Us and Them

Us, and them
And after all we're only ordinary men.
Me, and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do

Forward he cried from the rear
And the front rank died

And the general sat and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side

Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who.
Up and down
But in the end it's only round and round.
 

Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside.

Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about.
With, without.
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?

Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind.
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died.

Money

Money, get away.
Get a good job with more pay and you're okay

Money, it's a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash

New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team.

Money, get back

I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, it's a hit

Don't give me that do goody good bullshit

I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet

Money, it's a crime

Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie

Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today

But if you ask for a raise it's no surprise

That they're giving none away.

Breathe (Reprise)

Home, home again

I like to be here, when I can

When I come home

Cold and tired
It's good to warm

My bones beside the fire

Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.

Time

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

Tired of lying in the sunshine

Staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long

And there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find

Ten years have got behind you

No one told you when to run

You missed the starting gun.

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter

Never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught

Or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.

Breathe

Breathe, breathe in the air.
Don't be afraid to care.
Leave but don't leave me.
Look around and choose your own ground.

Long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be.

Run, rabbit run.
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one.

For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave.