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

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

Driving With The Brakes On Del Amitri

to moonn6pence from shootingstar Driving through the long night Trying to figure who’s right and who’s wrong Now the kid has gone.

Crows In The Wheatfield Del Amitri

You hang around the square watching someone kick the boys in With a hand through your hair as if to comb out the poison Sing some stupid song about crows in the wheatfield It's been so long since you saw

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

Breaking Bread Del Amitri

All day long, sweeping up the dead pigeons from the pavement After the long dim dawn He remembered how she pulled him from disaster into laughter.

To Last A Lifetime Del Amitri

the rain Let me hear her whispering, honey everything is OK Cos I've had enough bad news To last a lifetime Well I drove all night under a seasick sky And I made it by mid-afternoon And I hope she's home

Keepers Del Amitri

So wake up you pretty thing to a wonderful home Where we while away the happy saturdays Between the television and the telephone And I stroke your head just to feel what I own Whispering "will you be my

One Thing Left To Do Del Amitri

So long, hope you dreams come true Now I've gone i know you're gonna bloom And did you want me to say I'd die for you What you wanted I couldn't give I guess I needed it to live And did you want me to

Ceasefire Del Amitri

I feel down and degraded Like I felt when you and me began to tire And we stopped long ago But I thought it was just ceasefire.

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

It's Never Too Late To Be Alone Del Amitri

don't dream these days Yesterday the snow fell, by four 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

Roll To Me Del Amitri

So don't try to deny it pretty baby You've been down so long you can hardly see When the engine's stalled and it won't stop raining It's the right time to roll to me Roll to me Roll to me (rpt

Medicine Del Amitri

You can only try to fool yourself so long With any kind of measure you can find 'Cos every phony pleasure you've been on Has lifted off and left the pain behind.

Roll To Me (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

Right now roll with me And I don't think I have ever seen A soul so in despair So if you want to talk the night through Guess who will be there So dont try to deny it, pretty baby You've been down so long

Whiskey Remorse Del Amitri

You always find some company come in to use the phone, Someone who can't stand to see a friend go home alone.

Scared To Live Del Amitri

How can you have no faith in this your own home town? Can't you practice a little discretion, play the whole thing down?

Buttons On My Clothes Del Amitri

in their eyes That I don't like 'Cause everybody knows she ain't coming back The buttons on my clothes are as plain to see as that I'm a man of reputation in this rocker's town I have lived it up so long

Surface Of The Moon Del Amitri

well-swept streets of Jackson Heights to the dockside drudgery Everything's no a replica of what it used to be And since they tarted up the trenches and painted the bridges blue It seems less like a home

It Might As Well Be You Del Amitri

might well be for you And by the light of cigarettes, we introduce ourselves in a way you don't forget I'm looking for something and anything will do So, hey babe, it might as well be you And if we go home

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

The Last To Know Del Amitri

So you're in love with someone else Someone who burns with in your soul And it looks like I am the last to know I hear you've never felt so alive So much desire beyond control and as usual I am t...

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

It seems like weeks since you looked at me baby without that look of distaste I don't know why your feelings are changing but I've seen it in your face All those times when our lips were kissing o...

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

it seems like weeks since you looked at me baby without that look of distaste i don't know why your feelings are changing but i've seen it in your face all those times when our lips were kissing o...

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...

Sleep Instead Of Teardrops Del Amitri

Cry Cry out your eyes forever It wont go away I I’m just a dumb observer It’s so stupid what I said Like everyone else will do I’m gonna lie to you Tell you that life is cruel But someday you’re go...

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...

Not Where It's At Del Amitri

With some girls it don't matter who you hang withWith some girls it don't matter how you talkAnd some girls they are easy to be yourself withBut the one girl that I want, ain't easy to please with ...

Some Other Sucker's Parade Del Amitri

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

What I Think She Sees Del Amitri

I've been in this place many times beforeWith my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothesBut just because I'm hereDon't mean I can't run out that doorAin't that what those running shoes...

High Times Del Amitri

Little snow white, she is sleeping 24 hours a dayShe's got a right to be lazy, flat out of reasons to breatheAnd it's cold baby, yes it's coldBut everything is relative can't you see we're living i...

Mother Nature's Writing Del Amitri

Open up your eyes,Everything is crying out this could be your timeShe fell out of the sky,Must every star been working onHeavenly designsA crooked line of lightning, a silent movie moonMother natur...

No Family Man Del Amitri

Well, I talk like a boy to my baby sometimesAnd you talk like a baby when your boy is cryingYou made something to love but I love what I amNo family manSo don't tell me you've got something better ...

Cruel Light Of Day Del Amitri

Someone's opening up for businessThe morning rings the same old wayBut someone should've taught me forgivenessNow I see it in the cruel light of dayTell him he's done me a kindnessShe was going to ...

Funny Way To Win Del Amitri

So you want me to play the bleeding roleJust so he can know how I needed you.Well that's okay with me, it's a part I think I knowGod knows he won't need to suspend belief.I know it's just a game an...

Through All That Nothing Del Amitri

Honey, sometimes those big blue eyesCan make me fall out of bed in surpriseIn the bright morning sun,In the howling wind, in the shirt you sleep in,You're the one'cos it's you, that i tried to find...

Life Is Full Del Amitri

People say you are a stand up guyYou'd never hurt no one and you'd never tryAnd you laugh and you cryAnd you do all the things that anybody does to show they are alive.Friends say you are a careful...

Be My Downfall Del Amitri

The bus is pulling out and I guess I'd better goBefore I make a grave mistake and let my feelings showAnd twenty miles away she waits alone for meBut when I try to picture her you're the one I seeA...

Just Like A Man Del Amitri

I still don't believe it, how much we liedLast night you made it with him now I'm supposed to be dignifiedJust like a manWell I spend my night times drinking and you spend your days in bedAnd I gue...

When You Were Young Del Amitri

Look at the fool you have beenThey drained the pool while you drowned in the dreamThey bought your beauty and your soulThen softly sold you back what they stoleSo look into the mirror do you recogn...

I Won't Take The Blame Del Amitri

Daylight comes with such surprising speedYesterday you talked of love and now you want to leaveBut don't expect me to stand in your wayI am powerless to alter any action you might takeAnd I won't t...

The First Rule Of Love Del Amitri

You'll get hooked, you'll get druggedShe'll be your essence she'll be your bloodAnd you'll want her so much but you'll never get enoughAnd that's the first rule of loveShe'll smell so sweetly in th...

The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere Del Amitri

Go and tell your mother, go and tell your friendsYou've been fooled againHe appeared like magic and he left you on a late night trainYeh, some things never changeCos baby the ones that you love lea...

Always The Last To Know (Single Mix) Del Amitri

So you're in love with someone elseSomeone who burns within your soulAnd it looks like I'm the last to knowI hear you've never felt so aliveSo much desire beyond controlAnd as usual I am the last t...

As Soon As The Tide Comes In Del Amitri

You'd better get some sleep for a changeBefore tomorrow brings you downBy three o'clock they'll both be sitting on that planeHopelessly honeymoon boundAnd I hope no one asks you to kiss this brideO...

Behind The Fool Del Amitri

Don't tell her that you want herDon't ask her to be yoursDon't tell her she is everythingOr she might see the fool behind the frownAnd then the heart behind the foolDon't tell her that you need her...

Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name Del Amitri

With the sweet drip of every raindropTime brings you closer to meAnd with each new sign at every train-stopAnother hour without you is consigned to historyAnd with each tick of my alarm clockI get ...

Start With Me Del Amitri

With all the stuff they sell you night and dayWith all the trash they try to trick you with you lie to meWell I don't need it but I get it anywayWith all the sadness and lunacy,With all the disposs...

Here And Now Del Amitri

Hey, I'm with youLet me just get you a lightAnd if we'd thought to listenWe might have checked if the weather was rightAnd I don't mind if you want to drive all dayHey, it's rainin'I should have br...

Tell Her This Del Amitri

Tell her not to goI ain't holding on no moreTell her something in my mind freezes up from time to timeTell her not to cryI just got scared that's allTell her I'll be by her side, all she has to do ...