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  • (I'm Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down
    I've got an achin' in my heart Arson on my mind I'm gonna burn your playhouse down I've got a badly broken heart I've bad it from the start You're giving me the...
  • (Trying to Get to) the Part That Really Matters
    Don't get me wrong Don't mind you shouting Just think your style excludes The part that really matters Just grow tired Of empty minds mouthing English language ...
  • 500 Miles
    When I wake up, well I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you When I go out, yeah I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who goes a...
  • A Land Fit for Zeros
    Hold hands with the person to your right Hold hands and try to look sincere-o Tell them, though you don't know their name That you still can feel their pain Yea...
  • A Long Long Long Time Ago
    Yesterday arrived too quickly Caught me right off guard My defence moved in too slowly Missed it by a yard I'd just settled down With a bottle of gin So I moved...
  • Act Of Rememberence
    Arms of steel, hair of gold Royal blue eyes, with a rebel soul You scared me, you still do But I loved you More than you ever knew This is my act of remembrance...
  • Beautiful Truth
    Beautiful beautiful beautiful truth Dont leave because I can't see you Voy know the hours that I passed without you Every heartbeat that I chose to flout you An...
  • Burn Your Playhouse Down
    I've got an achin' in my heart Arson on my mind I'm gonna burn your playhouse down I've got a badly broken heart I've bad it from the start You're giving me the...
  • Cap in Hand
    I could tell the meaning of a word like serene I got some 'O' Grades when I was sixteen I can tell the difference between magarine and butter I can say "Saskatc...
  • Cap In Hand By The Proclaimers
    I could tell the meaning of a world like serene I got some "0" grades when I was sixteen I can tell the difference 'tween margarine and butter I can say "Saskat...
  • Come On Nature
    Come on nature, I don't want to read a book or talk about the world Come on nature, I just want to spend some time being boy to the girl Come on nature, let me ...
  • D.i.y.
    Warmongers, kill yourselves Demonstrate the power of the product That you're trying to sell Gun wavers, shoot yourselves Make a big hole in your head with a shi...
  • Don't Give It To Me
    Your life is full of misery Well take something for it Or try to ignore it, don't give it to me You trapped me in this corner You're breathing it over me Next s...
  • Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother
    You're a grown woman Good at what you do I'm happy as hell When I'm alone whit you As you stroke my body And soothe my brow With everything That the law will al...
  • Everybody's A Victim
    Everybody's a victim Seems we're going that way Everybody's a victim We're becoming like the USA Everybody's a victim Seems we're going that way Everybody's a v...
  • Follow The Money
    CHORUS I've got to follow the money Gotta go to work Gotta make a living Till my body hurts Gotta bite my lip Gotta wreck my health Gotta break my back For my s...
  • Get Ready
    I never met a girl who made me feel the way that you do (You're alright) Whenever I'm asked who makes my dreams real, I tell 'em you do (You're outta sight) Wel...
  • Ghost Of Love
    When you look in my eyes you know that I'm gonna lie But you look in my eyes for the ghost of love that died And when you see him you should believe him He won'...
  • Heaven Right Now
    She's everything a married man should look for in a girl She's married too but not to you and that's part of the thrill She's the one who makes you feel alright...
  • Here It Comes Again
    Here he comes again, On the radio, Another misogynist, Calling her a bitch, Calling her a whore, And then he'll use a big word, Use a big word, Some of the time...
  • Hit The Highway
    CHORUS Your way No way Do it my way Or hit the highway Your way No way Do it my way Or hit the highway I repsect your point of view You've got your thoughts I'...
  • How Many Times
    Well it takes a long time To find the right woman The best one there is Not the best you can do It takes a long time To find the right woman Some men never do I...
  • I Want to Be a Christian
    Lord, I want to be a Christian In my heart In my heart Lord, I want to be a Christian In my heart Lord, I want to be a Christian In my heart In my heart Lord, I...
  • I would walk 500 miles
    When I wake up I know I'm going to be I'm going to be that man who wakes up next to you When I go out I know I'm going to be I'm going to be that man who goes a...
  • I'm Gonna Be
    When i wake up yeah i know i'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you When i go out yeah i know i'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who goes along...
  • I'm On My Way
    I'm on my way from misery to happiness today (uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh) I'm on my way from misery to happiness today (uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh) I'm ...
  • Im On My Way
    I'm on my way from misery to happiness today-ay, Uh-huh, (uh-huh), Uh-huh, (uh-huh) I'm on my way from misery to happiness today-ay, Uh-huh, (uh-huh), Uh-huh, (...
  • It Broke My Heart
    Saw a man who was fifty-one He bad married daughters and a single son And he's lost his job as this years begun And it broke my heart Saw his wife who was fifty...
  • It's Saturday Night
    It's Satruday night, I'm feeling on song I think I'm alright, I know I'm all wrong The drink that I had three hours ago Has been joined by fourteen others In a ...
  • Its Saturday Night
    When I wake up yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you When I go out yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who goes along...
  • King Of The Road
    Trailer for sale or rent Rooms to let fifty cents No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes Ah but two hours of pushin' broom Buys an eight by twelv...
  • Lady Luck
    I got some bills this morning, They tumbled through the door I counted every penny but The bills still came to more And printed in the paper For Pisces it did s...
  • Leaving Home
    East coast trains run slow, And Edinburgh seems cold, For eighteen year-old, Freedom But Leith feels like New York, All the cars and talk, Moving down the Walk...
  • Let's Get Married
    We've been, going together Too long to be vague When there's something to say If it's not now, then it's never So I'll say it straight out 'Cos I have no doubt,...
  • Letter from America
    When you go will you send back a letter from America? Take a look up the railtrack from Miami to Canada Well broke ofF from my work the other day I spent the ...
  • Life With You
    When I was a younger man When I was a silly boy I didn't need a thing, I Was strong as anything, I Viewed solitude as a joy But since I met you I'm distraught ...
  • Make My Heart Fly
    Please don't go rushing by Stay and make my heart fly Please don't go rushing by Stay and make my heart fly 'Cos I never seem to notice time When you're with me...
  • MISTY BLUE
    WHEN THE INSPIRATION IS ABOVE MY STATION THOUGHTS ARE MELANCHOLY AND I LET THEM PASS I TEND TO VIEW THIS NATION THROUGH THE CONDENSATION OF AN EMPTY GLASS WHEN...
  • My Old Friend The Blues
    S Earle) Just when it really feels that love is gone I should've known that you would come along I can't believe I ever doubted you My old friend the blues An...
  • Now And Then
    Lately, I've been forgetting To keep your memory Every day It's so long Since last time I saw you And sometimes the present Gets in the way But now and then You...
  • Oh Jean
    I'd never been lucky with girls I confess Don't know who to blame for my lack of success Cause even with ones up the back of a bus There was always the risk of ...
  • One More Down
    Spent the morning - unaware Spent the daytime - didn't care Spent the evening - drawing breath Spent the nightime - fearing death One more down some more to go ...
  • One Too Many
    I think I had one too many I know I had one too many I think I had one too many is all I'm trying hard But I can't remember How I got home Don't recall any str...
  • Over & Done With
    This is the story of our first teacher Shetland made her jumpers And the devil made her features Threw up her hands when my mum said our names Embroidered all h...
  • Scotland's Story
    Michael McGrory from west Donegal You came to Glasgow with nothing at all You fought the landlord then the Afrika Korps When you came to Glasgow with nothing at...
  • Sean
    Sean I'd say the best ones came from Tupelo, Mississippi I'll tell you now that grown men cry and Irish girls are pretty Though fear and hurt and care can lead...
  • She Arouses Me So
    Well it's 2 oh 1 and she's saying she's done but I need another go, coz she arouses me so She arouses me so Yeah it's 3 oh 4 and we're lying on the floor but I ...
  • Shout Shout
    Correct me if you that I'm mistaken I wouldn't want to overstate my case But while I'm the one bringing home the bacon I've got a right to be heard around this ...
  • Sky Takes the Soul
    It could be tomorrow, or it could be today When the sky takes the soul The earth takes the clay I sometimes wonder why I pray When my spirit drives away With a ...
  • Slowburner
    Keep on a slow burner From Monday till Friday Keep on a slow burner Ank I'll take its place Stay lonely, for four midnights Till I'm holding you tight Keep on ...
  • Sunshine On Leith
    My heart was broken, my heart was broken SOrrow sorrow sorrow sorrow My heart was broken, my heart was broken You saw it, you claimed it You touched it, you sav...
  • Sweet Little Girls
    Sweet little girls Cut a swathe through this world Using skills that they get From their mothers Sweet little girls Might like ribbons and curls But they most l...
  • Teardrops
    Teardrops running down your face Teardrops running down your face Diamonds of water, and salt from your body Coming down to meet my kisses Teardrops running do...
  • That's When He Told Her
    Streetlight Yellow in the room Lifting out our futures from the gloom Same song In the street below Football song that everybody knows (chorus)that's when he to...
  • The First Attack
    Since I started being impressed By the things that move me All the treasures that I missed Came back to stand around me And as I curse the wasted time I lift my...
  • The Ghost of Love
    When you look in my eyes you know that I'm gonna lie But you look in my eyes for the ghost of love that died And when you see him you should believe him He won'...
  • The Joyful Kilmarnock Blues
    I'm not going to talk about doubts and confusion On a night when I can see with my eyes shut I'd never been to Ayrshire I hitched down one saturday Sixty miles ...
  • The Light
    You make it sound easy You say just hold your hand out, don't you You just hold your hand out, don't you That hope never leaves you 'Cause a light shines on tha...
  • The More I Believe
    The life that I've been living >From the day I first drew breath Has been my way of forgetting I'm on the journey to my death You make my soul rise up You make ...
  • The Part That Really Matters
    Don't get me wrong Don't mind you shouting Just think your style excludes The part that really matters Just grow tired Of empty minds mouthing English language ...
  • Then I Met You
    Thought that I'd be happy Going to be so happy Living life alone and never sharing anything Thought that I was finished Thought that I was complete Thought tha...
  • There Is A Thouch
    There's a touch upon my lips Left by memory's fingertips I still hear her voice When there's no sound There's a touch upon my skin Left whenshe went back to hi...
  • These Arms of Mine
    These arms of mine They are lonely, lonely and feeling blue These arms of mine They are yearning, yearning from wanting you And if you would let them hold you O...
  • This Is The Story
    THIS IS THE STORY OF OUR FIRST TEACHER SHETLAND MADE HER JUMPERS AND THE DEVIL MADE HER FEATURES THREW UP HER HNDS WHEN MY MUM SAID OUR NAMES EMBROIDERED ALL HE...
  • Throw The 'r' Away
    The Proclaimers - Throw The 'R' Away I've been so sad Since you said my accent was bad He's worn a frown This Caledonian clown I'm just going to have to learn...
  • What Do You Do
    Yes I know you're right I see it in your fierce eyes But me I've never thought straight Since the day I had the first doubt Yes I know you're right And I'll bac...
  • What Makes You Cry
    Now I've got a question, baby What makes you cry? 'Cause I haven't seen any water In the corners of your eyes For a day or a week Or a month or a year Haven't s...
  • When You're In Love
    When you're in love You don't know much about it Not in your mind Romantic love Rots the brain, no doubt about it You're out of your mind, you're out of your mi...
  • Your Childhood
    CHORUS >From birth to five you're learning >From five to 10 you're playing By the time you're 15 You're never wrong But then you turn around And it's all gone, ...