SEVEN & THE RAGGED TIGER / 1983

The Reflex

you gone to far this time
but I'm dancing on the valentine
I tell you somebody's fooling around
with my chances on the dangerline
I'll cross that bridge when I find it
another day to make my stand
high time is no time for deciding
if I should find a helping hand

so why don't you lose it
try not to bruise it
buy time don't lose it

the reflex is an only child he's waiting in the park
the reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark
and watching over lucky clover isn't that bizarre
every little thing the reflex does leaves you
answered with a question mark

I'm on a ride and I want to get off
but they won't slow down the roundabout
I sold the renoir and the tv set
don't want to be around when this gets out

the reflex is an only child he's waiting by the park
the reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark
and watching over lucky clover isn't that bizarre
every little thing the reflex does
is an answer with a question mark

the reflex is an only child he's waiting by the park
the reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark
and watching over lucky clover isn't that bizarre
every little thing the reflex does
leaves me answered with a question mark

oh the reflex what a game he's hiding all the cards
the reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark
and watching over lucky clover isn't that bizarre
every little thing the reflex does
leaves you answered with a question mark
New Moon on Monday

shake up the picture the lizard mixture
with your dance on the eventide
you got me coming up with answers
all of which I deny
I said it again could I please rephrase it
maybe I could catch a ride
I couldn't really put it much plainer
but I'll wait till you decide
send me your warning siren
as if I could ever hide
last time la luna

I light my torch and wave it for the

new moon on monday
and a firedance through the night
I stayed the cold day with a lonely satellite

breaking away with the beast of both worlds
a smile that you can't disguise
every minute I keep finding
clues that you leave behind
save me from these reminders
as if I'd forget tonight
this time la luna
(I`m Looking For)
Cracks in the Pavement


I shed my skin
when the party was about to begin
I'm light years away but I'm walking back
tonight of all nights
when I should be feeling just right
don't want to be in public
my head is full of chopstick
I don't like it

something on my mind
breaking open doors I had sealed up before
something on my mind
makes me run when I thought I'd run too far

somebody shaking my tree
maybe that somebody is me
I'm standing in the light but I'm making a break
for the shadows on the cinema wall
they should be mine but I'm not that tall
now I'm saying this in private
if I had a car I'd drive it
insane

I'm looking for cracks in the pavement
I Take the Dice

midnight I think I'm gonna make it
feel the magical lash of the roll and the crash in their lives
headline in tomorrow's papers
kill that light it's so bright
and you're shining it right in my eyes

show me your secret and tell me your name
catch me with your fizzy smile
try to remember again and again
what it is that I recoginse
don't ask me now
when I need you I don't know how
to believe in your advise
just this once I take the dice

midnight so what's the point of faking
for a kiss or a whisper you pull out a desperate prize
hold tight onto daddy's bracelet
make them pay for their chances
with money they don't think that's nice
Of Crime and Passion

why did you let me run
when you knew I'd fall for the gaping hole
where your heart should be
liar couldn't cut me deeper with a knife if you tried
just take a look before you run off and hide
at your victim arise

clouds on your shoulder
aren't they grazed by the afterglow
how quiet they gather
when the storm is about to blow

no don't look away
caught in the crossfire
and it ain't no wind of change
I'm talking of crime and passion's rage

summer of madness or the undertow
dragged me up an alley
for the blossoming fire
on a stranger's smile
bride of wire how disguise so easily cracked
saw your heart turn spade
this orchid's turned to black

graze on your shoulder
like the clouds in the afterglow
how quiet they gather
when the storm is about to blow

way down by the shoulder
in the haze of the afterglow
stranded together
and the storm is about to blow
Union of the Snake

telegram force and ready
I knew this way a big mistake
there's a fine line drawing my senses together
and I think it's about to break

if I listen close I can hear them singers
voices in your body coming through on the radio
the union of the snake is on the climb
moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
through the borderline

nightshades on a warning
give me strength at least give me a light
give me anything even sympathy
there's a chance you could be right

the union of the snake is on the climb
it's gonna race it's gonna break
gonna move up to the borderline
Shadows on Your Side

shackled and raised for a shining crowd
they want you to speak but the music is louder than
all of their roar with the heat of the planet's core, but

the shadows are on your side
as soon as the lights go down
in the darkest place you can find
you belong to the hands of the night

promises made with a distant friend
truth should be known it can only bend
to a tune of its own
hey you'll never hear that voice again
scandal in white on a tangled vine
with everybody to say that you're having the
time of your life when your life is on the slide, but

