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"The Polite Force" (1970)

A VISIT TO NEWPORT HOSPITAL
Words by Mont Campbell, Music by Mont Campbell and Dave Stewart

There used to be a time when we lived in the van
We used to loon about with Janice, Liza and Ann
Now looking back it seemed to be a happy time
And so we kid ourselves we didn't really mind
The hang-ups and the lack of bread

There were four of us then, the group was Uriel
We played five nights a week at Ryde Castle Hotel
We spent our time avoiding skinheads and the law
It was a freedom that we'd never felt before
And now we're doing this instead

It was a way of life that was completely new
And so we found that we had quite a lot to do
The time passed slowly and each day was much the same
We ate and loved and slept and no-one was to blame
For saying things better left unsaid

CONTRASONG
Words and Music
by Mont Campbell

Gazing quite vacantly into space one day sitting up in my bed
surrounded by a few Sunday papers and their colour supplements
all of them superficially interesting happily unaware that somewhere
somebody was aware that somewhere somebody was awake
and well undisturbed living on

Glancing quite speedily through assortments of horrible illustrations
of atrocities and apologies of editors but they felt it was necessary
for people to see the pcitures on no account were they attempting
to boost their paper's circulation I felt a wave
closed my eyes which was worse

Nevertheless I was I suppose quite at ease at home
with my food brought up at intervals to my bed with all the sympathy I could want
and with all the time in the world to write thank-you letters to
all the people kind enough to send Christmas presents
when they knew I was really very insignificant