Growing Up In Public

Jimmy Nail Growing Up In Public Lyrics
1.Ain't No Doubt

She says 'it's not you - it's me
I need a little time, a little space
A place to find myself again
You know?'
Oh yes, i know a goodbye when i hear
It she smiles
But her heart's already out there
Walking down the street

She says
'i don't want nobody else
I love you', she's lying
'there won't be somebody else
And that's true'
She's lying
'say you'll always be my friend
Sweet darling'

Why does she pretend?

Ain't no doubt, it' plain to see
A woman like you's no good for me
Your heart's beating at another door
I'm a done fool for to ask for more

She says
'it's like in a song, remember?
'if you love someone, set them free'
Well, that's how it is for me
And then she kisses me
And somewhere i hear a door slam
So i say 'fine'
And just hope that i'm a better liar
Than she is

She says
'i don't want nobody else
I love you'.
She's lying
'say you'll always be my friend
Sweet darling'
Why does she pretend?

Ain't no doubt, it' plain to see
A woman like you's no good for me
Your heart's beating at another
Door i'm a done fool for to ask
For more ain't no doubt, it's
Plain to see
A woman like you's no good for me
Your heart's beating at another
Door i'm a done fool for to ask
For more

'i don't want nobody else
I love you'
She's lying
'there won't be somebody else
And that's true'
She's lying
'say you'll always be my friend
Sweet darling'

Why does she pretend?

Ain't no doubt, it' plain to see
A woman like you's no good for me
Your heart's beating at another
Door i'm a done fool for to ask
For more ain't no doubt, it's
Plain to see
A woman like you's no good for me
Your heart's beating at another
Door i'm a done fool for to ask
For more


2.Reach Out

I don't want to be the answer, girl
I don't want to be a dancer on your dreams
I don't want to shield you from yourself
But you know it's sometimes harder than it
Seems

In a wicked world there's light somewhere
I care

Reach out your little hand to me
And i'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And i'll be there

When it seems you've got the broken cup
When your given soap instead of sympathy
When you feel as if you're giving up
There's another road that leads right back to
Me

In a wicked world there's light somewhere
I care

Reach out your little hand to me
And i'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And i'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And i'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And i'll be there

And i would never steal your time
Or make you sign forever
You're free
You're free
Take me
Take me to your heart

Reach out your little hand to me
And i'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And i'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And i'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And i'll be there


3.Laura

I can hear the ocean pushing t the bay
If i close my eyes then maybe it'll go away
Everywhere ther'e sunlight and
Children play for time thought i heard a sign then
I realised it was mine

The sky's a perfect blue again
But if you look it's hard to tell
If it's paradise or hell

But now i know, laura
Summer is a lonely place
Oh, laura
I wish i could see your face

When a million birds sing how can i be sad
It's s if they know i lost the only chance i had

The sky's a perfect blue again
But it might as well be grey
'cause i let you walk away

But now i know, laura
Summer is a lonely place
Oh, laura
I wish i could see your face
Oh, laura
I kissed you in the rain
Oh, laura
How i wish i was home again

In winter i was warmer
Don't make me wait here alone
The sun has cast its shadow
And it chills me to the bone

Oh, laura
How i wish i was coming home

The sky's a perfect blue again
But it might as well be grey
'cause i let you walk away

But now i know, laura
Summer is a lonely place
Oh, laura
I wish i could see your face
Oh, laura
I kissed you in the rain
Oh, laura
How i wish i was home again


4.Waiting For The Sunshine

Time was when i was a different boy
Innocent of life until you came around
The boy turned bad
Time was i never ever dared to touch
Not they've got my fingerprints all over town
The boy turned bad

Coul have been the boy who gave them hell
Could have been the king of cool as well
But you had to blow it all and tell
Ah, well

Waiting for the sunshine
Waiting for the sun to shine all over me
I'm waiting for the sunshine

You said 'love will never be enough'
Turn your pretty head and i was on my knees
The boy turned bad
You said 'babe, you've got to be so tough
Take a bite of life and don't you say
Please'
The boy turned bad

Waiting for the sunshine
Waiting for the sun to shine all over me
I'm waiting for the sunshine
Waiting for the sunshine
Waiting for the sun to shine all over me
I'm waiting for the sunshine


5.Real Love

And when the shouting's over
Where do you go?
Nd when you're a wounder soldier
Who wants to know?

