July

It’s warm outsideBut I can hear the snowFalling on my windowI had to go awayTo somewhere deeper downI know it’s my mistakeTo take off out of this townAnd June becomes July This road’s on fireAnd my train’s running slowIt rains against my windowI had to get awayTo somewhere no-one knowsI know it’s my mistakeTo take […]


Cool Cool Water

Cool cool water where I rest my head You keep me running to a single bed Yellow moon rising on the riverboat wild You keep me running like a child Yellow moon rising on the riverboat wild You keep me running like a child Bobby don’t know He’s got a funny way of seeing situations […]


One Of Those Days

And it looks like one of those days When my valentine ain’t so funny yeah Ain’t so funny yeah And it looks like one of those days When I’m holding the same old conversation Losing concentration And it looks like one of those days When I’m holding the same old conversation And it looks like […]


Emily Chambers

Emily Chambers would make it payEveryone knew she’d turn out that wayShe turned her back and she’ll be okayBut she’s not okay at all Every night with the radio onEmily fears that the day won’t comeThe moon is there to do her harmShe’s not all right at all Don’t get arrested Don’t buy a machine […]


Tele He's Not Talking

Tele he’s the one he knows what to say Knows how to find his own way He knows the roads by night and by doorways But watching the light in a hall Won’t change a thing or say at all What it is that he says Still he says that I don’t knowStill he says […]


Alibis

You told so many lies Your tongue is black with fireflies But you spit them out and pretend you’re sneezing And every word is such a joke With so many pasts you’d be ninety years old Don’t you wonder why the room keeps on leaving Hey, hey – what’s that I heard you say Don’t […]


Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days

Every morning traffic Every night I’ve had enough Every day compromise Life’s no surprise after much ‘Someday people’ lock themselves away Saving up for another empty Penny pinching rainy heaven day No-one talks at night They scream and fight and say too much My wife dreams all day My life says it has heard enough […]