Julia Fordham

Don't ask me why I'm running out of laughterThere's tears in these eyesnot happy ever afterAnd I thought it was plain to seeAnd I thought the whole world could beAnd I thought we'd be happy ever afterYou could say that I'm living in a pipe dreamIt's just looking back things are never what they seemAnd I hope I can safely sayAnd I hope most things go my wayAnd I hope they'll be happy ever afterDown in Southern Africa no happy ever afterNot now, but soon foreverWhile they're sitting comfortably In that white winter cityHow can we be happy ever afterUm by yayEst ce le South AfricaSo don't ask me why I'm running out of laughterThere's tears in these eyes not happy ever afterAnd I thought it was plain to seeAnd I thought that maybe you and meAnd I thought we'd be happy ever afterUm by yayUm by yayUm by yayUm by yayUm by yayEst ce le South AfricaUm by yayUm by yayUm by yayUm by yayUm by yayEst ce le South Africa

I'm jam packed full of movie clips and other junk
TV shows and videos and another whole bunch of stuff
It's like a snippet of a song that no longer belongs
And I'm looking to the comfort of strangers

It's noisy and disjointed in this tangled mess
I'm jarred and jangling on a raw and jagged edge
It's like a picture that has faded the colours have all blurred
And I'm drawn to the comfort of strangers.

And I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
No complex conversation
Ooh to taste the comfort of strangers

I'm fit to burst with CD tracks and stereo
Coupled with bad memories that just never seem to go
And you'd have think that I'd learnt that I always get burned
When I take refuge in the comfort of strangers

Still I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
No complex conversation
Ooh to taste the comfort of strangers

Oh lead me not into temptation
To fight these feelings of frustration
I want a stillness inside and a silence of mind
And to stop dreaming of the comfort of strangers

And I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
And I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
No complex conversation
Ooh to taste the comfort, I want to taste the comfort
Oh please give me the comfort of your arms

The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
It's you, only you
The stranger I've been dreaming of
I close my eyes and I'm lying in your arms
Your arms, with you, with you
The stranger I've been dreaming of
I close my eyes
The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers

Little things you say, little things you do
That only happen when you've had a few too many
And seldom in the cold light of day
Things you say and do when you've had a few too many

I'm really rocking, I'm rocking out
I've got a good reason to really scream and shout
My appetite for anger is really ravenous
My approach to living, well it's extremely dangerous

Cos little things you say little things you do
That only happen when you've had a few too many
And seldom in the cold light of day
Things you say and do when you've had a few too many

And in the corner to my right
Some foolish people are dying for a fight
Sat in the middle on your safe electric fence
You're always shouting down at what's left
Of my peaceful attempts

Oh little things you say little things you do
That only happen when you've had a few too many
And seldom in the cold light of day
Things you say and do I want them to be true, not only when
You've had a few too many

Invisible war, seems we're fighting an invisible war
Strained maneouvres, keeping silent score
In this invisible war
Every day I seem to lose you more
Both wishing it was like before
In this invisible war

Talk about a fine line between love and hate
We've lost more than our direction of late
Talk about a fine line between lovers and friends
We've never been lovers and now we're not even friends

In this invisible war, seems we're waging an invisible war
Every day I seem to lose you more
In this invisible war

It wounded deeply the scar is here to stay
Opening up at all the little things I do and say
You always want things to be as before
So I make you angry and you bleed a little more

In this invisible war, seems that we're waging an invisible war
Every day I seem to lose you more
In this invisible war

Want to go away I still love you
Got to go away I always love you
Got to be away Time heals all wounds

INVISIBLE WAR

(I must like it when you hurt me
Cos I always let you hurt me
But not anymore)

You've got my heart on a string
You know I'd do anything for you baby, yeah
I've got my feet on the ground
So what I really mean is maybe

Can someone tell me why? Love always makes me cry inside?
I'm sending up a prayer, if someone could take care
Of the strong and the weaker
And be my lover's keeper

I know boys will be boys, I still get annoyed with you baby, yeah
And I pray in a word, oh no no no no no no maybe

Can someone tell me why? Love always makes me cry inside?
I'm sending up a prayer, if someone could take care
Of the strong and the weaker
And be my lover's keeper

It's not that I don't trust you, because you know I always do
I just can't help wondering why,
why love always makes me always makes me cry inside.

Can someone tell me why? (You've got to tell me)
Love always makes me cry inside?
I'm sending up a prayer, if someone could take care
Of the strong and the weaker
And be my lover's keeper

Can someone tell me why love always makes me cry inside?
I'm sending up a prayer, if someone could take care
Of the strong and the weaker
And be my lover's keeper

Baadado Dadodano

Cocooned, Cocooned, Am I by your love
Cocooned, So soon Am I?

I do, my best, not to forget my
Promise, to not get, cocooned

But it isn't all that easy
Sticking to my theory
That life is a straight and single road
And even more alarming
When no one is disarming
That I'm wondering
If I am

Cocooned, Cocooned, happy I've chosen
To let, myself, so soon
Get all caught up and safely woven
Promise, to keep me, cocooned...

But it isn't all that easy
Sticking to my theory
That life is a straight and single road
And even more alarming
When half the world is starving
That I'm wondering
If I am

Cocooned,
Promise to keep me cocooned.

If I could have a pound for every moment
I spent worrying
On all the little things in life that
Frankly there's no hurrying
Then I would be a rich girl
I wanna be a rich girl soon
But going at this rate
I think it might well take
Till there's life on the moon

Oh, where does the time go?
Does anyone know?
Where does the time go?
Does anyone know?
Where does the time go?
Does anyone know?

If I could have a sneak preview
To all the earthly reasons
It takes to make the theme of time
I'd be a man for all seasons
And I wouldn't have to worry
Wouldn't have to worry
oh no no no
It seems kind of funny
there's some things I'll just never know

[chorus]

We were saying
The other day
How it's really amazing
The days just seem to slip away
And it is right before
Our very eyes
There's some things that
We'll never, never know

[chorus]

If I could have a pound for every moment
I spent worrying
On all the little things in life that
Frankly there's no hurrying
Then I would be a rich girl
I wanna be a rich girl soon
But going at this rate
I think that it might well take
Till there's life on the moon

[chorus]
[etc.]

I'm a woman of the 80s, I'm fit and I'm strong
There ain't no situation where I don't belong
Too late for flowers too soon for pins (too soon for pins)
But I know where I'm heading and I like where I've been

And I swear I never really ever really get that lonely on Sundays
Well maybe, just a little, but I'm never really ever really gonna
Let myself CALL YOU UP!

Cos I'm not allowed to miss you and I'm not allowed to ring you
I'm a woman of the 80s, no fractures, no flaws,
But I miss you sometimes that's all

I'm a woman of the 80s, I'm single and I'm free
There ain't no complications between my lover and me
He's got my number and I've got his
And even though I MIGHT MISS HIM, I like it like this

And I swear I never really ever really get that lonely on Sundays
Well maybe, just a little, but I'm never really ever really gonna
Let myself CALL YOU UP!
Cos I'm not allowed to miss you and I'm not allowed to ring you
I'm a woman of the 80s, no fractures, no flaws,
But I miss you sometimes that's all

If you're a woman of the 80s you've got a set of rules to follow
If it's not on, it's not on and you never ever ever ever ever SWALLOW
(your pride)

INSTRUMENTAL

I'm a woman of the 80s, I'm fit and I'm strong
There ain't no situation where I don't belong

And I swear I never really ever really get that lonely on Sundays
Well maybe, just a little, but I'm never really ever really gonna
Let myself CALL YOU UP!

And I swear I never really ever really get that lonely on Sundays
Well maybe, just a little, but I'm never really ever really gonna
Let myself CALL YOU UP!

Cos I'm not allowed to miss you and I'm not allowed to ring you
I'm a woman of the 80s, no fractures, no flaws,
But I miss you sometimes that's all

That's all.
No fractures, no flaws
These unwritten laws

At the junction of the big surrender
You can't bring yourself to tell her
Old old habits die hard so hard
I could have told you that right from the start

It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman it's no fun

And I know what's wrong and what is right
I wonder where you are on some nights
New love shines so strong so clear
That's why I'm still standing here

It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman it's no fun
It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman
It's no fun anymore you won't run unless you're really sure
Both hands free and a heart that's tied
I said that I'm easy but I lied I lied I lied

There's no chance at all no running risk
You can't lose when it comes down to it
Old old habits die hard so hard
It's not my first and it won't be my last

It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman
It's no fun

INSTRUMENTAL

It's no fun no fun being the other woman
It's no fun anymore you won't run unless you're really sure
Both hands free and a heart that's tied
I said that I'm easy but I lied I lied I lied

At the junction of the big surrender
You can't bring yourself to tell her
Old old habits die hard so hard
I could have told you that right from the start

It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman it's no fun
It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman

I don't want you anymore, anymore I lied I lied I lied
I don't want you anymore, I wanna be free, free, free
I don't want you anymore, anymore I lied I lied
I keep on lying, I keep on wanting you to want me
Like you always used to want me

Behind closed doors you're mine I'm yours
We've got our own language and that's about all

Stripped to the bone I'm happy alone
So wherever I'm going I'm going to get there on my own

In this man's world I'm always screaming to be heard
In this latest vessel a changing restless soul

Behind this mind beyond these times
There's another existence in parallel lines

We've got a bond so sweet so strong
For the sake of the good times we're still hanging on

In this man's world I'm always screaming to be heard
In this latest vessel a changing restless soul

And this is my heart talking
Only my heart talking
And I, and I still love you

Behind closed doors

I'm sending out I'm sending out
I'm sending out I'm sending out

And when you've got something that's crystal clear
And good enough for the whole world to hear
Sweeter than honey and beneath the blood
That's why I'm sending out my unconditional love

I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out I'm sending out

And when you know something that you hold dear
To soothe away all your doubts and your fears
From every angle within and above
Here's why I'm sending out my unconditional love

I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out I'm sending out

When promises are never broken I'll know
When every last word has been spoken I'll know
When every last deed isn't token I'll know
That everyone is sending out unconditional love

I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
That's why I'm sending out unconditional love
Here's why I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out my love
C'mon C'mon C'mon C'mon C'mon C'mon C'mon
You've got to send me some love back
Give me your love

Everyone send some love everyone send some love
Just a little bit, a little bit, a little bit of your love
If everyone, everyone, everyone could send some love
Your healing love, your divine love, your unconditional love

I steal a glance at you, and save it up for later
You see what I've come to? I really should know better

But I can't help myself, help myself (can't help it)
I'm lost in you
I can't help myself, help myself (can't help it)
I'm lost in you

I lie awake at night to savour what it is I've stolen
I'm hoping that you might know where this is going

But I can't help myself, help myself (can't help it)
I'm lost in you
I can't help myself, help myself (can't help it)
I'm lost in you

And the funny part is I feel no guilt and no shame
I guess where there's no action there's no blame
And if I had an ounce of sense left I'd keep it that way too
And I think of you, I think of me
And remember what will be will be
And I'm looking forward to the day
Where I don't have to feel this way

I can't help myself, help myself (can't help it)
I'm lost in you
I can't help myself, help myself (can't help it)
I'm lost in you
I can't help myself, I'm lost in you darling, I am lost
I'm so lost, I can't help myself

I can't help it
I can't help it
I can't help it
I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't...

Silly I know, I thought my undying belief
Could hold you up where you belong
Among the coveted and the favoured
And the shining strong

Maybe these arms, although loyal through and through
Faltered for a single moment
Beneath the heavy burden of proof
And the look at me, look at me
But no-one was looking were they?

I know why the caged bird sings
(And it's not why you're thinking)
I know why the caged bird sings
Sing, sing, sing, sings

I think we can be forgiven for knowing
With every golden gift that's given
Come the trials and tribulations
For the learning

I know why the caged bird sings
(And it's not why you're thinking)
I know why the caged bird sings
Sing, sing, sing, sings

Sings like an angel
Sings for a life (but the living isn't easy)
Sings for the freedom
Sings

I know why the caged bird sings
(And it's not why you're thinking)
I know why the caged bird sings
Sing, sing, sing, sings

I know why the caged bird sings
(And it's not why you're thinking)
I know why the caged bird sings
Sing, sing, sing, sings

I've been living on wishes, living on wishes all my life
And I wish I could make one
To make everything in your world right

I'm falling forward while you wait behind
Lost for your reasons and missing your time
And I, I, I'm, I, I, I'm
Wishing for you (falling forward)
And I, I, I'm, I, I, I'm
Wishing for you

And I'm only an hour, not even an hour away
But you're keeping your distance
We're more than a million miles apart these days

I'm falling forward while you wait behind
Lost for your reasons and missing your time
And I, I, I'm, I, I, I'm
Wishing for you (falling forward)
And I, I, I'm, I, I, I'm
Wishing for you (falling forward)
And I, I, I'm, I, I, I'm
Wishing for you (falling forward)

And suddenly I'm the villain of the piece
You're lying awake, wondering how I sleep

I'm falling forward while you wait behind
Lost for your reasons and missing your time
And I, I, I'm, I, I, I'm
Wishing for you (falling forward)
And I, I, I'm, I, I, I'm
Wishing for you (falling forward)
And I, I, I'm, I, I, I'm
Wishing for you (falling forward)
And I, I, I'm, I, I, I'm

Hey you, pushing the river
With the world there on your shoulders
Don't you remember a single thing
The good book told you?

Hey you, treading the water
With your head dipping out of the clouds
Sinking down, down, down, down
Waving to the old crowd

And they send these things to try us
And try us they do (oh oh)
Don't push the river, don't push the river
Don't push the river, let it carry you

I know that I'm a fine one
To be talking this way
I've been dragging the whole darn world
Behind me all day

No-one said it would be easy
And they never warned how hard
And I've been licking brand new wounds
And tending old scars

And they send these things to try us
And try us they do (oh oh)
Don't push the river, don't push the river
Don't push the river, let it carry you

Over the endless troubles, over the trying times
These are the words of wisdom from a restless mind

Don't push the river, don't push the river
Don't push the river, let it carry you
Don't push the river, don't push the river
Don't push the river, let it carry you

I had my hopes up high, higher than high
No matter how I try, sometimes they're falling
And it's a slow decline for this hope of mine
A little piece at a time, somehow it's falling

And I look, and I wonder why (why)
Disappointment written on a blue sky

Thought I was home and dry, drier than dry
No more tears to cry, somehow they're falling

And I look, and I wonder why (why)
Disappointment written on a blue sky

How could this happen? How could you let this happen?
You were disappointment on my blue sky

I had my hopes up high, for you and I
No matter how I try, somehow they're falling
And it's a lonely time for me, this hope of mine
A change of heart and mind, catch me I'm falling

And I look, and I wonder why (why)
Disappointment written on a blue sky
And I look, and I wonder why (why)
Disappointment written on a blue sky

How could this happen?
How could this happen?
How could this happen?

You took my blue sky and you wrote on it, disappointment

We're all walking a fine line and I'm
Walking towards you, and I
Hope that I'm right in thinking, I'll never walk alone
I'm always running from something
Now I'm running towards you
It may not be the right thing, but it's what I want to do

And in a different time, in a different place
I could see myself with you
And in a different time and a different place
I believe you could see yourself too

I'll be biding my time, and I'll be
Watching my step, 'cos I don't want to
Be starting something here that I might live to regret
'Cos I have learnt my lesson
And I have learnt it well
There are some things in this life best left for time to tell

In a different time, in a different place
I could see myself with you
And in a different time and a different place
I believe you could see yourself too
In a different time, in a different place

I believe I could safely lay my life down in your hands
I believe that's what I'd do if you gave me half the chance
Oh I believe, oh I believe, oh I believe

In a different time, in a different place
I could see myself with you
And in a different time and a different place
I believe you could see yourself there too

In a different time, in a different place
I could see myself with you
And in a different time and a different place
Oh I believe you could see yourself there too

Different time, different place

Threadbare, frayed around the edges
Down where all I'm getting is you don't care
And hoping that I'm wrong

I am crushed by your indifference, know I must try
To stop wishing if only I
Could undo what I've done

If I knew then what I know now
I would have saved my words somehow
Headed underground, crushed without a sound
Threadbare

Tired from the inside out
I'm kind of worn down by the doubt
And time will tell how it should be

If I knew then what I know now
I would have saved my words somehow
Headed underground, crushed without a sound
Threadbare

There's something I'm missing
You're not giving me
I talk and you listen
But will you ever see?

If I knew then what I know now
I would have saved my words somehow
Headed underground, crushed without a sound
Threadbare
Headed underground, crushed without a sound
Threadbare

I am tired
Something missing you're not giving me
Something missing you're not giving me
Something missing you're not giving me
Something missing you're not giving me
Love's a funny thing
Love's a funny thing
Love's a funny thing
Love's a funny thing

I watch the days and weeks and years roll by
I long since gave up trying to count them on my side
Along with all that I hereby confess
I'm learning how to live on love and forgiveness

Forgive me if I stop and rest awhile
I've walked a long and testing mighty million miles
Here in this little church within a church
I'm learning how to live on love and forgiveness

Love, carry me love, carry me love, carry me love
Carry me love and forgiveness
I'm living on love and forgiveness

I've kissed goodbye to all those little hurts
I sent them up in one big fire I made of words
And in my dealings and in my defence
I'm learning how to live on love and forgiveness

Love, carry me love, carry me love, carry me love
Carry me love and forgiveness
I'm living on love and forgiveness

It could be said
I was choking on my daily bread
I was caught up in a time that seemed endless

Oh carry me love and forgiveness
I'm living on love and forgiveness
I'm living on love and forgiveness
I'm living on love and forgiveness
I'm Living on love and forgiveness

The honeymoon is over
I look to see what's left
A pocketful of good reasons
A shot at happiness

That old devil is calling
Alarm bell light is on
Standby in my busy head
In case I might be wrong

And I'm here, I'm here, I'm here aren't I?
I'm here, I'm here, I'm here aren't I?

I pinch myself I'm dreaming
Too good to be true
That I'm the girl with everything
And everything to lose

And I'm here, I'm here, I'm here aren't I?
I'm here, I'm here, I'm here aren't I?

I'm looking out for something
I might have missed
Who knows what it is?
The honeymoon, the honeymoon
The honeymoon is over

I heed the voice of reason
Like you're supposed to do
And looking down on everything
I still came back to you

And I'm here, I'm here, I'm here aren't I?
I'm here, I'm here, I'm here aren't I?

As long as we have hope, prayer, and a little bit of time to
Get us there, hope, prayer and time

We are ordinary people in extraordinary times
And we sometimes burn our bridges
And we sometimes cut our lines

And the lonely river keeps rolling on

As long as we have hope, prayer, and a little bit of time to
Get us there, hope, prayer and time

In the darkness of our ages, till the better days return
There are those who write the pages
There are those who let them burn

And the lonely river keeps rolling on

Just as long as we have hope, prayer, and a little bit of time to
Get us there, hope, prayer and time

By the lonely river where the bridges burn
We shall return

As long as we have hope, prayer, and a little bit of time to
Get us there, hope, prayer and time
Hope, prayer, and a little bit of time to get us there,
Hope, prayer and time

These tired lips are sealed
Although this angry mouth is filled
With words to fracture an unknowing heart
Enough to tear your very world apart

Turning my knowing look away
Fumbling for something to say
God only knows I've done things I regret
So many I'm trying hard to forget

So if you're wondering
You can be
Safe in the knowledge
That your secret's safe with me
Can't help wondering
What you'd do
If you found out she'd done the same to you

There's no logic, there's no gain
There's no way you can explain
Not that I want or expect you to
We're all the prisoners of the things we do

So if you're wondering
You can be
Safe in the knowledge
That your secret's safe with me
Can't help wondering
What you'd do
If you found out she'd done the same to you

Safe in the knowledge, safe
Safe in the knowledge, safe

So if you're wondering
You can be
Safe in the knowledge
That your secret's safe with me
Can't help wondering
What you'd do
If you found out she'd done the same to you

Don't say your world lights up when I smile
'Cos you know it's too late for talk like that
And as this love fades, we both know that I have been betrayed
I'm not looking for the answer, baby
I'm just looking for a little love
We're all looking for something, baby
And for a minute, a minute, a minute

I thought it was you
I thought it was you
I thought that it was you
I thought it was you

Don't say that you'll be there when I need you
'Cos where are you when I need you now
I need you
The truth hurts
Ooh I'm hurting now I'm hurting ooh
I'm not looking for the answer baby
I'm just looking for a little love
We're all looking for someone baby
And for a minute, a minute, a minute

(Repeat chorus)

I wouldn't change a thing except the ending
'Til the part where you broke my heart
Everybody's talking about forgiveness
I can't forgive you for leaving me

I'm not looking for the answer baby
I'm just looking for a little love
We're all looking for something baby
And for a minute, a minute, a minute

(Repeat chorus)

patches of happiness, red fades into blue
glimpses of loneliness, what more can I do?
waiting for winter to melt into spring
waiting for you to let me back in

