I Was Here Del Amitri

Though there was leads in the petrol and bacteria in the beer Though she moved away and left me hopeless, I was writing I was here.

Here And Now Del Amitri

Hey, I'm with you Let me just get you a light And if we'd thought to listen We might have checked if the weather was right And I don't mind if you want to drive all day Hey, it's rainin' I should have

This Side Of The Morning Del Amitri

Nobody's perfect, and that's something that I'm sure she'll know 'cos trying to tell her lies from the truth at times Is like trying to divide ice from snow When I knew it was over, I jumped into a taxi

It's Never Too Late To Be Alone Del Amitri

Summer here is over in a million different ways You look like a dream sometimes, but I don't dream these days Yesterday the snow fell, by four o'clock it thawed And last night making love to you, well

Sticks And Stones, Girl Del Amitri

Here I am, hardly breathing in at all I cough when I can and that's about all I am this man and though I turn the tape To a happier song, my face can't find a smile Because it's been looking too long You

It Might As Well Be You Del Amitri

There is nobody here tonight, who doesn't dance to the same tune as I Looking for that special someone new, and hey babe it might as well be you And as I fumble through my change, the dance floor illuminates

Keepers Del Amitri

" You may be bleeding but you're not dying Though you are dying to go Stop teasing me I'm not seeing you leaving me Here is a party full of my friends And here is a cup being filled up to be drunk again

Former Owner Del Amitri

So who was first? Obviously not me. She's locked up inside herself And I can't get anything free So won't somebody tell me please Why the former owner always keeps the keys.

Make It Always Be Too Late Del Amitri

What I want is everything to clear So let the clocks be wrong Let the evening be longer let me drown in here What I want gets clouded by the sun I can't see beyond The petty things that living here

Lighten Up The Load Del Amitri

I've been waiting in this station, for what seems like a year Its midday now but I don't trust the clocks they have in here And maybe round the corner she'll be stepping off that bus And then I will remember

I Won't Take The Blame Del Amitri

Daylight comes with such surprising speed Yesterday you talked of love and now you want to leave But don't expect me to stand in your way I am powerless to alter any action you might take And I won't take

Cruel Light Of Day Del Amitri

Someone's opening up for business The morning rings the same old way But someone should've taught me forgiveness Now I see it in the cruel light of day Tell him he's done me a kindness She was going to

Through All That Nothing Del Amitri

Honey, sometimes those big blue eyes Can make me fall out of bed in surprise In the bright morning sun, In the howling wind, in the shirt you sleep in, You're the one 'cos it's you, that i tried to find

When I Want You Del Amitri

You sent greetings from Liverpool and I took the next train Passed by people putting flowers on graves and We got delayed When I arrived you had vanished like steam and left me in a diesel day So I walked

She's Passing This Way Del Amitri

within minutes of tasting a drop 'Cause she is something, that is true But just a kiss, my friend, you're through 'Cause when she walks and leaves you blue You'll look like the junkies standing here

Just Like A Man Del Amitri

I still don't believe it, how much we lied Last night you made it with him now I'm supposed to be dignified Just like a man Well I spend my night times drinking and you spend your days in bed And I guess

The Verb To Do Del Amitri

If you or I don't say it who's going to We can dance around it or dance for the truth We sit here conjugating every variation through Of the verb to do Now I don't want to hang it all on you If blame must

What I Think She Sees Del Amitri

I've been in this place many times before With my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothes But just because I'm here Don't mean I can't run out that door Ain't that what those running shoes

What I Think She Sees (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I've been in this place many times before With my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothes But just because I'm here Don't mean I can't run out that door Ain't that what those running shoes

Cash And Prizes (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I've got cash and prizes more than a man could dream I've got a hundred houses, some that I've never seen I've got walls of paintings high as the Hoover Dam I've got cash and prizes, but I don't know who

To Last A Lifetime Del Amitri

Roll down the window, let me hear the rain Let me hear her whispering, honey everything is OK Cos I've had enough bad news To last a lifetime Well I drove all night under a seasick sky And I made it by

Be My Downfall Del Amitri

The bus is pulling out and I guess I'd better go Before I make a grave mistake and let my feelings show And twenty miles away she waits alone for me But when I try to picture her you're the one I see And

Tell Her This Del Amitri

Tell her not to go I ain't holding on no more Tell her something in my mind freezes up from time to time Tell her not to cry I just got scared that's all Tell her I'll be by her side, all she has to do

Cash And Prizes Del Amitri

I've got cash and prizes more than a man could dream I've got a hundred houses, some that I've never seen I've got walls of paintings high as the Hoover Dam I've got cash and prizes but I don't know who

Whiskey Remorse Del Amitri

"There is a girl I used to know She had a hundred ways of hurting you, and so I packed my bags and left her as she watched some TV show, There is a girl I used to know.

