1.Blue Beret
''A demo intended for 'Oranges ＆ Lemons'. Don't ask me what
the lyrics mean, each line exists purely as a comment on the
previous one. 'Me I like to roam ／ wasn't built in a day'
etc.''
Life is sometimes shorter than you think
So take yourself a hike from the kitchen sink
Me, I like to roam
Wasn't built in a day
And night throws the stars in our way
Meanwhile on Planet Earth
Some people are dying for the right to say
Some people are dying 'cause the other people busy blowing them
away
Well, we're all dying so we better have a ton of fun along the
way
I say hats off, get your hats off, take your hats off, get your
hats off
For the blue beret
Blue beret, blue beret
The wind has blown it off his head
And sent it spinning straight to nowhere
Nowhere to get ahead in this life
Life is sometimes longer than you need
Especially if it's thrown away on hate and greed
Well, me I like to think while the other fish swim
But sharks made a meal out of him
Meanwhile on bone dry land
Some people are dying for the right to say
Some people just want the right to say
Some people are dying 'cause the other people busy blowing them
away
Some people are merely blown away
Well, we're all dying so we better have a ton of fun along the
way
I say hats off, take your hats off, get your hats off, take your
hats off
To the blue beret
Blue beret, blue beret
The wind has blown it off his head
And sent it spinning straight to nowhere
Nowhere to get ahead in this life
So just love your dog and don't kick your wife
Put down that knife, watch out the windows,
And blow your hat away
2.Child Crusade
''An early 'Oranges ＆ Lemons' sketch. I never finished the
lyrics off, so all that remains is this wirey skeleton of an
idea. Captain Spam Loins and his Tragic Band.''
3.Difficult Age
''Aimed at the 'Nonsuch' sessions, but for some reason I
never gave Colin and Dave the demo. Perhaps it was too
close a cousin of 'Blue Overall'. A touch of the
autobiographicals going on here.''
Difficult age
You're just fourteen
And you're not friends with your body
Painfully thin
Look at your skin
Play with yourself for a hobby
How can they love a man who does that to himself？
Difficult age
Turn on the page
Have that wee drink in the meantime
Difficult age
Now you're eighteen
Here's all the freedoms you wanted
All the best clothes
A looker who goes
The size of your wage packet flaunted
How can they love a man who does that to himself？
Difficult age
Turn on the page
And have that wee drink in the meantime
Difficult age
He's twenty-nine
Thirty just lurks 'round the corner
Settled for life
Nice kids and wife
Pull out a plum like Jack Horner
Difficult age
Turn on the page
Have that wee drink in the meantime
Difficult age
Now thirty-eight
And you're not friends with your body
Wish you were thin
Look at your skin
Wasting yourself for a hobby
How can they love a man who does that to himself？
4.Don't You Ever Dare Call Me Chickenhead
''Possibly the stupidest thing I've ever put on tape. The
sound of a children's 'fun' keyboard on the 'accompaniment
setting' and me quoting lines from the British comic, 2000
A.D. Pass the straight-jacket.''
Don't you ever dare call me chickenhead
Don't you ever dare
Don't you ever dare call me chickenhead
Nobody has ever lived that ever did
Nobody has ever lived.
5.Everything
''Written not long after finishing 'Skylarking'. A studio
recorded backing track was put down, but no final vocal
added (this is the home demo). Aimed at 'O ＆ L', but
quickly drowned under the mass of newer material.''
Everything, everything, everything
We ever thought or said
Went in a box labeled 'Us' on a shelf
In the back of your head
Everything, everything, everything
We ever shared or did
Stored in a jar which I swear had 'True Love'
Pencilled in on the lid
Now you're saying, now you're saying, now you're saying
That you just don't love me anymore
Has there been a thief in your storehouse
Stealing away your memories？
Everything
Everything, everything, everything
We ever dreamt or planned
You tell me just blew away like
A fancy from some opened hand
Everything, everything, everything
You say you felt for me
Is it all dust and denial
As lifeless as some lunar sea？
Now you're saying, now you're saying, now you're saying
That you just don't love me anymore
Has there been a thief in your storehouse
Stealing away all our memories？
And did he latch your locks
And make your bells ring？
And did you let him in
To steal away what we had together？
Just everything
Now you're saying...
Everything
6.Goodbye Humanosaurus
''Written for 'Nonsuch'. Ouch! Sorry about the painful
rhymes for saurus. We rehearsed it in a much more stripped
down R ＆ B feel (not as campfire as this version) but still
it was doomed to the extinction box.''
Just take your suitcase from my wardrobe
And pack it full of guns and bombs
Then CFC's and germ-war microbes
We've been destroying stuff too long
And there's no home for us
Just you raise your voice in chorus
Goodbye humanosaurus
They'll teach at schools we were cold-blooded
And that we spoke and threw a turd
How we all drowned as litter flooded
We treated Earth like it was dirt
And so I must implore us
Don't go near that exit door-us (Doris)
Goodbye humanosaur
Be no more us
History has got 'em down as a homo sap
All that now remains
Are the overgrown fast lanes
And junk food cartons
They'd adore us if we'd just sweep up the floor-us
Goodbye humanosaur
Clean the shore
No more war
Humanosaurus
7.Goosey Goosey
''Another 'Nonsuch' near miss. I feel the ghost of Barry
Andrews is present on the minimal piano solo. Don't you
ever dare call me gander head.''
Hey goosey goosey
I believe it's for having fun
Hey goosey goosey
I believe it's for everyone.
One red morning
With no warning
Life comes crashing in
To wake you early with its golden din.
One blue evening
Cruelly leaving
It goes breezing out
The very second that you figure it out
What it's all for.
Everybody has a magic lantern
Everybody has an inner eye
Everybody has a magic carpet
Seems a shame if you don't let it fly
Tell you why
Hey goosey goosey...
Some bright daytime
Worker's playtime
You get country-bound
Pick your girl up
So you're all pinned down
Some dark nighttime
Final frighttime
As the reaper knocks
The wisdom of the ancients in a box
But it's too late
Everybody has a magic lantern...
Hey goosey goosey...
Yes I do
8.My Train Is Coming
''Written for the film 'Buster', hence the lyrics pertaining
to The Great Train Robbery. Phil Collins rejected it, and I
never saw 'Buster', so there!''
My train is coming
I can see it up the line
My train is coming
And what's on it's all mine
My train is coming
I can hear it up the track
My train is coming
Bringing sugar time back
Oh little darling
Since you've gone I've been so sad and blue
Little darling
If you come home I'll be good to you
Got to get it while it's here
That's a lesson that is clear
Got to get it while it's here
And I hear
My train is coming
I can see it up the line
My train is coming
And what's on it's all mine
Little darling
Since you've gone I realized I'm wrong
Little darling
Ride that railroad back where you belong
Got to get it while it's here...
My train is coming
I can see it up the line
My train is coming
And it's right back on time
My train is coming
What I did is a crime
My train is coming
And what's on it's all mine
9.No One Here Available
''Recorded in '85 for my brother in law's answerphone.
Instant Wailers, just add hot sea water. Feel free to use
it on your phone!''
No one here available right now
Please leave your name and your number
Leave your name and your number we'll get back to you somehow
We're busy workin'!
No one here available right now
Please leave your message after the tone
10.Ridgeway Path
''A little piece of Mellotronics from 1985, which may have
tucked nicely into 'Sacrificial Bonfire'. For some reason
the theme makes me think of the Roman Invasion of Britain？''
11.Rocket
''David Greenberger, editor of the magazine 'Duplex Planet',
asked me to put one of the works of American poetry naif,
the late Ernest Noyes Brookings to music. Here is the
result, Sergio Mendes and Soft Machine 66. (We want
Hoopiter!)''
Cape Canaveral Florida, ready for takeoff stages
Zoom destination an isolated planet Mars
On which observed many relics of past ages
On return despite rocks no spars
2nd destination world's largest planet Jupiter
From there obtained some ancient relics
When returned at base -- we want Hoopiter!
And we would like some fancy cow's milk
3rd destinations many ringed planet Saturn
While there darted among the rings
At base had a few thoughts of astral matter
Again at base a welcoming with sings
4th zoom destination to an isolated planet Neptune
Whose surface was clear of any vegetation
At base quote -- would like large dirigible balloon
During when there was no hesitation
5th zoom destination smallest planet Pluto
On which there are many beautiful sights
It has no vegetation you know
No power to illuminate dark nights.
12.Space Wray
''Captain Link, aboard the good Jet 'Harris', searches for
the mad scientist, Joe Meek, on the planet of Shadows, arf
arf! But joins well onto.....''
13.This Is The End
''Originally destined to be the last track on 'Oranges', it
was rehearsed extensively in L.A. but dropped at the last
minute. It also sounds oddly close to the Muppet Cookie
Monster's 'Why Am Me Blue？'.''
This is the end
This is the end
This is the part where all the curtains come down
And they won't drop Fat Boy on your town
But if they do I hope it's not a trend
This is the end
This is the end
This is the reel where all the titles come up
And you have no more drink in your cup
So here's where sweet and bitter rivers blend
This is the end
Of all the bread we broke together
This is the end
Of all that fine and misty weather
I don't want to hear you've been crying
I don't want to hear you've been trying to revive it
Let it go
Let it lay down
Let it go
And if it won't stay down that's the surest sign
That something new's beginning
This is the end
This is the end
This is the part where all the lights flicker on
And we can see the popcorn is gone
Off looking for new causes to defend
This is the end
This is the end
That mythical place where everybody shakes hands
No hard feelings and no hard glands
The bible says it's when cats and dogs make friends
This is the end
Of all the Wars of all the Roses
This is the end
Of kissing ass and rubbing noses
I don't want to hear you've been sorry
I don't want to hear you've been worrying about me
Let it die
Let it lay down
Let it die
So it'll all break down to rotten
That's the way we grow new flowers
This is the end
This is the end
Now this is where the screen has led us all to
A sign that says 'Please start here anew'
So let me hear the violins all rend
14.Was A Yes (Extract)
''A piece of unfinished strummery for 'Oranges' (I think the
fist tentative idea I put down) captured quick before I
forgot it!''
Here comes my neck
And here comes the axe
Covered my ears
Scared of the facts
I never dreamt that that was the answer I'd hear
I've been clocking up the courage to ask you all year
Now I'm really punchy with success
Because her answer was yes
To every little question I could ask her
Why her answer was yes
The pessimist in me expects disaster
But her answer was yes
Here comes my hand
Here
15.Zonked Right Out (On Life)
''In 1990 I bought a computer set up for my humble home
studio, and as an exercise in learning to work it (and as a
piece of mischief), I came up with this. A dated computer
curio. I believe earthlings called it dance music.''
Zonked right out HA HA
Won't you bop on over with the move and don't you stop
It's za bees, za bows, zabaglio
That gets the feelin' makes the world go go
Zonked right out HA HA on life
I could tell you how to be a happy person
All you do is throw yourself in love
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