Kite

(kirsty maccoll)

I must have been driving all day
But i'm getting no further away
All these towns look the same
And the rain is falling in my eyes
Take me away
See all my friends for a day
It's strange but it's true
I'm no longer hurting without you

I'm no victim to pity and cry for
And you're not someone i'd lay down and die for

I was seeing the world through your eyes
There was not much left not to despise
It's a shame but it's true
I started to feel things like you do

But i'm not tearing my heart out for you dear
And when you wake up i won't even be here
Sod all your funny little ways
They don't make me laugh these days any more

I'm no victim to pity and cry for
Or some sad lonely encounter the night before

I'm no victim to pity and cry for
From some sad desperate collision the night before
No i'm not tearing my heart out for you dear
And when you wake up i'll be miles away from here
Baby, i know

(kirsty maccoll/pete glenister)

'mother's ruin'
She said to herself
'i'm just screwing my own mental health'
But fridays and saturdays
She walks down those alleyways
A latter day lady of the lamp

How you doing?
You ain't from round here
Won't you come in?
I'm really not scared-
'cause fridays and saturdays
I still do it anyways
And anything is better than out here

Now don't wake me up again
Don't let me feel anything
But when you go
Let me dream that i go with you
So i won't cry myself dry anymore

Mothers ruin
Their own little girls
Keep them dreaming
There's more to this world
But turn her the other way
And every day's father's day
He stays until there's nothing left to say

But don't wake me up again
Don't let me feel anything
But when you go
Let me dream that i go with you
So i won't cry myself dry anymore

Now don't wake me up again
Don't let me feel anything
But when you go
Let me dream that i go with you
So you won't make my heart ache anymore
Leave the light on and don't shut the door

(morrissey/marr)

If you're wondering why
All the love that you long for eludes you
And people are rude and cruel to you
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
But you wouldn't believe me

You just haven't earned it yet baby
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
You just haven't earned it yet baby
And i'm telling you now

If you're wondering why
When all i wanted from life was to be famous
I have tried for so long it's all gone wrong
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why

Today i am remembering the time
When they pulled me back and held me down
And looked me in the eyes and said

You just haven't earned it yet baby
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must stay on your own for slightly longer
You just haven't earned it yet baby
And i'm telling you now

You just haven't earned it yet baby
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
Suffer and cry
You must suffer and cry for slightly longer
Suffer and cry
You must suffer and cry for a longer time

(anna mcgarrigle/philip tatartcheff)

Moi, j'me promene sur ste cath'rine
J'profite d'la chaleur du metro
J'ne regarde pas dans les vitrines
Quand il fait trente en d'ssous d'zero

Y'a longtemps qu'on fait d'la politique
Vingt ans de guerre contre les moustiques

Je ne me sens pas intripide
Quand il fait fret j'fais pas du ski
J'ai pas d'motel aux laurentides
Le sunday c'est l'soir du hockey

Y'a longtemps qu'on fait d'la politique
Vingt ans de guerre contre les moustiques

Faut pas car que j'suis une imbecile
Parce que j'chauf pas une convertible
La gloire c'est pas mal inutile
Aux prix du gas c'est trop penible

Y'a longtemps qu'on fait d'la politique
Vingt ans de guerre contre les moustiques

On s'est sous frappe cs s'adonne
On a toujours eu du bon temps
Parce qu'on est sur la terre des hommes
Memes les femmes et les enfants

Y'a longtemps qu'on fait d'la politique
Vingt ans de guerre contre les moustiques
Croyez pas qu'on n'est pas chretiens
Le dimance on promene son chien

La la la la la la la la la

(kirsty maccoll/pete glenister)
It wouldn't take a long time
To explain what lies between us
And it wouldn't take a genius
To work out what the scene is
It might just take a pilot
To give you a natural high
But you're sending off those bottletops
For your 'free piece of mind!'
And are you just waving or drowning?
It's so hard to tell when you're so far away

Oh innocence has passed you by
A long long time ago
I was the fly upon your wall
And i saw what you know
Your pornographic priestess left you for another guy
You frighten little children and you always wonder why
Always wonder why

The mercury is rising
And it's not all that surprising
In the land of milk and honey
Where you make 'big money'
And it always keeps the rain off
And it always keeps you dry
But back home the people hate you
And you never did know why
But i think i'm going to tell you
Just give me fifty thousand lire for my thoughts

Oh innocence has passed you by
A long long time ago
I was the fly upon your wall
And i saw what you know
The supermarket checkout girl
Once smacked you in the eye
When you eat no one else does
But you always wonder why
Always wonder why

It would take a gunshot
Just to clear your head awhile
And after all this time
How can you stand there
Look at me and smile?

