THE THINGS I LOVE THE MOST

(Jake Watt / 2010 ©)

 

seems like only yesterday

i had it all just figured out

i'd rest my head upon your shoulder

watch my hair grow thin and grey

 

today my tears for company

on a plane back to reality

will i forget our sail upon the thames

as i forget your maiden name?

 

the welcomes and words of fairwell

you know i hated them too

even though it always hurt like hell

in between them there was you...

 

shall we admit our love was all in vain

have you burnt our souvenirs?

i know growing up is always painfull

but i was ready for your tears

 

the things i love the most just tend to die

we'd never learn to love without goodbyes...

 

still we were close you & me

and i still wish it could be

in that kingdom deep inside my dream

i was your king you're still my queen

 

I heard your dreams have left all alone

To brave the darkness of your nights

i wish i was a knight in armour

this time baby i'd do it right

 

the things i love the most just tend to die

we'd never learn to love without goodbyes...

 

if i could be anyone else

i would've proudly sang this song to you

if it wasn’t for him

I know you could have easily talked me through this

i respected your wish

you wanted to be left on your own for a while

never saw that while go by…

 

 

STAY UP A LITTLE

(Jake Watt / 2010 ©)

 

baby baby you dare to say

i've turned my back on you all day

don't be silly now - i wasn't prayin' no Lord

you said come to bed lets make things straight

the feeling's there it sure can't wait

a little music helps - burn a candle - handle me …

it's funny you should procrastinate

cause the sun is fading i heard them say

on the radio i ain't kidding no

if this is our final hour

 

i'll stay up a little longer

i'll stay up a little im not that tired

 

its been raining now all through the year

all in all i fear you don't know many indoor hobbies zigazigah…

so won't you shake your certainties

believe in stones you could but please

it's fine with me as long - as they're not thrown at me

if this is my final hour

 

i'll stay up a little longer

i'll stay up a little im not that tired

i'll stay up a little longer

i'll stay up a little im not that tired

 

and all this feels like deja-vu

so many twists and turns and what have you's

and from my point of view for all i care

it's a very fine line yet it don't seem fair

when its not you its me

 

 

 

CHANCE IT DON’T COME TWICE

(Jake Watt / 2010 ©)

 

i am done with you playing

hide & seek with the sun

remember how it all begun

stranded in an open box

you just sit back and look

your silence is an open book...

 

catch your breath hold your tears

all around us swords and spears

feels like we havent slept in years

stay alert its not too late

i'll drive us if you navigate

any place any where is fine

 

remember chance it don't come twice

 

i am done with your never

ending changing of moods

long gone red riding hood

hold your breath to the world

do whatever suits you best

i wont take no regrets

 

embrace your fears seize the day

opportunist you may say

anyhow choose your way

there's time for talks and time for acts

face the wind don't look back

to any place anywhere

MIRROR IMAGE

(Jeremy Bruce-Watt / Jake Watt / 2009 ©)

 

I saw the pale forehead

i saw the mirror image

I saw the pale forehead

Reflected from behind the bar...

 

I saw the fringe of

i saw the mirror image of

I saw the fringe of darkest hair...

Reflected from behind the bar...

 

from behind the bar...

 

She was behind me,

i saw the mirror image of her

she was behind me all along

Reflected from behind the bar...

 

looking at my back,

looking in the mirror image

i saw her looking at my back

Reflected from behind the bar...

from behind the bar...

minding her own business…

 

She laughed at something.

If I were to move She would be gone.

She moved instead

And left me and the mirror empty

the mirror from behind the bar...

me and the mirror empty...

the mirror from behind the bar...

me and the mirror empty...

 

From behind the bar...

WHEN MY BOAT COMES IN

(Jake Watt / 2010 ©)

 

In my early days in good old Lancashire

A beautiful place to stay for both me and my sister

Now do you remember bon voyage Charlie Brown

A pound a week for sweets and treats

The daily sun the sunday mirror

That coin looked like gold to me

 

I’ll remember those days till the day that I die

Your deep voice A-saying Tomorrow never comes

It was simple in terms be patient you said

The world will be yours when my boat comes in

 

So there I stood awaiting silent attraction

Pacing Morecambe bay lost in the horizon

Just show me a sign like smoke on the water

Cause maybe that boat will bring back my father

Now will it come soon, yeah tomorrow you said

It might even sail down river lune

 

I’ll remember those days till the day that I die

I can still hear you say Tomorrow never comes

It was simple in terms be patient you said

The world will be yours when my boat comes in

 

Years they have passed I’m no longer expecting

Any deal to go down any boat to come in

When at the end of the day you retire from this world

Please take me with you…

 

I’ll remember those days till the day that I die

Your deep voice A-saying Tomorrow never comes

It was simple in terms be patient you said

The world will be yours when my boat comes in

 

it don't have to be this way I don't need no goodbyes

I’ve never really been into sailing anyway

This ain’t simple it ain't and patient I’ve been

My world will be torn when your boat comes in…

 

 

BROTHERS & SISTERS

(Jake Watt / 2008 ©)

 

i picture you alone

a far cry a distant moan

the echoes of your pain

they freeze me to the bone

the ocean holds apart

two souls but still one heart

no closer than before

still under the same star

 

i know how you feel

i have walked this floor

i have been there before...

 

heal me and i'll heal you

just like brothers and sisters do

heal me and i'll hold you tight

just like brothers and sisters might

heal me cause i swear there's room up here

for you and me

 

childhood is a curse

the deeper within the worse

echoes of our past them words

engraved in stone it hurts

love can be so mean

complexes yet to redeem

the path ahead is long and windy

as fragile as a castle made of sand

 

i know how you feel

i have walked this floor

i have been there before...

 

heal me and i'll heal you

just like brothers and sisters do

heal me and i'll hold you tight

just like brothers and sisters might

heal me cause i swear there's room up here

for you and me

 

I just wish I could be…

Anyone but me…