All songs original and © Dave Ellis & Boo Howard

Title Song Date
Women In Love
When she's old enough to know better
But young enough to fall in love
Without a reason why
She will wonder what's coming over
When arms no longer hold her
And she's fool enough to cry

What will she do
When her loving days are through
Giving it all... like women in love
What will she say
When her lover's gone away
Giving it all... like women in love

And if it's just a case of survival
And disdain becomes her bible
For the way she felt last night
She will wonder what's coming over
When she cries upon his shoulder
And gives in without a fight

What will she do....

Will he tell her what she needs to know
Will he tell her what she wants to hear
Will he open up and let her in
Women in love
21/2/1987
Early Warning Sign I throw my heart and caution to the wind
I forget just where my hopes were pinned
I seemed to miss out on the warning sign
Couldn't get away from love this time

I know 1 is 1, and 1+1 is 2
But nothing is adding up the way it used to do
Love is something I don't understand
Nothing happens the way I planned

Too late for an early warning
Can't get away from love this time
Too late for the red sky dawning
Too late for an early warning sign

Deep in love, deeper in doubt
Didn't think I'd ever let these feelings out
Saved my loving for a rainy day
Something always told me I should try and get away

Too late for an early warning.....

Believe me I could never run away
Believe me I could never hide away
I only know I want you to stay
I need you by my side
14/5/1992
123 Let's Go Take your time and you'll wind up with the same old story
The name of the game is no one's giving to a hand held out
It's not what you do, it's who you know
But come on baby and 123 let's go!
Taking our chances,123 let's go!
Let's be taking some chances baby

All the gutters in the neighbourhood are overflowing
Everyone's moaning, everyone's dreaming of yesterday
You're no better off with the devil you know
So don't give a damn baby, 123 let's go!
Taking our chances, 123 let's go!
Let's be taking some chances baby

Waiting for this and waiting for that
Do you wait until the world has you on your knees
Don't give up baby, 123 let's go!

Save your words for the brushing up of future tenses
There's a world that is waiting there for you and me
So take your fears and lay them low
Get yourself ready baby 123 let's go!

29/7/1985
Looking For An Answer Undermined and flustered, burnt out and busted
See what the fuss did? nothing at all
What we doing , why we waiting
Mother loving, world hating
Undercutting, overrating everything

I'm looking for an answer
I'm trying to find a reason why

Analytic time wasting, antiseptic muck raking
Anal oral fixating... I don't know
I analyse my upbringing
I don't care who I'm stringing
Just give me wine and singing, I get my kicks

I'm looking for an answer
I'm trying to find a reason why

I seem to make a mighty meal of this
Should have found out a long time ago
I'm out of chances, I need some straight answers
I'm just working on a basis of a need to know

Convoluted word play, can you hear what I say
I'm searching night and day for some sweet thing
Never learned my lesson
Life just keeps me guessing
I got no one's blessing...I got nothing!
23/12/1993
What Do I Know (About Love) Hard to imagine when I was living on my own
Just one in a million people living life alone
Secure in independence, I kept pretenders from my throne
But what did I know about love

What did I know about love, what did I know about love
I'd heard the word a thousand times
The broken promises, the hollow rhymes
What did I know about love

But times are for changing and the next thing I knew
The things that were so easy then seemed very hard to do
It was only then that I realised how much I needed you
What did I know, what did I care about love

What did I know about love, what did I know about love
Was only when I fell from grace
And saw the tenderness still in your face
That's when I learned, that's when I learned about love

I was blind, I treated you unkind
And I declined to see the obvious
I was unsure to try an open door
Though only time will tell
I think I've learned my lesson well

So what do I know about love, what do I know about love
People say that it's everywhere
But when you find it you're a millionaire
That's what I know, that's what I learned about love
That's what I learned about love
That's what I know.....about love
It's the way you feel inside
Teaching me to be so kind
1/7/1992
Kids In The Rain
It's a matter, a matter of time
Before your world comes down and leaves you crying
There's no reason, no reason on earth
Why you should ever give up trying
It's just a matter of simply having fun
Like kids in the rain

Come on, there's a will and a way
To get the most out of the situation
There's a price, a price that you pay
When you stick around in hesitation
It's just a matter of losing some self-control
Like kids in the rain

You'll never know just what it's all about
Don't ever say "I told you so"
Nothing'd ever be misunderstood
If everything'd stay
Right as rain

It's just a matter of simply having fun
Like kids in the rain
21/3/1992
Party Line It simply ain't enough
To walk right out the door
It ain't the thing to do
When you're crying out for more
No pretence at independence
My defence has fallen down

I'm giving it up for the party
I'm giving it up for the party line

Same old avenue
Seems like I'm talking to myself
Same old risky business
But I don't want nobody else
I need to understand you
I need to hold you close

I'm giving it up...

I need the love that's in your eye
I need the love that makes me high
I need your love
I need a heart upon my sleeve
I need a hope and by your leave
I need your love
28/2/1992
Minefield Well I know what I want
But I don't know how to get it
Cos love is like a minefield
Waiting for company

There's a thorn in the middle of it
Cross and nails either side of it
Love is like a minefield
Waiting for company

Does she lie to your face
Does she lay you to waste
How's it make your heart feel
There's no self-defence
And there's no kind of sense
Love is like a minefield

You can learn to forgive
But there's no way to forget it
Love is like a minefield
Waiting for company

There's a wide world calling
And there's too many hearts falling
Love is like a minefield
Waiting for company

And if you learn to pretend
She'll just win in the end
So tell her what you're gonna do
Don't you hide in your shell
Fight your way back from hell
Love can make your heart blue
30/1/1992
Crazy With Your Love It's no way to come across
Being with you is no piece of cake
You're pouring cold water, you're painting red letter
I never know what to make
And I'm crazy with your love

No room for violins
This is no time for regret
I can never give you up
I need you like a cigarette
And I'm crazy with your love

I was attracted by your sympathetic eyes
Now I'm distracted by your undercover lies
I dived down deep into your magic wishing well
And found I'd bought a one way ticket
Leaving me in hell

Some people give and take
Some were born just to deceive
Some you win, some you lose
But some people you can never leave
And I'm crazy with your love
30/1/1992
Breathe In Love
Oh when I think about it
I'm my sole preoccupation
Trying to find some scheme
To put myself at ease

I want to breathe in love
I want to blow out my hurt and pain
I want to breathe in love
I want to blow out my hurt and pain

All is false, all is lies
When it's self promotion
And if I find some truth
It won't come a day too soon

I want to breathe in love
I want to blow out my hurt and pain
I want to breathe in love
I want to blow out my hurt and pain

I'm gonna get off my high horse
And open up my heart again to you
I'm gonna find some peace of mind
If it's the very last thing I do
1/1/1989
It's Only Make Up She sings the blues a capella
She plays Elgar on her stereo
She got her soul in the cellar
She got to check her look, she's got to go outside

It's only make up
That she hides her face behind
It's only make up
She's got to make up her mind
To leave the boy and the blues behind

She had no doubt about him
No sentinel around her heart
Now she can't live without him
So inside a box she finds a part she'll play

It's only make up.....

She's living out the picture in a magazine
She's trying not to think of how things might have been
She showed him all the love he could have ever seen
But now she wants to hide herself
She saw her naked heart upon his shelf

She's still looking for the real thing
Not a temporary compromise
She wants someone to believe in
She's gonna give some guy a sweet surprise.. oh yeah

It's only make up.....
19/7/1991
Take A Shot At Love It's an ill wind seems to
Blow your heart tonight
Cos you been hurt sometimes
And love just don't feel right
But I'm here waiting still
And I'm giving up time to kill
Cos if you don't need love
Then I'll find someone who will

So come on, take a shot at love
Take another, take a lover, take a shot at love
Oh yeah, what are you dreaming of
Take another, take a lover, take a shot at love
Take aim, it's a crying shame
Why don't you play a lover's not a loser's game
So come on, what are you dreaming of
Take another, take a lover, take a shot at love

So you negotiate the lonely afternoon
With your memories of a love that left too soon
But when will you see the light
And put up some kind of fight
Cos if you don't want love
Then I'll find someone who might

So come on.....
9/11/1990
Waiting In The Wings With pain in her heart, she does what she can
She tries to believe in the love of her man
She waits for a sign night after night
That things will be perfect, things will be alright

She's waiting
Waiting in the wings for love

Nine times out of ten she gets by
If she swallows her pride, and keeps the tear from her eye
One in a million she thought she'd found
But now it seems like her love has gone to ground

She's waiting
Waiting in the wings for love

She wants that love in her heart
But it's nowhere in the neighbourhood
She wants real love in her heart
But she knows real loving got to feel real good

She's always had those doubts and fears
Through all the thick and thinner years
And now there's only one thing
She really wants to know

She's just waiting.....
24/1/1990
She Won't Love You Like I Do I don't know why you had a mind for leaving me
Cos I seemed to be the last to know
I never felt more than I did from your kiss
I don't know much but I'll tell you this

She won't love you like I do

You may not see my finer virtues any more
We may have seen our finest hour
Well I know you can be an awkward guy
I've never been the apple of my old man's eye, but...

She won't love you like I do

Don't walk away
Don't give her love the time of day
What can I do
To make you change your mind
Don't make me cry
I don't want to hear your last goodbye
Oh I know that my heart is true
She will never love you like I do

And don't you ever take her love as read
She's another girl in another girl's head
And I know..

She won't love you like I do
She won't love you the same
Not like me, not like me
She won't love you like I do
3/1/1990
There For You And when your heart is on the sorry side
And when your dreams have gone astray
They fade away
Take it from me there's no need to worry
Don't worry
Take a tip from me you should feel safe not sorry

Cos I'll be there for you
Anytime or any place or anywhere for you
Oh I'll be there for you
It doesn't matter where, oh I'll be there for you

Sometimes your fortune falls on stony ground
And Lady Luck can catch your eye
Then say goodbye
Take it from me there's no need for sorrow
Don't cry
Take a tip from me you know there's always tomorrow

Cos I'll be there for you....

And when the times are so hard and going nowhere
And if you've just had enough
I'll be there, I'll be there

Sometimes you can't get relief or satisfaction
But when you're needing a hand
I'll be there, I'll be there for the action
19/12/1989
Special Kind Of Love Well I've come a long way
Since I put my trust in any old faces
Well I've come a long way
Since I let life get me down
But I, I need love like I did just yesterday
Uh huh, I've come a long way
Now I'm going places

Oh I, I'm looking for a special kind of love

Well it's been a long time
Since I gave my heart and soul to romances
Well it's been a long time
Since I gave my heart away
Cos I, I been fooled when I thought I'm home and dry
Uh huh, it's been a long time
But I'll take my chances

Oh I, I'm looking for a special kind of love

Blue blue the sky is blue
Till the clouds get in the way
And if I love you
I'm gonna keep that rain away

Oh you never can be certain
Oh you never can be sure
But I'm looking for a special kind of love

One Night Stand I can tell that you hurt like hell
From the loving that you've known before
Now you love them and leave them, never believe them
And put a barricade on the door
You're picking them up on a Friday night
But it's never gonna happen to me

Cos I believe in your magic
And I don't wanna know
About your one night stand

You got two faces, your airs and your graces
But I know the game you want to play
With that look in your eye, you know you'll get by
And loving doesn't hurt you that way
But put yourself out baby one more time
And let me see what's inside of you

Cos I believe in your magic...

Don't worry 'bout some old heartbreaker
Don't chicken out on me and be a love forsaker
Don't wanna get the come-on
If you fake your love for me
30/1/1989
It's Just My Heart I know the price of love
Is something that I can't afford
But I can pay the balance due
If you can find the full reward
Oh how I wish my tears
Could be ignored

But it's just my heart
Afraid of love again
It's just my heart
Counting those tears again
It's just my heart
And you take my heart
Don't wanna ever be apart

It's guaranteed to fail
And guaranteed to fade away
Well that's how you feel sometimes
If loving won't work out and stay
But I can live to love another day

It's just my heart...

Someday I'll leave my cares behind
I've got to set my loving free
25/10/1988
I Need A Man Tonight Disengage me from deep conversation
And if you're wanting to talk, keep it light
Don't let the past interfere
And if you need a woman
I need a man tonight
Don't misunderstand
I need a man tonight
Don't want to say I love you

I won't say that love is out of the question
No I wouldn't say that it's wrong, or that it's right
I don't know what to expect
But I know what I want
I need a man tonight...

Oo I got my mind made up
I got my head screwed on
I got my heart weighed up
And I know what I need tonight

8/9/1988
I Cry Softly
Now you're left to your own devices
Do you know what our love was worth
Would it come as a complete surprise
To know that I'd have moved heaven and earth

I cry softly for love gone by

Now I'm left with my own toy airplane
That keeps crashing to the ground
I remember two tattered kites
That flew so proudly round and round

I cry softly for love gone by

Too late for tears
To bring back the things I cared for
Too late for tears
And trying to explain the whys and the wherefores

Too late now for recognition
Of all we had to gain
I'm just left here with my heart wishing
Oh if only I could stand the pain

I cry softly for love gone by

Try to forget
Those days of love and laughter
Try to forget
But still I believe in a love ever after

I cry softly for love gone by

19/7/1988
Is It Any Wonder You always give me one last chance
You always save me one more dance
You change my water into wine
Is it any wonder you're a friend of mine
And when I got my back to the wall
I know you'll be there whenever I call
You can give me love with a feeling
My feet are on the ground but my heart is on the ceiling

Is it any wonder
I'm in love with you

Why you love me I'll never know
Easy come but easier to go
You make it easy to see it through
Is it any wonder I'm a friend to you
I'm no fly by night, I'm no Johnny come late
I wanna be your soul candidate
In my heart you're elected
You give me love when it's least expected

Is it any wonder
I'm in love with you

Is it any wonder
When you do what you do
Is it any wonder
I'm in love with you

You make me feel , you make me high
You just say yes, you never say die
Loving you is easy as ABC
Is it any wonder you're a friend to me
Times get hard, times get tough
Sometimes I feel I've had enough
But then I hear a knock on my door
Then I remember what a friend is for

Is it any wonder
I'm in love with you


Won't Let Loving Get A Hold On Me Well I knew a little girl who made me feel O.K.
But I was looking through my glasses in a rose coloured way
She was looking like a rainbow but she turned into a cloud of grey
And I could not believe my eyes
And it came as a real surprise
The things she told to me
Now I won't let loving get a hold on me

Well I see another girl and so I take a quick look
But I'm feeling like a fish that's looking at another hook
She's waiting for a bite, but you can tell her it's a waste of time
Because you know where I draw the line
And though I wish that the sun would shine
When it's cold for me
I won't let loving get a hold on me

There's one in every million
With their hearts in the right places
But I take one look
And I race right past those friendly faces
I won't let loving get a hold on me
Oh no...I won't let loving get a hold on me

There's Autumn in the air when I require a new leaf
There's Summer in your smile but I treat you like a thief
There's Winter in my heart and I think it's a real disgrace
When I see your sunny face
And I know I can't replace
The thing she stole from me
Now I won't let loving get a hold on me
1/7/1988
Hold Back The Lies I let my mind out in a storm today
My heart was black as thunder
And I could not stop the tidal wave
My thoughts and dreams were under
But the day was fine
And the sun did shine
As I sheltered beneath my umbrella

Hold back the lies
And keep away the stormy weather
Hold back the lies
Keep your heart and soul together
Don't be afraid
And don't let the truth leave in disguise
Hold back the lies

I put my conscience on a plane today
I had my reservations
I thought that I could just fly away
And take a long vacation
But I could not hide
From the pain inside
Couldn't run from the hurricane blowing

Hold back the lies...

Don't shoot yourself a line
Recognise the warning sign
Don't let them undermine
Hold back the lies
2/4/1988
The Weekend With You
Friday night and the work is done
Saturday and the weekend's just begun
I don't intend to spend it on my own
So wish me luck
Here I go
I'm coming home to you

So don't worry
I'll hurry
I'm never going to want to go to work on Monday
I'm coming
To spend the weekend with you
So don't cry now
I'll try now
With a little bit of luck I should be there by sundown
I'm coming
To spend the weekend with you

Monday morning comes around too fast
Tuesday leaves me feeling second class
By Wednesday things are looking up again
Thursday night
I dream of you
And Friday night it's true

That I'm coming
I'm coming
With a little bit of luck we'll soon be up and running
I'm coming
To spend the weekend with you
So don't cry now
I'll try now
There's a hole in my heart that could be filled by sundown
I'm coming home
To spend the weekend with you
25/6/1993
Protect Yourself Your sensitive nature is nothing you'll admit to
Sentimental feelings never get in your way
Genuine emotion only causes a commotion
Worrying about what people might say

All you ever do is protect yourself
From people like me

Keeping up a tight lip is something that you're used to
Not taking any chances, might be friend or foe
I could be a shyster or innocent bystander
Ah baby but you're never gonna know

All you ever do is protect yourself
From people like me

You're never gonna find out
You're never gonna see
But you can never hide out
You'll never get away from me

All you ever do is protect yourself

I ask you do you love me, it's an elementary question
Not giving me affirmative, but you never say no
Sitting on your fences, guarding your defences
But baby if you love me just let it show

All you ever do is protect yourself
From people like me

25/3/1986
Fair Warning Play it safe as you can
There's a child inside the man
And love is like a birthday toy
And birthdays aren't the same any more

And it's a fair warning
There's blood on the horizon
Oh it's a fair warning
There's blood on the horizon

You can bend the golden rule
Just shining words to a magpie fool
I'll bet you spend every day
Wishing you could fly away

Well it's a fair warning...

You tell me not to worry about it
Life for you is just a walk in the dark
But it's a fair warning
Love can never find its mark
It's a fair warning

You can hold your head up high
Head in the clouds but not in the sky
You want to reach for the stars
But it s a one way trip for Venus and Mars
Well it's a fair warning...

Hey junior
Could this be a lesson to you
The world is growing older
And love is growing colder
It's a fair warning

Fair warning
1/1/1982
Long Way From Home Honesty is broken lies
On dark streets and lonely eyes
Conviction compromise
Since Daddy went away
Holy waters running deep
The sunset burning low
It's a long long way from home

Never thought there'd come this day
A childhood friend I thought would stay
So far, so far away
Long way from home
I see no lanterns in the vale
No light on the hill
It's a long long way from home
22/10/1993
Walking Wounded Well what he did was all in the game
Of living, of loving, of self preservation
Now I don't believe a word they say
Or see eye to eye without reservation

I'm just walking wounded
Every step of the way

Felt so lucky, but I was just
A fool in love, it taught me a lesson
Now if you ask me do I love you
It's a trick, it's a lie, it's a loaded question

I'm just walking wounded
Every step of the way

I was walking with my head in the clouds
I was walking with the sun in my eye
I was singing "Oh what a beautiful morning"
Then night came down
And left me wounded but walking

Don't want to suspect your motives
You're not the kind for lying or scheming
But I can't trust my feelings for you
Without looking for double meanings

I'm just walking wounded
Every step of the way

1/6/1983
Show Me Your Magic All my life I've been living
In a tragic one act play
All my life they've been leaving
And I'm waiting for the one who'll stay
And when love seemed right out of the question
You came and cast a spell on me

If you show me your magic
Then I will give up my tragedy

Time after time I've been hoping
For the one who will set me free
But no conjuror with clever deception
Can ever pull a trick on me
Well now I've been fooled one time too many
But I will make a deal with you

If you show me your magic
Then I will give up my tragedy
23/11/1987
If This Is Love It isn't really that I'm insecure
It's just the nature of the thing I do
Makes people feel they can say I'm crazy
I learned to take it from the wide world
But I never thought I'd hear it from you

But if this is love
Then why do I feel like crying
Why do I feel so blue
And if this is love
I know I could reach for something higher
Why do I come running back to you

I never really tried to understand
What makes a woman love a certain man
Some things are best when they're left unspoken
Maybe I should have studied harder
Cos we're leaving long before we've begun

And if this is love....

Why do I come running back
When all you do is criticise
The very things that you used to adore
Don't you know that sometimes
Love is like an open door

So is this love?....
1/12/1991
Your Love Is All Around Me The world is monochrome and snowbound again
But there s a warm wind across the bleak terrain
I feel exposed
But that s the way it goes
But there s a feeling I get every time it snows
Your love is all around me

Friend or foe, well who can tell
It s a brief hello or it s a long farewell
Strangers come and go
I call them friends
But there s this feeling I get that never ends
Your love is all around me

Life came down so heavy
It pushed my heart inside my sleeve
It soiled my reputation
For doing what I do believe
Like a loaded revolver held hard against my brain
But you unload the gun
And your love is all around me...again
Your love is all around me
13/4/1983
I Do Believe I had a dream
Of love and laughter
But I woke up with the tears on my face
My fantasy replaced

So I said a prayer
For all the good times
I remember taking cider with Rosie
Far from the borderline

I do believe
That a heart can always bleed
And that true love can last forever
And love is all you need
And when times get hard
This is what I believe

Deep in my heart
The sun is shining
Though the world is full of darkness and desperation
Love will see you through

I do believe...

So don't be afraid to take a helping hand
Life is too short for ceremonial stands
We'll help each other through pain and sorrow
But come what may I'll still believe tomorrow

I do believe...
This is what I believe

Riding on the Underground I'd fight for my country
I'd die for the King
For a light in the tunnel
I'd do almost anything
Can't see in the darkness, can't hear a sound
Feels like I'm riding on the underground

Show an act of mercy
Show me an act of faith
Got nothing much to do, nothing much to say
But I got no time to waste
Better claim my feelings from the lost & found
Feels like I'm riding on the underground

What a feeling, what a waste of time
Round & round in a circular line
2 steps forward, 3 steps back
I don't suppose I'd even feel a heart attack!
Riding on the underground

Why should I worry (about a thing)
Why should I have to care
I don't know where I'm going, I don't know what I'm doing
Just as long as I get somewhere
Got to get a life in sensurround
Feels like I'm riding on the underground

Rainfall Well I came to the bottom of that rainy day
With the false pitter patter of the things I say
I could not open up my heart so easily
I could not say...
That I was dreaming
Or that I was hoping
Or that I was...praying
You'd light a match up in the rainfall
Light a match up in the rain

Well I been waiting so long for a little peace of mind
I been running, running, running so blind
I could not inflict my point of view
I could not say..
That I was dreaming
Could not say I was praying
Could not say I was hoping and praying
You'd light a match up in the rainfall

Don't remember when the blues
Blew away my good news
Don't remember when the thrill was gone
When the lights went wrong...
But lightning strikes more times than one
So I dream on

Well I've made up my mind I'm making up my heart
I'm never gonna make another false start
You take me by the hand, you take me by surprise
I could not say...
That I was dreaming
That I was...flying
Could not say I was hoping and praying
You'd light a match up in the rainfall

Let Go, Let's Go This is not an easy chair
This is not a coat to wear
This is not the time
To be holding out
This is not the photograph
In your mind, in the past
Come on baby make me laugh
Make me smile

Let go, and let's go
Let go, and baby let's go

Never want to change your mind
Never want to be unkind
How come you can stay out there
So far away
I just can't wait, I just can't wait
Don't be never, just be late
There's no time to hesitate
Come on, come on, come on

Let go, and let's go
Let go, and baby let's go

Time is running out on the parking meter
Make me yours, but make it quicker
Take me to those open places
I'm running out of parking spaces

Let go

Are you waiting for the ball & chain
Are you waiting for the sun to rain
Are you waiting for the pain to come
Are you waiting for the man to run
Or are you waiting for the man who stays awake
Whose lonely heart has never ached so bad
It's gonna drive him mad

Let go, and let's go
Let go, and baby let's go

This is not an easy chair
This is not a coat to wear
This is not the time
To be holding out

Mess Me Up Take my heart by the balls
Take my chart by the storm
Bite my face in the lonely place
Face my mirror to the wall
Come on and mess me up

Come on and mess me on up
Throw that tender loving cup
Come on and mess me all up

Turn my sleep to counting sheep
Call my conscience name out loud
State your case, take my parking space
Break my cushion covered walls
Come on and mess me up

Well she makes me feel good
She makes me feel better
I never feel like
I'm ever gonna get her
Come on and mess me up

Get that monkey off my back, Jack
Make me laugh and make me cry
Be too good to be true
I don't want to fuck this up
Come on and mess me up

She knows there's something there
She knows there's something in it
From the top to the bottom
She takes me to the limit!
Come on and mess me on up
And throw that tender loving cup
Come on and mess me up

Only Goodbye Saving all the tea in China
Enough love for the whole of Asia Minor
And I want to give it all to you
Say something
Even if it's only goodbye

Only goodbye
Say anything
Even if it's only goodbye

She gave me mind over matter
She give me fruit of all emotion
And I say my message straight to the moon
Say something
Even if it's only goodbye

Is she waiting by the phone
Does she want to be alone
Or is she over me
Is she telling me the truth
Is she waiting for some proof
Or is she over me

I ask the burning question
Does nothing ever matter
Is loving just a game to play
Is loving just a game I cannot win
Is that the sound of violin......
Or is that the sound of goodbye

We should be making love tonight
Say anything
Even if it's only goodbye
Only goodbye
Say anything
Even if it's only goodbye

Antidote Well I was going to the doctor
To tell the good news
That a babe came along
And blew away my birthday blues
Was going to the doctor
To give out the bad news
That she'd run away to hide
And wasn't giving any clues
And it hurts, it hurts, it hurts so bad
But I know what I need

I don't need no antidote
No downer duration
No damage limitation
No prescription for frustration
As far as I can go I'll be pushing out the boat
But even overboard
I don't need no antidote

Well I went to my friend
He said "how come you're so tense
You're usually indifferent
With lots of common sense"
I said "I can't eat, I can't sleep
I can't hide
From these tortured hormones inside"
And it hurts, it hurts, it hurts so bad
But I know what I need

I don't need no antidote
No strung out innocence
No smokescreen indifference
No hard headed common sense
As far as I can go I'll be pushing out the boat
But even overboard
I don't need no antidote

Well she came to the party
And you know she should be mine
Well she came to the party
And you know she should be mine
And you know what I need
And you know what I need

Well I went to a preacher
And said I got the faith
I got the hat, the T shirt
But no date
I'm feeling more dead than I am alive
Can you do a resurrection
Cos I'm dying to jive
And it hurts, and it hurts, and it hurts so bad
But I know what I need

I don't need no antidote
No act of contrition
No way to submission
No lack of inhibition
As far as I can go I'll be pushing out the boat
But even overboard
I don't need no antidote

Such A Dream Say a message to the dreamer
Say goodnight
It's not long until the light
Not long before you're right again

There's a hand in the darkness
Holding on to mine
How long before I wake
How long before you break this spell

Don't walk away from a dream
Don't walk away from a dreamer
This dream is real
Oh such a dream

There's a shoulder to lean on
Lean on me too
I'll be a friend to you
Only me and the devil care

Don't walk away from a dream
Don't walk away from a dreamer
This dream is real
Oh such a dream



Call My Number Got to tell it to the postman
Got to say it to the man next door
Wanna tell you all about it
And then I'll probably want to tell you more
I'm mad about her
Anyone can tell

Well she came into my life
In the middle of the night
She called my number up
To get to the point
She made my heart stand still
She got my number

I got the finest motivation
I got the keys to the diamond store
She's got the right specification
For the woman I've been longing for
It makes me worry
Makes me hurry

Well I pray to the Lord
That she's here to stay
She brought me to my knees
If I make a little effort
I'll go all the way
She got my number

I'm mad about her
Mad about her
Call my number
Call my number

I'll never walk away
I'll never go quietly
Call my number up

Hang Out The Flag Do what you wanna do
Say what you wanna say
Don't leave those stones unturned
But never turn your face away

Run away if you have to
But don't be gone too long
Shoot the breeze with who you please
And let the wind carry you along

But even if the money runs out
Don't let the fire in your eyes burn out

And hang out the flag
Keep it flying till the wind comes back
Hang out the flag
And keep it flying

You rang up my father
He's been dead now 20 years
You just wanted to introduce yourself
You must be music to his ears

But if the line to Heaven is out
You can reach me
Without a doubt

I'll hang out the flag...

Don't be afraid
Don't be uncertain
Have faith in your heart
Have faith in your heart

Bring your lamb to the slaughter
Bring your sacrifice to the alter
Bring your horse to the waterside
And get him to take a drink

But even if the river runs dry
Don't ever lose the fire in your eye

And hang out the flag...

Hang out the flag
And keep it flying...

I Can't Spell Her Dyslexic situation
Wordless altercation
Can't read, can't understand
The words you never said
About making new plans

L-O-R-A-N-E
L-O-R-A-N-E
L-O-R-A-N-E
Lorane
I can't spell her
I can't spell her
I can't spell her
Lorraine

The sun went down this evening
'Bout the same time you were leaving
I hear you from the closing door
I don't know how
I can't love you no more

L-O-R-A-N-E
I can't spell her
Lorraine

And now her mind's made up
She's going now, she's going now
And the magic slips quietly away
And emptiness comes to stay

I can't spell her
L-O-R-A-N-E

I can't spell her

Doesn't Matter To You Well your touch made me shake
Left me lying awake
Now you wouldn't even shake my hand
Well I can't get my head
Around this thing being dead
Don't think I'll ever understand

So I try to remember
My loving doesn't matter to you
Yes I try to recall
You don't love me at all

One day I'll put down the cross
I'll get over the loss
I might even sleep a wink
But I keep seeing your face
All over the place
And I don't know what to think

So I try to remember
My loving doesn't matter to you
Yes I try to recall
You don't love me at all

Well it's out of my hands
It's out of my reach
Well I better just face the fact
It's yesterday's news
Another case of the blues
And it ain't ever coming back

So I try to remember
My loving doesn't matter to you
Yes I try to recall
You don't love me at all

Leave You, Leave Me Blues Isn't anyone staying
Why's it always time to leave
Just another misguided plan
A future ill conceived
You're hung up on me
And I'm hung up on someone else
She's hung up on somebody new
Why don't I get back on my shelf

I gotta move on
I got the leave you, leave me blues
I got to get going
I got to leave you, leave me blues
Doesn't anyone stay happy close together in harmony
I'm leaving you... just like she went and left me

Is anybody happy
Give me some clue to it
And if you know some formula
Tell me why I always blew it
In my wildest 'magination
I know how it ought to be
(The thing is...) I don't matter to her
And you don't matter to me

I gotta get going
I got the leave you, leave me blues
I gotta get out
I got to leave you, leave me blues
Doesn't anyone stay happy close together in harmony
I'm leaving you... just like she's leaving me

So confused...
Well yes I am
Love defused
I can't help it, I just give a damn

I got to get going
I got to get out
I gotta move on

I don't know what keeps going wrong
Doesn't matter what I do or say
But I'll keep looking for the girl of my dreams
Or at least find someone who just might stay

Goddess If only I had treat you like a human
Instead of worshipping your very name
Love won't understate, all consuming
I loved you too much, I was the one to blame

And now you don't look like a goddess
Since you took away my heaven on earth
Now you've just become like any other woman
Who leaves me wondering what it all was worth

Hey mister can you understand my meaning
She means so much you don't wanna get it wrong
So precious you're too scared to even touch her
When you haven't felt that way for so long

But now you don't look like a goddess
That's just the way you seemed to be
Well it's been so long since I felt that way about anyone
Or anyone about me

Going too far, going too fast
How did I think loving could last
I saw you running away
Heart of stone, feet of clay

How could I take you down from the pedestal
Seemed like somebody sent from above
How could I see you just the way you are
What's reality to do with love

But now you don't look like a goddess
You had to leave to make me see
No you don't look like a goddess
Now you don't mean the world to me

Consider Me Sexy little panzy Potter
Making eyes to get me hotter
Wraps me round her finger
Then points towards herself
Comatose cold fish Mabel
She won't even lay the table
On a plate she makes me wait
Then eats it all herself

Aaaah consider me, consider me
Consider me
Consider finding love
Consider what I'm dreaming of
Oh consider me

Terminal true love Tracy
She always looks so tasty
She makes sure she's looking right
Then looks the other way
I wouldn't have to precis
What I know about my Tracy
Write it on a postage stamp
And mail it to myself

Aaaah consider me...

And I feel yes I feel
Like a wretched slavering dog
Tied and bound
Like a loveless market bound hog
For feeling the things in my heart
That I feel
Wanna be real
Wanna be fine
Think of me sometime

Permanent prick tease Brenda
I don't wish to offend her
I buy her flowers, she shows her powers
And throws them in my face
She says "I don't need this heaviness
Don't think about togetherness
Don't think about it
Just think about yourself"

Aaaah consider me

How Can I Forget You No way through
No way back to you
No mediator
Could tell me what to do
No answer to my prayer
No answer how to get there
That pretty face
Won't run on back to me

How can, how can I ever forget you
How can I ever regret a single day

Take the pill
Drink the wine
Nothing ever
Gonna make me wanna shine
Only you can make it right
Making do is my only fight
Won't see me through
Won't get you off my mind

How can...

I just can't say goodbye
Can't say the long goodbye
Drink don't think
Smoke don't joke
Cry don't try
My heart is blue
My mind is still filled up with you

Gotta move my heart along
Gotta face the fact she's gone
Holding in and holding out
I gotta live and live without your love

How can I ever forget you
How can I ever regret a single day
How can I forget you
How can I forget you?

Writing Love Songs When am I gonna stop
Writing love songs to you
When am I just gonna
Accept the fact that we're through
Cos you've been and gone
And I just got to try to carry on

Here I stand
Head in hand
Heart still pouring out
To the page in front of me
Well I can't explain
Love again
But I can't deny the tear
That never leaves my vision clear

I can't stand it
Thinking about you again

When am I gonna stop
Writing love songs to you...

How can I get my conscience clear
To let the next one right in here
When can I let my feelings through
To one who means as much as you
Writing songs for someone new

Well you've been.. and gone
And I just got to try to carry on
I just got to try to carry on

I can't stand it
Singing about you again
When am I gonna stop
Writing love songs to you

Mirror Man Well my five dollar friends
Left me lying on the floor
My two time girlfriend
Just walked out the door
Who can I turn to
To lend me a hand
The mirror man can

Same old sickness
Making me ill
Same old problems
Same way uphill
Who's gonna help me
If I can't help myself
The mirror man can

Well if I could just stop feeling sorry
I'd think of all the good times ahead
Well I know there's no need to worry
When you can be your own best friend
The mirror man can

This thing is just not gonna go away
And yesterday looked better than today
Who's gonna put me back on my feet
The mirror man can

Well who can you rely on to be there
When no one stands up for your case
Well I take a look in the mirror
The answer's there staring me right in the face
The mirror man can

Head Above Water Salt water stinging my eye
Now the tide is running so high
But my love is keeping me dry
And I keep my head above water

Drowning man clutching at straws
Treading water miles from the shores
But my love is giving me cause
To keep my head above water

I keep my head...
Above water

Watching out for ships in the dark
Keep away from the high water mark
But my love saves me from the shark
And I keep my head above water

I keep my head...
Above water

Well now the coastguard's given up on me
Just another man lost at sea
But my love takes good care of me
And I keep my head above water

I keep my head...
Above water

You Must Be What I'm Here For There's a way in the city
That brings you to your knees
And there's a cold war agreement
Between my heart and me
All negotiations for love and patience
Have all broken down
And there's only one thing that can ever
Turn my losing soul around

You must be what I'm here for

There's a garden of Eden
A place for folks to meet
With a snake in the grass and
Forbidden fruit to eat
When you're lost in the woods
The search for perfection's a resurrection
Of heartache and pain
But now all I can do is to take a chance
So here I go again

You must be what I'm here for

She carries the weight of the world on her shoulders
She tries to believe in the credit card holders
She choreographs all the sidestepping dances
But always she's left with more questions than answers

With your head in the sand
You can do it all for show
You can believe that to get what you want well..
It's down to who you know
But diamonds and pearls
Kingdoms and earls
Give no satisfaction guarantee
It can only be love which satisfies
You're enough for me

You must be what I'm here for

Millionaire You can't stop the traffic in the middle of a motorway
Can't beat the price of a fool today
No one will pay
You gotta move to the rhythm
They tell me
Living off the income coming in off a slow return
Leave the embers of a fire to burn
Cos times will turn
I've got to wait for loving
To call me

Like a millionaire
It made me feel
Like walking on air, walking on air, walking on air
But like a leaf without a tree
Or a thief with a guilty conscience
Money's not meant for me

I find all the faults in the shadow of a photograph
I see the warmth of a frozen laugh
My monochrome past
And I don't feel like a party
Would help me out
One day I'm gonna stand up straight in my very own shoes
Well I got nothing to lose
I got to check my account
Find enough for the piper
To pay off my dues

Like a millionaire
It made me feel
Like walking on air, walking on air, walking on air
Like a millionaire
I would sell my soul for some of that money
If someone would take me there

Don't leave me down
Don't leave me out

Don't leave me down
Don't leave me down
I would sell my soul for some of that money
Don't leave me down
Don't leave me out

Can You Hear Me? I've never been scared of the sounds of the city
I've always tried to hold my head up high
But living is short of love and pity
Sometimes I hang my head and cry
But I look up for happy endings
My heart's burning, my heart's sending
Messages of love

Can you hear me
Can your heart reach out
Can you make my dreams just wake up
Can you hear me
Can you hear me out
I could let you know what my dream's about

I've never been one for the push and the shoving
As I live from day to day
But my friends seem to be tired of loving
And some let their hearts just fade away
But my heart's never disappearing
I just pray that someone's hearing
Messages of love

Can you hear me......

But they never seem to hear
Is there no one to answer my prayer, answer my prayer






























20/8/1988
Never Said Didn't know I should have told you
I could blame it on a lover
Who left me speechless
Thought I only had to hold you
And you'd know the way I really feel

Never said I love you
No one said I had to
Never said that I do
Never said I cared

Should have read in my demeanour
There was so much in my heart
You can't have looked too closely
Maybe should have made it clearer
Should have opened up my heart to you

Never said...

Never told you I could be so true
Never said that I'm in love with you
Never said it
I never said it

And I know I will regret it
Should have held up signs ten feet tall
I only wish that I had said it
And had left you in no doubt at all

Never said...

Never said I cared
Never said I cared
I should have said it

Rainy Day I save my money for nothing
I keep my heart for no one
I put it by for the real high
As I do another dry run

I save my love for a rainy day
I save my love for a rainy day
I save my life just to fade away
I save my love...for a rainy day

I wait for tides to be turning
I wait for wind to be changing
I wait for planetary favour
To free the love that I'm caging

I save my love for a rainy day...

Should I wait till the sun don't shine
Till the blues is mine
Till I just can't lose control
Until I'm on my knees
Until hell will freeze...

And I can't find a way
And I can't find the track
And I can't get to you
And I can't get it back

And if there's one in a million
Will my feelings be unspoken
Will there only be umbrella
As I see the heavens open

I save my love for a rainy day

Shadow When I was small
I would walk on the wall
And your arms would protect me
Should I ever fall
Soon I was longing to reach for the sky
But your arms did prevent me from learning to fly.

So don't get me wrong
I still cry for you,
Don't get me wrong
I would die for you,
But since you've been gone
I'm coming out from under your shadow
Since you've been gone
I'm coming out from under your shadow.

Now I'm grown
With a child of my own
And I long to protect her from things I have known.
But as soon as she's longing to reach for the sky
I will give her my love
And I'll leave her to fly.

So don't get me wrong..

I'm gonna be the one who shines tonight
I'll put away the stars if they're too bright
Cos I'm coming out from under your shadow
I'm coming out from under your shadow.
1/1/1996
Same Old Dream You could be all that I need
To move flesh and blood and concede
One more attempt, one more hopeful scheme
Same old prayer, same old dream

Same old avenue I've walked along forever
Same old peace of mind I set my heart upon
One more hopeful cause I feel I can believe in
One more hopeful cause, can I believe in you?
Can I believe in you?

Always too good to be true
It's getting so hard to fall in love anew
All too soon nothing's as it seems
Same old prayer, same old dream

Same old fatal charm that never fails to fail me
Same old wishful thought I send my message through
And my suspicious mind can only think I'm dreaming
Of one more hopeful cause, can I believe in you?
Can I believe in you?

Lightning Tree How many blue moons
Are gonna shine down on me
How can it be
Lightning shoots so blind
And how many times
Can one man fall in love.. aah aah

Don't ask me
I'm gonna sit by the lightning tree
Don't ask why
I'm sitting under the lightning sky

It's easy to think
No one could be like her
It's hard to get over
Love that we had
Well do I believe
That it can happen again... aah aah

Don't ask me...

Don't ask why
I feel so certain
Why I feel so sure
Why I feel a thunderbolt
Is coming back for more

Don't tell me no lies
Just say that you'll be so true
Oh how can I tell
If it's love that we have
A one in a million chance
Might just happen again.. Aah aah

Don't ask me...

Tell Me So And when my heart is overboard
And when my mind is on the wing
That's when I need to know
The beating of your heart
Tell me so

And when the darkened hills conspire
And with the shadows close at hand
That's when I need to know
That you will shine for me
Tell me so

Don't wanna shout
Don't wanna drag it out of you
Oh what a voluntary spoken word can do
I'm an unknown quantity
Until you tell me

And when my home is far away
And when my house is built on sand
That's when I need to know
That you will stand by me
Tell me so

In The Morning In the morning I will come to you
I will be here when the day is new
When the morning brings the light
In the morning through the night

Oh I really don't know what to say
In the morning I will find a way
No I don't know what to say
Till the morning of the day

Oh my sweet honey pie time
Don't you feel that it's high time
In the morning through the night time
In the morning of the day

Oh come on baby ain't the night been long
Don't you feel how our love is strong
You know everything's alright
In the morning through the night
In the morning through the nightime
In the morning of the day

Serenades & Masquerades Don t you know I never want you to go
Don't you cry, don't say goodbye
Well I ll sing you a song, pretend nothing s wrong
I never wanted to make you blue
But serenades & masquerades
Are all that I can I do

Don't you know what's behind the show
Well life s so hard but it's just my facade
But if you ll hold my hand, then you ll understand
I never wanted to make you blue
But serenades & masquerades
Are all that I can I do

But I ll stay true to my heart
One day I ll stop playing the part
And I'll be happy.. happy...
To wave my masquerades bye bye

Missing You Forget about the money
Forget about the points of view
Forget about the hole in your heart
Where the love goes through
I've had enough
I think I've had enough of you today
But when you go
Ah but when you go away
Oh boy am I missing you

You'd think it would be easy
You'd think it'd be a piece of cake
But love is hard to take
When you're counting sheep and staying wide awake
When you're out of sight
You should be out of mind
But when I go on my way
And when I'm far away
Oh boy am I missing you

Missing you
Oh baby I'm missing you
Missing you
Oh baby I'm missing you

I like to be a big man
Like to think I'm happy on my own
But he's just a little boy running
At the ringing of the telephone
You stick around
Sometimes you stick around
And you get in my hair
But you know when you're not there
I'm aware that I'm missing you

Mohamed
Did you try to hide your mind
In another glass of wine
Were you ever so forlorn
That you had to take the bull by the horn

Mohamed s got to go to the mountain
The mountain never gonna be a molehill
Provided he s avoided all the hitches
Then he's up and over

Bigger than the Empire State
So urgent now it just can't wait
Will I ever understand
Will I ever see with head in the sand

Mohamed s got to go to the mountain
The mountain never gonna be a molehill
Provided he s avoided all the hitches
Then he's up and over

Mohamed he might run to the railyard
Mohamed he might run to the seaside
Mohamed he might run to the girl next door
To a foreign shore
But Mohamed s got to go to the mountain

Nothing In Between One day you hate me, you chide and bait me
Then you're the girl of my dreams, I wanna marry you
You give me nothing in between
You give me high give me low
You give me nothing in between

You wanna have me, you wanna hold me
Then you don't want nothing, you just wanna hold me down
You give me nothing in between
You give me high give me low
You give me nothing in between

inst

You make me high, you give me goodbye
Well I'm the toast of the town or I'm the mud in your eye
You give me nothing in between
You give me high give me low
You give me nothing in between

Hey baby, what's going on
You take it easy then you're coming on strong, hey babe
You give me nothing in between
You give me high give me low
You give me nothing in between

inst

One day you hate me, you chide and bait me
Then you're the girl of my dreams, I wanna marry you
You give me nothing in between
You give me high give me low
You give me nothing in between

You give me high give me low
You give me nothing in between

It Just Rains There's a grey street looking at me
I live here with my insolvency
I'm looking round for a higher plane
Cos this sure ain't Heaven
It never pours, it just rains

Nothing goes from bad to worse.. and yet
Nothing lifts my no luck curse
Rent's the highest honour I attain
I never visit the queen
It never pours, it just rains

It just rains

49 catches bus at 7-42
87 walks the dog along the avenue
Mr. Average gonna drive me out of my brain
Got to catch another bus
It never pours, it just rains

It just rains

Water's coming in, so I fix the leak
Well that should hold it for another week
I cast a weary eye around my domain
Well it ain't up to much
It never pours, it just rains

It just rains

No thunder's gonna come along and light up the sky
And no unseasonal drought is gonna make it dry
There's nothing too exciting, no wild hurricane
Just that prevailing wind
It never pours, it just rains

It just rains

I Am Afraid I am afraid of you
And the promises you hold
And to come in from the cold
My dreams have all grown old

I am a lonely man
With pictures on the wall
And dreams lie where they fall
I can't forget them all
I am afraid

I am afraid of loving you
I am afraid of touching you
I am afraid, I am afraid

Cool heart or empty street
I hold out for more
I've been door to door
It's love I'm looking for

But hard luck and compromise
And nights without sleep
And knives that cut deep
My sorry soul I keep
I am afraid

I am afraid of loving you
I am afraid of touching you
I am afraid, I am afraid
10/4/1998
New Trick It's unlike me to lower my drawbridge
It's not like me to feel at home
But I don't need a carrot
Don't need a stick
I'm an old dog
With a new trick

Wouldn't normally come out on your side
Don't normally give up my ground
But I need to know you
So I'm learning quick
I'm an old dog
With a new trick

I never had my mind made up
I never changed my point of view
I haven't commandeered the truth
I'm just turning leaves
My heart believes in you

Don't delve too deep, don't look too close now
You might not like what you might see
But there's nothing there
That I can't fix
I'm an old dog
With some new tricks
13/4/1998
Bring Back My Love to Me I am not alone
I have friends around me
We talk by telephone
But loneliness surrounds me

Bring back those loving arms to me
Bring back that face I cannot see
Bring back the love that sets me free
Bring back my love to me

A thousand miles between
Home and where God finds you
God go where you've been
And speed the miles behind you

Bring back those loving arms to me...

And I look out
On a cold afternoon
I'm looking for comfort
In the dark and the gloom
Oh bring back your love
And bring it back soon
Bring back my love to me

Bring back those loving arms to me...
18/4/1998
Oh Don t Desert Me There's nothing wrong, I'm feeling strong
There's nothing in the wind
To get me down, to cause a frown
To make me cry again
But nothing lasts forever
And I'm feeling insecure
When we're together
You might want to walk right out the door

Oh don't desert me
Why would anyone hurt me
Why would anyone hurt me
When I believe in you
And don't deceive me
Why would anyone leave me
Why would anyone leave me
When I believe in you

No deception, no deceit
I'd see it in your eyes (I think)
Or would I be another fool
Just taken by a lie
Please don't try to take me in
Just come and take me out
No surprises, no disguises
Never any doubt

Oh don't desert me...

I never seen an ideal world
There's not a perfect fit
And nothing's perfect if it doesn't
Hurt a little bit
You might see me at my best
You'll see me at my worst
But if you never let me down
Well that would be a first

Oh don't desert me...
26/4/1998
The Atheist's Hymn Oh Lord in our heaven (Oh Lord who is in our heaven
Lord in our life Oh Lord who is in our little life
Give us a good reason Oh give us a damn good reason
Why we don t think twice Why we won't be thinking twice
Oh give us a focus Oh give us a sharper focus
When we don't know For what we may never ever know
We need not enquire We need not to make enquiries
And it's off to church we go And it's off to church we go)

Belief in thin air (Oh Lord in our heaven
Exempts us from blame Oh Lord in our life
And keeps us from taking Oh give us a good reason
The Lord's name in vain Why we don t have to think twice
And give us a sharper focus
The Lord is our shepherd For what we may never ever know
We follow like sheep We need not make enquiries
We keep our blind faith And it's off to church we go)
By imaginative leap
The Witnesses come
They knock on your door
You say that you're good
They say you need Jesus more

Eternal damnation
Hell s bitter flame
All keep us from taking
The Lord's name in vain

Oh thou shalt not kill
Except in a war
We'll fight in Your name
And we'll learn to love You more
And thou shalt not die
Without a belief
In a man in the sky
Who has given us relief

The burden of sin
The guilt and the shame
All keeps us from taking
The Lord's name in vain
13/5/1998
Maybe I Might Fall Holding the garden gate
Grass looking greener on your side
I tell my heart to wait
Grass looking greener up there
And I can see the daisies
I can see the blue sky

Cold is the month of June
In a dark corner of my heart
I see the flowers that bloom
From a dark corner of me
And I see colours shining
In a bed of roses

And maybe I might fall for that
Maybe I might see the sense in that
I might even choose
To lose my leave alone blues

Gold are the broken rules
Gold is the colour of honey
Gold's the colour of gold for fools
And fools are more clever than I
Do I see a rhinestone
Or do I see a diamond

How do I perceive
The evidence you leave
I've no defence
Against perfect sense
My tears are running dry
15/5/1998
Join The Dance Push back the sofa
Pull back the chair
You know what you could do
And you ain't going nowhere
You only need one reason
And only half of a chance
So come on and join us
Come and join the dance

Get on down now
Get on up
Come and join us
Come and join the dance

I saw you standing
Your back against the wall
You wished to God that we weren't there
And you weren't there at all
But I saw you looking
I saw your worried glance
So why don't you join us
Come and join the dance

Get on down now
Get on up
Come and join us
Come and join the dance

You know what your mama's gonna say for sure
And you know that you'd normally take heed
And even if your daddy's gonna lock you out the door
Sometimes you got to do what soul and body need

Come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us...

Well you think that you're lucky
To have the things that you've got
Well some folks they have it all
And some people have not
But lately you've been thinking
To this there's got to be more
So come on and join us
On the old dance floor

Get on down now
Get on up
Come and join us
Come and join the dance
1/10/1998
Higher Than That Looking at the mountain
You might say that
You remember getting higher than that
And with my arms around you
You might think that
You remember feeling warmer than that

Looking at the fool in me
You might say that
You remember much wiser than I
(wiser than that)
And if you sense the doubt in me
You might say that
You remember feeling surer than that

Feeling surer than this
Much wiser than that



Looking from your point of view
You might say that
You remember seeing clearer than this
(clearer than that)
And with your loves behind you
You might say that
You remember more hopeful than this
(more hopeful than that)

More hopeful than this
Much clearer than that

Who's That Running? Too late for making it pay
Too soon for falling in the fire
I can get in my way
And I can never beat me to the wire

Who's that running
Who's that get in my way
Who's that running
Who's that running past the time of day

What's that coming up straight
Everything is generally side on
It might fall, I can hardly wait
For something to be blaming my demise on

Who's that running
What's that doing coming up straight
Who's that running
Who's that running with no time to wait

Take a step, take a step, take another step
Take a look, take a step back, take a good look
Don't you know when you get to the giddy limit
Give yourself a present of a minute of peace

Countdown going so fast
A ticking worry to the system
Hope & faith & peace sailed past
Waiting for my ship I must have missed them

Who's that running
Running, running for all that they're worth
Who's that running
Who's that taking all my time on earth

Who's that running
Who's that running
Who's that running
Who's that taking all my time on earth
16/5/1999
Don't Stop Loving Me Now Look at me loving
Don't know how
Look at me loving you
And going to ground
Look at me wanting
Wanting more
Waiting for a guiding light
To show the door

But don't stop loving me now
And don't stop saying it right out loud
No don't stop loving me now

Two of us going
Don't know where
Two of us running round
With dreams to share
One of us dreaming
One of us down
Not enough illusions left
To go around

But don't stop loving me now..

And when you heart cries out for more
And when my face is on the floor
And when there's nothing left
That you can love me for
Don't close that door

But don't stop loving me now..

