Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike A girl could feel special on any such like Said James to Red Molly, my hat's off to you It's a Vincent Black Li...

They bind his eyes with a silken scarf And in his ear a friend explains The one you catch is the one you kiss How we all love party games All the years that sh...

Oh the drones on the corner don't look her in the eye when she comes out to play And three times now at the Club Chi-Chi they've turned her away Last week she w...

Alright, everything's alright Everything's alright now You don't have a trouble And you don't have a care Alright Alright, everything's alright Everything's al...

I know the way that I feel about you I'm never gonna run away I'm never gonna run away I never knew the way when I lived without you I'm never gonna run away I'...

Now I remember the promise I gave you The night I shipped out as a peace volunteer As we sat holding hands in the Lamb and Flag tavern I swore I'd be back for y...

O you took my word and you took my key You took my pride and you took my dignity How can I still pretend To be what a man should be Well, whatever I say is in ...

A sailor's life, it is a merry life He robs young girls of their heart's delight Leaving them behind to weep and mourn They never know when they will return "W...

Sometimes I long for the solitary life Parents long gone, no kids, no wife Sister somewhere in Australia Never did keep in touch Sex no more than a how-do-ye-do...

Well we were heroes then, and the girls were all pretty And a uniform was a lucky charm, bought you the key to the city We used to dance the whole night through...

When the sun comes up in the morning and you hear the dancing boys Mother leave your pots and pans, sister leave your toys If you have to break a camel's back o...

Alexander Graham Bell Note the name and note it well Father of the modern age His inventions are all the rage Of course there was the telephone He'd be famous f...

Oh I can't get started, and I'm broken hearted You smile so sweet but you're fast on your feet Do you want me to catch you, or just get near? Should I chase you...

(Richard Thompson) If it's all the same to you I'll sit down on my pew So I don't fall I've been let down, oh yes But nothing quite like this That I recall I ...

You must philosophise But why must you bore me to tears? You're red around the eyes You tell me things no one else hears You spend all your time crying Crying t...

Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself She might wipe her tears on a rusty nail Rest her cheek on a col...

Oh I care for you, honey, at my own expense But something's spoiling my sentiments You open your mouth and it makes no sense All you ever give me is baby talk ...

Those backstreet women, watch what you say You turn your back and they slide away They run next door, they give it all away Doing the slide The backstreet slid...

An iron maiden stole my heart away-o black day Her siren songs seemed to call to me-o destiny She spat her thrash metal lyrics right into my mind The stage thun...

(Richard Thompson) One thing always leads to another In life and love they say You got too close and now That boy's gonna make you rue the day You grab his ank...

This house is dark and shuttered Luck has gone out the door No daytime will shine In this empty room no more Bad news is all the wind can carry I heard a sound...

Got a bank vault in heaven, got my name on the door Every day I get richer, add a little bit more Come you tellers and lenders and lend me some more Got a bank ...

As I walked out on a midsummer's morning For to view the fields and to take the air Down by the banks of the sweet primroses There I beheld a most ?love lie? fa...

Bathsheba smiles She smiles and veins turn to ice She smiles and heads bow down She works the room Air-kisses every victim twice She spreads her joy around Do ...

I'm beating my retreat Back home to you I'm beating my retreat Back home to you I'm burning all my bridges I'm burning all my bridges I'm burning all my bridges...

I was nineteen when I came to town, they called it the Summer of Love They were burning babies, burning flags The hawks against the doves I took a job in the st...

Kind soul, kind soul, pennies for my begging bowl London stones, hard and cold When you're up in the morning early Here's my babes to catch your eye Sick they ...

All of my life I feed the big chimney Coke and ore, I pour it in Food for the hungry mouth of the monster Got to keep the production rolling Black ore, brown o...

Like a bird on the wire, Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Like a worm on a hook, Like a knight from some old fashioned book I ...

It's in the evening after dark when the blackleg miner creeps to work, With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt, There goes the blackleg miner Well, he grabs his...

As A cam in by Huntly Toun Ae mornin for tae fee A fell in wi Bogie o Cairnie An wi him A did agree For tae caa his twa best horses Or cairt or harrow or plou ...

If she knew what I see while I'm watching Would she know where to smile, what to say When she leaves from her book to be with me Where's her mind as she stands ...

Well I'm a poor boy from Wabash, they call me oil trash I've rubber-necked and rousted around And every damn job the boss he says "Hoss, It ain't worth pumping ...

There's riders in this county They're taking heads for bounty Wake up Corinne, they come to ride us down Sweetness we have tasted The time to move is wasted The...

Well I bought me a horse with a broken leg They said that she never could win Only fit for a bullet, they said She'll be coming out of a tin So I took her home...

Oh you speak the words locked in my breast But it's late for me, let an old man rest One more black and tan on the barricade To keep me safe from loving When I ...

I got sinister things waiting for you in my rattle bag Egyptian rings, and the dust of kings, and the tooth of a hag The bones of Keats, the tongues of cheats, ...

The baby that the preacher gave you in the Spring Spent the winter with his finger in the undertaker's ring Oh Cajun woman, some people still call you a queen ...

I was under the Calvary Cross The pale-faced lady she said to me I've watched you with my one green eye And I'll hurt you 'till you need me You scuff your heels...

I started to cry, they put gin in my cup I started to crawl and they swaddled me up I got up and run, they said, easy son Play up, play the game They told me t...

Young love, I wish you well Shotgun and wedding bells Semi-semi and the damp is peeling Hole in the roof wet the baby's head Back streets, real scum about Need ...

Woke up big this Chelsea morning and the first thing that I heard Was a song outside my window And the traffic wrote the words It came ringing up like Christmas...

They're not human, they're with the Woolwich They eat food I wouldn't give to my dog They're hygienic, medicated They wouldn't live next door to no wog They're ...

Turn around, don't whisper out my name For like a breeze, it'd stir a dying flame I'll miss someone, if it eases you to know But close the door lightly when you...

I know you're the wayward kind The way you always drag behind Show me a horse and I'll feed it hay Show me the cart and I'll throw it away Prettiest face I've e...

Here I am in your room going through your stuff Said you'd be gone five minutes, that's time enough Here in your drawer there's lacy things Old credit cards and...

Come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Those that dance will start to dance And those...

Cooksferry Queen / Richard Thompson Well there's a house In an alley In the squats and low-rise Of a town with no future But that's where my future lies It's ...

We were walking down the street, we were trying to pretend We were wild, wild boys on a wild weekend We were down in the dumps and we didn't have to try hard Ou...

First time you had me You really did it this time, you did Did you count your fingers after shaking my Hand, God forbid? Riff raff, crawing from the slums Righ...

Within the fire and out upon the sea Crazy man Michael was walking He met with a raven with eyes black as coals And shortly they were a-talking Your future, you...

Love that holds its breath for fear Of scaring love away I rush my lines I care too deeply O will she keep me For idle games I raise my eyes to see her there S...

(Richard Thompson) Out in the desert there's a soldier lying dead Vultures pecking the eyes out of his head Another day that could have been me there instead N...

Becky loved me and I let her Wish I could have loved her better On the day we pulled apart She primed a time-bomb in my heart Now there's a shadow hiding Now th...

Keep your weight on the Dead Man's Handle Or the wheels won't hold the rail Keep your weight on the Dead Man's Handle Or the steam brake's bound to fail Woah sh...

Dear landlord, Please don't put a price on my soul My burden is heavy, My dreams are beyond control When that steamboat whistle blows, I'm gonna give you all I ...

She doesn't see the day today No colours where the children play She doesn't see the things she saw White crosses painted on the door See me fly, see me cry, s...

By Devonside she was a-marching It was a gang of no great size And surrender was the banner that she carried And hungry was the shiver in her eyes She met a bo...

She was there one minute and then she was gone the next Lying in a pool of herself with a twisted neck Oh she fell from the roof to the ground There was glass ...

John Dunblane, Annie Painter, they were true lovers to the end They grew up together in the streets where no one is your friend They mixed their heart's blood t...

This old house is falling down around my ears I'm drowning in the river of my tears When all my will is gone you hold me sway I need you at the dimming of the d...

Take care daughter dear Don't dream of many gallant men tonight Take care daughter dear For the doctor comes to steal your goods in the dead of night Every sigh...

Don't let a thief steal into your heart Or you may end up broken hearted Don't let a whisper tear you apart Or you'll be right back where you started How many ...

Remember when we were hand in hand Remember we sealed it with a golden band Now your eyes don't meet mine, you've got a pulse like fever Do I take you for a lov...

When the party hit full swing I saw you come reeling in You had that six pack in a stranglehold Now you stagger, now you sway Why don't you fall the other way '...

Don't tell secrets Don't tell secrets Don't tell why we hide In the dim lights and the wine And your secret is buried next to mine In the midst of strangers In...

That gorilla you're dancing with May not have too long to live He's putting his hands in the wrong places Time to rearrange his face He's gonna dance with me in...

See the boys out walking The boys they look so fine Dressed up in green velvet Their silver buckles shine Soon they'll be bleary-eyed Under a keg of wine Down w...

