T.T.D.A.'s neither fish nor flesh

...so I'm not you pearl

To this I am resigned

But... to an outside world

I will not be defined

'Cause I'm neither fish... nor flesh

I have faith in these desolate times

A roar down the road of a rumbling war

I have faith in these desolate times

A chill from the eyes of a man of political skill

I have faith but for how much longer?



It seems to me, bitter trees, full of fleas

Summarily hold the branches

People we, falling leaves, watching thieves

Stealing keys, to our ranches



I have faith in these desolate times

A score to the sound of the feet of a journeyman's tour

I have faith in these desolate times

A feel and a hope and belief that man's peace will be still

I have faith but for how much longer?



The village green, people seen, full of beans

Imagining the course of action

And in between, shopping scenes, plasticine

Suburban dreams, an empty faction



I have faith in these desolate times

Show fear, and the smoke of a gun trigger pulling finger pressure comes near



I have faith in these desolate times

Before long, the lamb and the lion may lie with the lass in the grass at dawn



I have faith but for how much longer?

Desert sands

Heart's homeland

'Til you



Flesh and bones

Made of stone

'Til you



Seasons never changed

Reasons never came



So it feels so good to love

Someone like you



Birds in trees

Fantasies

'Til you



Fire's cry

The embers die

'Til you



Dying on the roam

Crying for a home



And so it feels so good to love

Someone like you

(Spoken Intro)

Under a temperamental sun

On the dark hillside of your sorrow

If there's pain in your heart

Let it go

Just reach inside and let it go

Now dig



To know someone deeply

Is to know someone softly

To know someone deeply

Is to know someone softly

Listen to me know



In my love garden

I wrestled with an angel

Not in a dream

Her eyes did seem

Like the grapes of the vine

Her lips were made like the gates of Heaven

Not to be missed

Made to be kissed

But not to kiss goodbye



The larger picture

Will come with time

But for tonight, dear

Let's lullabye



To know someone deeply

Is to know someone softly

To know someone deeply

Is to know someone softly

Listen to me know



Once a flower opens

It never closes

Until it dies

And the it lies

Amongst the roses

I wanted to play her like

A black grand piano

A clarinet

A minuet

Or lyric soprano



In my arms there's

A safety zone

Where nothing can harm you

Your heart or home



To know someone deeply

Is to know someone softly

To know someone deeply

Is to know someone softly

Sing



Dum Dum Dum Dum / Sha La La

Da Da Dum / Sha La La La La



To know someone deeply

Is to know someone softly

To know someone deeply

Is to know someone softly

Hold back your diamonds and pearls

'Cause the attraction's no good to me

Hold back your California Girls

Your prescriptions and your limousines

Hold back your influential friends

For they are really not my type

'Cause just as long as I've got my baby

I'll be alright



I'll be alright

Despite all the finer things

She'd have if she were monied

Like a rich girl

I'll be alright

Despite all the candy coloured things

The things that are so untrue



Hold back your perfumes so rare

'Cause she smells like a rose untorn

Hold back your designer underwear

She's a beauty just the way she was born

She may not move like Fred Astaire

But her gingerly walk is out of sight

'Cause just as long as I've got my baby

I'll be alright



I'll be alright

Despite all the finer things

She'd have if she were monied

Like a rich girl



I'll be alright

Despite all the candy coloured things

The things that are so untrue

I'll sing it for the last time y'all



Hold back your critical reviews

'Cause my baby don't need the hype

We're happy just to pay our little dues

So get movin', get on your bike

'Cause just as long as I've got my baby

If I can hold on and keep my baby

If I can just hold on and keep my baby

I'll be alright

Billy was a young boy

Who's fate did decree

That he would like only other boys

So being with a boy came to him naturally

Billy was a green boy

His thoughts so naive

He wondered why he was so victimised

And his fear brought him close to me suddenly



But



Billy my friend

Don't fall in love with me

I'm not that kind of guy

But I'll stand by your side

If you need me to be



But



Billy my friend

Don't fall in love with me

Though it can't be wrong to be

To be what you are



Billy was a sick boy

His life fading to grey

He tried to grab for straws of family

But his loved ones turned young Billy away

Billy died a young man

His face to the wind

And of the things I regret the most

Was seeing how hate and fear killed a friend



But



Billy my friend

Don't fall in love with me

I'm not that kind of guy

But I'll stand by your side

If you need me to be



But



Billy my friend

Don't fall in love with me

Though it can't be wrong to be

To be what you are

We're on the negative side of love

I'm subject to all bizarre whims she fancies

I'm running escape to find the handle

Of the door she locks me up in

She's on the laughing side of sin

What have I done in all my past lives

(To end up on) This side of Love?



We're on a permanent twist of fate

She has dominion over time and torture

I'm pinching myself to convince me that

I'm in a living nightmare

The killer attraction of a dare

What have I done, emasculation

(To end up on) This side of Love?



If I should stay

(Will the beat go on?)

I must be strong

(We tell you every day)

Will I return

(To normal lovers again?)

Please peel my skin

('Cause my soul is burning)



We're on a roundabout whirl of scorn

The demons are smiling and the angels snoring

I feel like a stepchild Caeser that's been

Beaten and bruised to please her

Wearing a rusted ring of thorns

What have I done to piss the Gods off

(To end up on) This side of Love?



If I should stay

(Will the beat go on?)

I must be strong

(We tell you every day)

Will I return

(To normal lovers again?)

