Never Cry Another Tear - Lyrics Page

Better get the ball rolling with getting the lyrics up here.

No point waiting for Smash Hits.

Post complete lyrics or corrections here and we'll put together a master list.

What fun it will be

Runaway

There may come a time When the days are short And you’re feeling like it just aint worth it all

And the sky is full Of the winter gale (?) But there’s something keeps you standing by her side

I know it’s not that you can run away Sometimes it’s better just to look the other way

When you’re all alone In the dead of night And you’re wide awake but you just can’t find that light ???

(spoken: And I can see that you’re at the bottom of the whale? You’re holding on but then you can’t afford to sail) You’ll get to know that everything will be just fine Forget that pretty baby sun is gonna shine

I know it’s hard but you can run away Sometimes it’s better just to turn the other way (Sha la la la)

Was there ever a time when wrong was right As you tried to hold on to the things that you like And I can’t count the times I felt sorry for you Cos you’re hollow inside like a black shade of blue???

Without you I’ll feel laughter and ??? that was made of ours??? Without you I won’t live like a beggar in paradise It’s the truth And I’m telling you straight I would never lie So walk away with me Walk away with me Like a runaway.

Everything rhymes. That is all you need to know.

Toolbox wrote: Runaway

There may come a time When the days are short And you’re feeling like it just aint worth it all

And the sky is full Of the winter gale (?) But there’s something keeps you standing by her side

I know it’s not that you can run away Sometimes it’s better just to look the other way

When you’re all alone In the dead of night And you’re wide awake but you just can’t find that light ???

(spoken: And I can see that you’re at the bottom of the whale? You’re holding on but then you can’t afford to sail) You’ll get to know that everything will be just fine Forget that pretty baby sun is gonna shine

I know it’s hard but you can run away Sometimes it’s better just to turn the other way (Sha la la la)

Was there ever a time when wrong was right As you tried to hold on to the things that you like And I can’t count the times I felt sorry for you Cos you’re hollow inside like a black shade of blue???

Without you I’ll feel laughter and ??? that was made of ours??? Without you I won’t live like a beggar in paradise It’s the truth And I’m telling you straight I would never lie So walk away with me Walk away with me Like a runaway.

Tanks for that!!!!

Toolbox wrote:

I’ll feel laughter and ??? that was made of ours???

No, 'I feel lost in a world that was made of ice'

And it's not 'But there’s something keeps you standing by her side

I know it’s not that you can run away'

but:

But there's something keeps you standing by his side I know it's hard but you can run away'

and it's not 'Without you I won’t live like a beggar in paradise'

but: 'Without you I would live like a beggar in paradise'

All of these are just my best guesses, so corrections are welcomed.:)

Sink or Swim

Whatcha doing with that stupid little girl stop your fooling don't you know it's gonna hurt when she leaves you and you gave all you could give you'll be hurting for the one you should be with

How are you gonna deal with this how many times before you slip you made a wager with a kiss now you're the new name on her lips this is the real thing at your door big waves breaking on the shore well are you gonna sink or swim hold on tight don't fall in

Hey Whatcha doing with that stupid little girl stop your fooling don't you know it's gonna hurt when she leaves you and you gave all you could give you'll be hurting for the one you should be with

Jesus save this heart of gold take the time to save his soul will he bend or will he crack save this yearling from the pack he's not aware of anything sure as summer follows spring doesn't know where he's coming from reaching perfection takes too long

Yeah yeah yeah(x loads)

Hey whatcha doing you've got so much to live for the world is turning til it can't turn any more this fire is burning it will burn for ever more

So whatcha doing with that stupid little girl stop that fooling cos you know it's gonna hurt when she leaves you and you gave all you could give you'll be hurting for the one you should be with

with

you'll be hurting when she leaves you

you'll be hurting when she leaves you

you'll be hurting when she leaves you

you'll be hurting

Twist of fate

I must be losing my mind, I'm gripped by feelings I don't understand it's not a part of my plan.

my hopes that once were so high were crushed and broken in the blink of an eye by the road side

and I just can't let it go this fever won't let me hang onto my pride it will never subside

So if you see her again tell her that I can wait undercover, in the shelter of a strange twist of fate

and I know what I'm doing is incredibly wrong that the music has ended but the beat just goes on and on

don't want to sound like I'm weak negotiations are about to begin it's got my head in a spin

and everyone that I meet complains that I don't act the same any more that I was better before.

So if you see her again tell her that I can wait undercover, in the shelter of a strange twist of fate

and I know what I'm doing is incredibly wrong that the music has ended but the beat just goes on and on

So if you see her again tell her that I can wait undercover, in the shelter of a strange twist of fate

and I know what I'm doing is incredibly wrong that the music has ended but the beat just goes on and on

Summer days

summer days on holiday drunken youths upon the street falling out of whisky bars making love and crashing cars

getting into hopeless fights with crazy girls we just weren't right this was 1983 the sun was burning bright for me

so shine on me my lord my lord so shine on me my lord my lord

I stumbled on a chance remark drinking in a late night crowd (or club?) it must have been in quadrant park where (most) got eaten by (blah) but summer days are sunny days the dodgy guys with wayward ways an' this was 1993 it was a special time for me

so shine on me my lord my lord so shine on me my lord my lord

but then a wind of change blew in a bed of roses laced with gin I didn't know what the hell he meant shaking the establishment two zero oh dear me this guy was off his tree

so shine on me my lord my lord so shine on me summer days on holiday drunken youths are on the street summer days are sunny days it was a special time for me my lord my lord

This is home

you flew so high but you're coming down the snow falls hard in tinseltown now there is a ghost where you once stood I know you'd leave this if you only could

this is home this is home

Just tell me that it's true I want you by my side girl I'm doing it for you you've got to open your eyes I'm gonna take you higher(higher higher higher) than a bird can fly girl I'm so in love with you don't even think that it is true

you're living underground with your despair I'll building you a ladder to the clear blue air this feeling invites you where ever you may roam I'm right there beside you wherever you may go

Just tell me that it's true I want you by my side girl I'm doing it for you I'm gonna open your eyes I'm gonna take you higher(higher higher higher) than a bird can fly girl I'm so in love with you don't think that it is true

this is home this is home

Just tell me that it's true I want you by my side girl I'm doing it for you I'm gonna open your eyes I'm gonna take you higher(higher higher higher) than a bird can fly girl I'm so in love with you don't even think that it is true

