Civilisation 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

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

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