SONG LYRIC:
SEASICK STEVE
Sick as a parrot
he's sick of shore leave
Sick for the waves
he's a seasick Steve
Rolling on a sea of green
a rocking boat is his scene
He can be such a blast
when the anchor's not been cast
Sick as etc
"Captain Pugwash, ship ahoy"
loves to cry the sailor-boy
A girl he hasn't in every port
Seems the ship-mates are his sort
Sick as etc
Seasick Stevie
the-on-deck-hand
finds too hard the humour
on dry land
Rolling etc
Sick as etc (twice)
SONG LYRIC:
RED OCTOBER
Dear son
dear son
the new revolution's over
before it begun
Remember, remember
both me and Red October
He said "I'm sentenced
and will soon be dead
This letter I've sent
they will have read
Hope that you get it
Your ever loving dad"
Dear son etc
Went and sank on down
the hippie summer of love
It was a red September
An omen for blood
Like the captain's letter
in the red brotherhood
Dear son etc (twice)
He said etc
Dear son etc (twice)
Another reminder that there are song lyrics and poems on this vox as wellas sketches and other items. Plus access to my youtube video. There are several mistakes that need correcting. The latest is on launch 1203. Boho is correct. It's short for bohemian but narcistic should read narcissist (narcississist is too much a mouthful to sing!!) Cheers, mateys. Captain Mark
SONG LYRICS:
INXS
To the palace of wisdom
leads the road of excess
You went over the top
in that short dress
To read the newspapers
is no soft caress
You get the blame
for the man's assault
Look, don't touch
It's not your fault
Look, don't touch
It's not your fault
The guy has gotta learn
He's gotta learn control
A window was left open
Through it a burglar stole
Must we blame the household
for the theft of their gold?
You get etc
To etc
You get etc
VILLAINY AND INFAMY
Swallow the bird to catch the spider
Swallow the spider to catch the fly
The world is one big swallow
It swallows you up and then you die
Villainy and infamy
it surrounds me
Villainy and infamy
it surrounds me
We're told that the world turns
We all know that it twists
You'd think that the earth
span with sadists and masochists
Villainy etc
Swallow etc
Villainy etc
WAY TO GO
Oh to die
romantic heroes
Way to go
Way to go
Way to go
Not to die
minuses or zeroes
Way to go
Way to go
Way to go
How the non-plussed
would make a fuss
Let us deny
the fiddling Neros
Way to go
Way to go
Way to go
Oh to die
romantic heroes
Way to go
Way to go
Way to go
Way to go
Way to go
Way to go
Way to go
Way to go
Way to go
SONG LYRICS:
SPECULATION
If the man from Baker Street
sought the man of serial murder
would he have found knifeman Jack
Would he have caught The Ripper?
We may only go and speculate
what then in the hands of fate
and what the outcome
might have said Doctor Watson
Who is there that inspects
and on seeing then detects
we might have done things differently
and now still together be?
We may etc
If the man etc
We may etc
PIE IN THE SKY
When it comes to fun
her guy's a dud
He's one big soggy
Yorkshire pud
She's from Yorkshire too
but she can fly
like the Amy Johnson
of the blue sky
She's his pie-in-the- sky
He'll never really land her
Not being a jolly type
he doesn't understand her
When it comes to fun
her guy's a loss
I guess that he is
her albatross
To drop him now
would be a crime
while so high
at party-time
She's his etc
Repeat 1st verse
She's his etc
MARYLEBONE MADGE
Marylebone Madge
wears her pride like a badge
She thinks it an honour
to have lived close to Madonna
and is glad to be mistaken for
the popstar from next-door
There are those in Mayfair
wouldn't breathe the same air
Find them looking down
on that part of the town
"Who's that girl? Who's that girl?
