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Launch 1409

Song Lyric:

THE CONFIDENCE MAN

The confidence man

That's what I am

The confidence man

That's what he sang

I'm confident all's gone wrong

 

See me beam a smile

See me skip a mile

I'm just the guy to beguile

Many people adopt my style

 

The conf. etc

 

You see the self-help book

You see the put on look

You take me for a con, a crook

By my honesty now be struck

 

The conf. etc

 

See me etc

 

The conf. etc

Launch 1408

Song Lyric:

BACK TO THE BUS

Back to the bus

Don't get caught in the rush

Run fast the band

Get followed by fans

 

Safe on your seat

yet feeling the heat

Hounds after the meat

now you've finished the beat

 

Back to etc

 

But isn't it just fun

though the tour rolls on

and you're stuck for a song

tired and high all in one

 

Back to etc

 

Safe etc

 

Back to etc

Launch 1407

Song Lyrics:

NONCHALANCE

Nonchalance, oh Nonchalance

she comes over for a dance

and is hoping for romance

Takes a chance with Nonchalance

 

You sit there unaffected

Drinking beer and disconnected

But it's you she has selected

Your nonchalance she has detected

 

Nonchalance etc

 

She thinks she's made a score

up there on the disco  floor

though you show only nonchalance

for the ants down in her pants

 

Nonchalance etc

 

You sit etc

 

Nonchalance etc

Launch 1406

Song Lyric:

E-TYPE DEE

Simon Dee, Simon Dee

What happened to him?

What happened to he

and his E-Type Jaguar?

 

You put people on the spot

Some thought you too damn hot

Some said big headed you had got

 

Simon Dee etc

 

Yeah some say you went too far

Leaping out your E-Type Jaguar

to do a show that rocked our car

 

Simon Dee etc

 

You put etc

 

Simon Dee etc

Launch 1405

Poem:

WITHNAIL-YET-ME-TOO-

OH-YES

My grey-blue eyes

reflected the sky.

Came the rain-clouds

for Withnail and I.

He'd his pretentions.

What an actor he.

I had my intentions.

Now read my poetry.

Now read my poetry,

yes read my poetry.

Sun shone not again

for Withnail, but for me.

Launch 1404

Song Lyric: 

MEN AND MICE

You could be Speedy Gonzalis

You could be Super Soree

known to us as Mighty Mouse

Hey listen to my story

 

Mice can be heroes if they try

Mice can be heroes and even fly

Mice etc

 

Stand up for your rights

Don't go leave it to others

Where would we all be

if no one really bothered?

 

Mice etc etc

 

You could etc

 

Mice etc etc

 

should be elder woman not elfer Mark!!

Launch 1403

Song Lyric:

COUGAR CANYON

She's a puma in pumps

She's a woman of stealth

and she stalks the boys

'cos they are full of health

They don't seem to complain

though her friends call it filth

 

No she's never turned down

No not by any-a-one

The young men happily lie down

in Cougar Canyon

 

Wow, a puma in pumps

The boys she can out-run

She's the elfer woman

They're the young bits of fun

Don't you tell their girlfriends

they'll be out with a shotgun!!

 

No etc

Rpt. 1st verse

No etc

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