New Masters

Cat Stevens New Masters Lyrics
1.Kitty

I work in the mornin' i work in the night
The men on the block they just laugh at me
I work in the mornin' i work in the night
The men on the block they just laugh at me

But when they're wiping their silver spoons
Palming the men for some bread
I'll be laughing
Way way out of my head

When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party a party no doubt
When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party

And if my mind isn't coming so fast
The men on the block say i'm on the brink
And if my mind isn't coming so fast
And i ain't so dumb as some people think

'cause when they're wiping their silver spoons
Palming the men for some bread
I'll be laughing
Way way out of my head

When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party a party no doubt
When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party

I'll be laughing
Way way out of my head

When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party a party no doubt
When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party


2.I'm So Sleepy

I'm so sleepy yeah
I'm so sleepy yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
And imagine it was a springy bed
'cause i'm sleepy sleepy

Soon i'm gonna slip away
In the night i feel it creeping creeping creeping

I'm so sleepy yeah
I'm so sleepy yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
And imagine it was a springy bed
'cause i'm sleepy sleepy

I can't keep my mind away from my dreams
I hear them calling calling calling

Soon i'm gonna slip away
Soon i'm gonna slip away
Soon i'm gonna slip away
In the night i'm gonna slip away
I wont fight it i'll just ride it

I'm so sleepy yeah
I'm so sleepy yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
And imagine it was a springy bed
'cause i'm sleepy sleepy yeah


3.Northern Wind

There is a wind my billy and it's awful strong
Come for you and anyone who's helped you along
But i want to live live live and let the stars shine bright
Yes i want to live live live and let it on alright

And when that bird sings from over that silver wall
I don't want to fight it billy 'cause i want to go

There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change
And a northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change
And a northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange

And with this gun goes everything i want to say
Not for you but for anyone who takes it away
Let it fill his life life life until there's nothing left
Let it kill his wife wife wife until he goes to bed

And when that bird sings from over that silver wall
I don't want to fight it billy 'cause i want to go

There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change
And a northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change
And a northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange

There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change
And a northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change


4.The Laughing Apple

Slowly let me tell you a story of a tree an apple tree

Once in a summertime garden lived a little apple tree
And the man who owned it wanted it to be picked
And so he sent forth to hire me

Well i've traveled the mountains and i've traveled the sea
But a never in my traveling days
Have i ever seen a little apple smile at me

Laugh oh laugh a little apple
Autumn is waiting you'd better be careful
For it will bring you down if it ever sees you wearing a frown
So laugh oh laugh a little apple

Well all the apples were hiding
Frightened that they might be plucked
And every time that somebody passed
All except that one little apple ducked

Well i've traveled the mountains and i've traveled the sea
But a never in my traveling days
Have i ever seen a little apple smile at me

Laugh oh laugh a little apple
Autumn is waiting you'd better be careful
For it will bring you down if it ever sees you wearing a frown
So laugh oh laugh a little apple

Laugh oh laugh a little apple
Autumn is waiting you'd better be careful
For it will bring you down if it ever sees you wearing a frown
So laugh oh laugh a little apple


5.Smash Your Heart

You cut me deep
But now i'm gonna see you weep yeah
This broken man
Is gonna do the best he can yeah

I'll see you pay before i give you my heart
Baby i'll do without there'll come a day
When i'll smash your heart and then turn away

You played with me like a toy and a little baby
After i broke you just didn't want to know yeah

I'll see you pay before i give you my heart
Baby i'll do without there'll come a day
When i'll smash your heart and then turn away

My time will come
And you'll know when it's begun yeah
You'll know because
You're gonna be just where i was yeah

I'll see you pay before i give you my heart
Baby i'll do without there'll come a day
When i'll smash your heart and then turn away


6.Moonstone

Well first i have to tell you that i'm not insane
And that once i was a famous archaeologist named
Who ran a recent expedition in a distant land
I just happened to passion' my hand in the sand

And then i stopped looked and then i was hooked
I saw a flash then a sparkle from a moonstone
Then the mist started started to clear
I saw a face a face in the moonstone
Then it started to disappear

Well i walked and walked and never talked for many days
And without a friend the desert is a lonely place
I was just about to turn around and make way home
When something told me that i had to see it again

And then i stopped looked and then i was hooked
I saw a flash then a sparkle from a moonstone
Then the mist started started to clear
I saw a face a face in the moonstone
Then it started to disappear

Avuray
Avuray
Avuray

I saw a flash then a sparkle from a moonstone
Then the mist started started to clear
I saw a face a face in the moonstone
Then it started to disappear
And then it started to disappear
And then it started to disappear


7.The First Cut Is The Deepest

I would have given you all of my heart
But there's someone who's torn it apart
And she's takin' almost all that i've got
But if you want i'll try to love again
Baby i'll try to love again but i know

