Eleanor Rigby (lyrics and music: Lennon - Mc Cartney)

Eleanor Rigby picked up the rice in a church
Where her wedding had been
She lives in a dream
Waiting at the window, wearing a face that
She keeps in a jar by ... wearing a face that
She keeps in a jar by the door. Who is it for?
All the lonely people, where do they all come from
All the lonely people, where do they all belong,
Do they all belong

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely, all the lonely,
The lonely people

Father MacKenzie
Writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, wiping the dirt from his hands
As he walks from the, wiping the dirt from his hands
As he walks from the grave. No one was saved
All the lonely people, where do they all come from
All the lonely people, where do they all belong

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely, all the lonely,
The lonely people

Still Life (lyrics and music: Vincent - Meakin)

Rollin' on the way
Feel appalled that nothing can be saved
Breathin' in the air
Let the cold wind blow
Nothing can compare
I'm on my way
Flyin' on a shelf, no one turn the page
See what you're leavin'
Roll around dreamin'
Try to feel the ground
Riding in the clouds
See what you're missin'
Leaves have been kissin'  

Thunder in disguise
Love to run and I'm following the rain
Tryin' hard to find
In this state, ay, lady, turn to time
I've found no way

So I've been walkin'
Heard the birds talkin'
And I'm cryin'
Can't stop that sawin'
Too light, don't draw it
Blew my mind
I can just see, I can feel it
I could believe it, even conceive it  

Feel it in the wind
Fill your eyes and you'll see it again
Movin' all around
There's a whole earth
Calling to be found
And every day  

Seems I've been walkin'
Heard the birds talkin'
And I'm cryin'
Can't stop that sawin'
Too light, don't draw it
Blew my mind  

Seems I've been walkin'
Heard the birds talkin'
And I'm cryin'
Can't stop that sawin'
Too light, don't draw it
Blew my mind  

Seems I've been walkin'
Heard the birds talkin'
And I'm cryin'
Can't stop that sawin'
Too light, don't draw it
Blew my mind

Painted Lady (lyrics and music: Vincent - Meakin)

The painted lady is waiting
Waiting for you to do wrong
She'll tear your heart out, make you cry
Then chill your bones till you die

Who is this woman in disguise
Who sees through you with fiery eyes
And draws the life-blood from you

The devil's daughter is she
Who seized the new tide from you
The time has come to make a stand
You're fighting over your land
And will she take you in hand
Make you a grey hunted man
You've got to fight for your soul

All that I ask for is time enough
To remember all the dreams
Leave it to me to fight
Let me come along with the scene
Slipping away when I could have
What I had in mind
This part of me that I tried in my heart to be

When is she coming to you
Or have you let her slip through
Her blazing eyes still cling to you
And tick the debt on by through

The painted lady is waiting
Waiting for you to do wrong
The painted lady is waiting
Waiting for you to do wrong

Obsession (lyrics and music: Vincent - Meakin)

As it rolls, flowing from the past
Leaving us tired to the last
So it goes, came to an end, the past
Alone and tied to the mast
Looking back through times that could have been
Dreamin' of places I should have seen
Leave me be, leave me to find the way
Those dreams bring me down without reasonin'

And I call, call your name
Leave me be, I'll find a way
And I hope, I hope and pray
But I know that I would never learn to play the game  

Turning round, got you in a sidelong glance
Dreamin', shadows behind me dance
As it is, that's all I want to see
Not for me to walk in a trance  

And I call, I call your name
Leave me be, out cryin' in the rain
And I hope, I hope and I pray
But I know that I would never learn the game

As it rolls, flowing from the past
Leaving us tied to the mask
So it goes, T-two-it,
Two within a cast
Alone and tied to the past

The Rape (lyrics and music: Vincent - Daniels)

He sees me
End of love
After me
End of love
Would it matter if I jumped a mile
Worried him about it
Gave myself the certainty of sorrow

In the alley, in the shelter
On the run, helter-skelter
In the street, in the park
In the open, after dark

I'll have you, a lover
Black or blue, I'll smile now
You can follow me, step aside with me
You ought to walk this side and give me
Some fascinating ride

In the alley, in the shelter
On the run, helter-skelter
In the street, in the park
In the open, after dark
In the street, in the park
In the open, after dark

First you said, you said, Don't do it
First you send us a cloud
But I remember who the loser is
And you remember the cloud
I'll give you something to remember me
A little colder than a frown
I'll hold you for a breach of promise, a
Little mercy for a crown

