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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The British Road Robert Wyatt

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

CP Jeebies Robert Wyatt

"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."

Just As You Are Robert Wyatt

never ever change a thing I try to love you just as you are It's that look in your eyes I know you despise me For not being stronger What can I do What should I do I'll always loved you just as you are And

The Age Of Self Robert Wyatt

others 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

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

Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road Robert Wyatt

I didn't mean to hurt you But I'll keep trying And I'm sure you will too I want it I want it I want it give it to me I give it you back when I finish the lunchtea I lie in the road try to trip up the passing

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

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.

Set Me Free WYATT

(but) Next time you’re looking I’ll be gone Cuz I’m so sick spending every day Tryna act like I’m okay Hoping something, anything Will set me free Cuz I’m so sick wanting something more It’s been

Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Robert Wyatt

And he swore by things unholy And he made one of his own So he packed two suitcases Full of greed and misery And he caught the midnight special Going down to Germany Then he mixed his lies and hatred With

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.

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

Memories Robert Wyatt

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 I've got to choose between tomorrow and

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.

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.

Alife Robert Wyatt

you or Forsqueak you 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

Chairman Mao Robert Wyatt

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 on his head Delilahs and

Team Spirit Robert Wyatt

I'll be stuck here forever, unless you come over and Kick me Hardy. I'm the best football you have got. I'll beat the lot. I'll take the cake. Be masterful, be my hero and be -lieve me Hardy.

Alifib Robert Wyatt

you or Forsqueak you 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

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.

Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road Robert Wyatt

Roots can't hold them Bugs console them I fight with the handle of my little brown broom I pull out the wires of the telephone I hurt in the head and I hurt in the acting bone Now I smash up the telly

Blues In Bob Minor Robert Wyatt

taking A detour... rendezvous do... chapel in the valley Of the blown up doll... that's not Martha Shunting in a siding... she got homework Up to here Roger's in the footnotes up to his elbones Verse and

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.

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 Riversmell

Catholic Architecture Robert Wyatt

The saint Lovingly dares The outsider, Or the stray cat, To intrude And recieve his loving blessing In loving lacerated Hands.

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

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

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

Cuckoo Madame Robert Wyatt

Solitary madam we never understood, you never told us of your battle with the cuckoo baby blues Cuckoo Madame it's no wonder you're shy You're Greta Garbo you're the witch of Salem You're anti social, and

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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 "

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...

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

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...

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) ...

Perilous Nation Testament

Bold is the one who dares to say what he feels Renegation man, to one he yeilds The bleeding hearts and empty minds, hiding words they fear Blind is the one who censors what we see and hear Come into my