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.
Ae Fond Kiss A new day (Version 1) A Safe Place to Hide All The Way Down Angel rays Bad Day Bless the Boy Brightness Can't find love Cloudbusting Colours Come What May Evening sun Faithful 4:35 a.m Ghost Gigantic Gotta low Hangin around Head and heart Holy Places Homecoming Queen I worked myself into a calm
It beats me It's a Shame Kids' Song Lakes of Pontchartrain Lay Lady Lay Listen Girl Mama what's that song Making waves My friend Christian No ordinary Love November Oliver Perfect Day Queen of hearts Rain King Rith Me Go Crich Stop the wheel Summers in Doubt The Snowman These days Time after time Whiskey Girl Whole Wide World
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
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 What a day What a day we had What a day What a day we had 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 What a day What a day we had What a day What a day we had What a day What a day we had What a way to go What a day What a day we had What a day What a day we had What a day What a day we had What a way to go What a way to go
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
I Wanna Stay I wanna stay Out all night With you 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 Yeah there goes Everything And I just 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 Yeah there goes Everything And I just don't care As long as you're near
Aren't you the lucky one Never need any more than this...
My God My God Hope you're on call 'Cause I maybe in danger of crashing before I get to fall
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 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
*** Thanx a lot to Gerardo for this one ***
The Roads Don't Love You
Two Step
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)
Another for the Darkness
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
Happy Sad
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
Easy on the Eye
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
Keep me Here
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
Undercover
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
Nothing Can
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
Helen
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
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 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
Horses
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
Tomorrow
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
Pull Me in
( Hidden Track )
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
Let It Break
Keep Running Three years and miles of sea Somehow I carry you with me You’re in every face I see But the city brings sweet relief Until you find me I might as well be lost in Hollywood or London town Than be lost in you, you I might as well be lost on Oslo or Tokyo, Seoul Than be lost in your world Something you said created a storm That triggered a landslide And that took you from me False starts and endless dreams You say you’re doing okay But your farce give it all away Until you find me I might as well be lost in Hollywood or London town Than be lost in you, you I might as well be lost on Oslo or Tokyo, Seoul Than be lost in your world Where did you go Where did you go I turn around and everything changed I turn around and everything changed I turn around and everything changed I turn around and everything changed I turn around and everything changed I turn around and everything changed I turn around and everything changed I turn around and everything changed Now I might as well be lost in Hollywood or London town Than be lost in you I might as well be lost in Oslo or Tokyo, Seoul Than be lost in your world Just keep you running Just keep running Into my arms All I need Wake up tired little eyes I know the feeling when the world Kicks you on the inside It’s what you’re doing to me Tomorrow’s banging on your door The sun is screaming Get up, get out and face the roar When in gets too much Rest your mouth on my mouth This is all I need This is all I need To carry me And now I’m slipping on the ground I liked the feeling of free falling But there’s no more down I don’t wanna get up Don’t wanna stand in line I’m gonna keep my eyes closed God knows I find This is all I need This is all I need To carry, to carry me This is all I need To carry, to carry me This is all I need To carry, to carry me Wake up tired eyes When it’s not real Rest your mouth On my mouth This is all I need To carry me… Fire Chocking on the edges of a melody You used to sing to me Pull yourself together again Pull yourself together I gotta hand it to you Who could tell you hide it well They say you’re brave to jump But I see your eyes and I know you fell Your face, your face Gives it all away It’s says the suns not here But I know it’s coming You are the fire in my spine Leave no shadow burning up my sorrow You are this melody I can’t get out Get’s caught in my ribcage turning me inside out Here comes a high Here comes a low All is quiet in your arms in the early morning Cars chasing light below My love what a mess we’re in Caught up in confusion and skin Has the world