You Keep It All In - Best Of-carry On Up The Charts

(heaton/rotheray) You know your problem You keep it all in You know your problem You keep it all in That’s right The conversation we had last night When all i wanted to do was Knife you in the heart I kept it all in You know your problem You keep it all in You know […]

We Are Each Other - Best Of-carry On Up The Charts

(heaton/rotheray) There’s no more little secrets we haven’t yet disclosed We bore the living daylights of anyone too close And all our cards at christmas are written to us both Count them up who’s got the most? Said we’d be close Said we’d work perfectly Said that we’d toast Beautiful company Closer than a sister […]

Song For Whoever - Best Of-carry On Up The Charts

(heaton/rotheray) I love you from the bottom, of my pencil case I love you in the songs, i write and sing Love you because, you put me in my rightful place And i love the prs cheques, that you bring Cheap, never cheap I’ll sing you songs till you’re asleep When you’ve gone upstairs i’ll […]

Prettiest Eyes - Best Of-carry On Up The Charts

(heaton/rotheray) Line one is the time That you, you first stayed over at mine And we drank our first bottle of wine And we cried Line two we’re away And we both, we both had nowhere to stay Well the bus-shelter’s always ok When you’re young Now you’re older and i look at your face […]

One Last Love Song - Best Of-carry On Up The Charts

(heaton/rotheray) I once had a friend who i loved from my heart But i went on and left her ‘fore i’d made a start Now i’m moaning the blues like the rest of the charts Take me back So i’ll cry with a limp Just get by on a limb Till these blue eyes of […]

Old Red Eyes Is Back - Best Of-carry On Up The Charts

(heaton/rotheray) Old red eyes is back Red from the night before the night before Walked into the wrong bar walked into a door Old red’s in town And sitting late at night he doesn’t make a sound Just adding to the wrinkles on his deathly frown They’re only red from all the tears that i […]

My Book - Best Of-carry On Up The Charts

(heaton/rotheray) This is my life and this is how it reads For every chapter, a thousand memories A murder, a mystery where everybody bleeds A fantasy, a thriller with romance and disease Diary entry 9th of may ’62 We’ve had some ugly babies but none were quite like you Diary entry ’62 end of may […]

Let Love Speak Up Itself - Best Of-carry On Up The Charts

(heaton/rotheray) Don’t whisper love and dream of wedding bells Don’t do all the talking, let love speak up itself Let love speak up itself So when you feel a little tatty and unhappy with your face Let it breathe into us and put you back in place Let it breathe, let it breathe From the […]

I’ll Sail This Ship Alone - Best Of-carry On Up The Charts

(heaton/rotheray) If, if you choose that we will always lose Well then i’ll sail this ship alone And if, if you decide to give him another try Well then i’ll sail this ship alone Well they said if i wrote the perfect love song You would take me back Well i wrote it but i […]

Good As Gold - Best Of-carry On Up The Charts

(heaton/rotheray) Don’t know what i’m doing here I’ll carry on regardless Got enough money for one more beer I’ll carry on regardless Good as gold, but stupid as mud He’ll carry on regardless They’ll bleed his heart ’til there’s no more blood But carry on regardless Carry on with laugh Carry on with cry Carry […]