Alison Moyet

[fox69]

"Ordinary Girl"

"Ordinary Girl"


She left on Sunday afternoon,
"It is the only way for everyone concerned" she said
And I could only ask her why,
But she just smiled and told me, one day I would learn

"Don't you worry, this will all make sense tomorrow,
Don't be sorry, that everything we shared will fade away
There's so much to see in each new day,
They'd never understand, I'm not an ordinary girl"

She took nothing but her clothes
Taking more would just remind her of her past, she said
I thought I'd never laugh again
On the day I said goodbye to my best friend

And now I understand, she's just an ordinary girl

 

[fox69]

"Our Colander Eyes"

"Our Colander Eyes"


Some days nothing comes my way
Nothing, but nothing that is
A heaven of rain clouds crown my day
Queen of the wet ghost town brigade

Then you walk by and from my sky
Nothing falls without a sparkle
Feeling it kissing my face
So even I don't know, I'm crying

Now you're him, out is in
Who has time to live in sorrow
Umbrella's are chapel ceilings in chrome
And I dig the nylon blue lining your avenue

I'm not waiting on the sun
Like a bus that never comes
I'm at home with my colander sky
I'm just hanging with a friend

I don't need this storm to end
I'm in deep with my colander guy
It's you, you and me babe
And our colander eyes

Then you walk in and for my sins
Nothing hurts for feeling groovy
Everything seems appealing
And even I don't know, I'm lying

But we soon forget how to get on wet
We pass the towel and get back to drying
And only the time is flying
But then with only our chances slim
Back to nephrology again

 

[fox69]

"Remind Yourself"

"Remind Yourself"


Remind yourself
Of the little signs
And the small asides
Playing on your mind
Shift of air
The turn of phrase
Obsession to
Averted gaze
Remind yourself
How the field is wide
And the eye takes more than it sweeps aside
Choose to keep or select the shelf
Is a tender lie
Remind yourself

Remind yourself as the moon shifts overhead
That roll it does
Roll it does
And the drum beat in your chest
It becomes a pulse
It becomes

Remind yourself of a wiser day
When you let them come
But wouldn't let them stay
Gave them hope and
Forgot your own
Took your head to town
And your body home
When you told yourself
That you couldn't have
And you wouldn't feel
And it wasn't bad
When you know the truth matters
Nothing less
They will lie to you
Remind yourself

Remind yourself as the moon shifts overhead
That roll it does
Roll it does
And the drum beat in your chest
It becomes a pulse
Becomes
As the moon shifts overhea
Roll it does
Roll

Remind yourself
When you say goodbye
They'll forget today
And forget the tie
And somebody else
Is gonna fill the cup
That they say no one but you
Filled up
Remind yourself
The heart that pleads
Very soon takes care
Of its own needs
The greatest love
Is dealt and done
Remind yourself
And move along

Move along

 

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"Right As Rain"

"Right As Rain"


If you can't be happy with me
Be unhappy with me
Stay unhappy with me
If you can't find peace in my arms
Find disease in my arms
As you please in my arms

Go, I'll fight you every step of the way
Know, that nothing now will be the same
As right as rain

If you feel like nothing with me
And see nothing in me
Then be nothing with me
If you can't find rest in my bed
Then don't bother your head
Lie awake there instead

Oh and may you never sleep again
Sow and may you never reap again
As right as rain

Takes one to make you suffer
One to leave you on your own
Takes one to make you suffer
And one to leave you on your own

It's a sad-sack affair
And you want it
You want it
You want it
It's a loud life out there
But you hear yourself speak
When you're on it
And before I don't care...

