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Kelvingrove Baby |
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THRIVE She
stood beside me On
the empty drive Kissed
me sadly Then
waved goodbye But
if you find her Let
her know Tell
her I’m sorry That
she had to go Just
remind her That
I’m still here On
the West Coast waiting I
wear the rain like tears When
your heart has been broken You’ll
know better than to cry Leave
the words unspoken Wear
your latest disguise And
just you remind her That
I’m still here Up
on the West Coast waiting I
wear the rain like tears
Isn’t
she fine? Positively
the sweetest Of
her kind Really
just you see her And
you’ll find She
gets that look In
her eyes And
you gotta see us now We’re
moving up & on Yes
up and up Girl
we’re on our way Love
is here to stay She’s
the kind of girl Who
will always find a way Yes
will always have her say And
I’m the kind of guy Whose
dreams will rise unashamed Who
will love you until the end Who
will love you until the end ‘Cause
you’re my Girlfriend Isn’t
she wild Really
just the last Word
in style Choosing
you beside her For
a while It’s
goodbye fake And
it’s goodbye hollowness And
your girlfriend knows We’re
moving up & on Yes
up and up Girl
we’re on our way Love
is here to stay Goodbye
fake goodbye
They
flutter down like fireflies Tugging
at your sleeves Somehow
rise to shame you Bring
you to your knees Haunt
your every sunrise Everywhere
you’ve been Always
walk beside you Haunt
your every dream If
love could last forever Forever
and a day And
she would wake beside you Each
and every day Cupid
held his Psyche Naked
and disarmed Cadmus
held Harmony Forever
in his arms You’re
feeling none too special Feeling
all too vague But
if you could lift your head up Show
that you’re not beat Played
out beaten Cast
down broke Heads
down defeated Lost
to all hope If
love could last forever Forever
and a day And
she would wake beside you Each
and every day
Could
not imagine Where
I’d seen her before Could
have only Been
in a dream One
long past Almost
forgotten One
I had when I was seventeen I
dreamt she’d come from Copenhagen Many
miles away from here Now
I know I was mistaken She
came from East of East Delier She
lays her head upon my pillow Stretches
out across my chest I
don’t know about tomorrow Tonight’s
just fine So
hang the rest I
dreamt she’d come from Copenhagen Many
miles away from here Now
I know I was mistaken She
came from East of East Delier Now
her skin doesn’t tingle When
I touch her Her
pulse doesn’t race Nor
her heart miss a beat I’m
not so alone it’s just That
I miss her Sometimes
alone Is
just how you have to be I dreamt she’d come from Copenhagen… NO
RISK NO GLORY
Curled
uptight
On
the hotel stairs You
seem to lose all shape As
your nostrils flare She
was 6ft tall And
only 17 And
you’re no resistor Honeymooners Stand
and stare Is
it the way you way you feel Or
the clothes you wear? Inside
your head says “Hey
now, why don’t you?” But
the muse you found Back
in late September With
her voodoo smile And
her sweet surrender Don’t
tell me now You
can’t remember Just
how to cry You
could see her dance You
could see her sway With
her whiplash smile Your
troubles melt away Does
she languish in the darkness Imperious? Yes
I know that I Wasn’t
born to suffer Wasn’t
born to suffer Yes
you know that I Wasn’t
born to love her Wasn’t
born to love her No
Risk No
Glory I
don’t know when I
don’t know why You
were all lit up Like
a southern sky But
in holding out For
all of this You
were Tantalus You
could see her lights From
across the bay With
her pillbox hat Her
neat sashay You
might recall some things She’d
say She
said it’s funny how Time
reveals us All
caught up by mid-December Running
round Said
the angels sent her At
least there’s someone In
this world You
can depend on Your
safe was blown Your
garments rent Your
apartment torn By
insane events But
you had one thing In
the whole world Self-belief See
her light See
her sway Confuse
her cat Complete
cachet Pull
her down again delirious She’s
the muse you found Back
in late September Her
voodoo smile Her
sweet surrender Don’t
lose the one thing You
need That’s
hope Yes
I know that I Wasn’t
born to suffer Wasn’t
born to suffer Yes
you know that I Wasn’t
born to love her Wasn’t
born to love her No
Risk No
Glory
Along
the flooded broken mansions I
did all my best to see Her
laugh in playful passion Where
once gorgeous phantoms glide Among
the long and soothing shadows She
gave all her best in time And
wearing oils of hypnotic sweetness She
kissed me with the moist pout of her mouth As
lightning played on the water Laughing
she muttered a soft damn Once
upon a time on the Rapenburg I’d
trade all the best in life To
