Discography

Baptist Hospital

World's End [lyrics]
The Love Thieves [lyrics]
Last Cigarette [lyrics]
Dreamlife [lyrics]
Joke [lyrics]
Baptist Hospital [lyrics]
A Song For A Friend [lyrics]
Candyfloss [lyrics]
Sycamore Fall [lyrics]
Holy Water [lyrics]
Junk [lyrics]
Greedy [lyrics]
Firedogs [lyrics]
One Sad Cowboy [lyrics]
Another Mess Of Blues [lyrics]
Black Cat [lyrics]

Produced by John Wood except The Bible & Jim Abiss (4)
Written by Hewerdine except:
Hewerdine / Gregson (1)
Hewerdine / Clark / MacColl (3)
Hewerdine / MacColl (4)
Hewerdine / Reader (8)
Hewerdine / Clark (11, 12)

Musicians:
Boo Hewerdine: vocals, guitar, etc.
John 'Rabbit' Bundrick: keyboards (1, 10, 12)
Alison Clark: vocals (1, 2, 8)
Gary Clark: vocals, guitar, piano (3, 5, 7, 8)
Roy Dodds: percussion (9, 12)
Karlos Edwards: percussion (12)
Greg Harewood: bass (12)
Martin Hughs: drums (1, 10, 12)
Dave Larcombe: drums (4)
Matt Laug: drums (2, 5, 7, 8)
Leroy Lendor: bass (4)
Neill MacColl: guitar, piano, vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
Brian McNeill: keyboards (5, 7, 8)
Eric Presley: bass (2, 5, 7, 8)
Eddi Reader: vocals (10, 12)
Tony Shepherd: keyboards (4)
Danny Thompson: bass (1, 10)
Richard Thompson: guitar (1, 10, 12)
Electra Strings: strings arranged Tony Cox (1, 11)

Notes:
'Dreamlife' is from the Bible's 1994 EP. It later appeared on the Bible album 'Dodo'.
John Wood was, famously, producer of Nick Drake, Fairport Convention and Sandy Denny.
Gary Clark was in the band Danny Wilson.
Alison Clark is Gary Clark's wife and was vocalist with Chrysalis act The Liberties.
Greg Harewood was bassist in the band Latin Quarter.
Roy Dodds plays in Eddi Reader's band.
Dave Larcombe, Leroy Lendor, Neill MacColl, Tony Shepherd were, with Boo, the Bible.
Matt Laug & Eric Presley were, with Gary Clark, in the band King L.
Danny & Richard Thompson are veteran session players who played on Nick Drake's albums.
John 'Rabbit' Bundrick played with Free and the Who.

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Lyrics

World's End

(Hewerdine / Gregson)

Do you ever get the feeling that you're living someone else's life?
And all the time you thought that you were happy and didn't think twice
The winter that we spent together got so cold I thought we'd die
And the dress you wore at Easter that made me cry

I'll meet you at the world's end
Two saints walking arm in arm
I'll meet you at the world's end
Two saints walking arm in arm
Young again

The smoke from burning bridges has been stinging in our eyes for years
So we never learn to see the good that stares us in the face
With the sound of false alarm bells still ringing in our ears
So all the time we never knew there is no better place

I'll meet you at the world's end
Two saints walking arm in arm
I'll meet you at the world's end
Two saints walking arm in arm
Young again

And so we share a secret place
I never knew it meant that much to you
A place where we begin and end
See, I never knew
See, I never knew

I'll meet you at the world's end
(I'll meet you at the world's end)
Two saints walking arm in arm
(Two saints walking arm in arm)
I'll meet you at the world's end
Two saints walking arm in arm
Young again

Do you ever get the feeling that you're living someone else's life?

The Love Thieves

(Hewerdine)

When the love thieves came to our town
I should have locked doors
Pulled shutters down
When the love thieves came to our town
I should have changed my name
Should have gone underground

I would have been stronger
But you were not around...

