Morning That Looks Like Rain David McWilliams

could I but touch your mouth one time again 't would brighten up the darkest day like some lost hero in a storybook 't would light my way and we could listen to the wind again sing it's soft and sad refrain

For A Little Girl David McWilliams

As I a rise the morning air Breathes the silent song to me And sings it's melody of Spring It's then my thoughts return to you Compare the star light and the sun They glow and twinkle in the sky Though

For Josephine David McWilliams

The light is waxing dim my love By the window here I dream I see you standing in the rain In the places where we've been And the highway is painted blue my love For those that haven't seen That I would

There's No Lock Upon My Door David McWilliams

Close your eyes I'll tell you something That I should have said before If you ever feel like leaving There ain't no lock upon my door You think your eyes are sparkling jewels You think that everyone should

Sweet Lil' David McWilliams

she wants to do So she turns and walks away To step around another day Never tasting anything that's new She seems to always wait for some other kind of sorrow Thinks no one but herself can ever feel That

3 O'Clock Flamingo Street David McWilliams

Swaying in a rhythmic world To the music playing load Close light, shines bright Pierces through the yielding night And hides the shadows deep Feeling free should be No time to turn the door to see Where morning

In The Early Hours Of The Morning David McWilliams

Oh the sun is gazing down on me And the day it is a dawning The sea is washing pebbles o'er the sand In the early hours of the morning My eyes are still half closed with sleep My mind still clouded with

Twenty Golden Years Ago David McWilliams

oh the rain the weary rain stutters on my window sill night I guess is on the wane all around has grown so still here I sit with coffee cup ah 't was rare l watched it flow in the tavern where I'd sup

Singer In The Band David McWilliams

sunday afternoon sittin' in my room nothin's really changed it just looks the same yet it's over passed along my way said she couldn't stay she stood all alone so l look her home she was my lover she is

Love Like A Lady David McWilliams

Nobody knows what I mean And nobody knows where I've been I've been lonely so long Something's gone wrong And my memory's gone like my reason So when you lay down beside me at night And you reach up and

You Wear It Like A Crown David McWilliams

o if I had a grand piano I would play a song for you a song to make you wonder like you've never done before with words to make the poets sing and worship at the gate for you but all I have are words that

Na-Na David McWilliams

remember how we used to play all along the river tracks and throw stone at all the lovers 'til they got up and threw them back and the old lady at the corner when she flew into a rage said that you should

You've Only Been A Stranger David McWilliams

the night to make me blind I didn't know it but I know it now you've only been a stranger all this time I thought I'd climbed up every mountain I thought I'd walked each weary shore but every word hits like

Question Of Identity David McWilliams

persue them To leave all their troubles, and trials behind them And they worked , and they slaved, and they better their living Not chained to the laws, of some other society And yet you try to tell me, that

I Only Know You As A Stranger David McWilliams

night to make me blind I didn't know it but I know it now I only knew you as a stranger all this time I thought I'd climbed up every mountain I thought I'd walked each weary shore But every word hits like

Down By The Dockyard David McWilliams

down by the dockyard the water's lie still the big cranes like tombstones surround her down by the dockyard the water's lie still dead as the city that bounds her the old woman wrapped in her long faded

Horseman David McWilliams

still for the hounds are at my heels and there's yeomen on the hill I need a horse and water for my mare is spent and lame and very door I knew seems closed against me we held our hands against our ears that

The Gypsy David McWilliams

and follow a rollin' gypsy once I was rich as the king with his crown carriages and coaches and servants dressed in brown but I was robbed by a bold highwayman left without a penny in my hand now just like

The Prisoner David McWilliams

I am a poor prisoner arrested and tried for a crime I committed and the law I defied in hunger I stole some lords bread and wine was sat on his table that his household might dine I was held by his bondsman

Daddy Lonesome David McWilliams

hey daddy lonesome slip me a rhyme make it easy to remember I've been sittin' here these last few days tryin' to get myself together but everything I try to do keeps changin' like the weather and yet when

The Days Of Pearly Spencer David McWilliams

tenement, a dirty street Walked and worn by shoeless feet Inside it's long and so complete Watched by a shivering sun Old eyes in a small child's face Watching as the shadows race Through walls and cracks that

Sad Dark Eyes David McWilliams

heard she's taken by her father promised even should she wished no gentile may though I know she's taken someday I'll have her as sure as Summer must turn and die for now I've seen her I can't forget her that

Epitaph David McWilliams

breath to help her no priest to ease her solitude no Christ to be her shelter my tainted blood may serve as hate to those who live in waiting unborn undead time murdered me a child of her creating time like

Leave The Bottles On The Floor David McWilliams

late last night my bride came by to tell me that she'd let me high she didn't even make me cry I wasn't even worried I told her not to mind at all that I would take it and play ball I hope she don't have

Go On Back To Mama David McWilliams

go on back to momma and tell her it's alright tell her that you showed us what was really wrong and right go on back to momma and say we understand but we'd rather have our freedom than see you steal it

