Disk 3

AN' OL'  MAN'S QUESTION

VERSE 1

THE FIGHTER WEREN'T NO GRADUATE

HE TOOK EVERY HEAVY HIT

THE SCIENTISTS INVENTED AN ATOM BOMB

WE STILL CLEANIN' UP THEIR SHIT

VERSE 2

BIG BURLY HE ASKED SKINNY SLIM

'CAN YOU FENCE THIS STUFF?'

SLIM SAY, 'WHERE YOU GIT THIS CONTRABAND?'

BURL SAY, 'IT FELL OFF THE BACK OF A TRUCK'

VERSE 3

THERE'S AN OL' MAN FROM THE DESERT LAND

POSIN' QUESTIONS FROM AFAR

SAYIN' 'HOW CAN YOU HAVE AN IDENTITY 

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE?'

VERSE 4

THE HORSEMAN CAME ON THUNDERIN' HOOVES

THE FORTRESS WALLS WERE BREACHED

THE ENEMY THEY WERE BANISHED

THE ARCHANGEL SUBDUED THE BEAST

VERSE 5

THE ANCIENT CAVE DWELLER SPIRIT BEINGS

WERE PAINTED ON THE WALLS

OVER 30,000 YEARS AGO

THEY STILL SPEAKIN' TO US ALL

VERSE 6

BILLIONS OF GALAXIES KEEP EXPANDIN'

WE HOMO-SAPIENS LIVE ON ONE....

ONE MINISCULE LITTLE PLANET

REVOLVIN' AROUND A TINY SUN

VERSE 7

THE JOKER TOLD THE JESTER..

'WE PUSHIN' COMEDY UPHILLS'

THE PRIVATE ASKED THE GENERAL,

'ARE THEY HUMAN BEINGS WE GONNA KILL?'

VERSE 8

OVER MILLENIA WE KEEP ON WAGIN' WARS

MILLIONS OF LIVES KEEP BEIN' LOST

TECHNOLOGIES OF WAR KEEP ADVANCIN'

WE LEFT DOWN HERE TO BARE THE COSTS

VERSE 9

BUT WE ALL STARS NOW IN THE MAKIN'

WE CAN ALL BE A CELEBRITY

POSTIN' VIDEOS ON MY TUBE

WE STAR IN 24/7 ON CCTV

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HIGHWAY 1

VERSE 1

I’VE BEEN TRAVELLIN’ THIS OPEN ROAD

I’VE BEEN REAPED AN’ I’VE BEEN SOWED

TRUSTIN’ THE FATES AS EACH DAY COMES

Chorus

LIFETIME’S JOURNEY DOWN HIGHWAY ONE

YOU TRAVEL, HARD AND YOU TRAVEL LONG

WIND UP ENDIN’ WHERE YOU STARTED FROM

WIND UP ENDIN’ WHERE YOU BEGUN

VERSE 2

SEEN THE DOLPHINS AND THE DINGO PLAY

WATCHED THE TIDE AND THE MOON DANCE EACH DAY

MOTHEREARTH’S MATTRESS FOR MY BED

MILKY WAY CEILING SHINE ABOVE MY HEAD

VERSE 3

I’VE MET MORE GOOD PEOPLE, THAN I’VE MET BAD

I’VE LAUGHED MORE TIMES THAN I’VE FELT BAD

BY READIN’ GIVEWAY, STOPLIGHT DETOUR SIGNS

FOUND HIGHWAY ONE RUNS THROUGH EACH MIND

VERSE 4

WE NEED MONEY TO TRAVEL THIS ROAD

OIL AN’ ASHPHALT CARRY EACH LOAD

BETWEEN WHEN WE’RE BORN AN’ WHEN WE DIE

WE CHOOSE TO WALK, OR WE CAN FLY 

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BUILDING A HOLY CITY

INSTRUMENTAL

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MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND

Verse 1

SURROUND ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT

EMBRACE ME WITH YOUR LOVE

TOUCH ME WITH A TENDERNESS

LOVE IS LIKE A FLOOD

A FLOOD OF FIRED EMOTIONS

THAT WE MAY NOT COMPREHEND

LIKE THE BEAUTY OF THE WINTER SUNSET

MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND...

MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND

Verse 2

CARESS ME LIKE THE RAINS IN SPRING

WITH THE WARMTH THAT THE SUMMER SUNSHINE BRINGS

TOUCH ME WITH THE PEACE OF EACH SUNSET'S GLOW

THE BEAUTY IN THE COLOURS OF THE MORNING RAINBOW

THE FEEL OF YOUR TOUCH UPON MY SKIN

LIKE THE BEAUTY OF THE WINTERN SUNSET

MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND

MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND

Verse 3

SHARE WITH ME THE SKIES EXPANSE

WHEN THE STARLIGHT AND THE WATER DANCE

GUIDE ME THROUGH DRIED DESERT'S DUNES

WHERE THE SILENT WILDFLOWERS BLOOM

GIVE ME SHELTER WHEN I CAN'T DEFEND

EMBRACE EACH STRANGER AS A FRIEND

FEEL THE BEAUTY OF THE WINTER SUNSET

AND MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND

AND MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND

Verse 4

SURROUND ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT

EMBRACE ME WITH YOUR LOVE

TOUCH ME WITH A TENDERNESS

LOVE IS LIKE A FLOOD....

A FLOOD OF FIRED EMOTIONS

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MONTH OF MAY

VERSE 1

MONTH OF MAY SEEMS SADLY COLD

SUMMER'S GRASS IS LONG SINCE OLD

AND THE ONE YOU THOUGHT YOU REALLY KNEW WAS LYIN'

THE WINTER'S WITCH HAS CAST HER SPELL

THE ROMA GYPSIED WAS HEARD TO TELL

'THE FUTURES, JUST OUR PAST WE'RE REDESIGNIN'”

VERSE 2

PROGRESS OF THE WHEEL OF TIME

DIMS THE SHEEN ON THE BRIGHTEST SHINE

TO SUSTAIN EACH KINGDOM THERE'S MANY DIED WHILE 

TRYIN'

GENTLE RAINS REVIVE THE GROUND

TODAYS KING'S TOMORROWS CLOWN

EACH EMPIRE REIGN'S EVENTUALLY BE DECLININ'

VERSE 3

FLOWERS BLOSSOM DEEP IN SPRING

'TIL AUTUMN TURNS IT ROUND AGAIN'

BEAUTY OF THIS CYCLE'S SO INSPIRIN'

THE POWER OF THE SUMMER'S STORMS

THE GRANITE ROCK IS SLOWLY WORN

COSMOS EVOLVES WITHOUT US HUMANS TRYIN'

VERSE 4

EACH LOVER WALKS IN THEIR OWN EMBRACE

TRYIN' TO SHARE THEIR SECRET SPACE

WITH SOMEONE WHO MAY RETURN THEIR OWN DESIRIN'

SHE SEES THE MIRROR GROWIN OLD

SHE WEIGHTS THAT PRICE AGAINST HER SOUL

REDUCES THE FEE FOR THE SERVICE SHE'S PROVIDIN'

VERSE 5

NEW GOD'S COME OLD DEITIES GO

NEW HEAVENS ABOVE, OLD HELLS BELOW

GOD'S AND DEITIES WE'RE ALWAYS REDEFININ'

THE FATES WERE SENT TO MOCK AT MAN

WE LIVE IT NOW AS BEST WE CAN

THE REAPER COMES WHEN NEVER THOUGHT OF DYIN'

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VICKERY PARISH

Verse 1

In Vickery Parish out in Tara Shire 

Out on Derby County dirt

The selectors came there back in 1932 with nothin’ but a will to
work

They laboured hard in the eucalypt scrubs, tilled the soil as best
 they knew

It’d break the heart of the stoutest man, the acres granted were far
too few

Verse 2

This is the story of one such man, and his years of earning daily
 bread

With nothing to be shown ‘cept his worn backbone, an calloused
hands that held a worried head

Bob Shaw rode in with his heaps of hope, but his life was just a
 constant scrounge

It broke his spirit and it took his youth and finally it ground him down

Verse 3

“Bob the droughts returned and its gripped your ground, the banker cut

 your credit last week

You can’t muster the strength now to wield your axe, livin’ on damper,

bread and kangaroo meat

Bob I see your woman got another child, man the season here don’t look good

Your top soil been blowin’ through your barbed-wired fence and there’s 

bareground where your hay once stood”

Verse 4

The prices are down per pound all round there aint no work on the

 shearin’ runs

The drovin’s cut out, there ain’t no grass about, and no one wants their 

horse breakin’ done

With your kids eatin’ potato soup, black tea and a treacle bread

If you don’t earn a quid for them kids quite soon you’ll come home and 

find there’s someone dead

Verse 5

An your horses too weak to haul your loads, he’s as skinny as a garden
 rake

His rib bones stand out in them neat curved rows, he wouldn’t make it out
 to your front gate

What will you do Bob when the winter comes, you’ve worn through to
the bottom of the stack

Your stocks unfed they like the walkin’ dead I wouldn’t blame ya if your
ports’ is packed

Verse 6

They packed it all up in a high spring cart, never said a word farewell

His defeated pride kept gnawin’ his insides, and his pace reflected his toil
well

Bob Shaw rode out with his shattered hopes, their life had been a constant
scrounge

It broke his spirit and it took his youth and finally it ground him down

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FOOTSTEPS

CHORUS

THEY SAID, 'YOU GOTTA KNOW FROM WHERE YOU CAME

IF YA GONNA KNOW WHERE YOUR GOIN'

VERSE 1

FOOTSTEPS ON THE EARTH OF FREEDOM

THE ANCIENT TRAVELLERS SLOWLY WALKED

LONG BEFORE THERE WAS A JERUSALEM

BEFORE THERE WAS A NEW YORK

FOOTSTEPS......FOOTSTEPS....FOOTSTEPS

VERSE 2

BEFORE THERE WAS A PARIS

BEFORE THERE WAS BEJING

BEFORE THERE WERE THEM GENERALS

LONG BEFORE THERE WERE QUEENS AN KINGS

FOOTSTEPS......FOOTSTEPS.......FOOTSTEPS

CHORUS

THEY SAID, 'YOU GOTTA KNOW FROM WHERE YOU CAME

IF YA GONNA KNOW WHERE YOUR GOIN'

VERSE 3

BEFORE THERE WAS A BERLIN

BEFORE THE TOWN OF LONDON

BEFORE THERE WERE GUARDED GRAINERIES

BEFORE THE HUMAN ENSLAVEMENT OF MAMMON

FOOTSTEPS......FOOTSTEPS......FOOTSTEPS.....

CHORUS

THEY SAID, 'YOU GOTTA KNOW FROM WHERE YOU CAME

IF YA GONNA KNOW WHERE YOUR GOIN'

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COLD DAMP AIR

VERSE 1

IN THE COLD DAMP AIR HE SAID, 'I FELT DESPAIR'

WHEN THE SEASONS TURN TO RAIN

FELT THE TEARS OF FIVE THOUSAND YEARS

THIS WHOLE EARTH FEELS THE SHAME

IT'S SPORNED A MAN WITH ARMOURED HANDS

WHOSE EYES REVEAL NO CHANGE

HE'S DOWN IN DEPTHS, GETS CAUGHT IN CLEFTS

HE'S GREIVING FOR THE  MILLIONS THAT ARE SLAIN

BUT WHO CAN DEFINE THE BLURRED GREY LINES

THAT MARKS THE SHADOWS MOVING EDGE

HE SAID, 'COS I'VE SEEN THE WORLD'S RAVINES

AND I'VE TETHERED ON THE VERY EDGE'

VERSE 2

HE SAID, 'BEWARE IN THE LAND OF SHIFTING SANDS

IT HAS THE MARK OF CAIN

I'VE SEEN THESE SCENES IN DEEPEST DREAMS

AND I SAW THE ONES TO BLAME

WITH FOLDED CLOAKS THEY DONE STOLE AWAY

THE NIGHT CONCEALED THEIR PATH

FOR US TO SEE THE ANGELS SANG

BUT IT WAS LUCIFER WHO PLAYED THE HARP

AND ALL ALONG THE MOUNTAIN WALLS

THE NIGHT SKY BLAZED A FIRE

TO SEE THIS WORLD AS A BURNIN' RUIN

BROTHER I GOT NO DESIRE

VERSE 3

NOW EVERY KINGS GOT AN AMOURED HAND

DRIVIN' DROVES OF WEARY LEGGED MULES

THEY RULE WITH THE POWER OF THE DESPOTIC FEAR

TO THEM WE'RE JESTERS CLOWNS AND FOOLS

AND YOU AND ME THO WE CAN SEE

WE'RE HAMPERED BY THE LACK OF HANDS

SHOUTIN' WARNINGS AGAINST A HIGH WOUND WIND

OUR WORDS ARE DRIVIN AT US LIKE THE SANDS

I COULD NEVER RISE LIKE A WANDERIN' BIRD

AND SOAR UPBOVE THE SEA SPRAY SWELL

NEVER LIFT ABOVE THE ETERNAL THRONG

ALWAYS HIT THEM CRESTS AN FELL

VERSE 4

AND YOU UP THERE WHO NEVER SEEM TO CARE

OR SEE THE HOVELS WHERE THE STARVIN' CHILD CREEPS

WHERE DARKNESS DWELLS IN THEM EARTHLY HELLS

WHERE THE BLINDED THERE FOREVER SEEK

SEE IF YOU CAN FIND JUST ONE

WHO A CURSE DID NEVER SPEAK?

BROTHER THIS WORLD WITH ITS WANTON WOES

HAS ALWAYS PREYED UPON THE POOR AND WEAK

AS THE SUNSET DIES IN THE WESTERN SKY

THE WAILIN' WINDS ARE REACHING A PEAK

THE ARMIES MANEOUVER IN THE MORNING MISTS

WE HEAR THE HEAVY TRAMP OF MARCHING FEET'.

COPYRIGHT SONG CYCLES

BEWDY SONG

VERSE 1

THERE'S A BEAUTY IN THE GATHERIN' STORM

THUNDER AN LIGHTNIN' COMIN' IN

FLASHES OF PRIMORDAL ENERGY

HEAVY RAIN UPON THE TIN

VERSE 2

SMELL OF RAIN UPON THE MOISTEND EARTH

HEARIN' THE RUNNIN' WATER FLOW

FEELIN' THE WARMTH FROM THE WOOD STOVE

KNOWIN' THE PLANTS AN GRASS WILL GROW

VERSE 3

WALKIN' THRU THESE ANCIENT FORESTS

DIAMOND DROPLETS ON THE LEAVES

SHAFTS OF SUNLIGHT THRU THE CANOPY

THE FLOWERS AN THE SOUNDS OF BEES

VERSE 4

HEAR THE BIRDS CALL EVERY MORNIN'

AN THE OWLS CALL EVERY NIGHT

FEELIN' THE SEASONS COME AN GO

CARESSES THE SPIRIT WITH THE LIGHT

VERSE 5

WATCHIN' THE MOONRISE FROM THE MOUNTAINS PEAK

THE WIND-SHAKED DESERT DUNES

NIGHT TIME EMBERS IN THE CAMPFIRE

THE INFINITY OF STARS AROUND THE MOON

VERSE 6

THERE'S A POETRY IN THE SINGIN' WIND

THE VOICE OF MAGIC IN THE STORM

THE VOICE SPEAKS FROM AN ANCIENT TIME

WHEN THE UNIVERSE WAS BEIN' FORMED

VERSE 7

BUSHFIRES AN THE LIGHTNIN' STRIKES'

VOLCANOES AN TSUNAMI'S ROAR

CYCLONES, FLOOD AN THE DRIEST DROUGHTS

HUMANS HAVE NO CONTROL AT ALL

VERSE 8

EMBRACED BY THE LOVE OF ALL EXISTENCE

MY SPIRIT IS NEVER ALONE

SEEKIN' WISDOM FROM THE COSMOS

AN BEAUTY FROM THE UNKNOWN