Gerry Rafferty Album

I was born a poor man's son, and followin' traditionWhen I came of age I hit the road, and followed blind ambitionI served my time and payed my dues, now I'm sittin' prettySleeping in a feather bed high above this city.
It's four in the morning, and I'm sittin' here still thinkingOur love's on the borderline, I know this ship is sinkingI still remember when we talked about the Southern Cross a long time agoLook through my window and I watch the cold rain fallin'Somewhere in the distance I can hear a siren callin'Is this a wilderness or just another station on the Rock Island Line?
When I first came to this town with sweet anticipationMy days were filled with music, and my nights with conversationI didn't worry, didn't care which way the wind was blowin'Yes there was magic in the air, and music kept on flowin'.
I was a superman ridin' on a riverShe always wanted so much more than I could give herI still remember everytime we said goodbye when I was back on the roadI was a rhythm man, now I'm a local heroI still remember when my luck was down to zeroRight now I sit and wonder why nobody ever comes to knock on my door.
Now life is bitter, life is sweet, life is what you make itYour love makes my life complete, and I just can't forsake itThe time has come to travel on, yes now the days I'm countin'We're goin' back to where we come from, gonna live on some old mountain.
It's four in the morning, and I'm sittin' here still thinkingOur love's on the borderline, I know the ship is sinkingI still remember when we talked about the Southern Cross a long time agoI was a rhythm man, now I'm a local heroI still remember when my luck was down to zeroIs this a wilderness or just another station on the Rock Island Line?

Drums/Percussion: Arran AhmunBass Guitar: Gerry Rafferty / Pete ZornFretless Bass: Mo FosterKeyboards: Alan Clark / Gerry RaffertyElectric Guitars: Jerry DonahueAcoustic Guitar: Gerry RaffertySaxophone: Mel CollinsUilleann Pipes: Davy SpillaneFiddles: Rick SandersVocals: Gerry Rafferty

Moonlight and goldMidsummer magic when the night turns to dayAnd songbirds greet the dawnYou lie awakeYou watch and wonder while the moon fades awayAnd one more day is born.
Tides keep on turning, while hearts keep on yearningTo be where they know they belongAll on a new day, you see in a new wayThe things you've been leaning upon.
Moonlight and goldI will awaken to a love that runs deeperThan the need in me.
While you are sleeping, the new day comes creepingAnd life keeps on passing you byMagic unfolds when the blue meets the goldAnd the sun comes to open your eyes.
Moonlight and goldMidsummer magic when the night turns to dayAnd songbirds greet the dawnYou lie awakeYou watch and wonder while the moon fades awayAnd one more day is born.
Oh yeah

Drums/Percussion: Arran AhmunBass Guitar: Ian MaidmanElectric Piano: Gerry RaffertyOrgan: Gerry RaffertySynthesizer: Alan ClarkElectric Guitars: Jerry DonahueAcoustic Guitar: Gerry RaffertyVocals: Gerry Rafferty(Introduction) String Arrangement: Wil Malone(Introduction) Soprano Saxophone: Andy White

Big old moon and a sweet starry nightI think I'll go out walkingWish I could change the way you're feelin' tonightBut I'm just tired of talkin'You're still giving me that same old lineLike a bird that keeps on squawkin'Sometimes I wonder what goes on in your mindI'm just tired of talkin'.
Now little by little, and bit by bit, the truth is slowly dawningI love you honey, but you just won't quit, let's leave it til the morning.
You lay the bait and I get caught in your trapI'm the game you're stalkin'Let's say good night and just leave it like thatI'm so tired of talkin' (yes I am)
Now little by little, and bit by bit, the truth is slowly dawningWe've got a puzzle but the pieces don't fit, let's leave it till the morning.
Same old blues at the end of the nightBut you've got to keep on rockin'Turn up the music, and turn out the lightI'm so tired of talkin' (yeah yeah yeah)

Drums/Percussion: Arran AhmunBass Guitar: Ian MaidmanKeyboards: Kenny Craddock / Alan Clark / Gerry RaffertyElectric Guitars: Jerry DonahueUilleann Pipes: Davy SpillaneWhistle: Davy SpillaneFiddles: Rick SandersAccordion: Geraint WatkinsVocals: Gerry Rafferty

Hearts run dry, something happens when two hearts run dryThat you can't explain, no you don't know why, oh no oh noLove grows cold, meanwhile life goes on and the young grow oldAnd you've seen too many dreams unfold, oh yeah when hearts run dry.
The setting sun, fades away just like a love that's goneYou remember when two hearts were one, oh yeah, oh yeahAnd in the night, you still want someone to hold you tightBut your medicine just won't come right, oh no, when hearts run dry.
I can't love you the way that I used to do, but don't tell me I'm using you, losing youThrough empty days and lonely nights, it's memorys that keep me here with youThere's no getting near to you, and I still don't know what to do, leaving you, loving you.
Each day's the same, you decide to play the waiting gameSo you live a lie, but you feel no shame, oh no, oh no.
I can't love you the way that I used to do, but don't tell me I'm using you, losing youThrough empty days and lonely nights, it's memorys that keep me here with youThere's no getting near to you, but I still don't know what to do, leaving you, loving you.
Hearts run dry, something happens when two hearts run dryThat you can't explain, no you don't know why, oh no oh noLove grows cold, meanwhile life goes on and the young grow oldAnd you've seen too many dreams unfold, oh yeah when hearts run dry.
whoa-oh, when hearts run drywhoa-oh, when hearts run dry

Drums/Percussion: Arran AhmunOther Percussion: Maurice PertBass Guitar: Ian MaidmanFretless Bass: Mo FosterElectric Piano: Betsy CookHammond Organs: Kenny CraddockElectric Guitars: Jerry DonahueSaxophone: Mel CollinsSlide Guitar: Bryn HaworthAccordion: Geraint WatkinsAcoustic Guitar: Gerry RaffertyVocals: Gerry Rafferty

Night was fallin', the horizon was callin', as we drove into the setting sunGoin' back to that country that we still call homeSaid good bye to the capital city, yeah this town has got me on the runI need to spend some time out in the great unknown.
I'm lookin' for sweet inspiration, every morning noon and nightBut these days it just keeps on passing me by,
I know you don't feel like making this journey, but you know that time is on my sideI can't go on living like a refugeeWay down south where the living is easy, we can look across the great divideBut all we've got is a pocketful of memories.
We stood on the motorway shoulder as the sun rose over the lowland hillsAnd my heart broke down, when I looked at youDon't tell me you're leavin' me now, when you know how hard I've been tryin'Darling you're my world, don't bring it all tumbling downIt's only the code of the road, and the sound of a motor wheel cryin'Don't renege my love, don't bring it all tumbling down.
One more morning, yes another day dawning, and I'm looking at a bird that singsWish I could change my whole life, and just fly awayOver the mountains down through the valleys, through the homeland of the Celtic kingsNow it's just the frontline for the U.S.A..
We live in a time when the spirit of love and devotion is breakin' downAnd my heart broke down when I looked at youDon't tell me you're leavin' me now, when you know how hard I've been tryin'Darling you're my world, don't bring it all tumbling downIt's only the code of the road, and the sound of a motor wheel cryin'Don't renege my love, don't bring it all tumbling down.

Drums/Percussion: Arran AhmunBass Guitar: Ian MaidmanFretless Bass: Mo FosterKeyboards: Alan Clark / Kenny CraddockSynthesizers: Alan Clark / Kenny CraddockHammond Organ: Alan ClarkElectric Guitars: Jerry DonahueUilleann Pipes: Davy SpillaneWhistle: Davy SpillaneString Synthesizer: Gerry RaffertySaxophone: Mel CollinsFiddle: Rick SandersVocals: Gerry Rafferty

In a dance hall by the river, I was singing in a travelling bandJust another small town night, with a silver moon shiningI remember when I saw you, that first moment when it all beganYou looked across a crowded room, and stole my heart away.
And we stood out in the moonlight, in the shadow of a factory wallMusic playing soft and low, and a gentle breeze sighingAnd the light on the river was magic, yes a magic that I still recallMoments come and moments go, but these moments still remain.
Remember how we met, down by the watersideHow easily we forget, all the love that we knew.
So we married our fortunes together, and we sealed it with a golden bandBut somewhere down along the road, we could see the flame dyingNow an exiled heart gets weary, like two strangers in a foreign landWe reached the point of no return, a long long time ago.
Remember how we met, down by the watersideHow easily we forget, all the love that we knew.

Drums/Percussion: Arran AhmunBass Guitar: Ian MaidmanKeyboards: Alan Clark / Kenny CraddockHammond Organ: Kenny CraddockSaxophone: Mel CollinsVocals: Gerry Rafferty

Winter's come, another year, another season begunEveryday brings a long cold lonely nightSpirits in the wind, let out their mournful sighsAnd I watch the rain fall down, like the teardrops from your eyes.
Oh my love, when you lay beside me, with this cold moon aboveDream your dreams, let your cares all fly awayWe've been so alone, but soon these days must endAnd I will take you home, when the summer comes again.
Yes we'll be movin' on, with no sad good byesBut it's only the deepest part of our love, that will keep us togetherBut while this cold wind blows, and tears fill your eyesI'm counting the days, and learning the ways of a broken heart.
Yes we'll be movin' on, with no sad good byesBut it's only the deepest part of our love, that will keep us togetherBut while this cold wind blows, and tears fill your eyesI'm counting the days, and learning the ways of a broken heart.
Winter's come, another year, another season begunEveryday brings a long cold lonely nightSpirits in the wind, let out their mournful sighsAnd I watch the rain fall down, like the teardrops from your eyes.

