B i o g r a p h y (by vyviennelong.com)
For Vyvienne Long, music began, with piano lessons at the age of 8. The cello was introduced some years later and between the two instruments, her teenage years were filled with the study and performance of classical music. Playing with the National Youth Orchestra during school holidays, chamber orchestras, string quartets and piano trios all inspired a lasting kinship with orchestral and chamber music repertoire, a deep understanding of which bears fruit in the rich harmonic arrangements which are an integral part of her songwriting. Whilst becoming more professionally involved in Dublin’s burgeoning music scene of the late 90’s, Vyvienne graduated with a degree in Performance from the DIT Dublin. Although work was plentiful in Dublin, she decided to further her studies with Lluis Claret, the renowned Catalan cellist, in Barcelona. This cultural immersion made a strong impression and it was there, in a shared apartment beside the Picasso Museum, that Vyvienne composed her first works for cello. Opportunity soon called Long back to Dublin where she joined the National Symphony Orchestra. Meanwhile the guitars of an underground songwriting community were strumming their way to mainstream success. A collaboration with newly independent singer songwriter Damien Rice gradually expanded into a full-time touring and promotional rollercoaster. Negotiating the highs and volatile lows, the privileges and the loneliness of those ‘band’ years seemed an unrelenting challenge. However it was during this time, Long first began to experiment with a new musical concept – ‘cello song’. That is the art of accompanying oneself on cello as opposed to guitar or piano. Her instantly sparse yet dynamic cover of The White Stripes ‘Seven Nation Army’ became a nightly feature of the tour, and such was the audience response that it began to create waves backstage. Vyvienne was invited to record the song for Today FM’s cult classic ’Even Better Than The Real Thing’. Emboldened by the terrific reaction to her solo performance, Long wrote, recorded and released her first EP of original songs Birdtalk in 2006. The single ‘They’re Not Waving’ with its multi-layered cello orchestra arrangement was a sonic revelation. For music journalists, the phrase ‘chamber pop’ was now officially a genre. A burst of high-profile invitations in Ireland followed with appearances on Other Voices, The Farmleigh Affair and RTÉ’s Late Late Show. However touring with the band still took precedence and it was not until 2008 that Long could finally concentrate on the writing and recording of her debut album Caterpillar Sarabande. While in the studio, the lightly philosophical ‘Happy Thoughts’ found popular appeal when it was featured on a TV ad for Kerry Foods. Caterpillar Sarabande was released to critical acclaim in 2010, its classical foundations finding a home on RTÉ’s Lyric FM. An Arts Council tour with London’s Balanescu Quartet in 2013 breathed new life into the original songs of her debut, which she masterfully rearranged for the String Collision Tour and subsequent live album recording Vyvienne Long Live with the Balanescu Quartet. In the same year, Long toured with the eclectic New Triangle (Niwel Tsumbu, Roger Doyle, Vyvienne Long) and recorded an EP of Beatles covers to mark the 50th anniversary of their visit to Dublin in 1963. In 2014, Long joined Irish super group DFF, who’s music is captured in the exuberant Pouric Songs. Vyvienne is a regular guest with producer and DJ, Kormac following their collaboration on his album Doorsteps, and by request has appeared with artists such as Ed Sheeran in Dublin’s 3 Arena. Vyvienne Long released her second studio album, ‘A Lifetime of High-Fives’ in November 2019.
A Glass Of Laughter Blue Carousel Calm Yourself Child Come Together Condemned The Lyricist Drown Me Halloween Hoedown He Wants to Move I Don't Wanna Dance Lullaby Never Leave You Please Santa, Let's Go Purple Haze Random Man Seven Nation Army Yoshimi You're The Reason Our World Is Warmin'
Caterpillar Sarabande
Late, Always I am always late I’m sorry You will be irate Forgive me It’s all my fault I hope that you’ll wait With sun on your face for me I will always wait But hurry Shadows cross my face of worry Sun has gone down There’s no one around So try to make haste for me
They're not waving Searching for a place to be A face to smile agreeably I wandered round about the room I cut my way through such perfume I saw you standing by the door Waiting, watching and waiting for me ‘Cause you're the only boy for me And I’m the only girl for you I knew it when we met last week So call me when you know it too So call me, so call me So call me, so call me Crazy thoughts go through my mind But I reply that I am fine You move a little closer then I feel your breath, I wonder when You watch me smile I watch you talk With funny faces just to amuse me Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You're the only boy for me And I’m the only girl for you I knew it when we met last week So call me when you know it too So call me, so call me So call me, so call me Searching for a quiet place To disappear without a trace When crowded rooms get much too much And I just want to feel your touch So take my hand and take the wine Don't look back ‘cause they're not waving You're the only boy for me And I’m the only girl for you I knew it when we met last week So call me when you know it too ‘Cause you're the only boy for me And I’m the only girl for you I knew it when you kissed my cheek Knew it when you laughed on cue So call me, so call me So call me, so call me
Treacherous Try to be good To break up this sadness When someone else could Erase all this madness Losing control Grip on reality Fragmented soul And resident malady Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin But you were sublime Your words were treacherous Suitable time For feeling so lecherous Nothing so good as when it’s bad You were the best I’ve ever had Nothing so good Because we could Nothing so good Pray for the end You prey on my weakness And none will defend What makes me feel weakest Breaking the ice Was not my intention I’m stuck in a vice Still I cannot mention that You were sublime Her lips were treacherous Suitable time For feeling so reckless Nothing so good as when it’s bad You were the best I’ve ever had Nothing so good Because we could Nothing so good So good, so good
Test of Endurance This is a test of endurance This is at best, pure indulgence No one dare speak their mind Slowly, we rot inside This is a trial never ending This is a stairwell descending Smile with an easy compliance We make up these contrived alliance Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Sometimes it's hard to breathe Choke back all of my feelings This is a tortured existence This is a test of endurance Stare out to blue grey sea Cry out too silently Rewind the clock and just say what I think Instead of just taking till I’m on the brink This is a test
