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1. |
The Beast Below
04:46
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He thought it was a certain catch
Haul in the net
It's the biggest yet
Come crew come all of you
Come unto the deck
All hands unto the rope
Rope is getting wet
Heave ho boys
Heave ho!
Heave ho!
Heave ho!
Brother to the deck
This ship is wasn't built for this
We'll be wrecked
And the tentacles will drag us to our death
What depths brought forth creature so vast
Heave ho boys
Tie the rope to the mast
And
Heave ho!
Heave ho!
Heave ho!
Fasten down!
Powder load
Fire the cannon at the Beast Below
We'll not go down without a fight my lads
Carve the creature for the shark and crab
We'll not go down
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2. |
Young One
03:46
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You don’t know which train will take you home to bed
Your wallet’s empty and your drunk instead
How can you sleep in this heat?
Follow your feet and the rhythm will give you
the words to the song that you need
Melody sweet as it trips off the tip of your tongue
Young one
Far flung girl
Young one
Here’s your...
World for you to bend or bow or break in two
Darkest shining lights will fall in love with you
What gives you reason to weep?
Listen the sound of the chorus at dawn is
Around you in all of the streets
Melody sweet as sits on the tip of your tongue
Young one
Far flung girl
Young one
Here’s your song
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3. |
Balloon
04:30
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By the water
Run the river
Red reveal the song of summer
Come together
Friend and stranger
Eyes are widening in wonder
Lo where rain is falling
Still I wait
Word alone
Will you go?
Cut the rope and up we go
Cast away and we're ascending
Leave our troubles far below
Listen to the skylark calling
Singing for the love she's known
We'll sing for the love we're mourning
When I saw my hills and valleys
Spread out like a map below me
Lonely without you beside me
Oh my love if you could see me
Lo where rain is falling
Still I wait
Word alone
Will you go?
We should both forget each other
Long ago we met each other
Still the rope remains unbroken
Fastened when our hearts were open
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4. |
Cloth, Needle & Thread
05:09
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Come Christopher come
Go down, go down
There’s work for you underground
Go down, go down
Darkness is nothing to fear
Barnsley wasn’t the safest of towns
Christopher wasn’t the first to go down
Come mother please come
Susan please hurry
See what your Christopher’s done
He took a lantern with him down the mine
Explosions were heard around twenty to five
They’re hopeful that some of the men have survived
Run, brother please run
To town please carry the tragedy of what’s become
For, of the four hundred men who went down
Twenty or so they came up from below
Three hundred and eighty remain underground
Cloth, needle and thread
What body carries your clothing from Bangladesh?
All for your bells and your ribbons and bows
Plenty of souls they still work down below
Unpicking the seams of the hearts and the clothes
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5. |
Australia
03:09
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Thirty days for the pleasure of the Queen
Then to sea and the journey to Australia
For half a loaf hungry mouths to feed
Hungry me stole me away from my dear
Here’a a man who will not last the night
Feed him to the hungry deep
No rest as he sleeps
Follow me follow soon or forget
For I won’t come again back to see you
There’s a frost upon your breath
On the deck there’s a fire that devours all the men
Here’s a love that will not last the night
Feed it to the hungry deep
No rest as we sleep
There’s little else for us to do at night
The Southern Cross hangs large in the sky
Many hours every day
Seven years could I like in the heat upon the clay
Here’s a night that will not last the day
Feed it to the hungry deep
No rest until we sleep
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6. |
Tap on the Door
01:58
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7. |
Dug in the Clay
03:51
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The horse died
up on the heath
on a Sunday
Morning had broken the ice
And you heard one of your young
Who was calling out
Should it bring us joy every day?
Over the bracken the branches will blacken
And die away
See the moon rise
On another hole dug in the clay
And here too scatter the lambs
Who were warm but lay for too long in the snow
And you saw one of your young
Who was freezing cold
Should it bring us joy every day?
Over the bracken the branches will blacken
And die away
See the moon rise
On another hole dug in the clay
Dug in the clay
Dug in the clay
Dug in the clay my fallen friend
Dug in the clay
Dug in the clay
Here's a bicycle, white
Covered in flowers
Tied to the side of the road
And you thought all of your young would be coming home
Should we look for joy every day?
