I'm A Believer Robert Wyatt

I thought love was only true in fairy tales Meant for someone else but not for me Love was out to get me That's the way it seemed Disappointment haunted all my dreams Then I saw her face now I'm a believer

The Age Of Self Robert Wyatt

on the shelf But never mind the second kind this is the age of self They say we need new images to help our movement grow They say that life is broader based as if we didn't know While Martin J. and Robert

Soup Song Robert Wyatt

There's a mushroom on my eyelid There's a carrot down my back I can see in the distance A vast quantity of beans To you I'm just a flavour To make your soup taste nice Oh my god here come the onions And

Just As You Are Robert Wyatt

Ooooooooooooh It's that look in your eyes Telling me lies So many promises broken What can I do What should do Try to love you just as you are Cos I'm never going to change a thing about you Never ever

Was A Friend Robert Wyatt

Lurking by the door Without a sign of wanting to move. Though hardly friendly, not an angry gesture Did it make. Just quite unnerving. It's been a long time.

Free Will And Testament Robert Wyatt

Given free will but within certain limitations, I cannot will myself to limitless mutations, I cannot know what I would be if I were not me, I can only guess me.

Heaps Of Sheeps Robert Wyatt

I realised my fists were clenched, I stretched my fingers to relax. Still not sleeping, I tried counting sheep.

Memories Of You Robert Wyatt

"How I wish I could forget those happy yesteryears They have left a rosary of tears Your face beams In my dreams 'Spite of all I do Everything seems to bring memories of you "

Sea Song Robert Wyatt

You look different every time you come From the foam-crested brine Your skin shining softly in the moonlight Partly fish, partly porpoise, partly baby sperm whale Am I yours?

Gharbzadegi Robert Wyatt

It's so easy to decide on a name It's a name caller's game It's so easy to look down from above Helicopter vision Get the picture when you're outside the frame Retrospective my eye Call it art and

Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt

A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boy's birthday.

Alliance Robert Wyatt

There is a kind of compromise you are master of Your endless gentle nudging left us polarised You're proud of being middle class (meaning upper class) You say you're self sufficient (but you don't dig

Biko Robert Wyatt

dead Well it's September seventy seven Port Elizabeth weather fine And it was business as usual In police room 619 Oh Biko Biko Biko oh Biko Biko Biko Inamajo Inamajo man is dead man is dead Now when I

Calyx Robert Wyatt

A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bycicle on the boy's birthday It's just a rumour that was spread around town By the women and children Soon we'll be shipbuilding Well I ask you The boy said

Team Spirit Robert Wyatt

Without one sweet push from your shine covered boot, I don't think, I just know I'll be grounded forever More over turn me. You can hardly miss me, I'm the one face down in the mud on the ground.

Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road Robert Wyatt

In the garden of England dead moles lie inside their holes The dead-end tunnels crumble in the rain underfoot Innit a shame? Can't you see them? Can't you see them?

Alife Robert Wyatt

Not nit not nit no not Nit nit folly bololey Alifi my larder Alifi my larder I can't forsake you or Forsqueak you Alifi my larder Alifi my larder Confiscate or make you Late you you Alifi my larder Alifi

Left On Man Robert Wyatt

What we call Freedom in the north Means our freedom to Use you And if you don't co-operate We'll cut off your supply lines But You'll be free To re-connect If you beg our forgiveness You say I Over simplify

Round Midnight Robert Wyatt

I do pretty well, till after sundown, Suppertime I'm feelin' sad; But it really gets bad, 'Round midnight.

Mass Medium Robert Wyatt

"And as history slips out of view Bated breath for the nine o'clock news reassembled right before your very eyes: Innuendo, rumour and lies Endless fun and games Steal a headline, name some names We're

Alifib Robert Wyatt

Not nit not nit no not Nit nit folly bololey Alifi my larder Alifi my larder I can't forsake you or Forsqueak you Alifi my larder Alifi my larder Confiscate or make you Late you you Alifi my larder Alifi

Yolanda Robert Wyatt

A¡s que una canciA?A³n Quisiera fuera una declaraciA?A³n de amor RomA?A¡ntica sin reparar en formas tales Que pongan freno a lo que siento ahora a raudales Te amo A￠?? te amo A￠??

A Last Straw Robert Wyatt

gland Seaweed tangled in our home from home Reminds me of your rocky bottom Please don't wait for the paperweight Err on the good side Touch us when we collapse Into the water we'll go head over heel A

Catholic Architecture Robert Wyatt

A white house with a folly A tower attached. On the side A hand painted saint (Lovingly painted) Peeps over a high wall Which surrounds the white house.

Red Flag Robert Wyatt

(x2) Well I've never seen us act like this, Our only hope is in minds of kids, And they'll show us a thing or two.

A Sunday In Madrid Robert Wyatt

Later, Pa meets the bear, impersonates a tree To confuse the hell's gates dogs' sense of smell, And rests for chess with no-one.

