[INTRO:] C E Am C7 C F A Dm F

E7 A7 D7 G C-C-C-C D7 F C Am D7 G C-C-C-C

[VERSE 1:]
Down, down, I’m feeling down___
But for now I’ll stick around
Just to see if it was really me
Or if I’m right in thinking you’re wrong[C-C-C]

[VERSE 2:]
You took me in on a pleasure trip___
But the waves got high and sunk the ship
And the captain was mad and so was his crew
And they all looked just the same__ as you[C-C-C]

[VERSE 3:]
Up__, you took me high___
Earth to the moon and back through the sky__
But the wings that I wore didn’t fit me too well
I only wanted to fly, but I fell[C-C-C]

[INSTRUMENTAL:] C E Am C7 C F A Dm F
[C-C-C-C]

[VERSE 4:]
Down, down, I’m feeling low____
But sooner or later it’s got to go___
This restless feeling in my shoe
Will carry me to somebody new[C-C-C-C]

[VERSE 5:]
Down, down, I’m feeling low____
But sooner or later it’s got to go___
This restless feeling in my shoe
Will carry me to somebody new[C-C-C]
Somebody__ new___

[VERSE 6:] (## fade to end ##)
Down, down, I’m feeling low____
But sooner or later it’s got to go___
This restless feeling in my shoe
Will carry me to somebody new

D C (6x)

[Verse 1]
Two by two the lovers wandered off into the night
Leaving me alone with someone that I only knew by sight
So we sat and watched each other through the fading firelight
Each one waiting for the silence to be broken

But the things I should have said
That were whispering in my head
Would not be spoken___

[Verse 2]
The black gowned master glared at me with malice in his eye
The spittle from his twisted lips ran down to his bowtie
I was dumb before his accusations, I did not deny
When he’d done with me, I stood outside there, shattered

And the things I should have said
That came rushing to my head
No longer matter_____

[Instrumental]
D C (8x)

[Verse 3]
Teachers from whose hallowed mouths, great pearls of wisdom fall
To those who scrawl obscenities upon the alley walls
The joke is on the bloke who never spoke a word at all
But whose dreams lay unrevealed, ‘til they were rotten

And the things I should have said
That I was keeping in my head
Have been forgotten__

(## repeat and fade ##)
All the things I should have said

[INTRO:] C

[VERSE 1:]
The stage director stood up and he called the actors down
He asked them all to say three words, ‘Up’, ‘Down’ and ‘Around’
So, ‘Up’, ‘Down’ and ‘Around’ they cried with one according voice
And up, down and around they went, for it was their only choice

[CHORUS:]
I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again
I can listen, but I can’t hear

[VERSE 2:]
My friend’s girl, she has a wireless aerial sticking out of her head
And a pile of true romances lying underneath the bed
And a giant poster of Rabby Noakes just beside the door
But I know she’ll get along fine without him if it doesn’t see her anymore

[CHORUS:]
I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again
I can listen, but I can’t hear

[VERSE 3:]
The strings were cut from the guitar puppet singer on the stage
And his music became furious and he stamped his foot in rage
The girls all screamed in agony, the boys they gaped in fear
And the song was called ‘Have Mercy Baby, Have Mercy On My Ear’

[CHORUS:]
I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again
I can listen, but I can’t hear

[VERSE 4:]
I remember what the old man said on his little wooden stand
As he spoke very quietly with a waving of his hand
“Every pigeon to its own hole”, but what he seemed to say
I know I should go looking for, a better place to stay

[CHORUS:]
I can only turn again, to the front again
Only to turn again, to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again
I can listen, but I can’t hear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again
I can listen, but I_____ can’t hear