The Best Of Tanita Tikaram

Originally by lucio battisti

Night is falling
I think of you
I'm walking home
I think of you
And as he calls me, yes i do
I think of you
How you doing?
I think of you
And i smile, i can't hide
I think of you

I don't know where your days are spent
Your lovers and you friends
But i know for sure
Of who you have been thinking

Far beyond the city's lights
Are two who dream a life
Forgive them if they never find their freedom
Their freedom

It's so late
I think of you
He walks me home
I think of you
I'm so sorry, i'm so tired
I think of you
And in the shadows
I think of you
I close my eyes
I think of you
Now i'm falling
I think of you

I think of you
As he calls my name, yes i do
I think of you
I think of you
I think of you
I think of you
I think of you

And in feeling
I think of you
And in breathing
I think of you
And in seeing
I think of you
And in living
I think of you

Young thing - saw it
And calls his brother
And brother's angry
You make the whole world cry
You can't tell me
I rid my secret
You can't own me
You make the whole world cry
Young thing downing
And it maybe hurting
And it maybe the best day you ever had

And i've gone courting
And i'm just chasing

But baby, you make the whole world cry
Yes, you make the world cry
I tell you honestly
Yeah, i tell you honestly

So we go dancing
And you start laughing
And i start choosing
A room to hide in
But i'm not hiding
And i'm not running, anymore

So it's so good
And it's so bad
And it's walk
To the end of you're so sure of yourself

Baby you make the whole world cry
Yeah, you make the whole world cry
Yeah, you make the whole world cry
Yeah, you make the whole world cry, cry, cry, cry
Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry

I saw you from the cathdral
You were watching me
And i saw from the cathedral
What i should be

So take my lies
And take my time
'cos all the others want to take my life

And i watch you with an intent, basic
It's the same for you
You hold your hand
And it's all fine - laced and
What would you make me do?

So take my lies
And take my time
'cos all the others want to take my life

Serious for the winter time
To wrench my soul
Whole cotton, whole cotton ears
But i know there must be
There must be, yes, i know there must be a place to go

You saw me from the cathedral
Well i'm an ancient heart
Yes, you saw me from the cathedral
Well here we are just falling apart

You catch me
I am tired
I want all that you are

I saw you from the cathedral
You were leaving me
And i saw from the cathedral
You could not see to see

So take my lies
And take my time
'cos all the others want to take my life

all god's children need travelling shoes
Drive your problems from here
All good people read good books
Now your conscience is clear
I hear you talk girl
Now your conscience is clear

In the morning i wipe my brow
Wipe the miles away
I like to think i can be so willed
And never do what you say
I'll never hear you
And never do what you say

Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety

We just poked a little empty pie
For the fun people had at night
Late at night don't need hostility
The timid smile and pause to free

I don't care about their different thoughts
Different thoughts are good for me
Up in arms and chaste and whole
All god's children took their toll

Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety

Cup of tea, take time to think, yeah
Time to risk a life, a life, a life
Sweet and handsome
Soft and porky
You pig out 'til you've seen the light
Pig out 'til you've seen the light

Half the people read the papers
Read them good and well
Pretty people, nervous people
People have got to sell
News you have to sell

Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety

Love don't need no tyranny
Love to bring you down
When i'm older and forgiven
All forgiveness - must be living
Love don't need no tyranny
Want to bring me down
When i'm older and forgiven
All is easy - all forgiven
Can't be forced to stop this living - now

And what about your very second wind
And what about the new beginning
And what about the way you stare
And want it
Way you stare and feel
You want it

Love don't need no tyranny
Love to bring you down
When you're crying - it's not easy
It's not easy to be found
Love don't need no tyranny
Love to bring you down
When i'm laughing - always laughing
Keeping you in, keeping me in
Keeping going

And what about? the all time mover
And what about? the all time shiver
And what about?
I do believe you -when i need you
I must believe you

Love don't need no tyranny
Love to bring you down
When i'm sure - and not so sure
Needs assurance
Taste assurance
Love don't need no tyranny
Love to bring you down
Whe you're running - always running
Just to keep your face from turning
Always turning

As always i stop to speak
Some girls like to say their piece
As always i turn to you
Don't understand what you're doing
And

Light up this town
Grow weary and back down
It's such an amazing sight
To be found -
Little sister leaving town

Says the poet "i won't grass"
Some things are better left and not taken to task
I guess i knew she was a rose
She knows what hurts and how to hold

If your daddy he turned round
Let the grass around him scream the sound
I'm so sorry for these tales you're telling
Sometimes you can't account

Light up this town
Grow weary and back down
It's such an amazing sight
To be found -
Little sister leaving town

And sometimes it's absurd
A minor triumph when you hear the words
"i'm just trying to stake my place
No real fears upon this face"

And my wishes
Nobody says
All the signs when i cross the days
I'm just holding back for you
Sometimes that helps too

Light up this town
Grow weary and back down
It's such an amazing sight
To be found -
Little sister leaving town

Oh, you can't say nothing to the pouring rain
And you can't say nothing till there's hope
Again -
(say) - oh my baby - you must never change
For we're only the ones we love
And i've stood stolen by the pauper's heart
Yes, i've stood stolen where the aching starts
But the way you watched - it's a life apart

For we're only the ones we love
Only
Only
You're the only one who could say
I could love this way
I could love this way

Oh, you can't get even with this kind of pain
But to see you steady brings the calm, again
(say) - oh my baby - let them stay the same
For we're only the ones we love
And they've seen something which i'll never see
But - i dreamed something when you fell for me
(yeah), i dreamed something which soars above

For we're only the ones we love
Only the ones we love
Yes, love, and love, mmm, mmm
This love, love
Oh, i get tired - and i get old
But to see you steady brings a flood of gold
(say, oh, my baby) - i've been taught and told

We're only the ones we love
Only the ones we love
Love, love, mmm, mmm
This love, mmmm, mmm

I'd never call this an unpleasant situation
I'd never teach you how to lie
But sometimes i have been walking numb
And i must catch myself before i cry
Before i cry
I never call anything ugly
I never call anything strange and alone
I never want to, take things lightly
Like they have never been my own

Oh, don't - now i haven't heard it yet
Oh, don't - i havn't heard
But i know them - and they are inclined to see
Just who is
And isn't
A lover in the city

I always thought i would be star bright
I always thought you'd feel it too
But sometimes i have been making conversation
And i must catch myself
Before i'm down
I'm down on you
I never think they would be scaring me
Scared couples in the cold
They look so fine in their eagerness
I wonder to myself just how they know

Oh, don't - now i haven't heard it yet
Oh, don't - i havn't heard
But i know them - and they are inclined to see
Just who is
And isn't
A lover in the city

I swear
I'm staking out the whole world
I swear
I'm staking out the whole world
I'm staking out the whole world

I could never entertain you
I'd be far too scared to try
But sometimes i have been talking dumb
And i forget myself
And i forget myself
And don't ask, why?

Oh, don't - now i haven't heard it yet
Oh, don't - i havn't heard
But i know them - and they are inclined to see
Just who is
And isn't
A lover in the city