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Some girls used to kiss and run
Never knew what they had done
Some girls always wasted time
Keep you hanging on the line
Some loved horses and always stayed at home
But the stainsby girls loved the rolling stones

Now some had games that you had to play
Making rules along the way
Strange attractions newly found
Pride and passion kicked around
Some girls stole your heart
Like most girls do
But a stainsby girls could break it in two

And i fell in love, i fell in love
I fell in love with a stainsby girl

Deepest water stainsby blue
Names and faces fade away
Memories here to stay

And i fell in love, i fell in love
I fell in love with a stainsby girl

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I'm driving home for christmas
I can't wait to see those faces
I'm driving home for christmas
Yea i'm moving down that line
And it's been so long
But i will be there
I sing this song
To pass the time away
Driving in my car
Christmas

Gonna take some time
Top to toe in tailbacks
Got red lights on the run
But soon there'll be a freeway
My feet on holy ground

So i sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When i get trough
And feel you near me
Driving in my car
Driving home for christmas
With a thousand memories

I take look at the driver next to me
He's just the same
Just the same

Top to toe in tailbacks
Got red lights on the run
Driving home for christmas, yea
Get my feet on holy ground

So i sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When i get trough
And feel you near me
Driving in my car
Christmas
Driving in my car
Driving home for christmas

I go to work in a bubble
I got everything i need
I get so high on no trouble
It's a great feeling, being free

I say a prayer at thanksgiving
I bless the night and the day
I look up to the sky with a smile on my face
And i praise the lord of the new way

The sweetest sound i ever knew
Was the sound of reason falling
Like the summer rain
And the truth washed the pain away
New way

I don't watch tv anymore
Don't need to see it now we all know the score
And all the politicians know what they're there for
It's a new way
New way

Now he wanted to fly all those big aeroplanes
Trans-continental and back home again
But his brain, it was grounded
His head could not cope
No qualifications, no reasons for hope

They told him the right way to fasten his tie
Beat him for laughing and never said why
They left his for dead when the results came through
And still never asked what he wanted to do

No qualifications so late in the day
We've screwed you up, well, now you make your own way

Now to label your trousers and label your shoes
If you don't wear nothing then label that too

No qualifications, you are the time born
If you wanna succeed you better get some qualifications
So late in the day
We've screwed you up, well, now you make your own way

Burlington zephyrs
And kenworths that pass in the night
Deltics and steamers and f88's in full flight
Old train take me back again
To the one that i love
Deltics

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I can't run
In your eyes there's no place left to hide
You've seen my every mystery just show itself and die
So i will fly before you
And all is all to see

Take my hand, understand, there're no more foolish dreams
So many things we just can't share
Are standing in between
So i will fly before you
And all is all to see

I will always want you near in the shallow lights of day
No-one else will share my nights is all that i can say
And i will always want you
But i will always fly like a seabird

And i will always love you
But i will always fly

She's standing by the waterside, she's waiting for her man
On the evening wind, she hears the whistle blow
It's coming from the factory, she hears it every day
Her soft cheeks flush, he's on his way

They're going where the sun is shining
They're going for that silver lining
They're gonna work and make it pay

And she say 'mmm, well, one fine day
Spread those wings, fly away'
Now i don't lie, no, cold wind and rain
Gonna sail away one fine day

Now hope, it springs eternally
At least that's what they say
Boy, it gets hard to feel that way

When he sees his little darling hide
The tear with a smile
He say 'come here baby, now don't you cry'

Misty eyes on a misty day
Come across a place like this along your way
You walk straight in to that sweet and tender trap
And you know you're lost and found
And there ain't no going back
Spend the rest of your days playing all the hardest games
Just to get back to that place again
And memories oh how they stick to you
You know there ain't a thing, not a single thing you can do
On chisel hill

I've been ten thousand miles from this place and seen it i swear
I've woke up happy thinking that i was there
It's the place i love, it's where i wanna be
And i won't give up until i get to see
A little something in there to call my own
Pass the time of day and head off home
The evening shadows on the dry stone walls
The night draws in and the ale house calls
And happy i will be
When the road goes no further than what i see
When past here it's nowhere to go
And i ain't gonna give up until i get see
Those angel eyes looking up at me
The prince of peace and time is standing still
On chisel hill

