@ALBUM: SUNNYVISTA RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON - ------------------------------------- @SONG: CIVILISATION They're not human, they're with the . . . They eat food I wouldn't give to my dog They're hygenic, medicated They wouldn't live next door to no wog They're not human, where do they come from? I don't know what they're living here for They don't belong here on this planet What are they doing in the house next door Wives tranquilised, pets pasteurised Kids hypnotised by the TV Gotta beat you, gotta leech you They'll treat you like family All across the nation, it's civilisation All across the nation, it's civilisation They're not human, they've got a new car They're gonna polish it all the day long They've got a brand new rubber woman They're gonna blow her up all the night long They're not human, it's a double-cross They sold out for a handful of beads They sold everything for nothing Just a hatful of dreams and a handful of greed Keep 'em happy, keep 'em drinking Keep 'em laughing, no thinking No dying, no weeping Keep 'em hypnotised, keep 'em sleeping All across the nation, it's civilisation All across the nation, it's civilisation Pack you off to school, get working Get a steady job, no shirking Get to sixty-five, get a handshake You're a vegetable with a heartache All across the nation, it's civilisation All across the nation, it's civilisation (repeat) @SONG: BORROWED TIME There's riders in this country They're taking heads for bounty Wake up . . . they've come to ride us down Sweetness we have tasted The time to move is wasted They're riding like a hurricane through this town We've been too many nights sleeping in a feather bed You can't close both your eyes with a price on your head You've got to stand and fight for what you believe You've got to face death with your heart on your sleeve Life is a park and you've soon got to leave Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Living on borrowed time Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Living on borrowed time If you say that you want your freedom They'll hear you in every kingdom They'll travel ten thousand miles just to shoot you down Well, the judge he was deluded And the sheriff he soon colluded And he swore . . . six feet off the ground They'll hunt you down 'cause you dared to tell the truth A man ain't safe these days under his own roof But you can't live your life under no man's thumb They'll all pay double for what they've done High days come and the bad days come Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Living on borrowed time Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Living on borrowed time But you can't live your life under no man's thumb They'll all pay double for what they've done High days come and the bad days come Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Living on borrowed time Living on borrowed, living on borrowed Living on borrowed time (repeat) @SONG: SATURDAY ROLLING AROUND Wind's gonna blow my blues away Wind's gonna blow my blues away I'm gonna throw my shoes away Saturday rolling around Moon going down and the sun come up Moon going down and the sun come up We're gonna drink from a loving cup Saturday rolling around Been too long working for the man Who just don't like my face Been too long looking for a dream Looking in the wrong place Gonna take a train and ride away Gonna take a train and ride away Gonna take a ship and slide away Saturday rolling around I ain't gonna punch that clock no more I ain't gonna punch that clock no more I'm going home, gonna lock the door Saturday rolling around Working all week from nine to five Working all week from nine to five Gonna get down, gonna do the jive Saturday rolling around Been all week, work so hard ?Slept all? off my face Saturday night I'm gonna get down And really rock that place We're going down too far to know We're going down too far to know We're gonna dance with the . . . Saturday rolling around Wind's gonna blow my blues away Wind's gonna blow my blues away I'm gonna throw my shoes away Saturday rolling around Moon going down and the sun come up Moon going down and the sun come up We're gonna drink from a loving cup Saturday rolling around Been too long working for the man Who just don't like my face Been too long looking for a dream Looking in the wrong place Gonna take a train and ride away Gonna take a train and ride away Gonna take a ship and slide away Saturday rolling around @SONG: YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SOMEBODY When you're lost in the dark and you can't find a way When the night is so long you don't remember the day When you're too far gone to hear anybody call When your last year left you with nothing at all You're going to need somebody You're going to need somebody You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you When nobody wants you, nobody needs you Nobody loves you, nobody feeds you When your ship is sinking in the middle of a sea When they've locked you in chains and they've thrown away the key You're going to need somebody You're going to need somebody You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you When you don't live long unless you're fast on your feet When they're taking your furniture out into the street When you can't sleep at night for counting cracks on the wall When your friends dealed you out just to watch you fall You're going to need somebody You're going to need somebody You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you When you're lost in the dark and you can't find a way When the night is so long you don't remember the day When you're too far gone to hear anybody call When your last year left you with nothing at all You're going to need somebody You're going to need somebody You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you You're gonna need the one who's standing, waiting for you @SONG: WHY DO YOU TURN YOUR BACK? When you were helpless before you knew He gave you shelter until you grew He kept you secret and he gave you a name You drank from a river and you slept in the hay You grew up running into the wind You grew up fighting a war you'd never win Against a foe you'd never seen Pretending to be what you'd never meant (Chorus) Why do you turn your back on your best friend? Why do you turn your back on the one who loves you, loves you? Why do you turn your back on your best friend? The only one who ever really cared The only one who ever really cared When you were burning, the sky would pour When you were drowning, he threw you ashore He saved your life, oh, just to be The one who turned back his enemy And now you're lying, a bolted door No one can change the lock, your palace is secure You're the king and the prisoner But don't you hear their knocking at the door? (Chorus) And now you falter, afraid to live And now you hold back, afraid to be the giver And do you ever think Of the friend who gave you goods like a river? (Chorus) The only one who ever really cared The only one who ever really cared @SONG: SUNNYVISTA In Sunnyvista, all your dreams are reality It's the smart place to be for all the family Oh, Sunnyvista, where you always wanted to stay We'll dance the happy hours away Now the work is very clean You'll be helped by this machine And the hours are very short, more time at home with the little dears All the houses are the same It's a standard we maintain Any problems, please report 'em, we will soon allay your fears It's a smashing place for kids You really are well rid They'll be off your hands all day, in the camps they'll play and play For kids of other ages Yes, dad and grandad too The leisuretime facilities will keep them smiling through In Sunnyvista, all your dreams are reality It's the smart place to be for all the family Oh, Sunnyvista, where you always wanted to stay We'll dance the happy hours away Oh, the old folks will love it Our staff are very kind There's community singing, helps to stimulate the mind The cemetary is most discreet All done without a fuss For all life's little grievances, just leave it all to us Oh, there's parks and there's bingo There's contests and there's games And everybody's friendly 'cause we're all just the same There's chances for promotion For the right kind of chap Who's smart and keen and go-ahead, we'll put him on the map Oh, Sunnyvista, where you always wanted to stay We'll dance the happy hours away We'll dance the happy hours away @SONG: LONELY HEARTS We may never meet in the light of day If we passed on the street, would we look the other way? So I search for you where we can't be seen And I know we'll meet on the page of this magazine (Chorus) Two lonely hearts in an ocean of loneliness Two lonely hearts in a shipwreck of pain We call to each other as we drown in the city Oh, why do we have to remain The outcasts in love and the losers in gain? It's a mean old town, can't show your heart If you stand up and say what you mean, they tear you apart And they call it love, sell it by the pound But the lovers are gone, they're living down underground (Chorus) No one needs a friend, no one cares no more They'll look hard at you, they won't take the chain off the door Oh, they work and slave, keep their conscience clean They come home at night and they talk to an empty screen (Chorus) Two lonely hearts Two lonely hearts Two lonely hearts Two lonely hearts We call to each other as we drown in the city Oh, why do we have to remain The outcasts in love and the losers in gain? The outcasts in love and the losers in gain? @SONG: SISTERS Remember the time when we two kin were reared There was never a morsel but that it was shared If the one babe was stung, 'twas the other would cry There scarce was a crossed word and never a lie Our people were drab and defeated like slaves The light of their fathers went into the ?paves? I took to the highway to find some relief I never meant parting to put you to grief (Chorus) Sisters, we were sisters Till love came between us and pulled us apart We were sisters, we were sisters Don't call me your sister and put a knife through my heart Now you smile when you greet me, you put on a show But it's slander you're talking as soon as you go If your eye and my eye don't meet any more Hold fast to your tongue when I've walked out the door (Chorus) You say that I'm different, don't hold me to blame It's not to my grandeur, it's not to your shame It's nothing of mine that I lay at your door So take it or leave it, it's to heal, not to sore (Chorus) (Chorus) @SONG: JUSTICE IN THE STREETS There's sickness in this land, hearts are turned to sand Crushed with an iron hand, there's justice in the street Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la They've fooled you for so long, you can't tell right from wrong They're weak and you are strong, there's justice in the street Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la Sometimes it seems a man can't hold his head up To be just what he is he feels ashamed They take away his dignity and freedom But they can never take away the flame Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la Tired of living in shame, tired of a ball and chain Run them down like a train, there's justice in the street Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la They've got you chained to a wheel and you don't know how to feel Till you can't tell what's real, there's justice in the street Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la How can you fight a man without a shadow? How can you fight a face you've never seen? A drop of rain will run into a river Oh, see the river wash the valley clean Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la Ah la, ah la, ah la, ah la @SONG: TRACES OF MY LOVE A songbird sings so clear like a voice upon my ear I seem to hear traces of my love The river rushes down, there's sweetness in the sound I seem to hear traces of my love When I lay on my bed, I find no rest Instead I seem to see you here with me Or will that sweet day ever be Oh, traces of my love Oh, traces of my love In every crowded place, in every stranger's face I seem to see traces of my love Inside my darkest day when the world seems cold and grey I seem to see traces of my love If I try to turn my head or close my eyes Instead I see you there, oh, everywhere Shadows of a face so rare Oh, traces of my love Oh, traces of my love Traces of my love Traces of my love If I try to turn my head or close my eyes Instead I see you there, oh, everywhere Shadows of a face so rare Oh, traces of my love Oh, traces of my love Oh, traces of my love Oh, traces of my love