“I’m including here the final version of all the lyrics for the ‘Spirogyra’ albums. Lyrics on some of the cd inserts may differ slightly from these – but that is because of mistakes, or because I have another preferred version that may not actually have been sung on the record. But for all future recordings of these songs these are the final versions I would want used and approved by me most recently”. (Martin April 2005) (PS I haven’t corrected punctuation marks properly yet!)
All songs are wordsand music by Martin Cockerham except those marked with a *, in which case the writer is named.
Burn The Bridges
Turn Again Lane
Turn again Lane, go back you, know she l-l-loved you
Go back, that girl’s in love with you
Turn again Lane, go back you, know that you’re gonna need her
Go back go let her sun shine through
You know that girls inlove with you
You know that girls in love with
girls inlove with, girls inlove with you
Turn again lane go back you, know that you’re gonna need her
Go back go let her sun shine through
You know that girl’s in love with you
You know that girls in love with
girls inlove with, girls inlove with you
Want you to say that you’ll give her all your love
And so much more, and so much more
Love in a way that a young man only can
With so much more and so much more and so much more
Turn again lane you twit you, don’t know what you missed you
Sure ought to get yourself a brain
Turn again lane, Turn again Lane, Turn Again lane
Knowing the way that she moves her sweater
Down in the deep sea south
She’s the kind of girl that’s got a lot to recommend her
She aint no common mouth
I want you to say that you’ll give her all your love
And so much more and so much more
Love in a way that a young man only can
With so much more and so much more and so much more
Out here there’s a lot that’s unexplored
My advice to you is go back home
“And if you are new here I must ask you sir
Do you happen to carry a gun
I discovered when young to trust no-one
And to learn from mistakes I had made
These are days of deceit and suspicion sir
You must not take offence if I say
That you look like a queer or a harbourer
Of ladies of latter decay
This part of the world is a dark one son
We live by the laws we have made
Though it’s true we may harm in mistake sometimes
We thank God for the lives we have saved
We thank God for the lives we have saved
So if you are new here I must ask you sir
Will you kindly go back where you came
I discovered when young to trust no-one
And to learn from mistakes I had made
And to learn from mistakes I had made”
Bring Me Back
The day glow, comes in your room
Those who remain will never feel the same
These feelings,I have inside me
Try to deny me
I’m gonna wait on the years
Hearken to her song of life
Calling calling
Bring me back, I need you now
Help me, help me
Let me know I’m not alone
I love you
Tomorrow, who knows may find me?
Who knows the rolling wheel
The twist of fate on the line?
Hearken to her song of life
Calling, calling
Bring me back, I need you now
Help me, help me
Let me know I’m not alone
I love you
She’s The One(I Got A Feeling)
I got a feeling
love’s gonna take me
love’s gonna make me, or break me in two
See in the distance
she’s started moving
I’ve started drooling
She’s gotta gotta gotta be
I can see what she’s doing to me
I’m hoping she comes today
Hoping she comes today
Now I know that, now I know that
now I know that, She’s the One
Now I know that, now I know that
now I know that, She’s the One
She’s the one, She’s the one
I gotta notion
Time now for action
she’s a distraction
I gotta make a move that’ll pay
or I’ll wind up regretting this day
I’m hoping she comes today
Hoping she comes today
Now I know that, now I know that
now I know that, She’s the One
I gotta feeling
love’s gonna take me
love’s gonna make me, or break me in two
I’m hoping she comes today
hoping she comes today
Now I know that, now I know that
now I know that, She’s the One
Nothing To Hide
Seeing as how
Darkness has changed to bright
You’ve nothing to hide
Why don’t you step into the light
No-one wants to deceive you or lead you
That’s alright
You’re rivals appear
The enemy is drawing near
And shadows of fear
Have brought out a rash on your ear
Seems they want your blood for their culture
Though it aint clear
Getta hold of the tow rope boy
You aint got an hour left to live Oh
Getta hold of yourself now boy
You aint got a reason to give for life
And me and John,
we thought we’d discovered a way
to tear down the walls
to hear all the people say
No-one wants to deceive you or lead you
That’s OK, that’s Ok, that’s all
Getta hold of the tow rope boy
You aint got an hour left to live Oh
Getta hold of yourself now boy
You aint got a reason to give for life
That’s alright, that’s alright, that’s alright
Where There’s A Will There’s A Way
Where there’s a will there’s a way
Where there’s a will there’s a way
There’s a way, there’s always a way
For where there’s a will there’s a way
Where there’s a road there’s a wheel
Where there’s a road there’s a wheel
There’s a wheel, there’s always a wheel
For where there’s a will there’s a way
Carving a valley, building a chalet by
Rivers and mountains, lacking in certainty
Trying to get happy
Trying to get part of the
Innermost circle
No time to turn around now
Where there is water there’s a craft
Where there is water there’s a craft
There’s a craft, there’s always a craft
For where there’s a will there’s a way
Where there is air there’s a plane
Where there is air there’s a plane
There’s a plane, there’s always a plane
For where there’s a will there’s a way
Carving a valley, building a chalet by
Rivers and mountains, lacking in certainty
Trying to get happy
Trying to get part of the
Innermost circle
No time to turn around now
There’s a way
There’s a way
We’ve got a long way to go
I Gotta Woman
I gotta woman, oh I’m so happy
Man it’s my heyday, I got a lady
I gotta woman, wo-wo-wo-woman
I never thought that love could be this way
I never thought that you could come my way
I gotta woman, wo-wo-wo-woman
I used to walk in the shadow
I used to walk in the rain
I used to think that my mind was insane
But then you took away all the pain
If it’s a showdown, you’re feeling low down
Don’t think you’ll find your personal heaven
Look for a woman, wo-wo-wo-woman
Counting The Cars
I’m counting the number of cars
Rolling into my life
Broken by alibis
Running from all those lies
Watching a number of dreams
Flowing away from me
Bum lifts from heavy loads
Burn wheels on southern roads
Feel the distance that I put between
Me and my childhood
Hang on to what remains
Leave trails of broken chains
High tail for Spanish Mains
Feeling I’m lost in my way
Too proud to lift my eyes and say
Life’s not the same as I
Thought that it might have been
Heard a lot of places such as these
I remember stories, pirates, the seas, the breeze
Bum lifts from heavy loads
Burn wheels on southern roads
We’re Going Over
Leicester Square Lady
You’ve had your heyday – blow!
Down in the distance, there’s a resistance – know!
You cannot see me, you cannot be me – so – go!
Over the valley coming a sudden snow
Shatter the evening, flowing the dream I owe
No point in lying, might as well say we’re through, we’re through
We’re going over, we’re going over, we’re going over
Leicester Square Lady
You’ve had your heyday – blow!
Down in the distance, there’s a resistance – know!
You cannot see me, you cannot be me – so – go!
We’re going Over, we’re going over
But you have seen where words have been
And though you’ve heard the wise men cry
It seems we’ve opened up the sky
Leicester Square Lady, you’ve had your heyday – go!
Often I think of all of the things we’d do
No point in lying, might as well say we’re through
We’re through
We’re going over, we’re going over, we’re going over
We are fighting a losing battle
No one is winning
No-one’s beginning
We are on the doorway of knowledge
Have we the wisdom, have we the wisdom?
We are looking for something that’s missing
Dark all around us
Darkness surrounding
We are fighting a losing battle
No one is winning
No-one’s beginning
We
Come out of the sky little mama
And let me see you smile
The sun is all around
The sun is all around
Come out of the sky little angel
And let me see you be
You are the one for me
You are the one for me
Mackerels & Fishes
Mackerels and fishes are swimming away
Squirrels are saving the fruits of decay
Green leaves are dying and turning to brown
Apples are falling to the ground
Winter’s creeping just round the corner
Nice Mrs Brockle is cleaning the grate
She’s looking worried, Tom is late
The rain on the window is pattering loud
Outside the wind begins to howl
Winter’s creeping just round the corner
Just round the corner
So darling good luck in
the winter that is coming upon us now
And in the years ahead
Defender Of The Faith
Bonnie Prince Charlie, our liege
We owe allegiance
Defender of the Faith
Pipers are calling
Onto the field of battle
Meet the redcoat foe
Our cause is just
To seek the crown
Who’ll stand between our rightful heir
By the grace of God
We stand or fall
Across the land we’ll meet the call
I’m a man with no future
With no past and no time
And I live for the war,
Lord I live for the war
I won’t be back no more
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Our liege we owe allegiance
Defender of the faith
Pipers are calling
Onto the field of battle
Meet the redcoat foe
Our cause is just
To seek the crown
Who’ll stand between our rightful heir
By the grace of God
We stand or fall
Across the land we’ll meet the call
I’m a man with no future
With no past and no time
And I live for the war,
Lord I live for the war
I won’t be back no more
Hey Lady
Hey lady, where you been so long?
Hey lady, where you don’t belong
The sun is in the sky
The tears are in your eye
And I see you, and you see me
Hey lady, what did I do wrong?
Hey maybe, did I try too strong?
You check your mate in fifteen moves
But you’re the one whose gonna lose
Cause I know you, and you know me
Come home
Hey lady, won’t you please confess
Hey lady, give me your address
The sun is in the sky
The tears are in your eye
And I see you and you see me
And I see you
Come home
Sing It Simple (Razzmatazz)
You lost your sense of rhythm
you said good-bye to the song
so long, so long.
You lost your sense of beauty
you said goodbye to the light
hello night – come on!
Shedoobeedoob – no melody
Shedoobeedoob – no rhythm
Shedoobeedoob – no music at all
And Sing it simple
And Sing it sad
And Sing it gentle
And Sing it glad
Shedoobeedoob – no melody
Shedoobeedoob – no rhythm
Shedoobeedoob – no music at all
You lost your sense of rhythm
you said good-bye to the song
so long, so long.
You lost your sense of beauty
you said goodbye to the light
hello night – come on!
And Sing it simple
And Sing it sad
And Sing it gentle
And Sing it glad
The Forest Of Dean
In The Forest of Dean
I first fell in love
And she showed me more than I’ve
ever seen, in the Forest of Dean
In The Valley of Wye
Looking up at Symond’s Yat
We first noticed the sky
Wondering, in the Valley of Wye
And every place I’ve ever been
Harbours her memories
And every face I’ve ever seen
Harbours her memories
In the Hills of Breconshire
We talked about our lives
As we walked the aged stone
Smiling, in the southern part of Wales
And every place I’ve ever been
Harbours her memories
And every face I’ve ever seen
Harbours her memories
But it’s OK you do not have to care
OK we’re really nearly there
Surround yourself with flowers dear
Forget about the hours dear
It’s OK today
A Northern Lament (Traveling)
Let me take you traveling
Let me take you riding along
On a steam train, it’s none stop to Manchester
Mighty station Victoria
The grey stone is standing so tall
As the old men, the railway men, locked in the past
Did you see that caravan? she said as we picked up some speed
Do people live there, or is it left by from the war?
Yes I said softly, but the flowers are all gone
His son must have moved south
It seems that he is now long gone
Look at that mine, so empty so bare
I think it’s a closure, the new gas is cheaper by far
And what of the men now that their jobs are not there
I cannot say Jenny but their ghost is haunting the air
Jenny I do not feel happy at all
The heart is not here, something is gone
It seems as to be that the soul of the north
Is floating away in the air
On the canal did you see those factories there
They once made an Empire, but now people buy from elsewhere
And as for the grey stone, the dark stone, the black stone
Once it was strong, but now it rolls over and over
She rested her head on my shoulder and started to sleep
As I gazed from the window out into the day
Jenny I do not feel happy at all
The heart is not here, something is gone
It seems as to be that the soul of the north
Is floating away in the air
Jerusalem
Days at ease with no telephone
Uncle Moustache on the coffee machine
I found a way into Jerusalem
I found a way into Jerusalem
Never been religious
Never been that way at all
But man you look beyond the city wall
I found a way into Jerusalem
I found a way into Jerusalem
I walked with Juicy to the Old Bazaar
Through the back streets
To the Mosque of Saint Omar
I found a way into Jerusalem
I found a way into Jerusalem
I found a way into Jerusalem
Heard a lot about the men who died
Now I understand the reason why they cried
I found a way into Jerusalem
I found a way into Jerusalem
I found a way into Jerusalem
I found a way into Jerusalem
Joe Somewhere (I Hear You’re Going Somewhere)
When I was a young man
they said you know a young man
should always keep his head out of the clouds
And head for sunny weather
to keep himself together
in case forever complicates his brain
I hear you’re really going somewhere Joe
I hear you’re really going somewhere Joe
And when I was a good man
so completely should man
there were no mistakes I could have made
Oh but fate she’s evil
oh she’s really evil
dealing double trouble, no-one’s safe
I hear you’re really going somewhere Joe
I hear you’re really going somewhere Joe
I haven’t got the luck it takes
You’ve got me wrong
it’s your mistake
So if when you’re coming down
You see in the late night film queue
Someone who looks like me – you’re wrong!
Though we all move on sir
Reasons there are none sir
I suppose that’s how it’s meant to be
Hey, nothing’s what it seems from far away
I hear you’re really going somewhere Joe
I hear you’re really going somewhere Joe
I hear you’re really going somewhere Joe
Burn The Bridges
Do not look on back
For the things we lack
Searching for a future in old memories
Looking for our destiny in histories
Burn The Bridges
Burn The Bridges
Those who have control
Never where you are
There’s such a lot of wisdom
That is stuck in books
But it’s economist and physicists
Who cook the books
Burn the Bridges
Burn the Bridges
Trust in facts that stay
That can’t be washed away
Like the light of day
Truth will always stay
Burn the Bridges
Burn the Bridges
Laughter is where you are
It is something that is more
Wisdom is where we’ll go
It is something that is sure
There is nothing that is pure
Who am I?
And every recipe you’ll ever see
Will say inside
A pinch of salt sir
I n this age of gross deception
Cynics rule
They’re on the surface
Truth will conquer
Love will surely win.
St Radigund’s
The Future Won’t Be Long
Do you mind a question? Please sir stay
What was life like in the olden days?
Long ago, ago, ago, ago before the war
“Contractors to Her Majesty’s Government we were
Dealers in honest trade, I
There were some mighty queer folk about
But most were honest workers and knew their place
I was a skilled craftsman, Mark You
The work was hard and the hours they were long
Ah , but there was amaiden
And her name was Marjorie
Long black hair she had like a gypsy
And the prettiest smile I’ve ever seen
And I called her an angel
And I was right, she was
Then there was the war
The war”
Forging a pathway for freedom
Using resources we need them
Though our foes are human beings
We stand between them
And the life we do condone
Shipped out to Belgium to stop them
Plastered and shelled them
But lost ground
Bombs and rockets, V2’s over London city
And the world at their command
And back in Yeadon, Marjorie
Stood beneath a factory
I was assured she felt no pain
Withdrawn from Dunkirk in cruisers
Who cares says I, we’re all losers
No-one wins – both sides the victims of our nature
May the future learn
Back in Yeadon Marjorie
Died beneath the factory
A Messerschmitt her destiny
You who think the rest are wrong
And stand so tall and feel so strong
Please be sure that you yourselves are not mistaken
For the future won’t be long
Island
If you’re gonna be a mountain
Let me see you thrust your snows
In innocence through clouds of doubt
That try to keep your reason out
In these times of glaciated slaughter
If you’re gonna be a legend
Let it be a tale whose telling
Is a state of mind that’s dwelling
Far beyond the words dark capture
To fill the heart alone with rapture
In these days of circles
If your gonna be an island
I will be a sailing ship
Who like a speck at total distance
Looms beyond your headland breakers
Till the oceans mighty plunder
Bids me seek the gentler shelter
Of your inland waters
Have you never seen beyond the moon?
Don’t you know that we will be there soon?
Have you no eyes to see
That you are only me and we are only
Travellers upon a sea of time
Trying very hard to make it rhyme
Magical Mary
Magical Mary
She looks like a fairy
And waves her wand around
Points at an earthman and says Hallelujah
Just look at what I’ve found
At what I’ve found
Magical Mary
She shivers her timbers
And lays you on the ground
Strikes up a rhythm in fifty two tempo
And says hey man your found
Hey man you’re found
I gotta come with you
I gotta come with you
Got got to, got got to
I gotta come
Madrigal Mistress has seventy sisters
And every one’s the same
They come with assistance
To break your resistance
And man your brained
You’re like to wind up maimed
I gotta come with you
I gotta come with you
Got got to, got got to
I gotta come
Don’t ask me no questions
Don’t ask me no questions
I got to, got got to
I gotta come
Always the same, I don’t know how you do it
Just a game, no matter how you view it
Always the same
You’re gonna be alone, you’re gonna need someone
You’re gonna find it hard to get yourself a man
Whose gonna take your hand, or even understand
Just what you’re into.