Tangled dream and endless highways
Bang the drum in a foreign land
Sometimes i wonder what i'm chasing
When all i need is the touch of your hand
I've got no fixed abode out of own
Babe it gets so cold
Without your love i'm just a stone
And we all laugh and the jokes get wilder
Staying up, staying out
Drinking till you fade away in to the morning
And the strangest cold eats deeper still
Without you sweet kiss i'm gone forever
Without your touch i've no control
Without your love i'm just a looser
Without your love i'm just a stone

Set my sails out on a sunny day
Pretty soon i was on my way
Though what for sure it was
I could not say

Two thousand reasons
Maybe more
Eight hundred chances on faraway shores
Searching for something
Searching for more
Deep down inside me burning
Reasons for the learning

Now you can pick up reasons so easily
Where you've been and where you've got to be
And when the truth don't show you'll always see
Lots of reasons

And pretty soon you've got a heavy load
Dragging those reasons down an endless road
I got to thinking and i got to see
So many reasons coming at me

The one that leaves you high and dry
He says you still owe him, there's a reason why
He'll leave you crying till the tears run dry
He's the one, always the one with all the reasons
So many reasons the come and they go
The reasons for them i'll never know
I've seen so many, they've come and they've gone
I've turned all mine in and i'm happy with one

So don't talk of friendship, do it to me
Make me an offer and make it for free
Don't give me reasons 'cos i wrote that song
I only want love now so i'll just take the one

All summer long we were happy we were one
We didn't think of an ending to our play
All summer long nights of wine, days of song
It couldn't last, our ageing sun had to go
I will always remember you

Watching the waves in the wind
The beach dogs hiding from the rain
Suddenly my colours have turned to grey
Will i ever see your face again

And all winter long i will walk my lonely road
Waiting for you and your return
I will always remember you

It's a cold, cold feeling
On a real lazy wind
That blows all the way trough you
And the autumn begins

How it cuts like a sabre
How it chills to the bone
You've got cold feet and fingers
And you're thinking of home

If i put my arms around you
Take you in from the storm
From your autumn through winter
Darling i'll keep you warm

My overcoat's empty
Deep, wide and long
I got room for you darling
Till your winter, till your winter has gone

I see you laughing up at me, and i can't hide
What it is that you can see
I guess that's why
I'm holding out my love for you
And when you turn it around
In different ways
The answers turn around and fly away

I see you laughing up at me
And i can't hide
What it is that you can see
I guess that's why
I'm holding out my love for you

A lifelong history
Of trust in vain
I lead the fools' parade
Out in the rain

I see you laughing up at me
'cos you don't seem to care
But oh how happy i can be
When you are there

That's why i'm holding out
My love for you

Standing in the half light, wondering if you can
There stands the priest of sinners, consolation in his hands
Though he prays he won't need it, he keeps it by his side
Waiting for the face up and the answer in her eyes
All while the music's playing a backdrop serenade
There's only one point of view
To be doing the things, things that lovers should do

Disco-queens in dancestep, moving face to face
All tangled up in neon don't think it's some disgrace
The blue western denim, the east coats razor edge
The european fashion, the leathers and re-threads
All while the music's playing a backdrop serenade
There's only one point of view
To be doing the things, things that lovers should do

Sometimes i think i go insane
So what's a boy supposed to do
Working just to pay my way
But baby when the day is through
Just wanna have a good time
Hey! i've got my shoe, shoes shined
I'm gonna dance, dance, dance

Walking down the city street
They don't like the kind of stuff i play
But feel that bass beneath your feet
Man don't take my only life away
Just wanna have a good time
Hey! i've got my shoe, shoes shined
I'm gonna dance, dance, dance
I'm scared when i wake up sometimes it gets so fast
I want it high and higher but it never lasts
And all i have starts friday night with my first drink
Don't tell me, don't say anything, don't wanna think
Just wanna dance

I'm a boat without an ocean
I'm a boat without a wave
I'm a sail without a strong wind
And i want someone to save, to save me

Teach me to dance

I'm a car without a driver
I'm a plane without a wing
I see you standing by my doorway
But i don't know how to let you in

Teach me to dance

I've been watching too much tv
I can't feel myself no more
I'm tired of all those macho movies
That ain't what this life is for

