Christopher Anton Rea ( , ) (born 4 March 1951) is a singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough, England, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice. Rea has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. [read more] - I'm Still Holding On
How many timesHave I been here before?Like a worn away piece of the nightWaiting for the dawnDaylight breaksAnd the dream is goneLeaving me to stayBut I'm still holding onYeah I'll keep holding onI used to think I...
- Anyone Quite Like You
Ten Thousand princesI've seen them allI've seen them comeAnd I see them fallI've watched them winI've watched them looseSince you've been aroundNo-one gets to chooseBecause when the game beginsAnd the time is nowWhen...
- Since I Found You
There's a smile on the faces I seeSince I found youThere's a laugh in the eye, where a tear used to beSince I found youThere's a sound of a Memphis section playing on my radioAnd it sings of the reasons why I love you...
- Where Do We Go From Here
She's 24, she's 25She doesn't know what's true or liesWhere does she go?Where does she go from here?He's 21, he's 22TV crap is all he knewWhere does he go?Where does he go from here?She goes to shoolShe stays at...
- The Blue Cafe
My world is miles of endless roadsThat leaves a trail of broken dreamsWhere have you beenI hear you say?I will meet you at the Blue CafeBecause, this is where the one who knowsMeets the one who does not careThe cards...
- Stick By You
I'm gonna stick by you, everyday I won't let you down now No matter what they say I won't let them get to you, no wayI'll stick by you I'm going to stick by you Now I knowNo matter what tomorrow bringsI won't let you...
- Miss Your Kiss
I've been everywhere, looking for an answerI've been in and out, of every place in townI've been checking out, looking for a reasonI just can't seem to work it out, which every way I chooseOh I've been missing youI'm...
- Square Peg, Round Hole
He's a square peg in a round holeMisfit in a slick worldDon't play the gameDon't do what he's toldHe's a square peg in a round holeSquare peg don't careThe bright lights he's not thereCatch the shadows see him slip...
- Thinking Of You
Somewhere in this crazy night With all this noise, and all this lightI'm out upon the crowded street I play the game and I keep the beatBut I'm thinking of you And I remember the summer days Your strength and yet your...
- As Long As I Have Your Love
The word you send today From somewhere far awayCut in deep to the boneThough I am not with you nowI feel you close somehow Too many days, so far from homeAnd I send my dream to you And I will go onAs long as I have...
- Sweet Summer Day
I want to see the blue skyI want to feel the breezeI want to hear the summer windSinging in the treesI want to touch foreverAnd drift into its soulPut my troubles in my right handHold them upAnd let them go!Sweet...
- Shadows Of The Big Man
Oh you've been so longIn the shadows of the big manHow long can you take itHow far can you goDon't you know how strongIn the shadows of the big manWhile he smiles in the sunlightYou can die in the coldSpend your life,...
- I Ain't The Fool
I may look like a stranger with nothing to saySilent in the corner while you're talking awayYour theories are endless, your lips never sleepNo time for reflection, there's no tongue in your cheekOh no, I ain't fool...
- 90's Blues
Well I look out of my windowI see the morning cold and greyI look out of my windowI see the morning cold and greyI told you so many years agoThey're all gonna end up, end up this wayWell the fat man took my moneyAnd...
- Black Dog
Black dog barking in the cold grey lightHe pulls the chain and he pulls it tightThis ain't no lonesome wail that boy ain't fakingHe bites the steel and he claws the groundHe pulls again and he spins aroundHis eyes are...
- God's Great Banana Skin
Go down my road running just as fast as I canNobody knows which is the better wayBut when that man in the sky points his finger at youDon't you ever think no-one's better than youGod's great banana skinDon't you laugh...
- Too Much Pride
Say good morning this is your lucky dayMost of your problems they're gonna slip awayOh I'm gonna help you, I can show you the waySo give me so time my friend and hear what I sayYou got too much pride, too much...
- Nothing To Fear
I feel your heat in dusty whispersThe wind is cold around your moonIt's getting hard to keep our distanceI know your time is coming soonDon't point your dream on my horizonDon't take your rose too far from homePlease...
- There She Goes
There she goes, the one that I loveThe one I've been waiting forThe one I've been dreaming ofThere she goes, but she'll never be mineWasted all of my chancesRun clean out of timeThere she goes with the wind in her...
- Soft Top, Hard Shoulder
Soft top, hard shoulderSee me running down that lineI can't stop too much older nowLet it run in overtimeRun till it breaks upOverheats and explodesPick up what's left of meLeave the rest of it way down that roadSoft...
- I'm Ready
I got my red shoes onGot my red gloves tooMade my decisionGonna see this one throughToo late, I can't stop nowOpen the door, I'll get through somehowDeep in my darkest nightI always had a star that shone so brightStar...
- Miles Is A Cigarette
The weak and hazy shades of winter sunCome shining throughLifting fog from the trees and a gentle warm breezeSend it up in to the blueBlue sky and you come creeping through my soulGoodbye our love's smoking tooAnd the...
- Boom Boom
Take a look what's be going on behind meI swear to God this ain't no making of my ownThat stupid cupid arrowLost for years and never found meNow she's dancing on my historyAnd she drives the dagger home'Cos when I see...
- Changing Times
Changing times, changing rulesMake a wise man look a foolGone before no longer hereLook out for these signs of theseChanging rulesBetter look outYou better look outLook out for these changing timesCan't stop those...
- The Hustler
Time to get upMake a movePut the brain in gearCut the grooveMoving slowWith a smiling faceNever look like you want it'Til it's right in your faceI'm the hustlerPlaying my favourite gameYeah I'm the hustlerEverybody...
- Mississippi 2
Nashville skyIn a morning sunSomewhere up northA new life begunHe was drawn to the twisterWith a Memphis soundKissed by an angelOf a music townJump a train from ChicagoTrace it backWith the neck of a bottleAnd the...
- Burning Feet
No standing with these burning feetI got to kill the the fireGot to kill the heatI see a road and a riverI gotta go'cos there's fire in my shoesAnd you're moving too slowFor these burning feetI got to moveBurning...
- So Lonely
Sometimes I get ....... so lonely
- Dancing The Blues Away
Beat up soulLooking to find a smileAin't nobody here to give you the reason whyI need the wings of an angelNeed to find me a way to flyCome on and dance with me babyDancing my blues awayYeah dance with me babyDance...
- Someday My Peace Will Come
SomedayMy peace will comeOh I knowMy peace will comeI will sleep like a child without painWithout fearLike a smile in the afternoon sunOh somedayMy peace will comeLord can you hear meOh I know you know my nameIt's...
- When The Good Lord Talked To Jesus
See me moving without warning.Fast as mt legs can runand I'm hanging by a thin wire,been that way since I was youngOnly the good Lord got his reasons,for turning on his own son.And he beat up on me real bad.Bad as a...
- Easy Rider
Well now come on easy riderGive me somethingFor my painWell now come on easy riderThough I know you're not to blameThe dogs are out to get meAnd pull me down, againWell now come on easy riderTurn this screaming...
- Stony Road
This is the storyOh this is the wayGospel of reasonWhen the pain came to stayThe life of a loserWho wins with a smileThe sinners redemptionIn the tears of a childMe & KatieWe go dancing down the stony roadSee her...
- Give That Girl A Diamond
Time to get upShe shines her light where just beforeThere was onlyA cold wind blowingShe understands what makes me smileAnd lets me know thatWithout showingI need to tell her, need to show herHow deep she goesInside...
- Slow Dance
Well I screamed at mama,What's that stuff going onYeah I screamed at mamaWhere did that feeling come fromShe said son I don't know what it isBut I know that's where you belongMama looked at me,She smiled me a sunny...
- Heading For The City
All my friends packing up,Loading up their Volvo'sAnd their pick up trucksGoing down the road,To try their luckSo spin that dream,Go heading for the cityRoll that dice,Say a prayer,Light a candle for meWhen you get...
- Every Beat Of My Heart
The daylight breaks, a picture show of endless takesAnd the music's coming through on the radioAnd I take my place, reluctantly I join the raceIt's not my fight, just trying to stay on my feetBut oh there's one thing...
- And You My Love
I do not sleep tonightI might not everThe sins of the past have comeSee how they sit down togetherOutside my windowOutside my doorAnd I know the reasonWhat they've all come here forYou my love, my sweet, sweet loveAre...
- Winter Song
It's a cold, cold feelingOn a real lazy windThat blows all the way trough youAnd the autumn beginsHow it cuts like a sabreHow it chills to the boneYou've got cold feet and fingersAnd you're thinking of homeIf I put my...
- Red Shoes
I was born a beggarWith the garbage round my feetThe devil lived in every holeAnd every corner of the streetWhen mistery is all there isYou got nothing to loseSo come on and buy meCome and buy me some red red red...
- You're Not A Number
You can feel your nerve endingsThey've been dead before todayYou can feel them risingFeel them rising all the wayYou've got grease on your fingersOil on your faceHappy completely chasing the paceHappy to find out even...
- Set Me Free
Wake up see the morning lightThis is youThis is todayYou try so hard to get it rightCan't help thinking somewhere you lost your wayWhen was the last timeYou saw a smile ?There's a scream on every silent face you...
- Heaven
I see a turning wheelOn a dusty trackCaught in the void and empty spaceIn between there and backAnd the paradise of going somewhereThat's still so far awayHappy, boy you bet I amHolding on to this smile for just as...
- Every Second Counts
Every second countsThat's what he saysEvery second countsEvery single dayAll through the night timeAll through the day timeCan't let your world pass through and into my wayEvery second countsHe can't slow downEvery...
- Sing A Song Of Love To Me
Sing a song of love to meAs the shadows start to growAnd I won't be sad and lonelyAnymore'Cos if you sing a song of love to meI will always find a smileThat will warm my cold cold heartJust for a whileSongs of loveI...
- Looking For The Summer
Look deep into the April faceA change is clearly taking placeLooking for the summerThe eyes take on a certain gazeAnd leave behind the springtime daysGo looking for the summerThis ain't no game of kiss and tellThe...
- Auberge
On the hard fast trainOn the road to gainSomething gets right throught to your telling boneThere's a sudden itchAn electric twitchSometimes I swear this body's got a mind of its ownThis is the *** truthThis is the...
- Gone Fishing
I'm going fishingI got me a lineNothin' I do's gonna' make the differenceSo I'm taking the timeAnd you ain't never gonna' be happyAnyhow, anywaySo I'm going fishingAnd I'm going todayI'm going fishingSounds crasy I...
