Lindisfarne : The Cropredy Concert

Folk Rock / United-Kingdom
(1997 - Mooncrest Records)
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1. ROAD TO KINGDOM COM

I have no one to call my friend
The road I travel has no end
And so I turn my face up to the sun
And walk on down the road to kingdom come

And as I walk this lonely road
Nobody helps me bear my load
Can somebody tell me what it is I've done
Condemned to walk the road to kingdom come

And if you pass me on the side
Why don't you stop and let me ride
You just had a better deal my son
Walking down the road to kingdom come

And if you pass this way someday
And you should find I've gone my way
There'll always be some poor boy on the bum
Walking down the road to kingdom come

Walking down the road to kingdom come


2. ALL FALL DOWN

Councilors, magistrates, men of renown,
Who needs to live in a dirty old town.
Yes, go on, tear it down.

Who need the trees and the flowers to grow,
We can have a motorway with motorway dough,
I know I know I know, they've got to go.

Tear them down, mess them round,
Make a mockery of all of the ground,
And if you ever have a sleepless night,
Just count out your money, it'll be all right.

Politicians, planners go, look what you done,
Your madness is making a machine of ev'ryone,
But one day the machine might turn on.

We'll tear you down, mess you round,
And bury you deep under the ground,
And we'll dance on your graves till the flowers return
And the trees tell us secrets that took ages to learn,

We'll tear you down, mess you round,
Bury you deep under the ground,
And we'll dance on your graves till the flowers return
And the trees tell us secrets that took ages to learn,
We'll tear you down.


3. ELVIS LIVES ON THE MOON

Space ships landing in the corn fields, couldn't come a day too soon
Shake your castanets and tambourines, Elvis lives on the moon.

Nostradamus saw the future, Uri Geller bent a spoon
On the other side it's so secure, Elvis lives on the moon

[Chorus]
And if all this is true, not just a mere circumstance
I might make it with you, I might just have a chance.

There's a curse waiting for you, down in Tutenkhamen's tomb
Don't let it scare or overaws you, Elvis lives on the moon

[Chorus]

My daddy told me keep an open mind, listen carefully what they say
And if Elvis is any friend of mine, you'll be mine some day

Elvis lives on the moon, yes he does
Elvis lives on the moon

Elvis lives on the moon


4. CITY SONG

City streets I see your lies
I will not play your game
No longer will you talk to me
You think I'm going insane
But I forgot my number
Now I'm remembering my name
I've been too long travelling on your train

You tried your best to strangle me
But I could take the pain
You tried to hypnotize me
But I seed right through your game
And now your tatty tricks to me
Are really rather tame
I've been too long travelling on your train

City lights don't shine
They glare
And your music doesn't speak
It swears
And in your streets
The girls have forgotten why they're there

Some day soon I know I'm going
Miles and miles away
Back to the garden where the magic children play
And to the country lady
Who knows more than I can say
Whose nights shine brighter than your day

And your city lights don't shine
They glare
And your music doesn't speak
It swears
And in your streets
The girls have forgotten why they're there


5. LADY ELEANOR

Banshee playing magician sitting lotus on the floor
Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw
Had my share of nightmares, didn't think there could be much more
Then in walked Rodrick Usher with the Lady Eleanor

She tied my eyes with ribbon of a silken ghostly thread
I gazed with trouble vision on an old four poster bed
Where Eleanor had risen to kiss the neck below my head
And bid me come along with her to the land of the dancing dead

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right where I am

She gazed with loving beauty like a mother to a son
Like living, dying, seeing, being all rolled into one
Then all at once I heard some music playing in my bones
The same old song I'd heard for years, reminding me of home

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right where I am

Then creeping on towards me, licking lips with tongues of fire
A host of golden demons screaming lust and base desire
And when it seemed for certain that the screams could get no higher
I heard a voice above the rest screaming 'You're a liar'

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right here in your arms


6. EVENING

In the evening, that's when I miss her
When the moon smiles down like a sister
And the time crawls by like a wounded fly
Oh, I don't know why, I just miss her.

In the morning, that's when I need her
To cook my breakfast, she got to feed me
But the sun shines on like she's never been gone
I don't know why, I just need her.

Easy, you know it ain't easy
You know it's so hard to carry on
Through the day when you know
Evening's on her way.

Easy, you know it ain't easy
You know it's so hard to carry on
Through the day when you know
Evening's on her way.

