Shadows Of The Big Man Chris Rea

Oh you've been so long In the shadows of the big man How long can you take it How far can you go Don't you know how strong In the shadows of the big man While he smiles in the sunlight You

Your warm and tender love Chris Rea

Your warm and tender love I was lost in the deep and darkest night No direction, not a single hope in sight When I saw a fire burning brightly through The storm that raged above In the shadows

The Bones Of Angels Chris Rea

Long shadows Bright light That falls to the front From a darkness behind There is no end To this mountain top Inside these stones Only peace will we find Inside out We're all part

Little blonde plaits Chris Rea

Little blonde plaits Sweet September, I remember Eyes of August deepest blue While the lazy town was sleeping Strangest love that I ever knew Feel the wind blow, see the shadows Kiss the breeze

King Of The Beach Chris Rea

Let your fighting scars heal in the sun of a bright windy day Let your cold blades sleep in the sand till it's rusted away Washed each night in the waves while you sleep away each memory

The road to hell (part 2) Chris Rea

The road to hell (part 2) Well I'm standing by the river But the water doesn't flow It boils with every poison you can think of And I'm underneath the streetlight But the light of joy I know

The Road To Hell (Part 1 & 2) Chris Rea

Well I\'m standing by the river But the water doesn\'t flow It boils with every poison you can think of And I\'m underneath the streetlight But the light of joy I know Scared beyond belief way down

The Road to Hell (Pt. 2) Chris Rea

Well I\'m standing by the river But the water doesn\'t flow It boils with every poison you can think of And I\'m underneath the streetlight But the light of joy I know Scared beyond belief way down

Shine Shine Shine Chris Rea

"And now the day is over And the shadows start to grow The sun has done us well today In flaming crimson he explodes And bursts of million colours That spill across the sky I turn and look at you love

Shine, shine, shine Chris Rea

Shine, shine, shine And now the day is over And the shadows start to grow The sun has done us well today In flaming crimson he explodes And bursts of million colours That spill across the sky

Midnight blue Chris Rea

so long Good things, never too late So don't take no chances Leave nothing to faith I wanna walk tall in midnight blue Look good, oh so good Step out in midnight blue Midnight blue I watch the

Texas (1989) Chris Rea

looking all around me At what has come to be Been talking to my neighbour And he agrees with me It's all gone crazy Well my wife returns from taking My little girl to school She's got beads of

The Road To Hell (Part 1&2) Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And she bent down real slow A fearful

Chisel hill Chris Rea

Misty eyes on a misty day Come across a place like this along your way You walk straight in to that sweet and tender trap And you know you're lost and found And there ain't no going back Spend the

Since I Don't See You Anymore Chris Rea

The gas-lamp flickers in the night And jingle-jangles in the wind The pool-hall cowboys play and play 'Cos pool-hall hot shots don't go home And a lonely breeze sends shivers From a distant shore

Julia Chris Rea

Julia Eyes so bright, so big and wide Make you feel so strange Somewhere deep inside It's the face of an angel Soul of the devil may care How I'd love to know What goes on in there She

Marvin Chris Rea

Oh Marvin, Seems so long But I still remember you I would have given everything If I could have talked to you For just one small moment In the quiet of the day You took my pain away Oh

90's Blues Chris Rea

Well I look out of my window I see the morning cold and grey I look out of my window I see the morning cold and grey I told you so many years ago They're all gonna end up, end up this way Well the fat

Nineties Blues Chris Rea

Well I look out of my window I see the morning cold and grey I look out of my window I see the morning cold and grey I told you so many years ago They're all gonna end up, end up this way

Sierra, Sierra Chris Rea

Sierra, Sierra Sierra, Sierra Tell me where is this place you are from You speak of a land Filled with warm sea and sand And the ladies who lie in the sun Sierra, Sierra Your distant lights

Square Peg, Round Hole Chris Rea

He's a square peg in a round hole Misfit in a slick world Don't play the game Don't do what he's told He's a square peg in a round hole Square peg don't care The bright lights he's not there

Windy town Chris Rea

Windy town Driving home from the highland line We done some gigs on the Clyde and the Tyne They flew us in from a Hamburg strip The taste of Dusseldorf still on our lips And on the bus there is

GOD`S GREAT BANANA Chris Rea

Go down my road running just as fast as I can Nobody knows which is the better way But when that man in the sky points his finger at you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you God's great

God's Great Banana Skin Chris Rea

Go down my road running just as fast as I can Nobody knows which is the better way But when that man in the sky points his finger at you Don't you ever think no-one's better than you God's great

Just want to be with you Chris Rea

Just want to be with you Deep inside the burning histories All along this lonesome road The wheels that turn upon what used to be In passioned memories, overload The truckhouse standing on the

Loving you Chris Rea

Loving you The night was black with thunder The streets were wet with rain Another day goes under A little bourbon will take the strain And I'm waiting for my take-home French fries She smiled

Tennis Chris Rea

Tennis In the morning madness and the stabbing light She pours the coffee and she says "What was wrong with you last night?"

