Batten Down the Hatches

He's dreaming of a distant star
She's dreaming of a happy marriage
Living a world apart
But living on different planets
He's praying for a moonlit nig...

Down below the feet were marching on
There was glory calling, flowers were thrown
Although the sun was shining
The cold blue light of morning
Can't me...

I watched your face turn purple, the rage flood out
Answered questions
A to D, all answers incomplete
Soon come the time (Soon come the time)
Soon com...

Would anybody care to elaborate
Would anyone care to point out what's going on
It's bothered me all afternoon
Wrote it down but it seems wrong
A vicio...

These streets are never gonna look the same
Now the carnival's passed by
Still hear the laughter
Still see the smiles
The rhythms still pumping steadi...

I've seen that stare,
I've heard your reasons
Blind hate but no remorse

A fantasy, a dream illusion of purity
Hateful seasons rolling on & on
Blind h...

oi oi oi
Bless that summer of eighty-eight
On a bench outside the
Ot the Gate
And a nice sharp piece of string
Didn't make sense then don't make sense...

You're dreaming and it's getting easier
Some big surprise, but you'll hide it
Of course you don't want to believe it
Tell a little lie let it fade awa...

Your eyes fall
You're staring at your shoes again
Head bowed through a view of the nonsense
Summer's gone & all the leaves have fallen
On & on the onl...