Living In These Hard Times Lyrics

In the shuffling madness Of the locomotive breath, Runs the all-time loser, Headlong to his death. He feels the piston scraping -- Steam breaking on his brow -- Old Charlie stole t...Read Full Lyrics

The tiny ant leaves his tiny ant drops in the sand, And makes his home inside a rusty watering can, Occasionally going out to look for bread and jam. He runs into a sparrow who ha...Read Full Lyrics

As I drove down the road to look for eden Saw two young girls but left them standing there. They were too late to get home on the underground And probably too drunk, too drunk to c...Read Full Lyrics

Somewhere in a town in england Lay a babe with a curious smile. He was of your fathers children. Born each side of a dry-stone mile. He grew up through the schools and factories, ...Read Full Lyrics

One day he'll walk from out of this place. You'll see a quiet determination on his face. He'll toe no lines. Suffer no fools. But he'll raise three cheers to the losing team From ...Read Full Lyrics

I get lost in crowds: if I can, I remain invisible to the hungry mouths. I stay unapproachable. I wear the landscape of the urban chameleon. Scarred by attention. And quietly addic...Read Full Lyrics

Hail! Son of kings make the ever-dying sign Cross your fingers in the sky for those about to BE. There am I waiting along the sand. Cast your sweet spell upon the land and sea. ...Read Full Lyrics

Fires on the mountain, and the dogs bark. Crash of the ocean swelling: crickets in the dark. The temperature is rising. The village gets no sleep. Its hardly surprising, given the ...Read Full Lyrics

When we're working nights, the village round The old church becomes scary town. All curtained windows and bolted doors But never a eye to see As us fairy folks sweep from the hill....Read Full Lyrics

The minstrel in the gallery looked down upon the Smiling faces. He met the gazes --- observed the spaces between the Old men's cackle. He brewed a song of love and hatred --- obliq...Read Full Lyrics