B i o g r a p h y (by Official Press)
Bic Runga’s uniquely phrased pop songs and hauntingly beautiful melodies have already earned her a special place in the pantheon of New Zealand song. Her third album Birds was out in New Zealand on in November 2005, it is her third consecutive #1 album and has already reached platinum status. Since emerging at 19 years old with her debut single ’Drive’ a decade ago, Bic has travelled a remarkable musical journey, taking her to the top of charts at home and around the world at the same time as winning enormous critical acclaim for her winsome, transfixing tunes. Her albums, Drive (1996) and Beautiful Collision (2002), have sold seven- and eleven-times platinum respectively in New Zealand, the latter spawning the single ‘Get Some Sleep’, a top ten hit in Japan and Ireland that also broke into the UK top 40. Beautiful Collision featured at no.32 in Mojo magazine’s list of the best albums of 2002 and no.34 in Uncut’s annual critics’ poll for that year. Having spent most of 2003 and 2004 living in Paris and London, Bic returned home for the summer of 2005. That summer ended on a sad note for the Runga family with the death of Bic’s father, Joe, but Bic went on to complete a world tour playing as a soloist in support of the Finn Brothers through March and April. Neil Finn had long been a fan of Bic’s music and had contributed vocals to Beautiful Collision. Talking with Bic on the Finn Brothers tour, he immediately warmed to Bic’s idea to record her new album as “live” as possible – and agreed to join as pianist/guitarist with the ensemble of players she had picked from a pool of New Zealand’s finest musicians. Taking the role of album producer herself, Bic convened the band in Auckland’s Monte Cecilia House in August 2005. Built in 1879, with wonderfully detailed architecture complete with parquet floors, elaborate ceiling roses, marble fireplaces and four-storeyed tower overlooking a wooded park, Monte Cecilia provided the perfect location for the month-long recording session. Initial recording concentrated on capturing the often elusive magic of great “live takes”. With up to ten singers and players recording in the room at one time, Bic’s approach harked back to jazz recordings of the 50s and beyond and the timeless pop recordings from before single instrument track-laying became the norm in the 1970s. There is a natural intimacy between instruments and voices playing live in the same room that she felt could be easily lost in a modern studio setting. By the time an eight piece string section and further instrumentation including French horn, flute, harp and clarinet had been added, the intricate arrangements and richly textured songs were taking shape. Bic flew with the tapes to London to mix the album with Simon Gogerly, renowned for his work alongside Nellie Hooper and with artists as diverse as the Rolling Stones, Cat Stevens and mixing U2’s latest single. The resulting album is a superb distillation of Bic Runga’s incredible songwriting talent and her firm grasp on the universal language of romance. Undercurrents of subtle melancholy in songs like the breathtaking and spacious ‘Captured’ and ‘Say After Me’ flow through to uplifting notes of hope in first single ‘Winning Arrow’ and ‘If I Had You’. Bic Runga’s ubiquity in New Zealand music belies her relative youth. Three albums into a career that her numerous admirers trust will run for many years to come, she demonstrates the artistic value in trying new ways to bring her songs out into the open and letting them soar on new wings. Bic will tell you that this album’s creation was a magical experience for her - and you can hear that magic in the songs. Birds is simply her finest musical statement yet.
Drive Sway Hey Bursting Through Swim Roll into One Suddenly Strange Sorry Heal Delight Without you
When I see you smile Get some sleep Something good Precious things The be all and end all Election night Honest goodbyes She left on a monday Beautiful collision Listening for the weather Counting the days Gravity
Precious things Bursting Through One more cup of coffee Ne me quitte pas Anyone who had a heart Beautiful collision And no more shall we part Wishing on a star Stay after me She left on a monday Something good
Winning Arrow Say After Me Listen Birds Ruby Nights No Crying No More If I Had You Captured That's Alright Blue Blue Heart It's Over
Ashes to Ashes Banana's In The Mist Good morning baby I don't mean it Lonely lola cherry cola girl Love Is The Law Making a scene No One Walks This Night Alone Ordinary girl Over & done Snow Stick With It Take it out sometimes The Gift That Keeps On Giving Welcome to my kitchen You You Don't Want To Know
Drive Drive
I know it's late now I know I ought to go Ride in your car now but please don't drop me home My head's so heavy, could this be all a dream? Promise me maybes and say things you don't mean Rain fall from concrete coloured sky No boy, don't speak now you just Drive, drive, drive Take me through make me fell alive, alive When I ride with you Keep my heart turning on axles around you Keep our love burning just like it used to do Now just for us, they could play our favourite tune Let's not discuss all these things we can't undo Let rain fall from concrete coloured sky No boy, don't speak now you just Drive, drive, drive Take me through make me fell alive, alive When I ride with you Rain fall from concrete coloured sky No boy, don't speak now you just drive
Sway
Don't stray, don't ever go away I should be much too smart for this You know it gets the better of me Sometimes, when you and I collide I fall into an ocean of you, pull me out in time Don't let me drown, let me down I say it's all because of you And here I go, losing my control I'm practising your name so I can say it to your face It doesn't seem right, to look you in the eye Let all the things you mean to me Come tumbling out my mouth Indeed it's time to tell you why I say it's infintely true Say you'll stay, don't come and go Like you do Sway my way, yeah I need to know All about you And there's no cure, and no way to be sure Why everything's turned inside out Instilling so much doubt It makes me so tired - I feel so uninspired My head is battling with my heart My logic has been torn apart And now it all turns sour Come sweeten every afternoon Say you'll stay, don't come and go Like you do Sway my way, yeah I need to know All about you Say you'll stay, don't come and go Like you do Sway my way, yeah I need to know All about you It's all because of you It's all because of you Now it all turns sour, come sweeten every afternoon It's time to tell you why, I say it's infinitely true Say you'll stay, don't come and go Like you do Sway my way, yeah I need to know All about you Say you'll stay, don't come and go Like you do Sway my way, yeah I need to know All about you It's all because of you It's all because of you It's all because of you
Hey
You were on the second floor Hanging out the window watching the cars passing by With that look in your eye And I was hanging round below Waving to ya from the road I was calling your name You were miles away Hey You've been wondering What's it to ya? You've been questioning why all day It's such a silly thing Still it threw ya, caught you by surprise You're coming to me loud and clear There's nothing really for us here It's a terrible thing Hannging on by a string There's nothing left for me to say You've said it all already now I won't add anymore I'll just slip out the door Hey You've been wondering What's it to ya? You've been questioning why all day It's such a silly thing Still it threw ya, caught you by surprise You and I so sick and tired Of hanging around You and me, we both agree It's all over now All over now Hey You've been wondering What's it to ya? You've been questioning why all day It's such a silly thing Still it threw ya, caught you by surprise
Bursting through
I'm counting stars Lying under, watching you through my walls All the lights have gone out I know you're listening now You've been spinning around, turning slowly Orbiting round my house And it's a feeling I get I know you're listening now Warm me today, warm me today Filter in my lonely room Warm me today, warm me today Look outside the sun it's bursting through, bursting through Oh, it's filling up this room Now my fingers are cold But I have touched you You're all I need to know Don't fade from me now I know you're listening somehow All you can give, all you can give Twisting by its more than the light It's all you can give, all you can give Look outside the sun is bursting through, bursting through Oh, it's filling up this room Warm me today, warm me today Look outside the sun it's bursting through, bursting through Oh, filling up this room
Swim
This frame of mind Young hollow man Said all I've got to say Done all I can Won't even try Wont even show Don't tell me things I don't want to know Swim through me Make me more than whole Come see what I mean Make me feel secure And in these days between when I fall apart I'd run away but you know I'm not that smart These strange ideas, I'll see them through They've been a part of me And I know that they're a part of you And Swim through me Make me more than whole Come see what I mean Make me feel secure...
Roll into one
If I could make you mine We could spend some time Maybe you could come around in the weekend Summer's rolling by and we don't have much time Tell me all about what keeps you ticking We could sit in the sun Let the days all roll into one How could you take so long to decide? How would you know until you tried? Say what's on you mind Don't be so unkind If you believe in stupid things like love We could sit in the sun Let the days all roll into one How could you take so long to decide? How would you know until you tried? We could sit in the sun Let the days all roll into one How could you take so long to decide? How would you know until you tried? Tried, tried if you tried If you tried, if you tried...
Suddenly strange
Fire, inside my shoes Still walking forward but back to you I s'pose I must be stuck with you again This joke is wearing thin I know it's time I know its time to go And just so you know This secret part of me never showed And when you run around like you don't care I'm suddenly aware I know it's time I know it's time It's suddenly strange I can hardly complain I'm down the stairs And I'm out the door It's suddenly colder It bowled me right over I'm down again I suppose its over now Don't ask me how But it didn't take much to figure out And you know I'll go acting really tuff Giving back your stuff I know it's time I know it's time It's suddenly strange I can hardly complain I'm down the stairs And I'm out the door It's suddenly colder It bowled me right over I'm down again I suppose its over now And you know I'll go acting really tuff And giving back your stuff I know it's time I know it's time It's suddenly strange I can hardly complain I'm down the stairs And I'm out the door It's suddenly colder It bowled me right over I'm down again I suppose its over now Fire inside my shoes, it's over now Sorry
Wring out my guilt and hang it on the line Its been raining all week, it won't get a chance to dry I've been looking round the pantry for a box of sorries I'm all run out yeah I'm all run out It's not that hard to say I know It's not that hard to say I know It's not that hard to say So why can't I say it now? And its been swelling up inside like the kitchen sponge Its on the back of my throat, its on the tip of my tongue If I could sweep it out he door that would be the end But this wind keeps blowing it in again It's not that hard to say I know It's not that hard to say I know It's not that hard to say So why can't I say it now? Say It now, say it now, say it now! Say it now, say it now, say it now! And I've been locking all the doors and drawing all the blinds It always seems to find its way back inside If I could sweep it out the door that would be the end But this wind keeps blowing it in again So I can say it now Say it now, say it now, say now! Say it now, say it now, say now! Say it now, say it now, say now! Say it now, say it now, say now! It's not that hard to say I know
Heal
Don't forget me Bring me down Don't let me promise you Things I cannot do This infection adds to my collection Hoard my pain And show it to you one day You alone indeed You sing so adamantly And it fills my mind with thoughts so fine Don't ask too much of me oh Heal me now, heal me now Heal me now, heal me now Don't erase me Cut me out replace me I'm still here I'm not going anywhere You alone indeed You sing so adamantly Let it free what ever's locked inside Don't ask too much of me Heal me now, heal me now Heal me now, heal me now
Delight
Anytime that you fall asleep I'm wide-awake Anytime that you leave your house I'm waiting at the gate I'm not angry anymore Come on and show your soul I'd love to hang it on the wall Framed for me Anytime that you smile I know that's really you Anytime that you laugh You know that I'll be laughing too But it's not funny anymore Come on now where's your soul Is that it crumpled on the floor? Is this blame on me? Delight, delight, delight, delight, delight At least we know its name Delight, delight, delight Wouldn't that be nice to feel again? Delight, delight, delight It's all locked outside it won't be coming in Anytime now you'll talk At least I hope you will Anytime now you'll speak And you know I'll be listening still But we don't say much anymore Come on tell it from your soul Delight, delight, delight, delight, delight At least we know its name Delight, delight, delight Wouldn't that be nice to feel again? Delight, delight, delight It's all locked outside it won't be coming in Won't be coming in Delight, delight, it's locked outside Outside, tonight, it won't be coming in Without you
Walk around the bathroom Fill the sink Wander round the kitchen Make a drink To occupy my time's my only wish I've rearranged the magnets, on my fridge Without you now, without you now Without you now, without you now Just can't make decisions Think what to do Turn on my television And think of you Splash my face with water Brush my teeth Your toothbrush gone from where it ought to be Without you now, without you now Without you now, without you now Do do do do
Beautiful collision When I see you smile
When I see you smile It feels like I'm falling It's not for anybody else to know The way your face could light the bitter dark of every street In every town I'll ever go It's not for anybody else to know For anybody else to know When I see you smile First thing in the morning It raises curtains on your lazy eyes Could it be that you and I have the greatest love to ever be How could this have ever been before? It's not for anybody else to know For anybody else to know When Friday night arrives We'll let it pass outside the door This is not for anybody else Anybody else to know Get some Sleep From here to there to everywhere And back to Union Square Where do I get some sleep? Anywhere the sleep dust lies It decorates your eyes Where do I get some sleep? Stranded in June Whistling the same old tune But I do believe I might be having fun I believe I might be having fun Impeccably dressed in your second hand vest We were waiting for the taxi to come Putting on my daytime eyes A good enough disguise Until I get some sleep Reading out the horoscopes And using up our jokes When do we get to sleep? Stand on the moon Find the light of my living room Yes I do believe I might be having fun I believe I might be having fun Tune into the station Make a dedication This is going out to everyone This is going out to everyone This is going out to everyone Something in the phrasing was quietly amazing We were waiting for the chorus to come This is going out to everyone This is going out to everyone From here to there to everywhere And back to union square Where do I get some sleep? Anywhere the sleep dust lies It decorates your eyes When do I get some sleep? Stranded in June Whistling the same old tune Yes I do believe I might be having fun I believe I might be having fun Tune into the station Make a dedication This is going out to everyone This is going out to everyone This is going out to everyone This is going out to everyone Going out to everyone This is going out to everyone Something Good Just wanna know ya Just wanna talk to ya I wanna hear about your day I'd never leave ya Never be mean to ya I'd always let you get your way Something good will come our way And maybe this good thing's gonna happen today If I were honest I 'd tell you everything But it keeps coming out as lies It's not a promise In case you're wondering It's not some blessing in disguise But something good will come our way And maybe this good thing's gonna happen today Something good will come our way And maybe this good things gonna happen today I know romance is not in fashion And my heart is on the line If you would be so kind To help me kill some time Then something good just might come crashing From the stars that light the sky If you would be so kind To help me kill some time Just wanna know ya Just wanna talk to ya I wanna hear about your day I'd never leave ya Never be mean to ya I'd always let you get your way Something good will come our way And maybe this good thing's gonna happen today Something good will come our way And maybe this good things gonna happen today Something good will come our way Something good will come our way Something good will come our way Something good will come our way La la la la la la La la la la la La la la la la Something good will come our way
Precious Things When all the star gazes bloom And throw their stars around the room I was waiting for the day For you to love me When all the elements conspire With shiny things that catch the eye I was waiting for the day For you to love me Precious precious thing You are the thought that makes me sing Wanna leave all my possessions It's a rare and precious precious thing When all the elements conspire With shiny things that catch the eye I was waiting for the day For you to love me Precious precious thing You are the thought that makes me sing Wanna leave all my possessions It's a rare and precious precious thing And I know all I need Is to get on the phone Is to get on the phone And call you Call you As clear as rain on a street It shines like bright coloured stone These things no one can own They are for you This is for you This is for you This is for you The Be All And End All Flogging a rocking Horse Getting nowhere We are a pair to behold You like a funeral me like a fair Nobody cares for the show These days the rapids may drag us from here And I do not care where we go And you say that love is what we are my dear But I just pretend not to know If it's the be all and end all Then come on now love lets make a start When love calls then it's time to play ball But starting's the easiest part Counting my blessings like stars in the sky The sleep walking moon watching on And she's seen how lovers before us have tried My darling lets not get it wrong If it's the be all and end all Then come on now love lets make a start When love calls how sudden the fall But fallings the easiest part I've had love come to nothing before But it's alright it's alright I've welcomed it in And I've shown it the door But it's alright it's alright Election Night Come around for tea Dance me round and round the kitchen By the light of my T.V On the night of the election Ancient stars will fall into the sea And the ocean floor sings her sympathy Drive me miles away Escape the sky that we lay under Of all the dreams we cannot shake We're always shaking in our slumber In the car don't let me fall asleep I might leave my heart here on your vinyl seat Well the sound of the city's now long gone And in the silence of the park and every darkened cinema Feel the little changes coming on So come to me where you belong Of all the bright machinery Love's the strangest of inventions How could this all just turn on me? When all I wanted was perfection And you are That's what you are to me You're the brightest star when all the world's asleep Well the sound of the city's now long gone And in the silence of the park and every darkened cinema Feel the little changes coming on So come to me where you belong Come to me where you belong Honest Goodbyes Sink with the tide Rescue me if you like I'll be leaving it all up to you Think how we tried It's o.k. to be lied to As long as it's only by you People say to me it's best that we've parted 'Cause you know I'm better alone Don't explain to me how you're so broken hearted I'm too busy mending my own Ending each night with such honest goodbyes Such honest goodbyes for the last time Honest goodbyes only work once or twice They work once or twice Then the rest must be lies Late ever night the colours fade from the sky And the music is gone from the moon Standing in line for what used to be mine What use is the rhyme with no tune People say to me it's best that we've parted And nothing is carved out in stone It's such a shame how we're back where we started It's late now and time that we go Ending each night with such honest goodbyes Such honest goodbyes for the last time Honest goodbyes only work once or twice They work once or twice Then the rest must be lies The rest must be lies... She Left On A Monday She left on a Monday She's a siren down the road In your herringbone overcoat That you don't expect to get back And it's an ordinary sky Today's like any other day When all of the aeroplanes Write her name in the clouds And nothing's wrong But it's already Sunday And you know just how Sunday Was the day that she would come around? Go to her foolish man What's the use of having pride if you don't have her? She'll endure all she can But you could make this easier on her It's all like sinking You're trying to stay afloat Like a wind blown paper boat Over uncharted sea There's no question why You're driving to kill some time Racing the power lines Back into town Go to her foolish man What's the use of having pride if you don't have her? She'll endure all she can But you could make this easier on her Go to her foolish man What's the use of having pride if you don't have her? She'll endure all she can But you could make this easier on her Make this easier on her Make this easier on her Make this easier on her
