I could think all day About all of the things I could say to you But I won’t even try to sway you I might drink a few What’s the point? I’ve got too much to lose No, I don’t want a drink I want you Most times my mind is open to reason Everything […]

I can take you any place that you wish buy you foreign wine any fancy dish but when the night is through, hey baby me and you are going to say goodbye with just one parting kiss It should be plain to see I can`t take those vows that bind you`re not the girl for […]

I've got a little place to myself up on Stony Ridge I got it made in the shade I sleep in the afternoon Leave my bed unmade No-one breathing down my neck, black coffee and a shave I whistle a little of whatever AM radio plays As for letters and provisions... Well it's a long […]

You must have lost your nerve You won't take a step outside Going back to the stone age You're going to take a native bride Won't believe what happens to you... Some people say it's healthy Some people say it's not But you don't get satisfaction From anything you've got You used to run to […]

My friend sleep My friend sleep My friend sleep He takes me by the arm And he holds me over the edge of the cliff But he means me no harm My friend sleep He takes the weight of the world He comes in the shape of a bottle And he comes in the shape […]

My baby thinks she's a train She hears voices, little voices only she can hear She hears voices, such little voices sliding in her ear My baby thinks she's a train She don't know the difference between pleasure and pain My baby thinks she's a train She walks out the door, & she's drinking kisses […]

You know his breath and you know his shape you know he's there you can feel his grace the warmth will come sometimes you have to brace the strength of a demon but a gentleman too when he speaks to you well, yes I do you'd do it too if you knew him like I […]

He’s living on welfare cheques Staying drunk, well I expect He’s got a home in every town Scratching his way just like a hound Twice weekly come what may We pass the time away Spilling our hearts out to each other He calls me son, I call him mother Ma ma (my my) Ma ma […]

I have this monkey on my back I dare not even mention its name But it clambered aboard sometime back On the road to my El Alamein My sweetheart she swore it was a poison Turning my blood into brine But I knew for a fact that behind my back It was you on my […]

I have a name inside my head I was given this at birth All I have to do is find you Before the time I leave this earth As the clock it has no memory My tongue is silent still Of the name I’ve never spoken I swallowed it just like a pill I’ve got […]