Sad Dark Eyes David McWilliams

promised even should she wished no gentile may though I know she's taken someday I'll have her as sure as Summer must turn and die for now I've seen her I can't forget her that long haired lady with the sad

Epitaph David McWilliams

fast as the day is winding down the night dark as a river a mist before my weary eyes no saviour to deliver an empty mask the easel stands no painter's breath to help her no priest to ease her solitude

Blind Man's Stepping Stones David McWilliams

my eyes are empty black as night my heart is filled with hate my name is faded from this land and cursed be my fate and yet before my curtain falls all men shall hear my moans my vengeance sing the waters

Morning That Looks Like Rain David McWilliams

could I but touch your mouth one time again 't would brighten up the darkest day like some lost hero in a storybook 't would light my way and we could listen to the wind again sing it's soft and sad refrain

There's No Lock Upon My Door David McWilliams

Close your eyes I'll tell you something That I should have said before If you ever feel like leaving There ain't no lock upon my door You think your eyes are sparkling jewels You think that everyone should

In The Early Hours Of The Morning David McWilliams

Oh the sun is gazing down on me And the day it is a dawning The sea is washing pebbles o'er the sand In the early hours of the morning My eyes are still half closed with sleep My mind still clouded with

The Days Of Pearly Spencer David McWilliams

A tenement, a dirty street Walked and worn by shoeless feet Inside it's long and so complete Watched by a shivering sun Old eyes in a small child's face Watching as the shadows race Through walls and cracks

For Josephine David McWilliams

highway is painted blue my love For those that haven't seen That I would give my heart and soul For you my Josephine My mornings are all empty now My night times just the same No breath upon my waking eyes

Heart Of The Roll David McWilliams

the roll sadie my ladie she's the heart of the roll she could have been a sculptor or made a masterpiece in paint she could have been a poet she could have been a saint but is she any poorer in your eyes

3 O'Clock Flamingo Street David McWilliams

shadowed gloom And dies a silent death Junkered peers through plastic ears Holds his bottle heaven near And dimly strange to rise Unreal, can't feel His dagger dangling band of steel Through plastic coated eyes

Go On Back To Mama David McWilliams

go on back to mommaand tell her it's alrighttell her that you showed uswhat was really wrong and rightgo on back to mommaand say we understandbut we'd rather have our freedomthan see you steal it f...

She Was A Lady David McWilliams

she was a ladyit's easy to seewith rings on her fingersshe used to bethe queen of the mansionthe belle of the ballnow she just sits herenobody callsthe bottle before herglass in her handwearied and...

I Will Be Your Friend David McWilliams

oh I would not be your enemythere'd be no need to pretendif you will only love meI will always be your friendI will always be your friendremember how it used to bethe writin' on the wallthe nights ...

I Would Be Confessed David McWilliams

come all you weary mistrelsa warning take by meI've been too long upon this roadto sing in harmonyI've been alone for much too longmy wanderin' days are throughI wish someone would ask me inI'd wel...

Lord Offaly David McWilliams

I am the lord of offalysilken Thomas is my nameno sword for Henry will I holdmy heritage I claimto trust no more in foreign kingswhose word I treat with scornmy father lies in londons towerthe prey...

The Prisoner David McWilliams

I am a poor prisonerarrested and triedfor a crime I committedand the law I defiedin hunger I stolesome lords bread and winewas sat on his tablethat his household might dineI was held by his bondsma...

The Gypsy David McWilliams

wake up and sing me some new love songyou've lain here beside me all the night longwill you remember will you returnor leave me to sorrow and yearnI am a poor boy I have no goldall I have owned has...

Cross The Line David McWilliams

cross the line with your brothercross the line cross the linecross the line with your brothercross the linefor the line which is drawnwill be for either king or pawnso cross the line with your brot...

Na-Na David McWilliams

remember how we used to playall along the river tracksand throw stone at all the lovers'til they got up and threw them backand the old lady at the cornerwhen she flew into a ragesaid that you shoul...

Down By The Dockyard David McWilliams

down by the dockyardthe water's lie stillthe big cranes like tombstones surround herdown by the dockyardthe water's lie stilldead as the city that bounds herthe old womanwrapped in her long faded s...

Bells Of Time David McWilliams

there are no saints or teachersno reason here nor rhymejust the black robed missionaries of deathto tollthe bells of timedown along the borderupon a lonely roadI saw a man in flowing robeshis hair ...

Lady Margaret David McWilliams

as I walked among the green fieldsone evening in MayI spied the fairest damselsall at their sport and playsuch beauty as beguiled meI ne'er did see againthe one was Lady Margaretthe other Evelainne...

Daddy Lonesome David McWilliams

hey daddy lonesomeslip me a rhymemake it easy to rememberI've been sittin' here these last few daystryin' to get myself togetherbut everything I try to dokeeps changin' like the weatherand yet when...

Pharisee David McWilliams

as I was walking along the roadmy raincoat gathered' roundI met a pretty ladycomin' from the townshe had a basket on her armand she stumbled as she ranso when she came before meI commanded her to s...

Horseman David McWilliams

it was on a cold and windy nightwe sat waiting for the dawnhuddled close up to the fireand the shutters all were drawnwhen we heard hoof beats comin'and a whinney in the nightand the moon hung on t...

Leave The Bottles On The Floor David McWilliams

late last night my bride came byto tell me that she'd let me highshe didn't even make me cryI wasn't even worriedI told her not to mind at allthat I would take it and play ballI hope she don't have...

Singer In The Band David McWilliams

sunday afternoonsittin' in my roomnothin's really changedit just looks the sameyet it's overpassed along my waysaid she couldn't stayshe stood all aloneso l look her homeshe was my lovershe is a si...

You Wear It Like A Crown David McWilliams

o if I had a grand pianoI would play a song for youa song to make you wonder likeyou've never done beforewith words to make the poets singand worship at the gate for youbut all I have are wordsthat...

Twenty Golden Years Ago David McWilliams

oh the rain the weary rainstutters on my window sillnight I guess is on the waneall around has grown so stillhere I sit with coffee cupah 't was rare l watched it flowin the tavern where I'd suptwe...

As I Used To Know Her David McWilliams

if you have words to speak of herdon't use the time to talk of shamethe lies you sell are not of herbut of another with her nameshe wandered through my changing yearson all she touched she left her...

You've Only Been A Stranger David McWilliams

hold back the day a little longerI need the night to make me blindI didn't know it but I know it nowyou've only been a stranger all this timeI thought I'd climbed up every mountainI thought I'd wal...

Please Come Home David McWilliams

the sky is weeping o please come home the sun 's sleeping o please come home the wind is sighing o please come home and l am crying please take me home

Sweet Lil' David McWilliams

Little momma 's in despairGot no crazy clothes to wearNothing in the world she wants to doSo she turns and walks awayTo step around another dayNever tasting anything that's newShe seems to alwayswa...

Livin's Just A State Of Mind David McWilliams

I was standing at the altarI was aching to confessfor my soul in absolutionto be blessedwhen all the candles ceased their burningand all the virgins turned to stoneand I was left there in my darkne...

I Only Know You As A Stranger David McWilliams

Hold back the day a little longerI need the night to make me blindI didn't know it but I know it nowI only knew you as a stranger all this timeI thought I'd climbed up every mountainI thought I'd w...

Love Like A Lady David McWilliams

Nobody knows what I meanAnd nobody knows where I've beenI've been lonely so longSomething's gone wrongAnd my memory's gone like my reasonSo when you lay down beside me at nightAnd you reach up and ...

What's The Matter With Me David McWilliams

As I walked down by the river, down by the silver streamMy head kept wondering back, to all the things I've done and seenTo faces, places, lands and scenes, forgotten in my mindDreams and memories ...

Marlena David McWilliams

Marlena, speak to meI take all my strength from your smileThe moment I see youI wish you would stop for a whileMy heart skips a beatAnd my head turns aroundBut for you, I just don't existYet you're...

For A Little Girl David McWilliams

As I a rise the morning airBreathes the silent song to meAnd sings it's melody of SpringIt's then my thoughts return to youCompare the star light and the sunThey glow and twinkle in the skyThough t...

Time Of Trouble David McWilliams

Listen to me is all I askTo follow you my chosen taskAnd right now time is fading fastInto my time of troubleInto my time of troubleIf I could only take you awaySome other time, some other dayFor a...

Question Of Identity David McWilliams

My forefathers came, when the land it was openAnd built it from nothing, to millions of acresTo live there in freedom, no fears to persue themTo leave all their troubles, and trials behind themAnd ...

Supermen David Bowie

rolls into one for them So softly a superGod cries Where all were minds in uni-thought Powers weird by mystics taught No pain, no joy, no power too great Colossal strength to grasp a fate Where sad-eyed

The Supermen (2015 Remastered Ver.) David Bowie

men Life rolls into one for them So softly a supergod cries Where all were minds in uni-thought Power weird by mystics taught No pain, no joy, no power too great Colossal strength to grasp a fate Where sad-eyed

The Supermen (with Mick Ronson) [Sounds of the 70s - Bob Harris) [Recorded 21.9.71] [2000 Remaster] David Bowie

men Life rolls into one for them So softly a supergod cries Where all were minds in uni-thought Power weird by mystics taught No pain, no joy, no power too great Colossal strength to grasp a fate Where sad-eyed

Heartlight David Hanson

But it seems like nothing's changed I look back on the things, I’ve done Remorse darkens my room Save me from the dark night Save me from the dark night It’s still the same!

A Walk In The Dark David Byrne

walk in the dark Woah - we'll take a walk in the dark I'm not afraid to close my eyes at night I'm not afraid of what my dreams will show me I saw a fish that had a human head I saw some things that I

January David Cassidy

January Sick and tired, you been hangin' on me You make me sad with your eyes, You're telling me lies Don't go, don't go January Don't be cold, don't be angry with me You made me sad don't ya see, Oh January

Smile David Gilmour

make my getaway Time on my own Search for a better way To find my way home To your smile Wasting days and days On this night Always down and up Half the night Hopeless to reminisee Through the dark

Smile (Live In Gdansk) David Gilmour

sight I'll make my getaway Time on my own Search for a better way To find my way home To your smile Wasting days and days On this night Always down and up Half the night Hopeless to reminisee Through the dark

Sad Eyes Bat For Lashes

I don't like the things you don't say Leaving it for such a long long time Why do you show me those sad sad eyes Each time you decide to pass on by And when you smile those sad eyes Look sadder