Darkness darkness be my pillow Take my hand let me sleep In the coolness of your shadow In the silence of your deep Darkness darkness hide my yearning
How long 'fore you realise you swing How long 'fore you realise you sting From the good to the bad to the ugly change How long 'fore you start to rearrange
I know you have a second love Another one you're thinking of What is there now that I can do I'll always feel the same for you Why does it have to be
Oh angeline, I love you, your mouth is like a sting And when I close my eyes each night, I often hear you sing Imagination's hidden book, you wrote it
All the changes they will take their time In the morning dust they'll begin to rise Halfway to a borderline Well I can see the end For the very first
This has been The mott the hoople Light orchestra, (who've) been Playing some goodies And some newies And some oldies And some filthies And some weirdies
t do you no good And sent for the police Well they busted me for nothing Cos they said I was insane So they let my body go But they locked away my brain
I've been sitting here thinking When I started out drinking I went on to the dope surely just to change my life I cried a tear and a beer for me I lost
