Dive Into Yesterday
Dive into yesterday, dive into yesterday Dive into yesterday Now since his disappearance through the smoke rings of our time While the plaster jester is speaking out of tune In moonlight swimming madness deep within Aladdin's cave But with good old diamonds dancing, we can all smile too soon Oh swing and sway, the petals say Turn inside and out and please Dive into yesterday, dive into yesterday Dive into yesterday Kaleidoscopic tambourines are tickling your ears While the tiny goldfish all swim amongst the air The Mardi Gras at midnight, the songs tumbling in sound While Sh-Sh-Shakespeare floats with wild roses in his head Oh, swing and sway, the patterns say Time sign out and please Relax your eyes, for after all We can but share these minutes Battalions in navy blue are bursting beige balloons The water pistols are all filled with lemonade The jester and the goldfish have joined minds above the moon Oh, please kiss the flowers and you too will be safe Oh, swing and sway, the patterns say Time sign out and please Dive into yesterday, dive into yesterday Dive into yesterday, oh
Mr. Small, the watch-repairer man Mended clocks and watches every day he didn't ask for much from anyone And so he worked right through both the night and day Repairing, listening, watching for the tiny particles of dust That busted all the watches in the town, people came from miles around To see Mr. Small, he'd not ask for much Lalalala lalalala Mr. Small, the watch-repairer man On his own was old enough to know That people only said good morning to him Because no other man could charge so low Repairing, listening, watching for the tiny particles of dust That busted all the watches in the town, people came from miles around To see Mr. Small, he'd not ask for much Lalalala lalalala Lalalala lalalala Mr. Small, the watch-repairer man Died last Friday in his tiny room No one came to see him on Sunday As they lay him beneath the grass at noon Crying, listening, watching for the tiny particles of dust That busted all the watches in the town, no one came from miles around To see Mr. Small, he'd not ask for much Lalalala lalalala Lalalala lalalala Lalalala lalalala Lalalala lalalala
Bursts of white cotton passing the window Everyone talking, oh, so very low And Captain Simpson seems to be in a daze One minute high, the next minute low Nobody knows where we are Nobody knows where we are Cigarettes burning faster and faster Everyone talking about the everafter And Captain Simpson seems to be in a daze One minute high, the next minute low Nobody knows where we are Nobody knows where we are Nobody will ever know why Nobody will ever know why Visions of childhood rush past my eyes In seat number 30 somebody cries And Captain Simpson seems to be in a daze One minute high, the next minute low Nobody knows where we are Nobody knows where we are Nobody knows where we are Nobody knows where we are Nobody knows where we are Nobody knows where we are Nobody knows where we are
In the night something is stirring Someone is moving without a sound to his heels Your heart is racing your mind is tracing Pictures you can see, Lewis Tollani, it's me Lewis Tollani, it's me Lewis Tollani, it's me I didn't mean to hurt you I didn't mean to hurt you at all I didn't mean to hurt you at all I swear With your eyes you have seen nothing No single thing that any man would want to see Your nerves are moving, your watch is losing Precious seconds now gone, Lewis Tollani, it's me Lewis Tollani, it's me Lewis Tollani, it's me I didn't mean to hurt you I didn't mean to hurt you at all I didn't mean to hurt you at all I swear Lewis Tollani Lewis Tollani Pretty things are gone
Mountainous pictures of coloured scenes appear upon my face And the joss stick smoke of sense dissolves, forever in its place The shadowy friends that line the walls all dream while laying down While the window tapping silhouette in rain begins to drown In the room of percussion The discussion slides as you enter through the door And the one armed bandit Laughs aloud and disappears once more Foolish thoughts of ecstasy are dead but without too much concern In the heart, my hopes by millions lay twisted as they burn The crooked faces of clocks appear and die in nightmare dreams While juggling music surrounds us both and turns our thoughts to screams In the room of percussion The discussion slides as you enter through the door And the one armed bandit Laughs aloud and disappears once more My God, the spiders are everywhere! With ruby wine and our tangled nerves, our mouths flap in despair And with tumbled words of poetry, we try and prove we care But the glow-worm light of creativeness moves out into the rain And the joss stick dies and disappears, its scent along the lanes In the room of percussion The discussion slides as you enter through the door And the one armed bandit Laughs aloud and disappears once more In the room of percussion The discussion slides as you enter through the door And the one armed bandit Laughs aloud and disappears once more My God, the spiders are everywhere!
