All About Eve

Dress me in scarlet
Ribbons and bows so everyone knows
I'm hiding a face
That hasn't the grace to go free.
Dress me in shadows
Sad April skies have opened my eyes
To the lie that I live
And given the river away
I'll change these clothes if I want to, and I do

I think that I've found out
What no-one's about to tell me
I think that I've found out
I don't wear scarlet well.

Waiting before me
Poets and painters may say;
"When will you stumble our way
Kick off your red shoes and fly now"
I'll die for their words if I want to, and I do.

Always before me
Poets and sages may say;
"We've been lamenting your fall
And carving it all into stone here
And skimming them into the river, just for you..."

I think that I've found out
What no-one's about to tell me
I think that I've found out
The place where angels fell from...
I think that I've found out
I don't wear scarlet well.

Ribbons from your dancing shoes
In shreds and threads and feeling used
Are hanging up our yesterdays
Down the street, the empty dance halls
Due to empty circumstance
All seem to be closed down today
And through the silence

I hear the word for love
I hear the word for death
But I don't hear any answer
While death can talk of 'la mort'
And love can whisper 'l'amour'
The floor has lost its dancers

Take your partner by the hand
And dance the ghost of a sarabande
Moving like a miracle
Shoe to shoe and cheek to cheek
Every day of every week
Step by step by century
Through the silence

I hear the word for love
I hear the word for death
But I don't hear any answer
While death can talk of 'la mort'
And love can whisper 'l'amour'
The floor has lost its dancers

I hear the word for love
I hear the word for death
But I don't hear any answer
While death can talk of 'la mort'
And love can whisper 'l'amour'
The floor has lost its dancers now

If there's Sunday in their eyes
And they can't disguise it
Half-sick of shadows grayer
Than the fair Elaine knows
It's four hours after twelve
And you're scared of yourself
Feeling so afraid
Like a child in an air-raid

And if there's only one reason
To live in this world
I'll find it
And if there's only one reason
To give of yourself
Ask the lonely and the dying

If your drowning in the doubt
As the candle goes out
Faces at the window
And a whispering that won't go
Focus on the dawn
And the promise of morning
Look ahead of winter
Let the breath of summer into you

And if there's only one reason
To live in this world
I'll find it
And if there's only one reason
To give of yourself
Ask the lonely and the dying

They're always waiting for morning
Always waiting for light to come around
Always waiting for morning
And the light to come shining in

They're always waiting for morning
Always waiting for light to come around
Always waiting for morning
And the light to come shining in

And if there's only one reason
To live in this world
Ask the lonely and the dying
Ask the lonely and the dying

The milkmoons dwell in their quiet shells
Where they fell from the heaven
Two pearl fishermen hold their breath again
Fight to the death again for the same prize

Oh my brother, one of us loses
One must drown and the other she chooses
The jade of the blue offers diamonds to you
But you find it's not true when the sun sets

You dive far below
Where the sun doesn't go
Where your brother won't know
And you hear her saying:

"Oh my lover, now that you've found me
Now your brother is bound to be drowned
I don't know why you'd feud over me
All those pearls lay asleep on the sea bed"

The pearl in his hand
She's just a grain of sand
She's dressed up as snow
In the moonlight

She's porcelain
On his sallow skin
He's been taken in
By illusion

Oh my brother, we're both of us losers
I don't know why she ever did choose us
To call one her lover and bury the other
So I'll hold my breath 'til the story is over

How cruel am I to pass you by now?
And it's, a cold December,
In the heat of next July now,
Will you or won't you remember?

Chorus:
Our summer, will come again,
Our summer, melts the ice again,
Our summer, will come again,
Our summer, melts the ice again.

Gypsy whispers with her wild eyes,
So heavy-handed with the heather,
She says a change of heart lies,
With a change, in the weather.

