Buttons On My Clothes Del Amitri

Buttons on My Clothes I've been drinking all through summer I guess I've had a laugh I've had every kind of fun I could have had Looking at my crowd tonight There's a sober kind of sparkle in their eyes

Being Somebody Else Del Amitri

you going to pass the time of day In your beautiful empty shell, When you've shaken the hand of so many sinceroes You feel like a fake yourself How do you choose between you and me When we both feed on

What I Think She Sees Del Amitri

I've been in this place many times before With my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothes But just because I'm here Don't mean I can't run out that door Ain't that what those running shoes

What I Think She Sees (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I've been in this place many times before With my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothes But just because I'm here Don't mean I can't run out that door Ain't that what those running shoes

Hammering Heart Del Amitri

I suppose love lives in a dustbin behind the garden wall You have to grovel on the ground and be pretty disgusting To find it at all And I suppose that it grows on you Standing there with no clothes on

Move Away Jimmy Blue Del Amitri

A struck match faded like a nervous laugh Beyond the halo of a naked bulb Your low voice mingles with your other half's; Schoolfriends in second-hand clothes Eventually your world will shrink within

Some Other Sucker's Parade Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Some Other Sucker's Parade (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Not Where It's At Del Amitri

one bit of geography I lack Yeah, she don't want me 'cos I'm not where it's at And some girls they will worry about reactions And some girls they don't give a damn for that But somehow I ain't ever in on

One More Last Hurrah Del Amitri

crash our cars Crash our cars One more last hurrah Before we knuckle down and button up And figure out that fading out's The state that we've been looking for The state that we've been looking for Hold on

Last Cheap Shot At The Dream Del Amitri

I can't look into the future, but I can't cheat the past I will wipe away my memory, I will find freedom at last I will walk away from everything that I used to want so bad I can't look into the future

Tell Her This Del Amitri

Tell her not to go I ain't holding on no more Tell her something in my mind freezes up from time to time Tell her not to cry I just got scared that's all Tell her I'll be by her side, all she has to do

Long Journey Home Del Amitri

I'll be long gone down the road Without a toothbrush or a suitcase in a world I didn't know By the time you get through college, by the time you learn to drive I'll be picking thought the garbage of my

Cash And Prizes (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

could dream I've got a hundred houses, some that I've never seen I've got walls of paintings high as the Hoover Dam I've got cash and prizes, but I don't know who I am I've got a thousand people act on

Cash And Prizes Del Amitri

man could dream I've got a hundred houses, some that I've never seen I've got walls of paintings high as the Hoover Dam I've got cash and prizes but I don't know who I am I've got a thousand people act on

Funny Way To Win Del Amitri

I know it's just a game and losing you's How it just begins...ain't that a funny way to win So I run around dragging people down Holding my broken heart like a cheap cartoon Just so he can see it's a sucker

Just Getting By Del Amitri

Look at me, I'm the one who got away, the one who could've shone I tried to do my best, but I guess your best don't last for long Look at me, standing with my tattered pride of toothless little lions

Just Like A Man Del Amitri

I still don't believe it, how much we lied Last night you made it with him now I'm supposed to be dignified Just like a man Well I spend my night times drinking and you spend your days in bed And I guess

Out Falls The Past (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

You hold the key to whether we will ever last I know I can't forever hide behind this mask 'Cause everytime I fall in love, out falls the past You'll hear my reputation anywhere you ask They'll say I'm

Out Falls The Past Del Amitri

You hold the key to whether we will ever last I know I can't forever hide behind this mask 'Cause everytime I fall in love, out falls the past You'll hear my reputation anywhere you ask They'll say

Food For Songs Del Amitri

the cold light of dawn But I ain't gonna cry just to give some guy Food for songs People going hungry, Stand like a sackfull of bones, People going hungry, feeding a billion homes So I put my

When I Want You Del Amitri

You sent greetings from Liverpool and I took the next train Passed by people putting flowers on graves and We got delayed When I arrived you had vanished like steam and left me in a diesel day So I walked

Food For Songs (Acoustic Ver.) Del Amitri

and white in the cold light of dawn But I ain't gonna cry just to give some guy Food for songs People going hungry Stand like a sackfull of bones People going hungry, feeding a billion homes So I put my

Lucky Guy Del Amitri

Baby, hold it, just let me try For just one minute be this other guy Live his life With my home and my faithful wife And your pretty face to kiss some nights Ain't I a lucky guy, I get what I want Ain't

Scared To Live Del Amitri

"Walk into the lightning of a midnight bulletin Our brave new world sits smiling with egg on its chin And love gets so lazy, love gets so slow We stopped making love in the hours of daylight, too many

Whiskey Remorse Del Amitri

"There is a girl I used to know She had a hundred ways of hurting you, and so I packed my bags and left her as she watched some TV show, There is a girl I used to know.

