Dancing With Charlie

Charlie was a loser till that sunny day
No-one saw him leaving as he sailed away
Treated like a sinner, no-one gave a damn
Till Charlie threw two sixes
Now he's got them in his hand

Now they're waiting in line to go dancing with Charlie
They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie

No-one seems to know how
No-one seems to care
Doesn't really matter just as long as you are there
Party in the moonlight, free drinks at the bar
You can bet what's in your pocket that Charlie won't be far
Now they're waiting in line to go dancing with Charlie
They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie

Charlie bought a jet plane, Charlie rides the sky
Friends appear from nowhere, Charlie gets them high
Big D was a gambler with everything to lose
Charlie didn't have anything
So he didn't have to choose

And they're waiting in line to go dancing with Charlie
They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie
And they're standing in line to go dancing with Charlie
They wanna be seen dancing with Charlie

Daytona

Diamond dream when the sun don't shine
I close my eyes to see
Twelve wild horses in silver chains
Callin' out to me

Ooh Daytona
Shine your light on me
Ooh Daytona
Shine your light on me

Now she ain't easy
So you take good care
Or she will scream down on your lust
She can please you
Like no other
Or she can leave you eating dust
Ooh Daytona
Shine your light on me

Burning passion
Light my day
Let me sit inside your wonder
Cloudless daydream
Oh dance of dances
To have tamed the sound of thunder
Ooh Daytona
Shine your light on me
Ooh Daytona
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Deep Water

All change on then merry go line
Everybody looking for a sign
Jumping up and down when the switch goes on
Nobody knows where it's coming from

I'm here watching, keeping well away
Oh I'm gonna live it in my own way
Singing no mister, not me
I'm staying here with guys on free
In deep water

I see a captain on a distant shore
He's got a dream, he wants to make it law
He's got my number, he's got a plan
He try to get you any way he can
Wants to own everything he sees
While I'm here, well he ain't with me
Singing no mister, no way
I got my own deep water
Deep, deep water

Deltics

Burlington Zephyrs
and Kenworths that pass in the night
Deltics and Steamers and F88's in full flight
Old train take me back again
To the one that I love
Deltics

Diamonds

Oh getaway and don't come back
Who do you think you're fooling with lies like that?
You have dreams that set the rain on fire
Burning with a cheap desire
And it's plain as grey that what you say
Have meanings of their own
My love, she don't need diamonds

My love's more than a sweet dream
And she don't need diamonds
She shakes her hip to the tambourine
And she don't need diamonds
If you can't love me for nothing
They you can't love me at all
And it's plain as grey that what you say
Have meanings of their own

We all got to dance, take a chance?
But babe you should have stayed at home
My love, my love, she don't need diamonds

Distant Summers

Sweet serenade, in your shade
May I rest
Just for a while, won't stay long
I'll do my best
To help you help me to find some friends
That I have lost
Who lie in lands where memories
And dreams are lost

The breeze that blew around her hair that day
The timeless dress that flowed in endless sway
I almost touched her shoulder, she almost turned to face me
A thousand distant summers... away

Do It For Your Love

Each single day I get up and make my way
And it all comes into view
It's like a part in a play
You can turn it around in so many different ways
But it's still the part you play
And so to you I dedicate
This role they have handed me

And I will do it for your love

Down in the street you can win or lose
To that crazy beat
But you'll never change the tune
'Cos the tune is the song
And song is the game of life, we just come and go
But we can laugh and we can bend
Together though, me and you

So I will do it for your love

Look around, see that you see
There's no sense in being so blue
Now I've got to have a reason for seeing this out
Other than seeing it through

So I will do it for your love

Do You Still Dream

Do you still dream of summer nights
The endless roads between the distant lights
Do you still find yourself
On strange and long highways
Drifting into unknown phase

Do you still dream of summer days
The sunlight dancing on white rolling waves
The everlasting taste of innocent desire
The atom splitting of its fire

Do you still dream?

Do you see that tunnel showing any sign of light
Does fear still wake you in the night

Do you still dream?

Don't Want Your Best Friend

She's got her independence in a hard fast way
She's got me chasing shadows with everything I try to say
Some say she's far too quick, some say she's slow to learn
But all I know is she gave me love that left afterburn
And its fire feeds me I'm hungry still
So baby listen now, I'm at your will
But I'm not a flower on your windowsill

Don't want your best friend
Don't need a Godsend
Don't want your new trends
I want you

She's got a silver sabre with a diamond shine
It's not an ego-trip just her frightened way
To keep you blind
Shadow dancing, nowhere fast
You got to meet me half way
Girl if it's gonna last

I remember that first night
I dream of it still
I want that feeling and I want that thrill
I've always loved you and I always will
Take me home

Driving Home

I'm driving home for christmas
I can't wait to see those faces
I'm driving home for christmas
Yea i'm moving down that line
And it's been so long
But i will be there
I sing this song
To pass the time away
Driving in my car
Christmas

Gonna take some time
Top to toe in tailbacks
Got red lights on the run
But soon there'll be a freeway
My feet on holy ground

So i sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When i get trough
And feel you near me
Driving in my car
Driving home for christmas
With a thousand memories

I take look at the driver next to me
He's just the same
Just the same

Top to toe in tailbacks
Got red lights on the run
Driving home for christmas, yea
Get my feet on holy ground

So i sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When i get trough
And feel you near me
Driving in my car
Christmas
Driving in my car
Driving home for christmas
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