The Proclaimers

[fox69]

"Notes & Rhymes"

"Notes & Rhymes"


Well I'm happy now
I don't need a drink to toast to our health
Now the sun is out
And the rain is falling somewhere else

There is misery somewhere
But I don't know and I don't care
Since you took it from my shoulders

I love Rock and Roll
it took my hand and it touched my soul
You do that as well
You know, you know, you know yourself
But you beat notes and rhymes
Any day, any time

When you walk in a room
you bring in joy and dispel gloom
your sunny side
it makes my smile a mile wide
you charisma is profound
true love follows you around
and lays its head upon your shoulder

I love Rock and Roll
it took my hand and it touched my soul
You do that as well
You know, you know, you know yourself
But you beat notes and rhymes
Any day, any time

I wonder why it's no good without you
Like there's a mystery
When I know the only cure for heartache
Is a woman that I long to see
Standing right in front of me

If we lived a million lives
I would love you every time
And be right there by your shoulder

I love Rock and Roll
it took my hand and it touched my soul
You do that as well
You know, you know, you know yourself
But you beat notes and rhymes
Any day, any time

 

[fox69]

"Now And Then"

"Now And Then"


Lately, I've been forgetting
To keep your memory Every day

It's so long
Since last time I saw you
And sometimes the present
Gets in the way

But now and then
You just walk right in
Ask me how it's been
Since you've been still
And if I cry
You just smile and sigh
I never said goodbye
I never will

Lately things have been so good
I with that you could
Be here to see
The beauty of all your grandchildren
By your children
Your legacy

But now and then
You just walk right in
Ask me how it's been
Since you've been still
And if I cry
You just smile and sigh
I never said goodbye
I never will

Lately, I've been forgetting
To keep your memory Every day

 

[fox69]

"Oh Jean"

"Oh Jean"


I'd never been lucky with girls I confess
Don't know who to blame for my lack of success
Cause even with ones up the back of a bus
There was always the risk of a slap in the puss

But Jean, Oh Jean, You let me get lucky with you
Oh Jean, Oh Jean, You let me get lucky with you

The first time I met you it did cross my mind
The next time I saw you there wasn't the time
The third time I saw you I thought that I could
The fourth time I met you I knew that I would

Oh Jean, Oh Jean, you let me get lucky with you
Oh Jean, Oh Jean, you let me get lucky with you

Love her, I love her, I love her
Love her, I love her, I love her
Love her, I love her, I love her
Love her, I love her, I love her

I want you forever I want you for good
So I'm gonna treat you the way that I should
For your soul and body my heart's gonna pound
Even after the day that I'm laid in the ground

Cause Jean, Oh Jean, you let me get lucky with you
Oh Jean, Oh Jean, you let me get lucky with you

Love her, I love her, I love her
Love her, I love her, I love her
Love her, I love her, I love her
Love her, I love her, I love her

Love her I love her I love her I love
Love her I love her I love her I love
Love her I love her I love her I love
Love her I love her I love her I love

Oh Jean, Oh Jean, you let me get lucky with you
Oh Jean, Oh Jean, you let me get lucky with you

 

[fox69]

"On Causewayside"

"On Causewayside"


Did they build this tenement
With stone from Fife?
Does it have a memory
Of an earlier life?

Before it was transported
To be cut with pride
And built up to let look down
On Causewayside

At the edge of the pavement
There stands a girl
Of no more than three
Years in this world

Looking up at her mother
with sheer delight
For a moment
On Causewayside

The rats in the sewer
And the autumn sky
Stand still for a moment
And so do I

As we touch the eternal
Then the cold wind sighed
And blowed it away
Down Causewayside

 

[fox69]

"One More Down"

"One More Down"


Spent the morning - unaware
Spent the daytime - didn't care
Spent the evening - drawing breath
Spent the nighttime - fearing death

One more down some more to go
Then I'll know or I won't know
If all the songs I hear you sing
Are everything or anything

Saw a picture I didn't know
of a football game played 50 years ago
You see the jersey's being worn so proud
But look behind them, look up at the crowd
A sea of heads pointing right up to the sky
Some of them are still with us and some of them have died
I think the one's who've left are still with us aswell
Cause I can hear them when the voices start to swell

One more down some more to go
Then I'll know or I won't know
If all the songs I hear you sing
Are everything or anything

Well I hear you, I don't see you
Yes I hear you but I don't see you
But it won't be long till I'm gone
And then I'll know if my ears or eyes are wrong

Spent the morning - unaware
Spend the daytime - didn't care
Spent the evening - drawing breath
Spent the nighttime - fearing death

One more down some more to go
Then I'll know or I won't know
If all the songs I hear you sing
Are everything or anything

One more down some more to go
Then I'll know or I won't know
If all the songs I hear you sing
Are everything or anything

 

[fox69]

"One Too Many"

"One Too Many"


I think I had one too many
I know I had one too many
I think I had one too many is all

I'm trying hard
But I can't remember
How I got home
Don't recall any streets I roamed
Can't remember at all

I think I had one too many
It must have been the one too many
I think I had one too many is all
To my disgrace
All I recall is my daddy's face
And how I wish
That I could see him again

I think I had.... [etc]

 

[fox69]

"Over And Done With"

"Over And Done With"


This is the story of our first teacher
Shetland made her jumpers
And the devil made her features
Threw up her hands when my mum said our names
Embroidered all her stories with slanderous claims

It's over and done with...

This is the story of losing my virginity
I held my breath and the bed held a trinity
People I'm making no claims to no mystery
But sometimes it feel like
My sex lifes all history

It's over and done with...

I'm not saying these events didn't
Touch our lives in any way
But, ah, they didn't make the impression
That some people say

This is the story of watching a man dying
The subjects unpopular
But I don't feel like lying
When I think of it now I acted like a sinner
I just washed my hands
Then I went for my dinner

It's over and done with...

 

[fox69]

"Rainbows & Happy Regrets"

"Rainbows & Happy Regrets"


Leave it alone or it won't get better
You shouldn't touch it at all
If there was a fire and
You tried to use it
It couldn't answer the call
It's like an old man
In a suit of armour
Standing alone in a shed
If I wasn't such a humanitarian
I'd think it better off dead

'Scotland forever' 'Erin Go Bragh'
How may I help you miss?
You bring such a passion to kiss
You're walking on tiptoes
You don't slurp your tea
The reason is plain to see
You grew up in a house with no TV

Give it some air
And a special cuddle
Don't let it see your concern
You are the judge
Let's have your ruling
It needs some friends
Don't say home schooling
Give it a wipe
Cos now it's drooling
Rainbows and happy regrets

'Scotland forever' 'Erin Go Bragh'
How may I help you miss?
You bring such a passion to your kiss
You're walking on tiptoes
You don't slurp your tea
The reason is plain to see
You grew up in a house with no TV

We live in an age of second chances
Even if they're undeserved
Now it's awake
I heard your calling
Up and away
There is no stalling
Here come those tears
It's loudly bawling
Rainbows and happy regrets

 

[fox69]

"Redeemed"

"Redeemed"


Night has passed away
But I've lived to see another day
And I'm glad that I'm around
Yesterday was bad, don't think I've ever felt so sad
But it left without a sound
The sun came rising up
And it drove away the darkness
The morning air is clean
I'm redeemed, I'm redeemed

Found the strength I lacked
To shake this burden from my back
Between the hours of four and five
And as I fell asleep
I heard the traffic in the street
And felt the joy of being alive
I don't trust myself
So I trust myself to reason
But I feel what it means
I'm redeemed, I'm redeemed

The sun came rising up
And it drove away the darkness
The morning air is clean
I'm redeemed, I'm redeemed
I don't trust myself
So I trust myself to reason
But I feel what it means
I'm redeemed, I'm redeemed

 

[fox69]

"Restless Soul"

"Restless Soul"


Drift away let tomorrow have today
While your dreams take tomorrow
They don't fail, even when you fail
Restless soul
It drove you on 25 years ago
It'll drive you tomorrow
It can't stop it'll drive you till you drop
Restless soul

You're always looking for
A place your mind can rest
It's not there, it's not there
You feel like there's a curse
Putting you to the test
But you've been blessed

You're always looking for
A place your mind can rest
It's not there, it's not there
You feel like there's a curse
Putting you to the test
But you've been blessed

So drift away let tomorrow have today
While your dreams take tomorrow
They don't fail even when you fail
Restless soul.