Hardly Know Myself Richard Clapton

Clapton The sailors and thieves are all laughin' out loud, From their Paddington pub on the corner, If you give 'em a wink, they will know what you mean, They'll be after you little Jack Horner.

Sophisticated Girl Richard Clapton

Clapton Baby - remember how we used to stay out All night long, and I loved you Like I still do, but these days We're asleep by two, How come, everything got complicated Chorus: Oh well, sophisticated

Burning Ships Richard Clapton

Clapton I hear the air raid sirens, Howling out so violent, And the churchyard gates are closed, I've seen the rich men smiling, New born babies dying, And I don't know where to go, Machines guns cracking

I Am An Island Richard Clapton

walking off that way Little darling this is the end I needed you like oxygen I am an island, some sucker scrawled I am an island on a city wall Broadway walk the length and breadth I think I'm smoking myself

Thorn in My Saddle (Billboard Live Version - Previously Unreleased) Richard Clapton

the sea I've got the freeway road confusion I was bound to be confined To be lost and disillusioned By these ideas in my mind I got a thorn in my saddle Now if love don't prove the answer Gonna find myself

What Does It Take To Get Lucky Richard Clapton

ordinary man What does it take to get lucky When you can't beat the government When they can smell your desperation Ain't got no money and no friends So many times I've tried to finally get it right Picked myself

Ace Of Hearts Richard Clapton

Go ahead babe, you're the dealer, I only know what I see I don't know what kinda tricks you're playing But you've got a few tricks up your sleeve I've seen every face printed on my cards But I've seen

Ace of Hearts (Best Years Of Our Lives Live With Jon Farris) Richard Clapton

Go ahead babe, you're the dealer I only know what I see I don't know what kinda tricks you're playing But you've got a few tricks up your sleeve I've seen every face printed on my cards But I've seen you

Walk On Water Richard Clapton

Walk on the water And hold it in your hands I've been taking photographs today I must have photographed a hundred waves And everytime the shutter clicked It locked the picture right away Sometimes I know

The Working Class Life Richard Clapton

Clapton Too many mornings, Caught me running behind time Mondays to Fridays It's just the same old grind, You know I think too much, And I keep losing touch, I'm chained to the working class life.

Blue Bay Blues Richard Clapton

Clapton Janie - see how good the sky looks today, I'll bet they're having fun up in Byron Bay - all our friends, Oh I'm feeling just a little bit blue I can tell it's been getting to you too - trying to

Kickin' The Moon Around Richard Clapton

She's such an inhibited girl You can tell by her mouth That she's very limited Afraid to think those things she doesn't know She seems to be so full of life But inside she's just a ghost Sometimes she

Wintertime In Amsterdam Richard Clapton

Flying across the North Sea Flying to Amsterdam Coming into the airport lights Playing tricks with my crazy mind Don't know where I'm going to Coming down from this endless flight Flying across the North

Amsterdam Richard Clapton

Clapton Flying – across the North Sea, Flying – to Amsterdam Coming into the airport lights, Playing tricks with my crazy mind, Don't know where I'm going to, Coming down from this endless flight; Flying

All The Prodigal Children Richard Clapton

Clapton Jesus got his picture in the paper, Cut it out and brought it in for me to see, I can tell he's trying to save my soul again, And though I don't believe him, I can still pretend He's the light

Solidarity Richard Clapton

Clapton Hey kid! don't you lean on me, I wanna talk to you, about Solidarity, Hey ma!

Poor Man's Saviour Richard Clapton

Clapton I'm the Lone Star Ranger, Riding across Lonesome Plains, Somehow I lost my way On a strange Anniversary Day, And you were the last to be told, That I'd kinda lost my control, Now I know why you

Metropolis Richard Clapton

Clapton Everyday it's just the same bad news The paper-boy cried in the rain, The headlines got me feelings so confused And it's driving the kids insane.

Real Love Richard Clapton

Where did that feeling go, like I had wings Love seems to slip away like an empty dream Life keeps rushing by, still I don't know why Why I keep on wasting all this precious time I keep holding on till

New World Richard Clapton

Clapton Take me out tonight – so far away, Out among the stars, I know a magic place, a secret space, There's an opening in the sky, We can ride a million miles.

Southern Germany Richard Clapton

Clapton Feel the stillness in the valleys, Of Southern Germany, And see the shadows of the fir trees, And the world that dwells within, The old girls slaving in the cornfields, They know no other life,

Get Back To The Shelter Richard Clapton

Clapton What are you up to Sylvia?

Hearts On The Nightline Richard Clapton

Here on the razor's edge, stranded here from my friends Stumbling along through the canyons Wasting away in shady cafes I don't have smile I can turn on And I don't know if I can survive Keep getting caught

Shadows Richard Clapton

Clapton It's over now you know, No need to kid ourselves, You're nothing but a go - between, Running like a fool, From one side to the other, I never thought I'd see you, Whispering on your knees; I thought

Dark Spaces Richard Clapton

Clapton What are you up to Sylvia?

