Such a sad procession, winding down the lane
And what a strange impression is branded on my brain
A band was playing -- endless, mindless
It was like a hooligan's lament
It was dumb, but it was timeless
I still don't know what it meant

And whatever needs to happen
Let it happen, let it be
Through all I am protected
Grace is effected
Over me

Behold the lights of london!
The skipper said that his hands shook
His aura eaten by his jealously and all the drugs he took
He said this is the real world buddy!
Toughen up your ass, or it'll break.
I said I'm not your buddy, buddy,
And your real world is a fake.

(here comes the peace campaigner
She says the end justifies her means
Her words so full of reason fell like napalm on my dreams
I said peace is not a word, never!
She calls me traitor, I just grin
I said you've gotta live it every moment,
Or else you're just sucking wind)

And whatever needs to happen
Let it happen, let it be
Through all I am protected
Grace is effected
Over me

(the dj casts his malediction
As the wedding guests appear
It was as cruel as any fiction
I still carry the souvenir)
/
(the dj took his vengeance
As the wedding guests arrived
There was malice in his handshake
Quicksand in his eyes)
As he slunk across the courtyard
From far off I heard a horn
Somewhere in the bleak mid-distance
Something beautiful is born

And whatever needs to happen
Let it happen, let it be
Through all I am protected
Grace is effected
Over me

I stumbled down a street of shadows
A black alleluia split the night
(prostitutes / anarchists) and priests were playing stripjack
Underneath the cruel lamplight
I came upon a weeping soldier
He said I'm all washed up now, huh
But when I glanced across his shoulder
He held a royal flush

And whatever needs to happen
Let it happen, let it be
Through all I am protected
Grace is effected
Over me

I'm still here, I'm still wheeling
I'm who I thought I was, or just about
I'll be walking down this boulevard
Until my legs give out
Thoughts like storms and seas are raging
I know it is a matter of degree
But it's not the world outside that's changing
It's me!

And whatever needs to happen
Let it happen, let it be
Through all I am protected
Grace is effected
Over me
Over me
Over me
Over me
Over me
Over me
Over me
Grace is effected
Over me

• A Golden Age
• A Pagan Place
• A Rock in a Weary Land
• A Song for The Life
• Ahead Down The Highway
• All My Way Ireland
• All The Boys Love Carrie
• Anatomy of a Love Affair
• Barely Out of Teenage
• Beatles' Medley
• Behold The Sea
• Big Lover
• Billy Sparks
• Bleecker Street
• Blowing in The Wind
• Blues is My Business
• Born to Be Together
• Bring 'em All In
• Buckets of Rain
• Burlington Bertie & Accrington Stanley
• Bury My Heart
• Calling Back My Spirit
• Careful With That Melletron, Eugene
• Come Live With Me
• Coming in to Harbour
• Crown
• Custer's Blues
• Dancing Barefoot
• Drunken Head Blues
• Dumbing Down The World
• Everlasting Arms
• Experience Week Song
• Father
• Forever Young
• Girl from The North Country
• Going Back to Glasters
• Going to Paris
• Gulf Crisis Lullaby
• Heaven Gets Closer Every Day
• Higher Bound
• Higher in Time
• His Word is Not His Bond
• I Ain't Gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More
• I Know She's in The Building
• I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
• I've Been in The Storm for You
• Iona Song
• Is She Conscious
• Isis
• Karma
• Killing My Heart
• King Electric
• King of London
• Kiss The Wind
• Late Train to Heaven
• Learning to Love Him
• Let It Happen
• Let It Loose
• Long Way to The Light
• Lost Highway
• Love Anyway
• Love That Kills
• Lucky Day Bad Advice
• Malediction
• Manifesto
• Martin Decent
• Mister Fox
• Mister Powers
• Mother Cluny
• Nectar
• Nobody 'cept You
• Oh Shenandoah
• One of Many Rescuers
• Only Heroes Live Forever
• Out of Control
• Personal
• Prince Medley
• Questions
• Rare, Precious & Gone
• Ready for The Monkey House
• Rock in The Weary Land
• Seaweed Shovelling Song
• She is So Beautiful
• Some of My Best Friends Are Trains
• Something Fantastic
• Song of The Mermaid
• Song of The Open Road
• Sunny Sailor Boy
• Sympathy for David Icke
• That's Not Enough
• The Charlatan's Lament
• The Lion of Love
• The Ways of Men
• The Wedding
• The Wind in The Wires
• Too Hot for Clean Head
• We Are Jonah
• What Do You Want Me to Do
• When Love Comes Tumbling
• Where Are You Now when I Need You?
• Why Look at The Moon
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken