 |
|
- | 
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003)
Adam please don't blame yourself
The gates of Eden are meant for someone else Adam my dear, no matter what they say or do I don't care as long as I can be here with you I took an apple down from the tree Now they wanna see the back of you and me Ah let them keep their paradise I wouldn't think about it twice Bless my soul oh can't they understand ? It's not so hard to leave the promised land I took an apple down from the tree Now they wanna see the back of you and me Ah let them keep their paradise I wouldn't think about it twice Adam baby don't you look so sad How we gonna miss what we never really had |
|||||
|
|
- |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003)
Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone The blues run the game Send out for whiskey, baby, send out for gin Me and room service, honey, me and room service you know We're living a life of sin When I'm not drinking, baby, you're on my mind When I'm not sleeping, honey, when I'm not sleeping well you know You'll find me crying Try another city baby, some other town Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone Wherever I have gone the blues run the game Well, maybe someday baby, somewhere down the line I'll wake up older, so much older I'll wake up older and I'll just stop all my trying Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain Wherever I have gone, wherever I have been and gone Wherever I have gone the blues run the game |
|||||
|
|
- |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003)
hey can you hear me?
nights are falling in and all the light is dragging shadows round me hey can you see me? in dreams I hold you well the dawn can break take more than that to wake me up Eden take the two of us and all the world leaving is easy at closing time you turn around and you’re the best the circle I’m circumf’rencing Eden take the two of us and all the world don’t even think tomorrow is another day Eden take the two of us and all the world |
|||||
|
|
- |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003)
I'm in a new place now
They don't know me next door But I can hear their footsteps fall Every night about this time Does he take her in his arms They'll be Django playing as they waltz across the floor And the loneliest sound of all Is the sound of love through a stranger's wall And when their laughter fades And there are no more words The silence breaks me most of all And the loneliest sound of all Is the sound of love through a stranger's wall I'm in a new place now They don't know me next door I wonder where your footsteps fall I wonder where your footsteps fall I wonder where your footsteps fall |
|||||
|
|
- | 
|
||
| from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003) | |||||
|
|
- |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003)
I felt his soul move through me
I was safe and sound Branches on the window Couldn't hurt me now And when the night came With the childhood fears His soul moved through me They disappeared I felt his soul move through me As I stepped from the train Here to make a new life To start again The spring had brought me Winter kept me here His soul moved through me Time disappeared I felt his soul move through me Somewhere in the sky Too late I landed To say goodbye He gave me laughter And I paid with tears His soul moved through me I disappeared |
|||||
|
|
- |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003)
I found a lucky penny
so I thought my luck would change easy times and carefree days would be mine again when I saw it shining down in the dirt I bent down and picked it up held it till it hurt said I hope you’re a lucky one I hope you’re a lucky one I pray you’re a lucky one I hope you’re a lucky one I keep it with me all the time ever near at hand when the world is closing in you take what you can said I hope you’re a lucky one I hope you’re a lucky one I pray you’re a lucky one I hope you’re a lucky one I found a lucky penny my superstitions failed who am I fooling? good fortune’s not for sale I hope you’re a lucky one I hope you’re a lucky one I pray you’re a lucky one I hope you’re a lucky one |
|||||
|
|
- |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003)
Tell me when I've had enough
Give me my taxi fare Make sure that I get there Said the prodigal daughter Take me out to harbour lights Laughing with new friends we've found But if I jump in don't let me drown Said the prodigal daughter 'Cause home is where you hear the truth And they know you better than you know yourself Home I've been waiting all through lent And I can't wait any more Just don't let me wake up on the floor She laughs the prodigal daughter 'Cause home is where you hear the truth And they know you better than you know yourself Home Tell me when I've had enough Put me in a taxi, give me the fare There'll be hell to pay if I don't get there Said the prodigal daughter |
|||||
|
|
- |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003)
I'd lift my head with each sunrise
If I had a simple soul When I was weary I'd close my eyes If I had a simple soul Not too complicated to shiver when I'm cold I'd make my home where I am bound If I had a simple soul, simple soul I say my prayers and hope to God And I know he will know I will break my daily bread When hunger starts to grow It doesn't have to be that hard If it hurts you let it go What you see is what you are If you've got a simple soul, simple soul It might take an alchemist To turn your dust to gold But it only takes a child to see The diamonds in the coal It's not so easy when a habit takes a hold I never knew it would be so hard To keep my simple soul, simple soul |
|||||
|
|
- |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003)
Standing by the wishing well
