Gemma Hayes Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs

B i o g r a p h y
(by Andy Kellman)

Let's say you're a young, aspiring singer/songwriter. People have always said you've got talent. You believe it, too. So you decide to make a go of it. Against your parents' wishes, you pack in university; throw in the towel at your menial job. You sign to hip record label and release a couple of EPs. The critics are kind, the sales even kinder. Then you record your debut album. It's a beautiful, finely crafted set of songs that belies your young years and bristles with magic. It pulls off that rare trick of having universal resonance: hipsters dig it, but so do indie kids and FM radio. You find you've won over fans young and old. It turns out you were right. You're good at this. Magazines fall over themselves to feature you. Those Best Album' end-of-year polls from serious music mags to more frivolous women's titles, broadsheets to the Rough Trade shop all make sure your record's in there. Then comes the Mercury Music Prize nomination and the award for Best Female Singer (Hotpress Irish Music Awards). You tour like mad. Everything you've ever dreamed possible has come true. It's great. Now let's say you sit down to write your second album and you can't. Time passes and you keep trying. Still nothing. Two years go by, during which time you figure: That's it'. You think about going back to the menial job and the horror actually finishing your degree. What happens then? What happens when you lose your mojo?

"Sometimes when you come off the road, you get the blues," says 26-year-old, Tipperary-born Gemma Hayes. "Your days are no longer planned and you don't know what on earth you're going to do with your life. I had that feeling for two years. What do I do I can't write. I'm too restless.' I don't know what caused it. All I do know is that I didn't want to listen to music at all. I stopped listening to the radio. It was like I'd overdosed on music." This, of course, is by no means uncommon. It happens to musicians, singers and lyricists all the time. And perhaps when your whole life has been surrounded by music, from growing up with seven brothers and sisters in a small house crammed with different musical tastes to pouring all that love and lyrical honesty into two perfect EPs 2001's 4.35am and Work To A Calm and one cracking debut LP 2002's Night On My Side to working your socks off to promote them, then you can be forgiven for needing to give your brain a break. In truth, reconnecting with her mojo was never going to be a permanent problem for Gemma. After all, it was her own steely self-belief that got her rightfully famous in the first place, and it was her own steely self-belief that would get her out of this. Last summer, through a chum of Radiohead's manager, she was given free time and space in The Courtyard studios in Oxfordshire. There, she cut herself off from everything she considered familiar.

"I really took advantage of it," she says. "It was just myself and an engineer. I isolated myself from everything that was going on." Slowly but surely, the songs started to come. Next, though, she had to find someone to play them. And record them. In a move that tells you plenty about what makes Gemma such a singular figure in the music business, she decided she would do this all by herself. Not in Ireland or England. But in Los Angeles. And before you think that she wanted to pull a Morrissey or an Oasis add some glossy West Coast oomph to her homespun tunes or that she was about to go all blink-182 on us, think again. "I'd just heard there was a really good music scene in LA, some great musicians," says Gemma. "Plus, I was kind of curious about seeing the place."
So, at the end of last summer, armed with her new arsenal of tunes, Gemma upped sticks and moved out to America. She met musicians, she met producers. It was one of those positive, all-things-are-possible times. One night she was jamming with drummer Joey Waronker and he mentioned that, unbeknownst to her, he'd co-produced Lisa Germano's Lullaby For Liquid Pig album, one of her faves. "He said I know you're probably looking for a big, hotshot producer and your record company will want a big name, but I want you to know I'd like to produce your record with you'. I thought Fuck it. That sounds really exciting'. The idea of working together on this project was a great challenge.' But who to get to play on the album Joey had an idea. Make a list of all the musicians Gemma admired and ring them up and ask. So it came to pass that Josh Klinghoffer, the youngster best known for his mercurial guitar work for PJ Harvey, came on board. Cedric LeMoyne, rubber-fingered bassist with Remy Zero was in, too. And so was Roger Manning, Jr, best known for assisting Beck on extra keyboard vibes. Through the first half of 2005, the new team worked quickly in a small, no-budget, unflashy LA studio. For mixing, Gemma then headed to Cello Studios, the place famous for buffing and tweaking Pet Sounds, Frank Sinatra and The Mammas And The Papas, amongst others.

"The day after we finished, we got a call saying it has shut down," says Gemma. "They'd gutted the whole place." Thus, a further place in music history was assured. More importantly, the album was finally done. So, after the wait, how does this new record compare to Night On My Side It's unmistakably Gemma Hayes, of course. The dazzling way with melody, the terrific voice is still there. The remarkable ability to somehow join the dots between the loud of My Bloody Valentine and the calm of Joni Mitchell you'll recognise, too. And her way with a mantra-like truth still beats at the heart of this album check out the refrain You carry all you ever need in your heart'on Two Step' or There is a simple life the moment you decide'on Horses'. But this is an even more confident, assured set. "I think my personality is stronger on this one," says Gemma. "What I have to say is more definite. If the first one was about self-discovery and first experiences, now I feel ?This is who I am'. All of us are trying to figure shit out all the time. This album is saying Look, I don't know what the answer is. And I don't care anymore'. Just get on with things, you know."
Getting on with things is where Gemma Hayes is at today. She got lost, found herself, moved to LA, tracked down a brilliant band, made a brilliant record and emerged victorious. She's still only 26. "It was such hard work but I had such a good time," she says. "I was in trouble back there for a bit. But now I think anything is possible. I achieved what I always wanted to achieve. An album of songs that mean something to me." Rest assured, they'll soon mean something to you, too. Some things are worth the wait.

Day one

Oh good God what has he done
Traded a heart for a bullet and a mind for a gun
Said he needed a bat to clear the way
Now he won't sit back so he starts to pray

But oh, it aint so
I can still make you ...
I, I'm on your side

But I can't shake this feeling off
Can't shake this dead-weight off of my back

It's a troubled place we stay
But we just play it out
You givetoo much away
It leaves you cold, oh, oh

Got no place else to go
In a daze
Just hanging around

It's a dirt ground we crawl upon
I've stared at your face for much too long

It's a troubled place we stay
Where we just wait it out
Watch us give too much away
It leaves you cold, oh oh
Cold, oh oh

I used to want the morning
You and me just hanging around

It's a troubled game we stage
Where we just play it out
Watch us give too much away
And we just wait it out

And the words you meant to say
And the words I gave away
It leaves you cold, oh oh
Cold,oh oh
Cold,oh oh
Cold.

