Richard Thompson

Says Red Molly, to James, "Well that's a fine motorbike. A girl could feel special on any such like." Says James, to Red Molly, "My hat's off to you. It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952. And I've seen you on the corners and cafes, it seems. Red hair and blac...

They bind his eyes with a silken scarf And in his ear a friend explains The one you catch is the one you kiss How we all love party games All the years that she has watched him Is this the day, oh is this the day? How she shakes as he approaches A blin...

Seems like just the other day You and I, we sat and played Come all ye tramps and hawkers And the white cockade Tea was flowing, dice were rolling We were 20, not much more And now they say you've crossed over To that distant shore And a brother slips away Li...

I know the way That I feel about you I'm never going to run away I'm never going to run away Never knew the way When I lived without you I'm never going to run away I'm never going to run away I came to you when No one could hear me I'm sick and weary Of bei...

Sometimes I long for the solitary life Parents long gone, no kids, no wife Sister somewhere in Australia Never did keep in touch Sex no more than a how-do-ye-do With a copy of Tit-Bits in the loo Socially a bit of a failure Nice not to have to try too m...

Well we were heroes then, And the girls were all pretty And a uniform was a lucky charm, Bought you the key to the city We used to dance the whole night through While Al Bowlly sang "The Very Thought Of You" Now Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now Well...

Oh I can't get started, and I'm broken hearted You smile so sweet but you're fast on your feet Do you want me to catch you, or just get near? Should I chase you forever? I think I got the idea Am I wasting my love on you? Am I wasting my love on you? Am I was...

Once there was a son Among the gorse, among the grey And wondrous dreams he spun Among the gorse, among the grey And he chased the clouds and He kissed the wind Barefoot and bloody at the knee It is, he said, As if the world were made for me And the elders ga...

Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself She might wipe her tears on a rusty nail Rest her cheek on a cold steel rail Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself Oh baby, she don't know what to do wit...

Those backstreet women, watch what you say You turn your back and they slide away They run next door, they give it all away Doing the slide The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide They're gonna get you, dead or alive Stab you in the back with a kitchen kni...

An iron maiden stole my heart away, O black day Her siren songs seemed to call to me, O destiny She spat her thrash metal lyrics right into my mind The stage thundered and the smoke bombs made me blind She sang "Hello liebchen, wollen-sie ein jig-a-jig-a, nein...

I thought you liked me so I got bolder You seemed to like the little things I told you Then you turned round, I got the old cold shoulder Babe, you didn't give me no warning I thought you cared from the way you kissed Must be a signal there that I missed When...

One thing always leads to another In life and love they say. You got too close and now That boy's gonna make you rue the day. You grab his ankles when he flies, Catch him when he falls. Here's the thing to say to him Before you climb the walls: Said shame, sh...

Bathsheba smiles She smiles and veins turn to ice She smiles and heads bow down She works the room Air-kisses every victim twice She spreads her joy around Do you close your eyes to see miracles? Do you raise your face to kiss angels? Do you float on air to...

I'm beating my retreat Back home to you I'm beating my retreat Back home to you I'm burning all my bridges I'm burning all my bridges I'm burning all my bridges I'm running back home to you I'm trailing my colors Back home to you I'm trailing my colors Back h...

I was nineteen when I came to town They called in the Summer of Love They were burning babies, burning flags The Hawks against the Doves I took a job in the Steamie Down on Cauldrum Street I fell in love with a laundry girl Was working next to me She...

Well, she spins me round And she turns me down And I don't know why And I don't know why Did she just refuse me? Did she just accuse me? And I don't know why And I don't know why She's always bugging me, hugging me Faking me, shaking me Haunting me, taunting...

Oh, it's in the evening after dark That the blackleg miner goes to work With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt There goes the blackleg miner Oh, he takes his pick and down he goes, To hew the coal that lies below There's not a woman in this town row Would...

A cam in by Huntly Toun Ae mornin for tae fee A fell in wi Bogie o Cairnie An wi him A did agree For tae caa his twa best horses Or cairt or harrow or plou Or dae onything about fairm wark A very weil cud do Auld Bogie had a dochter Wha's name wis I...

