1.Lion's Mouth
They saddled me with bullets and they handed me a gun and they
said my boy you're going off to war. I said goodbye to my lover
as I walked out the door she said I'm too afraid I won't see you
no more. I reassured her with a kiss, and like my aim I did not
miss and I hold that memory with me to this day. I said I'm
going across the sea to fight another one of me and I know not
of the reason or or what for. So I jumped into the lion's mouth,
just to see what life was really all about. And if I'm returned
to the flames and whatever still remains oh yeah you will see
what I was all about. For years went on by without a bullet in
my side and I thanked the Lord that I had survived. When I
walked through that door I caught you naked on the floor and a
part of me that survived well it just died. So I put you in the
lion's mouth, so you could see what life was all about and now
you're returned to the flames and whatever ever still remains oh
yeah now you'll see what I was all about. So I climbed up on the
stairs above her body where she lay and I tied that noose around
my own neck. And I thank God for all my days and to forgive my
wicked ways and let him without sin cast the first stone. And
with that said I jumped into my souls eternal bed and I let my
legs swing beneath my head. So if you should ever question the
reason or what for oh then clearly boy you've never been to war.
2.Walk On
Wind you neck back in babe,
You got nothing different to say
You contradict yourself so much darling
That I don't listen anyway
Crawl on back to his house
I saw you there anyway
'Cause I've got nothing left for you darling
So you've got no reason to stay
Now she's regrets 'cause she edged her bets both ways
Now she's regrets 'cause she edged her bets both ways
Walk on, if that's all you think of me,
If that's all you want it to be
Oh, then you're never going to see
So walk on,
Walk on, if that's all you think of me
It's that's all you want it to be
Oh, then you've never going to see
Me and you are never meant to be
I suppose this is my fault
I don't mind taking the blame
As long as turn to me and admit that me and you are both the
same
But she's regrets 'cause she edged her bets both ways
Yeah she's regrets 'cause she edged her bets both ways
Walk on, if all you think of me,
If that's all you want it to be
Oh, then you're never going to see
So walk on
Walk on, if that's all you think of me
It's that's all you want it to be
Oh, then you've never going to see
Me and you are never meant to be
Now she's got regrets 'cause she edged her bets both ways
Now she's got regrets 'cause she edged her bets both ways
So walk on, if that's all you think of me,
If that's all you want it to be
Oh, then you're never going to see
So walk on
Oh walk on, if that's all you think of me
It's that's all you want it to be
Oh, then you've never going to see
Me and you are never meant to be
3.If I Was
If I was a sailor I would sail you out to sea
Take you across the ocean, ask you to marry me
Oh if I was sailor I would sail you home to me
And if I was a soldier I would march to war for you
I'd face every bullet and cannonball that flew
Oh if I was a soldier I would wage a war for you
And if I was a jailer I would lock you away
Then I'd have the key to see you each and every day
Oh if I was a jailer I would still have you today
And if I was a rich man I'd buy you flowers every day
But I am a poor man so I'll pick them on the way
Oh if I was a rich man I would pay to make you to stay.
I've wasted so much time
Writing songs and playing on my guitar
I've wasted so much love
Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
And if I had an aeroplane then I'd fly you away
Maybe we go to Rome or Paris for the day
Oh if I had an aeroplane then I'd whisk you away
And if I was a betting man I'd bet you love me too
I'd bet everything I had for the chance to be with you
Oh if I was a betting man my odds are 9-2.
I've wasted so much time
Writing songs and playing on my guitar
I've wasted so much love
Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note
Yeah I wish I'd never learnt to play a note
Oh I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
I've wasted so much time
Writing songs and playing on my guitar
I've wasted so much love
Oh I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
And if I was a writer I would write the book on you
I'd tell them all the stories of the things we used to do
Oh if I was a writer I would write the book on you
And if I was a painter I'd paint portraits of you
Hang them in the galleries like all good painter do
Oh if I was a painter I'd paint potraits of you.
I've wasted so much time
Writing songs and playing on my guitar
I've wasted so much love
Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note
Yeah I wish I'd never learnt to play a note
Oh I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
4.Won't Get Up Again
There is a ghost upon my lips of which whose taste I can't
resist to call upon each time I miss that touch of grace that I
long to feel again. Is there something I don't realize a hides
behind that bed of lies; that calls me back down to my knees;
that holds me down and won't let me up again？ Cos I've been here
3 times before, to pick my heart up off the floor and I don't
think I can take one more and I sure as hell won't go go back
there again. Even as I try to shake these shackles from my arms
everything about this should be ringing bells alarm saying don't
go back there; don't get mixed up; don't get knotted down cos
you wonÄt get up again. Move yourself into the eyes of all those
lovers you despise then you can say with an open heart that you
got knocked down but got straight back up again. Carry me not
your arms until those silent bells alarm, of which your eyes can
not disguise. YOu will always woe that the next days sun will
rise. Impossible is just a word - the most ridiculous I've heard
to leave your lips up to this date, 'lets give it all up and
leave it up to fate.'
5.Borders
Down to the border and over the sea, little Joe runs for his
need to be free see he took a man down in cold, cold blood. He
hit him harder than he probably should. Says to himself, 'man
look what I have done. I didn't pull no trigger and there was
never no gun, I didn't mean to kill the guy he was just standing
there, he shouldn't bring a battle if he's unprepared'. Cos he's
been down for far too long he's surely paid for what he's done
and now he tries to carry on. And it's a hard old rain that's
coming Joe's way; same old routine repeating day after day. See
he can't go back and he can never move on until he's been
forgiven for what he's done. So have a little more faith,
darling you know there ain't no shame or disgrace. Come on now
have just a little more faith, have a little faith. Little Joe
says 'Lord I wanna go home. I know longer wish to be roaming
alone. See I miss my girl far too much, the scent of a woman and
her tender touch'. Lord give me something to hold onto like hope
on a rope or a picture of you. Cos I've been judge and
executioner too, I need to find my way back to you.
6.Red Bricks
Lift your head up darling and look around you and try and see
the beauty in what surrounds you. Cos maybe your dreams are just
not that far away and who am I to be telling you to stay？ So
take your running shoes and just throw them away and find a pair
that fits you and just will you to stay. Cos your heels are so
worn from running from the past and shoes like those are never
built to last.
So you can call red bricks and quietly slip away into the night
again that's where you wish to stay. So go on call red bricks
and quietly run away into the night again that's where you wish
to stay. And I will never blame you no matter what you think.
Cos you always had forewarned me that this ship could sink down
into the depths of what I just don't understand. So this
punishment was not dealt by your hand.
So I may call red bricks and let you slip away into the night
again if that's where your heart does lay. And as all of this
should fall upon my head I'm so glad I met you when I fell into
my bed cos this is far better than knowing you instead. So go on
call red bricks and enjoy your time away I hope that you find
your better day.
So go on call red bricks but listen when I say that this is you
life you must live it your own way.
7.Measure Of A Man
Just tell me what's the measure of a man. Is it to provide all
that he can？ Or is it just how much he can offer to any willing
heart that will receive？ Or is it just how much you can take
from him before he truly sees？
And tell me now do you believe in truss？ Cos in my heart this
quality's a must; to give your heart so freely to someone
knowing full well that you might not retrieve.
So here's my heart, and here's my soul, take them both they're
yours but please be careful they're as delicate as you.
Tell me what's the measure of a man. Can you find it in the
distance that he ran？ To give you everything you ever wanted so
you would never have to want or need. To give you everything you
ever dreamed of babe, but all it bred was jealousy and greed.
Now you took what you want and now you got what you need. You
just kick the lock and leave. But then when you find the real
world's unkind and it will never treat you better than me and
the sooner that you won it you will see.
8.Bagatelle
And they said you were a true gentleman even 'til the end. The
likes of which we'll rarely see again. I found myself alone
wandering, oh searching deep within, but some questions don't
need answering. But I hope that I do get to see you.
And I just pull myself through just to meet you just once more,
just once more we'd play bagatelle, we'd play bagatelle again.
And it's so hard to see her cry 'cos I love her so dearly and
it's the last time he'll close his eyes.
9.Fall Hard
So you think you can walk on water？ But darling you would sink
like a stone. Cos you're the most cold-hearted woman that I have
ever known. And you think you've got it all babe, but you've
really got nothing at all. And your arrogance consumes you, it's
gonna set you up for a fall. And she moves just like a
hurricane; howls into your life and leaves destruction wherever
she goes. And you don't even have to say a single word because
believe me she already knows.
She's gonna fall hard.
So welcome to the real world. Is it everything that you thought？
And now she's so consumed by sadness she's realized happiness
can't be bought. Then she constantly reminds you of how much
she's got but she's got nothing I could possibly need. She'll
never be so satisfied with anything you do, she'll only have you
when you're down on your knees.
10.Precious Days
If you leave take me with you. And if you so I'll go with you. I
will follow you through lands across those seas and golden sands
down on to the valley floor and back up to the top once more.
And if you're wrong I'll forgive you Just say the word and I'll
come get you. Cos if you ever need me there you only have to
tell me where and I will drop all that I do and come straight
back home to you.
Cos I've been waiting all my precious days. And I've been healed
of all my wicked ways. And I've been saved of all my wicked
ways. Oh Lord can you hear me？ When I say please forgive me？ For
I know not what I do if I shoos her over you, please forgive me
what I say but it's you that made me this way.
11.Billy Died
I am feeling lost in my own town
And there's no place I want to settle down
I am lost without a love
or an answer from above
does someone know an easier way out
And in my darkest hour of despair
I'm only glad she wasn't there
See me as the lights went out
and all that I could think about
was where she was and does she really care
Billy died of a broken heart
Couldn't bear to be apart
from the one he loved too much
Billy died of a broken heart
Couldn't bear to be apart
from the one he loved too much
When I break out of this iron cast
I'll lay all of my ghosts in the past
Friends that I thought I knew
Where were you when I needed you
And lovers that had torn me apart
It seems the more I chase the further you run
Faster than a bullet from a gun
That shot me through this heart of stone
Now all that's left is skin and bones
I tell you this is the end for me
Billy died of a broken heart
Couldn't bear to be apart
from the one he loved too much
Billy died of a broken heart
Couldn't bear to be apart
from the one he loved too much
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