Brompton Oratory Lyrics

Onward! And Onward! And Onward I goWhere no man before could be bothered to goTill the soles of my shoes are shot full of holesAnd it's all downhill with a bulletThis ramblin' and ...Read Full Lyrics

Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girlYou know, she lives in room twenty-nineWhy, why? That's the one right up top a mineI start to cry, I start to cryOh, I hear her walkingWalking barefoot...Read Full Lyrics

Stranger than kindnessBottled light from hotelsSpilling everythingWet hand from the volcanoSobers your skinStranger than Kindness You caress yourselfAnd grind my soft cold bones be...Read Full Lyrics

By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be risingAnd she'll find that note that I left hanging on the doorAnd she'll laugh when she reads the partThat says: "I'm leaving"'Cause I've l...Read Full Lyrics

I remember a girl so very wellThe carnival drums all mad in the airGrim reapers and skeletons and a missionary bellOh where do we go now but nowhereIn a colonial hotel we fucked up...Read Full Lyrics

Something's gotten hold of my heartKeeping my soul and my senses apartSomething's gotten into my lifeCutting its way through my dreams like a knifeTurning me up and turning me down...Read Full Lyrics

Go son, go down to the waterAnd see the women weeping thereThen go up into the mountainsThe men, they are all weeping too Father, why are all the women weeping?They are all weeping...Read Full Lyrics

Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girlYou know, she lives in room 29WhyWhyThat's the one right up top a mineAh start to cry, Ah start to cryO Ah hear her walkin'Walkin' barefoot cross the f...Read Full Lyrics

Come in, babeAcross these purple fieldsThe sun has sunk behind youAcross these purple fieldsThat idiot-boy in the cornerIs speaking deviated truthsCome on, admit it, babeIt's a won...Read Full Lyrics

I've seen your fairground hair, your seaside eyesYour vampire tooth, your little truth and your tiny liesAnd I know your trembling hand, your guilty prizeYour sleeping limbs, your ...Read Full Lyrics