1. |
Last Train
08:04
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This is the last train I know
the last train I know
better get on it
Such a long way to go
a long way to go
better get on it
There’s a girl on the train
she voted Remain
she escaped from the rain
from her face it is plain
she got lucky
Took her bag and her hat
from her Jane Eyre flat
told herself that
she is not coming back
she got lucky
There’s a guy on the train
by the window pane
takes too long to explain
why he left
he got lucky
Years of abuse and a nothing excuse
from a man in a suit who told him
he’d never get lucky
This is the last train I know
the last train I know
You’d better get on it
there’s such a long way to go
we got a long way to go
better get on it
There’s a woman up the back
under the baggage rack
watching the railroad tracks
by the chimney stacks
she got lucky
She had her fill
of playing Jack and Jill
she knows reminiscence kills
by running up the hill
she got lucky
And the city lights
on this lonely night
are replaced by the moon
shining bright
oh yeah
And no believes that it’s easy to speak
you’re a freak if you leave
with your heart on your sleeve
oh yeah
This is the last train I know
the last train I know
better get on it
there’s a long way to go
such a long way to go
you better get on it
There’s a refugee and a family
who were forced to flee by the military
they got lucky
and a mystery cat not a he nor a she
no one can tell them who they had to be
they got lucky
No room for abusers
and cruisers and groomers
domestic abusers
make way for us losers
oh yeah
You better believe that it’s easy to speak
you’re a freak if you leave
with your heart on your sleeve
oh yeah
This is the last train I know
the last train I know
you better get on it
there’s a long way to go
we got a long way to go
you better get on it
It was a long time ago
oh a long time ago
we’d better get on it
This is the last train I know
the last train I know
we’d better get on it
This is the last train
the very last train
hear it coming through the pouring rain
get on it …
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2. |
The Shit Hits the Fan
04:57
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Where will we be
when the shit hits the fan
How can we deal
with man’s inhumanity to man
When will we touch
all we said we could do
How long will it take
till we hear from you
When will they know
why he died on the cross
When will we see
all that matters is lost
How can we forget
all the good we can do
How can we remember
all the rules …
What can you find
when it’s written in rain
What can we do
when we’re programmed to fail
When will we touch
all we said we could do
How long will it take
till we hear from you
How can we forget
all the good still to do
How long will we remember
all the rules we once knew
Where’s the plan
for when the shit hits the fan
When the shit hits the fan
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3. |
Running Round in Circles
04:41
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The boys in the band got a ticket to a one-night stand
the winter’s coming in I’m drawing circles in the snow
the girls in the band they understand where they wanna go
and I’m running around saying I got a right to know
Here we go everybody driving to the city of light
the stars hide their eyes from the big moon shining bright
and the girls bathe their faces in the shadow of its heavenly glow
and I’m running around saying I got a right to know
Swimming pool Sam got a twenty in his hand and he knows
about the Holywood hills and Christmas trees long ago
he says times are getting harder
harder for a one-man show
and we’re running around saying we got a right to know
running round in circles saying we got a right to know
Television Blue says she read the news tonight
she said everything is possible doesn’t mean anything’s right
she got a tattoo says she got a long way to go
and we’re running around saying we got a right to know
running round in circles saying we got a right to know
running round in circles saying we got a right to know
Running round in circles …
The girls in the band got a ticket for a one-night stand
the plane’s coming in telling us we have to go
winter’s coming down
my heart is at an all-time low
some day soon you just gotta go
or you’re running around in circles saying you got a right to know
Running round in circles saying you got a right to know
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4. |
One in a Million
06:48
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Late night in the big city
all the trams are sleeping
7-eleven’s packed out with people buying cheap coffee and donuts
hangovers in their eyes
and you walk by
down the street
down the high street
then the sun come up
around your head
walking down the high street
walking down any street
You’re one in a million baby
you got style
one in a million baby
Tried to tell you
it came out wrong
you were trying to charge your phone against the wall of the bus station
on your own
then you’re walking down the high street
walking down any street
You’re one in a million baby
you got style
came out wrong
thought about it for a while
what I really wanted to say was …
I’ll never forget it
I’ll never forget you
you got style
you got style
by the mile
you got style
walking down the high street
Now it’s long after bed time
and the moon is looking bright
all I wanted to tell you is
You’re one in a million baby
you got style
one in a million baby
let’s talk for a while …
You’re one in a million baby
you got style
one in a million baby
you got style …
You can take anything you want
put it in a little brown box
get on it
You can take what you want from love
put it in a little brown box
get on it
You got a car and a tambourine
isn’t that enough to fulfil your dreams
get on it
You can have anything you want
put it in a little brown box
get on it
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5. |
Friday Night
07:33
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You gotta groove
Friday night
gotta groove
feel alright
Downtown bar 8 p.m.
the sun going down
pints were lining up
sure as evening comes around
Little Jimmy with his razor
blew in from outer space
Little Suzie with a sailor
says time is not a race
Someone in the distance
saw the band check in on time
haven’t played here for years
since 1989
Remember the days that we’re coming from
you gotta get back to where you belong
Brian from the head shop
he got his best dress on
he says he hasn’t felt like this
since Hunky Dory came along
Hippy Sara from the pawn shop
she found her future in British Steel
got a zodiac record collection
she says it tells her how to feel
Remember the days that we’re coming from
remember the place that we all belong
gotta get back to where you belong
Friday night
You gotta groove
feel alright
you gotta groove
Friday night
You gotta groove
feel alright
you gotta groove
Remember the days that you’re coming from
gotta get back to where we belong
remember the days that we’re coming from
you gotta get back to where you belong
Here come the right-wing crew
with their right-wing cigarettes
they got a right-wing magazine
that hasn’t been invented yet
We threw them out so early
that they couldn’t pay the price
that’s what you get for
wrecking our heads and
putting us through things twice
The girls behind the bar
are dancing to the Bee Gees
everything is possible
no one is gonna leave
Gotta groove
Friday night
gotta groove
feels right
You gotta groove
this is Friday night
you gotta move
if it feels right
you know it feels right
And the vibe was in the building
and time was on our side
and the rainbow bomb exploding
how could we ever get that high
And the band was playing louder
than they ever did before
none of us would ever feel
just like we did before
Alright …
Rock and roll will never die
Rock and roll will be never ever die
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Fire engines blue trains and trucks
fill all your days with your mother’s love
this life’s excitement enough
with fire engines blue trains and trucks
Post boxes toy cars and bricks
I heard you last night crying in your sleep
sometimes the hurt gets too deep
for post boxes toy cars and bricks
Smart bombs explode on TV
innocence killed in the name of you and me
the hurt reaches endlessly
when smart bombs explode on TV …
Religion corruption and drugs
what were we thinking of
haven’t we all had enough
of religion corruption and drugs
Anger and ego goodbye
I watched you sailing off into the summer sky
Man will be over soon
in chaos and infinite doom
and when we have all left the room
and the sun is replaced by the moon
there’ll be fire engines blue trains and trucks
Fire engines blue trains and trucks
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7. |
Fly If You Want To
05:38
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I’ll be who you want me to be
though that might not include love
I’ll do what you want me to do
though that might not be enough
Girl if you need somebody
that’d be alright
girl if you need a friend
these arms could hold you tight
Fly if you want to
cry if you don’t
bump everybody
don’t if you don’t
Sitting in a bar beside you
Halloween cross-rhythms in your hair
early evening vinyl DJ playing
Something in the Air
Girl if you want some body
you’ll find it anywhere
girl if you need somebody
here’s someone who cares
Fly if you want to
cry if you don’t
bump everybody
don’t if you don’t …
Behind you is the rising moon
disturbs the stars above
you traded in for flowers
all the things you love
Girl if you want it
it’d be alright
girl if you need somebody
we’re here tonight
Fly if you want to
cry if you don’t …
Fly fly fly if you want to
cry cry cry if you don’t
you gotta bump everybody
don’t if you don’t
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8. |
Armageddon #4
06:23
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Goodbye everybody
Armageddon
never seemed to get this close
it’s something could happen to anyone
even you and me and the Holy Ghost
Well we knocked down barriers on the way
freedom marching all the way
Goodbye everybody
Armageddon
never seemed to get this close
Some of you believe in the government
smoking cigarettes by the factory walls
they don’t care they don’t listen to anyone
till the last tree in the very last forest falls
We knocked down barriers on the way
freedom marching all the way
some of you believe in the government
they don’t believe in any of you at all
Farewell my darling little one
you deserve the future the most
birds fly free in spite of everything
they’ll be shot down if they get too close
We knocked down barriers on the way
freedom marching all the way
farewell my darling little one
you deserve the future the most
Goodbye everybody
Armageddon
never seemed to be this close
All of us are stuck in purgatory
some of us know it too well
those who perpetuate global larceny
deserve to burn in hell
