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from Chris Rea - La Passione (1997)
I stand alone
Without a care Open the door But no-one's there The lonely night My only friend Love's wrongs are right I can't defend La Passione La Passione La Passione La Passione And now I know What I've become It haunts me so But I'll go on and on I know the pain inside Is the price you pay to ride Into the brightest flame Never the same again La Passione La Passione La Passione La Passione You dare to dream Take the chance and go Desire has taken hold Now the passion haunts you so La Passione La Passione La Passione La Passione |
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from Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon (2006)
Could this be true, could this be me?
the one who kept himself so high and free. Caught up in the highest game of all and all my defences tumble and fall. And only the ace of hearts can save me now. (Ace of hearts). I wake in early hours and I call your name. And it's your face I see pressed up against my window pane. And suddenly I realise as the tears start to flow like rain from the sky only the ace of hearts can save my now. Ace of hearts, tell me what's this game you're playing. Ace of hearts, it's all down to you, yeah. I'm lost, lost like a child in a strange dream. but open your doors and pull me... pull me... pull me through... And I am flying like the wind in the dead of night. I flying so high, searching for them landing lights. I've never been this way before, but darling all I need your love more and more. Only the ace of hearts can save me now. I said only the ace of hearts can save me now. I said only the ace of hearts can save me now. (ooo, ace of hearts) (ooo, ace of hearts) only the ace of hearts (ooo, ace of hearts) can save me now (ooo, ace of hearts) only the ace hearts (ooo, ace of hearts) (ooo, ace of hearts) only the ace of hearts can save me now (ooo, ace of hearts) |
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from Chris Rea - Stony Road (2003)
I see the morning light - come screaming thru my room
I fel the devils eyes - and smell his cold perfume THere is no mercy here - Ccould not be a darker day But I ain't going down - I ain't going down this way Oh I know your face - I've seen it a thousand times In my darkest dream - I have witnessed every single crime You think I'm joking - I'm wet with fear But I've made up my mind today I ain't going down I ain't going down this way ⓒ Chris Rea & Jazzee Blue/edel |
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from Chris Rea - All Summer Long [single] (2000)
I got my wheels
I got my clean shirt I got enough To get me where she'll be Skin is burning Heart's on fire Take my own dream To the sea All I know is She will be there Turn it up And turn it on All summer long All summer long Look ahead There's nothing but blue sky Kiss the rain and laugh as it goes by learn to smile While everyone else cries Sing this song All summer long All summer long All summer long I've been waiting Through the winter I've been dreaming Of this day All I know is She will be there So turn it up Turn it on Turn it up Turn it on All summer long All summer long Nothing but blue skies Nothing but blue skies |
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from Chris Rea - All Summer Long [single] (2000)
I got my wheels
I got my clean shirt I got enough To get me where she'll be Skin is burning Heart's on fire Take my own dream To the sea All I know is She will be there Turn it up And turn it on All summer long All summer long Look ahead There's nothing but blue sky Kiss the rain and laugh as it goes by learn to smile While everyone else cries Sing this song All summer long All summer long All summer long I've been waiting Through the winter I've been dreaming Of this day All I know is She will be there So turn it up Turn it on Turn it up Turn it on All summer long All summer long Nothing but blue skies Nothing but blue skies |
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from Chris Rea - All Summer Long [single] (2000)
I got my wheels
I got my clean shirt I got enough To get me where she'll be Skin is burning Heart's on fire Take my own dream To the sea All I know is She will be there Turn it up And turn it on All summer long All summer long Look ahead There's nothing but blue sky Kiss the rain and laugh as it goes by learn to smile While everyone else cries Sing this song All summer long All summer long All summer long I've been waiting Through the winter I've been dreaming Of this day All I know is She will be there So turn it up Turn it on Turn it up Turn it on All summer long All summer long Nothing but blue skies Nothing but blue skies |
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from Chris Rea - Shamrock Diaries (2006)
All summer long we were happy we were one
We didn't think of an ending to our play All summer long nights of wine, days of song It couldn't last, our ageing sun had to go I will always remember you Watching the waves in the wind The beach dogs hiding from the rain Suddenly my colours have turned to grey Will I ever see your face again And all winter long I will walk my lonely road Waiting for you and your return I will always remember you |
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from Chris Rea - Auberge (1991)
And you my love
I do not sleep tonight I may not ever The sins of the past have come See how they sit down together Outside my window Outside my door And I know the reason what they've all come here for You my love My sweet, sweet love Are what it's all because of Surrender is easy I know you do me no harm But your innocence haunts me The most fatal of charms Oh I must have done some wrong On a dark and distant day For I know full and well tonight This is how that I must pay And you my love My sweet, sweet love Are what it's all because of You my love My sweet, sweet love Are what it's all because of |
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from Chris Rea - The Blue Cafe (2006)
Ten Thousand princes
I've seen them all I've seen them come And I see them fall I've watched them win I've watched them loose Since you've been around No-one gets to choose Because when the game begins And the time is now When there is no more talking Only here and now There is only here and now I ain't seen anything qute like you Ain't been anyone quite like you Ten thousand princes All backs against the wall Then Thousand losers When the winner comes to call How they scream in frustration Then thousand reasons why The rhetoric is endless I see the laughter in your eyes Because when the game begins And the time is now When there is no more talking Only here and now Only here and now I ain't seen anything qute like you Ain't been anyone quite like you |
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from Chris Rea - The Blue Cafe (2006)
The word you send today
From somewhere far away Cut in deep to the bone Though I am not with you now I feel you close somehow Too many days, so far from home And I send my dream to you And I will go on As long as I have your love I see your candle burn, You wait for my return I feel your shadow in the night The question still remains, oh love its still the same Oh I'll get by, Don't you know I'll be alright As long as I have your love |
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from Chris Rea - Auberge (1991)
On the hard fast train
On the road to gain Something gets right through to your telling bone There's a sudden itch An electric twitch Sometimes I swear this body's got a mind of its own This is the naked truth This is the light There's only one place left to go Auberge You meet a silent type On a windy trail With a shiny cloak and an unseen silver dagger You can talk till you ache Give yourself one more break You can tell by the look on his face that it just doesn't matter This is the naked truth This is the light There's only one place left to go Auberge Give me a weekend Give me a way Don't like what I'm seeing though I hear what you say Think with a dagger And you'll die on your knees Begging for mercy Singing please mister please This is the naked truth This is the light There's only one place left to go Auberge |
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from Chris Rea - On The Beach (2006)
No sunny day, no sky of blue
Just a pale moon on the wings of the wind No diamond rings, no pretty dreams Two people caught in chains of each other And there was no other way This was how it was to be The flame will haunt you constantly There'll never be a day Auf immer und ewig? Auf immer und ewig? |
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from Chris Rea - God's Great Banana Skin (2005)
Black dog barking in the cold grey light
He pulls the chain and he pulls it tight This ain't no lonesome wail that boy ain't faking He bites the steel and he claws the ground He pulls again and he spins around His eyes are raging and his burning lungs are steaming He wanna walk in the sun Feel love like anyone No one knows that black dog better than I I said no one knows that black dog better than I When I see his running I can see me Teeth in the collar and he's tearing it free Spit out the leather and the cold studs that kept you from singing Run till you're bleeding run till you're hot till the memory of all this you've long since forgot Run till forever till the bells of your freedom are ringing He wanna walk in the sun Feel love like anyone No one knows that black dog better than I I said no one knows that black dog better than I |
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from Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon (2006)
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 dance Bombo! Little pearl inside the shell Come out, come out From deep down in my wishing well Sing out, sing out 'Cos you made me smile And you made me love And you made me laugh And you made me dance Bombo! |
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from Chris Rea - God's Great Banana Skin (2005)
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 drives the dagger home 'Cos when I see that angel walking past my window When I see that angel walking past my door I know what this tired old heart's been waiting, waiting for Boom boom Boom boom And I can't win There ain't no us denying So many years of experience Tell me it's so That stupid cupid arrow Lost for years and never found me Now she's dancing on my history And she drives the dagger home 'Cos when I see that angel walking past my window When I see that angel walking past my door I know what this tired old heart's been waiting, waiting for Boom boom Boom boom |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2 (2005)
Radio speaker - radio bleep
Put it on hard disc - See it on your pc Everybody moving - cos their so afraid of losing You gotta pull the straps Till it can't fight back Say you gotta pull straps Till it can't fight back Press it down, press it down What's going on, Oh what's going on There was a time, When all I could see was a sun in the sky There was a place I knew where we We used to run, run with the wind in our faces I look to the left, I look to the right Can't get through Press it down, I can't get through Look to the left, I look to the right I can't get through I can't get through I can't get through Radio play, radio scream Coming up through All the crap on my windscreen I can't get through I can't go back Laugh (too scared) I might have a heart attack I say I might have a heart attack I can't get through I can't get through |
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from Chris Rea - Water Sign (2006)
Faith for reasons still unknown
Like 'Bleak House fog' seems everywhere The truth has frozen into stone And hope lies freezing in the midnight air Though dark our days may seem This is a different dream Their freedom light don't shine at all So I will 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 stands alone Oh I believe you if you say A prayer can help to get her home So I will 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 |
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from Chris Rea - Stony Road (2003)
Oh catfish girl
Make me feel so fine Yeah, catfish girl Always pulling on my line When I see her smiling face It get me every single time Oh catfish girl I miss you, Lord I feel so blue Oh catfish girl In every little thing that you do Catfish girl I only want to be with you Oh catfish girl I miss you, Lord I feel so blue Catfish girl In every little thing that you do Oh catfish girl I only want to be with you |
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from Chris Rea - Stony Road (2003)
Changing Times
Changing times, changing rules Make a wise man look a fool Gone before no longer here Look out for these signs of these Changing times Better look out.. You better look out.. Look out for these changing times You better look out... Can't stop those changing times.. Changing times Cold hard rain Everything's a changing Nothin's going to be the same.. You'd better look out........ 'Cos you can't stop these changing times Nothin's going ever to be the same.. You'd better look out... Look out for these changing times You'd better look out......... Can't stop those changing times....... |
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from Chris Rea - Shamrock Diaries (2006)
Misty eyes on a misty day
Come across a place like this along your way You walk straight in to that sweet and tender trap And you know you're lost and found And there ain't no going back Spend the rest of your days playing all the hardest games Just to get back to that place again And memories oh how they stick to you You know there ain't a thing, not a single thing you can do On Chisel hill I've been ten thousand miles from this place and seen it I swear I've woke up happy thinking that I was there It's the place I love, it's where I wanna be And I won't give up until I get to see A little something in there to call my own Pass the time of day and head off home The evening shadows on the dry stone walls The night draws in and the ale house calls And happy I will be When the road goes no further than what I see When past here it's nowhere to go And I ain't gonna give up until I get see Those angel eyes looking up at me The prince of peace and time is standing still On Chisel hill |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2 (2005)
I'm coming off the ropes
(he's going down) He thinks I'm beat I'm coming off the ropes yea This ain't no retreat He thinks I'm going down For sure my head is spinning round When I straighten up But I'm going to knock him off his feet! (Wow suckerpunch! I'm coming off the ropes (he's going down) Yes I'm coming off the ropes I'm coming off the ropes He made me angry now I only need to straighten up I'm going to show him how I can hear someone count to ten Seems like a lifetime, But I'll tell you when I know I'm safe down here So till then, must have been a lucky swing Two years ago, I would have not let him in I'm coming off the ropes (he's going down) |
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from Chris Rea - On The Beach (2006)
You got to break the back of the mould you were made in
Crack the shell, that's how it's got to be Nothing for certain, ain't no way of knowing Only believe in things that you see Flow with the river, run with the tide Mix with your brother, 'cos he's right by your side Crack that mould Little pretty chicken you can't stay in there forever Now there ain't no such thing as only one kind of weather You got to bend, learn, take the rough with the smooth Understand everything Crack that mould Now there ain't no such thing as only one kind of weather Pick up them shoes, go running down that road You know that precondition is such a heavy load You got to live love, put down that written word Crack that mould Now there ain't no such thing as only one kind of weather |
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from Chris Rea - Dancing With Strangers (2007)
On the restless road to nowhere
There's no certain peace it seems Desire to keep on moving till the river of dreams Is it just because someone told you Is it just because you found Old freedom feels uneasy when duty is around When allegiance asks the questions Old freedom twists and turns And chokes on codes of honour On the sword of no return And it's the curse of the traveller The curse of the traveller Got a hold of me And it won't let you be And in sleepless nights You'll call her name And feel loneliness cold to the bone And when the daylight breaks This old tired heart aches To be such a long way, such a long way from home And you long for the harbourlights But you'll never be free Of the craving for refuge And the call of the sea Always wanting to sell up But always needing to buy So till the road leads to somewhere And that river runs dry It's the curse of the traveller Ain't gonna let you be The curse of the traveller And it sure got a hold of me |
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from Chris Rea - Deltics (2007)
Sometimes I think I go insane
So what's a boy supposed to do Working just to pay my way But baby when the day is through Just wanna have a good time Hey! I've got my shoe, shoes shined I'm gonna dance, dance, dance Walking down the city street They don't like the kind of stuff I play But feel that bass beneath your feet Man don't take my only life away Just wanna have a good time Hey! I've got my shoe, shoes shined I'm gonna dance, dance, dance I'm scared when I wake up sometimes it gets so fast I want it high and higher but it never lasts And all I have starts Friday night with my first drink Don't tell me, don't say anything, don't wanna think Just wanna dance |
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from Chris Rea - Tennis (2006)
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 in lusts of jade While all around the bullets flew And the sun beats down Oh heavy heart, as deep as the endless sea A thought for every fish, why don't you let them be Your book's so frivol, but I'm tired of mine Show me some Make me laugh and make me sing Dancing girls Make me laugh and make me sing Dancing girls So many years but nothing's changed We curse the fire but we still feed it's flames My cards repeating the same sad song Why don't you put them down? Tonight is young, as young as she needs to be There's room for love, as much as there needs to be Show me a drink, show me a smile Show me some Make me laugh and make me sing Dancing girls Make me laugh and make me sing Dancing girls |
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from Chris Rea - Stony Road (2003)
Dancing The Blues Away
Beat up soul Looking to find a smile Ain't nobody here to give you the reason why I need the wings of an eagle Need to find me a way to fly Come on and dance with me baby Dancing my blues away Yeah dance with me baby Dance 'til my blues can't stay Come on and dance with me baby Dancing my blues away There is something worth knowing Written behind those eyes Well I've got tears by the truckload Let's laugh 'til they all run dry Let's steal the wings from those angels And kiss what we know goodbye Come on and dance with me baby Dancing my blues away Yeah dance with me baby Dance 'til my blues can't stay Come on and dance with me baby Dancing my blues away Repeat |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell (1989)
Diamond dream when the sun don't shine
I close my eyes to see Twelve wild horses in silver chains Callin' out to me Ooh Daytona Shine your light on me Ooh Daytona Shine your light on me Now she ain't easy So you take good care Or she will scream down on your lust She can please you Like no other Or she can leave you eating dust Ooh Daytona Shine your light on me Burning passion Light my day Let me sit inside your wonder Cloudless daydream Oh dance of dances To have tamed the sound of thunder Ooh Daytona Shine your light on me Ooh Daytona |
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from Chris Rea - Water Sign (2006)
All change on then merry go line
Everybody looking for a sign Jumping up and down when the switch goes on Nobody knows where it's coming from I'm here watching, keeping well away Oh I'm gonna live it in my own way Singing no mister, not me I'm staying here with guys on free In deep water I see a captain on a distant shore He's got a dream, he wants to make it law He's got my number, he's got a plan He try to get you any way he can Wants to own everything he sees While I'm here, well he ain't with me Singing no mister, no way I got my own deep water Deep, deep water |
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from Chris Rea - Deltics (2007)
Burlington Zephyrs
and Kenworths that pass in the night Deltics and Steamers and F88's in full flight Old train take me back again To the one that I love Deltics |
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from Chris Rea - Deltics (2007)
Oh getaway and don't come back
Who do you think you're fooling with lies like that? 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 dream And she don't need diamonds She shakes her hip to the tambourine And she don't need diamonds If you can't love me for nothing They you can't love me at all And it's plain as grey that what you say Have meanings of their own We all got to dance, take a chance? But babe you should have stayed at home My love, my love, she don't need diamonds |
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from Chris Rea - Tennis (2006)
Sweet serenade, in your shade
May I 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 hair that day The timeless dress that flowed in endless sway I almost touched her shoulder, she almost turned to face me A thousand distant summers... away |
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from Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1982)
Each single day I get up and make my way
And it all comes into view It's like a part in a play You can turn it around in so many different ways But it's still the part you play And so to you I dedicate This role they have handed me And I will do it for your love Down in the street you can win or lose To that crazy beat But you'll never change the tune 'Cos the tune is the song And song is the game of life, we just come and go But we can laugh and we can bend Together though, me and you So I will do it for your love Look around, see that you see There's no sense in being so blue Now I've got to have a reason for seeing this out Other than seeing it through So I will do it for your love |
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from Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1982)
Do you still dream of summer nights
The endless roads between the distant lights Do you still find yourself On strange and long highways Drifting into unknown phase Do you still dream of summer days The sunlight dancing on white rolling waves The everlasting taste of innocent desire The atom splitting of its fire Do you still dream? Do you see that tunnel showing any sign of light Does fear still wake you in the night Do you still dream? ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By REA, CHRISTOPHER ANTON <i>Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.</i> |
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from Chris Rea - Deltics (2007)
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 that left afterburn And its fire feeds me I'm hungry still So baby listen now, I'm at your will But I'm not a flower on your windowsill Don't want your best friend Don't need a Godsend Don't want your new trends I want you She's got a silver sabre with a diamond shine It's not an ego-trip just her frightened way To keep you blind Shadow dancing, nowhere fast You got to meet me half way Girl if it's gonna last I remember that first night I dream of it still I want that feeling and I want that thrill I've always loved you and I always will Take me home |
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from Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (2002)
I'm driving home for Christmas
I can't wait to see those faces I'm driving home for Christmas Yea I'm moving down that line And it's been so long But I will be there To sing this song To pass the time away Driving in my car Christmas Gonna take some time Top to toe in tailbacks Got red lights on the run But soon there'll be a freeway My feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories I take look at the driver next to me He's just the same Just the same Top to toe in tailbacks Got red lights on the run Driving home for Christmas, yea Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Christmas Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas I'm driving home for Christmas Oh, I can't wait to see those faces I'm driving home for Christmas, yea Well I'm moving down that line And it's been so long But I will be there I sing this song To pass the time away Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas It's gonna take some time But I'll get there Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights on the run But soon there'll be a freeway Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me I am driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories I take look at the driver next to me He's just the same Just the same Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights on the run I'm driving home for Christmas, yea Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2 (2005)
I'm driving home for Christmas
I can't wait to see those faces I'm driving home for Christmas Yea I'm moving down that line And it's been so long But I will be there To sing this song To pass the time away Driving in my car Christmas Gonna take some time Top to toe in tailbacks Got red lights on the run But soon there'll be a freeway My feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories I take look at the driver next to me He's just the same Just the same Top to toe in tailbacks Got red lights on the run Driving home for Christmas, yea Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Christmas Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas I'm driving home for Christmas Oh, I can't wait to see those faces I'm driving home for Christmas, yea Well I'm moving down that line And it's been so long But I will be there I sing this song To pass the time away Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas It's gonna take some time But I'll get there Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights on the run But soon there'll be a freeway Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me I am driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories I take look at the driver next to me He's just the same Just the same Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights on the run I'm driving home for Christmas, yea Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories |
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from Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (2002)
I'm driving home for Christmas
I can't wait to see those faces I'm driving home for Christmas Yea I'm moving down that line And it's been so long But I will be there To sing this song To pass the time away Driving in my car Christmas Gonna take some time Top to toe in tailbacks Got red lights on the run But soon there'll be a freeway My feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories I take look at the driver next to me He's just the same Just the same Top to toe in tailbacks Got red lights on the run Driving home for Christmas, yea Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Christmas Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas I'm driving home for Christmas Oh, I can't wait to see those faces I'm driving home for Christmas, yea Well I'm moving down that line And it's been so long But I will be there I sing this song To pass the time away Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas It's gonna take some time But I'll get there Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights on the run But soon there'll be a freeway Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me I am driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories I take look at the driver next to me He's just the same Just the same Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights on the run I'm driving home for Christmas, yea Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2 (2005)
E is for the comfort,
You give to me E is for the peace, I feel inside E is for the good times That go against the bad times E is for the world you gave us And left us here behind They say Tell me what's so wrong with E That's what I hear them say Tell me what's so wrong with E That's what I hear them say Let's talk about it E is for the reason To live through urban grey E is for the warm glow, That takes the fear away Show us what is better Why don't you stand inside these shoes Oh live with me each Monday... Let's see what you would do... Which world do you live in? Which world did you choose? Hiding the tears, that's all No win No lose They say Tell me what's so wrong with E That's what I hear them say Tell me what's so wrong with E That's what I hear them say Let's talk about it |
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from Chris Rea - Stony Road (2003)
Easy Rider
Well now come on easy rider Give me something For my pain Well now come on easy rider Though I know you're not to blame The dogs are out to get me And pull me down, again Well now come on easy rider Turn this screaming fire Down low Yeah come on easy rider Pull this pain And let it go This time around Don't think that I can take it This twisting pain I've come to know Easy rider Help me Easy rider... |
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from Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1982)
The daylight breaks, a picture show of endless takes
And the music's coming through on the radio And I take my place, reluctantly I join the race It's not my fight, just trying to stay on my feet But oh there's one thing that gets to me It's that little girl she puts me down so easily In total absurd I'm saying these words With every beat of my heart, I will love you With every song, with every breath that you take I'll give you the moon and the sun, you're the only one Pleading love with every beat of my heart With every beat of my heart, I will love you With every song, with every breath that you take I'll give you the moon and the sun, you're the only one Pleading love with every beat of my heart Pleading love with every beat of my heart |
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from Chris Rea - Auberge (1991)
Every second counts
That's what he says Every second counts Every single day All through the night time And all through the day time Can't let your world pass through and in to my way Every second counts He can't slow down Every second counts See his spin around He's chasing his shadow He's racing the wind He tells us to follow Where the ice is so thin I hope you're holding on I hope you're holding on 'Cos every second counts |
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from Chris Rea - Tennis (2006)
Sat out a card game in a motel room
Don't let the muzak drive you crazy late at night They tell me it's all part of the deal I'm in Well I close my eyes, put memory into sight Every time I see you smile Now the lady tabs your case, leaves you thinking An hour or so: I hope she's right on time And you dream away your touchdown destination Now single file and put yourself back in line But oh, every time I see you smile Now this old world don't give much for choosing You can spend a lifetime driving yourself wild But I can take it's punches laughing - don't mind losing Just as long as I get to see you smile every once in a while |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2 (2005)
They call me love
They call me dear They kiss off and leave me For their own career I got a satellite dish, I'm all alone With my little goldfish And eminem, em on my headphones You heard that yet? You will! Selfish pigs put the blame on me So hacked off what I came to be I'm off the tracks Now I'm all at sea They like jogging more than they like me I'm evil Evil no.2 Then need to have something, Becomes the seed to have anything The lonely tears have dried up And the brain cells start to fry My heart cries out for new things Turns to anything will do things My left sides like a train crash Form all the things I tried I was so scared I was lonely I got mixed up Now I'm only I'm evil Evil no.2 Mummy and daddy's on prozac Said they're happy but They won't be back I hope they have a heart attack 'Cos of what they done to me They left me for a wine bar They left me for the wrong car I dunno how I got this far I'm evil Evil no.2 Eminem ain't so far away from this Mummy got a boyfriend Daddy got a girlfriend Gotta go away at weekends I tell you what I'll do Take every pill that I see You can do what you want to me I'm only trying to break free From the evil that you do I'm evil Evil no.2 |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2 (2005)
Go to that secret place
Inside your soul Go to its deepest place Only you and I know Can you see her? There she is still shining bright When the sun goes down See her crimson glow through the darkest of nights She smiles and says Everything is alright There will never be goodbye While we still see the firefly The firefly She smiles and says Everything is alright There will never be goodbye While we still see the firefly There will never be goodbye While we still see the firefly |
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from Chris Rea - Tennis (2006)
Don't ask me how long baby it's gonna take
I don't know honey, just give it a break Love don't happen to you overnight You got to feed it, leave it Give it some light Oh love, true love When it looks like you're winning Get it right on tee And the stars shine so brightly Just for you and me For ever and ever babe Is that what it takes? For ever and ever babe Is that when it stays for you and me? With every ray of sunshine sugar There's little bit of rain You got to take the bad times with the good times 'Cos no love's the same Oh love, true love When it looks like you're winning Get it right on tee And the stars shine so brightly Just for you and me For ever and ever babe Is that what it takes? For ever and ever babe That's when it stays When you've found your star love will know just who you are For ever and ever she'll stay For ever and ever babe Is that what it takes? For ever and ever babe Is that when it stays? |
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from Chris Rea - On The Beach (2006)
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 of distant planes across the sky She catches fleeting glimpse of fading red tail lights Into tomorrow she gently sleeps And she's still dreaming of a freeway Far away, there's a piece of luck somewhere Shining like a star in the night Dream on lady, till the early morning light Takes your dream to be free away |
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from Chris Rea - La Passione (1997)
When I was a boy
I had a dream It never came true But somehow it seems When I drift away and I know it's so There's a certain time and place I go Every heart's got it's moment Written on it's soul Just in a minute in it's lifetime Of a happiness untold For the smallest grain of sand in time Your own shadow sets you free And you turn to your reflection And your heart cries out Is it really me? It's the girl in the sports car 1961 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 And your heart cries out Is it really me? It's the girl in the sports car 1961 And she's sitting in her Lusso In the early morning sun That girl in the sports car That girl in the sports car Girl in the sports car That girl in the sports car |
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from Chris Rea - Stony Road (2003)
She shines her light where just before
There was only - cold wind blowing She understands what makes me smile And let's me know that - without showing I need to tell her - need to show her How deep it goes - Inside of me She is the stone that breaks the hard shell And rings out the loudest bell With whispered words that scream out All the peace in me Give that girl a diamond - Yeah give that girl a diamond And say it's from me A blue reflected light - way past the darkest place my only private night - of fearful dreams She is the stone that stabs the my shield of steel The peace that she makes me feel - with whispered words I need to tell her - need to show her How deep she goes - inside of me Give that girl a diamond - give that girl a diamond And say it's from me ⓒ Chris Rea & Jazzee Blue/edel |
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from Chris Rea - On The Beach (2006)
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, so close to me I closed my eyes and I could see Giverny And in this strange and holy place I looked for love and found it everywhere It was what you saw she came to see Because of you she was standing there Giverny Books may burn and rain may fall But what is here I know will last forever more Colours change, there are no defines She was love itself and I thank you for giving me Giverny |
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from Chris Rea - King Of The Beach (2000)
I was never born with the face of a
movie star I was never blessed with an easyload along the way I have taken the wrong turning So many times I can't remember But one thing I have for sure I can always smile and say God gave me an angel with a smiling face God gave me an angel this I know My churches are all empty and I'm guilty every day But god gave me an angel anyway Talk of being good and what became of me Do I hide my head in shame and turn away I have taken the wrong turning So many times I can't remember But one thing I have for sure I can always smile and say But God gave me an angel with a smiling face God gave me an angel this I know My churches are all empty and I'm guilty every day But god gave me an angel anyway |
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from Chris Rea - God's Great Banana Skin (2005)
Go down my road running just as fast as I can
Nobody knows which is the better way But when that man in the sky points his finger at you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you God's great banana skin Don't you laugh at nobody You'll let the bad luck in God's great banana skin It's the way that it gets you With every day good luck comes in the strangest of ways Just keep your head down don't listen what your ego will say 'Cos when that man in the sky points his finger at you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you God's great banana skin Don't you laugh at nobody You'll let the bad luck in God's great banana skin It's the way that it gets you God's great banana skin God's great banana skin When that man in the sky points his finger at you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you God's great banana skin Gonna get you God's great banana skin |
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from Chris Rea - Auberge (1991)
I'm going fishing
I got me a line Nothin' I do's gonna' make the difference So I'm taking the time And you ain't never gonna' be happy Anyhow, anyway So I'm going fishing And I'm going today I'm going fishing Sounds crazy I know I know nothing about fishing But just watch me go |
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from Chris Rea - Dancing With Strangers (2007)