Make a wish and then rewind Fingers crossed behind your back When you're the wanting kind Here is the perfect life Just like the one you designed But you only see the flaws When you're the wanting kind Even when you're making love There's still something on your mind Even when you're making love When you're the wanting kind Make a deal with the devil The ink is wet, it's all been signed But you'll be looking over your shoulder When you're the wanting kind It doesn't matter who you are Cynical or unrefined You'll be digging in the back of the drawer For all the ones you left behind Even when you're making love There's still something on your mind Even when you're making love When you're the wanting kind What does it take to make you happy? What does it take to make you happy? You've been looking all your life There must be something you can find Funny thing is you've found yourself Just another wanting kind Even when you're making love There's still something on your mind Even when you're making love When you're the wanting kind What does it take to make you happy? What does it take to make you happy? |
|||||
|
|
- |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003)
You got a peaceful mind
And that makes me glad Something I can't afford Something I've never had Is that all I'm here for? Is it all I'm here for? Can't be all I'm here for Keeping the wolves from the door You got a tender heart And that's a good way to be Conversation with you is like a stone Skipping over a calm sunset sea Is that all I'm here for? Is it all I'm here for? Can't be all I'm here for Keeping the wolves from the door Poor poor pitiful me Got nowhere to hide How can I ever be sure That's the wind howling outside? And I love you just as much As I always did But I'm a fly in a bottle Got my own fingers on the lid Is that all I'm here for? Is it all I'm here for? Can't be all I'm here for Keeping the wolves from the door Poor poor pitiful me Got nowhere to hide How can I ever be sure That's the wind howling outside? And I love you just as much As I always did But I'm a fly in a bottle Got my own fingers on the lid Is that all I'm here for? Is it all I'm here for? Can't be all I'm here for Keeping the wolves from the door Keeping the wolves from the door |
|||||
 |
|
4:17 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
I can hear laughter
Swimming through my window Burnt orange petals Moving in my eyes Unwrap me Untrap me You and I Here we hide away Someone is working Someone is waiting Someone is wasted But that's outside And we are breathing And we're not moving Dreaming in Spanish Safe and still Unwrap me Untrap me You and I Here we hide away You and I Here we hide away |
|||||
|
|
4:13 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
Blue around a morning moon The color of your eyes I remember holding you A fall through summer skies You're everything that I've become Every word I say I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away White horses on a troubled sea Your smile will flash through time Up ahead a blackbird's wing Your hair will come to mind Every night I see your face When I have to pray I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away Keep your ghost away Keep your ghost away I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away Just before the thunder rolls I sense you next to me And as I move through nature I know where you will be So I must keep myself apart Here's where I'll stay With a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away Keep your ghost away Keep your ghost away I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away Blue around a morning moon The color of yours eyes I remember holding you A fall through summer skies You're everything that I've become Every word I say I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost away |
|||||
|
|
4:35 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good company
He only comes here when there's no one else to see I don't mind if he comes around I know the winter gets him down Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good company We can't afford a ticket but we can always dream It looks so good you could almost kiss the screen We've seen the blue, we've seen the smiles We can get a map and count the miles It looks so good you could almost kiss the screen And when we get there, what will we find? All the way to California All the way to California Why don't you come with me And I'll get you through January In California Why don't you come and lie down next to me When you're feeling like a river lost in the deep blue sea Under covers you're a child We'll be there in a little while Why don't you come and lie down next to me And when we get there, what will we find? Will we find something we left behind? All the way to California All the way to California Why don't you come with me And I'll get you through January In California California |
|||||
|
|
4:40 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
I do believe this road's for going
I'll be on it soon enough My baby wants a mother So do I when it's all too tough I do believe there's something coming Hope it wake us up The big hand's pointing this way Sometimes we love too much It's clear We're here It's clear See me old and staggered Or young and swaggering Where we're going, where we've been When all that matters is in between It's clear We're here It's clear All that's sense is lost in static We're here against our will Hush there's time and plenty of it Standing still I do believe there's always better Then again there's always worse It's clear We're here It's clear Yeah, we're here |
|||||
|
|
4:54 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
I was born in the shadow
Of the factory I'd be working For me and my brother There was nowhere else to go I married a local boy In nineteen forty seven His hands were rough but his eyes were kind And I knew our love would grow From my eyes to the river From the river to the sea From the sea to the darkening clouds From the sky back down to me Follow my tears We sailed for New Zealand I was carrying our second daughter And there on the dockside I never knew they were last goodbyes The first time I saw Wellington My heart would not stop racing We had come halfway round the world To start our new lives Now John was an engineer He worked until the day he died He left me wanting nothing For thirty years this was our home I am by myself now The children call me now and then His hands were rough but his eyes were kind And I knew our love would grow From my eyes to the river From the river to the sea From the sea to the darkening clouds From the sky back down to me Follow my tears Follow my tears |
|||||
|
|
4:35 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
Hummingbird, hummingbird
I knew I'd find you here Bright lights draw you near They always will All that work and worry just to stay still Hummingbird, hummingbird Always on your mind Sweetness you must find Does it get you down? You never reach the sky and you cannot touch the ground Soar, you will never soar Spin or swoop or glide Soar up above us all In the shadows you must hide Soar, you will never soar Spin or swoop or glide Soar up above us all In the shadows you must hide Hummingbird, hummingbird So you spread your wings If you forget to sing You'll lose your song Then where will you go when all the pretty things have gone? Hummingbird, hummingbird |
|||||
|
|
6:07 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
Do you remember when we used to go up to
Kiteflyer's hill ? Those summer nights so still With all of the city beneath us And all of our lives ahead Before cruel and foolish words Were cruelly and foolishly said Sometimes I think of you and then I go up to Kiteflyer's hill Wrapped up against the winter chill And somewhere in the city beneath me You lie asleep in your bed And I wonder if ever just briefly Do I creep in your dreams now and then ? Where are you now ? My wild summer love Where are you now ? Do you think of me sometimes And do you ever make that climb up to kiteflyer's hill ? I pray one day you will We won't say a word, we won't need them Sometimes silence is best We'll just stand in the still of the evening And whisper farewell to lonlieness Where are you now ? My wild summer love Where are you now ? Do you think of me sometimes ? Have the years been kind ? And do you think of me sometimes ? Where are you now ? My wild summer love Where are you now ? Do you think of me sometimes And do you ever make that climb up to kiteflyer's hill ? Kiteflyer's..... |
|||||
|
|
3:09 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubt
And the light so dim Through this confusion my heart goes travelling On a whim It's a cold and rainy day but it feels so right To be out on a limb It's where I go when my hope's unravelling On a whim And I find myself in the middle of something When I thought I was going nowhere fast This is how it all begins Must be the place where my faith comes in On a whim At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubt Though the odds are so slim I take my chances, my heart goes travelling On a whim I can't expect my mind to understand something I see in him I can't explain why my heart goes following On a whim At times I'm saddled by At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubt |
|||||
|
|
3:24 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
Please don't ask me to dance
Please don't ask me to dance Skin remembers what the heart forgets And I might do something that I will regret How can you smile at me now After all the ugly words we used Don't you remember anything we said Tonight I'm younger and it's going to my head No I don't want a second chance Please don't ask me to dance Skin remembers what the heart forgets And I might do something that I will regret Why don't you leave me alone Why don't you bother someone else What do I care if you've got no-one to hold What does it matter if the night is getting old Oh god if I feel your hand Please don't ask me to dance |
|||||
|
|
4:04 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
You sent a pretty postcard
From a far and lonely sea A dancer and a mandolin They looked like you and me I've been awake for hours and hours I should be fast asleep I lost the place and out it fell Your postcard from the beach Sometimes when I'm talking to myself I'll swear it's all a dream November babies and northern winds The scars you said I'd keep But if you'd never come here You'd never have had to leave And all the bones upon the beach They all sung out to me Grab it into your hands Don't let go and grab it But look the way it curls Out of your fingers I used to wish I was the cigarette Inside your mouth You'd roll me up and breathe me in But then you'd blow me out And I would float and curl my way A vapour trail the end of me All that's left a place that's kept Your postcard from the sea |
|||||
|
|
4:45 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
You don't seem too glad to see me
Is it a bad time? Is there somewhere you'd rather be? Well, it's about time Don't forget about me Don't forget about me Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes Don't let me slip out of your mind Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes You'll see me later Oh that's a good one How about in the next life? Well, that's the best one Don't forget about me Don't forget about me Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes Don't let me slip out of your mind Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes It's happening again, we're unresolving It's happening again I can live your life And dream of wires Or I can live my life Among the angels and electricity Don't forget about me Don't forget about me You won't forget about me Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes Don't let me slip out of your mind Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes |
|||||
|
|
4:13 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
psychic reader just a block away
are you feeling sore palm readin’ just a walk away and my feet are sore we’re wearing starlight out no burning my eye lift your head up we’ll read your thoughts we’ll read your palms your stars and your feet and your shadows god and she left him nothing that poor boy and the beautiful thing is they call it karma yes they does and they made everything the brightness and your shadows and your shallow heart doh! turn right you went the wrong way there ain’t no one there but I’ll let you read my hand I’ll cross your palm and give you silver love well here we are at last |
|||||
|
|
4:45 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Angels And Electricity (1998)
I never was too good at dancing
Somewhere I'd step out of line But I knew that I had wings on my heels When they played in three-quarter time The pride of the north end would swagger The blades from the south side would shine But I swear those boys would hold on for dear life When they played in three-quarter time One by one They pulled down those mirrored halls One by one The winters came forgetting names I never learned how to sweet talk Those are the words I can't find Yet I had a tongue of pure silver When they played in three-quarter time One by one They pulled down those mirrored halls One by one The winters came forgetting names Money might slip through my fingers And there won't be much to call mine But I'll know that I had wings on my heels When they played in three-quarter time |
