As I Used To Know Her David McWilliams

if you have words to speak of her don't use the time to talk of shame the lies you sell are not of her but of another with her name she wandered through my changing years on all she touched she left her

Sad Dark Eyes David McWilliams

oh the day was dyin' first time I saw her her black hair shinin' as she passed me by and I smiled down on her I see her sorrow in one brief moment as she met my eye and her step it faltered she almost

Pharisee David McWilliams

as I was walking along the road my raincoat gathered' round I met a pretty lady comin' from the town she had a basket on her arm and she stumbled as she ran so when she came before me I commanded her to

Leave The Bottles On The Floor David McWilliams

late last night my bride came by to tell me that she'd let me high she didn't even make me cry I wasn't even worried I told her not to mind at all that I would take it and play ball I hope she don't have

Na-Na David McWilliams

remember how we used to play all along the river tracks and throw stone at all the lovers 'til they got up and threw them back and the old lady at the corner when she flew into a rage said that you should

Epitaph David McWilliams

fast as the day is winding down the night dark as a river a mist before my weary eyes no saviour to deliver an empty mask the easel stands no painter's breath to help her no priest to ease her solitude

She Was A Lady David McWilliams

she was a lady it's easy to see with rings on her fingers she used to be the queen of the mansion the belle of the ball now she just sits here nobody calls the bottle before her glass in her hand wearied

Singer In The Band David McWilliams

sunday afternoon sittin' in my room nothin's really changed it just looks the same yet it's over passed along my way said she couldn't stay she stood all alone so l look her home she was my lover she is

Down By The Dockyard David McWilliams

down by the dockyard the water's lie still the big cranes like tombstones surround her down by the dockyard the water's lie still dead as the city that bounds her the old woman wrapped in her long faded

I Will Be Your Friend David McWilliams

oh I would not be your enemy there'd be no need to pretend if you will only love me I will always be your friend I will always be your friend remember how it used to be the writin' on the wall the nights

I Only Know You As A Stranger David McWilliams

Hold back the day a little longer I need the night to make me blind I didn't know it but I know it now I only knew you as a stranger all this time I thought I'd climbed up every mountain I thought I'd

Go On Back To Mama David McWilliams

go on back to momma and tell her it's alright tell her that you showed us what was really wrong and right go on back to momma and say we understand but we'd rather have our freedom than see you steal it

Lady Margaret David McWilliams

as I walked among the green fields one evening in May I spied the fairest damsels all at their sport and play such beauty as beguiled me I ne'er did see again the one was Lady Margaret the other Evelainne

For A Little Girl David McWilliams

As I a rise the morning air Breathes the silent song to me And sings it's melody of Spring It's then my thoughts return to you Compare the star light and the sun They glow and twinkle in the sky Though

Twenty Golden Years Ago David McWilliams

oh the rain the weary rain stutters on my window sill night I guess is on the wane all around has grown so still here I sit with coffee cup ah 't was rare l watched it flow in the tavern where I'd sup

The Prisoner David McWilliams

I am a poor prisoner arrested and tried for a crime I committed and the law I defied in hunger I stole some lords bread and wine was sat on his table that his household might dine I was held by his bondsman

Sweet Lil' David McWilliams

Little momma 's in despair Got no crazy clothes to wear Nothing in the world she wants to do So she turns and walks away To step around another day Never tasting anything that's new She seems to always

Heart Of The Roll David McWilliams

her mother was a seamstress her daddy worked in wood she went to church on Sunday just like every good girl should but who is her confessor now she wears devils hood is there anyone to hear her heart of

Question Of Identity David McWilliams

My forefathers came, when the land it was open And built it from nothing, to millions of acres To live there in freedom, no fears to persue them To leave all their troubles, and trials behind them And

The Gypsy David McWilliams

wake up and sing me some new love song you've lain here beside me all the night long will you remember will you return or leave me to sorrow and yearn I am a poor boy I have no gold all I have owned has

You've Only Been A Stranger David McWilliams

hold back the day a little longer I need the night to make me blind I didn't know it but I know it now you've only been a stranger all this time I thought I'd climbed up every mountain I thought I'd walked

Bells Of Time David McWilliams

there are no saints or teachers no reason here nor rhyme just the black robed missionaries of death to toll the bells of time down along the border upon a lonely road I saw a man in flowing robes his hair

There's No Lock Upon My Door David McWilliams

Close your eyes I'll tell you something That I should have said before If you ever feel like leaving There ain't no lock upon my door You think your eyes are sparkling jewels You think that everyone should

In The Early Hours Of The Morning David McWilliams

My eyes are still half closed with sleep My mind still clouded with dreaming And the ripple of the wave seems a ghost upon the sea In the early hours of the morning The breeze it cast it's spell on me I

Horseman David McWilliams

it was on a cold and windy night we sat waiting for the dawn huddled close up to the fire and the shutters all were drawn when we heard hoof beats comin' and a whinney in the night and the moon hung on

Lord Offaly David McWilliams

I am the lord of offaly silken Thomas is my name no sword for Henry will I hold my heritage I claim to trust no more in foreign kings whose word I treat with scorn my father lies in londons tower the prey

Love Like A Lady David McWilliams

you turn out the light Just turn it down low if you don't I may go I like to know what I am doin' Love like a lady you've got to learn Love at a distance else you might burn Look at the people none of

Marlena David McWilliams

Marlena, speak to me I take all my strength from your smile The moment I see you I wish you would stop for a while My heart skips a beat And my head turns around But for you, I just don't exist Yet you're

What's The Matter With Me David McWilliams

As I walked down by the river, down by the silver stream My head kept wondering back, to all the things I've done and seen To faces, places, lands and scenes, forgotten in my mind Dreams and memories buried

Livin's Just A State Of Mind David McWilliams

I was standing at the altar I was aching to confess for my soul in absolution to be blessed when all the candles ceased their burning and all the virgins turned to stone and I was left there in my darkness

You Wear It Like A Crown David McWilliams

o if I had a grand piano I would play a song for you a song to make you wonder like you've never done before with words to make the poets sing and worship at the gate for you but all I have are words that

The Days Of Pearly Spencer David McWilliams

A tenement, a dirty street Walked and worn by shoeless feet Inside it's long and so complete Watched by a shivering sun Old eyes in a small child's face Watching as the shadows race Through walls and cracks

Daddy Lonesome David McWilliams

hey daddy lonesome slip me a rhyme make it easy to remember I've been sittin' here these last few days tryin' to get myself together but everything I try to do keeps changin' like the weather and yet when

Blind Man's Stepping Stones David McWilliams

my eyes are empty black as night my heart is filled with hate my name is faded from this land and cursed be my fate and yet before my curtain falls all men shall hear my moans my vengeance sing the waters

I Would Be Confessed David McWilliams

come all you weary mistrels a warning take by me I've been too long upon this road to sing in harmony I've been alone for much too long my wanderin' days are through I wish someone would ask me in I'd

Time Of Trouble David McWilliams

Listen to me is all I ask To follow you my chosen task And right now time is fading fast Into my time of trouble Into my time of trouble If I could only take you away Some other time, some other day For

Morning That Looks Like Rain David McWilliams

could I but touch your mouth one time again 't would brighten up the darkest day like some lost hero in a storybook 't would light my way and we could listen to the wind again sing it's soft and sad refrain

3 O'Clock Flamingo Street David McWilliams

Empty sound, deserted town Beneath the silvery feathered down Of morning's waking breath Forgotten tunes and silver spoons Goes to deeply shadowed gloom And dies a silent death Junkered peers through plastic

For Josephine David McWilliams

The light is waxing dim my love By the window here I dream I see you standing in the rain In the places where we've been And the highway is painted blue my love For those that haven't seen That I would

Cross The Line David McWilliams

near so cross the line for your hammer in your hand and cross the line cross the line for your hammer in your hand and cross the line for though their truths are edged with steel they can't make a man to

Please Come Home David McWilliams

the sky is weeping o please come home the sun 's sleeping o please come home the wind is sighing o please come home and l am crying please take me home

She Used To Love Me A Lot David Allen Coe

I saw her through the window today She was sittin' in the Silver Spoon cafe I started to keep going But something made me stop She used to love me a lot She looked lonely and i knew the cure

David Viva Brother

It was a matter of time, Before he fell through That roof on a Friday night (Uh oh) And he was lucky to be alive But he never listens to me And David answered the front door It was a charity He

Jonathan David Belle & Sebastian

Jonathan David I know you like her Well I like her too I know she likes you It's not as if I'm being sent off to War There are worse things in this world There's still room on my wooden horse

David Honeyhoney

It's alright, David, I'm fucked up again I'm tired of waiting Of being your friend Cause you're stuck on the first page and I'm close to the end So just shut your mouth and pretend You scream your cellphone

Thinkin' Problem David Ball

I'll start with lovin' her But I don't know when to stop I wake up and right away Her name is on my lips Once the memories start to flow I can't stop with just one sip Yes, I admit I've got a thinkin'

Midnight Through Morning David Blue

walker Believes every day that she goes younger Ah I wish I could be her lover And go with her as she makes her rounds And fall with her hair as it comes down The poets would keep on all night with their

Diary David Gates

Wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it. When she confronted with the writing there, Simply pretended not to care.

Lost David Allan Coe

SHE'S JUST A TEAR I USED TO CRY LONG BEFORE WE SAID GOOD BYE NOW SHE'S JUST A LADY THAT I USED TO KNOW WHEN THE BOTTLE TOOK HER PLACE SHE WAS A MIRROR I HAD TO FACE AND A DREAM I DARED

Please Mr. Gravedigger David Bowie

There's a little churchyard just along the way It used to be Lambeth's finest array Of tombstones, epitaphs, wreaths, flowers all that jazz Til the war came along and someone dropped a bomb on the