Hole In The Dark I'm always looking for a back door key
There's a way through the front that's eluding me
There's a child in you who's asking me why
There's a man in the mirror who's making me cry

I'm trying not to think about the past
But I'm always looking at your photograph
There's millions of girls showing their wares
But there's only you in the market squares

I'm not religious but I offer a prayer
And I hope that the old man is listening up there
The last time he must have had his radio on
'Cos by the time that he heard me
You were long gone

So I'm looking at the woman with the nylon hair
She gives me warmth and it's cold out there
There's a dance at the party, there's a walk in the park
But there's only your love that makes a hole in the dark

Only your loving arms can take my heart
Only your love makes a hole in the dark yeah
Only your loving arms can take my heart
Only your love makes a hole in the dark yeah
13/12/1983
Do You Love Me Like You Used To Do Do you love me the way you used to love me
Do you want me like you used to do
Do you still feel the same
When I call out your name
Do you love me like you used to do

Do you need me like you used to need me
Do you hold me like you used to do
When you take my hand
Is it just like you planned
Do you love me like you used to do

Chorus
Inst

Many years from now
We'll begin to wonder how
We could have a love so fine and true
Do you love me today
Like you did just yesterday
Do you love me like you used to do

Inst

Are you thinking about me when you're lonely
Does my memory stop you feeling blue
When you're lost in the night
Do I turn on the light
Do you love me like you used to do

Chorus
Inst

(spoken)
Well I hope that you are dreaming of me
Just as much as I have dreams of you
Well I hope and I pray
That you feel the same way
Do you love me like you used to do

Chorus

Inst
Chorus
26/7/1999
Making Those Eyes Not exactly life and soul of the party
No I never had a lot to say
Well I thought there must be someone behind me
When you started looking up my way

Keep making those eyes and tell me no lies
Keep making those eyes at me

I didn't think I'd be happy ever after
I thought it'd maybe last a week or two
I should have known it by the look that you gave me
It was more than a game with you

Keep making those eyes and tell me no lies
Keep making those eyes at me

When you look at me that way
Tells me more than words
More than words can ever say

Well now it's been a long time passing
Since the first time I saw you there
But just one look in your direction
Is enough to show me you still care

Keep making those eyes and tell me no lies
Keep making those eyes at me
23/11/1982
It's Just A Rumour People say that I'm a selfish guy
I'm the whole world to me
I'm the apple of my own eye
Haven't got a trick and I don't have a penny
And if I didn't love you
I wouldn't have any luck at all
Haven't you heard
I'm sure that you've heard
All about me
But it's just a rumour

Well people say that I'm the loner type
That I'll pass you by
Like the shipping in the dark night
Well I haven't got a light and I can't hold a candle
To the loving that you give me
I don't know if I handle you right
Haven't you heard
I'm sure that you've heard
All about me
But it's just a rumour

Spreading rumours all over town
Trying to keep your baby down
Spreading rumours all over town
All over town.... yeah, yeah

People think that I'm a hopeless case
I'm at the wrong time
Or if I'm not I'm in the wrong place
Well I heard someone saying just the other day
That you think you've had enough of me
You're gonna go your own way
I know what I heard
Yes I know what I heard
But please..
It's just a rumour
1/1/1980
Amsterdam There's a red light shining down so bright
But I don't wanna meet with a lady of the night
There's a trail of snow that's ready to go
But I don't wanna buy and I don't wanna know

Cos all the sex and drugs in Amsterdam
Can't give me inspiration like my baby can

Could overcome my pride and hide my shame
I could succumb and I could play that game
Soothe my body and ease my mind
But I could never get what I hope to find

Cos all the sex and drugs in Amsterdam
Can't give me inspiration like my baby can

No good looking for something
To try to be free
I'm just looking at you
And you're looking at me

I'm not hip, I'm not cool
I'm not a sex a drug or a Jesus fool
There's no answer to any prayer
But I know with you I could get somewhere

And all the sex and drugs in Amsterdam
Can't give me inspiration like my baby can
23/6/2000
Indian Country Well it's Indian country
With arrows flying wild and high
It's Indian country
With arrows flying high
But if you bring your wagon round here
I know they'll ride on by

It's quiet
The birds in the trees are making no sound
It's way too quiet
And I can't hear no sound
But I can feel the beat of your drum
Whenever you're around

Living in Indian country
Maybe they'll ride on by

There's a fog surrounding
The hill where I've been making my stand
There's a fog surrounding
The hill I make my stand
But I can go no further without
My lover's guiding hand

Living in Indian country
Maybe they'll ride on by
9/9/2000
Spirit When I look at my life of perpetual motion
Where day is night, grey is white
And love becomes a tentative notion
How can I take it lightly
Feeling cold while the sun shines brightly
Well is this all that s burning still
Is time all that there s left to kill

Oh I will keep my spirit up
I will keep my spirit up

So I pick up the reins and lead my horse to the river
But the mean old mare don t give a care
For water from an indian giver
She s coming to her senses
She doesn t go for the barbed wire fences
And the open plain is just a dream
Oh give me a drink from a mountain stream

Oh I will keep my spirit up
I will keep my spirit up

Mama used to say
I was born with the power to move the mountain
And when the hill comes down to the glen
I ll let you see me smile again

I will keep my spirit up
1/10/1984
Voodoo The garden looked so rosy
I was feeling so wild and free
Now I can never get away
I can hear the dogs after me

Who directed the voodoo?
Who connected the ball and chain?
What became of my finest hour?

The song that I nearly wrote
I was sure that the tune would come
I had all the words then
Now all I can do is hum

Who directed the voodoo?..

I didn't want so much
But I'm holding out for more
I never felt the punch
But I'm halfway to the floor
Must've fallen foul
Of some old Egyptian curse
The tarot looks so bad
And my luck keeps getting worse

Pushing boulders up the hill
Feel like I must take my rest
Trying hard past overkill
Who's to say that I'm past my best?

Who directed the voodoo?..

What became of my finest hour?
18/2/2001
Rocket Ship Turn back, they'll start to notice
How I got my dream in focus
Don't ever let them know
You're ten foot tall
They'll turn it round and spoil the picture
Quote you chapter, verse and scripture
And let you know just why
You got to fall

Don't rock my rocket ship
Don't make it land, don't make it tip
Don't take the words right on my lip
Away..

My teacup has got a storm in
My indicators are always warning
Of heavy weather
Going to come my way
I heard a whisper I felt a flurry
It looks so blue but I just worry
That everything is going to
Fade to grey

Don't rock my rocket ship..

Say maybe I could hold my tears
Say maybe I could have no fears
Say maybe I could find that door
Find maybe what I'm looking for
Say maybe I could win my fight
Say maybe put the world to right
Go places that I've never seen
Say maybe I could make that dream

Don't take my rocket ship away
7/6/2001
Apple Tree Here comes a sweet one
Oh what am I to do?
I take a look at him
He takes a look at me
And we take another bite from the apple tree

Here comes a bold one
I'm shy, he's bold as brass
He takes the bull by the horn
Makes a line like a bee
And takes another bite from the apple tree

Here comes a cool one
Sometimes he's cold as ice
I know he's gonna thaw
He's gonna unfreeze
When he takes another bite from the apple trees

Here comes a sly one
He wants to change my ways
I say he's always right
I never disagree
And then we take another bite from the apple tree

And that forbidden fruit
Don't always taste so sweet
But on that tree
The sourest apple's good enough to eat

From a bullfrog to a shellfish
From a reindeer to a snake
They get when they can
They take it while it's free
They take another bite from the apple tree

And here comes a salmon
He's trying to find his way upstream
He swims against the tide
Just to find a blushing bride
And to take another bite from the apple tree


22/6/2001
Internet Blues I'm running out of megabytes
My memory's kinda low
Got every kind of megaherz
And I can't make my system go
My connection is down
I got the internet blues
My server ain't responding
I got the internet blues

My hyperlink is broken
My data won't encode
Even when I press re-try
Your heart I can't download
It's an operator error
I got the internet blues
The disk doctor can't cure it
I got the internet blues

I just don't get the picture
Jaypeg to DVD
You can multiply my pixels babe
But you can never make me see
Don't give me your old software
I got the internet blues
My ROM and RAM do what they can
But I got the internet blues

My server ain't responding
I got the internet blues
It's an operator error
I got the internet blues
The disk doctor can't cure it
I got the internet blues
21/9/2001
The Show Goes On Children have their dreams
Inside their family cars
Like millionaires and Garbo airs
And long crusades to Mars
But all those days behind me now
Summer never seems so long
But still the show goes on

Now the wind blows cold
Down a Winter avenue
With frozen dreams and might have beens
And loving kept from you
The astronauts are grounded
Fortunes that I never won
But still the show goes on

Build high the barricades
I'm losing lovers one by one
How long this masquerade
Is gonna keep me hanging on
30/3/1986
Amber I wish I could keep this moment for ever
I wish I could hold the hands of time
If I could I would keep it in amber
One precious moment forever in time

I wish I could keep the words that were spoken
I wish I could hold them line for line
If I could I would keep them in amber
One precious moment forever in time

Here I go again wondering how
To catch the rainbow, pinning it down
If I'd known again what I know now
Would I keep my feet on the ground?
1/1/2001
It Could Have Been Me I've been down so many times
That I can't get up
And I been around so many times
I'm like a spinning top
I been to places that you'd never want to go
I met some people that you'd never want to know
So if there's someone on the ground
Don't walk around them
That could have been me

Well I've been called a lot of names
Right to my face
And the way I wear my clothes
I know is such a disgrace
And I messed around with things I know are wrong
I drank some liquor that I know is strong
But if there's someone on the ground
Don't walk around them
Cos it could have been me

Well I've tried, oh how I've tried to do
Oh I've tried to do my best
And I've tried
To be a cut above the rest
But I was way behind before the race began
And when you're losing well you just don't give a damn
So if there's someone on the ground
Don't walk around them
Cos it could have been me

Well I've tried to find some heaven
In every kind of bar
I've battled with the devil
While reaching for my star
Failed to see the signs
That tell you what to know
And I've even burnt my bridges
With no place left to go
But now I've told you all the truth
Well I must admit it seems I'm living proof
That when there's someone on the ground
Well don't you turn your face around
Cos if there's someone on the ground
Don't walk around them
It could have been me
1/6/2001
I Can't Believe I've Sunk To This Cooling off, wearing thin
Chasing shadows of what I have been
Coming up for air
I take a look around
I follow up my daisy chains
Going nowhere and back here again
Now I'm reaching up
For the bottom shelf
The bottom shelf

I can't believe I've sunk to this
Is happiness really that hard to miss
Oh tell me where to go, tell me where it is
I can't believe I've sunk to this
No no no

What am I doing here
No way through and nothing is clear
I'd give away my heart
To the passing trade
But no one asks, no one buys
I pull the wool right over my eyes
I cannot bear to see
I can't believe it's true

I can't believe I've sunk to this..

Hey man, could you cut me some slack
Could you give me the word
Put me on the right track
I'll take a long shot
A million to one
To get something right
Where did I go wrong?

Have I sunk to this?
Tell me where it is
I can't believe I've sunk to this
no no
I can't believe I've sunk to this
no no no
I can't believe I've sunk to this
no no no no
28/11/2001
Lay Down Your Arms I've drunk sour holy wine
Faith hurts, dead on the vine
God is love, God is war
God lies dead on the floor

Lay down your arms
Lift up your hearts
Join hands with the silent majority
Singing hallelujah

Fools stand by their creed
Hearts don't, but soldiers will bleed
God is truth, God is right
God's great for starting a fight

Lay down your arms..

And when the mighty engines cease to roar
Will holy men
Lay down their arms
And fight no more
26/12/2001
Like Foreigners In foreign tongues we learn to speak our mind
In castles high we're cruel to be unkind
We see the words but never learn the lines
That are written in between

Too far out but nowhere left to go
In waters deep but always too shallow
The fire may rage, the hurricane may blow
Then vanish in thin air

Like foreigners we travel far
Through fields of golden chances
And pastures new of what we are
Are filled with second glances

I can't revive the feeling that I've known
Don't recognize the child that I've outgrown
Can't leave the road that maybe leads to home
But never takes me there

Like foreigners..

Passing through, I wish I were
Passing through
Yes we know we're travelling far
But in foreign lands we stay
Where we are

Like foreigners..
10/1/2002
Can't Catch Me I can never feel your pain
I won't make you cosy
But I can put you back upon your feet again
Don't you know

I really love you but you can't catch me
I won't break down but I won't break free
You can do anything that you want to do
And if I really love you well I can't catch you

I don't follow you around
But I would never leave you
I can pick you up when you are feeling down
Don't you know

I really love you but you can't catch me
I won't break down but I won't break free
You can do anything that you want to do
And if I really love you well I can't catch you

There's nothing that you couldn't ask of me
It would be different if it was not free
Love is nothing if it is not voluntary
No you can't catch me

I really love you but you can't catch me
I won't break down but I won't break free
You can do anything that you want to do
And if I really love you well I can't catch you

I'm gonna call your number up
Just to reassure you
How you're gonna overfill my loving cup
Don't you know

I really love you but you can't catch me
I won't break down but I won't break free
You can do anything that you want to do
And if I really love you well I can't catch you

I can never feel your pain
Don't you know
16/1/2002
For All Time And can you tell me why
You want to know me
When I can't tell you where to go
Oh I might take you to my highest mountain
And leave you lying in the snow

And if I walked you
Straight towards the fire
Would you show me where to turn
And would you leave me with my castle standing
And help me watch my bridges burn

Well I know nothing lasts forever
But time is moving by so fast
And I know you can search a lifetime
True love can make you pay
And I might not have the time of day

And when the sun is down
Below the valley
Another mountain yet to climb
And when it's quarter past my darkest hour
Would you still love me for all time
4/5/2002
Eye On The Sky I can keep the world at bay
If I bide my time and I watch what I say
I can make through another day
So I hold on
Yes I hold on

But I've got my eye on the sky

Wait and see, wait and see
That's all you ever say to me
It'll be OK just let it be
So I hold on
Yes I hold on

But I've got my eye on the sky

Oh Lord, feel safe and sound
I've got my world in my pocket
I've got my feet on the ground
But oh Lord, if launch is OK
I've got my eye on the sky
I've got my feet on the runway

I've got my eye on the sky
1/1/1980
Things Can Only Get Worse Puppy dogs and lemonade
No rain on my sweet parade
No clouds in my holiday sky
No regrets and no goodbye
But I know it
Things can only get worse

And even if I'm in love today
Things are gonna get heavy
Rain is forecast, on its way
Things can only get worse
I don't believe in fairy tales
Or happy ever after
Even if I'm in love today
Things can only get worse
..and worse

You ask me will it be alright
In the middle of the night
I say "No, no we're gonna die
Or else we'll split and I'll hate the guy"
I know it
Things can only get worse

Chorus

Love can never be a choice you make
That's all just in your mind
Love is just a lucky break
And when your luck runs out
You leave your happiness behind
24/1/2003
Late In The Day Late in the day
I wandered by the estuary
Looks like the cargo ships
Are sailing on the land
Standing tall, above the sea wall
Sailing to who knows where
Could I remain downhearted
If you were only there

Torn by the wind
The old church offers sanctuary
To black crows scratching at
The consecrated ground
Their friends are gone
Gone to the sun
Flying to God knows where
Could I remain downhearted
If you were only there

It's such a lonely place
And there's just an empty space
You know I would not have a care
If only you were there

repeat V1
23/1/2003
Eye Of The Beholder You want to love me
You say I'm looking good
You think I'm doing
All a poor girl should
Oh how could I argue
How could I disagree
With the eye of the beholder
Looking out for me

I'm just a loser
A soul that's gone astray
And some investigation
Would only give the game away
Well I don't feel so perfect
No I don't feel so fine
But the eye of the beholder
Sees it every time

Sees it every time
The eye of the beholder
The eye of the beholder

Won't pull the wool
Over your eyes
Don't wanna cloud your vision
Or wear a thin disguise
So if you wanna love me
If you love me true
Well the eye of the beholder
Is all I want from you

Cos I'm happy living here
It's warm, it's bright, it's clear
Mine is not to reason why
I'll take what's in your eye

In your eye
The eye of the beholder
The eye of the beholder

You want to love me
You say I'm looking good
You think I'm doing
All a poor girl should
Oh how could I argue
How could I disagree
With the eye of the beholder
Looking out for me

How could I argue
How could I disagree
With the eye of the beholder
Looking out for me
13/2/2003
Sure Turn Blue Well I know that I love you
Love you all the time
You fill my bed with roses
You fill my glass with wine
But sometimes the grass looks greener
On the other side

But if the grass is greener
I know what not to do
Cos if I lost your loving
The grass would sure turn blue

I'm gonna value
Everything I've got
Over-estimation
Is something I can not
Too many times I've seen love
Come and go
But if...

Not gonna count my chickens
I don't know when they'll hatch
I just count my blessings
In love I met my match
There's always a danger when looking
At the lawn next door
But if
26/2/2003
I Don't Know Still fresh are her dreams warming my bed
Her picture is fresh in my head
Can I forget how we laughed and then we cried
And when she left again how we died

I don't know, I don't know
I don't know what to do
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know what to do
With my time

Oh can we find the rhyme to end our song
Can we find a reason to sing
About the longest day where all that's left is time
Can I wait until I see you in the Spring

I don't know...

When I think of all the colours we've painted for ourselves
And the picture that we live fades away
I have no words to say, oh my mind turns grey
With the rainbow's pot of silver out of reach

I don't know...
1/1/1973
I Have Been Amazed Don't know which way to turn
Where to go or what to learn
I know what's going on inside
But I just don't know where I can hide
Cos I have been amazed
Yes I have been amazed

Hitching round from town to town
I feel I've got my head on upside down
I've got so many things to do
But I just want to be near to you
Cos I have been amazed
Yes I have been amazed

No need to talk it over
And now that you're here
You can be my lover
The way is bright and clear

Leave them soon and make them cry
Used to be a favourite game of mine
Now I find I'm out of control
You can take my heart and you can take my soul
Cos I have been amazed
Yes I have been amazed
Yes I...
I have been amazed
1/1/1973
Can You Tell Me Can you tell me why you think I'm fine
When all I do is wrong for you
Can you tell me what is in your mind
Oh don't you know what to find in your soul

Well let's take another look my love
Yes turn around again my love
Open up your mind

Can you tell me who you think I am
If it's all the time you're loving me
Can you tell me if you think we could
Find a way outside the wood to see the trees

Well let's take another look my love
Yes turn around again my love
Open up your mind

Can you tell me why I'm in your bed
When there's someone else in my head all the time
Can you tell me why can't I see your face
Why there's someone in your place all the time

Well let's take another look my love
Yes turn around again my love
Open up your mind
1/1/1973
Let Me Sing You Psalms Your kisses must be filled with cherry brandy
Make me drunk with loving you
You gave away your love like a child gives candy
But now you say you're loving me
You've given everything to me I know

Your eyes like sunrise over the meadow
Turn my darkness into day
I look over my shoulder, you're my shadow
The shade of my shady tree
Growing high up above me you know

You've showed me now hold me in your arms
Let me sing you psalms, let me sing you praises
Let me sing the song, oh baby

Well I used to feel like a Christian with the lions
The pray was easy but my mind was scared
But you brought to me the key for my chains and irons
So now I'm free to find my way
You know it was the only way for me and for you

I'm built on sand, hold my hand, pull me from the shore
I couldn't want for more, won't you open up your door
Let me sing some more, oh baby

Your kisses must be filled with cherry brandy
Make me drunk with loving you
You gave away your love like a child gives candy
But now you say you're loving me
You've given everything to me I know
1/1/1973
Something Wrong All the time that I
Been loving you
All I needed was your good advice
To help me understand which way they load the dice

Well you know all the right words
And you sing the right song
But you know
Yes you know there's still something wrong

Well I keep my eyes closed to you
All the time you're here
Just want to have your sympathy
And a little of your time to keep me company

Well you know all the right words...

