190 Bester Place: B5 Songbook

LYRICS Lyrics for all the songs that have been heard during the series.

The Parliament of Dreams Sung by G'Kar while he's preparing dinner. A slightly different version of the song appears in the episode Convictions. I'm thinking of thinking of calling her right after my afternoon nap. I'm thinking of thinking of sending her flowers, right after Bonnie gets back. So many fishies left in the sea, so many fishies - but no-one for me... I'm thinking of thinking of hooking a love, soon after supper is done.

Voice in the Wilderness Londo sings this song as an example of the weirdness of human culture. Notice that he gets the lyrics slightly wrong. You put your right hand in You put your right hand out You put your whole self in And you turn yourself about You do the hokey pokey You give a little shout That's what it's all about

Convictions G'Kar sings this slightly different version of his song from TPoD when he is trapped in a burning elevator with Londo. Not many fishes Left in the sea Not many fishes Just Londo and me

Ceremonies of Ligh and Dark Sung by a Nightwatch thug after having described how to torture a Minbari to death. DEM BONES Toebone's connected to the footbone Footbone's connected to the anklebone The anklebone's connected to the legbone Legbone's connected to the hipbone Now hear the word of the Lord

Walkabout Cailyn Jaymes (Erica Gimpel), a singer in a seedy DownBelow bar, performs these two songs. Both songs are original with lyrics by JMS and music by Chris Franke and Erica Gimpel.
ALL OF ME I think about the things we lost And I think about the things we had And it's funny, but as long as I had you Then I guess it wasn't so bad Now we're running out of time And dancing on the wire The engine's showing empty And I think I'm smelling fire I gave you love, you gave me fire I took you when you took me higher If I wasn't what you wanted Then tell me what it was Lost yourself in yesterday Forgot about tomorrow Now there's not another minute left To beg or steal or borrow All of me I gave to you All that I believe Now I'm standing here without a clue Can't you tell me what it is you need I gave you love, you gave me fire I took you when you took me higher If I wasn't what you wanted Then tell me what it was GOODBYE Do you remember when you Told me you loved me? Do you remember When you told me you cared Now I'm standing on edge forever For the first time, I confess, I'm scared 'Cos it's a last night, last kiss So turn down the lights And hold me Oh, lie to me Until I believe I will be here in your arms eternity I remember the first time you touched me I remember the first time I cried Oh, I remember every minute, every hour And I remember the first time you lied 'Cos it's the last night last kiss So turn down the lights And hold me Oh, lie to me until I believe I will be here in your arms eternity But I know you, baby, and I hear you I understand you, completely It's over for you I love you baby, But I will say goodbye But I know you, baby, And I hear you I understand you, completely It's over for you I love you baby, But I will say goodbye Goodbye

And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place This song, sung by a gospel singer and a chorus of people attending Reverend Dexter's sermon, is a real song based on biblical text (Revelation 6:15-17). No hiding place, down here No hiding place There's no hiding place Down here No hiding place And they went to the rock to hide their face But the rock cried out No hiding place There's no hiding place Down here And the sinners are gonna be running At the knowledge of their fate They'll run to the rocks and the mountains But their prayers will be too late They forgot about Jesus Not knowing the end was near At the end they'll try to find a hiding place When it comes their time to die No hiding place in the mountains No hiding place in the waters No hiding place Down here No hiding place And they went to the rock to hide their face But the rock cried out No hiding place There's no hiding place Down here Can't you see old gambler running Saying 'Lord, save my soul' Saying 'Lord, Lord, have mercy, won't you save my soul' Saying 'Lord, Lord, have mercy, won't you save my soul' No hiding place, down here No hiding place There's no hiding place Down here Yeah I went to the rock to hide my face But the rock cried out No hiding place There's no hiding place Down here

Atonement The song Marcus sings in an attempt to drive Franklin insane is an verse from a song called "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" from the Gilbert and Sullivan musical "The Pirates of Penzance". I am the very model of a modern Major General Have information vegetable, animal and mineral I know the kings of England and I quote the fights historical From Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot of news With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse Many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse Many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse...

The Face of the Enemy This song can be heard on the background in the bar where Garibaldi has Sheridan beaten. The part of the lyrics that is in italics can only be heard on the episodic CD, not in the episode itself. I only want Will only want But cannot have Will not have Stay the line Walk the line But never count The cloudless sky I wait for time But time arrives Without the want Of cloudless sky I only want Will only want But cannot have Will not have When I fly In my mind I get away Just in time I wake the wind Fly away I only want To fall to the wind

Strange Relations Although deceptively familiar sounding, this hymn which Byron and his followers sing at the end of the episode is original to the series and written by JMS. And we will all come together In a better place A better place than this My love will guide you My love will hold you And my love will show you the way There will come a tomorrow Where we're free from our sorrows And our love will show us a way We are strong in each other We are sister and brother

Darkness Ascending Sung by drunken Garibaldi. Show me the way to go home I'm tired and I wanna go to bed I took a little drink An hour ago And it went straight to my head
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