Bananamour

Kevin Ayers Bananamour Lyrics
1.Beware Of The Dog


2.Decadence

Watch her out there on display
Dancing in her sleepy way
While all her visions start to play
On the icicles of our decay.

Fading flowers in her hair
She's suffering from wear and tear
She lies in waterfalls of dreams
And never questions what it means.

And all along the desert shore
She wanders further evermore
The only thing that's left to try
She says to live i have to die.

She whispers sadly well i might
And holds herself so very tight
Then jumping from an unknown height
She merges with the liquid night.

Lovers wrap her mist in furs
And tell her what she has is hers
But when they take her by the hand
She slips back in the desert sand.

But what she leaves is made of glass
And lovers worship as they pass
Each one says - now she is mine
But all drink solitary wine.
(drink it to marlene)


3.Don't Let It Get You Down


4.Hymn

Why do we waste our lives
Why do we stay asleep
So many confused words
So many total disasters there are

We all try to change the world
But change has to come from ourselves
So much ignored advice
So many drowned and wasting away

Everybody wants to be free
But before this can be
You've got to learn, learn how to see
Just from what it is that you want to be free

Why do we waste our lives
Wy do we stay asleep
So many confused words
So many total disasters there are


5.International Anthem


6.Interview


7.Oh Wot A Dream


8.Shouting In A Bucket Blues

Sometimes i get too drunk,
I feel so goddamned low
I have no place to go, no one to turn to
I think about your loving arms, where i'd like to be
But it's selfish as can be, and i know it
And if i'm sorry for myself, i'm sorry for you too
'cause i'm the same as you, and i'm burning

So i sing for everyone who feels there's no way out
So maybe if you all shout someone will hear you
Listen to them shout

I won't say that i love you, 'cause that would be a lie
I can only say i try, and you know it
Love is something more or less than words can hope to say
It's something day to day in the life we're living
Lovers come and lovers go but friends are hard to find
Yes i can count all mine on one finger

So i sing for everyone who feels there's no way out
So maybe if you all shout someone will hear you
Listen to them shout

The distance that's between us, it just never seems to change
There's a whole mountain range of misunderstanding

So i sing for everyone who feels there's no way out
So maybe if you all shout someone will hear you
Listen to them shout


9.When Your Parents Go To S