She closed her eyes Chris Rea

She closed her eyes She closed her eyes And let the walls of her prison fall away The walls that ached with a timeless wait They had become her walls of this modern TV life She closed her eyes

Giverny Chris Rea

Giverny Deep inside these old dusty walls There's a sacred heart, I'd know this garden anywhere She was warm, she was deep summertime She was love itself and she was standing there Standing close

Yes I do Chris Rea

Yes I do In the morning she brings music Takes the dark clouds from my eyes Gives me something to hang on to When the cold wind fills the skies And you ask me do I love her Yes I do!

Julia Chris Rea

Julia Eyes so bright, so big and wide Make you feel so strange Somewhere deep inside It's the face of an angel Soul of the devil may care How I'd love to know What goes on in there She

Bows and bangles Chris Rea

Bows and bangles Born and raised in wilderness Of suburban shops and schools How she tried and tried to be satisfied With a job on the typing pool She hated the smell of carbon paper The office

There she goes Chris Rea

There she goes There she goes, the one that I love The one I've been waiting for The one I've been dreaming of There she goes, but she'll never be mine Wasted all of my chances Run clean out

There She Goes Chris Rea

There she goes, the one that I love The one I've been waiting for The one I've been dreaming of There she goes, but she'll never be mine Wasted all of my chances Run clean out of time

She gave it away Chris Rea

She gave it away She gave away all her love No reason to keep it She'd saved it for only one But he didn't need it And downtown the midnight circus Hypnotised like a spinning top Offering dreams

Firefly Chris Rea

Go to that secret place Inside your soul Go to its deepest place Only you and I know Can you see her?

Wired to the moon Chris Rea

to do it You couldn't if you tried 'Cos you're wired to the moon You innocent light Will be shadows too soon Sleep little angel Stay wired to the moon Faraway in the night I saw my mother She

One fine day Chris Rea

One fine day She's standing by the waterside, she's waiting for her man On the evening wind, she hears the whistle blow It's coming from the factory, she hears it every day Her soft cheeks flush

Freeway Chris Rea

Freeway She throws her hair into the February breeze She hears it singing through the branches of the trees A song of something you know so well And she's still looking for a freeway She hears

Bless Them All Chris Rea

She throws her hair into the February breeze She hears it singing through the branches of the trees A song of something you know so well And she's still looking for a freeway She hears the sound

Diamonds Chris Rea

You have dreams that set the rain on fire Burning with a cheap desire And it's plain as grey that what you say Have meanings of their own My love, she don't need diamonds My love's more than a sweet

Texas (1989) Chris Rea

me At what has come to be Been talking to my neighbour And he agrees with me It's all gone crazy Well my wife returns from taking My little girl to school She's got beads of perspiration As she

Distant summers Chris Rea

rest Just for a while, won't stay long I'll do my best To help you help me to find some friends That I have lost Who lie in lands where memories And dreams are lost The breeze that blew around her

Daytona Chris Rea

Daytona Diamond dream when the sun don't shine I close my eyes to see Twelve wild horses in silver chains Calling out to me Oh Daytona Shine your light on me Oh Daytona Shine your light on

Hey you Chris Rea

morning sun Well my brother steps in, faster that light And he sweet talks this angel, clean out of sight I say hey you, you with that look in your eye Hey you, you with that look in your eye Well she

Last Open Road Chris Rea

These are the questions, The young want to know I met her in Brooklyn, She was coming from a place I said "where are you going to"? She said "where have you been"?

Gonna buy a hat Chris Rea

Gonna buy a hat She talks like thunder She really lets you know She keep changing the rules And leave you nowhere to go She bore you rigid with the party line She's so far left she's gonna get

Steel river Chris Rea

inside the latest craze Dancing to Motown Making love with Carole King record playing And oh how I loved you Say goodbye steel river Ten thousand bombers hit the steel river And many died to keep her

The closer you get Chris Rea

The closer you get Street lights start to come on I know that it's time Stop what you're doing Meet those drinking friends of mine First lady call me on the telephone She said 'Get out and die

Out of the darkness Chris Rea

darkness There's an empty street in an empty town There's an old boutique selling ageing gowns Some words on the walls that were written By the light of the moon so bright Can you hear me, can you her

Don't Want Your Best Friend Chris Rea

She's got her independence in a hard fast way She's got me chasing shadows with everything I try to say Some say she's far too quick, some say she's slow to learn But all I know is she gave me love

Dancing girls Chris Rea

Dancing girls It's all become a fantasy She sits and reads about Tiffany's I moan all day about the state of the world And the sun beats down Her book if full of pastel shades Filigree Femmes

That girl of mine Chris Rea

caught in come and go And you're leaving what you thought you knew To what you've come to know When the twilight turns at the end of day And the angels kiss the moon There's a diamond sun everywhere she

Candles Chris Rea

light a candle for you Keep it burning in the night And pray that you are all right I will light a candle for you Little candle burning bright When school yard heroes disappeared The little girl, she

The things lovers should do Chris Rea

the half light, wondering if you can There stands the priest of sinners, consolation in his hands Though he prays he won't need it, he keeps it by his side Waiting for the face up and the answer in her

Where Do We Go From Here? Chris Rea

She's 24, she's 25 She doesn't know what's true or lies Where does she go? Where does she go from here? He's 21, he's 22 TV crap is all he knew Where does he go?

Bombollini Chris Rea

Bombollini Sing a song of love to me Sing out, sing out She's the one who made me free Sing out, sing out 'Cos she made me smile And she made me love Oh she made me laugh And she made me

The Road To Hell Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And she bent down real slow A fearful

The Road to Hell (Pt. 1) Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And she bent down real slow A fearful

The Road to Hell, Pt. 2 Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And she bent down real slow A fearful

You Must Follow Chris Rea

I recall the fleeting glimpse of light That smiled across a sky of darkest grey And a summer dress of cotton Gently moved in fields of green I tiptoed silently I tried to hear what she may say You must

The road to hell (part 1) Chris Rea

The road to hell (part 1) Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And

Loving you Chris Rea

Loving you The night was black with thunder The streets were wet with rain Another day goes under A little bourbon will take the strain And I'm waiting for my take-home French fries She smiled

Love`s Strange Ways Chris Rea

When passion shines her blinding light on you You know my friend there\'s nothing that you can really do Just follow on behind her veil of deepest purple haze Down, to love\'s strange ways Drowning

Tennis Chris Rea

Tennis In the morning madness and the stabbing light She pours the coffee and she says "What was wrong with you last night?"

Sweet kiss Chris Rea

I said I'm hung on her sweet kiss My mama told me that the day would come So I don't need no alibi The judge looked down with a pointed frown And said "boy you got to explain why" Out on the street

When you know your love has died Chris Rea

When you know your love has died Me, I'm just running wild Can't give you the advice you need this time You say of her, you can't decide And yet you sit and watch her cry Friend you're like the

The Road To Hell (Part 1&2) Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And she bent down real slow A fearful

Love's Strange Ways Chris Rea

When passion shines her blinding light on you You know my friend there's nothing that you can really do Just follow on behind her veil of deepest purple haze Down, to love's strange ways Drowning in a

Light of hope Chris Rea

Light of hope This is the garden that I know Ten thousand summers wait me here You lead and I will follow Your heart is mine tomorrow Into your womb I fade away And while she laughs Your pride

Fires of spring Chris Rea

Fires of spring She's back real late yet she don't seem to care She hangs around outside in late night air Burning tears upon a smiling face And she's caught in the fires of spring The ice of

Love\'s Strange Ways Chris Rea

When passion shines her blindin\' light on you You know my friend there\'s nothin\' That you can really do Just follow on behind her veil of deepest purple haze Down To love\'s strange ways Drownin

Soup of the day Chris Rea

Soup of the day Well she thinks she's looking so cool She thinks she's great but she's just a fool What awful lack of class makes this kind behave this way I look and only think of one thing to

Girl In A Sports Car Chris Rea

It's the girl in the sports car nineteen sixty one And she's sitting in her Lusso In the early morning sun For the smallest grain of sand in time Your own shadow sets you free And you turn to your reflection

Boom boom Chris Rea

Boom boom Take a look what's be going on behind me I swear to God this ain't no making of my own That stupid cupid arrow Lost for years and never found me Now she's dancing on my history And she

September blue (1985) Chris Rea

(1985) Sweet, sweet September Sweet, sweet and true I'll always, I'll always remember you Sweet, sweet September blue Always remember you And I can't fight it And I can't choose The more she

Fool (If You Think It's Over) Chris Rea

The pains of seventeen's Unreal they're only dreams Save your cryin' for the day Fool if you think it's over 'Cause you said goodbye Fool if you think it's over I'll tell you why New born eyes