Underneath the Colours

Keep that biting lip
Know what I mean
Sweat upon the brow
That's what I want

Stay young
Just this once
I want to be good value
I want to see in the dark
I want to win with you

Hard edged thinker
Know what I mean
Fevered opinions
That's what I want

Stay young
Stay young
Just this once

Watch the world go go
It'll spin 'til it stops
People gonna fly off
When they turn it off

It's the way we walk down the road
Without care for the good news
As the rain plays games with our feet
Well I do hope it's not too free

Everything's closed and I need a smoke
A serious habit treat it like a joke
Listen now let me get this straight
To be a man you need a fate

You look strange when you're laughing
Uneasy with your moron's smile
Slow motion see-saw ride
My mind's not on it but you gotta try

There's this place full of mountain heads
Living and chewing upon the fat
Built upon the hazy plan
Like foundations slipping through the sand

Long teeth and whiskers like a rat
Fearing only those present
They got zero emotion
And everybody's fed up with that

Warm outside but very cold within
Followed and praised for many years
They got all the promotions
Isn't that the way it's always been

History's written always red
Its pages are painful and clear
It's so full of devotion
Makes you wonder where it could have led

Put the lights out
Fair weather ahead
These strange new creatures
They won't be led

I've come a long way by car
The road went narrow
The bridges too far
Screaming at 90
Whisper at 10
Feel the towns make you spend

Another city phone rings
Letting tears come through
Mixed among feelings
Fed on your body
Fed on your mind
Works that always remind

Closed eyes and no more breathing
A trick I had played
To scare the living
She laughs at my game
Questions if I'm sane
And all we can do is grin

Look see the story
What would you do
All the facts before me
What would you do

Back in time where fear can't climb
Warm and safe with a nursery rhyme
They will put your feet in very hot water
With your senses in a cloud
You make them rich and very proud

All those years of learning
Just to learn again

No talk of love or jungle law
The tender heart we will ignore
And once again and once too often
The misled aims of twisted teachers
Turns your life and face and features

I've come to see your honesty
And ideal plans and security
Softly the voices are speaking to me
Your fault son that you've been done
Now your lessons have just begun