I don't want to hurt nobody
Just laughing, that's how i wanna be
'cos when that brick goes through that window
It don't make nobody free

Teach me to dance

Smile
You don't have to spend your days in clouds
Hiding from the sun
Take a look around and see
It's not that easy for anyone

Smile
You don't have to put that kind of stuff
On a friend like me
Or anybody else you see
So come on and smile

Rain comes falling down on everyone
Teardrops running from the sky
Too many nights are spent unspoken
Oh, dry your eyes

Smile
Cos you don't have to spend your days in clouds
Hiding from the sun
Take a look around and see
It's not that easy
Take a look around and smile

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She gave away all her love
No reason to keep it
She'd saved it for only one
But he didn't need it
And downtown the midnight circus
Hypnotised like a spinning top
Offering dreams, like the gloss magazines
She had so much to give so she gave it away

And all of the loves you've known
There must have been someone
Who gave you that starry night
And whose gonna point the finger
Only those who never known
She lost and she cried, the tears run dry
She had so much to give so she gave it away

Mary was like you and i
She remembers how she lay with him
But to the world she's just a drunken cheap trick
Red light side kick, an angel downtown

The priest calls her wednesdays
And shows her a wooden cross
He tells of the love he's found
She thinks of the one she lost
And downtown the midnight circus
Hypnotised like a spinning top
So easy to choose when there's nothing to lose
She had so much to give so she gave it away

Touch‚ d'amour
Yours is a sunny day
Of this i'm sure
Blowing my clouds away

I just don't know what this could do to me
I only want it to be
Touch‚ d'amour
Touch‚ d'amour
Sailing around the room like never before
Could never have come too soon
I want this dance to last forever
For it to last forever more
Touch‚ d'amour

Sing a song of love to me
Sing out, sing out
She's the one who made me free
Sing out, sing out

'cos she made me smile
And she made me love
Oh she made me laugh
And she made me dance
Bombo!

Little pearl inside the shell
Come out, come out
From deep down in my wishing well
Sing out, sing out

'cos you made me smile
And you made me love
And you made me laugh
And you made me dance

Bombo!

I could have stood to watch you walk away
And put it down to your uncertain ways
Or maybe baby you've had a change of heart
Maybe wanna make a brand new start
Crazy though what i say may seem
I could have learned to mend these broken dreams
You could have pushed i would have gently fell
I could have played the graceful one so well
What's that you say
You were gonna leave me anyway
Any fool can see, see what you've done to me
When your love turns to lies

The actor played the part of sweet desire
And tiptoed out upon the highest wire
The truth to tell upon a rope too thin
And so the fall of treachery begins
But oh to see the starlet's smiling face
So eagerly awaits to take the place
I tried to fall in a clean and graceful way
You could have said i would have given way

And i see him smile the way that i smiled
And i hear him laugh the way that i did
But i hear him screaming and i hear him cry
And i see him falling
When your love turns to lies

What's that you say
You were gonna leave me anyway
Any fool can see, see what you've done to me
When your love turns to lies

Morning light meet the day
Nervous eyes look both ways
And it just won't matter, spring or fall
There's bread to win and shots to call
And there ain't nobody out there
Just a wild uncertainty
It's in your stride but it ain't no fun
Sometimes i feel just like a hired gun
I feel just like a hired gun
Always on the run

And how it started, well you can't recall
Did someone push you, did someone stall
Whatever the reasons there was lots to learn
To get home safely and not get burned
And it's all so cold and empty
As you watch the setting sun
You've picked up every dirty trick
Just to keep yourself always on the run
And i feel just like a hired gun
Always on the run

I dream of comfort and friendship long
But i can't trust you or anyone
The scars still hurt me and i don't let them heal
Each one's a lesson, each one's a shield
And i may even love you dearly
And i loathe what i have to do
You see i've picked up every dirty trick
In my fear of you
'cos you make me feel just like a hired gun
Always on the run

You can go your own way
You can go your own way
It doesn't matter what the others say
'cos you can go your own way
You can go your own way

You've got a ring on your finger
A chain around your heart and your soul
Searching for an answer
Looking for your own control

Walk away from the leader
Walk away form the books
Walk away from the tv
Take a long hard look
And you can go your own way

I saw you coming
With that poison in your hand
Now you're acting kind of funny
Like you don't seem to understand

