When I Watch You Sleeping Eddi Reader

when I watch you sleeping I see myself for what I am and the secret I’ve been keeping it’s more than I can stand oh I’ve tried but can’t ignore what I know in heaven saw that’s why when I watch you sleeping

Medicine Eddi Reader

did you fall out of the family tree here’s a kiss to mend your knee everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes how long did you think it would last with your sleeping pills and laughing gas?

Dandelion Eddi Reader

oh dandelion if I make a wish on you and then I set you free onto the breeze will my wish come true oh dandelion I used to be the same nothing could hold me down now I'm earthly bound oh what a shame why

It's Magic Eddi Reader

You sigh, a song begins You speak and I hear violins It's magic The stars desert the skies And rush to nestle in your eyes It's magic Without a golden wand Or mystic charms Fantastic things begin When

Sweet Mountain Of Love Eddi Reader

I'm looking up I see the sky I look and wonder When will I see you Standing there Standing there When will I see you In care of my sweet mountain of love In care of my sweet mountain of love In care of

California Eddi Reader

Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good company He only comes here when there's no one else to see I don't mind if he comes around I know the winter gets him down Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good

My Shining Star Eddi Reader

When the storm is raging and the sky is black Your light came to me in the bar And it brought me to my journey's end You are my shining star Can I stay with you my shining star Everything that I am seems

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

I Won't Stand In Your Way Eddi Reader

You're growing up You drop my hand Before I knew it You could stand I find it hard the letting go But there's one thing I know I won't stand in your way To go out tonight, see all the lights I couldn't

Scarecrows Eddi Reader

oh scarecrow wherever you go you’re only bringing sorrow oh scarecrow wherever you go you’re only bringing sorrow sorrow for the ones you left behind sorrow for the ones who go sorrow for the ones who

Kiteflyer's Hill Eddi Reader

Do you remember when we used to go Up to Kiteflyer's Hill?

Darkhouse Eddi Reader

saving by the prince of hopelessness she dreams of Barbie dolls and lemonade and she’s nowhere near it the moon flies past the darkhouse shines a light in he left on the ten-fifteen while the kids were sleeping

Hummingbird Eddi Reader

Hummingbird, hummingbird I knew I'd find you here Bright lights draw you near They always will All that work and worry just to stay still Hummingbird, hummingbird Always on your mind Sweetness you must

Bell, Book And Candle Eddi Reader

Blue around a morning moon The color of your eyes I remember holding you A fall through summer skies You're everything that I've become Every word I say I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost

Postcard Eddi Reader

You sent a pretty postcard From a far and lonely sea A dancer and a mandolin They looked like you and me I've been awake for hours and hours I should be fast asleep I lost the place and out it fell Your

Wings On My Heels Eddi Reader

I never was too good at dancing Somewhere I'd step out of line But I knew that I had wings on my heels When they played in three-quarter time The pride of the north end would swagger The blades from the

Lazy Heart Eddi Reader

I've got a lazy heart Can't make it do a thing Won't go to church on Sundays I've never heard it sing No matter what I do Can't make my heart love you I've got a lazy heart Sleeps when the morning comes

Patience Of Angels Eddi Reader

From the top of the bus She thought she saw him wave She saw Tuesdays and forgetfulness And a little money saved Does she know, I don't know But from here I can tell That it would try the patience of angels

On A Whim Eddi Reader

At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubt And the light so dim Through this confusion my heart goes travelling On a whim It's a cold and rainy day but it feels so right To be out on a limb It's where I

Clear Eddi Reader

I do believe this road's for going I'll be on it soon enough My baby wants a mother So do I when it's all too tough I do believe there's something coming Hope it wake us up The big hand's pointing this

I Loved a Lad Eddi Reader

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

Silent Bells Eddi Reader

that we are without love are silent bells and where do prayers go if the heart never tells is all that we are without love, silent bells how does it feel made of fire and steel never allowed to ring you

The Right Place Eddi Reader

everywhere It's funny how today just flew past I've been in the wrong place, I've been in the wrong place Long enough to know I'm in the right place now Five or ten lifetimes ago, there lived a girl that you

Semi-Precious Eddi Reader

Semi-precious, almost flawless Semi-precious, almost flawless I will find you, I will find you Under bridges, where my fear lies In the wreckage, I will catch your eyes In borrowed rooms, by gutter moons

Candyfloss Eddi Reader

candyfloss between my ears I’ve been getting this way for years now I’m so dumb, if I walk and chew gum it’s a miracle it’s a miracle candyfloss behind my eyes I see no clouds, I see blue skies now I’m

Never Going Back Again (Queen Of Scots) Eddi Reader

you broke down and you let me in I first heard this song in Irvine you told me I was good luck I'm seventeen in Kilmarnock I'm never going to be that again now I've seen what it means to win Queen of Scots

Please Don't Ask Me To Dance Eddi Reader

Please don't ask me to dance Please don't ask me to dance Skin remembers what the heart forgets And I might do something that I will regret How can you smile at me now After all the ugly words we used

Over It Now Eddi Reader

Kiss me quick Before I turn into a pumpkin Nearly sick on the wall of death But then you held me hard Cigarette on the ghost train And for a while I was someone else I'm over it now Yes I'm over it now

Barcelona Window Eddi Reader

I can hear laughter Swimming through my window Burnt orange petals Moving in my eyes Unwrap me Untrap me You and I Here we hide away Someone is working Someone is waiting Someone is wasted But that's outside

Love Is The Way Eddi Reader

Love is the way Love is the way Love is the way you lead me In the light of this day, all things make sense somehow It's like I've been in a haze for what seems like years now Well I suppose I am drawn

Wonderful Lie Eddi Reader

I remember all of this in slow motion Every tawdry detail Dust caught in the sun in your kitchen Empty words, saying nothing I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who i was

Dear John Eddi Reader

Oh, dear John I hate to be the one to break the news But it’s concerning me and you This is the letter no one ever wants to write You may not believe me But it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done My eyes

Fallen Twice Eddi Reader

for a while Was sadness just a broken smile From a girl with pale green eyes But he knows now what it was He was fallen out of love And she came to him to that night He was quietly sending candle light When

New York City Eddi Reader

I was down in New York city I was trying to get back on my feet I was looking out for someone else to think about and there's no harm in that you knock me out on these streets with your beauty there's

The Exception Eddi Reader

exception But don't we all think we're the exception Sometimes, sometimes If a handout to the hungry and the homeless Is a fiver in the fickle hand of fate Does it mean we'll be there on the guest list When

Joke (I'm Laughing) Eddi Reader

Did it make you smile? D'you hear the one about The one you filled with doubt? Was it worth your while? The way you kick a life around Deserving to be underground What is this?

Rebel Angel Eddi Reader

Road riding bumper to bumper an island, an island in the driving rain and in my mind it’s the highest place I’ve ever been without a parachute, without holding on or falling falling through the rain I

Prayer Wheel Eddi Reader

You don't seem too glad to see me Is it a bad time? Is there somewhere you'd rather be?

East Of Us Eddi Reader

she’s an iceberg white and glistening open fire see 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

Roses Eddi Reader

round dressing up the trees and it makes me feel alright watching all the signs of passing time seasons going round digging in their heels open up your arms to the passing time clear yourself a path you

Follow My Tears Eddi Reader

I was born in the shadow Of the factory I'd be working For me and my brother There was nowhere else to go I married a local boy In nineteen forty seven His hands were rough but his eyes were kind And I

Dragonflies Eddi Reader

A lost 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

Dragonflies (Boo Hewerdine edit) Eddi Reader

A lost 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

Butterfly Jar Eddi Reader

the world to share so he kept her in a butterfly jar all the time his beauty slept while he was watching in the dark no one saw and no one knew that he kept her in a butterfly jar life goes on, around you

Glasgow Star Eddi Reader

there’s a yellow star hung over a Glasgow sky in a sandstone doorway I had the sweetest kiss I’m here for days like these and I’m walking down the middle of the Great Western Road and I’m surfing on a

Red Face Big Sky Eddi Reader

let's go walking to the edge of here let's go find the big sea maybe the sky will fall on us but I've got your name in my mouth like (wildfire) ah it's just like (wildfire) all the things you said make

Find My Love (Feat. Eddi Reader) Fairground Attraction

Cats are crying, gates are slammin' The wind is howling 'round the house tonight I'm as lonely as a boat out on the sea when the night is black and the tide is high Oh, on nights like this (I) feel like

Palm Reader Third Eye Blind

Just give me a call when you feel better but you never do and I'm just another debtor to some palm reader whose got her hands mixed up Palm readers breath smells of brandy and cigarettes As she sells

Cold Reader Stone Sour

I... can only hurt your case It's written on your face You always come to me I won't be used, but... I - can't fight you anymore I know I'll open up the door, oh... NO! I WON'T! I CAN'T! NOT ANYMORE!

Mind Reader Sebadoh

Look, baby, I'm not a mind reader You're gonna have to tell me so You're lookin' down at your shoes again Take us down off of a cloud I'm ridin' high in the sky You'd have to tell me so Look, baby, I ain't