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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
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
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
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 …
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Last Call lyrics - Chris Rea
Last place on my list tonight
Last drink gonna be alright
Seems like I'm headed
For some big fall
This is my last call
Last call for drink
Last call for a cigarette
Not least of all
Your face I can't forget
I lost
You won
And you took it all
So this is my last call
I can't remember how this night began
Boy we really hit the town
I think the plan was to forget about you
But before i put you down
One more drink
'Til you
I cant recall
This is my last call
One more drink
'Til you I can't recall
How I'd love to think
I could forget it all
Mr bartender please hear me out
Cos this is my last call
This is my last call
Last drink gonna be alright
Seems like I'm headed
For some big fall
This is my last call
Last call for drink
Last call for a cigarette
Not least of all
Your face I can't forget
I lost
You won
And you took it all
So this is my last call
I can't remember how this night began
Boy we really hit the town
I think the plan was to forget about you
But before i put you down
One more drink
'Til you
I cant recall
This is my last call
One more drink
'Til you I can't recall
How I'd love to think
I could forget it all
Mr bartender please hear me out
Cos this is my last call
This is my last call
Maybe That's All I Need To Know lyrics - Chris Rea
It must have been
The shortest time
I thought we had it
Everything was fine
They must have timed it
Like a sly old cat
When I was sleeping
I did not hear the rat
And who was this creep you ask
Who hurt you so?
Oh somebody ...
Maybe that's all
Maybe that's all I need to know
I see their shadow
When I close my eyes
There is no way back now
It cut too deep inside
Dirty tricks I thought
I knew 'em all
There was no writing
on the wall
Who was this creep you ask
Who hurt you so?
Somebody ...
Maybe it's better
Maybe it's better
I don't know
The one they stole
Is now history
But that don't take away
The hurt inside of me
The painful razor
Of the Devil's kiss
Your closest friend
Could never do this
And who was this creep you ask
Who hurt meso?
Oh somebody ...
Maybe that's all
Maybe that's all
I need to know
The shortest time
I thought we had it
Everything was fine
They must have timed it
Like a sly old cat
When I was sleeping
I did not hear the rat
And who was this creep you ask
Who hurt you so?
Oh somebody ...
Maybe that's all
Maybe that's all I need to know
I see their shadow
When I close my eyes
There is no way back now
It cut too deep inside
Dirty tricks I thought
I knew 'em all
There was no writing
on the wall
Who was this creep you ask
Who hurt you so?
Somebody ...
Maybe it's better
Maybe it's better
I don't know
The one they stole
Is now history
But that don't take away
The hurt inside of me
The painful razor
Of the Devil's kiss
Your closest friend
Could never do this
And who was this creep you ask
Who hurt meso?
Oh somebody ...
Maybe that's all
Maybe that's all
I need to know
Deep Winter Blues lyrics - Chris Rea
Freezin' rain
That blows straight through
Your busted soul
Fast food stinks
And hangs in your coat
As you try to take refuge
From the brutal cold
There's a place down south
Where a warm sea breeze kisses your face
Standing in freezing shoes
Me and you
With the deep winter blues
Steam on the main street
Snow on the side street
Ice on the metal stairs
Don't wanna take a shower
Too cold for a bath
Sometimes you'll find you don't even care
There's a place down south
Where a warm sea breeze kisses your face
Standing in freezing shoes
Me and you
With the deep winter blues
Deep winter blues
This cold is killing everyone
There's a smile in your memory
That whispers like a hurricane
Is your life becoming
Just a fight to get out of the freezing snow and rain?
Oh there's a place down south
Where a warm sea breeze kisses your face
Standing in freezing shoes
Me and you
With the deep winter blues
Deep winter blues
That blows straight through
Your busted soul
Fast food stinks
And hangs in your coat
As you try to take refuge
From the brutal cold
There's a place down south
Where a warm sea breeze kisses your face
Standing in freezing shoes
Me and you
With the deep winter blues
Steam on the main street
Snow on the side street
Ice on the metal stairs
Don't wanna take a shower
Too cold for a bath
Sometimes you'll find you don't even care
There's a place down south
Where a warm sea breeze kisses your face
Standing in freezing shoes
Me and you
With the deep winter blues
Deep winter blues
This cold is killing everyone
There's a smile in your memory
That whispers like a hurricane
Is your life becoming
Just a fight to get out of the freezing snow and rain?
Oh there's a place down south
Where a warm sea breeze kisses your face
Standing in freezing shoes
Me and you
With the deep winter blues
Deep winter blues
If I Ever Get Over You lyrics - Chris Rea
When tomorrow comes
The first day for me
that I will rise
Not so young
But free
Gonna paint the town
The brightest red
A drink for every time you said
That we were one
Always to be
I leave at home the ring you gave to me
And I will smile
As the sun comes shining through
If I ever get over you
I'm gonna laugh
No more the silent one
Dance upon tables
Never home 'til midnight, been and gone
I'm gonna throw away
All my clothes so blue
Gonna try everything, everything that's new
And when tomorrow comes
The first day for me
Then I will rise not so young, but free
I will smile
As the sun comes shining through ...
