1.In The Morning
Lyricist:James S Skelly
Shut the bedroom window in the morning
Go to the shop, make plans to be leaving
In the morning
Thought I was sleeping, it was just a dream
An ally cat chewing on dead meat
In the morning
Out of the dark and into the light
When the morning comes I will be alright
When I leave I try not to wake her
Tea and a toast to yesterday's capers
In the morning
She wrote my name on a red telephone box
When I got there she'd already rubbed it off
In the morning
Out of the dark and into the light
When the morning comes I will be alright
And all this time I've watched it change
But it's still the same
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning
2.Dreaming of You
Lyricist:James Skelly
It's up in my heart
When it skips a beat
Can't feel no pavement
Right under my feet
Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreamin' of you
Oh, what can I do ? I still need you
But I don't want you now
When I'm down and my hands are tied
I cannot reach a pen for me to draw the line
From this pain I just can't disguise
Its gonna hurt but I'll have to say goodbye
Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreamin' of you
Oh, what can I do? I still need you
But I don't want you now
Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreamin' of you
Oh what can I do
I still need you
But I don't want you now
3.Bad Man
Lyricist:Nick Power, James Skelly
See a bad man I once knew
His heart was black and his blood was blue
Bad man, come for you
Sell his wife for a dollar or two
To be a rich man, many maids
He's got eyes like hand grenades
He had a good woman
Palm of his hand
'Til she left him for another man
Bad, bad man
You're a bad, bad man
You gotta do what you can
When you're a bad man
See bad man, that's the truth
The Devil's law don't need no proof
Jealous man all alone
Motel room is not a home
Helpless man, he fell ill
Was prescribed the fatal pill
Now he's dead man
Heart's still black
His only love stabbed him in the back
Bad, bad man
You're a bad, bad man
You gotta do what you can
When you're a bad man
{Ah
The Lord knows everybody can be a bad man
Every once in a while
Yes, I am glad you're a bad man}
S' bad, bad man
You're a bad, bad man
You gotta do what you can
When you're a bad man
You're a bad, bad man
You're a bad, bad man
You gotta do what you can
When you're a bad man
4.Wild Fire
THE CORAL
Miscellaneous
Wild Fire
Album:The Coral (2002)
Wild fire, I desire to be loved
Climb higher, to a platform just above
Little liar, you decieve me
With your wit elocution, sculptured perfectly to fit
Tug of war, with the blessing and the mud
Please let me quiz you, rest assured but unplugged
Town cryer, has our voices kindly bugged
Wild fire, I desire to be loved
Daddy calling see how they run
Mummy calling see how they run
?????? see how they run
?????? stories see how they
See how they
Run run run
Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!
Wild fire, sifting signal out the times
It has been turned up, in deception all round
Soap and water, wash your mouth out
All the same, she's my daughter
But I'll never play the game
5.Skeleton Key
Lyricist:Nick Power, James Skelly
Sail lightly on winds
Disappear on the breeze
Lie firmly on pins
Pull them out with ease
Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most intricate locks
Brother roll another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks
Skeleton key
Ha ha ha
Skeleton key
Ha ha ha
Fumble blindly as we speak
You will wither if you are weak
Finger turns and points at me
I'd hoped they wouldn't notice me
Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most intricate locks
Brother roll another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks
Skeleton key
Skeleton key
Skeleton key
Skeleton key
Will I ever return?
Will I ever get back?
Are the rocks too high?
Has the dust turned black?
Will I ever return?
Will I ever get back?
Are the rocks too high?
Has the dust turned black?
Woo ooo ooo ooo
Yeeeah
Skeleton key
Woo ooo
Woo ooo
Woo ooo
Woo ooo
Haa
Skeleton key
Skeleton key
Skeleton key
Waooo
Skeleton key
Will I ever return?
Will I ever get back?
Are the rocks too high?
Has the dust turned black?
Will I ever return?
Will I ever get back?
Are the rocks too high?
Has the dust turned black?
Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most intricate locks
Brother roll another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks
Oh yeah
Hey
(Oh, oh)
That's more like
Here we go here we go
(One two three four)
Here we go go Byker Grove
Can't believe it's so good
Can't believe it feels so good
Can't believe it feels so good
Can't believe it's so good
Can't believe it's so good
Can't believe it's so good
Can't believe it's so good
6.Waiting for the Heartaches
Lyricist:James Skelly
Why do I listen to sad songs
To make me feel good when I know I've done wrong?
What have I done wrong, is it in this song?
I guess, I'll know before to long
But I can't understand
Why she's holding my hand
No I can't understand at all
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
Got to keep on holding on
Another day and I'll try to hide
The endless pain and the tears I've cried
Feels like I'm fixing to die
She took my soul and she blew my mind
But I can't understand
Why she's holding my hand
No I can't understand at all
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
Got to keep on holding on for you
But I can't understand
Why she's holding my hand
No I can't understand at all
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
7.The Ballad Of Simon Diamond
Lyricist:Nicholas Stephen Power, James Alexander Skelly
Simon Diamond sold his soul
Changed his name by deed poll
Started out as Simon Russell
Lived his life inside a nutshell
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
He couldn't take the public scorn
Changed from human to plant form
Now he swapped his legs for roots
His arms and soil are in cahoots
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What will become of Simon Diamond?
Water himself can't change the climate
What will become of Simon Diamond?
Water himself can't change the climate
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
Ooh, ooh
8.Shadows Fall
Lyricist:Nick Power, James Skelly
Morning comes, darkness drops
Upon this day a shadow falls
Silence warps through the halls
Since I've been gone, gone, gone
A hundred years from today
Lamp lights ablaze, paves my way
Till Jesus saves my early grave
I will be gone, gone, gone
Drop the anchor, lift my heart
From stem to stern, I'm torn apart
Mount my horse, pack my carts
Tomorrow I'm gone, gone, gone
Seek the hull, leave the deck
Silver moon silhouette
In due time you will forget
That I am gone, gone, gone
(Gone, gone)
(Gone, gone)
Since I've been gone, gone, gone
(Gone, gone, gone)
(Gone, gone, gone)
I will be gone, gone, gone
(Gone, gone, gone)
(Gone, gone, gone)
Tomorrow I'm gone, gone, gone
(Gone, gone, gone)
(Gone, gone, gone)
9.Time Travel (Hidden Track)
Lyricist:Skelly James Alexander
Time travel will be the death of man
Only the devil fools with the best laid plans
The best laid plans best left unplanned
Time travel will be the death of man
What's done is done
So you must see
You can't bring back
What's already been
Technology's tempting the public eye
Do you wanna know why, when, who and why
We're cloaked in indicision
Consealed by lies?
I wanna know why we're really alive
Well, you might say we got no proof
There's one thing I know
Is that I'm younger than you
And I can see through your eyes
And I can see through your lies
Hypocrisy is your only disguise
Better tell us why we're really alive
Time travel will be the death of man
Only the devil fools with the best laid plans
The best laid plans best left unplanned
Time travel will be the death of man
In my darkest day
I thought this through
A change in the weather
Could be made by you
And all the information
You're holding back
Is it hidden in the water
That runs from my tap?
When few had the proof that Jesus Christ
Was no more of a man than you or I
Would you tell the people? Would you try to deceive?
For fear of undermining their religious belief
Well, there's a war going on
It's obvious one
It's between magic and medicine
Time travel will be the death of man
Only the devil fools with the best laid plans
The best laid plans best left unplanned
Time travel will be the death of man
Never give up the fight
10.Spanish Main
Lyricist:James Skelly
We'll set sail again
We're headin' for the Spanish Main
We'll set sail again
We're headin' for the Spanish Main
We'll set sail again
We're headin' for the Spanish Main
We'll set sail again
We're headin' for the Spanish Main
We'll set sail again
We're headin' for the Spanish Main
We'll set sail again
We're headin' for the Spanish Main
We'll set sail again
We're headin' for the Spanish Main
We'll set sail again
We're headin' for the Spanish Main
11.Sorrow Or The Song
Lyricist:Nicholas Stephen Power, James Alexander Skelly
In the beggar's house of wasted thoughts
I saw you
You took my hand
Led me to another land
Down past the old picture house
We wandered
With no time to be proud
I have to decide now
If I should follow the sorrow or the song
Where do I belong?
The sorrow or the song?
The sorrow or the song?
How the thought of you clings to me like
How the thought of you clings to me like
A haunting school yard
Memory waiting
I'll have to wait turn
Sit and watch them burn
The prison wall, the music hall
The tower clock
Watching over town
I'll have to decide now
If I should follow the sorrow or the song
Where do I belong?
The sorrow or the song?
The sorrow or the song?
12.Why Does The Sun Come Up?
Lyricist:John Duffy, Paul Duffy, Nicholas Power, William Ryder-jones,
Ian Skelly, James Skelly, Lee Southall, Lee Andrew Southall
What's that, Daddy?
That's government property, Son
But why?
Why does the sun come up?
13.Dressed Like A Cow
Lyricist:James Alexander Skelly
Well, I went to a movie with a girl last night
Dressed like a cow but she looked so fine
Bought my ticket just in time
Sat right up close like she was mine
But then it seemed so sad
I never felt that bad
But then I caught her eye
An innocence that tells no lie
I came into the light and out of the dark
It turns out that I was really a calf
Oh, I've been a fool for, oh, so long
But how can all of these people be wrong
But then it seemed so sad
I never felt that bad
But then I caught her eye
An innocence that tells no lie
But then it seemed so sad
I never felt that bad
But then I caught her eye
An innocence that tells no lie
Yeah
14.Liezah
Lyricist:Nicholas Power, James Skelly
I had a girl, her name was Liezah, she had only one desire
To walk the cobbled streets alone, heading anywhere but home
With Crowley as her close companion, his diaries went hand in
hand with
All the men that she has known, leaves their silver but keeps
their gold
So lawyers, doctors please beware
Of that girl with wavy hair
For she will cut you down to size
Reveal the truth behind your disguise
Liezah, just passed by yer
Now you're standing empty handed
Liezah, can't despise her
She'll change your look, she'll have you hooked
The city sleeps as she's arriving, tongue tied and twisted was
her timing
Her eyes are glazed in deep despair, those crocodile tears they
don't care
Don't turn your back 'cos she'll be gone, chasing shadows in the
sun
All along the dusty road, where she goes well we'll never know
And every time I think of Liezah
I break down and I start crying
Although she tore me apart
There's still a place for that girl in my heart
Liezah, just passed by yer
Now you're standing empty handed
Liezah, can't despise her
She'll change your look, she'll have you hooked
15.Talkin' Gypsy Market Blues
Lyricist:James Skelly
Talkin' gypsy market blues
I was too late but I never got to choose
Talkin' gypsy market blues
I was too late but I never got to choose
Gotta have them gypsy boots
Follow them by familiar root
Rambled round from town to town
Sleepin' in a doorway still as a mouse
Saw the bullfighter's last stand
I've been drinkin' dust, I've been kickin' cans
All my family, they went home
Let me in Portugal, all alone
Thought I saw that caravan
But it was just a car park man
Said to me as I stood in line
There's nothing in the world as sad as time
Well if nothing comes to nothing then what's the point?
I sat right down and I built my joint
Flat caps, they just pass me by
The dust pneumonia left me dry
Well, talkin' gypsy market blues
I was too late but I never got to choose
Talking gypsy market blues
I was too late but I never got to choose
Three days later when I awoke
My dust filled lungs could hardly cope
Realised I was not alone
I was in the old car park man's home
Looked out the window at the local scenes
On the ledge were some grilled sardines
Then through the door in came the maid
Said, Maria was her name
Long dark hair and copper skin
Washed away my seven sins
Said, 'Senor what's this bad news'
Told her of my gypsy blues
Maria laughed and said, 'You're cute'
You don't need no gypsy boots
Picked myself up off the floor
I don't need them boots no more
I don't need them boots no more
I don't need them boots no more
Said, 'I don't need them boots no more'
Don't need them boots, baby
16.Confessions of A.D.D.D.
Lyricist:Paul Duffy, Nicholas Power, William Ryder-jones, Ian Skelly,
James Skelly, Lee Southall
On this here street where I do sit
There lives a man we can't forgive
His felony was jealousy
An impossible personality
And if you think it's you then let me know
He wasn't rich and he wasn't poor
Oh how he longed for so much more
At night he dreams of buccaneers
Pirate ships and privateers
And if you think it's you then let me know
His window was his favorite seat
For watching history repeat
Was he cursed or was he blessed?
In the end well he confessed
And if you think it's you then let me know
This is what he said
'The warning signs are on my wall
There's no feelin' anymore
Has it always been like this?
Signed and sealed without a kiss
Well, I know it's there
It's just something that I missed'
And through the tears of madness, souvenirs of sadness
Is all he sees, all he sees
Oh how do I begin to end this tale?
