Blackwoods Back Home Ed Harcourt

There is something in the blackwoods Going in cannot be good All these branches pull me in Notify my next of kin I smell the death tonight It makes me feel so scared, uneasy The darkness blinds the sight

T Bone Tombstone Ed Harcourt

Is it wrong to sing a sad sad song To tell a story that is much too long 'Bout a man who made his way back home And found his name on an old tombstone Nobody knew who he was Why he came and for what cause

The Storm Is Coming Ed Harcourt

careless Never strayed much from the path Now I find myself in trouble Never knowing when to laugh And as my eyes sink into my skull I am wired to the max Gonna pull myself together You can see I'm coming back

Visit From The Dead Dog Ed Harcourt

Visit From The Dead Dog - Ed Harcourt Got a visit from the dead dog He slept at the end of my bed last night He could tell I was fading And somehow fighting against the light Everyday when I open

Undertaker Strut Ed Harcourt

where the river flows There's a man with a long black coat Rain is falling and clouds that are black On the coffin that starts to float Children they cry When they look eye to eye Stay in your home

I'Ve Become Misguided Ed Harcourt

Sometimes I'm afraid of my shadow It's always following me In my home in an old trombone lives a family of bumblebees And I'm fearful of the sharp sting that fractures through the skin Walking on the dark

Little Silver Bullet Ed Harcourt

And now I think I want to give it back And I can't get to sleep can't hit the sack I don't need this full moon trying to drag me down Cos I'm possessed by something underground Oh Mr Mephistopheles

Sleepyhead Ed Harcourt

I'm a sleepyhead I'm always tired I'm a sleepyhead with no desire To face the same old day Go to the same old place And yawn there and back again And the night is cold, my favourite time And the day is

Birds Fly Backwards Ed Harcourt

world is upside down And birds fly backwards Cats, dogs, fall first upon the ground And birds fly backwards Packed bags in the hallway Where we used to play all day We're hitting the road that Leads us back

The Trapdoor Ed Harcourt

the blackness, seemed like hours I hit the ground on a sea of skulls There was no treasure, just stolen souls Taken years ago, down this endless hole Man must kill to live or quench his thirst Let's go back

He's Building A Swamp Ed Harcourt

his mind So watch me crawl Break down the door I'll nail you to the wooden floor I hear the violence that dwells in me My heart is heavy but it never bleeds Jumped down the hole and he's never coming back

Alligator Boy Ed Harcourt

Alligator boy, get back in the swamp Alligator boy, you're looking so scared Alligator boy, get back in the swamp Alligator boy, you're looking so scaley Flicking your tail from side to side with a sick

Atlantic City Ed Harcourt

relief Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade and the gamblin' commission's hangin' on by the skin of its teeth Well now everything dies baby that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back

Sister Renee Ed Harcourt

Sister Renee Sister Renee, the jack of all trades don't put that hatchet in my back, in my back Watch myself fade on the bed that was made not by Nurse Ratchet but by you, yeah by you Your uniform

Good Friends Are Hard To Find Ed Harcourt

And if you do, don't be afraid The greatest lie that there is Is to believe what they all say Social loners and deadbeat hacks I open my arms for you Cynical romantics want their money back

Coal Black Heart Ed Harcourt

There's a scarecrow in the field But it don't scare those crows away I'm so happy on my own at home I listen to the static of my record player Sometimes you have to have a break Feed the ducks out on the

Let Love Not Weigh Me Down Ed Harcourt

beauty blind my vision So shed all the tears that you want Run from the places you haunt If you think you`re lost Or just double-crossed Don`t try to make sense of it all Let the music and words take you back

God Protect Your Soul Ed Harcourt

Well I hope God protects your soul I don't know if you should leave home alone Maybe you've been drinking from the Devil's bowl I can't express myself 'cause I'm not fully grown My heartache, is my mistake

Bleed A River Deep Ed Harcourt

first born But I never know why I see my body float like leaves Every day I want to breathe Rap my knuckles till they bleed A river deep If I had sharp claws I'd get on all fours And scratch your back

Wind Through The Trees Ed Harcourt

gone I will walk through the long, long grass and say your name Shot through the chest and head She killed everyone stone dead And the wind blew once more through the trees Now she's coming straight back

Shadowboxing Ed Harcourt

Hanging off the bridge by a fingernail Trapped in the harbour when the ship set sail Boy you're one card short of the pack Begging for your baby to take you back Stubbed a cigarette out on his hand Scrawls

Lately I've Been Feeling Rather Strange Ed Harcourt

The sweat of my back, is stuck to my shirt. Drama and intrigue, are boring me so. I just want a simple Life, live it so. Lately, I’ve been feeling rather strange.

This One's For You Ed Harcourt

I feel so far away from love 'Cus I can never get enough Like the kid with the cookie jar And if I came back from the grave for a while Would you, could you make a dead man smile I´ll wear you on

Metaphorically Yours Ed Harcourt

Metaphorically Yours by Ed Harcourt oh baby, can`t you see when you get mad at me your eyes light up your face oh baby, just a minute if both my wrists were sled you`re banish a new style and

The Music Box Ed Harcourt

The Music Box sung by Ed Harcourt The music box is all that's left in the empty house Must've left it when they moved out In a hurry to flee the town Armoured tanks broke through all the soldier's

Strangers Ed Harcourt

Deliciously I drink up all your tears On a piano out of tune I sit and persevere Deliriously I eat up all your words And jumble them around Til they become absurd Remember how it was They said it w...

