Chris Rea Lyrics

Happy On The Road lyrics - Chris Rea

Well I'm rolling down the highway

Smile upon my face

All the things that hurt me

Disappear without a trace

Only me on the inside

And the big wide open sky

I'm always happy at the wheel

I see it all go drifting by

Ten thousand sorrows

Ten million tears

All part of the making

How you got to be here

Relax, listen to her engine

Leave your troubles for awhile

Dream your darkest secret

The one that always makes you smile

I'm happy, I'm happy on the road

Yeah, I'm happy, I'm happy on the road

Sometimes you're standing still

Let your troubles do the same

Let the pressure fall away

Let it go and start again

There's only me on the inside

And the big wide open sky

I'm always happy at the wheel

See it all go drifting by

I'm happy on the road

I'm happy on the road, yeah

I'm happy, I'm happy on the road, yeah yeah

I'm happy, I'm happy on the road, yeah yeah yeah

I'm happy, I'm happy on the road

I'm happy on the road, yeah

Happy, I'm happy on the road

I'm happy on the road

Well I'm happy, I'm happy on the road

I'm happy on the road, yeah

Happy, I'm happy on the road, yeah yeah yeah yeah...

Nothing Left Behind lyrics - Chris Rea

I'm going way past tomorrow

Way past yesterday

Away from all my sorrows

'Til the chains in love fall away

I'm gonna go so far

'Til my sense is lose

All trace of space and time

Going so far ahead

'Til there's nothing left behind

I got a big blue sky ahead

I'm always looking for a brand new day

The night brings the red taillights

Feel the chains of love fall away

I'm gonna go so far

'Til my sense is lose

All trace of space and time

Going so far ahead

'Til there's nothing left behind

Gonna sit on the high wind

Gonna let myself go

Gonna fly 'til there's nothing

Nothing left below

Gonna drive through this dark night

'Til tomorrow becomes today

'Til the mirrors got the sunrise

'Til the blue sky kills the grey

'Til there's nothing left behind

Gonna go so far

'Til my sense is lose

All trace of space and time

Going so far ahead

'Til there's nothing

Nothing left behind

Going so far ahead

'Til there's nothing left behind

Ooh, yeah

Road Songs For Lovers lyrics - Chris Rea

Sunburned feet on the dashboard

Suntan legs brown and bare

Suntan oil mixed with gasoline

Linger in the summer air

Road songs for lovers

A dream that came true

Road songs for lovers

It was me and you

Salty skin tastes of open sea

Left us forever wanting more

Trapped in the groove of each other

Head up to a far away shore

Silhouette of a beat up truck

Deep blue shadows left behind

Love came to us so easy

Locked in a distant time

Road songs for lovers

A dream that once came true

Road songs for lovers

Me and you, yeah

Close your eyes and remember

Remember when

Road songs for lovers

Let's go back again

Ooh, ooh

Road songs for lovers

Let's go back again, yeah

Road songs for lovers

Let's go back again, yeah, yeah

Road songs for lovers

Money lyrics - Chris Rea

It's all about the money

How much you can make

All about money

How much can take

The cold fear of losing

The game that you play

It's there in the morning

And the end of the day

Money

Whoa, money

It's all about dreaming

What you think that you need

You got your eye on the big one

But the truth you can't see

'Til you find out what matters

At the end of the day

A deal with the devil

Is the price that you pay

Whoa, Money

Talkin' 'bout money

Whoa, money

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Money

Oh, Money

I need something to buy

Money, you better ask yourself why

Money

I've got so much to pay

The house and the school fees

I gotta get away

(Talkin' 'bout)

Money

We're talkin' 'bout money

Ooo, we're talkin' bout money

Yeah, yeah

Talkin about money

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Money)

(Talkin' 'bout money)

Whoa, money

Talkin' 'bout money

I'm talkin' 'bout money

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Talkin' 'bout money

Yeah, money

I'm talkin' 'bout money

Gotta get me some money

Oh, I need so much money

Talkin' 'bout money

Talkin' 'bout, bout, bout money

Talkin' talkin' bout money

Two Lost Souls lyrics - Chris Rea

She was tired of it all

But she never let it show

If a half chance ever came up

She was ready to go

He was drowning in sadness

And had forgot all the reasons why

He often faked a tiny display

That put a tear in his eye

They went way past the turn off

And into the night

Two lost souls

Looking for a light

How it all ended

Nobody knows

The alarm started ringing

When they failed to show

Did they end up being happy

No one can say

Two lost souls in the dark night

Looking for day

Sometimes it can happen

Who dare say it's wrong or right

Some poor souls trying to fight it

And keep their heartache

Clean out of sight

Two scared souls in the darkness

Looking for a light

Say a prayer for those lost souls

Pray it was all worth the fight

Two lost souls in the darkness

Looking for a light

Two lost souls in the darkness

Looking for a light

Say a prayer for the two lost souls

Looking for a light

Yeah, two lost souls

Rock My Soul lyrics - Chris Rea

Well, they sitting in a gridlock

With what's left of the day

Locked in they silence

Their minds drift away

He sees the clouds

And she sees a big wide sky

He sees it all getting away

But she sees it fly

Well I'm looking for an answer

Come on and rock my soul

Yeah, I'm looking for a reason

Come on and rock my soul

He hates the boat he's sailin'

While she loves the sea

He fears a hole in the wall

She sees a way of breakin' free

Looks like they're on their last chance

They're about to let go

Seems like nothing's gonna save them

Lord, please tell me, so I'll know

Well I'm lookin' for an answer

Come on and rock my soul

Yeah, I'm looking for a reason

Come on and rock my soul

They got tears that burned they heart out

Come on and rock my soul

I'm a sinner, hear me cry out

Come on and rock my soul

They need to find a good time

They need to find a place to play

Change of life is needed

Lord, please tell me there's a way

Well, I'm lookin' for an answer

Come on and rock my soul

Yeah, I'm lookin' for a reason

Come on and rock my soul

Rock my soul

Come on and rock my soul

Yeah I'm lookin' for an answer

Come on and rock my soul

I'm lookin' for a reason

Come on and rock my soul

Rock my soul

Come on and rock my soul

Moving On lyrics - Chris Rea

Well, somebody told me

Something better done that way

So, don't try to hold me

'Cause all I got to say is

Can't stay

Gotta be movin'

I gotta be movin'

Oh, I gotta be

I got to be movin' on

Next time you look around

You may find me gone

I gotta be

I got to be movin' on

Free

Nothing can hold me down

And if loving is what you've found

Don't try to change it

I got to be

Got to be movin' on

I gotta be

Got to be movin' on

Movin' on

Whenever you see me

You'll know me by this song

'Cause I gotta be

I gotta be movin' on

Free

I got to be movin' on

Wherever it takes me

Wherever it goes

I gotta be

I got to be movin' on

Yeah, I gotta be

I got to be movin' on

Movin' on

Got to be movin' on

I got to be movin' on

So much learnin'

So much to see

Yesterday gone for ever

Tomorrow is free

So I got to be movin' on

Got to be movin' on

I gotta be

Got to be movin' on

The Road Ahead lyrics - Chris Rea

Some poor souls always need to know

A place to run and hide

Stepping out into the cold heart rain

A fear they keep locked deep inside

Me I gotta go

I got so many reasons I can't stay

And don't matter what you do

Don't matter what you say

Give me the road ahead any day

Give me the road ahead

Ahead

Could be a dream that won't come true

Could be the truth that's haunting you

Always looking behind to see how far

As long as we're moving man I don't care where we are

'Cause I gotta go

I got so many reasons I can't stay

Don't matter what you do

Don't matter what you say

Give me the road ahead any day

Give me the road ahead

Ahead

Two ways of thinking

To go out or stay

I always need to find out

No matter what it's saying

Give me the road ahead

Ahead

Give me the road ahead

And don't matter what you do

Don't matter what you say

Give me the road ahead any day

Give me the road

Give me the road ahead

Ahead

Give me the road ahead

Ahead

Last Train lyrics - Chris Rea

This is the last train

Ain't no other chance

This is the last move

Ain't no other dance

It don't know about your sorrows

And less about your pain

It's just the last train

Nobody knows where it's going

Nobody knows where it's been

It carries all your bad luck

It carries all your pain

You know you can't stay here

Go through it all again

Better jump on the last train

This ain't the last train home

Or where that might have been

All you know is you can't be here

For a fight that you can't win

You know it's coming to ya

It's only you that's left to blame

Wherever it's going better jump on the last train

Oh, the ice wind of fear

Feel it moving all around you

Feel it coming near took a lifetime

But now it's found you

The acid end it's coming

It's screaming out your name

Oh, you better jump on the last train

Now your skin is going to bleed

All around your poisoned chains

You've used up every little dirty trick

Till nothing else remains

All that's coming down on you

Is a mess of tears and pain

Ooh, you better get on that last train

You got everything to lose

You got nothing to gain

The only thing for sure

Ooh, this is the last train

Yeah, you better jump on the last train

Yeah, yeah, you better jump on the last train

You better jump on the last train

Angel Of Love lyrics - Chris Rea

Everybody got their tales of war

Everybody got their cross to bear

Restless souls in a traveler's tale

Sure we all been there

These streets of hope

Have forgotten my name

It was such a long time ago

So, angel of love

Dance with me

Take this broken soul

And set him free

Angel of love

I'm the prince of the motel chain

I'm the king of the highway code

My distant dream of a good life

I left way back down that road

I need a slow song

So I can dance in your arms

I need a friend tonight

I won't do you no harm

So, angel of love

Dance with me

Take this broken soul

And set him free

Angel of love

The song of the highway

Always sings of a love you know

The old time and achin'

Of what never came true

So, angel of love

Dance with me

Take this broken soul

And set him free

So many times

Through the tears and the pain

Take this broken heart

Make him smile again

Angel of love

Dance with me

Oh, my angel of love, yeah

Dance with me

Breaking Point lyrics - Chris Rea

No one saw it coming

The breaking point

There'd been heartaches before

But never a breaking point

What made him turn

What made him turn and walk away

Last time we saw him

He had nothing much to say

Now I guess we'll never know

The breaking point

He never said nothing

Cause he had nothing left to say

Never known to quite

Deep down, something snapped and broke away

There'd been heartaches before

We always laughed at the price of love we pay

I wonder

The breaking point

They say when you break down

You are the last to know

No cries for attention

Seems like he just let it go

The breaking point

The heart of a lion

Always known for his smile

If somebody needed

He'd always go the extra mile

The smallest of cracks

And the difference it makes

When you're close to the edge

A sweet small kiss is all that it takes

They saw him walking away

And take one last look

Now all we can do is pray

And wonder what it took

But I guess we'll never know

I guess we'll never know

The breaking point

Ah, the breaking point

Oh, the breaking point

God save us from the breaking point

Yeah, yeah

Beautiful lyrics - Chris Rea

Beautiful

That's what you are to me

No matter what they say

It's what you'll always be

Love calls your name

And I must follow

Where it goes

Because

Beautiful

Is all that I can see

Although there is no chance for us

And we must set each other free

I'll always know

Deep inside of me

You'll always be

Beautiful

This hopeless game

We try to play

To get along

But there is no way

We could make it

We could stay

Beautiful, mm

Beautiful

All I can do

All I can say

Now that it's love

At the end of the day

Remember your face

The wonderful time

No one can replace

You used to be mine

Beautiful

Cleveland Calling lyrics - Chris Rea

Passion falls down to the ground

Instead of to pray

So, what's new?

Well, not more than truth

Will it go again?

I was in there, you can tell

I would hold that shoot

I will go to Cleveland

We gonna have one stay night joke

Cleveland calls, and we go

Passion than on our ground

No more, no less

Stand upon and your river dies

I'll do your best

Sancho, Kanchan - each can flee

Pursued on a line

I will go to Cleveland

We gonna have one stay night joke

Cleveland calls, and we go

Put away out fabric straps

Another day was that

Funny, we do not know who you are

We believe in what you say

So many times

You changed your mind

When we called for you

I will go to Cleveland

We gonna have one stay night joke

Cleveland calls, and we go

Cleveland calls

From Love To Love lyrics - Chris Rea

Well if you want me then just take my hand

And if you don't, I will understand

It's just a call from deep within my soul

The burning question, I have got to know

Take a message from love to love

Take it down, from love to love

Girl it's you I'm thinking of

I'll send this letter from love to love

And if I ask you will you take this dance

Please don't think you're taking some big chance

It's just a fire and it burns for you

You know there's one thing that you've got to do

Take a message from love to love

Take it down, from love to love

Girl it's you I'm thinking of

I'll send this letter from love to love

I'll share your secrets on a rainy day

'Cos if you'll have me then we'll be away

Oh there's a fire and it burns for you

You know there's one thing that you've got to do

Take a message from love to love

Take it down, from love to love

Girl it's you I'm thinking of

I'll send this letter from love to love

Somewhere Between The Stars lyrics - Chris Rea

Somewhere between the stars

I'll be waiting here for you

Somewhere between the stars

Way past everything, everything we know

There'll be no need to say hello

How it is we both will know

Forever this will be the way we are

Somewhere, somewhere between the stars

Somewhere between the stars

Though you can't see me

I'm always near

Somewhere beyond the moon

There'll be no sadness

There'll be no fear

Way past the mountain high

Way past the dark blue sky

Together forever will be us

Somewhere, somewhere between the stars

There'll be no need to say hello

How it is we both will know

Forever this will be the way we are

Somewhere, somewhere between the stars

There's Only You lyrics - Chris Rea

When I think about love

And what it means to me

When I think about the old

And I think about the new

When I close the book

Put it down

Lay back and close my eyes

There's only you

I watch the waves come up

And wash away

All my castles in the sand

Like the dreams that got messed up

Along the way

But I still see a pretty picture

And I ask what's really true

Well there's only you

There's only you

Against tomorrow

There's only you

And yesterday

Black and blue

I bathe in all my sorrow

There's only you

That takes it all away

So I walk on into the morning of another day

Leave my castles in the sand for somebody new

'Cause I still see a pretty picture

And when I ask what's really true

Well there's only you

Yeah, I still see a pretty picture

And when I ask what's really true

There's only you

Urban Samurai lyrics - Chris Rea

Wobbling see freshens morning

And the day that she passed by

The yellow sun up on the sky's so brave

Were you out of the street line, urban samurai?

Sits to find a flower

Standing in his way samurai, samurai?

I pray one day the peace will come

It cannot be too soon

I walk her in sandy in garden

And drink her sweet perfume

Taste of those is looking great

Response before I die

In sky of useless colours of the urban samurai, samurai

Samurai, samurai

I pray one day the peace will come

It cannot be too soon

I walk her in sandy in garden

And drink her sweet perfume

Taste of those is looking great

Response before I die

In sky of useless colours of the urban samurai, samurai

Samurai, samurai

Dancing My Blues Away lyrics - Chris Rea

When I was a young boy
I hear my Mama cry
She say my poor little darling
He got tears in his eyes
I say don't worry Mama
I will get there one day
Till then I'm just dancing my blues away

She said your Papa's gone crazy
'Cos he don't understand
I say Mama I can't change it
'Cos it's just the way am
Yeah I was born in the north wind
In a sky of freezing grey
That's why I'm dancing my blues away

Now the years have gone by
But there's still a burning flame
You and me together
I know it's still the same

Now I got tears by the truck-load
I got a thousand broken hearts
But you'll always find me ready
To make a brand new start
'Cos I found a secret
So the devil he can't stay
I keep on dancing my blues away

Rock And Roll Tonight lyrics - Chris Rea

I got a thousand bits of paper
They all spinning in my head
I Hope I see you later
Can't remember what you said
Something 'bout keeping a grip
Keeping it tight
Before I lose control
I gotta rock and roll tonight

I got way too many questions
They all waiting on my call
I'm losing my direction
I'm dropping every ball
I've got to find some cover
These working shoes are getting too darn tight
I gotta loosen up
I gotta rock and roll tonight

Well you're bleeding for the money
But you never pay it back
Pressure gauge is screaming
The faces start to crack
This ain't no way to live
Lord you know this kind of life ain't right
Before I lose my soul
I got to rock and roll tonight

Never Tie Me Down lyrics - Chris Rea

I got a load of bad stuff
Laying heavy on my mind
I got a smile that sometimes
I find so hard to find
I got trouble
Chasing me every day
Too scared to look out
See what the bad sings say
Well you can beat up on my busted soul
Leave it bleeding on the ground
But oh Lord you ain’t ever gonna tie me down

I got the Devil
He follows me around
He keep coming
Chasing me from town to town
I got a two ton bag of lead
Slammin’ down on me
Well, peace and love
Oh baby that ain’t never coming near me
Beat my soul
Leave it bleeding chained and bound
But let me tell you
You ain’t never gonna chain me down
Oh Lord, never tie me down

You better look out
Cos I’m always gonna be around
I’ll tell you why, I’ll tell you why, why why
Oh Lord, you ain’t never gonna chain me down

The Chance Of Love lyrics - Chris Rea

I came here to dance
To show my face
To try and lose my blues
Find something to take its place

And I don't care about the moon
And the stars way above
Just give me something in my pocket
And the chance of love
Oh the chance of love

I've been out along the hard wire
Trying to make it pay
We all needing to get lucky
And a chance to come my way

And I don't care about the moon
And the stars way above
Just give me something in my pocket
And the chance of love
The chance of love
Oh the chance of love

Dress me up in pretty colours
Let everybody see
The only thing I'm needing
The only that sets you free...
...the chance of love

And i'm paying for an angel
Yeah I'm looking for a break
Seems nobody wants to give out
But everybody wants to take

So... I don't care about the moon
And the stars way above
Just give me something in my pocket
And the chance of love

