Episode 3 Singer-Songwriters at the BBC

# When the sun

# Goes to bed

# That's the time

# You raise your head

# That's your lot in life, Lalena

# Can't blame ya

# Lalena

# Arty tart, la-de-da

# Can your part

# Ever get much sadder?

# That's your lot in life

# Lalena

# Can't blame ya

# Lalena

# With your days

# Of misery

# And your nights

# Of reverie

# That's your lot in life

# Lalena

# Can't blame ya

# Lalena

# When the sun goes to bed

# That's the time

# You raise your head

# That's your lot in life

# Lalena

# Can't blame ya

# Lalena

# Arty tart

# Oh, so la-de-da

# Can your part

# Ever get much sadder?

# It's your lot in life

# Lalena

# Can't blame ya

# Lalena. #

APPLAUSE

# What a day for a daydream

# What a day for a daydreamin' boy

# And I'm lost in a daydream

# Dreamin' 'bout my bundle of joy

# And even if time ain't really on my side

# It's one of those days for taking a walk outside

# I'm blowin' the day to take a walk in the sun

# And fall on my face on somebody's new-mowed lawn

# I've been having a sweet dream

# I been dreamin' since I woke up today

# It's starring me and my sweet dream

# Cos she's the one make me feel this way

# And even if time is passing me by a lot

# I couldn't care less about the dues you say I got

# Tomorrow I'll pay the dues for dropping my load

# A pie in the face for being a sleepy bull toad! #

HE WHISTLES THE MELODY

Whistle along with me!

WHISTLES

Just whistle anything.

