You May Not Be An Angel

You may not be an angel

There are no wings i can see

Angels fly high, in the bright blue sky

But still, you're an angel to me

You may not be a flower

Yet in the way that you sway

Flowers in spring, are a beautiful thing

But it's you, that I'd pick anyway

You may not be the sunrise 

Yet you still wake with a glow

And all is fine, because you are mine

And baby, i want you to know

You may not be an angel

But with these eyes which I see

It's very clear, when I'm beside you here

You look like... an angel... to me 

Soul Searcher

I had walked for many days now, I was battered, I was burned 

I carried with me nothing, just the things that I had learned 

My pockets were all empty, yet i wasn't really poor 

I had the clothes that dressed me, and the shoes i seldom wore

I worked when i could find it, i wasn't hard to please 

All i needed was some french wine, some bread and maybe cheese 

When my belly wasn't empty, it was time to move then on

When a new day came a-calling, i had already gone

I would follow to roads somewhere, wherever that they led

When stars shone high above me, i'd find myself a bed

I'd wake with every morning, with a song sung by a bird 

It was the sweetest chorus, that this man had ever heard 

When the rain came down a-poring, and the clouds above were gray 

I'd try to wash my soul clean, and my sins I'd scrub away

It wasn't that I'm so bad, as i did all that i could

But I'm not so sure my spirit, was as honest or as good 

As others walked toward me, they would ask where I had been

I'd tell them of places, and of the beauty I had seen

They paid me no attention, they were all just being nice

As they thought to see such beauty, that there had to a price

Sometimes I'd need to find me, a place where i could sit

And here beside this an old friend, i sat alone with it

I rested my tired body, on the rough bark of a tree

Absorbing all its wisdom, as it tried to comfort me 

This journey that i'd travelled, was the spiritually kind 

To try  and find redemption, and to try to clear my mind

I needed me an answer, and i found it somewhere here

When the gentlest of breezes, whispered softy in my ear

I spent my life just walking, till the day that i then died 

Contented with my journey, and i lifetime simplified 

The last thing that my eyes saw, was the path i'd walk at death

The map of the stars above me, as i took my final breath.

Sorry Situation

There ain't no point denying, I ain't lying

That our love affair was real

Or how could you explain, this kinda pain

That's how a broken heart should feel

If i can't sleep at night, or hold you tight

It never was infatuation 

I wait here all alone, for you to phone

And that's a sorry situation 

I never thought you'd go, so you should know

That wasn't ever my intention 

And if i made you cry, then say goodbye

I guess that i forgot to mention

That I'm in love with you, I thought you knew

I was as stupid as a fool could be

Now I'm longing for the kiss, I've come to miss

So won't you please come home and back to me

If you should stay away, another day

You know I'd understand your reasons

But not to have you here, is like a year

Without it's ever changing seasons 

The rain would fall all day, and come what may

There wouldn't be your inspiration 

These words to you i send, in hope to end

This sad and sorry situation 

Don't Promise Her Love

You can send her pretty flowers

That were freshly picked in spring

You can write her some romantic song

That your heart would gladly sing

You could gift a star from heaven 

One that twinkles high above

But I'm telling you, as a friend would do

Don't promise her love

She will leave you in an instant

She will break your heart in two

She will walk right out the nearest door

Then she'll find somebody new

It's a lesson that i once learned 

And a devil you will see

She plays it cool, and makes a fool

Like the fool she made of me

You can buy that girl a necklace

You can buy that girl a ring

You can take her to the fashion shops 

Let her choose 'bout anything

You can fly her on a holiday

Where the sun shines bright above

But I'm telling you, as a friend would do

Don't promise her love

She will leave you in an instant

She will break your heart in two

She will walk right out the nearest door

Then she'll find somebody new

It's a lesson that i once learned 

And a devil you will see

She plays it cool, and makes a fool

Like she did one time to me

You can hire her a carriage 

Take a horse ride in the park

You can even steal a tender kiss

When the daylight turns to dark

You can walk her to the doorstep 

While the moon smiles up above

But I'm telling you, as a friend would do

Don't promise her love

She will leave you in an instant

She will break your heart in two

She will walk right out the nearest door

And she'll find somebody new

It's a lesson that i once learned 

And a devil you will see

She plays it cool, and makes a fool

Of the likes of you and me

Runaway

I'd lived in Guernsey all my youth

My vacant eyes, the only proof

I'd felt so low, i couldn't stand

As no one took me by the hand 

I knew one day, i'd run away 

No reason here to want to stay 

Left when i was sweet sixteen 

To places i had never been

I'd not been on a train at all

Seen buildings standing high and tall 

Or people of a different race

A smile came to my angry face 

I found myself at home in Leeds 

I gained all that a young man needs

Forgot the place i'd left behind 

A past so cruel, and so unkind

I moved into a caravan 

I'd found myself some freedom, man

I thought that i had everything 

This no one had become a king

And then when i hit 32

I did just what i always do

I packed my bags and left this place

I didn't leave a single trace

You know just how this story ends 

I said goodbye to all my friends 

And travelled south towards the sea 

To find the real me