spinning a compass to choose your way
you can run you can dive you can stand and you can soar
whichever way you can be sure, that

shadows on your side
the shadows are on your side
TIGER TIGER

instumental
THE SEVENTH STRANGER

Those words are all remainders
Echoes growing in the heart of twilight
They lay back laughing at naivety's star
Awaken all those whispers in the dusty shadow of a
Passing favour
I wouldn't say that you were ruthless or right
I couldn't see from so far
Was I chasing after rainbows
One thing for sure you never answered when I called
And I wiped away the water from my face
To look through the eyes of a stranger
For rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd
Trading in my shelter for danger
I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down
In the eyes of a stranger

Can't tell the real from reflections
When all these faces look the same to me
In every city such a desolate dream
Some days are strange to number
Some say the seventh sounds a little bit stranger
A year of Sundays seems to have drifted right by
(I could have sworn) in one evening
And I'm not seized in desperation
No steel reproaches on the table from before
But I still can feel those splinters of ice
I look through the eyes of a stranger
For rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd
Trading in my shelter for danger
I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down
In the eyes of a stranger

I must be chasing after rainbows
One thing for sure you never answer when I call
And I wipe away the water from my face
To look through the eyes of a stranger
For rumour in the wake of such a lonely crowd
Trading in my shelter for danger
I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down
Walking away like a stranger
From rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd
Trading in my shelter for danger
I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down
In the eyes of a stranger
SIEDMY NEZNÁMY

Tie slová boli všetko len pozostatky
Ozveny narastajúce v srdci súmraku
Líhajú si späť, smejúc sa hviezde naivity,
Ktorá vzbudila všetky tie vzdychy, zaprášený tieň
zašlej slávy
Nemôžem povedať,že si bola neľútostná, alebože si mala pravdu
Nevidím z takej diaľky
Chcel som si pritiahnuť dúhu
Jednu vec si mi pre istotu neodpovedala, keď som volal
A ja som si musel zotrieť vlhko z tváre
Aby som videl cez oči neznámeho
Pretože chýry pri burcovaní takého osamelého davu
Vymenili môj úkryt za nebezpečenstvo
Mením si meno, práve keď slnko zapadá
V očiach neznámeho

Nerozoznám skutočnosť od odrazu
Keď všetky tieto tváre sa mi zdajú presne rovnaké
V každom meste stále ten úbohý sen
Niektoré dni majú zvláštnečíslo
Niektorí vravia,že siedmy je ešte zvláštnejší
Rok plný nedieľ, zdá sa, prešiel plávajúc do diaľky
(mohol som prisahať) v jeden večer
a ja som neuviazol v zúfalstve
Žiadne tvrdé výčitky na stole od minula
No ja stále cítim tie úlomkyľadu
Pozerám cez oči neznámeho
Pretože chýry pri burcovaní takého osamelého davu
Vymenili môj úkryt za nebezpečenstvo
Mením si meno, práve keď slnko zapadá
V očiach neznámeho

Musím stále chcieť pritiahnuť si dúhu
Jednu vec si mi pre istotu neodpovedala, keď som volal
A ja si utieram slzy zo svojej tváre
Aby som mohol vidieť cez oči neznámeho
Pretože chýry pri burcovaní takého osamelého davu
Vymenili môj úkryt za nebezpečenstvo
Mením si meno, práve keď slnko zapadá
Odchádzam preč ako neznámy
Pre chýry pri burcovaní takého osamelého davu
Vymieňam svoj úkryt za nebezpečenstvo
Mením si meno, práve keď slnko zapadá
V očiach neznámeho
B-SIDES
Secret October
(SP Union of the Snake)

wise on a birthday party in a world full of suprising fireworks,
then sudden silence,
lies on a stranger's bed
the new day breaks like a speeding train,
or an old friend ever expected but never knocking
holding your own in a battered car,
all night parties, cocktail bars and smile
when the butterfly escapes the killing jar

sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
wise or naked in secret oktober

free fall on a windy morning shore,
nothing but a fading track of footsteps
could prove that you'd ever been there

spoken on a cotton cloud,
like the sound of gunshot taken by the wind,
and lost in distant thunder
racing on a shining plain tomorrow,
you'll be content to watch as lightning plays
along the wires and you'll wonder

sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
wise or naked in secret oktober
sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
wise or naked in secret oktober

© 2005 Duranmajo