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Hello friend, where you been so long?
Time goes by, so easy it sleeps away
Just like a shadow at the end of the day

Hello friend, how are things for you these days?
Some guy from way-back-when, he mentioned your name
Did he ever get back to you?
Ah, you know I told him to

Big old snake o' red tail lights
Lookin' for a drain
Pretty red, like diamond bright
become your ball and chain

If you ever reach the other side,
it will never be this way
They tie you down with your own high hopes,

There'll be no moon tonight
And the stars won' t light the sky
There are women on the streets
But there's no loving in their eyes
Feeling weary, tired and wishing
I was standing in your doorway now

There'll be dancing flames

My world is miles of endless roads
That leaves a trail of broken dreams
Where have you been
I hear you say?
I will meet you at the Blue Cafe
Because, this is where the one who knows
Meets the one who does not care
The cards of fate

Could this be true
Could this be me
The one who kept himself so high and free
Caught up in the highest game of all
And all my defences tumble and fall
Only the ace of hearts can save now

I wake in early hours and call your name

I've got my wheels
And I’ve got my clean shirt
I got enough to get me where she’ll be
Skin is burning hearts on fire
Take my own dream to the sea
All I know is she’ll be there
Turn it up turn it on
All summer long

I do not sleep tonight 
I might not ever 
The sins of the past have come 
See how they sit down together 

Outside my window 
Outside my door 
And I know the reason 

I do not sleep tonight
I may not ever
The sins of the past have come
See how they sit down together

Outside my window
Outside my door
And I know the reason what they’ve all come here for

And You My Love

And you my love
I do not sleep tonight
I may not ever
The sins of the past have come
See how they sit down together
Outside my window

Пока у меня есть твоя любовь

The word you send today
Твое известие, присланное сегодня
From somewhere far away
Откуда-то издалека,
Cut in deep to the bone
Задело меня за живое,

The word you send today
From somewhere far away
Cut in deep to the bone
Though I am not with you now
I feel you close somehow
Too many days, so far from home
And I send my dream to you
And I will go on

Пока имею я твою любовь
The word you send today
From somewhere far away,
Cut in deep to the bone.
Though I am not with you now,
I feel you close somehow.
Too many days, so far from home
And I send my dream to you.

Auberge
Притон
On the hard fast train
On the road to gain
Something gets right through to your telling bone
Theres a sudden itch
An electric twitch
Sometimes I swear this bodys got a mind of its own

No sunny day, no sky of blue
Just a pale moon on the wings of the wind
No diamond rings, no pretty dreams
Two people caught in chains of each other

And there was no other way
This was how it was to be
The flame will haunt you constantly

The cold axe of bad love
Sure cut you down
There's nothing to hold on to now
In this part of town

Your heart has been broken
But hear what I say
Ain't nothing but a cold night

Album: "Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?"
Released: April, 1978

I used to hang my head down low
Never knowing which way I was going
My life was getting close to the edge
And I knew that it was showing

Black dog barking in the cold grey light
He pulls the chain and he pulls it tight
This aint no lonesome wail that boy aint faking
He bites the steel and he claws the ground
He pulls again and he spins around
His eyes are raging and his burning lungs are steaming

He wanna walk in the sun

My world is miles of endless roads
That leaves a trail of broken dreams
Where have you been
I hear you say?
I will meet you at the Blue Cafe
Because, this is where the one who knows
Meets the one who does not care
The cards of fate

Sing a song of love to me
Sing out, sing out
She's the one who made me free
Sing out, sing out
''cause she made me smile
And she made me love
Oh she made me laugh
And she made me dance

Lyrics:
Love started out like fresh April dawn
Dreams I have left faded and torn

I was born to lose baby
I was born to lose baby

There was this woman when I was a boy

No standing with these burning feet
I got to kill the the fire
Got to kill the heat
I see a road and a river
I gotta go
'cause there's fire in my shoes
And you're moving too slow
For these burning feet

Faith for reasons still unknown

Like bleak house fog seems everywhere

The truth has frozen into stone

And hope lies freezing in the midnight air

Catfish girl, makes it feel so fine
Catfish girl, always pulling on my line
When I see her smiling face, She get me every single time
Yeah she does.

Catfish girl, I miss you Lord I feel so blue
Oh my Catfish girl, Oh and every little thing that you do
Oh Catfish girl, I only want to be with you.

Misty eyes on a misty day
Come across a place like this along your way
You walk straight in to that sweet and tender trap
And you know you're lost and found
And there ain't no going back
Spend the rest of your days playing all the hardest games
Just to get back to that place again
And memories oh how they stick to you

I'm chained to the highway, there's no other way for me
Always looking for a new day, always a dream ahead of me
Seems like it's so many lifetimes, through the sunshine, rain and snow

Yeah I come so far, but I still got so far to go
Yes I come so far, but I still got so far to go

Solo

I'm coming off the ropes
(He's going down)
He thinks I'm beat
I'm coming off the ropes yea
This ain't no retreat
He thinks I'm going down
For sure my head is spinning round
When I straighten up

You got to break the back of the mould you were made in
Crack the shell, that's how it's got to be
Nothing for certain, ain't no way of knowing
Only believe in things that you see

Flow with the river, run with the tide
Mix with your brother, 'cos he's right by your side
Crack that mould

On the restless road to nowhere
There's no certain peace it seems
Desire to keep on moving
till the river of dreams
Is it just because someone told you
Is it just because you found
Old freedom feels uneasy when duty is around

It's all become a fantasy
She sits and reads about Tiffany's
I moan all day about the state of the world
And the sun beats down

Her book if full of pastel shades
Filigree Femmes in lusts of jade
While all around the bullets flew

Could have been a long hot summer night
When all the stars were shining bright
Against the blue
Could have been that famous decade scene
Top hats and tails, spinning 'round the room

And all I remember is not wanting the music to end
And all I remember is feeling a need that I could not hide

Beat up soul
Looking to find a smile
Ain't nobody here to give you the reason why
I need the wings of an angel
Need to find me a way to fly

Come on and dance with me baby
Dancing my blues away

Diamond dream when the sun don't shine
I close my eyes to see
Twelve wild horses in silver chains
Calling out to me

Oh Daytona
Shine your light on me
Oh Daytona

All change on then merry go line
Everybody looking for a sign
Jumping up and down when the switch goes on
Nobody knows where it's coming from

I'm here watching, keeping well away
Oh I'm gonna live it in my own way
Singing no mister, not me

Do you still dream of summer nights
The endless roads between the distant lights
Do you still find yourself
On strange and long highways
Drifting into unknown phase

Do you still dream of summer days
The sunlight dancing on white rolling waves

Driving home for Christmas
Oh, I can't wait to see those faces
I'm driving home for Christmas, yea
Well I'm moving down that line
And it's been so long
But I will be there
I sing this song
To pass the time away

Im driving home for christmas
Oh, I cant wait to see those faces
Im driving home for christmas, yea
Well Im moving down that line
And its been so long
But I will be there
I sing this song
To pass the time away

Well now come on easy rider
Give me something
For my pain
Well now come on easy rider
Though I know you're not to blame

The dogs are out to get me
And pull me down, again

Caught the midnight train
I go hustling through the night
I caught the midnight train
I go hustling through the night
Gonna jump off north of Memphis
When my hometown's out of sight

They say there's only the Devil waiting

The daylight breaks, a picture show of endless takes
And the music's coming through on the radio
And I take my place, reluctantly I join the race
It's not my fight, just trying to stay on my feet
But oh there's one thing that gets to me
It's that little girl she puts me down so easily
In total absurd I'm saying these words

Every second counts
That's what he says
Every second counts
Every single day
All through the night time
And all through the day time
Can't let your world pass through and in to my way
Every second counts

Sat out a card game in a motel room
Don't let the muzak drive you crazy late at night
They tell me it's all part of the deal I'm in
Well I close my eyes, put memory into sight

Every time I see you smile

Now the lady tabs your case, leaves you thinking

Go to that secret place
Inside your soul
Go to its deepest place
Only you and I know
Can you see her?
There she is still shining bright
When the sun goes down
See her crimson glow through

