E`s Lyric Archive
A BLUES FOR BUDDHA The Lyrics
ANSWER ME (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)
Won`t you answer me
Said the exile
Is there a message for me?
Now I feel so far away
Will you
Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove
Won`t you answer me
Said the soul singer
There`s a murmur in here
Sound thunders on the wall
Will You
Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove
Answer me answer me
Speak to me
Oh brother won`t you talk to me
Whisper to me
I said oooh
Won`t you answer me
Said the coal miner
It`s dark down here
And gas creeps through the walls
Will you
Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove
Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove
Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove
Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove
Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove
SCOTTISH RAIN (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)
We dive into a dark doorway
Hiding from the clouds of grey
Oh babe
I don`t mind it at all
We stay close to one another
Laughing as we watch the waterfall
Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain
I can feel your pulse beat so strong
Feel you warm and feel you young
Oh babe
Like children once again
We stay close to one another
Captives of the Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain
Hope it don`t rain all day
Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain
We stay close to one another
Captives of the
Natives of the Scottish Rain
Radioactive Rain
Radioactive Rain
THE REAL MCCOY (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)
Be do do be do do be do do
I remember singing in the rain
Friday night in those mean old streets again
Glasgow`s a go go
Hey now all the grafitti is gone
Oh but sometimes Jim you`d see a Cistene Chapel
Splattered on Tenemant Stone
Uh huh uh huh
Another night another day
Another trip down the Paradise Way
I said
Love can run you over
Tear down the walls of Troy
Well who can we turn to but each other
Everyone knows this love`s
The Real McCoy
Be do do be do do be do do
Be do do be do do be do do
I can see those cranes like midnight dinosaurs
I know corner boys on the alter wine
Shipyard heroes from Eisenstein
I said
Another night another day
Another trip down Paradise Way
I said
Love can run you over
Tear down the walls of Troy
Well who can we turn to but each other
Everyone knows this love`s
The Real McCoy
McCoy
McCoy
Be do do be do do be do do
Be do do be do do be do do
Be do do be do do be do do
Be do do be do do be do do
Nightime burning inside
Nightime burning inside
Burning inside
Burning inside
I said burning inside
I said burning inside
We`re gonna tear down those walls of Troy
Wear down those walls of Troy
In the nightime
Nightime
Nightime
Tear down those walls
Tear down those walls of Troy
Wear down those walls of Troy
Nights on fire
Nights on fire
I said
Shipyard hero
Driftin` kids just wastin` time
People on the borderline
Cranes like midnight dinosaurs
Bright light
White light in the highland of the nights
Be do do be do do be do do
Be do do be do do be do do
Tear down those walls of Troy
A BLUES FOR BUDDHA (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)
We`re running guns to a holy war
For soldiers of the soul
Where right and wrong come apart at the seams
And fear is on patrol
In the mad mad world
Of a lost newsreel
Little children sing
A blues for Buddah
Buddah
The dollar is our king
A blues for Buddah
Buddah
The dollar is our king
We`re making friends with a foreign power
Through telescopic sights
A quiet cocktail during happy hour
For the exploitation rights
In the mad mad world
Of a lost newsreel
Teach our kids to sing
A blues for Buddah
Buddah
The dollar is our king
A blues for Buddah
Buddah
The dollar is our king
The dollar is our king
The dollar is our king
WALK WITH THE NIGHT (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)
The moon glows like a white headlight
As I walk down the streets on my own
A dark God wears a jacket of leather
With a 1000 diamente stones
And minarets throw out electric beams
And everything`s exactely as it seems
Now I`m gonna
Walk with the night
Talk to the angels above
Walk with the night
Describe the phantasm of love
The wind blows on the battlefield
As I walk down the wasted land
Smoke rings
But no birds sing
And a phantom king is in command
And victories are lost in dreams
And everything`s exactely as it seems
Now I`m gonna
Walk with the night
Talk to the angels above
Walk with the night
Describe the phantasm of love
Come on!
Come on!
A whisper from some other time
Now I can see those lights
At the edge of the world
A thunder from some other time
Now I can hear those drums at the edge of the world
From wilderness to desert
Across phylons to the motorway
I said
Ghosts on a wild night
Whisper my name
They call me from far away
I`m gonna walk with the night
Talk to the angels above
Yes I`m gonna walk with the night
Describe the phantasm of love
Now I`m gonna
Walk with the night
Talk to the angels above
Yes I`m gonna walk with the night
Describe this phantasm of love
Of love
Of love
Love
RAZOR BLADES OF LOVE (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)
There is a chill wind blowing outside
My window pane is wet with tears from the sky
And my record player answers me
A crying song for a fool like me
The midnight bell is striking twelve
Hymns of love ring out for someone else
A choir of children sing innocently
A crying song for a fool like me
The razor blades of love
The razor blades of love
I stare at the empty screen
I`ve nothing left to say
I cut up magazine headlines
And toss my rhymes away
Razor blades of love
The razor blades of love
The everglades of love
Of Love
Of Love
Razor blades of love
Razor blades of love
And the TV is on and the curtain are drawn oh my
And the wallpaper faces look down in scorn oh my
Well I`ll keep my sense of humour
And I`ll laugh about it all some day
But I`m lonely again
And left with a pain
That`ll never go away
Hey!
