B i o g r a p h y (by John Bush)
Belying his status as a narcoleptic slacker icon, Badly Drawn Boy proved himself a tireless pop songwriter, with arrangements that reflect a great deal of creativity. Born Damon Gough, he began recording after meeting the like-minded Andy Votel at a Manchester nightclub. The pair formed the Twisted Nerve label, and Gough debuted as Badly Drawn Boy with an EP and several singles. The recordings dovetailed nicely with the experimentalist pop fringe of artists like Scott 4 and the Beta Band, and the attendant media hype allowed him to guest alongside Thom Yorke, Richard Ashcroft, and Mike D on 1997's celebrity-filled UNKLE LP Psyence Fiction. Gough's 1999 single "Once Around the Block" grazed the British charts, while XL Recordings signed the pop auteur and released his debut album, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, in 2000. Just before its American release, the album earned another round of critical praise with Britain's vaunted Mercury Prize for Best Album. December 2000 brought the birth of his daughter. Author Nick Hornby was won over by his music and asked the singer to score the film being made of his book About a Boy. After that project, he moved away from music for a few months to work on new material. After recording during most of 2002, Gough emerged that fall with Have You Fed the Fish? Two years later, he resurfaced with the simpler One Plus One Is One. Born in the U.K., a poppier collection of songs inspired by his childhood and (as the title suggests) Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A., arrived in fall 2006. The lukewarm reception that album earned caused Gough to take a break from making music, a hiatus he broke when he was asked to write songs for the film The Fattest Man in Britain. Those songs were released as Is There Nothing We Could Do? in 2009, followed in 2010 by Gough's seventh studio album, It's What I'm Thinking, Pt. 1: Photographing Snowflakes, which recalled the heights of The Hour of the Bewilderbeast. The soundtrack for 2012's Being Flynn, an adaptation of author Nick Flynn's memoirs Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, found Gough reuniting with About a Boy director Paul Weitz.
How Did I Get Here - 1999-12-01 -
My Friend Cubilas (Instrumental) I Need a Sign Interlude (Instrumental) Meet on the Horizon Road Movie Kerplunk by Candlelight (Instrumental) It Came From The Ground Outside is a light Soul Attitude Whirlpool (Instrumental) It Came from the Ground [Andy Votel Mix]
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast - 2000-10-03 -
The Shining Everybody's Stalking Bewilder (Instrumental) Fall In A River Camping Next To Water Stone On The Water Another Pearl Body Rap Once Around The Block This Song Bewilderbeast (Instrumental) Magic In The Air Cause A Rockslide Pissing In The Wind Blisted Heart (Instrumental) Disillusion Say It Again Epitaph
Exit Stage Right (Instrumental) A Peak You Reach Something To Talk About Dead Duck (Instrumental) Above You, Below Me I Love NYE (Instrumental) Silent Sigh Wet, Wet, Wet (Instrumental) River, Sea, Ocean S.P.A.T (Instrumental) Rachel's Flat (Instrumental) Walking Out Of Stride File Me Away A Minor Incident Delta (Little Boy Blues) (Instrumental) Donna And Blitzen
Swimming Pool Born in the U.K. Degrees of Separation Welcome To The Overground Journey From A To B Nothing's Gonna Change Your Mind Promises The Way Things Used To Be Without a Kiss Long Way Round Walk You Home The Time of Times One Last Dance
Non Albums Tracks - Misc -
A Better Way Black And White Dream (Demo) Bottle of tears Celebrate Chaos theory Come On Eileen Distant town Donna And Blitzen (1998 version) Golden Days I Love You All It came from the ground Jewel thief Let The Sunshine In My Names Not Down No point in living No Point In Living (Reprise) Nursery Rhyme Push Me, Pull Me Shake the rollercoaster Sha La La Skidding out of control There's A Storm Thinking Of You The Can Is Open The Place I Want To Be Thunder Road Treeclimber Walk Away Renee Walkman demo (Live) Where Were You
How Did I Get Here
I need a Sign
Pass me a line Reel me in From this sin I need a sign She moves on Like a demon Crashing in Cashing out I need a sign Kick this fear down I need a sign I've been feeling down I need a sign Oh this dream I've been dreaming I left you Count me out From this doubt I need a sign And these trees Without their leaves I can see you Trees are green Not what they seem I need a sign Kick this fear down I need a sign I've been feeling down I need a sign Buy me some time Pull me out From this doubt I need a sign Ride with me Through land and sea Where we'll be fine I'm lost Because I need a sign Kick this fear down I need a sign I've been feeling down I need a sign
Meet on the Horizon
Please tell me Don't keep it from me You need me Just like I need you We met here On the horizon There's a place there Where we can go We go there Just to be there We don't know if it's Still the same But without it We might not be here These things matter to me Do they matter to you
Road Movie
Dead set in the morning Dead set and I'm all alive No two minute warnings A road movie where no-one dies Go find me a feeling I give it you all the time The sun in the ceiling Won't give me the light tonight Dead set in the morning Dead set in the morning Dead set in the morning Feel it coming for me I'm hearing you calling And you're giving me all the signs We're too busy stalling To take it across the lines Get back, get back Get back, fast, fast Dead set in the morning Dead set in the morning Dead set in the morning Feel it coming for me
It Came From The Ground I hear your sound from the ground And it feels so good I see the light is fading Let's gather the rain inside your hood Now I hear she's got the fever Oh and I need her, I knew I would Now I see you're stalling Catch me I'm falling underground Now I sense the ground is moving Yet something is proving me wrong I find I see the colour changing To follow the range inside your mind I've tried to please her, maybe I'll weave her a lullaby The fallen trees are not yet in season But underground A giant grain of sand could Slip through your hand and you wouldnt know You fly away I'm sailing My heart would be failing without this glow I wonder if you've seen me With infinite greenery all around If I could hear you calling I'd break down the walls that defend your sound
Outside is a light
Outside is a light Which says you've got to find me You know where I'll be I'm always somewhere, always somewhere No, no, no, no Yeah, Yeah No, no, no, no Yeah, Yeah Outside is a light Which says you've got to find me You know where I'll be I'm always somewhere, always somewhere No, no, no, no Yeah, Yeah No, no, no, no Yeah, Yeah
Soul Attitude
Does it have to be modern love Velvet glove Then you ask me to go so low Just give me your attitude soul How could i be so low Just give me your attitude soul Does it have to be modern love The hug of your hand in my glove I could be kissing the nape of your neck Drink down a glass of my sweat How could I be so low Just give me your attitude soul Temperature starts to kick in I feel the sole of your feet on my chin Then you ask me "how low will you go?" Then you tell me I'm flying low Then you ask me to go so low Just give me your attitude soul How could I be so low Just give me your attitude soul Does it have to be modern love Velvet glove
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
The shining
Faith pours from your walls, drowning your calls I've tried to hear, You're not near Remembering when I saw your face, shining my way, pure timing Now I've fallen in deep, slow silent sleep It's killing me, I'm dying To put a little bit of sunshine in your life Soleil all over you Warm sun pours over me Soleil all over you Warm sun Now this slick fallen rift, came like a gift Your body moves ever nearer And you will dry this tear Now that we're here, and grieve for me, not history But now I'm dry of thoughts, wait for the rain Then it's replaced, sun setting And suddenly we're in love with everything Soleil all over you, warm sun pours over me Soleil all over you Warm sun
Everybody's Stalking
Been feeling high Then feeling low Strap your hands across my engines I'm not a broke so please don't bend me Your like neon sign Just burn so bright Penetrates like an infection Gives me feeling I can't mention Maybe all I need You need to Don't wait for me I'll wait for you Gonna follow you around Gonna wear you down Don't want to alienate you As long as it might take you Things come in ones And double up to twos Don't want to rain on your prossession Only seeking you obsession It might take a little time Got all the time we need I'm not here to try and fool you Just trying to break down thru you That's wasn't right Then nothings wrong I've gotta feeling it's alright Gotta keep you in my sights
Fall In A River
Don't ask me where to fall in a river Might not deliver you all the way home I guess that you think I'm stupid or something Well that's a good thing That's okay Well that's a good thing, that's okay
Camping Next To Water
Camping next to water A fish infested slaughter I feed the fishes into me It's misty within reason I'm hoping I don't freeze here I fuel the fire, feed its glow But there's no use in feeling All the things I'm feeling There's no one here to feel with me The second day is easier Though it may be breezier And the snow is falling down But as the fire smoulders I never will grow older Because I drink from waterfalls The stars above shine on me I beckon them to fall on me I'll catch and save them in a jar My feet a mass of blisters Collecting frost on whiskers As I taste the morning dew I think my mind is clearer now I want you to be nearer now I'm ready to come back to you Cause there's no use in feeling All the things I'm feeling There's no one here to feel with me
Stone On The Water
So we restore harmony Smooth the lines on the face of an old enemy But there's no wood on the fire again We could meet in a place, you know where I know when to go Skimmed like a stone on the water Fall with no trace to lie permanently Ooh Into the valley we roam, where we fumble around Till we find our way home Yet all we have is an old ball of string Will it reach to the end of this dark labyrinth No Skimmed like a stone on the water Fall with no trace to lie permanently
Another Pearl
Why are you trembling so much I don't think I ever felt so good When all I need is to be free Where I love you and you love me Follow the circle sur la plage On a mono coloured trip voyage This is the colour of my world Stay and watch me find another pearl Follow the gold leaf trail back where We were young and didn't have a care Tracing the circles that we made I don't wanna live life in the shade Will this be a desert or a beach Or a place to find the things we need Now you and I make up perfect things Watch me trade my wheels for wings But don't ever use the wings to fly Just the essence of a lullaby Now I am a giant grain of sand But I maybe slipping through your hand Follow my colour coded world And I watch me find another pearl It's a sound that I love And it came from above There's the sound of the sea Are you following me? Let's walk to the sound of distant shells To a place where life would have no end You'd be the mother of my pearls If you follow me into my world Back to a place where we'd be free Where I love you and you love me This is the colour of my world Watch me find another pearl
Body Rap
Body rap, rap body, body rap, rap body...
