Dave Davies

Food and Drink

Colours

Animals

Rock

Pop

1970

I was lost just wandering round downtown
Many people pushing me around
Hate spreads just like infection
Those rats jumping on and off my back
Fat black rats holding me down
I see rats in every direction
No time to catch your breath
Crazy people lost their heads
Masses trampling on my feet, inconsiderate in their heat
Those rats breeding angriness and spite
Never have done anything right for people like you and me
Walk over all the people you can't see
If they die there's more bread for me
Like snakes crawling through the grass
No time to catch your breath
Crazy people lost their heads
Masses trampling on my feet, inconsiderate in their heat
Those rats breeding angriness and spite
Never have done anything right for people like you and me
See that face man look at me, he's much too selfish to see
Once he was warm and was kind
Now all he has got is a pinstripe mind
See that face man look at me, he's much too selfish to see
Once he was warm and was kind
Now all he has got is a pinstripe mind

Dan McCafferty

Darrell Sweet

Manuel Charlton

Peter Agnew

Food and Drink

Celebration

Love

Weather

Time

Rock

Metal

1973

Weve got to get it together
You bring the wine, well bring the weather
We havent come to be clever
Lets make it now cause this could be never
Were gonna razamataz ya tonight
Were gonna razamanaz ya all night
Razamataz razamanaz up on your feet
Lets see ya dance, dance, dance

Now that weve come to a showdown
We wont allow you a second to slow down
The moment has come to deliver
You as the taker, and we as the giver
Were gonna razamataz ya tonight
Were gonna razamanaz ya all night
Razamataz razamanaz up on your feet
Lets see ya dance, dance, dance
All of the world loves a raver
Were playin for ravers who savor the flavor
You all appear calm and collected
Razamanazin you never expected
Were gonna razamataz ya tonight
Were gonna razamanaz ya all night
Razamataz razamanaz up on your feet
Lets see ya dance, dance, dance
Were gonna razamataz ya tonight
Were gonna razamanaz ya all night
Razamataz razamanaz up on your feet
Lets see ya dance, dance, dance

Bruce Gilbert

Colin Newman

Graham Lewis

Robert Gotobed

Food and Drink

Country/Nature

Time

Animals

Rock

1977

Our own correspondant 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
The climate's unhealthy, flies and rats thrive
And sooner or later the end will arrive
This is your correspondant, running out of tape
Gunfire's increasing, looting, burning, rape

Graham Oliver

Nigel Glockler

Paul Quinn

Peter Byford

Stephen Dawson

Food and Drink

Places

Time

Numbers

Rock

1986

Big wheels are rolling
On thru' the night
We hit the city in the morning
No time to eat or sleep
Six concerts in a week
Take the show across the nation
Could this be San Antone?
Or am I stood in Rome?
Is this real or am I dreaming?
Standing by the backstage door
Just like the one before
We're here to set the spirit free

Give us the stage (*)
Turn on the lights
Fire up the sound
We'll rock the nations

(Repeat *)

Wait for the curtain call
Excitement in the hall
Stage crew ready at their stations
The houselights start to dim
Another show begins
Now it's time to rocks the nations
Stand in the flashing lights
The music fills the night
This is what we've all been waiting for
We take the last encore
The first of many more
The spotlight takes the final bow

(Repeat * 4 times)

Big wheels are rolling
On thru' the night
Daylight comes without no warning
North, South, East and West
We'll put you to the test
As we rock across your nation

(Repeat *)

Alex Lifeson

Geddy Lee

Neil Peart

Names

Food and Drink

Places

Numbers

Rock

1992

Well, you can stake that claim --
Good work is the key to good fortune
Winners take that praise
Losers seldom take that blame
If they dont take that game
And sometimes the winner takes nothing
We draw our own designs
But fortune has to make that frame

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
Thats the way that lady luck dances
Roll the bones

Why are we here?
Because were here
Roll the bones
Why does it happen?
Because it happens
Roll the bones

Faith is cold as ice --
Why are little ones born only to suffer
For the want of immunity
Or a bowl of rice?
Well, who would hold a price
On the heads of the innocent children
If theres some immortal power
To control the dice?

We come into the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
Thats the way that lady luck dances
Roll the bones

Jack -- relax.
Get busy with the facts.
No zodiacs or almanacs,
No maniacs in polyester slacks.
Just the facts.
Gonna kick some gluteus max.
Its a parallax -- you dig?
You move around
The small gets big. its a rig.
Its action -- reaction --
Random interaction.
So whos afraid
Of a little abstraction?
Cant get no satisfaction
From the facts?
You better run, homeboy --
A facts a fact
From nome to rome, boy.

Whats the deal? spin the wheel.
If the dice are hot -- take a shot.
Play your cards. show us what you got --
What youre holding.
If the cards are cold,
Dont go folding.
Lady luck is golden;
She favors the bold. thats cold.
Stop throwing stones --
The night has a thousand saxophones.
So get out there and rock,
And roll the bones.
Get busy!