And when ther's just no getting
Through to you
Pull back the clouds and take
A glimpse of the sky
When love comes down it's just like
Learning to fly

There's no harm that's gonna come to you
You're not in danger any more

Real love can climb any mountain
Real love as big as the sky

It's a mysterious thing
How it begins
You search for a life-time
But it won't let you in

And then it's there

There's a joy that runs
Through everything you do
Through somebody's love you
Become alive

Real love can climb any mountain
Real love as wide as a mile
Real love as deep as the ocean
Real love as big as the sky


6.Only Love(Can Bring Us Home)

There's a feeling coming over
Getting bigger
Growing stronger every day
You can't turn your face or hide
Your head
But it's not gonna go away
With a little bit of caring
We can get it back to where it
Used to be
But if we take and if we take
Then take some
More we'll shake the nature
From the tree

As we walk this world alone
Only love can bring us home
Millions of children are born
Into hunger
Only love can bring us home

I can see it ever clearer now
In letters written big upn the wall
That of we don't ease up a
Little on the earth
We're gonna take a major fall
So if you're looking down and listening
We could use a heapin'
Helping from above
Because a hundred tons of hate
Can be negated
With a little bit of love

As we walk this world alone
Only love can bring us home
Millions of children are born
Into hunger
Only love can bring us home
Poor is the man who walks on is own
Some day we'll learn that our
Wells can be
Emptied and only love can bring us home


7.Wicked World

Hey wicked world
I'm down on everything that
Makes you turn
Forbidden pearl
I hate you with a pain that
Makes me burn
Oh wicked thing
I curse you but i need the
Feel you give
Destroy my world
But feed me with the juice that
Makes me live

I want, i need
I need to have you feed from me
I'm up, i'm down
My head is spinning round and round
I'm in, i'm out
It's such a wicked world

Some better day
I'll wlk along these boulevards alone
I will be free
I'll shake you from my veins and from my
Bones but ot for now
I need your little number one last time
I have no shame
You're so sublime

I want, i need
I need to have you feed from me
I'm up, i'm down
My head is spinning round and round
I'm in, i'm out
It's such a wicked world

Oh, i would lie for you
I would die for you
I would crucify the stars up in
The sky for you
I'm so weak
But with yor help i will be strong

I want, i need
I need to have you feed from me
I'm up, i'm down
My head is spinning round and round
I'm in, i'm out
It's such a wicked world


8.Beautiful

Watching you begin your going
I can still remember how it was with you
And then you go and throw it at me
Sleeping with a guy i called my friend
Some friend

Big shot, i could've won
Nothing stopping me

Shoot for the moon
Big shot, i should've done
I could've owned it
Bit i made it too soon

Beautiful is what you are
Beautiful to me
Beautiful is what you are
But i can't set you free
Tie a ball and chain around
You keep you close to me
Beautiful is what you are
But i can't set you free

And hurting was your special thing, girl
And you could turn it on just when you wanted
To you hd me wrapped around your fingr
Every little thing you wanted me to do
I would do for you

Big shot, i could've been
I could've made it
Could've reached for the sky
Big shot, i should've been
But you took it from me
Wore it down by and by

Beautiful is what you are
Beautiful to me
Beautiful is what you are
But i can't set you free
Tie a ball and chain around
You keep you close to me
Beautiful is what you are
But i can't set you free


9.I Believed

I believed all the things you said

So i laid my weary head
And as the dawn began the day
All we had was swept away

Because i believed

And you believed that the world was
Yours you were waiting fr applause
But the people ll said no
And as you came, so did you go

I believed
I believed

Oh, you fools
You broke all the rles
And now you have to pay

They believed that a change would come
That one day 'thy will be down'
An behold, it came to pass
That the free were free at last

Because i believed
I believed


10.Absent Friends

I didn't believe all the things
That i'd heard about you
I couldn't believe all the things
That i'd heard were true

And then you took me for a ride
I started on my downward slide
You wouldn't believe all the measures
That i've been through
I should've believed
All the things that i'd were true

I put my coat as the time-bell rings
I give a shiver as the day begins

You put your spell on me
And i can't shake you free
So let's drink to absent friends

My insides are crying out as i walk alone
A body without a soul looking for a home

Another hold in my expensive shoe
Another shiver as the rain comes through

You put your spell on me
And i can't shake you free
So let's drink to absent friends
You put your spell on me
And i can't shake you free
So let's drink to absent friends

Between the benches nd the swinging door
I've walked that route a million
Times or more
So just remember, when you look away
I climb a mountain every single day

You put your spell on me
And i can't shake you free
So let's drink to absent friends
You put your spell on me
And i can't shake you free
So let's drink to absent friends