SB & Q: Lyrics

I've selected the lyrics from some of the tracks that featured in the My Top Tens page (and several others). I also have the guitar tabs for some of them, which I'll add in a future version. Because it's quite a long page, here are links to the songs further down the page:

The Pie

I Was In Chains

Midnight Avenue

Annie

Real Love

Lifeboat

Sailing

You Got Me Anyway

Dream Kid

World In Action

Laid Back in Anger

Dr Dancer

Love On the Moon

Dark Powers

Arms of Mary

Love On The Side

Secrets

Somebody's Fool

Wild Love

Easy Come, Easy Go

Love in a Cold Climate

The Science of Saying Goodbye

If I Could Have Your Loving

The Pie (Iain Sutherland)

When I say I love you

You just act like I don't know

Trying hard to prove you're near me

Always asking if you hear me

Telling me it's nothing

When you say you've got to go

Well, I'm trying to unwind

It's my loneliness that's binding me to you.

Ah, when I say I love you

Now it really means I love you

Don't you know?

And if I give you something

It's because you give me something

That you don't know

Hey don't you know?

Ah, when I say I love you

I can only give you pain

I can only bring you heartaches

I will always be the same

And when I say I love you

I can only speak your name

I can only take your number

If I ask you, "Don't deny me" one more time.

Ah, when I say I love you

Now it really means I love you

Don't you know?

And when the pie is open

There'll be many more to love you

And you  don't know

Hey, you don't know!

Annie (Iain Sutherland)

Annie, just to see you with another man,

That would surely break my heart.

To hear about you making other plans -

That would tear me all apart.

I know the night has many changes,

Love can melt away like snow,

And so I beg you for forgiveness.

For my sake I have to know.

'Cos Annie you were always such a friend to me

Controller of my heart, you own my soul.

But now the time has come

You must remember what you've done

And let me know.

I hear the rumours when I go to town -

You've been out and having fun.

But I just ignore the truth, believing in that lie

That I'm still your only one.

I'm like a spider climbing up the wall

Falling back when he's almost there.

I feel like a lion in the jungle late at night -

Without my pride I'm just nowhere

Oh, Annie you were always such a friend to me

Controller of my heart, you own my soul.

But now the time has come

You must remember what you've done

And let me know, just let me know.

Sailing (Gavin Sutherland)

I am sailing, I am sailing,
Home again cross the sea.
I am sailing, stormy waters,
To be near you, to be free.

I am flying, I am flying,
Like a bird 'cross the sky.
I am flying, passing high clouds,
To be with you, to be free.

Can you hear me, can you hear me
Thro the dark night, far away,
I am dying, forever trying,
To be with you, who can say.

Can you hear me, can you hear me,
Thro' the dark night far away.
I am dying, forever trying,
To be with you, who can say.

We are sailing, we are sailing,
Home again 'cross the sea.
We are sailing stormy waters,
To be near you, to be free.

Oh lord, to be near you, to be free.
Oh lord, to be near you, to be free.

Real Love (Iain Sutherland)

Some people find love every day

It just seems to come their way

Some people don't have no trouble at all

Some people don't dismay.

Well, I'm searching for a real love

The kind you just can't buy

I'm searching for that real love

The kind that just won't die

It's, the one that just won't die

Some people laugh and joke about love

They just don't understand

Some people think that love is a game

A toy placed in their hands

Instead of searching for a real love

The kind you just can't buy

I'm searching for that real love

The kind that just won't die

It's, the one that just won't die

Now you're here beside me

I have you every day

I only have to look in your eyes

And my troubles blow away

I think I've found my real love

The one you just can't buy

I think I've found my real love

The one that just won't die

It's, the one that just won't die

I Was in Chains (Gavin Sutherland)

I was in chains, chained to my whiskey

Lying sleeping below the silver trees

Up comes Davy and says you must be running, boy

And now I must fly - I must fly.

First to my darling, down in the valley

I cry madly, hey, I'm here at your door

She says John, John, now be gone from my door

You and your whiskey I'll taste no more.