|||||
 |
|
5:35 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
prettiest thing he ever saw
he’d been looking near and far but he didn’t want the world to share so he kept her in a butterfly jar all the time his beauty slept while he was watching in the dark no one saw and no one knew that he kept her in a butterfly jar life goes on, around you everywhere now, life goes on it’s buzzing everywhere now, life goes on no matter who you are, you’ll never stop it jumping like a spark into a heart wouldn’t it be the strangest thing as we spin around this weary star if all the time we never knew we were living in a butterfly jar life goes on, around you everywhere now, life goes on it’s buzzing everywhere now, life goes on no matter who you are, you’ll never stop it jumping like a spark into a heart life goes on, around you everywhere now, life goes on it’s buzzing everywhere now, life goes on no matter who you are, you’ll never stop it jumping like a spark into a heart oh, heart prettiest thing he ever saw he’d been looking near and far but he didn’t want the world to share so he kept her in a butterfly jar {butterfly jar} kept her in a butterfly jar kept her in a butterfly... jar |
|||||
|
|
5:35 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
prettiest thing he ever saw
he’d been looking near and far but he didn’t want the world to share so he kept her in a butterfly jar all the time his beauty slept while he was watching in the dark no one saw and no one knew that he kept her in a butterfly jar life goes on, around you everywhere now, life goes on it’s buzzing everywhere now, life goes on no matter who you are, you’ll never stop it jumping like a spark into a heart wouldn’t it be the strangest thing as we spin around this weary star if all the time we never knew we were living in a butterfly jar life goes on, around you everywhere now, life goes on it’s buzzing everywhere now, life goes on no matter who you are, you’ll never stop it jumping like a spark into a heart life goes on, around you everywhere now, life goes on it’s buzzing everywhere now, life goes on no matter who you are, you’ll never stop it jumping like a spark into a heart oh, heart prettiest thing he ever saw he’d been looking near and far but he didn’t want the world to share so he kept her in a butterfly jar {butterfly jar} kept her in a butterfly jar kept her in a butterfly... jar |
|||||
|
|
3:25 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
candyfloss between my ears
I’ve been getting this way for years now I’m so dumb, if I walk and chew gum it’s a miracle it’s a miracle candyfloss behind my eyes I see no clouds, I see blue skies now I’m so tame, if you ask my name and I don’t think twice it’s a miracle get me out of here ’cause I know that if I stay that I will melt away like candyfloss this hollow heart inside of me you can hold it up, you can hear the sea and if violins can do me in is that a miracle? that’s not a miracle get me out of here ’cause I know that if I stay that I will melt away get me out of here because if you make me stay I know I’ll melt away like candyfloss like candyfloss |
|||||
|
|
3:25 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
candyfloss between my ears
I’ve been getting this way for years now I’m so dumb, if I walk and chew gum it’s a miracle it’s a miracle candyfloss behind my eyes I see no clouds, I see blue skies now I’m so tame, if you ask my name and I don’t think twice it’s a miracle get me out of here ’cause I know that if I stay that I will melt away like candyfloss this hollow heart inside of me you can hold it up, you can hear the sea and if violins can do me in is that a miracle? that’s not a miracle get me out of here ’cause I know that if I stay that I will melt away get me out of here because if you make me stay I know I’ll melt away like candyfloss like candyfloss |
|||||
|
|
5:32 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
the moon flies past the darkhouse
shines a light in she is in a corner, cornered and the dust fills everything she thought she needed saving by the prince of hopelessness she dreams of Barbie dolls and lemonade and she’s nowhere near it the moon flies past the darkhouse shines a light in he left on the ten-fifteen while the kids were sleeping oh his talk so sweet and she’s a sugar junkie St Francis and the jewel thief living in the dark in the darkhouse St Francis and the jewel thief living in the dark in the darkhouse is that the price crawling to paradise all the way, all the way on your knees, on your knees yeah, yeah, yeah, on your knees a car flies past the darkhouse throws a light in from here she sees the corner where he left her crying she thought she needed saving by the prince of hopelessness he dreams of Barbie dolls and lemonade she was nowhere near it yeah, yeah, yeah crawling to paradise yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, on your knees yeah, yeah, yeah, on your knees |
|||||
|
|
5:32 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
the moon flies past the darkhouse
shines a light in she is in a corner, cornered and the dust fills everything she thought she needed saving by the prince of hopelessness she dreams of Barbie dolls and lemonade and she’s nowhere near it the moon flies past the darkhouse shines a light in he left on the ten-fifteen while the kids were sleeping oh his talk so sweet and she’s a sugar junkie St Francis and the jewel thief living in the dark in the darkhouse St Francis and the jewel thief living in the dark in the darkhouse is that the price crawling to paradise all the way, all the way on your knees, on your knees yeah, yeah, yeah, on your knees a car flies past the darkhouse throws a light in from here she sees the corner where he left her crying she thought she needed saving by the prince of hopelessness he dreams of Barbie dolls and lemonade she was nowhere near it yeah, yeah, yeah crawling to paradise yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, on your knees yeah, yeah, yeah, on your knees |