Razor blades of love
Razor blades of love
Razor blades of love
Of Love
Love
SKIN GAMES (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)
Don`t let your deal go down
There`s a murmur going round
It`s a low kinda moaning sound
I don`t know where this blues comes from
It`s just a death rattle on the tongue
It`s a scream inside a void
Or a howlind wind outside
Well I can`t ignore this feeling
Lord it leaves me so unsatisfied
I`m a child in a hostile land
Crying for a mother`s hand
And I`m marked by color
Wrapped in skin
Tied by history and original sin
I said mama what`s my name
And what`s my purpose here
I said rock me in your arms
Cleanse me with your tears
Skin game
Skin game
Don`t let your deal go down
Hell may be
A place where lots of little devils stay
And their spells spread fear and hatred
And mischief in a thousand ways
We are just lost souls
Looking for a place to be
One people
One kind
A multi-coloured rosary
Skin game
Skin game
Skin game
Don`t let your deal go down
Don`t let your deal go down
Don`t let your deal go down
Don`t let your deal go down
Don`t let your deal go down
Don`t let your deal go down
Skin game
Skin game
Don`t let your deal go down
Skin game
Skin game
Don`t let your deal go down
Skin game
Skin game
Skin game
I`m a child in a hostile land
Crying for a mother`s hand
And I`m marked by color
Wrapped in skin
Tied by history and original sin
I said mama what`s my name
And what`s my purpose here
I said rock me in your arms
Cleanse me with your tears
Skin game
Skin game
Skin game
Skin game
WAYFARING STRANGER (Traditional/The Silencers)
I`m just a poor wayfaring stranger
Travelling through this world of woe
And there`s no sickness no toil or trouble
In this fair land to which I go
I`m going there
To meet my mother
I`m going there
To move to roam
I`m just a going over Jordan
I`m just a going over home
SACRED CHILD (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)
Son of the holy nine
I prophecy
Well I`m an Arcadian boy
Sun child
From the Royal line
In gold and raggedy clothes
Well I`m a soulful knight
Knight of the holy rose
Et je suis enfant de la guerre
Well I`m a lonesome boy
Poor boy
Et je suis le roi des voleurs
Well I`m a sacred child
Sun child
Et je suis enfant de la guerre
Well I`m a lonesome boy
Poor boy
Et je suis le roi des voleurs
Well I`m a sacred child
Sun child
La tierra es nuestra
La tierra es nuestra
And I don`t care what you say
Huh
There will be a reckoning day
C`mon
We`re setting it up
Setting it up
Turning it round
Huh huh
There`s a fiery sword inside my soul
A fiery sword inside my soul
I don`t have nothing to prove
`Cept to myself
M m m myself
Et je suis le soldat d`amour
By the blood of the covenant
By the power of the clairvoyant
Et je suis enfant de la guerre
Well I`m a lonesome boy
Poor boy
Et je suis le roi des voleurs
Well I`m a sacred child
Sun child
I said bring me down now Cindy
Cindy m m mama
Just some compromise
Yeah Cindy
Cindy Cindy
Ohhh no compromise
I said yeah
Yeah yeah yeah Mona
Ohhh Mona
I said yeah
Yeah yeah yeah Mona
Ohhh Mona
Tell me Mona what I`m gonna do
Gonna do
I`m gonna build the house next door to you
And then I can see you softer
We can go kissin` right through the blind
Then I`ll let you all come by
Aou aou aou
There wasn`t so much go
Bumpety bump
Bumpety bump
Even if the house fall down
Without your love I`ll surely die
Surely die
Say Mona
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
MY LOVE IS LIKE A WAVE/RAZOR BLADE (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)
My love is like a wave out in the sea
My love is like a wave out in the sea
You know it keeps moving like heads of fools
Go searching for some home new home now
My love is like a wave out in the sea
My love is like a cloud`s passing over me
My love is like a cloud`s passing over me
You know it keeps moving in the lose air
Rain storms everywhere now
My love is like a cloud`s passing over me
Ooooh
Ooooh
Ooooh
Ooooh
Open up and going home
Satisfying your city soul
Turning into a razor blade
Take it all home again
Ohh razor blade
Ohh razor blade
Ohh razor blade
The ringing of a mission bell
Terrorise your oldest son
Come to take your first born
Baby in Belfast ohhh
Ohh razor blade
Ohh razor blade
When will I see you again
When will I see you again
When will you destroy your babe
Ohh when will you come runnin`
Ohh razor blade
Ohh razor blade
Hanging in a cool cool blind
Children in a half sound
Ohhh you painted tribe
I`m gonna listen up to that I`m gonna
Ohh you razor blade
Like a razor blade
When will I see you again
When will I see you again
When will you destroy your babe
Ohh when will you come runnin`
Ohh you razor blade
Ohh you razor blade
Ohh you razor blade
Razor blade
Ohhh razor blade
Razor blade
Ohh you razor blade of love
I see you now
SAND AND STARS (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)
Stars are in the sky tonight
Everything is right tonight
Take my hand
And we will go
Down to the sea
Where the light is King
Worship the moon
And watch the waves breaking
Stars are in the sky tonight
Everything is right tonight