Running out of luck

What do you think you are proving baby it's not the way we should exist it's not the answer baby don't crush this flower with your fist

you could hold me with your mind you could know me but you can't keep on losing it's so hard to say we're running out of luck

It's the dawn of an era baby you could get better if you tried to recover baby then I'd be right there by your side like your shadow in your footsteps I would follow shoot as straight as an arrow through a tree that was hollow as your heart

Why do careless hearts fall into empty hands it's a trend that starts then lies down in the sand but it's the only way that I'll get through to you no matter what I say you'll just do what you do

Why don't you watch what you're doing baby when all your dreams have turned to dust what's the answer baby when you don't know who you can trust me forever, like a break in the weather like the snow on the ground I am waiting but I just can't stick around

Dynamo

Hey there what you gonna do keep the faith inside of you this whole world could fall apart but you're still the brightest star

Hey girl who you living with that guy's just a little kid spent his money on a car drove it to the nearest bar

What you gonna do about it this is your twist and shout it lift your heart and sing life is a precious thing life is a precious thing life is a precious thing

Old man living on the street scaring people off their feet but he's not starting world war three he wants to live in harmony

See that hound dog on the floor lying by the kitchen door he don't care about a thing his ignorance is not a sin

What you gonna do about it this is your twist and shout it lift your heart and sing life is a precious thing

you make me sick and tired beat up without a trial put down your arms and sing life is a precious thing life is a precious thing life is a precious thing

what you gonna do (x6)

Poisonous intent

Hey bad man where are you gonna go when you can't go back to the life you know when you feel it's time will you give me a sign it's a long hard road with your own bad mind

you keep saying something but you're doing nothing I'm here thinking that your full of shit it's like the whole worlds waiting what are you gonna do gonna take the money buy me something new hey what are you gonna buy for yourself gonna buy a guitar with my new found wealth with your new found wealth? with my new found wealth is there something else? no there's nothing else

Hey bad man where are you gonna go when you can't go back to the life you know when you feel it's time will you give me a sign it's a long hard road with your own bad mind

Hey you give it to me I wanna taste the honey my lifes's hollow and you beg steal and borrow but I can't help thinking what I always knew you've got a first class ticket with a third rate view and you can't go back no you can't go back no I can't come back so hit the road jack

help me find my way I can not fight another day I'm a searcher for a soul, reflective like the falls ago

Shine like the sun

We'll leave this town in the morning we'll build our love on the run we'll reach the sea by the sunset we'll chase the stars 'til the dawn

So don't say that you're losing my love together we shine like the sun

You saw the ghosts on the railroad you saw your life on the track they said they're going where the wind blows and now their never coming back

So don't say that you're losing my love together we shine like the sun we'll find a place that our hearts won't falter maybe our time it has come

We'll leave this town in the morning we'll build our love on the run we'll watch the wheels spinning faster I feel a change gonna come

So don't say that you're losing my love together we shine like the sun we'll find a place that our hearts won't falter maybe our time it has come

Head into tomorrow

Left her sleeping in autumn leaves with promises of summer breeze watch her dancing to natures song the melody will call me on

yeah and you gave it all away yeah

and I just can't stay watching rivers flowing to the sea got to find my way as I head into tomorrow

to find a path that leads to your door I felt the rapture on a lonely shore living life when the world's asleep but all your dreams they won't come cheap

yeah and you gave it all away yeah and I just can't stay watching rivers rolling into the sea catching breaking waves as I head into tomorrow as I head into tomorrow

see post below

Toolbox wrote: Runaway

There may come a time When the days are short And you’re feeling like it just ain't worth it all

And the sky is full Of the winter gale (?) But there’s something keeps you standing by her side

I know it’s not that you can run away Sometimes it’s better just to look the other way

When you’re all alone In the dead of night And you’re wide awake but you just can’t find that light ???

(spoken: And I can see that you’re at the bottom of the whale? You’re holding on but then you can’t afford to sail) You’ll get to know that everything will be just fine Forget that pretty baby sun is gonna shine

I know it’s hard but you can run away Sometimes it’s better just to turn the other way (Sha la la la)

Was there ever a time when wrong was right As you tried to hold on to the things that you like And I can’t count the times I felt sorry for you Cos you’re hollow inside like a black shade of blue???

Without you I’ll feel laughter and ??? that was made of ours??? Without you I won’t live like a beggar in paradise It’s the truth And I’m telling you straight I would never lie So walk away with me Walk away with me Like a runaway.

Actually it's easier just to post all my interpretations of it lol

There may come a time when the days are short and you're feeling like it just ain't worth it all and the sky is cover for a winter gale but there's something keeps you standing by his side

I know it's hard but you can runaway sometimes it's better just to look the other way

when you're all alone in the dead of the night and you're wide awake but you just can't find that light

and I can see you're at the bottom of the well you're holding on but then you can't afford to sell

you've got to know that everything will be just fine forget that rainy day the sun is gonna shine

I know it's hard but you can't runaway sometimes it's better just to turn the other way

was there ever a time when wrong was right as you try to hold on to the things that you like and I can't count the times I felt sorry for you cos you're hollow inside (hollow hollow) like a bad shade of blue

without you I'd be lost in a world that was made of ice without you I would live like a beggar in paradise it's the truth and I'm telling you straight I would never lie

So walk away with me walk away with me like a runaway

It's a bleeding mystery how all you thieving gits have got this....i'm still WAITING for the Giros' Call.

Miss Terey wrote: I stumbled on a chance remark drinking in a late night crowd it must have been in quadrant park where (most) got eaten by (blah)

I think the last bit is "where moths got eaten by a dog" (or at least that's what it sounds like to me)!

Although, Quadrant Park was a Liverpool nightclub in the late 80's/early 90's, so it's unlikely that dogs/moths feature in it (despite my other posts! :p

Also, I'd take a guess that this:

"two zero oh dear me this guy was off his tree"

is actually

"two zero zero three this guy was off his tree"

(following the 10-year gap between 1983, 1993, and 2003 theme)!

Nick King wrote:

Miss Terey wrote: I stumbled on a chance remark drinking in a late night crowd it must have been in quadrant park where (most) got eaten by (blah)

I think the last bit is "where moths got eaten by a dog" (or at least that's what it sounds like to me)!

Although, Quadrant Park was a Liverpool nightclub in the late 80's/early 90's, so it's unlikely that dogs/moths feature in it (despite my other posts! :p

Also, I'd take a guess that this:

"two zero oh dear me this guy was off his tree"

is actually

"two zero zero three this guy was off his tree"

(following the 10-year gap between 1983, 1993, and 2003 theme)!

Dogs and moths, that Bernard is a strange fellow lol

I agree 'two zero zero three' fits the song, but it really does sound like 'two zero oh dear me' I think Bernard might be indulging in a a bit of word play

Great job, Miss Terey!!!!

Miss Terey wrote:

Actually it's easier just to post all my interpretations of it lol

There may come a time when the days are short and you're feeling like it just ain't worth it all and the sky is cover for a winter gale but there's something keeps you standing by her side

I know it's hard but you can't runaway sometimes it's better just to look the other way

when you're all alone in the dead of the night and you're wide awake but you just can't find that light

and I can see you're at the bottom of the well you're holding on but then you can't afford to sell

you've got to know that everything will be just fine forget that rainy day the sun is gonna shine

I know it's hard but you can't runaway sometimes it's better just to turn the other way

was there ever a time when wrong was right as you try to hold on to the things that you like and I can't count the times I felt sorry for you cos you're hollow inside (hollow hollow) like a bad shade of blue

without you I'd be lost in a world that was made of ice without you I would live like a beggar in paradise it's the truth and I'm telling you straight I would never lie

So walk away with me walk away with me like a runaway

IMO: keeps you standing by his side

I know it's hard but you can runaway

Miss Terey wrote: Summer days on holiday

so shine on me my lord my lord so shine on me my lord my lord

Really? Or is it so shine away the love, my love ?

'My lord' is not very neworderish

runwild wrote:

Miss Terey wrote: Summer days on holiday

so shine on me my lord my lord so shine on me my lord my lord

Really? Or is it so shine away the love, my love ?

'My lord' is not very neworderish

I'd also say it's "my lord, my lord"...

Miss Terey wrote:

So don't say that you're losing my love together we shine like the sun we'll find a place that our hearts won't falter maybe our time it has come

"Losing" or "using"? "falter" or "fall down"?

runwild wrote:

Miss Terey wrote:

Actually it's easier just to post all my interpretations of it lol

There may come a time when the days are short and you're feeling like it just ain't worth it all and the sky is cover for a winter gale but there's something keeps you standing by her side

I know it's hard but you can't runaway sometimes it's better just to look the other way

when you're all alone in the dead of the night and you're wide awake but you just can't find that light

and I can see you're at the bottom of the well you're holding on but then you can't afford to sell

you've got to know that everything will be just fine forget that rainy day the sun is gonna shine

I know it's hard but you can't runaway sometimes it's better just to turn the other way

was there ever a time when wrong was right as you try to hold on to the things that you like and I can't count the times I felt sorry for you cos you're hollow inside (hollow hollow) like a bad shade of blue

without you I'd be lost in a world that was made of ice without you I would live like a beggar in paradise it's the truth and I'm telling you straight I would never lie

So walk away with me walk away with me like a runaway

IMO: keeps you standing by his side

I know it's hard but you can runaway

It sounds like it could be either, I guess.

OK so who is going to volunteer to steal the auto cue at one of the BL gigs?

and who has the largest coat to smuggle it out in?

Nick King wrote:

runwild wrote:

Miss Terey wrote: Summer days on holiday

so shine on me my lord my lord so shine on me my lord my lord

Really? Or is it so shine away the love, my love ?

'My lord' is not very neworderish

I'd also say it's "my lord, my lord"...

Shine on

I see it as a madchester era reference, as well as a sun reference

Probably the song that the phrase originated from, but I'll stand to be corrected to those that know better than me.

'your moving underground'?

I hear: 'your living underground'.

Miss Terey wrote:

Probably the song that the phrase originated from, but I'll stand to be corrected to those that know better than me.

Well, this one's a bit older:

runwild wrote:

'My lord' is not very neworderish

Err, yes it is!

I've had another listen to Runaway, and I think it might atually be called Runway. As in the landing strip. It's a follow up to Jetstream

littleboylost wrote:

Well, this one's a bit older:

Perhaps I should have said the re-emergence of the phrase, I remember 'shine on' T-shirts and baggie jean-ed young lads saying it a lot

Miss Terey wrote: All of these are just my best guesses, so corrections are welcomed.:)

Sink or Swim

Jesus save this heart of gold take the time to save us all

I think: Jesus save this heart of gold take the time to save a soul

These changes

I woke up at the sun rise and I took a walk outside was alone at the roadside yeh the futures open wide

here it comes rushing through me like a river to the sea I got lost in the colours many shades deeper than me

so how long these changes the long light reaches out of sight got lost in the great tide of what I want and what is right

can't stop this world from changing I don't know if I'm wrong or right some days it won't stop raining it's not all there in black and white can't stop this world from changing

if this life has a meaning you've got to dig for it my son and they'll try stop your dreaming and if you do you'll come undone take your time with this healing on this road you've just begun love and hate just a feeling burning up just like the sun

so how long these changes the long light reaches out of sight got lost in the great tide of what I want and what is right

can't stop this world from changing I don't know if I'm wrong or right some days it won't stop raining it's not all there in black and white can't stop this world from changing

Don't keep it all inside Don't ever be denied One day this all will blow away

I'm not sure at all about the last bit though

:\ohwell:

Walk on silver water

Tell me what I've got to do to get my mind away from you spell it out in black and white close the brackets do it right

It's just a dead end street rain and thunder where two rivers meet and you always took the best from me hit by lightning underneath the trees

I can't walk on water or still the raging sea I can't move a mountain or live eternally

No use fearing what you're not or crying over what you ain't got close the blinds turn out the light you won't see what you don't like

It's just a dead end street don't you know it cos it made you weep I can't show it but it gets me down I'm sick of living in this the dead end town

I can't walk on water or still the raging sea I can't move a mountain or live eternally for I am just a free bird hanging in the air don't care about tomorrow cos I know you're not there

so walk on silver water calm the raging sea and climb up in the mountains and wait there for me for I am just a free bird hanging in the air don't care about tomorrow cos I know you're not there

walk on silver water

runwild wrote:

Miss Terey wrote: All of these are just my best guesses, so corrections are welcomed.:)

Sink or Swim

Jesus save this heart of gold take the time to save us all

I think: Jesus save this heart of gold take the time to save a soul

In the french live clip it seems it's 'take the time to save this soul'

also it's 'will he bend or will he crack' not will he bale or will he crack (I was thinking more nautical than Barnie lol)

I'll edit the earlier lyrics post

If any one can agree on any edits to any of my original guesses just let me know as I don't think you can edit them.