Wired to the moon Chris Rea

Wired to the moon Sleep tonight little girl Go right in through No-one can wake you now You're falling through your dreams Sliding down every beam 'Cos you don't know how Don't know how to

It's All Gone Chris Rea

A careless heart ain't no good to no-one I was going back my friends to see Of what became of my childhood daydreams Of all the things that used to be To my surprise i stood alone I walked a

Gonna buy a hat Chris Rea

Gonna buy a hat She talks like thunder She really lets you know She keep changing the rules And leave you nowhere to go She bore you rigid with the party line She's so far left she's gonna get

Good news Chris Rea

Good news He's watching the girls on the dance floor He's watching the light in her hair He's praying that love's gonna come soon There's a sweet smell of hope in the air Just another boy from

Don't Want Your Best Friend Chris Rea

She's got her independence in a hard fast way She's got me chasing shadows with everything I try to say Some say she's far too quick, some say she's slow to learn But all I know is she gave me love

From love to love Chris Rea

From love to love Well if you want me then just take my hand And if you don't, I will understand It's just a call from deep within my soul The burning question, I have got to know Take a message

Stick it Chris Rea

Stick it The steel mill closes down tonight As the dying embers fade And all the guys are too tired for tears Checking their final pay Those razored sabres of steel they made They never got to

Hey you Chris Rea

Hey you I'm stood out with my brother On a tree lined avenue I see the sweetest little creature Coming into my view And I say to myself, I say man I'm gonna get me some Of that bright little

Dance! (Don't Think) Chris Rea

Sometimes I think I go insane So what's a boy supposed to do Working just to pay my way But baby when the day is through Just wanna have a good time Hey!

Working on it Chris Rea

Working on it Oh how I'd love it girl, just you and me Take the day and fly But oh this job, it's got the best of me Tell you why, tell you why Somebody above is in a desperate state Some kind

Standing in your doorway Chris Rea

Standing in your doorway There'll be no moon tonight And the stars won' t light the sky There are women on the streets But there's no loving in their eyes Feeling weary, tired and wishing I was

Yes I do Chris Rea

Yes I do In the morning she brings music Takes the dark clouds from my eyes Gives me something to hang on to When the cold wind fills the skies And you ask me do I love her Yes I do!

Tamatave Chris Rea

Je veux sentir le sable Entre mes doigts de pieds Tamatave ma petite rouquine Elle la sait Long grass dancing in the day Blue sky palm trees gently sway I come from a land down in sun

No qualifications Chris Rea

No qualifications Now he wanted to fly all those big aeroplanes Trans-continental and back home again But his brain, it was grounded His head could not cope No qualifications, no reasons for hope

Long Is The Time, Hard Is The Road Chris Rea

Big old snake o' red tail lights Lookin' for a drain Pretty red, like diamond bright become your ball and chain If you ever reach the other side, it will never be this way They tie you down with your own

Dancing with Charlie Chris Rea

they're waiting in line to go dancing with Charlie They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie No-one seems to know how No-one seems to care Doesn't really matter just as long as you are there Party in the

One fine day Chris Rea

One fine day She's standing by the waterside, she's waiting for her man On the evening wind, she hears the whistle blow It's coming from the factory, she hears it every day Her soft cheeks flush

Sweet kiss Chris Rea

Sweet kiss I lie awake, late at night I just don't seem to sleep at all Got so high, don't I know why Said man I got that Moon-dog call Stepping out into the street Gonna dance till my legs

Curse of the traveller Chris Rea

Curse of the traveller On the restless road to nowhere There's no certain peace it seems Desire to keep on moving till the river of dreams Is it just because someone told you Is it just because

Thinking Of You Chris Rea

Somewhere in this crazy night With all this noise, and all this light I'm out upon the crowded street I play the game and I keep the beat But I'm thinking of you And I remember the summer

Joys of Christmas Chris Rea

Joys of Christmas I see all the tough guys still not 25 Dying on their feet Coughing, honking, cadging cigarettes And still out on the street Well, they got no money, nowhere to go Fathers of

Joys Of Christmas Chris Rea

I see all the tough guys still not 25 Dying on their feet Coughing, honking, cadging cigarettes And still out on the street Well, they got no money, nowhere to go Fathers of 2, 3 maybe

Ace of hearts Chris Rea

Ace of hearts Could this be true Could this be me The one who kept himself so high and free Caught up in the highest game of all And all my defences tumble and fall Only the ace of hearts can