KATIE MELUA LYRICS

"Shy Boy"

I'm sittin' in the window of a street cafe 
Watchin' you walking by each day, 
It seems that you always wanna look my way 
Hey, you can't deny, boy, 
You're such a shy boy. 

So good looking you seem to be 
But you're too tongue-tied to say hi to me, 
You could make it happen so easily 
Woah, I'll tell you why boy, 
'Cos I'm looking for a shy boy 

Most guys advertise 
By making eyes and telling lies 
If you only knew, 
You could make your dreams come true 
All you gotta do is ask me to 

If this was a quiz on a TV show 
And the prize was a guy who would love me so 
Whatever they ask, the answer I know 
Hey, my reply boy 
Is gimme a shy boy. 

Most guys advertise 
By making eyes and telling lies 
If you only knew 
You could make your dreams come true 
All you gotta do is ask me to 

Some guys act a bit too sure 
And maybe you're thinkin' that less is more 
But Honey, you still gotta knock on my door 
Hey, just try boy, 
And you could be my boy 

I'll tell you why boy 
I'm looking for a shy boy, 
Just try boy, you're such a shy boy

"Nine Million Bicycles"

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing 
That's a fact, 
It's a thing we can't deny 
Like the fact that I will love you till I die. 

We are twelve billion light years from the edge, 
That's a guess, 
No-one can ever say it's true 
But I know that I will always be with you. 

I'm warmed by the fire of your love everyday 
So don't call me a liar, 
Just believe everything that I say 

There are six BILLION people in the world 
More or less 
and it makes me feel quite small 
But you're the one I love the most of all 

[INTERLUDE]
We're high on the wire 
With the world in our sight 
And I'll never tire, 
Of the love that you give me every night 

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing 
That's a Fact, 
it's a thing we can't deny 
Like the fact that I will love you till I die 

And there are nine million bicycles in Beijing 
And you know that I will love you till I die!


"Piece By Piece"

First of all must go 
Your scent upon my pillow 
And then I'll say goodbye 
to your whispers in my dreams. 
And then our lips will part 
In my mind and in my heart, 
Cos your kiss 
Went deeper than my skin. 

Piece by piece 
is how I'll let go of you 
Kiss by kiss 
Will leave my mind one at a time 
One at a time 

First of all must fly, 
My dreams of you and I, 
There's no point of holding on to those 
And then our ties will break, 
For your and my own sake, 
Just remember, 
This is what you chose 

Piece by piece 
Is how I'll let go of you 
Kiss by kiss, 
will leave my mind one at a time 
One at a time 

I'll shed like skin, 
Our memories of lazy days, 
And fade away the shadow of your face 

Piece by piece 
Is how I'll let go of you 
Kiss by kiss, 
Will leave my mind one at a time 
One at a time 
One at a time 
One at a time

"Half Way Up The Hindukush"

The first time that I saw you 
I said for goodness sake 
That man's got the power 
he's a charmer with a snake 
I was thrille and fascinated 
but somehow liberated, 
When you took me to a place I'd never been. 
You showed me lots of things I'd never seen 

You set me free 
as if you'd taken me, 
Halfway up the Hindu Kush 
And I love you, 
for showing me the view 
from halfway up the Hindu Kush 

The next time that I saw you, you looked into my eyes 
I was sitting on your carpet when I felt it begin to rise. 
I kinda got the feeling, 
I was floating to the ceiling, 
Instead of looking at the sky 
you picked me up and showed me how to fly. 

You set me free, as if you'd taken me, 
Halfway up the Hindu Kush 
And I love you 
for showing me the view, 
From halfway up the Hindu Kush 

From halfway up the Hindu, 
from halfway up the Hindu, 
From halfway up the Hindu Kush. 

You set me free, as if you'd taken me, 
Halfway up the Hindu Kush 
And I love you, 
for showing me the view, 
From halfway up the Hindu Kush. 
Halfway up the Hindu Kush

"Blues In The Night"

My mamma done told me, 
when I was in pigtails, 
My mamma done told me, Hon, 
A man is a two-face 
he'll give you the big eye, 
And when the sweet talking's done. 
A man is a two-face, 
A worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing, 
The blues in the night 

Now the rains a-fallin' 
hear the trains a-callin', whooee! 
Hear the lonesome whistle 
blowin' across the trestle, whooee 
a-whooee-ah-whooee, clickety-clack, 
Comes echoing back, 
The blues in the night. 

From Natchez to Mobile, 
from Memphis to St. Joe, 
Wherever the four winds blow. 
I've been in some big towns 
and heard me some big talk, 
But there is one thing I know. 
A man is a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing, 
The blues in the night 

My mamma done told me, 
when I was in pig tails, 
My mamma done told me, Hon, 
a man is a two-face, 
he'll give you the big eye 
And when the sweet talking's done. 
A man is a two-face, 
a worrisome thing 
who'll leave you to sing, 
The blues in the night. 

My mamma done told me

"Spider's Web"

If a black man is racist, is it okay? 
When it's the white man's racism that made him that way, 
Because the bully's the victim they say, 
By some sense they're all the same. 

Because the line between, 
Wrong and right, 
Is the width of a thread, 
From a spider's web. 
The piano keys are black and white, 
But they sound like a million colours in your mind. 

I could tell you to go to war, 
Or I could march for peace and fighting no more, 
How do I know which is right, 
And I hope he does when he sends you to fight. 

Because the line between wrong and right, 
Is the width of a thread from a spider's web, 
The piano keys are black and white, 
But they sound like a million colours in your mind. 

