Discography

God Bless The Pretty Things

Muddy Water [lyrics]
Geography [lyrics]
Sleeping Lions [lyrics]
New Year's Eve [lyrics]
Rags [lyrics]
It's A Beautiful Night [lyrics]
In Paris After The War [lyrics]
Soul Mate [lyrics]
Silver Wings [lyrics]
You and Me [lyrics]

Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Mark Freegard @ 3kyoti Studio, Glasgow 2009
Written by Boo Hewerdine, published by Chrysalis Music Ltd.

Musicians:
Boo Hewerdine: Acoustic Guitar and Vocals (1-11), Ukelele (7)
Justin Currie: Vocals (5)
Roy Dodds: Drums (7), Percussion (1,7)
John Douglas: Electric Guitar (1,2,3,5)
Stephen Douglas: Drums (1,2,3,5,9), Percussion (1,2)
Alan Kelly: Accordian (1,6,7,9)
Gustaf Ljunggren: Bajo (1,2,10), Organ (2,5), Lap Steel (2,3,4,9), Strings (3), Woodwind (3,9), Wurlitzer Piano (3), 12 String (3,4), Loop (4), Piano (5), Horns (5), Acoustic Guitar (8,11), Vibes (8)
John McCusker: Fiddle and Whistle (4)
Kevin McGuire: Double Bass (7)
Heidi Talbot: Vocals (1,2,3,7)
Ewen Vernal: Double Bass (1,2,3,4,5,9)

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Lyrics

Muddy Water

Don't know what I'm going to do
Everything is broken in two
I miss my wife, son and daughter
I can see you now
In the muddy water

Never underestimate
Those of us who dream and wait
I don't want to go but I think I ought to
You can get lost
In the muddy water

Who said anything about love?
We're animals after all and everything we feel can be explained
Who said anything about time?
It's not yours and it's not mine
Just different ways of getting through the days

Did not do what I should
I nearly lost it good
But the CCTV camera never caught her
All that time in the muddy water

Who said anything about love?
We're animals after all and everything we feel can be explained
Who said anything about time?
It's not yours and it's not mine
Just different ways of getting through the days

Don't know what I'm going to do
Everything is broken in two
I miss my wife, son and daughter
Going to leave you here
In the muddy water

Geography

Staying on the seventh floor
Camperdown tower motel
Wind is howling round my door
Feels a little bit like hell
Could take a taxi into town
Or stay in here with these words
Perhaps I'll just go back to sleep
And none of this will ever be heard

Don't know what's wrong with you
Think I know what's wrong with me
All my stars20are upside down
Just a little too much geography

Today I saw a ten of clubs
Laying face up on the ground
I thought of you as the plane took off
Did you think of me as the wheels came down
Now I'm singing in this room
My mouth is dry and I'm alone
I don't want to say goodbye
But I need to get back home

Don't know what's wrong with you
Think I know what's wrong with me
All my stars are upside down
Just a little too much geography

Some things are holy
Some things profane
Don't know if I can go back there
Don't know if I can start again
Lying in bed with her
The first time I heard Graceland play
We've been so far since then
Come such a long, long way

Don't know what's wrong with you
Think I know what's wrong with me
All my stars are upside down
It's just a little too much
Don't know what's wrong with you
Think I know what's wrong with me
All my stars are upside down
Just a little too much geography

Sleeping Lions

I'm coming home today
It's hard to be away
I just can't wait to play
Sleeping lions

Maybe we'll have a smoke
So what if we are broke
I had a dream I never woke
Sleeping lions

The morning comes too soon
The morning comes too soon

This time I'll take the bus
That way they'll be no fuss
as long as it's only us
Sleeping lions

The morning comes too soon
The morning comes too soon

I'm coming home today
it's hard to be away
This time I'm going to stay
Sleeping lions

New Year's Eve

On New Year's Eve
I'll swear that I can change
Within my winter weeds
Become a child again
And I will take a stranger's hand
And sing Auld Lang Syne
And memories faint to perceive
Will circle near my mind

