The Proclaimers

fox69 · 26.02.2018

"Better Days"

"Better Days"

Maybe if I just think out loud tonight then I'll know what to do
Five years all felt the same and then it changed and I was loving you
Better days for sure

Mary, our love still can bring violins and roses to my mind
But I swear I haven't missed a moment of the life I've left behind
It's just a fading sound

So be with me while decades turn us older
We've both much love that lasts a whole life through
We could live in Fife or out in Texas
Anywhere, as long as I'm with you

Last year it seemed the things we've worked for were all gonna come to pass
One hit proclaimed that Mrs. Reid's boys would finally pay some tax
Thank the Lord for that

Now I'll admit I wasn't too impressed love
Events compound the doubts I've had before
The only struggle worth it is in the music
The other stuff can't interest me at all

Mary, we've got to see America, I need to ride those trains
This year we're going to take a jet plane there no matter what it takes
For the musics' sake

fox69 · 26.02.2018

"Blood Lying On Snow"

"Blood Lying On Snow"

You lost your tan from a few months ago.
Now that red dress looks like blood lying on snow.
I feel my pulse start to increase the flow
On this cold, winter's night, with such beauty on show.

You don't like winter, you're a summer girl.
Sun burnt and barefoot, your body unfurled.
But I can see you're a Celtic princess
And in pale, northern lights, you're at your very best.

My goodness!
Well, how do you do?
It's taken generations
of lucky breeding
to make you,
to make you.

In my life's challenges, you must be first prize.
I can see gold in the light of your eyes.
My honest soul, it just yearns to be free.
And I'm sure it would happen, if you lie with me.

My goodness!
Well, how do you do?
It's taken generations
of lucky breeding
to make you,
They made you.

You lost your tan from a few months ago.
Now that red dress looks like blood lying on snow.
I feel my pulse start to increase the flow
On this cold, winter's night, with such beauty on show.
On this cold, winter's night, with such beauty on show.
On this cold, winter's night, with such beauty on show.

fox69 · 26.02.2018

"Blood On Your Hands"

"Blood On Your Hands"

There's blood on your hands from somewhere new
Wash it away, wash it away
Blood on your hands from somewhere new
Wash it away, wash it away
There's blood on your hands from somewhere new
Your latest success must be pleasing you
Blood on your hands from somewhere new
Sleep tight

There's blood on your hands from your victims bodies
Wash it away, wash it away
And blood on your hands from your martyrs bodies
Wash it away, wash it away
The blood on your hands from your victims bodies
And the blood on your hands from your martyrs bodies
Looks he same shade of red to me
But sleep tight

But even in your dreams
You can't get your hands clean
Will they clean them in paradise?
Do you think they'll clean them in paradise?

Sleep tight

But even in your dreams
You can't get your hands clean
Will they clean them in paradise?
Do you think they'll clean them in paradise?

There's blood on your hands from somewhere new
Wash it away, wash it away
Blood on your hands from somewhere new
Wash it away, wash it away
There's blood on your hands from somewhere new
Your latest success must be pleasing you
Blood on your hands from somewhere new
Sleep tight, sleep tight, sleep tight tonight

fox69 · 26.02.2018

"Born Innocent"

"Born Innocent"

We're born innocent, found guilty
Living life is treated like a crime
We're born innocent, found guilty
Everytime
Our best never beats our worst
Its a funny as its perverse
We're born innocent, found guilty
Everytime

Blame parents blame religion
And the papers and the television
Blame ourselves for causing pain
We love to blame
We ditch the things that we make
Us hate ourselves
Just to replace them with something else
We're born innocent, found guilty
Everytime

Make claim and counter claim
Bribe the jury, and its still the same
Their verdicts already in
you can't win

Make claim and counter claim
Bribe the jury, and its still the same
Their verdicts already in
you can't win

We're born innocent, found guilty
Living life is treated like a crime
We're born innocent, found guilty
Everytime
Our best never beats our worst
Its a funny as its perverse
We're born innocent, found guilty
Everytime

fox69 · 26.02.2018

"Bound For Your Love"

"Bound For Your Love"

Yeah it's me again
Coming round for your love
The clock says 3 again
And I'm bound for your love
The Cowgate fog won't hide me
But streetlamps serve to guide me
Back into your arms

