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Shadow Blonde
04:44
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i
i had had enough
to dream a dream
is not enough
you must wake
reach out
and touch
then you
appeared so suddenly
i couldn’t believe
you'd been that close to me
my
whole
world
changed
so let us dance in the sunlight
and let our shadows merge
and let us come together
and let us share this world
cos i want you more
then i want to
more then life
why should i
try to deny
this heart
that beats
for you inside
why should i
try to deny
this heart
that beats
for you inside
shadow blonde
shadow blonde
and time
i had braved her storms
i rode those waves
of night
till dawn
i had reached
a lonely shore
so let us dance in the sunlight
and let our shadows merge
and let us come together
and let us share this world
cos i want you
more then i want to
more then life
why should i try
to deny
this heart
that beats
for you inside
why should i try
to deny
this heart
that beats
for you inside
shadow blonde
shadow blonde
cos i want you
more then i want to
more then life
why should i
try to deny
this heart
that beats
for you inside
why should i
try to deny
this heart
that beats
for you inside
shadow blonde
so this my message
for the lonely
and its only this
you must carry on
in time
love
will
come
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2. |
Confession
04:56
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i didn't mean to do it
i’m a product of my past
timed and primed years ago
dangerous ticking fast
i didn’t mean to do
this you must believe
a thing called life
drove me to it
you cut a man
to deep
and an animal
starts to bleed
father hear my prayer
forgive me if you can
and open up you gates
to this sinner man
i’ve fallen from grace
and i’m the devils spawn
see what life has done
to this man once perfect born
i didn’t mean to do it
no matter what you think
i didn’t know my strength
i had too much too much to drink
those of you who judge me
so piously above me
underneath we’re all the same
all guilty all marked by cane
father hear my prayer
forgive me if you can
and open up you heart
to this sinner man
and wont you take pity
upon my wretched soul
the dawn is coming fast
and i don’t have too long to go
in the hangs mans eyes
i see no pity there
in the dawning skies
well i see no heaven there
it’s a long way down
swallow me
swallow me
you cleansing ground
it’s a long way down
swallow me
swallow me you cleansing ground
it’s a long
way
down
i didn’t mean to do it
i’m a product of my past
timed and primed years ago
i’m dangerous ticking fast
father hear my prayer
forgive me if you can
and open up your gates
to this sinner man
i,ve been friendless in life
and flowerless in death
wont you hear this plea
with this my final breath
father hear my prayer
father hear my prayer
i’m a victim of my past
timed and primed years ago
dangerous
ticking fast
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3. |
Bad Conscience
03:58
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deny me
anyway you can
disguise me
in your best laid plans
but i will find you
i follow every clue
always there to remind you
i’m part of you
i’ll be your bad conscience
tugging at your sleeve
i’ll be your bad conscience
’ll never let you be
betray me
with your lips of blood
crucify me
on your man-made cross
but i’m inside you
i’m deeper then the skin
always there to remind you
i’m the truth within
i’ll be your bad conscience
tugging at your sleeve you
i’ll be your bad conscience
i’ll never let you be
i’ll be your bad conscience
the foot in the door
i’ll be your bad conscience
the one you cant ignore
i’ll be your bad conscience
tugging at your sleeve you
i’ll be your bad conscience
i’ll never let you be
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4. |
Axe
03:51
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down in the forest
there are lines on the trees
a sign of today
of man
and his greed
they all stand ready
from the saplings to the tall
none shall be spared
when the axe
starts to fall
and the earth that is left
erodes easily
with the first rain
is swept
lost to the rivers and the sea
and the land left behind
its no use at all
nothing can grow
when the axe
starts
to fall
and the skies they are wounded
the heavens exposed
and the fools in the green-houses
are still throwing stones
is our vision dead
their conscience still-born
will their children be spared
when the axe
starts
to fall
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5. |
Angel
04:13
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distrusting eyes
that i fill
say goodnight
like paying a bill
angel
without a kiss
she’ll retire
and leave me here
in my darkest hour
angel
but i’m still loving you
from a-far
how am i doing
so far
tell me do i let it show
angel
so i take flights
up flights of stairs
in flights of fancy
i try
to hide my cares
angel
and rest my head
where tears have dried
sleep
troubled sleep
even dreams denied
but i’m still loving
you from a-far
how am i doing so far
tell me do i let it show
still loving you from a-far
but if you wont see me tonight
my angel
but if you wont be with me tonight
my angel
if you wont see me tonight
my angel
then i might
as well
not be here
then i might
as well
disappear
angel angel angel
still loving you from a-far
still loving you from a-far
angel
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6. |
Wild West End
02:59
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talking to tail end charlie
who served in his countries defense
now he lies alone and forgotten
now that he's surplus to requirements
just a mile from where he lays
