KT Tunstall

Now I know
I took for granted that things
Would always go the way
I wanted oh
I was going to be a treetop
A sea a boat a rock of ages
I don't always get it right
I'd see it in a different
kind of light
Pay my lip service
Keep it eloquent
Optimistic but
Never quite elegant
Still a weirdo
Still a weirdo
after all these years

I'd always thought it's automatic
to grow into a soul less static
But here I am upon the same spot
Attempting to lift off into space
I don't always get it right
But a thousand different ways
And I just might
Pay my lip service
Keep it eloquent
Optimistic but
Never quite elegant
Still a weirdo
Still a weirdo
after all these years
Still a weirdo
Still a weirdo
after all these years

Pay my lip service
Keep it eloquent
Optimistic but
Never quite elegant
Still a weirdo
Still a weirdo
after all these years

Still a weirdo
Still a weirdo
after all these years
After all these years

Are you blind
Blind to me trying to be kind
Volunteering for your firing line
Waiting for one precious sign
The flicker of a smile
You should try it just once in a while
It's simply too easy to do
And you might not see it through

Are you proud
To have founded a brand new behaviour
With haired and hurt as your saviour
But nobody's choosing to follow
So you choke back the tears and you swallow
Men who have ruined your life
You consume them with minimum strife
But now you have got indigestion
The antacid comes as a question

Find yourself another place to fall
Find yourself up against another brick wall
See yourself as a fallen angel
Well I don't see no holes in the road but you
Find another place to fall

Are you alive
Is there a young woman hiding inside
Does she know that we're trying to help her
Is she totally frozen with fear
If you let her come out for a day
She might even like it and stay
But it's gonna take you to invite her
Coz you seem so determined to spite her

Find yourself

There isn't much more I can say
For I don'[t understand the delay
You're asking for friendly advice
And remaining in permanent crisis
Affection is yours if you ask
But first you must take off your mask
When you're back's turned I've decided I'll throw it away just like I did

Find yourself

I need a mirror
In the eyes of a man
I need no protaction
From my bullet proof plan
And i've got a ticket
For all that I like
It may think that
i'm gone good
But I know that
i'm coming back

Set it my table
Sip for my boat
Feel like an
And I will do 'till
I get old
You might not see me
Trust that I'll stay
But is no sense
in traveling
If we've alredy
been that way

Night isn't matter

Waste to see how
long you left
But you know better
You stand your ground
And might just
stand a little
She know
you syicking around

The beauty of uncertainty
The beauty of uncertainty
The beauty of uncertainty
The beauty of uncertainty
The beauty of uncertainty
The beauty of uncertainty
The beauty of uncertainty
beauty of uncertainty
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

two, three, four

(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

well my heart knows me
better than i know myself
so i'm gonna let it do all the talking.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
i came across a place
in the middle of nowhere
with a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

i fell in fear, upon my back
i said don't look back,
just keep on walking.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
when the big black horse
that looked this way,
said hey lady, will you marry me?
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

but i said no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me
no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me

(ooooo,woo-hoo)

and my heart had a problem,
in the early hours,
so it stopped it dead for a beat or two.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
but i cut some cord,
and i shouldn't have done that,
and it won't forgive me after all these years
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

so i sent her to a place
in the middle of nowhere
with a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
now it won't come back ,
cause it's oh so happy
and now i've got a hole for the world to see
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

but it said no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me
no, no, no,no-no-no
said no, no, you're not the one for me

(ooooo,woo-hoo) (not the one for me, yeah)
(ooooo,woo-hoo)
said no,no, no,no, no, no, no
you're not the one for me
said no,no, no,no, no, no, no
you're not the one for me

big black horse and a cherry tree
i can't quite get there cause
they've all forsken me
big black horse and a cherry tree
i can't quite get there cause
they've all forsken me

two, three, four

(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

well my heart knows me
better than i know myself
so i'm gonna let it do all the talking.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
i came across a place
in the middle of nowhere
with a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

i fell in fear, upon my back
i said don't look back,
just keep on walking.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
when the big black horse
that looked this way,
said hey lady, will you marry me?
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

but i said no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me
no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me

(ooooo,woo-hoo)

and my heart had a problem,
in the early hours,
so it stopped it dead for a beat or two.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
but i cut some cord,
and i shouldn't have done that,
and it won't forgive me after all these years
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

so i sent her to a place
in the middle of nowhere
with a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
now it won't come back ,
cause it's oh so happy
and now i've got a hole for the world to see
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

but it said no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me
no, no, no,no-no-no
said no, no, you're not the one for me

(ooooo,woo-hoo) (not the one for me, yeah)
(ooooo,woo-hoo)
said no,no, no,no, no, no, no
you're not the one for me
said no,no, no,no, no, no, no
you're not the one for me

big black horse and a cherry tree
i can't quite get there cause
they've all forsken me
big black horse and a cherry tree
i can't quite get there cause
they've all forsken me

two, three, four

(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

well my heart knows me
better than i know myself
so i'm gonna let it do all the talking.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
i came across a place
in the middle of nowhere
with a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

i fell in fear, upon my back
i said don't look back,
just keep on walking.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
when the big black horse
that looked this way,
said hey lady, will you marry me?
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

but i said no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me
no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me

(ooooo,woo-hoo)

and my heart had a problem,
in the early hours,
so it stopped it dead for a beat or two.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
but i cut some cord,
and i shouldn't have done that,
and it won't forgive me after all these years
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

so i sent her to a place
in the middle of nowhere
with a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
now it won't come back ,
cause it's oh so happy
and now i've got a hole for the world to see
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

but it said no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me
no, no, no,no-no-no
said no, no, you're not the one for me

(ooooo,woo-hoo) (not the one for me, yeah)
(ooooo,woo-hoo)
said no,no, no,no, no, no, no
you're not the one for me
said no,no, no,no, no, no, no
you're not the one for me

big black horse and a cherry tree
i can't quite get there cause
they've all forsken me
big black horse and a cherry tree
i can't quite get there cause
they've all forsken me

Isn't much more, I can do for you
Isn't much more that I can try,
twisting herself into shapes,
to stop you crying,

What'll I do, if I lose you?
What'll I do if I lose?
Difficulties, coming my way,
coming my way

Making my way into places,
only been seen only been seen
on your darkest days,
breakin' my heart to take a walk into your jungle

What can I do, in this world for you
if difficulty is my friend?
Keeping me company when I know,
I don't need it.
I don't need it.

Oh, oh, oh

You change everyday,
you change everyday, yeah x 2

You change everyday,
you change everyday,
I cannor tell you choose,
when I don't want to.

Possible days, in my future,
possible ways, into my past,
sowin'in up, nice and tightly
so I don't wonder,

What if I did, so much more
for you & what if I said, so much more?
Difficulty would be a stranger, a stranger to me

You change everyday,
you change everyday, yeah x 2

You change everyday,
you change everyday,
I cannor tell you choose,

Oooh, yeahh, yuooh,
yeahh, oooh, yeahh,
I'm govern by difficulty

Oooh, yeahh, yuooh,
yeahh, oooh, yeahh,
I'm govern by difficulty

Oooh, yeahh, yuooh,
yeahh, oooh, oooh,
oooh, oh, oh, oh


You change everyday,
you change everyday, yeah x 2

You change everyday,
you change everyday,
I cannor tell you choose,
when I don't want to.

When I don't want to x 6

You grew wings, on your heart
But you let it out your ribcage,
And it flew into the dark

Like a ghost, just like a ghost
And it flutters by my window
When I need my sleep the most..

So choose my weapon and choose my way
It's easy saying nothing when there's nothing to say
Thinking about it everyday, starting to notice you're fading away

Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade..
Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow..

You want eyes, in your hands,
And power in your pocket,
To stop to watch you dance

With your hips swinging they shake, hips swinging, got your
Hips swinging, they shake, hips swinging, got your
Hips swinging, they shake, hips swinging, again..
Got your hips swinging, they shake, hips swinging, got your
Hips swinging, they shake, hips swinging, got your
Hips swinging, they shake, hips swinging, again, again and again, and again

So choose my weapon and choose my way
It's easy saying nothing when there's nothing to say
Thinking about you everyday, starting to notice..

Two steps forward and one step back,
Make up in love what you think I lack,
You've got a vampire on your neck,
Everybody knows what happens next

You fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade..
Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow..

Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade..
Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow..

Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade..
Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow..

You grew wings, on your heart
But you let it out your ribcage,
And it flew into the dark

Like a ghost, just like a ghost
And it flutters by my window
When I need my sleep the most..

So choose my weapon and choose my way
It's easy saying nothing when there's nothing to say
Thinking about it everyday, starting to notice you're fading away

Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade..
Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow..

You want eyes, in your hands,
And power in your pocket,
To stop to watch you dance

With your hips swinging they shake, hips swinging, got your
Hips swinging, they shake, hips swinging, got your
Hips swinging, they shake, hips swinging, again..
Got your hips swinging, they shake, hips swinging, got your
Hips swinging, they shake, hips swinging, got your
Hips swinging, they shake, hips swinging, again, again and again, and again

So choose my weapon and choose my way
It's easy saying nothing when there's nothing to say
Thinking about you everyday, starting to notice..

Two steps forward and one step back,
Make up in love what you think I lack,
You've got a vampire on your neck,
Everybody knows what happens next

You fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade..
Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow..

Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade..
Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow..

Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow, fade..
Fade like a shadow, fade like a shadow..

I'm trying to put this thing to bed
I've drugged it in its sleep
There isn't many memories
I'm comfortable to keep
This ball keeps rolling on
It's heading for the streets
Keep expecting you to send for me
The invitation never comes

Each time I turn around
There's nothing there at all
So tell me why I feel like
I'm up against a wall
But maybe it's a false alarm
Every answer sounds the same
Just colours bleeding into one
That hasn't got a name
Maybe I can't see
Maybe it's just me

Now the curtain's coming up
The audience is still
I'm struggling to cater for
The space I'm meant to fill
And distance doesn't care
No distance doesn't care

Each time I turn around
There's nothing there at all
So tell me why I feel like
I'm up against a wall
But maybe it's a false alarm
Every answer sounds the same
Just colours bleeding into one
That hasn't got a name
Maybe I can't see
Maybe it's just me

I'm trying to put this thing to bed
I drugged it in its sleep
Remember what you said
Are you comfortable to keep it
Keep it

it isn't very difficult to see why
you are the way you are
doesn't take a genius to realize
that sometimes life is hard
it's gonna take time
but you'll just have to wait
you're gonna be fine
but in the meantime

Come over here lady
let me wipe your tears away
come a little nearer baby
coz you'll heal over
heal over
heal over someday

and I don't wanna here you tell yourself
that these feelings are in the pase
you know it doesn't mean they're off the shelf
because pain's built to last
everybody sails alone
But we can travel side by side
even if you fail
you know that no one really minds

come over here lady
let me wipe your tears away
come a little nearer baby
Coz you'll hear over, heal over,
heal over someday

don't hold on but don't let go
I know it's so hard
you've got to try to trust yourself
I know it's so hard,
so hard . .

Come over here lady
Let me wipe your tears away
Come a little nearer baby
Coz you'll heal over, heal over, heal over someday

Say you to me
You`re a bird with an eye for anything shiny
Searchin` the land
For a hero of a man
You say I need
More than my fair share of attention
But I think you know
That just isn`t so

Underneath, i felt the fire of a burning question
Tearin` me apart
Right from the very start
And now I see
That it don`t take a trick of the light to excite me
So strong
So long
You`ll see

Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
To what you
Know you got
Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
Cause the world will turn if you`re ready or not

Simplicity
A heart of gold, an old head, and young shoulders
Quiet and lovely
Becomin` part of me
And now I see
From a handful of names and a thousand faces
One light, burnin`, furiously

I was tired of January
I was tired of June
I felt a change a-comin`
Oh, I was tired of January
Tired of June
I felt a change a-comin`
Oh, I felt a change a-comin
I felt a change a-comin
felt a change a-comin, soon

Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
To what you
Know you got
Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
Cause the world will turn if you`re ready or not

Oh yeah, well the world will turn if you`re ready or not
Oh, yes the world will turn if you`re ready or not

Say you to me
You`re a bird with an eye for anything shiny
Searchin` the land
For a hero of a man
You say I need
More than my fair share of attention
But I think you know
That just isn`t so

Underneath, i felt the fire of a burning question
Tearin` me apart
Right from the very start
And now I see
That it don`t take a trick of the light to excite me
So strong
So long
You`ll see

Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
To what you
Know you got
Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
Cause the world will turn if you`re ready or not

Simplicity
A heart of gold, an old head, and young shoulders
Quiet and lovely
Becomin` part of me
And now I see
From a handful of names and a thousand faces
One light, burnin`, furiously

I was tired of January
I was tired of June
I felt a change a-comin`
Oh, I was tired of January
Tired of June
I felt a change a-comin`
Oh, I felt a change a-comin
I felt a change a-comin
felt a change a-comin, soon

Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
To what you
Know you got
Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
Cause the world will turn if you`re ready or not

Oh yeah, well the world will turn if you`re ready or not
Oh, yes the world will turn if you`re ready or not

Hopeless
Everybody says
it's just another decay
Of the soul But I know
I'm hopeless
Follower of anything
to take me away
From this hole in the ground
I'm hopeless
Clinging to this feeling
like a fish on a line
It's sublime to
find it lately
Hopeless
No more saying that
there's no more time

I was trying far to hard
To be what
I felt I should be
I was playing wild cards
Seeing things
that weren't in front of me
Like a little tiger
play fighting
I was hurting myself
Again and again
Because I'm hopeless
Everybody says
it's just another decay
Of the soul But I know
I'm hopeless
Follower of anything
to take me away
From this hole
in the ground
I'm hopeless
Clinging to this feeling
like a fish on a line
It's sublime
to find it lately
Hooopeless
No more saying that
there's no more time

That there's no more time

Well
I'm just discovering
I'm living in a
different body
Got a little insight into
Everything that's
happening to me
Like a little spider
I'm climbing
the insurmountable
But I never hold
myself accountable
No oooh
Because I'm hopeless
Everybody says I'm hopeless
But I got a bit of hopeless
In this
Oh and you could never
bring me down
Even though
I got solid ground
Oh because I love it so
And I think you should know
That I'm hopeless
Everybody says
it's just another decay
Of the soul But I know
I'm hopeless
Follower of anything
to take me away
From this hole in the ground
I'm hopeless
Clinging to this feeling
like a fish on a line
It's sublime to
find it lately
Hopeless hopeless hopeless
No more saying that
there's no more time

Show me what it
is you've done
Pull the covers off
in front of everyone
Sure you want
to the saw seams
What you created for
yourself in spite of me
You can try to tie me down
You can try to string me up
But you'd have no luck now
Please don't ever
let me down again
It shouldn't be allowed
Please don't ever make me
frown again
You have shown me how
Please don't try to
be my friend again
Cuz I don't want you
I don't want you now
I don't want you now

So now you've learned
to make your bed
Far be it for me
to be the one
to pay your head
The truth is that
i could've pulled you up
But you'd already
advertised that i'd
slashed the tires of
your one man show
You can try to tie me down
You can try to stitch me up
But you'd have no luck now
Please don't ever
let me down again
It shouldn't be allowed
Please don't ever make me
frown again
You have shown me how
Please don't try to be
my friend again
Cuz I don't want you
I don't want you now
I don't want you now
NO I don't want you now
NO I don't want you now
NO I don't want you now
NO I don't want you now
The truth is that
i could've pulled you up
You can try to tie me down
You can try to stitch me up
But you'd have no luck now
Please don't ever
let me down again
It shouldn't be allowed
Please don't ever
make me frown again
You have shown me how
Please don't try to be
my friend again
Cuz I don't want you
I don't want you now
I don't want you now
I don't want you now