Oh the chance of love
The chance of love

Oh the chance of love
The chance of love
Oh the chance of love
Something in my pocket
The chance of love
The chance of love
Oh the chance of love
Yeah the chance of love

The Last Open Road lyrics - Chris Rea

How fast can I run?
How far can I go?
These are the questions
The young wanna know
I met her in Brooklyn
She was coming from Queens
I said where are you going
She said where have you been
'Cos I'm trapped in here
Set me free
I know your world so
Let me see
Take me down that last open road

I know there's something
Past this place
I see it smile on your jagged ragged face
Something tells me
Something strong
There's a world I've heard of
So before it's gone
I know it's out there
I know it's true
I wanna feel it, I wanna go with you
Before it's over
Before it's gone
An endless highway and a freedom song
Take me down that last open road

Electric Guitar lyrics - Chris Rea

Got me an electric guitar
Don't she look so pretty
I got me an electric guitar
Oh don't she look so pretty
I bought her in a small town
I'm gonna take her to the city

I got me a box with a speaker
I'm gonna make that angel sing
I got me a box with a speaker
I'm gonna make that angel sing
I'm gonna find me a future
Somewhere between these strings

Every song about a railroad track
Every song about not coming back
We'll be together, no matter how far
You and me and my electric guitar

Money lyrics - Chris Rea

It's all about money
How much you can make
All about money
How much can take
The cold fear of losing
The game that you play
It's there in the morning
And the end of the day
It's all about money

It's all about dreaming
What you think that you need
You got your eye on the big one
But the truth you can't see
Till you find out what matters
At the end of the day
It's a deal with the devil, the price that you pay
It's all about money
It's all about money, what you think you can buy

But you're just chasing shadows
You got to ask yourself why
It's all about money

The Way She Moves lyrics - Chris Rea

See her coming down the catwalk
She all silk and high heel shoes
She dressed to kill anybody
This darling, she can't lose
She's a diamond in the night
She kick away those ageing blues
But it ain't what she's wearing
It's in the way she moves

She got a big red rooster tail
She got him crying like a child
He's got to have this angel
Oh she's gonna drive him wild
She got a see-true silk kimono
Oh I swear she's gonna blow some fuse

But it ain't what she's wearing
It's in the way she moves

She got a face to spin your head around
She got a smile you can't refuse
She got eyes that knock you over
This darling she can't lose
She got a see-true kimono
Or I swear she's gonna blow some fuse

But it ain't what she's wearing
It's the way she moves

Dance With Me All Night Long lyrics - Chris Rea

Come on dance with me baby
Dance me all night long
Yeah dance with me baby
Dance me all night long
Dance with baby
Till my blues have gone

When I move, I feel better
My soul cries out to the beat
It sends a message to my broken heart
It sends a message to my feet

Dance with me baby
Dance me all night long

I got to dance to stop my heart from breaking
I got to dance to save my soul
I got to dance to stop my legs from shaking
Standing still makes my blood run cold

Gimme a high-kick baby
'cos you got to have a good time
Moving to the beat
Make you feel so fine
No point in being low down
Standing in the cold
Come one, dance with me baby
Don't you know, you ain't never to old

I got to dance to stop my heart from breaking
I got to dance to save my soul
I got to dance to stop my legs from shaking
Standing still makes my blood run cold

Think Like A Woman lyrics - Chris Rea

I showed my love a river
And she took me to the sea
I showed my love my rusting chains
She set me free
I screamed out all the hate I had
She turned and flew around
I put down my wish to beat up
She came back to stay

She said, if you wanna be strong
And big like a mountain
There's something you gotta know
There's a way you gotta be
You make a big mistake
If you think all it takes to win me over
Set your self free
See like a woman see

I showed my love a mountain
And she took me to the sky
I showed my love a rain cloud
There were tears in her eyes
I opened up a long lost door
She smiled and let me in
She showed me how to never lose it
Is never try to win

She said, if you wanna be strong
And big like a mountain
There's something you gotta know
There's a way you gotta be
You make a big mistake
If you think all it takes to win me over
Set your self free
See like a woman see

You Got Lucky lyrics - Chris Rea

Don't go looking for a reason
There's nothing here to see
What you are, everything you done
Is how it all came to be
The telephone is ringing
But not for you
The angels keep on singing
But for somebody new
You threw away so much you had
There's no-one left to hear your call
And it's all because, you got lucky

You try to work it out
But you ain't got a clue
You try to find out
What everybody knew
You started to believe it
Now you find it hard to understand
How could you lose it
With such a winning had
Now there's no-one left
To care about you
If you should jump of fail
And it's all, because
You got lucky

Lose My Heart In You lyrics - Chris Rea

The morning came
With a heavy snow
Our senses freeze
'cos it's time to go
You smile and wave
As the taxi pulls away
But you cannot rid
What your eyes really say

Now I've made up my mind
I know what I gotta do
I'm going to lose, my heart, in you
A restless soul, always
Wild and free
We are such different kinds
This sure ain't easy for me
To be without you
Is to lose the game
So I will surrender
I will make the change

Now I've made up my mind
I know what I gotta do
I'm going to lose, my heart, in you

To be what's me
Would have to let you go
But all I'd be
Is a shadow, in this cold and freezing snow

So now I've made up my mind
I know what I gotta do
I'm going to lose, my heart, in you

I Will Go On lyrics - Chris Rea

I got a cold grey morning
Waiting for me
I look out my window
Sure don't like what I see
Seems like to devil himself
Is singing my song
But I pick myself yo
And I will go on

Black dogs are howling
In the wind and the rain
Seems like the devil himself
Is calling my name

But I can never give up
No matter how long
So I pick myself up
And I will go on

There's thunder on the mountain
There's a wild storm a sea
But when I think of your sweet love
It means nothing to me

So I will never give up
No matter how long
I pick myself up

And I will go on

compilation box: "Blue Guitars" (2005)

Cry For Home lyrics - Chris Rea

I was born on the river road, I swear that’s all I know
I was free with no heavy load, choose any way I go
I was free with my head up high, a prince in
my land of home
But the devil’s come and take me out, chain me to my
broken bones
Come on
Cry
Come on cry for home

My princess she was taken too
But I don’t know where she go
My princess she was taken too
But I don’t know where she go
Now I’m beat up with a broken soul
I can’t choose nothin’ no more
Come on, cry
Come on, cry, cry, cry for home …

Now I’m the captain of your bullwhip
Now, don’t you try to cross me …
See how this leather’s shining
Now you forget about being free ...
You’re going to end up one more black slave
Left out on the open sea
Come on cry for home
Cry for home

Don’t know where I’m going to, chains on my bleeding bones
Don’t know where I’m going to, chains on my bleeding bones
I hear my love in the stinking dark
I hear her scream and moan
Captain said it’s just one more black slave
Who cries for home

Yeah, cry for home, come on and cry for home

The King Who Sold His Own lyrics - Chris Rea

One thousand stories, one thousand years
Each song it goes from hand to hand
They tell of kings, they sing of war
And the news of far off distant lands

They sing of how the blues came to be
Their own king sold them into slavery
The sad chords melt
Where the sadness came to be
When their own king sold them
Into slavery

One thousand stories, one thousand years
The truth of guilt and shame
But a king who sold his people out
To a world of whips and chains
The sound of pain the smell of fear
A treason born in hell
The king who sold his people out
It’s a song they know so well

Cross the music, as you cross the sea
Cross your loved ones broken bones
Cos forever never to be free
Oh the king who sold his own …
Oh the king who sold his own …

White Man Coming lyrics - Chris Rea

White man coming, steal our freedom,
Take us to lands far away
He bring pain
And he bring fear now
Misery 'til your dying day

White man coming

Well they load up, by the water
Whip me hard
And chain me down
Oh … hell now, for your lifetime sure is
where we are bound

Oh, white man coming

Now you know your life is over
Its become just a hell in chains
Dignity is lying bleeding
Until nothing else remains

White man coming

Cry for your sister, cry to …
cry for your mother, cry for the one you love
See you running, see me running too
White man coming, for me and you

White man coming

Where The Blues Come From lyrics - Chris Rea

When a griot sings his perfect song
I found the place where I belong
What the griot sings I recognise
That soulful tune that made me cry
The story born inside his song
I finally found
Where the blues came from

His music came from a distant land
It moved and changed
With the desert sand
Upon the shores of hell his music froze
And came to be what we all now know
Where the blues come from

A wise old man he told me this
Where the pain you feel
And the music kiss
Melted down into a devil’s brew
The sadness came and she turned it blue
When you’re lonely
You will know this song
When it hurts so deep
And stays so long
Though its dark you know
Where you belong
Then you will know
Where the blues come from

Lord Tell Me It Won't Be Long lyrics - Chris Rea

Oh Lord, tell me it won’t be long

I’ll take this pain, but tell me it won’t be long
Oh Lord please tell me it won’t be long

Oh they say the Lord is waiting
And I try to do no wrong
And the tears we cry will all run dry
On the other side they’ll be gone

Oh Lord tell me it won’t be long

Work Gang lyrics - Chris Rea

Well you chop the wood, you bring the hammer down
But when your work is done,well you’re
chained and bound
You get up next day, with your aching pain
Well you take the whip
And you start again

Now you’re long gone, where you came from
It’s the same song from way back home

Days are so long, pray to someone
Maybe white god
Will take us home …

Now you’re long gone …
Your hear the sound in church
Hear the white folks sing
Maybe some sweet day
You hear them church bells ring
And your chains will break
And the pain be gone
See me dancing on a Sunday
To a freedom song

Yeah, you’re long gone,where you came from
It’s the same song
From way back home

Days are so long
Pray to someone
Maybe white god
Will take us home

Days are so long
Pray to someone
Maybe white god
Will take us home …

Yeah you’re long gone …

Praise The Lord lyrics - Chris Rea

Well I’m talking with my brother,
I’m talking with my brother
I say what’s going on?
What a strange kind of music
Where’s it coming from?
Well, they sing it in the churches
They sing that Jesus saves
Oh they sing about the Holy Land
While they beat up on their slaves

Singing praise the Lord
Well I got to know this Jesus
I got to find out what he do
If you keep them in fine house
Maybe they’ll sing for me and you
Singing praise the Lord
Learn the rules of sin
Praise the Lord
Maybe he’ll let us in
Singing praise the chance
This could all be true
Well there’s nothing to lose
For me and you
So praise the Lord

Sweet Sunday lyrics - Chris Rea

We get up early in the morning
Work our skin down to the bone
But whenever I hear that singing
I know that one day I’ll get home
Oh the rhythm that I’m feeling
Seems to say something good to me
Oh on Monday, through the weekday
But then Sunday sets us free

Oh Sunday, sweet Sunday
When I lay my body down
Oh Sunday,my only one day
With a new love that I found
Sit by the water and watch the big tree
In the cool breeze gently sway
Til the day that we get free,well
We’ll always love
Our sweet Sunday

Sweet Sunday

I go to church with my mother
I see the girl that I would love
Maybe one day she’ll turn and smile at me
This is what I ask the Lord above
Oh when a singing
When it’s over maybe I’ll take her
Back to her home
Talk and laugh 'til night comes calling
Then I’ll go back on my own

Sweet Sunday

I got no money to buy her new shoes
But Lord please listen what I say
Help me through this 'til I’m a free man
And get sweet Sunday every day

Sweet Sunday, sweet Sunday

Sing Out The Devil lyrics - Chris Rea

Sing out the Devil, take him, shake him down
Sing out the Devil 'til he hits the ground
Sing out the Devil

Cut him out
Cut him clean
Cos there’s only ever bad blood where he just been
Sing out the Devil, shake him down
Sing out the Devil 'til he hits the ground

Sing out the Devil

Oh I’m crying to the Lord above
Oh I’m crying Lord above
Don’t you feel my fear?
You’ve got to help me
When Satan comes near

Sing out the Devil

Can you hear me, can you hear me
Oh I’m crying, yeah I’m crying
Sing out the Devil, yeah, sing out the Devil
Come on
Sing out the Devil

Boss Man Cut My Chains lyrics - Chris Rea

Well the boss man cut my chains and set me free
Now I don’t know, I don’t know what will come of me
I don’t know nothing except the way I live …
Now the boss man cut my chains
And set me free

My father was a working slave
Just like me
You learn to keep your head down
Don’t look to see
What’s going on all around you
All my life been that way
Now the boss man cut my chains
And he walk away

Now I can’t write and I can’t read
I have no school
And here I’m standing in the world
Like a worn out mule
I don’t know what is going to come now
Or what will be
Well now the boss man cut my chains
Says him free

What can I do
What’s going to become of me?
I don’t know nothing
Except these working fields I see
Oh now I’m standing on the outside
With a fear inside me
Now the boss man cut my chains
And said I’m free

Walkin' Country Blues lyrics - Chris Rea

Well, I'm looking for the boss man
Maybe give some work to me
Yeah, I'm looking for the boss man
Maybe give some work to me
Trouble is I keep finding
They want you to work for free
Keep on walking, keep on walking country blues

I got two strong arms, mister
They won't let you down
I got two strong arms, mister
They won't let you down
But the boss man say, ain't no work around
Gotta keep on walking
Keep on walking country blues

Well, papa was a slave, it was all he ever knew
Well, papa was a slave, it was all he ever knew
They tell me that I'm free
But I ain't got no work to do
Keep on walking
Keep on walking country blues

Man Gone Missing lyrics - Chris Rea

Man gone missing
Let the good Lord above rest his soul
Man gone missing
Let the good Lord above rest his soul

Did he runaway or did they kill him
Seems nobody knows

Man gone missing
Hell dogs barking loud all through the night
Man gone missing
Hear those hell dogs barking loud all through the night
I swear I hear him screaming
I swear I hear him fight

Man gone missing
There's an empty place in the field
at the break of the day
Man gone missing
There's an empty place in the field
at the break of the day
What happened to him last night?
Nobody say
Man gone missing

Can't Stay Blues lyrics - Chris Rea

You know I love you Mama
You know I do
I'll always love you Mama
But I've got the can't stay blues
I don't know what it is
That keeps driving me on
I don't know what it is
That keeps driving me on
Something burns inside me when I'm not moving on
I can't stay

Oh I hear a voice inside my soul
And I hear what it says
Oh I've got to be moving
at the break of day
I can't stay

Something calling out to me
on the other side of that door
No matter how far I go
My soul cries out for more
I can't stay
I've got the can't stay blues

KKK Blues lyrics - Chris Rea

I don't know where I'm going
All I know is I got to move away
I don't know where I'm going
All I know is I got to move away
I don't know where I'm going
All I know is I got to move away
I got a fear inside me
Call it the KKK

Well they beat up my woman
Found her lying in a field of hay
Well they beat up my woman
Found her lying in a field of hay
They sent a posse out
But the posse
They all in the KKK

Well there's a mess upon the ground there
My brother hanging from a tree
Well there's a mess upon the ground there
My brother hanging from a tree
I got to move away, so fast
Cos the KKK gonna get me

Too Much Drinkin' lyrics - Chris Rea

I went down to the juke joint
See what I could find
I went down to the juke joint
See what I could find
Well I lost all my money
Too much drinking on my mind
There was a girl down from Jackson
Oh my she looked fine
Yeah there was a girl down from Jackson
Oh my how she looked so fine
She took off with all that I had
Too much drinking on my mind

Now I'm laid out in a jailhouse
But I did not do no crime
Now I'm laid out in a jailhouse
But I did not do no crime
Where I was I don't remember
Too much drinking on my mind
Yeah, they fixed me up real good
Yeah, they fixed me up real fine
I could not think of no alibi
Cos too much drinking on my mind

Catwalk Woman lyrics - Chris Rea

I see her coming down the catwalk
She all silk and high heel shoes
She dressed to kill anybody
Oh this darling she can't lose

She's a diamond in the night
She kick away your aching blues
But it ain't what she's wearing
It's in the way that she moves
Oh, it ain't what she's wearing
It's in the way that she moves

See that big red roasted tail
See him crying like a child
Oh he's got to have this angel
Oh, she's gonna drive him wild
See her see-thru silk kimono
Oh I swear she's gonna blow some fuse
but it ain't what she's wearing
Oh no, it's the way she moves

She got a face that spins your head around
She got a smile you can't refuse
She got eyes that knock you over
Oh this darling she can't lose
She's got a see-thru silk kimono
Oh I swear she gonna blow some fuse
But it ain't what she's wearing, no
It's in the way that she moves

If You've Got A Friend In Jesus lyrics - Chris Rea

If you've got a friend in Jesus
Won't you tell him about me
If you've got a friend in Jesus
Won't you tell him about me
Tell him buy me off the boss man
And set me free

If you've got a friend in Jesus
Tell him help this broken man
If you've got a friend in Jesus
Help this broken man
I got too much twistin' pain
Drinkin' gasoline from an old steam can

If you've got a friend in Jesus
Tell him listen what I say
If you've got a friend in Jesus
Tell him listen what I say
You've got to save me from this Satan
And help me find a way

You've got a friend in Jesus

Head Out On The Highway lyrics - Chris Rea

Head out on the Highway
I've gotta lose these country blues
Head out on the Highway
I've gotta lose these country blues
Ain't nothing for me here no more
Ain't nothing I can do

I was bad with my woman
She took up and flew away
I was bad with my woman
She took up and flew away
Now she gone and left me
Got no reason for to stay

I went back to her doorway
But she would not let me in
I went back to her doorway
But she would not let me in
Now she knows I was cheating
It's a game I cannot win
Head out on the highway

Wild Pony lyrics - Chris Rea

Oh I got me a wild pony
I sure can't stay on top
Oh I got me a wild pony
I sure can't stay on top
Every time I try to pull her in
She always throw me off