There's riders in this county They're taking heads for bounty Wake up Corinne, they come to ride us down Sweetness we have tasted The time to move is wasted They're riding like a hurricane through this town We've been too many nights sleeping in a feather bed...

Out there in the desert air Penguin meets the polar bear Hey ho pilgrim Light the precious flame Burning Man with flames for eyes Burning Man lights up the skies Hey ho pilgrim Anarchy's the game And I'll care for you For a day or two Strangers meeting in th...

Oh you speak the words locked in my breast But it's late for me, let an old man rest One more black and tan on the barricade To keep me safe from loving When I close my eyes, close my eyes To the cold flame of the Northern Lights When I close my eyes, close m...

I was under the Calvary Cross The pale-faced lady, she said to me "I've watched you with my one green eye And I'll hurt you til you need me" You scuff your heels and you spit on your shoes Oh, you do nothing with reason One day you catch a train Oh, you never...

I started to cry, they put gin in my cup I started to crawl, and they swaddled me up I got up and run, they said "Easy, son, Play up, play the game" They told me to think and forget what I'd heard They told me to lie and they questioned my word They told me t...

Here I am in your room going through your stuff Said you'd be gone five minutes, that's time enough Here in your drawer there's lacy things Old credit cards and beads and bangles and rings But I think I've found what I'm looking for Hidden away at the back of...

Well, there's a house in an alley In the squats and low-rise Of a town with no future But that's where my future lies It's a secret, but no secret It's a rule, but no rule Where you find the darkest avenue There you'll find the brightest jewel Now my name, i...

Was a cowboy I knew in south Texas, His face was burnt deep by the sun, Part history, part sage, part mesquit, He was there when Poncho Villa was young. And he'd tell you a tale of the old days, When the country was wild all around, Sit out under the stars...

Love that holds its breath for fear Of scaring love away I rush my lines, I care too deeply Oh, will she keep me for idle games? I raise my eyes to see her there Shining in a daydream I raise my eyes, I see too much I know her touch, what her touch would mean...

Broken glass, a broken chair Lamp hangs by a thread Scattered pages, spattered walls Mayhem on the bed Peace is gone and love is gone and Darkness wins the day A soul is torn away A soul is torn away A crumpled shirt a hank of hair A shoe print made of blood...

Out in the desert there's a soldier lying dead Vultures pecking the eyes out of his head Another day that could have been me there instead Nobody loves me here Nobody loves me here Dad's Gonna Kill Me Dad's Gonna Kill Me You hit the booby trap and you...

Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side. The summer's gone, and all the roses falling, Tis you, tis you must go and I must bide. Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down...

Don't go walking down Chapel Street Down Chapel Street they'll jump you Cut your throat as soon as give you the eye Those wholesome girls down Chapel Street They need some place to move their feet Before they soothe you with a lullaby At Bridie's place the m...

By Devonside she was a-marching It was a gang of no great size And surrender was the banner that she carried And hungry was the shiver in her eyes She met a boy, his health was failing She dropped the banner and took her prize And the only food she had was br...

This old house is falling down around my ears I'm drowning in a river of my tears When all my will is gone you hold me sway I need you at the dimming of the day You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide You know just where I keep my better side What days h...

When the party hit full swing I saw you come reeling in You had that six-pack in a stranglehold Now you stagger, now you sway Why don't you fall the other way Cause I've got something here Worth more than gold I said "Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands Don't sit o...

That gorilla you're dancing with May not have too long to live He's putting his hands in the wrong places It's time to rearrange his face He's gonna dance with me instead And I'm gonna tap dance on his head Don't tempt me, don't tempt me, don't tempt me I'm h...

See the boys out walking The boys they look so fine Dressed up in green velvet Their silver buckles shine Soon they'll be bleary-eyed Under a keg of wine Down where the drunkards roll Down where the drunkards roll See that lover standing Staring at the ground...

Big Mac, small mac, burger and fries Sheve 'em in boxes all the same size Easy on the mustard, heavy on the sauce Double for the fat boy eats like a horse Fry them patties and send 'em right through Microwave oven going to fry me too Can't lose my job by getti...

