Joyride Lyrics

[sweetbrendan]

You Don't Know How Lucky You Are

how can it be that i act in this way
my emotions kept in check
this i did not expect
she comes at night, she comes at day
oh how i wish she'd go away
i paint her eyes
i paint her mouth
yet my heart is filled with doubt

he looks happy, she looks happy too
you don't know how lucky you are

well the roses fail to bloom
the reasons are quite clear
if i shed a little tear
i would drown in a pool
romance i have often read
makes a man a gibbering fool
now i will admit to this
i am not the exception to the rule

he looks happy, she looks happy too
you don't know how lucky you are

i would lie at your feet
i'd tell her all the things i know
for i have siled many oceans
broken hearts and felt sorrow
but never anything like this
a burning passion burning lips
as i wait at kingdoms hall
contemplating my great fall


Emily

emily smiles as she pulls out her hair
wears gold slippers and no underwear
never washes dishes unless she's supset
she gave me five lovebites across my neck
emily lloyd has the reddest lips
she can lash you with a tongue
caress you with her wit
she drinks faster harder than any young man
her eyes like opals in the burning sun
and she says "you're the boy of my dreams"

she jumps on my shoulders and scratches my back
she says something vulgar she's an acrobat
inventive stylish has no respect
when emily's here i am contactnly wet
i know for certain that sh'e good for me
made a skirt from a curtain plays the tambourine
lent me her books taught me to piant
one look from emily i think i could faint

and she says "you're the boy of my dreams"
oh you delight me, oh you excite me

This Girl

this girl i know, holds on my heart
she takes me to the peaks of happiness
or the depths so dark
she keeps telling me i used to make her laugh

we look so sad but you don't know
one smile of yours would fade sorrow
but we argue and almost come to blows

explain everything it leaves you in tears
you're crying so much you don't even hear
one minute i love you then i say i don't

wehn we want passion when we want love
we lie awake at night and sleep back to back
in the morning there are dirty sheets and bitterness
why do we caress?
why do we caress?

"oh waht went wrong, so many things for so long
can i make it up to you"
you can try if you want to

in the morning there are dirty sheets and bitterness

this girl i know now acts very cold
she charms all the other boys
because i hurt her so
we used to catch the breeze in the palm of our hans
only know i understand
only know i understand
only know i understand

Nothing

don't let me down know i've shown that i can feel
reveal your love and your lips
kiss me gently on my cheeks
was it doomed from the start
that we should part
and the stars in the sky won't ever shine
and each day my passion burns undenied
if you were here my dear i'd be satisfied

i have nothing at all, nothing, nothing at all

there once was a girl as pretty as can be
all the dreams i had she imprisioned me
her beauty her with contented i'd be
but fate cast a shadow as black as can be

i have nothing at all, nothing, nothing at all

Grow Cold

close your eyes don't be upset
you'll wake up one day and find he's left
his memory his touch won't mean a thing
no more sadness he'll bring
no more sadness he'll bring

whenever you think he hurt you so
remember that he didn't know
that love can bring so much sorrow
and so many tears
and so many tears

up tight
you'll be alright
just know that he's hurting too
up tight
you'll be alright
just know that he's hurting too

you got to do what you got to do

Hemingway's Back

look out romeo
your icepick lies in the dust
the matador gouges the bull
while i was hunting for love
he bleeds and reddens the soil
with dirt under nails
there is no truth in heaven
unless you read braille

Hemingway's back, come for my head
"farewell" i said

Absorbed by his world
hungry for action with men
she's flirting with me
oh how i find that so charming
while he's away
i'm the boy with whom she sleeps
Hemingways back and he's grinding his teeth

Hemingway's back, come for my head
"farewell" i said

he's after me like he's hunting a lion or tiger
i'm locked in a bedsit
oh how i wish i was beside her
she cries now i've gone
he's locked her bedroom door
though hemingways brave and bold
he's not always that sure

Hemingway's back, come for my head
"farewell" i said

I Didn't See You

I've read a million books, i burnt my leather boots
i saw the factories die, i saw my father shoot my mother
with a mohawk purple bow and arrow

i've been an angry man, i've sung politics
but no one ever knew it wasn't obvious
but now all the girls in broadmead
think i'm a prophet

i've scaled the golan heights, i've been drunk all night
i've never been to church, but i've seen ulster burnt
what did i learn i tell you i didn't learn nothing

i've seen the refugees in their misery
i've broken into flats and slept in launderettes
the people round here seem to have gone out of fashion

i've talked with tsars and played pop guitar
i've bathed in isotopes and slid down icy slopes
the severn river makes your skin go a ghostly grey

i've been to newcastle, i've been to liverpool
i've been to manchester i've seen the sights so cruel
but in all of these places not once did i see you

i ate with saints we sang some merry tunes
then i said to them, hey what do you do
they looked around and said it's been so long we've forgotten

i saw the valium skies, i saw my brother die
we lived in poverty, that never bothered me
but when i asked you for this one thing i didn't see you

Accused By The Angels

Gabriel came with tears a flowing
your doing and a knowing
so cruel, so cruel
i don't know my mind
the sun slipped away
the crows they laughed
this bottomless pit i deserve it
this bottomless pit i deserve it
a preacher is conscience
morals so strong

accused by the angels what did they see?
accused by the angels what did they see?

forgive me forgive me, for i know not how
forgive me forgive me, for i know not how
the light flickers slowly then dies out