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From Croydon to Cuba: an anthology

Finally ... the box set!

From Croydon to Cuba (CD Box) £14.99 from amazon.co.uk

From Croydon to Cuba (DVD) £10.49 from amazon.co.uk

Reviews: "Bound to get great reviews!" freeworld

CD Three

1. Angel
   Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
   Single, previously issued on Titanic Days
   "I'm dreaming, I'm falling and just before I hit the ground I hear you calling"
2. Soho Square
   Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS,CHORDS
   Previously issued on Titanic Days
   "An empty bench in Soho Square, if you'd have come you'd have found me there "
3. Bad
   Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
   Previously issued on Titanic Days
   "I want a brief encounter in a stolen car, a hand on my buttock in a Spanish bar "
4. Can't stop killing you
   Kirsty MacColl & Johnny Marr LYRICS, CHORDS
   Previously issued on Titanic Days
   "I'm the lightning that strikes you just before you hear the thunder"
5. Titanic Days (edit)
   Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS
   Previously issued on Titanic Days
   "I just know though I can't see but I can feel his hands all over me "
6. Tomorrow never comes
   Kirsty MacColl & Mark Nevin LYRICS
   Previously issued on Titanic Days
   "You'll never stop running, it's like waiting for Xmas again "
7. Caroline
   Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
   Single, previously issued on Galore
   "What a terrible thing for a friend to do"
8. I am afraid
   A House (Dave Couse) LYRICS
   1995, Previously unreleased
   "It's not that I'm not strong, it's just that I'm not strong enough for you"
9. The Butcher Boy
   Trad., arr. Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
   B side of Caroline
   "And in the middle a turtle dove so the world may know I died of love"
10. As Long as you Hold Me
    Billy Bragg LYRICS, CHORDS
    From the film soundtrack Mad Love
    "As long as you hold me I'll get by"
11. Perfect day
    Performed witth Evan Dando
    Written by Lou Reed LYRICS, CHORDS
    Single, previously issued on Galore
    "Maybe a movie too, and then home"
12. Sail Away
    Randy Newman LYRICS
    From the film soundtrack Beautiful People
    "You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day - it's great to be an American "
13. Libertango
    Astor Piazzola, B.Reynolds & D.Wilkey LYRICS
    From the Sharon Shannon album Each Little Thing
    "Strange, I've seen that face before, seen him hanging round my door"
14. Golden Heart
    K.MacColl, LYRICS
    B side of Mambo de la Luna, issued on the US version of Tropical Brainstorm
    "Eros betrayed me, instead of love's arrow he used a poison dart"
15. Mambo de la Luna
    Kirsty MacColl, Pete Glenister & Dave Ruffy LYRICS
    Single, previously issued on Tropical Brainstorm
    "Love is the key to the dance, you can move in a trance when the music sets you free"
16. In these shoes?
    Kirsty MacColl & Pete Glenister LYRICS
    Single, previously issued on Tropical Brainstorm
    "I said 'In these shoes? No way, Jose', I said 'Honey, let's stay right here.'"
17. England 2 Colombia 0
    Kirsty MacColl LYRICS, CHORDS
    Previously issued on Tropical Brainstorm
    "I didn't mention my kids, I thought I'd wait a bit - but I am free and single and he's a lying git"
18. Celestine
    Kirsty MacColl LYRICS
    Previously issued on Tropical Brainstorm
    "My lover looked into my eyes and I could tell by his surprise
    It was not me he saw in there but Celestine "
19. Good for me
    Kirsty MacColl & James Knight LYRICS
    B side of In These Shoes?, issued on the US version of Tropical Brainstorm
    "Where can I find the words to describe the way that I feel with you by my side?"
20. Manhattan Moon
    Philip Chevron LYRICS
    Demo from the musical work in progress, Jack Rooney: In Person
    "That old Manhattan moon began to rise, and there stood Liberty in silhouetted skies"
21. Sun on the Water
    Kirsty MacColl & Pete Glenister LYRICS
    Demo, previously unreleased
    "It was the place where she felt free, and Heaven lies under the sea,
    Hell is just dry land to me, when I'm dreaming ................ "

Related Pages:

• CD 1
• CD 2
• Reviews
• Promotion
• Online Shopping
• From Croydon to Cuba : the Videos (DVD)
• Other albums - Desperate Character - Kite - Electric Landlady - Titanic Days
• Compilations - Kirsty MacColl - The Essential Collection - The One and Only - Galore - What do pretty girls do?

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