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The past ten years - best bits

by Emma Forman

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1.
What do you do when Romeo turns out to a player thrill seeking using you when we spend our lives dreaming of the right one, so afraid they will pass us by? What do you do when Romeo's kiss turns out to be incurable? What do you do when the price of love is that high? If only I had a little more time I'd travel the whole wide world with you If only I had a little more time I swear that I'd be good If only I had a little more time I'd make you smile everyday If only I had a little more time I'd spend it all, all with you I'd spend it all, all with you I'd spend it all, all with you If you could see the future would you be able to hold it all together in your everyday life? Could you walk down the street with a smile on your face knowing it's your last day Or press send when you know your pleas for help will be ignored? yeah you know your pleas for help will be ignored If only I had a little more time I'd travel the whole wide world with you If only I had a little more time I swear that I'd be good If only I had a little more time I'd make you smile everyday If only I had a little more time I'd spend it all, all with you If only I had a little more time I'd travel the whole wide world with you If only I had a little more time I swear that I'd be good If only I had, if only I had a little more time If only I had, if only I had a little more time
2.
You seem so unsure of what you want like you are trying to find something you lost don't be so sad, we can fix this stop looking back, the past is the past it'll be alright, you don't need to worry it'll be alright cause I'd never stray cause I'd never stray your heart is safe in my hands I'd never stray I'd never stray I'd never stray your heart is safe in my hands take a deep breath, find where you are don't you worry, it'll be fine If I have to wait then I will wait standing by your side, you're never alone I'd never stray I'd never stray I always stay I'd never stray I'd never stray your heart is safe I'd never stray I'd never stray I'd never stray your heart is safe I'd never stray your heart is safe your heart is safe I'd never stray your heart is safe your heart is safe I'd never stray
3.
You keep me waiting, you keep me hesitating looking so confused, badly all abused I never noticed my hands are shaking I really wanted you, it's not a joke Now that said, I'm waiting on your reply reply, think I'm never get Wait, wait I'm waiting on your reply Yeah, the one I'm never gonna get I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting What's this about? You've got me in a mess All I really want is one line from you All you ever do is turn up and leave You really mess with me, you really mess with me And I'm still waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting How long do you want me to hang on the line for? How long do you want me to blankly stare at the screen? Oh I said I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting I'm waiting on your reply still waiting, still waiting
4.
Cavity 03:16
You treat love like a game you've gotta win must impress, must be the best at this leave no stone unturned until you win Like a dog thats got to get the bone it don't belong to you but won't stop until it's in your hands I gave you all my love I gave you all my love there's nothing left but a cavity I gave you all my love I gave you all my love there's nothing left but a cavity I gave you all my love I gave you all my love there is nothing left but hollow space where my heart used to be where my heart used to be it's just a cavity it's just a cavity it's just a cavity in me it's just a cavity it's just a cavity it's just a cavity in me Your love feels like an infectious disease You are both the cause and cure of it I'm running out of time going out my mind Just wanna hold one more time Just need to hold you one more time Just got to hold one more time Just need to hold you one more time I gave you all my love I gave you all my love there's nothing left but a cavity I gave you all my love I gave you all my love there's nothing left but a hollow space where my heart used to be where my heart used to be it's just a cavity it's just a cavity it's just a cavity in me it's just a cavity it's just a cavity it's just a cavity in me it's just a cavity it's just a cavity it's just a cavity in me it's just a cavity it's just a cavity it's just a cavity in me I gave you all my love I gave you all my love there's nothing left but a cavity I gave you all my love I gave you all my love there is nothing left but hollow space where my heart used to be a hollow space where my heart used to be
5.
Love Manual 03:05
some say I'm mysterious others say I'm intimdating but they are all wrong I'm fascinating I'm what you've been waiting for I'm the real deal, I'm the real deal I'll be your love manual I'll make sure you get it right tonight I'll be your love manual I'll make sure you get it right tonight You can relax, relax, relax You can relax, relax, relax cause you're in safe hands cause you're in safe hands Don't be embarrassed everybody needs a little help sometimes There is a lot of pressure to be perfect Hardly anyone makes the grade You've got to understand I want it all and I want it right now I'll be your love manual I'll make sure you get it right tonight I'll be your love manual I'll make sure you get it right tonight You can relax, relax, relax You can relax, relax, relax cause you're in safe hands cause you're in safe hands You might be alone in the morning You might be alone in the morning but right now you have company yeah right now you can have me I'll be your love manual I'll make sure you get it right tonight I'll be your love manual I'll make sure you get it right tonight You can relax, relax, relax You can relax, relax, relax cause you're in safe hands cause you're in safe hands cause you're in safe hands
6.
In Her Eyes 03:25
All these questions be unanswered Oh so hard to say exactly what you mean Oh suspicion you stay real close but i'll take your word for it Does she know that my heart is breaking? Can she feel it when I look in her eyes? Does she know my heart is breaking? Can she feel it when I look in her eyes? Does she know? Oh where do we go from here? Spinning round out of control it's clear Send me clear instructions Send me a guide to your heart Cos I don't know where I stand I feel shipwrecked oh so stranded Does she know that my heart is breaking? Can she feel it when I look in her eyes? Does she know that my heart is breaking? Can she feel it when I look in her eyes? No matter how i try to hide it my heart is breaking No matter how I try to hide it my heart is breaking Does she know that? And would she care? oh chained up in silence there's no escaping Does she know my heart is breaking? Does she know when I look in her eyes? Does she know my heart my heart is breaking? Does she know when I look in her eyes?
7.
Hey now lover you keep dreaming that you were free We both know you are no longer in love with me Hey now lover please don't cry I'm going do What I should have do such a long time ago I'll set you free so go be free Cos I wanna give you your smile no matter what it costs me Oh hey now lover go on be free I'll give you your smile back no matter what it cost me Our past is over but your future is yet to start And you go line dancing in every single bar And please don't forget me if you need me anytime But hey now lover I've made up my mind hey now lover I'm setting you free hey now lover go on be free Oh baby I'll give you your smile no matter what it costs me hey now lover go go be free oh hey now lover have a smile on me And don't you ever shed a tear Oh hey now lover I'm setting you free Please go dancing any night you please For my love is making you grow cruel I don't want to feel this saddness so run riot and do what you do I don't wanna be the one that tamed you So hey now lover I'll set you free Oh hey now lover do as you please Oh hey now lover I'm letting you go but know my lover, you should know you're the one I wished I could keep You're the one but hey now lover I'm setting you free Oh hey now lover
8.
I'm not the prettiest girl around I'm not the nicest one you could find It's true, it's true that I'm trouble and I won't apologise but I've made up made and you just won my lottery We're stuck in limbo cos I realise that I want you We're stuck in limbo cos I realise that I want you No it's no that makes you attractive to me No it's not that you ignore my advances No it's not that that drives me nuts No it's not at all, it's not, honestly not that I find you quiet attractive Oh honestly not We're stuck in limbo cos I realise that I want you We're stuck in limbo cos I realise that I want you We're stuck in limbo cos I realise that I want you I might not be prettiest girl for sure I might not be nicest girl you've found but I'm mad for you, yeah I'm mad for you, yeah I'm mad for you, really mad for you oh I'm mad for you, yeah I'm mad for you, I can't get enough, can't get enough of you can't get enough, no I can't get enough of you can't get enough, can't get enough, can't get enough of you Cos We're stuck in limbo cos I realise that I want you Yeah We're stuck in limbo cos I realise that I want you We're stuck in limbo cos I realise that I want you Yeah We're stuck in limbo cos I realise that I want you We're stuck in limbo cos I realise that I want you
9.
Next to mine 02:51
In crowded nightclubs we are looking for someone Sometimes we are looking for anyone It is love we all truely desire I'll give you something to quench that fire I'll show you love I'll show you love Move your body next to mine I wanna love you all night long Move your body next to mine I wanna feel you all night long Move your body next to mine I wanna hold you all night long I'll show you love Beautiful people doing ugly things We fight the war against sin Bring me passion and I will surrender I will surrender Move your body next to mine I wanna love you all night long Move your body next to mine I wanna feel you all night long Move your body next to mine I wanna hold you all night long I'll show you love I'll show you love Vision and blindness leave me speechless I'll show you something like no other will do I'll show you love I'll show you love I'll show you love I'll show you love I'll show you love
10.
You were my older lover and promised me a house in country and a life of luxury and I was flattered so I belived your patter,I believed your lies I believed, I believed, I believed in you And you brought me chocolate and red wine everytime you played away Yeah, you brought me chocolate and red wine And no-one's ever brought me chocolate and red wine since Oh no,no no, no-one's ever brought me chocolate and red wine since Others have played but none were sweet as you were For every sorry you said you brought a gift with you I never really hated you it's just after a while I got sick of the taste of chocolate and red wine And you brought me chocolate and red wine everytime you played away Yeah, you brought me chocolate and red wine And no-one's ever brought me chocolate and red wine since Oh no,no no, no-one's ever brought me chocolate and red wine since Yeah, no-one's ever brought me chocolate and red wine since
11.
Wouldn't it be great if only it could be as simple as I like them they like me? No more complications or aggravations just straightforward you like me and I like you It would be great but it never is that way Wouldn't it be fabulous if life was more straightforward than this? Wouldn't it be just spot on if it was that easy? Just walking in the supermarket and pick up the one you want to meet If only it was as straightforward as running a bath Oh if only it was a walk in the park Oh If only I was lucky If only I was lucky in love If only I was lucky If only I was lucky in love If only I was lucky If only I was lucky in love If only I was lucky If only I was lucky in love Wouldn't it be more nice if they liked me and I liked them? And not in a psycho way more in a nice gentle way Wouldn't it be nice if there was no more mind games? Wouldn't be nice if everybody just got on? Wouldn't be great if we could all be friends? Even those of us that have a hard time together Oh if only I could be lucky If only I could be lucky in love If only I was lucky If only I was lucky in love If only I was lucky If only I was lucky in love Why doesn't nobody like me? I'm always standing on my own And I say, it's not that it bothers me I quite like my own company It's just, you know, this girl has needs If only I was lucky
12.
Checking in 03:17
It's been ten years, ten years of this I loved you truely but you always disguised what you felt If it's true well baby let it show Don't go wasting no more time on the circus sideshow When you come round are you just checking to see that I'm still here? That I survived your cruelty Just checking that I'm still alive. Just checking that I survived Just checking that I'm still alive. Just checking that I survived your cruelty Are you gonna torture me some more or, or set me free? It seems like freedom is a rumour that I never see Cos I've been shackled to you for so long, tied up and it's all gone wrong Just checking in to see that I'm still alive Just checking that I survived your recent cruelty. Yeah I'm alive Yeah I'm alive Oh I survived, oh I'm alive Oh I survived, yeah I'm alive Oh I survived your cruelty Oh I survived your cruelty so you thought you would check back and see I'm still alive Oh I survived your cruelty Oh I survived your cruelty and so you thought you would check back that I'm still alive I'm alive I'm alive And I survived your cruelty, oh you wanted to see if I was still alive after all you've done to me I'm still holding on
13.
Someone else 03:43
You wanted to know if I had any regrets I gave the answer I thought you wanted to hear but the truth is you're my one regret Oh the truth is you're my one regret Why couldn't I have loved someone who fought on my side? Why couldn't I have loved anyone else? Why couldn't I have loved somebody else? Why couldn't I have loved anybody else? Anyone but you would have been a kinder fate Anyone but you and it wouldn't end this way All my life I dreamt of love I was a prisoner to all that I wanted While the others went chasing for lust Only in love would I bow for Only for love would I bow for Why couldn't I have loved anyone else? Why couldn't I have loved somebody else? Why couldn't I have loved anyone but you? Oh anyone would have been a kinder fate Forgiveness won't come for me I pretend I'm okay when I'm not My head is a mess and I can't keep it all together Cos all I know is time is running out Oh Why couldn't I have loved someone else? Anybody else just not you Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? Anybody else would have been a kinder fate than you Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? Oh why couldn't I have spared myself this fate?
14.
I don't take direct orders from anyone I won't conform, I won't be led Let's protest, let's rebel let's tell them all the truth has become so disguised in this I'm not like all the other girls, I'm a rebel I'm not like all the other girls, I'm a rebel I stand on my own always on the outside looking in I'm a rebel, I'm a rebel The whole country is in a state a whole new generation gone to waste No fancy gifts will impress me I'm not maniplulated by corruption and greed I'm not like all the other girls, I'm a rebel I'm not like all the other girls, I'm a rebel I stand on my own on the outside looking in I'm a rebel, I'm a rebel Mass manipulation in the press they just sell you lies Come on people have opinions and be free I'm not like all the other girls, I'm a rebel I'm not like all the other girls, I'm a rebel I stand on my own on the outside always looking in I'm a rebel, I'm a rebel I'm not like all the other girls, I'm a rebel I'm a rebel, I'm a rebel I'm a rebel, I'm a rebel
15.
Love Spell 03:25
Cast your spell, hold me prisoner in the palm of your hand don't set me free, do as you wish Cast your spell on me So say those words that must be said And do what must be done to cast your spell on me yeah say those words that must be said And do what must be done to cast your spell on me to keep prisoner to your charms to keep me captive at your hands cast your spell on me your legacy is one of love tainted by your need for lust breaking hearts and gently piecing them together again until the cycle repeats but maybe I don't want to leave So say those words that must be said And do what must be done to cast your spell on me Oh say those words that must be said And do what must be done to cast your spell on me to keep prisoner to your charms to keep me captive at your hands oh cast your spell on me oh keep prisoner to your charms oh keep me captive at your hands oh cast your spell on me
16.
I tell myself when things get messed up, real messed up It could have been much worse, it could have been much worse It could be me sitting at home drinking all alone while you're off with other women every night It could be much worse, it could be me all maxed up on my credit card living on the never never hoping that I'll be dead by the time the debt collectors come round hoping that I'll be dead by the time the debt collectors come round Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? You're not worthy of my love Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? At least I'm not your wife, it could have been much worse Yeah at least I'm not your wife, it could have been much worse Yeah at least I'm not married you I'm glad I never married you I'm glad I never married you I'm glad I never married you No good can come of your empire of deciet You look so beautiful but you're so unsatifying You should get done for false advertising What's on the box ain't what you receive What's on the box ain't what you receive I've made some mistakes in my life but at least I never married you At least I never married you Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? You're not worthy of my love Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? You're not worthy of my love At least I'm not your wife, it could have been much worse Yeah at least I'm not your wife, it could have been much worse Yeah at least I'm not married you I'm glad I never married you At least I'm not your wife, it could have been much worse Yeah, it could have been much worse it could have been much worse At least I'm not married to you Yeah, it could have been much worse
17.
Want 03:05
I tried to catch your eye but you seem to hide Why are you running from me? What is there to run from? I just need to know oh if I let you go Will I get over it? Or will I always come back to this? Cause I just want your love Cause I just want your love I just want your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just want your love I just want your love I just need your love I just want your love Oh I could go back to my room in this hotel and dream of you but I have you right infront of me Oh baby don't wonder maybe, oh I think, it could work let me show I just want your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just need your love Want your love, your love Need your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just need your love, your love I just want your love, your love I just need your love, your love
18.
What a shame 03:11
Oh what a shame we both said it would be forever You're the closest I've came to getting married You're the closest I've came to starting a family Oh what a shame it seems like a better idea to you Just to completely destroy me Oh what a shame true love don't work out Oh what a shame true love is unemployed It's like the rest of the UK Unemployed and waiting on giro day Oh oh oh what a shame What a shame true love don't work out And what a shame I've waited And what a shame I've waited for you Oh what a shame I guess true love don't work out Oh what a shame I guess true love is unemployed Waiting on giro day like rest of the UK True love is unemployed What a shame I guess true love don't work out What a shame Just waiting on giro day What a shame I guess true love don't work out, it's unemployed What a shame I guess true don't work out Oh what a shame true love is unemployed What a shame waiting on giro day what a shame True love don't work out, yeah
19.
Dear Romeo 02:40
Oh what a shame we both said it would be forever You're the closest I've came to getting married You're the closest I've came to starting a family Oh what a shame it seems like a better idea to you Just to completely destroy me Oh what a shame true love don't work out Oh what a shame true love is unemployed It's like the rest of the UK Unemployed and waiting on giro day Oh oh oh what a shame What a shame true love don't work out And what a shame I've waited And what a shame I've waited for you Oh what a shame I guess true love don't work out Oh what a shame I guess true love is unemployed Waiting on giro day like rest of the UK True love is unemployed What a shame I guess true love don't work out What a shame Just waiting on giro day What a shame I guess true love don't work out, it's unemployed What a shame I guess true don't work out Oh what a shame true love is unemployed What a shame waiting on giro day what a shame True love don't work out, yeah
20.
I'm so sorry I said the things I said I didn't want to risk breaking something as beautiful as you I remember dancing that night with you I remember looking into those eyes and losing all the sense in me and losing all the sense in me You should know, I'm in love with you Yeah you should know I'm love with you Yeah you should know I'm love with you Yeah you should know I do remember you You asked me not to break your heart but I did And I'm so sorry for all that Oh I'm so sorry cos I broke my own heart when I broke yours And You should know, I'm in love with you Yeah you should know, I'm love with you Yeah you should know, I'm love with you Yeah you should know I do remember you, yeah you should know I do remember you, yeah you should know I want you to know that I remember you You should know that I'm in love with you, oh oh oh Yeah you should know that I'm love with you Yeah you should know that I'm love with you Yeah you should know, oh oh oh I do remember you

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released November 4, 2011

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Emma Forman is a singersongwriter based in Scotland
In 2001 Emma performed her first solo acoustic gig, and has since gone on to carve out a reputation for herself as a fine much in demand singer songwriter. She has been compared with artists like PJ Harvey and Suzanne Vega. she has supported Frank Turner, James Grant, Julie Matthews, Astrid Williams, and many more ... more

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