Julia Fordham Album

Don't ask me why I'm running out of laughter
There's tears in these eyes, not happy ever after
And I thought it was plain to see
And I thought the whole world could be
And I thought we'd be happy ever after.

You could say that I'm living in a pipe dream
It's just looking back, things are never what they seem
And I hope I can safely say
And I hope most things go my way
And I hope they'll be happy ever after.

Down in Southern Africa no happy ever after
Not now, but soon forever
While they're sitting comfortably
In that white winter city
How can we be happy ever after?

Um by yay
Est ce le South Africa

So don't ask me why I'm running out of laughter
There's tears in these eyes, not happy ever after.
And I thought it was plain to see
And I thought that maybe you and me
And I thought we'd be happy ever after.

Um by yay
Um by yay
Um by yay

I'm jam packed full of movie clips and other junk
TV shows and videos and another whole bunch of stuff
It's like a snippet of a song that no longer belongs
And I'm looking to the comfort of strangers

It's noisy and disjointed in this tangled mess
I'm jarred and jangling on a raw and jagged edge
It's like a picture that has faded the colours have all blurred
And I'm drawn to the comfort of strangers.

And I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
No complex conversation
Ooh to taste the comfort of strangers

I'm fit to burst with CD tracks and stereo
Coupled with bad memories that just never seem to go
And you'd have think that I'd learnt that I always get burned
When I take refuge in the comfort of strangers

Still I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
No complex conversation
Ooh to taste the comfort of strangers

Oh lead me not into temptation
To fight these feelings of frustration
I want a stillness inside and a silence of mind
And to stop dreaming of the comfort of strangers

And I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
And I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
No complex conversation
Ooh to taste the comfort, I want to taste the comfort
Oh please give me the comfort of your arms

The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
It's you, only you
The stranger I've been dreaming of
I close my eyes and I'm lying in your arms
Your arms, with you, with you
The stranger I've been dreaming of
I close my eyes
The comfort of strangers

Little things you say, little things you do
That only happen when you've had a few too many
And seldom in the cold light of day
Things you say and do when you've had a few too many

I'm really rocking, I'm rocking out
I've got a good reason to really scream and shout
My appetite for anger is really ravenous
My approach to living, well it's extremely dangerous

Cos little things you say little things you do
That only happen when you've had a few too many
And seldom in the cold light of day
Things you say and do when you've had a few too many

And in the corner to my right
Some foolish people are dying for a fight
Sat in the middle on your safe electric fence
You're always shouting down at what's left
Of my peaceful attempts

Oh little things you say little things you do
That only happen when you've had a few too many
And seldom in the cold light of day
Things you say and do I want them to be true, not only when

Invisible war, seems we're fighting an invisible war
Strained manoeuvres, keeping silent score
In this invisible war
Every day I seem to lose you more
Both wishing it was like before
In this invisible war

Talk about a fine line between love and hate
We've lost more than our direction of late
Talk about a fine line between lovers and friends
We've never been lovers and now we're not even friends

In this invisible war, seems we're waging an invisible war
Every day I seem to lose you more
In this invisible war

It wounded deeply the scar is here to stay
Opening up at all the little things I do and say
You always want things to be as before
So I make you angry and you bleed a little more

In this invisible war, seems that we're waging an invisible war
Every day I seem to lose you more
In this invisible war

Want to go away
I still love you
Got to go away
I always love you
Got to be away
Time heals all wounds

(I must like it when you hurt me
Cos I always let you hurt me
But not anymore)

You've got my heart on a string
You know I'd do anything for you baby, yeah
I've got my feet on the ground
So what I really mean is maybe

Can someone tell me why? Love always makes me cry inside?
I'm sending up a prayer, if someone could take care
Of the strong and the weaker
And be my lover's keeper

I know boys will be boys, I still get annoyed with you baby, yeah
And I pray in a word, oh no no no no no no maybe

Can someone tell me why? Love always makes me cry inside?
I'm sending up a prayer, if someone could take care
Of the strong and the weaker
And be my lover's keeper

It's not that I don't trust you, because you know I always do
I just can't help wondering why,
why love always makes me always makes me cry inside.

Can someone tell me why? (You've got to tell me)
Love always makes me cry inside?
I'm sending up a prayer, if someone could take care
Of the strong and the weaker
And be my lover's keeper

Can someone tell me why love always makes me cry inside?
I'm sending up a prayer, if someone could take care
Of the strong and the weaker
And be my lover's keeper

Cocooned, Cocooned, Am I by your love
Cocooned, So soon Am I?

I do, my best, not to forget my
Promise, to not get, cocooned

But it isn't all that easy
Sticking to my theory
That life is a straight and single road
And even more alarming
When no one is disarming
That I'm wondering
If I am

Cocooned, Cocooned, happy I've chosen
To let, myself, so soon
Get all caught up and safely woven
Promise, to keep me, cocooned...

But it isn't all that easy
Sticking to my theory
That life is a straight and single road
And even more alarming
When half the world is starving
That I'm wondering
If I am

Cocooned,

(guest vocal: John O'Kane)

If I could have a pound for every moment I've spent worrying
On all the little things in life that frankly there's no hurrying
Then I would be a rich girl I wanna be a rich girl soon
But going at this rate I think that it might take
Till there's life on the moon...

Where does the time go? Does anyone know?
Where does the time go? Does anyone know?
Where does the time go? Does anyone know?

If I could have a sneak preview to all the earthly reasons
It takes to make the theme of time then I'd be a girl for all seasons
And I wouldn't have to worry I wouldn't have to worry oh no no no
It just seems kind of funny that there's some things I'll just never
Know

Like where does the time go? Does anyone know?
Where does the time go? Does anyone know?
Where does the time go? Does anyone know?

We were only just saying just the other day
How it's really amazing how the days just seem to slip away
And it's right before my very own eyes
Oh there's some things that we'll never, we'll never know, like

Where does the time go?
Where does the time go? Does anyone know?
Tell me where does the time go?
Tell me where does it go?
There's some things we'll never know

If I could have a pound for every moment I've spent worrying
On all the little things in life that frankly there's no hurrying
Then I would be a rich girl and I wanna be a rich girl soon
But going at this rate I think that it might take
Till there's life on the moon...

Oh where does the time go? Does anyone know?
Oh where does the time go? Does anyone know?
Oh tell me where does the time go?

Where does the time go?

I've been counting all my days, I've been counting all my nights
Tell me where does it go?
Where, where, where, where, where does it go?
The time go, the time go, the time go
Where, where, where, where does it go?

Does anyone know?

I've been counting all my days, I've been counting all my nights

I LIKE IT LIKE THIS I LIKE IT LIKE THIS

I'm a woman of the 80s, I'm fit and I'm strong
There ain't no situation where I don't belong
Too late for flowers too soon for pins (too soon for pins)
But I know where I'm heading and I like where I've been

And I swear I never really ever really get that lonely on Sundays
Well maybe, just a little, but I'm never really ever really gonna
Let myself CALL YOU UP!

Cos I'm not allowed to miss you and I'm not allowed to ring you
I'm a woman of the 80s, no fractures, no flaws,
But I miss you sometimes that's all

I'm a woman of the 80s, I'm single and I'm free
There ain't no complications between my lover and me
He's got my number and I've got his
And even though I MIGHT MISS HIM, I like it like this

And I swear I never really ever really get that lonely on Sundays
Well maybe, just a little, but I'm never really ever really gonna
Let myself CALL YOU UP!
Cos I'm not allowed to miss you and I'm not allowed to ring you
I'm a woman of the 80s, no fractures, no flaws,
But I miss you sometimes that's all

If you're a woman of the 80s you've got a set of rules to follow
If it's not on, it's not on and you never ever ever ever ever SWALLOW
(your pride)

INSTRUMENTAL

I'm a woman of the 80s, I'm fit and I'm strong
There ain't no situation where I don't belong

And I swear I never really ever really get that lonely on Sundays
Well maybe, just a little, but I'm never really ever really gonna
Let myself CALL YOU UP!

And I swear I never really ever really get that lonely on Sundays
Well maybe, just a little, but I'm never really ever really gonna
Let myself CALL YOU UP!

Cos I'm not allowed to miss you and I'm not allowed to ring you
I'm a woman of the 80s, no fractures, no flaws,
But I miss you sometimes that's all

That's all.
No fractures, no flaws

At the junction of the big surrender
You can't bring yourself to tell her
Old old habits die hard so hard
I could have told you that right from the start

It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman it's no fun

And I know what's wrong and what is right
I wonder where you are on some nights
New love shines so strong so clear
That's why I'm still standing here

It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman it's no fun
It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman
It's no fun anymore you won't run unless you're really sure
Both hands free and a heart that's tied
I said that I'm easy but I lied I lied I lied

There's no chance at all no running risk
You can't lose when it comes down to it
Old old habits die hard so hard
It's not my first and it won't be my last

It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman
It's no fun

INSTRUMENTAL

It's no fun no fun being the other woman
It's no fun anymore you won't run unless you're really sure
Both hands free and a heart that's tied
I said that I'm easy but I lied I lied I lied

At the junction of the big surrender
You can't bring yourself to tell her
Old old habits die hard so hard
I could have told you that right from the start

It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman it's no fun
It's no fun it's no fun being the other woman

I don't want you anymore, anymore I lied I lied I lied
I don't want you anymore, I wanna be free, free, free
I don't want you anymore, anymore I lied I lied
I keep on lying, I keep on wanting you to want me

Behind closed doors you're mine I'm yours
We've got our own language and that's about all

Stripped to the bone I'm happy alone
So wherever I'm going I'm going to get there on my own

In this man's world I'm always screaming to be heard
In this latest vessel a changing restless soul

Behind this mind beyond these times
There's another existence in parallel lines

We've got a bond so sweet so strong
For the sake of the good times we're still hanging on

In this man's world I'm always screaming to be heard
In this latest vessel a changing restless soul

And this is my heart talking
Only my heart talking
And I, and I still love you

I'm sending out I'm sending out
I'm sending out I'm sending out

And when you've got something that's crystal clear
And good enough for the whole world to hear
Sweeter than honey and beneath the blood
That's why I'm sending out my unconditional love

I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out I'm sending out

And when you know something that you hold dear
To soothe away all your doubts and your fears
From every angle within and above
Here's why I'm sending out my unconditional love

I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out I'm sending out

When promises are never broken I'll know
When every last word has been spoken I'll know
When every last deed isn't token I'll know
That everyone is sending out unconditional love

I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
That's why I'm sending out unconditional love
Here's why I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out unconditional love
I'm sending out my love
C'mon C'mon C'mon C'mon C'mon C'mon C'mon
You've got to send me some love back
Give me your love

Everyone send some love everyone send some love
Just a little bit, a little bit, a little bit of your love
If everyone, everyone, everyone could send some love