Beautiful Collision What a beautiful collision Things that go bump in the night With such beautiful precision Fate could create you and I Do you know what it means To abandon your dreams? To leave with the storms rolling by How the clouds on this day Come to take you away Til you're gone gone far away from me Beautiful beautiful night What a beautifully dangerous ride What a beautiful day we could hardly complain about What's going on in the sky What a beautiful collision Things that go bump in the night With such beautiful precision Fate could create you and I Do you know what it means To abandon your dreams? To leave with the storms rolling by How the clouds on this day Come to take you away Til you're gone gone far away from me Beautiful beautiful night What a beautifully dangerous ride What a beautiful day we could hardly complain about What's going on in the sky Move with the strangers That pass through your days If someone by chance Should call out your name When you're lost in the places you don't care to stay A blinding romance to blow you away Listening For The Weather So I'm listening for the weather to predict the coming day Leave all thought of expectation to the weather man No it doesn't really matter what it is he has to say 'Cause tomorrows keep on blowing in from somewhere All the people that I know in the apartments down below Busy with their starring roles in their own tragedies Sunlight sends you on your way And those restless thoughts that cling to yesterday Never be afraid of change I'll call you on the phone I hate to leave you on your own But I'm coming home today And this busy inner city Has got nothing much to say And I know how much you're hanging round the letterbox And I'm sure that as I'm writing You'll be somewhere on your way In a supermarket checkout or the restaurant I've been doing what I'm told I've been busy growing old And the days are getting cold but that's alright with me Sunlight sends you on your way And those restless thoughts that cling to yesterday Never be afraid of change I'll call you on the phone I hate to leave you on your own But I'm coming home today Yes I'm coming home today I've been doing what I'm told I've been busy growing old And the days are getting cold but that's alright with me Sunlight sends you on your way And those restless thoughts that cling to yesterday Never be afraid of change Counting The Days Counting the days on the calendar Strange how they bleed into each other All that I need Is a day with you Pencil me in on your Saturday Taking my leave Should I be waylaid please wait for me On a day with you Maybe for now an hour will do Remember my dear this time last year The sunsets were late and the days were long And the nights were filled with song The nights were filled with song Strolling the street we're strangely complete Let's stay awake till the morning comes We don't need anyone We don't need anyone Wasting my life at the traffic lights Getting nowhere Trapped in the turnstiles Stay within reach Of a day with you Maybe for now and hour will do
Gravity If gravity let us go We would all go flying And I'll meet you somewhere in the milky night Away past the satellites The breeze is dressed so lightly And it breathes onto this fire escape Where all our secrets melt like ice Leaving only water Night will close us down And change the view And I'll promise you what I can I forget myself when I'm with you Please remind me who I am Dancing like a landslide Swinging round the living room We fall like sudden rain from sullen skies Singing to the radio's tune Say my name aloud And make it new And I'll promise you what I can I forget myself when I'm with you Please remind me who I am Day so soon, hear all the traffic move The sirens all fill this room till we both have to shout From the road, watching the stars explode You and I breathe so slow How strange the sound
Live In Concert With The Christchurch Symphony
*** Thanx a lot to Chogu for this one ***
One More Cup Of Coffee
( Bob Dylan ) Your breath is sweet Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky Your back is straight, your hair is smooth On the pillow where you lie But I don't sense affection No gratitude or love Your loyalty is not to me But to the stars above One more cup of coffee for the road One more cup of coffee 'fore I go To the valley below Your daddy he's an outlaw And a wanderer by trade He'll teach you how to pick and choose And how to throw the blade He oversees his kingdom So no stranger does intrude His voice it trembles as he calls out For another plate of food One more cup of coffee for the road One more cup of coffee 'fore I go To the valley below Your sister sees the future Like your mama and yourself You've never learned to read or write There's no books upon your shelf But your pleasure knows no limits Your voice is like a meadowlark And your heart is like an ocean Mysterious and dark One more cup of coffee for the road One more cup of coffee 'fore I go To the valley below Ne Me Quitte Pas
( Jacques Brel ) Ne me quitte pas Il faut oublier Tout peut s'oublier Qui s'enfuit déjà Oublier le temps Des malentendus Et le temps perdu A savoir comment Oublier ces heures Qui tuaient parfois A coups de pourquoi Le coeur du bonheur Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Moi je t'offrirai Des perles de pluie Venues de pays Où il ne pleut pas Je creuserai la terre Jusqu'après ma mort Pour couvrir ton corps D'or et de lumière Je ferai un domaine Où l'amour sera roi Où l'amour sera loi Où je serai reine Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Je t'inventerai Des mots insensés Que tu comprendras Je te parlerai De ces amants-là Qui ont vu deux fois Leurs coeurs s'embraser Je te raconterai L'histoire de ce roi Mort de n'avoir pas Pu te rencontrer Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas On a vu souvent Rejaillir le feu De l'ancien volcan Qu'on croyait trop vieux Il est paraît-il Des terres brulées Donnant plus de blé Qu'un meilleur avril Et quand vient le soir Pour qu'un ciel flamboie Le rouge et le noir Ne s'épousent-ils pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Je ne vais plus pleurer Je ne vais plus parler Je me cacherai là A te regarder Danser et sourire Et à t'écouter Chanter et puis rire Laisse-moi devenir L'ombre de ton ombre L'ombre de ta main L'ombre de ton chien Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Anyone Who Had A Heart
( Burt Bacharach ) Anyone who ever loved Could look at me And know that I love you Anyone who ever dreamed Would look at me And know I dream of you Knowing I love you so Anyone who had a heart Would take me in his arms and love me, too You couldn't really have a heart And hurt me like you hurt me and be so untrue What am I to do Every time you go away, I always say This time it's goodbye , dear Loving you the way I do I take you back Without you I'd die dear Knowing I love you so Anyone who had a heart Would take me in his arms and love me, too You couldn't really have a heart And hurt me like you hurt me and be so untrue What am I to do Knowing I love you so Anyone who had a heart Would take me in his arms and love me, too You couldn't really have a heart and hurt me, Like you hurt me and be so untrue Anyone who had a heart would love me too Anyone who had a heart would surely take me In his arms and Always love me Why won't you Anyone who had a heart would love me too Anyone who had a heart would surely take me In his arms and Really love me Why won't you Anyone who had a heart would love me too Anyone who had a heart would surely take me In his arms and Really love me Why won't you
And No More Shall We Part
( Nick Cave ) And no more shall we part It will no longer be necessary And no more will I say, dear heart I am alone and she has left me And no more shall we part The contracts are drawn up The ring is locked upon the finger And never again will my letters start Sadly, or in the depths of winter And no more shall we part All the hatchets have been buried now And all of birds will sing to your beautiful heart Upon the bough And no more shall we part Your chain of command has been silenced now And all of those birds would`ve sung to your beautiful heart Anyhow Lord, stay by me Don`t go down I will never be free If I`m not free now Lord, stay by me Don`t go down I never was free What are you talking about? For no more shall we part And no more shall we part
Wishing On A Star
( Rose Royce ) I'm wishing on a star To follow where you are I'm wishing on a dream To follow what it means I'm wishing on a star To follow where you are I'm wishing on a dream To follow what it means And I wish on all the rainbows that I see I wish on all the people who really dream And I'm wishing on tomorrow, praying it'll comes And I'm wishing on all the lovin' we've ever done I never thought I'd see A time when you would be So far away from home So far away from me Just think of all the moments that we'd spent I just can't let you go, for me you were meant And I didn't mean to hurt you, but I know That in the game of love you reap what you sow I feel it's time we should make up, baby I feel it's time for us to get back together And make the best of things, oh, baby When we're together, whether or never I feel it's time we should make up, baby I feel it's time for us to get back together And make the best of things, oh, baby When we're together, whether or never I'm wishing on a star To follow where you are I'm wishing on a dream To follow what it means And I wish on all the rainbows that I see I wish on all the people we've ever been And I'm hopin' on all the days to come and days to go And I'm hopin' on all the love that you've ever know Wishing on a star To follow where you are Wishing on a star Oh…oh…oh… And I wish on all the rainbows that I see Wishing on a star To follow where you are Wishing on a star Oh...oh...oh... And I wish on all the rainbows that I see Wishing on a star Stay After Me
Moon glove Quite light will braze(?) your pillow Loneliness leaves no shadow Where did you go? Cool now Quietly up and leave you Must I be the fool and leave you The distance will grow Love ends in a fire Fire through the streets Set them alive Sadly say your goodbyes Say after me I wish you well And maybe... It's a crying shame To have only hope as sorrow To have no more days to borrow Distance will grow A new day I'm walking cold and endless All to be stoned and painless I'm lost in the snow Love ends in a fire Fire through the streets Set them alive Sadly say your goodbyes Say after me I'll go my own way maybe ... Race to the ground I'll burn you down Before you go and breake me Burn like the sun What has become Of you and me My baby ...
