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
Artist - Richard Thompson
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
Artist - Richard Thompson
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
Artist - Richard Thompson
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
Artist - Richard Thompson
(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
Artist - Richard Thompson
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
Artist - Richard Thompson
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
Artist - Richard Thompson
Keep your weight on the Dead Man's Handle
Or the wheels won't hold the rail
Keep your weight on the Dead Man's Handle
Or the steam brake's bound to fail
Woah she'll jump boys and s...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
She was there one minute and then she was gone the next
Lying in a pool of herself with a twisted neck
Oh she fell from the roof to the ground
There was glass lying all around
She...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
John Dunblane, Annie Painter, they were true lovers to the end
They grew up together in the streets where no one is your friend
They mixed their heart's blood together, they swore ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson