I Can See Your House From Here

Camel, 1979


Wait

(Latimer/John McBurnie)

You're looking nervous at the dealer
Money goes like sand
Slipping through your hands
You're leaving everything behind you
Wave it all goodbye
I can hear you cry

Wait - don't think about it
Wait - it's never too late
Wait - don't worry 'bout it
Wait - leave it all to fate
Wait

Oh no this game is like a nightmare
There can be no doubt
Luck has dealt me out
I'm only searching for the right time
Money on the line
I can hear you cry

Andrew LatimerGuitar, Backing Vocals
Jan SchelhaasYamaha CS 80, Prophet 5, Yamaha Electric Grand Piano,2nd & 4th Moog solos
Kit WatkinsHammond C3, Solina, Yamaha Electric Grand Piano, Rhodes Piano, 1st and 3rd Moog solos
Colin BassBass and Lead Vocals
Andy WardDrums


Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine

(Latimer/Schelhaas/Bass/Ward)

Can't you see?
All of the things that I'm trying to say
Are inside of me
I never thought I'd be feeling this way
But I think you've known all the time
Your love is stranger than mine

Seeing you
I can't believe in a love that won't leave
I don't want you to
Be anyone that you don't wanna be
But I think you've known all the time
Your love is stranger than mine

If you are the one
To make it, to break it
If you are the one
Won't you stay with me?

One more time
Getting a feeling afraid that I might be
Out of line
Telling myself there's a chance that you
could be someone I've known all the time
Your love is stranger than mine

Andrew LatimerGuitars, Backing Vocals
Jan SchelhaasYamaha Electric Grand Piano, Mini Moog
Kit WatkinsProphet 5
Colin BassBass and Lead Vocals
Andy WardDrums
Mel CollinsAlto Saxophone


Eye of the Storm

(Watkins)

Andrew LatimerGuitars
Kit WatkinsClavinet, Solina, Mini Moog, Flute
Colin BassWal Fretless Bass
Andy WardDrums, Massed Marching Military Snares


Who We Are

(Latimer)

Hotel rooms, sleep eludes me
In this strange life I lead
Occasional friends, likewise lovers
Never wanting what I need

If you could be
Here close to me
I know - love
We were meant for each other
We will love one another
And it won't really matter at all
Who we are

Wake-up calls in the morning
The empty night fades away
You're still there, I'm still faking
Words I always meant to say

Andrew LatimerGuitars, Flute, Lead Vocals, Autoharp
Jan SchelhaasGrand Piano
Kit WatkinsMini Moog, Solina
Colin BassBass, Backing Vocals
Andy WardDrums


Survival

(Latimer)

Performed by the orchestra


Hymn To Her

(Latimer/Schelhaas)

Look to the mirror
I can tell no lies
Time drawing nearer
Still I wonder why
You are the giver
Me I never try
Now we're together
Still I wonder why

Please can you tell me
When you're by my side
And when my eyes see
Will I wonder why
If you are with me
I can only try
To find the answer
In the words that ask the question

Why don't we know
And why don't it show
I wanna find out
Try let it all out

Andrew LatimerGuitars, Lead Vocals
Jan SchelhaasGrand Piano
Kit WatkinsMini Moog, Clavinet, Solina, Hammond C3
Colin BassBass, Backing Vocals
Andy WardDrums


Neon Magic

(Latimer/Schelhaas/Viv McAuliffe)

Neon magic, a playground for the noise
Got the boys feeling tough, acting rough
Looking for trouble?
You better mind your tongue
Having fun much too much
Chasing cars, hit and run

They try their hardest
To stand out in the crowd, talking loud
Neon girls carrousels
Show off their colours
For some local fame
That's the name (of their) game
Acting cool, out of school
You're the same

Andrew LatimerGuitars, Lead Vocals
Jan SchelhaasYamaha Electric Grand Piano, Yamaha CS 80, Solina, Mini Moog
Kit WatkinsHammond C3, Yamaha CS 80, Solina
Colin BassBass
Andy WardDrums


Remote Romance

(Latimer/Watkins)

It's automatic
There's too much static
Ooh your signal's fading
Down goes my rating
Ooh your signal's fading

Remote - remote
Romance - romance

Rush-button passion
I won't repeat it
I won't repeat it
I won't repeat (ha ha ha)

Wait a minute
Wait a minute but...

It's just a sequence
It makes no real sense
It's just a sequence
It makes no real sense

It's automatic
There's too much statix
Can't get no feed-back
I'm on the wrong track

Wait a minute
It don't make a lot of sense
Just a sequence
It makes no real sense

Andrew LatimerGuitars
Jan SchelhaasEMS Sequencer
Kit WatkinsYamaha CS 80, Mini Moog, Clavinet, EMS, Sequencer
Andy WardDrum Loop, Percussion


Ice

(Latimer)

Andrew LatimerGuitars
Kit WatkinsRhodes Piano, Mini Moog, Solina, Hammond C3, Yamaha Electric, Grand Piano on Intro
Jan SchelhaasGrand Piano
Colin BassBass
Andy WardDrums


The lyrics were submitted by Aymeric Leroy, maintainer of the excellent Calyx - The Canterbury Web Page
Help on "Remote Romance" - Stanley Rosenthal
Various Corrections submitted by Steve Howarth
HTML revision: Ofir Zwebner