Chris Rea

[fox69]

"No Wheels Blues"

"No Wheels Blues"


I'm standing by a streetlight
I'm hitching for a ride
Got no car keys in my cold hands
With a burning fire inside
You ain't nothing without four wheels
There's no pride in walking home
Got to get some money somehow
Got no job, can't get no loan
Got no girl, I got no friends
Busted pride in busted shoes
I got the no wheels blues

See that T bird on the corner
Oh lord, don't she look so fine
I got to find some money somehow
I got to make that T bird mine
I'm an ace without a license
I'm a champ without a car
Only a GT badge can save me
And gasoline can heal my scars

Without those car keys
She'll never have me
I'm just some punk with worn out shoes
I got the no wheels blues

 

[fox69]

"Nobody But You"

"Nobody But You"


I don’t like to be alone
I like a happy place
Any place that stops me feeling blue
Oh when my last drink is over
And gone
I’m wanting nobody but you

There’s a certain time each day
When the evening shadows fall
See them turning to the darkest violet blue
And my one and only picture
When I close my eyes
Nobody but you

Through the years nothing changes
And there’s so many that I knew
But every time it rearranges
There’s only one face
Comes shining through
Nobody but you

Through the years
Nothing changes
And there’s so many that I knew
But every time it rearranges
There’s only one face
Comes shining through
Nobody but you

 

[fox69]

"Nothing Left Behind"

"Nothing Left Behind"


I'm going way past tomorrow
Way past yesterday
Away from all my sorrows

'Til the chains in love fall away
I'm gonna go so far
'Til my sense is lose
All trace of space and time
Going so far ahead
'Til there's nothing left behind

I got a big blue sky ahead
I'm always looking for a brand new day
The night brings the red taillights
Feel the chains of love fall away

I'm gonna go so far
'Til my sense is lose
All trace of space and time
Going so far ahead
'Til there's nothing left behind

Gonna sit on the high wind
Gonna let myself go
Gonna fly 'til there's nothing
Nothing left below
Gonna drive through this dark night
'Til tomorrow becomes today
'Til the mirrors got the sunrise
'Til the blue sky kills the grey
'Til there's nothing left behind

Gonna go so far
'Til my sense is lose
All trace of space and time
Going so far ahead
'Til there's nothing
Nothing left behind
Going so far ahead
'Til there's nothing left behind
'Til there's nothing left behind
Ooh, yeah

 

[fox69]

"Nothing Seems To Matter No More"

"Nothing Seems To Matter No More"


Down by the shore
The devil rides out
You know what it is
By the way the angels are crying
Strange kind of waiting
Fear in his soul
Laughing so loud, but
Ain't nobody smiling
with dignity so far down the road
And the death of truth
Banging on the door
No nothing, nothing seems to matter no more

Well I'm thanking the Lord
I know what I am
When you know what you want
It's easy
And there for the taking
The value of gold
Just a numbers game
Whilst your ace of your riches
Laughs at your empty heart breaking
Well you say I don't care
But you got me all wrong
I just don't want to be aware I gaze
At the smile that you're faking

Guess you'll never know why
What you crave you can't buy
You say you're trying your best
But it's just a whole heap of mess
That you're making
When they change the rules
And tell you the truth
Is against the law
Nothing, oh nothing
Can ever matter no more
Oh, nothing can ever matter no more

 

[fox69]

"Nothing To Fear"

"Nothing To Fear"


I feel your heat in dusty whispers
The wind is cold around your moon
It's getting hard to keep our distance
I know your time is coming soon
Don't point your dream on my horizon
Don't take your rose too far from home
Please don't forget we're not each other
Each soul has black thorns of his own

I see you dancing
Your song is clear
You've got to show me, got to show me
There's nothing to fear
Nothing to fear
I have my loved ones you have yours
So let us gaze upon the feast
In God's own name let's eat together
In God's own name please come in peace
See how our children play together
While you and me we stand alone
I know we'll never be each other
If I leave you leave me alone

I see you dancing
Your song is clear
You've got to show me, got to show me
There's nothing to fear
Nothing to fear

 

[fox69]

"Nothing's Happening By The Sea"

"Nothing's Happening By The Sea"


Salty river
Falls asleep in the bay
Always gets there
Never early, never late

Nothing's happening
Nothing's happening by the sea

White waves tumble down
And gently roll back into blue
On wooden seats outside the bar
The couples make their rendezvous

Nothing's happening
Nothing's happening by the sea

The trouble has been found
There's too far ups and too many downs
I found a level that feels just right
There's no mistaking where I'm going tonight

Nothing's happening
Nothing's happening by the sea

 

[fox69]

"One Golden Rule"

"One Golden Rule"


There's a heart in the middle of somewhere tonight
Screaming for reasons or just a way out
I put the shirt off my back on a wager that says
There's one every night from my old school yard days
I hear you say one golden rule
One golden rule

There's been times I've been stood in the wind and the rain
Freezing and busted and tricked out of luck
And I cursed my teachers for all of their reading
What we needed most can't be found in them books
One golden rule

Now they teach you to swim but they don't speak of the danger
Tell you the truth but they never say why
Put you on ice that is thin and tell you it's winter
Without one golden rule the truth is a lie
One golden rule

 

[fox69]

"One Night With You"

"One Night With You"


Some say she's a broken honky tonk
Some say she's an ageing queen
But I don't give no fuss
For that bitchin' kind of stuff
Cos honey you're the best I've ever seen
Take me to your darkest secret
Oh tell me of your wildest dreams
Baby just one night is
All I want to do
Get a night with you
All I want to do
Get a night with you

Talking with some boozed up crowd
That put you down
Oh the cold blooded whispers
Man they like to twist it round and round and round
But they can't teach you anything oh no
Cos there's only one thing I need to know
Take me to your darkest secret
Oh tell me of your wildest dreams
Baby just one night is all I want to do
Get a night with you
All I want to do
Get a night with you

Take me to your darkest secret
Oh tell me of your wildest dreams
Baby just one night is all I want to do
Get a night with you
All I want to do, yeah
Is get a night with you

 

[fox69]

"Only A Fool Plays By The Rules"

"Only A Fool Plays By The Rules"


She come on like a whorehouse
All painted in lipstick red
She had some kind of making
You believe everything she said
She said guilt and confusion
It's just an illusion
Only a fool plays by the rules
Only a fool plays by the rules

Stick with me baby
Try to look cool
Cos only a fool plays by the rules

She show me things that I never, ever seen saw
She took me way past my red light
Showed me what the night was for
Guilt and confusion
Now I know it's just an illusion
Only a fool plays by the rules
Only a fool plays by the rules
Stick with me baby
Try to stay cool
Only a fool plays by the rules

 

[fox69]

"Only To Fly"

"Only To Fly"


You must live, what you really love
You must be, only what you're dreaming of
Like a bird rising in the sky
You are only, only to fly, only to fly

When you hear the sound you love
Do you turn and walk away
Is it something you are frightened of
Are you scared what it may say

You must not run, you cannot hide
It's only what you really feel
It calls to you from deep inside
You've got to know this dream is real
Only to fly, only to fly, only to fly

You must live, what you really love
You must be, only what you're dreaming of
Like a bird rising through the sky
You are only, only to fly
Only to fly, only to fly

You must live, what you really love
You must be, only what you're dreaming of
Like a bird rising through the sky
You are only, only to fly, only to fly
Only to fly, only to fly