Of a time when all was well
And he'd laze on summer days
Down by the lake where the seagulls play
What a way to waste his days!
Who is to blame?
Have I been framed?
Yeah, who is to blame?
Have I been framed?
(For the death of these days)
For the death of these days
(For the death of these days)
For the death of these days
(For the death of these days)
For the death of these days
(For the death of these days)
For the death of these days
17.Song Of The Corn
Lyricist:Nicholas Steven Power
Out in the field when the first has been born
Folks sing a song, song of the corn
Late in the day when the secrets are sworn
Folks tell a tale, tale of the corn
I heard a commotion one late afternoon
Someone was singing a funeral tune
As I lay watching them hoist up the cross
Something was burning, something was lost
Could you believe what the scarecrow had seen
Folks come to fall down to their knees
Rumors of strangers been buried alive
Black bats and barnyards send chills at my spine
18.Nosferatu
Lyricist:Paul Duffy, Nicholas Power, William Ryder-jones, Ian Skelly,
James Skelly, Lee Southall
At first you'll trust him with your life
Then you will come to realize
He only wants you for your blood
There's no reflection where he stood
Nosferatu
When death confronts you in the night
Seek the shelter in the light
Or you'll lie sleeping in your tomb
Awake to nothing but your doom
Nosferatu
19.In the Forest
Lyricist:Paul Duffy, Nicholas Power, William Ryder-jones, Ian Skelly,
James Skelly, Lee Southall
I just stepped outside a dream
Nothing ever is as it seems
The wind keeps whistling the same old tune
You lay asleep in the light of the moon
So silently I peered through the trees
My misery was in her beauty
Her hair hung long and her eyes were closed
Every moment she stole my soul
I'm in the forest, so rare and divine
This is the place where you lose your mind
From all the feelings that are making you blue
You'll never know how much I you
And she awoke and walked downstream
Stuck outside of that same old dream
I need to leave but my mind's intrigued
Follow close as she doesn't see me
Out of the forest to the church's gate
By her grave she awaits her fate
My only crime was to want too much
I could look but I could not touch
I'm in the forest, so rare and divine
This is the place where you lose your mind
From all the feelings that are making you blue
You'll never know how much I you
20.Auntie's Operation
Lyricist:Nicholas Stephen Power, James Alexander Skelly, Lee Andrew
Southall
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
She's coming around
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
And you're going down
She'll want your sympathy
She'll never let you be
She's sniffing at your food
Before it's even chewed
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
She's coming around
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
And you're going down
She thinks she's world renown
With the pastor of Paris crown
Before you think ahead
She'll be sleeping in your bed
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
You're coming around
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
She's coming around
21.Eskimo Lament
Lyricist:Paul Duffy, Nicholas Power, William Ryder-jones, Ian Skelly,
James Skelly, Lee Southall
Rain, rain go away
Leave me here alone again
Where weary eyes and hollis tales
Play heavy on my mind
Rain, rain don't dismay
Come back on a better day
Where weary eyes and hollis tales
I've left them all behind
Some say I'm a fool
See me on a beggar's stool
But all my truths are lied
And all my secrets have been told
Rain, rain go away
Come back on a better day
When all my lies are gone
And all burdens have been sold
22.God Knows
Lyricist:James Skelly, Lee Southall
Deal not the truth 'til you find the proof
And feel not the weight, can you step today
We go out, we come in
And God knows where we've been
We go out, we come in
And God knows where we've been
He knows where we've been
Deal from the path and place it on the stack
Pick out the card that's been there from the start
We go out, we come in
And God knows where we've been
We go out, we come in
And God knows where we've been
He knows where we've been
We go out, we come in
And God knows where we've been
We go out, we come in
And God knows where we've been
He knows where we've been
23.Sheriff John Brown
Lyricist:James Skelly
Sheriff John Brown just wandered into town
Looking for a cripple and a thief
A black man and a woman and a lonesome guy like me
Just trying to raise the stakes so we can be free
The dust balls were blowing, the sun it cracked the ground
Where could a crime like this ever be found?
