Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over
Tell me why this world is a mess / I thought you
always tried your best / Tell me what am I to do /
Maybe you should do it too / Tell me why they’re
sleeping alone / No house nowhere to call a
home / Tell me what I’m meant to see / Won’t
you stop preaching at me
And I wanna see what it’s all about / And I
wanna live wanna give something back / Don’t
tell me that it’s over / It’s only just begun / Don’t
tell me that it’s over / Or that the song is sung
/ The song is sung
All the money in the world / Would never set all
the wrongs to right / All the fire in the world /
Could never set my heart alight / I dream of a
day when it’s all gone away / And the sun is
shining bright / I dream of a day when it’s all
gone away / But dreams are for night /
Don’t tell me that it’s over please / I’m on my
knees / I’m begging you to stop
It’s over please / I’m on my knees / I’m
begging you to stop
Spark
Don’t wanna see the stars / Don’t wanna
see the moon / Don’t wanna see the sun /
It rises too soon
Don’t wanna see the day / Don’t wanna see
the night / Oh the afternoon / It feels about
right
I am the spaceman flying high / I am the
astronaut in the sky / Don’t worry I’m ok
now / I am the light in the dark / I am the
match / I am the spark / Don’t worry I’m
ok now
After the sun / Always comes the rain /
Followed by hurt and pain / After the light /
Comes the dark / After the love / Comes
the breaking of my heart
No Roots
Somewhere out there’s a dream that’s not
forgotten / But this world is never stopping
for me / But I will try and I will keep on
trying /
I set my goals there’s no denying / Never
stop fighting for / What I believe
Many people will come and go / Many
faces long lost you know / Many fights
many makeups / Many kisses, too many
breakups
I got no roots they’re not set in stone / I got
no place that I call home / I’m just a low
low lonely soul
And the time will come when the day is
done / And the fighting’s over the race is run
/ I don’t know what I’m looking for / And
this life I lead it’s a curious thing / But I can’t
deny the happiness it brings / I don’t know
what I’m looking for
Many people will come and go / Many
faces long lost you know / I’m just a low
low lonely soul / And there’ll be many
fights many makeups / Many kisses too
many breakups / A low low lonely soul
Love Love
Oh love love you tear my world apart /
Oh love love you always break my heart /
It’s been too long since you left me / It’s
been too long since the start / Oh love love
please don’t break my heart
Oh love love you always bring me down /
Oh love love you turn my life around / Oh
I don’t know how to tell you / Oh I don’t
know what to say / But my heart is yours
love in every single way
And at night I sit and cry it seems /
Wondering why love is not like my dreams
/ Wondering why I am still here all alone /
And at night I wish that you were there /
Touching my face and stroking my hair /
Telling me things, telling me stories / Telling
me you love me and all my glories
Love love you’re always in my heart / Oh
love love I’ve known it from the start / Oh I
wish that I could tell you / Oh I wish that I
could say / That my heart is yours in every
single way
Oh love love I wish that I could see / What
in the world you mean to me / Oh love
love you always bring me down down
down / Oh love love I wish you’d stick
around
An Ordinary Life
What makes you different from anyone in
here / What makes you stand up from the
crowd / What makes your mother so proud
of you / What makes us worship at your
ground
At night when you go to bed / Do these
thoughts run through your head / When
you’re lying there all alone / Do you think
of us instead
I don’t know where I’ll be in ten years time
/ / Did you give it all up just for me / I’m
I want to be free / I don’t care about the
cameras / I don’t care about the lights /
All I wanted was an ordinary life / I don’t
know where I’ll be in ten years time /
Where will the music take me / I don’t care
about
the spotlight / I don’t care about the nights
All I wanted was an ordinary life
What makes you happy / What makes you
sad / Do paparazzi drive you mad / Do you
miss your life back home / Were they the
best days that you had
I don’t know where I’ll be in ten years time
/ Where will the music take me / I don’t
care about the spotlight or the Hollywood
nights / All I wanted was an ordinary life
Give It All Up
I believe in everything I see / I believe you
do the best for me / It’s not a lot, it’s all
I’ve got
I believe that the day will come / When
you’ll see that you’re the only one / And
the rain will fall from the sky / Guess it’s
goodbye
Is there anyone you can call / Have you got
nobody left at all / Your back’s against the
wall / Is there no place else you’d rather be
sorry if you got me wrong / I’ll forgive you
in a song
I wish that I could soar in the sky / I wish
that I could fly fly fly / Say goodbye to my
mother and bye to my dad / You’re all I had
My Only One
After all the mistakes have been and gone /
You’re still standing here, standing strong /
And I forgive all the wrongs that you have
ever done / Cos you’re still the only one
The apple of your mother’s eye / Your life it
passed your father by / I bet he wishes that
he was there too / So much grace and poise
yeah you’re always right on cue
And there were times / You know it’s true /
When the whole world / Was looking at
you / They changed their mind from day to
night / One minute you’re wrong then the
next thing you’re right / God rest your soul /
Keep standing tall my only one
There’s still a twinkle in your eye / Even
after we say goodbye / You’re always there in
spirit and in mind / I’ll be with you until the
end of time
This Pretty Face
I don’t care who does her hair or what
clothes she wears / I don’t care if it’s YSL I
don’t care if it’s Chanel / What matters to
me is a strong belief / All this beauty is skin
deep / Don’t care about hair, don’t care about
eyes / It’s about what’s inside
You’ll never know who you’ll meet on your
way to the top / You’ll probably see them
again when your fame starts to drop / Down
down, I’ll meet you on the ground / It’s no
good with your hair and your shiny blue
eyes / It’s no good when you finally start to
realize / I need something more / This
pretty face don’t work no more
What happened to achieving / What
happened to believing in yourself / Why listen
to the musings of someone, somebody else /
Well I’m sorry I don’t see it and I can’t quite
believe it anymore / What happened to
believing that beauty’s in the eye of the
beholder
Troubled Soul
Oh the sun may shine through your
window on a summer’s day / Doesn’t
change your heavy heart skips a beat each
day / You get a temporary high as you watch
life pass you by / Every single day you want
to cry / Can we wish those tears a fond
goodbye
Aching heart, troubled soul / I wanna tell
you something wanted you to know / Look
at these eyes, look at this smile / They’re
gonna stay around here, for a while
Oh the rain may pour and it may fall / But
still I’ll always always hear your call / I’ll be
waiting, waiting for you / Oh your eyes so
blue your smile so white / I think about you
everyday and every night / I’ll be waiting,
waiting for you
Next Big Thing
Oh everybody said she was the next big
thing / The shining little light on the
Saturday night / Dreaming of the day when
she could run away / She didn’t believe the
hype, was right / I knew right from the past
/ Was never gonna last the feeling’s over fast
/ Now here we go / Now here we go
Can somebody please take me home /
Where I can be all alone / Can somebody
please take me home / Where I can be all
alone
And the tears fall down from your face /
And we know beneath the surface there’s a
trace / A heavy heart that’s working through
the pain / Please stay in the game / Please
stay in the game
Oh everybody said she was the next big
thing / The shining little light on the
Saturday night / Finally came the day when
she could run away / She didn’t believe the
hype, was right / I knew right from the past
/ Was never gonna last the feeling’s over
fast / Now watch her go / Now watch her go
Your Time Will Come
Oh the wind is gently blowing / As the light
begins to fade / Sick and tired of playing it
up / Sick of this parade / And your eyes are
gently weeping / As the sun begins to shine
/ The end is coming far too soon / I wish I
had more time
So soon your time will come / Get out
while you’re still young / May all your
dreams come true / For someone like you /
So soon your time will come / Get out while
you’re still young / May all your dreams
come true / So happy for you
Oh my eyes are getting tired / As the day
begins to break / Left it all so far behind /
My biggest mistake / And your smile is not
like mine / It disappears from time to time /
But I believe in you / Everything you’ll ever do
What Happiness Means To Me
Maybe in the start we would laugh / Maybe
in the end we would cry / I believe in every
book I’ve ever read / And what you said
And the moon was in the sky / And the
tears did fill my eyes / And the memories
they all had passed / But in my head they’ll
always last / In the end before I could be /
I’d shown the world / What it means to me
/ Believe it or not, I made them see / This is
what happiness means to me
Will I ever see your face again / Will I ever
touch your skin / I’ll never stop loving
everything you do / But not me and you
And in the end, I made them see / This is
what happiness means to me
Credits
All songs: Written & performed by Amy Macdonald
Produced & arranged by Pete Wilkinson
Published by Warner Chappell
Mixed by Danton Supple for 140db
Executive producer: Paul Adam
Engineered by Joe Fields
Mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis, London
Editing & pro-tools assistant: Mo Hausler
All strings conducted by Audrey Riley
Additional production: Joe Fields
Studio & technical manager: Charles Rees
Associate product consultant: James Stone
Pulad Ama: Wireless manager & time machine doctor
Paul Weller appears courtesy of Island Records Group
Photography: Nicky Emmerson
Live photograph: Barnaby J Watson
Sleeve design: Studio Fury
For credits relating to all additional content visit
www.amymacdonald.co.uk
Musicians
Track 1: Acoustic guitar & vocal: Amy Macdonald.
Keyboards, piano & arrangements: Pete Wilkinson.
String arrangement: Pete Wilkinson. Bass: Jimmy
Sims. Electric guitar: Jolyon Dixon. Drums: Stuart
Marchant. Violins: Chris Tumbling, Jonathan Hill,
Leo Payne, Laura Melhuish. Violas: Peter Lale, Susan
Dench. Cellos: Ann Lines, Audrey Riley. BVs: Sarah
Erasmus & Stuart Marchant.
Track 2: Acoustic guitar & vocals: Amy Macdonald.
Keyboards, piano & arrangements: Pete Wilkinson.
Bass: Stuart Marchant. Electric guitar: Seton Daunt.
Drums: Stuart Marchant.
Track 3: Acoustic guitar & vocal: Amy Macdonald /
Keyboards & arrangements: Pete Wilkinson. Bass:
Jimmy Sims. Electric guitars: Jolyon Dixon. Drums:
Stuart Marchant. Piano & Percussion: Pete Wilkinson.
BVs: Amy Macdonald.
Track 4: Acoustic guitar & vocal: Amy Macdonald.
Keyboards & arrangements: Pete Wilkinson. Bass: Jimmy
Sims. Electric guitars: Paul Weller & Jolyon Dixon.
Drums & percussion: Stuart Marchant. High strung
acoustic: Stuart Marchant. Percussion: Charles Ree.
Shaker: Eileen Mueller. Thunder Machine: Emily von Borstel.
Track 5: Acoustic guitar & vocal: Amy Macdonald.
Keyboards, piano & arrangements: Pete Wilkinson.
Bass: Stuart Marchant. Electric guitar: Seton Daunt.
Drums: Stuart Marchant.
Track 6: Acoustic guitar & vocal: Amy Macdonald.
Keyboards, piano & arrangements: Pete Wilkinson.
Bass: Stuart Marchant. Electric guitar: Seton Daunt.
Drums: Stuart Marchant.
Thanks
Track 7: Lead vocal: Amy Macdonald. Keyboards & Thank you so much to everyone who has helped to
arrangements: Pete Wilkinson. String arrangement: bring this album together - you know who you are.
Audrey Riley. Violins: Chris Tumbling, Jonathan Hill, And especially thank you to all of my devoted fans for
Leo Payne, Laura Melhuish. Violas: Peter Lale, Susan your ongoing support.
Dench. Cellos: Ann Lines, Audrey Riley. Bass: Jimmy
Sims. All Electric & acoustic guitars: Jolyon Dixon. Special thanks to the legendary Paul Weller and all at
Birdsong sample: Recorded by Pete Wilkinson. Black Barn.
Hammond organ: Jimmy Sims. Thank you to Graham Logue at Shure; Blue
Microphones; James, Martin and Simon at CW Pro
Track 8: Acoustic guitar 1 & lead vocal: Amy
Macdonald. Keyboards & arrangements: Pete and Pierre Morant at Sennheiser GMBH.
Wilkinson. Piano: Pete Wilkinson & Paul Weller. Amy Macdonald is managed by Melodramatic Records
Acoustic guitar 2: Pete Wilkinson. Bass: Paul Weller. CuriousAmy@melodramaticrecords.com
Electric guitar: Jolyon Dixon. Drums & percussion:
Stuart Marchant. BVs: Amy Macdonald, Sarah
Erasmus & Stuart Marchant.
Track 9: Acoustic guitar & vocal: Amy Macdonald.
Keyboards & arrangements: Pete Wilkinson. String
arrangement: Pete Wilkinson. Bass: Jimmy Sims.
Electric guitars & solo: Jolyon Dixon. Drums: Stuart
Marchant. Percussion: Charles Rees. BVs: Amy
Macdonald & Sarah Erasmus.
Track 10: Acoustic guitar & vocal: Amy Macdonald.
Keyboards & arrangements: Pete Wilkinson. String
arrangement: Pete Wilkinson. Piano: Pete Wilkinson.
Bass: Jamie Sefton. Electric guitars: Jolyon Dixon. Drums:
Adam Falkner. BVs: Amy Macdonald & Sarah Erasmus.
Track 11: Acoustic guitar & vocal: Amy Macdonald.
Keyboards & arrangements: Pete Wilkinson. String
arrangement: Pete Wilkinson. Piano: Pete Wilkinson.
Bass: Jimmy Sims. Electric guitars: Jolyon Dixon.
Drums: Stuart Marchant. Violins: Chris Tumbling,
Jonathan Hill, Leo Payne,Laura Melhuish. Violas:
Peter Lale, Susan Dench. Cellos: Ann Lines, Audrey
Riley. BVs: Amy Macdonald.
Track 12: Acoustic guitar & vocal: Amy Macdonald.
Keyboards & arrangements: Pete Wilkinson. Piano: Pete
Wilkinson. String arrangement: Pete Wilkinson. Violins:
Chris Tumbling, Jonathan Hill, Leo Payne, Laura
Melhuish. Violas: Peter Lale, Susan Dench. Cellos:
Ann Lines, Audrey Riley. Bass: Jimmy Sims. Electric
guitars: Jolyon Dixon. Drums: Stuart Marchant. BVs:
Pete Wilkinson, Stuart Marchant, Charles Rees, Joe Fields.
Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over
Spark
No Roots
Love Love
An Ordinary Life
Give It All Up
My Only One
This Pretty Face
Troubled Soul
Next Big Thing
Your Time Will Come
What Happiness Means To Me

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