It seems like a lifetime since I saw you Lover lover I've been away too long When I see lovers holding hands and sighing I hang my head for shame of doing wrong Bus wheels spinning, song birds singing break my heart Take me back to old remembered days Remind...

For the sake of Mary I kicked the reds Junked the juice, drink coffee instead Straightened my teeth, bent my back Cut my friends dead from the old rat pack For Mary She bought me this silk suit, watch and chain She put the rhythm in my stride again She showed...

For whose sake For whose sake Did I deliver Sighs of love and vows forever? For whose sake For whose sake Did I learn real from true? Fast times What a scene you left behind Skins shed and bitter morsels said And now you shine your little star And did you c...

Monday mornin' feels so bad Ev'rybody seems to nag me Comin' Tuesday I feel better Even my old man looks good Wed'sday just don't go Thursday goes too slow I've got Friday on my mind Gonna have fun in the city Be with my girl, she's so pretty She looks fine t...

Oh she dressed in the dark And she whispered amen She was pretty in pink Like a young girl again Twenty years married And she never thought twice She sneaked out the door And walked into the night And silver wings carried her Over the sea From the west...

I don't want to be your friend anymore You've got fifty friends knocking at your door Life is short, so please understand I'm fully qualified to be your man You know zoology is up my street And your anatomy is far from discreet I'm good and ready for my entra...

My father he rides with your sheriffs And I know he would never mean harm But to see both sides of a quarrel Is to judge without hate or love Oh, oh, helpless and slow And you don't have anywhere to go You take away homes from the homeless And leave them to...

Among the headstones you played as boys Crypts and tombs like a roomful of toys Just up the river from the smoke and the noise Gethsemane And there's war-whoops and secret signs in the trees Estuary smells coming up on the breeze O perfect endless days like th...

Call my name? Did you call my name in the night? In the whispers and sighs In the whispers and sighs of the night Ah, ghosts in the wind Yeah, ghosts in the wind Now this old house moves This old house moves and moans The tongues of the night The tongues of...

Will there be any bartenders up there in heaven? Will the pubs never close? Will the glass never drain? No more DTs and no shakes and no horrors The very next morning, you feel right as rain 'Cause God loves a drunk, lowest of men Like the dogs in the street...

I think I'm goin' back To the things I learned so well in my youth, I think I'm returning to The days when I was young enough to know the truth Now there are no games To only pass the time No more coloring books, No Christmas bells to chime But thinking young...

I took my darling down, I took my darling down To that big grey house down the lane And then the doctor said, He said "It's in her head She's never going to be right again" I kissed my love goodbye, She didn't blink an eye They took her down the hall, Sh...

Carrie ran a murderous crew Dedicated through and through And the chance to prove they never squandered And they liked to kill so clean Save the innocent, kill the mean But from time to time, a bullet wandered Carrie kept her souvenirs Kept her scrapbook do...

Tropical night, Malaria moon Dying stars of the silver screen She danced that famous Gypsy dance With a hole in her tambourine I was young enough and dumb enough I swallowed down my Mickey Finn She'd hijacked a few hearts all right I went into a tailspin Don...

Haisai ojisan haisai ojisan Yuubi nu sangou bin gwaa nukutonna Nuku tora wanni wakiran na Ari ari waraba ee waraba Sangou bin nu ataishi wan ninkai Nukutondee iyun na ee waraba Anse ojisan Sagou binshi fusuku yamise era Issubin wan ni kwimiseemi Haisai ojisan...

Well I wove the rope and I picked the spot Well I struck out my neck and I tightened the knot O stranger, stranger, I'm near out of time You stretch out your hand, I stretched out mine O maybe just the hand of kindness Maybe just the hand of kindness Maybe ju...

Hard on me, hard on me Why do you grind me small? Hard on me, hard on me At every fence I fall I bite my rage I stop my breath I shake my cage I swim with emptiness Hard on me, hard on me Like they were hard on you Hard on me, hard on me So I can stumble too...

Haul me up, please help me I'm drowning Haul me up, to where I can breathe Haul me up, where the air is sweeter Stretch out a hand, a hand brother please Oh I'm walking in a sea of molasses Every step I take oh it sucks me down The more I fight, the more that...