High Times Del Amitri

lazy, flat out of reasons to breathe And it's cold baby, yes it's cold But everything is relative can't you see we're living in High times, dig the new domain Living through high times, just don't crash my

Here And Now Del Amitri

with you Let me just get you a light And if we'd thought to listen We might have checked if the weather was right And I don't mind if you want to drive all day Hey, it's rainin' I should have brought my

Make It Always Be Too Late Del Amitri

So get lost with me, let the whole world wait Make it always be too late What I want is right before my eyes So set me up a drink Pull the shutters down on all those prying satellites 'Cos what I

Lighten Up The Load Del Amitri

remember what it feels like to be us And now the fog is creeping round the factories and farms I hope to hell you make it to assail me with your charms Cause all I want to do now babe is hold you in my

Sticks And Stones, Girl Del Amitri

Here I am, hardly breathing in at all I cough when I can and that's about all I am this man and though I turn the tape To a happier song, my face can't find a smile Because it's been looking too long You

Hatful Of Rain Del Amitri

Love hearts on an old stone building Have no relevance now Sherry bottles in a bus-stop litter bin Remind me of you somehow You look so young it's frightening Life's been good to you But strike me down

Hatful Of Rain (Live 1995) Del Amitri

Lovehearts on an old stone building Have no relevance now Sherry bottles in a bus stop litter bin Remind me of you somehow You look so young it's frightening Life's been good to you But strike me down

It Might As Well Be You Del Amitri

There is nobody here tonight, who doesn't dance to the same tune as I Looking for that special someone new, and hey babe it might as well be you And as I fumble through my change, the dance floor illuminates

I Was Here Del Amitri

Though the coffins are calling I'm not coming I'm too young to listen and I'm still scrawling on See-saws and slides, skipping ropes and swings, Toothpaste and trousers, watches and wedding rings.

Driving With The Brakes On Del Amitri

I sit belted up tight, She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze, steering on. And I might be more of a man if I stopped this in it’s tracks And said, come on, let’s go home.

Sleep Instead Of Teardrops Del Amitri

healer But it’s a murderer to do Like everyone else will do I’m gonna lie to you Tell you that life is cruel But someday you’re gonna wake up With sleep instead of teardrops in your eyes You know my

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

So come on babe, let's kiss this thing goodbye. I sometimes feel when we're together baby, everything has turned out wrong and I know you feel exactly the same way but still we carry on.

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

changing but i've seen it in your face all those times when our lips were kissing our tongues were telling lies and all those signs that i've been missing were right there in your eyes so come on

As Soon As The Tide Comes In Del Amitri

You'd better get some sleep for a change Before tomorrow brings you down By three o'clock they'll both be sitting on that plane Hopelessly honeymoon bound And I hope no one asks you to kiss this bride

Be My Downfall Del Amitri

The bus is pulling out and I guess I'd better go Before I make a grave mistake and let my feelings show And twenty miles away she waits alone for me But when I try to picture her you're the one I see And

Cindy Incidentally Del Amitri

"Oh Cindy ain't you noticed That several of your friends have moved on And the street outside is just a little too quiet And your local papers run out of news I'm not persuading you or disengaging you

Nothing Ever Happens Del Amitri

Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats Janitors padlock the gates For security guards to patrol And bachelors phone up their

Don't Come Home Too Soon Del Amitri

So long, go on and do your best, Let all friends have whiskey on it's breath, The world may not be shaking yet but you might prove them wrong, Even long shots make it So go then, out into history, And

Drunk In A Band Del Amitri

drunk in a band Joe does tele-sales and martial arts and Jim pushes patients 'round the public parks and Nancy makes sculptures out of Hoover parts but I'm just a drunk in a band Danny puts the cones on

Keepers Del Amitri

I have overloved you and overseen you And now you're refusing the gifts that I bring you My hands have been clasping my hot head and asking "if she submits to me, will she be my property?

Learn To Cry Del Amitri

It's twelve o'clock, the TV's on and I'm just sittin' around I'm restless and blue, but I can't figure out why As the drunks on the park benches are putting their blankets down I'm thinking boy, you'd

Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name Del Amitri

With the sweet drip of every raindrop Time brings you closer to me And with each new sign at every train-stop Another hour without you is consigned to history And with each tick of my alarm clock I get

Mother Nature's Writing Del Amitri

Open up your eyes, Everything is crying out this could be your time She fell out of the sky, Must every star been working on Heavenly designs A crooked line of lightning, a silent movie moon Mother nature's

Always The Last To Know (Single Mix) Del Amitri

Creation's gone crazy, the TV's gone mad Now you're the only sane thing that I have The last to know how you're feeling The last to know where you are The last to know if you're happy now Or if he's cheating on