Once Around The Block
You quiver like a candle on fire I'm putting you out Maybe tonight we could be the last shout But I'm fascinated by your style Your beauty will last for a while You're feeling instead of being The more that I live on the inside There's nothing to give I'm infatuated by your moves I'm got to search out for your clues I want to repair your desire And call it a gift that I stole from just wanting to live Now I see the vision through your eyes Your innocence no longer fuels surprise Trying to outrun your fear Your running to lose, heart on your sleeve And your soul in your shoes Take a left, a sharp left And another left, meet me on the corner And we'll start again
This Song
This song will need you when your old This song will heat you when your cold Believe you when I don't This song will heal you from your soul This song will help you find a place to live And teach you not to take but give This song will help you in your dying hours This song will send your lover flowers Blessed by the song and the gifts that it brings Beautiful song, it has wings
Magic In The Air
We laughed so much, then we cried all night And you left your shoes in the tree, with me I'll wear them to your house, tonight Magic in the air, tonight Yes, I might just try her How she made me feel Today, today, today, feels right We slept on leaves on my drive, all night And you gave me no restime Nothing in this life for me, tonight But nothing ever seemed so bright And if you should lose me You will track me down again Before the summer ends
Cause A Rockslide
Can I get close to ya If only for a while I don't need to busy you You're the jive guru and I want to sing along with you With you Your sweetness, would cause a rockslide If only before the summertime This could be our last goodbye Please darling please don't cry Ooh ooh Can I get close to ya If only for a while I don't need to busy you You're the jive guru and I want to sing along with you Sing along with you Your sweetness, would cause a rockslide If only before the summertime This could be our last goodbye Please darling please don't cry Ooh ooh
Pissing In The Wind
I've been pissing in the wind I chanced a foolish grin And dribbled on my chin Now the ground shifts beneath my feet The faces that I greet never know my name Just give me something I'll take nothing Just give me something I'll take nothing Now the drought is crippled by the rain That hammers on my pain We lose ourselves again But all we need is to find a place to look Our worm is on its hook A love which dangles free Lets watch it swim against the waters flow In doubt the courage grows with no guarantee Just give me something I'll take nothing Just give me something I'll take nothing And so it goes A moral to the tale As tortoise catches snail A strong heart will prevail It keeps on pumping It still needs something Just give it something I'll take nothing Just give it something To keep it pumping And I'll take nothing Just give me something
*** Thanx a lot to "Inaugurator" who corrected some mistakes ***
Disillusion
Seems you created your own illusion Fuelled by an image of me Well I couldn't stay at your side It wouldn't be right A picture that I just don't see Why do you have to make it so complicated Can't it just be beautiful I don't want to stifle your flight I didn't mean to fall in love Always in pursuit of the perfect people Oh and I can see that it shows But there's just an innocence in you I wanna wring out I know it could be beautiful But I don't want a part ofsome situation I don't want to be in that boat I don't want to stifle your flight I didn't mean to fall in love Seems you created your own illusion Fuelled by an image of me Well I couldn't stay at your side It wouldn't be right A picture that I just don't see
Say It Again
You squeeze the life right out of me Like sapping the juice of a bumblebee And then you call me honey You say it once and it isn't funny When you say it again Yeah Yeah Yeah Now inside there's a style going on A head full of dreams only room for one Now I know you can't live without me But I've no doubt that you'll never doubt me Like you did before Yeah Yeah Yeah And we're pumping out love into the sea I'm full bodied and bursting with energy Cold blooded your engines are running But where your going I'm not coming Cause I'm happy here Happy here Say it again Say it again Now we've found a rock steady beat Now all we need is a melody And words that mean something and nothing So people hear and can sing along Until they say it again Say it again If there's trouble ahead it won't be bothering me With no future I'll live on a memory Dried of thoughts but my nose is runny Say what you think but I know I'm funny And I'll say it again Say it again
Epitaph
Please don't leave me Wanting more I hope you never die There's no need to say why Just promise that you'll try To give me all you can I'll never ask for more There's new life through the door A cradle rocks and falls As new fruit fills the tree Cements the melody To signify we're free Our troubles passing Through decaying Simple times I'll tread you're trail with pride C'est maintenant decide I've nothing better Please don't leave me Wanting more I hope you never die There's no need to say why Just promise that you'll try
About a boy
*** Thanx a lot to Jonathan for these lyrics ***
A Peak You Reach No sign of life Pulsing through these ageing veins I bet at your age That's easier for you to say Forcing answers into questions And worrying that she might stop breathing On and on we sift through alphabets of life That never get us anywhere, anyway I'd like to feel we have the best intentions I want you to know That I know it's not easy I want you to know That I know it's not easy, easy, easy Then there's a peak you reach Out to somebody that's never even there Somebody that you may hope that might care For nearby health or distant welfare I'm pleased to hear That your warmth is not freezing Yeah I'm freezing Cold I don't to be alone Is that out of the question I'd like a happy home Is that too obvious Quit being pushed around And stand on my feet And kick all these losers Out of my street I've been losing confidence in the heat Just when I'm feeling the strength I get weak (Repeat) That is the peak you reach I wanted somebody A peak you reach That's never even there A peak you reach I'd like you to feel we've reached our peak Peak you reach
Something to talk about I've been dreaming Of the things I've learnt About a boy who's bleeding celebrate to elevate The joy is not the same without the pain Oooh Ipso facto Using up your oxygen You know I'm shallow Calling out for extra help You've got to let me in Or let me out Oooh something to talk about Oooh something to talk about Oooh Oooh Oooh I've been dreaming Of the things I learnt About a boy who's leaving Nothing else to chance again You've got to let me in Or let me out Oooh something to talk about Yeah something to talk about Oooh Oooh Oooh Above you, below me Don't want to give Don't want to steal Don't want to be anything I'm not You take answers I give questions Like some rolling monologue Want to be the one to say That today could be the day A day to believe in what you know Is what you know I will take you as you are Please accept me as I am Find your lonely life bizarre I know it's above you I know it's below me All this and more Don't want to live life in your shoes I don't feel I know the way Feeling you Giving me directions I don't need Up above and round we go First it's fast and then it's slow Could you connect with my intellect I won't take you as you are Please don't take me as I am Find your lonely life bizarre You see this in love You see this in life THrow an all year round reception For a love with no connection Knowing you knowing my Ignorance to modern life I know it's above me I know it's below you I know it's above me I know it's below you I will take you as you are Please accept me as I am Find your lonely life bizarre I know it's above you I know it's below me I will take you as you are Please accept me as I am There'll be something in the wind To show us we're right And tell us we're wrong I want to know more
Silent sigh Come see what we all talk about People moving to the moon Stop baby don't go stop here Never stop living here Till it eats the heart from your soul Keeps down the sound of your Silent sigh Silent sigh, silent sigh silent sigh Keeps down all move me down Could we love each other Ooh yeah Come see what we all talk about People moving to the moon Stop baby don't go stop here Never stop living here Till it eats the heart from your soul Keeps down the sound of your Silent sigh Silent sigh, silent sigh silent sigh Keeps down all move me down But don't love each other Stop, no don't love each other Silent sigh, silent silent sigh
River sea ocean Us, you and me River sea ocean Moving on so far away and dreaming Quality sea, makes it to the ocean Far away far away Let her go, go far away Us, you and me River sea and ocean Moving on so far away and dreaming We can't survive more accidents Our love is alive you know It's never spent Us you and me River sea and ocean Moving on so far and dreaming (Repeat) Us, you,me Far away, far away Let it go far away Walking out of stride
You and me we could never hide To busy walking out of stride You and me could never hide To busy walking out of stride Take 1,2,3 then 4 or 5 People talking keeps us alive You and me could never hide To busy walking out of stride Take 1,2,3 then 4 or 5 People talking keeps us alive
File me away File me away in your heart someday You just be you I'll be me ok
A minor incident There's nothing I could say To make you try to feel ok And nothing you could do To stop me feeling the way I do And if the chance should happen That I never see you again Just remember that I'll always love you I'd be a better person On the other side I'm sure You'd find a way to help yourself And find another door To shrug off minor incidents And make us both feel proud I just wish I could be there To see you through You always were the one To make us stand out in a crowd Though every once upon a while Your head was in the cloud There's nothing you could never do To ever let me down And remember that I'll always love you
Donna and blitzen Merry Christmas Pay for the light But you may still slide Baby it's not your sleigh ride But this year is ours Maybe tomorrow We're gonna see things we never believed I'll make you want me you'll see The initial warning is free But only to reindeer Oh what a sight As they take their first flight Oh darling it's all in time But I will (To repeat) We're going to turn all men in to the sky Oh what a sight, beautiful And I will, I will sleep tonight I will sleep tonight
*** Thanx a lot to Stan for this one ***
Have You Fed The Fish? *** Thanx a lot to Wim for these lyrics ***
Coming Into Land
"And folks, if you take a look out the right side of the plane You see a cloud that looks exactly like Badly Drawn Boy..." ("Oh my God"..."Dude"..."That really does look just like him"..."That guy's everywhere".) "...and just so you know we will be touching down in approximately 3.5 seconds." Have You Fed The Fish?
The keys to your heart open the door to the world You've got to give me two days And woman I'll make you a girl Sometimes you've got to rewind to go forward There's some good times around the corner But have you fed the fish today? Have you made your wish today? I need a new eiderdown I want some binoculars Don't want to be obvious I want to surprise myself I've killed all the mockingbirds I've wrestled the octopus I came out with extra arms To carry your baggage Sometimes you've got to rewind to go forward There's some good times around the corner But have you fed the fish today? Have you made your wish today? Born Again
Maybe there's a reason why I'm born again There's something rare going on under my skies You got to chill out, find a reason for your soul again And judge the miracle by feel, not size Infinite the reasons why I'm born again The modern innocents have soul on their side Try to capture reasons why I'm born again The more I look at it the less that I find But I wont bail, they will be a reason for my soul again Another miracle has seasoned my mind Maybe there's a reason why I'm born again There's something real going on under my skies I'm born again My soul again I'm born again Find my soul again Born again Born again Find my soul again And I'm born again My soul again Born again, born again, born again, born again 40 Days. 40 Fights
You look a lot, lot better tonight You and I should go out for a fight We need a holiday But not today, another day You need eyes in the front of your head And a spine with a built in bed I don't want anybody else to know So I wont be telling them I love you, for all the things you do But I can't even recall your name Something beautiful about it though Well good luck to your lady tonight I took a piece of her heart, well not quite She stole a piece of mine Chewed it up and threw it back I need help to get over pain But the memories still remain I loved her friendly eyes The way they looked at each other It moves me to tears, like a horror film And I don't even recall her name There's something beautiful about it though Now there's a good, good feeling tonight Just a feeling that something is right We can minimalise the pain Forget that is was ever there Look at all the possibles Throw answers out to the world Its hard, its hard, its hard Its hard, its hard, its hard Its hard when you don't know how But I'll be here to throw you some clues Don't even have to know your name Something beautiful about it though Forty days and forty fights Forty days and forty fights All Possibilities
All possibilities Are landing at my feet There's nothing I can see But possibilities All colours are changing in my eyes Your hopes are all fading, that will never do You're seeing the world through cynical eyes I'm seeing the world through the eyes of somebody new Oh there's a hope left, there's a dream still in my heart Look past the answers, there's a chance that there's no rulebook for this love All possibilities Are landing at my feet There's nothing I can see But possibilities All the colours are changing in my eyes Your hopes are all fading, that will never do You're seeing the world through cynical eyes I'm seeing the world through the eyes of somebody new Oh there's a hope left, there's a dream still in my heart Look past the answers, there's a chance that there's no rulebook for this love I Was Wrong
I always hoped I'd build my world around you And it's a miracle I ever found you Do the colours of the rainbow radiate to everyone Now I don't know how I could live without you But certainly I know I'm not about to I don't believe in anything I see unless I can feel it too You Were Right
And you, Were right to bide your time and not buy into my misery Well the good things are never free Do the colours of the rainbow look the same to everyone? And I, Was rushing round in circles for a reason to believe Wipe the slime from off your sleeve You could follow me for weeks And I'm not going anywhere Sometimes it's hard to love someone Till the day that they are gone And I Just had a dream the other night I was married to the Queen And Madonna lived next door I think she took a shine to me And the kids were all grown up But I had to turn her down 'Cos I was still in love with you I'm turning Madonna down I'm calling it my best move I'll get her tickets to what she needs I remember doing nothing on the night Sinatra died And the night Jeff Buckley died And the night Kurt Cobain died And the night John Lennon died I remember I stayed up to watch the news with everyone And that was a lot of nights And that was a lot of lives Who lost the tickets to what they need? And I Was busy finding answers while you just got on with real life Always hoped you'd be my wife But I never found the time For the question to arrive I just disguised it in a song And songs are never quite the answer Just a soundtrack to a life That is over all too soon Helps to turn the days to night While I was wrong and you were right And this was a lesson learned I'm happy to be your fool And get you tickets to what you need I'm turning the lights down low I'm ready to make my move I'll get you tickets to what you need How?
What if there is nothing else for us after all this I don't care, I don't mind, just as long as we find sometime Just come back and I'll stay out of the way An be all the things you need Another mouth to feed How can I be sure again, once more How can I find time to be with you again? How can I give you the answers you need When all I possess is a melody? Yeah, how can I take up the air that you breathe When all I possess is a melody? How can I be sure, again, once more? I don't care, I don't mind, just as long as we find some time When you come back I'll go out of my way to be all the things you need Another mouth to feed How can I give you the answers you need When all I possess is a melody? Yeah, how can I take up the air that you breathe When all I possess is a melody? How can I find time to be with you again? When you come back I go out of my way And be all the things you need Another mouth to feed The Further I Slide
Starting today we're on holiday Everybody sees you in the wrong way No one else sees you my way Your gazes cripple me Keep life a mystery I don't want it to change Just keep them coming my way That's all a lie I can't rationalise The further I slide I can't seem to get back to your side 'Cos you're a summer child And I'm a winter mild I can't stay with the heat As you blossom out around me What if there is nothing after this? Your gazes cripple me Keep life a mystery I don't want it to change Just keep 'em coming my way Imaginary Lines
Sometimes I need your body next to mine I could draw us an imaginary line, I'm Just don't breath, I don't need your allergies I am falling out of bed not out of love, love I know you understand Using Our Feet
Anything you're not sure of? People meet me ask if I got the money to lend her Find her, tell her she is still on the agenda Pretty soon we'll be dancing We'll be using our feet Just like we always had it easy Just like we always knew we'd meet Anything you're not sure of? People who see me think I vibe on the attention I just think they're hoping that they'll be getting a mention But I don't know what their chance is Of ever finding their feet And if they know what to dance is The kind of people I don't meet After this song I will be earning a fat cent I'll be working on my American accent And pretty soon we'll be dancing Yeah, we'll be using our feet Just like we knew it'd be easy Just like we always knew we'd meet Tickets To What You Need
I'm turning the lights down low Ready to make my move Get you tickets to what you need I'm treading the borderlines And ruining people's lives by giving them what they need You're quite right to ask what's wrong with me You want to take a look at my head Even I've been thinking what's wrong with me I watch the news instead I'm turning Madonna down I'm calling it my best move I'll get her tickets to what she needs I'm hugging my eiderdown Employing a microscope To find you the things you need Now I'm ready to tell you what's wrong with me I'm feeling the emptiness rise And I'd trade the whole thing quite gladly For something of similar size Shape, colour, weight, change your shirt, don't be late. I'm turning the lights down low Ready to make my move Get you tickets to what you need What's wrong with me, What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me, What's wrong with me? What Is It Now?
So now that life will never be the same We've got to face the thought of loneliness again Try and get inside your lover's brain Drag an old romance from dirty ditch, and then So what is it now that it can't be made to feel right Don't answer now, I know somehow we'll be alright Level out and help us find a place You've got to see the sights from somewhere else again, yeah The modern innocents have changed the pace They've got to know its all been answered incidentally So what is it now that it can't be made to feel right Don't answer now, I know somehow we'll be alright So now that life will never be the same We've got to face the thought of loneliness again You know we'll be alright So what is it now that it can't be made to feel right Don't answer now, I know somehow we'll be alright Yeah, what is it now that it can't be made to feel right Don't answer now, I know somehow we'll be alright So now that life will never be the same We've got to face the though of loneliness again Bedside Story
Goodnight my answer, your dreams are still sweet Goodnight, be careful with yourself Don't worry about the money, forget about the wealth You'll be my angel, divert me from hell Help me, protect me from myself Don't worry, don't worry Goodnight my answer, goodnight my answer Goodnight my answer Goodnight my answer Goodnight my answer
One Plus One Is One
One Plus One Is One Back to being who I was before Opened all the doors you tried to close And how did that make me feel I cracked the ceiling I stared at it too long Tried to right the wrongs Reverse the flow Now everybody's waiting outside Trying to feel what's going on inside Tried to turn the tide and we failed As the past meets the future It gets clearer that it all boils down to love and peace Give me some peace Please give me some peace Why can't you see that one plus one is one Much greater then the sum of the parts And nobody's waiting outside I felt deceived I hid behind the sun Its time to take the gun out of life Do be da do be da doo Every scene is like the one before It's time to close the doors on myself As the past becomes the future It gets clearer that it still boils down to love and peace Give me some peace Please give me some peace Back to being who I was before Open up your door, hold me now Give me some peace, hold me now Give me some peace, hold me now While everybody's waiting outside Easy Love Never had an easy love Never had an easy love Like the one I'm dreaming of Find a hand that fits the glove Of love Of love Talking to a friend yesterday It was good to hear him say That although two years had passed Still felt like she could ask Of my time, of my time Seems I did something right Something right Looking for another pearl Summertime In Wintertime I found a new remedy To defeat almost anything at all Is it true you tell me We're failing to see That we were dreaming of a lifestyle I can't believe that I fall for it everytime The feelings ebb and flow like the tide It's true what I would do if I were you Stop waiting for the summertime In wintertime, that can't be right Don't subscribe to this jive Like waiting for the summertime in winter Yeah Yeah And if you turn up the dream To cure yourself free From searching for a new afterlife The purpose of life You know there's still time To tune into the right side I assumed that we were lovers yesterday The turning tides would love us to pray You know what I would do if I were you Stop waiting for the summertime In wintertime, that can't be right Don't subscribe to this jive Like waiting for the summertime in winter This Is That New Song And if I knew the answers I would tell you now Just what would be the chances That I could show you how If I knew where all the tears were coming from Add up all the years that you've been gone This is that new song I told you about twenty years ago Do you know what true romance is And could you show me now Just what would be the chances That I could tell you how If I new where all the tears were flowing to I'd guide them to a river Where I'd swim with you down stream This is that old dream I told you about twenty years ago And could you hold me now Another Devil Dies Well your face still makes my day Just like it did in the past When you turned me away I kept coming back for more That's a choice I chose You were so distant But I stayed close It feels like we've weathered the storm Without having the privilege of calm And when we sing I hear another devil dies When that bell rings An angel gets its wings And if I pushed Would you all fall down? Coz I don't need this on my back The hatred will tear us apart If you don't do what you did at the start Should I go or will you stay We'll find a plan of attack There's a price to pay For showing no reaction To all the simple things In time you will know what I know But for now you win The hatred will tear us apart Another devil will take out your heart But when we sing I hear another devil dies When that bell rings An angel gets its wings And if I pushed Would you all fall down Coz I don't need this on my back It seems like we've weathered the storm Without having the privilege of calm *massive audience applause* Year Of The Rat (One, one, one, one, one, one. One, one, one, one, one, one) June is on the run for so long Pushed and pulled then shunned It was so wrong These fours walls crashing in won't stop me now Cause I'm alive, I'm out tonight, all night Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat Every day we've got to hold on 'Cause if we hold on we could find some new energy Streets with flags unfurled like treasure Thank me for my words, it's a pleasure Just don't ask me to stay 'cause I'll be gone But it's alright I'm OK - always Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat Every day we've got to hold on 'Cause if we hold on we could find some new energy One plus one is one - together One plus one is one - forever One plus one is one - together One plus one is one - forever Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat Every day we've got to hold on 'Cause if we hold on we could find some new energy "One plus one plus one plus one is four" "One" "Plus one" "Plus one" "Plus one" "Four" Four Leaf Clover Go on do what you've got to do You've got your dreams I've got mine too Be strong get off at the next stop Don't worry about a thing Keep taking it easy This time it's not personal The universe will help you now To find a place you can breathe And do what you've got to do Keep taking it easy Keep taking it easy Come on, I'll let you borrow my four leaf clover Come on, take it with you, you can pass it on Come on, you know I'm not the kind to say that it's over We'll be rubbing shoulders once again in the sun Come on, take your dreams, where nobody can find them Come on, you know I won't be happy till you've won So come on, come on over, borrow my clover Is there anything left that you haven't done Go on do what you've got to do You've got your dreams I've got mine too Be strong get off at the next stop Don't worry about a thing Keep taking it easy Fewer Words
Bet you wish you knew what time it is And it's clear that you don't Understand a love that requires fewer words It's been a while since we spoke But there's still hope If we materialise the myth Never trivialise the kiss Oh it feels like there's no fire left in your eyes This is how love dies This is how love dies Logic Of A Friend There's a feast well prepared at the table And a beast licking holes in your door Make a break just as soon as you're able To run, get out of this hole Before it takes your soul I don't know how to hide I keep my shadow alive It's easy to defend The logic of a friend And I don't know how to tell Is it heaven or hell That I'll be going to Just as long as I'm there with you There's a clock ticking slow on the table As the light finds the cracks in your door Make a break Just as soon as your able To run, hold on to your soul Before it takes you whole I don't know how to hide I keep my shadow alive It's easy to defend The logic of a friend And I don't know how to tell If it's heaven or hell That I'll be going to Just as long as I'm there with you Life Turned Upside Down One, Two, Three, Four Life is turned upside down But then maybe it's just Been put back the right way round All your dreams realised There's new fire in your eyes In despite of its size You soon realise That it's alright Tonight Feels right Now there's a cross That nobody should really have to bear But then maybe That's just when life's treating you fair There are lessons to learn When you've waited your turn And things didn't turn out Quite the way that you dreamt about But it still feels right Tonight Feels right And it still feels right Take The Glory Summer feels like it's over Winter is on the way Summer takes all the glory Blue skies are turning to grey To live in the hearts of those that you loved is not to die To live in the hearts of those that you loved is not to die To live in the hearts of those that you loved is not to die Like when I heard silence is golden and I never saw why Summer feels like it's over Winter is on the way Summer takes all the glory Love songs get in the way To live in the hearts of those that you loved is not to die To live in the hearts of those that you loved is not to die Summer feels like it's over Winter is on the way Summer takes all the glory Blue skies are turning to grey To live in the hearts of those that you loved is not to die To live in the hearts of those that you loved is not to die Holy Grail Do you know where we're going to Do you know what we will do when we arrive As I wait for you to set sail Don't you know that I hope you find your holy grail Suffered in silence so long Don't you know it's easy to see where you went wrong You forgot you've got oxygen running through your veins Suffered in silence so long Can't you see it's easy to know where you went wrong You forgot you've got oxygen running through your veins Do you know where we're going to Do you know what we will do when we arrive As I wait for you to set sail Don't you know that I hope you find your Holy Grail
Don't Ask Me, I'm Only The President
There's a movie Normally I'd call that a film But it moved me And that didn't rhyme with film See this film, it only had one scene My recollection fades It may just have been a dream There was a dragon teaching women to breathe fire A long line of men being made to walk across this high wire If they fell off to their deaths, they'd be martyred on the spot If they made it to the other side, someone shook their hand and they were shot Isn't that just the way it's always been I say all men are equal No man should be king Or play God, define sin, or watch Hollyoaks Big Brother needs to end Let's hope this one's the last
*** Thanx a lot to Heather & Taylor for this one ***
Born in the U.K.
Swimming Pool
Do you think it matters where you’re born? No, not really, it only matters That you can be proud of where you came from. I don’t think I know who I am anymore What about the world What do you mean Well if the world was a better place, Some of these bad things wouldn’t happen. Yeah but there’s good things all around, You just have to look longer and harder To see them sometimes. Praise god For the water Our son, and our daughter The sun is here, it will stay a while Long enough to bring out a smile The swimming pool is on order We’ll fill it with water Then swim To the other side Full of life and filled with pride
Born in the U.K. Then you see it happen again The world turned over Wouldn’t it be something to live Your Life On Mars Or at least demanding Of some kind of masquerade I never never ever believed In things uncertain Hanging round the corner Just when do you start doing time In the case of I, my, me and mine October Nineteen sixty nine Where were you in Seventy Six The long hot summer You wanna be a rebel Then turn your hosepipes on With two years to wait For the sound of Jilted John Virginia Wade was winning our hearts She made us want to live Vicious and his brothers Were trying to set us free But much more than this to you and me This was the Silver Jubilee We made something out of nothing A sense of loathing and belonging Some of us were gonna be rich With the Iron Lady Lennon’s gone already Let’s post the boys to war Oh mother, what're you worrying for It's somewhere he’s not been before Then you see the Union Jack And it means nothing But somehow you know That you will find your own way It’s a small reminder every day That I was born in the U.K.
Degrees of Separation We figure out the past through photographs They took while we were young Even though there’s no way out, we’ll find one We’re the love-struck ones The degrees of separation close in Look who just walked in A finger on the pulse is not enough To show who’s wrong from right You know it’s gonna be a long drive Not an easy ride The degrees of separation close in Look who just walked in Leave the lights on If you’re the last one alive There’s too many strangers on this long Lonely drive I’ll be by your side Believe me Now, no-one knows the year You’re from the past You look like you’re alive You know it’s gonna be a long drive Not an easy ride The degrees of separation close in Look who just walked in I kept the photograph upon the dash It helped me realise That it didn’t have to be a long drive But an easy ride The degrees of separation close in We’re alone again Leave the lights on If you’re the last one alive
Welcome To The Overground Start your fires This is the overground It's inside us Welcome to the overground You need reminding Remember this is your destiny Think of what's in front of you now Not of what's been left behind Come on, saviour Save us now there is no time to rewind Simple pleasures, to be found If you reach the overground Sunshine, rainfall, making love You see a rainbow The streets are changing now Try other avenues Make a new map of the world Decide on where to go Suddenly, we sense a new day The feeling just comes over you No false gods left for us to pray to Darling, it's just me and you Sunshine, rainfall Make a rainbow Please don't follow us You mean so much to us Start your fires This is the overground Sunshine, rainfall You see a rainbow Streets of fire Try other avenues It's inside us Welcome to the overground If we go our separate ways The road will lead us back around Even in a matter of days We'll see you on the overground
Journey from A to B I measured the distance from Heaven to Hell How will we do only time will tell Oh when you stop worrying What anyone says doesn’t mean a thing Just tell me you're feeling it And you're not disbelieving it I'll pay you in kind or silver and gold I want to ignore all the stories untold Make me an offer I cannot refuse You know if I win then that means you lose Just say you believe in it That you're not, not feeling it Dwelling on the memories Is such a waste of energy It’s simple when you see it in front of you On walls, in bedrooms Hold you're head up higher Don't tell me you’re not strong enough If your journey's over I hope you feel that I am the one Only time will tell Just say you'll be loving me For an eternity Oh I feel tired of all of these games Everywhere, everything is the same Tell me you'll promise you might come with me The start of a Journey from A to B I'll be happy to carry you Even though I know I haven’t got the strength to hold you I need you more than ever before If our journey's over I hope that you will find someone who will love you more Now not for the first time What I want might not be mine If you say you won’t come along Then I know I can't go it alone
Nothing's gonna change your mind This would be easier if you'd understand Face the truth and realise that none of this was planned The way we worry about such little things Take a time to take the break Darling spread your wings I stole all the roses that make your crown Now it's easier To just put aside the things that face us now Let's dance to the beat of the drum Let's go out, where we don't know anyone Cause it's you, I don't need anyone else I got you, I don't need anyone else but you Strange how something comes from nothing I came around to your way Of thinking about these things Saw your face in a crowd I knew that you were special And it will change my world If i could help you now But nothing's gonna change your mind And no one's gonna help you now If nothing's gonna change your mind Then no one's gonna help you find Your place in this world So strange we don't need a help you know Let's dance to the beat of the drum Let's go out, where we don't know anyone Cause it's you, I don't need anyone else I got you, I don't need anyone else but you And no one could ask for more But nothing's gonna change your mind And no one's gonna help you now If nothing's gonna change your mind Then no one's gonna help you now, now, now...
Promises
I promise you will get old I promised you everything To protect you wherever you go I'll give you this diamond ring Just promise you will remember A promise should last forever Right up to the dying embers Of a fire that burns so slow It's a different day everyday Don't want you to walk alone But how long can we carry on? When all of these things have gone Just promise you will remember A promise should last forever It's the last of the dying embers Of a fire that burns so slowly It's a beautiful thing to do Sometimes you just have to walk away Remember I do love you Have courage in what you say Just promise you will remember Promises last forever Still left of the dying embers The fire that burns so slowly Sometimes you just have to walk away Sometimes you just have to walk away Wishing that today was yesterday Yeah, sometimes you just have to walk away
The Way Things Used to Be The way things used to be Well not any more Close your eyes, Open up your door Well I'm not tired I'm coming alive Put your make-up on, Let's go out tonight These things don't matter now We can leave it all behind That's all depending on If you're free to free your mind The crucifix still hung up by the door But Jesus doesn't come here anymore Those memories still hanging on the wall The people there don't look like us at all Don't need reminding of The way things used to be I'll race you to the top Then we'll walk back down again Look to the future now Where you going, Where've you been The Universe is smaller than you think So many years spent blind And then you blink I promise you an end to the suffering If you could be my queen I'll be your king Don't need reminding of The way things used to be Take this chance to rest your tired eyes Come with me, we'll move to better skies If where we go, don't make a difference Just turn around And we'll come back again Don't need reminding of The way things used to be
Without a Kiss All the songs have been sung You’re too old and then you’re too young Did you leave your mark on the world One as deep as true love Let’s sing Hosanna All the stories are told You’re too young and then you’re too old Did you leave a mark on the world One that lasts as long as true love Take me with you now To be strung as high as this Making love without a kiss And someone you saw again Back to haunt you there and then Please take on my love Evolution is real Secrets we have never revealed Did you leave your mark, was it real Or as deep as the love we both feel To be strung as high as this Making love without a kiss Like a gift you didn’t keep And it leaves a mark so deep There’s a million things to miss Like the chance to take that kiss where you go, you’ll be someone With one kiss your life is swung What you gonna do when you walk away Walk behind me, it’s alright, I’m Ok Then what will you do if I walk away Walk beside me, it’s alright, we’re Ok Where you gonna do, don’t surrender Hold me tight, don’t let go
Long Way Round Sit and wait for the day Where your life might change And that day never comes This is rule number one All the changes must come from you Is the second rule Take a long way round See the sights, hear sounds Where you'll go, nobody knows Been this way Since the day I was born Far away And the walk In the rain Makes you feel Young again I assumed You would be my strength Oh, how wrong I was That's the wrong way round How you need me now The carrousel keeps turning still This one cried, this one smiled But we all felt alive Like a walk in the rain Made us feel young again With the crowd singing "all right now" As the rain came down It's a long way home But we're not alone Life's carrousel keeps turning still Life keeps turning around, and around We keep learning from things we have found Overground What a fool To believe I could help You to breathe Getting cold In the rain Makes us feel Young again If you go Take a long way round You'll be lost then found It's a long way home But you're not alone The carrousel bring you back again Winter comes We don't have a choice As we grow We will find a voice She looks over her shoulder The swimming pool freezes over We'll skate to the other side Full of life Still filled with pride
Walk You Home Woke up to some bad news today For a while my eyes stayed closed Didn’t want to face what I had to face Sometimes the truth can cut you just like the cold And I feel cold, I feel old But it could be so good If I only could Walk you home tonight Walk you tonight Sometimes I feel there's no difference Between living and dreaming Today for some reason I feel like there is Sun is shining, leaves are falling down Nobody seems to care That you're not there You're not there It could be so good If I only could Walk you home tonight Walk you tonight Feel like I know what crying is Oh I know what dying is Feel I know what crying is Oh I know what dying is Sun is shining Leaves are falling down
The Time of Times Oh, sweet morning Is your head not right Did you hear my warning This is the time of times And your head feels like your body You mind is close behind There’s a teardrop on your shoulder Says this is the time of times It’s the time of times again This is the time of times It’s the time of times again Oh, sweet morning And your head's not right Did you hear my warning This is the time of times And your head feels like your body Your mind is close behind There’s a teardrop on your shoulder Says this is the time of times It’s the time of times again The time of times Yeah this is the time of times
One Last Dance As we lay here tonight Please forgive me girl if I say the future's not bright But please take my hand we'll have one last dance In the place where we first met eyes Holy City Zoo I recall the name of the place where I first saw you With your eyes so kind and your smile so bright I just wanted to take you home Where you go I wanna go What you do I wanna do I'll be your Troy Donnahue If you'll be my Sandra Dee It’s a trivial pursuit But I know if I fall on my heart I’ll be with you But please understand I am just a man And I need you to take me home We're together now Wanna change my shoes So I feel like you somehow Need to breathe your breathe And caress your dress I'll be with you for quite some time I'll take you where you wanna go Tell me where I wanna know I will just go with the flow As long as I'm there with you Are the kids ok Didn't find the time to give you a call today But my heart's with yours I'm keepin' score of the things that I have done wrong Another funeral All the people I know Are beginning to fade away And I have to say that at least today It's beginning to get me down To this day I'm lovin' you We know what we wanna do I am your Troy Donnahue And you are my Sandra Dee Now I know you well I still love you adore you I need you more than then With your eyes still kind And your smile still bright I still want to take you home And I will do all that I can You're my woman I'm your man (I’m your woman, you’re my man) And if we still don't have a plan We'll listen to Thunder Road
Is There Nothing We Could Do
