Be My Downfall Del Amitri

The bus is pulling out and I guess I'd better go Before I make a grave mistake and let my feelings show And twenty miles away she waits alone for me But when I try to picture her you're the one I see And

Keepers Del Amitri

I have overloved you and overseen you And now you're refusing the gifts that I bring you My hands have been clasping my hot head and asking "if she submits to me, will she be my property?

Long Journey Home Del Amitri

"By the time you get to hear this I'll be long gone down the road Without a toothbrush or a suitcase in a world I didn't know By the time you get through college, by the time you learn to drive I'll be

It Might As Well Be You Del Amitri

There is nobody here tonight, who doesn't dance to the same tune as I Looking for that special someone new, and hey babe it might as well be you And as I fumble through my change, the dance floor illuminates

Make It Always Be Too Late Del Amitri

What I want is everything to clear So let the clocks be wrong Let the evening be longer let me drown in here What I want gets clouded by the sun I can't see beyond The petty things that living here

Lighten Up The Load Del Amitri

I've been waiting in this station, for what seems like a year Its midday now but I don't trust the clocks they have in here And maybe round the corner she'll be stepping off that bus And then I will remember

Lucky Guy Del Amitri

Baby, hold it, just let me try For just one minute be this other guy Live his life With my home and my faithful wife And your pretty face to kiss some nights Ain't I a lucky guy, I get what I want Ain't

She's Passing This Way Del Amitri

She's passing this way And if you're looking for love, she'll give it away Yeah, we've all drunk from that cup You'll be hooked within minutes of tasting a drop 'Cause she is something, that is true

High Times Del Amitri

Little snow white, she is sleeping 24 hours a day She's got a right to be lazy, flat out of reasons to breathe And it's cold baby, yes it's cold But everything is relative can't you see we're living in

Ceasefire Del Amitri

Good luck and lost love's knife Cut a path leading through my life I weave through the gusts of change As a kite might through the sky.

Tell Her This Del Amitri

Tell her not to go I ain't holding on no more Tell her something in my mind freezes up from time to time Tell her not to cry I just got scared that's all Tell her I'll be by her side, all she has to do

Not Where It's At Del Amitri

With some girls it don't matter who you hang with With some girls it don't matter how you talk And some girls they are easy to be yourself with But the one girl that I want, ain't easy to please with what

What I Think She Sees Del Amitri

I've been in this place many times before With my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothes But just because I'm here Don't mean I can't run out that door Ain't that what those running shoes

What I Think She Sees (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I've been in this place many times before With my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothes But just because I'm here Don't mean I can't run out that door Ain't that what those running shoes

Just Getting By Del Amitri

Look at me, I'm the one who got away, the one who could've shone I tried to do my best, but I guess your best don't last for long Look at me, standing with my tattered pride of toothless little lions

Just Like A Man Del Amitri

I still don't believe it, how much we lied Last night you made it with him now I'm supposed to be dignified Just like a man Well I spend my night times drinking and you spend your days in bed And I guess

No Family Man Del Amitri

Well, I talk like a boy to my baby sometimes And you talk like a baby when your boy is crying You made something to love but I love what I am No family man So don't tell me you've got something better

Food For Songs Del Amitri

There's people hauling people Out from under their homes There's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight, I'll be shell shocked and white in the cold light

Food For Songs (Acoustic Ver.) Del Amitri

There's people hauling people Out from under their homes There's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight I'll be shell shocked and white in the cold light of dawn But

Cash And Prizes (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

could dream I've got a hundred houses, some that I've never seen I've got walls of paintings high as the Hoover Dam I've got cash and prizes, but I don't know who I am I've got a thousand people act on my

Cash And Prizes Del Amitri

could dream I've got a hundred houses, some that I've never seen I've got walls of paintings high as the Hoover Dam I've got cash and prizes but I don't know who I am I've got a thousand people act on my

Sticks And Stones, Girl Del Amitri

Here I am, hardly breathing in at all I cough when I can and that's about all I am this man and though I turn the tape To a happier song, my face can't find a smile Because it's been looking too long You

Hammering Heart Del Amitri

I suppose love lives in a dustbin behind the garden wall You have to grovel on the ground and be pretty disgusting To find it at all And I suppose that it grows on you Standing there with no clothes on

As Soon As The Tide Comes In Del Amitri

You'd better get some sleep for a change Before tomorrow brings you down By three o'clock they'll both be sitting on that plane Hopelessly honeymoon bound And I hope no one asks you to kiss this bride