Why did you come to me
When you must bring the light tristesse
And the blues so smooth
And then you do it again

Certainly she suffered
Certainly I love her
Would you love me
Would you drop your vow
Please forgive me, babe, but say,
Give me the benefit of the doubt

In the alley, in the shelter
On the run, helter-skelter
In the street, in the park
In the open, after dark

Last Tango (lyrics and music: Vincent - Libert - Meakin)

Rolling along Rue de la Paix
Hearing a song, turn it away
And all alone, killing the day
Rolling along Rue de la Paix
Drift in a park
Picking the score
Back in a car
Call it a bore
Call it a bore
Call it a bore

For all the years he tried
They said he wasn't right
They left him in the night
To win a bitter fight
He knew they couldn't know
They'd never seen his show
And in a final throe
He wrote his last tango
For all the years he tried
They said he wasn't right
They left him in the night
To win a bitter fight
He knew they couldn't know
They'd never seen his show
And in a final throe
He wrote his last tango

Back in his room
Another tune
The show begins
But no one will win
Got to be strong
Well, it's been so long
Back in the room
Writing a tune

Turn on the light
No time to hide
Run down the street
Hit on the side
Isn't that neat?
Isn't that neat?

For all the years he tried
They said he wasn't right
They left him in the night
To win a bitter fight
He knew they couldn't know
They'd never seen his show
And in a final throe
He wrote his last tango

Those years he tried
They said he wasn't right
They left him in the night
To win a bitter fight
He knew they couldn't know
They'd never seen his show
And in a final throe
He wrote his last tango

Those years he tried
They said he wasn't right
They left him in the night
To win a bitter fight
He knew they couldn't know
They'd never seen his show
And in a final throe
He wrote his last tango

In Search Of A Dream (lyrics and music: Joy Yates) Man In Search Of A Dream is in fact the correct title for this song

He is a man in search of a dream
of a world where freedom and love
are not just words to use and abuse
He is a man in search of a dream
of a place we're all thinking love
where dignity is part of us and you
onto loose onto loose
find that dream specially
and we'll help you make it grow and grow and grow
oh you better make it strong
my special man
everybody's children need it so don't you know
everybody's children need it so...need it so

He is a man in search of a dream
of a world where hills can be seen
not hidden by a man's foul creations
He is a man in search of a dream
of a place where trees are still green
where beauty reigns
and true has come back shown, has come back shown, has come back shown
come back here
my special man
and we'll help you make it grow and grow and grow
oh you better make it strong
my special man
everybody's children need it so don't you know
everybody's children need it so...need it on

La Drôle de Fin (french adaptation of Last Tango by Jean-Michel Rivat, sang by Sylvie Vartan)

On s'est connus, c'était si bien
Qui aurait vu, notre destin
On n'a pas su, aller très loin
Le beau début, la drôle de fin

De plus en plus, tu prends le train
Je ne sais plus quand tu reviens
Le beau début, la drôle de fin

{2x}

Mais dis où vont-ils donc ?
Les hommes quand ils s'en vont
Ne saura-t-on jamais quand ils nous abandonnent
Ils sont bien quelque part sur le quai d'une gare
Dans un café anglais, un hôtel espagnol

Ne pleure plus, là sur mes mains
On est fichus, on le sait bien
Le beau début, la drôle de fin

{3x}
 

Last Tango (English-language translation of the French lyrics "La Drôle de Fin" sung by Sylvie Vartan, 1981)

This time it's sure this time it's real
This time I know just how I feel
Two hearts as one being like made
Good when it's good
Good when it's bad
How will it end no one can tell
Lost in his arms caught in a spell
Heaven's a man also is hell

But say where do they go
The men who leave your flat
To buy some cigarettes
And never do come back
To some old rendez-vous
Some café in the sun
They must go to somewhere
They must go to someone
Where do they go
The men who leave your flat
To buy some cigarettes
And never do come back
Where do they go those guys
Who're always leaving town
Who always lift you up
And always let you down

I always knew love could be this
Shocks when we touch thrills when we kiss
Lost in last tango how could we miss

But say where do they go
The men who leave your flat
To buy some cigarettes
And never do come back
To some old rendez-vous
Some café in the sun
They must go to somewhere
They must go to someone

Where do they go the men
Who go for cigarettes
And never do come back
To some old rendez-vous
Some café in the sun
They must go to somewhere
They must go to someone
Where do they go
The men who leave your flat
To buy some cigarettes
And never do come back
Where do they go those guys
Who're always leaving town
Who always lift you up
And always let you down
 

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