Oh I got me a wild pony
She's the type so hard to find
Oh I got me a wild pony
She's the type so hard to find
If she done a rodeo
She kick you off every time

Oh wild pony
Here she come now

Me and my wild pony
Someday I'm gonna break her in
Me and my wild pony
Someday I'm gonna break her in
Gonna take her to the race track
For sure I know she'll win

Wild pony, come on wild pony

Steam Train Blues lyrics - Chris Rea

Steam train goes so fast
Goes so far away
I hear that engine sing
Listen to what it say
Gonna get me on that track
Get on board some day

Hear that whistle blow
She cry out in the night
See the flame light a smokestack
Such a beautiful sight

She tell me she going somewhere
And everything going to be alright
Steam train blues

She's in the distance now
But I still hear her piston roar
She's in the distance now
But I still hear her piston roar
Ain't coming back no more

Steam train blues

Going Up To Memphis lyrics - Chris Rea

Well I ain't got no door key
I ain't got no shiny shoes
Well I ain't got no door key
I ain't got no shiny shoes
I'm going on to Memphis
See what I can do

Well I got cheated on a sharecrop
I tell what i say is true
Well I got cheated on a sharecrop
I tell what i say is true
I'm going on to Memphis
See what I can do

Oh my woman she don't want me
I swear she's cheating too
My woman she don't want me
I swear she's cheating too
I'm going on to Memphis
See what I can do

Next time you see me baby
I'll be wearing those shiny shoes
Next time you see me baby
I'll be wearing those shiny shoes
I'm going on to Memphis
And I'm going to see what I can do

Somewhere Between Highway 61 & 49 lyrics - Chris Rea

Only God know what I'm feeling
I'm just waiting for a sign
Only God know what I'm feeling
See me looking for that sign
But the devil he may get me
Somewhere between Highway 61 and 49

Well now Mama used to cry
Lord help that boy of mine
My Mama used to cry
She said lord help that son of mine
Cos there's only one place that he's wanting
Somewhere between Highway 61 and 49

Oh there was only ever one place
For the troubled soul to find
Oh there was only ever one place
For the troubled soul to find
Caught between the bible and the devil
Somewhere between Highway 61 and 49

Roll a dice, take a chance
Put your future on the line
Roll a dice and take a chance
Put your future on the line
Cos your fear and your fortune
Is somewhere between Highway 61 and 49

There's only one place he can go now
There's only one place for this kind
Somewhere between Highway 61 and 49

Ticket For Chicago lyrics - Chris Rea

Now there's a train coming
You've got to get on board
Now there's a train coming
You've got to get on board
Don't need no new religion
It's not what this train is for

Now there's a train coming
It come from New Orleans
Now there's a train coming
It come from New Orleans
Well there's some real fine ladies there
The best I ever seen

Now this train is travelling
Up to a city that I know
Now this train is travelling
Up to a city that I know
If you want a dream come true
Get a ticket for Chicago

Now this train is travelling
Up to a city that I know
If you want a dream come true
Get a ticket for Chicago

Dance All Night Long lyrics - Chris Rea

Oh Lord, oh Lord
Sometimes I feel like crying
Oh but I have a good time sometimes

Oh Lord can you hear me crying
Oh sometimes you got to have a good time
Gonna dance all night
Dance all night

Al night long
Oh Lord you've got to hear me
have a good time sometimes

Life is so hard, so hard, so hard
Can you hear me crying
Sometimes you've got to have a good time
Sometimes you've got to make the sunshine

All night long
Get me woman
Be glad for me baby
And I'll be glad for you

I got a silver dollar
Got to have some fun sometime
I'm gonna dance all night long

Two Days Missing Down The Viper Room lyrics - Chris Rea

I went down to the Viper room
Just the other day
I only popped by
For something to take away
Just for a while I thought I'd stay
Two shots of whiskey and the band began to play
Oh trouble
Yeah, I got trouble

I can't remember nothing
But some old blue tune
Two day's gone missing down the Viper room
Oh trouble
Yeah, I got trouble

My baby she gone
Without a trace
I got blood on my jacket
And a bruise on my face
They say the cops are coming
Yeah they get me soon
They seem to know what happened
Down the Viper room
Oh trouble
Yeah, I got trouble
I can't remember nothing
But some old blue tune
Two day's gone missing down the Viper room

Who Cares If I Do lyrics - Chris Rea

I'm on the train to nowwhere
See me coming through
Got to find me something
Something new
I take all my chances
And who cares if I do

Yeah I don't feel nothing
Nothing no more
Gonna buy me an old 44
I got nothing to lose
Who cares if I do
Who cares if I do

Oh I ain't gonna take it
I don't care who
If I go down
You'll go too
Down with the Devil
Who cares if I do

What Made Me Love You lyrics - Chris Rea

I got your letter
The other day
I guess I knew
What you could not day
Oh babe
I can forgive
But I can't forget

Because your cheating heart
Well it done me wrong
I fell for your lies
Now you've been and gone
I can forgive
But I can't forget

You cheated on me
Well, you hurt me so
You said you loved me
That you would never go
What made me love you
I will never know
What made me love you

You Got Dixie lyrics - Chris Rea

Take a gospel song
With an Irish tune
And let it flow
Down to New Orleans
Where the Cajun queens
Will let you know
With the rhythm
That you feel
Your getting me near to the soul
Put it down
Oh keep that sound
Chain it down
Cos you got, yeah
You got Dixie

I learnt from Taj Mahal
I learnt from Senegal
I'm moving in
Yes I am
Satchmo way to see
A drop in Cornell Dupree
And see me grin

Oh the big town man
He won't ever know
What makes it swing
He got no soul
Oh, he got trouble
Yeah, he got pressure
Oh he got deep regret
And we got Dixie
Oh, we got Dixie

Put it down
Oh keep that sound
Chain it down
We got Dixie

One Night With You lyrics - Chris Rea

Some say she's a broken honky tonk
Some say she's an ageing queen
But I don't give no fuss
For that bitchin' kind of stuff
Cos honey you're the best I've ever seen
Take me to your darkest secret
Oh tell me of your wildest dreams
Baby just one night is
All I want to do
Get a night with you
All I want to do
Get a night with you

Talking with some boozed up crowd
That put you down
Oh the cold blooded whispers
Man they like to twist it round and round and round
But they can't teach you anything oh no
Cos there's only one thing I need to know
Take me to your darkest secret
Oh tell me of your wildest dreams
Baby just one night is all I want to do
Get a night with you
All I want to do
Get a night with you

Take me to your darkest secret
Oh tell me of your wildest dreams
Baby just one night is all I want to do
Get a night with you
All I want to do, yeah
Is get a night with you

Talking 'bout New Orleans lyrics - Chris Rea

How it all goes down
Sure ain't plain to see
Nobody knows for sure
How it all came to be
Oh, the laughin' faces
Behind a painted smile
Talk the talk of swing-bop
For the people dance its bastard child
Talking 'bout New Orleans
Nothing here is what it seems
Pass down a showbiz dream
Well we're talking 'bout New Orleans
Talking 'bout New Orleans
We've got to jump the way
They think we jump all day
We got to dance the dance, yeah
Just like the white man say
For sure we play the game
For sure we walk the line
We just taking what chances coming
Between the nickel and the dime, yeah
Talking 'bout New Orleans
Nothing's what it seems
Pass down the showbiz dream
Well I'm talking 'bout New Orleans

Catfish Girl lyrics - Chris Rea

Oh catfish girl
Make me feel so fine
Yeah, catfish girl
Always pulling on my line
When I see her smiling face
It get me every single time

Oh catfish girl
I miss you, Lord I feel so blue
Oh catfish girl
In every little thing that you do
Catfish girl
I only want to be with you

Oh catfish girl
I miss you, Lord I feel so blue
Catfish girl
In every little thing that you do
Oh catfish girl
I only want to be with you

Only A Fool Plays By The Rules lyrics - Chris Rea

She come on like a whorehouse
All painted in lipstick red
She had some kind of making
You believe everything she said
She said guilt and confusion
It's just an illusion
Only a fool plays by the rules
Only a fool plays by the rules

Stick with me baby
Try to look cool
Cos only a fool plays by the rules

She show me things that I never, ever seen saw
She took me way past my red light
Showed me what the night was for
Guilt and confusion
Now I know it's just an illusion
Only a fool plays by the rules
Only a fool plays by the rules
Stick with me baby
Try to stay cool
Only a fool plays by the rules

Baby Come Home lyrics - Chris Rea

Baby come home
Can't sleep without you
Baby come home
Oh, you know that I care
I need this feeling
Like I need a hole in the head
If life is without you I would rather be dead
Oh baby come come
Yeah baby come come

Oh the morning light is creeping
Across the cold bedroom floor
I need to hear somebody
Walking gently through my door
Baby, please, baby
Please hear what I say
Oh I'm gonna be a good boy
I won't lose it no more no way
I'm singing, baby, baby please come home
Oh I can't live without you
Baby come home
I gotta have you hear
Baby come home
Baby please come home

Electric Guitar lyrics - Chris Rea

Got me an electric guitar
Don't she look so pretty
I got me an electric guitar
Oh don't she look so pretty
I bought her in a small town
I'm gonna take her to the city

I got me a box with a with a speaker
I'm gonna make that baby sing
I got me a box with a with a speaker
I'm gonna make that baby sing
I'm gonna find me a future
Somewhere between these strings

Every song about a railroad track
Every song about not coming back
We'll be together, no matter how far
You and me and my electric guitar

When I turn that plastic circle
Man I get to play real loud
Oh, when I turn that plastic circle man
Man I get to play real loud
Now I can play above the bar noise
Man I'm bigger than a crowd

Got me an electric guitar

Well, they can fight and break the glasses
Now I don't hear them no more
Yeah they can fight and break the glasses
I don't hear them like before
I'm gonna take her to the city
I wont come back no more

Got me an electric guitar, yeah guitar

Electric Memphis Blues lyrics - Chris Rea

Caught the midnight train
I go hustling through the night
I caught the midnight train
I go hustling through the night
Gonna jump off north of Memphis
When my hometown's out of sight

They say there's only the Devil waiting
In the big city way up there
They say there's only the Devil waiting for me
In the big city way up there
What they don't seem to know
What I been through
I just don't care, no

Gonna get me one of them
Shiny new electric guitars
I'm gonna get me one of them
Shiny new electric guitars
All my best friends say
Well, that's how they're gonna know who you are

Electric Memphis
Electric Memphis Blues
Electric Memphis
Electric Memphis Blues
Electric Memphis
See me coming through

All Night Long lyrics - Chris Rea

All night long
All night long
Oh Well
Oh Well
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
Dance with me baby
Oh, dance with me baby
Good time, good time, good time, good time, good time

All night long
Yeah, all night long
All night long
You know life is so hard so hard
so hard so hard too hard
Be good to me baby
And I'll be good to you
Yea I will
All night long
Come on, have some fun fn fun
You know life is so hard so hard
so hard so hard too hard
You got to have some fun
Good time, time time time time
Oh I'm gonna make you mine mine mine mine mine
All night long
All night long

Give me a good time
Give me a good time
I'm gonna make it shine shine shine
All night long

Give me a good time
Alright, alright, alright
All night long
Yeah, all night long
All night long

Born Bad lyrics - Chris Rea

Take care of the way he's smiling
You can see so easily
The Devil's in him deep deep down
Oh that man's got the baddest blood you'll see
When he smiles you got to pray
He stays that way and don't mad
Cos there ain't no good inside him
He was born bad

Oh the maddest dog he fears him
And his woman she looks so sad
She knows he was born bad
He was born bad
Oh yeah he was born bad

Don't you look for a little piece that's good
Thinking you can't save his soul
Don't you ever try to trust him
Or for sure he'll take control
And when he smiles you got to pray
He stays that way and don't mad
Cos there ain't no good inside him
He was born bad

Oh the maddest dog he fears him
And his woman she looks so sad
She knows he was born bad
He was born bad
He was born bad

Oh the maddest dog he fears him
And his woman she looks so sad
She knows he was born bad
He was born bad
He was born bad

Let's Start Again lyrics - Chris Rea

We've been together
For oh so long
Don't care whatever
Who's right or wrong
I've been your best friend
You ain't no fool
Like brother and sister
We broke all the rules

It would be crazy
For this to end
Let's think it over
Let's start again
Ain't nobody gonna to be as close as me and you

No-one remembers
It been so long
So many tough times
They've been and gone
Who cares what they say
Cos they don't know Only one way to go

It would be crazy
For this to end
Let's think it over
Let's start again
Ain't nobody gonna to be as close as me and you

Let's think it over
Let's start again

It would be crazy
For this to end
Let's think it over

What I'm Looking For lyrics - Chris Rea

Oh, when I look out of my window
I see mama sitting by the door
Yeah, look out of my window
I see my mama sitting by the door
I said mama I can't come back
'Til I find, 'til I find what I'm looking for
'Til I find what I'm looking for

Oh, mama tell me find some young girl
Like my daddy and brother before
Oh mama tell me to find some young girl
Like my daddy and brother before
I said mama you know i can't do that
'Til I find, 'til I find what I'm looking for
'Til I find what I'm looking for

Now the wind is blowing
And my fingers freezing up
Oh I can't, like I can't take more now
But you know I ain't gonna stop now
Ain't never gonna give up
'Til I find, 'til I find what I'm looking for
Oh 'til I find what I'm looking for

Oh I can cry when I close my eyes
I see my mama sitting by the door
Yeah I could cry when I close my eyes
Oh I see my mama sitting by the door

There's something deep inside says no
'Til I find, 'til I find, Oh 'til I find what I'm looking for
Oh yeah, 'til I find what I'm looking for
Oh yeah, 'til I find, 'til I find, Oh 'til I find what I'm looking for
'Til I find what I'm looking for

Rules Of Love lyrics - Chris Rea

Oh the stain on your soul
Is the blood of your cheating ways
Those beat up emotions
They sure seen better days
You got caught out
Something struck you down from above
Oh think I'm right in guessing
You were messing
Messing, with the rules of love

I see the tears in your eyes
Now you know what you lost is gone
And all that remains is the pain
And the knowing what you done was wrong
You got caught out
Something struck you down from above
Such a fool, you broke the rules
You broke the rules of love
You broke the rules of love

You used to say there was
Never a need to be tied down
Now you're begging on your knees
Crying baby please
When it's the other way round
Oh you're crying on your knees
Now you know what you lost is gone
Oh and all that remains is the pain
And the knowing what you done was wrong
You got caught out
Something struck you down from above

Think I'm right in guessing
You been messing, messing
With the rules of love
You been messing with the rules of love, yes you did
Messing with the rules of love
You been messing, you been messing
Messing with the rules of love

What You Done to Me lyrics - Chris Rea

We've had trouble before
Though we never lost our way
Together for so long
We always knew there was going to be a price to pay
Was I so blind
That I just couldn't see
I gave you everything you wanted
I would have even let you go free

So how could you do
How could you do
What you done, what you done, to me

I got a heart broke in pieces
But that ain't what is hurting me so
Yeah I'm sure being mistreated
But darling why did you not let me know
And I see them laughing at me
When I go by
There was no need to do it this way

So tell me darling, please tell me why
How could you do, how could you do
What you done, what you done, to me

You could have spared my pride
You could have spared my shame
You could have in so many ways
You could have spared some of my pain

Oh how could you do
Oh baby tell me
How could you do
Darling, tell me how could you do
How could you do
What you done, what you done, to me

Hobo Love Blues lyrics - Chris Rea

I got a hobo love
Sure can't tie me down
Now I got a hobo love
Sure can't turn me down
My mama used to say
That boy sure can't stick around

I got a thin blade in my boot strap
And I use it every day
Yeah I got a thin blade in my boot strap
And I use it every day
When they see me pull it out
Oh, they always move away

I don't know why I keep moving
Yeah I go from town to town
I don't know why I keep moving
Yeah I go from town to town
Yes, my mama she was right
I just can't settle down

I can hear the devil laughing
At the Lord from way above
Oh, I can hear the devil laughing
At the Lord from way above
Yeah, the Devil know he got me
Cos I can't quit this hobo love
Oh, the Devil know he got me
Cos I can't quit this hobo love
Can't quit it no more
I can't quit this hobo love

Pass Me By lyrics - Chris Rea

See me smile
When I go by
See me laugh
And wonder why
So surprised
Cos I'm not blue
Well this is me
Without you
Please don't cry
Just pass me by

Pass me by
Yeah, you done me wrong
Pass me by
That's why I sing this song
Pass me by
What you let go
Well this is me
And now you know
You look surprised
Oh, just pass me by
Yeah, oh pass me by
Pass me by

Pass me by
Goodbye don't cry
Yeah pass me by
You treated me unkind
Oh don't ask why
Mmm hmm, just pass me by
Yeah, yeah, yeah pass me by
Just pass me by
Oh pass me by
Just, just pass me by
Just pass me by

The Soul Of My Father's Shadow lyrics - Chris Rea

Oh I moved to the sound
Of my father's shadow
Always pulling on these chains
Trying to break free
Over the wall
Into the darkest night
Not knowing
What was just ahead for me
He used to say
You got to know the way
You got to do some schooling every day

Son, I'm so scared, scared of what I see
Oh you got to cool down or you'll end up like me
Chasing the soul
Of my father's shadow

Oh I hear what they're saying
What they whisper I know
A chip off the block
With a raging fire down below
And no guessing, no guessing
It's so easy to see
Always punching at them walls
Always trying to break free

But I hear mama say
Only trouble goona come my way
Moving to the sound
Of my father's shadow

Mama say God help my child
Mama say I feel he's running wild
She say why why why
Oh cry cry cry
So well I know
So well I know
That raging fire below

Chasing the soul, chasing the soul, chasing the soul
Of my father's shadow
Chasing the soul, chasing the soul, chasing the soul
Of my father's shadow
Oh of my father's shadow

My Blue World Says Hello lyrics - Chris Rea

Everyone knows
My story of a heart broken clean in two
Everybody talking 'bout my never-to-be
No happy ending for me
Always seemed to get me down
A new kind of feeling
Baby since you been around, yeah

My blue world
Says hello
My blue world
Wants to know
Each time before
Good love seemed to pass me on by
Some kind of bad luck
Always seemed to get me down
A new kind of feeling
Baby since you been around
Since you been around me

My blue world
Says hello
My blue world
She wants to know

To take a chance with you
Is a dangerous way to go
But my blue world
My blue world says hello

Say a prayer and let it flow
Say a prayer for whenever it goes
Cos my blue world
Says hello

Lone Rider lyrics - Chris Rea

I'm the lone rider and I sure lost mt way
Yeah, I'm the lone rider and I sure lost my way

Gonna see me cry every time I see the break of day

I'll be on my lonesome way

Oh they call me the breaker
'cos I break everything i see
They call me the breaker
but that ain't how it should be
I tell you true, it's only what been done to me
Oh, lone rider, yeah, lone rider

I gotta be on my way

Every time I see the break of day
I got to be on my way ...
Lone rider ...

Texas Blue lyrics - Chris Rea

Snow chains busting up my fingers
Ice pick blisters across my hands
I close my eyes and dream of red rocks
All along the Rio grande

I was born into the north wind
Blades of ice and freezing rain
But I still dream cowboy blue skies,
how they help me ease the pain
'Til the day that sun comes shining,
'til the day that dreams come true
I'll be texas blue

Call me a fool if you really want to
tell me dreams can go so wrong
But these winter skies can't hurt me
while i sing this crazy song ...
'Til the day that sun comes shining
Leather boots and desert sky
'Til the day that dream comes true ...
I'll be texas blue

'Til the day that sun comes shining
'Til the day that dream comes true ...
I'll be texas blue

No Wheels Blues lyrics - Chris Rea

I'm standing by a streetlight
I'm hitching for a ride
Got no car keys in my cold hands
With a burning fire inside
You ain't nothing without four wheels
There's no pride in walking home
Got to get some money somehow
Got no job, can't get no loan
Got no girl, I got no friends
Busted pride in busted shoes
I got the no wheels blues

See that T bird on the corner
Oh lord, don't she look so fine
I got to find some money somehow
I got to make that T bird mine
I'm an ace without a license
I'm a champ without a car
Only a GT badge can save me
And gasoline can heal my scars

Without those car keys
She'll never have me
I'm just some punk with worn out shoes
I got the no wheels blues

Lone Star Boogie lyrics - Chris Rea

It was a freezing night, the wind began to howl
And a cold street wind came
Slashing through this northern town
They tried so hard to find somewhere to hide
To get some kind of shelter from their fear inside
He said, i know a place where we can go
She said, come on now tell me

Cos i need to know

Lone star boogie, boogie my blues away

I see a texas sky in electric blue
I see a big old raging truck come slammining through
He said, close your eyes
Feel the heat
I'll put some kind of Texas
Into your empty streets

It's a lone star boogie, boogie my blues away

I still remember the place we used to go
Dreaming dreams of Texas
As we pushed hard through the snow
You told the stories of the snow chain trucks that flew
we laughed cos I only saw them in a Texas
morning blue

It's a lone star boogie

Blind Willie lyrics - Chris Rea

Blind Willie, that man could see
What we
Can only dream about
Blind Willie, my one and only peace
That I can't do without
Blind Willie

Now I can smell the burnt out hell you lived in
The damp newspaper making up your bed
The stinging eyes that died
When you were just a child
Oh I swear that I have cried
For you
Blind Willie

I pray each night
You sleep without a fever
I pray each night
You don't feel the winter cold
Willie B and Angelina are with you now
And peace like sunlight
Wraps around your soul

Oh Blind Willie

The American Way lyrics - Chris Rea

Everyone tells me, everyone say
Nobody loses
The American way
Doctors and teachers
So much they can do
Food on the table
And a future for you

Sweet little angel, sleeping so still
I got to run for the boarder now
You won't see me until
Your papa got a good job
Got some money in his hands
Tell your Mama what I'm saying
She will help you understand
So while I'm gone
Pray that it won't be long
We'll be together again
On a shiny new day
Living the dream
The American way

I met a guy on a corner
I gave him all that we could
He said get me a green card
Mama's scared
She thinkd he's no good
I said this time it will work out
Anyway it's all we can do
'Cos we live for your future
That's why I got to get through
So while I'm gone
Pray that it won't be long
We'll be together again
On a shiny new day
Living the dream
The American way

Angellina lyrics - Chris Rea

Agellina takes each empty glass
And washes away every heartache
She calls out to the guys to drink up
What's left of their soul
Agellina each glass of hope that you fill
Is now empty and waiting
Waiting for some kind ogf love
Before their trail has gone cold

Each butchered dream
Has a matching face
For each story
Each lonely heart in this loser's race
Without end
Oh Agellina

Agellina, was there someone you loved
Who left your heart broken?
Your pretty eyes
Give your deepest dark secrets away
Oh Agellina so many who'd die for their eyes
To be closed by
'Til morning
Your smile is their kiss
As they hang on to each word you say

Each butchered dream
Has a matching face
For each story
Each lonely heart in this loser's race
Without end
Oh Agellina

Truck Stop lyrics - Chris Rea

I see everybody trying to break free
Boy, girl, man or woman it's all the same to me
I take the money, smile and say thank you
See their freedom fade away from the place they're
going to

All the single souls
A thousand stories to be told
They cut loose, out here, standing all alone
Something tells me they ain't rushing
Ain't rushing
To get home

Down at the truckstop
Step out your truck or car
Nobody knows who you really are
Truck stop
Did you lose or did you win
Nobody knows, you can be anything
Down at the truck stop ...

The only piece of life that you feel free
You can pretend you are
What you always wanted to be
Gas tank full and a dream still gets to you
Oh the great big you
That no one ever knew

Truck stop, you're not what you left behind
Truck stop, you're free from the ties that bind
Truck stop, one thousand stories to be told
Truck stop
Down at the truck stop

Step out your truck or car
Nobody knows who you really are
Truck stop
Did you lose or did you win
Nobody knows, you can be anything
Down at the truck stop ...

Weekend Down Mexico lyrics - Chris Rea

I remember the days gone by
I would wipe a tear from your pretty little eyes
And say darling don't you cry
We'll find a way
We'll get by

You looked at me with a wonderful smile
We held each other close for a while
Two young souls sworn never to part
Their love was too strong

And I can never let go
The memory that haunts me so
That long long weekend
Down mexico

And sometimes I still feel it inside
And taste one of those tears that we cried
Two young souls sworn never to part
Their love was too strong

And I can never let go
The memory that haunts me so
That long long weekend
Down mexico

Texas Line Boogie lyrics - Chris Rea

I've got my cards on the table
Got my life laying on the floor
I've been broke, I've been twisted
But tonight I don't care anymore
I'm gonna hang up my blues
And let them stay there for a while
I'm gonna dance in that line
I'm gonna lose them in somebody's smile
Texas line boogie
Let your troubles go by
Texas line boogie
Why don't you give it a try

Well you're feeling so down
You ain't got nothing to lose
Feel your feet and your soul
Rising up from your dancing shoes
Don't say it's not me, don't tell me that this ain't so cool
If you don't want some fun
Then God saya you ain't nothing but a fool
Texas line boogie, let your troubles go by
Texas line boogie, why don't you give it a try
Texas line boogie

Too Big City lyrics - Chris Rea

Well there's a big blue sky
The good Lord painted for me
From the east of Arizona
Down to the mexican sea

Oh this too big city,
It don't let me feel free
I'm going to pack up soon
Take off on my own
They call it the mother road
She gonna take me back home
Because this too big city
Got nothing but a heart of stone

Now there's a sense of freedom
Out along these country lines
I don't need no pressure
Trying to make your oxygen mine
Oh this too big city is gonna kill itself
For a nickel and dime

Goodbye, all my troubles will be gone
Well I'm going back home, back to where I belong

Goodbye

Houston Angel lyrics - Chris Rea

Neon lights shining in the deepest blue
You pull in by the motel
You know what you're going to do
See you face come shining
See a smile come crashing through
Houston Angel
She's still the one that gets to you

Well I know what you're thinking
I can see your smiling face
You've been all around I know
But you can't find another to take her place
Ever since you were a small child
You know it moved you deep inside
A certain kind of magic
You always found so hard to hide

See you face come shining
See a smile come crashing through
Houston Angel
She's still the one that gets to you
Houston Angel

She was always the one that burned you like a fire
And you never quite shook
off this strange intense desire

