD AN ACCIDENT
NO ONE WOULD LISTEN TO MY PLEA
NO ONE CAME TO COMFORT ME
A LITTLE BOY THAT HAD LOST HIS WAY
ALL YOU SAID WAS GO AND PLAY
YOU NEVER SAW THE HURT IN ME
YOU NEVER LISTENED TO MY PLEA
YOU JUST LIED AND MADE ME SEE
YOU NEVER CAME TO COMFORT ME
ALL THE LIES AND ALL THE TEARS
AND ALL THE BITTER BITTER YEARS
WHY DON’T YOU LOOK WHY DON’T YOU SEE
BUT ALL YOU DO IS LOOK THROUGH ME
YOU NEVER SAW THE HURT IN ME
YOU NEVER LISTENED TO MY PLEA
YOU JUST LIED AND MADE ME SEE
YOU NEVER CAME TO COMFORT ME
SO WHATS MY LIFE BUT JUST A LIE
I JUST HANG MY HEAD AND CRY
FOR YOUTH THAT’S LOST AND LOVE THAT’S GIVEN
AND THE LIFE THAT’S NOT YET RISEN
IT’S DARK IN THERE
JUST WAIT THERE ILL GET YOU OUT
AND OF THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT
I KNOW ITS DARK I KNOW ITS DISMAL
AND AT TIMES IT’S SO ABISSMAL
BUT STAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE IM COMING
FAST AS I CAN FAST AS IM RUNNING
THEN TOGETHER WE WILL BE
THEN AT LAST WE WILL BE FREE
ALL THE LIES THAT KEPT YOU HIDDEN
FOR THE THINGS YOU WERE NOT FORGIVEN
IT’S ALL COMING TO AND END
JUST COME OUT AND BE MY FRIEND
ALL THIS TIME YOUV’E BEEN ALONE
ALL THE TIME YOUV’E HAD NO HOME
JUST WAIT THERE AND YOU WILL SEE
ALL YOU ARE IS REALLY ME.
FRED AND BRUCE
THEY CALL HIM FRED THE WONDER DOG
SEATED ON HIS MIGHTY FROG
FIGHTING CRIME UPON THE ROAD
SEATED ON HIS TRUSTY TOAD
THEY CALL HIM BRUCE
FROM WHENCE HE CAME
UP IN QUEENSLAND AMONG THE CANE
HE’S GREY AND BROWN WITH BIG BLACK SPOTS
HE’S BIG AND MEAN WITH MIGHTY HOPS
THEY FIGHT CRIME BOTH BRUCE AND FRED
ALWAYS THERE ONE STEP AHEAD
ALL THE BADMEN FEAR AND DREAD
BRUCE THE TOAD AND A DOG NAMED FRED
IF YOU HIRE THEM YOU’LL BE PLEASED
HE GETS RESULTS WITH POISE AND EASE
THIS IS THE TRUTH I HAVE TOLD
OF FRED THE DOG AND BRUCE THE TOAD
TOMMY TURPIN
LITTLE TOMMY TURPIN
A BOY FROM OUT OF TOWN
ONCE CAME TO THE CITY
TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND
HE MARVELLED AT THE BUILDINGS
THE TRAFFIC AND THE STREETS
HE WALKED AROUND FOR HOURS
AND NOW HE HAD SORE FEET
HE SAT DOWN ON A BENCH
IN THE PRETTY PARK
AND THEN HE SLOWLY FELL ASLEEP
AND WOKE UP IN THE DARK
NOW FOR A COUNTRY BOY
IN THE CITY AFTER DARK
IT WASN’T SUCH A GOOD IDEA
IT WASN’T SUCH A LARK
A LADY OF THE NIGHT
WENT PASSING BY THE BENCH
AND SAID TO OUR YOUNG TOMMY
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY A WHENCH
NOW TOMMY DID NOT UNDERSTAND
AND RAN AWAY IN FRIGHT
AND VOWED TO RETURN HOME
THE VERY SAME NIGHT
NOW THE MORAL OF THIS STORY
IS VERY PLAIN TO SEE
THAT IF YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTRY
THE CITY’S NOT FOR THEE
INSIDE A PLACE
SEASON’S COME AND SEASON’S GO
IT’S DARK IN HERE SO I DON’T KNOW
IF WRONG IS WRONG AND RIGHT IS RIGHT
WHY DON’T YOU LISTEN TO MY PLIGHT
PLEASE FREE ME FROM WHERE I AM KEPT
AND THEN THE TRUTH I WILL EXCEPT
BUT I AM HELD INSIDE THIS PLACE
AND YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN MY FACE
BUT WAIT ONE DAY I WILL BE THERE
AND ALL OUR LIFE WE BOTH WILL SHARE
I JUST HOPE IT’S NOT TO LATE
FOR YOU TO OPEN UP THE GATE
I AM TRAPPED WITHIN YOUR SOUL
AND ALL I WANT IS TO BE WHOLE
SO TRY YOUR BEST I KNOW YOU CAN
AND FREE ME FROM THE PLACE I AM.
I CAN NOT TELL
WHAT IS THIS THING INSIDE OF ME
THAT I CAN NOT SEE YET I CAN FEEL
THAT MAKE ME FALL THAT MAKES ME RISE
THE TORMENT THERE THAT DWELLS INSIDE
I TRY TO FIGHT I TRY TO RISE
IT’S THERE ALWAYS WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES
PLEASE GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME BE
THEN I WILL TRULY BE SET FREE
I CAN NOT SEE I CAN NOT TELL
I CAN NOT SEE INSIDE THIS HELL
I CAN NOT TELL I CAN NOT CRY
IS IT TRUTH OR JUST A LIE
FOR THE BITTERNESS THAT’S GONE BY
WHAT HOPE HAVE I WHO CAN NOT CRY
WHAT CHANCE HAVE I WHO CAN NOT GIVE
WHAT CHANCE HAVE I WHO CAN NOT LIVE
TO SLEEP TO DREAM AND THEN TO FEAR
EXPLANTIONS THAT AREN’T CLEAR
IM JUST A CHILD THAT’S LOCKED AWAY
I JUST WANT TO GO OUT AND PLAY
FOR ALL THE REASONS RIGHT OR WRONG
IVE BEEN LOCKED HERE FOR FAR TO LONG
SO COME AND GET ME OUT SOMEDAY
AND THEN I CAN GO OUT AND PLAY
IT WON’T BE THERE
AS PAGES OF OUR LIVES UNFOLD
WHAT WONDERS DO WE SEE
WE LEAVE THESE THINGS ALONE
FOR OTHER FOLKS TO SEE
OR DO WE RUIN EVERYTHING
WITH GREED AND RAPE AND PLUNDER
ALL THE TIME DOES MOTHER EARTH
EVER WINGE AND WONDER
DOES SHE EVER GIVE US A BILL
FOR THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
AND THE THINGS GROWING HERE
FOR ALL THE THINGS SHE PLANTED
YOU JUST SAY DON’T YOU FRET
IT ALWAYS WILL BE THERE
BUT DON’T YOU GO KIDDING YOURSELVES
THINGS ARE GETTING RARE
THE FISH THAT SWIM THE BIRDS THAT FLY
THE FOOD WE RELY UPON
DON’T YOU GO ON FOOLING YOURSELVES
ONE DAY IT WILL BE GONE
REALLY ME
FOR ALL THE LIVES FOR ALL THE TEARS
FOR ALL THE BITTER BITTER YEARS
WHAT IS THE LIFE THAT WE FORGOT
AND ALL THE DREAMS THAT WE HAVE NOT
TO DREAMS TO HAVE TO HOPE TO FEAR
FOR WE TO SHED THIS LONELY TEAR
AND THE BABES NOT YET BORN
AND ALL OUR LIVES THAT WE YET SCORN
FOR TO HOPE FOR LIVES TO BEAR
AND ALL THE TIMES THAT WE CAN SHARE
WHAT IS THE THING WE HAVE FORSAKEN
AND ALL OUR LIVES WE TURN TO SATAN
BUT WILL YOU FIND A LOVE THAT’S THERE
A LOVE SO STRONG A LOVE SO RARE
AND SOMEDAY WHEN YOUR LIVES TURN AROUND
THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
I KNOW YOU HURT I KNOW YOU CRY
AND EVERYDAY YOU WANT TO DIE
BUT DON’T YOU LIVE THIS LIFE THAT’S GIVEN
FOR YOUR SINS CAN BE FORGIVEN
AND START ANEW WITH PASSION AND PRIDE
AND ALL YOUR PAINS WILL THEN SUBSIDE
YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ARE YOUR OWN
AND BETTER SEEDS THERE WILL BE SOWN
AND GROW TO BE A BETTER MAN
I KNOW YOU WILL I KNOW YOU CAN
YOU’VE COME THROUGH WORSE WITH COLOURS FLYING
SO DON’T STOP NOW JUST KEEP ON TRYING
FOR YOU WILL FIND THE LIGHT ABOVE
FULL OF HOPE AND FULL OF LOVE
SO DON’T YOU WAIT THE TIME HAS COME
FOR YOU TO COME BACK TO THE ONE
WHO NEEDS YOU NOW AND RIGHTLY SO
AND THEN THE TWO OF US CAN GROW.
THE BIRD
A VISION CAME TO ME ONE NIGHT
IN THE SHAPE OF A MIGHTY BIRD
HE TOLD ME THINGS ABOUT MYSELF
THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD
HE TOLD ME OF THINGS AND PLACES
THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN
I JUST SAT THERE MESMERISED
AND NEVER SAID A WORD
BEING IN THE PRESENCE
OF THIS MIGHTY BIRD
I GAZED INTO HIS GREAT BIG EYES
HIS EYES SO FULL OF POWER
BUT HE JUST KEPT ON TALKING
HOUR AFTER HOUR
HE SAID IF WE JUST TRUST OURSELVES
THE TRUTH WE’LL ALWAYS FIND
AND IF WE ARE SO LOVING
SO GENTLE AND SO KIND
SO IF YOU THINK THAT LIFES UNFAIR
AND YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE A CARE
ALL YOU DO IS LOOK AROUND
AT THINGS THAT WE ALL SHARE
TURNER
WE HAVE THIS DOG CALLED TURNER
AS BIG AS HE COULD BE
HE HAS THESE QUEEN ANN BACK LEGS
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
HE LOOKS JUST LIKE A BALLERINA
WHEN HE HAS A PEE
DOING THE PAR DE DUR
FOR ALL THE CROWD TO SEE
WHEN WE TAKE HIM FOR A WALK
HE TRULY THROWS A WOBBLY
IF WE DIDN’T GET HIM THROUGH THE DOOR
HE’D DO IT IN THE LOBBY
WHEN HE EATS HIS DINNER
IT’S AS IF HE STARVED FOR WEEKS
HE GOBBLES DOWN HIS DINNER
AND JUST FILLS UP HIS CHEEKS
AND IF YOU SAW HIM STOOD THERE
YOU WOULD SAY MY GOD
BUT DON’T YOU BE AFRAID
CAUSE HE’S A REAL SOFT SOD
MORRISON
WE HAVE THIS GREAT BIG PUSSY CAT
MORRISON IS HIS NAME
NOW HE HIS GETTING OLDER
HE’S BECOMING JUST A PAIN
HE ALWAYS CRIES TO GO OUT
THEN CRIES TO COME ON IN
THEN CRIES TO GO OUT
AND CRIES TO COME IN AGAIN
ALL HE DOES IS SIT THERE
ALL HE DOES IS EAT
WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION
HE HAS HOLLOW FEET
NOW WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A CAT
YOU HAVE HAD FOR YEARS
IT WOULD BE CRUEL
TO BURY HIM UPTO HIS EARS
BUT HOW DO YOU GET SOME SLEEP
THROUGH THE LONG LONG NIGHT
CAUSE WE HAVE GOT THIS PUSSY
WHO DOESN’T GIVE SHITTE
GETTING YOU OUT
JUST WAIT THERE I WILL GET YOU OUT
AND OF THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT
I KNOW ITS DARK I KNOW ITS DISMAL
AND AT TIMES IT IS ABISMAL
BUT STAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE IM COMING
FAST AS I CAN FAST AS IM RUNNING
THEN TOGETHER WE WILL BE ME
THEN AT LAST WE WILL BE FREE
ALL THE LIES THAT KEPT YOU HIDDEN
FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU WERE NOT FORGIVEN
IT’S ALL COMING TO AN END
JUST COME OUT AND BE MY FREIND
ALL THIS TIME YOU HAVE BEEN ALONE
ALL THIS TIME YOU HAD NO HOME
JUST WAIT THERE AND YOU WILL SEE
ALL YOU ARE IS REALLY ME
INSIDE OF ME
WHAT IS THIS THING INSIDE OF ME
THAT I CAN NOT SEE BUT I CAN FEEL
THAT MAKES ME FALL THAT MAKES ME RISE
THAT TORMENT THAT DWELLS INSIDE
I TRY TO FIGHT I TRY TO RISE
ITS ALWAYS THERE WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES
PLEASE GO AWAY AND LET ME BE
THEN AT LAST I WILL BE FREE
I CAN NOT SEE I CAN NOT TELL
I CAN NOT SEE INSIDE THIS HELL
I CAN NOT TELL I CAN NOT CRY
IS THE TRUTH OR JUST A LIE
FOR ALL THE BITTENESS GONE BY
WHAT HOPE OF I WHO CAN NOT CRY
WHAT CHANCE HAVE I THAT CAN NOT GIVE
WHAT CHANCE I HAVE WHO CAN NOT LIVE
TO SLEEP TO DREAM AND THEN TO FEAR
EXPLANTIONS THAT JUST NOT CLEAR
IM JUST A CHILD THAT’S LOCKED AWAY
I JUST WANT TO GO OUT AND PLAY
FOR ALL THE REASONS RIGHT OR WRONG
IVE BEEN LOCKED HERE FOR FAR TO LONG
SO COME AND GET ME OUT SOME DAY
THEN I CAN GO OUT AND PLAY
SEASONS COME
SEASONS COME AND SEASONS GO
ITS DARK IN HERE SO I DONT KNOW
IF WRONG IS WRONG AND RIGHT IS RIGHT
WHY DONT YOU LISTEN TO MY PLIGHT
PLEASE FREE ME FROM WHERE I AM KEPT
AND THEN THE TRUTH I WILL EXCEPT
BUT I AM HERE INSIDE THIS PLACE
AND YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN MY FACE
BUT WAIT ONE DAY I WILL BE THERE
AND ALL OUR LIFE WE WILL BOTH SHARE
I JUST HOPE IT’S NOT TO LATE
FOR YOU TO OPEN UP THE GATE
I AM TRAPPED WITHIN YOUR SOUL
AND ALL I WANT IS TO BE WHOLE
SO TRY YOUR BEST I KNOW YOU CAN
AND FREE ME FROM THE PLACE I AM
LIES AND BITTER YEARS
FOR ALL THE LIES FOR ALL THE TEARS
FOR ALL THE BITTER BITTER YEARS
WHAT IS THIS LIFE WE HAVE FORGOT
AND ALL THE DREAMS THAT WE HAVE NOT
TO DREAM TO HAVE TO HOPE TO FEAR
FOR WE TO SHED THIS LONELY TEAR
AND THE BABIES NOT YET BORN
AND ALL THE TIMES WE ALL WILL SCORN
FOR TO HOPE FOR LIVES TO BEAR
AND ALL THE TIMES WE ALL SHALL SHARE
WHAT IS THIS THING WE HAVE FORSAKEN
AND ALL THE LIVES NOW TURNED TO SATIN
BUT YOU WILL FIND A LOVE THAT’S THERE
A LOVE SO STRONG A LOVE SO RARE
AND SOMEDAY WHEN YOUR LIVES TURN AROUND
AND YOU GET CLOSER TO THE GROUND
MAYBE THEN YOU WILL SEE WHAT REAL
AND THE TRUTH YOU REALLY FEEL
AND ALL THE THING YOU CAN NOT SEE
THEN YOU WILL KNOW IT’ S REALLY ME.
DREAMS AND HOPES
WHAT THOUGHTS AND PLEASURES WE DERIVE
JUST FROM MEARLY BEING ALIVE
WHAT DREAMS WHAT HOPES HAVE WE HIDDEN
FOR WANT’S AND POSSESTIONS WE ARE DRIVEN
WHAT OF OUR DREAMS WE HAVE FORGOT
WE THROW ASIDE FOR IT WAS NOT
THE THING TO DO TILL TIME FORGOT
WE HAVE CHOICES THAT I KNOW
THE THINGS WE WANT THE THINGS WE SHOW
BUT NOW’S THE TIME TO MAKE A STAND
AND TAKE THE FUTURE BY THE HAND
WE MUST BELIVE IN WHAT IS RIGHT
AND MAKE THE DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
GO FOR OUR DREAMS AND MAKE THEM HAPPEN
WE HAVE HELD BACK WE HAVE BEEN SLACKIN
NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO GO
TO OURSELVES WE HAVE TO SHOW
TIME
TIME IS AN ENEMY
TIME IS A FRIEND
TIME IS A STORY
THE PLOT NEVER ENDS
BUT TIME IS SOMETHING
WE HAVE ALL GOT
TIME IS A MYSTERY
THAT HAS NO PLOT
BUT WHEN YOU THINK
WHAT TIME YOU HAVE SPENT
TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHAT DREAMS YOU HAVE BEEN SENT
AND MAYBE IN TIME
OUR LIVES WILL ALLOW
THE PAIN AND SUFFERING
WE SHOW ON OUR BROW
AND PERHAPS IN OUR DREAMS
THE FEAR MAYNOT RISE
AND FEAR WILL BE REPLACED
BY HAPPINESS IN OUR LIVES
FOUR SCORE
FOUR SCORE AND TWENTY
IVE LIVED WITH THIS FEAR
FOUR SCORE AND TWENTY
YEAR AFTER YEAR
AND LIFE IS NOT SOMETHING
FOR GRANTED WE TAKE
AND SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE
TO CRUSH FOR THEIR SAKE
BUT WHAT DO WE DO
WHEN NOTHING ALLOWS
AND NOTHING IS GIVEN
NOT EVEN A VOW
TO HELP YOU GROW
AND MAKE YOU LESS FEARED
WHEN YOU WERE FIRST BORN
AND THEN YOU WERE REARED
AND WHAT DID THEY TAKE
TO MAKE YOU THIS WAY
FOR FEAR IS THE PERSON
WHO IS WITH YOU EACH DAY
FOR NOW IS THE TIME
AND NOW IS THE WAY
AND MAYBE THE ANSWER
LIES HERE TODAY
IM NOT BLIND
YOU SHOW ME THINGS THAT I DONT KNOW
YOU TAKE ME PLACES I DONT GO
YOU START TO TELL ME THEN LEAVE ME FLAT
YOU STAY THERE AND I GO BACK
WHAT IS THIS THING YOU TRY TO TELL
AND ALL THE WORDS YOU TRY TO SPELL
TO UNDERSTAND ME I MUST KNOW
TO UNDERSTAND ME I MUST GO
INTO THE PLACE YOUR LEADINGME
TO SHOW ME THINGS I HAVE TO SEE
DONT BE AFRIAD BECAUSE I WON’T CRY
IVE DONE ALL THAT MY EYES ARE DRY
ILL SEE THE TRUTH YOU WILL SHOW
YOU LEAD THE WAY I WANT TO GO
SO TAKE ME THERE WERE I BELONG
FOR I HAVE WAITED FAR TO LONG
WITH YOU BESIDES ME I WON’T FALTER
THE TWO OF US MY LIFE WILL ALTER
THE TRUTH IS THERE FOR US TO FIND
SO TAKE ME THERE FOR IM NOT BLIND
SAINT JOSEPHS
ST JOSEPH CONVENT I HAVE SEEN
ST JOSEPHS CONVENT I HAVE BEEN
THE DARKENED HALL THE DARKEN PLACES
OF FRIGHTENED CHILDREN WITH FRIGHTENED FACES
NEVER TOLD THE SPOKEN TRUTH
WHY WE WERE IMPRISONED INSIDE THIS ROOF
I NEVER KNEW THE REASON WHY
THEY TOOK IT WITH THEM WHEN THEY DIE
THOSE HALLOWED HALLS HAVE SEEN THE LAST
OFF ME AND MINE AND ALL MY PAST
THE TRUTH ONE DAY I WILL FIND
THOUGH IT TAKES THOUGHT AND IT TAKES TIME
I KNOW THE TRUTH YOU HOLD DEEP DOWN
AND EVERY DAY I WORE A FROWN
AND I WAS NEVER EVEN TOLD
WHY I WAS KEPT OUT IN THE COLD
WHAT IS THIS TRUTH YOU HOLD INSIDE
YOU TOOK MY HOPE YOU TOOK MY PRIDE
THEN ONE DAY I WAS LET OUT
AND I NEVER GAVE A SHOUT
FOR I LEARNED TO GROW UP FAST
AND THEN MY LIFE THE DYE WAS CAST
SELDOM
SELDOM DO WE GET THE CHANCE
TO LIVE OUR LIVES AND TO ADVANCE
FOR MANY YEARS I THOUGHT ABOUT OTHERS
MOTHERS FATHERS SISTERS BROTHERS
BUT I AM HERE AND THEY ARE THERE
OUR LIVES MAY CROSS BUT NEVER SHARE
THE GRUDGE I BORE JUST MADE ME ILL
I GOT NO ANSWER JUST A PILL
BUT NOW I KNOW THE ANSWERS THERE
FOR I KNOW AND THEY DONT CARE
THEY LIVE THERE LIVES INSIDE A SHELL
THE TRUTH IS THERE BUT THEY WONT TELL
BUT NOW I KNOW IM TRULY RISEN
FOR THERE FAILINGS IVE FORGIVEN
BUT IF THEY SEE AND THEY WON’T TELL
IVE JUST THREE WORDS GO TO HELL