The Mystery Of Edwin Drood

Various Artists The Mystery Of Edwin Drood Lyrics
1.England Reigns

Over all domains, England reigns, England reigns
And it seems like it rains every day
Over heath and hill evermore may it spill
And it will if I have my say
British suns never set on the land even yet
Thought they often forget to shine
Down this land and it's plains
Down the strand, up the main
Till the drains fill the serpentine
And I pray I die neath a grey English sky
If one cloud remains...Then I'll know England reigns..
England reigns each day, each year.


2.Garden Path To Hell

I was once your nan,
Then I met a man
Tall and all with golden hair was where my end began
Let him have his way with me
He knew his way so well
Led me down the garden path to Hell

Marriage in me 'ead
What I got instead
Was a bed in Camden town and then to me he said
Should I send around a friend
Be nice to him this swell
Stroll him down your garden path to Hell

Life's a bed of roses,
So sleep in it
Cuddle deep in it and pray you never wake
Soon the deadly poppies
Come cropping up
Fairly popping from the seeds of one mistake

On my back all day
Earning Satan's pay
Took to drink so's not to think of who'd come next to play
Gave my gent my every cent
And he gave me farewell
Leaving me to weed the path to Hell

Life's a maze of hedges that prickle you
As will tickle you
They'll tear you all about
Running through the maze is amusing too
But confusing when you find there's no way out

Lost my looks by then
Couldn't draw the men
So I learned a trade and earned my keep with drugs and then
I bought myself a wicked shelf
Where opium I sell
Here's a pipe for you, sir
Price is five and two, sir
Can't you see the garden,
It's such a lovely garden
I'll take you there I know the path so well
To Hell
To Hell


3.Moonfall

Between the very dead of night and day
Upon a steely sheet of light I'll lay
And in the Moonfall I'll give myself to you
I'll bathe in Moonfall and dress myself in dew

Before the cloak of night reveals the morn
TIme holds it's dream while it conceals the dawn
And in the Moonfall all sound is frozen still
Yet warm against me your skin will warm the chill
Of Moonfall..I feel it's fingers
Lingers the veil of night shade
Light made from stars that all too soon fall
Moonfall that pours from you

Between our hearts let nothing intervene
Between our eyes the only sight I've seen
Is lustrous Moonfall as it comes into view
So that soon I only see but you


4.Never The Luck

Never the luck and never the lead
And never you mind they say
In time we all taste the lime in the light
And I'll have my night some day
Still each precious part seems over and done
Before I 've begun to speak
I cast out my line, and keep my hand in
Still I'll not stand in this week

Some starless night
They'll call towards the wings
'Who here dances and sings?'
That's when your truly springs
And seeing me then they'll reply
'Why he knows each line
and everyone's cue
We must let him do the part.'
I'll leap centerstage,
the music will play
I'll waltz my way into your heart

Ever I plan and ever I plot
With ever the pluck to try
I wait for my star by fate to be struck
But never the luck have I


5.No Good Can Come From Bad

Neville Landless:
Sir I don't much like your tone,
That supercilious sneer you wear
True you wear a finer cut than mine
Ah, but a waistcoat worn can soon be torn
And faggots too till maggots feed on you

Rosa Budd:
Something in this speech seems ominous to me

Helena Landless:
Twin, don't over reach, pray promise this to me

Rev. Crisparkle:
Praise to Him divine, for this we should be glad

John Jasper:
Won't you try some wine?

All:
No good can come from bad!

Edwin Drood
Landless as you are and known
Your blood is hot, but less than pure
Less I'm sure you'd be
Your history would indicate the past
Of some half caste runs through your veins
your crudeness thus explains

Rosa Budd:
Something sends a chill like feet upon my grave

Helena Landless
Can my strength and will completely Neville save

Rev. Crisparkle:
Could these words they say bring harm upon the lad?

John Jasper:
Night must follow day

All:
No good can come from bad!

Neville and Drood:
Glances cut like blade through bone
With daggers drawn I glare at you
There at you who'd dare presume
To stare at whom I'd make my wife
And share my life
I'd see you dead before sweet Rosa wed!

Helena Landless:
Fate waits near
I feel it, I fear it
We are friends and yet
They'll not soon forget
Hearing Neville's therat
Every epithet

Rev. Crisparkle:
In younger days I hungered for another
Rosa'a mother!
After Rosa's birth, she left this earth
Now dust is all I'm worth

Rosa Budd:
So long a time
They've thought
That I'm a Dresden doll
Quite naive
But I can see these boys, this noise
More frightning than they might perceive.

All: sing their songs at same time

All:
With these new additions that have been revealed
Murderous admitions otherwise concealed

Neville and Drood:
Fie on you I curse, full warning you have had!

Helena and Rosa:
Bad must lead to worse!

All:
No good can come from bad
No good, no good can come from bad!


6.There You Are

Chairman:
What's a king without his crown
Take away his thrown and gown
He could be the rabble or the russian czar
Judge each creature of our race
By each feature in their face
Look at him, I rest my case
Well, there you are
And it matters not to me what part of town you've come from
We but cheer you've made it here at all
Here within this garish parish called the music hall.....

All:
There you are
How distingue and debonair you are
There you are
Just slightly west of Leichester square you are,
Yes there you are
And Thankful we all should be full well aware we are
There you are

Prysock:
I am standing with a gent
Who seems singularly bent
On attatching both his hands to both my knees

Nutting:
I am sitting in the lap
Of a most engaging chap
And I'll let him do exactly as I please

Paget:
I've a lady down in front Who's handed me her latch key
Surely she must know that spells her doom!

Grinstead:
And these lovely people will bravo me more or less

Peregrine:
And this man has grand designs to show me
In my dressing room...
There you are
How very glad we are that
There you are
It isn't who you are but
Where you are
And there you are
And grateful we all should be full well aware we are
So lightning quick let's all kick up a fuss
We can but pray your trust is blind in us
So drink your fill and just unwind in us
A warmly wicked state of mind in us
You'll find in us
We want you and not a lot we care for where you've been
And not a jot we care how you got in
We but care that there you are
There you are!


7.Wages Of Sin

Crime don't pay, that's wot I tells 'em
If it did, would I be here?
Mixing pipes, wot then I sells 'em
For a pint of rotten beer
Throats you cut to pocket thruppence
Or you slut to cop some sleep
Bash a face for bleedin' tuppence
Pure disgrace to work so cheap
So I say, 'Don't be a sinner,
For the price of London Gin.
You can't pay for one square dinner
With the wages of sin.'
Sell my soul? Cor love come off it.
Who would buy this sack of skin?
On the whole there's greater profit
Than the wages of sin.
Than the wages of sin.
I've seen girls from gutter families
Trap rich men with fluttery ways,
And they coo
'Cor pass the jam please.'
Over nuptial breakfast trays
Over there in bed eleven
Sleeps a bleedin' hypocrite
Spends his days eyes cast to heaven,
Spends his nights amongst this shit.
S'why I say, 'Don't take half measures,
Do things right, and dig right in.'
For this world has greater treasures
Than the wages of sin.
I get threats, but seldom offers.
If I did, I'd pack it in.
You can't fill that many coffers
With the wages of sin
With the wages of sin