Bows and bangles Chris Rea

Bows and bangles Born and raised in wilderness Of suburban shops and schools How she tried and tried to be satisfied With a job on the typing pool She hated the smell of carbon paper The office

For ever and ever Chris Rea

, true love When it looks like you're winning Get it right on tee And the stars shine so brightly Just for you and me For ever and ever babe Is that what it takes?

That girl of mine Chris Rea

That girl of mine There's a time and place everywhere I go Where the river meets the sea Somewhere between the gates of dreams And the turning of the key There's a cutting edge there's a real

Shine Shine Shine Chris Rea

"And now the day is over And the shadows start to grow The sun has done us well today In flaming crimson he explodes And bursts of million colours That spill across the sky I turn and look at you love

Between the devil and the deep blue sea Chris Rea

Between the devil and the deep blue sea Between the devil and the deep blue sea Everywhere I turn it's got a hold on me Between the devil and the deep blue sea Everywhere I run it won't let me

Shine, shine, shine Chris Rea

Shine, shine, shine And now the day is over And the shadows start to grow The sun has done us well today In flaming crimson he explodes And bursts of million colours That spill across the sky

Your warm and tender love Chris Rea

Your warm and tender love I was lost in the deep and darkest night No direction, not a single hope in sight When I saw a fire burning brightly through The storm that raged above In the shadows

Hired gun Chris Rea

Hired gun Morning light meet the day Nervous eyes look both ways And it just won't matter, spring or fall There's bread to win and shots to call And there ain't nobody out there Just a wild uncertainty

Chisel hill Chris Rea

Chisel hill Misty eyes on a misty day Come across a place like this along your way You walk straight in to that sweet and tender trap And you know you're lost and found And there ain't no going

Curse of the traveller Chris Rea

moving till the river of dreams Is it just because someone told you Is it just because you found Old freedom feels uneasy when duty is around When allegiance asks the questions Old freedom twists and

Light of hope Chris Rea

Light of hope This is the garden that I know Ten thousand summers wait me here You lead and I will follow Your heart is mine tomorrow Into your womb I fade away And while she laughs Your pride

One sweet tender touch Chris Rea

One sweet tender touch Heartbeat, way down on Cove Street Playing to lady luck, awaiting that tender touch Fantasy is the trick of the dance you see Hiding that need for love and wanting you close

Runaway Chris Rea

Runaway Sitting at the crossways Trying to keep my cool with the traffic lights I've been up and down this line so any times Girl, it's never right Me and this machine keep the crazy urban dream

Red shoes Chris Rea

Red shoes I was born a beggar With the garbage round my feet The devil lived in every hole And every corner of the street When misery is all there is You got nothing to lose So come on and buy

Steel river Chris Rea

Steel river I was born and raised on steel river I see it all like it was yesterday The ships and bridges they were all delivered From Sydney harbour to the Cisco bay And I met my love down on

Shamrock diaries Chris Rea

ground It gets so easy now to lose your way When you're ever outward bound A church bell ringing in the fading light Stops you dead like a cold steel wall The ghost of yesteryears is toughing you And

Que sera Chris Rea

Que sera There's a feathered cloud in an open sky And the pale-tailed moon goes sailing by This old engine housing's streaked with rain And we're pushing down on them chains again Friend we're

Giverny Chris Rea

Giverny Deep inside these old dusty walls There's a sacred heart, I'd know this garden anywhere She was warm, she was deep summertime She was love itself and she was standing there Standing close

Ace of hearts Chris Rea

Ace of hearts Could this be true Could this be me The one who kept himself so high and free Caught up in the highest game of all And all my defences tumble and fall Only the ace of hearts can

September blue (1987) Chris Rea

September blue (1987) Your head spins round on a Monday And the daylight's in your eyes How you laughed and cursed tomorrow Now he's standing by your side You touched the stars at midnight The

Looking for a rainbow Chris Rea

Looking for a rainbow Well we come down to the valley Yea we're looking for the honey I see a rainbow I say that's the land of milk and honey Me and my cousin Me and my brother My little sister

Tell Me There's A Heaven Chris Rea

Oh every night a baby dies And every night a mama cries What makes those me do what they do To make that person black and blue Grandpa says they're happy now They sit with God in paradise With angel's

Loving you again Chris Rea

Loving you again It's been so long now since we first met But the time and place I will never forget Darling, never Trough good and bad we stood the tested time You say I'm yours and darling

Do it for your love Chris Rea

Do it for your love Each single day I get up and make my way And it all comes into view It's like a part in a play You can turn it around in so many different ways But it's still the part you

September Blue Chris Rea

Your head spins round on a Monday And the daylight''s in your eyes How you laughed and cursed tomorrow Now he''s standing by your side You touched the stars at midnight The whole world seem to