Tactless Questions Don't! Prize me open Don't push for information I'll tell you if I want to Without interrogation Do you realize That you're not the time or place Do you realize That you ask too many tactless questions Don't! Prize me open For cross examination Unless you wish to vex me Let's end this conversation Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Won't you take the hint When I attempt to change the subject Won't you take the hint When I attempt to change the subject Won't you take the hint When I attempt to change the subject Won't you take the hint When I attempt to change the subject You're so persistant You've made my life much shorter Now I need a vodka Why don't you try the water Don't! Prize me open I'm not your tin of biscuits Although you'd like to have me In front of all your misfits Do you realize That you're not the time or place Do you realize That you ask too many tactless questions Won't you take the hint When I attempt to change the subject Won't you take the hint When I attempt to change the subject Won't you take the hint When I attempt to change the subject Won't you take the hint When I attempt to change the subject
Freakscene Driving down a one-way street Bad ministers don’t skip a beat And shouting loudly on a train While others look on with disdain Scaling walls and dangerous places Be sure to bring some cans of maces Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin It is a freakscene You know it is ’Cause it’s a freakscene ’Cause it’s a freakscene ’Cause it’s a freakscene Dangling babies from a height it gives the fans a nasty fright And hanging in a see through box While starving months for extra shocks Nasal bridge a little loose And jasper where’s my cactus juice ’Cause it’s a freakscene You know it is ’Cause it’s a freakscene ’Cause it’s a freakscene ’Cause it’s a freakscene Running naked through the trees In tune with mother natures breeze And dancing tribal on the streets While jumping puddles in bare feet And bathing in a filthy fountain With friends you know that you can count on And it’s a freakscene You know it is ’Cause it’s a freakscene Bad behaviour ’Cause it’s a freakscene Yes, it’s a freakscene ’Cause it’s a freakscene ’Cause it’s a freakscene Bad behaviour ’Cause it’s a freakscene
Bad Move That was a bad bad move Why did I agree to this It was a bad bad move Once again I’ve learnt my lesson Why can’t I say Half of me said “do it” And half of me said “don’t!” I thought I could run through it But that half had no brain attached And now there’s no escaping Force my mind to happy thoughts All along mistaken Curse this day and all it’s warts It was a bad bad move Why did I agree to this It was a bad, bad move Once again I’ve learnt my lesson Why can’t I say Why can’t I predict this Kick myself like I’m tyre Why do I inflict this Should have said my dog caught fire I never will forget it Should have said my car broke down Now do I regret it Why does this shit come around It was a bad, bad move Bad, bad move Bad, bad move I’m the fool (she’s the fool) I’m the fool Swimming round in concrete That’s what I agreed to do Always catch the wrong beat And come up red instead of blue I’ll sacrifice perfection Shut my eyes and count to ten You are above correction And I will not be back again It was a bad bad move Why did I agree to this It was a bad, bad move Once again I’ve learnt my lesson Why can’t I say Why can’t I say Why can’t I say
Hideaway If I could stay right here Forever stay My own idyllic hideaway The sun, the moon and endless sky And you, the diamond in my eye Out of reach and out of time, this distant Peaceful place of mine
The Ring Road Before you take the ring road Know that I love you Before you take the ring road Know that I love you Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And if I never see your face again And if I never hear your voice again And if you never kiss my lips again Know that I love you Know that I love you
To The End
It's a full-time job Being a good friend Being a good listener Through the week and the week-end Many many phone calls Many messengers to send And it's a full-time job To the end Being a good sister Is a full-time thing But lining up why husband who no longer wears a ring Saying all the right things Is never meaning to offend And it's a full-time thing To the end Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Being a good daughter Can be quite time ??? And if you want to be a good one Then it's no use ?? presuming But you can skip all the ??? ?? sent her home to bed 'Cause there are many things to be discussed And empty from her head And it's a full-time job Being a good wife Being a good lover Not taking your own lie Many many dishes Many christmas card to send And it's a full-time job To the end
Happy thoughts Why do cats smile When dragons breath fire Why do frogs sigh When camels wish to retire Why do the antelope Go swinging off the anchor-rope Why do bears bore Oh why whatever for No one will ever know And neither will I So think happy thoughts ‘Till bad ones go by Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Happy thoughts Happy thoughts Happy thoughts will save me Happy thoughts Happy thoughts Happy thoughts will save me Why do birds sing When worms can’t hear a thing Why do snakes dance When snails get fried in France Why do the red fox Go pulling off the badgers socks Why do sheep dive Straight in to the bee hive No one will ever know The black bird in the pie So think happy thoughts ‘Till bad ones go by Happy thoughts Happy thoughts Happy thoughts will save me Happy thoughts Happy thoughts Happy thoughts will save me
A Lifetime of High Fives Seahorse We are sailing out to sea See if we can reach the island of dreams It may take a week may take a year We don't care it's groovy being here We are sailing far away Left our troubles behind on broken heart bay Starry stars above the oceans deep We're sailing where the seahorse like to sleep We are sailing out to sea See if we can reach the island of dreams It may take a week, may take a year We don't care it's groovy being here We are sailing far away Left our troubles behind on broken heart bay Starry stars above the oceans deep We're sailing where the seahorse like to sleep We're sailing where We're sailing where the seahorse like to sleep Money Stuff Money stuff Money stuff Fuck shit up Money stuff Money stuff Just fuck shit up You put your money down It don't come back around You put your money down No one is honour bound I put my money down It don't come back around I put my money down How hard I hit the ground Money stuff Money stuff Money stuff Just You put your money down It don't come back around You put your money down No one is honour bound I put my money down It don't come back around I put my money down How hard I hit the ground Money stuff Money stuff Money stuff Money stuff Money stuff Money stuff Just fuck shit up Just memories in my wallet now Daddy please tell me how How in hell did I wind up here Suckin' in fumes of an old John Deere Starin' at these breakdown bills Listenin' to the nation's ills Pullin' out drawers of rescue pills Pushin' mountains up steeper hills When did cellists play for money When did music come for free Why is it a belligerent question Why are you not paying me Screw you and your hidden charges Screw you and your minutes free I'm seeing red when the print enlarges Statement says your screwing me Were we ever but racing rats Dragging chariots for fatter cats Global markets and felted hats Boarding school for fat cat brats They'll tax the water, they'll tax the wine Middle classes are in decline Most corrupt will not resign Triple the interest and pay the fine But we'll shut up and stick around We know we ain't seen nothing yet Save the euro and shun the pound Sell our souls to pay their debt But screw you and your hidden charges Screw you and your VAT I'm seeing red when the print enlarges Statement says you're screwing me Money stuff Money stuff Money stuff You put your money down It don't come back around You put your money down No one is honour bound I put my money down It don't come back around I put my money down How hard I hit the ground Money stuff Money stuff Money stuff Just Let Go Don't let go Please don't let go But if you must Then do it slowly Don't let go Don't let go Don't let go Please don't let go But if you must Then do it slowly Don't let go Don't let go You're without love For what you've done If our hands were untied Then maybe we could run I cannot fathom What has begun We had a lifetime To feel the sun Don't let go Please don't let go But if you must Then do it slowly Don't let go Don't let go Banish Banish these thoughts They're too poisonous Remember you caught That fish by yourself Come hell or high water You'll fall like the rain So banish these thoughts And bury that name Banish these thoughts They're too poisonous Remember you fought These wars by yourself Come hell or high water You'll fall like the leaves So banish these thoughts and Bury those deeds Banish these thoughts Banish these thoughts Banish these thoughts Banish these thoughts Banish these thoughts Banish these thoughts Or watch your head burst Remember you fought These wars by yourself Come hell or high water You'll fall like the leaves So banish these thoughts And bury those deeds Ten Years From Now Hello, my darling Hello, my friend Are you speaking to me Or have we come to the end Of our brief conversation Which leads to dismay I know ten years from now I'll still want you this way Hello, my darling Hello, my friend Do you sleep easily Or have we come to pretend That this cheap imitation's What love's meant to be I know ten years from now l'll still want you to see The time that we had Is a good memory Keep me warm till the grave Or so I believe that We too will die We too will die We too will die Hello, my darling Hello, my friend If you were seated with me Do you think we could mend All these pieces lie broken And who holds the key I know ten years from now We will still disagree But the time that we had The music we breathed When our laughter was easy Or so I believe that We too will die We too will die We too will die Hello, my darling Hello, my friend You're here in my thoughts And I wish I could send you My words of contrition Are haunting me still I know one day you'll hear them If I have the will But the time that we had Is a good memory Keep me warm till the grave Or so I believe that We too will die We too will die We too will die This Monster I'll get to Kandahar To shoot this animal Over his burning car I'll ride a Yamaha The day is getting dark But it will not be long Before I strike him hard I'll be a tiger shark Don't give up you know I'll fight to death I won't let up until this earth turns red Don't give up until the beast is slain Don't return until you end his reign He has the sharpest claws And an almighty roar But I will kick his doors And put an end to war His men are standing guard And he will play his cards But from the city's bar He will be running far Don't give up you know I'll fight to death I won't let up until this earth turns red Don't give up until you end this fight Take him out before the dawn brings light I'll get to Kandahar To shoot this animal Over his bleeding heart I'll light a fat cigar Photographs I find it difficult to look good in photographs It's even harder when I'm standing next to you But I'll always say yes to another pretty dress I know I'll regret it when my credit card bill comes through It's impossible for me To refuse another drink Then I'll say foolish things And stress about what others think I'll go along with whatever you want Whenever you want me to I'll fund your friendliness Your kindnesses, your new work suit Lead the way Lead the way Lead the way Lead the way I find it difficult to small talk At intervals It's even harder When I don't know who you are But I'll always invest When it's time to impress Those who question Why I make forsaken art No words will puncture the air As we are driving home We'll stare out vacantly As if we were two garden gnomes We'll go along with whatever they want They'll always want us to We'll find some friendliness Some kindnesses, a rooftop view Lead the way Lead the way Lead the way Lead the way Enough She wandered softly beneath wet trees In a daze, half asleep And wondered what would be her plea If it were to be believed Her only daughter had been shot Taken when the moon was gold Her body all nineteen years cold And nothing but her phone to hold She cursed and slammed the sergeants door Ran from all she thought she knew Justice was a rich man's due And rain fell heavy where black briars grew They know the world has blackened her soul They know the world has taken its toll They know the world has torn her apart They know the world has poisoned her home Years passed by, but the memory remained Of the night the righteous army came Burst in through the makeshift door To seize their prize, crimes of war Gunfire tore through the open sky The pumped up soldiers still at play No moment for a last goodbye Before the truck had swerved away And all the screams could not save her daughter So grief fell silent as an unmarked grave She strained to hear the sound of her laughter The lilt of her voice upon the stave They know the world has blackened her soul They know the world has taken its toll They know the world has torn her apart They know the world has poisoned her home They know the world has fractured her mind They know the world has been too unkind They know the world has broken her heart They know the world has left her behind You're The Sun You're the sun shining on the deep sea You're the waves racing to the shore You're the sand waiting for a castle You're the rocks ready to endure And the white clouds mapping out a blue sky And the air lifting up a kite And when I'm here the only one with footprints I know that there's still something left in life Yeah, there's still something left in life Yeah, I swear I saw the fish take flight You're a shell whispering a pardon You're a bird upon the highest cliff And these steps will lead me to your garden Where the wind will listen to my wish And the stars are lighting up a night sky And the moon is humming lullabies And when I'm here the only one with footprints I know that there's still something left in life Yeah, there's still something left in life Yeah, I swear I saw the fish take flight
If You Ever Regarded Me Oh lover don't paint me that color I thought that you knew me well Though we caught glimpses of heaven We knew we were destined for hell Oh lover, don't paint me that color If you ever regarded me I have taken most your wisdoms But there's some that I'll never see And I almost turned to religion The day that the country fell The rain came down like chaos And the dealers shouted "Sell" Oh mother, I tried to be grateful To play it as best I can But I knew not how to please him Nor when the end began But I will live through this I will live for just one more kiss I will live through this I will live through this If I live through this If I live for just one more kiss If I live through this I will live through years of abyss I will live through this I will live through this I will live through this If I could only half exist Oh lover
Adonde Vas Sunlight horizon Aphrodite's island Open my eyes and Smile at the silence A dónde vas cariño A dónde vas en la negra noche No me dejes en ese silencio Que haces Por favor A dónde vas Sunlight horizon Sunlight horizon Sunlight horizon Sunlight horizon... Some Wretched Curse I don't know which way to turn But God knows I've had enough time to think about it And will I ever learn Well it sure as hell doesn't look like it I don't know which way I'm going I don't know who I've been And if it all amounts to nothing Would you call me your friend Would you whisper in my ear Tell me all the things I oughta fear Well it don't matter our ashes will scatter Across the water and disappear I don't know if I'm the same as Or a whole lot worse Than every other mother trying To lift some wretched curse I don't know which way to turn But God knows I've had enough time to think about it And will I ever learn Well it sure as hell doesn't look like it I've been a long time on this mountain Yet I cannot see the top I guess I'll have to keep on climbing Until Jesus tell me to stop Until you whisper in my ear Tell me all the things I oughta hear Well it don't matter our ashes will scatter Across the water and disappear And I wonder if you'd notice If I never came back Would you sigh or blink an eyelid Would you register a lack I don't know which way to turn But God knows I've had enough time to think about it And will I ever learn Well it sure as hell doesn't look like it
Best? Beautiful Freaks Like Us When will we be married To grow the sweetest green Paint the brightest blue The world has ever seen When will we be wed By no yellow gods or christs No politic East or West Just the sun in our sights Where do we come from Who are we Where are we going You and me Where do we come from Who are we Beautiful freaks like us Beautiful freaks like us To swim in holy water High in higher places With our sons and daughters Smiling innocent faces And how will read the verdicts When they cheer new victors on Who will play the music When the spirits are gone Where do we come from Who are we Where are we going You and me Where do we come from Who are we Beautiful freaks like us Beautiful freaks like us And is it worthy asking Will dark clouds make a fuss Who will mourn the passing Who are we Beautiful freaks like us Beautiful freaks like us Beautiful freaks like us Mad For You Clouds are moving furniture Lightning shoots the breeze Your eyes hold fire and water Thunder keeps the peace Around the world in eighteen turns Looking out for you Keep the candle burning Cruising past the moon Save all those teardrops Wash all over me I'll never give up on you Till the dying beat Mad for you Bad for you Mad for you Bad for you On a flashback story To a sunset rendezvous May the stars forgive me Knowing what I knew No home to go to Nowhere else to be Longing to stay with you Long to kiss your feet Save all those teardrops Wash all over me I'll never give up on you Till the dying beat I'm mad for you Bad for you Mad for you Bad for you Morning is calling Day is green and blue Won't you come on with me We've got things to do Clouds are moving furniture Lightning shoots the breeze Your eyes hold fire and water Thunder keeps the peace Save all those teardrops Wash all over me I'll never give up on you Till the dying beat Mad for you Bad for you Mad for you So bad for you Mad for you Bad for you Mad for you Bad for you
The Hillwalk As you breeze by the trees in the countryside Look out for the mouse by the riverside 'Cause he might think you were an intruder And as you smile for a while looking mystified At the mouse running about looking petrified You think how you looked like him when you pursued her And the waterfall spilling out of the mountain Reminds you of the rush that entered your head When you saw her standing there by the fountain You should have gone up to her but you went home instead You went home instead As you stroll by a hole in the mountainside A rabbit with the habit of looking terrified Runs by you cautiously but with some vigor And as you seek the peak of the hilltop You look at a brook which makes you stop Because its curves remind you of her beautiful figure And the waterfall spilling out of the mountain Reminds you of the rush that entered your head When you saw her standing there by the fountain You should have gone up to her but you went home instead You went home instead And the waterfall spilling out of the mountain Reminds you of the rush that entered your head When you saw her standing there by the fountain You should have gone up to her But you went home instead You went home instead You went home instead Phantom Moves This white dog won't sing no more He's making phantom moves Heading for the silicone shore To see how his luck improves He's so tired of giving blood To people made of stone Check out some other neighborhood Where they'll give a dog a bone There's a party in the hills tonight All the copycats will be there With their arses painted white Waving in the fanfare A lightning wish for your kiss, all I wish Just don't let those cruel eyes get you I'm making phantom moves To see how their luck improves If I call you on the phone Will you give a dog a bone There's a party in the hills tonight All the copycats will be there With their arses painted white Waving in the fanfare Gonna be a full moon high And dancing to the death Little starlings in the sky Everything is set Gonna be a full moon high And dancing to the death Little starlings in the sky Everything is set Gonna be a full moon high And dancing to the death Little starlings in the sky Everything is set Gonna be a full moon high And dancing to the death Little starlings in the sky Everything is set Gonna be a full moon high And dancing to the death Little starlings in the sky Everything is set Gonna be a full moon high And dancing to the death Little starlings in the sky Everything is set
Relax If you're ever feeling tired and your eyes are getting sore 'Cause your boss is down your neck making you work some more Just relax, just relax And if you're working to a deadline that's an hour away But you've only one page written in a thousand days Just relax Relax, take your time Relax, and things will be fine Don't let it bother your mind Just leave your worries behind If you've got an appointment that could change your life But you know you'll never ever get there on time Just relax, just relax And if you're feeling depressed, suicidal and sad 'Cause the pressure's getting to you and driving you mad Just relax Relax, take your time Relax, some things will be fine Don't let it bother your mind Just leave your worries behind There's always something might get you down But if you always complain, no one will want you around Just stop, relax, change your ways And you'll soon be seeing better days So if you can't stop thinking about what somebody said And you're tossing and you're turning every night in bed Just relax, for God's sake relax And if that certain special someone won't speak to you And you think they'll always hate you, you know what to do Relax Relax, take your time Relax, some things will be fine Don't let it bother your mind Just leave your worries behind Don't let it bother your mind Just leave your worries behind And relax, take it easy Just relax, take it easy Skin To The Bone There's a crazy man playing bongos in the park Someone should tell him it's getting much too dark And his heart is a heavy stone As he beats his skin to the bone Hard runners push the walls of pain Torpedo clouds patrol the sky Strange faces drift and soldier by Never to be seen again And spring has sprung with ease Foreign girls on foreign phones Laughing, talking dolphines In starts and stops The crazy man taps teardrops And his mind plays sabre dances As he wonders at the chances Of meeting one more lover in this town Of meeting one more lover in this town And the world looks on impatiently As the man plays out of time With fashion and brash society And young guns in their prime The traffic drowns his drumbeat Spring raindrops hide his tears Grass grows long around his feet As he tries to place the years And his mind plays sabre dances As he wonders at the chances Of meeting one more lover in this town Of meeting one more lover in this town And his mind plays sabre dances As he wonders at the chances Of meeting one more lover in this town Of meeting one more lover in this town Yeah, his mind plays sabre dances As he wonders at the chances Of meeting one more lover in this town Of meeting one more lover in this town And spring has sprung with ease Mobile girls on mobile phones Talking to the trees
U Luv Urself 2 Much Nothing comes to mind at the very time you need it most You struggle for a point not to disappoint your gracious hosts You're waving like a fool, acting like a tool and you can't stop It's all that you can do to cover up the truth you've lost the plot There is only one way out of this hole you've dug yourself You have got to come to terms with the sad fact that you love yourself too much You love yourself too much You love yourself too much When you look in the mirror you grin and lick your lips You admire your own ass, convinced that you've got class, you swing your hips As your head gets bigger the rest of us snicker behind your back We are all aware that underneath you're scared you're gonna crack There is only one way out of this hole you've dug yourself You have got to come to terms with the sad fact that you love yourself too much You love yourself too much You love yourself too much Next time you look in the mirror you might see a little clearer You've got to learn about humility and not to take yourself so seriously Take your head out of the clouds, don't be so damn proud You have got to let go of your overinflated ego There is only one way out of this hole you've dug yourself You have got to come to terms with the sad fact that you love yourself too much You love yourself too much You love yourself too much
Quartz I saw you twinkling high to night Swinging from the moon No wonder you couldn't call so soon The stones are being rewritten And I'm crawling Bleating wings, hooked by light Some won't make it through the night The changes are appearing So I'm walking Choose your colours tenderly Respect and trust and energy Wear your wardrobe well And you're laughing Quartz, quartz Quartz, quartz Quartz, quartz Concentrate your mind my love Realise all that you're thinking of Cherish your time And you're running Program your crystals then you'll see Positively, mystically A place where you can be And you're driving An angel came to visit me In cheap fashionable androgyny Let me be what I could be Took me flying Quartz, quartz Quartz, quartz Quartz, quartz If you value all the things Listen as the moment sings Life and love carve infinite rings While you're sleeping Take every day to task and win Let the sun come flooding in 'Til soothing darkness has sussed it again And your've leaving Build up a cup of faith in yourself And you can let somebody in Drink it in porcelain China's fine but you're everything You're everything Quartz, quartz Quartz, quartz Quartz, quartz
Funky Munchkin Samba Ah, there's a tunnel ahead, lots of people in it A little munchkin people eating nuts and plates Drinking cups of asbestos, eating monkey pie Listening to a high-tailed albus Playing tunes in the sky They've got no idea what's in store for them They're too busy pruning their effervescent beards And here there's a god, he's busy fishing on a lake Filled with Godfrey the Kipper who's a confident pig They're all so wrapped up in their self-absorbing foil They've lost all sense of purpose in their lives Poor little munchkin people, their lives are on the line They haven't got a clue and now they're running out of time Well, they all go to Mars for marshmallow and ice cream Travel millions of miles just for some dessert When they get there they realize there's no restaurants there No hotels, no snack bars, they can't even get a beer So they're left to starve on a dying planet No void of any vegetation whatsoever So they all have a conference to come up with a plan To get off the red planet towards the promised land First they decide to kill the stupid bastard Whose idea it was to go to Mars in the first place Poor little (?) munchkin person, his life is on the line He hasn't got a clue and now he's running out of time So bye-bye now, your time is up I'll see you in heaven when I look up Bye-bye now, been nice knowing you I'll think of you when I go to the zoo They dispose of the body, don't even have a funeral His remaining family having dissolved him Then they start upon a plan hatched by the munchkin elder But that don't work so they kill him too This scenario continues for twenty-three days Until there's only two munchkin people left A male and a female who by pure coincidence They realize they must start reproducing, Rawr So they get down to business, tear off each other's clothes But then the male discovers that he's impotent. Poor little munchkin people, their lives are on the line They haven't got a clue and now they've run out of time So bye-bye now, your time is up I'll see you in heaven when I look up Bye-bye now, been nice knowing you I'll think of you when I go to the zoo I'll think of you when I go to the zoo Zoo, zoo, zoo. Zappa The Mad Magician She can catch me any time The mad magician's daughter Her dancing violin Leaves me with no quarter For the sea is in her heart And her heart is out to sea She has me driven daft Like a bumblebee She has two magic cows You'll never thirst for milk A voice to charm the sparrows Gold trestles spun like silk Her footwork's in the hills Along the secret trail Try tame her if you would With new and ancient tales For love is the master The cute old hoor When everything is past you Then you get the cure Well, it's time to steal a kiss When the furze is in full flower Let the moon be a witness beyond The witching hour She's the cause of it all The summer's evening blush From autumn's auburn fall To winter's crystal thrush Like spring, she clears the air Drifting in the breeze Wild colors in her hair Sweet honey for the bees I will tempt a Gillaroo From deep sacred waters It's the only thing to do For the mad magician's daughter I would walk ten miles for her Ten thousand more again Through fair and stormy weather The mountains and the glen For love is the secret A mysterious affair Once you try to keep it It vanishes in thin air Love is a secret A mysterious affair Once you try to keep it It vanishes in thin air... Stone Walls There's a boy in the west, lives on a purple hill He waits for the girl with fire in her hair There's a boat by a lake where the water is still One day he promised to take her there Someone once told him she's not coming back Too many old stone walls apart Bright promises that lovers make soon fade to black She can't find the road home to his heart And the wind when it sings is her voice in his head The sun and her laughter are the same The waves always whisper the words that she said The mountains all echo her name There's a man with a smile sits by the fireside He dreams of a girl with gems in her eyes And the flames dance and sway as he laughed and she cried On the night that they kissed their goodbye And the wind when it sings is her voice in his head The sun and her laughter are the same The waves always whisper the words that she said The mountains all echo her name Time doesn't tell when he thinks of the one he loves She wakens all the colors of spring On long summer nights, she sparkles like stars above As autumn she comes softly calling And the wind when it sings is her voice in his head The sun and her laughter are the same The waves always whisper the words that she said The mountains all echo her name The mountains all echo her name The mountains all echo her name The mountains all echo her name
There's a Crazy Man Playing Bongos in the Park I can't afford to sleep, can't afford to wake I can't afford to weep, I can't afford to wait I can't afford the food, I can't afford the rent I can't afford to lose, can't afford to be spent Can't afford the city, can't afford the town I can't afford the village, can't afford to be too down Can't afford to be too bright, can't afford to be too dark 'Cause there's a crazy man playing bongos in the park There's a crazy man playing bongos in the park Someone should tell him it's getting much too dark There's a crazy man playing bongos in the park Someone should tell him it's getting much too dark I heard it on the news, I heard it on the streets We're all getting too blue, we're all getting too weak But we've got to stick together, we just cannot let them win Dissipate the stormy weather that the bastard's got us in We cannot be too worried, we cannot be too scared We cannot wallow in the slurry of the pigs up in the air We gotta come together and build another ark Because there's a crazy man playing bongos in the park There's a crazy man playing bongos in the park Someone should tell him it's getting much too dark There's a crazy man playing bongos in the park Someone should tell him it's getting much too dark There's a crazy man playing bongos in the park Someone should tell him it's getting much too dark There's a crazy man playing bongos in the park Someone should tell him it's getting much too dark There's a crazy man playing bongos in the park Someone should tell him it's getting much too dark There's a crazy man playing bongos in the park Someone should tell him it's getting much too dark
Non AlbumS Tracks
A Glass Of Laughter We'll Mexican wave again Take pills at a rave again We'll sing out at church again Wear festival merch and then We'll cheer for our favourite teams Nod like we know what it all means Take children to school again Abide by the rules again We'll travel the world and then Give diamonds to girls again We'll cheer for our favourite teams One day we'll know what it all means, so Have yourself a glass of laughter You will feel much better after Have yourself a glass of laughter As we watch the world spin faster We'll learn to embrace again Run the rat race again We'll laugh at bad jokes and then Dance with ol folks again We'll cheer when the curtain falls Fight back the tears and the wild applause We'll sing out at church again Wear festival merch again We'll meet at the place and then Sink without trace again We'll cheer for our favourite teams Nod like we know what it all means, so Have yourself a glass of laughter You will feel much better after Have yourself a glass of laughter As we watch the world spin faster We'll Mexican wave again Honour the brave again
Blue carousel
( Birdtalk EP ) How could I know what clue was there How could I know your soul made bare How could I tell when we would fall Through the night and day revealed our faith Blue carousel You've put a spell on me Blue carousel When will you let me be You'll never know nor be aware You'll never see nor breathe this air You'll never lie again by me Through the night or stay to seal our fate Blue carousel You've put a spell on me Blue carousel When will you let me be Blue carousel You've put a spell on me Blue carousel When will you let me be Calm Yourself Child (Kevin Nolan feat. Vyvienne Long) What is it to know someone To know someone is to have seen them In a free state, unaffected by fear or by rage When all the walls fall down, spilling out In front of you on the page If her past were your past And her pain were your pain You'd think and act exactly the same (Trouble, trouble, trouble) You've got to learn to calm yourself, child You gotta learn to calm yourself, child (Trouble, trouble, trouble) You gotta learn to calm yourself, child You gotta learn to calm yourself, child (Trouble, trouble, trouble) You've got to learn You've gotta learn to calm yourself, child You've gotta learn to calm yourself, child You've got to learn Me and my baby Down by the market shaft Long deep gazing Ceaselessly into the past Me and my baby Down by the market shaft Long deep gazing Ceaselessly into the past Me and my baby Down by the market shaft Long deep gazing Ceaselessly into the past You've got to learn You've got to learn Calm yourself, child Trouble, trouble, trouble
Come Together ( The Beatles / Live ) Here come old flattop he come Grooving up slowly he got Joo-joo eyeball he one Holy roller he got Hair down to his knee Got to be a joker he just do what he please He wear no shoeshine he got Toe-jam football he got Monkey finger he shoot Coca-cola he say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me He bag production he got Walrus gumboot he got Ono sideboard he one Spinal cracker he got Feet down below his knee Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease Come together right now over me He roller-coaster he got Early warning he got Muddy water he one Mojo filter he say "One and one and one is three" Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see Come together right now over me Come together yeah Come together yeah Come together yeah Come together
Condemned The Lyricist (Con Murphy feat. Vyvienne Long) My heart has not got time for this My heart has not got time for this My heart has not got time for this My heart has not got time Condemned I am, the lyricist Of all these voices that exist To them I am the lyricist Forgive myself my daily bread Euphoria goes to my head Forgive myself my daily bread My heart has not got time for this My heart has not got time for this My heart has not got time for this My heart has not got time And hold your breath Forget to breathe Suffocate your disbelieves There is timings in your heart That beats My heart has not got time for this My heart has not got time for this Condemned I am the lyricist My heart has not got time Oh my heart has not got time for this Turn it into stone, you are the alchemist Blow your candles, write to your friend and make a wish My heart has not got time These moments are the ones to seize and it's the The eternal locks and off the keys and there's no No tinkle of the ivory My heart has not got time for this My heart has not got time for this My heart has not got time for this My heart has not got time Oh my heart has not got time for this Turn it into stone, you are the alchemist Blow your candles, write to your friend and make a wish My heart has not got time
Drown Me (Kormac feat. Vyvienne Long / Doorsteps LP) And when you drown me In your words When you surround me Say I deserve this And I adore you In your storms And I implore you To say I deserve this And when they drown me In their words When they surround me Say I deserve this And when you found me And dragged me back When you unbound me Said I deserve this
Halloween Hoedown Let's go out tonight Let's give each other one hell of a big fright In the pumpkin light We'll make a ghastly, ghostly sight Put on your cape and witch's hat See the owl, the crazy bat A pair of fangs, a sequin gown Can you hear the sound of the Halloween hoedown Let's go out tonight Let's give each other one hell of a big fright In the pale moonlight Dracula's waiting to corner his next bite Put on your cape and pointed boots (pointed boots) What's that, a gang of barbaloons (barbaloons) A pair of fangs, a scary clown (scary clown) Can you hear the sound of the Halloween hoedown Let's go out tonight Let's give each other one hell of a big fright In the pumpkin light We'll make a ghastly, ghostly sight Put on your cape and painted mask (painted mask) The skeletons will dance at last (dance at last) A witch's cat in Lost and Found (Lost and Found) Can you hear the sound of the Halloween hoedown
He wants to move
( Birdtalk EP ) Bass ! He makes me think of lightening in skies His name, he's sexy How else is God supposed to ride His name, he's sexy Move, he wants to move But you're hogging him, you're guarding him He wants to move, he wants to move But you're hogging him, you're guarding him Damn sister, is that your boy? He loves it I can see it in his eyes, he Hope you last forever Hey His offbeat dance makes me fantasize His curves, he's sexy His ass is a spaceship I want to ride He's sexy Move, he wants to move But you're hogging him, you're guarding him He wants to move, he wants to move (Just let him move) But you're hogging him, you're guarding him Beat it sister is that your boy He loves it I can see it in his eyes, he Hope you last forever Hey Shake it off Wow Damn sister Is that your boy He loves it I can see it in his eyes, he Hope you last forever Hey sister Is that your boy He loves it I can see it in his eyes, he Hope you last forever Shake it off Shake it off Shake it off Why you why you why you with that fool ‘Cause he's hot Somebody get me some water in here
I Don't Wanna Dance
( Eddie Grant Cover / Live ) I don't wanna dance Dance with you baby no more I'll never do something to hurt you, though Oh but the feeling is bad The feeling is bad I love your personality But I don't want our love on show Sometimes I think it's insanity Girl the way you go With all of the guys on the corner Girl, you are the latest trick You seem to have all their number Look they're dancing still But I don't wanna dance Dance with you baby no more I'll never do something to hurt you, though Oh but the feeling is bad The feeling is bad Now the party's over Girl it's time I was on my way Now that the things which moved me Are standing still I know it's only superstition Baby, but I won't look back Even though I feel your music Baby that is that But I don't, I don't, I don't I don't wanna dance Dance with you baby no more I'll never do something to hurt you, though Oh but the feeling is bad The feeling is bad I don't wanna dance Dance with you baby no more I'll never do something to hurt you, though Oh but the feeling is bad The feeling is bad I don't wanna dance I don't wanna dance I don't wanna dance
