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Another day dawns grey, its enough to make me spit But we go on our way, just putting up with it And when i try to make my feelings known to you You sound like you have changed from red to blue You’re a father now, you see things in different ways For every parent [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’m going upfield, way up on the hillside I’m going higher than i’ve ever been before That’s where you’ll find me, over the horizon Wading in the river, reaching for that other shore I dreamed i saw a tree full of angels, up on primrose hill And i flew with them over the great wen [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]