Mr Brown, he thought he’d found salvation
Using words to try to calm the nation
What a shame
He didn’t have a notion how to use the lotion
Gotta spread it thin to give each one a portion
Gotta make it clear they’re gonna get a portion
So’s they’re happy
Always the same, you never seem to falter
Make a slip, you’ll have me at the altar
Never mind, it doesn’t matter much
Because you’ve got the touch
You’ve really got it made
You’re gonna make the grade
And you can try your hand
Another time around
That’s if you want to
Captains Log
Look at the ocean go rolling by slowly
We’re on the waves and it’s ever so lonely
How very strange that I think that there’s something wrong
Captain’s Log, the first of June
Have run into a bad monsoon
I’m 54, I’ve sailed before
This is not the sea, it’s war
Grab the rigging, man the sail
Secure the hatches start to bail
I do not think we will survive
I do not think we will survive
Cloud in the distance appeared like a mushroom
Then came the heat and the rage of the ocean
We’re going down and I don’t think I’d rather stay
Captain’s Log, the first of June
Have run into a bad monsoon
I’m 54, I’ve sailed before
This is not the sea, it’s war
And to those who caused the pain
I only hope you will remain
I’m going down with what was good
I wouldn’t stay if I could
Home In The World
Though I may whisper words
You don’t understand, understand
Though I’m in need of help
You can’t lend a hand, lend a hand
To be at home in the world
To be at home in the world
Though I may come and go
It is not from you that I flow
Wild though the world may be
It’s inside of me, inside of me
To be at home in the world
To be at home in the world
This is all that a man can need
Cannot you see
This is all that a man can need
Cannot you see
Though I may act unkind
I don’t mean to be, honestly
It’s just that it’s hard to see
The reality, reality
To be at home in the world
To be at home in the world
This is all that a man can need
Cannot you see
This is all that a man can need
Cannot you see
Don’t ask me to move away
I will never go
Don’t ask me to hide away
I will never leave
Cogwheels, Crutches & Cyanide
Holy John
Give me food
Tonight I am so hungry
Tonight my eyes are searching
For a way
Holy John
Give me shelter
Tonight I am so weary
Tonight my eyes are open wide
Well the first man was a juggler
And his skill was very great
But he said that he was leaving
He said he couldn’t wait
And the second came with jewels
That flickered on his hand
As he spoke about tomorrow
As if it were another land
But a lady caught between them
Said she should be free
But they just looked bewildered
And said yes, so should we
How on earth, yelled the author
Does the tale makes it’s sense
It’s alive with the truth,
But we must have the proof
How can we open the door
Well the next man had religion
It made him very proud
He said he’d found his inner bliss
He said it very loud
But a group of men surpassed him
With science skills and speed
They hurled down his conceptions
And dug up all his weeds
The lady she looked worried
She asked if this was wise
“Of course it is it’s logic
Brains and enterprise
How on earth, yelled the author
Does the tale makes it’s sense
It’s alive with the truth,
But we must have the proof
How can we open the door
Well the last man had no number
And didn’t say a word
He didn’t even answer them
When they said he was absurd
They made him sign a treaty
To give up all he owned
And searched his pockets anxiously
To see if he had gold
The lady was enchanted
And said they ought to see
So they charged her with subversion
And made her watch TV
I’m a man with no future
With no past and no time
And I live for the war
Lord I live for the war
I won’t be back no more
We are fighting a losing battle
No-one is winning
No-one’s beginning
We are looking for something that’s missing
Dark all around us
Darkness surrounding
We are on the doorway of knowledge
Have we the wisdom?
Have we the wisdom?
We are fighting a losing battle
No-one is winning
No-one’s beginning
Come over the hill little mama
And let me see you smile
You are the one for me
You are the one for me
Come out of the sky little angel
And let me see you be
You are the one for me
You are the one for me
Time Will Tell *(Julian Cusack)
If you don’t like lying in the sun
you might as well not be here
What’s the point of always working
Shut your eyes and let the colours come
And block out all the black and white
And dirty grey and damp and dust
And dry rot in the roof
On the beach we lit a fire
A Frenchman gave us wine and whiskey
Out to sea the British navy
Keeps an eye on foreign shipping
To keep us safe from war
The hope of which is all
That keeps our soldiers sleeping through the night