Drums/Percussion: Arran AhmunBass Guitar: Ian MaidmanKeyboards: Kenny Craddock / Gerry RaffertyElectric Guitars: Jerry DonahueUilleann Pipes: Davy SpillaneWhistle: Davy SpillaneFiddles: Rick SandersVocals: Gerry Rafferty

I like the trees and the birds and the beesI'm a sucker for peace and quietBut two weeks alone in this sweet little homeAnd I feel like starting a riotI've been stuck in this old house too longI need a little change of atmosphereLet's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.
I greet the day in my usual wayOn my brow there's one more wrinkleI can't speak, I ain't shaved in a weekAnd I look like Rip Van WinkleWe've got people in this neighbourhoodWho've been sleeping for a thousand yearsLet's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.
Let's take a train, or a boat and a planeAnd go all the way to ChinaLet's stay alive till a hundred and fiveWell nothing could be finerI want to make sweet love to you, beneath a silver moon.
Same old scene on the T.V. screenThere's an inner city burningIt's dog eat dog, live high on the hogBut the lady's not for turningWe've got violence on the picket linesAnd police in their riot gearLet's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.
Let's take a train, or a boat and a planeAnd go all the way to ChinaLet's stay alive till a hundred and fiveWell nothing could be finerI want to make sweet love to you, beneath a silver moon.
I like the trees and the birds and the beesI'm a sucker for peace and quietBut two weeks alone in this sweet little homeAnd I feel like starting a riotLet's take a trip up north, to Sauchiehall StreetAnd wish everyone a happy new yearLet's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down hereLet's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here
(dog ate the dog, the cat ate the mouse)

Drums/Percussion: Arran AhmunBass Guitar: Pete ZornKeyboards: Gerry RaffertyElectric Guitars: Jerry DonahueFiddles: Rick SandersAccordion: Geraint WatkinsVocals: Gerry Rafferty

On a night like this, I need your sweet kissYeah it's only you that can heal me girlTill there's no more rain, and there's no more painOh yeah darlin' you take it all all away.
I've been out walkin' on those city streetsI've been so restless for so longIn those dark places where they keep the beatYou're missing nothing, it's the same old song.
When the beat goes on, when the music's playingIt's raining in my heart yeah, and the room keeps on swayingI'm sitting in this crowd, oh yeah, but you're the one I missI know how much I need you girl, on a night like this.
On a night like this, I just can't resistAll the sweet love, you want to give to me girlWhen I'm all at sea, you can rescue meYeah it's only you, that can turn this old heart around.
It's been so long since I went steppin' outI went looking for something newThen I remember what it's all aboutAnd I bring it all home to you.
When the beat goes on, when the music's playingIt's raining in my heart yeah, and the room keeps on swayingI'm sitting in this crowd, oh yeah, but you're the one I missI know how much I need you girl, on a night like this.
When the beat goes on, when the music's playingIt's raining in my heart yeah, and the room keeps on swayingI'm sitting in this crowd, oh yeah, but you're the one I missI know how much I need you girl, on a night like this.

Drums/Percussion: Arran AhmunBass Guitar: Ian MaidmanKeyboards: Kenny Craddock / Alan ClarkElectric Guitars: Jerry DonahueAccordion: Geraint WatkinsPiano Introduction: Gerry RaffertyAcoustic Guitar: Gerry RaffertyVocals: Gerry Rafferty

I've got a woman, and she's so good to meShe broke into my heart, and she still holds the keyShe's the only one I know, who ever really gave to meUnselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love.
I used to run around so fancy freeBut all those crazy nights just drained my energyWell I was thinking only of myself, like a fool I could not seeHer unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love.
Now everybody wants to share real love and understandingLife without it can seem tragicBut when there is someone you loveAnd they give you real love in returnWell you know life can be magic.
She can turn my whole world upside down (up, down, and around)She's the one who keeps my feet on solid groundI never knew just what I had before but now I know I've foundUnselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love (yeah)
Now everybody wants to share real love and understandingLife without it can seem tragicBut when there is someone you loveAnd they give you real love in returnWell you know life can be magic.
When I'm feeling low down negative (still runnin' away)And I know I've got to change the way I liveShe just shakes her head and wondersIf I'll ever learn to giveUnselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love (yeah)
Unselfish love(I've got a woman and she's so good to me)(yes she broke into my heart, and she still holds the key)(when I'm feeling low down negative from the way I live)She gives me reason (she just shakes her head and wonders if I'll ever learn to give)Unselfish love (I've got a woman and she's so good to me)She never worries (yes she broke into my heart, and she still holds the key)

Drums/Percussion: Arran AhmunBass Guitar: Ian MaidmanKeyboards: Kenny Craddock / Alan ClarkElectric Guitars: Jerry Donahue / Gerry RaffertySaxophone: Gerry RaffertyVocals: Gerry Rafferty