Is There Nothing We Could Do Rushing round in circles To brighten all the corners Busy making friends with all your enemies You finger through your bible Whilst looking through your window The look you gave erased a thousand memories Oh I am sorry, oh I am sorry This page in your story won't turn Who am I to ask you why You feel the way you do If you feel the way you do Is there nothing we could do With advice I'd warn her Don't idolise your neighbour Maybe something else is the enemy But who put out the fire What you asking me for The simple things you need for a remedy Oh I am sorry, oh I am sorry This page in your story won't turn Who am I to ask you why You feel the way you do If you feel the way you do Is there something we could do If only you could know there is life through your window Oh but even so I don't know where would you go The time you waste would still turn into memories Who am I to ask you why You feel the way you do If you feel the way you do Is there nothing we could do Couldn't you just ask me why You feel the way you do There's one thing I'd say to you There must be something we could do Just go ahead and ask me the question Welcome Me to Your World I don't know where this began Don't know how it will end And another day gone Face to face with the truth And another new day Tell me how does this end If you welcome me to your world If you welcome me to your world I won't throw it all away If you welcome me to your world If you welcome me to your world I won't throw it all away And if you need me now I'd do anything, just say That you need me now It would me everything And if you need me now I'd do anything, just say That you need me now It would mean everything And if you need me now I'd do anything, just say That you need me now It would mean everything And if you need me now I'd do anything, just say That you need me now It would mean everything If you welcome me to your world If you welcome me to your world I won't throw it all away Guitar Medley I don't know where this began Don't know how it will end And another day gone If you welcome me to your world If you welcome me to your world I won't throw it all away Wider than a smile The truth can be unkind To take the only one You thought you were someone No apologies I live the life I lead I hope you understand That none of this was planned If you welcome me to your world I won't throw it all away If you need me now, I'd do anything If you need me now, it'd mean everything Yes I've seen a rainbow And I've felt the rain Woke up to a sunrise And I felt the pain I've seen it all somehow Let's just look at us now Let's just look at us now Is There Nothing We Could Do (Reprise) Rushing round in circles To brighten all the corners Busy making friends with all your enemies You finger through your bible Whilst looking through your window The look you gave erased a thousand memories Oh I am sorry, oh I am sorry This page in your story won't turn With advice I'd warn her Don't idolise your neighbour Maybe something else is the enemy But who put out the fire What you asking me for The simple things you need for a remedy Just Look At Us Now Yes I've seen a rainbow And I felt the rain Woke up to a sunrise And I felt the pain Woke up to a sunrise Made it through the rain Seen the world through your eyes There and back again I've seen it all somehow Let's just look at us now We've seen it all somehow Let's just look at us now Yes I've seen a rainbow And I've felt the rain Woke up to a sunrise And I've felt the pain I've seen it all somehow Let's just look at us now We've seen it all somehow Let's just look at us now Wider than a smile Wider than a smile The truth can be unkind To take the only one You thought you were someone No apologies I live the life I lead I hope you understand That none of this was planned No apologies I live the life I lead I hope you understand That none of this was planned Who am I to ask you why You feel the way you do If you feel the way you do Is there something we could do
The Letter Dear George Please, don't worry about me I will just have to get through this like I have a lot of other bad things in my life They said at the hospital that the baby was too tiny for life They let me hold him for a few minutes I named him Georgie I love you so very much You are the kindest person I have ever met But I won't be coming back Because I can't bear to sit by and watch you eat yourself to death I've lost one Georgie And I don't want to lose another I hope you will understand Your friend, always Amy P.S.: smile is much better than while
I'll Carry On I tried so hard but in the end I let you down You always will be with me I will wear your crown A time so brief from cradle to the grave I feel like giving in But for you I know I must be brave And carry on, carry on Just for you, I'll carry on They said that I could hold you for a little while Just time to kiss those lips that one-day would make a smile I don't know what was going through my mind To find the kind of strength that you should never have to find To let you go Let you go, letting go, letting go In the time we had, I blessed him with your name Now that he is gone this life won't be the same I ask of you to help me carry on If you ever need a reason, let this reason be the one To carry on, carry on Just for you, I'll carry on Carry on, carry on Just for you, I'll carry on
It's What I'm Thinking
In Safe Hands I'll leave you now In safe hands Cool your soul It's love still stands But failing that Just cool down Wouldn't you love to make it Is this real or am I just imagining With wings take flight The rose of why And with that rose The case is closed But I need you now To help me somehow Well I’m scared to face it This final kiss But I know I’ll remember it You gave your best to me Allow yourself to be Free It raids your memory Still I’m sorry for failing A time for change Well I need you now To help me out Well I’m scared to face this A final kiss But I know you'll remember it
The Order of Things And well I have to say That I don't know what I have to saw If I could find a way Then I would find what I need to say Say something Say something that you mean Birds in the sky Steal my melodies All I know is I don't know what this means But sometimes it's good to rearrange the order of things Rubies and diamonds Rubies and diamonds Throw me to the lions Make me a man And if I had to wait For a time where things fall into place If I could see your face Then it would change all I have to say Mean something Mean something that you say Birds in the sky Sing my melodies And I don't know why I don't know what this means But the truth is always there behind the order of things Whistles and sirens Whistles and sirens Throw me to the lions Make me a man If I could sing you now First two phrase, even back to back If I you could hear your voice Then maybe then I would have the choice Say something Say something that I mean Birds in the sky Change my melodies I know that I know, I don't know What this means But sometimes it's hard to re-arrange The order of things Rubies and diamonds Silence the sirens Throw me to the lions Make me a man Too many miracles Miracle rain makes snowballs falling slowing out of the sky All you people wandering by Make sure you don't get one in the eye There's a new world forming out of the way Future love that's born every day Too many miracles happening here It's the same old story, different year Oh I’m glad you are here Been this way since the day I was born I'm ready to be in love again I know we could be in love Photographing snowflakes lately I’m slowly losing my mind There's so many different kinds Falling all the time There's a rainbow forming without any rain A new dimension again There's too many miracles happening here It's the same old story, different year Oh I’m glad you are here Been this way since the day you were born The age of romance is dead and gone There may be a chance I’m wrong People falling out of love I don't know whose side you were on Got to call these people along And tell them where they've been going wrong There's no shame in changing and being alone Just pull yourself one for the road Hasn't it been a strange old year Well too many miracles happening here I'm so glad you are here Been this way since the day we were born Are you ready to be in love again I'm ready to be in love
What Tomorrow Brings I'm tired of thinking about this morning May as well just dream of what tomorrow brings If this is your last photograph Just smile, stand tall, and you could have it all Color your soul, to make it whole And use this day, what of it remains If it's your reality, if this is your reality Let it be Ten feet tall, but feeling small You raise those plans Take a hold with your hands This photograph could be your last A final prize, a moment in time If it's your reality, if this if something you can see I'm tired of thinking about this morning May as well just dream of what tomorrow brings Ascend your soul, reach your goal Blue-eyed one, hope against hope Taking that fall, unwrapped it all Bring it back, like the blood of the triad If it's this reality, if this is all just let it be I'm tired of thinking about this morning May as well just dream of what tomorrow brings I'm tired of thinking about this morning May as well just dream of what tomorrow brings Just when you think that you could never find it Just then you realize your future is all in your hands One day we'll look at this and laugh about it Until then just realize the future is all in our hands I'm tired of thinking about this morning May as well just dream of what tomorrow brings
I saw you walk away You're not alone, I’m not alone Maybe we're together Said we'd stay together Through any kind of weather I've seen the rain coming down And the snow fall on your eyes I've seen the sun pouring shapes Through your window a thousand times You see life in moments I know I’ve got nowhere to hide But I can see your face in mine And you'll be coming back But for the first time it feels real Since the day I saw you walk away From my head down to my shoulders Feels numb And for the first time I can feel How it felt to watch you walk away From the ground up to my shoulders Feels numb If I don't crucify myself, somebody will If I don't do this thing myself, nobody will And how could you say that I don't wanna live I wanna live The time that you waste turns into memories And they fade, fade away And I’m alone, there's not a soul And no-one to remind me Tell me you will find me Put this all behind me It's not a feeling I’ve known Or one that I could find If I could find you, if only to tell you I'm losing my mind You see life in moments I know I could run out of time But I can see your face in mine And it's beautiful For the first time it feels real Since the day I saw you walk away From my head down to my shoulders Feels numb And for the first time i can feel How it felt to watch you walk away From the ground up to my shoulders Feels numb If I don't crucify myself, somebody will If I don't do this thing myself, nobody will And how could you say I don't wanna live I wanna live The time that you waste Turns into memories And they fade, fade away
It's What I’m Thinking I'm a failure at heart But it seems I succeed When my heart feels the need To be helpful It doesn't happen much And as a result It's a rare thing Did I see you today? Well if so I’d keep grace ‘Cause I don't hold your face In my memory Everybody looks the same There's nothing else to blame But my, but my memory It's a craze no one knows Still I’m craving the days When this town was alive And amazing And for once I’m on time Still I’m falling around To the sights of this town 'Til they find me And you wouldn't call it fun When all the things you've done Amount to the same thing Here's the news, I’m alive But in habit of not taking chances Well that's what I’m finding We could try with new rules Just accept only one thing And that is that nothing Will change anything You see it all the time But now we've seen the last time That's the main thing Take a look at yourself In the mirror you'll find You look weirder The longer you stand there Just take a step away At least for one day And you'll be finding Just a shot in the dark Still a good enough aim To take half of the blame And be thankful For everything you've got I'd take another shot In the, in the dark with you Is it deal or no deal Well I try everyday And I still have to say That it's no deal What time is it, 14 Well I’m ready when you are As long as we both want the same thing I'll put the candles out I don't mean put them out I mean, I mean get them burning You look good, how'd you feel I feel good But I knew that I would From the moment I saw you Well thank you for your time And for not wasting mine That's a rare thing There's a savior in me Yet I can't save myself So good luck whoever else Believes in me You can only blame yourself I'm the savior in yourself And not in me You're the new kid in school Everybody looks at you Because of the fact That you are new Someone throw the kid a crutch I know it isn't much But it's what I’m thinking
You lied All of us are changing In ever-changing places My followers, you said to me Would at least show their faces But you lied You lied And all I ask is you treat me like a man All I ask is you need me while you can And you will surround me Know nothing and not see me Universal meanings Are meaningless to me And the guests at the funeral Are forming a new world None of you can see things Or know things like I do You lied You lied And all I ask is you treat me like a man All I ask is you need me while you can You lied You lied All I ask is you need me All I ask is you hear me Only you can complete me Like you can
A Pure Accident Well, for a while it was amazing And I still think you're the one As long as we both want the same thing It's not hard to carry on Just place your hand in my hand Take a walk in this old park And hang around in the rain Till it goes down I want to ask you questions That I never asked back then And you could teach me lessons One to ten And on the second, first impression I can see how things go wrong I know this isn't my confession If it was it would take too long I know you will forgive me For the things I have done wrong I'm sorry I never Liked your favorite song But put yourself in my shoes I will place myself in yours Something tells me The future could be ours Well, if you wanna know how I feel All you have to do is ask And nothing's never been easy I'll give you a master class Just take a walk down my street There is magic in the air And if you look you will find this There's some way The feeling comes from nowhere And it takes you by surprise Don't say you've lost The magic in your eyes As long as we both Want the same thing From the ashes, we will rise Is it a common misconception Or a beautiful idea That we all land up back to your place Or you all come over here Nobody could have find in It's just a pure accident Where the people came Look, people came and went I want you to surround me With your love in your own way This kind of thing Doesn't happen every day As long as we both want the same thing Then it all should be okay
This Electric Are you sure to be the one Well this must be the place The sun in my eyes I will sacrifice Hold on with your arms Sunrise, moonshine, starlight That’s what I need this electric for I tried to give this a name Chasing all miracles Afraid of nothing Finding something Take a hold with your hands Sunrise, moonshine, starlight That’s what I need this electric for Start in the place where you’re standing Look in the place where you’re standing It’s in the place where you’re standing Start in the place where you’re standing And you don’t know what I can see No, you nor I could have planned it And I don’t know what you can see From in the place where you’re standing Sunrise, moonshine, starlight That’s what I need this electric for ELectric for