I don't want to be, I don't want to be, I don't want to be here on my own
I don't want to be, I don't want to be, I don't want to be left here alone on my own

with patches of happiness, blue colours the day
glimpses of hopelessness, what more can I say?
waiting for summer to fall into fall
waiting for it to be how it was before

I don't want to hear, I don't want to hear, I don't want to hear another word
I don't want to hear, I don't want to hear, I don't want to hear of lessons learned, not a word

patches of happiness, that's all that's left
glimpses of emptiness, you took the rest
waiting for winter to melt into spring, waiting for you to
let me back, let me back, let me back in

I don't want to be, I don't want to be, I don't want to be here on my own
I don't want to be, I don't want to be, I don't want to be left here alone on my own
I don't want to hear, I don't want to hear, I don't want to hear another word
I don't want to hear, I don't want to hear, I don't want to hear of lessons learned

patches
patches of happiness

I've said things I shouldn't have said
I might break your heart and my promises
swept up in the moment of it all

I keep meaning to hold something back
people always say to do that
It isn't in my nature in fact at all

I swear I never was so cynical
It must have crept up on me
miracle of miracles, that i won't always be

you've said things you shouldn't have said
you might break my heart and your promises
swept up in the moment of it all

I swear I never was so cynical
It must have crept up on me
Miracle of miracles, that I won't always be

I swear I never was so cynical
It must have crept up on me
miracle of miracles, that I won't always be

we've said things that we might regret
we might break our word and slowly forget
how sweet it felt when we were swept up in it all

swept, when we were swept, when we were swept up in it all
swept, when we were swept, when we were swept up in it all

I'm packing away the blacks and the greys and the charcoal
The yellows and golds and all of those that sparkle

There's a rainbow in my heart
There's a rainbow in my heart
There's a rainbow in my heart
Tearing this body apart

The lime and the green the white and the cream and the navy
The purple and mauve and all of those that make me

There's a rainbow in my heart
There's a rainbow in my heart
There's a rainbow in my heart
Tearing this body apart

A rainbow tearing this body apart

The brown and the beige the light and the shade and the china blue
I showed my true colours now where are you?

There's a rainbow in my heart
There's a rainbow in my heart
There's a rainbow in my heart
There's a rainbow in my heart
There's a rainbow in my heart
Tearing this body a, tearing this body a, tearing this body apart

I've betrayed you, not in body and soul
I've betrayed you, not in ways that would show
I've betrayed you

by word of mouth, by thoughts of doubt
forgive me, forgive me

I've misled you, though not intending to
I've misled you, in ways I shouldn't do
I've misled you

by word of mouth, by thoughts of doubt
forgive me, forgive me

a troubled world rolls by my window
where oh where to begin
unravelling the secrets of both sides of the skin

by word of mouth, by thoughts of doubt
by word of mouth, by thoughts of doubt
forgive me, forgive me, forgive, forgive me

my god's sleeping on a bed of creamy clouds
hoping to go unnoticed far from the madding crowd

as she whispers, oh, as she whispers, oh
baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby
hush now sleep
baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby
as she gently weeps

my god's walking on a lake of frozen love
saying "where's the perfect plan that I sent down from us above?"

as she whispers, oh, as she whispers, oh
baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby
hush now sleep
baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby
as she gently weeps

red blood on golden sands
what's happening in the promised land?

as she whispers, oh, as she whispers, oh
as she whispers, oh
baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby
hush now sleep
baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby
as she gently weeps

talking about Melissa when your name came up
talking about mixed signals and all that kind of stuff
talking about religion, talking politics and love
how we keep talking, talking about everything except us

talk walk drive, drive walk talk
talk walk driving me away from you, drive walk talk to me baby

walking around this city, walking along these streets
hoping they might feel familiar beneath these foreign feet
walking down to the village, walk to a taxi to your house
walking walking on a road to nowhere when it comes to us

talk walk drive, drive walk talk
talk walk driving me away from you, drive walk talk to me baby

why don't you say what you mean? mean what you say
I won't let you talk walk drive away

driving along the freeway, driving into the hills
hoping they might feel familiar beneath these foreign wheels
driving until sunset, driving myself too hard
driving myself crazier when it comes to us

talk walk drive, drive walk talk
talk walk driving me away from you, drive walk talk to me baby
talk walk drive, drive walk talk
talk walk driving me away from you, drive walk talk to me baby

there are not words to speak of
there are not words to say
there are not songs to sing on
news days like today

there's only time to carry
these darkest doubts away
there's only hope to cling to
on days like today

should hang our heads in shame
what we've done in god's name
should hang our heads in shame
only ourselves to blame

there are not dreams or feelings
that could seem to convey
there are not songs to sing on
news days like today

should hang our heads in shame
what we've done in god's name
should hang our heads in shame
only ourselves to blame

maybe I'm naive, I still believe in peace

don't scare me, don't scare me
with talk of forever and always, just stay
don't scare me, don't scare me
with words like I love you, they haunt me some days

nobody knows better than me
that love is a fickle friend
who can give you up, give you up, give you up
without whisper or warning
give you up, give you up, give you up
and it scares me, scares me

don't tell me, don't tell me
that you'll take care of me forever and always
don't tempt me, don't tempt me
to trust you, oh how I long to some days

nobody knows better than me
that love is a fickle friend
who can give you up, give you up, give you up
without whisper or warning
give you up, give you up, give you up
and it scares me, scares me

and I would be the first to say
the best-laid plans can fail
I guess it's just like anything
where only time can tell

scare me

nobody knows better than me
that love is a fickle friend
who can give you up, give you up, give you up
without whisper or warning
give you up, give you up, give you up
and it scares me, scares me

tie a yellow ribbon round your heart
counted every moment we're apart
it's been five long years
since you've been here
tie a yellow ribbon

beyond the realm of dignity
beyond imagination, please forgive me
how long, how long, how long, how long will it be?
it's a tragedy

tie a yellow ribbon round your heart
counted every moment we're apart
it's been five long years
since you've been here
tie a yellow ribbon

what happened to humanity?
there is no understanding such insanity
hold on, hold on, hold on please if you can
in that troubled land

tie a yellow ribbon round your heart
counted every moment we're apart
it's been five long years
since you've been here
tie a yellow ribbon
round your heart

tie a yellow ribbon round your heart
counted every moment we're apart
it's been five long years
since you've been here
tie a yellow ribbon

beyond the realm of dignity
beyond imagination, please forgive me
how long, how long, how long, how long will it be?
it's a tragedy

tie a yellow ribbon round your heart
counted every moment we're apart
it's been five long years
since you've been here
tie a yellow ribbon

what happened to humanity?
there is no understanding such insanity
hold on, hold on, hold on please if you can
in that troubled land

tie a yellow ribbon round your heart
counted every moment we're apart
it's been five long years
since you've been here
tie a yellow ribbon
round your heart

written by Julia Fordham

The news just filtered through
There's a new girl hanging out with you
I'd kill the messenger
But she's my friend and I love her
And I know she tells me this for my own good
'Cause she knows I've not moved on
like a wise girl should

Now she's lying in my place
With the right to kiss my favourite face
Now she's curled up in my chair
Your fingers in her hair
It's more than I can bear

I do the best I can
To go along with God's good plan
He thinks it's obvious
There's no hope for the two of us
So I know he's doing this for my own good
'Cause she knows I've not moved on
like a wise girl should

Now she's lying in my place
With the right to kiss my favourite face
Now she's curled up in my chair
Your fingers in her hair
It's more than I can bear

Some may say life is for living
But this takes some forgiving
And I will try to

Now she's lying in my place
With the right to kiss my favourite face
Now she's curled up in my chair
Your fingers in her hair
It's more than I can bear
It's more than I can bear

written by Julia Fordham & Simon Climie

I used to pride myself on always being
one step ahead of the game
I thought I had it in line
thought I knew what was mine
and then you came
And unraveled every fibre from
beneath my solid ground

I'm feeling like I can't look down
I'm scared of what I'll find
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind

I'm so tempted to lay the whole
complete truth at your finger tips
If I gave you it straight would
my secret be safe behind your lips?
Or would my guarded notion
crumble in your care?

I'm feeling like I can't look down
I'm scared of what I'll find
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind

And sometimes I stall to catch myself
From sharing all these silent things I've felt

I'm feeling like I can't look down
I'm scared of what I'll find
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind

written by Julia Fordham

I print it up, I join the dots
I fill in any spaces I should stumble on
Here in this, trapped in this tale
of love gone wrong

I hold my breath, I hope to die
Or wake to find that all of this
has passed me by
Here in this, trapped in this unfolding tale

I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you well
I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you well

I fumble on, the days are long
I tell myself I must, I must, I must be strong
Here in this, trapped in this unfolding tale

I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you well
I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you well

The story unfolds from your sorry lips
Hitting hard against my skin
Seeping down beneath the surface
And setting up home therein

I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you well
I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you well
I'm doing my best at

written by Julia Fordham

You put the smile back
on my face, thank you
You bring me hope
that there's a chance
That I might love again
You awakened my weary faith
thank you baby
Oh, my little bit of magic

You are my little bit of magic
You are my little bit of light
You are my little bit of magic
and I wish you were here tonight

You're filling up my empty
heart, thank you
You brought me hope to hang on to
just when I thought that I was done
Life was cold and life was hard
thank you baby
Oh, my little bit of magic

You are my little bit of magic
You are my little bit of light
You are my little bit of magic
and I wish you were here tonight

I held my hand out and you took it
Take me where you will
I'm not sure if you knew it
The way you made me feel
I've got to thank you for it
My little bit of magic
Yeah yeah little bit of magic

You are my little bit of magic
You are my little bit of light
You are my little bit of magic
and I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here tonight

written by Julia Fordham

Take me back, I'll make you happy
Take me back, I'll treat you like
a precious thing
Oh come on you know a good deal
when you hear one
And they don't come much better than this

Take me back, I'll make you whole
Take me back, I'll complete your soul
So I fucked up well then sue me
Anything but this freeze me out business

And there's a song I've been
writing in my head
Can't seem to get past the opening line
No need to put it down 'cause I won't forget
It's the fat lady ain't singing yet

Take me back, I'll make you king
Take me back, I'll do anything
For your comfort and your pleasure
Your personal delight

And there's a song I've been
writing in my head
Can't seem to get past the opening line
No need to put it down 'cause I won't forget
It's the fat lady ain't singing yet

Close your eyes and count to a million
In dollars if that helps
When you open them I'll be waiting
For you and nothing else
The fat lady ain't singing yet

The fat lady ain't singing yet
She's putting on her party dress
Standing there in the wings
Don't let that fat lady sing
Sing
Gonna make you king
Treat you like a precious thing
Don't let that fat lady sing
Fat lady sing
Gonna make you king

written by Julia Fordham

The news just filtered through
There's a new girl hanging out with you
I'd kill the messenger
But she's my friend and I love her
And I know she tells me this for my own good
'Cause she knows I've not moved on
like a wise girl should

Now she's lying in my place
With the right to kiss my favourite face
Now she's curled up in my chair
Your fingers in her hair
It's more than I can bear

I do the best I can
To go along with God's good plan
He thinks it's obvious
There's no hope for the two of us
So I know he's doing this for my own good
'Cause she knows I've not moved on
like a wise girl should

Now she's lying in my place
With the right to kiss my favourite face
Now she's curled up in my chair
Your fingers in her hair
It's more than I can bear

Some may say life is for living
But this takes some forgiving
And I will try to

Now she's lying in my place
With the right to kiss my favourite face
Now she's curled up in my chair
Your fingers in her hair
It's more than I can bear
It's more than I can bear

written by Julia Fordham & Simon Climie

I used to pride myself on always being
one step ahead of the game
I thought I had it in line
thought I knew what was mine
and then you came
And unraveled every fibre from
beneath my solid ground

I'm feeling like I can't look down
I'm scared of what I'll find
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind

I'm so tempted to lay the whole
complete truth at your finger tips
If I gave you it straight would
my secret be safe behind your lips?
Or would my guarded notion
crumble in your care?

I'm feeling like I can't look down
I'm scared of what I'll find
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind

And sometimes I stall to catch myself
From sharing all these silent things I've felt

I'm feeling like I can't look down
I'm scared of what I'll find
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind
I can tell you anything
but what's really on my mind

written by Julia Fordham

I print it up, I join the dots
I fill in any spaces I should stumble on
Here in this, trapped in this tale
of love gone wrong

I hold my breath, I hope to die
Or wake to find that all of this
has passed me by
Here in this, trapped in this unfolding tale

I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you well
I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you well

I fumble on, the days are long
I tell myself I must, I must, I must be strong
Here in this, trapped in this unfolding tale

I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you well
I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you well

The story unfolds from your sorry lips
Hitting hard against my skin
Seeping down beneath the surface
And setting up home therein

I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you well
I'm doing my best at
Wishing you, wishing you, wishing you
Wishing you, wishing you well
I'm doing my best at

written by Julia Fordham

You put the smile back
on my face, thank you
You bring me hope
that there's a chance
That I might love again
You awakened my weary faith
thank you baby
Oh, my little bit of magic

You are my little bit of magic
You are my little bit of light
You are my little bit of magic
and I wish you were here tonight

You're filling up my empty
heart, thank you
You brought me hope to hang on to
just when I thought that I was done
Life was cold and life was hard
thank you baby
Oh, my little bit of magic

You are my little bit of magic
You are my little bit of light
You are my little bit of magic
and I wish you were here tonight

I held my hand out and you took it
Take me where you will
I'm not sure if you knew it
The way you made me feel
I've got to thank you for it
My little bit of magic
Yeah yeah little bit of magic

You are my little bit of magic
You are my little bit of light
You are my little bit of magic
and I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here tonight

written by Julia Fordham

Take me back, I'll make you happy
Take me back, I'll treat you like
a precious thing
Oh come on you know a good deal
when you hear one
And they don't come much better than this

Take me back, I'll make you whole
Take me back, I'll complete your soul
So I fucked up well then sue me
Anything but this freeze me out business

And there's a song I've been
writing in my head
Can't seem to get past the opening line
No need to put it down 'cause I won't forget
It's the fat lady ain't singing yet

Take me back, I'll make you king
Take me back, I'll do anything
For your comfort and your pleasure
Your personal delight

And there's a song I've been
writing in my head
Can't seem to get past the opening line
No need to put it down 'cause I won't forget
It's the fat lady ain't singing yet

Close your eyes and count to a million
In dollars if that helps
When you open them I'll be waiting
For you and nothing else
The fat lady ain't singing yet

The fat lady ain't singing yet
She's putting on her party dress
Standing there in the wings
Don't let that fat lady sing
Sing
Gonna make you king
Treat you like a precious thing
Don't let that fat lady sing
Fat lady sing
Gonna make you king

When there's comfort in pleasure and pleasure in pain
And I'm wondering if I'll see you again
No tangled emotions dragging us down
And the texture of your voice the sweetest sound

I'm gonna wrap you up and take you home with me
Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah
Treasured in my heart under lock and key.

