It hadn't been a day when everything had turned out right – She called me up and asked me to come over in the night, To make her cups of tea and listen quietly ...

Rise in the morning at sunrise Strangers around me sleep soundly at rest Phones and computers become me Signals stretch back to the lands that I've left Oh in t...

When I was just a skinny lad on holiday by the sea, I met a girl in a Rancid shirt, and a tape she gave to me With the Black Flag First Four Years and the Minor...

Slumber-blind I speak my mind When I'm out cold (or so I'm told) And so I'm scared to rest my head in company You're not scared of words unsaid, You close your ...

Oh my friend loneliness, where have you been? You left to the lure of the lover who left me alone But now you come crawling back, and I'll let you in And we'll ...

I check that I've got all my things before I leave the house, Because when I'm gone I'm never coming back I'm not being melodramatic, it's just I neither have y...

Me and my friend Dan are going to get some beers And then we're going to go down to the park and drink them there We'll bask out in the sun, bring a guitar and ...

You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the Dancing Queen Friday night and the lights are low Looking...

Many years back when the old oaks were young Not long after the Northmen had come A low and evil deed was done In the dark of the New Forest From the shores of...

Not everyone grows up to be an astronaut Not everyone was born to be a king Not everyone can be Freddie Mercury Everyone can raise a glass and sing Well I have...

Eva Mae, I remember the date you were born It was the summer Your mum and dad called me up to say how proud They were Voices wringing with the love of a new bor...

Meet me on the edges of this city, meet me where the underground runs out Bring a picnic blanket and your pity, a pen and paper, so I can write things down Moth...

When I was sixteen I cut myself a Mohawk, Because I wanted to walk the walk, And not just talk the talk, But it was a bit of a disaster because I did the sides ...

Someday I'll feel no pain Someday I won't have a brain They'll take away the part that hurts And let the rest remain Fix me Fix my head Fix me please I don't wa...

If I was to walk from where I am To where you are right now I'd have to cross eight borders and three seas But that might show you what you mean to me And if I...

Brothers and sisters, have you heard the news? The storm has lifted and there's nothing to lose So swap your confirmation for your dancing shoes Because there n...

Well I lie I cheat and I steal, And I don't give two shits about the way that you feel I barely know who you are, But I'll break your heart and then I'll sleep ...

You've been pretty since the day that you were born So the roots of your beautiful hair Drew all the water that your body could hold So when your soul needed wa...

I keep having dreams Of pioneers and pirate ships and Bob Dylan Of people wrapped up tight in the thing that'll kill them Of being trapped in a lift plunging st...

Let's begin at the beginning: we're lovers and we're losers, We're heroes and we're pioneers, and we're beggars and we're choosers We're skirting round the edge...

We were only supposed to go out for the night, But it's been a few hours now since it got light - We're a mess, and the worst part is we couldn't care less Ther...

We were only supposed to go out for the night, But it's been a few hours now since it got light - We're a mess, and the worst part is we couldn't care less Ther...

Here ye, here ye, friends and Roman country man Here ye, here ye, punks and skins and journey man Here ye, here ye, my sisters and my brother and the time Is co...

Forgive me someone, for I have sinned And I know not where I should begin Some days it feels like you just can't win No matter what you do or say Things didn't...

Naked and retched and retching on a hotel bathroom floor, Somewhere in the City Three days no sleeping, not eating, not feeling good anymore Drenched in sweat a...

So now the years are rolling by, And it's not long since you and I could have been train drivers and astronauts And now we're stuck in furnished ruts, But yet t...

I've heard it said the trick Is to set your watch when you hit the plane That way you can trick The workings of a tired brain But sometimes I feel sick Sometime...

Moses was old, a chill in his bones Falling apart, he knew in his heart that his time had come As he lay in his tent in the hot desert sands, He smiled at how h...

I bought my soul back from the devil, And now I'm keeping it all to myself I'm checking myself out of the program, Because I know what's best for my health So w...

I was sipping on a Whiskey when I got the call Yeah my friend Lex was lying in the hospital She'd been pretty sick for about half a year But it seems liked this...

I've been trying to find a way that I could say it you - Say it you, all that I've been trying to say I've been stuttering my way from here to anywhere - Anywhe...

Well a teacher of mine once told me That life was just a list of disappoints and defeats And you could only do your best, And I said "That's a fucking cop-out, ...

Mother loves me still despite My failing health and lack of drive Shame on me, I could be so much better than I am Songs unfinished, post unopened, Clothes unw...

