Lyrics

I Know

G                   F6
Looks as though the sky is wounded
Em                    Dm6(NO 5TH)
The way it cries it’s tears as I did
C                     Bm7-maj7
The wind just gave a sigh, as if
Am7-6     G
To say I know
G                   F6
The clouds seem to follow my path
Em                    Dm6(NO 5TH)
I once was whole but now I’m just half
C                     Bm7-maj7
Old friends turn away and laugh
Am7-6     G
I told you so
Bb     F/A  G#           Gaug  G
Now I know just how the moon feels
Bb          F/A  G#                   Gaug  G
Chasing the sun, in time to watch the earth steal
G#               G
It away,  Day after day.
G                   F6
What colour was the dress you wore today
Em                    Dm6(NO 5TH)
Feel I need some rest but my heart won’t stay
C                     Bm7-maj7
Safe inside my chest, it seems to say
Am7-6     G
To say I know.

Swings and Roundabouts

You may think that I am just a poor romantic fool
Well if that’s what I seem to be I am ‘n’ I hope that you’ll
Listen while I sing
What you gain on a roundabout you lose on a swing.
Maybe I tried to hard or read too much
into a simple phrase, or a single touch
But listen while I sing
What you gain on a roundabout you lose on a swing
I only met yesterday but I can’t forget you anyway I try….I
I…I,
Thought that maybe you were the one
Who could take me show me the sun and
make it right, shine the light.
It’s easy to stand and mock but what happens when
You fall for someone who won’t fall will you then
Listen while I sing
What you gain on a roundabout you lose on a swing.
I only met yesterday but I can’t forget you anyway I try….I
I…I,
Thought that maybe you were the one
Who could take me show me the sun and
make it right, shine the light.
You may think that I am just a poor romantic fool
Well if that’s what I seem to be I am ‘n’ I hope that you’ll
Listen while I sing
What you gain on a roundabout you lose on a swing.

 Home Again

(VERSE 1)
Twice around the horn
The captain said to me
Then we’ll head back home
Towards more friendly seas

(VERSE 2)
No more slapping sails
No more ropes that burn
Green hills instead of waves
Oh how I yearn
(MIDDLE)
To feel the land beneath my feet
To see those once so hated streets
(CHORUS)
Home again
I’m going home again
But will my home be the same
Home again
I’m going home again
But will my home be the same
(VERSE 3)
All things have to change
Nothing can stay the same
And so I changed my life
With changed age and name
(MIDDLE)
So I could run away to sea
It’s not the place I thought that it would be
(CHORUS)
Home again
I’m going home again
But will my home be the same
Home again
I’m going home again
But will my home be the same
(BRIDGE)
Will they welcome me with open arms
Will it be a case of prodigal’s return
Will they just be glad I’ve meet on harm
Has the light gone out at last
Or does the candle still burn
(CHORUS)
Home again
I’m going home again
But will my home be the same
Home again
I’m going home again
But will my home be the same

Take Love as it Comes

(C2nd = second inversion i.e. Bb third fret)