Here comes Geordie, back in town again Here comes Geordie, strutting down the lane Girls all want to toy with his affection Boys all say, he loves his own reflection Hey now, Geordie, sing us all a song Whoa there, Geordie, where's your mother tongue? That do...

I sigh when people pass by and I hide it away I wipe a tear from my eye and I hide it away When I need you the most I hold the ghost of you inside So I keep the flame, and go on my way Laugh at the game and I hide it away Hide it away Hide it away I break do...

Little boy running and the little girl too Got the money tucked up in their hands Over the wall and down into the street Give your money to the hollering man Give your money to the hollering man Everybody runs for Hokey Pokey Hear the ringing on the ice-cream...

I stole your style, hope you don't mind I must try to be all I can be It suits me more than it ever suited you Hope you like the new me And I stole your laugh so bright and breezy It stops parties in mid-air It makes me feel more devil may care Hope you like...

I've been gone so long, now ain't it a pity Bending my back in this hell-hole city Turning my ear from my friends and betters Up to my neck in unread letters And unwritten laws Where I come from feeling is a crime I thought I could take you in my own good ti...

In my nightmare everything's wrong I'm waiting for love, but you come along You smile, you wave, you great me, Ciao! But you seem too happy to see me somehow Then the sky falls in on my head Your nails grow long, your eyes turn red You say, forever dear and a...

I feel so good I'm going to Break somebody's heart tonight I feel so good I'm going to Take someone apart tonight They put me in jail for my deviant ways Two years seven months and sixteen days Now I'm back on the street in a purple haze And I feel so good...

I found a stray at my back door She was a hungry shivering sore Her dress was rags, her shoes were holes I found a stray at my back door I washed the dirt from off her face I tucked her clean into my bed But I could never wash away The voices calling in her h...

She said "Darling I'm in love with your mind. The way you care for me, it's so kind. Love to see you again, I wish I had more time". She was laughing as she brushed my cheek "Why don't you call me, angel, maybe next week Promise now, cross your heart and hope...

I ride in your slipstream I wear your reflection I echo your heartbeat In the wind You might say we're lovers You might say we're strangers You think you don't know me But you're wearing my ring Good road, bad road Just don't mean a thing Good dream, bad dream...

It was cruel of you to stand at my door and take my hand Like a drowning man I clung to my defenses And ten years is a time but your looks, love, it's a crime And I lost my tongue in the tangle of my senses And I never was to know that I'd come to miss you so...

I'm so tired of working every day Now the weekend's come I'm gonna throw my troubles away If you've got the cab fare, mister, you'll do all right I want to see the bright lights tonight Meet me at the station, don't be late I need to spend some money and it j...

I can't eat, I can't sleep Knowing that you're on Your midnight creep I can't jump. I can't jive Knowing that you want me Dead or alive There's no half way with you You see red, white and blue What holds your head on Could use another screw Come on,...

Next time I promise I will be ready Ready to move when the clouds roll apart Next time I promise I will do better When the sun shines on me and pierces my heart If love whispers your name Breathes in your ear Sighs in the rain Love is worth every fall Even to...

Oh trouble becomes you, it cuts you down to my size And you never were less than perfect in my eyes But I lost my way somehow For three hard winters I held it in, till now Oh now I can't help it, oh Jennie my love Oh Jennie my love Now you pin up your hair li...

Jerusalem on the Jukebox, they talk in tongues on CoronationStreet Heaven help the Pharisee whose halo has slipped down to hisfeet A thousand satellite comedians have died for your sins Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels, beat your wings At poolside picn...

Jet plane in a rocking chair Roller coaster roll nowhere Deaf and dumb old dancing bear I'll change this heart of mine This time, this time Sea cruise in a diving bell Run a mile in a wishing well Soft soap and nothing to sell I'll change this heart of mine T...

When you're rocked on the ocean, rocked up and down, don't worry When you're spinning and turning round and around, don't worry You're just feeling sea-sick, you're just feeling weak Your mind is confused and you can't seem to speak It's just the motion, i...

