Mother's Ruin Lyrics

The ship was heaving with a mass of humankind My heart was grieving for the the land that lay behind The cruel ocean echoed all those sad goodbyes That at my leaving almost made me...Read Full Lyrics

(kirsty maccoll) Maybe it's imaginary, I'd like to know What's the world coming to and where will it go? The hole in the sky where the sunshine gets in It dries up the land as it ...Read Full Lyrics

(kirsty maccoll/pete glenister) I was born and I was bred I was reared and I was fed Moved into the neighbourhood Where I was bad and I was good I fixed things for people there I ...Read Full Lyrics

It's no use knocking on my door I won't be answering any more So don't come round here like you did before I'm moving out, no doubt about it Take the video Take the stereo Take th...Read Full Lyrics

When I was just a child My folks would drive me wild They'd spy upon my every move Until it drove me to despair They told me what to wear They told me not to cut my hair But ...Read Full Lyrics

(kirsty maccoll/pete glenister) All it took was the time it takes To smoke a cigarette or jam on the brakes I nearly had it in my hands and now it's gone Am I complaining 'bout by...Read Full Lyrics

She awakes when the sun has found her face And she reaches for the tin where she keeps important things A cigarette, a magic bean, a page torn from a magazine And a letter that he ...Read Full Lyrics

(kirsty maccoll) I must have been driving all day But I'm getting no further away All these towns look the same And the rain is falling in my eyes Take me away See all my friends ...Read Full Lyrics

I'm staying home this evening And playing my guitar And all the time I'm strumming I'm wondering where you are Oh yes I know it's over I know I shouldn't care But I can't get away ...Read Full Lyrics

There's an old... Coming on my new tv So I go out for a quiet drink But it costs a packet and it's such a racket That I can't hear myself think There's a microchip one armed bandit...Read Full Lyrics