The Celtic Soul Brothers

More please and thank you

Introducing the Celtic Soul Brothers and featuring the

strong devoted,

Ladies and gentlemen, would you now please take your leave.

Because we've sat back looking and nearly been took,

even been scared but now I don't care and I'm telling anyone who'll listen.

I've seen what's on show and now there's no more to know

'Cos I've been there, I've been seen there, I've seemed it, dreamed it,

Beened it, schemed it.

Excuse me please, you're standing in my space,

So step aside, now your time's up.

Come on my friends, I would now like to propose a toast-

To the strength I see that's surrounding me and those who've cared,

Oh yes, I've been scared and I'm telling anyone who'll listen

I've seen what's on show and now there's no more to know,

Oh I've been there, I've seen there, I've seemed it, dreamed it,

Schemed it.

You see I know this to be true,

Now would I lie to you?

And I'm not waiting for approval from you

We're coming through.

More please and thank you.

Let's Make This Precious

Pure, this must be, it has to be.

Pure, let's make this pure,

(Do you mean it?) Yes I do,

(Then let's sing it) Certainly, but

First bare your hearts and cleanse your souls

(And then?) Let's try and make this precious, like this.

Let's make this precious.

We're striving over here

(Ever nearer?) I think so

(Visions clearer) of course, of course.

But still we must forsake all to win

(All temptation?) everything (for salvation?) now you're talking

Then let this apply to all we do

(And then?) Our striving will guide us

And somehow I think that we'll win.

Let's make this precious,

First let's hear somebody sing me a record

That cries pure and true.

No not those guitars. They're too noisy and crude.

The kind that convinces refuses to leave,

There's no need to turn it up.

If it's pure I'll feel it from here

Let's make this precious, (I think we probably will)

Let's make this precious, (I think we probably will)

All in All

Oh, what's the matter?

Oh no. It's no better.

I've been thinking it out and it still gets no better,

I'm here singing this out and these thoughts get no fresher.

All in all I'd say things have turned out good,

you still don't smile at me but then I never thought you would.

You don't waste time on praise. Do you sir?

But you should be proud to be sure.

No sir. It's still no better oh sir, I thought you meant better

Your experience will teach me no more lessons.

From lower down you just seemed so much better

All in all I'd say things have turned out good,

you still don't smile at me but then I never thought you would.

You don't waste time on praise, when you could.

Or just tell me something. anything. good.

Oh no look it's still no better.

No no these thought are no fresher.

You see tenderess is the asset here lacking,

but won't you join me in this one last wild waltz,

just once again in the one last wild waltz.

Anduici tú mé san damsa fión

Anduici tú mé san damsa fión

round and round, and round and round...

round and round, and round and round...

Anduici tú mé san damsa fión

Anduici tú mé san damsa fión

Jackie Wilson Said

Jackie Wilson said it was reet petite

I kind of love you

Yes it knocks me off my feet

Let it all come down

Oh let it all come down

And you know I'm so wired up

I don't need any more tea in my cup

Let it all come down

Oh let it all come down

Now watch this

Toodle langa langa Toodle langa fang

Toodle langa langa Toodle langa fang

I'm in heaven

I'm In heaven

I'm In heaven when you smile

And when you walk across the street

It makes my heart go boom boom boom,

Let It all come down

And every time I stop to think about It

Well little child you simply make my day

Let It all come down

Oh let It all come down

Toodle langa langa Toodle langa fang

Toodle langa langa Toodle langa fang

I'm In heaven

I'm in heaven

I'm in heaven when you smile

Old

Old have memories to keep all cold away.
What is that you say?
No sense to dwell.
Old, are you ridiculed and fumed away,
No attention paid?
I thought as much. Yes and the dumb patriots have their say,
Only see their way.
Nothing to sell.
And worse from us, so obvious,
Preposterous, when you think of the time that each has spent.
Words heaven sent and truly meant to show
Old, may I sit down here and learn today?
I'll hear all you say.
I won't go away.

