SONGS FROM THE BLUE HOUSE LYRICS
'TREE'
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BEARTOWN
ROAD (Kirk/Partridge) The
graveyard’s always full on mother’s day The driveway fills with leaves now, there’s no-one to sweep ‘em away And
every absent son acts all surprised The
camouflage can just disguise the teardrops in their eyes I’m
left here with that ring she wore You
won’t find me in the old house anymore Some
of us are harsh Some
of us are wise Some
of us are wrapped up, baby In
tissues, words and lies Those photo albums never lie Downloaded,
de-redeyed, coldly Stalinized But
look inside and you’ll see the pain From
all the way out here I guess I’m too numb to look again To
tell the truth I guess, I’m as guilty now as then But
I could not stay back and miss the boy I’ve been Some
of us are cruel Think
we’re being kind And
some of us just lucked out, baby Stone
cold out of our minds Hindsight
comes with perfect vision Are
you telling me I made the wrong decision?
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(DON'T
FEAR) THE REAPER
(Roeser) All
our times have come
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HER
(Mulley/Kirk/Partridge) You say that things have changed, but you're so in love with her You're feeling kind of strange, you're so in love with her Now nothing is the same, you're so in love with her It's just a crying shame, 'cos she's so-so And I know thats it's your call, and you're a big boy now You don't need my advice but I'll give it anyhow
Well I used to like your style but now you're so in love with her And I can't trust that smile, you're so in love with her And every time we speak, she's hiding somewhere near She's winding through your words and making things unclear
Don't let her take you, don't disappear Don't let her take you We need you here
I've heard all this before, you're so in love with her So don't tell me any more, you're so in love with her But when she breaks your heart (and trust me boy, she will) Just turn yourself around and find me waiting still
Don't let her take you, don't disappear Don't let her take you We need you here |
IN MY ARMS (Kirk)This could be the biggest ride The longest train, the best aside This could be the memory that lasts Shaking off the overcoat Of winters past and goodbye notes The stage is set, let's introduce the cast I don't believe you've ever met our leading lady - the coquette She dances well it's all part of her charms And you can see her later, she'll be in my arms The best joke you've ever heard The worst cliché, the longest word The biggest sum you ever had to add The brightest eyes, the biggest smile The shortest distance, longest mile The best time you think you ever had All of these begin to pale, you can't buy it's not for sale There's never cause for any great alarm And you can see her later, she'll be in my arms I hate to overstate the case, I guess I must have anyway I don't see it could do us any harm And you can see her later, she'll be in my arms. |
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SONG V (Kirk/Partridge) Lookin’
out over the Humber, bridges breakin’ down in the rain Posting
precious letters to Clarkson, driving to Del Amitri again Broken
white line through the fenland fields, sunrise over the hills Living
the dream on Gs and caffeine, fast food and little white pills Forty-seven
miles to Parkstone, got me a ticket to sail There
was a black dog howling, wind at my back, nowhere to run if I fail
Six
wheels good and the blacktop humming Can’t
seem to walk but I can’t stop running Big
metal blues is coming for me Out
of the Orwell and into the sea So
we jammed with the band in the ballroom, danced with the diva ’til
dawn I
woke up on the floor with feet in my face, not knowing what’s going
on We
were building a pyramid, building a pyre, watching the flames as they
burn Lost
on the street, drunk on my feet, not knowing which way to turn Six
wheels good and the blacktop humming Can’t
seem to walk but I can’t stop running Big metal blues is coming for me Out
of the Orwell and into the sea I
was kicking my heels in the hold-tank, looking back over the blue The
wind in my sails and my country tales are a sorry reflection of you The
end of a trip and I button my lip, a tale coming over the wire A
son of a gun with a band on the run, heartache here for hire Six
wheels good and the blacktop humming Can’t
seem to walk but I can’t stop running Big
metal blues is coming for me Out of the Orwell and into the sea |
KINGS
& GODS
(Mulley/Mears) Daily dreams die Idols fall easily That’s not so strange Everyone grows that way But every night the place in which they sleep becomes the world And he’s a king and she’s a god and nothing else exists at all That’s just how we survive Real life too cold Play the game, eyes closed We can fool them With our own truth And every night the place in which we sleep becomes the world And we are kings and we are gods and nothing else exists at all That’s just how we survive And every night the place in which we sleep becomes the world And we are kings and we are gods and nothing else exists at all That’s just how we survive That’s just how we survive So tell me how…do you...do you?
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INCREDIBLE
(Partridge) When
I look back I
can’t see through the tears There
are stories of good times From
those fateful years As
the candle slowly died There
was nowhere I could hide from myself Of
all the people in this show You
above them all should know I
wanted to be Incredible Unbeatable I
wanted to be The
faith I lost Is
still locked up in this vault And
in my weakest moments I
would tell you it was my fault In my own little way I
was going to say that I loved you If
I only had a year to live There’s
still only so much could give Peace
to you, wherever you are Success
to you, whatever you do May
your god go with you, whoever it is If you remember me, remember me like this |
KATY
DID
(Partridge)
Never about to amount to nothin’ There didn’t seem to be much that Katy did Plain Jane face with her nose all runnin’ She disappeared in the noise, that’s what Katy did But she could change her world with a wave of her wand No-one else could see, where they all blind? In a two-room shack beyond the back of nowhere much at all A humdrum humble home but Katy didn’t mind Twelve years old and four foot nothin’ A wire-tooth grin and heavy lids At the back of the schoolroom staring out the window Dreaming of another place where she could live You’d look in her eyes and she’d be somewhere far away You’d never ever hold her gaze for long She’d melt away into the grey and keep it all inside She didn’t get the attention, and that was fine Twenty years old and five-foot somethin’ With a voice made in heaven she could sing - Katy did Well she grabs your soul and starts a-squeezing She found out she could do it so that’s what Katy did She can break your heart with a wave of her hand As the boys in the band take her off to somewhere new She struts the boards and takes the chords to places they’ve never been They said she never would but Katy did |
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LITTLE
LIES (Partridge) You
don’t really want to leave the
evening in its infancy No-one
wants to be alone, the dark cannot be company But
don’t say anything Don’t
even breathe those little lies It’s
taken me all day to
chase and catch this moment But
I see I have to let you go; drift on, drift on homewards But
don’t say anything You
don’t believe those little lies You
left your coat behind Don’t
say anything Don’t
even breathe what you don’t believe And you know leaving’s just a little lie |
DON'T
LOSE (Partridge) Fare
thee well and don’t lose Through
each ditch and blood-bruise Charm
your way and love each day Fare
thee well and don’t lose When
you’re gone oh don’t lose Though
they’re aiming at you Dodge
the slings and arrows too Fare
thee well and don’t lose Take
me with and don’t lose Through
your bitter dead moods Take
me and your power to break me Fare thee well and don’t lose |
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VANILLA (Kirk/Hammond) Saw you waving from my window Watched you walking down the road Looking backwards over your shoulder I'm not over getting old
I'm not looking for a star to strike me down I'm not begging for a chance I'm just waiting with the wallflowers now Hoping for a dance
We crossed swords in San Francisco Numbers shared in San Antone Drank margaritas in the Chilli Parlour Bar Now you never write, you never phone
I'm not waiting for a blessing from above Now you can't spare me a glance I'm just tuning up and counting in the band Waiting for a dance
I'm not saying I was wrong to criticize Or everything you said was right I'm just staying up and thinking of you now Still dancing through the night |
RISK (Partridge) Just
trying to build a nation We
all need some comfort in this world Some
you win and some you lose Movin’
pieces round the globe Don’t
they all look pretty? Lined
up in a row A
game for all the family And
no one has to know Nation
building’s hit a snag Locals
restless on the ground We
may have to make some rubble If
those boys don’t come around Don’t
they all look pretty? Running
in a row A
game for all the family And no one wants to know Oh
it’s a risky business The
plastic occupation zone So
I set my sights a little lower Built
a nation of my own Don’t
they all look pretty? Lined
up in a row A
game for all my family And no one needs to know
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COME ON #2 (Kirk) Come
on and tell me just what I did wrong, will you please take the time to
explain? I’ll
sit and take heed of the things that I need and I’ll try not to do
them again If
your memory fails you then ask for my side if you’re not sure you
did for the best And
if time takes a break to repeat its mistakes, as a succour here’s
what I’d suggest Will
you unlace the breast of your white summer dress? Will
you kick off your shoes and run free? Throw
off your burden of hatred and hope Yeah
and come on and run on to me Was
it I was a luxury you can’t afford, was it something that I didn’t
say? Was
it someone who told you that you’re not too old to just get up and
throw me away? Did
you really believe when you got up to leave that the lies that you
told me were true? Did
I sit there and act like a love-stricken doormat? Well here’s what I
want you to do. Will
you unlace the breast of your white summer dress? Will
you kick off your shoes and run free? Throw
off your burden of hatred and hope Yeah and come on and run on to me Did
I come on too strong, well perhaps I was wrong. For whatever, I
apologize I just hope that I’m there when my spiritual heir finally bludgeons you back down to size
Then
you'll
unlace the breast of your white summer dress kick
off your shoes and run free Throw
off your burden of hatred and hope Yeah
and come on and run on to me |
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