The first cut is the deepest baby i know
The first cut is the deepest
'cause when it comes to bein' lucky she's cursed
When it comes to lovin' me she's worse
But when it comes to bein' loved she's first
That's how i know
The first cut is the deepest baby i know
The first cut is the deepest

I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that i've cried
'cause i'm sure gonna give you a try
And if you want i'll try to love again
But baby i'll try to love again but i know

The first cut is the deepest baby i know
The first cut is the deepest
'cause when it comes to bein' lucky she's cursed
When it comes to lovin' me she's worse
But when it comes to bein' loved she's first
That's how i know
The first cut is the deepest baby i know
The first cut is the deepest

Baby i know the first cut is the deepest
Baby i know the first cut is the deepest
'cause when it comes to bein' lucky she's cursed
When it comes to lovin' me she's worse
But when it comes to bein' loved she's first
That's how i know
The first cut is the deepest baby i know


8.I'm Gonna Be King

I've been pushed around
Made to look a clown
But now now i know
It is time for me to start to grow

I'm gonna be king
I'm gonna see things right
I'm gonna be king
And you will be my bride

I'll show everyone
That my time will come
If you wait for me
I will show the world what i can be

I'm gonna be king
I'm gonna see things right
I'm gonna be king
And you will be my bride

Love does funny things
And to me it brings
Strength to carry through
And to make my name a pride to use

I'm gonna be king
I'm gonna see things right
I'm gonna be king
And you will be my bride


9.Ceylon City

I'm going home to the town where i was born
Where little children laughed as they sang
A happy song in the little town of ceylon

Ceylon city ceylon city
Ceylon city ceylon city

I've got a boat i hope it's still afloat
With rusty sails and an old wooden oar
It goes along in the little town of ceylon

Ceylon city ceylon city
Ceylon city ceylon city

My daddy will be waiting there
My sister will be combing down her silver hair

My mamma will be waiting there
Serving lunch to my brother but he's nowhere

My daddy will be waiting there
My sister will be combing down her silver hair

My mamma will be waiting there
Serving lunch to my brother but he's nowhere

Ceylon city ceylon city
Ceylon city ceylon city
Ceylon city

My daddy will be waiting
My sister will be combing
My mamma will be serving
My brother will be hiding

My daddy will be waiting


10.Blackness Of The Night

In the blackness of the night i seem to wander endlessly
With a hope burning out deep inside
I'm a fugitive community has driven me out
For this bad bad world i'm beginning to doubt
I'm alone and there is no one by my side

In the blackness of the night i see a shadow passing by
From the heels of an old soldier boy
There's no compromising and his eyes are black as the sky
For this bad bad world he is going to die
He's alone and there is no one by his side

In the blackness of the night i see a sparkle of a star
From the sweet silver tear of a child
And she's clutching at a photograph of long long ago
When her parents were happy she was too young to know
She's alone and there is no one by her side

I'm alone and there is no one by my side

In the blackness of the night i seem to wander endlessly
With a hope burning out deep inside
I'm a fugitive community has driven me out
For this bad bad world i'm beginning to doubt
I'm alone and there is no one by my side


11.Come On Baby(Shift That Log)

Why don't you come over?
It's lonely at the wooden lodge
Why don't you come and see our baby?
You haven't seen her for so long

Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me
Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me

There in the back woods
We had our little piece of land
But everything wasn't so groovy
Not when you had to dirty your hands

Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me
Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me

It's lonely at the wooden lodge
So why don't you share my bed?

Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me
Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me


12.I Love Them All

While lookin' into my drawer only yesterday
You know the things that i saw made me cry
I saw the pictures and letters i should have known better
Than to try to deny

I love them all i love them all
And if they came again
I'd do the same again
'cause i'm that kind of a guy

I'm that kind of a guy

And as i walked through the park where we used to play
You know the bench and the tree are still there
And the pictures that you did why am i so stupid?
They won't ever disappear

I love them all i love them all
And if they came again
I'd do the same again
'cause i'm that kind of a guy

'cause i'm that kind of a guy

I love them all i love them all
And if they came again
I'd do the same again
'cause i'm that kind of a guy


13.Image Of Hell

You left me wearing nothing but a shell
You left me wearing nothing but a shell

This feeling you've left me
Is the image of ****

I thought that you loved me
Ah but then i never could tell

I thought that you loved me
But then i never could tell

This feeling you left me
Is the image of ****

If you loved me like you said that you did
Oh then darling you couldn't have done the things that you did

You walk by my door but you don't ring my bell
You walk by my door but you don't ring my bell

This feeling you've left me
Is the image of ****


14.Lovely City(When Do You Laugh ?)

Lovely city when do you laugh?
Stony people what do you have?

Well you ride around on a bright shiny cloud
And you think that you've found true happiness
There's no method in your mind and your tempers are kind
Is it too much to ask to give it a rest?

Lovely city when do you laugh?
Stony people what do you have?

I'm a part of you you don't wanna be
I'm an unexpected visitor who's dropped in for tea
But i'm not so low you don't even know that i'm here
You can't even see

Lovely city when do you laugh?
Stony people what do you have?

Lovely city when do you laugh?
Stony people what do you have?


15.The View From The Top

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely
And you can be missing such a lot that could be yours

Why can't i stop forgetting myself?
Why am i always trying to be like somebody else
Why can't i love you?
Why bother flying high above you
I know where you are

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely
And you can be missin' such a lot that could be yours

And who's going to miss me?
There'll only be myself to blame
You know i'd love to hold you tight
And love you all the night
But i don't even know my name

La la la
La la la
La la la

Why can't i stop forgetting myself?
Why am i always trying to be like somebody else?
Why can't i love you?
Why bother flying high above you
I know where you are

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely
And you can be missin' such a lot that could be yours


16.Here Comes My Wife

Well here comes my wife
And that's the story of my life
She haunts me
Though she don't want me

She follows badly in disguise
But it's not hard to recognize her
'cause she's cryin'
She looks like dyin' on me

Her father's rich i think a millionaire
But money doesn't make him better
It just makes him better to be there
So you can tell him that its quite alright
No no it's quite alright with me

Well here comes my wife
And that's the story of my life
She haunts me
Though she don't want me

She follows badly in disguise
But it's not hard to recognize her
'cause she's cryin'
She looks like dyin' on me

See that shadow dancin' on the floor
She's coming up behind me
How i'd love to tell her she's a bore
But what i tell her that it's quite alright
No no it's quite alright with me

Well here comes my wife
And that's the story of my life
She haunts me
Though she don't want me

She follows badly in disguise
But it's not hard to recognize her
'cause she's cryin'
She looks like dyin' on me


17.It's A Super(Dupa) Life

See the funny little people running 'round in circles
Throwing bombs as they do
See the funny side of it
They're heading straight for you

See the funny little holes they're making
Looking like craters on the moon
See the funny side of it
We'll be living in them soon

But it's a super life
A super dupa dupa life we live
Yes it's a super life
A super dupa dupa life we live

But it's getting pretty near the end
'cause with a super life
You will borrow everything you lend
So there's never anything to spend
You're broke you dope you

See the funny little flying saucers we found
Painted up just for you
See the funny man inside
His color matches too

See the silly little camera he loves
Shooting pictures with all day
See the funny side of it
His friends are on their way

But it's a super life
A super dupa dupa life we live
Yes it's a super life
A super dupa dupa life we live

But it's getting pretty near the end
'cause with a super life
You will borrow everything you lend
So there's never anything to spend
You're broke you dope you

But it's a super life
A super dupa dupa life we live
Yes it's a super life
A super dupa dupa life we live

Baby it's a super life
A super dupa dupa life we live
Yes it's a super life
A super dupa dupa life we live

Baby it's a super life
A super dupa dupa life we live
Yes it's a super life
A super dupa dupa life we live

Baby it's a super life
A super


18.Where Are You

I know i think a lot
But somehow it just doesn't help
It only makes it worse
The more i think
The more i know
The more it hurts

With only solitude
To meet me like a friend
Oh where are you?
Where are you?
Where are you?

Maybe she sits alone
Beyond the storm
Across the raging torrent of the sea
She knows i want her
And she knows i'll always be

How can i live without the love
I cannot see
Oh where are you?
Where are you ?
Where are you?

I know there's someone there
I hear her breathe
Behind the silence of the dark
But i know that i won't see
'til we open up our eyes together
She'll look at me
What a moment that moment will be

And she looks so light
I could fly her through the night

I know i think a lot
But somehow it just doesn't help
It only goes to show
That what you never miss
You never know

But i have loved you from the moment
That we knew
Oh i love you
I love you
But where are you?


19.A Bad Night

Baby you're cool
And even though you've never been to school
I know you're fine
But then you change your mind
Then you start on driftin'
And fall on behind

You've been my girl
You've been mine
All of the time

A bad night
Its gonna be
A bad night
I guarantee
Tonight i'll have
A bad night
I know i shall

Ah 'cause you left me waiting in the corner
And i know you're never gonna come back for me
And though you said you loved me
And said you needed all of my love
A bad bad bad bad bad night
Its gonna be

A bad night
It's gonna be
A bad night
I guarantee
Tonight i'll have
A bad night
I know i shall

Maybe if the weather was just a little better
It might not have happened that way
But the situation was gettin' pretty bad bad
A bad bad bad bad bad night it's gonna be

A bad night
It's gonna be
A bad night
I guarantee
Tonight i'll have
A bad night
I know i shall
I know i shall