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from The Divine Comedy - Promenade (2001)
Back at the house
A bottle is found And opened in honour of those who have drowned, While we who have not are stricken with guilt And dutifully see that not one drop is spilt; We're drinking to life, We're drinking to death - We're drinking 'til none of our livers are left! We're wending our way down to the spirit store, We'll drink 'til we just can't drink anymore! Raise your glasses high, Drink the cellar dry! Well, bloody my nose And blacken my eye! If it ain't some young Turk in search of a fight - And Chanticleer's chest is sagging with pride, For honour has yet to be satisfied. Well, heaven be thanked We live in an age When no man need bother (Except on the stage) With 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori' - And definitely not tonight! I can still remember When I was just a kid - I was free to do what I wanted to, But I never, ever did... So now with years of discretion reached, May we not forget Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite For there's life in the old world yet! There'll always be an England (oh yes there will), An Ireland and a France (indubitably), A Liechtenstein and Finland (absolutely right, completely undeniable), And we have only one chance... Earnest young man with an unhealthy tan Puts a drink in my hand and says: "I understand You're in search of the place To continue the chase Of the heavenly taste? I suggest in that case You all come with me To my place by the sea Where the glasses shall be overflowing with free Alcoholic delights - And free love if you like - For what point has this life If you can't realise you're dreams?!" Oh, raise your glasses high, And drink the town dry! We'll drink beyond the boundaries of sense! We'll drink 'til we start to see lovely pink elephants Inside our heads, inside our beds - Inside the threads of our pyjama legs - So don't shoot til you see the reds of our eyes And an army of elephants marching behind! >From the day I was born 'til the night I will die All my lovers will be pink and elephantine! |
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from The Divine Comedy - Promenade (2001)
"Who'll have a fishy
On a little dishy? Who will have a fishy When the boat comes..." And then he says "With our glasses both raised in a toast Let's sing for those in peril on the sea Who cater ceaselessly To thy every wish With every fish As fresh as fish can be You see, I'm into my oysters My king prawns and caviar No matter how far away they are I'll be there!" And then she says, "Now with our glasses both raised in this toast Let's sing for those in peril on the sea Who labour tirelessly In their tiny boats Off John O' Groats Their socks soaked for me You see, I do like my lobster My hake, skate and rainbow trout And if there's a fishy smell about I'll be there! And then And then we'll sing for those in peril on the sea... Don't be frightened Don't be scared Chop off their heads And little legs Then peel away the shell And open up your senses to the smell The sound and colour Touch and taste Of crab, cod, clams and kippers Scampi, squid, sole, shark and scallop Winkles, whelks, whale and whiting Seaweed, swordfish, sardines and sea urchin Haddock, halibut, herrings and eel Cockles, mussels, mackerel and veal Pilchard, plankton, St Peter's fish and plaice Octopussy jellyfishy And dolphin's an aquired taste "Who will have a fishy On a little dishy? I will have a fishy When the boat comes in..." |
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from The Divine Comedy - Casanova (2001)
When she was just a girl
She became a woman of the world Soon there wasn't room enough for her In between the bosoms of her family She popped the cork, got on the Greyhound to New York Small-talked her way round just the sort Of playboys' playground she'd once dreamed about Maybe I love her, but I'm jealous of her She's a woman of the world She's a fake!?sure, but she's a real fake On the make!?making up for lost time Just you wait!?hey, give the girl a break And a fifty dollar bill will see to that Heh, that ain't enough to feed the cat Serve up the rats and super rats Well they just get fatter while she fades away Maybe I love her, but I'm jealous of her She's a woman of the world Maybe I hate her, 'cause I didn't create her It's human nature, girl Maybe I'll suffer, just to be her lover Just to be part of her world Maybe I need her, because I want to be her baby, can I be your girl? Maybe I'll kill her, just trying to thrill her if she don't kill me first We're making eye-contact Oh those hypnotic eyes attract Such philanthropic flies?that's that. You cannot stop it, so why the devil do you try? |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Casanova Companion No.3 [ep] (2001)
When she was just a girl
