Maria Doyle Kennedy lyrics

Charm (2001)

1. Without U Without you there's nothing I want to do It's not that I'm nothing Its just I've nothing good to say-you affect me that way And when you're near Everything I hear everything I say Sounds to me golden And when you're far Everything you are everything I read As if it is broken Hold on to me because my feet are skimming the ground Hold on to me - with out U unfounded And you may wonder how one so strong Could fall asunder wanting to belong Without U there's nothing I want to do Its not that I'm nothing, just I've nothing good to say You affect me that way And when you're near Everything is clear and nothing ever needs to be spoken And when you're far everything you are Everything I read as if it is broken Hold on to me because my feet are skimming the ground Hold on to me without U unfounded	2. Babes If Steven Dorf was lying at my feet Begging me to be his girl Do you know what I'd say I'd say Steven I've got my own babe If Iggy Pop decided that To live without me he could not Sending flowers every day, do you know what I'd say I'd say Iggy honey I've got my own babe Can you hear me can you hear me singing your song If Johnny Depp did his sashay Looking for an Irish lay Looking my way Do you know what Id say I'd say Johnny Honey got my own babe If Thom E.Yorke was cruising by Acting as if he was shy but singing all the way Do you know what I'd say I'd say Thom you've got a beautiful voice,buts ok I've got my own babe Can you hear me can you hear me singing your song
3. Snow White Snow white fell at the wicked Queens hand But she fell to sleep not die Because she was good and so am I Snow white fell because she needed to rest She was tried of the constant upheaval Of the 7 men that she was keeping I don't want to spend my time asleep Princes are queuing while we speak I don't want to spend my time asleep Things to be doing while you weep for me Snow white fell without leaving you a note And I know that that's why you're weeping Is it not for the sake of her sleeping I don't want to spend my time asleep Princes are queuing while we speak I don't want to send my time asleep Things to be doing while you weep for me	4. Stars Above For every time when you're not able Delivery deliver you to me For every breath of heart unstable Delivery deliver you to me And I will mind you I will be your blanket A cushion for your feet Whatever you need And it's no trouble No trouble at all You are no trouble to me and you will never be For every day when you are fearing Delivery deliver you to me And if you call I will be listening A little call from you to me And I will mind you I will be your blanket A cushion for your feet Whatever you need And it's no trouble No trouble at all You are no trouble to me and you will never be I love you constantly Like the Stars Above
5. I Scare Myself *by Dan Hicks* I scare myself just thinking about you I scare myself when I'm without you I scare myself the moment that you're going I scare myself when I let my thoughts run and when they're running I keep thinking of you and when they're running what can I do? I scare myself, and I don't mean lightly I scare myself, it can get frightening I scare myself, to think what I could do I scare myself -- it's some kind of voodoo... and with that voodoo I keep thinking of you and with that voodoo what can I do? but it's so so very different when we're together and I'm so so much calmer; I feel better 'cause the stars already crossed our paths forever and the sooner that you realise it the better and then I'll be with you and I won't scare myself and I'll know what to do and I won't scare myself and my thoughts will run and I won't scare myself and I'll think of you and I won't scare myself	6. Safe From Harm Don't talk to me of pleasing Of give and receiving Is it to much to ask And you're feeling like the lucky son Maybe you are the one Would it be to much to ask Safe warm safe Safe from harm And you think you have my making The give and the taking And the falling from grace My mother wore a lucky charm To keep me safe from harm Somewhere it was lost Safe warm safe Safe from harm A lucky son
7. Helena Helena where are you going Your father's eyes are bleeding Your mothers cross is hard to bear Helena look your lovely hair Is fallen to your knees, Fallen to your knees in prayer Helena can you trust him Your baby's feet are growing You feel him scratching killing time Your mother's eyes look on and cry Helena look your hair, Helena look your lovely hair Daughters do what mothers would warn them from And fathers see that young men are how they used to be Helena can you feed him, he suckles on your freedom Your mother's wisdom earned in vain For now your life is just the same Helena look your hair, Helena look your lovely hair Helena where are you going You hear the river flowing It calls you down it begs you in Your baby cries out from within Helena look your hair, Helena look your lovely hair Helena beware Helena take care	8. Magpie You are a magpie raven-winged And you have collected me to line your nest Along with all the other things you need To keep you warm I am a charm to dangle from your neck To swing in time to your design To stay or fall to pieces at your hand And when your insides find your mouth Shut up shut up shut up you say You don't know what you're talking about When you can't see your way out You want to scream and shout They drop us bits of gold and shiny stones to line our crowns So they can see us clearly when the firing squad makes its rounds Toss me a crumb down from the table I will eat it if I'm able It falls heavy on me, sometimes I find it hard to eat And when we show them that we are strong Shut up shut up shut up they say We can see what you're doing wrong We've seen all along We are going to tear you down The purest grain so seldom seen Imagining its pearly sheen I'm sorry for then I know they can only dream And when we show them that we are strong Shut up shut up shut up they say We can see what you're doing wrong We've seen all along We are going to tear you down
9. Loving U is Killing Me Now that I've made myself love you Now that there's nothing left to win Now you have what it was you wanted so badly Can you feel the seed of doubt creep in And if you saw me cry Would you run towards or would you hide Loving you is killing me Didn't you promise devotion Love and affection and more Now you don't have to make any promises to me Do you feel your eyes stray to the door And if you saw me cry Would you run towards or would you hide Loving you is killing me Now that I've made myself love you Now that I finally gave in Can I help it if I want to believe in all the things that you don't mean Loving you is killing me Loving you is killing me	10. Bittersweet It might take a 100 years but I'd wait Bittersweet, do you come today I wonder if you've lost your way Are you coming soon It might take a 100 years but I'd wait Bittersweet so hard to see Did you pass me by today Are you coming soon I was told when I was young, you'd come Come to find me It may take a 100 years but I'll wait Bittersweet O Bittersweet I wonder if you're worth the wait Are you coming soon?
11. Revenge is Sour I got you back you little creep Once more the bottom of the heap So why do I feel so shit It's knowing that I'm reduced to this They told me it would be so sweet They told me it would be so sweet They told me it would be so sweet Revenge is sour, Revenge is sour Are you shedding your skin again Are you being my friend again Are you hoping I have forgiven The luckless place that you have driven me to O No Revenge on you Not quite the witch I'd like to be My spit in an avalanche of hate Blood for blood leaves all dead Like the filthy mess that is your head They told me it would be so sweet They told me it would be so sweet They told me it would be so sweet Revenge is sour, Revenge is sour Are you shedding your skin again Are you being my friend again Are you hoping I have forgiven The luckless place that you have driven me to O No Revenge on you	12. Stars Above (acoustic) *same lirycs that in Stars Above*

Skullcover (2004)
A cover-versions album

1. Lovesong *by Smith/Williams/Thompson/O,Donnell/Tolhurst* Whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel Like i am home again whenever i'm alone with You you make me feel like i am whole again Whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel Like i am young again whenever i'm alone with You you make me feel like i am fun again However far away i will always love you however Long i stay i will always love you whatever Words i say i will always love you i will always Love you Whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel Like i am free again whenever i'm alone with You you make me feel like i am clean again However far away i will always love you however Long i stay i will always love you whatever Words i say i will always love you i will always Love you	2. Video Killed the Radio Star *by Downes/Horn/Woolley* I heard you on the wireless back in fifty two Lying awake intent at tuning in on you. If i was young it didn't stop you coming through. Oh-oh They took the credit for your second symphony. Rewritten by machine and new technology, And now i understand the problems you can see. Oh-a oh I met your children Oh-oh What did you tell them? Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. Pictures came and broke your heart. Oh-o-o-o oh And now we meet in an abandoned studio. We hear the playback and it seems so long ago. And you remember the jingles used to go. Oh-a oh You were the first one. Oh-oh You were the last one. Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone to far Oh-o-aho oh, Oh-a-aho oh Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone to far. Pictures came and broke your heart, look i'll play my vcr. You are a radio star. Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star.
