I am walking in the last rays of the setting sun whistling a hangman's tune with head held high, swinging my gun I say this little boy is angry I say this littl...

Blues are falling like showers of rain, but I don抰 feel like crying Death himself is abroad this day, but I don抰 feel like dying I learnt how to sustain myself...

Martin Decent came to play, came to play, came to play On a bright and winter's day Turned his coat in the morning Martin Decent spoke out loud, spoke out loud...

there's a black wind blowing a typhoon on the rise pummeling rain murderous skies! I'm gonna take my books I'm gonna wear my coat I'm gonna find my scarf and wr...

(Brother William's Memphis Sanctified Singers) Well if I get to heaven before you do I will meet you at the station when your train comes along I'll be watchin...

Fields sing a Winter song Jack Frost is here again Dressed in a cape of the blackest black silk Looking for his oldest old friend But nobody's seen Mister Fox N...

Excuse me, Mister Powers what do we plan to do today? Yes excuse me, Mister Powers what do we plan to do today? We're going to 43rd street sonny to hear them b...

Mother Cluny rock me in your wom Mother Cluny rock me in your wom Take the fear and pain I feel Turn 'em into tears that heal Mother Cluny rock me in your wom ...

My love is my rock in the long low weary land My love is my rock in the long low weary land Yes my love is my rock in the long low weary land None of this move...

The nectar flowed for seven days Seven sweet days As if a cloak of wild and deep emotion Urgent, thrilling, enveloped and intoxicated me And in the centre a hug...

(Bob Dylan) There's nothing 'round here I believe in 'Cept you, yeah you And there's nothing to me that's sacred 'Cept you, yeah you You're the one that reach...

Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you Look away, you rollin' river Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you Look away We're bound away Across the wide Missouri Now the ...

(Mike Scott) man looks up on a yellow sky and the rain turns to rust in his eye rumours of his health are lies old England is dying his clothes are a dirty shad...

I've heard this script before, I know this turn of mind you think that you're the one to bring the change she's trying to find But what you're selling, she don'...

Ruthy is an artist, she's got oceans in her head Doctor says you really shouldn't leave her alone She throws her books -- all scattered cross the room Graham Gr...

I was on Grand Street when I heard a woman cry turned to see a young boy with his head held high He was screaming abuse at everything and nothing wasn't more th...

come with me on the journey under the skin come with me on the journey under the skin we will look together for the pan within close your eyes breath slow & we ...

Peace of the glancing dancing waves Peace of the white sands Peace of Iona Peace of the singing winds Peace of the stones Peace of Iona Iiiiii oooooo nnnnnaa...

It's not personal you didn't let me down at all No, it's not personal it's how the world goes 'round, is all I've got some loving but it ain't for sale - give ...

I'm preparing to fly under my own steam I'm preparing to fly into a dream I'm in love all over again I'm head over heels I can't even begin to tell you how it ...

I'm not your lover I'm not your man I'm something you'll never understand 'cause I I will die for you you Well God made you and God made me He made us all equa...

(Prince) I never meant to cause you any trouble I never meant to cause you any pain I only ever wanted to see you laughing only want to see you laughing in the...

Who's that man with the potion dressed in velvet and gloves Causing grief and commotion talking 'bout love Talking 'bout love What on earth is he thinking where...

The Raggle-Taggle Gypsy" (trad, remade by The Waterboys on _Room_To_Roam_) There were three old gypsies came to our house door They came brave and boldy-o And ...

everything is rags and there's nobody to blame but me and it would be so easy if there was no one to hurt but me but now everything that I do comin' out of me w...

Everything is rags and there's nobody to blame but me And it would be so easy if there was noone to hurt but me But now everything that I do coming out of me wi...

Cry baby boy, not tears of joy the one you held is no longer your toy She's got her new boots and her make up on you can call her your friend But not your lover...

Your face is like the moment when the sexist hero traps The slippy villain with the weasel face you don't have to speak Your expression is the truth that your w...

When I left my home and my family my mother said to me "Son, it's not how many Germans you kill that counts It's how many people you set free!" So I packed my ...

You go your's and I'll go mine the many ways we wend Many days and many ways ending in one end Many a wrong and its luring song Many a road and many an inn Roo...

This is a wide world we travel and our paths rarely cross And we do a whole lot of living in between So come and share more than time We'll put our cares far be...

This is a wide world we travel and our paths rarely cross And we do a whole lot of living in between So come and share more than time We'll put our cares far be...

Ooooh! let me see the savage I want to see the savage coming crashing through your face I want to be there when the savage comes I want to be there when the sav...

This is my seaweed shovelling song I've been shovelling all day long I've got got my seaweed shovel in hand because I'm a seaweed shovelling man Green weed, re...

She is so beautiful I've got no words to describe The way she makes me feel inside I'm flying solo As free as light as a bird yet I could lay my wings down in a...

Flashman's in the belfry shouting as loud as he can Samson's up all night again talking about himself What a wonderful man and I'm just wild about Ronnie And Ro...

Seven O'clock in the morning and I'm riding the overnight train I've got ten tonnes of luggage but I left it behind when I came I look at my watch, says Septemb...

Call her Ruth 'cos she knows the price Call her Sandy 'cos heart is like ice You can call her whatever you wish Nothing can change the person she is Call her M...

Something that is gone something that is gone something that I had just yesterday But where I must have laid it I really couldn't say Something that was right b...

Here is the smell of seafood pie a broken tower on the open sky a chain of islands rolling west in sight of the house where we are guests A rambling old river ...

On a day of days I stood and gazed Over the western sea I was completely dazed, Wide-mouthed and amazed when a mermaid called to me Ooh-Ooooh Ooooooooooh, my s...

(Walt Whitman, 1852) Allons! The road is before us it is safe, I have tried it My own feet have tried it well be not detained Let the paper remain on the desk...

On a day of days I stood and gazed over the western sea I was completely dazed wide-mouthed and amazed when a mermaid called to me Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh Oh-wo-oh-wo-o...

Man gets tired spirit don't Man surrenders spirit won't Man crawls spirit flies Spirit lives when man dies Man seems spirit is Man dreams the spirit lives Man ...

Spiritual thought Spiritual life Spiritual city Spiritual wife Spiritual work Spiritual war Spiritual people Spiritual law Hey ho sk'doodle-addle-o Spiritual c...

The lights are on in Standun's and the spell has been broken The roadside teahouse door is wide open A sign on the wall says "American also spoken" As Spring co...

We're sailing on a strange boat heading for a strange shore We're sailing on a strange boat heading for a strange shore Carrying the strangest cargo that was ev...

I'm gonna suffer for you no longer I'm gonna suffer for you no more I'm gonna write you out of my life and shut the door You tried to drive a wedge between me ...

On a day of days I stood and gazed over the western sea I was completely dazed wide-mouthed and amazed when a mermaid called to me Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh Oh-wo-oh-wo-o...

(Van Morrison, John Lennon) And I will stroll the merry way and jump the hedges first and I will drink the clear clean water for to quench my thirst And I shal...

They call him crazy and they call him fool they greet his name with ridicule He says things that they don't like but don't dismiss Mr Icke Let them curse and l...

You give me everything you give me your best You take two steps forward and put me to the test You talk to your mother who give you good advice You send me card...

I have heard the big music and I'll never be the same Something so pure just called my name I have drowned in the big sea now I find I'm still alive And I'm co...

At long weary last this game is over The sins of the past have fled from my shoulder The sleep that I need is all I ask In thought and in deed I have burned the...

(American Indian Chant) The old man said the earth only endures You spoke truly you were right The old man said the earth only endures You spoke truly you wer...

Do you see them coming through fields of snow? do you see them riding through fields of snow? One rides for a woman who has no name one rides for a king And one...

Calling down the lion of love use me Calling down the lion of love use me So much to say so much to time and space I said it load and clear plot and make my ca...

I've burned my bridges and I'm free at last All my chains are in the past The new life starts here (I was trying to get happy I thought it was hard Until I fo...

Come with me on a journey beneath the skin Come with me on a journey under the skin We will look together for the Pan within Close your eyes breathe slow we'll...

(Traditional) There were three old gypsies came to our hall door they came brave and boldly-o And one sang high and the other sang low and the other sang a rag...