She's no part of our world"
Mayfair Mary
thinks she's cream from the dairy
"Oh great Scot"
said Mary queen of lots
"I saw a girl over the air
dancing in her underwear"
There are etc
Marylebone etc
There are etc
SONG LYRICS:
YOU'VE GOT BIG EARS
You've got big ears
just like an elf
What you have heard
keep to yourself
if you know what's good
for your health
That guy is real mean
Yeah he's a right one
He'll flatten you like a leaf
from a book by Enid Blyton
You've got big ears
They match your feet
Get out of there
Take to the street
If he knows you heard
you are dead meat
He's an ogre
Take my word
Don't let him know
what you overheard
Repeat 1st verse
That guy is etc
NOMAD
Here I am I guess a scribe
and could be writing for a long lost tribe
You take from me all you can
More than may give a mere man
You don't know the life I've had
Though it hasn't been all bad
I sometimes wanna get away
and live the life of a nomad
Yes you are a wretched soul
living off all I have to dole
I see myself just filling up
what I call your beggar's cup
You don't etc
Here I am etc
You don't etc
SONG LYRICS:
BOHO IN SOHO
She's an artist y'know
at a strip joint in Soho
When she's not on the go
paints pictures this boho
And the pictures that she paints
are not of angels or saints
but of herself in the nude
She's a narcistic kind of dude
Rarely seen with a man
on her walls do they hang
Exotic lady from Japan
erotic as any white woman
And etc
Some say that's she's cheap
Big money's paid to take a peek
She's etc
And etc
GONE UP IN SMOKE
Your friends talk about you
as if you are still there
They don't want to admit
you've gone into thin air
They talk about the good times
though the good times were rare
It is no joke
You went up in smoke
It is no joke
You went up in smoke
Looking up into the sun
turns vampires into dust
You died with rings round your eyes
You were a gothic-must
Your lips red as the poppies
and poppies were your lust
It is no etc
You looked into the sun
while already too far gone
You were bound to fall apart
after that stake through your heart
Your friends etc
It is no etc
SONG LYRIC:
LOVEROOT
Bewitched by your beauty
give my nose a tweak
You'll awake me from my dreaming
but also hear me shriek
You make hearts beat strong
and you make knees go weak
I am no vegetable
and I am no fruit
I'm a human being
who's like a mandrake root
You've gotten your hands dirty
You drew me out a hole
You're a stunner to the eyes
and a tonic to the soul
This is May Day lady
There's dancing round the pole
I am etc
Bewitched etc
I am etc (twice)
SONG LYRICS:
RUSTY RIVER
Rusty river
River red
Poisonous serpent
blue sea for a head
Rusty river
Rusty river
Rusty river
Rusty river
Rusty river
birds have fled
Poisonous serpent
the fish are dead
Rusty river etc
Repeat all
DOCKSIDE DAISY
Don't step on the concrete-cracks
when down at the dirty docks
while waiting for pretty-girl Daisy
who has for a hand a hook
No don't step on the concrete-cracks
You just never know your luck
Lie with Dockside Daisy
and all the flowers push up
The poor girl is also dumb
She speaks with four fingers and a thumb
Yes the pretty-girl cannot talk
but she has a most- telling walk
No etc
Repeat 1st verse
No etc (twice)
SONG LYRICS:
GREEN FAIRY
Ever since we first began
special beverages has brewed man
Here's a toast to the Bohemian
I've got a green fairy in my hand
Green fairy with my head you play
Green fairy you fly me away
You're the drink they tried ban
in the days of the Victorian
Loved by Oscar and his band
Ah yes you're really Wildean
Green fairy etc (twice)
Ever since etc
Green fairy etc (twice)
CRYPTIC CLUE
There are good times
and there are bad times
That's the way it's got to be
Not everything runs smooth
when you're in loving company
I'm puzzled by you
Cross words get through
I guess that love's a cryptic clue
There are bad times
and there are good times
That's just the way things are
Not everything runs smooth
beneath love's morning and evening star
I'm etc (twice)
Repeat 1st verse
I'm etc (twice)
TWISTS AND TURNS
Men just take her for a ride
or take her for a would-be suicide
Nobody takes her for a bride
She comes in turns
She comes in twists
She bares her soul
and cuts her wrists
Ah yes you come to grieve
when you wear your heart upon your sleeve
"Nobody wants me" she will cry
"Nobody loves me, I want to die"
One day we all shall, say I
She comes etc
Men just etc
She comes etc
GREY JANE
Jane Gray
she came round today
Under a cloud she came
Poor grey Jane
She married too young
She married too fast
Too fast to think
Too young to last
She'll kill herself
or so she says
She'll end her marriage
and all her days
Jane etc
He is living only
for the late-nights
His girl on his arm
'neath the city lights
At home in the morn
he just sits dumb
She married too fast
She married too young
Jane etc (twice)
Repeat 1st verse
Jane etc (twice)
Thank you Krista. If you view Youtube and log in captain goodship albion you'll see me reciting 4 verses that... read more
on Launch 1165