Now are you just waving or drowning?
It's so hard to tell when you're so far away

Oh innocence has passed you by
A long long time ago
I was the fly upon your wall
And i saw what you know
Degeneration suits you, now i'm going home to cry
You won't be seeing me again
But you'll always wonder why
Always wonder why

(kirsty maccoll/pete glenister)

Another time, another day
Another baby on the way
A dreamboy for your nightmare nights
Who never shouts and never fights
Happy with your 2.2
What else is there for you to do
But turn and wet the baby's head
And pray he will be happier than you or me?
That's how it's meant to be
It's called a lifetime
At first you never notice
Then the years go flying by and i say
Tread lightly in your dreams
They might come true for you tomorrow

Say sorry to the boys and girls
You're sorry for this bloody world
Sorry for the sick and old
And sorry for the lies you told
Sorry for the things i did
The thighs we should have left unsaid
And walked away instead of
Rubbing salt on all those open sores and wounds
We should have left to heal
I never knew just what to feel or to expect
I tried to stretch my mind but i'd just
Get my body wrecked and now i
Tread lightly in my dreams
They might come true tomorrow
And i don't sleep at night in case
I don't wake up tomorrow
I curse the day i met you
But i won't forget you
Not in my lifetime

Another time, another day
You'd never give your heart away
You'd never think and never cry
You'd look the devil in the eye
And tell him to be gone, bye bye
He'll never get you in this lifetime
He'd love to touch you but his hands are tied
So just tread lightly in your dreams
They might come true for you tomorrow
Tread lightly in your dreams
They might come true for you tomorrow
They might come true for you tomorrow
They might come true tomorrow

(kirsty maccoll)

Seven times in seven days
I've sat and wished my life away
I know the greyness comes and goes
But the sun don't shine
And the snow don't snow
There's suzy-ann with her tits and curls
Where mediocrity excels
For those vicious boys and their boring girls
You know it makes me sick but it's a bozo's world

Then there's always the cash
Selling yourself for some trash
Smiling at people that you cannot stand
You're in demand
Your fifteen minutes start now

City banker looks are in
The heartless heart, the chinless chin
And you'd spill your beans for just a pint of gin
How you got so holy
And became so thin

In sunday papers every week
The silly words you love to speak
The tacky photos and the phoney smiles
Well it's a bozo's world and you're a bozo's child

Then there's always the cash
Selling yourself for some trash
Smiling at people that you cannot stand
You're in demand
Your fifteen minutes start now

Then there's always the fame!
Autographs now and again
People who saw you on blankety blank
Or in the bank
Your fifteen minutes start now

(kirsty maccoll)

Some boys with warm beds and cold, cold hearts
Can make you feel nothing at all
They'll never remember and they'll never mind
If you're counting the cracks in the wall
They're quick and they're greedy
They never feel guilty
They don't know the meaning of hurt
The boots just go back on
The socks that had stayed on
The next time they see you
They treat you like dirt
The next time they treat you like dirt

Now don't come the cowboy with me sonny jim
I know lots of those and you're not one of them
There's a light in your eyes tells me somebody's in
And you won't come the cowboy with me

Don't be too rough on my cold, cold heart
It's all i've got left to me now
I fell out of favour with heaven somewhere
And i'm here for the hell of it now
Some girls play cowboys
And some boys play harder to get
But they're got just the same
They smile and say cheese
They're so eager to please
But they'll never remember your name
The names and the places all change

But don't come the cowboy with me sonny jim
I know lots of those and you're not one of them
There's a light in your eyes tells me somebody's in
And you won't come the cowboy with me

Did somebody tell you i'm lonely as hell?
I didn't expect you to know me so well
If i learned a lesson it's how to bounce back again
Sometimes i bounce off the wall
And sometimes my head hits the floor

So don't come the cowboy with me sonny jim
I know lots of those and you're not one of them
There's a light in your eyes tells me somebody's in
And you won't come the cowboy, oh
Don't come the cowboy with me sonny jim
I know lots of those and you're not one of them
There's a light in your eyes tells me somebody's in
And you won't come the cowboy with me