VERSE 1 C2nd/D                         Bm/D
They seem to think we’ve left it too late
C3rd/D                G3rd/D
Why can’t they realise
Am32nd/D Amsus2 2nd/D Am2nd/D    Gsus2 G G6
We’re not like all the other loves cause
Em7                      A7
Love’s not just for the young.
(Chorus)
C         C/B   C/A C/D   G Gmaj7/F#
And we have only just begun
Em7              Bm7
To live our lives together
C                     C/B   C/A C/D   G
And take love as it comes
VERSE 2 C2nd/D                       Bm/D
They seem to think we’re far too old
C3rd/D                G3rd/D
I bet they’re gonna be surprised
Am32nd/D Amsus2 2nd/D Am2nd/D    Gsus2 G G6
Cause all the other special loves weren’t
Em7                      A7
as special as this one
(Chorus)
C              C/B   C/A C/D   G Gmaj7/F#
And we have only just begun
Em7              Bm7
To live our lives together
C                     C/B   C/A C/D   G
And take love as it comes
(Bridge)
C     C/B           C/A    D                        G
Johnny said she’s old enough to know better
Bm                 E7
But Maggie knows, she says
Bm      Bm/A      Bm/G#     E7    C          D
If she wants to go, we should let her
Em7                              A7
If she wants to go so much
Em7                   A7                      Am7
That nothing you can say can touch her let her go
D                                        G
She’s old enough to know
VERSE 3 C2nd/D                        Bm/D
They seem to think we should lose the taste
C3rd/D                G3rd/D
You sure know how to appetize
Am32nd/D Amsus2 2nd/D Am2nd/D    Gsus2 G G6
While we’re still trying, Love’s not dying
Em7                      A7
There’s still songs to be sung
(Chorus)
C            C/B   C/A C/D   G Gmaj7/F#
And we have only just begun
Em7              Bm7
To live our lives together
C                     C/B   C/A C/D   G
And take love as it comes

You Said You Loved Me

An Irregular Haiku
Only a moment ago
You said you love me
You said you love me

Whistling in the Dark

She said, Sing to me
So I sang her one more song
As the darkness gathered round me
And did surround me
It was as it was bound to be.
She said, Play again
The one about your broken heart
The one where you try to explain
It all away as just a game
Can’t even remember her name.
You’re just
Whistling in the dark
Singing in the rain
Trying not to hurt again
By denying the pain
Holding up some truths
To let the light shine through
Who said shine until tomorrow
I guess it wasn’t you
Who said shine until tomorrow
I guess it wasn’t you.
I can tell it’s true
No need to cloak it in poetic terms
Each lonely phrase is carved upon your face
Each line another fall from grace
Into this empty place.
Didn’t you know love can burn
Like a flame that sears the heart
Why do you think they call passion hot
It isn’t for what you have got
But for when you have not
You’re just
Whistling in the dark
Singing in the rain
Trying not to hurt again
By denying the pain
Holding up some truths
To let the light shine through
Who said shine until tomorrow
I guess it wasn’t you
Who said shine until tomorrow
I guess it wasn’t you.

 

Look at Me

Look at me, see the man that love you
Look my way, see someone who cares
Someone who will want you
Somebody to share
You came to me, and gave my life a reason
Changed the shape of everything I do
Gave me all I needed
just by being you.
Who could say how long our life will last together
People fall both ways so easily
But none the less I hope that we will last forever
So much to do
So much to see
So much to be
for you and me.
I’ll be here, I’ll be right behind you
Every step, every inch of the way
Somebody to fall back upon
Somebody to make it OK
If you find, you ever need a lover
I’ll be here to ease your every care
And if you feel you just need a friend
Call me and I’ll be there
08.Nothing But Missing You
1. You said it would pass
Given time it would fade away
So I gave it one more day
2. And just like the last
Felt my world just slip away
Nothing to do nothing to say(Just another lonely day)
3. Whatever I feel
You said time alone will heal
I’m doing time with no appeal
4. Wherever I go
I have to hold my head so low
I feel like everybody knows(They’re all saying so)
Chorus:
   No one to blame no one to call your name
   (Nothing but a song)
   Nothing is wrong
Nothing left to do
Nothing but missing you
Inst:
Repeat 1 & 2
Break
Inst out

Sorry I Can’t Love You Anymore

Thought I’d write you a love song
To sing when we’re alone
The ideas come into my head
The rhyming and the tone
It shouldn’t be this easy
But I guess it just depends
If you can’t wait till it’s over
Or you hope it never ends
I could write about the morning
How the light shines through your hair
Or about how in the evening
I come home and hope you’re there
Or about all my tomorrows
How I’d trade them all instead
Just to hear your gentle breathing
On the pillow by my head
Chorus:
But it’s been said before
The same old tired score
I’m sorry I can’t love you anymore
What it comes to in the end is
I hope you’ll understand
Put my heart into this message
And you hold it in your hand
You can hold them very closely
You won’t hurt them they’re just words
You can change them round to suit
Or you can make them seem absurd
Chorus:
But then you’ve heard before
The same old tired score
I’m sorry I can’t love you anymore
I’m sorry I can’t love you anymore
I’m sorry I can’t love you anymore

