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(Kirsty MacColl/Mark E. Nevin)
I want to shake up this world
And not to feel so useless
And I long to wake up happy
And not to feel so hopeless
I want arms that never held me
To pull me to my senses
And wrap themselves around me
Oh, please let it come true
There's only one thing for me
Darling, darling, darling
You know it's you.
I want someone up here beside me
To wake up in heaven with all my worries behind me
That's what I'd love to do
There is something I have seen
A vision in my dreams
Who only comes it seems to tell me
What I already knew
There's only one thing that can save me now
And baby you know it's you
Ah -- d'you ever see just what I see?
My whole life just flashed in front of me
All my fears, all my mistakes
The heart that sings before it breaks
Oh I want arms that never held me
To wrap themselves around me
And not to let me down too gently
I need something to look forward to
There's only one thing that will do
And you know darling you know it's you
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(Kirsty MacColl/Mark E. Nevin)
Your name froze on the winter air
An empty bench in Soho Square
Forgotten now I turn away
Just save me for a rainy day
But don't be sorry
I don't want to hear it baby
My feet froze in the winter chill
I knew I'd probably get ill
But I was praying we could fill
An empty bench and still
You're so sorry
But I don't want your pity baby
It's all yours now please don't tease
The pigeons shiver in the naked trees
And I'll do anything but
Please don't hurt me
Just kiss me quick
'Cos it's my birthday
And I feel so small
I don't know why
But no I'm not too old to cry
An empty bench in Soho Square
If you'd have come you'd have found me there
But you never did 'cos you don't care
And I'm so sorry baby
I don't mind loneliness too much
But when I met you I was touched
And that was good enough for me
But do we always have to be sorry
Why can't we just be happy baby?
One day you'll be waiting there
No empty bench in Soho Square
And we'll dance around like we don't care
And I'll be much too old to cry
And you'll kiss me quick in case I die
Before my birthday
One day you'll be waving there
No empty bench in Soho Square
No I don't know the reason why
I'll love you till the day I die
But one day you'll be waiting there
Come summertime in Soho Square
And I'll be painting stars up in the sky
Before I get too old to cry
Before my birthday
I hope I see those pigeons fly
Before my birthday
In Soho Square on my birthday
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(Kirsty MacColl)
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Still dreaming
I am flying
And far above my room
I thought I heard you crying
I am calling
Come with me
Come on in and take me by the hand
Come give me what I understand
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground
I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my heart
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Floating round this heart
Round this head
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(Kirsty MacColl/Mark E. Nevin)
I think I just recalled a time
It was not the moon and not the wine
And though you said you were a friend of mine
I never felt that way inclined
Oh the days were hot and the nights were long
I must have sung a million songs
But all the words just came out wrong
On the last day of summer
I tried to walk the line
Hoped everything would turn out fine
But I think I fell in love that time
On the last day
And then the rain came down and
Sparkled the signs of the underground
And the darkness fell all over town
On the last day
I think I dropped my guard that time
I was flesh and blood and grit and slime
And I think I may have lost my mind
On the last day of summer
I think I fell in love back there
It was tooth and nail it was bones and hair
And you'll never never know how much I cared
On the last day of summer
And though I think I fell that time
It was not the only fault of mine
But all I wanted was a sign
On the last day
I think you broke my heart that day
And nothing I could do or say
Could make the coldness go away
On the last day
The winter changes everything
And the raindrops freeze
On the signs of the underground
I wonder will you think of me
When you look up and see
There's a full moon over London Town
I think I was away the day
When you said you were too smart to play
And you'd only beat me anyway
It's funny how I would have stayed
And you said you were a friend of mine
But that's not what I had in mind
I think I fell in love that time
On the last day of summer
I tried to walk the line
Hoped everything would turn out fine
But I lost the reasons and the rhymes
On the last day
And then the rain came down
And sparkled the signs of the underground
And the darkness fell all over town
On the last day
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(Kirsty MacColl)
I've been the token woman all my life
The token daughter and the token wife
Now I collected tokens one by one
'Til I've saved enough to buy a gun
Now you can't get even but you can get mad
And it's not funny no and it's not sad
It's just a feeling that I've always had
Oh Look out world I'm about to be bad
I want a brief encounter in a stolen car
A hand on my buttock in a Spanish bar
I want to meet the man who wants to go too far
For a token of my affection
I want to taste excitement
Smell the danger
Get swept off my feet by the perfect stranger
I want to try something that I've never had
Oh look out world I'm about to be bad
I've been an awful woman all my life
A dreadful daughter and a hopeless wife
And I've had my eye on that carving knife
Oh you've been lucky so far
I'm not crazy no I'm just mad
I don't want to be sorry
No I want to be glad
It's just a feeling inside that I have always had
So look out world I'm about to be bad
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(Kirsty MacColl/Johnny Marr)
He blew into town like a paper sack
In a stolen car with a shotgun in the back he said
She can't run now, she can't hide
I'm gonna get her back for her lies lies lies
Well he taught her how to pout
And he taught her how to tease
And he taught her how to beg
When she fell down to her knees he said
Your face is different
But you're really all the same
I have to teach you a lesson, again and again
See I feel no pleasure
And I feel, no pain
So what else can I do?
I can't stop killing you
Can't stop, I can't stop killing you
Can't stop, I can't stop
When you're out there in the dark
I'll come rushing through your brain
When you wake up in the morning
I'll be coursing through your veins
When you're swimming in the water
I'm the hand that drags you under
I'm the lightning that strikes you
Just before you hear the thunder
Aa-oooh
I can't stop killing you
Well she woke up in the bathroom
With her face upon the floor
She said I don't know what I'm doing here
But I've been here before
And the fixit man had fixed her
'Cos he's such a little Hitler
And he loves the feel of power
That she gives him through her terror
Aa-oooh
I can't stop killing you
Well she looked into the mirror
And she smoked her cigarette
And she wondered where she'd go now
To find a place she could forget
All the things he said he'd do
I can't stop killing you
Can't stop, I can't stop killing you
Can't stop, I can't stop
When you're out there in the dark
I'll come rushing through your brain
When you wake up in the morning
I'll be coursing through your veins
When you're swimming in the water
I'm the hand that drags you under
I'm the lightning that strikes you
Just before you hear the thunder
Aa-oooh
I can't stop killing you
Can't stop, I can't stop killing you
Can't stop, I can't stop killing you...
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(Kirsty MacColl/Mark E. Nevin)
I just know
Though I can't see
But I can feel his hands all over me
His hot breath on me
I can't resist
His rope, my wrists
I never knew there might be days like this
Dream on he says
Dream on he says
Will I be saved
From these Titanic days
A violent frenzy
In a none too cheap hotel
He says it's hazy
But I remember it so well
His arms, his face
The way my words got twisted out of place
Dream on he says
Dream on he always says
It's sink or swim
In these Titanic days
So hot so hungry
So faretheewell goodbye
I got so angry
Now I sit here and sigh
My love, always
We should rejoice in these Titanic days
Dream on he says
Dream on he says
Will I be saved
Will I be saved
Dream on he says
Dream on he says
Do you ever get that sinking feeling?
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(Kirsty MacColl/Mark E. Nevin)
I had a dream
You walked away
You couldn't hear what I wanted to say
I had a dream
I was alone
Nowhere was mine
No one was home
Sunshine don't you wake me
Darkness come and take me
You light my life darling
You light the night
Darling don't go
I closed my eyes
You came to me
I was in love
I held a dream
Fragile and brief
A wonderful thing
Like a new leaf
But only a dream
Sunshine don't you wake me
Nighttime don't forsake me
You light my life darling
You light the night
Darling don't go
I had a dream
Whispers and sighs
Walk in the stream
Look in my eyes
Sunshine don't you wake me
Darkness come and take me
You light my life darling
You light the night
Darling don't go home
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(Kirsty MacColl/Mark E. Nevin)
The last of England's spoiled brats
Grand order of the gutter rats
A big fish in a public house
You're never going to learn to shut your mouth
A silly pseudo lager lout
With nothing much to shout about
Spent hours looking in the mirror
Trying to perfect the perfect pout
Now take the spotlight
And pause for your applause
Well my oh my you're such a big boy
On a Saturday night
You try but there is always something
Something not right inside
There's always someone
Somebody else to take
The power and the glory
All for themselves
With you I suffered heaven knows
Although we never came to blows
It's just as well 'cos I can tell
I would have wiped the floor with you
You don't like 'them' you don't like 'us'
You make me laugh but seriously
I look at you what do I see?