If you can't be happy with me
Be unhappy with me
Stay unhappy with me

 

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"Rise"

"Rise"


Baby loose that frying pan
You don't live to feed that man
Nothing's gained through self-denial
'Cos you weren't born to be servile
Don't you know you've gotta
Rise - Think about what you do now
Where do you belong
Are you somebody's niggababe
Or does the fight go on

Do you think the hurting is gonna go away
If you leave uprising for another day

Hey Mister! Better teach your child to run
From all you name as just harmless fun
Do you show respect everywhere you go
Do you teach the young man how to treat your own

Don't you know you've gotta
Rise - Think about what you do now
How do you behave
Would you leave your children
What you see today

Freedom to the children of the world

Think about what you do now
Everything you see
Life ain't living in a magazine
Life ain't living

Sister! Why do you trade it in
For a diamond chip and a rabbit skin
His big red car is a mote too fast
And it wasn't built for the ride to last

Freedom to the slave of the slave
(And you know you are)

 

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"Rung By The Tide"

"Rung By The Tide"


Slip me into a simmering sea
Let salt water suck on me
Far out from an august shore

No reach of arm may sway my hips
Nor mute my song with fingertips
Gone I shout as best I please
And no-one comes at all

From vespers to the marten's call
This stillness suits me best of all
No more to thunder in your hall
Or sing your brothers in

Salute me sentry hollyhock
Exploding dandelion clock
In wisps of mist on crumpled rock
An ending to begin

(Ah... Ah ah ah ah ah.)

 

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"Satellite"

"Satellite"


You were alight and I wouldn't look away
You said I was sky and caught me anyway
How could I ever know you burn all that you hold
Now sing to the walls
I've cared more
I want to go, I want to stay, I want your name
And I want nothing that you are
Not even when you're moving me
(And you're moving me)
I want to talk, I want to sleep
Want to get up and wash the rest of you away
You never had me
Satellite

Maybe today I'll not wear you anymore
I'll fold you away, lay you down where you belong
Maybe you'll wake in time to break open a smile
Wide and wild as the Humber

Satellite
Are you dancing tonight
Are you burning as bright
As the she-boy outside
The firefly

 

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"Say It"

"Say It"


I have come to a time
When I must really decide
Love you gave so complete
I want you back

Hear me when I call
Hold me like before
Play the changing forms
Into sleep we fall
And we wake to love adored
Tell me that it's so
When I look at you
Through the eyes of love

And I'm missing you
Say you miss me too
Say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, say it,
Say it, say it

Everything feels right
Tenderness invites
Love you gave so complete
I want you back

Hear me when I call
Hold me like before
Play the changing forms
Into sleep we fall

And I'm missing you
Say you miss me too
Say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, say it,
Say it, say it

 

[fox69]

"Should I Feel That It's Over"

"Should I Feel That It's Over"


Could you wake me up when it's over
Well maybe I'll sit this out, I think I know the score
You read to me before
Why wrap it up so precisely
I know what you're bringing me, I keep them on the side
With gone and nevermore

Should I feel that it's over, all over
And are you here when I hold you, I wonder

You wanted days to remember
September without the fall, a house without a wall
A given in surprise
I never match you for missing
And you call this kissing, I feel closer to the sky
You never ask me why

Should I feel that it's over, all over
(Dry your eyes, outside vermillion skies ease the lies
Loose the ties that keep you under)
And are you here when I hold you, I wonder
(And I realise, when the sun is in your eyes it's no wonder)

 

[fox69]

"Si Tu Ne Me Reviens Pas"

"Si Tu Ne Me Reviens Pas"


Si tu ne me reviens pas
Tu m'éviteras des adieux
Je m'en sors plutôt bien
Je ne perdrai pas ma nuit
A rechercher ce que nous avons fait ensemble
La vie est douce
Elle saura m'étonner
Saura m'entourer
Et crois moi, je vais vivre
Même si tu ne me reviens jamais

Si tu ne me reviens pas
Je ne vais pas te comparer à chaque nouvelle rencontre
Et si je te croise dans la rue
Je ne chercherai pas à savoir si tu me regardes
La vie est douce
Elle me fait tourbillonner
Elle t'aura vite remplacé
Et je ne vais pas mourir
Même si tu ne me reviens jamais

Elle saura m'étonner
Saura m'entourer
Et crois moi, je vais vivre
Même si tu ne me reviens jamais