Unfairground 2: London (Kevin Ayers Lyric and Link)

Pass me the bottle, baby;
One day you'll understand.
We almost make the same mistakes
and hold each other's hands.

 

Take this particular shade of grey
just for a change, I shout;
There's nothing in this fairground
that couldn't be left out.

Valentine's Day 2011 (Only Heaven Knows)

what do you do when it's all behind you
everyday something else reminds you
when the times were sweet
wings on your feet
and bells on you toes?
only heaven knows
what do you do when you've lost the feeling
nowhere to go you've reached the ceiling
back down on the floor
no window, no door?
your everything's closed
and only heaven knows

love is a treat
a magical feat
illusion or for real.
You're never quite sure
if it's true what you feel
or something that you felt before.
what do you do when you know you're losing
sit on your arse and let the blues in
think of what you had
and how it all went bad?
you send her a rose
and only heaven knows.

love is a treat
a magical feat
illusion or for real.
You're never quite sure
if it's true what you feel
or something that you felt before.
what do you do when its all behind you
everyday something else reminds you
when the times were sweet
wings on your feet
and bells on you toes?
only heaven knows

Upper image: Man Ray, Jacqueline Goddard, 1930

Lower image: Man Ray, Lee Miller, 1930

Song and recording from:  Kevin Ayers, The Unfairground (2007)
Happy Valentine's Day to Caroline, Jane and all my friends visiting ACravan

Unfairground 2

 UNFAIRGROUND

It catches fire at midnight it leaves the room for doubt but everything's so well defined there's only one way out. and all the girls are on tonight the coloured wheels all spin you're more aware than ever before you need a prize to win and all the funfairs will have one that is the usual theme no secret Jack in this box to help the pain within. quiet country roads and trees birds sing from a cage you understand you just lost one you step outside your rage and what's left to believe in? the children in the lake? I didn't see them go under let's try another take. pass me the bottle baby one day you'll understand we almost make the same mistakes and hold each other's hands. take this particular shade of grey just for a change I shout there's nothing in this fairground that couldn't be left out. there isn't much left to show you maybe the tunnel of love who knows we'll be there forever just like the stars above.

 


Kevin Ayers: The Unfairground (2007) (Link)