Chris Rea

[fox69]

"Guitar Street"

"Guitar Street"


There's a crazy sense of duty
As he licks between his fingers
Wipes the ketchup from his face and hands
There's a strong determination
That his teachers never witnessed
Never close enough to understand
He's like a bull just bred for fighting
He don't deliver nothing
Outside the only thing that he knows

School report just says he's lazy
His brother says he's crazy
But take a look 'cos there he goes

Through the avenues of fashion
To the palaces of dreams
All the way down Guitar Street

To some guitars are hot-rods
All along the quest for macho
To others a would-be ticket out of town
For Joe a six-string sten gun
In the 'Panto-revolution'
And Stevie's all just strictly sound
He's like a bull just bred for fighting
He don't deliver nothing
Outside the only thing that he knows

School report just says he's lazy
His brother says he's crazy
But anyway take a look 'cos there he goes
Through the avenues of fashion
To the palaces of dreams
All the way down Guitar Street

 

[fox69]

"Happy On The Road"

"Happy On The Road"


Well I'm rolling down the highway
Smile upon my face
All the things that hurt me
Disappear without a trace
Only me on the inside
And the big wide open sky
I'm always happy at the wheel
I see it all go drifting by

Ten thousand sorrows
Ten million tears
All part of the making
How you got to be here
Relax, listen to her engine
Leave your troubles for awhile
Dream your darkest secret
The one that always makes you smile

I'm happy, I'm happy on the road
Yeah, I'm happy, I'm happy on the road

Sometimes you're standing still
Let your troubles do the same
Let the pressure fall away
Let it go and start again
There's only me on the inside
And the big wide open sky
I'm always happy at the wheel
See it all go drifting by

I'm happy on the road
I'm happy on the road, yeah
I'm happy, I'm happy on the road, yeah yeah
I'm happy, I'm happy on the road, yeah yeah yeah
I'm happy, I'm happy on the road
I'm happy on the road, yeah
Happy, I'm happy on the road
I'm happy on the road
I'm happy on the road
Well I'm happy, I'm happy on the road
I'm happy on the road, yeah
Happy, I'm happy on the road, yeah yeah yeah yeah...

 

[fox69]

"Head Out On The Highway"

"Head Out On The Highway"


Head out on the Highway
I've gotta lose these country blues
Head out on the Highway
I've gotta lose these country blues
Ain't nothing for me here no more
Ain't nothing I can do

I was bad with my woman
She took up and flew away
I was bad with my woman
She took up and flew away
Now she gone and left me
Got no reason for to stay

I went back to her doorway
But she would not let me in
I went back to her doorway
But she would not let me in
Now she knows I was cheating
It's a game I cannot win
Head out on the highway

 

[fox69]

"Heading For The City"

"Heading For The City"


All my friends packing up,
Loading up their Volvo's
And their pick up trucks
Going down the road,
To try their luck
So spin that dream,
Go heading for the city
Roll that dice,
Say a prayer,
Light a candle for me
When you get there,
Win or lose,
We're heading for the city

Well I got a problem hear what I say
They're telling me I got to move away
I was happy here,
They tell me I can't stay
Now whats screaming rain is heading this way
For those who sleep and choose to stay
The game they didn't know
They had to play
So win or lose
We're heading for the city
So roll that dice
Say a prayer
Light a candle for me
When you get there,
Win or lose,
We're heading for the city

 

[fox69]

"Heartbreaker"

"Heartbreaker"


He got a ring on his finger
Don’t let him ever point it at you
He got a ring on his finger
Take care if he’s looking at you
He ain’t no cool dream maker
Just a midnight faker
A heartbreaker
And he’s gonna put his dirt on you

He got a poison switchblade
He gonna play some tricks on you
Oh you’ll never see it coming
Never sure what he gonna do
He ain’t no cool dream maker
Just a midnight faker
A heartbreaker
And he’s gonna put his dirt on you

