CAMERA OBSCURA – You’re The Only Star In My Blue Heaven

You’re the only star in my blue heaven
And you’re shining just for me.
You’re the only star in my blue heaven
And in dreams your face I see.

Well you’re the guiding light
That brightens up the night
And I see your face in my dreams
You’re the only star in my blue heaven
And you’re shining just for me.

CAMERA OBSCURA – Swans

There’s flowers in my house
And I bought them myself
No surprises in the record collection
You must have thought I was someone else

I’m still afraid to get lost
In a city I might explore
But I’m not afraid to have
An eloquent boy at my door

at my door
at my door
at my door

Oh you want to be a writer
Fantastic idea
You say you’ve never seen America
I really think you’ll like it there

Maybe you should travel with me
Is this the best idea
Because you’ve never seen a Redwood
and you’ve never touched a deer

a deer
a deer
dear

a deer
a deer
my dear

Are swans deceiving us all?
Oh I for one should know
I never felt myself so graceful
And I never swam so slow

so slow
so slow
so slow…

CAMERA OBSCURA – Suspended From Class

You’re such a beautiful writer
That’s not all you are
I’m sorry about making a pass
It was subtle but I think that you grasped
The meaning intended
I can be a friend to you
I won’t pretend
I’m not interested in breaking your heart
It’s not love no it’s nothing like that
I’ll leave that to lookers like him
Oh he’s such a delicate thing
Now it’s such a fragile thing that we have

I should be suspended from class
I don’t know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class

We could go out dancing
But, in truth it is the last thing that I have on my mind
Please say if I’m way out of line
I won’t need telling twice
Now he wants to kiss
He says he can’t resist
You’re going to have to keep it hidden inside
I’ve a feeling that pigs might fly, might fly

I should be suspended from class
I don’t know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class

You’re such a beautiful writer
And that’s not all you are
I’m sorry about making a pass
It was subtle but I think that you grasped
The meaning intended

I should be suspended from class
I don’t know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class
I don’t know my elbow from my arse

CAMERA OBSCURA – Razzle Dazzle Rose

Rose, IÂ’m feeling older
I was as lucky as a four-leaved clover
I tried to be happy it wasn’t easy
When I choose my colour it will be Razzle Dazzle Rose

Rose, IÂ’m feeling older
Courage my love it makes me bolder
Expecting softness can lead to foolishness
When I choose my colour it will be Razzle Dazzle rose

CAMERA OBSCURA – Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken

He said “I’ll protect you like you are the crown jewels”, yeah
Said he’s feeling sorrier for me the more I behave badly
I can bet

Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
‘cuz I can’t see further than my own nose at this moment

Jealousy is more than a word, now I understand
You can’t stay a girl while holding a boy’s hand

Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
‘cuz I can’t see further than my own nose at this moment
Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
‘cuz I can’t see further than my own nose at this moment

I’ve got my life of complication here to sort out
I’ll take myself to an east coast city and walk about

Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
‘cuz I can’t see further than my own nose at this moment
Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
‘cuz I can’t see further than my own nose at this moment
Hey Lloyd I’m ready to be heartbroken
‘cuz I can’t see further than my own nose at this moment

CAMERA OBSCURA – Let’s Get Out Of This Country

Let’s get out of this country
I’ll admit I am bored with me
I drowned my sorrows and slept around
When not in body at least in mind
We’ll find a cathedral city
You can convince me I am pretty

We’ll pick berries and recline
Let’s hit the road dear friend of mine
Wave goodbye to our thankless jobs
We’ll drive for miles maybe never turn off
We’ll find a cathedral city you can be handsome I’ll be pretty

What does this city have to offer me?
Everyone else thinks it’s the bee’s knees
What does this city have to offer me?
I just can’t see
I just can’t see

Let’s get out of this country
I have been so unhappy
Smell the Jasmine my head was turned
I feel like getting confessional
We’ll find a cathedral city you can convince me I am pretty

What does this city have to offer me?
Everyone else thinks it’s the bee’s knees
What does this city have to offer me?
I just can’t see
I just can’t see

CAMERA OBSCURA – Lemon Juice And Paper Cuts

You’re young with the time
To afford yourself a few fashion mistakes
You were way out of line
When you told that boy of your mission
Make or break a few hearts

He’s the one who keeps busy
And he runs with all the bands
Little does he know
They think of him a lesser man
They see a lesser man

But if you see him
Tell him I’ll meet him
On the edge of town
The edge of town
When the lights go down

I got my hair cut today
It would have really amused you
We’re young and we can be cruel
Because we choose to

Lemon juice and paper cuts
Go like me and you
You had a bash at being my friend
(It didn’t suit you)

But if you see him
Tell him I’ll meet him
On the edge of town
The edge of town
When the lights go down

CAMERA OBSCURA – I Love My Jean

Of a’€š the airts the wind can blaw
I dearly like the west
For there the bonnie Lassie lives
The Lassie I love best
There’s wild-woods grow, and rivers row
And mony a hill between
But day and night my fancy’s flight
Is ever wi’€š my Jean!

I see her in the Dewy flowers
I see her sweet and fair
I hear her in the tuneful‚ birds
I hear her charm the air
There’s not a bonnie flower, that springs
By a fountain, shaw, or green
There’s not a bonnie bird that sings
But minds me oh my Jean!

CAMERA OBSCURA – Honey In The Sun

A half full moon in Mexico City I think of you
When I saw the Southern Cross I wished you had too

I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew
But it’s as warm as saxophones
And honey in the sun for you

I’ve been spending half the year
In a plane going up and down
You’ve been seeing other people from a nearby town
Been obsessing and getting depressed about us
Excess baggage and other stupid band stuff

I wish my heart was cold
But it’s warmer than before
I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew
But it’s as warm as saxophones
And honey in the sun for you

When you said the veins in my left hand
Were shaped like a tree
Was that the very last time you really looked at me?
I’m in training to become as cold as ice
I’m determined to protect my feelings disguise
When I said I didn’t love you I told you a lie
There no one above you although I try
Would you laugh at the time I spent calling your name
Over and over and over and over again?

The trouble is I got me close to hating me
When I wake up in the morning its your face I see
Where you once made me feel less afraid
You’ve got me pouring myself all over this page

CAMERA OBSCURA – French Navy

Spent a week in a dusty library
Waiting for some words to jump at me
We met by a trick of fate
French navy my sailor mate
We met by the moon on a silvery lake
You came my way
Said, I want you to stay

You with your dietary restriction
Said you loved me with a lot of conviction
I was waiting to be struck by lightning
Waiting for somebody exciting
Like you
Oh, the thing that you do
You make me go ooooh
With the thing that you do (you do, you do)

I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn’t hold it
I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn’t hold it

I’ll be criticized for lending out my art
I was criticized for letting you break my heart
Why would I stand for disappointed looks?
I’m fully grown, but I’m on tenterhooks
Ooh with the looks, on tenterhooks
Ooh with the looks, the looks, the looks

I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn’t hold it
I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn’t hold it

Relationships were something I used to do
Convince me they are better for me and you
We met by a trick of fate
French navy, my sailor

I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn’t hold it
I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn’t hold it

CAMERA OBSCURA – Forests And Sands

I’m in a van,
And you’re holding my hand
And you were travelling with me through forest and sands

I’ve been ever so needy learning your language
And you’ve been taking full advantage, haven’t you?
Oh, don’t say it’s true

I’ve been so afraid,
I’m a sadness again
And we kissed once, even that was the last

I know I need more than given
Moments and sentimental stories
Words only spoken seemingly
That I’m warming your heart that way

Oh, it feels like none of this is real
I’ll pretend that my heart and my head are well
But if the blood pumping through my veins could freeze,
Like a river in Toronto,
Then I’d bleed please,
You said I made you feel warm, said I made you feel warm inside

Oh, it feels like none of this is real
I’ll pretend that my heart and my head are well
But if the blood pumping through my veins could freeze,
Like a river in Toronto,
Then I’d bleed please,
You said I made you feel warm, said I made you feel warm inside

It feels like none of this is real
I’ll pretend that my heart and my head are well
But if the blood pumping through my veins could freeze,
Like a river in Toronto,
Then I’d bleed please,
You said I made you feel warm, said I made you feel warm inside

CAMERA OBSCURA – Footloose And Fancy Free

Buy me an advent calendar
It seems the thought of days without you make me sadder
Don’t visit me now; you make me want to do myself in
I’ll see you sometimes, but I won’t see you soon
I won’t see you soon

I know some things about you; I won’t spill the beans
‘Cause there’s a spool in my own camera that’s never been seen
I could write it all down; I know it won’t be enough
I want you to be happy with someone to love
Someone to love

And it won’t be me
Said it won’t be you
Pretty soon we’ll agree to be free
Footloose and fancy free
Footloose and fancy free
Footloose and fancy free

CAMERA OBSCURA – Before You Cry

No sense no style
I said I loved you for a little while
When you cried no
High speed became go slow
Come back this time
Wishful thinking is going to make you mine
Push turns to shove
I got no more room for love

I hope you hear me
I can’t stand you next to me
Get lost goodbye
I’ll smile before you cry
I love you baby
Please don’t hate me
You’re feeling a little sad tonight but you’ll be alright

CAMERA OBSCURA – A Red, Red Rose

O my Luve’s like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June
O my Luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass
So deep in luve am I
And I will love thee still, my Dear
Till a, the seas gang dry

Till a[?] the seas gang dry, my Dear
And the rocks melt wi[?] the sun
I will love thee still, my Dear
While the sands [?] life shall run

And fare thee weel, my only Luve!
And fare thee weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve
Tho[?] it were ten thousand mile!

CAMERA OBSCURA – Number One Son

Took a walk in the park for a laugh we drank sparkling wine
Oh yeah it was dark trees could not be identified
The girl you were with did she have you on your knees?
I shut my mouth my ears I don’t want to hear you please
Now you’re skipping school going to listen to records
Wrapped up in mohair dissing your elders
Dip a chocolate finger take a sip from my cup
Remember what you’re dad said “button your lip”

You’ve got to toughen up for him
He’s the kind who will do you in
I should know that it’s no fun
You will never be No. 1
No. 1 son
God I’ve tried to help but I think I just hinder
Ask a better girl could she ever be kinder
Love unlike lightning can strike you twice
I don’t know much, but here’s my advice

You’ve got to toughen up for him
He’s the kind who will do you in
I should know that it’s no fun
You will never be No. 1
No. 1 son