Tropical night, Malaria moon
Dying stars of the silver screen
She danced that famous Gypsy dance
With a hole in her tambourine
I was young enough and dumb enough
I swallowed down ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
He said, Dear, I'm leaving, right there in the hallway
As the party roared on all around
And her head wouldn't turn, O she couldn't look at him
In a whirlpool she quietly drowned
A...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
The Hand of Kindness
Lyrics + music by Richard Thompson
Weel I wove the rope
And I picked the spot
Well I stuck out my neck
And I tightened the knot
O stranger, stranger
It don't d...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
They say running into you is like running into trouble
You bend my ear and I see double
You're everybody's idea of a waste of time
You still come around 'cos I used to listen
But I...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Hard on me, hard on me
Why do you grind me small
Hard on me, hard on me
At every fence I fall
I bite my rage
I stop my breath
I shake my cage
I swim with emptiness
Hard on me, ha...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
[Verse 1]
Gypsy [thing?] twists my love life
She's my soul and destiny
Three times I turned the queen of hearts
But her love was meant for me
[Verse 2]
Cupid shoots just li...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
I sigh when people pass by and I hide it away
I wipe a tear from my eye and I hide it away
When I need you the most
I hold the ghost of you inside
So I keep the flame, and go on my...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Little boy running and the little girl too
Got the money tucked up in their hands
Over the wall and down into the street
Give your money to the hollering man
Give your money to the...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Little boy running and the little girl too
Got the money tucked up in their hands
Over the wall and down into the street
Give your money to the hollering man
Everybody runs for Ho...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Oh the rain is falling (blow blow down)
And the wild wind roars (blow blow down)
It'll shake your windows (blow blow down)
And rattle your doors (blow blow down)
Ah blow down this ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson