Modern Times Lyrics

I'm hearing only bad news from Radio Africa Hearing only sad news from Radio Africa They've still got trouble with a monster in the South Heads buried deep in that lion's mouth Li...Read Full Lyrics

It's a life-time from the leather stalls The Berbers and bazaars Down through every measured movement In the making of the cars. And it doesn't pay much And it doesn't leave scars ...Read Full Lyrics

Blood on o Burberry Jacket Streaked but it won't soak through There's a young man praying For a passing patrol car On a street that they don't go to. This is no ordinary return The...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 know for every one w...Read Full Lyrics

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

It's a snow-wind She's felt It blow for sixty years and more Cora and the snow-wind Like the row-lock and the oar Cutting through these icy waters To find shelter and perfection an...Read Full Lyrics

Are you an alien Are you from this earth Would you care to tell me Details of birth Did you just emerge from thin air Can you even tell me Are you really there Jet age dream...Read Full Lyrics