Unreleased Songs

The Bevis Frond Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.What Did For The Dinosaurs

Lyricist:Nick Saloman

4 o'clock this morning
I was woken from a dream
In which my bones were reassembled
In a minor league museum

And blaze children with their worksheets
Had to find out who I was back then
When I used to walk the earth
Churning out my finely crafted songs

And sloping to the bathroom
Through the darkness of the landing
I sat down to have a piss
'Cause it was easier than standing

And imagined my exhibit being
Crated up for storage in an
Airtight basement room
Archived where it probably belongs

I look at you and fail to understand
Just what it is that gives you wealth and fame
When so many people seem to have exactly what you've got
But somehow it never quite works out the same

Is it luck? Is it friends?
Or is it something more obvious that I can't see?
One thing I'm really certain about
It isn't aimed at guys like me

Is it only me that thinks you're an obnoxious poser?
Or does everyone else think so too?
Strutting around like you're gods gift to the world
While you disciples form a disorderly queue

Well, let me play devils advocate for a moment
And publicly state that you are scum
I can tell from the howls of disapproval
That I'm in a minority of one, yeah

And now I'm through with avuncular diplomacy
I've stopped saying 'I think I need to hear some more'
'Cause this stuff is rubbish, I can't stand it that's that
And I don't care if I sound like a dinosaur

I never thought I'd come across like my dad
When I played my Ackles, my love and my shy limbs
All I can say, is I suddenly looking in the mirror
And I found I'd turned into him


2.Stain On The Sun

Lyricist:Nick Saloman

She was the only girl in your eyes
She was the one good thing in your life
How is it different now, over night?
What is this inexplicable cloud that blocks your sight?

Oh yeah, I'll take your word
Your eyes are better than mine
But I still can't see a single stain on the sun

Oh, but if you say it's there
It's bound to darken in time
You go your way, you do what has to be done

She was the answer to all your prayers
She was as vital to you as the air
Why is she suddenly such a drag?
Where is the bullet, oh, in the holy roman flag?

Oh yeah, I'll take your word
Your eyes are better than mine
But I still can't see a single stain on the sun

Oh, but if you say it's there
It's bound to darken in time
You go your way, you do what has to be done

Oh yeah, I'll take your word
Your eyes are better than mine
But I still can't see a single stain on the sun

Oh, but if you say it's there
It's bound to darken in time
You go your way, you do what has to be done

Oh, I'll take your word
Your eyes are better than mine
But I still can't see a single stain on the sun

Oh, but if you say it's there
It's bound to darken in time
You go your way, you do what has to be done


3.Well Out Of It

Lyricist:Nicholas Saloman

Say your prayers, make that holy sound
Pride and indecision
Gonna drive to the style of this phone, baby
You'll never get up if you've never been down

You're well out of it now

Don't look book, what's done is for sure
I know you got your doubts but I swear by God, baby
It's gotta be better
Than where you were before

You're well out of it now

Daisy chains
Bright fractal traps
A lifetime burning a freaked out parallel universe
You never found anything but the space between the gaps

You're well out of it now


4.I Know We're Going

Lyricist:Nicholas Saloman

Oh it's the plasticine inevitable
How strange to find it here
There must be time
For one more pint of foaming ale
Before we disappear

Did we take the right road
Or the wrong road then?
I don't recall and I don't care
But I know we're going
I know we're going
I know we're going
But I don't know where

Oh, lady lay your labeled love on me
Lest I forget the way
Oh, please just one last night
Of unrestricted stuff
Before we fade away

We shrug off all responsibility
I never said that it was fair
But I know we're going
I know we're going
I know we're going
But I don't know where

Oh may I die before it's over
Perhaps I have and just don't know
And may I dignify my exit
By falling over in the road

It's got to happen
I know it's got to come
It might be here
And it might be there

But I know we're going
I know we're going
I know we're going
But I don't know where


5.Awake!

Lyricist:Nick Saloman

Try and wake up
Try and wake up
Right now, right now
Under me

Try and come round
Try and come round
Right now, right now
Under me, under me


6.Our Number

Lyricist:Nick Saloman

We walked a tightrope over the fire
We put our trust in electrical wire
For what reason? Does anyone know?
It don't seem worth it, but there you go

And unprotected under your gaze
We beg forgiveness for deviant ways
And we seek approval for being ourselves
Cos that's the one thing we do well

Ad if you leave me then I'll have no-one
You must have feelings, come on and show some
And if you ask; I'll tell you true
That it's not easy pleasing you

There's no vibration, there's nothing to mend
No indication of when it'll end
But I can't help thinking it isn't too far
And that's our number and here we are


7.Down In The Well

Lyricist:Nick Saloman

George, another pint of Winter Warmer
See the bubbles rising, that's not right now
Cans and bottles and the guilt of the disposer

I never the was one preaching
You never know who you're reaching
But now I seem to do it
Most of the time