We’re freedom marching on the way
to a better future than today
Goodbye everybody
Armageddon
never seemed to get this close
It’s something could happen
even to you and me
and the Holy Ghost
Jesus Christ
old Muḥammad
Buddha himself
Mahatma Gandhi
Mary Wollstonecraft
MLK and the Holy Ghost
All of us and the Holy Ghost
Freedom
Marching to freedom
Freedom
Marching to freedom
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10. |
Last Train (coda)
00:54
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Pourquoi sommes-nous venus ici
Pourquoi sommes-nous venus
Sauf pour l’amour
Tout le monde est parti en France
Tout le monde a une belle romance
Pourquoi sommes-nous venus ici
Pourquoi sommes-nous venus
Sauf pour l’amour
Pourquoi es-tu venue ici
Pourquoi es-tu venue
Sauf pour l’amour
Tout le monde est parti en France
Tout le monde a une belle romance
Pourquoi nous sommes ici
Pourquoi tu es ici
Pourquoi je suis ici
Sauf pour l’amour
C’est tout ce que nous pensons
Pourquoi viendrons-nous ici
Pourquoi viendrons-nous
Sauf pour l’amour
Pourquoi viendrais-tu ici
Pourquoi viendrais-tu
Sauf pour l’amour
Tout le monde est parti en France
Tout le monde a une belle romance
Tour le monde se meurent
Tout le monde se pleure
Tour le monde cherche l’amour
C’est tout ce que nous pensons …
Tout ce que nous pensons
Vraiment
C'est tout ce que nous pensons
Tout le monde est parti en France
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Fire engines blue trains and trucks
fill all your days with your mother’s love
this life’s excitement enough
with fire engines blue trains and trucks
Post boxes toy cars and bricks
I heard you last night crying in your sleep
sometimes the hurt gets too deep
for post boxes toy cars and bricks
Smart bombs explode on TV
innocence killed in the name of you and me
the hurt reaches endlessly
when smart bombs explode on TV …
Religion corruption and drugs
what were we thinking of
haven’t we all had enough
of religion corruption and drugs
Anger and ego goodbye
I watched you sailing off into the summer sky
Man will be over soon
in chaos and infinite doom
and when we have all left the room
and the sun is replaced by the moon
there’ll be fire engines blue trains and trucks
Fire engines blue trains and trucks
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The guilty and the innocent
will soon be on the same side
they went out walking
down to the great divide
to meet all of us who are restless
and don’t know which way to turn
after all this philosophy
still got a lot to learn
The guilty and the innocent
been on a religious ride
how’s that working out for you
I heard too many people have died
it’s a mediaeval painting
faces contorted in pain
either that or a demonstration
to give equality another name
The guilty and the innocent
will soon be on the same side
when the stars come crashing from the sky
into that great divide
and the undertaker’s laughing
he got a message on his phone
there’s a dog playing piano
and a cat chewing on a bone
The guilty and the innocent
have found a new place to hide
right beside the temple
dedicated to Frankenstein’s bride
you can worship who you want to
the auction ends at ten
Michelangelo retired early
to study his motorcycle Zen
The guilty and the innocent
with their eyes open wide
tried to work out in the dark
who it was who lied
and a fully-furnished garbage truck
collects evidence for the trial
while the anxiety surgeons
express the secrets of the Nile
The guilty and the innocent
standing in Canute’s tide
the President and all his men
have got a number on the inside
and Marilyn walks by
in a swimsuit of Virgin Mary blue
we’ve seen this movie before
everything except the ending is new
The guilty and the innocent
and the LGBTQI
at 45rpm the revolution is open wide
you asked me for a road map
and I offered you a link
where you can download salvation
and buy us all a better drink
The guilty and the innocent
it cannot be denied
they look a lot like you and me
when we’re standing at the graveside
and the justice slams his gavel
wherever roses bloom
Jesus himself is breaking bread
on the dark side of this room
The guilty and the innocent
got the Book of Revelation by their side
they’re looking through a one-way mirror
but they’re standing on the same side
the astronaut cannot be bought
he’s seen things from afar
the world is hanging fragile
like a floating glass bell jar
The guilty and the innocent
are the same as you and me
with Nelson’s eye on the horizon
experience comes too easily
nothing comes from nothing
and everything comes to an end
no direction home
home is where the hurt can mend …
Nothing comes from nothing
and everything comes to an end
the only direction is home
home is where the hurt can mend…
Home is where the hurt can mend
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Andy White Belfast, UK
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