Upon a veil of midnight blue There hung a crescent moon To light the view But i don’t whisper the words When the moment arose I wonder how he knows You say your tongue is tied Your words escape and hide But he’s so patient and kind He’s prepared to read your mind That’s very […]
Unwanted Number - Bespoke Songs Lost Dogs Detour
You should hear the things that they say about me They’re saying "she’s no better than she needed to be" They don’t know that he was kind and strong and tender And now i’ll never be another unwanted number Unwanted number How can i tell them? How can i express? How it felt to step […]
Shall we agree that just this once I’m gonna change my life Until it’s just as tiny or important as you like? And in time we won’t even recall that we spoke Words that turned out to be as big as smoke As smoke that disappears in the air There’s always something that’s smoldering somewhere […]
The demo of "deportee" has essentially the same lyrics as this earlier version of the song In the arrivederci roma nightclub, bar and grill Standing in the fibreglass ruins watching time stand still All your troubles you confess To another faceless backless dress Schnapps chianti porter and ouzo Pernod vodka sambuca i love you so […]
The Comedians - Bespoke Songs Lost Dogs Detour
I fell under such gentle persuasion You can’t refuse it’s like a home from home Meanwhile in the motor car kingdom They’re finding that all that glitters is not chrome The social circle have these cardiac complaints Their hearts are empty when their hands are full All these new found fond acquaintances Turn out to […]
Summertime withers as the sun descends He wants to kiss you. will you condescend? Before you wake and find a chill within your bones Under a fine canopy of lover’s dust and humourous bones Banish all dismay Extinguish every sorrow Eternity stinks, my darling. that’s no joke Don’t waste your precious time pretending you’re Heartbroken […]
Shipbuilding - Bespoke Songs Lost Dogs Detour
Is it worth it A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boy’s birthday It’s just a rumour that was spread around town By the women and children Soon we’ll be shipbuilding Well i ask you The boy said ‘dad they’re going to take me to task But i’ll […]
Shatterproof - Bespoke Songs Lost Dogs Detour
I see those newly weds Their eyes wide and believing They bill and coo at the mention of chez nous Appearances can be deceiving It’s just a door and a window Four walls and a roof But a home of your own would be shatterproof A door and a window Four walls and a roof […]
Shamed Into Love - Bespoke Songs Lost Dogs Detour
(written by elvis costello, submitted by craig ciccone) I fear, my dear We’ve forgotten the things strangers do If we could look back To the terrible thrill that we knew Am i imagining a world without you? Must we be shamed into love? What can i say? Will you pardon my stupid embrace? Sometimes i’m […]
Shadow And Jimmy - Bespoke Songs Lost Dogs Detour
Shadow and jimmy were always yesterday’s news Jimmy’s a bowler, shadow rents out his green bowling shoes Late friday night when the bars are all shuttered and dark He shadows back jimmy to the lot in the lost trailer park For shadow and jimmy all the weekends end up the same If it’s saturday night, […]
