Eddi Reader - Simple Soul (2003) by Eddi Reader (보컬) on maniadb.com

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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