She became a woman of the world Soon there wasn't room enough for her In between the bosoms of her family She popped the cork, got on the Greyhound to New York Small-talked her way round just the sort Of playboys' playground she'd once dreamed about Maybe I love her, but I'm jealous of her She's a woman of the world She's a fake!?sure, but she's a real fake On the make!?making up for lost time Just you wait!?hey, give the girl a break And a fifty dollar bill will see to that Heh, that ain't enough to feed the cat Serve up the rats and super rats Well they just get fatter while she fades away Maybe I love her, but I'm jealous of her She's a woman of the world Maybe I hate her, 'cause I didn't create her It's human nature, girl Maybe I'll suffer, just to be her lover Just to be part of her world Maybe I need her, because I want to be her baby, can I be your girl? Maybe I'll kill her, just trying to thrill her if she don't kill me first We're making eye-contact Oh those hypnotic eyes attract Such philanthropic flies?that's that. You cannot stop it, so why the devil do you try? |
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from Absent Friends (2004)
Absent Friends
Absent friends, here's to them And happy days, we thought that they would never end. Here's to absent friends. Little Jean Seberg seemed So full of life, but in those eyes such troubled dreams. Poor little Jean. Woodbine Willie couldn't rest until he'd Given every bloke a final smoke before the killing. Old Woodbine Willie. Steve McQueen jumped the first one clean But the great escape he'd tried to make was not to be. Maybe next time Steve. Laika flew through inky blue 'Til Laika neared the atmosphere and Laika knew Laika's life was through. Oscar Wilde was a lonely child. He fought and won acceptance from the world. They smiled, they laughed, they praised, They drove poor Oscar to his grave. Absent friends, here's to them, And happy days, we thought that they would never end, But they always end. Raise your glasses then to absent friends. |
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from The Divine Comedy - Absent Friends [single] (2004)
Absent Friends
Absent friends, here's to them And happy days, we thought that they would never end. Here's to absent friends. Little Jean Seberg seemed So full of life, but in those eyes such troubled dreams. Poor little Jean. Woodbine Willie couldn't rest until he'd Given every bloke a final smoke before the killing. Old Woodbine Willie. Steve McQueen jumped the first one clean But the great escape he'd tried to make was not to be. Maybe next time Steve. Laika flew through inky blue 'Til Laika neared the atmosphere and Laika knew Laika's life was through. Oscar Wilde was a lonely child. He fought and won acceptance from the world. They smiled, they laughed, they praised, They drove poor Oscar to his grave. Absent friends, here's to them, And happy days, we thought that they would never end, But they always end. Raise your glasses then to absent friends. |
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from The Divine Comedy - Promenade (2001)
Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream dies at the op'ning day. Rub-a-dub-dub It's time for a scrub So through clouds of steam To a cracked and faded cream Bath-tub wanders frail Aphrodite, so pale Pink and white She is naked as sin Wearing nothing but a grin And a pin in her hair Will she be drowned? Found With her hair tied behind Shoulders back And head inclined To the sound of music Playing above Bathing her in love But darkness and fear Will disappear like the soap When she opens her eyes. She throws back her dormer windows Morning light shows Ophelia raised From her watery grave in a brave new world. |
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from The Divine Comedy - Casanova (2001)
Are you all settled in? Right, then we can begin. My name is...
ALFIE! Once there was a time When my mind lay on higher things And once there was a time I could find pretty words to sing But now, well now I find It saves time to say what you mean I know it seems so unrefined but it's time to let off some steam Oh come on! Everybody knows that No means Yes Just like glasses come free on the N.H.S. But the more I look through them the more I see I'm becoming more like Alfie Once there was a time When a kind word could be enough And once there was a time I could blindfold myself with love But not now?now I'm resigned To the kind of life I had reserved For other guys less smart than I Y'know?the kind who will always end up with the girls And besides Everybody knows that No means Yes Just like glasses come free on the N.H.S. But the more I look through them the more I see I'm becoming more like Alfie Oh come on! |
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from The Divine Comedy - Liberation (1993)
Bernice bobs her hair in the barber's in the square
All her new-found friends are there to see it done Bernice bobs her hair she's been driven to despair 'Cause her cousin doesn't care about anyone Her hair was long, her hair was dark Her hair fell down her back And now it lies upon the floor Bernice runs out the door Marjorie had told her what to wear to the parties Marjorie had told her what to say to the boys Now Marjorie was jealous of her social advances And presented her with this choice Bernice, bob your hair You've persistently declared this intention Do you dare to disagree? So Bernice bobs her hair and is instantly ensnared In a trap so well prepared by Marjorie Her hair was long, her hair was dark Her hair fell down her back The mirror tells of her mistake Her heart is fit to break So when it's dark and her cousin sleeps Into the room she creeps Marjorie's curls come down like rain Bernice runs for her train |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
My parents knew these people
who for all their faults were very nice They owned a farm whose old world charm earned it the name of Paradise We came to stay one holiyda, we played crocquet and burned our arms But I was charmed and lost for words when I first heard the birds of paradise farm Singing their songs all the day long Making love to the dinner gong Wondering when their human friends Would come to feed them I looked in the trees and in the air I searched the eves of disused barns Till finally, to my despair, I found the caged birds of paradise farm Singing their songs all the day long Making love to the dinner gong Wondering why their tiny lives should be spent behind iron bars Now Leonardo da Vinci, St Francis of Assisi But Neil Hannon of the Seahouse, Fivemiletown It doesn't sound quite right, somehow Singing their songs all the day long Making love to the dinner gong Wondering when their human friend Would come to free them When the last day came I took my time they called my name and read the card "When Nature Calls You Must Reply" They laughed waving goodbye to paradise farm. |
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from The Divine Comedy - Casanova (2001)
Ladysmith wants you forthwith to come to her relief
Burn your briefs you leave for France tonight Carefully cut the straps of the booby-traps and set the captives free But don't shoot 'til you see her big blue eyes Then sound the charge?breath your final breath And charge into the valley of death Cannon to the left and cannon to the right They'll go bang bang bang all night We'll fight them on the beaches Yes, we'll fill 'em full of lead Fighting naked in the open air We'll fight them in the kitchen, in the bathroom in the garden shed Fighting the good fight any-fighting-where So sound the charge?breathe your final breath And charge into the valley of death Cannon to the left and cannon to the right They'll go bang bang bang all night There'll be a cannon to the left and cannon to the right They'll go bang bang bang bang bang bang bang all night... "Baby baby, I love the way you talk sense to me Especially when you say 'Neil, you got love' I hear what you're saying... I have in my hand a piece of paper that says "Let's make lurrve, not this phoney war-thang" We goin' over the top - But you're so sexy when you're angry, honey-chile" "Roamin' around in no man's land, gettin' caught in your barbed wire Baby baby, gonna set your village on fire..." CHARGE?I'm gonna hit you where it hurts CHARGE?So sound the red alert! There'll be a cannon to the left... ...And a cannon to the right... (The hills are alive with the sound of) BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG All night! |
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from Absent Friends (2004)
When I hold you in my arms
And look back on my charmed life My charmed life I hope, I hope if nothing more That one day you'll call your life A charmed life Well, I never really worried that much About making lots of money and such And I always seemed to land upon my feet And though there's been some difficult times The good times were never far behind I snatched all of my victories from the jaws of defeat When I hold you in my arms And look back on my charmed life My charmed life I hope, dear Baby, I hope if nothing more That one day you'll call your life A charmed life Well, the course of true love never ran smooth They broke my heart, and I broke theirs, too And breaking up was so very hard to do But I knew I'd find the one And sure enough, she came along And not long after that, along came you Well, sometimes this life is like being afloat On a raging sea in a little rowboat Just trying not to be washed overboard But if you take your chances and you ride your luck And you never, never, never, never, never give up Well, those waves will see you safely to a friendly shore When I hold you in my arms I know that this is a charmed life A charmed life |
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from The Divine Comedy - Come Home Billy Bird [single] (2004)
William wakes with his clothes on
The morning call has been and gone And he might not make the flight But he will try, yeah Bit by bit, it comes back to him A bunch of Belgian businessmen And a strange drinking game Oh, God, why? Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird He hails a cab but the driver sucks He drives so slowly, and he talks so much That it hurts Billy Bird's aching brain, yeah He runs from the cab to the check-in desk She says "no way," but William begs On his knees, "please, please, please" "Well, okay" Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird Drenched in sweat he finds his seat And with the luggage squeezed down beneath his feet He begins to think that things can't get no worse (Can't get no worse) But then a voice says, "Bags that can't be stowed In the overhead lockers must go below In the hold, please let go, thank you, sir" Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird Come home, William, come home He runs on past the carousel Screaming, "Damn my luggage all to hell I can buy a new shirt and tie any day" He rides from the airport into town To the high school football ground Where his son has just begun his big football game Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird Come home, Billy Bird (Come home, William) International business traveler (Come home, William) Come home, Billy Bird (Come home) Come home, Billy Bird (Come home, William) International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird (Come home, come home) Come home, Billy Bird (Come home to where you once belonged) International business traveler (Come home) Come home, Billy Bird (Come home) Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler |
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from Absent Friends (2004)
William wakes with his clothes on
The morning call has been and gone And he might not make the flight But he will try, yeah Bit by bit, it comes back to him A bunch of Belgian businessmen And a strange drinking game Oh, God, why? Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird He hails a cab but the driver sucks He drives so slowly, and he talks so much That it hurts Billy Bird's aching brain, yeah He runs from the cab to the check-in desk She says "no way," but William begs On his knees, "please, please, please" "Well, okay" Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird Drenched in sweat he finds his seat And with the luggage squeezed down beneath his feet He begins to think that things can't get no worse (Can't get no worse) But then a voice says, "Bags that can't be stowed In the overhead lockers must go below In the hold, please let go, thank you, sir" Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird Come home, William, come home He runs on past the carousel Screaming, "Damn my luggage all to hell I can buy a new shirt and tie any day" He rides from the airport into town To the high school football ground Where his son has just begun his big football game Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird Come home, Billy Bird (Come home, William) International business traveler (Come home, William) Come home, Billy Bird (Come home) Come home, Billy Bird (Come home, William) International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird (Come home, come home) Come home, Billy Bird (Come home to where you once belonged) International business traveler (Come home) Come home, Billy Bird (Come home) Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler |
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from The Divine Comedy - Liberation (1993)
My father says there's only one perfect view -and that's the view of the sky over our headsI expect your father has been reading DanteSee my solitude, where once was truth now only doubtTouch my tortured skin, torn from within and f
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from The Divine Comedy - Liberation (1993)
Hello What would you like to know?
What would you like to hear? What if I just disappear inside myself? Hello What would you like to know? Who would you like to see? Who would you like me to be if not myself? And the Europop (pop) makes me dizzy And I just can't stop (stop) 'til it's finished And I don't know what (what) you find funny 'Bout the Europop and the love of money Hello Where is it cool to go? When is it cool to leave? What is it cool to breathe inside myself? Hello Don't tell me what I already know Don't show me what I've already seen Don't take me where I've already been inside myself And the Europop (pop) makes me dizzy And I just can't stop (stop) 'til it's finished And I don't know what (what) you find funny 'Bout the Europop and the love of money Financial gain is a very pleasant thing But the transitory pleasure that it brings Counts for nothing So What is there left to know? What is there left to say? Nothing And the Europop (pop) makes me dizzy And I just can't stop (stop) 'til it's finished And I don't know what (what) you find funny 'Bout the Europop and the love of money And I thank God that you're aware Oh thank God that you're aware Of the earth and of the air And of the girls making like they don't care But they are blessed and you are cursed With the conscience of a universe Of the mind and of the soul And reduction science digging itself a hole And I thank God that you're aware Oh thank your God that you're aware It's taken time but I'll think you'll find That everything is alright |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
I told the stars above about the one I love
I told the morning sun, yeah I'm telling everyone I told my mum and dad, they seemed to understand And I'll get through to you if it's the last thing that I do Everybody knows that I love you Everybody knows that I need you Everybody knows that I do except you I told all of my friends again and again and again I drove them round the bend so now you're my only friend I told the passers by, I made a small boy cry And I'll get through to you if it's the last thing that I do Everybody knows I live for you Everybody knows I adore you Everybody knows that it's true except you |
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from The Divine Comedy - Liberation (1993)
An ordinary day down on Festive Road
The children will play and never will know That when Mr Benn of No.52 Walks in through that door peculiar events will ensue The shopkeeper peers through spectacles round As Benn wanders in and shuts out the town The shopkeeper wears his customary grin 'Cause he knows when they go to try on his clothes Each fantasy chosen begin... |
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from Absent Friends (2004)
It's early morning on I-19.
I ain't got much for company, A pick-up truck, a brown Volvo, And a couple of jokers on the radio. I wish that it could stay like this, But soon I'll have to put up with The whole world and his Uncle Joe Cluttering up my freedom road. When I was a boy I'd fantasize About the freedom road. I'd drive A thousand miles before sundown, Father a child in every town. But a hundred thousand miles have passed Between me and iconoclastic images Of the freedom road. I wanna shed this heavy load. Well I've seen the power of the lightning storm, I've seen the endless ears of corn, I've seen the lakes at the break of day, And that shit takes my breath away. But if I were to even start To tell them how it melts my heart, Never more would my truck-stop friends Look me in the eye again. It's early morning on I-19, A dreamer's waking from his dream, A driver who has lost his way Parks up his rig and walks away. |
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from The Divine Comedy - Promenade (2001)
While they have been eating
The rain has started falling, Gradually gathering in strength; What began a drizzle Has now become torrential, And doesn't look like coming to an end. The two bedraggled figures That huddle in the doorway, With nothing vaguely waterproof to wear, Are now secretly wishing They'd listened to their mothers When being told to always be prepared. Screaming 'Geronimo!', They run for it down the road; With an arm around her waist He leads her to a place He knows. Soaked through, but happy, They squelch up to the landing; The room before them Makes a welcome sight. The coal fire is throwing Strange shapes upon the hearthrug, And crying out to be knelt down beside. She pulls off her jumper And flings it in the corner; He picks it up and hangs it on a chair. She puts on a record And sings into her coffee; He puts a blanket round her, Sits her down And dries her beautiful hair. |
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from The Divine Comedy - Promenade (2001)
One butterfly
Spies a glint in his eye, Birds sing as he cycles by. Oh! Why should he feel sad? This world's not so bad, and besides, Woe betide he who would frown When natural beauty abounds. And now with wheels spinning free He's picking up speed. Two butterflies Tie knots in his stomach, They love it when he goes too fast. Wind whistles past, Whilst oceans of air That will mess up his hair, Though he no longer cares any more For overindulgence and vanity, Vacuous vice! Just once or twice, Thrice, Four times in five we forget we're alive And neglect to remind ourselves. Three butterflies Realise when it's time to depart, They have tickled his ribs They have fluttered his heart, But the starting is easy compared to the stop And the bottom is hard when compared to the top. Oh la la la la la etc... |
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from The Divine Comedy - Liberation (1993)
I... I was born yesterday
And I believe all that you say I have no choice I must obey you Is this the first or the second day Of the rest of my life Well hey Why should I care either way If what you say is true? Saturday morning, 18th of December I cannot remember The last time that I saw such a young ballerina In love with the loveless In tune with a tuneless old upright piano Standing en pointe Going through each position with gentle precision She measures each movement Her classical features and elegant waistline Are going to waste while she pleases her parents I... I was born yesterday And I believe all that you say I have no choice I must obey you Is this the first or the second day Of the rest of my life Well hey Why should I care either way If what you say is true? What if they die on the road to Rathmines Where a dog in two minds times his run to perfection An orphan at last, She'd be sick in the loo-bowl Then go to the funeral and cry by the graveside And then sleep with the first man she sees And she'd catch some disease Which she would give to her doctor She'd cook her own breakfast, and she'd cook his as well And both get on swell Even though he was married You are a part of me I am a part of you Why should I let you walk all over me? All over me |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
Don't look a horse in the mouth
Don't let a frog get you down Dragging you round like a dog on a lead I'm all you need Baby I'm in love with you And my love could go on and on Maybe you could love me too And our love could go on and on So don't look a horse in the mouth Don't let a frog get you down Dragging you round like a dog on a lead I'm all you need Baby I'm in love with you And my love could go on and on Maybe you could love me too And our love could go on and on But don't look a horse in the mouth Don't let a frog get you down Dragging you round like a dog on a lead I'm all you need Baby I'm in love with you And my love could go on and on Maybe you could love me too And our love could go on and on and on and on... |
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from The Divine Comedy - Come Home Billy Bird [single] (2004)
Idaho, let me go.
I feel so very far from home Your folks are kind, If a little crazy - Not unlike my own sweet lady. Well the hotel's clean, not too noisy; The trouble is, it's in Boise, Idaho. Idaho, I suppose You look quite pretty all suede in snow. But just right now, I'd rather be Sitting on my sofa with a cup of tea, Watching premiership football, the proper kind- Something that y'all just can't find in Idaho.... Idaho. Idaho, I'm down so low. I wanna pack my things and go. Find a flight, make a connection It terrifies me but I'll make an exception Just to hold my child and say, "Shh, what's that noise?" She wants her daddy but he's in Boise, Idaho. Idaho. Idaho, this I know It's time ten times warmer in New Mexico But, may I say, It's plain that you are ten times cooler Than the state of Utah Well I miss my girl, hey, That's my choice, see? Without her, this whole world is Boise, Idaho. Idaho. |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
If I were you I'd look at me
And fail to see the things I see in you If I were you and if I were you I wouldn't let the shit you get From me get the better of you If I were you Don't you ever wonder why I could never make you cry? Well, if I were you I'd ride away To a pasture new where I could graze On the grass so succulent and sweet If I were you I'd be through with me If I were you I wouldn't need To always read the magazines that I do Huh, they make me blue! So if I were you I'd make the break Before I take my frustrations out on you Just break on through Don't you ever, in your dreams Take a lover and make her scream? Well, if I were you I'd ride away To a pasture new where I could graze On the grass so succulent and sweet If I were you I'd be through with me Well, if I were you I'd ride away To a pasture new where I could graze On the green, green grass Of virgin country I'd live real fast and die real young You see if I were you I'd end my days In a field of stupid sheep just grazing The grass so succulent and sweet If I were you I'd be through with me |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
If you were the road
I'd go all the way If you were the night I'd sleep in the day If you were the day I'd cry in the night 'Cause you are the way The truth and the light If you were a tree I could put my arms around you And you could not complain If you were a tree I could carve my name into your side And you would not cry, 'Cos trees don't cry If you were a man I would still love you If you were a drink I'd drink my fill of you If you were attacked I would kill for you If your name was Jack I'd change mine to Jill for you If you were a horse I'd clean the crap out of your stable And never once complain If you were a horse I could ride you through the fields at dawn Through the day until the day was gone I could sing about you in my songs As we rode away into the setting sun If you were my little girl I would find it hard to let you go If you were my sister I would find it doubly so If you were a dog I'd feed you scraps from off the table Though my wife complains If you were my dog I am sure you'd like it better Then you'd be my loyal four legged friend You'd never have to think again And we could be together till the end |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
Hey, I'm not the type
To say one thing and do another And if it's all right I'd kind Of like to be your lover 'Cos when you're with me I can't help but be So desperately Uncontrollably Happy! And hey, I'm not the kind To fall in love without good reason And if that's a crime Then baby I'm committing high treason 'Cos when you're with me I'm absolutely And totally Quite uncontrollably Happy! And hey, I'm not so blind That I can't see where we're all going And it's no fault of mine If humankind reaps what it is sowing Just as long as we are together Forever I'll never be anything other than Happy! Hey, don't be suprised, if millions die in plague and murder True happiness lies beyond your fries and happy burger |
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from Absent Friends (2004)
So suddenly awake.
No light from yonder window breaks, no crowing cock, Just my old clock, please make it stop. I try to wrestle free, But like the dew she clings to me, "No way Jose, you don't get away that easily". Leaving today, leaving today, leaving today. "Release me let me go. I love you more that you could know. All I can do is promise to come home to you". I tip-toe from the bed And put my head around the nursery door to say good-bye. It breaks my heart every single time. I'm leaving today, I'm leaving today, I'm leaving today. I would stay if you asked me, so for God's sake don't ask me to stay. My taxi has arrived. Good-bye sweet simple life, good-bye. The city's waking up. Dreams fizzle out like raindrops racing down the glass. They blur the street-lamps as we pass. |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
Little acts of kindness
Make us all feel better Unexpected flowers Unrequested letters, yeah So when somebody calls you Give a friendly answer. And when somebody fails to call Remember that we have all been there before Little acts of kindness Ill-conceived and reckless Stay in bed this morning Let me make you breakfast So when somebody needs you Do your best to help them And when somebody needs your help Remember well, we've all been there before. We have all been there before We have all been there before We have all been there before We have all been there before When somebody needs you Do your best for them Little acts of kindness Little things you can do Helping those with blindness Saying please and thank you Making cups of coffee Give your friends your rolos Going to the offie feeding horses polos Keeping your bedroom neat Giving children Dairylea Putting down the loo seat Doing your work for charity..... |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
They sit and watch the clouds go by
The London Irish The London Irish And they believe it's Irish sky The London Irish The London Irish They love the sun but pray for rain The London Irish Yeah, the London Irish They drink to take away the pain The London Irish The London Irish The London streets are paved with gold For the London Irish Oh, the London Irish You gain the world and you lose your soul Well if you'll picture a scene On every magazine And every TV screen Will there be anything left of the London Irish London Irish They say they will return again The London Irish Mmm, the London Irish But they won't say exactly when The London Irish The London Irish The London Irish The London Irish |
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from The Divine Comedy - Liberation (1993)
I travelled among unknown men
In lands beyond the sea; Nor, England did I know till then What love I bore to thee. 'Tis past, that melancholy dream! Nor will I quit thy shore A second time; for I still seem To love thee more and more. Among thy mountains did I feel The joy of my desire; And she I cherished turned her wheel Beside an English fire. By mornings showed, by nights concealed The bowers where Lucy played; And thine too is the last green field That Lucy's eye surveyed. She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave and, oh The difference to me A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears. She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly eyes. No motion has she now, no force; She neither hears nor sees; Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees. |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Casanova Companion No.3 [ep] (2001)
I travelled among unknown men,
In lands beyond the sea; Nor, England did I know till then What love I bore to thee. 'Tis past, that melancholy dream! Nor will I quit thy shore A second time; for still I seem To love thee more and more. Among thy mountains did I feel The joy of my desire; And she I cherished turned her wheel Beside an English fire. Thy mornings showed, thy nights concealed, The bowers where Lucy played; And thine too is the last green field That Lucy's eyes surveyed. She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye -Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave and, oh, The difference to me A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears; She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force; She neither hears nor sees; Rolled around in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees. |
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from The Divine Comedy - Casanova (2001)
"Hello...
What have we here? A young lady! To what do I owe this pleasant surprise, my pretty one? How may I be of service this dark and wintry night? Ah, I see. You wish me to look into the future... your future. After GCSEs, A-levels, university... After your first badly paid job in advertising... Okay, my pretty, just cross my palm with plastic, And I'll see what I can do... Wait! The fog is lifting!" I see oriental paper globes Hanging like decomposing cocoons While exotic candles overload The dusty air with their stale perfume And I see lentils, beans, seaweed and rice In jars on the windowsill And it ain't hardly enough to feed the mice Running behind the lines of allergy pills All these things will come to pass When heroes of the middle class Face up to their responsibilities I see an Indian fertility God He's got thirty seven limbs to spare And tasteless tie-dyed tablecloths That double up as evening wear And I see naked bodies twist and turn On the futon of dreams fulfilled But their three-year-old kid seems unconcerned He'd rather swallow all those allergy pills I see unspeakable vulgarity Institutionalised mediocrity Infinite tragedy Rise up little souls?join the doomed army Fight the good fight?wage the unwinnable war: Elegance against ignorance! Difference against indifference! Wit against shit! My words fly up to heaven, my thoughts remain below Words said without feeling never to heaven go... All these things will come to pass When heroes of the middle class Face up, repent, and pay the price For accidentally creating life An oversight for which they must atone And sacrifice their own |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Casanova Companion No.3 [ep] (2001)
Daybreak on the motorway to Damascus
A heavenly angel flagged me down And asked for a ride into town For God's sake, on the motorway to Damascus This heavenly angel, wise and pure, proceeded with a guided tour: "Behold! A shining city of silver grey and white, Of solar-panelled rooftops glinting in the light And wind-power generators turning soundlessly through the night" Mid-day on the motorway to Damascus The heavenly angel flapped its wings And told me more exciting things Like how one day this motorway to Damascus Would disappear without trace, the unsustainable replaced "Behold! The new New Forest in four hundred shades of green Stretching out before us where it always should have been A botanical thesaurus for as far as the eye can see" Nightfall on the motorway to Damascus The heavenly angel looked at me And said "Well, what's it gonna be? The long haul, or the shorter way to Damascus? Choose with care and you will find that one day there will come a time When the silhouetted ruins of the crumbling cooling towers Are but ivy-clad reminders of a long-forgotten power" Must the monkeys leave Gibraltar's rock and ravens flee the Tower Before we look and see ourselves for what we really are? |
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from Absent Friends (2004)
Would you like to meet my little friend?
