Christmas DayThe young gentleman came riding past On a snow-blue winter's day He asked to drink by our fire and I was pleased to let him stay He drank there quietly for a while And then he turned and said to me Your eyes are green Like summer grass Your lips are red Like a fresh-cut rose Your hair is soft Like an Irish stream And your voice is filled with sweet beauty And the last words I heard him say were I shall return for you my love on Christmas Day And the night will come but I won't sleep As I watch the stars that lead him I cannot place where he is But still my heart goes with him I'm saving all my Sunday clothes for the day That I'll be leaving Father knows My sister knows And my friends They're happy for me And the priest he says You should thank God For the blessing of such beauty And the last words I heard him say were I shall return for you my love on Christmas Day I shall return for you my love on Christmas Day On Christmas Day I shall return for you My love... And the last words I heard him say Were the last words I ever heard him say I shall return for you my love on Christmas Day I said I will return on Christmas Day And yes, I shall return on Christmas Day I shall return, for you, on Christmas Day My love I will return on Christmas Day I shall return ,my love, on Christmas Day On Christmas Day Dido Index Flowerstand Man ( Whit Faithless )'Bout a month ago I'd never seen your face I'd never heard your voice 'Bout a month ago I am a careful hunter And I had to search Before I found your love 'Bout a month ago Are you my boy or the Flowerstand Man You bought such colour to this place Are you my boy or the Flowerstand Man With you I am laid back I don't care if every River runs so dry I don't care if every Species were to die I don't care about the Ozone layer I wouldn't notice if it wasn't there Oh no I don't care if we sell Coke to Africa I don't care about apartheid I wouldn't notice if it all get better I don't care about the starving who've died Your my boy when the way you live and breathe I don't care about anything but you Your my boy when the way you live and breathe I don't care about anything but you Take me home Dido Index Postcards ( Whit Faithless )New York, New York temperature's droppin' The band's out shoppin' not stoppin' till ears pop Cops protect shops, lotsa yellow cabs and bell hops An' it never stops I'm waiting to do an interview, so much to tell you Today i feel close enough to smell you Additional date they were planning just fell through Florida's out, we fly September 22 to Heathrow So there's not really long to go Tonight will be a brilliant show lettin' you know I miss you more than four hits the floor at a party Send my love to everybody Honey I'm writing from DC, feelin' quasy Stayin' healthy on the road isn't easy The T.M. Recommend Sanatogen Not one of them could resist takin' the piss I miss you like a lock on the door what's more I go to sleep with my Walkman 'cos half the crew snore Don;t mean to be a bore, everybody's been great But there's fifteen of us on a bus state to state So I stay up late with a tape or meditate By bed is travellin' at 55 mph When we make it to L.A. I'll still be miles away It's not my best day I'm gonna get some rest God Bless We just stopped at a diner so I'm takin' time To write a few lines. I'm fine, sun's hinin' Bus driver's reclinin' on the grass aas the truck's pass Gleamin' with a flash of sunlight from the glass On the windscreen. As for us there's too much to relate W've done five gigs but we're only in our third state America's big! You'd love how they pile up your plate Only place in the world even I could gain weight Our next day is Wilmiginton, Delaware, open air There's a rumour Melle Mel'll be there Anyway, All the best, God bless I'm yawning I really miss watchin' you get dressed in the morning Dido Index Afraid To SleepWe slept in this room together, but now you're gone It's so quiet I'll turn the TV on We lived in this room together, we painted the walls Now time doesn't stand still, it crawls And I'm afraid to sleep 'cos if I do I'll dream of you And dreams are always deep on the pillow where I'll weep. I never realized how much I was in love with you Till you started sleeping with someone new Last night I dreamed again and you were there You kissed my face, you touched my hair And I'm afraid to sleep 'cos if I do I'll dream of you And dreams are always deep on the pillow where I'll weep. Lyin' alone in the darkness with a memory in my head, There's a big hole where my heart is And a lonely feeling rolling 'round my bed And I'm afraid to sleep 'cos if I do I'll dream of you I'm afraid to sleep 'cos if I do I'll dream of you And dreams are always deep on the pillow where I'll weep. On the pillow where I'll weep. I'm afraid to sleep. Dido Index Don't Leave HomeLike a ghost I'll need a key, I've come to thee And please don't think of getting up for me You don't even need to speak When I've been here for just one day You'll already miss me if I go away So close the blinds and shut the door You won't need other friends anymore Oh, don't leave home Oh, don't leave home And if you're cold, I'll keep you warm And if you're alone just hold on 'Cos I will be your safety Oh, don't leave home And I arrived when you were weak I'll make you weaker, weaker still Now all your love you give to me when your heart is all I'll need Oh, don't leave home Oh, don't leave home And if you're cold, I'll keep you warm And if you're alone just hold on 'Cos I will be your safety Oh, don't leave home Oh how quiet, quiet the world can be When it's just you and little me Everything is clear, everything is new So you won't be leaving with..the dew... And if you're cold, I'll keep you warm And if you're alone just hold on 'Cos I will be your safety Oh, don't leave home Because I will be your safety I will be your safety I will be your safety Oh, don't leave home Dido Index |