A clapped out Nazi with a blunderbuss
So take the spotlight
And pause for your applause
Well my oh my you're such a big boy
On a Saturday night
You try but there is always something
Something not right inside
There's always someone
Somebody else to take
The power and the glory
All for themselves
So take the stage and
Let's have a great big hand now
My oh my you're such a big boy
On a Saturday night
That's when you really know they love you
When somebody else will feed your face
And kiss your arse
And wonder where the time flew past
Oh yes my darling's such a
Big boy on a Saturday night
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(Kirsty MacColl/David Ruffy)
Behind a burning bush he's waiting
Like a sleepless night
So silent and so strong
I know that I must push push push
Until the morning light
Don't make me wait too long
Till I open my eyes
Open the door
Take a walk outside
And feel the sun
Fall on my skin
It's time to get up
But not time to give in
I just woke up
With eyes as cold as ice cream
Floating in a frozen lake
I have to set the spark
And stroke the fire within him
Oh I have to see him smile
To have a happy heart
I opened my eyes
Walked outside and I realised
That what I saw was there before
But I opened my eyes
When I opened the door
I just woke up
One day I just woke up
I opened my eyes
Opened the door took a walk outside
And what I saw was there before
But I opened my eyes when I opened the door
I just woke up
Oh let me open my eyes
Open the door and look up to the skies
And leave the shore
And let my hand trail in the cool water
Float downstream, say goodbye to
That dream--I just woke up
I opened my eyes
I walked outside and I realised
That what I saw was there before
But I opened my mind when I
Opened the door--I just woke up
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(Kirsty MacColl/Mark E. Nevin)
I watch you lie asleep
Watch you breathing
And as you fall and rise
Like the tears in my eyes
I know you'll be leaving
I've earned all the pain
I suppose it was worth it
I'd do it again but I just couldn't face it
And if I see you again
You won't be the person I knew
I look to the future and see
A thousand setting suns
But tomorrow never comes
I still watch from my window
To see if you're coming
But I know in my heart
There's really no chance
You'll never stop running
It's like waiting for Xmas again
It's all lost in the blink of an eye
And about all the pain
Well you know it was worth it
You could do it again but I just don't deserve it
Let us part in the rain so the clouds hide
The despair and the sorrow I feel on the inside
And let my tears dry
In the light of a setting sun
And tomorrow never comes
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(Kirsty MacColl)
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Still dreaming
I am flying
And far above my room
I thought I heard you crying
I am calling
Come with me
Come on in and take me by the hand
Come give me what I understand
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground
I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my heart
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Floating round this heart
Round this head
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We never say what we should say
I guess it's just the English way
We talk about the weather
Stay polite and fun together and
It's true, you keep it in your heart and
If I gave you an inch for every time I was hurt
I'd be pushing up daisies six feet under the dirt
And if you gave me a flower for every broken vow
We'd have a fabulous garden by now
We know what never must be said
And keep it locked inside our heads
The feelings understated
Overdosed and underrated
It's true, you keep it in your heart and
If I gave you an inch for every time I was hurt
I'd be pushing up daisies six feet under the dirt
And if you gave me a flower for every broken vow
We'd have a fabulous garden by now
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King Kong, you gotta come home
You've a wife and family all alone in the jungle
Are you receiving OK?
King Kong you done what you shouldn't a did
You got a woman back home and a couple of kids
And they get so tired of waiting
And if we lived in another world
I'd be a boy and you'd be a girl
If we lived in another world
Who knows ...
I will repair all the pavements you've cracked if you come back and say you'll be mine
Yes, I will fix all the mortars and bricks
But a tree house will do us just fine
King Kong, you gotta come home
You've a wife and family all alone in the jungle
Do you remember OK?
King Kong, hanging out in LA
It's a change from New York
Won't you have a nice day
You may even get a movie come your way
And if we lived in another world
You'd be a boy and I'd be a girl
If we lived in another world
Who knows ... who knows ...
I will give back all the love you can give
If you're gentle and you will be kind
You stomping off to the US of A wasn't quite what I had in my mind
And if we lived in another world
I'd be a boy and you'd be a girl
If we lived in another world
Who knows ... who knows ...
I will repair all the pavements you've cracked if you come back and say you'll be mine
Yes, I will fix all the mortars and bricks
But a tree house will do us just fine
I will give back all the love you can give
If you're gentle and you will be kind
Yes, I will fix all the mortars and bricks
But a tree house will do us just fine
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Oh dear John
I hate to be the one to break the news
But it's concerning me and you
This is the letter no-one ever wants to write
You may not believe me but it's the hardest thing I've ever done
My eyes see other glories
Other dreams and other stories
And I want to live before I die
Dear John
Ten years on
I still dream and we still hesitate
The passion's all but gone
Oh dear John
Seems we have a bad day every day
I want to sleep my life away
This is the letter no-one ever wants to read
And though it hurts like hell
It may be what you need to tell you
I never wanted to be cruel
But I'm so tired of being the strong one
And I don't always havet he energy
And you always leave it up to me
Dear John
My eyes have seen the glory
There's more to life than my life story
And I'll probably never find him
But I have to keep on looking
And I'm very very sorry dear John
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(Cole Porter)
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
Madam
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
She is sorry to be delayed
But last evening down on lover's lane she strayed
Madam
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
When she woke up and found that her dream of love was gone
Madam
She ran to the man who had lead her so far astray
And from under her velvet gown
She drew a gun and shot her lover down
Madam
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
When the mob came and got her and dragged her from the jail
Madam
They strung her upon the old willow across the way
And the moment before she died
She lifted up her lovely head and cried
Madam
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
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I thought of you when they closed down the school
And the hospital too
Did they think that you were better, they were wrong
You had so many friends,
They all left you in the end
'Cos they couldn't take the patter
And I'll see you baby when the clans rise again
Women and men united by a struggle
Going down
You've got to walk into the water
With your sister and your daughter
In this free world
If I wore your shades could I share your point of view
Could I make you feel better
Paint a picture, write a letter
Well I know what you're saying
But I see the things you do
And it's much too dangerous
To get closer to you
But I will see you baby when the clans rise again
Women and men united by the struggle
Going down
With a pocketful of plastic
Like a dollar on elastic
In this free world
I wouldn't tell you if I didn't care
I'll see you baby when the clans rise again
Women and men united by the struggle
And the ghettoes are full of Mercedes Benz
And you'd never hurt a friend
Who wouldn't tell you
It's cold and it's going to get colder
You may not get much older
You're much too scared of living
And to die is a reliable exit
So you push it and you test it
With Thunderbird and Rivin
And I'll see you baby when the clans rise again
Women and men united in the struggle
In this free world baby
Got to take it got to grab it
Got to get it up and shag it
In this free world
Going down
You've gotta get into the water
Like a lamb goes to the slaughter
In this free world baby
Going down
With a pocketful of plastic
Like a dollar on elastic
In this free world
I wouldn't tell you if I didn't care
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I know you're there
But you're just shy with me
You make me talk to .......
You're everywhere
I know you'd feel alright if I could get you out of sight
Tell me about it
You can tell me now
Tell me about it
Where do I find the words?
The power of speech just disappears
When you touch me
Like Planet Earth colliding with the Sun
Please don't tell me that I'm not the only one
I know you're there
You're never off my mind
How could you treat me so unkind?
I wish I didn't care
But I can't hide the facts
I need you near me to relax
And let me tell you about it
Where do I begin?
Tell me about it
I'm really lost for words
The power of speech has passed me by
When you touch me
Like Planet Earth colliding with the Sun
Please don't tell me that I'm not the only one (only one)
I can feel the ice melting
I can feel the Earth tilting
My heart is stampeding
Running, jumping, begging, pleading
You touch me
And let your love light up the sky
A touch please
Don't walk away or say goodbye
Touch me
Like Planet Earth colliding with the Sun
Please don't tell me that I'm not the only one
A touch please
Don't walk away or say goodbye
Touch me
Like Planet Earth colliding with the Sun
Please don't tell me that I'm not the only one
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I'd like to say that you gave me the best days of your life
So have one on me
I've been away but I think of you much more these days
Thanks for the memories
Here comes the moon again
It makes me think of when I last saw
My Irish cousin
He looked so happy then
I can't believe that he's gone at all
My Irish cousin
He said "Surprise!"
And I could not believe my eyes
When I saw love
Yes I saw love
Hey, it's good to hear your voice
Even if I'm number 32 in your little black book of things to do
Hey, would you like to go out today
Maybe see a show
I don't know about you
So little time, so many things to do
I used to have these conversations all of the time
With my Irish cousin
Well, here comes the moon again
I can't believe that's when I last saw
My Irish cousin
We had a row in every bar in Dublin
But we loved it 'cause we were equal
Two very lonely people
Oh, is it too late to tell him that I miss him?
I can't remember kissing him goodbye
My Irish cousin
I let him down so many times but he never kicked me out
He let me cry, he'd let me shout
He said "That's what it's all about"
Here comes the moon again
It makes me think of when I last saw
My Irish cousin
He made me laugh beyond the call of duty and I loved him
I'm so glad I told him
But maybe that's what did him in
I wouldn't put it past him
My Irish cousin
He said "Surprise!"
And I could not believe my eyes
When I saw love
Yes I saw love
In my Irish cousin
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(Kirsty MacColl)
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Still dreaming
I am flying
And far above my room
I thought I heard you crying
I am calling
Come with me
Come on in and take me by the hand
Come give me what I understand
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground
I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my heart
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Floating round this heart
Round this head
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(Kirsty MacColl)
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Still dreaming
I am flying
And far above my room
I thought I heard you crying
I am calling
Come with me
Come on in and take me by the hand
Come give me what I understand
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground
I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my heart
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Floating round this heart
Round this head
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(Kirsty MacColl)
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Still dreaming
I am flying
And far above my room
I thought I heard you crying
I am calling
Come with me
Come on in and take me by the hand
Come give me what I understand
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground
I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my heart
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Floating round this heart
Round this head
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(Kirsty MacColl)
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Still dreaming
I am flying
And far above my room
I thought I heard you crying
I am calling
Come with me
Come on in and take me by the hand
Come give me what I understand
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before I hit the ground
I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my heart
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Floating round this heart
Round this head
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