BLOOD AND RAIN: THE SINGLES The Lyrics

PAINTED MOON (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

Walking home in the rain
Blood runs cold in my veins
News from a distant shore
Blues like never before

The moon is new
The moon is full
The moon is blue
The moon is cruel
Painted moon

Coming to the rescue
Angels from another world
Love is here to stay
So the angels say
Running to the rescue
Angels flying up above
Phantoms in the bay
While the natives pray
To the painted moon

I wash my face and get dressed
Time cuts into my wrist
So who invents our dreams
The hands that hold the machine

The moon is new
The moon is full
The moon is blue
The moon is cruel
Painted moon

Coming to the rescue
Angels from another world
Love is here to stay
So the angels say
Running to the rescue
Angels flying up above
Phantoms in the bay
While the natives pray
To the painted moon

Painted moon
Painted moon
Ooooh
Painted moon

Coming to the rescue
Angels from another world
Love is here to stay
So the angels say
Running to the rescue
Angels flying up above
Phantoms in the bay
While the natives pray
To the painted moon

Painted moon
Painted moon
Painted moon
Ooooh
Painted moon
Painted moon

I CAN`T CRY (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

I need attention it`s long overdue
There may be nothing anyone can do
So I sit here insane on the floor
And I make up my mind who to kill
And just to hone this desperation
I think I`ve caught a chill

I need attention but no one wants to hear
A tiny heartbeat filling me with fear
Oh it`s a matter of life or death
But I wish it wasn`t up to me
So no soft words please save your breath
Because I haven`t got the energy

Save your tears for this life inside

I can`t cry
I can`t cry she said

I need affection it`s becoming an emergency
A lonely passion is all that`s left for me
Oh spare me the "Straight from the heart"
God knows who`s to blame
We will spill this innocent blood
Because it hasn`t got a name

Say your prayers for this life inside

I can`t cry
I can`t cry she said
Cry
Cry

I`m learning reason
I`m learning patience
And I know what I`m made of
It`s just a case of another switch off
I could spit in the face of love

I can`t cry
I can`t cry she said
Cry
Cry
Please cry
Cry
Please cry

I SEE RED (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

The TV`s on in the blues soft room
A twist of lemon in the mouth of the moon
The intercom cracks with vitriol
I`ve just been talking to a voice in the wall

I`ve got these pills and they keep me sane
I had a job now I feel no pain

Then I wake up from a dream and
I`m still dreaming and it`s total silence
But I`m still screaming

You say that God`s got a narrow mind
You say that Heaven is a home for the blind
You think you`re clever being cruel this way
I`m so scared I might get carried away
Away

I`ve got these pills and they keep me sane
I had a job now I feel no pain

Then I wake up from a dream and
I`m still dreaming and it`s total silence
But I`m still screaming

When I see you
I see Red
I see Red
And what do I do
I see Red Red Red

You feed me poison but I`m still alive
You give me money but I`m still deprived
And in return for all my love all my love
You give me sex and prayers and molotovs

I`ve got these dreams and they keep me sane
I`ve got my friends and we think the same

Then I wake up from a dream and
I`m still dreaming and it`s total silence
But I`m still screaming

When I see you
I see Red
I see Red
And what do I do
I see Red Red Red

When I see you
I see Red
I see Red
And what do I do
I see Red Red Red

When I see you
I see Red
I see Red
And what do I do
I see Red Red Red

ANSWER ME (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

Won`t you answer me
Said the exile
Is there a message for me?
Now I feel so far away

Will you

Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove

Won`t you answer me
Said the soul singer
There`s a murmur in here
Sound thunders on the wall

Will You

Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove

Answer me answer me
Speak to me
Oh brother won`t you talk to me
Whisper to me
I said oooh

Won`t you answer me
Said the coal miner
It`s dark down here
And gas creeps through the walls

Will you

Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove

Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove

Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove

Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove

Walk through the moonlight shadow
Sing to a God of love
Fight someone else`s battles
And lie in a shady grove
Shady grove

SCOTTISH RAIN (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

We dive into a dark doorway
Hiding from the clouds of grey
Oh babe
I don`t mind it at all
We stay close to one another
Laughing as we watch the waterfall

Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain

I can feel your pulse beat so strong
Feel you warm and feel you young
Oh babe
Like children once again
We stay close to one another
Captives of the Scottish Rain

Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain

Hope it don`t rain all day

Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain
Rain Scottish Rain

We stay close to one another
Captives of the 
Natives of the Scottish Rain

Radioactive Rain
Radioactive Rain

THE REAL MCCOY (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

Be do do be do do be do do

I remember singing in the rain
Friday night in those mean old streets again

Glasgow`s a go go
Hey now all the grafitti is gone
Oh but sometimes Jim you`d see a Cistene Chapel
Splattered on Tenemant Stone
Uh huh uh huh

