"Girl Of The North Country"
(originally by Bob Dylan)



If you're travelling in the north country fair
Where the wind sweeps heavy on the border line
Remember me to the one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

If you're travelling in the snow-flake storm
Where the rivers freeze and the summer ends
See for me that she's wearing a cloak that is warm
To keep her from the howlin' wind

See for me if her hair is hanging low
If it curls and it tumbles all the way to her breast
See for me if her hair is hanging low
'cos that's the way that I remember her best

I'm wondering if she remembers me at all
The many times I've often strayed
In the stillness of my night
And in the darkness of my day

So if you're travelling in the north country fair
Where the wind sweeps heavy on the border line
Remember me to the one who lives there
For she once was a true love of mine

"Glastonbury Song"



I dreamed myself from the sultry plains
to the old green square back in old Maybole
Rode the wind up to Stornaway
paused at the peak, pacified my soul
Caught the bus at the faery fort
made it to the mansion on the Boyne
See I come around to the ancient ways
I took a tip from the buddha boy

I just found god
I just found god
I just found god where he always was

We came down from the hill of dreams
Bernadette, mother earth and you and me
through Carraroe, down the wildwood side
blinding out eyes in the shallow seas
Drank fire with the King of the Blues,
plugged in to the medicine way
Took a long last look at Crazy Horse
push now for a golden age

I just found god
I just found god
I just found god where he always was

I found myself on the roof of the world
just waiting for to get my wings
Strange angel in the changing light
said "Brother, you forgot something!"
My heart beat from the inside out
so lucky just to be alive!
Can you tell what I'm talking about?
any day now the Sun's gonna rise

I just found god
I just found god
I just found god where he always was
I just found god where he always was

There is a green hill far away
I'm going back there one fine day

"Going To Paris"


We are going to Paris
In a ship with red sails
As the storm gathers slowly
We eat fishheads and snails

The mate jumps up, throws down a line
To a man overboard for the ninetieth time
And then he says with a wink
"Sometimes I think
I've been doing this forever!"

We are going to Paris
In a ship called the [?]
There are signs in the sky at night
That the Captain says he's seen

I keep books under my pillow
And read them before I sleep
Strange places I go to,
Strange companies I keep

We are going to Paris
We are one and thirty strong
I can feel it in the air
We'll be there before long

The wind has come
Like a man insane, insane
We are going to Paris
It rains and it rains

We are going to Paris
In a ship with red sails
We are going to Paris
In a ship with red sails

"Good Man Gone"



I'm staring at a stranger in the mirror
He's looking like a ghost in human form
That used to be my head
But the occupant has fled
Lord, where's the good man gone?

My eyes are like two troopers in a foxhole
I'm doing things I used to know were wrong
I've hurt all my friends
And I'll do it again
Lord, where's the good man gone?

There's a woman, Lord, somewhere in this city
I've got to put her in my song
I'm treating her unkind
And I don't mind
Lord, where's the good man gone?
And is he coming back?

"Good News"



Drop your guns
And hear the news
The war is won
And we've called a truce
The key is found
And the circle complete
And the higher ground
Is beneath our feet

Like the turn of a page
Or a change of gear
A brand new age
Is already here
And even while
Men pursue their doom
A magical child
Is kicking in the womb

I'm preparing for birth
I'm not the only one
I'm a part of the Earth
I'm a drop of the Sun
I'm in step with the stars
I'm in a league with the land
I'm a functioning part of the Master's Plan!

"Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?"



I ain't here for to do any business
(I got nobody special to thank/I'm not looking for glory or thanks)
I'm trying to find
A friend of mine
Has anybody here seen Hank

Well he's sure to be wearing a Stetson
He's as long and as thin as a plank
He's got a fistful of charm
And a gun beneath his arm
Has anybody here seen Hank

Now he ain't in the back of a limo
And he ain't in his bed
He ain't in jail
He ain't out on bail
He ain't getting out of his head

I don't care what he did with his women
I don't care what he did when he drank
I want to hear just one note
From his lonesome old throat
Has anybody here seen Hank

Has anybody here, has anybody here
Has anybody here seen Hank

"Higher In Time"



Well, the mountain is steep
The ditches are deep
The task in hand
Is making us weep
But here's a promise
I intend to keep
Seed it in your mind
And say it each night
Before you sleep:
We will climb higher in time

You've got a head full of trouble
And a ship to build
You believe you won't make it
But you know you will
You feel you need your
Cup refilled
We have karma to burn
And fires to kill
And we will climb
Higher in time

I've been to the bottom
And I've been on the train
I've slept in the gutter
With my head in a drain
I've been brutally proud
I've been mortally shamed
But this is not a crime
I'm just learning, my friends
That it's all in the game
And we will climb
Higher in time
Higher in time

"His Word Is Not His Bond"



(Girls let me tell you what a liar will do
He's always coming with something new
He'll steal your heart...)

