Tiger Bay lyrics

Like four paper-dolls / all heavy with sleep, /
they hold you like a baby, / your body so weak. /
They lay you on a white bed, / almost dead at nineteen, /
like four paper dolls / all heavy with sleep. /

And with your blonde hair / all over my dress, /
your heart had stopped beating, / your head on my chest, /
and I told you for the last time / that I loved you best. /

He's gone, / he's gone. /

She wears sad jeans / torn at the waistband. /
Her pretty face / is stained with tears. /
And in her right hand / she clasps a letter; /
I know this means / that he has gone. /
And in this town / of mis-guided tourists, /
she never thought / she'd fall in love. /
It was a few days / after her birthday, /

Like a birthday card / from a previous year, /
the weather in Chayco / is sparkling and clear. /
The girl lies in bed, / the boy sits in the yard. /
He wants to talk sleep / but he has to keep guard. /

She stirs from her sleep / and she calls for a beer; /
he knows there are none / and pretends not to hear. /
She hears his breath / like she's heard it before. /

instrumental

[This songs is in two separate parts, with the song Tankerville segued between them.]

Western wind, / when will thou blow? /
Let the snow rain down, May(?) rain. /
Oh that my love / were in my arms / and I in my bed / again.

[Tankerville sits here.]

Western wind, / when will thou blow? /
Snow rain down, hey, rain. /
Oh that my love / were in my arms. /

I'll meet you / past the great divide, yeah, /
setting sail 'cross darkened dawn. /
Everybody wants / something, /
and I want it all. /

Stars are calling, / goodnight, darling. /
Don't say good-bye. /
Stars are calling, / take the slow train. /
Don't say good-bye. /

Marble lions / at the gates of Eden /
screaming songs to lull the rage. /

Lalala lalalala, / lalalala lalalalala, /
lalala lalalala, / lalalala lalalalala. /

All of his friends have been wondering /
why he spent so long with her; /
he's so dark and moody, /
she is his sunshine girl. /
Lalala lalalala, / lalalala lalalalala, /
lalala lalalala, / lalalala lalalalala. /

In the bed where they make love /
she's in a film on the sheets. /

[This song has vocals, but not many real lyrics as such. A couple of phrases are distinguishable.]Floating higher, / floating, floating, floating...

George, he called to say that he'd be late; /
there's something on the TV around eight. /

If you could see me, / and if you could see me, ooh, /
and if you could see me, ooh. /

Talk to you at night when you're asleep. /
I say I deserve / better than this. /

If you could see me, / and if you could see me, ooh, /
and if you could see me, ooh. /

Ooh, / what are you thinking of? /
Boy, / what are you dreaming of? / (Anyway,) /
I run around the streets to find you, /
shout your name, I want to hold you, / (what are you thinking of?) /
I run around the streets to find you, /
shout your name, I want to hold you. /
I'll be there / to run into your arms. /
I'll be there. / Won't you hug my soul? /

She's an auburn-haired girl / from a town of Spanish sand, /
and she wades through Junior High / with a radio in her hand, /
and she never talks to the country kids, /
she just moves with the times like her mother did, /

and when / she comes in the spring, /
her touch can do everything, /
`cause she wears my ring. /
Oo-ooh, / American records. /

Thanks to Ravi Baskaran for a correction!

Milan, / when I was a kitten, /
we'd sit and sing old songs. /
Milan, / when I was a kitten, /
we'd sit and sing old songs. /

In my head, / listening to windchimes; /
married a fool / I know. /
In my head, / listening to windchimes; /
married a fool / I know. /

Why on Earth / didn't I wait for you? /

He's on the phone, / and she wants to go home; /
shoes in hand, / don't make a sound, / it's time to go.

(Ooh-ooh) /
Someday (someday), someday. /

He's on the phone, / doesn't want to go home. /
The hotel life - / forget your wife, / you're on your own.
Academia girl; /
her life's a gas, / she loves the trash / inside his world. /
Can't find his way there, /

[instrumental.]