REA, Chris

REA, Chris

Josephine

There's rain on my window

But I'm thinking of you

Tears on my pillow

But I will come through

Josephine, I'll send you all my love

And every single step I take

I take for you

Josephine

There's a storm on my radar

But I can still fly

And you are the reason

The blue in my sky

Josephine

A life without meaning

I was walking away

In the coldest of winters

Night becomes day

Josephine, I'll send you all my love

And every single step I take

I take for you

Josephine

I Can Hear Your Heartbeat

In the silence of the side street

In the whisper of the night

From the darkness of the empty hours

To the early morning light

From the hustle down on Main Street

With all its lights so bright

To the trucker on the highway

Pressing through the night

I can hear your heartbeat

Girl, the sound of you is so sweet

I'm in a European disco

And it's thumping out the beat

There's a jukebox in a cafe

Where the younger ones can meet

We got freezing Coca-Cola

We got anything you want

I can feel the back beat, yeah

Girl, but it's you that sings the song

'Cause, I can hear your heartbeat

Yes, I can hear your heartbeat

Girl, the sound of you is so sweet

To me

And I'm sailing on your wind storm

Oh, I can feel the summer breeze

You've got me walking on my tiptoes

You've got me standing on my knees

From the mills way down in Pittsburgh

To the clubs of gay Paris

Ah, no matter where I roam, girl

You can always get to me

'Cause, I can hear your heartbeat

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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

Oh You my love

My sweet, sweet love

Are what it's all because of

Yeah

Driving Home for Christmas

I'm driving home for Christmas

Oh, I can't wait to see those faces

I'm driving home for Christmas, yea

Well 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

Driving home for Christmas

It's gonna take some time

But I'll get there

Top to toe in tailbacks

Oh, I got red lights on the run

But soon there'll be a freeway yeah

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

I'm driving home for Christmas

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

Oh, I got red lights all around

I'm 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

Oh 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

He's driving home, driving home

Driving home for Christmas

The Road to Hell

Well I'm standing by a river but the water doesn't flow
It boils with every poison you can think of
And I'm underneath the streetlight but the light of joy I know
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows

And the perverted fear of violence
Chokes the smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bell

This ain't no technological breakdown
Oh no, this is the road to Hell

And all the roads jam up with credit
And there's nothing you can do
It's all just bits of paper
Flying away from you

Oh look out world
Take a good look what comes down here
You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well

This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
Oh no, this is the road, said this is the road
This is the road to Hell

Still Beautiful

I see a million torn up moments
of the rarest happiness
Each one a dancing snowflake
A piece of memory

It's the ghost of days gone by
Lay them tight across this old town
In the silence of your smiling face
You move to me

And you are still beautiful
You are still beautiful
In this cold white night
Still shining bright
Still beautiful

Regrets the cold wind that I know
and it will not let me be
and hopes your smiling face
can still can set me free

And you are still beautiful
You are still beautiful
In this cold white night
Still shining bright
Still beautiful