She's back real late yet she don't seem to care
She hangs around outside in late night air
Burning tears upon a smiling face
And she's caught in the fires of spring

The ice of loneliness you've known so long
For good or not seems to have been and gone
Your Phoenix flies you high on crazy wings

A dying flame, you're free again
Who could love and do that to you
All dressed in black, he won't be coming back
Save your tears, you've got years and years
The pains of seventeen's
Unreal they're only dreams
Save your crying for the day

Album: "Tennis"
Released: March, 1980
Lyrics:
Don't ask me how long baby it's gonna take
I don't know honey, just give it a break
Love don't happen to you overnight
You got to feed it, leave it
Give it some light

She throws her hair into the February breeze
She hears it singing through the branches of the trees
A song of something you know so well
And she's still looking for a freeway

She hears the sound of distant planes across the sky
She catches fleeting glimpse of fading red tail lights
Into tomorrow she gently sleeps

When I was a boy
I had a dream
It never came true
But somehow it seems
When I drift away and I know it's so
There's a certain time and place I go
Every heart's got it's moment
Written on it's soul

She shines her light where just before

There was only - cold wind blowing

She understands what makes me smile

And let's me know that - without showing

Deep inside these old dusty walls
There's a sacred heart, I'd know this garden anywhere
She was warm, she was deep summertime
She was love itself and she was standing there
Standing close, so close to me
I closed my eyes and I could see
Giverny

I was never born with the face of a movie star
I was never blessed with an easyload along the way
I have taken the wrong turning
So many times I can't remember
But one thing I have for sure
I can always smile and say

God gave me an angel with a smiling face

Go down my road running just as fast as I can
Nobody knows which is the better way
But when that man in the sky points his finger at you
Don't you ever think no-one's better than you

God's great banana skin
Don't you laugh at nobody
You'll let the bad luck in

Im gone fishing
I got me a line
Nothing I do is gonna make the difference
So Im taking the time
And you aint never gonna be happy
Anyhow, anyway
So Im gone fishing
And Im going today

Album: "Tennis"
Released: March, 1980
Lyrics:
He's watching the girls on the dance floor
He's watching the light in her hair
He's praying that love's gonna come soon
There's a sweet smell of hope in the air
Just another boy from a steel town

The plane is waiting, you must to go
'Goodbye I'm gonna miss you'
And all the things you say at a leaving
Ah just turn your head and walk away

Goodbye little Columbus
Goodbye, I'll see you one day
Goodbye little Columbus

There's a crazy sense of duty
As he licks between his fingers
Wipes the ketchup from his face and hands
There's a strong determination
That his teachers never witnessed
Never close enough to understand
He's like a bull just bred for fighting
He don't deliver nothing

Я вижу крутящееся колесо
На пыльной дороге
Я оказался в необитаемом, пустом месте
Между настоящим и прошлым
А рай, существующий где-то
Всё ещё так далеко
Счастливчик, не сомневайся, я
Буду изображать улыбку так долго, как смогу

I stood out with my brother
On a tree lined avenue
I see the sweetest little creature
Coming into my view
And I say to myself, I say man I'm gonna get me some
Of that bright little angel
That shines like the morning sun
Well my brother steps in, faster that light

Morning light meet the day
Nervous eyes look both ways
And it just won't matter, spring or fall
There's bread to win and shots to call
And there ain't nobody out there
Just a wild uncertainty
It's in your stride but it ain't no fun
Sometimes I feel just like a hired gun

"Hobo Love Blues"

I got a hobo love
Sure can't tie me down
Now I got a hobo love
Sure can't turn me down
My mama used to say
That boy sure can't stick around

In the silence of the side street
In the whisper of the night
From the darkness of the empty hours
To the early morning light
From the hustle down on main street
With all its lights so bright
To the trucker on the highway
Pressing through the night

Radio speaker - radio bleep
Put it on hard disc -
See it on your pc
Everybody moving - cos
Their so afraid of losing
You gotta pull the straps
Till it can't fight back

Could it be just that I'm crazy
Could it be the way I feel this time of year
When a certain situation seems to bring the best out of me
I don't care

When she's standing close beside me
Something turns inside me
Brings my senses to the point of no return

I just wanna be with you
No matter what they say
Just wanna be with you
Every night and every day
Cold nights, dark days
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you

I just wanna be with you
No matter what they say
Just wanna be with you
Every night and every day
Cold nights, dark days
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you

I love the rain
It clears the street
It cool off the preassure
It kill the bit
Gently it's falling
Turn down the heat
I love the rain

There's rain on my window
But I'm thinking of you
Tears on my pillow
But I will come through
Josephine, I'll send you all my love
And every single step I take
I take for you
Josephine, I'll send you all my love

I'm in my car
I got my telephones and radio
This is my home
I have learnt to love and live
The only way I know
And I don't want to change a thing
This is my world you are sitting in
I got a fax so I press send

Я продолжаю жить

How many times
Have I been here before?
Like a worn away piece of the night
Waiting for the dawn

Daylight breaks

Album: "Chris Rea"
Released: February, 1982

Lyrics:
There's a street outside my window
There's a light outside my door
There's a road straight through this old town
There's a boat on every shore

Here I go out to see again
the sunshine fills my hair
and dreams hang in the air
Gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes
you know it feels unfair
there's magic everywhere

Look at me standing

A careless heart ain't no good to no-one
I was going back my friends to see
Of what became of my childhood daydreams
Of all the things that used to be
To my surprise I stood alone
I walked a river of a waking dream
My father say 'Know what you're thinking'
I guess this old town seen better days

There's rain on my window
But I'm thinking of you
Tears on my pillow
But I will come through
Josephine, I'll send you all my love
And every single step I take
I take for you
Josephine, I'll send you all my love

There's rain on my window
But I'm thinking of you
Tears on my pillow
But I will come through

Josephine
I'll send you all my love
And every single step I take

I see all the tough guys still not 25
Dying on their feet
Coughing, honking, cadging cigarettes
And still out on the street
Well, they got no money, nowhere to go
Fathers of 2, 3 maybe 4, what are they gonna do
Jimmy got a busted mouth in a fight last night
He says he's OK

Eyes so bright, so big and wide
Make you feel so strange
Somewhere deep inside
It's the face of an angel
Soul of the devil may care

How I'd love to know
What goes on in there

Just in case you never knew
На случай если ты никогда не знала
I wanna say
Я хочу сказать
What I feel about you
Что я чувствую к тебе
I wanna tell you
Я хочу рассказать тебе

Soldiers of fortune lost in the wind
No destinations and nothing to win
Keep your head above the water, you get dirty and mean
Scrubbing forever and you never come clean

A life that is easy, a dream that comes true
Flowers for someone but they sure ain't for me
Your room's filled with soft light, safe and secure

I got a friend who loves the music
He got a red hot groove
But he don't use it
I get so afraid, he's gonna lose it
If you gotta gift - man, don't abuse it

Keep on dancing

Let your fighting scars heal in the sun
Of a bright windy day
Let your cold blades sleep in the sand
Till it's rusted away

Washed each night in the waves
While you sleep away each memory
And you wake to find yourself

I don't know where I'm going
All I know is I got to move away
I don't know where I'm going
All I know is I got to move away
I don't know where I'm going
All I know is I got to move away
I got a fear inside me
Call it the KKK

Last place on my list tonight
Last drink gonna be alright
Seems like I'm headed
For some big fall
This is my last call

Last call for drink
Last call for a cigarette

When you sing of the joy only love can bring
Heaven knows it's in my heart and my soul.
Caught in a world full of tears
so many sad times and fears.
So while there's a chance and you're near -
Let's dance
let's dance!

Sweet september, I remember,
Eyes of august deepest blue.
While the lazy town was sleeping,
Strangest love I ever knew.
Feel the wind blow, see the shadows,
Kiss the breeze of a southern shore.
Of my life's loves and fascinations,
The only one who left me wanting more.

Sweet september, I remember
Eyes of August, deepest blue
While the easy town was sleeping
Strangest love I ever knew
Feel the wind blow
See the shadows
Kiss the breeze of a sudden shore
Of my life's loves and fascinations

Big old snake of red tail-lights
Looking for a drain
Pretty red like diamonds bright
Become your ball and chain
If you ever reach the other side
It will never be this way
They tie you down with your own high hopes
You'd better listen to what I say

Look deep into the April face
A change has clearly taken place
Looking for the summer
The eyes take on a certain gaze
And leave behind the springtime days
Go looking for the summer
This ain`t no game of kiss and tell
The implications how you know so well

Well we come down to the valley
Yea we're looking for the honey
I see a rainbow
I say that's the land of milk and honey

Me and my cousin
Me and my brother
My little sister too

Look deep into the April face

A change is clearly taking place

Looking for the summer

The eyes take on a certain gaze

I could have stood to watch you walk away
And put it down to your uncertain ways
Or maybe baby you've had a change of heart
Maybe wanna make a brand new start
Crazy though what I say may seem
I could have learned to mend these broken dreams
You could have pushed I would have gently fell
I could have played the graceful one so well

When passion shines her blinding light on you
You know my friend there's nothing that you can really do
Just follow on behind her veil of deepest purple haze
Down, to love's strange ways

Drowning in a laughter as you go
Intoxicating laughter that spins you high and low
Dangerous times are these, but oh so wonderfully new

Album: "Chris Rea"
Released: February, 1982

Lyrics:
The night was black with thunder
The streets were wet with rain
Another day goes under
A little bourbon will take the strain

It's been so long now since we first met

But the time and place I will never forget
darling
never.
Through good and bad
we stood the test of time

The weak and hazy shades of winter sun
Come shining through
Lifting fog from the trees and a gentle warm breeze
Send it up in to the blue

Blue sky and you come creeping through my soul
Goodbye our love's smoking too
And the sound of those Italian engines

I've been everywhere, looking for an answer
I've been in and out, of every place in town
I've been checking out, looking for a reason
I just can't seem to work it out, which every way I choose
Oh I've been missing you
I'm missing you

I miss your kiss

Nashville sky
In a morning sun
Somewhere up north
A new life begun
He was drawn to the twister
With a Memphis sound
Kissed by an angel
Of a music town

Can you hear it?
Singing so low
Every time you tell me
That you have got to go
That sad refrain
Those notes so blue
It's my soul
Crying out for you

I go to work in a bubble
I got everything I need
I get so high on no trouble
It's a great feeling, being free

I say a prayer at thanksgiving
I bless the night and the day
I look up to the sky with a smile on my face

I feel your heat in dusty whispers
The wind is cold around your moon
Its getting hard to keep our distance
I know your time is coming soon
Dont point your dream on my horizon
Dont take your rose too far from home
Please dont forget were not each other
Each soul has black thorns of his own

Salty river
Falls asleep in the bay
Always gets there
Never early, never late

Nothing's happening
Nothing's happening by the sea

Between the eyes of love I call your name
Behind the guarded walls I used to go
Upon a summer wind there’s a certain melody
Takes me back to the place that I know
Down on the beach

The secrets of the summer I will keep
The sands of time will blow a mystery

Ощути источник силы у твоих ног
Там, где встречаются Земля и океаны.
Легкий бриз наполняет тебя эмоциями.
Когда ты обретешь душевное спокойствие,
Твоя душа освободится.
Там, где небо сливается с морем,
Тебе откроются новые горизонты
На побережье,

Between the eyes of love I call your name
Behind those guarded walls I used to go
Upon a summer wind there's a certain melody
Takes me back to the place that I know
On the beach
Yeah Yeah
Down on the beach
Yeah

There's a heart in the middle of somewhere tonight
Screaming for reasons or just a way out
I put the shirt off my back on a wager that says
There's one every night from my old school yard days
I hear you say one golden rule
One golden rule

There's been times I've been stood in the wind and the rain

Album: "Chris Rea"
Released: February, 1982

Lyrics:
Heartbeat, way down on Cove Street
Playing to lady luck, awaiting that tender touch
Fantasy is the trick of the dance you see
Hiding that need for love and wanting you close to me

You must live, what you really love
You must be, only what you're dreaming of
Like a bird rising in the sky
You are only, only to fly, only to fly

When you hear the sound you love
Do you turn and walk away
Is it something you are frightened of

I was down, nowhere bound
Needed love, any love
Something new, breezy and bashful but true
Changing my whole point of view
Suddenly someone, a midnight romancer
A Romeo dancer in blue
But only with you
Only with you

Album: "Deltics"
Released: March, 1979

Lyrics:
Rain, tears of joy, tears of pain
Is this really me
Standing here at the station
The card said I mustnt be late

Set my sails out on a sunny day
Pretty soon i was on my way
Though what for sure it was
I could not say

Two thousand reasons
Maybe more
Eight hundred chances on faraway shores

Sitting at the crossways
Trying to keep my cool with the traffic lights
I've been up and down this line so any times
Girl, it's never right
Me and this machine keep the crazy urban dream
Locked in overflow
Sometimes I swear I could spin these old wheels
Just let it go

Sandwriting
Leave your name and
Let the wind
And high tide
Take it away
Each white gold grain
That made up your name

Your head spins round on a Monday
And the daylight's in your eyes
How you laughed and cursed tomorrow
Now he's standing by your side
You touched the stars at midnight
The whole world seem to shout 'Hello'
Now your throat is tired and heavy
And only one can go

Wake up, see the morning light
This is you, this is today
You try so hard to get it right
Can't help thinking somewhere you've lost your way

When was the last time
You saw a smile?
There's a scream on every silent face you see

In waves of people you can lose your feet
You've got to stay hard, to the ground
It gets so easy now to lose your way
When you're ever outward bound
A church bell ringing in the fading light
Stops you dead like a cold steel wall
The ghost of yesteryear's is toughing you
And as sure as God you'll fall

And now the day is over
And the shadows start to grow
The sun has done us well today
In flaming crimson he explodes
And bursts of million colours
That spill across the sky
I turn and look at you love
And I know the reason why

Since I find you
There's a laugh in the eye, where a tear used to be
Since I find you
There's a sound of a Memphis section playing on my radio
And it sings of the reasons why I love you so
Since I find you
There's a groove that's so smooth
I can hardly tell who's in the studio

Sing a song of love to me
As the shadows start to grow
And I won't be sad and lonely
Anymore

'Cos if you sing a song of love to me
I will always find a smile
That will warm my cold cold heart

Well I screamed at mama,
What's that stuff going on
Yeah I screamed at mama
Where did that feeling come from
She said son I don't know what it is
But I know that's where you belong
Mama looked at me,
She smiled me a sunny day

Soft top, hard shoulder
See me running down that line
I can’t stop too much older now
Let it run in overtime
Run till it breaks up
Overheats and explodes
Pick up what’s left of me
Leave the rest of it way down that road

He's a square peg in a round hole
Misfit in a slick world
Don't play the game
Don't do what he's told
He's a square peg in a round hole

Square peg don't care
The bright lights he's not there

Some girls used to kiss and run
And never knew what they had done
Some girls always wasted time
They keep you hanging on the line
Some loved horses and always stayed at home
But a Stainsby girl loved the Rolling Stones

Now some had games that you had to play

I was born and raised on steel river
I see it all like it was yesterday
The ships and bridges they were all delivered
From sydney harbour to the cisco bay
And I met my love down on steel river
We served our dreams and spent our childhood days
In rainy streets we'd kiss away the shivers
And hide from fear inside the latest craze

I'm gonna stick by you, everyday
I won't let you down now
No matter what they say
I won't let them get to you, no way
I'll stick by you
I'm going to stick by you
Now I know
No matter what tomorrow brings

I see a million torn up moments
of the rarest happiness
Each one a dancing snowflake
A piece of memory

It's the ghost of days gone by
Lay them tight across this old town
In the silence of your smiling face

Tangled dream and endless highways
Bang the drum in a foreign land
Sometimes I wonder what I'm chasing
When all I need is the touch of your hand
I've got no fixed abode out of own
Babe it gets so cold
Without your love I'm just a stone
And we all laugh and the jokes get wilder

This is the story
This is the way
Gospel of reason
When the pain came to stay
The life of a loser
Who wins with a smile
The sinners redempyion
In the tears of a child.

