The Empty Bullring


Disappears through a window
Out of my mind trying to keep him at home
Out into Rome in the early hours
Leaving me here like Tamlain in her Tower
You are going to the Empty Bullring
Taking your red cloak to regain something

Ooh you Rolling Matador
Kill in your eyes for the old Torre
Run home and shut the door
To Glory and gore
The throw of the Rose
It's all you lived for
But you've lost it all

Your Red Streak on the plot where many feet
Left in incomplete
But you kept the meaning
You feel him charge again
And you feel him cut you down
Right on the spot
Where you thought you were ground for good
These fights of fantasy
Make your wounds more sore
But you've every right
To even grab at the last straw
Oh Lord

Ooh you Rolling Matador
Kill in your eyes for the Torro
Run home and shut the door
To Glory and gore
The throw of the Rose
It's all you lived for
But you've lost it all

Lost it all
Lost it all oh-oh-oh

Ran Tan Waltz


Where is she
When the little thing cries?
She lies in a bed
With a friend of mine.
But some nights
She'll run back in fright
If she picks on a dick
That's too big for her pride.

Oh! Oh!
Why did I ever go marry her?
I was a child!
I'm holding the baby,
She's ran-tanning constantly.
She saw me coming for miles.
She saw me open wide.

Four o'clock
And the key's in the lock.
And she's been on the win.
And she's stinking of drink.
Wakes the kid,
So I put him to sleep,
And she's in there all night,
Doubled over the sink.

Oh! Oh!
Why did I ever go marry her?
I was a child!
I'm holding the baby,
She's ran-tanning constantly.
She saw me coming for miles.
She saw me open wide.
She saw me coming for miles.

Open wide.
Open wide.
Open wide.

mmm

Open wide.

oh oh

Open wide.

ooh ooh

Open wide.
Open wide.
Open wide.

oooh

Open wide.
Open wide.

Passing Through Air


Passing through air.
You mix the stars with your arms.
Walking through there.
The doom of eternity balms.
Skies of grey are not today.

Oh! Don't you throw my love away,
I need your loving, I need your loving, I ...
Oh! Don't you pour down rain today,
I need your love, I need your care
So much, so much, so much!

Laughing through smiles.
You lick my love with the years.
Walking for miles.
You cool my brow with your tears.
Skies of grey are not today.

Oh! Don't you throw my love away,
I need your loving, I need your loving, I ...
Oh! Don't you pour down rain today,
I need your love, I need your care
So much, so much, so much!

Oh! Don't you throw my love away,
I need your loving, I need your loving, I ...
Oh! Don't you pour down rain today,
I need your loving, I need your loving.
Oh! Don't you throw my love away,
I need your loving, I need your loving.

December Will Be Magic Again


Doo do-do doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo do-do doo doo dooooo

December will be magic again.
Take a husky to the ice
While Bing Crosby sings White Christmas.
He makes you feel nice.

December will be magic again.
Old Saint Nicholas up the chimney,
Just a-popping up in my memory.

Ooh, dropping down in my parachute,
The white city, she is so beautiful
Upon the black-soot icicled roofs,
Ooh, and see how I fall.
See how I fall

Doo do-do doo doo doo doo doo doo do doooo

Like the snow.

Come to cover the lovers.

(Cover the lovers)

But don't you wake them up.
Come to sparkle the dark up.

(Sparkle the dark up)

With just a touch of make-up.
Come to cover the muck up.

(Cover the muck up)

Ooh, with a little luck.

December will be magic again.
Light the candle-lights
To conjure Mr. Wilde
Into the Silent Night.
Ooh, it's quiet inside,
Here in Oscar's mind.

December will be magic again.
Don't miss the brightest star.
Kiss under mistletoe.
I want to hear you laugh.
Don't let the mystery go now.


Ooh, dropping down in my parachute,
The white city, she is so beautiful
Upon the black-soot icicled roofs,
Ooh, and see how I fall.
Ooh, see how I fall.

Doo do-do doo doo doo doo doo doo do do-do do do dooo
("Fall!") [backwards]

Ooh, see how I fall.

Doo do-do doo doo doo doo doo doo do do-do do do dooo
("Fall!") [backwards]

Ooh, see how I fall.

Doo do-do doo
("Fall!") [backwards]

Like the snow.

Come to cover the lovers.

