1. |
Saying Goodbye To A Fool
03:41
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The sand was warmer than you imagine
when it's December all over your world
and we were standing in part of that field
where nobody's grass can grow
At our feet there lay a man I carried on my shoulder
he could rationalise the way things were
long after love was over
so we all bow our head
the poor boy is dead
and we're saying goodbye to a fool
A dog he barked at the gaping sea
a human voice broke through the wind
and just like the breeze we were sad because
we didn't want anyone to hear
About this man who danced his broken heart around the maypole
the one that intrigued us all to mourn
who could passively behave so self defeating
and resist the many hammer blows of scorn
so we all bow our head
the poor boy is dead
and we're saying goodbye to a fool
But now it's time to walk the stony shores of grieving
and taste the bitter sweet from far behind
for in loves wild obsession there is neither rhyme or reason
let this stormy ocean sink, dilute and hide
so we all bow our head
the poor boy is dead
and we're saying goodbye to a fool
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2. |
Changing Role Of Woman
03:26
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Switch on the harbour lights I've got a pocket full of money
clean up the empty space where my coat is hanging
don't let's talk anymore about individuality
a thousand miles away and I can see that you're lonely
see me now I'm running
you can catch me if you can
where the changing role of woman
meets the brotherhood of man
rake out my old grey shoes I feel like dancing
tell my friends the news my plane is landing
don't let's talk anymore let's reach an understanding
if we were young and in love they'd simply call it romancing
see me now I'm running
you can catch me if you can
where the changing role of woman
meets the brotherhood of man
You can go on knocking on my door
ringing on my telephone
you can exercise your prerogative boy
when you leave a poor girl alone
see me now I'm running
you can catch me if you can
where the changing role of woman
meets the brotherhood of man
Switch on the harbour lights
I feel like dancing
rake out my old grey shoes
from a lifetime of romancing
don't let's talk anymore
my plane is landing
we could start things new in a modern understanding
see me now I'm running
you can catch me if you can
where the changing role of woman
meets the brotherhood of man
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3. |
Compromise
03:16
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I guess today has been that sort of day
right from the start has looked like rain
every contact made just an awkward mild transaction
like vendors selling hope consumed by strangers
I guess this road is one that I've walked down before
a telephone that doesn't seem to take incoming calls
a frightened blank refusal to face this cold charade
maintaining those acquaintances that find this so bizarre
That's how it is with you and I
trying hard to live within this compromise
I know we should adopt a very different state of mind
It's time to cross the 'T's and dot the 'I's
It's hard to say who is the older and the wise
ribbons, roads or shoe strings which one have we to tie
mindfully indifferent to a game we can't disguise
we take the flowing bowl and raise it high
We are both in a very long play
we are the stars with lots to say
social innuendos we largely just ignore
implying dreams and kisses we abandoned long ago
That's how it is with you and I
trying hard to live within this compromise
I know we should adopt a very different state of mind
It's time to cross the 'T's and dot the 'I's
living here within this compromise
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4. |
Follow The Daylight
03:29
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Take me down to the heart of your city
with its motor boats and large cathedral
watch the world at play on a sunny day
bring me back to my own free country
clouded hills and bike rides finding
another way of being
but what's the point in all this wondering
if no-one shares your bright new feeling
If I told you I miss you
I'd be understating my case
No circumstance of hope dividing
no secret moments when you lay down beside me
we'll follow the daylight while it's here
and go down where people gather
take our restraint where heaven knows
what we've found could last forever
If they say we need each other
speculate
like we're sister and brother
they may say we two are lovers
but they'd be understating their case
If I told you I miss you
I'd be understating my case
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5. |
The Seagull
03:42
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Round and round in circles falls the snow
and the seagull he's a long long way from home
so I guess it must be warmer here today
for I'm sure it's not the place he'd chose to stay
If he could he'd be back fishing in the harbour
never thinking he would have to fly inland
so now I understand why the schemes of birds and man
never pass beyond the limits of the dreamer
There's a Blackbird standing on the frozen ground
he is clinging to a piece of bread he's found
but I know that it's not always been this way
there was food in every corner yesterday
but for now it's just a question of survival
hoping someday soon the sun will shine again
but we go on making plans that we know will never end
though there's a message written in the frozen snow
For I walked my dog around this frozen lake
where the beauty of the winter led the way
I realised seasons have to change
and people who believe must do the same
when I looked beneath the bridge I saw a stream
and all my old ambitions pass away
so why it takes so long
just to write a simple song
I thank God he brought the seagull to my home
I thank God he brought the seagull to my home
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6. |
The Rubicon
04:58
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7. |
Tentative Manoeuvres
02:56
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It's Friday morning 5am
here I am alone in this station
somewhere along the line I came upon a friend of mine
I don't know why I'm happy , but I am
And it was really good to see you again
good to hear how you've been getting on
you really should come and see me more often
I spend my evenings now and then
suitably contained in the company of men
while we put the world to right affairs of heart don't spoil our night
so when I talk like this they don't understand
How in tentative manoeuvres we remembered words we dare not speak
for wounded hearts don't talk impulsively
But it was really good to see you again
good to hear how you've been getting on
I only wish I could see you more often
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8. |
This Picture
04:14
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I once took down a box from your eyelid
and looked at the picture inside
to find new ways of trying and behaving
that could put away the things I know you hide
for if you knew how much I love you
we would never say never again
and this picture could wait within the frame
I know lately we've been lost inside the maze
while this fairy tale keeps turning page by page
there's been times you left me crying through the day
and times when you just seem to get in my way
but this capstan is still waiting on the harbour
though the signal shines so dim among the haze
this voyage we have made with both our laughter
leaving friends upon the shoreline to wait and pray
but if they knew how much I love you
this picture could wait within the frame
While the Eagle flies in circles over Sinai
and these tablets made of stone begin to weigh
These hearts of ours which never fell to anger
could dance again in green and open space
so let this lazy stream of ours meander
and take us past the concrete and the clay
let's not think about tomorrow or forever
but celebrate this bridge we left in place
for if you knew how much I love you
we would never say never again
and this picture could wait within the frame
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9. |
A19
03:34
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Red brick bus shelters from nowhere stand alone where no-one waits
There's 'yuppies' buying windmills
making gains without their sails
There are Motels on the corner
they have dinosaurs at their gates
but he won't be patronising
he's already running late
Up in sheds and bovine citadels they exchange a soulful gaze
There's blots upon the Cleveland Hills
bouncing Cell Phone rays
there are chimneys down steel river
they swear it's only steam
but to him they are just distractions
on this trunk road A19
For there's a woman in a floral town pretending not to wait
keeping clear her diary , making sure he gets some space
and he knows he'll be forgotten if he let's her down again
so he can't afford distractions
on this trunk road A19
When he gets down God's own county he could chance himself to luck
and meander down through country lanes
from an old vet surgeons book
but some mean old Massey Fergusson might pull out in his way
and add to his frustration putting minutes on his day
For there's a woman in a floral town pretending not to wait
keeping clear her diary , making sure he gets some space
and he knows he'll be forgotten if he let's her down again
so he can't afford distractions
on this trunk road A19
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10. |
Silence Inside
04:22
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It was one year after 70 in Bradford steep and dull
liquid gold depleted on the strength of just one tune
bring him all back home , set him down
play songs without a score
same model as Vin Garbutt
and even Christy Moore
Which through the gloom became the shelter of my night
and in the cold light on the morning
became the silence here inside
From a marquee down in Manchester
with a girl upon my case
we modified with templates by the boys in Naches Trace
and throughout the old west riding
in hidden agenda rooms
ignoring hints and warnings we might hit the heights too soon
We travelled widely down to Bexhill Upon Sea
pre-occupied in Bedfordshire and all along the Tees
scorching hills of Conemara to a freeze in Amsterdam
performed without complaining
brought me safe through bed-sit land
Ah now history will never confine him to sale or spare
and replacements must evolve
from this warn old Yamaha
which through the gloom
became the shelter of my night
and in the cold light of the morning
became the silence here inside
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Chris Milner -Journeyman UK
The inspiration for his work is wide ranging and eclectic, Rooted in his own experience of life and his travels, the sheer poetry of his lyrics conveys the universality of love and faith . It is a show with a vibrant narative .
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