If I ever
If I ever get over you
Somebody said this new life
That I have come to know
I should have tried it
Oh so many years ago
The glimpse of freedom
Sings such a happy song
It's such a shame that it's only there
Only there for one
And I will smile
As the sun comes shining through
If I ever, If I ever
Get over you
The first day for me
that I will rise
Not so young
But free
Gonna paint the town
The brightest red
A drink for every time you said
That we were one
Always to be
I leave at home the ring you gave to me
And I will smile
As the sun comes shining through
If I ever get over you
I'm gonna laugh
No more the silent one
Dance upon tables
Never home 'til midnight, been and gone
I'm gonna throw away
All my clothes so blue
Gonna try everything, everything that's new
And when tomorrow comes
The first day for me
Then I will rise not so young, but free
I will smile
As the sun comes shining through ...
If I ever
If I ever get over you
Somebody said this new life
That I have come to know
I should have tried it
Oh so many years ago
The glimpse of freedom
Sings such a happy song
It's such a shame that it's only there
Only there for one
And I will smile
As the sun comes shining through
If I ever, If I ever
Get over you
I Love The Rain lyrics - Chris Rea
I love the rain
It clears the street
It cool off the pressure
It kill the heat
Gently it's falling
Turn down the heat
I love the rain
I love the rain
It's a sound so sweet
It's got it's own pretty music
See it dance around my feet
Gently it's falling
Turn down the heat
I love the rain
I love the rain
All the people move away
I love how things slow down
On a rainy rainy day
Gently it's falling
Wash the bad stuff away
I love the rain
It kisses the buildings
It kisses the trees
Drip drip drip drip drip
It slides of the leaves
And rolls off your shoulders
And gently rolls off your face
I love the rain
It clears the street
It cool off the pressure
It kill the heat
Gently it's falling
Turn down the heat
I love the rain
I love the rain
It's a sound so sweet
It's got it's own pretty music
See it dance around my feet
Gently it's falling
Turn down the heat
I love the rain
I love the rain
All the people move away
I love how things slow down
On a rainy rainy day
Gently it's falling
Wash the bad stuff away
I love the rain
It kisses the buildings
It kisses the trees
Drip drip drip drip drip
It slides of the leaves
And rolls off your shoulders
And gently rolls off your face
I love the rain
My Soul Crying Out For You lyrics - Chris Rea
Can you hear it?
Singing so low
Every time you tell me
You have got to go
That sad refrain
Those notes so blue
It's my soul
Crying out for you
What wakes you up
In the dead of night
And still you hear it
in the morning light
That sad refrain
Those notes so blue
It's my soul crying out for you
money don't buy no pill
to take away this pain that haunts you still
The sound that you have come to know
And I will not let you go
That sad refrain
Those notes so blue
Don't worry
It's just my soul crying out for you
That sad refrain
Those notes so blue
It's my soul
Crying out for you
Singing so low
Every time you tell me
You have got to go
That sad refrain
Those notes so blue
It's my soul
Crying out for you
What wakes you up
In the dead of night
And still you hear it
in the morning light
That sad refrain
Those notes so blue
It's my soul crying out for you
money don't buy no pill
to take away this pain that haunts you still
The sound that you have come to know
And I will not let you go
That sad refrain
Those notes so blue
Don't worry
It's just my soul crying out for you
That sad refrain
Those notes so blue
It's my soul
Crying out for you
If That's What You Want lyrics - Chris Rea
You say you need some space
Don't want to be tied to nobody that way
I'm hanging on with hands that bleed
Trying to make sense of what you say
And every time I try to make a deal
When morning comes
You forget it
So here's a whole heap of space
Cos if that's what you want
You got it
I been dragging round
Bailing you out
Every time you click your finger
So many things you say you can't do without
You need a slave
And babe that slave ain't me
And I am afraid that's how you'll always be
So if that's what you want
If that's what you want
You got it
Give and take
You'll never understand
It's all take take take
take as much as you can
So a life without responsibility
I'll gladly give you that
Here, take it from me
Fly away
And you'll find out
What life without me
Is all about
Cos if that's what you want
If that's really what you want
You got it
Don't want to be tied to nobody that way
I'm hanging on with hands that bleed
Trying to make sense of what you say
And every time I try to make a deal
When morning comes
You forget it
So here's a whole heap of space
Cos if that's what you want
You got it
I been dragging round
Bailing you out
Every time you click your finger
So many things you say you can't do without
You need a slave
And babe that slave ain't me
And I am afraid that's how you'll always be
So if that's what you want
If that's what you want
You got it
Give and take
You'll never understand
It's all take take take
take as much as you can
So a life without responsibility
I'll gladly give you that
Here, take it from me
Fly away
And you'll find out
What life without me
Is all about
Cos if that's what you want
If that's really what you want
You got it
There's No One Looking lyrics - Chris Rea
There's no one looking
Let's steal away
This ain't the kind of thing
We do anyway
I'll make some excuses
You powder your nose
There's no one looking
Let's go
There's no one looking
It's just you and me
I'll steal a kiss
Nobody will ever see
Let's find an empty street
With a late lonely bar
There's no one looking
At how lovely you are
There's no one looking
So it's OK to smile
There's no one looking
Let's sit here for a while
Laughing's allowed here
Cos nobody can see
There's nobody looking
So for now we can be
There's no one looking
There was nobody looking
When we decided to go
So where are we now
Nobody knows
We get on so easy
Like each other so well
There's nobody looking
Is it OK to touch
There's nobody looking
Let's steal away
This ain't the kind of thing
We do anyway
I'll make some excuses
You powder your nose
There's no one looking
Let's go
There's no one looking
It's just you and me
I'll steal a kiss
Nobody will ever see
Let's find an empty street
With a late lonely bar
There's no one looking
At how lovely you are
There's no one looking
So it's OK to smile
There's no one looking
Let's sit here for a while
Laughing's allowed here
Cos nobody can see
There's nobody looking
So for now we can be
There's no one looking
There was nobody looking
When we decided to go
So where are we now
Nobody knows
We get on so easy
Like each other so well
There's nobody looking
Is it OK to touch
There's nobody looking
What Became Of You lyrics - Chris Rea
What became of you?
