Eve Of The War
Composer(s): Jeff Wayne
Performer(s): Jeff Wayne
and multiple other artists



The Coming of the Martians

The Eve Of The War
Journalist: 
No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century 
that human affairs were being watch from the timeless worlds of space 
No one could have dreamed we were being scrutinized 
as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water 
Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets and yet, across the gulf of space 
minds immeasurably superior to our regarded this Earth with envious eyes 
and slowly and surely, they drew their plans against us

At midnite on the twelfth of August, a huge mass of luminous gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth 
Across two hundred million miles of void, invisibly hurtling towards us 
came the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth 
As I watched, there was another jet of gas 
it was another missle, starting on its way

And that's how it was for the next the next ten nights 
A flare, spurting out from Mars - bright green, drawing a green mist behind it - a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight 
Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger 
he was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote, forbidding planet

"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one," he said

"The changes of anything coming from Mars are a million to one-but still they come!"

Journalist: 
Then came the night the first missile approached Earth 
It was thought to be an ordinary falling star, but the next day there was a huge crater in the middle of the Common 
and Ogilvy came to examine what lay there: a cylinder, thirty yards across, glowing hot...
and with faint sounds of movement coming from with

Suddenly the top began moving, rotating, unscrewing, and Ogilvy feared there was a man inside, trying to escape 
He rushed to the cylinder, but the intense heat stopped him before he could burn himself on the metal

"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one," he said

"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one - but still they come!"

It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other

From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing the rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance

It all seemed so safe and tranquil

Casual Conversations
Composer(s): Rick Davies - Roger Hodgson
Performer(s): Supertramp



It doesn't matter what I say
You never listen anyway
Just don't know what you're looking for

Imagination's all I have
But ever then you say it's bad
Just can't see why we disagree

Casual conversations how they bore me
They go on and on endlessly
But no matter what I say
You ignore me anyway
I might as well talk in my sleep (I could weep)

You try to make me feel so small
Until there's nothing left at all
Why go on? Just hoping that we'll get along

There's no communication left between us
But is it me or you who's to blame?
There's nothing I can do, yes you're fading out of view
Don't know if I feel joy or pain

And now it's all been said
If you must leave then go ahead
Should feel sad
But I really believe that I'm glad
Yes I really believe that I'm glad

Foggy Mental Breakdown
Composer(s): Larry Byrom; John Kay
Performer(s): Steppenwolf



Hear me holler down the mountain side
I'm near the sky blinking at the evil eye
Hear me holler at the city's grind
It stole my soul just about lost my mind

Let the loneliness roll in 
Like the foggy mountain dew
Wipe the madness from my eye 
'Till my anger slowly dies
When the shadow play begins
I'll be watching thru the night
'Till I find myself again

Hear me holler cross the sea of light 
It took my dream and smashed it 'gainst the night
Hear me holler at the town below
Got nothing left to make me stay and no place left to go

Let the loneliness roll in 
Like the foggy mountain dew
Wipe the madness from my eye 
'Till my anger slowly dies
When the shadow play begins
I'll be watching thru the night
'Till I find myself again

The Equestrian Statue
Composer(s): Neil Innes
Performer(s): The Bonzo Dog Band



There once was a very famous man 
On his famous horse he'd ride through the land 
The people used to see him everywhere 
When he died, they put a statue in the square 

(hooray) 

Here comes the Equestrian Statue 
Prancing up and down the square 
Little old ladies stop 'n' say 
"Well, I declare!" 

Once a month on a Friday there's a man 
With a mop and bucket in his hand 
To him it's just another working day 
So he whistles as he rubs and scrubs away 

(hooray) 

Here comes the Equestrian Statue 
Prancing up and down the square 
Little old ladies stop 'n' say 
"Well, I declare!" 

It's a sight to bring you joy, you feel so gay 
And it's guaranteed to brighten up your day 
If it's gray 

(hooray) 

Here comes the Equestrian Statue 
Prancing up and down the square 
Little old ladies stop 'n' say 
"Well, I declare!" 

