Inspiral Carpets Album

All that I possess is my existence, vagrant more or less
Children on the pave, mither bad, but help me through my day
This borrowed cigarette, for which my heart will leap and it will laugh
A debt to you my friend, I owe but I'm afraid I cant repay

BECAUSE I'M JOE, THE STREET LAMP IS MY HOME
FROM PLACE TO PLACE I LIKE TO ROAM
THE COLD WIND BLOWS RIGHT THROUGH MY BONES
THE COLD WIND BLOWS RIGHT THROUGH MY BONES

My barrow I gave away, 'cause the muscle which pulled grew weaker every day
This soldier crossed the sea, but now the maker wages war on me
This heart is still so proud, of all the things the soldier once achieved
But when you're vagrant, man, no-one wants to know about such things

BECAUSE I'M JOE, THE STREET LAMP IS MY HOME
FROM PLACE TO PLACE I LIKE TO ROAM
THE COLD WIND BLOWS RIGHT THROUGH MY BONES
THE COLD WIND BLOWS RIGHT THROUGH MY BONES

BECAUSE I'M JOE, THE STREET LAMP IS MY HOME
FROM PLACE TO PLACE I LIKE TO ROAM
THE COLD WIND BLOWS RIGHT THROUGH MY BONES
THE COLD WIND BLOWS RIGHT THROUGH MY BONES

I've got to hold that girl, even though she doesn't know
Frustration touches everything, one word is all she needs to win

(Pretty soon) she's gonna find out why
(Pretty soon) she's gonna find out
Something's gonna make her mine
Something's gonna make her mine
Something's gonna make her mine (she'll find out why)
Something's gonna make her mine

Nothing could ever make me say what it is to feel this way
A possession of a different kind, I could keep her by my side

(Pretty soon) she's gonna find out why
(Pretty soon) she's gonna find out
Something's gonna make her mine
Something's gonna make her mine
Something's gonna make her mine (she'll find out why)
Something's gonna make her mine

(Pretty soon) she's gonna find out why
(Pretty soon) she's gonna find out
Something's gonna make her mine
Something's gonna make her mine
Something's gonna make her mine (she'll find out why)
Something's gonna make her mine

I don't know why she caught my eye, I don't know where she's going to
Frustration touches everything, one word is all she needs to win

(Pretty soon) she's gonna find out why
(Pretty soon) she's gonna find out
Something's gonna make her mine
Something's gonna make her mine
Something's gonna make her mine (she'll find out why)
Something's gonna make her mine

Lying around, there's no need to lie
First it's in your heart, then it's in your eyes
Lie down the line, you can't take the truth
The way I am, I can't feel you move

I can't feel you move, I can't feel you move

Layers of skin I can't touch within
Heard it in your voice, read it in your eyes
Lie down the line, you can't take the truth
My head is sore, I can't feel you move

I can't feel you move, I can't feel you move

Running around, there's no need to lie
First it's in your heart, then it's in your eyes

I can't feel you move, I can't feel you move
I can't feel you move

Husband don't know what he's done
Kids don't know what's wrong with mum
She can't say, they can't see, putting it down to another bad day
Daddy don't know what he's done
Kids don't know what's wrong with mum

So this is how it feels to be lonely
this is how it feels to be small
this is how it feels when your word
means nothing at all

There's a funeral in the town, some guy from the top estate
Seems they found him under a train, and yet he had it all on a plate

So this is how it feels to be lonely
this is how it feels to be small
this is how it feels when your word
means nothing at all


Husband don't know what he's done
Kids don't know what's wrong with mum
She can't say, they can't see, putting it down to another bad day

So this is how it feels to be lonely
this is how it feels to be small
this is how it feels when your word
means nothing at all

Wake up, wake up, this must be some kind of fear
In the short time that I have got to know you
I have found here a wrong way to go about it
It's just this fear, the fear I have to go about you
You should learn to walk, should learn to walk before you crawl (4x)

(HERE SHE COMES) SHE COMES IN THE FALL
(AND YOU SHOULD LEARN) TO WALK BEFORE YOU CRAWL
(HERE SHE COMES NOW) ARMS DANCE TOGETHER IN THE FALL
YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL

Back she returns there, he's always sat in the same chair
All you feel is the harder edge and the heat
I have found here a wrong way to go about it
It's just this fear, the fear I have to go about you

(You should learn to walk, should learn to walk before you crawl) She comes in fall (3x)
(You should learn to walk, should learn to walk before you crawl)

(HERE SHE COMES) SHE COMES IN THE FALL
(AND YOU SHOULD LEARN) TO WALK BEFORE YOU CRAWL
(HERE SHE COMES NOW) ALL COMES TOGETHER IN THE FALL
YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL

(You should learn to walk, should learn to walk before you crawl) She comes in fall (3x)
(You should learn to walk, should learn to walk before you crawl)

(HERE SHE COMES) SHE COMES IN THE FALL
(AND YOU SHOULD LEARN) TO WALK BEFORE YOU CRAWL
(HERE SHE COMES NOW) ARMS DANCE TOGETHER IN THE FALL
YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL, YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL
YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL, YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL

(HERE SHE COMES) SHE COMES IN THE FALL
(AND YOU SHOULD LEARN) TO WALK BEFORE YOU CRAWL
(HERE SHE COMES NOW) ARMS DANCE TOGETHER IN THE FALL
YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL
YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL, YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL
YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL, YOU DON'T WALK, YOU CRAWL
HERE SHE COMES

Mary's crying for her baby, for her baby doll
Ah, commercial reign
Peter's moaning for his teddy, for his teddy bear
Ah, commercial reign

Mary's crying for her baby, for her baby doll
Ah, commercial reign
Peter's moaning for his teddy, for his teddy bear
Ah, commercial reign

Mary's crying for her baby, for her baby doll
Ah, commercial reign
Peter's moaning for his teddy, for his teddy bear
Ah, commercial reign

Mary's crying for her baby, for her baby doll
Ah, commercial reign
Peter's moaning for his teddy, for his teddy bear
Ah

You once had a home, a job, a family and pride
But we all have a price we'll pay when things go wrong inside
Don't wear diamonds, and now you don't wear gold
And in the bruises on your face, there's stories to be told
In the shadow of cold stone, freezing to the bone
But you keep a warm fire burning in your soul
'Cause you're gonna spend a black night, console a sad man
In a hungry city with a million hungry hearts

When you stand in Sackville
It's a different world from the one
You knew where little boys meet little girls

As you tread your path through a jaundiced corridor
Where each day has no beginning and no end
There are those out here who claim to be so good
I suspect that Jesus holidayed in hell
Oh, what you'd do for a hot drink or a warm coat
Oh, what you'd give for a means to get you outta here
It rains upon your head, lines on your face become
Rivers into which you cry your secret tears, secret tears
Secret tears, secret tears

(When you) when you stand in Sackville
(Stand in) it's a different world from the one (Sackville)
You knew where little boys meet little girls (trembling)

The first night we saw ya, we were laughing at ya
We were hanging on the side of the Cortina
Oh yeah, you seemed so strong, stronger than a man could ever be
Laughing with your sisters in the rain
Dancing on a curbstone, when last you saw her
But when the trick goes wrong, there's no one there to help her
There's not a thing that I can do about it
I guess I'll just go home and write a song about it
Song about it, write about it, write about it

(When you) when you stand in Sackville
(Stand in) it's a different world from the one (Sackville)
You knew where little boys meet little girls (trembling)
It's a cold and trembling girl (cold and)
Leans into a strange car (trembling)
Nods unspoken words to an unseen driver sitting there
(Girl in Sackville)

In my youth
Had someone told me
What would come
And how things would be
Then those days would've been a much brighter place
But the doubt of not knowing
Leaves a stigma that is hard to shake

To celebrate our bond
(I'm gonna build a monument)
I'll cut the stone today
(On the side of a mountain)
Where all my doubts once lay
(The biggest mountain)
One thing I can gaurantee
Is what you've done means everything to me

Waking Monday
Reading Saturday's news
In a town
I've not seen before
Curious
Small and ugly room
I can't find the door and everywhere
There's faces smiling at me

To celebrate our bond
(I'm gonna build a monument)
I'll cut the stone today
(On the side of a mountain)
Where all my doubts once lay
(The biggest mountain)
One thing I can gaurantee
Is what you've done means everything to me

In my youth
Had someone told me
What would come
And how things would be
Then those days would've been a much brighter place
And the doubts of not knowing
Leaves a stigma that is hard to shake

To celebrate our bond
(I'm gonna build a monument)
I'll cut the stone today
(On the side of a mountain)
Where all my doubts once lay
(The biggest mountain)
One thing I can gaurantee
Is what you've done means everything to me

To celebrate our bond
(I'm gonna build a monument)
I'll cut the stone today
(On the side of a mountain)
Where all my doubts once lay
(The biggest mountain)
One thing I can gaurantee
Is what you've done means everything to me

To celebrate our bond
(I'm gonna build a monument)
I'll cut the stone today
(On the side of a mountain)
Where all my doubts once lay
(The biggest mountain)
One thing I can gaurantee
Is what you've done means everything to me

Everything to me
Everything to me

I've done the best I can
Nothing seems to satisfy
You're on your own again
Try to concentrate
The faults you have you show
Aaaah

You're the weakness
I feel in me
You're the weakness
I feel for free
Weakness
Feel yourself alive
Weakness
Come into the fire

Time will tell just what you will
And what you are
Twist my hand behind my back
So what?
The lowest voices speaks to me so slow
Aaaah

You're the weakness
I feel in me
You're the weakness
I feel for free
Weakness
Come into the fire
Weakness
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

You're the weakness
I feel in me
You're the weakness
I feel for free
Weakness
Come into the fire
Weakness
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Phone rings in an empty house
There's no one there
Letter falls on a pile on the floor
Everything's been sold
Evening comes to a lonely street
This emptiness
Is yours

You're the weakness
I feel in me
You're the weakness
I feel for free
Weakness
Feel yourself alive
Weakness
Come into the fire

Weakness
Weakness
Weakness
Weakness

W-E-A-K-N-E-S
W-E-A-K-N-E-S
W-E-A-K-N-E-S
W-E-A-K-N-E-S-S

Sun, here's the sun
Let's go to the lake
We'll take you down
Just say the word

Rain, here's the rain
Slip and slide in vain
Mud between our toes
Saturation take you home

They came through the sun
They came through the rain
Through this rocky terrain
A caravan

Everyone take note
We've dug here before
Here is where all lie
When this night is done

It's time I guess
As we go marching on
Live for every day
As if it were the last

They came through the sun
They came through the rain
Through this rocky terrain
A caravan

Judas' friends have got so strong
It's through the way they made you
carry someone else's wrong
I've seen the way he ties you down
To Blind Man's Bluff in a bridal gown

So you beat him at his games
(So you beat him at his games)
So he had to change the rules
Please be cruel

Every word that's spoken's
ringing in your ears
This light we look upon
has gone and passed a thousand years
He says you're mutton dressed as lamb
But he's a vegetarian

So you live to fight another day
(To fight another day)
You get weaker every way
Please be cruel

'Cause you're a woman who needs persuading
(Needs persuading)
Never needed anybody
(Anybody)
to affect this change of life so bad
(so bad)
he needs

Judas' friends have got so strong
It's through the way they made you
carry someone else's wrong
I've seen the way he ties you down
To Blind Man's Bluff in a bridal gown

So you beat him at his games
(You beat him at his games)
So he had to change the rules

