The night surrounds me I can't turn back the hands of time When I look around me My thoughts are of the lonely kind Such a game of high stakes We gambled and th...

?twas tea-time at the circus: king jimi, he was there Through hoops he skipped, high wires he tripped, and all the while the glare Of the aching, baking spotlig...

My amazon six-triggered bride now searching for a place to hide still sees the truth quite easily but shrouds all else in mystery while madmen in top hats and t...

Remember when you felt it first? The bitter taste of love The hand that reached inside your purse The fist inside the glove Remember how it felt to be The only ...

Remember when you felt it first? The bitter taste of love The hand that reached inside your purse The fist inside the glove Remember how it felt to be The only ...

'All hands on deck, we've run afloat!' I heard the captain cry 'Explore the ship, replace the cook: let no one leave alive!' Across the straits, around the Horn...

We skipped the light fandango And turned cartwheels across the floor I was feeling kind of seasick The crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As ...

About to Die" by Procol Harum lyrics by Keith Reid About to die - the crowds applaud you About to die - they'll resurrect you Light a candle up in kingdom com...

(Brooker / Reid) It's not that I'm so cheerful, though I'll always raise a smile and if at times my nonsense rhymes then I'll stand trial My friends are all ar...

Psychiatrists and lawyersdestroying mankind Drivin' 'em crazyand stealing 'em blind Bankers and brokersruling the world Storing the silverand hoarding the gold ...

Chicken in the farmyard, there?s an oven in your bin You?re growing old with sorrow, you?re growing fat with sin I was living in the graveyard, I was hanging fr...

Who will search for holy grail Past the edge beyond the veil Who will come beyond the light Far from reach beyond all sight Who will share this bitter cup Let t...

Boredom" by Procol Harum Lyrics by Keith Reid Some say they will and some say they won't Some say they do and some say they don't Some say they shall and some...

Bringing home the bacon, Tender juicy steaks Breast-fed baby dumpling Gobbling up the cakes Milk-fed baby dumpling, Slobbering, goo-faced, mean Wet-nursed sour...

It was all once bright jewels And glittering sand The oceans have ravaged And strangled the land Waste fills the temples, Dead daughters are born The presses ar...

They tell us that we're savages who haven't got a hope We're burning in the furnaces, we're choking at the smoke They say we haven't got a choice, refuse to rec...

Outside the gates of Cerdes sits the two-pronged unicorn who plays at relaxation time a rhinestone flugelhorn whilst mermaids lace carnations into wreaths for a...

Conquistador your stallion stands in need of company And like some angel's haloed brow You reek of purity I see your armor plated breast Has long since lost its...

(Trower Reid) You'd better listen anybody, 'cos I'm gonna make it clear that my life is unimportant; what I've done I did through fear There's a river running ...

As I lay down dying, a floor for my bed And a bundle of newspaper under my head I dreamed a dream, as strange as could be Concerning myself, and somebody like m...

The Devil Came from Kansas" by Procol Harum lyrics by Keith Reid The Devil came from Kansas, where he went to I can't say Though I teach I'm not a preacher, a...

Ooh I need your love babe Guess you know it?s true Hope you need my love babe Just like I need you Hold me love me Hold me love me I ain?t got nothing but love ...

This war we are waging is already lost The cause for the fighting has long been a ghost Malice and habit have now won the day The honours we fought for are lost...

I was trying hard to win Save the world and be the king I was out there in the race Trying hard to force the pace Fool's gold fooled me too Bright and shiny loo...

Still scowling black good Captain Clack must eat his humble pie His bed is made the colours fade his eyes once wet are dry The naked muse who sits and chews to...

(brooker / reid) Zika nor nama hesah! Through this hourglass Sands are running fast In deserted plains Kingdoms write their names On these burning sands King...

I'm a reader and a writer Not a lover or a fighter When it comes to push and shove I'm as peaceful as a dove I'm a tiger in the night When I'm talking of the f...

I'm a reader and a writer Not a lover or a fighter When it comes to push and shove I'm as peaceful as a dove I'm a tiger in the night When I'm talking of the f...

Ti avrei tenuto nel mio cuore I would have held you in my heart Ti avrei preso tra le mani I would have taken you in my arms (or hands) Illuminato io ti avrei I...

"Glimpses of Nirvana" In the darkness of the night, only occasionally relieved by glimpses of nirvana as seen through other people's windows, wallowing in a mo...

