SHE IS THE LEADER

Three days later when we emerged

The machine was waiting for me

Bright, shaped metal just like they’d promised

We gathered round, no warmth from this white spark

I climbed up first just to test it

Somebody had to and I was the leader

There was no-one to ask and I was the leader

Three days running and now everyone’s a little raw

Snake bite jumpy, got the jitters from the knockdown

Fall asleep then you wake up, fall asleep then you just wake up

Come Friday cold water will make a better sound

Till then, stoke the stove and keep a watch out

But I see visions of floating lovers,

love argent on a field verte

But I follow because she is the leader

SCREAM FOR ME

Bleeding heart

Loving vein

Empty Head

It’s made that way

When I got you all alone

When I got you on my own

There’s one thing you can do for me

There’s one thing that I really need

Scream for me 

Scream for me

Scream for me

 

Hundred miles

All we need

Asphalt carpet

Guilty speed

When I got you all alone [etc.[

 

Flash that shiny, in your eyes,

Little shiny, that hypnotize

Climb right in, We’ll fast away

Leave your soul, No time to pray

If I die, Before you wake

Scream for me 

 

Coal fire lovin

Make you free

Catch me lookin

The hell you see

When I got you all alone [etc.]

DISTANT LAND

 

Open up a dove but don’t for-

Get to leave its feathers on so

When you peel it back you see its

tiny rib cage and I

know you want to touch soft on its

Shiny many-colored neck and

Wrap you all around yes with her

Wings of grey do it

 

Stare into a little eye a

a simple life in every blink but

Stare in even closer till you

See the veins now you’re

Pushing right past the

Reflection of your own eye looking

Deeper to the bottom to an

empty plane singing

 

If you fall in love then you had

Better keep your voices down you

Stay away from windows douse that

Open flame and when you

See your lover’s life right there be-

side yours like the next train through the

glass as you travel speeding

side by side

 

It’s the beauty that is real

All the stories are just dreams

Its all we need its all we need

 

Got a question have you?

Funny I’ve got one for you so

Think of every minute every

Thing you’ve had every

Time you smell blood, or fresh

Dirt, or burning wires is it

Stories you believe or are you

living and true that’s all

 

It’s the beauty that is real

All the stories are just dreams

Its all we need its all we need

Monarchs

You’re half awake at dawn

Ignoring all of the gloom

It’s best to get your rest

Somewhere outside this room

But it will be time to get wasted

Come Sunday afternoon

The sky is raining lead

And it feels just like a tomb

Advance on every front you can

‘Cause morning’s coming soon

Our hearts jumped in our heads

And we’re really not in the mood

So advance on every front you can

‘Cause morning’s coming soon

As monarchs lift the sky

Ascending from the eaves

A glint in the creator’s eye

That’s given unto thee

Eclipse Sky

Oh, oh, foolish me

Lost again in a cicada symphony

I listen hard as the night comes on

Flat on the ground and waiting for dawn

Underneath the Eclipse Eye

Where the shade is divine

Hesher Ricky blows on the fire outside

He’s got everything he needs to stay alive

But all his coals may freeze tonight

Hesher Ricky is here to keep them alight

Underneath the Eclipse Eye

Where the shade is divine

This eclipse could be

Divine reasoning

But the silence now

Is a temporary thing

The shattered glass wakes

Echos that ring

Eternity is

A temporary thing

The shattered glass wakes

A spirit comes on

This temporary thing

Goes on and on and on and on

Lyrics to ‘The Whimbrels’