Levellers

You see the mist above the water
Blinding all that's there to see
You fell in love with natures daughter
Or the idea you see
So many moments were made there
A chance to stay perhaps to flee
But when you've taken what you wanted
There was nothing left to see

She said she'd wait for you
As you closed her eyes

All the things weve said and done
They're not enough so run child run
Oh run child run

And who alone knows what theyre doing
In a place that seems surreal
Any fool can plan his ruin
In a world that's down at heel
So as the mist clears from the water
Will it give you second sight
Can you remember what youre here for
And will you take it as youre right?

She said she'd wait for you
As you closed her eyes

You´re there in black and white
Hundreds watch you every night

You´ve been starring in a film on every weekend
On video and stills with all of your friends
You´re there in black and white
Hundreds watch you every night

You cannot hide
You cannot hide
You cannot
Cos we can see you every where / in the daytime
We can see you every where / in the nightime
We can see you every where / for a lifetime
We can see you every where

You´re great in every scene
You very natural
It's As if you cannot see
The spotlight on you
But when you fluff a line
The director says you´re doing time
You cannot hide...

When you´re walking home
In the evening afterdark
Remember don´t hide
Show your best side
Cos your the star in a film...

You cannot hide
You cannot hide
You cannot hide
You cannot hide
You cannot......

And it will stop
A day that lasts forever
Just as the sun sets
It will rise at dawn for ever after

And I'm sorry
If it ain't that sweet
Just living in the world you meet
But that should never stop you

Because far away
Is close at hand
There in the drifting sands
And far away is close at hand

In the imaginations
Of every woman and every man
And I'm sorry if it ain't that cool
Just living in the world of fools

But it will stop
All that you can see
Is there to tell you
Rain must fall for the sun to shine

There down upon you
And I'm sorry if it ain't that cool
Just living in the world of fools
But that should never stop you

Well I married me a wife
She gave me trouble all my life
Ran me out in the cold rain and snow
The rain and snow, rain and snow
Ran me out in the cold rain and snow

She came running on down the stairs
Combing back her long blonde hair
And her cheeks were as red as a rose
As a Rose, as a rose
And her cheeks were as red as a rose
As a Rose, as a rose

She said I aint got no use
for your red apple juice
And I'm not gonna be treated this way
This Way, This way
And I'm not gonna be treated this way

I see you all sitting in the shade
Counting every dime I made
I'm so broke and I'm hungry too
I'm Hungry Too Ooh
Hungry Too Ooh
I'm so broke and I'm hungry too

Amid the Sound and Lights
On a table with friends
Everybody's fine
They're all drinking wine, yeah
Was there you fell in love
In a crowded room
Not for the first
But for the thousandth time, yeah

So you Celebrate, you celebrate
you celebrate your Love
With a little house
Just made for two
With all the lovely things
You can buy brand new
You gonna settle down
Just the both of you
You gonna be a good soul
From now on, yea

And when the sap first rose
Back in the day
You thought you'd play it smart
The trail of broken hearts, yeah
You said they won't find you
They won't find you
They won't find you
Just living in a box for two

But now you Celebrate, you celebrate
you celebrate your love
With a little house
Just made for two
With all the lovely things
You can buy brand new
You gonna settle down
Just the both of you

So when you catch an eye
And your dancing heart
Starts telling you the lies
You're doing it to survive
What else could hurt
So much it makes you cry

Yes, you Celebrate, you celebrate
you celebrate your love
With a little house
Just made for two
With all the lovely things
You can buy brand new
You gonna settle down
Just the both of you
You gonna be a good soul
From now on, yeah

What a beautiful day (hey hey)
I'm the king of all time
And nothing is impossible
In my all powerful mind

Was on the fifth of November, when time it went back
Some say that's impossible, but you and I would never look back
And wasn't it incredible, so beautiful and above all
Just to see the fuse get lit this time
To light a real bonfire, for all time

And what a beautiful day (hey hey)
I'm the king of all time
And nothing is impossible
In my all powerful mind

