Angels


I sit and waitDoes an angel contemplate my fateAnd do they knowThe places where we goWhen we’re grey and old‘cos I have been toldThat salvation lets their wings unfoldSo when I’m lying in my bedThoughts running through my headAnd I feel the love is deadI’m loving angels instead And through […]


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Baby Girls Window


I’ve got you rainbows seen your sunbeamsI know a place where heaven breathesAnd it’s through her windowYour baby girl’s window I know you’re happy where you areSinging to the moon talking to the starsThrough her windowYour baby girl’s window There’s fingermarks around her soulBut your laughter fills the holeThrough her […]


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By All Means Necessary


Canned laughter for applauseYou’ve opened doorsIn and out of their wivesIn and out of your smallsIt’s not a BAFTA you’re afterYou want a million dollar layBy all means necessaryYou will get your way It all seems so easyBut so are youThat’s what I’ve heard them say All the make up […]


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Me And My Shadow


[spoken][Robbie: (american accent)] Johnny and Robbie[Jonathon:] What you talking like that for, you’re from Stoke![Robbie:] I dunno but I can’t stop here pally Like the wallpaper sticks to the wallLike the seashore clings to the seaLike you’ll never get rid of your shadowYou’ll never get rid of me Let all […]


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She’s the One


I was her she was meWe were one we were freeAnd if there’s somebody calling me onShe’s the oneIf there’s somebody calling me onShe’s the one We were young we were wrongWe were fine all alongIf there’s somebody calling me onShe’s the oneWhen you get to where you wanna goAnd […]


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She’s the One


I was her she was meWe were one we were freeAnd if there’s somebody calling me onShe’s the oneIf there’s somebody calling me onShe’s the one We were young we were wrongWe were fine all alongIf there’s somebody calling me onShe’s the oneWhen you get to where you wanna goAnd […]


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Have You Met Miss Jones?


Have you met Miss JonesSomeone said as we shook handsShe was just Miss Jones to me Then I said Miss JonesYou’re a girl who understandsI’m a man who must be free. And all at once I lost my breathAnd all at once was scared to deathAnd all at once I […]


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Singing For The Lonely


Singing for the lonelyYou’re not the only ones who feel thisSo scared of what we’re doingAll the time Here comes wasted head-spaceParanoiaAnger, misplaced feelingsLeave me nowhereAll the time I don’t wake up early every morning‘Cause the more I sleep the less I have to sayScared of you always thinking that […]


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Forever Texas


First you say you want meThen you don’t want me reallyBaby do I scare youAm I talkin’ too freely I got no perspectiveOn the things that you lackBaby I don’t careJust lie on your back Baby I’m crazyBut lady I’m lazyAmaze meBaby I’m fadingMy mind’s all jadedAmaze me I’m so […]


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Life Thru A Lens


Wake up on Sunday morningAnd everything feels so boringIs that where it endsWith your life thru a lens Hair is the new hat, brown is the new blackShe shouldn’t wear this, he shouldn’t wear thatPleasure at leisure make mine a double measure with friendsFashion tardis down at Que VadisWho laughs […]


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Knutsford City Limits


You said I was northern scumI was wounded babyThat’s fighting talk where I’m fromAnd I’m not moving babySpent my life dancing with shadows in strobe lightsIt’s alright, everything mellows in sunlight And now London’s got its gimmicksAnd New York’s had its minuteBut Knutsford City limitsI’ll never change I’ve been running […]


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Mack The Knife


Oh the shark has pretty teeth, dearAnd he shows them pearly whiteJust a jack knife has MacHeath, dearAnd he keeps it out of sight When the shark bites with his teeth, dearScarlet billows start to spreadFancy gloves though wears MacHeath, dearSo there’s not a trace of red On the sidewalk, […]


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Stand Your Ground


Stand your groundYou’re big enoughStand your groundYou know too muchToday drifts into tomorrowAnd you can almost taste the sorrowStand your groundYou’ve had enoughLost and foundDiamond in the roughToday drifts into tomorrowYou feel your soul’s been borrowedOooh, oooh…Stand your groundThe water’s deepFeel the sand beneath your feetI know your prayers seem […]


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Straighten Up And Fly Right


A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air,The monkey thought that everything was on the square.The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back,The monkey grabbed his neck and said, "Now listen, Jack…" Straighten up and fly right,Straighten up and fly rightStraighten up and fly rightCool […]


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Beyond The Sea


Somewhere beyond the seaSomewhere waiting for meMy lover stands on golden sandsAnd watches the ships that go sailing Somewhere beyond the seaHe’s watching for meIf I could fly like birds on highThen straight to his arms I’d go sailingIt’s far beyond a star, it’s near beyond the moonI know beyond […]


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