Fat Old Sun

When that fat old sun in the sky is falling,Summer evening birds are calling.Summer’s thunder time of year,The sound of music in my ears.Distant bells,New mown grass smells so sweet.By the river holding hands,Roll me up and lay me down.And if you sit,Don’t make a sound.Pick your feet up off the ground.And if you hear […]


Julia Dream

Sunlight bright upon my pillowLighter than an eiderdownWill she let the weeping willowWind his branches roundJulia dream, dreamboat queen, queen of all my dreamsEvery night I turn the light out Waiting for the velvet brideWill the scaly armadilloFind me where I’m hidingJulia dream, dreamboat queen, queen of all my dreamsWill the misty master break meWill […]


Jugband Blues

It’s awfully considerate of you to think of me hereAnd I’m much obliged to you for making it clearThat I’m not here.And I never knew we could be so thickAnd I never knew we could be so blueAnd I’m grateful that you threw away my old shoesAnd brought me here instead dressed in redAnd I’m […]


Hey You

Hey you,Out there in the cold,Getting lonely, getting old,Can you feel me?Hey you,Standing in the aisle,With itchy feet and fading smile,Can you feel me?Hey you,Don’t help them to bury the light.Don’t give in without a fight.Hey you,Out there on your own,Sitting naked by the phone,Would you touch me?Hey you,With your ear against the wall,Waiting for […]


Speak To Me

"I’ve been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, beenover the edge for yonks, been working me buns off for bands…""I’ve always been mad, I know I’ve been mad, like themost of us…very hard to explain why you’re mad, evenif you’re not mad…"


Childhood's End

You shout in your sleep.Perhaps the price is just too stepp.Is your conscience at rest if once put to the test?You awake with a start to just the beating of your heart.Just one man beneath the sky,Just two ears, just two eyes.You set sail across the sea of longpast thoughts and memories.Childhood’s end,Your fantasies merge […]


Let There Be More Light

Let There Be More Light" Far, far, far away – wayPeople heard him say – sayI will find a way – wayThere will come a day – daySomething will be done. Then at last the mighty shipDescending on a point of flameMade contact with the human raceAnd melted hearts Now, now, now is the time […]


Free Four

The memories of a man in his old ageAre the deeds of a man in his prime.You suffle in gloom in the sickroomAnd talk to yourself till you die.Life is a short, warm momentAnd death is a long cold rest.You get your chance to tryIn the twinkling of an eye:Eighty years, with luck, or even […]