In the autumn of my madness when my hair is turning grey for the milk has finally curdled and I've nothing left to say When all my thoughts are spoken (save my ...

(brooker / reid) * In the wee small hours of sixpence And the lighted chandelier Stands a rusty old retainer Whose old eyes are filled with tears For his maste...

Juicy John Pink" by Procol Harum lyrics by Keith Reid Well I opened my eyes this morning, I wasn't at home in bed There were four angels standin' 'round me I ...

Jostle, hassle, elbow bustle in a swirling rainbow tussle Caught and frozen, broken sheen now unites for one brief scene Lonely in the dark I grope the key's i...

I know if I'd been wiser this would never have occurred but I wallowed in my blindness so it's plain that I deserve for the sin of self-indulgence when the trut...

Don't eat green meat it ain't good for you you know it killed your brother, killed your sister too even fresh fried chicken on new-mown sand can't beat red bean...

(brooker / reid) Though I know the night has fallen and the sun?s sailed out to sea I will wait here for the band to play the trumpet voluntary And with one fo...

Though I know the night has fallen And the sun sailed out to sea I will wait here for the band to play The trumpet volunt'ry With one foot on the seashore And t...

Cellar full of diamonds, turret full of gold All for a mermaid?s locket, too much to hold Drink the seals? blood from the ocean, Drink the whole ocean dry Steal...

The bell on my door rang this morning From the kitchen I called who's that there Through the letter box came a grappling hook Which grappled me right out of my ...

The bell on my door rang this morning From the kitchen I called who's that there Through the letter box came a grappling hook Which grappled me right out of my ...

The bell on my door rang this morning From the kitchen I called "Who's that there?" Through the letter box came a grappling hook Which grappled me right out of ...

The end of the evening Unable to cope Unique entertainment No longer a joke The close of the picture The end of the show Merciless torment Tortuous blow New lam...

It seems as clear as yesterday We saw it in a dream But dream became insanity Awful gaping scream So sad to see such emptiness So sad to see such tears And heap...

Nothing I Didn't Know" by Procol Harum lyrics by Keith Reid Did you hear what happened to Jenny Droe? Couldn't believe it, but it's true Twenty-six, and now she...

"Nothing I Didn't Know" by Procol Harum lyrics by Keith Reid Did you hear what happened to Jenny Droe? Couldn't believe it, but it's true Twenty-six, and now ...

Did you hear what happened to jenny droe? Couldn't believe it, but it's true Twenty-six, and now she's dead I wish that I could've died instead Did you hear wh...

Did you hear what happened to jenny droe? Couldn't believe it, but it's true Twenty-six, and now she's dead I wish that i could've died instead Did you hear wh...

While horsemen ride across the green And snow white still remains unseen Pegasus, the winged horse, Relays his messages by morse And like some pirate sailor We ...

PANDORA'S BOX While horsemen ride across the green Snow White still remains unseen Pegasus, the winged horse, relays his messages by Morse And like some pirat...

(fisher / reid) I sat me down to write a simple story Which maybe in the end became a song In trying to find the words which might begin it I found these were ...

Sceptic at the feast in ashes Huntsman at the voyeurs ball Funeral Parlour-Guests invited Mourning poorly worn by all Old and mouldy words of passion Savage Ro...

Poor mohammed at the peep show Kick the beggar down the stairs Can?t keep guard, he?s old and feeble Steal his books, burn his prayers Poor mohammed at the key...

Climbing out of open windows Crashing down from broken stairs Keeping watch on smoking cinders Falling over burning chairs Tossed and crossed and screwed in tr...

For you (whose eyes were opened wide whilst mine refused to see) I'm sore in need of saving grace Be kind and humour me I'm lost amidst a sea of wheat where peo...

A local picture house Was showing a Batman movie You see this guy fly up in the sky Thought to myself, "Why shouldn't I?" Bought a pair of wings Went upon the w...

Our local picture house was showing a Batman movie You see this guy fly up in the sky, thought to myself, 'Why shouldn't I?' So I bought a pair of wings, went u...

Doctor where's your remedy? I've got enough to pay the fee Can't you see I'm awful sick? I'll pay you well to do the trick Doctor where's your magic box There'...

You come to me at midnight and say, 'It's dark in here' You know you robbed me of my sight, and light is what I fear I tell you that I can not see but you persi...

