Eleventh Earl of Marth

The sun had been up for a couple of hours,
Covered the ground with a layer of gold
Spirits were high and the raining had stopped,
The larder was low, but boy that wasn't all
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Couldn't get them very far.
Daddy! Oh Daddy, you promised

Out on the road in the direction of Perth,
Backwards and forwards in a circle they went
Found a city half open and ready to greet,
The conquering heroes, with blisters on their feet
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Somehow got them all this far.
Daddy! You promised, you promised

See the Stewart all dressed up
He's got eyes in the back of his head
Who came in a cockleshell boat
That could only just float,
Couldn't even lift a sword
Dressed too fine and smelling of wine

Daddy, you've got to go!
Here comes the bishop all dressed up
He's gonna bless you if you're ready to pay
One wave of his funny old stick,
There's a band of light across your eyes

Waited a week still they hadn't appeared,
That glorious timing that everyone feared
So they're riding along on the crest of a wave,
They're headed for London, and that will be their grave
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Well, he couldn't get them down that far.
Daddy! I'm waiting, I'm waiting

Time to go to bed now
Never seems too keen
To be a guest now
In a house of dreams

Flying from a hillside
Beckoning the trees
A sailboat's awning
Mimicking the breeze

I'm fighting gravity falling
My Daddy won't let them get me
A voice screams seems to be calling
The face turns features are burning

Daddy, you've got to go!
See the fifteen going by,
Tell the Lairds and the Lords
They're running backwards today,
And once again you stand alone

Bury your memories; bury your friends
Leave it alone for a year or two,
Till the stories go hazy and the legends come true,
Then do it again
Some things never end
Eleventh Earl of Mar
He won't be going very far.
You promised, you promised, you promised...
DADDY!

One for the Wine

Fifty thousand men were sent to do the will of one
His claim was phrased quite simply, though he never voiced it loud
I am he, the chosen one

In his name they could slaughter, for his name they could die
Though many there were believed in him; still more were sure he lied
But they'll fight the battle on

Then one whose faith had died
Fled back up the mountainside
But before the top was made
A misplaced footfall made him stray
From the path prepared for him
Off of the mountain
On to a wilderness of ice

This unexpected vision made him stand and shake with fear
But nothing was his fright compared with those who saw him appear
Terror filled their minds with awe

Simple were the folk who lived
Upon this frozen wave
So not surprising was their thought
This is he, God's chosen one
Who's come to save us from
All our oppressors
We shall be kings of this world

Follow me!
I'll play the game you want me
Until I find a way back home

Follow me!
I give you strength inside you
Courage to win your battles

No, no, no, this can't go on
This will be all that I fled from
Let me rest for a while

He walked into a valley
All alone
There he talked with water and then with the vine

They leave me no choice
I must lead them to glory or most likely to death

They travelled cross the plateau of ice, up to its edge
Then they crossed the mountain range and saw the final plain
Still he urged the people on

Then on a distant slope
He observed one without hope
Flee back up the mountainside
He thought he recognised him by his walk
And by the way he fell
And by the way he
Stood up, and vanished into air

Your Own Special Way

Go far enough and you will reach
A place where the sea runs underneath
We'll see our shadow high in the sky
Dying away in the night

I've sailed the world for seven years
And left all I love behind in tears
Won't you come here, wherever you are
I've been alone long enough

You, you have your own special way
Of holding my hand keep it way 'bove the water
Don't ever let go
Oh no, no, no

You, you have your own special way
Of turning the world so it's facing the way that I'm going
Don't ever, don't ever stop

Who's seen the wind, not you or I
But when the ship moves she's passing by
Between you and me I really don't think
She knows where she's going at all

You, you have your own special way
Of carrying me twice round the world
Never closer to home than the day
The day I started

You, you have your own special way
Hold onto my hand keep it way 'bove the water
Don't ever let go
No, no, no

What mean the dreams night after night
The man in the moon's a blinding light
Won't you come out whoever you are
You've followed me quite long enough

You, you have your own special way
Of holding my hand, don't ever let go
You, you have your own special way
Of turning the world so it's facing the way that I'm going
Don't ever, don't ever leave me

All in Mouse Night?

Loving Couple:
I can't see you but I know you're there
Got to get beside you 'cause it's really cold out here
Come up close to me you'll soon be warm
Hold me tightly like we're sheltering from a storm

Mouse:
Think I might go out for a stroll
Into the night, and out of this hole
Maybe find me a meal
Walking along this new shag pile
Presents a problem all the while
Nearly the door

Suddenly he bumps into wood, the door is closed
A voice from the bed, he'll be exposed
Which way to run, must make for the hole
But the light's been turned on, now he's blind as a mole in coal

Now I can see they're coming at me
They've blocked off my door, I haven't a chance in hell

Couple:
Come on baby let the poor thing go
I'm not sleeping with that thing around here, no
Alright then, I'll fetch a box from below
Guard him carefully; they're very quick you know

Mouse:
The door's been opened, my chance to escape
Must run out quick, better sorry than late
I'm out on the stairs
They won't catch me now; I've the run of the house now
I'll make it downstairs and into the bread bin
That would be nice

Suddenly he bumps into fur, that's very unwise
A cat is much quicker than men and their eyes
The chase that ensues can have only one end
Unless outside help steps in for our friend in need

But now the cat comes in for the kill
His paw is raised soon blood will spill, yes it will

Cat:
Hard luck mouse, this is the end of your road
The signpost says inside me let me bear your heavy load
But it's not to be, that final pounce
Knocks a jar upon his head, and lays him out

But it's all in a mouse's night
To take on all those who would fight

Cat's Story:
There I was with my back to the wall
Then comes this monster mouse, he's ten feet tall
With teeth and claws to match
It only took one blow

Blood on the Rooftops

Dark and grey, an English film, the Wednesday Play
We always watch the Queen on Christmas Day
Won't you stay?

Though your eyes see shipwrecked sailors you're still dry
The outlook's fine though Wales might have some rain
Saved again

Let's skip the news boy (I'll make some tea)
The Arabs and the Jews boy (too much for me)
They get me confused boy (puts me off to sleep)
And the thing I hate - Oh Lord!
Is staying up late to watch some debate on some nation's fate

Hypnotised by Batman, Tarzan, still surprised!
You've won the West in time to be our guest
Name your prize!

Drop of wine, a glass of beer dear, what's the time?
The grime on the Tyne is mine all mine all mine
Five past nine

Blood on the rooftops - Venice in the Spring
Streets of San Francisco - a word from Peking
The trouble was started by a young Errol Flynn
Better in my day - Oh Lord!
For when we got bored, we'd have a world war, happy but poor

So let's skip the news boy (I'll go make that tea)
Blood on the rooftops (too much for me)
When old Mother Goose stops - they're out for twenty-three
Then the rain at Lords stopped play
Seems Helen of Troy has found a new face again

Afterglow

Like the dust that settles all around me
I must find a new home
The ways and holes that used to give me shelter
Are all as one to me now
But I, I would search everywhere
Just to hear your call
And walk upon stranger roads than this one
In a world I used to know before
I miss you more

Than the sun reflecting off my pillow
Bringing the warmth of new life
And the sounds that echoed all around me
I caught a glimpse of in the night
But now, now I've lost everything
I give to you my soul
The meaning of all that I believed before
Escapes me in this world of none, no thing, no one

And I would search everywhere
Just to hear your call
And walk upon stranger roads than this one
In a world I used to know before
For now I've lost everything
I give to you my soul
The meaning of all that I believed before
Escapes me in this world of none
I miss you more