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B i o g r a p h y
 (by Official Site)

Angela swooped into my life in 1997. That's what she does; she swoops into your world, as if from another epoch, all big hats and velvet and a dense Scottish slur. I was transformed, touched; she possessed an
inexplicable magnetism, an infinite energy, scattering practical advice, poetry, Dorothy Parker-isms, and foul-mouthed jokes like fairy-dust. The force of her personality alone is enough to make her legendary, but here's the thing: when she sings, only then will she righteously kick your ass. I could cite gushers like this: "The striking vocals of Angela McCluskey will make you remember the first time you heard Miles blow his horn or Billie sing the blues." (Hits Magazine) That's not inaccurate. People bandy phrases like this around, but let it be known that Angela McCluskey is no less than the real deal. Angela hails from Glasgow, Scotland; a lovely, scary town. Scarier still, she wasn't exactly encouraged to become a vocalist. "I used to sing so I could stay up late," says Angela. "I'd do 'Summertime' or something and then (my family would) throw me back in bed. Singing's just not a big deal there, so nobody ever turns 'round and goes, 'You know what? You should sing when you grow up." Nurtured thus, Angela went to London and found work as a publicist and then in the video department of EMI Records. But her true calling nagged at her.

"Though I'd sung backup for friends' bands, singing was the last thing I thought I would do," she says. "And I'd always wanted to sing - I figured I'd do it when I was 50, sing jazz or something. But it got overwhelmingly annoying that I wasn't doing what I wanted to do. I was always making other people's dreams come true and never really expressing myself. It was easier than doing my own work. So in 1991, Angela headed out to Hollywood. "...I came to America and instead of saying, 'I'm a film publicist,' I just said, 'I'm a singer.' And the American Dream literally happened. I mean, I had to work hard, get a club show together and do a lot of stuff, but at the same time, over here you hear a lot more yes's than no's. People say, 'So you can do that? Let me see you,' rather than, 'Oh, get a life. Get a real job,' which is very Scottish." In 1992, she and her friend Shark formed a band called The Wild Colonials. The group rapidly drew local and national attention and within the space of a year, went from their point of conception, an Irish Pub called Cafe Beckett, to the rarefied air of Geffen Records HQ. Two albums (1994's "Fruit of Life" and 1996's "This Can't Be Life") and much touring came of this, including 1997's Lilith Fair road show. During this period, Angela found the time to lend her voice to many film soundtracks, among other projects, and to work with an eccentric list of artists, including Dr. John, Cyndi Lauper, Deep Forest, Joe Henry, The The's, Matt Johnson, and Triptych (featuring the two brilliant beauties Sara Sant'ambrogio and Lilli Hayden, as well as Angela's husband, the singular Paul Cantelon.

Recently, Angela was a key collaborator with French group Telepopmusic, who enjoyed a solid European dance hit and US Mitsubishi television commercial with "Breathe." I came to know her while I was in the band Shudder To Think, in a fly-by-night hip-hop studio in New York. Her, in the pitch-dark behind dirty glass and a microphone, and me with my chin on the floor, knowing as one does that I was in the presence of something real in an industry of hacks and half-truths. I was forever sold. On the first day that we met, we had discussed making an album. I think, though I was drunk. Maybe it was later. Regardless, many people talked about making "The Angela Record" with her; I just got there first. It wasn't until she landed in New York in 2001, however, that the idea of working together started to look vaguely possible. Time passed though. I had quit my band and she was floating a bit. We were both busy with one thing or another. But at some point it occurred to us that we could just go for it. I had a studio in NYC and a place in Sweden. We didn't need to be watching clocks, we could create unmolested. And so we did.

This record was written and recorded in Manhattan and Sweden. I remember bits and pieces, like a wonderful slow-mo car wreck...a paper plateful of dead tea-candles and cigarette burns; a bottle of Scotch propping up a page of hand-scrawled lyrics; the seismic basso-profundo of the train to Denmark as it passed within inches of our "studio" walls; Angela in a filthy kitchen with a broken guitar, playing the only chord she knows into a Dictaphone, singing something about a foreign place. The vocal for this night was nailed in one drunken post-midnight take. "Long Live I," my old place in Tribeca, sung towards the space where only three weeks before the Trade Centers had stood, sung for the ghosts and the dust. We were flowing. The initial recordings were composed and committed to tape very, very fast, with no real regard for the technical aspects of a proper record. The folks at Manhattan Records however, had the foresight to take the album on in its raw, unfinished form. We then spent more time in NYC fixing stuff and adding bits here and there. But in essence, what you have here is what came out of us, direct from our dream-life. Angela and I were channeling something; perhaps colored by the cataclysmic period in which it was made, certainly limited by the dodgy, seat-of-our-pants working environments, but never second-guessed or compromised. This is a record about sex, death, joy, fear, love, pain, and beauty, interpreted by one of the most exquisite modern voices. We're thankful to have made it, and hope you enjoy Angela McCluskey's Manhattan Records debut.




The Things We Do
- 2004-06-15 -

It's been done
Somebody got lucky
Love is stronger than death
Know it all
A thousand drunken dreams
Sleep on it
Perfect girl eleven
Wrong side
Dirty pearl
Sucker
This night
Long live I

Hidden Song


You Could Start A Fight In An Empty House
- 2009-11-23 -

So Good
End Of My Rope
Handle With Grace
Message
You Let Me Down
Running Out Of Time
I Was Looking For A Fight
Truth Is
Friend
Stripmallville
Have It For Free
Day Ditty
A Boy Like You
West Side Waltz


LAMBETH PALACE EP
- 2012-11-12 -

Over And Over
All I Want
A Moment We Never Had
Here We Are
Northern Boy
Take Me Out Tonight
Perfect
Lullaby
Slow Down



The Roxy Sessions
- 2016-09-30 -

Eight Stories High
Not Crying Anymore
Let'
s Get Lost
Turn out the Lights
You and Me
Paris to Hollywood
Say Hello
What About Us
Insufficient Feeling
Hit and Run
Is It Me?
(Bonus Track)
Electric Sky
(Bonus Track)

Non Albums Tracks
- Misc -

Absolute Beginners
Anything But Love
Cure
Day Ditty
Deep down truth
Deliver Me
Don'
t Believe What They Say
Don't explain
Don't Mind The Rain
Famous Blue Raincoat
Frosty The Snowman
God Bless The Child
Here Comes The Sun
I Adore You
I Came Aching
I'm Not The Girl
In The Air
I Think It's Going To Rain Today

Lady Grinning Soul


NOn Albums Tracks
- Misc -

Like a star
My Funny Valentine
Nature Boy
Night To Remember
No Ordinary Life
Penny Thoughts
Pick Up The Pieces
Real Love
She'll Get Over Loving You
Soldier's Things
Solitude
Stargazing
The Little Things
We Don't Need Another Hero
We Rule The School
Wild Is The Wind
Will You Be Ready

You Could Be Happy


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The Things We Do

It's been done

Here am I on chains of solace
The moment I could win
Oh it's so dumb that I'm intrigued by the thunder
And the lightning comes streaming in our home
But oh a summer of our own
And it's been done
It's been done
And oh I'm so proud of loving, again
It's been done

Wishing I was yours forever
Can we rely on love
I was lost, cut underneath by another
And the feeling that crept into our home
But oh a winter of our own
It's been done
It's been done
And oh I'm so proud of living, again

Crossing your heart
And hope to die
The skin I'm touching
Will never lie

Crossing your heart
And hope to die
The skin I'm touching
Will never lie

But oh the winter of our own
It's been done
It's been done
And oh I'm proud of living, again

Crossing your heart
And hope to die
The skin I'm touching
Will never lie

Crossing your heart
And hope to die
The skin I'm touching
Will never lie

Crossing your heart
And hope to die
The skin I'm touching
Will never lie

Crossing your heart (crossing)
And hope to die
The skin I'm touching (touching)
Will never lie

Crossing your heart (crossing)
And hope to die

Somebody got lucky

I was in the moment
The terminal endeavor
Someone I should have run from
I turn back
Oh
Someone untrue
Someone I should have run from stole my soul

And took my hands
And brought me home
You're choosing sides
That blow my mind
And everywhere you go
You got control
Aw don't you know
Evaporator

Somebody
Got lucky
The terminal invader
The diamond I shine my heart on
I tremble
Ooo
The diamond is a viper
The diamond done stole my home and burned my hide

And took my hands
And brought me home
You're choosing sides
That blow my mind
And everywhere you go
You got control
Aw don't you know
Evaporator

And my world is breaking down
You took my hands
And brought me home
You're choosing sides
That blow my mind
And everywhere you go
You got control
Well don't you know
I do my time
Survive your lies
I tremble and sigh
But i'm doing fine
I know not why
You stole my sky
I shiver and I cry
But i'm doing fine

So turn back time
Until the moon
No longer lies

Love is stronger than death

( The The Cover )

Love, love, love
Love, love, love

Me and my friend were walking
In the cold light of mourning
Tears may blind the eyes
But the soul is not deceived
In this world even winter ain't what it seems

Here come the blue skies
Here comes springtime
When the rivers run high and the tears run dry
When everything that dies
Shall rise

Love, love, love
Is stronger than death
Love, love, love
Is stronger than death

In our lives we hunger
For things we cannot touch
All the thoughts unuttered
All the feelings unexpressed
Play upon our hearts like the mist upon our breath

But awoken by grief, our spirits speak
"How could you believe
That the life within the seed
That grew arms that reached
And a heart that beat
And lips that smiled
And eyes that cried
Could ever die?"

Here come the blue skies
Here comes springtime
When the rivers run high & the tears run dry
When everything that dies
Shall rise

Love, love, love
Is stronger than death
Love, love, love
Is stronger than death.

