What is that sound Where is it coming from All around What are you running from Something you don’t understand Something you cannot command Chorus: That’s how i know She’s got a new spell Yes, that’s how i know That she’s got a new spell What’s going down Who’s moved this room from round me […]
He’s got the bonhomie of a game show host And his handshake is so limp its like meeting a ghost His apologies are tired cos he uses them a lot His excuses are so lame if they were horses they’d be shot He lies through his teeth with impeccable grammar In the game of life […]
He was trapped in a haircut he no longer believed in She said "i’m a teacher here. i teach the children." And he wondered to himself then and there the things he could learn from her A great might wonder Think of the names you once called me in anger Remember the sadness in florence […]
I wish that i could remember the first moment that we met If only i could remember that sweet moment when we met If i knew then that i Would spend the rest of my life with you I imagine i would have held your gaze a little longer When first our eyes met Did […]
It’s just a northern industrial town The front doors of the houses open into the street There’s no room for front gardens, just two-up two-down In a northern industrial town And you can see the green hills ‘cross the rooftops And a fresher wind blows past the end of our block In the evenings the […]
When i was young i told my mum I’m going to walk on the moon someday Armstrong and aldrin spoke to me From houston and cape kennedy And i watched the eagle landing On a night when the moon was full And as it tugged at the tides, i knew deep inside I too could […]
I ought to leave enough hot water For your morning bath, but i’d not thought I hate to hear you talk that way But i can’t bring myself to say i’m sorry The past is always knocking incessant Trying to break through into the present We have to work to keep it out But i […]
Rome never looks where she treads Always her heavy hooves fall On our stomachs, our hearts and our heads And rome never hears when we bawl Her sentries pass on — that is all And we gather behind them in hordes And plot to reconquer the wall With only our tongues for our swords For […]
Sugardaddy took me to wonderland Gave me so many presents i could not stand To see you I really couldn’t stand to see you Sugardaddy took me far away On a holiday, i didn’t have to pay Just be there All i had to do was be there Sugardaddy comes with his pockets full of […]
Everybody likes you babe but me I guess that proves how stupid i can be Your father thinks it’s swell, your mum hears wedding bells Our friends all say we make a lovely couple we get on so well People say that we’re a perfect match They don’t realise that there’s a catch They don’t […]