Walk in the bar like he never done nobody wrong
But he’ll turn like a mustang
You never see where he’s coming from
He ain’t no cool dream maker
Just a midnight faker
A heartbreaker
And he’s gonna put his dirt on you
He’s just an old heartbreaker

 

[fox69]

"Heaven"

"Heaven"


I see a turning wheel
On a dusty track
Caught in the void and empty space
In between there and back
And the paradise of going somewhere
That's still so far away
Happy, boy you bet I am
Holding on to this smile for just as long as I can

Heaven

It's all bright in front
And it's all dark behind
Livin' for the now that's in between the bridges and the signs
And getting there is still a long long way to go
While the others dream and wish
This is everything I officially need to know
Happy, boy you bet I am
Holding on to this smile for just as long as I can

Heaven

 

[fox69]

"Hello Friend"

"Hello Friend"


Hello friend, where you been so long?
Time goes by, so easy it sleeps away
Just like a shadow at the end of the day

Hello friend, how are things for you these days?
Some guy from way-back-when, he mentioned your name
Did he ever get back to you?
Ah, you know I told him to

Sometimes I turn and I swear I hear you call
And I often wonder how we lost what we knew
Seems it gone in the wind, washed away in the rain
And the years go by and by

The bridges you burned, long sinced turned into ashes
When there were no reasons, now the river runs dry
Seems it gone in the wind, washed away in the rain
And the years go by and by
Where you been so long

 

[fox69]

"Here She Come Now"

"Here She Come Now"


It's a kind of picture
Gonna knock you out
Certain kind of look
Yeah you know what I'm talking about
Some say it would spin you over
Sure gonna hold you down
This ain't every day street corner
This is big town in a big town
Well, you know what I mean
Hear what I say
Hear what I say
Oh you know, know what I'm talking 'bout
You know what I mean
Oh hear she come now
Here she come now

Now you got that look
Oh you sure can hide
I can see your heart screaming
I can feel your baby cry
Oh you'd better look out now
Better hold on tight
This ain't no long journey
This is the ride of your life

Yeah, you know what I mean
You know what I mean
Well, hear what I say
What I say
Oh, here she come now
Don't she look so fine
Yeah you know what I mean

Take a look
Oh take a good look
Better hold on tight
This ain't no long journey
This could be the ride of your life
Here she come now
Oh don't she look so pretty, yeah
Hear what I say
Oh hear what I say
Here she come
Here she come now

 

[fox69]

"Hey Gringo"

"Hey Gringo"


Hey gringo
Why you got me tied and bound?
I gotta crop to keep my family
You tell me burn it to the ground
Hey gringo
Help me try to understand
You got so many paper dollars
Why do you need my piece of land?
Hey gringo

Hey gringo
Why you do this I don't know
Why don't you give me fair price for my labour?
Then what you want I will grow
Hey gringo

Now my children have no doctor
My mother needs some pill
My wife have no pinkiller
And I hear her cry out still
When you find that the end of life
You scared what comes to you
Well God is going to ask you
What good did you ever do?
Hey gringo

Hey gringo
Oh there's enough why can't we share
Hey gringo
I only ask for what is fair
Hey gringo
Well the next time you turn round
Hey gringo
Maybe God will gun you down
Hey gringo

 

[fox69]

"Hey You"

"Hey You"


I'm stood out with my brother
On a tree lined avenue
I see the sweetest little creature
Coming into my view
And I say to myself, I say man I'm gonna get me some
Of that bright little angel
That shines like the morning sun
Well my brother steps in, faster that light
And he sweet talks this angel, clean out of sight

I say hey you, you with that look in your eye
Hey you, you with that look in your eye

Well she moves like a river
From her head down to her toes
It's less a way of walking
More a total flow
And I say to myself, I wonder
I wonder if she knows
What she's doing to me and my brother
From our heads down to our toes
Well he's up there on the corner now
He's playing up that Romeo like only he know how

I say hey you, you with that look in your eye
Hey you, you with that look in your eye
Hey you, you that make the stars shine
Hey you, you with that look in your eye