Chorus x2

Chorus x 3

Where have the flowers gone sun-children
Your shirts are loud and your hair is long
Now do you ever think we'll make it
Something more than a uniform

And we're almost there
We learn to love and we learn to give
And we earn the flowers in our hair

Where has the vision gone sun-children
Colours glow but your eyes are closed
I swear I still believe we'll make it
In your eyes I see your soul

And we're almost there
We learn to love and we learn to give
And we earn the flowers in our hair my friend
So take my hand
One day is always too far away

I wish we had the hearts of children
Their eyes are wide and their love is pure
But we only dare to say 'please love me'
At the seventh glass of wine...

Bright in flames
They're melting with the snow
Precious wishes
Heavenwards they go
Secrets keep, no-one need ever know

When you're in the clouds
In the clouds, in the clouds,
In the clouds, in the clouds,
You're just a breath away

Painted words are whispered
It's no prayer
Whispering words
Are drifting like the snow

When you're in the clouds
In the clouds, in the clouds,
In the clouds, in the clouds,
You're just a breath away
Away, away, away, away
Away, away, away, away
Away

When you're in the clouds
In the clouds, in the clouds,
In the clouds, in the clouds,
In the clouds,
You're just a breath away
In the clouds, in the clouds,
In the clouds, in the clouds,
In the clouds,
You're just a breath away

I sit by the harbour
The sea calls to me
I hide in the water
But l need to breathe

You are an ocean wave, my love
Crashing at the bow
I am a galley slave, my love
If only I could find out the way
To sail you
Maybe I'll just stow away

I've been run aground
So sad for a sailor
I felt safe and sound
But needed the danger

You are an ocean wave, my love
Crashing at the bow
I am a galley slave, my love
If only I would find out the way
To sail you
Maybe I'll just stow away

You are an ocean wave, my love
Crashing at the bow
I am a galley slave, my love
If only I would find out the way
To sail you
Maybe I'll just stow away

Stow away
Stow away

On our own trip
On our emerald ship we sail away
The ocean holds a thousand tales untold
With this love
It's easy come and easy go
Just like the way we were
Before the fall

I don't see the reason why
Every angel must fly
I'm betrayed by the tear in my eye
In my eye...

Hey angel
Don't be afraid to earth your heart
When I see love descending like a dove
Confusion... the song you hear the blackbird sing
You fly to the sun
And you're going to burn your wings

I don't see the reason why
Every angel must fly
I'm betrayed by the tear in my eye
In my eye...
Well, I know every angel must fly

You're flying too high
You're flying too high
Just see the reason why
The angel must fly
No more tears in my eye
We can live in the sky
High, high, high, high

Baby sings the blues... for you
She may get happy later
Baby cries for comfort
For something to surround her

And when she sings it
You believe her
How everyone she ever knew
Would leave her spinning 'round
All on fire

Another wild hearted woman
Another child with the stars in her eyes
A wild hearted woman
And she's falling... falling

Baby's lost her soul... to you
Call her a fallen angel
Stormy weather forever
With every friend a stranger

And when she sings it
You believe her
How everyone she ever knew
Would leave her spinning 'round
All on fire

Another wild hearted woman
Another child with the stars in her eyes
A wild hearted woman
And she's falling... falling

Lost little girl
In hurricanes of love and pain
Locked in her world
Of daisy chains and love and pain
Trying to find peace of mind

Another wild hearted woman...
Another child with the stars in her eyes
A wild hearted woman
And she's falling... falling

Another wild hearted woman...
Another child with the stars in her eyes
A wild hearted woman
And she's falling... falling

Can't see the wood for all of the trees
Can't hear the wind for the breeze that whispers
Voice in your head... you like what it said
So what can you do but listen to it?

What kind of fool
Lays all that's precious to waste?
What kind of fool
Leaves all their treasure to rust in the rain?
They'll need it again when the sky clears
What kind of fool
Won't discover the jewel
'Til the dust clears ?
Fools like us...

Fools who want more than they've treasured before
Wanting the dawn of the brightest morning
Reach for the stars 'cause they're sweeter by far
Than the moon 'though she's brighter
And closer to you...

What kind of fool
Lays all that's precious to waste?
What kind of fool
Leaves all their treasure to rust in the rain?
They'll need it again when the sky clears
What kind of fool
Won't discover the jewel
'Til the dust clears ?
Fools like us...

Can't see the wood for all of the trees
Can't hear the wind for the breeze that whispers
Reach for the stars 'cause they're sweeter by far
Than the moon 'though she's brighter
And closer to you...

What kind of fool
Lays all that's precious to waste?
What kind of fool
Leaves all their treasure to rust in the rain?
They'll need it again when the sky clears
What kind of fool
Won't discover the jewel
'Til the dust clears ?
Fools like us,
Like us, like us, like us...

Behind me, a caravan weighed down
With bad dreams and ghosts of apologies
There's no room, no room inside
For a hitcher with a suitcase of pride

Before me, a stallion pulls like the moon
Sun through the trees tells me I'll be there soon
The wind cries, 'cause she saw me crying
About the times I find myself lying.

I must have fallen by the wayside
The wheels crack beneath my foolish pride
Give me a sign in your direction
And show me to road to your soul.

Unhitch the wagon 'cause it hinders me
I'll hitch my skirts up and go carelessly,
Barefoot and riding bareback
Wind in my hair, it feels like honesty.

I must have fallen by the wayside
The wheels crack beneath my foolish pride
Give me a sign in your direction
And show me to road to your soul.

I must have fallen by the wayside
The wheels crack beneath my foolish pride
Give me a sign in your direction
And show me to road to your soul.
To your soul, to your soul.
Give me a sign in your direction
And show me to road to your soul.

Close the chapter on a journey...
Burn the book and give me sanctuary,
In your arms it feels like...
In your arms it feels like...
It feels like home.

A red neon sign draws him
Into a wine bar
Where a woman is crying
Unaware of the whisky he's buying her
"Can I join you a while ma'am?"
"Honey, when you're as broken up as I am
You'd have to be Jesus to join up all these pieces"

The night before the morning after

"Are you here alone
Can I take you home?
It's a real disgrace
Seeing your pretty face
In this ugly place"

The night before the morning after

A ride in a taxi
To a rented apartment in a back street
Whisky-bottle graveyard
Rent is low so she's trying to save hard
To get out of the city
It takes time but she won't take his pity
They carry on drinking
And she knows what he's thinking

The night before the morning after

And her stockings are torn
And the heels of her shoes are worn
She could be a waitress
She could be an actress
But he thinks she's a temptress

The night before the morning after

The night before the morning after

There's a space in her bed
Where the stranger laid his head
She remembers him kissing her
He was such a good listener
But he sure won't be missing her

There's a Victorian tin, I keep my memories in,
I found it up in the attic.
After looking inside, I find the things that I'm hiding...
The leaves saved from a mistletoe kiss,
Only nostalgia has me feeling like this...
Like I miss you,
It must be the time of year.

Remember December,
It's like a wintergreen beside a diamond stream,
Remember December,
A fall of snow and the afterglow.
It could be taking our breath away
But the years stand in the way,
Remember December,
How does it make you feel inside?

Beneath a Valentine, I see a locket is shining
I think it must be the wine,
Makes me feel it's all real.
Where nothing seems to rhyme
To breathe life into the dust of a keepsake
I might as well try to fix a chain on a snowflake
Or a heartache,
It must be the time of year.

Remember December,
It's like a wintergreen beside a diamond stream,
Remember December,
A fall of snow and the afterglow.
It could be taking our breath away
But the years stand in the way,
Remember December,
How does it make you feel inside?

Should I feel this alone, should I pick up the phone
Should I call you up and wish you 'Happy Christmas'?
I feel so alone, should I pick up the phone
Take my heart in my hand
And ask if you remember December,
It's like a wintergreen beside a diamond stream,
Remember December,
A fall of snow and the afterglow.
It could be taking our breath away
But the years stand in the way,
Remember December,
How does it make you feel inside?

Six o'clock, all the closing shops
And the rainbows on the pavements
Of a sleepy town.
October leaves were wept from the trees
In tears of grief and strange relief
And sympathy.... all for me.
Do you remember walking out
The day it rained forever
And you were wondering
If I held dreams of wedding rings
Well, farewell Mr. Sorrow
Tomorrow is my own.

I believe we made a vow
Beside the fireside but I'm sure I lied
When I promised you
That I would never want sing
Along with anything
But for the strings of your guitar
Here you are...

So this is how a Judas kisses
Well, this is my kiss.

Were you looking for a sister
Or looking for your mother ?
I was looking for a love inspired
I didn't need a little brother to hold
When the wind blew cold
A string of hearts lie in your wake
You tried to take along for the ride
I must be out of my head
To get strung out on your silver thread

A strange way of showing your love
You had a strange way....

I hear you met a young girl
I hear she is your lover
So when you break her young, sweet heart
She'll find it easy to recover
Not like me, I took you seriously
And for a while I lost my smile,
I lost my way but I found something out....
It's going to take something more than you
To break a spirit like mine

A strange way of showing your love
Just for the thrill of it all
But then the future is blind
Just for the thrill of it all
I'm good at wasting my time
But I'm on my way, I've had enough

The winter comes the wind blows cold....
It isn't forever.

She saw that he closed the door
She stole a look in the guarded book
His prose was a line of crows
On a washing line in the summer time
And the wind blew the crows around
Some made the sky, some hit the ground
She never heard a fuller sound
It comes as no surprise;

She's in love with the dreamer,
So in love with his world.

He had songs you could sing along to
In any time, in any key.
They were jewels in elysian pools
In eternity for all to see
And the water helped the jewels to shine,
Some like the stars and some like wine

In the eyes of earthbound angels
It comes as no surprise...

He makes her close her eyes,
He helps her paint the skies blue.

And the seventh dream was, so surreal
When the dreamer broke the seventh seal
And butterflies all lost their wheels
It comes as no surprise...

Like a bird I'm living on the wing and on the run
I'm wondering if paradise was won by the gun
You gather fruit from danger trees
See more than you want to see
Too late, too late...

We didn't know what it was
And all we know is we've lost it
We threw away paradise
And all we know is we've dreamt it

Will it ever come again
When you call ?
So catch if angels should
Fall in your arms
For every night a reaching hand
A thousand snake mouths open wide
Too late, too late...

We didn't know what it was
And all we know is we've lost it
We threw away paradise
And all we know is we've dreamt it

Don't know where to go
Don't think you'll find it
I kneel down somewhere
So maybe they'll find me
You may have your dreams
But heaven you steal
Live by the sword
Live by the gun
Never to rest
'Til your heaven is won

We didn't know what it was
And all we know is we've lost it
We threw away paradise
And all we know is we've dreamt it

Gonna get it back
Gonna get it back

Will it ever come again...?

There's a place I know
Where the children go
Every summer's night.
They run as fast they can
Behind the Raven-Man...
Who shall he invite ?
The rather awkward girl
With the ragged curls
Much to her delight !

"Come with me to the candy tree
You need to free your mind...
Come with me to the candy tree
And leave it all behind - "

Well it's an underhand
Kind of wonderland -
She can't find the door;
Because he's keeping her as a prisoner,
Lost forevermore.
And now the Queen is red
And she wants her head
Just to keep the law.

"Come with me to the candy tree...

Reaching out a hand
There's a hand you want to hold
When the night feels blue
The hand feels cold

The fog takes my breath
But we've got to keep breathing now
Gonna live to tell the tale
Gonna live to tell the tale

The drowning man
And the drowning lady
They're soaked to the skin
Clean like ivy
"I can't let you go" she says,
"Hold me now - keep me alive"

The fog comes down
And stars fall down
The moon leaves the sky
Can't ask why
Got to keep dreaming
Leave me now
Safely in your arms
Felt like home
I wanna go home now
Gonna live to tell the tale