Calvary Cross 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

Love that holds its breath for fear Of scaring love away I rush my lines I care too deeply O will she keep me For idle games I raise my eyes to see her there Shining in a daydream...Read Full Lyrics

(Richard Thompson) Out in the desert there's a soldier lying dead Vultures pecking the eyes out of his head Another day that could have been me there instead Nobody loves me here ...Read Full Lyrics

Becky loved me and I let her Wish I could have loved her better On the day we pulled apart She primed a time-bomb in my heart Now there's a shadow hiding Now there's a horseman rid...Read Full Lyrics

First time you had me You really did it this time, you did Did you count your fingers after shaking my Hand, God forbid? Riff raff, crawing from the slums Right there, in front of...Read Full Lyrics