Ed Harcourt

The whole town nearly died When rocks flew from the sky The stray dogs whined and howled At dark foreboding clouds The mayor screamed and fled The priest hid under his bed Uprooted trees did spin To the sound of a merciless wind Will you love me when

For days I've searched for the words So i don't make a mess of this I'll trade my eyes for a fleeting wish I woke at 7am The cold air was not becoming This tune I started humming And you lay there so still With dark eyes shut and whiskey breath You h

I must've had a peculiar kind of charm For you to fall in love with me With my bird's nest hair, pompon arms I thought you'd never think of me My heart and mind they were a circus My thoughts and vision had no focus on what's in front of me I felt li

Oh, beware of bleeding lung And bugs that eat their young The demons in your head The wolves under your bed The bones of dinosaurs Hidden below the floors They rattle and they shake And make the sound that Wakes me up most every night Breaks me softl

Oh baby, can't you see When you get mad at me Your eyes light up your face Oh baby, just admit If both my wrists were slit You´d bandage them with style and grace And it´s not over And I don´t think it will be And we are joined at the hip like siames

if i could only see straight i wouldn't be lonley these days i'd drag my body out of this place and every sunday i sleep and pray that my soul will keep for i'll sit in the river and let the water creep bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart you've been

They say I got a wandering eye Straise to far from the flock Always go with a grasses greener Scater and keep each lock You can be my treasure my jewel Condemn to the soil on the Earth Tied me to the end of voices Place better in part goes fast Well

Got a visit from the dead dog He slept at the end of my bed last night He could tell I was fading And somehow fighting against the light And everyday when I open my eyes I see unwanted funerals Maybe I'll be buried alive But I've never seen you so be

Well I hope God protects your soul I don't know if you should leave home alone Maybe you've been drinking from the Devil's bowl I can't express myself 'cause I'm not fully grown My heartache, is my mistake you see My heartache, is my mistake you see

Come into my dreamland I never want to wake up Come into my dreamland I'll make all your wishes come true I'll be as fearless as a father I'll be as cautious as a mother Oh come in, where is so warm It's like you're never left alone In this cruel har

Morphine sedates and sends you to sleep What I would give for a sleep that was deep I can hear birds calling my name What I would give to send them away Cos I'm still awake and weary and bleary eyed I switched on my bedside light Took out my shotgun

Moving like a dancing bear It's in my blood Falling down the marble stairs It's in my blood Oh my dear, that's the way I am made, I'm afraid Those crimson tears Drip on the floor, drip on the bar Those crimson tears Stain what I wore, drip on the bar

If the world did end Would you be my apocalyptic friend? Until tomorrow then If the skies did fall Would you pick up my last call? Until tomorrow then Navigate to the moon Flee the planet this afternoon Until tomorrow then With the waves rising high

You only call me when you're drunk Deplorable old friend, somewhere in the East end I guess you have me on speed-dial For your eyesight is too blurred, to text me any words I've got no bone to pick with you Don't be a mournful dog, I just want it to

Shanghai Ed Harcourt Let's move away together, go interplanetary Maybe in Chinese weather, where it's sanitary I'll go out trawler fishing, yeah we'll have tuna steak I'm on a special mission, for us to have a break We'll climb the corporate building

well I burned all my travellers cheques Just to show you my respect Then I hung myself out to dry And You looked at me and asked me why So I said "I dont mind if I lose" Cos if I win, I'll be so confused But that's not what you'd expect From the

Now the fat cats are crying over wasted milk And the trees are bending over to make room for the moon Put a plague on the house of cards they built There's a ship on the horizon with a menacing metal harpoon Do as I say, not as I do Do as I say, not

The Birds Will Sing For Us 小鸟会为我们歌唱 [歌词] Little girl don't be sad I've set your eyes on fire Don't say I'm a liar that I don't love you Something has brought me down but I won't give up hope It's hard for you to cope when I'm around you 小女孩不要再伤悲, 我要点

I have heard the fairground in the carnival I have seen the black cat at my door I have heard sweet music in the hospital I have seen the waves of distant shores So I've been told it's all in my mind So I've been told it's all in my mind So I've been

He's the man that time forgot Put your eye to the keyhole Tied his future in a knot Pushed it out to see And like a tyrant on his deathbed He keeps on breathing She remembers what he said When he fell in the gutter "Not even all the tea in China Can