When You Were Young Del Amitri

Look at the fool you have been They drained the pool while you drowned in the dream They bought your beauty and your soul Then softly sold you back what they stole So look into the mirror do you recognise

I Was Here Del Amitri

Though the coffins are calling I'm not coming I'm too young to listen and I'm still scrawling on See-saws and slides, skipping ropes and swings, Toothpaste and trousers, watches and wedding rings.

Crashing Down Del Amitri

Well it might not be so important to you now When the night is young and everyone's around And the music flows Through your doped up Disney mind.

Crows In The Wheatfield Del Amitri

Making your way through an orangepeel orchard Tracing your day from disillusioned to debauched And spring passed quickly below the rotten elm tree You weren't kissed there you were pissed in the lavatory

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

It seems like weeks since you looked at me baby without that look of distaste I don't know why your feelings are changing but I've seen it in your face All those times when our lips were kissing

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

it seems like weeks since you looked at me baby without that look of distaste i don't know why your feelings are changing but i've seen it in your face all those times when our lips were kissing

Sticks And Stones, Girl Del Amitri

Here I am, hardly breathing in at all I cough when I can and that's about all I am this man and though I turn the tape To a happier song, my face can't find a smile Because it's been looking too long You

Through All That Nothing Del Amitri

Honey, sometimes those big blue eyes Can make me fall out of bed in surprise In the bright morning sun, In the howling wind, in the shirt you sleep in, You're the one 'cos it's you, that i tried to find

The Last To Know Del Amitri

looks like I am the last to know I hear you've never felt so alive So much desire beyond control and as usual I am the last to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you

Always The Last To Know (Dave Bascombe Single Mix) Del Amitri

soul And it looks like I am the last to know I hear you've never felt so alive So much desire beyond control And as usual I am the last to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you

Hatful Of Rain Del Amitri

Love hearts on an old stone building Have no relevance now Sherry bottles in a bus-stop litter bin Remind me of you somehow You look so young it's frightening Life's been good to you But strike me down

Hatful Of Rain (Live 1995) Del Amitri

Lovehearts on an old stone building Have no relevance now Sherry bottles in a bus stop litter bin Remind me of you somehow You look so young it's frightening Life's been good to you But strike me down

Always The Last To Know (Single Mix) Del Amitri

soul And it looks like I'm the last to know I hear you've never felt so alive So much desire beyond control And as usual I am the last to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you

Always The Last To Know Del Amitri

soul And it looks like I'm the last to know I hear you've never felt so alive So much desire beyond control And as usual I am the last to know The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you

Keepers Del Amitri

I have overloved you and overseen you And now you're refusing the gifts that I bring you My hands have been clasping my hot head and asking "if she submits to me, will she be my property?

Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name Del Amitri

With the sweet drip of every raindrop Time brings you closer to me And with each new sign at every train-stop Another hour without you is consigned to history And with each tick of my alarm clock I get

Baby, It's Me Del Amitri

Who's gonna call you up every single day? Who's gonna hold you high when stuff gets ugly?

When I Want You Del Amitri

You sent greetings from Liverpool and I took the next train Passed by people putting flowers on graves and We got delayed When I arrived you had vanished like steam and left me in a diesel day So I walked

Breaking Bread Del Amitri

Well it didn't take long for him to be consumed And he turned around and said as her caressing resumed "we once were close but now we're both marooned, And what was once a stirring melody is now a distant

Life Is Full Del Amitri

People say you are a stand up guy You'd never hurt no one and you'd never try And you laugh and you cry And you do all the things that anybody does to show they are alive.

Being Somebody Else Del Amitri

How are you going to pass the time of day In your beautiful empty shell, When you've shaken the hand of so many sinceroes You feel like a fake yourself How do you choose between you and me When we both

Behind The Fool Del Amitri

Don't tell her that you want her Don't ask her to be yours Don't tell her she is everything Or she might see the fool behind the frown And then the heart behind the fool Don't tell her that you need her

She's Passing This Way Del Amitri

she'll give it away Yeah, we've all drunk from that cup You'll be hooked within minutes of tasting a drop 'Cause she is something, that is true But just a kiss, my friend, you're through 'Cause when

Former Owner Del Amitri

And no, I'm not untying The reins around her neck that she feels And I won't try to prise out of her the truth anymore When she lies about the things that she sees Because the former owner always keeps

Just Like A Man Del Amitri

I still don't believe it, how much we lied Last night you made it with him now I'm supposed to be dignified Just like a man Well I spend my night times drinking and you spend your days in bed And I guess

Be My Downfall Del Amitri

The bus is pulling out and I guess I'd better go Before I make a grave mistake and let my feelings show And twenty miles away she waits alone for me But when I try to picture her you're the one I see And

Long Journey Home Del Amitri

"By the time you get to hear this I'll be long gone down the road Without a toothbrush or a suitcase in a world I didn't know By the time you get through college, by the time you learn to drive I'll be

Driving With The Brakes On Del Amitri

When you’re driving with the brakes on When you’re swimming with your boots on, It’s hard to say you love someone And it’s hard to say you don’t Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the

No Family Man Del Amitri

Well, I talk like a boy to my baby sometimes And you talk like a baby when your boy is crying You made something to love but I love what I am No family man So don't tell me you've got something better

It's Never Too Late To Be Alone Del Amitri

Summer here is over in a million different ways You look like a dream sometimes, but I don't dream these days Yesterday the snow fell, by four o'clock it thawed And last night making love to you, well

The Whole World Is Quiet Del Amitri

say Even the presence of Jesus in this house couldn't chase those demons away The whole world is quiet And Charlie Brown with his big baseball glove finds it hard to keep the blush upon his face When

Roll To Me Del Amitri

1-Look around your world pretty baby Is it everything you hoped it'd be The wrong guy, the wrong situation The right time to roll to me Roll to me Look into your heart pretty baby Is it aching

Roll To Me (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

Look around your world, pretty baby Is it everything you hoped it'd be The wrong guy the wrong situation The right time to roll with me Look into your heart, pretty baby Is it achin' with some nameless

Food For Songs Del Amitri

There's people hauling people Out from under their homes There's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight, I'll be shell shocked and white in the cold light

Food For Songs (Acoustic Ver.) Del Amitri

There's people hauling people Out from under their homes There's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight I'll be shell shocked and white in the cold light of dawn But

Out Falls The Past (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

You hold the key to whether we will ever last I know I can't forever hide behind this mask 'Cause everytime I fall in love, out falls the past You'll hear my reputation anywhere you ask They'll say I'm

Out Falls The Past Del Amitri

You hold the key to whether we will ever last I know I can't forever hide behind this mask 'Cause everytime I fall in love, out falls the past You'll hear my reputation anywhere you ask They'll say

Ceasefire Del Amitri

I feel down and degraded Like I felt when you and me began to tire And we stopped long ago But I thought it was just ceasefire.

The First Rule Of Love Del Amitri

you'll get drugged She'll be your essence she'll be your blood And you'll want her so much but you'll never get enough And that's the first rule of love She'll smell so sweetly in the morning She'll make you

High Times Del Amitri

Little snow white, she is sleeping 24 hours a day She's got a right to be lazy, flat out of reasons to breathe And it's cold baby, yes it's cold But everything is relative can't you see we're living in

Whiskey Remorse Del Amitri

"There is a girl I used to know She had a hundred ways of hurting you, and so I packed my bags and left her as she watched some TV show, There is a girl I used to know.

To Last A Lifetime Del Amitri

she's home so she can hold me tight and tell me Everything is alright Cos I've had enough bad news To last a lifetime And I was struck by how much I remembered And how everything still looked the same When

Some Other Sucker's Parade Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Some Other Sucker's Parade (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Stone Cold Sober Del Amitri

Born in the half-light Of threats and bribes In a hopeless porn parade We get the dog's life, tidbits train us What to wear, what not to say When you're footloose but you just feel limbless Life gets in

Cruel Light Of Day Del Amitri

the same old way But someone should've taught me forgiveness Now I see it in the cruel light of day Tell him he's done me a kindness She was going to leave anyway But love is such sweet blindness 'Til you

Surface Of The Moon Del Amitri

to the dockside drudgery Everything's no a replica of what it used to be And since they tarted up the trenches and painted the bridges blue It seems less like a home to me than just a place they bury you

Nothing Ever Happens Del Amitri

For security guards to patrol And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink While the married ones turn on a chat show And theyll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow Gentlemen time please, you

This Side Of The Morning Del Amitri

Nobody's perfect, and that's something that I'm sure she'll know 'cos trying to tell her lies from the truth at times Is like trying to divide ice from snow When I knew it was over, I jumped into a taxi

The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere Del Amitri

Go and tell your mother, go and tell your friends You've been fooled again He appeared like magic and he left you on a late night train Yeh, some things never change Cos baby the ones that you love lead