Richard Hawley Album

Hold me in your arms
may they keep me
sing me a lullaby cos i'm sleepy
i'm scared you don't need me anymore

bring me to the light of the morning
and take me through this night till the dawning
oh i see a warning in your eyes

and i don't need no valentines no no
don't need no roses
cos they just take me back in time no no
now you're not here

hold me tight tonight sleep will tend me
save me from lonely hours there's so many
and i won't get any sleep tonight

and i don't need no valentines no no
don't need no roses
cos they just take me back in time no no
now you're not here anymore
not anymore

and i don't need no valentines no no
don't need no roses
cos they just take me back in time no no
to when you loved me only
and i won't drink no aged wine no no

now you're not here anymore
not anymore
not anymore
not anymore

Roll river
Keep on rolling
Ancient lady cold
I'm forsaken
Lost and forgotten
Roll river, roll

Roll river
Roll river, roll

Let it take me
Free and unchain me
Ancient lady cold
Keep on rolling
Roll on forever
Oh please sail me home

Roll river
Roll river, roll

You hold my body
Lost and forgotten
In your deep waters cold
Oh sacred river
Take me to my sweetheart
My lonely bones

Will she remember?
Oh river take me
On my journey home
Deep dark waters
Deliver your secrets
River angel rise

Roll river
Roll river, roll
Roll river
Roll over my bones

When you are in love
Ah, you feel the stars above
There’s no devil in your eyes
There’s no darkness in disguise

But when you are in love
A kiss can turn your heart to stone
Hearts breaking in the night
There's a devil in her eyes

Oh it’s serious, so serious
A kiss that caught the wind made you delirious
Oh it’s serious, so serious
Take her in your arms don’t be afraid
Never be afraid

When you are in love
Ah, the stars burn bright above
There’s a kindness in your eyes
There’s no darkness in disguise

Oh but when you are in love
Oh your heart it turns to stone
Hearts breaking in the night
There's a devil in her eyes

Oh it’s serious, so serious
A kiss that caught the wind made you delirious
Oh it’s serious, so serious
Take her in your arms don’t be afraid
Never be afraid

Oh it’s serious, so serious
A kiss that caught the wind made you delirious
Oh it’s serious, so serious
So take her in your arms don’t be afraid
Never be afraid

Do you know why you got feelings in your heart
Don't let fear of me then fool you, what you see sets you apart
It's nothing here to bind you, it's no way for life to start
Do you know that tonight the streets are ours
Tonight the street are ours
These lights in our eyes tell no lies

Those people they got nothing in their souls
And they make our tvs blind us from our visions and our goals
Oh the trigger of time it tricks you so you have no way to grow
Do you know that tonight the streets are ours
Tonight the street are ours
These lights in our eyes tell no lies

And no one else can haunt me the way that you can haunt me
I need to know you want me, I couldn't be without you
and the light that shines around you
No nothing ever matter more than my darling
But tonight the street are ours

Do you know how to kill loneliness at last
Oh there's some much there to heel thee???
and make tears things of the past
But tonight the street are ours
Tonight the street are ours
These lights in our street are ours
Tonight the street are ours
These lights in our heart they tell no lies

Wake in the morning
Feel low
I don't sleep at night
Oh you've broken my heart
You dark moonlight

I see a rainbow
I don't know where it goes
Going to follow my dreams
Oh someday baby
There gonna shine for me

And I'm leaving Lady Solitude behind me
You understand
Yes I'm leaving Lady Solitude behind me
You understand

I know the story
I know how it goes
You've broken into my soul
But you won't take it out
On me
No more

I hear a whistle blowing
Morning low
As I ride that train
No you never wrote a letter
You hurt your man again

I'm leaving Lady Solitude behind me
You understand
Yes I'm leaving Lady Solitude behind me
You understand

I'm leaving Lady Solitude behind me
You understand

There's a river flowing
Away from my door
Think I'll sail away
Oh and one day baby
I will feel no pain

Think it's raining
In my soul
Through and from my eyes
Think this morning will see us
Say our last goodbyes

I'm leaving Lady Solitude behind me
You understand
Yes I'm leaving Lady Solitude behind me
You understand
You understand
You understand
You understand

It’s a long dark road
That I call my home
It’s a long dark road
That I’m cursed to roam

These many nights I’ve been banished here
My companion is the stars
With a bed-roll and a blanket
And just the rocks to lay my bones
One day from the darkness
I’ll come rapping at your door
And I’ll never walk this road any more

It’s a long dark road
That I call my home
It’s a long dark road
That I’m cursed to roam

These many nights I’ve been banished here
My companion is the stars
With a bed-roll and a blanket
And just the rocks to lay my bones
One day from the darkness
I’ll come rapping at your door
And I’ll never walk this road any more

No I’ll never walk this road any more
No I’ll never leave this home any more

The sea calls, out to an old hand
To go sailing to new lands
They pay for your worth
Bread drink and a berth...Ah honey I've got to go

The ship took the crew off to new lands
The boson piped all hands
And with it you'll go
A journey to the unknown...Ah honey I've got to go

The road bends, back to where we sent
The signals out to the men
Did they make it on board
With fire and the sword?

