All songs written by The Levellers
Index:
This Garden (single version)
Life
[Chorus] Blood, sweat and tears, Really don't matter, Just the things that you do, In this garden. Blood, sweat and tears, Really don't matter, Just the things that you do, In this garden. I never thought I'd see the day, When you became what you've become, It's easy now just to look away, Leave your consience on the run, Spent so much time not looking for an answer, But someone else to blame, As long as you don't take the drop, To you it's all the same. [Chorus] Sometimes I like to get away, Chase the thought and fly, People round here, they'll never change, They're to scared to look outside, Community spirit - neighbourhood watch, Curtains twitching all the time, You've got to have a look at what next doors got, Cos you're credit's on the line. [Chorus] Don't waste your time with your visions of the future, And your party line, Cos your eyes have blinded to the people in the gutter, Who are fighting to survive. When I was out I saw a fox, He was running for his life, His eyes were wide but his mind was shut, To the red coat bugle cries, When he reached his home his path was blocked, By some "sportsman's" clever guise, If this is as far as your culture's got, I deny it. [Chorus] Blood, sweat and tears, Really don't matter. Blood, sweat and tears, Really don't matter. Really don't matter. Really don't matter.
Life, Number and a name, Don't know what to think, Don't know what to say. Life, Like the actor and the page, When the curtains rise, You must take to the stage. [Chorus] You want to stand on the roof, You want it too soon, You must give it all away, It's the price that you must pay. Love, Sometimes easy, sometimes strined, Like the pictures that you paint, Sometimes clear and sometimes grey, Love is like a book, With your writing on the page, But the words that you write, Are not the words you want to say. [Chorus] Time, Time just drifts away, Like the ending of the line, Like the parting of the way. Time, Time will never wait, Like the words all in my head, Can't be made to stay. [Chorus]