Bittersweetheart Ed Harcourt

Bittersweetheart by Ed Harcourt if I could only see straight I wouldn't be lonley these days I'd drag my body out of this place and every sunday I sleep and pray that my soul will keep for I'll

Fireflies Take Flight Ed Harcourt

Fireflies Take Flight Oh beware of bleeding lung And bugs that eat their young The demons in your head The wolves under your bed The bones of dinosaurs Hidden below the floors They rattle and they ...

From Every Sphere Ed Harcourt

From Every Sphere Take me far away And make me lose control For now I need to pray Think of forgotten souls Disappear from every sphere Watch them high Then slowly die Then slowly die If you shut y...

All Of Your Days Will Be Blessed Ed Harcourt

All Of Your Days Will Be Blessed by Ed Harcourt with beady black eyes, the bluebird has died it's feathers have dried, it couldn't survive from the winter's grasp, nothing ever lasts but you and i

Ghostwriter Ed Harcourt

Ghost Writer Hey - what's that sound in the bathroom? Hey - they're the voices in my head Hey - put your money where your head lays Hey - never sleep in your bed Hey - organise random chaos He...

The Birds Will Sing For Us Ed Harcourt

The Birds Will Sing for Us Little girl don't be sad I've set your eyes on fire Don't say I'm a liar that I don't love you Something has brought me down but I won't give up hope It's hard for you...

Jetsetter Ed Harcourt

Jetsetter Making an apperance at the club tonight Playing some songs that I think are alright I'm not post-modern just a man who can bark And bite with teeth that leave a mark In the winter your ey...

Watching The Sun Come Up Ed Harcourt

Watching The Sun Come Up by Ed Harcourt You know it feels nice, watching the sun come up and I`ve realized I can never return Oh babe it feels good, watching the sun come up I can attack the day

Something In My Eye Ed Harcourt

Spider has eight legs, you knowSpins its web, the patterns flowThere's something in my eyeBloodshot in disguiseGod knows I really triedMaking the big timeAiming to climb highScattered seeds can't f...

Those Crimson Tears Ed Harcourt

Moving like a dancing bear It's in my blood Falling down the marble stairs It's in my blood Oh my dear, that's the way I am made, I'm afraid Those crimson tears Drip on the floor, drip on the bar T...

Beneath The Heart Of Darkness Ed Harcourt

Beneath the heart of darknessLies an old machine that's dyingSpluttering like an army of artillery sporadically firingThe roots of the house are cracking, caving inThere's no way out, it's trapped ...

Shanghai Ed Harcourt

Let's move away together, go interplanetaryMaybe in Chinese weather, where it's sanitaryI'll go out trawler fishing, yeah we'll have tuna steakI'm on a special mission, for us to have a breakWe'll ...

She Fell Into My Arms Ed Harcourt

well I burned all my travellers Cheques Just to show you my respect Then I hung myself out to dry And You looked at me and asked me why So I said I don`t mind if I lose Cos if I win ill be so confu...

Apple Of My Eye Ed Harcourt

When you're on your own You walk in the rain You walk around the house Then walk around it again You pretend you're happy That you've got it all But don't be upset If you fall on your knees And beg...

You Put A Spell On Me Ed Harcourt

Bring you flowers in the morning I don't know what else to do Got a suitcase and a passport But all I really want is you I'm not sure if I can fake it I only write songs when I'm sad But being isn'...

Hanging With The Wrong Crowd Ed Harcourt

Hey baby Jane, you have been climbing down the drain And you run in the rain to the playground climbing frame And the air seems so good and moist and cool When you meet him by the swimming pool Wha...

Attaboy Go Spin A Yarn Ed Harcourt

Attaboy, go spin a yarn about the good old daysCatching fish laughing aloud out on Compton BayI'm not one for nostalgia, don't really like the pastI'm just a happy man with a ship and a sail and a ...

Whistle Of A Distant Train Ed Harcourt

Scream through the silence and over the hills10 thousand years have gone byPassing the islands and broken down millsThe train silhouettes through the skylineMere emotion, see the oceanJust for one ...

Born In The '70s Ed Harcourt

I was born the year punk broke Days before the king was dead It was the year of the snake I was a red-faced child Who stumbled where he tread Was kept in orderly file My parents name me Ed I tried my hardest

Something To Live For Ed Harcourt

She's moving like a forest fire Leaving no part unscathed Too young to be as jaded as I am But old enough to feel the strain I hope that I can hold on to The beauty that I'll never match The never-...

Loneliness Ed Harcourt

In an empty cinema (loneliness)When your old friends drift apart (loneliness)Wandering round the house in the dark (lonelines)Faded glory of a broken star (loneliness)LonelinessLoneliness What woul...

Open Book Ed Harcourt

It's clear to us this love affairHas self combusted everywhereAnd I don't feel so debonairMy piano collects dustA funeral with no mournersI wish that I'd turned cornersTo see the signs that warn us...

Kids (Rise From The Ashes) Ed Harcourt

Kids you're our only hopeSave us now we need an antidoteKids get out on the streetThrough this smoke rise through the city heatYou loved me like a friendBut now I can't pretendThe time we used to s...

Black Dress Ed Harcourt

For days I've searched for the wordsSo I don't make a mess of thisI'll trade my eyes for a fleeting wishI woke at 7amThe cold air was not becoming This tune I started hummingAnd you lay there so st...