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.

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.

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

Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt

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

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

Left On Man Robert Wyatt

your supply lines But You'll be free To re-connect If you beg our forgiveness You say I Over simplify Well yes, so did Albert Einstein There simply Is no middle ground Pentagon uber alles There never Was

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

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

At Last I Am Free Robert Wyatt

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 call this love All this lying, my friend

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

Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Robert Wyatt

they'd never rest contented Till they had driven him from the land So he called the yanks and English And proceeded to extinguish The fuhrer and its vermin This is how it all began Now the devil, he was

Heaps Of Sheeps Robert Wyatt

(Certain a vast writhing heap Growing fast on the left). Try as I might, I could not stop them entering Once again. Try as they might, Not one could leave the stage.

Lisp Service Robert Wyatt

After all that was before, There weren't no amnesty International, Nobody to check you. Don't give me that 'polis' That 'rule of law'.

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.

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

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

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

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

Free Will And Testament Robert Wyatt

What can it mean, such gravity without a centre? Is there freedom to un-be? Is there freedom from will-to-be? Sheer momentum makes us act this way or that way.

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.

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

Alife Robert Wyatt

Alifi my larder Alifi my larder Confiscate or make you Late you you Alifi my larder Alifi my larder Not nit not nit no not Nit nit folly bololy Burlybunch, the water mole Hellyplop and fingerhole Not a

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

Sea Song Robert Wyatt

when you're drunk you're terrific when you're drunk I like you mostly late at night you're quite alright But I can't understand the different you in the morning When it's time to play at being human for a

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 "

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.

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

Alifi my larder Alifi my larder Confiscate or make you Late you you Alifi my larder Alifi my larder Not nit not nit no not Nit nit folly bololy Burlybunch, the water mole Hellyplop and fingerhole Not a

Team Spirit Robert Wyatt

I mean if this is only a question of toughness, Survive me Hardy, or deflate me straight away. Beating shit out of me takes the hell out of you. If I'm nothing without you, then why stick it out?

Round Midnight Robert Wyatt

When a quarrel we had needs mending, Does it mean that our love is ending. Darlin' I need you, lately I find You're out of my heart, And I'm out of my mind.

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?

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...

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? (higher, higher) ...

Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road Robert Wyatt

Orlan don't tell me, oh noDon't say oh GodDon't tell me oh dear meHeaven's above oh noI can't stand itStopPlease oh deary meWhat in heaven's name?Oh blimey mercy meWoe are we oh dearOh stop itStop ...

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

The British Road Robert Wyatt

Those foreigners are at it againWhen will they learn to fight like our men?There's nothing new under the mirrorAnd it's time for one more bedtime storyGet beauty sleep for morning gloryHow can I ri...

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...

Memories Robert Wyatt

I know I cannot leave this placefull of memoriesThings like the way they knew usall over townWe used to walk the streets togetherWe could be seenPast shops where people knew usYeah, people knewI've...

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...

Take Me Home WYATT

I had a dream That I was the man I thought I’d be That there was a place for you and me That it wasn’t all so hard Staring at me Out in the snow at the end of the street And right when my heart would skip

The Other Side WYATT

my words But tryna play it cool Heart beating out my chest when I saw you Fire when you spoke Every word true You saw just what you wanted and what you had to do I knew what you meant But didn’t have a