gone crazy Have we all gone mad What I wouldn’t do to bring you back You are the fire in my spine Leave no shadow burning up my sorrow You are this melody I can’t get out Get’s caught in my ribcage turning me inside out The sun is not here But I know it’s coming You are the fire in my spine Leave no shadow burning up my sorrow You are this melody I can’t get out Get’s caught in my ribcage turning me inside out Wish I could carry you away from here Brittle Winter Both of us hanging on To driftwood passing The sun has been now gone The water’s bloody freezing What were we thinking Why did we ever jump Gone like the winter Gone like my lover Gone is the aching Gone forever Car lights keep passing We’re down in a deep ravine You have never been so dear to me I have never felt this clean What were we thinking Why did we ever jump Gone like the winter Gone like my lover Gone is the aching Gone like the flower My heart gave up the fight Down down down Please don’t take her My brittle winter I’m gone like the lovers Gone like the liars Gone is my aching Gone is my love Gone gone gone Shock to my System It’s like getting close to the sun I wanna tell you things I just can’t get Air in my lungs long enough to explain See I was born awake Little by little I simply fell asleep Then you came and it all changed You were right, I was half alive You were a shock to my system Tearing up my quiet life Now it’s hard to watch your back Move away from me just like that In an instant All is gone, all is wrong I’m caught in the red but I’m fading to grey A constant reminder that nothing stays the same But nothing ever really changes You were right, I was half alive You were a shock to my system Tearing up my quiet life I felt safe walking straight lines You were a shock to my system Lighting up a fire so bright Now there’s no turning back for me I met you in the corner of the day You said I was beautiful But only when I’m lost And you were right I was half alive You were a shock to my system Tearing up my quiet life I felt safe walking straight lines You were a shock to my system Lighting up a fire so bright There’s no turning back for me
To Be Beside You Alone, such a simple word The sick on easy in this world For I have longed but never stirred And given up what I could deserve Just to be beside you Just to be beside you This could almost be love This could almost be in love Let's not read all the signs 'Cause there's a lot to be said for living a lie Just to be beside you Just to be beside you Say it out loud, no nothing can reach us here Say it out loud, no nothing can reach us here Say it out loud, no nothing can reach us here, here Say it out Ruin Hiding out in trenches I’ve built I’m so good at it now I know how to trick myself We’ll soon see if you’ll be my ruin I maybe high but you got me terrified You make me feel something again You make me feel human You make me feel something again At least I feel human again I was fine with nothing I was fine in a dream Did nobody tell you You can’t wake a girl who pretends to sleep I, I don’t know how you did it But I can’t catch my breath Wrapped so tightly round my chest Your love is a tourniquet You make me feel something again You make me feel human You make me feel something again At least I feel human again What do you burn What do you keep You can’t wake a girl Who pretends to sleep Over and over Cutting at scars You need the darkness If you wanna see stars What do you burn What do you keep You can’t wake a girl Who pretends to sleep Over and over Cutting at scars You need the darkness If you wanna see stars I don’t know why I tell you these things I don’t know why I tell you these things I don’t know why I tell you these things I don’t know why I tell you these things
Sorrow Be Gone I see a mountain The wind is a crazy man Saying no you can't But I know once I get up there Gone, my sorrow be gone My sorrow be gone Away I will not marry you That does not mean I Will not carry you For late at night by your side Gone, my sorrow is gone My sorrow is gone Away I do not know where I have been Unsure of where I am going But I know once I get there Gone, my sorrow be gone My sorrow be gone Away Gone, my sorrow be gone My sorrow be gone Away
There's Only Love Inside storm behind your eyes It’s where I stand Touching, guarded by the night You secure me If there's only laughter If there's only laughter Inside storm behind your eyes It ??? Sleep, sleep always far from me Can't pull me in If there's only laughter If there's only laughter Turn this world down Don't know how to stand still But I'm ready, I’m ready, ready, ready, ready, ready If there's only love If there's only love If there's only love If there's only love
Noise Let it break You'll feel better You're always near But gone forever I don't hear you Anymore There's too much noise Noise No, I can't hear you In this noise Far away You don't need it Day by day But you don't mean it I don't want to hear you Anymore Just give me noise Noise No, I don't wanna hear you In this noise No, I don't wanna hear you Give me noise
