The Annie Lennox Collection(

Annie Lennox The Annie Lennox Collection( Lyrics
1.Little Bird

Lyricist:Annie LennoxWriter(s):Annie Lennox

I look up to the little bird
That glides across the sky
He sings the clearest melody
It makes me want to cry
It makes me want to sit right down
and cry cry cry, yeah.

I walk along the city streets
So dark with rage and fear
And I...
I wish that I could be that bird
And fly away from here
I wish I had the wings to fly away from here, yeah.

But Mamma I feel so low
Mamma where do I go?
Mamma what do I know?
Mamma we reap what we sow
They always said that you knew best
But this little bird's fallen out of that nest now
I've got a feeling that it might have been blessed
So I've just got to put these wings to test

For I am just a troubled soul
Who's weighted...
Weighted to the ground (Weighted to the ground, weighted to the
ground)
Give me the strength to carry on
Till I can lay my burden down (Lay my burden down, lay my burden
down)
Give me the strength to lay this burden down
down down yea
Give me the strength to lay it down
Lay it down, Lay it down.

But Mamma I feel so low
Mamma where do I go?
Mamma what do I know?
Mamma we reap what we sow.
They always said that you knew best
But this little bird's fallen out of that nest now
I've got a feeling that it might have been blessed
So I've just got to put these wings to test

I feel so low
Mamma where do I go?
Mamma what do I know?
Mamma we reap what we sow.
Never turning for tying oh oh ...


2.Walking On Broken Glass

Lyricist:Annie Lennox
Writer(s):Annie Lennox

Walking on, walking on broken glass
Walking on, walking on broken glass

You were the sweetest thing that I ever knew
But I don't care for sugar, honey, if I can't have you
Since you've abandoned me
My whole life has crashed
Won't you pick the pieces up
'Cause it feels just like I'm walking on broken glass

Walking on, walking on broken glass
Walking on, walking on broken glass

The sun's still shining in the deep blue sky
But it don't mean nothing to me
Oh, let the rain come down
Let the wind blow through me
I'm living in an empty room
With all the windows smashed
And I've got so little left to lose
That it feels just like I'm walking on broken glass

Walking on, walking on broken glass
And if you're trying to cut me down
You know that I might bleed
'Cause if you're trying to cut me down
I know that you'll succeed
And if you want to hurt me
There's nothing left to fear
Cause if you want to hurt me
You're doing really well my dear

Now everyone of us is made to suffer
Everyone of us is made to weep
But we've been hurting one another
And now the pain has cut too deep
So take me from the wreckage
Save me from the blast
Lift me up and take me back
Don't let me keep on walking (Don't let me keep on walking)
I can't keep on walking on, i can't keep on walking on broken
glass

Walking on, walking on broken glass
Walking on, walking on broken glass
Walking on, walking on broken glass ... walking on glass,
walking on glass
Walking on, walking on broken glass ... walking on glass,
walking on glass
Walking on, walking on broken glass ... walking on glass .


3.Why

Lyricist:Annie Lennox
Writer(s):Annie Lennox

Why
Why
How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the things I've done
But when I start to try to tell you
That's when you have to tell me
Hey... this kind of trouble's only just begun
I tell myself too many times
Why don't you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut
That's why it hurts so bad to hear the words
That keep on falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Tell me...
Why
Why

I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be viciously unkind
But I can still read what you're thinking
And I've heard it said too many times
That you'd be better off
Besides...
Why can't you see this boat is sinking
(this boat is sinking this boat is sinking)
Let's go down to the water's edge
we can cast away those doubts
Some things are better left unsaid
But they still turn me inside out
Turning inside out turning inside out
Tell me...
Why
Tell me...
Why

This is the book I never read
These are the words I never said
This is the path I'll never tread
These are the dreams I'll dream instead
This is the joy that's seldom spread
These are the tears...
The tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread
These are the contents of my head
And these are the years that we have spent
And this is what they represent
And this is how I feel
Do you know how I feel
'cause i don't think you know how I feel
I don't think you know what I feel
I don't think you know what I fear
You don't know what I fear


4.No More 'I Love You's'

I used to be lunatic from the gracious days
I used to be woebegone and so restless nights
My aching heart would bleed for you to see
Oh but now...
(I don't find myself bouncing round whistling
and fortunes to make me cry)
No more 'I love you's'
The language is leaving me
No more 'I love you's'
Changes are shifting outside the word
(The lover speaks about the monsters)
I used to have demons in my room at night
Desire,despair,desire,so many monsters
Oh but now...
(I don't find myself bouncing round whistling
and fortunes to make me cry)

No more 'I love you's'
The language is leaving me
No more 'I love you's'
The language is leaving me in silence
No more 'I love you's'
Changes are shifting outside the word

No more 'I love you's'
The language is leaving me
No more 'I love you's'
The language is leaving me in silence
No more 'I love you's'
Changes are shifting outside the word

Outside the word

No more 'I love you's'
The language is leaving me
No more 'I love you's'
The language is leaving me in silence
No more 'I love you's'
Changes are shifting outside the word

Outside the word


5.Precious


6.A Whiter Shade Of Pale


7.A Thousand Beautiful Things


8.Sing


9.Pavement Cracks


10.Love Song For A Vampire

Lyricist:Annie Lennox
Writer(s):Annie Lennox

Come into these arms again
And lay your body down
The rhythm of this trembling heart
It's beating like a drum
It beats to you,it bleeds to you
It knows not how it sounds
For it is the drum of drums
It is the song of songs

Once I had the rarest rose
That ever deigned to bloom
Cruel winter chilled the bud
And stole my flower too soon
Oh loneliness
Oh hopelessness
To search the ends of time
For there is in all the world
No greater love than mine

Love O love O love
O love O love O love...
Still falls the rain (Still falls the rain) (O love O ...)
Love O love O love
O love O love O love...
Still falls the night (O love O ...)
Love O love O love
O love O love O love...
Be mine forever (be mine forever) (O love O ...)
Love O love O love
O love O love O love
O love O love O love
O love O love O love

Let me be the only one
To keep you from the cold
Now the floor of heaven is laid
With stars of brightest gold
They shine for you
They shine for you
They burn for all to see
Come into these arms again
And set this spirit free


11.Cold


12.Dark Road


13.Pattern Of My Life


14.Shining Light