Big Country Skids Lyrics

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The Skids

Appendix II:

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Table of ContentsAftermath Dub ............................................ 4All the Young Dudes .................................... 5And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda ........ 6Animation .................................................... 7Another Emotion ........................................ 8Arena .......................................................... 9The Bell Jar ................................................ 10Blood and Soil ........................................... 11Brave Man ................................................. 12Brothers .................................................... 13Bye Bye Johnny ......................................... 14Calling the Tune ......................................... 15A Challenge (The Wanderer) .................... 16Charade .................................................... 17Charles ...................................................... 18The Children Saw the Shame ................... 19Circus Games ............................................ 20Contusion ................................................. 21A Day in Europa ........................................ 22Design ....................................................... 23The Devils Decade ................................... 24Dossier (Of Fallability) ............................... 25Dulce et Decorum est (Pro Patria Mori) .. 26Fields ......................................................... 27Filming Africa ............................................. 28Goodbye Civilian ....................................... 29Grey Parade .............................................. 30Grievance .................................................. 31Hang on to the Shadows .......................... 32Happy to Be With You .............................. 33Home of the Saved ................................... 34Hope and Glory ........................................ 35Hurry on Boys .......................................... 36Hymns For a Haunted Ballroom .............. 37I Know ...................................................... 38

An Incident in Algiers ................................ 39In Fear of Fire ........................................... 40Integral Plot ............................................... 41Into the Valley ........................................... 42Iona ........................................................... 43Johnny Wants ............................................ 44London ...................................................... 45A Man for All Seasons ............................... 46Masquerade .............................................. 47Melancholy Soldiers .................................. 48A Memory ................................................. 49Men of Mercy ........................................... 50The Men of the Fall ................................... 51Monkey McGuire Meets Specky Potter

Behind Lochore Institute .................... 52My Wife ..................................................... 53New Dare ................................................. 54Night and Day ........................................... 55Of One Skin .............................................. 56The Olympian ........................................... 57One Decree .............................................. 58Open Sound .............................................. 59Out of Town ............................................. 60Paralyzed ................................................... 61Peaceful Times .......................................... 62Photograph ............................................... 63Planet ........................................................ 64Pros and Cons .......................................... 65Reasons ..................................................... 66The Saints Are Coming ............................. 67The Salmon ............................................... 68Scale .......................................................... 69Scared to Dance ....................................... 70Six Times ................................................... 71Sloop John B .............................................. 72Snakes and Ladders ................................... 73

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The Sound of Retreat ............................... 74Strength Through Joy ................................ 75Summer .................................................... 76Surgical Triumph ........................................ 77Sweet Suburbia ......................................... 78Test Tube Babies ........................................ 79Thanatos ................................................... 80This Is Summer ......................................... 81TV Stars ..................................................... 82Vanguard’s Crusade .................................. 83Walk on the Wild Side ............................... 84War Poets ................................................. 85Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go? .............................. 86Withdrawal Symptoms .............................. 87A Woman in Winter .................................. 88Working for the Yankee Dollar ................. 89Zit .............................................................. 90

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Update HistoryJanuary 26, 2004 - v1.00: Initial version. All known songslisted. Lyrics taken from Oliver Hunter’s “Into the Valley”website (www.geocities.com/intothevalley/itv.html).Obviously, much work still remains. If anybody is able tounderstand Richard Jobson’s singing and wants to trytranscribing lyrics, by all means let me know!January 27, 2004 - v1.00.01: Added track times for BBCRadio 1 Live in Concert.March 1, 2007 - v1.01: Added The Saints Are Coming: TheBest of The Skids and Masquerade Masquerade: The SkidsLive.

App II - 4 B i g C o u n t r y B o o k o f L y r i c s Appendix I1: The Skids

Aftermath Dub

Days in Europa (2001) 2:59

Lyrics and music: Richard Jobson &Stuart Adamson


All the Young Dudes

The Very Best of the Skids (2003)3:25

Lyrics and music: David Bowie


And the Band Played Waltzing MatildaWhen I was a young man I carried a packAnd lived the free life of a roverFrom the Murray’s green banks to the dusty outbackI waltzed my Matilda all over

Then in 1915, the country said, “Son,It’s no time for roving, there’s work to be done”And they gave me a tin hat and gave me a gunAnd they sent me away to the war

And the band played Waltzing MatildaAs the ship pulled away from the quayAnd amidst all the cheers, the flag waving and tearsWe sailed off for Gallipoli

Oh well I remember that terrible dayWhen our blood stained the sand and the waterAnd how in that hell that they called Souvla BayWe were butchered like lambs at the slaughter

Johnny Turk he was waitingHe primed himself wellShowered us with bullets and rained us with shellsAnd in ten minutes flat he’d blown us to hellNearly blew us right back to Australia

And the band played Waltzing MatildaAs we stopped to bury the slainWe buried ours and the Turks buried theirsThen we started all over again

They collected the cripples, the wounded and maimedAnd they shipped us back home to AustraliaThe armless, the legless, the blind and insaneAll the brave wounded heroes of Souvla

And when our ship pulled into Circular QuayAnd I looked at the place where me legs used to beI thank Christ there was nobody waiting for meTo grieve and to mourn and to pity

And the band played Waltzing MatildaAs they carried us down the gangwayBut nobody cheered they just stood there and staredAnd then turned their faces away

So now every April I sit on my porchAnd I watch the parade pass before meAnd I see my old comrades how proudly they marchReliving old dreams and past gloryBut the old men march slowly, their bones stiff and soreTired old men from the tired old warAnd the young people ask what are they marching forAnd I ask meself the same question

But the band played Waltzing MatildaAnd the old men they answer the callBut year by year those old men disappearSoon no-one will march there at all

Joy (1981) _:__The Very Best of the Skids (2003:

5:33

Lyrics: Eric BogleMusic: TraditionalArrangement: Richard Jobson &

Russell Webb


AnimationAnimation caused the game to closeHow we hurried to surviveAnimation caused the hanging fireHow we hurried to retire

Disengage time and the body‘s on its ownFeel the stagnation and this is where we are thrownLabour saving days are the ones that can‘t reclineLabour saving days are the ones that always shine

Animation was a hidden sourceAlways seeking a new mindAnimation was a purifierAlways starching a new find

Rejuvenate time and the bodies join the throngContact stains but the time it feels so longLeisure loving days are the ones that can‘t decideLeisure loving days are the ones that can‘t provide

Animation was a lying cloudPretending to surviveAnimation was a solemn heirWithdrawn from the play

Animate time and the game is on its ownPlay at sustaining and this is where we are thrownAnimating days are the ones that can‘t reclineMake believe days are the ones that always shine

Leisure loving days are the ones that can‘t decideLeisure loving days are the ones that can‘t provideLabour saving days are the ones that can‘t reclineLabour saving days are the ones that always shine

Days in Europa (2001) 4:49Dunfermline (1987) 4:04Sweet Suburbia - The Best of the

Skids (1995) 4:04The Very Best of the Skids (2003)

4:05The Saints Are Coming: The Best of

The Skids (2007) 4:33Masquerade Masquerade: The Skids

Live (2007) 4:16



Another Emotion




Arena

The Absolute Game (2001) 5:24

Lyrics and music: Richard Jobson,Stuart Adamson, Russell Webb, &Mike Baillie

It’s gross this loss of jaded sanityDays are found recalling vanity

The guise the poise serving solitudeDays are found plating gratitude

Arena, I seen her misdemeanour, in the cornerMural watching children screamingRunning running running running running run

The face, the grace of this atttitudeMake mistakes onto platitudes

The race, the case the boys are innocentThese mistakes buy new testaments

Arena, I seen her misdemeanour, in the cornerMural watching children screamingNoble watchmen guard the childrenMural watching children screamingRunning running running running running run

All the boys are innocent, lonely, oh, ohAll the boys are innocent, lonely, oh, ohAll the boys are innocent, lonely, oh, oh


The Bell Jar

Strength Through Joy (1980) _:__


Blood and Soil

Joy (1981) _:__

Lyrics and music: Richard Jobson &Russell Webb

Too many hymns going downWe can be taught blood and soil

Too many books held ahigh,We can be taught blood and soil

Blood and soil

Changing these joys to provide,We can be taught blood and soil

Blood and soil

Too many hymns going downWe can be taught blood and soil

Too many books held ahigh,We can be taught blood and soil

Blood and soil


Brave Man

Fields (1981) _:__


Brothers

Joy (____) _:__


Stood in the fieldAnd echoed a thunderDream of a hillAnd valleys of goldSummer of streamAnd crystal-like fountainA flower of joyFree from the burdenOf man-made in toilThe sorrowful sight ofBrothers in mourning

Bathed in a gardenOf greenfield and plentyCleansed of a sinAnd ready to callThe angel of womanDivine in her reignA flower of joyFree from the burdenSo sick and so oldThe sorrowful sight ofBrothers in mourning

Brother watch over me, guard me day by dayBrother watch over me, your strength my need to fight

Alive and so sureI'm ready to answerAlready a manAnd steady in standI'm already there, I'm already thereGive me a lanceI'm ready to answerThe sorrowful sightOf brothers in mourningBrothers in mourning

Brother watch over meGuard me day by dayBrother watch over meYour strength my need to fight


Bye Bye Johnny

Only available on bootleg recordings.


Calling the Tune

Scared to Dance (1990) 4:02

Lyrics: Richard JobsonMusic: Stuart Adamson

Down in the gutterWhere white eyes roarA man seeks a loverTo keep behind doorsLie in a bedroomWant to make moreAn ignorant humanCan't hear you call

Calling calling, crazy tunesLook all around youYour life is in ruins

A negative husbandNo love for his wifeHe lives in an armyTo kill is his lifeAlong came a bulletThat shattered his headOnce was a fatherNow he's just dead


A handsome young stallionTo make is no painCorrupt and deceitfulHe feels no disdainHis mission is simpleTo add to the scoreLook through his reflectionAh what could be more


My body, my bodyHas taken a shapeDead with no friendshipI cannot relateBlinded and deafenedThey can't see my stateInside is a kickCan this be my fate

Calling calling, crazy tunesLook all around youYour life is in ruins, look all around you, life is in ruins


A Challenge (The Wanderer)



IThe wanderer told meOf galleon shores

how mystery beckonswhile fire lights close

He spoke of danger in unholy menThe eye of the lion who looks over men

I've never seen anythingI've wanted to sailGive unto me, a challenge

I IThe wanderer left meExcited by need

To run from the mountainsand take to the shores

He swore an oathTo journey afar

holding his head highdrenched in fatigue

I I II watched from a distanceThe manner of his way

and fought for a reasonto which I could remain

I gathered the soilThe fodder of my feed

and ran from the mountainsthe honeycombe of seed.


hi ho.

IVI took to the oceanAffection of the sea

the roaring of windsthe blessing of my plead

Gales held a warningOf what lay ahead

the signs of a strange landthose mysteries of sea

VI braved through the stormResolute in fright

and leapt at the landingno caution in sight

A fire on the sea shoreDefiant to the last

desire took controlthe famine and the fast


hi ho.

VII seen in the distanceThe wanderer so bold

the might and the standinga journey for the true

I boasted of my gloryAn action of the brave

he laughed and he shunnedand turning with disdain


hi ho.

VIIThe parasite within meDrowned among the flak

releasing my bravadothe stunt of my attack

The wanderer soon left meAlone, the sunken plume

widower of a mountainso sullen and so soon


VIIII dreamed of a mountainHigh above the sea

the guardian of beautycustodian of free

Take me home, I'm wearySentinel of sea.

The danger of a journeyoh sea, the sea, I see.


hi ho.


Charade


Skids (1995) 3:53The Greatest Hits of Big Country and

the Skids - The Best of StuartAdamson (2002) 3:52


The Saints Are Coming: The Best ofThe Skids (2007) 3:58

Masquerade Masquerade: The SkidsLive (2007) 3:26


The band still playedThrough the intervalCandle lit but the room was stillWhile two men dealt amongst the chill

Charade...

The stakes were high but the danger lowWithout a friend these risks would growThis the night their eyes would glow

Charade...

The band played on like a dazzling flameAnother card for the burning gameSelling solitude to ease the blame

Charade...

Then the time came to run or chooseEither way one would fail and loseGamble a partner and dim the fuse

Charade...


Charles

Scared to Dance (1990) 2:48Dunfermline (1987) 2:43Sweet Suburbia - The Best of the


the Skids - The Best of STuartAdamson (2002) 2:45




Lyrics and music: Stuart Adamson

Charles got a job in a factoryDrilling sheet metal from six till threeWorked extra hours for a better wageGot lost in his task quite needlessly

I noticed his brain was a plastic boxHis work rate improved 'cause he couldn't stopHe couldn't eat lunch with those metal handsHis legs were supports for new inner glands

Next when I saw him his face was goneA stainless steel spine now instead of boneHis arms became grafted onto the switchSix months without food made it quite a trip

His wife soon returned from her open griefShe told his employer she had kids to keepThey gave her the scrap price of his machineLast weekend Charles became obsolete.


The Children Saw the Shame



The master held on edgeAnd dogs are held at bayThe climax on its vergeAs mother's taken awayThe master looks for landAnd preachers meet in fireThe master meets his landAnd mother meets her choirOh tragedian, tragedian of my shame

But the children saw the shameBut the children saw the shame

The master cried aloudThe children can go homeThe change is in the crowdOur embassy is thrownThe master cried in shameAs mother joins her choirThe preachers all aflameAs mothers in the fireOh tragedian, tragedian of my shame

Forward go the childrenPlayground full of sadnessForward go the childrenMother knew the answerForward go the childrenTragedian of my shame

But the children saw the shameBut the children saw the shame


Circus Games

The Absolute Game (2001) 3:51Dunfermline (1987) 3:56Sweet Suburbia - The Best of the







Mission is a gamblerThe Wager, the one card to playPriest has the burdenHe thinks, the right thing, to sayAmid all the honourHe sees, the wrong one, to shareSince child is an angelThe duty, the one card prepare

Jury is a gablerThe wager, the one card, to playJudge has the burdenHe tells, the wrong one, to payAmid all the honourHe puts, the wrong one, to trialSince child is an angelNo jury, but one card, so vile

Come and play circus gamesCome and play at circus gamesCome and play circus gamesCome and play at circus games

Mother is a gamblerThe wager, the one card, to playBirth has the burdenShe says no children todayMidst all dishonourShe sees a heavenly nooseSince child is an angelThe mother, one child, set loose

Come and play circus gamesCome and play at circus gamesCome and play circus gamesCome and play at circus games


Contusion




A Day in Europa



From the cornerI bled with dismaySight of my victimsIt was my judgement day

Walking the streetSo subtle and calmCaught in my pocketWas an Arian psalm

And the memory shall lingerAnd the memory shall fallIt was a day in EuropaMy regression recalls

Invent the positionI attempt to concealVice of my natureThe intruders can`t stealModel the guiltyI blame the blamedTrangressions liableTo cover in shame

And the stainless shall lingerAnd the guiltless prevailIt was the day of our gloryMy righteousness hails

Death the avengerI kill the unworthy goalsChase of their evilYes, we had control

Assist my missionPlease don`t refrainDestroy the corruptionDon`t take it in vain

Oh, hear the singingThe churches and the choirsChanting hail to the mightyOh, they are not lying

Let us hail to mighty, the ritual beginsLet us hail to Apollo, the cleanser of sinsLet us hail to Europa, she always wins

And the memory shall lingerAnd the memory shall fallIt was a day in EuropaMy regression recalls

Hail to the mighty, the ritual beginsHail to Apollo, the cleanser of sinsHail to Europa, she always wins


Design



The Devils Decade

The Absolute Game (2001) 5:33Masquerade Masquerade: The Skids

Live (2007) 4:52


I never seen DecemberLook this bad beforeThe paper mill is closingDeath is on our shoreMines are slowly turningBrothers don't come homeFather lies still coughingReleasing us a moan

Oh mother of mineRelease us from evil, oh show us a signOh mother of mineYour children are bleeding, please show us a sign

We stood by our unionHolding up the flagThe union stood by watchingWhile we buried dadMother doesn't talk nowOnly to her soulChildren hungry childrenLet the people know

Oh mother of mineRelease us from evil, oh show us a signOh mother of mineYour children are bleeding, please show us a signOh mother of mineRelease us from evil, oh show us a sign

La, la, la, la, la, la, laLa, la, la, la, la, la, la

Christmas was upon usEveryone was thereChristmas was upon usWe've nothing left to shareThe church was holding sermonRinging out a bellWe all prayed for mercyTake us from this hell

Oh mother of mineRelease us from evil, oh show us a signOh mother of mineYour children are bleeding, please show us a signOh mother of mineRelease us from evil, oh show us a sign

La, la, la, la, la, la, laLa, la, la, la, la, la, laLa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la


Dossier (Of Fallability)



1. I never said neverI only said can't Move over move overIt's unjustified romanceNo more affairIt went on too longNo more communicationTime I was gonePut down receiver.Time I was gone.Move over move overTime I was gone.

The blood lay spilled on the receiving end The wrists were cut unseen to all The blood lay spilled an ancient blend The wrists were cut during this call.

2. You are such a martyrYou leave such a tasteYou are a discipleYou are such a wasteNo more intimacyOnly footage newsRejection of religionCascaded with blameNo stricken conscienceAttendance at the ashesSorry for the familySee you at your grave

A situation built round this plightI no longer seem to require my greedAll these ambitions severed in flightJust realised love's more than a need

3 Inside and outsideCaught in betweenThe method that killed youWas mine it would seemA situation built round this plightI no longer require my greedAll these ambitions are severed in flight.I've just realised love's a needShould I endeavour to reset the wireTo reset the wire of lifeThis mental torment with nowhere to rehirePlease let my Dossier-grind-shoot-andHALTThe blood lay spilled on the receiving endThe wrists were cut unseen to allAll these ambitions are severed in flightAnd I've just realised love's more than a need.


Dulce et Decorum est (Pro Patria Mori)

Days in Europa (2001) 4:07Masquerade Masquerade: The Skids

Live (2007) 5:37 (medley with“Grey Parade”)

Lyrics and Music: Richard Jobson &Stuart Adamson

Dissipated tears from the soldierHe felt his world break, into a smoulderDisgusted jeers come from battalionsHe sought out refuge from new companions

Overground cheers seek the answersThe Heralds waiting, insert the dancersBut all around the ballet shelteredThe soldier listened as dancers faltered

These children bore no malicePlease God serve me the chaliceThis ash around me thickensOh why does no one listen

"Dulce et decorum estMy childlike dream is marching westDulce et decorum estFor my soul I`ve failed the testDulce et decorum estCome our Johnny join the rest"

Heroic realms come from the martyrHe felt his world cry into a banterBut as the danger fell behind himHe felt young soldiers marching past him

These visions bear no meaningI must stand back and leave themPlease never say you`re insideI need your world to confide

“Dulce et decorum estMy childlike dream is marching westDulce et decorum estFor my soul I`ve failed the testDulce et decorum estCome our Johnny join the rest”


Fields

Joy (1981Only available on bootlegrecordings.) _:__

Dunfermline (1987) 4:27Sweet Suburbia - The Best of the


4:28


Oh shift thy feet, oh peasant onePull and tug your burdenEven here the sweat will gainThe firm belief so ChristianEvil tide of middle ageThe effort and the struggleWill once again devour youCarry forth and listen

The work of man upon his landGuarantees an altarOf kindred psalmAnd flowering springCarry on ne'er falter

Carry on, oh carry onThe effort and the struggleCarry on, oh carry onThe effort and the struggle

So, carry on, so carry onSo, carry on, so carry on

If winter comes unseeminglyWill season mark a rescueIf winter comes approvinglyWill childbirth restore youIf darker days like middle ageProfiteer hard labourIf hunger bites the bible chillStill these days grow longer


Carry, carry, carry onCarry, carry, carry onCarry, carry, carry on

When fields are clammed in dirty greyYou know how much they hate youTo sing a psalm in suffered calmCarry on as alwaysCarry on, oh carry onThe effort and the struggleCarry on, oh carry onThe effort and the struggle



Filming Africa



Goodbye Civilian




The Skids (2007) 4:18


Never been insideMy passage is closeBoys in the riverAre dying from blows

Say hello to civilianSay hello to the sail

Always been outsideThe reason is hereBoys in the riverThe tide's drawing near

Say hello to civilianSay hello to the sailGoodbye to the orderGoodbye to the shameBoys in the riverThe absolute game

Who is my motherYour sweetheart's insideBoys in the riverCaught in the tide

Say hello to civilian (repeat)Say hello to the sailGoodbye to the orderGoodbye to the shameBoys in the riverThe absolute game

Goodbye civilian, civilian (repeat)Goodbye my friend

Never been living, never been livingAs orderlies come, as orderlies comeBoys in the river, boys in the riverHave nowhere to run, nowhere to run

(Chorus)


Grey Parade

Days in Europa (2001) 4:37Masquerade Masquerade: The Skids

Live (2007) 5:37 (medley with“Dulce et Decorum Est”)

Lyrics and music: Richard Jobson,Stuart Adamson, & Bill Nelson


Grievance



Hang on to the Shadows



Happy to Be With You

The Absolute Game (2001) 3:36Masquerade Masquerade: The Skids

Live (2007) 3:16


We missed the boat for homeSo scream we can defyWe missed the boat for homeAstute we could not dieOh this pain inside me nowIt throws me to the floorOh that pain's outside me nowThis is heaven can't you tell

We're so happy to be with youWe're so happy to be hereYes we're happy to be with youYes we're happy to be here

We play the patron's gameAnd run it through our hairWe play the patron's gameAnd watch the patron stareOh this game we're playing nowParades around our funOh this game we're playing nowI'm happy to be one

We're so happy to be with youWe're so happy to be hereYes we're happy to be with youYes we're happy to be here

Oh this pain inside me nowIt throws me to the floorOh that pain's outside me nowThis is heaven can't you tellOh this game we're playing nowParades around our funOh this game we're playing nowI'm happy to be one

We're happy that we came todayCould heaven be so near

Oh we're happy to be with youWe're happy to be hereYes we're happy to be with youWe're happy to be here


Home of the Saved


Lyrics and music: Stuart Adamson

City grey walled in the distanceDusty roads white from the sunDoctors disease has to live hereNursing the sons

One who can stray from the shepherdsHeralds an outbreak of gloomLost from relations unheard ofShow us the tombs

Home for the lonely, home for the new bornHome for the plague, unclean

Please for salvation and mercyBurn on bureaucracy`s penFigure lay waste to the savioursBlinded againVirus becomes epidemicThroats grip with panic and fearNo flight from quarantine stationsDying is here

Home for the lonely, home for the agedHome for the plague, unclean

Lookouts lie bare on the rampartsCinemas boarded and closedImmunized peace rests uneasyDying is done

Home for the lonely, home for the new born home for the plagueHome for the lonely, home for the aged home for the plagueHome of the fetish, home of the hatred, home of the saved


Hope and Glory



1 The essence of outlandish dreamsIs the wake, and the daylightIs the sweats of nighttime screamsSurrounded by crystal veilsIn this position, it seldom fails

ChorusI have hope and gloryRedeeming my life storyI have hope and gloryDissolving all of my worry

2 The emotion of paper wordsIs the lost, and the loveRaucous writers seem lost for wordsFailing this the authors dreamTranscend all else, the poetic scheme

ChorusI have hope and gloryRedeeming my life storyI have hope and gloryDissolving all of my worry

3 The blemish of the failing riseIs the sustain, and the fearReject advice to accept the criesWhen all of this is goneThis a time, not for forlorn.

ChorusThe man on the dolphin's sideShine, silver diamondEscape, prospectors, mineCollect, enhance your childrenCherish, stalemate black on whiteShine, silver stallionPrepare, the final rideVictory, victory over victoryThe man, the man on the dolphin's side


Hurry on Boys


Skids (1995) 3:44The Saints Are Coming: The Best of


Live (2007) 3:31


Hurry on boys, the show's for free (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)Hurry on boys, so we can see (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)Hurry on boys, while daddy's gone (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)Hurry on boys, 'cause boys are strong (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)

The clown is here, please make way (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)The clown is here, come in to play (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)The clown is here, to make nights long (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)The clown is here, while daddy's gone (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)

The boys are fedThe child has ranDaddy's deadCan't understandOh, lucky manOh, lucky manYour child has ranYour child has ranOh, oh, oh

Mum asked you, boys ask me (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)Mum asked you, is the show for free (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)Mum asked you, is something wrong (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)Mum asked you, your boys are strong (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)


Hurry on boys, the show's for free (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)Hurry on boys, so we can see (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)Hurry on boys, while daddy's gone (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)Hurry on boys, 'cause boys are strong (hurry on boys, hurry on boys)



Hymns For a Haunted Ballroom


Lyrics and music: Stuart Adamson &Richard Jobson


I Know


An Incident in Algiers



In Fear of Fire

Joy (1981) _:__


Merrily they danced on fireI don't know why I hated fireSomething old it must have beenThe way I was they must have seen.

In fear of fire, fire.


Integral Plot

Scared to Dance (1990) 2:38BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1991)

2:41


Through the crackThree numbers togetherPlan an attackDeliver the succourToo outrageous for meTo write of anotherSomebody told meWhere is the glamourMade you a cameraWords go much furtherHard to maintainHow comes the plotLost of the strengthNo appetiteRemember the causeDon't say becauseI'll fight to the endTell the truthThe energy's goneI'll fight to the endTell the truth, the energy's gone.


Into the Valley

Scared to Dance (1990) 3:19Dunfermline (1987) 3:16BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1991)

2:53Sweet Suburbia - The Best of the





Masquerade Masquerade: The SkidsLive (2007) 4:08 (medley with“Sleep John B”)


Into the ValleyBetrothed and divineRealisations no virtueBut who can defineWhy soldiers go marchingThose masses a lineThis disease is catchingFrom victory to stone

Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and skyAhoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldierAhoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then puncturedAhoy! Ahoy! Long may they die

Out of concealmentBlank and stark eyedWhy so uncertainThis culture deceivesProphesised, brainwashedTomorrow's demiseAll systems failingThe placards unroll

Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and skyAhoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldierAhoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then puncturedAhoy! Ahoy! Long may they die

Time for the auditThe gathering trialA collectors dilemmaRepositioned and filed


Iona

Joy (1981Only available on bootlegrecordings.) _:__

Dunfermline (1987) 3:22Sweet Suburbia - The Best of the


The Skids (2007) 3:05 (singleversion)

Lyrics and music: Russell Webb(original title by Richard Jobson)

Note: Stuart Adamson plays guitar on“Iona”

Oh Iona, winds are blowingShall I see you home againOh Iona, I rememberDays of beauty, days of painI believe you I am with youTo a promise I will keepNo lamenting joy is waitingI shall see you as I sleepOh Iona though dividedAll my passion I will saveOh Iona undecidedStands by waiting, as I prayO’er the distance, now between usSailing homeward on stormy seaSpeed my message of devotionBorn in flame, forged in steelOh Iona, how I miss youOh my soul cries out for theeOh Iona, Oh Iona,Oh Iona, stand by me


Johnny Wants



London



A Man for All Seasons



Masquerade









Melancholy Soldiers


3:18The Very Best of the Skids (2003)



Live (2007) 3:25


Who fed you to the lionsWhen hanging from a treeIt's a case of melancholyThere's no tourists at the seaTwelve saw decaying monumentsWhile marching on attackEleven watched a singleThus continued on the marchOh, oh

Pin point toward horizonConvalescent to the lastA moment lost of imageryThe last word to the castWon't you listen to the dangerI can't listen any moreOh, oh.

This...oh, oh oh!This...oh, oh oh!This...to march alongThis...on undwelt seedThis...is a panoramaThis...is a soldier's creed.

From this came a strangerAll the marching seemed to haltFrom this came a momentThen the march led to assaultThe dwellers took positionWhile commanding genocideThe enemy were helplessAnd there's lots more besidesOh, oh

This...to march alongThis...on undwelt seedThis...is a panoramaThis...is a soldier's creed.This...oh, oh ohThis...oh, oh oh


A Memory

Joy (1981) _:__


So long nowIt seems as though it passed me byAnd never thought to say to me

Will you no, come back again

So long now,A memory of promisesLook and say quite distantly


So long

So long nowThe loneliness of honestyExposed and cost indifferently


So long now,The last remain of faithfulnessSo long now


So long

So long nowIt seemed as though it's passed me bySo long nowA memory of promisesSo long nowI change again so easilySo long nowThe loneliness of honestyCalled and said goodbye to me, so long now,

Will you no, come back again.

Lie, lie, lie, lie.


Men of Mercy

Joy (1981) _:__


Men of mercy, men of grace.Show the brightness of your face.Shine upon us, shine on sea.By the shores, awaiting thee.


The Men of the Fall

Joy (1981) _:__


The men of the fallOf courage and swordA bow-strung courageHolds them to groundAstray in the snowAn echo repeatsThe beg of retreatThe sound of defeat

The valley belowDark, silent lairShelter the foldFrom the strain of it all

Running for days...

The men of the fallHonour bestowedIn heyday of oathTriumph and rageThe call to crusadeThe roar and the rouseVolley and ThunderThe fall and retreat

Running for days...

The men of the fallCannot surrenderThe beg of retreatThe sound of defeat


Monkey McGuire Meets Specky Potter Behind Lochore Institute

Goodbye Civilian (1980) _:__


My Wife



New Dare



Night and DayThe city lights are dying,Two burning suns cruise west,Stomachs taught,With the smack of wineLeft behind the streets of sweat,Bled a thousand timesLiving in the alleys of grime,Kids made of steelWho never give,Muscle and bloodTo stay aliveAn encounter on the highway,A woman in an injured machineSeveral numbers,One wave thoughtTo steal some fun in a single shot,The screams lost in the distanceNo city tears were shed,The Boss-man sheriffSo far away,As the car pulled off andThe night turned day...... and CONTUSION...There's blood on the road,Car on the motorwayScreaming machine,Passed by the Red Cross of Agony,Or victory or EcstacyThere's blood on the street,Man in the subway,Human remain,Passed by the Red Cross of Agony,Or victory or EcstacyThere's blood in the war,Passage of history,Only a memoryPassed by the Red Cross of Agony,Or victory or EcstacyThere's blood in your brain,Clot travelling slowly,Held by a vice,Passed by the Red Cross of Agony,Or victory or EcstacyThere's blood in the sea,Float so smoothly,Never to blendPassed by the Red Cross of Agony,Or victory or EcstacyIn a reasonable way the blood gained transfusionBut nothing could block, no nothing could close,These cells of confusion



Skids (1995) 2:38Masquerade Masquerade: The Skids

Live (2007) 2:08



Of One Skin





Live (2007) 3:49


Beware, little one knowledgeInside, you seem to acknowledgeTraced the case of your family pathA maritime captain escaped the last laughDeep little one ponderSleep you seem to discoverMeandered the track of a right-angled roadVesuvius my sheba erupted and goredSilk little one slenderCertain part of the genderA mother, a father, a brother, a sonA pyramid of love remembered you are the oneBeware little one knowledgeInside do you acknowledge


The Olympian

Days in Europa (2001) 3:31The Saints Are Coming: The Best of

The Skids (2007) 3:27


We thought we`d cross the oceans higherWe thought we`d get to that final lineNow we`ve got these things in our wayI`ve got the feeling that we don`t wanna stay

And all the banners, all the flankAnd all the banners, all the flanksayHey, hey, look at this manHey, hey, he`s Olympian

Let`s go into the dream that stoleLet us carry on with that fantasyUntil we see other losing postsLet us carry on with humble boasts

And all the banners, all the flankAnd all the banners, all the flanksayHey, hey, look at this manHey, hey, he`s Olympian

Now we`ve met the hostilityNow we`ve met the gratitudeCarried the banners and the flankThey lay together while we sank


One Decree



Onwards pray the angelsForward we set sailOnward through the darknessStandfast do not failStood by Moses' mantleHe held a new decreeWe all heardWe all heardWe all heard, but could not see

Onward praised the godlyForward forget trueOnward missed the gloryStoodfast none but fewSailing was Moses' mantlehe held an old decreeWe all seenWe all seenWe all seen, but could not see

Save me!! from disciplesSave me!! without sinSave me!! from the clusterWhere I've already been

Hurrah no more fallingHurrah we set sailHurrah for the gloryHurrah we can't failStood by our own decisionWe held our own decreeWe all heldWe all heldWe all held the one decree

Save me!! from disciplesSave me!! without sinSave me!! from the clusterWhere I've already been


Open Sound




Out of Town

The Absolute Game (2001) 4:09Days in Europa (2001) 4:10Dunfermline (1987) 4:09Sweet Suburbia - The Best of the



Live (2007) 4:57


Weeping by the river, now watch how it blendsBut listen to the ripples, now watch how it descendsNobody stands by craving, now watch how it endsNobody stands by craving, now watch how it ends

Need to run, need to hide'Cause I'm out of town, out of town, out of townOut of town, out of town

Reflections on the river, the mirror of my choiceWhile throwing up delusions, another image without a voiceOh standing by awaiting, the gripping of the viceOh standing by awaiting when nothing is suffice


Preparing next fixation, now watch how it blendsOverflow with desperation, now watch how it descendsNobody stands by craving, now watch how it endsNobody stands by craving, now watch how it ends



Paralyzed



Peaceful Times

Days in Europa (2001) 5:04The Saints Are Coming: The Best of

The Skids (2007) 5:03


I casted out the image from my mindWhere did the mission say to leave a signOn the tables, books of Paris, start to shineOh, the world ensembles as we dineLet`s talk of Jackals and drink sweet winePeaceful times, Rome and Paris, are so fine

Oh, I`m sure I`d like to move on soonEgyptian girls hide by the moon

Stand by monumental toysStand by me and cure turmoilStand by me exquisite boysStand by me and feel new soil

I sacrificed the methods of my dreamsOn the latter, these new poets, stole the sceneOh, I`m sure they feel I can`t betrayEgyptian girls can only say

In peaceful times, new writers flowIn peaceful times, new writers knowIn peaceful times, new winds can blowIn peaceful times, new winds can grow

Oh, winter and the palaces and vinesMy these messages that sweep the mindOh, I`m sure that I must carry onEgyptian girls don`t last for long

Stand by me, the snow has comeStand by me, Oh, do not runStand by me, the summer is funStand by me, in animation


Photograph



Planet



Pros and Cons



Are you aloneYou stand by the treeWhich holds only an openingWith nothing but seaWhy do you cryDo you hide from the sneersWhich darken the pathwaysAnd hold only tears

Is there no endTo these buzzards` attacksWhich approach unexpectedWith nothing but facts

Where is the loveRestricted from viewHides in the chambersWill solitude doIs it a crimeTo hold such a taskWhere only one personTakes off the maskWho is to sayWay up in the skyCan there be roomWith nobody to liePro and the consTake the pro and the consBullet, needle or bladeGuess I knew all longI`m caught in a charade


Reasons

Scared to Dance (1990) 2:07Masquerade Masquerade: The Skids

Live (2007) 2:53


The Saints Are Coming









I cried to my daddy on the telephone how long nowUntil the clouds unroll and you come home the line wentBut the shadows still remain since your descent your descent

The saints are coming, the saints are comingNo matter how I try, I realise there's no replyThe saints are coming, the saints are coming

A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief How long nowUntil a weather change condemns belief The stone saysThis paternal guide once had his day Once had his day

The saints are coming, the saints are comingNo matter how I try, I realise there's no replyThe saints are coming, the saints are coming


The Salmon



Scale



The Skids (2007) 4:44


Enemy of your regimeEnemy of your own schemeEnemy of stateEnemy of your own hate

Reflecting glaze, of your own loveSymbol of peace the white, white dove.

Rescued from a clouded skyRescued as a man to dieRescued from eternal fateRescued as a man too late

Obtrusive glance of your own tranceSymbol of peace the white romance

Daring not to deliverDaring only to considerDaring not to take a loverDaring only to have a mother

Restricting glare of blazing glassSymbol of peace the catholic mass

Remaining part of the unchilled coldStill life the untold storyIs it me or the Kingdom of Glory

Death was only sleepDeath held no painDeath was gentleDeath was releaseDeath was in meDeath was part.

Life was an eternal wakeLife held a choking painLife was roughLife was captureLife had left meLife was void

Membrane burst a drowning massSecurely latched from the past.of mythof faithof heaven and of hellof lifeof death


Scared to Dance





Live (2007) 4:24


Your face in the cornerLike some statue of goldI want you to walk homeI want you to hold

But I'm scared to danceSaid I'm scared to danceWell I'm scared to dance

I've seen you before girlAnd I've held your wristBut I can't jive girlNo I cannot twist


So now I walk behind youAnd you don't hearUntil I'm right beside youUntil you bleed (Ha! Ha! Ha!)



Six Times



I shot the stage, six timesBefore you comeOn equal, silver, grey same

The distortion throbsWhile mother sobsBut all the childrenAnd all the menSeem contentto be back again

Heat rose from the modules, six timesClench of a fistCould cause this silvery, grey mist...grey mist

The distortion easedWhile mother driedBut all the childrenAnd all the menSeem incontentto be free again

And you entered, and you screamedAll six of us stoodAnd when you answered, goodnightNo one understood, No one understood no one understood


Sloop John B

Masquerade Masquerade: The SkidsLive (2007) 4:08 (medley with“Into the Valley”)

Lyrics and music: Trad. arr BrianWilson


Snakes and Ladders


Lyrics and music: Skids


The Sound of Retreat

Joy (1981) _:__

Music: Richard Jobson & RussellWebb

INSTRUMENTAL


Strength Through Joy



Summer



Surgical Triumph



Sweet Suburbia

Scared to Dance (1990) 2:32Dunfermline (1987) 2:25Sweet Suburbia - The Best of the




Live (2007) 1:52


Remnants of the ancient heart remainTime for one to seek an anti-soakBars for 3 and only room for 2Box and box, a lift for legless hope

Sweet Suburbia

Living on the paper periscopeHot dog life cold for the antelopeConcrete days and white electric nightsSteel and steel life on the open plain

Sweet Suburbia x 2

Excavate a land for restless daysContemplate a chance for future waysClip and hate to centralise the worldFood and food and cardboard expatriates

Sweet Suburbia x 2

Birth and birth and birth and birth and birthLive and live and live and live and liveMate and mate and mate and mate and mateDie and die and die and die and die

Sweet Suburbia...


Test Tube Babies



Thanatos



The chateau bursts in seething redAs hour glass waits to count the deadKnowing, leering and standing byEnveloped, dwellers await to burn and cry

Thanatos, thanatos

All scruples fell in form agroundWhile buildings slid without a soundCharred, smouldering and ridden throughWoman chant in another shrew

Thanatos, thanatos

And shackles met amid the rainAs sandfloors fed into disdainSinging, chanting and looking onHaunted hymns from a ballroom throng

Thanatos, thanatos

ThanatosCan`t you seeThanatosI`m so lonelyThanatosCan`t you seeThanatosI`m so lonely


This Is Summer



TV Stars

Scared to Dance (1990) 1:44The Very Best of the Skids (2003)



Live (2007) 1:32



Vanguard’s Crusade



Walk on the Wild Side

BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1991)4:48


Lyrics and music: Lou Reed


War Poets



Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?


Lyrics and music: Francis McPeake


Withdrawal Symptoms



A Woman in Winter




Live (2007) 5:36


The sailor shot the dice straight throughAs woman cried with birthAnd doctors ran from town to townResolving every mythThe ones who stayed afire in iceCried in winds of changeBut winter it just fell some moreAnd nothing felt so strange(Oh, oh, oh, oh)

The camps and fires lay empty thereChildren had flown homeThe ones who crossed still were thereAs wind re-read each moanThe birthday boys cried out for sunBut no sons reappearedBut winter it just fell some moreJust as they had feared(Oh, oh, oh, oh)I saw this lonely boyIn this other worldWith a marble girlIn another faceIn another world(Oh, oh, oh, oh)Somewhere said she waits for meIt ran out from my mindSo I sat and watched the winter fallPretending to be blindI watched you darken Kipling's lightsYou saw me by his thrownBut winter it just fell some moreAnd I was still alone(Oh, oh, oh, oh)I saw this lonely boy. In this other worldWith a marble girl. In another face. In another world.I saw this lonely boy. With a marble girl.In another face. In another world.(Oh, oh, oh, oh)

Is anybody looking for a woman in winterIs anybody looking for a woman in winterIs anybody looking for a woman in winter


Working for the Yankee Dollar

Days in Europa (2001) 4:54 & 3:37Dunfermline (1987) 3:39Sweet Suburbia - The Best of the


the Skids (2002) 3:39The Very Best of the Skids (2003)


The Skids (2007) 3:39 (SingleVersion)



Saw Vietnam as a partisan and wished I`d never beenAs I held the rope on through the scope I wish I`d never seenWhere the air turned red as the bodies bled into a schoolboy`s dreamBut who were there could only stare into this wondrous scene

Yankee, to warYankee, head high,Yankee, in callYankee, we cry.

In Germany in the `45, my mind was on the altarThought of God the Iron Rod and thought that needed shelterFrom `Tragen` pain and men insane and eyes that got much colderSaw a German son with a Yankee gun and a uniform much older


Working for the Yankee DollarWorking for the Yankee Dollar

Processions bear that human flare which mark a hero`s welcomeFor those dead and for those shed it was a big occasionAnd all flags and Yankee mags which embroidered all the meaningIn an oversight, forgot the fight, which never bore elation


Working for the Yankee DollarWorking for the Yankee Dollar


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