Pearly Gates Prefab Sprout

Doesn't it just little boy There'll be no stampede on the 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

Til The Cows Come Home Prefab Sprout

Doesn't it just little boy There'll be no stampede on the 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

Swans Prefab Sprout

Swans and their partners they stay Faithful forever or die on the water Foxes are only good for Ruffling feathers, leading lambs to the slaughter Swans effortlessly beautiful, take care! You ought ...

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 concret...

Faron Young Prefab Sprout

Antiques ! 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 inste...

A Prisoner Of The Past Prefab Sprout

I'm a ghost to you now, I'm someone you don't really wish to see I'm a ghost to you now, a shadow since you turned your back on me Maybe you'll learn why it was I shook Baby your turn to wear the h...

Electric Guitars Prefab Sprout

I'd a dream that we were rock starsAnd that flash bulbs popped the airAnd girls fainted, every time we shook our hair.We were songbirds, we were Greek GodsWe were singled out by fateWe were quoted ...

The Mystery Of Love Prefab Sprout

Have you ever thought who made all those stars in the endless sky above ?It's a mystery, but no mystery like the mystery of loveShould I live to see someone smarter than meExplain the secrets of th...

Life's A Miracle Prefab Sprout

Say, what you doing' sleeping ? Hey half the day is goneGet a move onLife's a miracle, let me tell you whyIf you look above you, there are no more starsLike this one in the skyLife's a miracle, we ...

Anne Marie Prefab Sprout

There's a person that I'd like to be, Anne MarieI can glimpse him when you're next to me, Anne MarieThere is music that no-one can hear, Anne MarieYet it's audible when you are nearAnne Marie, Anne...

Whoever You Are Prefab Sprout

Whoever you are I'm looking for youOn street after street, in bar after barThe search for love is never endingWhoever you areWherever you are I'm prepared to travelNo matter how long no matter how ...

Steal Your Thunder Prefab Sprout

Perhaps one day I'll love anotherWhose eyes may be storm cloud greyWhose every kiss is hot as summerWith the suns every rayBut no-one's ever, ever gonna stealEver gonna steal your thunderNever, eve...

Avenue Of Stars Prefab Sprout

Love is an Avenue of Stars, I know because I've seen the glowLighting up faces, faces that have beenClose enough to shine at what they have seenLove is an Avenue of Stars, and if it is light years ...

The Fifth Horseman Prefab Sprout

You do not have to see meTo know that I'm aroundPupils dilateThe anxious heart will poundIf you've a problem sleepingWell that's a danger signIt means your troubled heartWill soon be mineThe Bible ...

Weightless Prefab Sprout

Who was Yuri Gagarin ?He was the first man in funky bass, spaceSomewhere among the stars tonight my heartFloats like a Russian satelliteWeightless, love is a pure sensationWeightless, I feel like Y...

Bonny Prefab Sprout

I spend the days with my vanityI'm lost in heaven and I'm lost to earthDidn't give you minutes not even momentsAll my life in a tower of foilShaded feelings, don't believe youWhen you were there be...

Hallelujah Prefab Sprout

There are all kinds of things I could ask you if I chooseBut I don't do I dear good intentions don't survive hereNo instead my requests tend to be dumb as hellMove in close, closer still, I hear th...

Moving The River Prefab Sprout

You surely are a truly gifted kidBut you're only good asThe last great thing you didAnd where've you been since thenDid the schedule get you downI hear you've got a new girlfriendHow's the wife tak...

Horsin' Around Prefab Sprout

It's me again your worthless friend or foeI somehow let that lovely creature downHorsin' around, horsin' aroundSome things we check and double check and loseI guess I let that little vow get lostFo...

Desire As Prefab Sprout

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

Blueberry Pies Prefab Sprout

Lying is killing the good things in meAsk me what the time is baby, ask me honeyMy eyes shift and slideSure there are reasons for acting like thisBut reasons are kill kill killing the everything we...

When The Angels Prefab Sprout

When the angels take the angel voice awaySome lower their eyes, some of us shout cheatsFor cheating on the deal, pulling off the sting,Tuning up the harps, dishing out the wingsIf they can dance on...

Enchanted Prefab Sprout

I've been asking what is new, like my streetwise buddy doBody talk seems big with him, so it's conversations in the gymOoh enchanted ooh enchanted"Pray Forsooth" and "I Adore" ain't the ticket anym...

Nightingales (Full Version) Prefab Sprout

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

Knock On Wood Prefab Sprout

They didn't need a driverThey walked a thousand milesHe left her on the roadsideHe thumbed himself a rideHe swore he'd never leave her, he meant it till he didHe swore he'd never leave her, he mean...

The Golden Calf Prefab Sprout

Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining eveningsWhen the distant sea blended with the skyPast Coliseum's filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glassI carried in my heart a wo...

Nancy (Let Your Hair Down For Me) Prefab Sprout

Weekday mornings find me moodyI kiss my wife goodbye,I drive the boss to work each day.At the office, no one's watchingCan I catch her eye?The hours squeeze by, the boss works lateStill I'll always...

The Venus Of The Soup Kitchen Prefab Sprout

The Venus of the soup kitchen is waitingThere for me and all us poorCripples, who've been in the warsEnd up sleeping on her floorWoah, woah, woah, woah, woahWhen you're scared of down and outYou ke...

Don't Sing Prefab Sprout

An outlaw stand in a peasant land, in every face see Judas.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 h...

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.Loredo hihgstreet buried me - beneath an oak t...

Here On The Eerie Prefab Sprout

It's much more beguiling, than children at play.The mind meets dilemma, with a heart in decay.How they reconcile art withWhat was I going to say?I called because you're in a position to help.With a...

Couldn't Bear To Be Special Prefab Sprout

BO BO BEE, BO BEE, BO BO-BO BEE, BO BEE, BOI couldn't bear to be special, I couldn't bear, couldn't bear. I couldn't bear, right ?BO BEE, BO BEE, BOSo don't look at me and say, that I'm the very on...

I Never Play Basketball Now Prefab Sprout

I'm not looking to disturb you, Just a little to unnerve you.I have nothing about games And always looking back.After the last unholy row I never, ever play basketball now.It joins a list of thing...

Ghost Town Blues Prefab Sprout

Sitting alone when her work is through,These days she's listless Though that spring sky is blue.Her parents try but it's not much use.Her boyfriend left home, It was late Summertime,Life was good, ...

Elegance Prefab Sprout

There are those who own, The world around your own.And say you want to swan, one to one Hey kid they own the pond.There are those who rest, And those who make the beds,And should you seek redress C...

Technique Prefab Sprout

Her husband works in Jodrell Bank, He's home late in the morning,Had he been a lawyer, He wouldn't work for pennies.In the morning I go walking, It helps the hurting soften,I've seen a lot of place...

The World Awake Prefab Sprout

That frightening little sound, it's just the world awakeIt's just a way of saying we're in businessIt's just a lightning strike, it's just a family rowIt's just the give and take of forgivenessChan...

Horsechimes Prefab Sprout

Hello Johnson your mother once gave me A lift back from schoolThat's no reason to get so excitedI'd been playing football with the youngsters, Johnson says don't dramatizeAnd you can't even spell s...

Wicked Things Prefab Sprout

Your Mother's got bags of good advice The don'ts exceed the do'sBut she's not youAll it takes is a little nerve As I close in for the killJust stand stillWhat could make a girl believe The wicked t...

Dublin Prefab Sprout

Who does not adore the soundOf music in the name of townsTo build a city on such picturesque groundThat takes some sort of flairWe draw a line the ink is fearYou stay that side we'll stay hereIt's ...

Tiffanys Prefab Sprout

Time is the healer, time was on my handsThe bus stopped at tiffany'sSo i went to hear the bandI saw Cinderella, then the curtain droppedTime hung heavy on my hands but todayThe clock just stoppedI ...

Diana Prefab Sprout

All the boys I know love diana, some calming apparition you bet she isThe world careering nightmare somewhere it is her arms reach outAnd stop the savagery at least they do for meHer eyes china blu...

LOOKING FOR ATLANTIS Prefab Sprout

If you're looking for AtlantisYou should cast your eye on mePut your two and two togetherDon't you know who built AtlantisThen returned to the seaDon't you know who owns the weather ?Rain or shineS...

Wild Horses Prefab Sprout

Through the rails I spiedYour ponytail. I triedWith sugar cubes - And they're O.K.But I don't thinkI'll catch you that wayI hate myself 'cause you're so coolWith your mocking eyes"Won't you look at...

Machine Gun Ibiza Prefab Sprout

He's a stone delta blues man.He's a top rollmo' starHe's a stone delta blues man.He's a top rollmo' starBlack wand, white magic, nitroglycerineHe's earned the right to be known asMACHINE GUN IBIZAV...

We Let The Stars Go Prefab Sprout

There was that girl I used to knowShe'd tease me about my nameFan the embers long enoughI sometimes catch her flameThe soothing voice of distance tells me"That was just a fling"Other music fills my...

Carnival 2000 Prefab Sprout

Tonight let's raise a glass my friendTo those who couldn't make itA century has shut its eyesAnd who are we to wake it ?Cool music we play, dance and sayCarnival 2000 :Lives come and go but life no...

Jordan: The Comeback Prefab Sprout

They say the spirit moves in mysterious waysSometimes the way it moves looks plain berserkBut two things you should be slow to criticizeA mans choice of woman and his choice of workSome work'll ear...

Jesse James Symphony Prefab Sprout

Jesse James is running and he'll never be at rest'Til the day they fold his arms across his chestHe's a long way from the cradleAnd his Ma's authorityBut it only seems a minuteSince he stood over h...

Jesse James Bolero Prefab Sprout

Jesse was a renegade danced to his own drumGrowin' wise could wait 'til tomorrowTook to a road signposted sorrowJesse was a hooligan jumped right off the railThere in the cards there in the tarotBo...