|||||
|
|
4:53 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
there’s a yellow star
hung over a Glasgow sky in a sandstone doorway I had the sweetest kiss I’m here for days like these and I’m walking down the middle of the Great Western Road and I’m surfing on a tarmac wave I’ve got fifty pounds in silver pennies for singing in Buchanan Street all day I’m here for days like these I’m here for days like these there was Mary, Madge and me smoking black, shooting the breeze and as far as I can see I was here for days like these now I’m sitting on the last bus home and Brian’s got a thing for the conductress stop singing that bloody Rangers song come here and shut your Proddy mouth and kiss us I’m here for days like these I’m here for days like these |
|||||
|
|
4:53 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
there’s a yellow star
hung over a Glasgow sky in a sandstone doorway I had the sweetest kiss I’m here for days like these and I’m walking down the middle of the Great Western Road and I’m surfing on a tarmac wave I’ve got fifty pounds in silver pennies for singing in Buchanan Street all day I’m here for days like these I’m here for days like these there was Mary, Madge and me smoking black, shooting the breeze and as far as I can see I was here for days like these now I’m sitting on the last bus home and Brian’s got a thing for the conductress stop singing that bloody Rangers song come here and shut your Proddy mouth and kiss us I’m here for days like these I’m here for days like these |
|||||
|
|
3:23 |
|
||
| from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996) | |||||
|
|
5:04 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
I ainse loved a lass and I loved her sae well
that I hate all others that spoke of her ill; but now she’s rewarded me ill for my love she’s gone tae get wed tae another. When I saw my love tae the kirk go wi’ bride and bridemaidens they made a fine show, and I followed after, may hear’ filled wi’ woe, to see my love wed tae another. When I saw my love sit doon tae dine I sat doon beside her and poured oot the wine and I drank tae the lassie that should’a been mine, but she’s gone tae be wed tae another. The men of yon forest, they ask it o’ me “How many strawberries grow in the salt sea?” I answer them back wi’ a tear in ma e’e “How many ships sail in the forest?” Go dig me a grave, both long, wide and deep and cover it over wi’ florets sae sweet; and I’ll turn in for to take a long sleep and maybe in time I’ll forget her. And they dug him a grave, both long, wide and deep and they covered it over wi’ florets sae sweet; and he’s turned in for to take a long sleep and maybe by now he’s forgot her. |
|||||
|
|
5:04 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
I ainse loved a lass and I loved her sae well
that I hate all others that spoke of her ill; but now she’s rewarded me ill for my love she’s gone tae get wed tae another. When I saw my love tae the kirk go wi’ bride and bridemaidens they made a fine show, and I followed after, may hear’ filled wi’ woe, to see my love wed tae another. When I saw my love sit doon tae dine I sat doon beside her and poured oot the wine and I drank tae the lassie that should’a been mine, but she’s gone tae be wed tae another. The men of yon forest, they ask it o’ me “How many strawberries grow in the salt sea?” I answer them back wi’ a tear in ma e’e “How many ships sail in the forest?” Go dig me a grave, both long, wide and deep and cover it over wi’ florets sae sweet; and I’ll turn in for to take a long sleep and maybe in time I’ll forget her. And they dug him a grave, both long, wide and deep and they covered it over wi’ florets sae sweet; and he’s turned in for to take a long sleep and maybe by now he’s forgot her. |
|||||
|
|
5:26 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
I've got a lazy heart
Can't make it do a thing Won't go to church on Sundays I've never heard it sing No matter what I do Can't make my heart love you I've got a lazy heart Sleeps when the morning comes Sleeps through an earthquake Walks and never runs I don't know what to say I'm sorry it's that way My lazy heart and I Are hostage to the moon And winter's far too long And summer ends too soon God damn my lazy heart Ut's dumb as an ox I know Won't go to work on Mondays I just can't make it go Whatever's to be done My heart cannot be won My lazy heart and I Are hostage to the moon And winter's far too long And summer ends too soon I'm not the one to blame So please don't make me choose Between a living lie And the “I'm so sorry” blues |
|||||
|
|
5:26 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
I've got a lazy heart
Can't make it do a thing Won't go to church on Sundays I've never heard it sing No matter what I do Can't make my heart love you I've got a lazy heart Sleeps when the morning comes Sleeps through an earthquake Walks and never runs I don't know what to say I'm sorry it's that way My lazy heart and I Are hostage to the moon And winter's far too long And summer ends too soon God damn my lazy heart Ut's dumb as an ox I know Won't go to work on Mondays I just can't make it go Whatever's to be done My heart cannot be won My lazy heart and I Are hostage to the moon And winter's far too long And summer ends too soon I'm not the one to blame So please don't make me choose Between a living lie And the “I'm so sorry” blues |
|||||
|
|
4:14 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
did you fall out of the family tree
here’s a kiss to mend your knee everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes how long did you think it would last with your sleeping pills and laughing gas? everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes throwing our hats at the moon in George’s Square was that ever us? climbing walls, giving names to the stars was that ever us? but if you come home with me I’ll slap a little something in your tea everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes throwing our hats at the moon in George’s Square? was that ever us? climbing walls, giving names to the stars was that ever us? you’ve been hanging out in casualty for shooting too much mercury everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes oh, and if you come home with me I’ll score for you if you score for me everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes |
|||||
|
|
4:14 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
did you fall out of the family tree
here’s a kiss to mend your knee everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes how long did you think it would last with your sleeping pills and laughing gas? everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes throwing our hats at the moon in George’s Square was that ever us? climbing walls, giving names to the stars was that ever us? but if you come home with me I’ll slap a little something in your tea everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes throwing our hats at the moon in George’s Square? was that ever us? climbing walls, giving names to the stars was that ever us? you’ve been hanging out in casualty for shooting too much mercury everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes oh, and if you come home with me I’ll score for you if you score for me everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes |
|||||
|
|
4:45 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
I’m on the Queenstown Road riding bumper to bumper
an island, an island in the driving rain and in my mind it’s the highest place I’ve ever been without a parachute, without holding on or falling falling through the rain I never lay down before underneath anyone who didn’t crush me or punish me for my weaknesses you’re on my tongue, you’re in my mouth, you’re all inside of me my arms stretched wide - I’m not feeling crucified with my rebel angel my rebel angel my rebel angel falling through the rain are you real oh oh are you apparition oh oh are you really really really real it’s been so long, singing “it’s been a good year for the roses” and whistling down the wind tell me did you fall or were you pushed from a passing cloud one of god’s tear-drops, falling on me falling on me my rebel angel my rebel angel my rebel angel |
|||||
|
|
4:45 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
I’m on the Queenstown Road riding bumper to bumper
an island, an island in the driving rain and in my mind it’s the highest place I’ve ever been without a parachute, without holding on or falling falling through the rain I never lay down before underneath anyone who didn’t crush me or punish me for my weaknesses you’re on my tongue, you’re in my mouth, you’re all inside of me my arms stretched wide - I’m not feeling crucified with my rebel angel my rebel angel my rebel angel falling through the rain are you real oh oh are you apparition oh oh are you really really really real it’s been so long, singing “it’s been a good year for the roses” and whistling down the wind tell me did you fall or were you pushed from a passing cloud one of god’s tear-drops, falling on me falling on me my rebel angel my rebel angel my rebel angel |
|||||
|
|
3:24 |
|
||
| from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996) | |||||
|
|
3:24 |
|
||
| from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996) | |||||
|
|
6:08 |
|
||
| from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996) | |||||
|
|
4:06 |
|
||
| from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996) | |||||
|
|
- |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Candyfloss And Medicine (1996)
When you're young and so in love as we
And bewildered by the world we see Why do people hurt us so Only those in love would know What a town without pity can do If we stop to gaze upon a star People talk about how bad we are Ours is not an easy age We're like tigers in a cage What a town without pity can do well we, have problems, many problems We need an understanding heart Why don't they help us, try to help us Before this clay and granite planet falls apart Take these eager lips and hold me fast I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last How can we keep love alive How can anything survive When these little minds tear you in two What a town without pity can do Instrumental section How can we keep love alive How can anything survive When these little minds tear you in two What a town without pity can do No it isn't very pretty what a town without pity...pause ...can do--- |
|||||
 |
|
5:05 |
|
||
|
from Batman Forever (배트맨 포에버) [ost] (1995)
Eddie Reader - Nobody Lives Without Love
Seems like I've gone off the side of a mountain Couldn't be sure I was even alive Fallen from the icy heights Landed with a broken cry In this valley of shadow And sorrow and sighs Can you save me, baybee? Nobody lives without love Nobody gets to give up You can try to lock your heart away But love will come back for you some day Nobody Lives Without Love Thought I could live my life as a stranger Hide from the heartbreak that love always brings Make it to the higher ground And try to turn the volume down Couldn't stop the sirens from singing Sing for me, baby Nobody lives without love Nobody gets to give up You can try to lock your heart away But love will come back for you some day Nobody Lives Without Love You can try to lock your heart away But love will come back for you some day Nobody Lives Without Love You came along like a flash of pure lightning Crashed into my life like a runaway star Feels like I'm falling in gravity-zation Now I'm standing here offering a stranger my heart You can even lock your heart away But love will come back for it some day Nobody lives without love (Nobody lives without love) (Nobody lives without love) (Nobody lives without love) Since I've gone off the side of the mountain (Nobody lives without love) Couldn't be sure if I was even alive (Nobody lives without love) Thought I could live my life as a stranger Hide from the heartbreak that love always bring (Nobody lives without love) Nobody Lives Without Love |
|||||
 |
|
4:10 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
Oh, dear John
