This King Is Poor Lyrics

Said it to me, once Then over and over You keep on repeating You're a happy, happy mother Maybe you're in clover But most of us sweat at the sight Of this perfection and a perfect ...Read Full Lyrics

She didn't answer the letters She didn't return my calls All the sweet nothings, deep meaning and pleadings still whisper around in the lines Running north... She didn't come to th...Read Full Lyrics

Let's face the truth, the deed is done Look at me now babe, say I'm still the one Just who are we trying to defend A burnt-out building should be condemned Baby, I don't even know ...Read Full Lyrics

There's a true blue moon in the black city sky But it looks as white as an eyeball from here And I wonder tonight, does it look white from where you are too? And so far every morni...Read Full Lyrics

Saturday night, the lights are all lit upThere's a bottle of wine beside an overfilled paper cupAnd the cigarette she left lit is all burned upBut the heat from where she lay is no...Read Full Lyrics

I was sitting in this five-star place, going nowhere fastWhen she caught my attention through the bottom of my glassShe was a waitress in a hotel above this smoky barShe got up at ...Read Full Lyrics

I've been waiting in this station, for what seems like a yearIts midday now but I don't trust the clocks they have in hereAnd maybe round the corner she'll be stepping off that bus...Read Full Lyrics

We're weekend smokers, part-time usersSaid to possess a sick sense of humourWe slap ourselves in the face then fall asleepWe're blood brothers, bent on a ruckusKerb-crawling for so...Read Full Lyrics

Tossed aside or thrown asunder It's not your fault you forgot to wonder If I was alright It's not wrong, you're so strong, so to speak It's not wrong, you're so strong, so to speak...Read Full Lyrics

Death to the man more Northern than I am The tropics will own this table Peace-loving means unable Why be glad of that? Let's get rid of this Cut the continent loose Spies like us ...Read Full Lyrics