Plan B

You've always been searching for something

But everything seems so so-so

Tightly close your eyes

Hold out your hand

We'll make a stand

Forget their plans

and their demands

PLAN B

They're testing you - but don't worry

PLAN B

This week I'm strong enough for two

I'm coming

I'm running

I'm burning

I wouldn't sell you anything

It starts off just joking

and then they stop talking to you

and that's the worst thing of all

The worst thing of all

Whispers more than loud enough

Try to make you feel not good enough

Try this

Don't believe your eyes

Hold out your hand

We'll make a stand

Forget their plans

and their demands

PLAN B

Bill Withers was good to me

PLAN B

Pretend I'm Bill and lean on me

I'm coming

I'm running

I'm burning

I wouldn't sell you anything

PLAN B

Hold on to me

PLAN B

No don't be nervous. Just trust in me

I'm coming

I'm running

I'm burning

I wouldn't sell you anything

I'll Show You

I'll show you them now, those boys without cares.

Who'd swapped dirty pictures and talked during prayers.

They grew up with wisdom they'd stored from "those days"

Nobody told them to get in they must change.

I'll show you them now. Come with me and

I'll show you them now.

The teachers laughed with them class idiot style.

After all they weren't their kids so why should they mind.

Boyish good looks held the wrath back a while.

Then they were drummed in and thumped in and soon left behind.

Alcoholics, child molesters, nervous wrecks and prima donnas

Jilted lovers, office clerks, petty thieves, hard drug pursuers.

Lonely tramps, awkward misfits, oh anyone of these.

Mortgaged up families looked at first too mundane.

But it's funny how with help all the lucky ones changed.

Some of them couldn't, there had to be more.

Music, I dunno, films, something special perhaps.

I'll show you them now, come with me

And I'll show you them now.

It's so hard to picture dirty tramps as young boys.

But if you see a man crying, hold his hand, he's my friend.

If these words sound corny, switch this off, I don't care.

Nearby he's still crying, I won't smile while he's there.

Nearby he's still crying. I won't smile while he's there.

Liars A to E

Nobody tells you. You end up knowing

Bad habits: you should sleep alone

Open to suggestions, is that the way you feel?

'Cos you're the voice of experience, every word

You choose sweet stolen info' you must never lose

Until you're so secure in your habitat familiar

But you won't want from me

There's nothing else to see

Try smoking your own and don't look at me.

No need to explain it, just order dresses

Bad habits: you really shouldn't keep.

Quick nip next door to the vendor of charisma

Because the time, the place and the mood is right

And good old Kevin'll be all right

Here comes ''His Soul" get your pen and notebooks ready

But you won't look like me

You'll never think like me

Try smoking your own and don't follow me.

No need to explain it. Just order dresses

Bad habits: you should sleep alone

Open to suggestions, is that the way you feel

Until I Believe in My Soul

I'll need tonight to sit and think about this

Think what to do.

I'll take some strength to banish hollow sorrow.

Hollow sorrow's nothing new.

Just enough strength to last until tomorrow

Until I believe in my soul.

Tonight I lost sight of all purpose

Despite all this trickery you told me was right.

I was such a good boy I let you hold the door

So kind, so nice, where's my prize?

(That's all there ever is) Oh yeah yeah yeah?

(That's all there ever was) Ah you must be fucking joking.

(The same for everyone) Oh yes. Yes yes.

Would you repeat that. Break it to me gently,

Stand over there.

Oh I know I was an arrogant boy but I let you hold the door

Oh I was kind. I was nice, where's the prize?

And I'm on the train from New Street

To Euston. I'm going out to Harrow again

And I'm trying to get the feeling

That I had in nineteen seventy two.

Oh but you're going too fast for me here,

I'm saying, wait a minute there, wait a minute there

Hold it, stop! Let me get this clear

(That's all there ever is) oh yeah yeah yeah?

(That's all there ever was) yes, yes. ha ha ha.

(The same for everyone) Oh yes. yes. yes.

You see I know what this is, I know

What's going on here, this is just the difference between . . .

It's the battle between the body and the soul. The spirit

And what's needed here. . .

