LYRICS PAGE
Select a song taken from my Streets Apart album and skip directly to the lyrics.
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1. Slave to Love2. The tide is on the turn3. Days gone by4. Your love5. Northern Girl6. Isolation7. Never fear8. Misery (just a bad day)9. Drive on10. Only Human11. Rain
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Slave to love
Hey buddy got a feeling so low,
bin thinking I gotta go now,
I'm going back to a land where life is easy,
I'm gonna lay down by the ocean,
fun living an a slow down motion,
better believe it I'm saying goodbye.
Slave of love forever just a slave of love,
I give my life forever just to win your love,
I'll come on back to you in time,
then we can take it an make it rhyme,
everybody can see that I bin living a lie.
Live my life in a window pane man,
I can't see no life in me,
I'm just about a half an hour,
from the lover that set me free,
you know I'm a slave of love for you,
a slave of love for you,
I'll be a slave of love for you tonight.
Do you see that old man running,
down the streets from a time that's coming,
in the city there's a cold wind blows right through yah,
I'm gonna give it just one more season,
well god knows I got no reason,
living up here where clouds fill the sky.
Slave of love forever just a slave of love...
I live my life in a window pane...
Slave of love slave of love slave of love tonight
slave of love slave of love slave of love tonight.
The tide is on the turn.
I could never listen to the sound of marching bands,
ringing out or hear the bugle blow,
and I could never put you through the feeling that my daddy knew
when they said "you gotta go".
So I bide my time / Light of my life
keep in line / You will be
look for a way out / What they want
I know what it's about.
Some people say, the tide is on the turn,
the lessons have been learned, but is it only words?
And some people say that, love is gonna win,
tell me do you feel it? Tell me do you see?
There's got to be somebody who can show the way back home,
and there's got to be a reason but I don't believe it's known,
and there's got to be field there for every kind of seed,
Yeah there's got to be somebody who'll live the life I lead.
I could never sit around, watching people playing,
all those games they love to do,
and I could never let you go, I could never watch the show
or listen to the Radio.
So bide your time / Light of my life
keep in line / You will be
look for the way out / What they want
you know what it's about.
Yeah bide your time / Light of my life
keep in line / You will be
look for the way out / What they want
you know what it's about.
Some people say the tide is on the turn,
the lessons have been learned, but is it only words?
And some people say that love is gonna win,
tell me do you feel it? Tell me do you see?
Well there's got to be somebody...
Days gone by
How can I believe you
when I know that all the things you said were lies,
and how can I forgive you
when my heart still calls out loud to you and cries,
and how can I show feelings
when rejection is the only thing I've ever known.
Where am I to go
when every road I take returns me to the past,
and which path can I take
when every lane I find reminds me of the last,
and how can I go on
when something always seems to pull me from behind,
For all the things that I was thinking
And all the days that have gone by
For all the tears that I let fall
To the turns of a river they're running dry
For all the dreams that we were dreaming
I give you them all.
Who will give me loving,
real loving, without breaking me inside,
and who will let me show
that I've got something here to offer with no ties,
and who will take this man
and give him something he can keep forever more.
Your love
Your love, brings me high, every minute each day goes by,
your love, brings me down, just like those tears of a clown,
your love, makes me cry, makes me smile, makes days go by,
your love, holds me near, makes there nothing, nothing I fear.
Don't ever go away darling,
don't ever say goodbye,
don't ever change a thing about you,
cause that's the reason why.
Your love, means more, than anything I had before,
your love, keeps me right, every day and every night,
your love, brings me here,
and I'm so happy when you are near,
your love, is so strong,
that when I'm with you nothing goes wrong.
So many people say "I love you",
so many people lie,
so if I ever tell you darling,
there's a simple reason why.
Your love, is so, there is nowhere without you I'd go,
your love, is so true, that I could never, never be blue,
your love.
Northern Girl
She came from a foreign land,
tried to make it alone in the city life,
faded photos of days gone by
were the only way she had to look back.
I told her I was a stranger too,
she said well why don't we make this together,
and maybe then we can find a way
to make up for the things that we lack.
And lord knows, well I can't get her out of my mind,
yeah lord knows, no I can't get her out of my mind.
Cold winds down the Boulevard,
and warm nights by the river,
but every hour that passed I knew
I wasn't the man who would keep her.
Yeah and lord knows, well I can't get her out of my mind,
yeah lord knows, no I can't get her out of my mind.
Well life isn't easy, love isn't everything,
but dreams and reality, no they don't often meet,
and heartache and emptiness, yeah that's something we live with,
maybe the memories are worth more looking back.
Yeah and lord knows, well I can't get her out of my mind,
yeah lord knows, well I can't get her out of my mind.
Now the summer has been and gone,
and winter returns again,
and time passes the city by
yeah but not my feelings for you.
Yeah and lord knows, well I can't get her out of my mind.
Isolation
An old time situation, yeah I feel like I lost my brain,
I lie here beside you, yeah and think about another name.
In the middle of the night I feel her
running her hands through my hair,
I should have learned my lesson but I can't refrain.
She left her face there, it lies somewhere in my mind,
I can't recall just when or where.
An when I look out my window, well I see her running by,
she calls my name but I can't reply.
