Rolling Life (Live at Kilderkin, Edinburgh)

 Written by: Martin Delaney, Aileen Queenan, David Manson

Tired of being tired
Just can’t get rested
All the wasted time
That I have invested

Searching for a pot of gold
Gotta put my dreams on hold
Tired of being tired

Tired of being tired
Gotta work all the day
Wish I could escape
But I can’t get away

All my hopes are lost and gone
I feel that I can’t go on
Tired of being tired

Tired of losing Tired of loving
Tired of leaving Tired of being tired

Tired of being tired
Need to leave my blues behind
Gotta make a better day
Now I’ve cleared my mind

Hope I’ll find a kindly heart
Gonna make a brand new start
Tired of being tired

Tired of losing Tired of loving
Tired of leaving Tired of being tired
Tired of losing Tired of loving
Tired of leaving Tired of being tired

Tired

In the middle of the night
You think you heard your name
You wake and look around
And everything's the same

Just too tired to sleep
No-one else around
What you gonna do
With all this time you found?

You're awake on the line
Between light and dark
The line that keeps
The sun and moon apart

You're awake on the line
between light and day
Without that line
The day can never start

When Things are on your mind
And sleep is far away
You try and live the hours
Before another day

Coffee or TV
Whatever gets you through
Till you cross the line
The sunrise turns to blue

You're awake on the line
Between light and dark
The line that keeps
The sun and moon apart

You're awake on the line
between light and day
Without that line
The day can never start

Sleep walkin' night stalkin'
Through a twilight world
Is it real or just a dream awake?

You look out on the world
Shadows of the night
The hours they come alive
They move and catch your eye

Feeling wide awake
Lying in your bed
Thinking of a line
The words spin in your head

You're awake on the line
Between light and dark
The line that keeps
The sun and moon apart

You're awake on the line
between light and day
Without that line
The day can never start

You're awake on the line
Between light and dark
The line that keeps
The sun and moon apart

You're awake on the line
between light and day
Without that line
The day can never start

Awake (2am)

Make It Go Away

Walking through darkened clouds
The sweat of fear breakin' on my brow
Brand new shiny shoes smart new suit in blue
Nerves fully wired as walk through the door

Off the office block just above the shop
Where money changes hands
Where once I stopped

It's a blue sky day
It's a new sky day
Every day's a blue sky day
When you feel the way I do today

It's a blue sky day
It's a new sky day
Every day's a blue sky day
When you feel the way I do today

Putting my best smile on
Hoping that this is the one
That lets me leave the room with a skip in my step
As I cut through the park and under the trees

And there's a bird up there looking for his song
How can it be in life sometimes that things just go so wrong

When it's a blue sky day
It's a new sky day
Every day's a blue sky day
When you feel the way I do today

It's a blue sky day
It's a new sky day
Every day's a blue sky day
When you feel the way I do today

And there's a bird up there looking for his song
How can it be in life sometimes that things just go so wrong

It's a blue sky day
It's a new sky day
Every day's a blue sky day
When you feel the way I do today

It's a blue sky day
It's a new sky day
Every day's a blue sky day
When you feel the way I do today

Blue skies go on and on (repeat)

Written by Martin Delaney, Aileen Scott Johnson, Andy Northall



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2am - Blue Sky Day

You like the rollin' life and it suits you well
You were born to roll as far as I can tell
It's a way of life that's yours
And it keeps them happy

It takes you everywhere never settle down
Moving all the time from town to town
Putting smiles on people's faces
To make them happy

Oh, rollin' life
Oh, rollin' life

And if they pick you up in their big black car
And they move you on you never roll too far
Find a village down the road and sing them happy
Maybe stay one night have a glass of wine
Talking round the fire and you're feeling fine
In the morning moving on and you've left them happy

Oh, rollin' life
Oh, rollin' life
And if you think it might be time to settle down
To a different kind of life just look around
Is this what you wanted?

Oh, rollin' life
Oh, rollin' life
And if you think it might be time to settle down
To a different kind of life just look around

I look at you you look at me
I'm where you wanna go you're who I wanna be
Each in our own way free
And it makes us happy

Oh, rollin' life
Oh, rollin' life
Oh, rollin' life

Written by Andy Northall

2am - Rollin' Life

Stand by the rail track your hands warm in my back
The wind cuts through and the trains rush by straight down the line
And as you say goodbye I'm trying so hard not to cry
But I tremble and the tears fall out into my mouth

I wish I could kiss you I try not to miss you
I wish I could find a way to I wish I could land

Your three lines coming in
Not saying much but then again
You never do except when I'm up close to you

I wish I could feel your touch to hear your voice
I'm not asking much
Your laugh just an echo I wish I could hear

I wish I could kiss you I try not to miss you
If only I could find a way to I wish I could land

The places the wishes are
I can't go there it's much too far
You went away without a care
It's just so unfare

You never looked back not once
Not even just a cursory glance
You left me, bereft me
Alone in my dreams

I wish I could kiss you I try not to miss you
I wish I could find a way to I wish I could land

Written by Martin Delaney, Andy Northall, Aileen Scott Johnson 

2am - I Wish

The love I really need is what you brought to me
And everything I am is what you make me
I know that it's for real this feeling that I feel
The two of us were meant to be as one

I could be a millionaire wouldn't know or even care
As long as I know that you're there baby
The world could pass before my eyes
I wouldn't even realise what's goin' on

As long as you're there
As long as you're there

I was chasin' love around feelings upside down
Passions spent on chances not worth taking
Acting like a fool breaking every rule
When someone said there's more to life than this

I could be a millionaire wouldn't know or even care
As long as I know that you're there baby
The world could pass before my eyes
I wouldn't even realise what's goin' on

As long as you're there
As long as you're there

Oh I could be a millionaire wouldn't know or even care
As long as I know that you're there baby
The world could pass before my eyes
I wouldn't even realise what's goin' on

Yeah could be a millionaire wouldn't know or even care
As long as I know that you're there baby
The world could pass before my eyes
I wouldn't even realise what's goin' on

As long as you're there
As long as you're there
As long as you're there
As long as you're there

Written by Andy Northall

2-am