What I intend to do now is I'm going to punish my body.

I'll punish the body to believe in the soul, I will punish

my body, until I believe in my soul.

Come On Eileen

Poor old Johnny Ray
Sounded sad upon the radio, he moved a million hearts in mono.
Our mothers cried and sang along and who'd blame them.
Now you're grown, so grown, now I must say more than ever.
Go Toora Loora Toora Loo-Rye-Aye
and we can sing just like our fathers.

Come on Eileen,
I swear (well he means) At this moment you mean everything,
With you in that dress my thoughts I confess verge on dirty
Ah come on Eileen.

These people round here wear beaten down eyes
Sunk in smoke dried faces they're so resigned to what their fate is,
But not us, no not us we are far too young and clever.
Remember Toora Loora Toora Loo-Rye-Aye
Eileen I'll hum this tune forever.

Come on Eileen, I swear, well he means
Ah come on let's take off everything,
That pretty red dress Eileen (Tell him yes)
Ah come on let's, ah come on Eileen, please.

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THE OCCASIONAL FLICKER

No, I don't want sympathy,
I just want somewhere for these sins to go Compromise is the devil talking and he spoke to me

He mentioned something of moving in,
I conversed once with him and yes, he related to me how necessity is evil's mother
He has no father,
only victims weak or strong.
I hope this won't take long

I was right the first time,
I'll put it right with thirst now

Well, you might say I'm trying to redeem myself and in a way I think that's true, but I'm just trying to bite off more than those that chew more than I do

You could say that I'm a bitter man
and once again, I think that's true,
I witl remain so until I better those
that know more than I do
It kind of reminds me of that burning feeling
I used to get
What?
You know, that little problem I used to get What, are you still getting trouble with this? Yeah, not all the time or anything
Like it was?
Yeah, sometimes
Are you sure it's not heartburn?
No, it's definitely not heartburn
It's just a little matter of a burning,
a little matter of a burning nature
It's not arson, it's not arson
It's OK it's my problem I'll deal with it myself

THIS IS WHAT SHE'S LIKE

Well, you know the kind of people

that put creases in their old Levis? Sure

The type that use expressions like tongue in cheek and send up? Indeed l do

I don't like these kind of people No?

May I state here and now,

but I can't help thinking,

all the time Im thinking of her

What's she like? In time, in time

Let me put it another way Please do.

Welt, you know how the English upper classes are thick and ignorant and not used to being with people? That's true

You're familiar with the scum from Notting Hill and Moseley, the C N D ? Sure

They describe nice things as wonderful

She never would say that,

she's totally different in every way

What's she like)

In time, in time

Tell me, what's she like?

Come again?

Tell me, what's she like?

In time in time

Well, this is what she's like

I would like to express myself at this point

Go ahead

(VOCAL)

Bill, you know the newly wealthy peasants

with their home bars and hi fis?

Eh, I'm not sure actually

You know, the ones who parade all their possessions and put fabulous and super in each sentence7

Oh yeah, I know the ones

Well I don't really like these scumbags

May I be clear on this point. Sure

She's not a bit like that

No, nothing like that

What's she like?

In time, in time

Tell me, what's she like?

BilI, I'm trying to tell you

Oh well I'II tell you what she's like

given half a chance

I will make this clear

just what she's like

I'II present a picture of what she's like, you'll be in no doubt as to what she's like But listen close. Listen close now here

Come on, are you gonna' tell us what she's like or not )

Oh yeah, I have every intention.

I'll tell you now, listen

(VOCAL)

Go on,

VOCAL)

Go on,

Do you get my drift?

Oh yeah, I'm starting to get the picture

Well listen, I can expand on this if you'd like

Yeah, if you would

(VOCAL)

Oh, I see, I see She must be something )

Yeah, she is.

Well how did all this happen

Just all at once really.

The Italians have a word for it

What word what is it?