3. And I Love You So *by McLean* And I love you so The people ask me how How I've lived till now I tell them I don't know I guess they understand How lonely life has been But life began again The day you took my hand And yes I know how lonely life can be The shadows follow me And the night won't set me free But I don't let the evening get me down Now that you're around me And you love me too Your thoughts are just for me You set my spirit free I'm happy that you do The book of life is brief And once a page is read All but love is dead That is my belief And yes I know how lonely life can be The shadows follow me And the night won't set me free But I don't let the evening get me down Now that you're around me And I love you so The people ask me how How I've lived till now I tell them I don't know	4. Red Sails in the Sunset *by Kennedy/Williams* Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me She sailed at the dawning, all day Ive been blue Red sails in the sunset, Im trusting in you Swift wings you must borrow Make straight for the shore We will marry tomorrow And she goes sailing no more Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me Swift wings you must borrow Make straight for the shore We will marry tomorrow And she goes sailing no more Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
5. Girls, Girls, Girls *by Phair* You been around enough to know That if I want to leave you better let me go because I take full advantage Of every man I meet I get away almost every day With what the girls call What the girls call what the girls call . . . the girls call murder You been around enough to see That if you think you’re it You better check with me Because I take full advantage Of every man I meet I get away almost every day With what the girls call What the girls call What the girls call . . . the girls call murder	6. Going Down *by Nix* Sun rise, Sun set Since the beginning it hasn't changed yet People fly high begin to lose sight You can't see clearly when you're in flight It's high time that you find The same people you misuse on your way up You might meet up On your way down Vintage wines of '62 It's your thing It pleases you You got to look fine when you cross town You think it's an honor just to have you around It's high time that you find The same dudes you misuse on your way up You might meet up On your way down You think the sun rises and sets for you But the same sun rises, sets and shines On the poor folks too I don't mind you turning round I myself would even like a little higher ground It's high time that you found The same people you walk on on your way up You might meet up On your way down
7. Shipbuilding *by Costello/Langer* Is it worth it A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boys birthday Its just a rumour that was spread around town By the women and children Soon well be shipbuilding Well I ask you The boy said dad theyre going to take me to task But Ill be back by christmas Its just a rumour that was spread around town Somebody said that someone got filled in For saying that people get killed in The result of this shipbuilding With all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls Its just a rumour that was spread around town A telegram or a picture postcard Within weeks theyll be re-opening the shipyards And notifying the next of kin Once again Its all were skilled in We will be shipbuilding With all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls	8. Sailin Around *byPrine/Burns* Sailin' around, Sailin' around, Sailin' around, I've been out sailin' around again I've been sailin' around But I can't get back to you. Hangin' around, Hangin' around, Hangin' around I've been out hangin' around again I've been hangin' around But I can't get back to you. So tell where you been so long What have I done so wrong? Well, I'm so glad I finally found you I can't wait to put my arms around you Sailin' around, but I can't get back to you Shoppin' around, Shoppin' around, Shoppin' around, I've been shoppin' around again I've been shoppin' around But I can't get back to you. So tell where you been so long What have I done so wrong? Well, I'm so glad I finally found you I can't wait to put my arms around you Sailin' around, but I can't get back to you Sailin' around, Sailin' around, Sailin' around, I've been sailin' around again I've been sailin' around but I can't get back to you. I've been sailin' around but I can't get back to you.
9. Death of Queen Jane *by Trad/Ni Dhomhnail/O,Domhnail/Lunny/Molloy/Burke* Queen Jane lay in labor full nine days or more 'Til her women grew so tired, they could no longer there They could no longer there "Good women, good women, good women as ye be Will you open my right side and find my baby? And find my baby" "Oh no," cried the women, "That's a thing never can be We will send for King Henry and hear what he may say And hear what he may say" King Henry was sent for, King Henry did come Saying, "What do ail you, my lady? Your eyes, they look so dim Your eyes, they look so dim" "King Henry, King Henry, will you do one thing for me? That's to open my right side and find my baby And find my baby" "Oh no," cried King Henry, "That's a thing I'll never do If I lose the flower of England, I shall lose the branch too I shall lose the branch too" There was fiddling, aye, and dancing on the day the babe was born But poor Queen Jane beloved lay cold as the stone Lay cold as the stone	10. Still in Love With You *by Lynott* Think I'll just fall to pieces If I dont find something else to do This sadness never ceases Im still in love with you My head, it keeps on reeling Its got me in a crazy spin Darling, darling, darling Is this the end? Still in love with you They say time has a way of healing Dries all the tears from your eyes But darling its this empty feeling My heart cant disguise After all that weve been through I try my best but its no use I guess Ill keep on loving you Is this the end? Now that its all over, woman Theres something I think you should know Baby, baby, think it over Just one more time before you go Call on me baby If theres anything I can do for you Call on me baby Help me see it through Im still in love with you
