Songs From The Shelf

 

    

 


 

B10.01 Come On Down

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

You got it all worked out,

You've made your plans
Then out of the blue it comes

And it's out of your hands
But luck is a gameshow host,

He plays the clown
Watch as his nose lights up

And spins around
Watch as he looks your way and says
Come on down,

Come on down
The fun and games are just beginning
Spinning wheel,

Spinning wheel
Shows the way
Come on down,

Come on down
The lights are on,

The bells are ringing
Singing this could be your day,

Your lucky day
So it's off to the only game

Here in town
You're not the only one, so
Come on down,

Come on down
The fun and games are just beginning
Spinning wheel,

Spinning wheel
Shows the way
Come on down,

Come on down
The lights are on,

The bells are ringing
Singing this could be your day,

Your lucky day

Your lucky day
Your lucky day

Your lucky day
You don't know where you are,

You don't know why
Then a one in a million chance

Walks on by
But luck is a lady's man,

He screws around
Watch as his eyes light up

As he hits the ground

You've got him on your side

So come on down,

Come on down
The fun and games are just beginning
Spinning wheel,

Spinning wheel
Shows the way
Come on down,

Come on down
The lights are on,

The bells are ringing
Singing this could be your day,

Your lucky day

 


 

B10.02 Hope And Glory

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

I see people with faces like angels
This must be paradise
Many more than seven wonders
Right here before my eyes
I see clouds and flowers and diamonds
Well, miracles like these
Should bring me to my knees
But
All this hope and glory
Just leaves me cold and blue
Because all this hopeless glory
Means nothing
Without you
I got milk and honey, ambrosia
But all the taste has gone
I hear a Shakespeare sonnet and a mocking bird
I swear it's singing our song
I see blues and yellows and crimsons
Bringing on a brand new day
It should take my breath away
But
All this hope and glory
Just leaves me cold and blue
Because all this hopeless glory
Means nothing
Without you
Without you
And I know these rivers and mountains
The sun, the moon, the stars
Should lift these lonely hearts of ours
But
All this hope and glory
All this hopeless glory
All this hope and glory
Just leaves me cold and blue
Because all this hopeless glory
Means nothing

 


 

B10.03 The Devil And The Deep

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

What if you've got this all wrong
Your whole life long
What if you're betting on the wrong guy
Ohhh my
How can you be so sure about it
Have you thought it out
How can you be so faithful
Unshakeable
And do you ever dare to think
That you might fall from grace
And do you have a plan
To fall back on just in case
Do you save a prayer
Before you go to sleep
For the Devil and the deep
Do you ever have
The slightest of a doubt
That one day you will live
Forever on a cloud
Do you have a face
A secret one you keep
For the Devil and the deep
Oh-oh
What if you've got this all right
Well that's alright
I wish I could be like you guys
And not believe my eyes
What if I end up down there
I said Hell yeah
What if we're flying solo
Hell I don't know
So I'm staying on the fence
Right up until the end
Cos I cannot keep the faith
In what I cannot comprehend
That's why I say a prayer
Before I go to sleep
To the Devil and the deep

Devil and the deep

Oh-oh-Wo-oh

 


 

B10.04 I Can't Wait

 

Co-written by Nik Kershaw and Fahan Hassan

 


 

There′s a rush in the street

I am standing still

I've got time to kill
Here′s a girl with a smile upon her face
Oh happy days
And there's you
Putting the sparkle in my eyes
Making me shine so bright
And
I can't wait
I can′t wait to meet you
I can′t wait
There's a clock on the wall

With time to spare
It′s just hanging there
There's a bird singing songs out perfectly
It′s singing just for me
And there's you
Making me laugh,

Helping me to fly
Giving me all I need
And
I can′t wait
I can't wait to meet you
I can't wait
No, I can′t wait to meet you
I wake into a nightmare
All alone
Now I can′t find you anywhere
No I can't find you anyway
And I try resting my head
Closing my eyes
Hoping I dream of you
Sweet dreams of you
And
I can′t wait (I can't)
I can′t wait to meet you
I can't wait
I can′t wait to meet you
I can't wait (I can't wait)
I can't wait to meet you
I can′t wait (I can't wait)
I can′t wait to meet you
I can't wait (I can′t wait)

 


 

B10.05 To Hurt The One You Love

 

Co-written by Nik Kershaw and Fahan Hassan

 


 

There you go,

There you go again
Better count to 10
Before it all kicks off
You don't know what it's all about
But you scream and shout
And you scream it like you mean it
'Cause
You love to hurt the one you love
To hurt the one you love

