Chris Rea * Chris Rea. The (Almost) Complete Lyrics *  (C) 1974-1994 Magnet Records This collection of Chris Rea's lyrics is not intended to be in any way totally comprehensive. At this moment it contains about 170 songs, and I know Mr Rea has written at least twenty songs not listed in this book. Therefore I would be thankful for all contributions of lyrics for a complemented version of this book. The songs are organised alphabetically according to their title. There has been a few problems with this since some songs have different titles depending on where you look. For example, 'Do it for your love' is the same song as 'I will do it for your love'. In cases like this I have chosen the title which is used most often. The songs are arranged according to the WHOLE title; you see 'The road to hell' instead of 'Road to hell'. Also, the lyrics aren't always totally correct. In some cases this is due to differences in what is printed on the sleeve and what Mr Rea sings. In others it's because I haven't had all lyrics at hand. You can notice the latter in song which appear only on B-sides of singles. At the moment there are about 175 songs in this file. Miro Wikgren March 1996 1975 Instrumental 90's blues Well I look out of my window I see the morning cold and grey I look out of my window I see the morning cold and grey I told you so many years ago They're all gonna end up, end up this way Well the fat man took my money And the daughter won't give it back The fat man took my money Sons and daughters won't give it back Put my family out on the street Put my marriage on the rack Well they steal your water And if you want some you got to pay The greenies point their fingers The people know better they don't listen what they say They live in fear and frustration Oh their crappy lives why should they give a toss anyway Nineties blues Nineties blues Nineties blues Ace of hearts Could this be true Could this be me The one who kept himself so high and free Caught up in the highest game of all And all my defences tumble and fall Only the ace of hearts can save now I wake in early hours and call your name It's your face I see pressed up against my window pane And suddenly I realise As the tears start to fall like rain from the sky Only the ace of hearts can save me now Said only the ace of hearts can save me now Ace of hearts tell me what's this game we're playing Ace of hearts it's all down to you I'm lost, lost like a child in a strange dream Open your doors and pull me Pull me trough And I'm flying like the wind in the dead of night Flying so high searching for those landing lights I've never been this high before But darling all I need is your love more and more And only the ace of hearts can save me now All summer long All summer long we were happy we were one We didn't think of an ending to our play All summer long nights of wine, days of song It couldn't last, our ageing sun had to go I will always remember you Watching the waves in the wind The beach dogs hiding from the rain Suddenly my colours have turned to grey Will I ever see your face again And all winter long I will walk my lonely road Waiting for you and your return I will always remember you And when she smiles Instrumental And you my love I do not sleep tonight I may not ever The sins of the past have come See how they sit down together Outside my window Outside my door And I know the reason they've all come here for You my love My sweet, sweet love Is what it's all because of Surrender is easy I know you do me no harm But your innocence haunts me The most fatal of charms Oh I must have done some wrong On a dark and distant day For I know full and well tonight This is how that I must pay And you my love My sweet, sweet love Is what it's all because of You my love My sweet, sweet love Is what it's all because of Auberge On the hard fast train On the road to gain Something gets right through to your telling bone There's a sudden itch An electric twitch Sometimes I swear this body's got a mind of it's own This is the naked truth This is the light There's only one place left to go Auberge You meet the silent type On a windy trail With a shiny cloak and an unseen silver dagger You can talk till you ache Give yourself one more break You can tell by the look on his face that it just doesn't matter This is the naked truth This is the light There's only one place left to go Auberge Give me a weekend Give me a day Don't like what I'm seeing though I hear what you say Think with a dagger And you'll die on your knees Begging for mercy Singing please mister please This is the naked truth This is the light There's only one place left to go Auberge Auf immer und ewig No sunny day, no sky of blue Just a pale moon on the wings of the wind No diamond rings, no pretty dreams Two people caught in chains of each other And there was no other way This was how it was to be The flame will haunt you constantly There'll never be a day Auf immer und ewig? Auf immer und ewig? Because of you I used to hang my head down low Never knowing which way I was going My life was getting close to the edge And I knew that it was showing Because of you I can stand and hold my head up high Because of you I feel free and yet I don't know why Each morning is a spring time song With the sun up in the sky The sadness that is on your face Helped me to realise I owe each day I have to you And I'll pay you back some day You're reading me like a book But I really would like to say Because of you I can stand and hold my head up high Because of you I feel free and yet I don't know why Yes I do, it's you And I'll pay you back some day Because of