The SUNDAYS
static and silence.
Words by Gavurin/Wheeler
Summertime
do some people wind up with the one that they adore
in a heart-shaped hotel room it's what a heart
is for
the bubble floats so madly will it stay sky-high?
hello partner
kiss your name goodbye
sometimes...
romantic Piscean seeks angel in diguise
Chinese-speaking girlfriend big brown eyes
Liverpudlian lady sophisticated male
hello partner
tell me your love can't fail
& it's you & me in the summertime
we'll be hand in hand down in the park
with a squeeze & a sigh & that twinkle
in your eye
& all the sunshine banishes the dark
do some people wind up with the one that they
abhor
in a distant hell-hole room third world war
but all I see is films where colourless despair
meant angry young men with immaculate hair
sometimes...
get up a voice inside says there's no time
for looking down
only a pound a word & you're talking to
the town
but how do you coin the phrase through that
will set your soul apart?
just to touch
a lonely heart
& it's you & me in the summertime
we'll be hand in hand down in the park
with a squeeze & a sigh & that twinkle
in your eye
& all the sunshine banishes the dark
& it's you I need in the summetime
as I turn my white skin red
two peas from the same pod yes we are
or have I read to much fiction?
is this how it happens?
Homeward
you've stolen my heart & & I want you to
remember
now what'll I do?
living alone
you've stolen my heart & & it hurts me
to remember
now were'll I go?
living alone
a butterfly in the wind is drifting like I do
it's dumb - I know what I want to say
but I can't even take one breath
as night falls I hear voices on the radio
I'll follow thir dreams
& wake up alone
a butterfly in the wind drifting like I do
it's dumb - I know what I want to say
but I can't even take one breath
so now still burning silently away
a storm
without the thunder
Folk song
summer sky & a throat bone dry
& the fields are all gold
dusty lane with a song in my brain
& it stoned me to my soul
I climb high move towards the fire
blaze sun
silver trees & a whispering breeze
are my sight & my sound
the thought of heaven couldn’t drag me from the path
when I’m wandering here alone
I climb higher move towards the fire
so blaze sun
watch until it dies slow falling from the sky
pale fading sun
She
she’s all weak & her heart beats so
she can’t speak with the lights so low
just to be one of a crowd
feet scuttling across the floor
spinning lights round & round
it’s adolescent war
she craves noise & the music blares
girl calls to a boy
he just stands & stares
just to be one of a crowd
feet scuttling across the floor
spinning lights round & round
& it’s adolescent war
shoes grind kick like crazy
& arms tangling up with hair
shaking them up & down again
hearts pounding everywhere
she slows down
has the music gone
or has she stayed too long?
When I'm thinking about
you
over the rooftops a plane in the sky
beat of a bass drum cars passing me by
under a bridge dark then back into light
a river of raincoats & a forest of faces
still for a moment then red into green
slow shuffling shoes whisper sight unseen
row upon row of houses return an empty stare
let the daydream for a little while longer
hope I’ll never wake
when I’m thinking about you
hope I’ll never wake
cos now I’m thinking about you
two-minute hailstorm then melts into rain
sing me a rainbow it’s sunny again
swallows overhead while the traffic snarls below
could I keep dreaming for a little while longer
hope I’ll never wake
when I’m thinking about you
so that you know - I never want to wake
cos now I’m thinking about you
when you’re searching your soul
when you’re searching for pleasure
how often pain is all you find
but when you’re coasting along & nobody’s trying
too hard you can turn around & like where you are
I hope I never wake
when I’m thinking about you
& I close my eyes
now I’ll never never wake
why should I stop thinking about you
I can't wait
lying awake dead of night & eyes that never
close
flowers decay - a still life calls for a change
I can’t wait
forever
miles away dead of night & it’s quiet as the grave
when there’s more in your head than you find in your life
calls for a change
I can’t wait
forever
& the days & the hours & the years keep turning in my
mind
I’ve been waiting forever
Cry
& I’m standing on a platform