Once there was a summer love
Long ago and far away
The autumn whispers to the falling leaves
Summer love can't stay

This was their place, this was where
Just for one moment, without cares
Two lovers dreaming of how the world should be

I lie awake, late at night
I just don't seem to sleep at all
Got so high, don't I know why
Said man I got that Moon-dog call
Stepping out into the street

Gonna dance till my legs fall off
Mister policeman say "what's wrong with you

I want to see the blue sky
I want to feel the breeze
I want to hear the summer wind
Singing in the trees
I want to touch forever
And drift into its soul
Put my troubles in my right hand
Hold them up

The little girl she said to me
What are these things that I can see
Each night when I come home from school
And mama calls me in for tea
Oh every night a baby dies
And every night a mama cries
What makes those men do what they do
To make that person black and blue

In the morning madness and the stabbing light
She pours the coffee and she says
"What was wrong with you last night?"
"Dreams, just dreams my love, we're half asleep"
But the headline's on tennis
So it seems, everything's all right
There's a girl from the Midwest, with a pretty face
Scratched where it itched, they said it was a disgrace

Warm winds blowing
Heating blue sky
And a road that goes forever
Been thinking 'bout it lately
Been watching some TV
Been looking all around me
At what has come to be
Been talking to my neighbour

... THE BLUE CAFE
Музыка : REA, CHRIS
Слова : REA, CHRIS

My world is miles of endless roads
That leaves a trail of broken dreams
Where have you been
I hear you say

Chris Rea - The blue cafe

My world is miles of endless road
It leaves the trail of broken trains
Where you've been I hear you say
I meet you at the blue caffe
This is where the one who knows
Meets the one that doesn't care

Long shadows
Bright light
That falls to the front
From a darkness behind
There is no end
To this mountain top
Inside these stones
Only peace will we find

I came here to dance
To show my faith
To try and lose my blues
Something that takes its place

Chorus
I don’t care about the moon
And the stars above

How fast can I run?
How far can I go?
These are the questions,
The young want to know
I met her in Brooklyn,
She was coming from Queens
I said "where are you going to"?
She said "where have you been"?

Chris Rea - The Memory Of A Good Friend


I love the sun
I love the sea
I'd like to think that you were here with me
But people are seasons and seasons change
I'd like to think that you are still the same

Time goes by
And every single tear
It must have well run dry
And the lonely nights
Become a strange accepted way

And the years go past
Just like the old song says

© Chris Rea - 'Auberge', 1991.

Time goes by
And every single tear
It must have well run dry
And the lonely nights
Become a strange accepted way

Stood still on a highway
I saw a woman
By the side of the road
With a face that I knew like my own
Reflected in my window
Well she walked up to my quarter light
And she bent down real slow
A fearful pressure paralysed me in my shadows

Well I'm standing by the river but the water doesn't flow
It boils with every poison you can think of
And I'm underneath the streetlight but the light of joy I know
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows
And the perverted fear of violence chokes the smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bell
This ain't no technological breakdown, oh no, this is the road to hell

I hear the angels scream
they know the devil's out.
I sure don't know at all
what this is all about.
I need my true loves arms
I need my true loves kiss.
No matter whose side you're on
nobody needs all this.

A sinner I may be
But I've just got to try
My luck with you
Secret smile upon your face
So don't look down
Don't hide your grace
Let me find you

There she goes, the one that I love
The one I've been waiting for
The one I've been dreaming of

There she goes but she'll never be mine
Wasted all of my chances
Run clean out of time

Somewhere in this crazy night
With all this noise,
and all this light
I'm out upon the crowded street
I play the game and I keep the beat

Woo-oo
But I'm thinking of you

Nine dollars, two cents
No money, no rent
8759 that's the number
Be on time
Bring something, don't care
Whatever, be there
Good woman, good loving, good feeling
Three angels

I went down to the juke joint
See what I could find
I went down to the juke joint
See what I could find
Well I lost all my money
Too much drinking on my mind
There was a girl down from Jackson
Oh my she looked fine

Touche d'amour
yours is a sunny day.
Of this I'm sure - blowing my clouds away.
I just don't know what this will do to me
I only want it to be
Touche d'amour
touche d'amour
yeah.

