East Of Us Eddi Reader

she’s an iceberg white and glistening open fire see her melting (holding on to the east of us) there’s a tornado turning (I wish you well from the east of us) in the palms of our careless hands (you’re

Medicine Eddi Reader

did you fall out of the family tree here’s a kiss to mend your knee everybody needs some kind of medicine sometimes how long did you think it would last with your sleeping pills and laughing gas?

Dragonflies Eddi Reader

A lost summer's day, a lifetime away What do you find Slow turning sun, with somewhere to run On your mind Not the flash that you saw That was gone in the wink of an eye As soon as we're here We disappear

Dragonflies (Boo Hewerdine edit) Eddi Reader

A lost summer's day, a lifetime away What do you find Slow turning sun, with somewhere to run On your mind Not the flash that you saw That was gone in the wink of an eye As soon as we're here We disappear

Kiteflyer's Hill Eddi Reader

Those summer nights so still With all of the city beneath us And all of our lives ahead Before cruel and foolish words Were cruelly and foolishly said Sometimes I think of you and then I go Up to Kiteflyer's

Red Face Big Sky Eddi Reader

let's go walking to the edge of here let's go find the big sea maybe the sky will fall on us but I've got your name in my mouth like (wildfire) ah it's just like (wildfire) all the things you said make

Clear Eddi Reader

I do believe this road's for going I'll be on it soon enough My baby wants a mother So do I when it's all too tough I do believe there's something coming Hope it wake us up The big hand's pointing this

Glasgow Star Eddi Reader

there’s a yellow star hung over a Glasgow sky in a sandstone doorway I had the sweetest kiss I’m here for days like these and I’m walking down the middle of the Great Western Road and I’m surfing on a

New York City Eddi Reader

York city I was trying to get back on my feet I was looking out for someone else to think about and there's no harm in that you knock me out on these streets with your beauty there's only so much I want us

Hummingbird Eddi Reader

You never reach the sky and you cannot touch the ground Soar, you will never soar Spin or swoop or glide Soar up above us all In the shadows you must hide Soar, you will never soar Spin or swoop or glide

Wonderful Lie Eddi Reader

I remember all of this in slow motion Every tawdry detail Dust caught in the sun in your kitchen Empty words, saying nothing I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who i was I nearly forgot who i was

Psychic Reader Eddi Reader

psychic reader just a block away are you feeling sore palm readin’ just a walk away and my feet are sore we’re wearing starlight out no burning my eye lift your head up we’ll read your thoughts we’ll read

Sweet Mountain Of Love Eddi Reader

I'm looking up I see the sky I look and wonder When will I see you Standing there Standing there When will I see you In care of my sweet mountain of love In care of my sweet mountain of love In care of

Patience Of Angels Eddi Reader

From the top of the bus She thought she saw him wave She saw Tuesdays and forgetfulness And a little money saved Does she know, I don't know But from here I can tell That it would try the patience of angels

Candyfloss Eddi Reader

if I walk and chew gum it’s a miracle it’s a miracle candyfloss behind my eyes I see no clouds, I see blue skies now I’m so tame, if you ask my name and I don’t think twice it’s a miracle get me out of

Prayer Wheel Eddi Reader

Well, it's about time Don't forget about me Don't forget about me Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes Don't let me slip out of your mind Spin a prayer wheel for me sometimes You'll see me later Oh that's

Fallen Twice Eddi Reader

She came to him last night With a bottle of wine and a broken heart And he held her in his arms And he wondered for a while Was sadness just a broken smile From a girl with pale green eyes But he knows

Roses Eddi Reader

everybody listen love is all around feel it in the breeze summer's coming round dressing up the trees and it makes me feel alright watching all the signs of passing time seasons going round digging in

Darkhouse Eddi Reader

the moon flies past the darkhouse shines a light in she is in a corner, cornered and the dust fills everything she thought she needed saving by the prince of hopelessness she dreams of Barbie dolls and

Never Going Back Again (Queen Of Scots) Eddi Reader

you broke down and you let me in I first heard this song in Irvine you told me I was good luck I'm seventeen in Kilmarnock I'm never going to be that again now I've seen what it means to win Queen of Scots

The Right Place Eddi Reader

The lights are on our side, driving out of town tonight This night the colour of blue glass The warm wind is in our hair, summertime is everywhere It's funny how today just flew past I've been in the wrong

Wings On My Heels Eddi Reader

I never was too good at dancing Somewhere I'd step out of line But I knew that I had wings on my heels When they played in three-quarter time The pride of the north end would swagger The blades from the

The Exception Eddi Reader

In a paparazzi photograph she was stepping from a car The tired eyes betrayed the smile of the faded singing star At the publishers reception on the launching of her book She told the grimy details and

Joke (I'm Laughing) Eddi Reader

Explain Joke, is it some kind of joke?

