Dragonflies (Boo Hewerdine edit) Eddi Reader

summer's day, a lifetime away What do you find Slow turning sun, with somewhere to run On your mind Not the flash that you saw That was gone in the wink of an eye As soon as we're here We disappear like dragonflies

Dragonflies Eddi Reader

summer's day, a lifetime away What do you find Slow turning sun, with somewhere to run On your mind Not the flash that you saw That was gone in the wink of an eye As soon as we're here We disappear like dragonflies

Psychic Reader Eddi Reader

psychic reader just a block away are you feeling sore palm readin’ just a walk away and my feet are sore we’re wearing starlight out no burning my eye lift your head up we’ll read your thoughts we’ll read

The Right Place Eddi Reader

The lights are on our side, driving out of town tonightThis night the colour of blue glassThe warm wind is in our hair, summertime is everywhereIt's funny how today just flew pastI've been in the w...

Patience Of Angels Eddi Reader

From the top of the busShe thought she saw him waveShe saw Tuesdays and forgetfulnessAnd a little money savedDoes she know, I don't knowBut from here I can tellThat it would try the patience of ang...

Dear John Eddi Reader

Oh, dear JohnI hate to be the one to break the newsBut it’s concerning me and youThis is the letter no one ever wants to writeYou may not believe meBut it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever doneMy eyes ...

Scarecrows Eddi Reader

oh scarecrow wherever you goyou’re only bringing sorrowoh scarecrow wherever you goyou’re only bringing sorrowsorrow for the ones you left behindsorrow for the ones who gosorrow for the ones who ch...

East Of Us Eddi Reader

she’s an icebergwhite and glisteningopen firesee her melting(holding on to the east of us)there’s a tornado turning(I wish you well from the east of us)in the palms of our careless hands(you’re a m...

Joke (I'm Laughing) Eddi Reader

D'you hear the one aboutThe one you're now without?Did it make you smile?D'you hear the one aboutThe one you filled with doubt?Was it worth your while?The way you kick a life aroundDeserving to be ...

The Exception Eddi Reader

In a paparazzi photograph she was stepping from a carThe tired eyes betrayed the smile of the faded singing starAt the publishers reception on the launching of her bookShe told the grimy details an...

Red Face Big Sky Eddi Reader

let's go walking to the edge of herelet's go find the big seamaybe the sky will fall on usbut I've got your namein my mouth like (wildfire)ah it's just like (wildfire)all the things you saidmake my...

When I Watch You Sleeping Eddi Reader

when I watch you sleepingI see myself for what I amand the secret I’ve been keepingit’s more than I can standoh I’ve tried but can’t ignorewhat I know in heaven sawthat’s why when I watch you sleep...

Wonderful Lie Eddi Reader

I remember all of this in slow motionEvery tawdry detailDust caught in the sun in your kitchenEmpty words, saying nothingI nearly forgot who i wasI nearly forgot who i wasI nearly forgot who i wasI...

Kiteflyer's Hill Eddi Reader

Do you remember when we used to goUp to Kiteflyer's Hill?Those summer nights so stillWith all of the city beneath usAnd all of our lives aheadBefore cruel and foolish wordsWere cruelly and foolishl...

Prayer Wheel Eddi Reader

You don't seem too glad to see meIs it a bad time?Is there somewhere you'd rather be?Well, it's about timeDon't forget about meDon't forget about meSpin a prayer wheel for me sometimesDon't let me ...

Postcard Eddi Reader

You sent a pretty postcardFrom a far and lonely seaA dancer and a mandolinThey looked like you and meI've been awake for hours and hoursI should be fast asleepI lost the place and out it fellYour p...

Wings On My Heels Eddi Reader

I never was too good at dancingSomewhere I'd step out of lineBut I knew that I had wings on my heelsWhen they played in three-quarter timeThe pride of the north end would swaggerThe blades from the...

On A Whim Eddi Reader

At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubtAnd the light so dimThrough this confusion my heart goes travellingOn a whimIt's a cold and rainy day but it feels so rightTo be out on a limbIt's where I ...

Hummingbird Eddi Reader

Hummingbird, hummingbirdI knew I'd find you hereBright lights draw you nearThey always willAll that work and worry just to stay stillHummingbird, hummingbirdAlways on your mindSweetness you must fi...

Barcelona Window Eddi Reader

I can hear laughterSwimming through my windowBurnt orange petalsMoving in my eyesUnwrap meUntrap meYou and IHere we hide awaySomeone is workingSomeone is waitingSomeone is wastedBut that's outsideA...

Bell, Book And Candle Eddi Reader

Blue around a morning moonThe color of your eyesI remember holding youA fall through summer skiesYou're everything that I've becomeEvery word I sayI need a bell a book and candleTo keep your ghost ...

California Eddi Reader

Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good companyHe only comes here when there's no one else to seeI don't mind if he comes aroundI know the winter gets him downBilly doesn't love me but he keeps goo...

Follow My Tears Eddi Reader

I was born in the shadowOf the factory I'd be workingFor me and my brotherThere was nowhere else to goI married a local boyIn nineteen forty sevenHis hands were rough but his eyes were kindAnd I kn...

Please Don't Ask Me To Dance Eddi Reader

Please don't ask me to dancePlease don't ask me to danceSkin remembers what the heart forgetsAnd I might do something that I will regretHow can you smile at me nowAfter all the ugly words we usedDo...

Clear Eddi Reader

I do believe this road's for goingI'll be on it soon enoughMy baby wants a motherSo do I when it's all too toughI do believe there's something comingHope it wake us upThe big hand's pointing this w...

