Agnes

I'm making a list of all of the words that have never been used
I'm waking up now from an exhausting dream - I was running all night and now there's holes in my shoes
You don't know, but I was shouting so loud blood came into my mouth, blood came into my mouth

Piece by piece my peace is a little one
But now I can hold it my hands will remould it
I'm waking up from a new exhausting dream
Bones that were broken in sleep must be woken carefully

I dream of tigers eating tigers
Watch my eyelids go
I dream my hands are made of wax
Oh do you dream of what you know

My open eyes don't see you like they used to
But who would hang their hope on so frail a twig?

I dream of hiding under bits of bread and paper
Do you see me now? Do you see my eyes? In them is the sea - look in there for me
I am drowning

Who would hang their hope on so frail a twig?

I dream of tigers eating tigers
Watch my eyelids go
I dream my hands are made of wax
Oh do you dream of what you know

Wonderful Emergency

Some things will never change if we do not get out there
Though everywhere you go there's someone selling off a pot of gold
Good things can be arranged, oh we could fly to California
Although we can't afford that...we'll go some place anyway

Hold the moon by a string when you're going down to stay overground
She will keep you on a prayer and a wing
Dance, oh baby be free
From one point of view, what you're going through is a wonderful emergency

Everybody's moving but you can't let go
Everybody's moving but you can't stay lonely
No-one's happy all the time
x2

Take the sun in your hands when your heart is cold and you're feeling old
She's the only one who understands
Run and never look back
In a funny way, how you feel today is like a beautiful heart attack
Beautiful heart, beautiful heart

Everybody's moving but you can't let go
Everybody's moving but you can't stay lonely
No-one's happy all the time
x2

Hold the moon by a string when you're going down to stay overground
She will keep you on a prayer and a wing
Run and never look back
It's a beautiful heart attack A beautiful heart, beautiful heart

Wasted

Bounce your blue eyes over
Let em lie upon mine, lover
In his arms I'm wasted
In his arms I'm wasted

Throw away those thoughts again
Throw away, throw away, throw em away
In your arms I'm wasted
In your arms I'm wasted

I heard the roar - live faster
We're headed for disaster
But I never feel like dirt
Baby when you hurt

In your arms I'm wasted
In your arms I'm wasted
Bounce your blues eyes over
Bounce your blues eyes over

I knew I knew I knew I knew
That love from you could never come
The sort of life you chose made it too hard to choose another one
But I fantasise that you and I might run and run and run and run
And turn em all to dust
Leave em all to rust

Envy

I don't have anything but love for you
Maybe just a pinch or two of envy, baby
Green-eyed me, I would never tell you so
This is just for me to know

All my lies, everything I just didn't pay for
I'm losing sleep, watching the time, watching the front door
And when they come I will lie down, I will melt into the ground

See my word, what could that be worth to you?
Maybe just a pinch or two of nothing, baby
Brown-eyed you, you would never tell me so
You'd say it's not for me to know

All my lies, everything I couldn't admit to
I will try, really, but I can't say I'll stick to it
And when they come I will pretend
I am stoic til the end

Truth Song

I think I'm the only one who loves but don't lose
I've got this tendency to run
Before this semi-circle of control becomes a ring upon me

So tell me what's so great about truth?
So tell me what's so great about truth?

I change my mind as often as a schoolgirl changes the dots above her Is
I am the one you think you know inside
I think you're out to get me 

So tell me what's so good about you?
So tell me what's so good about you?

In the dirty kitchen sink I find love
In a dusty empty jar I find love
And at the bottom of the drink I find love
And at the ending of a dream I fell in love

So tell me what's so great about truth?
So tell me what's so great about truth?

Careful

Careful you are, hiding your heart
Then I go and start it, I go and start it

Much of our lives are intertwined, so we analyse
But people aren't meant to be too happy - then where would we be?

But we'll be contented, we'll be contented

Careful you are, hiding your heart
Then I go and start it, I go and start it

JANUARY

Here we are - end of the bottle, end of the barrel, end of the
night
People change, but I see you alter, see you grow older before my eyes
It's nobody's fault your wounds are full of salt but mine
But I'm trying to get across a reason, a because - I'm trying to
throw myself a line

So what the hell do you think I am? Some kind of strong man? Some kind of strong man?
People change, but I'm an admirer, just a desirer, that's all I am

And while I'll take the blame, your heart is just the same as mine
And I'm trying to regain an ordinary frame of mind, or what love can you find?

I'm well aware of all the damage done
You treat me like I used your love for fun
And even when I say I'm sorry now
You don't believe a word of it
I'm well aware of all the damage I've done

Dirty Rotten Soul

Some boys would not do what it is you're going to
And somebody should know, somebody should know, somebody should know
That somebody has to - if you don't then I'll do it
She has got to go, she has got to go, she has got to go

Leave your wife, play some rock n roll!
Take me to the roller disco
Be mine, be mine you dirty rotten soul
You dirty rotten soul

Your daddy told me he's got something for me
Well I could just go there, I could just go there
What, don't you think I'd dare?
If kisses from daddy make you so unhappy then
She has got to go, she has got to go, she has got to go

Leave your wife, play some rock n roll!
Get me in the back of your Volvo
Be mine, be mine you dirty rotten soul
You dirty rotten soul

Tell her you won't be home
Tell her you're a dirty rotten soul
Tell her you'll be with me
Tell her that's the way it's gonna be...

Leave your wife, play some rock n roll!
Take me to the roller disco
Be mine, be mine you dirty rotten soul
You dirty rotten soul

This Tide Will Turn

I'll stay all night
But I'm warning you
I turn the tide

I never learn
But I'm warning you
This tide will turn

So long your hair it hung
As you hid your face, hid from the sun
And now sundown
And you're warning me
This tide turns now

So wear me down
So wear me down

So wear me down
The current's strong
But I'm warning you
It won't take long

Oh, Face!

Hands, do what you do
Feet, go where I'm telling you too
Oh lungs, breathe, help me sing
Back, lay me down

Eyes, please look away
Ears, don't hear what they say
Oh face, why do you blush?
I didn't ask you too

My heart is on a see-saw and I never know when
It'll jump up or come right down again
And now my throat's tight and my knees are shaking
What's it all about?

How come we can only control the parts that don't reveal the soul?
You know they do, you know they do

We are only so bright
They are always so right

Watching for Life

Watching for life to return
Bracing myself on the bow
Stars come out to burn
But I am not seeing them now

In the end you're gonna smile
I'd better smile

But I linger here 'neath the stars as you get away
Watching for lights to reverse as you get away
I start to breathe consciously as you get away
Watching for life to return

Smashed my old rowboat on the scree
I'm baby blue driftwood on the sea

Save me paint me, recreate me
Navigate me out

While I linger here 'neath the stars as you get away
Watching for lights to reverse as you get away
I start to breathe consciously as you get away
Watching for life to return

Is it possible? Is it terrible?
These hearts could break so far apart

So I linger here 'neath the stars as you get away
Watching for lights to reverse as you get away
I start to breathe consciously as you get away
Watching for life to return

All This

Look so long on the lake
Get your eyes full
And the beasts and the birds
And the light on the branch and the bramble

When all this is gone
The picture and the song still remain

Hold your hand out to the cold air
You can feel it but it's not there

The good thoughts in my head
Are blown down and clouded like the sun

Beasts and birds and branch and bramble...

When all this is gone
The picture and the song still remain