Food For Songs Del Amitri

There's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight, I'll be shell shocked and white in the cold light of dawn But I ain't gonna cry just to give some guy Food

Food For Songs (Acoustic Ver.) Del Amitri

their homes There's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight I'll be shell shocked and white in the cold light of dawn But I ain't gonna cry just to give some guy Food

Crows In The Wheatfield Del Amitri

With fifty-five pense between his two fingers And a swirling head as the feeling of hunger lingers Sing some stupid songs about crows in the wheatfield It's been so long since you saw crows in the wheatfield

When I Want You Del Amitri

flowers on graves and We got delayed When I arrived you had vanished like steam and left me in a diesel day So I walked around and spent ten pounds in amusement arcades Felt like I was in a field looking for

One More Last Hurrah Del Amitri

last hurrah Gonna kiss our friends And then crash our cars Crash our cars One more last hurrah Before we knuckle down and button up And figure out that fading out's The state that we've been looking for

One Thing Left To Do Del Amitri

So long, hope you dreams come true Now I've gone i know you're gonna bloom And did you want me to say I'd die for you What you wanted I couldn't give I guess I needed it to live And did you want me to

Lucky Guy Del Amitri

Baby, hold it, just let me try For just one minute be this other guy Live his life With my home and my faithful wife And your pretty face to kiss some nights Ain't I a lucky guy, I get what I want Ain't

Cry To Be Found Del Amitri

more than you've shown Because the sweet light of love won't come down If you don't cry, cry to be found If you don't cry, cry to be found So get yourself together, let it Be something you'll treasure for

Just Before You Leave (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

Does your appetite for novelty still burn And do you pick a fight just to feel the heat of his concern Do you still misbehave, then beg for his reprieve And do you love to feel his needy hands pulling

Just Before You Leave Del Amitri

Does your appetite for novelty still burn? And do you pick a fight just to feel the heat of his concern? Do you still misbehave, then beg for his reprieve?

Never Enough Del Amitri

finished buildings only seagulls remain As you try to think back to the root of this pain And life ain't worth living without a little love But a little love is never enough So some folks are fighting for

Stone Cold Sober Del Amitri

our time 'cos we're in love with time Whole generations thinking of themselves As infidels and pop stars While the bomb loses patience We line up and just lean against the bar Stone cold sober, looking for

It Might As Well Be You Del Amitri

There is nobody here tonight, who doesn't dance to the same tune as I Looking for that special someone new, and hey babe it might as well be you And as I fumble through my change, the dance floor illuminates

The Whole World Is Quiet Del Amitri

UK CDS "Always The Last To Know" Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse seem stuck for what to say Even the presence of Jesus in this house couldn't chase those demons away The whole world is quiet And Charlie

The Verb To Do Del Amitri

If you or I don't say it who's going to We can dance around it or dance for the truth We sit here conjugating every variation through Of the verb to do Now I don't want to hang it all on you If blame must

She's Passing This Way Del Amitri

She's passing this way And if you're looking for love, she'll give it away Yeah, we've all drunk from that cup You'll be hooked within minutes of tasting a drop 'Cause she is something, that is true

Surface Of The Moon Del Amitri

her and I love her that is true But I'm stuck here like some shipwreck still holding on to you So when they beat out the tramps and patch up the slums Everything will be fine There'll be a new facade for

Cruel Light Of Day Del Amitri

Someone's opening up for business The morning rings the same old way But someone should've taught me forgiveness Now I see it in the cruel light of day Tell him he's done me a kindness She was going to

Nothing Ever Happens Del Amitri

Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats Janitors padlock the gates For security guards to patrol And bachelors phone up their

Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name Del Amitri

sweet drip of every raindrop Time brings you closer to me And with each new sign at every train-stop Another hour without you is consigned to history And with each tick of my alarm clock I get crazy for

Lighten Up The Load Del Amitri

I've been waiting in this station, for what seems like a year Its midday now but I don't trust the clocks they have in here And maybe round the corner she'll be stepping off that bus And then I will remember

Through All That Nothing Del Amitri

'cos it's you i was waiting for Every day and every night through all that nothing So it's true now, i can see All that nothing that i knew Was so something like you'd Come to me...

