v1
Trying hard to beat the odds
But you gotta live with what the gods provide
There’s nowhere to hide
And where to rest your bones today?
No easy way across this great divide
There’s nowhere to hide

ch.
Nowhere to Hide, no use reaching for the door
Nowhere to Hide, I decided what these eyes are for
Sometimes they cry Oh how they cry
There’s nowhere to hide

v2
Some may say they take your part
Then break your heart - they promise, but they lie
Leave you nowhere to hide
They take their cut, they disappear
Well I’m sorry but we’re not here for the ride
We’ve got nowhere to hide

Rpt ch.

Br.
I thought by now we’d find a better way
Thought we’d all lend a helping hand
But all I’m seeing is a world of greed
It isn’t quite what I had planned
Not what I had planned

v3
So to those who play a crooked hand
Believing they can conquer and divide
I say there’s nowhere to hide
‘Cos our skin is thick, our hearts are big, and our heads are high
We keep it dignified   
But you got nowhere to hide

Rpt ch.

Nowhere To Hide

Don't want to get up, forget the alarm
The air is too cold, the bed is too warm
See through the window the weather is foul
A storm is beginning, it's starting to howl
There's thunder and lightning, the sky's black and grey
We'll stay here in bed 'cos there's no work today

It's raining, it's raining
It's falling as hard as can be
It's raining, it's pouring
Well I'm sure it's the best thing I've seen
Thank God it's raining

It's late in the evening, the day's at an end
We're drained to the bone, tired and spent
The storm's still raging, it's not over yet
Bad as it is that's as good as it gets
We've been here all day, it's just me and you
And here's where we'll stay till this weather is through

It's raining, it's raining
It's falling as hard as can be
It's raining, it's pouring
Well I'm sure it's the best thing I've seen
Thank God it's raining

There's no use complaining, that's not what I do
As long as it's raining I'm staying with you

It's raining, it's raining
It's falling as hard as can be
It's raining, it's pouring
Well I'm sure it's the best thing I've seen
Thank God it's raining

Raining

Here we are after all of these years
Dancing through time
We go round, round, round and the world disappears
But I know that I’m not alone
When I say that today my heart spins like a wheel
Over and over a-gain
And I know this music is real ‘Cause you hear it too.

And then we stand still and look at the stars
Watch them colliding
Their light rains down, lights up our scars
No point in hiding them now
These beautiful signs of shattering times
Show us that we made it through
And for all of the pain I would do it again
I guess that it’s true

That the world turns round
And we all fall down
Dizzy and dazed
Simply amazed at coming this far

No more words when there’s nothing to say
But we keep conversing
We’ve no idea how we got in this play
With no time for rehearsing at all
Reading beautiful lines, a passage of time
That’s written all over your face
After all of these years our story appears
For my fingers to trace.

And the world turns round
And we all fall down
Dizzy and dazed
Simply amazed at coming this far

Tell me please what is real
No one sees what I feel
Please make sense of my senses and reveal there’s a meaning
I’m not acting the fool
I’m not trying to be cool
But I find as a rule that my unruly mind prefers dreaming

This Far

Thought you understood the time’s not right
Thought you realised I’m on your side
Thought you knew that you were on my mind
But no, I got it wrong again

All those nights we spent uneasily
And all the time I thought, well... it’s just me
Misinterpreting the things I see
But no, I got it wrong again

BRIDGE
Time and again I tried
Making it right
Tried to make sense of your call
Had no defences at all

Closed my eyes and let the storm blow past
Couldn’t see that we were sinking fast
Thought we’d patch it up and make it last
But no, I got it wrong again

Thought that we had something special here
Thought I saw our future bright and clear
Thought that we’d grow old together dear
But no, it seems I got it wrong again

Wrong Again

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Summerdance

It’s the closing hour of yet another day
The lights are low now, the people go
And the landing lies with inviting eyes
But the clock’s on wheels, soon it’s time to rise
Oh the joys of living are well disguised or never meant to be

How does it feel to be riding free
Up in the blue where the angels used to be?
Oh, I’m coming home

Well I often dream of a far-off land
And a girl I know from long ago
Shields her eyes from the sun with the back of her hand
Lives where empires fall, and music stands
And the joys of living are on display for everyone to see

How does it feel to be riding free
Up in the blue where the angels used to be?
Oh, I’m coming home

Well she stands like a sun-clock with her hands in the sky
Casting five o’clock shadows with a wink of her eye
But the streetlamp’s lit and the sack is hit
And you’re off to bed with a book instead
And the world keeps turning
The sandman comes to keep me company

How does it feel to be riding free
Up in the blue where the angels used to be?
Oh, I’m coming home

A Broad Thought From Home

We are flotsam, we are jetsam
On the ocean drifting free
See that old wreck in the sunset?
Empty silhouette, leave it be
This is where we’re meant to be
This is where we’re meant to be

We are singing, we are swaying
We are rolling in the foam
We are drifting to an island
On that dry land we’ll find home
This is where I long to be
This is where I long to be

(Instrumental)

Where the flow ends we’ll find old friends
All the loved ones we cannot see
They are flotsam, they are jetsam
On the ocean drifting free
This is where they’re meant to be
Hold them close and set them free

Flotsam And Jetsam

Mary is the sweetest girl I know. 
I’d like to say I’m on her list but she barely knows that I exist
I’m looking for a way to get through to her
I’d call her if I had the nerve I’d get the chance that I deserve. 
  Mary put your glad rags on 
  We’ll go up town, we’ll have some fun
  Oh Mary we can dance the night away.
But Mary’s with those other guys in town  
It’s not fair how she shares it around

Mary likes her friends to talk things through
Guys like me I guess prefer to be quietly obsessed by her
I never get to tell her how I feel
You may think that talk is free... doesn’t seem that way to me. 
  Mary send those friends away 
  I rehearsed my lines I got things to say
  Mary I would tell it all to you.
I’d like to tell you what pains you put me through  
But I’m Tongue Tied and twisted by you

Tell me, tell me why love’s so scary
Why it seems so extraordinary
I live in hope but it’s only rarely
That I come close to my Mary, Mary

Instrumental…

Mary can’t you make the switch 
I tickle your fancy you scratch my itch
Mary, Mary I would tell it all to you.
I’m just trying to state my point of view  
But I’m Tongue Tied and twisted by you

Tongue Tied

You want to move it on but it hurts   
You want to take the pain away
You’ve got no more tears left to cry
You’ve both run out of words to say
Ah, but you’re going to be fine one day. If you take it

Little by little, honey, step by step
You’ve got somewhere to be, you haven’t been there yet
But the further you go together the closer you get
So you keep moving on

You might not think it now but it’s good  
To feel the weight of the past
To feel the heft of the load that you’ll put down at last
Ah, but it won’t go away too fast. It has to be

Little by little, honey, step by step
You’ve got somewhere to be, you haven’t been there yet
But the further you go together the closer you get
So you keep moving on

You know that day will come 
If you keep moving on
And, if you walk a thousand miles, 
Every step helps get it done

And with eyes wide open you find 
This world’s not made of gold
You see through the insincere smiles   
And the lies that you were sold
Ah, but this world is better than you’ve been told - so take it

Little by little, honey, step by step
You’ve got somewhere to be, you haven’t been there yet
But the further you go together the closer you get
So you keep moving on

Little By Little

Sophisticated rock and pop brewed up with a dash of jazz, a sprinkling of classical and a spoonful of acoustic.

Delicious!

Andy Evans Songs

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