Camera Obscura

You bruise like a cherry my darling girl Words can mean nothing to some in this world I want you to know I thought about you last night I cried Play indie rock if that’s what you want Quote Mike Leigh films it will turn them all on I heard you were...

Sure to be a loner, I hear you're not the loving kind Come on darling, I've something in mind You're too good looking I'm always gonna put up a fight Give in baby, be mine tonight You talk about Lee but your words are untrue Saying that Nancy's got noth...

No sense no style I said I loved you for a little while When you cried no High speed became go slow Come back this time Wishful thinking is going to make you mine Push turns to shove I got no more room for love I hope you hear me I can’t sta...

You can compliment me on the style of my hair Give me marks out of ten for the clothes I wear You probably thought I had more upstairs I disappoint you, I can see through your perfect smile He likes to read books written for girls Prides himself on...

Come back Margaret he wants to adore you Come back Margaret I’d like to explore you Can’t you see the tears in my eyes With love for him I disguise I like the free days with no expectations I like it my way with no limitation Still you see there are tears in...

Silver Birch against a Swedish sky The singer in the band made me want to cry We’re all inside our own heads now We are leaving new friends We are leaving this town I wish you could be here with me I would show you off like a trophy The road it winds, it twist...

Call my number 26 and three-quarters Turn down the lights now Let's do it again You were insatiable I was more than capable And you fought in my corner Would you do it again? You, you, you're walking around Can you see tears on this clown? I said o...

Fed up of girls in pretty dresses With boys who want to teach them a lesson Sick of the sight of my old lover Went under sheets and covers to get away from him I can’t see what he once meant to me I think it’s time I put him out of my mind So I took a glimps...

Close comes the winter Summer is no longer And things, they seem much bleaker We'll see a Catherine Deneuve double feature And our lives will fade as in darkness we will bathe And our lives will fade as in darkness we will bathe Double feature, you wil...

You know it really wont surprise me If you're a wreck by the age of fourteen The way you look The way you look is fine So often colour coordinated your sister she's an Eighties fan But that's alright Have I told you so is mine You say your life will...

I give you an eagle and Cause you're trippin like a quember But like I queen don't know when I'll be slain Now, I'm a fifth in line to the throne How am I gonna tell my king That I don't trust his throne, anymore If you want me to leave, then I'll go I...

Buy me an advent calendar It seems the thought of days without you make me sadder Don’t visit me now you make me want to do myself in I’ll see yousometime but I won’t see you soon I know something’s about you I won’t spill the beans There’s a spoo...

Spent a week in a dusty library Waiting for some words to jump at me We met by a trick of fate French navy, my sailor mate We met by the moon on a silvery lake You came my way Said, "I want you to stay." You and your dietary restriction Said you loved me wit...

I've been hanging round Everywhere you go in town Watching you forget me I want to see you crack I'm going to get you back Put your hands up baby You're talking to me like I'm in your debt You don't remember things I can't forget Now you don't look...

Did the ironing in a cowboy hat Felt as fresh as the paint in this new flat I will never tell you what to do Have ambition simply to see things through Did you know I could be a lot of fun I'm aware that friendship can die young As the glow from the str...

A half full moon in Mexico City I think of you When I saw the Southern Cross I wished you had too I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew But it's as warm as saxophone and honey in the sun for you I've been spending half the year in a plane going up and...

Took a trip on a houseboat It was fun, you and me I know you're really in love with him Are you up to your knees? Oh I'm always in decline Always changing my lines Always changing my mind To be a friend is fine I won't go sinking this houseboat It's...

I'd like to have company during thunderstorms I'd like you to fall for me but it would soon turn lousy and wrong I meant what I said, all I want is to be one of the best Been getting some extra help from a special band Oh yeah they've been helping us out...

I can’t believe that I’m writing this down I can’t believe I’ve got you in a song I don’t want to be a whining girl I’d rather not be in your world I stole a magazine from a Laundromat The posters in the bag they were breaking my back All I wanted wa...

Of a‚ the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the west For there the bonnie Lassie lives The Lassie I love best There's wild-woods grow, and rivers row And mony a hill between But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi‚ my Jean! I see her in the...

I can see that you are leading her on I think I know what you are I can see that you are leading her on I know what you are You can’t see that you’re just the same as all the stupid people you hate I’m not saying I’m free from blame because I need all the fri...

Tell me where it all went wrong Maybe I can make it better Tell me where it all went wrong Don’t you know that you really upset her When you act like a man who is cross with every woman he’s never had If it’s true looks could kill and you will be the first to...

Does it make you happy to ignore me on streets? I guess by now you think I'm weak I wish you could have said something before now I wouldn't share a bag of chips with you In my opinion you don't have a clue I'm being cruel I'm being cruel I don't want t...

We went out dancing it was time we had fun We didn’t leave ‘til three I know we’re not the only one’s When we got outside the snow had started to fall I made a ball I threw it at Gavin because he’s tall Now we have this snow up to our knees A Walkin...

