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

The first thing I remember, I was lying in my bedI couldn't 'ave been no more than one or twoAnd I remember there's a radio, coming from the room next doorMy mother laughed away so...Read Full Lyrics

Are you going to Scarborough FairParsley, sage, rosemary and thymeRemember me to one who lives thereShe once was a true love of mineTell her to make me a cambric shirt (deep forest...Read Full Lyrics

I'm sitting in the railway station.Got a ticket to my destination.On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.And every stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one...Read Full Lyrics

I can hear the soft breathingOf the girl that I love,As she lies here beside meAsleep with the night,And her hair, in a fine mistFloats on my pillow,Reflecting the glowOf the winte...Read Full Lyrics

Tom, get your plane right on time.I know your part'll go fine.Fly down to Mexico.Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da and here I am,The only living boy in New York.I get the news I need on the ...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

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 am a roving gamblerI've gambled down in townWherever I meet with a deck of cardsI lay my money downI lay my money downLay my money downI had not been in WashingtonMany more weeks...Read Full Lyrics

Tom, get your plane right on timeI know your part'll go fineFly down to MexicoDo-n-do-d-do-n-do and here I am,The only living boy in New YorkI get the news I need on the weather re...Read Full Lyrics

Benedictus qui est venitIn nomine DominiIn nomineIn nomineIn nomine DominiIn nomine DominiIn nomineIn nomineIn nomine Domini(Praise be his name in god's power I believe)...Read Full Lyrics