I have returned to the northern skies,
Where the summer had not touched
The clouds that pass above.
Oh, and I have returned to the somber grace
Of the days too early to come and too early to stay.
And I have left a million stars,
And an ocean so lightly, so clearly blue.
And I have left the warmth of the sun
And a million adventures not yet begun.
The great sense of passing through,
The great sense of passing through,
The great sense of passing through.
Oh, for once there was beauty here for me
Under these white, northern skies.
I felt the green was blacker
And the blue was darker still.
My roots are lying deeper than I ever think they will again.
Heartache and poverty under these northern skies.
The great sense of passing through,
The great sense of passing through,
The great sense of passing through
Hidden Track
Alloway Grove
Coming home again
To see a girl thats prettier than a diamond shining in the sun
Oh what fun!
I wonder if she’s been naked in her room since I’ve been gone
I wonder if she’s said to them as she said to me before
However much you use me baby, come on use me more
However much you use me baby, come on use me more
Getting off the train
To see a girl thats sweeter than an apple picked from Adam’s tree
Oh glory be!
And I wonder if she’s been pressed against an unfamiliar wall
And said to all those men as she said to me before
However much you want me, I swear I’ll make you want me more
However much you want me, I swear I’ll make you want me more and more and more and more
La-la-la, la la la la
Arriving at the door
Just to be told that the girl I’m missing has been in London for a while
No more northern skies for her
They say she’s left a letter up the stair for everyone
It’s pinned against her bedroom door for all the world to see and she says
However much I love you, you will always love me more
However much I love you, you will always love me more
And I guess it’s true
However much she loves me I will always love her more
La-la-la la la la la
I’ll love you more and more, I’ll love you more
I’ll love you more and more, I’ll love you more
I’ll love you more and more, I’ll love you more
I’ll love you more and more, I’ll love you more and more and more…
Autumn
Autumn leaves under frozen soles,
Hungry hands turning soft and old,
My hero cried as we stood out their in the cold,
Like these autumn leaves I don’t have nothing to hold.
Handsome smiles wearing handsome shoes,
Too young to say, though I swear he knew,
And i hear him singing while he sits there in his chair,
Now these autumn leaves float around everywhere.
And I look at you, and I see me,
Making noise so restlessly,
But now it’s quiet and I can hear you saying,
‘My little fish dont cry, my little fish dont cry.’
Autumn leaves how faded now,
that smile that i’ve lost, well i’ve found some how,
Because you still live on in my fathers eyes,
These autumn leaves, oh these autumn leaves, oh these autumn leaves are yours tonight.
White Lies
There’s a heart on the line, and it rests with your eyes
please don’t fade and please don’t cry, ’cause it’s all white lies
take a chance watch it fall, grab too much and lose it all
now i’ve lost my disguise, it was all white lies
stay here, lie here with me, oh lo-fi, lonley sighs
I will roam lost but never alone, hide with me, hide
would it help if I tried, or has it sailed and passed me by
first love grows then it does, and its all white lies
stay here, lie here with me, oh lo-fi, lonley sighs
I will roam lost but never alone, hide with me, hide with me
now you move with the tide and ive heard you’ve found peace of mind
and I know that life’s design moves around white lies, white lies, white lies, white lies
Woke up cold one tuesday,
i’m looking tired and feeling quite sick,
i felt like there was something missing in my day to day life,
so i quickly opened the wardrobe,
pulled out some jeans and a T-Shirt that seemed clean,
topped it off with a pair of old shoes,
that were ripped around the seams,
and i thought these shoes just don’t suit me.
CHORUS:
Hey, I put some new shoes on,
and suddenly everything is right,
I said, hey, I put some new shoes on and everybody’s smiling,
it so inviting,
Oh, short on money,
but long on time,
slowly strolling in the sweet sunshine,
and i’m running late,
and i don’t need an excuse,
’cause i’m wearing my brand new shoes.
Woke up late one thursday,
and i’m seeing stars as i’m rubbing my eyes,
and i felt like there were two days missing,
as i focused on the time,
and i made my way to the kitchen,
but i had to stop from the shock of what i found,
a room full of all my friends dancing round and round,
and i thought hello new shoes,
byebye them blues.
CHORUS
Take me wondering through these streets,
where bright lights and angels meet,
stone to stone they take me on,
im walking to the break of dawn. (x2)
CHORUS (x2)
Take me wondering through these streets
These Streets
Cross the border,
Into the big bad world
Where it takes you ’bout an hour
Just to cross the road
Just to stumble across another poor old soul from
The dreary old lanes to the high-street madness
Eye fight with my brain to believe my eyes
And it’s harder than you think
To believe this sadness
That creeps up my spine
And haunts me through the night
And life is good and the girls are gorgeous
Suddenly the air smells much greener now
And I’m wondering ’round
With a half pack of cigarettes
Searching for the change that I’ve lost somehow
These streets have too many names for me
I’m used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in Orchy
I’ll get used to this eventually
I know, I know
Where’d the days go? When all we did was play
And the stress that we were under wasn’t stress at all
Just a run and a jump into a harmless fall from
Walking by a high-rise to a landmark square
You see millions of people with millions of cares
And I struggle to the train to make my way home
I look at the people as they sit there alone
Life is good, and the sun is shining
Everybody flirts to their ideal place
And the children all smile as a boat shuffled by them
Trying to pretend that they’ve got some space
These streets have too many names for me
I’m used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in Orchy
I’ll get used to this eventually
I know, I know
These streets have too many names for me
I’m used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in Orchy
I’ll get used to this eventually
I know, I know
Life is good, and the girls are gorgeous
Suddenly the air smells much greener now
And I’m wondering ’round
With a half pack of cigarettes
Searching for the change that I’ve lost somehow
These streets have too many names for me
I’m used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in Orchy
I’ll get used to this eventually
I know, I know
These streets have too many names for me
I’m used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in our Orchy
I’ll get used to this eventually
I know, I know
Million Faces
Oh the phone you know it never stops, it’s the last thing I hear at night
and the first thing in the morning.
