shayne carter & peter jefferies lyrics

Randolph's Going Home (Carter)

The sergeant says he's just back there so come with me
And somewhere Randolph's gaily singing I'm set free
Set free...
Lonely, lonely like a mother's cry
This anger seems the only thing that never dies
Never dies...

And Venus lies alone
Fanfares fade into drones
Line up to cry cause Randolph's going home

It's not that I'm big headed, sending myself letters
It's just no one knows myself better than me
It's not that I'm big headed, yeah and I'm sending myself letters
It's just no one knows myself better than me
Me...

Ahhh...

While Venus lies alone
Fanfares fade into drones
Line up to cry cause Randolph's going home



Hooked, Lined & Sunken (Carter)
Announcing a change in course
To the calmer waters of the harbour, the ports where
Savaged sails get to rest from the weather
Nights slide till they melt in together
Hooked
Lined
Sunken, tied to a stone, I know I'll never drown alone
With my head above water, it's still quite strange,
But I'm certainly aware that I'm yearning to live with it
Live with it, love with it, laugh at it or with it
I can take it, never leave it though I'd never admit it
Welcome to the real world, isn't it disgusting
So, hold on tight, sink with me
We'll watch the whole damn thing dissolve into nothing
Hooked
Lined
Sunken, tied to a stone, I know I'll never drown alone




Knocked Out Or Thereabouts (Carter/Jefferies)

Yes I think so, yes I think so
Words in my mouth to say that I think so.
Then again though, then again though
Knocked out or thereabouts like I don't know.
Knocked out or thereabouts, like I don't know,
But I do though
words in my mouth to say that I do though.
Knocked out or thereabouts.


Spark Off A Wire (Carter/Jefferies)

Feel the spark of a wire
by the time I enquire
where it's gone
it's gone beyond
waiting and wondering without all that and so on.

Concerned with mostly nothing special
no more to say when I'm vague.
Lounge about another level
over again and again.
Feel the spark of a wire.
Where's it gone?
When I'm weighted and wondering
without all that, and so on
and so on....


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