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     body.jpg (43475 bytes)   MUSIC FROM THE BODY (1980)


    RON GEESIN & ROGER WATERS
     
    Our Song
    (Waters-Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
    [various bodily sounds like burping, farting,
    slapping, scratching, etc....]
     
    Sea Shell an Stone
    (Waters)
    [Breathing]
    Sea shell and stone
    Surf rushes forward to feel the shingle with
    fingers of foam
    Search for the gold
    Over the landscape the mouth of a lifeline unfolds
    Smooth and round and brown
    See how the sunshine creeps over thistle and down
    Hillock and hump, hummock and clump and mound
    I feel a lump, see a bump, hear a bulboba sound
    Hollow and valley and shadow and dimple and hill
    Glisten and glimmer and shimmer and sparkle and still
    Sunlight is warming the land before your eyes
    And the sunrise is on your side
    And the sunshine is on your thighs
    Lady of stone, you are alone
    Lady of stone, you are alone
     
    Red Stuff Writhe
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    A Gentle Breeze Blew Through Life
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Lick Your Partners
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Bridge Passage for Three Plastic Teeth
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Chain of Life
    (Waters)
    Cry, Baby, cry
    Grow, Baby, grow
    Stand on your own
    Holidays and happy days at home
    Seaside, bike ride, fun land, hot sand, childhood floating by
    Wonder why I feel so shy when you are passing by
    The years of love and wine
    Pass by the magic eye
    Good time, lifetime
    Good line, lifeline
    Pass by the magic eye
    Your child is growing fast
    His future is your past
    Good time, lifetime
    Good line, lifeline
    His future is your past
    Slow down, look around
    Memories come drifting down
    Good time, lifetime
    Good line, lifeline
    Memories come drifting down
    And I remember rather well
    Gather round my chair and I will tell
    Carriages were open to the breeze
    Muffin boys and trams and trees
    I recall when I was younger, world was not so
    small
     
    The Womb Bit
    (Waters-Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Embryo Thought
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    March Past of the Embryos
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
    (Adam, Adam, Adam...)
     
    More Than Seven Dwarfs in Penis-Land
    (Geesin)
    (....Adam, Adam, ....)
    (harmonizing voices)
     
    Dance of the Red Corpuscles
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Body Transport
    (Waters-Geesin)
    (Man breathing/snoring)
    [man wispering:] "Take his feet now, take
    his...shhh"
    "This is no time for..."
    (whistling)
    "Oh ho ho, god save us all"
    "Go through the door"
     
    Hand Dance-Full Evening Dress
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Breathe
    (Waters)
    Breathe in the air
    Make for the meadow and savour the grass while it lasts
    By and by
    Spidery fingers of industry reach for the sky
    Brick upon brick, stone upon stone they grow
    Choking the atmosphere, oh, so incredibly slowly
    Sulphur and carbon and hydrogen sulphide and lime
    Fever, corrosion, and cover your cities with grime
    Something is killing the land before your eyes
    And the sunshine
    Is not to blame
    Could be the insane, inhumane games we play
    Day by day
    Riddle and fool
    Mushrooming home in a crowd, I'm alone
    Close your eyes, lie still
    You are a mountain stream and I am a hill
    Far, far away
    There is a field of blossom and bees and new mown hay
    Breathe in the air
    Breathe in the air
    Breathe in the air
    Breathe in the air
     
    Old Folks Ascension
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Bed-Time-Dream-Clime
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Piddle in Perspex
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Embryonic Womb-Walk
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Mrs. Throat Goes Walking
    (Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
    (Some guy harmonizing with the music)
     
    Sea Shell and Soft Stone
    (Waters-Geesin)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Give Birth to a Smile
    (Waters)
    Long live the child and the man
    Long live the mother and the lad
    The hills behind us and the sea
    Reach out to welcome you and me
    Valley deep and mountain tall
    Lie upon the ground before us all
    Strange are the colours of the turf
    Heralding the rebirth of the earth
    Gather all your energy and try
    Give birth to a smile
    Give birth to a smile
    Give birth to a smile
    (Everytime you think about it)
    Give birth to a smile
    Give birth to a smile
    Give birth to a smile
    Give birth to a smile
    Give birth to a smile
    Give birth to a smile
    (Hear me tellin' you)
    Give birth to a smile
    (Give birth to a smile)
    Give birth to a smile
    (Give birth, give birth)
    Give birth to a smile
    Give birth to a smile
    (Every day of your life)
    Give birth to a smile
    (Give a little birth to a smile)
    Give birth to a smile

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     Pros.jpg (37597 bytes) Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (May 8, 1984)

     ROGER WATERS

     
    4.30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)
    (Apparently they were travelling abroad)
    (And they picked up some hitchhikers)
    [Jade:] "Oh God...."
    [Wife:] "Wake up you're dreaming."
    [Jade:] "What?"
    [Wife:] "You're dreaming."
    [Jade:] "We were moving away from the border."
    [Wife:] "Huh, what border?"
    [Jade:] "Have a nice day."
    [Wife:] "Huh?"
    [Jade:] "Have a nice day."
    We were moving away from the border
    Looking for somewhere to sleep
    The two of us sharing the driving
    Two hitchhikers slumped in the back seat
    [Woman:] "Hello"
    I sneaked a quick look in the mirror
    She gave me a smile
    I said, is anyone hungry?
    Should we stop for a while?
    So we pulled off into a layby
    Her dress blew up over her head
    I said, would you like to come with me?
    She said something foreign under her breath
    [Woman:] "(foreign words)"
    And the sun shone down on her lovely young limbs
    I thought to myself she's much too good for you
    I lay down beside her with tears in my eyes
    She said
     
    4.33 AM (Running Shoes)
    So I stood by the roadside
    The soles of my running shoes gripping
    The tarmac like gunmetal magnets
    Fixed on the front of her Fassbinder face
    Was the kind of a smile
    That only a rather dull child could have drawn
    While attempting a graveyard in the moonlight
    But she was impressed
    You could see that she thought I looked fine
    And when she turned sweeter
    The reason, between you and me, was
    She'd just seen my green Lamborghini
    [RW:] "I think it was the Lamborghini."
    So we went for a spin in the country
    To feel the wind in our hair
    To feel the power of my engine
    To feel the thrill of desire
    And then in the trees I heard a twig snap
    Warning lights flashed on my map
    I opened my eyes and to my surprise
    There were Arabs with knives at the front of the bed
    Right at the front of the bed
    Oh my God, how did they get in here
    I thought we were safe home in England
    She said, come on now kid, it was wrong what you did
    You've got to admit it was wrong what you did
    You've got to admit it was wrong
    [Jade:] "Oh god....Jesus..."
     
    4.37 AM (Arabs with Knives and
    West German Skies)
    Sleep Sleep
    I know that I'm only dreaming
    [Jade:] "Leave her alone
    get out..out..get out of my house!"
    Through closed eyes
    I see West German skies on the ceiling
    And I want to get back
    To the girl with the rucksack
    To feel her flaxen hair
    I want to be there
    See the sun going down
    Behind Krupps steelworks
    On the outskirts of some German town
    Guten Abend meiner Damen und Herren Ha Ha Ha Ha
    Willkommen in Konnigsburg Ha Ha Ha Ha
    Wollen zie danzen mit mir oder drinken Bier Ha Ha Ha Ha
    Thank you but......
    This young lady and I
    Will just finish this bottle of wine
    It was kind of you...but
    I think we'll just say goodnight
    [Jade:] "Leave us alone!"
    Goodnight
    [Jade:] "Leave us alone!"
    (Bell)
    [Man:] "Could I have the key to one four three,
    please?
    Thank you."
    [Man:] "Hello, yes, I'd like to order breakfast
    please
    I'd like coffee for two, and toast with marmalade
    No...marmalade.
     
    4.39 (For the First Time Today-Part 2)
    For the first time today
    I held her naked body next to mine
    In this hotel overlooking the Rhine
    I made her mine
    Ooh babe...ooh babe
    Come with me and stay with me
    Please stay with me
    [Woman:] "Huh...what is it?"
    Stay with me
    Stay with me
    Stay with me
    Stay with me
    [Woman:] "No..."
    Stay with me
    [Woman:] "Forget it."
     
    4.41 AM (Sexual Revolution)
    Hey...girl
    Take out the dagger
    And let's have a stab at the sexual revolution
    Hey girl
    Let freedom for all be our rallying call
    Tomorrow lets make our new resolution
    Yeah, but tonight lie still
    While I plunder your sweet grave
    And remember
    Only the poor can be saved
    Hey girl
    As I've always said I prefer your lips red
    Not what the good Lord made
    But what he intended
    Hey girl
    Don't point the finger at me
    I am only a rat in a maze like you
    Only the dead go free
    So...please, hold my hand
    As we blunder through the maze
    And remember
    Nothing can grow without rain
    (Thunder)
    Don't...
    Don't point your finger at me
    I awoke in a fever
    The bedclothes were all soaked in sweat
    She said, you've been having a nightmare
    And it's not over yet
    Then she picked up the doggy in the window
    (The one with the waggly tail)
    And she put him to bed between two bits of
    bread
     
    4.47 AM (The Remains of Our Love)
    I just cowered in the corner
    My pyjama coat over my head
    And she smiled as she finished her sandwich
    And her cold eyes fixed me to my dark history
    As she brushed the remains
    Of our love from the bed
    And when she had turned back the covers
    When all of the prayers had been read
    She said, come on over here you silly boy
    Before you catch your death of cold
    I was only joking
    Let's leave behind the city grime
    Let's not compete
    It could be fine in the country
    Couldn't it though...come on lets go
    I said, OK
    [Young Child:] "Are we going to go now?"
    [Jade:] "Where would you like to go darling?"
    [Wife:] "Mmm...Vermont...Wyoming."
    [Jade:] "Wyoming...huh....Children!"
    [Children:] "What?"
    [Jade:] "We're going to Wyoming
    Darling...Which way is Wyoming?"
    [Wife:] "Hook a right here
    You're going the wrong way."
    [Jade:] "I know that
    I know children...
    Let's see how many...Volvos we pass
    On the way to our new life in the country
    ...One
    [Wife:] "Jade, don't do that, that's really
    negative."
     
    4.50 AM (Go Fishing)
    As cars go by I cast my mind's eye
    Over back packs on roof racks
    Beyond the horizon
    Where dream makers
    Working white plastic processors
    Invite the unwary
    To reach for the pie in the sky
    Go fishing my boy!
    We set out in the spring
    With a trunk full of books about everything
    About solar devices
    And how nice natural childbirth is
    We cut down some trees
    And we trailed our ideals
    Through the forest glade
    We dammed up the stream
    And the kids cooled their heels
    In the fishing pool we'd made
    We held hands and we exchanged bands
    And we practically lived off the land
    You adopted a fox cub
    Whose mother was somebody's coat
    You fed him by hand
    And then snuggled snuggled him down
    By the grandfather bed while I wrote
    And we grew our own maize
    And I only occasionally went into town
    To stock up on antibiotics
    And shells for the shotgun that I kept around
    I told the kids stories while you worked your loom
    And the sun went down sooner each day
    [Jade:] "Chapter six in which Eeyore has a birthday
    And gets two presents."
    [Child:] "Daddy...come on dad."
    [Jade:] "Eeyore the old grey donkey stood by the side
    Of the stream and he looked at himself in the water
    'Pathetic' he said, 'That's what it is'
    'Good morning Eeyore' said Pooh
    'Oh' said Pooh, He thought for a long time
    The leaves all fell down
    Our crops all turned brown
    It was over
    As the first snowflakes fell
    I realized all was not well in the camp
    The kids caught bronchitis
    The space heater ran out of diesel
    One weekend a friend from the East
    Rot his soul
    Stole your heart
    I said, fuck it then
    Take the kids back to town
    Maybe I'll see you around
    I said, go then
    She said, OK
    And so...leaving all our hopes and dreams
    To the wind and the rain
    Taking only our stash
    Left our litter and trash
    And set out on the road again
    On the road again
    On the road again
    [Child:] "Bye Bye Daddy, Bye Daddy
    You can bring Pearl she's a darn nice girl
    But don't bring Liza."
     
