The loneliness of the banking chief executive

VERSE
Gm
Sometimes you wonder
Cm
Why you work so hard
Gm
Leading the way
Cm
It's tough at the top

And you're publicly hated
A banker's a dirty word
You're not appreciated
All the things that you've heard

BRIDGE
D#
But it's there at your lowest
F
When you feel the love

CHORUS
Bf
When you get your bonus
F
A million or two
D#
After all that you've done
Bf
It's the least they can do

Now you've got your bonus
And it's so bloody big
There's your reward
For all that you did

VERSE
But they should know you're not greedy
You could have had so much more
Money isn't everything
You've turned it down before

And it's getting too much
Enough is enough
You're taking retirement
The times are too rough

BRIDGE

CHORUS (pay-off)

VERSE
Then you're sitting at home
Alone and depressed
Filled with self-doubt
And heaped with regret

If you'd lived your life differently
A different choice at the start
You could have done something
More with your life

BRIDGE

CHORUS (pension)

The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones

CHORUS
G
The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones
D
Just new ideas
G
The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones
D
They're already here

VERSE (one strum)
Am
There are no ideas in the mine
C
No solutions in the well
Em
Look up to the heavens
D
Don't dig us down to hell

G
There's more power in the sun
Am
Than we've ever going to need
Em
Don't keep going round in circles
D
For lazy greed

CHORUS

VERSE
All these excuses for waiting
Until there's nothing left
Take action yourself
To stop all the theft

Your purchasing power
Decides where we are
Buy solar panels
And turn in your car

CHORUS

MIDDLE
Am
We're stuck int he mud
C
Won't get out with a fight
G
Take out of the cave
D
And into the light

These fossil ideas
Time that they end
Convince yourself
And turn on your friends

CHORUS

The floods

CHORUS
Gm
It's the poorest people
Cm
In the valleys and the flood plains
Gm
It's the poorest people
Cm
Whose lives get washed away
Dm                                       Gm
Build where the others won't build

VERSE
Cm                                       Gm
You've got to blame urban planning
Cm                            Gm
Not lack of understanding
Cm
They're building everywhere
Dm                               F
In the places that always flood

While the evacuated ask why
The planners stay high and dry
Nobody in the know
Would willingly live down there

CHORUS

VERSE
In the same place it happened before
And you can be sure it will happen again
Memories dry out
Along with the water

And when they come back with their will
And quietly rebuild
Bigger
And the next time will be worse

CHORUS

Mohamed Bouazizi set the world alight

84BPM

CHORUS
Dm
Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself alight

Em                         Am
Now the world is on fire

VERSE
Am
President Ben Ali
Dm
And his corrupt family
Em
For 22 years
Am
Lived a life of luxury

While the rest of the country cued
For the little expensive food
Misery was spreading
And the anger brewed

Supported by the West
Ben Ali survived it protests
It took a martyr
To bring the whole house down

CHORUS

VERSE
26 years old
An educated man
Couldn't get a job
Started selling vegetables

The police car came along
Took away his cart away
Said you need a licence
And for that you've got to pay

He decided to take a stand
It took one angry young man
To give the people
Reason enough to revolt

CHORUS

What will happen next
Is still far from certain
Will the trumpets play again
For another ruler

Or will people power win
And democracy begin
The winds of change
Are blowing in all directions

CHORUS

LYRICS:

Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself alight

Now the world is on fire

President Ben Ali
And his corrupt family
For 22 years
Lived a life of luxury

While the rest of the country cued
For the little expensive food
Misery was spreading
And the anger brewed

Supported by the West
Ben Ali survived it protests
It took a martyr
To bring the whole house down

Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself alight

Now the world is on fire

26 years old
An educated man
Couldn't get a job
Started selling vegetables

The police car came along
Took away his cart away
Said you need a licence
And for that you've got to pay

He decided to take a stand
It took one angry young man
To give the people
Reason enough to revolt

Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself alight

Now the world is on fire

What will happen next
Is still far from certain
Will the trumpets play again
For another ruler

Or will people power win
And democracy begin
The winds of change
Are blowing in all directions

Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself alight

Now the world is on fire

Plastic sea

VERSE
Bm                                    E
Out there in middle of each ocean
Bm                                           E
Is high pressure gyres with little motion
Bm
All the rubbish collects there
E
Swirls in from everywhere
F#                                    Bm
There they form a plastic sea

VERSE
The bad news is the problems getting smaller
As the pieces become too small to collect from a trawler
Just because plastic don't break down
Doesn't mean it can't be ground
Now everywhere's the plastic sea   

CHORUS
F#                                         Bm
The process has already long begun
F#                                                  Bm
And soon there will be more plastic than plankton
F#
It works its way up the food chain
E
And makes a home in your brain
F#                               Bm
Welcome to the plastic sea

VERSE
So don't be surprised when the next time you gut a fish
And find it its stomach filled with plastic bits
All the chemicals in its flesh
That soon you will digest
As you eat the plastic sea

VERSE
They're already discussing the possibility
Of how it affects our virility
They said there wasn't proof
Until nobody can reproduce  
Of course it was the plastic sea

BRIDGE
E
And they say there's no reversal 
F#
And it's only going to get worse so
A                                   Bm
Better keep your DNA on ice

VERSE
And then as the sea levels rise
Keep your eggs and your sperm held high
Don't use an oil-based lube
Store them in a glass test tube
As you wade into the plastic sea

CHORUS
And then in 10,000 years time
They dig down to the plastic line
We got what we deserved
But at least we are preserved
Perfectly in the plastic sea

Perfectly in the plastic sea

Forever in the sea

Forever in the sea

LYRICS:

Out there in middle of each ocean
Is high-pressure gyres with little motion
All the rubbish collects there
Swirls in from everywhere
There they form a plastic sea

The bad news is the problems getting smaller
As the pieces become too small to collect from a trawler
Just because plastic don't break down
Doesn't mean it can't be ground
Now everywhere's the plastic sea   

The process has already long begun
And soon there will be more plastic than plankton
It works its way up the food chain
And makes a home in your brain
Welcome to the plastic sea

So don't be surprised when the next time you gut a fish
And find it its stomach filled with plastic bits
All the chemicals in its flesh
That soon you will digest
As you eat the plastic sea

They're already discussing the possibility
Of how it affects our virility
They said there wasn't proof
Until nobody can reproduce  
Of course it was the plastic sea

And they say there's no reversal 
And it's only going to get worse so
Better keep your DNA on ice

And then as the sea levels rise
Keep your eggs and your sperm held high
Don't use an oil-based lube
Store them in a glass test tube
As you wade into the plastic sea

And then in 10,000 years time
They dig down to the plastic line
We got what we deserved
But at least we are preserved
Perfectly in the plastic sea

Perfectly in the plastic sea

Forever in the sea

Forever in the sea

Waiting for your life to start

VERSE
Bfm
The grass is greener
D#m
And the air smells sweeter
Bfm                                 F
In the places that I've never been

And life will be better
When I get that letter
And my life begins

It's foolish thoughts like these
That I too often believe
Waiting for my life to start

So let me tell you son
That it has long begun
And the moments are already in your hand

All the problems now won't matter
The hangups all will scatter
When my life begins

That time I've waited for
Dreamed and planned before
When I'm forgiven for my transgressions and my sins


1/1/11

After the Olympics has gone

VERSE
Am                          C
They're promising regeneration
G                          F
And a whole new legacy

For future generations
Well we'll just wait and see

CHORUS
C                           G
After the last medal's won
F                                            D7
Which venues will close, which will carry on
F7           E7                Am
After the Olympics has gone

VERSE
The stadium may be stripped down
The ideals tossed aside

With little left for the old town
Just the bill for the ride

CHORUS

MIDDLE
10 billion pounds doesn't buy a lot these days
Nothing that lasts anyway
You can bail out a bank, or stage an olympic event
And a lot of discontent

