The Great Escape Lyrics

I lie awake at nightListening to you sleepingI hear the darkness breatheAnd the rain against the windowAfter all this timeCynical and jadedAll the stones are diamondsAll the blues ...Read Full Lyrics

Do you remember chalk hearts melting on a playground wallDo you remember dawn escapes from moon washed college hallsDo you remember the cherry blossom in the market squareDo you re...Read Full Lyrics

Wide boys, wide boys, wide boys,Born with hearts of LothianWide boys, we were wide boys,Born with hearts of LothianWide boys, we were wide boys,These hearts of Lothian.It's six o'c...Read Full Lyrics

I was flicking through the channels on the TVOn a Sunday in Milwaukee in the rainTrying to piece together conversationsTrying to find out where to lay the blameBut when it comes ri...Read Full Lyrics

Do you remember chalk hearts melting on a playground wallDo you remember dawn escapes from moon washed college hallsDo you remember the cherry blossom in the market squareDo you re...Read Full Lyrics

She's older than meI don't care about them talkin'Why can't they seeI've got all that I need?All the pretty young thingsSeem suddenly boringWhen I look in her eyesAll the world is ...Read Full Lyrics

Now when you climb into your bed tonightAnd when you lock and bolt the doorJust think of those out in the cold and dark 'Cause there's not enough love to go 'roundNo there's not en...Read Full Lyrics

The mascara'd blonde from the Berliner barRises at twilight, gets dressed in a dazeBlack leather crackles and cold water runsAs she touches the walls of memory mazeAnd the shadows ...Read Full Lyrics

Huddled in the safety of a pseudo silk kimonoWearing bracelets of smoke, naked of understandingNicotine smears, long, long dried tears, invisible tearsSafe in my own words, learnin...Read Full Lyrics

I went to Morisson's grave at Pere Lachaise cemeteryThe stony flowers and the matching graffiti were guiding meTo the steps inside of meAnd what would you do if I got down on my kn...Read Full Lyrics