It's a sight to bring you joy, you feel so gay 
And it's guaranteed to brighten up your day 
If it's gray 

Feel so gay 
Feel so gay 
Feel so gay 
Feel so gay 
Feel so gay

Castles Made Of Sand
Composer(s): Jimi Hendrix
First release by: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



Down the street you can hear her scream 'you're a disgrace'
as she slams the door in his drunken face
And now he stands outside 
and all the neighbours start to gossip and drool

He cries 'oh girl, you must be mad 
what happened to the sweet love you and me had?'
Against the door he leans and starts a scene 
and his tears fall and burn the garden green

And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually

A little Indian brave who before he was ten 
played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
And he built a dream that when he grew up 
he would be a fearless warrior Indian Chief
Many moons passed and more the dream grew strong
until tomorrow he would sing his first war song and fight his first battle
But something went wrong, surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night

And so castles made of sand, melt into the sea, eventually

There was a young girl, whose heart was a frown
'cause she was crippled for life, and she couldn't speak a sound

And she wished and prayed she could stop living, so she decided to die
She drew her wheel chair to the edge of the shore
and to her legs she smiled 'you won't hurt me no more'
But then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say
'Look, a golden winged ship is passing my way'
And it really didn't have to stop, it just kept on going

And so castles made of sand, slip into the sea, eventually

Fofoca
Composer(s): Hermeto Paschoal
Performer(s): Raimundo Fagner



Toda pessoa que mente
Não olha direito na gente
Desconfia de todos
Fingindo estar contente

E quando encontra alguém
De quem fez fofoca também
Mudo de assunto na hora
Nem jeito de andar não tem

Inventa sempre uma história
Que não convence a ninguém
Um dia cai do cavalo
Porque não vale um vintém

A mentira é passageira
E a verdade é de quem tem
Fica nesse vai e vem
A verdade é de quem tem
A fofoca acabou
Fica lá que eu já me vou

The Entertainer
Composer(s): Tony Clarke
Performer(s): Tony Clarke



You're the entertainer, the entertainer
You're the entertainer, the entertainer

You made 'em laugh, and you left 'em feelin' glad
You made 'em cry, and you left 'em feelin' sad
They've seen you perform in so many plays
But they're not to know you're unhappy today

So they'll never know, go on with the show
'Cause, You're the entertainer, the entertainer
You're the entertainer, the entertainer

The curtain's up, and your audience is waiting out there
Now walk on stage, boy, like you don't have a care
And don't let 'em know that you're feelin' so low
Since your girl put you down, you're a sad-hearted clown

But the show must go on, go on and on
'Cause, You're the entertainer, the entertainer
You're the entertainer, the entertainer, yeah

Now hear that applause, now you know you made the grade
You fooled them well, for the money they paid
Now walk off in style, and don't forget to smile
Though your heart tells you, "frown" you can't let the people down

Sure your one girl has gone, but you've got to walk on
When, you're the entertainer, tell yourself
(the entertainer)
You're the entertainer, you know, you can do it
(the entertainer)
You're the entertainer, walk on, in style now
(the entertainer)
You're the entertainer, come on, in style now
(the entertainer)
You're the entertainer, come on, in style now
(the entertainer)...

Castles In The Air
Composer(s): Don McLean
Performer(s): Don McLean; Celtic Thunder; George Hamilton IV



And if she asks you why, you can tell her that I told you
That I'm tired of castles in the air
I've got a dream I want the world to share
And castle walls just lead me to despair

Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky
A dream come true, I'll live there till I die
I'm asking you to say my last goodbye
The love we knew ain't worth another try

Save me from all the trouble and the pain
I know I'm weak, but I can't face that girl again
Tell her the reasons why I can't remain
Perhaps she'll understand if you tell it to her plain
But how can words express the feel of sunlight in the morning
In the hills, away from city strife
I need a country woman for my wife
I'm city born, but I love the country life

For I cannot be part of the cocktail generation
Partners waltz, devoid of all romance
The music plays and everyone must dance
I'm bowing out 
I need a second chance

Save me from all the trouble and the pain
I know I'm weak, but I can't face that girl again
Tell her the reasons why I can't remain
Perhaps she'll understand if you tell it to her plain

And if she asks you why, you can tell her that I told you
That I'm tired of castles in the air
I've got a dream I want the world to share
And castle walls just lead me to despair

Fodder On Her Wings
Composer(s): Nina Simone
Performer(s): Nina Simone; Vic Chesnutt



A bird fell to earth
Reincarnated from her birth
She had fodder in her wings
She had dust inside her brains
She flitted here and there
United States, Switzerland, France, England, everywhere
With fodder in her wings
And dust inside her brains
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
Oh how sad

She watched the people how they lived
They'd forgotten how to give
They had fodder in their brains
They had dust inside their wings

She watched them how they tried to live
They'd forgotten how to give
They had fodder in their wings
They had dust inside their brains
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
Oh how sad

A bird fell to earth
Reincarnated from her birth
She had fodder in her wings
She had dust inside her brains
She flitted here and there
United States, France, England, everywhere
With fodder in her wings
And dust inside her brains
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
Oh how sad

She watched the people how they lived
They'd forgotten how to give
They had fodder in their wings
They had dust inside their brains

She watched them how they tried to live
They'd forgotten how to give
They had fodder in their wings
They had dust inside their brains
Quel pays
Quel pays
Quel pays