Back of my hand

I'll be seeing you tomorrow
I'll be seeing you again
God knows we've said so little
I'd go so far as to call you a friend

But there's something in your ways
That keeps me vying for a connection
And I know you feel the same
It's become a two-way addiction

Come on and give me your heart
Write it on the back of my hand
And say it's forever

Well we never really said goodbye
Kinda left it in the air
And as the train pulled off I knew you loved her more

Oh no no no no
I'm not afraid to lose
Oh no no no no
Just give me some time and I'll walk to a different groove

Go on and give her your heart
Write it on the back of her hand
And say it's forever

Go on and give her your heart
Write it on the back of her hand
And say it's forever

That's alright, that's ok, the thoughts of you are leaving
That's alright, that's ok, the thoughts of you are leaving
Anyway, are fading anyway

Come on and give her your heart
Write it on the back of her hand
And say it's forever

Come on and give me your heart
Come on and give me your heart
Come on and give me your heart

Over & Over

Over and over
We tried to make it
We played all the right games

We took too much for granted
Please don't stray, so far from me
Please don't stray, so far from me
Again

Over and over
We made too many plans
When it came to reality

We forgot how to land
Please don't stray, so far from me
Please don't stray, so far from me
Again

Over and over
We tried to make it
We played all the right games

We took too much for granted
Please don't stray, so far from me
Please don't stray, so far from me yeah
Please don't stray, so far from me
Please don't stray so far from me
Again

So far from me
So far from me
So far from me
So far from me
You're so far from me
You're so far from me
You're so far from me

Let a good thing go

In the shade of every moment I bled
Such a sorrow was to be expected

I let a good thing go
I let a good thing go

Now every feeling it kicks me to the bone
And takes me under to a place that I have known
There goes my quiet life I used to keep me warm
In the shade of this moment I am born

I let a good thing go
I let a good thing go

In the shade of every moment I bled
Such a sorrow was to be expected

I let a good thing go
I let a good thing go
Good thing go

Ran for Miles

Well I got myself a new day
And I got myself a second chance
So I headed to the bus stop
And the sun, the sun was warm on my back

Today I ran for miles
Just to see what I was made of

Today I ran for all that was mine

Well I got myself a song inside
And I got myself some full blown daylight
Wanna tell you just how hard it's been
Trying to talk myself out of jumping

Today I ran for miles
Just to see what I was made of

Today I ran for all that was mine, yeah

Today I ran for miles
Just to see what I was made of

Today I ran for all that was mine
Just to see what I was made of

Today I ran for all that was mine, yeah

What a Day

Five hours from now
You'll be sleeping
I'll be lying awake wondering
Did we make the right decision?

Brian and I decided
This year we'll make ourselves believe in everything
I don't know about you but I've had enough of trying to live through doubt and

Tear in my Side

Tear in my side, I feel it all
Tear in my side, I feel it all

What it's like to be alive and then shot down

Tear in my side, I feel it all
Tear in my side, I feel it all

I feel it, I feel it, all
I feel it, I feel it, all
I feel it, I feel it, all
I feel it, I feel it, all
I feel it, I feel it, all
I feel it, I feel it, all

Tear in my side, I feel it all
Tear in my side, I feel it all
Tear in my side, I feel it all
Tear in my side

Yeah you make my world all right

No sun was up
Today we didn't mind
Too busy making the rain shine

And there goes
Everything
And I don't care

As long as you're near

I gotta stay
Out all night
'Til I'm back feeling alright

And there goes
Everything
And I don't care

My God

My God
Hope you're on call
'Cause I maybe in danger of crashing before I get to fall

Let's cry boy
While neighbours have their backs turned
I'm having trouble believing anything you say

Keep the car running outside
You go and make up your mind
You're staying her running wild with me
You know I could still love you, yeah

My God
Looks like I'm going it alone
Can't wipe the tears away fast enough
Now I can't see the road

Got a boot full of dreams
And a pocket full of reasons not to stay
Got a cross of Jesus around my neck
Hoping he'll help me find my way

So afraid of losing
Now I'm scared of what I've won
So afraid of leaving
Now I don't think I can return, yeah

And all along there was a need for change
And so I thought I better leave this place

When all I had to do was change my mind
All I had to do was change my mind

My God
Is it alright if I turn right back around?
'Cause I reckon I fly highest
When my feet are planted
On the ground

Night on my Side

When I hear the sound of laughing
It takes me back to forever
Where the sunset sleeps across the fields
Awoken by my dreams racing

With such a long goodbye
You knew it would make you cry

The twilight comes to quieten our hearts
My good friends we were scared of nothing
Lamplight stretched across my bed
I'm awoken by cars racing

With such a long goodbye
You knew it would make you cry

Picking them up
Those pieces I've dropped
The love that I stopped
Gonna find some rest
I lied to my friends
I showed him I could
Even told him I would
But then, I gave in

Picking them up
Those pieces I've dropped
The love that I stopped
Gonna find some rest

Gonna find some rest
Gonna find some rest
Gonna find some rest
Gonna find some rest

Two steps closer, than i had in mind,
But i am good at the cold shoulder
I lost myself, trying to catch the sun
I gave you everything, left myself with none

Well, i'm living straight now you're not on my mind
My sweet addiction, always at the side

Stop chasing every little thing that sparks
You'll carry all you ever need in your heart
Stop chasing every little thing

I'm sorry but i'm restless
The closer it gets, the less i need it
I lost myself trying to catch the sun
Turn the corner, now walk on

Stop chasing every little thing that sparks
You'll carry all you ever need in your heart
Stop chasing every little thing that sparks
You'll carry all you ever need in your heart

Oh, wait a minute more
Cos you almost said it out, oh wait a minute more
Cos you almost said it, say it to me now

Stop chasing every little thing that sparks
You'll carry all you ever need in your heart
Stop chasing every little thing that sparks
You'll carry all you ever need in your heart

Stop chasing every little thing that sparks
(it always sparkles from a distance)
You'll carry all you ever need in your heart
(it'll burn you in an instant)

Talk, talk.. Empty sentiment
I havent got the heart for disappointment
Ten thousand reasons why i should get out
The state you're in, i better get you home

Car crash, running through my head
I'm saying things that are best left unsaid
Stop looking at me that way
I'm not the answer, i'll be your anchor

Tired of the fight
Well i dont understand you better than most
I am just your friend, with troubles of my own
And i don't understand you better than most
Better than most

You say you're unravelling
I havent got the heart to watch you crying
One for the road, and another for the darkness
I'll get you home and tomorrow you'll forget this

Get ready for the fight
Well i don't understand you better than most
I am just your friend, with troubles of my own
And i dont understand you better than most
Better than most

Hailstones beating on my heart
And i'm tired of holding back
What if i was to? What would be so wrong with that?
These days i'm surrounded by people i dont even like
But boy, you are a flower, tonight i'll be a liar
And tell you, it's not right..

That i dont understand you better than most
I am just your friend with troubles of my own
And i dont understand you better than most
Better than most

My dirty joy, my laden back
My will to live is under attack
I have the days when it comes easy
My blue eyed boy got show and tell
I need your laugh to make me well
No light is coming through my window

Gotta meet you face to face
Convince you that i’m not so strange
Just happy sad
I’m broken down
But i’m upbeat when you come around
I’m happy sad it and it comes easy to me
I’m never one or the other

You have knocked me off my track
One lap to go and now i’m last
You know i used to be so eager
Get up, get up, get out of bed
The brightest day that ever led
You know you make me want to try harder

Gotta meet you face to face
Convince you that i’m not so strange
Just happy sad
I’m broken down
But i’m upbeat when come around
I’m happy sad it and it comes easy to me
I’m never one or the other

My friends are few, but that’s o.k
Cos when you’re around it all just fades away
My sadder boy

I’m happy sad
I’m broken down
But i’m upbeat when you come around
I’m happy sad
And it comes easy to me
I’m never one or the other

The roads don’t love you,
They still don’t pretend to
The roads don’t love you
They still don’t pretend to
The roads don’t love you
They still don’t pretend to
The roads don’t love you
The roads don’t love you
They still don’t pretend to
The roads don’t love you

I watch you from the road
I laugh when you cut the corners
I know when things aint good at home
You slam the doors and pull down the blinds

You’re so easy on the eye
And you ease my troubled mind
You’re so easy on the eye

I watch you from the road
Late for work when you leave the house
You make so many lists and plans to get away from here
I could look at you for years

You’re so easy on the eye
And you ease my troubled mind
You’re so easy on the eye

I watch you from the road
Restless under a suburban sky
You have no idea what you do to me
You make me wanna stay

You’re so easy on the eye
And you ease my troubled mind
You’re so easy on the eye

Caught up in a little town
Wasted dream, both devout
Just to see how hard he can make me cry
Man, we do it to ourselves

Caught up in what we don’t say
Pretending that we love living straight
Just to see how hard i can make you cry
Man, we do it to ourselves

Now we stand face to face, got nothing to say
There’s nothing to keep me here
The line that brought you to me will take you away
I’m standing in front of you
I’m a million miles away

Blackness, blackness, all around
What holds you up eventually pulls you down
After all that is golden is slipping through our hands
Man, well we do it to ourselves

Now we stand face to face, got nothing to say
There’s nothing to keep me here
The line that brought me to you will take me away
I’m standing in front of you
I’m a million miles away

Now we stand face to face, got nothing to say
There’s nothing to keep me here
The line that brought you to me will take you away
I’m standing in front of you
I’m a million miles away

I’m standing in front of you
I’m a million miles away

Caught up in the undertow
Takes me from what i never had
Back to what i’ll know

Down, hold me, drag me down, hold me

Now i’m left undercover
Only half way there
Man you left me undercover
A gypsy out of nowhere
Undiscovered, i was left for dead
Man you left me undercover

Sleep does not rest easy in this place
The urgency of water only knows how to take

Down, hold me, drag me down, hold me

Now i’m left undercover
Only half way there
Man you left me undercover
A gypsy out of nowhere
Undiscovered, i was left for dead
Man you left me undercover
Doo doo, doo doo, ooh ooh

Now i’m left undercover
Only half way there
Man you left me undercover
A gypsy out of nowhere
Undiscovered, i was left for dead
Man you left me undercover

Can’t sit with you, talk for a while
You know you make me feel life
You know you make me wanna try harder

Can’t tell you ‘bout the kick inside
How the stupid mess brings out your eyes
And all those cities inside

And how, nothing can make me cry
A landslide’s brought me to a straight road empty
And now nothing can make me cry
The city lights behind me, i know you’re with me in here

Well i go to the country to find myself
Crawl back to the city to lose myself again
Under lights this joke is wearing thin
Well it’s easy to be a winner when you don’t know what you’ve lost
It’s easy to be a believer
In you

When nothing can make me cry
A landslide’s brought me to a straight road empty
And nothing can make me cry
The city lights behind me, i know you’re with me in here

Now nothing can make me cry
A landslide’s brought me to a straight road empty
And nothing can make me cry
The city lights behind me, i know you’re with me in here

Brought me
Here
Brought me
Here
Brought me
Here

I will welcome any stranger
For strangeness is a welcome guest
And i will make a bed for him to rest

We will arise there after
Fall around the place in drunken laughter
And never look back again

Years of merry dancing
Weighed heavy on our chest
No more could we afford a place to rest

Cold was the winter
We promised to stay dry together
We never spoke again

The blacker my heart
The deeper i feel
The cheaper the real
The closer you are to me

Afraid i'll forget you
Afraid i might try to
When nothing moves quite
Like you to me

But there's something in my way
There's something in my way
There's something in my way
There's something in my way

I see the punch come
But i just don't feel it
I want to believe but i
Just dont believe it

Afraid i might hate you
Afraid i might try to
There's so much that i
Should say to you now

But there's something in my way
There's something in my way
There's something in my way
There's something in my way

The blacker my heart
The deeper i feel
The cheaper the real
The closer you are to me

Afraid i'll forget you
Afraid i might try to
When there's so much that i
Should say to you now

But there's something in my way
There's something in my way
There's something in my way
There's something in my way

I see the punch
I just don't feel it
Something in my way

I want to believe
I just dont believe it
Something in my way

Help is not needed for my back trouble
You drag out of me some messed up colours
Yeah

I own all of my own voices
I own all of my own voices

It doesn’t matter who you are, this is it
There’s a simple life the moment you decide
Raggy bones meet a butchered heart, this is it
There’s a simple life the moment you decide
Brains and trains find it hard to start, this is it
There’s a simple life the moment you decide

Now i’m caught up in furious spell inside
Of all i want to keep what keeps on leavin’

I own all of my own voices
I own all of my own voices

It doesn’t matter who you are, this is it
There’s a simple life the moment you decide
Raggy bones meet a butchered heart, this is it
There’s a simple life the moment you decide
Brains and trains find it hard to start, this is it
There’s a simple life the moment you decide

It doesn’t matter who you are, this is it
There’s a simple life the moment you decide
Raggy bones meet a butchered heart, this is it
There’s a simple life the moment you decide

Brightest eyes i know
God speed you
Palest skin i throw
Myself in
Count me as your friend
You don't scare me
Man you got to know

I'll be here tomorrow

Drive your sister's car
To my house
Confusion an skin
Much later

Brightest eyes i've known
God's favourite
Man you got to know

I'll be here tomorrow
I'll be here tomorrow
I'll be here tomorrow
I'll be here tomorrow
Tomorrow

Cold heart, beautiful
And places
You pull me in

Couldn’t care, wasted
You’ve pulled me in

Wait, i’ll wait, oh can’t wait with me

Couldn’t care, wasted
You’ve pulled me in

Cold heart, beautiful
You’ll pull me in

The Hollow of Morning

This is what you do

My tired eyes
Are like
Lonely stars
Trying to find a little
Order in the chaos

So I take a bus ride
In the afternoon
You all look so happy, and me,
I'm barely hanging on

This is what you do to me
This is what you do to me

Drag myself out on
To the floor
Trying to find a little chaos in the order
So I take a bus ride
Past your house every day
You never fully leave me
But you, you never fully stay

This is what you do to me
This is what you do to me

My tired eyes
Are like
Lonely stars
Trying to find a little
Order in the chaos

This is what you do...
This is what you do to me
This is what you do...

