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Here are the lyrics to the first album, kindly supplied by Al Strawbridge. Any funny spelling or incomprehensible bits, well you'll just have to ask him...
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The Lucky Bishops Lyrics (1st album)

STRATOSPHERE (R. Murphy)

Now we’re leaving all the guilt behind
There’s no conceiving now there’s nothing left to find
So if you’re leaving now then for me the party’s over
So I’m waiting up In the Stratosphere (I can’t see)
In the Stratosphere (I can’t hear)
In the Stratosphere (I can’t feel)
I’ll be waiting for you
When you took my side
I never even noticed
In a seafood sky pink salmon’s reeling earthwards
With our heads miles wide cause it’s release from doubt’s the best buzz
So I’m waiting up
In the Stratosphere (I can’t see)
In the Stratosphere (I can’t hear)
In the Stratosphere (I can’t feel)
I’ll be waiting for you
It’s good to have you near me
Making me whole
Answers for asking
Straight through the soul
The sun in your eyes your pupils pinpricks that needle my mind
There’s nothing finer than
Even in your eyes huge saucers lapping up all of the light
Peek inside say goodnight In the Stratosphere (I can’t see)
In the Stratosphere (I can’t hear)
In the Stratosphere (I can’t feel)
I’ll be waiting for you
You keep calling while I’m falling down
You keep calling while I’m falling down

RIGHT DIRECTION (T. Hughes)

What’s the right direction to go?
Follow the right signs and then we’ll know
What’s the right direction to go?
Follow the right signs and we’ll be on our way
Don’t disturb the others ‘cause they want to stay
They can find out for themselves in their own time
Kesey made a criminal not so long ago
Had to get out quickly so he ran to Mexico
Can’t stop him getting closer to now
There’s no worry when the sun’s this hot
And you don’t need money when the sun’s this bright
It could take us fifty years to begin to know
But I’m not giving up before I know
Please don’t believe in magic, what’s there has always been
And it’s coming through much faster now than you have ever seen
So maybe that’s the wrong way to go
It’s easy enough to turn away from what you’re looking for
It’s easy to turn away and close your eyes once more
From what you will and what you won’t allow
Unfolding right in front of me like pages in a book
What I see is not complete – it changes as I look
Can’t stop me getting close enough to now

I’M CONVINCED (A. Strawbridge)

I know it would be nice if we could all take it easy
But you’ve made it very clear that you’re the gun
The happiness you make is equal to all the sadness
But the hours that it takes belong to all of the people that I’ve fired
I know that time’s not on your side
Three down and there’s only three more who lied
I almost shed a tear remembering all the roses
But it doesn’t take me long to forget about all the flowers that I’ve shat on
I know that time’s not on your side
Three down and there’s only three more who lied
To the man who made the world spin round
For the people who didn’t know
Thank you for protecting me against all the things I might see
And thank you for convincing me to be all of the things I might be
Thank you for protecting me against all the things I might see
I know that time’s not on your side
Three down and there’s only three more who lied
Thank you for protecting me against all the things I might see
Thank you for convincing me to be all of the things I might be
Thank you for protecting me against all the things I might see
Thank you for convincing me to be all of the things I might be

CASANOVA (R. Murphy)

As we were going over what the future holds
It suddenly struck home the lies we told
About all our future needs by all the fluoride teeth
Start singing tonight’s the night
Time’s ticking over, I’m thinking over fast
On a hiding to a better place
Won’t stop until we hear them
Say that you’re Old Nick’s witness (Say that you play devil’s witness)
It’s far too thin a thread to hang life (It’s just an excuse and you’re making When you’ve seen all of earthly delights me puce at the seems)
You’re still picking it all apart
At least then you’ll find a lovely life inside the hive
The queen’s at home, she send the drones to kill the lights
Right, right, right
See the Casanova with the huge red nose
Flashing money to catch young eyes
Soon all his friends will leave and though it’s just a tease
Can’t stop thinking tonight’s the night
Time’s ticking over, I’m thinking over fast
On a hiding to a better place
Won’t stop until we hear them
Say that you’re Old Nick’s witness (Say that you play devil’s witness)
It’s far too thin a thread to hang life (It’s just an excuse and you’re making When you’ve seen all of earthly delights me puce at the seems)
You’re still picking it all apart
At least then you’ll find a lovely life inside the hive
The queen’s at home, she send the drones to kill the lights
Right, right, right
A lovely life inside the hive
The queen’s at home, she send the drones to kill the lights
Right, right, right

ASHTRALIA (A. Strawbridge)

No inspiration, creativity’s not at home
Can’t get it right or write a song that I like
Enviromation, telling everyone what it’s like
Breathing deadly smoke is a gas and that’s what I like
Smoking away the days and week’s passed me by
Choking the day’s a haze and the week’s passed me by
Living in Ashtralia, ashtralia
No need to get depressed,
I’m a girl inside my vest
Ashtralia, ashtralia
A transformation; letting common sense get a grip
Scrubbing toilets or filling shelves would make me a man
A conversation with the manager of my shop
Cuts me down to size ambition goes for a ride
Funny to think of why lemmings work nine to five
Crushing a neighbours car as it melts through the tar
Living in Ashtralia, ashtralia
No need to get depressed, I’m a bird inside my nest
Ashtralia, ashtralia Smoking away the days

BAD TIME (R. Murphy)

Love, I caught you at a bad time again
You’re tripping down those same streets and lanes
Where we always found you
You don’t have to hide your sore head
Just like we always found you
Did you think friends could desert you so fast
Now we know you’ve lumps coming up inside
Leave it to your friends to decide
How and why we decide to come to try to treat your demise
Let’s keep those eyes wide open
They’re the ones that served you so well tonight
While all around you just given up inside
Leave it to your friends to decide
How and why we decide to come to try to treat your demise
And you’re smiling so bright, you’re our saviour alright
Don’t leave it all too late to decide where you lie
And you’re smiling so bright, reception’s clearing up alright
So many miles away, as we dream so you die
Late night see yourself big fright, headstone brimstone arclight
Don’t leave it all too late, as you breathe so you die
Love, I caught you at a bad time again
You’re tripping down those same streets and lanes
Hope you made it drop us a line If you make it show us a sign
Hope you make it drop us a line If you make it show us a sign
If there’s nothing then it’s goodbye

EVIL THOUGHTS (A. Strawbridge)

Thinking evil thoughts, jealous of my friends
Envious of everything because I have failed
It’s in all of us, better not pretend
Hoping that the spanner falls into your work
The blinking of an eye so many things go by
As I’m getting older all the love I hide will see you my friends
Stan will take away,
Pete will only give
Wisdom and the justice of the Lord prevails
Dog will eat the dog, trust the ones you love
And tomorrow everything will fall in place
The blinking of an eye so many things go by
As I’m getting older all the love I hide will see you my friends
Dog will eat the dog, then the ones you love
And tomorrow everything will fall apart
The blinking of an eye so many things go by
As I’m getting older all the love I hide will see you my friends
Trust the ones you love
Love is what you know
They’re the ones you see
See what you believe
Leave out what you think (We will see you my friends)
Thinking evil things
Things will go away (We’ll be with you again)
Way beyond the dog
Dog will eat the ones (We will see you again)
Ones you love and trust
Trust the ones you love
We’ll see you my friends

SHE’S GONE (Lyrics:-L. Adams / R. Murphy)

Didn’t I ask you to leave
Didn’t you like being with me to be free
Didn’t I ask you stay
Didn’t you know it was all that I say
Daisy the striver (Someone takes you out and back again)
The girl inside her
There once was a man who would walk in the rain
Now he hides from the sunshine
Where is the girl we all know
Who knows how fast she will grow
I can’t see you I know when she’s gone
The memories, the colours, the places we’ve covered
There once was a background for a girl
Now she stands in the foreground
I can’t see you I know when she’s gone
We’ve seen the places and we’ve filed them in our minds
Seen all the places and we’ve filed them in our minds
John lives in a house, a house on a hill
Now he looks to the sky line
Who knows how fast he will grow
Where is the girl we all know
I can’t see you I know when she’s gone
Ice cream, I think that’s what I’ll buy today
The wheels turn, the wheels turn

PICTURE BOX (Lyrics:- L. Adams)

Glass cased crown
With speed it blurs as it turns round
Curling page
With heat from the words that were laid
(Said she) Don’t be long
(Said me) I won’t be long
Let’s say right’s
Wrong and let’s say inside’s out
By the trees
The sun seems on top of the drought
(Said she) The day’s too long
(Said me) An old dog done
(Said me) An old dog done

SPACE: 1949 (A. Strawbridge)

While fathoming out where the hell they were
Apart from on the ground
A vehicle came and took them away
Before they could make a sound
The sun began to set across the desert sand
While terrified witnesses tried to sleep
But couldn’t understand I can’t get to sleep (One day, we’ll know)
I can’t get to sleep (Something more)
Cause when you’re asleep (Trust no-one but yourself)
They’ll look through your window
Alien creatures landed in Roswell today
We’ve made a mistake now what are we going to say
Simply deny it, then classify it
A weather balloon was said to be
The cause of all the fuss
And anyone who said otherwise
Wouldn’t be seen for dust It’s hard to believe the word of someone
From the United States
‘Cause everyone knows the price of fame
Means losing all your mates I can’t get to sleep (One day, we’ll know)
I can’t get to sleep (Something more)
Cause when you’re asleep (Trust no-one but yourself)
They’ll look through your window
Alien creatures landed in Roswell today
We’ve made a mistake now what are we going to say
Simply deny it, then classify it
Threats were made and generals paid
And files were never found
And fifty years later I think you’ll find
That pants still turn brown….

OPEN GARDENS (Lyrics:- L. Adams)

You are your fathers, sisters, daughters, cousins, brother
And you stroll through the people thinking like no other
I never knew you needed money for the meter
The harder you push the ball, the further it will go
All I can see is the sun in the air (Open gardens)
Is the sun seen in the air far away (Bring the children)
And all I can see is the sun in the air (To the open gardens)
I heard my brother talking about some clever camera
So thin you’d lose the bastard down somebody’s gutter
I never knew you needed gutters for the richer
Although the poorer people had to keep them clean
All I can see is the land on the ground (Open gardens)
Is the land seen on the ground far away (Bring the children)
And all I can see is the sun in the air (To the open gardens)
Is the sun in the air Is the land on the ground