Richard Thompson piosenki

Here my love used to lie Like a pearl by my side Everything sweet, everything so complete Now my love makes her bed Where poppies grow over her head There in a field, there in a field Warm and red - as the blood she shed Now everything is Poppy-red Po...

Precious one, precious one Thought you stood so sweet upon your own two feet Precious one, precious one Thought there was no breeze could bring you to your knees But I was wrong Precious one, precious one Should have been a light to guide you through the nigh...

A man sits down to write a letter, But instead he writes a book The book begins - Dear Sir, I don't if you're interested But you're wife is a whore A man gets on a train and proceeds To take all his clothes off He begins to play with himself, and he says...

Old friend, it's been so long, and it's been so real And if I helped you once it was no big deal Too bad I can't be there when they call your name They're going to write you down in the hall of fame You really got what you wanted, I'm thrilled as pie It reall...

After the death of a thousand kisses Comes the catacomb of tongues Who can spit the meanest venom From the poison of their lungs Cruelest dance is the razor dance Circle in and circle around He said, she said, she said, he said Thrill to put the other one dow...

Asked my daddy when I was thirteen "Daddy, can you tell me what a lover really means?" His eyes went glassy, not a word was said He poured another beer and his face turned red Asked my mother, she acted the same She never looked up, she seemed so ashamed Aske...

Here we stand in sheets of rain Parting ways, loved in vain Never knew you'd be the reckless kind I reached out to catch your fall Said you needed a place to crawl Never knew you'd be the reckless kind The reckless kind The reckless kind You're his, not mine S...

Gentle ladies, gentle men Waiting till the dance begin Carefully we come to speak the word for all to hear If you listen, if you should We won't be misunderstood But don't expect the words to ring too sweetly on the ear Live in fear, live in fear, live in fear...

Sally B, oh Sally B You make my heart flutter Will you drag me from the gutter Sally B Sally B, oh Sally B I'm a working man truly But you know how to woo me Sally B Sally B, oh Sally B Now the bank's repossessing It's hard times I'm guessing Sally B You've...

Here she comes and there she goes Nothing on her fingers, nothing on her toes Why she comes nobody knows Here comes shaky Nancy Don’t be believing, she melts in your hand Runs with the tide and she shifts with the sand She’ll send you a message and turn to st...

Shane and Dixie they were two-bit crooks They wanted to be famous like you read in books Shane had the brain and Dxie had the looks for glory As a bank robber Shane really hadn't got a clue He'd end up likely at the end of a noose Which was fine by Shane if th...

She charmed me from my cocoon She eclipsed the sun and the moon All of that summer my feet never walked on the earth She sang angels to rest She sang angels to rest How do you fall when you already fell for the best? She had that smile on her face When her t...

I keep my nose clean, I keep my speech plain I keep my promises, she twists the knife again I shut my memory, I close my eyes and then She takes another bite, she twists the knife again She never leaves me my dignity Makes a dunce of me in mixed company...

In the dark, who can see his face? In the dark, who can reach him? He hides like a child. He hides like a child. Keeps his finger on the trigger You know he can't stand the day Shoot out the lights. Shoot out the lights Keep the blind down on the window Ah, k...

Should I betray you to Charlene? She doesnt know the things Ive seen She must still think youre Mr. Clean Just like the man she wed Should I betray you to your spouse? The wife who waits back at the house She doesnt know that youre a louse Thats not the man s...

Oh some girls hold the ace, the deuce, the trey X-ray the deck to see what's coming Mary Antoinette she smiled that way Easy to smile when the luck is running Like a myth you rode in from the west From the go you had my button pressed Did the tea-time of your...

Sidney Wells he drove the country North to South On the walkie-talkie, shooting off his mouth All the lorry drivers thought he was a laugh They didn't know the truth, they didn't know the half Sidney Wells he had a lovely line in chat Before a girl could thin...

Oh Gillian she's a Doncaster lass Trains it down on the quarter past Friday night leaves the kids at home And struts her stuff on the Euston Road Saying "Do you want some company darling? Do you want some company now? My place, your place or no place I...

Small town romance Back seat for a bed Nothings must be whispered Rumors must be fed Small town romance Everyone knows your mind They peep from faded curtains They read your valentines O you got to get away O you got to get away O you got to get away O they...

This is a strange affair The time has come to travel But the road is filled with fear This is a strange affair My youth has all been wasted And I'm bent and grey with years And all my companions are taken away And who will provide for me Against my dying da...