Down (2006 Remastered Version) - Labi Siffre

There's something strange going on tonight There's something going on that's not quite right Joey's nervous and the lights are bright There's something going on that's not quite right There's something going down that wasn't here before Keep your eyes so screwed to the floor No one's gonna save your life There's something going on that's not quite right Beware, beware There's something going down that wasn't here before Keep your eyes so screwed to the floor No one's gonna save your life There's something going on that's not quite right, uh-huh There's something strange going on tonight There's something going on that's not quite right Joey's nervous and the lights are bright There's something going on that's not quite right There's something There's something, there's something There's something, there's something There's something, there's something There's something, there's something There's something

Our own correspondent is sorry to tell Of an uneasy time, that all is not well On the borders there's movement In the hills there is trouble Food is short, crime is double Prices have risen since the government fell Casualties increase as the enemy shell (shell, shell) The climate's unhealthy, flies and rats thrive And sooner or later the end will arrive This is your correspondent running out of tape Gunfire's increasing Looting! Burning! Rape! (rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) A rape (a rape) A rape (rape) A rape! (rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape) (Rape...)

I feel icy I feel cold I feel old Is there something there behind me? I'm sublime I feel empty I feel dark I remark I am mesmerised By my own beat Like a heartbeat (In it's own beat)

The taste of champions The pace, the pace The speed, the need The need to seed The chance to die Another dead, don't cry Another dead, don't cry You've still got speed You'll maybe bleed But there's... less... time More speed than before Less time than before You're rich, not poor What are you doing it for? Want more, want more Another dead, don't cry Another dead, don't cry You've still got speed To feed from speed Doing it... all... the time

Think of a number Divide it by two Something is nothing Nothing is nothing Open a box And tear off the lid Then think of a number Don't think of an answer Open your eyes Think of a number Don't get swept under A number's a number A chance encounter You want to avoid The inevitable So you do Oh yes, you do The impossible Now, you ain't got a number You just wanna rhumba And there ain't no way You're gonna go under Go under, go under Go under, go under You tear me asunder Go under, go under Go under Yeah!

I got the blues but I don't mind All I have to do is get to you And then I feel just fine I'm on a downer, but not all the way When I'm feelin' low you do your thing just so And then I feel OK You're so good, the way you give You so good, you're the best there is I got the blues, got it oh so bad When I think of me It's hard to be a person quite so sad You got the answer, and it makes me glad When I'm feelin' small, you gimme rock 'n roll And then I feel laid back You're so good, the way you give So good, you're the best there is Just a lonely soul Slowly dyin' I was smilin' hard But I was lyin' Then you sailed along With your sweet dream When you stole my heart I was livid Mornin' come, sun don't shine I'll get by without you I was lost, but now I'm found Tell me love it was you Mornin' come, sun don't shine I'll get by without you I was lost, but now I'm found Tell me love it was you Just a lonely soul (Mornin' come, sun don't shine) Slowly dyin' (I'll get by without you) I was smilin' hard (I was lost, but now I'm found) But I was lyin' (Tell me love it was you) Then you sailed along (Mornin' come, sun don't shine) With your sweet dream (I'll get by without you) When you stole my heart (I was lost, but now I'm found) I was livid (Tell me love it was you)

This is my song And no one can take it away It's been so long But now you're here Here to stay And I wonder If you know what it means To find your dreams come true This is my song And no one can make it a lie It's been so long Since someone Could make me cry And I wonder If you know what it means To laugh as tears go by I may not always sing in tune And sometimes you don't hear me But you don't have to be near me To know that I'm singing This is my song And nothing Can make it die It's been so long And it's stronger I know why And I wonder If you really Really know That as long As I live I will sing my song for you I may not always sing in tune And sometimes you don't hear me But you don't have to be near me To know that I'm singing This is my song And nothing can make it die It's been so long And it's stronger I know why And I wonder If you really Really know That as long As I live I will sing my song That as long As I live I will sing my song That as long As I live I will sing my song for you

Life can be funny Sometimes a shame Making the same mistakes again and again It isn't easy being a man For a woman it's harder Try it in the Sudan And when you're winning and when you've won You turn around ... your problems just begun And when you're losing and when you've lost You turn around ... it wasn't worth the cost How did we make it... It's a mystery We're getting better... That's news to me Are we defeated... Huh! Defeated like hell We may be losers... But we'll never tell Nothin's Gonna Change But we don't give in Nothin's Gonna Change Take it on the chin Nothin's Gonna Change Keep that silly grin Nothin's Gonna Change The only way to win World wars are over One and two Others are raging still just like brand new The Big Band is with us It's here to stay Unless the Martians come to take it away My TV dinner shows a starving face The kicked a man to death outside my place We strangle nature We murder the trees Forgetting we need the trees to breathe

Sitting in the back seat of my car With my arms around my guitar And the rain falls from the roof of the world Nothing around just the trees and the ground There's a bird in a tree singing a song just for me, just for me Ah, Da da da La da da, Da da da La da da, Da da da Da da, Da da da, Da da da La da da, Da da da La da da, Da da da Da da, Da da da I've been down for oh so long It seemed like my soul was dead and gone But it's alright - I'm back in the fight I thought my day would never come Maybe it won't but I'll have fun And I'll hold tight 'cause that way it might La da da, Da da da, Da da da La da da, Da da da La da da, Da da da Da da, Da da da Oh I know I'll be down again with my old friend This friendship never ends The blues is always the same, the blues is always the same Well I don't know just where I am I'm a nowhere man I'm a Desperate Dan But I'll find out - maybe if I shout Give me your hand I'll give you my mind It's a fair exchange if your deaf, dumb and blind And we're sold out well that's what it's all about La da da, Da da da, Da da da La da da, Da da da La da da, Da da da Da da, Da da da, Da da da La da da, Da da da La da da, Da da da Da da, Da da da Ah-ahh

It's nice to hear your voice again I've waited all day long Even wrote a song for you It's strange, the way you make me feel With just a word or two I'd like to do the same for you It's nice to hear you say hello And "how are things with you - I love you" But very soon it's time to go An office job to do While I'm here writing songs for you Strange how a phonecall can change your day Take you away Away from the feeling of being alone Bless the telephone It's nice, the way you say my name Not very fast or slow, just soft and low The same as when you tell me how you feel I feel the same way too I'm very much in love with you