Oh, I was in chains and bound for Australia

I cry wildly about my life before

Of my whiskey, all across the dreadful ocean

And of my true love, I'll say no more

And of my true love, I'll say no more

Easy Come, Easy Go (Iain Sutherland)

Shake yourself up - you're not the big man anymore

Pick up the pieces you left lying on the floor

She's up and gone - you're on your own

Better act your age - you know by now, you ought to know

It's hard my friend, but it's easy come, easy go.

It seems so long since you last had to shed a tear

It seems so wrong - she's out and you're left sitting here

You can't believe but, oh yes, it's true

She found someone that she wanted more than you

It's hard my friend, but it's easy come and easy go.

You're out of luck - she won the hand

The best thing you can do is try to understand

It's hard my friend, but it's easy come and easy go.

Dr Dancer (Gavin Sutherland)

Dreams of loving, lying on my pillow

Tears of sorrow rolling 'cross the floor

Smokey hazes drifting past my window.

Oh, dancer, dancer help me up. I'm lazy

Got to get my feet back on the ground

Doctor, doctor, help me- I'll go crazy

Give me shelter, please don't let me down.

Will she want me, will she love me, will she let me know?

How much longer must I be here wondering?

Laughing, joking, drinking, smoking all my time away

A moonless night's alright, but not alone.

Sleepless nights and thoughtless days surround me

Words mean nothing, spinning round my head

No-one seems to really understand it

It's easy for the simple to be led.

Secrets (Iain Sutherland)

Secrets dark and deep, like the secrets that you keep

All the ones I never see, like the secrets in the sea

Mysteries from all the years, all your thoughts and all your fears

I can see it in your face, you know your love's all going to waste.

So tell me some of your secrets, tell me some of your dreams

Let me know what you're thinking, let me know what you mean

et me into your head, let me into your heart - I'll be alright

Tell me some of your secrets, tell me some of your dreams

All I want's the chance to see if you're what you seem

This could be the moment when some of that magic sets alight.

Listen to your heart, it's been thumping from the street

There's a feeling in the night, you know it's hopeless trying to fight

But now you know I'll be your friend, from the start right to the end

So come on now and stop this trying to be polite

And tell me some of your secrets, tell me some of your dreams....

You Got me Anyway (Iain Sutherland)

It was 1948 like a Hollywood scene
Everybody on the dole tryin’ to live a little dream
And it was 1959 in a difficult time
We were laughing everyday, singin’ songs and blowin’ minds

Oh la dah n dah dah n dahdah n day now
I don't want to love you but you got me anyway
Oh la dah n dah dah n dahdah n day now
I don't want to love you but you got me anyway
Oh hooo

All the things I've done and the places I've been,
every hour like a day, every day another dream
All the things that I've said never meaning to say,
All the times I've been gone, never wanting to stay

Oh la dah n dah dah n dahdah n day now
I don't want to love you but you got me anyway
Oh la dah n dah dah n dahdah n day now
I don't want to love you but you got me anyway
Oh hooo

And I get so lonely every night in my sleep
With a terrible feeling there's no one around to help me

Carry on carry on till the end till the end
Looking hard in the sun for a better friend
Never die, never die as the years go by
Cause my life goes on, yeah, life goes on

Oh la dah n dah dah n dahdah n day now
I don't want to love you but you got me anyway
Oh la dah n dah dah n dahdah n day now
I don't want to love you but you got me anyway
Oh la dah n dah dah n dahdah n day now
I don't want to love you but you got me anyway
Oh la dah n dah dah n dahdah n day now
I don't want to love you but you got me anyway
Oh hooo

You got me anyway, you got me anyway, you got me anyway.

Midnight Avenue (Gavin Sutherland)

In the midnight avenue

That's when you think of what's to do

Decide it's best to use more force

But then it never works out of course

All the things you look upon

Just to watch them till they're gone

The ones you know you can't afford

But still you try to buy with words

In the midnight avenue.

On a windswept open beach

The kind that's always out of reach

To me that ocean where it ends

The old eternal poet's friend

Make your peace with what you will

Your life depends upon your skill

In keeping lovers at your call

And sharing each with one and all

In the midnight avenue.

If your spirit flies away

And they tell you it's gone to stay

Will you die and call it a day

Or will you live in a different way?

