Альбом The Move

First of all let me describe
Nature's struggle to survive
Just a weary group of people
Waiting for the world to end

Feel it spreading rapidly
Radioactivity
Bound together by a legend
To protect us and defend

(chorus)
Lead us to the yellow rainbow
Just in case the earth should fall
If you find the yellow rainbow
You could save us all

Serpent's tongue from blackened cloud
Sometimes seems to speak out loud
Icy brew of winds prevailing
From the cauldrons of the storm

Hear the children's voices plead
Please don't let the sky fall in
We might find a yellow rainbow
Ferry lights to keep them warm

(repeat)

I can take the atmosphere and chase it down
Overactive mind works like an underground

Fear our hope's about to be
Buried in obscurity
Saw a man with eyes like saucers
Caught up in a web of light

Hatch that opened up before us
Cast a rainbow big and bright

Lead us to the yellow rainbow
Just in case the earth should fall

There's a fellow roaming round the street
I think most of all I'd like to meet
I must consider him a clever lad
Making like a young sir galahad
Everywhere I go I think he's been
He autographs the walls around the scene
If you look hard enough you'll find him there
In rooms of public places everywhere

Kilroy was here
Left his name around the place
Kilroy was here
Thought I've never seen his face
On a short vacation with my friends
I found I had time on my hands to spare
Surveyed my telescope around the land
And saw his name imprinted in the sand

Kilroy was here
Left his name around the place
Kilroy was here
Thought I've never seen his face
On a short vacation with my friends
I found I had time on my hands to spare
Surveyed my telescope around the land

And saw his name imprinted in the sand

I wonder could he be a cavalier
Or a roving musketeer
Or just a dustman who's insane
Everyplace regardless where or when
.... strikes again and again and again

If I ever meet that man at all
I'll hang a plague upon my bedroom wall
A monument erected in his name
Would help to contribute his name

Kilroy was here
Left his name around the place
Kilroy was here
Thought I've never seen his face
On a short vacation with my friends
I found I had time on my hands to spare
Surveyed my telescope around the land
And saw his name imprinted in the sand

Kilroy was here
Though I've never seen his face

There's a girl next door to me who's round the bend
But she wonders why she can't make any friends
From her garden she could see me
In her silver-clad bikini
Singing, dancing round her fruit tree

Here we go round the lemon tree
Mister, can't you hear me
Here we go round the lemon tree
Mister, don't come near me

Could I calm her down by throwing stones at her
If only I could make the right approach to her
Think I'd rather tame a tiger
Turn those lemons into cider
Still I'd like to get beside her

(repeat)

Three o'clock in the morning
I could her her toneless singing
I could smell her lemon perfume in the air
I walked up to the window
In the hope that I might see her
Could the deadly shade of night still bring her there

(repeat)

Morning came and into action went my plans
Went to meet her dressed in bright green underpants
I crept in and sang discreetly
Seemed to change your mind discreetly
Danced together singing sweetly

(repeat and fade)

Friday night and everything's right on the weekend
Crazy clothes and anything goes on the weekend
John called in and Jim got Sue
I made a date with a little ol' Jew
Off he went to make a date on the weekend
No harm done, just having some fun on the weekend
Cartop down, just a ridin' around on the weekend
Took a ride to lookout hill
The view up there was sure a thrill
That was all, we had a big fall on the weekend

There we were just sitting cool and cozy

I just had time to steal a little kiss
A police with a flashlight tried to nose in
He said, "holy mackerel there, what is all this?"
No harm done just having some fun on the weekend
Took a chance on crashin' a dance on the weekend

We were almost inside the place
Then some boy slammed the door in my face
"hey you guys, you gotta wear ties on the weekend
Crazy clothes and anything goes on the weekend
That was all we had a big ball on the weekend"

My friends and I took a walk today
To a place we've been before
We flipped around like a wind machine
Till we stopped down by the store

Someone said
Let's go for a walk upon the water
Let's go for a stroll across the sea
First one, follow me

Admit my thoughts didn't feel inclined
To drift into the bay
By now my friends, could see their minds
As I watched them drift away, all singing

Chorus

Three small bodies swept up by the morning tide
Now their souls are washed up
Faith destroyed their minds
Better get the life inspector
Bring along his mind erector