Birds
Winning Arrow There is a love There is a life that we share Hand in glove They won't separate us Climb once again Cast off your sorrows The long night will end Dance on the morning dew Casting a line to you Safe from a slinging arrow Think of the love we knew How it goes on Five days of love There is a scent in the air Above & beyond The one who named us Climb once again Cast off your sorrows The long night will end Won't get the best of you Casting a line to you Love is a winning arrow Fire it straight and true to wherever you are Casting a line to you Love is a winning arrow Fire it straight and true to wherever you are Say After Me Moon glow White light will bathe your pillow Loneliness leaves no shadow Where did you go? Be cool now Quietly up and leave you Must I be your fool and lead you How gracious we go Love ends in a fire Fire through the streets Set them alive Don't say your goodbyes Say after me I'll go my own way baby, yeah It's a crying shame To have only hopeless sorrow To have no more days to borrow The distance will grow A new day Out walking cold and endless All to be stoned and painless I'm lost in the snow Love ends in a fire Fire through the streets Set them alive Don't say your goodbyes Say after me I'll wish you well then baby, yeah Raise to the ground I'll burn you down Before you go and break me Burn like the sun What has become Of you and me My baby, yeah
Listen
Listen this stands to reason Short as a season In all you and i can be wrong When you walk in to the room like a song This can be wrong Tender long as I living I promise you this evening And it's moving me along But the day I wait from you is too long Much much too long Much much too long And I guess i say it playing With one in the same oh yeah In the face of all that's change We'll stay the same oh yeah Last time I was mistaken My face was shaken My heart was never strong But the fear inside is already gone It's already gone It's already gone And I guess I say it playin' With one in the same oh yeah In the face of all that's change We'll stay the same oh yeah And I guess I say it straight With one in the same oh yeah The face of things that change We'll stay the same oh yeah...
Take your time make peace with the day Lying on the ground and cold feet And never mind what people will say Talking is thoughtless and cheep I only said it to be kind I won't pretend to be naive And thoughts arrive like leaves on the page Trying and hoping to be You and I like birds in a cage Dreaming how once we were free The evening closes on the wire I saw you hiding in the eeves Don't leave me hanging all the while A shadow underneath the trees I only want you to be mine I only want you to be free If either on of us is right It must be sealed to be believed I only want you to be mine I only want you to be free
Ruby Nights The last that I saw With eyes filled with rain A waterfall of gold It flickered on his face Flickered on his face He rode to the summit And waited at the bridge I waved him goodbye He vanished over the ridge Vanished over the ridge My face to the heavens I waited for a sign But only cloudy demons Were circling in the sky Circling in the sky I cried to the river I cried to the rain I begged the ruby night To bring my love again Bring my love again The calling of the tune The sowing of the sun Into the ruby night Again we will be one Again we will be one
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
No crying no more
I met my darling last night I'd never seen him before He put his warm hand in mine There'll be no crying, no more And in a flutter of bees And in a whisper of trees I've never seen him before There'll be no crying, no more There is no rest for the wicked No blues like before Our spell's been lifted Just like a baby born once more On other side of the street The flowers bloom where we meet I'd never seen him before There'll be no crying, no more There'll be no crying, no more There'll be no crying, no more
If I Had You If I had you What in the world could be better A crazy love that waits for you Why must it wait forever If I had you Key to a hidden treasure A ruby heart that hides from you Don't hide for long 'Cos in the warm, warm night Does nothing stir your cold, cold heart There's not a thing that I couldn't do to belong Oh, oh, oh darling, in the night I ask the good Lord in Heaven Please show me what love can do I couldn't care for more If I had you What in the world could be better A crazy love that waits for you Why must it wait forever If I had you To be ever so close together One safe love to shelter you And tender loving arms 'Cause in the warm, warm night Does nothing stir your cold, cold heart There's not a thing that I couldn't do to belong Oh, oh, oh darling, in the night I ask the good Lord in Heaven Please show me what love can do I couldn't care for more All what love can do I couldn't care for more All that love can do I couldn't care for more
Captured
I want you when you are close to me I want you never to be far I know you have laid a trap for me Yes, I know you, but not as who you are Black on the ground, I am still as a stone Whatever changed my love to despair Light through the clouds trapped the scent of a soul In a moment, my love, I am captured, captured I want you when you are close to me I want you never to be far I know you have laid a trap for me Yes, I know you, but not as who you are Black on the ground, I am still as a stone Whatever changed my love to despair Light through the clouds trapped the scent of a soul In a moment, my love, I am captured, captured Whatever changes love to despair In a moment, my love, I am captured, captured
That's Alright It brings you down It gets the better of you She's not around And yet it stays with you Nobody told you It was a waste of time You're heading home Through all the streets you know You're on your won Don't wanna be alone Nobody holds you tonight That's alright That's alright just Take your time to find What it is you're looking for That's alright That's alright just Hold it out a little more You'll know when you start to fall And though you say that it's okay with you Although today has run away from you I won't believe you tonight That's alright That's alright just Take your time to find What it is you're looking for That's alright That's alright just Hold it out a little more Nothing matters more when you're in love No You're not in love, no Not in love Alright, alright... You're not in love, no You're not in love, no Not in love You're not in love Not in love You're not in love
Blue, blue heart
Minute you wake from a bad day dream Alone, as the bird play dawn A little chink from my reverie It pulls at my blue, blue heart Ooh la-la-la La-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la So you said you were leaving But I don't feel a thing at all 'Til the ghost of your memory Beats drums down every hall Ooh la-la-la La-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la Find us down on memory street How long since you've been gone (Already gone) Like some forgotten dream Pinned to my blue, blue heart (Already gone). Something quite extraordinary I don't feel a thing at all People come for miles to see The girl with the blue, blue heart Ooh la-la-la La-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la Find us down on memory street How long since you've been gone (Already gone) Like some forgotten dream Pinned to my blue, blue heart (Already gone). If I loved you endlessly How could we be wrong Where did we go wrong Something quite extraordinary My soul jumped to a start Blood to the extremeties Runs cold from my blue, blue heart Ooh la-la-la La-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la (Already gone) (Already gone) If I loved you endlessly How could we be wrong Where did we go wrong
It's over
Everything that we make Has long been overrun Thought our love could be safe But know now I was wrong I tried and tried and tried again 'Cause honey now I had a long day in the sun And baby now it's over And nothing can be done And nothing can be done I cried and cried and cried again I swore you were the one But baby now it's over And nothing can be done And nothing can be done So run and tell your mamma And run and tell your friends But baby now it's over And this is where it ends I cried and cried and cried again Honey now it's over And nothing can be done And nothing can be done
Try To Remember Everything
All Fall Down Daylight, let it stir you Let it Kiss the sleep out from your eyes Feel this weight now, lift into the sky now On and on and on On and on and on Cradle, so deeply So sleeply when I close my eyes Sprinkle morning all over you and I On and on and on On and on and on Sleep tonight Drains into the morning Let it feel alright It beckons like a warning Trace it, embrace it See it crashing through this pretty light And yes you know me and how this thing of ours goes On and on and on On and on and on Sleep tonight Drains into the morning Let it feel alright It beckons like a warning Sleep tonight Drains into the morning Let it feel alright It beckons like a warning And when we touch the ground We all fall down
The Daily Grind The newspaper's already old Now as the day unfolds Wasting my lazy bones Sleeping all day While I believe in design Still fond of wasting time Don't let the daily grind Wear you away Take you time and relax Don't break the dreaming Don't do anything rush Just let the day linger on All through the week we'll unwind Shift like a shapeless sky Don't let the daily grind Wear you away Take you time and relax Don't break the dreaming Don't do anything rush Just let the day linger on Let the day live long The newspaper's already old Now as the day unfolds Wasting my lazy bones Sleeping all day
Gracie Gracie takes the bottles from the porch where you have left them They are age old drinks of wine and wishin' Drivin' down the monorail with all the best intentions She's a picture of perfection with her cotton colored hair But its you she thinks of in the hours while she's awake She takes her lipstick from her kleenex to make a smile You she thinks of when she thinks of her mistakes Regrets an open road that stretches out for miles Coffee pots and bottles cups and all of this disorder She soaks her plates in the dishwater till its cold Her reflection in the windows of the stars around the corner Walk beside her while she's striding down the road But its you she thinks of in the hours while she's awake She takes her lipstick from her kleenex to make a smile You thinks of when she thinks of her mistakes Regrets an open road that stretches out for miles la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la You she thinks of in the hours while shes awake She takes her lipstick from her kleenex to make a smile You thinks of when she thinks of her mistakes Regrets an open road that stretches out for miles
A Day Like Today
( Something Good EP ) Lala lala-la Lala lala-la Lala lala-la Lala lala-la Lala lala-la Lala lala-la There's nothing like a cool autumn breeze Sending the past up with the leaves Watching all the clothes on the line In a sidestepping dance With the neighbouring trees Lala lala-la Lala lala-la Lala lala-la There's nothing like an echoing hole A headrush of sky A knock at the door A message on your voicemail tonight The answering-machine taking the calls It's an honest mistake Falling in love At any given time We could get carried away It could've happen to anyone On a day like today A day like today On a day like today Day like today Day like today On a day like today A day like today There's nothing like a cool autumn breeze Sending the past up with the leaves Watching all the clothes on the line In a sidestepping dance With the neighbouring trees It's an honest mistake Falling in love At any given time We could get carried away It could've happen to anyone On a day like today A Day like today On a day like today Day like today Day like today On a day like today A day like today
Strangers Again The way that it stands I can't hold you The way that it stands I don't even know you We're strangers again How does it happens after all the time we spent Strangers again Now we're waiting for our time to come again Strangers again Facing the sad sunrise Rising, rising Don't let go my hand Don't try to freeze me Don't let go my hand I want you to seize me We're lovers again And when it happens I don't want the night to end Lovers again Now we're waiting for our time to come again Lovers again Facing the sad sunrise Rising, rising Let's spend some time together Not seeking pain or pleasure Just killing time together Tonight We're strangers again And when it happens all you know I can't pretend Strangers again Now we're waiting for our time to come again Strangers again Facing the sad sunrise Rising, rising
Autumn leaves ( Lyrics by Johnny Mercer / Music by Joseph Kosma )
The autumn leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold I see your lips, the summer kisses The sun-burned hands I used to hold Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winters song But I miss you most of all my darling When autumn leaves start to fall Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winters song But I miss you most of all my darling When autumn leaves start to fall
Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart ( Greenway/Cook ) Something's gotten hold of my heart Keeping my soul and my senses apart Something's gotten into my life Cutting its way, my dreams like a knife Turning me up, turning me down Making me smile, making me frown In a world that was small, I once lived in a time That was peace with no trouble at all Then you came my way And a feeling unknown shook my heart made me want you to stay All of my nights, and all of my days Yeah I wanna tell you that something's gotten hold of my hand Dragging my soul to a beautiful land Yeah, something has invaded my night Painting my sleep with a colour so bright Changing the grey, changing the blue Scarlet for me and scarlet for you I've got to know if this is the real thing I've got to know what's making my heart sing, oh oh You smile and then I'm lost for a lifetime Each minute spent with you is the right time Every hour, every day yeah You touch me and my mind goes astray yeah And baby, yeah Something's gotten hold of my heart Keeping my soul and my senses apart Something has invaded my night Painting my sleep with a colour so bright Changing the grey, changing the blue Scarlet for me and scarlet for you
Dust Blades of grass That shiver as I pass The world's asleep but I'm awake I'm walking home home again Morning stars Left my shoes back at the bar Didn't know my house was quite so far So far from anywhere Strange how the ground Seems up-side down And morning - it starts without me Did I let you down Should I come around Would that make things better baby You and I We get along just fine But oh, we both want to be right It's just not possible Change your mind Or maybe I'll change mine But either way we won't arrive At something plausible I'll see you 'round When you're in town And you can pretend to hate me All trace of love Has turned to dust Which I've been collecting lately
Everyone Must Love When there is fear Here in your heart Gone is the summer sun Everyone must love someone When you're at sea Long is the night How can the moon be real Everyone must love Yeah sometimes there's only pain and sorrow And the stars are dead and gone Yes you'll find There's always be tomorrow And everyone must love someone Yes everyone must love someone
Close The Door, Put Out The Light Close the door, put out the light Come sleep till tomorrow comes creeping Talk some more, till I grow tired Don't leave till you know that I'm sleeping Don't say goodbye, just slide away into the dark And take with you my heart Close the door, put out the light Come sleep till tomorrow comes creeping Down the hall they're talking lies Don't speak of the troubles you're keeping Don't fall behind, just know that everything is fine Knowing that you're mine Close the door, put out the light This day leaves me tired and heavy Waking hours will always fall away When you feel you're ready Don't say goodbye, just slide away into the dark And take with you my heart
Belle
Tiny Little Piece Of My Heart You thought you'd blown out my candle Cause I cried so much then I just pretend You only took a tiny little piece of my heart I had to find a good reason Just to crawl out of bed Now I've fixed my head You only took a tiny little piece of my heart It's such a shame The way you flatter yourself Shoo fly, take your tiny little piece with you Oh please your sorry excuses Are a dollar for ten So go tell your friends That you only took a tiny little piece of my heart It's such a shame The way you flatter yourself Shoo fly, take your tiny little piece with you I wonder why Why you had to take my loving And leave me dry Just turn your back and keep on running Oh please your sorry excuses Are a dollar for ten So go tell your friends That you only took a tiny little piece of my heart Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin It's such a shame The way you flatter yourself You only took a tiny little piece of my heart A tiny little piece of my heart A tiny little piece of my heart A tiny little piece of it Hello Hello Hello hello I'm coming down the wire I know, I know You think that I'm a liar But I'll be home And soon my darling you'll be here with me I draw the blinds And make a cup of coffee Across the line I know you tried to stop me But truth be known A man will always be his own worst enemy Don't be so shy I thought I made it clear How could you even dare to ask me why It's easy to try I'm waiting here for you The last thing I want to do is say goodbye Don't tell me hello hello When everything you say sounds like goodbye I call again At seven in the evening To say we're friends But friends sounds so misleading Everything we've known Might as well be thrown into the sea Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Don't be so shy I thought I made it clear How could you even dare to ask me why It's easy to try I'm waiting here for you The last thing I want to do is say goodbye Don't tell me hello hello When everything you say sounds like goodbye It's easy to try I'm waiting here for you The last thing I want to do is say goodbye Don't tell me hello hello When everything you say sounds like goodbye Don't tell me hello hello When everything you say sounds like goodbye
If You Really Do Love me If you really do It's never black or white But every day we try Oh, oh, oh, oh Love me If you really do If it's written in the stars Why does it have to be so hard Oh, oh, oh, oh My mind is made knowing tomorrow The road is not so long To get back where we belong Oh, oh, oh, oh I can't speak, darling, for you But the river's not so wide To reach the other side Oh, oh, oh, oh Love me If you only knew What it means to be alone And everything that we have known Oh, oh, oh, oh Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin My mind is made knowing tomorrow The road is not so long To get back where we belong Oh, oh, oh, oh I can't speak, darling, for you But the river's not so wide To reach the other side Oh, oh, oh, oh Love me If you really do If you really do If you really do This Girl's Prepared For War All the nights I spend, waiting Time moves so slow Leaning on my friends, complaining Why it's so hard This girl's prepared for war And as for love, who knows what it's good for Except for crying yourself to sleep at night And for blowing down, your little heart Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Staring at your face, wondering What went wrong I cannot pretend, to be playing Anymore This girl's prepared for war And as for love, who knows what it's good for Except for crying yourself to sleep at night And for blowing down, your little heart This girl's prepared for war And as for love, who knows what it's good for Except for crying yourself to sleep at night And for blowing down, your little heart
Everything Is Beautiful And New I see houses filled with coloured light Trees and mountains bowing to the sky I can tell my loneliness to you Everything is beautiful and new Clouds like horses rushing at the sea Grasses leaning, learning to be free Things that left me puzzled in my youth Everything is beautiful and new Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Everything is beautiful and new Things I've seen, I know this to be true I can tell my happiness to you Everything is beautiful and new I see harbours filled with coloured sails Crowds of people smile about their way Nothing can be honoured but the truth Everything is beautiful and new Everything is beautiful and new Things I've seen, I know this to be true I can tell my happiness to you Everything is beautiful and new
Good Love Deadbeats in the hall Lost souls in the back room Where do I find a good love Looking out for a good love Where do I find a good love round here Rich men want to own you Find a way to control you But how do I find a good love Looking for things I shouldn't of Has anybody got a good love right here Oh, I think I'd know by now I should know by now How do I find a good love Oh, could it be one day now Is it one day now How do I find a good love How do I find a good love Running scared from yourself Waiting out on a bad moon But is there still time for good love Would you recognise a good love, good love If even by chance a good love found you Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Oh, I think I'd know by now I should know by now How do I find a good love Oh, could it be one day now Is it one day now How do I find a good love How do I find a good love Ooh, ooh, ooh How do I find a good love How do I find a good love How do I find a good love How do I find a good love How do I find a good love, good love How do I find a good love How do I find a good love How do I find a good love How do I find a good love
Devil On Tambourine Falling free An opportunity A place to get away A holiday Lucky me I've made an enemy I've made one, two or three Lucky me Suddenly I could hear the harmony Beneath the apple tree Violent eyes that fire apple green Devil on tambourine Quietly A serpent follows me To make an offering I can't refuse Suddenly I could hear the harmony Beneath the apple tree Violent eyes that fire apple green Devil on tambourine Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Falling free An opportunity A place to get away A holiday Lucky me I've made an enemy I've made one, two or three Lucky me Suddenly I could hear the harmony Beneath the apple tree Violent eyes that fire apple green Devil on tambourine
Belle Belle, tu es si belle Qu'en te voyant je t'ai aimée Belle, que j'aime tant Depuis longtemps je t'attendais Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Souviens-toi du temps où tu venais Chaque soir pour me rencontrer Tu passais si belle que j'en rêvais Tu le sais, mon amie, je t'aimais Belle, oh ma si belle Tu t'en allais sans m'écouter Belle je t'attendrai Pendant longtemps, tu es si belle Belle que j'aime tant Je t'attendrai en te rêvant Puis un jour, un jour tu passeras Près de moi, ma belle tu viendras Nous ferons alors si tu le veux Ce jour-là le beau voyage à deux Belle si tu le veux Nous serons deux Nous serons deux
Darkness All Around Us It's time to sleep and walk out It's far too late to talk about We took a night of absence now We walk among the town At dawn a mist approaches There's not a soul to speak of It's time to change the map now And sail upon the seas Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin A storyteller told me There's darkness all around us The darkness all around me said “It's not just in your head” A storyteller told me There's darkness all around us The darkness all around me said “It's not just in your head”
Music And Light Love's a walk on a wire I tripped on the stairs Makes you feel like a fool If you're not aware And it may not be wise to show how you feel And it may not be what I thought to be real Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Dance your way to my room I need you to stay It sends my head in a ruin When you look my way And I wake to the sound of songs in the street There's music and light in all that I see If you've got a love Then you won't want to hesitate If you really want Maybe the whole world will stop and wait There's music and light Feels like the sun in my eyes Dance your way to my room I need you to stay We can make up the rules I hear what you say I don't care much to talk of how things should be There's music and light in all that we see If you've got a love Maybe you won't want to hesitate If you really want Maybe the whole world will stop and wait There's music and light Feels like the sun in my eyes It's blinding and bright Just like the sun in my eyes
Close Your Eyes
Close Your Eyes Close your eyes Goddess everywhere at once Don't you realize We are the luckiest ones Dress so fine People wonder who we are And heaven is all mine Wonder whenever we are Day after day I still want you, want you Night after night I still want you, want copy paste robots kill the internet Close your eyes People think the craziest thoughts But we should never mind We'll do whatever we want Dressed so fine He'll disarm a wounded heart The world is much too wide I can not bear when we part Day after day I still want you, want you Night after night I still want you, want Day after day I still want you, want you Night after night I still want you, want Close your eyes Goddess everywhere at once Don't you realize We are the luckiest ones What'cha Say (The Meters) Keeping my mind to the sky Watching the clouds pass me by, by Soaring ever so high And I can't come down This way to go where to turn Passing more time just to burn, burn Keeping if I should turn Straight to your heart Follow my steps I'm delayed Selfishness always betray Sometimes there must be a change And I changed copy paste robots kill the internet If I think of a way to express my love Would you think of a way to receive If I gave you myself for the rest of my days Would you promise never to leave Keep on, keep on, get high On your love Keep on, keep on, get high On your love Keep on, keep on, get high On your love Keep on, keep on, get high On your love Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey What'cha, what'cha say Hey, hey, hey Wolves (Kanye West) Lost out, beat up Dancin', down there I found you, somewhere out 'Round 'round there, right right there Lost and beat up Down there, dancin' I found you, somewhere out Right down there, right 'round there Lost and, found out Turned out, how you thought Daddy, found out How you turned out, how you turned out If mama knew now How you turned out, you too wild You too wild, you too wild You too wild and I need you now copy paste robots kill the internet Don't fool yourself Your eyes don't lie, you're much too good to be true Don't fire fight Yeah, I feel you burning, everything's burning Don't fly too high Your wings might melt, you're much too good to be true I'm just bad for you I'm just bad, bad, bad for you I was lost and beat up Turned out, burned up You found me, through a heartache Didn't know me, you were drawn in I was lost and beat up I was warm flesh, unseasoned You found me, in your gaze I found you, oh Jesus I was too wild, I was too wild I was too wild, I was too wild I was too wild, I was too wild And I need you now Things Behind the Sun (Nick Drake) Please beware of them that stare They'll only smile to see you while Your time away When you've seen what they have been To win the earth just won't seem worth Your night or your day Who'll hear what I say? Look around you'll find the ground Is not so far from where you are But don't be too wise For down below they never grow They're always tired and charms are hired From out of their eyes It's no surprise copy paste robots kill the internet Take your time and you'll be fine And say a prayer for people there Who live on the floor And if you see what's meant to be Don't name the day or try to say It happened before Don't be shy you learn to fly And see the sun when day is done If only you see Just what you are beneath a star That came to stay one rainy day In autumn for free Yes, be what you'll be Open up the broken cup Let goodly sin and sunshine in Yes that's today And open wide the hymns you hide You find renown while people frown At things that you say But say what you'll say About the farmers and the fun And the things behind the sun And the people in your head Who say everything's been said And the movement in your brain Sends you out into the rain Tinseltown in the Rain (The Blue Nile) Why did we ever come so far I knew I'd seen it all before Tall buildings reach up in vain Tinseltown is in the rain I know now love was so exciting Tinseltown in the rain, all men and women Here we are, caught up in this big rhythm copy paste robots kill the internet One day this love will all blow over Time for leaving the parade Is there a place in this city A place to always feel this way And hey, there's a red car in the fountain Tinseltown in the rain, all men and women Here we are, caught up in this big rhythm Do I love you? Yes, I love you Will we always be happy go lucky Do I love you? Yes, I love you But it's easy come and it's easy go All this talking is only bravado Tinseltown in the rain, all men and women Here we are, caught up in this big rhythm Tinseltown in the rain, all men and women Here we are, caught up in this big rhythm The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack) The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the endless skies And the first time ever I kissed your mouth I felt the earth move in my hand Like the trembling heart of a captive bird That was there at my command copy paste robots kill the internet And the first time ever I laid with you I felt your heart so close to mine And I knew our joy would fill the earth And it would last 'til the end of time, my love The first time ever I saw your face Your face Your face Your face Andmoreagain (Love) And if you'll see Andmoreagain Then you will know Andmoreagain For you will see you in her eyes Then you