Just As You Are Robert Wyatt

going to change a thing Try to love you just as you are Should I leave should I stay Should I call it a day There's so much to say that's unspoken In your ray of All I can do try to love you just as you

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

CP Jeebies Robert Wyatt

"Hello, how are you?" "Well I'm green and yellow, Pinky blue." Dead alternative. "Oh then, please step right in To our nursery. Just pick a group That you can relate to, Now the grownups have gone."

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

Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road Robert Wyatt

Oh blimey mercy me Woe are we oh dear Oh stop it Stop it You've been so kind I know I know So why did I hurt you?

Blues In Bob Minor Robert Wyatt

unwinding... very slowly Revealing endless disappearing pipelines Genuflecting... bowing deeply... it Don't take a weathergirl to see where The wind is blowing... what the wind is bending Isobars are

Biko Robert Wyatt

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

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

Was A Friend Robert Wyatt

Just quite unnerving. It's been a long time. I almost forgot were we buried the hatchet. Bin a long time no see, (pidgin English Native to none). After several silences A cautious head nod.

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

The Age Of Self Robert Wyatt

They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now They say that we have moved ahead – we're all just people now There's people doing 'frightfully well' there's others on the shelf But never mind

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

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

The British Road Robert Wyatt

Those foreigners are at it again When will they learn to fight like our men?

Cuckoo Madame Robert Wyatt

Cuckoo Madame with your teddy bear eye yellow fingers clinging to the chain link fence Bombers above you Bombers behind you Disapproval hounds you ugly rumour surrounds you Solitary madam we never understood

Heaps Of Sheeps Robert Wyatt

Try as I might, I could not stop them entering Once again. Try as they might, Not one could leave the stage. I realised my fists were clenched. I stretched my fingers.

Free Will And Testament Robert Wyatt

We just invent or just assume a motivation. I would disperse, be disconnected. Is this possible? What are soldiers without a foe? Be in the air, but not be air, be in the no air.

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.

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

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?

Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road Robert Wyatt

Can't you see them? Can't you see them?

Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt

It's just a rumor that was spread around town By the women and children, soon we'll be shipbuilding Well I ask you The boy said 'Dad, they're going to take me to task But I'll be home by Christmas.

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

September The Ninth Robert Wyatt

And the swallows Will politely accept her waving arms As wings, And she will join in with them, And she will rise up with them, And she will Fly.

Amber And The Amberines Robert Wyatt

Here's to the Fidel few Clearing road and landslide Children of history Changing from the inside Non just because Che Guevara showed the way Not just to shame the C.I.A.

Red Flag Robert Wyatt

Our only weapons are the guns of youth, It's only time before they tighten the noose, And then the hunt will be on for you.

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?

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

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 "

Lisp Service Robert Wyatt

You started the fire not me, Camouflaged in mystery.

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

Memories Robert Wyatt

together We could be seen Past shops where people knew us Yeah, people knew I've got to choose between tomorrow and yesterday I can't stop to think about my life, here today Maybe I'll find someone to get you

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

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 you

Chairman Mao Robert Wyatt

hair The long hair If this is the missing link The threaded locks getting down to remain Unable to avoid the sacrifice The short back and side The closest shave The pig tail Remember how it's done First you

Round Midnight Robert Wyatt

Memories always start 'round midnight Haven't got the heart to stand those memories, When my heart is still with you, And ol' midnight knows it, too.

I'm A Believer Robert Wyatt

trace of doubt in my mind I'm in love, I'm a believer I couldn't leave her if I tried I thought love was more or less a given thing Seems the more I gave the less I got What's the use in tryin' All you

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...

Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Robert Wyatt

Stalin wasn't stallin'When he told the beast of BerlinThat they'd never rest contentedTill they had driven him from the landSo he called the yanks and EnglishAnd proceeded to extinguishThe fuhrer a...

A Last Straw Robert Wyatt

for the paperweight Err on the good side Touch us when we collapse Into the water we'll go head over heel A head behind me Buried deep in the sand ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By WYATT

Dondestan Robert Wyatt

Palestine's a countryOr at leastUsed to be.Felahin, refugee(Kurdistan similarly)Need something toBuild onRather likeThe rest of us.Palestine's a countryOr at leastUsed to be.Felahin, refugee(Deport...

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. His loving gaze Is interrupted By a line of ...

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 stripe ...

Yolanda Robert Wyatt

"Esto no puede ser no mA?A¡s que una canciA?A³nQuisiera fuera una declaraciA?A³n de amorRomA?A¡ntica sin reparar en formas talesQue pongan freno a lo que siento ahora a raudalesTe amo A￠?? te a...

Te Recuerdo Amanda Robert Wyatt

Te recuerdo Amanda la lluvia en el peloCorriendo a la fábrica donde trabajaba ManuelLa sonrisa ancha la lluvia en el peloNo importaba nada ibas a encontrarte con élSon cinco minutos la vida es et...

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...

A Sunday In Madrid Robert Wyatt

Pa arrives in the city of the closed doors,Greeted by miners from Asturias.His limousine streaks past giant shiny moneyboxes,Huddled together for warmth.He is deposited in his inner chamber.Later, ...

Nothing to Lose WYATT

Maybe it’s good to be alone You find out what you really know And maybe it’s good to be afraid You find out what you’re really made of Cuz when it all comes crashing down There’s nothing left to doubt

Wait Till Dawn WYATT

take these drugs to forget everything that i’ve been hiding from until then i’ll wait till dawn cuz when the sun comes up I won’t feel so numb I’m on my way my hand’s on the door But something’s saying just