When the pistols smash your brain

Will you think of love, ok

Will you think of paradise

Will you hope it turns out nice?

In the midnight avenue.

Da da Chopin, crazy black

Nantucket sleighride, oh yeah

Johnny and the asteroid, oh yeah

All the things you look upon

Just to watch them till they're gone.

The ones you know you can't afford

But still you try to buy with words

In the midnight avenue

Laid Back in Anger (Iain Sutherland)

Once upon a dream,

A man stood up for something he believed in

Made the Press and TV shows.

Now he's somewhere, no-one knows

So it goes.

The sign outside the factory gate said

Everybody strike for more fun

We can't get more pay, we can't get more say,

But we gonna get something done

They took a deputation to the office block,

Led by the union leader in the shape of a Jock

But the boss just laughed at his socks,

Laid back in anger.

The school bell rang for another day,

But the class looked the same way.

All the lads and lasses were out to play,

So none of them could be blamed.

For the hole in the wall of the assembly hall

Where the teachers should be standing in line

And through the smoke they couldn't see the joke

Was laid back in anger.

Lying in the bath in the aftermath,

Browsing through the Daily Success

Front page news always gives me the blues,

So I turn back to the Stop Press

And there I read the story all about the glory

Of the great new age on the way,

But in the end I decided to stay ... 

Laid back in anger.

World in Action (Gavin Sutherland)

It's hard to say what's gonna happen today

It's a difficult situation.

Hold on tight, it's gonna work alright

The radio tells the nation.

While a boozy old man in an alley gets cold

A baby gets left on a station

Oh, work it out fast

'Cos we've got to keep the world in action

Newsflash story brings a tear to your eye.

Well someone must be getting uneasy.

Bring it all home to the boys up there

Who are doing their best to please me.

Then a foot in the door puts the pressure on you

And a letter says pay it up quickly;

We need it all now

If we're gonna keep the world in action.

Every night it's the same old story

When the lights get low

A lonely man puts his back to the wall

'Cos there's nowhere else to go, so let it go

Then it's back again to the same old story

Wandering down the road

Waiting for the chance of something

If you've got it, let it show.

It's hard to do what they want you to do

Everyone moving somewhere.

Oh, come on, come on, boy, get it all done

You're sitting back going nowhere.

Then a piece of good luck puts a finger on you;

You're up in the sky, you're a hero.

You've got it all done,

Now you've got to keep the world in action.

Dark Powers (Iain Sutherland)

I never let you down before

So why don't you call me anymore?

I still remember loving you

So why don't you cry the way I do?

Dark powers and strange religions

Keep turning my life around

Lost causes and bad decisions

Keep burning the fire up in me.

Now I can't understand at all

Just how can my heart avoid the fall

See how my hands can't hold the door

And see how my eyes gaze through the floor.

What can I be when you are in control

All my life, all my dreams, and every feeling in my soul...

Now after all is said and done

This life never waits for anyone

You, you are out and on your way

I know there's no reason I should stay.

But dark powers and strange religions

Keep turning my life around

Lost causes and bad decisions

Keep burning the fire up in me.

Love on the Side ( Iain Sutherland)

Oh, when I look at you, I see it in your eyes

Something I can't mistake; it comes as no surprise

Protect your heart - that's what they told me

I don't wanna face it now but darlin' I can see...

You got love on the side

You don't have to tell me

Love on the side

You don't have to lie to me.

You did the miracle while I stood and gazed

You were the magic one, colouring my days

Now the spell is broken - the dream is gone

I don't wanna face it now, but you've got someone.

You've got love on the side

You don't have to tell me

Love on the side

You don't have to lie to me.

Somebody's Fool (Iain Sutherland)

Somebody's fool, somebody's clown

Always the dreamer, never seems down,

Soul of the party, master of fun

Passing the smiles around till everyone's gone.

But that doesn't matter: you might say it's cool

Always the lonely one, just somebody's fool.

A moment of pleasure for a lifetime of pain

Just keep laughing forever through the long hard rain.

Daughter of life, as sweet as can be,

Just a crazy dancer, so young looking and free.