Glasgow Star Eddi Reader

there’s a yellow starhung over a Glasgow skyin a sandstone doorwayI had the sweetest kissI’m here for days like theseand I’m walking down the middle of the Great Western Roadand I’m surfing on a ta...

Candyfloss Eddi Reader

candyfloss between my earsI’ve been getting this way for yearsnow I’m so dumb, if I walk and chew gumit’s a miracleit’s a miraclecandyfloss behind my eyesI see no clouds, I see blue skiesnow I’m so...

Rebel Angel Eddi Reader

I’m on the Queenstown Road riding bumper to bumperan island, an island in the driving rainand in my mind it’s the highest place I’ve everbeen without a parachute, without holding on or fallingfalli...

Semi-Precious Eddi Reader

Semi-precious, almost flawlessSemi-precious, almost flawlessI will find you, I will find youUnder bridges, where my fear liesIn the wreckage, I will catch your eyesIn borrowed rooms, by gutter moon...

Medicine Eddi Reader

did you fall out of the family treehere’s a kiss to mend your kneeeverybody needs some kind of medicine sometimeshow long did you think it would last with yoursleeping pills and laughing gas?everyb...

Lazy Heart Eddi Reader

I've got a lazy heartCan't make it do a thingWon't go to church on SundaysI've never heard it singNo matter what I doCan't make my heart love youI've got a lazy heartSleeps when the morning comesSl...

Butterfly Jar Eddi Reader

prettiest thing he ever sawhe’d been looking near and farbut he didn’t want the world to shareso he kept her in a butterfly jarall the time his beauty sleptwhile he was watching in the darkno one s...

I Loved a Lad Eddi Reader

I ainse loved a lass and I loved her sae wellthat I hate all others that spoke of her ill;but now she’s rewarded me ill for my loveshe’s gone tae get wed tae another.When I saw my love tae the kirk...

Darkhouse Eddi Reader

the moon flies past the darkhouseshines a light inshe is in a corner, corneredand the dust fills everythingshe thought she needed savingby the prince of hopelessnessshe dreams of Barbie dolls and l...

Silent Bells Eddi Reader

there's a truth that is lostin the noise life compelsthat all that we arewithout love are silent bellsand where do prayers goif the heart never tellsis all that we arewithout love, silent bellshow ...

New York City Eddi Reader

I was down in New York cityI was trying to get back on my feetI was looking out for someone else to think aboutand there's no harm in thatyou knock me out on these streets with your beautythere's o...

Dandelion Eddi Reader

oh dandelionif I make a wish on youand then I set you freeonto the breezewill my wish come trueoh dandelionI used to be the samenothing could hold me downnow I'm earthly boundoh what a shamewhy be ...

Love Is The Way Eddi Reader

Love is the wayLove is the wayLove is the way you lead meIn the light of this day, all things make sense somehowIt's like I've been in a haze for what seems like years nowWell I suppose I am drawn ...

Sweet Mountain Of Love Eddi Reader

I'm looking upI see the skyI look and wonderWhen will I see youStanding thereStanding thereWhen will I see youIn care of my sweet mountain of loveIn care of my sweet mountain of loveIn care of my s...

Never Going Back Again (Queen Of Scots) Eddi Reader

you broke down and you let me inI first heard this song in Irvineyou told me I was good luckI'm seventeen in KilmarnockI'm never going to be that againnow I've seen what it means to winQueen of Sco...

Over It Now Eddi Reader

Kiss me quickBefore I turn into a pumpkinNearly sick on the wall of deathBut then you held me hardCigarette on the ghost trainAnd for a while I was someone elseI'm over it nowYes I'm over it nowI w...

Fallen Twice Eddi Reader

She came to him last nightWith a bottle of wine and a broken heartAnd he held her in his armsAnd he wondered for a whileWas sadness just a broken smileFrom a girl with pale green eyesBut he knows n...

It's Magic Eddi Reader

You sigh, a song beginsYou speak and I hear violinsIt's magicThe stars desert the skiesAnd rush to nestle in your eyesIt's magicWithout a golden wandOr mystic charmsFantastic things beginWhen I am ...

My Shining Star Eddi Reader

When the storm is raging and the sky is blackYour light came to me in the barAnd it brought me to my journey's endYou are my shining starCan I stay with you my shining starEverything that I am seem...

I Won't Stand In Your Way Eddi Reader

You're growing upYou drop my handBefore I knew itYou could standI find it hard the letting goBut there's one thing I knowI won't stand in your wayTo go out tonight, see all the lightsI couldn't sta...

Roses Eddi Reader

everybody listenlove is all aroundfeel it in the breezesummer's coming rounddressing up the treesand it makes me feel alrightwatching all the signs of passing timeseasons going rounddigging in thei...

Worlds End Boo Hewerdine

Do you ever get the feeling that you're living someone else's lifeAnd all the time you thought that you were happy and didn't think twiceThe winter that we spent together got so cold i thought we'd...

The Love Thieves Boo Hewerdine

When the love thieves came to our townI should have locked doorsPulled shutters downWhen the love thieves came to our townI should have changed my nameShould have gone undergroundI would have been ...

Last Cigarette Boo Hewerdine

The moon in the morningIs watching the rain turn to snowAnd outside my windowSometimes the rainFalls harder than you'll ever knowSometimes the things that you love in the nightThe morning will choo...

Dreamlife Boo Hewerdine

In my dreamlifeIn my dreamlifeIt's the last day of August and you're running across Kenzie fieldsWith something to tell me something goodIn my dreamlifeIn my dreamlifeWe're sitting in the back of y...