Sampan Lyrics

Most of the better bred woolen toys have gone to bed And the teddy bear is a-sleeping in the cupboard And the wooden soldiers all and the rubber bouncing ball Are listening to the ...Read Full Lyrics

You always were a city kid though you were country raised And back in some forgotten time we shared the cold north days But the simple life was not your style, and you just had to ...Read Full Lyrics

The Gothenburg streets were like silver sheets As I kicked my feet through the snowy world And in that land there I held the hand of my Scandinavian girl We stood as part of a ble...Read Full Lyrics

After these processions comes the sweeping up The rag and bone possessions, an old tin cup The army trucks have hauled away the newly slain The angry crowd retreats, but they?ll be...Read Full Lyrics

I was drawn by the sirens of Titan Carried along by their call Seeking for a way to enlighten Searching for the sense of it all Like a kiss on the wind I was thrown to the stars Ca...Read Full Lyrics

The stranger comes to town He is greeted like a prince Society declares him wise and funny Celebrities are only decorations in this place What really matters here is old money His...Read Full Lyrics

Rainstorm, brainstorm, faces in the maelstrom Huddle by the puddles in the shadows where the drains run Hot dogs, wet clogs, clicking up the sidewalk Disappearing into the booze sh...Read Full Lyrics

On the platform of an old railway station I enter a dream And a couple are saying good-bye through the noise and the steam But it's just "Brief Encounter" my mind is trying to re...Read Full Lyrics

I was making my way through the wasteland The road into town passes through I was changing the radio stations With my mind on you Oh your friends call you "Lily Paloma" But that's ...Read Full Lyrics

On a Christmas cake day one Friday in August In a book shop in Charing Cross Road I first set eyes on a girl and at once I didn't know She had eyes like a poet and hair like a rai...Read Full Lyrics