Tenderly

Well I've heard it said you're now running free
I don't know what from, hope it wasn't from me
If I captured your heart it was only to see
If I could win you over tenderly

Run if you must there's a hill to climb
An ocean of difference and plenty of time
I was never hoping to hold you
But if you wanted to be mine
I should've probably told you
And tried to make it rhyme

Well I've heard it said you're now running free
I don't know what from, hope it wasn't from me
If I captured your heart it was only to see
If I could win you over tenderly

Lady Shark

Lady shark swims on the bottom of the seas
Wreathed in her teeth are the tatters of her dreams
And in her eyes there’s never a tear
Because all she tastes is your cold-hearted fear

Catch her by her silver tail
Ride’s like a roll in chain mail
But if you try to pull her fin
Beware darling, of her grin

She likes
To bite
She likes
To bite
She likes
To bite
Lord knows
She likes
To bite

Lady shark swims away
Dead in the flesh cold light of day
Nothing but the mettle of the kiss she bestows
Tastes of your blood and yesterday’s clothes

Catch her by her silver tail
Ride’s like a roll in chain mail
But if you try to pull her fin
Beware darling, of her grin

She likes
To bite
She likes
To bite
She likes
To bite
Lord knows
She likes
To bite

Lady shark

Hunt her down
Trap her in your nets
Watch her drown
Ladies place your bets
Gape open wide
To the wild night air
Veins pumping ice
Red adrenalin glare
Lady Shark is gasping
But she still don’t care

She likes
To bite
She likes
To bite
She likes
To bite
Lord knows
She likes
To bite

Lady shark lying on the pier
They’d sliced her open by the end of the year
An empty heart and a gut-full of bile
But she kept on grinning her dead head smile

Catch her by her silver tail
Ride’s like a roll in chain mail
But if you try to pull her fin
Beware darling, of her grin

She likes
To bite
She likes
To bite
She likes
To bite
Lord knows
She likes
To bite

RSVP

In my hand
A little shell from the sand
In your ears
You'll hear a sea
For all eternity
You hold it too
And I'll find you
A little shell from the sand

No, not falling
But returning
Not a call
But a reply
An echo of the sea
Do you hear me?
And I'll find you
A little shell from the sand

Heart Sized

I shaped my heart for you
But you just ran it through
Your synthisize-fits-all machine

Now I'm paying
'Cos you're saying
It's no longer real

When my heart
Right at the start
Was the deal

Future Change

Bought, sold
A transformation
No room for error
And no explanation
To fill this frame
We all know
Hearts beat the same

A night full of stars
Can't daunt us
And ghosts from the past
No longer haunt us
Because we all know
Hearts beat the same

Your smile a spark to light the way
Your hope a chance for future change

Cities, souls
Bells ringing
Who pays the toll
As we find ways
To change it all
But somehow
Stay the same

A night full of stars
Can't daunt us
And ghosts from the past
No longer haunt us
Because we all know
Hearts beat the same

Your smile a spark to light the way
Your hope a chance for future change

Tales woven for a while
A pattern falls
Sweet as a smile
We listen to the story
As imagination plays
Flights of fancy
Soar away

Bought, sold
A transformation
No room for error
And no explanation
To fill this frame
We all know
Hearts beat the same

The Late Shift

And he said
But if it costs too much
I don't want to pay for bad luck
I've got an overdraft in the blues
I 'm not investing in your shoes
I walk alone

Café is quiet, evening is long
This shift ain't ending, radio's on
Same old preaching to the same old fools
Rules about love when no one rules

And she said
But if it costs too much
I don't want to pay for bad luck
I've got an overdraft in the blues
You're not investing in my shoes
You walk alone

Ten thirty five and the day should be done
Shutters are pulled but there's a table for one
Nursing a bottle and an ego that's bruised
Easy for love to get angry and confused

But you said
What if it costs too much
I don't want to pay for bad luck
I've got an overdraft in the blues
I 'm not investing in your shoes
I walk alone

Café is quiet, evening is long
This shift ain't ending, radio's on
Same old preaching to the same old fools
Rules about love when no one rules

The Horse (Rhiannon's Dream)

After all these years
Lying down my head
Bed of stones
Flesh of clay
And all around a forest grows
Trees of dreams
Leaves of wind

And in the rushing air
I thought I heard you smile
For me
Love, like the angel's flaming hair
And silver horses running free
The dove before the storm
Waiting for me

And I will stay here
A horse carved out of my bones
For you
Until love is returned to me
Like silver horses running free
I'll carry this storm
Waiting for you

After all these years
Lying down my head
Bed of stones
Flesh of clay
And all around a forest grows
Trees of dreams
Leaves of wind