Roger Waters - Home & Four Minutes

from "Radio KAOS"
*Lyrics*
-- Home --

Could be Jerusalem, or it could be Cairo
Could be Berlin, or it could be Prague
Could be Moscow, could be New York
Could be Llanelli, and it could be Warrington
Could be Warsaw, and it could be Moose Jaw
Could be Rome
Everybody got somewhere they call home
When they overrun the defenses
A minor invasion put down to expenses
Will you go down to the airport lounge
Will you accept your second class status
A nation of waitresses and waiters
Will you mix their martinis
Will you stand still for it
Or will you take to the hills

It could be clay and it could be sand
Could be desert
Could be a tract of arable land
Could be a house, could be a corner shop
Could be a cabin by a bend in the river
Could be something your old man handed down
Could be something you built on your own
Everybody got something he calls home

When the cowboys and Arabs draw down
On each other at noon
In the cool dusty air of the city boardroom
Will you stand by a passive spectator
Of the market dictators
Will you discreetly withdraw
With your ear pressed to the boardroom door
Will you hear when the lion within you roars
Will you take to the hills

Will you stand, will you stand for it
Will you hear when the lion within
you roars

Could be your father and it could be your mother
Could be your sister, could be your brother
Could be a foreigner, could be a Turk
Could be a cyclist out looking for work. Norman
Could be a king, could be the Aga khan
Could be a Vietnam vet with no arms and no legs
Could be a saint, could be a sinner
Could be a loser or it could be a winner
Could be a banker, could be a baker
Could be a Laker, could be Kareem Abdul Jabar
Could be a male voice choir
Could be a lover, could be a fighter
Could be a super heavyweight, or it could be
something lighter
Could be a cripple, could be a freak
Could be a wop, gook, geek
Could be a cop, could be a thief
Could be a family of ten living in one room on relief
Could be our leaders in their concrete tombs
With their tinned food and their silver spoons
Could be the pilot with God on his side
Could be the kid in the middle of the bomb sight
Could be a fanatic, could be a terrorist
Could be a dentist, could be a psychiatrist
Could be humble, could be proud
Could be a face in the crowd
Could be the soldier in the white cravat
Who turns the key in spite of the fact
That this is the end of the cat and mouse
Who dwelt in the house
Where the laughter rang and the tears were spilt
The house that Jack built
Where the laughter rang and the tears were spilt
The house that Jack built
Bang, bang, shoot, shoot
White gloved thumb, Lord thy will be done
He was always a good boy his mother said
He'll do his duty when he's grown, yeah
Everybody's got someone they call home

-- Four Minutes --

After a near miss on the plane
You swear you'll never fly again
After the first kiss when you make up
You swear you'll never break up again
And when you've just run a red light
Sit shaking under the street light
You swear to yourself you'll never drink and drive again
Sometimes I feel like going home
You swear you'll never let things go by again.
Sometimes I miss the rain and snow
And you'll never toe the party line again
And when the east wind blows
Sometimes I feel like going home...

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[drmrboy29]

What album is this off?

[1michelemichele1]

@drmrboy29 Radio KAOS.... It's Roger Waters' second solo album.

[intwylight]

I'ts only Music...

[1michelemichele1]

...Oh intwylight...

:(

[Weirdgus]

very nice song,I loved it since the 1st time I heard it !

[Osvaldito67]

Magia pura.

[SneakyShark]

@kdwestbrooks in one sense yes, sole...but replaced with soul it applies still..

[SneakyShark]

@GoGoGadgetBeer yes, yes he is...

[SneakyShark]

10 years old & more relevant than when it was released..cynical? yup, and realistic...Iran next...

[GoGoGadgetBeer]

@kdwestbrooks No offense but I knew that. During the course of this album (which I've listened to countless times), the radio listener's line 'sole has no eyes' is later turned around to mean ' the soul has no eyes' when they 'push the button' (or at least what Billy makes everyone think). That's what I was implying. Roger Waters is a genius.

[kdwestbrooks]

@GoGoGadgetBeer That's a nice line dude, but they're actually talking about Sole. A kind of fish.

[bassist118]

My home is Warrington hahahaha so warrington actually has a half decent claim to fame - Could be Llanelli or it could be Warrington, is the link Rugby (Union and League) all the rest are pretty much opposite (New York, Moscow - Berlin, Prague etc)

[JACKOFSPEED39]

This is the end of the cat the mouse.... that dwelt in the house...... that Laughter built!

Waters seems to be another Nostradamus when you think about it , what an Incredible teller of truths this man is EPIC MAN

[GoGoGadgetBeer]

The soul has no eyes...

[mundrubjet]

If people could only read the words of Roger Waters lyrics...that alone would cause his work to rise to the top of anyones list...add his surreal voice to the mix and it is no wonder he is the legacy that he is. Just unbelievable...

[rkaos1987]

Pure genius, God sent is correct!