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Songs Without Tears

by Friends

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On a day like this Darkness broken, come alive On a day like this Suddenly my sleepy eyes are open wide Being here is all I could wish On a day like this Gentle wind and clear ahead When I feel like this We could reach the mountains in a single step These are the moments you’ve missed Reach to the blue sky Harder now, higher now Walk through the sunshine Farther now, brighter now If it ends today Don’t take this moment away Just a touch of your golden hair And it’s gone One a day like this Everything I need to say Is in one blind kiss Everlasting summertime begins today Feel it as long as you live Just an hour in your gentle arms And it’s gone, oh yeah now it’s gone Run through the long grass Follow me, stay with me Climb through the high clouds Come with me, be with me Give me one last wish Just one more moment like this If today was bliss Find it wherever it is Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Fadeaway 04:33
Memories inside my head Coloured in with frozen blue and burning red Crystal clear or faded scenes Wide awake or slipping in and out of dreams Long gone in a winter haze Slowly to fade away Every time I dream I’ve found it Try to close my arms around it Feel it slip away for ever Long to draw it back together All the times that I remember Calling through the days Fadeaway Faces that I used to know Places that I used to go have disappeared Voices from the distant past Echo down the years to haunt me here at last Far, far from a life that’s gone for ever Feel all of it fade away Every time I dream I’ve found it Try to close my arms around it Feel it slip away for ever Long to draw it back together All the times that I remember Calling through the days And every now and then I try To recreate those distant years When every moment seemed a lifetime Now it’s long forgotten Here in a changing world I lie beside this winding river Why should I ever wake again? Every time I dream I’ve found it Try to close my arms around it Feel it slip away for ever Long to draw it back together Everything is part of me and All of me is part of all of this Every sound and every colour All the pain and all the pleasure Even dreams that I remembered only yesterday Fadeaway Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Once I took a look at my life Gave up living in the past Started living in the present day As if every hour was the last No way of planning for the future Who knows how I’ll feel next year? Any day the time is always now And the place must always be here Live for the day Don’t think about tomorrow Go my own way Forget about the past Do what I say Instead of what I’m thinking And find myself at last One day I can look around me I’ll be proud of what I’ve done I will treasure every single day Because it’s over before it’s begun I’ll float away Leave everybody drowning How do I feel? I’m doing very well I’ll get away Not even think of staying And everybody else can go to hell I’ll sing a song That no-one else is singing The road’s so long I’ve come so very far Pray I’ll be gone When wedding bells are ringing Leave everybody standing where they are Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Thinking of you when time was cheap As far as I know you’re still there Asleep in a world that no-one knows Open your eyes, get up and go Wake up, wake up, won’t you give it a chance Throw it away, in another day you can’t remember Look at your life in a different way Look at it change as you just begin to say what you want What you feel Open eyes and open feelings Hidden joys and hidden meanings Without tears and without heartache Leaving fear behind you now Never chase the rain away Never see the sun every day Never chase the rain away Never see the sun every day This is the choice that you can make This is the chance before it’s too late And it’s gone and won’t return Do it today, a hit and run This is your life and it’s going so fast This is your life, does it really want to pass in silence? Would you rather be happy, would you rather be sad? Because it’s all in your power if you’ll only hold your hand to take it To make it Open eyes and open feelings Hidden joys and hidden meanings Without tears and without heartache Leaving fear behind you now Never chase the rain away Never see the sun every day Never chase the rain away Never see the sun every day Ever seen the sky at night? Ever the seen the pale morning light? Open eyes and open feelings Hidden joys and hidden meanings Without tears and without heartache Leaving fear behind you now Suddenly I realised, a single flash before my eyes Where naked truth and naked lies Go over and over and round and around and Look at you now, can you see what I see? As soon as you take the responsibility for your life I’m talking to you, will you tell me the truth I believe in you now that you’ve finally the faith in yourself For yourself Open eyes and open feelings Hidden joys and hidden meanings Without tears and without heartache Leaving fear behind you now Never chase the rain away Never see the sun every day Never chase the rain away Never see the sun every day Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
5.
