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

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

Behind The Fool Del Amitri

Don't tell her that you want her Don't ask her to be yours Don't tell her she is everything Or she might see the fool behind the frown And then the heart behind the fool Don't tell her that you need her

Wash Her Away Del Amitri

Eyes like a slash across her face Lips I'd kill a man to taste Whatever this stuff is, I'm buying Whatever it does, I'll do it 'til I'm dying I can't wash her away It's getting under my skin I can't

Hammering Heart Del Amitri

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, And I suppose because there's beautiful girls in this

Former Owner Del Amitri

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.

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

I Was Here Del Amitri

She shouted to me under the juggernaut roar, "this is the bad life, what are we here for? " And wonderful world why are you full Of endless monotony and tiresome fools?

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

I Won't Take The Blame Del Amitri

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 the blame I was not the one who played the joker in this

Mother Nature's Writing Del Amitri

Open up your eyes, Everything is crying out this could be your time She fell out of the sky, Must every star been working on Heavenly designs A crooked line of lightning, a silent movie moon Mother nature's

The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere Del Amitri

Go and tell your mother, go and tell your friends You've been fooled again He appeared like magic and he left you on a late night train Yeh, some things never change Cos baby the ones that you love lead

The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere (Live At The Town & Country Club, London/ 1993) Del Amitri

Go and tell your mother, go and tell your friends You've been fooled again He appeared like magic and he left you on a late night train Yeh, some things never change Cos baby the ones that you love

The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere (Live At Leeds Town & Country Club/ 1997) Del Amitri

Go and tell your mother, go and tell your friends You've been fooled again He appeared like magic and he left you on a late night train Yeh, some things never change Cos baby the ones that you love lead

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

So come on babe, let's kiss this thing goodbye. I sometimes feel when we're together baby, everything has turned out wrong and I know you feel exactly the same way but still we carry on.

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

seen it in your face all those times when our lips were kissing our tongues were telling lies and all those signs that i've been missing were right there in your eyes so come on babe let's kiss this

Sleep Instead Of Teardrops Del Amitri

Cry Cry out your eyes forever It wont go away I I’m just a dumb observer It’s so stupid what I said Like everyone else will do I’m gonna lie to you Tell you that life is cruel But someday you’

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

Spit In The Rain Del Amitri

And you can try, to find her But you'll be looking in vain Because love disappears like Spit in the rain.

The First Rule Of Love Del Amitri

You'll get hooked, you'll get drugged She'll be your essence she'll be your blood And you'll want her so much but you'll never get enough And that's the first rule of love She'll smell so sweetly in the

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.

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

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

Driving With The Brakes On Del Amitri

And I might be more of a man if I stopped this in it’s tracks And said, come on, let’s go home. But she’s got the wheel, And I’ve got nothing except what I have on.

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

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

Won't Make It Better Del Amitri

with it So you want to throw away the old you But the old you's old enough to know It won't make it better Sick of being a loser, so you say Gonna go out and choose a new personality Ain't gonna look at her

Won't Make It Better (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

with it So you want to throw away the old you But the old you's old enough to know It won't make it better Sick of being a loser, so you say Gonna go out and choose a new personality Ain't gonna look at her

Buttons On My Clothes Del Amitri

crowd tonight There's a sober kind of sparkle in their eyes That I don't like 'Cause everybody knows she ain't coming back The buttons on my clothes are as plain to see as that I'm a man of reputation in this

As Soon As The Tide Comes In Del Amitri

You'd better get some sleep for a change Before tomorrow brings you down By three o'clock they'll both be sitting on that plane Hopelessly honeymoon bound And I hope no one asks you to kiss this bride

Just Like A Man Del Amitri

we forget And just like a man he holds you gently And just like a man he strokes your hair And just like a man I still pretend that I'm Immune to the whole affair But I wanna die, I wanna cry, I wanna tell

Drunk In A Band Del Amitri

martial arts and Jim pushes patients 'round the public parks and Nancy makes sculptures out of Hoover parts but I'm just a drunk in a band Danny puts the cones on the motorway and Donna dances tables in her

Cindy Incidentally Del Amitri

just a little too quiet And your local papers run out of news I'm not persuading you or disengaging you But Cindy you and me we got to move Can you refuse, no time to lose We'll hit the high road early this

She's Passing This Way Del Amitri

She's passing this way And if you're looking for love, she'll give it away Yeah, we've all drunk from that cup You'll be hooked within minutes of tasting a drop 'Cause she is something, that is true

Cash And Prizes (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

high as the Hoover Dam I've got cash and prizes, but I don't know who I am I've got a thousand people act on my every word Point at the sky above me, and I own every bird I've got a wife who holds me in her

Scared To Live Del Amitri

Why can't I wake up to this life? How can you have no faith in this your own home town? Can't you practice a little discretion, play the whole thing down?

Cash And Prizes Del Amitri

high as the Hoover Dam I've got cash and prizes but I don't know who I am I've got a thousand people act on my every word Point at the sky above me and I own every bird I've got a wife who holds me in her

Never Enough Del Amitri

On the half finished buildings only seagulls remain As you try to think back to the root of this pain And life ain't worth living without a little love But a little love is never enough So some folks are

Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name Del Amitri

And with each tick of my alarm clock I get 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

Long Journey Home Del Amitri

"By the time you get to hear this I'll be long gone down the road Without a toothbrush or a suitcase in a world I didn't know By the time you get through college, by the time you learn to drive I'll be

Learn To Cry Del Amitri

figure out why As the drunks on the park benches are putting their blankets down I'm thinking boy, you'd better learn to cry Well I could go to sleep or else recourse to alcohol I could break up some of this

It Might As Well Be You Del Amitri

tomorrow And it might as well be you that tonight will call my name And it might as well be you that I cling to, that I laugh with and sing to Yeah babe, it might as well be you that reminds me It was once her

Keepers Del Amitri

Now I may be pleading But there's no love nor fear in my eyes Just greediness I'm not seeing this sleeping dog lie.

Here And Now Del Amitri

mind if you want to break my heart 'Cos you can burn paper You can turn a wheel But you can't change later Here and now just how good we can feel Hey, stop talkin' Think I can hear the sea And did I tell

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

One Thing Left To Do Del Amitri

who I belonged to And so long to everything Now there's only one thing left to do, I guess I want to prove that I'd die for you I don't think of you, like I used to do, I can't figure who, I'm writing this

The Whole World Is Quiet Del Amitri

UK CDS "Always The Last To Know" Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse seem stuck for what to say Even the presence of Jesus in this house couldn't chase those demons away The whole world is quiet And Charlie

The Verb To Do Del Amitri

want it, if it won't show through It's only because it has me paralysed for want of loving you So if you and I don't make it, well who's going to Why can't we just state it bold as blue Look out over this

Lucky Guy Del Amitri

Baby, hold it, just let me try For just one minute be this other guy Live his life With my home and my faithful wife And your pretty face to kiss some nights Ain't I a lucky guy, I get what I want Ain't