| A Room Full Of Nothing and whoever said it was meant to be easy was someone who knew how to cope not aimlessly walk round and round in a circle to end up without any hope and the constant reminder of all that you've missed from everyone you'll never know it's hard to stay in with the popular crowd but oh so much harder to go some have it all like the world at their feet others have streets with no names there are those quite prepared to give up their souls others who won't play the game and the constant reminder of all that you've missed from everyone that you'll never know it's hard to stay in with the popular crowd but oh so much harder to go but don't send me postcards with felt tip best wishes withering roses, and lip sticky kisses forget reminiscing i know what i'm missing i've got break free from this thing that is me and the constant reminder of all that i am and everything i'll never be cos all that i've left is this room full of nothing, but me in a room full of nothing but me in a room full of nothing but me in a room full of nothing but me in a room full of nothing but me |
All Kinds Of Everything |
Anywhere |
| Ballad Of A Landlord on the day you arrived the bedroom curtains were drawn all was still the way you left it same number on the door easy come, easy go what a way to treat your soul though i confess where once hearts rested now there's nothing but a hole so the prodigal son returns i guess the pleasure's not enough did he promise you the earth a world of beauty an the bluff i tried to tend the garden until the flowers fell to weed so now the place lies in a ruin the way you lied and ruined me do i have the answer if i did i wouldn't know so take it if you want it if you don't then let me go fake leopard skin fur says it all you never could be real how i long to taste the secrets from your lands of phoney tears you tried to be a movement but there was no one on your side did you come back here to haunt me or take me for a ride take yourself away i've been here once before and i can't have you hurting me anymore |
Bubbles |
Chasing A Rainbow looking out through frosted glass on golden ponds from summers past that never last chasing raindrops to the sill an open fire might beat that chill but never will you know i try (to make it right) but oh to fly (we're sorry to lose you now) R are you ready And able to go It's i for an eyeful N is for now B the beginning Over we go We're chasing a rainbow a summer breeze is set to blow the cobwebs from my mistletoe ho ho ho i just can't wait for it to start and tear this misery apart ha ha ha you know i try (to make it right) but oh to fly (we're sorry to lose you now) R are you ready And able to go It's i for an eyeful N is for now B the beginning Over we go We're chasing a rainbow |
| Close To You | Dream A Little Dream |
First Attack Of Love the first attack of love hits you like a hurricane attack of love turns into the first attack of pain it's all or nothing we'll fall as sure as apples fall all or nothing here comes the greatest love of all days fly by without release pass you by and then decrease your everything is not enough until the first attack of love to see another open door attack of love to touch a little more and more it's now or never feels like i've been this way before now or never here comes the greatest love of all days fly by without release pass you by and then decrease your everything is not enough until the first attack of love it's the latest, greatest, latest love of all |
| For The Girl as the world keeps on turning she needs to stand still she's given her everything it's making her ill so tired of loving someone she hates to leave now or never it's getting so late (she just can't wait to get away) but who in the world would care for the girl with no regrets whose party days are over all she needs is to breathe just a little time to breathe she slips on her raincoat and heads for a storm been driven to hell and back weathered it all she keeps her resistance with vitamin c then takes off that wedding ring that spells misery (D.I.V.O.R.C.E.) she knows that if she breaks him then maybe then she'll make him the kind of fool who falls for the girl with no regrets whose party days are over all she needs is to breathe just a little time to breathe |
Forever J like Isabelle Adjani she glides by upon a bank of violets with those eyes that see it all and then she smiles like a bee with honeyed thighs a living hell a slice of heaven she is Jekll and hyde every truth and every lie she holds a candle to my shame i take everything but blame when it comes to naming names i'll name j forever j uncertain, coy and hard to please she kisses me through gritted teeth but when i'm weak she whispers dreams she say 'oh well you're no Mel Gibson but that's ok today could be you lucky day' and i collapse into a heap she's a bee with honeyed thighs a living hell a slice of heaven she's good, she's bad it makes me mad she's all i'll never have she holds a candle to my shame i take everything but blame when it comes to naming names i'll name j forever j like a bee with honeyed thighs a living hell a slice of heaven she's Jekll and hyde every truth and every lie she holds a candle to my shame i take everything but blame when it comes to naming names i'll name j she laughs and sunshine hits her face cries and tears pour down like rain when it comes to naming names i'll name j forever j when it comes to naming names i'll name j forever j and she says 'kiss me kiss me kiss me' forever j 'kiss me miss me kiss me' and she says 'kiss me kiss me kiss me' forever j |