Should we act on a blame? 
Or should we chase the moments away? 
Should we live? 
Should we give? 
Remember forever the guns and the feathers in time. 
Because the line between wrong and right, 
Is the width of a thread from a spider's web, 
The piano keys are black and white, 
But they sound like a million colours in your mind. 
The piano keys are black and white, 
But they sound like a million colours in your mind, 
But they sound like a million colours in your mind

"Blue Shoes"

These blue shoes seem to suit me well, 
When I feel like hell, 
As I do now that you're gone 
Lost and lonely since you stopped caring, 
I've been wearing my new shoes. 
I've been wearing my blue shoes. 

You and I made the perfect pair, 
It don't seem fair, 
I loved you more than you know. 
Sorry I'm such a sorry state, 
But while I wait for some good news, 
I'll be wearing my blue shoes. 

Don't feel like walking strong, 
Shufflin' along on my way home. 
Trudgin' down that shopping street, 
Where we used to meet. 
But I ain't buying. 
I'm wearing my blue shoes and crying. 

These blue shoes seem to suit my sould, 
Since you shot that hole. 
Since you shot that hole in my heart 
And if I wind up on the sidewalk bleeding 
I won't be needing my new shoes 
Won't be needing my blue shoes. 

These blue shoes seem to suit me well 
When I feel like hell, 
As I do now that you're gone 
Lost and lonely since you stopped caring 
I've been wearing my new shoes 
I've been wearing my blue shoes

"On The Road Again"

Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road again 
I'm on the road again. 
Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road again 
I'm on the road again. 
I ain't got no woman just to call my special friend. 

And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away. 
I'm going to leave the city, got to go away. 
All this fussing and fighting, man I sure can't stay. 

You know the first time I travelled out in the rain and snow 
in the rain and snow. 
You know the first time I travelled out in the rain and snow 
in the rain and snow. 
I didn't have no fellow, not even no place to go. 

And my dear mother left me when I was quite young 
when I was quite young. 
And my dear mother left me when I was quite young 
when I was quite young. 
She said Lord have mercy on my wicked son. 

Take a hint from me mama please don't you cry no more 
don't you cry no more. 
Take a hint from me mama please don't you cry no more 
don't you cry no more. 
Cause it's soon one morning down the road I'm gone. 

But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road 
all by myself. 
But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road 
all by myself. 
I can't carry you baby, gonna carry somebody

"Thank You, Stars (New Version)"

Some call it faith, some call it love. 
Some call it guidance from above. 
You are the reason we found ours, 
So thank you stars. 

Some people think it's far away, 
Some know it's with them everyday. 
You are the reason we found ours, 
So thank you stars. 

There are no winds that can blow it away on the air, 
When they try to blow it away 's when you know it will always be there. 

To some it's the strength to be apart, 
To some it's a feeling in the heart. 
And when you're out there on your own, it's the way back home. 

There are no winds that can blow it away on the air, 
When they try to blow it away 's when you know it will always be there. 
Some call it faith, some call it love. 
Some call it guidance from above. 
You are the reason we found ours, 
So thank you stars. 
Thank you stars, 
Thank you stars, 
Thank you stars

"Just Like Heaven"

Show me how you do that trick 
The one that makes me scream he said 
The one that makes me laugh he said 
And threw his arms around my neck 
Show me how you do it 
And I promise you I promise that 
I'll run away with you 
I'll run away with you 

Spinning on that dizzy edge 
I kissed his face and kissed his head 
And dreamed of all the different ways I had 
To make him glow 
Why are you so far away? he said 
Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you 
That I'm in love with you 

You, soft and only 
You,lost and lonely 
You, strange as angels 
Dancing in the deepest oceans 
Twisting in the water 
You're just like a dream 
You're just like a dream 

Daylight licked me into shape 
I must have been asleep for days 
And moving lips to breathe his name 
I opened up my eyes 
And found myself alone alone 
Alone above a raging sea 
That stole the only boy I loved 
And drowned him deep inside of me 

You, soft and only 
You, lost and lonely 
You, just like heaven 

You, soft and only 
You, lost and lonely 
You, just like heaven

"I Cried For You"

You're beautiful so silently 
It lies beneath a shade of blue 
It struck me so violently 
When I looked at you 

But others pass, the never pause, 
To feel that magic in your hand 
To me you're like a wild rose 
They never understand why 

I cried for you 
When the sky cried for you 
And when you went 
I became a hopeless drifter 
But this life was not for you 
Though I learned from you, 
That beauty need only be a whisper 

I'll cross the sea for a different world, 
With your treasure, a secret for me to hold 

In many years they may forget 
This love of ours or that we met, 
They may not know 
how much you meant to me. 

I cried for you 
And the sky cried for you, 
And when you went 
I became a hopeless drifter. 
But this life was not for you, 
Though I learned from you, 
That beauty need only be a whisper 

Without you now I see, 
How fragile the world can be 
And I know you've gone away 
But in my heart you'll always stay. 

I cried for you 
And the sky cried for you, 
And when you went 
I became a hopeless drifter. 
But this life was not for you, 
Though I learned from you, 
That beauty need only be a whisper 
That beauty need only be a whisper

"I Do Believe In Love"

They say we never landed on the moon 
There's no wind there, they assume 
I guess conspiracies are nothing new, 
But I'm sure I've been there with you. 

And I don't believe that in space 
The only life is here on earth 
How could we be the only race 
That loves and hates 'til death from birth? 

But I do believe in love, 
Though I should never rely on love 
Nothing else excites me, 
But loving you. 

Is it true a politician's heart 
Can rust away and fall apart? 
I guess it must be hard, 
It must be hard, 
To know what's good 
and to know what's easy 

You might think it's strange, 
For all my wild ideas, 
But I do not believe that change, 
Can ever happen without tears. 

But I do believe in love, 
Though I should never rely on love 
Nothing else excites me, 
But loving you