- 10,000 Feet
The part of love that I'm scared of
is the actual taking off
I can take a bumpy landing
But the start must be soft
soft, soft, soft
It must be soft
- A Little Time
I need a little time
To think it over
I need a little space
Just on my own
I need a little time
To find my freedom
I need a little...
Funny how quick the milk turns sour
- Blackbird On The Wire
Eyes to take you dancing
mouth to leave your wife
Legs to run away with
and you wonder why?
Heart that makes you bypass
every other girl
Smile that keeps you grinning
at the madness of this world
- Don't Fear The Reaper
Don't Fear The Reaper
All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain..we can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
- Don't Marry Her
[Verse 1]
Think of you with pipe and slippers
Think of her in bed
Laying there just watching telly
Think of me instead
I'll never grow so old and flabby
That could never be
- Dream a Little Dream of Me
Stars shining bright above you
Light breezes seem to whisper I love you
Birds singing in the sycamore tree
Dream a little dream of me
Say nighty night and kiss me
Just hold me tight and tell me you miss me
While I'm alone and blue as can be
- Especially For You
Only buy this if you're lonely
Only listen if you're blue
If you are married and you are happy
This song is not to do with you
If you're listening at your work place
Feeling small amongst the men
Do not sing this to your workmates
- Everybody's Talking
Everybody's talkin' at me.
I can't hear a word they're sayin',
Only the echoes of my mind.
People stoppin' starin'
I can't see their faces,
Only the shadows of their eyes.
- hooligans don't fall in love
(Heaton/Rotheray)
Vagabonds don't fall in love
They just wheel and they deal
So if I turn a funny colour when you kiss me
I can't help the way that I feel
Hooligans don't fall in love
They just break up others lives
- Hot On The Heels Of Heartbreak
If you could pull yourself away from that mess
Surely if you could pack a punch then you can pack a dress
'Cause hot on the trail of self pity is wilderness
Like hot on the heels of heartbreak is happiness
It's an upward struggle just to be yourself (To be yourself)
And if I climb too far I'll end up on the shelf
When sorry's have been said and tears, tears have dried
- I Think The Answer's Yes
(Heaton/Rotheray)
I'm walking through these pastures
I'm picking up sweet fruit
I'm shaking hands with people
That previously I'd shoot
But nothing will dissuade me
Nothing will dilute
I want to execute
- I'll Sail This Ship Alone
(Heaton/Rotheray)
If, if you choose that we will always lose
Well then I'll sail this ship alone
And if, if you decide to give him another try
Well then I'll sail this ship alone
Well they said if I wrote the perfect love song
You would take me back
- Les Yeux Ouverts
Ce souvenir je te le rends.
Des souvenirs, tu sais j'en ai tellement.
Puisqu'on repart toujours à zéro.
Pas la peine de s'charger trop...
Ce souvenir je te le prends.
Des souvenirs, comme ca j'en veux tout le temps.
Si par erreur la vie nous separe,
- Let Go With The Flow
The super fly guy that you're courtin' now
Used to be a super-swot
And the clothes he thinks look retro
Are more 'Land That Time Forgot'
And if he knows where he was standin'
When J.F.K was shot
Chances are though time's passed him by
- Liars' Bar
Well sitting in a bar alone
where no-one knows your name
is like laying in a graveyard
wide awake
You're scared that if you cough or yawn
you might wake up the dead
So pretend to read a paper
or just drink instead
- Little Blue
You cant write a novel from a briefcase
You can write a poem from a trench
You can dream a dream from A to B
But you can't catch a bus from a bench
You don't back a horse called striding snail
You don't name your boat Titanic II
So why when I see your happy smiling face
- Livin' Thing
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and slidin'
It's magic
Chorus
And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, ooh, woah, higher and higher, baby
- Losing Things
I'm losing things
That's what old-fashioned love brings
Lost the key to the house
The feeling in my mouth
I'm losing things
I'm forgetting things
That's what old-fashioned love brings
- Manchester
From Northenden to Partington it’s rain
From Altrincham to Chadderton it’s rain
From Moss Side to Swinton hardly Spain
It’s a picture postcard of “wish they never came”
And whilst that deckchair in the garden it makes no sense
It doesn’t spoil the view or cause offence
Those Floridas, Bavarias and Kents
- Oh Blackpool
I wasn't sure if it was Marx or Hitler that was in this year
I hadn't been to Brighton for a while so it wasn't too clear
So imagine my surprise when I opened my eyes
To find it was the Liberals who were hip to sloganeer
I'm out tonight and can't decide between Soviet hip or British pride
So help me out, so help me out
Backpool help me out, Scarborough pull me through
- One Last Love Song
I once had a friend who I loved from my heart
But I went on and left her 'fore I'd made a start
Now I'm moaning the blues like the rest of the charts
Take me back
So I'll cry with a limp
Just get by on a limb
Till these blue eyes of mine they are closed
- Perfect 10
She's a perfect 10, but she wears a 12
Baby keep a little 2 for me
She could be sweet 16, bustin' out at the seams
It's still love in the first degree
When he's at my gate, with a big fat 8
You wanna see the smile on my face
And even at my door, with a poor poor 4
- Prettiest Eyes
Line One is the time
That you, you first stayed over at mine
And we drank
our first bottle of wine
And we cried
Line Two we're away
And we both,
we both had nowhere to stay
- Rotterdam
And the woman tug their hair
Like they're trying to prove it won't fall out
And all the men are gargoyles
Dipped long in Irish stout
The whole place is pickled
The people are pickles for sure
And no-one knows if they've done more here
- Song For Whoever
I love you from the bottom, of my pencil case
I love you in the songs, I write and sing
Love you because, you put me in my rightful place
And I love the PRS cheques, that you bring
Cheap, never cheap
I'll sing you songs till you're asleep
When you've gone upstairs I'II creep
And write it all down
- Straight in at 37
Why don't you sing 'I need you baby'?
'Cause it rhymes with crazy and it rhymes with maybe
It rhymes with lady and much much more
And it doesn't rhyme with the 'f' word
Well Simon le Bon stayed round my house before
And he was sick on the plants and he was sick on the floor
And he wouldn't go home until he'd sung his song
- You Keep It All In
You know your problem
You keep it all in
You know your problem
You keep it all in
That's right
The conversation we had last night
When all I wanted to do was