Well, as the title suggests... here's a place to post and discuss (Norway? Stinking?) the lyrics from CY tracks. They would get lost in the leak thread.

Anyone had a go yet?

UPDATE: here are all the lyrics posted below. I'll update this post again with the most recent corrections. Thanks to everybody who contributed and will be contributing... since none of these lyrics are mine!



1) Riverman

There's something in the way
she moves me, to distraction;
I travelled all this way to try and make amends

'Cause heavy in the air
are the words that she left hanging
I tried to walk away, but I only stand and stare.

Chorus:
The rain that comes
All of the love that was left behind is gone
When the riverman runs
Find me the girl who electrifies the storm

'cause in a little while, she'll be gone...

I waited in the rain
My feet too wet to stand in
I shouted out your name
behind the rainbow's end

But somewhere in the crowd,
she heard me jingle jangling
Like a memory that fades,
she slipped away again...

(Chorus)

'cause in a little while, she'll be gone.

The riverman runs!
The riverman runs!
....



2) In the Heat of the Moment

They tell me you've touched the face of God,
at the sound of the rope cracking on your neck
They tell me you'd never give it up
like the song that was soul singing in your head

So honey please, don't let go
or you'll fall into the dead of night
So honey please, don't let go
You better learn to fly,
'cause they're gonna point you up at the sky

Chorus:
The more that you want it
The more that you need it
I know that you'll be by my side
In the heat of the moment
When the thunder and lightning comes
I know that you'll be by my side

That loving man ain't no rolling stone
At the sound of the drums, I'm gonna set you free
I talk to him on the telephone,
and these are the words that he gave to me...

He said honey please, don't let go
or you'll fall into the dead of night
So honey please, don't let go
You better learn to fly,
'cause they're gonna point you up at the sky

(Chorus)



3) The Girl with X-Ray Eyes

Tried to hang on to myself
Don't believe in no-one else
And I'm shaking like a leaf
as I fall into the street

But the girl with X-Ray eyes,
she's gonna see through my disguise

Going nowhere down a hill,
It's hard to swallow, like the pill
that was twisted on your tongue
by the sea that was standing still

There was no-one to be seen,
no-one left to hear my scream...

Chorus:
So she took me by the hand
We followed clues left in the sand
as she swallowed space and time
and we gathered pearls and swine.
She shot me to the sun,
like a bullet from a gun...

And when the deed was done,
in the morning she was gone.

Turn the page and let it go
like your mother told you so
Life, it stretches out for miles
The truth is on your stereo

The girl with X-ray eyes
she's gonna see through your disguise

(Chorus)



4) Lock All the Doors

She wore a star-shaped tambourine,
prettiest girl I'd ever seen
was standing lost and lonely on the shore

I tried to catch her every night,
dancing on the road in her candlelight
But I can't seem to reach her anymore

Chorus:
Lock all the doors!
Maybe they'll never find us
I could be sure, like never before, this time.
Get down on the floor!
Turn all the lights off inside
I could be sure, like never before, this time.

You know it's mine
You know it's mine

She never hears me when I speak
I gotta find out where that magic sleeps
And I can feel you underneath my skin

Ready for take-off, warm inside
'cause I don't wanna sail on the ocean wide
'cause we might never live to meet again

(Chorus)

You know it's mine
You know it's mine



5) The Dying of the Light

I keep on running but I can't get to the mountain
behind me lie the years that I misspent
And I've been sinking like a flower in the fountain
When all the love I'm gonna need is heaven sent

Gonna try my best to get there
but I can't afford the bus fare
and the storm that's rolling over
man, it makes my wanna cry

And I was told
the streets were paved with gold
and there'd be no time for getting old when we were young
It's all right
if you dance with me tonight
we'll fight the dying of the light and we'll catch the sun

Woke up sleeping on a train that was bound for nowhere
the echoes that I could heard were all my own
the world had turned and I'd become a stranger
And I'm tired of watching all the flowers turn to stone

'Cause I tried my best to get there
but I can't afford the bus fare
and the storm that's rolling over man it makes me wanna cry
and the cold against my shoulder
and it comes on in the winter
and it seems to last forever and it makes me wanna, it makes me wanna cry

Was told
the streets were paved with gold
and there'd be no time for getting old when we were young
It's all right
if you dance with me tonight
we'll fight the dying of the light and we'll catch the sun

(instrumental break)

Gonna try my best to get there
but I can't afford the bus fare
and the storm that's rolling over
man, it makes my wanna cry

I was told
the streets were paved with gold
and there'd be no time for getting old when we were young
It's all right
if you dance with me tonight
we'll fight the dying of the light and we'll catch the sun

The cold against my shoulder
and it comes on in the winter
and it makes me wanna cry
And the cold against my shoulder
and it seems to last forever and it make me make me wanna cry...



