1. |
Emergency!
04:19
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Hold your hats, it's the first day of spring
And it's blowing a hooley through the town
And if you ask me why I'm not running in
It's 'cause I don't feel it
Blossoms ride on the tendrils of the wind
Picking up the ashes from the ground
And if they tell you the world is coming to an end
You better believe it
Blind prophets blow their bubbles
In the face of a force nine gale
Artillery take their targets down
Doom painters paint by numbers
Tale tellers are turning tail
Tin trumpets trump their turgid sound
Oh, Emergency...
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2. |
Strawberry
02:19
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My love is like a perfect strawberry
Almost too good for this world
A countenance so extraordinary
Almost too good for this churl
And the colour is the reddest red
Even when clouds are all grey
The wailing winds will not tear her off
Try as they may
Got me thinking off a quiet life
Somewhere in a shady dell
I'll hang my guns up by the fireside
And we'll grow some things to sell
And on Sunday we'll go into town
Take in a picture or two
The traffic there will not bring us down
We're just passing through
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3. |
Beating the Bounds
03:18
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Beating the bounds
Taking in all the beauty that surrounds us
I don't know what this world is coming too
I can't help it any more than you
Pounding the ground
Looking out at the other realms that bound us
All my circles they're decreasing now
But I'll stretch them if you show me how
Raise your voice up in song
Find out where you belong in the weave of creation
From a different view
You can start to undo
any stitch you like
I don't know what this world is coming too
I can't help it any more than you
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4. |
Looking Glass Town
02:48
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In Looking Glass Town
Not a soul would look to meet your eye
Heads down into the cloud
As the traffic goes by
They shuffle around
A sound as deafening as a mime
Under the city clock
Where the hands are out of time
I'll sail away when I can
In a ship upon dry land
To find the questions that were buried in the air
I only hope you understand
I came into town
Early evening at first light
To fix a broken wheel
On a car I couldn't drive
I'll sail away when I can
In a ship upon dry land
To find the answers that were buried in the air
I only hope you understand
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5. |
Sun Grenade
04:22
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Negative forces
drain my resources
Walls in the way,
solid and grey
Throw in a sun grenade
Exploding light and shade
Showering colour
On one another
Stumble into daylight
Hoping to take flight
Things in the background
Pulling us back down
Throw in a sun grenade
Exploding light and shade
Showering colour
On one another
Towers are rising
fractured horizon
Preachers are chidin'
Devils dividin'
Throw in a sun grenade
Exploding light and shade
Showering colour
On one another
Now see it coming
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6. |
The Up-Coming
06:50
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7. |
Along the Line
03:59
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I'll be doing fine
Somewhere along the line
Words will always rhyme
Somewhere along the line
Setting sail on the sea
On the shores of Innisfree
Notes will fall in time
Somewhere along the line
I'll be in my prime
Somewhere along the line
Grapes will bend the vine
Somewhere along the line
Heaven-sent morning comes
On the shores of Avalon
Fortune's in my sign
Somewhere along the line
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8. |
Skeleton Strings
02:54
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Hey ho, skeleton strings
Hey hey, pulling everything
Hey ho, it's not my soul
Hey hey, that's in control
And I know that these thoughts
Are like fingers and thumbs
Reaching for walls in the darkness
And I know these numbers
Don't make up the sums
But I'll count my blessings regardless
Hey ho, skeleton strings
Hey hey, pulling everything
Hey ho, it's not my soul
Hey hey, that's in control
And I know that these visions
Are like shadows in the cave
Nothing too clear or too clever
And I know that this vessel is
At the mercy of the waves
But I'll steer it onward whatever
Hey ho, skeleton strings
Hey hey, pulling everything
Hey ho, it's not your soul
Hey hey, that's in control
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9. |
When the Gods
05:31
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Animals, they'll eat me for breakfast
If a make a move that's too timid or reckless
Eat this fruit, then don't feel too clever
As my soul gets thrown down a river of never
Every time you walk down the stairs
Something's forgotten
Trees always stare
Like dogs in the night
When the gods
Throw rocks in my way
Pause the game
I don't wanna play
Windswept plains
In darkened domains
When the gods
Chow down on my brains
Level up to face your opponent
All my bridges burn in the heat of the moment
Mayday call and hope for survival
All reinforcements are dead on arrival
Every time you open your mouth
Words are all rotten
Ghosts in the air
Are spoiling the light
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10. |
The Windy World
06:21
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Night and day in no set order
There's moonlight in the water
Sable sea and me
A sparkle in the black
Night and day and no set warning
There's sunlight in the morning
Silver sky and I'm
Just hanging at the back
Waves they break like glass
The heatwave bakes the grass
And seagulls bark
Candy floss clouds doing
Two hundred miles an hour after dark
Through the windy world I breeze
Shedding my soul like leaves
Hey won't you please
Drift a while with me
Night and day cut to ribbons
I'm going where the rainbow
Shows no blue and you
Are on my wavelength band
Night and day I can't explain it
I'm going where the clocks are
Turning back on the shore
Buried in the sand
My feet are worn down to stumps
And my toes are curled
Motorcars are wingin' and alarms are ringin'
Through the windy world
And should I get blown away
Over, under, either way
Would the moonlight in the water blow or stay?
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11. |
Emergency! (Reprise)
00:51
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It's coming to an end
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12. |
Go to Bed
02:05
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Spiders crawl
Over the lampshade
Ancient blades
Shiver the light
Go to bed
Tomorrow's just another night
Tigers prowl on the
Edge of the jungle
Tribal drums
Pound out of sight
Go to bed
And turn your head off from the light
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