24 Oct 1975

(Ferry/Jobson) Now you’re talking in headlines Up to the minute and free Stop press, hold the front page Up as your mirror Are you reading me? Watch you walking in waltz time A jigsaw puzzle in tune Or are you faking a straight line To suit yourself too soon…

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24 Oct 1975

(Ferry/Manzanera) May Day – cut down to size again What then when less is more my friend I’ll change – let me start again Disguise – it’s too weird to explain Why I’ll always call your name Perdu, with you I could be anything That I want to be……

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24 Oct 1975

(Ferry) Surely you cannot be leading me on? Well if that’s so, oh never again will I love How could I believe again? How can I hold on? Sentimental fool Knowing fate is cruel You ought to forget it Yes, I know it’s true I’ve seen what love can…

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24 Oct 1975

(Ferry) Think I’ll walk out in the rain Called you time and time again Got no reply – You’ve gone Reached the point of no return The more I see the more I stand alone I see the end of the line Were you ever lonely Mystified and blue?…

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24 Oct 1975

(Ferry/MacKay) T’ain’t no big thing to wait for the bell to ring T’ain’t no big thing the toll of the bell Aggravated, spare for days I troll downtown the red light place Jump up bubble up, what’s in store love is the drug and I need to score Showing…

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24 Oct 1975
24 Oct 1975
15 Nov 1974

(Ferry/Manzanera) (Texas) Oh that’s where I belong it seems to me (Texas) Lonesome star shine on the big country (Texas) With your open skies and you for company (Texas) Oh prairie rose, how happy I should be Hey, hey, You can take it from me Hey, hey, I’ll be…

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15 Nov 1974

(Ferry) You’ve heard enough of the blues and stuff You’re pretty swell now ’cause you’re pretty tough But I don’t have to tell you How hard it can be to get by You’re never bothered about anyone else You’re well educated with no common sense But love, that’s one…

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15 Nov 1974

(Ferry) You, the hero So many times you’ve loved, and didn’t linger Now my finger points at you, another loser You, an island on your own Complete in every detail Monumental a precious jewel Or just a fool Innovator, it’s in your mind And blood I watch it simmer…

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