6) The Right Stuff

Out of the blue I heard an angel say
"Give me your soul and I'll be on my way"

You and I got the right stuff
You and I got the right stuff

Are you asleep in your immortal soul
are you a devil in a heart of gold

You and I got the right stuff
You and I got the right stuff

When your heart gets shattered
and your jeans gets frayed
and your baby sings the morning at the end of the day
When your heart gets shattered
and your jeans gets frayed
and your baby sings the morning at the end of the day

You and I got the right stuff
You and I got the right stuff
You and I got the right stuff
You and I



7) While the Song Remains the Same

Hold that thought
Don't let me go
We can dance beneath the fireflies on an empty road.

It's a shame how a memory
fades to gray.
We let love get lost in anger, chasing yesterday...

Chorus:
Find me a place where the sun shines through the rain
Find me the pleasure in the pain
While the song remains the same, let it go on and on and on...

Taking you back
to the town where I was born
'cause I'm tired of being a stranger and I'm miles from home.

We can hide
by a lonely window pane
We can walk the streets of my life while they still remain.

(Chorus)

Hold that thought
Don't let me go
We can dance beneath the fireflies on an empty road.



8) The Mexican

You say that you need love
just like a kid on crack
I got feeling that what you want
is kind of holding you back

You say you can't find your feet
under the morning sun
I got a feeling that what you are
might just be blowing away your mind

He's always talking about a new religion
Waiting on the outside lost in the fog
I was only dreaming of a revolution
waiting for the right time watching the clock

wah wah wah wah wah wah

You say that you need love
just like a kid on crack
I got feeling that what you want
is kind of holding you back

You say you can't feel the heat
behind a setting sun
I got a feeling that what you are
might just be blowing away your mind

Thought I was talking about a new religion
Waiting on the outside lost in the fog
Always off dreaming about a revolution
waiting for the right time watching the clock

Thought I was talking about a new religion
Waiting on the outside lost in the fog
Always off dreaming about a revolution
waiting for the right time watching the clock



9) You Know We Can't Go Back

There is the time that I found I lost my way to love
I was stranded inside of the silent city walls
with my hand my heart I couldn't tell you if I'd been dreaming
take me to my lover arms I won't wake up this time

Maybe I believe in magic love
fighting in the moon and stars above
I take you from a one horse town and I bring you down
and I'll love you for all time

But it's all right
No, we can't go back
I said it's alright
no, we can't go back
no, we can't go back

Give us a time when I guess I must be leaving
gone are the days when the dreams we screamed out loud
With my heart in my mouth I couldn't tell what (just happening?)
take me to my lovers arm I won't back down this time

Maybe I believe in magic love
fighting in the moon and stars above
I take you from a one horse town and I bring you down
and I'll love you for all time

But it's all right
No, we can't go back
I said it's alright
no, we can't go back
no, we can't go back

I said it's alright
no, we can't go back (repeat 4-5 times)



10) Ballad of the Mighty I

Followed you down to the end of the world,
to wait outside your window
Heat or the rain, I would call your name
but you just pass me by

If you put me up like a fly on the wall,
you'll be to blame when the heavens fall
Give me a sign if you hear me call...
but you just pass me by

The colours around me are fading away,
and I'll be waiting, come what may
I'll find you (yes I'll find you)
If I gotta be the man who walks the Earth alone

Followed the stars and I sailed to the sun
and held it in my fingers
Alone on the beach, on my own, outta reach
but you just pass me by

Give you the world if you take my hand,
but you left me alone in the sinking sand
Strike up the band for one last stand,
and you just pass me by

Show me the rules of the games you play
and I'll be waiting, come what may
I'll find you (yes I'll find you)
If I gotta be the man who walks the Earth alone

Followed you now to the end of the world,
to wait outside your window
Heat or the rain, I would call your name
but you just pass me by

Wherever you run, I'll be on your tail
Whenever you're hiding behind your veil,
I'll find you (yes I'll find you)
If I gotta be the man who walks the Earth alone