A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into ...) Lyrics

CloudyThe sky is gray and white and cloudy,Sometimes I think it's hanging down on meAnd it's a hitchhike a hundred milesI'm a rag-a-muffin childPointed finger-painted smileI left m...Read Full Lyrics

I am just a poor boyThough my story's seldom toldI have squandered my resistanceFor a pocket full of mumbles, such are promisesAll lies and jestsStill a man hears what he wants to ...Read Full Lyrics

When you're weary, feeling smallWhen tears are in your eyesI will dry them allI'm on your sideOh when times get roughAnd friends just can't be foundLike a bridge over troubled wate...Read Full Lyrics

Blessed are the meek for they shall inheritBlessed is the lamb whose blood flowsBlessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted onO Lord, why have you forsaken me?I got no place to goI...Read Full Lyrics

Slow down, you move too fastYou got to make the morning lastJust kicking down the cobblestonesLooking for fun and feeling groovyBa da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovyHello lamppost, ...Read Full Lyrics

The last train is nearly dueThe underground is closing soonAnd in the dark deserted stationRestless in anticipationA man waits in the shadowsHis restless eyes leap and scratchAt al...Read Full Lyrics

A winter's dayIn a deep and darkDecemberI am aloneGazing from my window to the streets belowOn a freshly fallen silent shroud of snowI am a rockI am an islandI've built wallsA fort...Read Full Lyrics

I hear the drizzle of the rainLike a memory it fallsSoft and warm continuingTapping on my roof and wallsAnd from the shelter of my mindThrough the window of my eyesI gaze beyond th...Read Full Lyrics

It was in the merry month of MayWhen green bugs were a-swellingSweet William on his death bed layFor the love of BarbriallenHe sent his servant to the townThe place where she'd bee...Read Full Lyrics

[Chorus]Hallelujah!Go tell it on the mountainOver the hills and everywhereGo tell it on the mountainJesus Christ is bornDown the lonely mangerThe humble Christ was bornAnd God sent...Read Full Lyrics