He should know better Chris Rea

He should know better Have you heard the news That is going round He should know better Have you heard the news That boy's got dust for brains After all this time After all this time Now

Whatever happened to Benny Santini? Chris Rea

They say his chances could not have been better All the promise of a July sun in the morning sky Laughing at the peering faces From the windows of a limousine Caviar with the A & R and still only in

Black dog Chris Rea

Black dog Black dog barking in the cold grey light He pulls the chain and he pulls it tight This ain't no lonesome wail that boy ain't faking He bites the steel and he claws the ground He pulls

The things lovers should do Chris Rea

The things lovers should do Standing in the half light, wondering if you can There stands the priest of sinners, consolation in his hands Though he prays he won't need it, he keeps it by his side

Shine Shine Shine Chris Rea

"And now the day is over And the shadows start to grow The sun has done us well today In flaming crimson he explodes And bursts of million colours That spill across the sky I turn and look at you love

Shine, shine, shine Chris Rea

Shine, shine, shine And now the day is over And the shadows start to grow The sun has done us well today In flaming crimson he explodes And bursts of million colours That spill across the sky

90's Blues Chris Rea

and daughters won't give it back Put my family out on the street Put my marriage on the rack Well they steal your water And if you want some you got to pay The greenies point their fingers The people know

Nineties Blues Chris Rea

won't give it back Put my family out on the street Put my marriage on the rack Well they steal your water And if you want some you got to pay The greenies point their fingers The people know

Long Is The Time, Hard Is The Road Chris Rea

tail lights Lookin' for a drain Pretty red, like diamond bright become your ball and chain If you ever reach the other side, it will never be this way They tie you down with your own high hopes, you better

No qualifications Chris Rea

No qualifications Now he wanted to fly all those big aeroplanes Trans-continental and back home again But his brain, it was grounded His head could not cope No qualifications, no reasons for hope

The closer you get Chris Rea

The closer you get Street lights start to come on I know that it's time Stop what you're doing Meet those drinking friends of mine First lady call me on the telephone She said 'Get out and die

It's All Gone Chris Rea

I was going back my friends to see Of what became of my childhood daydreams Of all the things that used to be To my surprise i stood alone I walked a river of a waking dream My father say 'know

Texas (1989) Chris Rea

blowing Heating blue sky And a road that goes forever Been thinking 'bout it lately Been watching some TV Been looking all around me At what has come to be Been talking to my neighbour And he

When you know your love has died Chris Rea

wind that blows Like the sea you come and go I'm not trying to tell you How I think that it should be 'Cos I know deep down inside That you're yearning to be free And you're only gonna think of

Gonna buy a hat Chris Rea

Gonna buy a hat She talks like thunder She really lets you know She keep changing the rules And leave you nowhere to go She bore you rigid with the party line She's so far left she's gonna get

Coming Off The Ropes Chris Rea

I''m coming off the ropes (he''s going down) He thinks I''m beat I''m coming off the ropes yea This ain''t no retreat He thinks I''m going down For sure my head is spinning round When I straighten

Red shoes Chris Rea

the street When misery is all there is You got nothing to lose So come on and buy me Come on and buy me Some red, red, red shoes Don't tell me what I do is wrong Don't preach 'cos you don't know

Keep On Dancing Chris Rea

I got a friend who loves the music He got a red hot groove But he don''t use it I get so afraid, he''s gonna lose it If you gotta gift - man, don''t abuse it Keep on dancing The experts

Where Do We Go From Here? Chris Rea

She's 24, she's 25 She doesn't know what's true or lies Where does she go? Where does she go from here? He's 21, he's 22 TV crap is all he knew Where does he go?

Que sera Chris Rea

engine housing's streaked with rain And we're pushing down on them chains again Friend we're like the wind that blows Like the sea we come and go And I'm not trying to tell you How I think that it should

Soup of the day Chris Rea

times Time and time again How could they really think They'd be treated in any other way Everybody's looking and everybody say Soup, she's just soup Soup of the day Well you'd think they'd know

Hello friend Chris Rea

Some guy from way-back-when, he mentioned your name Did he ever get back to you?

Red Chris Rea

have come and gone Through my life one thing has stayed An eternal light that shines clean through the grey Red is colour I'd choose Deepest red on a sky of deepest blue It don't matter now if I should

Dancing with Charlie Chris Rea

Dancing with Charlie Charlie was a loser till that sunny day No-one saw him leaving as he sailed away Treated like a sinner, no-one gave a damn Till Charlie threw two sixes Now he's got them in

Hey you Chris Rea

little creature Coming into my view And I say to myself, I say man I'm gonna get me some Of that bright little angel That shines like the morning sun Well my brother steps in, faster that light And he

GOD`S GREAT BANANA Chris Rea

Go down my road running just as fast as I can Nobody knows which is the better way But when that man in the sky points his finger at you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you God's great

God's Great Banana Skin Chris Rea

Go down my road running just as fast as I can Nobody knows which is the better way But when that man in the sky points his finger at you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you God's great

Guitar street Chris Rea

Guitar street There's a crazy sense of duty As he licks between his fingers Wipes the ketchup from his face and hands There's a strong determination That his teachers never witnessed Never close

Deep water Chris Rea

watching, keeping well away Oh I'm gonna live it in my own way Singing no mister, not me I'm staying here with guys on free In deep water I see a captain on a distant shore He's got a dream, he

Shadows Of The Big Man Chris Rea

Oh you've been so long In the shadows of the big man How long can you take it How far can you go Don't you know how strong In the shadows of the big man While he smiles in the sunlight You

Sing A Song Of Love Chris Rea

Every second counts That's what he says Every second counts Every single day All through the night time All through the day time Can't let your world pass through and into my way Every

Every second counts Chris Rea

Every second counts Every second counts That's what he says Every second counts Every single day All through the night time And all through the day time Can't let your world pass through and

Raincoat and a rose Chris Rea

mustn't be late I've never been late I've never really had the chance Years and years and not even wanting a second chance 'Look for a raincoat and a rose' I hope no one sees, they'll laugh I know

She closed her eyes Chris Rea

She can remember with just a fleeting glimpse That she was once free So long ago now, so long it was as if it had never been Was it a holiday She thinks it could have been, ah yes, Italy And he

Lucky day Chris Rea

Lucky day A little bit of daylight shine on your pillow Come through your window pane Speak of the morning, hope is eternal Better to look at it this way This could be my lucky day A glass

Stop Chris Rea

too far Gone too long Messed it up completely Till everything is wrong Stop, start over, start again Too many pieces Too much to chew How can you ever win When you're so scared to loose You better

I'm Still Holding On Chris Rea

I knew Just exactly what I took You move in, fast and hard And you make your own luck Daylight breaks And the dream is gone Leaving me to stay But I'm still holding on I see it better

Working on it Chris Rea

Take the day and fly But oh this job, it's got the best of me Tell you why, tell you why Somebody above is in a desperate state Some kind of urgency, the kind that won't wait I say tomorrow, he

Winning Chris Rea

turn Well that's not the way you feel Well I got news for you sunshine You may not understand You're living in a poker game And you've already shown your hand So if you can't stand up You'd better

One fine day Chris Rea

those wings, fly away' Now I don't lie, no, cold wind and rain Gonna sail away one fine day Now hope, it springs eternally At least that's what they say Boy, it gets hard to feel that way When he

Cenotaph / Letter from Amsterdam Chris Rea

you were gonna last Driving those blizzards cross Europe Snow chains on you back 64 feet of mobile thunder, leaving a ten wheel track It's good to hear from you, go easy when you can My day is better

Waiting For A Blue Sky Chris Rea

He sits upon the empty sand and gazes up to the endless grey The weathered face and battered hands Protest the soul that carried them so far this way The beaten skin is turning to a wrinkled smile

Reasons Chris Rea

reasons And pretty soon you've got a heavy load Dragging those reasons down an endless road I got to thinking and I got to see So many reasons coming at me The one that leaves you high and dry He

Good news Chris Rea

floor He's watching the light in her hair He's praying that love's gonna come soon There's a sweet smell of hope in the air Just another boy from a steel town With the flash of the mill in his eye He

Joys of Christmas Chris Rea

Coughing, honking, cadging cigarettes And still out on the street Well, they got no money, nowhere to go Fathers of 2, 3 maybe 4, what are they gonna do Jimmy got a busted mouth in a fight last night He

Joys Of Christmas Chris Rea

honking, cadging cigarettes And still out on the street Well, they got no money, nowhere to go Fathers of 2, 3 maybe 4, what are they gonna do Jimmy got a busted mouth in a fight last night He

She gave it away Chris Rea

She gave it away She gave away all her love No reason to keep it She'd saved it for only one But he didn't need it And downtown the midnight circus Hypnotised like a spinning top Offering dreams

Summer love Chris Rea

Long ago and far away The autumn whispers to the falling leaves Summer love can't stay This was their place, this was where Just for one moment, without cares Two lovers dreaming of how the world should

Diamonds Chris Rea

But babe you should have stayed at home My love, my love, she don't need diamonds

Mississippi Chris Rea

Nashville sky, in the morning sun Somewhere up north, a new life begun He was drawn to the twister, with a Memphis sound Kissed by an Angel, of a music town.