Lyrics

There’s Not A Day

I’m looking at a photograph,
You’re five or maybe six
Standing outside your front door with two of your brothers
Holding hands in hand-me-downs
Sweater, shorts and boots
Half smiling for a stranger behind a camera

How far you came to be here
How difficult the road

There’s not a day when I don’t think about you
There’s not a day you don’t cross my mind
There’s not a day, I don’t feel lost without you
Hand on my heart not a day

A Kodachrome kaleidoscope
‘cross Italy by rail
Riding the sleeper overnight through France
Sandwiches in Montmartre
Shelter from the rain
Gare du Nord to Calais, then we’re home again

How far we came to be here
how wonderful the way

There’s not a day when I don’t think about you
There’s not a day you don’t cross my mind
There’s not a day, I don’t feel lost without you
Hand on my heart not a day

I’ve boxes full of photographs
A lifetimes’ souvenirs
Things a father hands on to his son
The gold that was your wedding ring
Became a part of mine
So another circle is begun

The greatest gifts you gave me
Live on in who I am

There’s not a day when I don’t think about you
There’s not a day you don’t cross my mind
There’s not a day, I don’t feel lost without you
Hand on my heart not a day

(c) Jamie Marshall 2017

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Hallelujah Day

Cloudy skies, hear the thunder
Fill my eyes with a sense of wonder,
You were out there on your own,
Stranded, alone
Waiting for your Hallelujah Day

Windy streets, wet with rain
loneliness, returns again,
In your struggle to be free
Keep the faith, listen to me
Destination, Hallelujah Day

Hallelujah Day, change is coming
take away your darkest night
Hallelujah Day, now we step into the light

Ther’ve been times, when you’ve tumbled
Dragged your feet, faltered, stumbled
But you spirit saw you through
Kept you focussed, kept you true
Liberation, Hallelujah Day

Hallelujah Day, change is coming
take away your darkest night
Hallelujah Day, now we step into the light

Don’t give up, that’s too easy
we all need your strength believe me
To grow tall and to grow free
So we can be what we choose to be
Reaching out for Hallelujah Day

(c) Jamie Marshall 2000

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She Is In Me

We had our time, we had our day
too close to quick to know the way
and then in a moment
we let it go
how it ever happened .. I don’t know

She is in me
deep inside of me
she’s a part of me
she lives and breathes in me

Now in my search for second sight
Now as I walk toward the light
What I see revealed
Is all that I concealed
I can’t find a reason why

She is in me
deep inside of me
she?s a part of me
she lives and breathes in me

I feel I’m drowning in her sea
I feel I don’t belong to me
I feel like I’m no longer free

It’s not a case of letting go
It’s more a case of I don’t know
And I can’t explain
Why I can’t break this chain
I try and try I try again

She is in me
deep inside of me
she’s a part of me
she lives and breathes in me
She is in me
deep inside of me
she’s a part of me
she lives and breathes in me

(c) Jamie Marshall 1998

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The Judas Tree

Silently,
I live a part of my life in secrecy,
And whenever I fail, I draw a veil
across the promises I made to you and me

Tenderly,
I cherish ev’ry moment that you spend with me
Though i know that it’s wrong, this feelings so strong,
I’d rather be with you than where I ought to be

But I’m walking on a wire afraid that I might fall I can’t keep this all inside myself
And given rope enough, given time, I’ll hang my heart up high
from the Judas Tree

Restlessly,
I lie awake and wonder about what might be
while here in my head all that we’ve said
rebounds around my mind and it confuses me

It used to be,
I held you in my heart you meant the world to me
But so much has changed, we’re not the same what we knew of love
we know can never be

I look to someone else, to give me what we lack,
I’m too far down the road now there can be no turning back
And given rope enough, given time, I’ll hang my heart up high
yeah given rope enough, given time, I’ll hang my heart up high
from the Judas Tree

(c) Jamie Marshall 1994

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The Question Why

When your two and two,
Don’t add up to four,
When common sense is outta your back door
Call her up, you get no reply,
Better start to ask yourself the question why.

When the spark you lit,
Don’t burn so bright,
You lie awake cold and alone in the dead of the night,
You wanna run out,
Man you’re scared to try,
Better start to ask yourself the question why.

Nothin’ cheaper in this great big world
Than cheap talk
Nothin’ harder than the heart you try to break
Nothin’ new about a man lookin’ twice at a woman
Nothin’ easy ’bout the smile I try to fake

When you can’t unpick the web you’ve spun
When you wonder how,
You wonder why it was ever begun
When your empty words won’t get you by
Better start to ask yourself the question why

lyric (C) Jamie Marshall 1989

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Vagabond Heart

Street corner singer, bad moon for company
Sonny Boy never lived the blues this way
Low rent hotel room, I’m out on the balcony
Watching the street below, as it comes to life

Flew in this morning, half a world from there to here
Hungry for the memories she holds
Hot August evening, voodoo drums on a mystery wind
Steppin’ out with the spirit of Marie Le Veau

And the mighty river rolls
To the Gulf Of Mexico
I’ve returned today to find
What I lost so long ago
I shoulda figured from the start
I can’t break your hold on my Vagabond Heart

Pickin’ up the heartbeat, syncopated 2/4 time
The people move in rhythm in this town
And the river rolls in rhythm, we live and breathe in rhythm
And music is the spirit that surrounds us all

And the mighty river rolls
To the Gulf Of Mexico
All the lessons in between
Taught me what I need to know
Shoulda figured from the start
I can’t break your hold on my Vagabond Heart

lyric (C) Jamie Marshall 1989

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Which Side Of The Line

Some people better watch their step . . check their attitude
I could give you a piece of my mind . . I’m feelin’ in the mood
Have we come so far through all of this
To betray ourselves with a single kiss

Which side of the line are you on?

Some people better hold their tongues . . ’til they got somethin’ to say
Yeah buddy better watch your mouth . . case your words get in the way
Stuck in the middle . . nowhere to go
Stranded in limbo . . no monkey no show

Which side of the line are you on?

Some people wouldn’t know the truth if shook ’em by the hand
Far too many people in this life . . never let you know the intrigue they got planned
Life’s full of choices . . decisions to take
It’s always so easy to make a mistake . . tell me

Which side of the line are you on?

lyric (C) Jamie Marshall 1989

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Trust Me

Trust me on this, take my word for it
I wouldn’t lie oh no . . how could I?
Trust me on this

You could make me believe I was crazy
You could make me believe you were right
You could stand up and say you really wan me
Turn around, close the door, say good night

You could lie in my bed like we were lovers
Call me baby out my head in a spin
Doesn’t matter how much you’re determined
This is one game in your life you won’t win

Trust me on this, take my word for it
I wouldn’t lie oh no . . how could I?
Trust me on this

You could take me for someone who’s blinded
You could take me for all kinds of fool
You could try to pretend he’s a stranger
When we know all along that not true

Look around you and see what you’re missing
‘Cos this world don’t revolve around you
I will wait ’til you think that you’re winnin’
Then I’ll turn the tables on you

Trust me on this, take my word for it
I wouldn’t lie oh no . . how could I?
Trust me on this

lyric (C) Jamie Marshall 1989

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One Day Soon

Out of words . . out of time
Still I try to hang in here
Moment’s passed . . how come I
Wait for something to begin here

I dream in colours so bright
Stand in the shadows of night
One day soon
One day soon
You only ever receive
If you truly believe
One day soon
One day soon

Closer now . . feel I could
Stretch my arms out and touch you
Catch my breath . . only guessed
How good this day could feel

I dreamed of this day for years
No doubt I’d be standing here
One day soon
One day soon
Nothin’ was ever more right
Maybe tomorrow tonight
One day soon
One day soon

Dreams are the treasure we hold
Watching the future unfold
One day soon
One day soon
Dream thro’ the shadows of night
Dream of a river of light
One day soon
One day soon

lyric (C) Jamie Marshall 1999

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I’m Falling Apart

In a state of shock as I shadow box
Watch in slo-mo see my life unravel
Tryin’ to keep my head hangin’ by a thread
Runnin’ barefoot on a road of gravel
Like a moth unto a flame you draw me near
Hold me in your arms and squeeze I disappear