This Beautiful Idea If you ask me to guess your name I would say don't ever ask me again Then I imagine you'd walk away Thats what I want, so that's okay Promise I don't know anything Promise I don't ever know a thing Are we ready to compromise this beautiful idea Can you help me to face the morning Love replacing fear A life out of time But I want to share you in mine A life out of time Strange things are happening inside It's gonna take a little time I don't care about the things you wear Or the things you do wrong and the colour of your hair If you're asking me for a sign Madonna singing "Borderline" Promise I don't know anything Promise I will never know a thing Are we ready to compromise this beautiful idea Can you help me to face the morning Love replacing fear A life out of time But I want to share you in mine A life out of time Strange things are happening inside It's gonna take a little time Promise I don't know anything Promise I will never know a thing Are we ready to compromise this beautiful idea Can you help me to face the morning Love replacing fear Are we ready to compromise this beautiful idea Can you help me to face the morning Love replacing fear A life out of time But I want to share you in mine A life out of time Strange things that happen inside It's gonna take a little time
Being Flynn I'll Keep The Things You Throw Away How would it feel to never exist And how did it come to this Save your thoughts for another day I'll keep the things you throw away If you love something, if you love something Don't hide it away, don't hide it away I'll keep the things you throw away And you know you will never be me Save it all as a memory It's in the things we do and say I'll keep the things you throw away If you love something, if you love something Don't hide it away, don't hide it away I'll keep the things you throw away It would-a-been something, maybe nothing Maybe something, I don't know How there you lovers Welcome to this world Do not forsake your brothers Promise you, my girl This is something you'll learn See those words, watch them fade away Now I have nothing to a-say Come on, wait for another day I'll keep the things you throw away If you love something, if you love something Don't hide it away, don't hide it away I'll keep the things you throw away I thought we were better than this I hoped we'd be stronger than this I thought we were better than this I hoped we'd be stronger than this I thought we were better than this I hoped we'd be stronger than this I thought we were better than this It's Too Late When you lose faith, can you find it again It's a new world, but what of it remains You can see why it'll never end Up above high or around the bend There's a new way It's a new day But if it's too late to change, it's too late I'll keep the things you throw away If it's too late to change, it's too late Meet me on another day As the night falls and another day ends Like the moon, the sun, I will love you again It's a new world and another day Can you find the time to be young again It's a new day There's a new way But if it's too late to change, it's too late I'll keep the things you throw away It's too late to change, it's too late Meet me on another day If you want it, you're close And you'll find it Just when you loved it And don't give up your story Change Too late Too late to change Too late Meet me on another day Too late to change, it's too late I'll keep the things you throw away Too late to change, it's too late Meet me on another day The Smile Behind Your Face I know there's a time and a place I see it in the smile behind your face It's as cool as the soft summer rain I know you could love me again I'll remain I know there's a time and a place (I know there's a time and a place) I see it in the smile behind your face (I see it in the smile behind your face) It's as cool as the soft summer rain (It's as cool as the soft summer rain) I know you could love me again (I know you could love me again) I'll remain I know there's a time and a place I see it in the smile behind your face It's as cool as the soft summer rain I know you could love me again I'll remain I know there's a time and a place I see it in the smile behind your face It's as cool as the soft summer rain I know you could love me again I know there's a time and a place I see it in the smile behind your face It's as cool as the soft summer rain (I know there's a time and a place) I know you could love me again (I see it in the smile behind your face) (It's as cool as the soft summer rain) I'll remain It's as cool as the soft summer rain (I know you could love me again) I'll remain It's as cool as the soft summer rain I'll remain It's as cool as the soft summer rain I'll remain It's as cool as the soft summer rain I'll remain Coming To Your Senses Looking through your window Through the pane Anywhere the wind blows Try me again Reverse the feeling Preserve the pain Finding all the pieces Of you again Picking up the pieces Coming to your senses Why worry, don't worry about being alone The world moves in circles The universe will find you were home Looking through your window Through the pane Anywhere the wind blows Try me again Reverse the feeling Preserve the pain Finding all the pieces Of you again Picking up the pieces Coming to your senses Picking up the pieces Coming to your senses Don't worry, no hurry But I'm lost and alone Don't mind me, you won't find me But I'll find you and take you home Picking up the pieces Coming to your senses Why worry, don't worry about being alone The world moves in circles The universe will find you were home Picking up the pieces Coming to your senses Picking up the pieces Coming to your senses The Space Between My Ears I see it in you I feel it in me But nobody said This was all that we could be A beautiful sight That you'll never see If you turn off the light That revolves inside of me And nothing has changed In the space of all these years But something has changed In the space between my ears I see it in you And feel it in me But nobody said This was all that we would see That beautiful sight That you'll never see When you turn off the light That revolves inside of me And nothing has changed In the space of all these years And something has changed In the space between my ears But so little time So many years To laugh in the face of all your fears Have you ever known So many tears That fell on the face of someone else Befriend the space between your ears And nothing has changed In the space of all these years And something has changed In the space between my ears And nothing has changed In the space of all these years And something has changed In the space between my ears And nothing has changed In the space of all these years And something has changed Another Day, Another Night Another day, another night And nothing wrong, but nothing right But if you wait, it could pass you by Like the summer time Remember this is just another night Your life And if you worry I won't hear you call Or just say nothing at all And if you worry I won't hear you cry Just go on living that lie Remember this is just another night Your life All those tears you have to taste All those years I had to waste But if you wait they could pass you by Like the summer time Remember this is just another night Your life And if you worry I won't hear you call Or just say nothing at all And if you worry I won't hear you cry Just go on living that lie Remember this is just another night Your life I promise there's no sense in dreaming What else do you need And if you've nothing to believe in Darling, take a chance Believe in me Darling, take a chance Believe in me And if you worry I won't hear you call Or just say nothing at all And if you worry I won't hear you cry Just go on living that lie Remember this is just another night In our life Let It Rain Faced with the truth You don't want to believe That a man never lived without dying Remember the things that you wanted to be As a man ever failed without trying Take my hand Walk with me With your hand Set me free Take my hand Walk with me Through the towns Of the street Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain If an action speaks louder than words that you say Well, here's to a life without meaning Tomorrow won't happen, there's only today Can a man truly live without dreaming Take my hand Walk with me Through the towns Of the street Take my hand Walk with me With your hand Set me free Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain Let it rain
Banana Skin Shoes Press play Not stop Or pause And not Fast forward Or rewind It's time to break free From this plaster cast And leave your past behind Press stop It's time to kick the habit This is if you don't wanna become an addict It's time to supersize your soul Feels like we've died and gone to heaven Turned life up to eleven It's time to realise your goal Super, super, supersize your soul Take a walk across town Whistling the blues Time to stop wearing those banana skin shoes Walk across town Whistling the blues Time to stop wearing those banana skin shoes It's a mona It's a mona Nah, it's a mona It's a mona It's a mona Nah, it's a mona Take a walk across town Whistling the blues Time to stop wearing those banana skin shoes Banana skin shoes Banana skin shoes I keep slipping on I keep slipping on I keep slipping on Banana skin shoes I keep slipping on I keep slipping on I keep slipping on Banana skin shoes I keep slipping on I keep slipping on I keep slipping on Banana skin shoes I keep slipping on I keep slipping on I keep slipping on Banana skin shoes
Is This A Dream Welcome to the tragedy It's not the way it's supposed to be, I know And now I'm seeing things Saw something moving under your skin You can talk to animals Doolittle or do nothing at all I'm a melted snowman Tried to crack the codes, they all came back wrong It just took too long You find it comical Not in a way that makes you laugh I'm not a killer You could bring out the killer in me Take a snapshot What's going on in this world, will only get you down Find the meaning Is this a dream It's like a disease That we all catch in our sleep Invisible dream I need electronic eyeballs Just to see past the truth And give me some love Your heart starts beating to the sound of your dreams I need some love And a hot air balloon, so we can make our escape I'm running out of caviar Had to sell the super car, oh no Thanks Mr Andrews For giving me the big red book of my life In this search for freedom There's always somebody trying to pin you to the wall Today's a good day Found a letter from Bono, not seen in years So just dry those tears Is this a dream It's like a disease That we all catch in our sleep Am I in your dream We gotta stop waiting for the apples to fall And give me some love I need electronic eyeballs Just to see past the truth And give me some blood Your heart starts beating to the sound of your dreams Gather up all your tear drops Gather up all your tear drops Gather up all your tear drops Pour them on me Is this a dream Like a chronic disease That we all catch in our sleep And if god is real We gotta just stop blaming him when things go wrong And show me some love When the whole thing pops You'll be the sole survivor I need your blood And a hot air balloon to make my arrival
I Just Wanna Wish You Happiness Well, the truth hurts The cards left on the table That we set And placed our bets And the time spent Remembering the things We should forget And not regret But I just wanna wish you happiness For the time that I was with you And the rest Is it true that It's better to have loved and lost Than not Have loved at all And we aimed high So at the risk of falling short We'd still stand tall Right through it all But I just wanna wish you happiness For the time that I was with you And the rest At first the wall is much higher than it seemed And the roots by now Are much deeper than the seeds But we could grow again If we just tell ourselves We've been through this before Tell me is it strange that I don't remember falling out of love Yet the bolt's undone And the storm came Arrived without a warning Unannounced, like a distant sound Well, I just wanna wish you happiness For the time that I was with you And the rest And the times that I imagined Losing you Be careful what you wish for 'Cause what you wish for Just might come true
I'm Not Sure What It Is I'm tired of climbing ladders Just to slip down all the snakes Enough of swings and roundabouts Just to make the same mistakes My patterns of behaviour Are beginning to wear thin Can see the destination But never sure where to begin Sometimes I'm not sure just what it is There are days where I remember to exist I'm so blessed to have you by my side The true test is how you feel when you're alone The best part is that the future's unknown And the next part of our story's untold I'll know what I want When I see what it is At least we tried something Even if nothing comes of it Seems like the real things Have all turned out to be fake Spent half my life sleeping And the second half awake Sometimes I'm not sure just what it is There are days where I remember to exist I'm so blessed to have you by my side The true test is how you feel when you're alone The best part is that the future's unknown And the next part of our story's untold Put your head in my hands Let this feeling move on Something that was there That is afterwards gone Take good care of this child Who lives on in my soul That half-smile in the mirror Placed with mine becomes whole Sometimes I'm not sure just what it is There are days where I remember to exist I'm so blessed to have you by my side The true test is how you feel when you're alone The best part is that the future's unknown And the next part of our story's untold Sometimes I'm not sure just what it is There are days where I remember to exist I'm so blessed to have you by my side The true test is how you feel when you're alone The best part is that the future's unknown And the next part of our story's untold
