Chris Rea Lyrics

Last Drink lyrics - Chris Rea

Wherever I roam
Wherever I go
They'll always be
A smile that I know
At the calling of time
And the last one is here
My lips kiss the glass
And I feel your soul near
Wherever I go
Whatever I do
My last drink is always
Always for you

There'll always be time
Time for "the one"
They'll always be reasons
Before the last one is gone
So my lips the glass
For the good times we knew
And my last drink is always
Always for you

A glass that is full
Is how I see me and you
So I'll smile while drink it
Let tomorrow shine through
My lips kiss the glass
To the good times we knew
And my last drink is always
Always for you

'Til I Find My True Love's Name lyrics - Chris Rea

Ride the wind
Ride the rain
Steal the thunder
Take the pain
Keep it burning
keep the flame
'Til I find my true love's name

Twelve wild angels
Sing this song
Into forever
They drag me on
Lashed with leather hurricanes
'Til I find my true love's name

This path of hailstones
Is easy to choose
Without a lover
There's nothing to lose
My wrists may bleed
But nothing will change
'Til I find my true love's name

Still I smile and I go on
Let the Devil sing his fearful song
I will not rest
I will not be chained
'Til i find my true
Oh 'til I find my true
Oh 'til I find my true love's name

Big White Door lyrics - Chris Rea

Looks like I'm flying
But I'm crawling slowly
I learn the way to swim
Is just to let it go
Don't expect nothing
Don't smile or grieve no more
Except maybe a little more pain
And a little more closely
To the big white door

First time I saw it
My fear ran wild
Screaming like a drowing man
Crying like a child
But each time I looked out
It was a little closer than before
Of that big white door

Now I'm gliding on the fast flow
Now I'm falling through the air
Seems like everything is moving slowly
Now I find I don't seem to care
A little closer
A little darker
'Til there's nothing else more
Just the universe in shadow
Of the big, the big white door
Of the big white door

Hey Gringo lyrics - Chris Rea

Hey gringo
Why you got me tied and bound?
I gotta crop to keep my family
You tell me burn it to the ground
Hey gringo
Help me try to understand
You got so many paper dollars
Why do you need my piece of land?
Hey gringo

Hey gringo
Why you do this I don't know
Why don't you give me fair price for my labour?
Then what you want I will grow
Hey gringo

Now my children have no doctor
My mother needs some pill
My wife have no pinkiller
And I hear her cry out still
When you find that the end of life
You scared what comes to you
Well God is going to ask you
What good did you ever do?
Hey gringo

Hey gringo
Oh there's enough why can't we share
Hey gringo
I only ask for what is fair
Hey gringo
Well the next time you turn round
Hey gringo
Maybe God will gun you down
Hey gringo

Hey Gringo lyrics - Chris Rea

Immigration Blues lyrics - Chris Rea

I came here to work
And take up the rope
Give contributuion
In this land of hope
I'll bleed for your king
I'll die for your queen
Give all and some more
To your western dream
Locked in the ghetto
Waiting for news
Standing on the corner
With those immigration blues

My cousin told me
Steal your mother's ring of gold
Raise every single dollar
Oh before we get too old
Now I'm standing in an endless line
Waiting for some news
My dignity cries for mercy
With those immigration blues

Don't know where my cousin went to
Maybe they sent him back alone
I miss the ones I left so badly
Maybe I should have stayed back home
Somebody knows a dealer
Now it seems I don't get to choose
So I got to try whatever
Kick out these immigration blues, yeah
Those immigration blues

Still Trying To Clear My Name lyrics - Chris Rea

You heard all the stories
You heard what they say
This stuff's so outdated
I can't believe I have to live this way
There's been so many seasons
Years of thunder fire and rain
So many years since I got free
And I'm still trying to clear my name
Still trying to clear my name

Like an old prize-fighter
everybody wants to punch
i even try to take a fall sometimes
just to get back to my lunch
I get it so many times
I swear I'll go insane
So many years now since I got framed
And I'm still trying to clear my name

Let me tell you it's getting closer
Closer by the day
I'm loosing my soul
When I'm hearing what they say
I try to be polite
I try to smile
And walk away
Sometimes it gets me so bad
I'm gonna loose it in a big way

So many years
Since I've gone straight
So many years of shame
And I'm still trying to clear my name

Sun Is Hot lyrics - Chris Rea

Sun is hot
Beatin' down
Got to get out
Got to get out of town
Find a place
Sandy blue
That's what I'm thinking
What I'm going to do
Cos sun is hot
Oh sun is hot

Sun is hot
To hot to work all day
I'm burning up
Got to get away
These workin' clothes
Are chokin' me
Deep in the blue blue shade
That's where I got to be
Cos sun is hot
yeah, yeah sun is hot
Oh sun is hot

Sun is hot
Hot sun burn my skin
Ain't no fancy air-conditioning
Oh it ain't so funny
when you can't sleep
I'm working so hard, so hard
Trying to keep the beat
Oh sun is hot, yeah
oh sun is hot
Oh that sun is sure hot
I got to get away

Screw You And Your Deep Blue Sea lyrics - Chris Rea

White god standing
By the breaking waves
Thirty pieces of silver
Everybody gave
You drop 'em in
Eat 'em up
You drink his wine
From a plastic cup
The soul of this place
You've taken from me
So screw you
And your deep blue sea

Complex phrases
Hide what's true
The biggest lies
you ever knew
The virgin angel
She screams and chokes
She's drowning now
In a pool of bootleg coke
I'm getting off while my soul's still free
So screw you
And your deep blue sea

They say the Lord
Turned their sins to stone
The gold and silver fell off
The dried up bones
The golden beaches
Of my younger days
Thirty bits of silver
Sold into the poisoned waves
The soul of this place
You've taken from me
So screw you
And your deep blue sea
And your deep blue sea
I'm getting off
While my soul's still free
Yeah screw you
And your deep blue sea
And your deep blue sea

Nothing Seems To Matter No More lyrics - Chris Rea

Down by the shore
The devil rides out
You know what it is
By the way the angels are crying
Strange kind of waiting
Fear in his soul
Laughing so loud, but
Ain't nobody smiling
with dignity so far down the road
And the death of truth
Banging on the door
No nothing, nothing seems to matter no more

Well I'm thanking the Lord
I know what I am
When you know what you want
It's easy
And there for the taking
The value of gold
Just a numbers game
Whilst your ace of your riches
Laughs at your empty heart breaking
Well you say I don't care
But you got me all wrong
I just don't want to be aware I gaze
At the smile that you're faking

Guess you'll never know why
What you crave you can't buy
You say you're trying your best
But it's just a whole heap of mess
That you're making
When they change the rules
And tell you the truth
Is against the law
Nothing, oh nothing
Can ever matter no more
Oh, nothing can ever matter no more

Sometimes lyrics - Chris Rea

Sometimes there are no words
To set you free
Sometimes you have to let it go
And let it be
Sometimes there is only
A deep ocean blue
And a wave above
An endless sea

Take off on your sails
And let the wind take you
Take you where she pleases
Where she goes
Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes

Sometimes all you had
Seemed lost forever
Sometimes nothing you can do can make a change
Sometimes all there is, is deep blue ocean
One pair of footprints is all that remains

Take off on your sails
And let the wind take you
Take you where she pleases
Where she goes
Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes

Lampiou lyrics - Chris Rea

Dark is the morning
On this fateful day
Lord knows I tried to live
The way the good Lord say
But they cheated on me
With their book of lies
Now they're staring all the way through me
With their careless coward eyes
Now they leave me
With a choice of two
To lose their or do
What Lampiou do

What turns a good man
To the sword and gun?
When you still his dignity
Leave him nowhere to run
I hear the Devil
I hear his voice
If I pull the trigger
Is it really out of choice?
You say yes because you can walk away
Without your clothes on such a cold bleak day
God say they only get to sit on high
Because their stairways are all built on fear and lies
So if you tell me there's no other way
Maybe I ask the Devil
Maybe listen what he say

In Lampiou's way there is no return
There's no way back
And all your bridges you must burn
The toughest of decisions
Between the trigger and the knife
Does the balance of God's own justice
Need the taking of a life
Now they leave me
With a choice of two
To lose my way or do
What Lampiou do
What Lampiou do

Lucifer's Angel lyrics - Chris Rea

You say I'm still here
But inside I'm gone
Lucifer's angel
Is singing this song
And you say there's no reason
For this sad soul to be blue
But that all depends
On what you heard was true

God in his chamber
Judge is in the hall
Lucifer's Angel screams a victory call
And you say it's all shiny, shiny and new
But that all depends
On what you say is true

There a kind of change
That not many will see
Til it's too late to reason
And the Devil runs free
And you say you're the wise man
We should listen to you
But that all depends
On what you ever knew

I see a new kind of winning
And I wish you could see too
All the rules have been broken
And they're laughing at you
You say I'm thinking too heavy
There's no fearing to do
But that always depended
On what you say is true

There's a big change coming
Like you ain't seen before
Lucifer's gone missing
There's something else at your door
While you say that I worry
And that men that hide
Can never sue
While that all was depending
On what you thought
You ever knew

That's How I Know It's You lyrics - Chris Rea

When my heart skips a beat
When something moves
from my head down to my feet
When I close my eyes
And see the deep deepest blue
That's how I know
That's how I know it's you

I don't need no bell that rings
I don't need a call
I don't need no bird that sings
I don't need no spring or fall
Cos when I close my eyes
And feel a smile shining through
That's how I know
That's how I know it's you

When the storm comes in to town
It don't bother me
It used to bring me down
No it's just a rainy day
Cos when I close my eyes
And see the deep deepest blue
That's how I know
That's how I know it's you

Forever lyrics - Chris Rea

Hearing now
The sound of the waves breaking on the shore
Feel that sun
Late in the day
It's touching forever more
You and me
Together we should be
You and me
We should be together
Forever

This place in time
Can never be replaced
This chance to see
Will go without a trace
How we really are
Is how that we could be
The rest is useless pain
Let it go and you will see
We all have plans
But it's not because of
We just get full of what we really need

You and me
Together we should be
Forever
Forever

You and me
Together we should be
You and me we should be
Together
Forever

You Got Soul lyrics - Chris Rea

You got soul
Everybody knows it
You got soul
Yeah, everybody knows
You got soul
Don't you ever lose it
You got soul
Yeah, everybody knows

Everybody wants to be around you
Oh baby since I found you
I feel the same, yeah
Seen them turning their heads when you're coming
See their smiling faces
Oh you got them running, yeah
You got soul
You got soul

Everybody wants to be around you
Oh baby since I found you
I feel the same, yeah
Seen them turning their heads when you're coming
See their smiling faces
Oh you got them running, yeah
You got soul
You got soul
You got soul

Bajan Blue lyrics - Chris Rea

This dark and cold
Sure gets me down
I close my eyes
And I drift away
To a land
That I once knew
Left me bajan blue
My bajan blue

So when I'm down
I sing this song
I see the place
That it came from
The land that I
Oh that I once knew
Left me bajan blue
Oh I'm bajan blue

The big ships came
with a thousand souls
The laid back dream
Was bought and sold
The Jumbo birds
With their mighty roar
Now what I love can be more
Down on my bajan shore

But I still feel
The smiles you gave
The white sand turned
On a turquoise wave
Forever more
Oh it's only you
My bajan blue

My Baby Told Me (Blues) lyrics - Chris Rea

My baby told me
Everything is gonna be alright, yeah
My baby told me
She gonna meet me Saturday night
Oh I’m getting so excited
Can’t sleep at night
I got to try keep my cool now
As I hold on tight

My baby told me
Now I know it won’t be long
My baby told me
All my blues will soon be gone
Well I feel so good
I feel alright
I feel so good I gotta
Gotta hold on tight
My baby told me
Everything gonna be alright
Yeah she told me
Everything gonna be alright
I gotta, gotta hold on tight

Got To Be Moving lyrics - Chris Rea

Got to keep moving
Something driving me on
I got to keep moving
Tomorrow I’ll be long gone
Hey little girl
You know I love you
There’s nobody else I place above you
But when the night time come around
I got to go
There’s no way I can still be around, yeah
Oh I got to be moving

Got to be moving
I got to get away
Oh I got to keep moving
Oh I just can’t stay
Somebody told me
I got it real bad
But I need to settle down
I never have
When I hear the sound of a train in the night
Or a big aeroplane with its red tail lights
Gotta to be moving
I gotta to be moving

Hey little girl
You know I love you
There’s nobody else I place above you
But when the night time come around
No way I can still be around
I got to be moving

My Baby Told Me (Gospel) lyrics - Chris Rea

My baby told me
Everything gonna be alright
My baby told me
She gonna meet me Saturday night
Now I’m getting so excited
Can’t sleep at night
I got to keep my cool gotta hold on tight
Cos she told me
Everything gonna be alright
Now my baby told me
Now I know it won’t be long
Yeah my baby told me
That my blues will soon be gone
Now I feel so good inside
I feel so good inside
Cos my baby told me, yes she did
My baby told me

Now I’m getting so excited

I can’t sleep at night
I got to keep my cool
Got to hold on tight
Cos she told me
Everything gonna be alright
Now my baby told me

Heartbreaker lyrics - Chris Rea

He got a ring on his finger

Don’t let him ever point it at you

He got a ring on his finger

Take care if he’s looking at you

He ain’t no cool dream maker

Just a midnight faker

A heartbreaker

And he’s gonna put his dirt on you

He got a poison switchblade

He gonna play some tricks on you

Oh you’ll never see it coming

Never sure what he gonna do

He ain’t no cool dream maker

Just a midnight faker

A heartbreaker

And he’s gonna put his dirt on you

Walk in the bar like he never done nobody wrong

But he’ll turn like a mustang

You never see where he’s coming from

He ain’t no cool dream maker

Just a midnight faker

A heartbreaker

And he’s gonna put his dirt on you

He’s just an old heartbreaker

Wasted Love lyrics - Chris Rea

Who’s that knockin’ on my door
Who is crying
I wanna know
In sleepless nights
You turn and pray
And hide from mornings
Mornings blinding grey
Time will pass by
And still you hear
Those children cry
Tears of pain
From a sky way above
The broken heart
Of a wasted love
Wasted love

See it out on a highway
See it down in a street
See the leaders stand smiling
As it dies at their feet
Tears of pain
From a sky way above
The broken heart
Of a wasted love

Time will pass by
And still you hear
Oh those children cry
Tears of pain
From the sky way above
The broken heart
Of a wasted love
The broken heart
Of a wasted love

Cool Cool Blue lyrics - Chris Rea

Cool cool blue
Take it easy
Cool cool blue
Take it easy

Born a fighter
With a broken heart
So many time you try
You try to make a brand new start
So many tears go by
Before you realise
Well chasing too high

Will only make you cry
You got to be cool cool blue
Take it easy
You got to be cool cool blue
Take it easy

I met an angel one time
Showed me another way
She had a different kind of thinking
So I listened what she say
She say you always fighting to break free
You always crashing around
It’s your own crazy dream of freedom
That’s what keeps you chained and bound
Why don’t you be cool cool blue
Take it easy
Cool cool blue
Take it easy

Sometimes it ain’t worth what you gotta do
Sometimes it ain’t worth what
you gotta put yourself through
Take it easy
Take it easy

You got to be cool cool blue
Take it easy

Clarkson Blues lyrics - Chris Rea

Oh I’m calling out
To the king of wheels
I gotta let him know
The way I feel

Every car all shiny and new
You sell your own mother
For that what that big guy’d do
Yeah you would

Gotta give me some money
For these car-less shoes
Standing at the bus stop
With a Clarkson blues

Every kind of motor
Has ever been made
Driven to destruction
Each and every day

P. Zeros
Melt em’ down
Sure beat everybody to the best job in town
I got to get me some money for these car-less shoes
Standing at the bus stop
With a Clarkson blues, yeah
I got the Clarkson blues

Clarkson blues
Out on the track
Bust 'em up and send 'em back
Clarkson blues
Crash for free
Clarkson blues
We all want to be

Engineer
He live in fear
Bossman tell him
That the big man’s here
Hear that moto engine scream
Big boy living out our dream
I’m just some punk
With worn out shoes
Standing at the bus stop
With the Clarkson blues

Who Killed Love lyrics - Chris Rea

These streets of tears
Are all that’s left to see
Somebody made them
Now it’s our destiny
Down on the corner
A cruel wind that blows
Where the gentle smile was lost
Nobody knows
Nobody knows

Now you can die out there
By the company wall

Nobody gonna help you
If you stumble and fall
No tell me who
Who killed love
Oh won’t you tell me
Who, who killed love
Don’t let this chance get away
Why don’t you leave some
Heat to say you passed this way

They all looking for money
They all looking to be
Somebody who gets away
Somebody who breaks free
But they’re building their dreams
On a broken old floor
They can’t get one cent ahead
Each single day a little more
Everybody crying
Everybody blue

You try to find some kind of peace
Before the night was through
Building up the pressure
Losing every day
Jesus asked the question
But they looked the other way
So tell me who
Who killed love

Say a prayer for the lonely
For the sad and the blue
Say a prayer for me while your on your knees
And I’ll say a prayer for you
Say a prayer for the broken
Say a prayer for the old
Say a prayer for each other
While we save all our souls
No tell me who
Who killed love
Oh won’t you tell me please
Who, who killed love

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

Mindless lyrics - Chris Rea

I got my teeth in the wind
Gonna take whatever come my way
Oh nothing can stop this
What that I’m feeling today
You turned us to stone

Now you’re gonna have to eat what you say
Cos we’re mindless, yeah we’re mindless

I’ve used every grain in my brain
Trying to get what you say
You had so many chances
Now the Devil he dances on your cheating ways
You turned sweet little angels
into poison looking for blood
Now we’re mindless, yeah we’re mindless

You look for someone to blame
yeah it’s always the same
With somebody like you
Nothing to say
Now you made it this way
What you put us all through
You turned sweet little angels
into poison looking for blood
Oh,we’re mindless, yeah we’re mindless
Now we’re mindless

Ain't That Just The Prettiest Thing lyrics - Chris Rea

Well ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see
Oh ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see
I don’t know what she’s doing
What’s she doing to me
But ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see

Now ain’t that just the prettiest thing
That ever caught my eye
Yeah, ain’t that just the prettiest thing
That ever caught my eye
Well I don’t know what’s come over
What’s come over me
Cos ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see

Well ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see
Ain’t that just the prettiest thing
I ever did see

Nobody But You lyrics - Chris Rea

I don’t like to be alone
I like a happy place
Any place that stops me feeling blue
Oh when my last drink is over
And gone
I’m wanting nobody but you

There’s a certain time each day
When the evening shadows fall
See them turning to the darkest violet blue
And my one and only picture
When I close my eyes
Nobody but you

Through the years nothing changes
And there’s so many that I knew
But every time it rearranges
There’s only one face
Comes shining through
Nobody but you

Through the years
Nothing changes
And there’s so many that I knew
But every time it rearranges
There’s only one face
Comes shining through
Nobody but you

Waiting For Love lyrics - Chris Rea

I saw an old soul
Out on the street
Certain kind of sad eyes
Seemed so strong and so deep
I say where are you going?
What do you do?
I need to find out
Why I’m so affected by you
A voice of an angel

Came from this battered soul
He said I’m waiting for love
Oh I’m waiting for love

There were tears in his eyes
All the different kind
So full of lies
But refusing to shine
They burned like a fire
Of what could have been
If only we’d looked
Maybe we could have seen
Voice of an angel
Came from this battered soul
He said I’m waiting for love
I’m waiting for love
Oh I’m waiting for love
Yeah, I’m waiting for love

Nobody knows, nobody cares
Everyone wants it
But nobody shares
I’m waiting for love
He said I’m waiting for love
Oh I’m waiting for love

Blue Morning In The Rain lyrics - Chris Rea

Blue morning
In the rain
It’s that rainy day feeling again
I need some heat
I need a flame
Kick off those blue
Those blue mornings
In the rain

Blue morning
In the rain
Every time you go away
When you’re not here
It’s always the same
Blue morning
Blue morning in the rain

Come back as soon as you can
Make my morning sun shine again
Until you do
It’s all blue
Mornings in the rain
Blue morning in the rain

"The Blue Jukebox" (2004)

The Beat Goes On lyrics - Chris Rea

See them talking on the corner
You'll see them every day
So many words, so many reasons
About the ship that sailed away
Was it somethingto do with bussines
What it love that done them wrong
Always somebody else to blame it seems,
For the half chance been and gone

The beat goes on,
I say the beat goes on
The beat goes on

See them drinking in the corners,
Be amazed at what they say
They've all got their tears and stories
About the big one that got away
There are always so many reasons
Why they misssed that place that day
Tales of woe and treason
About the ship that sail away

The beat goes on
Yeah, the beat goes on
And I see them everyday
Yeah, the beat goes on

Long Is The Time, Hard Is The Road lyrics - Chris Rea

Big old snake o' red tail lights
Lookin' for a drain
Pretty red, like diamond bright
become your ball and chain

If you ever reach the other side,
it will never be this way
They tie you down with your own high hopes,
you better listen what I say

Long is the time, and hard is the road
Everybody lookin' for a place
to put down their heavy load

Fat cat screamin' up above
'cause he don't get no second chance
He's passing down his reckless fear
he kick your chains and make you dance

Dance around his daydream
'till he gets to fly away
you find a dagger in your back
you better listen what I say

Long is the time, and hard is the road
Everybody lookin' for a place
to put down their heavy load

Oh, long is the time and hard is the road
Hard is the road

[solo]

Oh, long is the time and hard is the road
Everybody lookin' for a place
to put down their heavy load

Long is the time, and hard is the road.

Let's Do It lyrics - Chris Rea

We can't do it for the money,
They don't do cash no more
We can't do it because we do it so well
'Ain't nobody left to keep the score
They changed the rules
Made us look like fools
Send us lies from way above
Lets do it
Hear what I say
Lets do it
'Cos we're busted anyway
Let's do it, lets do it for the love

You've still got
your left hook
I've still got my jab
They're so dumb they never see it coming
We were the best they ever had
They slapped our faces with a belt of lies
Now you know what I'm thinking of
Let's do it... hear what I say
Let's do it... 'cos we're busted any way
Let's do it? lets do it for the love

Let's do it anyway?

You take the right, I'll take the left?
Let's do it.. let's do it for the love?

Let It Roll lyrics - Chris Rea

I am the king of your darkest night
I am the prince of your fear
I will wrap your dreams into sandstorms
You'd better know this before you come near

There is no end
to what I've become now
Way past the cold sweat of losing control
I load it up
I put it down
I let it roll

I am the priest
of your bad luck
Long gone the blood has run free
Scar upon scar until the pain doesn't know
What's worth hurting inside
What is left of me

What you think
is brand new
I just threw it your way
What you think is too big
Is too small
I've forgotten much more than
You think that you'll ever know
There is no height that is too far to fall
You'd better go home lock up your soul
Or sit down and take it
Don't try to fake it
Load it up, load it down, let it roll
Let it roll, let it roll?.

Load it up, put
it down, let it roll

Steel River Blues lyrics - Chris Rea

Wherever I go, whatever I do
There'll always be a smile I knew
Upon the grey
How it lit the sky
As we dreamed our dreams
And let the young days go by
But there'd come a time
We used to say
We'd both have to part
Just to get away
But the reasons were the same for me and you
To try to kick away the fear we knew
Call them
Steel river blues

How the years went by
Too damn fast it seems
As we followed through
Our young and desperate dreams
You know me so well and I know you
And to the world it seems we both got through
But only you and me know
What is really true
The only thing we never got to do
Kick away
Those steel river blues

You know me so well and I know you
And to the world it seems we both got through
But only you and me know what is really true
The only thing we never got to do was
Kick away
Those steel river blues

Somebody Say Amen lyrics - Chris Rea

There's a soft wind blowing through the sugar cane
And the pink fruit juice is melting
On a beach down sandy lane
And the Sunday school dresses sway
In sun-bleached harmony
Where the waves of green
Meet the waves of blue
And the preacher sets you free

It seems in prayers and money
You look for five to get you ten
Somebody say amen
Won't somebody say amen

I see the people without the money
Being peaceful with the lord
Yeah the church seems full of happiness
But the jet set's looking bored
They getting high without a penny here
They're finding peace without a dime

But the rain turns cold on the city streets
And the smiles are hard to find
Oh the pain of only wanting
For your five to get you ten
Somebody say amen
Won't somebody say amen
Amen

Blue Street lyrics - Chris Rea

Take a walk down Blue Street,
Take a walk with me
There are no dreams on Blue Street
Just what came to me
Took your daydream to the dealer
You closed your eyes and kissed his feet
Was he an angel or the devil?
Gonna find out now
On Blue Street
Blue Street is where you go
When it's over past and gone
All alone here on Blue Street
No need to find out what went wrong
on the street
When you realize the fear you feel
Is coming from the inside of your own soul
When you find out you can't escape it
The only thing you can't control
Hey this is Blue street
There sure ain't no sunny side
Drop to the paving stones
'Cos there's nowhere you can hide
Yeah this is Blue Street
Yeah this is Blue Street
Oh this is Blue Street
yeah yeah

Monday Morning lyrics - Chris Rea

Monday morning, see what you can do
Hit the freeway, take the grey and make it blue
My dream don't fight with daylight
It don't bleed for you
Keep your secret
'Til lucky Tuesday smiles for you
Hold on easy, don't you ever let him know
Monday morning,
When I get out
You ain't never gonna see me go
Monday morning, Monday morning

Don't make ambitions
That let Monday tie you down
Keep it simple
Keep it easy
Or for sure he'll bring you down
Stay cool, never Monday's fool,
Let him think you play the game
Leave Sunday
When the time is right
Oh and never see Monday again

Hold on easy, don't ever let him know
Monday morning, when I get out
You ain't never going to see me go
Oh, Monday morning, Monday morning...

Restless Soul lyrics - Chris Rea

Restless Soul
Beating like a drum
I need to know
Where she coming from
Everywhere I go she rides with me
This restless soul won't let me be

Oh restless soul

I call on the devil
I call on the saints
Tell me please
What do I push against?
I go down to the doctor
I say please give me some
Tell me where does this restless soul come from

Oh you've got to give me something
Got to take it away
'Cos it screams and it cries
And I fear what it says

Restless soul I say oh restless soul
Help this restless soul

Restless soul

Paint My Jukebox Blue lyrics - Chris Rea

Since you've been gone
I've been wondering what to do
Maybe take the weekend out
The one I promised myself
I would always do

That place you said you never liked
Or would ever choose to go
Now this change has set me free
And I'm wondering what to do
Guess I'll paint my jukebox blue

I see some light in the distant sky
Its coming from
Where we used to be
The colours you made
From the smile that you gave
Or this freedom don't feel like its setting me free
Today I feel like the biggest fool
If freedom must be without you

Now I'm standing in that very place
And I'm wondering what to do
Guess I'll paint my jukebox, paint my jukebox,
Paint my jukebox blue

Baby Don't Cry lyrics - Chris Rea

The cold axe of bad love
Sure cut you down
There's nothing to hold on to now
In this part of town

Your heart has been broken
But hear what I say
Ain't nothing but a cold night
Bringing home a new day
I know what you're feeling
What you're going through
How much it must hurt you
Like nothing else do

Don't cry, baby don't cry, the worst is over
Don't cry, baby don't cry, the worst is gone

Hey little angel, oh hear what I say
The pain that you're feeling
I swear it won't stay
'Cos I got the wisdom
Of a thousand broken bones
And I'll be here with you
So you never be alone

Don't cry, baby don't cry, the worst is over
Don't cry, baby don't cry, the worst is gone

Speed lyrics - Chris Rea

I got speed
I don't know where I'm going
But I've got everything I need
I got a picture
Trapped inside my head
How I think that it should be
Oh, I got speed

I got speed
But the man in the suit he won't let me
I got wheels
And the sound of them always sets me free
I got speed, I got speed

"Blue Street (Five Guitars)" (2003)

Heading For The City lyrics - Chris Rea
Are You Ready lyrics - Chris Rea

Are You Ready lyrics - Chris Rea

And your life
Is blowing over
A little faster every day
Better stop for a while
And it think it over
Cos you know for sure
You lost your way
Does what's around you really matter?
is there something left undone?
A simple dream you left behind you
Now the truth has got you
Undone

Are you ready?
Oh tell me
Are you ready?
Are you ready?

"Dancing Down The Stony Road" (2002)

Changing Times lyrics - Chris Rea

Changing times, changing rules
Make a wise man look a fool
Gone before no longer here
Look out for these signs of these
Changing rules
Better look out

You better look out
Look out for these changing times
Can't stop those changing times
Changing times
Cold hard rain
Everything's a changing
Nothin's going to be the same

You'd better look out
'Cos you can't stop these changing times
Nothin's going ever to be the same
You'd better look out
Look out for these changing times

Easy Rider lyrics - Chris Rea

Well now come on easy rider
Give me something
For my pain
Well now come on easy rider
Though I know you're not to blame

The dogs are out to get me
And pull me down, again

Well now come on easy rider
Turn this screaming fire
Down low
Yeah come on easy rider
Pull this pain
And let it go

This time around
Don't think that I can take it
This twisting pain
I've come to know
Easy rider
Help me
Easy rider

Stony Road lyrics - Chris Rea

This is the story
Oh this is the way
Gospel of reason
When the pain came to stay
The life of a loser
Who wins with a smile
The sinners redemption
In the tears of a child

Me & Katie
We go dancing down the stony road
See her laughing through the pain
Of such a heavy load
Me & Katie
We go dancing down the stony road

You're looking for sugar
To kill the grey
You're looking for the laughter
To take the pain away
God don't give nothing
No you got to steal your own smile
Learning to find it,
In the tears of the child

And me & Katie
We go dancing down the stony road
See her laughing through the pain
Of such a heavy load

Me & Katie
We go dancing down the stony road
Let's go dancing, let's go dancing
Dancing down that stony road

Dancing The Blues Away lyrics - Chris Rea

Beat up soul
Looking to find a smile
Ain't nobody here to give you the reason why
I need the wings of an angel
Need to find me a way to fly

Come on and dance with me baby
Dancing my blues away
Yeah dance with me baby
Dance 'til my blues can't stay
Come on and dance with me baby
Dancing my blues away

There is something worth knowing
Written behind those eyes
Well I've got tears by the truckload
Let's laugh 'til they all run dry
Let's steal the wings from those angels
And kiss what we know goodbye

Come on and dance with me baby
Dancing my blues away
Yeah dance with me baby
Dance 'til my blues can't stay
Come on and dance with me baby
Dancing my blues away

Burning Feet lyrics - Chris Rea

No standing with these burning feet
I got to kill the the fire
Got to kill the heat
I see a road and a river
I gotta go
'cos there's fire in my shoes
And you're moving too slow
For these burning feet

I got to move
Burning feet
Need a cool groove
Burning feet
Win or lose
Looking to kill the heat
Oh these burning shoes

One day they'll find me in pieces,
By the side of the track
Smoke trail behind me,
Flames from my back
This is what made me,
Yeah how I was made
Forever, in the heat
And never in the shade
Of these burning feet

Burning feet
I got to move
Burning feet
Need a cool groove
Burning feet
Win or lose
Looking to kill the heat
Oh these burning shoes

Mississippi 2 lyrics - Chris Rea

Nashville sky
In a morning sun
Somewhere up north
A new life begun
He was drawn to the twister
With a Memphis sound
Kissed by an angel
Of a music town

Jump a train from Chicago
Trace it back
With the neck of a bottle
And the groove of the tracks
Spend your life running
That angels sweet sound
Chasing the ghosts
Of a faraway town

Oh Mississippi
Running through my veins
Oh Mississippi
Never the same again

Slow Dance lyrics - Chris Rea

Well I screamed at mama,
What's that stuff going on
Yeah I screamed at mama
Where did that feeling come from
She said son I don't know what it is
But I know that's where you belong
Mama looked at me,
She smiled me a sunny day
Yeah mama looked at me
Took all my fear away
She said son now I know for sure
What you gonna do one day

It's a slow dance,
Dance of the rythym and blues
It's a slow dance,
Dance of the rythym and blues
Now I screamed at mama,
Mama tell me where did you go
Yeah I screamed for my mama,
Mama tells me what you come to know
I was born with this feeling
And it ain't going to let me go

It's a slow dance,
Dance of the rythym and blues
It's a slow dance,
Dance of the rythym and blues

When The Good Lord Talked To Jesus lyrics - Chris Rea

See me moving without warning.
Fast as mt legs can run
and I'm hanging by a thin wire,
been that way since I was young
Only the good Lord got his reasons,
for turning on his own son.

And he beat up on me real bad.
Bad as a dog can be
He took every smile that I had
And he threw it all back at me
Only the good Lord got his reasons,
Make yo cry until your eyes can't see
Well he burned down all that I had
And he left me beat and blind
Oh he dealt me pain and sorrow
And every fear that he could find
When the good Lord talked to Jesus
Guess I ain't what he had in mind
Oh when the good Lord talked to Jesus
I guess I ain't what he had in mind

Heading For The City lyrics - Chris Rea

All my friends packing up,
Loading up their Volvo's
And their pick up trucks
Going down the road,
To try their luck
So spin that dream,
Go heading for the city
Roll that dice,
Say a prayer,
Light a candle for me
When you get there,
Win or lose,
We're heading for the city

Well I got a problem hear what I say
They're telling me I got to move away
I was happy here,
They tell me I can't stay
Now whats screaming rain is heading this way
For those who sleep and choose to stay
The game they didn't know
They had to play
So win or lose
We're heading for the city
So roll that dice
Say a prayer
Light a candle for me
When you get there,
Win or lose,
We're heading for the city

So Lonely lyrics - Chris Rea

Sometimes I get ...
.... so lonely

Someday My Peace Will Come lyrics - Chris Rea

Someday
My peace will come
Oh I know
My peace will come
I will sleep like a child without pain
Without fear
Like a smile in the afternoon sun
Oh someday
My peace will come
Lord can you hear me
Oh I know you know my name
It's written in the tears
That flow from my pain

Broken hearted broken soul
All my life on the run
But someday
Yeah someday
My peace will come
Someday
My peace will come

The Hustler lyrics - Chris Rea

Time to get up
Make a move
Put the brain in gear
Cut the groove
Moving slow
With a smiling face
Never look like you want it
'Til it's right in your face

I'm the hustler
Playing my favourite game
Yeah I'm the hustler
Everybody knows my name

Well I can get all around you
While I think you stand still
The way you tell me you won't
Let's me know that you will
Last thing you tell them
Is what you came here for
The're never going to find out
'Til you way out the door
'Cos I'm the hustler
Playing my favourite game
Yeah I'm the hustler
Everybody knows my name

You got to love the work you do
How long it takes
Ain't important to you
Don't care whats in it
Loving every minute
Every minute, every hour
Every second of the day
Little by little
I see it coming my way