11. Could Not Love You More *by Martyn* If you kissed the sun right out of the sky for me And if you told me all the lies that I deserve And if you laid all night in the rain for me Well, I couldn't love you more I just couldn't love you more I couldn't love you more And if you loved me till my eyes gave no more shade for you If you walked beside me all the long way home If you wasted all of your time on me Well, I couldn't love you more I just couldn't love you more I couldn't love you more And if you gave me all the things I'd never ask of you And if you showed me all the ways you have to cry And if you laid all night in the rain for me I couldn't love you more I just couldn't love you more Just couldn't love you more	12. Breakdown *by Petty* Its all right if you love me Its al l right if you dont Im not afraid of you runnin away Honey, I get the feelin you wont There is no sense in pretendin Your eyes give you give away Something inside you is feelin like I do Weve said all there is to say Baby, breakdown, go ahead give it to me Breakdown, honey take me through the night Breakdown, Im standing here, can you see? Breakdown, its all right Its all right Breakdown, go ahead give it to me Breakdown, honey take me through the night Breakdown, Im standing here, can you see? Breakdown, its all right Its all right Its all right
13. SOS *by Andersson/Anderson/Ulvaeus* Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find I tried to reach for you, but you have closed your mind Whatever happened to our love? I wish I understood It used to be so nice, it used to be so good So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S. O. S. The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S. O. S. When you're gone How can I even try to go on? When you're gone Though I try how can I carry on? You seem so far away though you are standing near You made me feel alive, but something died I fear I really tried to make it out I wish I understood What happened to our love, it used to be so good So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S. O. S. The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S. O. S. When you're gone How can I even try to go on? When you're gone Though I try how can I carry on? So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S. O. S. And the love you gave me, nothing else can save me S. O. S. When you're gone How can I even try to go on? When you're gone Though I try how can I carry on? When you're gone How can I even try to go on? When you're gone Though I try how can I carry on?	14. West Virginia *by Roche/Roche* Nineteen Charleston Mescaline He said he was a genius B plus average In civil engineering His rearing Was Catholic Political leanings And a talent for stealing things Boys keep score on the back of the bathroom door And I don't think he'd ever been there before Thirty They got the rap down Him He's only pickin around In polititics God And underground newspapers Learnin' on me Turnin' out lights So you don't have to see

Mütter (2007)

1. Unbelievable It,s unbelievable to me that you,re still scratching out your songs are you waiting for one to come along and save you It,s unbelievable to me you,re still ekeing out your need are you waiting for someone to come along and believe in you there is no better you you are good as you are are you waiting for someone to believe in you there is no better you you are good as you are there is no shame in living there is no shame in giving more tham you receive there is honour in believing honour in believing in you....................yet	2. Mother conduit of blood and stones food and shells spells and bones webs of skin precious things ways of being in them conduit to find you there sit you down , stroke your hair tell you how it is you should be feeling conduit of blood and spells candle wishes warning bells sounds she made when you were born secret lines of suffering conduit of skin and bone sit you down and draw you in showing you the double edge of keening and then you fill your house with things she likes and you line her way with reminders you pray her heel upon your floor and you try so hard to find her Mother , call down conduit of blood and rope tender signs a lifeboat shows of kindness ways of pain the grace that,s in accepting conduit of everything early felt and early seen
3. F-ability I want a wife said he one with a little f-ability someone to cook and clean and behave a little obscenely haven,t you heard there,s a chance you,ll get what you deserve haven,t you heard there,s a chance you,ll get what you deserve you take one step forward two steps back and three steps sideways I want the world said she to gather at my feet I want a life of ease and luxury based on what I need haven,t you heard there,s a chance you,ll get what you deserve haven,t you heard there,s a chance you,ll get what you deserve you take one step forward two steps back and three steps sideways	4. Ghost Guitar *instrumental*
