No Family Man Del Amitri

Well, I talk like a boy to my baby sometimes And you talk like a baby when your boy is crying You made something to love but I love what I am No family man So don't tell me you've got something better

Life Is Full Del Amitri

People say you are a stand up guy You'd never hurt no one and you'd never try And you laugh and you cry And you do all the things that anybody does to show they are alive.

Just Like A Man Del Amitri

I still don't believe it, how much we lied Last night you made it with him now I'm supposed to be dignified Just like a man Well I spend my night times drinking and you spend your days in bed And I guess

Ceasefire Del Amitri

I can leave the past behind like any normal man can do But what I find most of the time Is that I have been left behind you.

Driving With The Brakes On Del Amitri

And I might be more of a man if I stopped this in it’s tracks And said, come on, let’s go home. But she’s got the wheel, And I’ve got nothing except what I have on.

Keepers Del Amitri

Now I may be pleading But there's no love nor fear in my eyes Just greediness I'm not seeing this sleeping dog lie.

Whiskey Remorse Del Amitri

There is a bar I used to know I still sometimes drop by when I have no place else to go. It's where the kings of comedy compare their tattered souls, There is a bar I used to know.

Sticks And Stones, Girl Del Amitri

Here I am, hardly breathing in at all I cough when I can and that's about all I am this man and though I turn the tape To a happier song, my face can't find a smile Because it's been looking too long You

Always The Last To Know (Dave Bascombe Single Mix) Del Amitri

if you're happy now Or if he's cheated on you Like I cheated on you, oh You were the last to know You were the last to know Don't let me be the last to know Oh, Oh, Oh Don't let me be the last to know No

Former Owner Del Amitri

There's no bubbles to burst No bursting out crying nor dying of thirst She's utterly tied to somebody else And it seems he got there first.

What I Think She Sees Del Amitri

Baby likes to sleep on floor boards bare And just to keep the peace, well I join her there And she might say to me 'A better man I can't recall' But what I think she sees ain't me at all It ain't me at

What I Think She Sees (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

mean I can't run out that door Ain't that what those running shoes are for Baby likes to sleep on floor boards bare And just to keep the peace, well I join her there And she might say to me 'a better man

Drunk In A Band Del Amitri

the public parks and Nancy makes sculptures out of Hoover parts but I'm just a drunk in a band Danny puts the cones on the motorway and Donna dances tables in her lingere and Jerry, Dave, and Billy, man

Cash And Prizes (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I've got cash and prizes more than a man could dream I've got a hundred houses, some that I've never seen I've got walls of paintings high as the Hoover Dam I've got cash and prizes, but I don't know who

High Times Del Amitri

Living through high times, my planet's all out of line Living through high times, man, just like '69

Be My Downfall Del Amitri

points towards the things we know we shouldn't do And as I look at you and I fall under your spell Well I know I should be thinking of her lying there herself And when faced with temptation you know a man

Cash And Prizes Del Amitri

I've got cash and prizes more than a man could dream I've got a hundred houses, some that I've never seen I've got walls of paintings high as the Hoover Dam I've got cash and prizes but I don't know who

Cindy Incidentally Del Amitri

friends have moved on And the street outside is just a little too quiet And your local papers run out of news I'm not persuading you or disengaging you But Cindy you and me we got to move Can you refuse, no

Cruel Light Of Day Del Amitri

So pour me another cup of coffee I ain't ever seen the city look so grey And those pretty little diamonds in the darkness They ain't no jewels in the cruel light of day.

Buttons On My Clothes Del Amitri

had Looking at my crowd tonight There's a sober kind of sparkle in their eyes That I don't like 'Cause everybody knows she ain't coming back The buttons on my clothes are as plain to see as that I'm a man

Wash Her Away Del Amitri

Eyes like a slash across her face Lips I'd kill a man to taste Whatever this stuff is, I'm buying Whatever it does, I'll do it 'til I'm dying I can't wash her away It's getting under my skin I can't

Tell Her This Del Amitri

Tell her not to go I ain't holding on no more Tell her something in my mind freezes up from time to time Tell her not to cry I just got scared that's all Tell her I'll be by her side, all she has to do

Some Other Sucker's Parade Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Some Other Sucker's Parade (Album Ver.) Del Amitri

I must've had a million damn unlucky days But there ain't no cloud that a bottle can't chase away I've done my deal of living, ran from place to place But when the roof comes in I don't wanna take it straight

Breaking Bread Del Amitri

But he felt no feelings but his head hot and belly full And basking in the sun he only feels a gas fire And he sees no apparent difference between the chimney and the church spire He says: "this garden

Jesus Saves Del Amitri

gives us the crack head's crying wince Jesus gives, He gives the derelicts their drinks Jesus gives, so He can watch the swamp of people squirm and sink 'Cause Jesus craves, He craves the brotherhood of man

Crashing Down Del Amitri

But you'll be crying like a baby when it comes And you will try it anyway you can To find a place to run, 'cos it ain't no fun In party town, when loneliness comes crashing down And you'll be hurting in

Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name Del Amitri

blues at bay you know I only have to say your name When I've used up all my patience When your letters have been read twenty times through I can drink all the wine in this place of mine But it ain't no

Hatful Of Rain Del Amitri

Love hearts on an old stone building Have no relevance now Sherry bottles in a bus-stop litter bin Remind me of you somehow You look so young it's frightening Life's been good to you But strike me down

Hatful Of Rain (Live 1995) Del Amitri

Lovehearts on an old stone building Have no relevance now Sherry bottles in a bus stop litter bin Remind me of you somehow You look so young it's frightening Life's been good to you But strike me down

Lucky Guy Del Amitri

No need to feel guilty baby I'm happy to be The one that you come to babe, instead of me So I don't know where tonight Love will lead me but that's alright 'cos Ain't I a lucky guy, I get what I want Ain't

The First Rule Of Love Del Amitri

envious and bitter She'll be enquiring and concerned And you'll feel so close to her but never close enough To get past the first rule of love And with the awkwardness of strangers You will finally give up No

Not Where It's At Del Amitri

one girl I want, she wants that one little quality I lack Yeah, she don't want me 'cos I'm not where it's at I don't have my finger on the pulse of my generation I just got my hand on my heart, I know no

It's Never Too Late To Be Alone Del Amitri

days Yesterday the snow fell, by four o'clock it thawed And last night making love to you, well honey, it was such a fraud 'Cos you can find yourself a lover You can find yourself a home You can want no

Just Getting By Del Amitri

who could've shone I tried to do my best, but I guess your best don't last for long Look at me, standing with my tattered pride of toothless little lions We try to make a difference, do something no

Scared To Live Del Amitri

How can you have no faith in this your own home town? Can't you practice a little discretion, play the whole thing down?

As Soon As The Tide Comes In Del Amitri

You'd better get some sleep for a change Before tomorrow brings you down By three o'clock they'll both be sitting on that plane Hopelessly honeymoon bound And I hope no one asks you to kiss this bride

Hammering Heart Del Amitri

I suppose love lives in a dustbin behind the garden wall You have to grovel on the ground and be pretty disgusting To find it at all And I suppose that it grows on you Standing there with no clothes on

Surface Of The Moon Del Amitri

the midnight train eases out leaving everyone marooned And without her it might as well be the surface of the moon >From the well-swept streets of Jackson Heights to the dockside drudgery Everything's no

Nothing Ever Happens Del Amitri

start of the song And we all sing along like before And well all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow Telephone exchanges click while theres nobody there The martians could land in the carpark and no

The Last To Know Del Amitri

So you're in love with someone else Someone who burns with in your soul And it looks like I am the last to know I hear you've never felt so alive So much desire beyond control and as usual I am t...

Roll To Me Del Amitri

1-Look around your world pretty baby Is it everything you hoped it'd be The wrong guy, the wrong situation The right time to roll to me Roll to me Look into your heart pretty baby Is it aching w...

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

It seems like weeks since you looked at me baby without that look of distaste I don't know why your feelings are changing but I've seen it in your face All those times when our lips were kissing o...

Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri

it seems like weeks since you looked at me baby without that look of distaste i don't know why your feelings are changing but i've seen it in your face all those times when our lips were kissing o...

Make It Always Be Too Late Del Amitri

What I want is everything to clear So let the clocks be wrong Let the evening be longer let me drown in here What I want gets clouded by the sun I can't see beyond The petty things that living here...

Sleep Instead Of Teardrops Del Amitri

Cry Cry out your eyes forever It wont go away I I’m just a dumb observer It’s so stupid what I said Like everyone else will do I’m gonna lie to you Tell you that life is cruel But someday you’re go...

Food For Songs Del Amitri

There's people hauling people Out from under their homes There's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight, I'll be shell shocked and white in the cold light...

Medicine Del Amitri

You can find another country if you wantSomewhere you can hide yourself awayFind yourself another set of holes to hauntGet yourself another debt that you can't payYeah, you can try to run for cover...

Mother Nature's Writing Del Amitri

Open up your eyes,Everything is crying out this could be your timeShe fell out of the sky,Must every star been working onHeavenly designsA crooked line of lightning, a silent movie moonMother natur...

Funny Way To Win Del Amitri

So you want me to play the bleeding roleJust so he can know how I needed you.Well that's okay with me, it's a part I think I knowGod knows he won't need to suspend belief.I know it's just a game an...