They bind his eyes with a silken scarf
And in his ear a friend explains
The one you catch is the one you kiss
How we all love party games
All the years that she has watched him
Is...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Oh the drones on the corner don't look her in the eye when she comes out to play
And three times now at the Club Chi-Chi they've turned her away
Last week she was the belle of the ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
I know the way that I feel about you
I'm never gonna run away
I'm never gonna run away
I never knew the way when I lived without you
I'm never gonna run away
I'm never gonna run aw...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Now I remember the promise I gave you
The night I shipped out as a peace volunteer
As we sat holding hands in the Lamb and Flag tavern
I swore I'd be back for you same time next ye...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
O you took my word and you took my key
You took my pride and you took my dignity
How can I still pretend
To be what a man should be
Well, whatever I say is in a book
Whatever I do...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
A sailor's life, it is a merry life
He robs young girls of their heart's delight
Leaving them behind to weep and mourn
They never know when they will return
"Well, there's four an...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Sometimes I long for the solitary life
Parents long gone, no kids, no wife
Sister somewhere in Australia
Never did keep in touch
S** no more than a how-do-ye-do
With a copy of tit-...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Well we were heroes then, and the girls were all pretty
And a uniform was a lucky charm, bought you the key to the city
We used to dance the whole night through
While Al Bowlly san...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Alexander Graham Bell
Note the name and note it well
Father of the modern age
His inventions are all the rage
Of course there was the telephone
He'd be famous for that alone
But th...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
(Richard Thompson)
If it's all the same to you
I'll sit down on my pew
So I don't fall
I've been let down, oh yes
But nothing quite like this
That I recall
I could have been anyb...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson