Orphans Deacon Blue

full of songs Of local winners And the wind surrounds the towers And the flags they are blowing And the bunting and the distance Stretches over our sound And when he teases the children He calls them orphans

Orphans Coldplay

Boom boom ka, buba de ka Boom boom ka, buba de ka Boom boom ka, buba de ka Rosaleen of the Damascene Yes, she had eyes like the moon Would have been on the silver screen But for the missile monsoo...

Orphans Jack's Mannequin

I am looking for a sign My spirit's faded She holds on like a vine Patterns in traffic They sound just like my heart Race in the dark In time to catch you. No one should let you Go wandering off in...

Orphans Beck

sing With their fossils and their gypsy bones I`ll stand beside myself so I`m not alone And how can I make new again What rusts every time it rains And the rain it comes and floods our lungs We`re just orphans

I'll Never Fall In Love Again Deacon Blue

to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte) What do you get when you fall in love? A guy with a pin to burst your bubble That's what you get for all your trouble I'll never fall in love again I'...

I`Ll Never Fall In Love Again Deacon Blue

What do you get when you fall in love, A girl with a pin to burst your bubble, That's what you get for all your trouble, I'll never fall in love again, I'll never fall in love again. What do you ge...

Dignity Deacon Blue

There`s a man I meet Walks up our street He`s a worker for the council Has been twenty years And he takes no lip off nobody And litter off the gutter Puts it in a bag And never thinks to mut...

When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)? Deacon Blue

Pale blue eyes, the same old house, no ties A little bit older but not so worldly wise That I cant see your lights on me Making me regretfully say The wonder of it all was you And underneath it all

Twist And Shout Deacon Blue

I wrote this once before Long before the summer You were then a student And we were dark as angels We were in the east Working to the west The west was looking south And the south she had no pity B...

Your Town Deacon Blue

I wouldnt want to be you Mostly not even near you When youre gone they will curse you And raise the tide against you I no longer care now For what you said was fair now I just dont go there now I j...

James Joyce Soles Deacon Blue

Here's the picturesI promised to sendYou see the airbaseWhere we were sentNow the winterHas started to descendYour loving son was sent hereI got your letterFrom Boise IdahoTo James Joyce SolesTo Ja...

Fellow Hoodlums Deacon Blue

On the night thatMaxton diedI fell overThe Clyde was full of old TyresThe wind nearly pulled myBreeches offAnd Ann KellyShe kissed my mouthFellow hoodlums andEngineersThe Union's southAnd we're all...

Closing Time Deacon Blue

This is the way we walkThis is how we walkAt closing timeThese are the songs we singThese are our songsAt closing timeAnd in the clearOf this sweet moonshineWe'll walk backTo where we startedOn our...

Goodnight Jamsie Deacon Blue

You were a good manJamsieEveryone loves youNow you're goneAnd the seagulls overWhere you lieSing your final songI'm walking backAway from hereTo see where you belongHere's the churchAnd here's the ...

I Will See You Tomorrow Deacon Blue

Outside the worldThe wind is howlingThrough the broken treesAnd the moon is shiningAs the river meets the seaAnd I will see you tomorrowCalm and bright in tender lightAnd my heart will be racingLik...

One Day I'll Go Walking Deacon Blue

WaterTiny at first then biggerAnd it flowed right downFrom the highest hillAnd it grew and it joinedThe battling burnAnd it flowed right throughTo where we are nowStandingBeside a cool cool streamI...

Born In A Storm Deacon Blue

That hurricane dayWill soon pass awayAnd someone will sweepAll the jetsam back into the bayAnd we'll come downLike we always didAnd knock on my doorLike the big bad windBorn in a stormIs that the o...

Raintown Deacon Blue

It's a rain dirt town job hurts but it don't payAll these calls they're making me and driving you insaneDon't you seeDon't you understandWaiting for the phone to ring to make me all I am.You're in ...

Ragman Deacon Blue

Offered her a roofThe rain had made it shineOffered her a songWasn't really mine[Chorus]I showed her all my thingsShe offered me belongingsShe thought I was a RagmanShe offered me possessionsI tied...

He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now Deacon Blue

There's a shadow on his photograph on Tinian '45Smiling like a college boy who's glad to be aliveBut now he owns a factory and a store in Los AlamosA wife called Beverly sells second hand Ford Moto...

The Very Thing Deacon Blue

One day all of us will workWe'll stand outside this orchard and we'll talkWhen all is said, all is doneWe'll still be thinking about homeThey say that love might be the very thingIf only it could b...

Love's Great Fears Deacon Blue

You know the agonyOf seeing it all slip awayWell maybe now you'd be happyJust to talk it out straightIf it's justSlipping awayAbout the danger ofBelieving in plans in handAbout the role that you ha...

Town To Be Blamed Deacon Blue

Close your eyes and go to sleepFrom the howling howling over these streetsPeople stare 'cause you're so madThat wild wild spark that innocent laughBut baby that's this townIt won't happen next time...

Riches Deacon Blue

It's good to know how big a life can beEspecially when it falls away so easilyAnd how hard it is to let you take your leaveAlso I wish you all the things that you believe inLike richesNow that they...

Kings Of The Western World Deacon Blue

I have an old friendSo the story goesHe never calls without saying helloHe's got a good jobSo the story goesHe says it's it's funny to see you look so lowI said I'm on top of the hillLooking down a...

Circus Lights Deacon Blue

You're tired and you say you're angryYou're thankful for this blessed rainAnd you think you'd knowBut your old friends have to tell you againYour books taught you all you knowYour tastes and patter...

This Changing Light Deacon Blue

I wrote this once beforeLong before the summerYou were then a studentAnd we were dark as angelsWe were in the eastWorking to the westThe west was looking southAnd the south she had no pityBut last ...

The World Is Lit By Lightning Deacon Blue

So maybe you're standingIn some foreign townYou've walked for milesTill the heat slows you downAnd your jeans and your curlsAre bleached and splitAnd your money and your angerAre all used upMaybe I...

Silhouette Deacon Blue

Down in the streets they're walking and kissingAll he sees is the lights in her her eyesShe feels his hand and smells his warm breathLooking up all she sees is the night skyHe saw her standing ther...

One Hundred Things Deacon Blue

PoorlyYou're more than poorly JimmyMore than thatWorse than thatThis is a case of photographsSmudged and dropped and laughed atHere's some things that came in postLetters never sent but wroteShelve...

Your Constant Heart Deacon Blue

Your constant heartBeats like the roadIt cuts through the rainAnd clears the snowAnd in our summerWe take it slowLetting the windDie in the hollowOh, your constant heartYour constant heartYour cons...

Love Hurts Deacon Blue

hurts Some fools dream of happiness Blissfulness, togetherness Some fools fool themselves I guess But they're not fooling me I know it isn't true, know it isn't true Love is just a lie made to make you blue

Jesus Do Your Hands Still Feel The Rain Deacon Blue

Would the rain, the frozen rainBe as cold upon your foreheadAs the tears that plough your beaten face againWould the rainCould your hands, your grubby handsPull your coat around your shoulderSteel ...

The Day That Jackie Jumped The Jail Deacon Blue

The day that Jackie jumped the jailThe day that Jackie jumped the jailThere was a big explosion just as he got off the motorwayAnd thirty thousand fireworks took the piss out of Princes StreetGarde...

Christmas & Glasgow Deacon Blue

He was lying in the half lightOf Christmas and GlasgowThinking and talkingTalking to St Enoch aboutChristmas and GlasgowDrinking and talkingAnd the sweet smellOf the Kelvin Hall CircusAnd the sweet...

The Wildness Deacon Blue

Oh the rush hour is overAnd the night has been tryingTo drive us and chase us awayBut we're lovely and drunk nowAnd our laugh dosen'tRattle or frayAnd the Friday folkAre coming roundLet the wildnes...

When You Are Young Deacon Blue

When you were young and your heart was freeI'd run and meet you and rush to seeJust over the wall where the clouds roll byAnd age and chance and tears were far awayOh if heaven wouldn't seeLight lo...

Plastic Shoes Deacon Blue

Plastic shoesEmpty in the hallWell, I gathered the newsThat you'd gone after allWhats left is this:And from what I can recallTheres something I've missedAnd I have seen it allYou caught me drawn in...

A Brighter Star Than You Will Shine Deacon Blue

Down on the flag stonesAccordions, sweet trumpets riseRusty memories of sin and doubtingMingle in around the Queen Street, traffic noiseWould that all the love in the worldWatch me through the nigh...

Beautiful Stranger Deacon Blue

it wasn't God who planned to make Honky tonk angels She makes the bed all alone but a house Without love is not a home plays on the radio She says why can't he be you I hear You've gone from Brown to blue

All I Want Deacon Blue

A cautious smile under the western skyWould curl upwards like the wild seaA special friend knowing all the ways of loveWould talk his way back inside a tiny secondDon't promise good intentionOne in...

Walking Back Home Deacon Blue

The stars and satellitesAre quiet over the hills tonightAnd the cats' eyes and white linesAre heading out for milesThe frost on the embankmentKeeps my feet on the roadBut the tunes and beersAre wal...

My America Deacon Blue

Church bells go ringing for you and IThis bright sky is singing for you and IAll the land goes laughing into that glad goodbyeAll the land goes laughing into that glad goodbyeOh my America my new f...

Long Window To Love Deacon Blue

You're taking down the signsNow the time has come and the cleansing's comingYou're turning down the lightsIn this cruel light symbols mean nothingYou're taking down the signsTurning round your eyes...

Indigo Sky Deacon Blue

We went as we know howAs far as the wind and the sky would allowWaking from sleepAlive to the noise we cameAfter the turn of the yearWith only the sky as a silver seerOf anything restively turningA...

Bethlehem's Gate Deacon Blue

There was a nightAs purple as thisWith a love so closeWe longed to be missedSummer '89And everything stoodSure and free and thereTo be finishedI long to be thereAs bright as the skyAt Bethlehem's g...

Rae Deacon Blue

I can't go with youAnd I can't let you goYou can't be with meSo I won't let it showI don't want you to knowSo I'll just have to let you goI'm going to love you so much betterYou'll forget the error...

Homesick Deacon Blue

There's me and daddy out at Lunan BayNow looking dandy stepping out SaturdayI can still see the busesLined up to take the dancing homeThat's me on the stairs suitcase in handKidding on but knowing ...

Wages Day Deacon Blue

There he stood and there we leftOutside the flashing neon signWith the smell of cheap cigarsAnd the hope of sweet perfumeAnd his heart it was reelingWith the thrill of it allAll to do and only hour...

Real Gone Kid Deacon Blue

And I'd tear out the pagesThat I've got in these booksJust to find you some wordsJust to get some rewardAnd I'll show you all the photographsThat I ever got tookAnd I'll play you old 45'sThat now m...