Lyrics
Colin Newman
Provisionally Entitled the Singing Fish/Not to/CN1
Fish One
[tabulated by cngrannell@yahoo.com]
[instrumental]
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[voice arr. guitar]
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[voice arr. guitar]
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Fish Three
[tabulated by cngrannell@yahoo.com]
[instrumental]
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Fish Seven
[tabulated by cngrannell@yahoo.com]
[instrumental]
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Not to
Lorries
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
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Always descriptive, lorries green or blue
Backwards from Italy or Czechoslovakia
Looking east, demand or fashion for Alaska or China
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Soixante nouveau [Sixties new]
Lieb diech, bateaux [Love you, boats]
Warsaw, Treptow [District of East Berlin]
Venezia [Venice], Oslo, Moscow
Looking east, clearer green or blue
Come from this place, I think it's called Europe
Symbol fashion, a submarine Europe, a submarine Europe
Don't Bring Reminders
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
[A# E]
Everything they say seems so insubstantial
A word of caution
Take care of what you got
It didn't come cheap
I mean look at the choices
A flip side of life
Don't bring reminders, let them all rock and roll
It's very insubstantial
I got you a first class booking
[E] Take the ticket, hit the wicket
[A F# G F#]
We've come to see what's left of you
What's left of you, what's left of you
We want to see what's left of you
What's left of you, what's left of you
You've been had
If you think that it had
Any relevance to you
Anyway (anyhow)
You, Me, and Happy
[tabulated by cngrannell@yahoo.com]
[(staccato) E G]
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Headstrong and hope your legs are strong
Yes I said your legs are strong
Because it may not be long
Before you may loosen or even lose
That bloody head of yours
And then you'll need those legs
To stand on
[(staccato) A D G A]
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That it'll be a long time
That you may depend on
Something certain, that crutch
Is what you can depend on
Heard you thought you may have got it all right
I think that you might suffer from long-sight
Imagine you were looking at what might be an insight
You're so plain, there's no place in our power train tonight
As the moon's about to wane
In spite of your friendly bit of advice
Let's hope you're not too nice
Why judge your own thing, why judge your own thing?
You're on your..., hey I'm lonely
Let's take a weather check, don't join me
Remember that I've got to be lonely
Got to be lonely, got to be lonely
Give me a hug, let's be separate
You're going to need to be you, me, and happy
Don't look snappy, just don't think too much
Make a decision, I'm not in a rush
It's only a honey, it's all in my (your) mind
Got to be lonely
We Meet Under Tables
Of our own volition
Like cell division
Only one part smaller
The other is greater
It speaks and we marvel
We cluster around
As we see its position
Tales to tell children
Like what to say, where to go, who to know
We're blind to the event
We take our places
A trio or duet
We meet under tables
We speak in short sentences
Derive any meaning
From any more statements
Safe
[tabulated by cngrannell@yahoo.com]
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So bloody sterile in a state of repose
A feeling of frustration constantly grows
Mindful of inaction but aware of the risks
A person is battered enthusiastically
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Safe
Not enough
Coordination and movement, the mask of scrutiny
Enveloped in expressions of insularity
Monitor the camera, broadcast rapidly
Suddenly undermining, explaining cryptically
Truculent Yet
Gambits were pink
Pale purple, yellow
Orange savage baskets laid
One, two, three, seventeen, forty-two
Rain simple slide, exemplary blue
Not yet grounded, lisping a stir
An inch before midnight, flag facing northwards
Two sheep sheep sleep, not rising, not arranging
Not identifying, not reporting
Verbiage baggage
Truculent yet and indemnified
Self-portrait, that's offense
Smile is niggling, certainly not entertaining
Force is self-protecting, rain here now
Season now, murky
5/10
Wisdom hangs uneasily
Upon the long man
His look is straighter than most
His affection lost almost
Most he doesn't care for
C'est la vie
[Reba reba?]
