Oooooh oooooh.

Run, run, run, run,
Run, run, run, run.

ahhhhh, ooooooh.

Am I allowed to drift,
Beneath the waves.

I close my eyes so tight,
And measure every word.

Am I allowed to drift,
Beneath the waves.

I close my eyes so tight,
And measure every word.

If I could run,
Would it all disappear,
The weight of your words,
The salt of my tears.

If I could run,
Would it all disappear,
The weight of your words,
The salt of my tears.

Would it all disappear,
Run, run, run, run,
Run, run.

See the lights upon the tree,
9 o’clock on Christmas Eve,
Can you hear the silence fall like snow this Christmas?
Though we ought to be back home,
And there’s places we should go,
Oh I just don’t want to be alone on Christmas Eve.

So don’t leave me,
Don’t say “you’ll see”,
Oh I just don’t want to be alone on Christmas Eve.

Hear the Christmas church bells ring,
Now it’s midnight on the green,
And a choir of drunkards walking home with Christmas cheer,
Now it’s late and time’s slipped by,
And we ought to say goodnight,
But I just don’t want to be alone on Christmas Eve.

So don’t leave me,
Don’t say “you’ll see”,
Oh I just don’t want to be alone on Christmas Eve,
So don’t drive home,
Don’t turn to leave,
Cos’ I just don’t want to be alone on Christmas Eve.

See the lights upon the tree,
9 o’clock on Christmas Eve,
Oh I just don’t want to be alone this Christmas.

Snowflakes dance like whispers,
In the glow of the evening light,
Gather round the fire, love,
In the shelter of the old pine,
Friends and family fill the room,
As the old stories unfold,
And in the warmth of this moment,
Our hearts are made of gold.

So this winter,
We’ll hold close who we hold dear,
Oh this winter, you’ll be welcome here,
So this winter,
Though there’ll be laughter, there’ll be tears,
Still this winter you’ll be welcome here.

The scent of pine and cinnamon,
And the crimson of an old wine,
A flicker of a candle glows,
We’ll never drift away.

So this winter,
We’ll hold close who we hold dear,
Oh this winter, you’ll be welcome here,
So this winter,
Though there’ll be laughter, there’ll be tears,
Still this winter you’ll be welcome here.

And if the road gets lonely,
Or the nights grow long,
Just know, there’s somewhere you belong,
No matter where you wonder,
Or how far you roam,
Don’t forget, you’ve got a place called home.

I don’t know what you had in mind
People lie all the time
You don’t have to dry your eyes
People cry all the time
I don’t know if you said goodbye
People die all the time

Here’s a snow ball
Of your big beautiful island
Shake it til it snows
Or rains
I’ve made it for you
I heard you cry this morning
I know how much you miss swinging
The blue sea
Iorana
Until you do go back
You heart will not belong to me
Iorana
A thousand miles away
I’ll have to wave and say goodbye
Iorana
My lover couldn’t stay
Iorana
Until you do go back
You heart will not belong to me
Iorana
A thousand miles away
I’ll have to wave and say goodbye
Iorana
My lover couldn’t stay

(lyrical notes)

Look at her
She’s clumsy and poor
No one will ever be sure
What is it she does with her life
Strangest of girls
She never gets out
Find a friend you need someone
Posters hanging on the walls
She talks to them
When she’s alone
Hey John Martyn
I wrote you a song
And laughs and suns and afternoons
Wasted away
Alone
We’ll find a way to love you
From now on
Strangest of girls
She never gets out
Sorry we had never seen
The light of day
On what you bring
The world is better with you in it
Don’t go just now
We’d love you to sing
And laughs and suns and afternoons
Wasted away
Alone
We’ll find a way to love you
From now on