She wandered through the garden fence, And said, "I've brought a great expens- Ive potion, guaranteed to bring Relief from all your suffering" And though I said...

My Prussian-blue electric clock's Alarm bell rings, it will not stop And I can see no end in sight And search in vain by candlelight For some long road that goe...

You were the player And you played it cool I was the stranger And I played the fool You were the teacher And you were the best I was the seeker And I failed the...

(brooker / reid) Skip softly, my moonbeams, avoid being seen Pretend that perhaps you are part of a dream Which (seen by some other such person as me) Would on...

Skip softly, my moonbeams, avoid being seen Pretend that perhaps you are part of a dream Which (seen by some other such person as me) Would only glow smiling an...

Your convent-cloistered, cluttered mind [calls] out for me but I?m behind You cannot see into your room Whose perfumed depths sing songs of doom But I am col...

While standing at the junction on 42nd Street I idly kick a pebble lying near my feet I hear a weird noise, take a look up and down The cause of the commotion i...

Skeptic at the feast in ashes Huntsmen at the voyeurs? ball Funeral parlour guests invited Mourning poorly worn by all Old and mouldy words of passion Savage r...

I'll bathe my eyes in a river of salt I'll grow myself right up to the sky I'll sing in the forest, tear down the trees I'll foul all the fountains and trample ...

Strangers in space Passing through time Travellers in haste Partners in crime Trace of a feeling Trace of regret Hard to remember Hard to forget Something uncov...

(GBrooker KReid CThompson) When you're out in the dark nothing to believe in And you can't find a way back home There's a man with a secret There's a visionar...

(Brooker / Fisher / Reid) I know I've done my best But that's no consolation I s'pose I should have guessed When I saw the invitation you told me love was blin...

A question of judgement decided in haste A case of malfunction an error of taste A moment of madness occasioned by stress A classic misjudgment a god-awful mess...

(brooker / reid) When you knew that I had given all the kindness that I had Did you think that it might be time to stop? When you knew that I was through That ...

And so you've made a nasty mess; You have caused your mother great distress They're bound to even up the score You'll get no sweeties anymore They'll give your ...

(brooker / fisher / reid) We were young, we were brave, we were true, we were strong Far away the bombs an' the buildings explodin' There was no way out It was...

They seek us in this unquiet zone They chase us on from hole to hole They hunt us down like carrion crows They search us out like frightened moles This surely ...

Into a great tree a small worm did go It wormed its way inwards and soon it did grow The tree was unhappy but what could it do? It stood there in silence: the w...

Drank a little too much wine last night Drank a little too much wine last night Got myself into one hell of a fight Drank a little too much wine last night Had...

She took all the pleasure and none of the pain All of the credit and none of the blame I came home to an empty flat She'd left me a note and taken the cat The ...

TV Ceasar Mighty Mouse Holds his court in every house Spied in every crack and corner Watch you eat your TV dinner Creeping in through eyes and ears Finding out...

twas tea-time at the circus: king jimi, he was there Through hoops he skipped, high wires he tripped, and all the while the glare Of the aching, baking spotligh...

'Twas tea-time at the circus: King Jimi, he was there Through hoops he skipped, high wires he tripped, and all the while the glare of the aching, baking spotlig...

Ain't no doubt about it Ain't no doubt about it Ain't gonna shout about it: oh yeah Gonna have to keep you guessing Ain't no use in you confessing Ain't no use ...

Pailing well after sixteen days, a mammoth task was set Sack the town, and rob the tower, and steal the alphabet Close the door and bar the gate, but keep the w...

Ain't gonna ride that whisky train Ain't gonna burn up no more flame Throw away my bottle down the drain Ain't gonna ride that whisky train To think that i coul...

Original version Charly says always tell your mummy before you go off somewhere Charly says always tell your mummy before you go off somewhere Charly says alway...

You know I caught a glimpse, thought I understood But I left it all far behind Now if I'd known then what I know now Do you think I would've been so blind? Gonn...

"Wreck of the Hesperus" by Procol Harum lyrics by Keith Reid We'll hoist a hand, becalmed upon a troubled sea "Make haste your funeral," cries the Valkyrie We...

The night surrounds me I can't turn back the hands of time When I look around me My thoughts are of the lonely kind Such a game of high stakes We gambled and th...

There's too many women and not enough wine Too many poets and not enough rhyme Too many glasses and not enough time Draw your own conclusions My old dog's a go...