You know I'm innocent

I just didn't expect their trip to last
With the gale force that crossed their path
I could see them sinking fast, still singing

Chorus


Three small bodies swept up by the morning tide

Now their souls are washed up
Faith destroyed their minds
Better get the life inspector
Bring along his mind erector

This tale of common sense will end on
Please don't drink and drive
Especially when you're driving friends
Along the waterside, still singing

Chorus

Chorus

Follow me, follow me, follow me

Chorus

Woke up one morning half asleep
With all my blankets in a heap
And yellow roses scattered all around
The time was still approaching four
I couldn't stand it anymore
Saw marigolds upon my eiderdown

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain keeping me good

So I lay upon my side
With all the windows open wide
Couldn't pressurize my head from speaking
Hoping not to make a sound
I pushed my bed into the grounds
In time to catch the sight that I was seeking

(repeat)

If this perfect pleasure has to be
Then this is paradise to me
If my pillow's getting wet
I don't see that it matters much to me

I heard the flowers in the breeze
Make conversation with the trees
Relieved to leave reality behind me
With my commitments in a mess
My sleep has gone away depressed
In a world of fantasy you'll find me

(repeat)

Watching flowers in the rain
Flowers in the rain
Power flowers in the rain
Flower power in the rain

(fade out)

Hey grandma, you're so young
Your old man's just a boy

It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time
This time round, this time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Hey except for these things on my mind
They're all sins, it's just a waste of time
But we're gonna have this time
Bye bye bye
But we're gonna have this time
Bye bye bye
But we're gonna have this time round
This time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Oh... will make me feel so fine
Oh.....

It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time
This time round, this time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Oh... will make me feel so fine
Oh.....

It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time
This time round, this time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

A long time this time round, this time round
Everything is upside-down, upside-down

Sister Jane has a little book
Full of autographs of useless people
Seems a waste in the time she took
And it gets me mad which makes us equal

Ooh, hundreds of people left out in the cold
Wearing the shoes that were silver and gold
Useless information
Tons of useless information
Seems to fill my head
With nowhere else to go
(isn't it amazing)

Mrs. Payne at the door again
With the news about her operation
Will her god ever make the rain
Wash away such useless information

Chorus

Isn't it amazing
Now you can see why
Conversation is dying
And time is passing you by

Turn your ears to the weatherman
Saying it be colder in December
Get your boots and your astrakan
It's been the same for years so I remember

Chorus

Chorus

Hundreds of people filling my head with useless information

Chorus

Dear, when you smile at me
I hear a melody
It haunted me from the start
Something inside of me
Started a symphony
Zing went the strings of my heart

Whoa now the breath of spring
Whoa I heard a robin sing
About a nest... apart
All that you seem to be
End up in harmony
Zing went the strings of my heart

I still recall the thrill
I guess I always will
I hope we'll never depart
Dear, with your lips to mine
A rhapsody divine
Zing went the strings of my heart
Zing went the strings of my heart
Zing zing zing zing

You couldn't make it easy if you tried
So I'm gonna save it for the girl outside
I'll take her on a magic carpet ride
We could walk the clouds together
Stay in love forever

If you don't answer what I feel inside
I might try to make it with the girl outside
And all our thoughts together we'll confide
We'll see fairytale cities
When following the lands of love

Who needs the girl outside
When I can ride the time and life with you
Why don't you turn around
And look at me, I often wish I knew you

You overstepped the mark so run and hide
Cause I'm gonna take it to the girl outside
I won't cast all my little dreams aside
Every flowers hide their faces
By... their places

Who needs the girl outside
When I can ride the time and life with you
Why don't you turn around
And look at me, I often wish I knew you

You couldn't make it easy if you tried
So I'm gonna save it for the girl outside
I'll take her on a magic carpet ride
We could walk the clouds together
Stay in love forever

Cast your mind back ten years
To the girl who's next to me in school
If I put my hand upon her leg
She'd hit me with a rule

Though tomorrow won't be long
You're gonna have to play it cool
You've been fascinated by her
She could set the place on fire

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
(Ooh) Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump, you've got to wait your turn

Friends all seem to laugh
I feel I have to make a compromise
Try to reassure myself
My head must need some exercise

Half past ten in the morning
She just took me by surprise
True, she set the place on fire
You've been fascinated by her

