The Song of the Lost Things

Lyrics by Steve Wickham

Remember the Days we walked down by the River
We’d catch a little trout and maybe catch another
And all the while the stream goes gently bubbling by.....
We’d gather up the twigs and set to light A fire,
The Sun in the Sky is climbing higher and higher
And all the while the stream goes gently tumbling by...
Rosaleen Where are you? Rosaleen Where are you?
Then there were the times we’d go climbing on the Mountain
Looking at the Stars and then we’d start a counting.
One Two Three Four Five and on she goes....

You take out a Map and I'll take out a compass
Looking for a clue or something that will help us
Find our merry way back Home...

Many’s the lovely Day out walking by the Ocean
Sharing all our Dreams and all our Wonderful Notions,
The Gulls are laughing, all the while the tide is rolling in...
And We Dance in the sand as we contemplate Nature
And the Moon comes up like a Complicated Creature
And Shines her pale light down upon Us all.
Rosaleen Where are you? Rosaleen Where are you?

Silence of a Sunday

Lyrics by Steve Wickham and Tim Bryant

In the silence of a Sunday after the Storm
the Flag poles ringing, the congregation gone
I did something Bad I caused some harm
to one as Bad as Bad can be
Pretty Pocket watch and Alligator shoes
Big city breath, stinking with booze
My grip was tight how could I refuse
He was as bad as bad can be
Now My song is tough to sing,
My story’s hard to tell
He Promised me Heaven but took me to Hell
Now the truth will come out like the ringing of a bell
He was as Bad as Bad can be
'The Whole wide world’s a gallows' the Carpenter said
And I’ll dance in the breeze ‘til they reckon Im dead
so Wrap me up in Roses and send me off to Bed
He was as Bad as Bad can be.
The Bottle is empty the whiskey's all Gone
Our damn lives are tattered and torn
upon my head a crown of scorn
He was as Bad as Bad can be.
Down by the water the river runs deep
the darkening pools have secrets to keep
there’s a child in the water is unable to weep
He was as Bad as Bad can be.

Song of the River

Lyrics by Steve Wickham and Mike Scott

I cannot sing the song of the river
as to the sea the river runs
and the words to the tune
of the sea as it turns to the moon
are too long for my tongue

But I know and you know too
the song she sings is I love you.

Its five in the morning and my neighbours are all asleep
I should be sleeping in my bed
But I hear the song of the blackbird calling the dawn
and it’s gone right to my head
I know and you know too the song she sings is I love you.

I would give you lover all these songs
If I was truly free but
I'm wrapped in a body dressed as a man
with only words and a broken melody

I know and you know too
the song she sings is I love you.
I know and you know too
I'm singing that same song to you.