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

New York, to that tall skyline I come, flyin' in from London to your doorNew York, lookin' down on Central ParkWhere they say you should not wander after darkNew York, like a scene...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

I met my old lover on the street last nightShe seemed so glad to see me, I just smiledAnd we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beerStill crazy after all these...Read Full Lyrics