Joke (I'm Laughing) Eddi Reader

Joke, I'm laughing, I'm laughing I'm laughing I'm laughing D'you hear the one about The one who fell from space One minute in the stars The next minute lying on their face?

Medicine Eddi Reader

did you fall out of the family tree here’s a kiss to mend your knee everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes how long did you think it would last with your sleeping pills and laughing gas?

Psychic Reader Eddi Reader

psychic reader just a block away are you feeling sore palm readin’ just a walk away and my feet are sore we’re wearing starlight out no burning my eye lift your head up we’ll read your thoughts we’ll read

Wonderful Lie Eddi Reader

I remember all of this in slow motion Every tawdry detail Dust caught in the sun in your kitchen Empty words, saying nothing I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who i was

When I Watch You Sleeping Eddi Reader

when I watch you sleeping I see myself for what I am and the secret I’ve been keeping it’s more than I can stand oh I’ve tried but can’t ignore what I know in heaven saw that’s why when I watch you sleeping

Candyfloss Eddi Reader

candyfloss between my ears I’ve been getting this way for years now I’m so dumb, if I walk and chew gum it’s a miracle it’s a miracle candyfloss behind my eyes I see no clouds, I see blue skies now I’m

Bell, Book And Candle Eddi Reader

Blue around a morning moon The color of your eyes I remember holding you A fall through summer skies You're everything that I've become Every word I say I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost

I Won't Stand In Your Way Eddi Reader

You're growing up You drop my hand Before I knew it You could stand I find it hard the letting go But there's one thing I know I won't stand in your way To go out tonight, see all the lights I couldn't

Semi-Precious Eddi Reader

Semi-precious, almost flawless Semi-precious, almost flawless I will find you, I will find you Under bridges, where my fear lies In the wreckage, I will catch your eyes In borrowed rooms, by gutter moons

Dandelion Eddi Reader

oh dandelion if I make a wish on you and then I set you free onto the breeze will my wish come true oh dandelion I used to be the same nothing could hold me down now I'm earthly bound oh what a shame why

Sweet Mountain Of Love Eddi Reader

I'm looking up I see the sky I look and wonder When will I see you Standing there Standing there When will I see you In care of my sweet mountain of love In care of my sweet mountain of love In care of

Over It Now Eddi Reader

Kiss me quick Before I turn into a pumpkin Nearly sick on the wall of death But then you held me hard Cigarette on the ghost train And for a while I was someone else I'm over it now Yes I'm over it now

On A Whim Eddi Reader

At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubt And the light so dim Through this confusion my heart goes travelling On a whim It's a cold and rainy day but it feels so right To be out on a limb It's where I

Wings On My Heels Eddi Reader

I never was too good at dancing Somewhere I'd step out of line But I knew that I had wings on my heels When they played in three-quarter time The pride of the north end would swagger The blades from the

Please Don't Ask Me To Dance Eddi Reader

Please don't ask me to dance Please don't ask me to dance Skin remembers what the heart forgets And I might do something that I will regret How can you smile at me now After all the ugly words we used

Love Is The Way Eddi Reader

Love is the way Love is the way Love is the way you lead me In the light of this day, all things make sense somehow It's like I've been in a haze for what seems like years now Well I suppose I am drawn

I Loved a Lad Eddi Reader

I ainse loved a lass and I loved her sae well that I hate all others that spoke of her ill; but now she’s rewarded me ill for my love she’s gone tae get wed tae another.

Dear John Eddi Reader

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

It's Magic Eddi Reader

You sigh, a song begins You speak and I hear violins It's magic The stars desert the skies And rush to nestle in your eyes It's magic Without a golden wand Or mystic charms Fantastic things begin When

My Shining Star Eddi Reader

When the storm is raging and the sky is black Your light came to me in the bar And it brought me to my journey's end You are my shining star Can I stay with you my shining star Everything that I am seems

Barcelona Window Eddi Reader

I can hear laughter Swimming through my window Burnt orange petals Moving in my eyes Unwrap me Untrap me You and I Here we hide away Someone is working Someone is waiting Someone is wasted But that's outside

Follow My Tears Eddi Reader

I was born in the shadow Of the factory I'd be working For me and my brother There was nowhere else to go I married a local boy In nineteen forty seven His hands were rough but his eyes were kind And I

Lazy Heart Eddi Reader

I've got a lazy heart Can't make it do a thing Won't go to church on Sundays I've never heard it sing No matter what I do Can't make my heart love you I've got a lazy heart Sleeps when the morning comes

Patience Of Angels Eddi Reader

From the top of the bus She thought she saw him wave She saw Tuesdays and forgetfulness And a little money saved Does she know, I don't know But from here I can tell That it would try the patience of angels

New York City Eddi Reader

I was down in New York city I was trying to get back on my feet I was looking out for someone else to think about and there's no harm in that you knock me out on these streets with your beauty there's

Never Going Back Again (Queen Of Scots) Eddi Reader

you broke down and you let me in I first heard this song in Irvine you told me I was good luck I'm seventeen in Kilmarnock I'm never going to be that again now I've seen what it means to win Queen of Scots

