Acoustic Extravaganza

KT Tunstall Acoustic Extravaganza Lyrics
1.Ashes

I am a pain
In your ass
And I'm wonderin'
how long it's gonna last

Be my mirror
Be my friend
Be the workhouse of the energy
I twist your arm to spend

Every day
Like a powerstation
You know it isn't good
You know you're burning too much wood

But when you burn out
The twisted irony is
Your ashes come home to me

Come home to me

So we take a walk
To make some sense
And I'm wondering
if you fancy my defense

But I have pushed you
Way too far
And you said
'fuck you, little Princess
Who the hell do you think you are?'

Every day
Like a powerstation
Oh well, you know it isn't good
You know you're burning too much wood
But I said if you burn out
The twisted irony is
Your ashes come home to me
Come home to me

Come home to me


Ah well, your ashes come home to me

Come home to me

Come home to me

No other sucker gonna have them
on the fucking mantelpiece

The mantelpiece ...


2.Girl & The Ghost

The Girl and the Ghost
Sit in the corner
The Girl and the Ghost
Seem to have a lot to say

The Girl and the Ghost
Haven't seen each other in three years
The Girl and the Ghost
Few simple seconds slipped away

Slipped away

The Ghost and the Girl
Commonly connected by something bigger
A phenomenon that
sets off the eternal trigger
And lets the light
through that usually goes around
And around and around

The Girl and the Ghost
Meet in the corridor
The Girl and the Ghost
Touch fingers and walk right through

The Girl and the Ghost
Feels so familiar and fearless
The Girl and the Ghost
Know each other like other people do
Other people do, other people do

The Ghost and the Girl
Commonly connected by something bigger
A phenomenon that
sets off the eternal trigger
And lets the light
through that usually goes
And the Girl
Commonly connected by,
well, something bigger
A phenomenon that
sets off the eternal trigger
And lets the light
through that usually goes around
And around and around
Usually goes around and around and around

Goes around and around and around

Usually goes around ...


3.One Day (Acoustic)

Look up and he'll seem far away
They still see more than you
And on my back I see these clouds above
They still love me
More than you

And I know I don't have to wait for words
I can walk away and listen to the birds
Listen to the birds
They don't sing the things I want to hear
They don't change, they stay the same

I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day

Cause I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day

And I don't ever want to steal your time
Cause you seem fine
But I feel blue
I don't want to say the things I do
Cause I know I feel it more than you

And I know I don't have to wait for words
I can walk away and listen to the birds
Listen to the birds
Cause they don't sing the things
I want to hear
They don't change, they stay the same

I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day
Oh and I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one, just one, just one day

Oh yeah, yeah,yeah
Well I know I don't want to wait for you
I could turn around and order somebody new,
order somebody new yeah
Someone that says the things
I need to hear
Doesn't change someone who stays the same
When I need yeah

Well I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day
Cause I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day oh oh yeah


4.Golden Age

Put your hands on the wheel
Let the golden age begin
Let the window down
Feel the moonlight on your skin

Desert wind, cool your aching head
Weight of the world
Drift away instead

Oh, these days I hardly get by
I don't even try

There's a treacherous road
With a desolated view
As distant lights
They hear their foreign view
Sun don't shine
Even when it's day
Drive all night
Just to feel like you're okay

Oh, these days I barely get by
I don't even try


5.Boo Hoo (Acoustic)

If I was looking for you
Would you be easy to find?
Would I be looking all night?

And if I got lost
Would you go looking for me?
Or would you be alright
On your own?

Oh and in the light of day it feels right
Comfortable to the bone, from head to toe
But come the evening when the shadows fall
Well I call your name,
but it's not the same
As having you here

If I was a second too late
Or a moment too soon
Or an hour too long
Tell me baby would you wait a bit longer?
I wonder if you would
Or would you be long gone?
Would you be alone?

