America for Beginners Lyrics

It's a snow-wind She's felt It blow for sixty years and more Cora and the snow-wind Like the row-lock and the oar Cutting through these icy waters To find shelter and perfecti...Read Full Lyrics

Last night I heard of the death of a stranger to me'Though I've known many more of her kindScattered in bed-sits and in 'hard-to-let' flatsAnd anywhere else they could findHalf a w...Read Full Lyrics

Down at the landing stage the sign reads 'Havoline'And you buy the diesel there, back in the old routineYou pay up your harbour dues and then, from the anchorageAll in her wedding ...Read Full Lyrics

We start so small, there's so much to usWho builds the walls we can never rise above?I can tear them for youTear them down, but I'm not going to drown for youSomeone rocked you on ...Read Full Lyrics

It's a life-time from the leather stalls The Berbers and bazaars Down through every measured movement In the making of the cars. And it doesn't pay much And it doesn't leave s...Read Full Lyrics

Don't walk, don't walk it says but he can't rideNot while his only living relative's insideWho couldn't pay his way and couldn't pay his finesHis spirit stretched like gum between ...Read Full Lyrics

Album, tour, albumen, you're still picking at theshellAnd you know you should be glad of the livingBut it seems like a living hell sometimesAnd on this playing stage you play so ha...Read Full Lyrics

It's a snow-wind She's felt It blow for sixty years and more Cora and the snow-wind Like the row-lock and the oar Cutting through these icy waters To find shelter and perfecti...Read Full Lyrics

Don't walk, don't walk it says but he can't rideNot while his only living relative's insideWho couldn't pay his way and couldn't pay his finesHis spirit stretched like gum between ...Read Full Lyrics

You can spend a cheque in a morning And go hungry the same afternoon. Sometimes the only quarters between you and a rainstorm Are the quarters of the moon. You know for every o...Read Full Lyrics