Ah honey I've got to go
Can you hear the winds blow?
It shakes your spirit and your soul

I've tried, to stay true and stay on land
But the call of the ocean
Is so hard to ignore
It's why I'm leaving your door...Ah honey, I've got to go

I've seen, a ship with a black sail
When the wind howls and the ghosts wail
Dead men they don't bite
Their faces haunt me at night

Ah honey I've got to go
Can you hear the waves roar?
And no sound of the shore
It shakes you spirit and your soul

I dream of sailing the oceans
In a galleon all golden
Dead trees in the hearth
The way they burn it warms the heart...Ah honey I've got to go

The years passed, we travelled and sailed west
I'll buy you a new dress
With all of my gold
Free your spirit and your soul

Ah honey, I've got to go
Can you hear the winds blow?
Shakes your spirit and your soul
I've got to go...

Take me with you when you go
down to the river
it's the only place i know
where i can forgive her
take me with you when you go
i'm tired of living life on hold
take me with you when you go
down to the river
down to the river, down to the river, oh i know

take a walk with me while it's quiet
by the river
oh i know that she's gone
but i can forget her
take me with you when you go
it's the only place i know
we lost the dreams that we once had
how did our lives turn out so bad?
take me with you when you go
down to the river
down to the river, down to the river, oh i know
down to the river, i can forget her
i'll stay forever and watch it flow

take me with you when you go
lady's bridge is where we know
how that our lives turned out so bad
we lost the dreams that we once had
we can watch e river flow
and maybe make this city slow
take me with you when you go
down to the river, down to the river
down to the river, oh i know
down to the river, i can forget her
i'll stay forever and watch it flow

When you're tired and feeling lonely
And you heart has nowhere to head
Think of me I'll be thinking somewhere
Of all those things that you said

But don't be cruel to me
Don't be cruel to me

Cos I'm looking for someone to find me
I'm looking for someone to love
I'm hoping that someone will find me
I got no one to love

When your days are plagued by loneliness
And you got no one to call
My name's here in the phone book
I'll be straight round to yours

But don't be cruel to me
Don't be cruel to me

Cos i'm looking for someone to find me
I'm looking for someone to love
I'm hoping that someone will find me
I got no one to love
I got no one to love

I'm hoping that someone will find me
Someone to call my own
Someone who will be kind to me
Cos I got no one to love

When your faced with life that ain't working
And you heart is heavy inside
Well it's time to think of leaving
All that darkens your mind

But don't be cruel to me
Don't be cruel to me

Cos I'm looking for someone to find me
I'm looking for someone to love
I'm hoping that someone will find me
I got no one to love, I got no one to love, I got no one to love

I'm hoping that someone will find me
Someone to call my own
Someone who will be kind to me
Cos I got no one in this world
Or this life I need someone to love

When evening shadows fade
I turn to my true love
She has the strength to say
The words that I cannot

In darkness, our darkness
So heartless, this darkness

I'm lost here in the grey
I wait for your returning
I watch the firelight play
Flames flicker with my yearning

For darkness, our darkness
So heartfelt, this darkness

Through streets and avenues
Will you come back to your lover?
The place for me and you
Is here with no other

In darkness, our darkness
So hearfellt, this darkness

My arms they open up for you
And where they fall it cuts the root
We talk of understanding
And talk of love

When evening shadows change
I turn back to my true love
She has the strength to say
The words that I cannot

In darkness, our darkness
So heartfelt, our darkness
So heartless, this darkness
Our darnkess, in darkness

We talk of love

And all the guests were guessing there
Fake tender smile blinded many a doubtful eye
It's almost to much to bear
Give a careless rose a thorn for her to needle all her life

The sun refused to shine
Oh the sun refused to shine

Oh the one you chose was wrong
He will only brush away and paint your dreams all blue
I know it won't be long
A bridal flower crushed 'neath his unloving shoe

The sun refused to shine
Oh the sun refused to shine

You hold the lies you sold yourself
Still you clutch an ancient relic a holy fragment of the truth
There's a burning need for the wealth
Of a settled life to calm the spirit of unsettled youth

The sun refused to shine
The sun refused to shine
The sun refused to shine
The sun refused to shine
Yes the sun refused to shine