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 ...

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

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 ...

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...

Was A Friend Robert Wyatt

Furry kind of greeting, not exactly hostile, Not exactly facing, not exactly turning away, Not exactly frowning, not exactly smiling. Lurking by the door Without a sign of wanting to move. Though h...

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. So when I say that I know me, how c...

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) ...

At Last I Am Free Robert Wyatt

At last I am freeI can hardly see in front of meI can hardly see in front of meAnd now love please listenTo what I sayI can't go on living life this wayI've tried and I've triedTo make you seeYou c...

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...

Beware Robert Wyatt

You might have a lot to sayThere might be a price to payJust bewareThey might smile and nod their headswhile they wish that you were deadJust bewareYour friends might not be what they seemTake it f...

Just As You Are Robert Wyatt

OooooooooooohIt's that look in your eyesTelling me liesSo many promises brokenWhat can I do What should doTry to love you just as you areCos I'm never going to change a thing about youNever ever go...

Sea Song Robert Wyatt

You look different every time you comeFrom the foam-crested brineYour skin shining softly in the moonlightPartly fish, partly porpoise, partly baby sperm whaleAm I yours? Are you mine to play with?...

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

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 ...

Alifib Robert Wyatt

Not nit not nit no notNit nit folly bololeyAlifi my larderAlifi my larderI can't forsake you orForsqueak youAlifi my larderAlifi my larderConfiscate or make youLate you youAlifi my larder Alifi my ...

Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road Robert Wyatt

In the garden of England dead moles lie inside their holesThe dead-end tunnels crumble in the rain underfootInnit a shame?Can't you see them?Can't you see them?Roots can't hold themBugs console the...

Soup Song Robert Wyatt

There's a mushroom on my eyelidThere's a carrot down my backI can see in the distanceA vast quantity of beansTo you I'm just a flavourTo make your soup taste niceOh my god here come the onionsAnd, ...

Team Spirit Robert Wyatt

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

Alliance Robert Wyatt

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

The United States Of Amnesia Robert Wyatt

There are degrees of amnesia, ways to forgetWays to remember all the good that you've doneAnd if you can't get a witness remind yourselvesNobody's just perfectly good all the timeAnd if you killed ...

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...

Mass Medium Robert Wyatt

"And as history slips out of viewBated breath for the nine o'clock newsreassembled right before your very eyes:Innuendo, rumour and liesEndless fun and gamesSteal a headline, name some namesWe're s...

CP Jeebies Robert Wyatt

Picture the scene."Hello, how are you?""Well I'm green and yellow,Pinky blue."Dead alternative."Oh then, please step right inTo our nursery.Just pick a groupThat you can relate to,Now the grownups ...

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...

Shrinkrap Robert Wyatt

It takes a weekly packetTo keep the shrink in pocketIt costs a pretty pennyJust to stay afloatIt takes a lot of lollyTrying to be jollyWhen the interest keeps mountingIn the bank and in my personIt...

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 ...

Left On Man Robert Wyatt

What we callFreedom in the northMeans our freedom toUse youAnd if you don't co-operateWe'll cut off your supply linesBut You'll be freeTo re-connectIf you beg our forgivenessYou say IOver simplifyW...

Lisp Service Robert Wyatt

Trouble isn't my middle name,Left in peace would make my day.You started the fire not me,Camouflaged in mystery.Plundering, murdering,Raiding coast to coastGood old days of gore,And now you tell me...

Chairman Mao Robert Wyatt

"An early photographOf the young braid with the confident grinWho is celebrating his first defeatBy clouching a haircut from his skullThe pig tailIn death of modern manLike a young braid with a pri...

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...

Biko Robert Wyatt

Inamajo Inamajo man is dead man is deadInamajo Inamajo man is dead man is deadWell it's September seventy sevenPort Elizabeth weather fineAnd it was business as usualIn police room 619Oh Biko Biko ...

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...

I'm A Believer Robert Wyatt

I thought love was only true in fairy talesMeant for someone else but not for meLove was out to get meThat's the way it seemedDisappointment haunted all my dreams Then I saw her face now I'm a beli...

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...

Calyx Robert Wyatt

Is it worth it?A new winter coat and shoes for the wifeAnd a bycicle on the boy's birthdayIt's just a rumour that was spread around townBy the women and childrenSoon we'll be shipbuildingWell I ask...

Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt

Is it worth it?A new winter coat and shoes for the wifeAnd a bicycle on the boy's birthday.It's just a rumor that was spread around townBy the women and children, soon we'll be shipbuildingWell I 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 "

Round Midnight Robert Wyatt

"It begins to tell,'Round midnight, midnight.I do pretty well, till after sundown,Suppertime I'm feelin' sad;But it really gets bad,'Round midnight.Memories always start 'round midnightHaven't got ...

Alife Robert Wyatt

Not nit not nit no notNit nit folly bololeyAlifi my larderAlifi my larderI can't forsake you orForsqueak youAlifi my larderAlifi my larderConfiscate or make youLate you youAlifi my larder Alifi my ...

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...

Red Flag Robert Wyatt

Cast off the crutch that kills the pain, The red flag wavin' never meant the same, The kids of tomorrow don't need today, When they live in the Sins of Yesterday.(x2) Well I've never seen us act l...

Heaps Of Sheeps Robert Wyatt

I realised my fists were clenched,I stretched my fingers to relax.Still not sleeping, I tried counting sheep.One by one,They leapt across the fenceConstructed for them,Right to left,Across the fenc...

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...

September The Ninth Robert Wyatt

Woman wishing for wings,(Too large a lump to pass for bird),Hopes that by wishing hard enoughShe will cast off the ballast.And the swallowsWill politely accept her waving armsAs wings,And she will ...

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, ...

Blues In Bob Minor Robert Wyatt

Roger's in the archive looking up casementMartha's in the government digging up the basementRebel into representative for the voterShadow backhencher couldn't get a word inTurned up anyway... issue...

Architecture Jonathan Thulin

Your architecture Oooooh Yeaaaaah Your architecture There are a million mountains that I'd like to climb To get a glimpse of the heart of Your design So here I stand here I stand on what You built You

Sleep On It (Explicit Ver.) WYATT

we’re too good at goodbyessay that shit outta spiteyou call it in the morningjust to come right back got aboomerang heart giving me whiplashand it’s fine...I’m along for the ridebut now it feels di...