If I cross your path again, Who knows where, Who knows when On some morning without number, On some highway without end Don't grasp my hand and say "Fate has brought you here today" Oh fate is only fooling with us, friend Keep your distance, oh keep your...

Let me rock you in my arms I'll hold you safe and small A refugee from the Seraphim In your rich girl rags and all Did your dreams die young Were they too hard won Did you reach too high and fall And there is no rest For the ones God blessed And he blessed y...

He was a species on the verge of extinction She was an Air New Zealand hostess They were mystically joined like Rawicz and Landauer Like Pinky and Perky, like Porgy and Bess Oh, he loved the pursuit and the romance But the details were more of a chore When th...

My oh my, but you do look the killer Never mind the duds just look at that hat All that green chartreuse on the waistcoat How do you come by something like that? Where did you get that little blue number? How do you make those rhinestones shine? Do you go on...

Somebody's walking, oh somebody's walking There on the grave of our love And somebody's kicking the dust and the ashes away Why don't they just let it die And fade and grow cold again Better our footsteps divide And our memory grow old again Oh long dead love...

Out of wedlock is my son Two bastards now Instead of one What can publicly be done? To rectify my honour Oh a wedding That'll see me through I'll hitch to father number two Rent me Scotland That'll do Just say it’s for Madonna Get me a castle, Nice and Old...

I packed my rags, went down the hill Left my dependents a-lying still Just as the dawn was rising up I was making good speed I left a letter lying on the bed From a man in need, it read You know it's so hard, It's so hard to find Well, well, well. Who's goi...

When I said those things I was out of my mind I was trying to be mean and cruel and unkind Don't take it too hard There's another man inside me wants to break us apart You were chic off the peg, bang up to the minute I had to put my big foot in it Don't shout...

Oh, I've got a little car and she might go far She's the mistress of my heart now She's a '65 with an overdrive And I fixed her in every part now Two in the front and two in the back A hundred and ten on the old hog's back My MGB-GT, she's a runner now MGB-G...

What a fool I was What a thin disguise Brando mumble Mingus eyes Was a time she fell But then she got wise Brando mumble Mingus eyes Never had the squint of James Dean or the Stanislavsky tears Or the rebel hunch that kills Or the smile that slowly disappear...

My dearest Miss Patsy, Im writing to say That Im sorry to not be in touch Its been quite a parade, but my thoughts never strayed Too far, or too long, or too much Miss Patsy, forgive all the choices I made Ive been fighting shadows on the wrong crusade Lookin...

I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay Ain't it sad And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me That's too bad In my dreams I have a plan If I got me a wealthy man I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and h...

So you think you know how to wipe your own nose? You think you know how to button your clothes? You don't know shit if you hadn't already guessed You're just a bump on the log of life, 'cause mother knows best She tells everybody she was born in a ditch She b...

My soul, my soul, my soul My soul, my soul, my soul My soul, my soul, my soul My soul, my soul, my soul Shes never gonna shake it up Shes never gonna shake it up Shes never gonna shake it up Shell never be satisfied Shes never gonna eye me right Shes never g...

Mystery wind, blowing tonight Driving rain, close up tight Don't leave a crack for the rain to get in Don't leave a hole for the mystery wind From some other time, and some other place Mystery wind make a fool say grace Lord above how great thou art Mystery w...

I see young girls with old faces I see good girls in bad places I see plain girls in finery And every one be the death of me Needle and Thread, Needle and Thread Hand me down my Needle and Thread Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Going to thread up my needle and then G...

O who will remember, o who will be sure And still feel the silence as close as before And was there a season without any rain, And never, o never, o never again? The time for dividing and no-one will speak Of the sadness of hiding, and the softness of sleep O...

Night comes in, like some cool river How can there be, be another day? Take my hand, oh real companion And we'll dance, dance till we fade away Oh, the songs pour down like silver They can only, only break my heart Drink the wine, the wine of lovers Lovers ti...

Everybody came to nobody’s wedding Everybody knew it was bound to be a hoot What can you do when nothing else is cooking Make your own amusement, bring a pile of loot There was Alice the butcher, Tidy and Gunn Who couldn’t see where they were heading It was s...

