YELLOW RAINBOW (ROY WOOD)

First of all let me describe
Nature's struggle to survive
Just a weary group of people
Waiting for the world to end

Feel it spreading rapidly
Radioactivity
Bound together by a legend
To protect us and defend

Chorus
Lead us to the yellow rainbow
Just in case the earth should fall
If you find the yellow rainbow
You can save us all

Serpents tongue from blackened cloud
Sometimes seems to speak out loud
Icy brew of winds prevailing
From the cauldrons of the storm

Hear the children's voices ring
Please don't let the sky fall in
We might find the yellow rainbow
Fairy lights to keep them warm

Chorus

I can't take the atmosphere
It chains me down
Overactive mind works like an underground

Puerile thoughts about to be
Buried in obscurity
Saw a man with eyes like saucers
Caught up in a web of light
Hands that opened up before us
Cast a rainbow big and bright

Lead us to the yellow rainbow
Just in case the earth should fall

KILROY WAS HERE (ROY WOOD)

There's a fellow roaming round the street
I think most of all I'd like to meet
I must consider him a clever lad
Making like a young Sir Galahad

Everywhere I go I think he's been
He autographs the walls around the scene
If you look hard enough you'll find him there
In rooms and public places everywhere

Chorus
Kilroy was here left his name around the place
Kilroy was here though I've never seen his face

On a short vacation with my friends
I found I had time on my hands to spare
Surveyed my telescope around the land
And saw this name imprinted in the sand

Chorus

I wonder could he be a cavalier
Or a roving musketeer
Or just a dustman who's insane

Every place regardless where or when
The public poet strikes again
And again …and again

If I ever meet that man at all
I'll hang a plaque upon my bedroom wall
A monument erected in his name
Would help to contribute towards his fame

Chorus (repeat)

(HERE WE GO ROUND) THE LEMON TREE (ROY WOOD)

There's a girl next door to me who's round the bend
But she wonders why she can't make any friends
From her garden she could see me
In her silver-clad bikini
Singing, dancing round her fruit tree

Chorus
Here we go round the lemon tree
Mister can you hear me?
Here we go round the lemon tree
Mister don't come near me

Could I calm her down by throwing stones at her
If only I could make the right approach to her
Think I'd rather tame a tiger
Turn those lemons into cider
Still I'd like to get beside her

Chorus

Three o'clock in the morning
I could her toneless singing
I could smell her lemon perfume in the air

I walked up to the window
In the hope that I might see her
Could the deadly shade of night still bring her there?

Chorus

Morning came and into action went my plans
Ran to meet her dressed in bright green underpants
I crept in and sang discreetly
Seemed to change your mind completely
Danced together singing sweetly

Chorus (repeat)

WEEKEND ( BILL POST & DOREE POST)

Friday night and everything's right on the weekend
Crazy clothes and anything goes on the weekend
John called in and Jim got Sue
I made a date with a little ol' you
Off we went to make a big date on the weekend

No harm done, just having some fun on the weekend
Car top down, just a ridin' around on the weekend
Took a ride to Lookout Hill
The view up there was sure a thrill
That was all, we had a big ball on the weekend

There we were just sitting cool and cozy
I just had time to steal a little kiss
A policeman with a flashlight tried to nose in
He said, "Holy Mackerel there, what is all this?"
No harm done just having some fun on the weekend
Took a chance on crash and a dance on the weekend

We were almost inside the place
Then somebody slammed the door in my face
"Hey you guys, you gotta wear ties on the weekend"
Crazy clothes and anything goes on the weekend
That was all we had a big ball on the weekend

WALK UPON THE WATER (ROY WOOD)

My friends and I took a walk today
To a place we've been before
We flipped around like a wind machine
Till we stopped down by the store.
Someone said:

Chorus
Let's go for a walk upon the water
Let's go for a stroll across the sea
First one, follow me.

Admit my thoughts didn't feel inclined
To drift into the bay
By now my friends couldn't see their minds
As I watched them float away
All singing:

Chorus

Three small bodies swept up by the morning tide
Now their souls are washed up
Fate destroyed their minds
Better get the life inspector
Bring along his mind erector

You know I'm innocent I just didn't expect their trip to last
With the gale force wind that crossed their path
I could see them sinking fast
Still singing:

Chorus

Three small bodies swept up
By the morning tide
Now their souls are washed up
Faith destroyed their minds
Better get the life inspector
Bring along his mind erector

This tale of common sense will end on
Please don't drink and drive
Especially when you're driving friends
Along the water's side
Still singing:

Chorus (repeat)

Follow me, follow me, follow me, follow me…

FLOWERS IN THE RAIN (ROY WOOD)

Woke up one morning half asleep
With all my blankets in a heap
And yellow roses scattered all around.
The time was still approaching four
I couldn't stand it anymore
Saw marigolds upon my eiderdown.

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain
Making the garden grow.
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain
Keeping me cool.

So I lay upon my side
With all the windows open wide
Couldn't pressurise my head from speaking.
Hoping not to make a sound
I push my bed into the ground
In time to catch the sight that I was seeking.

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain
Making the garden grow.
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain
Keeping me cool.

If this perfect pleasure has the key
Then this is how it has to be
If my pillow's getting wet
I don't see that it matters much to me.

I heard the flowers in the breeze
Make conversation with the trees
Relieved to leave reality behind me.
With my commitments in a mess
My sleep has gone away depressed
In a world of fantasy you'll find me.

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain
Making the garden grow.
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain
Keeping me cool.

Watching flowers in the rain
Power in the rain,
Power flowers in the rain,
Flower power in the rain,
Powerful flowerful rain,
Flowerful powerful flowerful rain.

HEY GRANDMA (JERRY MILLER/ DON STEVENSON)

Hey Grandma
You're so young
Your old man's just a boy

It's been a long time this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time this time
Bye bye bye

It's been a long time
This time round
This time round
Everything's upside down
Upside down

It's gonna be good
You're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Except for these things
On my mind
They're all sins
It's just a waste of time

But we gotta have this time
Bye bye bye
But we gotta have this time
Bye bye bye

But we gotta have this time round
This time round
Everything's upside down
Upside-down

It's gonna be good,
You're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Blossoms make me feel so fine
Blossoms and Elderberry wine
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye

It's been a long time
This time round
This time round
Everything's upside down
Upside down

It's gonna be good
You're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Ooo!

Blossoms make me feel so fine
Blossoms and Elderberry wine
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye

It's been a long time
This time round
This time round
Everything's upside down
Upside down
A long time
This time round
This time round
Everything's upside down
Upside down

USELESS INFORMATION (ROY WOOD)

Sister Jane has a little book
Full of autographs of useless people
Seems a waste in the time she took
And it gets me mad which makes us equal

Chorus
Ooh, hundreds of people left out in the cold
Wearing the shoes that were silver and gold
Useless information
Tons of useless information
Seems to fill my head
With nowhere else to go
(Isn't it amazing?!)

Mrs. Payne at the door again
With the news about her operation
Will the Lord ever make the rain
Wash away such useless information

Chorus (repeat)

Isn't it amazing
Now you can see why conversation is dying
And time is passing you by

Turn your ears to the weather man
Saying it be colder in December
Get your boots and your astrakhan
It's been the same for years
So I remember

Chorus (repeat)

Hundreds of people
Filling my head with
Useless information….

Hundreds of people
Filling my head with
Useless information….

Repeat

ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART (JAMES HANLEY)

Dear, when you smile at me
I hear a melody
It haunted me from the start
Something inside of me
Started a symphony
Zing went the strings of my heart

Whoa now the breath of spring
Whoa I heard a robin sing
About a nest far apart
All that you seem to be
End up in harmony
Zing went the strings of my heart

I still recall the thrill
I guess I always will
I hope we'll never depart

Dear with your lips to mine
A rhapsody divine
Zing went the strings of my heart

Zing went the strings of my heart
Zing
Zing
Zing
Zing

THE GIRL OUTSIDE (ROY WOOD)

You couldn't make it easy if you tried
So I'm gonna save it for the girl outside
I'll take her on a magic carpet ride
We could walk the clouds together
And stay in love forever

If you don't answer what I feel inside
I might try to make it with the girl outside
Then all our thoughts together we'll confide
We'll see fairy tale cities in faraway lands of love

Chorus
Who needs the girl outside
When I can ride the tide of life with you
Why don't you turn around and look at me
I often wish I knew you

You overstepped the mark so run and hide
Cos' I'm gonna take it to the girl outside
I won't cast all my little dreams aside
Even flowers hide their faces
Line up and take their places

Chorus

You couldn't make it easy if you tried
So I'm gonna save it for the girl outside
I'll take her on a magic carpet ride
We could walk the clouds together
And stay in love forever.

FIRE BRIGADE (ROY WOOD)

Cast your mind back ten years
to the girl who's next to me in school
If I put my hand upon her leg she hit me with a rule
Though tomorrow won't be long
we're gonna have to play it cool.
You'd be fascinated by her
She could set the place afire

Chorus

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
Ooo
Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump you've got to wait your turn

Friends all seem to laugh I feel I have to make a compromise
Try to reassure myself my head must need some exercise
Half past ten in the morning she just took me by surprise
Sure she set the place afire
You'd be fascinated by her

Chorus

The lights across the street throw a rainbow in her hair
I'd love you all to meet her
I'll be there - I'll be there

Notice that my eyes have been a misty blaze since Saturday
Brings the feeling we might need the fire engines anyway
Though tomorrow won't be long
we're gonna have to play it cool
You'd be fascinated by her
She could set the place afire

Chorus

MIST ON A MONDAY MORNING (ROY WOOD)

I wake and yawn at the crack of dawn
With dewdrops on my feet
As I rise up to greet the morning
Nothing much to eat
Every breath I take seems to make my body ache
My only friend is mist on a Monday morning

Pick up my sack and walk for miles
Never thinking why
To the brewer's yard where I can sit
And watch my life go by

Drink and drink all day till my memory melts away
Need a friend like mist on a Monday morning

Chorus

Where's my wife has she gone?
I hear misty morning call
One foot resting in the grave
Destined not to see her anymore

There's a den in the grass
By the old towpath of corrugated steel
I may be sleeping there tonight
Depending how I feel
Damp and dirty place printing sorrow on my face
With nothing but the mist on a Monday morning

Chorus

From meths and gin I feel the sin
Like wheels upon my feet
Intoxicated by the night
I stumble in the street
Every breath I take seems to make my body ache
And drift into the mist on a Monday morning

CHERRY BLOSSOM CLINIC (ROY WOOD)

Discovered that the papers have been signed
To my bed I am confined
Owing to my state of mind
Special food for thought I must be fed
The authorities have said
That I'm going off my head

Suddenly from flowered skies
Twenty thousand butterflies
Glorify my bed in deep maroon
Turn from hot to very cool
Though it seems incredible
I could ride a bike around the moon

Chorus

Cherry Blossom Clinic
Is there any truth in what they say?
Cherry Blossom Clinic
Lock me in and throw the key away

In this sad position where I lie
From the corner of my eye
Callous friends just pass me by
Doctor pays a visit everyday
I keep asking for my Dad
They must think I'm going mad

Lift the blankets off my face
Quick before I suffocate
Trying hard to meditate
Tell the people what a scene
Write a letter to the Queen
Asking her if she can come to tea

Chorus

Up above the sun is high
Like a tea tray in the sky
Helicopter lands upon my bed
Phantom horses quickly fade
Turning into lemonade
Probably feel better when I'm dead

Chorus

VOTE FOR ME (ROY WOOD)

This crappy West Coast hippie scene
Is becoming quite a drag
It seems that all my freaky clothes
Are turning into rag
The time has come to break the strings
Free to form constructive things
Tear the world right off the hinges

Chorus

Vote for me - Vote for me
Sign across the line
Vote for me - Vote for me
We can overtake the world

You voice opinions in this place
Where views are never heard
They take precautions just in case
You say a dirty word
With adverse comments they promote
Pre-election antidote
Just to gain the casting voter

Chorus

Take up your pen you won't regret it
You never met such an opportunity
For the people who are in the way
Make a new election day

Please correct me if I seem to be making too much noise
In this profession people rush to cut you down to size
So after all the scenes are played
Dig my grave with a golden spade
There's a fortune to be paid.

Chorus (repeat)

DISTURBANCE (ROY WOOD)

When I was a little boy
My mama dropped me on my head
I felt kinda dizzy but the doctor
Made note of all I said

Chorus

Ever since there's been a slight disturbance in my mind
A kind of disarrangement that the surgeons cannot find

At the age of seven
I just couldn't read my ABC
But I gave my teacher tips
On how the caveman used to be

Chorus

Reached the age of 21
Ain't got no key to fit my door
Day and night I'm looning around
Just don't know what I'm looking for

Will they carry me away?
Oh will they carry me away?

I was 97 and I'm sure my brain it had enough
Racing round in jet planes
Cos' my sports car ain't quite fast enough

Chorus

Will they carry me away?
Will they carry me away?
Will they carry me away?
Will they carry me away?

