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It was nothing, it came from nowhere at all, it was a casual remark, Not a curtain-call. Late for breakfast - black coffee, brandy-laced... That look on your face. I'll remember la...Read Full Lyrics

In my time I've told a lie of two. I've been a deceiver, but believe me What I now say is true. There's no other way I can express what I'm thinking of: You're my favourite, you're...Read Full Lyrics

So If it's just so then Where is it now when I find the moment Uncertain? Broken water pail - No moon in the water, Try to hold it now. So I want to hold on Reflections all gone, N...Read Full Lyrics

Look out through your dark hair, tell me the colour of your eyes when they're cool; look out through the dark ages and tell me what's covert, transfixing you. Oh, you're nobody's b...Read Full Lyrics

Beside the pool of clear water, Fed by a secret spring, your lips are sealed, But in your body language Angels sing. I swear on the Bible, Swear on the sacred and profane I think I...Read Full Lyrics

In my youth, I played at trains: now all steam is gone. In my dreams, brief shelter from the rain, I try to catch the fireglow... With Dinky Toys, I thought that I was Stirling; Wi...Read Full Lyrics

In Germany, his days finally caught him; I won't insult his memory with long-distance grief. Tears and wakes weren't his style: not him, Not for Keith. He'd have laughed in my face...Read Full Lyrics

There are so many questions, There are so many doubts - This is auto-suggestion Your spirit is giving out. If I offered my reasons Would you give me a break? Now it's all open seas...Read Full Lyrics

That token drag on your cigarette, That well-known face in the fire, It could be someone you can't forget, Someone you've learnt to admire. And it's strange How the feeling goes; A...Read Full Lyrics

A system in the making Self-healing for the blind, Sitting in the waiting-room Of the patient mind.... Raging at the illness, When the rage may be it's cause. The purpose of the wi...Read Full Lyrics