Come on
Smile
Smile
Come on
Smile
Smile
Smile…

Out of Our Hands

The subtle shift inside, a battle's won, the inside killed the outside
And I’m sorry, if I let you think, better of me
But you were holding on too tight

Maybe we'll fall, maybe we'll fly
It's out of our hands, it’s out of our hands this time

The night's collapsing on us now, you'll feel better when you go
You didn’t push me, little one, I jumped on my own
And I’m glad , as I release my grip I’m picking up speed
No-one will follow us here

Maybe we'll fall, maybe we'll fly
It's out of our hands, it's out of our hands this time
Maybe we'll fall, maybe we'll fly
It's out of our hands, it's out of our hands this time

Meet me at the back of the crowd
This could be our time to slip away
You say the bigger you dream
The smaller your street looks in the rain

Ah come on now, but you and I know now it's so much more now
Than just being bored

Maybe we'll fall, maybe we'll fly
It's out of our hands, it's out of our hands this time
Maybe we'll fall, maybe we'll fly
It's out of our hands, it's out of our hands this time

January 14th

I hope this letter finds you well
Everyone here misses you so
The trees are bare and the swallows have flown
And the yard is covered in snow

Your dogs are acting crazy
I can’t figure out why
And me, well I'm thinking of you...
All the time
All of the time
Almost all of the time
All of the time

Write soon

Home

Guarded by the darkness, waiting side by side
We tag along at the back of crowd
You and I
Full of sorrow, full of light

This is Home
Your face is home
No taste like home
Home

Wait for me golden memories
‘Cause I have too few
Help pull me up
‘Cause I’m hanging on, help me remember
When no-ones watching
Take me Home
Home, your face is home
Home, no place like home
No taste like home
Home

Home
Home, no place like home
Home, your face is home
Home, no taste like home
Home

In over my head

Kept all the funny things you wrote
Take them with me where I go
Keeps the darkness from my door
And makes me happy

'Cause it's in over my head
It's in over my head
Over you

Stand let the winter warm your skin
Leaves you when you least expect
This is what you do to me

'Cause it's in over my head
It's in over my head
Over you

'Cause it's in over my head
It's in over my head
Over you
Over you
Over you

Chasing Dragons

The morning has no sympathy
It just screams across the room
Making light of everything and taking you
Now I got a creature on my mind
Go chase your dragon and I’ll chase mine

They say time is just one long straight line
They can’t deaden a girl while she's still alive
Well man, we've had one hell of a ride
Go chase your dragon and I’ll chase mine

I know, I know, I know, I know
The sweeter it gets the deeper you go
I don’t think we're coming back this time
Man, go chase your dragon, I’ll chase mine

Now there's nothing left to say, that's true
So forget about me and I’ll forget about you
Well I'm gonna find a way to catch that sun
Then I’ll leave you behind my beautiful one

Don't Forget

Good morning
What took you so long to receive our transmission
Now let it comfort you
Don't forget

The light never left
Don’t forget this ain’t the truth
Don’t forget yourself so soon

I see the state you're in
Felt too much and now you don’t feel anything
Don’t forget
It’s just a light a you miss

Don’t forget this ain’t the truth
Don’t forget yourself so soon

I cant believe it

Late at night the air is beaten black, we're lying,
You've got your head on my stomach

Don’t forget this ain’t the truth
Don’t forget yourself so soon
Don’t forget yourself
Don’t forget yourself so soon

Sad Ol Song

It's a wave from a car
As it exits the driveway
It's that silent awkward motion
The goodbye that you didn’t say
It's that sad song on the line
That cuts right through your ribcage and gets stuck inside
As the wheels kick dust in your view
You know the longer you look
The further she'll get from you
Where's the light now you've only got the shade
Well she took all the colour
Now it's back to black and white days
That sad song stings your eyes
Singing "wonder do I ever cross your mind"
Such a sad ol song
Such a sad ol song
Such a sad ol song

At Constant Speed

A lonely burden rests gently
This is harder than I thought
Your face is distant and paler now
It’s funny how things work out

But if I keep a constant speed
And watch everything rush past me
It’s the quickest way to leave it all behind
Only it never leaves
I'm beginning to forget, I'm beginning to forget you
I just see an outline
I'm beginning to forget, I'm beginning to forget you
I hope that's alright

I miss your kitchen window view
The effect I had on you
Your voice is lost in static waves
Erased by every day

If I keep a constant speed
And let everything rush past me
This bloody mess I can leave behind
Only it never leaves

I'm beginning to forget
I'm beginning to forget you
I just see an outline
I’m beginning to forget
I'm beginning to forget you
I hope that's alright

I'm beginning to forget
I'm beginning to forget you
I just see an outline
I'm beginning to forget
I'm beginning to forget you
I hope that's alright
I just see an outline
I just see an outline of you
Just see an outline
Just see an outline of you

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, and then for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee!

I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy;
for no-one could resist my Nancy;
for see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love for ever.

Had we never loved sae kindly,
Had we never loved sae blindly,
Never met or never parted,
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.

Fare thee wel my first and fairest!
Fare thee weel, my best and dearest!
Thine be ilka joy and treasure,
Peace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure!

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!
Ae fareweel, alas, for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee!

( Work to a calm EP / Ran for Miles similar lyrics )

Well i got myself a new day
And i got myself a second chance
So i headed to the bus stop
And the sun, the sun was warm on my back

I got myself a second chance
I got myself a second chance

Well i got myself a new day
And i got myself a second chance
So i headed to the bus stop
And the sun, the sun was warm on my back

I got myself a second chance
I got myself a second chance

Well i got myself a second chance
Well i got myself a second chance

Well i got myself a second chance
Well i got myself a second chance
Got myself a

Gemma co-wrote the track 'Angel Rays' for the films soundtrack.
She does not sing the version on the soundtrack CD, it is performed by Sissel
However,Gemma does sing the song over the credits in the actual movie.