God Only Knows |
| Grief Disguised As Joy close your eyes before you sleep it helps to keep dreams alive a diamond sky beyond your reach some distant beach like paradise how come the chosen few don't choose you? as they weave, that mortal coil how comes the ones who laugh, leave you 'til last? then give you grief, disguised as joy tomorrow's so close so give up your ghosts untouched by love and getting late oh catherine wheel how does it feel to twist and fly as other dies? how come the chosen few don't choose you? as they weave, that mortal coil how comes the ones who laugh, leave you 'til last? then give you grief disguised as joy you play with fire i've been there too and the first hundred years are the toughest so it gets better? a little better? a bitter better but don't expect to want everything you get |
Guess It's Not A Great Day To Be
Me |
Happy Go Lucky so tell me once again of everything you've done for me if this is what we are then what are we suppose to be from someone who could make you laugh to someone who could treat you bad or somebody who makes a mess of everything he could've had happy are we now destroying all the trust we had it's weird to see you smile at things that go from good to bad i never want to be alone i never want to hear your name if open books are there to close are open hearts just there to blame you'd like me better this way happy go lucky from somebody who made you laugh to someone who could treat you bad to someone who will make you laugh |
| I Don't Got You from the golden bars of heaven through the stormiest of weather guess it's true i don't got you every hours just like the last one every day's a week since you've gone guess i'm blue 'cos i don't got you as bears and lions growl and fight i sit at home and watch the tv die your photograph is up for grabs it makes me laugh give me the reason why i'm blue 'cos i don't got you guess it's true i don't got you what we had will leave me never you're as english as the weather kind of grey what am i meant to say? you said 'kiss me', i said 'maybe' you asked 'why are you so lazy'? guess i goofed 'cos i don't got you wild horses drag me from your arms and push me down in some devine despair as lovers join so lovers part and i hang around and make believe you care but i'm blue 'cos i don't got you since you went away i've been going nowhere spending every day playing make believe you care guess it's true i don't got you bluer than blue i don't got you |
I Drew A Lemon i drew a lemon i thought we'd last forever but you drew the curtains and pulled yourself together me i was certain we'd wed and save our pennies you went for a burton said 'sod the consequences' a couple of friends called by and asked me to go out well maybe on friday night i'll iron a shirt choose a tie and drink until that well is dry but i drew a lemon those girls just laughed and wafted by i sat there waiting waiting for snow in mid-july they threw a party but all three guests were boring i turned on the TV to drown the sound of snoring a couple of cop dropped by 'cos mr Singh complained the level of my Hi-Fi is driving him to drink, i think i'll turn it down 'til you turn up again a couple of years rolled by and me i'm doing fine i work for the F.B.I. they promised me a christmas bonus just think one day this will all be mine but i drew a lemon i punched that gift horse in the mouth i won't get to heaven if heavens north then i'll chose south a couple of friends crawled by and beg me to go out well maybe the time is right to iron that shirt choose a tie watch you and your friends go sailing by |
I Saw The Light it was late, last light i was feeling something wasn't right there was not another soul in site only you, only you so we walked along then i knew that there was something wrong and a feeling hit me oh so strong about you then you gazed up at me and the answer was plain to see cause i saw the light in your eyes, in your eyes though we had our fling i just never would suspect a thing till that little bell began to ring in my head, in my head but i tried to run though i knew it wouldn't help me none cos i couldn't ever love no one or so i said but my feelings for you were just something i never knew till i saw the light in your eyes, in your eyes but i love you best it's not something that i say in jest cos you're different girl from all the rest in my eyes and i ran out before but i won't do it any more can't you see the light in my eyes, in my eyes |
| Imaginary Friends he's moving into an art deco pad to swell the ranks of the clinically sad shaking off the past with a change of address but keeps his telephone number and hopes for the best he makes a list of all his favourite friends then leaves his footprints on the steps that shine with tears that he has wept again... and again... he bought his clothes from a skateboard boutique hung around in places where nobody speaks got on line to an internet club played trivial pursuits with the goddess of love and counted his imaginary friends, got up to ten lost count and then went out to walk the streets 'til god knows when he met a girl who liked a bit of a laugh he gained the youth he'd forgotten to have so they mess about with things that are highly illegal often get mistaken for interesting people and no-one ever seems to ring their bell but do they care, well do they hell they're gonna kiss and never tell again... and again... |