(Cover the lovers)

But don't you wake them up.
Come to sparkle the dark up.

(Sparkle the dark up)

With just a touch of make-up.
Come to cover the muck up.

(Cover the muck up)

Ooh, with a little luck.

Come to cover the lovers.

(Cover the lovers)

But don't you wake them up.
Come to sparkle the dark uuuuuuup.

Oh, I'm coming to cover the lovers.
Ooh, and I'm coming to sparkle the dark up, a-ha.
And I'm coming to cover the muck u-upup.
Oh, I'm coming to cover the lover-er-ers.
And I'm coming to sparkle the dark up, a-ha.

Warm And Soothing


Warm and soothing,
That's how I remember home.
Walking into arms
Through the back door.
Hearing voices I know well,
And long for.

Cold and boozy,
Our holiday in the Alps.
Sitting in the lobby,
Mostly smoking.
Choking on the woozy afternoon.

I'm reeling in the music
And I've only had a few.
And I'm afraid
By the way we grow old,
My darling.

Abrupt, too moody,
You making our party list.
I remember sulking
On the sofa.
For most of the winter
We were strangers.

Just one more
To ease the ache,
Before the night takes me.
When you stay asleep
On your side of the bed,
Don't look at me,
Don't look at you...

I'm reeling in the music
And I've only had a few.
And I'm afraid
By the way we grow old,
My darling.

Lord Of The Reedy River


I fell in love with a swan.
My eyes were filled with feathers,
He filled me with song,

In the reedy river,
In the reedy river.

I in my boat long hours,
He in his royal plumage
I threw him some flowers,

In the reedy river,
In the reedy river.

Black was the night and starry.
I loosened off my garments
And let forth my hair,

In the reedy river,
In the reedy river.

Sadly we moaned and sighed,
Whilst in evening twilight
Two swans glide and fly

O'er the reedy river,

("Two swans glide and fly")

O'er the reedy river,

("Two swans glide and fly")

O'er the reedy river.

I fell in love with a swan...

ha-ha
ha-ha

Ne T'enfuis Pas {Don't Fly Away}


Je viens {I am coming}
Comme un chat {Like a cat}
Par la nuit si noire. {Through the night so black.}
Tu attends, {You are waiting,}
Et je tombe {And I fall}
Dans tes ailles blanches, la-la-la.. {your white Into wings, la-la-la..}
Et je vole, {And I fly,}
Et je coule {And I sink}
Comme une plume. {Like a feather.}

Si les grands yeux de mon Dieu {If the great eyes of my God}
Ne me gardaient pas, {Were not watching (over) me,}
Je te volerais {I would steal you away.}

Ne t'enfuis pas! {Don't fly away!}
Tu as des ailes, {You have wings,}
Le pouvoir de me quitter. {The power to leave me.}
Tu es tombй {You fell}
Du ciel comme un ange, la-la-la {From the sky like an angel, la-la-la}
Et j'ai peur {And I'm afraid}
Que le ciel {That the sky}
Te reprenne. {Will take you back.}

Si les grands yeux de mon Dieu {If the great eyes of my God}
Ne me gardaient pas, {Weren't watching (over) me,}
Je te volerais. {I would steal you away.}

Je viens {I am coming}
Comme un chat {Like a cat}
Par la nuit si noire. {Through the night so black.}

Je t'en prie, {I beg you,}
Je t'en prie, {I beg you,}
Je t'en prie, {I beg you,}
Je t'en prie, {I beg you,}
Je t'en prie, {I beg you,}
Je t'en prie, {I beg you,}
Ne t'enfuis {Don't fly}
Pas! {Away!}

Un Baiser d'enfant


Je dis bonne nuit-nuit.
Je le borde dans le lit.
Mais зa ne va pas.

Qu'est-ce que c'est? Un baiser.
Зa me fait frйmir.

Je n'ai jamais avant
Aimй un enfant
Sans contrфle.

Il n'est qu'un jeune, et а l'йcole.
Chez nous ils n'aimeront pas.
Sa petite main joue dans mon cњur,
Juste lа oщ зa fait mal.
Toc-toc. Qui est dans ce bйbй?
Tu sais si bien y faire.

Toutes les barriиres tombent.
Зa va se voir.
Зa va se voir.
Зa se voit, зa se voit, зa se voit.

Je ne peux laisser faire
Je le regretterais.
Ouh, il m'effraie!.

Il y a un homme lа dans les yeux.
Je le vois en me penchant.

Ouh, il me fait peur
Quand ils chuchotent entre eux.
Le vent souffle.

Sur leurs lиvres des caresses
Qui parlent de l'amour.
Je veux frapper, je me retiens.
Je veux juste toucher.
Je dois rester et arrкter
Tout зa avant qu'il ne soit trop tard!

Toutes les barriиres tombent.
Зa va se voir.
Зa va se voir.
Зa se voit. Зa se voit. Зa se voit.

L'amour.

Under The Ivy


It wouldn't take me long
To tell you how to find it,
To tell you where we'll meet.
This little girl inside me
Is retreating to her favourite place.

Go into the garden.
Go under the ivy,
Under the leaves,
Away from the party.
Go right to the rose.
Go right to the white rose

"For me"

I sit here in the thunder,
The green on the grey.
I feel it all around me.
And it's not easy for me
To give away a secret
It's not safe,

But go into the garden.
Go under the ivy,
Under the leaves,
Away from the party.
Go right to the rose.
Go right to the white rose

"For me"

Go into the garden,
Go under the ivy,
Go under the leaves, for me.
Go right to the rose.
Go right to the white rose
I'll be waiting for you.

It wouldn't take me long
To tell you how to find it.

Burning Bridge


Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el
Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el
Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

Oohh

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

Come close to me.

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

Come cross the bridge.

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

I need to know what you have to say to me.

(We've been waiting all night long.)

What have you got to say to me?

(We've been waiting all night long.)

Tell me all about it.

(We've been waiting all night long.)

Tell me please.

(We've been waiting all night long.)

Oh, I know.

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

I know it works for me.

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

As we cross the bridge, the burning bridge,

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

With flantes behind us,

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

We front the line.

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el


It's you and me, baby, against the world.

(We've been waiting all night long.)

I've got to know what you have to say.

(We've been waiting all night long.)

What have you got to say?

(We've been waiting all night long.)

Ooh, oh, oh,

(We've been waiting all night long.)

I've got to get closer now

(We've been waiting all night long.)

Tell me all about it,

(We've been waiting all night long.)

All night long,

(We've been waiting all night long.)

All night long.

(We've been waiting all night long.)

Ohh,

(all night long.)

Di-di-di-di yeah yeah yeah yeah yo

It works for me.

Di-di-di-di yeah yeah
Di-di-di-di yeah yeah yeah yeah yo

It's you and me, babe,

(We've been waiting all night long.)

Against the world.
All night long

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

It works for me.

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

Let's cross the bridge.

Di-di-di-di on on on on d'el

Oh, I know,

(We've been waiting all night long.)

I know, I know.

(We've been waiting all night long.)
(waiting all night long.)

Waii...

Di-di-di-di yeah yeah yeah yeah yo

It's you and me, babe.

Di-di-di-di yeah yeah yeah yeah yo

When you stand next to me, babe,

Di-di-di-di yeah yeah yeah yeah yo

it's all right.

Di-di-di-di yeah yeah

It's you and me, babe,

Di-di-di-di yeah yeah

Against the world.

Di-di-di-di yeah yeah yeah yeah yoooo

My Lagan Love


When rainy nights are soft with tears,
And Autumn leaves are falling,
I hear his voice on tumbling waves
And no one there to hold me.

At evening's fall he watched me walk.
His heart was mine.
But my love was young, and felt
The world was not cruel, but kind.

Where Lagan's light fell on the hour,
I saw him far below me
Just as the morning calmed the storm
With no one there to hold him.

My loves have come, my loves have gone,
And nothing's left to warn me,
Save for a voice on the travelling wind,
And the glimpse of a face at morning.

The Handsome Cabin Boy


'Tis of a pretty female
As you may understand.
Her mind being bent for rambling
Unto some foreign land,
She dressed herself in sailor's clothes,
Or so it does appear,
And she hired with a captain
To serve him for a year.

[The captain's wife she being on board,
She seemed in great joy
To think the captain had engaged
Such a handsome cabin boy,
That now and then she'd slip him a kiss,
And she'd have liked to toy,
But 'twas the captain found out the secret
Of the handsome cabin boy.] verse missed by KB

Her cheeks they were like roses
And her hair rolled in a curl.
The sailors often smiled and said
He looked just like a girl.
But eating of the captain's biscuit
Her colour did destroy,
And the waist did swell of pretty Nell,
The handsome cabin boy.

