Life Of Surprises Prefab Sprout

righteousness The best parting line Rather then pretend we are A1 ultrafine Shall I be the first then to say what we have found There's something in our lifetime won't let us settle down Darling it's a life

Carnival 2000 Prefab Sprout

Cool music we play, dance and say Carnival 2000 : Lives come and go but life no denial Is always in style.

The World Awake Prefab Sprout

That frightening little sound, it's just the world awake It's just a way of saying we're in business It's just a lightning strike, it's just a family row It's just the give and take of forgiveness Chance

Bonny Prefab Sprout

I spend the days with my vanity I'm lost in heaven and I'm lost to earth Didn't give you minutes not even moments All my life in a tower of foil Shaded feelings, don't believe you When you were there before

Ghost Town Blues Prefab Sprout

Her boyfriend left home, It was late Summertime, Life was good, they were young, But glory is purblind, How could a future like that go wrong?

Cars And Girls Prefab Sprout

Innocence coming to grief At the hands of life - Stinkin' car thief, that's my concept of sin Does heaven wait all heavenly over the next horizon ?

Tiffanys Prefab Sprout

I watched the dawn in an electric storm my compass blew haywire There she stands with a slipper in her hand And her eyes were the colour of fire I saw you crying from that doorway for sometime It's no

The Sound Of Crying Prefab Sprout

s this another boat of fleeing refugees On a sea of children?s tears Once more the sound of crying Is number one across the earth Once more the sound of crying Is number one across the earth We?

Avenue Of Stars Prefab Sprout

Love is an Avenue of Stars, I know because I've seen the glow Lighting up faces, faces that have been Close enough to shine at what they have seen Love is an Avenue of Stars, and if it is light years away

The Mystery Of Love Prefab Sprout

It's a mystery, but no mystery like the mystery of love Should I live to see someone smarter than me Explain the secrets of the skies I won't be too impressed, I've got a tougher test What's going on behind

Dublin Prefab Sprout

Who does not adore the sound Of music in the name of towns To build a city on such picturesque ground That takes some sort of flair We draw a line the ink is fear You stay that side we'll stay here It's

Michael Prefab Sprout

All the jobs I've ever held, positions I have known The one I was a fool to leave was Right hand to the throne Ambition took me speed of light To God's exclusion zone Michael if you're listening, Michael

The Fifth Horseman Prefab Sprout

that's a danger sign It means your troubled heart Will soon be mine The Bible mentions four I tell you there's one more Love is the fifth horseman Love is the fifth horseman Love is the fifth horseman Of

Couldn't Bear To Be Special Prefab Sprout

BO BEE, BO BEE, BO So don't look at me and say, that I'm the very one, who makes the cornball things occur, the shiver of the fur.

I Never Play Basketball Now Prefab Sprout

It joins a list of things I'll miss Like fencing foils and lovely girls I'll never kiss. Leave it behind on an overcrowded desk Where the in-tray is higher Than the OUT ever will be.

The Venus Of The Soup Kitchen Prefab Sprout

The Venus of the soup kitchen is waiting There for me and all us poor Cripples, who've been in the wars End up sleeping on her floor Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah When you're scared of down and out You

One Of The Broken Prefab Sprout

Sing me no deep hymn of devotion

Til The Cows Come Home Prefab Sprout

Pearly Gates I'll say "after you" you'll say "I don't mind the wait" There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors Naked and afraid, cowering we crawl on all fours See the smile on her young face Watch life

Pearly Gates Prefab Sprout

Pearly Gates I'll say "after you" you'll say "I don't mind the wait" There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors Naked and afraid, cowering we crawl on all fours See the smile on her young face Watch life

Desire As Prefab Sprout

I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them Desire as a sylph figured creature who changes her mind ?

Faron Young Prefab Sprout

Every other sentiments an antique As obsolete as warships in the baltic I'm driving on a straight road it never alters And the radio serenades but doesn't falter You offer infrared instead of sun

Jordan: The Comeback Prefab Sprout

They say the spirit moves in mysterious ways Sometimes the way it moves looks plain berserk But two things you should be slow to criticize A mans choice of woman and his choice of work Some work'll earn

The Ice Maiden Prefab Sprout

Standing on the boulevard You wish to know my name I'm the Ice Maiden I think perhaps you like being unhappy I'm the Ice Maiden - The limit of your dreams Arctic winds blow and still you believe Loves

Andromeda Heights Prefab Sprout

Were building a home on the side of a mountain Above the clouds, next to the sky And after our labours our stars will be neighbours Well take our place with them in space Were not using concrete

A Prisoner Of The Past Prefab Sprout

me Maybe you'll learn why it was I shook Baby your turn to wear the haunted look This ghost is here to stay I survived the blast Get Ready, get ready to pay I'm taking you at last - A prisoner of

Moving The River Prefab Sprout

If it's uphill all the way you should be used to it by now You must know me, Father it's your son And I know that you are proud of everything I've done But it's the wonders I perform, Pulling rabbits out

Don't Sing Prefab Sprout

The burden of love is so strange. The stubborn beast and the priest, are hiding from the captians. The burden of love is so plain. Are they happy to see you? No, you always bring trouble.