Miles is a cigarette Chris Rea

Miles is a cigarette The weak and hazy shades of winter sun Come shining through Lifting fog from the trees and a gentle warm breeze Send it up in to the blue Blue sky and you come creeping

Just passing through Chris Rea

Just passing through Soldiers of fortune lost in the wind No destinations and nothing to win Keep your head above the water, you get dirty and mean Scrubbing forever and you never come clean

Sing a song of love to me Chris Rea

Sing a song of love to me As the shadow starts to grow And I won't be sad And lonely anymore 'Cause if you sing a song of love to me I will always find a smile That will warm my cold, cold heart

Windy town Chris Rea

Windy town Driving home from the highland line We done some gigs on the Clyde and the Tyne They flew us in from a Hamburg strip The taste of Dusseldorf still on our lips And on the bus there is

Sierra, Sierra Chris Rea

Sierra, Sierra Sierra, Sierra Tell me where is this place you are from You speak of a land Filled with warm sea and sand And the ladies who lie in the sun Sierra, Sierra Your distant lights

Joys of Christmas Chris Rea

Joys of Christmas I see all the tough guys still not 25 Dying on their feet Coughing, honking, cadging cigarettes And still out on the street Well, they got no money, nowhere to go Fathers of

Joys Of Christmas Chris Rea

I see all the tough guys still not 25 Dying on their feet Coughing, honking, cadging cigarettes And still out on the street Well, they got no money, nowhere to go Fathers of 2, 3 maybe

Sunrise Chris Rea

Sunrise There's something 'bout it, that feels so good From way down deep inside And now I know this heart ain't made of wood I feel the heat and I can't hide I was lonely, I was lost somewhere

Girl In A Sports Car Chris Rea

When I was a boy I had a dream It never came true But somehow it seems When I drift away and I know it's so There's a certain time and place I go Every heart's got it's moment Written on it's soul Just

Heaven Chris Rea

Heaven I see a turning wheel On a dusty track Caught in the void and empty space In between there and back And the paradise of going somewhere That's still so far away Happy, boy you bet I am

Bombollini Chris Rea

Bombollini Sing a song of love to me Sing out, sing out She's the one who made me free Sing out, sing out 'Cos she made me smile And she made me love Oh she made me laugh And she made me

When you know your love has died Chris Rea

When you know your love has died Me, I'm just running wild Can't give you the advice you need this time You say of her, you can't decide And yet you sit and watch her cry Friend you're like the

IF YOU WERE ME Chris Rea

If you were me And I was you If you had to play my part out What would you do Two crazy stories, Two different views If you were me And I was you If you were me And I was you What kind of crazy

Anyone Quite Like You Chris Rea

Ten Thousand princes I've seen them all I've seen them come And I see them fall I've watched them win I've watched them loose Since you've been around No-one gets to choose Because when

If You Were Me (Feat. With Elton John) Chris Rea

If you were me And I was you If you had to play my part out What would you do Two crazy stories, Two different views If you were me And I was you If you were me And I was you What kind of crazy things

September blue (1985) Chris Rea

September blue (1985) Sweet, sweet September Sweet, sweet and true I'll always, I'll always remember you Sweet, sweet September blue Always remember you And I can't fight it And I can't choose

Sing a song of love to me Chris Rea

Sing a song of love to me One more time before you go And I won't be sad and lonely No, I won't be sad and lonely Anymore

If you were me Chris Rea

If you were me (duet with Elton John) If you were me And I was you If you had to play my part out What would you do Two crazy stories, Two different views If you were me And I was you If you

Because of you Chris Rea

Because of you I used to hang my head down low Never knowing which way I was going My life was getting close to the edge And I knew that it was showing Because of you I can stand and hold my

I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It Chris Rea

feel this time of year When a certain situation seems to bring the best out of me I don't care When she's standing close beside me Something turns inside me Brings my senses to the point of no return And

Reasons Chris Rea

Eight hundred chances on faraway shores Searching for something Searching for more Deep down inside me burning Reasons for the learning Now you can pick up reasons so easily Where you've been and

Deltics Chris Rea

Deltics Burlington Zephyrs and Kenworths that pass in the night Deltics and Steamers and F88's in full flight Old train take me back again To the one that I love Deltics

Fires of spring Chris Rea

Fires of spring She's back real late yet she don't seem to care She hangs around outside in late night air Burning tears upon a smiling face And she's caught in the fires of spring The ice of

One Sweet And Tender Touch Chris Rea

Heartbeat, way down on Cove Street; Playing to lady luck, awaiting that tender touch Fantasy, is the trick of the dance you see; Hiding the need for love, and wanting you close to me Oh, that one sweet

Stainsby girls Chris Rea

Stainsby girls Some girls used to kiss and run Never knew what they had done Some girls always wasted time Keep you hanging on the line Some loved horses and always stayed at home But the Stainsby