Laughter Inside storm behind your eyes it's where I stay Touching guided by the night you circle near Here there's only laughter Here there's only laughter Inside storm behind your eyes it's where I stand Sleep, sleep always far from me can't pull you near Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Here there's only laughter Here there's only laughter Turn this noise down Don't know how to stand still But I'm ready, ready, ready, ready, ready, ready Inside storm behind your eyes it's where I stay Touching guided by the light you circle near Here it's only love Here it's only love Dreamt You Were Fine I got a lot I want to say to you So sit yourself down on an easy chair I searched my whole life looking for a truth You had it right there but it meant nothing to you I know we'll meet soon Friend, covered by the night You are kindness Swimming in lost light With you soon I got a lot I want to prove to you In heavy seas we're white horses turning I got a lot on my mind To carry you just tears me up inside I know we'll meet soon Friend, covered by the night You are kindness swimming In lost light With you desire Departed, it's turning Your fate is turning Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better The wire that you climb gave way this time Nothing's gonna break your fall Nothing's gonna break your fall Soon, friend Covered by the night You are kindness Swimming in lost light With you, desire Departed, it's turning Your fate is turning Turning, turning...
Iona Calling out your name Throwing pieces of us to the flame To chase the blackness away For me there is no other Tempering the fire That's keeping us alive You broke me open I was dead and pale Now for me there is no other Was it hard Or harder leaving the tear the leaking of your gold inside Hold it in as we hold on tight Now we're flying over houses And farms never coming back again Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Somedays I am a truth Somedays I am a lying fool But you meet me in between For me there is no other For me there is no other love For me there is no other love For me there is no other love For me there is no other love For me there is no other love For me there is no other love For me there is no other love For me there is no other love Joy Snow is on the wire Take it as it is If I was to go slow Would it break all my bones I can take on anything I can take it on I can take on anything As long as I can see you As long as I can see you As long as I can see you Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Standing in the ocean Trying to avoid the waves Such a foolish man Nothing leaves that easy But nothing ever stays in this light I can take on anything As long as I can see you As long as I can see you As long as I can see you As long as I can see you As long as I can see you Steal me from a brittle soul You were the only one I told About the bones And longing for the medicine To stay alive Arms open wide I'm ready to go Hold me so tight now That you break all my bones I can take on anything I can take it all on I can take on anything As long as I can see you As long as I can see you As long as I can see you As long as I can see you As long as I can see you Dark Moon I am longing for something to happen To wake me up and fill my eyes with light There is a storm approaching And a dark moon rising A dark moon rising Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Forward movement I go slow These waters in my belly oh say There is a storm approaching And a black moon rising Such a black moon rising Palomino Ride with me boy on my palomino Racing through grey skies looking for the yellow Leave your father, mother, sister to the tv shows They try to fix you but sorrow's in the marrow Ride with me boy on my palomino Racing through grey skies looking for the yellow Leave your father, mother, sister to the tv shows They try to fix you but sorrow’`s in the marrow People are afraid of the quiet ones But I'm terrified of those who laugh too much sorrow Sorrow’s set alight when we get too close So I ride to your front yard and through your window I whisper Ride with me boy on my palomino Racing through grey skies looking for the yellow Leave your father, mother, sister to the tv shows They try to fix you but sorrow's in the marrow Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Ride with me boy on my palomino Racing through grey skies looking for the yellow Leave your father, mother, sister to the tv shows They try to fix you but sorrow's in the marrow How are girls allowed to treat you cruel Boys beat you at the age of six I chose to adore you 'Cause there is something I know when you're near That I forget when you go I'm gonna save you from the insincere Ride with me boy on my palomino Racing through grey skies looking for the yellow Leave your father, mother, sister to the tv shows They try to fix you but sorrow's in the marrow Ride with me boy on my palomino Racing through grey skies looking for the yellow Leave your father, mother, sister to the tv shows They try to fix you but sorrow's in the marrow Your sorrow's in the marrow Ride with me We're going through grey skies on butterfly wings I will rescue you from these things To Be Your Honey Your love is like a tourniquet It's wrapped so tightly round my chest Oh please don't