Like You Do you have to cut right through all the pepsi lies and hold on tight, it's a stormy ride to get through to what you do like you do, from wheels that never turn and lessons never learned searching for a space where dreams will never burn through the twists and turns, it's a funny world are you the king of cool with a secret sign or the king of fools in a pack of lies get through to what you do like you do, from keys that never wind a place without a time wishing on a star that's never gonna shine through the twists and turns, it's a funny world get through to what you do like you do from wheels that never turn, lessons never learned searching for a space where dreams will never burn through the twists and turns, it's a funny world be everything you are, cherish what is true celebrate with those who need to be with you through the twists and turns, it's a funny world |
Love To See You laugh as much as you like you won't stop me getting high and i would love to see you one more time keep me away from your friends they'll mock the afflicted again but when i get to see you i'll make you mine you only hold me to watch me fall you promised lasting days before you walked away i'd love to see you again am i so devoid of charm will this cause you that much harm my friend i'll get to see you wherever you are as someone's missing you another's kissing you not me and though the future's clear i'm hanging on my dear i'd love to see you again you bought a phone to never call you're trying to tell me you don't want to see me i'd love to see you again |
Lucky You you're lying again you say you don't but then you do i'm trying again to build a wall around your heart then break it through to you you make it happen you're chasing the moon reaching out to touch the stars but you land too soon what will it take to make you see the way things really are you've got this far so let it happen you're lying again give it up and tell the truth you can't stop the rain it's gonna fall on every roof i've got the proof and only you can make it happen everything's blue now, oh lucky you oh lucky you there's nothing left to lose so if it's really true oh lucky you |
Mistakes |
Misty Waters i grew to hate the morning light prefer it dimly lit make believe i see the trees thru all the shit the world through blurry eyes what better place to leave up and at 'em speaks the voice of what could be another day begins do i sink or do i swim in this pool of misty water you left me in faith holds out a hand to say tomorrow could be greater than today you've just got to hope the wind will change such youth is wasted on the young we reach a higher state then turn into all the things we're meant to hate another day begins do i frown or do i grin at this pool of misty water you left me in hope holds out a hand to say tomorrow could be greater than today you've just got to pray the wind will change another day another life of better things to be as this pool of misty water swallows me in this pool of misty water you left me in |
| Moon On Your Dress you've been star struck it's plain to see never took a lesson in astronomy and i'm calling just to say i don't understand you falling for the charms of another man who holds out a flower when your life's a mess who takes you for granted and you couldn't care less who's taken my everything now wouldn't you have guessed he took away the stardust and left you with a moon on your dress stop me knocking on an empty door stop me sleeping on this bathroom floor when i'm praying that the stars will begin to dim and i'm waiting for you to turn out the lights with him but it's taking forever for this moment to end and i mourn your departure like the death of a friend you wanted perfection then took second best he took away the stardust and left you with a moon on your dress |
Music To Watch Girls By |
No, No, No the promises you set before me are only put there to annoy me but all they ever do is bore me to tears and as you try to make some money is it ok to call you honey? no i'm not trying to be funny just clear oh no here comes those violins again (let's call it love) oh no not love (sealed with a kiss) oh no not a kiss (it must be love) oh no not again what is this game you're playing the edges keep on fraying that's why i keep on saying no no no you offer transcendental moonshine i'm only looking for a lifeline don't wash our dirty clothes in public my dear i've done the things that you've demanded and still you're taking this for granted guess you've got both feet firmly planted in the air (what do yo care?) oh no here comes those violins again (let's call it love) oh no not love (sealed with a kiss) oh no not a kiss (it must be love) oh no not again can't stand the complications don't need the aggravation that's why i keep on saying no (let's call it love) no no not love (sealed with a kiss) no no no not a kiss (it must be love) oh no not again what is this game you're playing the edges keep on fraying that's why i keep on saying no no no and hey i'll see you later! |
| Poems |
See No Evil |
Sense I'm flying high on something beautiful and aimless it's got a name but i prefer to call it nameless it comes and goes and leaves me on a bed of splinters feels like i'm living in a town closed down for winter the taste of love the more you get the more the want and all because the only reason is just because it all makes sense when you're near it all makes sense i'm standing high on my tip toes looking over fences waiting for somebody like you to kiss me senseless i've had a belly full of faces drawn in sadness i want to jump deep into tides of loving madness the taste of love the more you get the more you want and all because the only reason is just because it all makes sense when you're near it all makes sense |