CHORUS

The rules (of Ayurveda)

VERSE

Bm

Waking up

Before the sun

You have your motions

One-by-one

F#

Clean out the Kapha

From your head

Accumulated

While in bed

Bm

Clean the teeth

And scrape the tongue

Gargle with oil

Then Abhyanga

                  F#              Bm

I get tired of the rules

VERSE

Bm

Nasal drops

Salute the sun

Wash your body

When you’re done

F#

Meditate

And then hydrate

Break your fast

Very late

Bm

Exercise

December to May

To only half

Capacity

Well I get tired of the rules

CHORUS

D                                   F#m

But every time I go a little crazy

D                                      F#m

Do something I know is really wrong

Bm                                                  D

I wake up in the morning feeling so bad

F#                                Bm

That I go running... to the rules

VERSE

Bm

Not holding a sneeze

Or stopping a yawn

No activities

At dusk or dawn

F#

Only breathing

Through your nose

Never eating

When the right ones closed

Bm 

All 6 tastes

In every meal

The ratio

For how you feel

I get tired of the rules

VERSE

Bm

Avoiding incompatible

Foods

Mixing with fruit 

It precludes

F#

Then you lie 

On your left side

While you digest

What's inside

Control the body

Speech and mind

Granting gifts

And being kind

I get tired of the rules  

CHORUS

But when I forget contraindications

Don't change with the seasons or my situation

Whenever I act mindlessly, I feel so bad

I  go running to.... to the rules

VERSE

Bm

Speaking little

Speaking good

Speaking only

When you should

F#

Not causing ill will

Telling lies

No dissension

In others lives

Bm

With a smile

The first to greet

Insults received

Never repeat

I get tired of the rules

Bm

Living a life that's

Filled with dharma

Pursuing only

Pleasure and kama

F#

Not believing

All you see

But nor suspect

Conspiracy

Bm

Perfect the skill

Of adoring others

Sharing profits

As with brothers

F#

Not loving

living alone

Compassion for all

Is always shown

And having the long life

And the health

The reputation

And the wealth

                               Bm

Who's tired... of the rules?

LYRICS:

Waking up

Before the sun

You have your motions

One-by-one

Clean out the Kapha

From your head

Accumulated

While in bed

Clean the teeth

And scrape the tongue

Gargle with oil

Then Abhyanga

I get tired of the rules

Nasal drops

Salute the sun

Wash your body

When you’re done

Meditate

And then hydrate

Break your fast

Very late

Exercise

December to May

To only half

Capacity

Well I get tired of the rules

But every time I go a little crazy

Do something I know is really wrong

I wake up in the morning feeling so bad

That I go running... to the rules

Not holding a sneeze

Or stopping a yawn

No activities

At dusk or dawn

Only breathing

Through your nose

Never eating

When the right ones closed

All 6 tastes

In every meal

The ratio

For how you feel

I get tired of the rules

Avoiding incompatible

Foods

Mixing with fruit 

It precludes

Then you lie 

On your left side

While you digest

What's inside

Control the body

Speech and mind

Granting gifts

And being kind

I get tired of the rules  

But when I forget contraindications

Don't change with the seasons or my situation

Whenever I act mindlessly, I feel so bad

I  go running to.... to the rules

Speaking little

Speaking good

Speaking only

When you should

Not causing ill will

Telling lies

No dissension

In others lives

With a smile

The first to greet

Insults received

Never repeat

I get tired of the rules

Living a life that's

Filled with dharma

Pursuing only

Pleasure and kama

Not believing

All you see

But nor suspect

Conspiracy

Perfect the skill

Of adoring others

Sharing profits

As with brothers

Not loving

living alone

Compassion for all

Is always shown

And having the long life

And the health

The reputation

And the wealth

                              

Who's tired... of the rules?