The Same Day Beth Orton

Met him in a cafe one day and he told his story right away They got married and divorced in the same day Now he'd rather know her debt than walking down some street, another plan in her head, in her head

Heartland Truckstop Beth Orton

There's a bridge across my stream Never seems to get broken Never could never would Never clouds up my day See I wanted to give Then I just couldn't take it I wanted to love And I turned 'round and hated

Moon Beth Orton

I know what the sun feels like on my skin I wanna know what moon feels like within I know what the sun feels like on my skin I wanna know how the moon gives life within And the same moon rises over me

A Place Aside Beth Orton

I do still sometimes put my hand across And i feel as yours gets placed on top We drive along these empty streets Same old ones they've always been I can still hear your heartbeat in the dark We're still

Sweetest Decline Beth Orton

She weaves secrets in her hair The whispers are not hers to share She''s deep as a well She''s deep as a well Another day wastes away And my heart sinks with the sun A new day''s dawning

Skimming Stone Beth Orton

You been tryin' to find the line to define the strength in weak hands Read the first page then guess the rest and don't always know what's best You been tryin' to swim up the sun's burning reflection And

Pedestal Beth Orton

And you don't know all the questions yet And there's a look in your eye Of which we never speak Will it make you too strong? Am I gonna feel so weak?

This One's Gonna Bruise Beth Orton

into little polaroids in a cardboard box And I wanted so desperately to prove You were still breathing' but wouldn't move Okay, okay what a thing to choose This one's gonna bruise You'll learn one day

Something More Beautiful Beth Orton

Can't try the flying You know I've been near You know how bear me up Take your time in morning life There's nobody here There's nobody here When you feel too much to ever let you We turn it up turn it

I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine Beth Orton

Ooooh baby, Ooooh baby, I wish I never saw the sunshine, I wish I never saw the sunshine, An' if I never saw the sunshine bay, Then maybe I wouldn't mind the rain.

Someone's Daughter Beth Orton

I wanna sit and talk and laugh with you as the day ends I wanna see your smiling face before the new day begins You'll never know what it means To see the sunlight in your hair and dancing everywhere

She Cries Your Name Beth Orton

<< She Cries Your Name >> --- Beth Orton Falling from the western selves To find yourself alone again Wonderin' where you have been Your lonely voice Calls across the star lit coast Reaching out

Feel To Believe Beth Orton

And I won't fake another day And if one truth leads you to fly I still don't believe in your reasons why I just don't believe in why. You love her. You need her To feel is to believe her.

Snow Beth Orton

I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else someone else As the day resolves to night I notice I have made my world go out of focus

Rectify Beth Orton

Well love, love, love is a one way train Comes on gentle as a hurricane It’s got P.A.I.N. written all the way through From where I’m set looking over at you And it takes all my might And it'll take all

Paris Train Beth Orton

it's a sacred bond of trust Sometimes, sometimes I see right through the scenery The first place that's on my mind the last place I find each time Sometimes, I swim beyond the scenery The last place

It's Not The Spotlight Beth Orton

If I ever feel the light again Shining down on me I don't have to tell you How welcome it would be I felt the light before, But I let it slip away And I just keep on believing That it'll come back

Corduroy Legs Beth Orton

There is that I can only hear by the moon I lay still enough to hear the trees grow I listen for the creak of thier thoughts And I hear your corduroy legs running up the stairs And all the kindest words

Safe In Your Arms Beth Orton

Home is where the heartbreak Wraps cold around my bones Forgives me if I promise To forget what I have known Ignores and never mentions I just came waltzing in With stones tied together With broken

Dolphins Beth Orton

This old world may never change The way it's always been I know all the ways of war Can i change it back again I've been searching For the dolphins in the sea Sometimes i wonder Do you ever think

Dawnstar Beth Orton

There is starlight burning in our hearts tonight Hear the moonlight speak your name We're a long way hidden form the cold tonight I see the dawn star falling where you are You knew the cause You knew the

Ted's Waltz Beth Orton

If we should meet again on some darkened street Pack in it all and heed to the call Beat a drum to decide on a sketch or design Can you see to the light of bare winter night And wipe out the sun form

Conceived Beth Orton

But I'm no good for you I suppose when you get a cold bath You still hold me close at night Never liked you any less And the world's not such a friendly place, is it?

Where Do You Go Beth Orton

Now when i need you You're nowhere around Just when i'm going then You're taking a trip down town How do you fly so far With the world in disguise Do the people around you Put you to where they need you

Flesh And Blood Beth Orton

Gonna lay my cruelty down Getting tired of the sound All the ways I use to hurt myself All is sky and all is sea Our days are spaces Between dreams She'll be your first I could be your last Ever it is

Feral Children Beth Orton

Feral children in the pouring rain For every constellation she might navigate again Each and ever line she might wear in time Baptized by the rain and euphoria of pain Could kiss or punch, sober or drunk

Stars All Seem To Weep Beth Orton

Stayed true to the things I knew when I was younger And food and love was all but left to hunger It's when I stray from the truth as I grow older Too much leaves an empty hollow hunger I think

Absinthe Beth Orton

My love's a star you only saw the traces of What went before is not no more, it's the embers of People always catching names too late And we're all sorry there's no time to make the change I could hear

God Song Beth Orton

My house was built for loving not a theatre of war I take the poison for the cure But he's my man and I've been doing him wrong Yeah he's my man and I've been doing him wrong And I'm praying for the

Stolen Car Beth Orton

While every line speaks the language of love It never held the meaning I was thinking of And I can''t decide over right or wrong I guess sometimes you need the place where you belong Some

Central Reservation (The Then Again Version) Beth Orton

While every line speaks the language of love It never held the meaning I was thinking of. And I can't decide over right or wrong.

Best Bit Beth Orton

The best part to life it seems, The best part of life was a dream, The best part to breaking up, Is when I'm waking up to see, Reality never lives up to all as it used to be, Never seemed quite what

Safety Beth Orton

You saw a time to come, Where the eyes of the world would see as one, You saw a time to come, Where all of our laughter is seen as through the eyes of the son.

Comfort Of Strangers Beth Orton

I know the stars that shine on me Are brighter than you and I may ever be I know there's an answer to your question But I don't know that I could word it right Say what you mean don't tell it like it could

Mount Washington Beth Orton

Watching the sun coming up Mount Washington Forever testing your intention Watching the sun going down over Mount Zion And what you sing you never could say It ain't because there's and question do

Shopping Trolley Beth Orton

I've been reeling home A broken shopping trolley Wheels on the wrong How come wisdom Came on strong But it's too late to be done Words are but dust of stars When they collide I get lost in the sparks Explode

Precious Maybe Beth Orton

Sometimes I get to thinkin'', baby, when I''m all alone I could maybe make it on my own The more, oh, you set me free The more attractive you seem to be And my baby My precious baby You

Love Like Laughter Beth Orton

Some of the worst wrongs Get righted on three chords, Like a promise, Or a kiss goodbye. When the sneer on your lips Is the livest thing, Just alive enough to die.

Ooh Child Beth Orton

Someday yeah, we'll put it together and we'll get it undone Someday when your head is much lighter Someday yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun Someday when the world is much brighter.

Lean On Me Beth Orton

Blue and black times You think that I don't know But there'll be glad times Just you wait and see And I'll be your sunrise if you'll lean on me I imagine that I could comfort you I have forgotten the

So Much More Beth Orton

Another cold London night I wrap this head around my shoulders, tight Please excuse me, seems there's someone at my door I wouldn't leave, but the need is so much more So much more Another cold London

It's This I Am, I Find Beth Orton

through all time Cause here and there and nowhere always is It's this I am I find It's this I am I find It's this I am I find When all is one another Yes one is all mine Serenely flowing ever Beyond the

Pieces Of Sky Beth Orton

These memories are just pieces of sky Pieces of something much bigger than I To anyone else just endless blue I see time framed, an image of you These memories hold me like the moon Holds the sea like

Wave Beth Orton

If I were a wave you'd have caught me If you were my light I would fade If you were the sea you'd not turn your back on me I'd shake your fury right out off of me I was crying out for you Before I ever

Daybreaker Beth Orton

We lay on our backs in the grass Silently watching the rain clouds move by far too fast You said it was a night where anything could happen But nothing was gonna last And we're doing fine now yeah

Devil Song Beth Orton

When the devil comes blowing through your door You'll know there's trouble, and he's coming back for more You better keep what is precious hidden under the floor Or you better treat it so good it will

Water From A Vine Leaf Beth Orton

"Swimming and swimming and swimming until you reach the ocean Swimming into the sunset without me There are 4 young girls giving me water from a vine leaf Dropping it onto my tongue "

Central Reservation (Original Version) Beth Orton

Running down a central reservation in last night's red dress, And I can still smell you on my fingers and taste you on my breath; Stepping through brilliant shades, All the color you bring, This time,

Worms Beth Orton

Worms don't dance they haven't got the balls No matter how do you do It's just you do that's all You got what it takes to knock at my door You wanna get all excited Never been here before And now I'm your

Central Reservation Beth Orton

Running down a central reservation in last night''s red dress, And I can still smell you on my fingers and taste you on my breath Stepping through brilliant shades, All the color you bring,