KEVIN
COYNE LYRICS - ALBUM: Donut City
- 2004
Falling
in Love (Kevin Coyne/Robert Coyne)
Sheets
of rain pouring down, sheets of rain
Let's
go into the kitchen you ask me twice then again and again
D
iscuss
directions, where we're going 0,what we want to be and everything
Can't
you see I want to be me, I want to be me and not this thing you want me to
be
Chorus:
Falling in love, oh how I want to fall in love (4x)
It's
later, you talk wisdom, you're wiser than your years
But I
assume it's the wine you've drunk too much and of course the beer
Let's
go upstairs you say, let's go upstairs, I don't want to go
I want
to be myself, y
ou're crowding me out, you're crowding me out
Chorus
The window-screen
wipers squeal as I drive away, as I drive away
Good
Mother (Kevin Coyne/Robert Coyne)
Mother
was good to me, mother was so good to me
She
spoilt me, I know (2x)
Mother
was good to me (4x)
She
spoilt me I know (2x)
Oh
made a mess of me (x2) oh yes she sure made a mess of me, oh she sure made
a hell of a mess of me
Made
a mess of me
What
a mess she made of me, what a terrible mess
What
a mess she made
I can
hear her voice from the grave (2x)
Mother
was good to me (2x) oh what a mess she made of me (2x)
That's
mine, you know, everything here belongs to me, I'm not sharing with you,
why should I give you anything, you never give me anything, this is mine,
this is my house, this is my car, this is my garden, you can't corne in
here, no, this is my life, stay out of it, this life belongs to me, I possess
everything I have and I possess myself
Oh
what a mess she made of me
What
a mess
Come
back home (Kevin Coyne)
Come
back come back home (4x)
I can't
wait a moment longer (2x)
I'm struggling
here, I'm sweating here
At the
bottom of the stairs (2x)
Come
back home, I can't wait (3x)
A moment
longer (x2)
Shuddering
at the bottom of the stairs I wait for you, I wait night and day and the grey
turns to blue
Come
back home
Locked
Out (Kevin Coyne)
Well
she said her hair is red, I dyed it this morning and it stained my bed
Out in
the garden where the big trees grow, I clirnb like a monkey trying to find
her clothes
Oh she
knows my name, she speaks it loud and plain, she sometirnes spells it wrong
on the letters she writes, on the letters she writes, such long letters she
writes, that girl in red in the bed with the hair is well fed
If I
want to be a man I've gotta (2x) If I want to be a man I've gotta hold her
right now
Now the
moon clambers over the trees and I'm out in the garden crawling on my knees
I'm locked
out (12x)
What
did I do wrong (2x)
TypicalType (Kevin Coyne)
When
the rain falls down, lend me your umbrella, lend me your umbrella
Keep
me dry
w
hen the snow is deep, dig me a hole, a big deep hole
Till
it melts away
w
hen I'm all alone, ring me up, cheer me up, don't
let me get down
Because
all I need is a typical type, a typical type, a sweet loving woman like you
(whatever that is)
When
the rain comes down lend me your umbrella, lend me your umbrella
Let the
raindrops go
w
hen I feel down, lift me up, make me laugh, make
me smile
When
I meet you on the street wave a glad hand, a happy hand and I 'Il wave back
Because
all I need is a typical type, it's that typical type, a sweet loving woman
like you (that's the truth)
So if
I know you're there by me I can live much better, I can hope much better if
I know you're there when I rnake a call, you rnake me srnile, that's all,
I ask too much, no I don't ask too rnuch, life is short and I need you
Because
all I need is a typical type, you're the typical type, a sweet loving woman
like you
All I
need is a typical type, a typical type, a typical type, a sweet loving woman
like you
All
I need is a typical type
(whatever that is),
a typical type
(whatever that is),
a typical type
, exactly like you
Donut
City (Kevin Coyne)
Donut
City, now there's a place where I like to go when I'm feeling low, where I
can sit admist those donuts and I can watch the people eat, enjoy myself and
just have a good time and
Oh oh
oh oh I'm going (2x) to Donut City
Now that's
the place where they all sit around drink cola, sometirnes put a little rum
in it make themselves high and get happy and dance till well past midnight,
wonderful place, such a marvellous place to be
Oh oh
oh oh I'm going (3x)
I'm right
there, I'm in there in the mind at least, in this dusty old office where I
work from nine to five, I often drearn of this place, usually at the weekend
I go there, after all it's a place I can truly relax
Oh oh
oh oh bye bye, oh oh oh oh I'rn going (2x)
Donut
City, now you might laugh at this but the donut is my favourite food, I like
a little steak, I like a little crackers and stuff, I like all that greasy
food,but oh give me a donut anytime it helps me relax, it helps me to get
rid of those tensions, all those tensions, all those stresses that grind me
down
Oh oh
oh oh oh oh (4x) bye bye oh oh oh oh I'rn going
To Donut
City, Donut City, looking pretty in Donut City, legs crossed, so relaxed,
lean back, lean back, donut nurnber one goes in, donut nurnber two, donut
number threeand donut number four oh I feel so good l've got to have some
