Jailbreak (BBC Session 12/02/76) - Thin Lizzy

Icy wind of night be gone This is not your domain In the sky a bird was heard to cry Misty morning whisperings And gentle stirring sounds Belied a deathly silence That lay all around Hear the lark and harken To the barking of the dog fox Gone to ground See the splashing Of the kingfisher flashing to the water And a river of green is sliding Unseen beneath the trees Laughing as it passes Through the endless summer Making for the sea In the lazy water meadow I lay me down All around me golden sunflakes Settle on the ground Basking in the sunshine Of a by-gone afternoon Bringing sounds of yesterday Into this city room Hear the lark and harken To the barking of the dog fox Gone to ground See the splashing Of the kingfisher flashing to the water And a river of green is sliding Unseen beneath the trees Laughing as it passes Through the endless summer Making for the sea In the lazy water meadow I lay me down All around me golden sunflakes Covering the ground Basking in the sunshine Of a by-gone afternoon Bringing sounds of yesterday Into my city room Hear the lark and harken To the barking of the dog fox Gone to ground See the splashing Of the kingfisher flashing to the water A river of green is sliding Unseen beneath the trees Laughing as it passes Through the endless summer Making for the sea

The path you tread is narrow And the drop is sheer and very high The ravens all are watching From a vantage point nearby Apprehension creeping Like a tube train up your spine Will the tightrope reach the end Will the final cuplet rhyme And it's high time Cymbaline It's high time Cymbaline Please wake me The lines converging where you stand They must have moved the picture plain The leaves are heavy round your feet You hear the thunder of the train Suddenly it strikes you That they're moving into range And Doctor Strange is always changing size And it's high time Cymbaline It's high time Cymbaline Please wake me

Take a step out of yourself And you turn around Take a look at who you are It's pretty scary So silly It's revolting You're not much If you're anything Take a step outside the city And you turn around Take a look at where you are It is revolting You're really nowhere So wasteful So foolish Poppycock Who said don't look back? Don't believe 'em Go for that crazy sounding restaurant 'Cause they're gonna try and get behind you Don't you let 'em do it You know what I'm talking about? You hear me talking? You hear me talking? It's pretty scary, totally, it's so revolting It's pretty scary, totally, it's so revolting It's pretty scary, totally, it's so revolting It's pretty scary, totally, it's so revolting Take a step out of the country And you turn around Take a look at where you are It is amazing Take a good look You're no big deal You're so petty It's a laugh Take a step outside the planet Turn around and around Take a look at where you are It's pretty scary

I am the warrior I serve the death machine Losers or conquerors All flash past on my silver screen Death is no easy answer For those who wish to know Ask those who have been before you What fate the future holds It ain't pretty... I am a messenger The message here, you must know I am the warrior I deliver the fatal blow So fate will have to wait Till time can heal the scar My heart is ruled by Venus And my head by Mars

Somewhere on the waterfront Johnny's hiding with a gun Swears he'll kill any man that tells his story He's not sorry for what he's done He broke into a drugstore To cure his daily need He didn't mean to shoot the guard But he was blinded by the greed Oh Johnny You see that nun, she's his sister She doesn't know that he's gone bad When they told it to his father It drove the old man mad Just as his mother warned him From her dying bed It's alright to lose your heart But never lose your head Oh Johnny Now the cops have got him surrounded And he doesn't stand a hope He wonders how he could be in so much trouble Over just a little dope Five to one he gets away That's the odds I'm going to give Five to four they blast him away Three to one he's going to live Oh Johnny Back in the alley where he was slain I thought I heard something move Beside the trash can lay a heart and chain The picture had been removed Just another juiced up junkie Looking for a bed It's alright to lose your heart But never lose your head Oh Johnny

Johnny Cool was the king, he was the leader of the boot boys He'd never cause no trouble, in a rumble make some noise He heard about some chick and they way she liked to rock He said, "Come here honey, let me see you lift up your frock" Gonna be a little showdown Showdown there Gonna be a little showdown Showdown there Miss Lucy was a chick and he knew she like to ball He said, "Come on Lucy, it don't matter to me at all" But Miss Lucy got a fella with a flick knife in his hand Johnny Cool pull a shotgun, the man is in command Gonna be a little showdown Showdown there Gonna be a little showdown Showdown there Gonna be a little showdown Showdown there Gonna be a little showdown Showdown there King Cool, King Kong, King King With all the kings King of hearts he's a lover and he give her everything King of spades, he's a brother doin' his own thing King of clubs makes a dollar King of diamonds is a wedding ring Gonna be a little showdown Showdown there Gonna be a little showdown Showdown there Gonna be a little showdown Showdown there Showdown, showdown there Showdown, showdown there Showdown, showdown there (Gonna be, got to be, gonna be, got to be, showdown) Showdown, showdown there Showdown, showdown there Showdown, showdown there Showdown, showdown there Showdown, showdown there Showdown, showdown there Showdown, showdown there Showdown, showdown there