He lives in the waste
Void of culture and taste
His eye on a prize beyond
His every word is in the right place
But his word is not his bond

His face is comely
His heart it bleeds
Yet it's but a mantel
He has donned
Mark him only by his deeds
For his word is not his bond

I'd love to take him
Out of this room
And gently break him
I'd love to see him dance!

His protogee deals
In confusion and fog
Of power he is fond
Wheels within wheels
Like master, like dog
His word is not his bond

I'm trying to swim
But I'm caught in the shallows
And I sense that I've been conned
Deliver him
To the gallows
His word is not his bond

His word is not his bond!

"How Long Will I Love You?"



How long will I love you?
As long as there are stars above you
And longer if I can

How long will I need you?
As long as the seasons need to
Follow their plan

How long will I be with you?
As long as the sea is bound to
Wash upon the sand

How long will I want you?
As long as you want me to
And longer by far

How long will I hold you?
As long as your father told you
As long as you are

How long will I give to you?
As long as I live through you
However long you say

How long will I love you?
As long as stars are above you
And longer if I may

"I Am Not Here"



Well I am not here
I'm not home
Would you leave your message on the telephone
Leave your number and the time you called
Until I get a hold when I get back to you

"I Will Not Follow"



You say that you will carry the torch
You say that you will beat the winning drum
You'll be there when the saints roll in
With a back made of rubber, half made out of tin
How many times does the snake crawl out of its skin?
You change your spots
But I will not...

You say you'll put your trust in that old American flag
You say there is still no place like home
That you'll still go to war when your papers come
Surrender your nerve to a gatling gun
Come back home maimed
Tell everyone you'll be happy with the time that you've got
But I will not...

I will not follow!
I will not follow!
I will not follow

You say that you'll wear the colours, blue and grey
You say you'll wear the colours, black and red
You wear whichever colour shines most, bright so
You can shine like Blake's eternal tiger in the night
You say that you will carry the torch
You say that you will beat the winning drum
You say that there is still no place like home
No place like home, sweet home
You say that everyone's gotta change their spots
But I will not...
No, I will not

I will not follow!
I will not follow!
I will not follow!
I will not follow!
No!

"I've Been In The Storm For You"



I've been in the storm for you
When my horn for you
Was reborn for you
I handled a thorn for you
I was torn for you
I was born for you
And here you go leaving me
Decieving me
And its greiving me

I've been in the storm for you
I've performed you you
I was spawned for you
So why can't you love
So why can't you love

I've changed what I wear for you
And my hair for you
I've said prayers for you
I gave up my share for you
I went bare for you
And I cared for you
And here you go blaming me
shaming me
defaming me

I've been in the storm for you
I was shorn for you
And reborn for you
So why can't you love
So why can't you love
So why can't you love
And why don't you know
Aww, don't you know
What will happen
What will happen if you do

"I've Lived Here Before"



I've lived here before in days of old
I recognise these buildings in my soul
I know each winding road
And every rise
Is friendly and familiar to my eyes

I've lived here before I do believe
I have rejoiced in these fields and I've grieved
I can feel it in my blood
That I belong
To this strange and stony rock I stand upon

Yet I cannot put a name upon it
I cannot place the time
Nor see the land as it once was
Nor tell which house was mine
No I cannot put a name upon it
Which was where and when
Yet here I am
A perfect stranger
Home again

There's confusion in my head as I depart
But a singing, ringing, soaring in my heart
For beyond all time and space and doubt
I know
I've lived here before
Long ago

"If I Can't Have You"



I want you babe, I don't want nobody else
I want you babe, I don't want nobody else
If you don't want me, then I don't want myself

I need you babe, I need you, need your help
I need you babe, I need you bad, I need you, Lord I need you, need your help
If you ain't there baby, I ain't gonna need myself