more, donut number five and donut number six, donut number seven ah that's
the trick, makes me feel good
Oh oh
oh oh bye bye, oh oh oh oh I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, I'm
going
Bye bye
bye bye bye bye
It's
so sticky in here, sticky on the floor, sticky on my hands, sticky on the
table, sticky cups and saucers, sticky bottles, sticky sticky, but I like
it, I love it, oh oh oh oh oh oh ah ah ah ah ah ah
I
Hear Voices (Kevin Coyne)
I
live by the wishing well (2x)
Dreams
through my brain, dreams through this mind, I live by the wishing well
I hear
voices late at night (2x)
I hear
the voices, they chatter in my ear, I hear voices late at night
I hear
the flames they crackle and burn (2x)
They're
tall as the trees, the great big trees, tall as the trees in my head
I follow
strange strange ideas (2x)
Fantasies
I have that make me sometimes laugh, I have these strange strange ideas
So tell
me which way I have to be, must I be like you and not me, tell me the way
I have to be, must I be like you and not me, I want to be with you, I want
to fit in (3x)
That's
what I want to do, I don't want to stand out, I don't want to be a stranger,
I don't want to be different, I want to fit in, I don't want to be a stranger,
I don't want to be different
Big
White Bird (Kevin Coyne)
We
are all on a boat
And the
boat it floats
Across
our dreams that we're learning
Though
we fought and we sought
But we
never truly thought
Of all
our dreams that have been burning
We sleep
then we wake
I look
at you, you turn away
With
a face so black and full of yearning
So don't
you trap my golden wings
Cause
my wings are golden things
Made
to fly, made to cry
And made
to die for you
You've
got to live, live your life
Don't
take out pistols and knives
Just
live, live your life
And you'll
be learning
You've
got to live, live your life
Don't
take out pistols and knives
Just
live, live your life
And you'll
be learning, learning, learning, learning, learning
No
More Rain (Kevin Coyne)
Well
I know I've been away for such a long time, it's been such a long long while
since I gazed into your loving eyes
I'm ashamed
to say I missed you cause I never thought I would, you were the best thing
in my life, I want it all back, I want to feel good
A screaming
child I became (2x) brought on the storm and caused the rain
But I'm
sad to think of what I've done, the way I treated you
I gave
you so much pain, I really gave you the blues
I know
the time is right to make it all up to you
So I'm
coming with a great big kiss maybe that won't do
I'm
sorry but it's o.k.(2x) my love for you shines through today
Well
I know the loving eyes can solve everything
I can
feel likethat I'm starting all over, starting all over again
I'm waiting
at the gate, it's late, but I know I have to greet your train
Everybody
know that love is for us and the reasons are plain
A screaming
child I became (2x) brought on the storm and caused the rain
Hey hey
here I come that's me, that's you, we're together
Turn
off the clouds, halt the rain, let's chance the weather
That
fat blue sky is flying by there's a sound in my ears of laughter and love,
heaven's above, there's no more tears
A screaming
child I became (2x) brought on the storm and caused the rain
No more
rain (2x)
I've
Decided (Kevin Coyne/Werner Steinhauser)
She
showed my her little dog with its funny ears and its pointed nose she said
he's the only one I love the only one I love and that's the way it goes we
stood at the door of her little house in the middle of nowhere she said I
moved out for here when I got rid of him and I hope you care care enough to
visit me again care enough to smile at me again care enough to ring again
care enough to say hello when we meet on the street (2x) so I travelled travelled
in a wayward bus on a wayward bus that went on for miles and miles (2x) I
travelled home I found my way back into the smoke, into the city and I rang
her up again I said I've decided oh I've decided (3x) I love you, yes I do
(7x)
Blame,
Blame, Blame (Kevin Coyne/Werner Steinhauser)
Blame
blame blame I always get the blame (4x)
Why are
you smiling when you know I'm down
Why are
you smiling when you know I'm very down
Why are
you smiling when you know I'm down
Why are
you smiling when you know I'm very down
Blame
blame blame I always get the blame (4x)
Why do
you lock me out when you know it rains (4x)
Blame
blame blame I always get the blame (4x)
Why do
you tell all those lies about me (4x)
Why do
you always tell those terrible lies about me
Blame
blame blame I always get the blame (4x)
One of
these days I'm going to change everything going to take away your wedding
ring I'm going to make you cry, gonna make you sing I'm going to treat you
bad gonna make you mad and sad going to throw you in the river with all the
fishes watch them eat you up and take you down I'm gonna watch you drown in
that slime drown in that slime
Blame
blame blame I always get the blame (four times)
Why don't
you listen, listen when I cry why don't you listen to me
Crocodile (Kevin Coyne )
I
woke up this morning crocodile at my door ail that green and yellow slime
it was dripping from his jaws I said are you the milkman he said I'm not that
at all I'm just your neighbourhood crocodile making a courtesy call I said
that's nice now come inside have some toast and tea he smiled a great big
crocodile smile said that would be a pleasure for me then he stared, stared
so hard directly in my eyes he said you're not so very old yes you're too
young to die I said to him that's very kind L know you like human flesh he
said yes, with potatoes carrots and peas it's flesh I love the best he said
I don't want victims I don't want slaves if you smile for me and be my friend
you'll live for a million days so I smiled and smiled and smiled and smiled
smiled for a long three hours I smiled and smiled and smiled and smiled smiled
for a long six hours I smiled and smiled and smiled and smiled for a long
nine hours I smiled and I smiled and I smiled and I smiled for a long twelve
hours well I woke with a start woke all in a daze I could feel the crocodile
crawling slowly slowly away crawling up my garden path and out my garden gate
I lived in the crocodile to be in the dark was my fate I wished I'd been a
little bird and never opened the door I could fly around the big blue sky
don't live in the dark no more don't want to live in this dark no more don't
live in this dark no more live in this dark no more
Delightful (Kevin Coyne)
There's
nothing more delightful than you (2x)
You're
little Miss Special who I idolise (2x)
You know
there's nothing more exquisite than your touch (2x)
It burns
up my heart and sets my mind aflame (2x)
You know
there's nothing more delightfui than your eyes (2x)
They
shine through the heaven and they show the way they shine through the heaven
and they light up my day
You know
there's heaven in your talk and in your walk (2x)
I'd be
a fool without you with nowhere to go (2x)
Ilove
you and that's all l can say yes I truly love you that's all I can, that's
all I can say
Empty
Arms (Kevin Coyne/Michael Lipton)
Run
to my dariing with those empty arms (2x)
All I
know is you have lost your charms (2x)
Run to
my dariing with those empty arms (2x)
All I
know is you have lost your charms (2x)
And I'm
trying I'm trying to make it right I'm try try try trying just to make it
right I'm praying to the Lord above every lonely night I'm praying to the
Lord above asking him to make it right
Run to
me darling with those empty arms keep on running to me darling with those
empty arms all I know is you have lost your charms (2x) and I'm trying I'm
trying I'm trying I'm trying I'm trying to make it right (2x)
Smile
Right Back (Kevin Coyne/Michael Lipton)
Footsteps
on the stairs what a wonderful sound
In a
couple of minutes you'll be right here you'll be around smiling at me and
I'Il smile right back smile right back
Footsteps
on the stairs what a wonderful sound maybe in less than a minute you'll be
around yes smiling at me and l'll smile right back smile right back
It's
always the same for the last seventeen years we loved each other through the
stress and the tears you're always loving me and I love you right back love
you right back
Footsteps
on the stairs what a wonderful sound in a few short minutes well you'll be
around you'll be smiling a tme and I'Il smile right back smile right back
No
Dancing (Kevin Coyne/Michael Lipton)
On
a tropical island we paid a lot of money to get here lying on the deep grey
sand with an empty bottle of beer you're looking at me with that blank look
on your face like I'm something that's just crawled in and joined the human
race
Oh the
sun shines nicely my eyes sparkle brightly you say it's just the alcohol you've
stolen my soul
Lying
in a bedroom some place I don't want to be you're over by the wardrobe watching
some dumb T.V. the programme is stupid but I don't object it's this kind of
loving that I reject there must be something better at least we've got good
weather I could race out into the sun (2x) I think you'd prefer it if I took
a gun
On the
aeroplane home we hardly talk at all you stare at your neighbour you say he's
a nice guy I say I'm not too bad if you just give me a chance we've been round
this ballroom so many times now it's impossible to dance it's impossible to
dance we could do the salsa the samba anything
Blow
Us All Up (Kevin Coyne/Michael Lipton)
The
man on the T.V. got a hole in his soul doesn't like to jump and jive never
understood rock and roll he wants to hit and hurt everybody he wants to blow
us ail up bang!
The man
on the T.V. never went to a real school his mother had all the money so he
could sit around and play the fool he just wants to hit and hurt everybody
he wants to blow us ail up bang!
The man
on the T.V. he's the biggest in the land won't even look in my direction won't
even shake my hand I'm a rebel and he doesn't like rebels he wants to blow
me up bang! (5x)
The man
on the T.V. he's smiling right now turning to his wife who is pretty and looks
like a cow looks like a stranger from outer space looks very strange to me
in fact the whole situation doesn't make sense at all
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