Girls On The Avenue Richard Clapton

Girls on the avenue, know how to get you in, Casting out sighs like tricks from a hat, All the Miss Lonely Hearts, oh they look awful hard, Then sometimes they seem as fragile as glass; But don't you slip

Ode To A Slowboat Richard Clapton

Watching the slow boats in the late afternoon Out on the edge of the wharf Madelaine sighs as life passes by And we know we don't need to talk I've never seen so many shades of blue Stretch from the beach

Angelou Richard Clapton

Clapton Don't need a tour guide Through these canyons of the heart What do you think these scars are for?

Deep Water Richard Clapton

the foxtrot with sweet Christine, She'd speak to me with her gentle hands, And we'd fly on down to Wonderland; [Chorus] Deep Water I'm caught up in it's flow, If I'm in over my head, I'd be the last to know

Suit Yourself Richard Clapton

masquerade babe You just suit yourself All the broadside dancers stayed up till way past dawn Jiving in the alleyway with their costume make up on But Rita hold my picture closely to your breast Don't you know

I Just Can't Make It Richard Clapton

Clapton Gonna sit out the summer on the esplanade, Make a little spending money washing cars, Sit here, drink beer, looking for fun, But you won't catch me working for anyone.

Chinatown Richard Clapton

Clapton-Slavich Chinatown Shakedown I went down to Gentleman Jim's, He looked so wild, I didn't recognize him, I got out the side door, 'cos I had a hunch That when Jim gets wild he packs a real Mean punch

The Night Train Richard Clapton

Clapton Hold on to your dreams Your dreams are the place where you want to be I hold on to my dreams That's the one thing they can't take away from me Everyday, we struggle against mediocrity And we can't

Katy's Leaving Babylon Richard Clapton

Clapton I should have known that it would turn out bad, You ain't a girl to do things by half.

Throw Me Down A Line Richard Clapton

Clapton Down river from my memories, of all those summer years, You come riding by on horseback crowned with tears, I've watched you from the shadows, behind this wall of trees, I would comfort you if

Diamond Mine Richard Clapton

Lost my way in the city lights Now I try too hard to make up the time Looking back over my shoulder At the shadows of my dreams Though I can't escape the future Trying to fight my way upstream Though I know

Down In The Lucky Country Richard Clapton

Clapton Standing on the corner, with the sunlight in my eyes, The streets are full of brown skinned girls, And yellow beach front signs, The radio plays the horses, the announcer calls 'em out, He's got

Wild Child Richard Clapton

Lord above,Who is this childThat's flown into my dreams?Must be love But I'm not sittin' round hereWondering what this meansI'm goin' out, I'm goin' into townGonna shake off my confusionI'm gonna f...

Out On The Edge Again Richard Clapton

The Countess sits there dressed upIn the shadows of her dreamsAnd her eyes are lookin' everywhereBut never look at meAnd I should be the suckerWho waits upon her whimsBut she flicks her writ so gra...

Hiding From The Light Richard Clapton

Angel got her wings all caught up in the wireShe came down here to comfort meBut I was out with the night flierNow don't you try to shelter meIf you can't help yourselfYou need a cure and love alon...

Kathleen Richard Clapton

Clapton-Delandro Down on the waterfront, In the haze of the neon lights, Kathleen's staring into the mirror, Like she's looking back into her life, There isn't one thing she wouldn't give, Just to get

Feelin' Alright Tonight Richard Clapton

Clapton Steppin' out in the modern world, The Twilight Club and the candy girls, Hold on tight, honey it's alright, We're gonna fly through the canyons tonight, Watching the view from the Regal Room, The

Atom Bomb Richard Clapton

Clapton I last saw my baby, Just before the siege, ATOM BOMB She was dancing, Dancing in between the trees ATOM BOMB When the big flash came, You could feel the heat, ATOM BOMB, We're two thousand years

Strange Days In Chippendale Richard Clapton

Clapton I been shufflin' down the Redfern streets, Backyards without a lawn And the yella haze that's in the air, It seems to grab your lungs.

I Wanna Be A Survivor Richard Clapton

Clapton When I was a young boy, I knew peace of mind, I'd sit down by the ocean, And watch the seabirds flyin' But as the years went by And the men grew tired of the country life, We moved up to the city

Last Train To Marseilles Richard Clapton

Clapton I'm sinkin' down On the edge of the bed With my head in my hands And I'm feelin' real down I feel all kinda jumped up inside, And I just can't describe What it is that I'm trying to say.

Trust Somebody Richard Clapton

Clapton Life in the city is a cul-de-sac Everybody wears a two faced mask Trade virtues in a thin disguise That's why they can't look you in the eye Making money is a means to an end But all that money

Glory Road Richard Clapton

Clapton And when there's only one mountain to climb You can't take the mountain 'cause the mountain is mine As long as we hang on just one more day That is something they can't take away You lead your

Goodbye Tiger Richard Clapton

Clapton Geez, he said, the bands don't seem to play round here no more And Saturday night just ain't the same Wish everything was back the way it used to be before Now I sit here and push my long hair

High Society Richard Clapton

Clapton Oo - wee! ain't life grand?