The First Four Years: 1988 -1991
Lyrics by Neale Harmer ©1995

Lyrics to the "Out-takes only". The other songs can be found from "Autumn" to "Jangly".

If You Loved Me

I'm better off now
Getting over my grief
Why do you pass me by?
If you loved me...
The sun would shine, come rain or snow
I love you but I don't let it show
I need you more than you could ever know
I spend nights without sleep
I spend daytime in a dream
Thinking how good it could be if you loved me
The sun would shine, come rain or snow
I love you but I don't let it show
I need you more than you could ever know
(I think I'd better go)
When I think of how you've passed me by again
I burst into tears. Here I go again...

That's Enough!

So apparently it's wrist-slashing time again...
Haven't we heard this all before?
He has gone for good now
You can't rely on him for support
I don't care what Sylvia Plath said unto you
It's a desperate world out there and there's lots of work to do

The real world and me are both ready to start
So get your head out of that book
You read about life but you never take part
So get your head out of that book

This friend says "THAT'S ENOUGH NOW!"
I could be the second-best thing that ever happened to you
You could be the second-best thing that ever happened to me
Me? I say try looking further than the tears in your eyes

The real world and me are both falling apart
So get your head out of that book
You read about life but you never take part
So get your head out of that book

GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THAT BOOK!
(There IS someone who loves you!)

This One's For You

Please come over and talk to me
I want to spend a little bit of time with you
(And only you)
Please come over and talk to me
We don't have to end up taking off our clothes
(But then again - who knows?!)

I can't take my eyes off you
How could I make it more obvious about the two of us?
So please come over and talk to me
I'm not saying I always know what's best
But I'll try a little tenderness

You're not the only one who has ever been betrayed
You're not the only one who has ever been afraid to care

I can't take my eyes off you
How could I make it more obvious about the two of us?
So please come over and talk to me
I'm not saying I always know what's best
But I'll try a little tenderness

Let's try a little tenderness

You're not the only one who has ever been betrayed
You're not the only one who has ever been afraid to care
So please come over and talk to me

Bust

I don't want hear about it
How he always seems to do and say all the right things
And you can only laugh
At all the tinny little love songs that I sing
I know you're no longer one of us
So run away, run off into his arms
I know you're not a feminist
So run away, run off into his arms

Deep down I know he would be better for you

I don't want to be a martyr
Especially now that you have given up The Fight
You said you'd never give in
But you've sold your soul for starters
Can this really be the friend who wanted bloody revolution?
So run away, run off into his arms
I know you're not an anarchist
So run away, run off into his arms

Deep down I know he would be better this way

So kiss me for the last time
Before we say goodbye
Hug me to your bosom
Yes, I know I'm not tall, dark or handsome!

Deep down I know he would be better this way

So kiss me for the last time
Go now, I'll be fine
Hug him to your bosom
For he's so tall, dark and handsome...

Hold me like you used to
I'll treasure memories of you
I know you won't really miss me
Just kiss me, now it's over