Love, love, love
Is so much stronger than death

Know it all

I gotta talk to you today
Can't keep listening to what you say
What you say
What you say

I know it makes my insides crawl
Think you think you know it all
Know it all
Know it all

Oh God you're reading Albert Camus
And there's not much things you can't do
Can't you see they're laughing at you

Oh dear I'm getting weary
Of the same show every night
It wouldn't be so hard
If you weren't so right

I gotta talk to you today
Can't keep listening to what you say
What you say
What you say

I know you can't get over yourself
It's so hard to listen to someone else
Someone else
Someone else

Oh God you're reading Albert Camus
And there's not much things you can't do
Can't you see they're laughing at you

Oh dear I'm getting weary
Of the same show every night
It wouldn't be so hard
If you weren't so right

Feel like you're well-meaning
It's not your fault, I know
You're on medication
It's helping you to grow
Oh no

Oh dear i'm getting weary
Of the same show every night
It wouldn't be so hard
If you weren't so right

Oh dear i'm getting weary
Of the same show every night
It wouldn't be so hard
If you weren't so right

A thousand drunken dreams

Lover loves me
But he loves somebody new
Lover wants me
To be his mother too
He don't recognize
His luck until his luck is through

He's a nightingale
I'm an ugly dove
I don't wanna speak
Done said enough
No one can mend a human heart that's torn in two

In a moment's space he's gone
And my ship has run aground
And a thousand drunken dreams are sunken
If you leave me
Lover, please leave me something

You
Don't leave me diamonds
Don't leave me jewels
You leave me silence
You leave me bruised
You leave me with the knowledge of the evil we do
But
Nothing could control the weather
And nothing could console my devils
And no-one knows the manner in which they'll burn

In a moment's space he's gone
And my ship has run aground
And a thousand drunken dreams are sunken
If you leave me
Lover, please leave me something

You wrapped me in the stained shroud of morning
And pulled the cord
You threw me through the stained-glass floor
You dropped me in the hole
A whole lot of nothing

In a moment's space he's gone
And my ship has run aground
And a thousand drunken dreams are sunken
If you leave me
Lover, please leave me something

Sleep on it

Now I know that nothing's get me high
Scorched the land to find a man
Even lost the will to lie
Pluck out every artery
Left my heart to die

I made my bed
So I can lie on it
So I can cry on it
Now i'm wondering why
I made this bed

Cameras hidden in my ceiling fan
Excuse me but where was you, god
That long hot afternoon
Drag my head across the floor
Now i'm living dead

And I made my bed
So I can sleep on it
So I can weep on it
Now I'm wondering why
I made this bed

And the cold dew's stinging
There's vultures singing
I caught a vision of my death
But there is
One sweet poison i'm immune to
Don't wake me
'Cause my dreaming's seeming true

I made my bed
So I can lie on it
So I can cry on it
Now i'm wondering why

I made this bed
So I can sleep on it
So I can weep on it
Now I'm wondering why
I made this bed

Perfect Girl Eleven

All hail the Virgin Mary
Whatever happened to her
Dark sails upon her black seas
She be heaven on earth

Oh there's Perfect Girl Eleven
In the swimsuit test
Oh there's Perfect Girl Eleven
In the blood-red dress
What a life, what a life, what a life, what a life
What a love
With murderous intent
Don't stumble
Don't fumble
Pick a spider from the web

Hot tail and runway action
Reception's getting worse
Short males beyond distraction
Maybe she'll be the first girl on the moon

Oh there's Perfect Girl Eleven
In the swimsuit test
Oh there's Perfect Girl Eleven
In the blood-red dress
What a life, what a life, what a life, what a life
What a love
With murderous intent
Don't stumble
Don't fumble
Pick a spider from the web

Oh, Girl Eleven
Oh, Girl Eleven
You're in heaven
Come and raise your scepter high
High

Oh there's Perfect Girl Eleven
In the swimsuit test
Oh there's Perfect Girl Eleven
In the blood-red dress
What a life, what a life, what a life, what a life
What a love
With murderous intent
Don't stumble
Don't fumble
Pick a spider from the web

Oh there's Perfect Girl Eleven (oh Girl Eleven)
Oh there's Perfect Girl Eleven (oh Girl Eleven)
What a life, what a life, what a life, what a life, what a life
(oh Girl Eleven)

Wrong side

I've been living on the wrong side
Of the law
For so long
I don't know which side I am on

And every hand I shake
Is shaking me down
For a hard-luck song

Is there no one I can ride beside
You just came to mind
You can be my trigger
I can be your hanger-on

I've been digging at a ditch my dear
But I hit concrete
Late last year
The spade and the shovel
And all kinds of trouble
Came and stripped me of my natural cheer

This could be a gravesite
Or we could make a garden here
You could plant gardenias
I could be released from fear

Don't the night grow cold
Sleeping in a garden
Don't the birds move slow
Their wings get frozen here

Lying on the wrong side of the bed
Since you've gone
I don't know which side I am on
And every stitch on the bedspread
Is doing my head in
All night long
Lord
Let this be the last time
I should have to suffer so
Hurry down the morning
And I will be prepared to go

Dirty pearl

She's not your average girl
She's just a dirty pearl
She might be priceless
But they're blind to it
She got that halter-top
She haunts the truck-stop
She's got several secrets
Scribbled on a matchbook

She's showing you her scars, isn't she
She's sleeping with the stars, isn't she

Oh
You can do what you like, boys
Oh
You can do what you please
Oh
Just be gentle with that girl
She's shining like a dirty pearl

Yeah
It's such a lovely world
You can have her for a rusty dime
When she gets her head
Around to it
She's gonna buy that chevy nova
And point it at the ocean

She's showing you her scars, isn't she
She's sleeping with the stars, isn't she

Oh
You can do what you like, boys
Oh
You can do what you please
Oh
Just be gentle with that girl
She's shining like a dirty pearl

Shining like a dirty pearl
Shining like a dirty pearl
She's shining like a dirty pearl

Sucker

New town and a new home
To save your skin
This is where your new life should begin
Still after weeks
You toss and you turn in your sleep

And you know that whatever you do
Someone keeps looking for you
New life and a new view
To save your soul
This is where you dig your hole

And you know that whatever you do
Looking for you

No one believes that it's true
What that fucker can do
Aw you know what that sucker can do
Yeah you know what that mother can do
Yeah you know what that fucker can do

You know what that fucker can do
Aw you know what that sucker can do
Aw you know what that mother can do
Yes you know what that fucker can do

This night

This night, this static night
The moon gives shelter from the rain
It's not the only night
It's not no final ending

See, your majesty
Is falling from his shining grace
And you're just coming home

This life, this holy life
We take our beatings from the rainbow
And god's not cutting back
She still can shield us from the pain

Feel that you've gone astray
The righteous on a one-way trail
One that leads you here

Feel like I want to stay
And make you understand me
Oh cause fear doesn't live around here
I'm disappearing
Could we dream much longer?

Fear doesn't live 'round here
Fear doesn't live
Fear (fear)
Fear
Fear doesn't live 'round here
I'm disappearing

Fear

Long live I

The devil done got me
Though the doctor tried to spare me
I'm living on candy now
Got down on my bad knee
To the drip-drip of i.v.
Won't someone hold me as I die
But if I die
Long live I
Long live I

Mamma would you miss me
Would you hover and caress me
Would you hang me from the christmas tree
And I leave something burning here
A signal-fire
The moon and stars
Will track my fall
Receive me
Love
Good love
Goodbye
Bye and bye
Long live I
Long live I

And I don't wanna be your shadow
And I don't wanna know your skin
Tell them not to dig too shallow
I want to sleep in sin
Cut the sun
And steal away a piece
Long live I
Long live I
Long live I

Hidden Song

Waking up with the sand in my ears
Rustling around to beaches
I see your name
Your name

Tell Tobias and start me up
I'm not doing much
God I got no truck bring here
In your shed

'Cause I'm tripping up the stairs
You made me say my prayers
And I'm slipping up the stairs
Not to feel numb
Feeling dumb

Could be a foreign place (?)
Could be a lot like rain
Could be a cannonball
Could be a quiet nod

Could be a foreign place
Could be a lot like rain
Could be a cannonball

For everyone who's feeling numb
It's hard, so hard to not feel dumb

You Could Start A Fight In An Empty House

So Good

You're much more calculated
Then you give yourself credit for
Carrying your love has become a bore
With arms completely full
I open up all your doors
The way I've done
A thousand times before

And you
You lie so good
But I don't wonder
Even when I should
'Cause you
You lie so good

You're way more overrated
Then you give yourself credit for
You sparkle like a firework
Then fizzle out

And you
You lie so good
I don't wonder
Even when I should
'Cause you
You lie so good

Listen to your thunder
See bloodshot in your eyes
You're scared of going under
Oh I can see it in your eyes
Yeah, you
You lie so good

You
You lie so good
That I don't wonder
Even when I should
'Cause you
You lie so good

And I don't wonder
Even when I should
Oh 'cause you
You lie so good
You lie so good
Even when I wonder
You
You lie so good

End Of My Rope

(Angela McCluskey and Bardi Johannsson)

Do you stare at the wall
And pretend you don't care
You were right about love
When you say it's unfair
You keep trying to change
But can't in your own way
Tell them, tell them, tell me

Baby, don't wonder why
Baby, don't wonder why
Maybe I've come to the end of my rope
I'm digging deeper till I can't cope

Don't ever listen to anyone
Maybe, just maybe, I can be bought
The smallest smile costs more than I got
Just maybe, just maybe, I can be bought

Do they make your life hell
When you try to come clean
Were you feeling alone
Living in a bad dream
You were trying so hard
That you couldn't give in
Tell them, tell them, tell me

Baby, don't wonder why
Baby, don't wonder why
Maybe I've come to the end of my rope
I'm digging deeper till I can't cope

Don't ever listen to anyone
Maybe, just maybe, I can be bought
The smallest smile costs more than I got
Just maybe, just maybe, I can be bought

Don't ever listen to anyone
Maybe, just maybe, I can be bought
The smallest smile costs more than I got
Maybe, just maybe, I can be bought

Baby, don't wonder why
Baby, don't wonder why
Maybe I've come to the end of my rope
I'm digging deeper till I can't cope

Don't ever listen to anyone
Maybe, just maybe, I can be bought
The smallest smile costs more than I got
Just maybe, just maybe, I can be bought

Don't ever listen to anyone
Maybe, just maybe, I can be bought
I've come to the conclusion
You're just too hard to leave

Handle With Grace

Let's climb a building to the sky
Come on, let's walk to Mars
Let's run away for a thousand miles
All I ask is handle with grace

Handle with grace
That's all I ask
Handle with grace
Just handle with grace

Handle with grace
That's all I ask
Handle with grace
Just handle with grace

Handle with grace
That's all I ask
Handle with grace
Just handle with grace

Handle with grace
That's all I ask
Handle with grace
Just handle with grace

Freeze the magic until it burns
Freeze the magic before it hurts
Freeze the magic oh until it burns
Freeze the magic
That's all I ask
Handle with grace
That's all I ask
Handle with grace
Just handle with grace

Handle with grace
That's all I ask
Handle with grace
Just handle with grace

Handle with grace
(Handle with grace)
That's all I ask
Handle with grace
(Handle with grace)
Just handle with grace

Message

The morning wakes me
As a message in my heart
I wonder if you can feel it
Or hear it

Just listen to your heart
Just listen to your heart

I have a message I wanna tell you
But there are no words
You just listen to your heart
Listen
Listen to your heart
Listen to your love

What's it telling you
How'd you know what to feel
What to do
Listen to your heart
Listen
Listen to your heart
Listen
What's it telling you
How'd you know what to feel
How

Listen
To your heart
Listen
Mmm, to your heart
Mmm, to your heart

You just listen to your heart
Listen

You Let Me Down

(Feat. Kraig Jarret Johnson)

I got better things to do
Sit around and wait for you
You let me down

Well, after all's been said and done
Well, I believe we still had fun
You let me down
Darling, you let me down

Was I part of the conversation
When everything fell apart
I might need a reservation
I'm not trying to claim your heart

I got better things to do
Run around and chase you
You let me down

I don't know if you're near or far
I don't know who you think you are
You let me down
Darling, you let me down

Was I part of the solution
When did that start
I'm going to make a resolution
I'm not trying to claim your heart

I got better things to do
Sit around and think of you
And you let me down

Oh I know now love can die
But I believe we really tried
You let me down
Darling, you let me down
Darling, you let me down
Darling, you let me down
 

Running out of time

( With Joseph Arthur )

When I was running out of time
I turned it into a dream
And you went drifting into my mind
Things ain't the way that they seem
I turn you into a dream
And make it all go away
You know your hair looks different when you wear it that way
You've got a painted face and a body made of clay
You are my super star

They will fill you with big ideas
They'll hang your heart in the sky
I know you want to save the world
How long have you been that high
How long have you been that high
And did you make it all go away
You know your eyes look different when you look the other way
You've got a cheating heart bleeding emeralds everyday
You are a shooting star

Things ain't the same as when we was young
They hung us from shooting stars
Let's tell the world we're doing fine
I know how lucky we are
I know how lucky we are
To make it all go away
You know this world is topsy-turvy in days like today
We got a million souls looking for a place to stay
Each one a shooting star

I Was Looking For A Fight

I was looking for a fight
'Cause for you there was no winning
There would never be a ride
An end, a new beginning

I was looking for a fight
And so there were no answers
Just another lie
'Cause I need a cure for cancer

You should be enough
But I'm needed
Be enough
But I'm greeted
Be enough
But I've broken my promises too many times

You try to make things right
Searching for a reason
I was looking for a fight
Accusing you of treason

I just want to say
I just want to get back to
Find a way
When you hide, I love you

You should be enough
Nothing fails me
Tried enough
With things that could kill me
Be enough
But I've broken my promises too many times

Being sober is sobering
Being sober is sobering
But I can't get rid of this teething ring
I can't get rid of this teething ring

You should be enough
Nothing fails me quite enough
Nothing thrills me
Be enough
But I've broken my promises too many times

Gonna come back to you sometime
Gonna get over me sometime
Sometime

Truth is

Why, you got the history
That inside bribe, but you're wrong
Why, why'd you always get me so wrong

Then you turn around and say
Truth is I miss you
And you turn around and say
Truth is I miss you

I came strolling along
Like your perfect girl
In your perfect song
You dancing on tables
Having your life and living mine
Why, why'd you always get me so wrong

Then you turn around and say
Truth is I miss you
Turn around and say
Truth is I miss you

Can we let the sun still shine
Can we feel the ocean strength
Do we want to live to see
This world just makes some sense

Can we let the sun still shine
Can we feel the ocean strength
Do we want to live to see
This world just makes some sense

Just strolling along
Like your perfect girl
In your perfect song
You were dancing on tables
Living your life and loving mine
Why, why'd you always get me so wrong

Then you turn around and say
Truth is I miss you
Turn around and say
Truth is I miss you

Can we let the sun still shine
Can we feel the ocean strength
Do we want to live to see
This world just makes some sense

Can we let the sun still shine
Can we feel the ocean strength
Do we want to live to see
This world just makes some sense
Do we want to live to see

Friend

How do you open a closed mind and soul
What do you do with a body that's not whole
Hang on, we'll work it, out together
Maybe just take another road

I know you're angry 'cause you just found out
You're not immortal in the city of doubt
You buy the books and you read the right things
You're not too clever, no one's given you wings

Say hey, you're my good and lovely friend
Say hey, you're my good and lovely friend

Inside your heart is a book that remains closed
Inside your soul is a man who remains posed
You'll never fix it this life you're in
You never wanted this body of sin

I know you're angry 'cause you just found out
You're not immortal in the city of doubt
And you buy the books and you read the right things
But you're not too clever no one's given you wings

I say hey, you're my good and lovely friend
I say hey, you're my good and lovely friend

How do you open a closed mind
(How do you open a closed mind)
What do you do with a love like that
(What do you do with a love like that)
How do you open a closed mind
(How do you open a closed mind)
What do you do with a love like that

Hey, you're my good and lovely friend
I say hey, you're my good and lovely friend
Say hey, you're my good and lovely friend
Say hey, you're my good and lovely friend
I say hey, you're my good and lovely friend
You're the one I do, yeah
You're my good and lovely friend
You're the one I do, yeah
I say hey

Stripmallville

Never thought I'd miss you
When I kicked you down that stair
You brought me wilted flowers
In my ivory tower

Never thought I'd miss you
When I locked you out all night
You sent me silly telegrams
Admitting you were right

Stole my glitter ball
Took my life from me
You tried to block my calls, but now I'm free

Rescued me from Stripmallville
Bought me a drink and said, "I will"
I won't, I do and don't, you can't
And I will be your number one

And I'm going out without a uniform
On the back of my dress says "Torn"

Never thought you'd miss me
When you took my house keys back
You were talking on your cell phone
When I put you all in handcuffs

Stole my glitter ball
Took my life from me
Tried to block my calls, but now I'm free
Rescued me from Stripmallville
Bought me a drink and said, "I will"
I won't, I do and don't, you can't
And I will be your number one
And I will be your smoking gun

Rescued me from Stripmallville
Bought me a drink and said, "I will"
I won't, I do and don't, you can't
And I will be your number one
And I will be your smoking gun

Have It For Free

It's all the same to me
You can have it for free
It's all the same to me
You can have it for free

Maybe it's time to find out
What's on your mind
Been feeling so holy, boy
Getting left behind

Started putting the lid on
Way far too tight
I'm not opening up them locks tonight
Tonight

I'm sick of all this wondering
If I'm alive, life is in the books
Want to adore each of us
Not right now ?
(It's all the same to me)
I want to do it with you
(You can have it for free)

You can have it for free

I'm up on the third floor
I see a poster for Jesus
He's got his bed, won't show
But can he see us
He's selling his name on the side of the bus
Makes you wonder, makes you wonder if we ?

I'm sick of all this wondering
If I'm alive, life is in the books
Want to adore each of us
Not right now ?
(It's all the same to me)
I want to do it with you
(You can have it for free)
It's all the same to me
You can have it for free

Tell me, darling, you don't have to fix it
Just going to talk to you and find a reason to whisper

You can have it right for free
???

I'm sick of all this wondering
If I'm alive, life is in the books
Want to adore each of us
Not right now ?
(It's all the same to me)
I want to do it with you
(You can have it for free)
???
(It's all the same to me)
I want to do it with you
(You can have it for free)
???
(It's all the same to me)
I want to do it with you
(You can have it for free)
???
(It's all the same to me)
I want to do it with you
(You can have it for free)
???
(It's all the same to me)
I want to do it with you

You can have it for free
You can have it for free
You can have it for free
You can have it for free

Day Ditty

A mighty day in the garden
Will make you feel alright
I finally say "oh sweet darling
You make me feel alright"

I want to walk through the garden with you
Spin as you circle
I want to walk through the garden with you
Spin as you circle

But now, I am so tired
Can you help me sleep
Go home
Maybe meet me another day in the garden

You make me feel alright
I finally say "oh sweet darlin'"
You make me feel alright"

I want to walk through the garden with you
Spin as you circle
I want to walk through the garden with you
Spin as you circle

And now, I'm so tired
Can you help me sleep
Go home
'Cause I might not live another day
Another day, another day
Another day, another day
Another day, another day
Another day, another day
Another day, another day
Another day, another day
Another day, another day

A Boy Like You

I've been waiting for a boy like you
Been a long time too
Haven't met no one like you
I've been waiting for a boy like you

It's been a long time
Haven't met no one like you
So why don't we make this
A day we'll never forget

Oh let's get closer
Don't let me down
Bring yourself around
'Cause I've been waiting
For a boy like you

Tell me why you're feeling so shy
Tell me how I know the light
So just stay, we'll make it a day
Like you'll never forget

Let's get closer
Bring yourself around
Tell me why you're feeling so shy
'Cause I've been waiting
For a boy like you

You're living on the outside
Of what you could be
It's not too late to try and see
All you are is everything you could be

You're living on the outside
Of what you could be
It's not too late to try and see
All you are is everything you could be

I've been waiting for a time like this
I've been dreaming every night when you touch my lips
I've been wanting every little sign
But you keep on passing all the time
'Cause I've been waiting for a boy like you
And now you're here, can't believe this is true
I can't believe me and you
I can't believe this is true
Me and you
Me and you
A boy like you

West Side Waltz

We were just, you know when you're, like, in the
You know, in the West Village, you always try to find a bar or a restaurant
They're always packed Thursday nights, packed
We have this horrible habit where both of us
He doesn't like that place, I don't like this place
So we walk for hours trying to find a place
And last night, we were in a nice place and he's like, "I want to leave here"
So we leave and we end up walking and walking
I'm like, "Why the fuck did we leave a nice pl-"
I don't like it, I didn't like the beer, he never likes the beer anywhere
And I'm like, "Here we are walking around in circles"

And I'm like, "Here we are walking around in circles"
Wait, do another one, I'll do another take

I can't take all the blame
You know I paid the price
Trying to fix up what we had
Oh I know I wasn't nice

So don't you come over here
Read me your riot act
We've had enough to blow us up
And still we kept the pact

Just don't do that again
Don't do that
Just don't do that again
Don't do that

I can't take all the blame again
You know how it stresses my zen
Oh I'm trying hard to keep up with you
You know I'll always be true

Just don't do that again
Don't do that
Just don't do that again
Don't do that

Ah there you go again
Banging on the door
Smashing up the windows
And banging on the floor