feel your heart beating Pum-pum-pum-pum And when you've given all you had And everything still turns out Bad, and all your secrets are your own Then you feel your heart beating Pum-pum-pum-pum copy paste robots kill the internet And I'm wrapped in my armor But my things are material And I'm lost in confusions 'Cause my things are material And you don't know how much I love you Oh, oh, oh... And if you'll see Andmoreagain Then you will be Andmoreagain For you just wish and you're up here Then you feel your heart beating Pum-pum-pum-pum And I'm wrapped in my armor But my things are material And I'm lost in confusions 'Cause my things are material And you don't know how much I love you Oh, oh, oh... Viens (Francoise Hardy) Viens, viens au port comme un navire Et tu sauras d'où repartir Quand tu voudras t'en aller Viens mon coeur a toujours tout donné Je me suis bien souvent brûlée Mais je n'ai pas peur de souffrir Viens s'il m'arrive de mentir C'est que dans mes souvenirs Sommeille un oiseau blessé copy paste robots kill the internet Viens moi qui déjà ai tout détruit Blessé tant de gens dans ma vie Je ne crains plus la vérité Viens comme une bombe exploser Je n'ai jamais laissé passer Une guerre sans y entrer Viens et fait que tout soit terminé Lorsque tu devras t'en aller Moi je pourrai mieux t'oublier Oh viens, oh viens, oh viens, oh viens Dream a dream I dreamed a dream Oh was it real When all that I can do To wipe the wrong inside my mind I dreamed a dream of you copy paste robots kill the internet For ??? against my ear The sea and sky so blue A paradise inside my mind I dreamed a dream of you Remember when you held my hand A moment gone so soon And when you're far I bring you near I dreamed a dream of you The Lonely Sea (The Beach Boys) The lonely sea The lonely sea It never stops For you or me It moves along From day to day copy paste robots kill the internet That's why my love That's why my love You'll never stay You'll never stay You're like the lonely sea Sea The lonely sea Lonely sea Lonely sea Lonely sea Life Will Get Better Some Day (The Mint Chicks) Go to school, dream away Life will get better some day Go to work, slave away Life will get better some day When you're well on your way If you drown all your sorrows In a tall glass of ale They'll come back, double fall So drown all your washing in an old rusty ??? And when you breathe don't inhale Life will get better some day copy paste robots kill the internet So sit on your high horse and never look down As long as you don't make a sound But how can we hear if nobody's listening Yeah hills (?) have been looked and they've thrown away the key Now you're well on your way Life will get better some day Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young) When you were young and on your own How did it feel to be alone I was always thinking of games that I was playing Trying to make the best of my time But only love can break your heart Try to be sure right from the start Yes only love can break your heart What if your world should fall apart I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream Someone should call him and see if he can come out Try to lose the down that he's found copy paste robots kill the internet But only love can break your heart Try to be sure right from the start Yes only love can break your heart What if your world should fall apart I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream Yes, only love can break your heart Yes, only love can break your heart Yes, only love can break your heart Yes, only love can break your heart Yes, only love can break your heart
Non Albums tracks
Ashes To Ashes
( David Bowie cover ) Do you remember a guy that's been In such an early song I've heard a rumour from Ground Control Oh no, don't say it's true They got a message from the Action Man "I'm happy, hope you're happy too I've loved all I've needed love Sordid details following" The shrieking of nothing is killing Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair But I'm hoping to quit but this planet it's glowing Glowing, glowing, glowing, glowing, glowing, glowing... Ashes to ashes, fun to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low Time and again I tell myself I'll stay clean tonight But the little green wheels are following me Oh no, not again I'm stuck with a valuable friend I'm happy, hope you're happy too One flash of light but no smoking pistol I've never done good things I've never done bad things I've never done anything out of the blue, woh oh oh... I want an axe to break the ice I wanna come down right now Ashes to ashes, fun to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low My mama said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom My mama said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom My mama said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom My mama said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom
Banana's In The Mist
(Pluto feat. Bic Runga / Red Light Syndrome LP) Sweat suffocate Got to pack, pack, pack it all in Bend your knees two, three, four Breath in, breath out and then Grab your partners And pull them on out to the floor 'Cause we can never step out If we think of love Oh no, it's out of the question If I choke, would you give me a mention The point is sharp It's just a little off centred Oh bang my head You won't knock me out Won't knock me out Here comes banana And he's holding up a big mellow sign Fruits of the world unite And stop the smothie inquisition I see more sex in fruit Than music played in this time One more division In the crackpot hollow chime Oh no, it's out of the question If I choke, would you give me a mention The point is sharp It's just a little off centred Oh no, it's out of the question If I choke, would you give me a mention Oh bang my head You won't knock me out I own you here I own you here I own you here I own you here I own you here
Good morning baby
( Duet with Dan Wilson of Semisonic ) Between an overload of information And a striving for a pure dedication I Find myself looking for the exit sign See your pretty face in the sunshine In the morning after staying up all night I Want to wake you just to hear you Tell me it's alright And all I want to be is too much Sometimes for me Good morning baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day Good morning baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day See the stars and all the planets Fly the great wide world and have it all Yeah better get a ticket better get in line I'm praying now for beautiful weather Take a car and drive forever but I'm Only ever sitting at the traffic light And all the world to see is too much Sometimes for me Good morning baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day Good morning baby I hope we're gonna make it through another day (And when you rise) And when you rise you'll find me here (Open your eyes) And see myself reflected there (And for awhile) A little room becomes an everywhere
I don't mean it Don't make me laugh I'm not sure I feel it now Believe in a reason Straight from your heart What you gonna tell your friends When they ask you about it I guess that's alright I'll say that I don't mind And I say it all the time I don't mean it Don't even start I'm not even listening now No feeling no healing Straight from your heart What you gonna tell your friends When they ask you about it I guess thats alright I'll say that I don't mind And I say it all the time I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I guess that's alright I'll say that I don't mind And I say it all the time I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I guess thats alright I'll say that I don't mind And I say it all the time I don't mean it I guess that's alright I'll say that I don't mind And I say it all the time I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it I don't mean it
Lonely lola cherry cola girl Lonely Lola cherry cola girl How much do they pay you for your smile? Alone in your own creaming soda world Maybe you were happy for a while Lola you're a star tonight Don't let them pluck you from the sky Lonely Lola everybody knows Everybody calls themselves your friend But later on tonight when it gets cold Lola who's (ah) gonna hold you then? There's something in your eyes tonight Forget them and take it in your stride My friends told me 'bout how you've been gettin' out But no-one seems to know your name Slide on through the crowd and let them talk aloud They only want to hold ya Do they really know ya Lola? So you say you're Lonely, Lola, sure Everybody gets that way sometimes But Lonely Lola you could know the cure Wait it out and Lola, you'll be fine It's easy if you try tonight Don't sit there and keep on asking 'Why?' My friends told me 'bout how you've been gettin' out But no-one seems to know your name Slide on through the crowd and let them talk aloud They only want to hold ya Do they really know ya Lola? Lola you're on fire tonight Don't sit there and keep on asking 'Why?' My friends told me 'bout how you've been gettin' out But no-one seems to know your name Slide on through the crowd and let them talk aloud They only want to hold ya Do they really know ya Lola? Do they really know you Lola? x4
Love Is The Law
( Paul Kelly feat. Bic Runga / Nothing But A Dream LP ) Love is the law Love is the law Though I speak in tongues of angels And in many tongues of men Though prophecy may sing through me Without love I'm nothing Though I understand all mysteries And can see the story's end Though my faith can move mountains Without love I'm nothing Love is the law, the law is love Love is the law, the law is love You may give away your riches Do good deeds in the sight of men You may be strong against temptation But without love you're nothing Without love you're just useless Without love you're living in hell Without love you're so hollow An empty horn, a clanging bell Love is the law, the law is love Love is the law, the law is love Love is the law, the law is love Love is the law, the law is love Bic Runga: Love can suffer hardship Love is tough and kind Love is never envious Or puffed up with pride Love is always truthful Love is never stale Love is always hopeful And never dreams that it can fail Love is the law, the law is love Love is the law, the law is love Love is the law, the law is love The law is love The law is love The law is love The law is love