In the evening, that's when I miss her
When the moon smiles down like a sister
And the time crawls by like a wounded fly
I don't know why, I miss her.


7. DAY OF THE JACKAL

My name is David, I live in Tel Aviv
I'm twelve years old, People call me Billy the Kid
My brother and my sister, are gone from my side
Lying together, for together they died

[Chorus]
Everybody dance, do the berserker
Everybody dance, soldier and worker
Pray to the Lord, We can learn to live together somehow
For the day of the jackal is now.

My name is Ishmail, I live in Beirut
I'm twelve years old, but I know how to shoot
My father and mother, were both refugees
With a gun on their head, they died on their knees

[Chorus]

My name is God, or Allah if you choose
And I bring you despair, destruction and abuse
I give you your lands, and you name them after me
But you tear them apart, from the desert to the sea.

[Chorus]


8. WE CAN MAKE IT

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9. TRAIN IN G MAJOR

I know you're travelling
But I don't know where
I'd leave here with you
But I just can't pay my fare
Take me to some better place to be
Oh, now tell me baby don't you want a man like me?

I came in the summer
With the bright lights on my mind
I tried to make it
But I soon got left behind
If you deal me one good hand to play
Then I swear I'll keep your secret if your man comes back some day

Hey now, baby
Won't you take me on your train?
We leave tomorrow
And we won't come back again
If the sun don't shine on our back door
Then you can leave me if you want to if you just let me know what for


10. WALK IN THE SEA

(No lyrics available)


11. DRINKING SONG

(No lyrics available)


12. MEET ME ON THE CORNER

Hey Mr Dreamseller, where have you been?
Tell me have you dreams I can see?
I came along, just to bring you this song
Can you spare one dream for me?

You won't have met me, and you'll soon forget me
So don't mind me tugging at your sleeve.
I'm asking you if I can fix a rendezvous.
For your dreams are all I believe

Meet me on the corner when the lights are coming on
And I'll be there, I promise I'll be there
Down the empty streets we'll disappear until the dawn
If you have dreams enough to share

Lay down your bundles of rags and reminders
And spread your wares on the ground
Well I've got time, if you deal in rhyme
I'm just hanging around

Meet me on the corner when the lights are coming on
And I'll be there, I promise I'll be there
Down the empty streets we'll disappear until the dawn
If you have dreams enough to share

Hey Mr Dreamseller, where have you been?
Tell me have you dreams I can see?
I came along, just to bring you this song
Can you spare one dream for me?


13. RUN FOR HOME

I've travelled the land with a guitar in my hand
And an eye ever open for some fun
I've made some mistakes, had my share of the breaks
Seen the boys on the make and on the bum.

Run for home, run as fast as I can
Oh, running man, running for home
Run for home, run as fast as I can
Oh, running man, running for home.

I've seen all the frowns on the faces of the clowns
And the downs that they take just to be free
I've seen all the girls in their pretty frocks and curls
But they don't mean a lot to me.

Run for home, run as fast as I can
Oh, running man, running for home.

I've been to the places in town where the faces
Hang 'round just to stare at each other
I've looned with them, scream at the moon
Behaved like a buffoon but I soon discovered.

Run for home, run as fast as I can
Oh, running man, running for home
Run for home, run as fast as I can
Oh, running man, running for home.

Run for home, run as fast as I can
Oh, running man, running for home.

I've travelled the land, made mistakes out of hand
Seen the faces in the places misunderstand
Yes, I've travelled the world, seen the pretty boys and girls
Heard the noise that destroys and commands.

Run for home, run as fast as I can
Oh, running man, running for home
Run for home, run as fast as I can
Oh, running man, running for home.


14. CLEAR WHITE LIGHT, PT. 2

Do you believe
The clear white light
Is going to guide us on?

Running along the ground singing a song in the morning light
Follow flowery fields as far as out of sight
Turning your head to the clouds and the skies and the trees
'Cause you never know what you might see.

Do you believe
The clear white light
Is going to guide us on
The way?

Seeing the sun as it wants to be seen by ev'ryone
Melting the sky throw a hole in your eye where the magic comes
Turning your heads to the skies with the clouds in your eyes
'Cause you never know what you might find

Do you believe
The clear white light
Is going to guide us on
The way?

Now is the time to be loving and kind to your fellow men
Seeing the sympathy starting out all over again
Now is the time to give love just one more go
'Cause you never know what you might know

And I believe
The clear white light
Is going to guide us on

Yes I believe
The clear white light
Is going to guide us on


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