you I have finally found my way Between the devil and the deep blue sea Between the devil and the deep blue sea Everywhere I turn it's got a hold on me Between the devil and the deep blue sea Everywhere I run it won't let me be Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea Between the devil and the deep blue sea Can somebody somebody somebody help me please Between the thunder and the driving rain Could I ever be, be the same again Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea Holding on Waiting for some good luck to come Come my way, set me free It's that old boy himself and he always knew Sooner or later If you don't say what's true you'll end in chains And you'll always be Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea Black dog Black dog barking in the cold grey light He pulls the chain and he pulls it tight This ain't no lonesome wail that boy ain't faking He bites the steel and he claws the ground He pulls again and he spins around His eyes are raging and his burning lungs are steaming He wanna walk in the sun Feel love like anyone No one knows that black dog better than I I said no one knows that black dog better than I When I see his running I can see me Teeth in the collar and he's tearing it free Spit out the leather and the cold studs that kept you from singing Run till you're bleeding run till you're hot till the memory of all this you've long since forgot Run till forever till the bells of your freedom are ringing He wanna walk in the sun Feel love like anyone No one knows that black dog better than I I said no one knows that black dog better than I Bless them all Instrumental Bombollini Sing a song of love to me Sing out, sing out She's the one who made me free Sing out, sing out 'Cos she made me smile And she made me love Oh she made me laugh And she made me dance Bombo! Little pearl inside the shell Come out, come out From deep down in my wishing well Sing out, sing out 'Cos you made me smile And you made me love And you made me laugh And you made me dance Bombo! Boom boom Take a look what's be going on behind me I swear to God this ain't no making of my own That stupid cupid arrow Lost for years and never found me Now she's dancing on my history And she drives the dagger home 'Cos when I see that angel walking past my window When I see that angel walking past my door I know what this tired old heart's been waiting, waiting for Boom boom Boom boom And I can't win There ain't no us denying So many years of experience Tell me it's so That stupid cupid arrow Lost for years and never found me Now she's dancing on my history And she drives the dagger home 'Cos when I see that angel walking past my window When I see that angel walking past my door I know what this tired old heart's been waiting, waiting for Boom boom Boom boom Bows and bangles Born and raised in wilderness Of suburban shops and schools How she tried and tried to be satisfied With a job on the typing pool She hated the smell of carbon paper The office so smoky and dry How she longed for the day she would make her get away And say her last goodbye Bows and bangles on her fingers And silver bells on her toes That lady has music where she wonders That lady has music where she goes Married a guy with prospects And so became his wife And that my friend is the end of the story 'Cos that was the rest of his life She could have been a movie star She could have made the scene Right or wrong she still hangs on Each night to her favourite dream Bows and bangles on her fingers And silver bells on her toes That lady has music where she wonders That lady has music where she goes Candles Faith for reasons still unknown Like 'Bleak House fog' seems everywhere The truth has frozen into stone And hope lies freezing in the midnight air Though dark our days may seem This is a different dream Their freedom light don't shine at all So I will light a candle for you Keep it burning in the night And pray that you are all right I will light a candle for you Little candle burning bright When school yard heroes disappeared The little girl, she stands alone Oh I believe you if you say A prayer can help to get her home So I will light a candle for you Keep it burning in the night And pray that you are all right I will light a candle for you Little candle burning bright Cenotaph / Letter from Amsterdam Snow hard up against my doorway And it's falling twice as fast Funny I was just thinking of you my friend How long you were gonna last Driving those blizzards cross Europe Snow chains on you back 64 feet of mobile thunder, leaving a ten wheel track It's good to hear from you, go easy when you can My day is better for your letter from Amsterdam I stand alone by the Cenotaph Where the unknown soldier lies And it's somewhere out there that you are This freedom angel died To save us from depression Today I look around, boys our age and younger I fear we let them down It's good to hear from you, go easy when you can My day is better for your letter from Amsterdam The town square's disappearing It drifts up to my knees Midnight silence deafening And my feet begin to freeze Is it because we don't remember? We cannot understand? But me and the unknown soldier Got your letter from Amsterdam Chisel hill Misty eyes on a misty day Come across a place like this along your way You walk straight in to that sweet and tender trap And you know you're lost and found And there ain't no going back Spend the rest of your days playing all the hardest games Just to get back to that place again And memories oh how they stick to you You know there ain't a thing, not a single thing you can do On Chisel hill I've been ten thousand miles from this place and seen it I swear I've woke up happy thinking that I was there It's the place I love, it's where I wanna be And I won't give up until I get to see A little something in there to call my own Pass the time of day and head off home The evening shadows on the dry stone walls The night draws in and the ale house calls And happy I will be When the road goes no further than what I see When past here it's nowhere to go And I ain't gonna give up until I get see Those angel eyes looking up at me The prince of peace and time is standing still On Chisel hill Crack that mould You got to break the back of the mould you were made in Crack the shell, that's how it's got to be Nothing for certain, ain't no way of knowing Only believe in things that you see Flow with the river, run with the tide Mix with your brother, 'cos he's right by your side Crack that mould Little pretty chicken you can't stay in there forever Now there ain't no such thing as only one kind of weather You got to bend, learn, take the rough with the smooth Understand everything Crack that mould Now there ain't no such thing as only one kind of weather Pick up them shoes, go running down that road You know that precondition is such a heavy load You got to live love, put down that written word Crack that mould Now there ain't no such thing as only one kind of weather Curse of the traveller On the restless road to nowhere There's no certain peace it seems Desire to keep on moving till the river of dreams Is it just because someone told you Is it just because you found Old freedom feels uneasy when duty is around When allegiance asks the questions Old freedom twists and turns And chokes on codes of honour On the sword of no return And it's the curse of the traveller The curse of the traveller Got a hold of me And it won't let you be And in sleepless nights You'll call her name And feel loneliness cold to the bone And when the daylight breaks This old tired heart aches To be such a long way, such a long way from home And you long for the harbourlights But you'll never be free Of the craving for refuge And the call of the sea Always wanting to sell up But always needing to buy So till the road leads to somewhere And that river runs dry It's the curse of the traveller Ain't gonna let you be The curse of the traveller And it sure got a hold of me Dance! (don't think) Sometimes I think I go insane So what's a boy supposed to do Working just to pay my way But baby when the day is through Just wanna have a good time Hey! I've got my shoe, shoes shined I'm gonna dance, dance, dance Walking down the city street They don't like the kind of stuff I play But feel that bass beneath your feet Man don't take my only life away Just wanna have a good time Hey! I've got my shoe, shoes shined I'm gonna dance, dance, dance I'm scared when I wake up sometimes it gets so fast I want it high and higher but it never lasts And all I have starts Friday night with my first drink Don't tell me, don't say anything, don't wanna think Just wanna dance Dancing girls It's all become a fantasy She sits and reads about Tiffany's I moan all day about the state of the world And the sun beats down Her book if full of pastel shades Filigree Femmes in lusts of jade While all around the bullets flew And the sun beats down Oh heavy heart, as deep as the endless sea A thought for every fish, why don't you let them be Your book's so frivol, but I'm tired of mine Show me some Make me laugh and make me sing Dancing girls Make me laugh and make me sing Dancing girls So many years but nothing's changed We curse the fire but we still feed it's flames My cards repeating the same sad song Why don't you put them down? Tonight is young, as young as she needs to be There's room for love, as much as there needs to be Show me a drink, show me a smile Show me some Make me laugh and make me sing Dancing girls Make me laugh and make me sing Dancing girls Dancing shoes Could have been a long hot summer night When all the stars were shining bright Against the blue Could have been that famous decade scene Top hats and tails, spinning 'round the room And all I remember is not wanting the music to end And all I remember is feeling a need that I could not hide Don't take away those dancing shoes Don't take away those dancing shoes Don't take away that boy's dancing shoes And ever since that very night I found me a guiding light, light the way To turn off the music is to turn off the light in my soul So just let it shine mister One more time for me and my babe Don't take away those dancing shoes Without the rhythm you got the blues Don't take away those dancing shoes Don't take away that boy's dancing shoes Dancing with Charlie Charlie was a loser till that sunny day No-one saw him leaving as he sailed away Treated like a sinner, no-one gave a damn Till Charlie threw two sixes Now he's got them in his hand Now they're waiting in line to go dancing with Charlie They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie No-one seems to know how No-one seems to care Doesn't really matter just as long as you are there Party in the moonlight, free drinks at the bar You can bet what's in your pocket that Charlie won't be far Now they're waiting in line to go dancing with Charlie They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie Charlie bought a jet plane, Charlie rides the sky Friends appear from nowhere, Charlie gets them high Big D was a gambler with everything to lose Charlie didn't have anything So he didn't have to choose And they're waiting in line to go dancing with Charlie They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie And they're standing in line to go dancing with Charlie They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie Danielle's breakfast Instrumental Daytona Diamond dream when the sun don't shine I close my eyes to see Twelve wild horses in silver chains Calling out to me Oh Daytona Shine your light on me Oh Daytona Shine your light on me Now she ain't easy so you take good care Or she will scream down on your lust She can please you like no other Or she can leave you eating dust Oh Daytona Shine your light on me Burning passion heat my day Let me sit inside your wonder Cloudless daydream, oh dance of dances To have tamed the sound of thunder Oh Daytona Shine your light on me Oh Daytona Shine your light on me Deep water All change on then merry go line Everybody looking for a sign Jumping up and down when the switch goes on Nobody knows where it's coming from I'm here watching, keeping well away Oh I'm gonna live it in my own way Singing no mister, not me I'm staying here with guys on free In deep water I see a captain on a distant shore He's got a dream, he wants to make it law He's got my number, he's got a plan He try to get you any way he can Wants to own everything he sees While I'm here, well he ain't with me Singing no mister, no way I got my own deep water Deep, deep water Deltics Burlington Zephyrs and Kenworths that pass in the night Deltics and Steamers and F88's in full flight Old train take me back again To the one that I love Deltics Diamonds Oh getaway and don't come back Who do you think you're fooling with lies like that? You have dreams that set the rain on fire Burning with a cheap desire And it's plain as grey that what you say Have meanings of their own My love, she don't need diamonds My love's more than a sweet dream And she don't need diamonds She shakes her hip to the tambourine And she don't need diamonds If you can't love me for nothing They you can't love me at all And it's plain as grey that what you say Have meanings of their own We all got to dance, take a chance? But babe you should have stayed at home My love, my love, she don't need diamonds Distant summers Sweet serenade, in your shade May I rest Just for a while, won't stay long I'll do my best To help you help me to find some friends That I have lost Who lie in lands where memories And dreams are lost The breeze that blew around her hair that day The timeless dress that flowed in endless sway I almost touched her shoulder, she almost turned to face me A thousand distant summers... away Do it for your love Each single day I get up and make my way And it all comes into view It's like a part in a play You can turn it around in so many different ways But it's still the part you play And so to you I dedicate This role they have handed me And I will do it for your love Down in the street you can win or lose To that crazy beat But you'll never change the tune 'Cos the tune is the song And song is the game of life, we just come and go But we can laugh and we can bend Together though, me and you So I will do it for your love Look around, see that you see There's no sense in being so blue Now I've got to have a reason for seeing this out Other than seeing it through So I will do it for your love Donahue's broken wheel Instrumental Don't want your best friend She's got her independence in a hard fast way She's got me chasing shadows with everything I try to say Some say she's far too quick, some say she's slow to learn But all I know is she gave me love that left afterburn And its fire feeds me I'm hungry still So baby listen now, I'm at your will But I'm not a flower on your windowsill Don't want your best friend Don't need a Godsend Don't want your new trends I want you She's got a silver sabre with a diamond shine It's not an ego-trip just her frightened way To keep you blind Shadow dancing, nowhere fast You got to meet me half way Girl if it's gonna last I remember that first night I dream of it still I want that feeling and I want that thrill I've always loved you and I always will Take me home Do you still dream? Do you still dream of summer nights The endless roads between the distant lights Do you still find yourself On strange and long highways Drifting into unknown phase Do you still dream of summer days The sunlight dancing on white rolling waves The everlasting taste of innocent desire The atom splitting of its fire Do you still dream? Do you see that tunnel showing any sign of light Does fear still wake you in the night Do you still dream? Driving home I'm driving home for Christmas I can't wait to see those faces I'm driving home for Christmas Yea I'm moving down that line And it's been so long But I will be there I sing this song To pass the time away Driving in my car Christmas Gonna take some time Top to toe in tailbacks Got red lights on the run But soon there'll be a freeway My feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories I take look at the driver next to me He's just the same Just the same Top to toe in tailbacks Got red lights on the run Driving home for Christmas, yea Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Christmas Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas I'm driving home for Christmas Oh, I can't wait to see those faces I'm driving home for Christmas, yea Well I'm moving down that line And it's been so long But I will be there I sing this song To pass the time away Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas It's gonna take some time But I'll get there Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights on the run But soon there'll be a