She played her typewriter like a Steinway
Kept Belgium chocolates in her pending tray
She made the most of every day
In her spare time she was a dj
Shostakovitch to rock and roll
They never noticed she had a soul
Ain't it funny what people tell you
Try to like what you have
Take your money and then they sell you
You can have most anything you like
She told her lover, now it's over
He cried an endless symphony
I've found another, that's me
She dressed her desk in a letter
Mr Money, I have gone
And on the radio they played this song
I don't want your holy water
I need your humble pie
I don't have to feel I ought to
Go to heaven when I die
Just be myself, I won't run with the pack
If you bang on my front door too hard
I'll just move it round the back

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BIG BOOTS

Well the clock's stopped ticking
On the fashion bomb
We're living an illusion
Something funny's going on on on
What's going on?
It's a revolution for your feet
Listen Sisters, don't get blisters
Beat that beat Put your Big Boots on
Hey hey that's the way
Wash those tears and your fears away
Kick off your high heeled shoes
Put your big boots on
Cleopatra liked a laugh
She wore her booties in the bath
Egypt's queen of rock
The Ugly Sisters got it right
They wore their great big
Ugly bugly boots
And they danced all night
Cinderella cried 'Oh shit!
I hope this tiny slipper
Does not fit'
Hey hey..
Little Miss Muffet
Could have jumped that spider
Little old lady
Could have run away harder
Margot Fontaine really suits
Bouncing around in a pair of boots
Some of Henry's many wives
Might have tried to save their lives
Kicked that axe man in the noots
If only they had worn their boots
Way down south where no one goes
There's a place where a woman
Can wiggle her toes
From the jitter big boogie
To the highland fling
Sling your sling backs
Do your thing
Shame upon that wicked Zeus
Sweet revenge is no excuse
We all know Pandoras box
Was full of boots and lots of socks
Hey hey that's the way
Wash those socks
Throw your tights away, you got to
Kick off your high heeled shoes
Big boots make a bang
Just like k.d.Lang
Put your Big Boots on!

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BY STORM

I'll never come back I whispered in August
All I ever do is wish I were down by the sea
Five years ago I left you for something
A little closer to nature than you'll ever be
With your engines your systems, endless competition
And every type of individual trying to be
I fell from the force of your urban existence
Now I'll never turn my back on this English city
By storm I will take you
By storm I will make you
The place where my heart and ambition are one
By storm I will take you
By storm I will make you
The place where my heart and ambition are one
Well this was my road, this was my home
And all the kids I used to play with
Have grown up and gone
And the houses are missing and the wasteland is kissing
The sky above it like a lover when the feelings too strong
And those in your boxes down by your railways
Every time I take a train I ride through your dreams
And some live in places built for your status
Your never ending contradictions and you're full of extremes
Old as your river wide as the sky
Every hope and aspiration just passes you by
Cold as the blood that runs for your money
You promise everyone a good time if we heed to your cry
Well I can see mountains from Gascony Avenue
I can see your rainbows rising from grey
I'll sing you my songs oh I'll tell my stories
I hope you've got the time to listen and hear what I say
By storm I will take you
By storm I will make you
The place where my heart and ambition are one
By storm like crazy weather
We'll soon be together
The place where the start of my stories begun...

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THE SONGS:

PEARL IN THE WRECKAGE
ONE MORE TIME
BACKS OF HOUSES
AND PORTUGAL
can be found on the

'Glory' Lyrics page:

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Oh Paris when will I bother
With your promised charm
Have coffee au lait
Somewhere up the Champs Elysees
All those Parisiens on the metro
Don't gimme gimme gimme
That they're all hetro
This is gay Paris
Anybody anybody want to marry
A Galoise romancer
Or do the can can, be a dancer
Michelle my belle, reading Elle
Stick on chic and spray on smell
You can have some fun today
Escargots and Beaujolais
Ooh la la la..
Oh Paris I love your chocolate
And your tall thin trees
In small squares in the springtime
Oh Paris I love you so much
Make a painting of you
And if you don't like it
Stick it up your Pompidou
Chinese girl with the plum hair
My heart leapt a kilometre
When I saw your bald dog
I thought it was a pig on elastic
It's so fantastic
What you see, in gay Paris!
Ooh la la la..

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WHEN I DIE

When you die
Your soul to fly
I hope I hear your spirit cry
Anything you ever wanted
Came your way
Anyone you ever loved
Was always on your side
Anything you ever did
You did for you
Anyone who ever loved you
Loved you all your life
When I die
My soul to fly
I hope you hear my spirit cry
Anything I ever wanted
Came my way
Anyone I ever loved
Was always on my side
Anything I ever did
I did for me
Anyone who ever loved me
Loved me all my life

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I THOUGHT I SAW YOU

I thought I saw you in a south coast bar
Only my green eyes turning blue on me
I swear I heard you, cello on the wing
Only the wind clapping hands with the sails
Did you see me wave
From the border to the plane
You're so brave flying, far away
I'm glad you're home at last
Watching the breakers
And the seagulls land
They fall like confetti in the sand
Here I am in Ireland for the very first time
This pearl in the wreckage so fine
And I know on my heart
You are here by my side
But it's so hard believing you're far away
I'm glad you're home at last
I thought I saw you in a south coast bar
Only my green eyes turning blue on me
I'm glad you're home at last
 
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LOVE LIGHT

Love light shine on me now
Love light shine on me now
I want to be there
I want to be there
Show me the way
Show me the way
I want to be there
I want to be there
Blue sky feeling high
I don't want to come down
Little green man in a bubble car's
Going to take my soul to town
I want to be happy
Intergalactic Ga Noo Noos fantastic
I just want to swing upon a star
Blow me a kiss when I go you will miss me
Dry your crying eyes I'm on my way
Love light shine on me now
Love light shine on me now
Dakini Shakti Kuk-Kundalini
Love light shine on me now
Love light shine on me now
I want to be there I want to be there
Co- co Corita please alpha my beta
I just want to swing upon a star
Blow me a kiss when I go you will miss me
Dry your crying eyes I'm on my way.

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BE WITH YOU

Low lights slow dancing
That's not me that's not me
Late nights sweet romancing
That's not me that's not me
Why why is it such a deal
I don't believe in being head over heels
And if itever happens see how I feel
Hold hands under the moon
That's not me that's not me
End a letter with I love you
That's not me that's not me
Oh heck I love your eyes
Fill my belly with butterflies
Everything I told you
Must have been lies
All I really want to do is
Be with you
All I really want to do is
Be with you
All I really want to do is
Be with you
Red red the wine was swimming
We rocked that bottle
Till the dawn was grinning
I thought I was a loser
I must be winning
All I really want to do is
Be with you