"Interference"
B-Sides, etc.
All songs copyright control. (p)+(c) Shack Records 1993-2003.
Naked men in the desert are feeding the peasants
And watch out for Cain he comes down like the rain
Abel's not able to eat from the table
Cause his throat got caught when Cain was using the razor.
Cain is now a barber heavy into fashion
And that Neolithic style is really all the rage
'Watch out for the Bible' cried the man inside a tower
But his mind was choked when the devil swung the rope
Why can't you see
It's not what I really wanted
Just you and me and what we believe
The feeling was growing like the flowers only faster
When the flies took a trip on the ship to disaster
By the time they came back the politician had the answer
So the problem unsolved soon led to disaster
Somebody blamed someone said we were responsible
I couldn't take it said I broke the handle
They came down really fast said 'Hey it's all over'
But I was only joking and the handle's still broken
Why can't you see
It's not what I really wanted
Just you and me and what do we believe
And what do we believe
And I love her so
I wouldn't trade her for gold
Walking on moonbeams
I was born with a silver spoon
Hell I'm gonna be me
Gonna be free
Walking on moonbeams
And staring out to sea
And if a door be closed
Then a row of homes start building
And tear your curtains down
For sunlight is like gold
Hell you better be you
Do what you can do
Walking on moonbeams
And staring out to sea
'Cause if your skin was soil
How long do you think before they'd start digging
And if your life was gold
How long do you think you'd stay living
And I love her so
I wouldn't trade her for gold
If Vaj Vaj left today
I wonder if I'd last
The bodies slow decay
But you cannot stop the time nor the rain
So blue because I love you
Horses stumbling
I saw the carriage stall
Where a face was turning
To hear the words that fall like the rain
So blue because I love you
Drag drag go the waves
Claw down a poisoned shore
The footsteps in the sand
Are gone for evermore like the rain
So blue because I love you
Mysteries are silent
Held in the air or stone
They stare at me like precious idols
From the temple of bone
Through to the rain
So blue because I love you
Together as we lye
The windows kiss a black night sky
You ask me who am I
And I make a sad reply
Then you told me of your friend
Who found his brother headless
With a shotgun still smoking in his arms
His mother never thought he'd come to any harm
So slowly as I die
You can look into my eyes
And see the cold March sky
Breaking out
Breaking out
I'm reaching out
And kicking down
Cars roll by with their windows closed
The city stands and watches them pass
Like a whore waiting for them to stop and ask
How much for a fuck without the mask
So slowly as I die
You can look into my eyes
And see the cold March sky
Breaking out
Breaking out
I'm reaching out
And kicking down
There is a corridor of paintings
Where every face is framed
I have taken you to walk there
You know communion's found in shame
Together as we lye
The windows kiss a black night sky
You ask me who am I
And I make a sad reply
I'm breaking out
Breaking out
I'm reaching out
And kicking down
I love jewels, I love the sun
A green field, a fresh salad
Fish hauled out of the sea and things free
Things paid for by barter or by spending money
I'm learning to move around with the four seasons
I'm learning that sometimes poisons lead to dreaming
Learning 'bout the pleasures and pains of love
Learning about the up's and the down's of death
I like chow mein 'cause I love chicken
I love little birds in my dinners
And my TV and my stereo takes me to the stars
Where I'm soaring
I love a woman now
She's big enough for me
I know I love her now
At least I believe
I'm an average man with ordinary skills
Working so hard to make a living
I try to feed the wolf and to save the sheep
But at the end of today must make ends meet
I'm vying with the priest of destruction
Printing gods and laying laws
Making money's good if I could see
The distant horizon passes through me
I love chow mein 'cause I love chicken
I love little birds in my dinners
And my TV and my stereo, and my TV and my stereo
And my TV and my stereo, and my TV and my stereo
Hey baby, be good to Buddha
Hey baby, what's your goal?
Hey baby, where you're going, nobody knows
And my bush is your bush
And this valley belongs to no-one
And if we're happy, happy or sad
It don't matter, all things must pass
Hey Charlie, stop your name calling
Don't throw stones
Hey Charlie, where you going, nobody knows
And I could've been, and I could've done that
I was involved in a passing moment
I should've seen and reacted
I was involved in a passing moment
And my bush is your bush
And this valley belongs to no-one
And if we're happy, happy or sad
It don't matter, all things must pass
Rosemarie
[Lyrics]
Vinegar girl with your vinegar smile
Ain't seen your blue eyes in this bar for awhile
We sure had something didn't we babe
Now I'm scattered in the plans that we made
Vinegar girl you're fickle
Vinegar girl it's all so simple
Vinegar girl I'm pickled
Vinegar girl..
I was the winter you were the sun
I was living in apathy but living so happily
You were giving it to everyone
I was the winter and you were the sun
I was the winter and you were the sun
All will subside and you will remember
That love is like wine
But wine turns to vinegar, girl
Vinegar girl, it's all too much
You were the needle and I was the crutch
It's a curse when we love like this
How sweet the idea how bitter the kiss
How sweet the idea how bitter the kiss
All will subside and you will remember
That love is like wine
But wine turns to vinegar, girl
All will subside and you will remember
That love is like wine
But wine turns to vinegar, girl
You were on your knees
You lost your balance
Poor ballerinas lost the secret of dance
I remember when you were always high
You said the sun was too cold when you touched the sky
You were innocent
Rich with winged heels up among the clouds
Heavens chosen child
Who taught you how to read the nods and winks
Who helped you swim or even let you sink
While one hand holds the other letting go
Too many paths are crossing in the snow
Its so hard to see whose really free
the caged bird sings so beautifully
Scent of summer breeze perfumes the trees
Tripping on the farm who could come to any harm
Down in the waves swim to the caves
Hear the sirens cry as you drift away
Who taught you how to read the nods and winks
Who helped you swim or even let you sink
While one hand holds the other letting go
Too many paths are crossing in the snow
Too many paths are crossing in the snow
Wild cat strutting thing
Pride of lions feeding thing
A history of hearts loving thing
Wild cat strutting.