Tony Wilson Said Shout out to the city Like Tony Wilson said Wrong number Chicago and New York Dial Manchester instead We’re driving through Rusholme Moss side and Whalley Range Get caught on the wrong side Of the law in this town They’ll treat you in Strangeways He symbolised and crystallised freedom A King with no crown He left more than a million footprints All over this town What of Factory Records? With their contracts signed in blood And halfway to London He turned his car round, somehow just knew he would Outside The Apollo The jewel of Ardwick Green Stone’s throw from the Boardwalk The Hacienda, on the corner of Whitworth Street He symbolised and crystallised freedom A King with no crown He left more than a million footprints All over this town Some might call it a treason A King with no crown And he turned to face His troubles down To fight for our freedom Turned his Jaguar round And the wheels kept turning The wheels kept turning To the Cottonopolis To the Cottonopolis Shout out to the city Like Tony Wilson said Wrong number Chicago and New York Dial Manchester instead Shout out Factory Records With their contracts signed in blood It’s true that not only do the good die young But only the young die good He symbolised and crystallised freedom A King with no crown He left more than a million footprints All over this town He symbolised and crystallised freedom A King with no crown He left more than a million footprints All over this town
You and Me Against the World When the world around you Makes you weary Call on me You've always been a friend I want you near me Always I don’t even know how you feel You're so far away Holiday Is never gonna come I want to be with you In the sun In the sun All the love you lost Could last forever Like memories And the moon is lost And looking lonely And far away I want to know how you feel I’m so far away I’ll repay Everything and more Just to be with you In the sun In the sun You and me against the world Always You and me against the world All the promises Could last forever Like memories Never gonna say Never say never I’d rather say I don’t even know anything I feel so vulnerable I want to be Only in love And feel like it’s us against the world Against the world You and me against the world Always
I Need Someone To Trust You ever had a feeling like you're some kind of fool And spend your life just looking for answers Take a wrong step into a little dark room Waiting for someone just to turn on the light You're like a one-way ticket to a dead-end street Looking for a miracle, but what are your chances Where the river bends, you know that you're bound to fall in Well, if this should happen, keep a grip of my hand Lost control of part of my soul Bring it back, make it whole There's too many told lies All that you lived for I need someone to trust I need someone to trust Someone to trust There's too many told lies All that you lived for I need someone to trust Yeah at first it hurts, but you learn to live with the pain And it all feels easy when you live for the moment Gotta trust in something sometimes that you can't even touch Feels strange at first before it starts to feel right It's funny how so much can change, but inside you still feel the same Now you can laugh at things you used to be scared of The best kind of self defence is when you learn to love yourself And you let the light into your soul through your eyes Lost control of part of my soul Bring it back, make it whole There's too many told lies All that you lived for I need someone to trust I need someone to trust Someone to trust There's too many told lies All that you lived for I need someone to trust Lost control of part of my soul Bring it back, make it whole There's too many told lies All that you lived for I need someone to trust I need someone to trust Someone to trust There's too many told lies All that you lived for I need someone to trust
Note To Self Do I trust myself Believe in everything that I feel And not kid myself By trying to re-invent the wheel Common sense and self-belief Could get us half the way there Maybe once in a while Won’t hurt to say a little prayer It’s a simple life If we surround ourselves With the things we like We’ll find common ground Helps us get along With whoever’s around Always be good to the people we meet When we have no clue what they’re going through Do I love myself Enough to let somebody love me I convinced myself That nothing good comes for free Common sense and self-belief Could get us all the way there And that every day It’s good to say a little prayer It’s a simple life If we surround ourselves With the things we like We’ll find common ground Helps us get along With whoever’s around Always be good to the people we meet When we have no clue what they’re going through
Colours When the lights are green You're safe to go If you know that orange Is the only child of red and yellow And you dance the blues As the lights go down Just take the music, you can use it Have it on in the background Oooh I feel good I wasn’t sure that I would Since we don’t see things the same What a waste I like candyfloss, you say you hate it It melts before you get to the taste I see colours, the sound of your heartbeat Running through my mind I hear colours From the second our hearts meet Music to my eyes All the lights are green Move straight ahead You know that purple Is the only child of blue and red I feel good I wasn't sure that I would It’s clear we don’t feel the same What a waste I like candyfloss, you say you hate it It melts before you get to the taste I see colours, the sound of your heartbeat Running through my mind I hear colours From the second our hearts meet Music to my eyes I see colours I see colours It melts before you get to the taste It melts before you get to the taste It melts before you get to the taste It melts before you get to the taste I see colours, the sound of your heartbeat Running through my mind I hear colours From the second our hearts meet Music to my eyes
Funny Time of Year After a while, the plans that we made Can crumble and fall At least we failed in style And sooner or later we’ll laugh at it all I don’t wanna let you down I don’t wanna hurt you now Don’t wanna let you down, this time of year I’m starting to hate the sound, of falling tears The saddest of all the sounds Is the sound that a teardrop makes That a teardrop makes when it hits the ground After a while, the things that were close Seem further apart A simple change of style Go separate ways or go back to the start I don’t wanna let you down I don’t wanna hurt you now Don’t wanna let you down, this time of year I’ve started to hate the sound, of falling tears And how could the plans we made Tumble and fall I promise before too long We could laugh at it all I don’t wanna let you down I’m not ready hurt you now Not at this funny time of the year
Non AlbumS Tracks
A Better Way Never gonna show how to live I don't think I've got another Brain cell to give The easy way is harder When you're falling apart So I say Low down If your low down Because there's a better way Wouldn't like to serenade You all of the rules I don't feel like stomaching All those fools Want to see the difference When I'm killing some time Lose your way in a while If I say low down If your low down Because there's a better way Feeling like I should of And I did no crime People say it's easy Just a matter of time To the phone box Feeling that it's something else Got a feeling this jury's dead So I say Low down If your low down Because there's a better way Yeah I say Low down If your low down Because there's a better way
Black And White Dream (Demo) I will be gone from here The minute you close your eyes And with a silent tear As your sign of life All i needed was someone new Only to be nothing new Oooooooo Oooooooooooooo I will be gone from here The minute you close your eyes ?? ?? Ooooooooooooo Oooooooooooo Laaa laaa laaa laaaa laaaa
Bottle of tears
Don't back down when your giving be treats You know that now that I found it You know that I need it Don't back me up you say nothing at all If I was two feet taller I'd be over the wall Don't start thinking that I'm too needy I could give you love for nothing There's nothing for me We're like Arabian nights When the sun goes down But tell me in the day You don't want me around Hold me now cause I'm gonna try If you don't pour salt water into my eye We've got a bottle of tears locked up inside Maybe you'll laugh but the laughs all mine Hope now baby it's not getting better As your hopes stay slipping around in the rain Don't start pulling around at the sheets When I've got oodles of love growing into me We've got a bottle of tears locked up inside Maybe you'll laugh but the laughs all mine Maybe you'll laugh but the laughs all mine
Celebrate As we meet Watching the really good ground? Washing the memories away There's something we shine its a feel? There's something we care about We're having a real good time I guess this is the time of our lives It's a pleasure to see u again With nothing to care about We're having a real good time I guess this is the time of our lives It's a pleasure to see u again With nothing to care about And soon, a pulley will float through the sky A sight that nobody can deny It's a pleasure to see him again There's something we care about We're having a real good time I guess this is the time of our lives It's a pleasure to see u again With nothing to care about
Chaos theory
You fly like an arrow I lie in the shadow Only to be blessed with silence You shoot using your licence to kill the pain 'Cos you fly an arrow Straight to my heart Blow it apart every time You go like a dream Nothing seems real Don't even know how I feel Now your shy An I'm shallow, My brain turns like a pulp of marrow, But oh no, I'm not planning to stay lost I know I could remove you from chaos But you touch me with poison Shoots to my brain Sending me crazy, insane Like some kind of marrow Give you a taste of a feeling A much brighter place You fly like an arrow I lie in the shadows Only to be blessed with silence You should use your licence to kill the pain 'Cos you fly an arrow Straight to my heart Blow it apart every time Though I may dream Nothing seems real You don't even know how I feel
Come On Eileen
( Dexy's Midnight Runners cover ) Poor old Johnny Ray Sounded sad upon the radio Moved a million hearts in mono Our mothers cried Sang along, who'd blame them Now you're grown, so grown, now I must say more than ever Go toora loora toora loo rye aye And we can sing just like our fathers Come on Eileen, oh I swear (what he means) At this moment, you mean everything With you in that dress my thoughts I confess Verge on dirty Ah come on Eileen These people round here wear beaten down eyes Sunk in smoke dried faces They're so resigned to what their fate is But not us (no never), no not us (no never) We are far too young and clever Remember Go toora loora toora loo rye aye Eileen I'll hum this tune forever Come on Eileen oh I swear (what he means) Ah come on, let's take off everything That pretty red dress Eileen (tell him yes) Ah come on let's, Ah come on Eileen That pretty red dress, Eileen (tell him yes) Ah come on let's, ah come on Eileen Please... Come on Eileen too-loo rye-aye Come on Eileen too-loo rye-aye Toora toora-too-loora Now you have grown, now you have shown, oh Eileen Come on Eileen, these things they are real and I know how you feel Now I must say more than ever things round here have changed Too-ra loo-ra too-ra loo-rye-aye
Distant town
Distant love you left for distant town Only need to whisper please don't shout Plant the seed let seed of love grow Floating down the stream against the flow Fate please show me to the edge of town Don't blast me to the moon I'll still come down Distant love I don't know where to start Shadowed by the blister on your heart All I need is perfect timing To dodge these tumbleweeds around me Listen to my senseless rhyming Your scent is all I need It makes me sneeze This is how you find me Just listen when I sneeze Your scent is all I need I'll catch it on the breeze Just listen when I sneeze Your scent is all I need This is how you find me It think we're getting close I see the flies around you
Donna & Blitzen (1998 version) Wait for the light But you've been still sly Baby its not your sliegh ride But this year its ours And maybe tomorrow We're gonna see Things I'd never believe I'll make you want me you'll see The initial morning of spring Only two reindeer Oh what a sight As they take their first flight I will, I will I will, I will wait until For them into the sky Oh baby its all inside I will, I will I will, I will I will, I will I will, I will Born in the night As two reindeer take flight Oh what a sight I will, I will I will sleep tonight
Golden Days These could be our golden days Just like the summer we never had Just like the summers we wished we had Just the like the summer we're gonna have We could find a thousand ways To have the summers we never had To have the summers we wished we had To have the summers we're gonna have I Love You All Don't be sad when it lasts so long I felt so right even while I was under helium sky You blow away I... I don't even ask you why You go away Cry, cry, cry 'Cause this season, this season This season, this season I love you all I love you all I love you all Love you all I love you all I love you all
It came from the ground
I hear your sound from the ground And it feels so good I see the lights fading Lets gather the rain Inside your hood Now I hear she's got the fever Oh and I need her, I knew I would Now I see your stalling Catch me I'm falling underground Now I sense the ground is moving Yet something is proving me wrong I find I see the colour changing To follow the range inside your mind I've tried to please her, maybe I'll weave her a lullaby The fallen trees are not yet in season But underground A giant grain of sand could Slip through your hand And you wouldn't know You fly away, I'm sailing My heart would be failing without this glow I wonder if you've seen me With infinite greenery all around If I could here you calling I'd break down the walls that defend her sound
Jewel thief
If you still feel free But you cant steal with me You stole my heart Lifes a journey with no start I fell ill on the run My fears flow down stream You stole my heart Lifes a journey with no start I fell ill on the run If you still feel free But you cant steal with me You steal everything, anything I feel everything you feel Without me you'll only get so far You steal the corner of my smile You steal everything, anything I feel everything you feel Without me you'll only get so far You steal the corner of my smile
Let The Sunshine In
