Your Town Deacon Blue

was fair now I just dont go there now I just dont go Maybe theres a way not to make it hurt To cover up the words like you covered up the dirt Ever since you left it just gets worse Living out in your

Town To Be Blamed Deacon Blue

Close your eyes and go to sleep From the howling howling over these streets People stare 'cause you're so mad That wild wild spark that innocent laugh But baby that's this town It won't happen next time

One Hundred Things Deacon Blue

Letters never sent but wrote Shelves of books not opened Browsed in and bored you Unlocked things that should have been fastened down To be burned To be burned Jimmy To be gone forever So you're Down town

Silhouette Deacon Blue

kissing All he sees is the lights in her her eyes She feels his hand and smells his warm breath Looking up all she sees is the night sky He saw her standing there alone She saw him walking the whole town

The Day That Jackie Jumped The Jail Deacon Blue

wagon picked him up The sun will be up again And you You You You will be loved You will be loved You will be loved again And the wind And the rain And the wind And the rain Falls around All over this town

Raintown Deacon Blue

It's a rain dirt town job hurts but it don't pay All these calls they're making me and driving you insane Don't you see Don't you understand Waiting for the phone to ring to make me all I am.

The World Is Lit By Lightning Deacon Blue

So maybe you're standing In some foreign town You've walked for miles Till the heat slows you down And your jeans and your curls Are bleached and split And your money and your anger Are all used up Maybe

Twist And Shout Deacon Blue

were in the east Working to the west The west was looking south And the south she had no pity But last night I dreamed And you were always In it There were Hopes and plans and schemes And the town

This Changing Light Deacon Blue

angels We were in the east Working to the west The west was looking south And the south she had no pity But last night I dreamed And you were always In it There were Hopes and plans and schemes And the town

Your Constant Heart Deacon Blue

Your constant heart Beats like the road It cuts through the rain And clears the snow And in our summer We take it slow Letting the wind Die in the hollow Oh, your constant heart Your constant heart Your

Circus Lights Deacon Blue

You're tired and you say you're angry You're thankful for this blessed rain And you think you'd know But your old friends have to tell you again Your books taught you all you know Your tastes and patterns

Love And Regret Deacon Blue

Cold dawn won't comfort you Cold coffee Won't see you through Cold sheets Won't heal your heart Your frozen fingers of your Name so tarred I know so rarely That things come your way Your ways are tender

Your Swaying Arms Deacon Blue

passed like strangers Long before the love we ever new 'Cause I've been longing For a new world waiting I've been hoping To be sent I've been picking up All the love we squandered Until you Hold me in your

Jesus Do Your Hands Still Feel The Rain Deacon Blue

Would the rain, the frozen rain Be as cold upon your forehead As the tears that plough your beaten face again Would the rain Could your hands, your grubby hands Pull your coat around your shoulder Steel

When You Are Young Deacon Blue

When you were young and your heart was free I'd run and meet you and rush to see Just over the wall where the clouds roll by And age and chance and tears were far away Oh if heaven wouldn't see Light lovers

Riches Deacon Blue

It's good to know how big a life can be Especially when it falls away so easily And how hard it is to let you take your leave Also I wish you all the things that you believe in Like riches Now that they're

Long Window To Love Deacon Blue

You're taking down the signs Now the time has come and the cleansing's coming You're turning down the lights In this cruel light symbols mean nothing You're taking down the signs Turning round your eyes

James Joyce Soles Deacon Blue

Here's the pictures I promised to send You see the airbase Where we were sent Now the winter Has started to descend Your loving son was sent here I got your letter From Boise Idaho To James Joyce Soles

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.

I Will See You Tomorrow Deacon Blue

the world The wind is howling Through the broken trees And the moon is shining As the river meets the sea And I will see you tomorrow Calm and bright in tender light And my heart will be racing Like your

Goodnight Jamsie Deacon Blue

You were a good man Jamsie Everyone loves you Now you're gone And the seagulls over Where you lie Sing your final song I'm walking back Away from here To see where you belong Here's the church And here's

The Wildness Deacon Blue

has been trying To drive us and chase us away But we're lovely and drunk now And our laugh dosen't Rattle or fray And the Friday folk Are coming round Let the wildness Have its way Oh sweet autumn With your

Only Tender Love Deacon Blue

between gold or Wooden cross Could never see where we're falling Came in to love Then hounded by love Hounded by the very thing you dreamed up Chased inside the walls you tried to breach Sent crashing to your

Wages Day Deacon Blue

perfume And his heart it was reeling With the thrill of it all All to do and only hours He said all this is all yours You can have it all You can take it all away From where we left off Living it all Your

A Brighter Star Than You Will Shine Deacon Blue

You know, the preacher All he preaches is vanity Maybe, at last you'll see A brighter star than you will shine one day Hymns and words and busy planets Said, "The preacher have come and gone" Even your

Bethlehem's Gate Deacon Blue

close We longed to be missed Summer '89 And everything stood Sure and free and there To be finished I long to be there As bright as the sky At Bethlehem's gate September again You come so quick So sudden your

Still in the Mood Deacon Blue

loveless heart Could feel anything less than sure That they're still in the mood Still in the mood After the time has passed They were still in the mood You'd take the chimes of midnight To be the drum of your

Plastic Shoes Deacon Blue

this: And from what I can recall Theres something I've missed And I have seen it all You caught me drawn in the Bathroom mirror And said I looked a little older Walking along on a beach at dawn With your

Queen Of The New Year Deacon Blue

You're so young And you know so much Heaven help us all From the tales you tell You're so old And innocent as hell How I love your questions You Queen of the New Year Oh you're so young And you know so

Closing Time Deacon Blue

wished Till all the clouds Had vanished Nothing could be missed And only the river passed And there at the back of eleven In the late summer night A leaf landed soft Soft soft soft And sorrowful And your

I'll Never Fall In Love Again Deacon Blue

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'll never fall in love again What do you get when you kiss a girl You get enough germs

Will We Be Lovers Deacon Blue

my care Is held in check For you not there Evening comes And darkness falls We sit round And curtain out The black night There is a time Away From here Seasons pass So quickly come And steal the days Your

Rae Deacon Blue

wished I'd given you Oh how I miss you Rae Some day you might well laugh at this As memories of love all shift and time slips away So don't cry honey You can't see everything But the wind still dries your

Beautiful Stranger Deacon Blue

Seven lonely days in a fifty ton lorry I know you made me what I am And I fall to pieces Johnny Cash in black singin' Undertand your man from St.

My America Deacon Blue

small step away She's far and she's wide and she's one small step away Church bells keep ringing for you and I We rush,we live,we laugh for some time night These green fields and roads go rolling in your

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

DEACON BLUES Steely Dan

DEACON BLUES This is the day Of the expanding man That shape is my shade There where I used to stand It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass At ramblers Wild gamblers That's

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Orphans Deacon Blue

I now describe my countryAs if to strangersThis train is full of songsOf local winnersAnd the wind surrounds the towersAnd the flags they are blowingAnd the bunting and the distanceStretches over o...

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

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...

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...