Silent Bells Eddi Reader

lost in the noise life compels that all that we are without love are silent bells and where do prayers go if the heart never tells is all that we are without love, silent bells how does it feel made of

Rebel Angel Eddi Reader

holding on or falling falling through the rain I never lay down before underneath anyone who didn’t crush me or punish me for my weaknesses you’re on my tongue, you’re in my mouth, you’re all inside of

Postcard Eddi Reader

keep But if you'd never come here You'd never have had to leave And all the bones upon the beach They all sung out to me Grab it into your hands Don't let go and grab it But look the way it curls Out of

I Loved a Lad Eddi Reader

I ainse loved a lass and I loved her sae well that I hate all others that spoke of her ill; but now she’s rewarded me ill for my love she’s gone tae get wed tae another.

Bell, Book And Candle Eddi Reader

Blue around a morning moon The color of your eyes I remember holding you A fall through summer skies You're everything that I've become Every word I say I need a bell a book and candle To keep your ghost

Love Is The Way Eddi Reader

Love is the way Love is the way Love is the way you lead me In the light of this day, all things make sense somehow It's like I've been in a haze for what seems like years now Well I suppose I am drawn

When I Watch You Sleeping Eddi Reader

saw that’s why when I watch you sleeping I cry there’s a number in my pocket that I should really lose and your picture in my locket smiles so warm and true oh my heart grows ever cold at the thought of

On A Whim Eddi Reader

this confusion my heart goes travelling On a whim It's a cold and rainy day but it feels so right To be out on a limb It's where I go when my hope's unravelling On a whim And I find myself in the middle of

Over It Now Eddi Reader

Kiss me quick Before I turn into a pumpkin Nearly sick on the wall of death But then you held me hard Cigarette on the ghost train And for a while I was someone else I'm over it now Yes I'm over it now

Dear John Eddi Reader

bad day every day I want to sleep my life away This is the letter no one ever wants to read And though it hurts like hell It may be what you need to tell you I never wanted to be cruel But I’m so tired of

Follow My Tears Eddi Reader

I was born in the shadow Of the factory I'd be working For me and my brother There was nowhere else to go I married a local boy In nineteen forty seven His hands were rough but his eyes were kind And I

Scarecrows Eddi Reader

oh scarecrow wherever you goyou’re only bringing sorrowoh scarecrow wherever you goyou’re only bringing sorrowsorrow for the ones you left behindsorrow for the ones who gosorrow for the ones who ch...

Barcelona Window Eddi Reader

I can hear laughterSwimming through my windowBurnt orange petalsMoving in my eyesUnwrap meUntrap meYou and IHere we hide awaySomeone is workingSomeone is waitingSomeone is wastedBut that's outsideA...

California Eddi Reader

Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good companyHe only comes here when there's no one else to seeI don't mind if he comes aroundI know the winter gets him downBilly doesn't love me but he keeps goo...

Please Don't Ask Me To Dance Eddi Reader

Please don't ask me to dancePlease don't ask me to danceSkin remembers what the heart forgetsAnd I might do something that I will regretHow can you smile at me nowAfter all the ugly words we usedDo...

Semi-Precious Eddi Reader

Semi-precious, almost flawlessSemi-precious, almost flawlessI will find you, I will find youUnder bridges, where my fear liesIn the wreckage, I will catch your eyesIn borrowed rooms, by gutter moon...

Lazy Heart Eddi Reader

I've got a lazy heartCan't make it do a thingWon't go to church on SundaysI've never heard it singNo matter what I doCan't make my heart love youI've got a lazy heartSleeps when the morning comesSl...

Butterfly Jar Eddi Reader

prettiest thing he ever sawhe’d been looking near and farbut he didn’t want the world to shareso he kept her in a butterfly jarall the time his beauty sleptwhile he was watching in the darkno one s...

Dandelion Eddi Reader

oh dandelionif I make a wish on youand then I set you freeonto the breezewill my wish come trueoh dandelionI used to be the samenothing could hold me downnow I'm earthly boundoh what a shamewhy be ...

It's Magic Eddi Reader

You sigh, a song beginsYou speak and I hear violinsIt's magicThe stars desert the skiesAnd rush to nestle in your eyesIt's magicWithout a golden wandOr mystic charmsFantastic things beginWhen I am ...

My Shining Star Eddi Reader

When the storm is raging and the sky is blackYour light came to me in the barAnd it brought me to my journey's endYou are my shining starCan I stay with you my shining starEverything that I am seem...

I Won't Stand In Your Way Eddi Reader

You're growing upYou drop my handBefore I knew itYou could standI find it hard the letting goBut there's one thing I knowI won't stand in your wayTo go out tonight, see all the lightsI couldn't sta...

Find My Love (Feat. Eddi Reader) Fairground Attraction

Somewhere out there, there must be a boy for this girl Could be anywhere, could be next door or the other side of the world!

Mind Reader Sebadoh

Look, baby, I'm not a mind reader You're gonna have to tell me so You're lookin' down at your shoes again Take us down off of a cloud I'm ridin' high in the sky You'd have to tell me so Look, baby, I ain't

Palm Reader Third Eye Blind

Just give me a call when you feel better but you never do and I'm just another debtor to some palm reader whose got her hands mixed up Palm readers breath smells of brandy and cigarettes As she sells

Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (Duet With Eddi Reader) Todd Gordon

When the little blue bird who has never said a word Starts to sing spring spring When the little blue bell in the bottom of the dell Starts to ring ding a ring a ring When the little blue clerk in