@ALBUM: Sides Anthony Phillips SIDES (1979) @SONG: UM & AARGH You couldn't run, you couldn't hide, they had their spies out on your track You had some fun, you took a ride, you tried to fit into the pack But all the time they knew you lied, they knew that you'd be bound to crack Hospital Carolina You dreamed of stars, of open cars and surfing out on Malibu You drank in bars and Miromars, you shot the dice and skimmed the pool You thought of saving your integrity before it came up for renewal Hospital Carolina - so who needs Rudolf Steiner? Let me hear you now "Um and aargh, um and aargh, um", was all he told me I'm catching beriberi and I'm feeling so low "This is much too good for the people" he said I said "don't people have minds of their own?" And it's better that you agree In this best of best industries I was in the midst of a dream I felt like shouting something obscene A man appeared, he had a beard, he had a dog right at his feet I said, "My song?", he said "it's long, it's got no balls", I said "that's neat, but it took me thirty years to write", He said, "your image is incomplete". Hospital Carolina The curtains up, the spotlight's on, they've got you spitting at the crowd A needle match, a little scratch and you're above the busy cloud Going out and getting in a fight, it makes the news, so you'll be proud Hospital Carolina - so who needs Rudolf Steiner? They've washed you up, they've squashed you up You find your brain is going bad You played the game, it's all the same, the wisest fools are really mad You take a gun, to save our sons and, God, his brain is bullet-proof And so it's welcome to the ministry of everlasting truth Let me hear you now "Um and aargh, um and aargh, um", was all he told me I'm catching beriberi and I'm feeling so low "This is much too good for the people" he said I said "don't people have minds of their own?" Shooting to the top, be a great tin god Then plummet to obscurity well, And it's better that you agree In this best of best industries And it's better not to presume Or it's you that we will consume @SONG: I WANT YOUR LOVE Used to lie awake Frightened of the dark Used to count the ghosts out in the hallway Childhood fancies flee And we learn to trust the night But I'm haunted by a different kind of story And through my sleep, you're shining, filling my eyes I want your love I need your love I'm holding on Getting tangled up so badly You're giving me such a time Don't play the game Don't make me feel a fool I'm not superstitious, your love is the richest I'm not superstitious, this could be the special one April swept the streets Pools of rain She was borne upon a silver steamer Then, one afternoon Someone ushered Summer in I was forced to make a choice before the dream had settled And through my sleep You're shining, filling my eyes I want your love I need your love I'm holding on Getting tangled up so badly You're giving me such a time Don't play the game Don't make me feel a fool I'm not superstitious, your love is the richest I'm not superstitious, this could be the special one I want your love I need your love I'm holding on Getting tangled up so badly You're giving me such a time Don't play the game Don't make me feel a fool I'm not superstitious, your love is the richest I'm not superstitious, this could be the special one @SONG: HOLY DEADLOCK Where we are, it's very lonely There we are, oh God if only Either one of us would go away Where we are, is next to nowhere Even the highway just hates to go there Nothing in the world could make it stay Why do we sit here in misery Is it democracy or just insane? You and your yen to be high in society Speaking financially, it looks like rain: And you say "boy, you better be nice to me I'll take what is coming to you I'll take all the property too" Where we are is holy deadlock God had a nerve when he named it wedlock Couldn't he have found another way? @SONG: LUCY WILL --------- She makes her face up in the looking glass The bell is counting down the time They're shouting out to see the princess dance She takes the key and starts her climb Lucy, now that you're famous Lucy, you're still my dream Lucy, will you remember? Lucy, oh Lucy will I always knew you'd reach the dizzy heights And leave me stranded far below And through the years as we were put to flight My heart is aching still to know Lucy, now that you're famous Lucy, you're still my dream Lucy, will you remember? Lucy, oh Lucy will And so the light burns out your name tonight Back in your room the crowds all leave Have fame and fortune been the dream you hoped Or is it just a hollow scheme? Lucy, now that you're famous Lucy, you're still my dream Lucy, will you remember? Lucy, oh Lucy will @SONG: SIDE DOOR Side door, you'll be the one Side door, I'm telling