I'm hurting for you babe, I'm hurting like hell
Yeah, I'm hurting for you baby, I'm hurting like hell
If you ain't hurting for me too, I'm gonna hurt myself

"In Search Of A Rose"



Where will I wander and wonder
nobody knows
But wherever I'm a-going I'll go
in search of a rose

Whatever the will of the weather
and whether it shines or snows
Wherever I'm a-going I'll go
in search of a rose

I don't know where it's found
I don't mind
As long as the world spins around
I'll take my time

I'll savour the softness of summer
I'll wrap up when winter blows
And wherever I'm going I'll go
In search of a rose

"Independence Day"



Well papa go to bed now, it's getting late
Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now
I'll be leaving in the morning from St. Mary's Gate
We wouldn't change this thing even if we could somehow.

'Cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us
There's a darkness in this town that's got us too
But they can't touch me now and you can't touch me now
They ain't gonna do to me what I watched them do to you.

So say goodbye, it's Independence Day
It's Independence Day all down the line
Just say goodbye, it's Independence Day
It's Independence Day this time.

Now I don't know what it always was with us
We chose the words and yeah, we drew the lines
There was just no way this house could hold the two of us
I guess that we were just too much of the same kind.

Well say goodbye, it's Independence Day
It's Independence Day, all boys must run away
So say goodbye, it's Independence Day
All men must make their way, come Independence Day.

Now the rooms are all empty down at Frankie's joint
And the highway she's deserted clear down to Breaker's Point
There's a lot of people leaving town now, leaving their friends, their homes
At night they walk that dark and dusty highway all alone.

Now papa go to bed now, it's getting late
Nothing we can say can change anything now
Because there's just different people coming down here now and they see things in different ways
And soon everything we've known will just be swept away.

So say goodbye, it's Independence Day
Papa now I know the things you wanted that you could not say
But won't you just say goodbye, it's Independence Day
I swear I never meant to take those things away.

"Is She Conscious?"



Is she really wide awake
Is she conscious
Of her beautiful mistake
Is she conscious
As she moves among the crowd

She's got the world upon a piece of string
She's got the world upon a piece of string, it's so
He was ugly and she was beautiful
He was ugly and she was so....

Is she conscious
Is she asleep or just afloat
Is she conscious
Of the letter that she wrote
Is she conscious
Of the muzak in her ears

The Queen of Sheba could have shined her shoes
The Queen of Sheba could have shined her shoes, it's so
He was ugly and she was beautiful
He was ugly and she was so....

Is she conscious

As she sways across the room
Is she conscious
Of the weeping of the moon
Is she conscious
As she leaves the door ajar
Is she conscious
As she gets into the car

I don't even want to say her name
I don't even want to say her name, that's all
I want to sing it from the toppest top
I want to sing it from the toppest top, that's all

The Queen of Sheba could have shined her shoes
The Queen of Sheba could have shined her shoes, it's so
He was ugly and she was beautiful
He was ugly and she was so....

Is she conscious
Of the chauffeur as he drives
Is she conscious
As the ambulance arrives

"Islandman"



Of my body England is the spine
the backbone and the trunk
My shoulders span the mighty Tyne
London sprawls across my rump
Cornwall my crooked ancient leg
Wales two hands held apart
Scotland is my dreaming head
Ireland is my heart

"It Should Have Been You"



Can I believe my ears?
Is this really you?
Pacing the floor with one eye on the door
Watching the winners go through
Why do you hang back now?
Why d'you hesitate?
You fires don't burn
For he who waits

Out of all of the people
That I ever knew
If one should have made it
It should have been you!

I know who I'm looking for
But I don't believe my eyes
The sight of you with your head hung low
Is a sick, sad suprise
Why do you hang back now?
Why d'you hesitate?
How dare you throw it all away then tell me
Aw man it must be fate

Out of all of the people
That I ever knew
There had to one I could believe in
And it should have been you!

A gift that dies is a tragic thing
And it happens all the time
But a gift that's wasted, thrown to hell is the
Worst of stupid crimes!
I saw you hang back now!
I watched you hesitate!
You're a well respected man, but bullshit!
You could've been great!

Out of all the people
I ever knew
There should have been one
And it should have been you!

I spent my whole life
Looking for someone like you!

"It's All Gone"



It's all gone
It's all gone
It's all gone
It's all gone

So send the rain
So send the rain
So send the rain
So send the rain