And I said, "Don't do that"
Don't do that again
Said, "Don't do that again"
Don't do that

Why are you so angry
Why you so mad
Who put that stick of dynamite up your ass

What's your problem
Why can't you ever find
An answer
Answer

Don't do that, do that
Don't do that
Don't do that again
Don't do that

LAMBETH PALACE EP

Over And Over

I walked into your room
You told me this is dumb
But I will try to never stop loving
Every little thing that you do

Over and over
Under the stars, beaten by rain
I will never feel nothing but pain
Why stop loving you

I walked to your house
You told me, "Stop this pause"
I will know to never stop living
Every little way that you'd be

Over and over
Under the stars, beaten by rain
I couldn't feel anything but pain
If I had to live a minute without you

Over and over
Under the stars, beaten by rain
I couldn't stop feeling anything but pain
If I was without this pain, this pain

All walls keep us in tombs
The silence in this lonely room
Sounds like a house closed down

All I Want

La vie est brève
Ombre de moi
Un peu de rêves
Et plus grand chose
La vie est brève
Un peu d'amour

Now I know why you let me go
'Cause I went out and found myself
Now I think I wanna come home
'Cause whithout you I am just sick

Tout ce que je sais
C'est que tu dois revenir
Je regrette tout ce que je disais

I know you knew what you had to do
Open that door and you push me through
'Cause all I know is that I want you back
We'll find a place we always knew

All I want is you to want me back too
Darling, please tell me that is true
'Cause all I know is that I want you back
Sorry for everything I said

Tout ce que je sais
C'est que tu dois revenir
Je regrette tout ce que je disais
Je regrette tout ce que je disais

A Moment We Never Had

Second time doesn't hurt so bad
It's just a moment you never had
You think it's broken
But you're only sad
Second time doesn't hurt so bad

It's hard to let go of a broken heart you only felt once
It's hard to let go of a broken heart 'cause you stay too long

Second time doesn't hurt so bad
It's just a moment you never had
You think it's broken

Seems you found the key at last
The one you had so good
Feels like you are free at last
To love as hard as you should

Now you open your eyes
With a smile already said
You never felt like this before
To give, you have to get

It's hard to let go of a broken heart you only felt once
It's hard to let go of a broken heart 'cause you stay too long

Second time doesn't hurt so bad
It's just a moment you never had
You think it's broken
But you're only sad

Now I know you fell so fast
The time she came to you
It's hard to know it's going to last
But love can be so hard to do

When you want it so much
It's never going to be what you can be
You never felt like this before
To give, you have to get

It's hard to let go of a broken heart you only felt once
It's hard to let go of a broken heart 'cause you stay too long

I know you'll miss me when I go
But that will soon take over
You'll know
You will know

And I will be your guide once in a while
(I know you'll miss me when I go)
(You'll know)
Yes, you'll know
And I will be your guide once in a while
(But that will soon take over)
(You will know)
(You'll know)
I know you'll miss me when I go

Here We Are

Well, here we are and the feeling feels good
Don't know if you know it, but I think you should
Well, here I am and the moment's brand new
You took it for granted 'cause you knew I'd come through

So, so here I am
Well, here I am and the feeling feels right
Don't know if I feel it and I know it's gold right
Well, here I am
Knew I'd come through
Knew I'd come through

So, so
C'est le temps de l'amour
C'est le temps des ???
Irréel dans tes yeux, ???

On se dit qu'à vingt ans
On se dit
Irréel dans tes yeux
La vie est brève

On se dit qu'à vingt ans
On dirait qu'à trente ans, il saura
Irréel dans tes yeux

Here, here I'm
Back in your arms
Back in your arms
Again

Here
Here we are and the feeling feels good
Don't know if you know it, but I think you should
Well, here I am and the moment's brand new
You took it for granted 'cause you knew I'd come through

So, so
Feeling can't be wrong
This feeling can't be wrong
Sticking every minute I know
To get you right here
I know I'm not wrong

C'est le temps de l'amour
C'est le temps de l'amour
C'est le temps de l'amour
C'est l'attente coupable
C'est le temps
Oh it's the time

C'est le temps de l'amour
C'est le temps de l'amour
C'est le temps de l'amour
C'est l'attente coupable
On se dit qu'à vingt ans
On dirait qu'à vingt ans

Darling
Back, back
Come back

Northern Boy

Just a little cloud came up from behind
Just a little cloud made me lose my mind
Lifted me up a thousand feet high
I was blinded by the northern lights
And the starry sky on my little cloud

Mon petit oiseau (?)
Where are we going
I'd like to know
Hey, where's your entourage
Thunder, lightning, rain and snow

I'm looking around
And all I can see is a big blue sky
Silly me, on my little cloud

I'll change my mind for you
I'll move my house
I'd never take it back
No, my love, not an ounce
I'll make myself brave for you
I'll play my part
I'd lose myself for you
Lover, cross my heart

Just a little cloud came up from behind
Just a little cloud made me lose my mind
It lifted me up a thousand feet high
I was blinded by the northern lights
And the starry sky on my little cloud

Take Me Out Tonight

Who took all the love
Who gave everything away
Kept nothing for himself

There's a place for us to go
? of love, we'll never know
Tell me why ?

Just fly again
Start again
Oh take me out tonight

Let's try and get it right
Oh take me out tonight
Let's try and get it right one more time

Who took all the love
Who gave everything away
I'm not gonna say it again

There's a place for us to go
? of love, we'll never know
Tell me why ?

You fly again
Start again
Oh take me out tonight

Just try and get it right
Oh take me out tonight
Let's try and get it right one more time

Who took all the love
I know you're lonely, on your own
It's getting harder to watch this show
Take me out tonight

Who took you away
Take me out tonight
Who took you away

Perfect

So this is the dream we had about
Where everybody's beautiful
Everybody's out
Baby, you and I are so perfect

Like his and hers, she and him
Me and her, you and them
Like girly boys and sex toys
Like M2F's and cute boys

'Cause, baby, you can't take your head
'Cause you're so perfect
Couldn't make us out

If only we knew before we skip through
Life in our hands
Eyes open to everything new
If only we knew before we skip through

So take me as I am, take me as you are
All you have to do is throw me in your car
Don't look behind

For love and other disasters
Will always bring you much more
For love and other disasters
Bring you so much more
(Bring you so much more)

If only we knew the jury is out
I'd see you walk free from serious doubt
You know you're my future, boy
I'm not gonna explore anymore
(I'm not gonna explore anymore)
'Cause you're my future, boy
Straighten up and look right
(Straighten up and look right)

Like his and hers, she and him
Me and her, you and them
Like coffee and cigarettes
Endless nights of drinking
All day in bed
We're all sinking

So take me as I am, I'll take you as you are
All you have to do is take me by the hand
You're perfect for me, I'm perfect for you
So don't look behind at dark

For love and other disasters
Give you so much more

Lullaby

You tell me to be strong
But you're never strong yourself
You tell me that I'm wrong, my dear
You're never wrong yourself

Well, I'm just taking time
To get myself undone
Going to make a move right now
Frighten everyone
Yes, I'll frighten everyone

You tell me to be hard, my dear
But you're never hard yourself
You tell me I am weak, my love
But you're never weak unless

Well, I'm just taking time
To get myself undone
Going to make a move right now
Frighten everyone
Frighten everyone

I'm just taking time
To get myself undone
I'm going to make a move right now
Going to frighten everyone
Yes, I'm going to frighten everyone

Wish I could find a way to unwind
Minutes you've lost, keys left behind
All the soul you have tortured at night in your sleep
While you wake with the feeling of feeling too deep

Slow Down

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground
Ever followed the butterflies'
Erratic flight
Or gazed at the sun
Into the fading light

Oh you better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

Do you run through each day
On the flight
When you ask, "How are you"
Do you hear the reply
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head

Oh you better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

Ever told your child
"We'll do it tomorrow"
And in your haste
Not see his sorrow

Ever lost touch
Let a new friendship die
'Cause you never had time
To call and say "Hi"

Oh you better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

When you run so fast
To get somewhere
You miss half the fun
Of getting there

When you worry and hurry
Through your day
It's like an unopened gift
Thrown away

Life is not a race
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over

Life is not a race
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over
Hear the music
Before the song is over
Hear the music
Before the song is over
Hear the music
Before the song is over
Hear the music
Before the song is over
Before the song is over
Before the song is over
Before the song is over

THE ROXY SESSIONS

Eight Stories High

Oh how the guys must laugh sometimes
When they watch me hold your hand in mine
Oh how the guys must laugh out loud
When they watch me read your mind

It feels like a hundred years
You've come so far, so fast
And I lie in my bed and I think
What I did in the past
In the past

And I feel like I'm going so far
Am I knowing what it's all about
Can you feel me
Can you see me
Can you touch me
Can you hear me

Am I dreaming
Or is this for real
Am I sleeping
Pinch me 'cause I can't feel

Every second of every day
For I'm dreaming my life away
All I want us to last just one more day

Feels like a hundred years
You're gone so far, so fast
And I lie in my bed and I think
What I did in the past
And it feels like a hundred years

Oh my love is eight stories high
Oh my love is higher than high
Oh my love is nothing you can't feel

Oh my love is eight stories high
My love is higher than high
My love is nothing you can't feel
It's gonna hit the sun
Look me in the eye

'Cause my love is eight stories high
My love is higher than high
My love is eight stories high

Not Crying Anymore

I can show you the moment, the hour
When you pull it all down
Crash through the moment, not making a sound
Over your face, not leaving a trace
And it all came tumbling down
It all came tumbling down

Every day without you
Kills too much to show
Pick up the piece without you
Not crying anymore
Got me heart and soul, my dear
Got me heart and soul
Pick up the piece without you
Not crying anymore
Not crying anymore
You're not crying anymore
Not crying anymore

I could show you the moment, the day
I wish I could give you what you need in every way
I wish I could lift you up the stairs
Wish I could be the one
Wish I could give you everything
Wish I could be your sun
Then the walls came tumbling down
All the walls came tumbling down

Every day without you
Kills too much to show
Pick up the piece without you
Not crying anymore
Got me heart and soul, my dear
Got me heart and soul
Pick up the piece without you
Not crying anymore
Not crying anymore
Oh no, crying anymore
Not crying anymore
Not crying anymore
Not crying anymore
Not crying anymore
Not crying anymore
No, no, no…

Let's go beyond
Let's climb a mountain
Let's take this life
And never give it up

Every day without you
Kills too much to show
Pick up the piece without you
Not crying anymore
Got me heart and soul, my dear
Got me heart and soul
Pick up the piece without you
Not crying anymore
Not crying anymore

Every day without you
Kills too much to show
Pick up the piece without you
Not crying anymore
Got me heart and soul, my dear
Got me heart and soul
Pick up the piece without you
Not crying anymore
Not crying anymore
No more
Crying anymore
I love you
Crying anymore
Goodbye
Crying anymore

Let's Get Lost

We're just cowboys
With nothing to lose
We're just heroes
Climbing up the blue
Took me long, long time, my dear
To give it up real fast
We're just cowboys
We're gonna make it last

Let's get lost in the stars tonight
Let's find a way to get it right
Got my heart in trouble
Can't even let you know
I've got all the things you want
You make me lose control

Like a man, I can trust
He does it with elegance
He knows how to touch

We're just heroes
Nothing left to lose
We got the star keys
Now you don't need to know
You are the one that's gonna give it all back to me
You are the one I couldn't find
I've been looking all over the streets

Let's get lost in the stars tonight
Let's find a way to get it right oh
Got my heart in trouble
Can't even let you know
I've got all the things you want
You make me lose control

Like a man, I can trust
He does it with elegance
He knows how to touch
No room
No room
No room
No, no, no room

He's just heroes
Nothing left to lose
We're just cowboys
With nothing to lose
Took me a long, long time, my dear
To give it up real fast
We're just cowboys
We're gonna make it last

Let's get lost in the stars tonight
Let's find a way to make it right oh
Got my heart in trouble
Can't even let you know
I've got all the things you want
You make me lose control

Like a man, I can trust
He does it with elegance
He knows how to touch
Some charm
A little elegance

No room
No room
No, no, no, no room

Let's get lost in the stars tonight
Let's find a way to make it right oh
Got my heart in trouble
Can't even let you know
I've got all the things you want
You make me lose control

No room
No room

Turn Out The Lights

When you asked me to dance
I felt weak at the knees
I fell into a trance
I couldn't believe

You were looking at me
With your eyes open wide
So intently I fell
Like a cat in the night

Take me where the sun shines
Take me up to paradise
Show me all you gotta give
Tonight's the night
We're gonna live

Turn out the lights
I want you to hold me real tight
I need you
Turn out the lights
I love you
It's all about tonight
I love you

I can't resist you
And I've only kissed you
I'll never miss you
Without you
I never feel right

Take me where the sun shines
Take me up to paradise
Show me all you gotta give
Tonight's the night
We're gonna live

Turn out the light
I want you to hold me real tight
I need you
Turn out the light
I love you
It's all about tonight
I love you

You're my rollercoaster
You gave me that big look
You're my holy roller
You throw me that big ball

Take me up to paradise
Show me all you gotta give
Tonight's the night
We're gonna live

You were looking at me
With your eyes open wide
So intently I fell
Like a cat in the night

Take me where the sun shines
Take me up to paradise
Show me all you gotta give
Tonight's the night
We're gonna live

Turn out the light
I want you to hold me real tight
I need you
Turn out the light
I love you
It's all about tonight
I love you
I want you
I need you
Rollercoaster
I want you
I see you
Tonight
You're my rollercoaster
Gonna hang real tight
When you look in my eyes
I feel so alive

You And Me

I wish I knew what to say to you
Oh I wish you knew how to do it too

Oh baby, I know the signs
Oh baby, I see the light
Oh baby, come back to me
Just one more time

Oh gimme that feeling
Oh gimme that look
Oh gimme that moment
That you turn it back

Regarde moi
Biturée (?!)
Qui penche

I can't believe
It's time you'll see
That the day is long
And the night is new

Can it be
For just you and me
Can it be
Just you and me

Je te, je te comprends
Je te, je te comprends
Touchée, touchée
Et rien dans nos yeux
Oh ma chérie d'amour
Chérie, amour
C'est le doute dans nos yeux
On se dit qu'à vingt ans
On se dit qu'à vingt ans

Il est vrai (?)
Regarde moi
Biturée (?!)
Qui penche

Oh gimme that feeling now
Oh gimme that look somehow
Oh don't be afraid, my dear
Can't you see
All the time in the world
All the love in the world

Can you see it's true
(Can you see it's true)
I was meant for you
(Can you see it's true)

Il est vrai (?)
Regarde moi
Biturée (?!)
Qui penche

Il est vrai (?)
Regarde moi
Biturée (?!)
Qui penche

Il est vrai (?)
Regarde moi
Biturée (?!)

Paris To Hollywood

I'm not looking for anything today
But thank you very much
If you got something you want to say
I'm listening, but don't touch

I've been thinking about making it better
I've been thinking about writing a letter
Gonna take a plane and make it so much better

To Paris, France, Hollywood, L.A.
(I'm on the go again)
Ain't no reason left to stay
(That ain't real)
Gonna take that plane, my friend
To Paris, France, Hollywood, L.A.
I'm on the go again
That's the way I want to play
On the go again

I've been thinking about the guy in the café
I'm watching, but just don't touch
But he says everything I want to hear you say
And I think he might have the touch

I've been thinking about making it better
I've been thinking about writing a letter
Gonna take a plane and make it so much better

Paris, France. Hollywood, L.A.
(I'm on the go again)
Ain't no reason left to stay
(That ain't real)
Gonna take that plane, my friend
Paris, France. Hollywood, L.A.
I'm on the go again
That's the way I want to play
On the go again
Catching that plane, my dear
Gonna take that plane tonight

Say Hello

Say hello to your world
Now's the time to spread the love
Say hello to your life
Now's the time to get it right
Say hello to your world
Now's the time to spread the love
Say hello to your life

It's all in front of you
Everything you want to do
It's walking in the wind
Everything you want to do
Start, start anew

This love is true
It's done and gone
Let's pretend
This love is true
This love is true

Say hello to your world
Now's the time to spread the love
Say hello to your life
Now's the time to get it right
Say hello to your world
Now's the time to spread the love
Say hello to your life

It's all in front of you
Everything you want to do
It's walking in the wind
Everything you want todo
Start, start anew
You see in the light
Start, start anew

It's done and gone
This love is true
This love is true
It's done and gone
This love is true

Sitting here, I'm waiting alone
Sitting here, can't sing this song
Can you see the light
I'm gonna take you on
An unbelievable ride

Let's find the oceans
Let's ride the tide
We'll get the highest light
Gonna be alive

Doesn't have to be anything at all
You came knocking on my front door
Tell me a lie you've said before
What am I supposed to do
Dreamt that you were right in here
So your heart's ticking a little beating
And your soul's a little weak

What About Us

She's in over her head
She doesn't think she is
She's searching for a scene
Without a will to live

It seems she got it all
Everything she felt, felt good
She'll sit back, enjoy it
Show it and flaunt it, she should

He's in over his head
He doesn't know he is
Every little part of him knows that he's gonna give

And you say, "What about me"
And I say, "What about you"
And we say, "What about us"
And then

They're in over their head
They don't even know the score
She's running in
He's running there, but they know

Can you trust
She felt the familiar touch
Can't you see
Pulled it so tight
It almost fell apart

And you say, "What about me"
And I say, "What about you"
And we say, "What about us"

And you say, "What about me"
And I say, "What about you"
(She felt the familiar touch)
And we say, "What about us"
(She almost fell apart)
Pulled it so tight
He fell apart

She felt the familiar
Touch on her heart
She pulled it so tight
She almost fell apart

And you say, "What about me"
And I say, "What about you"
And we say, "What about us"

And you say, "What about me"
And I say, "What about you"
(She felt the familiar touch)
And we say, "What about us"
(She almost fell apart)
Pulled it so tight
He fell apart

Insufficient Feeling

Wish I could find a way to unwind
Minutes you've lost, the keys left behind
Souls you have tortured at night in your sleep
Can't get you awake with a feeling, a feeling too deep

Don't fall apart
Don't ask for more
Take another moment and close the door
It's an insufficient feeling for an insufficient man
It's an incohesive moment for an incohesive life

And he knew he'd lost the fight and he knows what he wants
Tell you what he feels, but she knows what she's got
It's an insufficient feeling for an insufficient man

I don't need one more drug, not a drink or a pill
'Cause everything I got from you spilled me out till I'm all through
I can't even stop for a minute and think what tomorrow will bring

Souls you have tortured at night in your sleep
Till you're awake with a feeling, a feeling too deep
It's an incohesive moment for an incohesive life

Come here, sit down, don't waste another moment, my dear
Come here, sit down, take another moment
Find me out, my dear

Come here
Don't fall apart
Don't ask for more
Take another moment and close the door
Insufficient feeling for an insufficient man
It's an incohesive moment for an incohesive life

And he knew he'd lost the fight and he knows what he wants
Tell you what he feels, but she knows what she's got
It's an insufficient feeling for an insufficient man

I don't need one more thing to be happier than right now
I don't need one more drug, not a drink, not a pill
'Cause everything I got from you spilled me out till I'm all through
I can't even stop for a minute and think what tomorrow will bring

Hit And Run

Didn't think my heart could take it again
I closed it up real good thinking I was your friend
But now I know I gotta, gotta give in
'Cause this time, baby, I'm gonna win

Come on, baby, don't be shy
No more crying, we gotta fight
Come on, lover, it's our time
No more lying, I see your sign

Hit and run, baby
Nobody's seen maybe
Hit and run, baby
You're driving me crazy
Hit and run, baby
I'm gonna believe you
Hit and run, baby
I'll never leave you

Spend the night, we were done, kept going back
I knew this time, I knew this time I had to give in
Every time I see you, I just melt inside
Knew this time, baby, it's gotta be right

Come on, baby, don't be shy
No more crying, you got it bad
Come on, lover, it's our time
No more lying, I see your signs

Hit and run, baby
Nobody's seen maybe
Hit and run, baby
You're driving me crazy
Hit and run, baby
Would stay up all night
Hit and run, baby
I was so right

I didn't think my heart
Could take it again
Didn't think I could
Make it through the end

Hit and run, baby
Nobody's seen maybe
Hit and run, baby
You're driving me crazy
Hit and run, baby
I'm gonna believe you
Hit and run, baby
I'll never leave you
Hit and run, baby
Would stay up all night
Hit and run, baby
Oh you're so right

Hit and run, baby
Nobody's seen maybe
Hit and run, baby
You're driving me crazy
Hit and run, baby
I'm gonna believe you
You're driving me crazy

