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FACE IN MY HANDS

I'd like to thank your parents girl
For the way their genes combined
Consequently I'm in a whirl
You're all that's on my mind

Then you say you're travelling long
On tomorrow's Eurostar
I'll be a verse in search of a song
Until you're not so far

So when you step down from that train
I will be standing here waiting for you

I wanna hold your face in my hands if that's okay with you
I wanna hold your face in my hands and kiss you

I'd like to buy an aeroplane
And set out on my way
I've never felt quite so insane
And it's only been a day

So when you climb down from that train
I will be standing here waiting for you

I wanna hold your face in my hands if that's okay with you
I wanna hold your face in my hands and kiss you
I wanna keep your image in mind, until I've worn it through
I wanna hold your face in my hands and kiss you

So if you've got any plans please set them free
I know you've got your fans but they're not like me
I've got these hands and they long to be
Wrapped around you

So Saturday becomes my prayer
But I wish that it was now
I long to feel your perfect hair
Fall across my brow

So when you jump down from that train
I will be standing here waiting for you

I wanna hold your face in my hands if that's okay with you
I wanna hold your face in my hands and kiss you
I wanna write your name in the sky in shades of green and blue
I wanna hold your face in my hands and kiss you
I wanna hold your face in my hands if that's okay with you
I wanna hold your face in my hands and kiss you

INTERNATIONAL MAN OF THE YEAR

Don't talk to me you fool, I haven't got the time
My minute's worth much more than yours
You've broken every rule, your presence is a crime
You should be with your fellow bores

And you'll find that I just don't give a damn
Don't you know who I am?

I'm the man of the year
I'm the man of the year
You should tip your hat or courtesy when I'm near
'Cos I'm the man of the year

Don't talk to me unless you've also held the crown
By definition we're elite
Although I will confess the only way is down
My majesty is quite complete

And you'll find that I just don't give a damn
Don't you know who I am?

I'm the man of the year
I'm the man of the year
And my elevated stutus is so clear
'Cos I'm the man of the year

It's a title bestowed by people who know
Style and charm when they see it
I'm eligible, glamourous, it's only some of us
Got the ingredients to be it
And I'll probably get me the Nobel prize for being so great

Don't talk to me without a nod from my P.A.
Your sort don't mix with pedigree
I never had a doubt my life would be this way
It's just amazing being me

And you'll find that I just don't give a damn
Don't you know who I am?

I'm the man of the year
I'm the man of the year
You should tremble with respect when I appear
'Cos I'm a highly fashionable, quite incomparable
Wholly admirable, unapproachable, without parallel, unoquivacle
International man of the year
(Oh, look at me now)

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2005)

SCARED

Never known surprise
Like the way you fell into my sights
And I have to hide my eyes
'Cos I'm not sure that I'm seeing right anymore

And I never trust a fact
'Cos I know that I've been wrong before
And I don't know how to act
So I've got to wait 'til I am sure

But you're so beautiful I have to turn away
You're so beautiful I have to turn away sometimes

And I'm scared to turn around, and I'm scared to make a sound
In case you realise it's all a big mistake
And I'm scared to speak my mind, 'cos I'm scared that you will find
That it's nothing but an over-blown mistake this time

Even so I can't resist
When I hear your voice I'm so relieved
But my caution will persist
'Cos it's not so easy to believe

'Cos you're so beautiful I have to turn away
You're so beautiful I have to turn away sometimes

And I'm scared to turn around, and I'm scared to make a sound
In case you realise it's all a big mistake
And I'm scared to speak my mind, 'cos I'm scared that you will find
That it's nothing but an over-blown mistake

I was thinking of you when the sun came up
I'll be thinking of you when she dies
And I'll be thinking of you in the meantime
Behind these eyes

So I long to share your world
And hang on every word you say
Be the one who's curled
Beside you when you wake each day

But you're so beautiful I have to turn away
You're so beautiful I have to turn away sometimes

And I'm scared to turn around, and I'm scared to make a sound
In case you realise it's all a big mistake
And I'm scared to speak my mind, 'cos I'm scared that you will find
That it's nothing but an over-blown mistake

And I'm scared to turn around, and I'm scared to make a sound
In case you realise it's all a big mistake
And I'm scared to speak my mind, 'cos I'm scared that you will find
That it's nothing but an over-blown mistake this time

WAKE ME UP IN THE MORNING

Wake me up in the morning girl
And we will see the world
And it will be all right, yeah
Wake me up in the morning girl
And we will see the world
And it will be all right

I'll get me down to the shoeshine man
And I'll acquire a tan at the solarium
I'll fill the tank on the dolomite
And I'll replace the light and the air freshener

Wake me up in the morning girl
And we will see the world
And it will be all right, yeah
Wake me up in the morning girl
And we will see the world
And it will be all right

I'll call the bank and I'll close my account
And take my savings out in a brown envelope
I'll say goodbye to my favourite friends
And I'll make amends with the fallen away

Wake me up in the morning girl
And we will see the world
And it will be all right, yeah
Wake me up in the morning girl
And we will see the world
And it will be all right

I'll brush my teeth and my hair
And wear my Sunday best
I won't be happy 'til my mirrors a solar glare
And the car is pointing west

I'll fill my flask with a rusty nail
And I'll jump my bail just after I've changed my name
I'll make a disc of our favourite bands
We'll have some Steely Dan and some J.J.Cale

I'll brush my teeth and my hair
And wear my Sunday best
I won't be happy 'til my mirrors a solar glare
And the car is pointing west

I'll take a loan for a grand or eight
At the highest rate 'cos I won't pay it back
I'll wear a hat and a goatee beard
I will have disappeared as far as anyone knows

Wake me up in the morning girl
And we will see the world
And it will be all right, yeah
Wake me up in the morning girl
And we will see the world
And it will be all right

IF YOU'RE NOT THERE

Rain or shine, cloudy or fine
Never really mattered much to me
It's not like we can change the weather
It's more about where you are
Currently it's much too far away
And how I wish I could be with you

Oh, you left the sun but it's no fun
Without you underneath it could thunder for a week
For all I care, if you're not there

France or Spain, or Bahrain
You could be on the moon for all it's worth
If I can't get there what's the difference
Day or night, nothing's right
How can I find solace when I'm lost
My greatest enemy is distance

Oh, you left the sun but it's no fun
Without you underneath it could thunder for a week
For all I care, if you're not there

And how I'm missing you, so I'll picture you
And I'm kissing you, and I'll stick to you
Like the finest ink on a delicate print
Of the world's most beautiful girl

Right or wrong it's been too long
Doesn't matter how you dress it up
I can't survive with just a photo
Cold or hot, matters not
The sun is only shining where you are
That's how I know where to go to

Oh, you left the sun but it's no fun
Without you underneath it could thunder for a week
For all I care, if you're not there
For all I care, if you're not there

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2005)

DANCER IN THE NIGHT

It's better in the night, better than the day
Waiting for the light to slowly fall away
That's always when I wake up, it's when I wander free
Dancer in the night, that's what I'll always be

I should have known the script, I should have known the score
The patterns are as clear as they were before
I was only sixteen when the signs emerged
Dancer in the night, now I am confirmed

I can waste the daylight hours like nobody else that I know
But when I taste the twilight showers, that's when my energies grow and grow

It's better in the dark, it's like I've always said
I do my greatest work when I should be in bed
And I make no excuses for when I have my fun
A dancer in the night, a sleeper in the sun

I can waste the daylight hours like nobody else that I know
But when I taste the twilight showers, that's when my energies grow and grow

It's better in the dark, it's like I've always said
I do my greatest work when I should be in bed
And I make no excuses for when I have my fun
A dancer in the night, a sleeper in the sun

CLOSER TO THE SUN

I've got to go, but I'll be back in the summer
As much as I wish it wasn't so
I know my way just from the shape of the mountain
I know that it's green beneath the snow
And I'll be thinking of you while I'm sat at home

Can you feel the sun, can you touch the sky?
Can you see the earth reflecting in your eye?
Can you taste the air, can you feel the love?
Now you're standing where it's closer to the sun

You haven't changed, there's still a child in your eyes girl
I'll be holding you near despite the range
Your heart's as true as the words of a wiseman
I only wish we shared the page
And I'll be thinking of you while I'm sat at home

Can you feel the sun, can you touch the sky?
Can you see the earth reflecting in your eye?
Can you taste the air, can you feel the love?
Now you're standing where it's closer to the sun

I've been waiting for this for longer than I've even known you girl
I can see the love that's in your eyes

Can you feel the sun, can you touch the sky?
Can you see the earth reflecting in your eye?

Can you feel the sun, can you touch the sky?
Can you see the earth reflecting in your eye?
Can you taste the air, can you feel the love?
Now you're standing where it's closer to the sun

ANOTHER DAY

I was standing at the bar at Rivello's when I saw you
But you didn't even notice
I was hooked on the barb of your obvious perfection from the start
But my glance had no effect because you
Trawled through the room with a sense of contrived elimination
But I didn't fit the picture of the
Faultless, shining image of attraction that a man should be

I can wait for another day
I can wait for another day (before you call me)
I can wait for another day
Before you wander into my life

I was immersed in a deeply academic conversation
And I sensed you on my shoulder
And your scarlet dress with your porecelain complexion and I knew
And the discotheque was booming
So I turned just enough to engage your attention in the mirror
But your face had no reflection
So I sank my tequila and I realised that maybe it was time to go

I can wait for another day
I can wait for another day (before you call me)
I can wait for another day
Before you wander into my life

Get those teeth away from me
'Cos there ain't no way on earth
I'm gonna be travelling homeward with you on my arm tonight

I can wait for another day
I can wait for another day (before you call me)
I can wait for another day
Before you wander into my life

I can wait for another day
I can wait for another day (before you call me)
I can wait for another day
Before you wander into my life

CHOP SUEY

Free-fall through the summer with no tangible plan
Chop suey and a box of wine with Casey's old man
Chinese never fills me but I still buy the stuff
Take more than you can carry and it's never enough
Fortune never came in any cookie for me
I'd say there not quite what they're cracked up to be
Take care when you try to read what fortune will bring
It's just as likely that you'll choke on the thing

Don't forget who you are
Don't forget who you are

My birthday's one day after April the twelfth
Sometimes on a Friday but I've still got my health
No need to stay in bed all day you're gonna be fine
Can't base your existence on a day or a sign
A lost cause is when you're closer to the ground than the plane
That fails then you never get to do it again
No number on a seat can make you fall like a stone
Thirteenth row of an aircraft never crashed on its own

Don't forget who you are
Don't forget who you are
Don't forget who you are, you're just made out of stuff

There once was a man whose choice was ruled by the stars
Right down to the colour of his house and his cars
He moved through a short life with one eye on the curse
Then he stepped round a ladder and got hit by a hearse
His brother said superstition was what took him
For the sake of the story let's say his name was Jim
He thought he was lucky but now he's also dead
Got hit by a horse shoe on the side of his head

Don't forget who you are
Don't forget who you are
Don't forget who you are
Don't forget who you are

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER

Did I go away, or did I stay at home?
Was I with my friends? Perhaps I was alone
Did I rent a car, or did I travel light?
Perhaps I lost my mind, well I must have lost my sight

One thing is for certain I must be getting dummer
'Cos I don't know what I did last summer

How am I to know? The facts are rather grey
My memory doesn't work and my diary doesn't say
Could have been in trouble and I may have broke the law
The truth is if I'm wanted I don't know what it's for

So here's the burning question I ask of any comer
Please tell me what I did last summer

Perhaps I went around the world in eighty days
By taxi, train or rickshaw or a thousand other ways
Though I'm very hopeful that I did not waste my time
The fact I can't remember is certainly a crime

Somehow I can't help thinking that I was with a lover
Still I don't know what I did last summer
I don't know what I did last summer