Down in the well
Down in the well
Down in the well
I hold fort

Do I stand beneath a falling building?
Like some 1920's window cleaner
Just an architect created pancake

I never was one for running
There's always something coming
Wherever you hide it always
Finds you asleep

Down in the well
Down in the well
Down in the well
I sleep free

Down in the well
Down in the well
Down in the well
I remain

Down in the well
Down in the well
Down in the well
I remain


8.New River Head

Lyricist:Nick Saloman

Sun in his cups, cuffs
Doesn't hear the water rushing
Down on the town
Stands in his beetle crushing

Boots in his hand
A record by The Undecided
One out of one
Multiplied and then divided

What I want
Waits unnoticed
And what I get

Rain in my bed
Oh, I need a new river head

Snakes in the grass
Sliding through the haunted gardens
Down in the park
Watching as the shadows harden

Left in the road, repose
No-one ever realizes
What you once were
Here in your new disguises

What I want
Waits unnoticed
And what I get

Rain in my bed
Oh, I need a new river head

Dead or asleep
It doesn't really matter to me
Here in my world
Step inside
And walk right through me

I don't even see
I'm so involved in what I'm doing
Out of my grip
I'm unconcerned with rack or ruin

What I want
Waits unnoticed
And what I get

Rain in my bed
Oh, I need a new river head

Time slips away
In this land of lakes and castles
Biding my time
Closing my eyes
I wrap it up in paper parcels

Deep in the ground
All your sorry sisters flowing
Woven in lead
With little specks of silver showing

What I want
Waits unnoticed
And what I get

Rain in my bed
Oh, I need a new river head
Oh, I need a new river head
Oh, I need a new river head


9.The Wrong Side

Lyricist:Nick Saloman

I want to do the right thing
You shouldn't get excited
I wonder about your reasons
My sympathy's divided
You ought to take it slower

Wait to be invited
You're looking at the wrong side
You're looking at the wrong side
You're looking at the wrong side

I thank you for your kindness
Never knew you're worried
Will you really stay here?
You always seem so hurried

Tho I wasn't smiling
You shouldn't be discouraged
You're looking at the wrong side
You're looking at the wrong side
You're looking at the wrong side

A better day is coming
I'm happy to inform you
The city streets are safer
Weather there is warmer

Tho you might not see it
It's waiting round the corner
You're looking at the wrong side
You're looking at the wrong side
You're looking at the wrong side


10.For Want Of You

Lyricist:Saloman Nicholas

When I blew my mind
Just to kill the time
And I stuck my bread
On the even red
And the dark black night

But I can't pretend I care
'Cause I'm know to everywhere
For want of you

When I joined the race
And I lost my place
In the endless queue
All I knew, I was out in space

And I don't believe in luck
And I'm set on self destruct
For want of you
For want of you


11.Leave A Light On

Lyricist:Saloman Nicholas

It's in my blood
It's in my diet
I never sleep
But I'm always tired
And it's on my breath

Beneath my skin
And I'll do my worse
I'll try anything
To draw you in

'Cause don't want to go
Down this road
On my own
Trusting things

You can't see
Leave a light
On for me

It's in my eye
When it shuts
It traveled south
Towards my guts
I come unstuck

And I come unwound
But I need you here
To bring me round
To talk me down

'Cause don't want to go
Down this road
On my own

Trusting things
You can't see.
Leave a light
On for me


12.Red Hair

Lyricist:Nick Saloman

The morning drag was carrion crack
And longed for drag was growing
Into the wind, she offered her dreams
They blew her wild and flowing

Red hair

I passed her there on moral islo
The last day of my November
I heard her distant valiant song
Which beg me to remember

Red hair

The frazzled track of mayonnaise daze
Her voice was far and faded
Reminding me how sudden she changed
And cut off her cascading

Red hair

The force of years has blown me away
And seasons time may drown me
And tho it left with stable in head
I feel it wrapped round me

Red hair


13.To The Lighthouse

Lyricist:Nick Saloman

Joe the dealer, crazy guy
He burnt the sleeve, my fixative eye
And hung a head scarf on my light
He said the vibe was way to bright

Dug in his afghan
Brought out a stiff one
Asked if we liked it
We said, 'Yeah', he just smiled

Led the way to the lighthouse
Led the way to the lighthouse

Che Guavaro, turned his back
John and Yoko, climbed in a sack
Brother Abbot, dumped his load
Demon piglets hit the road

Poor little angel
Looked 'round the crash pad
Nobody waited, we never do
Not when the wives

Call us home to the lighthouse
Call us home to the lighthouse

Keep together, hide the stash
Clear the roaches from her dash
Don't be clever, never laugh
Better off

Back at the roundhouse
The Inn was beginning
Jesus was dancing
Really wild on my time

For the splits to the lighthouse
It just split to the lighthouse

We've all gone to the lighthouse
Everyone to the lighthouse
We've all gone to the lighthouse
Everyone to the lighthouse