Somebody's fool, somebody's clown

Always the dreamer, never seems down,

Soul of the party, master of fun

Passing the smiles around till everyone's gone.

But that doesn't matter: you might say it's cool

Always the lonely one, just somebody's fool.

Love on the Moon (Gavin Sutherland)

Oh my miracle, my burning star

My holy miracle, oh Mantra

My moonless nights, my sunny days

My solar sign, my milky ways.

Yeah, just like the chariot, you swing me low,

My own sweet angel, you let me know

That you are my everything,

Yeah, you are my everything.

Got no money in the bank, baby

Got no telephone

But I got all your love, honey

And that's better than being alone.

All my life, I waited for you

And now you're mine, there's nothing

I can't do - there's nothing we can't do.

Got no petrol in the tank, baby,

Got no place to roam,

But you're along for the ride, baby,

And that's better than travellin' alone.

Love on the moon, we'll get there someday

Love on the moon.

The Science of Saying Goodbye (Iain Sutherland)

Whatever you do next, love, just forget about me

I'm not the one you want, love, I'm not the one you need

Wherever you go wandering upon the streets of time

My thoughts will always find you- there'll always be a sign

So don't you worry 'bout me, love

Don't wake up in the night

I still remember you, love

And everything's alright.

Next time you're sitting home, love, and you hear the telephone

Well, just you leave it ringing - you're better off alone

It's only me in trouble, still trying to get somewhere

Missing you like the devil (wondering if you're still there)

But don't you worry 'bout me, love,

Don't you switch on your light

You still remember me, love

So everything's alright.

Whatever you do next, love, just forget about me

You know it's just the wine talkin'

When I say I miss you desperately.

It's just the science of saying goodbye...

Dream Kid (Iain & Gavin Sutherland)

They said I was the dream kid,

They said I was too young,

They told me it's all over now,

But my life's just begun.

Well, the first time that I saw love,

I was standing in the rain.

I turned around and there it was

Reaching out in vain.

So lay down your love,

'Cause here comes the dream kid.

Lay down your love,

'Cause here comes the dream kid to dream away

Sometimes you need a woman dream

A little French company.

Sometimes you need to fly in the sky

To get your spirit free.

Tonight I play the prisoner

And one night I play the thief

But tonight I'm just a lonely boy

A-longing for a little relief.

Wild Love (Iain Sutherland)

Darlin', every night, I keep wondering

What I'm not doing right

The fires, burning bright, and you look so,

Umm, you look so young tonight.

I've been trying to make you happy

For such a long time

Working hard to keep you - so much it's a crime

Gimme what I want, now I'm losing my mind

For your wild love, all I want is your wild love

Give me a taste of your wild, wild love

While I'm making my love to you.

Somewhere, in your eyes, there's a love light

O, that you just can't disguise.

But darlin', every night, I still keep wondering

What I'm not doing right.

All I want is your wild love, all I want is your wild love

Give me a taste of your wild wild love,

While I'm making my love to you...

Lifeboat (Gavin Sutherland)

Late last night as my ship went down,

I dreamed I saw a lifeboat

It drifted like a swan on a deep blue lake

As the people climbed aboard.

Oh late last night as my heart sank low,

I thought I saw an angel

She floated like a swallow in the deep blue sky

As my feelings flew away

Oh, lifeboat, lifeboat, won't you come along and save me?

Oh, lifeboat, lifeboat, won't you come along and save me?

Late last night as my head hung low

I thought I heard an answer, yeah.

For those in peril on the sea,

Again we cry to Thee

Love in a Cold Climate (Iain Sutherland)

I need some warm love to melt this frozen heart

I need some sweet words to talk away the pain

I need your gentle touch to smooth my burning brow

I need some new dreams to get me through somehow

I need some tenderness to satisfy the longing in my soul

I need some warm love in a world that feels so cold

In a world that feels so cold.

It's been a long time since I could find a smile

It's been a hard line - my thoughts all running wild

It's taken everything to keep from going down

It's been a long night - no moon or stars around

It's been a lifetime since I last felt some magic in my soul

I need some warm love in a world that feels so cold

In a world that feels so cold.