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

It seems like weeks since you looked at me baby without that look of distaste I don't know why your feelings are changing but I've seen it in your face All those times when our lips were kissing

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

it seems like weeks since you looked at me baby without that look of distaste i don't know why your feelings are changing but i've seen it in your face all those times when our lips were kissing

Buttons On My Clothes Del Amitri

Buttons on My Clothes I've been drinking all through summer I guess I've had a laugh I've had every kind of fun I could have had Looking at my crowd tonight There's a sober kind of sparkle in their eyes

Ceasefire Del Amitri

Good luck and lost love's knife Cut a path leading through my life I weave through the gusts of change As a kite might through the sky.

Hammering Heart Del Amitri

I suppose love lives in a dustbin behind the garden wall You have to grovel on the ground and be pretty disgusting To find it at all And I suppose that it grows on you Standing there with no clothes on

Surface Of The Moon Del Amitri

Snow in a soulless city covers up the cracks in the road As a wastrel buys her cigarettes and wipes her pretty nose Like a part-time Elvis imitator these streets I knew so well Have been pasted beyond

Breaking Bread Del Amitri

Well it didn't take long for him to be consumed And he turned around and said as her caressing resumed "we once were close but now we're both marooned, And what was once a stirring melody is now a distant

High Times Del Amitri

cold baby, yes it's cold But everything is relative can't you see we're living in High times, dig the new domain Living through high times, just don't crash my spiritual plane Little snow white, she was

Spit In The Rain Del Amitri

Without doubt, it is true She was the only love you knew Now she's gone, It fades away, like Spit in the rain.

Move Away Jimmy Blue Del Amitri

So move away Jimmy Blue Before your small, small town turns around and swallows you A drunk mother was the cue For the legendary things that you do Behind a carnival tent with mud on your face

Lucky Guy Del Amitri

I a lucky guy, unlucky for some.

Last Cheap Shot At The Dream Del Amitri

I can't look into the future, but I can't cheat the past I will wipe away my memory, I will find freedom at last I will walk away from everything that I used to want so bad I can't look into the future

One Thing Left To Do Del Amitri

So long, hope you dreams come true Now I've gone i know you're gonna bloom And did you want me to say I'd die for you What you wanted I couldn't give I guess I needed it to live And did you want me to

Out Falls The Past (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

You hold the key to whether we will ever last I know I can't forever hide behind this mask 'Cause everytime I fall in love, out falls the past You'll hear my reputation anywhere you ask They'll say I'm

Out Falls The Past Del Amitri

You hold the key to whether we will ever last I know I can't forever hide behind this mask 'Cause everytime I fall in love, out falls the past You'll hear my reputation anywhere you ask They'll say

Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name Del Amitri

crazy for the days to get to you When I can hold you and kiss you and have you Instead of staring at some photo like a fool But as day turns to night there's this hopelessness to fight When I think that

Not Where It's At Del Amitri

With some girls it don't matter who you hang with With some girls it don't matter how you talk And some girls they are easy to be yourself with But the one girl that I want, ain't easy to please with what

Funny Way To Win Del Amitri

So you want me to play the bleeding role Just so he can know how I needed you. Well that's okay with me, it's a part I think I know God knows he won't need to suspend belief.

No Family Man Del Amitri

Well, I talk like a boy to my baby sometimes And you talk like a baby when your boy is crying You made something to love but I love what I am No family man So don't tell me you've got something better

Start With Me Del Amitri

With all the stuff they sell you night and day With all the trash they try to trick you with you lie to me Well I don't need it but I get it anyway With all the sadness and lunacy, With all the dispossessed

Food For Songs Del Amitri

hauling people Out from under their homes There's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight, I'll be shell shocked and white in the cold light of dawn But I

Food For Songs (Acoustic Ver.) Del Amitri

There's people hauling people Out from under their homes There's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight I'll be shell shocked and white in the cold light of dawn But I

Some Other Sucker's Parade Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Some Other Sucker's Parade (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

The Last To Know Del Amitri

So you're in love with someone else Someone who burns with in your soul And it looks like I am the last to know I hear you've never felt so alive So much desire beyond control and as usual I am