The time we lost, you’ve held your cross
No tears did your eyes tell
The time you lost, no matter what the cost
Your strength it saw you through

But time will heal what your heart conceals
And this I know too well
The road you’ve known that takes you home
Is waiting strong and true
For this child of mine
She’ll forever shine
Angel Rays watch over you

But time will heal what your heart conceals
And this I know too well
The road you’ve known that takes you home
Is waiting strong and true
For this child of mine
She’ll forever shine
Angel Rays watch over you

For this child of mine
She’ll forever shine
Angel Rays watch over you

Angel Rays
Angel Rays
Angels Rays

Angels Rays
Watch over you
Angel Rays

Bad Day

( Happy Sad 7" )

The clock keeps on going, the motorway is jammed
And all that is golden is running paled through my hands
It’s a long way ‘til summer so you better wrap up well
Jimmy come over, my head is a mess
You give me a reason to put on a pretty dress
We’ll dance to remember and we’ll drink to forget

It’s a bad day
Won’t you stay with me
It’s a bad day
Won’t you make me go wild inside for a little while

Well the smart ones knew better, they got out of this town
See, just like an anchor
It keeps you safe while holding you down, down.
I’m restless, I’m restless, it cuts to the core
You and I know it’s more than just being bored

It’s a bad day
Won’t you stay with me tonight
It’s a bad day
Won’t you make me go wild inside for a little while, a little while

Jimmy come over, my head is a mess
You give me a reason to put on the dress
We’ll dance to remember and we’ll drink to forget, forget

It’s a bad day
Won’t you stay with me tonight
It’s a bad day
Won’t you make me go wild inside for a little while

A wild time
For a little while
Little while

Bless the Boy

( Undercover Enhanced CD )

God bless the boy, with august in his eyes
Pure as a gypsy is wild
Sorrow, he knows nothing of
No slight of hand or a devil's heart
Child of the half lie
Won't you stay by my side

You're just a beautiful
You're just a beautiful
You're just a beautiful
You're just a beautiful

Nothing ever gets you down
Soaked in golden memories
Brighten up my blackened heart
No change is good change when you're around

Warm is the night
Won't you lay by my side

You're just a beautiful
You're just a beautiful
You're just a beautiful
You're just a beautiful

Don't you know, you could be the death of me
Pretty as you are
Don't you know, you could be the death of me
Pretty as you are

Brightness

( Hanging around EP )

There's a place inside my heart
Got me living straight

Found a place that i can fight for
Got me living straight

You were the only one that could calm me down
Come on over and calm me down

You're bright
So bright it cuts right though
You're brightness
So bright it cuts right though the menace

You take the blackness away
So the bad old feelings no longer stay
You're (?)
Got me living straight

You were the only one that can calm me down
So come on over and calm me down

You're brightness
So bright it cuts right through
You're brightness
So bright, so bright, so bright
So bright it cuts right through
You're brightness
So bright it cuts right through
Cuts right through

( Work to a calm EP )

I can't find love
And there you go, you go

I can't find love
And there you go, you go

Can't find love

I can't find love, love, oh no
I can't find, find love, find love
Oh no no

Colours

So many crooked paths in my way
It’s always the purest of hearts that get less straight
I’m gonna find a way to catch that burning sun
Then I'll leave you behind, my beautiful one

And all my colours are changing
And all my old colours have gone

In the middle of my heart lies an ocean
And at the bottom of this blue lies a truth
Is there someone somewhere
Is there someone who cares
Is there somebody up there
I promise to myself to find the right question

And all my colours are changing
And all my old colours have gone
And all my colours are changing

Evening Sun
Why don't you stay
Just a little longer, please

My friends and I
Well, our party's almost over
Why don't you stay
Just a little longer please

'Cause I need you bad
I need you better
I need you bad
That I could kill
I need you bad
I need you better
Come on

Evening Sun
Why don't you stay
Just a little longer, please

My friends and I
Well, our party's almost over
Why don't you stay
Just a little longer please

'Cause I need you bad
I need you better
I need you bad
That I could kill
I need you bad
I need you better
Come on, now

( 4.25 am EP )

Driving so slow
Streets are empty as we go
Back over the canal
We've all had a long day and we're going home

We all got big tears in our sides
And the city salt doesn't help
But it sure cleans them out

In little coffee shops
And litte sidewalk cops
We're the only ones awake
We're the only ones that can't stop

Driving,so slow
Streets are empty as we go

Low, gotta low, gotta low feeling
Bring it on a slow,
bring it on a slow burning

Your love is so hard to please
Your love is so hard to leave

This is so hard to do
Everybody wants to take a look at you, my baby
This is so hard to do
Everybody wants to take a look at you, my baby
You're my baby

Low, gotta low, gotta low feeling
Bring it on a slow, bringin on a slow burning

Your love is so hard to please
Your love is so hard to leave

This is so hard to do
Everybody wants to take a look at you, my baby
This is so hard to do
Everybody wants to take a look at you, my baby
My baby

Low, gotta low, gotta low feeling
Low, gotta low, gotta low feeling

This stupid mess brings out your eyes
And all those beautiful cities inside
I’ve never seen a firefly but I picture it in my mind
Distant and uneasy, will return to me eventually

Holy Places, for you and I
We need the Holy Place
Where there’s fireflies

Sometimes the sun is too bright
And the world kicks me on the inside
These bones whistle endlessly
For the lonely and the crazy
My world subsides

Holy Places, for you and I
We need the Holy Places
Where there’s fireflies

This stupid mess, it brings out your eyes
And all those beautiful cities inside

You said
You'll hold me down
Show me how to turn this mess around

You can cry
No one is looking at you
You can cry, cry

Can't stay
Out of luck
Have trouble trying to wake myself

That's alright
I caught myself
Dragged me up to better health

You can cry
No-one is looking at you
You can cry, cry

You can cry
No one is looking at you
You can cry, cry

All good things must change
And i'd fight it
If i could
All good things must change

I worked myself into a calm
I worked myself

You can cry
No-one is looking at you
You can cry, cry

You can cry
No one is looking at you
You can cry, cry

All good things must change
And i'd fight it, if I could

All good things must change

( Live / Civil War song )

T'was on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans adieu
And I took the rode to Jackson town, me fortune to renew
I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain
Which filled me heart with longin' for the Lakes of Pontchartain.