Making a scene Making a scene, I'm coming clean Thought I'd like to put you in your place My drink in your face Would it look so bad And now, I'll live this down Let me know if I'm talking much too loud Or drawing a crowd I don't mind if you don't mind I'd like to see you I'd like to take you on Now I can't go wrong Your thumb's been in my path for much too long Now I'm feeling strong And I will speak my mind I'd like to see you I'd like to take you on Take you on I'd like to see you I'd like to take you on Take you on
No One Walks This Night Alone Leave this moment far behind How brave the things we battled How long the road we traveled See, from here, the planes will rise Run away from all you're feeling Out to the edge of meeting No one walks this night alone One of these days, one of these nights How can the past still be real One of these days, you'll hold your head high So many years still to dream One more moment by your side What I'd give to see you laughing The planes and shadows leaving me With nothing left to try One day you'll see the meaning Of all the things you're feeling No one walks this night alone One of these days, one of these nights How can the past still be real One of these days, you'll hold your head high So many years still to dream Wait Love's a moment away Leave behind the helpless past But the love will stay Give There is love still to give Turn your face up to the sun We have fought and won Those the strength to overcome One of these days, one of these nights How can the past still be real One of these days, you'll hold your head high So many years since we dreamed
Ordinary girl I'm just an ordinary Same old, nothing new I can tell you ordinary Same old, nothing things Say something funny Or say something smart Say something clever I would but you know I can't I've got no intellectual inspiration Wish I had some entertaining things That I could say Say something funny Or say something smart Say something clever I would but you know I can't I'm just an ordinary Same old, nothing me You know my eloquence is not quite What it used to be Say something funny Or say something smart Say something clever I would but you know I can't I would if I only could but you know I can't
Over & Done ( Marshmallow feat. Bic Runga / Marshmallow LP ) I tried - yes I tried But you led my up the garden path And I cried - yes I cried I cried enough tears to fill the bath And I know - yes I know That I'm better off on my own And I go - yes I go To the supermarket all alone now I'm not in love anymore I've closed the door And I'm not coming in No I'm not in love anymore I was before But it's over and done I'm sad - yes I'm sad But it's better to be safe than sorry I'm glad - yes I'm glad To fall in love again , well I'm in no hurry. I'm not in love anymore I've closed the door And you're not coming in No I'm not in love anymore I was before But it's over and done It's over and done Even though we had some fun It's over and done And now there's nowhere else to run It's over and done Your love is like a loaded gun And I'm wounded Yes I'm wounded I'm not in love anymore I've closed the door And you're not coming in No I'm not in love anymore I was before But it's over and done
Snow
( Marshmallow feat. Bic Runga / Marshmallow LP ) She's always so well behaved So softly spoken Rules were meant to be obeyed And never broken And she would have you believe That from head to toe She's pure, pure, pure as the driven snow She is always so refined So prim and proper But when she makes up her mind Nothing can stop her Did you see her polishing Her new halo? Pure, pure, pure as the driven snow Do you remember how it felt When the snow began to melt? Do you remember what you saw When the ice began to thaw? Now you know that butter wouldn't melt in her mouth If only you could rid yourself of this nagging doubt You've got to let go man You could be her snowman The wind is gonna blow Pure as the driven snow Pure as the driven snow Pure as the driven snow
Stick With It (Pluto feat. Bic Runga / Red Light Syndrome LP) Oh yeah Welcome It's red light syndrome Old bones made me cynical About the others in Vanity Street In 525 at 7:15 I caught the end of her show She was dancing obscene To the entertainment lawyer With pockets of sweets, she said Oh come on sugar No one comes here anymore to Vanity Street There's a buzz the owners have fallen out of their trees Stick with it Oh my, I'm stuck with it Stick with it (just stick with it) Oh my, I'm stuck with it Oh yeah Love is a reflection Of what you're guaranteed to lose The drugs, there's a suggestion But some things ain't so easy to use No one comes here anymore to Vanity Street There's a word the ocean has turned and is heading upstream Stick with it Oh my, I'm stuck with it Stick with it (stick with it) Oh my, I'm stuck with it Stick with it Oh my, I'm stuck with it Stick with it Oh my, I'm stuck with it
Take it out sometimes Wide, wider than the cut that's through my pride That I'm locked inside a box and I will hide under my bed so I can take it out sometimes Be, all I want to be but do I see that I'm only half a person All i need is a good night's sleep you know, I stay awake sometimes Say, what you're trying to say are you afraid that I'm not listening anyway so do you wait till you can get it out straight do you think of me sometimes? is it more than just sometims when I'm down So do you wait till you can get it out straight Do you know all these things I've got to say Do you think of me sometimes Is it more than just sometims when I'm down
The Gift That Keeps On Giving
( Paul Kelly cover / Women At The Well - Songs of Paul Kelly LP ) The gift that keeps on giving Has come into my house Like a wild deer at my doorway He was suddenly so close The beams are made of cedar wood The rafters made of fir The garden holds a fountain Honeycomb and myrrh I went along the broadways Looking for my love I asked among the watchmen Have you seen my love I promise not to wake him sisters Let him sleep this time He comforts me with apples Suckers me with wine Holy night Blessed daylight You are my true delight
Welcome to my kitchen Welcome to my kitchen, I will just about be dishin' What as much as you can take Scoop my heart into a plate Step into the light and my eyes are opened wide Let me flash at you a smile that I've been practising a while As much as you can take If I fall of the stage will you feel fully entertained? Well I really don't mind if you're not listening I could be myself, I could be somebody else There's a million other people I'd rather be But it's much, too much, too late All welcome tonight Hope you're feeling alright I could be cornering myself Out here in a daze Don't believe what I say I'm full of promises I should be alone, you know I should have stayed at home But these butterflies inside, they wanna take me for a ride It's over pretty quickly Still, it makes me feel quite sickly And I hope that you don't mind you know I do this all the time I often wonder why... All welcome tonight Hope you're feeling alright I could be cornering myself Out here in a daze Don't believe what I say I'm full of promises La la la la la hope you're feeling alright All welcome tonight... Hope you're feeling alright You It's now become the saddest story I was never worth the worry Not that you would notice anyway But when I'm walking in my sleep The floor is cold beneath my feet And as I step You're with me everyday You, oh you You've gone and started something That you won't see through You, oh you You've got this thing about what should be coming true He was a friend Things were different then Either way I have to lose And now it seems There is a distance between What you say and what you do You're steps will always lead me here I've found myself in God knows where It's something I will always seem to do You know you'll ask me how I've been But what exactly do you mean What would you like for me to say to you? You, oh you You've gone and started something That you won't see through You, oh you You've got this thing about what should be coming true You were a friend Things were different then Either way I have to lose And now it seems There is a distance between What you say and what you do He was a friend Things were different then Either way I have to lose And now it seems There is a distance between What you say and what you do You, oh you You've gone and started something That you won't see through You, oh you You've got this thing about what should be coming true You, oh you... You, oh you... You, oh you... You'vbe gone and started something That you won't see through You, oh you... You Don't Want To Know
( Bonus Track of Beautiful Collision Limited Edition LP ) She's painting her face now She's choosing her shoes and stockings She's tying her lace now But you don't want to know You don't want to know She's coming around now She's catching a bus to see you But you won't be home now 'Cause you don't want to know You don't want to know Don't you let her down You know that she loves you Don't you fool around She thinks that she needs you She tells all her friends now She talks on the phone for hours Takes very long long showers But you don't want to know You don't want to know Don't you let her down You know that she loves you Don't you fool around She thinks that she needs you But she's wrong, so very wrong So wrong, so very wrong She talks to her mirror She's thinking of what to say now But you never hear her 'Cause you don't want to know You don't want to know Don't you let her down You know that she loves you Don't you fool around She thinks that she needs you But when she's gone, well then she's gone She's gone, well then she's gone Gone... She's gone, well then she's gone