Well you're giving me fire with your words of desire
And my mind is growing stronger
But our time is running out, when you find what I'm about
You won't stay much longer
I just need you at the moment
To talk to me
To talk to me
To talk to me

Well you're hanging on to the dream
You thought was me
You never dreamed that it could be you
Who don't know what to say and can't think what to do

Well you know all the right words...
1/1/1973
The Last Girl The dawn found its way
Inside your window pane
And you looked as though you had loved again in vain
As you showed me your smile
That seemed to make it all worthwhile
And wasn't it nice for a short while
Until you went home
Until you went home again

Leaving me now, leaving me now
To go home

Well the winds became your sighs
I thought I'd be alright to cry
Well it's not that easy to say goodbye
Right from when we said hello
I'd fear the day you'd have to go
At least you know it's not all for show
Now you're going home
Now you're going home again

Leaving me now, leaving me now
To go home
Leaving me now, leaving me now
To go home
Leaving me now, leaving me now
To go home

Well I can't find the words to say
I could put them in a different way
But the fact is that I want you and I want you to stay with me
So my picture's coming true
And the last girl I've loved is going too
Just stay a little longer's all I want you to do for me

Now you're going home
Now you're going home
Now you're going home
Now you're going home

1/1/1973
Smile For Me And I say to you
"You're the only one
You are my holy one!"
I pray a prayer to you
And when times get hard
And I'm the lonely one
You see my blues are gone
Ease my troubled mind

Stay with me a while
Smile another smile for me

Having you around
Means more than you can see
You change my world for me
Just staying at my side
And you look so glad
That I'm in love with you
Be sure that I'll be true
All the time you're here

Stay with me a while
Smile another smile for me

Cos living is so easy
With you here by my side
Hold my hand stay with me
Be my guide

And all the time you're here
I wonder will you stay
Or will you go away
Leave me all alone
And all this happiness
Is just too good to last
Must fade into the past
Leaving thoughts of you

So stay with me a while
Smile another smile for me
1/1/1973
You I Love You Hop skip jump and run
What have you done
Ain't life fun?
Hold my head up high
Waving bye bye
To things that made me cry

Coming home again
To you I love you

Daydream, dream by day
Find my way
If I stray
Fill my dreams at night
Hold me tight
Guide me guiding light

Coming home again
To you I love you

I know I'm running blind
But you're the one
You're the one who'll make me see

Feel like a birthday boy
Jumping for joy
Brand new toy
When I'm far away
It's your thoughts that stay
With me night and day

Coming home again
To you I love you

Hop skip jump and run
What have you done
Ain't life fun?
Hold my head up high
Waving bye bye
To things that made me cry

Coming home again
To you I love you

You I love you...
1/1/1973
Harbour Me If my planning should fail
In an escape from the jail
And if it's looking like I won't get free
Would you ever harbour me?

With the sea running high
Just like the tear in my eye
Could I shelter in your calming lea
Would you ever harbour me?

Lost in the raging sea
Take me in, harbour me
Lost in the darkest night
Far from the harbour light

Far away from dry land
At sea with no helping hand
Would you wait alone upon the quay
Would you ever harbour me?

Lost in the raging sea...

Far from land
Lost at sea
I sail into the wind
Won't you harbour me?

If my planning should fail
In an escape from the jail
And if it's looking like I won't get free
Would you ever harbour me?
27/4/2003
Long Way Back Making every twist and feeling every turn
It's a long way back
I think of all the things I learned and all the things I lack
It's a long way back
Through the wind and snow
Through weather high and low
Nothing can divert me
Along the road I go
But as the miles roll by, I know
It's a long way back

Living on a hope and meaning every prayer
It's a long way back
Loving can be blind, love can turn to black
It's a long way back
How was I to know
That I would love you so
Even if it lasts forever
How am I to know
And as the tears roll by, I know
It's a long way back

I think about my school days and all my change of heart
It's a long way back
Forgetting all the plans I made, I just take in the slack
It's a long way back
My weary way I wend
Around another bend
I see the beginning
And I can see the end
And as the years roll by, I know
It's a long way back
7/6/2003
The Fair Moved On Gone are the cars
Gone the red horses
Dark the bright pasture
When the fair moved on
Only the moon
Shines down on the meadow
It's all that remains now
Since the fair moved on

The leaves and the laughter
Both fallen away
How could I believe
The fair would stay?

Bicycle thieves
And carnival barkers
They had to keep roaming
When the fair moved on
Flags on the ground
Balloons in the branches
And only the shadows
When the fair moved on

The cold night of winter
Gives way to the dawn
I still don't believe
The fair moved on

Gone are the cars
Gone the red horses
And only the shadows
When the fair moved on
3/12/2003
A Rock On The Beach I used to think I was someone special
Put on earth for greater things
I used to think that I was a giant
An archangel gonna spread his wings
But now you know I feel like a molecule
Living my life atomically

Just a rock on the beach
Another fish in the sea
Another face in the crowd
And the only thing is...
You love me

I used to think I was quite a dancer
I could glide across the floor
I used to think I was one in a million
A Nureyev or Astaire for sure
But now you know I feel like a mannequin
Fingers and thumbs and two left feet

Just a rock on the beach...

Juvenile dreams will leave you flat
To be a king or a queen you can forget about that
With feet of clay we all turn to dust
Now all that I need is someone to trust

I used to think I could rise above it
Walk right in or walk away
Now I don't know if I'm coming or going
Or what to do or what to say
But now you know I feel like an animal
Living my life instinctively

Just a rock on the beach...
4/12/2003
Open Car I feel the wheels
Touch on the ground
The jets can fall silent
The earth is found
I walk across
In the heat of the day
To the shade of the olive grove
And we drive away

We drive in an open car
We never care where we are
We drive in an open car

The sun in our eyes
The wind in my hair
Travelling, travelling
Into the glare
Don't know where we're going
With the road rushing by
Under the ever blue
Cloudless rain free sky

We drive in an open car...

Will my heart
Stay beating this fast
There's power in the engine
And fuel to last
But will my eyes
Be turning to rain
As the car turns towards
The direction of the plane

We drive in an open car...
6/12/2003
More I Cannot Say Some things are uncertain
Some as clear as day
But I know that I love you
More I cannot say

Two o'clock in the morning
Sleep just slips away
But I know that I love you
More I cannot say

I got my mind made up
I got the heat turned up
I know my feet don't touch the ground
I know my words will fail
An explanation's pale
When I say what I've found

Singing in the wintertime
Summer in the hay
I know that I love you now
More I cannot say
I think about an autumn smile
And spring that came to stay
And I know that I love you
More I cannot say

I got my mind made up
I got the heat turned up
I know my feet don't touch the ground
I know my words will fail
An explanation's pale
When I say what I've found

Some things are uncertain
Some as clear as day
But I know that I love you
More I cannot say

More I cannot say
11/12/2004
Windfall I can t believe what happened today
A little bit of heaven seemed to come my way
It fell from the sky
And I ll never know why
It settled down beside my cool and restless eye

I never thought that I was lucky
And I can t believe it s true
Was it just the sound of a windfall
No it s just I fell in love with you

I can t believe what happened today
A little bit of magic took my breath away
I was caught in a spell
But still I could tell
An unexpected stranger knew my heart so well

(repeat Chorus)

And the sky was cold and heavy
There was nothing I could do
It felt like winter
Then the warm wind blew

Inst

I never thought that I was lucky
And I can t believe it s true
Was it just the sound of a windfall
No it s just I fell in love with you

26/1/2005
Will You Be Mine? Will you be mine
When you re standing in the pouring rain
Will you be mine
When the sun is coming out again
Will you be fair
Will you be fine
Will you be there
Will you be mine

Will you be mine
When the wolf is knocking at my door
Will you be there
And you won t let him in any more
Would you refuse
Would you decline
Will you be there
Will you be mine

And it s all just a question of the thick and thin
In the heat of the summer or the biting wind
In the bed of a beggar or the hall of kings
Will you be there to share these things

Will you be mine come what may
Or will you be walking away
Would you be cruel or
Would you be kind
Will you be there
Will you be mine

And it s all just a matter of the give and take
In the heat of the moment and the cold day break
It s a chance in a million but a chance I ll take
That maybe you ll be there just for my sake

Will you be fair
Will you be fine
Will you be there
Will you be mine
25/1/2005
All In The Need To Know Make it plain if you re feeling the same
And don t ever take to another
Speak your mind and don t be unkind
Don t leave me the truth to uncover

And if you tell me that you love me I ll be happy
It s all in the need to know
And if you tell me that it s all over I will understand
It s all in the need to know

I count the cost of loves that I lost
And feelings I d beg steal or borrow
But drawing near I lend you my ear
And give you the time for tomorrow

And if you tell me that you love me I ll be happy
It s all in the need to know
And if you tell me that you want me I ll be over the moon
It s all in the need to know

Can t decide to laugh or cry
To say hello or kiss goodbye
If there s a way to let it show
There s an elementary need to know

And if you tell me that you love me I ll be happy
It s all in the need to know
And if you tell me that it s all over I will understand
It s all in the need to know
4/3/2005
Living On Light I can t give as much as I get
And I can t find my way yet
I don t need lots of money
I don t need pay
To light a fire
To light my way

Living on light
Living on air
Living on time to stand and stare
Living on hope
Living on dreams
Living on love beyond our means

Life is full of everything
Don t want to sink, don t want to swim
I don t have lots of money
But I ll get by
Know how to breathe
Know how to fly

Living on light...

And in the dead of night
Nothing is black and white
I know what s wrong, what s right
Living on air
Living on love
Living on light
26/5/2005
Nothing s Going Wrong My head is too big
My face is too long
I m fading too fast
My attitude s wrong

Head in the clouds
I m getting by, I m getting by
On a smile and a song
As long as you re there
It doesn t matter, doesn t matter
Cos nothing s right
But nothing s going wrong

I missed it by miles
I missed it by years
Wrong place and wrong time
A fading career

Head in the clouds...

Nothing s going wrong
Nothing s going wrong
Nothing s going wrong
Just as long as I know that you re there
I know that you re strong
And I know that you care

I m diving for pearls
In the public pool
But it s an imperfect world
And I m a perfect fool

Head in the clouds...
16/6/2005
Who Can Be Certain What do you believe and what do you know
Do you understand and will you let go
Who can be certain
Who can ever know it for sure

Take me by the hand and lead me to war
You shout without a doubt and show me the door
Who can be certain
Who can ever know it for sure

I know what you know
And you know I m running blind
I know what you know
And you know I m running blind

Political agenda hiding the truth
Religion high above the burden of proof
The colour may be blue, not black and not white
You have a view, you have a right
Who can be certain
Who can ever know it for sure

I know what you know
And you know I m running blind
I know what you know
And you know I m running blind

Who can be certain
Who can ever know it for sure



3/8/2005
Living By Numbers There s a job
There s a wife
There s the outline of your life
There s a house
There s a car
Just fill in what you are

Living by numbers

There s a red
And a black
And the green stuff that you lack
There s a pink
And a blue
And your line to continue

And when they lay you down to die
Just join the dots and say goodbye

No style
No pride
Without that handy guide
Not a hope
Not a clue
With no numbers there for you

Paint the truth and face the facts
Imagination - paint it black

Living by numbers
Living by numbers

Step back
Take a look
When you ve done it by the book
Just sign
Your name
And make the picture fit the frame

Living by numbers
24/11/2005
Your Heart Says No You might think it but oh
Your heart says no
You might want to stay
But you gotta go
You think you re happy with what you ve got
You think you re living.. but no you re not
You might think it but oh
Your heart says no.

You might think that you know
What to believe
And you don t want to lie
Or self deceive
You might think that it s anyone s guess
Then you change your mind to a definite yes
You might think it but oh
Your heart says no.

There s a little voice in your ear
It tells you loud and clear.

With my rosy glasses
I feel fine
With just a little blurring
Around the bottom line
I analyse, I verify
And with my double vision I get by
I convince myself but oh
My heart says no.

There s a little voice in my ear
Shouting loud and clear.

You might think it but oh, your heart says no
You might want to stay but you gotta go
You think you re happy with what you ve got
You think you re living but no you re not
You might think it but oh
Your heart says no.
6/4/2006
Antidote (revisited) Well I was going to the doctor
To tell the good news
That a babe came along
And blew away my birthday blues
Was going to the doctor
To give out the bad news
That she'd run away to hide
And wasn't giving any clues
And it hurts, it hurts, it hurts so bad
But I know what I need

I don't need no antidote
No doctor s medication
No damage limitation
No prescription for frustration
As far as I can go I'll be pushing out the boat
But even overboard
I don't need no antidote

Well I went to my friend
He said how come you're so tense?..
You're usually indifferent
With lots of common sense
I said I can't eat, I can't sleep
I can't hide
From these tortured hormones inside
And it hurts, it hurts, it hurts so bad
But I know what I need

I don't need no antidote...

I don't need no antidote

Well I went to a preacher
And said I got the faith
I got the hat, the T shirt
But no date
I'm feeling more dead than I am alive
Can you do a resurrection
Cos I'm dying to jive
And it hurts, and it hurts, and it hurts so bad
But I know what I need

I don't need no antidote...

Knife Grinder From Ontario In my mind I see me standing out
In the pictures of a magazine
At the premier I never made
And no one s seen
In the search for missing persons
I question Google where can I be
And the crowd that came
Had the very same name as me

There s a knife grinder from Ontario
A saxophonist from New York
And all my schemes and all my dreams
Come in at 94th

In my world of self importance
My name is top of the list each time
But in cyberspace
I take my place right down the line

There s a knife grinder from Ontario...

If all the people with my name were all laid end to end
They d stretch from London to Landsend
They d all have different lives
With a different kind of compromise

With my DNA restructured
I could make it on the public scene
Instead of looking at
The pieces of a broken dream

There s a knife grinder from Ontario...
24/10/2006
I Will Never A room with a view
Well it s all I have to make a dream come true
And I know I ll make it through the darkest night
Oh I ll get by
I can always get by

Well I know the part
And I m learning how to speak my lines by heart
But my life I m living as a cameo
I ll get by
Oh I can always get by

I will never have a love strong enough
I will never have a life long enough
I will never reach as high as I dream

I m learning how to fly
With a safety net and air too rarefied
And I know although I ll never reach the stratosphere
I ll get by
Oh I can always get by

I will never...

Living day by day
I search the sky
I make amy value judgement
And all that I can say is...
It s not wide enough
It s not high enough
15/11/2006
Don t Don t compromise
The look that s in your eyes
Don t make me wait
Don t leave your love too late
And don t, just don t
Ever make me cry
Don t, just don t
Ever say goodbye


Don t change your mind
Don t leave me far behind
Don t play a part
That don t come from the heart
And don t, just don t
Fool yourself to stay
Don t, just don t
Ever walk away

Chasing after rainbows
As they vanish in thin air
Don t forsake the dreams you follow
In the hours of darkness
Love will take you there
Just follow every moonbeam

Don t lose your head
And find your feet instead
Don t lose control
Of all the things you said
Cos I believe
Every word you say
Don t, just don t
Take your love away
26/8/2007
Now You Tell Me Why am I the last to know
All my friends said told you so
Would you stay or would you just go
Out that door
I never was too sure
I ve had my doubts about it

Now you tell me
That you ve always loved me
Now you tell me
That you always will

You never told me to my face
Hiding feelings is a disgrace
Ain t no love without an embrace
Just a smile
Would make my life worthwhile
I ve had my doubts about it

Now you tell me...

Nothing ever lasts forever
Tell me now or tell me never

Don t wanna fuss don t wanna moan
But it s like squeezing blood right out of a stone
I d never have guessed, I d never have known
How you feel
The love you won t reveal
I ve had my doubts about it

Now you tell me...
15/9/2007
There Are Days There are days
When I will always think of you
It s over now
It s over now
But I m so glad you came

There were times
When I would never have a doubt
But we said goodbye
We said goodbye
But I m so glad you came

On the hill
I put my arms around you
The air was chill
I was so glad I found you

There will always be
A warm place in my heart
It s empty now
It s empty now
But I m so glad you came

There s a time, there s a place
Some moments last forever
Some you can t replace
Returning you will never

There are days...
22/9/2007
Xmas Carol Watching holiday on XTV
Xmas time, xmas tree
Feeling all the years slip by so fast
Xmas ghosts, xmas past
The pushing and shoving xmas stores
Xmas drought, xmas wars

Now I m going to faceless panic buy
Pay the price for a lie
Sending it express by Wells Fargo
Without the love you used to know
Wrapping paper round a hat and glove
And signed from me, with all my love

And when I lay me down to sleep
I swear I hear the big man climb
But now the chimney s far too steep
Now at every Christmas time

Pinning all my hopes on Auld Lang Syne
All my cares far behind
It s only going to be three months till Spring
And twelve months till the same old thing
I remember Christmas snowy white
Now it just rains, it just ain t right

I leave a pie, unlock the door
Pour him out a glass of wine
But the big man never shows no more
Never every Christmas time

I remember Christmas snowy white
Now it just rains, it just ain t right
12/1/2008
London Town Where the lights are bright but the chance is gone
And the streets are wide
But there s nothing coming by
Nothing going on
It s a slow day in London town

There are gales of laughter from TV shows
But the wind of change
Well it never seems to come
Never seems to blow
It s a cold day in London town

Where the tables are turned around
Where the dreams travel underground
Hey where s my four leaf clover now?
In London town

Where the nights are long and the days collide
And the years stretch out
And there s no time left to lose
No time left to bide
It s a long night in London town

Where the hearts and the souls go down
Where your conscience just can t be found
Hey where s my act of mercy now?
In London town
25/5/2008
Ginger Rogers You make me feel like Ginger Rogers
Never thought that I could boogaloo
Feel that I can dance like Ginger Rogers
Just because I m in love with you

You make me feel like I m a dancer
Never thought that this is how it feels
Making all the moves just like a dancer
Like Fred Astaire but backwards in high heels

Hey baby can you do the twist
Can you do the mashed potato
Make me feel like this
Well I know
Do the monkey and the shoogaloo
Well no one ever made me feel the way that you do
Well I know
I know it s right

You make me feel like there s nothing better
When we re together you can set me free
Nothing more right, no there s nothing better
Just because you re in love with me

Hey baby you can set me free
And I can be everything I ever wanted to be
Well I know
Do the monkey and the shoogaloo
Well no one ever made me feel the way that you do
Well I know
I know it s right

You make me feel like Ginger Rogers
And you can dance like Fred Astaire
Feel that I can dance like Ginger Rogers
I feel like I m dancing in thin air

Hey baby I can dance on air
I can do anything I feel good everywhere
Well I know
Do the monkey and the shoogaloo
Well no one ever made me feel the way that you do
Well I know
I know it s right

24/5/2008
I ll Be With You And when all is said and done
And the battle s almost won
I ll be with you
And when you cannot count the cost
And the battle s almost lost
I ll be with you

I ll be with you
Right behind you
Any time and
Anywhere
I ll be watching
I ll be waiting
I ll be with you
I ll be there

And when you feel you just can t win
And when the water s rushing in
I ll be with you
And when no one hears your shout
I ll be there to listen out
I will hear you

I ll be with you...

