Sky was black, Lord, rain came pouring down Number 12 bus shuffling down Shaw Road way Mules keep spinning, black-faced lifers peck the ground Sun comes up like lightning over Tandle Hills grey We are...
It's easy to see a poor boy's blues When he's working every day It's harder to be there in his shoes He was born to be that way If I tell you tomorrow I'm leaving Would you understand the reason why?...
His crazy frame against the dawn His hungry leap and ragged fall A suicidal perch is now laid bare To searching eyes and empty stares A fearful silence hits the crowd The air hangs heavy with the...
I'm a child of South Africa I'm a child of Vietnam I'm a child of Northern Ireland I'm a small boy with blood on his hands Yes I'm a child of the universe Yes I'm a child of the universe You can see...
Forgive me, child, I am sorry I can't see your face Forgive me, child, I am sorry I can't hear your name Take me, take you, lost in other worlds Take me, take you, crazy boy, lonely girl Far away, far...
Please lay down your pistols and your rifles Please lay down your colours and your creeds Please lay down your thoughts of being no-one Concentrate on what you ought to be Then lay down your bullshit...
It's so strange that I should meet you Here upon the highest point of earth It's safe to say we've proved our worth In others' eyes today And the flags that we both hold Are altogether vain and...
Heard a song the other day About a major out in space And though the song was kind of grey It took me far away Heard the news the other day About a sailor oh so gay And though his policies were grey...
For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world Didn't anybody know, didn't anyone suppose That my life up here was slowly drifting by And all I've got to do is sit and cry The Earth is so clear...
Running alone in the crazy city Look at the face of once were pretty People then wonder what happened To make it that way Listen around you, have you heard? Climb on the back of a silver bird London...