Burn baby burn
Turn baby turn
So I set here and ordered a jelly roll.
Said my life is black as coffee to the cup it flows.
If I go down for a while
I soon start to smile
I resurface with the turning of the tide.
Cause baby I’m a wild cat …chorus
So I sit here a pondering of my fate.
I’ll test the tempter and I’ll tackle any test.
I’m gonna head to port
I’m gonna set my sail
Catch the wind, split the waves and head to another shore.
Baby I’m a wild cat …chorus
Burn baby burn
Turn baby turn
It’s a shame the way you chose to go
A genuine hero caught up in a travelling show.
A broken Indian in Wild Bills circus scene
Alone at night in your bed with the wind
Do you think of what was and what might have been
Won’t you take me to dance
In the streets of my last chance
Please take me to dance
Today
It was in July when you closed the door
A decision you took on the killing floor
And now your head is swelling with more and more
Things that make the truth seem obscure
I loved you once when your excuses were pure
Won’t you take me to dance
In a deep and drugged trance
Please take me to dance
I’ll pay
Remember the unravelling rambling road
The burning horizon a city that glowed
And the fields that rolled like waves
Right down to the wall
Where we sat listening for the sound of a call
And the silence..
Won’t you take me to dance
On the point of St Georges lance
Please take me to dance
I’ll pray
But that was all so long ago
The seasons turned those green fields to gold
Just like the money that buys you things
With jewels on your fingers and snakes at your feet
And the price of the doormen where all your prophets meet
Won’t you take me to dance
In the streets of my last chance
Please take me to dance
Today
Be my weather
Blow through me like the wind
Wind in invisible shapes about my ribs
Rain on me
Be my winter
For what do I wish?
Not for stone or for wood
Nor of water or of flesh
But to meet you in the space that lies
Between a joke and a smile
And
beach comb the empty mile
Be my weather
Blow through me like the wind
Wind in invisible shapes about my ribs
Rain on me
Be my winter
I was looking for someone
Thought it might be you
And I was hoping for hope, my love
Thought you'd pull me on through
These roads keep on changing
Broken, twisting and signs on every mile
I seriously can't remember the last time I smiled
You are the one, my only one
Bringing ease to my sorrow
Well I was looking for someone
Thought it might be you
And I was hoping for hope, my love
Thought you'd pull me on through
I was frightened they would see this man cry
Inside a rainy town
I was looking at the sunlight
When the night came tumbling down
I wandered through the darkening streets
Until I found you here
There was brightness in your face
As you dried all of my tears
Well I was looking for someone
Thought it might be you
And I was hoping for hope, my love
Thought you'd pull me on through
Darling take my two hands
We will run through cracking dawn
I seriously can't remember
Where or what we've running from
All I know is you're the only steady thing
You're rocking road and worn
Please please stay beside me
Well I was looking for someone
Thought it might be you
And I was hoping for hope, my love
Thought you'd pull me on through
88 Today
[Lyrics]
[
Uncle Sam is off to war and we gladly
load his gun
My parents always told me to have some self respect
But the things they're saying now I never will accept
The Brits, the French, the Yanks, the
Arabs, Zions, Jews
Are offering invitations that we must refuse
Thieves are telling you, your fist of dirt is of gold
Doctors hurt you when you were young
And drug you when you're old
This is a public address
This is a public address
I've heard them the orange drums
Rapping out the battle cry
Metaphoric guns cracking in July
Then the crucifixes and the beads
And the twisted hands weaving Brigid's reeds
Recalling the
Black and Tans
Round the cemetery by the church
Flowers of hatred bloom
While the
still living march
To a dead piper's tune
I've heard them the orange drums
Rapping out the battle cry
Metaphoric guns cracking in July
Then the crucifixes and the beads
And the twisted hands weaving Brigid's reeds
Recalling the black and tans
Their dreams are old and senile
As the wreath marks the end of another life
The men in black shoot their salute
As the crowd turn from the wife
And the Prime Minister and the Brits go back
To where the others came from
Another death is offered to God
Belfast wakes to another dawn
I'm Your Man
[Lyrics]
American townland
Snow in Iceland
Russian farmland
And the sword of Islam
The state of new Israel
Remembers Belsen
Now there's sand for Palestine
And grass for Israel
Won't you settle down, stop fighting for your gods...
Oh, settle down, stop fighting for your gods.
They can't hear you now, not with the noise of your guns.
Once were towering steeples
Now there's a soaring eagle
A crescent moon and a rising sun
Our prayers ascending, but what good will they bring?
If all that's willin' is more and more killin'
Won't you settle down, stop fighting
for your gods...
Oh, settle down, stop fighting for your gods.
They can't hear you now, not with the noise of your guns.
The mountains of Mourne
The county Cork I was born in
This dirty old town
Where the rain's always fallin'..
Our prayers ascending, but what good will they bring?
When all that's willin' is more and more killin'
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