[Image] The Sweet Keeper 1990 Once & Not Speak Thursday's Child It All Came Back Today We Almost Got It Together Consider the Rain Sunset's Arrived Little Sister leaving Town I Owe It All To You Love Story Harm in your Hand --------------------------------------------------------- Once & Not Speak Well I might be politic Or I might just grab your hand I'm not selfish with my story I just want something, understand Oh, this world is not for grieving It's not grieving for my cry And I hate this growl inside And you better believe it when I tell you That it's all growing Untill you learn to trust Well this wash it wasn't easy No this wash just doesn't dream It just makes the whole thing cluttered, yes And when you've seen the sights it's best to scream I'm not stolen from the souless I'm just driven to the white So, you really ought to catch me now You really ought to join the fight And if I tell you all my secrets That you ever wanted to hear - it's Once and not speak Once and not speak Once and not speak Well, no one wants to play this Well, no one likes the dark And we just checked in for higher love Well, that's another - you like sparks Well, I'll fly across the evening Least, I'll smile across the hall to you But it better not be fascinate It beter just be wall-to-wall And if I tell you all my secrets That you ever wanted to hear - it's Once and not speak Once and not speak Once and not speak Well, I'm the tired recluse, yes And I'm tired of this courtyrad And every grateful day's the herdline Well, the crafty were just leaving They've forgotten how to talk And that slither through the evening Was just another kind of walk with me Well, I'll tell you what you wanted Leat I'll stunt you with my grace And I know it's all so easy But I just want to find your face And if I tell you all my secrets That you ever wanted to hear - it's Once and not speak Once and not speak Once and not speak --------------------------------------------------------- Thursday's Child I swear I wasn't cat-napping To edge into your life I didn't notice no sad thing (It's a sundance) To the strange strains that you entice Now you may walk into an ocean view (Exciting) It's like you have understood And I was just talking at you Talking at you For the good inside, the good inside of us Do you send me? No, you're a kind of dream But somewhere in the scheme of things We'll find who's Thursday's Child We don't have to undo you Or entertain your kind Only reason I talk to you Is 'cos I think you maybe, a heart attack is blind And checking out your resume And making out your plans The kisses are not something we can talk about They happened - and you laughed about it Laugh out loud Do you send me? No, you're a kind of dream But somewhere in the scheme of things We'll find who's Thursday's Child Once, Is our boast Do you? Would you? Only excite me To join us is a talking clock He tells us everything - we want him to stop But somewhere in the corner He's a-laughin', he's a-crying out loud For some kind of attention which isn't shrouded by Nicety is something which hangs around this stage Believe me when I tell you - you can act around it Mewl and puke about it I don't want to hurt you I just want to join in This is a kindly creamer A kindly crematorium Do you send me? No, you're a kind of dream But somewhere in the scheme of things We'll find who's Thursday's Child --------------------------------------------------------- It all came back Today Well, he said it like he meant it But he did not really care So I sat upon the Eve's embraces I was never there - No, I was never really fabled I was never really lost I was cunning through that habit of mine Y'see all the words were lost Yes, all the words were lost And you can stand upon your own life Say it always seemed to seal There were smiles upon the picture But I don't know what to fell And I told a million stories And I sat down to risk half But I never really meant it 'Til you came and stole my heart away You came and stole my heart away And even if your real thought Hid a thousand words away And even if you never knew It all came back today It all, it all, all, all All came back today It all, it all, all, all All came back today Well, the rain scales up And your soul is drowned And mother's saying still raise a frown And mother's saying still makes you see What you have lost instead of me And even if your real thought Hid a thousand words away And even if you never knew It all came back today It all, it all, all, all All came back today It all, it all, all, all All came back today And even though the starlight falls And takes your breah away You still stare up towards the toss I don't know what to say I don't know how to be alone With some kind fretless friend And even though the Harvest brings Well, we all begin again I say we all begin again And even if your real thought Hid a thousand words away And even if you never knew It all came back today It all, it all, all, all All came back today It all, it all, all, all All came back today I would like this sun Be spoke until I find I was all remembrance Until the words got tired --------------------------------------------------------- We Almost Got It Together We almost got it together And I'll be your favourite thing Stand by the river with hard-luck eyes And I'll just be open and sing I was only trying to surprise I wish I was like the frog-princess And I'd never tell you lies And down by the soil of the hard-life They like to greet us with smiles They like to tell us their good hostess Had travelled a million miles But you'd like it written closer