freeway Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me I am driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories I take look at the driver next to me He's just the same Just the same Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights on the run I'm driving home for Christmas, yea Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories Espresso logic If you don't listen what the people say The people gonna have to take their own way You got to give the people what they need And only then will they begin to see There's a world that we don't know There's a world we never see Espresso I don't need this trouble, I don't need the grief I don't need to feel this pressure down on me Every day there's something we don't really need Stop, think, walk away and let it be Stop, think, walk away and let it be Espresso There's a world that we don't know There's a world we never see Espresso Every beat of my heart The daylight breaks, a picture show of endless takes And the music's coming through on the radio And I take my place, reluctantly I join the race It's not my fight, just trying to stay on my feet But oh there's one thing that gets to me It's that little girl she puts me down so easily In total absurd I'm saying these words With every beat of my heart, I will love you With every song, with every breath that you take I'll give you the moon and the sun, you're the only one Pleading love with every beat of my heart With every beat of my heart, I will love you With every song, with every breath that you take I'll give you the moon and the sun, you're the only one Pleading love with every beat of my heart Pleading love with every beat of my heart Every second counts Every second counts That's what he says Every second counts Every single day All through the night time And all through the day time Can't let your world pass through and in to my way Every second counts He can't slow down Every second counts See his spin around He's chasing his shadow He's racing the wind He tells us to follow Where the ice is so thin I hope you're holding on I hope you're holding on 'Cos every second counts Every time I see you smile Sat out a card game in a motel room Don't let the muzak drive you crazy late at night They tell me it's all part of the deal I'm in Well I close my eyes, put memory into sight Every time I see you smile Now the lady tabs your case, leaves you thinking An hour or so: I hope she's right on time And you dream away your touchdown destination Now single file and put yourself back in line But oh, every time I see you smile Now this old world don't give much for choosing You can spend a lifetime driving yourself wild But I can take its punches laughing - don't mind losing Just as long as I get to see you smile every once in a while Fires of spring She's back real late yet she don't seem to care She hangs around outside in late night air Burning tears upon a smiling face And she's caught in the fires of spring The ice of loneliness you've known so long For good or not seems to have been and gone Your Phoenix flies you high on crazy wings And you're caught in the fires of spring You've been before but never been so fast Your only hope is that it's gonna last You know the pain and yet you love it's sting And you're caught in the fires of spring Fool (if you think it's over) A dying flame, you're free again Who could love and do that to you All dressed in black, he won't be coming back Save your tears, you've got years and years The pains of seventeen's Unreal they're only dreams Save your crying for the day Fool if you think it's over 'Cos you said goodbye Fool if you think it's over I'll tell you why New born eyes always cry with pain At the first look at the morning sun You're a fool if you think it's over It's just begun Miss teenage dream, such a tragic scene he knocked your crown and ran away First wound of pride and how you cried and cried But save your tears you've got years and years Fool if you think it's over 'Cos you said goodbye Fool if you think it's over I'll tell you why New born eyes always cry with pain At the first look at the morning sun You're a fool if you think it's over It's just begun I'll buy your first good wine We'll have a real good time Save your crying for the day That may not come but anyone Who had to pay would laugh at you and say Fool if you think it's over 'Cos you said goodbye Fool if you think it's over I'll tell you why Footprints in the snow I love, I love, oh, I still love you Can't wait to see the firelight in your eyes That's why I wait for your footsteps in the snow I dream each night that I will wake to find you sleeping deep and still down by my side That's why I wait for your footprints in the snow Time after time Year after year Forever I will love you In deepest winter, darkest hours you'll find me At midnight silence, tremble at the glow That's why I wait for your footprints in the snow Footsteps in the snow Instrumental For ever and ever Don't ask me how long baby it's gonna take I don't know honey, just give it a break Love don't happen to you overnight You got to feed it, leave it Give it some light Oh love, true love When it looks like you're winning Get it right on tee And the stars shine so brightly Just for you and me For ever and ever babe Is that what it takes? For ever and ever babe Is that when it stays for you and me? With every ray of sunshine sugar There's little bit of rain You got to take the bad times with the good times 'Cos no love's the same Oh love, true love When it looks like you're winning Get it right on tee And the stars shine so brightly Just for you and me For ever and ever