I can see him now, standing on a street corner
Pastel shades and a candy stripe parallel
Good time love, oh that I'd been much older
Go messing with the boys from the in crowd
But all I could do was wish them farewell

What's that strange music
What's that fully rhythm

Ain't it funny how you never can tell
It always seems to hit you when it's going so well
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
Now it's lawyers-at-midnight and the learning begins
Let's take a walk outside in the morning sun
Here ain't working out no battles to be won
Oh darling take a look at you and me
We both love our freedom and we'll always be

Waiting for a Blue Sky

He sits upon the empty sand
and gazes up to the endless grey
The weathered face
and battered hands
Protest the soul
that carried them so far this way

What became of you?
And all you reasons why
This special love we knew
Would always end up in the pile
It took an age it seems
To let the tears run dry
Yeah I'll survive
I guess so much is true

See me moving without warning.
Fast as mt legs can run
and I'm hanging by a thin wire,
been that way since I was young
Only the good Lord got his reasons,
for turning on his own son.

And he beat up on me real bad.

When the Grey Skies Turn to Blue
When the grey skies turn to blue
And the dark clouds blow away
In the morning of a new life
When the sun comes shining through

When the grey skies turn to blue
In the morning of a new life

My world is miles of endless roads
That leaves a trail of broken dreams
Where have you been
I hear you say?
I'll meet you at the Blue Cafe.
This is where the one who knows
Meets the one who does not care
The cards of fate,

When a griot sings his perfect song
I found the place where I belong
What the griot sings I recognise
That soulful tune that made me cry
The story born inside his song
I finally found
Where the blues came from

How does it feel
now that you know
What makes it work
how far it can go
Your innocent dream
didn't know how to play
the game that was needed
and now I hear it say

Driving home from the highland line
We done some gigs on the Clyde and the Tyne
They flew us in from a Hamburg strip
The taste of Dusseldorf still on our lips
And on the bus there is a friend of mine
We go way back to the scene of the crime
We sit up front and share a cigarette
And try to remember what we tried to forget

So you say that you are tired
And you want to make a deal
The way they see it turning
Well, that's not the way you feel
Well I've got news for you sunshine
You may not understand
You're living in a poker game
And you've already shown your hand

Sleep tonight little girl
Go right on through
No-one can wake you now
You're falling through your dreams
Sliding down every beam
Because you don't know how
Don't know how to hurt
Don't know how to lie

Oh how I'd love it girl, just you and me
Take the day and fly
But oh this job, it's got the best of me
Tell you why, tell you why

Somebody above is in a desperate state
Some kind of urgency, the kind that won't wait
I say tomorrow, he say today

You can go your own way
You can go your own way
It doesnt matter what the others say
cos you can go your own way
You can go your own way
Youve got a ring on your finger
A chain around your heart and your soul
Searching for an answer

I come home from work
I see my little girl
She's crying on the floor
She's been watching that TV
This ain't late no, this ain't even dinner time
To show them things on that screen
What's wrong with you

You can feel your nerve endings
They've been dead before today
You can feel them rising
Feel them rising all the way
You've got grease on your fingers
Oil on your face
Happy completely chasing the pace
Happy to find out even this late

I was lost in the deep and darkest night
No direction, not a single hope in sight
When I saw a fire burning brightly through
The storm that raged above
In the shadows of your warm and tender love

I was a stranger to the land and life around
In constant danger, being hurt by what I found

Look deep into the April face

A change is clearly taking place

Looking for the summer

The eyes take on a certain gaze

Here I go out to see again
the sunshine fills my hair
and dreams hang in the air
Gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes
you know it feels unfair
there's magic everywhere

Look at me standing