Te Recuerdo Amanda Robert Wyatt

Te recuerdo Amanda la lluvia en el pelo Corriendo a la fábrica donde trabajaba Manuel La sonrisa ancha la lluvia en el pelo No importaba nada ibas a encontrarte con él Son cinco minutos la vida es eterna

Blues In Bob Minor Robert Wyatt

Roger's in the archive looking up casement Martha's in the government digging up the basement Rebel into representative for the voter Shadow backhencher couldn't get a word in Turned up anyway... issues

Shrinkrap Robert Wyatt

It takes a weekly packet To keep the shrink in pocket It costs a pretty penny Just to stay afloat It takes a lot of lolly Trying to be jolly When the interest keeps mounting In the bank and in my person

Worship Robert Wyatt

Two nuns On the sea shore Stand Apart from one another Black wood posts Mesmerised By the sea god One nun With human failings And weary legs Sinks to the sand And sits like a child A golden

Beware Robert Wyatt

You might have a lot to say There might be a price to pay Just beware They might smile and nod their heads while they wish that you were dead Just beware Your friends might not be what they seem Take it

The United States Of Amnesia Robert Wyatt

There are degrees of amnesia, ways to forget Ways to remember all the good that you've done And if you can't get a witness remind yourselves Nobody's just perfectly good all the time And if you killed

Dondestan Robert Wyatt

Palestine's a country Or at least Used to be. Felahin, refugee (Kurdistan similarly) Need something to Build on Rather like The rest of us. Palestine's a country Or at least Used to be.

At Last I Am Free Robert Wyatt

At last I am free I can hardly see in front of me I can hardly see in front of me And now love please listen To what I say I can't go on living life this way I've tried and I've tried To make you see You

Chairman Mao Robert Wyatt

"An early photograph Of the young braid with the confident grin Who is celebrating his first defeat By clouching a haircut from his skull The pig tail In death of modern man Like a young braid with a price

Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road Robert Wyatt

Orlan don't tell me, oh no Don't say oh God Don't tell me oh dear me Heaven's above oh no I can't stand it Stop Please oh deary me What in heaven's name?

CP Jeebies Robert Wyatt

Just pick a group That you can relate to, Now the grownups have gone." After the party is Over, my friend, There will be nothing you can Put your finger on. Just a parasol.

Memories Robert Wyatt

I know I cannot leave this place full of memories Things like the way they knew us all over town We used to walk the streets together We could be seen Past shops where people knew us Yeah, people knew

Alien Robert Wyatt

I sleep on the wing Above the rainclouds Blown by the wind (no roots on earth) No ground below (no ground below) Just ruins (timeless) Dandelion clocks (drifting) Am I from Venus?

September The Ninth Robert Wyatt

Woman wishing for wings, (Too large a lump to pass for bird), Hopes that by wishing hard enough She will cast off the ballast.

The British Road Robert Wyatt

There's nothing new under the mirror And it's time for one more bedtime story Get beauty sleep for morning glory How can I rise if you don't fall?

Lisp Service Robert Wyatt

Plundering, murdering, Raiding coast to coast Good old days of gore, And now you tell me I should learn to deal with you all Bow to you and praise the Lords for Everything, everything You won for us.

Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Robert Wyatt

he had done somethin' wrong Cause that bear grabbed the fuhrer And gave him an awful fight Seventeen months he grabbed the fuhrer Tooth and claws, day and night Then that bear smacked the fuhrer With a

Vandalusia Robert Wyatt

Beyond the dotted line Over the border Out of control Behind the dotted line South of the border Beyond the pale Going too far

Maryan Robert Wyatt

Over an ocean away Like salmon Turning back for Nayram To the delta With the rivulets tumbling down Glide over sand Around the rocks Back through the wavering weeds And the turds In the way Riversm...

Amber And The Amberines Robert Wyatt

Here's to the Fidel fewClearing road and landslideChildren of historyChanging from the insideNon just because Che Guevara showed the wayNot just to shame the C.I.A.Everyone needs to feel at homeNob...

The Duchess Robert Wyatt

Oh my wife is tall and short,She won't do what she ought.She never lies, but then again,She lies down all day long.OhMy wife is fat and thin,She's generous and mean,She's –––––, andHer secret's saf...

Cuckoo Madame Robert Wyatt

Cuckoo Madamewith your teddy bear eyeyellow fingers clinging to the chain link fenceBombers above youBombers behind youDisapproval hounds youugly rumour surrounds youSolitary madamwe never understo...

Believer Christina Milian

Life is what you make it At least that\'s what they say Well I think I\'m gonna make it Fulfill my dreams one day I feel this fire growin\' deep inside of me I\'m so inspired knowin\' that it\'s my

Robert Another Tale

Robert With A Smile On His Face By Frank Peter Hermsen Well, this is Robert And I´m stoned again Lights are out A drink in my hand I´ve got everything What I do not need And I