1. JABBERWOCKY

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
And stood awhile in thought

And, as in uffish thought he stood
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back

And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh, callay!
He chortled in his joy

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe...

2. RUBEOLA

She always comes suddenly
She catches you by surprise
She stands right before you
And you're immediately hooked
Maybe she ain't beautiful
And boy, ain't she rude!
But nothing in this world, nothing in this world
Would make her change her attitude

Chorus:

She's Rubeola (ooh babe)
Mercury rises as she arrives
Ooh Rubeola
I'm already hot
Hey hey Rubeola
Shine on brightly Mercury
And tell me what's the temperature out there

She wears fancy clothes
With bright red drops
Maybe too defying
But I don't care 'cos I like it
Yes, she is strange enough
Boy, she's really weird
And no-one in this world, no-one in this world
Can explain what she just did
(Hey, what are you doing? HELP, somebody!)

Chorus.

Now I'm laying on my bed all alone
Rubeola left me and left red drops all over me (that ain't fair!)
And no-one is allowed to me - the doctor said that's contagious stuff
If I right understood
I can direct Rubeola to someone else (what the hell)
The very same way she was directed to me
Rubeola likes small kids the most
And with old folks she's gonna be wild (really wild)
With Mercury rising on a really incredible rate
The only good thing in her is that she's one-off
It means that she can be met only once (ooh)
But she causes so much trouble so who needs the second time?

Chorus.

When I'm looking back
There's a pain in the neck
And I'm losing my voice
I want it back!

3. PARTY OF THE BEDLAM

We've got a party
We've got a party tonight
We've got a party in unusual place
Let's get started
Let's do it all right
Let's do it now - there's no time to waste

We've got a party of the Bedlam
A party of the Bedlam
We'll do it all right
Rock you all night
And drive you totally mad

Hey, look around
Just look around a bit
Look around and see what's going on
Those crazy sounds
And crazy chords (like this one)
That crazy feeling is so strong

'Cos we've got a party of the Bedlam
A party of the Bedlam
We'll do it all right
Rock you all night
And drive you totally mad

Come on and join us
Come on and join us now
Come on and join us - don't lose your chance
Hear the music
Hear the rocking drums
You won't hear it again in the same circumstance -

On a party of the Bedlam
A party of the Bedlam
We'll do it all right
Rock you all night
And drive you totally mad

Our band is playing
Our band is playing the rock
Our band is playing the rock for a long long time
We're in good shape now -
Just hear that bass guitar
We've gotta tell you "Rocking ain't no crime"

It's just a party of the Bedlam
A party of the Bedlam
We'll do it all right
Rock you all night
And drive you totally mad

Don't scream like crazy
Don't jump like insane
Don't do anything wrong
Just hear the music
And the words of course
We want you just to enjoy the song

There's a party of the Bedlam
A party of the Bedlam
We'll make it all fine
All of the time
Right to the end.

4. UP ON THE DOWNS

In our life there can be Ups and Downs
In our life we can be High or Low
In our life we can be In and Out
In our life we can move Fast or Slow
Up and Down, High or Low -
Can you keep that system stable?
In and Out, Fast or Slow -
Can you find a way for going Up?

Now we're all searching for the Direction
The Direction for Our Way Up
We're all in need for some Love and Affection
We are looking for someone to Love
Up or Down, High or Low -
Do you really Love each other?
In or Out, Fast or Slow -
Have you really found a way for going

Up, Up On The Downs
We're going Up On The Downs
Yes, Up On The Downs
We're going Up again

Up and Down, High or Low -
Can you find a better place?
In and Out, Fast or Slow -
Will you try to win the race

Up, Up On The Downs
Racing Up On The Downs
Yes, yes, Up On The Downs
We can go Down, but then we'll go Up again!

Up On The Downs...

5. MUSIC WITH NO NOTES

I hear electronic noise all around me
People don't learn to play anymore
And if they can't work out some sound
They just go shopping and buy the best in the store

It's the music with no notes
The music of machines
It's the music without feeling
It's not real

Mathematical expressions
Are describing everything
Every movement, every thought
Every possible activity
Why bother trying to play the music
If it can be synthesized
Program what you want to hear
Let the sound digitize

It's the music with no notes
Digital sound, the music of numbers
The music with no life
Not any spark
The music without feeling
Just various sounds with various pitches
It's really, really
Really not real

Computers are the music's greatest curse
I don't mean the recording - I mean the editing
When people who couldn't sing synthesize the voice
And people who couldn't play program the sounds
What does come out?