As I Used To Know Her David McWilliams

knew her in her Winter coat wrapped against the biting cold I knew her naked in the sun she reached into my very soul I still can taste her sweet perfume imagination still it plays her face lit with that

Lord Offaly David McWilliams

hung what cruel fate befalls to see all ormond raised in arms the butlers seek advancement may the lord keep us from harm my castle is surrendered my army scattered far and all as prisoners murdered that

Marlena David McWilliams

can't have you It's better to sit here It's better to sit here alone Than to try find somebody To take your place baby It's better to sit here and moan Yes though my heart's heavy I'll sit here and hope That

Livin's Just A State Of Mind David McWilliams

kingdoms and the heroes dead and gone and I saw them cold and naked with all illusion stripped away when they had no mists to hide them bits of clay can't see through the tears and lyin is there no peace that

Pharisee David McWilliams

harm for he followed me alone last night and he tried to make no sound and he tried to take me upon the cold wet ground but as he fell upon me I struck out at his head and when he lat beside me I saw that

What's The Matter With Me David McWilliams

left behind Hey what's the matter with me Hey what's the matter with me The dust clouds were a rollin', falling fast and deep Taking all the sunbeams daring them to sleep But the wind it wasn't blowing, like

I Would Be Confessed David McWilliams

me I would be confessed I've watched the days go slowly I've seen the seasons fall and hidden in the doorways to shelter from the cold I have made my life in riddles and lived inside the lies now I'd like

Heart Of The Roll David McWilliams

her mother was a seamstress her daddy worked in wood she went to church on Sunday just like every good girl should but who is her confessor now she wears devils hood is there anyone to hear her heart of

Lady Margaret David McWilliams

one was Lady Margaret the other Evelainne I passed beside their garden as I daily went my way from work among the cattle where I laboured for my pay and as the sun was setting low their laughter ran like

Blind Man's Stepping Stones David McWilliams

dread the eyes of every lynott pierced the light from every head and yet your curse still walks abroad he dwells within your homes the son of emon lynott curse the blind mens stopping stones the lynott that

Bells Of Time David McWilliams

flowers had grown he said he'd seen the foreign kings come marching through the mud to carve their image on the land and write their names in blood and leave a legacy of hate upon this sleeping land that

Fairytale Morning David Allan Coe

ITS A FAIRYTALE MORNING, THE OCEAN LOOKS TURQUOISE AS IF IT WAS PAINTED THAT WAY THE WAVES HOW THEY RUSH FROM THE SHORE OR THE ISLAND IT CARRIES MY VISION AWAY THE SUN SEEMS TO BLIND THAT

She Was A Lady David McWilliams

she was a ladyit's easy to seewith rings on her fingersshe used to bethe queen of the mansionthe belle of the ballnow she just sits herenobody callsthe bottle before herglass in her handwearied and...

I Will Be Your Friend David McWilliams

oh I would not be your enemythere'd be no need to pretendif you will only love meI will always be your friendI will always be your friendremember how it used to bethe writin' on the wallthe nights ...

Cross The Line David McWilliams

cross the line with your brothercross the line cross the linecross the line with your brothercross the linefor the line which is drawnwill be for either king or pawnso cross the line with your brot...

Please Come Home David McWilliams

the sky is weeping o please come home the sun 's sleeping o please come home the wind is sighing o please come home and l am crying please take me home

Time Of Trouble David McWilliams

Listen to me is all I askTo follow you my chosen taskAnd right now time is fading fastInto my time of troubleInto my time of troubleIf I could only take you awaySome other time, some other dayFor a...

Revelation David Phelps

The last thing that I remember I think it was mid-December I rolled out of bed to take on another day Of bills to pay Oh, I should have noticed the signs When reading the morning headlines But

In the Heat Of The Morning (John Peel - Top Gear) [Recorded 13.5.68] David Bowie

The blazing sunset in your eyes will tantalize Every man who looks your way I'll watch them sink before your gaze Senjorita sway Dance with me before their frozen eyes I'm so much in love like a ragged

In The Heat of The Morning David Bowie

The blazing sunset in your eyes will tantalize Every man who looks your way I watched them sink before your gaze Seorita sway Dance with me before their frozen eyes I'm so much in love Like a

Everytime David Gray

Down from the doorway And into the street I hear the morning bell Over and over the pattern repeat I hear the morning bell And all the faces cold as stone In the January chill You have led

Magdalena David Gray

Morning, sit in the morning sun Evening, watching the shadow come Through the bright streets of London I feel the rain Upon my eyes as I wonder At this spell that Im under, Magdalen Since you

Rainbow David Garrick

are gone You chase away the grey and bring the sunshine on Rainbow you`ve got a kinda smile To turn away the blue and make this life of mine a little wortwhile It`s true girl you`ve brightened up the morning

L's Song David Gray

I love your nervous fingers Won't you fumble all night long But in the morning they are stingers To rise and stumble on Down the crooked pavement The wind rolls my thoughts like a leaf The brill bell chimes

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow David Bowie

You're like a sailor with a girl on every shore Stay with them now for they won't see you any more Like a gypsy forever on the run Stay for a while, while ya look for a whore Like that sailor leaves