leave Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better I'm not scared of the dark But I'm terrified of those who don't see it Man you make me need it Oh to be your honey Oh to be your honey Your love is like a tourniquet It's wrapped so tightly round my chest Don't leave I'm not scared of the dark But I'm terrified of those who don't see it Man you make me need it Oh to be your honey Oh to be your honey Honey bee Chasing I got a little secret in my heart Ten beats a second my mind throws punches in the dark Not sure what I'm looking for anymore Outside is black and white we lay in colour on the floor Nothing has meant more to me, my love I'm alive here Now I'm chasing that sweetness Chasing that sweetness Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better I got a little secret in my heart Now I count the falls of every word from your mouth I knew you once, your sleight of hand The rush of blood when you pull me near Before the water rushes in show me how to disappear Say something that will carry me away Or say something that will make me stay here Where I feel it all Feel nothing at all inside here I'm chasing that sweetness Chasing your sweetness Say something that will carry me away Something that will make me stay Say something that will carry me away Carry me away, carry me away Something that will carry me away Something that will make me stay Say something that will carry me away Carry me away, carry me away Making My Way Back Joined the line, paid them off It's just what`s expected of us Push it down that little sound That says that there's a fire in us Was never lost in my life Guess I needed some kind of wreckage You broke me up in two parts Know that I am better off for it Still I run in the opposite Direction until I realise Doesn't matter where I go Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Baby I'm just making my way back to you Making my way back I was always making my way back I just didn't realise with every path I was making my way back to you Making my way back I was always making my way back I just didn't realise There's a name for the pain That sits in equal parts between us We get caught up chasing lights We play the game but the rope gets tight Nothing changes till you change I know you don`t want it easy I see your face in every face Doesn't matter where I go Always hollow, chasing shadows I'm just making my way back to you Making my way back I was always making my way back I just didn't realise with every path I was making my way back to you Making my way back I was always making my way back I just didn't realise Was never lost in my life Was never lost in my life Was never lost in my life Was never lost Maybe I'm Oh I'm making my way back to you Making my way back I was always making my way back I just didn't realise with every path Oh I was making my way back to you Making my way back I was always making my way back I just didn't realise Caught Alone such a simple word Sick uneasy in this world For I have longed but never stirred I have waded through a dirt heart Then somebody's hand Caught my hand And pulled me up, pulled me up Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better There is a lesser kind of sight That means to steal you from this life Take comfort in artificial light Where angels are nowhere Then somebody's hand Caught my hand And pulled me up, pull me up You pulled me up, you pull me up You pulled me up, pull me up
Ae Fond Kiss
( Robert Burns )
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!
*** Thanx a lot to Stan for this one ***
( 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
A Safe Place to Hide
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
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
Angel Rays ( Evelyn Soundtrack )
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
Cloudbusting ( Live / Kate Bush Cover ) I still dream of Orgonon I wake up crying You're making rain And you're just in reach When you and sleep escape me You're like my yo-yo That glowed in the dark Made it special Made it dangerous, So I bury it And forget But every time it rains You're here in my head Just like the sun coming out Oh, I just know that something good is gonna happen And I don't know when But just saying it could even make it happen On top of the world Looking over the edge I could see them coming You looked too small In their big, black car To be a threat to the men in power I hid my yo-yo In the garden I can't hide you From the government Oh, God, Daddy I won't forget But every time it rains You're here in my head Just like the sun coming out Oh, I just know that something good is gonna happen I don't know when But just saying it could even make it happen Every time it rains You're here in my head Just like the sun coming out Just like the sun coming out You're like the sun coming out You're like the sun coming out
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
Come What May ( With the Mary Janes )
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
( 4.35 am EP )
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
4:35 A.m
( 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 Faithful
Faithful
( 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.