I hate to be the one to break the news But it’s concerning me and you This is the letter no one ever wants to write You may not believe me But it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done My eyes see other glories Other dreams and other stories And I want to live before I die, dear John Ten years on I still dream and we still hesitate The passion’s all but gone Oh, dear John Seems we have a bad day every day I want to sleep my life away This is the letter no one ever wants to read And though it hurts like hell It may be what you need to tell you I never wanted to be cruel But I’m so tired of being the strong one And I don’t always have the energy And you always leave it up to me, John My eyes have seen the glory There’s more to life than my life story And I’ll probably never find him But I have to keep on looking And I’m very very sorry, dear John Dear John |
|||||
|
|
4:35 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
she’s an iceberg
white and glistening open fire see her melting (holding on to the east of us) there’s a tornado turning (I wish you well from the east of us) in the palms of our careless hands (you’re a million miles from the east of us) whistling and burning (a long way down our lifeline) tearing down our lifeline he’s on a river fast white water he just can’t hold her she just can’t hold him why d’you do that tear our house down with your nights of swimming and diving and drowning ah diving and drowning (holding on to the east of us) just a tornado turning (I wish you well from the east of us) in the palm of our careless hand (you’re a million miles from the east of us) whistling and burning (a long way down our lifeline) tearing down our lifeline so be brave now look I’ve seen it God it’s beautiful never fear it ah, we’re at the edge now crouched and praying it feels like suicide it feels like flying oh like Icarus he kissed the sunshine jump we’re falling but stay we’re drowning so run and fly run and fly ooh-aah oh-oo |
|||||
|
|
3:48 |
|
||
| from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994) | |||||
|
|
2:40 |
|
||
| from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994) | |||||
|
|
1:29 |
|
||
| from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994) | |||||
|
|
3:48 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
D'you hear the one about
The one you're now without? Did it make you smile? D'you hear the one about The one you filled with doubt? Was it worth your while? The way you kick a life around Deserving to be underground What is this? Explain Joke, is it some kind of joke? Joke, I'm laughing, I'm laughing I'm laughing I'm laughing D'you hear the one about The one who fell from space One minute in the stars The next minute lying on their face? She says I don't know what to be And does she look younger than me? What is this? Explain Joke, is it some kind of joke? Joke, I'm laughing, I'm laughing I'm laughing I'm laughing For a tumble and something to do at night You kick a life around, oh-oh-woh For a tumble with someone you know at sight D'you hear the one about the one you're now without? She says I don't know what to be And does she look younger than me? And does my make-up look alright? Can you tell that I've been up all night? What is this? Explain Joke, is it some kind of joke? Joke, I'm laughing, I'm laughing What is this? Explain Joke, is it some kind of joke? Joke, I'm laughing, I'm laughing I'm laughing I'm laughing I'm laughing I'm laughing D'you hear the one about the one you're now without? D'you hear the one about the one you're now without? D'you hear the one about the one you're now without? D'you hear the one about the one you're now without? D'you hear the one about the one you're now without? D'you hear the one about the one you're now without? |
|||||
|
|
4:06 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
From the top of the bus
She thought she saw him wave She saw Tuesdays and forgetfulness And a little money saved Does she know, I don't know But from here I can tell That it would try the patience of angels It would try the patience of angels, angels And you know something's wrong When the morning hurts your eyes And the baby won't stop crying You'll be waiting till you die Would I be any good And if I was would I find That it would try the patience of angels It would try the patience of angels There's a door in a wall in a house in a street In a town where no-one knows her name She's the patience of angels Does she know, I don't know But from here I can tell There's a door in a wall, in a house, in a street In a town where no-one knows her name There's a door in a wall, in a house, in a street In a town where no-one knows her name She's the patience of angels Patience of angels That it would try the patience of angels And we try the patience of angels And it would try the patience of angels And we try the patience of angels |
|||||
|
|
4:11 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
let's go walking to the edge of here
let's go find the big sea maybe the sky will fall on us but I've got your name in my mouth like (wildfire) ah it's just like (wildfire) all the things you said make my face turn red each time someone somewhere stops to weep there's someone somewhere starts it's like (wildfire) just like (wildfire) wildfire wi.. wi.. ah-ee-ah wild fire in between the nothing that there is you walk into my life friend or foe the knife that cuts or sun that burns me white ah-hah shall we run or will we stumble will we touch or fumble look I'm Joan of Arc and I'm mumbling (love me) oh burn me, burn me (love me) oh-oh (love me) ooh, burn me, oh-oh (wildfire) hah-ah-ah (wildfire) just like (wildfire) ooh wildfire (wildfire) oo-ee (wildfire) oh (wildfire) ah (wildfire) oh wildfire wildfire wildfire wildfire shall we run or stumble |
|||||
|
|
3:34 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
oh scarecrow wherever you go
you’re only bringing sorrow oh scarecrow wherever you go you’re only bringing sorrow sorrow for the ones you left behind {ah-ah} sorrow for the ones who go sorrow for the ones who change their mind ’cause they’ll never know no, they’ll never know you start out wanting life but you get hurried you start out wanting love but you get worried oh scarecrow wherever you go you’re only bringing sorrow oh scarecrow wherever you go you’re only bringing sorrow sorrow for the ones who steal the sun {ah-ah} sorrow for the ones who go sorrow for the flowers in the guns ’cause they’ll never know no, they’ll never know mmm, at waters edge a drunken horse how sad and strange to watch him waiting we’re watching from a high wire birds watching from a high wire we’re watching you {watching you} we’re watching you you start out wanting life but you get hurried you start out wanting love but you get worried oh scarecrow wherever you go you’re only bringing sorrow oh, yeah, yeah, scarecrow {bah, bup-ba-ba-bah, bup-ba-ba-bah,etc.} oh-yeah-oh... oh scarecrow wherever you go you’re only bringing sorrow {bah, bup-ba-ba-bah, bup-ba-ba-bah,etc.} |