Over the bracken the branches will blacken
And die away
See the moon rise
On another hole dug in the clay
Dug in the clay
Dug in the clay
Dug in the clay my fallen friends
Dug in the clay
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8. |
Brother James
04:00
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My Brother James
Has ten years on me
He's a good and honest man
Engaged in labour in the city
And he sends us what he can
And on the night before my wedding
He sent a gown of finest cloth
And I had not the heart to ask him
Why all the buttons had come off
And when our father
He owed money
To some mean and desperate men
Brother James went round to see them
And we'll not seem them again
And on a bright midsummer's morning
Came a knocking at my door
They had come for Brother James
And he must answer to the court
How the judge viewed him so sternly
But then on the second day
Half the jury men were limping
And the judge dismissed the case
And for a time
We did not see him
Though the news was seldom good
Soon the village came a calling
For I was his only blood
My Brother James (Oh Brother James)
They beat me senseless
And they've tied me to a tree (To the rowan tree)
How I always stood up for you
Won't you come and stand for me?
And now they've built a fire below me
Put a bag upon my head
Then a voice said, "Coming Brother"
Soon the villagers were dead
My Brother James has ten years on me
We are good and honest men
I've gone to join him in the city
And you'll not see us again
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9. |
Polar Bear
03:29
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Is a Penguin a Mammal?
Or is it a kind of fish?
Is it a kind of demon?
Oh it’s the deadliest threat to categorisation
Of this animal nation
Please come back to the polar bear enclosure
Mammals might have milk
They don’t lay edible eggs
A silkworm might have silk
But a milkman wears a pair of legs
I would like a little more cider
A fly would like a little less spider web
Please come back to the polar bear enclosure
For a polar bear is a powerful bear
But not immune to the rhythm of the birds in the air
It’s got a powerful nose and a powerful scent
So we follow the tracks around the back of the tent
Around the back of the tent and then back to the lair
And Aurora Borealis is a solar flare
Enclosure is closing at twenty to five
The chickens are roosting
The bees in their hive
The two of us try to cling on to our lives
But the polar bear’s hungry
I hope we’ll survive
Little white spot on a black egg
Is it a stick insect egg?
Is that egg now spawning?
Spawning a stick insect leg?
I would like a little more cava
Volcano’s neighbour wants a little less lava
Please come back to the polar bear enclosure
Is a Zebra a horse?
Or is it a kind of Pig?
Do scientists know for certain?
Can a pig even get that big?
I would like a Long Island Ice tea
Please will you be good to me?
Please come back to the polar bear enclosure
For a polar bear is a powerful beast
From the north to the south the the west to the east
And a powerful mouth has powerful teeth
And we suckle on the nipple on the belly of the beast
Suckle on the Nipple on the Belly of the Beast!
Enclosure is closing forever this time
The Ice caps are melting
The polar bear’s dying
A few of the zoos try to keep them alive
But I’m banned from the zoo by my humanoid wife
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10. |
Hackney Brook
02:50
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We looked for Hackney Brook
We broke the earth with spades
The spring entombed beneath the wreath
Of sewer laid
Hope sinks below
Shatter my heart
There is a rescue boat tethered near
Waiting until you release me from here
They splinted flint for axes
There upon the green
Who lies below the road
Where rivers flow unseen?
Who lies beneath the road?
Hope sinks below
Shatter my heart
There is a rescue boat tethered near
Waiting until you release me from here
Your love is eternally lost to me
This time I have gambled away
We follow the Lee Navigation
Along the reed bed
On the way back home
And I'm living alone
Hope sinks below
Shatter my heart
There is a rescue boat tethered near
Waiting until you release me from here
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11. |
Honest Man
03:34
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Dare I stand an honest man?
There’s a bottle in my hand
What became of everyone?
Will the sun keep us warm?
The Fox is eying up the lamb
There is no law unto this land
Seven slain upon the grass come morning
Evening came and six remain
Will we stay up for the sun?
Love
Open eyes
Open hearted
We are
The glass is running out of sand
Willow circling the band
The words are older than the song
A dying fall
Do no harm
Open up your arms
Dare I stand an honest man?
Did the fire touch my hand?
What became of everyone?
Will the sun keep me warm?
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12. |
The Escape Artist
05:00
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Gathering around the courtyard
For all there to see
Everyone now assembled
What matter to me if I'm gone?
Sally, I'm half-way to Rome
Roaming around
Since you drew back the bolt
You drew back the bolt and I'm gone
The night that they wanted me hung
Armed men surrounded my building at night
I fashioned a rope from the bed sheets
And took flight
Sally, I'm here in Berlin
Paid the border guards
Forged all the papers
Paid off the guards and I'm in
But send me your love I feel thin
I opened your letter in the bar by the corner
Hiding my tears as the man took my order
Sally, I miss you I want to come back
But a blow on the back of the head
Cut to black
Wrists tied to ankles
And bound in a sack
Thrown in a river
They watch to see if I'll come back
But Sally, I sank like a stone
Struggling and kicking
The water is taking my breath
So to a watery death
But Sally, I coughed up a key
Key that I'd swallowed
I loosened my wrists and swam free
I'm waiting for you on the beach
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