'Twas in the bay of Biscay
Our gallant ship did plow.
One night among the sailors
Was a fearful flurry and row.
They tumbled from their hammocks
For their sleep it did destroy,
And they sworn about the groaning
Of the handsome cabin boy.

"Oh doctor, dear, oh doctor,"
The cabin boy did cry.
"My time has come, I am undone,
And I will surely die."
The doctor come a-runnin'
And a-smilin' at the fun.
To think a sailor lad should have
A daughter or a son.

The sailors when they saw the joke
They all did stand and stare.
The child belonged to none of them,
They solemnly did swear.
The captain's wife, she says to him,
"My dear, I wish you joy,
For 'tis either you or me's betrayed
The handsome cabin boy!"

[Now sailors, take your tot of rum
And drink success to trade,
And likewise to the cabin boy
That was neither man nor maid.
Here's hoping the wars don't rise again
Our sailors to destroy,
And here's hoping for a jolly lot more
Like the handsome cabin boy.] verse missed by KB

Not This Time


Oh, with a mind that renders everything sensitive,
What chance do I have here?
Put an end, put an end,
Put an end to every dream.
When you're near, I fear you,
And I forget myself.

But not this time, baby.
Not this time.
Not this time, baby,

"Not this time."

I don't know why I give in, but I do every time.
And here I am wondering why I did it again.
Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-ay,
That's what I say

To keep me going,
To keep the shit away.

I don't know what it is,
Every time you're near, I fear you,
And I forget myself.

No, not this time, baby.
Not this time, you won't.
Not this time.
Not this time, darling.

C'mon, we all sing:

Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha
Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha

Oh haaaa

Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha
Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha

Not this time, baby

Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha
Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha

Yeah yeah haaa

Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha
Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha

Not this time, you won't

Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha
Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha

Not this time, baby

Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha
Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha

Noooo.

Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha

Ho ho ha

Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha

Not this time, baby

Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha
Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha

Yeah haaa

Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha
Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o-ha

Walk Straight Down The Middle


Can't move my arms,
Can't move my legs.
Can't say no,
I can't say yes.
Can't help myself.
I need your help.

We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do,
Now we just can't move?"
We're calling out for Middle Street.

We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do,
Now we just can't move?"
We hang on to every line,
And walk straight down the middle of it.

He thought he was gonna die,
But he didn't.
She thought she just couldn't cope,
But she did.
We thought it would be so hard,
But it wasn't.
It wasn't easy, though!

Can't say yes,
I can't say no.
Can't begin,
Can't let go...
Help me now.

We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do,
Now we just can't move?"
We're calling out for Middle Street.

We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do,
Now we just can't move?"
We hang on to every line,
And walk straight down the middle of it.

He thought he was gonna die,
But he didn't.
She thought she could never cope,
But she did.
We thought it was all over,
But it wasn't...
It hadn't started yet.

Ohh, ahh.

And walk straight down the middle of it.
And walk straight down the middle of it.
rrrr-ahh rrrr-ahh
calling out for Middle Street.
Calling out for Middle Street,
rrrr-ahh rrrr-ahh
Walking straight down the middle of it.
rrrr-ahh

Be Kind To My Mistakes


It is this that brings us together.
It is this that brings us together.

It's all right, darling,
We can do this together.
It's all right, darling,
I can think of nothing better.

I don't know you,
And you don't know me.
It is this that brings us together.

I don't know what you are

(It is this that brings us together.)

Looking for in me.

(It is this that brings us together.)

I don't know what I want,
But my heart is leading.

Am I yours? Are you mine?
We'll find all we're meant to find.
In your life, in my life,
There are secrets too dark
To let out, to let go of,
To get over.

But that's all right, baby.
That's all right by me.
'Coz, it's all right now.

(Just let me say)
Please, ("Yea, yo, yea, yo!")
Please, ("Yea, yo, yea, yo!")
Please, ("Yea, yo, yea, yo!")
Please be kind,
Be kind,
To my mistakes.
Be kind,
Be kind
To me.

"Lum, lum, lum..."