Let me rock you in my arms
I'll hold you safe and small
A refugee from the Seraphim
In your rich girl rags and all
Did your dreams die young
Were they too hard won
Did you reach to...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Stow your gear and charge your lamp
Say goodbye to dark and damp
Dss will pay your stamp
Last shift, close her down
Leave your manhood, leave your pride
Back there on the mucky si...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
I drew near to the house of Layla
It was then I heard her call
Her sweet voice made me wish that it would never end at all
Oh you say you see some good in me
It's only from her lig...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
He was a species on the verge of extinction
She was an Air New Zealand hostess
They were mystically joined, like Rawicz and Landauer
Like Pinky and Perky, like Porgy and Bess
O he ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
My oh my, but you do look the killer
Never mind the duds just look at that hat
All that green chartreuse on the waistcoat
How do you come by something like that?
Where did you get ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
As I went oot a walkin, one fine summers day, I met wee Sammy Mcauley,
He says to me, I, ll buy ye a hauf, o the bonnie, bonnie nips o whisky.
Chorus
Oh ye tak a big dram and Ill...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
We may never meet in the light of day
If we passed on the street, would we look the other way
So I search for you where we can't be seen
And I know we'll meet on the page of this m...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Somebody's walking, oh somebody's walking
There on the grave of our love
And somebody's kicking the dust and the ashes away
Why don't they just let it die
And fade and grow cold ag...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
A worn out man
He came into town
He was mad with love
Oh mad with love
The whole of the town
Oh they began to weep
The rich and the poor
When they heard him speak
Oh, the madness o...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
That's the place I used to work
When I was a wild, young turk
It's now the Museum of Industry
Schoolkids get in for free
Brickworks-smell of rotten eggs
Rubber works poured out th...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson