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1. |
Outside
02:27
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outside the tyres
cut the wet road
every quarter of an hour
the time i am told
the fire is dying
embers are gray
outside the world
is starting its day
changing the strings
to make old songs sound new
cleaning my windows
trying to change my view
roaches come crawling
memories of love
outside the world
is slowly waking up
and
i
am
alone
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2. |
Stoned. Cold. Crazy.
03:58
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please believe me
my fellow liars
for i know not
what you'll find
though i've been there
i stole the t-shirt
in xl, black. state of mind?
i'm stoned. cold. crazy now
looking for redemption
a place beyond desire
a cloud where even gods
are forced to climb higher
when you're stoned. cold. crazy.
love your moon
when you're stoned. cold. crazy.
love your moon
its second-hand sunlight
might guide you home
i'm looking for pale shelter
a place in common ground
a hole where even devils
are feared to fall down
when you're stoned. cold. crazy.
love your moon
when you're stoned. cold. crazy.
love your moon
its second-hand sun-light
might just guide you home
that second-hand sun might
be your guiding one
looking for redemption
a place beyond desire
a cloud where even gods
are forced to climb higher
when you're stoned. cold. crazy.
love your moon
when you're stoned. cold. crazy.
love your moon
its second-hand sun-light
might
just
guide
you
home
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3. |
Part Of Your Magic
04:59
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just another glass of wine
to help pass the time
you know i cant sleep tonight
i take down six-strings from a wall
as i try to recall
the very first night
and as i watch these fingers play
you know i cant believe that day
that they couldn't undo the final button
and i can hear your pretty laugh
when you undid the final clasp
and your beauty though gone
is not forgotten
but if i had just one wish
well id be part of your magic
its as simple as this
my only wish
to be part of your magic
'cos i' pulling all the memories
from a hat
and tonight i'm looking back
at the part of your magic
and all those little things that you
do they make your spell come shining through
and i'm part of your magic
searching for a past once more
digging in a bottom drawer
you know i cant sleep tonight
i'm just passing time away
i'm reading page by page
all the letters you used to write
and i can still recall that day
how i lied about my age
and you told me that you didn't care
but i can hear your pretty laugh
when you saw the photographs
of yours truly wearing platforms and flares
but if i had just one wish
well id be part of your magic
its as simple as this
my only wish to be part of your magic
'cos i'm pulling all the memories from a hat
and tonight i'm looking back
at the part of your magic
and all those little things that you do
they make your spell come shining through
and i'm part of your magic
as the night time slips away
i turn to face the day
and the sky colours my eyes
but if i had just one wish
well id be part of your magic
if i had just one wish
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4. |
Beautiful Poison
05:05
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standing high on parliament hill
the city below lying dark and still
shadows are growing long
i always knew this day would come
to reveal
that i'm making it up
as i go along
i'm living this life
like busking a song
i think that i've found my beautiful poison
hearing the sound of your wonderful lies
i think that i've found my beautiful poison
beautiful poison falling from your eyes
tracing the line of the thames
watching as it winds and bends
to the sea
something's stay out of my life
but trespass every night in my dreams
i'm making it up as i go along
i'm living this life like busking a song
I think that i've found my beautiful poison
hearing the sound of your wonderful lies
i think that i've found my beautiful poison
beautiful poison falling from your eyes
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5. |
Earthbound
09:09
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I want to wake up tangled and entwined
And find your body caught in mine
I want to see the dawn in your eyes
I want to celebrate you as the first bird cries
Singing all her songs of freedom
Singing all her songs of love
Oh why am I so earthbound
And that girl shes like the starts above
And I want to feel more then one heart
I want to feel another's a lovers yours in the dark
And I want to sleep and know that you're there
To dream I'm drowning but wake swimming in your hair
Singing all my songs of freedom
Singing all my songs of love
Oh why am I so earthbound
When that girl well shes like the stars above
Earthbound
But I'm still waiting for you
Earthbound
And are you waiting too
Earthbound
Singing all your songs of freedom
Singing all your songs of love
Oh why am I so earthbound
When that girl well shes like the stars above
Yes that girl well shes like the stars above
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6. |
Praying To The Wrong One
05:06
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There’s a fly that buzzes round me
Nothing I can do
Cos the fly is just a memory
A memory coloured blue
I'm staring at the ceiling
Feeling very old
Pulling on the Rizlas
Blowing smoke rings round a bulb
There’s going to be hell to pay in heaven
When I get there
Cos I’ll say Lord Lord Lord
Where was my share?
I try to remember
All the faces and the names
Of all those long gone lovers
Who’ve shared my cotton plains
And my eyes are full of longing
My belly full of drink
Bottled up inside all the things that I think
There’s going to be hell to pay in heaven
When I get there
Cos I’ll say Lord Lord Lord
Where was my share?
(But if you lie down with the dogs
You’ll get up with the fleas
And being a missionary is kind upon the knees
Sell your soul to the devil
The devil leads you on
Then you find out you’ve they’ve been praying
You find out you’ve been praying
To the wrong one!)
So I’m weighing up my life
Like a butcher selling meat
And pound for bloody pound
It all seems so cheap
Cutting through the muscles
Sticking needles in a vein
I’m exposing all my nerves to you
But i just can’t ease the pain
There’s going to be hell to pay in heaven
When I get there
Cos I’ll say Lord Lord Lord
Where was my share?
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7. |
Fish
03:17
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if you're looking for answers
don't come looking to me
'cos i'm the writer of songs
not the writer of wrongs as you'll see
if you're looking for meanings
i really don't have any
i took all these words
from a rhyming dictionary
and if that ain 't plain
then let me explain
i'm a dreamer
i'm a schemer
of that there's no doubt
the last to admit
i'm the first to sell out
for fame and sex
and cheques full of noughts
'cos i'm only a fish
i'm only a fish
that learnt how to walk
i aimed low in life
yet somehow i still missed
so i got out of business
got busy in politics
now i'm making an issue
of crime these days
whilst making a packet
from legal rackets i play
and if that ain't clear
well listen here
i'm a pervert
perfect at avoiding detection
an upright member
standing for election
i'm slippery and slimy a
nd i just cant get caught
'cos i'm only a fish
i'm only a fish that
learnt how to walk
i'm a faithless fake
preaching religion
based on the gospels
of hate and division
the devil he knows
'cos my soul he's bought
i'm only a fish
i'm only a fish
that learnt how to walk
i learnt how to walk
i learnt how to walk
i'm just a fish
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8. |
Still Flowing
03:36
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rainfalls on high ground
forms the fingers of a delicate hand
reaches out towards the sea
rain formed a river
and the river
was me
i was young i was wild
pure and keen like a child
eager to leave to my roots
to find my mouth
to speak my truths
you know
life's just a river
well and i'm still flowing
life's just a river and
there no way of knowing
life's just a river
and all i've found
is every path you take
just takes you down
everyday i grew longer
a little wider a
little stronger
and time took its course
drew me further from my source
i cut a line from the country-side
down to the city where the people reside
they tamed my strength
and they put me to work
they gave me a name
and filled me up with all their dirt
you know
life's just a river
well and i'm still flowing
life's just a river
and there no way of knowing
life's just a river
and all i've found
is every path you take
just takes you down
i've been driven by the past
i've been driven by the rain
driven by the knowledge
that i cant go back again
but i'm still flowing
i'm still flowing
now here i am in my middle age
and i cant control my strength
i cant control my rage
i've got dead fish
floating in my veins
whatever happened
to the pure pure rain
you know
life's just a river
well and i'm still flowing
life's just a river
and there no way of knowing
life's just a river
and all i've found
is every path you take
just take you down
rainfalls on high ground forms
the fingers of a delicate hand
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9. |
Rain Falls On Down
06:34
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well i know you're but a child to me
and who am i to scold
but on the road to your destiny
well you're bound to feel the cold
oh the cold and hard shoulder
where the hapless all go
and with the traffic moving faster
you look so slow
and i know that you're innocent
of all my worldly ways
but on the road to your fortune
well you find the place to pay
in the queue
to the toll-gate station
the price you'll be told
you'll fill the hands full of silver
then on you go
around the corner
and over the hill
and down your highway
'cos you're never happy
still you're into a desert
you're onto a plain
you're through a valley
where the rain
it falls on down it
falls on down
and i know you're suspicious
of all the things i sing and say
but one day you'll find your crossroads
and then you'll have to choose one way
your time it will wait for no-one
just the miles they'll unfold
so tell me why
why are you chasing your rainbows
there is no gold
around the corner
or over the hill
or down your highway
you're better off just still
you're into a desert
you're onto a plain
you're back in the city
where the rain
it falls on down
it falls on down
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10. |
Mindwalking
03:51
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a traffic warden
circles her prey
a rusty ford that
seen better days
fatal flourish
and stab of the pen
she's into double figures
and happy again
in my city view
it's full of everyone
but you
and it feels like a different man
who used to take your hand
my mind walking
and it feels like a different world
when you're beside me girl
my minds walking
i join a queue
down in leicester square
to view a film
that's playing there
fall asleep
in a hollywood dream
but i wake
to the same old scene
that is my city view
full of everyone
but you
and it feels like a different man
who used to take your hand
my minds walking
and the lights they seem dimmer
now full streets empty somehow
my minds walking
with every face i see passing
all the couples holding hands
with every smile or someone laughing
it sets my mind walking
it feels like a different
man who used to take your hand my minds walking
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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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