To hurt the one you love
Oh, you love to hurt the one you love
To hurt the one you love

To hurt the one you love
Now it feels

Like you knew it would
Now it hurts so good,

At least you're feeling something
You don't know,

Don't know how to play
Any other way
You don't want it but you need it

'Cause
You love to hurt the one you love
To hurt the one you love

To hurt the one you love
Yeah, you love to hurt the one you love
To hurt the one you love

To hurt the one you love
You say that you're happy
You could be, I don't know
You tell me your fighting is for show
Wo-oh-oh-oh

Yeah
And you scream it like you mean it

'Cause
You love to hurt the one you love
To hurt the one you love

To hurt the one you love
Oh, you love to hurt the one you love
To hurt the one you love

To hurt the one you love

Yeah, you love to hurt the one you love
To hurt the one you love

To hurt the one you love

Oh, you love to hurt the one you love
You love

To hurt the one you love

Yeah, you love to hurt the one you love
To hurt the one you love

To hurt the one you love

Oh, you love to hurt the one you love
To hurt the one you love

To hurt the one you love

Ooooh yeah

You love to hurt the one you love
To hurt the one you love

To hurt the one you love

Oh, you love to hurt the one you love
Love to hurt the one you love
 


 

B10.06 The Greatest Put Down

 

Co-written by Nik Kershaw, Chris Difford and Graeme Duffin

 


 

Put down the glass,

Put down your friends
It's time that you saw

That you're shaking again
Put down that face,

Pick up that smile
Your family waits for you

Without any trial
And in your reflection,

Can you not see
That the greatest put down of all
Is coming from me
Put down your guard,

Put down the fist
Open your heart,

Let love exist
Pull up the blinds,

Pull up a chair
You may not know it

But I know you're there

And in your reflection,

Can you not see
That the greatest put down of all
Is coming from me
The biggest fire's from the smallest spark
That will blow out in the end
The toughest words are from the softest heart
I love you my dear friend

And in your reflection,

Can you not see
That the greatest put down of all
Is coming from me
Yeah the greatest put down of all
Is coming from me

 


 

B10.07 What I Don't Know Won't Hurt Me

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

Yeah, yeah
Something's going on but I don't ask questions
Something feels wrong but I don't know what
And sometimes I think maybe I have changed
But baby, I have not
Something 'bout the heat of an angry silence
Something 'bout the cold when we're making love
Something telling me not to say out loud
What I'm thinking of
Oh, cover my eyes, don't let me see
Tell me some lies, keep it from me
'Cos what I don't know won't hurt me
Oh, what I don't know won't hurt me
Ooooh
I don't wanna know 'bout the lie you're leading
Even though it keeps me awake at night
All I know is I hope to god I'm wrong
And baby, that ain't right
Cover my eyes, don't let me see
Tell me some lies, keep it from me
'Cos what I don't know won't hurt me
Oh, what I don't know won't hurt me (hurt me)
You may think this ain't living (no way)
Gotta be a better way than this
But just think for a minute what they say
That ignorance is bliss
Yeah, cover my eyes, don't let me see
Tell me some lies but keep it from me
'Cos what I don't know won't hurt me
Oh, what I don't know won't hurt me

Yeah

Oh, what I don't know won't hurt me

Hurt me

Oh, what I don't know won't hurt me

 


 

B10.08 Time and Emotion

 

Co-written by Nik Kershaw, Julian Peake and Ben Macklin

 


 

Yeah, yeah
They never will find us here
There's a place,

What a place

We can go where I know

We can work it out
We can hide,

Never mind prying eyes,

Nobody's gonna put us down
But it's my love and I'm giving it

(giving it)

To who I please (to who I please)
And it's my life and I'm living it

(living it)

in my dreams (in my dreams)
They never will find us here
They never will stop this notion
They'll never kill my idea
They'll never stop time and emotion
They never will find us here
They never will stop this notion
They'll never kill my idea
They'll never stop time and emotion
They can take a liberty but they won't take me
They can take a liberty but they won't take me

Anyone,

Anytime,

Let it go,

Let your mind,

Let your soul release
Never caught,

Never bowled,

Never bought,

Never sold by the thought police

But it's my love and I'm having it

(having it)

To who I please (to who I please)
And it's my world and I'm loving it

(loving it)

in my dreams (in my dreams)
They never will find us here
They never will stop this notion
They'll never kill my idea
They'll never stop time and emotion
They never will find us here
They never will stop this notion
They'll never kill my idea
They'll never stop time and emotion
 


 

