Memories Robert Wyatt

I know I cannot leave this place full of memories Things like the way they knew us all over town We used to walk the streets together We could be seen Past shops where people knew us Yeah, people knew

Memories Of You Robert Wyatt

"How I wish I could forget those happy yesteryears They have left a rosary of tears Your face beams In my dreams 'Spite of all I do Everything seems to bring memories of you "

Round Midnight Robert Wyatt

Memories always start 'round midnight Haven't got the heart to stand those memories, When my heart is still with you, And ol' midnight knows it, too.

Alliance Robert Wyatt

There is a kind of compromise you are master of Your endless gentle nudging left us polarised You're proud of being middle class (meaning upper class) You say you're self sufficient (but you don't dig

Team Spirit Robert Wyatt

You can hardly miss me, I'm the one face down in the mud on the ground. I'll be stuck here forever, unless you come over and Kick me Hardy. I'm the best football you have got. I'll beat the lot.

Cuckoo Madame Robert Wyatt

Cuckoo Madame with your teddy bear eye yellow fingers clinging to the chain link fence Bombers above you Bombers behind you Disapproval hounds you ugly rumour surrounds you Solitary madam we never understood

Gharbzadegi Robert Wyatt

It's so easy to decide on a name It's a name caller's game It's so easy to look down from above Helicopter vision Get the picture when you're outside the frame Retrospective my eye Call it art and you

Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road Robert Wyatt

In the garden of England dead moles lie inside their holes The dead-end tunnels crumble in the rain underfoot Innit a shame? Can't you see them? Can't you see them?

Lisp Service Robert Wyatt

You started the fire not me, Camouflaged in mystery.

At Last I Am Free Robert Wyatt

At last I am free I can hardly see in front of me I can hardly see in front of me And now love please listen To what I say I can't go on living life this way I've tried and I've tried To make you see You

Soup Song Robert Wyatt

There's a mushroom on my eyelid There's a carrot down my back I can see in the distance A vast quantity of beans To you I'm just a flavour To make your soup taste nice Oh my god here come the onions And

Blues In Bob Minor Robert Wyatt

you must be joking Corridors of power cuts toy telephone bills Long time no see underneath the floorboard Looking for the roots of the family treetops Toe's in the water but you've only got ten.

The United States Of Amnesia Robert Wyatt

There are degrees of amnesia, ways to forget Ways to remember all the good that you've done And if you can't get a witness remind yourselves Nobody's just perfectly good all the time And if you killed

Red Flag Robert Wyatt

Cast off the crutch that kills the pain, The red flag wavin' never meant the same, The kids of tomorrow don't need today, When they live in the Sins of Yesterday.

Chairman Mao Robert Wyatt

"An early photograph Of the young braid with the confident grin Who is celebrating his first defeat By clouching a haircut from his skull The pig tail In death of modern man Like a young braid with a price

Mass Medium Robert Wyatt

"And as history slips out of view Bated breath for the nine o'clock news reassembled right before your very eyes: Innuendo, rumour and lies Endless fun and games Steal a headline, name some names We're

Left On Man Robert Wyatt

What we call Freedom in the north Means our freedom to Use you And if you don't co-operate We'll cut off your supply lines But You'll be free To re-connect If you beg our forgiveness You say I Over simplify

I'm A Believer Robert Wyatt

only true in fairy tales Meant for someone else but not for me Love was out to get me That's the way it seemed Disappointment haunted all my dreams Then I saw her face now I'm a believer Not a trace of

Just As You Are Robert Wyatt

Ooooooooooooh It's that look in your eyes Telling me lies So many promises broken What can I do What should do Try to love you just as you are Cos I'm never going to change a thing about you Never ever

Biko Robert Wyatt

Elizabeth weather fine And it was business as usual In police room 619 Oh Biko Biko Biko oh Biko Biko Biko Inamajo Inamajo man is dead man is dead Now when I try to sleep at night I can only dream in red You

Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt

It's just a rumor that was spread around town By the women and children, soon we'll be shipbuilding Well I ask you The boy said 'Dad, they're going to take me to task But I'll be home by Christmas.

Calyx Robert Wyatt

A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bycicle on the boy's birthday It's just a rumour that was spread around town By the women and children Soon we'll be shipbuilding Well I ask you The boy said

Heaps Of Sheeps Robert Wyatt

I realised my fists were clenched,I stretched my fingers to relax.Still not sleeping, I tried counting sheep.One by one,They leapt across the fenceConstructed for them,Right to left,Across the fenc...

A Sunday In Madrid Robert Wyatt

Pa arrives in the city of the closed doors, Greeted by miners from Asturias. His limousine streaks past giant shiny moneyboxes, Huddled together for warmth. He is deposited in his inner chamber.

Vandalusia Robert Wyatt

Beyond the dotted line Over the border Out of control Behind the dotted line South of the border Beyond the pale Going too far

The Age Of Self Robert Wyatt

we're all consumers now They say that we have moved ahead – we're all just people now There's people doing 'frightfully well' there's others on the shelf But never mind the second kind this is the age of

Shrinkrap Robert Wyatt

It takes a weekly packet To keep the shrink in pocket It costs a pretty penny Just to stay afloat It takes a lot of lolly Trying to be jolly When the interest keeps mounting In the bank and in my person

Dondestan Robert Wyatt

Felahin, refugee (Kurdistan similarly) Need something to Build on Rather like The rest of us. Palestine's a country Or at least Used to be.

Catholic Architecture Robert Wyatt

His loving gaze Is interrupted By a line of broken glass Cemented On top of the high wall.

Free Will And Testament Robert Wyatt

What kind of spider understands arachnophobia? I have my senses and my sense of having senses. Do I guide them? Or they me? The weight of dust exceeds the weight of settled objects.

Was A Friend Robert Wyatt

Furry kind of greeting, not exactly hostile, Not exactly facing, not exactly turning away, Not exactly frowning, not exactly smiling. Lurking by the door Without a sign of wanting to move.

A Last Straw Robert Wyatt

Seaweed tangled in our home from home Reminds me of your rocky bottom Please don't wait for the paperweight Err on the good side Touch us when we collapse Into the water we'll go head over heel We'll not

Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Robert Wyatt

Stalin wasn't stallin' When he told the beast of Berlin That they'd never rest contented Till they had driven him from the land So he called the yanks and English And proceeded to extinguish The fuhrer

Amber And The Amberines Robert Wyatt

Here's to the Fidel few Clearing road and landslide Children of history Changing from the inside Non just because Che Guevara showed the way Not just to shame the C.I.A.

Maryan Robert Wyatt

the delta With the rivulets tumbling down Glide over sand Around the rocks Back through the wavering weeds And the turds In the way Riversmell On the route Along away Over gravel The weirs of

Alifib Robert Wyatt

Not nit not nit no not Nit nit folly bololey Alifi my larder Alifi my larder I can't forsake you or Forsqueak you Alifi my larder Alifi my larder Confiscate or make you Late you you Alifi my larder Alifi

Beware Robert Wyatt

You might have a lot to say There might be a price to pay Just beware They might smile and nod their heads while they wish that you were dead Just beware Your friends might not be what they seem Take it

Alife Robert Wyatt

Not nit not nit no not Nit nit folly bololey Alifi my larder Alifi my larder I can't forsake you or Forsqueak you Alifi my larder Alifi my larder Confiscate or make you Late you you Alifi my larder Alifi

Sea Song Robert Wyatt

You look different every time you come From the foam-crested brine Your skin shining softly in the moonlight Partly fish, partly porpoise, partly baby sperm whale Am I yours?

CP Jeebies Robert Wyatt

"Hello, how are you?" "Well I'm green and yellow, Pinky blue." Dead alternative. "Oh then, please step right in To our nursery. Just pick a group That you can relate to, Now the grownups have gone."

Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road Robert Wyatt

Oh blimey mercy me Woe are we oh dear Oh stop it Stop it You've been so kind I know I know So why did I hurt you?

The British Road Robert Wyatt

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

Alien Robert Wyatt

I sleep on the wing Above the rainclouds Blown by the wind (no roots on earth) No ground below (no ground below) Just ruins (timeless) Dandelion clocks (drifting) Am I from Venus? (higher, higher) ...

Worship Robert Wyatt

Two nuns On the sea shore Stand Apart from one another Black wood posts Mesmerised By the sea god One nun With human failings And weary legs Sinks to the sand And sits like a child A golden stripe ...

Yolanda Robert Wyatt

"Esto no puede ser no mA?A¡s que una canciA?A³nQuisiera fuera una declaraciA?A³n de amorRomA?A¡ntica sin reparar en formas talesQue pongan freno a lo que siento ahora a raudalesTe amo A￠?? te a...

Te Recuerdo Amanda Robert Wyatt

Te recuerdo Amanda la lluvia en el peloCorriendo a la fábrica donde trabajaba ManuelLa sonrisa ancha la lluvia en el peloNo importaba nada ibas a encontrarte con élSon cinco minutos la vida es et...

The Duchess Robert Wyatt

Oh my wife is tall and short,She won't do what she ought.She never lies, but then again,She lies down all day long.OhMy wife is fat and thin,She's generous and mean,She's –––––, andHer secret's saf...

September The Ninth Robert Wyatt

Woman wishing for wings,(Too large a lump to pass for bird),Hopes that by wishing hard enoughShe will cast off the ballast.And the swallowsWill politely accept her waving armsAs wings,And she will ...

Wait Till Dawn WYATT

Packing my things Guess I should go the same thing that I said an hour ago but here in the dark I’m never alone I’m paralyzed by memories and haunted by your ghost So i’ll wait till dawn cuz when the sun

Take Me Home WYATT

I had a dream That I was the man I thought I’d be That there was a place for you and me That it wasn’t all so hard Staring at me Out in the snow at the end of the street And right when my heart would skip