Howard Jones

[fox69]

"Sleep My Angel"

"Sleep My Angel"



Sleep my angel
It is time for bed
I will be there
To watch over you
I'll protect you from the world
And the voices in your head
I'll be with you
With my life I will defend
I'll be with you
I will be there in the end

And I'll cry your tears
As you feel every pain
Coax out the sun
From the endless rain
Thought I'd never feel
So much love for another
I'll be with you
I will be there in the end

Love that is there
Through the false and the real
Love that desires
No reward and no gain
As I hold your tiny hand
You'll never know how I feel
There's a promise
With my life I will defend
I will be there with you 'til the end

And I'll cry your tears
As you feel every pain
Coax out the sun
From the endless rain
Thought I'd never feel
So much love for another
I'll be with you
I will be there 'til the end

All that potential
Bursting inside
Let me help you on your journey
Let me help you with life

I will be there with you 'til the end

 

[fox69]

"Someone You Need"

"Someone You Need"



The streets here are empty
all the people went home
well, I was just wondering if you're alone
So how you've been lately?
I hear you're a little down
and do you think maybe I could come around?

I could be someone you need
wrap you in blankets on dark winter nights
be your best confidante
pay the right compliment
I could be someone you need

We had coffee on 3rd street
and talked for a time
I still have your letter I know every line
I hope this ain´t coming from way out of the blue
cause I got to thinking and I thought of you

I could be someone you need
keep you from burning in hot summer sun
roll you in clover a coat for your shoulder
I could be someone you need

You need someone there
when the world isn't fair
or its all just too good to be true
Someone to care for you
issue a dare to you
when the moment comes you need to fly, fly.

I could be someone you need
wrap you in blankets on dark winter nights
be your best confidante
pay the right compliment
I could be someone you need

 

[fox69]

"Soon You'll Go"

"Soon You'll Go"



Soon you'll go
You'll make your mark
Soon you'll go
Takin' my heart
Soon you'll soar
Into the sky
And I'll be there
To watch you fly

Tiny fingers clutching tightly round the edge of the bed
Wouldn't listen to a single word your mother said
I remember how you'd force yourself to stay awake
And wait up to hear my footsteps when I came home late

These things I will hold on to
When I can’t hold on to you

Soon you'll go
You'll make your mark
Soon you'll go
Takin' my heart
Soon you'll soar
Into the sky
And I'll be there
To watch you fly

Wrote your name in giant letters scratched them into the wall
Trying to reach us when you couldn’t quite express it all
Made a protest we would notice and the motive was clear
Now I understand it looking back across the years

These things I will hold on to
When I can’t hold on to you

Soon you'll go
You'll make your mark
Soon you'll go
Takin' my heart
Soon you'll soar
Into the sky
And I'll be there
To watch you fly

Soon you'll go
You'll make your mark
Soon you'll go
Takin' my heart
Soon you'll soar
Into the sky
And I'll be there
To watch you fly

When it’s time to say goodbye
I’ll be there to watch you fly
Go on soar to the sky
Spread your wings it’s your turn to fly
Cos I’ll be there I’ll be there to watch you fly
to watch you fly

 

[fox69]

"Specialty"

"Specialty"



Don't chop off his head
To make yourself look tall
Don't tear a strip off
To make yourself feel wonderful
Who wants to compare
As if this was a competition
Leave that to teachers at school
Must preserve their tradition

'Bout time you realized
You are a specialty
There is no one like you
Spend your life worrying
'Bout what you could have been
Can't you like being you

Don't need a scalp
Don't need to be a juror
Take care of yourself
No need to feel so insecure
Waste of energy
To prove a holier than him
Waste of energy
To find out who commits what sin

'Bout time you realized
You are a specialty
There is no one like you
Spend your life worrying
'Bout what could have been
Can't you like being you

Don't chop off his head ...

'Bout time you realized ...

 

[fox69]

"Spectrum"

"Spectrum"



Momentum seems to carry them
But only for a moment
A face that hides a thousand secrets
Never seems to smile
A feeling of uncertainty
No hand to rock the cradle
But we can hear a whispering inside

Spectrum shifting
Colours form
The picture is changing
Crystal calling
Diamonds fall
A time for creating
Spectrum shifting
Colours form
The future is waiting

Illusion holds a mystery
But nothing lasts forever
A searching for a hidden magic
Waiting to be found
A haunting sense of emptiness
They hear the sound of silence
But we can hear a whispering inside

Spectrum shifting...

 

[fox69]

"Step Into These Shoes"

"Step Into These Shoes"


Step into these shoes feel this heart

Step into these shoes they might fit you
See through these eyes might be the same view
If I'd lived through the same things as you
I'd share the laughs, and cry the tears that you do

[Chorus:]
Step into these shoes and feel this heart
Step into these shoes no reason to fight

Look into m mind it might fit you
Act out this part is it so different to you
Even if we don't ever agree
The only difference is cosmetically

Step into these shoes no reason to fight
Step in step into these shoes and feel this heart

Just feel my heart it beats with you
We float downstream in the same canoe
You might find the ocean faster than me
But I'll see it eventually

Step into these shoes and feel this heart
Step into these shoes no reason to fight
Step into these shoes and feel this heart
oh feel this heart please feel it