now I’m staring from a train
& all the trees roll back beside but I’m so oblivious
to the dark to the light
it’s all the same
you gave me so much
& now it’s of the earth
& it makes me cry
it can make me cry
& you’re standing here beside me
in a picture in a frame
& your voice could never fade it’s so familiar
things you said in my head
every day
you gave me so much
& now it’s of the earth
& it makes me cry
it can make me cry
you’re with me so much
though your never with me anymore
& it makes me cry
it can make me cry
Another flavour
fashion - the timing’s all wrong
they taste another flavour
& pretty soon you’re gone
fashion - this time it’s too late
you knew you’d have to pay for this one day
he loves me now - he loves me not-
he loves me once again
usual story
another surprise
fashion - this time it’s alright
they tickle you with a feather
they tell you you’re sublime
turn on - to each their own
usual story
another surprise
fashion - the timing was wrong
your friends are fair weather
you knew it all along
turn on - to each their own
it’s doing my mind in
another surprise
don’t let them black you out for the evening
sad-happy sufferer no no no
don’t let them crack you
try not to feel it
as long as they’re watching your show
this time
Leave this city
gone forever
the writing on the wall
they’ve boarded-up the cinema
strawberry dreams & the dust-filled beams
shut down in a modern town
see you walking
see you talking
recollection
on streets you used to know
forgotten pleasure smoulder
images fade but the town won’t let them go
sleepwalking
see you talking
feel the city inside you
leave this city behind you
drive wherever
the roads will take you to
down beside a river frozen brown
January days & their scarecrow trees
so cold - feel your ears burn
see you walking
see you talking
feel the city inside you
leave this city behind you
past & present
they converge on every side
the wires all get tangled
when now & then collide
bittersweet taste of a time & another place before
sleep walking
see you talking
feel the city inside you
feel this city define you
leave this city behind you
Your
eyes
you ask me why I’ll tell you then
two worlds collide we bury them
we’re far too drunk to see these things as they are
you painted me & I sat quite still
a tiny room in Notting Hill
it was far too dark to look at things as they are
I’ve seen the light vanish out of your eyes
so goodbye
you tell me now I’m young & wild
you spare the rod & you spoil the child
I’d love to stay but I think I’m off to Japan
anyway
I’ve seen the light vanish out of your eyes
so goodbye
your eyes have lost their shine
So much
dream & fantasize
slave to your desire - you'll buy anything
curse & criticize
middle-aged & at your door & they're selling you the son of god
& it's so hard to ignore
you want so much & then you want some more
somehow your appetite grows
you just love what you can't possess
you know it's out there, somewhere
read & memorize
make a wish come true & you can telephone free
eyes & ears & mouth & nose
in a face that you compose - but it cuts you like never before
& it's so hard to ignore
you want so much & then you want some more
somehow your appetite grows
you just love what you can't possess
you know it's out there, somewhere
& it's so hard to ignore
you'd really love so much & then you'd go & spoil yourself with
more
strange how your appetite's grown
till you just lying in a corner upstairs
you're looking out there, somewhere
monochrome
it’s 4 in the morning July in ‘69
me & my sister
we crept down like shadows
they’re bringing the moon right down
to our sitting room
static & silence
& a monochrome vision
they’re dancing around
slow puppets silver ground
& the world is watching with joy
we hear a voice from above
& it’s history
& we stayed awake
all night
& something is said & the whole room laughs aloud
me & my sister
looking on like shadows
the end of an age as we watched them walk in a glow
lost in space
but I don’t know where it is
they’re dancing around
slow puppets silver ground
& the stars & stripes in the sand
we hear a voice from above
& it’s history
& we stayed awake
all night
they’re dancing around
it sends a shiver down my spine
& I run to look in the sky &
I half expect to hear them asking to come down
will they fly or will they fall?
to be excited
by a long late night