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
I packed my rags, went down the hill
Left my dependents a-lying still
Just as the dawn was a-rising up
I was making good speed
I left a letter lying on the bed
From a man in need i...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
What time of day is this? O you really look a mess
Clean down the tables and help out on the door
It's just no good to me if you're in ecstasy
Running all night with that boyfriend...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
False hand in false hand
Down Lovers' Lane, we walked, we two
Love sold for fool's gold
Down Lovers' Lane, we walked, we two
On your back I'll climb
Or you climb on mine
Deception ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Act 1, Scene 2, The Clinic of Dr. Krikstein. On a podium, Center,
Mrs. Ripstock-Geddes is posing as Aphrodite, complete with water jug.
Enter Left dr. Krikstein, followed by his st...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
We used to say "There'd come the day we'd all be making songs
Or finding better words" These ideas never lasted long
The way is up along the road, the air is growing thin
Too many...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Mary and Joseph were watching their? Bother?
Lovers with a different past, like the one that loves? A rose?
Mary is in stitches, she's tied down on the bed
While Joseph plays a uke...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
What a fool I was
What a thin disguise
Brando mumble
Mingus eyes
Was a time she fell
But then she got wise
Brando mumble
Mingus eyes
Never had the squint of James Dean
Or the Stani...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
When I said those things I was out of my mind
I was trying to be mean and cruel and unkind
Don't take it too hard
There's another man inside me wants to break us apart
You were chi...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
I've got a little car and she might go far
She's the mistress of my heart now
She's a '65 with an overdrive
I fixed her in every part now
2 in the front and 2 in the back
110 on th...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson