Sandi
Thom - When Horsepower Meant What It Said
Caught in the gridlock nose
to tail across all lanes
Smog nearly chocking me
as the car horns go insane
Patiently waiting to get
their old jobs backs
Carrying the human race
proudly on their backs
How easily forgotten,
How easily we're led
How hard the path is trodden
From when horsepower meant
what it said
I've got a hundred horses
hidden in between my wheels
but i can't put my foot
down and jumped the fences in the field
Patiently waiting to get
their old jobs back
How easily forgotten,
How easily we're led
How hard the path is trodden
From when horsepower meant
what it said
And if we're keeping up with
progress why am i standing still
maybe we should take a walk
and talk to the horses on the hill
How easily forgotten,
How easily we're led
How hard the path is trodden
From when horsepower meant
what it said
How hard the path is trodden
from when horsepower meant
what it said
Sandi Thom
- I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)
Chorus
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker
with flowers in my hair
In 77 and 69 revolution
was in the air
I was born too late to a
world that doesn’t care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker
with flowers in my hair
When the head of state didn’t
play guitar,
Not everybody drove a car,
When music really mattered
and radio was king,
When accountants didn’t
have control
And the media couldn’t buy
your soul
And computers were still
scary and we didn’t know everything
Chorus
When popstars still remained
a myth
And ignorance could still
be bliss
And when God Save the Queen
she turned a whiter shade of pale
When my mom and dad were
in their teen
and anarchy was still a
dream
and the only way to stay
in touch was a letter in the mail
Chorus
When record shops were on
top
and vinyl was all that they
stocked
and the super *********
was still drifting out in space
kids were wearing hand me
downs,
and playing games meant
kick arounds
and footballers still had
long hair and dirt across their face
Chorus
I was born too late to a
world that doesn’t care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker
with flowers in my hair
Sandi Thom
- Lonely Girl
Sometimes I see her down
by the river
The water dances on her
skin
She can captivate to hit
the ice
But she never lets you in
In the dark she lingers
Like a tear without a soul
And I what a lonely girl
Trying to find her way
In this mixed up messed
up world
And I see so many faces
just like her
So many broken hearts in
the world
And I what a lonely what
a lonely girl
He said lately she?s been
watching the weather
The weather doesn?t know
what to do
?cause sometimes when its
cold outside
That?s when she?s feeling
blue
But I see through her sadness
deep into her soul
All she?s wants to have
is someone she can love to make whole
And I what a lonely girl
Trying to find her way
In this mixed up messed
up world
And I see so many faces
just like her
So many broken hearts in
the world
And I what a lonely what
a lonely girl
Isn?t it regrettable?
Oh isn?t it regrettable
She finds her love and then
she lets it go
And I see so many faces
just like her
So many broken hearts in
the world
And I what a lonely what
a lonely day
And I what a lonely girl
Trying to find her way
In this mixed up messed
up world
And I see so many faces
just like her
So many broken hearts in
the world
And I what a lonely what
a lonely girl
And I what a lonely what
a lonely girl
Sandi Thom
- Sunset Borderline
A simple scent of summer
stole my heart for the last dance
the smell of two-stroke
petrol from a moterbike we used to have
those playing fields of
cut grass you know high school left me kind of blue
now with every sweet summer
breeze i'll be thinking of you
now i'm waiting for the sunset
borderline
every suns gotta set with
time
but i'll remember those
moments for evermore
as the days where nothing
had changed at all.
found a long lost picture
of the car we used to run
cotton candy coloured paintwork
looked so faded in the sun
and that 6 o clock sunrise
you always used to drive me to
guess that long lost picture
will always have me thinking, have me thinking of you
now i'm waiting for the sunset
borderline
every suns gotta set with
time
but i'll remember those
moments for evermore
as the days where nothing
had changed at all.
So for every little sad sweet
love song that's ever sung, i'll be thinking
and for every lost summers
day that ever been and gone, i'll be thinking
I wonder if your gonna be
the tear that follows me,
until that sun is set i
guess i'll always be
waiting for the sunset borderline
every suns gotta set with
time
but i'll remember those
moments for evermore
as the days where nothing
had changed at all.
turned into the radio flicking
through the stations one by one
tried to listen through
the rain while
humming those melodies alone
I remember how you told
me lennon & mccartney
always pulled you through
so as the music fades out
i'll be thinking, I'll be thinking of you
Sandi Thom
- Little Remedy
Some things are meant to
be the way their gonna be
you can't stop time or change
history
sometimes all you saw were
the things you wanted to see
if you were looking for
the answer you would have to go to me
now you've only got a moment
boy
to get it right, to get
it right, to get it right, to get it right
if you really wanted me
you'd show me how
i'm your little remedy if
you take me now
if you really wanted me
you'd show me how
i'm your little remedy if
you take me now
some things in this life
may just pass you by
they're gone forever in
the blink of an eye
this time you gotta do what
you always had to do
so open up your heart and
show me that you're true
now you've only got a moment
boy
to get it right, to get
it right, to get it right, to get it right
if you really wanted me
you'd show me how
i'm your little remedy if
you take me now
if you really wanted me
you'd show me how
i'm your little remedy if
you take me now
now the moments keep ticking
past
and if you think that our
loves gonna last
now you've only got a moment
boy
to get it right, to get
it right, to get it right
if you really wanted me
you'd show me how
i'm your little remedy if
you take me now
if you really wanted me
you'd show me how
i'm your little remedy if
you take me now
if you really wanted me you'd
show me how
i'm your little remedy if
you take me now
if you really wanted me
you'd show me how
i'm your little remedy if
you take me now, if you take me now,
if you take me now, if you
take me now, so take me now
Sandi Thom
- Castles
I'm just skimming stones
against the lake
while my dreams pass me
by
i've never known what to
make of life
but i guess i'm willing
to try
sometimes it's better sometimes
it's worse
sometimes it heals sometimes
it hurts....
so hail to the morning wherever
it dawns down on me
it's now that i get to thinking
some castles lie way beneath
the sea.
you always said that it would
be such a long summer
and now its here and i can
break the ice on this cold water
sometimes it's better sometimes
it's worse
sometimes it heals sometimes
it hurts....
so hail to the morning wherever
it dawns down on me
it's now that i get to thinking
some castles lie way beneath
the sea.
so hail to the morning wherever
it dawns down on me
it's now that i get to thinking
that life's a mystery
so long live the moonlight
wherever it shines down on me
with the strength to part
the ocean
i'll find my castle lies
way beneath the sea
Sandi Thom
- What If I'm Right
Take me on a journey &
be there till the end
It wont be an uphill struggle,
on you I can depend
You'll promise me a dream
home with roses round the door
you'll cover me in diamonds,
there's nothing I want more
you'll be strong & you'll
turn me on
but I got my doubts &
what if I'm right
you'll be true & be
faithful to
but I got my doubts, &
what if I'm right
what if I'm right
cause if the rain starts
falling, you'll protect me with your coat
you'll always tape the football
& let me watch my shows
you'll always be this hansom,
& your weight will never gain
& when I give birth
to our children, I will feel no pain
you'll bring me flowers &
you'll bring me showers
but I got my doubts, &
what if I'm right
you'll say I'm thin &
bring the washing in
but I my doubts, & what
if I'm right
what If I'm right
we'll always keep the magic,
the tender love & care
& when you need to change
the light bulb you won't hand me the chair
& when we're tired of
the city, & we find a country home
you'll sell your vinyl records
& go get us a loan
you'll be my sympathetic
lover, & you won't steal the covers
but I got my doubts &
what if I'm right
you won't forsake me, your
mother won't hate me
but I got my doubts &
what if I'm right
you'll be strong & you'll
turn me on
but I got my doubts &,
what if I'm right
you'll be true & be
faithful to
but I've got my doubts &
what if I'm right
what if I'm right
Sandi Thom - Superman
Some of us are reaching
for stardust
some of us are digging for
gold
but it won't mean a lot
on a mountaintop
when the wind reaches out
for your soul
some of us stand in the spotlight
waiting for a round of applause
when the people go home
you're left all alone
to face the sadness behind
closed doors
i don't want the sun don't
want you to run
don't want superman don't
need wonderland
just want you to love me
some of us want silver linings
to be the belle of the ball
going down in a blaze of
glory
the story means nothing
at all
i don't want the sun don't
want you to run
don't want superman don't
need wonderland
just want you to love me
i don't want the stars or
venus or mars
don't want superman don't
need wonderland
just want you to love me
just want you to love me
don't want superman don't
need wonderland
just want you to love me
Sandi Thom
- Human Jukebox
Walter the war hero he's
there from opening till time, time, time
there's mary the house wife
whose slumped at the bar drinking wine, wine, wine
they get kylie on wednesday
the stones on a friday bow to the beatles on a saturday night
he's dilan on monday, bowie
on sunday
does bee gees on thursday
as high as a kite
they call him the human
jukebox he plays second hand ronk n roll
they call him the human
jukebox he's healing hearts with his soul.
skivers with fivers shine
up their shoes for the show, show, show
and they all sing along
to the songs till its time please to go, go, go
they get kylie on wednesday
the stones on a friday bow to the beatles on a saturday night
he's dilan on monday, bowie
on sunday
does elton on thursday if
you lend him your tights
they call him the human
jukebox he plays second hand ronk n roll
they call him the human
jukebox he's healing hearts with his soul.
they are karaoke kings for
the evening its the only real show in town
and if you ever stop believing
and the real world gets you down
go see the human jukebox
he plays second hand rock n roll
they call him the human
jukebox he's healing hearts with his soul.
they call him the human
jukebox he plays second hand ronk n roll
they call him the human
jukebox he's healing hearts with his soul
Sandi Thom
- Time
Roller skates and bumblebees
holding hands and grazing
knees
dressing up and falling
down
paul and mike are coming
round
being good to stay up late
forget to shut the garden
gate
built a house up in a tree
been making plans since
I was three
time catches everyone
and the world goes round
the sun
and the memory lives on
in my heart
going back to the start
skiving french and stealing
mars
hanging out in rosie's bar
getting changed straight
after school
smoking fags and playing
pool
rainbow coming over me
but i like graham connelly
getting caught in someone's
car
this time kid you've gone
too far
time catches everyone
and the world goes round
the sun
but the memory lives on
in my heart
going back to the start
forever forever forever
up and down to liverpool
learning lines to play the
fool
hanging out at hannah's
bar
got too drunk to drive the
car
even though i'd love to stay
it's time to work not to
time to play
and even though you're now
for me
soon you'll be a memory
time catches everyone
and the world goes round
the sun
and the memory lives on
in my heart
time catches everyone
and the world goes round
the sun
and the memory lives on
in my heart
going back to the start
forever forever forever
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