Only music with no notes
Sample the best, program the rest
The lyrics with no words
They are too simplified
The music of the body
It needs no brains to understand
Just move yourself along with it
Right to the end

It's the music with no notes
The music of evil, the music of darkness
The music with no life
No spark of life, the sound is dead
The music without feeling
You don't need to think, just move your body
I tell you - it's not real...
Not real

6. REPRISE I

I tried to catch the Jabberwock
But it was difficult to catch
And I heard howling as I walked
It was the Bandersnatch!

And then a woman I have met
She was so strange, I couldn't stand
Not any warnings did I get
When woman took my hand!

On a great party I have been
Where Bedlam band have played the rock
So many people I have seen
For me 'twas quite a shock!

Up On The Downs I have went
And ain't no-one could stop me then
And when the Downs met the end
I've been so high again

Then I've heard music with no notes
It really pushed me down to earth
But people gave it all the votes
And showed me what they're worth...

7. GIG IN THE WASTELAND

Oh where did we go
Where did they send us
I don't understand
Oh but we've gotta play on
The stage is set
Let's make a sound check

Before a gig in the wasteland
Nothing and no-one for miles around
Gig in the wasteland
Nothing is good except the sound

Oh where is audience
Where are the people
I don't understand
Oh but we've gotta play on
They paid us big money
So let's begin

Our gig in the wasteland
Nothing and no-one for miles around
Gig in the wasteland
Nothing is good except the sound

8. SOMETIMES I THINK OF COZY

While you were out...
The message says
You left a number and I tried to call you name
But you wasn't 'round
And won't be any more
Won't be any more

Man in a car going fast near Bristol
He'll never come back - we're all gonna miss him
Tyre blows up and car goes to the wall
That's when death makes its final call
Heaven wouldn't be so high I know
If the times gone by hadn't been so low
Best laid plans come apart at the seams
And shatter all my dreams

Sometimes I think of Cozy...
Close my eyes and see
The Sabbath days and hear that interview
When he said 'Nobody's ever going
To blow me off the stage
Blow me off the stage'

Yet again I'm missing you
Behind a drumkit in a studio someplace
I hear your name
And I see your face
I see your face

Sometimes I think of Cozy...

Yet again I'm missing you
It won't be long 'cos I'll soon go up to you
Until that distant time
I'll be moving on
I'll be moving on...

9. NOTHIN' MORE TO DO

It still rains outside
So I remain inside
Inside my house
I'm playing the piano
I don't like it much
But I have to do it
'Cos there's nothin' more to do...

The rain has ended
But I remain inside
No-one's around
I'm sitting there alone
It's so boring here
In this lonely room
Ooh, there's nothin' more to do...

There is nothin’ more to do
I must admit it
Nothin’ more to do
At all…

There’s nothing outside
And nothing is inside
My mind is empty
And I’ve got nothing to fill it with
I’m doing nothing now
Oh, how I don’t wanna do it
But there’s nothin’ more to do…

10. WHAT I AM

What I am...

I'm a young man of a dying breed
I'm one of the few who hadn't lost their creed

Chorus:

Most people laugh at me but I don't care for them
'Cos they don't know what I am, what I am...

I'm looking pretty good but not fashionable
I don't like the fashion - it's so unstable
I don't like anything popular - with very few exceptions
About everything I have my own perception

Chorus.

I'm romantic and a bit naieve
I'm not into taking but I've got a lot to give
But I've got my opposite side as all people have
I can be very selfish, even an egoist - that's not for laugh

Some people love me for this, some people hate me for that
But they don't know what I really am, what I am...

I'm the man in blue - I'm the man in black
I'm talking to you holding nothing back
I'm a lonely sort of guy - I haven't got many friends
And I think I'll be lonely till my life ends

I wanna talk to you, I hope you're hearing me
I wanna tell you what I am, what I am
I've got a question to you - can you answer it?
Does it matter to anyone except you and me?
Does it matter - what I am?..

11. LET THERE ALWAYS BE SUN

Circle of the sun
Sky all around -
This is the drawing of a young boy
Drawn on the sheet
It's almost complete
So in the corner he wrote:

Chorus (x2):

Let there always be sun
Let there always be skies
Let there always be Mama
Let there always be me

Soldier, you hear
Soldier, you see
People afraid of explosions
Thousands of eyes
Look in the sky
Lips still repeat the same words:

Chorus (x2).

Against the crimes
Against the war
We'll stand in defence for our children
Joy - for all time
Happiness - for all
This is the will of the Man!

Chorus (x2).

12. REPRISE II

Gig in the wasteland I have played,
There's only band on lonely stage
But big big money we were paid,
This is the money age...

Of Cozy Powell I have thought,
Indeed, he had went out in time!
He had so many battles fought,
When rocking wasn't crime

Then there was nothin' more to do,
Except just sitting down in blue
I've had no-one for talking to,
I wanted to speak with you!

I've even told you what I am
It didn't matter to the most
But I don't even care for them
Because I know their cost

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe...