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There's smell of fresh cut grass
and it's filling up my senses
And the sun is shining down on the blossoms in the avenue.
There's a buzzing fly hanging
around the bluebells and the daisies
And tAere's a lot more loving left in this world.
Don't go
don't leave me now
now
now
While the sun smiles
stick around and laugh a while
yeah.
And I lie on warm and soft sancly beaches
And my toes are submerged in the water
and it feels good.
Children playing building castles on the shoreline
Like a painted little love and lord
it feels so fine.
Don't go
don't leave me now
now
now
. ..
There's white horses and they're coming at me
and they face now
And there's a blue sirocco blowing worm into my foce.
The sun is shining on the other side of the bridges
The cars going by with smiles in the windows.
There's a black cat Iying in the shadow of the gate-post
And the black cat keeps telling me that love is on it's way.
Yeah
there's a black cat Iying in the shadow of the gate-post
And the black cat tells me thot loveis on it's way.
Don't go
don'f ieave me now
now
now
. . .
Stick around and laugh a while. - Don't go! -
Don't go
don't leave me now
now
now
. . .
Don't go
don't leave me now
now
now
. . .
Don't go
I can hear you coming now
now
now
Ah
no no no
don't go!

daveesh Apr 05, 2011 - 20:38	"... currently residing in the 'where are they now' category." [ Reply ]
GuiltyFeat Feb 02, 2011 - 04:02	No_Where_Man wrote: Bill, please play more of Hothouse Flowers, you only have one song? Please HHF are so much deeper than one song, Thank you Agreed. This is from one of the lost albums of the late 80s. There are better tracks on this and the band ha a really organic Irish rock sound bridging the gap between Thin Lizzy and The Script. [ Reply ]
No_Where_Man Feb 02, 2011 - 01:41	Bill, please play more of Hothouse Flowers, you only have one song? Please HHF are so much deeper than one song, Thank you [ Reply ]
BlueHeronDruid Jan 01, 2011 - 18:11	DaveInVA wrote: Sounds like David Byrne with a bad cold.. Byrne does Springsteen. [ Reply ]
DaveInVA Apr 22, 2010 - 09:13	Sounds like David Byrne with a bad cold.. [ Reply ]
Jazbo Mar 21, 2010 - 19:17	Love this song so.... [ Reply ]
lmic Jan 17, 2010 - 19:03	lily34 wrote: sounds like elvis doing springsteen (the voice) or vice verse. Definite Bruceness. [ Reply ]
lily34 Oct 15, 2009 - 12:24	sounds like elvis doing springsteen (the voice) or vice verse. [ Reply ]
aajarrett Oct 15, 2009 - 12:24	Oh my! I can't remember the last time I heard this song. I do have a wonderful memory of my sister coming back from a long trip to Ireland with their tape. They came to the Moore Theater in Seattle and we went to see them. I remember being so disappointed when the opening act came on stage, two chicks with acoustic guitars, because I wanted Hothouse Flowers to get on stage. Ended up liking the opening act, The Indigo Girls. It was an amazing concert with my sister. Thanks for the memory Bill. [ Reply ]
iscoot4peace Aug 13, 2009 - 12:15	andrewimft wrote: Saw these guys live at a free outdoor summer concert in downtown Denver after they came out with this record. They were absolutely awesome, spiritual, sensual, dance-a-riffic. Then a couple weeks later I saw them again as they were the opening band for a Midnight Oil concert I had tickets for. At that gig, they were terrible— flat, uninspired, sluggish, sloppy, dreary. I went from thinking they were an awesome folk version of U2 to a total dud. This album was good, but still can't compare to the memory of the good concert they did. I read that one of the guys in this band is now in a band with Elvis Costello's ex-wife. I was at that Denver show and completely agree with your assessment! But even U2 has flop nights as a friend of mine who worked lights for two of their tours can attest to. To my mind though...Hothouse Flowers never were able to capture the excitement of their good live shows on album. The production was too slick or something. Disappointing. [ Reply ]
Bridieboo Feb 04, 2009 - 14:40	10+ for the fantastic song, and 100+ for that lovely reddish hair flying all over the place while he banged on the piano! [ Reply ]
Kittee Oct 01, 2008 - 07:27	[ Reply ]
andrewimft Jul 30, 2008 - 02:20	Saw these guys live at a free outdoor summer concert in downtown Denver after they came out with this record. They were absolutely awesome, spiritual, sensual, dance-a-riffic. Then a couple weeks later I saw them again as they were the opening band for a Midnight Oil concert I had tickets for. At that gig, they were terrible— flat, uninspired, sluggish, sloppy, dreary. I went from thinking they were an awesome folk version of U2 to a total dud. This album was good, but still can't compare to the memory of the good concert they did. I read that one of the guys in this band is now in a band with Elvis Costello's ex-wife. [ Reply ]
pyxxel Jan 23, 2008 - 05:25	suddenchad wrote: Liked this album a lot. I think there were one or two more by them and they turned up on a few compilations, but then what happened to them? I thought they sunk into oblivion, but apparently not: (click here) I give it 7 for the memories of the late eighties when I first came to Dublin, Ireland, which eventually would become my home. Saw the Flowers in Germany around 1990, as support for Stevie Ray Vaughan. After their set, I saw the singer Liam Ó Maonlaí wandering around the Stevie fans in the audience. Was funny, he clearly enjoyed not being recognised even after playing for an hour on stage! Wikipedia states this album "was the most successful debut album in Irish history". They were promoted heavily by Bono of U2 after he saw them playing in 1986. Well they are still going strong, playing Glastonbury in 2007... must look out for them again! [ Reply ]
geordiezimmerman Sep 19, 2007 - 13:16	Shit - i can only give it -5 [ Reply ]
suddenchad Jul 18, 2007 - 15:35	Liked this album a lot. I think there were one or two more by them and they turned up on a few compilations, but then what happened to them? [ Reply ]
StickerSticker Mar 21, 2007 - 06:08	boring and his voice bugs me. [ Reply ]
nigenet Mar 21, 2007 - 06:06	Oh thankyou RP... not heard this in so long! :) Hothouse Flowers were the first band I went to see too - takes me back all those years (1988 I think) to Sheffield Leadmill! :) [ Reply ]
elvenwise Mar 05, 2007 - 13:20	Wow. Been a while since I've heard this one. Love little surprises from the vaults like this. Brings me back to a festival way back when, and these guys were playing with a shwack of other good acts. It rained the whole show, but we had a blast. [ Reply ]
MojoJojo Mar 05, 2007 - 13:20	greg6494 wrote: I used to think that was a naner dood on a pedestal, and the lemon dood was applauding reverently. On an unrelated note, this song always seemed to me to be in the "songs with all chorus and no verses" category. Maybe it's just me? [ Reply ]