This Side Of The Morning Del Amitri

bottle While in my head time is collapsing And the currents run cold So I can curse her memory But don't try telling me that she was not An emerald in a mountain of coal Or that there's a crock of cures for

Hatful Of Rain Del Amitri

just a hateful of rain Merry widows in stock gloss magazines Dumbstruck open their mouths And out comes some old jackpot philosophy Everything must pay somehow And I've heard you say that he just works for

Hatful Of Rain (Live 1995) Del Amitri

just a hatful of rain Merry widows in stock gloss magazines Dumbstruck open their mouths And out comes some old jackpot philosophy Everything must pay somehow And I've heard you say that he just works for

What I Think She Sees Del Amitri

been in this place many times before With my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothes But just because I'm here Don't mean I can't run out that door Ain't that what those running shoes are for

The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere Del Amitri

you love lead you nowhere Yeh baby the ones that you love lead you nowhere If you could just be patient, pretty soon you would forget his name And face this world again If you could just stop looking for

The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere (Live At The Town & Country Club, London/ 1993) Del Amitri

love lead you nowhere Yeh baby the ones that you love lead you nowhere If you could just be patient, pretty soon you would forget his name And face this world again If you could just stop looking for

What I Think She Sees (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

been in this place many times before With my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothes But just because I'm here Don't mean I can't run out that door Ain't that what those running shoes are for

The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere (Live At Leeds Town & Country Club/ 1997) Del Amitri

you love lead you nowhere Yeh baby the ones that you love lead you nowhere If you could just be patient, pretty soon you would forget his name And face this world again If you could just stop looking for

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

I've been waiting up by the window watching these cars go by And I tell myself that I'll go through the motions for the last time tonight. So come on babe, let's kiss this thing goodbye.

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

has turned out wrong and i know you feel exactly the same way but still we carry on i've been waiting up by the window watching these cars go by and i tell myself that i'll go through the motions for

Not Where It's At Del Amitri

one girl that I want, she wants that one bit of geography I lack Yeah, she don't want me 'cos I'm not where it's at And some girls they will worry about reactions And some girls they don't give a damn for

Medicine Del Amitri

You can find another country if you want Somewhere you can hide yourself away Find yourself another set of holes to haunt Get yourself another debt that you can't pay Yeah, you can try to run for cover

Move Away Jimmy Blue Del Amitri

So move away Jimmy Blue Before your small, small town turns around and swallows you A drunk mother was the cue For the legendary things that you do Behind a carnival tent with mud on your face

Breaking Bread Del Amitri

Well it didn't take long for him to be consumed And he turned around and said as her caressing resumed "we once were close but now we're both marooned, And what was once a stirring melody is now a distant

High Times Del Amitri

everything is relative can't you see we're living in High times, dig the new domain Living through high times, just don't crash my spiritual plane Little snow white, she was hungry Told to go out and graft for

Be My Downfall Del Amitri

The bus is pulling out and I guess I'd better go Before I make a grave mistake and let my feelings show And twenty miles away she waits alone for me But when I try to picture her you're the one I see And

Just Getting By Del Amitri

Look at me, I'm the one who got away, the one who could've shone I tried to do my best, but I guess your best don't last for long Look at me, standing with my tattered pride of toothless little lions

Former Owner Del Amitri

And when we hear trees falling or see people disappearing Her emotions won't be reached or released, Because the former owner is keeping the keys Like a ticket inspector running for a bus Irony's revenge

Buttons On My Clothes Del Amitri

vacation in my head But now I'm back here at the station with a trunk of regret Thought I found myself a frequency beyond her voice But the memories keep breaking through the noise So brother, send a ship for

Scared To Live Del Amitri

making love in the hours of daylight, too many moons ago But now that we've given all we have to give Maybe we're just scared to live Since I go so blinkered to nothin' else but you I've been playing for

Wash Her Away Del Amitri

leave a track I can't wash her away She's living in my skin I can't seem to wash her away I can feel her closing in Eyes like a slash across her face Lips so damn sweet you'd cut your tonuge out for

Don't Come Home Too Soon Del Amitri

pretty soon you'll see, Even long shots make it, Just don't come home too soon, Just don't come home too soon, And I don't care what people say, We can laugh it all away, But if I have a dream at all For

As Soon As The Tide Comes In Del Amitri

You'd better get some sleep for a change Before tomorrow brings you down By three o'clock they'll both be sitting on that plane Hopelessly honeymoon bound And I hope no one asks you to kiss this bride

Hammering Heart Del Amitri

Her heart speaks to me; says the room the room the room Beneath her dress, and I suppose that it beats for me Like a hammering moon pulling tides through her chest Suppose she says that she owes me All

I Was Here Del Amitri

She shouted to me under the juggernaut roar, "this is the bad life, what are we here for? " And wonderful world why are you full Of endless monotony and tiresome fools?

The Last To Know Del Amitri

So you're in love with someone else Someone who burns with in your soul And it looks like I am the last to know I hear you've never felt so alive So much desire beyond control and as usual I am t...

Roll To Me Del Amitri

1-Look around your world pretty baby Is it everything you hoped it'd be The wrong guy, the wrong situation The right time to roll to me Roll to me Look into your heart pretty baby Is it aching w...

Make It Always Be Too Late Del Amitri

What I want is everything to clear So let the clocks be wrong Let the evening be longer let me drown in here What I want gets clouded by the sun I can't see beyond The petty things that living here...