@ALBUM: SMALLCREEP'S DAY (1980) Mike Rutherford @SONG: SMALLCREEP'S DAY Smallcreep had worked for over forty years in the factory. Till one day, tired of drilling holes in the same piece of steel and amazed at his fellow workers' lack of interest as to what they were making, he decided to find out himself. The plant was so large that he roamed for days glimpsing other worlds that were completely different to his; and not one knew of another's existence. At last he came to the end of the line and there before him lay the gleaming new machine. Satisfied by this sight and with the knowledge that in all the places he had been nothing was really changed, Smallcreep returned home. i. BETWEEN THE TICK AND THE TOCK It's so very dark in here There's water on the wall I can see no lights and what's that sound That droning far above the smoke And everywhere I look their eyes are watching me. Hello my friend The day is long and I am very hot This metal world The lower half of every face is lit Everytime I look the clock is calling me On the tick and the tock. I've got my love to get me there But I've more pain that I can bare There is a world to find and share Oh Saturday - Oh Saturday And I can see a dying race, who live their lives On the tick and the tock, in between. ii. WORKING IN LINE I'm hopelessly waiting in line For what I don't know I don't mind There's never a day that goes by Without blood on my hands in my hair. I'm hopelessly working in line On what I don't care I don't mind There's nothing that I would give To see what comes out at the end. iii. AFTER HOURS - instrumental iv. CATS AND RATS (IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD) Say I'm going, yes I am going in another day, Coz if I do go home I've nothing left to say. I'm a man who clocked on but out of my life. When the lights go out tonight I'll make my move. Too many years and all those tears have gone so deep inside me. Oh No! Along the edge, above the metal dreamlike streamlike world. Way up above looking down up row after row of factory machines. There's no time like the present. Singing a song I brought along to keep me company. Aching back, my breath coming fast my feet getting lighter, I I feel kind of dizzy Running up, I'm running down. I am nearly there, I am, I'm nearly there. The light in the distance is getting so much brighter. I'm a no-man in a no-man's land. The metal girders that stand all around have now gone. The sky through the skylight's a different shade of blue. Cats and rats in this neighbourhood, Cats and rats in this neighbourhood. Look different to me. Let it be a better day - for you my love. Let it be a better day - for me my love. v. SMALLCREEP ALONE - instrumental vi. OUT INTO THE DAYLIGHT - instrumental vii. AT THE END OF THE DAY The day is nearly ended hurry home to your bed My nights are oh so lonely come and lay down your head The eyes of all our children growing heavy with sleep And with one final flicker into a world full of dreams. Oh I need you now through the lonely nights And when the morning comes upon us I'll be holding you so close to me. The grass is never greener either side of the wall If I am here or somewhere many miles away For I have come to realize nothing changes at all. Oh I need you now through the lonely nights And when the morning comes upon us I'll be holding you so close to me. @SONG: MOONSHINE And I feel like the night is closing - I know it is Do you feel it burning in my blood Burning in my blood like it's setting me fire. And I feel like a cloud is closing in - I know it is As I slip into a hazy crazy world - I know I am Sooner or later moonshine in my brain Turning me around till there's madness in the air. Turning water into wine, till there's nothing left to burn Courage deserted me tonight. And in the moments that I have when peace is all around I can see clearly now, and what I see There's your world and there's mine There's so little in between But listen my love We will never know which one of us has got it right. Coz baby the things I do are hurting everyone I know they are. I've got to try to find the door Sooner or later it will turn me inside out Begone all those who would torment me I've an answer for you now. And I'm glad it's not late to give it up - I know it's not All I need's a year or two to rearrange - to rearrange I can feel it burning in my blood Turning me around till there's madness in the air. Turning water into wine, till there's nothing left to burn Courage deserted me tonight. And in the moments that I have when peace is all around I can see clearly now, and what I see There's your world and there's mine There's so little in between But listen my love We will never know which one of us has got it right. Turning water into wine, till there's nothing left to burn Courage deserted me tonight. Turning water into wine, till there's nothing left to burn Courage deserted me tonight. @SONG: TIME AND TIME AGAIN It's been so many years since I saw your face, But now I'm home again back in my old place And though you're not quite sure you think you see me by the door I'll be there. When the winter comes knocking on the door And you've the firelight dancing on the floor In the dead of night when every star is burning bright I'll be there Time and time again I am always there to see you through the night Time and time again Rest your tired head and it will be alright and after all is said, is said and done Oh God you'll never know Just how lonely life can be for me. So let me tell you now what it's like to be The one whose memories are scattered on the sea When the wind goes down you'll see them lying all around. On a cloudy day, high up in the sky There's a lonely bird who's sailing round and round Looking for a place to land down on the ground, for a while Over and over again Please give your love to me Throw it in the wind and I'll be there. Deep within the darkness I'm the shadow next to yours I'll be there. Time and time again I am always there to see you through the night Time and time again Rest your tired head and it will be alright And after all is said, is said and done Please give your love to me Throw it in the wind and I'll be there. @SONG: ROMANI There never was a moment I wasn't sure I would be someone who roamed the world And when the time was ready and so was I get out of here onto the streets Who'll make everything better, who'll make everything better. The life that I was living, the great outdoors Stars up above me everynight, as I lay down my head Who'll make everything better, who'll make everything better. Get out of bed I hear them singing all along the way You're where you want to be out on the open road again Ain't that peculiar, you're on you're own again You're on your own, on your own, I guess you always were. One day you come to realise you're getting old No one to share the lonely days, to be together Who'll make everything better, who'll make everything better. Get out of bed I hear them singing all along the way Too late to change it all, the gypsy in your blood has gone Ain't that peculiar, you're on your own again You're on your own, on your own, until the very end. @SONG: EVERY ROAD How, how can I How can I be back here again It was just the other day. That I, I said I I said I would be moving on Seems to me I'm going round and round It's the only way I know. Every road that I take is the same Everyway I go, everyday I go Leading me back the way I've just come Every road that I take is the same Don't be sorry please, don't you worry please I will be back again very soon. Then, when I know I know that I have stayed too long And there's nothing left for me to say So I'll be on my way Every road that I take is the same Everyway I go, everyday I go Leading me back the way I've just come Every road that I take is the same Don't be sorry please, don't you worry please, I will be back again very soon. Follow me now, wherever I go Follow me now. @SONG: OVERNIGHT JOB Get the money and run Now's not the time to hang around Overnight job it's an overnight job Anymore for anymore Think it over, you've always got to be Just one more step ahead Everyone said that it couldn't be done And I know that's why you're here tonight You've got everything that you need for the job I hope that it all works out right. Out on the streets at the dead of night There's nobody else around Overnight job it's an overnight job Anymore for anymore Think it over, you've always got to be Just one more step ahead Coz everyone said that it couldn't be done And I know that's why you're here tonight Over your shoulder the day's getting bolder The shadows are fading away. Because everyone's got it inside, just a little bit somewhere Overnight job it's an overnight job Think it over, you've always got to be Just one more step ahead Everyone said that it couldn't be done And I know that's why you are here tonight Over your shoulder the day's getting bolder The shadows are fading away.