Half Of Him Beautiful South

Why forbidden fruit Always looks so sweet Hanging down like devil's food From highest branch on tree Yes, woman should be satisfied Be happy with her lot But sometimes half of him Seems better than the

My Book (Single Version) Beautiful South

This is my life and this is how it reads For every chapter, a thousand memories A murder, a mystery where everybody bleeds A fantasy, a thriller with romance and disease Diary entry 9th of May '62 We've

Half Hearted Get (Is Second Best) Beautiful South

I've only got one real fan She is not woman she is not man She's got her own coat of arms and her tartan and her own clan Her clan surpasses beauty always love and never duty A beauty that feels so alien

A Little Piece Of Advice Beautiful South

Guard your body with the best barbed wire And ward off foe with the fiercest of fire But let love unguarded into the strangest of nights Wear your dresses like they're up for hire And leave them with your

Baby Please Go Beautiful South

You've heard it said a thousand times But only heard his Broadway lines So baby please go, ain't, ain't part of the show Cause when your Romeo needs no cue or prompt The likelier your little heart be stomped

One Last Love Song Beautiful South

I once had a friend who I loved from my heart But I went on and left her 'fore I'd made a start Now I'm moaning the blues like the rest of the charts Take me back So I'll cry with a limp Just get by on

Worthless Lie Beautiful South

when there's just one I'd raise a bigger smile if I could But me minus you equals none Our paths will cross some day Our paths will cross some day When you're out fishing and I'm sat wishing You instead of

Just A Few Things That I Ain't Beautiful South

When you called me a useless druggie At least you got half of it right When you called me a hopeless alcoholic I'm only hopeless after nine at night And when I said you came staggering home blind drunk

The Gates Beautiful South

improvement I won't mind the extra squeeze I've got a few more birds down there, after losing bees Trying to lose their bees So don't be shocked who queue-jumps Or who just calmly waits A certain type of

The Sound Of North America Beautiful South

Ginger Elvis Presley looked a fraction sad Roaming the whole town from bin to bin Well living on the streets wasn't all that bad Where no-one seemed to know that he was King The sound of New York City

Mother's Pride Beautiful South

(Heaton/Rotheray) Here he comes - Mother's Pride With the first ever satchel she bought him swinging by his side Here he comes Mother's Pride With a headful of 'get your laces tied' and 'woe betide'

My Book (Single Version) The Beautiful South

Rotheray) This is my life and this is how it reads For every chapter, a thousand memories A murder, a mystery where everybody bleeds A fantasy, a thriller with romance and disease Diary entry 9th of

Final Spark Beautiful South

Well the dice that I roll never seems to land on six And that 48 card pack is short of some of my old tricks The horse I bet on all those years ago Is probably still running round the track Like the marriage

You Keep It All In Beautiful South

He was just a social drinker but social every night He enjoyed a pint or two or three or four She was just a silent thinker, silent every night He'd enjoy the thought of killing her before Well he was

Tonight I Fancy Myself Beautiful South

She'd brought along the oranges He'd brought the tea They both brought along a sick-bag just in case The plate of chicken sandwiches Were lovely, they agreed And I watched him spit the bits into her face

I'll Sail This Ship Alone (Single Version) Beautiful South

If, if you choose that we will always lose Well then I'll sail this ship alone And if, if you decide to give him another try Well then I'll sail this ship alone Well they said if I wrote the perfect love

Hold On To What ? Beautiful South

She'd given everything she could give Twenty years of kindness made her sad Kindness never made enough to live So she sold the very last thing that she had As she held her hand out to him As he drove around

Hold Me Close Beautiful South

She'd given everything she could give Twenty years of kindness made her sad Kindness never made enough to live So she sold the very last thing that she had As she held her hand out to him As he drove around

Property Quiz Beautiful South

And if he wants to be smart and enter a property quiz Every weed in the garden's mine but the lawnmower's his Every weed in the garden's mine but the lawnmower's his And if his manhood needs the help of

One Last Love Song The Beautiful South

(Heaton/Rotheray) I once had a friend who I loved from my heart But I went on and left her fore I d made a start Now I m moaning the blues like the rest of the charts Take me back So I ll cry

Alone The Beautiful South

(Heaton/Rotheray) Like the contents of your handbag You don't know why it's there People ask you where you're heading You just answer "anywhere" We don't mean to be this vague It just happens

For The Love Of A Woman Joe South

little sister and your brother You know you'd walk for miles Just for one of her smiles yes, you would I don't know what I'm gonna do, I feel the same way too For the love of a woman For the love of a

Let Go With The Flow Beautiful South

you're courtin' now Used to be a super-swot And the clothes he thinks look retro Are more 'Land That Time Forgot' And if he knows where he was standin' When J.F.K was shot Chances are though time's passed him

Mini-Correct Beautiful South

rubber sheath I won't have what I've got for you stolen by no thief 'Cause the safest sex I've ever had was hanging from a tree So you've left me for another pretty face That's not true I left you for one half

The Sound Of North America The Beautiful South

Ginger Elvis Presley looked a fraction sad Roaming the whole town from bin to bin Well living on the streets wasnt all that bad Where no-one seemed to know that he was King The sound of New

