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Launch 1402

Song lyrics:

RAVENOUS RAVENS

Your feathers are a funeral black

and your eyes are on my track

I've already too many on my back

 

Ravenous as ravens

over a dead battalion

the world is feeding off me

A huge flock of carrions

 

The world is on my shoulders

Its dark wings are enfolders

Yeah I'm under a great boulder

 

Ravenous etc

 

Your feathers etc

 

Ravenous etc

 

FROM HERE TO TIMBUCKTOO

You kicked out against them

It was more than just a trend

Yeah you kicked out against them

but they got you in the end

They have got the numbers

and they got yours too my friend

 

You kicked their ass

and they kicked yours too

They kicked your ass

all the way from here

to Timbucktoo

 

You kicked out against them

It was more than just a fashion

Yeah you kicked out against them

but they got you with a passion

They got the lion's share

You got the measley ration

 

You kicked etc (Chorus)

Rpt. 1st verse

You kicked etc (Chorus)

 

To Timbucktoo

 

To Timbucktoo

 

To Timbucktoo

Launch 1401

Song lyrics:

SON OF THE WEST WIND

Son of the west wind

brought peace and rest

Son of the west wind

gone to the Isle of the Blessed

 

Hiawatha was his name

The wild at heart did he tame

Man of legend, warrior of fame

Yes Hiawatha was his name

 

Son etc

 

Tame did he the wild at heart

He brought an end and a new start

"Let us not go war on others

we who are all redskin brothers"

 

Son etc

Rpt. 1st verse

Son etc

 

MORE THAN JUST GOOD FRIENDS

When me and my lady fall out

we are quick to make ammends

We settle things with a ball out

We're more than just good frioends

 

Oh how she sends

Oh how she sends

We're more than just good friends

Oh how etc

 

When me and my lady fall out

we are quick to make ammends

We'll lie until she'll call out

We're more than just good friends

 

Oh how etc etc

 

Rpt. 1st verse

 

Oh how etc etc (twice)

 

SHARKFIN SOUP

You're going down

Oh yes you're sinking

You feel the heat

and you see the fin

you are getting deeper

as you try to swim

 

Sharkfin, sharkfin

that's the soup you're in

Sharkfin, sharkfin

that's the soup you're in

 

Oh yes you're sinking

You are going down

You feel the heat

as you start to drown

You see the fins

of sharks all around

 

Sharkfin etc

 

You're etc

 

Sharkfin etc

Launch 1400

Poem:

RUIN-AND-SPOIL

Ah Guinnevere !!

Yes, books I read them.

You brought-down Camelot

as Eve did Eden.

Women, oh women.

Still men need them,

though ruined the castle,

though spoilt the Garden.

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Poems:

WHO'S-KIDDING-WHOM?

Ah Captain kidd

your name sounds young

but for a pirate

you were hung,

though a privateer

for a consortium.

A scandal to avoid

was your life destroyed?

 

NO ROGER BACON

You're just a waster Roger.

You don't bring home the bacon.

You are a work dodger.

Won't rise above your station.

And even idle is your wish

to be a Doctor Merabilis.

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SONG LYRIC:

DOGS OF DOOM

Watch out you pups

Eyes big as teacups

shakes you out your socks

the dog of the tinderbox

 

Teach old dogs new tricks?

Don't you get on our wicks

You're not fit to handle

the spirit of the candle

 

Look out you heals

Eyes big as mill-wheels

shakes you up a lot

the dog of the tinderbox

 

Teach? etc

 

Watch out and cower

Eyes big as round towers

your tyranny he clocks

the dog of the tinderbox

 

Teach? etc (thrice) 

Launch 1397

SONG LYRIC:

FELINE  FRAULEIN

You're so one of the nasties

You're all scratch and bite

You're so into jackboots

and the dark Satanic rites

 

Feline fraulein

get on your bike

You are second rate

You are so Third Reich

 

You're so one of the bad girls

You're so one of the freaks

who make such a big noise

about what others freely speak

 

Feline etc

Rpt. 1st verse etc

Feline etc

 

Launch 1396

SONG LYRICS:

SLUMDOG BARK

You are out so late

you'll be up with the lark

You see a copper

and hear his nark

grassing grassing grassing

right there in the park

and by the dirty pond

waits a filthy shark

 

with a slumdog bark

with a slumdog bark

with a slumdog bark

with a slumdog bark

 

The open nightime park

is no place to go

unless you're a guy

with seeds to sow

or a flowery lady

who says "Come and go

I've a money bush

I wish to grow"

 

with a slumdog bark etc

 

You are out etc

 

with etc

 

SIDESHOW BOB

Sideshow Bob

he's a minor act

He thrills the kids

their dogs and cats

He's a crazy clown

The guy is bats

 

Give us a laugh

Ha ha ha ha

Give us a laugh

Ha ha ha ha

when you're not drunk in the bar

 

Sideshow Bob

A small attraction

He's the silly guy

brings little satisfaction

Tiny ones love him

Love him to distraction

 

Give us etc

 

He doesn't fit in

with the adult world

He's not on the side

he finds just as absurd

 

Rpt.  1st verse

 

Give us etc

 

Launch 1395

PLASTIC  PARADISE    Sketch

Scene: An elderly couple seated on a pretend bus.

Man: ... and it skidded? How awful.

Woman: At least whenthe omnibus hit him he was wearing clean underwear.

Man: That is a blessing.

Woman: Yes. St Peter wouldn't let him through the pearly gates wearing soiled Y-fronts.

Man: Perish the thought.

Woman: Perish the thought and may it go to Hell.

Man: Soulless.

Woman: Wicked.

Man: Evil.

Woman: Abort it.

Man: It's aborted. (Pause) Was he Christian?

Woman: Not in practice.

Man: It's the thought that counts.

Woman: That's right. I think therefore I am... a Christian.

Man: Who was it said that?

Woman: Me. Just now.

Man: No. Originally.

Woman: It might have been written on the back of a cornflakes packet. I like reading the smallprint. I once once advised to read all smallprint before parting with money.

Man: That's him. Kellog's. I think therefore I am.  You like cornflakes, then?

Woman: No. I just buy them for the free gift inside.

Man: One cereal manufacturer was giving away plastic figurines of the saints.

Woman: They're an all-girl pop group, aren't they?

Man: I mean the Biblical saints.

Woman: Nothing plastic about them, dear. You are Christian aren't you?

Man: Of course. I'd show you my St Peter, but we're now outside the pearly gates. This is my stop. (Rises) You came just for the ride, eh?

Woman: Yes. Just for the ride. Hope you've clean underpants!!

CURTAIN

Launch 1394

SONG LYRIC:

DEFIANCE

It was an unlikely alliance

these two men in defiance

From the law they obsconded

Were by handcuffs only bonded

 

White man, black man

How the pair ran and ran

White man, black man

They were prisoners on the lam

 

It was an unlikely coupling

of the pale and dark skin

and of two different minds

Even the underworld takes all kinds

 

White man etc

 

It takes all kinds

no matter what we say

It takes all kinds

but don't let crime pay

 

Repeat 1st verse

 

White man etc (twice) 

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SONG LYRIC:

STARSHINE

Shine shine shine

like a light from afar

Shine shine shine

like the star you truly are

 

You feel low as the sun

now that the dark has come

Think of the good things you have done

 

Shine etc

 

Yes you feel so down

now night is on the town

but the day will be back around

 

Shine etc

 

Rpt. 1st verse

 

Shine etc (twice)