Yes, you'd like it written pure If I told you this - Would you miss my kiss? No - you'd come right back for more Oh, I'd like to be What I want to be But you want to carry on But you need to take What you have to take But I'll still be here when you're gone And there's a light by your window And I'd like to capture you by there And I'd like to hold you for all to see But they don't really care And if I said you're no peccadillo Yes, I said you're a major thing Would you stand by me? At the corner dock And say, "yes, this girl is the swing!" Oh, I'd like to be What I want to be But you want to carry on But you need to take What you have to take But I'll still be here when you're gone And I'd like another cue That's why I strain to see And I'd like the best in you 'Cos you write the best in me They were sure that I'd be burning Yes - So their tart swerve to here might be But if I said "you're gold, inside", Yes and if you were true to me Would you hang around with that creepy smile And crawl home back to me Oh, I'd like to be What I want to be But you want to carry on But you need to take What you have to take But I'll still be here when you're gone --------------------------------------------------------- Consider The Rain I have a picture It's taken with looks It wont tell a story But I'm glad I forgot everything that you say I choose the colours And reword the lines Now somebody's second heart Ain't the first of mine Consider the rain now Out in the cold Maybe I love you But our dreams grow old Outbid my fortune Out to just win Tell me that summer Is coming on in I got my wallet Been shot from the start Feel shot when I'm feeling drained But we all know how to smile when we're falling apart You choose the colours now Let's play with the rest I never believe at all But some of us sometimes, are just thrilled, by meeting the blessed Consider the rain now Out in the cold Maybe I love you But our dreams grow old Outbid my fortune Out to just win Tell me that summer Is coming on in I have the oath ring, somebody said Makes like a twinge running straight through my head Maybe this fortune is not what it seems Some of us pin, some of us pin time on our dreams And saved from the talk shifts Went straight to your goal Straight backed and straight laced Well, you never really Do you ever really know? I check on the same day I checked out the view I checked all the soft land Well, it comes so easy from you Consider the rain now Out in the cold Maybe I love you But our dreams grow old Outbid my fortune Out to just win Tell me that summer Is coming on in --------------------------------------------------------- Sunset's Arrived Your sun Doesn't make it easy for me Way I breathed before Now I don't breathe - no more freely And I like To catch the shoulder where you cry My business - A message in the sky If it's a long time coming Just carry, carry somebody else's blame If it's a long time coming Let us start the speech again My clown - Hooked the rose between his teeth Stole into the night To my laugh was quiet relief And your spice - let me roll it through my tongue When I'm caught and older I'll still be caught beneath this sun And everybody was here They was telling their own sad stories I'm sorry I'm not so clear And time will take you aside You better cover your eyes - or you'll cry 'Cos I know sunset's I know sunset's I know sunset's arrived Your light - Let the shadows take it down There's no sense in the beginning - With the cover on your frown And my light - Makes the shade, a shade too black And though I choose this You still choose to have me back - And everybody was here They was telling their own sad stories I'm sorry I'm not so clear And time will take you aside You better cover your eyes - or you'll cry 'Cos I know sunset's I know sunset's I know sunset's arrived While you were out yonder Checking out the scene Maybe you'll lose your thunder Maybe you'll lose your dream And my heat Is only striking hot for you 'Cos I'm not shaking easy I'm just acting from your one And "Hey Boss!" You couldn't make it on your own Sure I've stamped you easy And I'll lead you back to home And everybody was here They was telling their own sad stories I'm sorry I'm not so clear And time will take you aside You better cover your eyes - or you'll cry 'Cos I know sunset's I know sunset's I know sunset's arrived --------------------------------------------------------- Little Sister leaving Town As always I stop to speak Some girls like to say their piece As always I turn to you Don't understand what you're doing And Light up this town Grow weary and back down It's such an amazing sight To be found - Little sister leaving town Says the poet "I won't grass" Some things are better left and not taken to task I guess I knew she was a Rose She knows what hurts and how to hold If your daddy he turned round Let the grass around him scream the sound I'm so sorry for these tales you're telling Sometimes you can't account Light up this town Grow weary and back down It's such an amazing sight To be found - Little sister leaving town And sometimes it's absurd A minor triumph when you hear the words "I'm just trying to stake my place No real fears upon this face" And my wishes Nobody says All the signs when I cross the days I'm just holding back for you Sometimes that helps too Light up this town Grow weary and back down It's such an amazing sight To be found - Little sister leaving town --------------------------------------------------------- I Owe It All To You Tell Ma, she's a stonebreaker Tell her there are no takers For a heart like this will always be Chaste at first, then left for me And though your pallor shows instinct And all our lives are worth That stint you did with that man of mine But lady-luck, her needs divine 'Cos I'm courted by the mourning sun y'know We shine all the picture palace shows They used to make you feel so real But now you go trickling 'Til you steal a moment by yourself When the people don't come and need your help When the people don't come with pseudo sights To tell you how to live your life Now you can live your life with this life of mine 'Cos I'm feeling guilty and I need some time To explain the things that I gotta do 'Cos more or less I owe it all to you Tell all to the sweet keeper As you and you're much deeper In debt it's always nice to be With the closest like the family And when you hit on a great line y'know And when you've opened up your soul But every girl who's counting the day Isn't cold - but she just needs to say 'Cos I'm courted by the mourning su y'know We shine all the picture palace shows they used to make you feel so real But now you go trickling 'Til you steal a moment by yourself When the people don't come and need your help When the people don't come with pseudo sights To tell you how to live your life Now you can live your life with this life of mine 'Cos I'm feeling guilty and I need some time To explain the things that I gotta do 'Cos more or less I owe it all to you And hiding in the lost country I know I gotta way to go And though you still fmay find me At least my garden grows --------------------------------------------------------- Love Story You know it's alright Just to take me home To your serious house, with your serious tones You're a serious man, with a serious smile But the summer is hot and I might surprise you In a very short while we'll have left them behind With their faces quite pained As they try to remind themselves Oh, it's really so wrong It's really so out And it's really not cool to take a young girl about And I know the young man with a century's face A philosopher king - he will try to amaze With examples of love and examples of hate And to see them explode We will just have to It's a simple love story It grows better all the time You can tell me all about it But first I'll tell you about mine You know it's alright to be trustful, have tact But the problem's complex When you keep holding back We could talk for an hour We could talk for a day But the people we know would still have their say Talk of such virtuous women Talk of such noble men But if I'm on the level I have met none of them Oh, I've met troubled people with deep and dark thoughts Who have hallowed my name And sworn I will get caught But why waste real feeling and Why waste our time To let the earth bow to no virtue of It's a simple love story It grows better all the time You can tell me all about it But first I'll tell you about mine You know it's alright to just make mistakes But to tail in with hurt - is the gravest make We all create lives which we don't understand But to point the accused is a job for no man And we curse our own longing - and curse our own ways I won't be satisfied with my soul that's It's a simple love story It grows better all the time You can tell me all about it Now I've told you about mine --------------------------------------------------------- Harm In Your Hand When the voice says You should not stumble, You should not frighten Or feel so ashamed, 'Cos all the chores are light And all the psalms are wiped When you smash it Make it easy When you want to Stand alone My friends are praying For a good soft reason For a good soft reason To make them laugh again I'll make you laugh if you want to I'll make you smile at the footsteps I'll make you laugh at the winter And bring you back down to land But if you stay on the wrong side And if you laugh at the sunlight I'm not asking for comfort I'm just after the same I'm just after the same If you winced then Why the man won't be coming If you waste us - It's what we earned And if you call souless About the beginnings I'll call for easiness Come back to the world - Come back in the open Stand now by the root's life Come out to show us You'll be back home again Now I'm not superstitious About being so alarming About moving with the changes About holding your hand Now I believe when they told me It was all down to fever It's all down to the harm that's The harm that's in your hands Harm in your hands Harm in your hands Now, I'm not saying that I want you It's like taking your chances It's like hoping for a straight line When I'm falling into space I'm just talking about the license That I'd like you to give me That I'd like you to give me Command - Come on dance Come on dance I'm toting my whole life And I'm toting the good side And I hope you believe it When I say - I'll see you through There's nobody will ache so much Nobody will so much Ache so much for you I'll make you laugh if you want to I'll make you smile at the footsteps I'll make you laugh at the winter And bring you back down to land But if you stay on the wrong side And if you laugh at the sunlight I'm not asking for comfort I'm just after the same I'm just after the same Now I'm not superstitious About being so alarming About moving with the changes About holding your hand Now I believe when they told me It was all down to fever It's all down to the harm that's The harm that's in your hands Harm in your hands Harm in your hands --------------------------------------------------------- Back to the main page Last updated 7th April 1997. 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