Winter Rose

I don't want to criticise,
And I know I shouldn't back bite but,
She's the coldest girl I know,
Like a winter rose. 
So you think you know her that well,
Don't you know she ain't a true blue bell,
Under everybody's nose, 
Like a winter rose.

Don't treat her like a shrub,
You'd better where a glove ,
For she scratches in the most painful way,
She's got her thorns but then who ain't.

I think you might as well,
Put her in your lapel,
With a little bit of silver and green,
She's got so used to being seen.

Like a piece of art nouveau, 
You can dig her with a golden hoe,
But she'll be gone when the wind blows,
Like a winter rose.

I don't want to criticise,
And I know I shouldn't back bite but,
She's the coldest girl I know,
Like a winter rose

 
Lyrics by Billy Nicholls
© Twickenham Tunes Limited

Gypsy

And everybody loves a gypsy,
When they are young and dreams pass swiftly,
And everybody's free to roll home,
Hitch up a horse or take the road on.

Out in the fields to find a place
And raise a family,
Up in the hills where the north wind blows,
That's where I'll be. 
And everybody loves a gypsy,
When they are young and dreams pass swiftly,
And everybody's free to roll home,
Hitch up a horse or take the road on.

Out in the fields to find a place
And raise a family,
Up in the hills where the north wind blows,
That's where I'll be.

Well here we go
We'll get this show on the road
I don't want to stand still
The straightÔn narrow
Is the way 
It's not the easiest way

And everybody loves a gypsy,
When they are young and dreams pass swiftly,
And everybody's free to roll home,
Hitch up a horse or take the road on.

 
Lyrics by Billy Nicholls
© Twickenham Tunes Limited

Traveller's Joy

Sailing on the back of a dream,
I'm gonna fly on a picture I've seen,
Feeling that I cannot avoid,
Ain't nothin' else like,
A traveller's joy. 
Got my paddle,
Fishing tackle too,
Single saddle,
I'll ride in my canoe,
I can make it, 
Go there and back again,
Like a travelling man.

Got my paddle,
And fishing tackle too,
Single saddle,
I'll ride in my canoe,
I can make it, 
Go there and back again,
Like a travelling man.

Sailing on the back of a dream,
I'm gonna fly on a picture I've seen,
Feeling that I cannot avoid,
Ain't nothin' else like,
A traveller's joy

 
Lyrics by Billy Nicholls
© Twickenham Tunes Limited

Stay Awhile

Stay awhile
Rest your head upon the sofa,
Closer to mine.
Drink some wine,
Let me fill your glass a little,
Higher this time. 
I have always wanted you to know,
Now that I'm feeling confident you wanna go home.

Stay awhile,
Even if its just to see the,
Sun breaks the sky,
Dream awhile,
Rest your head upon the sofa,
Closer to mine.

Night time seems to make every road the same,
Sunshine and you can go the way you came.

Night time seem to make every road the same,
Sunshine and you can go the way you came.

 
Lyrics by Billy Nicholls
© Twickenham Tunes Limited

Little Lady

We don't take part 
In any plays without the captain.
You never laugh at any 
Unfortunate happening
But if these truths 
Don't mean two hoots to you my girl
Tell me what am I to do
Oh, Tell me what am I to do 
Some friends of mine
Keep telling me your in a muddle,
Yet I believe we never get 
What we can't handle

But if these truths 
Don't mean two hoots to you my girl
Tell me what am I to do
Oh, Tell me what am I to do.

I know you've got responsibility.
But it's not that much of a tragedy.
Oh there must be some one aching for
A little lady like you.
Oh A little lady like you.

You don't take part 
in any plays without the captain.
You never laugh at any 
Unfortunate happening
But if these truths 
Don't mean two hoots to you my girl
Tell me what am I to do
Oh, Tell me what am I to do

 
Lyrics by Billy Nicholls
© Twickenham Tunes Limited

Sometimes

Sometimes I look you in the eye,
Sometimes I don't,
Sometimes I think I know you well,
Sometimes I do and I don't,
Sometimes I do and it shows. 
You ask me do I like your hat,
With those deep blue eyes,
Well I'll have have to come back to you on that,
Sometimes it makes you look fine,
Sometimes I hate telling lies.

Well I get confused,
By your give and take 
Well thanks a lot,
But these debts and dues, 
Keep on spinning round my head because,

Sometimes I look you in the eye,
Sometimes I don't,
Sometimes I think I know you well,
Sometimes I do and I don't,
Sometimes I do and it shows.

 
Lyrics by Billy Nicholls
© Twickenham Tunes Limited

Kew

I feel like a boat on a river,
Could you pick me up at Kew,
I'm finding it so hard so be like me,
So I might as well be like you. 
And there's only one lock between us 
We'll wait for the sluice gate to rise
But if we hit any more railway sleepers
I'm gonna jump over the side.

Oh the river
Should be walking the plank
Like a friend of mine.
Oh the river
Have I really been drinking from 9 til 5

Now I ain't as cold as I should be
Walking back over the bridge
It could be the brandy inside of me
My body is lying again

Oh the river
Have I really been drinking from 9 til 5
Oh the river
Should be walking the plank
Like a friend of mine.

And there's only one lock between us 
We'll wait for the sluice gate to rise
But if we hit any more railway sleepers
I'm gonna jump over the side.

That's alright

Oh the river
Should be walking the plank
like a friend of mine. 
Oh the river
Have I really been drinking from 9 til 5

 
Lyrics by Billy Nicholls
© Twickenham Tunes Limited

Hopeless, Helpless

Hopeless eyes
Helpless smile
Don't you worry 
Lift you head up high,
It's the new life you feel. 
Under hill 
Over stone
Nothing's real yet still you want to roam
It's the new life you feel

You'll see the laughter gleaming 
Brightly in his eyes
Just like white horses running free,
Running wild.

He has been,
Now he has gone
Still you want to sing the same old song
It's the new life you feel.

Hopeless eyes
Helpless smile
Don't you worry, 
Lift you head up high,
It's the new life you feel.

You'll see the laughter gleaming, 
Brightly in his eyes
Just like white horses running free,
Running wild.

 
Lyrics by Billy Nicholls
© Twickenham Tunes Limited

Overnight Train

The gypsy's standing on the platform near.
That don't mean I'm gonna stay.
Overnight train
Gonna get me 
Movin' on faster that way,
Over night train 
Doesn't let me see any countryside change 
The stars are shining but my blinds are drawn
That don't mean I'll lose my way
Overnight train
Gonna get me 
Movin' on faster that way,
Overnight train 
Doesn't let me see any countryside change

I'll turn a blind eye
Be a child like everyone
What did you say
I gotta love you
Well that's so true 
But what else can I do
When I see you're laughing at me again

The trees are swaying to the music dear
That don't mean I'm gonna play
Overnight train
Gonna get me 
Movin' on faster that way
Overnight train 
Doesn't let me hear any tasty refrains.

The earth is fading by polluted air
I ain't gonna be afraid
Overnight train
Gonna get me 
Movin' on faster that way
Overnight train doesn't let me feel
Any temperatures change.

I'll turn a blind eye
Be a child like everyone
What did you say
I gotta love you
Well that's so true 
But what else can I do
When I see you're laughing at me again

 
Lyrics by Billy Nicholls
© Twickenham Tunes Limited

White Lightning

Please Mummy please
Don't take me to the dentist
I've got a toothache but that's O.K. 
Give me some time
And tonight in my bedroom
I'll work it loose like I always do.

Mummy please don't take me

One little boy
In a dentist chair
Heard a hundred angels flying passed him
What a gas, sitting there.

The same little boy
With a few more years 
Took a sniff of this
A taste of that . .What a drag
Nothing there

And then one day he saw you walk.
And heard you didn't talk.
Saw the writing on the wall.
It didn't matter any more

White lightning
It's got nothing on you.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Oh It didn't shine like you Lord.

White lightning .
Way out in the blue.
With a million angels singing.
Oh it didn't sound like you Lord.

Count up to ten
When I tell you to breath in
I will take out 
Everything while your sleeping

Colours will fuse
In with heavenly music
When you awake
It will have a new meaning

 
Lyrics by Billy Nicholls
© Twickenham Tunes Limited