The Adventures Of A Crane Driver
Up the stairs the children go
To take their part in the show
Talking and knowing they are the same
More coffee washed down the drain
Laughing and giggling they fall
The room now seems so small
The light closes and then draws
Darkness calls its evil claws
The boy feels weary and wants to sleep
The girl now knows she isn’t cheap
Dying embers now only sparks
Serious words and flippant remarks
Coupled together the child sees his mother
Moving together the child takes a lover
An autumn night filled with heat
Racing in the black, to a tune with no beat.
Comatose the children lie
No reason to give; no ties
Golden moons skip over silver lakes
Another grey day as dawn breaks
Velvet hands draw back the curtains
Nothing these days is ever certain
Feelings of sickness, feelings of guilt
This purity in the house Man built
No sense in why they should meet
Humming a tune with no beat.
Harmonious sound as the child sang
Two children together in a room with a view
No images, no life to see through
Singing aloud in a field full of wheat
The children join to a tune with no beat.
Tonight’s the night across the city
For the girls that are so pretty
Talking on buses on the way home
Talking on the telephone
All tooled up with no underpants
We’ll make our own dance stance
Red light, green light, sing something new
Sad song, old song, the light is now blue.
In the bar the meeting’s on
In your head the music’s wrong
Lie to your girl and buy some coke
Lie to your wife and crack a joke
Laughing about in a silly mood
Chat’s already phoning Jude
Nige is here so the timing’s right
So move on off, out of sight.
Running down this cold, cold street
We meet Rasta men out of their seat
We push, push, push but the car won’t start
Push, push, push but the car won’t start
Push, push, push but the car won’t start
Engine turns; sounds like a fart
Trouble starts on an upstairs bus
Chelsea fans are causing a fuss.
In your home the party is swell
People are happy and feeling well
Canoe Club kids cause some havoc
Swing young Tony into a hammock
Scruff puts on the surgical gloves
And hears the screams that he just loves
Talking to the girls so sexy
ANL, Crass and Dexy’s.
At 5 in the morning the party stops
Cos there’s no one left to drop
Kids looking round for Beverley
Does anyone want to sleep with me?
Cheating husbands, cheating wives
Lie in bed side by side
The jokes on you, confessions made
Telling the truth to the one night lover laid.
The nightmare begins time to start your sins
September night filled with heat, on the dance floor they meet
The infatuation that showed, your eyes will not close
Walking through your mind shown not to be blind.
In a bed they lay, wasting through the day
The only meaning in life taken as a wife
Crying and screaming at you, looking for the new
Snow and winter come but they remained the same
As the Christmas lights shone they were as one.
Then out on their own two people all alone
Talked of love and sun, but was it all that fun?
Nights filled with ecstasy, they wanted to be free
So the dance ends, no chances to mend
Walking away across the floor to try another door
One dance they had tried, but a heart had dies
Dreams and nightmares blend into one
All of your hopes will be gone.
So as the record ended they made their own separate ways home. They had seen a future; a future they shared. They saw their love together and for a second the years unfolded like some fairy-tale coming to life; and everything was happy and joyous. But it was only when they saw the real world, the blood and dark thoughts in their minds that they realised they were tricked. No love lost, just memories gained.
Dark, down in the streets
In the shadows they meet
Whispering the secrets they keep
Tears as the widows weep
Falling headfirst into a trap
Set-up to take the rap
Running into the night
With no one left in the fight
Reality of sickness
It’s all a mess
Running away with fear
Now the end is near
Legs like broken reeds
On her he does feed
Naked in the black
He prepares his attack
Clawing at his back
She prepares her own attack
As he began to start
She stole
His heart
Left him lying there
Slumped in a chair
Biting at his lip
She picked up the whip
The room was sprayed in red
Not a word was said
Possession by the need
In her he sowed his seed
Cut down and crying in joy
They became each other’s toy
The blood on the sheet
As he hung by his feet
The pain was in her head
As he lay swinging dead
Cut down and crying in joy
She had killed her boy
In her arms he died
In his arms she cried
She had taken the pure
He had taken the cure
He was the whore
Devil’s held the score.
Another summer gone by
Another dream another lie
Too many times
Too many signs
You’ve got to get away.
All the leaves are now down
A smile is now a frown
It’s cut and thrust
A night of lust
Or a walk all alone.
A heart that once bled
White flowers for the dead
A sky of blue
A morning dew
Or a storm in the dark.
Put away the sun tan oil
Work the hours sweat and toil
Miss the sun and share the pain
New beginning in the rain
Back to school with your books
Try a new style and a look
No compromise, forget the past
Learn to love and to laugh.
The autumn has begun
Now it’s time for fun
Try to reason
A new football
Season
To try and love again.
Another summer gone by
Another time to try
I’m not down
I’m the clown
The joker of the pack.
Sitting back, resting in my room
The air is now cooled
A year gone by
And we’re back to square one
The clocks lie ticking away my life
And soon the leaves will die
Falling to the ground
Lying lifeless no feelings
Blue sky is the roof of my world
And the velvet meadows are the floors
The trees support the heaven
And the grave is the key to the door
Lying now, the clouds blur the horizon
Trying to control my environment
But lose yet again as the pain returns
And crying I fall into sleep
I dream of nights and lies gone by
Tortures and agonies and excused
Trying to re-enact times I knew
But my memory grows hazy with age.
The radio told us the news today
But nobody believed or cared
We preferred just to hum a tune
Not realising what was our fate
I awake in a strange bed
In a land where I’d never been
I went to the Co-Op window
The workers stared; more humdrum lives
The girl got up and dressed quietly
Purple room and a grey atmosphere
She tried to hide the shame
I realised I was to blame
The fire has burst again into life
Outside the ice and spectres return
Talking to me you tell your story
Of which I am now a small part.
So I climb down from the stage
Now a member of the crowd
Now I am laughing again, laughing at the fools
Who take my place to fall in love
Switching off the TV and radio
The room grows large again
Everything is quiet and I am alone
All that exists is one last tune.
Another winter approaches the days drag on
City lights flicker, the girls are gone
The knife hangs cold as the ice bears down
So old, oh so very old.
Outside my window noises abound
Cigarettes and cards are dreams fallen around
Night after night I call out for more
The room is silent I fall on the floor
Black and white photos fill my wall
Cries of pain are my call
Down, down, down feeling so low
Moan, moan, moan, time so slow.
Help me now to understand the games they play
False hopes, half-truths stranded all day
Good time girls are what I need to take away the pain
A night to remember (or forget) in the chilling rain
Crying out for someone; last time for me
On chance to live; for me to be me
Going out now before I grow old
Tearing away into the storm and the cold
Down, down, down, feeling so low
Moan, moan, moan, time so slow.
So talk to me, talk to me
Hold me again
Fallen idol, fallen from grace
Hold me again
And again, and again, and again…
Church bell chime and we’ll stand in line
Out in the night, we shine in light
We’ll stand and watch passers-by
Go by, go by.
Back in the alley, was her name sally?
It’s just like the first time
When it was fine
A foggy night in the mist
I held you and kissed
Just let the flowers grow
And I’ll tell you it was your sister
Repetition ritual.
Let me hold you tonight
I saw her tonight
So we are here
And I remember standing here, two years ago
We sang the song and danced the dance
All those years ago
Let the New Year ring in
We’ll rid the world of sin
But you’re so young and pure
I’ll hold you and kiss
In the mist
Just let the flowers grow
And I won’t tell your sister
Repetition ritual.
Mucky mags, smoking fags
Talking in the bar
Stories told of exploits bold
Out on the street
To join the hunt
To prove that I’m a man.
Alcohol and piss stained lines
Define the decline of the sublime
Across a crowded room choosing out the victim
Like the sparrow seeking out the worm
The same old game
It just the same.
Falling down to kiss and cuddle
Arms and legs in a muddle
In your room there’s not much room
The lights turn on
You turn me on
The lights turn off
We get it off. Off.
It’s just the same
The same old game.
This seedy room in the dead of night
I am your knight again tonight
Your body warmth in bright outlines
A racing pulse in sleazy minds
Talking in the dark
Between your legs I made my mark
Lying in your bed
Bombed out my head
I could have known you for ten minutes or ten years
It’s just the same
But I wish I could remember your name.
An aching back I must go back
If I stayed it’d only be embarrassing
Making you again
Making you polite conversation
Dim early morning gloom
Dress quickly without a sound
Get my clothes the wrong way round
Damp wet sex, lying alone
Bleary eyes walking home
It’s just the same
The same old game
Thank you
You were wonderful.
Sorry.
It’s dark outside
My heart runs cold
No feelings left
No nothing.
Keep the glossy ads
And romantic mags
Keep dreaming
Dream on.
Read between the lines
See the real world
It’s just an illusion
Another fucking dumb illusion.
Nothing ever rings true
Trust is for fools
Obsessions run thin
Today is now.
Time is wasted
Sitting and thinking
Not loving – rotting
Rotting you numb.
It’s dark outside
My flesh is ice
False laughter
Vomit stained cries
Hiding behind old myths
Ugly rumours spread
Happy party time
Keeping up appearances
Here in the bunker
Life runs short
The knife bears down
Departure is nigh.
Alcohol floods brains
Preparing for the attack
Then walk away
No regrets
It’s dark outside.
An accidental suicide
I can never love again
No never love again
No love
It’s dark outside
Keep smiling
It’s dark outside
Just keep laughing
Ready for the bright lights
And the parties
Yes, the parties
When it’s dark
In the night
Outside, in the real world.