The Loyaliser by the Fatima Mansions
From the Fatima Mansions’ 1994 Lost in the Former West album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.
INTRO
[Eb] [Ebmaj7] (x2)
VERSE 1
The [Eb] model volcano by the giant gas tank
The [Eb] street corner gun-market next to the robbed bank
The [Eb] poorhouse next to the Uniroyal palace
A [Eb] tower of riches, beside it the abyss [Eb] [Ebmaj7]
VERSE 2
[Eb] Sit in the gridlock under the stopped clock
[Eb] Long for a new taste? Suck on a breeze-block
Your [Eb] brain is a doughnut, your spirit’s a dry cup
This [Eb] place has the poison to fill them all right up
[Dm] Lockdown London (x3)
[Dm] Headbutt the pebble-dash
VERSE 3
The [Eb] girl with the bit nails and fondness for blackmail
You [Eb] made her a secret, now she knows she can’t fail
Your [Eb] weakness was known well, she earned her a bombshell
Her [Eb] life’s worth of grievance now hangs from your coat-tails [Eb] [Ebmaj7]
VERSE 4
The little [Eb] drummer-boy sadly (though eloquent) bitches
Too [Eb] old for the bluff game or overnight riches
He [Eb] meets with your pen friend, they speak of your badness
And com [Eb] pose a duet – sounds like Tarzan and Callas
[Dm] I’ve been a victimiser and I’ve been victimised
[Dm] I’ve been a sly betrayer who has been demonised
[Dm] I’ve been the instrument of [D] all I hate
So [Ebmaj7] here’s to all you [Bbmaj7] absent leeches – safe
[Bbmaj7] I’m not around to hear your pious speeches while you’re…
CHORUS
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Crying for a sign from the Loyal [F] iser
Time [Dm7] always on the side of the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Into thinner air with the Loyal [F] iser
You get [Ebmaj7] older, you get scared but you [Bmaj7] get no wiser
VERSE 5
[Eb] [Cm] (x4)
Now you must ad [Eb] just your [Cm] ears to the [Eb] sound of [Cm] trouble
Getting [Eb] louder and [Cm] louder, [Eb] louder and [Cm] louder
For [Eb] get the like-with- [Cm] like, there is [Eb] only [Cm] other
The [Eb] walls begin to [Cm] buckle and re [Eb] turn to [Cm] powder
[Dm] Cowed figures under railway arches
[Dm] Wait for the coming storm
[Dm] They’ve already seen the great provider
[Dm] In his true bloodthirsty human form
[Dm] Time to get criminal-minded
[Ebmaj7] Take a way out when you find it
And [Bbmaj7] those who stay, it’s only cause they have been blinded
[Bbmaj7] There’s no light at all when you’re…
CHORUS
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Crying for a sign from the Loyal [F] iser
Time [Dm7] always on the side of the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Into thinner air with the Loyal [F] iser
You get [Ebmaj7] older, you get scared but you get no wiser [Bbmaj7]
OUTRO
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
Note: Second singer begins chanting “Lockdown London” or “Just a prison”
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser
[Dm7] Waiting for a date from the Loyal [F] iser