Marianne Faithfull - The Trial lyrics

rate me

The Prosecutor:

Good morning, Worm, Your Honour.

The Crown will plainly show

The prisoner who stands now before you

Was caught red handed showing feelings,

Showing feelings of an almost human nature.

Ah, this will not do!

Call the schoolmaster!

Teacher:

I always said he'd come to no good

In the end, Your Honour

If they'd let me have my way I could

Have flayed him into shape.

But my hands were tied,

The bleeding hearts and artists

Let him get away with murder,

Let me hammer him today!

The Defendant:

Crazy toys in the attic, I'm crazy

Truly gone fishing.

They must have taken my marbles away!

Chorus:

Crazy toys in the attic, he is crazy.

The Prosecutor:

Call the defendant's wife!

The Wife:

You little shit, you're in it now,

I hope they throw away the key.

You should have talked to me more often than you did,

But no, you had to go your on way.

Have you broken any homes up lately ?

Just five minutes, Worm, Your Honour,

Him and me alone!

Mother: *

Babe ........

Come to mother,

Baby, let me hold you on my arms.

M'lord, I never wanted him

To get in any trouble.

Why'd he ever had to leave me ?

Worm, Your Honour, let me take him home!

The Defendant:

Crazy over the rainbow, I am crazy

Bars in the window.

There must have been a door there in the wall

When I came in!

Chorus:

Crazy over the rainbow, he is crazy.

The Judge:

The evidence before the Court is incontrovertible,

There's no need for the Jury to retire.

In all my years of judging, I have never heard before

Of someone more deserving the full penalty of law.

The way you made them suffer,

Your exquisite wife and mother,

Fills me with the urge to defecate!

Since my friend you have revealed your deepest fear,

I sentence you to be exposed before your peers!

Tear down the wall!!!

Chorus:

TEAR DOWN THE WALL!!!!

TEAR DOWN THE WALL!!!!

TEAR DOWN THE WALL!!!!

TEAR DOWN THE WALL!!!!

* Sung by Marianne

Roger Waters & The Bleeding Heart Band:

Graham Broad - drums

Rick Di Fonzo - guitar

Andy Fairweather Low - guitar & bass

Nick Glennie Smith - keyboards

Snowy White - Guitar

Peter Wood - Keyboards

Backing vocalists: Joe Chemay, Jim Farber, Jim Haas, John Joyce

The Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir

The Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army (principal: Wiktor Afanesjew)

The Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir

The Prosecutor: Tim Curry

The Teacher: Thomas Dolby

The Wife: Ute Lemper

Mother: Marianne Faithfull

The Judge: Albert Finney

The Company

Produced by Nick Griffiths and Roger Waters

Engineered by Nigel Jopson

Mixed by Nick Griffiths and Nigel Jopson

Orchestra recorded by Steven McGlaughlin

Assistant Sound Engineer: Heidi Cannavo