Wendy James Singles Lyrics


Okay, give your vocal chords a stretch and get ready to sing along with Wendy. Oh, right. Like we could keep up with her... Thanks to the knowledgeable Jimmie Matsson and the "mystery submitter" for all the single song lyrics. Both people listened to Wendy's recordings and penned the words as best they could, and artistic arrangement is based soley on their hard work.

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THIS IS A TEST
LONDON'S BRILLIANT
BASEMENT KISS
PUPPET GIRL
EARTHBOUND
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
WE DESPISE YOU
FILL IN THE BLANKS
THE NAMELESS ONE
I WANT TO STAND FOREVER
i just don't want it anymore
may i have your autograph
only a fool
i need you now
to all beginnings
never a stranger
my ballad to 46th street
i will never be your lover
I started the lie
the reigning beauty queen
the whole damn thing
sugar takes her coffee black

i just don't want it anymore
(from "the nameless one" disc 1)
Written by : Wendy James
Length     : 4:33
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : N/A

pass me the bottle
hey baby pass me the bottle
let me excite my dreams

let me work out my schemes

hey baby pass me the juice
to make me feel right

hey baby pass me the magic
to help me without my sight

i don’t want to see
and i don’t want to hear
and i don’t want anything
that you want to give me
please don’t forgive me
i just don’t want it
anymore
anymore
anymore
i just don’t want it

waiting for the click
hey baby i’m waiting for the click
it sets me free every night

it makes me feel warm inside
and i can hold up my head
and i can pretend i have nothing to hide
hey baby i have nothing to hide

and i don’t want to see
and i don’t want to hear
and i don’t want anything
that you want to give me
oh please don’t forgive me
i just don’t want it
anymore
anymore
anymore
i just don’t want it
any...

i’ve been drunk with love
i’ve been drunk with desire
i’ve been drunk with the need
to get higher and higher
so let me be
and ignore what i say
i just need a drink
to make the pain go away
hey baby i just need a drink
to make the pain go away
go away

and i don’t want to see
and i don’t want to hear
and i don’t want anything
that you want to give me
so please don’t forgive me
i just don’t want it
anymore
anymore
anymore
i just don’t want it
anymore

i just don’t want it
anymore

i just don’t want it anymore

anymore
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may i have your autograph
(from "the nameless one" disc 1)
Written by : Wendy James & Neil Taylor
Length     : 4:08
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : N/A

well here we are
what sweet cheer
will you blow in my ear
what seduction
what surprise
you looked me
and you realized
that a lonely heart
and a need for life
you said you were mine
you said with a smile
that the ownership
of the nondescript
always runs out of time
of time

what drives a man
to launch his attack
with nothing to show
and nothing to prove
you grabbed at my heart
and you took my soul too

you had to be able
to stand up and say
i was her best
she begged for more of me
she truly believed that
she truly needed me
you said you were mine
you said with a smile
but the ownership
of the nondescript
always runs out of time
of time

how would you leave me
do you want me tied to with strings
do you picture me screaming
with blood on my wrists
or do you prefer the scene
with a gun in my mouth
tell me how do you want me
to feather your hat
tell me how could
i live out your legend like that
and when it's all over
and you've murdered my love

may i take your picture
may i have your autograph

i’m leaving now
i’m leaving the past
you have blinded my heart
i see no reason to live

and on that desolate and bland terrain
i will take in fresh air
and start to breathe again
and remember the day
you swore you were mine
you said you were mine
you said with a smile
but the ownership
of the nondescript
always runs out of time
of time
of time
of time
of time
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only a fool
(from "the nameless one" disc 2)
Written by : James/Taylor/Thomas
Length     : 4.19
Produced by: Chris Kimsey
Mixed by   : Chris Kimsey

only a fool
would use weakness as his only strength

only a fool
would try not to learn the lessons of human kind

and only a fool
would rely on games of the mind

only a fool
can get pleasure from the grief he can cause

only a fool
cannot remember the tears the doubt and the fright

and only a fool
lets false pride cloud his sight

well i can see you coming
as you prepare your speech
so i’ll save you time
and i’ll save my pain
i won’t put myself through your abuse again

well i can see you laughing as you savour my fear
i’m gonna save your time
i’m gonna save my pain
i won’t put myself through your abuse again

only a fool
can believe in hate
be thoughtless and vain

and only a fool
can say sorry and do it over again

look at me
look at me
look at me
look at me
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i need you now
(from "the nameless one" disc 2)
Written by : Wendy James and Neil Taylor
Length     : 4.23
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : ???

if i
try
not to cry

would you please
try not to lie

and if i hold my breath
and i count to ten
can we ignore the mistakes
and start over again

if i said
i’m sorry for all the bad things i did

if i said i never meant any of it

would you wrap me up and mop my brow
would you help me learn
would you show me how

i need you now

i need you now

i don’t care for the next day
it never comes any way

i need you now

if i
step
over the line
and i start to scream

would you
bring me back from that recurring dream
where everyone hates me
and they laugh at my life
would you kiss my lips
until i start to smile

i need you now

i need you now

i don’t care for the next day
it never comes any way

i need you now

if i say i can see my past
and if i
say i can see
where i went wrong

if i say i’m quieter now

i’m ready to begin

would you give me a chance
would you say i'm worth believing in

i need you now

i need you
i need you

i need you now

i need you
i need you

i need you now

i need you
i need you

i need you now

i need you now

i need you now

i need you

now
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to all beginnings
(from "london's brilliant" disc 1)
Written by : Wendy James and Neil Taylor
Length     : 4.24
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : N/A

i’m not here anymore
i can’t hear anymore
the bastards have taken their toll
trodden into the ground
tears are streaming down my face
i’m leaving here for a quieter place
how many ruined wrecks do you leave in your path
how many souls do you challenge to death
the bastards have taken their toll
wake and lick up the blood
my tears run down in the freezing wind
you...you were never my friend
you are the enemy
you are the evil
you ruin all you see
you grab my collar
you pull my hair and then threaten me
you are a bastard
spoiled free choice
you cut up my face and ignore my voice
to all truth you are pretend
to all beginnings you are the end

look see the smile freeze on my mouth
look hear the laugh turn to ice
the bastards have taken their toll
buried deep into the dirt
tears dry on fallen hopes and cares
you taught me nothing and left me ill prepared
you are the enemy
you are the evil
you ruin all you see
you grab my collar
and pull my hair and then threaten me
you are a bastard
spoiled by choice
cut up my face and ignore my voice
to all truth you are pretend
to all beginnings you are the end

and i have seen and i have heard
and i have screamed and now i’ve learned
and i’ve taken on the powers and argued every cause
i’ve listened with sadness to their mocking applause
with tears streaming down my withered face
i’m leaving here for a quieter place
to all truth you are pretend
to all beginnings you are the end
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never a stranger
(from "london's brilliant" disc 1)
Written by : Wendy James and Neil Taylor
Length     : 3.36
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : N/A

you have shown me nothin but kindness
always a sweet and gentle man
offering a hand in my unbalanced life
no nothin but kindness
nothin but kindness
you didn’t have to hold me
you didn’t have to save me
you didn’t have to be my strong man
you were the one who told me to try this
nothin but kindness
nothin but kindness
i want for nothing when all is yours
i honor your name in the company of any
one who is honest
one who is tender
never a lover but never a stranger
a stranger
you have shown me nothin but kindness
always a musical hum on your tongue
noting the changes in my life
nothin but kindness
nothin but kindness
you didn’t have to shake me and take me out
on the night underneath the stars
whilst the world waited with less than bated breath
you didn’t have to give me your applause
you were the one who told me to try this
nothin but kindness
nothin but kindness
i want for nothin when all is yours
i honor your name in the company of any
one who is honest
one who is tender
never a lover but never a stranger
a stranger

you have shown me nothin but kindness
was the thought closed in all around me
you were the one who dared to find me
nothin but kindness
nothin but kindness
you didn’t have to show me
you didn’t have to say
you didn’t have to believe i’d see a better day
you were the one who told me to try this
nothin but kindness
nothin but kindness
i want for nothing when all is yours
i honor your name in the company of any
one who is honest
one who is tender
never a lover but never a stranger
a stranger
one who is honest
one who is tender
never a lover but
never a stranger
a stranger
never a stranger
never a stranger
never a stranger
never a stranger
never a stranger
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my ballad to 46th street
(from "london's brilliant" disc 2)
Written by : Wendy James and Neil Taylor
Length     : 3.12
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : N/A

([off mic] we’re okay?)

fresh as a daisy and smelling of clover 
as you're trying to cross this blizzard 
and storm to me 
to bring me your weather 
and tell me that never 
has new york felt so cold 
as it does today 

reeling with whisky and guinness to boot 
dealing your cards and women your loot 
you nod and you wink as i swallow my breath 
out of all of the cities you say 
in all of the world 
new york
never brought you a cleverer girl 

beaten ridden rush hour vagrant man [?]
bring me my mind back as fast as you can 
oh tell me your lips only ever touched mine 
gabriel
my angel 
46th street never felt so fine

fresh you are my springtime rain 
you clean me and bathe me with the love 
you proclaim to me 
new york is alive and i have my pride 
so you tell me 
and so you smile 
i am new york's favorite child
 
beaten ridden rush hour vagrant man [?]
bring me my mind back as fast as you can 
oh tell me your lips only ever touched mine 
gabriel
my angel 
46th street never felt so fine 
46th street never felt so fine
 
at home with the stars your sparkly eyes 
you spread out your arms and reach to the sky 
licking smell from your lips 
i scream out with joy 
new york ‘ll never bring me a finer boy 
gabriel my angel 
gabriel my angel
46th street never felt so fine
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i will never be your lover
(from "london's brilliant" disc 2)
Written by : Wendy James and Neil Taylor
Length     : 4.46
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : N/A

you travelled far
in your mind as you traipsed across this land
and dropped you at my foot hold
to pledge your love for me

but i can never be your lover
and you must leave now
no i can never be your lover
and you must leave now

you came with all your desires
you believed they were yours to win
with a convincing repartee
for all the girls to swim to

but i can never be your lover
and you must leave now
no i can never be your lover
and you must leave now

i can see in your eyes
how the disappointment grows
and you start to believe
that you’ll never meet your dreams

but i can never be your lover
and you must go now
no i can never be your lover
and you must leave now

you came with all your desires
you believed they were yours to win
with a convincing repartee
for all the girls to swim to

but i can never be your lover
and you must leave now
no i can never be your lover
and you must leave now

you pictured a face
of a girl you needed to know
you believed it was me
you believed i’d need you too

but i will never be your lover
and you must leave now
no i will never be your lover
and you must leave now

you came with all your desires
you believed they were yours to win
with a convincing repartee
for all the girls to swim to

but i will never be your lover
and you must leave now
no i will never be your lover
and you must leave now

you came with all your desires
you believed they were yours to win
with a convincing repartee
for all the girls to swim to

but i can never be your lover
and you must leave now
no i can never be your lover
and you must leave now

no i can never be your lover and you must leave now
no i can never be your lover and you must leave now
no i can never be your lover and you must leave now
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I started the lie
(from "do you know what I'm saying?" disc 1)
Written by : Wendy James and Neil Taylor
Length     : 4.50
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : N/A

one
bewitching evening
with every
intention of making you mine
planting a thought
in your heart
I
started the lie

you never
sent me flowers
you never
sent me flowers
and I
never gave my self away
I never
gave myself away

you
couldn’t resist the pull of my eyes
you couldn’t tear away from my gaze
you
became
mine
and I
started the lie

you never
sent me flowers
you never
sent me flowers
and I
never gave myself away
I never
gave myself away

one
moonstruck evening
when every thought came clear
I realized i hated you
I always did
I always will

you never
sent me flowers
you never
sent me flowers
and I never gave myself away
I never
gave myself away

don’t ever
send me flowers
don’t ever
send me flowers
and I’ll never give myself away
I’ll never give myself away

never
never
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the reigning beauty queen
(from "do you know what I'm saying?" disc 1)
Written by : Wendy James and Neil Taylor
Length     : 4.44
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : N/A

memories of you
are haunting me
are disturbing me
and torturing me
every corner i turn
i see a face appear
every corner i turn
i see a face so clear
and i say

never again
no more mistakes
never again
no more mistakes
you can make your plays
with those words of praise
but i say
i say
i say
never again
never again

the picture of you
so cosmetically pure
your smile
your laugh
and all the love you inspired
i’ve watched from the shadows
and see such a beautiful girl
i’ve watched from the shadows and
quietly curse your world
and i say

never again
no more mistakes
never again
no more mistakes
you can make your plays
with those words of praise
but i say
i say
i say
never again
never again

memories of you
rule every decision i make
every move forward i make
and every motive i fake
you were and always will be
the reigning beauty queen
you were and always will be
my impossible dream
and i say

never again
no more mistakes
never again
no more mistakes
you can make your plays
with those words of praise
but i say
i say
i say
never again
never again

never again
never again
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the whole damn thing
(from "do you know what I'm saying?" disc 2)
Written by : Wendy James and Neil Taylor
Length     : 4:47
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : N/A

now what i gotta do
is try
to see a way through this
as they say
don’t give in to this
you know they say
three times under
and you surely must drown
you know they say
three times under
and you surely must drown
now what i gotta do
is play my humiliation down
and from what i can tell
i’ve lost my strength
lost the meaning of pride
thrown away my faith
as they say
a stitch in time
yeah a stitch in time
and from what i can tell
they have ruined mine

how many breaths can a woman take
how many loves can a woman fake
how many hearts can a woman break
how many pleas can a woman make
and who can stop her
before it’s too late

well if i accept the facts
i won’t leave this room
i won’t dare to stop hiding
i won’t dare to stop minding
don’t worry it might never happen
as they say
yeah as they say
you’ll live to see another day

how many breaths can a woman take
how many loves can a woman fake
how many hearts can a woman break
how many pleas can a woman make
and who can stop her
before it’s too late

if i accept the truth
and nothing less
only the truth can bring an end to this mess

how many breaths can a woman take
how many loves can a woman fake
how many hearts can a woman break
how many pleas can a woman make
how many enemies can a woman hate
how many times can she blame it on fate
how many dreams can a woman forsake
and how many nightmares before she awakes
and who can stop her
before it’s too late
too late
and who can stop her
before it’s too late
before it’s too late
before it’s too late
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sugar takes her coffee black
(from "do you know what I'm saying?" disc 2)
Written by : Wendy James and Neil Taylor
Length     : 4.05
Produced by: Wendy James
Mixed by   : N/A

hooooohoooohoohoo

she don’t have to lie
when her hips swing
and her arms sway
good luck follows on close behind
she don’t have to lie

sugar don’t have to watch her back
sugar takes her coffee black

she don’t have to try
when her eyes shine
with the wisdom of pain

good luck follows on close behind
no she don’t have to try

sugar don’t have to watch her back
sugar takes her coffee black

you fall on your knees and beg
of her
please
just a minute of your time
i wanna take sugar with mine

she don’t have to see
she’s already seeing
she don’t have to learn
she already knows

good luck follows on close behind
no she don't have to see

sugar don't have to watch her back
sugar takes her coffee black

you fall on your knees and beg
of her
please
just a minute of your time
i wanna take sugar with mine

sugar tastes so sweet
you wind up needing more
sugar tastes so sweet
you end up busting down the door
take your sugar
and let me take some more
ache for your sugar
and then you ache for
for more

you fall on your knees and beg
of her
please
just a minute of your time
i wanna take sugar with mine

you fall on your knees and beg
of her
please
just a minute of your time
i wanna take sugar
i wanna take sugar
i wanna take sugar
with mine
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