Yeah it's me again
And I'm down on my knees
Won't be free again
From this love that I feel
So if you hear me pleading
To the God I can't believe in
Don't laugh for too long dear

And the cold night air
Feels this love affair
Even cold night air

So if you hear me pleading
To the God I can't believe in
Don't laugh for too long dear

fox69 · 26.02.2018

"Calendar On The Wall"

"Calendar On The Wall"

Days - no need to count their number
No need to keep a record like the calendar on the wall
Days - devoid of all ambition
Sitting in the kitchen with the calendar on the wall

These are the happy days of boredom
They excite me through and through
Days when I don't mind admitting
How much I hate the kitten on the calendar on the wall

These are the happy days of boredom
They excite me through and through
Ohh, days - no need to count their number
No need to keep a record like the calendar on the wall
No need to keep a record like the calendar on the wall

fox69 · 26.02.2018

"Cap In Hand"

"Cap In Hand"

I could tell the meaning of a word like serene
I got some 'O' Grades when I was sixteen
I can tell the difference between magarine and butter
I can say "Saskatchewan" without starting to stutter
But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land, cap in hand
I could get a broken jaw from being in a fight
I know its evening when day turns to night
I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly
They could save a lot of points by signing Hibs Goalie
But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land, cap in hand
We fight - when they ask us
We boast - then we cower
We beg
For a piece of
Whats already ours
Once I thought I could make God a bribe
So I said I was in his lost tribe
Getting handouts can be so frustrating
"Get in line son, there's five million waiting"
I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land, cap in hand
I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land, cap in hand
I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land, cap in hand

fox69 · 26.02.2018

"Come On Nature"

"Come On Nature"

Come on nature, I don't want to read a book or talk about the world
Come on nature, I just want to spend some time being boy to the girl
Come on nature, let me show the way that I've been feeling all along
Come on nature, just because I don't feel weak don't mean I feel so strong

I've been known
To ask a few more favours than I should of you
And in time
I'm sure I'll still want things that you could never do
If she wasn't mine, if I was stepping out of line,
But she's mine and I'm in line and she's the best I've ever seen

Come on nature, let me show the way that I've been feeling all along
Dark brown hair, green eyes and white skin
You perfect, every colour that she's in

Come on nature, I don't want to read a book or talk about the world
Come on nature, I just want to spend some time being boy to the girl
Her and me
I could be complete if you could let it be
My desire
Is to stretch myself inside her body's fire
If I stumbled in
And I could say that I had been
To the chamber where your greatest work of art was on display

Come on nature, let me show the way that I've been feeling all along
Dark brown hair, green eyes and white skin
You perfect, every colour that she's in

Come on nature, I don't want to read a book or talk about the world
Oh, oh, nature, I just want to spend some time being boy to the girl

fox69 · 26.02.2018

"D.I.Y."

"D.I.Y."

Warmongers, kill yourselves
Demonstrate the power of the product
That you're trying to sell
Gun wavers, shoot yourselves
Make a big hole in your head with a shiny shell

What's wrong with that kind of vision?
What's wrong with that kind of world?
If I suffered less from indecision
I'd stand on that platform myself

Chickenhawks, there's a cell
Down in hell, where you may fight aswell

If I may paraphrase John Lennon
Why fill this world with more pain and fear?
To every budding Mark Chapman
I offer these words most sincere

Warmongers, kill yourselves
Demonstrate the power of the product
That you're trying to sell
Gun wavers, shoot yourselves
Make a big hole in your head with a shiny shell

Do it yourself

fox69 · 26.02.2018

"Dance With Me"

"Dance With Me"

Music sounds through the room
And you take a stance
Moving a tiny wee bit
Like you want to dance
Do you want to dance?
Do you want to dance?
And be held tenderly
Do you want to dance?
Do you want to dance?
Want to dance with me?
My eyes rest on your hips
And the way they sway
I'm sure if I held you tight
I could move your way
Do you want to dance?
Do you want to dance?
And be held tenderly
Do you want to dance?
Do you want to dance?
Want to dance with me?
Ooh, it would be ecstasy
Holding you against me
Now we move 'round the floor
But not too far
I guide you under the light
That shows how beautiful you are
Do you want to dance?
Do you want to dance?
And be held tenderly
Do you want to dance?
Do you want to dance?
Want to dance with me?