And all you reasons why
This special love we knew
Would always end up in the pile
It took an age it seems
To let the tears run dry
Yeah I'll survive
I guess so much is true
That every time
That morning sun breaks through
I wonder what became of you
What became of you?
And all the promises you made
If what you said is rue
The debt of truth you left unpaid
the pain will always need to know
Where did you go?
What did you do?
What became of you
The wound had healed
But there's an aching scar
So deep and blue
The pain will always be to know
Where did you go?
What did you do?
What became of you?
And all you reasons why
This special love we knew
Would always end up in the pile
It took an age it seems
To let the tears run dry
Yeah I'll survive
I guess so much is true
That every time
That morning sun breaks through
I wonder what became of you
What became of you?
And all the promises you made
If what you said is rue
The debt of truth you left unpaid
the pain will always need to know
Where did you go?
What did you do?
What became of you
The wound had healed
But there's an aching scar
So deep and blue
The pain will always be to know
Where did you go?
What did you do?
What became of you?
My Deep Blue Ways lyrics - Chris Rea
There's a moment
In almost every day
I catch a little piece of blue
I stop for a while
Relax 'till a smile
Feels the sun
Come shining through
On a day like today
Don't you worry it's OK
It's just me
And my deep blue ways
They say I'm strong
Yeah I know
That's my history
It's a story that's good to read
But there's a piece of my soul
I could never control
It's never set me free
On a day like today
Don't you worry it's OK
It's just me
And my deep blue ways
Just me and my deep blue ways, yeah
It's such a long time ago
And it seems now so far away
Deep blue was the sky
Deep gold was the sand
And the music of forever
Gently played, yeah
On a day like today
Don't you worry it's OK
It's just me and my deep blue ways
It's just me and my deep blue ways
In almost every day
I catch a little piece of blue
I stop for a while
Relax 'till a smile
Feels the sun
Come shining through
On a day like today
Don't you worry it's OK
It's just me
And my deep blue ways
They say I'm strong
Yeah I know
That's my history
It's a story that's good to read
But there's a piece of my soul
I could never control
It's never set me free
On a day like today
Don't you worry it's OK
It's just me
And my deep blue ways
Just me and my deep blue ways, yeah
It's such a long time ago
And it seems now so far away
Deep blue was the sky
Deep gold was the sand
And the music of forever
Gently played, yeah
On a day like today
Don't you worry it's OK
It's just me and my deep blue ways
It's just me and my deep blue ways
Sweet Love lyrics - Chris Rea
Sometimes I realise
There's no asking why
It's just sweet love
Sometimes we think too much
All we need is that tender touch
Some sweet love
We been caught up in what surrounds us
Oh sweet love
Let your body flow
Sweet love
Let your troubles go
It's more than you think
That you'll ever know
And it's just sweet love
Come on try it
Oh sweet love
Sure can't buy it
There comes a point in time
When you got to cut that line
And try some sweet love
Why do you cry and bleed
When it's all you ever need
Is some sweet love
Cos we been caught up in what surrounds us
When all the while it's been here all around us
And it's sweet love
Let your body flow
Sweet love
Let your troubles go
It's more than you think that you'll ever know
And it's just sweet love
Come on try it
And you sure can't buy it
You got to give it out
If you want some back
Don't find out too late
You been on the right track
Let your troubles go
Come on try it
Sweet love
Cos you sure can't buy it
There's no asking why
It's just sweet love
Sometimes we think too much
All we need is that tender touch
Some sweet love
We been caught up in what surrounds us
Oh sweet love
Let your body flow
Sweet love
Let your troubles go
It's more than you think
That you'll ever know
And it's just sweet love
Come on try it
Oh sweet love
Sure can't buy it
There comes a point in time
When you got to cut that line
And try some sweet love
Why do you cry and bleed
When it's all you ever need
Is some sweet love
Cos we been caught up in what surrounds us
When all the while it's been here all around us
And it's sweet love
Let your body flow
Sweet love
Let your troubles go
It's more than you think that you'll ever know
And it's just sweet love
Come on try it
And you sure can't buy it
You got to give it out
If you want some back
Don't find out too late
You been on the right track
Let your troubles go
Come on try it
Sweet love
Cos you sure can't buy it
Break Another Piece Of My Heart lyrics - Chris Rea
Girl you're driving me crazy
Girl you're making me blue
Why do you give me such a run-around
Oh babe what am I gonna do
Cos when I think it's all over
Past and gone
We're gonna make a new start
There you go
Break another piece of my heart
All our friends want to know
They all want to know the reason why
You say we're made for each other
That there'll never be another
Then you make me cry
Cos when I think it's all over
Past and gone
We're gonna make a new start
There you go
Break another piece of my heart
Oh there you go
Break another piece of my heart
Now I don't want anybody else but you
And my love is so straight and true
But every promise that you make
Is a promise that you break