Please be cruel
Oh please be cruel
Oh please be cruel
Don't know if I should

Please be cruel
Please be cruel
Please be cruel

I would search this world for you, even though you can't imagine
I wanna take you to China, I wanna kiss you in Rome
I'd use rocket ships, mine sweepers, transistor radio receivers
I wanna hold you, wanna hold you too tight
Gonna break every bone of everybody in sight
WHEN I'M FLYING SO HIGH (FLYING SO HIGH)
LIKE A BIRD IN THE SKY
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN, YEAH
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN, YEAH
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
I hear your talking and whispers, pale drawn out nails and fingers
I'm seeing shapes behind the curtain
You're looking older but you can't be certain
You're so tired (you're so tired) but you just can't sleep
You're so shallow (you're so shallow) but you're in too deep
Your hands shaking, body's lifting, body's mine
I know, I know, 'cause I told you so
WHEN I'M FLYING SO HIGH (FLYING SO HIGH)
LIKE A PLANE IN THE SKY
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN, YEAH
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN, YEAH
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
Oh, you're dragging me down, oh you're dragging me down
Drag, drag, dragging me down, oh you're dragging me down
Oh, you're dragging me, dragging me, dragging me, oh
(You're dragging me down)
(Oh) I never can quite remember, (oh) was it June, July or September ?
(Oh) That you sold your soul to me, to me
(Oh) That you sold your soul to me, to me
WHEN I'M FLYING SO HIGH (FLYING SO HIGH)
LIKE A STORM IN THE SKY
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN, YEAH
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN, YEAH
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN, YEAH
WHEN I'M FLYING SO HIGH (FLYING SO HIGH)
LIKE A STAR IN THE SKY
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN
BUT YOU'RE DRAGGING ME DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
(Dragging me down) (7x)

I steal to feed, I fight to breathe, through hunger not greed
I find these days it's the only way I can survive
WHAT HAVE I DONE WITH MY LIFE ?
IS THIS THE END, WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE ?
Ooh, in this dusty city with all the gods on the hill
Will not one of them help us ?
The temple which they built is an empty shell
The people who I see, scurrying on the streets, oblivious to our needs
I wonder sometimes how so many could be so blind ?
WHAT HAVE I DONE WITH MY LIFE ?
IS THIS THE END, WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE ?
WHAT HAVE I DONE WITH MY LIFE ?
IS THIS THE END, WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE ?
Today I stole the sun from the sky, the color from the heart of a rose
Today I took food from the hand of a starving child
WHAT HAVE I DONE WITH MY LIFE ?
IS THIS THE END, WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE ?
WHAT HAVE I DONE WITH MY LIFE ?
IS THIS THE END, WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE ?
(I guess that makes me a bad man) (3x)

You've got 27 years on me, the things you're doing make me smile
The days we spend are sent from heaven, and you're always on my mind
And you're always on my mind

In my heart, there's a rainbow glowing (in my heart)
In my head, there's a moon so bright (in my head)
In my sky, there's a snow cloud snowing (in my sky)
Sandman's coming out tonight

I've got 27 years on you, the things you're doing make me laugh loud
The days we spend are sent from heaven, and you've given me my life

In my heart, there's a rainbow glowing (in my heart)
In my head, there's a moon so bright (in my head)
In my sky, there's a snow cloud snowing (in my sky)
Sandman's coming out tonight

Ba ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

Planet spins, planet spins, and another generation gives the hope
And the joy and the life to the beat to the heart of the next
Free at last, free at last, free at last, free at last
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last

In my heart, there's a rainbow glowing (in my heart)
In my head, there's a moon so bright (in my head)
In my sky, there's a snow cloud snowing (in my sky)
Sandman's coming out tonight

In my heart, there's a rainbow glowing (in my heart)
In my head, there's a moon so bright (in my head)
In my sky, there's a snow cloud snowing (in my sky)
Sandman's coming out tonight

And confusion, running wild, I hold treasures for you to find
Release of tension unknown, mind works the fingers to the bone
BITCHES BREW, HOW D'YOU KNOW I WON'T PRAY FOR YOU ?
BITCHES BREW, HOW D'YOU KNOW I WON'T PRAY FOR YOU ?
It seems you lost your hard-fought creed, pray for time to set you free
What chance for children against such tides ?
Your mother did warn you from inside
Now you're back on dry land, curse the place where I stand
BITCHES BREW, HOW D'YOU KNOW I WON'T PRAY FOR YOU ?
BITCHES BREW, HOW D'YOU KNOW I WON'T PRAY FOR YOU ?
(Ain't me, ain't me)
Lights shine silver and gold, make me feel warm in winter's cold
BITCHES BREW, HOW D'YOU KNOW I WON'T PRAY FOR YOU ?
BITCHES BREW, HOW D'YOU KNOW I WON'T PRAY FOR YOU ?
BITCHES BREW, SO HOW D'YOU KNOW I WON'T PRAY FOR YOU ?
BITCHES BREW, SO HOW D'YOU KNOW I WON'T PRAY FOR YOU ?