Diana Prefab Sprout

calming apparition you bet she is The world careering nightmare somewhere it is her arms reach out And stop the savagery at least they do for me Her eyes china blue saucers she's born that way She tastes of

The King Of Rock 'N' Roll Prefab Sprout

When she looks at me and laughs I remind her of the facts I'm the king of rock'n roll completely Up from suede shoes to my baby blues Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque

Cue Fanfare Prefab Sprout

Some expressions take me back, like "Hair of Gold" and "Sweet Mary" and "Running to Me". The sweet sweet songs that cloud your eyes - nostalgia supplies.

Wicked Things Prefab Sprout

Your Mother's got bags of good advice The don'ts exceed the do's But she's not you All it takes is a little nerve As I close in for the kill Just stand still What could make a girl believe The wicked

Hallelujah Prefab Sprout

There are all kinds of things I could ask you if I choose But I don't do I dear good intentions don't survive here No instead my requests tend to be dumb as hell Move in close, closer still, I hear the

When The Angels Prefab Sprout

When the angels take the angel voice away Some lower their eyes, some of us shout cheats For cheating on the deal, pulling off the sting, Tuning up the harps, dishing out the wings If they can dance on

Swans Prefab Sprout

You ought to be aware of foxes hiding Go on theres time for you to sail back to his side While I forget I ever saw you gliding Swans and their partners they stay Faithful forever or die on the water

Nightingales (Full Version) Prefab Sprout

Tell me do, something true, true of you and me That we're too busy living through, too busy to see. What is it that we do makes us what we are If we sing are we nightingales, shine are we stars ?

Electric Guitars Prefab Sprout

We were songbirds, we were Greek Gods We were singled out by fate We were quoted out of context - it was great. Grander than Castles, Cathedrals or stars Electric Guitars !

Here On The Eerie Prefab Sprout

Cool critique of new Gomorrah, Or schoolboy crush on Che Guevara, Face yourself or Give it away.

Appetite Prefab Sprout

will always pay the bills For the having big fun He talks so well, what can you do, It's pretty plain he means it too I don't want to sell you lines, I only mean to do you right But I'm a simple slave of

Moon Dog Prefab Sprout

The funeral cars crawl down The heartbreak side of town The mourners all discuss The boy who caused a fuss We chopped a billion trees to print up eulogies But guys we should have guessed, The girls would

Paris Smith Prefab Sprout

Lovely name for a girl is Paris Smith Baby Paris Smith Don't my mistakes Paris Smith Paris Any music worth its salt is good for dancing Paris But I tried to be the Fred Astaire of words Paris you heard

Cruel Prefab Sprout

If I'm troubled by every folding of your skirt, am I guilty of every male inflicted hurt? But I don't know how to describe the Modern Rose, When I can't refer to her shape against her clothes.

Horsin' Around Prefab Sprout

guess I let that little vow get lost Forgettin' the cost, forgettin' the cost Quick to forgive and so slow to blame, the very thought fills me with shame But that didn't stop it happening The thrill of

Anne Marie Prefab Sprout

You are married to someone else yet Every waking hour I think of you Oh listen to me Anne Marie Anne Marie, Anne Marie, nothing much is new I've a history of wanting what I cannot have This time it is

Wild Horses Prefab Sprout

Now look at me - Plain overawed Grace and looks take no credit for Girl you're young And they're part of the score Like the chemicals at war in me 'Til I'm a wolf with an eye for the ponies Wild horses

Horsechimes Prefab Sprout

kiss but tell Horse chimes Coarse times are here And don't I know it, and I'm ashamed And you won't say it, that we're to blame And I must change There is a saying tailor made for her she is the apple of

Steal Your Thunder Prefab Sprout

kiss is hot as summer With the suns every ray But no-one's ever, ever gonna steal Ever gonna steal your thunder Never, ever gonna steal Ever gonna steal your thunder Never, ever gonna steal your thunder Of

Technique Prefab Sprout

In the morning I go walking, It helps the hurting soften, I've seen a lot of places, Cause I miss her very often.

Elegance Prefab Sprout

So if these star-dust memories, fail to please, If you confuse this dinner dance with elegance, If you suffer lack of due respect, Take comfort from the guessing game aspect, That she is least where you

Life's A Miracle Prefab Sprout

Hey half the day is gone Get a move on Life's a miracle, let me tell you why If you look above you, there are no more stars Like this one in the sky Life's a miracle, we gotta make the most Of the passing

We Let The Stars Go Prefab Sprout

There was that girl I used to know She'd tease me about my name Fan the embers long enough I sometimes catch her flame The soothing voice of distance tells me "That was just a fling" Other music fills