Chain of Days

Buckle her shoe

Music by Silje Nergaard

Lyrics by Mike McGurk

One two buckle her shoe

tell her she must follow you

three four tell her that you're 

the one that she's been waiting for

Five six tell her you fix

ailing hearts with magic tricks

seven eight tell her it's fate

that she landed on your plate

Nine ten don't say it again

or you'll find the day arriving when

you wait ans wait outside her door

but baby don't wanna play no more

On two buckle her shoe

say she can live her life with you

three four never quiet sure

if she's worth a little bit more

Five six invent new tricks

you can add to your secret mix

step back let her drink her fill

seven and eight and counting still

Nine ten don't say it again

or you'll find the day arriving when

you wait ans wait outside her door

but baby don't wanna play no more

She's biding her time and counting the days

till she escapes his scheming ways

then free of him and buckled shoes

she'll heal her heart with a barefoot blues

and leave him wondering why

the leaving

Music by Silje Nergaard

Lyrics by Mike McGurk

you can walk away from this

break the chain of days there's nothing left to miss

now's the fateful hour you've no time to think

of how he's going to face all his tomorrows

you can walk away from it all

there is no way that you can ever break his fall

but he will learn to love again as time goes by

you know your touch will just add to all his sorrows

she stands beside herself and forms the words she

needs to say

afraid that once they're spoken they will not wash away

imagining as time goes by he’ll learn to love again

in some other life

as time goes by as time goes by

can't lead the life you’ve led

trapped inside another's needy heart and head

choking on the countless things we leave unsaid

no way can I be here now that it's over

he stands beside himself and forms the words he needs to say

but only gets things said when she's too far away

still dreaming that as time goes by he’ll learn to love again

in some other life

as time goes by as time goes by

Come walk around

Music by Silje Nergaard

Lyrics by Mike Mcgurk

I took a train to where I used to be

to that place where I'm just me

where all the streets I've ever known

talk to me and take me home

oh come walk around just walk around

and share my story

do the rounds in my home town

let's leave behind

everything that haunts our minds

be fancy-free and turn back time

I gathered up those heavy shades of grey

packed their bags and them away

and let the old town I knew so well

hold me in its magic spell

oh come walk around just walk around

and share my story

do the rounds in my home town

let's leave behind

everything that haunts our minds

be fancy-free and turn back time

tears in my eyes

so much to lose

still searching for my

own cure for the blues

time to look back

with a smile or a sigh

and walk through the town with no thought of goodbyes

Those rainy nights

Music by Silje Nergaard

Lyrics by Mike McGurk

don't have to hide anymore

from those dark rainy nights

he left at my door

with a note saying how

he would warm me when those stormy

late-night hours looked over my shoulder

but those rainy nights are coming to an end

the clouds are slowly lifting I see starry skies again

I'll save that midnight oil that I've been burning

starlight tells me that my luck is turning

those rainy nights have had their final word

filled my head and heart until... nothing else was heard

I've tried sheltering from the stormy weather

but clouds drift in whenever we're together

Oh how I wished that clouds just might

have silver linings

I wonder why

I won't make a dash for the door

won't miss those rainy nights

start longing for more

and yet his words still

come to haunt me

charm and taunt me

like drops of rain dancing before me

but those rainy nights are coming to an end

the clouds are slowly lifting

I see starry skies again

I'll save the midnight oil I've been burning

starlight tells me that my luck is turning

those rainy nights have had their final word

filled my head and heart until nothing else was heard

but lately I've let those clouds drift by

biding my time 'til clearer skies

arrive to make hope out of heartache s

o that I can look love in the eye

but still I wish each nightÖ clouds just might

have silver linings

I wonder why

Café de Flore

Music by Silje Nergaard

Lyrics by Mike McGurk

there by the window

at tables for two she raises her glass

to love she once knew

and drinks to herself it is all she can do

when nobody knows her name

that cold misty morning

his ship is setting sail

his hand to his heart

saying love would prevail

but time doesn’t heal it just serves as a veil

when nobody knows her name

she sees that her dream's had its hour

and neither sunlight nor shower

can make her heart flower

now that he's gone she keeps waiting

she cannot wither or grow

cos he loved her so ooooo

and nobody knows his name

her life's become bangles

mascara and pain

a wasteland where shadow

and loneliness reign

where rituals stop her

from going insane

when nobody knows her name

she sees that her dream's had its hour

and neither sunlight nor shower

can make her heart flower

now that he's gone she keeps waiting

she cannot wither or grow

cos he loved her so ooooooo

and nobody knows his name

nobody knows her name