When there's nothing to hold you, or holding you back
No chains of attachment, only basic facts
No strangled devotions, hemming us in
And the taste of your smile was the sweetest thing

I'm gonna wrap you up and take you home with me
Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah
Treasured in my heart under lock and key

Under lock and key, my precious moments
My precious memories, and you know, and you know
I ain't never, never, I ain't never gonna let them go

Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah

When there's comfort in pleasure and pleasure in pain
And I'm wondering, wondering if I'll see you again
No tangled emotions, dragging us down
And the texture of your voice the sweetest sound

I'm gonna lock you up and take you home with me
Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah
Treasured in my heart under lock and key.

Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah

I am very very much in like with you
I hope that it's enough 'cause it's all I can do
'Cause you treat my skin like porcelain,
Rare and special porcelain
Even though you know I know you know
That this is not the real thing...

Oh, isn't it enough what I'm giving to you, baby?
Oh, isn't it enough that your kisses drive me crazy?
Oh, isn't it enough, isn't it enough?

I read a book like you, it says for what it's worth
People only really get what they deserve
And I hear a voice cry out within
Relax, enjoy the porcelain
Treatment feels like liquid gold
A treasured hand for me to hold

Oh, isn't it enough what I'm giving to you, baby?
Oh, isn't it enough that your kisses drive me crazy?
Oh, isn't it enough, isn't it enough?

Porcelain, porcelain
You treat my skin like porcelain...

In the big, big scheme of things
Beyond the rare and special porcelain
Beyond the joy, joy and the dis-at-ease
Well there's a place for me...

Porcelain, porcelain....

Sometimes I think I should say I love you too
If words are free, why can't I spare the best for you?
'Cause you treat my skin like porcelain
Rare and special porcelain
Even though you know I know you know
I'm cracked from all of this living

Oh, isn't it enough what I'm giving to you, baby?
Oh, isn't it enough that your kisses drive me crazy?
Oh, isn't it enough that I'm checking for you, baby?
Oh, isn't it enough that your kisses drive me crazy?
Oh, isn't it enough, isn't it enough?

Isn't it enough?
Isn't it enough?

don't tell me to stop crying
please just hold me while I do
soothe me with your silence
and just cradle me to you
don't push me for my reasons
or expect me to explain
how can I in five minutes
shift a lifetime's hidden pain

CHORUS
don't tell your girlfriend about me
cause your girlfriend won't like girls like me
don't tell your girlfriend about me
if you just hold me
hold me
hold me

I went to see a psychic
and I paid for good advice
she said forget a romance
til you've sorted out your life
be your own father and your mother
and your sister and brother
and even try to crack the art
of being your own lover

CHORUS

in my darkest hour you'll be mine
least while these dreams are no crime
or are they
(girlfriend)
I'm in my proper place I believe
an overabundance
you see, you told me
(girlfriend)

don't tell me to stop crying
please just hold me while I do
soothe me with your silence
and just cradle me to you
don't push me for my reasons
or expect me to explain
how come I stay unhappy
til the ending of my pain

CHORUS

I cried the Solent, the Tyne, the Severn and the Rhine
The Thames and the Seine over again
But

I won't be crying anymore, a lake of tears like I shed
before
For you, only for you

The Ganges, the Clyde, the Amazon, the Nile
The Avon, the Trent, the tears that I spent!
But

I won't be crying anymore, all these tears like I shed
before
For you, only for you

A sea of love runs deep in these veins
Flooding my heart with anger and pain
The depth of reason, a wave of regret
But the times that we had I'll never forget

But I won't be crying anymore, all these tears
like I shed before, for you, only for you,
Only for you, only for you, only...

Genio!

You would have to be a genius to work out what it is with us
And I'm no budding genius so what would I know?
You would have to have a first degree to understand the history
Or study anthropology, so what would I know?

I know that in South America, they're burning down the trees
Stoking up the fires of Western industries
And you would have to be a genius to work out what
it is with us, and I'm no budding genius, but some things
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know!

Voca teria que ser un genio
Para saber o que se passa com a gente
Mas eu nao sou em genio
Entao o que sei eu?

Voce tem que ter un diploma
Para entender a historia
Ou estudar anthropologia
Entao o que sei eu?

I know that in South America, they're burning down the trees
Stoking up the fires of Western industries
And you would have to be a genius to work out what
it is with us, and I'm no budding genius, but some things
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know...

You make me feel vulnerable and totally exposed
You make me feel like a teenager dressed in a woman's clothes
And I ask you, and I ask you, where do we go from here?

All my life, I've been the one who's big and strong for everyone
Then you come along, a towerblock for me to lean on.
And I ask you, where do we go from here?

You've got me so I'm curling like a kitten in your hand
You've got me so I'm clawing like a tiger caged and bound
And I ask you, and I ask you, where do we go from here?

All my life, I've been the one who's big and strong for everyone
Then you come along, a towerblock for me to lean on.
And I ask you, where do we go from here?

All my life, I've been the one who's always there for everyone
And now I know you've let me down, will it always be
That I'm the only towerblock for me?

Island...

If you make yourself an island, I'm gonna sail straight out to you
If you burn your bridges one by one, I'll not give up on you.
But if you scratch, scratch the surface, underneath the skin
Under the armour of that iron woman
So many things lie within...

So don't you test my love like you test the love of your boyfriends
Oh don't you know the love for a woman, for a woman, for a woman
Is there to the end, there to the end...?

I know you're feeling bitter and twisted, I've seen it
seeping out of every pore
Rising up beyond the goodness of a perfect human core
And if you peel, peel away the wisdom, underneath the skin
I wonder, I wonder, I wonder, I wonder what lies within...

Oh don't you lose my love, oh don't you lose your love my friend
Oh don't you know the love for a woman, for a woman
Is there to the end, there to the end?

I just wanted to say you know I love you...

If you bite, bite the hand that feeds you, don't think he'll
keep coming back for more
'Cause this is real life not the movies girl, I've told you that before
But if you scrape, scrape at the bravado, underneath the skin
Under the armour of everybody, so many things lie hidden...

So don't you, don't you, don't you doubt my love
Like you doubt the love of all your friends
Oh don't you know the love for a woman (repeat 11 times)
Is there to the end, there to the end?

Island
Bitter and twisted...

Your lovely face, your lovely face, your lovely...