Sitting in the evening Dreaming of the old times When a job was there for the steady and strong I see old faces flickering in the firelight Faces of condemned m...

Way down in New Orleans everythings fine All them cats just drinkin' that wine Drinkin' that mess is sure delight When they get slop drunk they sing all night D...

Oh little light that shines Put down your shuttle love and come to the blind The night is hissing like a mad, mad snake The clouds are rolling in, and the storm...

If you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on If you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on You treated me just good enough until now But if you're t...

(Richard Thompson) Dust And Wine That's what my world is Dust And Wine That's what she said Everything I hold seems to crumble So I hold a bottle instead Dust...

Rain comes from the east one night We watch it come To hang like beaded curtains till the morning sun Water dripping from our clothes You, with raindrops on you...

Jackknife with a precious load Spills it's guts all over the road Excuse me, I had to smile Lost my grip too for a while Easy there, steady now Easy there, stea...

I tell you secrets that don't even matter I give you keepsakes but only to flatter I don't believe in myself, I don't believe in myself So why should anyone els...

Farewell, farewell to you who'd hear You lonely travelers all The cold north wind will blow again The winding road does call And will you never return to see Y...

Big Mac, small mac, burger and fries Sheve 'em in boxes all the same size Easy on the mustard, heavy on the sauce Double for the fat boy eats like a horse Fry t...

Well Luke told Danny, Danny told Betsy Betsy told me and I'm telling you You'd better stop doing the things you do There's a fire in the engine room Fire in the...

Let's love what's left Last Dance First Breath New friends Hard won Old hearts Shine on The frost is cruel And fades the sign On that little place That I call...

Give me what I ask for Give me what I long for First light, first light I came to you for refuge Don't leave me to the thieves Don't leave me to my own Cure my...

I've heard them lilting ?At are? you milking And I've heard them lilting Before light a-day Now they are mourning For all time a-lilting The flowers of the for...

It seems like a lifetime since I saw you Lover lover I've been away too long When I see lovers holding hands and sighing I hang my head for shame of doing wrong...

For the sake of Mary I kicked the reds Junked the juice, drink coffee instead Straightened my teeth, bent my back Cut my friends dead from the old rat pack For ...

For Whose Sake For Whose Sake Did I deliver Sighs of love and vows forever For Whose Sake For Whose Sake Did I learn real from true? Fast times What a scene yo...

How often she has gazed from castle windows all And watched the daylight passing within her captive wall With no one to heed her call The evening hour is fadin...

(Richard Thompson) Who shook the stars from her eyes Who shook the stars from her eyes Who took the shine Made water out of wine And left her alone in the worl...

Oh she dressed in the dark and she whispered amen She was pretty in pink like a young girl again Twenty years married and she never thought twice She sneaked ou...

I don't want to be your friend anymore You've got fifty friends knocking at your door Life is short so please understand I'm fully qualified to be your man You...

My father he rides with your sheriffs And I know he would never mean harm But to see both sides of a quarrel Is to judge without hate or love Oh, oh, helpless ...

My mammy told me, "Listen girl, I really wish you would That boy that you're fooling with, he won't do you no good" But me and Georgie fool around, we go out an...

Among the headstones you played as boys Crypts and tombs like a roomful of toys Just up the river from the smoke and the noise Gethsemane And there's war-whoops...

Did you call my name? Did you call my name in the night? In the whispers and sighs, in the whispers and sighs of the night Ah ghosts in the wind, eh ghosts in t...

Will there be any bartenders up there in Heaven? Will the pubs never close, will the glass never drain No more DT's and no shakes And no horrors Very next morni...

Some sunny day, baby When everything seems OK, baby You'll wake up and find that you're alone 'Cos I'll be gone Gone, gone, gone, really gone, gone, gone, gone ...

I took my darling down I took my darling down To that big grey house down the lane And then the doctor said He said it's in her head She's never going to be rig...

(Richard Thompson) Carrie ran a murderous crew Dedicated through and through And the chance to prove They never squandered And they liked to kill so clean Save...

Tropical night, Malaria moon Dying stars of the silver screen She danced that famous Gypsy dance With a hole in her tambourine I was young enough and dumb enou...

Hey, man! Hey, man ! If there's a drop of sake left in last night's little bottle Won't you give me some? Hey, boy! Hey, boy! You think I'm satisfied with a lit...

The Hand of Kindness Lyrics + music by Richard Thompson Weel I wove the rope And I picked the spot Well I stuck out my neck And I tightened the knot O stranger,...