In the darkness of the night
In the coldness of the light
When there s nothing left to say
When nobody wants to stay
I ll be with you all the way

I ll be with you...
19/6/2008
Some Day Holding out a hand
It s a long time coming
It ll be here some day soon
And as you lie awake
It s a long night passing
But soon it will be dawn

And with all the hope in your heart
You must rely on some day
And with all the days in your life
Some time, some day soon
And with every year that goes by
You re going to get there your way
And with all the dreams in your head
Some time, some day soon

Take it as it comes
But it don t come easy
You say another prayer
It s almost out of reach
But almost there for the taking
It ll be here some day soon

And with all the hope in your heart...
21/6/2008
Glass Half Full I don t have much
Then again I still have plenty
As I take a sip
From a glass half full, half empty

And I m afraid of
The love with which you tempt me
It s in a loving cup
In a glass half full, half empty

We live our lives
In a world of push and pull
And in the ebb and flow
It s a glass half empty
Glass half full

I give thanks for
The blessings heaven sent me
And it s a curse from hell
It s a glass half full, half empty

And when the world
Gets me down, the sun turns grey
It s not an empty glass
But a glass half full
I poured away
14/11/2008
A Rock On The Beach (Boo) I used to think I was someone special
Put on earth for greater things
I used to think that I was a giant
An archangel gonna spread her wings
But now you know I feel like a molecule
Living my life atomically

Just a rock on the beach
Another fish in the sea
Another face in the crowd
And the only thing is...
You love me

I used to think I was quite a dancer
I could glide across the floor
I used to think I was one in a million
Got Ginger Rogers flair for sure
But now you know I feel like a mannequin
Fingers and thumbs and two left feet

Just a rock on the beach...

Juvenile dreams will leave you flat
To be a king or a queen you can forget about that
With feet of clay we all turn to dust
Now all that I need is someone to trust

I used to think I could rise above it
Walk right in or walk away
Now I don't know if I'm coming or going
Or what to do or what to say
But now you know I feel like an animal
Living my life instinctively

Just a rock on the beach...
4/12/2003
Stuff 1 Well I just can t move
It s coming out my ears
Always getting more of that stuff
Well I don t have to try
If it s pleasing to my eye
Everything that glitters is enough
And there s so much static
There s a Rembrandt in the attic
Underneath a pile of my painting stuff
Just get enough
Never see a diamond in the rough
Stuff
I ll never see a diamond in the rough

Er well they ll tell you what s good
They ll tell you what s bad
They ll tell you what ll make you feel fine
With imitation this
And imitation that
And even imitation pearls before swine
And there s gadjets and gizmos
Why you need them who knows
Drowning in a sea of that endless stuff
Just can t get enough
Never see a diamond in the rough
Stuff
Never see a diamond in the rough

24/8/2009
I Will Never Win I missed my train
I missed my own way through
But I will get myself to you
And if I can
Well I will have my way
But all roads lead to you today

I will never win
Without your love that lets me in

And all I want
Is all I want to do
But how I want to be with you
And all I do
Is ever hold the line
But I will talk to you sometime

I will never win
Without your love that lets me in

I come alive
I want to survive
I need your love that lets me in

And if I could
Well I would stand my ground
But I d be never homeward bound
And when I find
My dreams have taken flight
(I know that) I will never win a fight

I will never win
Without your love that lets me in

I will never win
I will never win
Without your love that lets me in
I would not have anything
Would not know where to begin


I will never win
Without your love that lets me in
11/10/2009
The River Runs Deep You re weary and restless
There s trouble in your eyes
And in the sound of the silence
Are words you can t disguise
You re scared of the future
There s a chill around the past
And fear keeps you frozen
But only love can warm your heart

So I ll take you down where the river runs deep
Hold my hand, don t let go
I ll be there when the going gets steep
I ll take you where the river runs deep
The river runs deep

You re tired of the city
The trouble and the strife
It s not what you asked for
You want a different life
But nothing is sacred
There s nothing set in stone
And we can turn on a heartbeat
We can make this life our own

So I ll take you down...

High on the hill
Down to the sea
The river runs long enough
And strong enough
To bring you back to me

So I ll take you down where the river runs deep
Hold my hand, don t let go
I ll be there when the going gets steep
I ll take you where the river runs deep
The river runs deep
8/12/2009
The Loneliest Man In The Western World Well he said it s the morning pain
Coming back again
But it s two in the afternoon...
And he thinks its the time of year
That makes him feel this fear
But the sun is out
The rain has stopped
And summer s drawing near

It s getting harder every day
To think that nothing s wrong
His patience dies, his dreams decay
But all of the time... life goes on

In the doom of the setting sun
With night time sure to come
He just wants someone to care
He imagines that she s near
He will never shed a tear
And he tells her all
He meant to say
And stares into his beer

It doesn t matter what he says
He s sorry for what he s done
She s turned her back, she s gone away
But all of the time... life goes on

High days and holidays
Are going out of style
Nothing makes him feel too good
No one makes him smile
Cos it s too soon for the reaper
And it s too late to belong
He s the loneliest man in the western world
But life goes on... and on

He s the loneliest man in the western world
But life goes on...
14/1/2010
Come And Let Me Take Your Hand How can you tell where life is leading
Come and let me take your hand
And pale is the flower where love lies bleeding
Flooded castles in the sand
And if all the powers in the world agree
The future still you could not forsee
It s down to you and it s up to me
Come and let me take your hand

Straight is the path that keeps you sober
Waiting for a love so fine
While I m chasing dreams the whole world over
A vanishing horizon line
I can t stay the pace in a one horse race
To keep my heart and my hope in place
No guarantee and no time to waste
Come and let me take your hand

On and on I m going nowhere
I see no promised land
Over mountains over oceans
Take me by the hand

And if all the powers in the world agree
The future still you could not forsee
It s down to you and it s up to me
Come and let me take your hand

Let me take you by the hand
25/4/2010
The Prophet s Warning We know the writing s on the wall
We watch the pagan cities fall
Intimidation for the lord
It s the power of the sword
It s the prophet s warning

Here comes the fire, here comes the flood
We eat the flesh we drink the blood
We lay our bodies down
We stand our holy ground
It s the prophet s warning

I wash my dirty linen in holy water
In the name of the father
In the name of the son
It s not in my name
That this has to be done

We plant the bomb we sow the seed
We spread the gospel according to me
We don t turn the other cheek
We ll just intimidate the meek

It s the prophet s warning

Same Old Blues I woke up this morning
With these words running round in my head
I tried to write a song
But I m gonna have to sing the blues instead
If I didn t sing the blues, I d have nothing to croon
I got new words, same tune

I m gonna take a verse
And repeat the same old line
I m gonna take a verse
And repeat the same old line
Constant repetition gonna make you swoon
I got new words, same tune

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I got a song about a monkey
Messing around with me
I wanna tell you about that monkey
How he chased me up a big old tree
I m gonna sing a song
About that big baboon
I got new words, same tune

And there s a song about my baby
Lying across my big brass bed
On the night that I was married
I was happy as a newly wed
But now life with my wife
Ain t no honeymoon
I got these brand new words
But the same old tune

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Well I can only sing the blues
As poorly as a white boy can
When I got something to say
There s a tune that always comes to hand
If I got no melody and no notes to choose
I ll use the same old tune
And sing the same old blues

I got the same old blues
Words are running round in my head
Don t wanna deceive you
And I don t want you to be misled
Without that old 12 bar, I d have nothing to croon
I d have brand new words but no damn tune
So you ll have to excuse
I ll sing the same old blues instead

I Do Not Believe You tell me not to worry
You tell me not to go overboard
You tell me you ve got nothing up your sleeve
Don t know why I don t know
Don t know why I do not believe

You tell me that I m lucky.. but I do not believe
Got no need to worry.. but I do not believe

Turning every corner
Walking every long lonely street
I can see there s nothing in my way
But you will not convince me
There s nothing you can say

You tell me things are moving.. but I do not believe
Nothing s going to stop me.. but I do not believe

I have got so much to learn
But I can t take a lesson from a liar
I don t watch my bridges burn
I don t want to jump into the fire

So much for straight talking
So much for that 4 letter word
So much for the power to convince
I do not believe
Anything I ve heard

You tell me that you love me.. but I do not believe
You will never leave me.. but I do not believe
You can t do without me.. but I do not believe
You say that I can trust you.. but I do not believe
I do not believe

Making It Work Nothing is for granted or a matter of fact
Look into my eyes with a deep devotion
Know where you are and know where you re at, for me girl
(making it work)
I m looking in the mirror and I m looking inside
Looking all around for some real emotion
Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, from you girl
(making it work)

Don t you know I m making it work
Whatever I have to do
Don t you know I m making it work
Making it work with you

Two steps forward and one step back
As long as we are heading in the same direction
Give what you have and know what you lack, it s true girl
(making it work)
Feeling so bad then feeling so fine
Then back on the track with a course correction
I will be yours and you will be mine, it s true girl
(making it work)

Don t you know I m making it work

Don t really matter who I think I am
Or who you really think you are
Don t want to stop just half way down the track
And be never coming back... to you

Well it s all in the mind, it s all in the head
And it s all in the palm of the hand you re holding
Take it from me, you can take it as read, it s true girl
(making it work)
You can be wrong and you can be right
But you got to be there when the truth s unfolding
Every day and every night, it s true girl
(making it work)

Don t you know I m making it work


Stuff 2 It doesn t matter what you do
Anything it s up to you
Don t have to be a genius to succeed
Masterpieces swept away
Taste don t get the time of day
Don t you know that all you need is stuff

Oh well there s millions selling records
And millions selling books
Half a dozen for the price of one
And there s 12 shopping channels
And thick cops with cameras
Giving you the TV you don t want
And there s rolling news
With 27 views
Anyone s a star, you just strut your stuff
I can never get enough
Never see a diamond in the rough
Stuff
I ll never see a diamond in the rough

Stuff
Never get enough
Never see a diamond in the rough
Stuff
Never get enough
Never see a diamond in the rough

Any Month Of Any Year I will love you in the month of Jan
Give you all the loving I can
Hold you close, holding your hand
I will love you in the month of Feb
Take my word, take it as read
Take me home, take me to bed
I will love you when the March winds blow
Rain or shine, come weather come snow
I will love you in the April showers
Got so lucky to have a love like ours

I will love you any time of year
The seasons come and go
I will love you any month of any year
I love you so

I will love you in the month of May
Now the sun is coming to stay
All my fears are falling away
I will love you in the month of June
And I can smell a sweet perfume
I can see your loving in bloom
I will love you in the hot July
When the sun is high in the sky
I will love you in the dry August
Our dreams will never crumble to dust

I will love you in September fall
I give my love, I give it you all
I ll be there whenever you call
I will love you in October night
Trick or treat or Halloween fright
I ll be there shining a light
I will love you in November chill
I will be there loving you still
I will love you in December
Gold and frankincense and myrrh
Are not enough to show that I care

Any month of any year... I love you so

Back Door Key Don t go looking for a back door key
Looking for an answer
Looking for a loophole
Take a look in the vicinity
It s right in front of you
Don t go looking for an open door
Looking down the back streets
Looking in the window
Do you know what you are looking for
Is right before your eyes

I got everything I wanted
I got everything I need
Every little thing I ask for
That should be enough for me

Chorus

No one ever can be certain
Nothing s ever guaranteed
Everybody wanting more more more
But this should be enough for me

Chorus

If you take everything for granted
Undervalue what god gave to you
And don t appreciate your finest hour
You might mistake it
Might just forsake it
You might just underrate
Your dream come true

Moonlight Optimist And the money comes in
And the money goes nowhere
And he closes his eyes
As days go rumbling by
And he sings and he plays
And he strums on an old guitar
And he keeps in the dark
And finds his way by the stars

Wo-oh he s just a moonlight optimist
He never sees things in the light of day
He doesn t see it, doesn t know just what he s missed
He never loses cos he never has to pay

He s a law to himself
He s a crime in the first degree
He doesn t follow the rules
He just hopes no one will see
With a hole in his soul
He s still feeling like a millionaire
Cos by the light of the moon
He thinks there s someone who cares

Chorus

He doesn t see too clearly
This he can t afford
The light is shining dimly
But it s something he can head towards

So he s not playing a tune
He s just trying to find the chords
And in the still of the night
He thinks he s hearing applause

Swimming Song
This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath, I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around

This summer I swam in the ocean
And I swam in a swimming pool
Salt my wound, chlorined my eyes
I m a self destructive fool

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This summer I did the backstroke
And you know that that s not all
I did the breaststroke, the butterfly
And the old Australian crawl

This summer I swam in a public place
And a resevoir to boot
At the latter I was informal
At the former I wore my suit
I wore my swimming suit

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This I did the swan dives
And jack knives for you all
And once when you weren t looking
I did a cannon ball

This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath, I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around
>>Moved my arms around

This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath, I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around
Moved my arms around


Stranger To Myself Well I wake up in the ashtray
Like a worn out comedian
Like a faded chameleon
Trying to hide before a sunrise
So I offer supplication
In a bombed out cathedral
Deliver me from evil
Well I can find no consolation

Chorus

But if you could see me now
You d have a different tale to tell
Well if you could see me now
You d not say you know me

Well I dust myself off slowly
Trying to find my sense of humour
Well later or sooner
Got to find some resolution
And I ask the burning question
Trying to find a real solution
But my circumlocution
Gives me words that always fail me

Chorus

Middle
You can t say you know me well
Oh never say you know me well
You can t say you know me well
When I m a stranger to myself

Rain rain go away
Don t want to put up my umbrella
Don t want to trust the fortune teller
Don t wanna know if god is with me
Well I wish I could escape the problem
Like a real life Houdini
Rub my kettle for a genie
Gonna fly me to Nirvana

Chorus

Me & Angie I woke up Christmas morning
1965
My ma gave me a record
That made me come alive
I never knew what you could do
I never heard such sweet guitar

It left me and Angie walking along the road
All on our own
Running away
Riding from home
Strolling down the highway

I played all day and night
To find what I could do
Never could be perfect
Could never play like you
But I could go my own sweet way
It didn t matter I was sweet 14
It got me and Angie...

Sometimes I wonder
What would I have become
If I had done my studying
Like an ideal mother s son
Now I m sitting here with my old guitar
And there is nowhere I would rather be
It s still me and Angie...

The Last To Know If love should die
And hearts run cold
And years roll by
And love grow old
Oh will your smile be just for show
And will I be the last to know

Day by day
And night by night
Will you slip away
Will you lose the fight
Oh will you be the first to go
And will I be the last to know

In a perfect world
On a perfect day
We both feel the same
Never walk away...

And you just can t choose
tween thick and thin
Will patience lose
Will sorrow win
Will dreams die in the afterglow
And will I be the last to know

In a perfect world
On a perfect day
We both feel the same
Never walk away
But if you should hide a lonely heart
Do I stand in line
Or do I stand apart

If love should die
And hearts run cold
And years roll by
And love grow old
Oh will your smile be just for show
And will I be the last to know
19/11/2011
Silly You & Silly Me He made the nightingale begin to sing
At Christmas time he made the sleigh bells ding a ling
My mister everything made all my dreams come true
Maybe you ll give me a clue why

You unlocked my heart and lost the key
Then you locked up your own
Left me alone
Silly you and silly me

The autumn leaves fall from the tree
My tears fall the same
Like September rain
Silly you and silly me

Just begun to realise
We re just a pair of silly things
Find the straight and narrow
My heart it took your arrow
Cupid must have spread his wings

Angel, fly to my side and set me free
Oh why can t you see
How happy we d be
Silly you and silly me

Was our love just another page
What did you intend
Was it fiction or fact
Part of the act
How will our story end

Will I end up just sad and blue
Am I part of your show
I just want to know
Silly me and silly you
Silly me and silly you

On My Side Cool as I am
My heart is blown asunder
And empty as I feel I am
My cup is running over
And in the night when we lie down
I can confide
And it s all I need to know
You re on my side

Weak as I am
My head is getting stronger
And starving as I feel I am
You take away my hunger
And when the light grows dim I know
I can survive
It s all I need to know
You re on my side

The whole world s fighting one another
There s always brother fighting brother
And when there s trouble in the neighbourhood
Take my side, well I know you would

Time after time
Well I know where I can turn to
I may not know how to love
But maybe I will learn to
And when my time runs out I know
I will have tried
It s all I need to know
You re on my side

Fun Before We Die There s some work to do
And a lot to say
And I m hoping you
Can change my way
Getting so tired of feeling sad
Having the whole world drive me mad
I know that there must be good times to be had

Can you make me shine
On a cloudy day
Can you make it fine
When skies turn grey
Can you make my grey sky blue
Helping me feel the sun come through
Can you fill my life with better things to do

Can you get my horse to run
I m thinking of having fun
Can you get my ship to come
Sailing into the sun
Can you get my kite to fly
Give me a reason why
You and I, can t have... some fun before we die

Can you keep me warm
When I m feeling cold
Can you keep me young at heart
When I m growing old
Can you let my heart take wing
Making me want to dance and sing
Can you make my winter turn into a spring

Can you get my horse to run...

Open up the stable door
Guide my ship into the shore
Give me a reason why
We can t have fun before we die

Can you get my horse to run
Can you get my ship to come
Can you get my kite to fly
Why can t you and I have some fun before we die

It s Only Me Hey now take a look in my eyes
Do you see there s anything to cause surprise
It s only me
Hey now take a look at my mind
Do you think there s any way I d be unkind
It s only me

I m not the devil or the deep blue sea
And life is never going to be Q.E.D.
What will ever make you hear my plea
It s only me... it s only me

They don t care, and no one sees
Who needs enemies with friends like these
It s only me
Good lord, will you ever have faith
Is there any good reason you should feel unsafe
It s only me

I m not the devil or the deep blue sea
And life is never going to be Q.E.D.
What will ever make you hear my plea
It s only me... it s only me

The Skerryvore Light The Skerryvore light casts a beam on the waves
With never a thought for the lives that it saves
Magical beauty
So hard to explore
It s 12 miles away from the shore

It was built in a time when the men had no doubt
Brains had the vision and brawn had the clout
But the reef ran them ragged
The rain it did pour
They were 12 miles away from the shore

Each stone was hewn on the Isle of Tiree
Then rowed through the storms and the treacherous sea
The bravest of men oh the tales they could tell
Building a tower to heaven from hell

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Alone in the darkness the mariners wives
Waiting for word as the men risked their lives
The wind blew a rumour
They longed to hear more
They were 12 miles away from the shore

Each stone was hewn on the Isle of Tiree
Then rowed through the storms and the treacherous sea
The bravest of men oh the tales they could tell
Building a tower to heaven from hell

The Skerryvore light casts a beam on the tide
Lighting a candle for those who have died
Silent and strong
As the waves crash and roar
12 miles away from the shore

Shelter From The Pouring Rain Feeling heavy weather
On a dreary afternoon
A depression from the north
Is coming down this way too soon
I see the black clouds
Hear the thunder
You hold umbrella for the cloud I m under

You give me shelter
From the pouring rain
You give me heat
In the cold wind and the hurricane

You know that I just
Wanna keep my powder dry
Keep the wolf from the door
And keep the water from my eye
But I m hearing that gale force warning
The barometric pressure s falling

You give me shelter
From the pouring rain...

Heavens pour and four winds blow
But you keep me safe and warm
And I know just where to go
To find shelter from the storm

And there s a sinking low pressure
That is falling way too fast
There s some inclement weather
That is guaranteed to last
I can feel that approaching storm
You got a warm wind, blow me home

You give me shelter
From the pouring rain...
7/3/2013
Almost Right There s a hand to hold
There s a kiss goodnight
But there s a space between us both
That never comes to light

There s some common ground
There s a fragile shell
And sometimes I can let you in
Into my prison cell
And it s all I can do
It s all I can give to you

And it s almost right
And it s almost fair
And it s almost fine
And it s nearly there

There s a disconnect
From a party line
But there s some trust and there s a bond
Between your love and mine
We re like ships in the night
That never sail out of sight

And it s almost right...

All through my life
I ve needed someone to believe in
And when I hold your hand
I almost think I can

And it s all I can do
It s all I can give to you

And it s almost right...
6/3/2013
Two Left Feet Two left feet
Feeling incomplete
Trying to walk a straight line
Down the middle of the street
Two left hands
Busy making plans
Waiting for dexterity
To cope with life s demands

I am just the way I am
I am who I m meant to be
And I know that there is
Nothing more to say
I ve got my genes, my looks
My ups, my downs, my DNA

Two left feet...

I can t make a purse of silk
No use crying bout spilled milk
Searching high and low
And always wanting more
But I don t know where to look
I don t know what I m searching for

Two left feet...

How could I be
Someone that you d care for
I don t understand
The whys and wherefores

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You might learn the awful truth
You might criticize my style
Can t do anything
But I do the best I can
It s just how it is
It s how we are, it s the way I am

Two left feet...
10/4/2013
Who Will Tie Perilous journey
Travelling far
No insulation
No family car
No one to tell me
Just where we are...

Who will tie my old shoe lace
And wipe the tear upon my face
And who will wrap their arms around
And pick my toys up off the ground

No direction
Too many paths
Too many questions
No one to ask
No one to ask
If we re nearly there...

Who will tie...

Love s not so kind
Love s not so blind
Who can fill up
This heart of mine

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Cold as the winter
And silent as night
Looking for comfort
And looking for light
Light in the window
But no one at home...

Who will tie...
9/5/2013
My Darling One As years roll by
And love grows old
Will hearts stay true
Will dreams unfold
When all is said and life is done
Will you still be my darling one

Day by day
And night by night
When our eyes grow dim
Will you bring me light
And in the setting of the sun
Will you still be my darling one

When the thrill is gone
When the flesh is weak
Will your heart stay strong
Never miss a beat

And you just can t choose
Between thick and thin
Will patience lose
Will sorrow win
Or will your loving overcome
Will you still be my darling one

Will our love stay true
Will your heart be mine
Will you still be there
At the end of time
When the thrill is gone
When the flesh is weak
Will your heart stay strong
Never miss a beat

As years roll by
And love grows old
Will hearts stay true
Will dreams unfold
When all is said and life is done
Will you still be my darling one
5/11/2013
We Go Round Edict from the government
A straight path to steer
So much transparency
Is not becoming clear
Take it with a grain of salt
Leave the hook and line
There s never anyone at fault
The blind just lead the blind
We go round
The long way round

Voices on the radio
Pictures on the tube
Selling us a prototype
Lifestyle attitude
Pictures of the young and thin
Insurance for the old
Like everybody else
Do just as you re told
We go round
The long way round

We go round
When they want to tell you black is white
We go round
When they want to show you wrong is right

Too many altar boys
Not enough faith
Too many gods for sale
In the market place
Some things will never change
Some things you can t fight
Some choose a battleground
But some will choose the light
We go round
The long way round
20/11/2013
Facebook Friend I was born screaming to the human race
I ve spent my whole existence trying to get some space
I didn t fill my life with children round my knees
Just want to be alone, do anything I please
You may think that I m a case book study
But I don t want to be your facebook buddy

I don t wanna make a thousand friends
Just one around the corner would suit my ends
I don t want to hear you twitter all the time
With what you had for breakfast playing on my mind
You may think that I m an old fuddy duddy
But I don t want to be your facebook buddy

Isn t it a crime, isn t it a sin
Don t want to be connected, I don t want to fit in
I don t want to hear, I never want to know
There s too much static running round in my soul

I could offer you a vicarious thrill
Telling you about my malaria pills
I could take a picture of my cat
Then upload his cuteness on a mat
Well I don t know just what you ve heard
But I don t want to be a facebook nerd

You think you ve got a life, you think you ve got a choice
You think you ve got opinions, you think you ve got a voice
They steal your information until they ve got it all
Well thank you Mr Zuckerberg, he s got you by the balls!

Don t want to know you re on a plane to Peru
Or in a supermarket standing in the damn queue
You may be a rich man, beggar man, king
But I am just a hermit, and I want to do my own thing
There s only one message that I want to send
I don t want to be your facebook friend

1/12/2013
Always Have, Always Will I ve always let my head run wild
Always have, always will
I ve always felt like a wandering child
Always have, always will
I thought that life meant forever more
And I had endless time to fill
And I ve always felt that you re nearby
Always have, always will

When I was small you held my hand
On a bus ride to the promised land
Father and daughter, mother and son
Waiting for the bus to come
Frozen in time, these years of mine
You leave a space where the time stands still
But I ve always felt that you re nearby
Always have, always will

Another verse, another song
It s just my way to get along
With hope in my heart and love in my veins...
I head towards the last refrain...
With memories past, with dreams built to last
I know that you are with me still
And I ll always feel that you re nearby
Always have...
31/1/2014
A Mandolin For Victor Coyle A mandolin carved out of wood in 1912
Was placed upon a shelf
A present found, the boy they d spoil
His name was Victor Coyle
It was the day he came of age
His hopes, his dreams, his eyes upon the stage

Victor Coyle left Kansas for New York to play
To make his music pay
Where a dime a dozen mandoleers
Were scratching out careers
So Victor took what job he could
A postal clerk, his dreams in strings and wood

Victor Coyle loved to sing
He would play his mandolin
After work, a day of toil
A mandolin for Victor Coyle

Victor Coyle got married and he settled down
In a quiet part of town
Two daughters and a loving wife
Became his only life
After work, sat on the front porch swing
He d serenade them with his mandolin

Victor Coyle loved to sing...

At 85 old Victor died, no money saved
No headstone for his grave
The ancient mandolin was sold
At 100 years old
The Gibson found its way to me
And Victor s song his only legacy

Victor Coyle loved to sing
He would play his mandolin
After work, a day of toil
A mandolin for Victor Coyle
6/5/2014
Hold Me In Your Arms (She Said) He said it loud and clear
He whispered softly in my ear
The words I always want to hear
Hold me in your arms my dear

I want to hold you tight
I want you each and every night
Then everything will be alright
So hold me till the morning light

I can t help it
I love you night and day
I can t help it
When love gets in the way
She say

1/1/1976
Any Minute Of The Day And it s two in the morning
And it s three in the middle of the afternoon
And it s six in the evening
Any minute of the day oh I ll be loving you

Don t try, to understand my expression
Don t cry, I m not here to keep you guessing
Asking why, let me lay it on the table
How do you ever think that I don t need you any more?

And it s two...

Don t stall, when we re supposed to be together
Don t fall, keep it going hell for leather
Take it all, doesn t matter where we re going
I will be around when the devil s at your door

And it s two...

Don t sleep on any doorstep
Worry bound and wind swept
Take the weight off your mind
See what you can find behind an open door

Well it s two in the morning
And I ve been up all night
And it s three in the afternoon
And I don t want to fight

Come on, there s no way you should be going
Be strong, there s no sure fire way of knowing
We belong, yeah we belong together
Cos any time at all I ll be right here loving you

And it s two in the morning
And it s three in the middle of the afternoon
And it s six in the evening
Any minute of the day oh I ll be loving you
In the morning
Any minute of the day oh I ll be loving you
In the evening
Any minute of the day oh I ll be loving you


13/8/2014
I Know, I Know I gave my life for all mankind
And love for all to see
And then they wrote the holy book
And learned to disagree
About who is right and who is wrong
And fighting to be free
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know it s down to me

On the shores of Galilee
The days were peaceful then
And in the hills of Palestine
The desert was my friend
But bloody wars with holy cause
Have brought the might of men
I know, I know, I know, I know
I must begin again

I am the way, the truth, the life
My word is everywhere
As I survey the battleground
I say another prayer

No one wants a widow s mite
Houses built on sand
And lives are built on hate and war
In my unholy land
How can believers still believe
That this is what I planned
I know, I know, I know, I know
They ll never understand
19/8/2014
Back To Default Wanna be a pilot
Wanna drive a train
Fly to the moon
And fly back again
Whatever the reason is
I always call a halt (halt!)
Whatever happens
I just get set back to default

Too many pipe dreams
Gone up in smoke
Too many wild forays
Have just become a joke
But no one s laughing here
There s only one result (mmm)
Whatever happens
I just get set back to default

Inst

I take the strain
I pull in the slack
2 steps forward
Then 2 steps back
Looking for loving
Looking for fun
Just when I think I m getting somewhere
I go right back
To square one
(default position)

When I was a baby
On my mother s knee
The world was my oyster
And life my cup of tea
But nothing tastes so good any more
I need some pepper and salt (spice it up)
Whatever happens
I just get set back to default (mmm)
Whatever happens
I just get set back to default (mmm)
Whatever happens
I just get set back to default (mmm)
16/9/2014
Any Minute Of The Day (stage) And it s two in the morning...

Don t try, to understand my expression
Don t cry, I m not here to keep you guessing
Asking why, let me lay it on the table
How d you ever think that I don t need you any more

And it s two in the morning...

Don t stall, when we re supposed to be together
Don t fall, keep it going hell for leather
Take it all, doesn t matter where we re going
I will be around when the devil s at your door

And it s two in the morning...

Don t sleep on any doorstep
Worry bound and wind swept
Take the weight off your mind
See what you can find behind an open door

Well it s two in the morning
And I ve been up all night
And it s three in the afternoon
And I don t want to fight

Come on, there s no way you should be going
Be strong, there s no sure fire way of knowing
We belong, yeah we belong together
Cos any time at all I ll be right here loving you

And it s two in the morning...


13/8/2014
God Save Olive Cooke As she clutches her poppy to her chest
She thinks of the day her love was laid to rest
She remembers the time
You never let your country down

Long ago, the departure of a train
His hand in the distance, her eyes filled up with pain
She remembers the time
You never let your country down

Now many years have come and gone
But she still wears her ring
The nights are dark the days are long
And loneliness they bring
God save Mary Walsh
But first God save the King
Because you never let your country down

Mary thinks of the days as once they were
What she did for her country not what her country did for her
She remembers the time
You never let your country down

At the going down of the sun
At the setting of life for everyone
A duty called, a duty done
She prays on bended knee

You never let your country down
9/11/2014
Home Again At the dawning of another day
Of shoulders cold and faces grey
Of city streets, and schemes of men
I wished that I was home again

So I drove for hours through the night
Arriving as the morning light
Left shadows on the distant glen
I knew that I was home again

So I ll walk the ground where my father stood
There s a feeling deep that is in my blood
There s a distant land that I call my own
Calling me homeward, calling home

As birds migrate across the sky
I have to go, I have to fly
And as I reached my journey s end
I knew that I was home again

So I ll walk the ground...

The photographs of times gone by
The memories that never die
As voices echo from the past
I knew that I was home at last


7/12/2014
Reasons For The Rhymes Your sunny face, it makes me
Want to keep a pen in my guitar case
Oh, your sunny face

I run my race, I would not
Have had the strength to stay the pace
Without your love and your spoken grace

I find the reasons for the rhymes
You take the treason from my crimes
And the seasons pass the time
For me to learn

To love again so quickly
Though loving has just dried up my song pen
oh, to love again

I remember when she left me
She hurt but I know you couldn t dirty on me
Remember then

CHORUS

It s time to learn... inst

And it wasn t long till I knew
That you were right and I saw all I did do wrong
It wasn t long

Now I m feeling strong, I wonder
If they know it s the other kind of lurv song
A singalong

I find the reasons for the rhymes...

It s time to learn
1/1/1973
Reasons For The Rhymes (mk2) Your sunny face, it makes me
Want to keep a pen in my guitar case
Oh, your sunny face
I run my race, I would not
Have had the strength to stay the pace
Without your love and your warm embrace

I find the reasons for the rhymes
You take the treason from my crimes
And the seasons pass the time
To live and learn

To love again so quickly
I know how my heart was broken way back when
To love again
I remember then, she hurt me
She left, but you d never do the dirty on me
We are meant to be

I find the reasons for the rhymes...

On and on
My heart stays on my sleeve
From song to song I find a rhyme
And a reason to believe

It s not the same old story
And I know that I have to believe in you
And your loving s true

I find the reasons for the rhymes
You take the treason from my crimes
And the seasons pass the time
To live and learn
You live and learn
6/3/2015
In A Lover s Eyes Can you see
Can you get by
When you look me straight
In the eye
Do you feel
Just the same
Do you feel the heat
Of the flame

Like the love in a mother s eyes
No fake no lies
In a lover s eyes

Do you know
What s going on
Do you believe
You belong
Can you tell
If it s for real
Can you be sure
How I feel

Like the love in a mother s eyes..

And it s only a matter of waiting
For the wound to heal
It s just a matter of time

It s only a matter of waiting
No fake... no lies
It s only a matter of waiting
No fake... no lies
It s only a matter of waiting
No fake... no lies

In a lover s eyes
No fake... no lies
In a lover s eyes
30/9/2015
Refugee Behind a closed door, the world we ignore
We lay our dining table for dinner
With food on the shelves, we point to ourselves
We want to look good, we want to grow thinner
And out on the hillside the refugees shiver
The border is closed and god won t deliver
God save the souls we sell down the river
God won t deliver

It s cold on the street, we turn up the heat
We will be warm whatever the weather
A dose of the blues on the 10 o clock news
Will not spoil our day, our dreams are forever
But out on the ocean the refugees swimming
The waves show no mercy for children and women
With crocodile tears we feel our eyes brimming
For children and women

The homes of the safe
The lands of the free
We have no room
For the poor refugee
Behind the tall fence
Adrift on the ocean
We have no room
For a human emotion

inst

And down by the fences, the refugees running
Trying to survive on their wits and their cunning
Waiting for help, but no help is coming
No help is coming
15/10/2015
Rock City Rock city, show me your heart of stone
Rock city I believe I don t have a home
Came looking for your love
Don t have the heart to leave you alone
Now I got my rock city way
And I got my rock city hideaway

Rock city, well now I got my ties
Rock city won t give me more than alibis
I hold things all together
You just hold me down, oh why

Rock City looks pretty
Looks pretty bad to me
Let me down slow and easy in...

Rock city, feel like a frightened child
Rock city just waits for you to give up your style
And I can count among my friends
The man on the radio dial
In rock city
Rock city running wild
1/1/1980
I Don t Know Why I wait for you
The day runs slowly
I know that you'll be home soon
I feel unsure
I feel unworthy
What can I mean to you

I don't know why
You love me so
Why I'm the one
That you can believe in
I don't know why
I don't know why

On a wing and a prayer
I get what I paid for
I thought that I paid my dues
I hold out my hand
I need reassuring
I've got the home free blues

I don't know why

There's a little bit of mystery
That's never misunderstood
There's a little bit of loving in your eyes
Makes me feel so good
Ahh...

Don't understand
The way you feel
The touch of your hand
The depth of emotion
I don't know why
I don't know why
8/3/2016
Three wishes and a valentine I went over to your house
I stood way down the street
I tried to see through your window
I was hoping by chance we might meet
Just give me the word
I d be right with you
I d come running over
With my love to give you
But three wishes and a valentine
Is as close as I get to that girl of mine

I go and look in the mirror
I wonder what s wrong with me
Why can t I tell you I love you
And just how much you mean to me
I look up your number
I try to face it
I pick up the phone
Then I replace it
Three wishes and a valentine
Is as close as I get to that girl of mine

You must have noticed
Something s going on
By the way I keep hanging round your door
Just give me a clue
If something s getting through to you

Got to stop this hesitation
Not gonna have a change of heart
Got to change the situation
But I don t know what to do
I don t know where to start
But one of these days
I m gonna take my chances
I ll show that girl
Just what romance is
But three wishes and a valentine
Is as close as I get to that girl of mine
16/7/1983
That s All That There Is A house in the country
A car in the drive
What shall we do
With the rest of our lives
Oh I m not into money
Or finding new schemes
I m just into loving
That s all that there is

If we ever escape
From this city of cars
And we find ourselves living
Wherever we are
When it s four in the morning
Alone with our dreams
I m still just into loving
That s all that there is

Oh that s all that there is
It s all that there is
I m just into loving
That s all that there is

If we just have a roof
Over our heads
With enough to get by
To keep clothed and fed
A space in between us
That never grows cold
I m just into loving
That s all that I know

Oh that s all that I know
It s all that I know
I m still just into loving
That s all that I know

rpt v1
26/4/2016
Never Say Goodbye When I think of pastures new
Whatever I may say or do
I m fooling no one
When I pretend that love is gone
I find it hard to act my age
When the demon leaves the cage
When I pretend that I don t care
And I leave you standing there
Well I could never say goodbye

When the truth is in my heart
But like a fool I play a part
Of the one who doesn t mind
If we leave this all behind
With the words stuck in my mouth
They re afraid of coming out
I don t wanna give in
Don t know how to begin
But I could never say goodbye

You can part a fool and his loving
If you just give him something to live for
It s hard enough to care
It s hard enough to share
It s hard to make it fly
But I could never say goodbye
| should say I m sorry
But I could never say goodbye

When I think of pastures new
Whatever I may say or do
I m fooling no one
When I pretend that love is gone
Well I could never say goodbye
4/7/2016
We re All Here Together We are all here together
At the evening of the day
We have left our work behind us
Now it s time for us to play
So let s sing a song of gladness
And be thankful for the way
We are all here together... today

There is joy and there is laughter
There is sorrow, there are tears
Some are happy ever after
Some are silent in their fears
But we ll put all this behind us
And be thankful for the way
We are all here together... today

No one knows what comes tomorrow
Or the joys that it may bring
There s no rhyme, there s no reason
But tonight we can sing

We are all here together...

There are friends we ve left behind us
There are loved ones gone too soon
There s no rhyme, there s no reason
But tonight, here in this room

We are all here together...

My Own Sweet Way Life is a loaded question
Until they fire the gun
I heard the starting pistol
So I began to run
Don t know where I might be heading
But I ll get there in my own time
I go my own sweet way

There s a loudmouth
Tells me which way I can go
Tells me what to believe
And tells me what I should know
Well thanks for the information
But I m making up my own mind
I ll go my own sweet way

Sweeter than candy
Sweeter than wine
Sweet the mistakes that are mine all mine
I may be right
And I may be wrong
I m trying to find a place where I belong

inst

Don t lay down the rules
Don t tell me the score
Helpful advice you can leave at the door
I m only asking
That you leave me alone
I just need something I can call my own

You go your way
And I ll go mine
I don t want you to worry
Because I feel just fine
I may not know what I m doing
But I do it in my own style
I go my own sweet way
21/1/2017
All The King s Men Clouds of sorrow, tears of rain
The weather closing in again
That s what I could do without
Cold shoulder, heart of stone
The trumpet that I've always blown
That s what I could do without
That s what I could do without

And all of the king s men
Could not mend me again
If I should find me falling

Blind faith, a losing streak
Never finding what I seek
That s what I could do without
I lick my wounds, I count the costs
After one more battle lost
That s what I could do without
That s what I could do without

And all of the king s men
Could not mend me again
If I should find me falling

But some things I could never do without
Some things I could never ever do without
Like the sunshine in your smile
And your love that makes it all worthwhile
Some things I could never do without

I could never do without
Some things I could never ever do without

And all of the king s men
Could not mend me again
If I should find me falling... falling
Some things I could never do without
8/5/2017
All In The Past It's all in the past
Won't be coming around again

The ghosts are blind
But I see Mum and Dad in my mind
Standing by the shore
But they don't see me any more

Family
In the pictures of the sun and the sea
All fading away
And no one can hear what I say

I miss them still
As I climb my own way over the hill
I couldn't even climb the stair
Unless I knew that they were there
As long as I knew they were there

Savage time
Is playing around with my mind
I was only ten
Now I'm older than my father was then
Won't be coming round again
11/7/2017
Fallen Angel I never wanted a career in the Navy
I didn't want to join a marching band
No ifs, no buts no maybe
I never wanted someone else's plan
I don't need some hidden agenda
Won't jump the hurdles that you set for me
Don't need a priest or a moral defender
To lay down the rules how I'm supposed to be

So why ve I got to feel like a fallen angel
Lost and on my way to somewhere else
I know this road
So why ve I got to feel like a fallen angel
I can find my own way home

In the distance there s a lost horizon
If only I could find it here
A destination I could keep my eyes on
I only need a star to steer by
I'm always hearing I should count my blessings
Appreciate just where I am
It's no crime but I feel like confessing
I can only do the best I can

I don't need nobody
To cram me in a box
I will only lift the lid up
Or I will just pick the locks
I don't need Houdini
To lend me a helping hand
And I just need an Einstein brain
To help me understand

Why ve I got to feel like a fallen angel
13/8/2017
The Light In Your Eyes
High above the water s edge
Standing on the window ledge
In the darkness I am falling down

But I can see
By the light in your eyes
I feel
By the touch of your soul
I know
From the love in your heart
And through the darkness I can go

Shadows on the subway wall
Gather round me when I fall
Moving blindly, sinking slowly down

But I can see

Hold me close as the planet turns
Coming round to the morning
All the stars in the moonlit sky
Are not so bright
As the light in your eye

In the darkness I am falling down
But I can see...
20/10/2017
I Wrote This Song I remember the songs that I wrote as a kid
There was so much emotion in everything I did
But now I m so damn wise
I ve got to think it over
I m dreaming it up, I m working it out
But in the end I don t know what I m singing about
Got to find some inspiration before I m older

I m gonna write this fucking song if it kills me
I m gonna write some fucking words I really mean
Gonna find a tune that s strong
Wait for words to come along
Then I can say I wrote this song

No notes on the stave, no words on the page
I start to give in to songwriter s song rage
Cos there s nothing there
There s nothing coming through to please me
And then the telephone rings with a marketing call
Well there s something I should buy I never needed at all
Now concentration s down the pan
Can t even think of a word that rhymes

I m gonna write this fucking song if it kills me

It s no use looking in the mirror (for reflections)
It s no use talking on the phone (for bright suggestions)
So I m looking in the cupboard in the kitchen of my mind
But the cupboard s bare, and nobody s at home

I m gonna write a lovely song if it kills me
I m gonna write some beautiful words I really mean
Gonna find a tune that s strong
Wait for words to come along
Then I can say I wrote this song
Then I can say I wrote this song
All I m saying is I wrote this fucking song!
5/1/2018
Great Pleasure Well there are people and people
And there are some who you want to know
They might be strangers in a heatwave
Or they ll be friends in the wind and snow
So I give it a try
I look a human in the eye
But interospection is making me shy
I want to just go but I want you to know
That people matter to me

It gives me great pleasure to be here
Wuh ho nice to know you
Wuh ho nice to know
It gives me great pleasure to be here
Wuh ho nice to know you

Well there s a reason for living
And I can sometimes understand
It keeps me clean in the coal mine
Or makes me dirty when I wash my hands
Well there s a way to behave
From the cradle to the grave
I want to be good and I want to be brave
Whatever I lack, I ll find the right track
Cos people matter to me

It gives me great pleasure to be here....

Well it s nice to know I can meet you at a rendezvous
It s nice to know that people gonna talk to you
Well taciturn, reticent, that is just my natural way
I keep it well hidden but there is something I would like to say

It gives me great pleasure to be here

Ladies and gents I d like to say a few words
On behalf of all the introverts I m sure you ve never heard
There s a knot around my handkerchief, a hand upon my heart
There s a piece of information I been trying to impart
13/12/1983
Noah and the Animals Look at our world with its trouble and strife
All in all it s such a nuclear life
What can have come to divide me and you
Since the day of the animals two by two

If I don t love you and if you don t love me
Well Noah and the animals they should have stayed at sea

Red fights blue and black fights white
The orange and the green with an armalite
Blowing our trumpets licking our wounds
Everybody ready for the day of doom

If I don t love you...

inst

The shipbuilder could have felt no warning
On the deck with the red sky dawning
If he d known about his sons and daughters
He d have dropped the olive branch in the waters

inst

Rich man poor man beggar man king
Each man wondering why his grass ain t green
Iron curtain across the sky
I can t see the difference in you and I

If I don t love you...
5/10/1984
Gunga Din Well the sun was hot as the men fell in
And the captain said to me
Well no fusilier should be showing his fear
In a hostile territory
And the chaplain prayed for our Christian parade
Knelt on a bended knee-oh
Remember Gunga Din, remember Gunga Din
When death comes a knocking for me-oh

We were two hundred and seventy men
And the foe were a thousand strong
So we took our aim as the infidel came
But we know that we won t last long
For they came from the East
And they came from the West
As far as eye could see-oh
Remember Gunga Din, remember Gunga Din
When death comes a knocking for me-oh

I remember Gunga Din
As the bullets start to fly
I remember Gunga Din
You re a better man than I

As we stood back to back for the eighth attack
With three rounds left per man
Well the heathen foe was a-turning to go
And we could not understand
Till a bugle trill from a far distant hill
Brought in the cavalry-oh
Remember Gunga Din, remember Gunga Din
When death comes a knocking for me-oh

The Graylands I was there, in a tunnel in my dream
I arose, the light was drawing me
Oh no, leaving life behind
Seek and ye shall find
Looking for you, waiting for me
Looking for you, waiting for me

I was there, in the graylands of my dream
They were there, they did not look at me
Oh no, standing on a hill
Crying in the dark
Out on the sand, there was no sound
Out on the sand there was no sound

inst

I was there, on the outer rim of life
I hung on, to let go was to die
Oh no, trusting in the world
Flying in the dark
Looking for you, waiting for me
Looking for you, waiting for me

It Just Rains 2 There's a grey street looking at me
I live here with my insolvency
I'm looking round for a higher plane
Cos this sure ain't Heaven
It never pours, it just rains

Nothing goes from bad to worse.. and yet
Nothing lifts my no luck curse
Rent's the highest honour I attain
I never visit the queen
It never pours, it just rains

It just rains

49 catches bus at 7-42
87 walks the dog along the avenue
105 can organize a cure for your brain
Got to catch another bus
It never pours, it just rains

It just rains

No thunder's gonna come along and light up the sky
And no unseasonal drought is gonna make it dry
There's nothing too exciting, no wild hurricane
Just that prevailing wind
It never pours, it just rains

It just rains

We ve Got To Keep Laughing All my jokes
You ve heard a million times before
And I can t think
Of any new ones any more

We ve got to keep laughing
Until the bitter end
We got to keep smiling through
Don t let the dark descend

It takes more than a pep talk
To get you out of the hole
It s how you choose to lead your life
A manifesto for the soul

Chorus

Don t let the party end
Don t make the blues your friend
Oh no please don t let the dark descend
Sometimes you need to cry
But let your tears run dry
Summon up the twinkling of an eye
You can always kiss your blues goodbye

But you don t need me to tell you that
It s what you already know
But I need you to accompany me
Along this long and lonely road

We ve got to keep laughing
Until the bitter end
We got to keep smiling through
Don t let the dark descend

You can always kiss your blues goodbye

Permanent Blue Well I used to think ink was rarely bought
Like salt and pepper and sets of dice
Now my diary is full of permanent blue
The manufacturer s made back his price

Cos all that I do
Is permanent blue

Well the bottles are empty, the ink and the beer
The brewer and the printer s done well today
Maybe that s why you left, they paid you a fee
On contractual basis for leaving me

Cos all that I do
Is permanent blue

The world is full of broken hearts
Breaking and mending
The world is full of broken hearts
And unhappy endings
Permanent blue, permanent blue
Is all that I do

Well I fell for the scheme of an American dream
I gave my heart to a young boy in Rome
No matter the place, no matter the face
There s only one thing that I can call my own
You see you re building me up
You re pulling me down
You re making me laugh
And then you re making me frown
There s a smile on my face
A tear in my eye
You say hello
But then you say bye bye

Cos all that I do
Is permanent blue



It Doesn t Bother Me At All Maybe I m the lucky one
I fell in love but I didn t want perfection
Maybe you re the unlucky one
Because nothing that you do
Will ever alter that affection

Well you can take my heart
Tear my world apart
It doesn t bother me at all
And you can read my mind
Put me back in line
It doesn t bother me at all

Don t think I m the lonely one
I know a guy who would welcome a reaction
Darlin you re the only one
Nothing that you do will ever alter that attraction

Well you can take my heart...

I thought I made it clear in my letter
A little reading between the lines
Would leave no doubt
I wouldn t have to spell it out

It doesn t bother me at all
It doesn t bother me at all
Well no, it doesn t bother me at all... oh no

Well you can take my heart
Tear my world apart
It doesn t bother me at all
And you can read my mind
Put me back in line
It doesn t bother me at all

It doesn t bother me at all...

No matter what you do
No matter what you say
It doesn t bother me at all

Castaway Thought I saw a distant light
Thought there was some land in sight
I landed on the rocks one night
And a wave broke over me
Big sea running high
Left me sitting high and dry
Tall ships just pass me by
On an island lost at sea

Castaway, castaway
And I m silent on my island
From dawn to dark each day
Castaway, castaway
And it s a bracing wind I m facing
Just took my breath away

Waiting for the seventh wave
I contemplate the fate God gave
Trying to find a way to save
My footprints in the sand
Maybe I could leave a mark
Find a way to make a spark
Light a fire in the dark
For any help at hand

Castaway, castaway...
2/6/1982
John Mudd Maybe it s my horoscope
Maybe it s in my DNA
I m trying to find a reason
Why nothing seems to go my way
There s no one I can pin it on
There s nobody I can blame
Don t you know just who I am
Oh don t you know my name
My name is mud... John Mudd

Some people find their way through life
Easy as ABC
Everything falls into place
Satisfaction guarantee
Got some aces in my hand
But I m never gonna win the game
Don t you know just who I am
Oh don t you know my name
My name is mud... John Mudd

What s the use of worrying
Nothing s gonna give me hope
Slipping and a-sliding
As I find my way down the slope

Been hoping for a miracle
I ve offered up a prayer to you know who
Cos if anything went right for me
There s nothing that I couldn t do
But I m bailing out a sinking ship
I m trying to hold back the flood
It s written in my horoscope
Its running in my blood
Don t you know just who I am
Oh don t you know my name... is mud
John Mudd

You Give Me Love Who needs that lock on the door
When you leave the windows open
Who needs that foot on the floor
When you re flying in midair

You give me love
You give me all I need
You give me all I want
You give me all I need

And when there is love in the air
And your heart's as big as an ocean
You know I haven t a care
I leave my troubles out at sea

You give me love

There was a time when I would close the door
I would not ask, I would not receive
But now I find I could not ask for more
Now I belong and I believe

inst

You took my book off the shelf
And then you watched my pages open
Then just one look for yourself
Could tell you all you need to know

I ll give you love
I ll give you all you need
I ll give you all you want
I ll give you all you need

Easy Ladder There s some light in the darkness
And there s some warmth in the sky
An easy ladder, oh I
Oh I will take you there
And there s a depth where you re sinking
And it s a fathom too low
An easy ladder, oh I
Oh I will take you there

Can you hear me, can you hear me
Come on up, come on up, come on up, come on up
Oh I will take you there
It s an easy ladder to climb

There s no gold where are you re searching
And no way out of the mine
An easy ladder, oh I
Oh I will take you there
It s getting harder to hear you
And no one else hears your cry
An easy ladder, oh I
Oh I will take you there

Can you hear me, can you hear me
Come on up, come on up, come on up, come on up
Oh I will take you there
It s an easy ladder to climb

There s a mountain before you
Without a foothold to climb
An easy ladder, oh I
Oh I will take you there
And letting go you are falling
Into a chasm so wide
An easy ladder, oh I
Oh I will take you there

Can you hear me, can you hear me
Come on up, come on up, come on up, come on up
Oh I will take you there
It s an easy ladder to climb

Time The days are getting shorter
The nights are drawing in
How can this be winter time
When yesterday was spring
I see it in the mirror
I see it in your face
All the days we ve left behind
We never can replace

Time stands still
And time goes rushing by
Time waits for no man
Goes in the twinkle of an eye
Time can be a healer
But it weighs heavy when you re blue
And I would like to spend my time with you

I know that I ve been searching
For the things I ll never find
You didn t seem to care about
The mess I left behind
So now I ll count my blessings
Now I see the light
And thank you for the time you ve spent
Just being by my side

When time stood still
And time went rushing by
Waited for no man
Went in the twinkle of an eye
Time was a healer
But it weighed heavy when I was blue
But I would like to spend my time with you

And all these hours and all these days
Keep me from running running away
And all these months and all these years
Keep this story coming coming

All The Way To Liberty I have no chains enslaving me
But still I need your helping hand

I will go with you
I will go free
All the way to liberty

Sometimes a burden weighs me down
And you can take the weight off me

I will go with you
I will go free
All the way to liberty

Don t matter where we are
Or the road that we might take
I don t care which way we go
It s the journey that we make

And if our shadows leave no trace
I ve had the sun shine down on me

I will go with you
I will go free
All the way to liberty

Van Gogh Legacy He was a man with no name
Just some brushes and paint
With no head for the world
He was no priest nor a saint
And he had too much emotion
Friends would come and go
Well he didn t much care
What he left behind
But on every creation
He carefully signed
He would believe in himself
While the whole world passed him by

But now Vincent s making the grade
As I take my place in the ego parade
Now I m living my Van Gogh fantasy
So when I die don t bury my songs with me

He had a straight back chair
And a lonely bed
In an empty room
With no rest for his head
He only wanted some love
He needed a friend to come home to
So he wandered alone
In the fields with a gun
With so much disillusion
The crows and the sun
He never would have believed that
We'd ever know his name

If he could see his name
On the gallery wall
In the 21st-century
Up there with them all
He d not believe his eyes
He never had a hope
Because the sunflowers now
They re protected by guards
His name s on the T-shirts
The mugs and the cards
He wouldn t recognise
The world he left behind

Don't bury my songs too deep
Don t put all my dreams to sleep
Don't bury my Van Gogh legacy