Please peel my skin

('Cause my soul is burning)



We're on the negative side of love

I see my condition as a sign of service

I'll snuggle up close to her knowing

That I'm practising my religion

Warming the barrel of a gun



This will be the deed that finds me next time



(On this side of)

(On this side of)

(On this side of) This side of Love

Everything I got

Everything I need

And everything that I have

Learned about Time

Every word I speak

Every pound I keep

And everything that I have

Learned about Rhyme

Everything I got is 

Attracted to you babe



Every noun I know

And every adjective

And everything that's on

A Ticket to Ride

All my relatives

They seem to think your a whore

But to me a whore's a Queen in disguise

Everything I got is

Attracted to you babe



Everything I got

Everything I need

And everything that I have

Learned about Time

Every word I speak

Every pound I keep

And everything that I have

Learned about Rhyme

Everything I got is 

Attracted to you babe

Your dangerous charm and your

Glamorous arrogance thrilled me

In the melancholy winter time

(Uncle Bill please give me time)



But this war of attrition

To prove your world ambition

Worries me

And you're too concerned with the

Weight you want to lose



Well if you listen to confusion

Long enough it starts to make sense

Can you hear me talking to ya?



Roly Poly

Holy Holy

Time is tight

Get it right

Aren't you lonely?

Roly Poly

Holy Holy

Time is tight

Get it right

Aren't you lonely?



Your fatalist's closet

Where blood stained deposits hide deeply

Underneath the cusp of Venus fly



A terrible beauty

You are my dear of

Aphrodisiacs and diamonds

But your lonely tears trail

Your penis envy eyes



And now stop worrying about your

Weight it looks alright to me dear

Can you hear me talking to ya?



Roly Poly

Holy Holy

Time is tight

Get it right

Aren't you lonely?

Roly Poly

Holy Holy

Time is tight

Get it right

Aren't you lonely?



All your somethings

Are turning into nothings

As you reach for

Something greed inspired

And all the hopes that

I once held as your Lover

Are falling down as

My manhood loses fire



Your kinship with money

A Queen Bee with honey

Suits you

As you now belong to the ever

Changing guard

A signpost for progress

A fine token lioness

Leaves me

'Cause as you say dear I'm just a

Face without a card



Well if you listen to confusion

Long enough it starts to make sense

Can you hear me talking to ya?



Roly Poly

Holy Holy

Time is tight

Get it right

Aren't you lonely?

Roly Poly

Holy Holy

Time is tight

Get it right

Aren't you lonely?

As I hold my head down

Against a whipping hard rain babe

Slaps me like a sheet

Sheets of rain coming down

As I dig my heels deep

In a minefield of muddy water

I hear a voice loud and low

Stays with me wherever I go sayin'



You will pay tomorrow for what

You do today

Accept this as a truth

For old as well as youth

You will pay tomorrow for what

You do today

As sure as you are born

Though you may be weak and torn



As a snake pulls up beside me

Thinking that my name is Eve

My dark side starts to chide me

But I bring him down to his knees

As I close my eyes tight

Deep in meditation

Peaceful sleep evades me

But a low pitched drone invades me sayin'



You will pay tomorrow for what

You do today

Though you run you cannot hide

It's a truth that shall abide sayin'

You will pay tomorrow for what

You do today

It will find you in the morning

A heartache for your warning



As I shake my head twice

Saying I'd rather fight than switch

I was land rich but penny poor

But I couldn't tell which from which

As my kneecaps break the fall

Of my begging for grace and favour

Bell, Book and Candle holds me

But a spellbinding whisper scolds me saying



You will pay tomorrow for what

You do today

Though your vision may be bleary

And your eyes that see may be weary - but

You will pay tomorrow for what

You do today

On your mind it will wear

Ignore it if you dare



As I shed my second skin

Beneath a bullet box roller-coaster

I view my transformation

Through the veil of a jokester

As I gain my second sight

I shed a tear and I shake the crowd

I used to rather be dead than humble

But now I'd rather be dead than proud



You will pay tomorrow for what

You do today

After deep time tossed confusion

I came to my own conclusion that

You will pay tomorrow for what

You do today

Accept this as a notion

As fish breathe in the dirty ocean

(Spoken Intro)

People

This is not a film

This is my song

Now pick up your shovel and

Dig



I don't want to bring your Gods down babe

I don't want to bring your Gods down babe

Their flesh and blood for you too real

The wine that flows from their nostrils

Too red

Their master strokes too fundamental

Their saint soaked cathedrals too done



I don't want to bring your Gods down babe

I don't want to bring your Gods down babe

The ferocity of their cat claws too steel

And we the weak kneed weeds of their

Weaker breed never paused to feel

We're not the masters of the land we survey

But I guess you'd come to that conclusion

When you're ready in your own time anyway



I don't want to bring your Gods down babe

I don't want to bring your Gods down babe

Because their armour and their crest cuts too deep

And the cold landcliffs where they rest are far too steep

But I just wanna say to you that like your

Gods, your guilt and your beliefs I too wanna be

With you 'til the very end babe

Shine on your light

Lead me to your home



Lower your sights

Put away your comb



Though black babies are starving

And cows fed for the carving



All I know is I'm lonely

And I need to be with someone tonight



Lift up your chin

Let me see your eyes



Words are not my yen

My tongue is often tied



Though apartheid's a greater issue

I long to hear "I miss you"



All I know is I'm lonely

And I need to be with someone tonight



'Till men stop being intimidated

By women who have made it



All I know is I'm lonely

And I need to be with someone tonight