Prefab Sprout

Aren't you a skinny kid - just like his poppa Where's he working ? - he's not working Thin as the smile I wear Cold as the beaches you comb Till the cows come home Tell the truth again - tell the truth again Near to the knuckle, near to the knuckle Why're you...

You can keep the good times righteousness The best parting line Rather then pretend we are A1 ultrafine Shall I be the first then to say what we have found There's something in our lifetime won't let us settle down Darling it's a life of surprises It's...

I'm a ghost to you now, I'm someone you don't really wish to see I'm a ghost to you now, a shadow since you turned your back on me Maybe you'll learn why it was I shook Baby your turn to wear the haunted look This ghost is here to stay I survived the...

Adolescence — what's it like? It's a psychedelic motorbike You smash it up ten times a day Then you walk away It's moonlight on a balcony, It's pure hormonal agony Bad poetry – It's greeting card Will the bard Adolescence - why's it so? Ask someone e...

All boys believe anything, anything. All boys believe anything, anything. All boys believe anything, anything. All boys believe anything, anything. 

All the world loves lovers. All the world loves people in love Don't forget it. don't forget it. Love whatever the price All the world loves lovers. All the world loves people in love Don't forget it. - love Don't forget it. - love Love whatever the pr...

We're building a home on the side of a mountain Above the clouds, next to the sky And after our labours the stars will be neighbours We'll take our place with them in space We're not using concrete or plaster or wood - They'd lower the tone of our ne...

Spread your golden wings and take me close to the divine, be mine. Spread your golden wings, and lift me up onto cloud nine, be mine. Spread your golden wings, be mine. Almost like Romeo and Juliet lovers the day we met, one day I'll lose you to that...

There's a person that I'd like to be, Anne Marie I can glimpse him when you're next to me, Anne Marie There is music that no-one can hear, Anne Marie Yet it's audible when you are near Anne Marie, Anne Marie, what am I to do ? You are married to some...

Please be careful is never careful Till it hears the gun She will always pay the bills For the having big fun He talks so well, what can you do, It’s pretty plain he means it too I don’t want to sell you lines, I only mean to do you right But I’m a sim...

Love is an Avenue of Stars, I know because I've seen the glow Lighting up faces, faces that have been Close enough to shine at what they have seen Love is an Avenue of Stars, and if it is light years away One day I'll get there nursing tired feet Hap...

Where d'ya find that trumpet Billy, I said Where d'ya find that trumpet Bill, he said "I found it on some wasteland buried in the snow." How d'ya learn to play it William, I said How d'ya learn to play it Bill, he said "Sat down on a doorstep - I practice...

Blue roses will blossom in the snow Before I ever let you go Blue roses will grow up to the sky Before I ever make you cry Blue roses You need more reassurance than a frightened orphan child That I'm always gonna want you, that I'll always be beguilded...

Lying is killing the good things in me Ask me what the time is baby, ask me honey My eyes shift and slide Sure there are reasons for acting like this But reasons are kill kill killing the everything we do Who said we'd be happy the more that we knew ? Oh don'...

I spend the days with my vanity I'm lost in heaven and I'm lost to earth Didn't give you minutes not even moments All my life in a tower of foil Shaded feelings, don't believe you When you were there before my eyes No one planned it took it for granted...

To those who couldn't make it A century has shut its eyes And who are we to wake it? Cool music we play, dance and say Carnival 2000: Lives come and go but life no denial Is always in style. welcome to: Carnival 2000: Loves come and go but love above a...

Brucie dreams life's a highway too many roads bypass my way Or they never begin. Innocence coming to grief At the hands of life - Stinkin' car thief, that's my concept of sin Does heaven wait all heavenly over the next horizon ? But look at us now, quit d...

I saw you from the tractor The harvest had begun You were the love child of two gods I was the farmers awkward son You left Mount Olympus To find your soul mate I left a scribbled note, quote "Dear Pa, this here harvest can wait" You took a match to m...

Bo bo bee, bo bee, bo bo-bo bee, bo bee, bo I couldn't bear to be special, I couldn't bear, couldn't bear. I couldn't bear, right ? Bo bee, bo bee, bo So don't look at me and say, that I'm the very one, who makes the cornball things occur, the shiver of the f...

Cowboy dreams cowboy dreams You give me cowboy dreams. Love's a silver bullet that blows your world apart I wanna be remembered as an outlaw as the boy who stole your heart I wanna be the guy who wears the white hat then rides across the plain I'm g...

Cruel is the gospel thats sets us all free, then takes you away from me. There is no Chicago urban blues, more heartfelt than my lament for you. I'm a liberal guy, too cool for the macho ache, with a secret tooth, for the cherry on the cake. With a pious...

Some expressions take me back, like "hair of gold" and "sweet mary" and "running to me". The sweet sweet songs that cloud your eyes - nostalgia supplies. Loredo hihgstreet buried me - beneath an oak tree. As this is to me: then so to you is something else, Tha...

I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them Desire as a sylph figured creature who changes her mind ? I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them Desire as a sylph figured creature who changes her mind ? I've got six things on...

The devil came a calling He took a midnight stroll I asked him what he wanted, He said, "your immortal soul" For fifty years I'll spoil you Like the only man alive With power, wealth, A mansion on Fellatio Drive The devil came a calling All smiles an...

All the boys I know love diana, some calming apparition you bet she is The world careering nightmare somewhere it is her arms reach out And stop the savagery at least they do for me Her eyes china blue saucers she's born that way She tastes of apple strudel y...

An outlaw stand in a peasant land, in every face see judas. The burden of love is so strange. The stubborn beast and the priest, are hiding from the captians. The burden of love is so plain. Are they happy to see you? No, you always bring trouble. Cast...

There is a door we all walk through And on the other side I'll meet you Reunion in the air - a cappella meets pure prayer Somewhere : I can't wait to meet you there Somewhere : I can't wait to meet you there If there ain't a heaven that holds you tonight...

The first time I saw you I realized at once you were an angel in torment How could I desert you? I vowed in that moment Nothing in this world or any other Would ever threaten or hurt you Dragons may guard your door But I'm on my way to save you Devils wage u...

Who does not adore the sound Of music in the name of towns To build a city on such picturesque ground That takes some sort of flair We draw a line the ink is fear You stay that side we'll stay here It's far harder to keep it up Than to tear it down D...

I'd a dream that we were rock stars And that flash bulbs popped the air And girls fainted, every time we shook our hair. We were songbirds, we were Greek Gods We were singled out by fate We were quoted out of context - it was great. Grander than Ca...

There are those who own, the world around your own. And say you want to swan - one to one - hey kid they own the pond. There are those who rest, and those who make the beds, And should you seek redress - can't you guess? hey child they own this mess. So if the...

I've been asking what is new, like my streetwise buddy do Body talk seems big with him, so it's conversations in the gym Ooh enchanted ooh enchanted "Pray Forsooth" and "I Adore" ain't the ticket anymore So how'd you recognise a king ? You ask yourself c...

Falling in love is easy, That's what my friends tell me. It's letting a bird Out of a cage, When will my heart, my heart Be free? Falling in love is simple, Nothing you need to know. It's falling off logs (falling off logs) Follow the flow (follow th...

Two green eyes and a coat of silk Scourge of mice with a saucer of milk I've got nine lives and I rhyme with mat I'm a farmyard cat Farmyard cat, farmyard cat, farmyard cat, me-me-yow Farmyard cat, farmyard cat, farmyard cat, me-me-yow Scrounging scrap...

Antiques ! Every other sentiments an antique As obsolete as warships in the baltic I’m driving on a straight road it never alters And the radio serenades but doesn’t falter You offer infrared instead of sun You offer paper spoons and bubble gum Late s...

Cats are crying, gates are slammin' The wind is howling 'round the house tonight I'm as lonely as a boat out on the sea When the night is black and the tide is high Oh, on nights like this (I) feel like falling to my knees Fell like calling "heaven, ple...

Sitting alone when her work is through, These days she's listless though that spring sky is blue. Her parents try but it's not much use. Her boyfriend left home, it was late summertime, Life was good, they were young, but glory is purblind, How could a future...

I've no time for religion maybe doubt's a modern disease then I look at you and here's what I do: I wear holes in both my knees. I pray that God protects you and if he is busy elsewhere may his legions speed. in your hour of need and surround you til...

Ooh Johnny Johnny Johnny there is time for tears Ooh Johnny Johnny Johnny you won't make it any better Ooh Johnny Johnny Johnny you might well make it worse Ooh Johnny Johnny Johnny I advise you to forget her Ooh Johnny Johnny Ooh You're not the first th...

Stella Matter, light is failing, making such a fool of thee, When you'd love to be someone... This is the time, I've set aside. From selling old rope, and tellingbad jokes, and cul de sac pride. I've learnt today, while falling apart, the most eloquent way, To...

When the emperor lost his bride At first he lay in bed and cried Till she came to him in a dream With words of consolation Death is untrue – I'm merely sleeping I'm waiting for you In a world way beyond weeping Join me there soon Until you're mine –...

There are all kinds of things I could ask you if I choose But I don't do I dear good intentions don't survive here No instead my requests tend to be dumb as hell Move in close, closer still, I hear the songs of Georgie Gershwin I swear at you 'cos I believ...

Go, go, go Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone Let's pretend we're together all alone I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low And you can tell your friend there with you He'll have to go Go, go, go Go, go, go Whisper to me, tell me,...

It's much more beguiling, than children at play. The mind meets dilemma, with a heart in decay. How they reconcile art with... what was I going to say? I called because you're in a position to help. With a limited talent, but impossible wealth. How they recon...

Guess what ! Summer's arrived I feel the world's on my side The Brooklyn Bridge stretches below me A billion souls all dying to know me Well here I am ! Loaded with promise And knee deep in grace What I want is here on my face and I feel like I own the w...

Hello johnson your mother once gave me a lift back from school - that's no reason to get so excited I'd been playing football with the youngsters, johnson says don't dramatise - and you can't even spell salacious In a caravette with such a pretty widow, but wh...

It's me again your worthless friend or foe I somehow let that lovely creature down Horsin' around, horsin' around Some things we check and double check and lose I guess I let that little vow get lost Forgettin' the cost, forgettin' the cost Quick to forgive a...

I love music, in every style from Clair de lune, to that mother...'cker Miles. I love music, I love music, the things she says. I have to hang on, her every enigmatic phrase. She's richer than money, and bigger than fame, and love is the reason I'm playi...

I'm not looking to disturb you, just a little to unnerve you. I have nothing about games and always looking back. After the last unholy row - I never, ever play basketball now. It joins a list of things I'll miss like fencing foils and lovely girls I'll never...

Nothing sounds as good as "i remember that" Like a bolt out from the blue, did you feel it too ? - I remember that Name me one little thing, you'll be wanting to keep As you give up the ghost as you sink into sleep Maybe her face in the morning, maybe his in...

Girl I sing this song for you For all the miseries I've dragged you through For the moods I can't explain For the sunny days I've spoiled with rain Please forgive me if you can Girl, you know that I'm a troubled man Girl, you know that I'm a troubled man...

If you don’t love me Oh if you don’t love me You can tell me anything You can tell me anything I’ll believe you You know it too Shame the truth with lies Say the sun won’t rise Only realise Chorus: If you don’t love me Oh if you don’t love me I will know, I...

Jesse was a renegade, danced to his own drum Growin` wise could wait `til tomorrow Took to a road signposted sorrow Jesse was a hooligan jumped right off the rail There in the cards there in the tarot Born to despise the straight and the narrow Jes...

Jesse james is running and he'll never be at rest 'til the day they fold his arms across his chest He's a long way from the cradle And his ma's authority But it only seems a minute Since he stood over his bed And she tried to tell him something Now what...

They say the spirit moves in mysterious ways Sometimes the way it moves looks plain berserk But two things you should be slow to criticize A mans choice of woman and his choice of work Some work'll earn you top dollar In this here tinsel town That's wher...

They didn't need a driver They walked a thousand miles He left her on the roadside He thumbed himself a ride He swore he'd never leave her, he meant it till he did He swore he'd never leave her, he meant it till he did Before you say you're lucky, before you...

Here comes the last of the great romantics. Faithful and true, believing in you, regardless of the things you do. Here comes the last of the great romantics, feet planted wide, defying the tide. Come on Gatsby, stand aside. People see me walking down t...

In the beginning was a mighty bang, as the shockwaves spread and the heavens rang. From the start this world was violent, man asked why but the sky was silent. God was moved, he made a choice, he said: 'let music be my voice.' Let there be music, music...

Say, what you doing' sleeping ? Hey half the day is gone Get a move on Life's a miracle, let me tell you why If you look above you, there are no more stars Like this one in the sky Life's a miracle, we gotta make the most Of the passing moment, G...

Hey, I'm sorry if I go too fast Tonight, let's pretend that this will last I've got a dream you would like to sleep until Oh, I'm sorry to dwell on the past I'd better say nothing at all But I've got this friend who thinks he's in love with you, And it...

Take your cracked violin Let the music begin And sing like you're Francis Hoboken If your voice is all shot It's still the best one you've got You're a work of art that's broken See what the blind man paints Abstract expressionist saints We ride with...

If you're looking for Atlantis You should cast your eye on me Put your two and two together Don't you know who built Atlantis Then returned to the sea Don't you know who owns the weather ? Rain or shine Sure is good to seek a challenge Sure is fine to...

There's no gentle way To break somebody's heart To say 'it's over, it's time for us to part.' Angel don't you cry, soon I know you'll see I was wrong for you, this wasn't meant to be Love may do the cruelest things May bruise those angel wings But ange...

He's a stone delta blues man. He's a top rollmo' star He's a stone delta blues man. He's a top rollmo' star Black wand, white magic, nitroglycerine He's earned the right to be known as Machine gun ibiza Voodoo up rollmo' down Machine gun ibiza Hangin'...

Meet the new Mozart, he's in the bed where commerce sleeps with art; who can blame him? No pauper's grave this time round will claim him. Only days before he died the Salzburg wonder, prophesised; 'I know one day I will see a less heartbreaking centu...

Mercy on me, oh say that I'm forgiven And wrap your arms around me To your goodness I surrender Without mercy where is goodness ? Won't you have mercy on me ? Mercy on me, oh say that I'm forgiven And wrap your arms around me To your goodness I surren...

All the jobs I've ever held, positions I have known The one I was a fool to leave was Right hand to the throne Ambition took me speed of light To god's exclusion zone Michael if you're listening, Michael who stayed true One of us got out of line when pa...

The funeral cars crawl down The heartbreak side of town The mourners all discuss The boy who caused a fuss We chopped a billion trees to print up eulogies But guys we should have guessed, The girls would say it best Moondog ! Love. 'cos love's the fina...

You surely are a truly gifted kid But you're only good as The last great thing you did And where've you been since then Did the schedule get you down I hear you've got a new girlfriend How's the wife taking it ? If it's uphill all the way you should be used...

Music is a princess I'm just a boy, in rags I would gladly spend my life carrying her flags From the first time I heard her the sound of her voice and her beauty completely bewitched me, I was lost then and there I was given no choice ever since, ther...

You roar right out of Nowheresville To find the beating heart Cryptic, elusive, smart Mysterious from the start The gift of anonymity Inventing your own past Hobo jive on overdrive Your energy is vast Hobo jive on overdrive Your energy is vast To c...

Weekday mornings find me moody I kiss my wife goodbye, I drive the boss to work each day. At the office, no one's watching Can I catch her eye ? The hours squeeze by, the boss works late Still I'll always wait and drive her home with me and say... Nancy let...

Tell me do, something true, true of you and me That we're too busy living through, too busy to see. What is it that we do makes us what we are If we sing are we nightingales, shine are we stars ? Who are we ? What we got ? Are we a firework show ? Growin...

Hi, this is God here, Talking to me used to be a simple affair Moses only had to see a burning bush And he'd pull up a chair Well it's been a long time since we talked in that way If you're wondering what to say... Sing me no deep hymn of devotion Sing...

Little paris smith Lovely name for a girl is paris smith Baby paris smith Don't repeat my mistakes paris smith Paris : any music worth it's salt is good for dancing Paris : but I tried to be the fred astaire of words Paris you heard Little paris smith o...

Feel the sun upon your back Someone somewhere wants to steal it Pray each night you'll catch the thief But while you sleep he comes and takes it Does that make you think little girl ? Doesn't it just little boy There'll be no stampede on the pearly gates I'...

Once I was happy in happy extremes These bitter tokens are worthless to me So you appear and say how I've grown Fill me up with faces I've known In this light, they're far from divine I save them up and spend them when I have time The salted taste of a...

I look around me, and I see folks leading more constructive lives than me. They don't do this for reward, they are walking in the footsteps of their Lord; and for themselves, they make no claims they may die without the world knowing their names. But the...

This is where your sleepless eyes will close This is where the weary find repose This is where a kinder bugle blows This is where you'll wake To find the river jordan flows Scarlet nights waiting sleep is overdue Scarlet nights ending here on in they're...

Perhaps one day I'll love another Whose eyes may be storm cloud grey Whose every kiss is hot as summer With the suns every ray But no-one's ever, ever gonna steal Ever gonna steal your thunder Never, ever gonna steal Ever gonna steal your thunder...

Swans and their partners they stay Faithful forever or die on the water Foxes are only good for Ruffling feathers, leading lambs to the slaughter Swans - effortlessly beautiful take care ! You ought to be aware of foxes hiding Go on - there's time...

My poor heart was heavy, my poor heart was stone. Then I heard them - they were angels, and they were singing: 'you're not alone.' 'There is a peace you've never known.' I could hear trumpets, I could hear them blow. Then the angels summoned chariots, the ange...

Carry no bright torches for me... You hide under the eiderdown all you can't sweep underneath the carpet When you cover your neighbour's wife scalding marks appear you're talking scarlet Kid yourself that it's platonic love Best of friends - eyes all smiling...

Her husband works in jodrell bank, he's home late in the morning, Had he been a lawyer, he wouldn't work for pennies. In the morning I go walking, it helps the hurting soften, I've seen a lot of places, 'cos I miss her very often. But I could never work th...

Masked and dressed In black, You scramble over rooftops Carrying a bag A bag marked “SWAG” You're the best jewel thief in the world Vigilance is lax. Security complacent; Adjacent to the gem, The diadem, the pearl Is the best jewel thief in the world...

She told me that she loved me, I heard the Siren sing Her voice as soft as dead of night A pillow for a king She tangled me in starlight I dangled in each beam Now I'm just a dreamer Emerging from a dream She tangled me in starlight I dangled in each...

You do not have to see me to know that I'm around Pupils dilate, the anxious heart will pound If you've a problem sleeping, well that's a danger sign It means your troubled heart will soon be mine The Bible mentions four I tell you there's one more.....

Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings When the distant sea blended with the sky Past coliseum's filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass I carried in my heart a word or two You dashing horseman all gone away Left you a sta...

I know that on some narrow street Our paths will cross, our eyes will meet And love will leave me at his feet I'm waiting for the gunman When I enter a room I will only sit facing the door It's love I'm looking for As I search every face I start wonde...

Standing on the boulevard You wish to know my name I'm the ice maiden I think perhaps you like being unhappy I'm the ice maiden - the limit of your dreams Arctic winds blow and still you believe Loves makes you one of the chosen Die in the snow - I'll n...

(La la la la la la la la la la la laaa) (La la la la la la la la la la la laaa) All my lazy teenage boasts Are now high precision ghosts And they're coming round the track to haunt me When she looks at me and laughs I remind her of the facts I'm the king of r...

Have you ever thought who made all those stars in the endless sky above ? It's a mystery, but no mystery like the mystery of love Should I live to see someone smarter than me Explain the secrets of the skies I won't be too impressed, I've got a tougher...

The old magician takes the stage His act has not improved with age Observe the shabby hat and gloves The tired act that no one loves There was a time he produced doves A mirror and a puff of smoke His mysteries are now a joke His poor assistant black a...

I met him in a Dublin bar, The sorcerer from Wichita A wizard and his baby grand a range Of powers at his command He summoned ghosts of lover's sleeping And soldiers dying far from home Like a stone into a well, I fell beneath their spell The songs of...

Hang out the flags a new world order’s on the way Start singing now a song to greet the joyful day Just when we thought The time was right for celebrating With music of the spheres What’s this - another boat of fleeing refugees on A sea of children’s tea...

As I walked out, in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a poor cowboy wrapped up in white linen Wrapped in white linen, as cold as the clay As I walked out, in the streets of Laredo S...

The venus of the soup kitchen is waiting there for me And all us poor cripples who've been in the wars And up sleeping on her floor... Woah ! When you're scared of down and out You keep it to yourself and if anyone suspects You say : "who me ? hardly !" You...

One dance whose steps I never could learn It's called the wedding march The grace that it takes, the grace you deserve, Require a lighter touch I know you love dancing. Oh, I know that you love dancing so much I know you love dancing. Music's a wild thi...

That frightening little sound it's just the world awake It's just a way of saying we're in business It's just a lightning strike, it's just a family row It's just the give and take of forgiveness Chance being a fine thing brought us together But we're not mag...

You see that boy, so simply pale All his dreams unspoken Now in her arms, he'll quickly heal The yearning loins have woken. Take out and wave Your ankle socks The white flags of surrender. She tried so hard not to let it show But he's the first one,...

Time is the healer, time was on my hands The bus stopped at tiffany's So I went to hear the band I saw cinderella, then the curtain dropped Time hung heavy on my hands but today The clock just stopped I heard the music saw those pictures on the wall I...

There was that girl I used to know She'd tease me about my name Fan the embers long enough I sometimes catch her flame The soothing voice of distance tells me "That was just a fling" Other music fills my ears But I still hear her sing : She sin...

Who was Yuri Gagarin ? He was the first man in funky bass... space Somewhere among the stars tonight my heart Floats like a Russian satellite Weightless - love is a pure sensation Weightless - I feel like Yuri Gagarin Somewhere among the stars toni...

My love and I, we work well together But often we're apart Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah, Till love breaks down, love breaks down Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather The sweet september rain Rain on me like no other Until I drown, until...

When the angels take the angel voive away Ome lower their eyes, some of us shout cheats Or cheating on the deal, pulling off the sting, Uning up the harps, dishing out the wings If they can dance on, on the head of a pin Don't that tell you something about th...

I can tell you'd like to love me, But you haven't known me long And you don't yet know the ways I'll find To hurt and do you wrong I'm a man with one small weakness, Any woman in a dress When you get to know me better You'll learn to love me less Toni...

Maybe other streets are wider Than these narrow streets I know Still you find here, ties that bind here Where the heart is Maybe other lights are brighter Than these streetlights row by row All I know is, this is home it's Where the heart is Maybe other gras...

Whoever you are I'm looking for you On street after street, in bar after bar The search for love is never ending Whoever you are Wherever you are I'm prepared to travel No matter how long no matter how far Now it may be eternity before I see you...

Your mother's got bags of good advice the don'ts exceed the do's But she's not you All it takes is a little nerve as I close in for the kill Just stand still What could make a girl believe the wicked things he'd say ? What could make a girl believe the wicke...

When she walked in I was losing She took a long look At my hand, at my hand And said, 'There's one card you're not using.' She said, 'King, queen or jack Love's the wild card in the pack.' 'King, queen or jack Love's the wild card in the pack.' I s...

Through the rails I spied Your ponytail. I tried With sugar cubes - And they're O.K. But I don't think I'll catch you that way I hate myself 'cause you're so cool With your mocking eyes "Won't you look at the old fool" Wild horses - I want to h...