Hit and run, baby
Nobody's seen maybe
Hit and run, baby
For one last time
Hit and run, baby
I'll never leave you

Is It Me

Maybe it's time to find out
What's on your mind
Been feeling so holy, boy
I can look behind

Started putting the lid on
Way far too tight
Not open up that box tonight
Got a feeling it's not gonna be all right

Do you come with a warning
It's coming way above
This hiding copper sky
Do you come with a warning
Pass it all across your heart
All across your heart

I'm no good
You and I
And when I see you, I feel weak
There's nothing else I just can't speak

You know the truth
You read my dreams
But never give yourself, it seems

I can see a poster for Jesus
He's got his very own show
Can he really see us
Still his name's on the side of buses

You got the lock, are you wanting
Still the answer never comes
And you're caught between the lies and you want goodbye

I can see it in your eyes
As you come with a warning or is it me
Do you come with a warning or is it me
I can't see, I can't hear
I can't speak 'cause you came back for more

Damn sure feels like you kissed me
And I don't think you've done that before

You come with a warning or is it me
Do you come with a warning, are you free
Do you come with a warning or is it me
Do you come with a warning, are you free

And when I see you, I feel weak
There's nothing else, you know, I can't even speak
You know the truth
You read my dreams
Never really give yourself, it seems

You come with a warning or is it me
Do you come with a warning, are you free
Are you free
Are you free

Electric Sky

Picture this, you and I
Underneath electric sky
Picture this, deep blue sea
Underneath the cherry tree

All the world is out there
Maybe we can fly
All the world is out there
Maybe we can fly
I'm so stressed for you
Under the deep blue sea

Life is free
The way it should be
Life is free
The way it should be
Life is free
For you and me
Life is free
The way it should be

Who can say what's on their mind
Moonlight glowing across the sky
Could be lightning striking my heart

Can't you see
Love is free for all
Can't you see
The way it should be
Love is free

Could build our dream
Build our dream
Could build our dream

Picture this, you and I
Underneath an electric sky
Picture this, you and me
Underneath the cherry tree

All the world is out there
Maybe we can fly
I'm so stressed for you
Under the deep blue sea

Life is free
The way it should be
Life is free
The way it should be
Life is free
You and me
Life is free
The way it should be

Way it should be
The way it should be
Way it should be
Underneath electric sky

Non Albums Tracks

Absolute Beginners

(David Bowie cover / Samsung's "Every day is day one" TV spot)

I've nothing much to offer
There's nothing much to take
I'm an absolute beginner
But nervous all the same

If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean
Just like the films
There's no reason
To feel the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Anything But Love

(Squirrel Nut Zippers cover / Dr. John & Angela McCluskey / Flirting With Disaster OST)

Angela:
I sing a song about clouds and rainbows
I hum a tune that sings like a dove
Rhyme some words about anything
Anything but love

Dr. John:
Yeah, I paint a picture of my prison
With blue and gray from the sky above
Framed and signed with the title
"Anything But Love"

Angela & Dr. John:
He had to go, but I won't miss him (oh, no)
I have got better things to do
Like writing stories and painting pictures
Of anything but love

I write a story about a couple
Steal a plot from some old movie
You can tell what inspired it
Anything but love (that's right)

He had to go, but I won't miss him (you won't)
I have got better things to do
Like writing stories and painting pictures
Of anything but love
Anything but love
Anything but love
Anything but love

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Cure

(Cabin By The Lake OST)

Don't you want somebody to lean on
Don't you need somebody to claim
All my life, I've been trying to avoid you
'Cause loneliness is something I dream about
Unhappiness, my fate

Can you give me a cure
Come on, give me a cure
All I need is a cure
You gotta give me a cure
Come on, give me a cure

I'm so tired of living the same old same
Longing for an act of faith
In your eyes, I see a different way
Nobody in this world has the answer
Just tell me that you're sure

Can you give me a cure
Come on, give me a cure
All I need is a cure
You gotta give me a cure
Come on, give me a cure
All I need is a cure
Come on, give me a cure
All I need is a cure
All I need is a cure
All I need is a cure
Come on, give me a cure
Gotta give me a cure
All I need is a cure

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Day Ditty

(Shudder To Think feat. Angela McCluskey)

A mighty day in the garden
To make you feel alright
I finally say, "Oh sweet darling
You make me feel alright"

I want to walk to the garden with you
And spin dizzy circles
I want to walk to the garden with you
And spin dizzy circles

But now, I am so tired
Can you help me sleep
Or go home
And maybe meet me another day in the garden
To make you feel alright
I finally say, "Oh sweet darlig with you
Makes me feel alright"

I want to walk to the garden with you
And spin dizzy circles
I want to walk to the garden with you
And spin dizzy circles

But now, I'm so tired
Can you help me sleep
Or go home
'Cause I might not live another day
Another day
Another day
Another day

Deep Down Truth

( The The featuring Angela Mccluskey / 45 Rpm: The Singles LP )

Your bed at night
Awake, uptight
Your hopes, your fears
Your lips, God's ears
Days come and go
Beauty dissolves into skull
Time keeps spinning round
History thunders down
Every step of the climb
Led you to this place and time

There's no more power in darkness than in light
There's no more truth above you than inside
The deep down truth, the deep down truth

Your heart, your mind
Uncoiled, unblind
Ego undressed
All time compressed
Into that shadow on the wall
From the raindrop waterfall
Crawling down the misting glass
To the future from the past
Every step you take
Leads you from this time and place

There's no more strength in hatred than in love
There's no more truth beneath you than above
There's no more truth in sadness than in joy
There's no more tenderness in girls than in boys

The deep down truth

There's no more truth in hope than in grief
There's no more truth in a saint than a thief
There's no more truth in fate than in chance
There's no more truth in your mind than your heart
There's no more justice in peace than in war
There's no more time behind us than before

The deep down truth, the deep down truth
The deep down truth, the deep down truth
The deep down truth, the deep down truth

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Deliver Me

(Danny Keough & Angela McCluskey / Cabin By The Lake OST)

Deliver me from this place
Deliver me, oh Lord
Take away all the pain I ever knew
And I'll shelter you

I know a place that's dark
Raining all the time
So cold and lonely
But it's mine

Don't believe in saving grace
Any kind
If you would just open up your heart
Give of yourself a little part

Deliver me from this place
Deliver me, oh Lord
Take away all the pain I ever knew
And I'll shelter you
Shelter you

Don't Believe What They Say

(Parov Stelar feat. Angela McCluskey / The Demon Diaries LP)

Don't, don't believe what they say
'Cause life, life is new every day
Let me say it plain and loud
Take me back, I'm not too proud
Don't, don't believe what they say
'Cause life, life is new every day
Don't, don't believe what they say

You say
In my sleep, in the day
In my life, in the way
All the day, on the town
In the bus, on the ground
In the air, in the sea
When I laugh, cry, try to eat
There was you
All I could see was you

You say
You say
You say

So let me say it plain and loud
Take me back, I'm not good at doing proud
Everything I need is you
I'd be strong, I'd get along
Turn the beat on, sound of you
Without you, without us
Without our love

You say

I could feel it was you
Coming up behind me
In my sleep, in the day
In my life, in the way
All the day, on the town
In the bus, on the ground
In the air, in the sea
When I laugh, cry, try to eat
There was you
All I could see was you

You say
You say

Don't explain

( Billie Holiday Cover / A Story of Jazz Vol.3 or The Things we do Bonus Tracks )

Hush now
Don't explain
Just say you'll remain
I'm glad your back
Don't explain

Quiet
Don't explain
What is there to gain
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain

You know that I love you
And what love endures
All my thoughts are of you
For I'm so completely yours

Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right or wrong, don't matter
When I'm with you sweet

Hush now
Don't explain
My life's yours love
Don't explain

You know that I love you
And what love endures
All my thoughts are of you
For I'm so completely yours

Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right or wrong, don't matter
When I'm with you sweet

Hush now
Don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours love
Don't explain
Don't explain

Don't Mind The Rain

(Boardwalk Empire Volume 3 OST)

Sorrows were never meant to be
But still they come to you and me
And like the skies of grey
They come and fade away, so

Don't, don't mind the rain
It's gonna clear right up again
Oh when the clouds go rolling by
A rainbow lights the sky and
All at one time, there's a lot of sunshine

Don't, don't complain
But always smile, keep smiling when it's raining
If you wanna have happy hours
You need showers just like the flowers
Don't, don't mind the rain

Don't, don't mind the rain
It's gonna clear, clear right again
Oh when the clouds go rolling by
A rainbow lights the sky and
All at one time, there's a lot of sunshine

Don't, don't complain
But always smile, keep smiling when it's rain-, rain-, raining
If you wanna have happy hours
You need showers just like the flowers
Don't, don't mind the rain

Famous Blue Raincoat

( Leonard Cohen Cover / The Things we do Bonus Tracks )

It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing, I hope you're keeping some kind of record

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you never came home without Lili Marlene
So you treated some woman to a flake of your life
When she got home she was nobody's wife

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards
Oh what can I tell you
What can I tell you
What can I possibly say
I guess that I miss you
I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way

If you ever come by here
Here for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping
And your woman is free

Yes, and thanks
For the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good
So I never really tried

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear

Sincerely, L. Cohen

Frosty The Snowman

(Christmas song)

Frosty the Snowman
Was a jolly happy soul
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
And two eyes made out of coal

Frosty the Snowman
Is a fairytale, they say
He was made of snow
But the children know
How he came to life one day

There must have been some magic in
That was the hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
He began to dance around

Oh, Frosty the Snowman
Was alive as he could be
And the children say
He could laugh and play
Just the same as you and me

Frosty, clumsy as he could be
See him loping the lodge
Off he goes on a popcicle stick
with a happy song cha la la la

Frosty the Snowman
Knew the sun was hot that day
So he said, "Let's run and we'll have some fun
Now, before I melt away"

Down to the village
With a broomstick in his hand
Running here and there
All around the square
Saying, "Catch me if you can"

He led them down the streets of town
Right to the traffic cop
And only paused a moment
When he heard him holler, "Stop"

Frosty the Snowman
Had to hurry on his way
But he waved goodbye, saying "Don't you cry
I'll be back again some day"

Thumpety, thumpety, thump
Look at Frosty go
Thumpety, thumpety, thump
Over the hills of snow
Thumpety, thumpety, thump

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

God Bless The Child

( Billie Holiday cover / Angela McCluskey & Tryptich / Curio LP )