babe Is that what it takes? For ever and ever babe That's when it stays When you've found your star love will know just who you are For ever and ever she'll stay For ever and ever babe Is that what it takes? For ever and ever babe Is that when it stays? Freeway She throws her hair into the February breeze She hears it singing through the branches of the trees A song of something you know so well And she's still looking for a freeway She hears the sound of distant planes across the sky She catches fleeting glimpse of fading red tail lights Into tomorrow she gently sleeps And she's still dreaming of a freeway Far away, there's a piece of luck somewhere Shining like a star in the night Dream on lady, till the early morning light Takes your dream to be free away Friends across the water Instrumental From love to love Well if you want me then just take my hand And if you don't, I will understand It's just a call from deep within my soul The burning question, I have got to know Take a message from love to love Take it down, from love to love Girl it's you I'm thinking of I'll send this letter from love to love And if I ask you will you take this dance Please don't think you're taking some big chance It's just a fire and it burns for you You know there's one thing that you've got to do Take a message from love to love Take it down, from love to love Girl it's you I'm thinking of I'll send this letter from love to love I'll share your secrets on a rainy day 'Cos if you'll have me then we'll be away Oh there's a fire and it burns for you You know there's one thing that you've got to do Take a message from love to love Take it down, from love to love Girl it's you I'm thinking of I'll send this letter from love to love Giverny Deep inside these old dusty walls There's a sacred heart, I'd know this garden anywhere She was warm, she was deep summertime She was love itself and she was standing there Standing close, so close to me I closed my eyes and I could see Giverny And in this strange and holy place I looked for love and found it everywhere It was what you saw she came to see Because of you she was standing there Giverny Books may burn and rain may fall But what is here I know will last forever more Colours change, there are no defines She was love itself and I thank you for giving me Giverny God's great banana skin Go down my road running just as fast as I can Nobody knows which is the better way But when that man in the sky points his finger at you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you God's great banana skin Don't you laugh at nobody You'll let the bad luck in God's great banana skin It's the way that it gets you With every day good luck comes in the strangest of ways Just keep your head down don't listen what your ego will say 'Cos when that man in the sky points his finger at you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you God's great banana skin Don't you laugh at nobody You'll let the bad luck in God's great banana skin It's the way that it gets you God's great banana skin God's great banana skin When that man in the sky points his finger at you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you God's great banana skin Gonna get you God's great banana skin Gone fishing I'm gone fishing I got me a line Nothing I do is gonna make the difference So I'm taking the time And you ain't never gonna be happy Anyhow, anyway So I'm gone fishing And I'm going today I'm gone fishing Sounds crazy I know I know nothing about fishing But just watch me go And when the time has come I will look back and see Peace on the shoreline That could have been me You can waste a whole lifetime Trying to be What you think is expected of you But you'll never be free May as well go fishing Gonna buy a hat She talks like thunder She really lets you know She keep changing the rules And leave you nowhere to go She bore you rigid with the party line She's so far left she's gonna get left behind He wants six pretty white spots on each side of the dice He wants it all to be equal but he needs to throw twice Now there's a guy in the corner with a smiling gaze He turns to me and says I'm gonna buy a hat 'Cos I think it's gonna rain Got caught out coming here Ain't gonna get caught again I'm gonna buy a big one Like that Mr Gorbachov And when it's raining all this crap Oh my hat will keep it off Now take a look at all them leaders Desperation in their eyes The tight faces smiles that cannot hide it They know no more than you or I So I'm gonna buy a hat 'Cos here they come again And when the start to blah-blah It's you and me that gets the rain Goodbye little Columbus The plane is waiting, you must to go 'Goodbye I'm gonna miss you' And all the things you say at a leaving Ah just turn your head and walk away Goodbye little Columbus Goodbye, I'll see you one day Goodbye little Columbus Travelling, just travelling That certain moment, the final call And that desperate search for 'C'est la vie' Oh what you'd give to hear of a slight delay Ah just turn your head and walk away Walk away, just walk away Goodbye little Columbus Goodbye, I'll see you one day Goodbye little Columbus Travelling, just travelling You've made up your mind And you've got to go Good news He's watching the girls on the dance floor He's watching the light in her hair He's praying that love's gonna come soon There's a sweet smell of hope in the air Just another boy from a steel town With the flash of the mill in his eye He don't move for hip cool or fashion But he knows where the deepest one lies And he'd love to be warm And he'd love to love you So give him some good news All the cards on