Walking around in a
daze after days
now its been
Talking it up is amazing
and amazed that I'm in
Looking at the stars
for the answers
but all that you found
Was silence and dirty ground
If only you could see me now
If only you could hear me out
If only it was only me now
Listen just
a little bit harder
for I always tell the truth
it isn't just
a piston in an engine
that keeps you moving
Looking like you're looking
for answers and now
You're surrounded by silence
If only you could see me now
If only you could hear me out
If only it was only me now
You're surrounded by silence
silence
you're surrounded by silence
silence
silence
you're surrounded by silence
silence
silence
You're surrounded by silence
silence
If only you could
see me now
If only you could
hear me out
If only it was only me now
yeah If only you
could see me now
If only you could hear me out
If only it was only me now
If only it was only me now
If only it was only me now

I slip softly through
Your slim fingers
Leaving traces
I embrace this
Feeling that lingers
Oh that lingers
that lingers

So take me far away
And hold me
close to your heart
And do me just
this little favour
For I do yes I do love you

This silence sits easy
So peacefully
Like the skin
Oh like the skin
Upon your body
Oh on your body your body

So take me far away now
And hold me close to
your heart
And do me just
this little favour
For I do yes I do love you
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
So beautiful and colourful
I lean on that

I slip softly through
Your slim fingers
Leaving traces
I embrace this
Feeling that lingers
Oh that lingers
that lingers

So take me far away
And hold me
close to your heart
And do me just
this little favour
For I do yes I do love you

This silence sits easy
So peacefully
Like the skin
Oh like the skin
Upon your body
Oh on your body your body

So take me far away now
And hold me close to
your heart
And do me just
this little favour
For I do yes I do love you
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
This little universe
between our backs
So beautiful and colourful
I lean on that

I don't want to be second best
Don't want to stand in line
Don't want to fall behind
Don't want to get caught out
Don't want to do without
And the lesson I must learn
Is that I've got to wait my turn

Looks like I got to be hot and cold
I got to be taught and told
Got to be good as gold
But perfectly honest
I think it would be good for me
Coz it's a hindrance to my health
I'm a stranger to myself

Miniature disasters and minor catastrophoes
Bring me to my knees
Well I must be my own master
Or a miniature disaster will be
It will be the death of me

I don't have to raise my voice
Don't have to be underhand
Just got to understand
That it's gonna be up and down
It's gonna be lost and found
And I can't take to the sky
Before I like it on the ground

And i need to be patient
And i need to be brave
Need to discover
How i need to behave
And I'll find out the answers
When i know what to ask
But i speak a different language
And everybody's speaking too fast

Miniature disasters and minor catastrophoes
Bring me to my knees

Well I must be my own master
I've got to run a little faster
I need to know I'll last if a little
Miniature disaster hits me
It could be the death of me

I don't want to be second best
Don't want to stand in line
Don't want to fall behind
Don't want to get caught out
Don't want to do without
And the lesson I must learn
Is that I've got to wait my turn

Looks like I got to be hot and cold
I got to be taught and told
Got to be good as gold
But perfectly honest
I think it would be good for me
Coz it's a hindrance to my health
I'm a stranger to myself

Miniature disasters and minor catastrophoes
Bring me to my knees
Well I must be my own master
Or a miniature disaster will be
It will be the death of me

I don't have to raise my voice
Don't have to be underhand
Just got to understand
That it's gonna be up and down
It's gonna be lost and found
And I can't take to the sky
Before I like it on the ground

And i need to be patient
And i need to be brave
Need to discover
How i need to behave
And I'll find out the answers
When i know what to ask
But i speak a different language
And everybody's speaking too fast

Miniature disasters and minor catastrophoes
Bring me to my knees

Well I must be my own master
I've got to run a little faster
I need to know I'll last if a little
Miniature disaster hits me
It could be the death of me