Our Father

Our father who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom
The power and the glory
For ever and ever
Amen

The Empire Came Home

The Empire came home
And here we all are

Straight off the boat sink or swim
One way ticket to Liverpool from Dublin
On pavements and roads they walk with a gimp
Just buy a ticket and they’ll let you right in

The streets are paved with gold so the story goes
Even though you are stupid you still get to vote
Irish folk when they spoke became the standard model joke
To die laughing is the best way to go

The Empire came home
And here we all are

Different language foreign tongue useful idiots everyone
Different God foreign king no way they’ll fit in
No dogs no blacks no Irish
No room at the inn

My daddy was a navvy from the west country
Where things ain’t perfect and are never gonna be
So he left his native land in search of industry
And settled in the bosom of the enemy

Free education thank you England
Free healthcare thank you Britain

Put your trust in the system may it always be there
Pay your tax pay your share contribute for your care
English heart Irish blood never had it this good
Oasis have reformed kissed and made up

The Empire came home
And here we all are

Paddy’s in diggers earning six figures
Turning cities into building sites

Paddy’s in diggers earning six figures
Putting up parking lots in paradise

Grateful for My Stupid Little Life

Wishful thinking
All day drinking
Woke up this morning
With that sinking feeling

I lay for a while
Unable to speak
Then I rolled over
And went back to sleep

Shaken not stirred
My vision was blurred
Willed into existence
By the universe

I know I’ve done wrong
I’ll try put it right
I’m trying to heed
The good words of the wise

Close my eyes
Shut out the world
And all of its complexities
I want to believe in something
Much greater than me

Praise you
I’m grateful for my stupid little life
Praise you
So grateful for my stupid little life

Contemplating my death
Was it something I said
Will I die on my feet
Or will I die in my bed

I won’t take the blue pill
I won’t swallow the red
What’s the point of anything
If you don’t raise me up when I’m dead

Sometimes I need answers
Silence will not do
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
One plus one is two

Praise you
I’m grateful for my stupid little life
Praise you
So grateful for my stupid little life

Raise me up when I’m dead

And if you were to ask me
To try sum up conclude
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Consciousness is proof

To know beauty is to know you
It has been my greatest pleasure to have served you

Praise you
I’m grateful for my stupid little life
Praise you
So grateful for my stupid little life

Ambience

Everyone’s gone there’s only me left
Ain’t no big deal ain’t no major stress
Got no love for money don’t care about wealth
Feeling at peace with my inner self

Watch a movie called a complete unknown
Lights down camera action let’s get on with the show
Most times I am happy just being alone
I had a little toke about an hour ago

Ambience

A moment of reflection timed to perfection
Number 9 dream there’s only me listening
I forgive so I may be forgiven
If I wasn’t a sinner Jesus died for nothing

Some say it’s the end of the road
But I say it ain’t so
Good vibrations taking over
Every day brings us closer

Ambience

For a while forget about me
Motionless serene picture the scene
A constant stream of dopamine

Comfortable surroundings
A room with a view
When someone smiled at me today
I started smiling too

Set out to achieve the impossible

Stay close
To those that need you most

Set out to achieve the impossible

Started out many years ago
The odds were stacked the wages low
How I made it thru
God only knows

Steady progress no overnight success
Bills got paid kids got fed
Left me feeling truly blessed
Got to get home to my babies

My only fear was fear of failing you

Set out to achieve the impossible

My brother’s death defined me
Always there to remind me
I took you with me kept you close
And lived a life for two

Pride comes before a fall
Life is chaos love is all

My only fear was fear of failing you

Set out to achieve the impossible

I have tried to be a good man
Most of the time
I followed the path set before me
In search of the divine

An instrument of thy peace
A lowly scribe at empire’s edge
It’s not who I am that matters
It’s whom I represent

Pride comes before a fall
Life is chaos love is all

My only fear was fear of failing you

I stole a ride on the roof of a freight train
So I can be with you

Speak to the Future

Tax people more to pay for the weather
Its all about equality until it’s time to work
Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet
Without a song or a dance what we are

Speak to the future
Love taking over

The old left is now the new far right
The mentally ill are the new clergy
Politicians send their thoughts and prayers
And I don’t wanna live in a world without Devo

Speak to the future
Love taking over

I don’t wanna live in a world without Devo
Duty now for the future

Sad World

Such a sad world

What’s this world coming to
We’ve forgotten our history
What’s this world coming to
Lost our empathy
What’s this world coming to
Very little sympathy
What’s this world coming to
For the ancient mysteries

It’s a sad sad world

What’s this world coming to
Despondency
What’s this world coming to
Apathy
What’s this world coming to
The powers that be
What’s this world coming to
Anarcho tyranny