# And you can be sure that if you're feelin' right

# A daydream will last you long into the night

# Tomorrow at breakfast you may pick up your ears

# Or you may be daydreaming for a thousand years

# What a day for a daydream

# Custom-made for a daydreamin' boy

# And I'm lost in a daydream

# Dreamin' 'bout my bundle of joy... #

HE WHISTLES THE MELODY

APPLAUSE

# Now I got a gal at the head of the creek

# And I'm goin' up to see her about two times a week

# Kiss her in the mouth Sweet as any wine

# Wrap herself around me like a sweet potato vine

# I'm going up Cripple Creek Going in a run

# Going up Cripple Creek to have a little fun

# Going up Cripple Creek Going in a whirl

# Going up Cripple Creek to see my girl

# Now the girls up Cripple Creek about half-grown

# Jump on a boy like a dog on a bone

# Roll my britches up to my knees

# Wade ol' Cripple Creek whenever I please

# I'm going up Cripple Creek Going in a run

# Going up Cripple Creek to have a little fun

# Going up Cripple Creek Going in a whirl

# Going up Cripple Creek to see my girl. #

# All my friends

# Are travellers

# We don't often get to meet

# But I know they're out there somewhere

# And knowing keeps me sweet

# Now, some go out in limousines

# And some leave on their feet

# And I never really feel

# As if they're gone

# No, I never really feel

# As if they're gone

# Amanda's like my sister

# And she's out there in LA

# But the wings of love fly straight and true

# So we keep in touch that way

# Now there's other friends less sensitive

# I guess they'll use the phone someday

# And we watch the wheels of life

# Keep spinning on

# Yes, we watch the wheels of life

# Keep spinning on

# Now, the chain of love keeps growing

# And the world keeps getting small

# And soon there won't be room enough

# To separate us all

# When the voice of love grows strong enough

# It could break down any wall

# You'll hear it call

# You'll hear it call

# Now, sometimes when I look ahead

# I could cry at what I see

# Some say it's an easy road

# But it never was for me

# The damage is not half undone

# And we've all got dues to pay

# But we get the help we need

# Along the way

# Mmm

# Yes, the light keeps growing stronger

# Every day

# Every day

# Growing stronger

# The chain of love

# Gets a little bit longer

# Every day. #

APPLAUSE

# In the waking hours of some not-too-distant morning

# You'll come walking barefoot through this cowboy mind

# Selling yesterday's dreams wrapped in tomorrow's papers

# Whistlin' for a dog named Kindness that you'll never find

# It's a cold

# Hard

# World, love

# These are cold, hard times

# These are cold, hard times

# Standin' in some narrow space you'll hear your mother crying

# For the thoughts she had and didn't use

# And now they're gone

# And your father's still out back He's sellin' and he's buyin'

# There's nothin' he can give you cos he's never once been wrong

# It's a cold

# Hard

# World, love

# These are cold, hard times

# These are cold, hard times

# I heard my brother died last week or was that just a rumour?

# From an overdose of hate taken in his vein

# I heard the preachers say God must have a sense of humour

# Cos when he died they didn't even put him in the grave

# It's a cold

# Hard

# World, love

# These are cold, hard times

# These are cold, hard times

# These are cold, hard times. #

APPLAUSE

# What good is that happy lie

# All you wanted from the start was to cry now

# It looks like another fall

# Your friends They don't seem to help at all now

# When you're feeling kind of cold and small

# Just call on your rainy day man

# It does you no good to pretend, child

# You made a hole much too big to mend now

# And it looks like you lose again, my friend

# So call on your rainy day man

# Rainy day man He don't like sunshine

# He don't chase no rainbows He don't need good times

# Grey days rolling Then you'll see him

# Empty feeling but now you need him

# All those noble thoughts They don't belong

# You can't hide the truth with a happy song

# And since you knew where you stood all along

# Won't you go on home and call on your rainy day man?

# Simple pleasures They all evade you

# Store-bought treasures Ain't none can save you, no, now

# Look for signs to ease the pain

# Ask again, child

# Pray for rain

# Looks like another fall now

# Your good friends They don't seem to help at all now

# When you're feeling kind of cold and small, yeah

# Just look up your rainy day man

# All I need is just to call on my rainy day man

# I better look up my rainy day man

# Da, da, da-de-da, da

# Da, da, da

# Da-da da, da, da-da

# Ba, doo-we-doo, doop

# Doop, doop, doop

# Do-do, do-do, do-do

# Do, do, do

# It's time to call on my rainy day man. #

APPLAUSE

# Tonight you're mine completely

# You give your love so sweetly

# Tonight the light of love is in your eyes

# But will you love me tomorrow?

# Is this a lasting treasure

# Or just a moment's pleasure?

# Can I believe the magic of your sighs?

# Will you still love me tomorrow?

# Tonight with words unspoken

# You say that I'm the only one

# But will my heart be broken

# Oh, now, now

# When the night meets the morning sun

# I'd like to know that your love

# Is love I can be sure of

# So tell me now

# And I won't ask again

# Will you still love me tomorrow? #

APPLAUSE

# This time we almost made

# The pieces fit

# Ah, didn't we, girl?

# This time we almost made some sense of it

# Oh, yes

# Didn't we, girl?

# This time

# I had the answer

# Right here in my hand

# Then I touched it and

# It had turned to sand

# This time we almost sang our song in tune

# Oh, didn't we, girl?

# This time we almost made it

# To the moon, oh now

# Didn't we, girl?

# This time we almost made

# Our poem rhyme

# Yes, and this time

# We almost made that

# Long, hard climb

# Didn't we almost make it

# This time?

# Didn't we

# This time

# Didn't we, girl?

# This time

# Didn't we? #

APPLAUSE

# I just came in off the street

# Looking for somewhere to eat

# I find a small cafe

# See a girl, then I say

# May I

# Sit and stare at you

# For a while?

# I'd like

# The company

# Of your smile if you don't mind

# You don't have to say a thing

# Cos you're the song without the sing

# The sunlight in your hair

# You look so good just sitting there

# May I

# Sit and stare at you

# For a while?

# You know I'd like

# The company

# Of your smile

# Smile a while... #

# I just came in off the street

# Looking for somewhere to eat

# I find a small cafe

# I see a girl and then I say

# May I

# Sit and stare at you

# For a while?

# I'd like

# The company

# Of your smile

# May I

# Sit and stare at you

# Just a little while

# Yes, I'd like, mmm

# The company

# Of your smile

# That's all I want. #

# Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane

# I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain

# Oh, and I can see Daniel waving goodbye

# Oh, it looks like Daniel

# Must be the clouds in my eyes

# They say Spain is pretty though I've never been

# Daniel says it's the best place he's ever seen

# Oh, and he should know He's been there enough

# Oh, I miss Daniel

# Oh, I miss him so much

# Oh oh oh

# Daniel, my brother You are older than me

# Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal?

# Your eyes have died But you see more than I

# Daniel, you're a star in the face of the sky

# Oh oh oh

# Daniel, my brother You are older than me

# Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal?