I stepped on board of a railroad car beneath the morning sun
And I rode the roads 'til evening and I laid me down again
All strangers here, no friends to me 'til a dark girl towards me came
And I fell in love with a Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain.

I said my pretty Creole girl, me money here's no good
If it weren't for the alligators I'd sleep out in the wood
You're welcome here kind stranger, our house it's very plain
But we never turn a stranger out at the Lakes of Pontchartrain.

She took me to her mummy's house and she treated me quite well
The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell
To try and paint her beauty I'm sure t'would be in vain
So handsome was my Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain.

I asked her if she'd marry me, she'd said it could never be
For she had got another and he was far at sea
She said that she would wait for him and true she would remain
'Til he returned for his Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain.

So fair thee well me bonny o' girl I never see no more
But I'll ne'er forget your kindness and the cottage by the shore
And at each social gathering a flowin' glass I'll raise
And drink a health to me Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain

People sigh, why
The strangest situations had me crying these days
Holding back, why

Mama,whats that song
You tried to teach me
'Bout a place in summertime
Where living was easy

Well,let's all go there
I'll lock the house and we'll get the hell out of here
Yeah...

Killing time, why
The same old situations just keep dragging me down
And I'll keep holding back,why

Mama,whats that song
You tried to teach me
'Bout a place in summertime
Where the living was easy

Well, let's all go there
I'll pack the car and we'll get the hell out of here
yeah

Yeah....

( 4.35 am EP )

Lay me down in the daylight moments
Follow you around to your place
And I'll just sit here and watch you

Making waves, making waves

And there is no sea at all

I don't know how you do it
So full to your belly with sand
I could just sit here forever and watch you

Making waves, oh you're making waves
I watch you making waves

Where there's no sea at all

Making waves
Oh you're making waves
I watch you making waves
Oh you're making waves

My friend Christian, he lives for this
Being washed out, just to be thrown back in again
Just to see how hard he'll hit the ground

And he'll, he'll find something to laugh about
He'll find something to laugh about
If it aint the joke it's the lack of
It's the lack of...

My friend Susan, she waits for this
Being pushed out just to be thrown back in again
Just to see how hard she'll scare herself

And she'll, she'll find something to laugh about
She'll find something to laugh about
If it's not the joke it's the lack of
It's the lack off

And we'll,we'll find something to laugh about
We'll find something to laugh about
If it's not the joke it's the lack of
It's the lack of....

It's the lack of
It's the lack of

( Live / Sade Cover )

I gave you all the love I got
I gave you more than I could give
I gave you life
I gave you all that I have inside
And you took my heart
You took my heart

I keep crying
I keep dying for you
There's nothing like you and I baby

This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love

Didn't I tell you
What I believe
Did somebody say that
A love like that won't last
Didn't I give you
All that I've got to give baby

This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love

I keep crying
I keep dying for you
There's nothing like you and I
There's nothing like you and I
There's nothing like you and I
There's nothing like you and I

This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love

November
Has taken its toll
And if I know better
There's more to come

And the ocean is waitin' at our backdoor
You know we could leave
But we know in our hearts
There's so much more

We will find a way
To make it through these days
And we will find a way
To make it through these days

And I've fallen face down in the sun
Yeah, I take my chance playin'
Life's little dance and I still don't understand

And people are talkin' at me
Yeah, they make no sense
Wish I could pay my expenses
And get on the next train outta here

We will find a way
To make it through these days
We will find a way
To make it through
With sweet love and prayer

And who's the fairest of us all
And who will fight for you and I
Who's the bravest of us all
And who will hold us when we cry
When we cry

And we will find a way
To make it through these days
We will find a way
To make it through
To make it through
To make it through
To make it through
To make it through

Late at night the air is beaten black
I’m lying with your head on my stomach
This is my favourite time
This is my favourite time

I watch you sleep so quiet and so deep
Our legs are knotted and wrapped around the sheets
You sleep on your left side
Always stay by my side

It’s such a perfect way
To end a hurtful day
In the arms of you
The arms of you

We sit around all day and watch T.V
We play our favourite records
And let the night fall down
You love the same things I do
And I’m at ease around you

It’s such a perfect way
To end a hurtful day
In the arms of you
The arms of you

It’s such a perfect way
To end a hurtful day
In the arms of you
The arms of you

It’s such a perfect way
To end a hurtful day
In the arms of you
The arms of you

Rith Me Go Crich

(Ran For Miles as performed for Ceol '07)

Bhuel fuair me la nua dom fhein
Is fuair me dom an dara seans sin
Is lean me liom go staf an bhus
Bhi an ghrian, bhi an ghrian te ar mo dhroim

Inniu rith me go crich
Go chfeicfinn go fior ce me fhein
Inniu rith me do gash i mo chroi

Bhuel ta an t-amhran seo faighte 'am
Agus fair me dom fhein geall mho...r an lae
Ag iarraidh a ra an troid a bhi ann
Ag iarraidh stop a chur ie mo chuid leimni

Inniu rith me go crich
Go bhfeicfinn go fior ce me fhein
Inniu rith me do gach i mo chroi

Inniu rith me go crich, go bhfeicfinn go fior ce me fhein
Inniu rith me do gach i mo chroi, go bhfeicfinn go fior ce me fhein
Inniu rith me do gach i mo chroi

( Hanging around EP )

He's getting married on the wednesday
But h was buried on the monday
And his girlfriend is due in three weeks
And she's my cousin

Her mother went off the rails
And started praying that this child
Would have straight teeth

My car got broken into
Don't seem to dream like I used to
And the wind was crazy in a wild place last night

I couldn't sleep
So I stayed up worrying
And I prayed everyone I loved was alright

We cannot stop the wheel
We cannot stop the wheel
From turning

We cannot stop the wheel
We cannot stop the wheel
So let's just enjoy the ride

Well I admit
Some people make me nervous
The one's who've stopped scaring the hell out of themselves
And you see them claiming to be wild and free
Holding their young grey hearts in their hands

Sweet boy press your hand against my lips
You got to stop me trying to make sense of it all
And whisper
I'll race you to the edge
And we'll open up our arms and just fall

We cannot stop the wheel
Cannot stop the wheel
From turning

We cannot stop the wheel
Cannot stop the wheel
So let's just enjoy the ride

Cannot stop the wheel

Embrace the down side
Follow the landslide

Embrace the down side
Follow the landslide

Embrace the down side
Follow your landslide

And just enjoy the ride

Cannot stop the wheel
Cannot stop the wheel
Cannot stop the wheel
Cannot stop the wheel

Summers in Doubt, that's where we are
So I go to your house, that's where I feel strong

