by The Idle Race on album Back to the Story

A Better Life (The Weatherman Knows) Hush little baby, don't you cry Oh-oh, don't you cry Maybe tomorrow's, a better life Oh-oh, if you try Rain is falling all around Storm came, it brings you down

by The Idle Race on album Back to the Story

In the land they call the west On the prairie's virgin crest Lived a great man and his braves And he led them to their graves Big chief plays with baby son The work of the Indian today is done Life is

by The Idle Race on album Back to the Story

Ventrilloquist was he, little boy sat on his knee The people knew that the show was but the best one in the land Until the night before the act The dummy's clothes had all been packed away - he'd gone

by The Idle Race on album Back to the Story

There was peace and quiet for me Down the walk, beside the sea Things are going wrong, boy Things are going wrong I used to wake up in the morning To the sound of the birds singing at my window Pleas

by The Idle Race on album Back to the Story

Little girl in the sea of dreams There's a smile on her little face She looked around she could see no peace Her heart was sad and her body weak Dum, dum, dooby-dum dum dum Dum, dum, dooby-dum dum du

by The Idle Race on album Back to the Story

Did you meet the lady who said she could fly She broke off her wings when she fell from the sky The effort was brave and she gave a sigh Now I'll sail through the sky on my own, my oh my I can fly th

by The Idle Race on album Back to the Story

Pie in the sky Who's to say why it won't happen Mountains of dreams Floods like a stream running down them Through rocky glades We'll find a way We want to, so maybe we may Pie in the sky Never say d

by The Idle Race on album Back to the Story

Sitting In My Tree I often sit alone up in a tree Waving to the ones that wave at me I think well just how stupid can they be Waving to a man up in a tree What they don't know is I am counting them

by The Idle Race on album Back to the Story

She had a birthday yesterday she cried Took off her glasses let her hair down cried She told them all at work about the day How it is no-one came? Wo-oh woh, oh woh-oh She sent the invitations to her

by The Idle Race on album Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers

How do you know, what you feel Is it real, is it? How do you know, what you see Is it seen, is it? Impostors of life's magazine Impostors of life's magazine How do you know, how do your friends forsa

by The Idle Race on album Rubble, Volume 2: Pop Sike Pipe Dreams

This house is mine but the men they say is not You see this house is the only thing I've got Running 'round they work so hard and fast But they don't know my house is built to last Here comes a man,

by The Idle Race on album Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969

How do you know, what you feel Is it real, is it? How do you know, what you see Is it seen, is it? Impostors of life's magazine Impostors of life's magazine How do you know, how do your friends forsa

by The Idle Race on album Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969

Birds on the wing at the end of the day The trees of green and brown you see Have suddenly turned grey Don't be too sad when you're waiting for death The message on the garden wall says Mickey Mouse

by The Idle Race on album A Message From the Country: The Jeff Lynne Years, 1968-1973

See how they go on the wings of a shiny bird And the reasons for them leaving is not easy Follow me follow Follow me too far away Follow me follow Where you will go See how they go on the wings of a

by The Idle Race on album A Message From the Country: The Jeff Lynne Years, 1968-1973

Wait 'til the morning sunshine Wait 'til the morning sunshine Feels like another day, I wouldn't know My love's away, from home today Wait 'til the morning sunshine Wait 'til the morning sunshine It'

by The Idle Race on album A Message From the Country: The Jeff Lynne Years, 1968-1973

Climb aboard my roundabout Climb aboard my roundabout I am the fairground man at heart I run the roundabout this part I fill this fair but custom have I none I turn the handle round so fast It makes

by The Idle Race on album A Message From the Country: The Jeff Lynne Years, 1968-1973

Come with me It's all so easy for me to see We can be Close together, for always forever You'll never believe but it's true You will see The happy corners where we will be It's for real I'll sing to

by The Idle Race on album A Message From the Country: The Jeff Lynne Years, 1968-1973

In the town lived a girl so fair Her mother would not dare To let her anywhere She was a lonely girl John and paul and ringo and george Were playing lovely tunes From the window of her room By the li

by The Idle Race on album The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969

SKELETON and the ROUNDABOUT Climb aboard my roundabout Climb aboard my roundabout I am the fairground man at heart I run the roundabout this part I fill this fair but custom have I none I turn the h

by The Space Race on album In the Back of My Mind

Livin' for the love and take it and no there's no danger Forget the drugs I got the high Asking people to acccept this stranger Hoping they can keep me safe tonight In the front seat I see nothing bu