Broken English Lyrics

My father promised me rosesMy mother promised me thornsMy father taught me to use my mindMy mother taught me scornHe touches me lightly with his handIt feels like being born [Repea...Read Full Lyrics

Will you take me across the channel,London Bridge is falling downStrange a woman tries to saveWhat a man will try to drownAnd he's the rain that they predicted,It's the forecast ev...Read Full Lyrics

Anna ISo we saved up, bought ourselves an outfit,Nighties, nylons, beautiful dresses.Soon we found a job that was going,A job as dancer in a cabaret,A job in memphis, the second bi...Read Full Lyrics

Every time I see you looking my way,Baby, baby, can't you hear my heartbeat ?In the park or walking down the high way,Baby, baby, can't you hear my heartbeat ?And when you move up ...Read Full Lyrics

Here I lie in my hospital bedTell me, sister morphine, when are you coming round again?Oh, I don't think I can wait that longOh, you see, I'm not that strongAll the other patients ...Read Full Lyrics

As soon as you're born they make you feel smallBy giving you no time instead of it allTill the pain is so big you feel nothing at allA working class hero is something to be,A worki...Read Full Lyrics

It is the evening of the day,I sit and watch the children play.Smiling faces I can seeBut not for me,I sit and watch as tears go by.My riches can't buy everything,I want to hear th...Read Full Lyrics

You must leave nowTake what you need, you think will lastBut whatever you wish to keepYou'd better grab it fastYonder stands your orphan with his gunCrying like a fire in the sunLo...Read Full Lyrics

He walks along singing his fairy songPicking up magic that grows at his feet.She says the same her peculiar wayDreaming good fortune on everyone's street.Say, hey, have you heard, ...Read Full Lyrics

The morning sun touched lightly onThe eyes of Lucy JordanIn a white suburban bedroomIn a white suburban townAnd she lay there 'neath the coversDreaming of a thousand lovers'Til the...Read Full Lyrics