You're young with the time to afford yourself a few fashion mistakes You were way out of line when you told that boy of your mission Make or break a few hearts He's the one who keeps busy and he runs with all the bands Little does he know they think o...

Hurry up, baby, 'cause we're going somewhere tonight One glass of wine and you're mine and you know i just might... You know i just might You know i just might Well the room goes boom to the sound of temptations and more Twisting and turning that girl's...

I don't believe in anything so you may as well forget about me It's time you took it upon yourself to go join the other team Forget about me Anyway, I got myself some bowling shoes an' they are all that I can see With all my might I scored a strike My fr...

Let’s get out of this country I’ll admit I am bored with me I drowned my sorrows and slept around When not in body at least in mind We’ll find a cathedral city You can convince me I am pretty We’ll pick berries and recline Let’s hit the road dear friend of mi...

Little donkey, little donkey On the dusty road Got to keep on plodding onward With your precious load Been a long time little donkey Through the winter's night Don't give up now little donkey Bethlehem's in sight Ring out those bells tonight Bethlehe...

He said “I’ll protect you like you are the crown jewels” yet Said he’s feeling sorrier for me the more I behave badly I can bet Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken 'Cause I can’t see further than my own nose at this moment Jealousy is more than a word now...

For the Lunar sea see the river moon And you got it Match the finest words to the greatest tune And you bought it See me cross in style Walk the longest mile in a minute Where do drifters go? Wonder if they know there’s no limit At the rainbows...

You kissed me on the forehead Now this kiss is giving me a concussion We were love at first sight Now it's crush It's crushing Now choose two stops through the city though I'm lost easily I took to the desert but my heart just whines and deceive me N...

New year's resolution - to write something of value New year's resolution - to write something would be fine All I ever wanted was someone to rely on All I ever wanted was somewhere to call home You offer a friendship I can not reciprocate So don't beg me...

Took a walk in the park for a laugh we drank sparkling wine Oh yes it was dark trees could not be identified The girl you were with did she have you on your knees I shut my mouth my ears I don’t want to hear you please Now you’re skipping school going...

You saved for a bass guitar You knew you'd made a mistake when you first saw Marr With your pen and notebook you've blown me away It's the smallest words we cannot say Your favourite colour is that of red wine Which brings me around to your favourite pa...

Rose, I’m feeling older I was as lucky as a four-leaved clover I tried to be happy it wasn’t easy When I choose my colour it will be Razzle Dazzle Rose Rose, I’m feeling older Courage my love it makes me bolder Expecting softness can lead to foolishness When...

Girl with a thick skin made you shine like a new pin Why smother urges, which belong under dresses? Do you wish that you could only start again, learn to live and be pedestrian? If all your wishes in the world come true you'd be as good as new What c...

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My head's been lying dormant like a sleepy little mouse What I have inside me it's enough to fill a house Don't get maudlin on me cause I'm not fit for it I'd make you another offer will it do the trick All my days inactive will be justified Awaken from...

Shedding tears for affairs I'm a funny little thing I can tell you this for nothing Affairs don't win Can you handle one more dirty secret one more dirty night? Is it true what they say? Will it make us go blind? You had to drive Look me in the eye Whisper d...

For your birthday she sent you a card She didn’t sign her name she gave an autograph Now she’s trying to call your bluff Is she your true love? We knew the boy who went from Mod to Ted She asked matter of fact had he gone off his head He was uncomplainin...

I once had a love but soon had enough He was a false contender He got so thin there must have been deep sorrow gnawing away at him What will I do Will it always be you I hope and I pray he’ll leave me one day We were so sweet under the Copper Beach You left...

He’s got the sun on his back Where there are freckles I would die for Is he a family man? If I had the chance I would show him all I am I like the sound of his voice I did my very best to impress him Always my first choice And I’m not ashamed to admit...

I'm going on a date tonight To try to fall out of love with you I know, I know, this is a crime But I don't know what else to do My love, you're in a magazine My love, you're doing fine, you're on tv You work hard and then you run away From chicago to...

It's late, we turn the TV off It's old, makes the sound of a salt-shaker You want to build fires on hot days Feel the coolness of my gaze I'm a troublemaker Three years in and I call to crush what remains of this love On a cold morning of you arriving...

You’re such a beautiful writer that’s not all you are I’m sorry about making a pass It was subtle but I think that you grasped The meaning intended I can be a friend to you I won’t pretend I’m not interested in breaking a heart It’s not love no...

If you were a season, you would be in bloom I wish I had good reason to see you soon No need to convince me that you were a catch I bought my ticket and so at last Who was it that said that love conquers all? Oh he was a fool cause it doesn't add up Sho...

My friend she told me such a story but she didn’t know what I knew I laughed with my friend when she got to the end I knew we were laughing at you She told me that you made some money and you got yourself frames on the wall People come by and they loo...