B10.09 Let Him Have It

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

A boy afraid, the fear is in his eyes
A man of law upon a rooftop dies
They know he's not the one
Not he's the smoking gun
But someone always has to pay
With no exception so they prove the rule
Nobody's friend but everybody's fool
The world knew all along
The boy did nothing wrong
But he must suffer anyway
He was just a boy
Pardon my brother
He was just a boy
Pardon my brother
He was blameless, (just a boy) now he's dead
Just because he may have said
Let him have it
Let him have it
Let him have it
Without a care they played their legal game
The people's justice was the people's shame
But now we see the light
It's time to put things right
It's time to set my brother free
He was just a boy
Pardon my brother
He was just a boy
Pardon my brother
He was blameless, (just a boy) now he's dead
Just because he may have said

Let him have it
Let him have it
Let him have it

Let him have it

 


 

B10.10 Big Feather Bed

 

Co-written by Nik Kershaw, Darius Danesh and John O'Kane

 


 

Come, rest a while, just a while, let it all go
Don't turn away, come and lay down your head
Just talk a while to my sweet talking pillow
There's room for the world in my big feather bed
I was cold inside, didn't know where I was going
I'm only hanging by a thread
In the dead of night, feeling lost and miles from home
I looked around and found myself at the angel's place
I will always remember the look upon her face
When she said
Come, rest a while, just a while, let it all go
Don't turn away, come and lay down your head
Just talk a while to my sweet talking pillow
There's room for the world in my big feather bed
There's room for the world in my big feather bed
There's room for the world in my big feather bed
Though the hour was late, I confessed my state of mind
Words came falling down like rain from a thundercloud
I didn't stop to wonder why
And though I might forget the things that I told her that night
I will always remember the promise in her eyes
When she said
Come, rest a while, just a while, let it all go
Don't turn away, come and lay down your head
Just talk a while to my sweet talking pillow
There's room for the world in my big feather bed
There's room for the world in my big feather bed
There's room for the world in my big feather bed
Yeah-hey

It seems so long ago but no matter where I am
I will always remember the way she took my hand
And whispered
Come, rest a while, just a while, let it all go
Don't turn away, come and lay down your head
Just talk a while to my sweet talking pillow
There's room for the world in my big feather bed

Come, rest a while, just a while, let it all go
Don't turn away, come and lay down your head
Just talk a while to my sweet talking pillow
There's room for the world in my big feather bed

 


 

B10.11 How High?

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

The comfort of a stranger
Will never be enough for me
I'm gonna have to disengage us
If you won't let me see all there is to see
I would give you my love
If I only knew
All the magical stuff
Everything about you
How high can you fly
How far can you take me
How low can you go
Oh, I really would love to know
Tell me your deepest darkest secret
Give it up, come on give it up
I wanna know what you leave unsaid
Just say it now
And I won't let you down
Let me into your world
Let me under your skin
Every virtuous word
Every beautiful sin
How high can you fly
How far can you take me
How low can you go
Oh, I really would love to know
How high can you fly
How far can you take me
How low can you go
Oh, I really would love to know
You can trust me, you can trust me
You can say anything you want to
And I won't judge you when all is said and done
And I will trust you, yeah I will trust you
I will give myself completely
And I'll show you things I've never shown anyone
How high can you fly
How far can you take me
How low can you go
And I really would love to know

How high can you fly
How far can you take me
How low can you go
Oh, I really would love to know

How high can you fly
How far can you take me
How low can you go
Oh, I really would love to know

How high can you fly
How far can you take me
How low can you go

 


 

B10.12 Shade Of Grey

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

Sometimes it's right to do the wrong thing
Sometimes it's good to hurt so bad
You never can be sure
Completely happy or
One hundred percent sad
Sometimes it's hard to spot the bad guys
They don't wear badges, they don't wear black
In each of them I see
A little piece of me
I'd better watch my back
Sometimes a fool can speak a wise word
Many a truth is said in jest
And everyone I know
Is neither friend or foe
They could be both I guess
Shades of grey
They're there for you to paint your night
Shades of grey to paint your day
'Cos nothing's black and white
Sometimes it pays to know the answers
Sometimes it hurts to know too much
However hard I try
To see the other side
Of every life I touch
Shades of grey
They're there for you to paint your night
Shades of grey to paint your day
'Cos nothing's black and white
Sometimes it's right to do the wrong thing
Sometimes it's good to hurt so bad
And every now and then
I think I'm sane, that's when
I know I must be mad
Mad

Ohhh
The only thing I know
Is that I know nothing, though
I'm not so sure 'bout that
I'm not so sure about that

 


 

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