TOMORROW TODAY - LIVE IN JAPAN '93

AT THE VERY MENTION OF YOUR NAME

At the very mention of your name

I get shivers down my back and in my brain

The parts that used to function normally

Are now as you can see

Acting very strange

At the very mention of your name

Don't know why but if I were tied up in chains

I would somehow be released

All problems too would cease

My heart would never feel no pain

At the very mention of your name

At the very moment you arrive

I stop living and I start to feel alive

You have the power that's taken over me

Led me to believe

Call it what you like

At the very moment you arrive

I suspect that I will pinch myself to find

That it really isn't true

It really can't be you

Walking up the garden drive

At the very moment you arrive

And although it's been said well over a thousand times

Here's a thousand more

Will you still be mine forever and evermore?

At the very mention of your name

What am I to do and who am I to blame

The effect upon my life can only be described

A bit like being hit by a train

At the very mention of your name

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CAME TO SEE ME YESTERDAY

If I ask you politely

What it is you're going to be

When you grow up you tell me a woman

Came to see me yesterday

In the merry month of September

I took a trip to see

All the things I was going to be

A famous movie star

With a two hundred foot car

That will only carry two people

Came to see me yesterday

In the merry month of July

I'll  fly anywhere you want me to

Just tell me when and

You won't mind if I don't find

What I am looking for

What I am looking for

Is a bicycle made for one

Hundred people to sit on

Plus a carriage made for two people

Came to see me yesterday

In the merry month of July

I'll  fly anywhere you want me to

Just tell me when and

You won't mind if I don't find

What I am looking for

What I am looking for

Is a bicycle made for one

Hundred people to sit on

Plus a carriage made for two people

Came to see me yesterday

In the merry month of marching

Side by side and back to back

I think it's fair to say that's that

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NOTHING RHYMED

If I give up the seat I've been saving

To some elderly lady or man

Am I being a good boy

Am I your pride and joy

Mother please if you're pleased say I am

And if while in the course of my duty

I perform an unfortunate take

Would you punish me so unbelievably so

Never again will I make that mistake

This feeling inside me could never deny me

The right to be wrong if I choose

And this pleasure I get

From say winning a bet is to lose

When I'm drinking my Bonaparte Shandy

Eating more than enough apple pies

Will I glance at my screen and see

Real human beings starve to death

Right in front of my eyes

Nothing old, nothing new, nothing ventured

Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost

Nothing further than proof, nothing wilder than youth

Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine

Nothing physically, recklessly, hopelessly blind

Nothing I couldn't say

Nothing why, 'cause today

Nothing rhymed

This feeling inside me could never deny me

The right to be wrong if I choose

And this pleasure I get

From say winning a bet is to lose

Nothing good, nothing bad, nothing ventured

Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost

Nothing further than proof, nothing wilder than youth

Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine

Nothing physically, recklessly, hopelessly blind

Nothing I couldn't say

Nothing why, 'cause today

Nothing rhymed

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I WISH I COULD CRY

Day by day

Someone we really love

Seems to feel the pain

We're always thinking of

But you know

If only we were the men

That we're supposed to be

It wouldn't happen again

I wish I could cry

I wish I could cry

I wish I could cry today

I wish I could die

I wish I could die

I do wish I'd die away

Now I fear

We must accept the fact

That what happened here

Was simply a vicious act

And you know

I just can't help wondering how

Long it will be before

Somebody else must bow

I wish I could cry

I wish I could cry

I wish I could cry today

I wish I could die

I wish I could die

I do wish I'd die away

I wish I could cry

I wish I could cry

I wish I could cry today

I wish I could die

I wish I could die

I do wish I'd die away

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NO MATTER HOW I TRY

No matter how I try

I just can't say goodbye

No matter what you say hey

Looks like I'm here to stay

No matter where I go

I don't know if you know

But everywhere we've been

I'm kept in quarantine

It's easy to see why

She's over six foot five

I'm only five feet two

Is there a tyre somewhere

That might take me as a spare?

Is there a bank in town

That might cash me as a pound?

Is there a place you know

Where I can up and go

It's easy to see why

She's over six foot five

I'm only five feet two

Is there a tyre somewhere

That might take me as a spare?

Is there a bank in town

That might cash me as a pound?

Is there a place you know

Where I can up and go

I remember our first anniversary

It was one of those occasions where believe you me

I would rather have been held ransom at the point of a gun

Then to suffer indignation for something I hadn't done

No matter how I try

I just can't say goodbye

No matter what you say

Looks like I'm here to stay

Looks like I'm here to stay

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WE WILL

It's over now, you've had your fun

Get up them stairs go on quickly don't run

Take off your shoes the both of you's 

And leave them down outside the door

Turn the landing light off, no wait, leave it on it

It might make the night that much easier to be gone

And in the morning who'll be wide awake

And eating snow flakes oh as opposed to those flakes

(We will) we will (we will) we will

That afternoon we spend the day

With uncle Frank (remember?) and his wife auntie May

Well do you know since then I've received

Up to four letters all of which repeat the same, yeah yeah yeah

They say thrilled to bits, can't believe you came

We've relived it both over time and time again

And if there's ever a chance of even half

You might be our way would you promise to stay

(We will) we will (we will) we will

Yeah yeah yeah

Its not easy pretending that you cannot hear

Once you've suffered the affliction within

It's no use in an ending

To proclaim from the start 

That the moral of the story's to begin

On Sunday next if the weather holds

We'll have that game with I bagsy being in goal

Not because I'm good or because I think I should

It's just that well at my age I think standing still

Would really suit me best do we all agree?

Hands up those who do, hands up those who don't

I see well in that case

Will we please be kind enough

If not on Sunday, to go to mass on Monday

(We will) we will (we will ) we will yeah yeah yeah (we will)

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GOT TO BE THAT WAY

Let me take you half way round the world

Better still out into space

We may be drops upon the ocean

Something of so little importance

Yet in each other's arms, it can be so great

Seeing something start and then escalate

To such dizzy heights like of which I always knew

With you, just got to be that way

If we'd only met the night before

If our paths had only crossed

How many times have people said this

When in their hearts they never meant it

You're like a breath of Spring on a Winter's day

Like the moon in June in the month of May

Can't believe my ears when I say those words to you

But I do, just got to be that way

(If only moments that we treasure)

(Could last for now until forever)

How can I put in words what I mean to say

Without it sounding so like an old cliché

What's wrong with that you ask

And the answer I conclude

With you, just got to be that way

Just got to be that way

Just got to be that way

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CLAIR

Clair, the moment I met you I swear

I felt as if something somewhere

Had happened to me

Which I couldn't see

And then

The moment I met you again

I knew in my heart that we were friends

It had to be so

It couldn't be no

But try as hard as I might do I don't know why

You get to me in a way I can't describe

Words mean so little when you look up and smile

I don't care what people say

To me you're more than a child

Oh Clair, Clair

Clair, if ever a moment so rare

Was captured for all to compare

That moment is you

In all that you do

But why in spite of our age difference do I cry

Each time I leave you I feel I could die

Nothing means more to me than hearing you say

"I'm going to marry you

Will you marry me Uncle Ray?"

Oh Clair, Clair

Clair, I've told you before

Don't you dare

Get back into bed

Can't you see that it's late

No you can't have a drink

Oh, all right then but wait just a bit

While I, in an effort to baby sit

Catch of my breath what there is left of it

You can be murder at this hour of the day

But in the morning this hour

Will seem a lifetime away

Oh Clair, Clair

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DEAR DREAM

Dear dream of mine

Am I wasting time

Thinking that you

Will be my dream come true

Dear dream I guess

If the answer is yes

What must I do

If I'm to get to you

It's not as though I haven't tried very hard

Even had myself barred

From taking a rest

But like a lot of things in life

When your down

Nothing comes round

That isn't a mess

Dear dream I pray

That you will come my way

Give me a clue

Of how to get to

Of how to get to

Of how to get to you

You've no idea what it's like to be told

Get out of those clothes

You look too bizarre

The list of don't call us

And we won't call you

Has in my view

Become too large

Dear dream of mine

Am I wasting my time

Thinking that you

Will be my dream come

Will be my dream come

Will be my dream come true

And he can't wait another day 

Sometimes he thinks he'll go insane

How can he be so close and yet so very far

Is there something that he should know

Some place maybe he can go to

In search of you

Dear dream of mine

Am I wasting my time

Thinking that you

Will be my dream come

Will be my dream come

Will be my dream come true

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HOLD ON TO WHAT YOU GOT

I've been over and I've been under

I've been through all kinds of hell

Trouble was not only my middle name

It was my first as well

Through the years all I've encountered

I've just one thing to say

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

I've been taken for far more rides

To places I've never been

Stabbed so many times in the back

I no longer feel a thing

Ask me what all this has taught me

And I'll tell you what I'll say

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Save it for a rainy day

And keep a watchful eye on anyone that tells you lies

See that it's true

You get what you're entitled to

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Save it for a rainy day

And keep a watchful eye on anyone that tells you lies

See that it's true

You get what you're entitled to

I was brought up same as you were

No different and no worse

You could be sure my mother would hit me

If I tampered with her purse

All my life has been a lesson

The most important to date

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

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MATRIMONY

I've no wish to hurry you luv

But have you seen the time

It's quarter to ten and we're supposed to be there at nine

I don't think the registrar

Will be very pleased

When we show up an hour late

Like two frozen peas

Both now facing for the first time

Presently and past

Something that begins with M

And ends in alas

More than not complete disaster

Even from the start

What could it be

It's Matrimony

I know how you've dreamt about

Being walked down the aisle

But think of the money we'll save

And you'll see it's worthwhile

It won't please our mums and dads

But they don't even know,

Besides if they did what's the betting

They wouldn't even go

You and me are all that matters

Disregard the rest

Trust your soon to be old man

He knows what is best

Very shortly now there's gonna be

An answer from you

Then one from me

That's matrimony

I'm truly grateful for the little things in life

That have made me so glad

Every other hour that I spend with you

Is not in the least bit sad

Quite the opposite in fact

And if you don't believe me

Here's the proof

Ask me if I and I'll say "Aye, I do"

You and me are all that matters

Disregard the rest

Trust your soon to be old man

He knows what is best

Very shortly now there's gonna be

An answer from you

Then one from me

That's matrimony

Marriage the joining together of two people

For better or for worse

Till death them do part

Ole!

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CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU

There's nothing in the world that I'd like more

Than to be left standing outside your door

Where perhaps I might be, asked to come in

There I could very easily demonstrate

What now appears to be my fate

You see I'm hooked on something

And it's not heroin

 I just can't get enough of you

No I can't get enough, what am I gonna do

I've tried every trick in the book that's going

Now I've decided that they're not worth knowing

My predicament is as simple as this

I'm not satisfied and the reason is

I just can't get enough of you

My experience of life so far

Has been to say the least not the least bizarre

I mean I work for a living, eight hours a day

I don't smoke or drink except for a little wine

The friends that I have are the genuine kind

I think I'm fairly rational in a moderate way

Yet I can't get enough of you

No I can't get enough, what am I gonna do

I've had other woman but they don't move me

You're the only one that can see right through me

What you've got I can't explain

Other than to tell you I have one complaint

I just can't get enough of you

I just can't get enough of you

No I can't get enough, what am I gonna do

Like Oliver Twist said when he asked for more

I happen to like what you gave me before

My condition is rather unique

I'm suffering from the world's first lovely disease

I just can't get enough of you

No I can't get enough of you

I just can't get enough of you

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NOT THAT IT BOTHERS ME

I know the difference in our ages

Is quite considerable indeed

You're almost twice as old as I am

Not that it bothers me

Not that it bothers me

And I keep your picture in my wallet

It's there so everyone can see

And those that do think your my mother

Not that it bothers me

Not that it bothers me

Love is the strangest thing

It has the power to change us

It takes a harmless sort

And makes him highly dangerous

Not that it bothers me

Not that it bothers me

People can be so cruel

I cannot understand it

Our case is odd it's true

But that's not how we planned it

I've great respect for both my parents

Without them I would not be here

They've now disowned me altogether

Not that it bothers me

Not that it bothers me

Not that it bothers me

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IT'S EASY TO SEE WHEN YOU'RE BLIND

It's easy to see when you're blind

How walks in the park are mountains to climb

And it's easy tell at a glance

How hard it must seem

 When you don't stand a chance

Let me take you out to a movie

I promise I won't spoil your view

It's easy to see when you're blind

How much this means to you

It's easy to see when you're blind

How words you can feel

Enlighten your mind

And it's easy to tell at the start

Those able to breathe

But who haven't a heart

Building roads without a pavement

Who needs to walk when a car will do

It's easy to see when you're blind

How angry this makes you

And I'm afraid for everybody's future

And I'll tell you why

Instead of common sense we'll have computers

Running our lives

Running our lives

Running our lives

And that ain't right

We have so much to distract us

Images of wealth and greed

It's easy to see when you're blind

How blind we all must be

It's easy to see when you're blind

How blind we all must be

It's easy to see when you're blind

It's easy to see when you're blind

It's easy to see when you're blind

It's easy to see when you're blind

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TOMORROW TODAY

You seem to be wanting

Everything yesterday

Always the impossible

That's what you seem to portray

Give me one good reason

Why, even if I stay

You won't walk away from me

Tomorrow today

You seem to be wanting

Everything yesterday

Why, all of a sudden

Are you acting in this way

Leave me as you found me

Astound me no more

Who cares what today's like

The morning before

(Did you ever stop to ask him)

(Where he's going)

(Has it not occurred to you)

(Without you knowing)

You're reducing me to no more

Than a wreck

I cannot stand the pace you're keeping

What's your meaning

Give me one good reason

Why, even if I stay

You won't walk away from me

Tomorrow today

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WHAT'S IN A KISS?

What's in a kiss?

Have you ever wondered just what it is

More perhaps than just a moment of bliss

Tell me what's in a kiss?

What's in a dream

Is it all the things you'd like to have been

All the places that you haven't yet seen

Tell me what's in a dream

I know it's really rather stupid of me

But I honestly don't know

Every time I try to find a solution

I'm surprised at how quickly I become so slow

What's in a kiss?