I'm the hustler
Playing my favourite game
Yeah I'm the hustler
Everybody knows my name

Give That Girl A Diamond lyrics - Chris Rea

Time to get up
She shines her light where just before
There was only
A cold wind blowing
She understands what makes me smile
And lets me know that
Without showing
I need to tell her, need to show her
How deep she goes

Inside of me
She is the stone that breaks the hard shell
And rings out the loudest bell
With whispered words that scream out
All the peace in me

Give that girl a diamond
Yeah give that girl a diamond
And say it's from me
A blue reflected light
Way past the darkest place
My only private night
Of fearful dreams
She is stone that stabs my shield of steel
The peace that she makes me feel
With whispered words
I need to tell her
Need to show her
How deep she goes
Inside of me

Give that girl a diamond
Give that girl a diamond
And say it's from me

"King Of The Beach" (2000)

King Of The Beach lyrics - Chris Rea
All Summer Long lyrics - Chris Rea
Sail Away lyrics - Chris Rea
Still Beautiful lyrics - Chris Rea
The Bones Of Angels lyrics - Chris Rea
Guitar Street lyrics - Chris Rea
Who Do You Love lyrics - Chris Rea
The Memory Of A Good Friend lyrics - Chris Rea
Sandwriting lyrics - Chris Rea
Tamatave lyrics - Chris Rea
God Gave Me An Angel lyrics - Chris Rea
Waiting For A Blue Sky lyrics - Chris Rea
Mississippi lyrics - Chris Rea

King Of The Beach lyrics - Chris Rea

Let your fighting scars heal in the sun
of a bright windy day
Let your cold blades sleep in the sand
till it's rusted away

Washed each night in the waves
while you sleep away each memory
And you wake to find yourself
a new king to be

Away from the dark
moving into the light
King of the shadows
gives up on the fight

He kicks of them shoes
throws them away
There's nobody here now
except this salty blue day

Out of sight
Out of reach
He's king of the beach

Whatever I was
well I'm not that now
I tell you because
it may help you somehow

So kick of them shoes
and throw them away
Cause there's nobody here now
except this salty blue day

Sail Away lyrics - Chris Rea

Walk a cold thin line
in the morning
Hold the fear inside
that greets you with the day

I can't go with you now
I can only watch you now
As you sail away
Sail away

I'm going to miss you now
So much more then I realised
There's a heavy stone of empty
where you once lay

I can't go with you now
I can only watch you now
Watch you
As you sail away

Sail away
I know you need your freedom
Sail away
Cause without it you can't survive
Be on your way
disappear into the distance
I smile and say
Sail away

I can't go with you now
I can only watch you now
Watch you
As you sail away

Still Beautiful lyrics - Chris Rea

I see a million torn up moments
of the rarest happiness
Each one a dancing snowflake
A piece of memory

It's the ghost of days gone by
Lay them tight across this old town
In the silence of your smiling face
You move to me

And you are still beautiful
You are still beautiful
In this cold white night
Still shining bright
Still beautiful

Regrets the cold wind that I know
and it will not let me be
and hopes your smiling face
can still can set me free

And you are still beautiful
You are still beautiful
In this cold white night
Still shining bright
Still beautiful

The Bones Of Angels lyrics - Chris Rea

Long shadows
Bright light
That falls to the front
From a darkness behind
There is no end
To this mountain top
Inside these stones
Only peace will we find

Inside out
We're all part of the stone
That makes up the mountain
And harbours the bones
The bones of angels
That showed us the way
You can feel them at night
While they sleep through the day

The bones of angels
The bones of angels

Together we will be
Forever we will see
I see you
And I see me
And the bones of angels

Guitar Street lyrics - Chris Rea

There's a crazy sense of duty
As he licks between his fingers
Wipes the ketchup from his face and hands
There's a strong determination
That his teachers never witnessed
Never close enough to understand
He's like a bull just bred for fighting
He don't deliver nothing
Outside the only thing that he knows

School report just says he's lazy
His brother says he's crazy
But take a look 'cos there he goes

Through the avenues of fashion
To the palaces of dreams
All the way down Guitar Street

To some guitars are hot-rods
All along the quest for macho
To others a would-be ticket out of town
For Joe a six-string sten gun
In the 'Panto-revolution'
And Stevie's all just strictly sound
He's like a bull just bred for fighting
He don't deliver nothing
Outside the only thing that he knows

School report just says he's lazy
His brother says he's crazy
But anyway take a look 'cos there he goes
Through the avenues of fashion
To the palaces of dreams
All the way down Guitar Street

Who Do You Love lyrics - Chris Rea

How does it feel
now that you know
What makes it work
how far it can go
Your innocent dream
didn't know how to play
the game that was needed
and now I hear it say

Who do you love
Who do you really love
What are you thinking of
at the end of the day
What do you want
What do you really want

There's no question you are
and somehow save the day
and all those who don't really know
See a bright sunny day
but the glory that shone
like sweet summer rain
It rolls off you and dissapates
Just as fast as it came

The Memory Of A Good Friend lyrics - Chris Rea

I love the sun
I love the sea
I'd like to think that you
were here with me

But people are seasons
and seasons change
I'd like to think that you
are still the same

Sometimes you made me happy
Sometimes you made me cry
But the memory of a good friend
never dies

Between the lines
of an aging face
something special that you can't replace

But people are seasons
and seasons change
I'd like to think that you
are still the same

Sometimes you made me happy
Sometimes you made me cry
But the memory of a good friend
never dies

And I see you standing
by the harbour wall
And I see you waving
from the aeroplane
Two hearts together
laughing in the rain

Sandwriting lyrics - Chris Rea

Sandwriting
Leave your name and
Let the wind
And high tide
Take it away
Each white gold grain
That made up your name

Take it away

Sandwriting
Write your lover's monogram
Upon the cool damp
White gold grain
say this is who I am
Yes this is all you are my friend
Some shapes upon the sand
Of white gold grain
Washed and blown away
With the memory of your name

Take it away

Go tell the story
To the wind and sea
What ever became of you and me
Each letter of love
That had its golden day
A love song
Without goodbye

Take it away

Sandwriting

Tamatave lyrics - Chris Rea

Je veux sentir le sable
Entre mes doigts de pieds
Tamatave ma petite rouquine
Elle la sait

Long grass dancing in the day
Blue sky palm trees gently sway
I come from a land down in sun
Sit on the beach and watch the waves run

I need the sand between my toes
Tamatave my red hair girl she knows

Tamatave je t'entends m'appeler
Tamatave je t'entends m'appeler
Tommasina I hear you calling me
Tamatave je t'entends m'appeler

I feel so strange on city streets
I got these big shoes on my feet
I come from a land down in sun
Sit on the beach and watch the waves run

Tamatave je ton ton mapelay
Tamatave je ton ton mapelay
Tommasina I hear you calling me
Tamatave je ton ton mapelay

God Gave Me An Angel lyrics - Chris Rea

I was never born with the face of a movie star
I was never blessed with an easy load along the way
I have taken the wrong turning
So many times I can't remember
But one thing I have for sure
I can always smile and say

God gave me an angel with a smiling face
God gave me an angel this I know
My churches are all empty and I'm guilty every day
But god gave me an angel anyway

Talk of being good and what became of me
Do I hide my head in shame and turn away
I have taken the wrong turning
So many times I can't remember
But one thing I have for sure
I can always smile and say

But God gave me an angel with a smiling face
God gave me an angel this I know
My churches are all empty and I'm guilty every day
But god gave me an angel anyway

Waiting For A Blue Sky lyrics - Chris Rea

He sits upon the empty sand
and gazes up to the endless grey
The weathered face
and battered hands
Protest the soul
that carried them so far this way

The beaten skin
is turning to a wrinkled smile
And his eyes light up
and give his soul away

He said, I'm waiting for a blue sky
I am waiting for a bright day
I'll be there thru the wind and rain
Don't care what anybody says

I'm waiting for a morning bright
that fills the day with all its clean bright light
I'm waiting for a blue sky

I'm waiting for a blue sky
I'm waiting for a bright day
I'll be there thru the wind and rain
Don't care what anyone else says

I'm waiting for a morning bright
that fills the day with all its clean bright light
I'm waiting for a blue sky

Mississippi lyrics - Chris Rea

Nashville sky, in the morning sun
Somewhere up north, a new life begun
He was drawn to the twister, with a Memphis sound
Kissed by an Angel, of a music town.

Jump a train from Chicago, trace it back
With the neck of a bottle, and the groove of the tracks
Spend your life running, that Angels sweet sound
Chasing the ghosts, of a faraway town.

Oh Mississippi, running through my veins
Oh Mississippi, never the same again.

"The Road To Hell Part 2" (1999)

Can't Get Through lyrics - Chris Rea

Radio speaker - radio bleep
Put it on hard disc -
See it on your pc
Everybody moving - cos
their so afraid of losing
You gotta pull the straps
Till it can't fight back

Say you gotta pull straps
Till it can't fight back
Press it down, press it down

What's going on,
Oh what's going on
There was a time,
When all I could see
was a sun in the sky
There was a place I knew where we
We used to run, run with
the wind in our faces

I look to the left, I look to the right
Can't get through
Press it down, I can't get through
Look to the left, I look to the right
I can't get through

I can't get through
I can't get through

Radio play, radio scream
Coming up through
All the crap on my windscreen
I can't get through
I can't go back
Laugh (too scared)
I might have a heart attack
I say I might have a heart attack

I can't get through
I can't get through

Good Morning lyrics - Chris Rea

Good morning. Good morning

I feel so good, I feel so good today
Do you know, I feel so good,
So good today
I won't let nothing get in my way

Good morning. Good morning

E lyrics - Chris Rea

E is for the comfort,
You give to me
E is for the peace, I feel inside
E is for the good times
That go against the bad times
E is for the world you gave us
And left us here behind

They say
Tell me what's so wrong with E
That's what I hear them say
Tell me what's so wrong with E
That's what I hear them say
Let's talk about it

E is for the reason
To live through urban grey
E is for the warm glow,
That takes the fear away

Show us what is better
Why don't you stand inside
these shoes
Oh live with me each Monday...
Let's see what you would do...

Which world do you live in?
Which world did you choose?
Hiding the tears, that's all
No win
No lose

They say
Tell me what's so wrong with E
That's what I hear them say
Tell me what's so wrong with E
That's what I hear them say
Let's talk about it

Last Open Road lyrics - Chris Rea

How fast can I run?
How far can I go?
These are the questions,
The young want to know
I met her in Brooklyn,
She was coming from a place
I said "where are you going to"?
She said "where have you been"?

'Cos I'm trapped in here,
Set me free
I know your world let me see
Take me down that last open road
Take me down that last open road
Take me down that last open road

I know there is so much 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
Take me down that last open road
Take me down that last open road

Coming Off The Ropes lyrics - Chris Rea

I'm coming off the ropes
(he's going down)
He thinks I'm beat
I'm coming off the ropes yea
This ain't no retreat
He thinks I'm going down
For sure my head is spinning round
When I straighten up
But I'm going to knock him off his feet!
(Wow suckerpunch!)

I'm coming off the ropes
(he's going down)
Yes I'm coming off the ropes

I'm coming off the ropes
He made me angry now
I only need to straighten up
I'm going to show him how
I can hear someone count to ten
Seems like a lifetime,
But I'll tell you when
I know I'm safe down here
So till then, must have been
a lucky swing
Two years ago,
I would have not let him in

I'm coming off the ropes
(he's going down)

Evil No. 2 lyrics - Chris Rea

They call me love
They call me dear
They kiss off and leave me
For their own career
I got a satellite dish, I'm all alone
With my little goldfish
And eminem, em on my headphones
You heard that yet? You will!

Selfish pigs put the blame on me
So hacked off what I came to be
I'm off the tracks
Now I'm all at sea
They like jogging more than they like me

I'm evil
Evil no.2

Then need to have something,
Becomes the seed to have anything
The lonely tears have dried up
And the brain cells start to fry
My heart cries out for new things
Turns to anything will do things
My left sides like a train crash
Form all the things I tried

I was so scared
I was lonely
I got mixed up
Now I'm only

I'm evil
Evil no.2

Mummy and daddy's on prozac
Said they're happy but
They won't be back
I hope they have a heart attack
'Cos of what they done to me

They left me for a wine bar
They left me for the wrong car
I dunno how I got this far

I'm evil
Evil no.2

Eminem ain't so far away from this

Mummy got a boyfriend
Daddy got a girlfriend
Gotta go away at weekends
I tell you what I'll do
Take every pill that I see
You can do what you want to me
I'm only trying to break free
From the evil that you do

I'm evil
Evil no.2

Keep On Dancing lyrics - Chris Rea

I got a friend who loves the music
He got a red hot groove
But he don't use it
I get so afraid, he's gonna lose it
If you gotta gift - man, don't abuse it

Keep on dancing

The experts say they really care
They don't have a clue what's out there
The teachers tell the children not to swear
And the drunken lawyes
Leaves the kid
To pop something in
To kill the fear... it's not fair

Keep on dancing

I'm a frightened Dad, worried sick
Hear what I say?
I could put something in here
You know what rhymes with it
The whole world seems to end
In c.k.e.d
You ain't fooling me anyway

Keep on dancing

Are you ready here comes
Steve Gadd

Keep on dancing

See em run for the books, cos
They just don't get it
They throw it at me
But I've already read it
Before they speak,
Some-one already said it

We can't be friends
Cos Karl Marx don't rhyme
With Mercedez-Benz
I need credit
You can shove it
You know why?
'Cos I love it!

Keep on dancing

Marvin lyrics - Chris Rea

Oh Marvin,
Seems so long
But I still remember you
I would have given everything
If I could have talked to you
For just one small moment
In the quiet of the day
You took my pain away

Oh Marvin
The one who wanted,
The one that could not stay
With a flash of illusion
Oh the big one that got away
Just one small moment
In the quiet of the day
You took my pain away

Oh Marvin
Oh Marvin

Oh how we miss you
Oh how we wish somehow
I could hold onto your wings
And fly away
Because the pain you knew
Was the pain I knew too
Misunderstood like the
thorn of a rose
Before the summer came,
Your beauty washed away
Like pretty petals in the wind and rain

Firefly lyrics - Chris Rea

Go to that secret place
Inside your soul
Go to its deepest place
Only you and I know
Can you see her?
There she is still shining bright
When the sun goes down
See her crimson glow through
the darkest of nights
She smiles and says
Everything is alright
There will never be goodbye
While we still see the firefly

The firefly
She smiles and says
Everything is alright
There will never be goodbye
While we still see the firefly

There will never be goodbye
While we still see the firefly

I'm In My Car lyrics - Chris Rea

I'm in my car
I got my telephones and radio
This is my home
I have learnt to love and live
The only way I know
And I don't want to change a thing
This is my world you are sitting in
I got a fax so I press send
Send a message to my DJ
A message to my DJ
'Cos he's my best friend
I'm in my car

And I am happy here
Even though the fools will never know
I got peace in here
My private world and endless
Stop and go

And I don't want to change a thing
This is my world you are sitting in
I got a fax so I press send
Send a message to my DJ
A message to my DJ
'Cos he's my best friend

I'm in my car

Safe from my boss
Safe from all the gumbos
That I hate so much
Its not G.T.
Its not all about you think
That you may see
Oh it's not about what you think
You see
I'm safe from my family. ..
I'm safe
I'm safe

I'm in my car

I'm happy here

I'm in my car

New Times Square lyrics - Chris Rea

I'll see you round about midnight
You know I won't be late
Let's dive into this crap house
And truth hell have to wait

The truth of what has gone before
Lies bleeding on the floor
The only truth remaining still
Is that truth don't matter anymore

So meet me round about midnight
I won't let you down I swear
We'll hang on to each other
Down at the new Times Square

It seems that we can't run from this
No matter how we try
There's nothing here worth keeping
So let's kiss it all goodbye

Tell me what's worth keeping anyway
It doesn't seem to matter
What we do or what we say
Everything we had
They have now taken it all away
The truth don't matter anymore

The Way You Look Tonight lyrics - Chris Rea

A sinner I may be
But I've just got to try
My luck with you
Secret smile upon your face
So don't look down
Don't hide your grace
Let me find you

Cos I can't get over the way
You look tonite
Blow me away
The way you look tonite
Tell me to go away
It's allright
I just wanted to say
The way you look tonite
The way you look tonite...

"The Blue Cafe" (1998)

Square Peg, Round Hole lyrics - Chris Rea

He's a square peg in a round hole
Misfit in a slick world
Don't play the game
Don't do what he's told
He's a square peg in a round hole

Square peg don't care
The bright lights he's not there
Catch the shadows see him slip away
Square peg that's what they say
Square peg, Suare peg

Square peg, you have got to be strong
Square peg, he's got his own song
Square peg, I'll see you around
Square peg, face down

Square peg, round hole

Miss Your Kiss lyrics - Chris Rea

I've been everywhere, looking for an answer
I've been in and out, of every place in town
I've been checking out, looking for a reason
I just can't seem to work it out, which every way I choose
Oh I've been missing you
I'm missing you

I miss your kiss
I miss your touch
Can't get used to it baby
I miss you so much
I'm missing you

Shadows Of The Big Man lyrics - Chris Rea

Oh you've been so long
In the shadows of the big man
How long can you take it
How far can you go
Don't you know how strong
In the shadows of the big man
While he smiles in the sunlight
You can die in the cold

Spend your life, In the shadows of the big man
Sell your wife and children, if it made him smile
How long can you take it, or do you really need it!
Oh standing in the shadws, the shadows of the big man
And you'd love all the world to see
How you break your chains and set yourself free
And all you got to do is walk away
Walk away from the shadows of the big man

Where Do We Go From Here? lyrics - Chris Rea

She's 24, she's 25
She doesn't know what's true or lies
Where does she go?
Where does she go from here?

He's 21, he's 22
TV crap is all he knew
Where does he go?
Where does he go from here?

She goes to shool
She stays at home
Wherever she goes, she feels so alone
Where does she go?
Where does she go from here?

They're 34, they're 45
They're so obsessed with the car they drive
Where do they go she says
Where do we go from here?

Love is a stranger, with a silicon smile
As you choke on your envy, down the magazine mile
You must look, but don't touch
You must but, but don't feel
One day you will find out
None of it's real

Where do we go, where do we go from here?

Since I Found You lyrics - Chris Rea

There's a smile on the faces I see
Since I found you
There's a laugh in the eye, where a tear used to be
Since I found you
There's a sound of a Memphis section playing on my radio
And it sings of the reasons why I love you so
Since I found you

There's a groove that's so smooth
I can hardly tell who's in the studio
And the girls on the street
Sing out of tune so sweet
I just have to go, it's all i need to know
Since I found you, I ain't never going to give you up
Since I found you, you keep me looking up
You keep me looking up
You keep me looking up
Turn it up

Thinking Of You lyrics - Chris Rea

Somewhere in this crazy night
With all this noise, and all this light
I'm out upon the crowded street
I play the game and I keep the beat
But I'm thinking of you

And I remember the summer days
Your strength and yet your gentle ways
Now I'm back on the crowded street
Through the darker days I keep the beat

But I'm thinking of you

Through all the grey, I see skies of blue
I close my eyes cause I'm thinking of you

And I pray to god, that what we had,
We will have again someday
So I telephoned to tell you what
I'd hoped you'd like to hear me say

I'm thinking of you

As Long As I Have Your Love lyrics - Chris Rea

The word you send today
From somewhere far away
Cut in deep to the bone
Though I am not with you now
I feel you close somehow
Too many days, so far from home
And I send my dream to you
And I will go on
As long as I have your love

I see your candle burn,
You wait for my return
I feel your shadow in the night
The question still remains, oh love its still the same
Oh I'll get by,
Don't you know I'll be alright
As long as I have your love

Anyone Quite Like You lyrics - Chris Rea

Ten Thousand princes
I've seen them all
I've seen them come
And I see them fall
I've watched them win
I've watched them loose
Since you've been around
No-one gets to choose
Because when the game begins
And the time is now
When there is no more talking
Only here and now
There is only here and now
I ain't seen anything qute like you
Ain't been anyone quite like you

Ten thousand princes
All backs against the wall
Then Thousand losers
When the winner comes to call
How they scream in frustration
Then thousand reasons why
The rhetoric is endless
I see the laughter in your eyes
Because when the game begins
And the time is now
When there is no more talking
Only here and now
Only here and now
I ain't seen anything qute like you
Ain't been anyone quite like you

Sweet Summer Day lyrics - Chris Rea

I want to see the blue sky
I want to feel the breeze
I want to hear the summer wind
Singing in the trees
I want to touch forever
And drift into its soul
Put my troubles in my right hand
Hold them up
And let them go!

Sweet summer day
Talking about a sweet summer day
Take your troubles and let them fly away
I'm talking about a sweet summer day

So much time is wasted, pulling the line
For sure you are running faster
But you're only running blind
I want to touch forever
I want to really know
Put my troubles in my right hand
Hold them up and let them go

Sweet summer day
I'm talking about a sweet summer day
Take your troubles and let them drift away
Talking about a sweet summer day

Stick By You lyrics - Chris Rea

I'm gonna stick by you, everyday
I won't let you down now
No matter what they say
I won't let them get to you, no way
I'll stick by you
I'm going to stick by you
Now I know
No matter what tomorrow brings
I won't let you go
I won't let them get to you, oh no

I'll stick by you
And when the laughter seems to fade away
And Mr Sun becomes a rainy day
Oh I don't matter cause you'll know anyway
I won't let you down
I'm gonna stick by you
I'll stick by you

Going to stick by you, now I know
No matter what tomorrow brings
I won't let them get to you, no
I'll stick by you, I'll stick by you
I'll stick by you, I'll stick by you

I'm Still Holding On lyrics - Chris Rea

How many times
Have I been here before?
Like a worn away piece of the night
Waiting for the dawn

Daylight breaks
And the dream is gone
Leaving me to stay
But I'm still holding on
Yeah I'll keep holding on

I used to think I knew
Just exactly what I took
You move in, fast and hard
And you make your own luck

Daylight breaks
And the dream is gone
Leaving me to stay
But I'm still holding on

I see it better now
Smell the tears upon this tracks
It's a long long way before it's over
And what you give out
Is what you get back
The easy way out
It will bite you hard someday
You see me smile and learn
I find a better way

I'm still holding on

The Blue Cafe lyrics - Chris Rea

My world is miles of endless roads
That leaves a trail of broken dreams
Where have you been
I hear you say?
I will meet you at the Blue Cafe
Because, this is where the one who knows
Meets the one who does not care
The cards of fate
The older shows
To the younger one, who dares to take
The chance of no return

Where have you been?
Where are you going to?
I want to know what is new
I want to go with you
What have you seen?
What do you know that is new?
Where are you going to?
Because I want to go with you

So meet me down at the Blue Cafe

The cost is great, the price is high
Take all you know, and say goodbye
Your innocence, inexperience
Mean nothing now

Because, this is where the one who knows
Meets the one that does not care
Where have you been?
I hear you say
I'll meet you at the Blue Cafe

So meet me at the Blue Cafe

"La Passione" (1996)

Dove Il Signore? lyrics - Chris Rea

Dov'e il Signore
Qui e il Signore
Dov' e quell'o
Che porta a la pache
Che dah la luce
Che dah il giorno
Ecco lui porta il dolore
Eche lo porta via
Dov' e il Signore
Qui il Signore

Where is the Lord
Who is the Lord
Where is that
Where is he who brings his peace
Who give the light
Who give the day
Who is he who brings his pain
Who takes away the pain
Where is the Lord
Who is the Lord

La Passione (Film Theme) lyrics - Chris Rea

I stand alone
Without a care
Open the door
But no-one's there
The lonely night
My only friend
Love's wrongs are right
I can't defend

La Passione
La Passione
La Passione
La Passione

And now I know
What I've become
It haunts me so
But I'll go on and on
I know the pain inside
Is the price you pay to ride
Into the brightest flame
Never the same again

La Passione
La Passione
La Passione
La Passione

You dare to dream
Take the chance and go
Desire has taken hold
Now the passion haunts you so

La Passione
La Passione
La Passione
La Passione

Shirley, Do You Own A Ferrari? lyrics - Chris Rea (feat. Shirley Bassey)

[Chris Rea:]
Shirley
Do you own a Ferrari?
Do you live in a wonderful place?
And the smile on your face
Is of joyful laughter, happy ever after

[Shirley Bassey:]
Yes, I own a Ferrari
Yes, my life is your dream
And I live in a wonderful place
And the smile on my face
Is not sycophantic
I'm just a true romantic
How about you?

What is so wrong
With a heart with a dream
A soul without hope
Is a terrible scene

Deep in the coldest and darkest of nights
I hang on to my dream
Keep it locked in my sights

What is so wrong
With a heart with a dream
A soul without hope
Is a terrible scene

Deep in the coldest and darkest of nights
I hang on to my dream
Keep it locked in my sights

[Chris Rea:]
Shirley, do you own a Ferrari?
Shirley

Girl In A Sports Car lyrics - Chris Rea

When I was a boy I had a dream
It never came true but somehow it seems
When I drift away and I knowing so
There's a certain time and a place I go

Every heart's got it's moment
Written on it's soul
Just a minute in it's lifetime
Of a happiness untold

For the smallest grain of sand in time
Your own shadow sets you free
And you turn to your reflection
And your heart cries out, is this really me?
It's the girl in the sports car 1961
And she's sitting in her Lusso
In the early morning sun

For the smallest grain of sand in time
Your own shadow sets you free
And you turn to your reflection
And your heart cries out is this really me?
It's the girl in the sports car 1961
And she's sitting in her Lusso
In the early morning sun
That girl in the sports car
That girl in the sports car
Girl in the sports car
That girl in the sports car
Girl in the sports car
That girl in the sports car

When The Grey Skies Turn To Blue lyrics - Chris Rea

When the grey skies turn to blue
And the dark clouds blow away
In the morning of a new life
When the sun comes shining through

When the grey skies turn to blue
In the morning of a new life
When the sun comes shining through

When the grey skies turn to blue
Meet me on a bright and windy day
When the breeze has blown the grey skies far away
High upon a hillside when the sun comes shining through

And the grey skies turn to blue
When the grey skies turn to blue
When the grey skies turn to blue

Only To Fly lyrics - Chris Rea

You must live, what you really love
You must be, only what you're dreaming of
Like a bird rising in the sky
You are only, only to fly, only to fly

When you hear the sound you love
Do you turn and walk away
Is it something you are frightened of
Are you scared what it may say

You must not run, you cannot hide
It's only what you really feel
It calls to you from deep inside
You've got to know this dream is real
Only to fly, only to fly, only to fly

You must live, what you really love
You must be, only what you're dreaming of
Like a bird rising through the sky
You are only, only to fly
Only to fly, only to fly

You must live, what you really love
You must be, only what you're dreaming of
Like a bird rising through the sky
You are only, only to fly, only to fly
Only to fly, only to fly

You Must Follow lyrics - Chris Rea

I recall the fleeting glimpse of light
That smiled across a sky of darkest grey
And a summer dress of cotton
Gently moved in fields of green
I tiptoed silently
I tried to hear what she may say
You must follow,
You must follow

What good is love that never sees the flame
What good a re grey clouds that never turn to rain
I doesn't matter
She says no-one turns away
And always chase your wildest dream
Just to hear what she may say
You must follow
Oh you must follow

What good is love that never sees the flame
What good a re grey clouds that never turn to rain
I doesn't matter
She says no-one turns away
And always chase you wildest dream
Just to hear what she may say
You must follow
Oh you must follow

Yeah you've got to follow
You must follow
Oh you must follow

Disco' La Passione lyrics - Chris Rea (feat. Shirley Bassey)

Dove Il Signore? (Part Two) lyrics - Chris Rea

Dimme figlio mio
Costa stai cercando
Cosa speri di trovare
Dietro la porto
Una ragione per vivere
Una ragione per essere
Per stare al posto mio
Essenti ri cho que verdo
El tute il tempo
Da Dov'e sono hio
Tu tocho que poso verdene se de
Dov'e il Signore
Qui e il Signore

Tell me my son
What are you looking for
What do you expect to find
On the other side of the door
A reason to live a reason to be
To stand in my shoes
And see what I see
When all the time
From where I stand
All I see is you
Where is the Lord
Who is the Lord

"Espresso Logic" (1993)

Espresso Logic lyrics - Chris Rea

If you don't listen what the people say
The people gonna have to take their own way
You got to give the people what they need
And only then will they begin to see

There's a world that we don't know
There's a world we never see
Espresso

I don't need this trouble, I don't need the grief
I don't need to feel this pressure down on me
Every day there's something we don't really need
Stop, think, walk away and let it be
Stop, think, walk away and let it be
Espresso

There's a world that we don't know
There's a world we never see
Espresso

Red lyrics - Chris Rea

Put your hand in the paintbox and choose
Which one says the most about you
I would have to pick the deepest shade
The saddest shade of blue
But red is colour I'd choose
Red is colour I'd choose

I set my soul long ago and far away
Oh it's written down so deep it can never fade away
Though so many years have come and gone
Through my life one thing has stayed
An eternal light that shines clean through the grey

Red is colour I'd choose
Deepest red on a sky of deepest blue
It don't matter now if I should win
If I should win or lose
'cos red is colour I'd choose
If I waste my time away waiting just for you
I don't care what others say
'cos baby I just love, love what you do

Red is colour I'd choose
Deepest red on a sky of deepest blue
It don't matter now if I should win
If I should win or lose
'cos red is colour I'd choose

Soup Of The Day lyrics - Chris Rea

Well she thinks she's looking so cool
She thinks she's great but she's just a fool
What awful lack of class makes this kind behave this way
I look and only think of one thing to say
Soup, she's just soup
Soup of the day

She's thin around the waistline
Thin around the brain
You see this type so many times
Time and time again

How could they really think
They'd be treated in any other way
Everybody's looking and everybody say
Soup, she's just soup
Soup of the day

Well you'd think they'd know better
That behaving in this way
They think they're being clever
But I really have to say
You'd better think it over
You'll regret it one fine day
When the circus party's over
And you were just soup of the day
She's just soup
Soup of the day

Johnny Needs A Fast Car lyrics - Chris Rea

Johnny needs a fast car
Johnny needs it bad
Johnny always do the best whatever johnny has
Johnny needs a fast one
Johnny needs it now
You got to give him something to let him show you how
Johnny needs a fast car

Johnny needs a fast car
Johnny needs a break
Johnny don't need good luck
'cos johnny never fakes
He'll always make it look good
You'll always see him smile
Give johnny a few inches and he'll give you back a mile

Johnny needs a fast car
Johnny needs a fast car

Tears upon the broken bones of luck that never went his way
Bless this one you'll know him by his smile

Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea lyrics - Chris Rea

Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Everywhere I turn it's got a hold on me
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Everywhere I run it won't let me be
Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Can somebody somebody somebody help me please
Between the thunder and the driving rain
Could I ever be, be the same again
Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Holding on
Waiting for some good luck to come
Come my way, set me free

It's that old boy himself and he always knew
Sooner or later
If you don't say what's true you'll end in chains
And you'll always be
Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Julia lyrics - Chris Rea

Eyes so bright, so big and wide
Make you feel so strange
Somewhere deep inside
It's the face of an angel
Soul of the devil may care

How I'd love to know
What goes on in there

She needs your love
She needs it every day
But speak of love
See her laugh and run away

Julia, which way will you go
Julia, I wanna know
Julia, only the moon and stars
Julia, know just where you are
Julia

See the dance that needs no alibi
Oh you don't need to dream
When you know you can fly

She needs your love
She needs it every day
But speak of love
See her laugh and run away

Julia, which way will you go
Julia, I wanna know
Julia, only the moon and stars
Julia, know just where you are
Julia

Summer Love lyrics - Chris Rea

Once there was a summer love
Long ago and far away
The autumn whispers to the falling leaves
Summer love can't stay

This was their place, this was where
Just for one moment, without cares
Two lovers dreaming of how the world should be
Please bring back my summer love to me

Did you have to go, did I have to stay
Did you have to go, away
Now it's all gone, but who can forget
Summer love, sweet summer love

I see your shadow everywhere
I feel your smile though you're not there
A kiss for every star in the sky way above
You'll always be my one and only summer love

New Way lyrics - Chris Rea

I go to work in a bubble
I got everything I need
I get so high on no trouble
It's a great feeling, being free

I say a prayer at thanksgiving
I bless the night and the day
I look up to the sky with a smile on my face
And I praise the lord of the new way

The sweetest sound I ever knew
Was the sound of reason falling
Like the summer rain
And the truth washed the pain away
New way

I don't watch tv anymore
Don't need to see it now we all know the score
And all the politicians know what they're there for
It's a new way
New way

Stop lyrics - Chris Rea

Gone too far
Gone too long
Messed it up completely
Till everything is wrong
Stop, start over, start again

Too many pieces
Too much to chew
How can you ever win
When you're so scared to loose
You better stop, start over, start again
Stop, start over, start again

Walk away
See what it looks like from here
If you stay you will only drown
If a mass of fear

You need to sleep
You need a break
You got to find out before it's to late
Stop, start again
You better stop, start over, start again

She Closed Her Eyes lyrics - Chris Rea

She closed her eyes
And let the walls of her prison fall away
The walls that ached with a timeless wait
They had become her walls of this modern tv life
She closed her eyes
And let them fall away
And in her dreams she is standing by an ocean
She is gazing out to sea
She can remember with just a fleeting glimpse
That she was once free
So long ago now, so long it was as if it had never been
Was it a holiday
She thinks it could have been, ah yes, italy

And he closes his eyes
And he is gone far away
Gone from all the confusion
Gone from all the pain
He can easily see what a pointless waste
His modern life has become
Chasing the gravy grain
Chasing the dollar
Chasing the clock
Chasing his male friends
Chasing the boss
Chasing as it was everything
It was nothing

Only the sound of his own breathing was all he had
At the end of the day
And reasons to wonder, reasons to cry
Too late for this selfish sinner who never asked why

"God's Great Banana Skin" (1992)

Nothing To Fear lyrics - Chris Rea

I feel your heat in dusty whispers
The wind is cold around your moon
It's getting hard to keep our distance
I know your time is coming soon
Don't point your dream on my horizon
Don't take your rose too far from home
Please don't forget we're not each other
Each soul has black thorns of his own

I see you dancing
Your song is clear
You've got to show me, got to show me
There's nothing to fear
Nothing to fear
I have my loved ones you have yours
So let us gaze upon the feast
In God's own name let's eat together
In God's own name please come in peace
See how our children play together
While you and me we stand alone
I know we'll never be each other
If I leave you leave me alone

I see you dancing
Your song is clear
You've got to show me, got to show me
There's nothing to fear
Nothing to fear

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