I'm standing in my kitchen, I'm driving in my car
Lying on my bed in my room wondering where you are
I keep meaning to call you, but I never find the time
Doesn't mean to say that you're not weaving through my mind!

What I wouldn't do right now to see your lovely face
What I wouldn't do right now to see your lovely face
What I wouldn't do right now to fill in all this space
That I've gone and built just for myself.

Sitting in this restaurant, I'm running 'round some park
Swimming in some clear blue water wondering where you are
I keep meaning to tell you that things aren't what they seem
Doesn't mean that you're not weaving through my dreams!

What I wouldn't do, what I wouldn't do,
What I wouldn't do right now to see your lovely face...

Your lovely face, your lovely face, your lovely
Your lovely face, your lovely, your lovely face

Smiling on the ocean, I'm flying through the air
You know I'm travelling so much travelling these days
Then what should I, should I care?
Finally arriving where I was born to be
Doesn't mean to say your lovely face can't be with me...

Written by: Julia Fordham

China Blue, fragile and missing you
Just heard the latest news, China Blue

China Blue, tell me it isn't true
One heart broken in two, China Blue

Heaven's holding a pale pale moon
Looks like an anaemic balloon
Can't believe what they're doing to you
Oh China, China Blue

China Blue, fragile and missing you
You did all you could do, China Blue

Heaven's holding a pale pale moon
The breeze whispering a sad sad tune
All my love I send to you
Oh China, China Blue

Written By: Julia Fordham

The soldiers of my discontent march from my soul to my head
I make myself a prisoner in this my latest self made war
The angel of my higher self must be guarding someone else
Haunted thoughts made manifest so many ghosts still left to rest

I wanna give up the fight; and lose myself in your love
Give up the fight; oh to be a Prince of Peace for just one night

Trapped in this eternal quest for faith and wisdom and courage
Stranded as the sole captor the same old torture as before

I wanna give up the fight; and lose myself in your love
Give up the fight; oh to be a Prince of Peace for just one night

Undaunted and unbreakable a centred soul unshakable
My root of bondage and my release
When will I be a Prince of Peace?

The soldiers of our discontent marching since this time was sent
When will the battle ever cease?
When will we learn to walk in peace?

(written by Julia Fordham)

In my blood
You're in my bones
In a crowd
When I'm alone
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
I'd take a bullet for you
I'd walk a million miles
In anybody's shoes
Just to be with you
I'd cross the deepest ocean
I'd hold my breath
And I would swim against the tide
To be by your side
Love love love
Love love love
In my bed
On my phone
In my house
When I get home
That is where I want to find you

Chorus

The drug that's driving me
Picks me up and sets me free
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
Nothing that I wouldn't do

chorus

(written by Julia Fordham)

Can we move to Italy
I will take a boat and meet you there
Can we move to Italy
I will put fresh flowers in my hair
Can we move to Italy
I have been traveling
With my face pressed against
The windscreen of my dusty car
Trying to be where you are
Can we move to Italy
I will take a house and make it home
Can we move to Italy
We can dance in Venice
Kiss in Rome
Can we move to Italy
Meet me by the church up high on the hill
Please say you will
Way above the shore below
Down in portafino
I've got my ticket
And my purple rosary
I know my mission
I'm set for Italy
Italy
Watch the sun come up
The sun go down
Italy
Punch the air
Kiss the ground
Italy
Dance in Venice
Kiss in Rome
Italy
Take a little house
Make it home
Can we move to Italy
I will take a boat and meet you there
Can we move to italy
I will put fresh flowers in my hair
Can we move to Italy

chorus

(featuring India.Arie)

No butterflies no butterfingers
No "ah me" that lingers
On and on when you are gone
No last dance from the lake swan
No string quartet playing in my head
No sweet Juliet
No thunder bolt from up above
Just good old plain old concrete love
Good old plain old concrete love
No jelly legs no trembling weak knees
No belly knots in me
I can eat and I can sleep
No twisted tongue that can't speak
No lunar walk no floating cloud talk
No ten out of ten to report
No thunderbolt from up above

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You snuck up on me
You waited patiently
You snuck up on me

chorus

Won't you come
Won't you come over darling
Won't you come
cause I want some
Bring it on bring it on
Over
Concrete love

(Written by Julia Fordham & Gary Clark)

Yet another day slides into midnight
From your camp there's not a single word
Seemingly you have forgotten
I'm still your girl
People tell me I am strong
I might have to prove them wrong
As the cracks begin to show
I'm trying to find the strength to let you go
Missing man
Hope turned out to be a dangerous lesson
Faith a shallow river in disguise
Running through my patient spirit
Drowning my pride

chorus

Missing man
Missing man
Do you miss me
Missing man
Missing man
Missing man
Do you miss me
Missing man

(Written by Julia Fordham & Gary Clark)

I'm like a butterfly
Pushing against the wind
You're like a magnet
Pulling me back in
No matter how I try
No matter what I do
I keep coming back to you
Mercy mercy please
You've got to release me
How this fatal twist of alchemy
Brings me to my knees

chorus

Danger dangerous
What will become of us?
Strained addiction rushing over me
When will I break free?

chorus

You're like a drug
I can't give up
I want you way too much
I keep on keep on keep on
Coming back to you

chorus

(Written by Julia Fordham & Gary Clark)

It's another you day
It's another you day
There you are
At the bus stop by the car
You're the music on my radio
And I can't turn you down
You're the driver on the ghost train
That's pulling me around
You are the traffic
You are everywhere
It's another you day
It's another you day
There you are
By the bandstand in the park
You're the star in every picture
And I'm so unrehearsed
I see you in the mirror
I see myself reversed
You are a vision
You are everywhere
It's another you day
It's another you day
There you are
In my bedroom in the dark
I still think about you
All the time
You're always on my mind
That's okay
It's just another you day
It's another you day
It's another you day
There you are
At the bus stop by the car
It's another you day
It's another you day
There you are
By the bandstand in the park
There you are
In my bedroom in the dark
It's another you day

(Written by Julia Fordham)

I've been down to the river
And seen the other side
I have cowered in the corner
Without a place to hide
I've been lost and forsaken
And sworn 'd not get through
But I must have done something right
To be here loving you
I must have done something right
To be here loving you
I have searched
For the whole truth
And seldom have I lied
I have been the silent witness
To all the tears've cried
There are things that I have done
I wish I could undo

Chorus

There were times when i had lost my
Will to carry on
I'm glad I found the strength to
So I could sing this song
There are things that I have done
I wish I could undo

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(written by Julia Fordham & Larry Klein)

From the south side of Chicago
On woodland avenue
The youngest of eight children
With a voice that soared and soothed
Singing at the Lincoln center
The church a block away
Like a perfect angel
As the red sanders band played
She said baby
Can we just go some place warm
And stay there 'til the baby's born
I'll be your roadside angel
And walk with you through life
She was his roadside angel
He was her guiding light
They drove south from New York city
To Gainesville, Florida
And settled for two summers
There with Marc and Maya

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He loved her from the moment he saw her
At the top of the electric theatre stairs
Wrapped in his loving arms she lay
Listening to Stevie she flew away
She flew away

chorus

(featuring Joe Henry)
(written by Julia Fordham)

