Tenderness Is A Weakness Marc Almond

the ash from the ashtray Leave her alone to play Leave her alone to pray And now you wonder why I put out the flame to die I'll hold on to my mystery Secrets that make up me In what's real and fantasy Tenderness

Madame De La Luna Marc Almond

She's in my veins Gold in my veins She is my pain And my joy Time and again Waxing or waning I am insane For La Luna Madame de la Luna When she is sleepy She's creepy, mysterious and wicked When she is

Bitter Sweet Marc Almond

A little bitter A little sweet That's how I like my life to be I'll take it neat Bitter sweet That's how I see the world I like the rain I like the dark I like mornings in the park The summer heat Bitter

Old Jack's Charm Marc Almond

Dad In flames of hope and glory A mermaid and a schooner Tells us he was once at sea A heart pierced by an arrow Tells us once more in love was he And a dragon spitting fire He's forgotten what that's

Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Marc Almond

Something's gotten hold of my heart Keeping my soul and my senses apart Something's gotten into my life Cutting its way through my dreams like a knife Turning me up, turning me down Making me smile and

Shining Brightly Marc Almond

This is my destiny For one brief moment And I'm not gonna let it die I'm like the sun I'm like the sun shining brightly This is my destiny For one brief moment And I'm not gonna let it die I'm like the

The Gambler Marc Almond

On a dark night in a lost hour In a town built from neon and chrome Where las vegas seeks the desert In an old broken down casino There the gambler slapped his money down Dirty dollars one hundred or more

The Libertine's Dream Marc Almond

On a bed of silken sheets he lay his head The pillow edged in gold and red A palace in his prison walls A feast for all, there's really only bread Those walls shut out the world Leaving him to conjure

We Need Jealousy Marc Almond

jealousy (jealousy) Do you think of only me Or could this suffering just be My jealousy (jealousy) Oh, oh my jealousy Oh, oh I love your jealousy We need jealousy We believe in jealousy I'm walking on a

Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (Solo Version) Marc Almond

me frown In a world that was war I once lived in a time That was peace With no trouble at all But then you came my way And a feeling I know Shook my heart And made me want you to stay All of my nights

Betrayed Marc Almond

guys And when you kiss you close your eyes Do you hold regrets or do you easily forget Can you be so quickly swayed Can tender words just fade away Can you blame me for feeling betrayed As one love dies a

The Sensualist Marc Almond

You say I'm your mystery Please don't ever solve me Because I won't be a mystery Anymore Something's holding my breath Strikes the moment down Gives me greater heights to reach Chorus Sensual Seriously

The Stars We Are Marc Almond

Do you remember Those hazy amber days We were but children Having the time of our lives We had no regard, no respect A floor was a bed And a bed held the mysteries of life They had to end But so soon?

Baby Night Eyes Marc Almond

Don't shut your eyes When they're lighting up the skies I just want to see them shine And I cannot take my mind off you Halo of fire In my heart there is a choir And it's singing of desire And I'm watching

She Took My Soul in Istanbul Marc Almond

Once in a night I spent in Istanbul I had a dream of a forbidden world Where even angels fear to look upon A place where all of love is doomed to die Her face appeared Through clouds of bitter wine Sour

Carnival Of Life Marc Almond

Desire...Love...Mystery...Magic Just close your eyes Imagine you're in a place Where you can taste all you crave In life's masquerade Come hold my hand And all your wishes come true Burlesque and blue

These My Dreams Are Yours Marc Almond

I'm a labyrinth of hopes and fears Of tears of frustration and of anger But if you can break through this wall And search amongst it all You'll find a man there Who has a heart of love Who is afraid of

The Desperate Hours Marc Almond

Tonight's the night it said in my stars That love would be round the next bend I felt for a while that my run of good luck Would never come to an end This world was not made for me, no no no no no no no

Addicted Marc Almond

I just can't get enough I just can't get enough And I wake up And it's there like a freezing cloud Passing over the sun And I open my eyes I'm not moving White as a ghost And stiff as a gun And I wake

Caged Marc Almond

No no, no no no no You're never never never going to let me go You say I'm your possession You say I'm your toy You're gonna teach me a lesson That I won't enjoy I need to break free You suffocate me I'm

Waifs And Strays Marc Almond

And so they say they're leaving While you sleep away the day You go out every evening Collecting waifs and strays They follow their illusions They don't know what to do They need a clear direction That's

Tears Run Rings Marc Almond

On heavenly rain You fell into my life Unforgettable smile Unforgettable lies In the name of the cross Or a banner of love With the hand of a friend Or under a blanket of trust Chorus The angels sighed

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye Marc Almond

Standing in the door of the Pink Flamingo Crying in the rain It was a kind of so so love And I'm going to make sure it never Happens again You and I It had to be The standing joke of the year You were

The Edge Of Heartbreak Marc Almond

Sometimes when I'm on my own My bed too cold for one alone I try to lose myself in dreams But you're not here so I can't sleep I suffer when the night is long My heart cries out for yours is gone You take

Kept Boy Marc Almond

morning He brings the world onto my bed He makes my bedroom into spring time Violets, gardenias, roses red He brings me tea and serves me chocolate And I lick honey from his finger tips He makes the world a

City Of Nights Marc Almond

In the city of nights In the city of nights As the lights go on there's a magic glow to the sea But as we move through the streets we can feel the fear As night goes on there's a tragic show in the city

Looking For Love (In All The Wrong Places) Marc Almond

love In all the wrong places Where your walk it's always shadow Conversation always shallow When they talk they never look you in the eye They look over your shoulder To faces even colder And you feel a

Love To Die For Marc Almond

Where I can love your scars They tell me what you like They tell me who you are Come on and take my hand You'll soon be seeing stars And when you dance I dream Of love in the extreme How sweet and dark is

Only the Moment Marc Almond

The clock on the wall Has just told you Your hour has come And you know those that God loves Die young Chorus But remember There is never forever Only the moment There is never forever Only the moment

Orpheus In Red Velvet Marc Almond

That song of jealousy and pain Orpheus in Red Velvet Sing that tearful tune The one that's coloured by the moon Chorus Take me through Hell For I deserve it Take me through Hell It's for my good Pain is

A Lover Spurned Marc Almond

A lover spurned, a lesson learned On love you've got your fingers burnt Shed bitter tears, now love has turned The sweet revenge of a lover spurned A passing phase, a week of love But all at once you had

Ruby Red Marc Almond

a ruby, ruby, ruby red It was the most precious gift I could give to you It was as red as the sun in the evening sky It was as red as the fire in a panther's eye It was as red as the rose under the summer

A Woman's Story Marc Almond

There are many who have laid with me Then got up and walked away from me And played around with me like I was a game Every night was a one night fling When I'd given them everything They never even asked

A Lover Spurned (Full Length Version) Marc Almond

A lover spurned A lesson learned On love you've got Your fingers burnt Shed bitter tears Now love has turned The sweet revenge Of a lover spurned A passing phase A week of love But all at once You had

Death's Diary Marc Almond

On Monday I took a flower Dried it in my hand Covered it in poison And I threw it on the land On wasted ground it tried to root But choked upon the sand And there's room in my diary for you, my

Toreador In The Rain Marc Almond

Sad little boy of the street Hands of a thief With the mind of a dreamer Dodging the puddles with feet Of a torero in an Arena Sings an old Andalucian song Dancing along Using his dirty red coat

Exotica Rose Marc Almond

" Exotica rose Dances in beads and in satin Tall and bejeweled Don't be fooled by her mystery and spice Her tangos fandangos Her grace unmistakingly latin You can buy her a drink But don't think she's

Mother Fist Marc Almond

Well now I've been on my own for many a year Seems like I'll never get loved Got me a hand on this brother of mine And I'm gonna get me the rub Turn me the lights down to a purple glow Put Bessie Smith

Everything I Wanted Love To Be Marc Almond

(I hoped it would be) I want love to make me happy (I hoped it would be) I want love to make me cry (I hoped it would be) I want love to be a promise (I hoped it would be) I want love to make me die I

Widow Weeds Marc Almond

She draped herself in Widow Weeds Veil of black and buttoned sleeves Hid her face from the world A shadow where once had been a girl Her husband of past twenty years Had passed away leaving her in tears

The Sea Still Sings Marc Almond

I remember the sea I remember How I thought she would sing forever Though her voice it became a whisper But the sea still sings in her heart To the furthest shores of Alaska From the bow of a floundering

You Have Marc Almond

Oh you have the saddest eyes That I have ever seen Secret sorrows of a heart That breaks so easily Don't let me catch you crying Don't let me catch you crying Watching through the pane of glass The final

Litany For A Return Marc Almond

My loveMy heartMy sweet, ohMy sky My fireMy heat, ohMy workMy springMy veilMy honeyMy bombMy grailMy gateMy goldMy thrown, ohMy stockMy rockMy stone, ohMy nightMy thirstMy hungerMy dayMy breadMy wa...

Melancholy Rose Marc Almond

First I saw you Love in a silk black slip In dark waters Sinking like a ship Trouble on your lips Murder in your song Song of a mean man Lovers come and gone Oh Melancholy Rose Oh Melancholy Rose Come

The Boy Who Came Back Marc Almond

He woke to the sound of the birds in the morning Felt charged with a new lease of life Time to break out of his present surroundings A mother, a child and a wife He'd not said good-bye to his last thread

The Frost Comes Tomorrow Marc Almond

seemed hollow (hollow) Secretly yearning to open the gate To escape from your hurt and your sorrow (sorrow) Painfully learning the cost of experience Comes with the frost of tomorrow You were always in a

Love Letter Marc Almond

By and by There are times You can't hold back the tears And hurt won't heal With the years But, I will always love you Always love you Always you and no-one else but you There are times When the world is

The Very Last Pearl Marc Almond

Somewhere deep in the scarlet city A million dreams are not enough I'm knee deep in fallen women Being alone in the scarlet city Can be tough Call me romantic Call me deluded I'd give you anything you

Your Kisses Burn Marc Almond

You make a fire Here in my heart Your kisses burn me Sending sparks Auras fade Charisma pales Your kisses burn They scorch my soul And world without end Through tempest and storm Your kisses my fire Your

On The Prowl Marc Almond

On the prowl Up to no good Got to find a lover by midnight On the prowl Wish that I could Satisfy my predator nature Star shine bright Won't you heal my sorrow tonight Let's chase the moonlight Burn the