Chris Rea

[crvendac_011]

Shamrock Diaries

Shamrock Diaries

In waves of people you can lose your feet
You've got to stay hard, to the ground
It gets so easy now to lose your way
When you're ever outward bound
A church bell ringing in the fading light
Stops you dead like a cold steel wall
The ghost of yesteryears is toughing you
And as sure as God you'll fall
And I see me and I see you
I see it all just like it used to be
And all the reasons why it started out
Hit you hard with every bell
The choir practice in the empty hall
Is a sound that you know so well
Like something lost inside your overcoat
You find it later, by mistake
You lost it all a thousand years ago
And you pray it's not too late
And I see me and I see you
I see it all just like it used to be
And I see me and I see you
I see it all just like a diary

Now I remember everything
Yea I remember how it used to be
With every note that choirboy sings
And I see me and I see you
I see it all just like it used to be
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[crvendac_011]

Windy Town

Windy Town

Driving home from the highland line
We done some gigs on the Clyde and the Tyne
They flew us in from a Hamburg strip
The taste of Dusseldorf still on our lips
And on the bus there is a friend of mine
We go way back to the scene of the crime
We sit up front and share a cigarette
And try to remember what we tried to forget

He say "Do you remember?"
He say "Do you recall?"
I say yeah I remember, oh, I remember it all
Every time that cold wind blows
Every time I hear that sound
Late night trains shunting down by the river
I remember windy town

We come so far and we move so fast
Making hay see it all go past
Round the world and round again
Up and down on that gravy train
but every time that cold wind blows
Every time I hear that sound
The east coast cross winds on the cold wet stone
I remember windy town

The freezing corners and the empty streets
The burning passion and the cold wet feet
Three tricky miles home every night
Dodging from the shadows underneath those amber light
No car for kissing and nowhere to go
Except inside each other and I loved you so
I held your face as you shivered in the rain
Girl I'll always love you and I'll love you again
Oh everytime, everytime
Every time that cold wind blows
Every time I hear that sound
Late night trains shunting down by the river
I remember windy town
Every time that cold wind blows
Every time I hear that sound
The east coast cross winds on the cold wet stone
I remember windy town
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[crvendac_011]

Driving Home For Christmas

Driving Home For Christmas

I'm driving home for christmas
Oh, I can't wait to see those faces
I'm driving home for christmas, yea
Well I'm moving down that line
And it's been so long
But I will be there
I sing this song
To pass the time away
Driving in my car
Driving home for christmas

It's gonna take some time
But I'll get there
Top to toe in tailbacks
Oh, I got red lights on the run
But soon there'll be a freeway
Get my feet on holy ground

So I sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When I get trough
And feel you near me
I am driving home for christmas
Driving home for christmas
With a thousand memories

I take look at the driver next to me
He's just the same
Just the same

Top to toe in tailbacks
Oh, I got red lights on the run
I'm driving home for christmas, yea
Get my feet on holy ground
So I sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When I get trough
And feel you near me
Driving in my car
Driving home for christmas
Driving home for christmas
With a thousand memories
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[fox69]

"'Disco' La Passione"
(feat. Shirley Bassey)

"'Disco' La Passione"
(feat. Shirley Bassey)



I stand alone
Without a care
Open the door
But no-one's there
The lonely night
My only friend
Love's wrongs are right
I can't defend

La Passione
La Passione
La Passione
La Passione

And now I know
What I've become
It haunts me so
But I'll go on and on
I know the pain inside
Is the price you pay to ride
Into the brightest flame
Never the same again

La Passione
La Passione
La Passione
La Passione

You dare to dream
Take the chance and go
Desire has taken hold
Now the passion haunts you so

La Passione
La Passione
La Passione
La Passione

 

[fox69]

"'Til I Find My True Love's Name"

"'Til I Find My True Love's Name"


Ride the wind
Ride the rain
Steal the thunder
Take the pain
Keep it burning
keep the flame
'Til I find my true love's name

Twelve wild angels
Sing this song
Into forever
They drag me on
Lashed with leather hurricanes
'Til I find my true love's name

This path of hailstones
Is easy to choose
Without a lover
There's nothing to lose
My wrists may bleed
But nothing will change
'Til I find my true love's name

Still I smile and I go on
Let the Devil sing his fearful song
I will not rest
I will not be chained
'Til i find my true
Oh 'til I find my true
Oh 'til I find my true love's name

 

[fox69]

"'Til The Morning Sun Shines On My Love And Me"

"'Til The Morning Sun Shines On My Love And Me"


It's a dream I know
We all know so well
Everywhere I go
She's only one step behind
I could search the world over
But I'll never be free
'Til the morning sun shines
Oh my love, and me

I have taken so many
Turns on this road
I don't know east from west
North or south which is best?
I will never know now
The best way to be
'Til the morning sun shines
Oh my love, and me

I went looking for my home
On a cold winter's day
Waved goodbye to my best friend
As he faded away
Somewhere between fortune and reason to be
I found out there was only one thing
That really mattered to me

Oh the busted and the lonely
Are my only true friends
Feel like a wounded old fighting dog
Waiting for the end
I've exchanged all my victories
For just a short time to see
The morning sunrise
On my love, and me

 

[fox69]

"90's Blues"

"90's Blues"


Well I look out of my window
I see the morning cold and grey
I look out of my window
I see the morning cold and grey
I told you so many years ago
They're all gonna end up, end up this way

Well the fat man took my money
And the daughter won't give it back
The fat man took my money
Sons and daughters won't give it back
Put my family out on the street
Put my marriage on the rack

Well they steal your water
And if you want some you got to pay
The greenies point their fingers
The people know better they don't listen what they say
They live in fear and frustration
Oh their crappy lives why should they give a toss anyway

Nineties blues
Nineties blues
Nineties blues

 

[fox69]

"Ain't That Just The Prettiest Thing"

"Ain't That Just The Prettiest Thing"


Well ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see
Oh ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see
I don’t know what she’s doing
What’s she doing to me
But ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see

Now ain’t that just the prettiest thing
That ever caught my eye
Yeah, ain’t that just the prettiest thing
That ever caught my eye
Well I don’t know what’s come over
What’s come over me
Cos ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see

Well ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see
Ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see

 

[fox69]

"All Night Long"

"All Night Long"


All night long
All night long
Oh Well
Oh Well
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
Dance with me baby
Oh, dance with me baby
Good time, good time, good time, good time, good time

All night long
Yeah, all night long
All night long
You know life is so hard so hard
so hard so hard too hard
Be good to me baby
And I'll be good to you
Yea I will
All night long
Come on, have some fun fn fun
You know life is so hard so hard
so hard so hard too hard
You got to have some fun
Good time, time time time time
Oh I'm gonna make you mine mine mine mine mine
All night long
All night long

Give me a good time
Give me a good time
I'm gonna make it shine shine shine
All night long

Give me a good time
Alright, alright, alright
All night long
Yeah, all night long
All night long

 

[fox69]

"And You My Love"

"And You My Love"


I do not sleep tonight
I might not ever
The sins of the past have come
See how they sit down together

Outside my window
Outside my door
And I know the reason
What they've all come here for

You my love, my sweet, sweet love
Are what it's all, because of

Surrender is easy
I know you do me no harm
But your innocence haunts me
The most fatal of charms

Oh I must have done some wrong
On a dark and distant day
For I know full and well tonight
This is how that I must pay

And you my love, my sweet, sweet love
Are what it's all, because of
You my love, my sweet, sweet love
Are what it's all because of