Badly Drawn Boy Lyrics

Banana Skin Shoes (2020)

Banana Skin Shoes lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Press play

Not stop

Or pause

And not

Fast forward

Or rewind

It's time to break free

From this plaster cast

And leave your past behind

Press stop

It's time to kick the habit

This is if you don't wanna become an addict

It's time to supersize your soul

Feels like we've died and gone to heaven

Turned life up to eleven

It's time to realise your goal

Super super supersize your soul

Take a walk across town

Whistling the blues

Time to stop wearing those banana skin shoes

Walk across town

Whistling the blues

Time to stop wearing those banana skin shoes

(It's a mona

It's a mona

Nah, it's a mona

It's a mona

Nah, it's a mona)

Take a walk across town

Whistling the blues

Time to stop wearing those banana skin shoes

Banana skin shoes

I keep slipping on

Banana skin shoes

Is This A Dream? lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Welcome to the tragedy

It's not the way it's supposed to be, I know

And now I'm seeing things

Saw something moving under your skin

You can talk to animals

Doolittle or do nothing at all

I'm a melted snowman

Tried to crack the codes, they all came back wrong

It just took too long

You find it comical

Not in a way that makes you laugh

I'm not a killer

You could bring out the killer in me

Take a snapshot

What's going on in this world, will only get you down

Find the meaning

Is this a dream?

It's like a disease

That we all catch in our sleep

Invisible dream

I need electronic eyeballs

Just to see past the truth

And give me some love

Your heart starts beating to the sound of your dreams

I need some love

And a hot air balloon, so we can make our escape

I'm running out of caviar

Had to sell the super car, oh no

Thanks Mr Andrews

For giving me the big red book of my life

In this search for freedom

There's always somebody trying to pin you to the wall

Today's a good day

Found a letter from Bono, not seen in years

So just dry those tears

Is this a dream?

It's like a disease

That we all catch in our sleep

Am I in your dream?

We gotta stop waiting for the apples to fall

And give me some love

I need electronic eyeballs

Just to see past the truth

And give me some blood

Your heart starts beating to the sound of your dreams

Gather up all your tear drops

Pour them on me...

Is this a dream?

Like a chronic disease

That we all catch in our sleep

And if god is real

We gotta just stop blaming him when things go wrong

And show me some love

When the whole thing pops

You'll be the sole survivor

I need your blood

And a hot air balloon, to make my arrival...

Is This A Dream? lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Welcome to the tragedy

It's not the way it's supposed to be, I know

And now I'm seeing things

Saw something moving under your skin

You can talk to animals

Doolittle or do nothing at all

I'm a melted snowman

Tried to crack the codes, they all came back wrong

It just took too long

You find it comical

Not in a way that makes you laugh

I'm not a killer

You could bring out the killer in me

Take a snapshot

What's going on in this world, will only get you down

Find the meaning

Is this a dream?

It's like a disease

That we all catch in our sleep

Invisible dream

I need electronic eyeballs

Just to see past the truth

And give me some love

Your heart starts beating to the sound of your dreams

I need some love

And a hot air balloon, so we can make our escape

I'm running out of caviar

Had to sell the super car, oh no

Thanks Mr Andrews

For giving me the big red book of my life

In this search for freedom

There's always somebody trying to pin you to the wall

Today's a good day

Found a letter from Bono, not seen in years

So just dry those tears

Is this a dream?

It's like a disease

That we all catch in our sleep

Am I in your dream?

We gotta stop waiting for the apples to fall

And give me some love

I need electronic eyeballs

Just to see past the truth

And give me some blood

Your heart starts beating to the sound of your dreams

Gather up all your tear drops

Pour them on me...

Is this a dream?

Like a chronic disease

That we all catch in our sleep

And if god is real

We gotta just stop blaming him when things go wrong

And show me some love

When the whole thing pops

You'll be the sole survivor

I need your blood

And a hot air balloon, to make my arrival...

I Just Wanna Wish You Happiness lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Well, the truth hurts

The cards left on the table

That we set

And placed our bets

And the time spent

Remembering the things

We should forget

And not regret

But I just wanna wish you happiness

For the time that I was with you

And the rest

Is it true that

It's better to have loved and lost

Than not

Have loved at all

And we aimed high

So at the risk of falling short

We'd still stand tall

Right through it all

But I just wanna wish you happiness

For the time that I was with you

And the rest

At first the wall is much higher than it seemed

And the roots by now

Are much deeper than the seeds

But we could grow again

If we just tell ourselves

We've been through this before

Tell me is it strange that

I don't remember falling out of love

Yet the bolt's undone

And the storm came

Arrived without a warning

Unannounced, like a distant sound

Well, I just wanna wish you happiness

For the time that I was with you

And the rest

And the times that I imagined

Losing you

Be careful what you wish for

Cos what you wish for

Just might come true

I'm Not Sure What It Is lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

I'm tired of climbing ladders

Just to slip down all the snakes

Enough of swings and roundabouts

Just to make the same mistakes

My patterns of behaviour

Are beginning to wear thin

Can see the destination

But never sure where to begin

Sometimes I'm not sure just what it is

There are days where I remember to exist

I'm so blessed to have you by my side

The true test is how you feel when you're alone

The best part is that the future's unknown

And the next part of our story's untold

I'll know what I want

When I see what it is

At least we tried something

Even if nothing comes of it

Seems like the real things

Have all turned out to be fake

Spent half my life sleeping

And the second half awake

Sometimes I'm not sure just what it is

There are days where I remember to exist

I'm so blessed to have you by my side

The true test is how you feel when you're alone

The best part is that the future's unknown

And the next part of our story's untold

Put your head in my hands

Let this feeling move on

Something that was there

That is afterwards gone

Take good care of this child

Who lives on in my soul

That half-smile in the mirror

Placed with mine becomes whole

Sometimes I'm not sure just what it is

There are days where I remember to exist

I'm so blessed to have you by my side

The true test is how you feel when you're alone

The best part is that the future's unknown

And the next part of our story's untold

Sometimes I'm not sure just what it is

There are days where I remember to exist

I'm so blessed to have you by my side

The true test is how you feel when you're alone

The best part is that the future's unknown

And the next part of our story's untold

Tony Wilson Said lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Shout out to the city

Like Tony Wilson said

Wrong number Chicago and New York

Dial Manchester instead

We're driving through Rusholme

Moss side and Whalley Range

Get caught on the wrong side of the law in this town

They'll treat you in Strangeways

He symbolised and crystallised freedom

A King with no crown

He left more than a million footprints

All over this town

What of Factory Records?

With their contracts signed in blood

And halfway to London he turned his car round

Somehow just knew he would

Outside The Apollo

The jewel of Ardwick Green

Stone's throw from the Boardwalk

The Hacienda, on the corner of Whitworth Street

He symbolised and crystallised freedom

A King with no crown

He left more than a million footprints

All over this town

Some might call it a treason

A King with no crown

And he turned to face

His troubles down

To fight for our freedom

Turned his Jaguar round

And the wheels kept turning

The wheels kept turning

To the Cottonopolis

Shout out to the city

Like Tony Wilson said

Wrong number Chicago and New York

Dial Manchester instead

Shout out Factory Records

With their contracts signed in blood

It's true that not only do the good die young

But only the young die good

He symbolised and crystallised freedom

A King with no crown

He left more than a million footprints

All over this town

He symbolised and crystallised freedom

A King with no crown

He left more than a million footprints

All over this town

You And Me Against The World lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

When the world around you

Makes you weary

Call on me

You've always been a friend

I want you near me

Always

I don't even know how you feel

You're so far away

Holiday

Is never gonna come

I want to be with you

In the sun

All the love you lost

Could last forever

Like memories

And the moon is lost

And looking lonely

And far away

I want to know how you feel

I'm so far away

I'll repay

Everything and more

Just to be with you

In the sun

You and me against the world

Always

You and me against the world

All the promises

Could last forever

Like memories

Never gonna say

Never say never

I'd rather say

I don't even know anything

I feel so vulnerable

I want to be

Only in love

And feel like it's us against the world

Against the world

You and me against the world

Always

You and me against the world

Always

You and me against the world

Always

You and me against the world

Always

I Need Someone To Trust lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

You ever had a feeling like you're some kind of fool

And spend your life just looking for answers

Take a wrong step into a little dark room

Waiting for someone just to turn on the light

You're like a one-way ticket to a dead-end street

Looking for a miracle but what are your chances

Where the river bends, you know that you're bound to fall in

Well if this should happen, keep a grip of my hand

Lost control, of part of my soul

Bring it back, make it whole

There's too many told lies

All that you lived for

I need someone to trust

Someone to trust

There's too many told lies

All that you lived for

I need someone to trust

Yeah at first it hurts, but you learn to live with the pain

And it all feels easy, when you live for the moment

Gotta trust in something sometimes, that you can't even touch

Feels strange at first before it starts to feel right

It's funny how so much can change, but inside you still feel the same

Now you can laugh at things you used to be scared of

The best kind of self defense, is when you learn to love yourself

And you let the light into your soul, through your eyes

Lost control, of part of my soul

Bring it back, make it whole

There's too many told lies

All that you lived for

I need someone to trust

Someone to trust

There's too many told lies

All that you lived for

I need someone to trust

Lost control, of part of my soul

Bring it back, make it whole

There's too many told lies

All that you lived for

I need someone to trust

Someone to trust

There's too many told lies

All that you lived for

I need someone to trust

Note To Self lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Do I trust myself

Believe in everything that I feel

And not kid myself

By trying to re-invent the wheel

Common sense and self-belief

Could get us half the way there

Maybe once in a while

Won't hurt to say a little prayer

It's a simple life

If we surround ourselves

With the things we like

We'll find common ground

Helps us get along

With whoever's around

Always be good to the people we meet

When we have no clue what they're going through

Do I love myself

Enough to let somebody love me

I convinced myself

That nothing good comes for free

Common sense and self-belief

Could get us all the way there

And that every day

It's good to say a little prayer

It's a simple life

If we surround ourselves

With the things we like

We'll find common ground

Helps us get along

With whoever's around

Always be good to the people we meet

When we have no clue what they're going through

Colours lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

I see colours

When the lights are green

You're safe to go

If you know that orange

Is the only child of red and yellow

And you dance the blues

As the lights go down

Just take the music, you can use it

Have it on in the background

Oooh I feel good

I wasn't sure that I would

Since we don't see things the same

What a waste

I like candyfloss, you say you hate it

It melts before you get to the taste

I see colours, the sound of your heartbeat

Running through my mind

I hear colours

From the second our hearts meet

Music to my eyes

All the lights are green

Move straight ahead

You know that purple

Is the only child of blue and red

I feel good

I wasn't sure that I would

It's clear we don't feel the same

What a waste

I like candyfloss, you say you hate it

It melts before you get to the taste

I see colours, the sound of your heartbeat

Running through my mind

I hear colours

From the second our hearts meet

Music to my eyes

I see colours

It melts before you get to the taste

I see colours, the sound of your heartbeat

Running through my mind

I hear colours

From the second our hearts meet

Music to my eyes

Funny Time Of Year lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

After a while, the plans that we made

Can crumble and fall

At least we failed in style

And sooner or later we'll laugh at it all

I don't wanna let you down

I don't wanna hurt you now

Don't wanna let you down, this time of year

I'm starting to hate the sound, of falling tears

The saddest of all the sounds

Is the sound that a teardrop makes

That a teardrop makes when it hits the ground

After a while, the things that were close

Seem further apart

A simple change of style

Go separate ways or go back to the start

I don't wanna let you down

I don't wanna hurt you now

Don't wanna let you down, this time of year

I've started to hate the sound, of falling tears

And how could the plans we made

Tumble and fall

I promise before too long

We could laugh at it all

I don't wanna let you down

I'm not ready hurt you now

Not at this funny time of the year

Fly On The Wall lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Don't wait for a saviour

To save ya

Nothing's gonna happen, you'll be let down

Like a pair of jeans, you've got my genes

Guess that means you're gonna be fine

You're gonna be fine

You go your way, I'll go my way

I'll be here if you change your mind

Come around, turn my water back to wine

I'll be here if you change your mind

Come around, turn my grey skies back to sunshine

Now I'm just a fly on the wall

Tell me, have you suffered yet?

Like a suffragette

Don't take it lying down, you'd better stand up

For the family, like Emily

I'll do it once I'll do it again

I'll do it again

You go your way, I'll go my way

I'll be here if you change your mind

Come around, turn my water back to wine

I'll be here if you change your mind

Come around, turn my grey skies back to sunshine

Now I'm just a fly on the wall

Never Change lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

A week is only seven days

That's enough time to make a change

Think about the friends that we've made

Remind us of who we are

Remember there are many ways

So just take it at your own pace

You can't win or lose the race

And it's no good trying

I guess there's no escaping your shadow of a doubt

And it's no use chasing what's gone

So take a look ahead at what's in front of you

You can never change what's gone before

Take a look ahead at what's in front of you

I guess if you never lived, you'll never die

I've been thinking

About some things you were saying

If I spent a day in your shoes

My feet would be aching

The future's there for you to change

Even though it may seem strange

I'll be walking alongside

The road that you're taking

And I know you can escape

There's no shadow of a doubt

The things you were chasing are all gone

So take a look ahead at what's in front of you

You can never change what's gone before

Take a look ahead at what's in front of you

I guess if you never lived, you'll never die

If you never lived, you'll never die

I'd like to take a look inside of your head

And see what are you thinking

First few rounds on me

What are you drinking?

Appletree Boulevard lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Deep inside of me

Are the seeds of truth

From the apple tree boulevard

The essence of my ideas

Come when the fruit twists

And falls like tears

To the ground

And the sands of time

How they blur

The edges of our dreams

Oh this island breeze

Ruminates down rivers

Back from the seas

Which surround

This place that we called our home

That is no longer the pleasuredome

It once was

Oh the sands of time

How they blur

The edges of our dreams

Snow falls in springtime

I'm happy to leave you

What once was all mine

Oh the sands of time

How they blur

The edges of our dreams

Oh the sands of time

How they blur

The edges of our dreams

Deep inside of me

Are the seeds of truth

From the apple tree boulevard

The essence of my ideas

Come when the fruit twists

And falls like tears

To the ground

I'll Do My Best lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

I came here with nothing

I'm gonna leave with less

Lately there's been something

Laying heavy on my chest

It's hard for me to say it, but

I'm ready to confess

I've known for a while now

That I haven't been my best

It's hard to start a fire when it rains

Try to satisfy her for a change

I'll do my best

Don't settle for nothing less

Than my best

I've been undecided now

For most of my life

I took a vow to change this

When you said you'd be my wife

Now I've got not only

Myself to amuse

I've gotta try to make you happy

There's no excuse

A cold day in springtime

When you took my name

It's down to me to prove it

Wasn't taken in vain

It's hard to start a fire when it rains

Try to satisfy her for a change

I'll do my best

Don't settle for nothing less

Than my best

And it's no good making promises

If they fail and go wrong

I've been a fool for chasing happiness

When it was there

All along

It's hard to start a fire when it rains

Try to satisfy her for a change

It's hard to start a fire when it rains

Try to satisfy her for a change

I'll do my best

Don't settle for nothing less

Than my best

And it's no good making promises

If they fail and go wrong

I've been a fool for chasing happiness

When it was there

All along

And it's no good making promises

If they fail and go wrong

I've been a fool for chasing happiness

When it was there

All along

It's What I'm Thinking (Pt. 1 - Photographing Snowflakes) (2010)

In Safe Hands lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

I'll leave you now

In safe hands

Cool your soul

It's love still stands

But failing that

Just cool down

Wouldn't you love to make it

Is this real or am I just

Imagining?

With wings take flight

The rose of why

And with that rose

The case is closed

But I need you now

To help me somehow

Well I'm scared to face it

This final kiss

But I know I'll remember it

You gave your best to me

Allow yourself to be

Free

It raids your memory

Still I'm sorry for failing

A time for change

Well I need you now

To help me out

Well I'm scared to face this

A final kiss

But I know you'll remember it

The Order Of Things lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

And well, I have to say

If I don't know what I have to say

If I could find a way

Then I would find what I need to say

Say something

Say something that you mean

Birds in the sky steal my melodies

All I know is I don't now what this means

But sometimes it's good

To rearrange the orders of things

Rubies and diamonds

Throw me to the lions

Make me a man

And if I had to wait for a time

Where things fall into place

If I could see your face

Then it would change all I have to say

Mean something

Mean something that you say

Birds in the sky sing my melodies

And I don't know why

I don't know what this means

But the truth is always there

Behind the order of things

Whistles and sirens

Throw me to the lions

Make me a man

If I could sing you now

First two phrase, even back to back

If I you could hear your voice

Then maybe then I would have the choice

To say something

Say something that I mean

Birds in the sky change my melodies

I know that I know

I don't know what this means

But sometimes it's hard

To rearrange the orders of things

Rubies and diamonds

Silence the sirens

Throw me to the lions

Make me a man

Too Many Miracles lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Miracle rain makes snowballs falling slowing out of the sky

All you people wandering by

Make sure you don't get one in the eye

There's a new world forming out of the way

Future love that's born every day

Too many miracles happening here

It's the same old story, different year

Oh I'm glad you are here

Been this way since the day I was born

I'm ready to be in love again

I know we could be in love

Photographing snowflakes lately I'm slowly losing my mind

There's so many different kinds

Falling all the time

There's a rainbow forming without any rain

A new dimension again

There's too many miracles happening here

It's the same old story, different year

Oh I'm glad you are here

Been this way since the day you were born

The age of romance is dead and gone

Maybe a chance I'm wrong

People falling out of love I don't know whose side you were on

Got to call these people along

And tell them where they've been going wrong

There's no shame in changing and being alone

Just pull yourself one for the road

Hasn't it been a strange old year

Well too many miracles happening here

I'm so glad you are here

Been this way since the day we were born

Are you ready to be in love again

I'm ready to be in love

What Tomorrow Brings lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

I'm tired of thinking about this morning

May as well just dream of what tomorrow brings

If this is your last photograph

Just smile, stand tall, and you could have it all

Color your soul, to make it whole

And use this day, what of it remains

If it's your reality, if this is your reality

Let it be

Ten feet tall, but feeling small

You raise those plans

Take a hold with your hands

This photograph could be your last

A final prize, a moment in time

If it's your reality, if this if something you can see

I'm tired of thinking about this morning

May as well just dream of what tomorrow brings

Ascend your soul, reach your goal

Blue-eyed one, hope against hope

Taking that fall, unwrapped it all

Bring it back, like the blood of the triad

If it's this reality, if this is all just let it be

I'm tired of thinking about this morning

May as well just dream of what tomorrow brings

I'm tired of thinking about this morning

May as well just dream of what tomorrow brings

Just when you think that you could never find it

Just then you realize your future is all in your hands

One day we'll look at this and laugh about it

Until then just realize the future is all in our hands

I'm tired of thinking about this morning

May as well just dream of what tomorrow brings

I Saw You Walk Away lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

You're not alone

I'm not alone

Maybe we're together

Said we'd stay together through any kind of weather

I've seen the rain comin' down

and the snow fall on your eyes

I've seen the sun pour in shapes through your window a thousand times

You see life in moments

I know I've got nowhere to hide

But I can see your face in mine

and you'll be comin' back

For the first time it feels real

since the day I saw you walk away

From my head down to my shoulders

it feels numb

For the first time I can feel

how it felt to watch you walk away

From the ground up to my shoulders

it feels numb

If I don't crucify myself somebody will (oooooh)

If I don't do this thing myself nobody will (oooooh)

How could you say that I don't wanna live

I wanna live (oooooh)

Time that you waste turns into memories

And they fade

Fade away

Now I'm alone

There's not a soul

No one to remind me

Tell me you will find me, put this all behind me

It's not a feeling I've known

or one that I could find

If I could find you if only to tell you I'm losing my mind

You see life in moments

I know I could run out of time

I can see your face in mine

and it's beautiful

For the first time it feels real

Since the day I saw you walk away

From my head down to my shoulders

it feels numb

For the first time I can feel

how it felt to watch you walk away

from the ground up to my shoulders

it feels numb

If I don't crucify myself somebody will (oooooh)

If I don't do this thing myself nobody will (oooooh)

How could you say that I don't wanna live

I wanna live (oooooh)

The time that you waste turns into memories

And they fade

Fade away

It's What I'm Thinking lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

I'm a failure at heart

but it seems I succeed

when my heart feels the need

to be helpful

it doesn't happen much

and as a result

it's a rare thing

did I see you today?

well if so I'd keep grace

cos I don't hold your face

in my memory

everybody looks the same

there's nothing else to blame

but my, but my memory

it's a craze no one knows

still I'm craving the days

when this town was alive

and amazing

and for once I'm on time

still I'm falling around

to the sights of this town

'til they find me

and you wouldn't call it fun

when all the things you've done

amount to the same thing

here's the news, I'm alive

but in habit of not taking chances

well that's what I'm finding

we could try with new rules

just accept only one thing

and that is that nothing

will change anything

you see it all the time

but now we've seen the last time

that's the main thing

take a look at yourself

in the mirror you'll find

you look weirder

the longer you stand there

just take a step away

at least for one day

and you'll be finding

just a shot in the dark

still a good enough aim

to take half of the blame

and be thankful

for everything you've got

I'd take another shot

in the, in the dark with you

is it deal or no deal?

well I try everyday

and I still have to say

that it's no deal

what time is it, 14?

well I'm ready when you are

as long as we both want the same thing

I'll put the candles out

I don't mean put them out

I mean, I mean get them burning

you look good, how'd you feel?

I feel good

but I knew that I would

from the moment I saw you

well thank you for your time

and for not wasting mine

that's a rare thing

there's a savior in me

yet I can't save myself

so good luck whoever else

believes in me

you can only blame yourself

I'm the savior in yourself

and not in me

you're the new kid in school

everybody looks at you

because of the fact

that you are new

someone throw the kid a crutch

I know it isn't much

but it's what I'm thinking

You Lied lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

All our worlds are changing

In every changing places

My followers said to me

Will you least show their faces?

You lied

All I ask is you treat me right?

All I ask is you need me while you cry

And will around me

Know nothing and not see me

[?] less to me

[?]

You lied

All I ask is you treat me right?

All I ask is you need me while you cry

You lied

All I ask is you treat me

All I ask is you hear me

Only you can complete me

A Pure Accident lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Well, for a while it was amazing, and I still think you're the one

As long as we both want the same thing it's not hard to carry on

Just place your hand in my hand, take a walk in this old park

And hang around in the rain 'til it goes dark

I want to ask you questions that I never asked back then

And you could teach me lessons 1 to 10

And on the second first impression I can see how things go wrong

I know this isn't a confession; if it was it would take too long

I know you will forgive me for the things I have done wrong

I'm sorry I never liked your favorite song

But put yourself in my shoes; I will place myself in yours

Something tells me the future could be ours

Well, if you wanna know how I feel, all you have to do is ask

And all things never being easy, I'll give you (well must advice?)

Just take a walk down my street, there is magic in the air

And if you look you will find this thing somewhere

The feeling comes from nowhere and it takes you by surprise

Don't say you've lost the magic in your eyes

As long as we both want the same thing

From the ashes we will rise

Is it a common misconception or a beautiful idea

That we all end up back to your place, or you all come over here

Nobody could have planned it, it's just a pure accident

Well the people came, the people came and went

And I want you to just surround me with your love in your own way

This kind of thing doesn't happen every day

As long as we both want the same thing

Then it all should be OK

"Is There Nothing We Could Do?" (2009)

Is There Nothing We Could Do? Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Rushing round in circles
To brighten all the corners
Busy making friends with all your enemies
You finger through your bible
Whilst looking through your window
The look you gave erased a thousand memories

Ooooh I am sorry, ooooh I am sorry
This page in your story won't turn
Who am I to ask you why
You feel the way you do
If you feel the way you do
Is there nothing we could do?

With advice I'd warn her
Don't idolise your neighbour
Maybe something else is the enemy
But who put out the fire
What you asking me for
The simple things you need for a remedy

Ooooh I am sorry, ooooh I am sorry
This page in your story won't turn
Who am I to ask you why
You feel the way you do
If you feel the way you do
Is there something we could do?

If only you could know there is life through your window
Oh but even so I don't know where would you go
The time you waste would still turn into memories

Who am I to ask you why
You feel the way you do
If you feel the way you do
Is there nothing we could do?

Couldn't you just ask me why
You feel the way you do
There's one thing I'd say to you
There must be something we could do

Just go ahead and ask me the question

album: "Born In The U.K." (2006)

Intro / Swimming Pool Part 1 Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Do you think it matters where you're born?
No, not really, it only matters
That you can be proud of where you came from.
I don't think I know who I am anymore

What about the world
What do you mean
Well if the world was a better place,
Some of these bad things wouldn't happen.
Yeah but there's good things all around,
You just have to look longer and harder
To see them sometimes.

Praise god
For the water
Our son, and our daughter
The sun is here, it will stay a while
Long enough to bring out a smile

The swimming pool is on order
We'll fill it with water
Then swim
To the other side
Full of life and filled with pride

Born in the U.K. Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Then you see it happen again
The world turned over
Wouldn't it be something to live
Your Life On Mars
Or at least demanding
Of some kind of masquerade

I never never ever believed
In things uncertain
Hanging round the corner
Just when do you start doing time
In the case of I, my, me and mine
October Nineteen sixty nine

Where were you in Seventy Six
The long hot summer
You wanna be a rebel
Then turn your hosepipes on
With two years to wait
For the sound of Jilted John

Virginia Wade was winning our hearts
She made us want to live
Vicious and his brothers
Were trying to set us free
But much more than this to you and me
This was the Silver Jubilee

We made something out of nothing
A sense of loathing and belonging

Some of us were gonna be rich
With the Iron Lady
Lennon's gone already
Let's post the boys to war
Oh mother, what're you worrying for
It's somewhere he's not been before

Then you see the Union Jack
And it means nothing
But somehow you know
That you will find your own way
It's a small reminder every day
That I was born in the U.K.

Degrees of Separation Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

We figure out the past through photographs
They took while we were young
Even though there's no way out, we'll find one
We're the love-struck ones
The degrees of separation close in
Look who just walked in

A finger on the pulse is not enough
To show who's wrong from right
You know it's gonna be a long drive
Not an easy ride
The degrees of separation close in
Look who just walked in

Leave the lights on
If you're the last one alive
There's too many strangers on this long
Lonely drive
I'll be by your side
Believe me

Now, no-one knows the year
You're from the past
You look like you're alive
You know it's gonna be a long drive
Not an easy ride
The degrees of separation close in
Look who just walked in

I kept the photograph upon the dash
It helped me realise
That it didn't have to be a long drive
But an easy ride
The degrees of separation close in
We're alone again

Leave the lights on
If you're the last one alive

Welcome To The Overground Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Start your fires
This is the overground
It's inside us
Welcome to the overground
You need reminding
Remember this is your destiny

Think of what's in front of you now
Not of what's been left behind
Come on, saviour
Save us now there is no time to rewind

Simple pleasures, to be found
If you reach the overground
Sunshine, rainfall, making love
You see a rainbow
The streets are changing now
Try other avenues
Make a new map of the world
Decide on where to go

Suddenly, we sense a new day
The feeling just comes over you
No false gods left for us to pray to
Darling, it's just me and you

Sunshine, rainfall
Make a rainbow
Please don't follow us
You mean so much to us
Start your fires
This is the overground
Sunshine, rainfall
You see a rainbow
Streets of fire
Try other avenues
It's inside us
Welcome to the overground

If we go our separate ways
The road will lead us back around
Even in a matter of days
We'll see you on the overground

Journey From A To B Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

I measured the distance from Heaven to Hell
How will we do only time will tell
Oh when you stop worrying
What anyone says doesn't mean a thing

Just tell me you're feeling it
And you're not disbelieving it

I'll pay you in kind or silver and gold
I want to ignore all the stories untold
Make me an offer I cannot refuse
You know if I win then that means you lose

Just say you believe in it
That you're not, not feeling it

Dwelling on the memories
Is such a waste of energy
It's simple when you see it in front of you
On walls, in bedrooms

Hold you're head up higher
Don't tell me you're not strong enough
If your journey's over
I hope you feel that I am the one
Only time will tell

Just say you'll be loving me
For an eternity

Oh I feel tired of all of these games
Everywhere, everything is the same
Tell me you'll promise you might come with me
The start of a Journey from A to B

I'll be happy to carry you
Even though I know I haven't got the strength to hold you
I need you more than ever before
If our journey's over
I hope that you will find someone who will love you more

Now not for the first time
What I want might not be mine
If you say you won't come along
Then I know I can't go it alone

Nothing's Gonna Change Your Mind Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

This would be easier if you'd understand
Face the truth and realise that none of this was planned
The way we worry about such little things
Take a time to take the break
Darling spread your wings
I stole all the roses that make your crown
Now it's easier
To just put aside the things that face us now

Let's dance to the beat of the drum
Let's go out, where we don't know anyone
Cause it's you, I don't need anyone else
I got you, I don't need anyone else but you

Strange how something comes from nothing
I came around to your way
Of thinking about these things
Saw your face in a crowd
I knew that you were special
And it will change my world
If I could help you now

But nothing's gonna change your mind
And no one's gonna help you now
If nothing's gonna change your mind
Then no one's gonna help you find
Your place in this world
So strange we don't need a help you know

Let's dance to the beat of the drum
Let's go out, where we don't know anyone
Cause it's you, I don't need anyone else
I got you, I don't need anyone else but you

And no one could ask for more

But nothing's gonna change your mind
And no one's gonna help you now
If nothing's gonna change your mind
Then no one's gonna help you now, now, now...

Promises Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

I promise you will get old
I promised you everything
To protect you wherever you go
I'll give you this diamond ring

Just promise you will remember
A promise should last forever
Right up to the dying embers
Of a fire that burns so slow

It's a different day everyday
Don't want you to walk alone
But how long can we carry on?
When all of these things have gone

Just promise you will remember
A promise should last forever
It's the last of the dying embers
Of a fire that burns so slowly

It's a beautiful thing to do
Sometimes you just have to walk away
Remember I do love you
Have courage in what you say

Just promise you will remember
Promises last forever
Still left of the dying embers
The fire that burns so slowly

Sometimes you just have to walk away
Sometimes you just have to walk away
Wishing that today was yesterday
Yeah, sometimes you just have to walk away

The Way Things Used To Be Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

The way things used to be, well not anymore
Close your eyes, open up your door
Well I’m not tired, I’m coming alive
But you make up on, let’s go out tonight

These things don’t matter now
We can leave it all behind
That’s all depending on
If you’re free to free your mind

The crucifix still hung up by the door
But Jesus doesn’t come here anymore
Those memories still hanging on the wall
But people there don’t look like us at all

Don’t need reminding of
The way things used to be

I rise you to the top
Then we walk back down again
Look to the future now
Where you’re going, where you’ve been

The universe is smaller than you think
So many years spent blind and then you blink
I promise you we're in to suffering
If you could be my queen, I’ll be your king

Don’t need reminding of
The way things used to be

Take this chance to rest your tired eyes
Come with me, we’ll move to better skies
If where we go don’t make a difference
Just turn around and we’ll come back again

Don’t need reminding of
The way things used to be

Without A Kiss Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

All the songs have been sung
You’re too old and then you’re too young
Did you leave your mark on the world
One as deep as true love
Let’s sing Hosanna

All the stories are told
You’re too young and then you’re too old
Did you leave a mark on the world
One that lasts as long as true love
Take me with you now

To be strung as high as this
Making love without a kiss
And someone you saw again
Back to haunt you there and then
Please take on my love

Evolution is real
Secrets we have never revealed
Did you leave your mark, was it real
Or as deep as the love we both feel

To be strung as high as this
Making love without a kiss
Like a gift you didn’t keep
And it leaves a mark so deep

There’s a million things to miss
Like the chance to take that kiss
where you go, you’ll be someone
With one kiss your life is swung

What you gonna do when you walk away
Walk behind me, it’s alright, I’m Ok
Then what will you do if I walk away
Walk beside me, it’s alright, we’re Ok
Where you gonna do, don’t surrender
Hold me tight, don’t let go

The Long Way Round Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Sit and wait for the day
Where your life might change
And that day never comes
This is rule number one
All the changes must come from you
Is the second rule
Take a long way round
See the sights, hear sounds
Where you'll go, nobody knows

Been this way
Since the day
I was born
Far away
And the walk
In the rain
Makes you feel
Young again

I assumed
You would be my strength
Oh, how wrong I was
That's the wrong way round
How you need me now
The carrousel keeps turning still

This one cried, this one smiled
But we all felt alive
Like a walk in the rain
Made us feel young again
With the crowd singing "all right now"
As the rain came down
It's a long way home
But we're not alone
Life's carrousel keeps turning still

Life keeps turning around, and around
We keep learning from things we have found
Overground

What a fool
To believe
I could help
You to breathe
Getting cold
In the rain
Makes us feel
Young again

If you go
Take a long way round
You'll be lost then found
It's a long way home
But you're not alone
The carrousel bring you back again

Winter comes
We don't have a choice
As we grow
We will find a voice
She looks over her shoulder
The swimming pool freezes over
We'll skate to the other side
Full of life
Still filled with pride

Walk You Home Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Woke up to some bad news today
For a while my eyes stayed closed,
didn't want to face what I had to face.
Sometimes the truth can cut you just like the cold.
And I feel cold. I feel old.

But it could be so good, If I only could,
Walk you home tonight,
Walk you tonight.

Somtimes I feel there's no difference,
between living and dreaming.
Today for some reason I feel like there is.
Sun is shining, leaves are falling down.
Nobody seems to care, that you're not there, you're not there.

But it could be so good, If I only could,
Walk you home tonight,
Walk you tonight.

Feel like I know what crying is, Oh I know what dying is.
Feel I know what crying is, Oh I know what dying is.

Sun is shining, leaves are falling down

The Time Of Times Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Oh, sweet morning
Is your head not right
Did you hear my warning
This is the time of times

And your head feels like your body
You mind is close behind
There’s a teardrop on your shoulder
Says this is the time of times
It’s the time of times again

This is the time of times
It’s the time of times again

Oh, sweet morning
And your head's not right
Did you hear my warning
This is the time of times

And your head feels like your body
Your mind is close behind
There’s a teardrop on your shoulder
Says this is the time of times
It’s the time of times again

The time of times
Yeah this is the time of times

One Last Dance Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

As we lay here tonight
Please forgive me girl if I say the future's not bright
But please take my hand we'll have one last dance
In the place where we first met eyes

Holy city zoo
I recall the name of the place where I first saw you
With your eyes so kind and your smile so bright
I just wanted to take you home

Where you go I wanna go
What you do I wanna do
I'll be your Troy Donnahue
If you'll be my Sandra Dee

It's a trivial pursuit
But I know if I fall on my heart I'll be with you
But please understand I'm just a man and I need you to take me home

We're togheter now
Wanna change my shoes so I feel like you somehow
Need to breathe your breathe and caress your dress
I'll be with you for quite some time

I'll take you where you wanna go
Tell me where I wanna know
I will just go with the flow
As long as I'm there with you

Are the kids ok
Didn't find the time to give you a call today
But my heart's with yours
I'm keepin' score of the things that I have done wrong

Another funeral
All the people I know are beginning to fade away
And I have to say that at least today it's beginning to get me down

To this day I'm lovin' you
We know what we wanna do
I am your Troy Donnahue
and you are my Sandra Dee

Now I know you well
I still love you adore you I need you more than then
With your eyes still kind and your smile still bright
I still want to take you home

I will do all that I can
You're my woman I'm your man
If we still don't have a plan
We'll listen to thunderoad

"One Plus One Is One" (2004)

One Plus One Is One Lyrics – Bad Drawn Boy

Back to being who I was before
Opened all the doors you tried to close
And how did that make me feel
I cracked the ceiling I stared at it too long
Tried to right the wrongs
Reverse the flow Now everybody's waiting outside
Trying to feel what's going on inside
Tried to turn the tide and we failed
As the past meets the future
It gets clearer that it all boils down to love and peace

Give me some peace Please give me some peace
Why can't you see that one plus one is one
Much greater then the sum of the parts
And nobody's waiting outside
I felt deceived I hid behind the sun
Its time to take the gun out of life

Every scene is like the one before
Its time to close the doors on myself
As the past becomes the future
It gets clearer that it still boils down to love and peace

Give me some peace
Please give me some peace

Back to being who I was before
Open up your door, hold me now
Give me some peace, hold me now
Give me some peace, hold me now
While everybody's waiting outside

Easy Love Lyrics – Bad Drawn Boy

Never had an easy love
Never had an easy love
Like the one I'm dreaming of
Find a hand that fits the glove
Of love
Of love

Talking to a friend yesterday
It was good to hear him say
That although two years had passed
Still felt like she could ask
Of my time, of my time
Seems I did something right
Something right

Looking for another pearl

Summertime In Wintertime Lyrics – Bad Drawn Boy

I found a new remedy
To defeat almost anything at all
Is it true you tell me
We're failing to see
That we were dreaming of a lifestyle
I can't believe that I fall for it everytime
The feelings ebb and flow like the tide
It's true what I would do if I were you

Stop waiting for the summertime
In wintertime, that can't be right
Don't subscribe to this jive
Like waiting for the summertime in winter

Yeah
Yeah

And if you turn up the dream
To cure yourself free
From searching for a new afterlife
The purpose of life
You know there's still time
To tune into the right side
I assumed that we were lovers yesterday
The turning tides would love us to pray
You know what I would do if I were you

Stop waiting for the summertime
In wintertime, that can't be right
Don't subscribe to this jive
Like waiting for the summertime in winter

This Is That New Song Lyrics – Bad Drawn Boy

And if I knew the answers
I would tell you now
Just what would be the chances
That I could show you how
If I knew where all the tears were coming from
Add up all the years that you've been gone
This is that new song
I told you about twenty years ago

Do you know what true romance is
And could you show me now
Just what would be the chances
That I could tell you how
If I new where all the tears were flowing to
I'd guide them to a river
Where I'd swim with you down stream
This is that old dream
I told you about twenty years ago

And could you hold me now

Another Devil Dies Lyrics – Bad Drawn Boy

Well your face still makes my day
Just like it did in the past
When you turned me away
I kept coming back for more
That's a choice I chose
You were so distant
But I stayed close

It feels like we've weathered the storm
Without having the privilege of calm

And when we sing
I hear another devil dies
When that bell rings
An angel gets its wings
And if I pushed
Would you all fall down?
Coz I don't need this on my back

The hatred will tear us apart
If you don't do what you did at the start

Should I go or will you stay
We'll find a plan of attack
There's a price to pay
For showing no reaction
To all the simple things
In time you will know what I know
But for now you win

The hatred will tear us apart
Another devil will take out your heart

But when we sing
I hear another devil dies
When that bell rings
An angel gets its wings
And if I pushed
Would you all fall down
Coz I don't need this on my back

It seems like we've weathered the storm
Without having the privilege of calm

Year Of The Rat Lyrics – Bad Drawn Boy

(One, one, one, one, one, one. One, one, one, one, one, one)

June is on the run for so long
Pushed and pulled then shunned
It was so wrong
These fours walls crashing in won't stop me now
Cause I'm alive, I'm out tonight, all night

Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy

Streets with flags unfurled like treasure
Thank me for my words, it's a pleasure
Just don't ask me to stay 'cause I'll be gone
But it's alright I'm OK - always

Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy

One plus one is one - together
One plus one is one - forever
One plus one is one - together
One plus one is one - forever

Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy

"One plus one plus one plus one is four"

"One"
"Plus one"
"Plus one"
"Plus one"
"Four"

Four Leaf Clover Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Go on do what you've got to do.
You've got your dreams I've got mine too.
Be strong get off at the next stop.
Don't worry about a thing.
Keep taking it easy.
This time it's not personal.
The universe will help you now.
To find a place you can breathe.
And do what you've got to do.
Keep taking it easy.
Keep taking it easy.
Come on.
I'll let you borrow my four leaf clover.
Come on.
Take it with you, you can pass it on.
Come on.
You know I'm not the kind to say that it's over.
We'll be rubbing shoulders once again in the sun.
Come on.
Take your dreams, where nobody can find them.
Come on.
You know I won't be happy till you've won.
So come on.
Come on over, borrow my clover.
Is there anything left that you haven't done?
Go on do what you've got to do.
You've got your dreams I've got mine too.
Be strong get off at the next stop.
Don't worry about a thing.
Keep taking it easy.

Fewer Words Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Bet you wish you knew what time it is
And it's clear that you don't
Understand a love that requires fewer words
It's been a while since we spoke
But there's still hope
If we materialise the myth
Never trivialise the kiss
Oh it feels like there's no fire left in your eyes
This is how love dies
This is how love dies

Logic Of A Friend Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

There's a feast well prepared at the table
And a beast licking holes in your door
Make a break just as soon as you're able
To run, get out of this hole
Before it takes your soul

I don't know how to hide
I keep my shadow alive
It's easy to defend
The logic of a friend
And I don't know how to tell
Is it heaven or hell
That I'll be going to
Just as long as I'm there with you

There's a clock ticking slow on the table
As the light finds the cracks in your door
Make a break
Just as soon as your able
To run, hold on to your soul
Before it takes you whole

I don't know how to hide
I keep my shadow alive
It's easy to defend
The logic of a friend
And I don't know how to tell
If it's heaven or hell
That I'll be going to
Just as long as I'm there with you

Life Turned Upside Down Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Life is turned upside down
But then maybe it's just
Been put back the right way round
All your dreams realised
There's new fire in your eyes
In despite of its size
You soon realise
That it's alright
Tonight
Feels right

Now there's a cross
That nobody should really have to bear
But then maybe
That's just when life's treating you fair
There are lessons to learn
When you've waited your turn
And things didn't turn out
Quite the way that you dreamt about
But it still feels right
Tonight
Feels right

And it still feels right

Take The Glory Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Summer feels like its over
Winter is on the way
Summer takes all the glory
Blue skies are turning to grey
To live in the hearts of those that you loved
Is not to die
To live in the hearts of those that you loved
Is not to die
To live in the hearts of those that you loved
Is not to die
Like when I heard silence is golden
And I never saw why
Summer feels like its over
Winter is on the way
Summer takes all the glory
Love songs get in the way
To live in the hearts of those that you loved
Is not to die
To live in the hearts of those that you loved
Is not to die

Holy Grail Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Do you know where we're going to?
Do you know what we will do when we arrive?
As I wait for you to set sail.
Don't you know that I hope you find your holy grail.
Suffered in silence so long.
Don't you know it's easy to see where you went wrong.
You forgot you've got oxygen running through your veins.
Suffered in silence so long.
Can't you see it's easy to know where you went wrong.
You forgot you've got oxygen running through your veins.
Do you know where we're going to?
Do you know what we will do when we arrive?
As I wait for you to set sail.
Don't you know that I hope you find your Holy Grail.

Plan B Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Not now baby I haven't got the time
Not now baby I haven't got the time
Not now baby I haven't got the time

If at first we fail
Just wait for it to mature like a diamond

So when your lover(doesn't love you anymore)
And you discover(you may have been through this before)
And there's no answer(there's certainly no cure)
To this disease(it leaves you wanting more)

The saints and sinners behind the former line
And all you winners I'm with you all the time
(all the winners are I'm you all the time)
All you winners behind the former line

B...B...B...B

So when your lover(doesn't love you anymore)
And you discover(you may have been through this before)
And there's no answer(there's certainly no cure)
To this disease(it leaves you wanting more)

Maybe we're just heading for disaster
We're better than this
It's just another chapter
If everything fails
We change the rules
Revert to plan B

Maybe we're just heading for disaster
We're better than this
It's just another chapter
If everything fails
We change the rules
Revert to plan B

"Have You Fed The Fish?" (2002)

Intro Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

"And folks, if you take a look out the right side of the plane You see a cloud that looks exactly like Badly Drawn Boy..."

("Oh my god"..."Dude"..."That really does look just like him"..."That guy's everywhere".)

"...and just so you know we will be touching down in approximately 3.5 seconds."

Have You Fed The Fish? Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

The keys to your heart open the door to the world
You've got to give me two days
And woman I'll make you a girl

Sometimes you've got to rewind to go forward
There's some good times around the corner
But have you fed the fish today?
Have you made your wish today?

I need a new eiderdown
I want some binoculars
Don't want to be obvious
I want to surprise myself
I've killed all the mockingbirds
I've wrestled the octopus
I came out with extra arms
To carry your baggage

Sometimes you've got to rewind to go forward
There's some good times around the corner
But have you fed the fish today?
Have you made your wish today?

Born Again Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Maybe there's a reason why I'm born again
There's something rare going on under my skies
You got to chill out, find a reason for your soul again
And judge the miracle by feel, not size
Infinite the reasons why I'm born again
The modern innocents have soul on their side

Try to capture reasons why I'm born again
The more I look at it the less that I find
But I wont bail, they will be a reason for my soul again
Another miracle has seasoned my mind

Maybe there's a reason why I'm born again
There's something real going on under my skies

I'm born again
My soul again
I'm born again
Find my soul again

Born again
Born again
Find my soul again
And I'm born again
My soul again
Born again, born again, born again, born again

40 Days & 40 Fights Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

You look a lot, lot better tonight
You and I should go out for a fight
We need a holiday
But not today, another day

You need eyes in the front of your head
And a spine with a built in bed
I don't want anybody else to know
So I wont be telling them
I love you, for all the things you do
But I can't even recall your name
Something beautiful about it though

Well good luck to your lady tonight
I took a piece of her heart, well not quite
She stole a piece of mine
Chewed it up and threw it back
I need help to get over pain
But the memories still remain

I loved her friendly eyes
The way they looked at each other
It moves me to tears, like a horror film
And I don't even recall her name
There's something beautiful about it though

Now there's a good, good feeling tonight
Just a feeling that something is right
We can minimalise the pain
Forget that is was ever there

Look at all the possibles
Throw answers out to the world
Its hard, its hard, its hard
Its hard, its hard, its hard
Its hard when you don't know how
But I'll be here to throw you some clues
Don't even have to know your name

Something beautiful about it though
Forty days and forty fights
Forty days and forty fights

All Possibilities Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

All possibilities
Are landing at my feet
There's nothing I can see
But possibilities

All colours are changing in my eyes
Your hopes are all fading, that will never do
You're seeing the world through cynical eyes
I'm seeing the world through the eyes of somebody new
Oh there's a hope left, there's a dream still in my heart
Look past the answers, there's a chance that there's no rulebook for this love

All possibilities
Are landing at my feet
There's nothing I can see
But possibilities

All the colours are changing in my eyes
Your hopes are all fading, that will never do
You're seeing the world through cynical eyes
I'm seeing the world through the eyes of somebody new

Oh there's a hope left, there's a dream still in my heart
Look past the answers, there's a chance that there's no rulebook for this love

I Was Wrong Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

I always hoped I'd build my world around you
And it's a miracle I ever found you
Do the colours of the rainbow radiate to everyone
Now I don't know how I could live without you
But certainly I know I'm not about to
I don't believe in anything I see unless I can feel it too

You Were Right Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

And you,
Were right to bide your time and not buy into my misery
Well the good things are never free
Do the colours of the rainbow look the same to everyone?
And I,
Was rushing round in circles for a reason to believe
Wipe the slime from off your sleeve
You could follow me for weeks
And I'm not going anywhere
Sometimes it's hard to love someone
Till the day that they are gone

And I
Just had a dream the other night
I was married to the Queen
And Madonna lived next door
I think she took a shine to me
And the kids were all grown up
But I had to turn her down
'Cos I was still in love with you

I'm turning Madonna down
I'm calling it my best move
I'll get her tickets to what she needs

I remember doing nothing on the night Sinatra died
And the night Jeff Buckley died
And the night Kurt Cobain died
And the night John Lennon died
I remember I stayed up to watch the news with everyone
And that was a lot of nights
And that was a lot of lives
Who lost the tickets to what they need?

And I
Was busy finding answers while you just got on with real life
Always hoped you'd be my wife
But I never found the time
For the question to arrive
I just disguised it in a song

And songs are never quite the answer
Just a soundtrack to a life
That is over all too soon
Helps to turn the days to night
While I was wrong and you were right

And this was a lesson learned
I'm happy to be your fool
And get you tickets to what you need

I'm turning the lights down low
I'm ready to make my move
I'll get you tickets to what you need:

How? Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

What if there is nothing else for us after all this
I don't care, I don't mind, just as long as we find sometime
Just come back and I'll stay out of the way
An be all the things you need
Another mouth to feed

How can I be sure again, once more
How can I find time to be with you again?

How can I give you the answers you need
When all I possess is a melody?
Yeah, how can I take up the air that you breathe
When all I possess is a melody?

How can I be sure, again, once more?
I don't care, I don't mind, just as long as we find some time
When you come back I'll go out of my way to be all the things you need
Another mouth to feed

How can I give you the answers you need
When all I possess is a melody?
Yeah, how can I take up the air that you breathe
When all I possess is a melody?

How can I find time to be with you again?
When you come back I go out of my way
And be all the things you need
Another mouth to feed

The Further I Slide Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Starting today we're on holiday
Everybody sees you in the wrong way
No one else sees you my way

Your gazes cripple me
Keep life a mystery
I don't want it to change
Just keep them coming my way
That's all a lie
I can't rationalise
The further I slide
I can't seem to get back to your side
'Cos you're a summer child
And I'm a winter mild
I can't stay with the heat
As you blossom out around me

What if there is nothing after this?

Your gazes cripple me
Keep life a mystery
I don't want it to change
Just keep 'em coming my way

Imaginary Lines Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Sometimes I need your body next to mine
I could draw us an imaginary line, I'm
Just don't breath, I don't need your allergies
I am falling out of bed not out of love, love

I know you understand

Using Our Feet Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Anything you're not sure of?

People meet me ask if I got the money to lend her
Find her, tell her she is still on the agenda
Pretty soon we'll be dancing
We'll be using our feet
Just like we always had it easy
Just like we always knew we'd meet

Anything you're not sure of?

People who see me think I vibe on the attention
I just think they're hoping that they'll be getting a mention
But I don't know what their chance is
Of ever finding their feet
And if they know what to dance is
The kind of people I don't meet

After this song I will be earning a fat cent
I'll be working on my American accent
And pretty soon we'll be dancing
Yeah, we'll be using our feet
Just like we knew it'd be easy
Just like we always knew we'd meet

Tickets To What You Need Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

I'm turning the lights down low
Ready to make my move
Get you tickets to what you need
I'm treading the borderlines
And ruining people's lives by giving them what they need
You're quite right to ask what's wrong with me
You want to take a look at my head
Even I've been thinking what's wrong with me
I watch the news instead

I'm turning Madonna down
I'm calling it my best move
I'll get her tickets to what she needs
I'm hugging my eiderdown
Employing a microscope
To find you the things you need

Now I'm ready to tell you what's wrong with me
I'm feeling the emptiness rise
And I'd trade the whole thing quite gladly
For something of similar size
Shape, colour, weight, change your shirt, don't be late.

I'm turning the lights down low
Ready to make my move
Get you tickets to what you need

What's wrong with me, What's wrong with me?
What's wrong with me, What's wrong with me?

What Is It Now? Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

So now that life will never be the same
We've got to face the thought of loneliness again
Try and get inside your lover's brain
Drag an old romance from dirty ditch, and then

So what is it now that it can't be made to feel right
Don't answer now, I know somehow we'll be alright
Level out and help us find a place
You've got to see the sights from somewhere else again, yeah
The modern innocents have changed the pace
They've got to know its all been answered incidentally

So what is it now that it can't be made to feel right
Don't answer now, I know somehow we'll be alright

So now that life will never be the same
We've got to face the thought of loneliness again
You know we'll be alright

So what is it now that it can't be made to feel right
Don't answer now, I know somehow we'll be alright
Yeah, what is it now that it can't be made to feel right
Don't answer now, I know somehow we'll be alright

So now that life will never be the same
We've got to face the though of loneliness again

Bedside Story Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Goodnight my answer, your dreams are still sweet
Goodnight, be careful with yourself
Don't worry about the money, forget about the wealth

You'll be my angel, divert me from hell
Help me, protect me from myself
Don't worry, don't worry

Goodnight my answer, goodnight my answer
Goodnight my answer
Goodnight my answer
Goodnight my answer

soundtrack: "About A Boy" (2002)