I’m falling apart

Go on take a shot give me what you’ve got
Can’t believe that it has come down to this
I should know by now that some way some how
All you wanted was to have your own way
Peel another layer back . . strip me bare
No one’s ever gonna win this truth or dare

I’m falling apart

Did you ever doubt . . I’d find my way out?
Leave no trace behind for you to follow
All in love is fair . . do you really care?
Time has come for me to find myself now
Look into my eyes fix me with a stare
It’s so obvious to see we’re going nowhere

I’m falling apart

I’m falling

I’m

lyric (C) Jamie Marshall 2017

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Forever You

It’s quarter to four and I’m still awake
Can’t stop my mind from spinning around
Turning the day over again
Remembering all we’ve been through

Forever you. Forever you a part of me is forever you

I’m dining alone in the Vineyard Cafe
The table we shared back in the day
Remember the waiter said we should wed
Seems like a lifetime ago

Forever you. Forever you a part of me is forever you

Time’s come and gone and I’ve moved away
I still recall it all clear as day
Down through the years, frozen in time
Some things you never let go

Forever you. Forever you a part of me is forever you

lyric (c) Jamie Marshall 2025

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Maybe Now

She’s tryin’ to tell me she’s got it figured out
I feel she’s only fooling herself
I can’t convine her there’s more than black and white
It’s time she started taking control

Well the story goes and the river flows
All we need is time

Maybe now – you will find a way to believe in me to believe in me
Maybe now – I might hear you say, you believe in me ah you believe

I never could get my head around the way
She never gives up when she gives in
It isn’t easy swimming against this tide
You’ve no idea how fragile I feel

I can’t say how ’til it’s all too late
’til I’ve had as much as a man can take

Maybe now – you will find a way to believe in me to believe in me
Maybe now – I might hear you say, you believe in me ah you believe

I catch her crying sometimes she’s so naive
A china doll in this wicked world
Broken in pieces I cannot tell her why
I can’t be ev’rything that she needs

Another day goes drifting by
We learn a little more

Maybe now – you will find a way to believe in me to believe in me
Maybe now – I might hear you say, you believe in me ah you believe

lyric (C) Jamie Marshall 1990

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Just Enough Of A Moon

I know that the time isn’t perfect,
I know what you’re going to say,
Things that seem right in the heat of the night,
break your heart in the cold light of day

But we got
Just Enough Of A Moon
Just enough of a sweet old tune
If I steal a kiss at a moment like this we got
Just Enough Of A Moon


I see your eyes in the moonlight,
I know that you’re thinking of him,
Kick off your shoes, you got nothing to lose
Maybe a little to win

‘Cos we got
Just Enough Of A Moon
Just enough of a sweet old tune
If I steal a kiss at a moment like this we got
Just Enough Of A Moon


I never thought it could be this way
I never dared to dream
Things we’re certain we know so well
Aren’t really quite what they seem


Yeah maybe the time isn’t perfect,
But we’ll never know ’til we try,
So let’s take a chance at a moonlight romance,
‘Cos tonight it the moon, you and I

We got
Just Enough Of A Moon
Just enough of a sweet old tune
If I steal a kiss at a moment like this we got
Just Enough Of A Moon

Lyric (C) Johnny Black and Jamie Marshall

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Until I Hear It From You

I don’t believe the things they’re saying
Must be some other mans’ affair
I don’t believe the game they’re playing
Pulling ideas out of thin air

If I don’t see it, I don’t know it
If I don’t know it, I don’t understand it

Until I hear it from you
Until I hear it from you
I won’t believe it
Until I hear it from you

Truth lies buried under rumour
Fact or Fiction who’s to know
Same old one sided situation
Heat ’em up and watch ’em go

If I don’t see it, I don’t know it
If I don’t know it, I don’t understand it

Until I hear it from you
Until I hear it from you
I won’t believe it
Until I hear it from you

I can’t believe what I’ve been reading
Makes no sense at all to me
Where’s the need in Mr Nice Guy
Give ’em dirt and fantasy

If I don’t see it, I don’t know it
If I don’t know it, I don’t understand it

Until I hear it from you
Until I hear it from you
I won’t believe it
Until I hear it from you

lyric (C) Jamie Marshall 1987

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