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Irresistible

  • Albums: How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean

You are irresistible
You're smile warms like summer warms
You're beautiful
So real
Let me love you
Till the summer
Changes into golden autumn leaves

I know I’ll never find another you
And how you mesmerize
Inescapable
Unavoidable
I can't picture my life without you

You are irresistible
Your smile warms like summer warms
You're beautiful so real
Let me love you
Till the summer
Changes into golden autumn leaves

And all I need is your affection
Just let your natural light shine through
And let me love you

You are irresistible
Your smile warms like summer warms
You're beautiful so real
Let me love you
Till the summer
Changes into golden autumn leaves


You are irresistible
Your smile warms like summer warms
You're beautiful so real
Let me love you
Till the summer
Changes into golden autumn leaves

I’m Not Moving

  • Albums: How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean

You can’t make me move
I’m not going
I’ll kill every last one of you
I mean it

I’m clever
I’m smart
I see what you’re doing
I've got eyes

No I won’t go
Call the police
Call security
They can’t carry me

I’ve been here for two long days
And you’ve tried to lure me with Starbucks
Anything I want
You want to show me upstairs
But I know all the tricks in the book

And I'm not moving
I'm not moving
I'm not moving
I'm not moving

I’m going to sit right here
I’m going to scream and shout
I’m going to make myself hoarse
As I order you about
I may be small
But I’m mighty
You may be much older
But still I rule you

Everybody on the planet
Is scared of me
And I like the power it brings

And I'm not moving
I'm not moving
I'm not moving
I'm not moving

I’m gonna lay on the floor
I’m gonna kick my legs
If you want me out of here
Come and take my breath

Cos I'm not moving
I'm not moving


I’m an intellect
A manipulator
I have the body of a child
And the mind of a genius
Make me move
I’m not going
I’ll kill every last one of you
Up in here

And I'm not moving
I'm not moving
I'm not moving
I'm not moving

I'm not moving
What you think
No way
I'm not going
You can leave

I’m staying right here
I’m staying right here
I’m staying right here
I’m staying right here

And I'm not moving
I'm not moving
I'm not moving
I'm not moving

I Gave You My Keys

  • Albums: How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean

I gave you my keys to all I had
You were my deity
You ruled my world
Ruled my earth ruled my sky
How could you hurt me so bad so bad
You bruised my bones
I’m not a soldier
I’m not used to seeing wounds like these

I gave you my keys
You let yourself in
And made yourself right at home

I bought all your clothes
I made all your food
I let you drive my car
You got the latest games
And I made sure you felt like number one

I don't think we're connected
I don't feel respected
I don't think you know what you really want

You say you want affection
But when I put my arms around you
I feel you're somewhere else

I gave you my keys
The master keys
The keys to unlock every single door
That I have in my heart

You like that makes me like this
You like that makes me like this
You like that makes me like this
You like that makes me like this

I gave you my keys
The master keys
The keys to unlock every single door
That I have in my heart

I gave you my keys to all I have
And now you’re turning your back on me
You said I was mean
You said I was cruel
You don’t know the meaning of words or deeds
How can you say that I’m the villain
When it’s you that’s killing all the love
I gave you my keys
You let yourself in and made yourself right at home

If I knew then
What I know now
I'd run one hundred miles
How you are these days
That makes me act like some crazy mixed up fool

Don't think we're connected
I don't feel respected
I don't think you know what you really want

You say you want affection
But when I put my arms around you
I feel you're somewhere else

I gave you my keys
The master keys
The keys to unlock every single door
That I have in my heart

You like that makes me like this
You like that makes me like this
You like that makes me like this
You like that makes me like this

Invisible (Blue Light)

  • Albums: Not Too Far Away


The cloak of darkness hides the real you
As you recede into the distance
And you camouflage your feelings
And your wavelength can’t be measured

Don’t remain invisible to me
Cos I want you right now
Don’t remain invisible to me
Cos I want you right now

Please let your blue light shine
Let your blue light shine
Let your blue light shine

 

If I had some magic power
Would I see your reflection
Stumble on some vital signs
To make sense of this perception
Or would you stay invisible
Cos I want you right now

Don’t remain invisible to me
Cos I want you right now

Please let your blue light shine
Let your blue light shine
Let your blue light shine

Take the bandage from your eyes now
How much better could life be
We are not familiar strangers
But we’re not lovers in love
Please don’t tease

Don’t be invisible to me
Cos I want you right now
Yea I want you right now

Please let your blue light shine
Let your blue light shine
Let your blue light shine

Don’t let the doubts walk all over you
What fears you have you can overcome
Understand what you’re running from
Is what you will leave behind

Don’t remain invisible to me
Cos I want you right now
Don’t remain invisible to me
Cos I want you right now

Please let your blue light shine
Let your blue light shine
Let your blue light shine

I Like It When We're Together

  • Albums: Not Too Far Away

The hours go slowly when you close the door and you leave me here by myself.
How do I fill  my day when I feel so sad now your warmth has gone away.
I bite my lip to stop the tears but the tears come anyway.

I like it when we’re together
I don’t care if I’m selfish I want you to stay
Every thing
Every single thing
Every thing I do
I do because I love you

I’m not built to be alone you know I get anxious when I’m on my own
No need to be opposite sides of doors no need to talk through walls
I hate that hollow stomach feel when you turn and walk away.

I like it when we’re together
I don’t care if I’m selfish I want you to stay
Every thing
Every single thing
Every thing I do
I do because I love you

I like it when we’re together
I don’t care if I’m selfish I want you to stay
Every thing
Every single thing
Every thing I do
I do because I love you

I know I make you feel the guilty and my reasons are emotional
But we can deal with all demons in their various appearance 
Let’s remind ourselves how far we’ve come
Let us look at how we’d really feel
If we turned from each other
Would we ever fall in love again

I like it when we’re together
I don’t care if I’m selfish I want you to stay
Every thing
Every single thing
Every thing I do
I do because I love you

I like it when we’re together
I don’t care if I’m selfish I want you to stay
Every thing
Every single thing
Every thing I do
I do because I love you

I Want That Love

  • Albums: Starlight

And I'm feeling fine
In my spirit mind
Yeh I'm right there next to you
And you call me baby blue

I won't change my mind
I won't change my mind
And I wonder why I feel the way I do
Well I'll tell you it's you that's who

Everybody tell me that I'm out of my mind
I'll never get you
I'll never get you

Everybody tell me that I'm out of my mind
I'll never get you
I'll never get you

Love
Yea
Love is all I'm after
Don't care if it last forever
Yea
Make me feel so fine
Like I'm important
Everybody
Needs somebody

Everybody in this big wide world
Make some time to get some
Every day when the sun goes down
Need that love
Doesn't matter if it's crazy love
I wanna get you on my side
It's not complicated

Everybody
That's everybody
Want some love
It needs no explanation

Everybody
That's everybody
It's love that makes you wanna
Wake up in the morning

Love can bring you pain
It can drive you insane
For all that it's a welcome drug
Feed me on intravenous hugs

Everybody tell me that I'm out of my mind
I'll never get you
I'll never get you

Everybody tell me that I'm out of my mind
I'll never get you
I'll never get you

Love
Yea
Love is all I'm after
Don't care if it last forever
Yea
Make me feel so fine
Like I'm important
Everybody
Needs somebody

Everybody in this big wide world
Make some time to get some
Every day when the sun goes down
Need that love
Doesn't matter if it's crazy love
I wanna get you on my side
It's not complicated

Everybody
That's everybody
Want some love
It needs no explanation

Everybody
That's everybody
It's love that makes you wanna
Wake up in the morning

I wanna see you in the noonday sun
Looking bright
I wanna see you in the dead of night
And at the dawning

Everybody
That's everybody
Want some love
It needs no explanation

Everybody
That's everybody
It's love that makes you wanna
Wake up in the morning

Love love love

Yeh I want that love

Everybody
That's everybody
Want some love
It needs no explanation

Everybody
That's everybody
It's love that makes you wanna
Wake up in the morning
Everybody
That's everybody
Want some love
It needs no explanation

Everybody
That's everybody
It's love that makes you wanna
Wake up in the morning



 

 

Into The Blues

  • Albums: Into The Blues


My baby likes this music good and loud
With words coming straight from the heart
Man woman or child can tell this story
Just as long as it's a soulful start
All the better to make you glad
That your life has taken a different path
At the same time wondering
How you can get on a train
To this town

My baby don't like rock and roll
Not hip hop or pop
My baby's just into the blues
My baby's just into the blues
My baby's just into the blues
My baby's just into the blues


God bless the blues
God bless the blues
Hey Yea
Are you are manish boy
Just like the might mud
Blues are here to make you glad
That your life has taken a different path
At the same time wondering
How you can get on a train
To this town

My baby don't like rock and roll
Not hip hop or pop
My baby's just into the blues
My baby's just into the blues
My baby's just into the blues
My baby's just into the blues

My baby don't like rock and roll
Not hip hop or pop
Dance might be real cool
And country’s just for fools
Baroque is just for the old
For the tired and the restless souls
Lost in the darkness
Lost in the darkness

My baby's just into the blues
My baby's just into the blues
My baby's just into the blues
My baby's just into the blues

It Could Have Been Better

  • Albums: Whatever's For Us Love & Affection

(lyrics by Pam Nestor)

I was very sad last night
You came by I was so glad
Though sadness covered
The smile I kept for you
I was waiting for the cloud
To pass over
Then I could show my love

You could have made me laugh
If you stayed
But you left
I was more confused
Than I was before you came

I was frightened
I saw insanity and tears
I shouted for you to stay
It could have been better
If you had held my hand
And smiled at me
Or questioned why
My face was so distorted

I'm back in the sunlight again
Oh, I'm so glad
It's only joy I want to give to you
Sometimes I feel lost and desperate
Please forgive me
If I show no sign of reasoning or consideration
In my bleaker times.

Is It tomorrow Yet

  • Albums: Me Myself I


My baby say that the time is
A coming soon
But did not say
If it was in the morning
Or the afternoon
If we don't meet today
I think tomorrow may
Bring a surprise
Before my eyes
Is it tomorrow yet
I've got to do my best
For my babe

I've been losing time
Has the clock spun 'round
Did I sleep too late
Have I missed too much
Have I missed much
Have I missed much
I wanna see my baby
I wanna see my baby
Is it tomorrow yet

Can't count the times we've meet
And we've been
Going our different ways
Tomorrow I know we'll be going
The same way
Don't know 'bout yesterday
And we may not meet today
Under this sky
But I'd like a surprise
Is it tomorrow yet
I've got to look my best
For my baby

This time I'm keeping track
There'll be no looking back
No more maybe
Must be tomorrow today
Must be tomorrow today
Here's my baby

I Love My Baby

  • Albums: The Key


My baby says to me
Come over here
And talk with me

I go and I sit down
We talk about the
Joy
We've found

I love my baby
I love my baby
So much

Love to hear you
Call my name
Out loud
Love to hear you
Say I make you proud

But will it end now
We can't say
Will we be happy
All the way

I love my baby
I love my baby
So much

In Your Eyes

  • Albums: What's Inside


In your eyes
I can see
Something
Something
So sure
In those eyes

As bright as the stars
As blue as the sky
I could die
In your eyes

In your eyes
I can see
Something
Something
So sure
And those eyes
Are not for hurting

You have the power
In those eyes
in your eyes

As bright as the stars
As blue as the sky
I could die
In your eyes

As bright as the stars
As blue as the sky
I could die
In your eyes

In These Times

  • Albums: Lovers Speak


These are the times
Tears fill the back of your eyes
These are the times
The birds migrate
Across the skies

These are the times
What hope you had you forget
These wicked times
You're bound to feel
All sanity is lost

In these times everyone needs love
In these times do you pray to God
In these times everyone needs comfort
And would welcome a hand to hold
Compassion is the fire
That burns the hurt
That pains the soul
And though my eyes are so polluted
By the sight of lost desires
I can see you standing by

This is my fear
That distance will come between us
And it could mean nothing
Nothing
To get from here to there

We own the world
And everything that's in it
Let our love shine
Like glistening raindrops
Resting on a rose

In these times celebrate our love
In these times let's be thankful of
All the days we can spend together
And I'm happy to hold your hand
Your passion is the food
That feeds the hunger in my heart
And now my eyes are clearly open
No more longing for the past
Now I have you in these times


In these times everyone needs love
In these times do you pray to God
In these times everyone needs comfort
And would welcome a hand to hold
Your passion is the fire
That burns the hurt
That pains the soul
And though my eyes are so polluted
By the sight of lost desires
Good to have you in these times

If Women Ruled The World

  • Albums: Square The Circle


Loving your sweet ways
Loving the funny things you say
Loving the silence
Wrapped in my man's arms at the end of the day

Loving the way you
Make me feel
That women rule the world if women ruled the world
It would be a good thing

No more war
No more hate
Women can fight
But talking's great
Behind your back
To your face
They'd rather talk
Than murder

Not all men kill babies
But a woman would rather
Kill herself
Than see a child suffer
Women are carers
They were born that way

Like mother nature feeds the world
A woman will think of her child first
No more sons dying young
Women bore sons for living

No more war
No more hate
Women can fight
But talking's great
Behind your back
To your face
They'd rather talk
Than murder

I love how you love me
Make me feel that
Women rule the world
If women ruled the world
It would be a good thing

Like mother nature feeds the world
A woman will think of her child first
No more sons dying young
Women bore sons for living

No more war
No more hate
Women can fight
But talking's great
Behind your back
To your face
They'd rather talk
Than murder

If women ruled the world

I'm Lucky

  • Albums: Walk Under Ladders Track Record Love & Affection Classics


I'm Lucky
I'm Lucky
I can walk under ladders
Yes I'm so lucky
That I'm as lucky as me

Struck it rich
Dirty rich
No work
And get richer
And the world
Loves a winner
Yes I'm so happy
That you're happy with me

You are happy too
Ain't you baby

Numero uno
Living for
Right now
And it's
L.I.V.I.N.G.
When I'm here with you

I'm lucky
I'm lucky
I don't need a bracelet
No salt
For my shoulder
I don't own a rabbit
No clover
No heather
No cross
No wonder
I'm lucky

I Wanna Hold You

  • Albums: Walk Under Ladders


You got the look
I like
You make the people stare
And it's getting me
In a state

I see you in a restaurant
I wanna hold you
I see you with your mother
I wanna hold you
I see yhou when you don't see me
I wanna hold you
I wanna hold you
In my arms
And I wanna
Love you
I want you
And I'm gonna try

I'm searching
But I don't know
Why I bother
'Cos I've seen you
And you look
Just right

I Really Must Be Going

  • Albums: How Cruel (EP) Master Series


Told me that you loved me
You've been looking for me all your life
Told you I was married
You said, "Baby, it don't seem right"

One touch from your fingers and I'm burning
I can't wait to kiss you on the mouth
I can't contain this yearning, and I can't seem to put the fire out

I went up to your apartment
Only to be polite
It's late, I started leaving
But you got in the way so nice

(chorus)
The look in your eyes I'm learning
Would melt a tyrant's heart
But I really must be going
And I'll see you later sweetheart

The phone rang in the morning
The day had just begun
I heard your soft voice crying
Told me you were wrong
In time I'd learn to love you
And you had time to spare
And you 'd call again tomorrow
And the next day

The mid-day flight was on time
No time to hesitate
I changed and unchanged my mind
But this one had to stay

I knew that if we started
I'd be lost and so would you
Though we both regret our parting
We are bound to see it through

I still see your face before me
I smell the scent you wore
I hear your soft voice crying
One touch from your fingers and I'm burning
I can't wait to kiss you on the mouth
I can't contain this yearing
And I can't seem to put the fire out
(repeat chorus)

I Need You

  • Albums: Me Myself I


Late
At Night

I feel so lonely
Here's a body next to mine
But I'm feeling cold
And baby
In the morning light
When I look in some
Stranger's eyes
It's then I know that
The need in me
Is really
For your paradise

I dance
I sing
But there's something missing
Every night a different name to call
But you know
When I hold 'em tight
I always give the game away
I try so hard
To make it right
But it always ends up the same

You know
I need you
I need you
Like I needed you
The first time we kissed
I need you
And I need you now
And I can't resist
Standing by your door
In case you leave
I miss you mostly in the night
And I miss you
All through the day
I hate myself for hurting you
Yes I know I drove you clean
Away

You know I need you
But now I need you

I Can't Lie To Myself

  • Albums: Walk Under Ladders

Why here
Why now
Why so early
Why you getting down on me
You know you're a
Beautiful person
But just now
You bother me

It's so coincidental
You reaching for me
Just when I got
All this money
And you
Footloose and fancy free


I love you like a brother
I'll help you
Find your feet
But don't take advantage
Honey
Your feet ain't under me

Why so tall
So young
So handsome
You get the best of me
In your eyes
I see a reflection
You the beauty
I'm the beast

You got yourself
A lover
Can't take for a ride
But you know I love you
Honey
I cannot lie

You want some money
Kiss and cuddle too
Take it all now baby
It's always been for you
I can't lie to myself

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