CARAVAN
"For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night" (1973)


  • Memory Lain, Hugh (P.Hastings)
  • Headloss (P.Hastings)
  • Hoedown (P.Hastings)
  • Surprise, Surprise (P.Hastings)
  • C'Thlu Thlu (P.Hastings)
  • Be All Right (P.Hastings)
  • Chance Of A Lifetime (P.Hastings)

  • MEMORY LAIN, HUGH
    Words and Music
    by Pye Hastings

    If you get on the road that takes you back
    There's a lot of things you ought to know
    You're going where I want to be
    If you get on the road you've got to take me

    Can you see I don't care
    For all those things and fancy strings
    I just want a chance to try
    And find me

    I stopped having dreams some time ago
    So now it seems I have to show
    If there's a chance I've got to find me
    Somewhere there's someone who can see

    A broken-winged dove
    Is all he has to show for love
    Oh please help me please
    To find me


    HEADLOSS
    Words and Music
    by Pye Hastings

    Has anybody seen I've got me a dream
    Gonna be happy, yeah
    Never knew that light could seem so bright
    Couldn't you tell me, no ?

    Imagine me today
    Thought they'd come to take me away, me away
    After all you choose, you've got win or lose
    Whether to find me

    I've got my pipe and I've got my song
    And I've got love to keep me happy
    It's no surprise I've got bleary eyes
    But it's all that I have and it's all that I want

    Many years ago, I thought whenever it shows
    Gonna be ready, yeah
    Suddenly within my head beginnin' to spin
    Gave it upon me, yeah

    Had to be that way
    At least that's what they taught me to say, me to say
    If ever I get out, I'm gonna be makin' a shout
    Gonna be happy

    I've got my dope and I've got my comb
    I'll be far gone, come tomorrow
    The moon comes out, I'll try to stare him out
    And I'll dance to the light if it's chasing me home

    I've got my pipe and I've got my song
    And I've got love to keep me happy
    It's no surprise I've got bleary eyes
    But it's all that I have and it's all that I want


    HOEDOWN
    Words and Music
    by Pye Hastings

    Got a gig I'd like you to know, we're leaving here tonight
    We're going just to sing our song and everything's all right
    And we'll be missing you but that's for me to care
    Gotta go, better tell you now, 'cause something's in the air
    Don't care if I do it or die, that don't mean a thing
    Yes indeed that's all we need - so everybody, sing!

    Count it out, but into yourself, love that's the thing
    It's there just if you don't know, it makes your body sing
    I'm talkin' about me, myself, and all the world around
    Wanna see you take you by the hand and do some mess around
    Don't have to know, don't have to know, lovin' takes you back
    Gets about and I wanna shout, so everybody sing!

    We'll get you, we'll get you everyday
    Get you, we'll get you every way
    Get you, when night-time comes along
    Get you, we'll get you with our song


    SURPRISE, SURPRISE
    Words and Music
    by Pye Hastings

    After all this time it's got no better
    And the words just seem to pass me by
    So I think of you in the morning
    Singing a song to fill my eyes

    Here I go
    Can you sing along?

    Stopped to say hello
    Something overcame me
    Didn't want to go and pass you by
    Looked at me so fair
    Saw the sun upon you
    Blow and slip through your hands

    Summer stole away
    All the breath within me
    Leavin' me gaspin' for some air
    Have so much to say
    Hardly seem to matter
    You were more than some one day

    Didn't we believe we were so?
    Didn't we believe we were something?
    Didn't we believe we were more?
    So much more than words can say
    Suddenly sunshine, sudden love

    When the years are gone
    And we live on memories
    Will you still remember me that way?
    Like I do you too
    No matter where I could be
    Something's going to steal away

    Didn't we believe we were so?
    Didn't we believe we were something?
    Didn't we believe we were more?
    So much more than I don't know
    Suddenly sunshine, sudden love

    Didn't want to go
    Didn't want to leave you
    Something pulling me back hurt me so
    Wakin' up I found feet upon the pillow
    Head and shoulders on the ground


    C'THLU THLU
    Words and Music
    by Pye Hastings

    From the forest down below
    Came a voice that cried "no"
    Something seemed nearly dead
    Making me feel so cold
    Even the trees seemed to fear
    There was something unreal
    Couldn't see very far
    And the sky had gone dark

    So we ran, yeah, as fast as we can
    Only thought to get away
    On and on we didn't know where we'd gone
    If it was night or day
    "Come back", I can hear a voice call
    I can feel it pulling me down
    In my head it felt like something had said
    You better slow down
    But I tried so hard not to make a sound
    Feeling better I turned round
    And coming up behind me I could see...

    Like shadows in the trees
    They came creeping unknown
    Keeping close through the ground
    I can feel them tramp on
    Saw the music they knew
    We were somewhere close by
    They began to crowd us in
    Sinkin' deeper in pain


    THE DOG, THE DOG, HE'S AT IT AGAIN
    Words and Music
    by Pye Hastings

    Lo-o-o-nely girl, would you like a sweet to eat?
    I've got something that I'd like you to hold
    And my brother will tell you that it's good for your cold
    So, there, surely there is nothing wrong
    Take my hand and we'll try to make a stand
    For all censorship, decency, all night long

    You're naive if you really do believe
    That the world is so full of sin
    Never look back on the things that you lack
    When you're in
    My mother said that I should stay out of bed
    But I know that I like it in there
    Legs and thighs, hellos and goodbyes
    It's all there

    Oh my oh

    (Suck a sugar, dandy, rock'n'roll
    Lick a-licking lozenge cures the soul)

    Here is my cure for colds
    And here is my cure for measles
    When you've tried those
    If you've invented your toes
    Well you're surely in luck, you'll get a stunning good show
    So if you come with me
    We'll try to clean the inside out
    This filthy old world is such a beautiful girl
    And you must have a sweet
    I'm sure it's good for your feet

    You're naive if you really do believe
    That the world is so full of sin
    Never look back on the things that you lack
    When you're in
    My mother said that I should stay out of bed
    But I know that I like it in there
    Legs and thighs, hellos and goodbyes
    It's all there

    Oh, medicine gone
    It's coming on strong
    It's coming on and on and on and on


    BE ALL RIGHT
    Words and Music
    by Pye Hastings

    Think of the days, in so many ways we used to talk
    And how we would love to sing
    Would you think twice of all the things nice your memory holds
    And that's what your love could bring
    But it's all right now, it's all right now

    Don't think of me as something to see
    I only have sunshine and love to bring

    Somehow I feel there's something unreal
    About the way money means everything
    That'll be the fall of all of the worlds you love
    Mummy, I said that thing
    But it's all right now, be all right now

    Don't think of me as something to see
    I only have sunshine and love to bring

    Think of the days in so many ways we used to talk
    And how we would love to sing
    Would you think of twice of all the things nice your memory holds
    And that's what your love could bring
    But it's all right now, it's all right now


    CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
    Words and Music
    by Pye Hastings

    Think on the sunshine
    Don't throw away
    Chance of a lifetime to come
    In a world that's not grey
    You'll see there's diamonds in the skies
    And a rainbow 'round your shoulder for all time
    Think on the sunshine in your mind

    Time has no meaning
    There's a year in a day
    And all the people you see
    Will smile if you stay
    Laugh and the whole world laughs with you
    Worry and you'd all be in there trying too
    See, there's no love lost in your mind

    Look for the sunrise
    It will shine upon you
    It's always there in your mind
    I'm searching there too
    Don't live the life they want you to
    Figure your own and then go see it through
    Mind it's your mind, it's your mind