'My train was early
your taxi was late
I wonder how  things would be now
If I'd not had the patience to wait.
If I'd just sent a message
Sorry but it's not me, it's you
I can't hang around
I have a lot to do
You'd have yelled and cried
I'd have said goodbye
You'd have begged me to come back
I may have turned around
And wiped your eyes
And held the love I felt for you
A little further back.
But I waited cos I'm soft  like that
I'd never let you down
I'd never let you ever feel
That love was lost not found

I didn't do it then
I wouldn't do it now

But it's passed us by, the chance for proof
Flown thru the window out of reach  across a smokey roof

My train was early
Your taxi was late
And  after all you've put me thru
I'm still so  glad
I had the  patience to wait.

I did it then

So I'll do it now'

HOLDING MY BREATH FOR YOU.

Time’s not on my side
It’s running away like a thief in the night
But the warmth of your touch
And the smile in your eyes
Is telling me that I should stand and fight

I’m battered and bruised
And sometimes I’ll lose
And I surely will hit the ground
But if you’re there at my side
And you don’t count me out
I’m willing to go one more round

I’m holding my breath for you
I trust in my heart
Cos it keeps running to you
I won’t let you fall
If you give me your all
Come on save me, and I’ll save you right back

I’m holding my breath
Holding my breath
Holding my breath for you
I’m holding my breath
Holding my breath
Holding my breath for you

So much wisdom and so much grace
Too much hurt for one small face
Too many lessons in too short a time
So much love that just wasn’t mine


Minutes to hours and days into years
It’s taken so long but you’re finally here
People will wonder just where can he be
And when they ask you just tell them he’s holding his breath

I’m holding my breath for you
I trust in my heart
Cos it keeps running to you
I won’t let you fall
If you give me your all
Come on save me, and I’ll save you right back

I’m holding my breath
Holding my breath
Holding my breath for you
I’m holding my breath
Holding my breath
Holding my breath for you

The shadows of the railing
By the room I played last night.
The whistle of a siren
And the blood of a lost fight.
And the closed sign on the food store
Brokenwss window, crack of light
And the hurt that won't subside
won't u let me look inside?

And the come on look from a burnt out *****
And the words that split my side.
Everything  makes sense somehow
It's all that I expect
The tears I knew I'd always shed
The freight train singing in my head.
The rocks that turned a stranded heart
Into a sunken, flooded wreck.
Yet,
All of this is somewhat new,
Baby I never thought this would come from u,
Ur soul was clean and pure and.....

Jesus Christ am I so lame
That it snuck right up on me?

I who's every move was honed and practised,
1 and 2 and *******  63 !
Oh here's the rub, the wake up call.
I never knew that dame at all,
She let me think she needed love
And I gave my past, and then my love.
And when her need of me was done
And some other shmo became the one
The line was cut, connection frayed
Her single, final, vail displayed,
she naked, danced into the shade
So I could fall, into the sun
Not laughed at,
But........
Tolerated,

tolerated

Tolerated........

By everyone.

Thank you.

I'm here all week.

Try the soup.

'Another shot of love'

I've crossed the world a dozen times
By wing and wheel and wave
I've woken up in strange girl's beds
And fell asleep in caves

I've sung my songs in brothels
I've watched rich men leaving poor
I've taken virtue in my home town
And I've taken it in your's

Ya see
I'm the lonely troubadour
You don't need to know my name
I don't  need to know just why  I leave
Only that I came
In every place I get to
Whether from below or from above
I'll ask the batman 'kindly sir '
For another shot of love.

Give me one more chance at love
Before my time has passed
I still believe she'll come along
No need to wash my glass
And if  I  end my days alone
And a guitar's all I got
I'll be thankful for the life I led
And for another shot.

When u wake up in the morning
About 5 am
And ur crying for no reason at all
Ur eyes are burning red with tears
As a dream u had comes floating back
And down once again ur gonna fall.
Then all day long u carry her
In pictures running thru ur head
Till late at night
U drunken drop back into ur lonely bed

This is what the blues looks like
This is how it feels
This is what it does to u
That's the card it deals.
This is what the blues looks like
This is what the blues looks like
This is what the blues looks like
This is what the blues looks like

'Holding my breath for you''

Time's not on my side
It's running away like a  thief in the night
But the smile on your face
And the warm of your eyes
Keeps telling me that I should stand and fight.

So here I am
Battered and bruised
But willing to go another round
If you stay in my corner
And don't count me out
I will make you believe that it's love
i have found.

So I'm holding my breath for you
I know in my heart cos it keeps running to you.
I'm not gonna let  you fall.
Hold out for us lover
And give it your  all
If your willing to save me
I'll save you right back
I'm holding my breath
I'm holding my breath
Im holding my breath for you.

8 minutes is how long the warmth of the takes to reach us
8 minutes to stop us dying in a frozen hell.
She doesn't know or care
She won't always be there
And without her
We'll be gone
And the chase for her goes on and on
You are 8 minutes from me now
8 minutes it would take me to be at by your side
But you don't know or care
So I'm here alone and cold

8 minutes from the warmth I need

A 1000 miles from the sleep  I need

And a lifetime way from the love I need.

'She made me smile'

She's back from somewhere
I ain't gonna ask the place
Cos it's non of my beeswax
It ain't left no marks on her sweet face

It's like time stood still from the day we met
She's older, wiser maybe and yet
Tho I know I've ripped the heart right out of me and carved these lines for all to see
She can still see the soul in me
That I haven't had chance to get to yet.

She could save me with a word if she had a mind to
She could turn it all around If her heart was set on me
I dare not ask
Or even pray.
All I know Is that today

She made me smile  
She made me smile
She made me  smile.

'My train was early
your taxi was late
I wonder how  things would be now
If I'd not had the patience to wait.
If I'd just sent a message
Sorry but it's not me, it's you
I can't hang around
I have a lot to do
You'd have yelled and cried
I'd have said goodbye
You'd have begged me to come back
I may have turned around
And wiped your eyes
And held the love I felt for you
A little further back.
But I waited cos I'm soft  like that
I'd never let you down
I'd never let you ever feel
That love was lost not found

I didn't do it then
I wouldn't do it now

But it's passed us by, the chance for proof
Flown thru the window out of reach  across a smokey roof

My train was early
Your taxi was late
And  after all you've put me thru
I'm still so  glad
I had the  patience to wait.

I did it then

So I'll do it now'

You lie so close to me,
Naked, almost touching
Almost. But not quite
My body reacts, in futility
I’ve never been so alone.

I feel your breath on my breast
My heart, just beneath, pounds out your name.
I’ve never been so alone

My eyes see you thru the dim light
I hear sleeper’s voice
Murmured dreams of another life
I’ve never been so alone

I’d give my life, my love.
My tomorrow and all I have.
But I’ve thought myself into the darkest corner
I’ve never been so alone

If love were enough to heal a wound
My love for you could end eternity’s sorrow
It’s strong enough cross oceans of time
I’ve never been so alone.

No crack will let the light get in
No light will escape this velvet covered heart
I’ll give no more to anyone
I’ve never been so alone

The love I have, I’ll keep inside
The wall will be rebuilt
Brick by brick by brick by brick
I’ve never been so alone.

My lifetime’s tears fall like the rain on your window.
Outside your warm embrace
And dismissed.
My heart will homeless wander
I’ve never been so alone.

I kiss your cheek.  
Warm, soft.
Like it ever was.
I die inside and fall away

I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone

I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone

I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone

I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone

I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone

I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone

I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone

I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone

I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never been so alone

At 2.22
I said goodbye to you. 
I took one last, longing look
And closed down the book
You said goodbye and meant it
And i just sat and cried
'I'd taken your love and bent it
Till u had nothing left inside.'
So I'm 
I'm Letting go of my dream
I'm Letting go of my life
I'm Letting go of the one thing 
I shoulda held on to with all my might
I'm letting go
My angel 
I'm letting go.
I'd waited an age 
For you to turn the page
And when you finally held me
It was love for all to see
But bitterness and silence
Turned passion into pain
And stubborn assed defiance 
Means You want love me again
So I'm 
I'm Letting go of my dream
I'm Letting go of my life
I'm Letting go of the one thing 
I shoulda held on to with all my might
I'm letting go
My angel I'm letting go.
And the thought of you in someone's arms
Is tearing me apart
It's only you that I can see
So what do I tell my heart?
When my heart asks me 
'Why?'

When a man cries
When he can't hold back the tears
When the memory of her smile won't fade 
Tho it's been so many years
And he stumbles thru the day 
Till it changes into night
And he sits alone without his love
And he still tries with all his might
To stop the tears from falling
And give him back the light
She's gone and he can't change it now

Dettol mould and mildew

The shadows of the railing
By the room I played last night. 
The whistle of a siren
And the blood of a lost fight.
And the closed sign on the food store 
Broken window, crack of light
And the hurt that won't subside
won't u let me look inside?
And the 'do me' look from a burnt out *****
And the words that split my side. 
Everything makes sense somehow
It's all that I expect 
The tears I knew I'd always shed 
The freight train singing in my head.
The rocks that turned a stranded heart 
Into a sunken, flooded wreck. 
Yet,
All of this is somewhat new, 
Baby I never thought this would come from u, 
Ur soul was clean and pure and.....
Jesus Christ am I so lame 
That it snuck right up on me? 
I who's every move was honed and practised, 
1 and 2 and ******* 63 !
Oh here's the rub, the wake up call. 
I never knew that dame at all, 
She let me think she needed love
And I gave up my past, and then my love.
And when her need of me was done
And some other shmoe became the one
The line was cut, connection frayed
Her single, final, vail displayed,
she naked, danced into the shade 
So I could fall, into the sun 
Not laughed at, 
But........ 
Tolerated, 
tolerated
Tolerated........
By everyone.
Thank you. 
I'm here all week. 
Try the soup.

I've let it happen
I chose the path
I'll call the tune
In the aftermath
I can't deny
This love that she brings
I'll just write the music 
To the song she sings
Ain't gonna write another sad song
Cos I'm safe in her arms
Where I belong
I'm not gonna pick another pen up and cry
Cos she's become my reason,that's the reason why
I ain't gonna write another sad, sad song
She smiles and I am lost inside her eyes and her heart
If she cried I'd feel like I was slowly falling apart
Every day she's new and I just can't get enough
I'm wrapped around her, I have found the different love
I ain't gonna write another sad song
Cos I'm safe in her arms,
Where I belong
I'm not gonna pick another pen up and cry
Cos she's become my reason,that's the reason why
I ain't gonna write another sad, sad song.
And if it takes my life 
I'll give my life
And gladly lay down arms for her
cos she's my knife 
She cuts thru all the sadness 
And makes me live
This different love, this deeper love
And the past she forgives.

I feel you baby, 
Fingers so light
In the darkest night.
I hear you baby
Breathing my name
It'll never sound the same.
I hold you baby,
Flesh on flesh
And palms that press.
I love you baby
From inside of me
You word set me free.

A ripped out slice of a soul
Casting shadows on the doubt of someone's love
A mind still keenly clings to the dream that was real
But became the nightmare  of an impenetrable loss.

Come 5am.
Memories bump and weave and vye for attention with the tears that never stop
With the ache that ebbs and flows like a tide that only goes out.
A self hate that questions rationale
And drinks its  venom from an unending cup.
This is what's left when love turns its back on love.
Then lies then hugs then lies again.
Open pits await the voyager who let's his weather eye wander and drift from the true prize that holds the anchor down
And gives a lonely man the solace of redemption.

At 2.22
I said goodbye to you.
I took one last, longing look
And closed down the book
You said goodbye and meant it
And i just sat and cried
'I'd taken your love and bent it
Till u had nothing left inside.'
So I'm
I'm Letting go of my dream
I'm Letting go of my life
I'm Letting go of the one thing
I shoulda held on to with all my might
I'm letting go
My angel
I'm letting go.
I'd waited an age
For you to turn the page
And when you finally held me
It was love for all to see
But bitterness and silence
Turned passion into pain
And stubborn assed defiance
Means we'll never love again
So I'm
I'm Letting go of my dream
I'm Letting go of my life
I'm Letting go of the one thing
I shoulda held on to with all my might
I'm letting go
My angel I'm letting go.
And the thought of you in someone's arms
Is tearing me apart
It's only you that I can see
So what do I tell my heart?
When my heart asks me
'Why?'

When u wake up in the morning
About 5 am
And ur crying for no reason at all
Ur eyes are burning red with tears
As a dream u had comes floating back
And down once again ur gonna fall.
Then all day long u carry her
In pictures running thru ur head
Till late at night
U drunken drop back into ur lonely bed

This is what the blues looks like
This is how it feels
This is what it does to u
That's the card it deals.
This is what the blues looks like
This is what the blues looks like
This is what the blues looks like
This is what the blues looks like

8 minutes is how long the warmth of the takes to reach us
8 minutes to stop us dying in a frozen hell.
She doesn't know or care
She won't always be there
And without her
We'll be gone
And the chase for her goes on and on
You are 8 minutes from me now
8 minutes it would take me to be at by your side
But you don't know or care
So I'm here alone and cold

8 minutes from the warmth I need

A 1000 miles from the sleep  I need

And a lifetime way from the love I need.

The shadows of the railing
By the room I played last night. 
The whistle of a siren
And the blood of a lost fight.
And the closed sign on the food store 
Broken window, crack of light
And the hurt that won't subside
won't u let me look inside?
And the 'do me' look from a burnt out *****
And the words that split my side. 
Everything makes sense somehow
It's all that I expect 
The tears I knew I'd always shed 
The freight train singing in my head.
The rocks that turned a stranded heart 
Into a sunken, flooded wreck. 
Yet,
All of this is somewhat new, 
Baby I never thought this would come from u, 
Ur soul was clean and pure and.....
Jesus Christ am I so lame 
That it snuck right up on me? 
I who's every move was honed and practised, 
1 and 2 and ******* 63 !
Oh here's the rub, the wake up call. 
I never knew that dame at all, 
She let me think she needed love
And I gave up my past, and then my love.
And when her need of me was done
And some other shmoe became the one
The line was cut, connection frayed
Her single, final, veil displayed,
she naked, danced into the shade 
So I could fall, into the sun 
Not laughed at, 
But........ 
Tolerated, 
tolerated
Tolerated........
By everyone.

'
She's back from somewhere
I ain't gonna ask the place
Cos it's non of my beeswax 
It ain't left no marks on her sweet face
It's like time stood still from the day we met
She's older, wiser maybe and yet
Tho I know I've ripped the heart right out of me and carved these lines for all to see
She can still see the soul in me
That I haven't had chance to get to yet.
She could save me with a word if she had a mind to 
She could turn it all around If her heart was set on me
I dare not ask
Or even pray.
All I know Is that today 
She made me smile
She made me smile 
She made me smile.

Another dawn and I'm alone
Last night is a world away
But my smile remains
And gone is the pain
With one word that I heard you say.
'Baby'

'My train was early
your taxi was late
I wonder how  things would be now
If I'd not had the patience to wait.
If I'd just sent a message
Sorry but it's not me, it's you
I can't hang around
I have a lot to do
You'd have yelled and cried
I'd have said goodbye
You'd have begged me to come back
I may have turned around
And wiped your eyes
And held the love I felt for you
A little further back.
But I waited cos I'm soft  like that
I'd never let you down
I'd never let you ever feel
That love was lost not found

I didn't do it then
I wouldn't do it now

But it's passed us by, the chance for proof
Flown thru the window out of reach  across a smokey roof

My train was early
Your taxi was late
And  after all you've put me thru
I'm still so  glad
I had the  patience to wait.

I did it then

So I'll do it now'

'It's you'
It's your smile 
It's your eyes
It's your laugh
It's your cry
It's your touch
It's your breath
It's not knowing why
It's your past
It's your now
It's your flesh
It's your faith
It's your hand on my hand
When I'm all over the place 
It's that look that you do
That make me laugh like a loon
It's you pulling me back
When I'm peaking too soon
I't's the way that you know
That I can't let you go
And whatever it takes
If it takes all I do
It's the love in my heart
Tells me,
No matter how we've spent the past
Something holds us together fast
And tho the years have come and gone
this thing in us has lingered on
To fight it would be wrong to do
Cos baby, baby
My sweet baby
it's you x

It was the night of the blood moon
Faces all looked skyward
Nothing after this night 
would ever be the same
It was the night of the blood moon
Heartache was the byword
Loving after this night
Would never feel the same
She'd split and left him broken,
Bleeding on the floor
He'd begged for mercy time again
begged until his throat was sore. 
It was the night of the blood moon
Cold and crisp and clear
Like the 13th bottle of cheap tasteless 
**** 
That they try to pass as beer.
It was the night of the blood moon
He's howling for her now
But she don't care
She's made her plan 
His love won't touch her anyhow.

My future's there
Shining in your eyes
Looking back at me
You took me by surprise
I've held u in my heart 
Since the night you touched my hand
I've watched you walk away and leave
But now in front of me you stand
You know I'm yours
Whatever comes
Every piece of me defined by you
Nothing to take your hand from mine
The tears are gone, replaced by smiles
And a soul that's one ,can't be split in two.
It started long ago
And waited for its chance
This love we've kept, 
hidden,
frightened,
and out of sight
It's time to let it dance

Staring down the harshest of truths 
Trying not to blink
The thought of your leaving has been tearing my heart
So I've been trying my hardest not to think
So will you be the one who'll put me on my knees?
Or will you bring me to my feet?
Am I gonna spend another night crying, begging please?
Will i once more taste defeat?
Or are we gonna take this thing
And turn it into love?
You know how much I care
And i believe you love me too
But I'm plagued by doubt
Cos it's happened before
I just couldn't take it if it came from you
So tell me again 
That we're gonna be fine
Kiss away my fear
Tell me again 
As I pour you some wine
And I open the last can of beer.

How to grow roses
Let me be frank from the outset
I know nothing about roses
Further more, I despise gardening
But..
If we start from the premise that to pre suppose only a gardener could grow as rose 
Then by the same token
Only a musician could make music. 
A fact overthrown by a child's laugh.
And only a bath maker could run a bath then only u could put a smile on the mouth of a river.

Technology's great, and I use it everyday
But I still like to compose my prose
The old fashioned way
A piece of paper, my heart, pen and ink
Cos tho paper may burn. it'll never crash
No matter what the folk at apple might make you ........... Oh ****!

He was 15 when it broke out and he stood on the shore 
Signed up with the navy and sailed off to war
8 months went by then they found out his age
'Too young ' said the captain 'to take a sailors wage'
Dropped off in a strange land he bided his time
Till his 16th arrived and he could rejoin the line. 
With his best friend and his brother 
They stood in ua trench
Near a town called passion dale
Breathing death's dreadful stench.
Over they went into deafening hell.
Brother and friend he lost as they fell.
The last one alive as he reached German lines
The enemy guns fell silent As tears filled their eyes
'Go back tommy'
'Turn round and go home'
'This slaughter must end for shame for shame'
'There's no German bullets that will carry your name.'
Grandad turned and walked back alone
ACross no man's land across blood across bone.
I was just a boy and He hardly spoke of war to me
'it's nothing i'd like your young eyes to see'
But he cried when he told me 
about when the barrage was done 
That He heard One lonely skylark sing a 
song of hope 
as it flew over the Somme.

Could you save me?
Would you care?
Is it asking to much
That you could be there?
Is this one more heartbreak
I'll endure?
Will I give in and cry ' please, no more'?
Or will you stay when I close my door?

It's easier if I don't see u. 
We're better off this way 
I don't want to watch u cry
Or hear what you might say
Let me gather up my things
And I'll be on my way
Cos I know that I was wrong
But I won't let you know
I'd rather break your heart again
And watch me as I go
If I swallowed my pride 
You would let me back inside
But I'll just leave your key
And let you fall into the deepest sea.

So many songs we didn't get to sing 
All the words that I needed to say 
But they don't mean a thing. 
Just come home 
Just come home

Although I stand in the sun, 
My love, I'm so cold.
Although my young eyes still smile, 
I'm old.
Although my heart beats on,
It's broken and aching
And my voice still sings
it's fragile and quaking. 
And I've reached the point 
Of no return
Cos I'm at the place where the fire still burns
I can't bring myself salvation 
Can you leave this train at this station?
Can you leave this train at this station?

I've crossed the world a dozen times
By wing and wheel and wave
I've woken up in strange girl's beds
And fell asleep in caves
I've sung my songs in brothels
I've watched rich men leaving poor
I've taken virtue in my home town
And I've taken it in your's
Ya see 
I'm the lonely troubadour 
You don't need to know my name
You don't need to know just why I leave 
Only that You came
In every place I get to 
Whether from below or from above
I'll ask the barman 'kindly sir '
For another shot of love.
Give me one more chance at love
Before my time has passed 
I still believe she'll come along
No need to wash my glass
And if I end my days alone
And a guitar's all I got
I'll be thankful for the life I led
And for another shot.

3 boats
3 boats, sail up OUR river. 
We ignite some gunpowder
Everyone turns up to cheer.
Lights and people spark up as one
They sail away
The event is done.
Proud we are, of floating bits of steel
Even tho one is usually a cafe
In America
, for the turners of the wheel.
So wave ur flags, and toast the rich 
Whose table you'll never share.
And believe the lie,
It's all for us
Just don't try to get in there. 
Cos we're the ones who build
The dreams the small percentage live
Our table maybe bare, but our friendship's full.
It's the brotherhood we alone can give.,
Float on float on. 
See you soon.

Alone at the bar
As I finished the show
I caught his eye and he nodded
‘Hello’
I watched as he drained the last slug from his glass
Ordered another, and muttered
‘Hey Lord, kiss my ***!’

He wasn’t a drunkard or some down and out
Just a good guy who needed to let the pain out
So I packed my guitar
And pulled up a stool
His tears filled his shot glass
Then he said ‘I can see you’re no fool’
But I lost her today
I watched her slip away,  
I cried as she tried, but she couldn’t hang on.
Then she closed her eyes,
And I had to say goodbye
There should be some other way
But I’m too alone and he cried

‘Lord,take me instead
or take me too
There’s nothing much that I ever ask of you
But I’m down on my knees
It’s all  I can do
So take me instead
Or take me too

I don’t believe in a
Higher plan
There’s nobody up there
God’s just a man
And I’m sorry to burden you
But I lost my girl today
And you’ve got a kind face
Then I cried when he told me
Just what he’d said

‘Lord,take me instead
or take me too
There’s nothing much that I ever ask of you
But I’m down on my knees
It’s all  I can do
So take me instead
Or take me too
Take me instead
Or take me too

Sitting in the csr alone, staring at an empty space 
Wondering where did I go wrong 
To cause the anger in ur face
How did love that was so strong 
Turn to bitterness and hate? 
Is it me? 
Is it me? 
Am I so beyond redemption?
Have I ****** my whole life up?
Will I ever find some peace?

'On days like these'
In midwinter's chill and snow
I've a warm safe place that I can go
When ice and wind try to do me in
I can say your name and you'll let me in.
To
A room that's full of orange glow 
A room that only we can know
But it's made for us and filled with love
And no one gets in 
Cos no one else should
You're there inside
Hand outstretched 
And you cling so tight
I forget the rest
So I close my eyes 
On days like these 
When I'm cold to the soul
Alone on my knees
And your back in my arms 
safe from harm
And our love lives forever
On days like these.

'If u were not in my arms
Each day would be 
Everything you would never wish a day to be. 
If could not look into your eyes as every nighttime falls
Every night would feel like the endless dark of the deserted hallway
In my nightmare of losing you '

When you've double crossed your own heart
When it's only your hand that tore your soul apart
How can you ask for sympathy?
How could the world agree?
When my own worst enemy is the face in the mirror that's
Screaming back at me.
There's no fool like an old fool 
Except for the fool who never seems
To learn
That to take true love for granted
Is to watch your future burn.
So light a cigarette and pull yourself a chair 
And look closely at a man
Lost in dark despair
Let the best love slip so he did
Didn't think to say
'Baby, I'm not looking after you
Please won't you lead the way?'

I don't wanna live with the ghost of your past. 
I don't wanna deal with an old flame that you thought was gonna last
I need to see you 
Like you'd like to be seen
But I can't live with the love that coulda been.
Don't get me wrong
You're all that I desire
There's nothing that I wouldn't do 
To get you flying higher
I'd grab a star and steal the moon
I'd let you burn my soul
But if there's someone that's still half of you
I'm leaving till you're whole

I'm the one before 'the one'
The guy they **** before they meet with luck
I teach them to come 
Cos they couldn't before
Many had tried and failed
They'd ******* in every position,
Of their own volition 
But hadn't been able to get off
Then I turn up
And they're squirting like a drain
Life before me must have been such a frustrating pain.
I'm the one before 'the one'
The guy they try out for size
More than Meets the eyes
I'll teach them of the bard and dickens
I'll show them culture to make their pulses quicken
Give them the dark side and tie them down
Then show my nice side, soft as an eiderdown
I'm the one before 'the one'
Destined to be alone 
Watching old loves get wed
And wondering if this one might stay awhile longer before she leaves my bed.

If I had the chance to change the things said and unsaid
I would gladly give my very soul.
For to see the tears I caused and the hurt it's bought 
Has driven me to the edge of death
And a desire to let life slip away. 
No words will change what has pained you.
No apology sincere and heartfelt
Could alter the things that brought us to this place and forced you from my arms. 
But 
I'm truly, overwhelmingly sorry. 
And I will pay the price for all eternity.

'This love that took it's time'
Minutes to hours
to days to years.
Every time I could be with you
You couldn't find a way 
to get to me,
to get your kiss me
to be here
But now here you are
Nestled on my arm
And I am lying
Like I knew I'd be
Within your gentle palm
It's meant for us
So let it live
This love that took it's time
We've opened the bottle,
And let it breath
It's getting better
Just like wine
There'll be those that shake their head
Those that disagree
They'll make you doubt the strength 
Of this
And pull your heart from me
But if they knew just how I feel
In this aching, beating soul of mine
They'd hang their heads and let us fly
Into this love
This love that took it's time.

Like a slow motion suicide,
Suspended in alcohol
With something of the night about me
I've got the sadness of an exile. 
I wear the cloak of solitude 
Buttoned up to my chin
No one gets out of love alive 
So no one's getting in.
A carved out heart
In oak and weeping willow
And next to me, in a too large bed
Will be no other slumbering soul
A laying on the pillow.

'And now. nothing. 
Silence born of bitterness.
Heart beating pointlessly 
Just to keep a man alive.
Mind whirling, straining at the leash
Fingers drumming,
Aching for release
Void and null
An ex kind of life.
Staring at a future
That's balanced on the edge of a knife'

So much wisdom,and so much grace
But so much hurt drawn on one small face
So much learnt in too short time
Too little love given that was not mine.

You’ve always been so close
Always a call or ride away
But now I cannot reach you
And I wait for your return.

You’ve always been so close
Always been within my grasp
But now you lay by far off shores
And I wait for your return

I wait for your return
Like a refugee waits on kind shelter
I wait for your return
Like a drowning man
Reaching out his hand
And praying for your touch
I know it won’t be long,
But it’s tearing me apart
And I struggle thru every day
And night brings helpless tears
And I wait for your return.