Readymades 01-Salt fare, North Sea Salt fare, North Sea Salt fare, North Sea Salt fare, North Sea Salt fare, North Sea Roll on, roll off With these words I drown Topmast secured Hatches battened down Sometimes I think It must be different on land But from the mast I can only see tyrants Still in command Fish & Chip supper Battered, no bones Hung, drawn and quoted And drifting alone One thousand lashes For the Age of Reason Salt for your wounds When the cod's in season Salt fare, North Sea Salt fare, North Sea Salt fare, North Sea Salt fare, North Sea We reach the horizon And sail over the edge Drunk on our memories More sober than a judge I'm wasting time That I can't afford - I know I'd die on the gallows Before I'd die of being bored Salt fare, North Sea (repeat) 02-Jacob's Ladder Like rusty old nails At the bottom of the sea Telling no tales For the good of the Admiralty You jump when you're told to Through the open door And the King of Norway He's the man you all died for On this Jacob's Ladder The only way up is down Three days in the water Watching all the secrets drown Jacob's Ladder And they sent him to the wars to be slain To be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain To be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain A thousand lifetimes Left standing at the docks In the bar down in Whitehall They're sure the boat won't rock In a file marked 'Secret' In a drawer kept closed Nobody wonders Because nobody knows About this Jacob's Ladder The only way up is down Three days in the water Watching all the secrets drown Jacob's Ladder And they sent him to the wars to be slain To be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain To be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain To be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain On this Jacob's Ladder The only way up is down Three days in the water Watching all the secrets drown On this Jacob's Ladder The only way up is down Three days in the water Watching all the secrets drown Jacob's Ladder O Bulldog Leader: Sooner or later We'll dig up the body And try your cadaver (repeat) 03-All In Vain I wish I wish But it's all in vain 19119u209t But it's all in vain 19119u209t I wish I wish But it's all in vain 19119u209t But it's all in vain 19119u209t I wish I wish But it's all in vain 19119u209t But it's all in vain 19119u209t Different colours, different faces Different schools in different places Scour the morning papers All in vain Evening after, who remembers? Say your prayers for the great pretenders I see nothing but flowers All in vain I wish I wish But it's all in vain 19119u209t But it's all in vain 19119u209t I wish I wish But it's all in vain 19119u209t But it's all in vain 19119u209t All the gravestone elegies I-never-met-you memories And every TV picture All in vain All your questions, deep as skin Seperate worlds to put them in Another might-have-been All in vain I wish Colour blind as tse-tse flies I wish Sucking all our difference dry I wish And as we sleep they multiply I wish I wish And as we sleep they multiply I wish All in vain Multiply (repeat) 04-Home With Me Your world, my world Your world, my world San Christobal on New Year's Day Your world, my world Sunny beach, LA Your world, my world Blue and coral Kirkstall skies Your world, my world Timorese sunrise Your world, my world Fairfield Horseshoe in the snow Your world, my world Clashing worlds in Tokyo Your world, my world All the bars in County Cork Your world, my world Heavy rain, New York Your world, my world I sailed the seven seas Carved my love on trees I brought the whole world home with me Home with me Your world, my world Barcelona cobbled streets Your world, my world Paris, 1968 Your world, my world Words along the Berlin wall Your world, my world When it's just about to fall Your world, my world I sailed the seven seas Carved my love on trees I brought the whole world home with me Home with me Your world, my world Your world, my world Your world, my world Gracelands, Memphis, Tennessee Your world, my world Killing time, Napoli Your world, my world Autumn Warsaw, grey and green Your world, my world Kronstadt 1917 Your world, my world I sailed the seven seas Carved my love on trees I brought the whole world home with me Home with me I sailed the seven seas Carved my love on trees I brought the whole world home with me Home with me 05-If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me And as we sail, blows wild the gale If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me And as we sail, blows wild the gale If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me Sweet flows the water, yellow as royal piss Speech turns to stammer, your lips are too tight to kiss I've never seen rabbits looking as scared as this And as we sail, blows wild the gale If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me And as we sail, blows wild the gale And as we sail, blows wild the gale If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me A five times champion wouldn't row as fast Caught in the eddies between future and past Blowing a hurricane from the Royal arse And as we sail, blows wild the gale If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me If it is to be, it is up to me And as we sail, blows wild the gale And as we sail, blows wild the gale 06-Don't Try This At Home It's a long walk to the gallows It's a small step to swing free The crying in the tower For my conspirators and me Gunpowder and modem And a dream of liberty And then they'll tell you Don't try this at home Oh yes they'll tell you Don't try this at home If you walk on the beach with King Canute You'll be walking back alone Tonight he'll dine on oysters While we fall like green acorns We'll be putting down our roots Right in the centre of the storm Oh but they'll tell you Don't try this at home Oh yes they'll tell you Don't try this at home The cry of gulls The hum of streets The buzz of phones The march of feet We'll meet tonight To draw up plans: Exclamations Ampersands Somewhere across the water They're storming palace gates Scared of the moth/flame metaphor We fall asleep and wait Singing for a future but The chorus comes too late Because they'll tell you Don't try this at home Oh yes they'll tell you Don't try this at home Don't try this at home Don't try this at home Don't try this at home Don't try this at home Don't try this at home Don't try this at home So we're coming to the last dance Don't try this at home Don't try this at home I've got another request Don't try this at home Don't try this at home With your best foot forward Don't try this at home Don't try this at home We'll lay this ghost to rest Don't try this at home Don't try this at home (repeat) 07-Song For Len Shackleton I'm not the kind of man Who'd live a quieter life Just for a minute's silence: ( ) Some say it all without a word Silence can be mightier than the sword They took the 2,3,5 They turned it upside down Why run away to the circus When the world is full of clowns? 08-Without Reason Or Rhyme (The Killing Of Harry Stanley) I wish, I wish, but it's all in vain On hands and knees Floors like these Washing away Red from grey Hearts will ache Shotgun-shaped No remorse Of course, of course Of course there's an explanation Why you sing without reason or rhyme Why you sing without reason or rhyme Everyone Must be wrong This explains Where he lays Hearts can kill And they will Filed reports Of course, of course Of course there's an explanation Why you sing without reason or rhyme Why you sing without reason or rhyme Of course there's an explanation Why you sing without reason or rhyme Why you sing without reason or rhyme Without reason or rhyme 09-Don't Pass Go Didn't he know it was a waste of time? All stitched up by a thin blue line Didn't he know it was a waste of time? All stitched up by a thin blue line Well the facts said yes But the judge said no Go straight to jail And don't pass go He didn't understand And he told them so Go straight to jail And don't pass go Don't pass go there ain't no justice, there's just us there ain't no justice, there's just us Didn't he know it was a waste of time? All stitched up by a thin blue line A little self-protection They don't want to know Go straight to jail And don't pass go And he won't say sorry Play the old Jim Crow Go straight to jail And don't pass go Don't pass go Didn't he know it was a waste of time? All stitched up by a thin blue line White paranoia It runs the show Go straight to jail And don't pass go You want table manners You get rule of law Go straight to jail And don't pass go Don't pass go Didn't he know it was a waste of time? All stitched up by a thin blue line Don't pass go Didn't he know it was a waste of time? There ain't no justice, there's just us All stitched up by a thin blue line (repeat) 10-One Way Or The Other Peace won't come Peace won't come Peace won't come by words alone No pretty please Pretty pretty please (repeat) One way or the other Something's got to change Humdrum has a stammer - Saying "w w w whatever" One way or the other No pretty please No pretty please No pretty please No pretty please Peace won't come by words alone Peace won't come by words alone I'm so low on order But high on what I want And I've got your number And I'm coming over One way or the other One way or the other One way or the other No pretty please Pretty pretty please (repeat) Peace won't come by words alone Peace won't come by words alone 11-When I'm Bad They try in vain our minds to chain They try in vain our minds to chain I'm up in the stars Looking down at the gutter When I'm good I'm very good But when I'm bad I'm better! Oh barman Fill this glass again And keep on pouring 'Til Death says 'when'. Oh barman Fill it to the top And we'll be drinking 'Til the singing has to stop They try in vain our minds to chain They try in vain our minds to chain ABCDEFG: The only notes that matter When I'm good I'm very good But when I'm bad I'm better! Oh barman Fill this glass again And keep on pouring 'Til Death says 'when'. Oh barman Fill it to the top And we'll be drinking 'Til the singing has to stop They try in vain our minds to chain They try in vain our minds to chain They try in vain our minds to chain Me and all my friends Are coming round to your house And we're not going to go Until we get thrown out (repeat) Oh barman Fill this glass again They try in vain our minds to chain 12-Sewing Up Crap I don't know I don't know Chain, chain, chain Chain, chain, chain A cut-price empire Clean-cut lines A perfect body And a dirty mind The rules of this game Say we all look the same Chain, chain, chain Chain, chain, chain We'll put a spin on it We'll take a pencil to it We'll make a virtue out of Keeping oh so quiet about it I don't know, and I don't want to know I don't know, and I don't want to know I don't know, and I don't want to know I don't know, and I don't want to know Chain, chain, chain Chain, chain, chain Talk about child's play Count the birthdays A stitch in time says: Just look the other way The rules of this game Say you don't know her name Chain, chain, chain Chain, chain, chain We'll span a hundred years for it We'll make a killing out of it And we'll corner the market By keeping oh so quiet about it Working for The Gap (chain) Sewing up crap (chain) Working for The Gap (chain) Sewing up crap Working for The Gap (chain) Sewing up crap (chain) Working for The Gap (chain) Sewing up crap Working for The Gap (chain) Sewing up crap (chain) Working for The Gap (chain) Sewing up crap Working for The Gap (chain) Sewing up crap (chain) Working for The Gap (chain) Sewing up crap One up the chimney goes Two hawks a tray of matches Three braves the weaving floor All pray for the life of Four Five down the pit descends Six ploughs in fields and meadows Seven spins the handloom round Eight lies in th' burial ground (repeat) 13-After Shelley The seed you sow, another reaps The wealth you find, another keeps The clothes you weave, another wears The arms you forge, another bears The songs you write, another sings The heart you lose, another wins The food you bake, another eats (Poison-laced and oh, so sweet) Rock and Roll Check your pulse Art or death True or false Can't stay young Can't grow old Overpriced Undersold 14-Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name) Like rusty old nails At the bottom of the sea Telling no tales For the good of the Admiralty You jump when you're told to Through the open door And the King of Norway He's the man you all died for On this Jacob's Ladder The only way up is down Three days in the water Watching all the secrets drown Jacob's Ladder A thousand lifetimes Left standing at the docks In the bar down in Whitehall They're sure the boat won't rock In a file marked 'Secret' In a drawer kept closed Nobody wonders 'Cause nobody knows About this Jacob's Ladder The only way up is down Three days in the water Watching all the secrets drown Jacob's Ladder Jacob's Ladder And they sent him to the wars to be slain To be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain To be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain
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