Winter
From 'Games For One' and 'The 8 Year Gap'

I was the cool girl kicking up dirt
Had a lot to do and a lifetime to do it all in
Type it all up send it all away
It’s the hardest thing to let the pain escape

Checking on out get the train and go
Across the world and find out where the dreams flow
Will I see your smile as I cross the room
Hold your hand like I always hoped I would do

Lying in bed looking starward I see the moon outside
And think I need to feel high
Pull on my shirt grab my shoes and run
To the rocky shore to meet the rising sun

And I know I put winter in your heart
I’ll take it back again
My love my love don’t think you’ll find I meant to hurt you

Aphrodite Calls

I would travel anywhere with you
Cross oceans and deserts all for you
When you see the sun rising
You will see me smiling

When Aphrodite calls we see her smile
We melt before her eyes

Dreams twisting melt across my mind
You stroke my hair and hold me close
Forever in my heart I will love you till I die and after

Aphrodite calls we see her smile
We melt before her eyes

What a friend I have in you
You fill the void inside my soul
No one on this earth could
Take the place you have in my dreams

Aphrodite calls
We see her shine
We melt before her eyes

Lady Day

I screwed you in a velvet dress
I called the shots and I was mean
And as the rain poured down and soaked me
I knew I'd been indiscreet
(Chorus)
When I played with fire
I never knew that I would burn so deeply
A silhouette was all I needed
To make my heart turn
(Chorus)
Turning in my bed
I was an angel torn from heaven
I dreamt of sea and stars and sky
And him and me forever
(Chorus)
I watch the planes go by
Was that a spaceship? Can I catch a ride?
I saw the winter turn my heart to ice
And I was incomplete
Chorus:
And I sang along to Lady Day
When I'm down I listen to Lady Day
She makes my dark clouds melt away
When I'm down I listen to Lady Day
I'm winning
God willing

Melt

I was easy and you saw
I was easy and we got it on
But I always believed
That you would break down for me
I’ll be sleeping when you wake
I’ll be dreaming of the day you speak
Straight from the heart
When you break down for me

But I’ve such a terrible way with words
Just melt down, open up to me

You were lost and I was home
I held your hand but you were all alone
Let me inside
It can be easier than you make it
Find a space inside your heart
Crack the ice and let it all flow out
I will be here
I can feel lonely too

But I’ve such a terrible way with words
Just melt down, open up to me

If you take it black and white
Maybe we can never talk at all
So here is goodbye
I hope you can make it through

‘Cos I’ve such a terrible way with words
Just melt down, open up to me

Funny How

I dreamed of getting close
I felt it was good to find the one
So I told myself lies
Cheated my heart
Under a setting sun
And as the years progressed I thought it was best
To play it safe
But I’d never see Prague
Or Paris in the rain
Not with him by my side anyway
And now I’m fully grown
The choices I make are all my own
And your love is good
Your love is kind
Won’t you stay tonight?

Patricia Neal

Will these orchids please your lover?
Will you leave them at her door
Will she smiling say I love you
And hold you close to her

Will you laugh a little louder
When she tells you of her scrapes
Will you lay her down beside you
And hold her till she wakes

And maybe while I sit here thinking
While I wet my wounds to heal
Maybe you are thinking of me
Or maybe I am dreaming still

Will you see her through the bad times
Like Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal
Will you catch salt from her teardrops
Make diamonds for her smile
While I still love you,
While I still love you

Hollow Boy

I was disorientated
I was disappointed
To find you were an empty shell
Shallow, and hollow
I was surprised to see you laugh
Watch the scorn burning in your eyes
Louder and hotter
Making me sweat

I wasn’t hoping to win your heart over night
I’m smarter than that

I need to stop this
Stop this guilt trip
My body is against me
Pushing and shoving
Find that I might turn away
Find that you might have to work a little harder and faster
At catching my eye

I wasn’t hoping to win your heart over night
I’m wiser than that

I was inclined to step back
I was inclined to watch you squirm
Watch you break that hollow heart
Twisting, twisting
I was persuaded to leave you lying
My mind’s eye would watch you trying
Loving and giving
Don’t knock yourself out

I wasn’t hoping to win your heart over night
I’m stronger than that

Tiger

I was a little bit crazy
Dreams like angels apocalypse now
Slip, slide, now I’m on my back
Will you come and watch the party fall down

The moon turned into the sun
Walking calmly through the fracas of a broken world
Scream, scream, now I’m on my back
All the stars are falling down out of the sky

You can see the change inside of me
Don’t know what’s happening I’m flying so high
Change, change, now I’m on my back
I will take you through the limits of desire

And you see me, and you’re smiling, and you hold me like a tiger

Faster in the Dark

Your eyes are azure seas
Deep enough for me to swim in
So cauterise my wounds
Cleanse my soul to painless hues
Would you mind if I read your mind?
I want to learn you from the inside
I’ll stay get my way
Suffer fools to get through to you

You dream of distant lands
Sail across the world in my hands
Wet jungle blue lagoon
Dancing to a different tune
Through night an angel flies
Wishing on another life I die in your eyes
But I will smile and I’ll survive

This light is brash and cold
Stoke the fire and turn the light low
Move to a different plane
Let me hear you whisper my name
Be bold, I’ll steal your soul
Swallow hard to make me whole
I fold, heart and soul
Close my eyes and you will know

We move faster in the dark
It’s easier to see the love you feel for me, and I for you
We move faster in the dark
The games we play at night
Come real in the daylight