When the love thieves came for my heart
I said I'd drive getaway
Give them a head start
I came running when I heard them call
I was the first one to fall
I was the first one to fall

I would have been stronger
But you were not around
When the love thieves came to town
When the love thieves came to town

I saw your eyes from passing cars
And guilty skies
Guilty skies

If they ever catch you around
Lock doors
Close shutters down
Don't come running if you hear them call
You'll be the first one to fall
You'll be the first one to fall

I would have been stronger
But you were not around
When the love thieves came to town
When the love thieves came to town
When the love thieves came to town
When the love thieves came to town

Last Cigarette

(Hewerdine / Clark / MacColl)

The moon in the morning
Is watching the rain turn to snow
And outside my window
Sometimes the rain
Falls harder than you'll ever know
Sometimes the things that you love in the night
The morning will choose to forget
This is my last
My last cigarette
This is my last
Last cigarette

I have a habit that I have been trying to lose
Everyone thinks that they know what they want
But sometime your drug chooses you
There are some things that I've promised myself
Things that I haven't done yet
This is my last,
Last cigarette
This is my last
Last cigarette
Last cigarette

Sometimes the people we love in the night
The morning will choose to forget
This is my last,
Last cigarette
This is my last
Last cigarette
This is my last
Last cigarette

Dreamlife

(Hewerdine / MacColl)

In my dreamlife
In my dreamlife

It's the last day of August and you're running across Kenzie fields
With something to tell me - something good

In my dreamlife
In my dreamlife

We're sitting in the back of you brother's car
Smoking black and inventing America

In my dreamlife
In my dreamlife

You've got a scar just above your right eye
And it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

In my dreamlife
In my dreamlife

I'm so glad I know you
Sometimes it's like living with a box of stars

Imagine me and you
Standing in the garden side by side
Imagine me and you
But I know it will never happen that way
I know it never happens that way

'Cos if you turn around now
You're going to blow me atom from atom

In my dreamlife
In my dreamlife

In my dreamlife
In my dreamlife

In my dreamlife (my dreamlife)
In my dreamlife (my dreamlife)

In my dreamlife (my dreamlife)
In my dreamlife

Joke

(Hewerdine)

D'you hear the one about
The one you're now without?
Did it make you smile?
D'you hear the one about
The one you filled with doubt?
Was it worth your while?

While you kick her life around
Deserving to be underground
What is this?
Joke
Is it some kind of joke?
Joke
I'm laughing
I'm laughing
I'm laughing

D'you hear the one about
The one who fell from space?
One minute in the sky
Next minute on their face?
She says, "I don't know what to be
And does she look younger than me?"
What is this?
Explain
Joke
Is it some kind of joke?
Joke
I'm laughing
I'm laughing
I'm laughing

For a fumble and something to do one night
You kick her life around
Oh...
For a tumble with someone you know at sight
D'you hear the one about
The one you're now without?

She says, "I don't know what to be
And does she look younger than me?
And does my make-up look all right?
Can you tell that I've been up all night?"

What is this?
Explain
Joke
Is it some kind of joke?
Joke
I'm laughing
I'm laughing

And what is this?
Explain
Joke
Is it some kind of joke?
Joke
I'm laughing
I'm laughing
I'm laughing
I'm laughing (I'm laughing)
I'm laughing (I'm laughing)
I'm laughing

Baptist Hospital

(Hewerdine)

A ping-pong on a table bouncing
That's exactly how I'm feeling
I'm tired of staring at the floor
'Cos you've been staring at the ceiling

If there is no laughter in heaven
Then I don't want to go
I don't want to go

There's nothing quite as funny-sad
As Christmas Day a launderette
But I'll be fine, I'll be OK
My paper hat, dream cigarette

If there is no laughter in heaven
Then I don't want to go
I don't want to go

I saw the thing I fear the most
Outside the Baptist Hospital
Halfway between a bum and ghost
My future is indelible

If there is no laughter in heaven
Then I don't want to go
I don't want to go

If there is no laughter in heaven
Then I don't want to go
I don't want to go

A Song for a Friend

(Hewerdine)

This is a song for friend
This is a song for friend
He knows who he is

But like any song for a friend
Like any song for a friend
Each meaning is his

He'll hear it when
His last chance has gone
On pirate waves
And X-stations

This is a song for friend
This is a song for friend
He knows who he is

And like any song for a friend
Like any song for a friend
Each meaning is his

I knew him then
A carefree spiv
Now someone who
Forgot to live

So here it is
Here it is
A song for a friend

I know how you feel
I know how you feel
I know how you feel
This is a song for a friend
Who'll hear it when
The cops come round
His open heart
His trousers down

So here it is
So here it is
A song for friend

This is a song for friend
This is a song for friend
He knows who he is

Candyfloss

(Hewerdine / Reader)

Candyfloss
Between my ears
I've been getting
This way for years
Now I'm so dumb
If I walk and chew gum
It's a miracle
It's a miracle

Candyfloss
Behind my eyes
I see no clouds
Only blue skies
I got so tame
If you ask me my name
And I don't think twice
It's a miracle
It's a miracle

Get me out of here
'Cos I know that if I stay
Then I will melt away
Get me out of here
'Cos I know that if I stay
Then I will melt away
Like candyfloss

I found a shell
Inside of me
You can hold it up
You can hear the sea
And if simple things
Can do me in
Is that a miracle?
That's not a miracle

Get me out of here
'Cos I know that if I stay
Then I will melt away
Get me out of here
'Cos I know that if I stay
Then I will melt away
Like candyfloss

Candyfloss

Sycamore Fall

(Hewerdine)

You never know who you're going to meet
Saw the Angel of Death coming up Brewer street
That's all I know
That's all I need to know
That's all I know
That's all I need

I don't spend too much time alone
I become too much disgust and bone
That's all I am
That's all I'll ever be
That's all I am
That's all I am

Sycamore fall
Sycamore fall
Down by the church
Where the hours crawl
I can't believe I never saw you before
I'll wait another year
For your sycamore fall
Sycamore fall
Sycamore fall
Wired to the wind when the world's too tall?
Too bad for sad
Too sad that's all
I'll see you next time
Sycamore fall

They should keep me away from you
I know the damage that I can do
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands

Sycamore fall
Sycamore fall
Down by the church
Where the hours crawl
I can't believe I never saw you before
I'll wait another year
For your sycamore fall
Sycamore fall
Sycamore fall
Wired to the wind when the world's too tall?
Too bad for sad
Too sad that's all
I'll see you next time
Sycamore fall

I'll see you next time
Sycamore fall

I'll see you next time

Holy Water

(Hewerdine)

What can break the heart of a fairground boy?
What can break the heart of a fairground boy?
Make his thoughts as pure as money?
Write a name across his skin?

Holy water
Let it all come down
Holy water
Let it all come down

What can touch the soul of doctors, priests and thieves?
What can touch the soul of doctors, priests and thieves?

Holy water
Let it all come down
Holy water
Let it all come down

Beauty queens and presidents turn away in shame
As strange as winter
As cruel as a train
As cruel as a train

Oh...

What can put acid and gold into your dreams?
What can put acid and gold into your dreams?
Burn a hole through heaven
Bring it all down here

Holy water
Let it all come down
Holy water
Let it all come down
Holy water
Let it all come down
Holy water
Let it all come down

Junk

(Hewerdine / Clark)

The junk we use to get through our lives
Each slight return
Each vague surprise

I've seen them come
I've seen them go
Until there's nothing left to show
"Come down" she said, "No-one need know"
"Come down" she said, "Who'll know?"

