(Circa Records - UK: CIRCD 10; International: 260 248) (UK version)
Lock and Key 4:36
Porcelain 5:38
Girlfriend 4:39
For You Only For You 3:53
Genius 6:18
Manhattan Skyline (US version only)
Did I Happen To Mention? 4:18
Towerblock 3:51
Island 4:41
Your Lovely Face 4:30
China Blue 3:16 (UK version only)
Prince of Peace 3:52 (UK version only)
total time: 49:37
When there's comfort in pleasure and pleasure in pain And I'm wondering if I'll see you again No tangled emotions dragging us down And the texture of your voice the sweetest sound I'm gonna wrap you up and take you home with me Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah Treasured in my heart under lock and key. When there's nothing to hold you, or holding you back No chains of attachment, only basic facts No strangled devotions, hemming us in And the taste of your smile was the sweetest thing I'm gonna wrap you up and take you home with me Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah Treasured in my heart under lock and key Under lock and key, my precious moments My precious memories, and you know, and you know I ain't never, never, I ain't never gonna let them go Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah When there's comfort in pleasure and pleasure in pain And I'm wondering, wondering if I'll see you again No tangled emotions, dragging us down And the texture of your voice the sweetest sound I'm gonna lock you up and take you home with me Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah Treasured in my heart under lock and key. Yo' Yo' Yeah Yeah
I am very very much in like with you
I hope that it's okay 'cause it's all I can do
'Cause you treat my skin like porcelain,
Rare and special porcelain
Even though you know I know you know
That this is not the real thing...
Oh, isn't it enough what I'm giving to you, baby?
Oh, isn't it enough that your kisses drive me crazy?
Oh, isn't it enough, isn't it enough?
I read a book like you, it says for what it's worth
People only really get what they deserve
And I hear a voice cry out within
Relax, enjoy the porcelain
Treatment feels like liquid gold
A treasured hand for me to hold
Oh, isn't it enough what I'm giving to you, baby?
Oh, isn't it enough that your kisses drive me crazy?
Oh, isn't it enough, isn't it enough?
Porcelain, porcelain
You treat my skin like porcelain...
In the big, big scheme of things
Beyond the rare and special porcelain
Beyond the joy, joy and the dis-at-ease
Well there's a place for me...
Porcelain, porcelain....
Sometimes I think I should say I love you too
If words are free, why can't I spare the best for you?
'Cause you treat my skin like porcelain
Rare and special porcelain
Even though you know I know you know
I'm cracked from all of this living
Oh, isn't it enough what I'm giving to you, baby?
Oh, isn't it enough that your kisses drive me crazy?
Oh, isn't it enough that I'm checking for you, baby?
Oh, isn't it enough that your kisses drive me crazy?
Oh, isn't it enough, isn't it enough?
Isn't it enough?
Isn't it enough?
Don't tell me to stop crying please just hold me while I do Soothe me with your silence and just cradle me to you Don't push me for my reasons or expect me to explain How can I in five minutes shift a lifetime's hidden pain? Don't tell your girlfriend about me 'cos your girlfriend won't like girls like me Don't tell your girlfriend about me If you just hold me, hold me, hold me.... I went to see a psychic and I paid for good advice He said "Forget a romance 'til you've sorted out your life. Be your own mother and your father and your sister and brother, And even try to crack the art of being your own lover... Don't tell your girlfriend about me 'cos your girlfriend won't like girls like me Don't tell your girlfriend about me If you just hold me, hold me, hold me.... In my darkest hour you'd be mine, these wildest dreams are no crime, or are they? Girlfriend Coming from a place of need, not one of abundance, You see he told me. Girlfriend Don't tell me to stop crying, please just hold me while I do Soothe me with your silence and just cradle me to you Don't push me for my reasons or expect me to explain How come I say I'm happy to be on my own again...? Don't tell your girlfriend about me 'cos your girlfriend won't like girls like me Don't tell your girlfriend about me 'cos your girlfriend won't like girls like me You don't have to tell your girlfriend about me If you just hold me, hold me, hold me....