I don't know what I'm gonna do
There you go
Break another piece of my heart
Break another piece of my heart
Now I don't want anybody else but you
But when I think we got a brand new start
There you go
Break another piece of my heart
There you go
Break another piece of my heart
Girl you're making me blue
Why do you give me such a run-around
Oh babe what am I gonna do
Cos when I think it's all over
Past and gone
We're gonna make a new start
There you go
Break another piece of my heart
All our friends want to know
They all want to know the reason why
You say we're made for each other
That there'll never be another
Then you make me cry
Cos when I think it's all over
Past and gone
We're gonna make a new start
There you go
Break another piece of my heart
Oh there you go
Break another piece of my heart
Now I don't want anybody else but you
And my love is so straight and true
But every promise that you make
Is a promise that you break
I don't know what I'm gonna do
There you go
Break another piece of my heart
Break another piece of my heart
Now I don't want anybody else but you
But when I think we got a brand new start
There you go
Break another piece of my heart
There you go
Break another piece of my heart
Ball & Chain lyrics - Chris Rea
Sometimes I feel the shadows
What we used to have
Sometimes I get the feeling
Oh how it used to be
I cut my finger
Well, you kissed my blood
You were the shango axe
And I was your wood
Well it's been so long over
There's so little that remains
I just wanna hear you say
I was your lover
Never your ball and chain
I was never your ball and chain
I was your lover
yeah, never your ball and chain
Please one more time
Before I go
There's one small thing
I need to know
It's been so long over
There's so little left remains
that I just wanna hear you say
I was your lover
Oh I was your lover
Never your ball and chain
Oh I was never your ball and chain
yeah, never your ball and chain
What we used to have
Sometimes I get the feeling
Oh how it used to be
I cut my finger
Well, you kissed my blood
You were the shango axe
And I was your wood
Well it's been so long over
There's so little that remains
I just wanna hear you say
I was your lover
Never your ball and chain
I was never your ball and chain
I was your lover
yeah, never your ball and chain
Please one more time
Before I go
There's one small thing
I need to know
It's been so long over
There's so little left remains
that I just wanna hear you say
I was your lover
Oh I was your lover
Never your ball and chain
Oh I was never your ball and chain
yeah, never your ball and chain
Gospel Trail lyrics - Chris Rea
You got lovers
Hiding at night
There's a certain kind of fear in her eyes
Cos the preacher say what she doing ain't right
He see his bread of life
Quickly turning stale
All along
This gospel trail
I got my brother and my best friend
Choking on your book of lies
I saw you kill the truth with your eyes
Made everybody look like a fool
I saw the good Lord's words
Written on a bomb of nails
All along, all along
This gospel trail
I see blood run like a river
Cos of all your mistakes
Your song of compassion
Turned out to be just a fake
So now the innocent on both sides
They're gonna scream and wail
All along, oh all along, along
This gospel trail
Hiding at night
There's a certain kind of fear in her eyes
Cos the preacher say what she doing ain't right
He see his bread of life
Quickly turning stale
All along
This gospel trail
I got my brother and my best friend
Choking on your book of lies
I saw you kill the truth with your eyes
Made everybody look like a fool
I saw the good Lord's words
Written on a bomb of nails
All along, all along
This gospel trail
I see blood run like a river
Cos of all your mistakes
Your song of compassion
Turned out to be just a fake
So now the innocent on both sides
They're gonna scream and wail
All along, oh all along, along
This gospel trail
Shy Boy lyrics - Chris Rea
Shy boy
What's this thing that makes you blue
Shy boy
Hurting in everything you do
Why boy
Can't you throw away those chains
Don't be shy boy
Shy shy boy
Shy boy
Don't you let this moment go
Shy boy
How you love to let her know
why boy
Do you let it hurt you so
Don't cry boy
Don't be a shy boy
You can run
But you sure can't hide
It's so easy to see
Deep down inside
What you're feeling
What you're going through
You're whole world's turning
Turning a deep shade of blue
Swap your tears of pain
To tears of joy
Don't be shy boy
A shy shy boy
What's this thing that makes you blue
Shy boy
Hurting in everything you do
Why boy
Can't you throw away those chains
Don't be shy boy
Shy shy boy
Shy boy
Don't you let this moment go
Shy boy
How you love to let her know
why boy
Do you let it hurt you so
Don't cry boy
Don't be a shy boy
You can run
But you sure can't hide
It's so easy to see
Deep down inside
What you're feeling
What you're going through
You're whole world's turning
Turning a deep shade of blue
Swap your tears of pain
To tears of joy
Don't be shy boy
A shy shy boy
Come Change My World lyrics - Chris Rea
I walk in your garden
And I feel your soul
This time like no other
I don't fear to go
My eyes are wide open
And I'm ready to be
Whatever you're thinking
I already see
Come change my world
Make it better that it was before
Come change my world
You come banging on my door
Two broken angels
Sharing life's scars
You don't wanna change me
And I love what you are
Come change my world
Cos I walk in your garden
This time I can see
This time forever
It feels so safe to just let it be, let it be
Come change my world
Make it better that it was before
Come change my world
You come banging on my door
Two broken angels
Sharing life's scars
You don't wanna change me
And I love what we are
Come change my world
Oh come change my world
And I feel your soul
This time like no other
I don't fear to go
My eyes are wide open
And I'm ready to be
Whatever you're thinking
I already see
Come change my world
Make it better that it was before
Come change my world
You come banging on my door
Two broken angels
Sharing life's scars
You don't wanna change me
And I love what you are
Come change my world
Cos I walk in your garden
This time I can see
This time forever
It feels so safe to just let it be, let it be
Come change my world
Make it better that it was before
Come change my world
You come banging on my door
Two broken angels
Sharing life's scars
You don't wanna change me
And I love what we are
Come change my world
Oh come change my world
Call On Me lyrics - Chris Rea
Oh child
Why did you do yourself so much harm
Don't you know don't you know
There's such a long way to go
If I could turn every scar and pain
Into some kind of help for you
I would give anything and everything
To show the way for you
Call on me
I got some good times waiting
Call on me
I got some good times waiting
I know what you're thinking
I hear what you say
The pain that you're feeling
You say won't go away
But I got the wisdom
Of a thousand broken bones
And I would break every one of them one more time
If that's what it takes to get you home
Call on me
I got some good times waiting
Call on me
I got some good times waiting
Call on me
Why did you do yourself so much harm
Don't you know don't you know
There's such a long way to go
If I could turn every scar and pain
Into some kind of help for you
I would give anything and everything
To show the way for you
Call on me
I got some good times waiting
Call on me
I got some good times waiting
I know what you're thinking
I hear what you say
The pain that you're feeling
You say won't go away
But I got the wisdom
Of a thousand broken bones
And I would break every one of them one more time
If that's what it takes to get you home
Call on me
I got some good times waiting
Call on me
I got some good times waiting
Call on me
Just In Case You Never Knew lyrics - Chris Rea
Just in case you never knew
I wanna say
What I feel about you
I wanna tell you
My love is true
Just in case you never knew
Just in case you never knew
Something deep inside
Make me feel oh so blue
Waiting for the sun to break through
So I'm saying it's true
Just in case you never knew
Oh, I've always loved you
Every day though it's crazy I know
My soul she won't let it go
She keeps telling me telling me telling me
So I got to let you know
Just in case, just in case
You never knew
Oh I know
This could make me look like a fool
But darling, oh darling I don't care
Baby I know
I'm acting so uncool
But I got to let you know
My love is there
So I'm telling you my love is true
Just in case you never knew
I wanna say
What I feel about you
I wanna tell you
My love is true
Just in case you never knew
Just in case you never knew
Something deep inside
Make me feel oh so blue
Waiting for the sun to break through
So I'm saying it's true
Just in case you never knew
Oh, I've always loved you
Every day though it's crazy I know
My soul she won't let it go
She keeps telling me telling me telling me
So I got to let you know
Just in case, just in case
You never knew
Oh I know
This could make me look like a fool
But darling, oh darling I don't care
Baby I know
I'm acting so uncool
But I got to let you know
My love is there
So I'm telling you my love is true
Just in case you never knew
Let Me In lyrics - Chris Rea
There's a smile around your doorway
And all your words are shining bright
When you laugh
Its pretty colours
Lighting up the darkest night
It's a dangerous addiction
Everybody wanting more
When your devastating eyes look up
I don't know nothing no more
Come on let me in
Oh I'm helpless make me better
If i don't try how can I win
Come on and let me in
I wanna see the morning light
Move around your face
This ain't about 'good looking'
It's a different kind of grace
Oh half of this strange magic
Is because you don't know
What's behind this doorway
Everybody wants to know
Come on and let me in
Oh I'm helpless make me better
If i don't try how can I win
Come on and let me in
I know there are so many
That laugh around your dance
But I got to ask the question
Just to get me half a chance
If you tell me that I'm crazy
Oh don't worry it's OK
One chance in a zillion
I was glad to know you anyway
Come on and let me in
And all your words are shining bright
When you laugh
Its pretty colours
Lighting up the darkest night
It's a dangerous addiction
Everybody wanting more
When your devastating eyes look up
I don't know nothing no more
Come on let me in
Oh I'm helpless make me better
If i don't try how can I win
Come on and let me in
I wanna see the morning light
Move around your face
This ain't about 'good looking'
It's a different kind of grace
Oh half of this strange magic
Is because you don't know
What's behind this doorway
Everybody wants to know
Come on and let me in
Oh I'm helpless make me better
If i don't try how can I win
Come on and let me in
I know there are so many
That laugh around your dance
But I got to ask the question
Just to get me half a chance
If you tell me that I'm crazy
Oh don't worry it's OK
One chance in a zillion
I was glad to know you anyway
Come on and let me in
I'll Be There For You lyrics - Chris Rea
When the night comes round
Knocking on your door
When the darkness leaves you lonely
You can't take any more
There is someone who is waiting
Al you got to do is call
There is someone who will catch you if you fall
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
I'll be waiting
When you need somebody
When you feel oh so blue
I'll be there
Oh I'll be there for you
Yes I will
There's a light that shines across
Your dark and stormy sea
It will be there till your morning
Darling let that light be me
Please don't worry
There is nothing too hard for me to do
I got somebody really special
And that special one is you
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
I'll be waiting
When you need somebody
When you feel oh so blue
Well, I'll be there
Oh I'll be there for you
I will be there for you
Yes I will
When you need somebody
Knocking on your door
When the darkness leaves you lonely
You can't take any more
There is someone who is waiting
Al you got to do is call
There is someone who will catch you if you fall
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
I'll be waiting
When you need somebody
When you feel oh so blue
I'll be there
Oh I'll be there for you
Yes I will
There's a light that shines across
Your dark and stormy sea
It will be there till your morning
Darling let that light be me
Please don't worry
There is nothing too hard for me to do
I got somebody really special
And that special one is you
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
I'll be waiting
When you need somebody
When you feel oh so blue
Well, I'll be there
Oh I'll be there for you
I will be there for you
Yes I will
When you need somebody
The Pain Of Loving You lyrics - Chris Rea
See me walking 'round town
See me out on the street
there's a tear in every face
Of the friends that I meet
they try so hard to hide it
But it's easy to see
I know they care about it
What it's doing to me
Cos they know
What I, what I'm going through
Time and again
They see the pain
Of loving you
In the coffee break
In a bar at night
They keep catching me
Hiding from the light
It's so easy to see
The futile steps that i'm taking
To raise up a smile
While my heart is breaking
Cos they know
What I, what I'm going through
Time and again
They see the pain
Of loving you
I know that you
You don't want it this way
I know you care about me
So if you see a tear turn away
There's nothing nobody can do
No-one's to blame
It's just the pain of loving you
The pain of loving you
See me out on the street
there's a tear in every face
Of the friends that I meet
they try so hard to hide it
But it's easy to see
I know they care about it
What it's doing to me
Cos they know
What I, what I'm going through
Time and again
They see the pain
Of loving you
In the coffee break
In a bar at night
They keep catching me
Hiding from the light
It's so easy to see
The futile steps that i'm taking
To raise up a smile
While my heart is breaking
Cos they know
What I, what I'm going through
Time and again
They see the pain
Of loving you
I know that you
You don't want it this way
I know you care about me
So if you see a tear turn away
There's nothing nobody can do
No-one's to blame
It's just the pain of loving you
The pain of loving you
Too Far From Home lyrics - Chris Rea
You may find me
Wherever you go
From New York City
Way out to Chicago
I'm the son of a restless sailor
Blessed with Irish bones
Sometimes I feel like
I'm too far from home
I will sing
And I will dance for you
Every land you go
You will always see
There'll be big stout glasses
Full to the white top
There'll be stories
And there'll be me
Across the wild sea
I've travelled far
Born to move on
Born to roam
But lately I've been feeling
Like I'm too far from home
Whatever happened
To the girl I loved
Oh I ask forgiveness
To the one above
There was a day I could have made it real fine
Something went wrong I forget
Too far down that line
Across the wild sea
Too far along down along that line
Across the wild sea
Born to roam
But lately I've been feeling
Like I'm too far from home
Wherever you go
From New York City
Way out to Chicago
I'm the son of a restless sailor
Blessed with Irish bones
Sometimes I feel like
I'm too far from home
I will sing
And I will dance for you
Every land you go
You will always see
There'll be big stout glasses
Full to the white top
There'll be stories
And there'll be me
Across the wild sea
I've travelled far
Born to move on
Born to roam
But lately I've been feeling
Like I'm too far from home
Whatever happened
To the girl I loved
Oh I ask forgiveness
To the one above
There was a day I could have made it real fine
Something went wrong I forget
Too far down that line
Across the wild sea
Too far along down along that line
Across the wild sea
Born to roam
But lately I've been feeling
Like I'm too far from home
Til The Morning Sun Shines On My Love And Me lyrics - Chris Rea
It's a dream I know
We all know so well
Everywhere I go
She's only one step behind
I could search the world over
But I'll never be free
'Til the morning sun shines
Oh my love, and me
I have taken so many
Turns on this road
I don't know east from west
North or south which is best?
I will never know now
The best way to be
'Til the morning sun shines
Oh my love, and me
I went looking for my home
On a cold winter's day
Waved goodbye to my best friend
As he faded away
Somewhere between fortune and reason to be
I found out there was only one thing
That really mattered to me
Oh the busted and the lonely
Are my only true friends
Feel like a wounded old fighting dog
Waiting for the end
I've exchanged all my victories
For just a short time to see
The morning sunrise
On my love, and me
We all know so well
Everywhere I go
She's only one step behind
I could search the world over
But I'll never be free
'Til the morning sun shines
Oh my love, and me
I have taken so many
Turns on this road
I don't know east from west
North or south which is best?
I will never know now
The best way to be
'Til the morning sun shines
Oh my love, and me
I went looking for my home
On a cold winter's day
Waved goodbye to my best friend
As he faded away
Somewhere between fortune and reason to be
I found out there was only one thing
That really mattered to me
Oh the busted and the lonely
Are my only true friends
Feel like a wounded old fighting dog
Waiting for the end
I've exchanged all my victories
For just a short time to see
The morning sunrise
On my love, and me
What She Really Is lyrics - Chris Rea
One day you will find
That you done her wrong
When it's all passed on over
All dead and gone
You drink to what you
What you thought she was
And I will drink to
What she really is
And if you ever thought
That she lost her way
Well it hurts me much more
Cos you did not say
And what was all true
One day you will see
Oh don't be confused
It's not what came to be
It's how that she is
And always will be
Now you ask yourself
Why did you not see
How you'd like to be
in your wildest dream
Well that's how she saw you
how it could have been
Come on drink up some more
To what you thought she was
And I'll drink to the angel that she really is
Such a pain now to find out
Now it's way past and gone
What you wanted her to be
She was all along
So come on drink up some more
To what you thought she was
And I'll drink to what
To what she, she really is
That you done her wrong
When it's all passed on over
All dead and gone
You drink to what you
What you thought she was
And I will drink to
What she really is
And if you ever thought
That she lost her way
Well it hurts me much more
Cos you did not say
And what was all true
One day you will see
Oh don't be confused
It's not what came to be
It's how that she is
And always will be
Now you ask yourself
Why did you not see
How you'd like to be
in your wildest dream
Well that's how she saw you
how it could have been
Come on drink up some more
To what you thought she was
And I'll drink to the angel that she really is
Such a pain now to find out
Now it's way past and gone
What you wanted her to be
She was all along
So come on drink up some more
To what you thought she was
And I'll drink to what
To what she, she really is
Wishing Well lyrics - Chris Rea
There's a dream that has no ending
There's a love that cannot be
There's a ghost without the chains of love
Who will never ever be free
And gather round the rich man
Their own souls to sell
Down in the darkness
Of the wishing well
There's a way to find peace
That nobody cares to own
The sacrifice that's needed
May be way to close to home
There's a charter of freedom
Where the last soldier fell
All in the darkness
Of the wishing well
There's a whisper of light
Way above their desires
While they sit in the dark
And dream of bright skies
What they wanted so bad
Don't exist in it's place
The idea of changing
Is too hard to face
Down in the darkness
Of the wishing well
So they sit at the bottom
And they gaze with sad eyes
That grow larger than envy
Til they split at the sides
And they sleep in the mess
Of the last soul that fell
Down in the darkness
Oh, down in the darkness
Of the wishing well
There's a love that cannot be
There's a ghost without the chains of love
Who will never ever be free
And gather round the rich man
Their own souls to sell
Down in the darkness
Of the wishing well
There's a way to find peace
That nobody cares to own
The sacrifice that's needed
May be way to close to home
There's a charter of freedom
Where the last soldier fell
All in the darkness
Of the wishing well
There's a whisper of light
Way above their desires
While they sit in the dark
And dream of bright skies
What they wanted so bad
Don't exist in it's place
The idea of changing
Is too hard to face
Down in the darkness
Of the wishing well
So they sit at the bottom
And they gaze with sad eyes
That grow larger than envy
Til they split at the sides
And they sleep in the mess
Of the last soul that fell
Down in the darkness
Oh, down in the darkness
Of the wishing well
Irish Blues lyrics - Chris Rea
Let me tell you 'bout Irish blues
It ain't about receiving some bad news
It's something deep inside you can't control