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 left behind He wants six pretty white spots on each side of the dice He wants it all to be equal but he needs to throw twice Now there's a guy in the corner with a smiling gaze He turns to me and says I'm gonna buy a hat 'Cos I think it's gonna rain Got caught out coming here Ain't gonna get caught again I'm gonna buy a big one Like that Mr Gorbachov And when it's raining all this crap Oh my hat will keep it off Now take a look at all them leaders Desperation in their eyes The tight faces smiles that cannot hide it They know no more than you or I So I'm gonna buy a hat 'Cos here they come again And everytime they start to blah-blah It's you and me that gets the rain |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2 (2005)
Good morning. Good morning
I feel so good, I feel so good today Do you know, I feel so good, So good today I won't let nothing get in my way Good morning. Good morning |
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from Chris Rea - Tennis (2006)
He's watching the girls on the dance floor
He's watching the light in her hair He's praying that love's gonna come soon There's a sweet smell of hope in the air Just another boy from a steel town With the flash of the mill in his eye He don't move for hip cool or fashion But he knows where the deepest one lies And he'd love to be warm And he'd love to love you So give him some good news All the cards on the table But don't look that man in the eye Say a prayer for the dealer And kiss your old life goodbye Go to church light a candle But don't lose your head for God's sake Why is my heart beating faster Oh why do my hands start to shake 'Cos he'd love to be warm And he'd love to love you So give him some good news |
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from Chris Rea - Stony Road (2003)
Sombody told me - there's something better down that way
So don't try to hold me - 'Cos it's all I got to say Is can't stay I got to be moving - I got to be moving on Yeah I got to moving - I got to be moving on Next time you look around - you may find me gone I've got to be moving - moving on Free - nothing can hold me down What you're loving - is what you found So don't try to change it Oh free - I've got to keep moving on Where ever it takes me - where ever it goes Somebody told me - there's something better down that way So don't try to hold me - 'Cos it's all I got to say Is can't stay Got to be moving - got to be moving on Got to be moving - got to be moving on WHenever you see me - you'll know me by this song Yeah I - I got to be moving on Moving on ⓒ Chris Rea & Jazzee Blue/edel |
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from Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1982)
There's a crazy sense of duty
As he licks between his fingers Wipes the ketchup from his face and hands There's a strong determination That his teachers never witnessed Never close enough to understand He's like a bull just bred for fighting He don't deliver nothing Outside the only thing that he knows School report just says he's lazy His brother says he's crazy But take a look 'cos there he goes Through the avenues of fashion To the palaces of dreams All the way down Guitar Street To some guitars are hot-rods All along the quest for macho To others a would-be ticket out of town For Joe a six-string sten gun In the 'Panto-revolution' And Stevie's all just strictly sound He's like a bull just bred for fighting He don't deliver nothing Outside the only thing that he knows School report just says he's lazy His brother says he's crazy But anyway take a look 'cos there he goes Through the avenues of fashion To the palaces of dreams All the way down Guitar Street |
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from Chris Rea - King Of The Beach (2000)
There's a crazy sense of duty
As he licks between his fingers Wipes the ketchup from his face and hands There's a strong determination That his teachers never witnessed Never close enough to understand He's like a bull just bred for fighting He don't deliver nothing Outside the only thing that he knows School report just says he's lazy His brother says he's crazy But take a look 'cos there he goes Through the avenues of fashion To the palaces of dreams All the way down Guitar Street To some guitars are hot-rods All along the quest for macho To others a would-be ticket out of town For Joe a six-string sten gun In the 'Panto-revolution' And Stevie's all just strictly sound He's like a bull just bred for fighting He don't deliver nothing Outside the only thing that he knows School report just says he's lazy His brother says he's crazy But anyway take a look 'cos there he goes Through the avenues of fashion To the palaces of dreams All the way down Guitar Street |
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from Chris Rea - Auberge (1991)
I see a turning wheel
On a dusty track Caught in the void and empty space In between there and back And the paradise of going somewhere That's still so far away Happy, boy you bet I am Holding on to this smile for just as long as I can Heaven It's all bright in front And it's all dark behind Livin' for the now that's in between the bridges and the signs And getting there is still a long long way to go While the others dream and wish This is everything I officially need to know Happy, boy you bet I am Holding on to this smile for just as long as I can |
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from Chris Rea - On The Beach (2006)
Hello friend, where you been so long?
Time goes by, so easy it sleeps away Just like a shadow at the end of the day Hello friend, how are things for you these days? Some guy from way-back-when, he mentioned your name Did he ever get back to you? Ah, you know I told him to Sometimes I turn and I swear I hear you call And I often wonder how we lost what we knew Seems it gone in the wind, washed away in the rain And the years go by and by The bridges you burned, long sinced turned into ashes When there were no reasons, now the river runs dry Seems it gone in the wind, washed away in the rain And the years go by and by Where you been so long |
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from Chris Rea - Water Sign (2006)
I'm stood out with my brother
On a tree lined avenue I see the sweetest little creature Coming into my view And I say to myself, I say man I'm gonna get me some Of that bright little angel That shines like the 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 moves like a river From her head down to her toes It's less a way of walking More a total flow And I say to myself, I wonder I wonder if she knows What she's doing to me and my brother From our heads down to our toes Well he's up there on the corner now He's playing up that Romeo like only he know how I say hey you, you with that look in your eye Hey you, you with that look in your eye Hey you, you that make the stars shine Hey you, you with that look in your eye |
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from Chris Rea - Shamrock Diaries (2006)
Morning light meet the day
Nervous eyes look both ways And it just won't matter, spring or fall There's bread to win and shots to call And there ain't nobody out there Just a wild uncertainty It's in your stride but it ain't no fun Sometimes I feel just like a hired gun I feel just like a hired gun Always on the run And how it started, well you can't recall Did someone push you, did someone stall Whatever the reasons there was lots to learn To get home safely and not get burned And it's all so cold and empty As you watch the setting sun You've picked up every dirty trick Just to keep yourself always on the run And I feel just like a hired gun Always on the run I dream of comfort and friendship long But I can't trust you or anyone The scars still hurt me and I don't let them heal Each one's a lesson, each one's a shield And I may even love you dearly And I loathe what I have to do You see I've picked up every dirty trick In my fear of you 'Cos you make me feel just like a hired gun Always on the run |
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from Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon (2006)
I see you laughing up at me, and I can't hide
What it is that you can see I guess that's why I'm holding out my love for you And when you turn it around In different ways The answers turn around and fly away I see you laughing up at me And I can't hide What it is that you can see I guess that's why I'm holding out my love for you A lifelong history Of trust in vain I lead the fools' parade Out in the rain I see you laughing up at me 'Cos you don't seem to care But oh how happy I can be When you are there That's why I'm holding out My love for you |
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from Chris Rea - God's Great Banana Skin (2005)
I may look like a stranger with nothing to say
Silent in the corner while you're talking away Your theories are endless, your lips never sleep No time for reflection, there's no tongue in your cheek Oh no, I ain't fool here Oh no, I ain't fool here The muscles in your mouth must be stronger than steel You can talk till forever but ain't got no feel Your scull must be empty, your brain cells run dry Calling everybody Learning nothing till the day that you die Oh no, I ain't fool here Oh no, I ain't fool here |
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from Chris Rea - Water Sign (2006)
In the silence of a high street
In the wisper in the night From the darkness of the empty hours To the early morning light From the hustle down on the Main Street With all it's lights so bright To the trucker on the highway Pressing through the night Chorus: I can hear your heartbeat I can hear your heartbeat Girl the sound of you is so sweet to me And I am sailing on your wind song I can feel the summer breeze You've got me walking on my tiptoes You've got me standing on my knees From the milss way down in Pittsburgh To the cluns of gay Paris No matter where I roam girl You can always get to me Chorus: I can hear your heartbeat Yeah, I can hear your heartbeat The sound of you is so sweet to me And we got freezing Coca-Cola And we got anything you want And I'm moving on that back beat Girl but it's you that sings the song Because I can hear you heartbeat Yeah, I can hear your heartbeat Girl the sound of you is so sweet to me I can hear you heartbeat Yeah, I can hear your heartbeat Girl the sound of you is so sweet to me (Repeat to the end) |
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from Chris Rea - Dancing With Strangers (2007)
Now there's no storyline
Just a real good time And I don't want to seem to be mistaken But there's a tale to tell On this road to hell It's in between the lines the case I'm making Oh, lord, look my way Save me from these crazy things I see I don't know what's going on round here these days But I can't dance to that Oh, I can't dance to that So let me dance to this 'Cos I can't dance to that If you'll excuse me please You see I got to go And take myself before I'm past redemption A voice is calling out As if I didn't know This wretched road is paved with good intentions All the way Down this Judas track I know it so well And I ain't going back I don't know what happened to the good time songs But I can't dance to that Oh, I can't dance to that So let me dance to this 'Cos I can't dance to that Tell me what you know Take away these chains What stood in front of me it looks so pretty But I can't dance to a cold machine Oh, lord, and every drummer you know just what I mean Oh, I can't dance to that So let me dance to this |
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from Chris Rea - Dancing With Strangers (2007)
I don't care anymore
All the things I hear you say Don't care anymore You're always lying anyway Got a sweet little girl And it's such a sunny day Heard it all before Gonna hear it some more But you must understand one thing I don't care anymore I got a sweet little girl And it's such a sunny day I don't care I don't care anymore |
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from Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon (2006)
Could it be just that I'm crazy
Could it be the way I feel this time of year When a certain situation seems to bring the best out of me I don't care When she's standing close beside me Something turns inside me Brings my senses to the point of no return And I don't know what it is but I love And I don't know what it is but I want it to stay And I love it And it seems to be around me Even though no-one can see They seem to care When a certain situation seems to bring the best out of me I don't care When she's standing close beside me Something turns inside me Brings my senses to the point of no return And I don't know what it is but I love And I don't know what it is but I want it to stay And I love it |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell (1989)
I just wanna be with you
No matter what they say Just wanna be with you Every night and every day Cold nights, dark days I wanna be with you I just wanna be with you Till the final curtain falls Just wanna be with you Then know nothing at all Cold nights, dark days I wanna be with you Wanna be with you I know there's a price to pay For doing what we do But I just wanna be with you Just wanna be with you Don't wanna hold you down Whatever that you do Shine on, sweet angel 'Cos I just wanna be with you I wanna be with you |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2 (2005)
I'm in my car
I got my telephones and radio This is my home I have learnt to love and live The only way I know And I don't want to change a thing This is my world you are sitting in I got a fax so I press send Send a message to my DJ A message to my DJ 'Cos he's my best friend I'm in my car And I am happy here Even though the fools will never know I got peace in here My private world and endless Stop and go And I don't want to change a thing This is my world you are sitting in I got a fax so I press send Send a message to my DJ A message to my DJ 'Cos he's my best friend I'm in my car Safe from my boss Safe from all the gumbos That I hate so much Its not G.T. Its not all about you think That you may see Oh it's not about what you think You see I'm safe from my family. .. I'm safe I'm safe I'm in my car I'm happy here I'm in my car |
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from Chris Rea - God's Great Banana Skin (2005)
I got my red shoes on
Got my red gloves too Made my decision Gonna see this one through Too late, I can't stop now Open the door, I'll get through somehow Deep in my darkest night I always had a star that shone so bright Star of hope, shine on me I can take what comes my way Whatever goes down, whatever they say Star of hope shine on me 'Cos I'm ready Oh I'm ready Deep in my darkest night I always had a star that shone so bright Star of hope, shine on me I can take what comes my way Whatever goes down, whatever they say Star of hope shine on me 'Cos I'm ready Oh I'm ready |
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from Chris Rea - The Blue Cafe (2006)
How many times
Have I been here before? Like a worn away piece of the night Waiting for the dawn Daylight breaks And the dream is gone Leaving me to stay But I'm still holding on Yeah I'll keep holding on I used to think I knew Just exactly what I took You move in, fast and hard And you make your own luck Daylight breaks And the dream is gone Leaving me to stay But I'm still holding on I see it better now Smell the tears upon this tracks It's a long long way before it's over And what you give out Is what you get back The easy way out It will bite you hard someday You see me smile and learn I find a better way I'm still holding on |
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from Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1982)
There's a street outside my window
There's a light outside my door There's a road straight through this old town There's a boat on every shore There's a promise down that freeway But there is no guarantee There are dreams on every ocean There are storms on every sea If you choose to go Now I've been out upon that ocean Sometimes further that before Sometimes not even past my waistline And I screamed at what I saw Many times along that freeway Returning sometimes beat There are dreams on every ocean There are storms on every sea If you choose to go Plenty of places, plenty of things to see Plenty of faces, plenty of ways to be If you choose to go |