The English Roses
Composer(s): Chrissie Hynde
Performer(s): The Pretenders



Just before it rains
The wind whips 'round the balcony
And the sky closes on the English roses
And she'll be pacin'
'round and 'round and 'round and 'round her room
These storms always find here to remind her

To the endless sky
The pink over grey
She looks for an answer
But it's too late
Maybe it's true
Some things were just never meant to be
Maybe not

This is a story
Fruit cut from the vine
Forgot and left to rot
Long before its time
This is a story
About the girl who lived next door
Looking for someone to hold

A wish made on a star
Brought her here tonight
At a courtyard she waits
A thousand broken dates
But she holds the hymnal
Where so carefully pressed
Is the english rose she laid to rest

It's only a story
Flowers in full bloom
Bouquets in every room
Ooh, this is a story
Fruit cut from the vine
Looking for someone to hold

Castle Walls
Composer(s): Dennis DeYoung
Performer(s): Styx



Once in a dream
Far beyond these castle walls
Down by the bay where the
Moonlit water falls
I stood alone while the minstrel sang his song
So afraid I'd lost my soul

There in the fog his song kept calling me
Leading me on with its haunting melody
Deep in my heart a voice kept echoing
I knew I'd soon be wandering

Far beyond these castle walls
Where the distant harbour meets the sky
There the battle rages like hell
And every dove had lost its will to fly

Far beyond these castle walls
Where I thought I heard Tiresias say
Life is never what it seems
And every man must meet his destiny

FM (No Static At All)
Composer(s): Walter Becker; Donald Fagen
Performer(s): Steely Dan



Bury of the bottle, Mamma, it's grape fruit wine
Kick off your high heel sneakers, it's party time
The girls don't seem to care what's on
As long as it plays till dawn
Nothin' but blues and Elvis
And somebody else's favorite song

Give her some funked up music she treats you nice
Feed her some hungry reggae she'll love you twice
The girls don't seem to care tonight
As long as the mood is right

No static at all
[No static at all]
No static at all
FM, no static at all

Give her some funked up music she treats you nice
Feed her some hungry reggae she'll love you twice
The girls don't seem to care tonight
As long as the mood is right

No static at all
[No static at all]
No static at all
FM, no static at all

The End Of The World
Composer(s): Arthur Kent - Sylvia Dee
First release by: Skeeter Davis - 1963
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1963 - Fait Pour Durer (Frank Alamo)
1974 - For Evigt Forbi (Birthe Kjær)



Why does the sun go on shining 
Why does the sea rush to shore 
Don't they know it's the end of the world
'Cause you don't love me any more 

Why do the birds go on singing 
Why do the stars glow above 
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when I lost your love

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was 
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does 

Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye

Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye

Castin' My Spell
Composer(s): Edwin Johnson - Alvin Johnson
First release by: Johnny Otis - 1959
Covered by multiple other artists



I took a black cat, a cave bat 
and threw them in a pot pot, pot pot, pot pot 
I took a blue snake, a green snake, and tied them in a knot knot 
knot knot, knot knot 
I took a hog jaw, a dog's paw, and hung them on the line line
line line, line line 
I took a horse hair, a green pear, and made a crazy sign sign
sign sign, sign sign 

I'm castin' my spell on you, I'm castin' my spell on you 
I'm castin' my spell on you, you'll never never be untrue 

I took a goat's tooth, an old shoe, and put them in the ground ground
ground ground, ground ground 
I took an old dish, a dry fish, and made a crazy sound sound
sound sound, sound sound 
I took a goose egg, a frog leg, and hid them in a sack sack 
sack sack, sack sack 
I got a Hindu, to tattoo, a genii on my back back
back back, back back 

I'm castin' my spell on you, I'm castin' my spell on you 
I'm castin' my spell on you, you'll never never be untrue 

I took a black cat, a cave bat, and threw them in a pot pot
pot pot, pot pot 
I took a blue snake, a green snake, and tied them in a knot knot
knot knot, knot knot 
I took a hog jaw, a dogs paw, and hung them on the line line
line line, line line 
I took a horse hair, a green pear, and made a crazy sign sign
sign sign, sign sign 

I'm castin' my spell on you, I'm castin' my spell on you 
I'm castin' my spell on you, you'll never never be untrue 

You'll never never be untrue 
You'll never never be untrue 
You'll never never be untrue 
You'll never never be untrue 
You'll never never be untrue

Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
Composer(s): Neil Young
Performer(s): Buffalo Springfield;
The Guess Who; Rainy Day; Bill Williams



Is my world not falling down
I'm in pieces on the ground
And my eyes aren't open
And I'm standing on my knees
But if crying and holding on
And flying on the ground is wrong
Then I'm sorry to let you down
But you're from my side of town
And I miss you

