Nelson There's a crystal at the heart of every tear On reflection making love affection clear And she is blue as jewel Clear as ice, kind and cruel There's a silence at the edge of every sigh There's...
Nelson Hand me my costume, please won't you pass me mask . . . ? I have appointments that I must keep with my past . . . Bring on the cabaret, we can all have a laught . . . I've made the...
Nelson If you see me If you see me smiling It's no sin It's just the speed of the wind If you want me If you want me laughing Let me sing It's just the speed of the wind It's just the speed of the...
Nelson Like a square peg in a round hole . . . Like a harp without it's strings . . . Like a sailor who sails no oceans . . . Like a bird that has no wings . . . Without love, I am a desert, Without...
Nelson The man who owned the heartache that lived on the stairs Passed me in the night whistling 'Memories of You' . . . I stared, too frightened to move For fear my eyes shone a light On the darkness...
Beneath the stars there are the bars that serve the bitter drink. The barman smiles at me, his wife she gives a secret wink. They listen patiently to me, my story I unfold. I see their faces change,...
Nelson The stars are burning and the moon is shining bright, The world is turning underneath this canopy of night . . . Somewhere tomorrow warms the distance with the light of dawn, You yawn, my love,...
Crying to the sky Searching for a silver lining Hoping that the clouds I'm climbing aren't hiding rain. Nowhere left to go, For every show now disappoints me. Still the ghost of love lost haunts me...
God drives a dreamless highway in a black sedan, Picking up survivors, preaching to the motel man. Blazing apostles, Thieves in the night, Messengers of the fall. If you are needing an angel of light,...
Nelson Laughing at me, Those pictures you said were strange . . . Out of tune, out of key It's such a shame but you never quite see, You always put the blame on me . . . I'm like an old blues that you...