Gnidrolog - Lady Lake (UK, 1972)

Ship
C. Goldring

When the ship touched on the landing they knew
Here to stay, promised day.
Many years of aimless travelling were through
All those years, years of tears.
chorus:
And they kissed the earth of a promised land
Never thinking that their sand was burning.
And the sons of the sons of the sons found out
That the fire of the stars and the sands go out.
And the sons of the sons of the sons found out
That the fire of the stars and the sands go out.
All the remanents of the nation came soon.
The old and worn and newly born.
And they ploughed the people into the land.
Sowed with love turned into mud.
chorus:


A Dog With No Collar
S. Goldring

Sightless am I, cadaver born.
By critics pen my task is torn.
Remanents that once were principles
Now but rags in a paupers tomb.


Lady Lake
P. Cowling, S. Goldring

Night, nothing near, nothing said, no one here.
Loved once but ice to tears.
Melted slowly, seasons greetings, somehow turned to fear.

Night, cold awake, swam away, Lady lake
Free now white swan in flight.
Breathless silence, sped to violence,
Somehow turned to fear.

Night, still I find dark procession slowly wind,
Worm glow, lantern days death throes.
Laughing jackal, sad hyena,
Somehow turned to fear.

Same Dreams
C. Goldring

We share the same dreams, the same hopes, the same cigarettes.
They said we had a lot of growing up to do.
Well I've done some without you.

But I wish that you could have been here.
And I wish that you could have been here.
Yes I wish that you could have been here too.
And I'm not complaining, this is what I was meant to do.
And I've stopped complaining, I've got my guitar and my music too.

We shared the same thoughts, the same road, the same line from an old song.
They said this thing could never work out between us.
I'm still thinking about it.

But I wish that you could have been here.
And I wish that you could have been here.
Yes I wish that you could have been here too.
And I'm not complaining, this is what I was meant to do.
And I've stopped complaining, I couldn't change my life for a woman like you.
I think about the way it could have been.
I think about the way it could have been.

Soldier
C. Goldring

I could never be a soldier
I only see the daylight.
I could never be a soldier
I only see the daylight.

chorus:
Change not when I'm told
Real love can't be sold
Wait till peace unfolds.
You'll see the light
Won't live in fear of the night.
You'll see the light
Won't live in fear of the night.

You don't seem to see the daylight
My friends are all around me.
No you don't seem to see the daylight
Could show you how to live some.

chorus:
I could never be a soldier
I could never face the enemy.
I could never be a soldier
He looks just like you or me.

I could never be a soldier
My friends are all around me.
I am worried for your safety
Need fear to make you angry.

chorus:
I could never be a soldier
I could never face the enemy.
I could never be a soldier
He looks just like you or me.

I could never be a soldier
I could never face the enemy.
I could never be a soldier
Give me freedom and liberty.

Social Embarrassment
P. Cowling, C. Goldring

You are a social embarrassment.
You're a waiter in the queues.
At school they were teaching you
To fit into place
With the thirty-five others too.
The only concensus of opinion was
For a rainmack or a bowler hat.

You are alone in your bedsitter
With a bed that was made for two.
And they couldn't work it out
She was insecure
And could not see it through.
So she's hitched off to Morocco on her own
Looking for something, looking for someone new.

How could they hear you, the music was too loud
And was only telling tales?

Now you cannot talk to your father.
The years have passed and
You've drifted apart and your brothers'
Joined the navy
He thought he had nothing to loose.
I will play the music louder
And let it go through,
Let it go through to your head.
How could they hear you, the music was too loud
And was only telling tales?