Alison Moyet

[fox69]

"Tongue Tied"

"Tongue Tied"


There's a train in that bell
Be still I won't hear it if you can
We could let it go

Sweet lie
I'll buy anything from you
We try tongue tied anything will do

On a simple whim no sense
We're all innocence and beer
Find a plastic cup and fall in
No one's ever going to hear

Don't ask me why
a seeing I
gives precedence to fools

There is flight in the sky
Close your eyes
Don't go higher than I am
Did we mean it all?
Don't mind
We'll just use the words we can

 

[fox69]

"Twisting The Knife"

"Twisting The Knife"


I watch it trickle from your lips
Pearls of ruby red soaking up your head until you want to push through
And then the world turns red
And the wine tastes sour
Pushing back the hand until the midnight hour

Every door is closing behind you
There's no one left to come and find you
You're soaking wet but the file won't dry you
I'd like to help but I cant stand by

And watch you twisting the knife
They've got you wasting your life
Can't stop you twisting the knife

Id rather turn out all the lights than see you like this
Caress me with your anger
Sting me with your kiss
You've been pushing too hard
I've been trying too long
Now I don't believe I have the will to carry on
You take it one step forward
Then it's two steps back
I'd jump the wire but I'm feeling trapped
Its other people make you insecure
I won't surrender like I did before

And watch you twisting the knife
They've got you wasting your life
Can't stop you twisting the knife
Surrender like I did before
Twisting the knife

Sting me with your kiss
You take it one step forward
Then it's two steps back
I'd jump the wire but I'm feeling trapped
Its other people make you insecure
I won't surrender like I did before

And watch you twisting the knife
They've got you wasting your life
Can't stop you twisting the knife

 

[fox69]

"Weak In The Presence Of Beauty"

"Weak In The Presence Of Beauty"


Oh, its a long time since I saw you
Well you know how time can fly
It seems like yesterday we were lovers
Now we pass each other by

But if we're left alone tonight, don't ask me to hold you tight
I go weak
I go weak
I go weak
I go weak, weak in the presence of beauty

All my friends, keep asking
why I'm quiet while you're around?
They don't know I think I'm so lucky to stop myself from falling down

So later if you're on your own
Don't ask me to take you home
I go weak
I go weak
I go weak
I go weak, weak in the presence of beauty

Cause if were left alone tonight
I'll have no choice but to hold you tight
I go weak
I go weak
I go weak
I go weak, weak in the presence of beauty

I go weak, darling, I love you
I go weak, theres no doubt about it
I go weak,
I go weak, weak in the presence of beauty
I go weak, you're my world
I go weak, I used to be your girl
I go weak
I go weak
weak in the presence of beauty...

 

[fox69]

"What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?"

"What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?"


What are you doing the rest of your life?
North and South and East and West of your life
I have only one request of your life
That you spend it all with me.
All the seasons and the times of your days.
All the nickels and the dimes of your days.
Let the reasons and the rhymes of your days.
All begin and end with me.
I want to see your face,
In every kind of light,
In fields of gold and
Forests of the night;
And when you stand before
The candles on a cake.
Oh let me be the one to hear
The silent wish you make.
Those tomorrows waiting deep in your eyes
In the world of love you keep in your eyes,
I'll awaken what's asleep in your eyes,
It may take a kiss or two..
Through all of my life..
Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall of my life,
All I ever will recall of my life
Is all of my life with you.