When the stone is grown too cold to kneel In crystal waters I'll be bound Cold as stone, weary to the sounds upon the wheel Now be thankful for good things below Now be thankful to your maker For the rose, the red rose blooms for all to know When the fire is...

I was walking down the street When I met with Billy He shook his head at me And then he shook my hand He said, I've seen the world And I've done some living I don't believe in giving You've got to take it while you can I'm an old man inside a young man You've...

As I was walking down by old Thames side Oh my foot and my heart seem to falter And there you were standing by a Custom House landing Like Venus risen out of the water And they say it's because, well, I'm a fool in love That I swear there's no beauty before y...

One door opens, another shuts behind One sun sets and another sun she rises Love comes to you in old familiar ways Love comes to you in shadows and disguises She may quit you, she may forsake you Drift away like a phantom in a fever Who walks in to your heart...

God never listened to Charlie Parker Charlie Parker lived in vain Blasphemer, womanizer Let a needle numb his brain Wash away his monkey music Damn his demons, damn his pain And what's the point of Albert Einstein What do we need Physics for' Heresy's his ins...

You and I, tempted by the promise of a different life Time has fled, there's a constant battle Running through my head I don't know what to do 'cause I still believe After all the foolish things you put me through I could always make a start on something new...

Was there ever a winter so cold and so sad The river too weary to flood The storming wind cut through to my skin But she cut through to my blood I was looking for trouble to tangle my line But trouble came looking for me I knew I was standing on treacherous g...

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...

No easy way to say, it's over now And I don't want to end it anyhow We knew this time would come before too long Love, how will I learn to stumble on? We stole a few short moments out of time Just long enough for a little light to shine Now the door swings cl...

If she's not here by now Then I guess she's not coming If she's not here by now Then I guess I don't care Waiter, I won't waste your time anymore You've already started to sweep down the floor I guess she's not coming, I'll head for the door I'll be taking my...

It was three in the morning when she took me apart She wrecked the furniture, she wrecked my heart She danced on my head like Arthur Murray The scars ain't never going to mend in a hurry Just when I thought I could learn to forget her Right through the door c...

I bought a toothbrush and toothpaste A flannel for my face Pajamas, a hairbrush, new shoes and a case I said to my reflection, "Let's get out of this place" Past the church and the steeple The laundry on the hill Billboards and the buildings Memorie...

Well, the angels came to see me today Said, "We've taken your racehorse away" And I believe it was that bookmaker from Crail I believe that he put one in her pail All the finest in the field Only measured to her shoulders, they only ever see her heels And I b...

Strolling down on Mutton Street The moon is peeping through Old wives say, young man, youd better Watch your P's and Q's Life is good on Mutton Street If you know the why and where Romping on the bomb sites Theres magic everywhere Were the boys of Mutton Str...

I feel for you, you little horror Safe at your mother’s breast No lucky break for you around the corner ‘Cos your father is a bully And he thinks that you’re a pest And your sister, she’s no better than a whore Life seems so rosy in the cradle but I’ll be a f...

If that was our goodbye kiss Seems a habit too good to miss Once more for the memory Hit the heights too well that time To leave it there would be a crime Seems more like beginning to me At least we tried, took the biggest bite Least we did it right With all...

High up above the crowd The Great Valerio is walking The rope seems hung from cloud to cloud Time stands still while he is walking His eyes steady on the target His foot is sure upon the ropes Alone, peaceful as a mountain And certain as the mountain slope We...

I'm just a little beggar girl and Sally is my name You can call me a skiver and I'll call you the same You can show me you're sorry if you think it's a shame That I'm only a poor little beggar girl Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl You can show me you're...

I love kittens and little babies Can't you see that's the guy I am And your money is so safe with me You never met such an honest man Glossies on my office wall The rich and famous, I know them all Come on and do the Money Shuffle I've got you right there whe...

Im Darby the tinker and my brother is Tam We go where the work is, me boys and we work where we can With the mending and fixing, its together we stay Intending our fortunes to try on the old changing way We come to your cities and we call on your wives Well f...

You're going to give yourself away One of these nights Your gaze of compassion Just a little too right Your hug of encouragement A little too tight And then he'll know It's the little things betray You're going to give yourself away To some Casanova On the spi...

Don't think my love is something that you can play with I'm not the one to spend the time of day with You learn to hide love, you lock it up or find it gone You think you need me, you think you read me From the beating of my heart But you're listening to the...

This old house is a-tumbling down The walls are gone but the roof is sound The landlord's deaf, he can never be found It's time to ring some changes They'll arrest you son if you just stand still They'll ask you to pose with your hand in the till They'll ask...

Together again My tears have stopped falling The long lonely nights Are now at an end The key to my heart You hold in your hand And nothing else matters We're together again Together again The gray skies are gone Your back in my arms Now where you belong Th...

How many boys, one night stands? How many lips, how many hands have held you? Like I'm holding you tonight Too many nights, staying up late Too much powder and too much paint No, you can't hide from the turning of the tide Did they run their fingers Up and d...

It's been raining for a long time and I can't seem to stand She left about an hour ago and so did the band I'm sitting at the bar with my face in the jar And something tells me I'm twisted Wo ho sitting at the bar with my face in the jar And something tells me...

Oh two left feet, two left feet How can you dance with two left feet Two left feet, two left feet How can you dance with two left feet I love you honey, you're so sweet Just get rid of them two left feet You got no style, you got no beat All you've got is the...

I hand you my ball and chain You just hand me that same old refrain I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire And I'm falling I wish I could please you tonight But my medicine just won't come right I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire And I'm fal...

I'm walking through a wasted land Of soft sell concrete and rust What ever happened to this country? Where is the hand you can trust? Walk down, walk down, walk down I remember when a farmer was ashamed If he never put his hand to a plough You can buy a lot o...

Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more time Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more time You can waste your time on the other rides This is the nearest to being alive Oh let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death You can go with the crazy people in the...

Oh play me a blue song and fade down the light I'm sad as a proud man can be sad tonight Just let me dream on, oh just let me sway While the sweet violins and the saxophones play And Miss, you don't know me, but can't we pretend That we care for each other, ti...

In this dirty old part of the city Where the sun refused to shine People tell me there ain't no use in tryin' Now my girl you're so young and pretty And one thing I know is true You'll be dead before your time is due, I know Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin' Wat...

She womanly lay like the lay of the land The land around Wheely Down And every curve was a high, high hill To hang above the town From Holland they came to make their maps And they had made her well For the rivers danced all across the green And the pine wood...

Dirty people take what's mine, I can leave them all behind They can never cross that line when I get to the border Sawbones standing at the door waiting 'til I hit the floor He won't find me anymore when I get to the border Monday morning, Monday morning clos...

When the spell is broken When the spell is broken How you ever gonna keep her now You can't cry if you don't know how When the spell is broken When the spell is broken All the joy is gone from her face Welcome back to the human race How long can the flame Of...

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving But how can they know it's time for them to go? Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming I have no thought of time For who knows where the time goes? Who knows where the time goes? Sad, deserted shore...

All your bitterness and lies Sting like tears in my eyes And a thousand love-sick tunes Won't wash away the wounds from my mind You've been seen around, you're a new sensation You got a better deal, and you took his invitation You've been sitting on his lap an...

Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance? Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance? Though the sequins are worn And tattered and torn And the seat is right out of your pants Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance? Will you dance, Charlie boy, will...

This cruel country has driven me down Teased me and lied, teased me and lied I've only sad stories to tell to this town My dreams have withered and died Once I was bending the tops of the trees Kind words in my ear, kind faces to see Then I struck up with a...

Fifteen travelin' to work the fields Toil in factories and sweat those deals Set out to sail from Santa Rosalie I left you a note tacked to a tree I'm yours carino I'll return one day Now I'm leavin' on the Carlos Rey Four cruel days under stormy skies Not m...

Don't think my love is something that you can play with I'm not the one to spend the time of day with You learn to hide love, you lock it up or find it gone You think you need me, you think you read me From the beating of my heart But you're listening to the...

She came down the stairs in her cocktail dress She fell on her food like a lioness There was ringing in my ears like an SOS She said "You dream too much. If you think I've a thing for you. You dream too much. It's going to end bad" The boom box was sounding...