# Your eyes have died But you see more than I

# Daniel, you're a star In the face of the sky

# Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane

# I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain, oh

# And I can see Daniel waving goodbye

# God, it looks like Daniel

# Must be the clouds in my eyes

# Oh, God, it looks like Daniel

# Must be the clouds in my eyes. #

APPLAUSE

# This nine pound hammer Is a little too heavy

# Buddy, for my size, size, size Buddy, for my size

# Going on the mountain Just to see my baby

# And I ain't comin' back No, I ain't comin' back

# So roll on, buddy Don't you roll so slow

# Tell me how can I roll, roll, roll When the wheels don't go?

# Roll on, buddy Pull your load of coal

# Tell me how can I pull When the wheels don't go?

# Well, it's a long way to Harlem It's a long way to Hazard

# Just to get a little brew, brew, brew

# Just to get a little brew

# And when I'm long gone You can make my tombstone

# Out of number nine coal Out of number nine coal

# So roll on, buddy Don't you roll so slow

# Tell me how can I roll, roll, roll When the wheels don't go?

# Hey, roll on, buddy Pull your load of coal

# Tell me how can I pull When the wheels won't go?

# Tell me how can I roll, roll, roll When the wheels won't go?

# Tell me how can I roll, roll, roll When the wheels won't go? #

And this one is a little song

dedicated to a lady who sings in a band called Steeleye Span.

Er, that's not her name, actually, her name is Maddy Prior.

And this is a song dedicated to her immaculate dancing.

And it's called When Maddy Dances.

# Doesn't it move you just a little bit

# And if you watch I'll take the chances

# That it will lift your heart a little bit

# Oh, well, I mean when Maddy dances

# Look at her stepping sure and lightly

# Oh, I do swear you must be sleeping

# If she don't lift your heart just slightly

# Oh, well, I mean when Maddy's dancing

# Oh, well, I mean when Maddy's dancing

# Clear the stage just a little Let that lady move around

# Play the right kind of music To get her one inch off of the ground

# Look at her stepping sure and lightly

# I do swear you must be sleeping

# If she don't lift your heart just slightly

# Oh, well, I mean when Maddy's dancing

# Oh, well, I mean when Maddy's dancing

# Clear the stage just a little

# Oh, let that lady move around

# Play the right kind of music

# To get her one inch off of the ground

# Look at her stepping sure and lightly

# I do swear you must be sleeping

# If she don't move your heart just slightly

# Well, I mean, when Maddy's dancing

# Oh, well, I mean when Maddy's dancing. #

# Oh yeah

# In these days of changing ways So-called liberated days

# A story comes to mind of a friend of mine

# Georgie-boy was gay, I guess Nothing more or nothing less

# The kindest guy I ever knew

# His mother's tears fell in vain

# The afternoon George tried to explain

# That he needed love like all the rest

# Pa said, There must be a mistake How can my son not be straight

# After all I've said and done for him?

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-ooh-ooh

# Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus Cast out by the ones he loves