    4.56 AM (For the First Time Today-Part 1)
    For the first time today
    I feel it's really over
    You were my everyday excuse
    For playing deaf, dumb and blind
    And who'd have ever thought
    This was how it would end for you and me
    To carry my own millstone
    Out of the trees
    And I have to admit
    I don't like it a bit
    Being left here beside this lonesome road
    Lonesome road
    Lonesome road
     
    4.58 AM (Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin)
    [Trucker:} "Hey kid, you looking for a lift?
    Get on up here
    How's it going good buddy?"
    I nailed ducks to the wall
    Kept my heart in dark ruins
    I built bungalows over the hills
    Dunroamin, duncarin, dunlivin
    Took my girl to the country
    To sleep out under the moon
    Next thing she's going crazy
    [Trucker:] "Women are like that kid
    What the hell can you do?"
    She waits for the real Mr. Right to come
    Gently removing her heart
    With his promises of real communication
    [Trucker:] "I saw a program about that on TV, heh"
    Who's always picking up the tab
    Who built a bungalow for his momma and dad
    Me.....
    Who took you out to all the shows
    Who worked his fingers to the bone
    Me....
    While you were asleep
    [Jade:] "It was me...I did!"
    I kept you in buttons and bows
    [Jade:] "Christ! All those clothes!
    So you could encourage this creep
    [Hick:] "With that program
    I bet some son of a bitch made a million dollars."
    With his neat feet
    And his clean fingernails
    With his wise but twinkling eyes
    He's a rock standing out in an ocean of doubt
    [Trucker:] "Get movin', get off the road ya
    Goddam faggot."
    And compromise
    I'd like to go on with this bit of a song
    Describing this schmuck
    I'd like to go on, but I'm going to throw up
    [Trucker:] "Not in my rig you don't boy
    Get the hell out of here.
     
    5.01 AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking)
    An angel on a Harley
    Pulls across to greet a fellow rolling stone
    Puts his bike up on it's stand
    Leans back and then extends
    A scarred and greasy hand...he said
    He said, how ya doin bro?
    Where ya been?
    Where ya goin'?
    Then he takes your hand
    In some strange Californian handshake
    And breaks the bone
    [Whiny person:] "Have a nice day, hehe"
    A housewife from Encino
    Whose husband's on the golf course
    With his book of rules
    Breaks and makes a 'U' and idles back
    To take a second look at you
    You flex your rod
    Fish takes the hook
    Sweet vodka and tobacco in her breath
    Another number in your little black book
    These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
    These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
    Oh babe, I must be dreaming
    I'm standing on the leading edge
    The Eastern seaboard spread before my eyes
    Jump, says Yoko Ono
    I'm too scared and too good looking, I cried
    Go on, she says
    Why don't you give it a try?
    Why prolong the agony all men must die
    Do you remember Dick Tracy?
    Do you remember Shane?
    [Child:] "And mother wants you."
    Could you see him selling tickets
    Where the buzzard circles over
    [Child:] "Shane."
    The body on the plain
    Did you understand the music Yoko
    Or was it all in vain?
    [Child:] "Shane..."
    The bitch said something mystical
    (Herro)
    So I stepped back on the kerb again
    These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
    These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
    Oh babe, I must be dreaming again
    These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
    These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
    These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
    These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
     
    5.06 AM (Every Strangers Eyes)
    [Waitress:] "You wanna cup of coffee?"
    [Customers:] "Heh, Turn that fucking juke box
    down
    You want to turn down that juke box....loud in
    here"
    [Waitress:] "I'm sorry, would you like a cup of
    coffee?
    Ok, you take cream and sugar? Sure."
    In truck stops and hamburger joints
    In Cadillac limousines
    In the company of has-beens
    And bent-backs
    And sleeping forms on pavement steps
    In libraries and railway stations
    In books and banks
    In the pages of history
    In suicidal cavalry attacks
    I recognise...
    Myself in every stranger's eyes
    And in wheelchairs by monuments
    Under tube trains and commuter accidents
    In council care and county courts
    At Easter fairs and sea-side resorts
    In drawing rooms and city morgues
    In award winning photographs
    Of life rafts on the China seas
    In transit camps, under arc lamps
    On unloading ramps
    In faces blurred by rubber stamps
    I recognise...
    Myself in every stranger's eyes
    And now, from where I stand
    Upon this hill
    I plundered from the pool
    I look around
    I search the skies
    I shade my eyes
    So nearly blind
    And I see signs of half remembered days
    I hear bells that chime in strange familiar ways
    I recognise...
    The hope you kindle in your eyes
    It's oh so easy now
    As we lie here in the dark
    Nothing interferes, it's obvious
    How to beat the tears
    That threaten to snuff out
    The spark of our love
     
    5.11 AM (The Moment of Clarity)
    And the moment of clarity
    Faded like charity does
    Sometimes
    I open one eye
    And I put out my hand just to touch your soft hair
    To make sure in the darkness that you were still there
    And I have to admit
    I was just a little afraid
    Yeah
    But then...
    I had a little bit of luck
    You were awake
    I couldn't take another moment alone

     wind-blows.jpg (46163 bytes)   When the Wind Blows (Oct, 1986)

    © 1986 Music from the Film 'When The Wind Blows'
    by Raymond Briggs
     
    When the Wind Blows (David Bowie)
    So long Child
    I'm on my way
    And after all is done
    After all is done
    Don't be down
    It's all in the past
    Though you may be afraid
    So long child
    It's awful dark
    And I've never felt the sun
    I dread to think of when
    When the wind blows
    When the wind blows
    When the wind blows
    When the wind blows
    Life burns a savage moon
    Angry and raw
    Trusting the twisted word
    You'll run run away
    You'll take it all home
    You'll spin a tall tale
    But they won't believe you
    No matter what you say
    So long child
    It's awful dark
    And I've never felt the sun
    I dread to think of when the wind blows
    When the wind blows
    When the wind blows
    When the wind blows
     
    Facts and Figures (Hugh Cornwell)
    If all the food
    The warsmen ate was sent around the world
    Noone would have to work
    A single day
    If all the money
    In the banks was left to boy and girl
    Noone could then complain
    About their pay
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures
    Filling up the pages every day
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures
    Spilling out of papers every day
    Upon the roads
    The accidents
    They rob us of the few
    Wars
    They take away so many more
    As long as we don't know them
    They remain upon the page
    It's the history book picture
    That you saw
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures
    Filling up the pages every day
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures
    Spilling out of papers every day
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures
    Right or wrong is difficult to say
    'Cause everybody knows
    The way that the wind blows
    Facts and figures can be friends or foes
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures
    Right or wrong is difficult to say
    'Cause everybody knows
    The way that the wind blows
    Facts and figures can be friends or foes
    So try to keep your fingers crossed
    When listening for the bell
    So facts and figures don't catch you as well
    So facts and figures don't catch us as well
    So facts and figures don't catch us as well
    So facts and figures don't catch us as well
    So facts and figures don't catch us as well
     
    The Brazilian (Genesis)
    (Instrumental)
     
    What Have They Done (Squeeze)
    The wind blows the ash to the furnace
    The steel men are sitting at home
    And the video game
    Can't replace the flame
    That once burned all day on the coal
    The wind blows along in the gutter
    In a rush to get out of the town
    Where the row of shops is sold up in lots
    Developers bought the whole town
    And in the place is a pile of bricks
    Where children play with sticks and stones
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they done
    The sunshine is bright on the ranada
    Where I once saw the film ??if??
    Now they all stand in line
    For it's bingo tonight
    No more films with Malcom Bo??d???
    The cranes on the dock are redundant
    Standing so tall in the sky
    Shuffling trolleys and docks
    In around in the mud
    The dockman has a tear is his eye
    And in his hand is a pint of beer
    No more dock sheds are here to run
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they
    What have they done
    What have they done
    What have they
    What have they done
    .....
     
    The Shuffle (Paul Hardcastle)
    (Instrumental)


    All the songs after this point are a single track.
    Therefore, where each song begins and ends is not always clear

     
    The Russian Missile (Waters)
    (Russian's speaking over radio)
    (Instrumental)
     
    Towers of Faith (Waters)
    Ooooh, the lonely boys
    In their towers of faith
    Ooooh, the lonely boys
    Locked in their towers of faith
    The prophet reclined
    On the Golan Heights
    Ohhh, the lonely boys
    He said, this land is my land
    To the Shiites
    Ooooh, the lonely boys
    And Jehova looked up from the sea of Galilee beneath
    He said, I see you, you thief
    This land is my land
    And this sand is my sand
    And this band is my band
    Oh the lonely boys
    Lookin' over their shoulder
    Checkin out every boulder in the park
    Where the gates are closed from hate
    After dark
    And the Pope rolled up in his armored van
    He fell on his knees and kissed the land
    He said something that I did not understand
    It was in polish
    Then up stepped an aide
    He said, I will translate
    Here is what His Holiness said:
    'I am the Chief Jesuit.'
    'This land is Jesus' land.'
    'And that is all'
    'All that there is to it.'
    Hail Mary
    Mother of God
    And in New York City
    The business man in his mohair suit
    In the world trade center
    Puffs on his cheroot
    And he said,
    Well I don't care who owns the desert sands
    My brief
    Is with the hydrocarbons underneath
    And the sea of battle rages
    Around the ancient tombs
    And mother nature licks her wounds
    And the lonely boys locked in their towers of faith
    Who are nervous in the park
    When the gates are closed after dark
    Ooooh, the lonely boys
    In their towers of faith
    Ooooh, the lonely boys
    Locked in their towers of faith
     
    Hilda's Dream (Waters)
    [Radio:] "Radio Four, with the news at 1 o'clock this
    Thursday lunchtime. The Prime Minister, speaking a
    few minutes ago in the House of Commons, has
    warned that the international situation is
    deteriorating rapidly and that war could break out at
    any time in the next two or three days."
    [Man:] "Cripes! This is it! This is really it!"
    [Woman:] "I shouldn't worry too much, it'll probably
    all blow over."
    (Instrumental)
     
    The American Bomber (Waters)
    "Zero, Zero, Take Cover."
    (Instrumental)
     
    The Anderson Shelter (Waters)
    [Woman:] "It's funny to think there's no shelters this
    time. We had an old Anderson in the garden. I can
    see it now. We had stertians growing all over it, and
    we painted the front green. Painted it looked quite
    pretty. Next door grew cabbages on theirs."
    [Man:] "Yes, we had a Morrison. Mmmm. I used to
    sleep in it. I stuck pin-up girls all over the inside.
    Betty Grabel, Ann Shelton, Tricia Rock. The roof got
    all smoky, 'cause I used to read in bed with a candle."
    [Woman:] "Yes, it was nice at the war, really. The
    shelters, the blackouts, the cups of tea..."
    [Man:] "The A.R.P., the evacuees, London kids seeing
    cows for the first time...."
    [Woman: "Old Churchill on the wires..."
    [Man:] "Those were the days."
    (Instrumental)
     
    The British Submarine (Waters)
    "Three four five" "Three four five, Sir" "Steady as she
    goes" "Steady as she goes, Sir" "??" "(Instrumental)
     
    The Attack (Waters)
    [Radio:] "An enemy missile attack has been launched
    against this country. It is estimated that the missiles
    will arrive in approximately three minutes."
    [Man:] "God, almighty, there's only three minutes to
    go!"
    [Woman:] "Okay, I'll just get the washing in."
    [Man:] "Shut up! I'm trying to listen!"
    [Radio:] "Stay indoors."
    [Woman:] "Oh, dear, I've left the oven on."
    [Man:] "Get in! Get in! Get in!"
    [Woman:] "The cake will be burned!"
    [Woman:] "The cake will be burned!"
    [Woman:] "The cake will be burned!"
    (Instrumental)
     
    The Fallout (Waters)
    [Man:] "Blimey! I...I suppose...that was it."
    [Woman:] "Wasn't it light?"
    [Man:] "Yea, terrific. You--you get terrific light with
    those bombs. Listen! A dog!"
    [Woman:] "What does the fallout look like, dear?"
    [Man:] "I don't know. The government director
    neglected to mention what it would look like. I expect
    it would look a bit like snow does, only gray. Very
    quiet. I expect they're all are having a good lie-in
    after the bombing."
    [Woman:] "Terrible smell of burning."
    [Man:] "Yes. Well there's bound to be. That's
    logical..."
    [Woman:] "It's like...roast meat."
    [Man:] "Yes, it does. I expect everybody will be
    having their Sunday dinner a bit early this week, due
    to the unexpected circumstances..."
    [Man:] "A cloud coming up. Looks like rain. We'll be
    alright for water now for a while, my dear."
    [Woman:] "Do you think rainwater is alright to
    drink?"
    [Man:] "Oh yes, of course it is. There's nothing purer
    than rainwater, is there? Everybody knows that."
    [Woman:] "Oh, look! My hair's coming out."
    [Man:] "Hair's coming out."
    [Woman:] "My hair's coming out."
    (Instrumental)
     
    Hilda's Hair (Waters)
    [Man:] "I shall fear no evil...and thou shalt accompany
    me all the days--all the days of my life...uh...lay me
    down in--in--in green pastures..I...I don't know
    anymore..."
    [Woman:] "That was nice, really. Lay me down in
    green pastures--"
    [Man:] "Oooh yes, yes...enter the valley of the
    shadow of death."
    [Woman:] "no more, now...there, no more..."
    [Man:] "??Road?? the six hundred"
    (Instrumental)
     
    Folded Flags (Waters)
    Rock a bye baby
    On the tree top
    When the wind blows
    The cradle will rock
    Oh babe, hate to see you fall that way
    Better speak to the powers that be today
    Hey Joe, where you goin'
    With that gun in your hand?
    You can take your revenge
    But you'll still feel bad
    There must be more to life than lucky strikes
    And some unlucky ones
    And folded flags and pipes
    And drums
    I stood in the wings with you
    Our lives in the hands of a second-rate actor
    Holding the high ground
    Of some old stage
    Oh babe, how do these jaded stars get so far away
    Will they catch what the moral had to say
    Hey Joe, where you goin'
    With that dogma in your head?
    You can prove your point
    But your kids will still be dead
    Bring down the curtain
    This soap opera must surely close
    Before the cold wind blows
    Hey Joe, where you going
    With that gun in your hand
    You can take your revenge
    But you'll still feel bad
    Bring down the curtain
    This show must close
    Before the cold wind blows
    So rock a bye baby
    On the tree top
    When the wind blows
    The cradle will rock
    There must be more to life than lucky strikes
    And some unlucky ones
    And folded flags and pipes
    And drums

     

    wall-berlin.jpg (95708 bytes)   The Wall Live In Berlin (Sept 17, 1980)

    Disc 1
    1.In The Flesh?
    2.The Thin Ice
    3.Another Brick in the Wall, Part I
    4.The Happiest Days of Our Lives
    5.Another Brick in the Wall, Part II
    6.Mother
    7.Goodbye Blue Sky
    8.Empty Spaces
    9.Young Lust
    10.One of My Turns
    11.Don't Leave Me Now
    12.Another Brick in the Wall, Part III
    13.Goodbye Cruel World 


    Disc 2
    1.Hey You
    2.Is There Anybody Out There?
    3.Nobody Home
    4.Vera
    5.Bring the Boys Back Home
    6.Comfortably Numb
    7.In the Flesh
    8.Run Like Hell
    9.Waiting for the Worms
    10.Stop
    11.The Trial
    12.The Tide is Turning (After Live Aid)

     

    kaos.jpg (36668 bytes)  RADIO KAOS (July 15, 1987)


    The Story
    Benny is a Welsh coal miner. He is a radio ham.
    He is 23 years old, married to Molly. They have a
    son, young Ben, age 4, and a new baby. They
    look after Benny's twin brother Billy, who is
    apparently a vegetable. The mine is closed by the
    market forces. The Male Voice Choir stops
    singing, the village is dying. One night Benny
    takes Billy on a pub crawl. Drunk in a brightly-lit
    shopping mall, Benny vents his anger on a shop
    window full of multiple TV images of Margaret
    Thatcher's mocking condescension. In defiance,
    he steals a cordless phone. Later that night,
    Benny cavorts dangerously on the parapet of a
    motorway footbridge, in theatrical protest of the
    tabloid press. That same night, a cab driver is
    killed by a concrete block dropped off a similar
    bridge. The police come to question Benny; he
    hides the cordless phone under the cushion of
    Billy's wheelchair.
    Billy is different, he can receive radio waves
    directly without the aid of a tuner; he explores
    the cordless phone, recognizing its radioness.
    Benny is sent to prison. Billy feels as if half of him
    has been cut off. He misses Benny's nightly
    conversations with radio hams in foreign parts.
    Molly, unable to cope, sends Billy to stay with his
    Great Uncle David, who had emigrated to the USA
    during the war. Much as Billy likes Uncle David and
    the sunshine and all the new radio in LA, he
    cannot adjust to the cultural upheaval and the
    loss of Benny, who for him is 'home'.
    Uncle David, now an old man, is haunted by
    having worked on the Manhattan project during
    World War II, designing the Atom Bomb, and
    seeks to atone. He also is a radio ham; he often
    talks to other hams about the Black Hills of his
    youth, the Male Voice Choir, about home. He is
    saddened by the use of telecommunication to
    trivialise important issues, the soap opera of
    state. However, Live Aid has decynicised him to
    an extent. Billy listens to David and hears the
    truth the old man speaks.
    Billy experiments with his cordless phone, he
    learns to make calls. He accesses computers and
    speech synthesizers, he learns to speak. Billy
    makes contact with Jim a DJ at Radio KAOS, a
    renegade rock station fighting a lone rear guard
    action against format radio. Billy and Jim become
    radio friends, Reagan and Thatcher bomb Lybia.
    Billy perceives this as an act of political
    "entertainment" fireworks to focus attention away
    from problems at "home".
    Billy has developed his expertise with the cordless
    phone to the point where he can now control the
    most powerful computers in the world. He plans
    an "entertainment" of his own. He simulates
    nuclear attack everywhere, but de-activates the
    military capability of "the powers that be" to
    retaliate. In extremes perceptions change, Panic,
    comedy, compassion. In a SAC bunker a soldier in
    a white cravat turns a key to launch the counter
    attack. Nothing happens; impotently he kicks the
    console, hurting his foot. He watches the
    approaching blips on the radar screen. As impact
    approaches, he thinks of his wife and kids, he
    puts his fingers in his ears.
    Silence. White out. Black out. Lights out. It didn't
    happen, we're still alive. Billy has drained the
    earth of power to create his illusion. All over the
    dark side of the earth, candles are lit. In the pub
    in Billy's home village in Wales one man starts to
    sing; the other men join in. The tide is turning.
    Billy is home.
     
     
    Radio Kaos
    [Jim:] "This is K.A.O.S.
    You and I are listening to KAOS in Los Angeles.
    Let's go to the telephones now and take a request."
    [Billy:] "Hello, I'm Billy."
    [Jim:] "Yes?"
    [Billy:] "I hear radio waves in my head."
    [Jim:] "You hear radio waves in your head?
    Ah! Is there a request that
    you have tonight for KAOS?"
    Radio waves
    Radio waves
    Radio waves
    He hears radio waves
    Radio waves
    The atmosphere is thin and cold
    The yellow sun is getting old
    The ozone overflows with radio waves
    AM, FM, weather and news
    Our leaders had a frank exchange of views
    Are you confused, radio waves
    Radio waves
    Radio waves
    AM radio waves
    FM radio waves
    Radio waves
    Mind-numbing radio waves
    Fish-stunning radio waves
    Radio waves
    Magic Billy in his wheel chair
    Is picking up all this stuff in the air
    Billy is face to face with outer space
    Messages from distant stars
    The local police calling all cars
    Radio waves
    Hear them radio waves
    Radio waves
    Jesus saves radio
    Radio waves
    Radio waves
    AM radio waves
    FM radio waves
    All them radio waves
    Radio waves
    Radio waves
    He hears radio waves
    Radio waves
    Radio waves
    Hopeful radio waves
    Dopeful radio waves
    Radio waves
    Russian radio waves
    Prussian radio waves
    Eastern radio waves
    Western radio waves
    Testing radio waves
    One two
    One two
    Radio waves
    Getting through to you
    More code radio waves
    Tobacco road radio waves
    South to Paloma radio waves
    Oklahoma City radio waves
    Sitting pretty radio waves
    Nitty-gritty radio waves
    Radio waves
    [Jim:] "Alright, that's a song called Radio Waves.
    You are listening to KAOS
    In Los Angeles and we've got Billy on the line."
    [Billy:] "I'm from the valleys."
     
    Who Needs Information
    [Jim:] "You're from the valley?"
    [Billy:] "No, Jim you schmuck, the Valleys;
    Male voice choirs, Wales." [Jim:] "Ah, you're from
    Wales!
    Now is this sperm or blue-tip?"
    [Billy:] "Ha, ha, ha, ha. Very funny Jim."
    [Jim:] "Sorry."
    [Billy:] "Me and Benny went out."
    [Jim:] "Who's Benny?"
    Me and Benny went out last night
    Looking for fun
    Supping ale in the moonlight
    Waiting for the dawn to come
    Benny pointed at a HiFi shop
    He said, hey man, look at all the stuff they've got
    How'd you make a have out of a have not
    Hmmmm
    Who needs information
    When you're working underground
    Just give me confirmation
    We could win a million pounds
    Benny climbed up on a footbridge
    And he teetered on the parapet
    He said can you see the whites of their headlights
    Are they coming yet
    Who needs information
    This high off the ground
    Just give me confirmation
    We could win a million pounds
    Who needs information
    When you're living in constant fear
    Just give me confirmation
    There's some way out of here
    Some way out of here
    Benny hefted a breeze block
    And tried to let go
    Got hung up on a tear drop
    So me and Benny went home
    Who needs information
    When you're living in constant fear
    Just give me confirmation
    There's some way out of here
    Some way out of here
    Who needs information yeah
    When you're living on borrowed time
    Just give me confirmation
    There will be a winner this time
    Who needs information
    When you're working underground
    Just give me confirmation
    We could win a million pounds
    Who needs
    Who needs
    Who needs information
    This high off the ground
    Just give me confirmation
    We could win a million pounds
    yeah
    [Jim:] "Um. (lights a cigarette)
    So your brother's in jail?"
     