and as I let it start to burn my head, you slowly creep into bed
and i’m done talking
you say you know how i’m feeling, I just need to try to settle down
Oh a million faces pass my way
Oh they’re all the same, nothing seems to change anytime I look around
Oh who knows just what the future holds
all I want to know is if it’s with you
Tired as hell and falling up the stairs, filled with a thousand cares as you walk out from the bedroom
though it feels like all my fire has gone, you just turn me on
can’t believe how much I want you
you say you know how i’m feeling, I just need to try to settle down
Oh a million faces pass my way
Oh they’re all the same, nothing seems to change anytime I look around
Oh who knows just what the future holds
all I want to know is if it’s with you
we’re distracted by the hard times, and the troubles that we make
let us throw them in the ocean, let it wash our cares away
oh the phone you know it never stops, it’s the last thing I hear at night
and the first thing in the morning
Oh a million faces pass my way
Oh they’re all the same, nothing seems to change anytime I look around
Oh who knows just what the future holds
all I want to know is if it’s with you
we’re distracted by the hard times, and the troubles that we make
let us throw them in the ocean, let it wash our cares away
oh the phone you know it never stops, it’s the last thing I hear at night
and the first thing in the morning
let it wash our cares away, let it wash our cares away..
Rewind
Picking up the pieces
Of the wreck you went and left
And I’m dealing with dilemmas
In my now so stressful life
And I’m drinking stronger spirits
I made my home here on the floor
And I’m losing all ambition and goals
I’m going all out
I’m thinking you’re just as bad
No sleeping at night
But I’m going from bar to bar
Why can’t we just rewind
Why can’t we just rewind
Why can’t we just rewind
Oh remember at 16
Oh the crazy drunken night we had
When i kissed you in the hallway
Then i took you straight to bed
Two years on
And I’m still that same boy i was
No sleeping at night
But I’m going from bar to bar
Why can’t we just rewind
Why can’t we just rewind
Why can’t we just rewind oh
No sleeping at night
But I’m going from bar to bar
Why can’t we just rewind
Why can’t we just rewind
Why can’t we just rewind oh
You might blame it on me
But you insisted that we fall
Wiped your hands of me
And said you needed more, more, more
I’m not sleeping at night
But I’m going from bar to bar
Why can’t we just rewind
Why can’t we just rewind
Why can’t we just rewind oh
I’m not sleeping at night
But I’m going from bar to bar
Why can’t we just rewind
Why can’t we just rewind
Why can’t we just rewind oh
Wo woah woah woah
Wo woah woah woah
Wo wo woah
Can’t we just rewind
Last Request
Slow down, Lie down,
Remember it’s just you and me.
Don’t sell out, bow out,
Remember how this used to be.
I just want you closer,
Is that alright?
Baby let’s get closer tonight
[chorus:]
Grant my last request,
And just let me hold you.
Don’t shrug your shoulders,
Lay down beside me.
Sure I can accept that we’re going nowhere,
But one last time let’s go there,
Lay down beside me
Oh, I’ve found, that I’m bound
To wander down that one way road.
And I realise all about your lies
But I’m no wiser than the fool I was before.
I just want you closer,
Is that alright?
Baby let’s get closer tonight
[chorus]
Oh, baby, baby, baby,
Tell me how can, how can this be wrong?
[chorus x2]
Yeah, lay down beside me.
One last time let’s go there,
Lay down beside me
Jenny Don’t Be Hasty
You said you’d marry me if I was 23
But I’m one that you can’t see if I’m only 18
Tell me who made these rules
Obviously not you
Who are you answering to?
Oh, Jenny don’t be hasty
No, don’t treat me like a baby
Let me take you where you’ll let me
Because leaving just upsets me
I’ll be around again to see the other men
They’re more adequate in the age department
I did not think you cared.
There’d be no problems here
But now you’re looking at me like you’re disgusted
Then I’m definitely waiting for you to smile and change your mind
Then I’ll say I’m sorry and I’ll wrap my arms ’round your body
I really hope that you forgive in a hurry
And don’t just ask me to leave
Oh, Jenny don’t be hasty
Don’t treat me like a baby
Let me take you where you’ll let me
Because leaving just upsets me
Oh, Jenny you are crazy!
First I’m perfect, then I’m lazy
And I was calling you my baby
Now it sounds like you just left me.
And it kills me!