hold her close in a distant season Caught
beneath a Vermeer sky
Sometimes
I used to Fly
away at night On
the wings of an old love song Somehow
I used to feel that I was weak Then
I grew strong And
the funny thing was I
called your name you called my name
Until
doubt among us Rose
like provincial song Will
we be strong enough to carry on? I’ll
be waiting for you Waiting
‘til you’re sure Under
the circus down by the trees Under
the august sun If
the glory of love will see us thru’ I
don’t know maybe Then
you can be my Kelvingrove
baby If
I could reach you I
would walk all night To
hold you in the racing dawn Someday
I know that you’ll be back I
can hear you laugh in an old love song And
the funny things is You
knew my name I knew your name Drawn
to the rose thru’ the crowded thorns Will
we be strong enough to carry on? Something
about time Something
about loving Send
fading footsteps Down
a long distance line Somehow
desire forever flickers In
her green and cinnabar-flecked eyes And
when your girl looks at you Then
she sighs And
she moves beside you You
want the moment touched with magic And
immortality You
want rain You
want soft music And
the last words to be about love
I
was dreaming Of
a summer of content Spent
with you When
I was walking Down
by Poolewe You
came thru’ There
was a songbird Melodious
and true And
you were sure Before
the water Just
so radiant in blue When
I kissed you You’ve
got to live for yourself You’ve
got so much to live for Thru’
the autumn As
the leaves Turned
to gold I
don’t know All
the songbirds Throw
their cadence Down
the hall There
they go There
they go Come
the winter Of
our ragged discontent Well
you don’t know But
tell me something Did
I love you way too much? Or
well enough? When
is enough ever enough? You’ve
got to live for yourself You’ve
got so much to live for Back
to the Polders To
your own country Across
the sea Across
the devilish sea But
come the summer Will
I see you once again? I
don’t know I
don’t know
Will
she languish Almost
feline When
the pulse is thrilling And
the heads on fire Yes
she arches In
pure desire And
the world has opened For
you Has
lifted you up Has
gifted you up Sung
her broken raptures Shown
her soft-lit room Follow
her laughter In
train her perfume All
her mishief captured In
a faraway tune Fly
if you can Do
what you must Time
and again In
tenderest love In tenderness love
Chained By
the window In
case you fall Chained
By
the window In
case you fall In
love again There’s
nothing quite as sweet Nothing
quite as sweet Kicking
off your shoes on the sand Fingers
press down hard you Know
the number dial Caller
you’re divine Yes
you’re divine Change
again tomorrow Into
a positive state of mind Rise
above your sorrow You
never know what you Might
find There’s
nothing quite as sweet Nothing
quite as sweet Kicking
off your shoes on the sand Fingers
press down hard you Know
the number dial Caller
you’re divine Yes
you’re divine You
use to say that I
would never lose my way Nor
betray you Not
for anything Hang
your head and sway Hold
your hands and pray That
we both will find love again When
once is a breeze Twice
is a hurricane
You
were on the ice tonight In
fog and sudden shadows And
the little pearl you left behind I
kept it safe it’s here in my pocket I
hope Something
I could never give up But
just like the best dreams Sometime
you have to wake up Some
nights the wind caresses Like
a finely-tuned lover And
some nights distance distresses When
you’re looking for cover And
I can’t pretend that I’m not crazy about you I
climb to your room High
on a royal crescent Hear
a trombone caught in the heat pipes Blow
so incessantly And
on your sultry breath I taste time I
can’t believe it ran thru’ my fingers It’s
in the nature of things The
memory flickers But
the fragrance Yes
the fragrance remains insane
Spread
your wings Above
you You
were born to fly Away
in time I
was born To
love you But
I was born to lose In
love In
time But
before you go Before
you go away Whisper
to me Whisper
to me once more Say
you loved me You
loved me more Than
words can say I
looked into Your
laughing Your
laughing emerald eyes They
knew me too well Tonight
we’ll toast to glory Tonight
we’ll toast to joy To
my despair But
before you go Before
you go away Say
you’ll guide me Say
you’ll guide me once more Thru’
the Hellespont in a storm Spread
your wings Above
you The
time has come to fly Away
in time Where
I can’t chose to follow I
wasn’t born to fly Away in time
Yes
I love you Until
the orchids Forget
to bloom Yes
I love you Until
the roses Lose
their perfume Yes
I love you Until
the poets Run
out of rhyme I’ll
love you Until
the twelth of never And
baby you know That’s a long long time
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