- The Mention Of Your Name
Time goes by and every single tearIt must have well run dryAnd the lonely nightsBecome a strange accepted wayAnd the years go pastJust like the old song saysThe pain with time has healed, it couldn't lastBut oh a...
- Coming Off The Ropes
I'm coming off the ropes(he's going down)He thinks I'm beatI'm coming off the ropes yeaThis ain't no retreatHe thinks I'm going downFor sure my head is spinning roundWhen I straighten upBut I'm going to knock him off...
- Marvin
Oh Marvin,Seems so longBut I still remember youI would have given everythingIf I could have talked to youFor just one small momentIn the quiet of the dayYou took my pain awayOh MarvinThe one who wanted,The one that...
- I'm In My Car
I'm in my carI got my telephones and radioThis is my homeI have learnt to love and liveThe only way I knowAnd I don't want to change a thingThis is my world you are sitting inI got a fax so I press sendSend a message...
- New Times Square
I'll see you round about midnightYou know I won't be lateLet's dive into this crap houseAnd truth hell have to waitThe truth of what has gone beforeLies bleeding on the floorThe only truth remaining stillIs that truth...
- Keep On Dancing
I got a friend who loves the musicHe got a red hot grooveBut he don't use itI get so afraid, he's gonna lose itIf you gotta gift - man, don't abuse itKeep on dancingThe experts say they really careThey don't have a...
- "E"
E is for the comfort,You give to meE is for the peace, I feel insideE is for the good timesThat go against the bad timesE is for the world you gave usAnd left us here behindThey sayTell me what's so wrong with EThat's...
- Can't Get Through
Radio speaker - radio bleepPut it on hard disc -See it on your pcEverybody moving - costheir so afraid of losingYou gotta pull the strapsTill it can't fight backSay you gotta pull strapsTill it can't fight backPress...
- Good Morning
Good morning. Good morningI feel so good, I feel so good todayDo you know, I feel so good,So good todayI won't let nothing get in my wayGood morning. Good morning
- Last Open Road
How fast can I run?How far can I go?These are the questions,The young want to knowI met her in Brooklyn,She was coming from a placeI said "where are you going to"?She said "where have you been"?'Cos I'm trapped in...
- Evil No. 2
They call me loveThey call me dearThey kiss off and leave meFor their own careerI got a satellite dish, I'm all aloneWith my little goldfishAnd eminem, em on my headphonesYou heard that yet? You will!Selfish pigs put...
- The Way You Look Tonight
A sinner I may beBut I've just got to tryMy luck with youSecret smile upon your faceSo don't look downDon't hide your graceLet me find youCos I can't get over the wayYou look toniteBlow me awayThe way you look...
- Firefly
Go to that secret placeInside your soulGo to its deepest placeOnly you and I knowCan you see her?There she is still shining brightWhen the sun goes downSee her crimson glow throughthe darkest of nightsShe smiles and...
- Espresso Logic
If you don't listen what the people sayThe people gonna have to take their own wayYou got to give the people what they needAnd only then will they begin to seeThere's a world that we don't knowThere's a world we never...
- New Way
I go to work in a bubbleI got everything I needI get so high on no troubleIt's a great feeling, being freeI say a prayer at thanksgivingI bless the night and the dayI look up to the sky with a smile on my faceAnd I...
- Johnny Needs A Fast Car
Johnny needs a fast carJohnny needs it badJohnny always do the best Whatever johnny hasJohnny needs a fast oneJohnny needs it nowYou got to give him something to Let him show you howJohnny needs a fast carJohnny needs...
- Soup Of The Day
Well she thinks she's looking so coolShe thinks she's great but she's just a foolWhat awful lack of class makes this kind behave this wayI look and only think of one thing to saySoup, she's just soupSoup of the...
- She Closed Her Eyes
She closed her eyesAnd let the walls of her prison fall awayThe walls that ached with a timeless waitThey had become her walls of this modern tv lifeShe closed her eyesAnd let them fall awayAnd in her dreams she is...
- Summer Love
Once there was a summer loveLong ago and far awayThe autumn whispers to the falling leavesSummer love can't stayThis was their place, this was whereJust for one moment, without caresTwo lovers dreaming of how the...
- Julia
Eyes so bright, so big and wideMake you feel so strangeSomewhere deep insideIt's the face of an angelSoul of the devil may careHow I'd love to knowWhat goes on in thereShe needs your loveShe needs it every dayBut...
- Stop
Gone too farGone too longMessed it up completelyTill everything is wrongStop, start over, start againToo many piecesToo much to chewHow can you ever winWhen you're so scared to looseYou better stop, start over, start...
- Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Between the devil and the deep blue seaEverywhere I turn it's got a hold on meBetween the devil and the deep blue seaEverywhere I run it won't let me beCaught between the devil and the deep blue seaBetween the devil...
- Red
Put your hand in the paintbox and chooseWhich one says the most about youI would have to pick the deepest shadeThe saddest shade of blueBut red is colour I'd chooseRed is colour I'd chooseI set my soul long ago and...
- God Gave Me An Angel
I was never born with the face of amovie starI was never blessed with an easyloadalong the wayI have taken the wrong turningSo many times I can't rememberBut one thing I have for sureI can always smile and sayGod gave...
- Who Do You Love
How does it feelnow that you knowWhat makes it workhow far it can goYour innocent dreamdidn't know how to playthe game that was neededand now I hear it sayWho do you loveWho do you really loveWhat are you thinking...
- Sail Away
Walk a cold thin linein the morningHold the fear insidethat greets you with the dayI can't go with you nowI can only watch you nowAs you sail awaySail awayI'm going to miss you nowSo much more then I realisedThere's a...
- The Bones Of Angels
Long shadowsBright lightThat falls to the frontFrom a darkness behindThere is no endTo this mountain topInside these stonesOnly peace will we findInside outWe're all part of the stoneThat makes up the mountainAnd...
- The Memory Of A Good Friend
I love the sunI love the seaI'd like to think that youwere here with meBut people are seasonsand seasons changeI'd like to think that youare still the sameSometimes you made me happySometimes you made me cryBut the...
- Tamatave
Je veux sentir le sableEntre mes doigts de piedsTamatave ma petite rouquineElle la saitLong grass dancing in the dayBlue sky palm trees gently swayI come from a land down in sunSit on the beach and watch the waves...
- Mississippi
Nashville sky, in the morning sunSomewhere up north, a new life begunHe was drawn to the twister, with a Memphis soundKissed by an Angel, of a music town.Jump a train from Chicago, trace it backWith the neck of a...
- Sandwriting
SandwritingLeave your name andLet the windAnd high tideTake it awayEach white gold grainThat made up your nameTake it awaySandwritingWrite your lover's monogramUpon the cool dampWhite gold grainsay this is who I amYes...
- Waiting For A Blue Sky
He sits upon the empty sandand gazes up to the endless greyThe weathered faceand battered handsProtest the soulthat carried them so far this wayThe beaten skinis turning to a wrinkled smileAnd his eyes light upand...
- King Of The Beach
Let your fighting scars heal in the sunof a bright windy dayLet your cold blades sleep in the sandtill it's rusted awayWashed each night in the waveswhile you sleep away each memoryAnd you wake to find yourselfa new...
- Still Beautiful
I see a million torn up momentsof the rarest happinessEach one a dancing snowflakeA piece of memoryIt's the ghost of days gone byLay them tight across this old townIn the silence of your smiling faceYou move to meAnd...
- Two Roads
Ain't it funny how you never can tellIt always seems to hit you when it's going so wellA little knowledge is a dangerous thingNow it's lawyers-at-midnight and the learning beginsLet's take a walk outside in the...
- Freeway
She throws her hair into the February breezeShe hears it singing through the branches of the treesA song of something you know so wellAnd she's still looking for a freewayShe hears the sound of distant planes across...
- Bless Them All
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- Auf Immer Und Ewig
No sunny day, no sky of blueJust a pale moon on the wings of the windNo diamond rings, no pretty dreamsTwo people caught in chains of each otherAnd there was no other wayThis was how it was to beThe flame will haunt...
- Giverny
Deep inside these old dusty wallsThere's a sacred heart, I'd know this garden anywhereShe was warm, she was deep summertimeShe was love itself and she was standing thereStanding close, so close to meI closed my eyes...
- Lucky Day
A little bit of daylight shine on your pillowCome through your window paneSpeak of the morning, hope is eternalBetter to look at it this wayThis could be my lucky dayA glass filled with crystals, six million...
- It's All Gone
A careless heart ain't no good to no-oneI was going back my friends to seeOf what became of my childhood daydreamsOf all the things that used to beTo my surprise I stood aloneI walked a river of a waking dreamMy...
- Crack That Mould
You got to break the back of the mould you were made inCrack the shell, that's how it's got to beNothing for certain, ain't no way of knowingOnly believe in things that you seeFlow with the river, run with the tideMix...
- Just Passing Through
Soldiers of fortune lost in the windNo destinations and nothing to winKeep your head above the water, you get dirty and meanScrubbing forever and you never come cleanA life that is easy, a dream that comes trueFlowers...
- Little Blonde Plaits
Sweet September, I rememberEyes of August deepest blueWhile the lazy town was sleepingStrangest love that I ever knewFeel the wind blow, see the shadowsKiss the breeze of a sudden shoreOf my life's loves and...
- Hello Friend
Hello friend, where you been so long?Time goes by, so easy it sleeps awayJust like a shadow at the end of the dayHello friend, how are things for you these days?Some guy from way-back-when, he mentioned your nameDid...
- Light Of Hope
This is the garden that I knowTen thousand summers wait me hereYou lead and I will followYour heart is mine tomorrowInto your womb I fade awayAnd while she laughsYour pride is turning into snowAnd melting on the face...
- One Golden Rule
There's a heart in the middle of somewhere tonightScreaming for reasons or just a way outI put the shirt off my back on a wager that saysThere's one every night from my old school yard daysI hear you say one golden...
- Josephine
There's rain on my windowBut I'm thinking of youTears on my pillowBut I will come throughJosephine, I'll send you all my loveAnd every single step I takeI take for youJosephineThere's a storm on my radarBut I can...
- Stainsby Girls
Some girls used to kiss and runNever knew what they had doneSome girls always wasted timeKeep you hanging on the lineSome loved horses and always stayed at homeBut the Stainsby girls loved the Rolling StonesNow some...
- Steel River
I was born and raised on steel riverI see it all like it was yesterdayThe ships and bridges they were all deliveredFrom Sydney harbour to the Cisco bayAnd I met my love down on steel riverWe served our dreams and...
- Love Turns To Lies
I could have stood to watch you walk awayAnd put it down to your uncertain waysOr maybe baby you've had a change of heartMaybe wanna make a brand new startCrazy though what I say may seemI could have learned to mend...
- All Summer Long
All summer long we were happy we were oneWe didn't think of an ending to our playAll summer long nights of wine, days of songIt couldn't last, our ageing sun had to goI will always remember youWatching the waves in...
- Hired Gun
Morning light meet the dayNervous eyes look both waysAnd it just won't matter, spring or fallThere's bread to win and shots to callAnd there ain't nobody out thereJust a wild uncertaintyIt's in your stride but it...
- Shamrock Diaries
In waves of people you can lose your feetYou've got to stay hard, to the groundIt gets so easy now to lose your wayWhen you're ever outward boundA church bell ringing in the fading lightStops you dead like a cold...
- Chisel Hill
Misty eyes on a misty dayCome across a place like this along your wayYou walk straight in to that sweet and tender trapAnd you know you're lost and foundAnd there ain't no going backSpend the rest of your days playing...
- Stone
Tangled dream and endless highwaysBang the drum in a foreign landSometimes I wonder what I'm chasingWhen all I need is the touch of your handI've got no fixed abode out of ownBabe it gets so coldWithout your love I'm...
- The Road To Hell (Part II)
Well I'm standing by a riverBut the water doesn't flowIt boils with every poison you can think ofAnd I'm underneath the streetlightBut the light of joy I knowScared beyond belief way down in the shadowsAnd the...
- I Just Wanna Be With You
I just wanna be with youNo matter what they sayJust wanna be with youEvery night and every dayCold nights, dark daysI wanna be with youI just wanna be with youTill the final curtain fallsJust wanna be with youThen...
- You Must Be Evil
I come home from workI see my little girlShe's crying on the floorShe's been watching that TVThis ain't late no, this ain't even dinner timeTo show them things on that screenWhat's wrong with youYou must be evilOh I...
- That's What They Always Say
At the first bell of the dayThey rise up from where they layAnd look down with the promise in their handsA promise to get outThis ain't what it's all aboutThere's always lots of reasons for their plansWhen that golden...
- Your Warm And Tender Love
I was lost in the deep and darkest nightNo direction, not a single hope in sightWhen I saw a fire burning brightly throughThe storm that raged aboveIn the shadows of your warm and tender loveI was a stranger to the...
- Looking For A Rainbow
Well we come down to the valleyYea we're looking for the honeyI see a rainbowI say that's the land of milk and honeyMe and my cousinMe and my brotherMy little sister tooCome looking for a rainbowYea we're looking for...
- The Road To Hell (Part I)
Stood still on a highwayI saw a womanBy the side of the roadWith a face that I knew like my ownReflected in my windowWell she walked up to my quarterlightAnd she bent down real slowA fearful pressure paralysed me in...
- Daytona
Diamond dream when the sun don't shineI close my eyes to seeTwelve wild horses in silver chainsCalling out to meOh DaytonaShine your light on meOh DaytonaShine your light on meNow she ain't easy so you take good...
- Guitar Street
There's a crazy sense of dutyAs he licks between his fingersWipes the ketchup from his face and handsThere's a strong determinationThat his teachers never witnessedNever close enough to understandHe's like a bull just...
- Just Want To Be With You
I just wanna be with youNo matter what they sayJust wanna be with youEvery night and every dayCold nights, dark daysI wanna be with youI just wanna be with youTill the final curtain fallsJust wanna be with youThen...
- Goodbye Little Columbus
The plane is waiting, you must to go'Goodbye I'm gonna miss you'And all the things you say at a leavingAh just turn your head and walk awayGoodbye little ColumbusGoodbye, I'll see you one dayGoodbye little...
- Do You Still Dream?
Do you still dream of summer nightsThe endless roads between the distant lightsDo you still find yourselfOn strange and long highwaysDrifting into unknown phaseDo you still dream of summer daysThe sunlight dancing on...
- One Sweet Tender Touch
Heartbeat, way down on Cove StreetPlaying to lady luck, awaiting that tender touchFantasy is the trick of the dance you seeHiding that need for love and wanting you close to meOh that one sweet and tender touchThat's...
- If You Choose To Go
There's a street outside my windowThere's a light outside my doorThere's a road straight through this old townThere's a boat on every shoreThere's a promise down that freewayBut there is no guaranteeThere are dreams...
- When You Know Your Love Has Died
Me, I'm just running wildCan't give you the advice you need this timeYou say of her, you can't decideAnd yet you sit and watch her cryFriend you're like the wind that blowsLike the sea you come and goI'm not trying to...
- Loving You
The night was black with thunderThe streets were wet with rainAnother day goes underA little bourbon will take the strainAnd I'm waiting for my take-home French friesShe smiled and said 'take me away'We always laughed...
- Runaway
Sitting at the crosswaysTrying to keep my cool with the traffic lightsI've been up and down this line so any timesGirl, it's never rightMe and this machine keep the crazy urban dreamLocked in overflowSometimes I swear...
- Do It For Your Love
Each single day I get up and make my wayAnd it all comes into viewIt's like a part in a playYou can turn it around in so many different waysBut it's still the part you playAnd so to you I dedicateThis role they have...
- Shirley, Do You Own A Ferrari?
[Chris Rea:]ShirleyDo you own a Ferrari?Do you live in a wonderful place?And the smile on your faceIs of joyful laughter, happy ever after[Shirley Bassey:]Yes, I own a FerrariYes, my life is your dreamAnd I live in a...
- 'Disco' La Passione
I stand aloneWithout a careOpen the doorBut no-one's thereThe lonely nightMy only friendLove's wrongs are rightI can't defendLa PassioneLa PassioneLa PassioneLa PassioneAnd now I knowWhat I've becomeIt haunts me soBut...
- Piknik
Pergi di hari MingguBersama pacar baruNaik vespa keliling kotaSampai binariaHatiku jadi gembiraSesampainya di sanaDuduk dua-duaanMakan roti buayaDengar lagu kitaKita menari bersamaDi batang pohon kan ku ukir nama...
- Mobil Balap
Ku pernah punya mobil balap ku sendiriYang bisa ngebut di jalanan tiap hariKu tidak pernah merasakan kesepianTak ada gadis yang menolak diantarkanReff:Asoy geboy ngebut di jalanan ibukotaDipayungi lampu kota di...
- Driving Home For Christmas
I'm driving home for christmasOh, I can't wait to see those facesI'm driving home for christmas, yeaWell I'm moving down that lineAnd it's been so longBut I will be thereI sing this songTo pass the time awayDriving in...
- Nothing's Happening By The Sea
Salty riverFalls asleep in the bayAlways gets thereNever early, never lateNothing's happeningNothing's happening by the seaWhite waves tumble downAnd gently roll back into blueOn wooden seats outside the barThe...
- Hey You
I stood out with my brotherOn a tree lined avenueI see the sweetest little creatureComing into my viewAnd I say to myself, I say man I'm gonna get me someOf that bright little angelThat shines like the morning sunWell...
- Deep Water
All change on then merry go lineEverybody looking for a signJumping up and down when the switch goes onNobody knows where it's coming fromI'm here watching, keeping well awayOh I'm gonna live it in my own waySinging...
- Let It Loose
There's no sense in waitingSo lets make a startI got a poisoned fingerOn a broken heartDon't have time for reasonsOr feel inclined to quizThe past is overThat's just the way it isStart it upStart it upAnd let it loose...
- Midnight Blue
I got my moneyI got it here in my handOK let me tell youThis is how we standI've waited so longGood things, never too lateSo don't take no chancesLeave nothing to faithI wanna walk tall in midnight blueLook good, oh...
- Love's Strange Ways
When passion shines her blinding light on youYou know my friend there's nothing that you can really doJust follow on behind her veil of deepest purple hazeDown, to love's strange waysDrowning in a laughter as you...
- Out Of The Darkness
There's an empty street in an empty townThere's an old boutique selling ageing gownsSome words on the walls that were writtenBy the light of the moon so brightCan you hear me, can you her me tonightTake me out of this...
- Candles
Faith for reasons still unknownLike 'Bleak House fog' seems everywhereThe truth has frozen into stoneAnd hope lies freezing in the midnight airThough dark our days may seemThis is a different dreamTheir freedom light...
- Texas
Catch a sight of long lost summersCatch a dream inside your handsTake me where that lady comes fromTake me to that far off distant landRain comes pouring past my windowTurns my sky from blue to greyI ain't never been...
- Touche D'Amour
Touche D'amourYours is a sunny dayOf this I'm sureBlowing my clouds awayI just don't know what this could do to meI only want it to beTouche D'amourTouche D'amourSailing around the room like never beforeCould never...
- Winning
So you say that you are tiredAnd you wanna make a dealThe way the see you turnWell that's not the way you feelWell I got news for you sunshineYou may not understandYou're living in a poker gameAnd you've already shown...
- Reasons
Set my sails out on a sunny dayPretty soon I was on my wayThough what for sure it wasI could not sayTwo thousand reasonsMaybe moreEight hundred chances on faraway shoresSearching for somethingSearching for moreDeep...
- Bombollini
Sing a song of love to meSing out, sing outShe's the one who made me freeSing out, sing out'Cos she made me smileAnd she made me loveOh she made me laughAnd she made me danceBombo!Little pearl inside the shellCome...
- I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It
Could it be just that I'm crazyCould it be the way I feel this time of yearWhen a certain situation seems to bring the best out of meI don't careWhen she's standing close beside meSomething turns inside meBrings my...
- Shine, Shine, Shine
And now the day is overAnd the shadows start to growThe sun has done us well todayIn flaming crimson he explodesAnd bursts of million coloursThat spill across the skyI turn and look at you loveAnd I know the reason...
- Ace Of Hearts
Could this be trueCould this be meThe one who kept himself so high and freeCaught up in the highest game of allAnd all my defences tumble and fallOnly the ace of hearts can save nowI wake in early hours and call your...
- Holding Out
I see you laughing up at me, and I can't hideWhat it is that you can seeI guess that's whyI'm holding out my love for youAnd when you turn it aroundIn different waysThe answers turn around and fly awayI see you...
- Wired To The Moon
Sleep tonight little girlGo right in throughNo-one can wake you nowYou're falling through your dreamsSliding down every beam'Cos you don't know howDon't know how to hurtDon't know how to lieYou just don't know how to...
- Danielle's Breakfast
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- Curse Of The Traveller
On the restless road to nowhereThere's no certain peace it seemsDesire to keep on movingtill the river of dreamsIs it just because someone told youIs it just because you foundOld freedom feels uneasy when duty is...