Lullaby ( The Cure Cover / Live ) On candystripe legs the spiderman comes Softly through the shadow of the evening sun Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead Looking for the victim shivering in bed Searching out fear in the gathering gloom And suddenly a movement in the corner of the room And there is nothing I can do when I realise with fright That the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight Quietly he laughs and shaking his head Creeps closer now Closer to the foot of the bed And softer than the shadow and quicker than flies His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes "Be still be calm be quiet now my precious boy Don't struggle like that or I will only love you more For it's much too late to get away or turn on the light The spiderman is having you for dinner tonight" Never leave you
( Birdtalk EP ) I could never leave you You know I never could Even though you drive me crazy Even though you know I should You flirt with all the ladies You flirt with all the boys You flirt with my grandmother Do you hear me making noise Three o'clock in the morning You come banging on my door I smell the cocktail on your breath I know just what you're looking for Three o'clock in the afternoon You're still taking up space in my bed I say baby you're no good for me, no good for you I said He’s so careful, why you act like this I’m still crazy about your ass The only thing you crazy about is smoking your sister's grass And still you know I’d never leave you You know I never could Even though you drive me crazy Even though you know I should You know that I could never leave you You know that I could never leave you Yesterday, my birthday You’ve gone drinking with your friends I see no pearls, no diamonds I hear no Mercedes Benz Pulling up in the driveway with a silver bow on top It's not your style it’s not your groove you don't know where to shop You make me feel so lonely like the fridge my only friend I wonder is this working, are we cruising a dead end You are a little selfish and you are a little cold But I know you'll still be shaking it at sixty-five years old So come on over right here and bring your homies too ‘Cause you know I’d never leave so keep doing what you do And still you know I’d never leave you You know that I could not Not even for a second you're so mother fucking hot You know that I could never leave you You know that I could never leave you You know that I could never leave you You know that I could never leave you
Please Santa, Let's Go Dear Santa, take me out this Christmas I've waited such a long time for snow And let me be the one to hang from your tree I'll wear that red dress, so I can be seen Dear Santa, take me out this Christmas The night sky has secrets untold The reindeer are outside They're stamping their feet They know that it's time to go Dear Santa Please, Santa Let's go Dear Santa, take me out this Christmas The embers are losing their glow The whiskey has arrived They're starting to sing There's mischief beneath mistletoe Dear Santa, take me out this Christmas I swear that I won't mind the cold The children are asleep They're dreaming so deep Of waking to brightness of snow Dear Santa Please, Santa Let's go Dear Santa Please, Santa Let's go Purple Haze ( Jimi Hendrix / Live ) Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just don't seem the same Acting funny, but I dont know why Excuse me while I kiss the sky Purple haze is all around Don't know if I'm coming up or down Am I happy or in misery What ever it is, that boy put a spell on me
Random Man Random man on the motorway What are you doing there Random man you took your coat away That wasn’t very fair Where are you going Where have you been Did you have a nice day Did you smoke some heroin Random man, random man Random man, random man Random man on the motorway I’d like to know your name Was your car run out or was it towed away Or is your pony lame Did you have a fight with your bossy wife Did she threaten you with the kitchen knife Random man, random man Random man, random man Random man on the motorway Have you been very bold You look like you’re just about to float away You must be very cold Did you rob a bank Did you steal a life Have you run through the fields Oh Random man Random man Seven Nation Army ( The White Stripes / Live ) I'm gonna fight 'em all A nation army couldn't hold me back They're gonna rip it off Taking their time right behind my back And I'm talking to myself at night Because I can't forget Back and forth through my mind Behind a cigarette And the message coming from my eyes Says leave it alone Don't want to hear about it Every single one's got a story to tell Everyone knows about it From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell And if I catch it coming back my way I'm gonna serve it to you And that ain't what you want to hear But that's what I'll do And the feeling coming from my bones Says find a home I'm going to Wichita Far from this opera for evermore I'm gonna work the straw Make the sweat drip out of every pore And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding Right before the lord All the words are gonna bleed from me And I will sing no more And the stains coming from my blood Tell me go back home
Yoshimi ( Birdtalk EP ) Her name is Yoshimi She's a black belt in karate She's working for the city She has to discipline her body ‘Cause she knows that It's demanding To defeat those evil machines I know she can beat them Oh Yoshimi they don't believe it That you won't let those Robots defeat me Yoshimi, they don't believe me That you won't let those robots eat me Those evil natured robots They are programmed to destroy us She's got to be strong to fight them So she's taking lots of vitamins ‘Cause she knows that It'd be tragic If those evil robots win I know she can beat them Oh Yoshimi They don't believe me That you won't let those robots eat me Yoshimi They don't believe me That you won't let those robots eat me Yoshimi
You're The Reason Our World Is Warmin' (Feat. Fiachna O'Braonain) You've been hopping onto flights to New York City every chance that you get You're burning more kerosene now than a fighter jet You're the reason our world is warming, little darling 'Cause you're driving everywhere Palm oil in your hair And we're living just the same You've been tucking into T-bone steak ever night of the week You got them avocados coming out your ears like a Puerto Ric You're the reason our world is warming, little darling 'Cause you're driving everywhere Palm oil in your hair And you're living just the same Your credit card is making the Amazon workers sweat Your bitcoin habit's breaking, breaking the internet You could cover half of China if you laid out your designer suits I said, "Do you really need another pair of leather high-heel boots" You're the reason our world is warming, little darling 'Cause you're driving everywhere Palm oil in your hair And we're living just the same Conrad, your photo archive needs a whole new data center Did you make sure to wash all those soup cartons this afternoon, Loretta I do believe it's your turn to recycle them beer bottles And go compost your socks while you're at it Oh Loretta, come on in here and turn the light off