SONG III (SK/HM/JP)

The same sea that washes the sand on the shore

Has swept me away, you won't see me no more

Though I'll still keep in touch, it won't be the same

I'm sorry that I changed your name

Don't give me your sorry, don't give me the sea

And don't try to tell me what you made me be

It's your feet that drag you and you hold the knife

So make the cut clean and get on with your half-life

Smoke fills the shadows of shapes that remain

Luck laughs the last in this terrible game

I know you're sad now at these stupid things

Some set sail in a sea of sins... and nobody wins

I'm off on adventures my fortune to find

I'm sorry that I have to leave you behind

I'm sure that you'll see it's all for the best

Love to your family, our friends and the rest

I won't pass your love on – it's not mine to give

Just leave me to think of a new way to live

Enjoy your adventures – I'm sure you'll be fine

Here's hoping your journey's as pleasing as mine...

Smoke fills the shadows of shapes that remain

And luck laughs the last in this terrible game

I know you're sad now at these stupid things

Some set sail in a sea of sins... and (guess what) nobody wins

ANTIBIKE (HM)

I've never been a traveller

I'm not the rambling kind

Don't need to sleep in stations

Just to expand my mind

I'll take the short road every time

Don't need no big adventure

No guide book by my bed

Don't want to smile for strangers

I'll stay right here instead

There's room for roaming in my head

Just one thing moves me And I'll go anywhere

Yeah, when my baby calls me...

I'm there

Forget those first class tickets

Don't give me sights to see

I'm not tempted by the ocean

True exploration's free

And this corner's big enough for me

But there's one reason

I'd leave it all, I swear

Yeah, when my baby calls me...

I'm there

WASTE OF ANGELS (HM)

It's not so much the lies, or the times you could’ve lied

It's not so much the wasted nights when she waited and wondered and waited

And it's not so much how she cried, or the way she held it in

After all, it's only time, and she'll get through and she'll lose you and move on

It's just

Such a waste of an angel, as if you see them every day

Such a waste of an angel, to crush her wings and watch her walk away

You can save your stupid tears, they don't suit you anyway

And you can get up off your knees, you're forgiven and forgotten and forgiven

And you have no right to care, you have no right to ask

But the scars on her shoulders will heal and she will fly away and leave you

With just

Such a waste of an angel, as if you see them every day

Such a waste of  an angel, to crush her wings and watch her walk away

THE BIG DIPPER (JP)

Well I live underneath the Big Dipper

And she’s dipped for me tonight

I live beneath the Dig Dipper

And everything seems right

Sometimes she just makes me feel small

But that’s just what she does

As long as I live with her

I’ll be big as I want

We all got the right to live

And a tendency to die

As long as I can see those stars

I’m flying tonight

If you don’t play their stupid games

You can never lose

Keep yourself out of the loop

And keep the right to choose

Because the world is so big, and we are so small

The world is so big, are we here at all?

NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL (SK/HM)

You can tell me baby what you really want

You can call me names or you can turn me on

But I'm not that kind of girl

You can build me bridges, you can buy me things

White gold anklets and diamond earrings

But I'm not that kind of girl

I want cats in the cradle and dogs on the hearth

A cup of tea and a nice warm bath

I'm not saying that some girls are easily led

But they want tiaras and I want a shed

You can feed me cocktails and vodka ice

You can take me to clubs and make me feel nice

But I'm not that kind of girl

You can dress me in Prada and uncomfortable shoes

Show me your six pack and all four of your tattoos

But I'm not that kind of girl

I want sofas to lie on and people to love me

I don't want to go to heaven, ‘cos there's nothing above me

I'm not keeping score of the things that I'm owed

I want a five goal thrashing at Portman Road

You can tell me about your amazing career

Your new fast car, well I've heard it all up to here

I'm not that kind of girl

So if you're thinking I sound like an easy ride

Well, you're missing the point and you'd know if you tried

That I'm not that kind of girl

So I don't want diamonds, but I do want stuff

And your credit isn't half enough

I'm not that kind of girl

You can keep your cards and you can keep your gold

I don't want your money, but I want your soul

I'm just that kind of girl

I'm just that kind of girl

I'm not your kind of girl

OPHELIA (HM)

I know you won't believe

In anything I say

But you're the sweetest thing

And it's the last night of the play

No matter what comes next

No matter where you go

You were the sweetest thing

In the whole damn show

You couldn't hurt a soul if you tried

Maybe that's why you've been burned, betrayed and lied to

It's just a bloody world

And it's a low down night

But you're the sweetest thing

And you will be alright

There's a thread of steel that runs right through you

It's there in every scene that happens to you

It's just a bloody world

And it's a low down night

But you're the sweetest thing

And you will be alright

ON THE CONTRARY (HM)

Little Mary's grown up fast and she's the first to know

We all watch her make herself and we see her garden grow

We all drape her with concern, she just shrugs it to the ground

She can choose her own clothes now and she doesn't need us to bring her down

She's found a new game and it's better than the rest

She thinks it’s easy, because she knows that she's the best

And it's the right time, the right time to begin

But there's a long long way to go

And there's a few more dice to throw before Mary wins

Little Mary does it well; you should hear the things they say

But she won't bow down for the crowd, she doesn't need them anyway

And I tell her “Take everything you need

Don't be afraid to choose

Everything's there for you and you alone and you've got nothing to lose”

Little Mary's on her own now, she's got everything she needs

She's found another garden now, and its sown all over with magic seeds...