I never understand the years of silence The hurt that all this bitterness can do The feelings I could never kill by hiding It took so long to find a way to you However many times the path was open I only heard the sound of closing doors A word so often thought but never spoken I meant it then but now I mean it more Through all the years it’s you I waited for Dreaming that it’s better here without you When all the time I wonder where you are Here where the sun can never shine Here where the daylight never finds In the street light’s gloom In a cold barren room Every time I raise my head I’m thinking of you I’ll never say this solitude was worth it Till we can be together without pain And now I know what took me so long learning Whatever happens happens anyway There’s nothing left to think about or say Hard enough to lose what we had longed for And harder still to lie here and forget Here where the memories never sleep Here where the world will never reach In a heartless town With its face looking down Every time I hold myself I’m thinking of you Here where the sun can never shine Here where the daylight never finds In the street light’s gloom In a cold barren room Every time I close my eyes I’m thinking of you I’m dreaming of you I’m thinking of you And only of you Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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The more I say the less I mean Feels like I’m spinning in a circle Feels like I’m turning in a wheel You never heard a single word I might as well have never said it You might be better on your own I want to be alone Round and around for ever And it’s over and over now Round and around and Round and around and Round and around and Round and around and Will it ever end? Here we go again I often dream what might have been Not that I ever really knew you Not that I ever really tried Just run away and hide I’ll throw away my pride Round and around and Round and around and Round and around and Round and around and Will it ever end? Here we go again Will it ever end? Here we go again Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
7.
You and I, out in the open Climbing high, dreaming and hoping You and I, silently roaming Touch the sky, reach the horizon Paradise could only be a breath away Another gentle breath away Somewhere we will meet again one day Born here with you The open hills our secret garden Lifelong we’d stay The way that we were then Long years we grew From perfect friends to distant strangers Still we can try To bring it back again I’m calling, I’m calling to you You and I, out in the open Gliding by, drifting and floating You and I, nobody knowing Where or why our future was going Today already seems a million miles away Another distant world away Tomorrow’s softly calling out my name Though far apart Those distant days now long forgotten Time told me now I’m coming home again It’s over, I know now, I’m with you at last You and I, out in the open High and wide, sky never broken You and I, chasing a rainbow Day and night, where did the time go? My destiny could only be a step away Another easy step away Maybe it’s already here today Long winters gone into Glorious springtime I still can remember the way You and I, the way we had chosen Side by side, a memory frozen You and I, out in the open Hold that smile just for a moment Paradise was only one more day away Another lonely day away Paradise was only ever one more step away It’s just a final step away Finally it’s here in me today Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Believe me, believe me when I say That I was just like anyone And still could be today A child still, with so much left to learn You’ll have to try to teach yourself There’s nowhere else to turn You might as well accept it now The shit around you here Take it away Remember, before it grinds you down There’s no place here for tenderness So get out while you can The never-changing quiet nights The boredom of the day Throw it away And you can take your world away Don’t need it any more I’m going to leave it any day Don’t need it any more I found you, I don’t remember how But brother I’m in trouble here And Christ I need you now You showed me Called me by my name To throw aside my heavy load Or carry round this pain The sound of thunder in my head The whole world at my door Take it away And you can take your world away Don’t need it any more And I could leave it any day Don’t need it any more And all the hatred in my heart Don’t need it any more And every bitterness I had Don’t need it any more And all the envy that I felt Don’t feel it any more And all the nightmares in my life Don’t dream them any more Never never never never Never never never ever Ever ever ever No I’m never going to need it any more Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Twenty years away I see those moments just as Clear as yesterday I could as well be there again Far as I can see The city skyline reaches Years away from me I know these memories will Still keep me warm When all around me is frozen It’s here in my heart And still feels the same I’m back at the start Every day, every day Hold on and never let it go Reach for a world that’s mine alone Crystal mornings, hazy evenings Close my eyes and I could be there still Back on Primrose Hill Rushing through the years A moving train from where The view is never clear However hard I stare I’m moving onwards Ever onwards Faster all the time Looking backwards Into darkness A disappearing line