- Josie's Tune
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- Gonna Buy A Hat
She talks like thunderShe really lets you knowShe keep changing the rulesAnd leave you nowhere to goShe bore you rigid with the party lineShe's so far left she's gonna get left behindHe wants six pretty white spots on...
- That Girl Of Mine
There's a time and place everywhere I goWhere the river meets the seaSomewhere between the gates of dreamsAnd the turning of the keyThere's a cutting edge there's a real fine lineAnd it's caught in come and goAnd...
- Joys Of Christmas
I see all the tough guys still not 25Dying on their feetCoughing, honking, cadging cigarettesAnd still out on the streetWell, they got no money, nowhere to goFathers of 2, 3 maybe 4, what are they gonna doJimmy got a...
- Donahue's Broken Wheel
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- I Don't Care Anymore
I don't care anymoreAll the things I hear you sayDon't care anymoreYou're always lying anywayGot a sweet little girlAnd it's such a sunny dayI heard it all beforeGonna hear it some moreBut you must understand one...
- September Blue
Your head spins round on a MondayAnd the daylight's in your eyesHow you laughed and cursed tomorrowNow he's standing by your sideYou touched the stars at midnightThe whole world seem to shout 'Hello'Now your throat is...
- I Can't Dance To That
Now there's no storylineJust a real good timeAnd I don't want to seem to be mistakenBut there's a tale to tellOn this road to hellIt's in between the lines the case I'm makingOh, lord, look my waySave me from these...
- Loving You Again
It's been so long now since we first metBut the time and place I will never forgetDarling, neverTrough good and bad we stood the tested timeYou say I'm yours and darling you're still mineForeverSo smile for me'Cos...
- Que Sera
There's a feathered cloud in an open skyAnd the pale-tailed moon goes sailing byThis old engine housing's streaked with rainAnd we're pushing down on them chains againFriend we're like the wind that blowsLike the sea...
- Standing In Your Doorway
There'll be no moon tonightAnd the stars won' t light the skyThere are women on the streetsBut there's no loving in their eyesFeeling weary, tired and wishingI was standing in your doorway nowThere'll be dancing...
- Three Angels
Nine dollars, two centsNo money, no rent8759 that's the numberBe on timeBring something, don't careWhatever, be thereGood woman, good loving, good feelingThree angelsEight castles, wants nineUnhappy all the timeGold...
- Whatever Happened To Benny Santini?
They say his chances could not have been betterAll the promise of a July sun in the morning skyLaughing at the peering facesFrom the windows of a limousineCaviar with the A & R and still only in his teensSo whatever...
- Bows And Bangles
Born and raised in wildernessOf suburban shops and schoolsHow she tried and tried to be satisfiedWith a job on the typing poolShe hated the smell of carbon paperThe office so smoky and dryHow she longed for the day...
- Because Of You
I used to hang my head down lowNever knowing which way I was goingMy life was getting close to the edgeAnd I knew that it was showingBecause of youI can stand and hold my head up highBecause of youI feel free and yet...
- Just One Of Those Days
Cold red sunsets that freeze the rainbows outStanding here in the rainI've been thinking how, how much happierI have been since you cameStaring down at the sidewalk shiningSatin winds floating downChange the crystals...
- Dancing With Charlie
Charlie was a loser till that sunny dayNo-one saw him leaving as he sailed awayTreated like a sinner, no-one gave a damnTill Charlie threw two sixesNow he's got them in his handNow they're waiting in line to go...
- Fires Of Spring
She's back real late yet she don't seem to careShe hangs around outside in late night airBurning tears upon a smiling faceAnd she's caught in the fires of springThe ice of loneliness you've known so longFor good or...
- The Closer You Get
Street lights start to come onI know that it's timeStop what you're doingMeet those drinking friends of mineFirst lady call me on the telephoneShe said 'Get out and die young but I'm staying at home'Now I believe in...
- Fool (If You Think It's Over)
Dyin' flame, you're free againWho could love, do that to youAll dressed in black, he won't be comin' backLook, save your tearsGot years and yearsThe pains of seventeen's Unreal they're only dreamsSave your cryin' for...
- Working On It
Oh how I'd love it girl, just you and meTake the day and flyBut oh this job, it's got the best of meTell you why, tell you whySomebody above is in a desperate stateSome kind of urgency, the kind that won't waitI say...
- Windy Town
Drivin' down from the Highland lineWe done some gigs on the Clyde and the TyneThey flew us in from the Hamburg stripThe taste of Dusseldorf still on our lipsAnd on the bus there's a friend of mineWe go way back to the...
- For Ever And Ever
Don't ask me how long baby it's gonna takeI don't know honey, just give it a breakLove don't happen to you overnightYou got to feed it, leave itGive it some lightOh love, true loveWhen it looks like you're winningGet...
- Only With You
I was down, nowhere boundNeeded love, any loveSomething new, breezy and bashful but trueChanging my whole point of viewSuddenly someone, a midnight romancerA Romeo dancer in blueBut only with youOnly with youNo more...
- Sweet Kiss
I lie awake, late at nightI just don't seem to sleep at allGot so high, don't I know whySaid man I got that Moon-dog callStepping out into the streetGonna dance till my legs fall offMister policeman say "what's wrong...