|||||
|
|
5:11 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
another night in paradise
Valentino’s gone back to his day job he looks so helpless in his stolen suit another woman waits in Heartbreak Drive siren, come comfort me come comfort me poets weep at his precious words I can’t count the hearts broken on his tragic hips who am I to deserve perfection I nearly fainted when he licked his lips sirens, come comfort me come comfort me Ligea, Parthenope, Leucosia Ligea, Parthenope, Leucosia Ligea, Parthenope, Leucosia Ligea, Parthenope, Leucosia we play kiss, cuddle or torture clasp our hands to heaven love starts when Jesus looked like David Essex in a nightdress I nearly died in his dollar green eyes siren, come comfort me you sing so soft and mother sweet come comfort me comfort this sailor’s heart when life’s too wonderful to bear come comfort me come comfort me ooh, so all is fair when life gets hairy ah, whatever works as you wend your way but if your man in the moon’s not listening just go dancing with the Lorelei Ligea, Parthenope, Leucosia Ligea, Parthenope, Leucosia Ligea, Parthenope, Leucosia Ligea, Parthenope, Leucosia |
|||||
|
|
4:28 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
In a paparazzi photograph she was stepping from a car
The tired eyes betrayed the smile of the faded singing star At the publishers reception on the launching of her book She told the grimy details and the toll the details took The tours, applause, awards of course But as the years went by, those fundamental things still applied Oh but she thought she'd be the exception Oh yes she thought she'd be the exception But don't we all think we're the exception Sometimes, sometimes The workaholic millionaire and his pretty younger wife Had everything there was out there in the ad mans perfect life But she left him for the milkman and then moved into his flat Everyone said silly girl to do a thing like that The house, the cars, the credit cards but he didn't ask her why He knows that there's some things even cash can't buy Oh yes he thought he'd be the exception Oh yes he thought he'd be the exception But don't we all think we're the exception Sometimes, sometimes If a handout to the hungry and the homeless Is a fiver in the fickle hand of fate Does it mean we'll be there on the guest list When we get to heaven's gate No pain, no gain, that's what they're saying and it's hard to disagree But I thought somehow they weren't including me Oh but I thought I'd be the exception Oh yes I thought I'd be the exception But don't we all think we're the exception Sometimes, sometimes ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By NEVIN, MARK EDWARD <i>Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group</i> |
|||||
|
|
4:54 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
The lights are on our side, driving out of town tonight
This night the colour of blue glass The warm wind is in our hair, summertime is everywhere It's funny how today just flew past I've been in the wrong place, I've been in the wrong place Long enough to know I'm in the right place now Five or ten lifetimes ago, there lived a girl that you don't know She walked about and answered to my name But let's not talk of strangers now, of where and when or why and how I've turned around and I'm looking at a new day I've been in the wrong place, I've been in the wrong place Long enough to know I'm in the right place now I've been waiting so long, I've been waiting so long I've been waiting so long Now I don't mind if the sun goes down The night can't hurt me now The summer's young and the road is clear I thank whatever brought me here I've been in the wrong place, I've been in the wrong place Long enough to know I'm in the right place now I'm in the right place now ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By NEVIN, MARK EDWARD <i>Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group</i> |
|||||
|
|
4:40 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
when I watch you sleeping
I see myself for what I am and the secret I’ve been keeping it’s more than I can stand oh I’ve tried but can’t ignore what I know in heaven saw that’s why when I watch you sleeping I cry there’s a number in my pocket that I should really lose and your picture in my locket smiles so warm and true oh my heart grows ever cold at the thought of the lies I’ve told that’s why when I watch you sleeping I cry if I confess would you forgive me or if I pretend will this emptiness always be with me when I hear you talking with your unquestioning faith I stop our eyes from meeting I turn my face away why should you pay for the crime when all the blame is mine that’s why when I watch you sleeping I cry |
|||||
|
|
4:35 |
|
||
|
from Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader (1994)
I remember all of this in slow motion
Every tawdry detail Dust caught in the sun in your kitchen Empty words, saying nothing I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who i was A church behind a road, a couple kissing Both of us know what that means I'd rather have that kiss than what is missing Say anything you like and I'll believe you I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who I was I nearly forgot who I was What a wonderful lie What a wonderful lie What a wonderful lie What a wonderful lie What's the truth ever done for me? I don't know So tell me again Tell me again Tell me again This wonderful lie All I want is something I can't have And if you can't tell the truth Then make it a wonderful lie I see you dance with all your heroes Each different doll in judy garland shoes And if they can dance Then why, oh why, can't I? I nearly forgot who I was I nearly forgot who I was I nearly forgot who I was I nearly forgot who I was What a wonderful lie What a wonderful lie What a wonderful lie What a wonderful lie What's the truth ever done for me? I don't know So tell me again Tell me again Tell me again This wonderful lie Your wonderful lie Your wonderful lie |
|||||
|