Them that's got shall get
Them that's not shall lose
So the Bible said and it still is news
Mama may have
Papa may have
But God bless the child
The child that's got his own

So the strong gets more
While the weak ones fade
Empty pockets don't ever make the grade
Mama may have
Papa may have
But God bless the child
The child that's got his own

Money, you've got lots of friends
Crowding 'round the door
And when you're gone, spending ends
They don't come no more
Rich relations give
Crust of bread and such
You can help yourself
But don't take too much
Mama may have
Papa may have
But God bless the child
The child that's got his own

Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
The Bible tells me so

Money, you've got lots of friends
Crowding 'round the door
When you're gone, spending ends
They don't come, they don't come no more
Rich relations give
Crust of bread and such
You can help yourself
But don't take too much
Mama may have
Papa may have
But God bless the child
The child that's got his own
God bless the child that's got his own

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Here Comes The Sun

(The Beatles cover)

Here comes the sun, doo doo doo
Here comes the sun, I say
It's all right

Little darling
It's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, doo doo doo
Here comes the sun, I say
It's all right

Little darling
The smiles are returning to their faces
Little darling
It seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, doo doo doo
Here comes the sun, I say
It's all right

Sun, sun, sun
Here it comes
Sun, sun, sun
Here it comes
Sun, sun, sun
Here it comes
Sun, sun, sun
Here it comes

Little darling
I feel the ice is slowly melting
Little darling
It seems like years since it's been clear

Here comes the sun, doo doo doo
Here comes the sun, I say
It's all right

Here comes the sun, doo doo doo
Here comes the sun, I say
It's all right
It's all right
It's all right

I Adore You

(Paul & Price feat. Angela McCluskey)

I adore you
You smile so sweet
And you
Tempt me with your kiss
You're a heaven
I can't resist

I adore you

I adore you
You smile so sweet
And you

I adore you
You're a heaven
I can't resist

I adore you
You smile so sweet
And you
Tempt me with your kiss
Sweet kiss
Your kiss
Sweet kiss

Your kiss
Sweet kiss
Your kiss

I adore you (you)

I adore you
I adore you

I adore you

You're a heaven (you)
You're a heaven (you)
I can't resist (you)
Your kiss (you)
Sweet kiss
Your kiss
Sweet kiss
Your kiss

I Came Aching

(It's Been Done EP)

I came aching down your hallway
But I could not find your door
Somebody must have moved it
Maybe I'll try another floor

I came looking for your keyhole
I was scraping at the lock
I was watching my hands shaking
You were watching the crowd

Can't anybody find me
Can't anybody find me
'Cause I got lost, I got loaded
I got lost and I am not faking

This is how it was
When I came aching up your driveway
I was looking for your car
Requesting a slow dance numbers
They'll be closing the bar

I was well in and I was able
To get along with Keith
I was ready for my whole night out
You were running again

Can't anybody find me
Can't anybody find me
'Cause I got lost, I got loaded
I got lost and I came faking

This is how it was
When I came aching

I'm Not The Girl

I can hear the sound
Like the rolling sea
A whisper in the air
It would not let me be

I, I'm ready now to listen
I'm ready to believe

Summer wind
Whirling through the trees
A haze of heartache
Settled over me
I'm not the girl
That you asked me to be
But here I am
Holding on to my love
My love

I can feel the sun
Breaking through the leaves
I see the moon abroad
Waiting quietly
And now I'm bound to nothing
Ready to be free
Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Summer wind
Whirling through the trees
A haze of heartache
Settled over me
I'm not the girl
That you asked me to be
But here I am
Holding on to my love
My love

Summer wind
Whirling through the trees
A haze of heartache
Settled over me
I'm not the girl
That you asked me to be
But here I am
Holding on to my love
My love

In The Air

( with Morgan Page, Sultan & Ned Shepard and BT )

I'm feeling it
I'm feeling a change
I'm feeling it in the air
I'm feeling it
I'm feeling a change
I'm feeling it in the air

To look the other way
To get what you want
Throw out your troubles find your song
Cause there's a change
Change in the air
In the air
In the air

Just one more minute here with you
All I'd give to have this come true
Can you feel it too
Can you feel this heart beating in time
Wishing it was yours but it's gotta be mine
Couldn't believe everything I felt
You walked in you saw me just melt
Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin
I'm feeling it
I'm feeling a change
I'm feeling it in the air

To look the other way
To get what you want
Throw out your troubles find your song
Cause there's a change
Change in the air

To look the other way
To get what you want
Throw out your troubles find your song
Cause there's a change
Change in the air

Don't close that door, don't walk away
Don't shut your eyes, you can hear me say
I love you now more than everyday
It's okay

Give every bit to have you here
Give every moment to see your tear
Give everything I've got from now to my last breath

I'm feeling it
I'm feeling a change
I'm feeling it
In the air

To look the other way
To get what you want
Throw out your troubles find your song
Cause there's a change, change in the air

To look the other way
To get what you want
Throw out your troubles find your song
Cause there's a change, change in the air
In the air

I Think It's Going To Rain Today

(Angela McCluskey with Paul Cantelon / Live at Culture Project / 11-18-2007)

Broken windows and empty hallways
A pale dead moon in a sky streaked with grey
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it's going to rain today

Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles
The frozen smiles to chase love away
Human kindness is overflowing,
and I think it's going to rain today

Lonely, lonely
Tin can at my feet
I think I'll kick it down the street
Tin can at my feet
I think I'll kick it down the street
That’s the way to treat a friend

Bright before me the skies implore me
Help the needy and show them the way
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it's going to rain today
Oh I know it's going to rain
Oh I feel it's going to rain
Oh I know it's going to rain today

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Lady Grinning Soul

( David Bowie Cover / The Things we do Bonus Tracks )

She'll come, she'll go
She'll lay belief on you
Skin sweet with musky odour
The lady from another grinning soul

Cologne she'll wear
Silver and Americard
She'll drive a beetle car
And beat you down at cool Canasta

And when the clothes are strewn
Don't be afraid of the room
Touch the fullness of her breast
Feel the love of her caress
She will be your living end

She'll come, she'll go
She'll lay belief on you
Skin sweet with musky odour
The lady from another grinning soul

Cologne she'll wear
Silver and Americard
She'll drive a beetle car
And beat you down at cool Canasta

And when the clothes are strewn
Don't be afraid of the room
Touch the fullness of her breast
Feel the love of her caress
She will be your living end
She will be your living end
She will be your living end
She will be your living end

Like A Star

( Myspace Demo )

In your eye
I see the world go by, go by
So come on baby
Let's go ??? somehow
See it shine, see it shine

Like the stars I go by
Take your hand in mine
Come on baby
Let's take every chance
This time

In your eye
I see the world go by
My star, my star
You're my star

I know it's hard to let it shine
I know it's good when you're the one (?)
I can't believe it's coming back again
Like a star, we'll go fly
Like a star, like a star
Like a star, you're my star

Come on baby, you're my star
Come on baby, this time
Let's shine like a star

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

My Funny Valentine

( Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart / Angela McCluskey & Tryptich / Curio LP )

My funny valentine
Sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Unphotographable
Yet you’re my favourite work of art

Is your figure less than greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart

But don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine stay
Each day is Valentine's Day

My funny valentine
Sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Unphotographable
Yet you're my favourite work of art

Is your figure less than greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart

But don't you change one hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine stay
Each day is Valentine's Day

Each day is Valentine's Day

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Nature Boy

( David Bowie cover / Angela McCluskey & Tryptich / Curio LP )

There was a boy
A very strange
Enchanted boy
They say he wandered
Very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he

And then one day
One magic day
He passed my way
While we spoke
Of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love and
Be loved in return

And then one day
One magic day
He passed my way
While we spoke
Of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love and
Be loved in return
Be loved in return

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Night To Remember

(With Button:Pusher & The Vandal Squad)

Are you ready to feel
Are you ready to live

What I couldn't feel
Or I should have seen
I can touch sky through
Could make this a life to be real

Seems like one day you come around
It opened up and I fear the sound
I've been wanting you
Every day of my life
Every day of my life

There's no turning back
Make this a night to remember
We're living on the outsider
Make this a night to remember

Are you ready to move
Are you ready to give
Are you ready to move
Are you ready to ?

Are you ready to move
Are you ready to give
Are you ready to move
Are you ready to ?

Morning
You help me disappear
Gonna warn ya
Gonna run to you and see
Gonna make you
Everything I'm down
Gonna take you
All my world around

Been waiting (been waiting)
Every day of my life (every day of my life)
Been waiting (been waiting)
Every day of my life (every day of my life)

There's no turning back
Make this a night to remember, love
We're living on the outside
Make this a night to remember, love

Are you ready to move
Are you ready to give
Are you ready to move
Are you ready to ?

Are you ready to move
Are you ready to give
Are you ready to move
Are you ready to ?

Are you ready to feel
Are you ready to live
Do you make a life for real
Do you wanna really feel

There's no turning back
Make this a night to remember, love
We're living on the outside
Make this a night to remember, love
Make this a night to remember, love
A night to remember, love

There's no turning back
Make this a night to remember, love
Make this a night to remember, love
A night to remember, love
A night to remember, love
A night to remember, love

No Ordinary Life

(Morgan Page feat. Angela McCluskey)

You could change your world right now
You could take her hand somehow
You could make this life for real
You could learn to really feel
Well, I know it's right
To feel what I am feeling
'Cause you're the only one I'll understand
You're a cut above the ordinary life

This is no ordinary life
We got the moon
We got the stars
We got the sun
Take my hand and run
Why don't you surprise me
Oh why don't you surprise me

You could change your world right now
You could take her hand somehow
You could make this life for real
You could learn to really feel
Well, I know it's right
To feel what I am feeling
'Cause you're the only one I'll understand
You're a cut above the ordinary life

This is no ordinary life
We got the moon
We got the stars
We got the sun
Take my hand and run
Why don't you surprise me
Oh we got our chance
We can run
Let's take a moment
Get it right

This is no ordinary life
Take my hand and run
This is no ordinary life

Penny Thoughts

A penny for your heart
A quarter for your thoughts
A dollar for your everything
A nickel for your doubts
A corner for your breathing
A dime for your time
A mirror for your breathing
And my best songs for your dreams

Oh for the only one
Who never cried out loud
I would give it all away
Break my back all day
To rest beside your eyes

A blanket for your sleep
A candle for your weeping
A pencil for your hopes
And a half moon for your wisdom
A highway for your will
An acre for your honor
An ocean for your sorrow
And the rain that comes tomorrow

