CRYING BLUES

Why did you leave me

Why did you go?
Why did you leave me
As I need to know?

Because I know
You've left me in crying blues

Why did you hurt me
Why did you hurt?
Why did you hurt me
And treat me like dirt?

Because I know
You've left me in crying blues

Why did you hurt me
Why did you go?
Why did you hurt me
Leaving me solo?

Because I know
You've left me in crying blues



BABY

I've a baby, pretty baby
Though it's still inside the womb
And the lady of my baby
May be related to me soon

May be related to me soon
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah

Come on, honey, bring your money
And we can spend the night away
You'll drink shandy, I'll drink brandy
And you can nurse my head next day

And you can nurse my head next day
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah

For your sake, love, let us make love
I only wanna do it for you
You're a rainbow, told my friends so
You're green with envy, you're sad and blue

You're green with envy, you're sad and blue
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah

When you're thinking I am winking
At girls, I'm not, it's dust in my eye
So my honey, give me money
And I'll forgive you for when I made you cry

And I'll forgive you for when I made you cry
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah



YOU

We used to be happy
Your love seemed to trap me
My life was you, happy

But clouds always linger
My ring left your finger
I had lost you, empty

So watch me fade into the blue
Me and I without you
Sing for me a darker tune
Me and I without you

I'm cold and alone
Pain is my home
I long for you, help me

Oh, help me to hate you
Cos loving you's painful
Can't forget you, leave me

So watch me fade into the blue
Me and I without you
Colour me a darker hue
Me and I without you

But come back to me
My tears won't let me see
They fall for you, dry them

I need you beside me
Together in harmony
Forever with you, save me



LOOK AT ME

I'll steal your dreams
And I will make them mine
I'll court the moon
And we'll eclipse your shine

I'll make the universe your soul
I'll make your existence whole

So look to the sky
And feel me in the breeze
Bow to the earth
Let my roots be your trees

I'll be the meaning of your life
I'll take the trouble from your strife

Look at me
Could it be true what you can see?
Look at me
Could it be your desires you see?

So take me as I am
But leave when I'm without
I seem happy
But I am inside out

I'll illuminate your days
I'll burn beacons to your praise

I'll be the sand
As time slips through the years
I'll be the sun
That one day dries your tears

I'll put flowers in your hair
I'll be the smile that you will wear

Look at me
Could it be true what you can see?
Look at me
Could it be your desires you see?

When your life fades
I will go as well
One in heaven
One screaming in hell

I'd do anything for you
I'll make all my lies be true



GOOD MORNING GOODBYE

I'm as lonely as can be
As sadness washes over me
Tomorrow flows by
Good morning, goodbye

She could not stay anymore
And now she's living life much more
While I live a lie
Good morning, goodbye

Oh, how alone and sad am I
My frozen tears won't let me cry
Though they try
Good morning, goodbye

She said that she can't come back
Sunshine skies are coloured black
The clouds start to cry
Good morning, goodbye

What will now become of me?
As sorrow paints the scenery
My pain fills the sky
Good morning, goodbye

Oh, how alone and sad am I
My frozen tears won't let me cry
Though they try
Good morning, goodbye



JUNELIGHT DREAM

On a June night in the moonlight
When you stepped out of my dream
The next morning though still yawning
I could recall that vivid scene

Baby, wanna be by your side
Forever
Baby, think of when I've never tried
It's never

Now it's July what a fool I
Was to think you'd still be here
I'm so lonely though it's only
Been a week it feels like a year

Baby, wanna be by your side
Forever
Baby, think of when I've never tried
It's never

Couldn't believe you would deceive
But now I know your cruel heart
Now you're flying as I'm dying
I wanna go back to the start

Baby, wanna be by your side
Forever
Baby, think of when I've never tried
It's never

Then I wake up, did I make up
Everything that I'd just seen?
You were stronger, lasted longer
Than anything that walks a dream

Baby, wanna be by your side
Forever
Baby, think of when I've never tried
It's never



EVERY TIME

Every time I look into your eyes
There's something there that frightens me
Hold my hand, understand
That wherever you go I will be

Every time your breath embraces mine
There's something there that freezes time
Every day, every way
I will be yours and you'll be mine

Oh, I'll take the sun
And splash it on today
You'll take the moon
And sail past yesterday

Every time the day draws to a close
There's something that awakes in me
Watch the day fade away
And you can be the waves in my sea

Every time I understand my world
There's something there that spins it round
Steady me gravity
And keep my feet on the ground

Oh, I'll take the sun
And splash it on today
You'll take the moon
And sail past yesterday

Every time I feel myself alone
There's something there that touches me
Feel my soul, make me whole
And you will help my spirit become free



THE MANUSCRIPT OF TIME

These words I sing you
Carved in song, they're true
The manuscript of time

They speak of sad pain
Make darkness light again
The manuscript of time

Get out, get out of bed
You gotta wake up
Turn on your head

Well, the sun was in the sky
Though really in my eye
The moon was on the floor
So I put it out the door

Get out, get out my mind
You gotta slow down
Relax and unwind

Can you understand
What is in your hand?
The manuscript of time

Live for what you find
Let this be your mind
The manuscript of time

As you live more years
You scar by your fears
The manuscript of time



DON'T LEAVE ME

The bleak of morn destroys my hope
And lingers till the sun goes down
There's no one I can turn to
As my grief reflects within a frown

The shadows linger round
And darken everything I see
I'm never gonna make it
If you won't stand next to me
Don't leave me

My icy thoughts erode the future
Gloom came at a rapid pace
I try to hide my feelings
As I force a smile across my face

The shadows linger round
And darken everything I see
I'm never gonna make it
If you won't stand next to me
Don't leave me

There's no one I can turn to
As I walk into my new found fate
And in my desperation
I try to befriend people I hate

The shadows linger round
And darken everything I see
I'm never gonna make it
If you won't stand next to me
Don't leave me

The fruits of life in my heart
Never ripen and I don't know why
The years ( my angst) have creased my face
Oh, will the roots of my pain ever die?

The shadows linger round
And darken everything I see
I'm never gonna make it
If you won't stand next to me
Don't leave me

I need you
Don't leave me



MAYBE

Take my body, take it whole
Use my conscience, abuse my soul
Kill my feelings, numb my heart
Shattered mirror broke me apart

Cos everybody
Wants to catch me out, maybe
And all my body
Wants to scream and shout, save me

Help me keep young as you grow old
Be one that glitters, turn me to gold
Be my vision, feel my pain
As I go mad keep me sane

When I'm in need
My dreams will take me there, maybe
Then I awake to life
And my nightmare, save me

But you would rather have nothing
And be happy
While I'd contend with misery
But be wealthy

So tired and weary, down and out
Those with plenty and me without
Down on my luck, down on my knees
The house of God filled with my pleas

And the Devil
Offers me salvation, maybe
As Jesus Christ
Offers me damnation, save me



GOODBYE

I have never felt so lonely
As when I'm alone with you
Your eyes tell me what to believe
I sometimes think your lies are true

for love fades faster
I know love's faster
Than a wink of your eye
As I say hello
You say goodbye, oh, why?

Maybe I could live without you
But my heart's too sore to try
Though you hurt me with each sentence
I'll love you until I die

I know love's faster
Than a wink of your eye
As I say hello
You say goodbye, oh, why?

Someday you'll see how my heart bleeds
How my soul is raw with pain
If this makes you mine forever
I'll go through it all again

I know love's faster
Than a wink of your eye
As I say hello
You say goodbye, oh, why?



WHY DID SHE GO

I knew that her love for me was so deep
I thought of her as I went to sleep
That night seemed to be as long as the day
When I awoke she had gone away

Why did she go, I do not know
Why did she leave me?
Why did she go, I'll never know?
It's too late to see

Then I went downstairs to sleep on the floor
I knew times would not be like before
And nobody can replace her at all
All that deep pain made me look so small

Why did she go, I do not know
Why did she leave me?
Why did she go, I'll never know?
It's too late to see

I had lost her love and that made me sad
I thought of times together we'd had
The pain in my heart was cruel to my mind
Nature had come and broken our bind

Why did she go, I do not know
Why did she leave me?
Why did she go, I'll never know?
It's too late to see



EMPTINESS

I remember last year
When you and I first met
When I thought that the sun on
Our love would never set

You haunt my dreams at night time
I think of you all day
I pretend you're still here
You're too hard to forget
You're too hard to forget

I remember the days when
You were a part of me
When I found out that you'd gone
My world was misery

My eyes were damp with sorrow
As streams of pain flowed down
Without you I've found out
How dead a life can be
How dead a life can be

Emptiness still lingers on
Oh, how long will it be
Until I can forget you?
Please leave my memory

My heart was touched with sadness
My mind was stabbed with hate
For the man who had taken
Your love away from me
Your love away from me



COUNTRY GIRL

My Suzy is a country girl
Oh, yeah
My Suzy is a country girl
Oh, yeah

She's happy walking
Beneath crying trees
The weeping willow's tears
Blow in the breeze

She's at home in the meadow
With horizons of green
At home in the orchard
She's mother nature's scenery

My Suzy was a country girl
Oh, yeah
My Suzy was a country girl
Oh, yeah

She used to step the stones
Over the stream
But now it's nothing more
Than a dream

She loved to pick the flowers
That graced the riverbank
Loved to catch the fragrance
And wished that she could thank the sun

Now Suzy is a factory girl
Oh, yeah
Now Suzy is a factory girl
Oh, yeah

She's a child no more
She has come of age
And she must go to work now
For a wage

But from time to time as she
Comes from the cotton mills
She'll head for the country
Her childhood in the hills goes on



WALK WITH ME

My life, she's re-arranging
My eyes are closed but I still see the light
My perception is changing
It feels so wrong but still feels so right

But pain is never ending
Out of sight but always there
A heart forever mending
A naked soul, a soul laid bare

Do you want to walk with God tonight?
Do you want to walk with me?
Do you want your God to hold you tight?
Then walk with me

She writes my life with passion
And reads my mind as if from a text
To her I am a fashion
In vogue one day but not the next

The heaven's tears are falling
She takes a bow as earth starts to drown
An angel's voice is calling
Inviting her out on the town

Do you want to walk with God tonight?
Do you want to walk with me?
Do you want your God to hold you tight?
Then walk with me

My heart is always aching
I need her like the earth needs the sun
A demi God in making
She worships the ground she walks upon



BRIGHTEST STAR

I love you more than I can say
I love you more than yesterday
If you and I should ever part
A stab that would be into my heart

For you and I can go so far
The highest cloud
The brightest star

I go to sleep, your touch I feel
I wake to find this dream is real

For you and I can go so far
The highest cloud
The brightest star

For days will come and days will go
What lies ahead, no one can know
But I believe that we'll be whole
Fused in body, in mind and soul



COMING HOME

If it's alright with you
Then it's alright with me
I've been looking there too
But there was nothing to see

I'll paint rainbows in your skies
Make your lows be your highs
Cos I'm coming home
No longer you'll be alone
Cos I'm coming home

Does the hurt of the day
Disappear in your dreams?
If you're sad, drift away
It's not as bad as it seems

So if you might then I may
Chase your dreams into day
Cos you're coming home
No longer I'll be alone
Cos you're coming home

If you want to join me
In a bond that will last
Then tomorrow will be
If we can forget the past

So if we shake the same tree
And let our buds flow free
Then we're coming home
No longer we'll be alone
Cos we're coming home



HOLD ME TIGHT

I remember the day
I found out about you
The pain I had to take
The things that you would do

And I say hold me
Baby, please hold me
You'll never hold me

Hold me tight and say you need me
Hold me tight, my dear
Hold me tight, oh, darling, darling
Let our hearts be near

I know I made you sad
And caused you misery
And now the time has come
When you won't look at me

And I say hold me
Baby, please hold me
You'll never hold me

Hold me tight and say you need me
Hold me tight, my dear
Hold me tight, oh, darling, darling
Let our hearts be near

You drowned your heart with tears
I know I am to blame
Perhaps someday we'll find
That we can start again

And I say hold me
Baby, please hold me
You'll never hold me

Hold me tight and say you need me
Hold me tight, my dear
Hold me tight, oh, darling, darling
Let our hearts be near



WHEN I WAS A BOY

I used to view the world
With much awe in my eye
A world where children sometimes laugh
And grown ups never cry

When I was a boy

I used to think that life
Was like a vineyard path
A road to a fruitful life
Tears were humours aftermath

When I was a boy

I used to lie awake
So scared as I thought deep
The evils of darkness might come
If I should fall asleep

