I close the door and turn the key And dream a world for you and me Beyond the walls a city breathes In this room one heart beats The stars they shine for you and me On the street ten floors below The city lights are all aglow The corner girls they come and go […]
You got to weep You got to wail You got to drag yourself on hands and knees bleeding Another mile along the trail You got to laugh in the face of the devil When he’s hanging on to your shirt tail You got to hold down the lid of the coffin And hammer in the […]
Pachinko - Waiting For Herb
I’m walking down roppongi The night is hot and smoggy I drink a little coffee A sake and a beer I run into a ginja man He speaks but i don’t understand He grins at me and takes my hand And whispers in my ear I play deji pachi I play deji pachi I play […]
Mary’s selling flowers On a stall in ec1 Tonight she’ll be out looking for some fun Her mate gerry’s in the basement He hasn’t got a home But prides himself that he’s got most things done Meanwhile i’m up on the roof Waiting for the sun to shine I haven’t got an excuse So i’ll […]
Sometimes it seems like a beautiful dream The girl from the wadi hammamat Lovely as a green parakeet I awake alone again In the desert of my dreams A fertile oasis i have seen I cast my voice to the burning winds Across the dunes khamsin khamsin Bring her to me on desire’s wings On […]
Big City - Waiting For Herb
In the big city Where the lights are low Cold dirty ground Where the rivers don’t flow Nothing’s gonna change so throw it all away In the big city Where the kids will come cheap And monsters prowl and never sleep Don’t cross the road if you haven’t got the time of day Well i […]
The wind was whipping shingle through the windows in the town A hail of stones across the roof, the slates came raining down A blade of light upon the spit came sweeping through the roar With me head inise a barrel and me leg screwed in the floor Mother pack me bags because i’m off […]
Well it’s been a long day but i don’t like to moan It’s the middle of summer and i’m chilled to the bone There’s holes in my shoes where the rain comes in I’m sitting on top of the world Walking in the shadows of empty office blocks I was talking to a stranger and […]
The hour’s late and the lights are low I’m walking home just kicking stones I waited at the deopt you never showed You missed the last bus hours ago I remember the first time I saw you on the street You looked so pretty my heart skipped a beat I can’t wait any longer but […]
Haunting - Waiting For Herb
Sit down on that stool hear the cant of a fool And a strange tale i’ll impart to ye Of a time that i lived at the buff of a hill ‘neath the burial chambers you see One saturday night i got up on my bike To go to a dance in the town I […]
