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(Instrumental intro)Dancing around the MaypoleTo welcome the new Season inKnowing this old ritualAs the harbinger of SpringRound and round the MaypoleAll the young folk joined inJoining in this festivalSo, the planting could beginPraying for the rains to come And so they could portendThe harvest would be plentiful At the Season’s end(Instrumental interlude)Flirting around the MaypoleThat’s…

(Instrumental intro)Standing at Rorke’s DriftAt the time of the Zulu WarA Mission HospitalAnd a Commissariat Army Store With a hundred and fifty men … no more Breaking from the battleground The desperate message came back Thousands of warriorsAre ready to attack They are heading our wayYou can hear on the windLike a freight train rumbling…

(Brief instrumental intro)As it was in the beginningWhen man at first begunThere thrived a global reverenceFor the mystery of the sunThis overwhelming presenceFor what it may be worthWas seen to be the source ofAll life upon this EarthOn this bold perceptionSimple people could agreeAnd so began the concept Of one great Deity.Throughout the agesReligion was…

(instrumental intro)It was a calm and balmy tropic nightStrolling along in the bright moonlightCarried on the breezePulsing through the treesThe night air was coming to lifeA bamboo band was playingTo a beach party playingGrass skirts erotically swayingSo, I wandered in, passed a whisky or ginCouldn’t tell, spirits in a shellThe bamboo band hypnotically thrummingFrom the…

What could they do No one could fly that stormy skyYet the call kept coming through Whatever could they do Through static they could feel the painFrom a desperate cry, all in vainThey heard the stress, really life or death No way throughNo way through the stormThat violent stormEverybody knew There was no way through…

A storyFirst told a long time agoAbout a Mother’s favourite SonAnd how she had to let him goThough her heart was breakingBecause she loved him soFrom an early ageShe could clearly seeHe was the black sheepIn the familyRestless, hanging round Who could never settle downAnd was never happyIn the confines of the townThen came the…

We live on a small PlanetAnd marvel at our shiny Sun That nurtures all around us Not comprehending how it’s doneThere is so much still remainingThat the Earth is to reveal So, when you turn to the HeavensOn a cloudless nightGaze in wonder Overawed by the sight Billions of stars All shining so brightThe Universe,…

I’ll always be with youI thought you should knowI’ll always be with youWherever you may goThrough bright summer meadows Or the cold wind and snowIt makes little differenceYou should knowIf only in spiritI’ll know where you areAnd always support youAs you follow your starAnd if it should lead youTo some land off afarI’ll always be…

(Instrumental intro)The Devil set out on a journeyIt was such a lovely day Set out on a journeyCollecting lost Souls That had fallen and strewn Along the long and lonely winding wayI was looking for some actionAnd I met Him late that dayHe asked me ‘Are you going My way?It’s all there for the takingI…

(instrumental intro)Walking on the waterFloating on the airThe power of love will carry you thereTo a place where, somewhereYou’ve never been beforeA magic gardenFragrant and greenUnlike you have ever seenOn the wings of a butterflyI’m floating on airAmong the blossomThrough the fragrant air With you here beside meEverything is crystal clearAll of those Gremlins, disappearNo…