IZITSO

This album is has some great songs (Life, Was Dog a Doughnut) mixed in with some that are pretty crappy (Bonfire, Sweet Jamaica). Of course, I like them all, but his lyrics begin to lose their poetry in this album.

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(Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard

Remember the days of the old schoolyard

We used to laugh a lot, oh don't you

Remember the days of the old schoolyard

When we had imaginings and we had

All kinds of things and we laughed

And needed love... yes, I do

Oh and I remember you

Remember the days of the old schoolyard

We used to cry a lot, oh don't you

Remember the days of the old schoolyard

When we had simplicity and we had

Warm toast for tea and we laughed

And needed love.. yes, I do

Oh and I remember you

 

You were my sweet love, my first sweet love

My lovey dove, my love lovey dove

No matter what place, whichever the place

I still see your face, your smiling face

In childish dreams, inside my dreams

Like King and Queen, God save our dreams

N'though time may face, though time may fade

It ain't never too late, to learn about love

Learn about love

 

Remember the days of the old schoolyard

We used to laugh a lot, oh don't you

Remember the days of the old schoolyard

When we had imaginings and we had

All kinds of things and we laughed

And needed love... yes, I do

Oh and I remember you

 

 

Life

 

Life you make it what it is

Love can change it with a kiss

Love can take you by the hand

Love can drop you where you stand

 

But still you want to have it all

You like to live it up

But still you want to have it all

I thought you had enough

But still you want to have it all

I thought you had enough

 

Life you make it what it is

Love can change it with a kiss

She can turn your head around

He can lift you off the ground

 

But still you want to have it all

You like to live it up

But still you want to have it all

I thought you had enough

But still you want to have it all

I thought you had enough

 

Love you make it what it is

Life can change it with a kiss

Love, love, love, love

 

 

Killin' Time

 

People polishing guns

They've got nothing better to do

Though they think they're having fun

They're just living to die, if they but knew

Now, now

 

All day long they sit at home

Waiting for the milk to come

Watch them turn into stone

Thinking 'bout the things they might have done,

Now, now

 

You missed the point, you missed the point

You really missed the point

 

Everybody's got to know

Love's the reason we're here

No matter which way you go

Love's gonna meet you there

 

Killing time, killing time

Killing time, killing time

 

You missed the point, you really missed the point

Made me cry, I wonder why, why

You missed the point, you missed the point

You really missed the point

 

 

Kypros

(instrumental)

 

 

Bonfire

 

I can't budge baby I can't move without your

love to guide me

I don't know honey that's the truth what laid

you down beside me,

Heat me with your love oh, your lips were meant

for mine

Nobody else can bake me like a, no no no, like a-

Bonfire, your love is like a bonfire burning deep

within me

Now some folks said it's no good to smoke in bed

Umm, but I just turn off my ears and I jump into

the fire again

 

I feel so weak, yea, I can't sleep without you there

to hold me

Promise me you won't ever leave or I would die

so coldly,

Kiss me with your eyes, please don't let it rain

Don't kick no dust on my-

Bonfire, your love is like a bonfire burning deep

within me

Now it just grows, no matter where the wind blows

Yeah but since you touched me I can't hide it

I've been so delighted with you

 

Yeah, heat me with your love, ah ah

You opened up my heart, I just can't live

without you,

Oh, I just couldn't live another day, your my-

Bonfire, your love is like a bonfire burning deep

within me

Now some folks said it's no good to smoke in bed

uh, huh

But I just take off my clothes and I jump into

the fire again.

 

 

(I Never Wanted) To Be A Star

 

I was seventeen, ou were working for

Matthew and Son,

(The) Beatles me the Queen, and I wrote

I'm gonna get me a gun, yeah, yeah

It was like a dream in the star machine,

oh, no, izitso, izitso?

I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted

to travel far

I only wanted a little bit of love

So I could put a little love in my heart

I never wanted to be la-de-da, go to parties

'avec le bourgeois'

I only wanted to sing my song well,

So I could ring a small bell in your heart

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

I was on the road, sleeping between lorry

lights, oh no

Stone-drunk and cold, heading into a bad

night, yeah, yeah

Just another bean in the star machine, hi ho,

here I go, here I go

 

I never wanted to be a star buy my mum a

Ferrari car

I only wanted to run my own race,

So I could win a small place in your heart

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

Nature found a way, it picked me up off the

dark side, yeah, yeah

Showed me another day, it made me sing

'I think I see the light'

Not another bean in the star machine, oh no,

this time I won't go

I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to travel far

I only wanted a little bit of love

So I could put a little love in my heart.

 

 

Crazy

 

I'm crazy 'bout you baby, my my my

You love just drives me crazy, heaven knows

why

So let me love you while, the moon's still high

Guarantee you we'll have a good time

Making love under the stars

 

I feel the earth move when I'm in your arms

Got the River Nile in my veins

And when you're with me, darling I could be

The white rabbit falling into space

Look at him go

 

I crazy 'bout you baby, my my my

You love just drives me cuckoo, heaven knows

why

So let me love you while, the moon's still high

Let yourself go and have a good time

Making love under the stars

 

I see the lights dance when we're holding hands

It's like magic being with you

And when I'm dogged out, I still dream about

All the simple things that you do

All the little things

 

I crazy 'bout you baby, my my my

You love just drives me crazy, heaven knows

why

So let me love you while, the moon's still high

Let yourself go and have a good time

Making love under the stars

 

 

Sweet Jamaica

 

Other people come and go

They try to make it through

I have to smile and tell them no

Cause I only care for you

I only care for you

Yes, you are my sweet, sweet Jamaica

Country mama, brown country girl

When you touch me I, I feel so tall

If you let me down boy I'd be so small

Yes, you are my sweet Jamaica

Country mama, brown country girl

 

Everybody needs a friend

To brighten up their world

I know you'll never let me down

Cause you're not that kind of girl, no no no

 

I want to see you round every turn

You're my world far as I'm concerned

Got no time to runabout

Just Want to spend my life out with you, only you

Yes, you are my sweet, sweet Jamaica,

Country mama, brown country girl

Oh, yes you are

Sweet Jamaica, oh brown country girl, ooh

 

 

Was Dog A Doughnut?

(Instrumental)

 

 

Child For A Day

 

I was a child

Who ran full of laughter

I was a child who lived for today

My eyes full of sunshine

My heart full of smiles

I was a child for a day

We were the children

Who sang in the morning

We were the children

Who laughed at the sun

Who listened to those who spoke with their wisdom

We are the ones we would say, but

 

We're getting older as time goes by

A little older with everyday

We were the children of yesterday

 

We are the men who worry of nothing

We are the men who fight without aim

We listen to no one, yet speak of our wisdom

We are the pawns in the game

 

We're getting older as time goes by

A little older with everyday

We were the children of yesterday

 

I was a child

Who ran full of laughter

I was a child who lived for today

My eyes full of sunshine

My heart full of smiles

I was a child for a day

 

We're getting older as time goes by

A little older with everyday

We were the children of yesterday