We're gonna make it anyway, it's just a given

And while from the daylight, that's where we are
We've given up on the quiet fight, so scared this noise is shaping us

Gonna make it anyway, it's just a given

Just fade out, of the way
Watch you fade out, of the way

Summer's in doubt, that's where we are
So I go to your house, that's where I feel strong

Gonna make it anyway, it's just a given
Gonna make it anyway, it's just a given
Gonna make it anyway, it's just a given

The light, follows you forever
The light, follows you forever (and I worked myself into a calm)
The light, follows you forever (and I worked myself into a calm)

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick
And think of you
Caught up in circles
Confusion is nothing new
Flashback, warm nights
Almost left behind
Suitcases of memories
Time after

Sometimes you picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me
I can't hear what you've said
Then you say, go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

If you're lost you can look
And you will find it
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you
I'll be waiting
Time after time

If you're lost you can look
And you will find it
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you
I'll be waiting
Time after time

After my picture fades
And darkness has turned to gray
Watching through windows
I'm wondering if you're Ok
Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time

If you're lost you can look
And you will find it
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you
I'll be waiting
Time after time

If you're lost you can look
And you will find it
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you
I will be waiting
Time after time
Time after time
Time after time...

Whiskey Girl

( Gillian Welch cover With Kevin Shields )

Nowhere man
And the whiskey girl
Nowhere man
And the whiskey girl
They loaded up for
A weekend in the underworld

I'd take you down
Honey if I could
I'd take you down
Honey if I could
We'd find a place
In the sunshine
We'd be feeling good

Don't you know
That it ain't a crime
Don't you know
That it ain't a crime
If all the squares
And the junkmen
Think you're out of line

Nowhere man
And the whiskey girl
Nowhere man and
The whiskey girl
They loaded up for
A weekend in the underworld

Whole Wide World

( Wreckless Eric cover / Live 2006 tour )

When I was a young boy
My mama said to me
There's only one girl in the world for you
And she probably lives in Tahiti

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her

Or maybe she's in the Bahamas
Where the Caribbean sea is blue
Weeping in a tropical moonlit night
Because nobody's told her 'bout you

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Find out where they hide her

Why am I hanging around in the rain out here
Trying to pick up a girl
Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears
When there're girls all over the world

Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere
Underneath the tropical sun
Pining away in a heat wave there
Hoping that I won't be long

I should be lying on that sun-soaked beach with her
Caressing her warm brown skin
And then in a year or maybe not quite
We'll be sharing the same next of kin

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Find out where they hide her

A Safe Place to Hide

( Joe Chester f/ Gemma Hayes )

. . .
I live this day

Both Gemma Hayes and Joe Chester in the background :
Just to find a way to lose myself

I live this day
Same place tonight

Gemma Hayes :
Sometimes you make choices
Sometimes you fly so far away
. . .

All The Way Down

(The Cake Sale / Sung by Gemma Hayes / The Cake Sale LP)

You have taken me all the way down
Down apart my knees
You have broken me all the way down
Tell me how it feels

Some fight you give
When I put you away from me

In the morning when you turn in
I'll be fast asleep
In the darkness when you find this
I'll be out of reach

You have broken me all the way down
You'd be the last, you see
You'd be the last

One chance have we got
When you missed every shot

In the morning when you turn in
I'll be fast asleep
In the brightness when you find this
I'll be out of reach

You have broken me all the way down
You'd be the last, you see
You'd be the last
You'd be the last

You know when I say
There's nothing wrong
It's just to make you feel
Safe & warm
For the shame of being with me
And like Rosa said
You're being done in
Like Candy-Bread
That you may not win
Oh, Are you being all you want

Oh tell me
What would you rather be
that you're not right now
What would the changes be
In your life
And if you so desired
That it would come
I wouldn't deny you
No-one, No-one could deny you

Because somebody
Wants someone to be
And there was no-one
Left for them to see
You played it up and down with me
You played it up and down with me
So, stop making it up in your mind

So, stop, just stop

The Mary Janes Gemma Hayes background:
Making it up in your mind

Oh tell me
What would you rather be
that you're not right now
What would the changes be
In your life
And if you so desired
That it would come
I wouldn't deny you
No-one, No-one could deny you

'Cause you made a date
Someone to see, yeah
You made a date
Oh but not with me

Not with me
Gemma Hayes :
Not with me X3
X3

( Collaboration with Julian Lennon, backing vocals by Gemma,
on his album 'Photograph Smile' )

If you could say to me that you'd undoubtedly be faithful to me
then I would say to you that I'd undoubtedly be faithful to you.
After all this time
I am here to say that I would sign upon the dotted line
Can't you read my mind
that's all I've ever wanted from you

If we could share our lives,without the compromose
I'd be faithful to you
If we could gravitate, learn to communicate
I'd be so faithful to you
After all this time (after all this time)
I am here to say that I would sign upon the dotted line
Can't you read my mind
that's all I've ever wanted from you

There's never been a day when I could say
that I was falling out of love with you (falling out of love)
And I would kiss the stars and hug the moon
for you to see that I'm in love with you
How could you be so blind
After all this time (after all this time)
I am here to say that I would sign upon the dotted line
Don't you feel its time (don't you feel its time)
we should settle down,caress the love we have and live as one
Can't you read my mind
that's all I've ever wanted from you
That's all I've ever wanted

If you coud say to me that you'd undoubtedly be faithful to me,
then I would say to you that I'd undoubtedly be faithful.

( The Pixies / Live cover at Witnness Fest. 2003 )

And this I know
His teeth as white as snow
What a gas it was to see him
Walk her every day
Into a shady place
With her lips she said
She said

Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball [3x]

Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love
Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love

Lovely legs there are
What a big black mask
What a hunk of love
Walk her every day into a shady place
He's like the dark, but I'd want him

Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball [3x]

Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love
Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love

Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love
Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love

( Live with The Counting Crows )

She sat right down on the sofa
Says where have you been?
I been waiting for you
Cause last night I had something so good
These days get so long
And I got nothing to do
I been hanginaround this town on the corner
I been bummin' around this old town so long
I been hanginaround this town on the corner
I been bummin' around this old town for way too long
We spend all day getting sober
Just hiding from daylight
Watching tv
We just look a lot better in the blue light
Well you know I gotta get out
Well I'm stuck so tight weighed by the chains that keep me
Hanginaround this town on the corner
I been bummin' around this old town too long
I been hanginaround this town on the corner
I been bummin' around this old town way too long
This girl listens to the band play
She says where have you been?
I been lying right here on the floor
(right here on the floor)
Well I got all this time to be waiting
For what is mine
To be hating
What I am
After the love has faded
Hanginaround this town on a corner
I been bummin' around this old town so long
I been hanginaround this town on a corner
I been bummin' around this old town for way way way way way too long
Way way way way too long
Way way way way too long
Way way way way too long
(live insert) oh my god i say
Get up real early in the morning
Dont get up 'till the afternoon
Son, I see the day is dawning?
(she said well get up get dressed get out)
It's almost half past noon?