Oh for the only one
Who never cried out loud
I would give it all away
I would break my back all day
To rest beside your side

An apple for your teacher
Time and peace for your boss
A blue light for your basement
Another in the cast
A feather for your anger
A guitar for your laughter
A clown for your darkness
And a teacup for your tears

Oh for the only one
Who never cried out loud
I would give it all away
I would break my back all day
To rest beside your side

Pick Up The Pieces

(Maor Levi feat. Angela McCluskey)

Happened much too slow
For me to even know
That every day without you
Kills too much to show

I could show you the moment that day
When you pulled it all down
When you crashed through the moment
Without making a sound

And you pick up the pieces
Pick up the pieces of me
Pick up the pieces
Pick up the pieces of me
Pick up the pieces
Pick up the pieces of me
Pick up the pieces
I won't let it happen again

It's hard to think about all you wanted
It's hard to think about what you lost
Doesn't have to be that we get even
Doesn't have to be the last

'Cause I'm not giving in
And I won't let it happen again
Not giving in
And I won't let it happen again

Just pick up the pieces
Pick up the pieces of me
Pick up the pieces
I won't let it happen again

I won't let it happen again

Real Love

(Christian Rich feat. Angela McCluskey / FW14 LP)

You say keep it close
It's too good to be real
Am I dreaming
It's too good to be real
It's too good to be real
Am I dreaming

This can't be real
This can't be real
This can't be real
Feels like home
This can't be real
This can't be real

It's never too much
Beneath the rain
You say
There's no such thing as living too much
This is real
Beneath the rain

This can't be real
This can't be real
This can't be real
Feels like home
This can't be real
This can't be real

This can't be real
This can't be real
This can't be real
Feels like home
This can't be real
This can't be real

She'll Get Over Loving You

( Andy White feat. Angela McCluskey / Rare LP )

In my melancholy
I feel you all the more
Watching every breath of air and
Willing you to score

You're much too young to know this time
It's not too much to see the sign
It's fun for what it's worth this time
It's not too hard
It's not too hard

She'll get over loving you
If only you would let her
She'll get over wanting you
You could be so much better

She'll get over hating you
If only you would let her
She'll get over loving you
If only you would let her

Do you understand the feeling (I could be wrong about you)
Every organ reeling (and if I am I'll still be true)
Choking me and stealing (nothing's perfect in this world)
Every particle of you (except for straight hair when it's curled)

You're much too old to waste your time
It's not too much to be unkind
It's not much fun to wait in line
It's not too hard
It's not too hard

By all accounts you should be doing better
Maybe buying houses sorry you just met her
Or maybe just move in together
Buy an irish setter sorry you just met her

She'll get over loving you
If only you would let her
She'll get over wanting you
You could be so much better

She'll get over hating you
If only you would let her
She'll get over loving you
If only you would let her

She'll get over
She'll get over
She'll get over loving you
She'll get over loving you

Do you understand the feeling (I could be wrong about you)
Every organ reeling (and if I am I'll still be true)
Choking me and stealing (nothing's perfect in this world)
Every particle of you (except for straight hair when it's curled)

You're much too old to waste your time (I could be wrong about you)
It's not too much to be unkind (and if I am I'll still be true)
It's not much fun to wait in line (nothing's perfect in this world)
It's not too hard (except for straight hair when it's curled)
It's not too hard

I could be wrong about you (I wish I was)
I could be wrong (I wish I was)
I could be wrong about you
But if I am
I'll still be loving you

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Soldier's Things

( Tom Waits Cover / The Things we do Bonus Tracks )

Davenports, kettle drums
Swallow tail coats
Table cloths
Patent leather shoes
Bathing suits
Bowling balls
Clarinets and rings
All this radio really needs
Is a fuse

A tinker, a tailor
A soldier's things
His rifle, his boots full of rocks
Oh and this one is for bravery
This one is for me
Everything's a dollar
In this box

Cuff links, hub caps
Trophies, paperbacks
It's good transportation
But the brakes aren't so hot
Neck tie and boxing gloves
This jackknife is rusted
You can pound that dent out on the hood

A tinker, a tailor
A soldier's things
His rifle, his boots full of rocks
Oh and this one is for bravery
And this one is for me
Everything's a dollar
In this box

A tinker, a tailor
A soldier's things
His rifle, his boots full of rocks
Oh and this one is for bravery
This one is for me
Everything's a dollar
Everything's a dollar
Everything's a dollar
In this box

Solitude

( Duke Ellington cover / Angela McCluskey & Tryptich / Curio LP )

In my solitude
You haunt me
With dreadful ease
Of days gone by

In my solitude
You taunt me
With memories
That never die

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There's no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I'll soon go mad

In my solitude
I'm afraid
Dear Lord above
Send back my love

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There's no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I'll soon go mad

In my solitude
I'm afraid
Dear Lord above
Send back my love

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Stargazing

( Delerium feat. Angela McCluskey )

I could sing you to sleep, while I hear your heart beat
I could hold your hand longer than most lovers meet
Ah, see you grasp at very straw, watch you watch your every flaw
See you try so hard
Makes me wanna call in the law
Makes me wanna call in the law

Can't you see what you're doing to me
Can't you feel what my heart wants to feel
Can't you see what you're doing to me
Can't you feel what my heart wants to feel
Don't go, everything you say I hear you
Don't go... I love you, ooh I do
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
There's no one else for me to blame
To help me through this night
I know right now I have to see the truth in black and white
Oh, I misunderstood every little thing I could
Looked for treason in your eyes
When there was nothing but you

Can't you see what you're doing to me
Can't you feel what my heart wants to feel
Can't you know, everywhere you go I'm with you
Can't you know, everything you say I hear you
Don't go... I love you, yes I do
I love you, ooh I do

Solemn as an owl you terrorize my mind
Speaking words so fowl, there's so few of your kind
Here's my one solution, ah, it's my lonely path of absolution
To hide behind your every lie, can't do this
Empty out your soul, bring ‘em all to me
Cast them far away, I'm with you

Can't you know, everything you say I hear you
Don't go, everything you say I hear you
Can't you know, everywhere you go I'm with you
Can't you know, everything you say I hear you
Don't go

The Little Things

(Big Gigantic feat. Angela McCluskey / Brighter Future LP)

I could feel it coming back
I didn't know, was I built to last
I've come so far so fast
And it feels like a hundred years
Am I dreaming, is it gonna last

I could be better still
Than anything I've done
I know you think you could do, too
I know you think you feel it's true
It's the little things in life that I feel

'Cause I can feel it
'Cause I can feel it
'Cause I can feel it
It's the little things in life that I feel

'Cause I can feel it
'Cause I can feel it
'Cause I can feel it

I could be better still
Than anything I've done
I know ya think you could do, too
I know ya think you feel it's true
It's the little things in life that I feel

'Cause I can feel it
'Cause I can feel it
'Cause I can feel it

'Cause I can feel it
'Cause I can feel it
'Cause I can feel it
'Cause I can feel it

We Don't Need Another Hero

( Tina Turner cover / Nouvelle Vague feat. Angela McCluskey / unreleased song )

Out of the ruins
Out from the wreckage
Can't make the same mistake this time
We are the children
The last generation
We are the ones they left behind

And I wonder when we're ever gonna change
Living under the fear till nothing else remains

We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the thunderdome

Looking for something we can rely on
There's got to be something better out there
Love and compassion, their day is coming
All else are castles built in the air

And I wonder when we're ever gonna change
Living under the fear till nothing else remains

We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the thunderdome

So what do we do with our lives
We leave only a mark
Will our story shine like a life
Or end in the dark

We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the thunderdome

We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the thunderdome

We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the thunderdome

We Rule The School

(Belle And Sebastian cover / Cool For School: Benefit For The Lunchbox Fund LP)

On a beech tree rudely carved
NC loved me
Why did she do it
Was she scared, was she bored

On a beech tree rudely carved
NC loved me
Why did she do it
Was she scared, was she pushed

Do something pretty while you can
Don't fall asleep
Skating a pirouette on ice is cool

Do something pretty while you can
Don't be a fool
Reading the gospel to yourself is fine

On a bus stop in the town
We rule the school
Written for anyone to read and to see

On a bus stop in the town
We rule the school
Written for anyone with eyes in their head

Do something pretty while you can
Don't fall asleep
Driving from California to New York

Call me a prophet if you want
It's no secret
You know the world was made for men
You know the world was made for men
You know the world was made for men
Not us

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Wild Is The Wind

(David Bowie cover / Live at WFUV)

Love me, love me, love me, say you do
Let me fly away with you
For my love is like the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

Give me more than one caress
Satisfy this hungriness
For my love is like the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

You touch me
I feel sound of mandolins
You kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
You sing to me all things to me

Love me, love me, love me, say you do
Let me fly away with you
For my love is like the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

Will You Be Ready

(Deep Forest feat. Angela McCluskey and Chitose Hajime / Music Detected LP)

Shiwaja shiwaja itokuri shiwaja yoi

An eye for an eye, will only make this world go blind
Another lie for a lie, we'll be wiping out mankind
Will you be ready

Ennuo kiriri musu ranoya

Will you be ready

Ahuu yuu uri yoi
Itoya kiririba musubimo na ryu uri yoi

Can we let the sun still shine
Or rip into fifteen pieces, will you be ready
When it comes
Will you be ready when it takes your heart
Will you know what to say
Will you be ready

Ennuo kiriri musu ranoya

Will you be ready

Ahuu ryu uri yoi

Will you still sing out in ecstasy
To know that while you live
Only love can see deep down inside
Will you be ready
Will you be strong
Throw the love away

Ennuo kiriri musura yano ya
Tokoyanu suraya no

Will you be ready

Ennuo kiriri musura yano ya

Will you be ready

Tokoyanu surayano
Bai doga joi joi

You Could Be Happy

(Original Edit / Snow Patrol cover / Paul Oakenfold feat. Angela McCluskey)

You could be happy and I won't know
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go
Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should have stopped you from walking out that door

You could be happy and I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far
Somehow everything I own smells of you
You could be happy, it's all not true

You could be happy and I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far
More than anything I want to see you, boy
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world

You could be happy and I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far
Somehow everything I own smells of you
You could be happy, it's all not true

Do the things that you always wanted to
Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do
More than anything I want to see you, boy
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world

You could be happy and I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far
Somehow everything I own smells of you
You could be happy, it's all not true

You could be happy

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

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