Tales from turnpike house

Tempers fraying in the Hat and Fan Gets so hot in there, even in November Heated words from slicked-back hair It's too small a world for some people to share Now Gary stares at an empty chair Told her...

Rays of light upon the counterpane Grace the dust that settles on the balustrade I, I'm opening my eyes To find Sun in my morning... Sun in my morning This is what I see Ooh Sun in my morning Shining...

Slow down at the castle Things to straighten in her head And she knows it's not a castle But that's what they've always said Shaded by the tower As she clambers to her seat With the ash of last...

Tony leaves the depot late Seventeen years with the Unigate Drives his float down Goswell Road at twenty-five to eight Number nine, Mrs. Doris Brown Pulls on her quilted dressing gown Shuts the fridge...

The neighborhood that I live in I've always seen as home At certain times of the evening It's like a no-go zone Got cash in my pocket to last the weekend And I've got features I quite like and don't...

Crazy superstitions on my mind Could they help me get you back for good Such a striking combination, gone away Could I save it if I knocked in wood Did I have a chance and fail to keep it Lose my...

Take a message, let me know Put on her shoes before she goes Hazel eyes and auburn hair How could she tell it's all for nothing Far away from what you want Another night to spend alone And now you...

Amy checks the shopping list Pedal bin, washing-up rack, Sandtex And she goes to the baker's to buy a loaf Ah, she keeps forgetting it's changed into the Tropicana tanning salon And in the charity...

Sarah You lie on the sofa It's like I don't know ya Now we never talk We never walk Outside It's the city outside I look out the window And see the streets below Cars and the people Lonely church...

Stars above us Cars below us Out on the rooftop, baby Stars above us Cars below us Nothing can touch us, baby Just had to get out of there I'm tired of all of those faces Up here is out of sight...