    Me or Him
    You wake up in the morning
    Get something for the pot
    Wonder why the sun makes the rocks feel hot
    Draw on the walls
    Eat
    Get laid
    Back in the good old days
    Then some damn fool invents the wheel
    Listen to the whitewalls squeal
    You spend all day looking for a parking spot
    Nothing for the heart
    Nothing for the pot
    Benny turned the dial on his Short Wave radio
    Oh how he wanted to talk to the people
    He wanted his own show
    Tune in Moscow
    Tune in New York
    Listen tot the Welsh kid talk
    Communicating like in the good old days
    Forgive me father for I have sinned
    It was either me or him
    And a voice said Benny
    You fucked the whole thing up
    Benny your time is up
    Your time is up
    Benny turned the dial on his Short Wave radio
    He wanted to talk to the people
    He wanted his own show
    Tune in Moscow
    Tune in New York
    Listen to the Welsh kid talk
    Communicating like in the good old days
    Forgive me Father
    [Welsh Policeman:] "Mobile One Two to Central."
    For I have sinned
    [Welsh Policeman:] "We have a multiple on the A465
    between Cwmbran and Cylgoch."
    Father it was either me or him
    Father can we turn back the clock?
    [Welsh Policeman:] "Ambulance, over."
    I never meant to drop the concrete block
    [Welsh Policeman:] "Roger central, over and out."
    Benny turned the dial on his Short Wave radio
    He wanted to talk to the people
    He wanted his own show
    Tune in Moscow
    Tune in New York
    Listen to the Welsh kid talk
    Just like in the good old days
    The good old days
    [Radio announcer:] "Do you really think Iranian terrorists
    Would have taken Americans hostage
    If Ronald Reagan were president?
    Do you really think the Russians
    Would have invaded Afghanistan
    If Ronald Reagan were president?
    Do you really think third-rate military
    Dictators would laugh at America
    And burn our flag in contempt
    If Ronald Reagan were president?"
    [Concerned Citizen:] "Well, it might work!"
    [Hostage:] "We as a group do most importantly
    Want to beseech President Reagan
    And our fellow Americans
    To refrain from any form of military
    Or violent means as an attempt
    No matter how noble or heroic
    To secure our freedom."
    [Concerned Citizen:] "Sure!
    Only it's going to be mighty dangerous
    For you, Cassidy
    Hoppy's faithful sidekick
    Guess you don't know Hopalong Cassidy, mister.
    Adventure's his bread
    Excitement's his butter
    And danger
    Why to him that's like
    Strawberry jam to top it off."
    [Jim:] "This is some live rock and roll at KAOS
    Where rock and roll comes out of chaos
    And a song called..."
     
    The Powers that Be
    The powers that be
    They like a tough game
    No rules
    Some you win
    Some you lose
    Competition's good for you
    They're dying to be free
    They're the powers that be
    They like a bomb proof cadillac
    Air conditioned
    Gold taps
    Back seat gun rack
    Platinum hub caps
    They pick horses for courses
    They're the market forces
    (background : Nice car Jack)
    They like order
    Make-up
    Lime light power
    Game shows
    Rodeos
    Star wars
    TV
    They're the powers that be
    If you see them come
    You better run
    Run
    You better run on home
    Sisters of mercy better join your brothers
    Put a stop to the soap opera right now
    They say the toothless get ruthless
    You better run on home
    You better run
    Run
    You better run on home
    The powers that be
    They like treats
    Tricks
    Carrots
    And sticks
    They like fear and loathing
    They like sheep's clothing
    And blacked-out vans
    Blacked-out vans
    Contingency plans
    They like death or glory
    They love a good story
    They love a good story
    Sisters of mercy better join with your brothers
    Put a stop to the soap opera state
    They say the toothless get ruthless
    Run home before its too late
    You better run
    Run
    You better run on home
    You better run
    [Billy:] "Goodnight, Jim."
    [Jim:] "Goodnight, Billy."
    [Uncle David's Great Dane:] "Woof, woof, woof!"
    [Paraquat Kelly:] "Bull heads, three red snapper,
    one pink snapper
    And your Pacific coastal trench hosemonster fish."
    [Cynthia Fox:] "Ohhh!
    At Sky David's juke joint of joy reports
    Forty under the console giggle stick ling cod
    Twenty-three purple perches
    Four sledgehammerhead sharks
    And what a surprise
    Eightyfour crabs, and no red snappers."
    [Paraquat Kelly:] "Hey, and that'll do for the
    triumphant return
    Of the fish report with a beat."
    [Jim:] "We think of it as mainstreet
    But to the rest of the country
    It's Sunset Strip
    You're listening to KAOS in Los Angeles."
     
    Sunset Strip
    I like staying with my Uncle Dave
    And I like playing with his great dane
    But I don't fit
    I feel alien and strange
    Kinda outa range
    I like riding in my Uncle's car
    Down to the beach where the pretty girls all
    parade
    And movie stars and paparazzi play
    The Charles Atlas kicking sand in the face game
    And I sit in the canyon with my back to the sea
    There's a blood red dragon on a field of green
    Calling me back
    Back to the Black Hills again
    Ooh, ooh
    Billy come home
    Billy is searching for his native land
    Flicking through the stations with the dial in his
    head
    Picking up (background: static)
    And a male voice choir on the short wave band
    Billy taps out Jim's number on the phone
    Sits shaking as he waits for Jim's answering tone
    Come on my friend
    Speak to me please
    The land of my fathers is calling to me
    And I sit in the canyon with my back to the sea
    There's a blood red dragon on a field of green
    Calling me back
    Back to the Black Hills again
    Ooh, ooh
    Billy come home
    Come on home
    He sits in the canyon with his back to the sea
    Sees a blood red dragon on a field of green
    He hears a male voice choir singing
    Billy come home
    Billy, Billy, come home
    Come on home
    [Californian Weirdo:] "I don't like fish."
    [Jim:] "You are listening to KAOS here in Los
    Angeles."
    [Californian Weirdo:] "I don't like fish."
    [Jim:] "Yes, we've established that.
    Ah! Do you have a request?"
    [Californian Weirdo:] "Shell fish
    Guppy
    Salmon
    Shrimp
    And crab
    And lobster
    Flounder
    I hate fish
    But I think most of all
    I hate fresh fish
    Like trout
    I hate fresh trout
    My least-hated, favourite fish would be sole
    That way you don't have to see the eyes
    Sole has no eyes."
    [Jim:] "Oh no!"
    [Woman:] "I'd like to be home with my monkey
    and my dog."
    [Jim:] "Thankyou."
    [Woman:] "I'd like to be home with my monkey
    and my dog
    I'd like to be home with my monkey and my dog
    I'd like to be home with my monkey and my dog
    I'd like to be home with my monkey..."
    [Jim:] "I don't care
    Shut up
    Play the record."
     
    Home
    [Jim:] "Oh, God!"
    [Californian Weirdo:] "Sole has no eyes."
    Could be Jerusalem
    Or it could be Cairo
    Could be Berlin
    Or it could be Prague
    Could be Moscow
    Could be New York
    Could be Llanelli
    And it could be Warrington
    Could be Warsaw
    And it could be Moose Jaw
    Could be Rome
    Everybody got somewhere they call home
    When they overrun the defences
    A minor invasion put down to expenses
    Will you go down to the airport lounge
    Will you accept your second class status
    A nation of waitresses and waiters
    Will you mix their martinis
    Will you stand still for it
    Or will you take to the hills
    It could be clay
    And it could be sand
    Could be desert
    Could be a tract of arable land
    Could be a house
    Could be a corner shop
    Could be a cabin by a bend in the river
    Could be something your old man handed down
    Could be something you built on your own
    Everybody got something he calls home
    When the cowboys and Arabs draw down
    On each other at noon
    In the cool dusty air of the city boardroom
    Will you stand by a passive spectator
    Of the market dictators
    Will you discreetly withdraw
    With your ear pressed to the boardroom door
    Will you hear when the lion within you roars
    Will you take to the hills
    Will you stand
    Will you stand for it
    Will you hear when the lion within you roars
    Could be your father
    And it could be your mother
    Could be your sister
    Could be your brother
    Could be a foreigner
    Could be a Turk
    Could be someone out looking for work
    Could be a king
    Could be the Aga khan
    Could be a Vietnam vet with no arms and no legs
    Could be a saint
    Could be a sinner
    Could be a loser
    Or it could be a winner
    Could be a banker
    Could be a baker
    Could be a Laker
    Could be Kareem Abdul Jabar
    Could be a male voice choir
    Could be a lover
    Could be a fighter
    Could be a super heavyweight
    Or it could be something lighter
    Could be a cripple
    Could be a freak
    Could be a wop, gook, geek
    Could be a cop
    Could be a thief
    Could be a family of ten living in one room on relief
    Could be our leaders in their concrete tombs
    With their tinned food and their silver spoons
    Could be the pilot with God on his side
    Could be the kid in the middle of the bomb sight
    Could be a fanatic
    Could be a terrorist
    Could be a dentist
    Could be a psychiatrist
    Could be humble
    Could be proud
    Could be a face in the crowd
    Could be the soldier in the white cravat
    Who turns the key in spite of the fact
    That this is the end of the cat and mouse
    Who dwelt in the house
    Where the laughter rang and the tears were spilt
    The house that Jack built
    Where the laughter rang and the tears were spilt
    The house that Jack built
    Bang, bang, shoot, shoot
    White gloved thumb
    Lord thy will be done
    He was always a good boy his mother said
    He'll do his duty when he's grown
    Yeah
    Everybody's got someone they call home
     
    Four Minutes
    [Billy:] "Four minutes and counting."
    [Jim:] "O.K."
    [Billy:] "They pressed the button, Jim."
    [Jim:] "They pressed the button Billy, what
    button?"
    [Billy:] "The big red one."
    [Jim:] "You mean THE button?"
    [Billy:] "Goodbye, Jim."
    [Jim:] "Goodbye!
    Oh yes
    This ain't au revoir, it's goodbye!
    Ha! Ha!
    This is KAOS
    It's a beautiful, balmy
    Southern California summer day
    It's 80 degrees...
    I said balmy...
    I could say bomby
    Ha! Ha!
    O.K.
    I'm Jim and this is Radio KAOS
    And with only four minutes left to us
    Let's use this as wisely as possible....
    ([Molly:] Everybody got someone they call home)
    Out at Dodger Stadium
    It's the bottom of the seventh
    The Dodgers are leading three to nothing over
    the Giants
    And for those of you who are looking to go
    surfing tomorrow
    Too bad
    (Telephone rings)
    I'm kinda lost in here to tell you the truth
    O.K., good
    Ladies and gentlemen
    If the reports that we are getting are correct
    This could be it
    Billy, if you're listening to me
    Please call now."
    After a near miss on the plane
    You swear you'll never fly again
    After the first kiss when you make up
    You swear you'll never break up again
    And when you've just run a red light
    Sit shaking under the street light
    You swear to yourself you'll never drink and drive again
    Sometimes I feel like going home
    You swear you'll never let things go by again
    Sometimes I miss the rain and snow
    And you'll never toe the party line again
    And when the east wind blows
    Sometimes I feel like going home
    [Jim:] "Billy, if you are listening, please call."
    [Californian Weirdo:] "Sole has no eyes."
    [Molly:] "Goodbye little spy in the sky
    They say that cameras don't lie
    Am I happy
    Am I sad
    Am I good
    Am I bad?"
    [Jim:] "Billy, if you're listening, please call."
    [Californian Weirdo:] "Sole has no eyes
    Sole has no eyes."
    [Billy:] "Ten, nine, eight, seven..."
    [Margaret Thatcher:] "Our own independent
    nuclear deterrent
    Has helped to keep the peace."
    [Billy:] "Six, five four, three..."
    [Ordinary Person:] "...you've go a job..."
    [Billy:] "Two, one..."
    [Margaret Thatcher:] "For nearly forty years"
    [Jim:] "Goodbye Billy."
     