Amoeba amoeba
Oh staunch believer
Five out of ten without grounds
Would dismiss him
As unfriendly and quiet
It's just another example
Of what made him
Careless for most
1, 2, 3, Beep Beep
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
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In the army we were marching, we were waiting for our rations
But there's something in the climate that can surely kill my temper
But the food's all mine, yes I got to make a statement
It's a pity they've forgotten how to say it
I'm sure that you're beside yourself, but I can only shrug
Another situation with another set of rules
Counting 1 2 3 beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
Not to
A tiny facet, a twisted image of what might be me
A risk I've taken, a line that's drawn between the A and B
Although it seems a long time since we've all been here
We can't return, we can't stand still
Da-da-da-da da-da-da-da
There is no link
Da-da-da-da da-da-da-da
Not thought not breath
In peopled spaces, we shrink our lives as we make our dreams
Pretending action, reporting lives that are out of reach
Although it's been a long time, I've never been here
I have no wish to return and I'm not standing still
Da-da-da-da da-da-da-da
Under water over ground
Da-da-da-da da-da-da-da
No width no breadth
Remove for Improvement
A reply was not expected
The question was not asked
And then without warning
Glasses were raised in a toast
The guest turned on his shower
After writing a suicide note
And then without warning
Glasses were raised in a toast
A simple act of kindness
Missing a sense of loss
And then without warning
Glasses were raised in a toast
Graced by his presence
A handsome pleasance
A self-conscious past
Some room for improvement
Remove for improvement
Blue Jay Way [Beatles]
There's a fog upon L. A.
And my friends have lost their way
We'll be over soon they said
Now they've lost themselves instead
Please don't be long, please don't you be very long
Please don't be long, or I may be asleep
Well it only goes to show
And I told them where to go
Ask a policeman on the street
There's so many there to meet
Now it's past my bed I know
And I'd really like to go
Soon will be the break of day
Sitting here in Blue Jay Way
CN1
We Means, We Starts
Open hearts, we means, we starts
We entertained, we can't complain
We used less force and spoke in Morse
We sometimes listen after ignore
We have what I would call agreement
Never spoken but often broken
[Possibly we should test our linking?]
[Subject to breakage, leaking nothing?]
Open hearts, we search, we mute
We aren't detained, we can't complain
We used less thoughts, [broke?] no rewards
We said we heard what we heard before
We have what I would call agreement
Something that's whispered, seldom prospered
Possibly we should take this course but
[Subject to breakage, leaking nothing?]
You and your Dog
It's a human animal, you and your dog
It smells and you're adaptable, you dumped my man, the breath
Neither does your dog
In the deep dark recesses of your two eyes
You wonder what makes you tick, you and your dog
Sex, you and your dog
Adaptability, you and your dog
Curiosity, you and your dog
H.C.T.F.R.
I like to count up the night
It's becoming a number
Some people say it's sublime
While they slumber and slumber
I like to count up the night
I like to count up the night
Here come the fleeing rabbits
Here come the fleeing
Here come the fleeing rabbits
Here come the fleeing
I'd like to give you the time
Unbecoming attention
Some people say it's sublime
But I just thought I'd mention
I like to count up the night
Here come the fleeing rabbits
Here come the fleeing
Here come the fleeing rabbits
Here come the fleeing
Reports, they seem out of tune
Though it isn't infrequent
I expect they'll get to them soon
Though it's hardly a statement
I like to count up the night
I like to count up the night
Here come the fleeing rabbits
Here come the fleeing
Here come the fleeing rabbits
Here come the fleeing
No Doubt
Well I've been here and you've been there and I think it's time
Do what you dare, I really don't care, did you think it's time?
There's no doubt, if it's about
About to catch the edge to do it
You can't look down and you can't look through it
There'll be a time when I won't be me and I won't need you
There's no doubt that we all have thoughts it'll all come to
If I'm really happy inside, there's no such thing as good or bad
And I really don't think for a really [little time?] we all got awfully good at dying
[Hurry on at the traitor?]
[Hurry on at the traitor?]
Hey hey hey, it is me, I'm coming, [you must be still at?] art forming
There'll be a time when I won't be me and I won't need you
There's no doubt that we all have thoughts it'll all come to
If I'm really happy inside, there's no such thing as good or bad
And I really don't think for a really [little time?] we all got awfully good at dying
We all got awfully good at dying
The Grace you Know
[Listing to the strangers?]
[I think from logic?]
I speak when spoken to
It's magic, it's tragic
The grace you know
An image of science
[A roar of a swing?]
Containing silence here
The proof of the scheme