The missing lyrics for the Box Set

by **lynnmoree** Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:56 pm

I want to be haunted by the ghost
Of your precious love

by **Cranes33** Fri Dec 22, 2017 1:39 am

leadshoes wrote:
phro37 wrote:the first demo of fony (1986?) on the box set:

do'nt think i'll see another one,
???????????????
the blind will never see.
the lame don't walk with thee.
there's nothing me and you can do
nothing ??????????????

i guess pretty much all the fony demos.

Here's the best I can figure for the first Fairytale demo. Btw Cait's voice is so pretty here that I wish there was a completed (or at least closer to complete) version from this session.
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it was christmas eve, babe, in the drunk tank
an old man said to me
don't think I'll see another one
the dead stay dead they say
the blind will never see
the lame don't walk
but babe
there's nothing you and me can't do
nothing...

it's '41...?

it was a white christmas eve on the west coast of clare
I looked 'cross the ocean, asked what's over there
Billy Ryan said Cait they've got rivers of gold, and cars big as bars in the tale we've been told

it's a story that happened in new york long ago
Father Jack and me went there, it was covered with snow
said prayers in times square with some cops that we knew
then we drank tom and jerrys with the boys in blue
and the nypd choir were singing galway bay
and the bells were ringing out for christmas day

uh ssst..
frankie...and his girl Mary Ann
Had run off there together and a savin???
frankie got in with the booze running boys
and he met on jack diamond and bold Bugs Moran (prohibition-era gangsters)
father was….????

happy christmas, i love you baby
that's what the note read
a dream of yesterday.
had to pawn the ring
to get back home again
the cold wind in the bay
brings ghosts from far away.

and what a fancy song…

Made some amendments

by **linda0012** Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:11 pm

Alex wrote:What do you guys think about getting the lyrics together for the Box Set?

So far we have collected the lyrics to
- NW3 *
- Do You Believe In Magic?
- Hot Asphalt
- Maggie May
- The Travelling People
- Eve Of Destruction *
- Danny Boy
- Haunted
- North Sea Holes
- Garbo (aka In And Out)
- Afro-Cuban Be-Bop
- Pinned Down / I'm Alone In The Wilderness *
- Johnny Was *
- Miss Otis Regrets/Just One Of Those Things
- All The Tears That I Cried
- The One And Only
- Call My Name
- Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do
- Johnny Come Lately
- Boat Train (demo) *
- Night Train To Lorca (demo)
- Black Dogs Ditch (haha)
- The Rocky Road To Dublin
- Something Wild
- The Mistlethrush *
- Murder *
- FONY (demo) *
- Driving Through the City *
- The Last Of McGee *

* = needs some editing

Still missing:
- Nicaraqua Libré
- Who Said Romance Is Dead
- Sound Of The City Night

Well work by you here. i really appreciate your efforts here.

by **Maggs** Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:11 pm

Hi - wanted to talk to you about your post on Fairytale being a song that makes your cry. It's for a radio programme.Please could you drop me an email if you get this? maggersayre@gmail.com - Thanks

by **leadshoes** Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:54 am

I just noticed that "Who Said Romance is Dead" hasn't had any attempts, so here's my shot at it.
Feel free to fix anything.

Someone said romance is dead
But I'm afraid that I don't agree
If you've a heart of lead
And a hole in your head
You're so blind that you can't see
There's a fire burns
As the world turns
Lights up our dreams

Who else said romance is dead?
Come take a walk with me
Sha la la, la la la, la la lee

I spray your name on the side of a train
Watch lovers kiss in the final frame
A silhouette dancing in a window pane
Love is a burning flame
The girl on a runway waiting for a plane
Is sweeter than the locket on a golden chain
Lights awake down a misty lane
See a rainbow every time it rains.

Love on a left bank, a saxophone sighed
Drifting on a reed around midnight
Wrapped up in the sunset glowing outside
Alone on a deep end in the pink twilight
Snowflakes falling in the Christmas lights
Stars in heaven burning bright
A football flight on the front of the night
The roar of a crowd red and white

Someone said romance is dead
Well I'm afraid that I don't agree
If you've a heart of lead
And a hole in your head
You're so blind that you can't see
There's a fire burns
As the world turns
Lights up our dreams
Who else said romance is dead?
Come take a walk with me
Sha la la, la la la, la la lee
Sha la la, la la la, la la lee

Flowers at sunset, blues in the night
Kissed by a river in the pale moonlight
The words of the poets, lovers who sighed
Beneath the moon's eye in the heat of the night
Bathed in the glow of an old gaslight
Sitting in the rain it's a wonderful life
Take you in my arms and hold you tight
Lost in the stars with the satellites

Now someone said romance is dead
Well I'm afraid that I don't agree
If you've a heart of lead
And a hole in your head
You're so blind that you can't see
There's a fire burns
As the world turns
Lights up our dreams
Who else said romance is dead?
Come take a walk with me
Sha la la, la la la, la la lee
Sha la la, la la la, la la lee
Sha la la, la la la, la la lee

by **leadshoes** Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:42 am

Mahone wrote:
leadshoes wrote:
Here's the best I can figure for the first Fairytale demo. Btw Cait's voice is so pretty here that I wish there was a completed (or at least closer to complete) version from this session.

Good job! Many improvements here on my attempt from a few years ago. Some comments:

"Found a jack in me window" should be "Father Jack and me went there"

"the booze and his boys" should be "the booze running boys"

I think they "said prayers" not "set fires" in Times Square.. It fits with the fact that he is with Father Jack

Your line "It's 41" still sounds vaguely like "it's for the rich" to me

I'm not sure about the line "ton and gins??" but it sounds like he might be using "ton and ginics" as some weird slang for gin and tonics?

Thanks for the help, Mahone! I was grabbing anything out of the air for some of it, I think you can tell. I also first thought it was "said prayers," but it sounds an awful lot like "set fires" even though that seems an untowardly thing for cops to be doing. Maybe they're helping with Christmas bonfires or fires to warm the homeless? And it still sounds like "it's 41" to me, or at least forty something.

And thanks to de burca below for the "tom and jerrys!" I'd never heard of them (not too surprising), but that must be it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry_(mixed_drink)

by **de burca** Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:55 pm

ive not played fairy tale , but from memory the line is .....

we drank tom and jerrys with the boys from the blue ( its a drink I think )

by **Mahone** Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:35 pm

leadshoes wrote:
Here's the best I can figure for the first Fairytale demo. Btw Cait's voice is so pretty here that I wish there was a completed (or at least closer to complete) version from this session.

Good job! Many improvements here on my attempt from a few years ago. Some comments:

"Found a jack in me window" should be "Father Jack and me went there"

"the booze and his boys" should be "the booze running boys"

I think they "said prayers" not "set fires" in Times Square.. It fits with the fact that he is with Father Jack

Your line "It's 41" still sounds vaguely like "it's for the rich" to me

I'm not sure about the line "ton and gins??" but it sounds like he might be using "ton and ginics" as some weird slang for gin and tonics?

by **Low D** Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:46 pm

leadshoes wrote:
Low D wrote:OK, but who's figured out "Black Dog's Ditch"?

I guess you missed it, but someone already did that one (and did a damned good job, too ):

by **leadshoes** Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:46 am

Low D wrote:OK, but who's figured out "Black Dog's Ditch"?

I guess you missed it, but someone already did that one (and did a damned good job, too

):

TheKing wrote:The Black Dog's Ditch

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Yadadadadadada dum

Dadadada duuum

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Dadumdum

Yadumdumyidumdumdadayadado

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by **Low D** Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:09 pm

OK, but who's figured out "Black Dog's Ditch"?

by **leadshoes** Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:07 pm

Here's my best stab at Sound of the City Night

Midnight's bell in the distance tolls
Down the line a whistle blows
Headlights shine through the window pane
Listen to the tires hissing in the rain
Radio plays, the guitar strums
And the city's heart, night's engine hums
Everyday they turn off the light,
Listen to the sound of the city night
There's a million dreams on the city streets
And every dream has a heart beat.

Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid

As the night's cold needle slips
Through twilight's dusky seams
And the sounds of the city night 
The sounds of the city night 
The sounds of the city night 
Echo through our dreams

The still of night away so far
On city streets beneath unknown stars 
And right beyond all that I can see
Some silly moon shining down on you and me
A photograph, a memory
A picture that I hold with me
A twilight slips a crimson scale
I see your face, your eyes aflame
I hear your voice so far away
And close to me I hear you say

Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
 Don't be afraid 

As the embers of the dying sun scorch your raven hair 
Night lets fall a starry show
Night lets fall a starry show 
Night lets fall a starry show 
 Across your shoulders bare

by **leadshoes** Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:13 am

A stab at Nicaragua Libré:

When you cross the border you become Nicaraguan
These people with nothing 'cause they're shackles away
They've endured all God's hardships and all man's oppression
The brave Nicaraguans will still win the day.

There's a storm in the mountains where children are dying
America's trying to fight the war she can't win
The contras are lackeys of men with no scruples
United through company and among ?------

So walk tall, Nicaragua, walk proudly and prosper
May your hearts never wither, may you ?---- away

Viva Nicaragua, Viva Nicaragua suez?
Viva Nicaragua, Nicaragua Libre

God's curse on you Reagan, you cruel-hearted monster
History shall judge you and history shall weep
If you harm Nicaragua from now till forever
Till Hell freezes over may you never know sleep

And walk tall, Nicaragua, walk proudly and prosper
May your field never wither where you toil away

Viva Nicaragua, Villos? Nicaraguan suez?
Viva Nicaragua, Nicaragua Libre

by **leadshoes** Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:48 am

This is another weird song. A very sweet weird song.

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Now I'd like to tell you what your smile was for
And I loved you from the moment that you walked through that door
And I knew that I've been with you before
In some other time
Some other place
Some other time
Some other place

Well I'd like to tell you about your pretty face
And you know that you're a gift to the human race
I'm happy when there's a smile on your face
Reminds me of
Some other time
Some other place
Some other time
Some other place
Some other time
Some other place
Some other time
Some other place

When I look in outer space for you
And the sky turns purple and the moon is blue
Then I know that I've been with you before
In some other time
Some other place
Some other time
Some other place
Some other time
Some other place
Some other time
Some other place

Some other place
Some other time
Some other place
Some other time
Some other place

by **leadshoes** Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:29 am

lastnightisleptdreamtmacgowan wrote:May as well have a quick crack... this is one of the better ones on the box set. I don't know why nobody has attempted these. Music wise I thought it was pretty dope ey...reminds me of The Passenger a bit... Also boat train demo version is better than the bloody CD version. maybe Macgowan didn't care or was pissed off at that stage... Anyways

Let's go driving, let's go driving through the city
Look at my face babe
Trying to flick through second street???
They can touch you, they can bring us to our knees
At the dogging of the looming street??

And I will touch you too
And what I say you'll do
Lets go driving through the city

The blind men are dancing in the dark
And lovers are kissing in the park (or the pub!)
And killers are hiding from the light
In dark streets, ?? through alley's to save time???

I give it all to you
And do what I tell you to
Lets go driving through the city

Need help!? - You know it's safe and warm
You're helpless, but I wont do you any harm!
I kissed you and you told me that you loved me
So trust me, only I can set you free

We'll kiss again my pet
I'll use you till you're dead
Then go driving through the city, go driving through the city

This song is weird. It makes me laugh. Here's the best I can figure for it:

Let's go driving, let's go driving through the city

Look at my face babe
Down on fifty second street
They can touch you, they can bring you to your knees
At the dark end of a lonely street

And I will touch you too
Though what I say you'll do
Let's go driving through the city

The blind men are dancing in the dark
And lovers are kissing in the park
And killers are hiding from the light
In dark streets and round in alleys all the time??
I'll give it all to you
You do what I tell you to
Let's go driving through the city

You're helpless - you know it's safe and warm
You're helpless, but I won't do you any harm
I kiss you and you tell me that you love me
So trust me, only I can set you free

We'll kiss again my pet
I'll use you till you're dead
Then go driving through the city, go driving through the city

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