Tonight Today

Tonight Today Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
Words & music: Howard Blaikley
First released: 07.11.1969 on Single 'Tonight Today' (267 970 TF)
Running time: 3'16
Lead vocals by Dozy, Beaky & Tich

Everything flows in an endless stream
and if we close our eyes like a vision or a dream
we'll see this world in its myriade ways

Everything flows and every single minute
brings a change to the earth and to everybody in it
watch a million lives playing out their days

People at this very time
are making many things
that's so, that's so
Money and planes and pacts and plans
The wise man understands
But fools are in command

In the desert rockets point
towards the stars - in sleazy bars
someone's getting drunk and ugly
On the city sidewalks hustlers
pick their prey - far away
Bodies bake on surfing beaches

Tonight today
feel it all going on
all this moment's different strands of life
Tonight today
we're a part of it all
though we're on our own and making love

Everything flows while Nixon's called a meeting
There's a massive demonstration and some kids are getting beaten
up in time to make tomorrow's first editions

Yeah, there's striptease shows while at Buckingham Palace
they're working out the seating plan for Jackie and Onassis
and in Kalamazoo there's two boys fishing

People at this very time
are making many things
that's so, that's so
Speeches and sailing-boats and scenes
while kids in faded jeans
sit cross-legged in the park

In a Roman night-club Carlo
stuffs his mouth - further south
Dino dines on left-out garbage
In a jungle hospital a
mother sighs - baby cries
new arrival in the life-stream

Tonight today
feel it all going on
all this moment's different strands of life
Tonight today
we're a part of it all
though we're on our own and making love


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