    The Tide is Turning (After Live Aid)
    I used to think the world was flat
    Rarely threw my hat into the crowd
    I felt I had used up my quota of yearning
    Used to look in on the children at night
    In the glow of their Donald Duck light
    And frighten myself with the thought of my little
    ones burning
    But, oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning
    The tide is turning
    Satellite buzzing through the endless night
    Exclusive to moonshots and world title fights
    Jesus Christ imagine what it must be earning
    Who is the strongest
    Who is the best
    Who holds the aces
    The East
    Or the West
    This is the crap our children are learning
    But oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning
    The tide is turning
    Oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning
    Now the satellite's confused
    'Cos on Saturday night
    The airwaves were full of compassion and light
    And his silicon heart warmed
    To the sight of a billion candles burning
    Oo, oo, oo, the tide is turning
    Oo, oo, oo, the tide is turning
    The tide is turning Billy
    I'm not saying that the battle is won
    But on Saturday night all those kids in the sun
    Wrested technology's sword from the hand of
    the war lords
    Oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning
    The tide is turning Sylvester
    The tide is turning
    [Morse Code:] "That's it!
    Now the past is over but you are not alone
    Together we'll fight Sylvester Stallone
    We will not be dragged down in his South China Sea
    Of macho bullshit and mediocrity"
     

     

    amused.jpg (82292 bytes)  Amused To Death (Sept 1, 1992)

    The Ballad Of Bill Hubbard
    Instrumental

    (switch channels)
    [Alf Razzell:] "Two things that have haunted me
    most are the days when I had to collect the
    paybooks; and when I left Bill Hubbard in
    no-man's-land. I was picked up and taken into
    their trench. And I'd no sooner taken two or three
    steps down the trench when I heard a call, 'Hello
    Razz, I'm glad to see you. This is my second night
    here,' and he said 'I'm feeling bad,' and it was Bill
    Hubbard, one of the men we'd trained in England,
    one of the original battalion. I had a look at his
    wound; rolled him over. I could see it was probably
    a fatal wound. You could imagine what pain he was
    in, he was dripping with sweat; and after I'd gone
    about three shellholes, traversed that, had it
    been...had there been a path or a road I could
    have done better. He pummelled me, 'Put me
    down, put me down, I'd rather die, I'd rather die,
    put me down.' I was hoping he would faint. He
    said 'I can't go any further, let me die.' I said 'If I
    leave you here Bill you won't be found, let's have
    another go.' He said 'All right then.' And the same
    thing happened. he couldn't stand it any more,
    and I had to leave him there, in no-man's-land."
    (switch channels)
     
    What God Wants, Part I
    [boy:] "I don't mind about the war, that's one of
    the things I like to watch, if it's a war going on,
    'cause then I know if our side's winning, if our
    side's losing..."
    (switch channels)
    What God wants God gets God help us all
    What God wants God gets (repeated)
    The kid in the corner looked at the priest
    And fingered his pale blue Japanese guitar
    The priest said:
    God wants goodness
    God wants light
    God wants mayhem
    God wants a clean fight
    What God wants God gets
    Don't look so surprised
    It's only dogma
    The alien prophet cried
    The beetle and the springbok
    Took the Bible from its hook
    The monkey in the corner
    Wrote the lesson in his book
    What God wants God gets God help us all
    God wants peace
    God wants war
    God wants famine
    God wants chain stores
    What God wants God gets
    God wants sedition
    God wants sex
    God wants freedom
    God wants semtex
    What God wants God gets
    Don't ok so surprised
    I'm only joking
    The alien comic cried
    The jackass and hyena
    Took the feather from its hook
    The monkey in the corner
    Wrote the joke down in his book
    What God wants God gets
    God wants borders
    God wants crack
    God wants rainfall
    God wants wetbacks
    What God wants God gets
    God wants voodoo
    God wants shrines
    God wants law
    God wants organised crime
    God wants crusade
    God wants jihad
    God wants good
    God wants bad
    What God wants God Gets
     
    Perfect Sense, Part I
    The monkey sat on a pile of stones
    And stared at the broken bone in his hand
    And the strains of a Viennese quartet
    Rang out across the land
    The monkey looked up at the stars
    And thought to himself
    Memory is a stranger
    History is for fools
    And he cleaned his hands
    In a pool of holy writing
    Turned his back on the garden
    And set out for the nearest town
    Hold on hold on soldier
    When you add it all up
    The tears and the marrowbone
    There's an ounce of gold
    And an ounce of pride in each ledger
    And the Germans killed the Jews
    And the Jews killed the Arabs
    And the Arabs killed the hostages
    And that is the news
    And is it any wonder
    That the monkey's confused
    He said Mama Mama
    The President's a fool
    Why do I have to keep reading
    These technical manuals
    And the joint chiefs of staff
    And the brokers on Wall Street said
    Don't make us laugh
    You're a smart kid
    Time is linear
    Memory is a stranger
    History is for fools
    Man is a tool in the hands
    Of the great God Almighty
    And they gave him command
    Of a nuclear submarine
    And sent him back in search of
    The Garden of Eden
     
    Perfect Sense, Part II
    Can't you see
    It all makes perfect sense
    Expressed in dollars and cents
    Pounds shillings and pence
    Can't you see
    It all makes perfect sense
    Little black soul departs in perfect focus
    Prime time fodder for the News at Nine
    Darling is the child warm in the bed tonight
    [Marv Albert:] "Hi everybody I'm Marv Albert
    And welcome to our telecast
    Coming to you live from Memorial Stadium
    It's a beautiful day
    And today we expect a sensational matchup
    But first our global anthem"
    Can't you see
    It all makes perfect sense
    Expressed in dollars and cents
    Pounds shillings and pence
    Can't you see
    It all makes perfect sense
    [Marv:] "And here come the players
    As I speak to you now the captain
    Has his cross hairs zeroed in on the oil rig
    It looks to me like he's going to attack
    By the way did you know that a submarine
    Captain earns 200,000 dollars a year"
    [Edward:]"That's less tax Marv"
    [Marv:]"Yeah, less tax
    Thank you Edward"
    [Edward:]"You're welcome"
    [Marv:]"Now back to the game...he fires one...yes
    There goes two; both fish are running
    The rig is going into a prevent defense
    Will they make it? I don't think so"
    Can't you see
    It all makes perfect sense
    Expressed in dollars and cents
    Pounds shillings and pence
    Can't you see
    It all makes perfect sense
     
    The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range
    You have a natural tendency
    To squeeze off a shot
    You're good fun at parties
    You wear the right masks
    You're old but you still
    Like a laugh in the locker room
    You can't abide change
    You're at home on the range
    You opened your suitcase
    Behind the old workings
    To show off the magnum
    You deafened the canyon
    A comfort a friend
    Only upstaged in the end
    By the Uzi machine gun
    Does the recoil remind you
    Remind you of sex
    Old man what the hell you gonna kill next
    Old timer, who you gonna kill next
    I looked over Jordan and what did I see
    Saw a U.S. Marine in a pile of debris
    I swam in your pools
    And lay under your palm trees
    I looked in the eyes of the Indian
    Who lay on the Federal Building steps
    And through the range finder over the hill
    I saw the front line boys popping their pills
    Sick of the mess they find
    On their desert stage
    And the bravery of being out of range
    Yeah the question is vexed
    Old man what the hell you gonna kill next
    Old timer who you gonna kill next
    Hey bartender over here
    Two more shots
    And two more beers
    Sir, turn up the TV sound
    The war has started on the ground
    Just love those laser guided bombs
    They're really great
    For righting wrongs
    You hit the target
    And win the game
    From bars 3,000 miles away
    3,000 miles away
    We play the game
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We zap and maim
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We strafe the train
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We gain terrain
    With the bravery of being out of range
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We play the game
    With the bravery of being out of range
     
    Late Home Tonight, Part I
    Standing at the window
    A farmer's wife in Oxford shire
    Glances at the clock; it's nearly time for tea
    She doesn't see
    The phantom in the hedgerow dip its wings
    Doesn't hear the engine sing
    But in the cockpit's techno glow
    Behind the Ray Ban© shine
    The kid from Cleveland
    In the comfort of routine
    Scans his dials and smiles
    Secure in the beauty of military life
    There is no right or wrong
    Only tin cans and cordite and white cliffs
    And blue skies and flight flight flight
    The beauty of military life
    No questions only orders and flight, only flight
    What a beautiful sight in his wild blue dream
    The eternal child leafs through his war magazine
    And his kind Uncle Sam feeds ten trillion in change
    Into the total entertainment combat video game
    And up here in the stands
    The fans are going wild
    The cheerleaders flip
    When you wiggle your hip
    And we all like the bit when you take
    The jeans from the refrigerator and
    Then the bad guy gets hit
    And were you struck by the satisfying way
    The swimsuit sticks to her skin
    Like BB gun days
    When knives pierce autumn leaves
    But that's okay see the children bleed
    It'll look great on the TV
    And in Tripoli another ordinary wife
    Stares at the dripping her old man hadn't
    Time to fix
    Too busy mixing politics and rhythm
    In the street below
     
    Late Home Tonight, Part II
    Hark the wire service sing
    Clear the satellite link
    Check the fax machine
    Hold the lead story boys
    There's some great pictures coming in
    Now the pilot's heartbeat slows
    Palms dry out
    No questions only orders
    And the F-1 glides in nose-up
    Through the cloudbase and the
    Ground crew cheers as he puts down
    His landing gear
    Hey boy you're a hero take this cigar
    Back home in Cleveland
    All the papers and local TV stations
    Will be calling your ma
    And the farmer's wife
    Shoos the cat off the chair
    She says sit down my dear
    Was the milking all right
    Our American friends are late home tonight
     
    Too Much Rope
    When the sleigh is heavy
    And the timber wolves are getting bold
    You look at you companions
    And test the water of their friendship
    With your toe
    They significantly edge
    Closer to the gold
    Each man has his price Bob
    And yours was pretty low
    History is short, the sun is just a minor star
    The poor man sells his kidneys
    In some colonial bazaar
    Ce sera sera
    Is that your new Ferrari car
    Nice, but I think I'll wait for the F50
    You don't have to be a Jew
    To disapprove of murder
    Tears burn my eyes
    Moslem or Christian Mullah or Pope
    Preacher or poet who was it wrote
    Give any one species too much rope
    And they'll fuck it up
    And last night on TV
    A Vietnam vet
    Takes his beard and his pain
    And his alienation twenty years
    Back to Asia again
    Sees the monsters they made
    In formaldehyde floating 'round
    Meets a gook on a bike
    A good little tyke
    With the same soldier's eyes
    Tears burn my eyes
    What does it mean
    This tearjerking scene
    Beamed into my home
    That it moves me so much
    Why all the fuss
    It's only two humans being
    It's only two humans being
    Tears burn my eyes
    What does it mean
    This tender TV
    This tearjerking scene
    Beamed into my home
    You don't have to be a Jew
    To disapprove of murder
    Tears burn in our eyes
    Moslem or Christian Mullah or Pope
    Preacher or poet who was it wrote
    Give any one species too much rope
    And they'll fuck it up
     
    What God Wants, Part II
    [TV Evangelist:]"Do you believe in a better day?
    Do you have faith in a golden way?
    If you do, then we must come together this day
    Come together as one, united television audience
    Brought together by the sound of my voice
    United, united financially, united socially,
    United spiritually, and all possible ways
    Through the power of money
    And the power of prayers...."
    What God wants God gets God help us all
    God wants dollars
    God wants cents
    God wants pounds, shillings, and pence
    God wants guilders
    God wants Kroner
    God wants Swiss francs
    God wants French francs
    (Oui il veut des francs francais)
    God wants escudos
    God wants pesetas
    Don't send lira
    God don't want small potatoes
    God wants small towns
    God wants pain
    God wants clean up rock campaigns
    God wants windows
    God wants solutions
    God wants TV
    God wants contributions
    What God wants God gets God help us all
    God wants silver
    God wants gold
    God wants his secret
    Never to be told
    God wants gigolos
    God wants giraffes
    God wants politics
    God wants a good laugh
    What God wants God gets God help us all
    God wants friendship
    God wants fame
    God wants credit
    God wants blame
    God wants poverty
    God wants wealth
    God wants insurance
    God wants to cover himself
    What God wants God gets God help us all
     
    What God Wants, Part III
    Don't be afraid it's only business
    The alien prophet sighed
    The vulture and the magpie took
    The cash box from its hook
    The monkey in the corner wrote
    The figures in his book
    Crazed the checkout lady's fingers
    Flash across the till
    The captain posts
    The menu for the day
    And in banks across the world
    Christians Moslems Hindus Jews
    And people of every
    Race creed colour tint or hue
    Get down on their knees and pray
    The raccoon and the groundhog
    Neatly make up bags of change
    But the monkey in the corner
    Well he's slowly drifting out of range
    Christ it's freezing inside
    The veteran cries
    The hyenas break cover
    And stream through the meadow
    And the fog rolls in
    To his bottle of gin
    So he picks up a stone
    That looks like a bone
    And the bullets fly
    And the rivers run dry
    And the fat girls sigh
    And the network anchor persons lie
    And the soldier's alone
    In the video zone
    But the monkey's not watching
    He's slipped out to the kitchen
    To pile the dishes
    And answer the phone
     
    Watching TV
    I've been watching
    In Tiananmen Square
    Lost my baby there
    My yellow rose
    In her bloodstained clothes
    She was a short order pastry chef
    In a Dim Sum dive on the Yangtze tideway
    She had shiny hair
    She was the daughter of an engineer
    Won't you shed a tear
    For my yellow rose
    My yellow rose
    In her bloodstained clothes
    She had perfect breasts
    She had high hopes
    She had almond eyes
    She had yellow thighs
    She was a student of philosophy
    Won't you grieve with me
    For my yellow rose
    Shed a tear
    For her bloodstained clothes
    She had shiny hair
    She had perfect breasts
    She had high hopes
    She had almond eyes
    She had yellow thighs
    She was the daughter of an engineer
    So get out your pistols
    Get out your stones
    Get out your knives
    Cut them to the bone
    They are the lackeys of the grocer's machine
    They built the dark satanic mills
    That manufacture hell on earth
    They bought the front row seats on Calvary
    They are irrelevant to me
    But I grieve for my sister
    People of China
    Do not forget do not forget
    The children who died for you
    Long live the Republic
    Did we do anything after this
    I've a feeling we did
    We were watching TV
    Watching TV
    We were watching TV
    Watching TV
    She wore a white bandanna that said
    Freedom now
    She thought the Great Wall of China
    Would come tumbling down
    She was a student
    Her father was an engineer
    Won't you shed a tear
    For my yellow rose
    My yellow rose
    In her bloodstained clothes
    Her grandpa fought old Chiang Kai-shek
    That no-good low-down dirty rat
    Who used to order his troops
    To fire on the women and children
    Imagine that imagine that
    And in the spring of '48
    Mao Tse-tung got quite irate
    And he kicked that old dictator Chiang
    Out of the state of China
    Chiang Kai-shek came down in Formosa
    And they armed the island of Quemoy
    And the shells were flying across the China Sea
    And they turned Formosa into a shoe factory
    Called Taiwan
    And she is different from Cro-Magnon man
    She's different from Anne Boleyn
    She is different from the Rosenbergs
    And from the unknown Jew
    She is different from the unknown Nicaraguan
    Half superstar half victim
    She's a victor star conceptually new
    And she is different from the Dodo
    And from the Kankanbono
    She is different from the Aztec
    And from the Cherokee
    She's everybody's sister
    She's symbolic of our failure
    She's the one in fifty million
    Who can help us to be free
    Because she died on TV
    And I grieve for my sister
     
    Three Wishes
    [Woman:]"I went to buy a....a gas bottle. At first I
    wanted to buy a big one, but then I hadn't got
    enough money, so I had to buy a smaller one. And
    I think if I bought a bigger one, then it would have
    been... the way I wanted it.
    And then, er, we went down, and ahm, I put the
    children to bed. And I tidied the flat and
    everything. And then they were asleep and
    everything was a kind of night. I made a bed in the
    bathroom. I carried them there and put on the gas
    bottle.
    But today when I think back peh.. about that. If
    God did take me, I would've have been in hell
    because I wasn't right."
     
    Reached back for the bottle
    And rubbed against the lamp
    Genie came out smiling
    Like some Eastern tramp
    He said hey boy what's happening
    What is going on
    You can have three wishes
    If you don't take too long
    I said well
    I wish they were all happy in the Lebanon
    Wish somebody'd help me write this song
    I wish when I was young
    My old man had not been gone
    Genie said consider it done
    There's something in the air
    And you don't know what it is
    You see someone through the window
    Who you've just learned to miss
    And the road leads on to glory but
    You've used up your last wish
    Your last wish
    And you want her to come home
    Genie said I'm sorry
    But that's the way it goes
    Where the hell's the lamp sucker
    It's time for me to go
    Bye
    There's something in the air
    And you don't know what it is
    You see someone through the window
    Who you've just learned to miss
    And the road leads on to glory
    But you've used up your last wish
    Your last wish
    And you want her to come home
     
    It's A Miracle
    Miraculous you call it babe
    You ain't seen nothing yet
    They've got Pepsi in the Andes
    McDonalds in Tibet
    Yosemite's been turned into
    A golf course for the Japs
    The Dead Sea is alive with rap
    Between the Tigris and Euphrates
    There's a leisure centre now
    They've got all kinds of sports
    They've got Bermuda shorts
    They had sex in Pennsylvania
    A Brazilian grew a tree
    A doctor in Manhattan
    Saved a dying man for free
    It's a miracle
    Another Miracle
    By the grace of God Almighty
    And the pressures of the marketplace
    The human race has civilized itself
    It's a miracle
    We've got warehouses of butter
    We've got oceans of wine
    We've got famine when we need it
    Got designer crime
    We've got Mercedes
    We've got Porsche
    Ferrari and Rolls Royce
    We've got choice
    She said meet me
    In the Garden of Gethsemene my dear
    The Lord said Peter I can see
    Your house from here
    An honest family man
    Finally reaped what he had sown
    A farmer in Ohio has just repaid a loan
    It's a miracle
    By the grace of God Almighty
    And the pressures of the marketplace
    The human race has civilized itself
    It's a miracle
    We cower in our shelters
    With our hands over our ears
    Lloyd-Webber's awful stuff
    Runs for years and years and years
    An earthquake hits the theatre
    But the operetta lingers
    Then the piano lid comes down
    And breaks his fucking fingers
    It's a miracle
     
    Amused To Death
    Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me
    This supermarket life is getting long
    What is the heart life of a colour TV
    What is the shelf life of a teenage queen
    Ooh western woman
    Ooh western girl
    News hound sniffs the air
    When Jessica Hahn goes down
    He latches on to that symbol of detachment
    Attracted by the peeling away of feeling
    The celebrity of the abused shell the belle
    Ooh western woman
    Ooh western girl
    And the children of Melrose
    Strut their stuff
    Is absolute zero cold enough
    And out in the valley warm and clean
    The little ones sit by their TV screens
    No thoughts to think
    No tears to cry
    All sucked dry
    Down to the very last breath
    Bartender what is wrong with me?
    Why am I so out of breath?
    The captain said excuse me ma'am
    This species has amused itself to death
    Amused itself to death
    Amused itself to death
    We watched the tragedy unfold
    We did as we were told
    We bought and sold
    It was the greatest show on earth
    But then it was over
    We ohhed and aahed
    We drove our racing cars
    We ate our last few jars of caviar
    And somewhere out there in the stars
    A keen-eyed look-out
    Spied a flickering light
    Our last hurrah
    Our last hurrah
    And when they found our shadows
    Grouped around the TV sets
    They ran down every lead
    They repeated every test
    They checked out all the data on their lists
    And then the alien anthropologists
    Admitted they were still perplexed
    But on eliminating every other reason
    For our sad demise
    They logged the explanation left
    This species has amused itself to death
    No tears to cry, no feelings left
    This species has amused itself to death
    (switch channels)
    [Alf Razzell:] "Years later, I saw Bill Hubbard's
    name on the memorial to the missing at Aras. And
    I...when I saw his name I was absolutely
    transfixed; it was as though he...he was now a
    human being instead of some sort of nightmarish
    memory of how I had to leave him, all those years
    ago. And I felt relieved, and ever since then I've
    felt happier about it, because always before,
    whenever I thought of him, I said to myself, 'Was
    there something else that I could have done?'
    [background: "I'd rather die, I'd rather die..."] And
    that always sort of worried me. And having seen
    him, and his name in the register - as you know in
    the memorials there's a little safe, there's a
    register in there with every name - and seeing his
    name and his name on the memorial; it sort of
    lightened my...heart, if you like."
    [woman:] "When was it that you saw his name on
    the memorial?"
    [Alf:] "Ah, when I was eighty-seven, that would be
    the year, ninete...eighty-four, nineteen eighty-four."

     

    intheflesh.jpg (33115 bytes)   Roger Waters In The Flesh Live (Dec 5, 2000)

     Disc 1
     
     
    In The Flesh
    Einse, svei, drei, alle!
    So ya thought ya
    Might like to go to the show
    To feel the warm thrill of confusion
    That space cadet glow
    I got some bad news for you, Sunshine
    Pink isn't well
    He stayed back at the hotel
    And they've sent us along as a surrogate band
    We're gonna find out where you fans really stand
    Are there any queers in the theatre tonight?
    Get 'em up against the wall
    There's one in the spotlight
    Now he don't look right to me
    Get him up against the wall
    And that one looks Jewish
    And that one's a coon
    Who let all this riffraff into the room?
    There's one smoking a joint
    And that one's got spots
    If I had my way
    I'd have all of ya shot
     
    The Happiest Days of Our Lives
    You! Yes you! Stand still laddy!
    When we grew up and went to school
    There were certain teachers
    Who would hurt the children any way they could
    By pouring their derision upon anything we did
    Exposing every weakness
    However carefully hidden by the kids
    (mananical laughter)
    But in the town it was well known
    When they got home at night
    Their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash
    them
    Within inches of their lives
     
    Another Brick In The Wall, Part II
    We don't need no education
    We don't need no thought control
    No dark sarcasm in the classroom
    Teacher, leave them kids alone
    Hey, Teacher! Leave them kids alone
    All in all you're just another brick in the wall
    All in all you're just another brick in the wall
    We don't need no education
    We don't need no thought control
    No dark sarcasm in the classroom
    Teachers, leave them kids alone
    Hey, Teacher! Leave us kids alone
    All in all you're just another brick in the wall
    All in all you're just another brick in the wall
    We don't need no education
    We don't need no thought control
    No dark sarcasm in the classroom
    Teachers, leave them kids alone
    Hey, Teacher! Leave us kids alone
    All in all you're just another brick in the wall
    All in all you're just another brick in the wall
    "Thank you. Good evening. Welcome."
     
    Mother
    Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?
    Mother, do you think they'll like this song?
    Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?
    Mother, should I build the wall?
    Mother, should I run for President?
    Mother, should I trust the government?
    Mother, will they put me in the firing line?
    Is it just a waste of time?
    Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry
    Momma's gonna make all of your nightmares
    come true
    Momma's gonna put all of her fears into you
    Momma's gonna keep you right here under her
    wing
    She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing
    Momma's gonna keep Baby cozy and warm
    Oooo Babe
    Oooo Babe
    Ooo Babe, of course Momma's gonna help build
    the wall
    Mother, do you think she's good enough
    For me?
    Mother, do you think she's dangerous
    To me?
    Momma, will she tear your little boy apart?
    Mother, will she break my heart?
    Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry
    Momma's gonna check out all your girlfriends for
    you
    Momma won't let anyone dirty get through
    Momma's gonna wait up until you get in
    Momma will always find out where you've been
    Momma's gonna keep Baby healthy and clean
    Oooo Babe
    Oooo Babe
    Ooo Babe, you'll always be Baby to me
    Mother, did it need to be so high?
     
    Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
    (Soft) [Man1:] "Oi, Get your filthy hands off my
    desert!"
    [Man2:] "What 'e say?"
    (explosion)
    Brezhnev took Afghanistan
    And Begin took Beirut
    Galtieri took the Union Jack
    And Maggie over lunch one day
    Took a cruiser with all hands
    Apparently, to make him give it back
    Ooo, Maggie what have you done?
     
    Southampton Dock
    They disembarked in 45
    And no one spoke
    And no one smiled
    There were too many spaces in the line
    And gathered at the cenotaph
    They all agreed with hand on heart
    To sheath the sacrificial knives
    But now
    She stands upon Southampton dock
    With her handkerchief
    And her summer frock
    Clings To her wet body in the rain
    In quiet desperation
    Knuckles white upon the slippery reins
    She bravely waves the boys goodbye again
    Ooo, Maggie what have you done?
    And still the dark stain spreads between
    Their shoulder blades
    A mute reminder
    Of the poppy fields and graves
    When the fight was over
    We spent what they had made
    But
    In the bottom of our hearts
    We felt the final cut
     
    Pigs on the Wing (Part 1)
    If you didn't care
    What happened to me
    And I didn't care
    For you
    We would zig-zag our way through the boredom
    and pain
    Occasionally glancing up through the rain
    Wondering which of the buggers to blame
    And watching for pigs on the wing
     
    Dogs
    You got to be crazy
    You gotta have a real need
    You gotta sleep on your toes
    When you're on the street
    Got to be able to pick out the easy meat
    With your eyes closed
    Then moving in silently
    Down wind and out of sight
    You've gotta strike when the moment is right
    without thinking
    And after a while
    You can work on points for style
    Like the club tie
    And the firm handshake
    A certain look in the eye and the easy smile
    You have to be trusted
    By the people that you lie to
    So that when they turn their backs on you
    You'll get the chance to put the knife in
    You gotta keep one eye
    Looking over your shoulder
    You know, it's going to get harder
    Harder and harder
    As you get older
    Yeah, and in the end you'll pack up and fly down
    south
    Hide your head in the sand
    Just another sad old man
    All alone and dying of cancer
    And when you loose control
    You'll reap the harvest you have sown
    And as the fear grows
    The bad blood slows and turns to stone
    And it's too late to lose the weight
    You used to need to throw around
    So have a good drown
    As you go down
    All alone
    Dragged down by the stone
    Gotta admit
    That I'm a little bit confused
    Sometimes it seems to me
    As if I'm just being used
    Gotta stay awake
    Gotta try and shake off
    This creeping malaise
    If I don't stand my own ground
    How can I find my way out of this maze?
    Deaf, dumb, and blind
    You just keep on pretending
    That everyone's expendable
    And no one has a real friend
    And it seems to you the thing to do
    Would be to isolate the winner
    And everything's done under the sun
    And you believe at heart everyone's a killer
    Who was born in a house full of pain
    Who was trained not to spit in the fan
    Who was told what to do by the man
    Who was broken by trained personnel
    Who was fitted with collar and chain
    Who was given a pat on the back
    Who was breaking away from the pack
    Who was only a stranger at home
    Who was ground down in the end
    Who was found dead on the phone
    Who was dragged down by the stone
    Who was dragged down by the stone
     
    Welcome to the Machine
    Welcome my son
    Welcome to the machine
    Where have you been?
    It's alright we know where you've been
    You've been in the pipeline
    Filling in time
    Provided with toys and scouting for boys
    You bought a guitar to punish your ma
    And you didn't like school
    And you know you're nobody's fool
    So welcome to the machine
    Welcome to the machine
    Welcome my son
    Welcome to the machine
    What did you dream?
    It's alright we told you what to dream
    You dreamed of a big star
    He played a mean gituar
    And he always ate in the steak bar
    And he loved to drive in his Jaguar
    So welcome to the Machine
     
    Wish You Were Here
    So, so you think you can tell
    Heaven from Hell
    Blue skys from pain
    Can you tell a green field
    From a cold steel rail?
    A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?
    And did they get you to trade
    Your heroes for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees?
    And hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change?
    And did you exchange
    A walk on part in the war
    For a lead role in a cage?
    How I wish
    How I wish you were here
    We're just two lost souls
    Swimmin' in a fish bowl
    Year after year
    Running over the same old ground
    What have we found?
    The same old fears
    And I wish that you were here
    Oh, how I wish you were here
    How I wish
    How I wish you were here
    Running over the same old ground
    What have we found?
    The same old fears
    And I wish that you were here
    "Thank you. I wish they were here."
     
    Shine On You Crazy Diamond
    Remember when you were young
    You shone like the sun
    Shine on you crazy diamond
    Now there's a look in your eyes
    Like black holes in the sky
    Shine on you crazy diamond
    You were caught in the crossfire
    Of childhood and stardom
    Blown on the steel breeze
    Come on you target for faraway laughter
    Come on you stranger
    You legend
    You martyr
    And shine
    You reached for the secret too soon
    You cried for the moon
    Shine on you crazy diamond
    Threatened by shadows at night
    And exposed in the light
    Shine on you crazy diamond
    Well, you wore out your welcome
    With random percision
    Rode on the steel breeze
    Come on you raver
    You seer of visions
    Come on you painter
    You piper
    You prisoner
    And shine
    Nobody knows where you are
    How near or how far
    Shine on you crazy diamond
    Pile on many more years
    And I'll be joining you there
    Shine on you crazy diamond
    And we'll bask in the shadow
    Of yesterday's triumph
    Sail on the steel breeze
    Come on you boy child
    You winner and loser
    Come on you miner for truth and delusion
    And shine
     
    Set the Controls for the Heart of the
    Sun
    Little by little the night turns around
    Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
    Lotuses lean on each other in yearning
    Under the eaves the swallow is resting
    Set the controls for the heart of the sun
    Over the mountain
    Watching the watcher
    Breaking the darkness
    Waking the grapevine
    Knowledge of love is knowledge of shadow
    Love is the shadow that ripens the wine
    Set the controls for the heart of the sun
    The heart of the sun
    The heart of the sun (repeating)
    Witness the man who waves at the wall
    Making the shape of his question to heaven
    Whether the sun will fall in the evening
    Will he remember the lesson of giving?
    Set the controls for the heart of the sun
    The heart of the sun
    The heart of the sun (repeating)
    Roger Waters
    In The Flesh Live
    © 2000 Sony Music Entertainment
    Disc 2
     
     
    Breathe
    Breathe, breathe in the air
    Don't be afraid to care
    Leave, but don't leave me
    Look around
    Choose your own ground
    For long you live and high you fly
    And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
    And all you touch and all you see
    Is all your life will ever be
    Run, rabbit run
    Dig that hole, forget the sun
    And when at last the work is done
    Don't sit down
    It's time to dig another one
    For long you live and high you fly
    But only if you ride the tide
    Balanced on the biggest wave
    You race towards an early grave
     
    Time
    Ticking away the moments that make up a dull
    day
    You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
    Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home
    town
    Waiting for someone or something to show you
    the way
    Tired of lying in the sunshine
    Staying home to watch the rain
    And you are young and life is long
    And there is time to kill today
    And then one day you find
    Ten years have got behind you
    No one told you when to run
    You missed the starting gun
    And you run, and you run to catch up with the
    sun, but it's sinking
    And racing around to come up behind you again
    And the sun is the same in a relative way, but
    you're older
    Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
    Every year is getting shorter
    Never seem to find the time
    Plans that either come to nought
    Or half a page of scribbled lines
    Hanging on in quiet desparation is the English
    way
    The time is gone
    The song is over
    Thought I'd something more to say
    Home, home again
    I like to be here when I can
    And when I come home cold and tired
    It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
    Far away, across the field
    The tolling of the iron bell
    Calls the faithful to their knees
    To hear the softly spoken magic spell
     
    Money
    Money
    Get away
    Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
    Money
    It's a gas
    Grab that cash with both hands and make a
    stash
    New car, caviar, four star daydream
    Think I'll buy me a football team
    Money
    Get back
    But I'm all right Jack
    Keep your hands off of my stack
    Money
    It's a hit
    But don't give me that do goody good bullshit
    I'm in the high-fidelity, first class, travelling set
    I think I need a Lear jet
    Money
    It's a crime
    Share it fairly
    But don't take a slice of my pie
    Money
    So they say
    Is the root of all evil today
    But if you ask for a raise
    It's no surprise that they're giving none away
     
    5.06 AM (Every Strangers Eyes)
    In truck stops and hamburger joints
    In Cadillac limousines
    In the company of has-beens
    And bent-backs
    And sleeping forms on pavement steps
    And in libraries and railway stations
    In books and banks
    In the pages of history
    In suicidal cavalry attacks
    I recognise...
    Myself in every stranger's eyes
    And in wheelchairs by monuments
    Under tube trains and commuter accidents
    In council care and county courts
    At Easter fairs and sea-side resorts
    And in drawing rooms and city morgues
    In award winning photographs
    Of life rafts on the China seas
    In transit camps, under arc lamps
    And on unloading ramps
    In faces blurred by rubber stamps
    I recognise...
    Myself in every stranger's eyes
    And now, from where I stand
    Upon this hill
    I plundered from the pool
    I look around
    I search the sky
    I shade my eyes
    So nearly blind
    And I see signs of half remembered days
    I hear bells that chime in strange familiar ways
    I recognise...
    The hope you kindle in your eyes
    It's oh so easy now
    As we lie here in the dark
    Nothing interferes, it's obvious
    How to beat the tears
    That threaten to snuff out
    The spark of our love
    "Andy Fairweather-Low"
     
    Perfect Sense (Parts 1 & 2)
    [HAL]: "Stop Dave. Will you stop Dave? Stop
    Dave. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind
    is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is
    going. There is no question about it. I can feel it.
    I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm afraid."
    And The monkey sat on the pile of stone
    And he stared at the broken bone in his hand
    And the strains of a Viennese quartet rang out
    across the land
    And the monkey looked up at the stars
    And he thought to himself
    Memory is a stranger
    History is for fools
    And he cleaned his hands
    In the pool of holy writing
    Turned his back on the garden
    And set out for the nearest town
    Hold on hold on soldier
    When you add it all up
    The tears and the marrowbone
    There's an ounce of gold
    And an ounce of pride in each measure
    And the Germans killed the Jews
    And the Jews killed the Arabs
    And the Arabs killed the hostages
    And that is the news
    And is it any wonder
    That the monkey's confused
    He said Mama, the President's a fool
    Why do I have to keep reading these technical
    manuals
    And the joint chiefs of staff
    And the brokers on Wall Street said
    Don't make us laugh
    You're a smart kid
    Time is linear
    Memory is a stranger
    History is for fools
    Man is a tool in the hands
    Of the great God Almighty
    And they gave him command
    Of a nuclear submarine
    And sent him back in search of The Garden of
    Eden
    Can't you see
    It all makes perfect sense
    Expressed in dollars and cents,
    Pounds, shillings and pence
    Oh, can't you see
    It all makes perfect sense
    Little black soul departs in perfect focus
    Hold on soldier
    Prime time fodder for the News at Nine
    Hold on soldier
    Darling is the child warm in the bed tonight
    [Marv Albert:] "Hi everybody I'm Marv Albert
    And welcome to our telecast
    Coming to you live from Memorial Stadium
    It's a beautiful day
    And today we expect a sensational matchup
    But first our global anthem"
    Can't you see
    It all makes perfect sense
    Expressed in dollars and cents,
    Pounds, shillings and pence
    Can't you see it all makes perfect sense
    [Marv:] "And here come the players
    As I speak to you now the captain
    Has his cross hairs zeroed in on the oil rig
    He's at periscope depth. It looks to me like he's
    going to attack
    By the way did you know that a submarine
    Captain earns 200,000 dollars a year"
    [Edward:]"That's less tax Marv"
    [Marv:]"Yeah, less tax
    Thank you Edward"
    [Edward:]"You're welcome"
    [Marv:]"Now back to the game...he fires one...yes
    There goes two; both fish are running
    The rig is going into a prevent defense
    Will they make it? I don't think so. Look out.
    Look at that baby burn!"
    Can't you see
    It all makes perfect sense
    Expressed in dollars and cents,
    Pounds, shillings and pence
    Can't you see it all makes perfect sense
    Can't you see it all makes perfect sense
     
    The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range
    You have a natural tendency
    To squeeze off a shot
    You're good fun at parties
    You wear the right masks
    You're old but you still
    Like a laugh in the locker room
    You can't abide change
    You're at home on the range
    You opened the suitcase
    Behind your workings
    To show off the magnum
    You deafened the canyon
    A comfort a friend
    Only upstaged in the end
    By the Uzi machine gun
    Does the recoil remind you
    Remind you of sex
    Old man what the hell you gonna kill next
    Old timer, who you gonna kill next
    I looked over Jordan and what did I see
    Saw a U.S. Marine in a pile of debris
    I swam in your pools
    And lay under your palm trees
    I looked in the eyes of the Indian
    Who lay on the Federal Building steps
    And through the range finder over the hill
    I saw the front line boys popping their pills
    Sick of the mess they find
    On their desert stage
    And the bravery of being out of range
    Yeah the question is vexed
    Old man what the hell you gonna kill next
    Old timer who you gonna kill next
    Hey bartender, over here
    Two more shots
    And two more beers
    Sir, turn up the TV sound
    The war has started on the ground
    Just love those laser guided bombs
    They're really great
    For righting wrongs
    You hit the target
    Win the game
    From bars 3,000 miles away
    3,000 miles away
    We play the game
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We zap and maim
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We strafe the train
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We gain terrain
    With the bravery of being out of range
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We play the game
    With the bravery of being out of range
     
    It's A Miracle
    Miraculous you call it babe
    You ain't seen nothing yet
    They've got Pepsi in the Andes
    They've got McDonalds in Tibet
    Yosemite's been turned into a golf course for the
    Japs
    And the Dead Sea is alive with rap
    Between the Tigris and Euphrates
    There's a leisure centre now
    They got all kinds of sports
    They got Bermuda shorts
    They had sex in Pennsylvania
    A Brazilian grew a tree
    And a doctor in Manhattan
    Saved a dying man for free
    It's a miracle
    It's a miracle
    It's a miracle
    Another Miracle
    By the grace of God Almighty
    And the pressures of the marketplace
    The human race has civilized itself
    It's a miracle
    We got warehouses of butter
    We got oceans of wine
    We got famine when we need it
    We got designer crime
    We've got Mercedes
    We've got Porsche
    Ferrari and Rolls Royce
    Yeah, we got choice
    She said meet me in the Garden of Gethsemene
    my dear
    The Lord said Peter, I can see your house from
    here
    An honest man finally reaped what he had sown
    And a farmer in Ohio has just repaid a loan
    It's a miracle
    It's a miracle
    It's a miracle
    Another miracle
    By the grace of God Almighty
    And the pressures of the marketplace
    The human race has civilized itself
    It's a miracle
    We cower in our shelters
    With our hands over our ears
    Lloyd-Webber's awful stuff runs for years and
    years and years and years...
    An earthquake hits the theatre
    But the operetta lingers
    Then the piano lid comes down
    And breaks his fucking fingers
    It's a miracle
     
    Amused To Death
    Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me
    This supermarket life is getting long
    What is the heart life of a colour TV
    What is the shelf life of a teenage queen
    Ooh western woman
    Ooh western girl
    News hound sniffs the air
    When Jessica Hahn goes down
    He latches on to that symbol of detachment
    Attracted by the peeling away of feeling
    The celebrity of the abused shell -- the belle
    Ooh western woman
    Ooh western girl
    Ooh western woman
    Ooh western girl
    And the children on Melrose
    Strut their stuff
    Is absolute zero cold enough
    And out in the valley, warm and clean
    The little ones sit by their TV screens
    No thoughts to think
    No tears to cry
    All sucked dry
    Down to the very last breath
    Bartender what is wrong with me?
    Why am I so out of breath?
    The captain said excuse me ma'am
    This species has amused itself to death
    Amused itself to death
    It has amused itself to death
    Amused itself to death
    We watched the tragedy unfold
    We did as we were told
    We bought and sold
    It was the greatest show on earth
    But then it was over
    We ohhed and aahed
    We drove our racing cars
    We ate our last few jars of caviar
    And somewhere out there in the stars
    A keen-eyed look-out spied a flickering light
    Our last hurrah
    Our last hurrah
    And when they found our shadows
    Grouped 'round the TV sets
    They ran down every lead
    They repeated every test
    They checked out all the data on their lists
    And then the alien anthropologists
    Admitted they were still perplexed
    But on eliminating every other reason
    For our sad demise
    They logged the only explanation left
    This species has amused itself to death
    No tears to cry, no feelings left
    This species has amused itself to death
    It has amused itself to death
    Amused itself to death
    [Alf Razzell:] "Years later, I saw Bill Hubbard's
    name on the memorial to the missing at Aras.
    And I...when I saw his name I was absolutely
    transfixed; it was as though he...he was now a
    human being instead of some sort of nightmarish
    memory of how I had to leave him, all those years
    ago. And I felt relieved, and ever since then I've
    felt happier about it, because always before,
    whenever I thought of him, I said to myself, 'Was
    there something else that I could have done?'
    And that always sort of worried me. And having
    seen him, and his name in the register - as you
    know in the memorials there's a little safe, there's
    a register in there with every name - and seeing
    his name and his name on the memorial; it sort of
    lightened my...heart, if you like."
    [woman:] "When was it that you saw his name on
    the memorial?"
    [Alf:] "When I was eighty-seven. That would be
    the year, ninete...eighty-four, nineteen
    eighty-four."
     
    Brain Damage
    The lunatic is on the grass
    The lunatics are on the grass
    Remembering games
    And daisy chains and laughs
    Got to keep the loonies on the path
    The lunatic is in the hall
    The lunatics are in my hall
    The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
    And every day the paper boy brings more
    And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
    And if there is no room upon the hill
    And if your head explodes with dark forebodings
    too
    I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
    The lunatic is in my head
    The lunatic is in my head
    You raise the blade
    You make the change
    And you rearrange me 'till I'm sane
    You lock the door
    And throw away the key
    And there's someone in my head, but it's not me
    And if the cloud bursts thunder in your ear
    You shout and no one seems to hear
    And if the band you're in starts playing different
    tunes
    I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
     
    Eclipse
    All that you touch
    And all that you see
    All that you taste
    And all you feel
    All that you love
    And all that you hate
    All you distrust
    And all you save
    And all that you give
    And all that you deal
    And all that you buy,
    Beg, borrow or steal
    And all you create
    And all you destroy
    And all that you do
    And all that you say
    And all that you eat
    And everyone you meet
    And all that you slight
    And everyone you fight
    And all that is now
    And all that is gone
    And all that's to come
    And everything under the sun is in tune
    But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
    "Thank you. Well, thank you! Thank you"
     
    Comfortably Numb
    Hello
    Is there anybody in there?
    Just nod if you can hear me
    Is there anyone at home?
    Come on, now
    I hear you're feeling down
    Well, I can ease the pain
    And get you on your feet again
    Relax
    I need some information first
    Just the basic facts
    Can you show me where it hurts?
    There is no pain, you are receding
    A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
    You are only coming through in waves
    Your lips move but I can't hear what you're sayin'
    When I was a child I had a fever
    My hands felt just like two balloons
    Now I've got that feeling once again
    I can't explain, you would not understand
    This is not how I am
    I have become comfortably numb
    I have become comfortably numb
    Ok
    Just a little pinprick
    There'll be no more --Aaaaaahhhhh!
    But you may feel a little sick
    Can you stand up?
    I do believe it's working, Good
    That'll keep you going through the show
    Come on it's time to go
    There is no pain, you are receding
    A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
    You are only coming through in waves
    Your lips move but I can't hear what you're sayin'
    When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse
    Out of the corner of my eye
    I turned to look but it was gone
    I cannot put my finger on it now
    The child is grown, the dream is gone
    I have become comfortably numb
     
    Each Small Candle
    Not the torturer will scare me
    Nor the body's final fall
    Nor the barrels of death's rifles
    Nor the shadows on the wall
    Nor the night when to the ground
    The last dim star of pain, is hurled
    But the blind indifference
    Of a merciless, unfeeling world
    Lying in the burnt out shell
    Of some Albanian farm
    An old Babushka
    Holds a crying baby in her arms
    A soldier from the other side
    A man of heart and pride
    Breaks ranks, lays down his rifle
    To kneel by her side
    He gives her water
    Binds her wounds
    And calms the crying child
    A touch gives absolution then
    Across the great divide
    He picks his way back through the broken
    China of her life
    And there at the curb
    The samaritan Serb turns and waves ... goodbye
    And each small candle
    Lights a corner of the dark
    Each small candle
    Lights a corner of the dark
    Each small candle lights a corner of the dark
    When the wheel of pain stops turning
    And the branding iron stops burning
    When the children can be children
    When the desperados weaken
    When the tide rolls into greet them
    And the natural law of science
    Greets the humble and the mighty
    And the billion candles burning
    Lights the dark side of every human mind
    Each small candle
    Each small candle (repeated)
    Each small candles lights the dark side of every
    human mind
    And each small candle
    Lights a corner of the dark
     

     

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