1.Sat In Your Lap
I see the people working,
And see it working for them.
And so I want to join in,
But then I find it hurts me.
Some say that knowledge is something sat in your lap.
Some say that knowledge is something that you never have.
I see the people happy,
So can it happen for me？
'Cause when I am unhappy,
There's nothing that can move me.
Some say that knowledge is something that you never have.
Some say that knowledge is something sat in your lap.
Some say that heaven is hell.
Some say that hell is heaven.
I must admit, just when I think I'm king,
(I just begin.)
Just when I think I'm king, I must admit,
(I just begin.)
Just when I think I'm king,
(I just begin.)
I've been doing it for years.
My goal is moving near.
It says, 'Look! I'm over here.'
Then it up and disappears.
Some say that knowledge is something sat in your lap.
Some say that knowledge is ho-ho-ho-ho.
I want to be a lawyer.
I want to be a scholar.
But I really can't be bothered.
Ooh, just gimme it quick, gimme it, gimme gimme gimme gimme!
Some say that knowledge is ho ho ho.
Some say that knowledge is ho ho ho.
Some say that heaven is hell.
Some say that hell is heaven.
I must admit, just when I think I'm king,
(I just begin.)
Just when I think I'm king, I must admit,
(I just begin.)
Just when I think everything's going great,
(I just begin,)
I get the break,
Hey, I'm gonna take it all
(I just begin.)
When I'm king
(just begin.)
In my dome of ivory,
A home of activity,
I want the answers quickly,
But I don't have no energy.
I hold a cup of wisdom,
But there is nothing within.
My cup, she never overfloweth,
And 'tis I that moan and groaneth.
Some grey and white matter,
'Give me the karma, mama!'
I'm coming up the ladder,
Here coming up the ladder,
'A jet to Mecca,'
Up the ladder,
'Tibet or Jeddah,
To Salisbury,
A monastery,
The longest journey,
Across the desert,
Across the weather,
Across the elements,
Across the water!'
2.There Goes A Tenner
Okay, remember.
Okay, remember,
That we have just allowed
Half an hour
To get in, do it, and get out.
The sense of adventure
Is changing to danger.
The signal has been given.
I go in.
The crime begins.
My excitement
Turns into fright.
All my words fade.
What am I gonna say？
Mustn't give the game away.
We're waiting.
We're waiting.
We're waiting.
We got the job sussed.
This shop's shut for business.
The lookout has parked the car,
But kept the engine running.
Three beeps means trouble's coming.
I hope you remember
To treat the gelignite tenderly for me.
I'm having dreams about things
Not going right.
Let's leave in plenty of time tonight.
Both my partners
Act like actors：
You are Bogart,
He is George Raft,
That leaves Cagney and me.
(What about Edward G.？)
We're waiting.
We're waiting.
We're waiting.
You blow the safe up.
Then all I know is I wake up,
Covered in rubble. One of the rabble
Needs mummy.
(What's all this then？)
The government will never find the money.
(What's all this then？)
I've been here all day,(What are we gonna do with the money？)
A star in Strangeways.(I've got it!)
Apart from a photograph
They'll get nothing from me,
Not until they let me see my solicitor.
Ooh, I remember
That rich, windy weather
When you would carry me,
Pockets floating
In the breeze.
Ooh, there goes a tenner.
Hey, look! There's a fiver.
There's a ten-shilling note.
Remember them？
That's when we used to vote for him.
[In one of her descriptions of this song Kate supplied a few
related lines
of verse. They appear to be additional lyrics to There Goes a
Tenner, although the meter is a little different. Here are
Kate's remarks in toto, taken from her self-penned article
'explaining' the album The Dreaming：]
'Everybody synchronize watches. Remember there's only
half an hour to do the job. We've been rehearsing for weeks,
so nothing should go wrong. Let's run through it one more time：
'I go in and distract the guard,
Frank's out the back in the getaway car,
The sign on the door turns from open to shut,
We keep them all covered, you blow the safe up,
We grab the cash, make a hasty retreat,
And tear across London using the backstreets.
Remember, be careful, give nothing away,
The arm of the Law is as long as they say.'
3.Pull Out The Pin
Just as we hit the green,
I've never been so happy to be alive.
Only seven miles behind
You could smell the child,
The smell of the front line's survival.
With my silver Buddha
And my silver bullet,
You learn to ride the Earth,
When you're living on your belly and the enemy are city-births.
Who need radar？ We use scent.
They stink of the west, stink of sweat.
Stink of cologne and baccy, and their Yankee hash.
With my silver Buddha
And my silver bullet,
(I'm pulling on the pin,)
Ooh, I pull out, pull out the pin.
(pulling on the pin, oh...)
Just one thing in it：
Me or him.
And I love life!
(pull out the pin)
Just one thing in it：
Me or him.
And I love life!
(pull out the pin)
Just one thing in it：
Me or him.
And I love life!
I love life!
I love life!
(pull out the pin)
I've seen the coat for me.
I'll track him 'til he drops,
Then I'll pop him one he won't see.
He's big and pink, and not like me.
He sees no light.
He sees no reason for the fighting
With my silver Buddha
And my silver bullet.
I had not seen his face,
'til I'm only feet away
Unbeknown to my prey.
I look in American eyes.
I see little life,
See little wife.
He's striking violence up in me.
With my silver Buddha
And my silver bullet,
(I'm pulling on the pin,)
Ooh, I pull out, pull out the pin.
(pulling on the pin, oh...)
Just one thing in it：
Me or him.
And I love life!
(pull out the pin)
Just one thing in it：
Me or him.
And I love life!
(pull out the pin)
Just one thing in it：
Me or him.
And I love life!
I love life!
I love life!
(pull out the pin)
Just one thing in it：
Me or him.
And I love life!
(So I pull out the pin)
Just one thing in it：
Me or him.
And I love life!
(So I pull out the pin)
Just one thing in it：
Me or him.
And I love life!
I love life!
I love life!
I love life!
I love life!
I love life!
I love life!
I love life!
I love life!
(pull out the pin)
4.Suspended In Gaffa
Out in the garden
There's half of a heaven,
And we're only bluffing.
We're not ones for busting through walls,
But they've told us
Unless we can prove
That we're doing it,
We can't have it all.
(I want it all.)
He's gonna wangle
A way to get out of it.
She's an excuse
And a witness who'll talk when he's called.
But they've told us
Unless we can prove
That we're doing it,
We can't have it all.
(I want it all)
(and I want it all)
We can't have it all.
(I want it all)
'I caught a glimpse of a god, all shining and bright.'
Suddenly my feet are feet of mud.
It all goes slo-mo.
I don't know why I'm crying.
Am I suspended in Gaffa？
Not until I'm ready for you,
Not until I'm ready for you.
Can I have it all.
I try to get nearer,
But as it gets clearer
There's something appears in the way,
It's a plank in me eye,
With a camel
Who's trying to get through it,
Am I doing it？
Can I have it all now？
(I want it all)
I pull out the plank and say
'Thank you for yanking me back
To the fact that there's
Always something to distract.'
But sometimes it's hard
To know if I'm doing it right.
Can I have it all now？
(I want it all)
Can I have it all now？
(I want it all)
Can I have it all？
(I want it all)
I can't have it all.
'We all have a dream...maybe.'
Suddenly my feet are feet of mud.
It all goes slo-mo.
I don't know why I'm crying.
Am I suspended in Gaffa？
Not until I'm ready for you,
Not until I'm ready for you.
Can I have it all.
I won't open boxes
That I am told not to.
I'm not a Pandora.
I'm much more like
That girl in the mirror.
Between you and me
She don't stand a chance of getting anywhere at all.
(I want it all)
Not anywhere at all.
(I want it all)
No, not a thing.
(I want it all)
She can't have it all.
'Mother, where are the angels？ I'm scared of the changes.'
Suddenly my feet are feet of mud.
It all goes slo-mo.
I don't know why I'm crying.
Am I suspended in Gaffa？
Not until I'm ready for you,
Not until I'm ready for you.
Suddenly my feet are feet of mud.
It all goes slo-mo.
'I don't know why I'm crying.'
Am I suspended in Gaffa？
Not until I'm ready for you,
Not until I'm ready for you.
Can I have it all now.
5.Leave It Open
With my ego in my gut,
My babbling mouth would wash it up.
(But now I've started learning how)
I keep it shut.
My door was never locked,
'Til one day a trigger come cocking.
(But now I've started learning how)
I keep it shut.
My eyes would creep and dust
things that decay things that rust.
(But now I've started learning how)
I keep them shut.
I keep them shut.
Harm is in us.
(Harm in us, but power to arm)
Harm is in us.
(Harm in us, but power to arm)
Harm is in us.
Leave it open.
(Harm in us, but power to arm)
Narrow mind would persecute it,
Die a little to get to it.
(But now I've started learning how)
I leave it open.
I kept it in a cage,
Watched it weeping, but I made it stay.
(But now I've started learning how)
I leave it open.
I leave it open.
Harm is in us.
(Harm in us, but power to arm)
Harm is in us.
(Harm in us, but power to arm)
Harm is in us.
Leave it open.
(Harm in us, but power to arm)
Harm is in us.
(Harm in us, but power to arm)
Harm is in us.
Leave it open.
(Harm in us, but power to arm)
Harm is in us.
(Harm in us, but power to arm)
Harm is in us.
(Harm in us, but power to arm)
Harm is in us.
Harm is in us.
Harm is in us.
Harm is in us.
Harm is in us.
Harm is in us.
Harm is in us.
(What you letting in？)
(Tell me what you're letting in)
(Say what we're gonna let in!)
We let the weirdness in.
We let the weirdness in.
We let the weirdness in.
We let the weirdness in.
We let the weirdness in.
We let the weirdness in.
We let the weirdness in.
We let the weirdness in.
We let the weirdness in.
6.The Dreaming
'Bang!' goes another kanga
On the bonnet of the van.
'See the light ram through the gaps in the land.'
Many an Aborigine's mistaken for a tree
'Til you near him on the motorway
And the tree begin to breathe.
'See the light ram through the gaps in the land.'
Coming in with the golden light
In the morning.
Coming in with the golden light
Is the New Man.
Coming in with the golden light
Is my dented van.
Woomera.
'Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee
A-a-a-a-a-
M-m-m-m-m-
Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
Me-me-me-me-me,'
Woomera.
'Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee
A-a-a-a-a-
M-m-m-m-m-
Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
Me-me-me-me-me.'
The civilised keep alive
The territorial war.
'See the light ram through the gaps in the land.'
Erase the race that claim the place
And say we dig for ore,
Or dangle devils in a bottle
And push them from the Pull of the Bush.
'See the light ram through the gaps in the land.'
You find them in the road.
'See the light bounce off the rocks to the sand.'
In the road.
Coming in with the golden light
In the morning.
Coming in with the golden light
With no warning.
Coming in with the golden light
We bring in the rigging.
(Dig, dig, dig away)
Woomera.
'Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee
A-a-a-a-a-
M-m-m-m-m-
Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
Me-me-me-me-me,'
Woomera.
'Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee
A-a-a-a-a-
M-m-m-m-m-
Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
Me-me-me-'
Woomera.
'Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee
A-a-a-a-a-
M-m-m-m-m-
Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
Me-me-me-'
Ma-ma-many an Aborigine's mistaken for a tree
'See the light ram through the gaps in the land.'
You near him on the motorway
And the tree begin to breathe.
Erase the race that claim the place
And say we dig for ore
'See the light ram through the gaps in the land.'
Dangle devils in a bottle
And push them from the Pull of the Bush.
'See the sun set in the hand of the man.'
'Bang!' goes another kanga
On the bonnet of the van.
'See the light bounce off the rocks to the sand.'
You find them in the road.
'See the light ram through the gaps in the land.'
In the road.
'See the light.'
(Push them from the)
Pull of the Bush.
'See the light bounce off the rocks to the sand.'
(Push them from the)
Pull of the Bush.
'See the sun set in the hand of the man.'
'Duremikaina'
7.Night Of The Swallow
The night doesn't like it.
Looks just like your face on the moon, to me.
And I won't let you do
What you want to do.
It's funny how, even now,
You're laughing.
I won't let you do it.
If you go, I'll let the law know,
And they'll head you off when you touch the ground.
Ooh, please, don't go through with this.
I don't like the sound of it.
It's funny how, even now,
You're miles away.
I won't let you do it.
I won't let you do it.
I won't let you go through with it.
'Meet them over at Dover.
I'll just pilot the motor,
Take them over the water
'With a hired plane,
And no names mentioned.
Tonight's the night of the flight.
Before you know,
I'll be over the water
Like a swallow.
'There's no risk.
I'll whisk them up in no moonlight.
And though pigs can fly,
They'll never find me
Posing as the night,
And I'm home before the morning.'
In Malta, catch a swallow,
For all of the guilty, to let them free.
Wings fill the window,
And they beat and bleed.
They hold the sky on the other side
Of borderlines.
I won't let you do it.
I won't let you do it.
I won't let you go through with it.
'Meet them over at Dover.
I'll just pilot the motor,
Take them over the water,
Like a swallow flying to Malta,
'With a hired plane,
And no names mentioned.
Tonight's the night of the flight.
Before you know,
I'll be over the water
Like a swallow.
'There's no risk.
I'll whisk them up in no moonlight.
And though pigs can fly,
They'll never find me
Posing as the night,
And I'm home before the morning.
'Give me a break!
Ooh, let me try!
Give me something to show
For my miserable life!
Give me something to take!
Would you break even my wings,
Like a swallow？
'Let me, let me go
With a hired plane,
And no names mentioned.
Tonight's the night of the flight.
Before you know,
I'll be over the water
Like a swallow.
'There's no risk.
I'll whisk them up in no moonlight.
And though pigs can fly,
They'll never find me
Posing as the night,
And I'm home before the morning.
'Let me, let me go!
With a hired plane,
And no names mentioned.
Tonight's the night of the flight.
Before you know,
I'll be over the water
Like a swallow.
'Let me, let me go!
'There's no risk.
I'll whisk them up in no moonlight.
And though pigs can fly,
They'll never find me
Posing as the night,
And I'm home before the morning'
'Let me, let me go!'
But you're not a swallow!
8.All The Love
The first time I died
Was in the arms of good friends of mine.
They kiss me with their tears.
They hadn't been near me for years.
Say, why do it now
When I won't be around, I'm going out？
'We needed you
To love us too.
We wait for your move.'
Only tragedy allows the release
Of love and grief never normally seen.
I didn't want to let them see me weep,
I didn't want to let them see me weak,
But I know I have shown
That I stand at the gates alone.
'I needed you
To love me too.
I wait for your move.'
All the love, all the love,
All the love you should have given.
All the love, all the love,
All the love we could have given.
All the love, all the love, all the love,
The next time I dedicate
My life's work to the friends I make,
I give them what they want to hear.
They think I'm up to something weird
And up rears the head of fear in me.
So now when they ring
I get my machine to let them in.
'I needed you
To love me too.
I wait for your move.'
All the love, all the love,
All the love you should have given.
All the love, all the love,
All the love we could have given.
All the love, all the love, all the love,
'Take Care, to-de-loo'
'Bye'
'Bye for now'
'Bye'
'Later'
'Byee'
'Cherio'
'Bye'
'Bye bye'
'Bye'
'See ya'
'Byeee'
'Bye'
'Byee'
'Cheers'
'See ya'
'Bye'
'Goodbye'
'I'll see you soon'
'Goodnight'
'We needed you
To love us too.
We wait for your move.'
9.Houdini
I wait at the table,
And hold hands with weeping strangers,
Wait for you
To join the group.
The tambourine jingle-jangles.
The medium roams and rambles.
Not taken in,
I break the circle.
I want this man
To go away now.
With a kiss
I'd pass the key
And feel your tongue
Teasing and receiving.
With your spit
Still on my lip
You hit the water.
Him and I in the room
To prove you are with us too.
He's using code that only you and I know.
This is no trick of his.
This is your magic.
I'd catch the cues,
Watching you,
Hoping you'd do something wrong.
Everybody thinks you'll never make it,
But every time,
You escape!
Rosabel believe,
Not even eternity
Can hold Houdini!
'Rosabel, believe!'
Through the glass
I'd watch you breathe.
Bound and drowned,
And paler than you've ever been.
With your life
The only thing in my mind
We pull you from the water!
Houdini!
You
And I
And Rosabel believe.
10.Get Out Of My House
'Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw!'
When you left, the door was
(slamming!)
You paused in the doorway
(slamming!)
As though a thought stole you away.
(slamming!)
I watch the world pull you away.
(slamming!)
So I run into the hall,
(Lock it!)
Into the corridor.
(Lock it!)
There's a door in the house
(slamming).
I hear the lift descending.
(slamming).
I hear it hit the landing,
(slamming).
See the hackles on the cat
(standing).
With my key I
(lock it).
With my key I
(lock it up).
With my key I
(lock it).
With my key I
(lock it up).
I am the concierge chez-moi, honey.
Won't letcha in for love, nor money.
(let me in)
My home, my joy.
I'm barred and bolted and I
(Won't let you in).
Get out of my house!
No stranger's feet
Will enter me.
(Get out of my house!)
I wash the panes,
(Get out of my house!)
I clean the stains away.
(Get out of my house!)
This house is as old as I am.
(slamming)
This house knows all I have done.
(slamming)
They come with their weather hanging 'round them,
(slamming)
But can't knock my door down!
(slamming)
With my key I
(lock it).
With my key I
(lock it).
This house is full of m-m-my mess.
(slamming)
This house is full of m-m-mistakes.
(slamming)
This house is full of m-m-madness.
(slamming／madness)
This house is full of, full of, full of fight!
(slamming)
With my keeper I
(clean up).
With my keeper I
(clean it all up).
With my keeper I
(clean it up).
With my keeper I
(clean it all up).
I am the concierge chez-moi, honey.
Won't letcha in for love, nor money.
(it's cold out here)
My home, my joy.
I'm barred and bolted and I
(Go Away)
(Won't let you in).
(Get out of my house!)
No stranger's feet
(Get out of my house!)
Will enter me.
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
I wash the panes.
I clean the stains.
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
Enter me
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(Get out of my house!)
(let me in)
(OUT)
'Woman let me in!
Let me bring in the memories!
Woman let me in!
Let me bring in the Devil Dreams!'
I will not let you in!
Don't you bring back the reveries.
I turn into a bird,
Carry further than the word is heard.
'Woman let me in!
I turn into the wind.
I blow you a cold kiss,
Stronger than the song's hit.'
I will not let you in.
I face towards the wind.
I change into the Mule.
(let me in)
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw!
'Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!
Hee-haw!'
'dug-in, da-da-da
dug-in-da-da dug-in-da-da
dug-in, da-da-da
dug-in-da-da dug-in-da-da
dug-in, da-da-da
dug-in-da-da dug-in-da-da
dug-in, da-da-da
dug-in-da-da dug-in-da-da
dug-in, da-da-da
dug-in-da-da dug-in-da-da
dug-in, da-da-da
dug-in-da-da dug-in-da-da
dug-in, da-da-da
dug-in-da-da dug-in-da-da
dug-in, da-da-da
dug-in-da-da dug-in-da-da
dug-in, da-da-da
dug-in-da-da dug-in-da-da
dug-in, da-da-da'
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