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
(Ooh) Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump, you've got to wait your turn

The lights across the street
Throw a rainbow in her hair
I'd love you all to meet her
I'll be there, I'll be there

Notice that my eyes have been
A misty place since Saturday
Brings a feeling we might need
The fire engines anyway

Though tomorrow won't be long
We're gonna have to play it cool
You've been fascinated by her
She could set the place on fire

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
(Ooh) Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump, you've got to wait your turn

I wake and yawn at the crack of dawn
With dewdrops on my feet
As I rise up to greet the morning
Nothing much to eat
Every breath I take seems to make my body ache
My only friend is mist on a Monday morning

Pick up my sack and walk for miles
Never thinking why
To the brewer's yard where I can sit
And watch my life go by
Drink and drink all day till my memory melts away
I need a friend like mist on a Monday morning

Where's my wife, has she gone
I hear misty morning call
One foot resting in the grave
Destined not to see her anymore

There's a den in the grass by the autopath
Of corrugated steel
I may be sleeping there tonight
And depending how I feel
Damp and dirty place
Printing sorrow on my face
With nothing but the mist on a Monday morning

Chorus

From... I feel the sin
Like wheels upon my feet
Intoxicated by the night
I stumbled in the street
Every breath I take seems to make my body ache
And drift into the mist on a Monday morning

Discovered that the papers have been signed
To my bed I am confined
Owing to my state of mind

Special food for thought I must be fed
The authorities have said I'm going off my head

Suddenly from flowered skies
Twenty thousand butterflies
Glorify my bed...
Turn from hot to very cool
Though it seems incredible
I could ride a bike around the moon.

Cherry blossom clinic
Is there any truth in what they say
Cherry blossom clinic
Lock me in and throw the key away

In this sad position where I lie
From the corner of my eye
Callous friends just pass me by


Doctor pays a visit
Everyday I keep asking for my dad
They must think I'm going mad

Lift the blankets off my face
Quick before I suffocate
Trying hard to meditate

Tell the people, "what a scene"
Write a letter to the queen
Asking her if she can come to tea

Chorus

Up above the sun is high
Like a tea tray in the sky
Helicopter lands upon my bed
Phantom horses quickly fade
Turning into lemonade
Probably feel better when I'm dead

Chorus

The silent night has turned to a night of fear
With windows howling wind into your ear
You listen to the spirits far behind
These things you hear are too much for your mind

The bell strikes and your spine chills like the grave
The chill that turns your blood from red to grey
You know that with these things you see and hear
The silent night has turned to a night of fear

Image on your bedroom wall, shadows marching in the hall
Just about to flip your mind, just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind, just about to trip your mind

The green and purple lights affect your sight
Your mother cannot comfort you tonight
Your brain calls out for help that's never there
The silent night has turned to a night of fear

Image on your bedroom wall, shadows marching in the hall
Just about to flip your mind, just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind, just about to trip your mind

The silent night has turned to a night of fear
With windows howling wind into your ear
You listen to the spirits far behind
These things you hear are too much for your mind

Just about to flip your mind, just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind, just about to trip your mind

When I was a little boy
My mama dropped me on my head
I felt kinda dizzy but the doctor
Made note of all I did

Chorus
Ever since then there's been a slight disturbance in my mind
A kind of disarrangement that the surgeons cannot find

At the age of seven I just couldn't read my abc
But I gave my teacher tips on how the caveman used to be

Chorus

Reach the age of 21 ain't got no...to fit my clothes

Day and night I'm looning around
Dont know what I'm looking for

Will they carry me away?
Oh will they carry me away?

I was 97 and I'm sure my brain it had enough
Racing round in jet planes cause
My sports car ain't quite fast enough

Chorus

Will they carry me away?
Oh will they carry me away?

See the people all in line
What's makin' them look at me
Can't imagine that their minds
Are thinkin' the same as me

I can hear the grass grow I can hear the grass grow
I see rainbows in the evening

My head's attracted to
A magnetic wave of sound
With the streams of coloured circles
Makin' their way around.

