Letter From America
When you go will you send back a letter from America?
Take a look up the railtrack from Miami to Canada
Broke off from my work the other day
I spent the evening thinking about all the blood that flowed away
Across the ocean to the second chance
I wonder how it got on when it reached the promised land?
When you go will you send back a letter from America?
Take a look up the railtrack from Miami to Canada
I've looked at the ocean tried hard to imagine
The way you felt the day you sailed from Wester Ross to Nova Scotia
We should have held you we should have told you
But you know our sense of timing we always wait too long
When you go will you send back a letter from America?
Take a look up the railtrack from Miami to Canada
Lochaber no more Sutherland no more Lewis no more Skye no more
I wonder my blood will you ever return to help us kick the life back to a dying mutual friend
Do we not love her I think we all claim we love her
Do we have to roam the world to prove how much it hurts?
When you go will you send back a letter from America?
Take a look up the railtrack from Miami to Canada
Bathgate no more Linwood no more Methil no more Irvine no more.
Bathgate no more Linwood no more Methil no more Lochaber no more
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you
When I go out I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
If I get drunk, well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you
But I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door
When I'm working I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you
And when the money comes in for the work I do
I'll pass almost every penny on to you
When I come home I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you
And if I grow old, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you
But I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door
When I'm lonely, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's lonely without you
And when I'm dreaming, well, I know I'm gonna dream
I'm gonna dream about the time when I'm with you
When I go out well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
And when I come home I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home with you
I'm gonna be the man who's coming home with you
But I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door
And I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door
Sunshine On Leith
My heart was broken, my heart was broken Sorrow
My heart was broken, my heart was broken
You saw it, You claimed it You touched it, You saved it
My tears are drying, my tears are drying Thank you
My tears are drying, my tears are drying
Your beauty and kindness made tears clear my blindness
While I'm worth my room on this earth I will be with you
While the Chief, puts sunshine on Leith
I'll thank Him for His work and your birth and my birth
(I'm Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down
I've got an aching in my heart arson on my mind
I'm gonna burn your playhouse down
I've got a badly broken heart and I've had it from the start
You're giving me the run around
Well if you play with fire it's sure to burn
Known this all of my life go on, be on your way, I've had my say
Well honey, I'm through with you for life you'll find there's one in every yard
I'm getting mighty tired I'm gonna burn your playhouse down
Well, don't pretend that this is the end because this time we're really through
While you were running around burning up the town
Well, I set my trap for you I've got an aching in my heart
Arson on my mind I'm gonna burn your playhouse down
Better Days
Maybe if I just think out loud tonight then I'll know what to do
Five years all felt the same and then it changed and I was loving you better days for sure
Mary, our love still can bring violins and roses to my mind
But I swear I haven't missed a moment of the life I've left behind it's just a fading sound
So be with me while decades turn us older we've both much love that lasts a whole life through
We could live in Fife or out in Texas anywhere, as long as I'm with you
Last year it seemed the things we've worked for were all gonna come to pass
One hit proclaimed that Mrs. Reid's boys would finally pay some tax Thank the Lord for that
Now I'll admit I wasn't too impressed love events compound the doubts I've had before
The only struggle worth it is in the music the other stuff can't interest me at all
Mary, we've got to see America, I need to ride those trains
This year we're going to take a jet plane there no matter what it takes for the music's sake
Then I Met You
Thought that I'd be happy going to be so happy
Living life alone and never sharing anything
Thought that I was finished thought that I was complete
Thought that I was whole instead of being half of something
Thought that I was growing growing older, wiser
Understanding why this world held nothing for my spirit
Thought that I was destined destined to be nothing
Destined to be nothing in this world and then I met you.
I met you I met you I met you I met you
Thought that God had failed me thought my prayers were useless
Thought that he would never give the chance for me to praise him
Thought the book was written thought the game had ended
Thought the song was sung and I could never sing another
Thought my faith was misplaced thought my back was broken
Broken by a weight that I was never fit to carry
I thought I knew this city thought I knew all about it
And then one night I went to Morningside and you were waiting
I met you I met you I met you I met you
Thought that I'd be happy going to be so happy
Living life alone and never sharing anything
Thought that I was finished thought that I was complete
Thought that I was whole instead of being half of something
Thought that I was growing growing older, wiser
Understanding why this world held nothing for my spirit
Thought that I was destined destined to be nothing
Destined to be nothing in this world and then I met you.
I met you I met you I met you I met you
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