Dear Nellie Goodrich I am writing to you To tell you of my love Please don't be offended I mean you no harm Sure as the sun shines above Dear Nellie Goodrich I have watched from afar You pass my house each day The dreams that I dream Are always about you But, oh dear, what can I say? In these few words that I'm writing Is my life open for you to see And one wish that I wish constantly I wish that you could see me In these few words that I'm writing Is my life open for you to see And one wish that I wish constantly I wish that you could see me Dear Nellie Goodrich I am ending this letter I will wait patiently I will be thinking And dreaming about you Dear Nellie, please think of me
A million white flowers in a field in the sky Seemed to spell out a greeting as the children flew by A guard in a chariot of silver and gold Gave the children all tickets, then the story he told Of a time in the future that was sunshine and flowers And the children grew sleepy in the sky's white towers They dreamed of the story that the guard had displayed They saw all the wonders, tiny minds were amazed They saw candy forests and dragons that breathed fire On all that was evil in the misty mire They came to the village where the turtles in caves Made pies for the people and the lemonade The people lived out by the sea and each day The seagulls would wake them as they passed on their way The people were kindly, they would sing to the sky And each bright new morning, the sun shone from their eyes The children passed over and all the people could see As they dived from the sky to the treacle sea They bathed on the white sand, minutes turned into hours And the children all giggled and gave each other flowers The King from his castle came down to the sea And he spoke to the children so patiently He gave them small presents and bid them farewell And the children unwrapped them, tiny silver bells Their tinkling floated across the island with ease And it came back toward them on the perfume breeze They smiled at the tinkling, they gazed at the sun And they smiled at each other, pretty little ones A beautiful white horse came down to the sea And the children all climbed up as he knelt on one knee They rode through the valleys and high over hills And they laughed oh so loudly, their fear to kill They came to a lakeside of deep velvet and green And they all stared in wonder at its beauty serene They climbed from the white horse, they watch as it goes As they stood by the green lake water kissed their toes A boat in the distance was suddenly there Waiting to take the children to anywhere The porcupine captain said that he didn't mind In his coat of blunt needles, he looked very kind His crew were six rabbits with fluffy white ears And the children all stroked them and lost all their fears They sailed through the sunshine, across the green lake And they drank lemonade and they ate ice-cream cake They landed in a dark cave as the boat disappeared And they all stood in darkness, through the shadows they peered But out of the blackness shone diamonds so bright Their tiny white hands shielded eyes from the light In a pool of quicksilver stood Neptune so wise And pearls were his white teeth, bright diamonds his eyes He spoke to the children in a voice of velvet And he beckoned them to him, in a circle they sat He told of sky island and of his magic cave And magic pink seashells to the children he gave They listened intently as the music came forth for They listened intently as the music came far But Neptune had vanished when they lifted their eyes So they walked from the cave as two kingfishers cried In the bright shiny sunlight, they got down on one knee They listened to the sea shells of the magical sea But the day grew much darker, so they climbed on the breeze And they floated to the village, and the people were pleased To see them so happy with their tinkling bells And the people all listened to the musical shells But the children were so sad, the time had come to leave So the people waved goodbye and begged them to believe Of the wonders they had seen in the island of the sky And the children said they would and away they did fly Through the white clouds of no time till forever it seems And the children stayed children and they lived in their dreams
The Tangerine Wizard turns purple for Julie Mexican clowns are all dancing for Julie Green bells on their ankles that peal out aloud Strawberry monkeys are smiling for Julie With pearl button eyes that reflect velvet clouds Can you hear them smiling? You see them smiling You feel them smiling Bubble drops upwards and comes down for Julie While spotlight is dancing and drinking rose wine Can you hear them dancing? You see them dancing You feel them dancing Can you hear them dancing? You see them dancing You feel them dancing in your dream Treacle tight thimbles and silver for Julie The clocks are all dead, so the living is fine (Repeat 6 times) Can you hear them living? You see them living You feel them living