It’s a sad sad world

Live in harmony
It’s no sin to be poor
Live in harmony
It’s not a crime to want more
Speak kinder and remember
Endless repetition back to the beginning
Back to where it all began
I like to think the music’s there
Even when I’m not listening

Until then you go your way
And I’ll go mine
We’ll meet again some other time

Hope

Hope transcendent hope
That goes beyond the physical
A plea to the mystical
When in need of a miracle

Hope realistic hope
That things turn out alright
Will the values we believe in
Stand the test of time

Hope utopian hope
For a brighter future
And a more just world

Choose hope
Hope for a brighter future
And a more just world

All we need is music and light
Everlasting never ending
Code for life

Feel it anyway
But we still feel it anyway

Love needs action
Trust needs proof
Sorry needs change
I need you

All we need is music and light
Everlasting never ending
Code for life

Doing the ritual dance in the sun
Optimism good things to come

Making movies on location

All we know we can’t explain
But we feel it anyway

Feel it anyway
But we still feel it anyway

All we need is music and light
Everlasting never ending
Code for life

Doing the ritual dance in the sun
Optimism good things to come

You bring out the best in me

First came the fire then came the flood
Everyone left me and went back to God
I misunderstood the meaning of the prodigal son
Which one was the lightning which one was the rod

You bring out the best in me

I am here to observe
Find my place in the world

When I see you darling
You bring out the best in me

One big guilt trip
Every grave unvisited
One big guilt trip
Every mistake I ever made

I feed the birds don’t charge them rent
They must think I’m heaven sent

I’m in the twilight of my years
No changing my career
I did what I did for Maria

Mouthful of scripture heart filled with hate
If a picture paints a thousand words
Never seen never heard
How worthy is the artist

You bring out the best in me

I am here to observe
Find my place in the world

When I see you darling
You bring out the best in me

Little Green Martians

Little green Martians
Little green eyes
Little green teeth
Little green smiles

Little green fingers
Little green toes
Little green hands
Little green nose

18 months there and back
Say goodbye pack your bags
Plant a flag make contact
Who knows what we’ll find
When we get to Mars

Little green ears
Little green lips
Little green arms
And legs and hips

Little green hearts
Little green souls
Little green persons
In little green homes

18 months there and back
Say goodbye pack your bags
Plant a flag make contact
Who knows what we’ll find
When we get to Mars

Adventure of a lifetime
The journey of a lifetime

Little green cats
Little green dogs
Little green dreamers
Just like us

Little green people
Little green cars
Little green families
Little red mars

Reputation

You got your reputation

Take flight stand your ground
What go around come around
The city is mine I’m feelin fine
Wasting time in my home town

You got your reputation

The Brudenell Social sober or drunk
I know it’s over I’m just a daft punk
Stay outta trouble stay in the groove
I believe in my own version of the truth

You got your reputation

Can you keep a cool head
When all around are losing theirs

Bitter men 2am
Stone Roses bar carpe diem
Distortion delay a statement to make
Heartbreak causes rail pain in a physical way

You got your reputation

Out on the lash spent all my cash
Brighton Beach hard to beat time to nash
Say tara au revoir the world changed when
Working class kids got their hands on guitars

You got your reputation

Can you keep a cool head
When all around are losing theirs

If you cant beat em join em

A little more sunshine
A little less rain
A little more joy
A little less pain

Junkies for Chaos

When I’m dead and gone
The charade goes on

Money talks
Truth is silent
Anyone who says they never sinned
Is a barefaced liar

Here and there
We’re everywhere
In the dragon’s lair
Caught up in the violence

Perfect storm
Rebellion
Witches refuse to burn in the fire

Take a risk
Make a list
Manifest all of your desires

When I’m dead and gone
The mad parade goes on

Junkies for chaos

Shit or bust
Slave to lust
Get your piece of the pie
Before you turn to dust

The stakes are high
Keep your eye on the prize
The lesson today is how not to die

Leap of faith
Its not too late
One wrong move any time soon
And we’re out of the game

God has left us to our fate
Left us here to contemplate
The impossibility of death in the mind of the living

When I’m dead and gone
The masquerade goes on

Junkies for chaos

Make order from chaos

Just when you think you’ve won the game
The referee awards a penalty deep in Fergie time
And yet again the fates conspire cost it was never meant to be
We snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Make order from chaos

Be Good Be Kind

Everyone has problems someone else can fix
Each one has a role to play we are each other’s witness
Privatise the profits socialise the loss
A cell just died inside me what is it that I lost

Make order from chaos

Fight the good fight with all of thy might
To triumph over adversity is the meaning of life
Share and share alike no one left behind
Make order from chaos be good be kind

Be good be kind