I must leave this tainted placeOf slow and hidden painBy all and any meansAll the past I shall eraseAnd never look againOn child's memoriesIf you'll have me, truly have meWord Unsp...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
He said, Dear, I'm leaving, right there in the hallwayAs the party roared on all aroundAnd her head wouldn't turn, O she couldn't look at himIn a whirlpool she quietly drownedAnd s...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
You and your big ideasTaking your time with meFaithful as I falteredSteady as I stumbledA lifeline tossed in a boiling seaWhose dream was that -To parcel up my soul and pass the ha...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Feel that sting across your back and row, boys, row
Don’t wait for the whip to crack and row, boys, row
Is it wise to be moaning when the captain comes?
Tip your hat and get gri...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
All he ever wanted to do was harm
All he ever wanted to be was cruel
At 12 years old, fate marked his brow
And he said, "I have a mission now"
But we laughed at his clothes
And th...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
If I ever get out of these shoesAnd I shrug off a skin or twoI'll come looking in the wasted placesBeat-up, last ditch rendezvousIf it had been some other placeSome other time to f...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
If I say what's on my mind, dearThe judge will slap me downYou've got me in the cornerAnd it's only the second roundSo I'll keep my mouth shut, darlingI'll be quiet as a lambAnd I'...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Here my love used to lieLike a pearl by my sideEverything sweet, everything so completeNow my love makes her bedWhere poppies grow over her headThere in a field, there in a field W...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
Who shook the stars from her eyesWho shook the stars from her eyesWho took the shineMade water out of wineAnd left her alone in the worldWho put a cloak round her soulWho put a clo...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson
When you were a vixen and I was a chump You looked at me like I crawled from a swampNow things have a different complexionI'm the object of your affectionMuch as I don't doubt your...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Richard Thompson