Rough cities

Rough cities
Where there is panic and crime
I went to sleep on someday
To wake up in my prime
The north wind blows about
My front door
I've been seeing ghosts again
Walking up and down the stair
Too many posts of pain
Too much at stake about which I don't care
Flashing about the city with life
To spare
But life is cheap in the street
Under the auspices of the bear
Who should you turn to in your despair
Nothing left to live for
On the road to Babilon
Keep the wheels rolling
When somethings not right its wrong

Alpha Mail

The run was running out the back side of the linen
The sandals of diamonds
The damsels of the sand and
the random hands of
Fate and kate
And all the shape of nape
Under cape and dagger
I stagger Like a swagger
In the fake shake
I forsake the saffron make
Of Peace and pace
Of lace and dice
Of dace and lice
All among the hallowed homes
Howling like a hurricane around the mountains
Moaning like a lake in the low meadow break

Up here in the mountains

There's a new moon risin'
On the horizon
I went up onto the cliffs
Just to glimpse the eclipse
And it was like someone had
Drugged me with wine

The Wolves were howlin'
Up there in the mountains
And the people were
Lightin' camp fires all around
I went up to them just
to watch the new moon sproutin'
Like a bud growing up
Through the pine needle ground

Don't confuse me with
one who is shoutin'
I don't want to use you
Nor am tryin' to change your mind
I'm just takin' in the air
Up here in the mountains
And if you want a friend to bear
Your troubles then I am the kind

Farewell the steely time

Oh for that steely time
I have no words
For your love
Dragons spit
And Fire hails
I've a hand full of diamonds
And a gut of nails
So good bye to that steely time

The mines are full of blinking jewels
And my eyes see only gold
Where others see just fools

The dust and sound of a million souls
Is rushing down my throat
And I am that mineshaft
My blinkered mind is coal
And they will keep a hammering
Until they take control

So farewell, farewell that steel town
Farewell to rush of gold
The picks and forks
Of Sticks and forts
And tin soldiers in consorts
The iron bells
That ring their knells
Inside my lonely thoughts
Iv'e been down to the pit's dark well
And I've come up with noughts

So good bye, farewell
To that iron town
To the mud brown
Red Ore
I've flown the flag
For the Pit man
But I'll fly it high no more
In every crease
A greasy fleece
Is hung like from the lamb of gold
But all I see of the pit's prison cell
Is the false idols
Being sold

Good bye, good bye the steel time
Good bye the salesman
He's come to my home
With his comb
pushed through his black hair gelled
And he's selled my lovely tomb
Spent five months worth of wages
So I could afford my grave
Now since the stock market fell
I'll be buried in hell
Because I forgot to save

Well they hear my cry of freedom
And they hear my yell of assault
And every last man sees them
Seasoned in sea salt
Because my wound is bleedin'
Into the dust filled skies
With a whirlwind in my pocket and
A black look in my eyes

So farewell, farewell the steel
Farewell them steel skies
Blood oath on the feelin'
Down in the earth where she dies
And I know there is no reason
But it comes as no surprise
That the one road on which I've been reelin
Has lead to the dead look in my eyes

De streets

As I walk the chagrin streets
I listen to the sound of my feet
I hear the owl call
And the leaves fall
In a line
You know its no crime
If you say your place or mine

In the restaurant your eyes look into mine
I hold the feathers of the owl tonight
And you eat the leaves that autumn spent
But there is one thing I can write
Your place or mine

There are two things I know
one
Is to lie to nobody
The other is everybody lies
They just lie to themselves

If I had the courage of angels
To walk lightly to the stars
I'd had left long ago
But I tie my ankles to these trolls
And chained to toads

Just then the talk it moved to
Another home
The brass it shone
From memories polished
On the mantlepiece
Of my dreams
As I drift off into sleep

Such are the lions of peace
That keep the corners
Of the castle
Tongueless beasts
That have no voice
Just like me
I have no choice
But cross the bridges
That I burn
And never fear to fall
into the river
But must go on into the stars

The chagrin streets

I walk the chagrin streets
where the autumn leaves fall
Listen to the beat of my feet
To the silence call

The restaurant was a cold dish
I eat my revenge
And the road does fork
On a knife's edge I cut my bone
Underneath the cover
Of a night spent alone

The lamb joint the weasel nose
The final point in our wedding vows
And as the sun rose
I heard you say your place or mine

There tonight

Well the sun is down
And the light comes on
And you need someone
Just to hold you tight
Well don't be afraid to call
There's no need to write
Just pick up the phone
And I'll be there tonight

In a sandy plain when the wind is savage
And the passengers compain
In the railway carriage
Don't walk out into the storm
Just sit tight
Think of me as your all
And I'll be there that very night

In the super city
Where the crowds are so busy
You can lose your soul
You can lose the fight
Just keep control
Just hold tight
I'm on a roll
And I'll be with you tonight