Good people of the town said to sheriff John Brown
Go and shoot those invalids right down
But I said, 'Sheriff no don't you be cruel
It could happen to you now'
'What exactly have they done?', said sheriff John Brown
'For me to shoot those poor old bastards down
Then out stepped the preacher with his hand upon his heart
Can't you see that I've been chosen by God'
And I tell you this for nothing, 'That crowd ain't no good'
They're standing out just like a sore thumb
'But yes I do agree', said the lawyer on the left
I'd kill them now if it were up to me
But I said, 'Sheriff no don't you be cruel
It could happen to you now'
Out into the wilderness the sheriff he did ride
Heading for the river bridge the laws you must abide
Two hours became three, I knew he would come for me
The day grew long and I began to tire
John Brown's face appeared from behind the fire
'Boys and girls what 'cha doing, donna be so free
The people of the town talk disapprovingly
Don't want to take you in, that's not up to me'
I said, 'Sheriff no don't you be cruel
It could happen to you now'
But guilt and doubt they cloud his mind
He thought,' What exactly is the law?'
He didn't even know what it stood for
And who pays the cost for all that is lost?
Seems to me an impossibility
And who says whats right and who says what's wrong?
Who benefits? It sure ain't me
And out stepped the woman saying, 'We mean you no harm
Come closer and I will read your palm'
But I said, 'Sheriff no don't you be cruel
It could happen to you now'
That night he left a long road came back without a rest
Knowingly he questioned the lawyer on the left
Bet you've gone and set them sinners free
'Well yes', replied the sheriff, 'They done nothing wrong'
'My God, why can't you people see?'
And the preacher shot him down and his head it hit the ground
The last you'll ever see of poor John Brown
And the moral of this tale it is simple it is plain
People always need someone to blame
But I said, 'Sheriff no don't you be cruel
It could happen to you now'
But I said, 'Sheriff no don't you be cruel
It could happen to you now'
24.It Was Nothing
Lyricist:Nicholas Power, James Skelly
I've got something to tell you
But I can't find the words
I could have sworn that I had told you
You said you never heard
It was nothing
It was nothing
It was nothing
Just you and me
I had so much to say
But my mouth it went dry
For my thoughts were on display
I've laid down and died
It was nothing
It was nothing
It was nothing
Just you and me
I've got something to show you
But my actions let me down
All the words I had to tell you
Were nowhere to be found
Oh, it was nothing
It was nothing
It was nothing
It was nothing
It was nothing
It was nothing
Just you and me
25.Lover's Paradise
Lyricist:Nicholas Power, James Skelly
Oh, come with me
To a lover's paradise
Where all the stars shine bright
Oh, won't you come with me?
Oh, come with me
Your carriage, it waits my dear
A million miles and we'll be near
Oh, won't you come with me?
Oh, come with me
To where the button bows, the fancy ties
Something is special in your eyes
Oh, won't you come with me?
In the winter or the summer time, or fall
We'll have a bore
Just call and fly to a lover's paradise
Call and fly to a lover's paradise
26.Don't Think You're The First
Lyricist:James Skelly
Don't think you're the first
In the whole universe
To follow your heart
Or gaze at the stars
To stare at the night
To the clear daylight
Don't think you're the first
In the whole universe
To feel sorrow or shame
As you walk in the rain
Do I love you?
Yes I love you or I wouldn't tell you
So don't think you're the first
In the whole universe
To be caught in the act
Numbered and wrecked
Put in your place
Made to feel like a fake
Don't think you're the first
In the whole universe
To be untouched by the time
Think you're one of the kind
Do I love you?
Yes I love you or I wouldn't tell you
So don't think you're the first
Don't think you're the first
In the whole universe
To dance with the light
From the meak to the might
As the birds in the trees
Sing their sweet melodies
Don't think you're the first
In the whole universe
To hear a thousand violins
As the trial begins
Do I love you?
Yes I love you or I wouldn't tell you
So don't think you're the last
To be tied to the mast
While you watch from afar
As your world falls apart
You hang on for help
But the rest help themselves
Don't think you're the last
To be tied to the past
While you future's controled
While the present untold
Do I love you?
Yes I love you or I wouldn't tell you
So don't think you're the first
27.Secret Kiss
Lyricist:Paul Duffy, Nicholas Power, William Ryder-jones, Ian Skelly,
James Skelly, Lee Southall
A secret kiss reminded me of what I miss
Some kind of forgotten bliss on this summer's eve
Though the seasons deceive, corrupt my honesty
You still make me believe
Is this the rock that you're daring me to cross?
Down the river to the docks that's where we'll meet
Where the pale light creeps into her majesty
You still make me believe
So far away
So far away
Can't get away
So far away
But that's alright
That's alright
Jewels and pearls and all the wonders of the world
Mean nothing until I return in time for tea
Sat on my settee lost in my memories
You still make me believe
You make me believe
You make me believe
You make me believe
28.Bill McCai
Lyricist:Paul Duffy, Nicholas Power, William Ryder-jones, Ian Skelly,
James Skelly, Lee Southall
Family taught him right from wrong
With local tales and children's songs
Sunday school was his shelter
With his friends Joe and Walter
Now those days so far away
An empty swing where he once played
Now he's gone so fat and bald
He never thought that he'd grow old
An' everyday when he gets the train
Looks out the window and he thinks in vain
If I could only be that boy again
Sales job it gets him down
Same old faces, same old sounds
Heart attacks, orthopedic backs
Documents and labeled racks
His wife can't stand the sight of him
With his routine glass of gin
She makes his lunch of processed ham
I'm waiting for the meter man
An' everyday when he gets the train
Looks out the window and he thinks in vain
If I could only be that boy again
Take it away Bill
He could be that boy again
Another day, another gin
His kids don't even notice him
Something different about his face
His happy smile seems out of place
Family gathered round for tea
Eyes fixed on the new telly
A news flash came then it said
Bill McCai was just found dead
No more windows, no more trains
Hung himself out in the rain
Now he'll never be that boy again
And we say
Bye, bye Bill McCai
Bye, bye Bill McCai
Bye, bye Bill McCai
29.All of Our Love
Lyricist:Nicholas Steven Power, James Alexander Skelly
All of our love we give to you
Can you see what we see
Can we see it too?
All of our hate we give to you
Can you do what what we do
Can we do it too?
All of our joy we give to you
Can you say what we say
Can we say it too?
All of our pain we give to you
Can you be what we be
Can we be it too?
All of our love
We give it to you
All of our hate
We give you that too
All of our pain
We give you that too
All of our love
All of our hate
All of our joy
All of our pain
Love
Hate
Joy
Pain
30.Precious Eyes
Lyricist:James Alexander Skelly
This little girl, all work no play
October gray makes the hangman's day
Hotel, TV, silent movie
Her precious eyes gazed back at me
From the beach to the sea
While the count and the countess, they cry
For the ruins the world left behind
What a beautiful night for her precious eyes?
The pubs are closed, the streets are cold
Billy Casper buries the bones
Of a boy that cried, learned to despise
I'll make them mine, her precious eyes
From the sand to the sky
While the gargoyles and dragons they sigh
For the sake of saint serpentine
What a beautiful night for her precious eyes?
Her precious eyes
Her precious eyes
Her precious eyes
Her precious eyes
31.Wildfire
Lyricist:Nick Power
Wildfire, I desire to be loved
Climb higher to a platform just above
Little liar, you deceive me
With your wit elocution, sculptured perfectly to fit
Tug of war with the blessing and the mud
Please let me quiz you, rest assured but unplugged
Town crier has our voices kindly bugged
Wildfire, I desire to be loved
Daddy calling, see how they run
Mother calling, see how they run
Monday morning see how they run
Counting stories see how they
Run, run, run
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Wildfire, sifting signal out the times
It has been turned up, in deception all round
Soap and water, wash your mouth out
All the same, she's my daughter
But I'll never play the game
32.Migraine
Lyricist:James Skelly
Migraine, doctor, doctor, won't you help me please?
Migraine, doctor, doctor, I'm down on my knees
Migraine, I feel it run from my toes to my brain
Migraine, tried every potion but it can't be tamed
Migraine
Migraine, doctor, doctor, tearing my hair out?
Migraine, doctor, doctor, what's it all about?
Migraine, I feel nervous and I'm feeling sick
Migraine, my body's aching and I'm shittin' bricks
Migraine
Migraine, doctor, doctor, can't you find a cure?
Migraine, doctor, doctor, should I stay indoors?
Migraine, I go to parties and I just freeze
Migraine, think I'm infected with a social disease
Migraine, think I'm infected with a social disease
Migraine, think I'm infected with a social disease
Migraine, think I'm infected with a social disease
Migraine, think I'm infected with a social disease
Migraine
Migraine
Migraine
Migraine
...
