Boatman (Live) The Levellers

If I could choose the life I pleased Then I would be a boatman Along the canals and the rivers free No hasty words are spoken My only law the river breeze Would take me to the open seas If I could choose

The Boatman The Levellers

If I could choose the life I please Then I would be a boatman On the canals and the rivers free No hasty words are spoken My only law is the river breeze That takes me to the open seas If I could choose

Boatman James Taylor

As we drifted south down the bay The gray up above and gray down below Left us with nothing to say So we drifted along in silence 'Til the tickle of life trickled in And the rhythm began in the hiss

Exodus (Live) The Levellers

It's simple because it is the people Fighting for and claiming what remains And dreaming, this is not dreaming This is the Exodus from the game Dance beneath the stars We, the sound system, we, the collective

Liberty (Live) The Levellers

There's one too many, two too many holes Getting bigger in the garden wall And the people looking in are getting busy, getting bad They're trying to suss it all They're trying to get to me, to take my

Sell Out (Live) The Levellers

The year was 1991, it seems that freedom is dead and gone The power of the rich is held by few Keep the young paralyzed, educated by your lies Keep the old ones happy with the news Tell the singer not

The Road (Live) The Levellers

Well, it's headlights and white lights and Black Tar Rivers Theyre dragging me around this country as it withers The billboards, signposts, standing in the way Tell of the state of nations, that we find

The Riverflow (Live) The Levellers

I met you in 82, over a crate of beer and not a few I cracked a can and so did you, we're going to change the world The ghetto kings of downside town The estates and parks of our hallowed ground Doing

Hope St. (Live) The Levellers

There's a young boy in the queue There's not much else here for him to do He's had a drink, he's had a few Down the pub on Hope Street Dear old lady, you're looking thin Got a shopping bag with your life

Fifteen Years (Live) The Levellers

I never was a violent man Said the man in the bar with his head in his hands He's Trying his best to understand the cause of his dismay But the years of gin have broken him They've left him cold where

One Way (Live) The Levellers

There's only one way of life And that's your own, your own, your own My father when I was younger took me up on to the hill That looks down on the city smog and above the factory spill He said, Now this

Three Friends (Live) The Levellers

Burning searing sun soft through the skin bring your grace down here tearing past the grey shadows of today stroke away the fear cold and steaming moon call down a tune lend us your ear glide by the curves

Carry Me (Live) The Levellers

When you're standing by the roadside And it's a long way to go Ah, to carry me to carry me, carry me, carry me, friend Oh, to carry me Together in this mad land far from truest of hands well I'll carry

Men-An-Tol (Live) The Levellers

So I find myself among The brave Southwestern hills Running like a madman on the moor Let the sweet Atlantic rain Wash away my youth The Men An Tol shone strangely in the storm I get the strangest feeling

England My Home (Live) The Levellers

me away You've really done it now Dying in my arms You stand here with nothing But you've still got english charm Oh England, you're my home My heart's heart Crashing thunder of love You're a place of the

Captains' Courageous The Levellers

Kick the sheets off get out of bed Good morning deja vu Is this the best thing in my head Good morning now what to do Look at my day What's the first appointment Lunch in heaven What a disappointment I

Battle Of The Beanfield (Live) The Levellers

I thought I heard something calling me I've seen the pictures on TV And I made up my mind that I'd go and see With my own eyes It didn't take too long to hitch a ride With a guy going south to start a

Gold And Silver Levellers

You smile at the rain While counting your change That`s what you do Take a walk in the town That saw you drown That`s what you do Chance come and make me These times are for taking Gold and silver

Men-An-Tol The Levellers

So I find myself among The brave Southsestern hills Running like a madman on the moor Let the sweet Atlantic rain Wash away my youth The Men-An-Tol shone strangely in the storm I get the strangest feeling

The Riverflow The Levellers

I met you in 82, over a crate of beer and not a few I cracked a can and so did you, we're going to change the world The ghetto kings of downside town-the estates and parks of our hallowed ground Doing

Battle Of The Beanfield The Levellers

I thought I heard something calling me I've seen the pictures on TV And I made up my mind that I'd go and see With my own eyes It didn't take too long to hitch a ride With a guy going south to start a

The Fear The Levellers

hate Are you scared or do you feel pretty safe Do you think you have nothing Or do you think you've got it made You know it feels like you're going insane I've done everything you told me To take away the

The Game The Levellers

The Bar was dark and quiet and still And nothing could be heard The dust lay undisturbed At a table near the back, underneath a fan Two men shared a joke about the normal folk The cards are on the table

The Road The Levellers

Headlights, white lights, black tar rivers Dragging me around this country as it whithers The billboards, signposts, standing in the way Tell of the state of the nations, that we find today And we play

Edge Of The World The Levellers

At the edge of the world nothing is said Call a witness Conversation is dead We pray for the coming But we don't hear a word We're all waiting around the edge of the world The loneliest place I know is

