[The Zion Egg]: Lyrics

The Coral LP

Japanese copies of the Coral feature a different hidden track:

01. Spanish Main

We'll set sail again
We're heading for the Spanish main

02. I Remember When

I remember when I saw the sea freeze
But it said nothing about the birds and the bees
They were swarming around my head
You'd be better off dead

But I ain't going down like that
I ain't going down like that

Cos I'm better than him and I know where I've been
And I know where I'm coming from
And a lie is a sin but don't we all sin
That is the truth then the truth is grim
Now he's in jail and his story's for sale
The farmers dog wags his crippled tail
It points to the west and he leaves out the rest
And invites you to be his special guest

ooooooooooooooooh

I remember when I saw the leaves fall
I was in the woods, in a gown you wouldn't wear to the ball
Into the ditch I fly
Wanted dead or alive

But I ain't going down like that
No I ain't going down like that

oooooooooooohh

Hi Hi Hi

Cos I'm better than him and I know where I've been
And I know where I'm coming from
And a lie is a sin but don't we all sin
That is the truth then the truth is grim
And STOP!

03. Shadows Fall

Morning calls, darkness draws
Upon this day a shadow falls
Silence walks through the halls
Since I've been gone, gone, gone

A hundred years from today
Lamp lights a blaze paves my way
Till jesus saves my early grave
I will be gone, gone, gone

Drop the anchor lift my heart
From stem to stern I'm torn apart
Mount my horse pack my cart
Tomorrow I'm gone, gone, gone

Seek the hull leave the deck
Silver moon silhouette
In due time you will forget
That I am gone, gone, gone
I will be gone, gone, gone
Since I've been gone, gone, gone
Tomorrow I'm gone, gone, gone

04. Dreaming Of You

What's up with my heart when it skips a beat (skips a beat)
Can't feel no pavement right under my feet (under my feet)

Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreaming of you (wah oooo)
Oh what can I do
I still need you, but
I don't want you now

When I'm down and my hands are tied (hands are tied)
I cannot reach a pen for me to draw the line (draw the line)
From this pain I just can't disguise
It's gonna hurt but I'll have to say goodbye

Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreaming of you (wah oooo)
Oh what can I do
I still need you, but
I don't want you now

Oh yeah

Ohhh Ohhhhh

Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreaming of you (wah oooo)
Oh what can I do
I still need you, but
I don't want you now

05. Simon Diamond

Simon Diamond sold his soul
Changed his name by deed poll
Started out as Simon Russell
Lived his life inside a nutshell

Oooh ooooh Oooooooh Ooooooh

He couldn't take the public scorn
Changed from human to plant form
Now he swapped his legs for roots
His arms and soil are in cahoots

Oooh ooooh Oooooooh Ooooooh

What will become of Simon Diamond
Water himself
Can't change the climat
What will become of Simon Diamond
Water himself
Can't change the climat

Oooh ooooh Oooooooh Ooooooh

That'll do (That'll do) (16x)
Oooh Oooh

06. Goodbye

I, I look into her eyes
Saw through her disguise
But never realised
That we were longing to be free
Runaway to sea
Well that could never be

Goodbye don't say goodbye
I'd rather die
Than say goodbye

Once so very long ago
Was when I loved you so
If only I had known
That I was blinded by my fate
I traded love for hate
Now I just sit and wait

Goodbye don't say goodbye
I'd rather die
Than say goodbye

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

Goodbye don't say goodbye
I'd rather die
Than say goodbye

07. Waiting For The Heartaches

Why do I listen to sad songs?
To make me feel good when I know I've done wrong
What have I done wrong? is it in this song?
I guess I'll know before to long

But I can't understand
Why she's holding my hand
No I can't understand at all

I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
Got to keep on holding on

Another day and I'll try to hide
The endless pain and the tears I've cried
Feels like I'm fixing to die
She took my soul and she blew my mind

But I can't understand
Why she's holding my hand
No I can't understand at all

I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
Got to keep on holding on for you

But I can't understand
Why she's holding my hand
No I can't understand at all

I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come

08. Skeleton Key

Sail lightly on winds
Disappear on the breeze
Lie firmly on pins
Pull them out with ease

Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most intricate locks
Brother roll another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks

Fumble blindly as we speak
You will wither if you are weak
Finger turns and points at me
I'd hoped they wouldn't notice me

Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most intricate locks
Brother roll another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks

Will I ever return?
Will I ever get back?
Are the rocks too high?
Has the dust turned black?

