New York City Eddi Reader

only so much I want us to say if I could find us a room in New York city there'd be no holding back there'd be no going back in New York, New York we're out in the morning we've seen out the night walking

Kiteflyer's Hill Eddi Reader

Those summer nights so still With all of the city beneath us And all of our lives ahead Before cruel and foolish words Were cruelly and foolishly said Sometimes I think of you and then I go Up to Kiteflyer's

Follow My Tears Eddi Reader

but his eyes were kind And I knew our love would grow From my eyes to the river From the river to the sea From the sea to the darkening clouds From the sky back down to me Follow my tears We sailed for New

Psychic Reader Eddi Reader

psychic reader just a block away are you feeling sore palm readin’ just a walk away and my feet are sore we’re wearing starlight out no burning my eye lift your head up we’ll read your thoughts we’ll read

Silent Bells Eddi Reader

shells says all that we are without love, silent bells how does it feel made of fire and steel and never allowed to ring you know that it's wrong when the soul has a song it never gets to sing without new

The Right Place Eddi Reader

lifetimes ago, there lived a girl that you don't know She walked about and answered to my name But let's not talk of strangers now, of where and when or why and how I've turned around and I'm looking at a new

Patience Of Angels Eddi Reader

From the top of the busShe thought she saw him waveShe saw Tuesdays and forgetfulnessAnd a little money savedDoes she know, I don't knowBut from here I can tellThat it would try the patience of ang...

Dear John Eddi Reader

Oh, dear JohnI hate to be the one to break the newsBut it’s concerning me and youThis is the letter no one ever wants to writeYou may not believe meBut it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever doneMy eyes ...

Scarecrows Eddi Reader

oh scarecrow wherever you goyou’re only bringing sorrowoh scarecrow wherever you goyou’re only bringing sorrowsorrow for the ones you left behindsorrow for the ones who gosorrow for the ones who ch...

East Of Us Eddi Reader

she’s an icebergwhite and glisteningopen firesee her melting(holding on to the east of us)there’s a tornado turning(I wish you well from the east of us)in the palms of our careless hands(you’re a m...

Joke (I'm Laughing) Eddi Reader

D'you hear the one aboutThe one you're now without?Did it make you smile?D'you hear the one aboutThe one you filled with doubt?Was it worth your while?The way you kick a life aroundDeserving to be ...

The Exception Eddi Reader

In a paparazzi photograph she was stepping from a carThe tired eyes betrayed the smile of the faded singing starAt the publishers reception on the launching of her bookShe told the grimy details an...

Red Face Big Sky Eddi Reader

let's go walking to the edge of herelet's go find the big seamaybe the sky will fall on usbut I've got your namein my mouth like (wildfire)ah it's just like (wildfire)all the things you saidmake my...

When I Watch You Sleeping Eddi Reader

when I watch you sleepingI see myself for what I amand the secret I’ve been keepingit’s more than I can standoh I’ve tried but can’t ignorewhat I know in heaven sawthat’s why when I watch you sleep...

Wonderful Lie Eddi Reader

I remember all of this in slow motionEvery tawdry detailDust caught in the sun in your kitchenEmpty words, saying nothingI nearly forgot who i wasI nearly forgot who i wasI nearly forgot who i wasI...

Prayer Wheel Eddi Reader

You don't seem too glad to see meIs it a bad time?Is there somewhere you'd rather be?Well, it's about timeDon't forget about meDon't forget about meSpin a prayer wheel for me sometimesDon't let me ...

Postcard Eddi Reader

You sent a pretty postcardFrom a far and lonely seaA dancer and a mandolinThey looked like you and meI've been awake for hours and hoursI should be fast asleepI lost the place and out it fellYour p...

Wings On My Heels Eddi Reader

I never was too good at dancingSomewhere I'd step out of lineBut I knew that I had wings on my heelsWhen they played in three-quarter timeThe pride of the north end would swaggerThe blades from the...

On A Whim Eddi Reader

At times I'm saddled by this nagging doubtAnd the light so dimThrough this confusion my heart goes travellingOn a whimIt's a cold and rainy day but it feels so rightTo be out on a limbIt's where I ...

Hummingbird Eddi Reader

Hummingbird, hummingbirdI knew I'd find you hereBright lights draw you nearThey always willAll that work and worry just to stay stillHummingbird, hummingbirdAlways on your mindSweetness you must fi...

Barcelona Window Eddi Reader

I can hear laughterSwimming through my windowBurnt orange petalsMoving in my eyesUnwrap meUntrap meYou and IHere we hide awaySomeone is workingSomeone is waitingSomeone is wastedBut that's outsideA...

Bell, Book And Candle Eddi Reader

Blue around a morning moonThe color of your eyesI remember holding youA fall through summer skiesYou're everything that I've becomeEvery word I sayI need a bell a book and candleTo keep your ghost ...

California Eddi Reader

Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good companyHe only comes here when there's no one else to seeI don't mind if he comes aroundI know the winter gets him downBilly doesn't love me but he keeps goo...

Please Don't Ask Me To Dance Eddi Reader

Please don't ask me to dancePlease don't ask me to danceSkin remembers what the heart forgetsAnd I might do something that I will regretHow can you smile at me nowAfter all the ugly words we usedDo...

Clear Eddi Reader

I do believe this road's for goingI'll be on it soon enoughMy baby wants a motherSo do I when it's all too toughI do believe there's something comingHope it wake us upThe big hand's pointing this w...