The junk we use to get through our lives
Each broken smile
Each cheap disguise

I've seen them grow
Get cut down tall
From hopeful step
To insect crawl

"Come down" she said, "You'll only fall"
"Come down", she said, "You'll fall"

Standing in a corner
Waiting for my life to begin
Holding out my hands
Praying for my life to begin
But I'm not proud
And I don't mind
I'll use anything
That I can find

Standing in a corner
Waiting for my life to begin
Holding out my hands
Begging for my life to begin
But I'm not proud
And I don't mind
I'll use anything
That I can find

The junk we use to get through

Greedy

(Hewerdine / Clark)

You can call me greedy
'Cos I keep a piece of me
You can call me greedy
There's a place you'll never see
Where the lights are all out
And the doors stay slammed
If that's being greedy
That's what I am

You hate me changing
It's the change you can't control
You hate me changing
And the wandering of my soul
Searching the storm
For some frozen calm
If that's being greedy
That's what I am

You can call me greedy
'Cos I keep a piece of me
You can call me greedy
There's a place you'll never see
Where the lights are all out
And the doors stay slammed
If that's being greedy
That's what I am

Firedogs

(Hewerdine / Clark / Shepherd)

Firedogs fill the sky
We can watch them born and burn and die
Firedogs fill the sky
We can watch them born and burn and die
There is another world
There is another world

The girl I saw on a train
Who I know I will never see again
Turn my face to the sun
Close my eyes and let the colours run
That was another life
That was another life

Fly buzz in my room
Think I'll stay here 'til the summer's through
Bruises, fear, hope and scars
These are things as old as light from stars
There was another time
There was another time

As old as light from stars
As old as light from stars
As old as light from
Firedogs in the sky
Firedogs in the sky
I see firedogs in the sky
In the sky

One Sad Cowboy

(Hewerdine / Kelly / Shepherd)

Once in a while
When I've nothing to do
I try to imagine life without you

I think of the cost
The price to be paid
I look at my hands and my fingerprints fade

I'd be one sad cowboy
I'd be one sad cowboy

Bitter old men
Who stare out to sea
Do you know who that is? Well that would be me

I'd forget how to breathe
I'd sleep on the floor
Invisible dogs would howl round my door

I'd be one sad cowboy
I'd be one sad cowboy
Without you nothing would work any more
Without you I can't even hold it together

Once in a while
When I've nothing to do
I try to imagine life without you

What would I find?
What would life bring?
Would I open my eyes and not see a thing?

I'd be one sad cowboy
I'd be one sad cowboy
I'd be one sad
I'd be one sad cowboy

Without you.

Another Mess Of Blues

(Hewerdine)

Here's a mess of blue...
The only thing you gave
I keep it with me all the time
The only thing that I could save

Here's a mess of blues
The kind that follow you
That will not let you sleep
The kind that keep on bugging you

Out in the world, is life going on?
And nothing can come through my door
And nobody laughs and nobody sighs
And nobody will, there's no-one to try

Here's a mess of blues
The only thing that I could find
You took everything
At least I know that this is mine

Well Bessy learned the blues
Was it on a perfect day
Did it make her so afraid
To know that she could hurt that way

Out in the world is life going on?
And nothing can come through my door
And nobody laughs and nobody sighs
And nobody will, there's no-one to try

Here's a mess of blues
The only thing you gave
I keep it with me all the time
The only thing that I could save

Keep it with me all the time
The only thing that I could save

Keep it with me all the time
The only thing that I could save

Black Cat

(Hewerdine / Thomson)

How long will I wait for you?
How long?
How long?
How long will I wait for you?
How long?
How long?

While the world is sleeping
Me and the night watchman
Know our hearts will ache at dawn

You were my black cat
I've been unlucky
Since you've gone

You pull like the moon now
Too strong
Too strong
You pull like the moon now
Too strong
Too strong
And I know the fear of every lion tamer
Who knows one day it will all go wrong

You were my black cat
I've been unlucky
Since you've gone

How long must I wait for you?
How long?
How long?
How long must I wait for you?
How long?
How long?
While all the world is sleeping
Me and the night watchman
Know our hearts will ache at dawn

You were my black cat
I've been unlucky
Since you've gone

You were my black cat
I've been unlucky
Since you've gone