Skeleton Key (x4)

Will I ever return?
Will I ever get back?
Are the rocks too high?
Has the dust turned black?

Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most intricate locks
Brother roll another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks

Oh yeah
Hey
That's more like
Here we go here we go
Here we go go Byker Grove
Can't believe it's so good
Can't believe it's so good
…

09. Wildfire

Wild fire, a desire to be loved
Climb higher, to the platform just above
Little liar, you decieve me
With your wit, elocution, sculptured perfectly to fit

Tug of war, with the blessed and the mugged
Please let me quiz you, rest assured but unplugged
Town crier, has our voices kindly bugged
Wild fire, a desire to be loved

Daddy calling see how they run
Mother calling see how they run
Monday morning see how they run
Heard the stories see how they
See how they
Run run run

Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!

Wild fire, a sifting signal of the times
Tossed and turned up, in deceptional rhymes
Soap and water, wash your mouth out
All the same, she's my daughter
But I let her play the game

10. Badman

There’s a bad man that I once knew
His heart was black and his blood was blue
Bad man, he’s coming for you
He’d sell his wife for a dollar or two
To be a rich man with many maids
He’s got eyes like hand grenades
He had a good woman
In the palm of his hand
Until she left him for another man

Now he’s a bad, bad man
A bad, bad man
You gotta’ do what you can
When you’re a bad man

(Everyone gotta’ be a bad man every once in a while, the lord knows he’s a bad man)

He’s a bad man and that’s the truth
The devil’s law don’t need no proof
He’s a jealous man, all alone
A motel room is not a home
Helpless man, he fell ill
He was prescribed a fatal pill
Now he’s a dead man
His heart’s still black
His only love stabbed him in the back

Now he’s a bad, bad man
A bad, bad man
You gotta’ do what you can
When you’re a bad man

Now he’s a bad, bad man
A bad, bad man
You gotta’ do what you can

Cos you're a bad bad man
You're a bad bad man
You're a bad bad man
You got to do what you can
When you're a bad man

11. Calendars And Clocks

Pretty pendant descendend of joy
Return the father to the boy
Resent your past, repent at last
We are only lines on the map

Calendars oooooooooooh and clocks ooooooohhhhhh and Hickory docks

Find a feeling that feels okay
Find another to blow it away
Who are you and who am I
Please don't ask me I'll break down and cry

Calendars oooooooooooh and clocks ooooooohhhhhh and Hickory docks

Hoo ha hoo ha hoo ha

Theres nothing more than the seashells on the sea shore
Nothing more than the church bell that rings no more
Nothing more than the scenes behind a closed door
Nothing more than the rich and penniless poor
Nothing more no nothing more
Oooooooooohhhh

Calendars Clocks and hickory docks (tick tock)
Calendars Clocks and hickory docks (tick tock)
Yeah
Calendars Clocks and hickory docks (tick tock)

(...)

And Tick Tocks!

11. Time Travel

Time travel will be the death of man
Only the devil fools with the best laid plans
The best laid plans best left unplanned
Time travel will be the death of man

Whats done is done
So you must see
You can't bring back
Whats already been
Technology's tempting the public eye
Do you wanna know why when who and why
We're cloaked in indicision
Consealed by lies
I wanna know why we're really alive
Well you might say we got no proof
There's one thing I know
Is that I'm younger than you
And I can see through your eyes
And I can see through your lies
hypocrisy is your only disguise
Better tell us why we're really alive

Time travel will be the death of man
Only the devil fools with the best laid plans
The best laid plans best left unplanned
Time travel will be the death of man

In my darkest day
I doubt it's true
A change in the weather
Could be made by you
And all the information
You're holding back
Is it written in the water
That runs on my tap
If you had the proof
That jesus christ
Was no more of a man than you or I
Whould you tell the people
Would you try to deceive
For fear on undermining
Their religious belief
Well there's a war going on
Ain't the obvious one
it's between magic and medecin

Time travel will be the death of man
Only the devil fools with the best laid plans
The best laid plans best left unplanned
Time travel will be the death of man

(Song goes into reggae mode.... vaguely "inspired" by Bob Marley's Get Up Stand Up)

Never give up the fight!

11. Simian Technology

aaaaaaah aaaaaaaah etc

Everyone needs someone else
And everybody else needs someone for themselves

aaaaaaah aaaaaaaah

Simian Technology!

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