On New Year's Eve
Just before the bells
I'll feel the old year leave
A lover that never tells
And I will take a stranger's hand
And sing Auld Lang Syne
For none so sweetly can deceive
Than the stealth of passing time

On New Year's Eve
I won't think of you
Allow my heart to freeze
Like I always do
And I will take stranger's hand
And sing Auld Lang Syne
And I will let myself believe
That days to come are mine

On New Year's Eve

Rags

Rags, will I end in rags?
Will I lose everything I have?
I'm not the only one that ever lost their way
I'm not the only one that ever went astray

Rags, when I'm in rags
If I met myself would I turn my back?
I'm not the only one to who lay awake at night
I'm not the only one who knows that their not right
Who went to bed sober and woke up drunk

Hey Ma look at me know
On top of the world

I'm not the only one who ever lost their way
I'm not the only one who lost the right to stay
Who went to bed sober and woke up drunk

In rags

It's A Beautiful Night

It's a beautiful night
And I know that it's all mine
Sky is darker than it's ever been
Stars are brighter than I've ever seen

And this must be what love is
A moment out of time
And if I say goodbye to you
And years go by this will be true

Tell me everything's all right
It's a beautiful night

Now there's a quartermoon
Smiling down on my me
Yesterday has been and gone
I know tomorrow can never come

You see I prayed the clocks don't move
This is all I want to be
And when you turn away and laugh
I wish we were a photograph

Tell me everything's all right
It's a beautiful night

Stars never shone so bright
It's a beautiful night

In Paris After The War

In Paris after the war
How could he go home?
When Kansas seemed so far
And only meant alone
Outside the Sacré-Coeur
The steps where they would meet
Though their words were few
At last he felt complete
In Paris after the war
When the lights came on again
He saw that history
Is made be those that win
And he would buy her roses
On streets that he now knew
His eyes would try and find her
She was looking too
In Paris after the war
For all that went before
As far as I can tell
From a picture I saw
Love was alive and well
A laughing yankee soldier
His arms around his girl
Captured by a camera
From an older world
In Paris after the war

Soul Mate

What am I meant to do now?
How am I meant to fill the hours?
When she goes then she goes
And it will be too late
Soul mate

Where am I meant to go when
Everywhere takes me back to then?
When she leaves then she leaves
And now she cannot wait
Soul mate

Somewhere in the back of my mind
I knew I would always turn and run
Somewhere in the back of my mind
I knew I could never face the sun

So look at me
talking to the moon
I know it's hard
It will be over soon
When she's gone then she's gone
So much for the hand of fate
Soul mate

Somewhere in the back of my mind
I knew I would always turn and run
Somewhere in the back of my mind
I knew I could never face the sun

When she goes then she goes
And it will be too late
Soul mate

Silver Wings

Silver wings
Took me away
Took me away from you
Into the blue goodbye

Silver wings
That shine so bright
That shine so bright up that there
Every cloud in the air is a sigh

If I keep believing
We will still fly
If I keep believing
We won't fall out of the sky

If I keep believing
We will still fly
If I keep believing
We won't fall out of the sky

Silver wings
Took me away
Took me away from you
Into the blue goodbye

I Almost Said Goodbye

I almost said goodbye
I almost said goodbye
Thought had nowhere called home
I almost said goodbye

You And Me

The sky is paintbox blue
Cats and lemons in the yard
Couldn't sleep much last night
And it came with the light
It was always you and me

Sun through broken windows
Makes colour on the wall
For the sake of a rhyme
I'm slipping through time
It was always you and me

And what you discover
When you cover your tracks
What you discover
Is there's no turning back

Yesterday we drove for hours
The radio game I lose
I won't say anymore
Guess I knew before
It was always you and me

And what you discover
When you cover your tracks
What you discover
Is there's no turning back

We're leaving now for breakfast
Don't know what we'll do today
But I know that I'll smile
At least for a while
It was always you and me