i can hear a band as it starts to play
well how come we remember the dead
yet forget the living
on remembrance day
and welcome to the wild west end
welcome to the center of democracy
welcome to the west my friends
welcome to the face of hypocrisy
in the wild west end
there goes simple simon
walking by himself
since they closed the asylums
he's had to fend for both of himself
their policies defy description
the health service a contradiction
one day they say he's mad
the next they close the only home he had
so welcome to the wild west end
in the wild west end
in the shadow of big ben
living in cardboard
a thousand homeless men
and just a stones throw from parliament
they're dying of cold
right there
on the pavement
in the wild west end
judy goes to the circus
the animals come alive
she's learnt all kinds of new tricks
well she's had to
just to survive
she's got no job, no money, no home
so she'll sell the only thing she owns
says goodbye to a teenage dream
'cos she's living in a nightmare
and
just
fourteen
welcome to the wild west end
welcome to the center of democracy
i said welcome to wild west my friends
welcome to the face of hypocrisy
in the wild west end
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7. |
My Madeliene
04:40
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Memory and fragrance linger everywhere
Kicking leaves from the pavements
Autumn chills the air
And she’s there
My Madeleine
The wind in the wires
Whisper her name
The Sunday spires
Call me again
And she comes
My Madeleine
Shrouded and clouded in rain
My Madeleine
Once again the seasons turn
Down memory lane the leaves are burning
Spiralling through the mist
I find myself on a river plain
Waving to the Starcross train
Savouring days like this
And I’m moving through
My Madeleine
My Madeleine
My Madeleine
The smile that knows no purpose or cost
The sign to a motorway where a path was lost
And you’re calling me My Madeleine
Older and colder
Madeleine
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8. |
Sirens Call
06:33
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Red lights that I follow
White lights to the right
And the face in the mirror
Green by the dash board lights
But the heart is blue
And all my Gods forsaken
So to your mercy I will fall
And love
Let your Sirens call
So let the heavens open up
Shine down on me divine intervention
For all diversions I've called love
The sum total of my sad invention
For the road is black
And every sign mistaken
So to your mercy I will fall
And love let your sirens call
Let your sirens call
The skies they will brighten
With all the colours taking shape in the grey
As the road starts to tumble
Down down down to the windswept bay
I leave my clothes in the sand
For these clothes never made this man
And the sea is deep
It's mirror lies unbroken
So to your mercy I will fall
And love
Let your sirens call.
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9. |
Night Train
05:53
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She said come and lie beside me in this shooting gallery
We'll take the main-line from this station, 'cos I can fix pain easily
She said I'll do no harm
She reached out and gently touched my arm
And she said ride
Come ride my
(she feels good she feels real good)
Well I felt my body weaken and my heart begin to race
I could feel her finger creeping but I couldn't she her face
I felt the steel wheels turn
The crossing-bell well it told me there's no return
As she said ride, come ride my night train
Here she come here she comes now...
So I close my eyes and I lie with her
The outside world moves fast and blurred
Honeymoon days here again
Honeymoon days divorce this pain
Once again I'll ride your night train
Then I woke up I'm alone in my bed
I hear the steam like a bad dream rack my head
I cant resist her no matter how I try
When she says ride so I'll ride
She says ride so I'll ride
I'll ride her night train
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10. |
Indian Giver
04:29
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When the wild young things when they get older
And their beauty fades like the tattoos on their shoulders
And the waiting dream it fades with age
And time clips their wings and forms a cage
And the youth that bloomed that promised to make them
Faded so soon see how it betrays them
Like an Indian Giver
While the shadows dancing to the same old tune
Driven by tides of a pale and hollow moon
And the painted faces stare from the walls
While the words of fools echo down these halls
And your idols of gold see how they've misled you Towers and temples always betray you
Like an Indian giver
How we move like a moth around a flame
Well how we move like a beast around its prey
How we move in small circles getting smaller every day We stand alone searching for a way
The tower of Babel taller by the hour
Such mad confusion a sign of power
While the poorer nations have a heart of stone
On those foundations the wealthy we have grown
And the men of science they say they will save us
But deep down inside you know they'll betray us
Like an Indian giver like an Indian giver.
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Pat Orchard England, UK
Newborn. Africa. Child. Rebelled.
Exmouth. School. Fool. Expelled.
Homeless.
Drifter. Dole. Broke.
Guitar. Busker. Dreamer. Hope.
Support. Headline. MTV.
Touted. Guest list. VIP.
No Deal - Big Deal. Life's a Song.
My Voice. My Choice. Moving On.
Goodbye Smoke. Westward Bound.
Devon. Heaven. Ancient Ground.
Builder. Home. Catherine. Wife.
Fern. Dylan. Father. Life
... more
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