BORING
monday to friday, go to work again
put the same colour suit on and catch the same train
and i sit next to the same person that i sat the day before
and whichever day of the week it is, i count how many more
but i dont have to worry
no i dont have to care
cos would you really notice if one day i wasnt there?
and when i get to the office and i smile the big smile
talk about the weather, laughing all the while
this job is boring
boring boring
this job is boring
boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring
and i
long to be
with somebody
who needs me
simple as that
simple fact
and when i get home in the evening and i turn on the t.v.
but i'm too tired to watch anything, got the same tray on my knee
and when i get to the weekend i try so hard to catch up
but i never seem to get it all done and i never seem to have much luck
but i dont have to worry
no i dont have to care
and would you really notice if one day i wasnt there?
and when i get to the office and i smile the big smile
talk about the weather laughing all the while
this job is boring boring boring
this job is boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring
and i
long to be
with somebody
who needs me
simple as that
simple fact
and i long to be
with somebody
who needs me.

WISH I'D FOUND YOU FIRST
I can't wait for you.
I can't wait for you
you make me your witness, yes you do
with that first last look in the shadows, after all those still to come.
you're a cool glass of water to quench my thirst
you're the general's daughter, you're a piece of work
some things happen you think they ought not
sometimes you feel you're cursed
but i wish i'd found you first.
I cant wait for you
I cant wait for you
you make me your witness, yes you do
with that first last look in the shadows, after all those still to come
i could keep my feelings silent but my heart would burst
i could shout it from the rooftops but it still sounds so rehearsed
i could turn so suddenly violent, it could all turn out for the worst
but i wish id found you first
before the world turns round again
before our lives can collide
before the world goes mad again
before we can decide
i can't wait for you
i can't wait for you
you make me your witness, yes you do
with that first last look in the shadows, after all those still to come
i could paint it as a picture, i could get it down in verse
if he touches you once - he's going home in a hearse
i could wish our lives were different, wish it all could be reversed
but i wish i'd found you first
yes i wish i'd found you first.

RUTH
entreat me not to leave thee
nor to return from following thee
for where thou goest i will go
where thou lodgest i will lodge
thy people shall be my people
thy god my god
and where thou diest I'll die too,
and there i shall be buried.

DON'T GO
Why d'you have to tell? I'd almost rather not have known. To tell me now just seems to show how far apart we've grown. It's so hurtful - so sad - where did this come from? All this time! - how long's this been going on? Did you ever love me from then until today? Feels like I've been doing wrong while you just fell away, don't go, don't, please, do this, dont you dare. How d'you fall under this spell? Are you truly prepared to throw everything away - all those times that we shared? Don't take our lives, don't make them a mockery - to hear you talk like this just sickens me. What should I believe? Did it just die? How can you leave - did you get hypnotised? Don't go, please don't do this. Don't you dare. Why didn't you just talk it through - we could have worked it out. Present it like a fait accompli that I can't do a thing about. Don't go - don't please do this - who else have you told? Your friends? Despicable. How can you be so cold.I still love you while you just turn and go - I just can't switch off from you you know - I can't turn off my heart on your say so. What am I supoosed to do, heh? What will I do now? I'm too old to begin again - I hate you anyhow. Ruined my life - it's hard! I would never stray. Yeah we've all been there in temptations way .What is going to happen now to me? You walk out of our lives - say it all ends happily - don't go - don't please - don't go - don't you dare! Don't go - don't please - don't you - don't you dare. Don't go - don't please do this, don't you dare. Don't go. Don't please don't go. Don't you dare.......

THIS CIVIL WAR
this civil war
of exhausted looks and exasperation
and the barbed requests. the insinuation.
and it cant go on can it, anymore?
this civil war
don't turn away from me in our bed tonight
dont let the day go down without making it right
dont turn away, dont turn away
dont let those worried words be there at daylight...
is it too late now
to make amends, to forgive or recover?
are we now 'friends', now were no longer lovers?
did we pass a place we could not return?
where the lines are down and the bridges burned
and it cant go on can it, anymore, this civil war?
and we can't remember, how it all began
how the fighting started - fighting hand to hand
how could we not see those fault lines creeping?
how could we ignore..
how did we not know those shadows sleeping
would be the reason for
this civil war
where the mines are laid in a bluebell wood
and a sniper waits where a lover should
and it cant go on, can it,
anymore,
this civil war

ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
I've been looking for guns all over this land - why can't i find them
I've been looking for guns all over this land - where did you hide them?
i went to america what did I find?
found a texan who said "Stand in line!"
Told me that his country was under attack
he said if someone hits you then you better hit back.
I said "Please Sir, shouldn't we turn the other cheek?"
He said "We all do that we'll be up shit creek
Nine eleven, d'you know what I'm thinking?
It's a prime example of attention seeking
We gotta hitback and I don't care who -
someone in the Middle East with oil will do -
there's a dark dictator who's a pain in the rear."
So they packed my bags and they sent me here...
I've been looking for guns all over this land - why can't i find them
I've been looking for guns all over this land - where did you hide them?
i went to England - what did I find?
found a man who'd sell his own behind
for a place in the history of humankind -
gone so starry eyed it had turned him blind
He was in the pocket of a simple man
who prayed each morning for a christian land
shoulder to shoulder against that threat -
they even found a dossier to aid and abett.
45 minutes to arm it said - 'capacity to build a nuclear warhead' -
W.M.D.S are the things to fear
and to find those weapons - that's why I'm here!
I've been looking for guns all over this land - why can't i find them
I've been looking for guns all over this land - where did you hide them?
I went to the desert - guess what i found
found a tyrant down a little hole in the ground
couldn't see any bomb making kits
but you can't be too careful - better check him for nits
" Don't stop bombing - let's go to the wire!
Most of my men were lost in friendly fire
It's Hammer Time! - Can't let this beat me!
I 'd sooner sign the Kyoto Treaty.
The Garden of Eden and The Great Flood too
yes my lord I've flattened them for you
When we leave this country it'll be mayhem
but I know he's got weapons cos i sold him them!
I've been looking for guns all over this land - why can't i find them
I've been looking for guns all over this land - where did you hide them?

THE SAME MAN
she chooses the same man, everytime,
the same unholy shit
s'like something happened long ago
I think she thinks she can improve it
some of these experiences
we can recover from
some just go too far
we keep on thinking we're moving on
but in fact it is who we are
the same scenario time and again
she seeks it out once more
each time she chooses those dangerous men
she's just as surprised as before
praps we have just one love affair
to last our whole life long
maybe love's just being there
trying to put right what's wrong
we've been friends for too long now
to have it any other way
you got this far - keep moving on
i can wait forever
it's hard to watch, it's hard to see
its hard to just standby
while she fulfills what she thinks she should be
she'll never know i'd die for her
some of these experiences we can recover from
some just go too far
we keep on thinking we're moving on
but in fact it is who we are

I KNOW COMPANY
I know company
can keep the doors still
and shut out the shadows
on the window sill
I know somebody
could help me forget
all the monsters are moving
i'm still not asleep yet
when the shuffle of intruders
can be heard on the stair
in this endless night
i'm only asking for day again
lying listening
all the noises of the night
when i couldn't move my arm
to reach for the safe sidelight
are you missing me
are you sleeping on your own
i'm so frightened now, i was spoilt
when i had you here at home
when the handle can move
while still fixed in your stare
in this endless night
i'm only asking for day again

1 6 9
this is a song for Tim McVeigh
he died just yesterday
in a chair and on t.v.
staring back at you and me
he made 168 children and families seperate
how can so many lives equate
with the force of one man's hate
can you see the sunshine
shine in oklahoma
if you raise your head now
you will hear thunder
nothing can bring those people back
nothing can bring those children back
how do we live with what we lack?
how do we live that?
and this man would not repent
and this man on war was bent
and the law would not relent
into eternity he was sent
can you see the sunshine
shine in oklahoma
if you raise your head now
you will hear thunder
1300 inmates there
1400 media
as we crowd into the guillotine square
are we all executioner?
heaven knows what was in his head
and we can't live in fear and dread
but after all these words have been said
now 169 are dead
can you see the sunshine
shining over yonder
if you raise your head now
you will hear thunder
heaven knows what was in his mind
heaven help those left behind
count the cost of this terrible crime
now it's 169.

THERE'S RIVER SOMEWHERE
Would you be my accomplice
Would you go along with me
If i asked you now to drop everything and run
would you come
cause it feels like fate intended
feels right to me as the rain
like i met you a hundred years ago
and now we finally meet again
and no words are needed
just turn when i take your hand
take this risk, walk away with me
without ever looking round
there's a river somewhere
there's a river somewhere
it is dark and it is swollen
and the banks can no longer hold
and the blue fields flood
and the sun has been stolen
each night the day loses control
as the ink of the night takes over
and the moon pulls us on
likes the portents in julius caesar
some feelings are too strong
and though we may trace the river
all the way back to the source
some things happen anyway
we may never choose it's course
Would you be my accomplice
Would you go along with me
If i asked you now to drop everything and come
would you run
cause it feels like fate intended
feels right to me as the rain
and though we may never have spoken
i may never get the nerve to ask again
know no words are needed
just turn when i take your hand
take this chance, trust in me
and we'll neither of us look round
there's a river somewhere to take us away
there's a world elsewhere
don't listen to a word they say
lost in the hills, we'll build a house up on stilts
or deep in the amazon
swim out from the cove, they'll find our clothes on the beach
we won't hear the clamour when we've gone
and no words are needed
just turn when i take your hand
please take this risk, walk away with me
without ever looking round
down the yangtze - down the nile
float down the liffey - walk down the isle -
the isis - the cherwell - sail down the medway
the danube - - the ganges - old man mississippi
there's a river somewhere - on the banks of the ohio
old father thames and the colorado -
the camel trail and the river spit
there's a river somewhere if i could find it
there's a river somewhere....

