Borrowed Time Lyrics

Well I bought me a horse with a broken leg They said that she never could win Only fit for a bullet, they said She'll be coming out of a tin So I took her home, I fed her on hay I...Read Full Lyrics

You called for me so here I am Not a boy and not a man Man enough to know the odds are long They dress you up and keep you clean Like courtiers around a queen Show you good fr...Read Full Lyrics

I got sinister things waiting for you in my rattle bag Egyptian rings, and the dust of kings, and the tooth of a hag The bones of Keats, the tongues of cheats, and a mad dog's eye ...Read Full Lyrics

I was under the Calvary Cross The pale-faced lady she said to me I've watched you with my one green eye. And I'll hurt you 'till you need me. You scuff your heels and you spit on y...Read Full Lyrics

I started to cry, they put gin in my cup I started to crawl and they swaddled me up I got up and run, they said, easy son Play up, play the game They told me to think and forget w...Read Full Lyrics

They're not human, they're with the Woolwich They eat food I wouldn't give to my dog They're hygienic, medicated They wouldn't live next door to no wog They're not human, where do ...Read Full Lyrics

Young love, I wish you well Shotgun and wedding bells Semi-semi and the damp is peeling Hole in the roof wet the baby's head Back streets, real scum about Need a car, a little run-...Read Full Lyrics

Turn around, don't whisper out my name For like a breeze, it'd stir a dying flame I'll miss someone, if it eases you to know But close the door lightly when you go Who was the one ...Read Full Lyrics

Here I am in your room going through your stuff Said you'd be gone five minutes, that's time enough Here in your drawer there's lacy things Old credit cards and beads and bangles a...Read Full Lyrics

Cooksferry Queen / Richard Thompson Well there's a house In an alley In the squats and low-rise Of a town with no future But that's where my future lies It's a secret, but no sec...Read Full Lyrics