Move Away Jimmy Blue Del Amitri

So move away Jimmy Blue Before your small, small town turns around and swallows you A drunk mother was the cue For the legendary things that you do Behind a carnival tent with mud on your face

She's Passing This Way Del Amitri

She's passing this way And if you're looking for love, she'll give it away Yeah, we've all drunk from that cup You'll be hooked within minutes of tasting a drop 'Cause she is something, that is true

Medicine Del Amitri

You can find another country if you want Somewhere you can hide yourself away Find yourself another set of holes to haunt Get yourself another debt that you can't pay Yeah, you can try to run for cover

Be My Downfall Del Amitri

The bus is pulling out and I guess I'd better go Before I make a grave mistake and let my feelings show And twenty miles away she waits alone for me But when I try to picture her you're the one I see And

I Was Here Del Amitri

Though there was leads in the petrol and bacteria in the beer Though she moved away and left me hopeless, I was writing I was here.

Wash Her Away Del Amitri

Eyes like a slash across her face Lips I'd kill a man to taste Whatever this stuff is, I'm buying Whatever it does, I'll do it 'til I'm dying I can't wash her away It's getting under my skin I can't

Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name Del Amitri

this hopelessness to fight When I think that I might not make it through But honey sometimes I just have to say your name To hear it hanging in the air, to know it sounds the same And sometimes when I'm blue

Through All That Nothing Del Amitri

Honey, sometimes those big blue eyes Can make me fall out of bed in surprise In the bright morning sun, In the howling wind, in the shirt you sleep in, You're the one 'cos it's you, that i tried to find

Hatful Of Rain Del Amitri

Sherry bottles in a bus-stop litter bin Remind me of you somehow You look so young it's frightening Life's been good to you But strike me down with bolts of lightning If I wasn't good to you too Throw me away

Hatful Of Rain (Live 1995) Del Amitri

Sherry bottles in a bus stop litter bin Remind me of you somehow You look so young it's frightening Life's been good to you But strike me down with bolts of lightning If I wasn't good to you too Throw me away

The Verb To Do Del Amitri

If I don't seem to want it, if it won't show through It's only because it has me paralysed for want of loving you So if you and I don't make it, well who's going to Why can't we just state it bold as blue

Last Cheap Shot At The Dream Del Amitri

I can't look into the future, but I can't cheat the past I will wipe away my memory, I will find freedom at last I will walk away from everything that I used to want so bad I can't look into the future

Behind The Fool Del Amitri

behind the fool Behind the cool, there's a dreading that Someday she'll betray you Someday she will dispose of All her photographs of you So don't tell her when you're lonely Don't tell her when you're blue

Learn To Cry Del Amitri

It's twelve o'clock, the TV's on and I'm just sittin' around I'm restless and blue, but I can't figure out why As the drunks on the park benches are putting their blankets down I'm thinking boy, you'd

Cindy Incidentally Del Amitri

several of your friends have moved on And the street outside is just a little too quiet And your local papers run out of news I'm not persuading you or disengaging you But Cindy you and me we got to move

Won't Make It Better Del Amitri

So you say you are sick of love Got a mind to give the damn thing up Got a housefull of stuff your lovers left Gonna take a bus to the city dump with it So you want to throw away the old you But the old

Won't Make It Better (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

So you say you are sick of love Got a mind to give the damn thing up Got a housefull of stuff your lovers left Gonna take a bus to the city dump with it So you want to throw away the old you But the old

Just Before You Leave (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

his concern Do you still misbehave, then beg for his reprieve And do you love to feel his needy hands pulling at your sleeve Don't you always fall in love again just before you leave Do you still storm away

Just Before You Leave Del Amitri

Do you still storm away, do you slap him just to see is he hits you back or backs away or panics, just like me? Don't you always fall in love again just before you leave?

Spit In The Rain Del Amitri

Without doubt, it is true She was the only love you knew Now she's gone, It fades away, like Spit in the rain.

Cruel Light Of Day Del Amitri

such sweet blindness 'Til you see it in the cruel light of day Last night was just a comedy And I woke up like a walking tragedy And it was right in front of me But I just laughed and turned my eyes away

Just Getting By Del Amitri

Look at me, I'm the one who got away, the one who could've shone I tried to do my best, but I guess your best don't last for long Look at me, standing with my tattered pride of toothless little lions

Surface Of The Moon Del Amitri

surface of the moon >From the well-swept streets of Jackson Heights to the dockside drudgery Everything's no a replica of what it used to be And since they tarted up the trenches and painted the bridges blue

The Whole World Is Quiet Del Amitri

UK CDS "Always The Last To Know" Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse seem stuck for what to say Even the presence of Jesus in this house couldn't chase those demons away The whole world is quiet And Charlie

Keepers Del Amitri

I am the wild horses who will drag you away I am the locked door who can make you stay And I will act the man in almost anyway I can So I can keep keep keep you.