Allelu
Alleluia
I made it through
The day without you
Just a day
Another day
But I'm on my way
For a hushed sweet moment
Everything made sense
And all my misplaced judgements
Were awash with innocence
For a hushed sweet moment
It felt like time stood still
I only know I love you
And that I always will
By the shore
Near the harbor
A distant light
Shines on the water
Just a light
Oh distant light
Guide me through the night

chorus

An Alleluia chorus
Rang out across the waves
I have not gone the distance
But I am on my way

chorus

Alleluia

Don't ask me why
I'm running out of laughter
There's tears in these eyes
not happy ever after

And I thought it was plain to see
And I thought the whole world could be
And I thought we'd be happy ever after

You could say that
I'm living in a pipe dream
It's just looking back
things are never what they seem

And I hope I can safely say
And I hope most things go my way
And I hope they'll be happy ever after

Down in Southern Africa
no happy ever after
Not now, but soon forever
While they're sitting comfortably
In that white winter city
How can we be happy ever after

Um by yay
Est ce le South Africa

So don't ask me why
I'm running out of laughter
There's tears in these eyes
not happy ever after

And I thought it was plain to see
And I thought that maybe you and me
And I thought we'd be happy ever after

Um by yay
Um by yay
Um by yay
Um by yay

Um by yay
Est ce le South Africa

Um by yay
Um by yay
Um by yay
Um by yay

Um by yay
Est ce le South Africa

When there's comfort in pleasure and pleasure in pain
And I'm wondering if I'll see you again
No tangled emotions dragging us down
And the texture of your voice the sweetest sound

I'm gonna wrap you up and take you home with me
Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah
Treasured in my heart under lock and key.

When there's nothing to hold you, or holding you back
No chains of attachment, only basic facts
No strangled devotions, hemming us in
And the taste of your smile was the sweetest thing

I'm gonna wrap you up and take you home with me
Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah
Treasured in my heart under lock and key

Under lock and key, my precious moments
My precious memories, and you know, and you know
I ain't never, never, I ain't never gonna let them go

Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah

When there's comfort in pleasure and pleasure in pain
And I'm wondering, wondering if I'll see you again
No tangled emotions, dragging us down
And the texture of your voice the sweetest sound

I'm gonna lock you up and take you home with me
Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah
Treasured in my heart under lock and key.

Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah

don't tell me to stop crying
please just hold me while I do
soothe me with your silence
and just cradle me to you
don't push me for my reasons
or expect me to explain
how can I in five minutes
shift a lifetime's hidden pain

CHORUS
don't tell your girlfriend about me
cause your girlfriend won't like girls like me
don't tell your girlfriend about me
if you just hold me
hold me
hold me

I went to see a psychic
and I paid for good advice
she said forget a romance
til you've sorted out your life
be your own father and your mother
and your sister and brother
and even try to crack the art
of being your own lover

CHORUS

in my darkest hour you'll be mine
least while these dreams are no crime
or are they
(girlfriend)
I'm in my proper place I believe
an overabundance
you see, you told me
(girlfriend)

don't tell me to stop crying
please just hold me while I do
soothe me with your silence
and just cradle me to you
don't push me for my reasons
or expect me to explain
how come I stay unhappy
til the ending of my pain

CHORUS

I cried the Solent, the Tyne, the Severn and the Rhine
The Thames and the Seine over again
But

I won't be crying anymore, a lake of tears like I shed
before
For you, only for you

The Ganges, the Clyde, the Amazon, the Nile
The Avon, the Trent, the tears that I spent!
But

I won't be crying anymore, all these tears like I shed
before
For you, only for you

A sea of love runs deep in these veins
Flooding my heart with anger and pain
The depth of reason, a wave of regret
But the times that we had I'll never forget

But I won't be crying anymore, all these tears
like I shed before, for you, only for you,
Only for you, only for you, only...

Genio!

You would have to be a genius to work out what it is with us
And I'm no budding genius so what would I know?
You would have to have a first degree to understand the history
Or study anthropology, so what would I know?

I know that in South America, they're burning down the trees
Stoking up the fires of Western industries
And you would have to be a genius to work out what
it is with us, and I'm no budding genius, but some things
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know!

Voca teria que ser un genio
Para saber o que se passa com a gente
Mas eu nao sou em genio
Entao o que sei eu?

Voce tem que ter un diploma
Para entender a historia
Ou estudar anthropologia
Entao o que sei eu?

I know that in South America, they're burning down the trees
Stoking up the fires of Western industries
And you would have to be a genius to work out what
it is with us, and I'm no budding genius, but some things
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know...

What chance did I stand? How could I resist?
Your American arms and your French kiss
From New York to London, London to New York
With this broken heart so British

Ooh ooh yeah yeah
As broken as the Manhattan skyline

Ooh ooh yeah yeah
As broken as the fragments of my mind
My mind my mind

New York to London...yeah

Now our love is lying like some troubled land
Now you are my Ireland, and I'm your 'Nam
From New York to London, London to New York
With this broken heart so British

Ooh ooh yeah yeah
As broken as the Manhattan skyline

Ooh ooh yeah yeah
As broken as the fragments of my mind
My mind my mind

I should cry more tears for Israel
Instead of dwelling in my own hell
And my love and my world's plight
They're still giving me sleepless nights

What chance did I stand? How could I resist?
Now this broken this broken this broken heart...
So British

Ooh ooh yeah yeah
As broken as the Manhattan skyline

Ooh ooh yeah yeah
As broken as the fragments of my mind

(Repeat chorus; ad lib to fade)

You make me feel vulnerable and totally exposed
You make me feel like a teenager dressed in a woman's clothes
And I ask you, and I ask you, where do we go from here?

All my life, I've been the one who's big and strong for everyone
Then you come along, a towerblock for me to lean on.
And I ask you, where do we go from here?

You've got me so I'm curling like a kitten in your hand
You've got me so I'm clawing like a tiger caged and bound
And I ask you, and I ask you, where do we go from here?

All my life, I've been the one who's big and strong for everyone
Then you come along, a towerblock for me to lean on.
And I ask you, where do we go from here?

All my life, I've been the one who's always there for everyone
And now I know you've let me down, will it always be
That I'm the only towerblock for me?

Your lovely face, your lovely face, your lovely...

I'm standing in my kitchen, I'm driving in my car
Lying on my bed in my room wondering where you are
I keep meaning to call you, but I never find the time
Doesn't mean to say that you're not weaving through my mind!

What I wouldn't do right now to see your lovely face
What I wouldn't do right now to see your lovely face
What I wouldn't do right now to fill in all this space
That I've gone and built just for myself.

Sitting in this restaurant, I'm running 'round some park
Swimming in some clear blue water wondering where you are
I keep meaning to tell you that things aren't what they seem
Doesn't mean that you're not weaving through my dreams!

What I wouldn't do, what I wouldn't do,
What I wouldn't do right now to see your lovely face...

Your lovely face, your lovely face, your lovely
Your lovely face, your lovely, your lovely face

Smiling on the ocean, I'm flying through the air
You know I'm travelling so much travelling these days
Then what should I, should I care?
Finally arriving where I was born to be
Doesn't mean to say your lovely face can't be with me...