Easy still to find The places I once knew And marks I left behind In endless days when I’d just Lie in the grass And feel the world spinning round me It’s here with me now And always will stay Step out of that crowd Get away, get away Hold on and never let it go Reach for a world that’s mine alone Winter mornings, autumn evenings Every day of every season Never gone and never will I close my eyes and I could be there still Back on Primrose Hill Up on Primrose Hill High on Primrose Hill There on Primrose Hill Back on Primrose Hill Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Paths ahead Reach before my eyes Meet the open skies There we are led Hard the road Harder grows my heart Ever from the start Of my life And I’ll stay all the way anyway Never-ending journey Ever-winding roads to nowhere Ever-changing shadows in the sun And I can’t stay for ever And I shan’t waste another day Don’t say it’s over It’s only just begun Far behind Way beyond the sun The endless steps we’ve come Fade back in time Like a bird Beckoned from the night Through the warm and light To the dark I will fly, I will die Without fear, without tears Never-ending journey Ever-winding roads to nowhere Ever-changing shadows in the sun And I can’t stay for ever And I shan’t waste another day Don’t say it’s over It’s only just begun Now it’s just a memory A vision fading fast Nothing here was ever meant to last Never last Never-ending journey Ever-winding roads to nowhere Ever-changing shadows in the sun And I can’t stay for ever And I shan’t waste another day Don’t say it’s over It’s only just begun Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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There’s a hundred shattered dreams In every street of every town I’ve ever been A single opportunity To win or lose, to make or break, to take or leave I’ll stay till the end And I will say it again Until it’s true, until it’s true Give me back my only chance And I will never let it go again Give me back my only chance And I will never let it go again Hold on, never let it go again You and I both know, my friend That all you’ll ever do is stay in this dead end Time will take the pain away But nothing can relieve the sadness of decay You know how it hurts So please don’t tell me the worst Unless it’s true, unless it’s true Give me back my only chance And I will never let it go again Give me back my only chance And I will never let it go again Hold on, never let it go again Hold on, never let it go again Give me back my only chance And I will never let it go again Give me back my only chance And I will never let it go again Give me back my only dream And I will never let it go again Give me back my only chance And I will never let it go again Hold on, never let it go again Hold on, never let it go again Hold on, never let it go again Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Side By Side 04:12
When I’m down, when I’m lost and low Still I can hear you calling Come in from the cold When you shout, and you can’t be heard Catching you through the crowd I still hear every word And I’ll be with you tonight When it’s dark, and you’re all alone Give me your frozen hand And I will lead you home When it’s hard And you’re reaching high Conquer your fear of falling You can touch the sky And that’s a promise to you It’s for a lifetime with you Side by side, we’ll break the darkest night Side by side, we’ll reach the morning light Through the wind and driving rain Through the joy and through the pain Stand together just the same At the end When you’re right, and the world is wrong Feeling you lean on me I’m with you all along When you give, with no demands Waking again you’ll find me lying in your arms I will remember today Now and forever this way Side by side, we’ll stand against the tide Side by side, we’re reaching far and wide And the journey’s been so long And it’s hard to carry on When so many years have gone, to the end Side by side, we’ll hold our hands with pride Side by side, the gates are open wide And however far apart Be together here at last Through whatever storms have passed As a friend Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd

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Friends' third album, released in 1991, continues where Roads Leading Everywhere left off. Whilst the title isn't strictly truthful, the songs are generally gloriously optimistic and summery, with standout tracks like the childhood nostalgia of Out In The Open and On A Day Like This mixing with more reflective numbers such as Fadeaway and Thinking Of You. Dominated by acoustic guitars and trumpet, Songs Without Tears is in the same musical area as Lightning Seeds or Pale Fountains, and isn't afraid to rock out when required. Songs Without Tears has been one of the most sought-after Friends albums since its release and marks the end of the 'early' Friends phase of its original line-up and own-produced recordings. Classic English romantic pop that stands the test of time while being highly characteristic of its early 90s era.

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released June 13, 2011

William Jones: voice, acoustic & electric guitar, keyboards
Jo Pattison: voice
Lindsey Lowe: trumpet
Richard Buckton: electric guitar
Jon Kirby: keyboards
Keith Peberdy: bass
Graeme Robinson: drums

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