Farmer Boys: randoms ;)

The World Is Ours:

3. End Of All Days



build a house on sand
and watch it sink
into the ocean blue
build a house of cards
and watch the wind blow through

play a grown-up game
with grown-up names
and plastic surgery
build a house on sand
and watch it disappear

all the plans you made
and prayers you prayed
are lost in yesterday

this is the end
the end of all days
marking time
for the very last day

write a memo in your organizer
that nothing is for sure
mark your calendar
and strike tomorrow through

all the plans you made
and prayers you prayed
are lost in yesterday

cause this is the end
the end of all days
marking time
for the very last day

this is the end
the end of all days
marking time
for the very last day

it is the end of all days



5. If You Ever Leave Me Standing



a one-horse town
with one old traffic light
hunted down
to a cheap
motel

your swollen eyes
never, ever say die
as the sheets run red
under me

if you ever leave me standing
then
I've one last wish
oh please, wrap the scarf around me
red-white found me
for my life

they're all here
to pay their last respects
it's crystal clear
only one
way out

your hand in mine
never, ever say die
as the sheets run red
under me

if you ever leave me standing
then i've one last wish
oh please, wrap the scarf around me
red-white found me
for my life

oh please, wrap the scarf around me
red-white found me
for my life



Till the Cows Come Home:

1. Prized



Nominate the sitting hens
While they cling to a screen wire
Watch them picking with their cut-off bills
Crown he fattest, crown the best
Breeding brooder that contest
In the competition that you give
Let's play a losing game
Versus the sickness and versus the pain
Versus the butcher again and again
The winning is rated
The bodies were sized
And the winner is ... prized
Nominate the perfect egg
And observe its innocence
Like the whiteness of a stillborn child
Crown the fattest, crown the best
Laying layer that contest
In the competition that you give
Let's play a losing game
Versus the sickness and versus the pain
Versus the butcher again and again
The winning is rated
The bodies were sized
And the winner is ... prized
Nominated to die
Prized

Farmer Boys: from "Countrified" (1996)

1. Farm Sweet Farm



Hear what I hear
Deep inside your morning fear
See what I see
A thorney weed becomes a tree

Light is fading out
Tears of blood are running down
Dread and darkness are covering your soul

Dire passions growing free
Suffering your destiny
Crimes of violence are leading you to me

Sperm keeps flying
Towards the rising scum
A calf starts crying

A farmer rapes its mum

Feel what I feel
The silent hate is lying in wait
Pain life in pain
Perfect storn like a stain

Light is fading out
Tears of blood are running down
Dread and darkness are covering your soul

Dire passions growing free
Suffering your destiny
Crimes of violence are leading you to me

Sperm keeps flying
Towards the rising scum
A calf starts crying

A farmer rapes its mum



2. Chew The Cud





3. Relieve The Tension





4. When A Chicken Cries For Love





5. In A Distance To God





6. Two, Three, Farm





7. From Pig To Men





8. Call Me A Hog





9. Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode cover), with Anneke van Giersbergen



I'm taking a ride
With my best friend

I hope he never lets me down again
He knows where he's taking me
Taking me where I want to be
I'm taking a ride
With my best friend

We're flying high
We're watching the world pass us by
Never want to come down
Never want to put my feet back down
On the ground

I'm taking a ride
With my best friend

I hope he never lets me down again
Promises me I'm as safe as houses
As long as I remember who's wearing the trousers
I hope he never lets me down again

We're flying high
We're watching the world pass us by
Never want to come down
Never want to put my feet back down
On the ground

We're flying high
We're watching the world pass us by
Never want to come down
Never want to put my feet back down
On the ground

Never let me down, (never let me down again)
Never let me down

See the stars they're shining bright
Everything's alright tonight



10. Countrified

Farmer Boys - In my darkest hour

Can you forgive me
For all I've done
Give me absolution
Just this once
Take me in your arms
Back into your fold
Here where I belong
When the stars above
Start falling from
The crown that they adorn
I'll be waiting
In my darkest hour
When you were gone
When I lost the power
That I had won
Beyond the sky
Time passes me by
There where I belong
Start falling from
The crown that they adorn
I'll be waiting
When the earth stands still
And the end is fulfilled
I'll be waiting on the shore