Oh and in the light of day it feels right
Comfortable to the bone, from head to toe
But come the evening when the shadows fall
Well I call your name,
but it's not the same
As having you here
As knowing you're near
As feeling you there
As knowing you care
As whispering in your ear
As my hand through your hair
As knowing you're there

Oh and in the light of day it feels right
Comfortable to the bone, from head to toe
But come the evening when the shadows fall
Well I call your name,
but it's not the same
As having you here


6.Gone To The Dogs

Since you've been gone,
gone to the dogs
In a roundabout way
You're still sing, singing along
I can see it in your face

Everywhere you go
I'm there with you
Still part of you
I'll never let you go
At it alone
But if you do
I'll make sure you
Are standing on your feet
Coz life could be sweet

But now you're gone,
gone to the dogs
I don't know you like I did

So why don't you say,
say it out loud
All these things you hold inside
Of yourself, holding on tight
As if you're frightened of the ride

Everywhere you go
It goes with you
Takes part of you
And never lets you go
At it alone
But if it would
I know you could
Be so much more than this
And life could be bliss

And then I hold you up
No, I never let you down
You know I do my best

If I ever held you up
And you never let me down
You let yourself down
Let me down

But now you're gone,
gone to the dogs
And I don't know you like I did


7.Change

The wind is cold tonight
Or so I am told
I don't really know
As I kill my light
There's nothing left to show
How does that blow hit you?

And if I change,
Am I denying what was said?
If I remain the same,
Am I creating greater problems instead?

Do you ever think
you're being thought about?
Do you still believe
we need to sort things out?
Does it matter now,
all those things we said?
I want to know,
can I still creep into your bed at night,
And leave your head alone?

Well, the wind is cold tonight
Or so I am told
I don't really know, no, no
As I kill my light
There's nothing left to show
How does that blow hit you?

And if I change,
Am I denying what was said?
If I remain the same,
Am I creating greater problems instead?

Do you ever think
you've been thought about?
Do you still believe
we need to sort things out?
Does it matter now,
all those things we said?
I want to know,
can I still creep into your bed at night,
And leave your head alone?


8.Miniature Disasters (Acoustic)

Don't want to be second best
Don't want to stand in line
Don't want to fall behind

Don't want to get caught out
Don't want to do without
And the lesson I must learn
Is that I've got to wait my turn

Looks like I got to be hot and cold
I got to be taught and told
Got to be good as gold
But perfectly honestly
I think it would be good for me

Coz it's a hindrance to my health
I'm a stranger to myself

Miniature disasters
and minor catastrophoes
Bring me to my knees
Well I must be my own master
Or a miniature disaster will be
It will be the death of me

I don't have to raise my voice
Don't have to be underhand
Just got to understand

That it's gonna be up and down
It's gonna be lost and found

And I can't take to the sky
Before I like it on the ground

Miniature disasters
and minor catastrophoes
Bring me to my knees
Well I must be my own master
Or a miniature disaster will be
It will be the death of me

And i need to be patient
And i need to be brave
Need to discover
How i need to behave

And I'll find out the answers
When i know what to ask
But i speak a different language
And everybody's speaking too fast

Miniature disasters
and minor catastrophoes
Bring me to my knees

Well I must be my own master
Or a miniature disaster will be
will be

I've got to run a little faster
Or a miniature disaster will be
will be

A miniature disaster will be
I need to know I'll last
if a little miniature disaster hits me

It could be the death of me


9.Universe & U (Acoustic)

A fire burns
Water comes
You cool me down

When I'm cold inside

You are warm and bright
You know you are so good for me
With your child's eyes
You are more than you seem
You see into space
I see in your face
The places you've been
The things you have learned
They sit with you so beautifully

You know there's no need to hide away
You know I tell the truth
We are just the same

I can feel everything you do
Hear everything you say
Even when you're miles away
Coz I am me, the universe and you

Just like stars burning right
Making holes in the night
We are building bridges

You know there's no need to hide away
You know I tell the truth
We are just the same

I can feel everything you do
Hear everything you say
Even when you're miles away
Coz I am me, the universe and you

the universe and you

When you're on your own
I'll send you a sign
Just so you know
I am me, the universe and you


I am me, the universe and you


10.Throw Me A Rope (Acoustic)

I want you between me
and the feeling I get when I miss you
But everything here is
telling me I should be fine
So why is it so, above as below,
That I'm missing you every time

I got used to you whispering things
to me into the evening
We followed the sun and its colours
and left this world
It seems to me that I'm definitely
Hearing the best that I've heard

So throw me a rope to hold me in place
Show me a clock for counting my days down
Cause everything's easier
when you're beside me
Come back and find me
Cause I feel alone

And whenever you go
it's like holding my breath underwater
I have to admit
that I kind of like it when I do
Oh but I've got to be unconditionally
Unafraid of my days without you

So throw me a rope to hold me in place
Show me a clock for counting my days down
Cause everything's easier
when you're beside me
Come back and find me

Whenever I'm falling
you're always behind me
Come back and find me
Cause everything's easier
when you're beside me
Come back and find me
Cause I feel alone