Hidden Jukebox Beautiful South

so l may have been drinking You can come drink over here And we'll fuck them off over there Whisky for the Greek and the Turk Gin for the Arab and the Jew A double arsenic for Mister Le Pen Cause it's him

Have Fun Beautiful South

Have fun And if you can't have fun Have someone else's fun 'Cause someone sure had mine They came in now they're having a whale of a time You should grow a beard A beard to tell a thousand stories never

Prettiest Eyes (Single Version) Beautiful South

Line One is the time That you, you first stayed over at mine And we drank our first bottle of wine And we cried Line Two we're away And we both, we both had nowhere to stay Well the bus-shelter's always

Prettiest Eyes Beautiful South

Line One is the time That you, you first stayed over at mine And we drank our first bottle of wine And we cried Line Two we're away And we both, we both had nowhere to stay Well the bus-shelter's always

Tupperware Queen Beautiful South

This reign of plastic That replaced the reign of gold Couldn't have known that you Would feel so undersold If love was built on hindsight Then you surely would have seen You were joining hands With the

One God Beautiful South

Like the toupee on a fading fame The final whistle in a losing game Thick lipstick on a five year old girl It makes you think it's a plastic world A plastic world and we're all plastic too Just a couple of

If We Crawl Beautiful South

If we crawl at two We could crawl at twenty-two And grovel at The drop of a hat And once they've got you down there It's so hard to re-straighten your back If we crawl at two We could crawl at one o two

Get Here Beautiful South

Head over heels is fine Unless you're in stilettos Love knows no boundaries Unless your in one of love's ghettos Love climb every mountain high But some of us are stuck in a cell All you need is love,

I'll Sail This Ship Alone (Single Version) The Beautiful South

If, if you choose that we will always lose Well then I'll sail this ship alone And if, if you decide to give him another try Well then I'll sail this ship alone Well they said if I wrote the perfect

Dream A Little Dream Beautiful South

Stars shining bright above you Night breezes seem to whisper I love you Birds singing in the sycamore tree Dream a little dream of me Saying nighty night and kiss me Just hold me tight

Foundations Beautiful South

Build your dream castle out of sand It's bound to get washed up anyway Dream your dreams out of last week They're bound to have come up yesterday If you want to give them flowers Make them paper ones you

Don't Marry Her Beautiful South

Think of you with pipe and slippers Think of her in Bed Laying there just watching telly Then think of me instead I'll never grow so old and flabby That could never be Don't marry her, fuck me And your

Life Vs. The Lifeless Beautiful South

When was the last time you felt so happy You had to give yourself a good pinch When did you ever fail one of life's highs Without using stepladder or winch That's why the lifeless crave the past 'Cause

You Can Call Me Leisure Beautiful South

You look a younger my beautiful version of death But I'm scared to hold you close or smell your breath Now your body's facing east your heart is west And you can call me leisure and I can call you rest

Straight Lines to Bad Lands South

In costruction I´ll honour your soul laid down something more beautiful I´m tempted to rewrite it all this time I know I´m going In straight lines to bad lands I´m leaving nothing to chance courageous

Alone Beautiful South

Like the contents of your handbag You don't know why it's there People ask you where you're heading You just answer

Artificial Flowers Beautiful South

Alone in the world was poor little Anne As sweet a young child as you'd find Her parents had gone to their final reward Leaving their baby behind Did you hear this poor little child was only nine years of

Everybody's Talkin' Beautiful South

I can't hear a word they're sayin', Only the echoes of my mind. People stoppin' starin' I can't see their faces, Only the shadows of their eyes.

Liars' Bar Beautiful South

choose their drink their drink chose them Rum by the kettle drum Whiskey by the jar At Liar's Bar And the grave-digger's smiling at his reflection in his spade He's visiting the seediest the shallowest of

Closer Than Most Beautiful South

for little last night Yes it was frantic, it was young, it was sweet But a sweet worth every bite Now I'm not normally one to be greedy But I had to be greedy with you 5 days, 6 days, the whole of

Hot On The Heels Of Heartbreak Beautiful South

If you could pull yourself away from that mess Surely if you could pack a punch then you can pack a dress Cause hot on the trail of self-pity is wilderness Like hot on the heels of heartbreak is happiness

Hit Parade Beautiful South

King and Queen not knave I have no poem that describes my charm No story told that's short and sweet I have no hymn, I have no psalm This song I have it has no beat Yes it has no beat No tapping of

Old Red Eyes Is Back (Bonus Track) Beautiful South

when you look into these eyes I hope you realise They could never be blue They could never be blue They could never be blue They could never be blue Blue is a street without an end Red is the colour of

Bell Bottomed Tear Beautiful South

I lay And this is the woman you laid This is the woman you laid We promise ourselves this is no one-night stand Let us draw all the curtains and strike up the band And I'm thrilled by gentlest touch of

'Til You Can't Tuck It In Beautiful South

Your figure like your friendship Gradually grows and grows The clothes that you thought that you'd shrunk Their size just froze When the body that you thought of as yours Just ups and goes I'll be happy