Thanks for working on these!

Nick King wrote:

Miss Terey wrote: I stumbled on a chance remark drinking in a late night crowd it must have been in quadrant park where (most) got eaten by (blah)

I think the last bit is "where moths got eaten by a dog" (or at least that's what it sounds like to me)!

Although, Quadrant Park was a Liverpool nightclub in the late 80's/early 90's, so it's unlikely that dogs/moths feature in it (despite my other posts! :p

Also, I'd take a guess that this:

"two zero oh dear me this guy was off his tree"

is actually

"two zero zero three this guy was off his tree"

(following the 10-year gap between 1983, 1993, and 2003 theme)!

While the 2003 thing makes sense lyrically--- yet I keep hearing a 'M' consonant when I listen to that bit. If he were singing '2003'---you'd hear a th consonant, but it doesn't sound like th---more like an M sound (although it's a bit difficult as Bernard doesn't seem to enunciate much).

Then again, who knows?

You have not changed You can't runaway in the second verse yet. It is 'you can runaway' because you can't runaway makes no sense.

And I hear clearly 'you'r living underground' and not 'you'r moving underground.' You have not changed that either. :\ohwell:

runwild wrote: You have not changed You can't runaway in the second verse yet. It is 'you can runaway' because you can't runaway makes no sense.

And I hear clearly 'you'r living underground' and not 'you'r moving underground.' You have not changed that either. :\ohwell:

I've changed it to can in the first verse, left it as can't in the second, think of it as a compromise lol

to me can runaway or can't run away make equal sense, just have completely different meanings; perhaps when more live stuff comes out we can nail which one it is or even if it's both.

I forgot to change 'moving' to 'living' will do it now

Nick King wrote:

Miss Terey wrote: I stumbled on a chance remark drinking in a late night crowd it must have been in quadrant park where (most) got eaten by (blah)

I think the last bit is "where moths got eaten by a dog" (or at least that's what it sounds like to me)!

Although, Quadrant Park was a Liverpool nightclub in the late 80's/early 90's, so it's unlikely that dogs/moths feature in it (despite my other posts! :p

How about "almost got eaten by a dog?"

nataliet wrote:

Nick King wrote:

Miss Terey wrote: I stumbled on a chance remark drinking in a late night crowd it must have been in quadrant park where (most) got eaten by (blah)

I think the last bit is "where moths got eaten by a dog" (or at least that's what it sounds like to me)!

Although, Quadrant Park was a Liverpool nightclub in the late 80's/early 90's, so it's unlikely that dogs/moths feature in it (despite my other posts! :p

How about "almost got eaten by a dog?"

According to the lyrics sheet I have from my Never Cry Another Tear CD (I just got it from amazon.co.jp this moment)---that bit apparently is

'Almost got eaten by a thug'.

And then...there's also: 'Shine on me...my lord' and 'Two zero oh dear me'.

Miss Terey wrote:

runwild wrote: You have not changed You can't runaway in the second verse yet. It is 'you can runaway' because you can't runaway makes no sense.

And I hear clearly 'you'r living underground' and not 'you'r moving underground.' You have not changed that either. :\ohwell:

I've changed it to can in the first verse, left it as can't in the second, think of it as a compromise lol

to me can runaway or can't run away make equal sense, just have completely different meanings; perhaps when more live stuff comes out we can nail which one it is or even if it's both.

I forgot to change 'moving' to 'living' will do it now

According to the lyrics sheet I have with my CD, it says 'You've been living underground'.

(Please note that at the end of the booklet of my copy of it [Japan release, by the way] it says something like 'The lyrics in this booklet were provided by the artist, but there may possibly be changes in the lyrics'. That being said, I think the lyrics sheet is quite accurate.)

According to the lyrics booklet I have that came with the CD, the last lyrics for 'Poisonous Intent' are:

I'm a searcher for a soul Reflecting light that falls on gold

leather_girl wrote: According to the lyrics booklet I have that came with the CD, the last lyrics for 'Poisonous Intent' are:

I'm a searcher for a soul Reflecting light that falls on gold

Thanks. Maybe it's an idea to add the lyrics of the last three tracks on this page?

With official lyrics they are really spoiling us

I know I should be glad, but if I'm honest with myself a little part of me was looking forward to discussions about moths getting eaten by dogs in years to come.

:rip: This thread

I had been hearing "a moth got eaten by a duck" all this time.

Miss Terey wrote: With official lyrics they are really spoiling us

I know I should be glad, but if I'm honest with myself a little part of me was looking forward to discussions about moths getting eaten by dogs in years to come.

:rip: This thread

That is a shame.

When WFTSC came out the thread lasted for ages and was really funny. The official lyrics were based on what we came up with, too.

Keep it coming.

Biginoil wrote:

Miss Terey wrote: With official lyrics they are really spoiling us

I know I should be glad, but if I'm honest with myself a little part of me was looking forward to discussions about moths getting eaten by dogs in years to come.

:rip: This thread

That is a shame.

When WFTSC came out the thread lasted for ages and was really funny. The official lyrics were based on what we came up with, too.

Keep it coming.

Hmmmm

Ok then

Tony Moore wrote: I had been hearing "a moth got eaten by a duck" all this time.

This is actually possible

Bernard researching to help on Stephen's farm?

Insects are a part of a ducks diet, though moths are not mentioned specifically.

Perhaps upon returning to stay at Morris farmstead after a late night out at Quadrent Park, Bernard's eye was caught by the glowing light of the old barn, Gillian had been milking the cow earlier and forgot to turn off the light (Tsk) Being drawn in by the light Bernard lay down on the hay pile, looked up and was astounded by all the moths flying around the naked bulb. During breakfast the next day, (pancakes cooked on the aga)he made a passing remark about the moths, and Stephen with his vast agricultural and animal husbandry knowledge instantly pounced on the fact that this was a free resource for feeding his badelynge of ducks.

Bernard of course forgot all about this, until staring blankly at a computer screen at 3 in the morning trying to come up with rhymes for lyrics for BL songs inspiration hit him like a combine harvester hitting a rouge bantam hen.

that do ya Mr Big?

'Almost got eaten by a thug' ?

How can you get eaten by a thug???

I still think that moths getting eaten by dogs outside Liverpool nightclubs is better!

Nick King wrote: 'Almost got eaten by a thug' ?

How can you get eaten by a thug???

Too much to drink and not enough to lose?

Falling Trees

I can go anywhere Where I choose I'm sick of hanging round When there's nothing to lose

I've had enough I'm getting out I want the world And I want it now Break that door Cause I can't breathe How can you say that I can't leave Let me watch that river run How can you say that you're the one

I'll wait out in stormy weather We'll use our love for a shelter Wind blowing in the breeze Watch out for falling trees I need a new beat to dance to Break out and do what I have to I found my way in this world You were the answer girl

Doctor please I'm in a mess I think I may be in distress I've got this girl stuck in my eye I couldn't loose her if I tried I wake up nearly every day Wondering what she's gonna say I'm telling you this ain't a joke You can fix me I'm not broke

I'll wait out in stormy weather We'll use our love for a shelter Wind blowing in the breeze Watch out for falling trees I need a new beat to dance to Break out and do what I have to I found my way in this world You were the answer girl

Split the Atom

Say you're as blue As the summer sky This world you lost It's no sacrifice You flew so high But they'll shoot you down And hold you back And then steal your crown

Sing high sing low Sing high sing low Sing high sing low (oh oh oh...)

I would do anything for you Split the atom until it's two Stand in front of a speeding train I'll get wet In the summer rain In the summer rain In the rain

Say you were lost In the undertow Has nothing grown From the seeds you've sown You say your heart Was in his hands While he was busy Making other plans

Sing high sing low Sing high sing low Sing high sing low (oh oh oh...)

I would do anything for you Split the atom until it's two Stand in front of a speeding train I'll get wet In the summer rain I would do anything for you Split the atom until it's two Stand in front of a speeding train I'll get wet In the summer rain In the summer rain In the summer rain In the rain

Higher Wider Deeper

Sitting on my own two feet I don't want to be alone Don't recognise you any more Say what you want Do what you need You and me just have to believe it I'm here to stay cause you're what I crave I'll stay with you from cradle to grave

My emotions lie open wide For your love I will surely die Higher, higher into the sky Hearts are broken where angels fly

Waiting for the rain To clean my soul In and out all day Just fetching coal Just take what you need I don't want it back I'm looking at you to Help me attack This worm in my soul This parasite This friend in need Here by my side

On my own in the undertow Not a trace of the man you know

My emotions lie open wide For your love I will surely die Higher, higher into the sky Hearts are broken where angels fly

Higher higher Higher higher Deeper deeper Wider wider Higher higher Deeper wider Higher higher Higher

For Nick King

There's an 'old Barney 'dog t-shirt on the same page.:eek:

Thanks for those Leather girl

If anyone has official lyrics post them up.

in the meantime I'll post my best guess on How long :)

How Long

Sometimes when I feel so lost and lonely there's a place I go that's sometimes hard to find

And sometimes the hardest place to pass though is the open door that lies within my mind

How long must I wait to find the answer though this road is long the fire burns tonight

An' high above the city streets felt the air beneath your feet there's solice in the vast expanse know that nothing's up to chance

There's freedom in the air tonight a million stars are burning bright I'll see you in your dreams tonight see you in your dreams tonight

How long must I wait to find the answer though this road is long the fire burns tonight

Stay strong cos this climb it will get steeper cos the sweetest place is the one just out of sight

How long How long

This album should be called The Great Outdoors or something with all the endless references to bloody rivers, seas, mountains, roads, streets, skies, weather, suns, winter, summer, autumn, spring, breezes, waves, shores, snow, air, wind, falls, gales, rain, ice, storms and of course, twees.

Would be alright if the lyrics evoked rich pastoral landscapes of windswept, rugged beauty. But they don't. They are there because they rhyme and / or because their authors are lazy.

Gawd, I hope it's because they are lazy...

M1 wrote: This album should be called The Great Outdoors or something with all the endless references to bloody rivers, seas, mountains, roads, streets, skies, weather, suns, winter, summer, autumn, spring, breezes, waves, shores, snow, air, wind, falls, gales, rain, ice, storms and of course, twees.

Would be alright if the lyrics evoked rich pastoral landscapes of windswept, rugged beauty. But they don't. They are there because they rhyme and / or because their authors are lazy.

Gawd, I hope it's because they are lazy...

I've never seen someone so irritated over lyrics...

leather_girl wrote:

M1 wrote: This album should be called The Great Outdoors or something with all the endless references to bloody rivers, seas, mountains, roads, streets, skies, weather, suns, winter, summer, autumn, spring, breezes, waves, shores, snow, air, wind, falls, gales, rain, ice, storms and of course, twees.

Would be alright if the lyrics evoked rich pastoral landscapes of windswept, rugged beauty. But they don't. They are there because they rhyme and / or because their authors are lazy.

Gawd, I hope it's because they are lazy...

I've never seen someone so irritated over lyrics...

It's the teacher in me, sorry. Most of my students, including special needs, could do better than much of this. As a NO fan of many years I can overlook a LOT but these are less than average IMO. For some people the tune is all that matters & that's fine. For me the lyrics kill an otherwise solid little album.

I like what you've said there, M1.

Although the rhyming thing does interest me.

It's about whether you're using the lyrics to convey a message, or to give the voice something to say that sounds good. Using the voice as an instrument, with a few poignant couplets thrown in here and there if you can manage them.

Both are valid, I think. And if you haven't got a message, should it stop you from singing at all?

Laziness isn't valid though. Perfection takes too long.

I don't get all the people who are so down on the lyrics. Lighten up,people! New Order were never a message band per se. Barney is a musician first & a wordsmith second. He'll never be an Ian Curtis. I like the lyrics. I find them sunny,optimistic & full of hope. I would much rather a great music with so-so lyrics than the reverse. If the music is lacking,no one would give a sh*t about the words. That said, I quite like the imagery on "Walk on Silver Water."

annmuin wrote: I don't get all the people who are so down on the lyrics. Lighten up,people! New Order were never a message band per se. Barney is a musician first & a wordsmith second. He'll never be an Ian Curtis. I like the lyrics. I find them sunny,optimistic & full of hope. I would much rather a great music with so-so lyrics than the reverse. If the music is lacking,no one would give a sh*t about the words. That said, I quite like the imagery on "Walk on Silver Water."

.Some folks, gotta crap on Sumner whenever they can.

I mean, Bernard Sumner has been writing genius crap lyrics since 1982. How is "I think you is a pig, you should be in a zoo", the lyrics to to The Village, Subcutlture, SOTN, how are they any worse than what's on NCAT?