Stop complaining
You've been caught fair and square
I saw you coming
I was guarding you that day

I saw you coming
Golden rule, you disobeyed
You were too busy showing off
How you gave yourself away

Stop complaining
You've been caught fair and square
I saw you coming
I was guarding you that day
I saw you coming

Oh how i'd love it girl, just you and me
Take the day and fly
But oh this job, it's got the best of me
Tell you why, tell you why

Somebody above is in a desperate state
Some kind of urgency, the kind that won't wait
I say tomorrow, he say today
And the man in my head well he tell me no way
Keep working
I got eight little fingers and only two thumbs
Will you leave me in peace while i get the work done
Can't you see i'm working
Oh, oh i'm working on it
Oh, oh i'm working on it

Well they're coming from above me
And they're coming from below
Yea they're in there right behind me
Everywhere that i go
And my buddy, he's screaming down the telephone line
He say gimme, gimme, gimme
I say i ain't got the time
Oh, oh can't you see i'm working on it
Oh, oh i'm working on it
Yea, yea, oh tell 'em

How i'd love it girl, just you and me
Take the day and fly
But oh, this job it's got the best of me
Tell you why

Well they're coming from above me
And they're coming from below
Yea they're in there right behind me
Everywhere that i go
My buddy, he's screaming down the telephone line
He say gimme, gimme, gimme
I say i ain't got the time
Oh, oh can't you see i'm working on it
Oh, oh i'm working on it
Oh, oh i'm working
Oh, oh can't you see i'm working on it

Could it be just that i'm crazy
Could it be the way i feel this time of year
When a certain situation seems to bring the best out of me
I don't care

When she's standing close beside me
Something turns inside me
Brings my senses to the point of no return

And i don't know what it is but i love
And i don't know what it is but i want it to stay
And i love it

And it seems to be around me
Even though no-one can see
They seem to care
When a certain situation seems to bring the best out of me
I don't care

When she's standing close beside me
Something turns inside me
Brings my senses to the point of no return

And i don't know what it is but i love
And i don't know what it is but i want it to stay
And i love it

I can see him now, standing on a street corner
Pastel shades and a candy stripe parallel
Good time love, oh that i'd been much older
Go messing with the boys from the incrowd
But all i could do was wish them farewell

What's that strange music
What's that fully rhythm
They call it blue beat, but you can call it young love
You can call it tamla dream
Down at your local motown machine
I need to be loved
Down at your twisted wheel

And i can see that little stage
All the hands up in the air
Bombers and blues gonna see us through
Got my new lime suit mohair
With a single vent sixteen inch
Got my two-stroke wheels outside
We only need the high numbers now
And anything on stateside
Down at your twisted wheel

Well if you want me then just take my hand
And if you don't, i will understand
It's just a call from deep within my soul
The burning question, i have got to know

Take a message from love to love
Take it down, from love to love
Girl it's you i'm thinking of
I'll send this letter from love to love
And if i ask you will you take this dance
Please don't think you're taking some big chance
It's just a fire and it burns for you
You know there's one thing that you've got to do

Take a message from love to love
Take it down, from love to love
Girl it's you i'm thinking of
I'll send this letter from love to love

I'll share your secrets on a rainy day
'cos if you'll have me then we'll be away
Oh there's a fire and it burns for you
You know there's one thing that you've got to do

Take a message from love to love
Take it down, from love to love
Girl it's you i'm thinking of
I'll send this letter from love to love

I'm driving home for christmas
Oh, i can't wait to see those faces
I'm driving home for christmas, yea
Well i'm moving down that line
And it's been so long
But i will be there
I sing this song
To pass the time away
Driving in my car
Driving home for christmas

It's gonna take some time
But i'll get there
Top to toe in tailbacks
Oh, i got red lights on the run
But soon there'll be a freeway
Get my feet on holy ground

So i sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When i get trough
And feel you near me
I am driving home for christmas
Driving home for christmas
With a thousand memories

I take look at the driver next to me
He's just the same
Just the same

Top to toe in tailbacks
Oh, i got red lights on the run
I'm driving home for christmas, yea
Get my feet on holy ground
So i sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When i get trough
And feel you near me
Driving in my car
Driving home for christmas
Driving home for christmas
With a thousand memories