Locked inside your grandma's Irish soul
Take it right up to the king of Swing
I know for sure that he will let you in
Look dep down into your dancing shoes
I know you're going to find some Irish blues
There's a feeling you will never lose
So let it lead you on
When you get those rainy monday blues
I know a guy a guy whose bass first cut the groove
Man Gordon Edwards
He could really move
Black boxer heavyweight is what you see
But Irish blood is how he came to be
Move it up
Move it through
Move it on, yeah
irish blues
Oh, move it up
Well' here's the news
Some Irish blues
Oh move it up
Yeah make a start
Buy "The Storm"
By moving hearts
Oh, get the soul
Yeah get the feel
Swing that base
Like Eoghan O'Neil
Irish blues, yeah
It ain't about receiving some bad news
It's something deep inside you can't control
Locked inside your grandma's Irish soul
Take it right up to the king of Swing
I know for sure that he will let you in
Look dep down into your dancing shoes
I know you're going to find some Irish blues
There's a feeling you will never lose
So let it lead you on
When you get those rainy monday blues
I know a guy a guy whose bass first cut the groove
Man Gordon Edwards
He could really move
Black boxer heavyweight is what you see
But Irish blood is how he came to be
Move it up
Move it through
Move it on, yeah
irish blues
Oh, move it up
Well' here's the news
Some Irish blues
Oh move it up
Yeah make a start
Buy "The Storm"
By moving hearts
Oh, get the soul
Yeah get the feel
Swing that base
Like Eoghan O'Neil
Irish blues, yeah
No More Sorrow lyrics - Chris Rea
Broken hearts
And broken souls
Are all that's left here
On a piano stool
Trying to play a tune
Make them feel alright
They talk of days
Sweet past and gone
And a love that got away
Put one more nightcap
In this empty glass
And these words I hear 'em say
No more sorrow
No more pain
Good Lord please forgive me
Yeah sing it again
No more sorrow
No more fear
Feel that sweet day
Coming near
There's no such thing
As bad luck here
There just ain't no luck at all
How did I ever lose my way
The only writing on this bar room wall
They talk of days
Sweet past and gone
And a love that got away
Put one more nightcap
In this empty glass
And these words I hear 'em say
No more sorrow
No more pain
Good Lord please forgive me
Yeah sing it again
No more sorrow
No more fear
Feel that sweet day
Coming near
And broken souls
Are all that's left here
On a piano stool
Trying to play a tune
Make them feel alright
They talk of days
Sweet past and gone
And a love that got away
Put one more nightcap
In this empty glass
And these words I hear 'em say
No more sorrow
No more pain
Good Lord please forgive me
Yeah sing it again
No more sorrow
No more fear
Feel that sweet day
Coming near
There's no such thing
As bad luck here
There just ain't no luck at all
How did I ever lose my way
The only writing on this bar room wall
They talk of days
Sweet past and gone
And a love that got away
Put one more nightcap
In this empty glass
And these words I hear 'em say
No more sorrow
No more pain
Good Lord please forgive me
Yeah sing it again
No more sorrow
No more fear
Feel that sweet day
Coming near
While I Remain lyrics - Chris Rea
I take this moring
With a change of heart
I take this moring
And make a brand new start
It was such a short while
We were apart
Now you speak of change
While I remain
A chance of love
For evermore
I thought had come
Up to my door
You've said your feelings
Were just the same
Now you talk of change
While I remain
This part of you
I did not know
I kissed your face
And watched you go
If there was something
It did not show
Seems while you changed
While I remain
I should have tried
To stay by you
I did not go
Oh how I wanted to
How could I see
This rock so grave?
That lay below
Your deep blue wave
This rock of change
While I remain
So short a time
So big the chance
So quick the sting
So slow the pain
Oh life we shared
I'll try to start again
But what I loved is gone
While I remain
I curse the day
I kissed your flame
Now what I love so much is gone
While I remain
With a change of heart
I take this moring
And make a brand new start
It was such a short while
We were apart
Now you speak of change
While I remain
A chance of love
For evermore
I thought had come
Up to my door
You've said your feelings
Were just the same
Now you talk of change
While I remain
This part of you
I did not know
I kissed your face
And watched you go
If there was something
It did not show
Seems while you changed
While I remain
I should have tried
To stay by you
I did not go
Oh how I wanted to
How could I see
This rock so grave?
That lay below
Your deep blue wave
This rock of change
While I remain
So short a time
So big the chance
So quick the sting
So slow the pain
Oh life we shared
I'll try to start again
But what I loved is gone
While I remain
I curse the day
I kissed your flame
Now what I love so much is gone
While I remain
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