you, won't be undone Side door, we're coming on through Side door, so steady, so gentle and true Someone with whom to take the broader view Lockjaw, you won't be the one Lockjaw, you're out of date, old fashioned fun, Something to make you sleepy in the sun Nothing could be so simple Give me a little bit more, you'll soon see why She's hiding beneath her covers, You're playing it a bit cool Your heads up high, hang it down And then love will come and see you Happily on your way Happy to find your way Side door, you're letting me in Side door, I'm shutting you, keep out of the wind She's such a treat and oh, so masculine Ground floor, you're letting me down, Ground floor, show me the best place in town Somewhere discrete, to let our toupees down Nothing could be so simple Give me a little bit more, you'll soon see why She's hiding beneath her covers, You're playing it a bit cool Your heads up high, hang it down And then love will come and see you Happily on your way Happy to find your way Side door, you'll be the one (you'll be the one) Side door, you'll be the one (you'll be the one) Side door, you'll be the one (you'll be the one) Side door, you'll be the one (you'll be the one) @SONG: SISTERS OF REMINDUM - instrumental @SONG: BLEAK HOUSE Say no word She watched as she waited By the iron gate Veiled in black brocade Tom was all-alone, She spoke soft but breathless, He took the half-a-crown And thought how strange Long ago, she knew a man Who sailed the seas And gave her a daughter Through the vanished years Fate bestowed a lady's seat She honoured it with grace Hid the part and with it me Now, she is everything to me Though I was denied her tenderness Years spent in gloom I cried in my room I believed I'd been quite deserted But now that I find, she gave everything to me Until it became quite impossible Scorn upon scandal Helpless to handle, She's bitterly breaking now Why is my dream disturbed? Cold cut the wind We pitched as we tossed From cobblestone to track Along the old canal Fierce came the frost The stone changed to pasture Could anyone survive? Has anybody seen? Long ago a fox found out, The laid the captain dead at his masthead Searching everywhere, questioning the wind and trees I beat the empty air, knowing it has seen her face Now, I'd give everything to know Why my flesh and blood must suffer so Turning and tossing From river to crossing Causing great confusion If she only knew, she was everything to me, Alone now, somewhere, she's imploring me Oh, please forgive me I've been so thoughtless She's bitterly breaking now For, she is everything to me Though I was denied her tenderness Years spent in gloom I cried in my room I believed I'd been quite deserted But now that I find, she gave everything to me Until it became quite impossible Scorn upon scandal Helpless to handle, I pray that we're not to late.... Bleak rose the towers The rain lashed the horses We found the gate ajar Her cloak lay in a heap The captain's furled his sails It comes as no surprise She's no longer here @SONG: MAGDALEN She takes the morning air She take the utmost care She's very good She sets the flowers aright She gives the birds their flight She's very good - she's very good to me Westminster strolling Battersea rolling by And in the night You will find her At her easel drawing Ducks and drakes, Cathedral eyes She is one of the best You can be sure of it Magdalen, of the misty eyes You didn't think I'd lose you again Magdalen, sees the shifting skies Her majesty makes mighty of men Magdalen's gone to Edinburgh spires And she's holding your life in her hands - in her hands Who holds the world outside? Who stills the rising tide? She's very good Who weaves the stars display? Who seals the dwindling day? She's very good - she's very good to me, Oxford bells ringing, Phantom choirs singing Magdalen, of the misty eyes The world is waiting at behest Magdalen, sees the shifting skies And old St. Ives stands firm in the West Magdalen's gone to Edinburgh spires And she's holding your life in her hands Holding your life in her hands - In her hands We watch the Autumn glow We take the evening slow It's very good We hear the vespers rung And night's web deftly spun It's very good, it's very good that she Sleepy car stories; Lighthouse lives Gulls crying, "storm"! And in the night You will find her In the sistine chapel Looking down Cathedral mind She was here from the start She has seen all of it.... Magdalen, of the misty eyes You didn't think I'd lose you again Magdalen, sees the shifting skies Her majesty makes mighty of men Magdalen's gone to Edinburgh spires And she's holding your life in her hands - in her hands And she's holding your life in her hand Holding our lives in her hands, in her hands @SONG: NIGHTMARE - instrumental