Open My Eyes Lyrics
(Ian Hunter/Darrel Bath)
(Transcribed by Colin Ford)
On the Avenue of dead umbrellas
In a place where nothin' sleeps
No one's pickin' up the pieces - no one speaks
Snow falls down - God dusts funky town
For once this place looks pure
Tell that to the people who live in the wind - they ain't so sure
In the middle of a violent night - in the glare of a naked light
In the middle of a nightmare
At the bottom of the deepest well - in the middle of a private hell
Shit scared - out there - nowhere
Then I open my eyes - ice on the window - the sun is tryin' to break through
Then I open my eyes - in the land of the livin' - and it's all right
Seen a man rattle in a battle that no one could win
I had to turn my soul away
Shit's gonna happen - whether you like it or not
S' just the way it is
Then I open my eyes - boats on the river - headin' down the east side
Then I open my eyes - and the trash(?) slips away
Soft and supple - like some alibi
You been walkin in her sleep - there ain't no cure for the secrets you hide
In the middle of my wildest dream - in a place where nothin's what it seems
At the time of a great loss
From the hoods and the broken homes - this danger's got a smell of it's own
In the middle of c-c-chaos
In the valley of the shadow of death - the Bellevue boys out kickin' ass
In the middle of fire
Inside the belly of the beast - in a place where wonders never cease
You go higher, higher, higher
Then I open my eyes - life in a nutshell - it's over 'fore you know it
Then I open my eyes
And the city wakes up - puts coffee in cups - when I open my eyes
And the kids go to school - Imus rules - when I open my eyes
I love you n' you love me
N' it rains so I buy an umbrella from the guy on 23rd and Second Avenue
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Ian Hunter Songs (155) List All
(Miss) Silver Dime
23A, Swan Hill
3,000 Miles From Here
All American Alien Boy
All Of The Good Ones Are Taken
American Music
American Spy
Another Fine Mess
Apathy 83
Bastard
Beg a Little Love
Best Of You
Big Time
Boy
Broadway
Captain Void 'n' The Video Jets
Central Park n' West
China
Cleveland Rocks
Cool
Dancing On The Moon
Dead Man Walkin' (Eastenders)
Death 'n' Glory Boys
Death of a Nation
Detroit (Out-take 5 - vocal)
Easy Money
Every Step Of The Way
Everyone's A Fool
Everything
Fade to Black
Fake Plastic Trees
Far Away
Following In Your Footsteps
Fun
Ghost of You
God (Take 1)
Golden Opportunity
Good Girls
Good Samaritan
Growing Old With Rock 'n' Roll
Gun Control
High School Never Ends
Holiday
How Could This Happen to Me
How Much More Can I Take
I Ain't No Angel
I Believe In You
I Caught Fire
I Get So Excited
I Hate Dancin'
I Need Your Love
Indescribable
Invisible Strings
Irene Wilde
It Ain't Easy When You Fall
Junkee Love
Just Another Night
Just So You Know
Just When I Needed You Most
Justice of the Peace
Keep On Burning
Knees of my Heart
Leave Me Alone
Letter To Britannia From The Union Jack
Life After Death
Lisa Likes Rock n' Roll
Listen To The Eight Track
Livin' in a heart
Lounge Lizard
Lowdown Freedom
Mama Africa
Man O'War
Man O'war
Man Overboard
Michael Picasso
Morons
My Immortal
My Revolution
Na Na Na
Never Trust A Blonde
No One
No Surprises
Noises
Now Is The Time
Old Records Never Die
On My Way To Georgia
Once Bitten Twice Shy
Only The Good Die Young
Open My Eyes
Overnight Angels
Pain
Psycho Girl
Purgatory
Rain
Rape
Rape Me
Red Letter Day
Restless Youth
Resurrection Mary
Ripoff
Sanctuary
Scars
Seeing Double
Send Me on My Way
Shades Off (spoken)
Shallow Crystals
Ships
Shut Me Up
Silent Movie
Silver Needles
Skeletons (In Your Closet)
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Soap and Water
Somethin's Goin' On
Something To Believe In
Sons And Daughters
Sons N' Lovers
Speechless
Stairway to heaven
Standin' In My Light
Still Love Rock n Roll
Still The Same
Stricken
Sweet Dreamer
Tell It Like It Is
That Girl Is Rock 'n' Roll
The Artful Dodger
The Ballad of Little Star
The Best Thing
The Blower's Daughter
The Feel Good Drag
The Loner
The Other Man
The Outsider
The Scientist
The Truth, The Whole Truth, Nuthin' But The Truth
Theatre Of The Absurd
To Love a Woman
Tonight
Too Much
Under Pressure
Venus In The Bathtub
Walk On Water
Wash Us Away
We Gotta Get Out Of Here
Welcome Home
When The Daylight Comes
Who Do You Love
Wild 'N Free
Wild East
Win It All
Women's Intuition
You Nearly Did Me In
You Stepped Into My Dreams
Your Guardian Angel
Ian Hunter Albums (13)
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