Gigantic
( 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
Gotta Low ( 4.35 am EP )
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
( 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?
*** Thanx a lot to Stan for this one *** Head and heart
( 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.
Holy places
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 Homecoming Queen ( 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 *** Thanx a lot to Stan for this one ***
( 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
I worked myself into a calm
( Work to a calm EP ) A slow walk Will do you good Try and take it all in 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 It Beats Me ( 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 *** Thanx a lot to Stan for this one ***
( 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
It's a Shame (Anti Atlas feat. Gemma Hayes / Between Voices LP) These tired eyes are lonely stars Trying to find some order in the chaos This is what you doing to me In every word you ever said You cut right through Through my chest I guess you never really left I guess you never really left Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And it's a shame We ended up what could've been golden I just thought you should know And everything That I ever been You're looking back at me I guess you never really left I guess you never really left me Drag myself onto the floor Trying to find some chaos in the order This is what you doing to me Simple truth is just denied You're all I have I lost the fight This is what you doing to me It's a shame We ended up what could've been golden I just thought you should know And everything That I ever been You're looking back at me I guess you never really left I guess you never really left me It's a shame We ended up what could've been golden Just thought you should know And everything That I ever been You're looking back at me I guess you never really left I guess you never really left me Never really left It's a shame You never really left It's a shame You never really left me This is what you doing to me
( 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
Lakes of Pontchartrain ( 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 Lay Lady Lay ( Bob Dylan / Magnet feat. Gemma Hayes ) 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 *** Thanx a lot to Stan for this one *** Listen Girl ( 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
( 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
( Bob Dylan / Magnet feat. Gemma Hayes )
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
Listen Girl
( 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
Mama what's that song
( B-side, from 'Back Of My Hand' single )
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
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
No Ordinary Love
( 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 Since you came my way You brightened every day With your sweet smile 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 ( Played live on 'Other Voices – Songs From A Room' / Oliver EP )
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
Oliver ( Oliver EP ) Oliver You kicked a hole through my heart And left me with the whistling sound As the wind blows through With duck tape And an old bin bag I covered it up And put back on my sweater So I look the same But I'm a little different now I might look the same I might look the same But I'm a little different now Oliver You ripped the smile off my face And fed it to the Winter birds What a wicked boy Oliver You are my blackness Oliver You are my lightness My devastator I might look the same I might look the same But I'm a little different now I might look the same I might look the same But I'm a little different now I'm a little different now
Perfect Day
( Undercover EP )
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
Queen of hearts
( 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
Rain King
( 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
Rith Me Go Crich
( 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
( B-side, from 'Let A Good Thing Go' single )
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)
The Snowman (Printer Clips feat. Gemma Hayes / Printer Clips LP) If I could paint a picture Put some flesh on your bare bones Instead of these stick men They must be scarlet and cold If I could speak my mind Open my gob till the dregs poured out But all that's left are shopping trolleys Dry river bed with traffic cones What is it you're so afraid of Gotta hang on to feel letting go It's just a power trip Learning the power of saying no I'm flying with the snowman I'm stopping for no man I could pin my hopes on you With a blindfold But the donkey would always have a tail And I a giddy soul Not saying it's all come to nothing It's all come to something I'm not quite getting Must try harder Must try harder I'm flying with the snowman I'm stopping for no man I'm flying with the snowman I'm stopping for no ma
These Days ( Jackson Browne / Oliver EP ) I've been out walking I don't do too much talking These days, these days. These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do And all the times I had the chance to I had a lover It's so hard to risk another These days, these days Now if I seem to be afraid To live the life that I have made in song It's just that I've been losing so long I'll keep on moving Things are bound to be improving these days These days These days I sit on corner stones And count the time in quarter tones to ten Please don't confront me with my failures I had not forgotten them
( Live / Cindy Lauper Cover )
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