( John Martyn cover played live. On 'The Best Of The Strawberry Alarm Clock' (Irish radio) CD )

There's just no way to say how much I love you,
You never made me cry
And that's just fine.
Only got my fear,
To put above you;
You know we all get scared from time to time.

Love me with your head and heart;
Love me from the place it starts.
Love me from your head and heart;
Love me like a child.

There's just no way to play the things I'm feeling;
No way to tell you all the things you mean.
Everyday I only feel like stealing,
Away to where I know I can be clean.

Love me with your head and heart;
Love me from the place it starts.
Love me from your head and heart;
Love me when I'm wild.

Laying down the ways to say I need you,
Scared of looking tall and feeling small.
Running through the days I have beside you,
Scared of being wrong and that's it all.

Love me with your head and heart;
Love with your very self.
Love me with your head and heart;
Love me like a child.

There's just no way to say how much I love you,
You never made me cry
And that's just fine.
Only got my fate,
A bird above you;
You know we all get scared from time to time.

Love me with your head and heart;
Love me from the very start.
Love me with your head and heart;
Love me like a child.

( Live with The Sparklehorse )

A horse, a horse
My kingdom for a horse
Rattling on magnetic fields

Yes, I did use up
The last box of sparklers
Before they went bad
Got wet or decayed

Homecoming queen, homecoming queen

Teeth what were sharp
Are ground down and done
My crooked spine becoming more brittle
What once grew straight
And tall towards the sun
Absorbing back down
To dirt like a sponge

Homecoming queen, homecoming queen

( Mark Geary feat. Gemma Hayes )

Did I watch you wash away your life
And polish up the forks and knifes
And left the kitchen crystal clear
Did you put me in my resting place
Beside the cups there was no place for fear

There's someone calling for me
Just see a new talk
Don't listen to me

We go through the hoops
Before you know it beats me

Did I watch you wash away your life
And polish up the forks and knifes
And I watch the crystal disappear
Did I try to run to your defence
And make some jokes at my expense
And watch you boil some water for the sake of it

There's someone calling for me
Just see a new talk
Don't listen to me

Hail Mary, motherless grace

( Mic Christopher f/ Gemma Hayes )

How comes your sister's in drag?
Wearin' all the clothes that she had
Well I see her up late
I think she put on some weight
Like a man

How come that boy's

Gemma Hayes background :
Not like me?
What colour me does he see?

Well they say that he's blue.
I think he colours my room when he comes

How come's we both go to schools
On different sides of the streets?

How come's this girl that I knew?
Sometimes she don't look so good
Well her mom says it's flu
But she was cooked in her gym class at school.

Tell her I want to be friends with you
Will you be friendly to me? x 2

So how come's your sister's in drag?
How come some people get mad?
'Cause either red, green, or blue
I think they colour my room when it comes

And either red, green, or blue
I think they brighten my room when it comes

Even Johansen/Magnet :
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have in your mind
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile

Gemma Hayes :
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen

Even Johansen/Magnet :
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile

Gemma Hayes :
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it too

Even Johansen/Magnet :
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he's standing in front of you

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night arrives.

Gemma Hayes :
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night

Even Johansen/Magnet :
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead

Even Johansen/Magnet and Gemma Hayes :
So maybe I'll stay, stay while the night is still here

( Mic Christopher f/ Gemma Hayes )

I said listen girl I like
If you ask me babe real nice
I just might tell you the truth
'Cause you give me love and I like it
And charming as you like me

Listen girl you and I could too

Oh yeah and all of the cold kids looking for joy
Dreaming of playgrounds and toy
Oh but they are dreaming oh lor'
Been there before
Now they just sit and absorb
Like when I couldn't get out of bed
Walkin' Hollywood
Come here music. come here to

Say listen girl I like
If you ask me very nice
I just might tell you the truth

'Ccause you give me love and I like it
And charming as you like me
Listen girl you and I could too

Oh and the fluid

Background vocals :
Could hold me in my mind
A candle in the wind
To fallin' back in time

The ot' willful little towel
That brightens up my night

And who the when I'm wide awake
And so I couldn't get out of bed babe
Walkin' Hollywood

Come here music
Come here to

Say listen girl I like
If you ask me very nice
I just might tell you the truth

'Cause you give me love and I like it
And charming as you like me
Listen girl you and I could too

Mic Christopher & Gemma Hayes :
La la la ...
Heys

( Mary Janes cover, played live at the launch of Mic Christopher's album 'Skylarkin'
on 29th November in Dublin's Vicar Street )

Water came and saw me
Holding back
Holding back for someone
Water came and saw me
Holding on
Holding on for someone

What you see is the life I had
Now I'm left here with my past
Watching time as it passes slow
Just to see the reasons why
They must have come and passed me by
Or maybe I'm just blind
Because the...

Like we couldn't see it in text
Like we couldn't guess what was next
Like we'd taken all of our hopes and our dreams...

And we'd put them out in the sum
Naked, as a beacon for everyone
Who couldn't achieve
And so come on my son it's like this
It's like faint little miss
Just like a sudden change in winter
Caused the breaking of a heart
And now the Queen of hearts
And all my wonderous thoughts
They're no longer with me
And I'm sick because the...

Holding on for
The Queen of Hearts

( Live with The Counting Crows )

When I think of heaven
deliver me in a black-winged bird
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
in the belly of a black-winged bird.
Don't try to feed me
I've been here before
And I deserve a little more

I belong in the service of the Queen
I belong anywhere but in between
She's been crying and I've been thinking
And I am the Rain King

And I said mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone
I can't go outside
I'm scared I might not make it home
I'm alive, I'm alive
But I'm sinking in
If there's anyone at home at your place, darling
Why don't you invite me in?
Don't try to bleed me
I've been there before
And I deserve a little more

I belong in the service of the Queen
I belong anywhere but in between
She's been lying and I've been sinking
And I am the Rain King

Hey, I only want the same as anyone
Henderson is waiting for the sun
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
After all the dreaming I come home again

When I think of heaven
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
I think of dying
Lay me down in a field of flame and heather
Render up my body into the burning heart of God
In the belly of a black-winged bird
Don't try to bleed me
I've been here before
And I deserve a little more

I belong in the service of the queen
I belong anywhere but in between
She's been dying and I've been drinking
And I am the Rain King