Don't try to shake his hand, he's just pretend His is Benjamin, that's his name My mama said, "You're insane, Boy, you really are the end You and your imaginary friend" Daddy drives the mobile library He works peripatetically He doesn't get much time to play with us So we just read and make up stuff And it drives him round the bend Me and my imaginary friend One day we're gonna play hide and seek And then he'll be up the creek Never to be seen again He'll disappear the day that childhood ends And reality descends I'll never forget you, my imaginary friend |
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from Absent Friends (2004)
No matter how I try,
I just can't get her out of my mind And I when I sleep I visualize her. I saw her in the pub, I met her later at the nightclub. A mutual friend introduced us We talked about the noise And how its hard to hear your own voice Above the beat and the sub-bass. We talked and talked for hours, We talked in the back of our friend's car As we all went back to his place. On our friend's settee, she told me that she really liked me And I said: "Cool, the feeling's mutual." We played old 45s And said it's like the soundtrack to our lives And she said: "True, it's not unusual." Then privately we danced We couldn't seem to keep our balance A drunken haze had come upon us. We sank down to the floor And we sang a song that I can't sing anymore And then we kissed and fell unconscious. I woke up the next day All alone but for a headache. I stumbled out to find the bathroom But all I found was her Wrapped around another lover. No longer then is he our mutual friend. |
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from The Divine Comedy - Liberation (1993)
Please don't look at me that way
You'll only make me want to say Something I will regret You are April you are May What a stupid thing to say Just forgive me and forget That I ever opened my mouth And let it all come out, let it all flood out I am worried for your health Put something warm around yourself Don't let your feet get wet I'm in love and I'm in pain If I say something stupid again Oh just forgive me and forget That I ever opened my mouth And let it all come out Let it all flood out Queen of the South She has opened my mouth And let it all come out, let it all flood out chorus Something is getting in the way What it is I cannot say I wish we had never met chorus |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
Radioactivity
Is in the air for you and me Radioactivity Discovered by Madame Curie Radioactivity Tune in to the melody Radioactivity Is in the air for you and me (Morse: Radioactivity is in the air for you and me Radioactivity discovered by madame curie Radioactivity tune in to the ... Kraftwerk) Radio Aktivität Für dich und mich in All entsteht Radio Aktivität Strahlt Wellen zum Empfangsgerät Radio Aktivität Wenn's um unsere Zukunft geht Morse: Radioactivity is in the air for you and me Radioactivity discovered by madame curie Radioactivity tune in to the ... Kraftwerk Radioactivity Is in the air for you and me Radioactivity Discovered by Madame Curie Radioactivity Tune in to the melody Radioactivity Is in the air for you and me |
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from The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
Someone I once knew
Told someone like you "Love is just a word" Now I'm not so sure that's true Someone made me see How someone like me Needn't be so closed Just 'cos they once chose to be I need to be someone's somebody Someone heard my call When I was all at sea Someone rescued me When my life was all but through Someone made me feel Like someone really cares I hardly even dare To believe it's real, it's really true I need to be somebody's somebody |
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from The Divine Comedy - Casanova (2001)
She said "There's something in the woodshed
And I can hear it breathing - It's such an eerie feeling, darling." He said "There's nothing in the woodshed - It's your imagination End of the conversation, darling." Something in his heart told him to come clean He was not who he claimed to be Something in his genes told him to pretend 'Twas something for the weekend But she said "There's something in the woodshed I know because I saw it I can't simply ignore it, darling." So he said "Now baby, don't be stupid Get this into your sweet head There ain't nothing in the woodshed (except maybe some wood)." Something in his heart told him to come clean He was not who he claimed to be Something in his jeans told him to pretend 'Twas something for the weekend "I'll go all the way with you, if you'll only do the same for me ? go and see If it's nothing like you say, then you can have your wicked way with me" He went down to the woodshed They came down hard on his head Gagged and bound and left for dead When he woke she was gone with his car and all of his money |
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from The Divine Comedy - Casanova (2001)
Pale, pubescent beasts
Roam through the streets And coffee shops Their prey gather in herds Of stiff knee-length skirts And white ankle socks But while they search for a mate My type hibernate In bedrooms above Composing their songs of love Young, uniform minds In uniform lines And uniform ties Run round with trousers on fire And signs of desire They cannot disguise While I try to find words As light as the birds That circle above To put in my songs of love Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice So sing while you have time Let the sun shine down from above And fill you with songs of love Take me Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice So let's sing while we still can While the sun hangs high up above Wonderful songs of love Beautiful songs of love |
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