Lighten Up The Load Del Amitri

I've been waiting in this station, for what seems like a year Its midday now but I don't trust the clocks they have in here And maybe round the corner she'll be stepping off that bus And then I will remember

Cruel Light Of Day Del Amitri

Someone's opening up for business The morning rings the same old way But someone should've taught me forgiveness Now I see it in the cruel light of day Tell him he's done me a kindness She was going to

Surface Of The Moon Del Amitri

Snow in a soulless city covers up the cracks in the road As a wastrel buys her cigarettes and wipes her pretty nose Like a part-time Elvis imitator these streets I knew so well Have been pasted beyond

Mother Nature's Writing Del Amitri

Open up your eyes, Everything is crying out this could be your time She fell out of the sky, Must every star been working on Heavenly designs A crooked line of lightning, a silent movie moon Mother nature's

The First Rule Of Love Del Amitri

You'll get hooked, you'll get drugged She'll be your essence she'll be your blood And you'll want her so much but you'll never get enough And that's the first rule of love She'll smell so sweetly in the

Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name Del Amitri

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, I know just what to do To keep the blues

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.

Nothing Ever Happens Del Amitri

Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats Janitors padlock the gates For security guards to patrol And bachelors phone up their

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

I sometimes feel when we're together baby, everything has turned out wrong and I know you feel exactly the same way but still we carry on.

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

i've been missing were right there in your eyes so come on babe let's kiss this thing goodbye i sometimes feel when we're together baby everything has turned out wrong and i know you feel exactly the

Sleep Instead Of Teardrops Del Amitri

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’re gonna wake up

Former Owner Del Amitri

She's locked up inside herself And I can't get anything free So won't somebody tell me please Why the former owner always keeps the keys.

Always The Last To Know (Single Mix) Del Amitri

to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you are The last to know if you're happy now Or if he's treating you like I treated you Or if he's cruel I'll be the last to know We spent

Always The Last To Know Del Amitri

to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you are The last to know if you're happy now Or if he's treating you like I treated you Or if he's cruel I'll be the last to know We spent

Tell Her This Del Amitri

Tell her not to go I ain't holding on no more Tell her something in my mind freezes up from time to time Tell her not to cry I just got scared that's all Tell her I'll be by her side, all she has to do

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

Always The Last To Know (Dave Bascombe Single Mix) Del Amitri

to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you are The last to know if you're happy now Or if he's treating you like I treated you Or if he's cruel I'll be the last to know We

Baby, It's Me Del Amitri

Who's gonna call you up every single day? Who's gonna hold you high when stuff gets ugly?

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

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

Scared To Live Del Amitri

"Walk into the lightning of a midnight bulletin Our brave new world sits smiling with egg on its chin And love gets so lazy, love gets so slow We stopped making love in the hours of daylight, too many

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

It Might As Well Be You Del Amitri

There is nobody here tonight, who doesn't dance to the same tune as I Looking for that special someone new, and hey babe it might as well be you And as I fumble through my change, the dance floor illuminates

Being Somebody Else Del Amitri

How are you going to pass the time of day In your beautiful empty shell, When you've shaken the hand of so many sinceroes You feel like a fake yourself How do you choose between you and me When we both

Keepers Del Amitri

" You may be bleeding but you're not dying Though you are dying to go Stop teasing me I'm not seeing you leaving me Here is a party full of my friends And here is a cup being filled up to be drunk again

When You Were Young Del Amitri

Look at the fool you have been They drained the pool while you drowned in the dream They bought your beauty and your soul Then softly sold you back what they stole So look into the mirror do you recognise

Stone Cold Sober Del Amitri

Everybody in the fun house Says they want out But we're taking our time 'cos we're in love with time Whole generations thinking of themselves As infidels and pop stars While the bomb loses patience We

Medicine Del Amitri

Get yourself another debt that you can't pay Yeah, you can try to run for cover everywhere Add another letter to your name Burn everything you ever used to wear Get yourself another lover that looks the

It's Never Too Late To Be Alone Del Amitri

Summer here is over in a million different ways You look like a dream sometimes, but I don't dream these days Yesterday the snow fell, by four o'clock it thawed And last night making love to you, well

Move Away Jimmy Blue Del Amitri

A struck match faded like a nervous laugh Beyond the halo of a naked bulb Your low voice mingles with your other half's; Schoolfriends in second-hand clothes Eventually your world will shrink within

Cindy Incidentally Del Amitri

"Oh Cindy ain't you noticed That 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

Breaking Bread Del Amitri

All day long, sweeping up the dead pigeons from the pavement After the long dim dawn He remembered how she pulled him from disaster into laughter.

High Times Del Amitri

she is sleeping 24 hours a day She's got a right to be lazy, flat out of reasons to breathe And it's cold baby, yes it's cold But everything is relative can't you see we're living in High times, dig the

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

Crashing Down Del Amitri

Well it might not be so important to you now When the night is young and everyone's around And the music flows Through your doped up Disney mind.

One More Last Hurrah Del Amitri

more last hurrah One more fearless stand At some nightclub bar One more last hurrah Gonna kiss our friends And then crash our cars Crash our cars One more last hurrah Before we knuckle down and button up

Wash Her Away Del Amitri

Hands like a carnival of queens Hair like a heart attack of dreams A voice so soft you could cut it with a kiss Screams so small you could hold them in your fist Little white fingertips running up

The Last To Know Del Amitri

the last to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you are The last to know If you're happy Or if he treating you like I treated you Or if he's cruel I'll be the last to

Buttons On My Clothes Del Amitri

guess I've had a laugh I've had every kind of fun I could have had Looking at my crowd tonight There's a sober kind of sparkle in their eyes That I don't like 'Cause everybody knows she ain't coming back The

Whiskey Remorse Del Amitri

My baby in the basement as the traffic trolled above, There is a town I used to love. There is a bar I used to know I still sometimes drop by when I have no place else to go.

Life Is Full Del Amitri

People say you are a stand up guy You'd never hurt no one and you'd never try And you laugh and you cry And you do all the things that anybody does to show they are alive.

Here And Now Del Amitri

Hey, I'm with you Let me just get you a light And if we'd thought to listen We might have checked if the weather was right And I don't mind if you want to drive all day Hey, it's rainin' I should have

Just Like A Man Del Amitri

don't believe it, how much we lied Last night you made it with him now I'm supposed to be dignified Just like a man Well I spend my night times drinking and you spend your days in bed And I guess it's up

Jesus Saves Del Amitri

Jesus saves, saves little children in distress Jesus saves, He saves the sick, the penniless Jesus saves, He saves the dying in their beds Jesus saves, He saves the drowning, saves the wrecks Jesus saves

Sticks And Stones, Girl Del Amitri

arrive like a locust swarm You devastated me and now when you leave the room My heart, head, hands and all forms Go from red hot blood to bone dry and lukewarm You're the sticks and stones, girl You're

Behind The Fool Del Amitri

Don't tell her that you want her Don't ask her to be yours Don't tell her she is everything Or she might see the fool behind the frown And then the heart behind the fool Don't tell her that you need her

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

Crows In The Wheatfield Del Amitri

You hang around the square watching someone kick the boys in With a hand through your hair as if to comb out the poison Sing some stupid song about crows in the wheatfield It's been so long since you saw

As Soon As The Tide Comes In Del Amitri

car And if friends and relations mingle outside You can linger at the bar So bring on the rainclouds and block out the moon Let the action begin You'll feel like some soap opera star Predictably hitting