NOT MY PROBLEM

Standing on a mountain, dwarfing it beneath me

Looking at a lifetime narrowing before me

Dizzy at the crossroads, boot boys on the corner

Banksy on a slipway, a cordial disorder

What you plan is not my problem

What you dream is not my problem

You can waste your life away, scraping the barrel

You can waste your years, scratching in dirt

Pumping on a platform, singing for my supper

Staring at the exit, that’s blocked by another

What you plan is not my problem

What you dream is not my problem

You're going down, you’re like a clown, you're going down

You’re just a JOKE

Spinning in a strange world, fighting for my corner
Ruling with a toolbox, it’s a new world order

What you plan is not my problem
What you dream is not my problem
Not my problem...


2:45

Awoke last night at a quarter to three
You can’t own it, you lose it, you spend it you lost it
It’s time on the planet and you can forget
You waste it you find it, you make it can’t keep it

It’s free but it’s priceless, to waste it is mindless
Watching a freak show as the clock ticks on
It’s free but it’s priceless to waste it is mindless
2:45 on the kitchen floor

Time has a limit a rule of its own
You can waste it in somebody else’s shoes
Don’t let the noise, the dogma of boys
Drown out your voices and steal all your choices

It’s free but it’s priceless, to waste it is mindless
Watching a freak show as the clock ticks on
It’s free but it’s priceless to waste it is mindless
2:45 on the kitchen floor

2:45 0n the kitchen floor...

Follow your head and go with your heart
You can’t own it you lose you spend it you lost
Know that you want it and then you’ll become it
You’ll make it you’ll find it, its identity

It’s free but it’s priceless, to waste it is mindless
Watching a freak show as the clock ticks on
It’s free but it’s priceless to waste it is mindless
2:45 on the kitchen floor

2:45 on the kitchen floor...


LONDON TOWN

Another rainy night in London
Another rainy night almost everywhere
And the rain is out to get you
And the black clouds just won't let you
And the sunshine will forget you
And the wind will cut you down

Another rainy night in London town
Another rainy night almost everywhere
You had your little secret
And you did your best to keep it
I'm sorry you were leaving me
And you cut me down

I wanted to stop you but I was not able
You left your note on the kitchen table
I could not believe what i'd seen

From kind words, softly spoken
To pictures of you lying torn and broken
I could not believe what I'd seen

From kind words, softly spoken
To pictures of you lying torn and broken
I could not believe what I'd seen

Another rainy night in your town
Another rainy night almost everywhere
You left it all behind you
With nothing to remind you
What do you feel inside you now?

From kind words, softly spoken
To pictures of you lying torn and broken
Things will never be the same now you're not around

Now youre not around
Now youre not around
Now youre not around


THE SQUIRE

He’s intoxicated, living on an edge, famous for a minute, clinging to a ledge
Rugby class of sixty, scotch and gin and wine and time
Binging for his breakfast, borrowing the time

Stone me, call me, kick me when I’m down, lying in the gutter
Stone me, call me, kick me when I’m down, lying in the gutter

Nightclub in a Bentley, threw up on McQueen, carved up in a bar fight, a star in every scene
Often irritated, mostly off his mind and time
In the white horse nightly, supping ‘til near blind

Stone me, call me, kick me when I’m down, lying in the gutter
Stone me, call me, kick me when I’m down, lying in the gutter

Sold his hope for Gordon’s, Captain Morgan, Grouse
Sold his home to auction, his liver for a house
Moody, Reed all gentry, Hendrix and Holliday
Lynott and the Ox, they gave their lives away

Stone me, call me, kick me when I’m down, lying in the gutter
Stone me, call me, kick me when I’m down, lying in the gutter


CATCH ME WHEN I FALL

On an sunny day let's go flying in the winter when the frost is frying

Reach for the heavens with me, we can rest our feet on the trees

Darkness comes there may be clouds to lie on, or our backs I hope we see Orion

Catch me when I fall

On a windy day let's go walking in the fall when the breeze is talking

Come through the maple with me, we can feast our eyes on the gold

Evening comes our fie could be flaming, in our hearts is where the arrows aiming

Catch me when I fall

We scanned the skies with moonlight eyes, we saw the stars above the skies

We touched the sun with arms outright, we drank the mead then bathed in light

The wind it cut our very soul, the grave it shadowed over tone

Catch me when I fall

YOUNG AGAIN

Step by step, I’m getting there
Mile by mile, getting closer
Fret by fret, up the scale
Note by note, sounding sweeter

Sunflowers at the end of the daylight
Heads down, heading for first light
Following the sun, yellow rays as one
I’m young again

Blow by blow, I’m winning the fight
As each day is shining brighter
Stone by stone that wall is coming down
Bag by bag, feeling lighter

Bells ring, out on a Sunday
Day breaks, thank god it’s Monday
Wake up with a start
Got a teenage heart
I’m young again

Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Young Again
Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Young Again

Step by step, I’m getting there
Mile by mile, getting closer
Fret by fret, up the scale
Note by note, sounding sweeter

Sunflowers at the end of the daylight
Heads down, heading for first light
Following the sun, yellow rays as one
I’m young again

Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Young Again
Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba,Ba, Young Again


GOOD TIMES BACK

I thought I had a friendship, I thought I had a friend in you
I thought I had a friend in everyone seems everybody just won’t do

But we’d ride along the west way in a 1600E
Pumping Sandanista, wishing that we’d stayed, praying that we’d stayed carefree

We’ll never get the good times back, it’s a waste of time we crossed the line
We’ll never get the good times back

We’d talk about revolution and rewite all the rules
While Babylon was burning, we’d overtake those fools
But boardroom crossed the movement of eager and angry youth
And packaged it so neatly, into what they thought
What they bought was the truth

We’ll never get the good times back, it’s a waste of time we crossed the line
We’ll never get the good times back

The bubble burst its edges, underground to high street chain
Selling punk for profit and trading angst for gain
I thought I had a friendship, I thought I had a friend in you
I thought I had a friend in everyone seems everybody just won’t do

I heard that you had your children, another little piece of you
I ride along the west way, it takes me back, pushes me back to you

We’ll never get the good times back, it’s a waste of time we crossed the line
We’ll never get the good times back


BEAUTIFUL

Do you remember the day when we went sailing, when we felt that sun upon our necks and our backs?
And oak framed cutters why they split the skylight broad to east head point and down to bramble bank

We saw winged travelers down in the salt marsh, while clung to our hats and a varnished rail
Sat on painted planks we’d float the shallows, white canvas wings filled with wind to sail

You are just beautiful
You Sea

We gazed at redshank, gull and medaling, who feasted on shellfish by the harbor side
White swans and clippers graced the water, leaving south west broad reach on the evening tide

You are just beautiful
You Sea

Your eyes meet mine there’s no need for talking, I sight your blossom your fruit and your grace
When young can fly they head south for winter, but you and I will always have this place

This place


THE PILOT

As I lay asleep on a shingle beach a voice came from the sea
With a thunder wave and a chillin’ breeze, a message to set me free

Destination anywhere, I am the eagle I soar to the sky
Destination anywhere, I share the freedom, when I fly

So fight or flight my choice is clear, death or glory show no fear
So fight or flight my choice is clear, death or glory show no fear

Time was short, my blood was hot, I was thinking on my feet
With an urgency and emergency, the twain was set to meet

Destination anywhere, I am the eagle I soar to the sky
Destination anywhere, I share the freedom, when I fly

So fight or flight my choice is clear, death or glory show no fear
So fight or flight my choice is clear, death or glory show no fear

On the way was a barrier top I jumped with a leap
I was circled by a ring of doubt but I still stayed on my feet


SIMPLE LOVE SONG

I believe in you

Emotions I would like to see reciprocated

This much is true, day meets the night for they are fated

Say what you like, say what you mean

Say that you're hungry, say that you're king

Say that you want me, body and soul

But don't lie to me