Chris Rea

[fox69]

"Restless Soul"

"Restless Soul"


Restless Soul
Beating like a drum
I need to know
Where she coming from
Everywhere I go she rides with me
This restless soul won't let me be

Oh restless soul

I call on the devil
I call on the saints
Tell me please
What do I push against?
I go down to the doctor
I say please give me some
Tell me where does this restless soul come from

Oh you've got to give me something
Got to take it away
'Cos it screams and it cries
And I fear what it says

Restless soul I say oh restless soul
Help this restless soul

Restless soul

 

[fox69]

"Road Songs For Lovers"

"Road Songs For Lovers"


Sunburned feet on the dashboard
Suntan legs brown and bare
Suntan oil mixed with gasoline
Linger in the summer air

Road songs for lovers
A dream that came true
Road songs for lovers
It was me and you

Salty skin tastes of open sea
Left us forever wanting more
Trapped in the groove of each other
Head up to a far away shore
Silhouette of a beat up truck
Deep blue shadows left behind
Love came to us so easy
Locked in a distant time

Road songs for lovers

Road songs for lovers
A dream that once came true
Road songs for lovers
Me and you, yeah
Close your eyes and remember
Remember when
Road songs for lovers
Let's go back again
Ooh, ooh
Road songs for lovers
Let's go back again, yeah
Road songs for lovers
Let's go back again, yeah, yeah
Road songs for lovers

 

[fox69]

"Rock And Roll Tonight"

"Rock And Roll Tonight"


I got a thousand bits of paper
They all spinning in my head
I Hope I see you later
Can't remember what you said
Something 'bout keeping a grip
Keeping it tight
Before I lose control
I gotta rock and roll tonight

I got way too many questions
They all waiting on my call
I'm losing my direction
I'm dropping every ball
I've got to find some cover
These working shoes are getting too darn tight
I gotta loosen up
I gotta rock and roll tonight

Well you're bleeding for the money
But you never pay it back
Pressure gauge is screaming
The faces start to crack
This ain't no way to live
Lord you know this kind of life ain't right
Before I lose my soul
I got to rock and roll tonight

 

[fox69]

"Rock My Soul"

"Rock My Soul"


Well, they sitting in a gridlock
With what's left of the day
Locked in they silence

Their minds drift away
He sees the clouds
And she sees a big wide sky
He sees it all getting away
But she sees it fly

Well I'm looking for an answer
Come on and rock my soul
Yeah, I'm looking for a reason
Come on and rock my soul

He hates the boat he's sailin'
While she loves the sea
He fears a hole in the wall
She sees a way of breakin' free
Looks like they're on their last chance
They're about to let go
Seems like nothing's gonna save them
Lord, please tell me, so I'll know

Well I'm lookin' for an answer
Come on and rock my soul
Yeah, I'm looking for a reason
Come on and rock my soul
They got tears that burned they heart out
Come on and rock my soul
I'm a sinner, hear me cry out
Come on and rock my soul

They need to find a good time
They need to find a place to play
Change of life is needed
Lord, please tell me there's a way

Well, I'm lookin' for an answer
Come on and rock my soul
Yeah, I'm lookin' for a reason
Come on and rock my soul
Rock my soul

Come on and rock my soul
Come on and rock my soul
Come on and rock my soul
Yeah I'm lookin' for an answer
Come on and rock my soul
I'm lookin' for a reason
Come on and rock my soul
Rock my soul
Come on and rock my soul

 

[fox69]

"Rules Of Love"

"Rules Of Love"


Oh the stain on your soul
Is the blood of your cheating ways
Those beat up emotions
They sure seen better days
You got caught out
Something struck you down from above
Oh think I'm right in guessing
You were messing
Messing, with the rules of love

I see the tears in your eyes
Now you know what you lost is gone
And all that remains is the pain
And the knowing what you done was wrong
You got caught out
Something struck you down from above
Such a fool, you broke the rules
You broke the rules of love
You broke the rules of love

You used to say there was
Never a need to be tied down
Now you're begging on your knees
Crying baby please
When it's the other way round
Oh you're crying on your knees
Now you know what you lost is gone
Oh and all that remains is the pain
And the knowing what you done was wrong
You got caught out
Something struck you down from above

Think I'm right in guessing
You been messing, messing
With the rules of love
You been messing with the rules of love, yes you did
Messing with the rules of love
You been messing, you been messing
Messing with the rules of love

 

[fox69]

"Runaway"

"Runaway"


Sitting at the crossways
Trying to keep my cool with the traffic lights
I've been up and down this line so any times
Girl, it's never right
Me and this machine keep the crazy urban dream
Locked in overflow
Sometimes I swear I could spin these old wheels
Just let it go

Runaway

Is it something that you hear
Coming through the waves on the radio
Or something that you see gently taps your memory
And shoots you down
Those hometown thoughts, school yard dreams and yesterdays
Moving in I just put my head down and drift away
And we're moving up and down, in and out of town
We're all searching for that piece of higher ground
somewhere...
Runaway

 

[fox69]

"Sail Away"

"Sail Away"


Walk a cold thin line
in the morning
Hold the fear inside
that greets you with the day

I can't go with you now
I can only watch you now
As you sail away
Sail away

I'm going to miss you now
So much more then I realised
There's a heavy stone of empty
where you once lay

I can't go with you now
I can only watch you now
Watch you
As you sail away

Sail away
I know you need your freedom
Sail away
Cause without it you can't survive
Be on your way
disappear into the distance
I smile and say
Sail away

I can't go with you now
I can only watch you now
Watch you
As you sail away

 

[fox69]

"Sandwriting"

"Sandwriting"


Sandwriting
Leave your name and
Let the wind
And high tide
Take it away
Each white gold grain
That made up your name

Take it away

Sandwriting
Write your lover's monogram
Upon the cool damp
White gold grain
say this is who I am
Yes this is all you are my friend
Some shapes upon the sand
Of white gold grain
Washed and blown away
With the memory of your name

Take it away

Go tell the story
To the wind and sea
What ever became of you and me
Each letter of love
That had its golden day
A love song
Without goodbye

Take it away

Sandwriting

 

[fox69]

"Screw You And Your Deep Blue Sea"

"Screw You And Your Deep Blue Sea"


White god standing
By the breaking waves
Thirty pieces of silver
Everybody gave
You drop 'em in
Eat 'em up
You drink his wine
From a plastic cup
The soul of this place
You've taken from me
So screw you
And your deep blue sea

Complex phrases
Hide what's true
The biggest lies
you ever knew
The virgin angel
She screams and chokes
She's drowning now
In a pool of bootleg coke
I'm getting off while my soul's still free
So screw you
And your deep blue sea

They say the Lord
Turned their sins to stone
The gold and silver fell off
The dried up bones
The golden beaches
Of my younger days
Thirty bits of silver
Sold into the poisoned waves
The soul of this place
You've taken from me
So screw you
And your deep blue sea
And your deep blue sea
I'm getting off
While my soul's still free
Yeah screw you
And your deep blue sea
And your deep blue sea

 

[fox69]

"Seabird"

"Seabird"


I can't run
In your eyes there's no place left to hide
You've seen my every mystery just show itself and die
So I will fly before you
And all is all to see

Take my hand, understand, there're no more foolish dreams
So many things we just can't share
Are standing in between
So I will fly before you
And all is all to see

I will always want you near in the shallow lights of day
No-one else will share my nights is all that I can say
And I will always want you
But I will always fly like a seabird

And I will always love you
But I will always fly