NIGHT OF FEAR (ROY WOOD)

This silent night has turned to a night of fear
With windows howling wind into your ear
You listen to the spirits far behind
These things you hear are too much for your mind

The bell strikes and your spine chills like the grave
The chill that turns your blood from red to grey
You know that with these things you see and hear
This silent night has turned to a night of fear

Chorus

Image on your bedroom wall
Shadows marching in the hall
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind

The green and purple lights affect your sight
Your mother cannot comfort you tonight
Your brain calls out for help that's never there
This silent night has turned to a night of fear

Chorus

This silent night has turned to a night of fear
With windows howling wind into your ear
You listen to the spirits far behind
These things you hear are too much for your mind

Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind

WAVE THE FLAG AND STOP THE TRAIN (ROY WOOD)

Wave your flag and stop the train
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)

Wave your flag and stop the train
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)
Someone just pull the little chain

Girl in my compartment lost her mind
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)
Tried to throw herself upon the line
I can't see you leaving her behind

She doesn't quite remember who I am
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)
Committing suicide was more her plan
Claims she was attached to another man

Wave your flag and stop the train
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)
Wave your flag and stop the train
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)
Someone just pull the little chain

Tried to tell the signalman in time
She still trying to jump out on the line
I can't see you leaving her behind

I can't figure out what's with her mind
I can't figure that she's gone out of time

I see her reflection on the line
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)
Gates and railroad stations passing me by
I can't see you leaving her behind

Wave your flag and stop the train
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)
Wave your flag and stop the train
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)
Someone just pull the little chain

Wave your flag and stop the train
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)
Please stop the
Wave your flag and stop the train
(Stop the train)
(Stop the train)

I CAN HEAR THE GRASS GROW (ROY WOOD)

See the people all in line
What's making them look at me?
Can't imagine that their minds
Are thinking the same as me

Chorus

I can hear the grass grow
I can hear the grass grow
I see rainbows in the evening

My head's attracted to a magnetic wave of sound
With the streams of coloured circles
Making their way around.

Chorus

Can't seem to puzzle out the signs
My senses form a micro line

Get a hold of yourself now baby
See I need you to help now baby
Get a hold of yourself now baby

Put your head down to the ground
And listen to your mind
If you can't spell what you found
I know that you're not my kind

Chorus

Can't seem to puzzle out the signs
My senses form a micro line
Get a hold of yourself now baby
See I need you to help now baby
Get a hold of yourself now baby

See the people all in line
What's making them look at me?
Can't imagine that their minds
Are thinking the same as me

Chorus (repeat)

MOVE (ROY WOOD)

Everybody move along and feel your feet
Everybody move along enjoy the beat
She's a sittin' thinking but she won't for long
Makin' with that music now she moves along.

Move! Move! Move!
Move! Move! Move!

Move along in motion baby, it's alright
You can keep on dancin' almost every night
Hear the records playing and you can't go wrong
Get yourself upon that track and move along

Move! Move! Move!
Move! Move! Move!

Listen now just move along don't be ashamed
Keep on moving with the beat 'cause that's the game

Can't you see now there's a move in every song
I must say I like the way she moves along

Move! Move! Move!
Move! Move! Move!

DON'T THROW STONES AT ME (ROY WOOD)

Don't throw stones at me
Because I don't give you what you need
Well don't I love you girl
Don't you think I could
Give you everything
Everything

Gotta take a hold on you
Make a list of what you need
Stop your hanging round
All the cats in town
Give you everything
Everything
Don't throw stones at me

Cause I can throw them back to you
So if you give me time
Maybe it's my mind
To give you everything
Everything
Everything

Baby, baby, set my life
To giving you what you need
Hope you give me all your love
Cos' people in a glass house
Shouldn't throw stones at me

Cos' I can throw them back to you
So if you give me time
Maybe it's my mind
To give you everything
Everything
Everything

Gotta take a hold on you
Make a list of what you need
Stop your hanging round
All the cats in town
Give you everything
Everything
Everything

Baby, baby, set my life
To giving you what you need
Hope you give me all your love
Cos' people in a glass house
Shouldn't throw stones at me

Cos' I can throw them back to you
So if you give me time
Maybe it's my mind
To give you everything
Everything
Everything

Don't throw stones at me

VOTE FOR ME (alternate version) (ROY WOOD)

This smelly West Coast hippie scene
Is becoming quite a drag
It seems that all my freaky clothes
Are turning into rag
The time has come to break the strings
Free to form constructive things
Tear the world right off the hinges

Chorus
Vote for me - Vote for me
Sign across the line
Vote for me - Vote for me
We can overtake the world

You voice opinions in this place
Where views are never heard
They take precautions just in case you say a dirty word
With adverse comments they promote
Pre-election antidote
Just to gain the casting voter

Chorus

Take up your pen you won't regret it
You never met such an opportunity
For the people who are in the way
Make a new election day

Please correct me if I seem
To be making too much noise
In this profession people rush
To cut you down to size
So after all the scenes are played
Dig my grave with a golden spade
There's a fortune to be paid.

Chorus (repeat)