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

She closed her eyes Chris Rea

She closed her eyes She closed her eyes And let the walls of her prison fall away The walls that ached with a timeless wait They had become her walls of this modern TV life She closed her eyes

Loving you Chris Rea

Loving you The night was black with thunder The streets were wet with rain Another day goes under A little bourbon will take the strain And I'm waiting for my take-home French fries She smiled

Freeway Chris Rea

Freeway She throws her hair into the February breeze She hears it singing through the branches of the trees A song of something you know so well And she's still looking for a freeway She hears

Bless Them All Chris Rea

She throws her hair into the February breeze She hears it singing through the branches of the trees A song of something you know so well And she's still looking for a freeway She hears the sound

One fine day Chris Rea

One fine day She's standing by the waterside, she's waiting for her man On the evening wind, she hears the whistle blow It's coming from the factory, she hears it every day Her soft cheeks flush

Julia Chris Rea

Julia Eyes so bright, so big and wide Make you feel so strange Somewhere deep inside It's the face of an angel Soul of the devil may care How I'd love to know What goes on in there She

God Gave Me An Angel Chris Rea

movie star I was never blessed with an easyload along the way I have taken the wrong turning So many times I can't remember But one thing I have for sure I can always smile and say God gave

Steel river Chris Rea

Steel river I was born and raised on steel river I see it all like it was yesterday The ships and bridges they were all delivered From Sydney harbour to the Cisco bay And I met my love down on

Don't Want Your Best Friend Chris Rea

She's got her independence in a hard fast way She's got me chasing shadows with everything I try to say Some say she's far too quick, some say she's slow to learn But all I know is she gave me love

You Must Follow Chris Rea

I recall the fleeting glimpse of light That smiled across a sky of darkest grey And a summer dress of cotton Gently moved in fields of green I tiptoed silently I tried to hear what she may say You must

The Road To Hell (Part 1&2) Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And she bent down real slow A fearful

I saw you coming Chris Rea

understand Stop complaining You've been caught fair and square I saw you coming I was guarding you that day I saw you coming Golden rule, you disobeyed You were too busy showing off How you gave

Bows and bangles Chris Rea

Bows and bangles Born and raised in wilderness Of suburban shops and schools How she tried and tried to be satisfied With a job on the typing pool She hated the smell of carbon paper The office

E Chris Rea

E is for the comfort, You give to me E is for the peace, I feel inside E is for the good times That go against the bad times E is for the world you gave us And left us here behind They

Light of hope Chris Rea

Light of hope This is the garden that I know Ten thousand summers wait me here You lead and I will follow Your heart is mine tomorrow Into your womb I fade away And while she laughs Your pride

Giverny Chris Rea

Giverny Deep inside these old dusty walls There's a sacred heart, I'd know this garden anywhere She was warm, she was deep summertime She was love itself and she was standing there Standing close

Sail Away Chris Rea

Walk a cold thin line in the morning Hold the fear inside that greets you with the day I can't go with you now I can only watch you now As you sail away Sail away I'm going to miss

Distant summers Chris Rea

That I have lost Who lie in lands where memories And dreams are lost The breeze that blew around her hair that day The timeless dress that flowed in endless sway I almost touched her shoulder, she

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

Tennis Chris Rea

Tennis In the morning madness and the stabbing light She pours the coffee and she says "What was wrong with you last night?"

Sandwriting Chris Rea

Sandwriting Leave your name and Let the wind And high tide Take it away Each white gold grain That made up your name Take it away Sandwriting Write your lover's monogram Upon

Yes I do Chris Rea

Yes I do In the morning she brings music Takes the dark clouds from my eyes Gives me something to hang on to When the cold wind fills the skies And you ask me do I love her Yes I do!

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

Texas (1989) Chris Rea

Texas (1989) Warm winds 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

Wired to the moon Chris Rea

through No-one can wake you now You're falling through your dreams Sliding down every beam 'Cos you don't know how Don't know how to hurt Don't know how to lie You just don't know how to do it

Last Open Road Chris Rea

These are the questions, The young want to know I met her in Brooklyn, She was coming from a place I said "where are you going to"? She said "where have you been"?

Hello friend Chris Rea

Time goes by, so easy it sleeps away Just like a shadow at the end of the day Hello friend, how are things for you these days?

Soup of the day Chris Rea

Soup of the day Well she thinks she's looking so cool She thinks she's great but she's just a fool What awful lack of class makes this kind behave this way I look and only think of one thing to

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

YOU CAN GO YOUR Chris Rea

You can go your own way You can go your own way It doesn't matter what the others say 'Cos you can go your own way You can go your own way You've got a ring on your finger A chain around your

Dancing shoes Chris Rea

been that famous decade scene Top hats and tails, spinning 'round the room And all I remember is not wanting the music to end And all I remember is feeling a need that I could not hide Don't take away

King Of The Beach Chris Rea

Let your fighting scars heal in the sun of a bright windy day Let your cold blades sleep in the sand till it's rusted away Washed each night in the waves while you sleep away each memory

Red Chris Rea

choose Which one says the most about you I would have to pick the deepest shade The saddest shade of blue But red is colour I'd choose Red is colour I'd choose I set my soul long ago and far away

You can go your own way Chris Rea

You can go your own way You can go your own way You can go your own way It doesn't matter what the others say 'Cos you can go your own way You can go your own way You've got a ring on your

Espresso logic Chris Rea

a world we never see Espresso I don't need this trouble, I don't need the grief I don't need to feel this pressure down on me Every day there's something we don't really need Stop, think, walk away

There she goes Chris Rea

There she goes There she goes, the one that I love The one I've been waiting for The one I've been dreaming of There she goes, but she'll never be mine Wasted all of my chances Run clean out

September blue (1985) Chris Rea

September blue (1985) Sweet, sweet September Sweet, sweet and true I'll always, I'll always remember you Sweet, sweet September blue Always remember you And I can't fight it And I can't choose

There She Goes Chris Rea

There she goes, the one that I love The one I've been waiting for The one I've been dreaming of There she goes, but she'll never be mine Wasted all of my chances Run clean out of time

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?

Diamonds Chris Rea

You have dreams that set the rain on fire Burning with a cheap desire And it's plain as grey that what you say Have meanings of their own My love, she don't need diamonds My love's more than a sweet

Bombollini Chris Rea

Bombollini Sing a song of love to me Sing out, sing out She's the one who made me free Sing out, sing out 'Cos she made me smile And she made me love Oh she made me laugh And she made me

Touche D'amour Chris Rea

Of this I'm sure - blowing my clouds away. Ijust don't know what this will do to me I only want it to be Touche d'amour Touche d'amour Yeah. Touche d'amour I'm sailing around the room.

The Road To Hell Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And she bent down real slow A fearful

The Road to Hell (Pt. 1) Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And she bent down real slow A fearful

The Road to Hell, Pt. 2 Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And she bent down real slow A fearful

Candles Chris Rea

frozen into stone And hope lies freezing in the midnight air Though dark our days may seem This is a different dream Their freedom light don't shine at all So I will light a candle for you Keep it

The road to hell (part 1) Chris Rea

The road to hell (part 1) Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And

Daytona Chris Rea

Diamond dream when the sun don't shine I close my eyes to see Twelve wild horses in silver chains Calling out to me Oh Daytona Shine your light on me Oh Daytona Shine your light on me Now she

Stop Chris Rea

Stop Gone 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