Turn Around Now

Don’t say goodbye
When you mean hold me
Would I be asking why
If you had told me.
Just a question of time
Before these doubts all disappear
And you realise that I’m
Gonna be right here.
Beneath all those tears
I know that there’s a smile
Out of so many years
It held my heart for a while.
If you turn around now
I would give you everything
I’d make you dance then I’d take a bow
Then I’d make you sing.
If you turn around now
I will give you everything
I’d make you dance then I’d take a bow
Then I’d make you sing.
Maybe in your mind
You know the reasons
Is it such a crime
To change like the seasons.
There must be more
Or is that all you’ve got to say
As you slowly close the door
And walk away.

Only a Heartbeat Away

You say you’re the famous type
You’re off to the big city lights
With your pearly teeth and your golden tan
You say you’ve been too long sad
And you’re missing what you never had
So you’re gonna find it if you can
But wherever you go
I just want to say
Whatever you do
I’m only a heartbeat away
Times gonna tell
If it’s losers who pay
You don’t need me now
But I’m only a heartbeat away.
You say it’s time to turn a page
You got the taste up on that stage
When you were the downtown beauty queen
But fairytales and footlights
Have a way of blinding sights
So when you’ve played your final scene
wherever you go
I just want to say
Whatever you do
I’m only a heartbeat away
Times gonna tell
If it’s losers who pay
You don’t need me now
But I’m only a heartbeat away.
Only a heartbeat away
Only a heartbeat
Heartbeat away
I’m only a heartbeat away.

Sweet Words, Soft Music

(Verse 1)

You lay in his arms for the first time tonight
His hands touch soft the way a child’s do
He pulls you close to kiss your mouth Then you hold on tight
Works to your ear and says “I love you”

(Chorus)

Could have been those, sweet words, soft music
Or just the lights being low,
Could have been those, unheard nuances,
in the way he said “Hello”

(Verse 2)

She gives all she’s got, he takes all he can,
But he still leaves some behind.
She gives ’cause she’s a woman, He takes ’cause he’s a man,
It’s not the way it was in her mind.

(Chorus)

Could have been those, sweet words, soft music
Or just the lights being low,
Could have been those, unheard nuances,
in the way he said “Hello”

(Verse 3)

Again you see him, you know, he’s been talking ’bout you
And not about what he had said that night,
And then you start to wonder if what he said was true
How he’d give anything to hold you tight

(Chorus)

Could have been those, sweet words, soft music
Or just the lights being low,
Could have been those, unheard nuances,
in the way he said “Hello”

(Bridge)

He said you’re alright but you’re nothing special,
You know you could have been if he’d just let you,
It takes a bow to play a violin,
As you’re about to go he’s giving in.

(Chorus)

Could have been those, sweet words, soft music
Or just the lights being low,
Could have been those, unheard nuances,
in the way he said “Hello”

 

I’ll Bring You Flowers

You bring me love
You bring me hope
You bring the reason
That I can cope

(Chorus)

And I’ll bring you flowers
Bright pretty flowers for you
I’ll give you diamonds
A bright sparkling diamond or two

You bring me sunshine
You bring me life
You bring the yearning
That cuts like a knife

(Chorus)

And I’ll bring you flowers
Bright pretty flowers for you
I’ll give you diamonds
A bright sparkling diamond or two

You bring the ending
That must come in time
Don’t leave me alone here
Don’t leave me behind

(Chorus)

And I’ll bring you flowers
Bright pretty flowers for you
I’ll give you diamonds
A bright sparkling star or two

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