Would you pick your clothes up, put your clothes on, Pack your things and go? I'm tired of sinking this low Awkward semi-naked coffee conversations fade Quicker...

From the heart of the Southern Downs, to the North-East London reservoirs, From the start, the land scaped my sound, before I'd ever been to America And if I k...

The demonstrations got boring – Well it was obvious that the government was ignoring us It's hard to drag yourself through empty streets On an empty stomach and...

Tonight is her night, and the city holds is breath, Caught twixt life and death, as she rolls in from the suburbs, The garrison flees and the city will burn Cor...

I make decision with precision Lost inside this manned collision Just to see that what is to be Perfectly my fantasy I came to know with now dismay That in thi...

Peggy came to me in my sleep In the middle of the night On a Friday night last week She whispered: "Hush child and don't be scared" Got me a few words of wisdom...

Well I guess I should confess that I am starting to get old All the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold All the kids are talking slang I won't p...

They're coming out of the walls, they're coming up through the streets, They're quicksilver wracked by some invisible beat Right outside of your door the very s...

You're not as messed up as you think you are Your self absorbtion makes you messier Just settle down and you would feel a whole lot better Deep down, you're jus...

Richard Divine made up his mind to take the last few steps To the bathroom door from his bedroom floor and to lock himself in Steady young hands, meticulous pla...

I have to admit that I am one of the many Who thought that a guitar would win him a lady My teenage years, they were a feminine drought, And I thought that a se...

Moving, keep moving, the tour never stops In the light of petrol stations and cheap corner shops I have finally figured a list of the things that I've got, And ...

It was the strangest thing today I saw new footprints in abandoned pathways Beneath forgotten undergrowth something stirring again You were a single red blood c...

Once an honest man could go from sunrise to it's set Without encountering agents of his state or government But a sorry cloud of tyranny has fallen across the l...

Monday morning, comes a crawling in From another weekend choked with cigarettes and sin I've been busy, so much lately That every time I get some time to spend ...

The first girl that I fell for was a fair and faithful fighter She smouldered with a will to save the world I did my best to help her, yeah I stood shoulder to ...

Sunday nights are slow surrender It never lasts and we never learn We can still make this one to remember It's Sunday night and we've time to burn Tomorrow morn...

I remember the day - the day when I had to take you to the airport And put you on a plane, and so you left me Left me alone on an empty tube train, deep under t...

Whatever happened to childhood? We're all scared of the kids in our neighborhood; They're not small, charming and harmless, They're a violent bunch of bastard l...

Everybody's got themselves a plan, Everybody thinks they'll be the man, including the girls The musicians who lack the friends to form a band are singer-songwri...

Smeared black ink Your palms are sweaty And I'm barely listening To last demands I'm staring at the asphalt wondering What's buried underneath where I am I'll ...

I should have seen you were coming, I should have been prepared After all, getting half of what you wish for isn't so rare But still I wasn't ready, you took my...

There's so many beautiful girls in here tonight, I can hardly stand it Where do they go during the day? Who the hell do they go home with at the end of the nigh...

I drink cause I'm thirsty I drink cause I'm dry I'm not yet quite thirty But I feel like I'm dying I drink cause I want to, cause I need to, Cause I don't know...

I always had a roof above me, I always paid the rent And I've never set foot inside a tent I couldn't build a fire to save my life I lied about being the outdoo...

I woke up on a sofa in an unfamiliar house, Surrounded by sleeping folks that I didn't know On failing to find my friends, I decided that it was clearly time to...

To the east, to the east, the road beneath my feet To the west, to the west, I haven't got there yet To the north, to the north, never to be caught To the south...

A free house, a sound-system and a fridge full of beer; I've known how this story ends for a good few years The night lays out before my eyes, there's no new fa...

I come from the land of the Wessex down From the Hampshire hills near Winchester town In the country where the soft South rivers flow down To English channel I ...

Let's inherit the earth, because no one else is taking it Come on, do your worst, before the moment's passed In bedrooms across England, and all the Western wor...

This country is my canvas – I leave paint trails as I go I'm painting a picture That you can only see from outer space My bedroom is your sofa, I take my breakf...

It's been eighteen months since I kissed you once, So just saying "hi" just isn't going to fly, But if you give me a clue and a minute or two, Then I might reme...

Honestly, relax my dear, it's clear that we are done It doesn't take a scientist to figure out that one It's obvious, the way you move, the way you hold your he...

The other night dear as I laid sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms But when I awoke dear I was mistaken So I hung my head and cry You are my sunshine my o...