I was drinking in my night club
It felt good to be back
When Hepburn said "I love you"
And Flyn said, "Make mine a double, Jack"

Then we planned the revolution
To make things better for all time
And when the Guevara said "That's crazy"
And ordered up a bottle of wine

What a beautiful day (hey hey)
I'm the king of all time
And nothing is impossible
In my all powerful mind

In there on the big screen, every night I've seen
The way all things could be
For me, for me, for me, for me

The news broke after midnight,
That we pulled the temples down without a sound
But the generals they were hiding out
And the ministers, Well! They'd all gone to ground

Wealth re-distribution, became the new solution
So I got a paper bag, but you got the one with all the holes

What a beautiful day (hey hey)
I'm the king of all time
And nothing is impossible
In my all powerful mind

Oh yeah, nothing is impossible
In my own powerful mind

That's because nothing is impossible
In my own powerful mind

Well this is murder
Yea, On the dog train
When all the brakes have failed
And I'm going down hill
And if you see me wave
Yea, I'm only saying bye bye
There's not a single tear
Here in my eyes

La, La, La ..........

And if you've heard this before
Yea, I'm gonna say it again
But life was easier when
I didn't have a clue
Because this is murder
I'm getting dog tired
Let's make the world brand new
How about you

La, La, La ..........

(I love this, I love life)......

You were born out of one
But you were made as two
You were made to go on
You've forgotten what to do
So wake up noe I'm begging you
You sleep ans sleep on
It's all you ever do
Has your comfort now gone
When you look around the room
And remember the fire, the fire in you
The sleeping excuse that's all you ever do
And its really no use
When there's so much left for us to do
Can you make some time
For what is always yours and mine
I've seen you cutting loose
I've seen you stretched out
On the line
Try and remember the truth
Without you we're all no use
Wake up my friend

You'll find us caught in the middle
of our everyday in every way
you'll see us looking for a reason
in everyday in everyway
we slave and steal but what we just don't want
we just can't feel no we just can't feel
were always surprised when we don't get heard
when we speak our words when we speak our words
Its not enough we say
cos we the damned we wait

you'll find us with a painted smile
trying to get things done just to get along
you'll find us trying to chase down dreams
as they float upstream as they float upstream
its been so long weve forgotten how to care
for the things we lost that are deep down there
but through every new fad, through every phase
pleased every god worship every craze
Its not enough we say
cos we the damned we wait
Pass the time with a little bit of distraction
we pass the time with a little self destruction
we grasp at times moments of satisfaction
Cos we the damned we wait

Have you ever wondered, dare you ever ask?
Just who it is that's pulling your strings so fast
Do you ever think have you ever been so sure?
Just who that is keeps asking you for more

Sure enough you know it and you know it in your heart
When you were born they had you from the start
And when you find you've got nothing left to say
They'll cut your strings and they're starting from today


Guess who's the daddy who's really in control
Guess who's got your number and who owns your soul

When you remember all the places you have been
Every situation well nothings what it seems
When you start asking and getting no reply
They'll cut your strings for daring to ask why

Guess who's the daddy who's really in control
Guess who's got your number and who owns your soul

TRUTH AND LIES no disguise

Guess who's the daddy who's really in control
Guess who's got your number and who owns your soul

I'm so glad to see you
and the things that you do
are so chemically free
it's a wonder to me
you're still smiling
I hear you're top
of the heap
you own nothing
that's cheap
and how is London town
is it getting you down just lately

Now you're on top of the world
Looking down on the nation
You're the boy with the girls
Who's above all creation
you're The man with the plan
Whose going to do all he can
for himself

And do they buy what you sell
all that you took from us well
they say that loves not for sale
and have I hit the nail
you've been holding
Have all the friends that you've made
for the prices you paid
come to lie at the feet
and worship your cheat that you made.

(repeat chorus and first verse)

I believe you. I believe you. I believe you.
Can you remember when we spoke back in those gone days.

I believe you. We believe you.I believe you. We believe you.
I believe you. We believe you.

Can you remember when we spoke back in those bad days.

I believe you. We believe you. I believe you. We believe you.
I believe you. We believe you.

You should have told us that you never meant a word that you said.

He came of second best when he first came round here
In a town that's built on money built on fear
Just don't fake life, he's been told a thousand times

You see the wheels that we turn in keep dragging us down

He was amazed to see the fallen here
Tried so very hard to fight the fear
Then when he saw the end and it werent very far
It slipped from his grasp
And he stumbled there in the dark
Just don't fake life you've been told a thousand times

He took a troubled heart and then he gave it out
Took a violent change of circumstance to shout
There can be nobody better to turn things around
Yes there can be nobody better to turn things around
Just don't fake life you've been told a thousand times

I dreamt i felt a steel knife
slide smooth across a throat
the blood that came forth
well it ended all the hope
this was the passion and this was the pain
this was a beginning and this was the end
don't tell me that it's over
Take me out of this sun
let this darkness carry on
take me out of this sun
I woke to find this whole world weary in its fight
searching for the mercy left fumbling in the night
A moments liberation when the world is done
the gentle touch of lovers and this whole things begun
so don't tell me that it's over
I dreamt i felt a steel knife slide smooth across a throat
a moments hesitation before you kill the hope
is this the passion is this the pain
is this the ending or do we start again
just don't tell me that it's over
Take me out of this sun
let this darkness carry on
take me out of this

Take this cause and this lie
Go tie a knot around the world
Take up arms its your right
To tie a knot around the world

If that's all you want
That's all you'll be
Statistically unkown to me

Cos its not what you fight or how that you win
You're embracing the night when you begin

A soldier, a hero that's not what you became tonight
A trophy, a figure, all on the news at ten tonight

If that's all you want
That's all you'll be
Statistically unkown to me

if your smiling you'd better smile, for us all
if your laughing you'd better laugh, for us all
well you better from now on
yeah you better from now on
if your thinking you'd better think, for us all
if your talkin you'd better talk, for us all
well you better from now on
yeah you better from now on
if your dancing you'd better dance, for us all
if your learning you'd better learn, for us all
well you better from now on
yeah you better from now on
if your lying you'd better lie, for us all
if your crying you'd better cry, for us all
well you better from now on
yeah you better from now on
cos we all need you
hope you need us too
if your singing you'd better sing with us all
and if your swinging you'd better swing with us all
well you better from now on
yeah you better from now on
if you think you can carry on
cos we all need you
and we hope you need us too

My friend, well he walked me down these roads I've never known,
The salvation of my soul, myself the only goal.
There were pleasures I thought I'd seen, some I never knew,
There were people dressed in rainments of an uncertain hue.
The chances I thought I'd had, many I'd missed,
There were devils bearing gifts and angels on the piss.

For my sins I will confess and I will never lie.
There's nobody that was ever here that's never wondered why,
And I've lived my life the best, every second to defy.
Will nobody that was ever here grieve me when I die?

On the first day I met myself coming back from the third;
I believed in what I was doing, I swallowed every word.
Every word that I was told by the Great and the Good,
I bit the poisoned apple 'cause I felt that I should.

For my sins I will confess and I will never lie.
There's nobody that was ever here that's never wondered why,
And I've lived my life the best, every second to defy.
Will nobody that was ever here grieve me when I die?
When I die ..

And now that I come to it, I can recall
what it was I achieved just before my fall.
I saw visions of ugliness, I visited shame,
But I know should I come to it
I'd do it all again.

For my sins I will confess and I will never lie.
There's nobody that was ever here that's never wondered why,
And I've lived my life the best, every second to defy.
Will nobody that was ever here grieve me when I die?

'Cause I've lived my life the best, every second to defy.
Will nobody that was ever here grieve me when I die?
When I die ..

And will nobody that was ever here grieve me when I die?..

When you're staring at the walls
And your heart begins to sink
Seems that no-one ever calls
And you've nothing left to think

Well i would love to make you happy
But i'm busy with my mind
Cos i would love to make your world right
I need your help and yo need mine

When your queing with the rest
Hurrying to wait in line
I'm the one thats behind you
I'm behind you all the time

Its monday again, drives you insane
There's more to gain, when you touch the flame
And i have seen you from afar
Wondering if you have seen me
Seen you sitting in your car
Just staring at the sea
Ive seen your head slumped at the bar
Wont you buy a drink for me
Cos this old world aint very large
I hope one day you'll talk to me

look out
the ship you sailed now has gone
without you has left you all alone
and you just stood and watched

look out for the last man alive
don't wonder how he has lived, so long

as the ice around you starts to melt
don't panic, im holdin your life belt
or i'll just stand and watch

look out for the last man alive
don't wonder how he has lived, so long

you were never meant to be
when you first put out to sea

look out for the last man alive
don't wonder how he has lived, so long

Do you fancy a drink,
Just the one,
To clear your head,
We won't be long.
It's a beautiful day,
To waste away,
There's plenty of time,
For another one.

You know you shouldn't do it,
But see no reason why,
So you blow your mind,
Yeah, yeah,
Uh-ha.

Make mine a short,
I'm getting there,
But where that is,
I couldn't care.
There must be something I havn't tried,
Perhaps that bottle before my eyes.

You know you shouldn't do it,
But you see no reason why,
So you blow your mind,
Yeah, yeah,
Uh-ha.

Through the haze,
The sun goes down,
It's getting late,
Let's hit the town.
Call some friends,
To paint it red,
And feed the animal,
In your head.

You know you shouldn't do it,
But you see no reason why,
So you blow your mind,
Yeah, yeah,
Uh-ha.

They throw you out,
You hit the night,
You go to a club,
You feel alright.
You get a pill,
You take just half,
Then take the rest of it,
For a laugh.

You know you shouldn't do it,
But you see no reason why,
So you blow your mind,
Yeah, yeah,
Uh-ha.

Across the floor,
You think you see,
The one in your dreams,
Your fantasy.
But that last drink,
Has made you blind,
You need the bar,
But it's hard to find.

You know you shouldn't do it,
But you see no reason why,
So you blow your mind,
Yeah, yeah,
Uh-ha.

There's a brand new game,
You want to try,
You line them up,
And it's the first to die.
You think you've won,
But it's time to leave,
And back to your's,
For a cup of tea.

You know you shouldn't do it,
But you see no reason why,
So you blow your mind,
Yeah, yeah,
Uh-ha.

When you find your keys,
And you all fall in,
You spend an hour,
In search of skins.
When all seems lost,
And it's looking grim,
You find the bottle,
Of Christmas gin.

You know you shouldn't do it,
But you see no reason why,
So you blow your mind,
Yeah, yeah,
Uh-ha.

The rest is blank,
And that's the worst,
An empty head,
For an empty purse.
You had a laugh,
So you think,
But in the morning,
You just stink.

You know you shouldn't do it,
But you see no reason why,
So you blow your mind,
Yeah, yeah,
Uh-ha.

So you fancy a drink,
Just the one,
To clear your head,
We won't be long.

She's the maid of the river
So beautifully plain
As fresh as the country
That gave her her name
As crisp as the snow
And as swift as the rain
She shone like the sun
Before all of our games
She shone like a jewel
But her price was not gold
She cried more than most
When her story was told
But her people were evil
Left her barren and cold
And her heart went to market
Where her body was sold
I said : 'Hey, hey won't you take me away
'Cos I can't see the point
In the dawn of the day
When so many killers gonna take you away
They'll leave nothing left except hatred'
She's the goddess of love
The goddess in green
The goddess of all
That I've ever seen
The goddess of hope
The goddess in brown
The goddess of all
That you've burned to the ground
There's all kind of hatred
Flows out of man's hands
There's the hatred that strangles
The throat of a man
But the worst of all hatred
Is that which is planned
Against what we have
In this goddess of land