Chemically Free The Levellers

is it getting you down,just lately Now you're on top of the world Looking down on the nation You're the boy with the girls Who's above all creation You're the man with the plan Who's going to

Sold England The Levellers

We've got rocks and coke We've got kids that smoke Pram pushers and devil's folk In our England What's the weather Sunshine or rain Smiling faces asking for a change Watch the news Could grow great again

Maid Of The River The Levellers

She's the maid of the river So beautiful plain As fresh as the country That gave her her name As crips as the snow And as swift as the rain he shone like the sun Before all of our games She shone like

Exodus The Levellers

It's simple cos it is the people Fighting for and claiming what remains Dreaming this is not dreaming This is the exodus from the game Dance beneath the stars We the sound system We the collective With

Sell Out The Levellers

The year was 1991, it seems that freedom is dead and gone The power of the rich is held by few Keep the young paralyzed, educated by your lies Keep the old ones happy with the news Tell the singer not

Belaruse The Levellers

Belaruse no longer feels the sun But it's under the skin of everyone Belaruse forgotten by the blind That is until the next time Remember all your yesterdays In the deep blue Before the world came And

Voices On The Wind The Levellers

There's a man on the mountain Who hides himself away A voice on the wind there Is telling him to stay He knows on the outside The world has looked away From that night in the valley When they took them

Far From Home The Levellers

It's warm by the river, the weir keeps us clean The woodsmoke and cigarettes are all that we need Marking the dirt with twigs and simple words spoke Kicking the dust so we can just Dance the dance that

Saturday To Sunday The Levellers

Saturday to sunday's waste Then monday's soon around It's always time to leave The nightlife first And catch the last bus out of town And the sentiment of the last song that I heard Stays with me as if

P.C.Keen The Levellers

There's nothing new In this sad story The slaughter of innocence Without glory At the foot of your hill Without warning The centre of operations They attack in the morning Now you can lie Like a lame before

One Way The Levellers

There's only one way of life And that's your own My father when I was younger Took me up on to the hill That looked down on the city smog Above the factory spill He said this is where I come When I want

What A Beautiful Day The Levellers

"What a beautiful day (hey hey) I'm the king of all time And nothing is impossible In my all powerful mind It was the fifth of November, when time it went back Some say that's impossible, but you and I

This Garden The Levellers

I never thought I'd see the day When you became what you've become It's easy now just to look away And leave your conscience on the run Spend so much time not looking for answers Someone else's to blame

Another Man's Cause The Levellers

Gunshots shatter in the peace of night It's just another fire fight For the people of this little town But for the dying soldier Well he's feeling ten years older As he's lying face down on the ground

Just The One The Levellers

Do you fancy a drink Just the one To clear your head We won't be long It's a beautiful day To waste away There's plenty of time For another one You know you shouldn't do it But can't see no reason why

Survivors The Levellers

[Verse 1] In the life in front of you and me Seems there is no logic - No place that you must be And there are times that it gets so hard to see To find the valid reasons - For the things that come to

Liberty Song The Levellers

There's one too many, two too many holes Getting bigger in the garden wall And the people looking in are getting busy, getting bad Trying to suss it all They're trying to get to me, to take my liberty

Forgotten Ground The Levellers

Come onto me, it's easy for a long life Don't be denied forever under the night Come along To be this free Is what you want to Breaking the line forever under the sun It will be done together for each

Fifteen Years The Levellers

I never was a violent man Said the man in the bar with his head in his hands Trying his best to understand the cause of his dismay But years of gin have broken him And left him cold where he fitted in

The Weed That Killed Elvis The Levellers

The NATO bombs were like sleeping pills When I smoked the weed that killed Elvis I took enough to make me ill When I smoked the weed that killed Elvis I was public enemy number one When I smoked the weed

Fantasy The Levellers

He thought he was as drunk as can be New white skinny rebel was he Because he knew what mattered It's all in a clatter of the bands he's seen His words of wisdom would shock Whether he meant them or not

Red Sun Burns The Levellers

She took the world up She was higher than the sky She didn't have a need She didn't really want for anyone he didn't ask for any of this She painted in the dark Truth turned into light But men came in

Celebrate The Levellers

Amid the Sound and Lights On a table with friends Everybody's fine They're all drinking wine, yeah Was there you fell in love In a crowded room Not for the first But for the thousandth time, yeah So you

Beautiful Day The Levellers

What a beautiful day (hey hey) I'm the king of all time And nothing is impossible In my all powerful mind It was on the fifth of November, when time it went back Some say that that's impossible, but you

Happy Birthday Revolution The Levellers

Car horns and rumba music Through the city's broken heart Is this the devil's own back yard It was fourty years ago That the gangster he fell To a rag bag of men The world remembers well Happy Birthday