the table But don't look that man in the eye Say a prayer for the dealer And kiss your old life goodbye Go to church light a candle But don't lose your head for God's sake Why is my heart beating faster Oh why do my hands start to shake 'Cos he'd love to be warm And he'd love to love you So give him some good news Guitar street There's a crazy sense of duty As he licks between his fingers Wipes the ketchup from his face and hands There's a strong determination That his teachers never witnessed Never close enough to understand He's like a bull just bred for fighting He don't deliver nothing Outside the only thing that he knows School report just says he's lazy His brother says he's crazy But take a look 'cos there he goes Through the avenues of fashion To the palaces of dreams All the way down Guitar Street To some guitars are hot-rods All along the quest for macho To others a would-be ticket out of town For Joe a six-string sten gun In the 'Panto-revolution' And Stevie's all just strictly sound He's like a bull just bred for fighting He don't deliver nothing Outside the only thing that he knows School report just says he's lazy His brother says he's crazy But anyway take a look 'cos there he goes Through the avenues of fashion To the palaces of dreams All the way down Guitar Street Heaven I see a turning wheel On a dusty track Caught in the void and empty space In between there and back And the paradise of going somewhere That's still so far away Happy, boy you bet I am Holding on to this smile for just as long as I can Heaven It's all bright in front And it's all dark behind Living for the now that's in between the bridges and the signs And getting there is still a long long way to go While the others dream This is all I officially need to know Happy, boy you bet I am Holding on to this smile for just as long as I can Heaven Hello friend Hello friend, where you been so long? Time goes by, so easy it sleeps away Just like a shadow at the end of the day Hello friend, how are things for you these days? Some guy from way-back-when, he mentioned your name Did he ever get back to you? Ah, you know I told him to Sometimes I turn and I swear I hear you call And I often wonder how we lost what we knew Seems it gone in the wind, washed away in the rain And the years go by and by The bridges you burned, long sinced turned into ashes When there were no reasons, now the river runs dry Seems it gone in the wind, washed away in the rain And the years go by and by Where you been so long He should know better Have you heard the news That is going round He should know better Have you heard the news That boy's got dust for brains After all this time After all this time Now things, oh, can never be the same He should know better Always straight, always cool Endless style, nobody's fool And always with the grace and superb manner How he danced around the snakes Left them spinning in his way And stepped straight on the yellow skin banana He should know better In the early hours of day The black night He makes his way Regretfully into the morning fog Just one silly small mistake Now all his bones their gonna break To the curse and laughing smile Of the little green frog He should know better Hey you I'm stood out with my brother On a tree lined avenue I see the sweetest little creature Coming into my view And I say to myself, I say man I'm gonna get me some Of that bright little angel That shines like the morning sun Well my brother steps in, faster that light And he sweet talks this angel, clean out of sight I say hey you, you with that look in your eye Hey you, you with that look in your eye Well she moves like a river From her head down to her toes It's less a way of walking More a total flow And I say to myself, I wonder I wonder if she knows What she's doing to me and my brother From our heads down to our toes Well he's up there on the corner now He's playing up that Romeo like only he know how I say hey you, you with that look in your eye Hey you, you with that look in your eye Hey you, you that make the stars shine Hey you, you with that look in your eye Hired gun Morning light meet the day Nervous eyes look both ways And it just won't matter, spring or fall There's bread to win and shots to call And there ain't nobody out there Just a wild uncertainty It's in your stride but it ain't no fun Sometimes I feel just like a hired gun I feel just like a hired gun Always on the run And how it started, well you can't recall Did someone push you, did someone stall Whatever the reasons there was lots to learn To get home safely and not get burned And it's all so cold and empty As you watch the setting sun You've picked up every dirty trick Just to keep yourself always on the run And I feel just like a hired gun Always on the run I dream of comfort and friendship long But I can't trust you or anyone The scars still hurt me and I don't let them heal Each one's a lesson, each one's a shield And I may even love you dearly And I loathe what I have to do You see I've picked up every dirty trick In my fear of you 'Cos you make me feel just like a hired gun Always on the run Holding out I see you laughing up at me, and I can't hide What it is that you can see I guess that's why I'm holding out my love for you And when you turn it around In different ways The answers turn around and fly away I see you laughing up at me And I can't hide What it is that you can see I guess that's why I'm holding out my love for you A lifelong history Of trust in vain I lead the fools' parade Out in the rain I see you laughing up at me 'Cos you don't seem to care But oh how happy I can be When you