KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - ALBUM: Siren
1969
Ze-Ze-Ze-Ze
(Kevin
Coyne/Dave Clague/NickCudworth)
Well
ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze baby won't you tell me your name, yeah (x2)
I've
got a funny little feeling and it's going right to my brain
Ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze
there's a mountain on the top of my head (there is)
Ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze
there's a mountain on the top of my head (right)
I keep
on wondering, sometimes I wish I was dead (it's true)
Ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze
this pain is breaking me down, down and down
Ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze
this pain is breaking me down
I'm like
an old scrapped vehicle, can't turn my wheels around (oh that's right)
Well
ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze, come on
Oh like
a bee
Oh you
strung me baby, oh it's true, oh right through the heart
Ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze
baby won't you tell me your name (x2)
You know
this funny little feeling's getting on top of my brain
Well
ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze I'm gonna write a letter to you (oh yeah)
Ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze
I'm gonna write a letter to you
Well,
declaring my love and telling you I love you
Ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze-ze
hoping everything goes right (x2)
Well
I fancy you around me everyday and every night and every night
Oh yeah
Well
here comes that bee again oh yeah, stinging me right through, it's on top
of my head
Wake
up my Children
(Kevin
Coyne/Dave Clague/NickCudworth)
Wake
up my children (x3)
Your
daddy is coming home (x3)
Your
daddy is on his way
Wake
up my children
Look
out your windows
Wake
up my children
Your
daddy is home from the war (x2)
He's
at the door now
Coming
nearer and nearer
Wake
up my children
I said
wake up my children yeah
Wake
up my children
He's
only a few hours away
He's
only a few days away
He's
only a few years away
Only
a century away
Wake
up my children (x3)
Your
daddy's never coming (x3)
You know
he's gone for good now
Wake
up my children
Wake
up my children yeah
Wake
up my children
Be nice
for your daddy
Put away
those baddies
Be nice
for your daddy
Do away
with baddies
Wake
up my children yeah
You must
see my chidren
There's
no more fighting
yes
Your
daddy is coming home (x4)
Wasting
my Time
(Kevin
Coyne/Dave Clague/NickCudworth)
Nights
and days I waited for you
Waited
for your love so true
Chorus:
But I'm wasting my time, yes I'm just loosing my mind.
I'm stuck
here with misery
Your
love dear could set me free
Chorus
Well
I'm waiting in windows
Waiting
in doors
Walking
across those bedroom floors
Chorus
Well
give me a chance
or give me a break
How much more
can a poor boy take
Chorus
Well
I'm drunk as can be
Your
love could set me free
I need,
yes I do, a loving so true
Chorus
Well
can't you understand I need you so
I never
want to let you go
Chorus
Well
I need you baby more and more
But last
time darling slammed the door
And I'm
wasting my time, yes I'm just loosing my mind
Well
I'm pleading sweetheart don't let me down
I need
you baby, need you around
Chorus
Oh yeah,
that's right, it's true
Sixteen
Women
(Kevin
Coyne/Dave Clague/NickCudworth)
Oh
yeah, oh, alright
Well
sixteen women live in my home town
You know
that sixteen women live in my home town
Fifteen
love me, the other tries to put me down
My mother
hates me, she don't call my name (x2)
Everything
that happens, she says I'm to blame
When
I go home, I take my bag and I rest (x2)
Well
I talk to my sister and get things off my chest
Well
Mabel loves me, Lucille hates my name
You know
Mabel loves me, Lucille hates my name
My father's
crazy, he's about half insane
Sixteen
women live in my home town (x2)
Fifteen
love me, the other tries to put me down
Sixteen
women live in my home town (x2)
Fifteen
love me, the other tries to put me down
First time I Saw your Face (Kevin Coyne/Dave Clague/Nick Cudworth)
First time I saw your face
Oh what a lovely face
What a face and what a smile
For me, yeah, yeah yeah
A wonderland of light and blue
Oh baby when I met you
What a smile and full of love
For me yeah yeah yeah
First time I saw your face
I saw that state of grace
A perfect dream just walking by
For me yeah, yeah, yeah
The finest dream for ever more
You opened all the doors
Now I know I have all your love and it's real
Yeah, yeah, yeah
First time I saw your face
I saw our first embrace
Held you close from across the room
And it was real
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You went on floating by
I saw that look in your eye
It was love and real love that I could feel
(repeat verses 1, 2 & 3)
(transcription by Jim Phelan - thanks)
Gardener
Man
(Kevin
Coyne/Dave Clague/NickCudworth)
I'm
the man in your garden
I'm the
man who grows the fruit
Come
along with me baby
Pick
a fruit that suits
I've
got some apples
I've
got some pears
Come
on and take a bite
You can
have your share
Cause
I'm your gardener man
Well
I'm your gardener man
Yes I'm
your gardener man
I'm you
G-A-R-D-E-N-E-R
I'm your
gardener man
Well
come down to my cottage
There's
roses outside the door
It's
such a nice cottage
You'll
want to go there some more
Well
come into my green house
It ain't
too hot
Come
on have a look at these tropical plants
Come
see what I've got
Cause
I'm your gardener man
Sweet
gardener man
Yes I'm
your gardener man
I'm you
G-A-R-D-E-N-E-R
I'm your
gardener man
Never
mind the weather
You can
come inside
I have
all the plants out here
I won't
take you for a ride
Come
join me in my garden
I'm your
best friend
I wanna
be your gardener man until the end
Cause
I'm your gardener man
Well
I'm your gardener man
Sweet
gardener man
I'm your
gardener man
I'm you
G-A-R-D-E-N-E-R
I'm your
gardener man (x2)
I'm you
G-A-R-D-E-N-E-R
Your
gardener man (x2)
And
I Wonder
(Kevin
Coyne/NickCudworth)
You
used to love me and you used to breathe my name
Now you
don't love me and I think the sun's to blame
You found
a rich man and he's got an fancy yacht
Chorus:
And I wonder, yes I wonder, I wonder do you need me?
I know
I'm a poor man but I should be given a chance
I used
to hold you close down at the Palais de Dance
Now I'm
crying and you don't even care
Chorus
I'm a
loving wreck and I'm waiting waiting time
Just
to wait for a letter, waiting for a line
I'm struck
here baby down by the Serpentine
Chorus
London's
a dreary place when there ain't no place to go
People
just seat around and they don't talk to me no more
I'm lonely,
ragged, sad and blue
Chorus
War
is Over
(Kevin
Coyne/Dave Clague)
War
is over baby
The fighting's
all done
You can
put away baby big machine gun
War is
over
No use
for fighting anymore, anymore baby, no, no
War is
over
Ain't
no use for fighting anymore
You can
hang up your gloves baby
Thery're
ain't no champion no more
You can
go away baby
Lock
your old back door
Take
a holiday somewhere
Somewhere
'cross the sea, 'cross the sea, without me baby
The war
is over baby
It's
over baby for you and me
oh yeah
You can ground
the aeroplane
Put away the
kites
You can take
everything about
You can put
away the search lights
You don't
need no camouflage
You don't
need, no, no, no, you need nothing baby
The war is
over baby
Ain't no use
for fighting anymore, oh it's all done now, oh yes
It's over
baby, yes it's over baby, it's over
The war is
over baby, over baby yeah, over baby yeah
Ain't no use
for fighting no
Stuff away
your maching gun
Put it somewhere
I won't peek
Asylum
(Kevin
Coyne/Nick Cudworth)
Can
you hear me?
I'm talking to you
Can you
hear me?
I'm breathing to you
I live
in a yellow room with yellow walls, yellow house with yellow doors
Can you
hear me?
I'm talking to you
Can you
see me?
Can you see my eyes?
Do
you notice me when you're riding by?
I live
in a great big park where it's always dark
With the fences high and the birds
are dying
Can you
hope to see?
Can you
hope to feel?
Can you
hope to touch?
Do you
know I'm real?
Live
in a yellow room, yellow house, yellow doors, yellow everything you see
Can you
hear me?
(x3)
Am I
just waisting time?
I've
told you all I know
I've
given you all the views
There's
no more to show
I'm waiting
here
I'm captured
here
And the
gates are closed
I can't
stand no more
I
live in a yellow room, yellow house with yellow doors, yellow everything
And the
trees are talking (x2)
And the
bushes they got fleas
(x2)
I
Wonder Where
(Kevin
Coyne/Nick Cudworth)
Looking
down the road, what do I see?
Two old
ladies walking up to me
You know
one is black and one is white
I
wonder what they're gonna do tonight
Looking
out across the field
The sun
acting like a rainbow shield
Two bull
calves coming up to me
You know
one is blue and one is green (what's happening?)
I wonder
where they're going to
I wonder
what they're gonna do tonight
Looking
with my one eye across the yard
Looking
with one eye's awful hard
But with
my one good eye, I see
Two great
demons looking at me
I wonder
where they're going do tonight
I wonder
what they're doing tonight
If I
seem nosey, I don't mean to be
If I
seem curious, I don't mean to be
It's
just that I love everything I see
I just
want to know (x2)
What
they're doing tonight
I see
myself and I see my wife
You know
she's the darling of my life
I wonder
where she's going to
She's
disappearing out of my view
I
wonder where she's going tonight
See the
house upon the hill
I see
the trees they're all so still
I see
my wife climbing up the path
See her
turn and see her laugh
I wonder
what she's doing there
I wonder
what she's doing tonight
I wonder
why, I do
I see
my friend, my friend Rufus, he opens the door
I see
him look around and then look some more
Looking
to see who's looking at him
Looking
to see who's being nosey
Oh I
see my wife go in the house
See the
curtains drawing
And I
wonder what they're doing there (x2)
Wonder
what they're doing tonight
I see
my wife she's walking home
Twirling her
bonnet, she's all alone
I see
a man with a great big knife
Push
the blade into my wife
I see
that man he runs away
Over
the hills and far away
I wonder
where he's running to
I wonder
where he's going tonight
I wonder
where he's running to
I wonder
where he's going tonight
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