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.

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 Duchess Robert Wyatt

Oh My wife is tall and short, She hangs out down the port, Says "Hello sailor, how's your dad?" But her secret's safe with me.

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.

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?

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

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

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.

Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Robert Wyatt

Stalin wasn't stallin' When he told the beast of Berlin That 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

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

The British Road Robert Wyatt

There's nothing new under the mirror And it's time for one more bedtime story Get beauty sleep for morning glory How can I rise if you don't fall?

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

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.

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

Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt

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

A Last Straw Robert Wyatt

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 We'll not

Team Spirit Robert Wyatt

You can hardly miss me, I'm the one face down in the mud on the ground. 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.

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

Catholic Architecture Robert Wyatt

On the side A hand painted saint (Lovingly painted) Peeps over a high wall Which surrounds the white house.

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?

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

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?

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

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

Heaps Of Sheeps Robert Wyatt

One by one, They leapt across the fence Constructed for them, Right to left, Across the fence I bad constructed. Having jumped, They refused further direction.

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

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

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 in To our nursery.

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

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.

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

The weight of dust exceeds the weight of settled objects. What can it mean, such gravity without a centre? Is there freedom to un-be? Is there freedom from will-to-be?

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

Dondestan Robert Wyatt

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.

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

Lisp Service Robert Wyatt

You started the fire not me, Camouflaged in mystery.

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

Memories Robert Wyatt

I know I cannot leave this place full 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

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.

Alifib Robert Wyatt

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 my larder Not nit not nit no not Nit nit folly bololy Burlybunch, the

Alife Robert Wyatt

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 my larder Not nit not nit no not Nit nit folly bololy Burlybunch, the

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...

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...

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 "

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...

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...

The Other Side WYATT

Call my name when you see me on the other side I’ll be waiting till the moment you arrive And by the time you make it here There‘ll be nothing to hide Call my name When you see me on the other side Met

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