33.Calendars & Clocks
Lyricist:Nick Power, James Skelly
Pretty pendent, descendants of joy
Return the father to the boy
Resent your past, repent at last
We are only lines on a map
Calenders & clocks
And hickory docks
Find a feeling that feels okay
Find another to blow it away
Who are you and who am I
Please don't ask me, I'll break down and cry
Calenders & clocks
And hickory docks
Nothing more than the sea shells on the sea shore
Nothing more than the church bell that rings no more
Nothing more than the scenes behind the closed door
Nothing more than the rich the penniless poor
Nothing more, no nothing more
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks, yeah
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks, yeah
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks, yeah
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks, yeah
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks, yeah
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks, yeah
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks
(Tick tock, tick tock)
Calendars, clocks and hickory docks
(Tick tock, tick tock)
34.Keep Me Company
Lyricist:James Alexander Skelly
Over the hill and far away
Down the valley and past the lake
Through the trees, beneath the shade
In this place, that's where I'll wait
For you
To keep me company
Like an old memory
An hour or two has just flown by
Took the sun out of the sky
Stained glass shadow, it will have been cast
Ghostly gaze forgets my past
But you
Could keep me company
Like an old memory
Oh no, here it comes again
Oh no, here it comes again
Can't stop the pain
I'm so far, I can't get home
Is no one there, am I alone?
Here and now I must confess
This is potential loneliness
35.I Forgot My Name
Lyricist:John Duffy, Paul Duffy, Kevin Power, Nicholas Stephen Power,
Bill Ryder-jones, Ian Skelly, James Alexander Skelly, Lee Andrew
Southall
I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through, I can see through
I forgot my name
I forgot my name
On memory lane
I forgot my name
I forgot my name
I forgot my name
This is not a game
When I forgot my name
I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through, I can see through
I forgot my name
I forgot my name
Isn't that a shame
But I forgot my name
I forgot my name
I forgot my name
On memory lane
I forgot my name
I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through, I can see through
I forgot my name
I forgot my name
I forgot my name
...
36.Careless Hands
Lyricist:Paul Duffy, Nicholas Power, William Ryder-jones, Ian Skelly,
James Skelly, Lee Southall
Don't put your heart in careless hands
Those careless hands they don't understand
Sugar and spice and
All things nice
You won't think twice about
Sacrifice
You'll put your heart in careless hands
Those careless hands they don't understand
They'll lift you up and they'll
Put you down
Having you running 'round this
One horse town those careless
Hands
Those careless hands
Won't understand
Those careless hands
Don't warm your hands in this cold heart
'Cause this cold heart won't play that part
Choice is yours to hesitate
Threw his line and you took the bait
And warmed your hands in his cold heart
But his cold heart won't play that part
Open your eyes and
Look around
Any chance they get to
Put down with careless
Hands
Those careless hands
Won't understand
Those careless hands
37.Grey Harpoon
Lyricist:Nicholas Stephen Power, James Alexander Skelly
Please don't let the light through my window
Keep the curtain shut, it brings me good luck
Please don't let the light through my window
Don't wanna see the day, I don't need it anyway
Please don't let the light through my window
Don't wanna see the shop or the wet bus stop
Please don't let the light through my window
The bells ring out for doom at this Sunday afternoon
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
38.Simon Diamond
Lyricist:Nick Power, James Skelly
Simon Diamond sold his soul
Changed his name by deed poll
Started out as Simon Russell
Lived his life inside a nutshell
Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh
Couldn't take the public scorn
Changed from human to plant form
Now he swapped his legs for roots
His arms and soil are in cahoots
Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh
What will become of Simon Diamond
Water himself can't change the climate
What will become of Simon Diamond
Water himself can't change the climate
Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
That'll do
(That'll do)
...
39.Boy At The Window
Lyricist:James Skelly
Boy at the window watches them come and go
The passing carnivals, the midnight shows
But autumn's lonely, now summer's gone
Winter's sleeping to his evening song
A family photograph on the mantlepiece
Was he once there or is it all a dream?
His sister Rosie dancing down below
He sees her secrets but never they are told
Where does he go? No one knows
He never moves from his window
His mother's meeting with his aunty, Mo
Current buns, dear, he used to love them so
He tells his stories to no one but the night
He's not surprised when he gets no reply
Starlit beauty of some sweet serenade
He's done this duty now, he must be saved
The funeral march is beckoning, calling out his name
It's time for him to go now, isn't that a shame?