THEN THERE WAS SUNSHINE (JP)

It was dark, a lonely place

I couldn’t see the life in front of my face

The machines clicked and whirred

I shouted and screamed but I could not get heard

Then there was sunshine, out of the blue

And it seemed to come from you

Somehow, sometime, if it’s true

There’ll be sunshine for you

Every time I tripped or fell

With a finger to your mouth you said you’d never tell

And if the king retired in pain

You plucked him out of my dreams and stood him up again

It was dark, a lonely place

I couldn’t see the life in front of my face

Those machines clicked and whirred

I shouted and screamed but it was you that got me heard

And there was sunshine, out of the blue

And it came from you

Somehow, sometime, if it’s true

There’ll be sunshine for you

FOREVER (HM)

Sometimes when another day has turned

He thinks of the bridges he has burned

And she sees the reflection in his eyes

And he comforts her with old, familiar lies

And sometimes, when the kids are lost in bed

Dreams and visions crowd into her head

And he asks her “Are you tired babe? Come over here...”

And she tells herself it's good that he is near

Safe in the warmth of the arms that they know

Clutching the life they have made

Forever

And sometimes, when she's on a stranger's street

She wonders if the circle's too complete

And she thinks of the shapes she could have made

And he thinks of the games he should have played

Tracing the paths that they left long ago

Knowing they're all barred and closed

Forever

But then sometimes all the soft years melt away

Leaving them with one exquisite day

And all the other lives just disappear

All they need is now and it's all here

Forever

LEAVES (HM)

Almost perfect

She can take you where you know you ought to be

To get there, to feel her

You could lose yourself in a simpler ecstasy

But the almost breaks you

Just before she takes you

And so you choose the door

Like the time before before

And you know all this leads to

The best thing that never happened to you

She lives, and she breathes

Through each line and you know the poet can't be wrong

He made her, and told her

Spent his life without her, he sold her for a song

And you fool you bought her

Or maybe you caught her

And as the idea fills you

Each not her half kills you

And you know all this leads to

The best thing that never happened to you

ANOTHER HAPPY DAY (HM/MW)

 I know you're tired of hearing this, but it's too much work to lie

I can give you pain and grief and stuff but I just can't bring that tear to my eye

The first one was a little mad

But there's no more mileage to be had

And so I stand up here and say

I'm sorry but I've had another happy day

It may not be your fantasy, but you don't know where I go

It's warm and wild and keeps me sane; it's all I know, all I need to know

It's an ordinary wonderful

An earthly kind of magical     

And so I stand up here and say

I've had another happy day

When I lay me down to sleep

I give you all I have to keep

So if I die before I wake

There's nothing anyone can take away

I've had my happy day

Please criticise and strengthen my resolve not to get involved

It’s yourself you despise, dodging lies and bouncing off the walls

Here use my last free ticket to therapy, you will never see the back of me

Hard times and half-empty glass people they will never get the best of me

I’m gonna have my happy day

AND THEM PESKY BONUS TRACKS.....

SMALL TOWN (SK) 

I can't say I'm not disappointed when I think of you 

There was so much more we should have been able to do 

When it comes to commitment you say you wrote the book 

But you just turned and left me here without a second look

It's a small town but we can make it shine 

It's just a half heartbeat away some day I'll make it mine 

All the rivers run into the sea 

You're no river but you still ran away from me

I guess it wasn't meant to be, I didn't know it at the time 

And as for you your majesty, I couldn't make you mine 

It's not for want of trying though you believe the worst 

You felt you had to run back to the boy who had you first

Take some time out, you and I reflect 

I'm still living here in the town you wrecked.

TUMBLE (JP) 

You know what they say

About wanting the impossible

It's a blind admiration

That respects the man who has it all

It's so easy to tumble, easy to fall

To slide into the depths or into nothing at all

Easy to fall from grace while grabbing for the prize

Remember as your life appears before your weeping eyes

There was a man who built an empire

And gave it his own name

Another rich and royal

They had to come down all the same

Though it's tempting to be spiteful

It's no crime to feel bereaved

Shed a tear for the powerful

And all the silent suffering that they conceived

To stand up and cry 'Help!'

Letting loose the dogs of war

It's such a hollow victory

That only leaves you wanting more...and more...and more