5. Skin Everybody is afraid of the road without a sign how will it appear, how will it show,how will it shine? And then you find your self under your skin and you move really slowly and you try to feel yourself within before they,re coming for you And then you find your self under your skin again and you move even slower and you try to feel your self within before they,re coming for you People who know how will they show how will they shine out their meaning	6. Call Me Call me why don,t you just call me so I can torture myself I have a graph on my wall I made a diagram of your calls Recovery is where my friends say I should be but I think I could talk to you without resorting to Girl eager to please wanting to be well received Behold not beholden And the voices of Angels Call me why don,t you just call me so I can look at myself I really should be somewhere else Recovery is where I know that I should be but I keep resorting to the voices that are coming through Girl eager to please wanting to be well received Behold not beholden And the voices of Angels Call me why don,t you just call me Call me
7. Here You Come Here you come Here you come Looking like a body that is too good to mention Here you come The instant connection The fatal affection Here you come There you go and Here you Come Here you come Acting all smooth but shining all colour Here you come Rockin like there was no word for it before Here you come There you go and Here you come	8. Seven More Times I passed through waterless places seeking rest and finding none I said when I find you, I will return To the place I love so well And seven more times will I look for the one I love the best and seven more times will I see That you were meant for me There came a great famine all over the Land To heal and to sow but not understand Cold like wire and burned with fire crying aloud, just to look for the one And seven more times will I look for the one I love the best and seven more times will I see that you were meant for me Seven more times will I see,you were meant for me Night and day you shone like the Sun Nothing was over and nothing was won Blind men followed you ,carried you home fell down before you and made you their own Seven more times will I look for the one I love the best Seven more times will I see that you were meant for me Hurt like a broken bone Hurt like you,re on your own You were meant for me Seven more times
9. Pattern *instrumental*	10. Forty Days I freaked her out I know I did I spoke too clearly and I meant what I said I freaked her out I tried not to I really should seek solitude Days alone would do me good Days and days of solitude I know now why he walked away I know what he saw that day He freaked them out He tried not to He spoke so clearly and so true He could do with time alone Days and days with no-one home For forty days no-body would not get it and for forty days he would not panic I freaked her out I know I did I should have stayed alone instead People make me feel afraid I can,t remember what I,ve said I really should seek solitude Days and days would do me good And for forty days no-body would not get it And for forty days I would not panic Forty days of no fear I know now why he walked away I know what he saw that day Quiet desperation comes The scariness of crowded rooms He could do with time alone Away away from everyone Forty days of no fear Forty days of no panic
11. Stuck We are backed up we are backed up so far And the powers that be are not powers that we have We are knuckled down ,buckled under, fucked around and passed over But there isn,t a day I don,t love you Somebody took the sun away And they left me in industrial grey We are knuckled down, buckled under,fucked around And torn asunder But there isn,t a day I don,t love you Are we gonna get up Are we gonna stay on the floor I,m getting up I still want more	12. Opera Johnny was the kind of a boy that you,ld meet when the day was impossibly vague and shady He,ld glow like the light of a hidden reflection And basking you,ld see what you wanted to see, who you wanted to be Knowing him might be both painful and good You knew if you did you,ld be able for more So perfect the question like he,d seen the Opera Looking at you and not looking at them,and you looked at him Mary was the kind of a girl that you felt Had a lot of information going on in her head Should have been off with her book club at Easter Fell for a boy like Johnny instead, and you knew that she would Unfortunately there are no happy endings Learned it before now you,ve learned it again So perfect the question but there was no Opera No looking at you ,only looking at them, and you looked at him
13. Swoon He carries his love in jam jars You are bound to meet him soon And if he offers a sip to your stony lips You,ld probably swoon Because his love is like A piece of the moon He brings his love in carrier baskets He might leave one at your door And while you,re wondering what you did to deserve it You,ll probably swoon Because his love is like a piece of the moon His love is like a piece of the moon He shows his love in sustanance He might whisper as you sleep And afraid that you,ll probably forget him He,ll gently mock your weeping Because his love is like a piece of the moon	* Lucinda I,m late I,m late I,m sorry I,m sorry She rocked ,she rocked and you wouldn,t have left if you were me I,m late I,m late I,m sorry I,m sorry She rocked,she rocked,I,m gonna get a big tattoo when I,m fifty I,m lateI,m late I,m sorry I,m sorry She rocked,I was with my friend Mie, she turned on her light and she shone it so brightly I,m late I,m late I,m sorry I,m sorry She rocked,she rocked ,I can see by your face that you,re not really angry I,m late I,m late I,m sorry I,m sorry I,m late I,m late ,I,m really glad that we have some history It,s a feeling that you get................sometimes