Down By The Dockyard David McWilliams

down by the dockyard the water's lie still the big cranes like tombstones surround her down by the dockyard the water's lie still dead as the city that bounds her the old woman wrapped in her long faded

What's The Matter With Me David McWilliams

As I walked down by the river, down by the silver stream My head kept wondering back, to all the things I've done and seen To faces, places, lands and scenes, forgotten in my mind Dreams and memories buried

Daddy Lonesome David McWilliams

hey daddy lonesome slip me a rhyme make it easy to remember I've been sittin' here these last few days tryin' to get myself together but everything I try to do keeps changin' like the weather and yet when

Sad Dark Eyes David McWilliams

oh the day was dyin' first time I saw her her black hair shinin' as she passed me by and I smiled down on her I see her sorrow in one brief moment as she met my eye and her step it faltered she almost

3 O'Clock Flamingo Street David McWilliams

Empty sound, deserted town Beneath the silvery feathered down Of morning's waking breath Forgotten tunes and silver spoons Goes to deeply shadowed gloom And dies a silent death Junkered peers through plastic

Love Like A Lady David McWilliams

Nobody knows what I mean And nobody knows where I've been I've been lonely so long Something's gone wrong And my memory's gone like my reason So when you lay down beside me at night And you reach up and

Horseman David McWilliams

it was on a cold and windy night we sat waiting for the dawn huddled close up to the fire and the shutters all were drawn when we heard hoof beats comin' and a whinney in the night and the moon hung on

The Prisoner David McWilliams

I am a poor prisoner arrested and tried for a crime I committed and the law I defied in hunger I stole some lords bread and wine was sat on his table that his household might dine I was held by his bondsman

The Days Of Pearly Spencer David McWilliams

A tenement, a dirty street Walked and worn by shoeless feet Inside it's long and so complete Watched by a shivering sun Old eyes in a small child's face Watching as the shadows race Through walls and cracks

For A Little Girl David McWilliams

As I a rise the morning air Breathes the silent song to me And sings it's melody of Spring It's then my thoughts return to you Compare the star light and the sun They glow and twinkle in the sky Though

Leave The Bottles On The Floor David McWilliams

late last night my bride came by to tell me that she'd let me high she didn't even make me cry I wasn't even worried I told her not to mind at all that I would take it and play ball I hope she don't have

For Josephine David McWilliams

The light is waxing dim my love By the window here I dream I see you standing in the rain In the places where we've been And the highway is painted blue my love For those that haven't seen That I would

Epitaph David McWilliams

fast as the day is winding down the night dark as a river a mist before my weary eyes no saviour to deliver an empty mask the easel stands no painter's breath to help her no priest to ease her solitude

In The Early Hours Of The Morning David McWilliams

Oh the sun is gazing down on me And the day it is a dawning The sea is washing pebbles o'er the sand In the early hours of the morning My eyes are still half closed with sleep My mind still clouded with

Lord Offaly David McWilliams

I am the lord of offaly silken Thomas is my name no sword for Henry will I hold my heritage I claim to trust no more in foreign kings whose word I treat with scorn my father lies in londons tower the prey

Heart Of The Roll David McWilliams

roll heart of the roll heart of the roll heart of the roll heart of the roll heart of the roll sadie my ladie she's the heart of the roll she could have been a sculptor or made a masterpiece in paint

The Gypsy David McWilliams

been bargained and sold but I will give you the sun and the stars I will show you what you are Nancy will you come will you follow after me my coach it is waiting away we will be will you leave your husbands

Blind Man's Stepping Stones David McWilliams

oer the blind mens stepping stones for manhood or the loss of life this choice the barratts gave and every man was blinded his lineage for to save then thrust upon the waters to tread the dark unknown

She Was A Lady David McWilliams

she was a lady it's easy to see with rings on her fingers she used to be the queen of the mansion the belle of the ball now she just sits here nobody calls the bottle before her glass in her hand wearied

I Would Be Confessed David McWilliams

come all you weary mistrels a warning take by me I've been too long upon this road to sing in harmony I've been alone for much too long my wanderin' days are through I wish someone would ask me in I'd

You Wear It Like A Crown David McWilliams

o if I had a grand piano I would play a song for you a song to make you wonder like you've never done before with words to make the poets sing and worship at the gate for you but all I have are words that

Bells Of Time David McWilliams

there are no saints or teachers no reason here nor rhyme just the black robed missionaries of death to toll the bells of time down along the border upon a lonely road I saw a man in flowing robes his hair

I Will Be Your Friend David McWilliams

oh I would not be your enemy there'd be no need to pretend if you will only love me I will always be your friend I will always be your friend remember how it used to be the writin' on the wall the nights

Go On Back To Mama David McWilliams

made me and there's nothing you can do I really don't know why you try for your chances are so few to take away my freedom well you have no chance at all for my freedoms in my mind and you can't break down

