AND THAT AINT ALL
i dont need a plan
cos im a natural born hate ridden man
been writing ten songs a day
since you saw it fit to take your sweet soul away
you know damn well not to let me know where you stay
i'll summon up a hurricane thatll blow us both away
and that aint all
woman you know i dont need a plan
cos im a natural born hate ridden man, and that aint all
i dont need to know where you stay
i'll summon up a hurricane
blow this whole damn town away, and that aint all
i'll summon up the devil
burn this whole damn town right down, and that aint all
i'll recreate the big bang
suck this world away, and that aint all
i dont need to know where you stay
i'll summon up a hurricane either way, just the same
i'll summon up a hurricane and blow us all away
and that aint all
BEDDING DOWN CHEZ LDV
i found it hard to leave discreetly
with a tambourine in my bag
at first i felt quite souless
when i should have only felt the sun on my back
im bedding down chez ldv
there aint nothing wrong with me
i got me a booze horse and i dont need nothing else
you can join our club if you cant join nothing else
COLLECTING SCALPS
cos im a natural born hate ridden man
been writing ten songs a day
since you saw it fit to take your sweet soul away
you know damn well not to let me know where you stay
i'll summon up a hurricane thatll blow us both away
and that aint all
woman you know i dont need a plan
cos im a natural born hate ridden man, and that aint all
i dont need to know where you stay
i'll summon up a hurricane
blow this whole damn town away, and that aint all
i'll summon up the devil
burn this whole damn town right down, and that aint all
i'll recreate the big bang
suck this world away, and that aint all
i dont need to know where you stay
i'll summon up a hurricane either way, just the same
i'll summon up a hurricane and blow us all away
and that aint all
BEDDING DOWN CHEZ LDV
i found it hard to leave discreetly
with a tambourine in my bag
at first i felt quite souless
when i should have only felt the sun on my back
im bedding down chez ldv
there aint nothing wrong with me
i got me a booze horse and i dont need nothing else
you can join our club if you cant join nothing else
COLLECTING SCALPS
youre not quite mother teresa
setting something up in the french alps
youre not quite mother teresa
sent to troubleshoot on the south coast
youre not quite mother teresa
ESCUDO PARA TUS OJOS
ESCUDO PARA TUS OJOS
and i want to work
as many hours as you can pay
but im not looking for no easy dough
i came here for twelve hour days
i should be working twelve hour days
EXIT OUT THE BACKDOOR BLUES
EXIT OUT THE BACKDOOR BLUES
jesus i am weary
jesus i am tired
if you can turn this all around
then jesus you are hired
I CANT IMAGINE
I CANT IMAGINE
so if you got in your car and you drove
and it must have taken about five hours on the motorway
did you eat on the way when you stopped for ful
did you try not to speed
did any of the drivers in the other cars look at you strange
like they had any idea
and did you think about doing this everyday for ten years is that what you did
was there a straw was there a camels back
was there a switch
standing on the head looking out to sea
i think id like to go in the sea i think id like a swim
did you think it all through again in the traffic jam
did you think about other stuff too
did you think about me did you think about looking out to sea
MELISSA
and it must have taken about five hours on the motorway
did you eat on the way when you stopped for ful
did you try not to speed
did any of the drivers in the other cars look at you strange
like they had any idea
and did you think about doing this everyday for ten years is that what you did
was there a straw was there a camels back
was there a switch
standing on the head looking out to sea
i think id like to go in the sea i think id like a swim
did you think it all through again in the traffic jam
did you think about other stuff too
did you think about me did you think about looking out to sea
MELISSA
i dont wanna stick a frame around a draft
melissa what say we get rat-arsed
and if youve got something going on
in all those shapes you pull
melissa what say we get natural
and if this is just a dead horse to flog
let me know and then come on
cos weve got a dead horse to flog
NATURAL WAY
NATURAL WAY
until i find a natural way
nothings gonna happen
the simple act of spreading butter on bread
is enough to please
in your garden with its breeze
NICOLA
NICOLA
nicola vella burrows
dressed in movements made of hand-drawn grace
im in trouble
bless with moments made of hand-drawn grace
PROGRESS PROGRESS PROGRESS
progress progress progress circa forty five
was a hundred thousand girls in berlin
PROGRESS PROGRESS PROGRESS
progress progress progress circa forty five
was a hundred thousand girls in berlin
nineteen forty five
in the name of liberation of europe
was progress progress progress circa forty five
a hundred thousand girls in berlin
nineteen forty five
in the name of liberation of europe
was progress progress progress circa forty five
was one hundred thousand girls in berlin nineteen forty five
REAR GUNNERS
i wrote this down when i got in this morning
i was really fucked
then i went and had a little nap in the bath
then i padded around for a while in my towel
and started to clean the place up a bit
then i read it again and it said
lets go down to holloway road
lets go stand in a crowd of gunners and shout
yid army yid army
and i dont care if it rains
then i plugged my mics into my four track
and sung it over a piece of guitar
that i couldnt think of what else to do with
and recorded it
and that pretty much brings us up to date
SKIES
oh my dear
my skies are far from blue
oh my dear
without you
and im hung on your every word
oh my dear
my skies are far from blue
since you found
someone new
UNTITLED BOOGIE
in the name of liberation of europe
was progress progress progress circa forty five
a hundred thousand girls in berlin
nineteen forty five
in the name of liberation of europe
was progress progress progress circa forty five
was one hundred thousand girls in berlin nineteen forty five
REAR GUNNERS
i wrote this down when i got in this morning
i was really fucked
then i went and had a little nap in the bath
then i padded around for a while in my towel
and started to clean the place up a bit
then i read it again and it said
lets go down to holloway road
lets go stand in a crowd of gunners and shout
yid army yid army
and i dont care if it rains
then i plugged my mics into my four track
and sung it over a piece of guitar
that i couldnt think of what else to do with
and recorded it
and that pretty much brings us up to date
SKIES
oh my dear
my skies are far from blue
oh my dear
without you
and im hung on your every word
oh my dear
my skies are far from blue
since you found
someone new
UNTITLED BOOGIE
all my feelings only feel half right
i dont wanna go to bed tonight
both my neighbours knocking on my door
but they dont know what this noise is for
i thought i was onto a winner
so i stuck my fingers in her
no photographs to remember your face
no photographs show this ever took place
im pretty sure i will always look back
you were a barrel of laughs and good in the sack
WHAT GOOD IS THAT
WHAT GOOD IS THAT
this dont have to be an hourly thing
we dont have to do this day by day
you could give me all your breaking news
but what good is that
and on a day when the sun can shine for you
it might be shining hard for me too
i could bear you in mind
but what good is that
and on a day when time moves slow for you
it might be moving fast for me
but when it flips around and theres bread to bake
what good is that
and if every few weeks i think of you
and every few weeks you think of me
there will be one time in the rest of our lives when it happens at the same time
but what good is that
and on a day when the sun can shine for you
it might be raining hard for me
you could bear me in mind
but what good is that
WHEN YOURE BETTER I'LL BUY YOU A BOTTLE OF WHISKY
you could give me all your breaking news
but what good is that
and on a day when the sun can shine for you
it might be shining hard for me too
i could bear you in mind
but what good is that
and on a day when time moves slow for you
it might be moving fast for me
but when it flips around and theres bread to bake
what good is that
and if every few weeks i think of you
and every few weeks you think of me
there will be one time in the rest of our lives when it happens at the same time
but what good is that
and on a day when the sun can shine for you
it might be raining hard for me
you could bear me in mind
but what good is that
WHEN YOURE BETTER I'LL BUY YOU A BOTTLE OF WHISKY
i know im sick
because my sister edna came to visit me last night
she came to see me so i know i must be sick
i need a drink ruth
i need a whisky
but you cant
you havent eaten in days
when youre better
i know i know i know
im sick
i know im sick
cos my sister edna came to stay
thanks for my record player
thanks for my typewriter
thanks for telling me im a fighter
and sorry bout the sick
i know im sick
because my sister edna came to visit me last night
she came to see me and shes a long time dead
when youre better i'll buy you a bottle of whisky
YOURE ONLY HUMANOID
because my sister edna came to visit me last night
she came to see me so i know i must be sick
i need a drink ruth
i need a whisky
but you cant
you havent eaten in days
when youre better
i know i know i know
im sick
i know im sick
cos my sister edna came to stay
thanks for my record player
thanks for my typewriter
thanks for telling me im a fighter
and sorry bout the sick
i know im sick
because my sister edna came to visit me last night
she came to see me and shes a long time dead
when youre better i'll buy you a bottle of whisky
YOURE ONLY HUMANOID
cut me some slack
cut me some slack
cut me some slack
im only humanoid
"CANT BEAT HIM CANT JOIN HIM" cd/dl. AUGUST 2011
what good is that
bedding down chez ldv
exit out the backdoor blues
skies
barclaycard
when youre better i'll buy you a bottle of whisky
cant fake the first take
nicola vella burrows
i cant imagine
youre only humanoid
and that aint all
rear gunners
"BARECHESTED FOR BLUES BABY" dl only. JULY 2011
(blues covers, reworkings, originals, home tapes & demos)
empire state express - son house
goin mad blues - john lee hooker
someday baby - mississippi fred mcdowell
progress progress progress
not goin home anymore - burt bacharach
i cant imagine (demo)
cradle scraps - rory gallagher
collecting scalps
"LIVE AT SPATCHCOCK" dl only. JANUARY 2011
escudo para tus ojos
melissa
untitled boogie
natural way
nicola
"6-BAND SPLIT 7" vinyl only. JULY 2007
youre only humanoid
(split w/shield your eyes, darkrat, for trucks, tom williams & twat trot tra la)
"4-BAND SPLIT 7" vinyl only. DECEMBER 2006
progress progress progress
(split w/bottlenose dolphins, falenizza horsepower & cats and cats and cats)