Glasgow Star Eddi Reader

there’s a yellow starhung over a Glasgow skyin a sandstone doorwayI had the sweetest kissI’m here for days like theseand I’m walking down the middle of the Great Western Roadand I’m surfing on a ta...

Candyfloss Eddi Reader

candyfloss between my earsI’ve been getting this way for yearsnow I’m so dumb, if I walk and chew gumit’s a miracleit’s a miraclecandyfloss behind my eyesI see no clouds, I see blue skiesnow I’m so...

Rebel Angel Eddi Reader

I’m on the Queenstown Road riding bumper to bumperan island, an island in the driving rainand in my mind it’s the highest place I’ve everbeen without a parachute, without holding on or fallingfalli...

Semi-Precious Eddi Reader

Semi-precious, almost flawlessSemi-precious, almost flawlessI will find you, I will find youUnder bridges, where my fear liesIn the wreckage, I will catch your eyesIn borrowed rooms, by gutter moon...

Medicine Eddi Reader

did you fall out of the family treehere’s a kiss to mend your kneeeverybody needs some kind of medicine sometimeshow long did you think it would last with yoursleeping pills and laughing gas?everyb...

Lazy Heart Eddi Reader

I've got a lazy heartCan't make it do a thingWon't go to church on SundaysI've never heard it singNo matter what I doCan't make my heart love youI've got a lazy heartSleeps when the morning comesSl...

Butterfly Jar Eddi Reader

prettiest thing he ever sawhe’d been looking near and farbut he didn’t want the world to shareso he kept her in a butterfly jarall the time his beauty sleptwhile he was watching in the darkno one s...

I Loved a Lad Eddi Reader

I ainse loved a lass and I loved her sae wellthat I hate all others that spoke of her ill;but now she’s rewarded me ill for my loveshe’s gone tae get wed tae another.When I saw my love tae the kirk...

Darkhouse Eddi Reader

the moon flies past the darkhouseshines a light inshe is in a corner, corneredand the dust fills everythingshe thought she needed savingby the prince of hopelessnessshe dreams of Barbie dolls and l...

Dragonflies Eddi Reader

A lost summer's day, a lifetime awayWhat do you findSlow turning sun, with somewhere to runOn your mindNot the flash that you sawThat was gone in the wink of an eyeAs soon as we're hereWe disappear...

Dandelion Eddi Reader

oh dandelionif I make a wish on youand then I set you freeonto the breezewill my wish come trueoh dandelionI used to be the samenothing could hold me downnow I'm earthly boundoh what a shamewhy be ...

Love Is The Way Eddi Reader

Love is the wayLove is the wayLove is the way you lead meIn the light of this day, all things make sense somehowIt's like I've been in a haze for what seems like years nowWell I suppose I am drawn ...

Sweet Mountain Of Love Eddi Reader

I'm looking upI see the skyI look and wonderWhen will I see youStanding thereStanding thereWhen will I see youIn care of my sweet mountain of loveIn care of my sweet mountain of loveIn care of my s...

Never Going Back Again (Queen Of Scots) Eddi Reader

you broke down and you let me inI first heard this song in Irvineyou told me I was good luckI'm seventeen in KilmarnockI'm never going to be that againnow I've seen what it means to winQueen of Sco...

Over It Now Eddi Reader

Kiss me quickBefore I turn into a pumpkinNearly sick on the wall of deathBut then you held me hardCigarette on the ghost trainAnd for a while I was someone elseI'm over it nowYes I'm over it nowI w...

Fallen Twice Eddi Reader

She came to him last nightWith a bottle of wine and a broken heartAnd he held her in his armsAnd he wondered for a whileWas sadness just a broken smileFrom a girl with pale green eyesBut he knows n...

It's Magic Eddi Reader

You sigh, a song beginsYou speak and I hear violinsIt's magicThe stars desert the skiesAnd rush to nestle in your eyesIt's magicWithout a golden wandOr mystic charmsFantastic things beginWhen I am ...

My Shining Star Eddi Reader

When the storm is raging and the sky is blackYour light came to me in the barAnd it brought me to my journey's endYou are my shining starCan I stay with you my shining starEverything that I am seem...

I Won't Stand In Your Way Eddi Reader

You're growing upYou drop my handBefore I knew itYou could standI find it hard the letting goBut there's one thing I knowI won't stand in your wayTo go out tonight, see all the lightsI couldn't sta...

Dragonflies (Boo Hewerdine edit) Eddi Reader

A lost summer's day, a lifetime awayWhat do you findSlow turning sun, with somewhere to runOn your mindNot the flash that you sawThat was gone in the wink of an eyeAs soon as we're hereWe disappear...

Roses Eddi Reader

everybody listenlove is all aroundfeel it in the breezesummer's coming rounddressing up the treesand it makes me feel alrightwatching all the signs of passing timeseasons going rounddigging in thei...

New York Urban Cone

different Cause all these streets the make me high They make me different And all you people make me shy Cause you are different Please don't be different Please don't be different They call it Neeeeew New

Find My Love (Feat. Eddi Reader) Fairground Attraction

Cats are crying, gates are slammin'The wind is howling 'round the house tonightI'm as lonely as a boat out on the seawhen the night is black and the tide is highOh, on nights like this(I) feel like...

New York, New York Frank Sinatra

Start spreadin' the news, I'm leavin' today I want to be a part of it New York, New York These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray Right through the very heart of it New York, New York I want

New York, New York Frank Sinatra,Tony Bennett

Start spreading the news, You\'re leaving today (tell him friend) I want to be a part of it - New York, New York Your vagabond shoes, They are longing to stray And steps around the heart of it - New