Have you ever wondered just what it is

More perhaps than just one moment of bliss

Tell me what's in a kiss?

And any time you need a light refreshment

Baby you can count on me

I am your very own delicatessen

Well equipped to supply you with your every need

Well what's in a kiss?

Have you ever wondered just what it is

More perhaps than just one moment of bliss

Tell me what's in a kiss?

Tell me what's in a kiss?

Tell me what's in a kiss?

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GET DOWN

Told you once before

And I won't tell you no more

Get down, get down, get down

You're a bad dog baby

But I still want you 'round

You give me the creeps

When you jump on your feet

So get down, get down, get down

Keep your hands to yourself

I'm strictly out of bounds

Once upon a time I drank a little wine

Was as happy as could be, happy as could be

Now I'm just like a cat on a hot tin roof

Baby what do you think you're doin' to me

Told you once before

And I won't tell you no more

So get down, get down, get down

You're a bad dog baby

But I still want you 'round around

I still want you around

aye aye aye

I don't give a damn

And I'd like you if you can to

Get down, get down, get down

You're bad dog baby

But I still want you 'round

Once upon a time I drank a little wine

Was as happy as could be, happy as could be

Now I'm just like a cat on a hot tin roof

Baby what do you think you're doin' to me

Told you once before

And I won't tell you no more

So get down, get down, get down

You're a bad dog baby

But I still want you 'round around

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ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)

In a little while from now

If I’m not feeling any less sour

I promise myself to treat myself

And visit a nearby tower

And climbing to the top will throw myself off

In an effort to make it clear to who

Ever what it’s like when you’re shattered

Left standing in the lurch at a church

Where people saying "My God, that’s tough

She's stood him up

No point in us remaining

We may as well go home"

As I did on my own

Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday

I was cheerful, bright and gay

Looking forward to well who wouldn’t do

The role I was about to play

But as if to knock me down

Reality came around

And without so much, as a mere touch

Cut me into little pieces

Leaving me to doubt

Talk about God in his mercy

Who if he really does exist

Why did he desert me in my hour of need

I truly am indeed

Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that there are more hearts

Broken in the world that can’t be mended

Left unattended

What do we do? What do we do?

Alone again, naturally

Now looking back over the years

And whatever else that appears

I remember I cried when my father died

Never wishing to hide the tears

And at sixty-five years old

My mother, God rest her soul

Couldn’t understand why the only man

She had ever loved had been taken

Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken

Despite encouragement from me

No words were ever spoken

And when she passed away

I cried and cried all day

Alone again, naturally

Alone again, naturally

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WHERE PEACEFUL WATERS FLOW

When the world you live in

Really gets you down

When you feel a pain inside you

Starting to pound

And the girl you love

She doesn't want to know

Let an old friend as a Godsend

Lead you to where peaceful waters flow

And if the day you thought

Was drawing to a close

Just drags on and on till when

Only heaven knows

And the car you bought this morning doesn't go

Let an old friend as a Godsend

Lead you to where peaceful waters flow

There you'll find

Much to your pleasure

That you haven't got a care

All the worries you had in you

Are no longer there

Take my hand and I will lead you to a place

Where the sun will warm your heart

With all of its rays

And the sky at night

Has such a magic glow

It's a feeling unbelieving

In a land where peaceful waters flow

Where you'll find

Much to your pleasure

That you haven't got a care

All the worries you had in you

Are no longer there

Follow me and I will lend you to a place

Where the sun will warm your heart

With all of its rays

And the sky at night

Has such a magic glow

It's a feeling unbelieving

In a land where peaceful waters flow

Where peaceful water flow

Take me to where peaceful waters flow (I'll take you there)

Take me back where peaceful waters flow (I'll take you there)

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ANYTIME

Anytime you need a friend

Anytime you're at an end

Call on me and I'll be there with you

Just my luck if you don't want me to

Don't leave me in a spin

You know the state I'm in, too

Anytime, anytime, anytime will do

Anytime your heart is sad

Anytime you're feeling bad

Say the word and I'll be on my way

Just my luck if I'm not home that day

It doesn't have to be

Now and forever it's true

Anytime, anytime, anytime will do

What's the use of me

Pretending I'm with you

When all I get is in effect

What in effect I knew

Don't keep me anymore

Although I'm longing for you

Anytime, anytime, anytime will do

What's the use of me

Pretending I'm with you

When all I get is I suspect

What I suspect I knew

Anytime you need a friend

Anytime you're at an end

Call on me and I'll be at your side

Just my luck if it should be denied

Don't leave me in a spin

You know the state I'm in too

It doesn't have to be

Now and forever it's true

Don't keep me anymore

When all I want is want you

Anytime, anytime, anytime will do

Anytime, anytime, anytime will do

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_{All lyrics and music by Gilbert O'Sullivan}