- Stick It
The steel mill closes down tonightAs the dying embers fadeAnd all the guys are too tired for tearsChecking their final payThose razored sabres of steel they madeThey never got to holdSo many sold, millionsSilence in...
- Good News
He's watching the girls on the dance floorHe's watching the light in her hairHe's praying that love's gonna come soonThere's a sweet smell of hope in the airJust another boy from a steel townWith the flash of the mill...
- Dancing Girls
It's all become a fantasyShe sits and reads about Tiffany'sI moan all day about the state of the worldAnd the sun beats downHer book if full of pastel shadesFiligree Femmes in lusts of jadeWhile all around the bullets...
- Distant Summers
Sweet serenade, in your shadeMay I restJust for a while, won't stay longI'll do my bestTo help you help me to find some friendsThat I have lostWho lie in lands where memoriesAnd dreams are lostThe breeze that blew...
- Since I Don't See You Anymore
The gas-lamp flickers in the nightAnd jingle-jangles in the windThe pool-hall cowboys play and play'Cos pool-hall hot shots don't go homeAnd a lonely breeze sends shiversFrom a distant shoreSince I don't see you...
- Tennis
In the morning madness and the stabbing lightShe pours the coffee and she says"What was wrong with you last night?""Dreams, just dreams my love, we're half asleep"But the headline's on tennisSo it seems, everything's...
- Everytime I See You Smile
Sat out a card game in a motel roomDon't let the muzak drive you crazy late at nightThey tell me it's all part of the deal I'm inWell I close my eyes, put memory into sightEvery time I see you smileNow the lady tabs...
- On The Beach
Between the eyes of love I call your nameBehind those guarded walls I used to goUpon a summer wind there's a certain melodyTakes me back to the place that I knowDown on the beachThe secrets of the summer I will...
- Let's Dance
When you sing of the joy only love can bringHeaven knows it's in my heart and my soulWe're caught in a world full of tearsSo many bad times and fearsSo while there's a chance and you're nearLet's danceLet's...
- I Can Hear Your Heartbeat
In the silence of the side streetIn the whisper of the nightFrom the darkness of the empty hoursTo the early morning lightFrom the hustle down on main streetWith all it's lights so brightTo the trucker on the...
- Don't Want Your Best Friend
She's got her independence in a hard fast wayShe's got me chasing shadows with everything I try to saySome say she's far too quick, some say she's slow to learnBut all I know is she gave me love that left afterburnAnd...
- Twisted Wheel
I can see him now, standing on a street cornerPastel shades and a candy stripe parallelGood time love, oh that I'd been much olderGo messing with the boys from the incrowdBut all I could do was wish them...
- Deltics
Burlington Zephyrsand Kenworths that pass in the nightDeltics and Steamers and F88's in full flightOld train take me back againTo the one that I loveDeltics
- Cenotaph - Letter From Amsterdam
Snow hard up against my doorwayAnd it's falling twice as fastFunny I was just thinking of you my friendHow long you were gonna lastDriving those blizzards cross EuropeSnow chains on you back64 feet of mobile thunder,...
- The Things Lovers Should Do
Standing in the half light, wondering if you canThere stands the priest of sinners, consolation in his handsThough he prays he won't need it, he keeps it by his sideWaiting for the face up and the answer in her...
- Seabird
I can't runIn your eyes there's no place left to hideYou've seen my every mystery just show itself and dieSo I will fly before youAnd all is all to seeTake my hand, understand, there're no more foolish dreamsSo many...
- She Gave It Away
She gave away all her loveNo reason to keep itShe'd saved it for only oneBut he didn't need itAnd downtown the midnight circusHypnotised like a spinning topOffering dreams, like the gloss magazinesShe had so much to...
- Raincoat And A Rose
Rain, tears of joy, tears of painIs this really meStanding here at the stationThe card said I mustn't be lateI've never been lateI've never really had the chanceYears and years and not even wanting a second...
- No Qualifications
Now he wanted to fly all those big aeroplanesTrans-continental and back home againBut his brain, it was groundedHis head could not copeNo qualifications, no reasons for hopeThey told him the right way to fasten his...
- Dance!
Sometimes I think I go insaneSo what's a boy supposed to doWorking just to pay my wayBut baby when the day is throughJust wanna have a good timeHey! I've got my shoe, shoes shinedI'm gonna dance, dance, danceWalking...
- Diamonds
Oh getaway and don't come backWho do you think you're fooling with lies like that?You have dreams that set the rain on fireBurning with a cheap desireAnd it's plain as grey that what you sayHave meanings of their...
- You Can Go Your Own Way
You can go your own wayYou can go your own wayIt doesnt matter what the others saycos you can go your own wayYou can go your own wayYouve got a ring on your fingerA chain around your heart and your soulSearching...
- If You Were Me
If you were meAnd I was youIf you had to play my part outWhat would you doTwo crazy stories,Two different viewsIf you were meAnd I was youIf you were meAnd I was youWhat kind of crazy thingsWould I have to doWho likes...
- Born To Lose
Love started out like fresh April dawnDreams I have left faded and tornI was born to lose babyI was born to lose babyThere was this woman when I was a boyShe was my queen and I was her toyI was born to lose babyI was...
- So Much Love
Now I've got something I tell you say now(Play it real cool) but I'm not fooled(Nobody loved you like) the tip of the icebergI know the game and there ain't no rulesI got so much love for you babyBet you any time we...
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Chris Rea
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