# A victim of these gay days it seems

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-ooh-ooh

# Georgie went to New York town Where he quickly settled down

# And soon became the toast of the Great White Way

# Accepted by Manhattan's elite And all the places that were chic

# No party was complete without George

# Along the boulevards he'd cruise And all the old queens blew a fuse

# Everybody loved Georgie-boy... #

HE WHISTLES THE MELODY

# The last time I saw George alive

# Was in the summer of '75

# He said he was in love I said I'm pleased

# George attended the opening night

# Of another Broadway hype

# But split before the final curtain fell

# Deciding to take a short cut home

# Arm in arm they meant no wrong

# A gentle breeze blew down Fifth Avenue

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-ooh-ooh

# Out of a darkened side street came a New Jersey gang with just one aim

# To roll some innocent passer-by

# There ensued a fearful fight Screams rang out in the night

# Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone

# A leather kid, a switchblade knife He did not intend to take his life

# He just pushed his luck a little too far that night

# The sight of blood dispersed the gang

# A crowd gathered The police came

# An ambulance screamed to a halt on Fifty-third and Third

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-ooh-ooh

# Georgie's life ended there but I ask who really cares?

# George once said to me and I quote

# He said never wait or hesitate Get in, kid, before it's too late

# You may never get another chance

# Cos youth's a mask but it don't last

# Live it long and live it fast Georgie was a friend of mine

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-ooh-ooh

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do

# Do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-ooh-ooh

# Oh, Georgie, stay

# Don't go away

# Georgie, please stay

# You take our breath away

# Oh, Georgie, stay

# Don't go away

# Georgie, please stay

# You take our breath away

# Oh, Georgie, stay

# Don't go away. #

APPLAUSE

# He was born on a summer day 1951

# And with the slap of a hand he had landed as an only son

# His mother and father said what a lovely boy

# We'll teach him what we learned Oh, yes, just what we learned

# We'll dress him up warmly and we'll send him to school

# It'll teach him how to fight to be nobody's fool

# Oh, oh, what a lonely boy

# Oh, what a lonely boy

# Oh, what a lonely boy

# In the summer of '53 his mother brought him a sister

# And she told him we must attend to her needs

# She's so much younger than you

# Well, he ran down the hall and he cried

# Oh, how could his parents have lied?

# When they said he was their only son

# He thought he was their only one

# Oh, oh, what a lonely boy

# Oh, what a lonely boy

# Oh, what a lonely boy

# Goodbye, Mama

# Goodbye to you

# Goodbye, Papa

# I'm pushin' on through

# He left home on a winter day 1969

# And he left to find all the love he had lost in that earlier time

# Well, his sister grew up and she married a man

# He gave her a son Oh, yes, a lovely son

# They dressed him up warmly They sent him to school

# It taught him how to fight to be nobody's fool

# Oh, oh, what a lonely boy

# Oh, what a lonely boy

# Oh, what a lonely boy

# Whoa, oh, oh, oh what a lonely boy

# Oh, what a lonely boy

# Oh, what a lonely boy. #

Thank you.

# It's a slow-motion night in the hot city lights

# Past time when the good folks are snoring in bed

# On a loose-jointed cruise to recolour your blues

# With illegal notions alive

# Alive in your head

# And you're back from some war that you've been fighting for

# Some old blue-blood bastard in a dark pinstripe suit

# And the word from your loins has your mind in your groin

# And your back pocket burning with blood

# With blood money loot

# And you walk past the glow of the flicker-picture shows

# Where the raincoat men wait for a child to come by

# And the women in doorways who have nothing to say

# Cos your money is talking to the ones that you would try

# And she owns the block with the dead pawnshop clock

# She's the answer to dreams that you pay to come true

# She's got no heart of gold but that's not what she's sold

# She just sees herself doing what she

# What she has to do

# And she's all that you're hoping as her coat falls open

# Give her bread she leads you to a bed on the floor

# Where for ten million years and through ten billion tears

# The armies of bootmen

# Have marched back from their wars

# She's in that state of grace before time finds her face

# With a mind of old wisdoms and a body still young

# And she tastes as sweet as a child's chocolate treat

# Before the butts and the whisky have wasted

# The taste of your tongue

# Oh, play the music again

# Of the grey-stubble men

# That groaning blue symphony moans evermore

# And you watch as she fakes it and of course you just take it

# She's better than others

# You never paid your money for

# You've used up your booty The girl's done her duty

# The turnstile has turned and you learn you are done

# You're back on your street Joining fresh marching feet

# You see more soldiers coming and your girl chooses one

# And the medic has brought shots for what you have caught

# Your leave is all over You're back on the line

# And you joke in the trenches of the hot-blooded wenches

# And the things that you'll do

# When they next give you the time

# And you're back in your army Back shedding red blood

# And you dream of the girl as you sleep in the mud

# And you know you'd swap with her if the deal could be made

# Cos you'd rather be working at love

# At love as your trade. #

# Well, the sun is surely sinking down

# But the moon is slowly rising

# So this old world must still be spinning round

# And I still love you

# So close your eyes

# You can close your eyes It's all right

# I don't know no love songs

# And I can't sing the blues any more

# But I can sing this song

# You can sing this song when I'm gone

# Won't be long before another day

# We're gonna have a good time

# No-one's gonna take that time away

# You can stay as long as you like

# So close your eyes

# You can close your eyes It's all right

# I don't know no love songs

# And I can't sing the blues any more

# Ah, but I can sing this song

# And you can sing this song when I'm gone. #

# If you kissed the sun right out of the sky for me

# And if you told me all the lies that I deserve

# If you laid right down and you died for me

# I couldn't love you more

# I couldn't love you more

# I just couldn't love you more

# If you took my share of all of the blame for me

# If you showed me all the ways you had to cry

# If you laid all night in the rain for me

# I couldn't love you more

# I couldn't love you more

# I just couldn't love you more

# If you kissed the sun right out of the sky for me

# If you told me all the lies that I deserve

# If you laid right down and you died for me

# I couldn't love you more

# I couldn't love you more

# I couldn't love you more

# I couldn't love you more. #