Sky of ink and diamond stars Empty streets of just occasional cars Here we lie in a lullaby Of the stillness in our room Words are unable to speak of love Like a smile in a whisper does Ooh ooo, words are unable to speak of love Like a smile in a whisper does All of the letters an' all of the words In all of the books, all over the world They're nothing but sounds and vowels and nouns For talk...

The lights on the westway go on A million cars hurry home An ice-cream van shuts off it's tinsel bells Winter won't be long I see you everyday I watch you as you walk down this way We pass on the stairs on this council block Too shy to find words to say But your smile is a prayer that prays for love And your heart is a kite that longs to fly Allelujah, here I am Let's cut the strings tonight S...

My baby's love is called Clare Serpentine seductress, I can't compare My baby's love is merciless to me Wailing like a hussy and laughin' drunkenly And over the rooftops When the stars prickle the skies London is sleepin' And the Mississippi moon shines I hear them makin' love I hear them makin' love Clare was born in New Orleans She grew up in the bars of Bourbon Street Back in the days of Ma...

I want to hear a comedy waltz tonight A couple of beers and a comedy waltz tonight Small minded people at the place where I work There's small minded people all over the world So I want to hear a comedy waltz tonight Tell me a joke that brings tears to my eyes Please tell me a joke so that I can laugh till I cry I've heard the news and it's always the same Never any laughs, just trouble again ...

You've been avoiding catching my eyes for so long Let's stop pretending, there's nothing wrong We haven't been talking, only mouthing the words We have to do something before it gets any worse So be my friend or my enemy But whatever you have to be But don't be a stranger, don't be a stranger Don't be a stranger to me I wish you would tell me what I'm doing wrong We could talk it over and try ...

Children with candy-floss and prizes of goldfish Young men kill tin ducks in sharp shooter poses The laughter of the lovers on the rickety stairs The rumble of the diesel and the sounds of the fair An old gypsy lady in soft Spanish whispers Took my hands in hers and told me their secrets ?Your heart is a fire and his love is an ember You must forget what you?ll always remember? Superstitious n...

Like water wears away a stone Time gently erodes memories And when love's been replaced By a bitter aftertaste It's hard to recall Just what started it all But I remembered what I thought I'd forgotten When I saw you again today I resisted and I can be stubborn But my resistance just crumbled away And now I'm falling backwards Into your arms again Days turned to years and went by And my tears ...

Fear is the enemy of love So don't be scared, we could lose it all I'm here and I'm planning to stay So don't let fear drive love away Sweet as a mother's song In the still of the night Oh, my love will be there I'll be there, it's alright, it's alright Time has a way of telling the truth So be still, let time talk to you See I, I can't make you believe But I've never lied to you I swear my he...

Cats are cryin', gates are slammin' The wind is howlin' 'round the house tonight I'm as lonely as a boat out on the sea When the night is black and the tide is high Oh, on nights like these, feel like fallin' to my knees Feel like callin' heaven please Find my love Find my love Find my love Find my love Well I turn the dial on my radio trying to find an all night station I want to hear a song ...

Jazz in a basement bar, the moon's on the rain Drunk too much, spent too much, penniless again Oh, sweetheart, where are you tonight? I remember when we used to walk by the Thames The lights on the embankment like jewels on chains I'll never forget what you said at the start You said, "I'll put a string of lights 'round your heart" I've got your photograph, the one that you signed Tucked in my...

Fragile featured little girl Just stepped out into the world White cotton summer dresses, hair tied in lace Pearly button eyes in her girly little face She married a man, what a louse like a bull In her China dream house, with confetti in his pocket And ice in his heart he tore that little girl's world apart So don't go to her like the others before With some worn out line from a film that you...

I don't want half hearted love affairs I need someone who really cares Life is too short to play silly games I've promised myself I won't do that again It's got to be perfect, it's got to be worth it, yeah Too many people take second best But I won't take anything less It's got to be, yeah, perfect Young hearts are foolish, they make such mistakes They're much too eager to give their love away...

The kids from Station Street Don't play 'round here, no more She doesn't exactly understand But it's something to do with the war So she learned some tunes on piano She's very good for her age But sometimes she pounds the keys With her tiny fists in a rage She doesn't exactly understand But it's something to do with the war Like when aunt Mary took her to O' Riley's Caff He said, "I can't serv...

No calls, no letters Just fireweeds and stinging nettles But the moon is mine Yeah, the moon is mine Bad news in the papers Bad news for this sinner's wages But the moon is mine Yeah, the moon is mine Skim a stone across the river Throw all my money in the wishing well I can't afford the cost of living If the price is living hell No one to call me baby, no, no No valentines again But the moon ...

Wish me well, say goodbye I'll never tell I saw you cry Understand, you're not to blame It's just that the wind The wind knows my name And it's callin' me Callin' me Callin' me again I think that you knew right from the start There was this restlessness in my heart It's a feeling that I have tried to tame But it's hard when the wind When the wind knows your name And it's callin' me Callin' me ...

Midnight neons blur in drunken eyes And flicker their mad, mad light Fireworks fall like a floral arcade It's a carnival tonight And I'm watching the party I'm watching the party I'm listening to the laughing I'm watching the party, yeah Here's the TV game show host He's telling some marvelous jokes Here's the prizes someone could win Just make the lucky wheel of fortune spin But I'm watching ...

The way she whispers The stories I have heard In captivation my eyes are wide with her words So much respect in here My heart is blowin' up to burst With one step forward She leads me by the hand I think I'll make it Through stars up in the sky They show we're all the same And some day soon they say, "We all must die" Tell them all Wrap them up in fire With your love Here I am I, I am Somebody...

Precious winter rose Beautiful and rare Precious winter rose In the garden there Now there's only thorns In the garden there All of the petals are tattered and torn Scattered everywhere And the hand that crushed The winter rose was mine Yes, the hand that crushed The winter rose was mine Yes, the hand that crushed The winter rose was mine, was mine Yes, the hand that crushed The winter rose wa...