Isolation, it's a lonely game to play,
I don't wanna play no more alone,
ain't no reason for you to cry yourself to sleep,
cause love slipped on by.
When I was around her, well you know I wasn't free,
Tried not to feel it, tried not to see.
Changing all the answers yeah to questions never asked,
never believing, my time was passed.
Isolation, yeah it's a lonely game to play,
oh I don't wanna play no more alone,
ain't no reason for you to cry yourself to sleep,
cause love slipped on by.
Never fear
Well I could see the clouds above me,
like a mushroom in the sky,
I said "Father, won't you lay your words upon me",
and he said "Son you ain't gonna die".
Then I could feel the flames around me,
burning deep into my skin,
I said "Father, won't you spare some water for me",
and he said "Son you've got it deep within".
"But I'll be there when it's time,
I'll give you rights on what is mine,
never fear you, for the lord is on your side,
and he takes care of the blind".
Then I could feel the water rising,
from my feet up to my head,
so I said "Father, ain't it time that you were working",
and he said "Son you ain't near dead".
Then I could hear those guns around me,
feel the pain where bullets bore,
so I said "Father, let me end it all in peace",
but he said "Son you've still gotta score".
"And I'll be there when it's time,
I'll give you rights on what is mine,
never fear you, for the lord is on your side,
and he takes care of the blind".
"Yes I'll be there when it's time,
I'll give you rights on what is mine,
never fear you, for the lord is on your side,
and he takes care of the blind".
Misery (just a bad day)
Your eyes say one thing but your mouth don't say the same,
you're looking a bit like Venus on a good day,
the tears you're crying couldn't melt the fallen snow,
an you're the reason that it's a bad day.
Get out of my mind, get away from my body,
get away from my heart, and let me be,
get out of my life, get away from my eyes,
get away you only bring me misery.
You tell me one thing well then you tell me something new,
you shouldn't play with other peoples feelings,
I never listened to the rumours I wanted to believe,
Yeah but now you've gone and broken all my dreams.
Get out of my mind, get away from my body,
get away from my heart, and let me be,
get out of my life, get away from my eyes,
get away you only bring me misery.
Could that you could find a way to honesty,
you would see another side a rhyme and reason,
could that you could see to face reality,
but you don't wanna know, maybe you like it.
So get out of my mind, get away from my body,
get away from my heart, and let me be,
get out of my life, get away from my eyes,
get away you only bring me misery.
Drive on
Taking the road it's a long nights journey,
every time I look in your eyes I can feel it's all right,
nobody else could be that way.
You give out every kind of desire,
every time you take me higher well I know that you'll be,
the one that everybody wants.
Drive on in the same direction, drive on,
we're on a love vacation, no time for explanations,
we're going down to where you're running from.
Taking the seven all the way,
can't pay no tolls today every cent's been spent,
fixing up the car.
Clouds lifting as we're moving,
green changes brown then the lights of the river appear,
you tell me it's not far.
Drive on in the same direction drive on,
we're on a love vacation, no time for explanations,
Drive on in the same direction drive on,
we're on a love vacation, no time for explanations,
we're going down to where you're running from,
we're going down to where you're running from.
Lay down in the morning sunlight,
don't try to catch the breeze everybody is high,
they tell you it's the other way.
You see there ain't no reason why, why you should not remain,
but you know we'll go back,
back to where we started from.
Drive on in the same direction drive on,
we're on a love vacation, no time for explanations,
Drive on in the same direction drive on,
we're on that love vacation, no time for explanations
Drive on / in the same direction
Drive on / in the same direction...
Only Human
Long ago in ancient times
a man was sent a star to find,
and down from where the heavens parted,
all could see a life had started,
on a new born human.
And through the years of growing strong,
he told us stories, right from wrong,
he said that we could find the way,
if we were prepared to pay,
the price of being human.
Sometimes when you're feeling down,
close your eyes and look around you,
then you'll see a new tomorrow,
maybe one without no sorrow,
maybe human.
Those of us who know the truth,
who've been to school we've read our books,
we've done some things we know are wrong,
but after all is said and done,
you know we're only human.
Rain
Well you can tell everyone, that you care, and no one'll doubt you,
you can live your life any way that you please,
and you can take yourself, into your world, where nothing matters,
yeah but tell me darling, how do you sleep?
Somebody said it's gonna rain down, somebody said it's gonna rain,
Somebody said it's gonna rain down, somebody said it's gonna rain.
People are crying and dying, hoping that the rains will come,
and we've got the power to make this dream come true,
but money is money and money is time, but the times running out.
Why can't we see that really it's me and you?
Somebody said it's gonna rain down, somebody said it's gonna rain.
Somebody said it's gonna rain down, somebody said it's gonna rain.
The children are calling their voices are there, but the world doesn't hear,
but the colour of money and colour of skin don't rhyme,
oh well somebody, somebody - somewhere you know, has to answer the call,
answer before we find we've run out of time.
Somebody said it's gonna rain down, somebody said it's gonna rain.
Somebody said it's gonna rain down, somebody said it's gonna rain.
Yes you can tell everyone, that you care, and no one'll doubt you,
you can live your life any way that you please,
and you can take yourself, into your world, where nothing matters,
yeah but tell me darling, how do you sleep?
Somebody said it's gonna rain down.
Somebody said it's gonna rain.