I cried the Solent, the Tyne, the Severn and the Rhine The Thames and the Seine over again But I won't be crying anymore, a lake of tears like I shed before For you, only for you The Ganges, the Clyde, the Amazon, the Nile The Avon, the Trent, the tears that I spent! But I won't be crying anymore, all these tears like I shed before For you, only for you A sea of love runs deep in these veins Flooding my heart with anger and pain The depth of reason, a wave of regret But the times that we had I'll never forget But I won't be crying anymore, all these tears like I shed before, for you, only for you, Only for you, only for you, only...
Genio!
You would have to be a genius to work out what it is with us
And I'm no budding genius so what would I know?
You would have to have a first degree to understand the history
Or study anthropology, so what would I know?
I know that in South America, they're burning down the trees
Stoking up the fires of Western industries
And you would have to be a genius to work out what
it is with us, and I'm no budding genius, but some things
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know!
Voca teria que ser un genio
Para saber o que se passa com a gente
Mas eu nao sou em genio
Entao o que sei eu?
Voce tem que ter un diploma
Para entender a historia
Ou estudar anthropologia
Entao o que sei eu?
I know that in South America, they're burning down the trees
Stoking up the fires of Western industries
And you would have to be a genius to work out what
it is with us, and I'm no budding genius, but some things
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know...
What chance did I stand? How could I resist? Your American arms and your French kiss From New York to London, London to New York With this broken heart so British Ooh ooh yeah yeah As broken as the Manhattan skyline Ooh ooh yeah yeah As broken as the fragments of my mind My mind my mind New York to London...yeah Now our love is lying like some troubled land Now you are my Ireland, and I'm your 'Nam From New York to London, London to New York With this broken heart so British Ooh ooh yeah yeah As broken as the Manhattan skyline Ooh ooh yeah yeah As broken as the fragments of my mind My mind my mind I should cry more tears for Israel Instead of dwelling in my own hell And my love and my world's plight They're still giving me sleepless nights What chance did I stand? How could I resist? Now this broken this broken this broken heart... So British Ooh ooh yeah yeah As broken as the Manhattan skyline Ooh ooh yeah yeah As broken as the fragments of my mind (Repeat chorus; ad lib to fade)
Did I happen to mention that I love you?
Did I happen to mention it's you who sees me through?
Did I happen to mention I'm waiting for your move?
I've been meaning to tell you that I'm sorry
I've been meaning to tell you I can't wait forever for you
Are you meaning to tell me that you still love me too?
I need, I need another good friend
Like I need, like I need a hole in my head.
And I want, I want, I want your loving in my heart
And I want, and I want, I want your loving in my bed...
Oh did I happen, did I happen, did I happen to mention?
She happened to mention that she saw you
She happened to mention you'd said that we were through
Wish you could've mentioned, so I'd have known that too...
I need, I need another good friend
Like I need, like I need a hole in my head.
And I want, I want, I want your loving in my heart
And I want, and I want, I want your loving in my bed...
Oh did I happen, did I happen, did I happen to mention?
I need, I need another good friend
Like I need, like I need a hole in my head.
And I want, I want, I want your loving in my heart
And I want, and I want, I want your loving in my bed...
Oh did I happen, did I happen, did I happen to mention?
Did I happen, did I happen, did I happen to mention?
You make me feel vulnerable and totally exposed
You make me feel like a teenager dressed in a woman's clothes
And I ask you, and I ask you, where do we go from here?
All my life, I've been the one who's big and strong for everyone
Then you come along, a towerblock for me to lean on.
And I ask you, where do we go from here?
You've got me so I'm curling like a kitten in your hand
You've got me so I'm clawing like a tiger caged and bound
And I ask you, and I ask you, where do we go from here?
All my life, I've been the one who's big and strong for everyone
Then you come along, a towerblock for me to lean on.
And I ask you, where do we go from here?
All my life, I've been the one who's big and strong for everyone
And now I know you've let me down, will it always be
That I'm the only towerblock for me?
Island... If you make yourself an island, I'm gonna sail straight out to you If you burn your bridges one by one, I'll not give up on you. But if you scratch, scratch the surface, underneath the skin Under the armour of that iron woman So many things lie within... So don't you test my love like you test the love of your boyfriends Oh don't you know the love for a woman, for a woman, for a woman Is there to the end, there to the end...? I know you're feeling bitter and twisted, I've seen it seeping out of every pore Rising up beyond the goodness of a perfect human core And if you peel, peel away the wisdom, underneath the skin I wonder, I wonder, I wonder, I wonder what lies within... Oh don't you lose my love, oh don't you lose your love my friend Oh don't you know the love for a woman, for a woman Is there to the end, there to the end? I just wanted to say you know I love you... If you bite, bite the hand that feeds you, don't think he'll keep coming back for more 'Cause this is real life not the movies girl, I've told you that before But if you scrape, scrape at the bravado, underneath the skin Under the armour of everybody, so many things lie hidden... So don't you, don't you, don't you doubt my love Like you doubt the love of all your friends Oh don't you know the love for a woman (repeat 11 times) Is there to the end, there to the end? Island Bitter and twisted...
Your lovely face, your lovely face, your lovely...
I'm standing in my kitchen, I'm driving in my car
Lying on my bed in my room wondering where you are
I keep meaning to call you, but I never find the time
Doesn't mean to say that you're not weaving through my mind!
What I wouldn't do right now to see your lovely face
What I wouldn't do right now to see your lovely face
What I wouldn't do right now to fill in all this space
That I've gone and built just for myself.
Sitting in this restaurant, I'm running 'round some park
Swimming in some clear blue water wondering where you are
I keep meaning to tell you that things aren't what they seem
Doesn't mean that you're not weaving through my dreams!
What I wouldn't do, what I wouldn't do,
What I wouldn't do right now to see your lovely face...
Your lovely face, your lovely face, your lovely
Your lovely face, your lovely, your lovely face
Smiling on the ocean, I'm flying through the air
You know I'm travelling so much travelling these days
Then what should I, should I care?
Finally arriving where I was born to be
Doesn't mean to say your lovely face can't be with me...
Written by: Julia Fordham Produced by: Grant Mitchell & Julia Fordham Arranged by: Grant Mitchell Recorded by: Graham Dickson Assistant: Diane BJ Kon=E9 Studio: Mirval Mixed by: Hugh Padgham at The Townhouse Assistant: Alan Stone Drums: Arran Ahmun Double Bass: Dave Green Guitar: Dave Cliff Guitar Solo: Dave Cliff China Blue, fragile and missing you Just heard the latest news, China Blue China Blue, tell me it isn't true One heart broken in two, China Blue Heaven's holding a pale pale moon Looks like an anaemic balloon Can't believe what they're doing to you Oh China, China Blue China Blue, fragile and missing you You did all you could do, China Blue Heaven's holding a pale pale moon The breeze whispering a sad sad tune All my love I send to you Oh China, China Blue
Written By: Julia Fordham Produced By: Grant Mitchell & Julia Fordham Recorded By: Graham Dickson Assistant: Diane BJ Kone' Studio: Miraval Mixed By: Hugh Padgham At The Townhouse Assistant: Alan Stone Fretless Bass: Pino Palladino Bass Solo: Pino Palladino The soldiers of my discontent march from my soul to my head I make myself a prisoner in this my latest self made war The angel of my higher self must be guarding someone else Haunted thoughts made manifest so many ghosts still left to rest I wanna give up the fight; and lose myself in your love Give up the fight; oh to be a Prince of Peace for just one night Trapped in this eternal quest for faith and wisdom and courage Stranded as the sole captor the same old torture as before I wanna give up the fight; and lose myself in your love Give up the fight; oh to be a Prince of Peace for just one night Undaunted and unbreakable a centred soul unshakable My root of bondage and my release When will I be a Prince of Peace? The soldiers of our discontent marching since this time was sent When will the battle ever cease? When will we learn to walk in peace?
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