When I was a boy

I used to feel the warmth
And bond of family
Of smiles and of laughter and love
No room for tragedy

When I was a boy

I used to think the man
I'd be was far away
I'd always be a small boy
And that's the way I'd stay

When I was a boy

I used to think that love
Could never break a heart
It would not poison my soul
And tear my life apart

When I was a boy

I used to think the life
In me would never die
All pure souls would rise up
To heaven in the sky

When I was a boy

Angels and kin would weep
As I flew through the sky
Memories of me would not fade
As days and years passed by

When I was a boy

When I was so young
When I was so small
When I was a boy
I was innocent of life



I'M SORRY

Well, baby, I though I would
Be alone tonight
And then I saw you
Everything's alright

You know a pretty girl needs love
And I never gave love and I'm sorry

Well, baby, when I saw you
I though there she goes
Can't hide my feelings
Everybody knows

You know a pretty girl needs love
And I never gave love and I'm sorry

You turn away
And can't find words to say
Why are you shy all day
And hide your thoughts away?

Well, baby, don't you know that
I'm the jealous kind?
I'll never tell you
What is on my mind

You know a pretty girl needs love
And I never gave love and I'm sorry

Well, baby, I could see you
Waiting there for me
But I walked on and
Caused you misery

You know a pretty girl needs love
And I never gave love and I'm sorry

You turn away
And can't find words to say
Why are you shy all day
And hide your thoughts away?



DON'T BE ANGRY

Love's a distant land
I can't understand
I can never tell you
Everything I don't do

My fate always seems
To strangle all my dreams
I can never tell you
Everything I don't do

Don't be angry
I don't know what I have done
Don't be angry
Don't you eclipse my sun on me

Pains dwell in my heart
Which only love can start
I can never tell you
Everything I don't do

My emotions flow
Into pain and grow
I can never tell you
Everything I don't do

Don't be angry
I don't know what I have done
Don't be angry
Don't you eclipse my sun on me

Love can hurt me bad
And make me feel so sad
I can never tell you
Everything I don't do

Every day I find
Life tortures my mind
I can never tell you
Everything I don't do



YOUR DREAMS

I'm thinking of you
I do it everyday
But you won't look at me
You only turn away

So look away, look away
Look away today

I called out to you
Again you never heard unheard vain
As you faded away
Your shadow kissed my words

So fade away, fade away
Fade away today

I'll take your dreams
And I'll show you
Where I'd like to be

I'll act your scenes
And I'll be you
And you will fall for me
Yeah, you will fall for me

I'm looking at you
But you have closed your eyes
I paint your picture
You're gone before it dries

So drift away, drift away
Drift away today

I try to hold you
But you just hold your breath
I waltz up to you
But I'm dancing with death

So dance away, dance away
Dance away today

I'll take your dreams
And I'll show you
Where I'd like to be

I'll act your scenes
And I'll be you
And you will fall for me
Yeah, you will fall for me

I thirst for your love
But you drink to your health
I tried to love you
But you just love yourself

So dream away, dream away
Dream away today

Don't keep me waiting
Though I could wait forever
You're like tomorrow
Coming to me never

So stay away, stay away
Stay away today

I'll take your dreams
And I'll show you
Where I'd like to be

I'll act your scenes
And I'll be you
And you will fall for me
Yeah, you will fall for me
Oh, you will fall for me
Hey, you will fall for me



CHRISTMAS WITH YOU

Mistletoe and holly
Candles on the Christmas tree
Greeting cards, one from you
Merry Christmas, guess from who?

Church bells ring, ding, ding, ding
You and me will carol sing
Shining in lantern light
Singing carols through the night

Christmas with you
Christmas for two
Better than anything
Dinner for two
I'll eat with you
Turkey and Christmas pudding

Robin redbreast sits still
Perched upon the window sill
Looking in at the fun
Wishing he could join in some

Take a ride in your sleigh
You get lost and go astray
Find yourself in Toyland
Santa shakes you by the hand

Christmas with you
Is warm and true
Better than anything
Do you believe
On Christmas Eve
Santa will fill your stocking?

The snow is falling down
Silently without a sound
Soon a crisp white blanket
Will be covering the ground

Snow a throw ball
Snow a throw ball