Cry To Be Found Del Amitri

from me You're not gonna' live your life at all Cause if it's love that you want You've gotta' give me more than you've shown Because the sweet light of love won't come down If you don't cry, cry to be

Surface Of The Moon Del Amitri

part-time Elvis imitator these streets I knew so well Have been pasted beyond recognition with a temporary smell Now the midnight train eases out leaving everyone marooned And without her it might as well be

Always The Last To Know (Dave Bascombe Single Mix) Del Amitri

as usual I am the last to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you are The last to know if you're happy now Or if he's treating you like I treated you Or if he's cruel I'll be

Roll To Me (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

Look around your world, pretty baby Is it everything you hoped it'd be The wrong guy the wrong situation The right time to roll with me Look into your heart, pretty baby Is it achin' with some nameless

Crashing Down Del Amitri

Well it might not be so important to you now When the night is young and everyone's around And the music flows Through your doped up Disney mind.

Always The Last To Know (Single Mix) Del Amitri

as usual I am the last to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you are The last to know if you're happy now Or if he's treating you like I treated you Or if he's cruel I'll be

Always The Last To Know Del Amitri

as usual I am the last to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you are The last to know if you're happy now Or if he's treating you like I treated you Or if he's cruel I'll be

The Last To Know Del Amitri

as usual I am the last to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you are The last to know If you're happy Or if he treating you like I treated you Or if he's cruel I'll be

The First Rule Of Love Del Amitri

You'll get hooked, you'll get drugged She'll be your essence she'll be your blood And you'll want her so much but you'll never get enough And that's the first rule of love She'll smell so sweetly in the

Drunk In A Band Del Amitri

Pat is the guy with a record shop and John sells fruit but wants to be a cop and Paul deals speed in a celtic top but I'm just a drunk in a band Joe does tele-sales and martial arts and Jim pushes patients

Don't Come Home Too Soon Del Amitri

So long, go on and do your best, Let all friends have whiskey on it's breath, The world may not be shaking yet but you might prove them wrong, Even long shots make it So go then, out into history, And

Mother Nature's Writing Del Amitri

Open up your eyes, Everything is crying out this could be your time She fell out of the sky, Must every star been working on Heavenly designs A crooked line of lightning, a silent movie moon Mother nature's

Nothing Ever Happens Del Amitri

typewriters and put on their coats Janitors padlock the gates For security guards to patrol And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink While the married ones turn on a chat show And theyll all be

The Verb To Do Del Amitri

you or I don't say it who's going to We can dance around it or dance for the truth We sit here conjugating every variation through Of the verb to do Now I don't want to hang it all on you If blame must be

Roll To Me Del Amitri

1-Look around your world pretty baby Is it everything you hoped it'd be The wrong guy, the wrong situation The right time to roll to me Roll to me Look into your heart pretty baby Is it aching

Spit In The Rain Del Amitri

And you can try, to find her But you'll be looking in vain Because love disappears like Spit in the rain.

Buttons On My Clothes Del Amitri

Buttons on My Clothes I've been drinking all through summer I guess I've had a laugh I've had every kind of fun I could have had Looking at my crowd tonight There's a sober kind of sparkle in their eyes

It's Never Too Late To Be Alone Del Amitri

o'clock it thawed And last night making love to you, well honey, it was such a fraud 'Cos you can find yourself a lover You can find yourself a home You can want no other ever But it's never too late to be

Cindy Incidentally Del Amitri

And your local papers run out of news I'm not persuading you or disengaging you But Cindy you and me we got to move Can you refuse, no time to lose We'll hit the high road early this morning So don't be

This Side Of The Morning Del Amitri

less Nobody's helpless, although I've never felt this helpless before And trying to persuade myself not to think about her Is like trying to tell the clouds not to pour So I put down the bottle While in my

One More Last Hurrah Del Amitri

Crash our cars One more last hurrah Before we knuckle down and button up And figure out that fading out's The state that we've been looking for The state that we've been looking for Hold on, I wanna say "My

Last Cheap Shot At The Dream Del Amitri

I can't look into the future, but I can't cheat the past I will wipe away my memory, I will find freedom at last I will walk away from everything that I used to want so bad I can't look into the future

Some Other Sucker's Parade Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Some Other Sucker's Parade (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Out Falls The Past (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

You hold the key to whether we will ever last I know I can't forever hide behind this mask 'Cause everytime I fall in love, out falls the past You'll hear my reputation anywhere you ask They'll say I'm

Out Falls The Past Del Amitri

You hold the key to whether we will ever last I know I can't forever hide behind this mask 'Cause everytime I fall in love, out falls the past You'll hear my reputation anywhere you ask They'll say