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from Chris Rea - On The Beach (2006)
A careless heart ain't no good to no-one
I was going back my friends to see Of what became of my childhood daydreams Of all the things that used to be To my surprise I stood alone I walked a river of a waking dream My father say 'Know what you're thinking' I guess this old town seen better days It's all gone Ain't nothing for you here now Sail on You talk of change, something better Cutting down that big old tree There's flesh and blood in there somewhere But no matter what you just don't seem to see I walk your chambers, your empty halls I see you talking behind the doors My father say 'Know what you're thinking' I guess this old town seen better days It's all gone Ain't nothing for you here now Sail on I'm sailing on, I'm running faster Than I ever run before My father say 'Know what you're thinking' I guess this old town seen better days Sail on |
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from Chris Rea - Shamrock Diaries (2006)
There's rain on my window
But I'm thinking of you Tears on my pillow But I will come through Josephine, I'll send you all my love And every single step I take I take for you Josephine There's a storm on my radar But I can still fly And you are the reason The blue in my sky Josephine A life without meaning I was walking away In the coldest of winters Night becomes day Josephine, I'll send you all my love And every single step I take I take for you Josephine |
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from Chris Rea - Dancing With Strangers (2007)
I see all the tough guys still not 25
Dying on their feet Coughing, honking, cadging cigarettes And still out on the street Well, they got no money, nowhere to go Fathers of 2, 3 maybe 4, what are they gonna do Jimmy got a busted mouth in a fight last night He says he's OK Going down to the workies club (that's a laugh) To buy something strong and take the pain away Joys of Christmas Joys of Christmas Northern style Flashing Christmas light of police blue Go spinning down the street Women try to drag the men from pubs Into the stores And work hands in empty pockets deep We stand outside the neon ice and wish ourselves the best He says he's OK, out of work and fighting Is all he's ever known And laughs and says I worry too much anyway Joys of Christmas Joys of Christmas Northern style Let's drink to the likes of Jim Before we all go insane And please don't ask me why It'll take too long to explain Joys of Christmas |
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from Chris Rea - On The Beach (2006)
Soldiers of fortune lost in the wind
No destinations and nothing to win Keep your head above the water, you get dirty and mean Scrubbing forever and you never come clean A life that is easy, a dream that comes true Flowers for someone but they sure ain't for me Your room's filled with soft light, safe and secure Mine is the dark night and nothing's for sure We're just passing trough A life that is easy, a dream to be free Flowers for someone but they sure ain't for you And they sure ain't for me We're just passing trough |
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from Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1982)
Deep inside the burning histories
All along this lonesome road The wheels that turn upon what used to be In passioned memories, overload The truckhouse standing on the freeway A neon ambush in the sun The ides of dogma way down in the subway It's so hard to tell who's on the run The hell-hound blizzards of uncertainties Are the only things that are coming through And I just want to be with you There's not a lot I can do Just keep coming through Be with you The smile that burned down those old rusting gates Those eyes that danced into my soul And all along this life-long motorway Bad news upon the radio The nervous fingers on the safety-catch Decide the fates to of you and me Stuck in the middle of this whole shooting match Man this sure ain't no place to be The good guys sent to save The good and free All scratch their heads and looked confused And I just want to be with you |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2 (2005)
I got a friend who loves the music
He got a red hot groove But he don't use it I get so afraid, he's gonna lose it If you gotta gift - man, don't abuse it Keep on dancing The experts say they really care They don't have a clue what's out there The teachers tell the children not to swear And the drunken lawyes Leaves the kid To pop something in To kill the fear... it's not fair Keep on dancing I'm a frightened Dad, worried sick Hear what I say? I could put something in here You know what rhymes with it The whole world seems to end In c.k.e.d You ain't fooling me anyway Keep on dancing Are you ready here comes Steve Gadd Keep on dancing See em run for the books, cos They just don't get it They throw it at me But I've already read it Before they speak, Some-one already said it We can't be friends Cos Karl Marx don't rhyme With Mercedez-Benz I need credit You can shove it You know why? 'Cos I love it! Keep on dancing |
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from Chris Rea - King Of The Beach (2000)
Let your fighting scars heal in the sun
of a bright windy day Let your cold blades sleep in the sand till it's rusted away Washed each night in the waves while you sleep away each memory And you wake to find yourself a new king to be Away from the dark moving into the light King of the shadows gives up on the fight He kicks of them shoes throws them away There's nobody here now except this salty blue day Out of sight Out of reach He's king of the beach Whatever I was well I'm not that now I tell you because it may help you somehow So kick of them shoes and throw them away Cause there's nobody here now except this salty blue day |
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from Chris Rea - La Passione (1997)
I stand alone
Without a care Open the door But no-one's there The lonely night My only friend Love's wrongs are right I can't defend La Passione La Passione La Passione La Passione And now I know What I've become It haunts me so But I'll go on and on I know the pain inside Is the price you pay to ride Into the brightest flame Never the same again La Passione La Passione La Passione La Passione You dare to dream Take the chance and go Desire has taken hold Now the passion haunts you so La Passione La Passione La Passione La Passione |
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from Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2 (2005)
How fast can I run?
How far can I go? 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"? 'Cos I'm trapped in here, Set me free I know your world let me see Take me down that last open road Take me down that last open road Take me down that last open road I know there is so much past this place I see it smile on your jagged, ragged face Something tells me, something strong There's a world I've heard of, So before it's gone Take me down that last open road Take me down that last open road |
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from Chris Rea - Water Sign (2006)
There's no sense in waiting
So lets make a start I got a poisoned finger On a broken heart Don't have time for reasons Or feel inclined to quiz The past is over That's just the way it is Start it up Start it up And let it loose on me Let it loose on me We could sit forever Or we could take all night Of the whys and where fores Of the wrongs and rights Crazy situation, anyhow Turning on frustration So tell me why not now Let it loose on me Start it up Start it up And let it loose on me Let it loose on me |
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