BOOMERANG ERA - CREDITS

 
 
  Solar Choir 
Divided  

Standing There 
Manchild 
You! 
Pity 
Killing Time 
Willow 
Pluto Drive  
Solar Choir 
Speeding 
Fury Eyes 
Fruitman 
Untiedundone 
Simoon 
Strolling Wolf 
Venus Sands 
Morrina

Abstinence

 
     

 


     
  Solar Choir Lyrics  
 
 
 

Here I am.....

 
     
  Solar Choir Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments
 
     

 


     
  Divided Lyrics  
 
 
 

Hear my faith
Hear my faith
Hear my faith
Divided
Divided

 
     
  Divided Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments 
 
     

 


     
  Standing There  
 
 
 

Hey creepo's I'm talking to you
I've got a message to give it to you
You've got a problem we know
But there is something you ought to know

Standing there  across the thoroughfare
They stand and stare with that gormless air
So funny to see how dumb some grown men can be

An unwanted weed a dying reed
Left to consider life as it passes by
Ignoring your calling ignoring your taunting
Ignoring your feelings of self hate and loathing
How empty and pointless your life must seem

See them standing see them staring
See them wearing that same stupid face

Sticks and stones may break bones
But this taunting crones only cause inner groans
We ignore all your calling ignore all your taunting
Ignore all your problems of self hate and loathing
Somebody should show them where to go

See them standing see them staring
See them wearing that same creepy face

Standing there in the thoroughfare
They stand and stare with that gormless air
Does what you won't understand scare and make you mad?
Resentful and envious don't you disgust yourself?
So funny to see how pathetic some men can be

See them standing see them staring
See them wearing that same stupid face

Ignore all their calling ignore all their taunting
Ignore all their faking their self hate and loathing
somebody should show them where to go

 
     
  Standing There Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  The verbal abuse and misplaced bravado of & from men mainly towards women.  "It's about the direct contact you get on the street, it's not just verbal abuse anymore. You see them up ahead and wonder, 'Should I cross over the road or turn around and go back?'  (Budgie)  Source:  Record Mirror 11/11/89.  
     

 


     
  Manchild Lyrics  
 
 
 
They would seek high
They would seek low
Calling their manchild 
As the trouble did flow
There's always somebody 
To watch over me
I'm never alone 
I wish they'd leave me be
Never alone 
I'm never alone
I'm just a boy
Not long for this world
I'm called Nelsito
And I'm thirteen years old
For nearly two decades
This vendetta has raged
There are no men
I'm the last in the chain
Last in the chain
I'm manchild man
Marimba sing high
Marimba sing low
Marimba sing high 
As the cemetery grows
All have been wept for 
Husbands brothers grandsons
Grandfathers nephews cousins
Uncles fathers and sons
I walk in boots 
Too big for me
The women do cry
As they watch over me
I work at the altar
I try to be good
But just like the others
I'll soon travel in wood
I try to be good
manchild in wood
I wait for manhood
I'm the manchild
 
     
  Manchild Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
Trumpet - Nico Tomasso
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  "It's a  story based in Columbia before the drugs cartel, it's  about a small child caught up in a feud, this vendetta between his village and another rival village.  In a minor way it is all about drug trafficking, but ends with the stronger village wiping out the whole male population of the other village until there was just one boy left called Nelsito.  It was understood that he would live till he was at least 18 before he was assassinated, but he was shot on the way to school." (Siouxsie).  Source:  Melody Maker 24/02/90.  
     

 


     
  You! Lyrics  
 
 
 
When my ups are down
When my downs are up
I want you
Feeling inside out
And from the outside in
I want you
On the silver screen
In a magazine
I see you
Through the telephone
Or a megaphone
I want you!
Assuring confusing
I see you
In saintly reverence
Or wicked decadence
I want you!
When the days just yawn
When the nights are long 
I want you!
In a coo-coo tone
Then I shout it home
I want you!
 
     
  You! Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     

 


     
  Pity Lyrics  
 
 
 
Ugly words
Ugly crimes
Ugly thoughts
Invade your mind
No charity
No dignity
No sympathy
So I'll be 
Deaf dumb and blind today
Nausea 
Is all I feel today
Divorce these crimes
From my eyes
Lowered cowls
Silent vows
Withered crocus 
On the ground 
Abound
From your cell
Are distant bells
Blossom falls
Like snow 
And dies in silence
All decays
And breaks silence 
All decays 
And dies 
Sadness chimes
Bitter times
Hardened fools
Unfair unkind
Mercy me
Mercy you
Say you do 
Have pity 
For the things we do
Say you do
Have pity 
For the things we do
Say you do
You do
Save me
Save me
Save me
No vision
Today
Save me
Save me
Save me
No hearing 
Or speaking
Today
Say you do
Have pity 
For the things we do
Say you do
You do
Hear no evil
See no evil
Say no evil
 
     
  Pity Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  "Sioux wrote the lyric about one of these little cells in a convent in Almagra."  (Budgie)  Source:  Making Music 11/89.  
     

 


     
  Killing Time Lyrics  
 
 
 
I wait and wait 
Sleepwalk the hourglass
This way and that
The pendulum swings
Yes there's plenty of time
Always time left to kill
Does time stand still
Or hurtle on by?
Let time unwind
Let all the cogs fall out
Let mans machines
Collapse and rust
Face down in the dust
I'll kiss no other lips
A life time of nothing 
Condemned without you
Been so long here
I could die here
Lying by your side
But time won't claim me
Time and me only
I'm just killing time
If the sun went out
I wouldn't mind too much
Who needs the days
To trouble to fill?
If the moon didn't rise
I wouldn't be upset
Who needs moonshine 
To cause tears to spill?
I've been so long here
I could lie here 
Under dying sky
This thirst and hunger
Holds no wonder
I'm just killing time
I await your return
There's no other one
 
     
  Killing Time Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     

 


     
  Willow Lyrics  
 
 
 
I remember the island
There's a tale to tell
Spin of the water wheel
Snap of a conger eel
A triangular canvas
In a sea of green
Translucent man o' war
Staring to the shore
Roller coaster rides
A wish on the fairy bridge
When lightning almost struck
We kick the rock for luck
I remember the ferry ride
I remember the night she died
All scenes from a play we see 
Plainly
Slipped out of the blue
Into the black
I remember the island
But we can't go back
Willow
 
     
  Willow Credits  
     
  Budgie - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  "It's kind of about how my mother died as it was a black area and I hadn't realised what had happened until I saw my brother. He told me what went on with the family and I never really knew until a year afterwards, and I wrote it down directly after that". (Budgie).  Source:  Sounds 10/03/90.  
     

 


     
  Pluto Drive Lyrics  
 
 
 
Let's go to Pluto
The atmosphere's clear
We'll be really cool there
With nothing to fear
Let's go to Pluto
It's cold and it's damp
Where children are heroes
Death is high camp
I want to see Pluto
I want to have fun
I want to turn blue
Under an alien sun
Oh let me see Pluto
It seems such a gas
With oceans of methane
And petrified grass
Let's go to Pluto
Let's live on the dot
See the bad moon rising
In a lunacy knot
Come on let's do Pluto
It's really not far
An unleaded dream drive
To the prettiest star
I want to see Pluto
But maybe I'll wait
Til the world turns to meet
Its plutonium fate
The days will be long here
The years will be more
Let's go to Pluto
Like we did before
Let's go to Pluto
Let's live on the dot
See the bad moon rising
In a lunacy knot
 
     
  Pluto Drive Credits  
     
  Budgie - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  'Let's Go To Pluto' is quite a deranged green statement, and some quarters are trying to paint Siouxsie as old-punkette-turned-wise-earth-mother.  Budgie:  "Yeah, but 'Let's Go To Pluto' was supposed to be real wacky, like 'Let's Twist Again Like We Did Last Summer'.  It came through watching Patrick Moore.  he was so intense about going there he said, If we ever managed to get there we would die because it's all methane gas!"  Source:  Sounds 10/03/90.  
     

 


     
  Speeding Lyrics  
 
 
 
Speeding my way with no time to spare
Stealing away from that old nightmare
Speeding speeding I am stealing
Against the grain unrestrained
I've invented a different game
And I'm dealing dealing now I'm dealing
Something out there is calling me
Beckoning me with urgency
Speeding speeding I am leaving
Oh saints alive bless my soul
Driverless now I'm in control
Speeding speeding time is needing
Bad pennies return from whence they came
I'll be back like a boomerang
Boom boom boom boom
Speeding away with no time to spare
Speeding away from the same nightmare
Freedom freedom icy freedom
The trail ahead is dark and unsound 
But I'm lapping it up like a greedy hound
Free at last of the city sounds 
Free at last to put my foot right down
Boom boom boom boom
Shut your eyes let's hold hands
Overtaking on the tightest bends
Throw the dice toss a penny in the air
Heads or tails the devil may care
Speeding speeding time is needing
Bad pennies return from whence they came
It all comes back like a boomerang
Boom boom boom boom
 
     
  Speeding Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
McCarrick - Accordian
 
     

 


     
  Fury Eyes Lyrics  
 
 
 
Punch me Judy make me cry
You'll disappear and then I'll die
A love that's lost always returns
To feed the fire of a heart that burns
There's no sleep for fury eyes
So deep are the eyes of fury
Watching faces changing places
Running rings around the moon
Exchanging glances taking chances
Did we laugh and sing too soon
Our stomachs turns on a fever stream
But with no mosquito bite
Rabid kisses in a dream
Still we can't escape the sight
There's no sleep for fury eyes
So deep are the eyes of fury
Tonight they exorcise the ghost
Of love from its unyielding host
If that don't suit you scream and shout
If thine offend thee pluck it out
Alone in love with the other one
The one who doesn't know
And when we dance with the other one
The eyes of fury glow
Tonight they exorcise the ghost
Of love from its unyielding host
If that don't suit you scream and shout
If thine offend thee pluck it out
Who'll weep for the fury eyes
Beholding love a thing of beauty
There's no sleep for fury eyes
So deep are the eyes of fury
 
     
  Fury Eyes Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  Inspired by the novel In The Eyes Of Mr. Fury, by Phillip Ridley.  
     

 


     
  Fruitman Lyrics  
 
 
 
Old man sits in an apricot tree
He sees I and I sees he
Old man sweet as the fruit he's picking
Knows the rhythm of natures ticking
Gives a smile of tooth and metal
Winks an eye like a falling petal
Face a furrowed field of life
Tracks the years of the living knife
He I love 
He I know 
Seasons come 
So fruitman go
Through the crowd I enter in 
See the head of virgin skin
Frail the old mans hand I take
Peace be with you Sunday shake
Sweet old man he turns to me
Tries to tell me what's to be
He don't say no words at all
Tears from him like fruit do fall
 
     
  Fruitman Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  The fruit man in question was a local character during the recording of the Boomerang album.  
     

 


     
  Untiedundone Lyrics  
 
 
 
Slide over here
Listen to me
Rippling wordstreams
To unlock dreams
Take up the slack
Loosen these bounds
Unzip and undo
Untie my tongue
Untiedundone
It's sucking out bones
Through a melting phone
In a whispering eddy
I am undone
Untiedundone
Turning to liquid
Starting to float
Everything's easy
From now on
Turning to liquid
Starting to float
Everything's easy
From now on
Untiedundone
Unhook and unhinge
In a river of dreams
Rippling wordstreams
Unraveling
Uncork the wine
Let's toast the unborn
It's my unbirthday
Untied and undone
Unwrap this gift
In a state of undress
The future's uncertain
Nothing less
Untiedundone
 
     
  Untiedundone Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     

 


     
  Simoon Lyrics  
 
 
 
Drifting in carried on dry winds
From across the Nile the sirens in exile
Driven to tell
Floating on a cloud your face out of the crowd
A blinding sun purging everyone
Beautiful word musical and sweet
Now all you can do is play the punishing beat
How harsh and shrill
The world has become 
Twisted and bent
A hornets nest stirred up by the beating stick
Simoon simoon increasing speed sucking in dry heat
Simoon simoon you breathe in suffocation
Relentless simoon blow and whistle this tune
Pouring in filling where once was space
Where once was light
Where once was face
Driven to tell
 
     
  Simoon Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  Simoom is an Arabic word meaning dry wind.  The song 'Simoom' was written about the atmosphere surrounding the Salman Rushdie affair: "There's this drying relentless wind of almost corrupt power of some religions with an unbending control over individuals.  It's completely unforgiving and victimizing, a very dangerous thing, a wind of danger".  
     

 


     
  Strolling Wolf Lyrics  
 
 
 
At dusk through wheat field
Through the olive groves
And vineyards
Insects like aeroplanes
Fly past the strolling man
Crackling spike plant 
Hovering hawk 
All on the ground alive 
Take a swing of moonshine
Listen to the madness whine
Andalucian
Andalucian sunflowers
Bulls and purple bees
Listen to the lone wolf
Strolling
Take a swing of moonshine
Taste its heady wine
Andalucian 
Andalucian sunflowers 
Bulls and purple bees
Lone wolf howling
Lone wolf howling
Strolling wolf 
Strolling lone wolf 
Andalucian
 
     
  Strolling Wolf Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     

 


     
  Venus Sands Lyrics  
 
 
 
The morning star 
Has long since gone
The sun is high 
In the sky
Shadowless 
A figure stands
Stranded on Venus sands
Up in the blue
And circling
The seabirds watch and wait 
For movement 
Of a certain kind
Down on their dinner plate
Where children
Played a flower lays 
Pulled and torn up
By its roots
And where it stood 
The empty space 
Just screams
Down on the flats 
Baby turtles race
For safety on the big deep
And white caps come 
Crashing in 
Indifferent to tender flesh 
Shriek of attack
Then moving 
In a raucous clash
A gourmet din
Of cruel gull
Beaks and tearing skin
Screaming 
Lit by the evening star at Venus sands
Against a blood orange sky 
There's a shadow
Of a figure prone 
Abandoned and all alone
Venus sands
 
     
  Venus Sands Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  "This is a Sioux lyric about the inevitable cruelty of things. It pinpoints a cruel aspect of nature, the turtles breaking from their eggs and being picked on by the seagulls."  (Budgie)  Source:  Making Music 11/89.  
     

 


     
  Morrina Lyrics  
 
 
 
The crescent flight of the moon
Cast a pleasant light on my skin
Soothing satellite cruise 
Moving on again
Distant trains on the breeze
Distant throats start to freeze
Tearful eyes growing  dim
Moving on again
Cats that sound like babies crying
Magpie feathers in the rain
Christmas in your hair reclining
Moving on again
 
     
  Morrina Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle
 
     

 


     
  Abstinence  
 
 
 
Instrumental
 
     
  Abstinence Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Sioux/Budgie - All Instruments except:
Trombone - Peter Thoms
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle