| So my baby's on the road doing business, selling loads charming everyone there with the sweetest smile Oh tonight I miss you Oh tonight I wish you could be here with me but I won't see you 'til you've made it back again Home and dry Home and dry |
There's a plane at JFK to fly you back from far away all those dark and frantic transatlantic miles Oh tonight I miss you Oh tonight I wish you could be here with me but I won't see you 'til you've made it back again Home and dry Home and dry |
Far away through night and day you fly long haul tonight Come to me you know I'll be here when you call tonight Oh tonight I miss you Oh tonight I wish you could be here with me but I won't see you 'til you've made it back again Home and dry Home and dry |
| Feeling like I'm stuck in a
hole body and soul while you're out of control Now I know why you had to go well I think we both know why it had to be so I've been trying not to cry when I'm in the public eye Stuck here with the shame and taking my share of the blame while making sudden plans that don't include you I get along , get along without you very well I get along very well Now I know you'd much rather be with rock royalty instead of someone like me The big boys are back and we need |
them, you said Think it was something you'd read and it stuck in your head Even though I don't suppose that's as far as it goes You've got quite an appetite for being wronged and in the right Well from now on it won't affect me I get along , get along without you very well I get along very well The morning after the night before I'd been alerted to your lies I phoned you up Your calls were all diverted Took a long time to track you down even then you were defiant It's not what you think it is, you said and proceeded to deny it |
So I lost my patience at last and it happened so fast you belong in the past I've been trying not to cry when I'm in the public eye Stuck here with the shame and taking my share of the blame while making sudden plans that don't include you I get along , get along without you very well I get along very well |
| Birthday boy can't explain Christmas Eve He's born again On the line a broken train going nowhere Endless rain Birthday boy so afraid plays the machines in the arcade Oh baby do you remember he's been through all this before? Spend the summer getting nowhere Taking all of the blame for the city calculating from pain comes pity Christmas Eve |
a time of joy if you believe in Birthday boy This time around it's all a mistake Is he deluded or just a fake? Oh baby do you remember he's been through all this before? Spent the summer getting nowhere Taking all of the blame for the city calculating from pain comes pity If you knew his name would you feel the same? If you knew his name? Birthday boy stands apart |
as the drama's about to start A quick betrayal A speedy trial As before complete denial Oh baby do you remember he's been through all this before? Spent the summer getting nowhere Taking all of the blame for the city calculating from pain comes pity If you knew his name would you feel the same? |
| We came from the far North summered in Crimea deserted the armed forces had to disappear made it to the free West on a chartered flight so we could see what we trained to fight We were in London "Let's do it - let's break the law!" We were in London Tell it like it is We were in London Tell it like it is |
Looking for hard work or credit card fraud What do you expect from us? We come from abroad to get ourselves a new job on a building-site They work you so hard but we trained to fight We were in London "Let's do it - let's break the law!" We were in London Tell it like it is We were in London "Let's do it - let's break the law!" We were in London Tell it like it is |
My father fought in Afghanistan His widow's pension ain't worth a damn My mother works and goes home to cry I want to live before I die We were in London "Let's do it - let's break the law!" We were in London Tell it like it is We were in London Tell it like it is |
| Communication's never been as easy as today and it would make me happy when you've gone so far away if you'd send me an e-mail that says "I love you" Send me an e-mail that says "I love you" Now time and distance melt away No digital delay And some things can be written down that we're too shy to say |
Send me an e-mail that says "I love you" Send me an e-mail that says "I love you" There may be other temptations in your life Don't want to add more complications to your life but I'm sending this e-mail to say "I love you" Now there's a ghost within this house You're haunting me tonight |
I'm looking at some photographs and thinking that I might jump on a plane and surprise you where you are but do you want me there? I'm so insecure but one thing would make me sure if you'd send me an e-mail that says "I love you" Send me an e-mail that says "I love You" |
| It's not as easy as it was or as difficult as it could be for the Samurai in autumn It's not as easy as it was or as difficult as it could be for the Samurai in autumn |
| Love is a catastrophe Look what it's done to me Brought me down here so low stranded, nowhere to go No concentration just rerunning conversation Trying to understand how I fell into this quicksand What happens next? With life I'm unimpressed Pain like a cutter's knife Never been lonelier in my life |
Who issued the instruction for this mad act of destruction An end to equilibrium Fate laughs: Look what we've done to him! High wind through the trees Falling November leaves A weak sun hanging low Summer seems so long ago |
All my former dreams tender romantic schemes revealed as so naive To think I could believe In love as the kindest law not as a declaration of war on my life and sanity Now I know at last for me love is a catastrophe |
| We all have a dream of a place we belong The fire is burning and the radio's on Somebody smiles and it means "I love you" but sometimes we don't notice when the dream has come true You've got a home here Call it what you want You've got a home here to return it when you can't |
face the world and you need some support to succeed You've got a home We all make a mess of our lives from time to time It's part of the process that you stumble as you climb And if you ever feel the pain is far too big a deal I say with pride I'll be on your side |
You've got a home here Call it what you want You've got a home here You're gonna want it when you can't face the world and you need some support to succeed You've got a home here |
| I was backstage couldn't believe my luck was in I saw him approach wearing a most approachable grin When he said hello I was surprised he spoke so politely I said I'd liked his show Well he just smiled I guess it happens nightly and so I fell in love We went to his room he had a video camera I was so nervous I had to try hard not to stammer He said "I'm glad you liked the show that crowd was dope out there tonight, alright |
You wanna see some more? Well be my guest You can have a private performance" I'd fallen in love I didn't ask why though he seemed like such a regular guy he said we could be secret lovers just him and me Then he joked "Hey, man! Your name isn't Stan, is it? We should be together!" And he was passionate I guess I would rate him a nine out of ten by then I'd fallen in love |
When I asked why have I heard so much about him being charged with homophobia and stuff he just shrugged Next morning we woke he couldn't have been a nicer bloke Over breakfast made jokes about Dre and his homies and folks Neither of us asked if or when we would see each other again but I thought that was cool 'cause I was already late for school by then I'd fallen in love |
| He's gone You've lost Stay behind and count the cost You try You lose You don't fall in love by chance You choose It's a decision made over time Should you take a risk and start to climb the steepest hill only to find halfway there you've been left behind? |
Choosing to love is risking a lot and trying to change and to give all you've got But don't pretend it comes out of the blue You take a chance and see it through and if it's refused what can you do? Continue hopefully? Start anew? Lick your wounds Buy your booze You won't get drunk by accident You'll choose |
Don't blame him for refusing your bid He didn't decide to love You did Learn the lesson Take the blows You didn't fall in love by chance You chose Play the sad songs Sing the blues You don't fall in love by chance You choose |