A Peak You Reach Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

No sign of life
Pulsing through these ageing veins
I bet at your age
That's easier for you to say
Forcing answers into questions
And worrying that she might stop breathing
On and on we sift through alphabets of life
That never get us anywhere, anyway
I'd like to feel we have the best intentions
I want you to know
That I know it's not easy
I want you to know
That I know it's not easy, easy, easy

Then there's a peak you reach
Out to somebody that's never even there
Somebody that you may hope that might care
For nearby health or distant welfare
I'm pleased to hear
That your warmth is not freezing
Yeah I'm freezing
Cold

I don't to be alone
Is that out of the question
I'd like a happy home
Is that too obvious
Quit being pushed around
And stand on my feet
And kick all these losers
Out of my street

I've been losing confidence in the heat
Just when I'm feeling the strength
I get weak

[Repeat]

That is the peak you reach
I wanted somebody
A peak you reach
That's never even there
A peak you reach
I'd like you to feel we've reached our peak
Peak you reach

Something To Talk About Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

I've been dreaming
Of the things I've learnt
About a boy who's bleeding
celebrate to elevate
The joy is not the same without the pain
Oooh

Ipso facto
Using up your oxygen
You know I'm shallow
Calling out for extra help
You've got to let me in
Or let me out

Oooh something to talk about
Oooh something to talk about
Oooh Oooh Oooh

I've been dreaming
Of the things I learnt
About a boy who's leaving
Nothing else to chance again
You've got to let me in
Or let me out
Oooh something to talk about
Yeah something to talk about
Oooh Oooh Oooh

Above You, Below Me Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Don't want to give
Don't want to steal
Don't want to be anything I'm not
You take answers
I give questions
Like some rolling monologue
Want to be the one to say
That today could be the day
A day to believe in what you know
Is what you know

I will take you as you are
Please accept me as I am
Find your lonely life bizarre
I know it's above you
I know it's below me

All this and more

Don't want to live life in your shoes
I don't feel I know the way
Feeling you
Giving me directions
I don't need
Up above and round we go
First it's fast and then it's slow
Could you connect with my intellect

I won't take you as you are
Please don't take me as I am
Find your lonely life bizarre
You see this in love
You see this in life

THrow an all year round reception
For a love with no connection
Knowing you knowing my
Ignorance to modern life

I know it's above me
I know it's below you
I know it's above me
I know it's below you

I will take you as you are
Please accept me as I am

Find your lonely life bizarre
I know it's above you
I know it's below me

I will take you as you are
Please accept me as I am
There'll be something in the wind
To show us we're right
And tell us we're wrong

I want to know more

Silent Sigh Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

[Ad lib]

Come see what we all talk about
People moving to the moon
Stop baby don't go stop here
Never stop living here
Till it eats the heart from your soul
Keeps down the sound of your
Silent sigh (repeats)
Keeps down all move me down
Could we love each other

Ooh yeah
Come see what we all talk about
People moving to the moon
Stop baby don't go stop here
Never stop living here
Till it eats the heart from your soul
Keeps down the sound of your
Silent sigh [repeats]
Keeps down all move me down
But don't love each other
Stop, no don't love each other

[Ad lib]

Silent sigh, silent silent sigh

[Ad lib]

River, Sea, Ocean Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Us, you and me
River sea ocean
Moving on so far away and dreaming
Quality sea, makes it to the ocean
Far away far away
Let her go, go far away

[Ad lib]

Us, you and me
River sea and ocean
Moving on so far away and dreaming
We can't survive more accidents
Our love is alive you know
It's never spent

[Ad lib]

Us you and me
River sea and ocean
Moving on so far and dreaming

To repeat

Us, you,me
Far away, far away
Let it go far away

Walking Out Of Stride Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

You and me we could never hide
To busy walking out of stride

You and me could never hide
To busy walking out of stride
Take 1,2,3 then 4 or 5
People talking keeps us alive

You and me could never hide
To busy walking out of stride
Take 1,2,3 then 4 or 5
People talking keeps us alive

File Me Away Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

File me away
In your heart someday
You just be you
I'll be me ok

[Ad lib]

File me away
In your heart someday
You just be you
I'll be me ok

[Ad lib]

File me away
In your heart someday
You just be you
I'll be me ok

A Minor Incident Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

There's nothing I could say
To make you try to feel ok
And nothing you could do
To stop me feeling the way I do
And if the chance should happen
That I never see you again
Just remember that I'll always love you

I'd be a better person
On the other side I'm sure
You'd find a way to help yourself
And find another door
To shrug off minor incidents
And make us both feel proud
I just wish I could be there
To see you through

You always were the one
To make us stand out in a crowd
Though every once upon a while
Your head was in the cloud
There's nothing you could never do
To ever let me down
And remember that I'll always love you

Donna & Blitzen Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Merry Christmas

Pay for the light
But you may still slide
Baby it's not your sleigh ride
But this year is ours
Maybe tomorrow
We're gonna see things we never believed
I'll make you want me you'll see
The initial warning is free
But only to reindeer
Oh what a sight
As they take their first flight
Oh darling it's all in time
But I will (To repeat)

We're going to turn all men in to the sky
Oh what a sight, beautiful
And I will, I will sleep tonight

I will sleep tonight

"The Hour Of Bewilderbeast" (2000)

The Shinning Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Faith pours from your walls, drowning your calls
I've tried to hear, You're not near
Remembering when I saw your face, shining my way, pure timing
Now I've fallen in deep, slow silent sleep
It's killing me, I'm dying

To put a little bit of sunshine in your life
Soleil all over you
warm sun pours over me
Soleil all over you
Warm sun

Now this slick fallen rift, came like a gift
Your body moves ever nearer
And you will dry this tear
Now that we're here, and grieve for me, not history
But now I'm dry of thoughts, wait for the rain
Then it's replaced, sun setting

And suddenly we're in love with everything

Soleil all over you, warm sun pours over me
Soleil all over you
Warm sun

Everybody's Stalking Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Been feeling high, and then feeling low
Just strap your hands across my engines
I'm not broke so please don't mend me
You're like a neon sign, just burn so bright
Penetrates like an infection
Gives me feelings I can't mention

Maybe all I need, you need too
Don't wait for me, I'll wait for you

I'm gonna follow you around
I'm gonna wear you down
I don't want to alienate you
You've got as long as it might take you
Things come in ones, and double up to two
Don't wanna rain on your procession
Only seeking your obsession

Maybe all I need, you need too
Don't wait for me, I'll wait for you

Might take a little time
Got all the time we need
i'm not here to try and fool you
Just trying to break on through you
That wasn't right, but then's nothings wrong
I've got a feeling it's all right
I gotta keep you in my sights

Maybe all I need, you need too
Don't wait for me, I'll wait for you

Maybe all I need, you need too,
Don't wait for me, I'll wait for you

Don't wait for me, I'll wait for you

Fall In A River Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Don't ask me where to fall in a river
Might not deliver you all the way home
I guess that you think I'm stupid or something
Well that's a good thing
That's okay

Well that's a good thing, that's okay

Camping Next To Water Lyrics – Badly Drawn Boys

Camping next to water
A fish infested slaughter
I feed the fishes into me
It's misty within reason
I'm hoping I don't freeze here
I fuel the fire, feed its glow
But there's no use in feeling
All the things I'm feeling
There's no one here to feel with me

The second day is easier
Though it may be breezier
And the snow is falling down
But as the fire smoulders
I never will grow older
Because I drink from waterfalls
The stars above shine on me
I beckon them to fall on me
I'll catch and save them in a jar

My feet a mass of blisters
Collecting frost on whiskers
As I taste the morning dew
I think my mind is clearer now
I want you to be nearer now
I'm ready to come back to you
Cause there's no use in feeling
All the things I'm feeling
There's no one here to feel with me

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