Nic Norton and Alice Morell

(by Nic Rigby)

 VERSE 1

 Outside it was a cold dark night, inside I've worked too long,

In the office in Argyle Street, the coffee was awful and strong,

This old building, they say, was paid for by slavery,

But my firm does not like to dwell, upon its history.

CHORUS

The Atlantic Merchant Company, Investments and security,

Incorporated AMC, will be, the death of me.

VERSE 2

I was thinking of my sweet love Rose, but the work had to be done

My hands should be running through her hair,

Instead I'm running through the sums,

They say this building's haunted, by a young man they say,

Seen running up the old stairwell, shouting her lover's name.

CHORUS

BRIDGE

Working far to hard, working far too long,

My senses overtaken by a bright fluorescent hum.

VERSE 3

The light above me flickered, then finally gave in,

Did I hear somebody call my name, did a door somewhere slam,

I headed for the stairwell, someones running up from below,

I shouted out: "Hello, old friend." He shouted the name Rose.

CHORUS

(by Nic Rigby) 

VERSE 1 

You nervously shuffle your tarot deck,  

Like you’re playing Russian Roulette, 

And you’re never satisfied with the cards you get 

Your landlord says he admires you,  

Cause he secretly desires you 

But you are not that desperate, At least not yet 

BRIDGE 

And you lust for the long lost stranger, 

Smelt of whiskey, smelt of danger 

In the bar in Barcelona, where he called you his sweet angel 

TAG 1 

Did he leave you in a mess? Did you write down his address? 

Did you lose it in some drunken reverie? 

Did you always suspect he was never a safe bet? 

Did you run out of Spanish currency? 

VERSE 2 

Now your hard won time is ticking, 

And you really should be sticking, 

But all bets are lost, the house has won again, 

You stay shut up in your room, 

Count in the evening gloom, 

You so want to stab someone with your pen 

BRIDGE 

And you lust for the long lost stranger, 

Smelt of whiskey, smelt of danger 

In the bar in Barcelona, where he called you his sweet angel 

TAG 2 

Do the passions still remain? Are they etched into your brain? 

Is it something you would ever risk again? 

Did you stay inside your room, Did you see it as a tomb, 

Do you so want to stab someone with your pen? 

Do you wonder at the arrogance of men? 

You wonder at the arrogance of men

(by Nic Rigby)

VERSE 1

I want you to keep me awake, by being in my bed,

And not just in my head,

In my mind, you're driving me blind, as I try to get some sleep,

I'm in over my head, my thoughts were never deep,

But this photograph I keep, so close, so close to me,

But it's you that I need here, to set my body free

CHORUS

Pretty boy won't to fly away with me

Pretty boy won't you lie awake with me

Pretty boy, Pretty boy, Pretty boy, Pretty boy

VERSE 2

If I speak freely, will my world explode, if you say: no

You're not for me

If you analyse me will you spot the floors in my personality

Too many compromises, too many pointless lies,

I'd never be more paranoid if I had an army of spies

And I know I'm not so wise

But can string some words together, 

More than your usual type

CHORUS

(by Nic Rigby and Liam Capper-Starr)

 VERSE 1

Oscar met Lavinia down by the Old Mill brook,

He liked women with that 19th Century chronic TB look,

And when she fainted he held her close,

And woke her with a kiss.

But Oscar you're a fool, I said, No good will come of this.

I walked into the winter night, my gun back by my side,

For many years no one had a clue,

How that sweet fellow died.

CHORUS

Lavinia, my darling, I had to have it all,

Marry Cinderella, and every day's a ball

VERSE 2

Lavinia, I remember, how you looked oh so sweet

The night you threw my stuff and my life on to the street

You said I was a passing passion, nothing now remained

You said you didn't want me dead, but you'd like to see me maimed

So I rode into the night to make my getaway

Damning every inch of you and wishing I could stay

CHORUS 

VERSE 3

But I rejoined Lavinia, we robbed many an honest man

In Hull, and Halifax and Hell we're wanted across the land

I'm sure I'll face a final fall, I know my soul is damned

But whoever twists in the last knife, Lavinia will lend a hand

And I'll be buried in the night, my flesh will rot away

Though worms may eat up my insides for Lavinia's love I'll pray

CHORUS

 (by Nic Rigby) 

VERSE 1 

Matthew, I never knew 

You were with our family for such a short time    

I said to my mother, you could be my big brother 

And you’d seen a life that I’d been sheltered from 

And we played among grave stones in the old garden 

With sticks, grass and ivy we built the best den 

At playtimes, the sun shines, the clock groans, the missed signs 

Matthew, I never knew 

VERSE 2 

Matthew, what did you do 

Did you bite off more rejection, than you could chew 

When your mother died, did you know to cry 

Or was it just one more thing you’d been waiting for 

You played with the big boys, and had your own girl 

You seemed so cool, to my little world 

Time flies, the crow cries, the earth mourns, the day dies 

Matthew, I never knew 

BRIDGE 

Matthew ----------------  Ah Ah Ah Ahh 

Matthew, I never knew 

VERSE 3 

Matthew, what you went through, 

Did you go to find yourself under the eastern sky 

Did you stumble? Did you cry? Could you not be left alive? 

Your two children left to wonder “why?” 

Were you desperate to find some longer lasting thrill 

Had you been let down so many times, you’d finally lost the will 

The lost times, the fast times, the clock mourns, a lifetime 

Matthew, I never knew 

Matthew, I never knew