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Coles Corner
Lyrics & music by Richard Hawley
BMG Music 2005
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1 - Coles Corner
Hold back the night from us,
Cherish the light for us,
Don't let the shadows hold back the dawn.
Cold city lights glowing,
The traffic of life is flowing,
Out over the rivers and on into dark.
I'm going down town where there's music,
I'm going where voices fill the air,
Maybe there's someone waiting for me
With a smile and a flower in her hair
I'm going down town where there's people
The loneliness hangs in the air.
With no-one there real waiting for me,
No smile, no flower nowhere.
Cold city..................etc
Hold back ................etc
(Chorus)
(End on)
Hold back the night
2 - Just Like The Rain
Walking silent through the snow
Drifting softly to your door,
I'm coming home, I'm coming home.
I feel so strange, I feel so weak
I've walked a world of empty streets
In search alone, I've searched alone.
But you're still in my mind
You're still in my mind
And here's where the sound
Of my tears hits the ground
Just like the rain
Just like the rain.
When we walked along the shore
My darkness shaded, all we saw
I was unkind, I was unkind
I feel so strange, I feel so weak
I've walked a world of empty streets
In search alone, I've searched alone.
But you're still in my mind
You're still in my mind
And here's where the sound
Of my tears hits the ground
Just like the rain
Just like the rain.
(solo)
But you're still in my mind
You're still in my mind
And here's where the sound
Of my tears hits the ground
Just like the rain
Just like the rain
Just like the rain
Just like the rain.
3 - Hotel Room
Ten thirty in this hotel room,
You and I locked in the gloom,
Lost out of love once again
But I've got you here with me friend
(Chorus)
Cos you're here in my arms
Here in my arms
Here in my arms
Here in my arms
Last time I looked it was nine
You know that all things then were fine,
Now I've gone and lost it again
But I've got you here with me friend.
(Chorus)
(Solo)
You know that it's like leading a mild life
The clothes in my younger days were so wild
And it's time I met someone like you
And I hope to make certain that it's true
Last time I looked it was late
That's when I started to break
It's a long long way till the end
But I've got you here with me friend
Cos you're here in my arms
Here in my arms
Here in my arms
Here in my arms
Here in my arms
Here in my arms
Here in my arms
Put you here in my arms
Here in my arms.
4 - Darlin' Wait For Me
Darling, wait for me, by your gate,
In the evening light, ah I just can't wait
For I have to go, in the morning too soon
So honey don't you cry, I'll be back here soon.
So think of me, when you feel that moon
Oh it calls to me, as it calls to you
Darling wait for me, I'll be home then
When the autumn leaves, bring me back again
Darling wait for me, darling please wait
Till evening light, by your starlit gate
So think of me, when you feel that moon
Oh it calls to me, as it calls to you
That's all I ask of you, all i ask
Till I hold your hand, there'll be peace at last
Don't wait up till it's dark,
All those lonely hours that we're apart
Darling please
Darling please
Darling please
Darling please.
5 - The Ocean
You lead me down, to the ocean
So lead me down, by the ocean
You know it's been a long time,
You always leave me tongue tied
And all this times for us
I love you just because
You lead me down, to the ocean
The world is fine, by the ocean
You know this time's for real
It helps the heart to heal
You know it breaks the seal of the talisman that harms
And so you look at me and need
The space that means as much to me
So lead me down, to the ocean
Our world is fine, by the ocean
You know the way it is in life, it's so
hard to live up to
So why are you still dressed in your mourning suit
I assume, I assume
You'll lead me down, to the ocean
Don't leave me down, by the ocean
The ocean.
Here comes the wave, here comes the wave
Here comes the wave, down by the ocean
The ocean (repeat to fade)
6 - Born Under A Bad Sign
What are you like? You've had a right life
And taken a long ride, but oh what a cost
And all of your life, staring at white lines
Reading the road signs, and oh what a loss
Sleeping late in the afternoon, playing
your guitar
Born under a bad sign
Born under a bad sign
Sleeping late in the afternoon, staying out till dawn
Born under a bad sign
Born under a bad sign
Now your laying in the afterglow
And there's something that she wants to know
Are you going be the one to say
You belong to me, you belong to me
Born under a bad sign
Born under a bad sign
Sleeping late in the afternoon, playing
your guitar
Born under a bad sign
Born under a bad sign
You've had a right life
Born under a bad sign
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
Born under a bad sign
Born under a bad sign
7 - I Sleep Alone
Thinking, I've been thinking
You've seen me glide along this way before
This way before
Drugged by dawn I sleep alone
Lonely, I've been lonely
And I've asked my speechless shoes just were you are,
Just were you are
In search at dawn I sleep alone
mmmmmmm mmmmm etc
Deeper, I'm going deeper
Seeping below the darkest thoughts of man,
The thoughts of man
Through these thoughts I sleep alone
Through these thoughts I sleep alone
mmmmmmm mmmmm etc
Silence, only silence
Can take these words and ring my thoughts to you,
These thoughts to you
Through these thoughts I sleep alone
Through these thoughts I sleep alone
Drugged by dawn I sleep alone.
mmmmmm mmmmmm etc
8 - Tonight
Oh tonight, oh tonight, oh tonight
I got it really bad
Maybe I'll go out walking, don't feel like
staying home
Might take the car up to the hills, and watch the city lights
below
Yes tonight, ah tonight, oh tonight
I got it really bad
Maybe I should call her, ah but then she'll
know
Just want to drive out into the night, and see where that
road goes
Ah tonight, oh tonight, yes tonight
I'm feeling low
(band and baritone solo)
Ah the restlessness that's in me, don't
do me any good
I know I really should stay home tonight, but I don't think
that I could
Not tonight, not tonight, no not tonight
I got it really bad
Not tonight, not tonight, you won't find
me tonight
I got it really bad
9 - (Wading Through) The Waters
Of My Time
Don't look for me in fields of clover
I won't be there I won't get older
I must wait here holed up in my time
Don't search for me in fields of green
I'm not there I won't be seen
I'm wading through the waters of my time
I'm wading through the waters of my time
Don't look for me in lands of gold
I won't be there I won't get old
I'll hover like a frozen bird in time
Don't reach for me the stars are cold
My race is run my stories told
I'm wading through the waters of my time
Don't search for me in lands of gold
I won't be there I can't get old
Don't hope for me the stars have died
I've slipped into the past
Cos I'm wading through the waters of my time
Yes I'm wading through the waters of my time
Don't search for me in lands of gold
I won't be there I can't get old
Don't hope for me the stars have died
I've slipped into the past
Cos I'm wading through the waters of my time
Yes I'm wading through the waters of my time
mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm
Yes I'm wading through the waters of my time.
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Reproduced with kind permission of BMG Music
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