Many's the time I've sat here alone with you Two flowers in a field could not be sweeter Nor breezes up high in the blue Higher than you, faintly blowing Higher than you, faintly blowing Higher than you, faintly blowing Time and again we have not said a word, just looked Two tumbling stones on a beach in the surf Living on rainbows, we are hooked Rainbows faintly blowing Rainbows faintly blowing Rainbows faintly blowing See the children touch their tiny hands Unto the sun Unto the sun Unto the sun Now and then, we just lay here together and smile Two pieces of grass in an acre of corn Happy and free for a while Freely faintly blowing Freely faintly blowing Freely faintly blowing Blowing, faintly blowing Blowing, faintly blowing Unto the sun Unto the sun Unto the sun Ad lib
I bring your lantern I bring you fire I bring you rose wine I bring your lyre I bring frankincense I bring you oak I bring you night birds I bring your cloak I bring you midnight I bring the sea I bring forever I bring you me
Almond eyes and the chopsticks ticking like grasshoppers Jasmine child, in your paper house I am trembling Strange disguise, your white face is shining like an eastern moon Geisha smile, in lemon trees the wind is whistling Oh, gentle Snapdragon, may I stay? May I pray, shall I dance like a fire? I can bring frogs, starfish sake Oh, Snapdragon, anything that you desire Burning bright, your butterfly eyes sparkle like the sea Lantern light, I pray that your eyes will wash over me Oh, gentle Snapdragon, may I stay? May I pray, shall I dance like a fire? I can bring frogs, starfish sake Oh, Snapdragon, anything that you desire Many moons shine for you know that I am your servant Snapdragon, I'm hypnotised by your spiral hands Silver gong rings midnight and I see the falling sands Oh, gentle Snapdragon, may I stay? May I pray, shall I dance like a fire? I can bring frogs, starfish sake Oh, Snapdragon, anything that you desire Many moons shine for you know that I am your servant Snapdragon, I'm hypnotised by your spiral hands Silver gong rings midnight and I see the falling sands Oh, oh, gentle Snapdragon, may I stay? May I pray, shall I dance like a fire? I can bring frogs, starfish sake Oh, Snapdragon, anything that you desire
I met a person recently on a train, it was going south I very shyly tried to speak to her but the words, they stuck in my mouth “Come here,” she said to me, in a voice I could hardly see “Pray, tell me what is it with you? Why are you looking there at me?” I spoke to her without thinking, I said, “I love you, I do believe!” She slapped my face with both her hands and asked me if I would leave I screamed, “Oh no, I didn't mean that, but then again, yes, I think I did!” She said, “Ok, Tom, come over here,” and she opened up the lid Of the suitcase that she was carrying underneath her arm From which she took two little bottles, I knew I'd come to harm She made me drink the liquid and my head began to reel I soon found myself upon the floor, I could not see or could not feel When I came to, the train I was in, it had made its final stop And as I opened up my eyes, there before me was a cop He said that I was drunk and without money, pride and ticket too Then they ran me down the County Jail, oh, what else could they do? I tried to explain about the lady who was with me on the train But they all stood round and looked at me like I was insane I begged for mercy and forgiveness and for a cigarette too But they gave me six months hard labour, oh, what else could they do? While in jail, I met an old cowboy, who said he liked me fine He made me steal a horse for him and I got extra time Well, the moral of this story, I expect you all can see If you must fall in love, then take your time, don't do it If you must fall in love, then take your time, don't do it If you must fall in love, then take your time, don't do it Too easily
Come, all ye non-believers, feel the creases in her brow Look once and then you'll know she was not very loud Touch her eyes and feel the shadows growing on her face Take seconds to catch your breath before you slow the pace Come, all ye non-belivers, but leave your books behind Your knowledge is wasted here, for love there's always time Reach out for emptiness as she crowds you from the room Let falling tears paint your face but don't do it too soon Take time for Annie She would love to see your face Be kind for Annie Spread out a little place Come, all ye non-believers, break the bread and drink the wine Give her your baited breath, for love there's always time Fall down around her feet, let her walk upon your hands Let your tears be like a sea, do everything you can Take time for Annie She would love to see your face Be kind for Annie Spread out a little place Listen But forever is a time you'll never know Come, all ye non-believers, break the bread and drink the wine Give her your baited breath, for love there's always time Fall down around her feet, let her walk upon your hands Let your tears be like a sea, do everything you can
When the clothes that you wear lose their magic And the faces you once saw do not remain When the colour of your face is turning ashen Then pictures of today you'll see again When the stairway to your door is dusty And the staccato footsteps can't be heard When the telephone dies of loneliness That is when love will seem absurd Oh, please change your mind My time is yours I will run with the wine If you so wish When breakfast in the morning loses meaning And you take to staying in your bed till noon That's when evening will turn into nothing And your nights will never come too soon When myself I offer, you have forgotten As you turn down my life and my time When you're living on your own without purpose Then you'll realise you should have changed your mind Oh, please change your mind My time is yours I will run with the wine If you so wish Oh, please change your mind My time is yours I will run with the wine If you so wish I will run with the wine If you so wish
The zoo is life All schools should be set Upon the highest hill In the widest zoo Where they could see all our lives In the their lives And all death would have sympathy And purpose
Jenny Artichoke lived in a boat down by the sea with her baby And she didn't know much about anything, but she was, oh, so nice to me Jenny Artichoke lived in a boat, dressed like a queen, you should have seen And she didn't care much about anyone, but she was, oh, so nice to me Jenny, climbing up a flagpole, Jenny, looking through a pothole Jenny with her hair of fire, how could anyone ever pass by her? Jenny Artichoke lived in a boat, heavens above, she was in love And I didn't give a care about anything, but she was, oh, so nice to me Jenny, climbing up a flagpole, Jenny, looking through a pothole Jenny with her hair of fire, how could anyone ever pass by her? Jenny, Jenny Jenny with her hair of fire, how could anyone ever pass by her? Jenny Artichoke lived in a boat down by the sea with her baby And she didn't know much about anything, but she was, oh, so nice to me Jenny Artichoke lived in a boat, dressed like a queen, you should have seen And she didn't care much about anyone, but she was, oh, so nice to me Jenny, climbing up a flagpole, Jenny, looking through a pothole Jenny with her hair of fire, how could anyone ever pass by her? Jenny, Jenny Jenny with her hair of fire, how could anyone ever pass by her? Jenny Artichoke lived in a boat down by the sea with her baby Jenny Artichoke lived in a boat, dressed like a queen, you should have seen Jenny Artichoke lived in a boat, heavens above, she was in love Jenny Artichoke lived by the sea, Jenny Artichoke said she loved me
I remain your servant, yours truly With, or turn away and I am so dumb That I will always have the time to say Just how much you are Just how much you are Just how much you are Yes, I am your nothing but you are Always my night and my day, even though I'm falling, I believe I have the right to say Just how much you are Just how much you are Just how much you are I remain your servant, yours truly With, or turn away and I am so dumb Yes, I am your nothing but you are Always my night and my day, even though I'm falling, I believe I have the right to say Just how much you are Just how much you are Just how much you are
Bless the executioner for he knows not what he does Take the hangman into yourself, he is afraid of blood Take the soldier to the sea, let him sleep upon the sand And give the axe-man sympathy for he hates his own hands Give the torturer a break, he is really very shy Frown not at the man behind the gun for he is afraid to die Bless the soldier and every man upon the battle field Each one would like to be home, each one knows he will be killed Though death is so unnecessary, tradition feels it must Condemn a man to die or elseways be turned into dust Officials feel that they are gods and must give all they can give But each one of us is God himself and has every right to live Always smile at the mask of hate for it covers a sad face Pacify the nervous, put them gently in their place Show children to the old man who speaks only of his war And then kiss Death upon the cheek, let it think for ever more