Where has that smile
on your face gone?
You laughed
You laughed
You laughed
'Till the joke wasn't funny anymore

You're just a nail
I can hammer home
(Ba ba ba ba)
You're just a nail
I can hammer home
(Ba ba ba ba)
You're just a nail
I can hammer home
(Ba ba ba ba)
This is how it is
and how it should be

How it should be
How it should be
How it should be
How it should be

I feel that summer's on the way
You talked
You talked
You talked
'Till the rivers all run sad
Where is the dream we once had?
You stole my soul and made me bad

It's just a call on the telephone
(Ba ba ba ba)
It's just a call on the telephone
(Ba ba ba ba)
It's just a call on the telephone
(Ba ba ba ba)
This is how it is
and how it should be

How it should be
How it should be
How it should be
How it should be

You're just a nail
I can hammer home
(Ba ba ba ba)
You're just a nail
I can hammer home
(Ba ba ba ba)
You're just a nail
I can hammer home
(Ba ba ba ba)
This is how it is
and how it should be

You're just a nail
I can hammer home
You're just a nail
I can hammer home
You're just a nail
I can hammer home
This is how it is
and how it should be

Lady take a ride on a Zeke 64, Jerry wants to be a rockette
There's a popular misconception, says we haven't seen anything yet
Laying down the lifeless corpse of President 35
The lady crying by his side is the most beautiful woman alive

Saturn 5, you really were the greatest sight
Stretching out on a summer's day
Houston is calling me back to her

Lady take a ride on a Zeke 64, Jerry wants to be a rockette
There's a popular misconception, says we haven't seen anything yet
Laying down the lifeless corpse of President 35
The lady crying by his side is the most beautiful woman alive

Saturn 5, you really were the greatest sight
Stretching out on a summer's day
Houston is calling me back to her
An eagle lands, and the planet full of people raises its hands
All hail the men who will walk up in heaven today

Monochrome TV, all the things you ever represented to me
Take me once more, take me to heaven again

Saturn 5, you really were the greatest sight
Stretching out on a summer's day
Houston is calling me back to her
Saturn 5, you really were the greatest sight
Stretching out on a summer's day
Houston is calling me back to her

No one ever said
It was gonna be easy
A pain to tease me
The barrier's broken
Climbing aboard
On a white knuckle ride
Churns my insides
And the wheels are in motion

I want you

My heart is set
Harder and harder
No chance of defeat
It's not in my nature
I've set a course and
You're the receiver
I'm the retriever
I'm out to get you

I want you
Right now
And forever

No one ever said
It was gonna be easy
A pain to tease me
The barrier's broken
Climbing aboard
On a white knuckle ride
That churns my insides
And the wheels are in motion

I want you
Right now
And forever

I want you
Right now
And forever

I want you
Right now
And forever

The barrier's broken
The barrier's broken
The barrier's broken
The barrier's broken
I want you

Father, it's time to leave
Tears on my face
And on your sleeve
And on your shoulder
I'm going down
In uniform
I'm going down
I'm going down
In uniform

Mother, it's time to go
The days will be long
And go too slow
But I'll think of you
As I go down
In uniform

You'll find me wandering alone on some far-off horizon
Wearing expressions like you've never seen on this face
The cars on the highway are backed up and bumper to bumper
It's a funny old world
It's a funny old human race

Little sister, you look so good
I feel proud of you
I knew I would
We'll be together
As we go down
In uniform
We're going down
We're going down
In uniform

You'll find me wandering alone on some far-off horizon
Wearing expressions like you've never seen on this face
The cars on the highway are backed up and bumper to bumper
It's a funny old world
It's a funny old human race

You'll find me wandering alone on some far-off horizon
Wearing expressions like you've never seen on this face
The cars on the highway are backed up and bumper to bumper
It's a funny old world
It's a funny old human race