I can hear the grass grow I can hear the grass grow
I see rainbows in the evening

Can't seem to puzzle out the signs
My senses form a micro line
Get a hold of yourself now baby
See I need you to help now baby
Get a hold of yourself now baby

Put your head down to the ground
And listen to your mind
If you can't spell what you found
I know that you're not my kind

I can hear the grass grow I can hear the grass grow
I see rainbows in the evening

Can't seem to puzzle out the signs
My senses form a micro line
Get a hold of yourself now baby
See I need you to help now baby
Get a hold of yourself now baby

See the people all in line
What's makin' them look at me
Can't imagine that their minds
Are thinkin' the same as me

I can hear the grass grow I can hear the grass grow
I see rainbows in the evening

Wave your flag and stop the train
Stop the train
Stop the train

Wave your flag and stop the train
Stop the train
Stop the train
Someone just pull the little chain

Girl in my compartment lost her mind
Stop the train
Stop the train
Tried to throw herself upon the line
I can't see you leaving her behind
She doesn't quite remember who I am
Stop the train stop the train
Committing suicide was more her plan
When she was attached to another man

Wave your flag and stop the train
Stop the train
Stop the train
Someone just pull the little chain

Tried to tell the signal man in time
She still trying to jump out on the line
I can't see you leaving her behind
I can't figure out what's with her mind
I can't figure that she's out of time (? )
I see her reflection on the line

Stop the train
Stop the train

Gates and railroad stations passing me by
I can't see you leaving her behind

Wave your flag and stop the train
Stop the train
Stop the train

Wave your flag and stop the train
Stop the train
Stop the train
Someone just pull the little chain

Please wave your flag and stop the train
You've gotta wave your flag and stop the train

This crappy west coast hippie scene is becoming quite a drag
It seems that all my freaky clothes are turning into rag
The time has come to break the strings
Free to form constructive things
Tear the world right off it's hinges

Chorus
Vote for me
Vote for me
Sign across the line
Vote for me
Vote for me
We can overtake the world

For some millions in this place and their views are never heard
They take precautions just in case you say a dirty word
With adverts comments they promote

Re-elections antidote, just a game to catch your vote

Chorus

Take up your pen
You won't regret it
Never met such an opportunity
For the people who are in the way
Make a new election day

Please correct me if I seem to be making too much noise
In this profession people rush to cut you down to size
So after all the seats are played
Dig my brain with a golden spade
There's a fortune to be made

Chorus and repeat

When I was a little boy
My mama dropped me on my head
I felt kinda dizzy but the doctor
Made note of all I did

Chorus
Ever since then there's been a slight disturbance in my mind
A kind of disarrangement that the surgeons cannot find

At the age of seven I just couldn't read my abc
But I gave my teacher tips on how the caveman used to be

Chorus

Reach the age of 21 ain't got no...to fit my clothes

Day and night I'm looning around
Dont know what I'm looking for

Will they carry me away?
Oh will they carry me away?

I was 97 and I'm sure my brain it had enough
Racing round in jet planes cause
My sports car ain't quite fast enough

Chorus

Will they carry me away?
Oh will they carry me away?

Cast your mind back ten years
To the girl who's next to me in school
If I put my hand upon her leg
She'd hit me with a rule

Though tomorrow won't be long
You're gonna have to play it cool
You've been fascinated by her
She could set the place on fire

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
(Ooh) Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump, you've got to wait your turn

Friends all seem to laugh
I feel I have to make a compromise
Try to reassure myself
My head must need some exercise

Half past ten in the morning
She just took me by surprise
True, she set the place on fire
You've been fascinated by her

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
(Ooh) Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump, you've got to wait your turn

The lights across the street
Throw a rainbow in her hair
I'd love you all to meet her
I'll be there, I'll be there

Notice that my eyes have been
A misty place since Saturday
Brings a feeling we might need
The fire engines anyway

Though tomorrow won't be long
We're gonna have to play it cool
You've been fascinated by her
She could set the place on fire

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
(Ooh) Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump, you've got to wait your turn

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Discovered that the papers have been signed
To my bed I am confined
Owing to my state of mind

Special food for thought I must be fed
The authorities have said I'm going off my head

Suddenly from flowered skies
Twenty thousand butterflies
Glorify my bed...
Turn from hot to very cool
Though it seems incredible
I could ride a bike around the moon.