 

[fox69]

"When I Say (No Giveaway)"

"When I Say (No Giveaway)"


Should I be seen with you one more time
My life is really on the line
His sister said she caught me out
If this gets back I'm dead without a doubt
Try to ignore me each time we meet
Don't ever stop me in the street
He thinks I'm at the launder mat
I cant stay here he wants his washing back

So when I say - that I don't know your face
Don't feign surprise; don't betray me with your eyes
When I say - that you are out of place
Don't let them see, what you really are to me

Before this trouble blows sky-high
I have to find myself an alibi

Why do you have to get so uptight?
There's no need to be so impolite
Just give me back my negatives
And I wont tell your wife about last night

So when I say - that I don't know your face
Don't feign surprise; don't betray me with your eyes
When I say - that you are out of place
Don't let them see, what you really are to me

 

[fox69]

"When I Was Your Girl"

"When I Was Your Girl"


When I was your girl
I didn't know that I would
End where you begin
More beautiful in your skin
No matter of regret
This loosening curl
Teasing you out
When I was your girl

In my room you said we'll stay here for an endless year
Close the door we're letting no one near
When I was your girl
When I was your girl

And then today
All the nightmares came my way
All the tears I tried to stay
You were never satisfied
When I was your girl
When I was your girl

And when I was she
I'd put on every coat
To wear the weather down
But even in the sun
You said you tasted rain
I watched you unfurl
You held on to me
When I was your girl

In my cups I see you watching from the edge of the bed
I'm sinking words that you never said
When I was your girl
When I was your girl

And then today
I'll be keeping out your way
Every debt they owe I pay
They were never satisfied
When I was your girl
When I was your girl

We tore out a page
Impolitely quit the stage
Into corners sweep our rage
I would never leave you crying

When I was your girl
When I was your girl
When I was your girl

 

[fox69]

"Where Hides Sleep"

"Where Hides Sleep"


Where hides sleep is she watching me
Don't desert me now
Where hides sleep you're tormenting me
Don't forsake me now
Take hole of my soul and pull me into darkness
Cover me over and styfle my anguish

Where hides sleep she's avoiding me
Don't evade me now
Where hides sleep please don't torture me
Don't forsake me now

I open my lips to your warm ancient potion
I would be still and devoid of emotion
For I would be slumber that I could be rest
Curl in warm embers of such peacefulness
Caressed by oblivion and swallowed by dreams
I want you to hold me and cover my eyes
From the cold distant daylight
Holds no surprise

 

[fox69]

"Whispering Your Name"

"Whispering Your Name"


When she said that you were through
I thought that there was nothing that I could do
Just because she ran right here
Doesn't mean I interfered
Now I'm wondering of we can feel the same
Cause she keeps whispering your name
She keeps on whispering your name
Like she's just waiting

She once told me how she felt
Didn't just want me to hear it from someone else
There were unknowns she couldn't know
But she hoped you two would grow
And when you didn't she was brought to me in pain

And she keeps whispering your name
She keeps on whispering your name
Like she's just waiting

If it's just a little fling a simple thing
I'll try not to pretend
If it's just for jealousy she's using me
That might be hard to mend

Oh what else can I do
But try to give her more than she got from you
And when she wakes up suddenly and she says you name to me
I'll just hope its force of habit and not need

Cause she keeps whispering your name
She keeps on whispering your name
Like she's just waiting

Oh tell me what is fair
When nothing's wrong
And she just stares
Like she's just waiting

 

[fox69]

"Winter Kills"

"Winter Kills"


Green
In your love
On bright days
You grew sunblind
You thought me
Unkind
To remind you
How winter kills

Lost
In daydreams
You drove too fast
And got nowhere
You rode on half fare
When you got too scared
How winter kills

Tear at me, searching for
Weaker seams

Pain
In your eyes
Makes me cruel
Makes me spiteful
Tears are delightful
Welcome your nightfall
How winter kills

I tear at you, searching for
Weaker seams

 

[fox69]

"Wishing You Were Here"

"Wishing You Were Here"


I can't begin to tell you how it feels
It's a clear blue sky
Out here my heart so full it's fit to burst
Just counting the hours
Home, such a long way gone
How to share a day, here's my only way
Send myself to you
Wishing you were here

I can't begin to tell you where I've been
It's a world behind
And if we are to find our heaven here
We just have to look harder
Now I can see you
I never could before, now I want nothing more
When I close my eyes
Wishing you were here

Home such a long way gone
How to share a day, here's my only way
When I close my eyes
Wishing you were here

I can't begin to tell you how it feels