Step into these shoes and feel this heart oh feel
This heart please feel it
Step into these shoes and feel this heart
Step in step into these shoes no reason to fight
Step in step into these shoes and feel this heart
Step in step into these shoes no reason to fight anymore

Feel this heart oh feel it
Step in step into these shoes no reason to fight

 

[fox69]

"Stir It Up"

"Stir It Up"



From an ordinary life won’t you save me
In this ordinary life don’t want it easy

Will you wake me from this dream
Life on anaesthetic
Let me feel the joy and feel the pain
Let me really live it
No time, no choice
Save my heart from the bland
Oh feed me colour me
Push me through to the place I can make my stand

Don’t want it easy

Rock the boat
And shake the tree
You got to stir it up sometimes
Turn this anger into your passion
Just don’t tow the line

You got to stir it up
You got to stir it up sometimes
You got to stir it up
You got to stir it up sometimes
Just don’t tow the line

Won’t be paralyzed by doubt
We can make the difference
One voice raised against the void
Celebrates it’s own existence
Knock me and I’ll just get up again
Stronger, wiser
The adversary will now become my friend

From an ordinary life won’t you save me
In this ordinary life don’t want it easy

Rock the boat
And shake the tree
You got to stir it up sometimes
Turn this anger into your passion
Just don’t tow the line

You got to stir it up
You got to stir it up sometimes

 

[fox69]

"Straight Ahead"

"Straight Ahead"



Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

There's a cast of thousands here, livin' in my head,
All tryin' to talk at once, saying I'm better off better off,
As I tread the tightrope, between demons and saints,
They gather round, but I fix my gaze.

Straight ahead, through the storm,
Let it rage, let it pour down,
Straight ahead, somehow
I'll walk on, and I won't turn back now

OOH ooh ooh ooh ooh, OOH ooh ooh ooh ooh
OOH ooh ooh ooh ooh, OOH ooh ooh ooh ooh

Suzy works the night shift, and Johnny stays at home,
Three kids, and a lot of bills, wearin' hand-me-down clothes,
They might not have a lot, but at the end of the day
They're holdin' on, and they’re keepin' faith

Straight ahead, through the storm
Let it rage, let it pour down,
Straight ahead, somehow,
I'll walk on, and I won't turn back now

Each alone on winding roads, hopeful hearts will fight on
Straight ahead, through the storm
Let it rage, let it pour down,
Straight ahead, somehow
I'll walk on, and I won't turn back now
Straight ahead, through the storm
Let it rage, let it pour down,
Straight ahead, somehow
I'll walk on, and I won't turn back now

Ooh Ooh No I won’t turn back, Ooh Ooh No I won’t turn back
Ooh Ooh No I won’t turn back, Ooh Ooh No I won’t turn back
Ooh Ooh No I won’t turn back, Ooh Ooh No I won’t turn back
Ooh Ooh No I won’t turn back, Ooh Ooh No I won’t turn back

Straight ahead through the storm no I won’t turn back no I won’t turn back
Straight ahead through the storm no I won’t turn back no I won’t turn back

 

[fox69]

"Takin' The Time"

"Takin' The Time"



You're working overtime
You know it doesn't do you no good
You're slaving away for things that you need
Roof is falling down on 'round your head
You're backed against the wall
Living your whole damn life
At someone else's beck and call
On the edge of the knife
Aaaaahhhh, come on

Come in, you're bruised and battered
You need some time to heal
Step out of the bullet train
Set yourself down, I know how you feel
Slow down your racing pulses
Overthrow all your of fears
For an hour, be a simple man
And I'll be a good set of ears
Aaaaahhhh, come on

Takin' the Time to look
Takin' the Time to feel
When you rewrite your open book
Allow the scars to heal
Takin' the Time to look
Takin' the Time to feel
Will you rewrite your open book
Allow the scars to heal

You're movin' heaven and earth
And straining every nerve
Always working double time
Burn the midnight oil down to your last reserve
You can't go your stoney road anymore
Wind your smoked glass windows down
If you can't handle opening the door
Aaaaaahhhh, come on

Takin' the Time to look
Takin' the Time to feel
Will you rewrite your open book
Allow the scars to heal
Takin' the Time to look
Takin' the Time to feel
Will you rewrite your open book
Allow the scars to heal

 

[fox69]

"Tears To Tell"

"Tears To Tell"



The time has come to watch you go watch you go
We weathered rough storms together
Couldn't conceive of the end
When I heard of your leavin'
It came as a shock and surprise
Like the deepest kinds of love
Lost on the inside
Locked right on the inside

What is the greatest expression of love,
To let go and wish well
But all these finer feelings have left me with tears to tell

I couldn't be the one to hold you stop you go
It is like stripping the soul
Letting all the finest pieces go
You know these feelings between us
Could not be expressed
You will never know my old secrets
They are so deeply felt they are so deeply felt

What is the greatest expression of love
To let go and wish well
But all these finer feelings have left me
What is the greatest expression of love,
To let go and wish well
But all these finer feelings have left me with tears to tell

Leaving me with my anecdoted and private jokes
The memory of a friend
You don't seem to know my old secrets
They are so deeply felt they are so deeply felt

What is the greatest expression of love
To let go and wish well
But all these finer feelings have left me
What is the greatest expression of love
To let go and wish well
But all these finer feelings have left me with tears to tell
But all these finer feelings have left me with tears to tell