I dreamed about Jimi Hendrix he came back for one day was born weepin' out of an egg the mid-wife said and straight away began to pray with lifted head He spen...

I stood upon the balcony with my brand new bride the clink of bells came drifting down the mountainside When in our sight something moved - lightning eyed and c...

(WB Yeats) Come away, human child to the water Come away, human child to the water and the wild With a faery, hand in hand for the world's more full of weeping...

I'm the three day man it's three days too long Everything is in its right place but something is wrong Time is on wheels and my legs shake I have to live with e...

I'm too tired to deceive you we can't pretend there's nothing wrong Who'll be the first to say it? that the thrill is gone And we never get it back When we tal...

Well I've had enough of the ways of men said I've had enough of the ways of men Yes, I've had enough of the ways of men his sordid games rape my brain Well, I'...

(Neil Young) In a lonesome shack by the railroad track I spent my younger days And I guess the sound of the outward bound Made me a slave To my wandering queen...

The father who sired her handed her over the crack-handed orchestra played The bride and the groom stood shoulder-to-shoulder as the ill-starred wedding was mad...

I pictured a rainbow you held in your hands I had flashes but you saw then plan I wondered out in the world for years while you just stayed in your room I saw t...

Wake lady wake the hills are in flood And the road we must take is a river of blood And the wind in the wires and your heart like a cup And I'm down in the war ...

These things you keep you'd better throw them away You wanna turn your back on your soulless days Once you were tethered and now you are free Once you were teth...

These things you keep you'd better throw them away You wanna turn your back on your soulless days Once you were tethered and now you are free Once you were teth...

All your trouble will be over, so will your pain you are gonna see those blue skies bursting right through the rain The higher you climb, the lower you fall You...

Well it's too hot for the baker man too hot for the laundry man Too hot for the fireman but it's alright It ain't too hot for Clean Head he's gonna blow all nig...

(Mike Scott) Your love feels like trumpets sound I said your love feels like trumpets sound your life is like a mountain your life is like a mountain and your h...

And Pia took us down upon the quayside to board the silver boat upon the wind and waves And Daniel he heralded the boat and directed her well across the wind a...

Andy tooks us down upon the keyside To board the silver boat Upon the Wind and Waves And Daniel he harrelted the boat And directed her well Across the Wind and ...

And the round old fox, stepped up to make his speech his ship was on the rocks, and rescue out of reach Spotlit he stood, said what he thought he should half th...

You just stepped into the maintrack climbed down off the fence Words are your weapon lies are your defence I know what you want and I see what you see You're lo...

I've tried to do things my own way I've tried to do what people say And I'm going nowhere fast and I'm turning to you at last What do you want me to do? What do...

I've had money, and I've lost it seen an ocean, nearly crossed it I have been to another world and I have returned and for every high joy a hard lesson learnt ...

(Traditional) When will we be married Molly when will we be wed When will we be bedded in the same bed When will we be married Molly when will we be wed When w...

Now he's brought down the rain and the indian summer is through In the morning you'll be following your trail again Fair lady You ain't calling me to join you ...

Hey Johnny, where are you now when I need you? now when I need you so bad? Just one word come straight from your heart makes me feel so glad! Death and disease ...

The Whole of the Moon (Mike Scott) I pictured a rainbow You held it in your hand I had flashes You saw the plan I wandered out in the world for years While yo...

Willows were swaying The water was rippling The froggies were singing Along with the laughing at the bank We have the moon to thank For this lovely scene We mi...

There are loved ones in the glory, Whose dear forms you often miss; When you close your earthly story, Will you join them in their bliss? Refrain: Will the cir...

Winter winter on the way Bitter cold she bring Winter winter on the way Hard and deadly thing Winter winter on the way Everybody sing Winter winter on the way A...

Wonders of Lewis blowing my mind Stoning me blind in the mid-summertime Mist in the hollows and clothes on the line Blowing my blowing my Wonders of Lewis blow...

Well it's got nothing to do with anything that is real you just believe in it and it's true You can sooth like an angel or sigh like a saint you can dream it an...

I saw her today at the reception she had a glass of wine in her hand She is practiced in the art of deception and her feet ne'er touched the ground You can't al...