Turn me up or turn me down
Turn me off or turn me round
I wish I could have met you in a place
Where we both belong
But if crying and holding on
And flying on the ground is wrong
Then I'm sorry to let you down
But you're from my side of town
And I miss you

Sometimes I feel like I'm just a helpless child
Sometimes I feel like a kid
But baby, since I have changed
I can't take nothing home

City lights at a country fair
Never shine but always glare
If I'm bright enough to see you
You're just to dark to care
But if crying and holding on
And flying on the ground is wrong
Then I'm sorry to let you down
But you're from my side of town
And I miss you

Fait Pour Durer
((Adapted from: The End Of The World (Skeeter Davis) - 1963))
((Danish Version: For Evigt Forbi (Birthe Kjær) - 1974))
Composer(s): Arthur Kent - Sylvia Dee - Pierre Saka
Performer(s): Frank Alamo - 1963



Les mots d'amour les plus simples
Les mots d'amour qui sont vrais
Tous ces mots qui sont faits pour durer
Ne doivent jamais s'oublier

Tous ces baisers qu'on se donne
Pour se prouver son bonheur
Je sais bien qu'ils sont faits pour durer
Autant que durera mon coeur

Je sais que les beaux jours vont s'arrêter
Et que ces fleurs vont se faner
Mais je sais aussi que le jour est fini
Qu'il nous revient après la nuit

Je crois alors à mon rêve
Je crois alors à l'amour
Mon amour qui est fait pour durer
Autant que dureront mes jours

Je crois alors à mon rêve
Je crois alors à l'amour
Mon amour qui est fait pour durer
Autant que dureront mes jours

Castaway
Composer(s): Danny Kirwan
Performer(s): Danny Kirwan



I wanna see your love
I wanna hear you say
The things that mean so much to me

’cause our love could last forever
Or it could fade away
Across the ocean
Deep commotion
Castaway
Across the ocean
Deep commotion
Castaway

How can I get an answer
When you don’t even call
To hear the things I want to say
’cause our love could last forever
Or it could fade away
Across the ocean
Deep commotion
Castaway
Across the ocean
Deep commotion
Castaway
Castaway

And now I’m on my own
Into the sunny day
And then the leaves on the trees
Start to sway

And now I’m on my own
Into the sunny day
And then the leaves on the trees
Start to sway

Then thoughts of you start to spin around my head
Thinks he’d rather be with you instead
Then thoughts of you start to spin around my head
Thinks he’d rather be with you instead

I wanna see your love
I wanna see your love
I wanna see your love
I wanna see your love

Flying High
Composer(s): Thomas McClary; Lionel Richie
Performer(s): The Commodores



Flyin' high
Gonna be there
Flyin' high flyin' high
Gonna take care
Flyin' high on your love

I know we could make it from the beginning
First time I saw you passin' by
Oh to me it was much more than emotion
It was the fire in your eyes

Your face has a glow girl like a sunrise
You speak in a whisper like the wind
Oh and when it touches you I see clearly
That we can be more than just friends

Di di di di di di di di di di 
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di di di di di 
Di di di di di di

Flyin' high
Gonna be there
Flyin' high flyin' high
Gonna take care
Flyin' high for your love
For your love, for your love

End Of The Innocence
Composer(s): Bruce Hornsby - Don Henley
Performer(s): John Tesh
and multiple other artists



Remember when the days were long
And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
Didn't have a care in the world
With mommy and daddy standin' by
But "happily ever after" fails
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers dwell on small details
Since daddy had to fly

But I know a place where we can go
That's still untouched by men
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
You can lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

O' beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie

But I know a place where we can go
And wash away this sin
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair spill all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

Who knows how long this will last
Now we've come so far, so fast
But, somewhere back there in the dust
That same small town in each of us
I need to remember this
So baby give me just one kiss
And let me take a long last look
Before we say goodbye

Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Composer(s): Vince Guaraldi
First release by: Vince Guaraldi - 1962
Covered by multiple other artists



A month of nights, a year of days
Octobers drifting into Mays
I set my sail as the tide comes in
And I just cast my fate to the wind

I shift my course along the breeze
Won't sail upwind on memories
The empty sky is my best friend
And I just cast my fate to the wind

Time has such a way of changing 
A man throughout the years
And now I'm rearranging my life through all my tears
Alone, alone

There never was, there couldn't be
A place in time for men like me
Who'd drink the dark and laugh the day
And let their wildest dreams blow away.

Time has such a way of changing 
A man throughout the years
And now I'm rearranging my life through all my tears
Alone, alone
So now I'm old, I'm wise and smart
I'm just a man with half a heart
I wonder how it might have been
Had I not cast my fate to the wind