Ace Of Hearts Richard Clapton

babe, you're the dealer, I only know what I see I don't know what kinda tricks you're playing But you've got a few tricks up your sleeve I've seen every face printed on my cards But I've seen you as the Ace

Ace of Hearts (Best Years Of Our Lives Live With Jon Farris) Richard Clapton

babe, you're the dealer I only know what I see I don't know what kinda tricks you're playing But you've got a few tricks up your sleeve I've seen every face printed on my cards But I've seen you as the Ace

Hearts On The Nightline Richard Clapton

stranded here from my friends Stumbling along through the canyons Wasting away in shady cafes I don't have smile I can turn on And I don't know if I can survive Keep getting caught up in this arcade of

The Ride Out Richard Clapton

Clapton I'm estranged by circumstances Beyond my control, Spent my life, oh so futile Upon my father's road.

Girls On The Avenue Richard Clapton

"Girls on the Avenue Girls on the avenue, they're trying to get you in, Strolling by with their rosebud smiles, They're all dressed up to kill, lean on the windowsill, Looking your way with eyes of fire

I Am An Island Richard Clapton

Young hearts on Paradise Street, tumble down like poetry Oh my I've got to fly, reach up and touch the sky Up and down with the party clowns Ballroom dancing in sequined gowns I get so confused searching

The Best Years Of Our Lives Richard Clapton

I'm standing here in Oxford Street, and the ghosts are howlin' and geez it's raining I said don't waste time these are the best years of our lives I said don't waste time, these are the best years of our

New World Richard Clapton

Clapton Take me out tonight – so far away, Out among the stars, I know a magic place, a secret space, There's an opening in the sky, We can ride a million miles.

The Night Train Richard Clapton

Clapton Hold on to your dreams Your dreams are the place where you want to be I hold on to my dreams That's the one thing they can't take away from me Everyday, we struggle against mediocrity And we can't

Feelin' Alright Tonight Richard Clapton

Clapton Steppin' out in the modern world, The Twilight Club and the candy girls, Hold on tight, honey it's alright, We're gonna fly through the canyons tonight, Watching the view from the Regal Room, The

The Universal Richard Clapton

the radio With a very, very shaky hand Hear me singing shooby doo wop shooby doo wah Oh my life feels so empty now Living here in this bourgeois town The TV news and their dumbassed views All I think of

Wild Child Richard Clapton

goin' out, I'm goin' into town Gonna shake off my confusion I'm gonna find out, I'm gonna hang around 'Til I manifest my vision Baby you, You always were a wild child Baby you, Are an only child Born of

Blue Bay Blues Richard Clapton

Clapton Janie - see how good the sky looks today, I'll bet they're having fun up in Byron Bay - all our friends, Oh I'm feeling just a little bit blue I can tell it's been getting to you too - trying to

Angelou Richard Clapton

Clapton Don't need a tour guide Through these canyons of the heart What do you think these scars are for?

What Does It Take To Get Lucky Richard Clapton

Look at my face in the window Of that big Mercedes Benz I'm just another bum on the streets downtown I ain't worked since God knows when Each night in Bluesville I been hanging out With all the usual layabouts

Out On The Edge Again Richard Clapton

The Countess sits there dressed up In the shadows of her dreams And her eyes are lookin' everywhere But never look at me And I should be the sucker Who waits upon her whims But she flicks her writ so gracefully

Need A Visionary Richard Clapton

So much dirt on the street It sticks to the edge of your feet And your girl won't come around This is a down town These questions I don't understand I keep searching the palm of my hand But I've known

Down The Road Richard Clapton

Clapton I was turned out of Cafe Cologne As the sun came up the cock was crowing, And the ground kept swaying underneath my feet, All the drifters are Americans, Chasing dreams to Amsterdam, Stumbling

Trust Somebody Richard Clapton

Clapton Life in the city is a cul-de-sac Everybody wears a two faced mask Trade virtues in a thin disguise That's why they can't look you in the eye Making money is a means to an end But all that money

Sometimes The Fire Richard Clapton

Ooo baby, like a sea of stars Show me a sign, put this magic on me Straight to my heart Ooo baby, you're so fine, fine, fine And I'm waiting here with two feet, babe On both sides of the line Friday night

Deep Water Richard Clapton

They closed down the doors of the Trocadero, And I came back looking just like a ghost, The posters are scattered all over the stairs, Nobody reads them so nobody cares, The kids all retired when they

Atom Bomb Richard Clapton

Clapton I last saw my baby, Just before the siege, ATOM BOMB She was dancing, Dancing in between the trees ATOM BOMB When the big flash came, You could feel the heat, ATOM BOMB, We're two thousand years

High Society Richard Clapton

Clapton Oo - wee! ain't life grand?

Metropolis Richard Clapton

Clapton Everyday it's just the same bad news The paper-boy cried in the rain, The headlines got me feelings so confused And it's driving the kids insane.

Real Love Richard Clapton

dream Life keeps rushing by, still I don't know why Why I keep on wasting all this precious time I keep holding on till I find a love that's true REAL LOVE WILL ALWAYS SHINE THROUGH I FOUND LOVE INSIDE OF

Southern Germany Richard Clapton

Clapton Feel the stillness in the valleys, Of Southern Germany, And see the shadows of the fir trees, And the world that dwells within, The old girls slaving in the cornfields, They know no other life,

Rose Wine Cafe Richard Clapton

Clapton Everyone's dressed in their masquerade clothes, Tryin' to look just that little bid bold, Looking for someone - they need someone I like to come down here sometimes It's a real good place to hide

Ode To A Slowboat Richard Clapton

Watching the slow boats in the late afternoon Out on the edge of the wharf Madelaine sighs as life passes by And we know we don't need to talk I've never seen so many shades of blue Stretch from the beach

Burning Ships Richard Clapton

Clapton I hear the air raid sirens, Howling out so violent, And the churchyard gates are closed, I've seen the rich men smiling, New born babies dying, And I don't know where to go, Machines guns cracking

Kickin' The Moon Around Richard Clapton

She's such an inhibited girl You can tell by her mouth That she's very limited Afraid to think those things she doesn't know She seems to be so full of life But inside she's just a ghost Sometimes she

Diamond Mine Richard Clapton

The city haze in the summertime The traffic rolls like a serpentine Sitting down here by the harbour With a six pack of cold beer So many thoughts fly round my head And then they disappear Back in the

Wintertime In Amsterdam Richard Clapton

Don't know where I'm going to Coming down from this endless flight Flying across the North Sea Flying to Amsterdam The whole world is moving slowly Spread my arms right out across the land Got to get out of

Amsterdam Richard Clapton

Clapton Flying – across the North Sea, Flying – to Amsterdam Coming into the airport lights, Playing tricks with my crazy mind, Don't know where I'm going to, Coming down from this endless flight; Flying

Last Train To Marseilles Richard Clapton

Clapton I'm sinkin' down On the edge of the bed With my head in my hands And I'm feelin' real down I feel all kinda jumped up inside, And I just can't describe What it is that I'm trying to say.

Chinatown Richard Clapton

Clapton-Slavich Chinatown Shakedown I went down to Gentleman Jim's, He looked so wild, I didn't recognize him, I got out the side door, 'cos I had a hunch That when Jim gets wild he packs a real Mean punch

Strange Days In Chippendale Richard Clapton

Clapton I been shufflin' down the Redfern streets, Backyards without a lawn And the yella haze that's in the air, It seems to grab your lungs.

I Wanna Be A Survivor Richard Clapton

Clapton When I was a young boy, I knew peace of mind, I'd sit down by the ocean, And watch the seabirds flyin' But as the years went by And the men grew tired of the country life, We moved up to the city

Throw Me Down A Line Richard Clapton

Clapton Down river from my memories, of all those summer years, You come riding by on horseback crowned with tears, I've watched you from the shadows, behind this wall of trees, I would comfort you if

Love Is Strong Richard Clapton

So many times, you give in just a little bit False hopes and compromise, but don't you give in to it No rhyme or reason, it's all just a state of mind Then when the pressure's on You dull your senses and

Thorn in My Saddle (Billboard Live Version - Previously Unreleased) Richard Clapton

road confusion I was bound to be confined To be lost and disillusioned By these ideas in my mind I got a thorn in my saddle Now if love don't prove the answer Gonna find myself locked in Just a prisoner of

Walk On Water Richard Clapton

waves And everytime the shutter clicked It locked the picture right away Sometimes I know I think too much I think so much, I just lose touch With whatever's going down today But I have seen so many of

Burn Down Your Bridges Richard Clapton

sometimes it just hurts to be alive Burn, burn down your bridges While you still got the time Burn, burn down your bridges Look ahead, not behind Mother ocean comfort me I come here as a fugitive I'm tired of

Get Back To The Shelter Richard Clapton

Clapton What are you up to Sylvia?

Liberty Bell Richard Clapton

Gotta ring out loud On that Liberty bell Got to fight for your own freedom Gotta ring out loud On that Liberty bell There's a world where we belong The city bus it keeps you waiting Waiting till the end of

Goodbye Tiger (Remastered 2009) Richard Clapton

with the years Goodbye Tiger Chasing those dolce vita times Somehow you seem to have left me far behind But you can hear me whisper on the nightline Goodbye Tiger I keep shifting round I wear the dust of

Dark Spaces Richard Clapton

Clapton What are you up to Sylvia?

That Moon Richard Clapton

The moon hangs heavy in the sky tonight It's sad reflection shining in my eye The weight of the world, keeps dragging me down My feet's so heavy upon the ground That moon is making me crazy Full moon is

Down In The Lucky Country Richard Clapton

Clapton Standing on the corner, with the sunlight in my eyes, The streets are full of brown skinned girls, And yellow beach front signs, The radio plays the horses, the announcer calls 'em out, He's got

Kathleen Richard Clapton

Clapton-Delandro Down on the waterfront, In the haze of the neon lights, Kathleen's staring into the mirror, Like she's looking back into her life, There isn't one thing she wouldn't give, Just to get

Goodbye Tiger Richard Clapton

Clapton Geez, he said, the bands don't seem to play round here no more And Saturday night just ain't the same Wish everything was back the way it used to be before Now I sit here and push my long hair