BEEN MADE A FOOL OF
ive been made a fool of
so many times
but this time
ive been made a fool of forever
what is it about me, people think they can take my heart..
something about me let's them come and pull me apart
ive been made a fool of
so many times
but this time
ive been made a fool of forever
ive been made a fool of
too many times
and this time
ive been made a fool of forever

I THINK I'M LIVING NEXT DOOR
i think im living next door to a terrorist, a terrorist, they moved in just the week before - its not what id have wished, d'you get my jist? dont get me wrong i could happily co-exist in a melting pot - im a multi ehnicist - noone could ever call me a racialist, but i think next door youll find that hes a Fundamentalist.
i think im living next door to a terrorist, a terrorist - i dont dare mention the war - if i get pissed - im on his list - hes just the shadowy type that they like to enlist - i wouldnt like to guess what hes got strapped to his midriff - i can see why you may think that i am prejudiced but you dont have to live next door to an Afghanistani...
i think im living next door to a terrorist, a terrorist. i hear him praying all the time - its not the eucharist - d'you get my drift. i met him in the hall and he happily reminisced about the world trade centre so tragically blitzed - he even called bush a crazy nationalist - o i said well dont shoot me im just the pianist.
i think im living next door to a terrorist, a terrorist. i have tried calling in the law - they said desist - they slapped my wrist - no need to get your knickers in a twist - i said but theres a criminal and hes living in our midst - hes says hes devout and he minds his own business but he looks at me like im something out of the Exorcist
i think im living next door to a terrorist, a terrorist. hes given up eating now and all - the meals hes missed - how can he resist. hes up to no good thats my hypothesis - probably preparing for our apocalypse - hes even suggested that i see a psychiatrist - well pretty soon hell see that im no Pacifist.
i think im living next door to a terrorist , a terrorist, the police came late last night - i was brahms and liszt, i must have missed the reason why ive got these manacles on my wrist - something to do with a local arsonist - as they carted me away i raised an angry fist cos now theyre calling me the bloody terrorist!

TALL SHIPS
a tall ship sails by the shape of the stars
over the edge of all that is known
into a kingdom of care
and i will make a map to your heart
i will chart each and every part of it
i will find my way there
the nightingale flies over the plain
cross the seas and the deserts of africa
wont hear his song until june
and i will seek you through shadow through rain
shake the dust from my shoes, if this be my pilgrimage
ill chart a course to the moon
i'll make a map to your heart
i'll make a map to your heart
though demons though dragons may all surround me
though the way is twisted and tangled with briars
i'll beat a path to your door
and therell be no fences no flags and no boundaries
the way back is clear and safe to return to me
safely back to the shore
i'll make a map to your heart
i'll make a map to your heart

BACK TOGETHER AGAIN
you wont know this feeling its not true to you
but as a boy i would box and id fight for the school
mixing it up - the queensbury rules
when unseen the blow would come out of the blue
and youre down on the canvas theyre counting to ten
move your ribs move your back and your arms try to bend
and your tongue touches your teeth to see whats broken
your just putting yourself back together again
o im weary and companionless
and im tired of this endless loneliness
and i try to so be strong
and im bound to carry on
and the car takes the corner, misjudges the bend
and still on the embankment he mouths his amen
and in the twisted rear view mirror time will suspend
hell start putting himself back together again
and the boy watches silent he knows its the end
and the tears they will scold as he stands among men
and hell try to be brave try to just comprehend
then start putting himself back together again
o im weary and companionless
and im tired of this endless loneliness
and i try so to be strong
and im bound to carry on
and your words they attack they surprise they offend
and i try to see fairness in the choice youve chosen
and somehow i'll get up and somehow i'll mend
start putting myself back together all over again
o im weary and companionless
and im tired of this endles loneliness
and i try so to be strong
and im bound to carry on.

THE STATUE
kissing you
is hard to forget
and i dont know if i can do that yet
you made me better
better than i am
and i dont know if i will find that again
when is it over
how long do i remain
still holding this fistfull of rain
starting over
starting out from scratch
you can try to return
but you can never go all the way back
im lucky to love you
im watching you leave
you gave me the gift thats much harder to receive
and i cant see it ending
tell me how do i move on
its such uncertain sand i build upon
and im sick inside and i nearly died and may choose not to recover
and im standing still on the lonely hill that they keep for the broken lover
tell me when is it over
how long do i remain
still holding this fistfull of rain
kissing you
is hard to forget
and i dont know if i can do that yet
you made me better
better than i am
and i dont know if i'll ever find that again.