Cora Lyrics

Looking at the water Through the spaces of an iron-ore train The water eddies round the rushes And Eddies round at my house, insane The breakers in the distance Cut the air like...Read Full Lyrics

Another day, another day with the excluded Under pressure, under-paid, the 'underclass' In all the words there's only this to be concluded There is no mystery, there's no unholy gh...Read Full Lyrics

You're living in a world where all the lambs are "frisky" And private eyes hold hand-guns that are hotter than The whisky that they drink The cops here never miss a hand-out and th...Read Full Lyrics

I grew up with a scorpion behind me Sting in my rib-cage, the moment I drew air Within his means there was nothing he denied me But nothing was all we'd ever share I couldn't be a...Read Full Lyrics

You can spend a cheque in a morning And go hungry the same afternoon. Sometimes the only quarters between you and a rainstorm Are the quarters of the moon. You k...Read Full Lyrics

Their star-light shone bright in the blackout Like the beams of the usherette But when the Big Bear bit deep after Yalta There were those that came to forget They w...Read Full Lyrics

He vaults the counter with a dancer's grace The time for counting-up has just begun They read a history within his face Negotiating with a loaded gun The spring-board quivers and t...Read Full Lyrics

Blood on o Burberry Jacket Streaked but it won't sook through There's a young man praying For a passing patrol car On a street that they don't go to. This is...Read Full Lyrics

Another feature film about an air-line disaster Another news item and another newscaster But there's worst to come at the arrival gate There's a crack on board and it's running in ...Read Full Lyrics

Old Afrikaaner farmer on the terrace of his home Sits gently in his rocking chair, gazing at this land He owns. There he sees his memories and there his past There he smiles his gr...Read Full Lyrics