Cross The Line David McWilliams

cross the line with your brother cross the line cross the line cross the line with your brother cross the line for the line which is drawn will be for either king or pawn so cross the line with your brother

Morning That Looks Like Rain David McWilliams

could I but touch your mouth one time again 't would brighten up the darkest day like some lost hero in a storybook 't would light my way and we could listen to the wind again sing it's soft and sad refrain

Lady Margaret David McWilliams

as I walked among the green fields one evening in May I spied the fairest damsels all at their sport and play such beauty as beguiled me I ne'er did see again the one was Lady Margaret the other Evelainne

Pharisee David McWilliams

as I was walking along the road my raincoat gathered' round I met a pretty lady comin' from the town she had a basket on her arm and she stumbled as she ran so when she came before me I commanded her to

Sweet Lil' David McWilliams

Little momma 's in despair Got no crazy clothes to wear Nothing in the world she wants to do So she turns and walks away To step around another day Never tasting anything that's new She seems to always

Livin's Just A State Of Mind David McWilliams

I was standing at the altar I was aching to confess for my soul in absolution to be blessed when all the candles ceased their burning and all the virgins turned to stone and I was left there in my darkness

As I Used To Know Her David McWilliams

if you have words to speak of her don't use the time to talk of shame the lies you sell are not of her but of another with her name she wandered through my changing years on all she touched she left her

Please Come Home David McWilliams

the sky is weeping o please come home the sun 's sleeping o please come home the wind is sighing o please come home and l am crying please take me home

Singer In The Band David McWilliams

sunday afternoon sittin' in my room nothin's really changed it just looks the same yet it's over passed along my way said she couldn't stay she stood all alone so l look her home she was my lover she is

Twenty Golden Years Ago David McWilliams

oh the rain the weary rain stutters on my window sill night I guess is on the wane all around has grown so still here I sit with coffee cup ah 't was rare l watched it flow in the tavern where I'd sup

Na-Na David McWilliams

remember how we used to play all along the river tracks and throw stone at all the lovers 'til they got up and threw them back and the old lady at the corner when she flew into a rage said that you should

Question Of Identity David McWilliams

My forefathers came, when the land it was open And built it from nothing, to millions of acres To live there in freedom, no fears to persue them To leave all their troubles, and trials behind them And

You've Only Been A Stranger David McWilliams

hold back the day a little longer I need the night to make me blind I didn't know it but I know it now you've only been a stranger all this time I thought I'd climbed up every mountain I thought I'd walked

I Only Know You As A Stranger David McWilliams

Hold back the day a little longer I need the night to make me blind I didn't know it but I know it now I only knew you as a stranger all this time I thought I'd climbed up every mountain I thought I'd

Marlena David McWilliams

Marlena, speak to me I take all my strength from your smile The moment I see you I wish you would stop for a while My heart skips a beat And my head turns around But for you, I just don't exist Yet you're

Time Of Trouble David McWilliams

Listen to me is all I askTo follow you my chosen taskAnd right now time is fading fastInto my time of troubleInto my time of troubleIf I could only take you awaySome other time, some other dayFor a...

There's No Lock Upon My Door David McWilliams

Close your eyes I'll tell you somethingThat I should have said beforeIf you ever feel like leavingThere ain't no lock upon my doorYou think your eyes are sparkling jewelsYou think that everyone sho...

Kryptonite David

I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind I left my body lying somewhere in the sands of time I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon I feel there's nothing I can do I watched

David Honeyhoney

It's alright, David, I'm fucked up again I'm tired of waiting Of being your friend Cause you're stuck on the first page and I'm close to the end So just shut your mouth and pretend You scream your cellphone

Pablo Picasso David Bowie

Swinging on the back porch Jumping off a big log Pablo's feeling better now Hanging by his finger nails Swinging on the back porch Jumping off a big log Pablo's feeling better now Hanging by his

F Train David Usher

travelled on the F train down the people press and crowd and start to fade like footprints worn away only stop and still i'm waiting a thousand faces look the same everyone a thousand different names

Liberty F.R. David

"Love is the sun awakened in your life That lights up all you see Color the night sweet breeze of liberty. Love is the sun awakened in your life That lights up all you see.

Don't You (Forget About Me) David Cook

I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby Tell me your troubles and doubts Giving me everything inside and out and Love's strange so real in the dark Think of the tender things that we were working

The Whisperer (Feat. Sia) David Guetta

I was standing on the edge I unfall in the beginning But I broke down though I couldn't look down I went cold A million voices scream in my head And I felt sure that I would give in So why couldn't I now

David Nellie Mckay

Nellie McKay - David look at you you're young havin' so much fun gonna be a star blah blah blah and click there goes the phone I don't wanna know what my horoscope's predicting just pour me a

Burnt By The Sun ( LP Version ) David Byrne

died when amateurs won Data in a hurry, using the new rubble Wipe it up baby, gonna get yourself in trouble We were burnt by the sun Having way too much fun Sleepless downtown overload Does the daylight