Oysterband Lyrics

20th of April 20th of April 1990 Thought I'd write and say hello Are you…
A Careless Life If nothing is given Nothing is required Sent early to…
A Clown's Heart () Clams harder than a mandolin Crazy hearted fools sings as…
A Fire Is Burning We were young together We were on the ball We did not…
A Time of Her Own She moved without fear, she moved within me She moved in…
After Rain It was nothing I saw your eye grow dark The colours a…
All That Way for This What we wanted was chain lightning What we wanted was 8…
Angels of the River I took my love To the riverside This weight of…
Another Quiet Night In England Just another quite night in England And far away the…
Be My Luck When I was drunk and handsome The world revolved around me …
Bells of Rhymney Is there hope for the future? Say the brown bells of…
Between The Wars I was a miner, I was a docker I was…
Blood Wedding Do you take this woman? I said "Yes, I do"…



Blood-Red Roses Talk to me, child of islands With your gull's wide-open sta…
Bury Me Standing the wind blew from the fenland 'cross the big November…
By Northern Light Walking away You were walking away for ever No more to say…
Coal Creek Mine Shut up in the mine of Coal Creek We know…
Coal Not Dole It stands so proud, the wheel so still A ghostlike figure…
Cry Cry She turned her back on the sleeping town As night turned…
Dancing as fast as i can The match burns down, it nips your fingers It wakes you…
Diamond for a Dime On a corner by the station a man is talking…
Diamonds On The Water Ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah Ahh Listen to the river It echoes soft…
Don't Slit Your Wrists For Me MALE VOICE I met her in the garden, she was laughing…
Early Days of a Better Nation I fall asleep with the TV on Wake with an…
Everywhere I Go The black wind blows like you've never seen And your TV…
Fiddle or a Gun "Times are hard," the old man said "Backs against the wall …
Finisterre Farewell, Finisterre, sleep away the afternoon Rocking with…
Flatlands In the middle of the journey, in the middle of…
Gone West There's a power sleeping Under these streets Whose mother …
Granite Years Night has drawn the curtain covered up their eyes the…
Hal Take the scorn and wear the horns It was the…
Here Comes the Flood Factories in the Phillipines, Cutting holes in brand new jea…
Here's to You Washed up in Coketown, down and halfway dead Holes in my…
I Fought the Law Breakin' rocks in the hot sun I fought the law and…
I Look For You Because this world is in a spin Because the sky…
Jam Tomorrow CHORUS Hey, hey, the donkeys say Milk and honey's on the w…
Little Brother Every path will hit a brick wall Every space is just…
Long Dark Street The air's as hard as granite Streams are running deep I wa…
Love Vigilantes Oh I've just come From the land of the sun From a…
Milford Haven She touched the scars upon his body Traced the veins beneat…
Molly Bond Come all you young gallants that delight in a gun Beware…
Moving On We walked these streets together Now we walk these streets …
Native Son Some are born to plough the fields of home Some are…
Never Left This was a lovely place People say, a perfect place Whatev…
New York Girls As I rolled down on South Street a woman I did…
No Reason to Cry There's a place as cold as conscience That's what I've hear…
Not Like Jordan I'm getting near my destination A slow train crawl Like a …
One Green Hill There's nothing for your comfort in the place where I…
Only When You Call If I seem to talk too Loud If I seem…
Our Lady of the Bottles It's a street full of moonshine She shuffles down alone Bi…
Oxford Girl I met a man whose brother said he knew a…
Pigsty Billy Walking through the world of Pigsty Billy You can feel…
Polish Plain We travel on passports of a country that's not yet born O…
Put Out The Lights There might be music on the street Forty floors below my…
Rambling Irishman I am a rambling Irishman In Ulster I was born And many's…
Rise Above The pills wear off, the clock runs slow There's tears on…
Sail On By We used to play down by the water when the…
Ship Sets Sail And when your ship sets sail do not worry I'll…
Shouting About Jerusalem This guy gets up there on the roof last night He…
Street of Dreams In my dream the world was silver Underneath a magic moon In…
The Deserter Call me a deserter, it's true I walked away travelling by…
The Early Days Of A Better Nation I fall asleep with the TV on Wake with an…
The Generals Are Born Again The generals are born again, born again, born again The…
The Lakes of Cool Flynn It was early one morning Willie Leonard arose Into his…
The Lost and Found This is the hour when the city turns blue This…
The Oxford Girl I met a man whose brother said he knew a…
The Road to Santiago Carnival is what you dare, Flesh farewell, the soul goes ba…
The Rose Of England Taking nothing but his daddy's old bone-grip knife He trade…
The shouting end of life Some died in ecstasy, some died in poverty, But they all…
The Soul's Electric Up where the air is clear Thunder is drawing near Smell stat…
The Story When the wind is high, the whitecaps curl The waters run…
The World Turned Upside Down In 1649 To St. George's Hill A ragged band They called th…
Too Late Now well it's a nice bit of heritage with an electric…
Valentine's Day Is Over Some day boy you'll reap what you've sown You'll catch a…
Voices Voices in your lonely ear say "Walk the straight and…
We Could Leave Right Now We could leave right now We could just walk away…
We Shall Come Home Wild wood, setting sun It makes the shadows longer Wise b…
We'll Be There I've walked this hill a hundred times To hear the river…
When I'm Up I Can't Get Down When I'm Up I Can't Get Down I am the fountain…
Where the World Divides saints are drawn to the desert moths to the candle flame you…