Chris Rea

[fox69]

"Dancing The Blues Away"

"Dancing The Blues Away"


Beat up soul
Looking to find a smile
Ain't nobody here to give you the reason why
I need the wings of an angel
Need to find me a way to fly

Come on and dance with me baby
Dancing my blues away
Yeah dance with me baby
Dance 'til my blues can't stay
Come on and dance with me baby
Dancing my blues away

There is something worth knowing
Written behind those eyes
Well I've got tears by the truckload
Let's laugh 'til they all run dry
Let's steal the wings from those angels
And kiss what we know goodbye

Come on and dance with me baby
Dancing my blues away
Yeah dance with me baby
Dance 'til my blues can't stay
Come on and dance with me baby
Dancing my blues away

 

[fox69]

"Dancing With Charlie"

"Dancing With Charlie"


Charlie was a loser till that sunny day
No-one saw him leaving as he sailed away
Treated like a sinner, no-one gave a damn
Till Charlie threw two sixes
Now he's got them in his hand

Now they're waiting in line to go dancing with Charlie
They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie

No-one seems to know how
No-one seems to care
Doesn't really matter just as long as you are there
Party in the moonlight, free drinks at the bar
You can bet what's in your pocket that Charlie won't be far
Now they're waiting in line to go dancing with Charlie
They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie

Charlie bought a jet plane, Charlie rides the sky
Friends appear from nowhere, Charlie gets them high
Big D was a gambler with everything to lose
Charlie didn't have anything
So he didn't have to choose

And they're waiting in line to go dancing with Charlie
They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie
And they're standing in line to go dancing with Charlie
They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie

 

[fox69]

"Daytona"

"Daytona"


Diamond dream when the sun don't shine
I close my eyes to see
Twelve wild horses in silver chains
Calling out to me

Oh Daytona
Shine your light on me
Oh Daytona
Shine your light on me

Now she ain't easy so you take good care
Or she will scream down on your lust
She can please you like no other
Or she can leave you eating dust
Oh Daytona
Shine your light on me
Burning passion heat my day
Let me sit inside your wonder
Cloudless daydream, oh dance of dances
To have tamed the sound of thunder
Oh Daytona
Shine your light on me
Oh Daytona
Shine your light on me

 

[fox69]

"Deep Water"

"Deep Water"


All change on then merry go line
Everybody looking for a sign
Jumping up and down when the switch goes on
Nobody knows where it's coming from

I'm here watching, keeping well away
Oh I'm gonna live it in my own way
Singing no mister, not me
I'm staying here with guys on free
In deep water

I see a captain on a distant shore
He's got a dream, he wants to make it law
He's got my number, he's got a plan
He try to get you any way he can
Wants to own everything he sees
While I'm here, well he ain't with me
Singing no mister, no way
I got my own deep water
Deep, deep water

 

[fox69]

"Deep Winter Blues"

"Deep Winter Blues"


Freezin' rain
That blows straight through
Your busted soul
Fast food stinks
And hangs in your coat
As you try to take refuge
From the brutal cold
There's a place down south
Where a warm sea breeze kisses your face
Standing in freezing shoes
Me and you
With the deep winter blues

Steam on the main street
Snow on the side street
Ice on the metal stairs
Don't wanna take a shower
Too cold for a bath
Sometimes you'll find you don't even care
There's a place down south
Where a warm sea breeze kisses your face
Standing in freezing shoes
Me and you
With the deep winter blues
Deep winter blues
This cold is killing everyone

There's a smile in your memory
That whispers like a hurricane
Is your life becoming
Just a fight to get out of the freezing snow and rain?
Oh there's a place down south
Where a warm sea breeze kisses your face
Standing in freezing shoes
Me and you
With the deep winter blues
Deep winter blues

 

[fox69]

"Deltics"

"Deltics"


Burlington Zephyrs
and Kenworths that pass in the night
Deltics and Steamers and F88's in full flight
Old train take me back again
To the one that I love
Deltics

 

[fox69]

"Diamonds"

"Diamonds"


Oh getaway and don't come back
Who do you think you're fooling with lies like that?
You have dreams that set the rain on fire
Burning with a cheap desire
And it's plain as grey that what you say
Have meanings of their own
My love, she don't need diamonds

My love's more than a sweet dream
And she don't need diamonds
She shakes her hip to the tambourine
And she don't need diamonds
If you can't love me for nothing
They you can't love me at all
And it's plain as grey that what you say
Have meanings of their own

We all got to dance, take a chance?
But babe you should have stayed at home
My love, my love, she don't need diamonds

 

[fox69]

"Distant Summers"

"Distant Summers"


Sweet serenade, in your shade
May I rest
Just for a while, won't stay long
I'll do my best
To help you help me to find some friends
That I have lost
Who lie in lands where memories
And dreams are lost

The breeze that blew around her hair that day
The timeless dress that flowed in endless sway
I almost touched her shoulder, she almost turned to face me
A thousand distant summers... away

 

[fox69]

"Do It For Your Love"

"Do It For Your Love"


Each single day I get up and make my way
And it all comes into view
It's like a part in a play
You can turn it around in so many different ways
But it's still the part you play
And so to you I dedicate
This role they have handed me

And I will do it for your love

Down in the street you can win or lose
To that crazy beat
But you'll never change the tune
'Cos the tune is the song
And song is the game of life, we just come and go
But we can laugh and we can bend
Together though, me and you

So I will do it for your love

Look around, see that you see
There's no sense in being so blue
Now I've got to have a reason for seeing this out
Other than seeing it through

So I will do it for your love

 

[fox69]

"Do You Still Dream?"

"Do You Still Dream?"


Do you still dream of summer nights
The endless roads between the distant lights
Do you still find yourself
On strange and long highways
Drifting into unknown phase

Do you still dream of summer days
The sunlight dancing on white rolling waves
The everlasting taste of innocent desire
The atom splitting of its fire

Do you still dream?

Do you see that tunnel showing any sign of light
Does fear still wake you in the night

Do you still dream?