well i look out of my window
i see the morning cold and grey
i look out of my window
i see the morning cold and grey
i told you so many years ago
they’re all gonna end up, end up this way

well the fat man took my money
and the daughter won’t give it back
the fat man took my money
sons and daughters won’t give it back
put my family out on the street
put my marriage on the rack

well they steal your water
and if you want some you got to pay
the greenies point their fingers
the people know better they don’t listen what they say
they live in fear and frustration
oh their crappy lives why should they give a toss anyway

nineties blues
nineties blues
nineties blues

could this be true
could this be me
the one who kept himself so high and free
caught up in the highest game of all
and all my defences tumble and fall
only the ace of hearts can save now

i wake in early hours and call your name
it’s your face i see pressed up against my window pane
and suddenly i realise
as the tears start to fall like rain from the sky
only the ace of hearts can save me now
said only the ace of hearts can save me now

ace of hearts tell me what’s this game we’re playing
ace of hearts it’s all down to you
i’m lost, lost like a child in a strange dream
open your doors and pull me
pull me trough

and i’m flying like the wind in the dead of night
flying so high searching for those landing lights
i’ve never been this high before
but darling all i need is your love more and more
and only the ace of hearts can save me now

i see the morning light - come screaming thru my room
i fel the devils eyes - and smell his cold perfume
there is no mercy here - ccould not be a darker day
but i ain’t going down - i ain’t going down this way

oh i know your face - i’ve seen it a thousand times
in my darkest dream - i have witnessed every single crime
you think i’m joking - i’m wet with fear
but i’ve made up my mind today
i ain’t going down
i ain’t going down this way

© chris rea & jazzee blue/edel

all summer long we were happy we were one
we didn’t think of an ending to our play
all summer long nights of wine, days of song
it couldn’t last, our ageing sun had to go
i will always remember you

watching the waves in the wind
the beach dogs hiding from the rain
suddenly my colours have turned to grey
will i ever see your face again

and all winter long i will walk my lonely road
waiting for you and your return
i will always remember you

and you my love

i do not sleep tonight
i may not ever
the sins of the past have come
see how they sit down together

outside my window
outside my door
and i know the reason what they’ve all come here for
you my love
my sweet, sweet love
are what it’s all because of

surrender is easy
i know you do me no harm
but your innocence haunts me
the most fatal of charms

oh i must have done some wrong
on a dark and distant day
for i know full and well tonight
this is how that i must pay

and you my love
my sweet, sweet love
are what it’s all because of
you my love
my sweet, sweet love
are what it’s all because of