Another night another day
Another trip down the Paradise Way
I said
Love can run you over
Tear down the walls of Troy
Well who can we turn to but each other
Everyone knows this love`s
The Real McCoy

Be do do be do do be do do
Be do do be do do be do do

I can see those cranes like midnight dinosaurs
I know corner boys on the alter wine
Shipyard heroes from Eisenstein
I said

Another night another day
Another trip down Paradise Way
I said
Love can run you over
Tear down the walls of Troy
Well who can we turn to but each other
Everyone knows this love`s
The Real McCoy
McCoy
McCoy

Be do do be do do be do do
Be do do be do do be do do
Be do do be do do be do do
Be do do be do do be do do

Nightime burning inside
Nightime burning inside
Burning inside
Burning inside
I said burning inside
I said burning inside
We`re gonna tear down those walls of Troy
Wear down those walls of Troy
In the nightime
Nightime
Nightime

Tear down those walls
Tear down those walls of Troy
Wear down those walls of Troy
Nights on fire
Nights on fire
I said
Shipyard hero
Driftin` kids just wastin` time
People on the borderline
Cranes like midnight dinosaurs
Bright light
White light in the highland of the nights

Be do do be do do be do do
Be do do be do do be do do
Tear down those walls of Troy

RAZOR BLADES OF LOVE (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

There is a chill wind blowing outside
My window pane is wet with tears from the sky
And my record player answers me
A crying song for a fool like me

The midnight bell is striking twelve
Hymns of love ring out for someone else
A choir of children sing innocently
A crying song for a fool like me
The razor blades of love
The razor blades of love

I stare at the empty screen
I`ve nothing left to say
I cut up magazine headlines
And toss my rhymes away
Razor blades of love
The razor blades of love
The everglades of love
Of Love
Of Love
Razor blades of love
Razor blades of love

And the TV is on and the curtain are drawn oh my
And the wallpaper faces look down in scorn oh my
Well I`ll keep my sense of humour
And I`ll laugh about it all some day
But I`m lonely again
And left with a pain
That`ll never go away
Hey!

Razor blades of love
Razor blades of love
Razor blades of love

Of Love
Love

BULLETPROOF HEART (J.O`Neill)

Some say this is a dangerous place
Dangerous women lipstick mace
Men disappear without a trace
Stay anonymous hide your face
In this town you`d need a
Bulletproof
Shatterproof heart

When I came here I was innocent
Soon found out what trouble ment
Now I regret the times I`ve spent
In your towerblocks and tenements

In this town you`d need a
Bulletproff heart
In this town you`d need a
Bulletproff
Shatterproof heart

Watch your step
Don`t open your door
Watch your step 
They want to settle a score
Watch your step
Don`t open your door
Open your door

Some may say this is a dangerous place
Searchlights circles
Watch this space
Men disappear without a trace
Anonymous faces lost in the maze
In this town you`d need a 
Bulletproff heart
In this town you`d need a 
Bulletproof
Shatterproof heart
In this town you`d need a 
Bulletproff heart
In this town you`d need a 
Bulletproof
Shatterproof heart
Shatterproof heart
Shatterproof heart

In this town
In this town
In this town
In this town
In this town

I WANT YOU (J.O`Neill)

Well I want to paint your picture
With that great look in your eyes
And I want to write a song so gentle
It could make you cry

I want the world
And all it`s charms
And nothing else will do
And Hey
I want you

Well I want a roaring city
And I want a healing sun
And I want a magic wilderness
Where we could be as one

I want the world
And all it`s charms
And nothing else will do
And Hey
I want you
I want you

Well I want to be you soldier
And I want to be your friend
And I want to be your dancing fool
And dance you till the end

I want the world
And all it`s charms
And nothing else will do
And Hey
And Hey
Hey
I want you
I want you

HEY MR BANK MANAGER (J.O`Neill/Burns)

Hey Mr. Bank Manager
Please don`t take my car
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
Please don`t take my 
Electric guitar

You`ve all the money
In this big wide world
So why the "bleep"
You have to ruin me and my girl
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
Please don`t take my car
My car

Hey Mr. Bank Manager
Please don`t take my house
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
It`s council Georgian Art Deco
And early Bauhaus
You`ve all the money
In this big wide world
So why the "bleep"
You have to ruin me and my girl
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
Please don`t take my house

My credit`s up
My cash is gone
I wish they`d drop
The money bomb
I live in hope
I live in prayer
I`m just so
Money money money
Aware

"What are you gonna do about it?"

You`ve got all the money
In this big wide world
So why the "bleep"
You have to ruin me and my girl
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
Please don`t take my car
My car
Ma ma ma my car

I CAN FEEL IT (J.O`Neill)

There`s a murmur in the air
And I can`t hear it
There`s a magic atmosphere
Oh yes you know it`s true
There`s a love that`s everywhere
And I can feel it
I can feel it

On a day like today
You can wish yourself away
There`s nothing to do but I feel blessed
When everything`s in the right place
And the sun shines in your face
You feel like the King of Happiness
Oh yes
Yes yes yes
I got a feeling
I got a feeling

There`s a murmur in the air
And I can`t hear it
There`s a magic atmosphere
Oh yes you know it`s true
There`s a love that`s everywhere
And I can feel it
I can feel it

You came out of the scene
You came out of the colour scheme
You`ve taken my hand and made me smile
So now`s the second of the hour
Now`s the rush of the phantom power
You`ve taken this boy high as a mile
Oh yes
Yes yes

I get a feeling
I get a feeling

There`s a murmur in the air
And I can`t hear it
There`s a magic atmosphere
Oh yes you know it`s true
There`s a love that`s everywhere
And I can feel it
I can feel it
I get a feeling
I get a feeling

There`s a murmur in the air
And I can`t hear it
There`s a magic atmosphere
Oh yes you know it`s true
There`s a love that`s everywhere
And I can feel it
I can feel it
And I can feel it
I can feel it

Can you feel it

CELLARS OF DREAMS (J.O`Neill)

Hold me in the dark
Wrap me in your skin
In the arms of free fall
We ride
Darker than the night
Darker than the womb
Holding us like children inside

There`s no mercy
God is just a man
There`s no mercy
Love is in command

Hold me till I`m silent
Hold me till I scream
Lovers in a cellar of dreams

Imprisoned by these walls
In these arms of steel
In a world of colours
I cry

Soldiers of the night
Following the stars
To a bright oasis
We fly

There`s no mercy
God is just a man
There`s no mercy
Love is in command

Hold me till I`m silent
Hold me till I scream
Lovers in a cellar of dreams

Lovers in a cellar of dreams

NUMBER ONE FRIEND (J.O`Neill)

The cats in the Moulin crew
Trawl the Couscous Cafes
Looking for a neck to chew
And hideaway
Well that`s where I found you
Lippy and trashy
C`mon little Betty Blue
What do you say

`Cause I would love to be
Your Guardian Angel
Yes I would love to be
Your number one friend
Uh huh huh

In the windmills of Pigalle
We raised our voices
Moi et toi special
This love disease
We looked for bohemia
And found high prices
C`mon mon petit godesse
Come dance with me

`Cause I would love to be
Your Guardian Angel
Yes I would love to be
Your very close friend
`Cause I would love to be
Your Guardian Angel
Yes I would love to be
Your number one friend
`Cause I

I lost you in the night
Lost that fatal magic
We didn`t even have a fight
You melted away
The cats in the Moulin crew
Trawl the Couscous Cafes
Looking for a neck to chew
On another day

`Cause I would love to be
Your Guardian Angel
Yes I would love to be
Your very close friend
`CauseI would love to be
Your Guardian Angel
Yes I would love to be
Your number one friend
Uh huh huh
Uh huh huh

WILD MOUNTAIN THYME (The McPeake Family)

Oh the summertime is coming
And the trees are sweetly bloomin`
And the wild mountain thyme
Rolls around the purple heather

Will you go lassie go
And we`ll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the bloomin heather
Will you go lassie go

I will build my love a tower
Near yon clear crystal fountain
Aye and on it I will pile
All the flowers of the mountain

Will you go lassie go
And we`ll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the bloomin heather
Will you go lassie go

If my true love
She was gone
I would surely find another
As the wild mountain thyme
Rolls around the purple heather

Will you go lassie go
And we`ll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the bloomin heather
Will you go lassie go
And we`ll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the bloomin heather
Will you go lassie go
And we`ll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the bloomin heather
Will you go lassie go
And we`ll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the bloomin heather
Will you go lassie go

SOMETHING WORTH FIGHTING FOR (J.O`Neill)

Is your number high on a concrete wall
With an intercom that cries
Is your family lost in scattering
Thirty storeys high

I will be free
I`m meant to be
I will be free

Do you wait for luck in your letterbox
And the joy that it will bring
Do you wait for moments of charity
A letter from a King

I will be free
I`m meant to be
I will be free

In the end that`s something worth fighting for
In the end that`s something worth fighting for

And you pray for sun in a frozen wind
And you make your bed on the street
And you keep your spirit awake
And you mix your blood with the beat

I will be free
I`m meant to be
I will be free

In the end that`s something worth fighting for
In the end that`s something worth fighting for
In the end that`s something worth fighting for
In the end that`s something worth fighting for

And you pray for sun in a frozen wind
And you make your bed on the street
And you keep your spirit awake
And you mix your blood with the beat

I will be free
I`m meant to be
I will be free

In the end that`s something worth fighting for
In the end that`s something worth fighting for
In the end that`s something worth fighting for
In the end that`s something worth fighting for