Chris Rea

Sitting at the crossways
Trying to keep my cool with the traffic lights
I've been up and down this line so any times
Girl, it's never right
Me and this machine keep the crazy urban dream
Locked in overflow
Sometimes i swear i could spin these old wheels
Just let it go

Runaway

Is it something that you hear
Coming through the waves on the radio
Or something that you see gently taps your memory
And shoots you down
Those hometown thoughts, school yard dreams and yesterdays
Moving in i just put my head down and drift away
And we're moving up and down, in and out of town
We're all searching for that piece of higher ground
Somewhere...
Runaway

There's a crazy sense of duty
As he licks between his fingers
Wipes the ketchup from his face and hands
There's a strong determination
That his teachers never witnessed
Never close enough to understand
He's like a bull just bred for fighting
He don't deliver nothing
Outside the only thing that he knows

School report just says he's lazy
His brother says he's crazy
But take a look 'cos there he goes

Through the avenues of fashion
To the palaces of dreams
All the way down guitar street

To some guitars are hot-rods
All along the quest for macho
To others a would-be ticket out of town
For joe a six-string sten gun
In the 'panto-revolution'
And stevie's all just strictly sound
He's like a bull just bred for fighting
He don't deliver nothing
Outside the only thing that he knows

School report just says he's lazy
His brother says he's crazy
But anyway take a look 'cos there he goes
Through the avenues of fashion
To the palaces of dreams
All the way down guitar street

Each single day i get up and make my way
And it all comes into view
It's like a part in a play
You can turn it around in so many different ways
But it's still the part you play
And so to you i dedicate
This role they have handed me

And i will do it for your love

Down in the street you can win or lose
To that crazy beat
But you'll never change the tune
'cos the tune is the song
And song is the game of life, we just come and go
But we can laugh and we can bend
Together though, me and you

So i will do it for your love

Look around, see that you see
There's no sense in being so blue
Now i've got to have a reason for seeing this out
Other than seeing it through

So i will do it for your love

Heartbeat, way down on cove street
Playing to lady luck, awaiting that tender touch
Fantasy is the trick of the dance you see
Hiding that need for love and wanting you close to me

Oh that one sweet and tender touch
That's what i'm missing and need so much
One sweet and tender touch

Bright light
Pretty colours that shine on all through the night
I don't need them, not half as much
As i'm wanting your tender touch
And loneliness makes the strongest heart a wilderness
That's wilder than you see, is wanting you close to me

For that one sweet and tender touch
That's what i'm missing and need so much
One sweet and tender touch

The daylight breaks, a picture show of endless takes
And the music's coming through on the radio
And i take my place, reluctantly i join the race
It's not my fight, just trying to stay on my feet
But oh there's one thing that gets to me
It's that little girl she puts me down so easily
In total absurd i'm saying these words

With every beat of my heart, i will love you
With every song, with every breath that you take
I'll give you the moon and the sun, you're the only one
Pleading love with every beat of my heart

With every beat of my heart, i will love you
With every song, with every breath that you take
I'll give you the moon and the sun, you're the only one
Pleading love with every beat of my heart
Pleading love with every beat of my heart

Me, i'm just running wild
Can't give you the advice you need this time
You say of her, you can't decide
And yet you sit and watch her cry
Friend you're like the wind that blows
Like the sea you come and go

I'm not trying to tell you
How i think that it should be
'cos i know deep down inside
That you're yearning to be free
And you're only gonna think of no 1.
So what am i to say
No matter what you do you're gonna hurt her anyway

When you know that your love has died
And you know how you feel inside
You've got to face up and show
What you're feeling when you know

Your parting words will be so untrue
Just as long as it don't come down on you
And you're scared to lay it on the line
Just in case you change your mind

I'm not trying to tell you
How i think that it should be
'cos i know deep down inside
That you're yearning to be free
And you're only gonna think of no 1.
So what am i to say
No matter what you do you're gonna hurt her anyway

When you know that your love has died
And you know how you feel inside
You've got to face up and show
What you're feeling when you know