Emily Chambers would make it payEveryone knew she’d turn out that wayShe turned her back and she’ll be okayBut she’s not okay at all Every night with the radio onEmily fears that the day won’t comeThe moon is there to do her harmShe’s not all right at all Don’t get arrested Don’t buy a machine […]
Tele he’s the one he knows what to say Knows how to find his own way He knows the roads by night and by doorways But watching the light in a hall Won’t change a thing or say at all What it is that he says Still he says that I don’t knowStill he says […]
You told so many lies Your tongue is black with fireflies But you spit them out and pretend you’re sneezing And every word is such a joke With so many pasts you’d be ninety years old Don’t you wonder why the room keeps on leaving Hey, hey – what’s that I heard you say Don’t […]
Every morning traffic Every night I’ve had enough Every day compromise Life’s no surprise after much ‘Someday people’ lock themselves away Saving up for another empty Penny pinching rainy heaven day No-one talks at night They scream and fight and say too much My wife dreams all day My life says it has heard enough […]
I am the news and I’ll say no moreI am the stranger at your doorI am the the deep beneath the seaThe threat of flood tide risingI am the banks bearing refugeesAlways a cause not solutionA constant fear or a fleeting joyYour only friend who needs using I am the news and I’m in your […]
She never has to stop and think Never makes you lose a thing She is so enchanting I always have to stop a while Cross my hands and close my eyes I am so demanding When she smiles she opens wide Touching you inside to lie Life can be so shaking handed Nervously you’re shaking […]
I’m not one to judge that much And anyway I just wanna get high on you But thirteen year old girls in hotels on the other side of the world Seems a little much for me Yeah, I wanna stay alive with you… But they look you in the eye And anyway they’ll always slip […]
What are you gonna do today Mrs Jones Are you gonna chase the pain away Mrs Jones Or leave it sitting there waiting outside your door Hoping to find the things you hoped would tell you more About the dreams that seem to slip away What are you gonna do today Mrs Jones Are you […]
Saturday afternoon The sunshine pours like wine Through your window But I know that golden June can turn an empty grey ‘Gainst your window And I feel like I’m on the outside of a circle And if I walk by the trees I catch the falling leaves If the wind blows But I know that […]
I want to say yes to what you say If there’s a movement then I want to sway Get a piece of the action, uh huh And I want to see you in the crowd And I want to point your face out very loud Get a piece of the action, uh huh Don’t you […]