1.The Engine Driver Song
She says she's leaving on the first train
From Liverpool Street in the morning
She says they've had all their chances
Should have heeded her final warning
They say they'll see her to the station
At least let them wave her goodbye
But as the train pulled out
Not a single tear fell from her eyes
Now she's been sad and been confused
She's been accused of things she didn't do
So now she's going home not a moment too soon
To the ones who love her most, engine driver please
Does this train take me home, engine driver please
Does this train take me
Her parents said it would only end in tears
So now she's going home without any souvenirs
She hopes her parents are there to meet her from the train
She falls into their arms and tries her best to explain
How she felt sad and so bemused
She was accused of things she didn't do
So now she's come back home not a moment too soon
To the ones who love her most, engine driver please
Does this train take me home, engine driver please
Does this train take me
Kathy's come home
Kathy come home
Engine driver
2.Conscience Tells Me No
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter what you do
It doesn't matter what you see
It only matters who you tell
As long as you don't try
To hide the feeling deep inside you
Then conscience tells you no
The pain will never show
Just for the hurt you used to know
And when your conscience tells you no
It tells you
If you can recognise the evil and the bad
Realise when someone's sad
And all that's needed is a hand
You can surely spare the time
As long as you don't try
And hide the feeling deep inside you
Then conscience tells you no
You know it's time to go
The pain I thought would never show
And when your conscience tells you no
It tells you no
Conscience tells you no
And you may govern all the people in this land
But what's it worth if you won't ever understand
Just what it's like to be a child who goes without?
No nice warm clothes or food to feed an empty mouth
And if you try to fool us with your mock concern
We'll make a voodoo doll and stick pins in your eyes
We'll build a wicker man and watch you burn inside
3.My Hedonistic Tendencies
I think I'll paint her name in red and blue
And let the colour run on me and you
Watch out for imagination
Watch out for imagination
Oh what shall I wear?
My hedonistic tendencies may be the death of me
But the pills and the spills no longer thrill me
I'm born again, born again
The endless parties drive me to despair
When I'm the only famous artist there
Watch out for imagination
Watch out for imagination
Oh what shall I wear?
My hedonistic tendencies may be the death of me
But the pills and the spills no longer thrill me
I'm born again, born again
Clubland people always seem absurd
Chatting up the birds
Oh I'm born. Oh I'm born. Oh I'm born again!
Clubland people always seem absurd
Chatting up the birds
4.Salvador Dali's Garden Party
Got an invitation to a garden party
And it said that everyone would be there
Famous painters, Pop Art poets and Hollywood filmstars
More celebrities than you have ever seen
In a week of TV
So I wore my brand new paisley shirt
I bought last week in Kensington Market
And I wore my brand new Chelsea boots
I rode there on my scooter but there wasn't anywhere to park it
And it was some kind of happening
Some kind of happening
Some kind of happening
Some kind of happening
Salvador Dali's garden party
Salvador Dali's garden party
Everybody was there
Everybody was there
Everybody was there
Everybody was there
Got an invitation to a garden party
And it said that everyone would be there
Famous painters, the Pop Art poets, Hollywood filmstars
More celebrities than you have ever seen
It was some kind of happening
Some kind of happening
Some kind of happening
Some kind of happening
Jack Nicholson was there
Mia Farrow was there
Woody Allen was there
Dennis Hopper was there
Peter Fonda was there
Debbie Harry was there
Salvador Dali's garden party
5.The Man Who Paints The Rainbow
Even when the sky is grey
The sun will have the final say
So take another look outside
And when you think you've seen it all
And when you think you've lost it all
Just take another look outside
I'm not the man who paints the rainbows
I'm not the man who makes the stars glow
I'm not the man who paints the rainbows
I'm not the man who paints the sunshine yellow
So take a trip out to the sea
Or to the singing ringing tree
But take another look outside
You're satisfied with who you are
You're satisfied with what you are
Take another look outside
I'm not the man who paints the rainbows
I'm not the man who makes the stars glow
I'm not the man who paints the rainbows
I'm not the man who made the sunshine yellow
No, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, no
I'm not the man who paints the rainbows
I'm not the man who makes the stars glow
I'm not the man who paints the rainbows
I'm not the man who made the sunshine yellow
6.What If Its Raining?
So what if it rains?
What if it's raining?
Where will we go?
And where, where is the sun?
Why won't it shine?
You promised it would
I don't know if I will see you again
I don't know if I will see you again
And it all seems so unreal
Sad. Where are the stars?
Why don't they shine?
And who stole the moon?
And night soon turns into day
Here comes the rain
Storm clouds again
I don't know if I will see you again
I don't know if I will see you again
And it all seems so unreal
Oh, what if it rains?
What if it's raining?
Where will we go?
And where oh where is the sun?
And why won't it shine?
You promised it would
(What if it's raining?)
Night time in my nursery
(What if it's raining?)
On my rocking horse no one but me
(What if it's raining?)
There is the rain, but the toys have all gone
(What if it's raining?)
In the sad empty room where I once belonged
7.Paradise Is For The Blessed
There was something else
I should have said.
How could I say?
I thought I'd said too much.
And there was something else
I should have known
How could I know?
I thought I knew it all
And there was so much more
I could have had
That I still could have
If you give me time
And there's a bridge ahead
But I just don't know
If I'll cross that bridge
When I get to it
You've heard it all before
It matters to me
You've heard it all before
That's the story of my life
Such a sad and lonely life
There was something else
That I could have seen
How could I see?
I thought I'd seen it all
And there was so much more
I could have had
That I still could have
If you give me time
And there's a bridge ahead
But I just don't know
If I'll cross that bridge
When I get to it
And it's been so long
Since I felt anything
And it's been so long
It's been so long
You've heard it all before
It matters to me
You've heard it all before
That's the story of my life
Such a sad and lonely life
But paradise is for the blessed, not for the sex obsessed
Paradise is for the blessed, not for the sex obsessed
And I never lied
And I never cried
And I didn't run
I didn't try to hide
And I never ran
And I never lied
And I never cried
And you can't deny
That paradise is for the blessed, not for the sex obsessed
And paradise is for the blessed, not for the sex obsessed
8.Privilege
Everything my masters taught me
Everything I masters knew
I know I took it all for granted
And the same things let me down
You punish me and then forgive me
You beat me till I feel no pain
You shake my hand we both say thank you
And you hope it won't happen again
I never knew what it was I wanted anyway
I didn't know what it was I was trying to say
What I was trying to say
And I never had privilege
That's one thing I never had
I never had privilege
That's one thing I never had
Well if you've got letters after your name
If you've got someone who can take the blame
You've got privilege
That's one thing I never had
They sent a letter to my father
So my father had to beat me too
And he beat me till the blood ran down my legs
Which is something you didn't do
So what can I do to make you change your way?
I never knew what it was I wanted anyway
I didn't know what it was I was trying to say
What I was trying to say
I never had privilege
That's one thing I never had
I never had privilege
That's one thing I never had
Well if you've got letters after your name
If you've got someone who can take the blame
You've got privilege
Well, it's one thing I never had
It's one thing I never had
It's one thing I never had
It's one thing I never had
I never had privilege
9.The Room At The Top Of The Stairs
So much tragedy etched on her face
Now she sits alone in an old rocking chair,
And nobody cares, in the room at the top of the stairs
In her cupboard that's full of glass jars
Where she keeps the babies that God wouldn't spare,
A secret they share. Nobody knows that they're there
Antiques gathering dust, her grandfather's clock that has long
since stopped
Like the visits from daughters who no longer care
She sits in her old rocking chair
So much tragedy etched on her face
Now she sits alone in an old rocking chair,
And nobody cares, in the room at the top of the stairs
And her ghost will return
And her ghost will return
And her ghost will return
10.This Time There Is No Happy Ending
This time there's no happy ending
This time the whole thing's for real
This time you've got what you wanted
This time it's almost surreal
And in my mind it seemed so clear
And in my heart I held you dear
But you should have left me long ago
And if you hadn't loved me you surely wouldn't hate me now
This time there's no happy ending
This time I feel it's for certain
This time you've got what you wanted
This time it's my final curtain
And in my mind it seemed so clear
And in my heart I held you dear
But I wish you'd left me long ago
I wish I'd never loved you. I surely wouldn't hate you now
This time there's no happy ending
This time the damn thing's for real
This time you've got what you wanted
This time it's almost surreal
And in my mind it seemed so clear
And in my heart I held you dear
But you should have left me long ago
I wish you'd never loved me. You surely wouldn't hate me now
This time there's no happy ending
(This time there's no happy ending)
This time there's no happy ending
(This time there's no happy ending)
This time there's no happy ending
(This time there's no happy ending)
This time there's no happy ending
(This time there's no happy ending)
I'll pack my bags I'm leaving tomorrow
I'll pack my bags I'm leaving tomorrow
11.Part One : Fulfilling The Contractual Obligations
Part one:fulfilling the contractual obligations
Poor people dancing in shopping centres
Bargains galore on November and Sundays
Raining cabbages and church-like sales
Children with chainsaws and Catholic boutiques
Homemade desires and vegetable antiques
Part one: fulfilling the contractual obligation
Indian ice-cream parlour houses
Melancholy pussycats playing with mouses
Happy-go-lucky undertakers
Tree-lined bungalows marzipan-flavoured
Postmen toying with Lucozade fetishes
Policewomen laughing at the unemployed
Ecstasy houses for the hard of hearing
Muslim vicars like to get the beers in
Part one: fulfilling the contractual obligation
Lawnmowers dancing in a rude formation
Animated talks with bilingual Alsatian
Flying nuns shopping in DIY whorehouses
Part one: fulfilling the contractual obligation
The grand old queen of York
He had two hundred men
His case comes up in court on Tuesday morning
Ha! ha! ha! Part one: fulfilling the contractual obligation
12.Sometimes I Think You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself
Sometimes I wonder what exactly is it you want me to give?
Sometimes I wonder what exactly is it you want me to show?
I know I made you unhappy, so you've got nothing to prove
So tell me why don't you leave me? 'Cos I've got nothing on you
Sometimes I think you know me better than I know myself
Sometimes I think you know me better than I know myself
Sometimes I wonder what exactly is it you want me to know?
Sometimes I wonder where exactly is it you want me to go?
I've heard you talking about me and every word of it's true
I know I made you unhappy, so you've got nothing to prove
Sometimes I think you know me better than I know myself
Sometimes I think you know me better than I know myself
Think you know me better
Think you know me better
Your mother thinks I'm a nancy
And your father thinks I'm a fool
13.All My Dreams Are Dead
All my dreams are dead
Buried in the ground
All my dreams are dead
Lost before I'm found
I remember a day I wanted everything
But now I'd settle for a little piece of mind
All my dreams are dead
Buried in the ground
All my dreams are dead
Lost before I'm found
I remember a day when life held oh so much
But now I realise I'm slowly losing touch
'Cos all my dreams are dead
Buried in the ground
I remember the day John Lennon died
Swear I must have cried for a week
I must have cried for a week
I remember the day Andy Warhol died
I must have cried for a week
Now all my dreams are dead
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