Nick Lowe

I want to build a jumbo ark A stretch 747 And with the grace of God I will win my place in heaven Mr. Boeing can you hear me now? Way up there in Seattle You better sit your big self down 'Cause I'm about to make your phone line rattle Get busy with your pep...

As I walk through This wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity. I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? And each time I feel like this inside, There's one thing I wanna know: What's so funny 'bout peace...

I'm on got a 12 step program To quit you babe I'm on got a 12 step program To quit you baby I'm tired of wining and pacing the floor I ain't gonna do it no more On a 12 step program to quit you babe Step one, I'm gonna tear your picture down Step two, I'm gon...

One single grain of sand Just broke the camel's back One final fleck of down Was enough to make it crack It didn't hardly weigh a thing But it might have been a ton For the animal's all in Too much damage has been done So I'm giving you my notice And it work...

Once I was a soldier L rode on a big white horse Silver pistols at my side Carryin' the flags of war And I Iost track of the men who fell In the canon's roar L never got over bein' a soldier Once I was a tax man Collectin' dollars and dimes L heard the rich ma...

In my life Ive done things Im not proud of And too often watched my dreams turn to sand But it looks like I might have turned a corner You make me want to be a better man Theres no new leaves left for me to turn over Im in a prison built by my own hand...

[Chorus] All Men, All Men are liars their words ain't worth no more than worn out tires. Hey Girls, bring rusty pliers to pull this tooth, All men are liars and that's the truth. Do you remember Rick Astley? He had a big fat hit that was ghastly. He said I'...

L made an American squirm And it feel so right On the screen was the musical war Deep deep into the night Yes I was spreading In the wonderful world Everything was fine Tried to mete in hot of the state Deep deep into the night It goes on and on and on It goe...

(Sha, la, la, la...) It's not the way you look that touched my heart. It's not the way you kissed me, baby, that tears me apart. Many, many nights I tried. I sit alone at home and I cried over you. What can I do? I can't help myself, cause baby, it's you. You...

The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bonds Restless by day And by night, rants and rages at the stars God help, the beast in me The beast in me Has had to learn to live with pain And how to shelter from the rain And in the twinkling of an eye Might ha...

Big kick, plain scrap You better shut that trap Or come and get it. You kick like a mule. You eat like a pig. You drink like a fish. Oh you're a queer one, baby. Oh, when you hold me, in the night On drugs. You're so nice on drugs. Big kick, plain scrap You b...

Can't you tell my love's a growing? Feel it, ain't it showing? Oh, you must be a'knowing I've got a big, big love It ain't the kind to be concealing The kind to be revealing It ain't a little bitty feeling I've got a big, big love for you And it's time we don...

Well here she comes again Blowing everybody's circuits Girls like that bring a lump to m pocket Everybody says I can never get her I've been a lot of things But I never was a quitter I'm a born fighter I've gotta wriggle for my will now I'm a born fighter How...

It was the sight of you In those ten dollar shoes First made me jump for joy Your foreign kiss in Indianapolis Is out of my mind hardly any time [Chorus] 'Cause l've been Burnin', burnin', baby burnin', burnin' Burnin' for you, baby all night long Burnin', bu...

How do you pack up a memory You cant put it in a sack Those sweet times shared You cant send them back Still through the dark They refuse not to glow I'm having to face it, Those bygones wont go How does a heart go on breaking After its broke There's no jo...

Darling I should have reconsidered all those things I said I'd do So now I'm changing all those changes That I made since I left you Sweetheart I'm changing all those changes That I made since I left you Because I made those changes when I thought you were un...

That old alarm clock gives a yell starting another day in hell passing a world I can't face with you gone in the mirror I see someone to choose to be me and I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn The Neon light and the jukebox help to ease me through the n...

Cracking up, I'm getting ready to go Had enough, I can't take any more No pills that I can take This is too real and there ain't no escape It scares the daylights It makes a nightmare I'm tense an I'm nervous. Everybody all around me Shakin' hands and sayin'...

Oh I can't take another heartache Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wit's end You say your love is bonafide, but that don't coincide With the things that you do And when I ask you to be nice, you say [Chorus] You've gotta be cruel to be kind, in the...

Get out that bed And put some weight on the ground Clear up these things lying everywhere I know you feel like a drive-thru man Exposed and uncovered Like a blue-bell in the wood When the snow is on the ground Then go to the mirror And put your make-up on It...

When you're walking in the street Spoiling for a fight, Hoping for a miracle And there's no miracle in sight Registerin zero 'cause you're bombed out on the blues, You feel like some bad story In yesterdays news. It make you want to make lay face down...

Faithless lover Heartless thing For you I'll swing and for no other Faithless lover Faithless lover Faithless lover Under your spell I fell Now I discover Faithless lover Faith no more Faithless lover Faithless lover Faithless lover Under your spell I fell...

It's Freezing, Freezing Windchill is twenty below Whole town is under snow Mercury's falling it just won't quit What are you you doing out in it Come inside love Into the warm It's Freezing Insides where you should Don't try to argue with me Out there its cru...

You'd better run You'd better hide You'd better lock you house and keep the kids inside. Here come the twentieth century's latest scam He's a half a boy and half a ma] He ain't a fool but he's a tool Because his left don't know what his right hand's doin'. H...

I want to be your lover But your friend is all I've stayed I'm only halfway to paradise So near, yet so far away I long for your lips to kiss my lips But just when I think they may You lead me halfway to paradise So near, yet so far away, mmm Bein' c...

I'm so glad to hear about The true happiness you've found And how your retched life Has been turned around I can try to achieve joy For your empty nights now at an end But what I really want to know Is has she got a friend? I'm in wonderment and awe As you t...

We're in the heart of the city Where the alligator roams I'm a little lost lamb Ain't got no place to go I ain't got one penny Just got a shirt on my back I left home in a hurry I ain't never goin' back I'm lookin' for a lover in the heart of the city Well I'...

I'm lookin' for something I think I'll never find I might as well face it I'm the losin' kind But deep down inside I believe it is High on a hilltop Way, far away High on a hilltop Way, far away Each night I pray That it's not too late That disappointment W...

You look like butter wouldn't melt in your mouth But I know it will, homewrecker You look like you could take candy from a baby I've seen you do it, homewrecker No one can wreck a home better than you can And I should know 'cause I'm a homeless man All down t...

People are remarking on the change that's come over me It can be explained very easily Out of the blue, someone's come into my lonely world And now I'm walking tall And if even I can find someone There's hope for us all I had a reputation as a stay at home s...

House for sale I'm moving out I'm moving on This bird has flown House for sale I'll tell you where to redirect my mail House for sale Take a look inside This is where love Once did reside But now it's gone And that's the reason I'll be traveling on Well the...

I don't want the night to end I don't want you to burn the treats Daylight ain't my friend I don't want ever night to end Don't want the night to go I don't want to see the break of dawn Daylight do what you said I don't want it ever back again I want the nig...

I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll Well, the bride was a picture in the gown that her mama wore When she was married herself nearly twenty-seven years before The had to change the style a little but...

I live on a battlefield Surrounded by the ruins of the love we built And then destroyed between us The smoke has cleared As I stumble through the rubble I'm dazed, seeing double And I'm truly mystified My new home is a shell hole filled With tears and muddy w...

l love the sound of breaking glass Especially when I'm lonely l love the sound of its condition When there's nothing new Oh nothing new, sound of breaking glass I love the sound of breaking glass Deep into the night I love the work on it can do Flying...

I woke up today Feeling something's wrong Then I looked around And realized you had gone I did not sense your perfume Like I always do I must be getting over you I went to the closet I threw back the door All your gowns and dresses Were not there anymore That...

Do you see the way she lights up when I walk in the room That's good And the skip in her step when we're both out walking in the neighborhood This one's almost done now to watch her fall apart I trained her to love me so I can go ahead and break her heart If...

When the snowman brings the snow Well he might just like to know He's put a great big smile on somebody's face And if you jump into your bed Quickly cover up your head Don't you lock the doors You know that sweet Santa Claus is on his way Well I wish it could...

There ain't no chain strong enough to hold me Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me Never have seen a river that's too wide There ain't no jail tight enough to lock me Ain't no man big enough to stop me I'll be there if you ever want me by your side So love m...

I should be filling rooms with the sweet smell of success I'm a mess look at what I've been reduced to I don't blame you for sayin' no when you should have said yes But darlin', darlin', darlin', look at me now I'm a mess I'm a mess, I'm a wreck I'm really on...

I'm going back to Indian Queens Cause it's been so long And I've gone wrong Every place I've been I left it all in Indian Queens So I'm gonna go back and see if it's still there In Indian Queens I left there age 18 And soon found myself on the pitching deck O...

With a growing sense of dread And a hammer in my head Fully clothed upon the bed I wake up to the world That lately I've been living in There's a cut upon my brow Must have banged myself somehow But I can't remember now And the front door's open wide Lately I...

I don't really care About tonight's affair We don't have to go The same crowd will be there Like they've been before At the last three in a row Now your waiting in the hall And I'm on the stair Looking at you from above And I say darlin just for a change L...

Little Hitler, what you doin'? Is the passion inflamed again? And Little Hitler, where you goin'? Is it go-go night again, tonight? Ever searchin' for the action But the action don't want to know I've said all along you're a tough one Little Hitler Little Hi...

Raindrops are falling on the city's Glitter heart Everywhere There are lovers Like we once used to be Each turn I take reminds me of how we're now apart And I'm lost in a Lonesome Reverie Over there is where we found that little park On the day you de...

Long limbed girl Where are you now? When I think back in my mind A sweet memory I find But the edges are starting to curl Where are you now, long limbed girl? The other day, I was going through some old papers in my desk When I came upon a photograph and I h...

There's a kind of man That you sometimes meet Worlds passing him by On wing-ed feet He walks around With his senses numb If you know him That's the kind of man that I've become The kids all know him 'cause when they play He comes and shoos Them away He's irri...

Mary Provost did not look her best The day the cops bust into her lonely nest In the cheap hotel up On Hollywood West July 29 She'd been lyin' there For two or three weeks The neighbors said They never heard a squeak For hungry eyes that could not speak Said e...

I get it every day I'm getting used to it Now every time it hits My heart quits I wear a little smile While swallowing the dirt But underneath my shirt My heart hurts It's murder but it's nice Getting away with it The time you let it slip I liked it My finger...

Little dariin' don't look away You don't have to be sad anymore 'Cause * There ain't no reason No single reason in the world Little darlin' please dry your eyes this time Don't you be sad to me like you did before 'Cause * repeat Little darlin' I can understan...

We used to go out to parties and shows Back when she really really love me so Then he came along like a stormy sea Not too long ago Now she don't love me anymore And we would walk 'neath the tall oak tree Talking 'bout how happy how happy we would be Then he...

Well, I heard they castrated Castro, I heard they cut off everything he had. What a dirty, lowdown thing to do to mess him up like that. They dumped him in the jungle, in the land of the sugarcane. Ever since that day they flayed around say it aint never been...

Old toy train, little toy track Little boy toys spilling from a sack Carried by a man dressed in white and red Little boy, time you were in bed Close your eyes Listen to the skies All is calm, all is well Soon you'll be hearing jingle bells Old toy train, li...

Why do I go on fooling myself When I know you love somebody else? Only a fool breaks his own heart I pretend I don't see You walking with him on the street Only a fool breaks his own heart I have to admit Even though it hurt me so I can't forget If I'm a man...

Storybook love, made for one another, Now she trats you just like a brother Now you don't know what you've done Or even how to make it right People change, that's the long and short of it Prepare yourself for it Or get bit People change Save your tears, you'...

How can you tell me how much you miss me When the last time I saw you, you wouldn't even kiss me That rich guy you've been seein' Must have put you down So welcome back baby To the poor side of town To him you were nothin' but a little plaything Not much more...

Well I know a little girl Lives over there She looks so square But for a pair of ragin' eyes Oh she's got ragin' eyes Well she ain't such a beauty Hardly a Juliet But she can roll a Romeo And then do his duty With those ragin' eyes, ragin' eyes She's got rag...

When I set out, this was just a track Now it's a rocky road I left so fast I didn't even pack I just hit this rocky road The flint and shell is cold and cruel On this rocky road But it sparks and spikes like an over-rule Walking this rocky road Yeah walk this...

Calling out across the land Calling every single Roller fan School's been a jape But that's alright 'Cause we're gonna see Woody on stage tonight Gone to see the Rollers Got a ticket for the Bay City Rollers And everything will be outta sight When everyone's...

You dont know it but Ive made my mind up You'll wind up in my arms First I have to break down your resistance to my charms Yes, darling, I know it wont be easy But I wont rest until I find a way Everybody knows that Rome wasnt built in a day How Ill make it...

Taking nothing but his daddy's old bone-grip knife He traded but a little for the wayward life A faint heart never won fair hand So says the Rose of England From high on a hill came the clarion call To gain young men, come one, come all Make muster 'gainst th...

I got seven nights to rock I got seven nights to roll Seven nights, I'm gonna have a whirl Seven nights with a different girl Seven nights to rock I got seven nights to roll Monday, at sister Suzy's ball Tuesday, at the old dance hall Wednesday, at the road...

From my humble point of view She don't love nobody Nothin' borrowed, nothin' blue She don't love nobody Behind the green eyes I detect She don't love nobody Her heart no kiss could resurrect She don't love nobody All of her life She's been told to h...

I've just met what could be The making of me She's got soul She's got soul Out of the blue, into my world I've found a pearl She's got soul She's got soul I've been lonely so long I stopped hoping I'd ever find someone So it just goes to show how wrong you ca...

Shelley My Love I only long to be where you are Shelley My Love Now and forever more Shelley My Love When I see you I catch fire And soon I'm all aflame I feel it start whenever you call my name All around I feel a passion That fills my very soul I put it down...

I remember on night the kid cut off his right arm In a fit to save a bit of power He got fifty thousand watts In a big acoustic tower Security's so tight tonight Oh they're ready for a tussle Gotta keep your backstage passes 'Cause your promoter had the muscle...

I'm on a lonely street But nobody told my feet They're walking on air 'Cause somebody cares for me. I'm in a blue hotel Room like a prison cell But I'd sleep on the stairs If somebody cares for me. In a dim saloon Anytime before noon There's an empty chair '...

Soulful wind will be a blowing Around my bed someday The clouds that have been brooding Will roll away Everybody's waiting For you to come in And blow, soulful wind Soulful wind I've been waiting The longest time Strong in faith But heavy in heart...

Switch board Susan, won't you give me a line? I need a doctor, give me nine ninety nine First time I picked up the telephone I fell in love with your ringing tone I'm a long distance romancer I'll keep on trying till I get an answer Gimme, gimme one more chan...

If you've ever had someone come along Reach in, pull out your heart and break it just for fun As easy as humming a song Join the club If you've ever had nights tossing and turning Like a cement mixer churning On your own In what used to be your happy home Joi...

Like a man in love Im walkin around Tryin to figure out why you put me down I've traveled over mountains, valleys too Tryin to find a way to get to you Everyone says youre just a flirt But I know you love to see me hurt Theres no more glow in the moon above T...

They went and cut the record, the record hit the charts Someone in the newspaper said that it was art The disco casanova had it heavy on the breath The local teeny-bopper band was playing it to death They called it rock The telephones are ringing, the boys a...

What a fabulous night Look at the moon and stars are shinin' bright lt's a wondeful night all right * Oh it's so heavenly l could almost believe It was made especially (Tonight) There's a place that I know A secret place where I sometimes go If you wanna know...

I've seen shadow, I've seen shine I know what and what is not mine I've seen glitter and I've seen gold And I've heard everything I've been told [Chorus] And I don't want to spend my life time walking A trail of tears I don't want to spend my whole life walki...

How many girls choose cotton dress worlds When they could have satins and lace And stand by her man, never once letting shade touch her face How many hearts could live through all the winters We've known and still not be cold True love travels on a gravel roa...

Well I go around the world And this is what I do I say love's a hurting thing 'cause I know it to be true When I get up in the spotlight And my story has begun I try to explain What lack of love has done And though I do it nightly It never is the same For its...

Now I can remember like it was only yesterday Love was young and foolish like a little child at play But oh how lovers change, I never dreamed how easily 'cause now I'm just a shadow of the boy I used to be And when I write the book about my love It will be a...

Where is the beautiful family home That I was promised on the news at ten Like my personal place in the sun It never happened along And as for the greatest love of all That's been sworn in a billion lines And is mine by birthright I'll bet I'll see none Tell...

I once had a true love I thought it would last How could I know That it would go so fast A love like a holiday Tender and kind And I let it whither on the vine Where did it run to Where did it go How could I let it Slip through my fingers so For it was a real...

Without love, I am half human Without love, I'm more machine Without love, there's nothing doin' I will die without love Without love I am an island All by myself in a heartbreak sea Without love there's no denying I am dying without love Oh there is nowhere...

You got the style, you got the sense That makes a man race til he's spent That makes him twang like a guitar string You hold the power and pain I go to work, but I'm in late I can't think or concentrate My rocket ride will have to wait I'm in a beautiful stat...

You inspire me When my eyes begin to glaze You inspire me In so many ways When I'm on the ground You seem to know How to pour blessings down And spread them all around You inspire me When my well is almost dry You inspire me And in the twinkling of an eye I'm...

You make me It's out of my hands You see I don't wanna do wrong to you You make me You make me I strive to be strong But I'm weak You say what useless excuse is this You make me I try with my might To have and to hold But there's something to it That I can't...