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B08.01 These Tears

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

See the tears run down her face

Unhappy in her happy place

What it is I think I know

She's trying hard to let him go

She goes

These tears are all I have, are all I have

To remind me

These sweet tears are all I have

Are all I have

These tears are all I have, are all I have

To remind me

These sweet tears are all I have

Are all I have

Falling gently they begin

Soft and salty on her skin

They keep on coming through the night

If only I could make it right

But she doesn't want these tears to stop

She'd rather he was there than not

And they could be his epitaph

And if she didn't cry she'd laugh

She’d laugh

These tears…

These tears…

These tears are all I have, are all I have

To remind me

These sweet tears are all I have

Are all I have

These tears are all I have, are all I have

To remind me

These sweet tears are all I have

Are all I have

Yeah yeah

These tears are all I have, are all I have

To remind me

These sweet tears are all I have

Are all I have

(Are all I have)

These tears are all I have, are all I have

 


 

B08.02 The Sky's The Limit

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

You could be a writer, fisherman or fighter,

You could be the jewel in the crown,

You could be a leader, doctor or a diva,

You could be the talk of this town.

You could be designer, major or a minor,

You could be a game show host,

You could drive your race car, president or pop star,

You could be the first past the post.

You could be amazing, funny and brave and lucky and glorious.

The sky’s the limit

So dive on in it,

Go fly your colours

So high above us

You’re just beginning, so don't look down

Cause the sky's the limit.

You could be the wise one

Tougher than the top gun,

You could be the king of it all,

You could be the queen bee

Bigger than the big cheese

You could be the bell of the ball

You could be inspiring or beguiling or notorious

The sky’s the limit

So dive on in it,

Go fly your colours

So high above us

Yeah

And bring me back a souvenir the next time your around,

Now fly before there's too much here to keep you on the ground.

When you've got a view so clear and no fear of falling.

The sky’s the limit

So dive on in it,

Go fly your colours

So high above us

You’re just beginning, so don't look down

Cause the sky's the limit.

 


 

B08.03 Runaway

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

Runaway, runaway, runaway from me

Oh-Oh-Ohhhh

I can't believe I did that

I didn't think it through

I made you cry

Now I could die

I'd run if I were you

Not like you didn't warn me

I've had my second chance

I'd seize the day

And walk away

Without a backward glance

I wouldn't blame you,

I wouldn't blame you

But

If you leave me, can I come too

Can I jump the aboard and ride with you

Together we'd be starting new

Without me in the way

If you leave me, can I come too

Can I be the one to tell him we're done?

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway from me

(with me)

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway from me

Oh-oh-ohhhh

I can't believe I said that

I should've watched my mouth

I've got a nerve

You don't deserve

The pain that I dish out

I've got a bad, bad feeling

I haven't finished yet

I'd say "I'm done"

Then cut and run

As far as I could get

I wouldn't blame you

But

If you leave me, can I come too

Can I jump the aboard and ride with you

Together we'd be starting new

Without me in the way

If you leave me, can I come too

Can I be the one to tell him we're done?

Yeah Yeah

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway from me

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway from me

(with me)

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway from me

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway from me

(with me)

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway from me

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway from me

(with me)

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway from me

(with me)

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway from me

(with me)

 


 

B08.04 Shoot Me

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

He's run his course he's run his race

The years are etched upon his face

What was his name, what was his name.

The scores are in the bets are off

He's had his fill he's had enough

A crying shame, a crying shame

If I ever get like that

If I ever get like that

Shoot Me

Please don't let me get like that

If I ever get like that

Shoot Me

The game is up, his day is done,

He can't go back, he can't go on,

What can he do

What can he do

Yeah!

If I ever get like that

If I ever get like that

Shoot Me

Please don't let me get like that

If I ever get like that

Shoot Me

Wo-Ohh-ohhh

If I ever get like that

If I ever get like that

Shoot Me

Wo-Ohh-ohhh

Please don't let me get like that

If I ever get like that

Shoot Me

Wo-Ohh-ohhh

Please just shoot me

There's not a lot that I can do,

Not like I did but that’s ok

Still could teach them a thing or two

So, why do you point that gun at me

Wooh

If I ever get like that

If I ever get like that

Shoot Me

Yeahhh

Please don't let me get like that

If I ever get like that

Shoot Me

Wo-Ohh-ohhh

Don't Shoot Me

Don't Shoot Me

Please don’t shoot me

Wo-Ohh-ohhh

Wo-Ohh-ohhh

Wo-Ohh-ohhh

 


 

B08.05 Bad Day You're Having

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

And my cup is full, and my luck is in,

And my face is set in a stupid grin,

And its happy hour and the world is smiling,

Every thunder cloud has a silver lining

Bad Day you’re having

No way you'll let me be

Cause it's the good life I’m living,

Hard time you're giving me

And I’m right on time, I’m right on track

And I love my life, and it loves me back

And a view unfolds I can feast my eyes on

There's a pot of gold over the horizon

Oh-oh-oh

Bad Day you’re having

No way you'll let me be

Cause it's the good life I’m living,

Hard time you're giving me

And I love my life

Want you to be happy, I want you to be

I want you to be happy, I want you to be

I want you to be happy, I want you to be

I want you to be happy,

But if you'd like to see me fail

If you'd like to see me fall

If my loss is your gain

If my joy is your pain

Oh, bad day you’re having

Hey-hey

Bad Day you’re having

No way you'll let me be

Cause it's the good life I’m living,

Hard time you're giving me

And I love my life and it loves me back

 


 

B08.06 Red Strand

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

Two souls beside the ocean

At the mercy of its tide

One warm and tender moment

One cold December night

There sat beneath the bright stars

How were we to understand

That our lives would change forever

That night upon Red Strand

A stone’s throw away from Galley Head

By and by it came to pass

The song carried us to our bed

Laid on the broken glass

The moon pulled the waters closer

Our defences were unmanned

We let the waves roll over

That night upon Red Strand

We rode the great white horses

Bareback towards the shore

We felt the oceans forces

Like no-one ever had before

We heard the north wind speaking

For hidden in this magic land

We'd find what we were seeking

That night upon Red Strand

Well, we rode the great white horses

Bareback towards the shore

We felt the oceans forces

Like no-one ever had before

And no more the one and only

Never more the one man band

But how precious is the love we

Found on the golden sand but

I thank the Lord above me

For that night upon Red Strand

 


 

B08.07 Enjoy The Ride

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

Enjoy the ride, the bumby ride

I hope that luck is on your side

I hope your arms are open wide

I hope you all

Enjoy the ride

Enjoy the dance, the crazy dance

I hope you get to take your chance

I hope you wear your funky pants

I hope you dare enjoy the dance

You don't know why you left the station

You don't know when your journey ends

You don't know what your destination is

Never know what lies around the bend

You might as well look out the window

And take in the scenery

Stay loose hang on tight

Who knows you might...

Enjoy the ride, the bumpy ride

I hope that luck is on your side

I hope your arms are open wide

I hope you all enjoy the ride

You don't know how to take the next step

You don't know who has marked your card

You don't know when they'll stop the music

You don't know why they make it oh so hard

You might as well join in the mayhem

You might as well go with the flow

Quick step or take it slow

Why don't you go

Enjoy the dance

Yeahhhhhhhhh

Enjoy the dance, the crazy dance

I hope you get to take your chance

I hope you wear your funky pants

I hope you dare enjoy the dance

I hope you might enjoy the ride

Enjoy the ride

 


 

B08.08 You're The Best

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

It’s a pleasure and an honour

And I really wouldn’t wanna get the words wrong

I could make it easy

With a poem or a cheesy little love song

But I like to play it cool

I wouldn’t wanna look a fool

I wouldn’t wanna be a stalker or a freak

But we’ve got a situation that is quite unique

You’re the best, You’re the best

I confess it, I’m impressed

You’re amazing

You’re the wham, You’re the bam

You’re the thank-you and the mam

You’re the cat’s meow

You’re the best, Heaven’s sake

You’re the cherry on the cake

You’re amazing

You’re the knees of the bees

You’re the winner if you please

Take a bowowow

You’re funny and you’re shiny

And I’m loving every tiny thing about you

You’re beautiful and clever

And I wonder what I’d ever do without you

Don’t like to make a fuss

I wouldn’t wanna make you blush

I wouldn’t wanna have it going to your head

But it goes without saying that it must be said

You’re the best, You’re the best

I confess it, I’m impressed

You’re amazing

You’re the wham, You’re the bam

You’re the thank-you and the mam

You’re the cat’s meow

You’re the best, Heaven’s sake

You’re the cherry on the cake

You’re amazing

You’re the knees of the bees

You’re the winner if you please

Take a bowowow

Take a bowowow

I like to play it down

I wouldn’t want to look a clown

I wouldn’t wanna be a nuisance or a pest

But I’ve absolutely gotta get it off my chest

I am blessed

You’re the best

You’re the best

You’re the best, You’re the best

I confess it, I’m impressed

You’re amazing

You’re the wham, You’re the bam

You’re the thank-you and the mam

You’re the cat’s meow

You’re the best, Heaven’s sake

You’re the cherry on the cake

You’re amazing

You’re the knees of the bees

You’re the winner if you please

Take a bowowow

 


 

B08.09 Stuff

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

Hot one

Everybody's got one

Everybody else but you

Must have

Better than the riff raff

Better than the Jones's too

Tiny

Little black and shiny

Couldn't live a day without

A new one

Better then the old one

Better throw the old one out

Help me

I think I'll go to pieces

I think I'm gonna cry

If I don't get my

Stuff, Stuff

I can't get enough

I can't kick the drug I'm taking

Stuff, Stuff

I can't feel the love

I can't rise above this craving

Enslaving me

Fantastic

Stick it on your plastic

Never mind the debt you're in

Nonesuch

Doesn't matter how much

Gotta be the latest thing

Tres bon

Anything with knobs on

Anything with flashing lights

Hi five

Stick it on your hard-drive

Fill it up with gigabytes

Help me

I think I've gone to Hell

I think I'll go to war

If I don't get more

Stuff, Stuff

I can't get enough

I can't kick the drug I'm taking

Stuff, Stuff

I can't feel the love

I can't rise above this craving

Enslaving me

No saving me

Ohhhh

Stop, stop

I'm full to the top

I Feel, I Want, I Love, I Need

Ohhhh

Stuff, Stuff

I can't get enough

I can't kick the drug I'm taking

Ohhhh

Stuff, Stuff

I can't feel the love

I can't rise above this craving

Enslaving me

 


 

B08.10 Rock Of Ages

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

Babylon Bob just can't get a job can't pay his way

Sick of this junk can't wait for a punk to make his day

Pokemon Pete, young man in the street wants to be heard

Second Hand Sue gets mad wouldn't you if you were her

They wanna rock, the rock of ages,

They wanna burn this old house down

They got a thing to ring the changes now

Paranoid Floyd gets so damn annoyed and full of woe

Powder Keg Pam is so in a jam, she's ready to blow

It may not be big, it may not be clever,

But there could be tears if they get together.

They wanna rock, the rock of ages,

They wanna burn this old house down

They got a thing to ring the changes now

They wanna rock, the rock of ages,

They wanna burn this old house down

They got a thing to ring the changes now

Ohh

Woooo-ohhh

They could find hope in amongst this rubble

There could be truth but there'll sure be trouble

They wanna rock, the rock of ages,

They wanna burn this old house down

They got a thing to ring the changes

To ring the changes now

They wanna rock, the rock of ages,

They wanna burn this old house down

They got a thing to ring the changes now

Wooo-ohhhh

Yeah

They wanna rock, the rock of ages,

They wanna burn this old house down

They got a thing to ring the changes now

 


 

B08.11 The Bell

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

There's a wholeness in the half light

Of a new night when the day is done

And her soft skin has a warm glow

And I do know that I’m the lucky one

In a small boat on a calm sea

I can only look in awe

At the grey cliffs and the seal pup

As it swims up to the shore

There's an old pond in a tree shade

And a bed made from a pile of hay

And I lie there till the words come

If they don't come I lie there anyway

Near the old docks by the gas works

Where the monsters pick up sticks

In the old house cross the main road

Corgie truck loads lego bricks

Oooohhh

These are the things I’ll remember

These are the moments I’ll treasure

These are the pictures I will paint myself

At the ringing of the bell

There are high hopes in a high chair

Sitting in there is a king to be

And he's smiling his little heart out

As he holds out his little arms to me

And the long walks in the sunshine

And the red wine on my tongue

Oh how the sand runs through my fingers

How it lingers till it's gone

Oooohhh

These are the things I’ll remember

These are the moments I’ll treasure

These are the pictures I will paint myself

At the ringing of the bell

 


 

B08.12 I Fell

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

I fell, fell for her charms

Over my head, into her arms

You would have said

She had a heart of gold

I fell, fell for her lies

Hook, line and sinker

What a surprise

You'd never think her heart

Could be so cold

She made it all so easy

Anything to please me

Couldn't do a thing about it

She told me it would be fine

Just a bit of fun time

Didn't have a reason to doubt it

Then she pressed my buttons

And then she rang my bell

It’s little wonder why

I fell, fell for her charms

Over my head, into her arms

You would have said

She had a heart of gold

I fell, fell for her lies

Hook, line and sinker

What a surprise

You'd never think her heart

Could be so cold

She'll make it up

And shake it

Flatter me and fake it

Anything for my attention

It's easy when you look back

But how was I to know that

She's the mother of invention

Yes, she showed me heaven and

Then she gave me hell

Couldn't tell you why

I fell, why I fell

No… No… No…

I fell, fell for her charms

Over my head, into her arms

You would have said

She had a heart of gold

I fell, fell for her lies

Hook, line and sinker

What a surprise

You'd never think her heart

Could be so cold

I fell

 


 

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