Well, isn't that a shame?
Isn't that a shame?
Well, isn't that a shame?
Where does he go? No one knows
40.The Oldest Path
Lyricist:James Skelly
The oldest path beneath the grave
Lies a myth that's still the same
There ain't no way to make a change
Till kings and queens have walked in chains
And the wind, it blows them down
And the sea, it takes them in
In their sleep, you'll find the answer
To everywhere they have been
Sailors tossed by stormy seas
All in the name of slavery
Arm in arm, toe to toe
Sometimes your best friend is your foe
And the wind blows them down
And the sea, it takes them in
In their sleep, you'll find the answer
To everywhere they have been
Side by side, their past's in disguise
Together alone as he greeted the tide
And on the water knees lay the thoughts
Of a hundred sunken shackle bound souls
And the wind blows them down
And the sea, it takes them in
In their sleep you'll find the answer
To everywhere they have been
41.See My Love
Lyricist:Nicholas Stephen Power, James Alexander Skelly
See my love as she walks out the door
Hang my head and I stare at the floor
Then I think about the stars in the sky
Pins in the curtain if not so high
Now she's gone out, alone on the shore
I shoulda locked my bedroom door
When I look up, I can't believe my sight
My vision's strangled by the hands and eye
Ba, ba, ba, ba, can't you see I'm crying?
Ba, ba, ba, ba, there's no denying
When you're not there, you don't know if they care
When you're not there, you don't know if they care at all
When you're not there, you don't know if they care
When you're not there, you don't know if they care at all
See my love as the morning breaks
Am I asleep or am I awake?
What is happening? How did we get here?
Am I a leaf of a tree of tears?
Ba, ba, ba, ba, can't you see I'm crying?
Ba, ba, ba, ba, there's no denying
When you're not there, you don't know if they care
When you're not there, you don't know if they care at all
When you're not there, you don't know if they care
When you're not there, you don't know if they care at all
See my love as she walks out the door
Feels like I've been here before
Now my feelings are laid on the shelf
Ba, ba, ba, ba, I can see you're crying
Ba, ba, ba, ba, still no denying
When I'm not there, you don't know if I care
When I'm not there, you don't know if I care at all
When I'm not there, you don't know if I care
When I'm not there, you don't know if I care at all
42.Not The Girl
Lyricist:Skelly James Alexander
You're not the girl that I once knew
Now you're so much more
The sun and the moon came up for you
As I lay on the floor
Don't need no bed, don't need no rest
All I want is you
Don't need my right, don't need my left
All I want is you
To hold me tight all through my life
I'll make you feel alright every night
I wish I knew who took my place
Was I ever there?
The wind hit hard and scorned my face
Love's for those who dare
Don't need no songs, don't need no books
All I want is you
I don't need no second look
All I want is you
To hold me tight all through my life
I'll make you feel alright every night
In the grass, that's where I lie
Sleep beneath the sun
With daffodils and dragonflies
She's the only one
Don't need no recks, don't need no will
All I want is you
I don't even need myself
All I want is you
To hold me tight all through my life
I'll make you feel alright every night
Night, night, night
43.Sweet Sue
Lyricist:Skelly James Alexander
Sweet Sue, things you making me do
Sweet, sweet Sue, can't get enough of you
Sweet Sue, we're not gonna be true
Sweet, sweet Sue, why, you're leaving me blue
Know a little girl like that
'S gonna break my heart
'S gonna leave me sad
Held her in my arms tonight
Sweet life, take me by the hand
Sweet, sweet life, make me understand
Sweet life, lay me on the ground
Sweet, sweet life, it's where I'm gonna be found
Know a little girl like that
'S gonna break my heart
'S gonna leave me sad
Held her in my arms tonight
Know a little girl like that
'S gonna break my heart
'S gonna leave me sad
Held her in my arms tonight
Know a little girl like that
'S gonna break my heart
'S gonna leave me sad
Held her in my arms tonight
44.Run Run
Lyricist:Duffy Paul, Power Nicholas Stephen, Ryder Jones William,
Skelly James Alexander, Ian Skelly, Southall Lee
Run, run, the rain has come
Hide, hide from the falling sun
Run, run, the rain has come
Hide, hide from the falling sun
Run, run, the rain has come
Hide, hide from the falling sun
Run, run, the rain has come
Hide, hide from the falling sun
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run, run
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