| Sonny And His Sister we laughed and argued all night long so you were right i must be wrong you never seem to lose then you just left without a clue so now i'm clue less to my shoes any bright ideas? as i face the bitter chill until the sun begins to blister lips that used to kiss her then she went away but don't let her go bare your soul and tell the world how much you miss her says sonny and his sister don't let it fade stay true easier said than done but obviously not much fun why true when a lie or two will do you know it can't get worse when the problem page for teenage girls thinks you're really stupid so i face the bitter chill until the sun begins to blister lips that used to kiss her then she went away but don't let her go bare your soul and tell the world how much you miss her says sonny and his sister don't let it fade |
Summer Follows Spring i'm coming home to make a wish i'm coming home it's where i live it's all i know completely it's all i want believe me summer follows spring do you follow last night you kept me to yourself last night you slept with someone else with someone else it means nothing cos no one else will ever get near me summer follows spring do you follow with someone else you are nothing cos no one else will ever get near me |
Sugar Man his bookcase was a crypt his words dust everyday he turned to face himself to check for a sign any sign like breathing in a mirror like waiting for another some thought he would shine most thought he would fall need to know up is up and down is down need to know everything's O.K. tonight he's got the house to himself a hundred empty rooms outside the streets are empty it's raining he scribbles out another letter measures off another day when the chance comes he's gonna break away when the day comes he's gonna break away |
| Suburban Cemetery |
Take It Forever woe is me without you like a summer flower that fails to bloom on a moonlit night without a moon or you when sunday morning greets you don't let it slip away take it forever in a tangled world where beauty sells you search for pearls and pray like hell the ocean breeze leaves an empty shell for you when sunday morning greets you don't let it slip away take it forever it keeps on messing up my sleep let's sit and watch the morning breathe it takes most of your life to watch it float away take it forever |
This Guy's In Love With You |
| What If... you've been away so long, what's wrong with us today we're running out of funny things to say home, i'm almost glad you made it i'd never thought i'd see the day what if now, after all what if everything you've got made you want more what if now, after all, you're still not sure remember, when a thought could last forever and a day well, let's get back to waking up that way love, i'm almost glad we've made it i never thought we'd see the day what if now, after all what if everything you've got made you want more what if now, after all, you're still not sure but before you slip, take a friendly tip from a friendly face on a sinking ship don't ever doubt it, scream and shout it out what if i miss you what if i need you |
What's Wrong With Me I've got a boxfull of matches but the fires won't burn a cartload of monkeys, the wheels won't turn a head full of nothing, i never seem to learn anything anymore i've got a bag full of promises i can't keep a hundred reasons why i don't sleep a lot of friends that i don't see maybe that's what friends are for and you can do anything that you want to me cut off my legs and call me shorty love me although i'm fat and almost thirty-three what's wrong with me? i've got a pocket full of secrets that i can't hide a mind and a mouth that's open wide nobody ever looks inside they just see what they want to see you've gift of the gab, you're fab and full of wit a beautiful face that always fits so give me a break and say a big hello to me and i will give you the life, i know you're used to give me the choice i know you'd chose and what you'll get is all of me saying 'howdy doo, what's wrong with you'? Hey, and with the help of god and a few marines i'll get there someday hey, bye the way i hope you're ok all i want to do is make your dreams come i want to be the king of every country kiss a different girl each month, but when your head rules your heart you never start to understand the score so do anything that you want to me cut off my legs and call me shorty love me although i'm fat and almost thirty-three what's wrong with me? |
Working Class Hero |
| You I stand accused of showing you too much attention i stand accused of giving you another mention i've opened doors that's what friends are for i took a one way trip with you we didn't get there slipped deep into another world going nowhere if not for you i'd bill and coo like tweedle dum and tweedle dee you'll never find another me looked high and low at god know who nothing else compares to you i'll blow the candles off the cake and keep on wishing if ifs and ands were pots and pans you'd be my kitchen as fortune smiles you run for miles like tweedle dum and tweedle dee you'll never find another me looked high and low at god knows who nothing else compares to you i get accused of being clever by putting two and two together however like tweedle dum and tweedle dee you'll never find another me looked high and low at god knows who nothing else compares to you |