1.Simple Things
You and I, we are simple things
Oh, simple things we are
Feel the sun and all the joy it brings
To the simple things we are
Water rushing from a spring
Is the simple thing we are
But any hour of any day there is wonder
In all our striving and our courage and our thunder
You and I, we are simple things
Oh, simple things we are
At any hour of any day there is wonder
In all our skiving and our cowardice and our lying and our
blunders
You and I, we are simple things
Oh, simple things we are
Simple things we are
2.Whatever You've Got
Whatever you've got
I want some too
Whatever you're drinking
I'll drink with you
You're saying 'azure'
I'm feeling blue
That's no lie
Whatever was done
Unto your hair
Vidal Sassoon
Was standing there
He fought the fascists
Keep him in your prayers
That's no lie
Whatever the time
Whatever the place
Whatever the rhyme
Whatever the reason
I'm giving offence
And with your defence
I think we could have
A very good season
Whatever the rights
I want the wrongs
Whatever the food
Let's hear the gong
We've spoken the truth
For so long
We need lies
Whatever the time
Whatever the place
Whatever the rhyme
Whatever the reason
I'm giving offence
And with your defence
I think we could have
A very good season
Whatever the rights
I want the wrongs
Whatever the food
Let's hear the gong
We've spoken the truth
For so long
We need lies
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
Whatever you've got
3.Spinning Around In The Air
Let me give praise to your sparkling eyes and your colored hair
Let me spend ages on poetic phrases to show I care
Let me go grazing on dapple green pastures with you the mare
Let me rephrase that, I think there's a better line there
Spinning around in the air
Let me donate something to a kids charity of your choice
For you I would willingly be a worse traitor than William Joyce
If I could sing I would sing you a song in Sam Cooke's voice
Let me rephrase that, I think there's a better line there
Spinning around in the air
Are you happy now, say yeah yeah yeah
Are you really happy now, say yeah yeah yeah
Tell me where it hurts
It hurts there and there and there
Adverbs and nouns, juicy and round
Spinning around in the air
Ohh, are you happy now, say yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ohh, are you really happy now, say yeah yeah yeah
Tell me where it hurts
It hurts there and there and there
Adverbs and nouns, juicy and round
Spinning around in the air
Madame Onassis took Gary's old glasses and put them on
She said, I see ships and she started to quip about old Boston
I climbed over her just to climb upon you, what did I do wrong
Let me rephrase that, I think there's a better line there
Spinning around in the air
4.After You're Gone
The love you leave
Will be there after you're gone
Will be there after you're gone
Still be there after you're gone
The air you breathe
Will be there after you're gone
Will be there after you're gone
Still be there after you're gone
The lochs and seas
Will be there after you're gone
Will be there after you're gone
Still be there after you're gone
Three score years and ten of joy and pain
Adds up to mayflies on the windowpane
The windowpane
The mystery
Will be there after you're gone
Will be there after you're gone
Still be there after you're gone
The lochs and seas
Will be there after you're gone
Will be there after you're gone
Still be there after you're gone
Gone
5.Women And Wine
A hundred years ago
I thought happiness was ice cream and football
But time went by so fast
Till I couldn't see their attractions at all
I looked around for other pleasures
The old man had shown the way then
Just in time I found women and wine
I marvelled at the way that they united men
For the working and middle and upper classes
You didn't need any brains
Just a taste for booze and a eye for lassies
I'm not basking in reflected glory
But open any book and I think you'll find that
The greatest men of all time
Loved women and wine
Or men and wine
Ah, they'll be the death of you
If something else doesn't get you first
Well I'm older now
And have to take my pleasures in moderation
Least that's what it says here in this guide to
Declining years in declining nations
But just 'cause I've slowed up a bit
Doesn't mean I can't cheer from the touchline
I hope sons of mine
Spend lots of time
On women and wine
Women and wine
6.There's
There's your coat upon my back
There's the irony I lacked
There's the vapour from your mouth
There's the rain spreading from the south
There's the castle on the hill
There's my final act of will
There's a bus stop in Tollcross
There's no memory I've lost
Memories never lost
There's you lying on the quilt
There's your west of Scotland lilt
Singing me your guilt
There's your voice on the phone
There's your voice on the phone
There's your voice on the phone
There's your voice on the phone
There's your voice on the phone
There's your voice on the phone
There's the snow in January
There's the beauty that you see
There's you walking down the street
Children running 'round your feet
There's you and there's me
7.The Thought Of You
The thought of you
Precious and clear
Drives all the rest
From out of here
The thought of you
Just won't wait
It rises up
It elevates
The thought of you
Heals me again
Of all the poison
That lies within
The thought of you
Reaches inside
Takes it away
Conquers my pride
Just the thought of you
And time and space and death
Just don't exist
Just the thought of you
And I know
I need nothing more than this
The thought of you
Makes me complete
Wraps all the bandages
'Round my feet
The thought of you
Still cracks me up
Laughs in my face
Fills up my cup
The thought of you
Sustains me still
And evermore
It always will
Oh, it always will
8.Like Comedy
You were built to last a lifetime
Just not the life that you live
You don't have to make it worse
'Cause the world isn't perfect
And you don't need to give a toss
But you'd make it better if you did
You did, you did, you did
You were made to be loving
Not a source of bitterness and hate
And when you turn them on yourself
You make one more useless martyr
Make the best of here and now
Heaven or hell can wait
They'll wait, they'll wait, let them wait
When you lose your appetite for self-destruction
You can stop viewing life as tragedy
Give it a few more years and look from this angle
Where it looks more and more and more like comedy
Where it looks more and more and more like comedy
Oh, you were made to be happy
Not mired in sorrow and regret
Misery comes around enough
You don't need to invite him
And when he leaves you should grab
All the joy you can get
You can get, you can get, you can get
When you lose your appetite for self-destruction
You can stop viewing life as tragedy
Give it a few more years and look from this angle
Where it looks more and more and more like comedy
Where it looks more and more and more like comedy
Like comedy
Like comedy
Like comedy
9.Dance With Me
Music sounds through the room
And you take a stance
Moving a tiny wee bit
Like you want to dance
Do you want to dance？
Do you want to dance？
And be held tenderly
Do you want to dance？
Do you want to dance？
Want to dance with me？
My eyes rest on your hips
And the way they sway
I'm sure if I held you tight
I could move your way
Do you want to dance？
Do you want to dance？
And be held tenderly
Do you want to dance？
Do you want to dance？
Want to dance with me？
Ooh, it would be ecstasy
Holding you against me
Now we move 'round the floor
But not too far
I guide you under the light
That shows how beautiful you are
Do you want to dance？
Do you want to dance？
And be held tenderly
Do you want to dance？
Do you want to dance？
Want to dance with me？
10.Wherever You Roam
I could say you never need to doubt
Lie and say you only need to shout
But life can chew you up and spit you out
Life can chew you up and spit you out
And I'm not going to be there
And you won't always take care
But my love goes with you
Wherever you roam
I picture you all around ten
But now you've grown to women and to men
Things will never be the same again
Things can never be the same again
And I'm not going to be there
And you won't always take care
But my love goes with you
Wherever you roam
No matter where you are in the world
You're still my boys
And you're still my girls
And my love goes with you
Wherever you roam
Ooh ooh, sometimes this life's unkind
Ooh ooh, sometimes this life's unkind
It can take your mind
Take your mind and it'll test you
Again again again again again
Again again again again
And I'm not going to be there
And you won't always take care
But my love goes with you
Wherever you roam
No matter where you are in the world
You're still my boys
And you're still my girls
And my love goes with you
Wherever you roam
Wherever you roam
11.I Think That's What I Believe
They say, 'don't stop believing'
Give no room to reason
Build it and they will come
I've no quibble with that drivel
It's alright for some
But I was born in a European nation
In the twentieth century
And what I've seen and what I've learned
Means it's not right for me
Thy say, 'don't stop believing'
'Cause if you stop believing
Very soon you'll regret it
But what they believe
Is you can believe
And still end up in a fiery pit
So I sit in this European nation
In the twenty-first century
And I know someone's got it wrong
Is it them or is it me？
During the deepest darkest nights
I feel that they must be right
But when I see the morning light
Science wins again
They say, 'don't stop believing'
'Cause if you just believe
Your future's like the shining sun
I say 'I would believe
But there's all these beliefs
What if I pick the wrong one？'
When I look at the European nations
Down through the centuries
Every single belief system
Ended up causing grief, incalculable grief
And if you ask me now
I think that's what I believe
12.A Mix
A mix of pain and happiness
Surrounds us even now
A mix of pain and happiness
I don't know why or how
It's still here
It's outlasted every year
We're still here
Just like you say
A mix of pain and happiness
Between a woman and a man
A mix of pain and happiness
Replaced every plan
Love is true
Or it is between me and you
Love is all
I have to say
I saw your face, I heard your voice
I was a prisoner, I had no choice
I saw your face, I heard your voice
I was a prisoner, I had no choice
A mix of pain and happiness
Tumbles us downhill
A mix of pain and happiness
Takes us where it will
It can't last
It's over much too fast
Let it last
Another day
13.Active Imagination
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