The Frank & Walters--Grand Parade

COLOURS

I know a girl who is so nice
she'd change the world with just a smile
why does she change
her gentle heart and loving eyes
are they for real or they disguise
it's such a shame

She only wears that colour sometimes
She only wears that colour sometimes
And it's the colour of her real mind
And it's the change that has made me blind

Here she comes everybody
here she comes everybody
And she just can't say goodnight
No she just can't say goodnight
To the girl she wants to hide
Cos the girl that she ignores
Is the girl that I adore

I saw her just the other day
She wouldn't stop she wouldn't stay
And talk with me
I met her then the other week
And she was kind and she was sweet
How can this be?

She only wears that colour sometimes
She only wears that colour sometimes
And it's the colour of her real mind
And it's the change that has made me blind

Here she comes everybody
Here she comes everybody
And she just can't say goodnight
No she just can't say goodnight
To the girl she wants to hide
Cos the girl that she ignores
Is the girl that I adore

What's the colour of love?
What's the colour of life?
What's the colour of fear?
What's the colour of strife?
Watch the colours all changing
Watch the colours collide
Tell me why she don't understand
It's her I like

She only wears that colour sometimes
She only wears that colour sometimes
And it's the colour of her real mind
And it's the change that has made me blind
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INDIAN OCEAN

They're drinking wine in the Indian Ocean
They're drinking tea in the Taj Mahal
I know you'd love to give me devotion
But there's a place that you still want to hide

And have we been too long on the island
As we believe in all that we see
And did they send a man to the stars now
Or was it just a show on TV

I can't see her
I can't see her

Maybe you'd like to come and live on the ocean
Maybe you'd like to come and live by the sea
If you don't mind I'll stay inside my emotion
If you don't mind I'll sail along with the breeze

They're driving down to the Bay of Biscay
I'm walking down to the side of the Lee
And there's a man who's living in Hitchcock
And there's a place where no one can be

I can't see her
I can't see her

Maybe you'd like to come and live on the ocean
Maybe you'd like to come and live by the sea
If you don't mind I'll stay inside my emotion
If you don't mind I'll sail along with the breeze
If you don't mind I'll sail along here with me
Maybe you'd like to come and live on the ocean
Maybe you'd like to come and live by the sea
If you don't mind I'll stay inside my emotion
If you don't mind I'll sail along with the breeze
If you don't mind I'll sail along here with me
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LITTLE DOLLS

She didn't like little dolls anymore
Cuddly toys were her new cure
She sits in her bedsit wondering
How it all went wrong
How the man she fell in love with was gone

She didn't like to be her anymore
She didn't like feeling so unsure
She goes out night and she'll sleep with anyone
Cos her dreams of meeting princes are gone

Will someone turn her on
Will someone make it right
And tell her not to lose her sight of hope
Cos she can be a princess

She didn't like pretty clothes anymore
Darkened rags were what she wore
She turns out the light and she plays her favourite song
Cos she's tired of feeling worthless and wrong

Will someone turn her on
Will someone make it right
And tell her not to lose her sight of hope
Cos she can be a princess
Will someone turn her on
Will someone make it right
And tell her not to lose her sight of hope
Cos she can be a princess


RUSSIAN SHIP

There's a Russian ship out lost at sea in changing times
There's a lonely tide that brings to mind the days gone by
And the simple fact that leads me back is that no one cared
There's a Russian ship out lost at sea and I feel scared

And look now, look there's another book
And look now, there's a story
That in Kiev they were tearing down statues

Tzaralena where's our world gone
Tzaralena where's our home gone
Mother Russia's out there sinking
And the Western world is thinking
That we're better off than what we were

And the Russian ship that's lost at sea is fading fast
Cos the man who tried the changing winds, has burst its mast
As I think about what's left and how it's come to this
And there's shame inside cos I denied the days I miss

And look, now look there's another book
And look now there's a person, says he's Russian
And he once defied Lenin

Tzaralena where's our world gone
Tzaralena where's our home gone
Mother Russia's out there sinking
And the Western world is thinking
That we're better off than what we were

Do you think we'll ever be happy here
In a come what may
Do you think we'll ever be satisfied
Living life this way?

Tzaralena where's our world gone
Tzaralena where's our home gone
Mother Russia's out there sinking
And the Western world is thinking
That we're better off than what we were


I SUPPOSE

I suppose you wouldn't see me
With darkness and the night
And you and I will still be friends
Until you change your mind

it seems I never get you
cos there's too much to see
no matter what I try to do
You just won't notice me

I'm so, so tangled inside
I am divided, my heart and my mind
I know it's wrong to persist but
You were the nicest, you were the 
Brightest, I can't resist

Hope it gets right again east of no side
We'll go riding through
I'll conquer all so I won't feel so small
And I'll be back soon
I am inside and I don't want to hide
And waste all these years
But I believe it would end all my dreams
If you see these tears

I suppose it wouldn't help much
If I met you today
I'd have so much to tell you
But I would never say

I'm so, so tangled inside
I am divided, my heart and my mind
I know it's wrong to persist but
You were the nicest, you were the
Brightest, I can't resist

Hope it gets right again east of no side
We'll go riding through
I'll conquer all so I won't feel so small
And I'll be back soon
I am inside and I don't want to hide
And waste all these years
But I believe it would end all my dreams
If you see these tears

Too many faces, too many evening smiles
That I can't change your mind
I'd really love to say what's true
But you'd only go and break my dreams in two

Hope it gets right again
Hope it gets right again, ah, ah, ah
Hope it gets right again
Hope it gets right again, ah, ah, ah


SATURDAY NIGHT

You know we'll never find
The kind of peace of mind
That we all deserve
When we don't have a care
There's always something there
To bring us back to earth

You're saving it up for a Saturday night
You're waiting a week
And now you're feeling alright
You're saving it up for a Saturday night
Saturday night

Can't you see why
that there's a reason
Why we all have to cry
And there's a reason
Why we feel insecure
And have enough
But still we want to have more
All of our lives
We keep on looking for a happier time
Feeling the pain
We keep on learning
And we'll be back again

When everything is wrong
And nowhere to belong
And when your spirit's low
it's time to just pretend
That there's a happy end
Until the feeling goes

You're saving it up for a Saturday night
You're waiting a week
And now you're feeling alright
You're saving it up for a Saturday night
Saturday night

Can't you see why
that there's a reason
Why we all have to cry
And there's a reason
Why we feel insecure
And have enough
But still we want to have more
All of our lives
We keep on looking for a happier time
Feeling the pain
We keep on learning
And we'll be back again


HOW CAN I EXIST?

How can I exist in this sad old world
How can I exist here your love
You an I have fought outside the door where there's a light
That leaves me out in the cold all alone
Don't leave me out in the cold all alone

All we do is hide
Talk with stupid pride
When we should unite
In a world that makes demands
One of us should lend a hand
But we dare not change

How can I exist when I hear them cry
How can I give hope where there's none inside
I just walk away from all the pain, to keep me sane,
cos I can't face this world all alone
I just can't face this world all alone

You could stake the fire
Watch these flames get higher
Burn this funeral pyre
And release me from the dead
And relieve my aching head
You could save my sould

It's time we stopped the pretending
That we don't need love to get by
I know you're feeling the same way
cos you can't look me in the eye
It's time that we got together
And made it right

How can I exist in a world that's strange
How can I exist in a world of change
I just can't go on
Don't feel so strong
And don't belong
Cos without you nothing stays the same
And without you nothing will remain

Night and nine to five
Konw you'll soon arrive
I still have the time
And I won't lose my desire
As the waves get higher and higher
You're my reason why

It's time we stopped the pretending
That we don't need love to get by
I know you're feeling the same way
cos you can't look me in the eye
It's time that we got together
And made it right

It's time we stopped the pretending
That we don't need love to get by
I know you're feeling the same way
cos you can't look me in the eye

It's time we stopped the pretending
That we don't need love to get by
I know you're feeling the same way
cos you can't look me in the eye


MRS. XAVIER

It's so hard to be strong
When your husband is gone Mrs. Xavier
And your children need you
But you need someone too Mrs. Xavier
It's so hard to be strong 
When your husand is gone Mrs. Xavier
And your children need you
But you need someone too Mrs. Xavier

And there's no one listening
When you cry your tears
He's been gone six months now
But it seems like years
And it's hard on your own

I'm taking you out
I'm taking you out tonight
I'm taking you out
To where you can feel alright
You're not alone tonight

Well you've washed and you've scrubbed
And you've wept and you've loved Mrs. Xavier
And you've worked for so long you don't know anymore Mrs. Xavier

Friday evening
And you're not home yet
You've been out there drinking 
Cos you're so upset
And it's hard to hold on

I'm taking you out
I'm taking you out tonight
I'm taking you out
To where you can feel alright
You're not alone tonight
And I would love to come and live with you
But I don't know if I would ever do
They say that when our love is gone
We don't carry on, but they're wrong

I'm taking you out
I'm taking you out tonight
I'm taking you out
To where you can feel alright
You're not alone tonight
And I would love to come and live with you
btu I don't know if I would ever do
They say that when our love is gone
We don't carry on, but they're wrong


HAVE YOU EVER?

Have you ever been cold in teh sun
Felt you've lost when you know that you've won
Tell me why cos I don't understand
How I'm old but I'm still not a man

Why must I know
Why must I know
When will I go
When will I know

Tell me why do I have to know why
All the reasons to how I'm alive
Tell me why does it have to get worse
Asking questions in this universe

Why must I know
Why must I know
When will I go
When will I know

Have you ever been so far behind
That you feel that it's still the first time
I need answers and I need a cure
To the reasons why I'm still unsure

Why must I know
Why must I know
When will I go
When will I know

Was the same last week
Was the same last year
And I don't know why
That I go nowhere
And I still feel scared
And I know what's wrong
And I know what's right
And I'm still not wrong


TONY COCHRANE

Half the street was now in the shade
Someone said they'd left the parade
Tony had come back from the Strand
Waiting for the Barrack Street band

I tried to avoid all the songs
But the last time I just caved in
And now that I've been through it all
I've decided to live with them

Oh no no chasing the Li-Lo
Wish I was Tony Cochrane
Oh no no chasing the Li-Lo
Wish I was Tony Cochrane

All the circus posters were gone
Band was playing through the last song
This is where they stood on the day
Wonder did they feel the same way

I tried to avoid all the songs
But the last time I just caved in
And now that I've been through it all
I've decided to live with them

Oh no no chasing the Li-Lo
Wish I was Tony Cochrane
Oh no no chasing the Li-Lo
Wish I was Tony Cochrane

But I have got this sinking feeling
That I won't have it always
A someday scary sinking feeling
That I might slip and fall

I tried to avoid all the songs
But the last time I just caved in
And now that I've been through it all
I've decided to live with them

Oh no no chasing the Li-Lo
Wish I was Tony Cochrane
Oh no no chasing the Li-Lo
Wish I was Tony Cochrane

Oh no no chasing the Li-Lo
Wish I was Tony Cochrane
Oh no no chasing the Li-Lo
Wish I was Tony Cochrane


LANDSLIDE

There's a landslide over the hillside
and a sea that escapes through the night
And the best that this life has offered
Went away

There were times when I was enchanted
By the tales of pirates and kings
But the feeling slipped by the crossroads
And I've learned to hold on to all
I believe

I give up whistling songs
When my dreams had went and gone
And it's way past midnight
And I just can't sleep at night
Anymore

But I wll go on, walk into the night
And I will be strong and stay in this fight
Cos I am prepared when I see the shore

Passed the old bridge down by the lighthouse
Heard the creak of boats by the quay
And the bell that right out in Cosy's 
Says to me, there's nowhere that I'd rather be

I give up whistling songs
When my dreams had went and gone
And it's way past midnight
And I just can't sleep at night
Anymore

But I will go on, walk into the night
And I will be strong and stay in this fight
Cos I am prepared when I see the shore

I give up whistling songs
When my dreams had went and gone
And it's way past midnight
And I just can't sleep at night
Anymore

But I wll go on, walk into the night
And I wll be strong and stay in this fight
Cos I am prepared when I see the shore

Thank God for the stars
Thank God for the sky
Thank God for the sun
That lights all my life
This beautiful place I have as a home 


LATELY

Lately I've come to realize, that I'm growing old
Lately I've come to realize, that I'm going cold
I have been out at the edge of 
this town and I feel alone
I've given up reachin' out and I think
That I'm turning to stone
God keep my gentle side
Help me feel safe at night
Help me to understand
All of my fellow man

Step to the side pass it over (pass)
Pass it over pass it on

Lately I've come to realize, I've a lot to learn
Lately I've come to realize, that it's time to turn
I won't be down at the edge of the road
that you left behind
I will not stand for this way of indifference
I'm changing my mind
I thought I knew it all
I thought I'd never fall
I thought I'd reached the sun
Was better than anyone

Step to the side pass it over pass
Pass it over pass it on