At least Barney's lyrics are full of bizarre nautical references and cliches that are unique only to him, as opposed to most bands, whose lyrics are just crap rockk and roll cliches (King os Leon spring to mind).

Biginoil wrote:

Miss Terey wrote: With official lyrics they are really spoiling us

I know I should be glad, but if I'm honest with myself a little part of me was looking forward to discussions about moths getting eaten by dogs in years to come.

:rip: This thread

That is a shame.

When WFTSC came out the thread lasted for ages and was really funny. The official lyrics were based on what we came up with, too.

Keep it coming.

Talking of WFTSC if it wasnt for Barneys lisp, Id swear he sang "I RARELY hurt you, I nearly gave it all away":\ohwell:

On Dynamo I swear I hear "see that old man in the street, scaring people off their fweet".

whats a fweet?:\ohwell:

NO Regret wrote: On Dynamo I swear I hear "see that old man in the street, scaring people off their fweet".

whats a fweet?:\ohwell:

I know for sure that 'we could always be friends' on TT sounds like 'we could always be fwiends'.

I also noticed that sometimes he prolongs his "s's". For example, on 'Getting away with it', it sounds like there are one or two more s's at the end of the word 'purpose'.

And even though my English listening skills are very good, sometimes I can't quite detect what Bernard is singing without a lyrics sheet.

leather_girl wrote:

NO Regret wrote: On Dynamo I swear I hear "see that old man in the street, scaring people off their fweet".

whats a fweet?:\ohwell:

I know for sure that 'we could always be friends' on TT sounds like 'we could always be fwiends'.

I also noticed that sometimes he prolongs his "s's". For example, on 'Getting away with it', it sounds like there are one or two more s's at the end of the word 'purpose'.

And even though my English listening skills are very good, sometimes I can't quite detect what Bernard is singing without a lyrics sheet.

Yeah that one of TT is really bad. I guess its just a flaw in Barneys speech (cant pronounce R's). I only really noticed it since 1996. Maybe its caused by his rock n roll lifestyle? Its a shame as it does spoil the songs somewhat.

"Making love and cwashing cars" "what are you pwooving baby"

NO Regret wrote:

leather_girl wrote:

NO Regret wrote: On Dynamo I swear I hear "see that old man in the street, scaring people off their fweet".

whats a fweet?:\ohwell:

I know for sure that 'we could always be friends' on TT sounds like 'we could always be fwiends'.

I also noticed that sometimes he prolongs his "s's". For example, on 'Getting away with it', it sounds like there are one or two more s's at the end of the word 'purpose'.

And even though my English listening skills are very good, sometimes I can't quite detect what Bernard is singing without a lyrics sheet.

Yeah that one of TT is really bad. I guess its just a flaw in Barneys speech (cant pronounce R's). I only really noticed it since 1996. Maybe its caused by his rock n roll lifestyle? Its a shame as it does spoil the songs somewhat.

"Making love and cwashing cars" "what are you pwooving baby"

But I doubt he's intentionally pronouncing it that way, though. I haven't analysed things that much so I can't comment on the post-1996 thing. It's fun to try to detect what he's singing without the lyrics though. Is this just his singing voice? Or his speaking voice too?

I always over-analysis things

I think its just his singing voice. Ive never heard anything unusual in his speech.

It does give his songs some mistique. I would never had guessed "Most got eaten by a thug".

Im still trying to work out on Running Out Of Luck

"why do careless hearts fall into empty hands its a tragic starts then lies down in the sound"

i know its not right but i cant figure it.

Did the UK album have lyrics sheet? Im always baffled why only Twisted Tenderness had lyrics included when no other Electronic and certainly no NO albms had any included.

NO Regret wrote: I always over-analysis things

I think its just his singing voice. Ive never heard anything unusual in his speech.

It does give his songs some mistique. I would never had guessed "Most got eaten by a thug".

Im still trying to work out on Running Out Of Luck

"why do careless hearts fall into empty hands its a tragic starts then lies down in the sound"

i know its not right but i cant figure it.

Did the UK album have lyrics sheet? Im always baffled why only Twisted Tenderness had lyrics included when no other Electronic and certainly no NO albms had any included.

Most, if not all, Japanese editions of CDs by any artist contains lyrics, although occasionally you will see mistakes because sometimes when lyrics provided by the artist or record company are unavailable, they have to transcribe it.

The Japanese release of NCAT contained lyrics, and it came with the disclaimer that they were provided by the artist.

The bit you mentioned about 'Running out of luck', is supposed to be (according to said lyrics sheet I have): Why do careless hearts Fall into empty hands It's a trend that starts Then lies down in the sand

NO Regret wrote: I always over-analysis things

I think its just his singing voice. Ive never heard anything unusual in his speech.

It does give his songs some mistique. I would never had guessed "Most got eaten by a thug".

Im still trying to work out on Running Out Of Luck

"why do careless hearts fall into empty hands its a tragic starts then lies down in the sound"

i know its not right but i cant figure it.

Did the UK album have lyrics sheet? Im always baffled why only Twisted Tenderness had lyrics included when no other Electronic and certainly no NO albms had any included.

'Why do careless hearts fall into empty hands it's a trend that starts then lies down in the sand'

that's my best guess at it at the moment,

'tragic starts' was my best guess from the album,

but on one of the live versions it's much more clear and is 'it's a trend that starts'

I'm editing the versions of the lyrics I put up at the start of this thread as and when I hear stuff done live, as often it seem to be clearer to understand than the stuff on the album;

Though no doubt Bernard gets bits wrong/changes bits as he goes along anyway

Miss Terey wrote: These changes

I woke up at the sun rise and I took a walk outside was alone at the roadside yeh the futures open wide

here it comes rushing through me like a river to the sea I got lost in the colours many shades deeper than me

so how long these changes the long light reaches out of sight got lost in the great tide of what I want and what is right

can't stop this world from changing I don't know if I'm wrong or right some days it won't stop raining it's not all there in black and white can't stop this world from changing

if this life has a meaning you've got to dig for it my son and they'll try stop your dreaming and if you do you'll come undone take your time with this healing on this road you've just begun love and hate just a feeling burning up just like the sun

so how long these changes the long light reaches out of sight got lost in the great tide of what I want and what is right

can't stop this world from changing I don't know if I'm wrong or right some days it won't stop raining it's not all there in black and white can't stop this world from changing

don't (something) all this lifedon't ever be denieddon't let it dissolve an flow away

Any one got any ideas on that last bit??

'don't give it all this life'???? don't ever be denied

'don't let it all just flow away'? or 'don't let it dissolve an flow away'?

the only bit I'm sure on is the don't ever be denied bit lol

leather_girl wrote:

NO Regret wrote: I always over-analysis things

I think its just his singing voice. Ive never heard anything unusual in his speech.

It does give his songs some mistique. I would never had guessed "Most got eaten by a thug".

Im still trying to work out on Running Out Of Luck

"why do careless hearts fall into empty hands its a tragic starts then lies down in the sound"

i know its not right but i cant figure it.

Did the UK album have lyrics sheet? Im always baffled why only Twisted Tenderness had lyrics included when no other Electronic and certainly no NO albms had any included.

Most, if not all, Japanese editions of CDs by any artist contains lyrics, although occasionally you will see mistakes because sometimes when lyrics provided by the artist or record company are unavailable, they have to transcribe it.

The Japanese release of NCAT contained lyrics, and it came with the disclaimer that they were provided by the artist.

The bit you mentioned about 'Running out of luck', is supposed to be (according to said lyrics sheet I have): Why do careless hearts Fall into empty hands It's a trend that starts Then lies down in the sand

Thanks Leather girl, that fits in with the live version

Perhaps you should compare the lyric sheet with the ones I've guessed at and point out what's different, As that might be easier than asking you to copy them and type them all out for us, of course if you do want to type them all out that would be great too.

The last three lines of 'These Changes'

Don't keep it all inside Don't ever be denied One day this all will blow away

leather_girl wrote: The last three lines of 'These Changes'

Don't keep it all inside Don't ever be denied One day this all will blow away

Thanks LG I never would have guessed at that

but it fits

Biginoil wrote: Runaway

There may come a time When the days are short And you’re feeling like it just aint worth it all

And the sky is full Of the winter gale But there’s something keeps you standing by his side

I know it’s hard but you can't run away Sometimes it’s better just to look the other way

When you’re all alone In the dead of night And you’re wide awake but you just can’t find that light

(spoken: And I can see that you’re at the bottom of the well You’re holding on but then you can’t afford to sell You’ve got to know that everything will be just fine Forget that rainy day That sun is gonna shine

I know it’s hard but you can't run away Sometimes it’s better just to turn the other way (Sha la la la)

Was there ever a time when wrong was right As you try to hold on To the things that you like And I can’t count the times I felt sorry for you Cos you’re hollow inside like a bad shade of blue

Without you I'd be lost in a world that was made of ice Without you I would live like a beggar in paradise It’s the truth And I’m telling you straight I would never lie So walk away with me Walk away with me Like a runaway.

Miss Terey wrote: Twist of fate

I must be losing my mind, I'm gripped by feelings that I don't understand it's not a part of my plan.

my hopes that once were so high were crushed and broken in the blink of an eye by the road side

and I just can't let it go this fever won't let me hang onto my pride it will never subside

So if you see her again tell her that I can wait undercover, in the shelter of a strange twist of fate

and I know what I'm doing is incredibly wrong that the music has ended but the beat just goes on and on

don't want to sound like I'm weak negotiations are about to begin it's got my head in a spin

and everyone that I meet complains that I don't act the same any more that I was better before.

So if you see her again tell her that I can wait undercover, in the shelter of a strange twist of fate

and I know what I'm doing is incredibly wrong that the music has ended but the beat just goes on and on

So if you see her again tell her that I can wait undercover, in the shelter of a strange twist of fate

and I know what I'm doing is incredibly wrong that the music has ended but the beat just goes on and on

Miss Terey wrote: Summer days

summer days on holiday drunken youths are on the street falling out of whisky bars making love and crashing cars

getting into hopeless fights with crazy girls that just weren't right this was 1983 the sun was burning bright for me

so shine on me my lord my lord so shine on me my lord my lord

I stumbled on a chance remark drinking in a late night club it must have been in Quadrant Park Almost got eaten by a thug but summer days are sunny days for dodgy guys with wayward ways and this was 1993 it was a special time for me

so shine on me my lord my lord so shine on me my lord my lord

but then a wind of change blew in a bed of roses laced with gin I didn't know what the hell he meant shaking the establishment two zero oh dear me this guy was off his tree

so shine on me my lord my lord so shine on me summer days on holiday drunken youths are on the street summer days are sunny days it was a special time for me my lord my lord

Miss Terey wrote: This is home

you flew so high but you're coming down the snow falls hard in tinseltown now there is a ghost where you once stood I know you'd leave this if you only could

this is home this is home

Just tell me that it's true I want you by my side girl I'm doing it for you I'm gonna open your eyes I'm gonna take you higher(higher higher higher) than a bird can fly girl I'm so in love with you don't even think that it is true

you're living underground with your despair I'll build you a ladder to the clear blue air this feeling it finds you wherever you may roam I'm right there beside you wherever you may go

Just tell me that it's true I want you by my side girl I'm doing it for you I'm gonna open your eyes I'm gonna take you higher(higher higher higher) than a bird can fly girl I'm so in love with you don't think that it is true

this is home this is home

Just tell me that it's true I want you by my side girl I'm doing it for you I'm gonna open your eyes I'm gonna take you higher(higher higher higher) than a bird can fly girl I'm so in love with you don't even think that it is true

Miss Terey wrote: Dynamo

Hey there what you gonna do keep the faith inside of you this whole world could fall apart but you're still the brightest star

Hey girl who you living with that guy's just a little kid spent his money on a car drove it to the nearest bar

What you gonna do about it this is your chance to shout it lift up your heart and sing life is a precious thing life is a precious thing life is a precious thing

Old man living on the street scaring people off their feet but he's not starting world war three he wants to live in harmony

See that hound dog on the floor lying by the kitchen door he don't care about a thing his ignorance is not a sin

What you gonna do about it this is your chance to shout it lift up your heart and sing life is a precious thing

you make me sick and tired beat up without a trial put down your arms and sing life is a precious thing life is a precious thing life is a precious thing

what you gonna do (x6)

Miss Terey wrote: Poisonous intent

Hey bad man where are you gonna go when you can't go back to the life you know when you feel it's time will you give me a sign it's a long hard road with your own bad mind

you keep saying something but you're doing nothing I'm here thinking that your full of shit or something the whole world's waiting what are you gonna do I'm gonna take the money and buy me something new hey what are you gonna buy for yourself I'm gonna buy a guitar with my new found wealth with your new found wealth? with my new found wealth is there something else? no there's nothing else

Hey bad man where are you gonna go when you can't go back to the life you know when you feel it's time will you give me a sign it's a long hard road with your own bad mind

Hey you give it to me I wanna taste the honey my life's hollow when you beg steal or borrow but I can't help thinking what I always knew you've got a first class ticket with a third rate view and you can't go back no you can't go back no I can't come back so hit the road jack

help me find my way I cannot fight another day I'm a searcher for a soul, reflecting light that falls on gold

Miss Terey wrote: Shine like the sun

We'll leave this town in the morning we'll burn our love on the run we'll reach the sea by the sunset we'll chase the stars to the dawn

So don't say that you're losing my love together we shine like the sun

You saw the ghosts on the railroad you saw your life on the track they said they're going where the wind blows and now they're never coming back

So don't say that you're losing my love together we shine like the sun we'll find a place that our hearts won't falter maybe our time it has come

We'll leave this town in the morning we'll burn our love on the run we'll watch the wheel spinning faster I feel a change gonna come

So don't say that you're losing my love together we shine like the sun we'll find a place that our hearts won't falter maybe our time it has come

Miss Terey wrote: Head into tomorrow

Left asleep (In) in autumn leaves with promises of summer breeze watch you dancing to nature's song the melody will call me on

yeah you gave it all away yeah

and I just can't stay watching rivers rolling to the sea gotta find my way as I head into tomorrow

to find a path that leads to your door I felt the rapture on a lonely shore living life when the world's asleep but all your dreams they won't come cheap

yeah and you gave it all away yeah and I just can't stay watching rivers rolling into the sea catching a breaking wave as I head into tomorrow as I head into tomorrow

Miss Terey wrote: These changes

I woke up at the sunrise and I took a walk outside was alone at the roadside yeah the future is open wide

here it comes rushing through me like a river to the sea I got lost in the colours many shades deeper than me

so how long these changes And all I reach is out of sight got lost in the great tide of what I want and what is right

can't stop this world from changing I don't know if I'm wrong or right some days it won't stop raining it's not all there in black and white can't stop this world from changing

if this life has a meaning you've got to dig for it my son and they'll try stop your dreaming but if you do you'll come undone take your time with this healing on this road you've just begun love and hate just a feeling burning up just like the sun

so how long these changes and all i reach is out of sight got lost in the great tide of what I want and what is right

can't stop this world from changing I don't know if I'm wrong or right some days it won't stop raining it's not all there in black and white can't stop this world from changing

Don't keep it all inside Don't ever be denied One day this all will blow away

Miss Terey wrote: Walk on silver water

Tell me what I've got to do to get my mind away from you spell it out in black and white close the brackets do it right

It's just a dead end street rain and thunder where two rivers meet and you always took the best from me hit by lightning underneath the trees

I can't walk on water or still the raging sea I can't move a mountain or live eternally

No use being what you're not or crying over what you ain't got close the blinds turn out the light you won't see what you don't like

It's just a dead end street don't you know it cos it made you weep I can't show it but it gets me down I'm sick of living in this the dead end town

I can't walk on water or still the raging sea I can't move a mountain or live eternally but I am just a free bird hanging in the air don't care about tomorrow cos I know you're not there

so walk on silver water calm the raging sea and climb up in the mountains and wait there for me but I am just a free bird hanging in the air don't care about tomorrow cos I know you're not there

walk on silver water

leather_girl wrote:

Miss Terey wrote: Twist of fate

I must be losing my mind, I'm gripped by feelings that I don't understand it's not a part of my plan.

my hopes that once were so high were crushed and broken in the blink of an eye by the road side

and I just can't let it go this fever won't let me hang onto my pride it will never subside

So if you see her again tell her that I can wait undercover, in the shelter of a strange twist of fate

and I know what I'm doing is incredibly wrong that the music has ended but the beat just goes on and on

don't want to sound like I'm weak negotiations are about to begin it's got my head in a spin

and everyone that I meet complains that I don't act the same any more that I was better before.

So if you see her again tell her that I can wait undercover, in the shelter of a strange twist of fate

and I know what I'm doing is incredibly wrong that the music has ended but the beat just goes on and on

So if you see her again tell her that I can wait undercover, in the shelter of a strange twist of fate

and I know what I'm doing is incredibly wrong that the music has ended but the beat just goes on and on

Always thought 'can wait' fitted better than 'can't wait',but then wasn't sure that I just wanted it to be to make the song fit the circumstances I was thinking of.

(to go even further off topic and throw in a random non BL or even NO related song lyric 'and there were times when I know that I just fell in love just to give myself an alibi' )

Miss Terey wrote: How Long

Sometimes when I feel so lost and lonely there's a place I go that's sometimes hard to find

And sometimes the hardest place to pass through is the open door that lies within my mind

How long must I wait to find the answer though this road is long the fire burns tonight

An' high above the city streets felt the air beneath your feet there's solice in the vast expanse know that nothing's up to chance

There's freedom in the air tonight a million stars are burning bright I'll see you in your dreams tonight see you in your dreams tonight

How long must I wait to find the answer though this road is long the fire burns tonight

Stay strong cos this climb it will get steeper cos the sweetest place is the one just out of sight

How long How long

This is exactly what I heard too.

For Summer Days, I keep singing

And that was 1963 Johnney came home with a gift for me

I'll get me coat:\ohwell:

leather_girl wrote:

Biginoil wrote: Runaway

There may come a time When the days are short And you’re feeling like it just aint worth it all

And the sky is full Of the winter gale But there’s something keeps you standing by his side

I know it’s hard but you can't run away Sometimes it’s better just to look the other way

When you’re all alone In the dead of night And you’re wide awake but you just can’t find that light

(spoken: And I can see that you’re at the bottom of the well You’re holding on but then you can’t afford to sell You’ve got to know that everything will be just fine Forget that rainy day That sun is gonna shine

I know it’s hard but you can't run away Sometimes it’s better just to turn the other way (Sha la la la)

Was there ever a time when wrong was right As you try to hold on To the things that you like And I can’t count the times I felt sorry for you Cos you’re hollow inside like a bad shade of blue

Without you I'd be lost in a world that was made of ice Without you I would live like a beggar in paradise It’s the truth And I’m telling you straight I would never lie So walk away with me Walk away with me Like a runaway.

Offical lyrics: can't runaway?

Any idea if Jake writes the lyrics for his songs?