1. |
Now Martin's Gone
03:10
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Martin's gone...
Martin's gone
Things will never be the same again
Now Martin's gone
I told my mother and the boy next door
The girl at the garage and my brother in law
I talked to the doctor and I told my boss
The launderette lady and the corner shop
I told the postman, then I told a gag
I told Claire Rayner and the local rag
I told the barmaid and the landlord too
I told everybody in the world I knew
Martin's gone... Martin's gone
Things will never be the same again
Now Martin's gone
I told our father and my favourite guys
Ten Hail Marys and a few white lies
I told the Samaritans, I told my dog
I talked to the telly and the talking clock...
Back on the wagon when the nights are dark
I drive by the diner where I made my mark
Martin's gone... Martin's gone
Things will never be the same again
Now Martin's gone
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2. |
Atmospherics
03:19
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Atmospherics
Leave the bureau in the snow
Catch a tram to Onkel Pö
Early evening ring around the moon;
Slip in past the concierge
By the bikes and up the stairs
Snap the latch and creep into the room
You throw off your coat,
Pick up the post
And put a coffee on
Lie down on the bed
Prop up your head
And smoke a cigarette...
Listen to the radio.
In the city late tonight
Double feature, black and white
Bitter Tears and Taxi to the Klo
Find a bar, avoid a fight
Show your papers, be polite
Walking home with nowhere else to go
You throw off your coat
Pick up my note
And put another coffee on
Lie down on the bed
Lay back your head
And smoke a cigarette...
Listen to the radio
Atmospherics after dark
Noise and voices from the past
Across the dial from Moscow to Cologne:
Interference in the night
Thousand miles on either side
Stations fading into the unknown:
So throw off your coat
Butter some toast
And put the coffee on;
Lie down on the bed
Lay back your head
We'll smoke another cigarette...
And listen to the radio...
Listen to the radio
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3. |
Can't Keep Away (Part 2)
04:40
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Real World Music/Notting Hill Music
Can't Keep Away (Part II)
Mainline station at a quarter to four
Down in the tearoom watching the wall
Wait till forever - the boy next door
Daylight fading, I'm hating it all
Can't keep away, keep away, keep away
I can't keep away...
Can't keep away
I keep coming on back for more...
Can't keep away, keep away, keep away
I can't keep away...
Can't keep away
From the other door
The door says welcome when you're all alone
Come in, sit down - make yourself at home
Can't help crying when I'm lying in bed
Cos I need this feeling like a hole in the head
Can't keep away, keep away, keep away
I can't keep away...
Can't keep away
I keep coming on back for more...
Can't keep away, keep away, keep away
I can't keep away...
Can't keep away
From the other door
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4. |
Looking For A Bonfire
03:43
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Been collecting pennies
In a hat and a mask
On a bitter November
Before the fireworks start
Woodsmoke drifting into the trees
Crackle of bracken and burning leaves
At the height of the season
I'm looking for bonfire...
See the smoke and cinders fly
Feel as if I'm on fire
Just another jealous guy
Looking for a bonfire
Well we found our matches
And we started a spark
Now we're touching the paper
And standing back in the dark
Hot potato - better for some
But I've burnt my fingers
And bitten my tongue
I can never remember:
I'm looking for a bonfire...
See the smoke and cinders fly
Feel as if I'm on fire
Just another jealous guy
Looking for a bonfire
I don't want to turn away
We've been on the wheel
Now we're watching it
Burn away
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5. |
Merrily Up On High
03:53
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Everybody's on vacation -
Have a holiday, take a break
Spend and borrow, there's no tomorrow
So get your present today
Take some thyme and stuff the turkeys
Watch the western world go by
Pull a cracker and light the candles
Merrily up on high
Lets all party - war has started
Let's forget about days gone by
We won't see another year like it
So drink your dinner tonight;
It's no use to face the future
Count to twenty, close your eyes
This year, next year
Thermonuclear...
Merrily up on high
End of term administration
Private prison or public school
Graduation celebration
Everyone playing the fool
Family gathering - strained relations
Festive gesture, don't say die
Drunken patients, ould acquaintance
Merrily up on high
Lets all party - war has started
Let's forget about days gone by
We won't see another year like it
So drink your dinner tonight;
It's no use to face the future
Count to twenty, close your eyes
This year, next year
Thermonuclear...
Merrily up on high
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6. |
Those Days
04:23
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There's thunder on the Baltic
Radiation on the rain
Uncertainty and mayhem in the wind again;
Ever since I left you I've been stranded on the tide
Just another hundred miles now
Till I'm by your side...
Those happy days we used to spend
Do you remember the time of year...
(It feels like)
Those happy days are here again...
Those happy days are here.
Now the days are getting colder
And the nights are drawing in
Floodwater rising as the waves roll in;
Out across the Alster I can see the lights
Hold out a little longer
I'll be home tonight...
Those happy days we used to spend
Do you remember the time of year...
(It feels like)
Those happy days are here again...
Those happy days are here.
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7. |
In The Cold
03:48
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Got an earsplitting headache
And it's driving me blind
Can't work any faster
And I'm falling behind;
Mr Gillett's always on at me
Getting hard on my case
Picking me up on
Every little mistake:
Out in the cold again
Out in the cold...
There's a kid down the corridor
Doesn't know what to do
Standing in the passage
Blue eyes on you;
It could be the first time -
What on earth would he say ?
He'll never dare approach you
Now he's walking away:
He's out in the cold again
Out in the cold...
Seems such a long way
Looks like a long way
Feels such a long way
To go...
Stood up on your doorstep
Try the buzzer again
Waiting on the pavement
Like a fool in the rain;
Well you said 7.20
Now it's 9.15
Maybe you're trying to tell me something
I don't wanna believe
Out in the cold again
Out in the cold...
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8. |
The Night Tide
03:57
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For christsake, Chrissy
Won't you open the door -
Don't tell me you're still sleeping
All hell's going on in the street outside
All the roads are closed this evening;
Tried to call you but the lines are jammed
Don't say you're not ready
After all we planned...
Sail on the night....
Sail on the night tide.
There's no need packing
You can leave your keys
We're running out of time now
That money's worth nothing
When we're all at sea -
Leave it all behind now
Down the culvert
And across the tracks
Down to the river
As we turn our backs...
Sail on the night....
Sail on the night tide.
Only one way out of town tonight
Miss the madness if we time it right...
Sail on the night....
Sail on the night tide.
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9. |
Duncannon
04:11
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After a month here out of the country
Thought I'd go up the wall
Twisted and turning,
Can't stop the burning -
It isn't any better at all
(Drove me over the wall...)
So I'm stood at a slip road
Tired and unshaven
Next day at quarter to three
Left all the troubles
So far behind me
I know where I want to be:
I... wanna see, wanna see Duncannon
I... wanna see, wanna see him
Found the name in a phone book,
Major obsession
A mile away in the rain;
Out of the darkness
Psychotic schoolboy
Watching your window again
(Looks like nothing has changed...)
I... wanna see, wanna see Duncannon
I... wanna see, wanna see him
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10. |
Love Comes
02:28
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Love comes
And takes you by the hand again
Did you think that you'd remain
Melancholy, baby..?
The watermelon's tasting so sweet
This year...
It's gotta be a good year
It's gotta be your year;
Did you ever think you and me
Would ever end up happy....
Can it be true ?
Well it's gotta be true
I'm sending my love
Out there to you
Love comes
And takes me by the hand again
I never thought I'd feel the same
But here I am beside you...
The watermelon's tasting so sweet
This year...
It's gotta be a good year
It's gotta be our year;
Did you ever think you and me
Would ever end up happy....
Can it be true ?
Well it's gotta be true -
I'm sending my love
Out there too
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11. |
Tango An der Wand
03:39
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Hier machten Hünde ihr Geschäft
(immer an der Wand lang)
Heute ist der Platz besetzt
(immer an der Wand lang)
Wessen Zukunft ist verschwommen
Heimatlos und mitgenommen
Laßt sie nach Berlin herkommen
Und tango and der Wand entlang
Letzte Tango an der Wand
Liebling, gib' mir deine Hand
Jedes Kind im ganzen Land singt:
"Ich bin ein Berliner"
Kommu-Kapi-Apokal-ismus
(immer an der Wand lang)
Kamikaze Pazifizmus
(immer an der Wand lang)
Wessen Zukunft ist verschwommen
Zählen Greise Megatonnen
Laßt sie nach Berlin herkommen
Und tango and der Wand entlang
Letzte Tango an der Wand
Liebling, gib' mir deine Hand
Jedes Kind im Ganzen Land singt:
"Ich bin ein Berliner"
Immer an der Wand lang, immer an der Wand
Immer an der Wand, an der Wand entlang
Immer an der Wand lang, immer an der Wand
Immer an der Wand entlang
Stepp' doch mal auf dem Vulkan
(immer an der Wand lang)
Macht die rote Lichter an
(immer an der Wand lang)
Auf dem Boden um zu sonnen
Ihr habt den Blumentopf gewonnen
Braucht nur nach Berlin zu kommen
Und tango an der Wand entlang
Letzte Tango an der Wand
Liebling, gib' mir deine Hand
Ich weiß gar nix von diesem Land, da
Ich bin kein Berliner
Immer an der Wand lang, immer an der Wand
Immer an der Wand, an der Wand entlang
Immer an der Wand lang, immer an der Wand
Immer an der Wand entlang
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(loose rendition into English)
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Here dirty dogs had stuff to hide
(All along the wall)
The place today is occupied
(All along the wall)
If your future is uncertain
Homeless, heading for a Burton
Berlin beckons to you all
To tango all along the wall
Final tango with the band
Darling, let me hold your hand
Every kid throughout the land
Sings "I am a Berliner"
Commu-Cap-Apocal-ism
(All along the wall)
Kami-kaze-Pacifism
(All along the wall)
If your future's dead as mutton
Old men's fingers on the button
Berlin beckons to you all
To tango all along the wall
Final tango with the band
Darling, let me hold your hand
Every kid throughout the land
Sings "I am a Berliner"
All along the wall all day, all along the wall
All the along, all along the wall
All along the wall all day, all along the wall
All along the wall all day
Dance in this volcano's crater
(All along the wall)
Set the warning lights for later
(All along the wall)
Lie right down, protect your eyes
You've gone and won the booby prize
As Berlin beckons to us all
To tango right along the wall
Final tango with the band
Darling, let me hold your hand
Don't know a thing about this land
Cos I ain't no Berliner
All along the wall all day, all along the wall
All the along, all along the wall
All along the wall all day, all along the wall
All along the wall all day
N.B. This rough English version loses some nuances
and the rhymes are a bit naff - but you get the idea :-)
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12. |
Now Richard's Gone
04:48
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(Instrumental)
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13. |
Alptraum Tango Dub
03:53
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(instru) mental
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14. |
Any Favours
01:54
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If you think you're slumming
when you're coming with me -
Don't do me any favours
If you think you're slumming
when you're coming with me -
Don't do me any favours
If you think you're slumming
when you're coming with me -
Don't do me any favours
I never get to meet your friends or folks
(Don't do me any favours)
And I'm the butt of all your jokes
(Don't do me any favours)
You talk down to me like a clapped-out fool
(Don't do me any favours)
If you're so clever and cutting and cool
(Don't do me any favours)
If you think you're slumming
when you're coming with me -
Don't do me any favours
If you think you're slumming
when you're coming with me -
Don't do me any favours
If you think you're slumming
when you're coming with me -
Don't do me any favours
Well you may be pretty and you might be young
(Forget it !) - Don't do me any favours
But you think the sun shines out of your bum
(Forget it !) - Don't do me any favours
You're so sarcastic, ha ha ha
(Forget it !) - Don't do me any favours
Just who the hell do you think you are ?
(Forget it !) - Don't do me any favours
If you think you're slumming
when you're coming with me -
Don't do me any favours
If you think you're slumming
when you're coming with me -
Don't do me any favours
If you think you're slumming
when you're coming with me -
Don't do me any favours
Talk, talk, talk... Talk, talk, talk...
Bitch, bitch, bitch... Talk, talk, talk...
Talk, talk, talk... Talk, talk, talk...
Bitch, bitch, bitch... Talk, talk, talk...
If you think you're coming
when you're slumming with me...
Forget it.
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15. |
Out To Lunch
03:34
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Tom it's Colin here.
Er... are you there ?
If so, don't forget lunch today, erm...
12.30 Ian Randall.
Er... give me a call
Or something
So that... it takes place
Bye.
You're not there are you ?
Tom, Colin here...
Tom, it's extremely urgent:
We're meant to be having
Lunch with Ian Randall -
Where are you?
Tom... Tom, this is Colin
Are you there?
Are you there ?
This is EXTREMELY urgent
I'm ringing to remind you
We're meant to be having
Lunch with Ian Randall
If you do get in
While I'm at lunch
Will you PLEASE go to L'Escargot
At the bottom of Greek Street
As fast as possible
The lunch is due
To start at 12.30
I shall be there.
See you later.
Bye.
Hi, I'm ringing
on behalf of Colin Bell
regarding your lunch date today
Thanks very much
Goodbye.
Tom, it's Colin here
Are you there ?
Are you there, Tom ?
You're not there.
Well, I'm at L'Escargot.
Alright...
Bye.
Hello - I'm calling
On behalf of Colin Bell
At the Press Office
regarding your lunch date
Today
This is Jill
Thanks
Bye bye
Hello - this is Jill here
From Phonogram press office
Regarding your lunch date today
Thanks
Bye bye
Here are you there
Here are you there
Here are you there
Are you there, Tom...Tom
Are you there, Tom...Tom
Are you there, Tom...Tom
Hello - it's Jill again
Ringing on behalf of Colin Bell
At the press office...
EXTREMELY urgent
EXTREMELY urgent
EXTREMELY urgent
Lunch with Ian Randall
Lunch with Ian Randall
Lunch with Ian Randall
Tom, you lucky schmuck
You've missed a wonderful lunch
With Ian Randall
Heh heh
Give me a call
When you get in
Don't worry about it
Alright ?
See you later
Bye
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Tom Robinson London, UK
Tom Robinson (b.1950) is a UK songwriter & broadcaster first known in the 70s as an anti-racist and LGBT campaigner. He released 19 albums between 1975-2001 with various bands and has co-written songs with Elton John, Peter Gabriel, Dan Hartman and Manu Katché. He's an award-winning presenter at BBC Radio 6 Music, and released Only The Now (his first album in 19 years) in October 2015. ... more
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