A thunderbolt or something

What, you mean the Italian word for thunderbolt)

Yeah, something like that

I don't speak Italian myself you understand No

But i knew a man who did

Well, that's my story,

the strongest thing I've ever seen

KNOWLEDGE OF BEAUTY

I've often thought about

the men where I came from

and times ago

Their sons, these days, are found

in US and Britannia care

And as I think about,

In my mother's eyes I look and see the story there It's a knowledge of beauty in these days rare

Go west, go west young man, west of hollow words and all that lies there

Go west, I'II sing an air

for all the previous

wild black curly hair

For what use is anything

If I don't have the wisdom and warmth

of my past generations

If I need strength

to take bad on,

I just look back to

where I came from.

I look back where I came from

I've had respect, money and love,

I've denied my beautiful heritage, gone away from my roots and come back home again

I gave away my individuality

and listened to the "now" generation, when really I'm not one of those

But love has brought me closer to the truth and right now, I couldn't be any closer

To love your father is a fulfilling thing

My national pride is a personal pride

ONE OF THOSE THINGS

You know, recently I was thinking
I was thinking about one thing and the other
and music crossed my mind Yeah? Yeah
It occurred to me to switch on the radio
I wanted to hear some music

So I turned it on, it was Radio One,
Sid Jenkins on the air
He had synthesizers and soulful guises,
I think you know the type of thing - Sure.
it was alright It was OK ?
I'm not lodging any complaints or anything,
there was just one problem
What was that?
It all sounded the same
You mean it all sounded similar?
I mean it all sounded the same

Anyway, so I started asking around, you know.
I started making a few enquiries,
just putting out a few feelers
Yeah? Yeah.
I had a word with a couple of so called socialists on my way, and during the course of our conversation I put to them a question, I said:
"How do you feel about Ireland?"
Ireland? Yeah, Ireland
That place, it's just across the sea
Oh yeah, I know the place
Well they said:
"We're for Sandinista, Cuba's militia,
the P L O, M.P.L.A, Afghanistan and Babylon"
They went on and on and on and on.
And I said: "Alright, Alright,
but what do you think about Belfast?"
And what did they say?
Well, their replies were various
but they all had one thing m common.
And what was that?

They all sounded the same
You mean they sounded alike ?
They all sounded the same

Well, that's about the size of it,
what can I tell you? You tell me. I dunno,
It's just one of those of things
What you mean one of 'those' things?
Yeah, one of those things

LISTEN TO THIS

I was thinking of a compromise when I saw the beauty in your eyes, it heightened something in me so I'll say so,
You were always near to me
and thoughts of you will stay with me
until the day I die

You were standing next to me
in '82 and '83
in all that time
I barely proved I loved you
Well there's nothing wrong but the wrong in me you were everything you were meant to be

Now I just want to say this to you
Listen to this, Iisten to this,
I love you, I love you

Did you know that I loved you
from the start
You didn't care about my words
and why should you?
You didn't know that all the time I loved you so

I love you, I love you

THE WALTZ

Don't stand me down, or around,
for I'll never stop saying your name

I was the one who came rushing to see you believed in your strategy, followed your course
Around this time, yes, I came near to remorse,
I never quite did, of course
But then, things were no worse

And you were the one I was waiting to see, believed implicitly, but I never took tea
I was aIways in doubt
about working it out,
hence my reasons to shout

were in permanent doubt

It's all changed now

Now, though it seems I am losing,
it's not true.
And though it seems there's confusion,
it's also not true

As if I could not see
believed implicitly
in the tales of the British democracy
How I swooned to the stories of Royal victories, but the books of history were fairy tale stories
But, never one to doubt
and not first think about,
I restrained all my doubt,
now I'm working it out.
Your good sister, it seems,
is nowhere to be seen,
they don't talk of Kathleen,
things are not how they seem

There's no beauty any more

Now, though it seems I am losing,
it's not true
And though it seems there's confusion, it's also not true
You say wait
but some things don't wait any more
Well, I've been to the promised Land
I've been there
I've also been down to the bottom
and looked up from despair

Now, though it seems I am losing,
t's not true
Now, though it seems there's confusion it's also not true
Some things won't wait any more

Don't stand me down, or around,
for I'll never stop saying your name

Here is a protest