The warriors are sailing away to Valhalla And I must also leave upon the rain The orchestra of broken hearts is silent in the dark The feelings in me are all close to pain I must return the magic ring of Eltera The Saxon warlord is opening his arms A witch of many shadows is praying for a storm Oh, but Odin predicts it will be calm The hero lord is also present at the black fjord He speaks in silence at the black fjord The boats are burning at the black fjord From a thousand years, I can see the coming light The fjords echo with the sounds of death The Nordic peoples have come so far to say goodbye But I’m afraid my farewell is without breath The hero lord is also present at the black fjord He speaks in silence at the black fjord The boats are burning at the black fjord And so in a boat of flames, I sail away to meet the gods And within me, my heart is but a stone The magic ring of Eltera is now safe again The Saxon dead are all going home The hero lord is also present at the black fjord The boats are burning at the black fjord He speaks in silence at the black fjord Let us see him speak to us inside a while The hero lord is also present at the black fjord Also present at the black fjord Thor and Valkyrie can now show the way The Saxon dead are all going home
Long time ago I had a dream all about a magic zoo And the animals that lived there were in love like me and you In the dream I wandered slowly in-between each magic cage And the animals looked happy as they played their silly games As the dream unwrapped around me, I could see their colours clear As the minutes split to seconds, I found you were standing near So we wandered through the happy of the little magic zoo And the animals were quiet as they stared at me and you As the sun rose we bought ice cream but we couldn't eat it all So we gave it to the animals to keep them very cool Their happy laughter filled our ears and it made us happy too The animals were beautiful in their yellows, reds and blues But in shadows of their victory, we did find a silent cage And the animal that lived there didn't seem to want to play We looked between the rusty bars through the darkness of the cage And suddenly we saw the sad as the feathered tiger lay We found a key, unlocked the bars of the feathered tiger's cell And with words of kindness begged him his story to us would tell But he was so very scared, he said we would laugh at him So we led him to the sunshine and played games but let him win We all played amongst the colours in the little magic zoo And soon he was much happier and we both loved him too But the evening drew in swiftly and the feathered tiger cried He was sad because we had to leave and the sun slipped from the sky But we told him to act bravely and to never feel unclean He was the only feathered tiger that we both had ever seen We told him, “Only be yourself, you don’t really want to change To be yourself is beautiful, to be someone else is strange” The feathered tiger disappeared and so did my magic zoo And as I opened up my eyes, there was nothing else but you
I'll kiss you once, I'll kiss you twice Won't you say it's very nice I'll kiss you three, I'll kiss you four Won't you let me through your door I'll kiss you five, I'll kiss you six by seven we can be in heaven I'll kiss you eight, I'll kiss you nine by ten we'll start all over again
Jeffrey drew a circle but no one wanted to know So Jeffrey lit a candle and then began to blow Progress was no excuse, pleasure was there none And lights went out along the coast as Jeffrey lost and won Oh, open your minds to Jeffrey Hoist another flag, hoist another flag And do it again for Jeffrey Fill another bag, fill another bag Laughter filled the churches as he walked amongst their eyes He shouted out for freedom and tried to drown their lies Oh, open your minds to Jeffrey Hoist another flag, hoist another flag And do it again for Jeffrey Fill another bag, fill another bag Jeffrey will be there, everywhere He will come to your place You may have heard the stories how he changed all the words But time is a great healer, of that I'm sure you've heard (Repeat 5 times) Yes, open your minds to Jeffrey Hoist another flag, hoist another flag And do it again for Jeffrey Fill another bag, fill another bag
Electric Electric Electric midnight mist is dancing through the trees As the organ grinder's ghost is feeling lonely The rock ’n’ roll crusade is coming to an end And the words that I once sung say they don't know me Oh, roll me anything The pirates of our meres are smuggling the notes To the major minor mermaids of the sea Looks up and listens to the concert of the waves As the tunes of yesterday all try to throw me But to me, they're nothing And life goes on Another pauper to the king And the musical army Is always conquering everything In forests of today, the mist has now gone And the organ grinder's ghost is changing key The rock and roll crusade have crucified the past Leaving only shadows of electricity You and me, everything And life goes on Another pauper to the king And the musical army Is always conquering everything And life goes on (X 22) And life goes on (X 8)