See her face come shining
See her smile come crashing through
Houston Angel, she's the one that
Still gets through to you

Houston Angel

I'm Moving Up lyrics - Chris Rea

Well it may not look like much
But it's all I got
It may be nothing to you
But I'm coming through
Oh, yeah, I'm coming
Yeah I'm coming
I'm moving up
I'm moving up
To Chicago

Yeah, I heard all the stories
Of those big wide streets
They say it's real good money
Oh it's easy meat
I've had enough down here
Well, see I got to go
I'm moving
Yeah I'm moving up
Ready or not
To Chicago

You'll see me walking tall
See my shiny shoes
I'm going to take it all up
Kick away those country blues
Well, I'll play anything
I'll play bazooka-zoo
I'll play electric guitar
I'll do anything you want me to

Yeah, I'm moving up
Well, I'm moving up
To Chicago
Oh yeah, I'm moving up
To Chicago

Maxwell Street lyrics - Chris Rea

Will you tell me mister
How did I end up here?
Oh, won't you tell me mister
How did I end up here?
I got a dollar for my trouble
And nothing for may fear

Oh, won't you tell me mister preacher
How did I end up this way?
Oh, won't you tell me mister preacher
How did I end up this way?
So cold and hungry down on Maxwell
And the blues tear came to stay

Well they told me I remember
This new life would be so cool
Oh, they told me I remember
This new life would be so cool
Now I'm standing here on Maxwell
Feeling like the biggest fool

Oh, my cousin caught the Greyhound
And my best friend jumped a train
Yeah, my cousin caught the Greyhound
Yeah, my best friend jumped a train
Now if I ever pull a big one
Maxwell won't see my face again

Oh maxwell
If I ever pull a big one
No you won't see my face again

Bob Taylor lyrics - Chris Rea

I pray,
Oh, I pray
I'm praying
Yes I am
Every single day
I pray
Some sweet morning
I'll get to move away

I fear who's in my doorway
Too scared to go outside
There's a gunshot every day now
One for every tear i cry
Sometimes I go to sleep
Hoping I will never wake
There's fear for my poor children
Oh I dream that one fine day
One sweet morning
We'll get to move away

Sometimes I see the Devil
Sometimes I see his face
I swear he built these towers of hell
Oh' I swear he made this place
Whatever made us come here
Whatever made us stay
This endless cold grey winter
Oh I pray that one fine day
One sweet morning
Oh, we get to move away

One sweet morning
Oh, we get to move away

Bob Taylor
Let the Devil take him
Bob Taylor
Let the Devil shake him
Bob Taylor
Let the Devil break him

She's A Whole Heap Of Trouble lyrics - Chris Rea

Better look out
Cos she's coming for you
Oh, you better get ready
Oh, she's waiting for you
She's a whole heap of trouble
I know what she's gonna do

She'll give you lipstick fever
Take your eyes off her mouth
She got that come on over look
You know what I'm talking about
Well, she's a whole heap of trouble
She's gonna take you out

She don't care nothing about you
She play around 'til you're broke
You better hand onto your money
Or it'll go up in smoke, yes it will
She's gonna burst your bubble
She's a whole heap of trouble

She's going to break your heart
She's a whole heap of trouble
She's gonna burst your bubble
She's a whole heap of trouble
yeah, she's a whole heap of trouble

Jazzy Blue lyrics - Chris Rea

Well, let me tell you
Let me tell you something new
Oh, let me tell you
Let me tell you something new
Oh' I've found an angel
She put some jazz into my blue

Oh she turned me over
There was nothing I could do
Yeah she turned me over
There was nothing I could do
Well she took me down real easy
Turned my grey skies jazzy blue

Oh I was beat up I was busted
I was lonely I was blue
That's right
I was beat up I was busted
I was lonely I was blue
She kicked my ass and laughed loud
Threw out everything I knew

Well, she danced me into pieces
She broke that tired old heart in two
Yeah, she danced me into pieces
She broke that tired old heart in two
Well, I was laughing all the way
She turned my world to jazzy blue

Yeah yeah yeah turned me jazzy blue
Turned my world to jazzy blue

Oh she turned my world
Turned my world jazzy blue
Oh she turned my world
Turned my world jazzy blue

Hip-Sway lyrics - Chris Rea

Ain't got no time
For trouble talk
Life is too damned bad
You got to move it on up
Sometimes you got to fell glad
What I see
What I say
I call it hip sway

Sometimes you got yo let go
Come on and have some fun
Oh you can't hold back
Now your working's done
Oh let's start walking
Let your body do the talking
Call it hip sway

Babe you got to make up some time
Come on move a little closer to me
I sure want your love to be mine
Cos I know what your doing to me
Oh yeah
I got to hip sway
Well, yeah got to hip sway

Well, hip sway

Babe you got to make up some time
Come on move a little closer to me
I got something special for you
Stop you feeling so sad and lonely
Mmm well go on hip sway
We're gonna hip sway
Hip sway
You got to have some fun sometime
I call it hip sway

That's The Way It Goes lyrics - Chris Rea

She was a good time girl
Everybody know her name
Oh she was a good time girl
Everybody knew her name
She took off with a hustler
Never been seen again

He was a pool room genius
Broken heart and a broken nose
Yeah he was a pool room genius
Broken heart and a broken nose
Well, how he ended up in the chiller
nobody knows
That's just the way it goes

So many saw it coming
That dangerous path they chose
Oh so many saw it coming
That dangerous path they chose
But ask anybody down on Maxwell
They say that's just the way it goes
Oh, that's just the way it goes
That's just the way it goes
That's just the way it goes 'round here, yeah
Ask anybody down on Maxwell
They say that's just the way it goes, oh yeah

To Get Your Love lyrics - Chris Rea

I like the way you look
Play the game so well
I like the way you move
Oh baby you move so well
I like the way you shake shake shake
Shake a tail feather baby
Ain't nothing I wouldn't do
To get your love

On a trail of broken dreams
This road I ride
I need to kill these aching blues
What I feel inside
I love the way you look
What your eyes seem to say
Yeah, I know the danger
I take my chances anyway

Oh, nothing I wouldn't do
To get your love
To get your love
Ain't nothing I wouldn't do
To get your love
Oh, kill these aching blues
I scream to the good Lord
The good Lord way above
Oh Lord please help me
There ain't nothing I wouldn't do
To get your love

To get your love
Your sweet love
Ain't nothing I wouldn't do
To get your love
Your sweet, sweet love

Chicago Morning lyrics - Chris Rea

Have you got what it takes?
Can you take it?
Gonna need more that two strong arms
If you're gonna make it
You got to learn the game
Oh you got to know the beat
From the highest of the high
Down to the rules of the street

Chicago morning
Are you lucky today?
Chicago morning
Are you ready to play?
Chicago morning
Oh she's a city of dreams
Chicago morning
Do you know what it really means?
Chicago morning
Chicago morning

Are you ready to shoot?
You better not fake it
Cos she sure ain't no pushover
Are you sure you can take it?
Chicago morning
How far can you see?
You better know now
Ain't nothing here for free, oh no
Are you ready?
For Chicago morning
Are you ready?
For Chicago morning

Are you ready?
You better not fake it
She sure ain't no pushover
Are you sure you can take it?
Chicago morning

Since You've Been Gone lyrics - Chris Rea

Since you've been gone
There's a cold wind blowing
I never felt before
Oh, since you've been gone
There's a cold wind blowing
I never felt before
I would give anything
To see you back up to my door

Since you've been gone
I don't laugh like I used to do
Oh, since you've been gone
Oh my sweet little angel
I can't stop thinking about you

Since you've been gone
I don't use my dancing shoes anymore
Since you've been gone
Yhey don't seem to smile like they did before
Cos they remind me of you angel
I can't really use them no more
Since you've been gone

We'll there's a big old empty space
Where my sunshine used to be
Oh, there's a big old empty space
Where my sunshine used to be
And everybody talking
They say, what's gonna become of me
Since you've been gone

Here She Come Now lyrics - Chris Rea

It's a kind of picture
Gonna knock you out
Certain kind of look
Yeah you know what I'm talking about
Some say it would spin you over
Sure gonna hold you down
This ain't every day street corner
This is big town in a big town
Well, you know what I mean
Hear what I say
Hear what I say
Oh you know, know what I'm talking 'bout
You know what I mean
Oh hear she come now
Here she come now

Now you got that look
Oh you sure can hide
I can see your heart screaming
I can feel your baby cry
Oh you'd better look out now
Better hold on tight
This ain't no long journey
This is the ride of your life

Yeah, you know what I mean
You know what I mean
Well, hear what I say
What I say
Oh, here she come now
Don't she look so fine
Yeah you know what I mean

Take a look
Oh take a good look
Better hold on tight
This ain't no long journey
This could be the ride of your life
Here she come now
Oh don't she look so pretty, yeah
Hear what I say
Oh hear what I say
Here she come
Here she come now

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