Start With Me Del Amitri

and misery With all the dirty tricks and hypocrites you cheat on me Well I don't want it but it's all that I can see With all the discrete obscenities With all the money freaks and doublespeak you turn away

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

Now I'm watching the fumes foul up the sunrise I'm watching the light fade away And I'm hoping tonight that I'll open the door and you'll stand here and say Come on babe, let's kiss this thing goodbye

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

tell myself that i'll go through the motions for the last time tonight so come on babe let's kiss this thing goodbye now i'm watching the fumes foul up the sunrise i'm watching the light fade away

Some Other Sucker's Parade Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Some Other Sucker's Parade (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Sleep Instead Of Teardrops Del Amitri

Cry Cry out your eyes forever It wont go away I I’m just a dumb observer It’s so stupid what I said Like everyone else will do I’m gonna lie to you Tell you that life is cruel But someday you’

When I Want You Del Amitri

emptiness But I'm not trying I'm just rehearsing For the perfect day When I want you, I'll come looking for you Yes I will, yes I will, yes I will I took a spoon to the swimming pool to drain your trace away

Don't Come Home Too Soon Del Amitri

, You might not believe it yet but pretty soon you'll see, Even long shots make it, Just don't come home too soon, Just don't come home too soon, And I don't care what people say, We can laugh it all away

The Last To Know Del Amitri

So you're in love with someone else Someone who burns with in your soul And it looks like I am the last to know I hear you've never felt so alive So much desire beyond control and as usual I am t...

Roll To Me Del Amitri

1-Look around your world pretty baby Is it everything you hoped it'd be The wrong guy, the wrong situation The right time to roll to me Roll to me Look into your heart pretty baby Is it aching w...

Make It Always Be Too Late Del Amitri

What I want is everything to clear So let the clocks be wrong Let the evening be longer let me drown in here What I want gets clouded by the sun I can't see beyond The petty things that living here...

Food For Songs Del Amitri

There's people hauling people Out from under their homes There's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight, I'll be shell shocked and white in the cold light...

Driving With The Brakes On Del Amitri

to moonn6pence from shootingstar Driving through the long night Trying to figure who’s right and who’s wrong Now the kid has gone. I sit belted up tight, She sucks on a match light, glowing bron...

Not Where It's At Del Amitri

With some girls it don't matter who you hang withWith some girls it don't matter how you talkAnd some girls they are easy to be yourself withBut the one girl that I want, ain't easy to please with ...

What I Think She Sees Del Amitri

I've been in this place many times beforeWith my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothesBut just because I'm hereDon't mean I can't run out that doorAin't that what those running shoes...

High Times Del Amitri

Little snow white, she is sleeping 24 hours a dayShe's got a right to be lazy, flat out of reasons to breatheAnd it's cold baby, yes it's coldBut everything is relative can't you see we're living i...

Mother Nature's Writing Del Amitri

Open up your eyes,Everything is crying out this could be your timeShe fell out of the sky,Must every star been working onHeavenly designsA crooked line of lightning, a silent movie moonMother natur...

No Family Man Del Amitri

Well, I talk like a boy to my baby sometimesAnd you talk like a baby when your boy is cryingYou made something to love but I love what I amNo family manSo don't tell me you've got something better ...

Funny Way To Win Del Amitri

So you want me to play the bleeding roleJust so he can know how I needed you.Well that's okay with me, it's a part I think I knowGod knows he won't need to suspend belief.I know it's just a game an...

Life Is Full Del Amitri

People say you are a stand up guyYou'd never hurt no one and you'd never tryAnd you laugh and you cryAnd you do all the things that anybody does to show they are alive.Friends say you are a careful...

Lucky Guy Del Amitri

Baby, hold it, just let me tryFor just one minute be this other guyLive his lifeWith my home and my faithful wifeAnd your pretty face to kiss some nightsAin't I a lucky guy, I get what I wantAin't ...

Just Like A Man Del Amitri

I still don't believe it, how much we liedLast night you made it with him now I'm supposed to be dignifiedJust like a manWell I spend my night times drinking and you spend your days in bedAnd I gue...

When You Were Young Del Amitri

Look at the fool you have beenThey drained the pool while you drowned in the dreamThey bought your beauty and your soulThen softly sold you back what they stoleSo look into the mirror do you recogn...

I Won't Take The Blame Del Amitri

Daylight comes with such surprising speedYesterday you talked of love and now you want to leaveBut don't expect me to stand in your wayI am powerless to alter any action you might takeAnd I won't t...

The First Rule Of Love Del Amitri

You'll get hooked, you'll get druggedShe'll be your essence she'll be your bloodAnd you'll want her so much but you'll never get enoughAnd that's the first rule of loveShe'll smell so sweetly in th...