Cherry blossom clinic
Is there any truth in what they say
Cherry blossom clinic
Lock me in and throw the key away

In this sad position where I lie
From the corner of my eye
Callous friends just pass me by


Doctor pays a visit
Everyday I keep asking for my dad
They must think I'm going mad

Lift the blankets off my face
Quick before I suffocate
Trying hard to meditate

Tell the people, "what a scene"
Write a letter to the queen
Asking her if she can come to tea

Chorus

Up above the sun is high
Like a tea tray in the sky
Helicopter lands upon my bed
Phantom horses quickly fade
Turning into lemonade
Probably feel better when I'm dead

Chorus

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Friday night and everything's right on the weekend
Crazy clothes and anything goes on the weekend
John called in and Jim got Sue
I made a date with a little ol' Jew
Off he went to make a date on the weekend
No harm done, just having some fun on the weekend
Cartop down, just a ridin' around on the weekend
Took a ride to lookout hill
The view up there was sure a thrill
That was all, we had a big fall on the weekend

There we were just sitting cool and cozy

I just had time to steal a little kiss
A police with a flashlight tried to nose in
He said, "holy mackerel there, what is all this?"
No harm done just having some fun on the weekend
Took a chance on crashin' a dance on the weekend

We were almost inside the place
Then some boy slammed the door in my face
"hey you guys, you gotta wear ties on the weekend
Crazy clothes and anything goes on the weekend
That was all we had a big ball on the weekend"

Woke up one morning half asleep
With all my blankets in a heap
And yellow roses scattered all around
The time was still approaching four
I couldn't stand it anymore
Saw marigolds upon my eiderdown

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain keeping me good

So I lay upon my side
With all the windows open wide
Couldn't pressurize my head from speaking
Hoping not to make a sound
I pushed my bed into the grounds
In time to catch the sight that I was seeking

(repeat)

If this perfect pleasure has to be
Then this is paradise to me
If my pillow's getting wet
I don't see that it matters much to me

I heard the flowers in the breeze
Make conversation with the trees
Relieved to leave reality behind me
With my commitments in a mess
My sleep has gone away depressed
In a world of fantasy you'll find me

(repeat)

Watching flowers in the rain
Flowers in the rain
Power flowers in the rain
Flower power in the rain

(fade out)

Sister Jane has a little book
Full of autographs of useless people
Seems a waste in the time she took
And it gets me mad which makes us equal

Ooh, hundreds of people left out in the cold
Wearing the shoes that were silver and gold
Useless information
Tons of useless information
Seems to fill my head
With nowhere else to go
(isn't it amazing)

Mrs. Payne at the door again
With the news about her operation
Will her god ever make the rain
Wash away such useless information

Chorus

Isn't it amazing
Now you can see why
Conversation is dying
And time is passing you by

Turn your ears to the weatherman
Saying it be colder in December
Get your boots and your astrakan
It's been the same for years so I remember

Chorus

Chorus

Hundreds of people filling my head with useless information

Chorus

Dear, when you smile at me
I hear a melody
It haunted me from the start
Something inside of me
Started a symphony
Zing went the strings of my heart

Whoa now the breath of spring
Whoa I heard a robin sing
About a nest... apart
All that you seem to be
End up in harmony
Zing went the strings of my heart

I still recall the thrill
I guess I always will
I hope we'll never depart
Dear, with your lips to mine
A rhapsody divine
Zing went the strings of my heart
Zing went the strings of my heart
Zing zing zing zing

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My friends and I took a walk today
To a place we've been before
We flipped around like a wind machine
Till we stopped down by the store

Someone said
Let's go for a walk upon the water
Let's go for a stroll across the sea
First one, follow me

Admit my thoughts didn't feel inclined
To drift into the bay
By now my friends, could see their minds
As I watched them drift away, all singing

Chorus

Three small bodies swept up by the morning tide
Now their souls are washed up
Faith destroyed their minds
Better get the life inspector
Bring along his mind erector

You know I'm innocent

I just didn't expect their trip to last
With the gale force that crossed their path
I could see them sinking fast, still singing

Chorus


Three small bodies swept up by the morning tide

Now their souls are washed up
Faith destroyed their minds
Better get the life inspector
Bring along his mind erector

This tale of common sense will end on
Please don't drink and drive
Especially when you're driving friends
Along the waterside, still singing

Chorus

Chorus

Follow me, follow me, follow me

Chorus