Some Fantastic Place

(difford/tilbrook)

Your initials on the singles
That you chose to leave behind
Sit in my collection
They get played from time to time
Left to remind me of something i'd forgot
The images of loving before i lost the plot
What was love to us
Just sensation
What was love to us
The invitation
To sit on my bed stand by a tree
What were we feeling
What was love to us

The stagecoach would get held up
On a sunday afternoon
We're dozing by the tv
On a sofa with no room
No room to lay out flat with her there by my side
One eye on her movements one eye on rawhide

I just wasn't made for these times
Spun around my record deck
How green was my valley
How blue the eyes that wept
Looking back i don't think that i really cared
This was my first lesson with nothing to compare

(difford/tilbrook)

Swallow me say swallow me
Take me to your nest of china dolls
Call me up your closest friend
Join me in my neighbourhood patrol
Happy me say happy me
Chinese whispers bounce from ear to ear
The night is young i feel so old
See the stars above the night's so clear
I used to come home late and lie, lie, lie
She used to see through that but still i tried
I couldn't cover up the tracks i'd made
That's how it used to be but not today

Race around i race around
Focused on the here and now with you
Every smile's a valentine
What harm can a little loving do
Fall about then fall about
Drunk on love i can't stand on my feet
Before i try please take my hand
I've so many words left i should eat

Tickle me please tickle me
Laughter climbs the walls above our bed
This night we have is built on love
Help me so i do not lose the thread

Swallow me say swallow me
Happy me say happy me
Race around i race around
Fall about then fall about
Tickle me say tickle me
Love me do sing love me do

(difford/tilbrook)

As much as i love you
As much as i care
I just can't pretend that
The problem's not there
We know all the boundaries
From where we both stand
Our life has been happy
Without any plan
But now i feel sorrow
As friendship turns stale
Our love's still on track but
Without a third rail
The moon has come up now
The sun has gone down
A million or more times
Since you've been around
Our life still goes on but
It won't be the same
As when we're together
Love only knows pain
With words that are tender
Our love will prevail
But can our love go on
Without a third rail

White clouds appear like cotton wool
The wind bends trees to bow
As we farewell this love of ours
Like some old sacred cow
As sure as heaven's above us
And hell is down below
Without a third rail to drive us
We'll have no place to go

There's a lump in my throat
I'm choked as i say
Our love has reached twilight
Let's call it a day
We kiss on the platform
The doors slowly close
Like theatre curtains
Pulled after the show
We both know it's over
And somehow we've failed
Love's going in circles
Without a third rail

(difford/tilbrook)

The full moon's glowing
Blood red in the sky
It hangs like fire
On this winter's night
I sit on feelings
That hang in suspense
Nothing in my life makes sense
A question mark hangs with the stars up above
As i'm driving home to the one that i love
Sometimes i can't see the trees for the wood
Loving you tonight feels good
The moonlight changes
From red into white
It sits on tree tops
Asleep for the night
I see the signpost
The road slowly bends
Nothing in my life makes sense
A flashing tail light speeds across the sky
My head's cooking trouble as thoughts seem to fry
The last temptation was misunderstood
Loving you tonight feels good

I'm faced with the ultimate truth
What if i see things don't improve
I know they could
Loving you tonight feels good

The sun is rising
There's mist all around
She sleeps beside me
And i feel so proud
Am i in heaven
With her by my side
This is how love feels tonight

(difford/tilbrook)

There are planes coming in
And there's planes going out
One piece of luggage
Goes around and round
A lady cleans the floors
A night guard checks his watch
There's two lonely faces
And one of them's the clock
What crumbs of joy can i steal from this day
She didn't have the time to call me and say
If the things i'd heard were valid and true
I've got everything in the world but you
Everything in the world but you

I drive against traffic
People race in to work
I've got this expression
That i know i deserve
The key slides in the lock
Who's been here in my bed
Who's been drinking coffee
What's this paper and pen

My nerves are ripped to shreds
The phone rings on the floor
But i can't pick it up
I can't take any more
There are planes flying in
And there are planes flying out
I look up to the sky
And i'm left in no doubt