( Hair cover ) We Starve-look at one another short of breath Walking proudly in our winter coats Wearing smells from laboartories Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy Listening for the new told lies With supreme visions of lonly tunes Sining our space songs on a spider web sitar Life is around you and in you Answer from Timothy Leary deary Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in
My Names Not Down Do do do do do It's a new melody and its coming your way soon You'll get it for free right after this next word Nobody frees their mind anymore. No one can read my mind anymore. Do do do It's a figure of speech and a play on words Life is a beach but never the less true Nobody leaves me cold anymore, But everybody leaves me wanting the core Name isnt down but im still coming in Just give me some space I can give you songs to straighten your face Not just some b-side shit That nobody listens to anymore 'Cause everybody takes no time anymore Do do do It's a falling from grace, and a miracle that im staying the pace And still selling seats to shows That nobody wants to see anymore Everybody wants to get free on the door My name isnt down but im still coming in Name isnt down but im still coming in
No point in living
I don't live for the winter freeze I don't live for the summer breeze I don't care about any of these You know I can't help living without you I don't live for the summer breeze I don't live for the winter freeze I don't care about any of these You know I can't help living without you There's no point in living without you ... There's no point in living without you No point in living without you No point in living without your love We sang the tunes Still boxed in my mind You know I can't move No point in living without you No point in living without you No point in living without you I don't live for the summer breeze I don't care about any of these You know I can't help living without you No point in living without your love
No Point In Living (Reprise) I don' t live for the winter freeze I don't care about any of these I can't help living without you You sang the tunes Still boxed in my mind I don't live for the summer breeze I don' t live for the winter freeze I don't care about any of these I can't help living without you You sang the tunes Still boxed in my mind You know that I came through But there's no point living without you I don' t live for the summer breeze I don' t live for the winter freeze I don't care about any of these I can't help living without you You sang on my needs You know I came by You know I came through But there's no point living without you You sang the tunes You know I came through You know you I knew No point living without you I don't live for the summer breeze I don' t live for the winter freeze I don't care about any of these I can't help living without your love No point living without you Nursey Rhyme Doesn't mean I'll never let you know Each time I turn inside When I fall in love Outside you But I won't let you fall in love Your love pours over me Your men drown inside Sing a nursery rhyme To keep me quiet Sing a nursery rhyme To keep me quiet Oh won't you please stay close to me, close to me Carry through your ecstasy Catch the memory then Even when your on fire Know that your weaving My emotional wires Falls through me In through me Out through me Don't love me Filling me, feeding me Electrically Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Doo, doo, doo, doo Doo, doo, doo, doo Have to breath the air you breathe I'm inside you In a room inside a room Inside you Colour changes fall through your emotion I can see when the feelings desire I feel I'm close to you When I just walk around inside you Don't let them close to me Not when you if it is not The one The one The one The one The one The one The one that you love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Yes I'll let you fall in love Keep quiet! Won't you sing me a nursery rhyme To keep me quiet when your on fire Won't you sing me a nursery rhyme To keep me quiet when your on fire Won't you sing me a nursery rhyme To keep me quiet when your on fire Please just sing me a nursery rhyme To keep me quiet while I'm inside Please just sing me a nursery rhyme To keep me quiet while I'm inside I won't let you fall in love You know inside your baby knows Your baby knows Your baby knows Your baby knows Your baby knows I'm on fire, your on fire Keep me quiet, feel the air your breathing
Push Me, Pull Me What's the matter you, HEY!! Don't know which way to turn Caught in two minds, what shall we do Why don't you push me, and ill pull you La la la la la la What's the matter you, HEY!! Can't look me in the eye Chasing your tail Your tear us apart I won't let you down we share a heart Easy peasy lemon, Squeezy cheesy peas Since you left me i've not been myself Why don't you come back and be yourself Yourself! !
Shake the rollercoaster
You might walk all over me in violet shoes While i shake the rollercoaster morning blues I cant get satisfied by being satisfied I opened up my mind to find it wasnt mine. Then i look for someone else I can find no one else....like you Do do do....bum ba dum And when i needed something wasnt there. And then i pleeded on the silent share Only when it suits i can be on your side You call me up, i sing my song without a smile Then i look for someone else I can find no one else....like you Do do do
Sha La La
( Live Glastonbury 2002 ) Everybody needs a place to live, Everybody needs a friend, I’ve been trying to find a place where maybe we could find some friends, You know, I know, since we’re together we’ve been moving in similar lines, Conversation is a killer and maybe it’s a friend sometimes, Sha la la la la la la x 3 La la Now I don’t really need to be decided, I can bide my time, Slick sugar sweet candy beats and then some words that rhyme We seek to keep together, by keeping loving, living apart, With no mention of a future, hell you could be getting my leap ins??? Sha la la la la la la x 3 La la Everybody needs a place to live, Everybody needs a home and a friend, So I’ve been trying to find a place where maybe we could find some friends, You know, I know, since we’re together we’ve been moving in similar lines, A conversation is a killer and maybe it’s a friend, Sha la la la la la la x 3 La la
Skidding out of control
Now you and me, we're skidding out of control It's like i don't wanna believe this time we might be losing our souls We've got to slam on our coaster brakes And pick our brains from the road It's time the heat killed the cold Now you've got me feeling rough When i just wanna be smooth You can get back up to heaven, but I've got nothing to prove You've gotta just keep this tyre and this groove And you me, we're skidding out of control It's like i don't wanna believe this time we might be losing our souls We've got to slam on our coaster brakes And pick our brains from the road It's time the heat killed the cold ... Now forget about the troubles, and forget about the cost We're gonna take this ... of wheels and rev it up just one more time Now it's funny to remember how i used to need it all Now i know this power dream machine is never gonna stall This super flying motorcycle's gonna take it straight through the wall And we'll recover it all Yeah you and me, we're skidding out of control It's like i don't wanna believe this time we might be losing our souls We've got to slam on our coaster brakes And pick our brains from the road It's time the heat killed the cold
There's A Storm There's a storm coming over the hill With a glance or a stare i could kill I don't mean to be harsh or direct But a heart such as mine must disect And decide who deserves my time I decided that isnt a crime, no And a steeple of chance seperates All the love that one heart generates There's a reason for telling you this I won't flinch ill betray with a kiss There's a fog lighten blur in my eye And a secret cloud thunder my sky You said fire wouldnt burn up a hill If you try then it probably will, yeah Fade away Thinking Of You Everybody let me tell you 'bout my love Brought to you by an angel from above Full equipped with a lifetime guarantee Everybody knows that you belong to me Hey, it's you and the things you do to me That makes me love you Now I'm living in ecstasy Everybody let me tell you 'bout my love Brought to you by an angel from above Full equipped with a lifetime guarantee Nothing can stop me ? It's you, and the things you do to me That makes me love you, now I'm living in ecstasy The Can Is Open And now that the can is open I can truly speak my mind It's been working up til this fight You know im not the lying kind Let your secrets be mine tonight Trust in your eyes to where they first met with mine I'd be the person you'd fine Can't believe you didnt know it Can't belive i didnt show it Can't belive i didnt know it I can't belive you didnt show it All my secrets are out tonight Trace all your steps to where they first cross with mine Keep all the treasure you find Trace all your steps to where they first cross with mine I'd be the person you'd find
The Place I Want To Be (Saint Saviour feat. Badly Drawn Boy) Old town seven times erased Crawled out from the pyre again This is the place I want to be Is the place I'll fall Silkworm spin a thread for me No waste, nothing left that I don't need Yours is the face I want to see It's the place I'm warm And I won't turn my back on this Though I never knew that I wanted it Bough bent beneath my weight I'm broke In my own Kinda way It's magical And I'm allowed To see it straight I'm older now It thawed me out It's in my wake This is the place I want to be It's the place I'm yours This is the pain I longed to feel You're the place I'm home I won't turn my back on this Thunder Road
( Bruce Springsteen cover ) The screen door slams Mary's dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely Hey that's me and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again Don't run back inside Darling you know just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a little faith, there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright Oh and that's alright with me You can hide 'neath your covers And study your pain Make crosses from your lovers Throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in vain For a savior to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero That's understood All the redemption I can offer girl Is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now Except roll down the window And let the wind blow back your hair Well the night's busting open These two lanes will take us anywhere We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels Climb in back Heaven's waiting on down the tracks Oh oh come take my hand Riding out tonight to case the promised land Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road Oh Thunder Road Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey I know it's late, we can make it if we run Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold Thunder RoadWell I got this guitar And I learned how to make it talk And my car's out back If you're ready to take that long walk From your front porch to my front seat The door's open but the ride it ain't free And I know you're lonely For words that I ain't spoken But tonight we'll be free All the promises'll be broken There were ghosts in the eyes Of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch they're gone On the wind, so Mary climb in It's a town full of losers And I'm pulling out of here to win Treeclimber
Don't be sad When it all Lasts so long I feel so right Even while I was under Helium Sky You blow away I I don't even ask you why You go away Cry, Cry, Cry Cos this season This season I love you all Love you all
Walk Away Renee
( Left Bank Cover ) And when I see the sign that points one way The lot we used to pass by every day Just walk away Renee You won't see me follow you back home The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same You're not to blame From deep inside the tears I'm forced to cry From deep inside the pain I chose to hide Just walk away Renee You won't see me follow you back home Now as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes For me it cries Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall Still find a way to haunt me though they're so small Just walk away Renee You won't see me follow you back home Now as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes For me it cries Just walk away Renee You won't see me follow you back home The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same You're not to blame
Walkman demo
( Live Shepherds bush )
Tonight i feel no pain your gonna feel the same But life in the rain They all la la Say you love me You are, i love you so You are gonna love you too They all la la Say you love me Sister, love me Don't love me like you do Just love me like you do Sweet child love me like you do They all la la Say you love me You are, i love you so You are gonna love you too They all la la Say you love me Yeah, yeah yeah You came along and really gave me something I don't even think it amounts to nothing I don't wanna let it slip away You came along and really gave me something You might even think it amounts to nothing I don't wanna let it slip away I don't wanna let it slip away Slip away You came along and really gave me something You might even think it amounts to nothing I don't wanna let it slip away I don't wanna let it slip away Slip away Yeah yeah yeah 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1
Where Were You So where were you when i was still trying to create A better world for myself trying not to be late It wasn't easy and its still hard Oh i was right to mark your cards I didn't care much for you then I don't care much for you now Do do do do do do And when you see all people need was to grow up And i've seen the world, did not know there was so much And if i ever run out of melodies, ill just milk the shit out of these I didn't care much for you then I don't care much for you now I didn't care much for you then I couldn't care less for you now Ddo do do do do do Now recently i heard you ran out of luck If i am honest, tell the truth i could not give a fuck And that's not easy to say in a song But all your rights never made me wrong I didn't care much for you then I don't care much for you now I didn't care much for you then Couldn't care less for you now Do do do do do do do I know you'll understand