Please Don't Ask Me To Dance Eddi Reader

Please don't ask me to dance Please don't ask me to dance Skin remembers what the heart forgets And I might do something that I will regret How can you smile at me now After all the ugly words we used

I Loved a Lad Eddi Reader

I ainse loved a lass and I loved her sae well that I hate all others that spoke of her ill; but now she’s rewarded me ill for my love she’s gone tae get wed tae another.

Wonderful Lie Eddi Reader

i was I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who I was I nearly forgot who I was What a wonderful lie What a wonderful lie What a wonderful lie What a wonderful lie What's the truth ever done for me

Lazy Heart Eddi Reader

I've got a lazy heart Can't make it do a thing Won't go to church on Sundays I've never heard it sing No matter what I do Can't make my heart love you I've got a lazy heart Sleeps when the morning comes

Candyfloss Eddi Reader

my ears I’ve been getting this way for years now I’m so dumb, if I walk and chew gum it’s a miracle it’s a miracle candyfloss behind my eyes I see no clouds, I see blue skies now I’m so tame, if you ask

The Exception Eddi Reader

workaholic millionaire and his pretty younger wife Had everything there was out there in the ad mans perfect life But she left him for the milkman and then moved into his flat Everyone said silly girl to

Dragonflies Eddi Reader

A lost summer's day, a lifetime away What do you find Slow turning sun, with somewhere to run On your mind Not the flash that you saw That was gone in the wink of an eye As soon as we're here We disappear

Dragonflies (Boo Hewerdine edit) Eddi Reader

A lost summer's day, a lifetime away What do you find Slow turning sun, with somewhere to run On your mind Not the flash that you saw That was gone in the wink of an eye As soon as we're here We disappear

Psychic Reader Eddi Reader

psychic reader just a block away are you feeling sore palm readin’ just a walk away and my feet are sore we’re wearing starlight out no burning my eye lift your head up we’ll read your thoughts we’ll read

Follow My Tears Eddi Reader

I was born in the shadow Of the factory I'd be working For me and my brother There was nowhere else to go I married a local boy In nineteen forty seven His hands were rough but his eyes were kind And I

California Eddi Reader

Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good company He only comes here when there's no one else to see I don't mind if he comes around I know the winter gets him down Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good

Never Going Back Again (Queen Of Scots) Eddi Reader

you broke down and you let me in I first heard this song in Irvine you told me I was good luck I'm seventeen in Kilmarnock I'm never going to be that again now I've seen what it means to win Queen of Scots

Postcard Eddi Reader

You sent a pretty postcard From a far and lonely sea A dancer and a mandolin They looked like you and me I've been awake for hours and hours I should be fast asleep I lost the place and out it fell Your

Kiteflyer's Hill Eddi Reader

Do you remember when we used to go Up to Kiteflyer's Hill?

Dear John Eddi Reader

Oh, dear John I hate to be the one to break the news But it’s concerning me and you This is the letter no one ever wants to write You may not believe me But it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done My eyes

Red Face Big Sky Eddi Reader

let's go walking to the edge of here let's go find the big sea maybe the sky will fall on us but I've got your name in my mouth like (wildfire) ah it's just like (wildfire) all the things you said make

My Shining Star Eddi Reader

When the storm is raging and the sky is black Your light came to me in the bar And it brought me to my journey's end You are my shining star Can I stay with you my shining star Everything that I am seems

Love Is The Way Eddi Reader

Love is the way Love is the way Love is the way you lead me In the light of this day, all things make sense somehow It's like I've been in a haze for what seems like years now Well I suppose I am drawn

Medicine Eddi Reader

did you fall out of the family tree here’s a kiss to mend your knee everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes how long did you think it would last with your sleeping pills and laughing gas?

Prayer Wheel Eddi Reader

You don't seem too glad to see me Is it a bad time? Is there somewhere you'd rather be?

New York City Eddi Reader

I was down in New York city I was trying to get back on my feet I was looking out for someone else to think about and there's no harm in that you knock me out on these streets with your beauty there's

The Right Place Eddi Reader

tonight This night the colour of blue glass The warm wind is in our hair, summertime is everywhere It's funny how today just flew past I've been in the wrong place, I've been in the wrong place Long enough to

Rebel Angel Eddi Reader

I’m on the Queenstown Road riding bumper to bumper an island, an island in the driving rain and in my mind it’s the highest place I’ve ever been without a parachute, without holding on or falling falling

Over It Now Eddi Reader

Kiss me quick Before I turn into a pumpkin Nearly sick on the wall of death But then you held me hard Cigarette on the ghost train And for a while I was someone else I'm over it now Yes I'm over it now

Bell, Book And Candle Eddi Reader

Blue around a morning moon The color of your eyes I remember holding you A fall through summer skies You're everything that I've become Every word I say I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost

Joke (I'm Laughing) Eddi Reader

The way you kick a life around Deserving to be underground What is this? Explain Joke, is it some kind of joke?

Sweet Mountain Of Love Eddi Reader

sweet mountain of love In care of my sweet mountain of love In care of my sweet mountain of love I see the lightning I hear the thunder It brings the rain I want you closer Standing there Very close to

Roses Eddi Reader

everybody listen love is all around feel it in the breeze summer's coming round dressing up the trees and it makes me feel alright watching all the signs of passing time seasons going round digging in

Dandelion Eddi Reader

oh dandelion if I make a wish on you and then I set you free onto the breeze will my wish come true oh dandelion I used to be the same nothing could hold me down now I'm earthly bound oh what a shame why

Barcelona Window Eddi Reader

I can hear laughter Swimming through my window Burnt orange petals Moving in my eyes Unwrap me Untrap me You and I Here we hide away Someone is working Someone is waiting Someone is wasted But that's outside

Silent Bells Eddi Reader

that all that we are without love are silent bells and where do prayers go if the heart never tells is all that we are without love, silent bells how does it feel made of fire and steel never allowed to

Fallen Twice Eddi Reader

She came to him last night With a bottle of wine and a broken heart And he held her in his arms And he wondered for a while Was sadness just a broken smile From a girl with pale green eyes But he knows

I Won't Stand In Your Way Eddi Reader

You're growing up You drop my hand Before I knew it You could stand I find it hard the letting go But there's one thing I know I won't stand in your way To go out tonight, see all the lights I couldn't

When I Watch You Sleeping Eddi Reader

really lose and your picture in my locket smiles so warm and true oh my heart grows ever cold at the thought of the lies I’ve told that’s why when I watch you sleeping I cry if I confess would you forgive me

Hummingbird Eddi Reader

Hummingbird, hummingbird I knew I'd find you here Bright lights draw you near They always will All that work and worry just to stay still Hummingbird, hummingbird Always on your mind Sweetness you must

On A Whim Eddi Reader

At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubt And the light so dim Through this confusion my heart goes travelling On a whim It's a cold and rainy day but it feels so right To be out on a limb It's where

Wings On My Heels Eddi Reader

I swear those boys would hold on for dear life When they played in three-quarter time One by one They pulled down those mirrored halls One by one The winters came forgetting names I never learned how to

Darkhouse Eddi Reader

talk so sweet and she’s a sugar junkie St Francis and the jewel thief living in the dark in the darkhouse St Francis and the jewel thief living in the dark in the darkhouse is that the price crawling to

East Of Us Eddi Reader

she’s an iceberg white and glistening open fire see her melting (holding on to the east of us) there’s a tornado turning (I wish you well from the east of us) in the palms of our careless hands (you’re

Butterfly Jar Eddi Reader

prettiest thing he ever saw he’d been looking near and far but he didn’t want the world to share so he kept her in a butterfly jar all the time his beauty slept while he was watching in the dark no one

Clear Eddi Reader

wants a mother So do I when it's all too tough I do believe there's something coming Hope it wake us up The big hand's pointing this way Sometimes we love too much It's clear We're here It's clear See me

It's Magic Eddi Reader

You sigh, a song begins You speak and I hear violins It's magic The stars desert the skies And rush to nestle in your eyes It's magic Without a golden wand Or mystic charms Fantastic things begin When

Glasgow Star Eddi Reader

Road and I’m surfing on a tarmac wave I’ve got fifty pounds in silver pennies for singing in Buchanan Street all day I’m here for days like these I’m here for days like these there was Mary, Madge and me

Semi-Precious Eddi Reader

And gravity cannot hold me I will find you, I will find you Why do the ones who love the most Lose the most, lose the most? Why do the ones who love the most Lose the most, lose the most?

Scarecrows Eddi Reader

sorrow for the ones who steal the sun sorrow for the ones who go sorrow for the flowers in the guns ’cause they’ll never know no, they’ll never know mmm, at waters edge a drunken horse how sad and strange to

Patience Of Angels Eddi Reader

From the top of the busShe thought she saw him waveShe saw Tuesdays and forgetfulnessAnd a little money savedDoes she know, I don't knowBut from here I can tellThat it would try the patience of ang...

Find My Love (Feat. Eddi Reader) Fairground Attraction

crying, gates are slammin' The wind is howling 'round the house tonight I'm as lonely as a boat out on the sea when the night is black and the tide is high Oh, on nights like this (I) feel like falling to

Don`t Ask Wouter Hamel

don't ask - don't tell just keep it to yourself don't lie - don't cheat i'm not ready to face to defeat be still - lay low nobody needs to know be sure to deny cross your heart and hope to die

Goodbye-99\' Dance remix Jessica

life I don\'t want to let you down I don\'t want to lead you on I don\'t want to hold you back from where you might belong You would never ask me why My heart is so disguised I just can\'t live

You Don\'t Own Me Lesley Gore

You don\'t own me I\'m not just one of your many toys You don\'t own me Don\'t say I can\'t go with other boys And don\'t tell me what to do Don\'t tell me what to say And please, when I go out