Clear Eddi Reader

I do believe this road's for going I'll be on it soon enough My baby wants a mother So do I when it's all too tough I do believe there's something coming Hope it wake us up The big hand's pointing this

Postcard Eddi Reader

You sent a pretty postcard From a far and lonely sea A dancer and a mandolin They looked like you and me I've been awake for hours and hours I should be fast asleep I lost the place and out it fell Your

Kiteflyer's Hill Eddi Reader

Those summer nights so still With all of the city beneath us And all of our lives ahead Before cruel and foolish words Were cruelly and foolishly said Sometimes I think of you and then I go Up to Kiteflyer's

Glasgow Star Eddi Reader

there’s a yellow star hung over a Glasgow sky in a sandstone doorway I had the sweetest kiss I’m here for days like these and I’m walking down the middle of the Great Western Road and I’m surfing on a

Prayer Wheel Eddi Reader

about me Don't forget about me Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes Don't let me slip out of your mind Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes It's happening again, we're unresolving It's happening again I

The Exception Eddi Reader

the homeless Is a fiver in the fickle hand of fate Does it mean we'll be there on the guest list When we get to heaven's gate No pain, no gain, that's what they're saying and it's hard to disagree But I

The Right Place Eddi Reader

a new day I've been in the wrong place, I've been in the wrong place Long enough to know I'm in the right place now I've been waiting so long, I've been waiting so long I've been waiting so long Now I

East Of Us Eddi Reader

she’s an iceberg white and glistening open fire see her melting (holding on to the east of us) there’s a tornado turning (I wish you well from the east of us) in the palms of our careless hands (you’re

California Eddi Reader

Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good company He only comes here when there's no one else to see I don't mind if he comes around I know the winter gets him down Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good

Hummingbird Eddi Reader

Hummingbird, hummingbird I knew I'd find you here Bright lights draw you near They always will All that work and worry just to stay still Hummingbird, hummingbird Always on your mind Sweetness you must

Rebel Angel Eddi Reader

Road riding bumper to bumper an island, an island in the driving rain and in my mind it’s the highest place I’ve ever been without a parachute, without holding on or falling falling through the rain I

Scarecrows Eddi Reader

oh scarecrow wherever you goyou’re only bringing sorrowoh scarecrow wherever you goyou’re only bringing sorrowsorrow for the ones you left behindsorrow for the ones who gosorrow for the ones who ch...

Red Face Big Sky Eddi Reader

let's go walking to the edge of herelet's go find the big seamaybe the sky will fall on usbut I've got your namein my mouth like (wildfire)ah it's just like (wildfire)all the things you saidmake my...

Butterfly Jar Eddi Reader

prettiest thing he ever sawhe’d been looking near and farbut he didn’t want the world to shareso he kept her in a butterfly jarall the time his beauty sleptwhile he was watching in the darkno one s...

Darkhouse Eddi Reader

the moon flies past the darkhouseshines a light inshe is in a corner, corneredand the dust fills everythingshe thought she needed savingby the prince of hopelessnessshe dreams of Barbie dolls and l...

Dragonflies Eddi Reader

A lost summer's day, a lifetime awayWhat do you findSlow turning sun, with somewhere to runOn your mindNot the flash that you sawThat was gone in the wink of an eyeAs soon as we're hereWe disappear...

Silent Bells Eddi Reader

there's a truth that is lostin the noise life compelsthat all that we arewithout love are silent bellsand where do prayers goif the heart never tellsis all that we arewithout love, silent bellshow ...

Fallen Twice Eddi Reader

She came to him last nightWith a bottle of wine and a broken heartAnd he held her in his armsAnd he wondered for a whileWas sadness just a broken smileFrom a girl with pale green eyesBut he knows n...

Dragonflies (Boo Hewerdine edit) Eddi Reader

A lost summer's day, a lifetime awayWhat do you findSlow turning sun, with somewhere to runOn your mindNot the flash that you sawThat was gone in the wink of an eyeAs soon as we're hereWe disappear...

Roses Eddi Reader

everybody listenlove is all aroundfeel it in the breezesummer's coming rounddressing up the treesand it makes me feel alrightwatching all the signs of passing timeseasons going rounddigging in thei...

Find My Love (Feat. Eddi Reader) Fairground Attraction

Cats are crying, gates are slammin' The wind is howling 'round the house tonight I'm as lonely as a boat out on the sea when the night is black and the tide is high Oh, on nights like this (I) feel like

Joke Boo Hewerdine

Is it some kind of joke Joke I'm laughing I'm laughing I'm laughing D'you hear the one about The one who fell from space One minute in the sky Next minute on their face She says I don't know what to be

The Joke\'s on Me Reel Big Fish

and a hundred down uhhh ohhh Keep on laughing, Keep attacking I\'ll show you what it means To keep on lying, Keep denying That there\'s nothing good in me I\'m not worthless, I know you heard this

Cold Reader Stone Sour

I... can only hurt your case It's written on your face You always come to me I won't be used, but... I - can't fight you anymore I know I'll open up the door, oh... NO! I WON'T! I CAN'T! NOT ANYMORE!